I grew up at this flea market. My grandparents ran a houseplant stand there in the 70s and 80s and I helped out every weekend as a kid. I left San Jose decades ago but it’s sad to hear this place is closing.
@Imanimal-lover5 ай бұрын
Flea Market used to be fun and all day parking was $5.
@pressmin5 ай бұрын
Are you kidding, Parking on Saturday is $10, Sunday is $20. Walk-up/bicycles are $5 sat/sun
@FOX78-r8h5 ай бұрын
Flea market could be fan as was before, but American greed is involved, wherever run or owned the flea market they make their money long time ago and they only care for them selfes!! 😂😅😊❤
@uwillnevahno68375 ай бұрын
Opportunity cost is a nice way of saying I can make more money by selling the land than leasing it.
@ms.untypical35755 ай бұрын
I grew up working at this flea market with my uncle. We had a Spanish music stand for years and it was such a wonderful community of vendors and the place to be after church. Sad to see people losing their livelihood and La Pulga overall.
@UnknownPerson-ub8ox5 ай бұрын
My parents took us there back in the day my favorite was the warm fresh churros as you entered. This was the best.
@Revitalizejourneys4 ай бұрын
0:57 looks like my witch teacher
@bencabebe14235 ай бұрын
This is we're my first job was I was 11years old now kids are lazy I miss this place
@saiga972 ай бұрын
Kids are lazy? Ok boomer
@randomthings-00015 ай бұрын
That was where I bought all my fishing gear it was the best
@carlgrussendorf88495 ай бұрын
Shoulda grandfathered it in!
@thegatesofdawn...13865 ай бұрын
Sad.
@mrcpaddler5 ай бұрын
Everything changes, and for the owners of the land they have every right to sell and go on with their lives. As to the small business vendors who rent space there, other opportunities might be available. The Hegenberger corridor has lots of vacant buildings and parking lot space, or there is the vacant Galleria in SF - also there is vacant space around Union Square. All are accessible by public transit too.
@ms.untypical35755 ай бұрын
You clearly have no idea what commercial rent prices are.
@donking87944 ай бұрын
@@ms.untypical3575yeah cause your the only one
@erich84502b5 ай бұрын
Do they still have ghetto blasters with 700 watts?
@BenjaminPope5 ай бұрын
1:00 🤥😂
@crazygrl6895 ай бұрын
You ain’t right 😹
@brianp52055 ай бұрын
Why is the city/taxpayers responsible for helping the vendors relocate? Was it not enough the vendors never paid taxes on all their sales?
@pablodelgado53025 ай бұрын
They paid for the spot so... 🤫
@El_coyote7105 ай бұрын
Not you again 😂 any proof that the vendors don't pay?
@ms.untypical35755 ай бұрын
Well as a former vendor I can tell you they pay taxes. Its cute how you all want to bail out billionaires but not everyday people who add to the community and actually serve the community.
@brianp52055 ай бұрын
@@ms.untypical3575 Vendors are a stain on the community. Billionaires bring jobs. When one fails, we must aid them.
@donking87944 ай бұрын
@@pablodelgado5302lmao that’s not how taxes works bud 😂😂
@herrgarbage72905 ай бұрын
I think the lovely and open border supporting communities of Los Altos and Atherton should have no problems welcoming the flea market to their areas. Money shouldn't be a hindrance.
@poodlescone97005 ай бұрын
move the flea market further south.
@davidwright8735 ай бұрын
500 mile south!!
@CarlWinslowFM5 ай бұрын
They need to move them out ASAP so San Jose can build more unaffordable housing.
@Invisableme395 ай бұрын
Smeh…best of luck everyone. But if I were the landowner, I would move forward for development because based on this location, major money.
@rcnightlife96115 ай бұрын
I will come if parking is free or $2-$3 only because we drive two cars and it's just not worth it....
@hoapres5 ай бұрын
Tough Luck. Not the city's responsibility to find a location for a flea market.
@cupcakeluv253 ай бұрын
ai narration?
@tonyj95025 ай бұрын
Closed the Oakland one too please . 🙏
@ladonna2u7425 ай бұрын
Why?
@kennethtran47065 ай бұрын
after years it was never the same. all too expensive and junk being sold. the rich need their land making cheaper to buy up
@emarr37203 ай бұрын
Good riddance. It’s not a flea market & hasn’t been for 20yrs. A flea market is people spreading a blanket on the floor & selling stuff they collected in their garages to rid of it. It isn’t resellers with 30 toasters!! It should not be a collection of husinesss. The only business is the business of the land owners to rent their property for weekend parcels to homeowners.
@chuckxu59105 ай бұрын
That’s a prime real estate worth trillions of dollars, and y’all wanted to kept that place looking as is for the amigo populations?
@Red-t3z5 ай бұрын
Mostly immigrants selling stuff we can buy at Walmart now days.
@bldmyamean83525 ай бұрын
The messicants are ruining it
@HustlerJerbear5 ай бұрын
The Asian guy reporter at the beginning of the video has an Americanized sounding voice. He doesn’t have a foreign Asian accent.
@passiveinvestor19785 ай бұрын
You say the same thing on every video. Go away troll
@chasstiles76115 ай бұрын
That's what happens when you're born here
@mrcpaddler5 ай бұрын
There is an east bay city where residents are 5th generation, and the young people still speak their native language - fluently I might add. English is actually their second language. It's a beautiful case of why diversity is good.