Our Town San Diego 1978

[@Bettinasisrg]

This is the SD I remember and love!

[@jodiriis]

The year I was born was 1978 and right here in paradise, San Diego, Ca.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Lived in the North County of San Diego from 97 to 2000. I miss it so much !!

[@jaysoncarter5093]

OMG Palisades Gardens Roller Rink!! I used to love that place.

[@briangarza7532]

Used to take my girlfriend there every Saturday morning.

[@MoveOnAlready]

Ah I teared up. We finally decided we have to leave San Diego and CA and this is the first thing since deciding that has actually made me sad to leave. Unfortunately the San Diego outside right now isn’t the one on this screen.

[@CLaFong]

You are right! It is not the one on the screen it is much better. Downtown went from porn shops and dive bars to great restaurants and beautiful hotels and condominiums. Little Italy have been transformed to a vibrant place to meet and dine. I can go on and on about the county admin park and bayfront. I know old people always think it was better in the past but it's the delusion of nostalgia.

[@CLaFong]

@@checkpointcharlie1788 All the great cities of the world are crowded which gives them an energy that happy people like. Your problem isn’t San Diego it is your attitude. You are angry and pessimistic and don’t like change like many older people. What satisfaction do you get from trying to convince a happy person that they should be as miserable as you are?

[@edwardj64]

I visited San Diego twice in 1988-1989. I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was, a paradise city (and county). Everywhere I went throughout the county reinforced my mind that Southern Californians had the best lifestyle in America. Mission Beach appeared to be quite the scene on weekends during the 80s (probably much more so in the 60s-70s). I recall the fire pits on the beach lit up at night. Driving around on the highways in the city I remember there were flowers in many places on the medians and sides of the road. The city was so kept up and had it together. It was so obvious that it was America’s ‘Finest City’. I didn’t go back to visit SD again until 2019, and I could see a general sense of decline from decades past. There was a visible deterioration of infrastructure and roads for one thing, and it certainly felt more crowded and less laid back. I’m glad I didn’t go to Horton Plaza because that would have been very depressing. Back in the 80s that was sort of a tourist attraction, how unique it was for a shopping center. I know it has since closed and is being rebuilt as an urban complex for a hopefully bright future. I still love SD. Even with all its problems it’s still a beautiful place. It’s better off than a lot of the large cities going through tough times right now.

[@jodiriis]

Horton Plaza doesn’t exist anymore 😢

[@reneer.2362]

Who doesn’t love Kensington ❤ beautiful craftsman homes. Loved living in Mission Hills in 1978. This was such an awesome time in Daygo as a child. Oh I miss these days.

[@raulthepig5821]

I lived in San Diego during this time. I loved it. Great town, great weather, so many things to do. I was sadden when I had to move away. Being what San Diego has become I will never move back.

[@tyson9419]

We don’t miss you. Tell everyone how bad it is here

[@raulthepig5821]

@@tyson9419 You do miss me. You just don't know how bad it is with the AIs.

[@claudiahansen4938]

I didn't catch the series back then as I moved here in 1981. Lived in North Park and rode my bike to Mission Hills and Kensington.

[@duckbrew]

Lived in kensington from 1996 -2000 when we moved to Fl. Great times. Miss Clem's bottle house and The ken theater the most.

[@kandeincarlsbad6900]

PSA crash took place in the general vicinity of where this was recorded. Sept 25, 1978. I was driving with my friends to Patrick Henry High School and saw the plume of black smoke. My friend grew up right by the crash site. It was horrible. I also new the main videographer who had a Throwback segment made about him. Ben Cutshall. RIP. He was everywhere. If any of you San Diegans, when SD was still small enough to know people all around, remember Ricky's Restaurant on hotel circle south? I worked there until I was 19. The city mostly had hotels in Mission Valley so visiting teams would come into Ricky's and I have autographs and served many pro athletes. I played with the sons of many pro athletes in youth baseball (Padres and Chargers). Then there were the beaches...man...San Diego was AWESOME in the 70's. What a city...then.

[@MK-su6eg]

I was attending USD, and remember that tragic day. Could see the smoke from dorms. Late 70s 80s SD was awesome ! Miss those good old days! Aloha from Hawaii MK

[@carlv8168]

It was even more charming and way less congested in the early 1960s when I graduated from 6th grade at McKinley Elementary on Felton & Redwood. Lived on the 3500 block of 31st Street between Myrtle & Dwight. A drive through that community now has a whole different vibe. Way too crowded and way too many cars parked in the residential areas. Virtually no parking left due to overcrowding, multiple roommate situations, shared rents, ADUs, etc. Also, too many pubs, breweries, eateries, coffee houses, boba & smoothie joints, tatt parlors, etc., but young people think that stuff's so cool. Bought my first 3-BDRM 2BA single-family house in north county in 1978 for $59k when this video was shot.

[@briangarza7532]

These young progressives have ruined our beautiful city, I can't believe how these people have ruined, what was once considered the best kept secret...San Diego...too bad!!

[@MichaelTitera]

So very well done!

[@chunksaflyin]

Use to play and work at Palisades, before I joined the Army and missed out on it's closing because I was in West Germany. Grew up in North Park and loved it so much. It's just not the same as it use to be. I also love these looks back at how areas use to look. Thank you for sharing.

[@DiogenesOfCa]

I saw the Exploited at the Palisades. North Park is BETTER now then it used to be, what it needs is a tram to the Trolley station.

[@jimkeskey]

People who live in San Diego now have ZERO idea how good it was back then. I'm still here and I like this city OK but its going down hill and I don't think it will ever be great again.

[@briangarza7532]

Thank the progressive liberals, who have really ruined our beautiful city..them damn bastards!!! When we were governed by conservatives we were at peace, harmony, bliss, then the communist came to live with us, no look what they have done!!!

[@cbs8sandiego]

Our Town beach towns--Coronado, Mission Beach, Encinitas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4m6fGqtqdyEadE

[@fredm.9474]

Those where the good old days

[@jaysoncarter5093]

Well, someone told the tourists, lol. I miss our sleepy beach city. I appreciate the old way lol.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

Before the Invasion San Diego used to be a GREAT place to live

[@ThinkTwice2222]

I was born in 1978 in Alabama... Funny to see how similar it is

[@fredm.9474]

It's quiet peaceful enjoying

[@abrahammariscal6643]

Makin me miss my city I live in Chicago now

[@jarrelljimerson3346]

Wasn't that Marcella Lee in the beginning of this clip? She used to be a reporter for WDIV (Local 4) here in Detroit, which is an NBC affiliate.

[@beachlover197]

Like the male newscaster stated, I also lived in Mission Hills in 1980 in an apartment that was situated at the top of a canyon. I do not recall seeing the homes displayed in the video. I worked at General Dynamics, Lindbergh Field location, which was a quick drive to work. I do recall a corner small restaurant that served delicious homemade chicken pot pies.

[@ryb3198]

All those homes are still there and look exactly the same. Most of that footage is off Fort Stockton Dr. I drive through there almost daily.

[@ConnorRB]

I wish this San Diego was still a thing and not the awful mess it is rn

[@bradleypollack5658]

Back when you could afford rent and a house in San Diego. Before the Money Gouging Real Estate Investors took over!! 😡

[@kamalking4933]

Funny, I saw another throwback video from the 70s saying that many people couldn't afford a house in San Diego

[@mrvlogger7-24]

I've lived here all my life BFD

[@jimijefferson82]

Someone needs a hug👆

[@fredm.9474]

I was only 18yrs old by that time

[@ryb3198]

You can tell that news anchor doesn’t know Mission Hills cuz most of those homes are all still there and look exactly the same. He’s probably assuming Washington St and not the actual tucked in neighborhoods where that footage is from.

[@voiceofraisin241]

And the crowded freeways. Hold my beer….

[@Ibhenriksen]

2:00 "It's still very much alive and well" Nope. Not anymore..

[@BrianKay-i9m]

Who remembers Tubaman's? Or the Ken Theater? All the changes now in 2024.

[@shittyofsandiego1701]

Look how beautiful it was before Democrats and the homeless destroyed it. North Park is trashed now. :(

[@jimkeskey]

North Park is just more and more high density apartments that are already turning ghetto. I've gone into some of these complexes that were only built five and six years ago and the halls smell like pot, the carpets are grease stained and I'm sure the roaches have moved in with the tenants.

[@briangarza7532]

This is what happens when we let the communist takeover our beautiful city. The progressives , BLM, Antifa, of the world have ruined this city BIG TIME!! When conservatives governed California we never had these issues we have today. This is what happens when you let the left roost in your backyard, homeless, who refuse to work, BLM, Antifa, who are true communist!! I have live in San Diego all my life time, and hate tourist who totally ruined us for life!!

[@KrukidEstilo2611]

Someone told the tourists, they came and never left

[@briangarza7532]

The liberal terrorist..I mean liberal tourist, they ruined us!!

[@fredm.9474]

I worked in topgun military base in San Diego California ok

[@fredm.9474]

I was there to watch a movie for 1$ ok

[@dougm.635]

Sadly Doug Oliver died 10 yrs ago @ 90

[@kevincastrellon7688]

All non locals get out lol

[@mexicounexplained]

Depressing.

[@kimberleethomas8010]

What is depressing?

[@mexicounexplained]

@@kimberleethomas8010 Seeing this and then seeing what we have now. San Diego has declined so much, and there is no reason for it.

[@kimberleethomas8010]

Not sure if my last comment went through. But I didn’t get to have the pleasure of seeing San Diego in those days. I wasn’t born until 1985. But my dad grew up in Spring Valley in the late 60s in the 70s. And I would hear all the wonderful stories about how beautiful Spring Valley was. Which is surprising to me. Now.

[@kimberleethomas8010]

There is a video creator who has some pretty unique content. It’s all these old videos from the 20s, the 30s, 40s, etc. he’s restored many of them. Some of American cities some of the beautiful European cities. I can’t remember who he was but, a great KZbin channel.

[@jaminova_1969]

@@kimberleethomas8010 You are thinking of NASS! But there is footage of San Diego and Southbay on YT as well!

[@fredm.9474]

Take care people ok

[@fredm.9474]

I live in Mira Mesa Blvd California San Diego county ok

[@wpn-k8d]

Lee ?