Walking Tacoma's HILLTOP Neighborhood & Downtown BUSINESS DISTRICT

[@arvurebantra7639]

Tacoma has a lot of great little asian restaurants. One of my favorites is actually a korean food truck called Burger Seoul. I've also had Number 1 Fried rice, and they're one of the best Chinese places in town! Tacoma really has a great food scene, and hopefully these little places continue to thrive!

[@ichigos896]

Red banana mask and red shoes to match in the Hilltop area. You would be asking for trouble 10-20 years ago. Still wouldn't roll through there now. Lol. Grew up in the Eastside Salishan by the way. Stay safe.

[@zekeblack7004]

Been 5 years since i was on the hill. I was homeless living down in the tide flats on st paul. I could get from the 11th street bridge over foss waterway( long as the bridge was down ) to mlk and 15th to be at mr kims store in 25 mins, ON FOOT. Yep, UPHILL. going downhill from mr kims to st paul ( using 11th) i made it in 20 one day. The pawnshops still there i see. That save alot parking lot was home for a few nights too, right before i moved to Michigan. Shout out to the 253, yall stay up out there, and thanks for the vid.

[@Digitalgems9000]

lived in puyallup for over 2 decades, now i've been in tacoma for almost half a decade. gf lives up near thompson ave. great vid ty

[@rubberneck2855]

Large murals colourful and add to the feel of an area.

[@Dew-dj2gs]

love your videos, thank you for doing tacoma, im local. fishermans park was just renovated a couple of months ago, i remember a gazebo there as well before.

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for the info! 👍

[@robinpesek3657]

Here we go! Thanks.

[@samanthataylor3372]

I have not been there in years. Nice video as always 😊😊😊

[@Truth65300]

At beginning of video I laughed, just go around the corner for 3rd pho restaurant! We always ate at Pho Bac though. Next to there is our friends bar. 1111, best sandwiches in T-town!

[@williamlarson275]

Interesting, moving to Tacoma in a few weeks.

[@Belvedere1981]

Ill be a new resident next week lol

[@rubberneck2855]

Enjoyed the walk. Very interesting dry stone exterior on building near start of video, also thought the blue ceramic bricks lovely on another building.

[@williamlarson275]

Pho is amazing!!

[@rubberneck2855]

I like when industrial features are left Insitu when a factory/mill is converted to housing. Always cool to see a kiln or a small waterwheel on a building where in the past oats or barley had been milled. Visited a friend the other day and his village had lovely hops/malt smell from a nearby distillery. Funny that someone in Seattle in 12, 15 or 30 years might be drinking a Scottish Whisky I smelt getting made.

[@Luna11280]

Pho king is the best place ever!! Hilltop is a really sketchy area tho I'd be careful

[@desmondmurphy449]

Nowhere near as bad as it used to be. More homeless but less gangsters.

[@tabithacarr5472]

When you're walking by the Matador, WHY is almost every car backed in to park? Is that a thing there? I love it

[@BradTYTH]

Good eye! Its back-in parking only in that area.

[@lourowberryrowberry2343]

It is a fast get away, just in case the shooting starts..not really..however you could find ANYTHING in the Hilltop..I MEAN EVERYTHING.. If I recall it was back in only in and around the area he was.

[@robinpesek3657]

Oh good! We get to see your lunch. I have never really be exposed to Vietnamese cuisine.

[@TacSav253]

8:40 I visited China once and unsurprisingly had the best chicken fried rice of my life there. This joint right here is so close to how I remember that taste in China. Highly recommend!

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching and the rec! Will have to try that place someday!

[@MrWompz]

Haven’t spent much time in Tacoma really. To be honest it reminds me of San Francisco in a lot of ways. Especially near where I used to live.

[@annem8152]

I only watched because I thought you'd show Johnson Candy Co! it's the best place on MLK. I know because I got to work there until covid hit. I miss it.

[@gritcitylife3795]

Yes, the gazebo was torn down after too many injuries and homeless staying there. There was a different layout when I worked at the old State Farm building in 2016. There were bush partitions and sitting areas that were set back and a bit obstructed from direct view (like booths). I walked up on a homeless duo getting down on the bench in one. It also used to have less protection at the wall. There were shrubs and flower beds imbedded in the cement walls. No fencing but more, depth to the wall maybe. I wonder if it was overhauled like People's Park because of homeless activity. Loved the video. Thanks for sharing.

[@LaoOcean]

Thank for this information!

[@gritcitylife3795]

@@LaoOcean You're welcome!

[@Raidersmomma2489]

I'm a Texas native who recently relocated to Tacoma with my husband who is from Tacoma and that really struck me just how prevalent homelessness really is here in Washington and how they gather in large groups especially the one that's ironically located across the street from the housing authority I think they may have been responsible for a house fire on S L street that happened a couple weeks ago

[@robertaronson671]

Thanks 😊 Dennis for dropping by my hood. As I've said in earlier comments, unlike Seattle Tacoma is more laid back and not so fast paced. In so many ways the best for us who like a slower more relaxed 😌😎 way of life. Like you said Seattle is only 30 minutes away on a good day.

[@LaoOcean]

🍻

[@debbieannsmith8962]

Great video!

[@samanthataylor3372]

I never have had pho. I hear it's really delicious. I should try it. A friend who lives in Seattle really loves it.

[@LaoOcean]

It's comfort food. 🍜 🍜

[@HershNoeie]

Next time your in downtown Tacoma, go to Dancing Goats coffee. It’s right by UWT.

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for the tip!

[@munchichi8]

That must be some damn PhoKing Good Pho at Pho King!!!! =P @0:37

[@peterdorn5799]

matador is also in Ballard

[@Scoutsquad45]

People's park is across where Youngs Fashion use to be where I bought cross cords and dickies at 14

[@cookieg8124]

I rented a room in a hotel downtown then went back to Seattle at the Seals on Aurora. I didnt care for Tacoma in the 1980s

[@wisdombrice3792]

Bring it back plz 😊

[@hannahviolet927]

a lot of homeless people here too

[@josephkilbourne7639]

anyone remember the hilltop gangs ?

[@desmondmurphy449]

Hell yeah, remember the Ashe Street shootout?

[@danielhansen6991]

Tacoma is the hood.

[@williamlarson275]

Hater, it has its rough sections as any city

[@jasminer1095]

Yes of course light rail millions of dollars spent priority over low income housing come on people who are they fooling? Our city leaders aren't doing anything for low income. I've lived in wa all my life and Tacoma for about 20 years and I just don't get it. Yes, we get it lol it sounds like fucking pho king 👑😂everybody gets a kick out of that dude I wouldn't be wearing that bright ass to red ♥️ face cover around here maybe I'm just paranoid but I wouldn't take any chances. God bless and peace ✌️🕊️ Jesus loves you don't forget 🌺

[@laylaogolf6451]

i think i been there last 42 agos hill top tacoma long====agos

[@LaoOcean]

Come back! 😂🍻

[@johnswalley7435]

Bro I hope you did or do bring the intro back because screw people's anti-racism racism. Why don't everybody just be real and be people right? Take care love the video

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks. Yeah, someone of these commenters can be outright nasty.

[@DLeske]

Bro; when you are walking alone and no one is around... do you feel you have to wear a mask? It is so hard to hear you. Face coverings are required in all public indoor spaces, and *outdoors when you cannot remain 6 feet apart, or in a private space like a car or office.* i didn't see anyone on the street or the park. I liked your video except for the mask when you are talking. :)

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for the feedback. This was many months ago and things have loosened up a bit, I think. I mention this in many of my other videos, in The Seattle area if you are caught not wearing a mask, even when your outside, often times people will make a negative comment or shout at you. It gets annoying. Also, when I don’t wear a mask some people will tell me to wear it. I can’t win. 😀

[@SuzanneTossey]

Tacoma has always been the city. Why do people even speak about the stop off before going to find gold 😅

[@desmondmurphy449]

Really didn't cover downtown at all.

[@raynfir638]

If you would have cruised Ht back in the late 80's early 90s in your red mask, you wouldn't have left bruh.

[@LaoOcean]

Facts

[@stars15k]

Would go the Pho King just to buy a t-shirt. And overeat Pho, mild, no chile. My stomach is whiter than my skin.

[@ronsanchez4366]

Hilltop you mean Hillside it's been gentrifide now

[@julioczar6470]

If you think this looks like it's getting gentrified you have no idea what a decent neighborhood looks like LOL. Tacoma is and will probably always be a ghetto.

[@hannahviolet927]

There's still construction lol

[@malachibrown9483]

Probably not a good idea to wear that mask in that area now

[@archenema6792]

This store will be knocked over by a pair of large trees, and this overpass will be demolished by a collection of giant boulders, and this house will be sliced in half by a 50 ton slab of ice, and this... (Yeah, it's gonna happen, and the sooner the better)

[@robertaronson671]

What's your issue?

[@archenema6792]

@@robertaronson671 You're unaware that the entire greater Tacoma area will be swept into the Puget Sound by a lahore, which is a volcanically produced wall of ice, mud and stone over 200 feet tall traveling at over 60 mph? And you, in your abject ignorance, believe that it is I who has issues? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertaronson671]

No,sir. It's the meteor that is coming the second Tuesday of next week that I'm worried 😟😫😟😫😟😫😟😫😟😫😟😫 about. Being the second 🥈🥈 Tuesday is especially troubling. I have a dental appointment that day. Now I'll have to reschedule.

[@archenema6792]

@@robertaronson671 Mount Rainier is a lahore volcano you driveling twit, and it's overdue for an eruption. Not that I'd expect the sort of fool who likes their own comments to understand anything about basic science or reality. You are an embarrassment to your ancestors and to our entire species. 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertaronson671]

Wow dude that was a little heavy wasn't it. I mean don't take yourself so seriously. If you think the world is going to end tomorrow keep it to yourself. You sound like the twit you so kindly called me who was expressing a legitimate opinion trying to salt it with a little humor so don't live life like a scared rabbit.Just do it a day at a time and you may enjoy it more. So have a good day if it comes tomorrow. PS. Are you telling the rest of the world that you hate life so much that you would like to see it all destroyed?Shame on you. I do respect your willingness to express such deep-seated feelings but you may need professional help. Good luck.