What The Hell Happened To Austin?? I Went To Find Out.

[@NickJohnson]

Here's the link to the original Austin homeless video I produced when we were here. It's CRAZY! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5-5ZWOXmMh7nNE

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

My parents and I moved there in 1976 when I was 9 years old, lived there from 1976 to 2017 with a 2 year break when I lived in Georgetown, Texas. It's definitely not the city it used to be. I got priced out in 2017 and moved to a much less expensive Texas city to the north. If anyone actually wants to move to the Austin area I would recommend Georgetown, Belton or Temple. They don't defund their police departments and then have to rely on the state police (DPS) to control crime like Austin did. PS: Love the channel. keep up the good work ! : )

[@PatrickCole-md9bu]

The California transplants ruined Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, etc.!

[@rogerburn5132]

NICK HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING 2024. KEEP MAKING THEM BRILLIANT VIDEOS EVRY TIME 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnbartholf777]

@@PatrickCole-md9bu Gotta work really hard and non-stop to keep them from gaining power. And work extra hard to defeat them in Arizona!

[@TiredOfImbecileLibtards]

@@johnbartholf777 People need to get off their lazy butts and vote against their crazy leftwing looney chit.

[@lilly_ellefson]

Nick I'm 57 years old I'm bedridden I'm in a nursing home and I enjoy your videos very thoroughly it's the only thing that allows me to escape this hell that I'm living in thank you so much keep up the great work

[@dominysynclair]

Why are you bedridden so young?

[@chuckyoneill9029]

I happy you enjoy them😮

[@Dividenddream]

Sorry your going through a rough time. May God help and bless you

[@virtuaguyverify]

You are not missing much. Biden is our president and the world is about to end.

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

@@dominysynclairI’m 44 mostly bedridden since 22 it happens.

[@amylee6038]

Tokyo had 30 million people when my husband lived there. The streets were clean. There weren't homeless living on the streets. No crack houses. If you stole something they prosecuted you. It doesn't have to do with the number of people. It has to do with the kind of people running things.

[@rickysampson8759]

Diversity is our strength

[@SteveEddy-od7fb]

Japan is a Homogeneous culture they care about each other! America is exactly the OPPOSITE!!!!

[@georgehigh4723]

It's the culture. It's the people

[@HackersSun]

Yes, and they want to ruin that, too

[@HackersSun]

​@@georgehigh4723it's also modern libs putting ideals over realism I say modern, because I was moderate left before covid After covid they lost the plot

[@mattm597]

GOOD video!! I saw more journalism in this video then CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and NBC do in a month!!

[@Metallimad06]

Don't forgot Faux lol

[@QuanPham-uq7ml]

As a fellow Texan from Houston. I frequently visit Austin for work. The city has gone downhill. Nothing like it used to be. And its all political.

[@stevenetram]

houston has worse crime.

[@RustyShackleford-kd9it]

As a fellow Texan from the Plano area, we are eternally gratefully for the people of Austin and their liberalism. Because of their lax laws and support of illegal substance use, the riff raffs in our area have almost all moved to Austin. To put it another way, Plano is our house and Austin is the roach trap.

[@melvingibson4525]

If you're from Houston and think Austin's bad then that really makes a strong statemnt lmao

[@martinel2450]

As a fellow former Houstonian, Houston has gone to hell equally. I used to live on the west side not far from 6/memorial. Places around there have gotten so sketchy but so many areas have gone to shit there.

[@SafeEffective-ls2pl]

@stevenetram Houston has always had bad crime and it got much worse after the Katrina refugees. What is Austin's excuse? They went from one of the best small or mid-sized cities in the country to a complete shithole in a decade.

[@arizonaarmadillo5829]

California happened to Austin; the same thing that happened to Oregon and Washington state.

[@JK-ld8cd]

and Colorado.

[@WhyteHorse2023]

@@JK-ld8cd They began devastating Colorado in the 90s. Now it's a complete sh*thole.

[@LokiDWolf]

And generalization happens to people that comment and don't want to look at the details.

[@KoonceLyfe]

Yup

[@seanberthiaume8240]

NJ MASS HI CONN IL...? Marixist demorats.

[@kareneDallas]

I lived in Austin in the late 80s. Incredible city. The economy was terrible so when the company where I worked went out of business, most of us had to leave Austin to find work. Many tearful goodbye dinners. Sad to see what’s happening there.

[@LinXnerd]

I'm afraid that we're going to see a lot of "What the hell happened" in 2024. Current economy and drug addiction are bringing the U.S. down to a stealthy type of depression that only rich people can endure. And, the rich keep getting rich, while the poor keep getting poorer. The frog is beginning to boil and it doesn't know it.

[@Tonymanero1960]

I totally agree with the boiling frog analogy.

[@LokiDWolf]

The current economy is actually better than it's been for the last several years. Regarding drugs, what stat are you referring to?

[@kimberiysmarketstrategy]

Even the rich doesnt want to endure. Soon the poor stops buying what the rich is selling ans the rich become poor too!

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@LokiDWolfThe economy is NOT doing better when you factor in the rise in prices due to inflation. People have less than they did before. Just because the rise in inflation went down doesn’t mean prices dropped.

[@johnshelton22]

​@@LokiDWolfnice lie dude

[@franbeller5897]

I can't help but notice that no matter how bad an area is, it seems like everyone has a newer car than mine

[@1treasurehunterdale]

😂

[@johnjaco5544]

Yea,on payments

[@erbiumfiber]

@@johnjaco5544 or just a lease- and people riding in Ubers and such.

[@Garbagefly]

Ikr. But half of them waiting on the repo ppl

[@yungxjesus5809]

those car loans are serious😂

[@KelliAnnWinkler]

I see the Austin city council gave themselves a 40% raise back in 2022. Council person makes $116,000 a year. Not a bad gig considering you don't have to do much.

[@michaelsix9684]

city govt. has big deficit due to pension obligations

[@Cenlalowell]

​@@michaelsix9684I wonder what would be the fix to this? I hope not bankruptcy because pensions will get slashed

[@michaelsix9684]

@@Cenlalowell it's a problem for Houston, Dallas also, municipal pensions have been underfunded for a long time, don't have an easy answer

[@a.k.gaspard2064]

@KelliAnnWinkler This is an OUTRAGE!!!

[@adamcarrell]

$116,000 a year is less than the panhandlers make in Austin! That's nothing!

[@foreignparticle1320]

It's incredible watching the very distinct patterns of social decay infect the U.S. - and indeed so many other cities in the world, including my own.

[@scottreal7787]

I stay away also.

[@vicm6561]

Thank a Democrat. And YES Austin is run by Democrats even though it’s Texas so is Dallas , San Antonio and Houston all run by Rats. Moved out of there 10 years ago to the free state of Florida . Nice and clean here don’t see this crap Thank you Desantis! Now a lot of Dems have quit because Desantis, starting Jan 1 2024 put new law in effect ALL elected officials have to disclose every $1000 in assets . Brilliant !

[@Serij8888]

And my own

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

I’ll tell you how it happen once each country established itself. They should have closed the doors and implemented the strictest immigration and border patrol ever. Because once everyone there already assimilated to each countries say of life. If you let new immigrants in they will just destroy what was built.

[@sherrieatkinson5410]

I lived and worked in Austin for 20+ years and watched the city change into a place I no longer wanted to be in and decided it was time to leave. The city has changed so much it is unrecognizable from what it used to be. Austin could be any big city in the world with no character.

[@SarahSmilez8100]

May I ask where you went? I live in San Antonio, where crime is getting really bad. There are some good little cities around us, though.

[@sherrieatkinson5410]

I moved to Lexington about an hour east of Austin, a very small town. It took me awhile to adjust to living in such a small town having been used to stores, restaurants and places to go but I am now retired and glad to be in a quiet town with a slower pace.

[@SarahSmilez8100]

@@sherrieatkinson5410 sounds amazing, like you found a little piece of heaven!

[@cryptic7791]

I am one of those people who moved to Austin from California and I love Austin and feel it has a lot of character and culture I just think it sucks those who were here originally like yourself don't like what it's turning into :/

[@shelltoe_soul]

@@cryptic7791im from San Jose but I moved to Austin in 1999. This city used to be awesome, cheap, full of interesting artists and creative people. That all has changed so much over the years. So many cool business, coffee shops, clubs, etc gone forever. I don’t recognize the skyline anymore, full of empty apartment buildings noone can afford. I moved to NYC in November and have no regrets. Cost of living is essentially the same but with so many advantages for me as an artist, dancer, & DJ.

[@Jess-lu4ij]

I love the cats that come and join in on the interviews. Great video, so sad to see what’s become of Austin.

[@Cycology_Major]

The hepcats haha

[@darrylweidenhofer]

We never had a homeless problem in Australia. Now we have homeless everywhere as our government brings in thousands of migrants a day.

[@terrifiorelli9819]

WEF

[@brinsonharris9816]

Man, sorry to hear that. Government is importing poverty and misery over seas that should keep the garbage away. Germany, France and the UK are like that at present. Oz will lose its soul and it’s deliberate. Sad.

[@chloeew4627]

I live in Melbourne Vic mate , around 5 mill. Austin has around 1.2 mill. Couldn’t show you an area in Melb that looks anything like the shiteholes of US cities. Definitely agree the Aust Govt is weak and fugged up ,immigration way to high ,but absolutely no comparison. The only comparison I have seen to the US is the Aust outback towns with high Aboriginal populations and that’s a fact , seriously high crime rates ,rubbish ,car wrecks,drunks everywhere ,rough sleepers ,burnt out houses ,like it or not .

[@melvingibson4525]

This is the post covid world we live in. Sadly conspiracy has become fact. What will we do about it?

[@elvislovesme]

Government has ruined our country, they should pay a huge penalty & get canned. It's nuts that we have senators 80+ yrs old still in office who should be forced to retire. I bet they all take naps @ work, long lunches bcuz they chew too slow, walk too slow, 4get where their going, 4get why their walking while sum of them have to wear depends. I bet Diane Feinstein 4 sure, she's like 92 gimme a break! She farts dust in the wind & don't even know it probably thinking "Boy it's sure windy out here!" 👩‍🦽💨🤤

[@brinsonharris9816]

Lived in San Antonio when I was a kid (1968-1971), and when my grandparents came to visit, we took a day trip to Austin. It was a beautiful place back then. We also took a day trip to Laredo, Mexico. Mexico in 1968 was a lot cleaner than Austin in 2023. Place looks like the worst parts of the third world. Karachi, Pakistan, Damascus, Syria and Amman, Jordan have abject poverty, but you wouldn’t see drugged out zombies and freaks passed out on the sidewalks there. Their poor at least hold on to their dignity. Can’t say that about Austin. Nick’s photojournalism shows the truth we’d never see on network or cable news.

[@vicm6561]

Go to Seattle if you haven’t been in a few years democrats have made it a real shyt hole. Lived up there for 13 years it’s unrecognizable now trash everywhere and these are the same people that will scream “the environment “ as they destroy it and cram green new deal (scam ) down our throats.

[@NarleyAdventures]

Texas was pretty nice back in the 70'-80's, Houston, Austin no problem. I had to move after the oilfield collapsed and ended up in Florida running heavy equipment for 40 yrs. Now the snowbirds and mass migration here has ruint Fl' and i'm moving to northeast Texas for my last years. My family lives there.

[@TheBSG]

As someone raised in Mexico. Yea, we got a lot of poverty but at least they keep going to try to better themselves. Of course there are those who don't care but those are not as many like today's America.

[@josephspann4749]

I first went to Austin to visit friends back in '83 and had a great time. To me, it felt like the Emerald City of OZ, and I couldn't wait to go back. However, when I went back in '89, you could tell that the whole vibe of the place had started to change, and the cracks were starting to show. It was bigger, dirtier and not as much fun. It was still better then than it appears to be now, but, if you were paying attention, you could see where things were headed.

[@larryclair2195]

I’m from Portland. I was hoping to escape this just to find out it’s the same mess in Austin. Austin please don’t encourage this life style like they did in Portland! It’s a sure sign your city is in decline.

[@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol]

It's a literal free for all. 😂 They need to legalize weed.

[@dbdnrbdb]

It will never be like portland.. period.. close.. but never like portland.

[@the-btc-tradingfloor2808]

💩☠

[@lirands2730]

I'm sure you helped to break Portland. Stay.

[@mrfish3915]

Don’t vote Democrat

[@cedricliggins7528]

This too heartbreaking. What happened. Is our country in decline everywhere?

[@kimberiysmarketstrategy]

Almost. The strong Republican cities are mostly ok.

[@QueenB572]

Small towns are the only hope! And please no one come to mine! It is growing and we don’t want it to!

[@dekin819]

only Democrat ran city working on collapsing America

[@terrifiorelli9819]

WEF push of destruction of all but the elites.

[@c8vegas]

@@QueenB572 Where exactly do you live? LOL

[@sandycrocker2707]

Love your work!! Got banned for 6 days on Facebook for trying to share this video!

[@Cycology_Major]

What grounds could that be based upon?!

[@texanalways7325]

​@@Cycology_Majorpropaganda and lies

[@Slim_45]

⁠@@texanalways7325you must be one of these Affluent White Female Liberals!!

[@PaulH581]

@@Cycology_Major If you’re not advancing The Message you’ll get banned quickly. This is why I’m no longer on FB.

[@ew374]

Whaaat😮??

[@ra35491]

Native Texan, been living in Austin since the 80s. It stopped being weird around 1994. Its a cesspool. I go to Kyle or Roundrock when I want to go to Texas. Austin is not Texas. I am always carrying a firearm. Police response is over an hour. 911 is not answered. On a good note my home value went uo 480%. I bought in the 90s.

[@YRandomVideosY]

Sell that house what are u waiting for sir

[@ab8588]

Greg Abbott invited neoliberal tech bros

[@cavemantero]

@@YRandomVideosY because then he has to buy a new home of lesser value....for more than what this one is worth more than likely

[@adamcz3183]

Round Rock is getting just as bad as Austin now the school district is straight up liberal indoctrination camp

[@meandub]

It's Austin, California! I live in Los Angeles County right on the border of OC, and I go to Texas for 1-2 weeks every month. It's the same dang thing. I'm a conservative looking to leave California. The 4 major metro areas in Texas are the most depressing thing. Big cities are big cities with liberalism eating away from the city center outward.

[@theartistcherrypi6454]

Relocating to Florida is the best thing we ever did! I miss home but I’ll never step foot in California again. It’s too far gone 😢

[@meandub]

@@theartistcherrypi6454 good for you getting out of here. I love the people in Florida. I get so depressed when coming back here. My family and I are PO'ed at being pushed out of our home state.

[@theartistcherrypi6454]

@@meandub How long will you stick it out? From what I read in the news periodically it doesn’t seem the voters there want change or any improvement given they couldn’t even recall Newsome. I wish everyone in that state had the ability and means to see how much better and normal the rest of the US is once you escape from there. Well, at least some other parts of the US but definitely not all. Will you stay there indefinitely? It’s really sad because all of my family is still there but they refuse to leave. My last trip home right before COVID I almost cried driving around seeing the destruction and decay. It was surreal! At that point I had been gone for years but the difference in how it was when I left vs the tent cities and shanty towns in formerly prestigious and upper middle class areas was jarring. I was so heartbroken seeing my hometown in such a dystopian state. I asked my family what happened since I left but they just shrugged their shoulders like nothing was wrong. It makes no sense to me that they seem to have accepted abnormal as their new normal. You could not pay me millions of dollars to move back there to any city in that entire state. Central Florida is the best move I ever made and my only regret is that I didn’t come here sooner.

[@PatheticPeasant]

Please move to the oc and vote red. We need you

[@YoungChuy2398]

Fort Worth is a big city run with right leaning politicians, move there

[@SOLDOZER]

I was born in Houston, grew up in Austin. Not sure what happened. In the early 2000's the realtors and glossy magazines all started pushing Austin as the place to be. And they flocked there. It was quickly ruined and downhill ever since. I left in 2013 and dont even like to visit there. Its a mess.

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

That’s what happen to LA alone with illegal im migration we are worse then ever.

[@ngallop]

Jesus Nick. GREAT JOB brother. This is next level gonzo journalism that is needed. You're elevating your craft with this series.

[@jamesmichael20910]

The citizens of Austin are getting exactly what they voted for. I left in 1999 - good riddance!

[@krnpowr]

TX as a whole is getting what it votes for. It's not relegated to Austin.

[@robertmason7596]

Yeah, it is. I lived in Austin for awhile in the past. It was wild but not nearly as trashed as it is now. I blame the one's in charge.

[@mariacherrington61920]

I don't blame the way ppl vote, All these politicians are great liars!! When any of them campaign they sound great, they get in office, power goes to their heads. They get bribed by lobbiests, opposed by fellow politicians n who knows what else n there we have it. They don't care what they promised, they just give into the ppl with the biggest wallets 😢

[@landho1]

Have you noticed that most of the trashy cities are run by democrats? It has everything to do with politics@@orlando198200

[@redwood6737]

Yes, it is politics, get a clue, here in California. The liberal communist voted in proposition 47 allowing theft of up to $950 to be charged as a misdemeanor. And then voting in liberal DAs who will not prosecute misdemeanors also, no bail, then proposition 47 also made most drug possession a misdemeanor. This was voted in the leaders who overtax us were voted in voting is politics.

[@skystreamtech8585]

Man, this is BS!! I live in a suburb of Austin. I go into the inner city weekly to see my son and eat dinner or watch a movie or just wander about downtown. While we do have some homeless people here , it's any worse than Birmingham AL, or any other city I've been to in the US. I'm less worried about crime here than I was in Odessa Midland Texas where I lived for years and in the country club area. This crap about how bad liberal cities are is a total crock. Just tired of the lies that are spread. If you buy into this narrative, yeah it's a terrible place. Please stay where you are!!

[@nathangoodwin6073]

yep. this guy is looking for something to complain about. I wish he’d go to literally any republican city in Texas and see how much worse it is. I know he won’t tho, doesn’t fit the agenda.

[@sashimijones]

Seconded. This whole video reeks of someone just trying to stir the pot for engagement.

[@mattp4079]

The open carry law is a huge advantage to Austin. You dont have to be the victim of a random street beatdown.

[@OtisFlint]

Open carry is so dumb.

[@rse4379]

​@@OtisFlintActually it's a deterrent for dumb.

[@andretobias2439]

@@rse4379 NOPE

[@rse4379]

@@andretobias2439 Let me guess, you don't believe in guns.

[@1treasurehunterdale]

That hasn't seem to help all the suspicious deaths surrounding Lady Bird Lake and the downtown area.

[@sherlhoeppner2392]

My daughter lives in Austin and in 2020 she had to move from her apt. To an expensive gated apt. Because she didnt feel safe -- bums, homeless and mentally ill sleeping in bus stops, park benches, hanging out in the alleys, etc. Im hoping she can move away at some point.

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

@@Saeglopur89We don’t we’ve been complaining about this for years. The uneducated didn’t realize what they were doing we told them. I’m gonna tell you a secret it’s the 1st gen even 2nd gen immigrants that have coddled the illegals making it a horror story. Those of us here 200 years plus we are true Americans it’s not us who wanted this. And the blk Americans were too busy with the race war now they are complaining but probably too late.

[@terrestrialaccessnetwork8456]

This is some of the worst writing I've read. I would suggest taking a writing course,

[@jaxx-ld2bu]

Much respect to the officer you interviewed. 👏🎯💯🤓👍🇺🇸

[@dc7370]

Deregulation. Don't forget the people living in cars. Incapable of providing an economy that houses people. Corruption.

[@aimxdy8680]

People living in cars are counted homeless by the US census. And deregulation? how come the most regulated states like california have the highest homelessness per capita in the US then? 🤣

[@indi-f8j]

Nick, this is such a masterpiece. I HAVE lived here for 28 years, and it was such a beautiful place until all the unplanned, unregulated growth has done exactly what you portray here (actually worse). I live in a so called "good part of town" and I don't feel safe after numerous close calls and no police. Shameful. So appreciate you telling the truth and got with good sources for information. I love the lad speaking about our local politics, I'd love to meet her.

[@joebriggs9949]

Agreed. Great video on Austin. Sums it up very well. I lived there from 2009-2021. My family and I really enjoyed it for the first 5 years. But it recent years the homeless and affordability really became bad. Glad to be out of there!

[@darthmom1019]

​@@Saeglopur89- not everyone in the U.S. is clueless. Only progressives.

[@Cycology_Major]

@@Saeglopur89 It’s almost impossible to find any American in comments who doesn’t identify ONLY with the far right or far left parties. Too many important issues should be considered individually, by Moderates, yet we here have little to no choice about who to vote for. Texans constantly blame Democrats for excess growth & California problems yet Republicans rule the state -& especially business law.

[@timsaveworld]

Your sass is objectively funny, it penetrates and resonates 💜

[@brianfuller757]

California happened to Austin. Sadly Austin is a case for what happens when you try to be the most liberal city ( Austin) and most liberal county( Travis) in Texas. You're spot on that Austin is barely Texas now.

[@Staywoke7909]

lol Republican ran state, I think the governor is in charge of the whole state, low taxes and low wage that’s the great state of Texas 😂

[@brianfuller757]

@orlando198200 Austin and Travis County are so Leftist that they are barely Southern and barely Texan.

[@darthmom1019]

​@@Staywoke7909- WRONG. The cities have their own governments. Austin, like Houston, is a progressive liberal run city.

[@hippiebits2071]

​@orlando198200 yes but the major influx of a very trashy element of CA has been a relative recent phenomenon...past 20 years maybe and it's caught up with the city.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@Staywoke7909Wages aren’t low adjusting for cost of living, California has super low wages adjusting for cost of living. The region with the highest purchasing power in the US are Midwestern and Rocky mountain states (mainly utah). The south is not bad but has a couple rich states next to literal impoverished deep south states.

[@barbararazza4583]

Went to Austin 10-12 years ago. Went back last year and I could not believe it. The difference was crazy. I can't understand why the residents are ok with this

[@dominysynclair]

Mass mind control.

[@Lewise512]

We're not which is why we're all leaving. After 42 years born and raised here I'm moving to Killeen in a couple weeks.

[@ra78100]

I visited Austin in 2016 and we found many homeless people close to the downtown area. It looked very dirty to say the least

[@1treasurehunterdale]

Another problem in Austin is all the unsolved, suspicious deaths around Lady Bird Lake and the downtown area.

[@AB-nj4ex]

Yeah hella guys. I think it’s a sheriff due to all the police cover ups and they called a guy with duck tape on his entire face and hands and feet a suicide?! Lol how is that even possible? Did he walk 5 miles n jump in? Lol definitely still some ghb druggies that do it to rob people. Often they give people too much. I tripped on how often it happened

[@veronatragedy7016]

Romeo Rose is the Rainey Street Ripper

[@bellasue02]

​@veronatragedy7016 they know who was killing people?

[@TeutonicTribe]

@@bellasue02 Verona Tragedy is ‘Romeo Rose’, an ATX laughingstock & ‘has been’ of 10 yrs ago trying to craft another 15 min’s of fame for himself, once again.

[@bebo821]

It's heartbreaking. I'm native Texan, live in the burbs of another major Tx metro and my goal through my 20/30s was to someday relocate to the Austin area. Not anymore. It's been ruined.

[@Cycology_Major]

Same here. It’s not happening now or ever; it’s past. I’m looking into an entirely different region now.

[@bherrera0165bh]

Don't let this video scare you because it's trying to and being deceptive. Austin has less homeless and safer than the other big cities in Texas.

[@patternfrenzi]

Same here - visited Austin so many times, loved it every time and wanted to move there. But now it hurts to see it go downhill.

[@Jiraiyashouse666]

I got the hell out of Oregon and moved to beautiful pro America San Antonio Texas and love it. I was sent to Austin to deliver a building and HOLY $hit... it was like I teleported to Hawthorne District in Portland. BLM, rainbow signs and Biden signs adorned yards and miserable people barely greeted me. I find the pro Tolerance Libs to be the most pretentious and unfriendly people around. I love the genuinely kind and courteous Texas culture.

[@DavidDemiseOfficial]

I came to Austin about a year and a half ago. I can’t wait to leave in December. I go to San Antonio as often as I can cause the people are much friendlier and sane.

[@JoseFlores-sv8fb]

Yeah! San Antonio is awesome!

[@DonaldBurns-co7sg]

@@JoseFlores-sv8fbThank you! I think so too.

[@shawnbishop9774]

Proud native Texan here. We need to be independent once again and tell all the Calis to leave.

[@alexcarter8807]

The reason San Antonio is nicer is there are more Hispanics. I live in a place in the US that I consider pretty damn nice, if a bit expensive, and I honestly think the reason is around me there are tons of Hispanics, tons of Asians, tons of people who came from countries with intact cultures.

[@ajf5823]

I lived in Boulder, Colorado and the similarities between Austin and Boulder are striking.

[@dominysynclair]

It's like this in all the major cities. The Leftists are going to use these cities to spread this destruction out into the surrounding communities. Kinda like FOBs (forward operating bases), and I'm pretty sure we're just going to sit around and let it happen.

[@rickcobos1724]

I find Boulder much more comparable to Ann Arbor in my limited time spent at both cities. Highly upscale college towns that are part of a major metro but just far enough away to be its own thing.

[@cathytucker7999]

Please never stop making your videos! I feel like this gives me the opportunity to see and learn about people, places, and things from such a unique perspective!

[@NickJohnson]

Haha I'll try Cathy

[@jujones11]

Hey thanks for coming to the city Nick a huge fan of your KZbin channel

[@heather957]

The last few years, I've been hearing that Austin is just ten years away from being the next Portland. Hopefully they can continue gaining a little more control back so that doesn't happen! Refunding the police is a good start. I believe in you, Austin!

[@Cycology_Major]

‘Refunding’ isn’t the opposite of defunding, hon’. But I know you don’t mean ‘give them back their money’, lol

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

Imported leftists & thousands of illegals won't allow that.

[@progrmr33]

Just because the houses aren’t falling apart and people take care of their yard and property doesn’t necessarily mean that place is safe. Sometimes that’s where the worst crime happens. If the locals say don’t go there.. you probably shouldn’t

[@keith4886]

Austin has become a s...hole! I used to go there in the late 80's early 90's. Now, I would not touch the place with a BARGE POLE!!! It is DISGRACEFUL what has happened to the place. It has become as sick as California, & that's saying something!!!

[@shawnmeyer2788]

We considered moving to Austin around 2011-2012. So glad we didn’t. I miss the Austin of the 80’s. My sister in law has 40 acres out in the country and the toll road built around her property. She works in Buda and hardly goes into Austin unless she has to. She says it’s awful there.

[@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol]

It's a great place in some areas. Texas needs to legalize weed

[@LeeGun-q5i]

AUSTIN TX. IS. TRASH. ALL. BEEN. 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

[@RKDriver]

I live in the next county over from Austin. Never want to go any where near that place. Got everything I need where I'm at, except for the airport.

[@mikeforce5926]

Great coverage Nick. I have been in Walmart a few times here in North Texas late at night and it was kind of scary. I felt like i was in another country. I was getting hard looks from some of the males and i felt threatened. That was back around 2008, so i know it has to be worst now. I will never do that again.

[@mariacherrington61920]

Thankfully I've never had to try this, my brother has told me if the need raises to act crazy. Talk to myself bite myself talk to my imaginary friend. He says if most ppl think you're nuts they will leave you alone 😅

[@mikeforce5926]

Sounds like it might work.@@mariacherrington61920

[@pearls1626]

@@mariacherrington61920😂😂😂

[@angelawilliamson2068]

​@mariacherrington61920 People used to do it all the time in NYC.

[@StephGlez-r4g]

I went in april 2023 bad experience almost got attacked twice the same day by homeless drug addicts with my family and kids was really scary.

[@billyhorton5779]

Never been to a Walmart that keeps men undergarments in a locked glass case, until I went to the one alongside I-35 in north Round Rock, Texas. Theft in this store is horrendous the workers tell me.

[@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol]

Thats funny 😂 f Walmart lol 😂

[@waynehall-ge6hq]

Sounds like Houston 3 dollar after shave under lock and key.

[@misterb1132]

I recall being in Austin in '95 for job interviews and Roundrock was very small and new. Never could have imagined things would be as they are in the area.

[@dempsey2054]

Austin has been ruined for several years and it’s only going to get worse

[@Mrsheatherlove]

What happen to Austin? Democrats/Liberals happend to Austin.

[@Thesaltymedic36]

I like her. She seems level headed and willing to work with anyone to fix Austin.

[@andriesstek7643]

For real. Finally have seen an old school democrat that loves America and their community

[@williamrowlands1789]

Even when I lived in Austin for 5 years back in the 1980's, Austin was more expensive than other cities in Texas to live in. Traffic was bad back then too. Looks like things have just gotten worse. I live just 75-80 miles from Austin now but haven't been back there since 2010. Started seeing the downward trend back then with homeless people everywhere.

[@jameslee3010]

Nick,I was born and raised here! Grow up 50's and 60's. It was amazing place to be. It's a toilet now! No amount of money could get me to move back to Austin again. So sad 😞

[@nancyjones9238]

Moved to Austin in early 60's. Grew up h stayed in the same neighborhood till 94 when we moved. Am in tears whenever I see that neighborhood now. Only visit on Google Maps.

[@genxrants]

I wonder how many people know that voting for other offices is just as important as voting for Mayor.

[@user-wo6oh7iy5m]

I remember the broken spoke being out in the middle of nowhere. How Austin has changed. I was born and raised there till I was 35, then moved away. Now I'm 51. It's nothing like it used to be.

[@jedipanda333]

The United States has become a different place. It's so sad Nick. Its happening here in Omaha now too...

[@jonathonestrada2443]

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[@nathangoodwin6073]

Ain’t no way it’s happening in Omaha 😂 everyone there is broke already. homes are priced accordingly

[@enjoystraveling]

Wow, I haven’t been back Austin Texas in almost 2 decades with those new skyscrapers. It’s looking more like Miami in Texas.

[@Lovelysoulgirl1984]

I moved to TX from out of state. Austin is so bad, dirty and ugly that I was expecting Houston to be worse. It wasn’t. I was scared being in Austin, VERY scared. I have never been scared in Houston so far.

[@dy4710]

Scared? 😂 lol

[@Lovelysoulgirl1984]

@@dy4710 Homeless everywhere and addicts nodding out. I locked my doors when at a McDonald’s parking lot in Austin. Also, Austin is a very unattractive looking city.

[@Lovelysoulgirl1984]

@@dy4710 @ yes. Homeless everywhere and add*cts nodding out. I locked my doors when at a McDonald’s parking lot in Austin. Also, Austin is a bad looking city.

[@Wft-bu5zc]

Went back to Austin to visit after moving away 11 years ago. It was horrible. Took friends who had never been to South Congress, left after 30 minutes. Even Lake Travis lost its charm. NOTHING in the city is like it used to be. No longer cool and unique. It's boring and gross. They're also tearing up 360 and making the hills look uglier for massive buildings.

[@omadeitz3340]

Now I see why my niece and her family are moving from Austin to South Dakota!!

[@castirondude]

We considered so ourselves, but maybe one day Texas can be independent and we can clean the place back up.

[@spartanswerve7575]

Don’t Austin my South Dakota 😂

[@Nancy-uz1bx]

Excellent quality video and awesome narration Nick. Thanks for all your traveling and showing us. GREAT interview . What an inspiration to America to hear the City Activist interview. She nailed it !!

[@tomcripps7229]

Thank you for an excellent and accurate video of my adoptive hometown for 18 yrs now. It breaks my heart to see what is happening all over it seems. Your friend Jeff is well spoken and I think could reach a lot of people as well as Cleo.

[@AlleneSR]

It reminds me of Southern California where I was born and raised. It was awesome when I grew up but now, it's disgusting. So happy I moved to Texas in 1986.

[@ScatRiverbend]

Love the commentary... Your perspective is off the chain...

[@johnnymidas5879]

HAPPY NEW YEAR NICK AND FRIENDS ❤

[@NickJohnson]

You too Johnny!!

[@jamesfloyd6803]

I am a Texan and I avoid Austin always.

[@rse4379]

I avoid just about all the major cities. Occasionally I'll go to Galveston or San Antonio.

[@brinsonharris9816]

@@rse4379How’s San Antonio these days? I lived there as a kid when my Dad was assigned to Ft. Sam Houston in ‘68-‘71. Fond memories of SA, but I’m sure it’s gone now.

[@rse4379]

@@brinsonharris9816 Honestly I spend most of my time near the Riverwalk area, which is great as you know. Like any other city, it has its rough patches to stay clear from.

[@brinsonharris9816]

@@rse4379Nothing like this I hope.

[@rse4379]

@@brinsonharris9816 Its been a little while sense I was last there. So not sure if it has progressed to this point. Sadly, this seems to be a problem accross the entire country.

[@komeradkaput]

I lived in Georgetown which is 30 miles north on I-35. I moved there just prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. It was a nice little city without too much traffic. Then people from California, Illinois, and New York started moving in in droves. In 3 years it went from being nice to overcrowded. I had to get out.

[@scottowens4162]

i enjoyed Austin. i take the train from Oklahoma city sometimes and i had a wonderful time outside of the homeless people asking me for whatever but alot of these cities have that problem. if people think Austin is bad then i have tales of utter horror while living in Jackson Mississippi, which has more homicides than the entire state of Massachusetts.

[@ernestconnell8087]

Too bad to see Austin go this way. I visited Austin in the 90s and liked it back then.

[@QuantumEffectResidue]

How absolutely EVIL AND HEARTLESS has a society become when you have just one person that has a net worth of hundreds of billions of dollars, and others just like him or her, and nobody WILL get together and get all the homeless people all over this Country off the streets and set up, with a place to live and a job. Now what they do after that is their business they get one shot. If I was worth $300 billion dollars or so, and I could do something about this I would. It's just pure heartlessness, and greed that's all it is. Now I know a lot of these people are drug addicts their families gave up on them etc. etc. but in a lot of cases they're not. There is no reason for anybody to be living on the streets. Absolutely not!!

[@Cycology_Major]

But decisions like moving your manufacturing co.’s to Asia instead of keeping/ creating jobs in the US is why the US has so many billionaires. The American way is to prosper & profit over all things. It’s not exactly Christian or honorable in any way, shape, or form. Anything else gets slandered as socialism smh

[@Austinite333]

I enjoyed a lot of street photography in and around 6th St. The homeless situation became disturbing though. And who got the bright idea to locate the city’s main homeless shelter a short walk from the downtown area? That shelter despite its good intentions is a major congregation center for druggies, alcoholics and sometimes pure insanity.

[@josephinemiller4780]

That building being constructed at 15:49 is going to be the tallest building in all of Texas. It’s supposed to be completed this year. And yes, in November a year ago our homeless situation was 10 times worse and it’s slowly getting worse again.

[@mchantloup5]

There are probably 70,000 people living on the streets of Los Angeles. Most of them are not druggies or bums. They were priced out of apartments they lived in for decades.

[@colleenpeck6347]

I visited Austin several times in the early 1980's. It was a nice new clean city. The mall was brand new, so it was very popular. My brother was stationed at Fort Hood for four years. It was a small airport then.

[@AshleySawaf]

I went to UT and lived in Austin almost 5 years. This breaks my heart! Our governor is handing our state over to businesses. I live in the DFW area now, and it's getting bad here, too. It's all about businesses and not about the people. I wish California would stay in California. Rainey Street was not even a thing when I was there in the early '00s. It was a neighborhood no one went to.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

I tried to tell people for years he's a rino, he doesn't care about Texas, & he's as crooked as Biden. Right now people calling him a hero makes me sick. He could have stopped illegals flooding in years ago, lied he'd done all he could. There's an entire city called Colony Ridge of nothing but illegals- who BOUGHT their homes with illegal funding- built by Abbott donors. Texas is going blue and he's directly responsible. People are so lazy they won't look at what he DOES, they just listen to him brag & buy all of it.

[@LeeGordon-fp9zf]

I'm from Australia and don't understand suburbs/ neighbourhoods you can't go too.

[@WhyteVintageWine]

Giant corporations in league with government Mussalini corporatism rather than old fashioned mom & pop businesses. True Facisim at top levels. Including the head lock on insurances gov requirements for licenses for just about everything. Inflation cannot happen without government overspending EVER.

[@enidhaviland4824]

Thank you. this a most jumping up point for this video.

[@UnderPresser]

I'm 53. Just to offer a bit of life advice, gleaned from observation and personal experience, is to never live anywhere that's going to get "discovered", even if it means moving to the most remote town in the country. Someplace away from a f*cking "corridor."

[@SnowboardJedi]

I'm 52 and I totally agree with that!

[@PInk77W1]

I retired from CA. My landlord said she was gonna double my rent. So I up and moved to TX. Bought a home 175mi NW of Austin. Love it.

[@chelu4u]

Been waiting for an Austin video. Thanks Nick🎉

[@alex_la_fantastica1632]

I almost moved to Austin 10 years ago. Back then it was good. But my husband didn’t like it so we didn’t move. Hope Austin can be saved. ❤

[@davidgreeson8946]

Great reporting on an AWFL situation. I went to UT-Austin in the 1980's and was baptized in the University Baptist Church on Guadalupe Street. I'm so sad to see what has happened to the city in the past couple of decades. We are seeing the willful destruction of the nation by an ideology of willful ignorance.

[@MaryPalen-v5s]

Great question. I lived there in the '70s and loved it. Was there last year, and it broke my heart.

[@offgridjack5779]

The lady talking at 49:00 doesn't seem to want to mention the OPEN BORDER for the crime problems. Glosses over that entirely.

[@jeep19]

Immigrants aren't the only ones committing crimes in TX.

[@Garbagefly]

Right! The crime footage i see on u tube looks like they all just swam over from the gambia. Close the border already

[@retromoviefan944]

yep, she's not gonna talk about that.

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

I don't know what the hell this comment section is actually smoking but I want some, cuz apparently this whole entire comment section is just blaming the Democrats like homelessness wasn't a problem before the mass Exodus from California.

[@tandylynnennis9639]

Nooo everybody's blaming the Californians.

[@MasterMalrubius]

Homelessness has existed but the method of living in public spaces did not. The support for engaging in drug use by the government was not. They say it is to help people survive but more people are dying by overdose now than they had prior to catering to them.

[@luckylulu7777]

The democrats incentives more and more people to be homeless by paying them giving them phones and legalizing shitting in public. Yes it IS Democrat policies don't be salty

[@billybuckshot6909]

I recently moved out of Austin after 18 years. It used to be a quirky small, big town filled with students, artists and musicians. Now it’s infested with communists and hobos.

[@Metallimad06]

'It's Karl Marx ruining muh gas prices" "jesus wants you to vote for education defundinh republicans only or he'll be mad!" - republican

[@jimmorgan5612]

Nick, your series are just terrific!! Who else does this kind of travel log like you? No one. Stay safe. Stay safe. All the best for Rhode Island.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Yep, Austin's a "Utopia" alright... thanks Nick for once again showing us what's REALLY going on in these cities.

[@RobertJohnson-lc5bj]

Worked in an I.B.M.plant for (2) months in the eighties, lived near Round Rock.lm a true Nature boy and that’s what I loved about Austin-Hamilton Pool.Hippie Hollow,Pale face park,and the sweet aroma of mesquite smoke at night under the big Texas Sky-The Armadillo World Headquarters was a special place when J.J.Walker was playing there- everyone would lock arms and sway to the music! Lotta love…..😎

[@superdave1949]

Fantastic piece, Nick. I've lived in the Austin area for over 40 years but outside of the city limits for about the last 25 years. Later this year when my current lease is up I am out of here!! 99% of what I loved about Austin and this area is long gone, never to return. Even though life is better outside of the city the high prices and incessant growth in the suburbs is beyond ridiculous too. I'm heading down I-35 back to my home town of San Antonio where things aren't nearly as screwed.

[@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm]

I lived in Austin for 18 years and loved it. Moved out 2 years ago and I’m so glad I did. It is just like LA now. I like Converse just outside of San Antonio. 💪🏽🤠👍🏽

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

I just said that

[@texanalways7325]

Converse is a dump but cheap

[@800wrongnumber]

All the original Austinites have pretty much been pushed out to surrounding areas like Buda, Kyle, New Braunfels. Austin isn’t Austin. Been here 43 years, a month ago I had to move bc I just couldn’t afford it anymore.

[@mariacherrington61920]

Sadly I think the same thing has happened everywhere in this country... All of our politicians are idiots!!! Not a single one of them in either party is in touch with the common person. Politicians only understand ppl who make at least a million dollars a year, and that's not the majority of us.😢 Nick Im so grateful for all your hard work on these videos ❤ To all of us: all we can do is keep on swimming. Much love my brothers n sisters ❤

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

"All of our politicians are idiots!!" You are still not getting it. This is all being done on purpose. They are not idiots, they are being paid to gaslight you and ignore whats going on, and making you believe they are idiots so they can continue to do the same. How can people not see this for themselves?

[@kimberlyrogers9953]

Politicians happened. Out of control egos and greed. There are people in every city that are waiting…waiting…to do their part. It’s almost time

[@mariacherrington61920]

Greed in general 💔

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

No morals. No families. No relationships. Division.

[@deborahrambo6565]

I live in California. I wish I could escape. That being said California is what happened to Austin. Sorry Calis!

[@dnguyen787]

It is NOT a homeless problem, but a drug problem.!!!

[@lirands2730]

No, when you give people money for nothing, this happens.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

NO, it's a political problem. They are doing it intentionally to every state in this country. When America falls the rest of the world will, then the globalists can rule.

[@just1certifiable]

and where do the drugs come from? Cocaine... CIA via Peru and Bolivia. Fentanal... CIA via China Heroin... US military/CIA via Afghanistan. Sam Walton became so wealthy using his trucking company to bring into the country he was able to open all those Walmarts. They have created addicts of all kinds. taken away jobs and it is all part of a planned destruction of America.

[@kd6281]

Along with mental health issues. And some are what they classify as "Dual diagnosis". Afflicted by BOTH. Some of it predisposed & some of it caused by early/ unresolved catastrophic trauma. Very SAD.

[@cas6892]

Drugs is the third highest reason but not number 1

[@JonOnFilm]

Thought about moving to Austin about 6 years ago. Rethought my decision after I’ve seen what’s happened to this beautiful weird town.

[@marksauck3399]

These days you have to pay attention a lot more and vote with your feet. When you do vote for people, just don’t vote for democrats and stay away from their cities.

[@JacobAndJamal]

I’m from San Antonio and traveled all throughout the state for work and leisure. It is disheartening to see Austin now compared to how it used to be… even more concerning to me is it starting to drift down to San Antonio 😒

[@jamesklinckman2363]

Your videos are looking very professional,you are getting so good Mr San Bernardino. Been following you all over the US. Keep up the good work.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok James

[@scarn3241]

Who in there right mind would get rid of the police

[@QueenB572]

Dumbed down liberals, that’s who!

[@ellec2935]

No one has. However, If you bother to Google it you will find that many cities in the US are having difficulty hiring and keeping officers on the street.

[@cadriver2570]

It didn't happen. Look at the budget by year. These cops are insane.

[@skmetal7]

that sign in the beginning said $15k sign on bonus for cops. They seem desperate to get them back.

[@01Lenda]

Lefties

[@zachbrebaugh4992]

Native Austinite here. I saw this in the cards for Austin well over 10 years ago. I knew it wasnt going to get any easier for folks experiencing addiction issues and mental health issues with the way the housing market is going. Its so easy to Blame Califorians for moving here in droves but housing prices have gone up in every city in the nation. I used to be biased against the amount of Californians moving here. Now with the way the world is going we need to stand together. We are all neighbors. Our differences of race, left, right, rich poor are tearing us apart. We need to stand together and stop hating so much.

[@glennbeadshaw727]

Spoken like a true liberal

[@titsbitchmcgee7502]

I wonder if the liberal elected president has anything to do with that.

[@Lightningbug122]

We are not all brothers, and we are all not equally yoked