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Thanks for watching - damn that's wild, was that fairly recently? I've definitely heard some stories. Cheers

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback - I've definitely heard mixed things, some say central ave can be dodgy and others say the neighborhood has improved a lot over the years. I haven't walked around that area myself just driven through along central. Did it used to be a lot worse around there? Cheers

Thanks for watching - that's a good idea, besides the north central area what other areas of Regina would you say are a bit sketchy? I've been in some areas in the east side that were a little dodgy at times. Cheers

Thanks for watching - damn that sucks, punk move to swarm you like that. Did you get roughed up pretty bad? I've definitely been around some rough individuals in Saskatoon! All the best

Thanks for watching, I thought it was a decent overview. Cheers

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback - I personally don't find the downtown area to be worse than other cities in Canada, very walkable and well connected to other areas of the city. Cheers

Come on now, they have Arby's

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback - fair points, I forgot to say in the video that I've actually stayed at various Airbnbs throughout Riversdale over the years and I've had good experiences. You can get a great deal and the neighborhood not only has a lot to do locally but it's well connected to other major areas of the city. Cheers

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback - I didn't know that, but a similar thing in Edmonton happens where major drug busts actually happen in the relatively quiet suburbs. Cheers

@strangenorth a friend of mine, actually used to live next door to the former police chief, and he learned from the chief that drug dealers like to use the suburb neighborhoods, usually on the outside of the city for their operations. Further away to avoid suspicion and closer exit to the highways

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback - which area of the city would you say was the most dangerous back then? Cheers

Thanks for watching - honestly I think if I moved to Saskatoon I'd live downtown too, I find it to be very walkable and well connected to other major areas of the city. It would be cool if Saskatoon could develop some sort of LRT one day! Cheers

Yes, that is true, 8th near Cumberland is a little rough as are some of those apartments on 7th. They used to be nice back in the 80s but not so today.

Ah yes, good old copper mug 🍺.

@@jsilbern8973 It was good when it was the Venice House but it gradually worsened after it changed to a bar.

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback - I can definitely see sections of 8th having sketchy activity, it's a major corridor on the east side. That area always felt more calm and peaceful than the west side to me, but as I said I don't live there so I'm approaching the topic as a tourist (although I visit Saskatoon frequently and travel around the city a fair amount). Cheers

Thanks for watching - that's pretty cool, it would be neat to live in a historical building like that. Is it still standing? Cheers

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your feedback about Sutherland - I mainly heard that the neighborhood is decent but there have been problems along Central ave. I also heard it used to be worse but it's gotten a lot better. I actually haven't walked around that area myself, just driven through along Central. I can imagine Nutana area could have a lot of general crime, but to me it's always felt noticeable more calm and peaceful than the west side (although I do spend most of my time west of the river). Cheers

Yeah it can be shady at night, but I'm from Edmonton so that's nothing new. I've actually stayed at Airbnb spots throughout Riversdale and I think it's one of the best places to stay in the city - lots to do in the eastern portion of the neighborhood and it's a great location to start exploring the city from. Cheers

Thanks for watching - Saskatoon is a great city to explore! Lots of great places to check out around downtown, Broadway/Nutana, Riversdale, City Park and 33 street. Cheers

Thanks for watching - fair point, I thought the same thing too. It's not an actual crop circle, but overall it's still considered the first "crop circle" incident in Canada because it was essentially a series of circular marks found on a farmers field. Cheers

Thanks for watching - yeah the graffiti in these places is pretty wild eh! Cheers

Thanks for watching - what's up with the Allanites? Cheers

Thanks for watching, it was interesting exploring this area a bit! Cheers

Thanks for watching - I agree overall, although I also did a video on ways in which I think Regina is better than Saskatoon. Actually lately I've been thinking about that Regina pizza from Houston! Cheers

Thanks for watching - that Sandy Charles case was pretty wild haven't heard that name in ages, maybe worth a video down the road. Cheers

Thanks for watching - fair point, not everyone involved in gang life is a bad person and it's a pretty complicated issue. Cheers

Thanks for watching - great point! I mentioned that when I was comparing Edmonton and Calgary in another video. Cheers mate

actually more like the Sistine Chapel compared to the "wall art" in most abandoned buildings

I actually just pulled those pictures from their website, and yeah that was irritating. Said I wanted to take some video quickly for a little TH-cam video and they were treating it like a major production. It was absolutely dead there too, you'd think they wouldn't mind the free advertising lol.

Thanks for watching - yeah it was pretty interesting exploring this area! Cheers

Thanks for watching - can't believe how many views this little video got! Pretty cool spot eh? I'm glad I finally made it up there. Cheers mate

Thanks for watching - great point, that area is awesome! Cheers

Thanks for watching - one thing I find interesting is that people talk about different experiences when they're out there. What really intrigues me is when people talk about a light that approaches them then appears behind them. The light I saw (although the video quality is terrible) certainly wasn't that dramatic and I could see how that could be from a far off light of some sort. One concern that I've had is that it could have been caused by a radio tower, but I don't know if the nearby towers line up with the old track. Cheers

Thanks for watching - kinda reminds me of that one channel that posts wild porch cam footage of wild happenings in Chilliwack, BC. Cheers

Thanks for watching - if you're able to compare, do you think northern SK is more wild than northern AB? Cheers

@@strangenorth northern alberta is completely different (in the past)... but I havent been in north alberta since 2012. a lot can change. If you go to a northern sask reserve you would be surprised how it looks exactly like the rural slums in India. Travel to Pelican Narrows and do a video. Canadians need to be shown the truth

Thanks for watching - it was interesting exploring the Battlefords and I'm glad I got to know the area a bit better. Cheers mate

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the recommendation. I thought it was cool that the island was developed into a park area, if I ever explore this area again I'd like to take a walk through that area. Cheers

Thanks for watching - I don't really go too much into that stuff on my channel, but I'm always open to hearing about interesting experiences. You can definitely email me at strangenorthchannel@gmail.com and pass that email on to others. Cheers

Thanks for watching - does North Battleford have more truck stops besides that one by the Petro-Canada?

@ nope. Used to be a shell, but it closed. I usually just park behind the Canadian tire 😕

Thanks for watching - fair points, in particular the issue of people being financially wrecked by expensive medical problems doesn't seem to get enough attention. I think too sometimes crime stats in Canada are overblown a bit, yeah there are problems but the country is pretty safe overall and there are always going to be cities near the top of the list. In this one I just wanted to show some neat parts of the Battlefords, I'd never explored this area and I'm glad I did. Cheers

@@strangenorth I've driven through it, but never explored it. It looks like any other small town in Saskatchewan. Thanks for the vid. Crime in Canada has been steadily declining until the pandemic when everyone went slightly bonkers in the head, not to mention alot of people were wrecked financially. Poverty being the biggest driver of crime.

Yeah it's not bad, it was pretty interesting exploring this area. I'd driven though many times on the way to Saskatoon/Regina but only stopped for gas. Cheers