Why I Regret Moving to Las Vegas (from California)
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- Ex-Google TechLead on Las Vegas vs California lifestyle.
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Tomorrow: "Why I'm leaving California again"
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Yeah next vid is titled why I'm leaving California for the 2nd time. Never happy no matter where he is. Angry dude. Imagin being a friend of his. OMG chronic complaining and listening to how unhappy he is. Put this guy on meds pls. STFU already. On & on & on & on
People at Goggle didn't like him. They said he is a weirdo.
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@@caul8820tell us more pls 😅
When I moved from Germany to Las Vegas, the first two years I had only one friend in this town and it was pure luck that I met her. Yes I loved the city itself, but couldn't find good people I trust that I wanted to become friends with.
Then I moved to an other high rise and directly noticed that the people there were so different. I became friends with many of my neighbors and they introduced me to their friends as well. Now I have very interesting & smart people around me all the time. Some of them became family to me. We also go on vacation trips together. So hang in there, you will find good people you can 100% trust. Just give it a bit more time and try different things.
Same with me. Now I love living in Las Vegas.
I am also moving into a NLV home that I previously rented put. I was fearful but soon realized that it wasn’t bad at all. My neighbors are quiet and respectful and I’ve had Amazon stuff sitting outside for weeks not one thing got swiped. Water quality not so good but I keep consumption to a bare minimum. I would rather live there than have to stare at someone’s tent in front of my million plus dollar house.
I'm moving there in October from England any advice?
@@chrishaz1122 Chris, I do not know how often you have been in Vegas before. In general to get a bit more familiar with the city I would try staying in a hotel or extended stay would be a good start 2-3 weeks before you decide to move to a certain area.
When you want it is really not that hard to meet Vegas locals (when you are not an introvert type of person) Also for the start you could look up if there is a comunity/forum/facebook group for people from England who are living in Vegas. When I moved from Germany to Vegas, I honestly first avoided the German community here, because I thought I do not need to leave Germany to hang out with germans. lol. However, my wife went to their meeting once and met one super nice person who invited us to a party.... just on this party alone we made a lot of good friends.
Beside that it is always easy to become friends with people you have something in common. So let's say you ride bicycles, motorcycles, love hiking, soccer or whatever. There will be a meetup group for this or a club in Vegas you can join.
This all might sound a bit hard first, but reality is when you are able to meet 2-3 good people who like you a lot, they will give you access to all their friends. Also living in Vegas feels more like you are in a small village. Yes there are many tourists in town, BUT you will notice soon that you will meet always the same locals at the parties or events. Chris, I hope some of my ideas were a bit helpful for you and I wish you all the best for your adventure (it's a cool expierence to move to a different country, I love it here so much)
@@swegotech8466 wow amazing advice thank you so much and yes I will be having a month over there then I'm going to see if I want to live there buy I'm more then sure I will be staying........ say hello when I'm over my brother 👋
Thank you for the update AZT400X is done right, and waiting is part of the process,
TIP. When you miss your old office job - you think going back to it, will make you feel better. But when you do - you will immediately feel like you've GONE BACK in life. Not forward.
The people you have good memories of working with, are gone. Times and technology have changed too. It won't feel the same at all. You need something new in life.
In TechLead's case - I think he should start or buy his own business. There's no reason he can't become a big tech player out there.
You mean accept the fact that it's time to stop selling out, take a chance, progress and move on? I'll buy that.
I moved to Vegas 2 years ago and it was the best decision I've ever made. I've never been happier. I love it here.
Vegas been good to me!😊🌴
@@FHOFHO2424 I want to move to Vegas
Me too! Planning to move to Vegas!
Well, you lack substance, elegance and are shallow.
Go for it, but I promise you my words will ring in your ears. When it comes to Las Vegas and NLV, you will be lucky to leave either city with anything at all.
I was born and raised in LA. I never wanted to leave. But because of the Homeless people, taxes and garbage in the streets I moved to Las Vegas 4 years ago. I have met the best people and had the best time of my life. I live South of Las Vegas and it is awesome here. I work for a Tech Company. There are tons of nerdy Tech people here. The people here are much nicer than Los Angeles. Mary Jane Falls, Lake Mead, Red Rock, The Bird Preserve are just a few of the beautiful places here.
Nah everyone knows people in Las Vegas are trash and not educated and most are drunk drivers and drug heads hanging in the streets .
Hi ! Super inspired by your comment, im in SoCal right now and I’m completely suffocating. Lost my healthcare job due to injury and heartbroken by a cheating manboy/fiancé. dying for escape, I considered getting in to tech got a basic web dev certification last year. But kinda didn’t have the confidence to keep going due to low self esteem back then. May I ask what do you do in tech ? And if there is some jobs out there or internships opportunities in company you might know off? I feel like I need to change my world or I won’t survive here.
@@aneva2464 I work security for a tech company. I know they do hire engineers a lot. It is a self driving car company. It’s called Motional, there is a Google out here, also a company called Switch, it’s a tech company that does work for the government. Nellis Air-Force base has tech jobs for civilian contractors. I will ask some of my tech friends if they know some other places. I like living in Henderson. Green Valley, Mc Donald Ranch, Silverado Ranch are good areas in Henderson close to the airport and Strip. You deserve the best keep your crown on queen👸🏾
@@jonsmith8746 I know The Wells in Henderson is good. I will ask some people at work for another suggestion
Aren’t they raising your rent every year? NV doesn’t have rent control . Literally every apt I lived in tried to raise my rent $500 when the lease was up. Glad you’re having a good experience but I had to get the hell out of there.
Leaving California was the best decision of my life
Where you moved to ?
I bet it wasnt😂
Liar!
Far far away from people like@@michaelellringer5600
Love your videos and the authenticity. Keep being you.
The closer you live to nature the better off your soul will be.
Amen 🙏🏻 there’s not much nature left in California though
@@walterwhite1😂you've obviously never been to California
@@kcoughlan123 I live in California dude.
dont end up missing in nature or David Paulides will be talking about you in Missing 411
I currently live in Los Angeles and it's so disgustingly unfair how expensive homes are. Yeah the weather, food and people are nice but we are a family of 5 and a 1500 sq ft home for $4k/ month rent is not cutting it.
Try Oxnard
You can thank the governor for the high cost of living in California
@@dianavasile8067 lol. Which one. It's always been expensive here
4k month rent roflmao
Here in Vancouver, BC, ave rents for a one bdrm apt are close to 3k/mth now.
Thanks for the video! It is always useful to listen to your ideas!)
Thank you for this video !!❤
You won't meet friends in Vegas, the same way you do in California because the lifestyle is a bit different. You need to get out to events and meet people, once you do, your circle of friends grows, and longer-term residents/locals know that, so you are embraced. I hardly met anyone my first year in 2014 but once I started getting out there, I met a good circle of friends.
He refers to people as “low quality people.” Better not unleash him on unsuspecting people by telling him to go out more.
If you want friends then move to the islands Europe Asia or Africa. Americans are sociopaths
Rumors were that Amazon would launch AZT400X this month and judging from this it's pretty accurate haha
Love your analysis!
This was a great video. I really enjoyed the commentary. Subscribed!
if AZT400X can grow organically like that they will dominate that industry
Love both your channels I found today! So honest, smart, bright... and HUMAN. Thank you. 🍀
Deff loving the QA improvement on your last videos! Thank you tech lead
What matters most are the people you spend time with, having somekind of family. Your life seems very isolated even for an introvert. Wishing you all the best
I’m originally from the bay. Been living in Vegas for 22 years. The best way to live in Vegas is to stay away from everyone.
how would you describe the people in Vegas? Was considering moving there but I am an introvert, with good values. Is it a bad idea?
@@Thisismeofcourse The coldest most unfriendly people you'll meet anywhere.
He's not lying, or trolling etc. I came to Vegas as well like a year ago, I'm not a millionaire like him but tbh I have a lot of the same complaints. I've never drank the water here, I've read the same things and I don't trust the water here. The city, is kind of a mess, it's cheap here for certain things but also pretty expensive, it's not cheap to do "fun things" here if it doesn't involve a casino...they charge an arm and a leg to do fun things here, I went to a museum here and it was 60 bucks per person...for a museum. I'd say living in Vegas is mid. And yeah it's hard to make friends here because people here tend to be very fickle. It's ok... I mean not the worst place I've ever lived but it's really not that great to live here. There is a lot of other things I can mention, like if you have kids... The public schools here are very bad, UNLV is a decent college but it's not that great. This city isn't really kid oriented or family friendly. Lot of negative sht going on here, yeah there is low traffic congestion but people drive crazy af here. I've witnessed 3 different accidents right in front of me here. And he's wrong about danger, Las Vegas is in the top 10 most dangerous cities as far as murder rate, there is a lot of burglary and strong armed robbery going on here, shootings happen pretty much every other day, a shooting happened at my apartment complex a couple weeks ago and there was a bunch of cops circling, nobody got hit though. Good things, I'd say the weather is still good even though the summer kindof sucks, there is a lot going on here, if you want to be in entertainment, hotel management, or services oriented industry, it's a great city for that, a lot of trade shows and stuff like that happen here and sometimes you can find deals to do fun stuff. But overall it's mid, and it's really not that cheap... Yeah no state income tax but they make up for that in other ways trust me. I've never paid more for car insurance and registration than I have here and I've lived in several cities.
Kindof interesting, beat the bush recently mentioned he sortof regrets leaving electrical engineering for a career as a content creator on TH-cam, and he doesn't pull the numbers you do so. Idk, you guys did that, now you're doing this... Can't go back in time.
Oh and lastly, you should probably look at Henderson or Summerline before you decide full on to go back to CA. I'm surprised you didn't mention either. I'm looking at getting an apartment in summerline, it's gonna be high but I think worth it over where I'm at now.
You can get bottled water delivered. It is kind of an ugly place. I prefer a house to a condo, if you’re home all the time.
Very insightful. I’m in tech and sometimes get tired of it (reminds me of one of your other videos) but as you’ve implored there’s pros & cons to every location and living situation
I thought I hated so cal until I moved to vegas 😳
Why u hate Vegas?
Excellent Analysis!😊
Jeff Bezos is a visionary. AZT400X is a long hold
are these bots? thats like stealing money in day-light to me
@@peymanghaemi370 yep
Your mom's also a long hold...
I love how transparent you are. Thanks for sharing.
Always good to hear your prospective.
It’s really interesting to watch your video simply because it seems I’ve been doing very similar things and walking on almost parallel path as you. I moved to Vegas from LA with the exact same thought as you- use Vegas as my base of international travel. I also thought about becoming a TH-camr, but I didn’t start it. 😊 Now I’m half way back in LA, half in Vegas, but still looking and wondering. I mostly agree with you on the pros and cons of Vegas and California. Recommend you to try LifeTime Club, and you may meet some great people band friends through sports and exercise. Everywhere has its pros and cons. Anyway you’re the first subscribe I’ve done for years.
I really admire how you reason things. Like very specific you know exactly why you are leavingv
Love your video because I was not aware of these important facts of living there!
Great information ℹ️👍
Burnt out TH-camrs ending up in Las Vegas is a crack up comment. If you were on stage, you would get laughs from the audience with that one. Your talk was very interesting and made me think that it seems like it boils down to our extent of being programmed. If I had $1 billion and went through the Ferraris and shiny homes as you put it, it all gets boring after a while, so I like the way you spoke about being more internal in your head. It seems much more valid. This level of existence can get boring real fast unless we have something more ethereal to think about.
I lived in Las Vegas for a couple of years but I returned to the Central Coast, I have to agree with you the water is disgusting and people aren't worth waisting your time on. Wish you the best good luck, I do go back periodically!!
GREAT 👍🏻 VIDEO PAL ❤
Always enjoy your vids, on any subject. +1
As someone from LA considering moving to Vegas, this video was very timely. Thank you ❤
I hated Las Vegas when I first moved here, now I can't move away.
@Alex, do us a favor, stay in California. We don't need anymore trash.
@@apt62 what is the common denominator that traps you and this TH-camr from mustering the strength to leave !? Lol I have to know
Make your own opinions
@@apt62 You're shallow and inelegant. Of course you can't leave - you've found your people.
He's right about the low quality people (NEAR THE STRIP), but Las Vegas is nice if you go to Henderson, Green Valley, Summerlin or Lake Las Vegas, you can find some good quality people there. What you should do is keep Nevada as your no income tax home base. You got screwed over by California once, don't go back, it's not worth it. Live in Vegas and just "visit" California for less than 181 days if you must. LV has a big airport and you should take advantage of that, go to San José del Cabo in Baja California 🇲🇽 as a second residence, that place is beautiful and not too far away for a flight or explore other areas, it's probably a good idea to start exploring countries outside the "Rules Based Order" seeing how things are quickly going down the tubes.
You sound like you've traveled around a bit
Excellent comment. Los Angeles, in particular is extremely terrible!
@@MsJaneJake Correct. Los Angeles is soooooo terrible.
I moved here from Dallas. I work in healthcare. I’m very happy in Las Vegas and live near downtown. I live in an apartment with a parking garage. I feel very safe. We have security 24/7
would it be smart to keep an apartment in las vegas if you work on commercial cargo ships for work? no state income tax? and vegas always has cheap flights to/from ports on the coasts?
I LOVE your honesty
If you end up moving somewhere alone, of course you would end up feeling lonely or not into the city life. I also think you are centered around your tech career, so it’s best to move to a city that has the market for tech so you can be around the same type of people (Boston, New York City, Austin, Atlanta, Seattle, Silicon Valley).
this is very thoughtful video. I moved out of bay area and ran into the same issue.
just moved back to bay area and happy about it
Love yu channel ❤️ new member.
Appreciate your insights and honesty. As a female INTJ, I completely understand what you are saying.
I moved here a year ago and I hate. This city sucks. When I leave Las Vegas I will not come back
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I agree that clean water is important, no matter where you are I would suggest a under-sink RO water filter system.
Yeah I don't think he researched it enough if he thought it was inconvenient. It doesn't solve the issue of possible radiation in the water nor trust issues when going out to eat though
Thanks for sharing your experience living in Las Vegas. Also thanks to the TH-cam's algorithm that thinks I'd be interested in your video. The information is relevant to me because we share some similar background.
I have lived in SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley majority of my life - from undergrad and graduate schools to decades of my career in high tech. I was attracted to Las Vegas and Florida as a second home when I retired because of the tax benefits. However, I do have concerns as both Las Vegas or Florida is not an ideal place to live year round (based on my judgment). Similar to you, I wonder if I can use Las Vegas as a base to travel the grand circle (national parks in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado) for three months in a year. I also wonder if the conferences and trade shows hosted by the Las Vegas Convention Center can provide intellectual stimulation. Personally, the restaurants, shows, casinos and glamorous buildings are not the main attractions for me.
When I travel/vacation to a nice location, such as Hawaii, Banff, Vienna, etc., I often ask myself whether I can live there when I retire. One thing many of these locations lack is the intellectual stimulation for techies like you and I. In Silicon Valley, I can attend some interesting events, such as Apple's WWDC just happened this week, which would be hard to come by in Hawaii, Banff, or Vienna. I can attend smaller events hosted by Stanford University's engineering, business, and law schools that discuss state of the art developments in those fields. There are endless of seminars and talks hosted by different IEEE groups. Someone may ask why do I bother to attend these techie events after I retire. It is because I am an investor, I want to know whether the VR goggle introduced by Apple will be a successful product or not. I want to know which A.I. companies are for real, and which ones are not.
I will keep an eye on your next move. In the meantime, good luck.
Lovely video. Thanks for pointing out all the flaws of Las Vegas. Been thinking of moving to Las Vegas
It's not true. The nuclear plans were scapped due to a political fight and protest from the residents.... Nevada is ranked the 7th state with the least cancer.
I lived in Vegas for 5 years, originally from California, and moved back after 5 years.
Bro I did the same thing. Lived in LA, then moved to Vegas. We left after a year and a half and wento to Colorado. My tip for the time you're there is amazon shower filters, and under sink water filters. I know your pain and love being around trees again. God speed good sir!
I left California a year ago and am moving back. I never realized how much I took for granted living in that state. In retrospect the issues that made me want to leave are not nearly as bad as issues I have experienced living in CO near Denver. I also visit the East Coast frequently now for work, and I am really not a fan. Maybe something like Washington would be better but I don't know anybody there so moving back to CA is an easy choice for me.
I have lived in Irvine before and it's a very nice and clean city with a high East Asian population. Always felt very safe there. Though it does have a bit of an artificial feel to it.
The people in Washington suck
I was raised in California graduating from Irvine HS I even bought my first home there back in the 70 and 80's the Asians moved in and that turned out to be the best thing because it's super safe there. But I left a year ago and I'm not regretting it at all.
I'm from Irvine and yes Asians make it nice and cultured as they take good care of their houses and respect your property
Hard workers as well
@@stevethomas5209Yup. To be expected from a culture that values family (children raised by both parents), education and respects the law.
Very interesting video, you make some really interesting and honest points about the LV area. ❤
Dude, I stumbled across this video purely by chance. At first (like within the first 10 seconds) I was ready to move on, but you caught my attention. I was impressed with the way you communicated exactly how you felt without a filter. You were untentionally humorous while being informative. I got a kick out of your video. Well done.
Omg you hit it on the quality of people here. I am an extrovert and I absolutely hate the people here. Been here since 2007 and still don’t have friends. I hate it here
If you've spent 17 years trying to make friends and still haven't made any decent ones, the problem may not be them. Instead, the problem might be you.
Have you looked into reverse osmosis? My husband installed a reverse osmosis filtration system in about an hour. It cost about $300 and the water is almost distilled quality even after 3 years (no filters changed yet). We have this one tab now from where we get all of our drinking water.
As a former bay arean my self, my new life in Raleigh North Carolina has been absolutely amazing. Great tech scene and a lot more affordable than Cali. Plus we have the coast, and the mountains.
You have another option, which is to work as a senior freelance consultant for a part of the year, with a salary several times the one you'd get as an employee theoretically, and thus you'd get enough money working only for a few months in California, getting back what you have lost, while still enjoying the freedom of moving anywhere you want after having banked whatever amount you need in the year to travel around.
He probably lost all his money on gambling, so he has to move into a tent in LA.
I’m not from Vegas been here few years and planning to leave soon. I agree with everything you said!
Thank you for sharing. Have you thought about moving abroad to places that claim to be digital-nomad friendly? e.g. Warsaw, Bangkok, Taipei......
Big tech employee here, living in Irvine, visiting Vegas next week. I’ll avoid drinking the water, thanks for the tip. Wish you the best in your path, wherever it takes you.
If you have a reasonable large family you can simply make your environment yourself, invite all the people you like and build your home yourself where you like it.
If you are alone, you will never really be satisfied, as at some point you want people around, other times they are annoying.
Nothing beats having people around you that you love.
This is actually some pretty amazing insight
Yea pretty obvious he is lonely AS F because nobody ( no friends or family around him ) not even coworkers etc. Hence he's talking about going back to 9-5 job since misses being around people OVERALL 🙄
He got divorced recently and lost his kid.......
@@johnmachenzie1613 Huge difference with that. Ouch.
Living amongst quality people is definitely important
Wow 💯 % honesty in this video .
LA is filled with homeless people but sure, Las Vegas is the one that makes you think of Mad Max
I really realized that I just strongly dislike the desert. I lived for a while in a different desert wasteland called Phoenix, but moved back to CA as soon as I could. Not even sure what the water quality was like because I was so distracted by the ungodly heat. People were largely pretty unfriendly, and I rarely ever saw my neighbors. Their houses were either unoccupied or they were holed up inside with blacked out window shades to escape said heat.
I moved to Phoenix 35 years ago and have lived all over United States. Nothing or no one could have ever prepared me for what I was about to experience living in Phoenix. People told me that it was hot but it was a dry heat. Well I figured I've lived in South Florida for a year and Atlanta for 4 years so I figured it could be that bad. Needless to say it was like living in a n oven( a 115 degree oven. Friends of mine like to play tennis invited me to play and I figured okay we'll go around 8 or 9 a.m. well my friend said no we have to go at 6 a.m. by 8 a.m. it was already 95 and not a cloud in the sky and I knew I was going to die a million deaths. I never saw my neighbor's I thought people that all died in my neighborhood because temperature was so hot that nobody went out during the day. Sometimes I would see people at 1 or 1:30 a.m. outside walking their dog. The temperature had come down from 115 degrees to about 95 degrees. That someone who is a sunshine kind of person I never thought I'd see the day when I would wake up and look out my bedroom window and see that big ball of fire the Sun and I just knew I was going to be dying a million deaths that day. Because there's nothing to do for seven or eight months a year with all that heat there was nothing else to do but drink on the weekends and get drunk. After one year I could not take it anymore and I moved from Phoenix to California and have never looked back it would never go back there again. To me it was like hell on Earth.
In LA People are generally unfriendly Doosh bags
@@gregorymiron8116Funniest post ever 😂😂😂 “die a million deaths”
If you are 40 with kids this isn’t a good state. Poor school, Second in cancer rate in the country, poor healthcare, crime and heat. They last in healthcare and schools.
Some of my family sold their small house in Los Angeles and bought a mini mansion in Phoenix. They invited me their for the weekend. It was 115 degrees and even the air was hot. I asked but it cools down at night right so we can go for a jog or a nice walk outside. They said no it's hot at night as well. It was about 100 at 2 in the morning! It never let up, it was just hot all the time. So I spent the entire weekend inside the house with the Air Conditioning "AC" blasting, then got in my car with the AC blasting, when to the mall and walked around indoors where there was AC. My family said you get use the heat. Well, you actually don't you get use to being indoors in the AC the whole time. In Los Angeles I can go to the beach and walk around the boardwalk, take the bike path, walk around the shops, relax on the sand. I can go to the mountains for a nice hike. I can go and explore different areas of the city. I really don't need a big house in Los Angeles. In Phoenix I would need a big house with an indoor pool because I would spend most of my time indoors.
The TechLead has not lost his great sense of humor. By the way, I know people who moved to Irvine and have stayed put there for the duration(20+ yrs. now). They like the security, the schools, etc.
What's special about Irvine?
@@startupsstartups5564 nothing. It's the most bland city in California.
There're many reasons why people love to live in California. Yes, it's expensive to live here, but I think it's worth it.
When I moved here back in the 90’s, I got very sick with a stomach virus. The doctor told me everyone here has bottled water service, despite being told the water is fine, it really isn’t okay to drink. I was sick for two weeks, I couldn’t even keep down liquids like juice or bottled water, Gatorade. After a few days I could tolerate liquids but no food at all. I can’t remember the name for the stomach virus it was but it was awful. I hate having the extra bill of a water service every month but there is no choice here . I can agree with everything else you mentioned as well, especially regarding the people. Back then it was so so, you could make friends more easily but you had to watch who you made friends with. Now? Forget it. Nasty, selfish, ill mannered, just like void of any decency. My husband and I have very few friends here, the ones we have we have known for years. Other than that, we keep to ourselves. Just yesterday morning, I was at our complex’s gym. The office is closed on Sundays, security is nowhere to be found, and one other girl in the gym with me. A man was banging on the door to be let in. You’re supposed to have your own key. I shook my head no. He gave me dirty looks & rolled his eyes. He was also pacing in front of the windows looking in , kind of staring at us, that made me uncomfortable. He comes back with his key fob, walks right up to me while I’m on the treadmill & starts berating me because I wouldn’t let him in earlier. I said, Sir, it’s a safety issue. I don’t know you. There’s another girl in here & if something should go wrong, I am the one responsible because I opened the door for a stranger. He keeps yelling, talking over me, I repeatedly asked him to get away from me, he called me a b and walked to other side of the gym. I left & my husband went down and had words with him. My husband now has to go with me when I workout, at least for the time being. He believes the guy was on drugs, just crazy. And he lives here in the complex. Great. I thought since it is a higher end place, it would have better quality people. Nope. How are these people passing the background checks? It gets worse every year. We moved away when covid hit and then moved back summer of 2022. I seriously regret coming back here. Fatal accidents every day. Garbage people, it’s not the same. You had to be careful before but it wasn’t this bad. It’s hell now, I hate it. 😢 Oh and get ready, summer is coming so that means get ready for your vision to be assaulted by the 500 lb. , tattoos everywhere, booty short wearing trash. I saw a few over the past week when we had a few warmer days. Butt cheeks hanging out , tatted all up & down the legs & arms, massively overweight & had a child or two with them. That’s their mother? They walk around like that, risking negative attention & bringing their child into that dangerous situation. I see it more & more here. Just disgusting.
I appreciate your candid honesty. You are obviously very intelligent and a place like Vegas caters to the opposite of that.
I kinda think the TH-cam as a career thing won't be a long term thing, it seems pretty oversaturated and it seems hard to imagine that everyone who is big now can keep it going for years and/or there will be another million people who will want to fill their shoes when they're done.
It's a economics 101 if more people willing to post videos in you tube , specially videos without much value like this ,
Saying he's a millionaire most home owners in Compton are millionaires if they sale their houses ,the high inflation and devalut6of the the dollar,the word millionaire is laughing argument, specially if you depend on click bait videos in you tube to pay your bills .
Agree. Unless you make it really big, Always thought that TH-cam was not a solid finical foundation to depend on.
YT is where the money is! Advertise on IG and TT
@@Earthcitizen4609 In Las Vegas, having a net worth north of ten million makes living here quite nice. One does have to evaluate with whom they socialize with. In order to live well and avoid riffraff, living in a neighborhood with homes starting over two million usually keeps the creeps out however, we have about two pro athletes here and some years ago O.J. Simpson moved into the neighborhood for a short time after he got out of jail. Never saw or heard anything from him. Only a few people on TH-cam by and large are successful, they have to "show" something, not just sit and whine about life.
He's a software engineer. He can become a digital nomad and live in Thailand
Awesome snow covered Star Fort at 5:42!
I'm moving to Vegas from San Diego. I have a good friend there and I'm pretty social. I will pray about this. I'm looking forward to the food for sure.
Any updates sir?
Thank you for sharing your brutally honest opinions! I'm thinking about leaving Santa Cruz to move to Las Vegas as a home base to have more freedom to travel too. I guess there's pros and cons to everywhere. I look forward to your future videos too see if you actually stay or leave. In the meantime, I will go ahead and start packing so that I'm prepared once i decide. Hoping to move this year!
Yeah don’t do that, try Reno Tahoe
@@dabbking Mt Charleston isn't far from Vegas though. It would be a great place to escape the heat! 😬😅
@@bayareaknitter never been there, Vegas seams like a crappy city
@@dabbking I would actually be moving to Henderson, which is next to Vegas, but a city of it's own. I wouldn't even have any need to visit the strip or downtown Vegas. I'm even looking at Boulder City. Both places are considered pretty safe.
Keep updating us as your travels take you to different places…please…
As somebody who moved to Seattle from Northern California, I can relate to not meeting quality people and feeling stuck in purgatory. I've been apartment hunting for over a year and still haven't been able to find something that I can reasonably afford back home. I've been considering Vegas due to the weather and more exciting lifestyle, however this video made me reconsider. Thank you.
I’m from Seattle as well working on a two year contract for my company. 6 months left and I’m out of this trashy place.
No one was meant to live in the friggin desert bro 😂
@@sfrealestatedealmaker6001 True. I've lived in Arizona and know desert weather sucks too; but it beats the rainy drab moist depression that is PNW weather
@@AnubianOddity Wouldn’t live in PNW either. I’m in Northern California, weather is 100% perfect. It’s expensive as hell, but you get what you pay for. Little rain, no humidity, almost never get triple digit heat, no bugs, no snow.
Seattle is hell, not purgatory
You make me remember of your old video "The Golden Path" 😁
I lived in Palo Alto, and I agree with you about the smart people you find in that area. I really enjoyed that. It wasn't that they were just smart; but they were creative and innovative as well. There are smart people here in Northern Virginia as well. I don't know anyone well enough to comment on how creative they are. Surprised you don't want to be a co-founder. Your parents will be happy if you move close. Especially if they get to finally see the grandkid.
People are super-smart in the DC area
we need a map of smart and dumb /and dumbiest/ areas :)
Nice, West LA is my hood. Very calm and near a lot of good restaurants.
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Wow, thank you for your insight! We are older and keeping our mind open for our future places to move possibly
to retire…, Las Vegas was one of the choice. We can now cross that off!!
The more I look, the more I know that SoCal is where we want to be, just darn too expensive!!!
Aloha Patrick… I believe your feelings toward travel and your life being just mediocre are because you don’t have someone to share it with. Even just a good friend to go with. I think your outlook would change if you had this in your life. Best wishes and love the videos.
Great point!
absolutely correct
Said he doesn't like travel and then lists off loads of travel he enjoyed. Maybe he just loathes the process of getting somewhere else and the organization?
As he said, the people here are fickle. They're also many low life's and transients so it's not easy to make friends.
Honestly as a Vegas native I'm surprised you moved here.
My brother recently moved from here to San Diego and he does not coming back and I understand.
My attachment to this place is just solely because I grew up here.
Once you get outside of the casinos, there is not much besides heat and dirt.
Nevada is a very spread out, outdoorsy type place. Worth checking out. But some people don't like the solace of the open desert. I do. I will trade California beaches for our sunsets and vast open nothingness.
Ever been horseback riding in the open desert? Land sail on a dry lake bed? Go skeet shooting? Camp in the open desert with nobody around for miles. Drive a dune buggy or quad flat out. Go River rafting through a canyon. Go to a brothel (probably not), go to a ghost town or up north to some of the older towns like Virginia City or Carson?
I guess you don't know the joy of being in a little house out in the middle of nowhere with nobody around.
Grilling up some up some steaks with a nice drink and a smoke. Purple and orange skys. Vastness for miles. Blanket of stars in total darkness when the sun goes down.
California is a different vibe entirely then Nevada. People are typically laid back, anywhere but Vegas. In Vegas most people are very closed off.
Especially outside of Vegas. Vegas is kinda some what like California. (Depends on what you are doing in the city).
Las Vegas is a black hole in reality in the desert.
Well said 👍 Don't give away too much of it's charm though. All of the beautiful desert will be ruined here too and sold to the highest mega-corp like they do in CA. Better to let them just complain and move away. You only have to look at what's become of Joshua Tree or Alabama Hills if you want to see how much they care about the environment and outdoor areas there. We won't even go back now and it was one of our favourite areas...
New to your channel. I'm actually a life long NYer currently in Vegas as we speak looking at potential condos. While I am not quite ready to move, I know that NYC is not in my future. I'm 50 years old, single, so not worried about schools however as I inch closer to retirement quality of life and safety become big issues as well as property/income taxes. My short list of cities is Tampa, Boca Raton/Ft. Laud area and suburban Vegas. However if I could afford it, Irvine CA would be perfect. Just such a great blend of "niceness" in suburbia but you're only an hour south of filthy LA if you need some urban in your life! Since I can't afford Irvine, Vegas is looking good. Summerlin and Henderson are beautiful areas. Although I haven't experience a full Vegas summer yet, NYC at 95degrees with 95% humidity in the middle of August is about as disgusting as it gets.
I’m from vegas and lived there most of my life, I’ve had small amounts of tap water never give me kidney stones. Just be sure to flush your system with filtered water or invest in a filter. I’m introvert as well and you can meet locals, stay strong.
Best of luck
Hey friend I’m a local here in LV and I’ve lived here for 6 years moving from Seattle and I’ve felt the same way but now that my paranoia is gone I like it a lot here
Come to Walnut Creek CA, it's in the East Bay Area, very family oriented, safe, lots of beautiful nature around
Very interesting and informative video. I lived in California for 18 yrs., worked at the studios and loved every minute of living in CA (including driving through canyons on fire LOL) I agree with about 90% of what you said, as we get older we look for different lifestyles depending on our interests. I grew up in Colo. and if you like hiking, its beautiful (I did that when I was 16 and now find it boring), although I still enjoy long drives through the mountains (ending up at lodges where I can curl up in front of a fireplace with a good book & coffee or glass of wine). [My friend lives in Lakewood, CO and apparently there is an area which has been exposed to ethylene oxide which causes cancers! So, go figure.] I was actually thinking of moving to Vegas so I found your comments interesting. My mom was Japanese so I have been looking into at least long visits there. I am still searching as well and look forward to hearing more about your next steps.
Damn sifu, it's like you were talking directly to me. The part about not being able to see or touch the absence of quality people around you really hit home. As did the part about Vegas being a graveyard for TH-camrs. :(
Oh no!¡ grave yard!
You must be a miserable individual
You're looking in the wrong places for the wrong things. You want family.
It’s always great to hear someone speak the truth thank you.
come to Burlingame, its great here
I never thought a TH-camr with 1M+ subscriber would want to go back to a normal 9-5.
I have a similar experience.
I was working at an accounting firm. I could have gone back to school, gotten my degree, worked my way up to becomming a controller at a good firm ..
But then i went out to Vegas. Started playing poker and ive been doing that for two years while traveling around the country.
Now im literally on the road, days away from returning to Vegas to continue playing poker.
Some days id rather just be working as an accountant, working a 9-5 and earning an honest wage.
For God's sake, go back to the accounting field! And get yourself out of Las Vegas! There is no future in Vegas for you! It's not too late! Surely there are lots of job openings in the field right now. You're more likely to become a millionaire accountant than a millionaire poker player.
Try Miami, TechLead. We would love to have you. A lot of fast-living people but a lot of kind and intelligent people here. Key Biscayne is top notch.
I can not imagine Tech Lead moving to Miami.
I so appreciate your honesty and I REALLY appreciate the joy and laughter you've given myself in your critical, deadpan manner.
Yes, it's that deadpan presentation that some people aren't getting. It's a riot!😂
Just boil the water.
Even boiled piss is 100% bacterias free.
Dude if you move on all time you basically running away from yourself
Dig within bro
We are double Ivys, both professionals, attorney, finance, lived here 23 years, Las Vegas as I have said for a long time you either love it or hate it. Some of your criticisms are fair, but ultimately Las Vegas is whatever you make of it. We aren't really interested in visiting with others, work, family and enjoying desert southwest at a relatively low cost of living compared to SoCal, East Coast makes this an easy choice for us. No place is perfect, but for us LV has so many more positives than negatives, BUT fundamentally it is dry, sun, desert, no state income tax, wonderful restaurants, shows, can't go wrong. Best wishes.
I agree with everything.
You seem so FUN!!
Your/our problem is knowing too much. Its hard to be content this way sometimes. :)