Miracle in the Desert - The Salton Sea! 1969 vs 2021

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  • @MrIslandman59
    @MrIslandman59 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the way you integrated the old sales pitch into the apocalyptic present, well done!

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Drove around Bombay Beach today. Still shocked this post apocalyptic wreck of a town was ever supposed to be luxury living.

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's shocking - I was just back there this weekend - still beautiful - and still apocalyptic!!

    • @mr.b3837
      @mr.b3837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I spend several Spring vacations there when it was a luxurious place. Sad what has become of it. BTW, I'm in my 60's.

    • @mikeandrews1899
      @mikeandrews1899 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reality is a bitch 🤔

  • @victorcontreras9138
    @victorcontreras9138 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Though this presentation might seem as somewhat of a joke to some people, it touches a fond spot in my heart! You see, my brother whom I love very much, lives out there. I'll always enjoy visiting him and Bombay Beach no matter what the area becomes⚠️

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  ปีที่แล้ว

      For what it's worth - It's not meant as a joke. It's fascinating to see/compare the evolution of the area.

    • @victorcontreras9138
      @victorcontreras9138 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GPCalifornia Oh, I was not referring to you, my friend! I'm aware of your good intentions of displaying the change of the area. It was because of some readers comments that I noticed some didn't accept your work with sincere appreciation. I, however, do as there is beauty in what the heart feels❤️

  • @gottasay4766
    @gottasay4766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is such a great lesson in understanding that all decays and do not believe the hype. The grifters are always waiting to swoop in. That “miracle” in the desert was created by a civil engineering mistake.

  • @rob5763
    @rob5763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great video. I only hope the narrator is still alive and gets to see it.

  • @nuclearrabbit1
    @nuclearrabbit1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmm. A sea resort in the desert. When you already have an ocean next door. That's some good marketing, right there.

    • @mikeandrews1899
      @mikeandrews1899 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about we populate large cities with tens of millions residents in a desert with no water and steal the water from the nobody's of the north ? Developers made a deal with the politicians and we got the SoCal shit show

  • @willamsandell1082
    @willamsandell1082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is very funny, very clever . I live their in Bombay by the way

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! You're a Bombay Beach resident??

    • @martinleicht5911
      @martinleicht5911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Will,when can we stop by for beer n pizza ?? 🍺 😎 👍

  • @igavehimadollar3354
    @igavehimadollar3354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cool video

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thanks! more Salton Sea uploaded to the channel!

  • @martinleicht5911
    @martinleicht5911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At what point in time did it go from fun to tragic !! 🤔

    • @Travis_22
      @Travis_22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Couple weeks ago

    • @m249machinegun2
      @m249machinegun2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably in the mid 70s when the flooding destroyed a lot of stuff.

    • @martinleicht5911
      @martinleicht5911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👍

    • @captng
      @captng ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well it only lasted less than two decades from creation to toxic wasteland 😮

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The French Riviera of the desert south west.

  • @TehButterflyEffect
    @TehButterflyEffect 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So does noone go to the Salton Sea anymore? What gives? Used to be a huge boating destination....

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh people go - but it's not the resort destination it once was - which is a shame. It's more like the end of the line now.
      Part II -> th-cam.com/video/Tl1I3lptrgs/w-d-xo.html

    • @jordanjohnson9866
      @jordanjohnson9866 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah. Not noone go to the Salton Sea anymore. /

  • @salvatorevatore5387
    @salvatorevatore5387 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG 👽

  • @jeffkokosinski1784
    @jeffkokosinski1784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Developers over the years have completely fucked Cali up

  • @stephaniedykes4157
    @stephaniedykes4157 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's very jarring to hear the audio with the video of what it looks like today.

  • @willamsandell1082
    @willamsandell1082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    live there I mean

  • @SlabCityTelevision
    @SlabCityTelevision ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Juzt subbed

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! More Salton content to come~

  • @whateverheather655
    @whateverheather655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm surprised some conglomerates haven't come in ans revamped the area. Why is is like this what happen ? Anyone know ?

    • @freshimpactco.8698
      @freshimpactco.8698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The lake slowly became very salty and the fish as well as bird life died off, making the area very unpleasant and caused tourists to leave and never return. The lake levels also slowly dropped as renewable water sources were redirected away from the Salton sea.
      Now it's a ghost town with nothing remaining but the memory of the once vibrant community which moved here to enjoy sand, sun and the Salton sea.

    • @GenoG1202
      @GenoG1202 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@freshimpactco.8698I've lived here for seven years and the population has gone from 2,500 to 7,000+ , with a new casino, travel plaza, two stores, two schools, and more homes being built. How is that a "ghost town"?????

  • @neds3528
    @neds3528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got a great idea, let's build a city in a literal desert. What could go wrong?

    • @maddy680
      @maddy680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well… look at Phoenix 😂 it’s not too far fetched

    • @neds3528
      @neds3528 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maddy680 phoenix wouldn't exist if if weren't for technology to get water to the area.

    • @BTScriviner
      @BTScriviner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about Las Vegas?

    • @neds3528
      @neds3528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BTScriviner same thing goes for a good majority of cities in the southwest. Look what's going on with lake mead and lake powell. It's drying up and these huge cities in the desert are about to be fighting over water rights.

    • @etexbassfreak
      @etexbassfreak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don’t move to Texas we’re full and already have a border crisis.

  • @GenoG1202
    @GenoG1202 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Salton City surrounded by extremely nice homes, hard working people and a VERY peaceful, cheap and quiet life. The air here is cleaner than LA (Do your research!), and all you showed was the abandoned buildings in ONE town, around the entire perimeter of the lake, that is remote and cut off. Have you seen the homes here where millionaires and celebrities live to be in peace? 🤷🏽 But keep the "toxic" narrative and keep my taxes cheap. Thank you!!!

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The intent here isn't to degrade the sea and its salty residents - but to highlight the absurdity of the decline from the time of the travel reel. Bombay Beach Salton City. I get it. It's just that there isn't much left from the "glory days" of the sea left in Salton City - it's moved on.

  • @ligerangry2621
    @ligerangry2621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video it's a joke... mocking !. And at the same time it's a shame for our federal and state careless government all along the past years and the actual as well. They haven't done anything.🖕🖕

    • @GPCalifornia
      @GPCalifornia  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      are you mad at the video.... or the outcome/reality?

    • @DG-sf9ei
      @DG-sf9ei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GPCalifornia I was going to respond, but you stole the words from my reply. That's the beauty of this video with some harsh reality humor, reality vs what it was propped up to be years past.

    • @Travis_22
      @Travis_22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Americans don't really get satire