Best Beach Town in California? | Trinidad, CA | Living in Humboldt County
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Lived in Trinidad for a long time. People are kind. School is amazing. Everywhere is beautiful. Temp lows in winter are about 30 and Summers in the 70's. If you seek a peaceful place to exist. I have found no where more magical.
Live in San Diego and love it but Trinidad is one of my favorite places. It's AMAZING!
Lived in Eureka in 1971-72 right after getting married. We had a very small income so our entertainment budget for the month covered one 33 1/3 vinyl album or a book, 2 tickets to a 99¢ movie at a formerly condemned theater in Arcata, and a 1 gallon jug of Red Mountain wine. I remember seeing Gone W/ the Wind at that theater and everyone jumping up off the folding hard wooden seats at intermission and rubbing their backsides. Also, the air was heavy with the scent of grass. Everyone said that Humbolt's biggest cash crop was marijuana. Gas was cheap in those days so we drove all over the county on weekends and did a lot of hiking at Patrick's Point and Prairie Creek state park. Whenever we were up that way, we made a point of stopping in Trinidad for the best clam chowder you could ever hope for. The town looks a lot bigger now. I also remember the old--and "dirty"--nuclear power plant that was upwind from the Eureka elementary school. I have read the plant was closed down a long time ago but the fuel rods are still stored on site because there's no place to move them. It was a beautiful county. It rained a lot but that was what made it so green and lush.
Wow thank you so much for sharing these memories 😊 I love hearing old/ new friends and neighbors talk of times past and how the county was back then. Such special times in a special place and memories to cherish for a lifetime. Patricks Point (Sue Meg) and Prairie Creek are some of my favorite places on earth! Where are you now?
At that,Arcada theater... I could have been there in 1976.
The owner had the cat sit by the screen.
I went to college there at that time, before the first "real" grocery store. That has changed a lot. You couldn't get Haagen-Dazs, the veggies walked from Central California. With growth comes better stores, traffic and people problems
I used to live in Trinidad. It’s nice to have easy access to the beach. But it’s cold, foggy, windy and rainy. And pretty boring. If you don’t mind those things, it’s a nice place.
This is so true! It rained 3 inches last week but then this week no rain and 75 degrees. I personally love the change in weather - it is refreshing. And the quiet of Trinidad is nice after have lived in a big city with traffic. I will be going to see live music and go to some fun community events in Arcata this weekend to get my social fill 😊
Don't miss the Arcata crawl 😅
Cold here is better than constantly sweating down south
@@frankmacleod2565 Agreed. I don’t like the heat. Fortunately I live on the Central Coast, and our climate is mild. I don’t even have air conditioning in my pickup. That would be intolerable in most places. The problems here are the cost of living and too many people. Stay in Trinidad!
@@kevinbrowning1578 The central coast is pretty great too, I love the whole area between SLO and Monterey with a passion. Looks like you've given up Trinidad for another piece of heaven... but yeah, too many people down there. I actually live in Eureka, moved from the LA beach cities 20 years ago. Rent on a nice 2-bedroom apartment is less than $1000 a month still.
Trinidad is the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. I’m college student in Arcata, humco born, I love going to Trinidad to surf and enjoy the beach. Not much to do but when I’m older and want to have a family it’s perfect, and Arcata and eureka aren’t far away to do things. The biggest downside to Trinidad are the airbnbs and vacation homes. Less people are actually living in town these days because everything is an airbnb so rent is going way up. That is really unfortunate 😊
Great video, thanks! We lived on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in 2001-2002. My wife had a payback obligation with the IHS and worked in the clinic on the reservation. We would drive over the mountain every weekend to surf the Jetty in Eureka, Camel Rock, Patrick’s Point, and Crescent City. We checked out every surf town on the North coast. Great memories of big waves and wonderful people. Thanks again 👍🏽
I love this! Thanks for sharing 😊
Born in Humboldt County, it's definitely a really beautiful area but the weather is horrible and the crime is disproportionately bad.
Really wow never been there just got as far as Solvang. I'm live in so cal.
I love Solvang! So beautiful! Trinidad is still 9.5 hours further north. Come visit 😊
@@carolaguilera6911Check out Big Sur
Horrible compared to the rest of California or compared to anywhere else in the US?
@@GrahamMcBain In the summer months in Eureka the high temperature is usually in the low 60's - like the average high in August is 63 and that's the warmest month. It's overcast over 200 days out of the year on average and it rains every month of the year (just less in the summer), with some parts of Humboldt County getting over 100 inches/year.
We used to stop there whenever we were in the area in the 80s and 90s.
I remember always stopping by the lighthouse to get some food. It was more of a fancy place back then with steak and seafood if I recall correctly. I still have a banana slug magnet, a handmade mug, and a book about local marine biology signed by the author which I got from their gift shop.
My mother used to purchase shells from a store there for her collection. I remember one she splurged on was $850 which was a lot for a little shell especially back then.
Thank you for stirring up old memories.
My husband and I were just on a weekend road trip for memorial day weekend. We stumbled upon the town of Trinidad by accident, and wow!! Absolutely breathtaking. They have the most beautiful beaches we've ever seen. They remind us of pictures of the the Caribbeans! White sands and baby blue waters. Especially Baker Beach. 🩵 we definitely wanna visit again in the future
It was so gorgeous here this weekend! Glad you stumbled upon Trinidad and this video 😊 Thanks for sharing
We visited Trinidad last year and really enjoyed the area. Our dinner at Larrapin may be one of our biggest surprises.
I was camping at Patrick's Point by the time I was born, may been carried over there in utero.
We would usually spend 2 weeks with other families camping there. Launching our ski boat out of Trinidad harbor on that sketchy railroad track thing that went into the ocean..................we went way out to find fish usually.
Hunting agates was of course the thing. I still have lots of them. Im 66 now and still riding motorcycles on back roads from Chico to the coast and all over.
Once, we were there after a storm and agate beach had huge piles of driftwood etc that washed in, some of us kids found a whale had washed in under the driftwood and was buried. The coast guard had to dynamite it and haul it out in pieces later on.
Its in the papers from back in that day, 1972/72 or so. I never get tired of the North Coast.
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It is a bummer that Katie's Smoke House is no longer there, been gone a long time I guess but I loved that place.
They had the best smoked fish of all kinds, amazing delicacies and great people.
We would drop a salmon or two off for smoking and pick it up later, so good!
Nice presentation. I hope you get lots of leads.
It’s an absolutely beautiful area of California to visit for vacation! Beautiful, in the summer time!
My wife and I spent a couple days in Trinidad a few years back and really enjoyed it, we stayed at the Emerald Forest Cabins. I recommend it for anyone looking for a quiet getaway.
Just beautiful! I applied to Humboldt but did t get in, went to SFSU instead. Would’ve been so different. Thanks for this and good luck on your job.
i visited on the way past arcata to klamath. its super cute. there was an awesome kayak instructor who is from santa cruz who moved up during pandemic! i found a few great food places. i dont remember now but one place was popular for sandwiches and ice cream fresh made w fresh waffles!
I did live in Trinidad, CA. We moved there in 1957. I was in the 6th grade. We lived there for 1 1/2 years and then moved just south to Blue Lake, CA. Loved the area.
I love Blue Lake! 😊
@@livinginhumboldtcounty So did I when I lived there. I was very sorry to leave.
I think more and more people from California are going to be moving to towns like Trinidad, with the rise in crime and general plummeting of livability in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. I don't know if things are set up for aging retirees who might want walkable places, libraries, churches, a modest cultural center, and a well-equipped hospital. City folk might have misconceptions of Humboldt, imagining there are huge cannabis farms and rough, tribal hippies who tend them. I met a few off-grid cannabis growers and they weren't the nicest people I've come across. I like neighbors who get along and respect the law.
My thoughts, questions and concerns as well! A stunningly beautiful area I have loved since I was a child growing up in a beach city in So Cal. Always dreaming one day of trading the sun drenched beach for a lush green area with a rocky beach. I have considered Shelter Cove, Sea Ranch, among other nearby areas, but I wonder about the realty of such areas for retirement. Such as you mentioned, a well-equipped hospital. My understanding is Humboldt County has areas with a significant amount of crime. There is that desire for rural and seclusion, but you have to accept you won’t have access to a leading hospital, great schools for your grandkids and even, sigh, perhaps, dare I say, Costco or Target.
..you do realize that most Californians are moving out of the state, right? And as for crime, Humboldt has alot of it, look up murder mountain, it's a mountain in Humboldt where people go missing. And the crackheads in Humboldt are vicious
@@mr.joshua204 A lot of us have ties to the state. Some of us have aging parents who won't or can't come along with an interstate relocation. My first choice is to look for a decent location in California. If I could afford it, my first choice would be Santa Barbara.
@@Cletus_the_Elder id stay away from any place in California that is riddled with crime
The crime rate in Eureka (which is only like 15 minutes away) is over three times the California average, including a significantly higher rate of violent crime.
Use to surf up there a lot when my sister went there to school up there from 03-06 good times and amazing waves miss that place 😊
Love that! Thanks for sharing 😊
Not thinking of moving to Humboldt, but I have to say you seem like the coolest genuine Realtor I have ever seen. I wish you the best of luck in your career. I wish realtors were less suit and tie sales mans types and more like you, members of the community welcomng others into it.
Thank you so much for this comment. That means a lot. I love this community and I am so grateful to be able to welcome people in this way. And as for my attire - definitely a Humboldt Realtor thing! Half my clients want a home in town and the other half want a large property with a creek water source. Mud boots are the official Realtor footwear!! 😂
A question is whether you can afford to live in Trinidad.
Housing used to be affordable, but now it has typical CA oceanfront prices.
Another issue with living so close to the ocean... everything rusts.
Or rots 😆
that isn't going to be in the realty vlog of anyone eh?
I’ll stay on the Big Island ! Looks like a nice place to visit
You’re good at this
Thanks!! 😂 it’s so fun to share
I'm a sucker for Petrolia if I ever move North, but I've been through Trinidad several times and it comes a close second.
🎉Thank you for the beautiful tour and your input.FRBJR
Thank you for your comment! 😊
Lived in Fortuna for a year 2015. Love it there
That’s awesome you made it here for a year! 😊 I love Fortuna too - so warm and close to the ocean and best river spots. Where are you now?
I am back east now selling more property and deciding where to go next.
Depressing weather, too cold to sit out on your porch in the evening even in the summer.
We like the weather nice and cool, 65 degrees is about perfect. Far too hot down south for my taste, I don't like to sweat constantly
I used to work at the now-defunct navy base in Centerville as a teen and my dream house was the train car house in Trinidad
My whole life I worked toward trying to get that property but they split it and sold it before I was old enough to make bigger money
Aw❤
Hello Alexia! You came up in my feed how fun, good to see you!! ☺️
Hi Sam 😊 I love that! Hope you’re well
@@livinginhumboldtcounty thank you! hope the same to you :))
Love it there but too far from great medical care; how red it is I do not know. I played on those beach as a child as a family member had built a house at the cliff side but over the years the land gave way...many happy memories as a child.
Everything costs more in Humboldt. A warm summer day is about 65 degrees. Few good job opportunities. Lots of rain and fog. Please do some research before deciding to move here.
Yes, do research and visit to see for yourself! Everyone has such a different experience, everywhere they go 😊
Lemme guess, the only industries are logging and tourism, yet no one is allowed to build anything. Houses start at 1.5 million for 1000 sq ft, any takers????
I wonder why theres no workers at ANY of the stores
There is actually a lot of work available here! If you know of any tradespeople/ contractors, I can’t find a painter with availability until 2025!
Don’t forget the #1 industry/cash crop!
Government jobs is about all.
@@livinginhumboldtcounty well yea, real work is always in demand 😆 building, maintaining humans and human infrastructure are the only sustainable 'industries'
Nonsense
Lived there before. Winter rained every other day.
Sometimes every day for a week!! 😂 But then some days 65 in spring.. really makes you appreciate the weather in a special way! Did you live in Trinidad or Westhaven?
@@livinginhumboldtcounty Eureka, a couple blocks from the ocean. Summer was pretty. Fall and winter made me pack up and leave.
Thanks gorgeous Realtor.
I’ve never been there. Take me go fishing at your fav spot. :)
i lived in Trinidad for years, its an amazing place. Im the Larraupin Kid thats my spot best restaurant in Humboldt by far
headies and lighthouse grill are awesome too
I live very close, I'm blessed to say! ✨️♥️✨️
Same. I feel so grateful to live here 🤍
Simply beautiful.
Love the name Trinidad and it definitely looks nice although the video doesn't do it justice. My only problem with living along the coast is the fog. I always feel the fog creates a bit of a gloomy atmosphere. Difficult to describe. As I am easily depressed this very much affects me. Even the houses are all in the same grey color. Not exactly a happy tropical vibe here. Also with very small towns like this it quickly gets boring plus everybody knows everybody so no privacy or secrecy which not everybody can get used too. If you get into a problem with someone which will happen then you bump into the same person every day.
Shes so right a out the beaches here in LA 😂
Is a pain to find parking
Super sweet video!
Thank you!
@@livinginhumboldtcounty I appreciate you making this video. I had no idea of this beautiful town. It's super dreamy
Eureka has to be the worst town north of the Golden gate infested with meth a fentinal tons of crime. Trinidad is to close to eureka
I don't know about that, man, it's bad but worse than Redding?
Yep. I traveled the coast a couple of years back and stayed the night in Eureka. I went to the Walmart there---seriously everyone including the staff looked strung out. There were 2 women in line in front of me one around 20 the other around 40, obviously a mom and daughter. They both were poster kids for meth addiction-the mom looked 80 and the daughter looked 40. It was sad. Next morning as I left I stopped at a fast food place to grab something to eat. In the 30 feet to the door, I got pan handled twice ( I just waved them off) and when I walked back to my car, one of the ones who panhandled me on the way in started screaming at me to give him money. So much for a quaint coastal town, too bad as I like everything about the lifestyle, even the weather.
@@weirdshibainu how sad. Eureka was a pit when I went to college decades ago, then got nicer after the mills closed etc. But I can imagine it is pretty pukey in many places now
@@elizabethheyenga9277 I felt really bad for the people in Walmart. They just looked so beat down and lost. It was like 4 in the afternoon and they looked like they just walked out of a war zone.
Love this! Come to shelter cove next :D
Breakfast burritos at the Mexican restaurant inside the gas station. Larupins for the best dinner north of Cecil’s in Garberville.
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you seem more of an artist than a sales person
Well I am actually both! 😊
U did a great job
Alexa is no stranger to the local produce
I tried living in one of these small coastal towns. The weather is horrible. Grey days 90% of the time. Groceries were really expensive.
Curious… great VLOG YOU DID … very nice👍👍😉
Thank you! 😊 So fun to share.
homes for sale currently at 1.25-2.5 million
yes trinidad is or was mostly a retirement community the house are stellar if you can afford 1
Beautiful 🌿 thanks, looks great place
Nice
How about buying some land there that could gain in value? Would 10k get you anything that could significantly increase in value?
If I could afford it I’d live there. 😂 I’d rather live down in Fort Bragg and get a little bit more bang for my buck - and maybe even a little more sunshine! Trinidad is beautiful, though - I’ll give it that. 🌊 ☁️
Cool vid! If I was moving there, I would want to hear a little about the people & local culture.
Thanks for the feedback! 😊
there is no culture in Trinidad, but it is close to Arcata and Eureka. Which has shopping, not sure about cultah
best place in the world. Very like this Nature
Me too! I live for it 🌲
Great video! I want to move up there so bad I currently live in SoCal
Where in So Cal? It is really special up here ☺️
Cool, don't bring youre liberal bullshlt up here, leave it in southern California
you have to tolerate grey. I found summer very hard as it was foggy and cold in summer a lot. Winter no problem but I need some sun!
@@livinginhumboldtcounty I'm from Orange County! But right now I'm working in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah till November 🙂
Too foggy and overcast year round. Plus all the growers and tweakers
Growers are not tweekers. Have another drink
@@ragheadand420roll lol, many of them are
@@ragheadand420roll commercial growers are not good people. Most of them are always involved in other stuff
Not many growers left, no money in it anymore.
@@kemosabe5120 still plenty of tweakers
How many grow fields?
Grow fields in Trinidad? Not the ideal climate for that
You have to be a millionaire to live there in2024 . But i would love to visit 😊
Come visit! 😊
Nonsense
Humboldt county is beautiful but that can be deceiving. Unfortunately with Murder Mountain documentary/show and other stories about missing people in that area raised serious concerns about moving to that area and this was approx. 3 yrs ago... not sure how the missing persons and crime levels of that area now.
growing weed and the crime it brought ended when the laws changed, now the county is suffering from the millions in lost revenue.
Well if that concerns you, you should try the southern California desert communities!
You have sweet voice
Do you happen to know what the average rent is now in the general area (like Trinidad or Arcata, for example)? Thanks.
That is a really great question! If you send me an email, I can send you some links 😊
900-1200 for an 2 bedroom apartmernt/townhouse 1500-2200 for 3 bedroom house 2500 - 3500 for a ultra bomb house on property
rich people only....
Hello!!! I really liked your videos, the truth is I'm very interested in this area of California, especially Eureka and Paradise, I have a friend there. I would love if you can visit more Eureka and Luffenholtz Beach, I have plans to visit and would like to know more about these towns.
That’s awesome! I will do a Eureka video next! 😊
Paradise as in the town that burnt down? it is not a Paradise alas, I thought about moving there before the fire
This is where the rich people of Humboldt retire to.
Some pretty spots, but overall, I'll never even visit here.
My wife said that it's a beautiful beach..
Nice video
never heard of it.....from la....
If you love your town, don't advertise it on TH-cam
Trinidad is not a secret!
Nicely done, but I think you should’ve touched on the weather.
Thank you! I talk about the weather a bit in my other video, Pros and Cons of Living in Humboldt County 😊
The Best weed fr 🎉
Humboldt was nice 30 years ago. Now not so much.
Great place to go for college, I loved it
Basically just described California as a whole.
With any nice home with a yard there cost a a million, so no, I can't afford to live in Trinidad, especially with a 7 percent or higher mortgage on loans now.
Great little town an area… question::: 2 bed 2 bath , balcony, yard, garage ??? Rent, how much?? Or to buy ?? How much
Hi Glen! If you want to send me an email I’m happy to share a few areas with their rent/ buy average prices 😊alexia.neal@corcoranicon.com
@@livinginhumboldtcounty What’s the name of your realtor/ your office in Trinidad….will call you or we may come up tk u
@@glenbradley1046 my brokerage is Corcoran Icon Properties in Arcata. Please do call me! I’d love to meet you and I have some recommendations on places to stay when you visit 😊 707-273-8825
Income capital gains property end.Inheritance tax are absurd in California
Gonna have to pack living here and dress warm
Beautiful there ❤
It really is so beautiful 🤍
I love Humboldt county, its far better than anything southern California, but.. dont ever move there. No jobs, crackheads all over, too many self entitled college liberals who judge you for using paper bags at grocery stores, and the list goes on. Oh, in trinidad, the only way youll be living there is if you habe at least 2 million dollars, because all those beautiful homes are multi million dollar homes
@@HenryIdaho ..I lived in arcata. I know what I'm talking about,kid . Why don't you hangout around eureka by yourself for an afternoon and see just how many homeless people there are. Or even go to the arcata plaza. Humboldt will always be my home, but Humboldt has no good job opportunities. It's either you're homeless, get a shlt job, or sell and move pot
@@HenryIdaho too bad the college kids of arcata don't like art, they had the arcata plaza statue of McKinley taken down because his past offended them. It was a great statue, but leave it to closed minded liberals to cancel history
Beautiful place, truly, but be fore-warned Moonstone Beach, which has a river mouth nearby, has had Great White shark attacks and several in Humboldt Co.Aug-Dec/ Fall is a happy lunchtime for Great Whites. Do your due-diligence... never go into the water alone, they even attack surfers, divers and kayaks.
You mean they attack the people who frequent the water most? Weird.
Great whites are prevalent all along the west coast and down to Baja too! Can’t live life in fear - but definitely take necessary precautions. If fishing from a kayak, don’t gut your fish from the boat while out at sea. They don’t want to eat humans but have accidentally mistaken humans for seals. It is much more dangerous to drive to the beach.
So what are the price ranges of homes in the area?
There is a big price range of homes in the area, depending on proximity to the ocean and the size of property 😊 if you’d like a detailed market analysis, send me an email! alexia.neal@corcoranicon.com
Is it mostly foggy?
Hi! No it’s not mostly foggy 😊 the weather changes a lot during the year. Sometimes mostly sunny with some rain storms. Or fog in the morning that burns off during the day. Sometimes just rainy or just sunny for weeks! It really depends on time of year and location in the county.
No. It's mostly cold and drizzly, usually from Nov-May.
@@relicofgold That’s half of the year! No thanks.
Meth heads, cartels and outlaws. To be fair I like the remote woodsy geography and hippie girls!
It used to be nice. Now it sucks. Yes i lived there for over 25 years. And lotsa fog, kinda boring. Shes just trying to offload overpriced run down houses. And the tweakers suck.....
Brrrr🥶
why are homes 2x the price of Eureka?
because it is a small tourist town farther away and houses are right on the coast
@@elizabethheyenga9277 farther away from what? Eureka is right on the coast, cant get any closer.
Big Sur
I love Big Sur! 😊
@@livinginhumboldtcounty 🤍
Mildew x3
Known for occasional sun flurries. 😂 For
If newsom is gov no way
So people who care about others and intelligent people intimidate you? That's too bad.
Do I need to own a pair of
Birkenstocks to live there ?
Chacos are the new Birkenstocks!
I couldn't live in a blue state. I couldnt afford the taxes.
Meanwhile, blue states make up for over 70% of America's gross domestic product and red states are number one in poverty and bottom of the barrel in education and number one in infant mortality. So you like living with dumb people?
Looks great but what about if I'm Asian and I wanted to live there. Northern CA is beautiful, but would it be safe for me there?
Yes 😊
Soy Boy heaven for sure… 🤔 guaranteed if I ordered a non-organic pizza w/EXTRA gluten dough, spam, blood sausage, veal, and pork rinds at that pizza place you mentioned 🤣 they’d have me arrested on sight!!🤣… HOWEVER when the cops showed up they’d be like..“umm excuse me sir… ahh we hate to bother you but uhhhh … if you don’t mind can you please put yourself in handcuffs for me? If not it’s okay because we don’t want any problems… sorry for bothering you…” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well there’s a combo I’ve never heard about! 😂
You fully look like you could be @OvensRockyMountainBushcraft's daughter.
Hahahaha my sons mother grew up here…
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Call someplace paradise and kiss it goodbye.