This Is What Life Is Like In San Antonio Now
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- Boy has San Antonio changed! A lot of people say it's never going to be the same.
I spent three days in San Antonio to bring you an updated look at what life is like in the 7th biggest city in America. The Riverwalk, The Alamo, the neighborhoods - all of it.
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Nick, the Riverwalk used to be a naturally occurring tributary, fed by the waters of the SA River and San Pedro Creek. But the city has depleted the water levels so much those rivers don't flow until flooding rains are present. So they recycle that nasty water you saw in the Riverwalk area. They had proposals to build a desalination unit years ago, pulling water from the Gulf of Mexico. But they decided to build a new stadium for the SA Spurs instead with that money.
Who would have ever thought that we would "Self Destruct" as a Great Nation. This is what happens when a country un-anchors from Truth, Justice and Integrity.
Did you get a chance to adventure around Hill Country outside Austin? Moved here last May and it's beautiful.
Why ? didnt you visit Alamo Secret, Basement. 🚲
Who would have ever thought that we would "Self Destruct" as a Great Nation. This is what happens when a country un-anchors from Truth, Justice and Integrity.
Truth, Justice and Integrity!!! Yeah!!!!!!
We need to go back to being a REPUBLIC🇺🇲
Self destruct? Liberals destroyed this country
@@asgeirhammer9682 Republican government is best for sure.
How come the Red states get the most Government assistance...Welfare in red, states more than blue...Hmmm?@@freedomworks3976
Thanks for that honest account of San Antonio. We have lived here and many years (retired military) and have seen the ups and downs of this town. As for HEB...we love HEB not because of their products but how they support Texas and other states (and Mexico). When there is a disaster, HEB trucks full of food and supplies are quickly on the road headed out to help the people...no charge. When you go through a check-out at HEB, you will be greeted by a cashier who really means it when they ask "How you doin' today"? It's a family owned company. Texasans would not tolerate the Butt family putting it up for sale. That's why HEB is loved in Texas (by most of us).
I always enjoyed there buy so much get gas free deals those were to good old days
Same. Retired military and stayed in TX. I love HEB.
If you could purchase groceries at HEB and then sell them up North, you could easily fund a mini Texas vacation.
what are they going to do for living?
I love H-E-B!
San Antonio doesn’t seem like it’s declining as bad as other major US cities. Seems WAYY better run than Seattle, Philly, LA, Portland, Jackson, and San Francisco
Not yet, give it time. TX is turning purple from its red roots. Whether you want to believe it or not. Look at the example of the “other major US cities”.
Jackson? You mean Mississippi? When was that ever a fine place to live?
Before it really turns to shit you need a High Democrat presents.
@@wolfhawg lmmfao!
@@wolfhawg most of the listed cities are sanctuary and left progressive liberals, they could fuuu up a wet dream.
As someone who lives in San Antonio, I can say this is the sad yet honest truth of how this city is..
As someone who lives in California and is continually told how great Texas is, I appreciate your honesty. (California also has a ton of problems.)
Ditto
I did live in California and personally see the decline in live there ..we move to San Antonio tx and my kids got better live and education is more culture here and at this point I do not mind the 100 degrees Plus I do Love San Antonio Tx and more so I love the State of Texas .
Better than other places
@@EdDunkleSan Antonio is wayyyyy better than California.
I lived in San Antonio when I was in Air force basic training in 2017 at Lackland. San Antonio was nice a few years ago, but really Texas as a whole has changed a lot since 2017, it's sad to see how much Texas is turning Into California which was my home state. Both states are not what they were decades ago.
I agree 100%! The Democratic Party are working hard to destroy every city in America.
I lived there in 1968-1971, when my Dad was assigned to Fort Sam Houston. Fond memories of SA of the era, but I know better than to try to visit. That San Antonio is long gone. Sad to see it like this, and it’s going to get nothing but worse.
In 1967, I was at Lackland AFB for basic training and tech schools. We were warned not to go along the river walk due to the high crime. @@brinsonharris9816
Thank you for your service!
Go fly Away ! We won't miss you !
I was born and raised in San Antonio. I spent most of my 43 years alive there except for time in the Air Force. In 2021; I sold everything I had and left a very nice career and moved my family to central Oklahoma to get away from the hellhole it was becoming . I feel like I dodged a bullet.
I did almost the same thing but I was in the hell hole of Dallas
Now you've traded a taste of South of the Border for Tornado Alley.
@@tiredlawdog I’m sure TX gets tornadoes as well.
They coming there to.
Glad to hear you dodging the bullet...and thank you for your service!❤
San Antonio is also considered as military city. It has a lot of retired cops, and retired military people . And a lot of government agents retired people.
you are right... my uncles were military veterans of vietnam , polices , detectives and gov agents lol... I´m from México and I´m not american , I have been visit with my family in SA Texas and Dallas, I ´m a mexican living in Monterrey Nuevo Leon México and I will encourage to vote you americans for republicans the world need american greater again to put order in the world... and first in USA, taking all drugs abusers to the rehab or jail , deport all ilegal people , and work hard like the 50s to 90s... it´s a shame see America like that I think
I was born in México and that is what it is... I have never thought to go illegally to US..
@@alexvillarreal3947What the reason to beleive so much on them when they even rob and make sht things in á worlds/
The hollwood merchandise worked so much in you e nos outros povos hispânicos ☠️🤡👹
@@alexvillarreal3947Take your cultured, values and history back, go to study abou history and western history until now, the Roman emperor, the biggest kings emperors , etc!.
@@alexvillarreal3947Stop to idealize the Americans 💩 que só tem tentado nos destruir!
This maybe shallow but watching your videos and seeing other peoples dumpster fire of a life makes me feel better about my dumpster fire of a life not seem so bad . Thanks Nick
Are there any large cities in the US left that don't have serious issues with crime, drugs, homeless, poverty, or illegal immigrants?
Yea Kyiv and Tel Aviv oh wait that's where the 500b in aide money went😢😂
No lol
Virginia Beach
@@zunedog31 -- What about Chesapeake (adjacent city to the west) ?
Parts of Omaha, Nebraska and Des Moines, Iowa
I live in the northeast side right now. There definitely is a homeless problem. They probably cleared them away from the Riverwalk because of the tourists. The last time I was there at night, I almost ran into a homeless guy taking a dump beside the river. I've been here 5 years and can't wait to get back to the midwest.
The dog situation really drives me crazy. A lot of people just let their dogs run around and there's a lot of strays. The shelters are overfull.
They get on my nerves here, with the damn stray dogs!!! It's unacceptable, can't even take a walk without worrying about stray dogs!!
I´m not american , I have been visit with my family in SA Texas and Dallas, I ´m a mexican living in Monterrey Nuevo Leon México and I will encourage to vote you americans for republicans the world need american greater again to put order in the world... and first in USA, taking all drugs abusers to the rehab or jail and work hard like the 50s to 90s... it´s a shame see America like that I think
I was born in México and that is what it is... I have never thought to go illegally to US.. each one in their houses
When I moved here they told me to get a map and draw a letter V with the tip on the Alamo. They said everywhere inside the V is safe, outside the V is dangerous. 8 years later still living inside the V. 😂
People who live here don't go down town, ironically. It's just for tourist and business meetings. Maybe a few times a year, locals go down there for events or shows, but not really. Some younger people get duped to moving into apartments down town, paying expensive rent and never leaving their Apts also ironically.
Well that's true of a lot of major cities. They put in bars and little niche restaurants and entertainment and only the young and homeless hang out there. Throw in a bus station or homeless shelter nearby and you have all the components of crime just waiting to happen.
I only went downtown for work the entire time i lived there.
Downtown is usually to be avoided, due to parking, prices, and potential crime
I only go downtown for events like last month NIOSA. Other than that the court house or if needed. San Antonio is still a small town in a big city. Nice places are close to many residential areas. So there is no need to go downtown.
I visited San Antonio this past summer, the down town area was great and it is a relatively chill urban area. The river walk, the alamo, the tower of the americas was cool. It is a nice slice of the american metropolis.
My sister and her family recently moved to San Antonio and the thing that shocked me most was the roads! They were so bad!
@@Jon-tt9bf not in WA. Or OR. Or ID. Or UT. Or CO.
@@AlyseNicoleO welcome to the south. The roads in the south suck.
@@T0e-Manroads in Illinois suck to, I swear some of our potholes rival the craters on the moon 😂. You'd think since so many of our governors spend time in prison making license plates our roads would be better lol
@@T0e-Man Los Angeles has the worst. Of everything.
No taxes= bad roads, no loghts either! Not very safe :(
I was stationed in San Antonio while in the Air Force, way back in the late 1980s. Since then, I've been back several times. It's a unique, colorful, and generally friendly city. The north side is definitely better than the south side, but both have things to see. A few highlights not mentioned here: the old Mission Trail, King William (a neighborhood of stately Victorian homes just south of downtown), and the Institute of Texan Cultures. And be sure to go up in the Tower.
I was station there 2001-2002. I'm not a fan of big cities, but for one that size, it's pretty nice. Even the bad parts of San Antonio didn't seem THAT bad. Of course I grew up near Philadelphia, so that hellscape has damaged my sense of "normal." I wouldn't be upset if I had to move back, although I'd pick New Braunfels as my top choice for the area.
Bro goodevening, please do you know any job that can help me through visa sponsorship to come to America 🇺🇸
It also has miserable weather. We had over 70 days of 100+ temperatures this summer!
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It is miserable. The weather is a big downside of living here.
@@FastGuy1 Its why I moved from Texas to Michigan in 2019 after I met Marissa from Grand Rapids and now that even that relationship is over I'm looking for a new relationship in Michigan because I loved it there and hate it in San Antonio and the women up in Michigan especially the west and north parts are beautiful and Texas... not so much.
Hi Nick, you do such a great job showing America and it's current condition....be safe!
I Say, Wonderland 😅
FJB!!!!!
I stayed in downtown San Antonio a couple of days ago. The homeless population has increased like crazy.
Agenda 2030
San Antonio's economy is far more diverse than tourism. It's big on oil and gas, manufacturing, international trade, military/government, call centers (many bi-lingual speakers here), and tech.
Bro goodevening, please do you know any job that can help me through visa sponsorship to come to America 🇺🇸
Nick actually makes documentary videos about the destroyed and abandoned America.
Alert!!! They're getting low on iPhones!!!
Dont say like that..big secret for Amerika country..
A terrible thing to see but Joe Bidens policies are revitalizing smaller cities. Doubt me!
You can blame the decay on 40 years of trickle down economics and offshoring of jobs by the greedy industrialist who know the Republican Party have their backs. It's turning around now. The Democrsts are the new party of responsibility. Yeah!
Funny how they all have cell phones and nobody looks like they've ever missed a single meal or worked too hard.
Exactly
The good old American tax payer is the worlds Santa Claus .
I've just come back from a non-touristy trip through Central America. Many (even most) places are desperately poor, but the people live simply, are generally friendly (by US standards) and try to do the best with what they have. I did not see anyone who did not eat (most eat 5X a day) or did not have a cell phone although they did not have the latest and greatest. The family I stayed with lives on about $350/mth with 9 people in the house.
Yep it is surly not what we used to see in even illegal immigrants. They would come through our ranch in tattered clothes , hungry and willing to even do a little job in trade of food .. now they are here with better phones than I have , wearing much nicer clothes than I can afford and get medical treatment and insurance to boot , free trips across the country to where ever they want to go . Wish the Gove would pay for me to go see the northern part of this country , I have never afforded to even get out of the Great state of Texas , which doesn't bother me too much , Texas has all I ever dreamed of seeing anyway
Almost everybody in the world have a cell phone nowadays
San Antonio left a sour taste in my mouth. I was disappointed that there was no basement in the Alamo. A fortune teller told me my stolen bicycle was there, but there was no basement.
Nice Pee Wee Herman reference 😂😂😂 May he rest in peace 🙏🏾
I appreciate the research you put into these videos. It's depressing .
Stay safe, man. 🧡💚🧡
Bro goodevening, please do you know any job that can help me through visa sponsorship to come to America 🇺🇸
Did they come in legaly -> yes? Procees them. No?-> Send them back.
Oh, and I'm a Brit that lives in Dubai, I can't stay here if my visa runs out, America and Europe needs to take a hard line.
Lives in a dystopian city filled with hypocritical influencers and built on modern day slavery while trying to lecture entire continents, oof. I'm sure you're very important.
@@Lewtable yeah, Dubai is a weird flex, but his point is still valid
@@Lewtablewhat about his comment is untrue?
you were dumb enough to move to Dubai that right there lets us know to ignore anything you say...
Been in San Antonio over 50yrs, now working towards getting out, it used to be nice but not so anymore.
Its gone downhill ever since late 2019.
Funny, everybody wants to get out of everywhere, US lost its shine
I´m not american , I have been visit with my family in SA Texas and Dallas, I ´m a mexican living in Monterrey Nuevo Leon México and I will encourage to vote you americans for republicans the world need american greater again to put order in the world... and first in USA, taking all drugs abusers to the rehab or jail and work hard like the 50s to 90s... it´s a shame see America like that I think
I was born in México and that is what it is... I have never thought to go illegally to US.. each one in their houses@@lserranov
You were spot on, San Antonio. I am homeless in Austin, Texas, I vlog about my experience. I have visited San Antonio, but only stay on the river walk or Downtown. I have seen fewer if any homeless people compared to Austin. I always see shooting and murders on the news in San Antonio.
Get your crap together, get a job man
Sounds like you do a Nick tour when you're in San Antonio.
i was dying to see a crime scene at San Antonio, never got to see one. Not even in New Orleans, so I am dissapointed.
I like that you create original video footage for your videos, so many youtubers use stock footage, it really sets your channel apart.
Nicks videos are the best. Dude is a satire genius
I live in San Antonio and love it here. The north side is the safe / new development area. Places like Stone Oak.
That has always been the biggest myth about the North side of San Antonio. All sides has it's troubles.
Bro goodevening, please do you know any job that can help me through visa sponsorship to come to America 🇺🇸
Great video Nick, I served a church mission in San Antonio and Austin in the mid 90s. I really enjoyed it, never been back though, it looks like it has changed a little.
San Antonio has grown incredibly. I first went through there in my 20's. I'm in my mid 50's.
I’m native to the state of Texas, I just visited, it’s truly awful what’s happens to my state, stay off the I-35 corridor.
Texan here to and shit is getting out of hand. Damn
No white guy is a native to the state stop lying to yalls self 😂
I'm on 35 all the time. Nothing wrong with 35.
@@PhoenixTide69 I’m glad your conditioned to believe that, so I don’t have to live it. I-35 an the towns on it are a completely mess, nearly caught air goin through Waco from the construction that’s been goin on forever.
Seems it always under construction, and I've been driving it over 50 years@@PhoenixTide69
0:17
"We're not anywhere near Mexico"
San Antonio is a 2 hour and a half drive from Mexico🇲🇽 😂
I think people are getting poorer everywhere. Nearly 50% of people over the age of 50 have $0 saved for retirement. Nearly 25% of people over the age of 50 who have retirement savings have less than $100,000 saved. Newsflash: you will need between $2.5 million and $5 million to live comfortably in retirement.
Was born here in SA. Lived all over the country and work brought me back. SA is wild! Have slowly been moving further and further north. Love small town Texas but SA is Rowdy AF. We will be moving deep into the hill country soon now that both me and my wife can work remote. It’s not cheap anymore. Crime is so bad. Taxes are high. Traffic is getting so bad.
Almost a million! Keep up the amazing work and great humor young man!
Hey Nick, I talked to you about Nebraska awhile back. I now live here in San Antonio and foster dogs. The stray population is god awful. It is not rare to see dead dogs on the side of the road (or cats). Since a good portion of the people here are low income they don't spay/neuter because it is costly. Also, some will try and breed dogs for extra cash and when the pups don't sell they dump them. My rescue has rescued so many boxes of puppies just sitting abandoned (on top of adult dogs as well). Dog fighting is a big underground thing here as well. It is extremely sad. About the ghettos, I will say the west side isn't ghetto but San Antonio CAN NOT keep up with the copious amounts of people moving in. The construction is never ending.
I worked for SAWS for 10 years. I always kept dog treats in my truck because of all the homeless pets. San Antonio is full of irresponsible pet owners.
That is nice of you. People find dogs all the time here so having food on you is nice when you happen upon a stray. I saw a dead dog on the side of the road yesterday and another the week before. It is awful here. ACS intakes hundreds of dogs/cats every single day. They get 3 days until they are euthanized. And every dog I get from my rescue is always in bad shape. Puppies are always full of worms. I am in a nice area, right outside the city limits even and we get strays around here.@@skiesofthesouthwest
That was the worst part about living in central TX for me... so many strays and so many dead on the roadside. I picked up one pup who I thought was dead on the shoulder of the road, but saw was alive just as I drove past. Thankfully, I was able to double-back and get her to a vet. Had her hip repaired and I got super lucky as the vet who performed the operation ended up adopting her. But yeah, so much more need than available resources and it's heartbreaking.
This is very disconcerting. 😖
@@scarab944 Thank you for saving that pup. But sad to hear about the overall situation. 😖
My family is originally from Texas both sides. My parents moved to california after WWII, I remember visiting San Antonio in the 50's through 70's. the family had moved all around the city. But my favorite place was Grandpa's house in the old center. Later I realized it was on the shabby side but I loved the neighborhood and people who remembered my dad when he was a kid.Thank you for reminding me of those good old days.
I thought I was crazy. Retired in Corpus Christi two years ago. I knew Houston was hell but it’s ALL of Texas. Thank you for confirming my observations.
I´m not american , I have been visit with my family in SA Texas and Dallas, I ´m a mexican living in Monterrey Nuevo Leon México and I will encourage to vote you americans for republicans the world need american greater again to put order in the world... and first in USA, taking all drugs abusers to the rehab or jail and work hard like the 50s to 90s... it´s a shame see America like that I think
I was born in México and that is what it is... I have never thought to go illegally to US.. each one in their houses
Bro goodevening, please do you know any job that can help me through visa sponsorship to come to America 🇺🇸
As another Calif transplant from San Diego, I love your sense of humor and showing us what is happening to our cities.
As a San Antonio resident, keep putting videos like this out as a good deterrent to keeping outsiders from moving here! 👍🏻
Exactly. I'm so tired of people moving to Texas.
I’m a democrat from California thinking about relocating to texas
@@robertkitchens6341San Antonio is a perfect place for Californians because everyone there are democrats and loving supporting democratic policies.
LOL!!
Tell em yes keep out and this guy can get out too since he’s down taking the city go back to San bern n eat shit nerd ! lol
I lived in San Antonio in the '70s, I was in the Army stationed at Fort Sam and lived on post, but I still could see all of the crime that was happening there, you did not go downtown to the Riverwalk alone at night.
Pachucos ran the river walk
Love the content - Keep up the good work Nick
These migrants don’t understand that it’s over. They’re a decade too late. The economy has no more room, and the cost of living is too high. They’d need a high wage job out the gate and that’s not possible.
Thanks. That is the way I see it all over. If they want work, we don't have any. 😢😊😊
You hit the nail on the head brother!
They are not here to work!
Don't worry the government will just give them even more of our tax dollars then they already get
@@taylormade4393then what are they here for? That’s literally all they do, their crime rate is significantly low, they can’t access any government assistance being that they’re, you know, ILLEGAL. You definitely don’t see them panhandling at every intersection, or outside gas stations. They literally come here to work, & that’s exactly what they do, they come here with nothing but the clothes on their back & build their new lives from nothing, no English, no education, no family, just their desire to work & a better life.
I lived in SA from about 1977 to 1985. I was in my 20s. It was a beautiful city and the hill country towns were quaint and uncrowded. I enjoyed my time there and glad I saw it before it went down hill. So sad. My sister and her family live near Leon Valley and their crime rate is rising pretty fast. It used to be safe.
Fair assessment of San Antonio inside loop 410. But you missed outside Loop 410. The north side is roughly the same size as the west, east and Southside combined, if not bigger, because of the way development has occurred. Northside areas like Stone Oak, The Rim, Helotes, Alamo Ranch, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park, Bulverde, Boerne, etc… are very nice areas.
Thank you! It's difficult to believe he based San Antonio on downtown, the West side and Alamo Heights areas. Alamo Heights has some old money living there, but it's nowhere near the nicest neighborhood in SA.
Helotes n especially Alamo Ranch would be considered far west side not Northside. I-10 is where da norf starts
I had occasion to visit SA a couple of times.
I am from a VERY rural small town in NH, not far from the VT border.
My Buddy moved to Texas and invited me down to visit.
I have been out and about across the country, I am not completley " country", but more than a few people have commented on my Hillbilly aura.
I loved San Antonio. Amazing friendly people. Awesome history and architecture.
The different foods available are amazing.
And my goodness that place is HUGE!!!
My friend and I went for an eveneng cruise and I swear we were in the city limits for about 45 minutes.
And the weather!!
Excellent!
I went there in February and was stoked to be hangin out in shorts and a t- shirt, but the locals did tell me I was nuts and that they thought it was cold.
I guess its that thick northern blood ( and skull)
San antonio has some old run-down places but the feel isn't nearly as chaotic and crime ridden as a place like houston or denver
I always enjoy visiting different parts of the country you take us too. I love it!😻 since I am not able to travel at this time, thank you for all you do. Wonderful job!😊
Ok Mary ❤️
Thanks for the latest in San Antonio. Really like your videos and the honesty!!
The great thing about HEB for us regular folks is the price of everyday groceries. Overall, they are cheaper than Walmart. I can eat well even on my tiny budget and not have to rely on local food pantries. If you are moving to Texas it is a huge bonus to have one in your neighborhood.
I've done a fair bit of traveling. The river walk is really cool. You should check out the Japanese garden in San Antonio. It's old and pretty interesting
The whole country is starting to look like this, time to leave
No. We shouldn't leave. We should make them leave!
Exactly
@@silvermine2033 Yes, we should make the people who run this country leave.
Leave then
@@supremeleader9440😂😂
I got a good laugh over Mappy's comment that, "It looks like Mexico has taken Texas back. They never really lost. Just a temporary defeat." That was extremely good humor there. That little revolver totin' varmint is the most politically incorrect character I've ever seen. Very funny stuff. Good job with that one.
San Antonio looks like a pretty chill place to visit. Probably not my cup of tea for a place to live, but it may be worth a visit. That river walk looks like a place to just kick back and relax.
Nick I grew up in San Antonio / Alamo Heights and your observations are spot on it seems like everyone on the north side is still fighting a battle of the Alamo surrounded by crime and poverty and racial tension I can attest to this as I had several jobs there where when they found out I was from Alamo Heights they had a grudge against me that being said I still miss San Antonio as I live in Austin now thanks for your video
Oh you Oh Niners
I'm in Austin now but kinda wish I was still an 09er
I really don't like telling people at work where I live anymore. You tell 'em you live in a shelter or a condo either way they'll look at you differently. I'm there to work, not discuss my socioeconomic status.
Another amazing video . Thank you nick I went to San Antonio a couple years ago I have family there and I’m glad that at least they keep downtown safe and clean cuz it’s a cool place to visit.
I remember being stationed in San Angelo and me and a buddy went to San Antonio (on an overnight bus, lol) and hitting the Riverwalk. We had such a good time, we brought a whole slew of people back to hang out there for the weekend. On a slightly comic note, I want into an Irish Pub there (I think it was called Dirty Nelly's), and there was an Irish bartender. We got to chatting and I let him know my mom was born and raised in Ireland and too many shots of Jamie later, I walked right outside and fell in the river. Broad daylight, so no excuses other than drunk.
I love Dirty Nelly’s so much fun
When you were stationed in San Angelo did you ever go to Brady?
Nick, San Antonio area is DEFINITELY chill. Maybe it's the food. But the growth has me craving small town living again.
I moved from Detroit to San Antonio took me 5 years to get used to the lay back life here..but now I wouldn't move anywhere else. 210 San Antonio rocks! What makes it bad here is the out of towners moving here especially the Californians! ✌✌You missed a lot of our good areas here,there is more than what you showed. ( That Jaklyn was tripping! )
I just drove from east of Houston to San Antonio on Interstate 10 and the traffic around Houston was just like Los Angeles. There are big open spaces of countryside between Houston and San Antonio that are really nice, ranch land I guess, but when I got near San Antonio the quality of the freeways, highways and roads is really bad with potholes everywhere, warped asphalt, and lane lines so faded that I couldn't see them. I would hate driving in Texas on a regular basis. I saw they're adding lanes on I-10 in places, but their roads need serious work.
Tex dot has literally wasted billions on frills since the beginning of the Rick Perry regime.
I really enjoyed this video. It's nice there are still some okay places left. Life doesn't seem to be getting any easier though.😊❤
Great video! I was there at the same time and was looking for myself! Saw a lot of the same things going on that you filmed! I travel there a lot for work and have the same feelings about the place!
*Thx4share gr8 journalism and excellent Videography* 👍
The King William neighborhood in San Antonio is chock full of old sprawling historic houses, some you can tour. The old Governor's Mansion tour is also recommended! My sister lives north of San Antonio in a really nice area
i dont think they are mexican, they look like they are from south or central america
they're Venezuelans
A+ video!
Fantastic overview of the city!
Yay!
Thank you for your journalism!
The neighborhoods outside the 1604 from the northwest like Helotes then wrap around all the way to the northeast about to La Vernia. La Vernia is a really nice area, Borne, Stone Oak, La cantera area, and Shavano park is inside the 1604 and nice, Castle hills , Hollywood Park too
Exactly- he missed all of what is outside 410 and even more so, outside 1604.
@@SarahSmilez8100 I wont say exactly where I live but I live down off of I-35 about 10 or 15 miles out of town and some areas are kind of good, not so much, and indifferent but you know what it's really cheap and affordable and people are friendly you just got to drive farther. It seems like it's how people have their houses made and set up that determines their situation you can tell where a poor person lives and you can tell where a person that has more money, it is like that. I'm disabled and older so it suits me well. I got a nice yard a good air conditioner and a good heater lots of space and that's all kids and grandkids come over once in awhile and I drive into San Antonio to visit them once in a while also. And they also live in a really nice neighborhood that's right outside the 410 it's one of the best neighborhoods a person could live in.
@@SarahSmilez8100Olmos park is a decent area near 410.
Lmao those areas suck they’re always breaking into shit around that area, San Antonio sux 🤢
We visited San Antonio a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. Walked around at night and never really felt unsafe. But we are from St Louis so maybe that had something to do with it. Austin was filthy, we didn't like that at all. Dripping Springs was really nice. Would definitely recommend that. But overall we really enjoyed San Antonio and would go back. Might be different now though, with the border issue.
Your ability to walk the line between sarcasm, satire and realism is pretty awesome. Love the videos! Informative AND entertaining! Thank you for producing them.
Just wanna say absolutely love your vids great to listen to when driving or even sitting having a meal.
Ok Jack! ❤️
I stayed downtown just a two years ago in a moderate Price hotel, and walked around looking at the sites before I visited with relatives. There was somewhat a lot of crazies as in mentally ill, people and homeless walking around, I don’t think as many as in California but at least I felt somewhat safe because there was a good police presence around.
The one man I saw that was mentally ill or whatever his problem was he was shouting profanity at the police for no reason, and then, as he turned to me, I cross the street hopefully to stay out of his way.
Now I am for helping the mentally ill and the homeless, but they have to want to except help.
Illegal immigration is bad there. They don't spay and neuter their pets so it's heart breaking to see all the strays in bad shape. It's a sad town. Don't forget to go to San Jacinto. You have to check out where the final battle of Texas independence took shape.
In Montana, if an intact male dog gets loose more than once, animal control neuters it at the owner's expense.
@@darylwatsonfool. He means they get pets here in the United States and then they don’t spay or neuter them.
I heard Houston is dog hell and the problem has expanded to Dallas.
@@tedmerrI don't think these people will license or microchip dogs and cats
@@darylwatsonNo, the illegals get free pets from people (when here) and then do not spay or neuter them. Their pets are allowed to wander, breed, and reproduce. This makes for a horrific situation for strays. It’s very sad!
Nick Id love to see a series on the Appalachian Mountains n the Smoky Mountains n an updated version if you have already done them ❤😊 those areas have always been known for having poverty, and now that poverty seems to be everywhere, I think it would be interesting to see if those areas have remained the same as they have always been or if they have found any ways to improve their circumstances. Great video as always keep on trucking Nick just like the Grateful Dead ❤🏵️🌻
You portrayed the city very accurately. I may even say, you were a little too kind. But glad you came to my hometown.
I knew that you would "Remember the Alamo" in your video about San Antonio. Ironically, I have shopped in the HEB store that was in your filming in. Yes, I have seen much of the social problems in Texas because as a trucker I am restricted from the downtown areas or wealthy parts of town.
About what you said about San Bernardino, it sure would have been cool to have it's verdion of the "River Walk" and completely bulldozed Baseline and D Streets away!!
Keep up the great work Mr. Johnson!!
MAPPY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you remember that plan to lake all of downtown away?
@@NickJohnson > LAKE all of downtown? That sounds cool to me. Literally! It gets Hot in the inland Empire.🔥☀️🌖🚉
Maybe they could have made a wakeboard tow line, or some fishing holes.🛶🐟
I live in Cibolo next to New Braunfels Tx. We are the last safest area in south Texas….for now….thanks California!
Cibolos time is coming it’s getting really dark out there just like converse did
@@Djsj1313 converse is horrible lol
Here we come from California lol
@@Eagles_SB_BOUND lol as long as you don’t bring the bad politics…
I moved to San Antonio back in 2018 with my wife after living in Indonesia for a long time. I lived on the South east side. I was at work one night when i got a call from my wife who asked if there was a special holiday cause she kept hearing fireworks. I just laughed and said those weren't fireworks
Those were gunshots.
I lived in San Antonio for over 25yr. I moved away over a decade ago as the crime was just getting out of control even back then. I hear it's much worse now with the whole border issue and every summer they find a truckload of dead illegals cooking in the summer heat. I eventually had to leave Texas all together. Heartbreaking. 😢
If New Braunfels is so well off why are the roads in such horrible condition?
Built fast for real cheap. It's a Texas tradition in boom towns.
As a New Braunfels High School graduate from the class 0f '73, I can honestly say it was a fun place to be. Especially if you liked floating down the river with a keg of something cold and your mexican herbal product in a Tupperware container keep it dry. Willie Nelson had his 4th of July gig up near canyon Lake.
i would have never thought in all my life that San Antonio looks like that I work there years back but I was staying not to for from the Riverwalk. I am very surprised. Thank You for showing the Truth.
Thanks again Nick for the insight. Very different from where I live. (Canberra , Australia) thanks for keeping it real. Stay safe and stay Gorgeous! ♥️👍🌺🍺
I lived in SA for two years before coming back to North Carolina Both moves were for work i'm a field engineer for a major telecom company and i got to see all of SA. Homeless are everywhere with different camps all over the city. Many times in our cell sites. Even had one group get into a shelter by breaking the door lock. They set up a little couch a tv and various other things in there. We only found out when they broke a Backhaul fiber and the site went down. I visited the site saw they were there and spoke with them. After i had replaced the fiber and got the site back up i told them i wasn't going to call the cops just asked them to please give the rack with our equipment a wide berth. I made it clear that if thy took the site down again i would come back with the police. Sure enough a few weeks later they broke the same fiber, Had to go back with a coworker and SAPD and get them cleared out. Shortly after the equipment in the shelter was relocated to the outside compound and the shelter was demolished. I felt bad for having to get them out of there but you can't have sites being taken off air like that.
The old 'give them an inch and they will take a mile'. Lucky you didn't lose your job over your act of kindness.
We have a lot of those tent cities in New Orleans as well. Some bring a dog, bicycle, t.v., barbecue grill, mattress, motorbike, sofa, card table, recliner for reading. We get more and more tents. Seems to be more common today.
@@linniem5982 I worked in New Orleans as well although that was before i went to Texas. I lived in Lake charles and would commute to New orleans every day for about a month and a half. The city is not what i expected. it had a much more run down feel than i had pictured in my head.
When I lived in Texas I went to the San Antonio River Walk once and totally forgot all about until seeing this just now. I went there 7 years ago. What does that tell you.
I was in San antonio texas for a month and a half in the brutal hot summer. Shades are a must to see the roads
I must say the local drivers were polite, but the highways were Nascar racing driving 🚗
Nick :
Tks., much appreciative.
Sorry to have to say this, lived in SA back in 2018, but to me San Antonio has too many old buildings & some areas look like Mexico (the poor area's). And too many panhandling from young drug addicts. I never felt safe. I never felt a fuzzy warm feeling here for San Antonio.
I need to back up what one other person said, PLEASE go down to the rio grande valley, specifically the Brownsville TX area. San Antonio is about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Brownsville and vice versa. Nick you’ll have so much content there if you do get the chance to make a quick trip down there. I’ve been waiting to see you get near the RGV for so long now, and I’m in the edge of my seat because you’re SO close! That place is secluded from the rest of the state and it’s so rare to see it get coverage.
Laredo is pretty overrun too
Truth
I live in the RGV. We're booming down here. SpaceX, the new massive LNG project on Hwy 48, lots of new high paying jobs. Lots of growth.
Migrants don't really stick around. They go elsewhere as the video portrays. The RGV is a hidden gem that is starting to become unhidden.
He already made a video about Rio Grande Valley. Check his videos
Amy - I did one down there a month ago.
Thanks Nick.. God Bless -from Ireland !!
Great vid again, Kudos
You filmed on a street close to where I used to live. Many times, I'd hear gun shots at night coming from the courts. One time, I found a bullet hole in my windshield. Thankfully my windshield and car are ok. Then I felt so happy that you filmed my hometown of New Braunfels. It's changed so much and gotten too expensive to live there. I was staying at a house and the taxes were 7,000 dollars. Rent is ridiculous and at minimum 1,100 monthly. I will say, I'm quite resentful of what has happened to New Braunfels. It's pretty bad when you're driven out of your hometown because cost of living and taxes are so expensive that you have to be forced to choose.
It is expensive, there are many options that I'd rather go to. It isn't worth it imho
@@Jon-tt9bf I agree. I remember in the 80's and 90's when New Braunfels was pretty run down and San Antonio was better. In a way, I miss old NB, but I don't miss everybody knowing about your business. Can you believe New Braunfels ISD is building a new high school?
@@PhoenixTide69I agree. Which places do you prefer?
It's incredible watching all these videos from a small town in Africa! ❤
Where are you located on the continent of Africa? What are the comparisons and contrasts you see in Nick's videos?
Yeah, is it safe there? Room for all of us that will want to leave here soon
Hey I did a 23andme and got lots of SSA DNA do you have space for me?😢
Come to Cape Town… best nature beautiful scenery cheap but it has downside like crime.
Very enjoyable video Nick, just as always, can't wait to see tha Dallas review, never been in the US before but maybe looking forward to move to Dallas some day, greetings, i never miss a vid!
Watching Nick's Videos is fascinating. Gives an idea about the status in USA. I am from South Asia. We revered USA as a haven. Thanks to Nick I learned to appreciate my own country.
I was stationed there in the Air Force in the late 70’s early 80’s and it was a bad place to live then. I can’t imagine how bad it is now.
No that’s not true it was a great city in the 70’s and 80’s, the population now is at least tripled so it is way to overcrowded, but back then SA was a great size and the traffic wasn’t bad or the crime!
When I was there some guy in a Winnebago opened fire on the marching band at one of the parades downtown. The crime rate has always been scary.
I live in San Antonio and the nice areas are all on the north side and north of both loops (410 and 1604). And yes, those areas are still in The city limits of San Antonio. If you go west (northwest) on I-10, or north on US 281, you’ll see the nicest areas in the entire metro. But you’re right, pretty much everything inside the 410 is GHETTO, other than the riverwalk and Alamo Heights.
You forgot Terrel Hills, Castle Hills, and the others. I live North 281. But, you are right. Just a week ago I learned they are making the Tower of Life Building into apartments to try and get downtown better. I hope they do.
Spot on. Riverwalk is always fun. Be great to hear from someone who lived their during the world fair construction.
GREAT JOB NICK