I'm glad our city is getting attention, there's more here than many people realize! That being said, homeless people, traffic, and parking are absolutely an issue. No getting around that.
traffic? not downtown - maybe on 440 and 40. parking is easy actually. there are decks all over downtown. and the homeless - there are maybe 50 people - the same ones every day and they disappear at night and dont sleep on the sidewalks. raleigh is a cake walk.
@@NickJohnson there's lots of traffic downtown..u were just here on a good day 🙄 maybe a Saturday at 11 am or something and parking is HORRIBLE..yes many parking decks but barely any spots because people come from all over the triangle to get to Raleigh..the homeless is a huge issue which is why schools around the Raleigh area give back to shelters and whatnot. Please speak for urself when u input things u know nothing about.
I've been in the Raleigh area since '81 and it's been amazing to watch it grow. While I appreciate your video, it was an opportunity lost to add some comments as you drove around. Passed a lot of history and growth as well as great places to have a brew and eat. Next time, grab a local and have them comment as you ride around....
Nick should have gone down Capital Blvd on a weekday between 4:30pm-6pm. Then head over to Glenwood Ave the next day; that'll keep people from coming. And as an added bonus hop on 440 (beginning at Rock Quarry) all the way over to US 1 in Cary for that lovely weekday morning commute. 👍
Not gonna lie I swear 80% of any of my bitching is about the traffic around here. It's insane. That being said I love the area around campus, and boxcar and the Raleigh Beer Garden are some top notch destinations.
Nick, I'm guessing you were born around 1980. Back then, there were only 150,000 people in Raleigh. Today there are nearly a half a million. That's some serious growth in just under 4 decades.
I lived in the Raleigh area, just outside the city limits towards Knightdale in the '73-'76 era, when the population was about 120K. Today I live over in the Nashville, Rocky Mount, Wilson area and am glad to be gone from the Raleigh ratrace!
North Carolina’s 3 largest cities by population 2019. 1.Charlotte: 879.350 2.Raleigh: 558.456 3.Greensboro 301.112 After years of laying dormant, Greensboro’s downtown is starting to explode with big and impressive developments with nearly one billion dollars of development being poured into the CBD from 2017 to 2019, as Charlotte and Raleigh get more expensive, more people are moving to Greensboro which is causing the population to take off, as it’s still a pretty big city while being significantly cheaper in most parts, but still offering all the amenities you’ll get in Charlotte and Raleigh. It was only a matter of time before the baby brother started taking off, North Carolina has grown some beautiful cities with extremely high quality of life, amazing weather and climate, that’s why NC is one of the highest migrated states and is climbing faster and fast week to month.
City limits shouldn't matter. Cary is basically a Raleigh's west side and it's 180,000 people now. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area metro is over 2.2 million people. That's more people than the Nashville metro region.
Whose your source for these cities populations because according to Source: World Population Review The 200 Largest Cities in the United States by Population 2019 16. Charlotte North Carolina 889,019 41. Raleigh North Carolina 485,679 71.Greensboro North Carolina 292,265 74. Durham North Carolina 279,501 90. Winston Salem North Carolina 247,222
I can't believe this video. I'm like, is it real, where is the trash, drug addicts, criminals and homeless and all the "stuff" they leave behind. I'm looking to possibly move there from SF in the near future. This video was very educational. All the videos I see are so old, so it's nice to get a "real-time" feel for a small part of Raleigh. Thank you Nick Johnson.
I live in Raleigh. Nice video. You must have filmed on a holiday or weekend morning. There are normally lots of people walking, and I see a lot of empty parking spots. Anyway, thanks for the video. You went by a lot of my favorite restaurants.
Ive lived here all my life...too crowded now...wish i could move to a small town...charm of the city is no more, and all u see are parking decks , and Condos!
City of Oaks is the Official nick name for the city but if you spend anytime here you'll hear people call it oak city, even raleigh companies like Oak city beard CO can show this.
There are five basic tenets for living here: 1. Barbecue is a noun, not a verb. 2. You must learn the difference between “y’all” and “ all y’all”. 3. When you order tea., it will come iced, sweetened, and with a lemon wedge, and based on your health, just might put you in a diabetic coma. 4. You must understand and properly use the phrase, “bless your heart”. 5. And most importantly...Down here, no one, and I mean no one ever roots for DUKE!
I've lived in Raleigh for 25+ years, and I'm just shy of 65 years old and have lived all over the country. Greatest part of the country I've ever lived, and that's saying a lot.
This was probably recorded during summer vacation, school is out. Also, on a Sunday morning when almost everyone's at church or sleeping over from Saturday night drinking. The most amazing part is you still manage to get a 25min footage.
Please make a driving video of Charleston and Beaufort South Carolina. Went there last August to visit my bestfriend and I fell in love with those cities. ❤️❤️❤️
NC is definitely on my list to visit, especially the western portion. In the past, I have visited the coastal city of Wilmington, Cape Fear, and a few other coastal towns. Nice looking city, I am sure there are many transplants from NY and NJ there, due it being less than a 10 hour drive to metro NY. Definitely would like to visit Raleigh, Charlotte, Asheville, and Boone. Spent more time in TN and VA. Excellent video Nick
Couple of corrections. Moore Square isn't one of Raleigh's newest parks, in fact it's one of the cities oldest. When Raleigh was laid out in the 19th century there were four parks in the original plan. Two of those parks still survive and Moore Square is one of them. Raleigh's newest park is the 308 acer Dix Park, formerly the site of the the state mental hospital. The other thing is the Amtrak station. Raleigh's Union Station isn't refurbished, it's new, completed just a few years ago.
We have an incredible food scene for a city of our size and an insanely good pastry/bakery scene as well. If you visited Raleigh and didn't gain weight you didn't visit Raleigh.
I love the dead look! Over crowding is a serious thing. First people move to some places trying to get away from bigger cities like Atlanta, LA, NYC, Miami...etc. Then those same people saying “looks dead” complain about overcrowding where they come from. Backwards reasoning at its best.
@@nomenclature4399 leave my city alone, I love it just the way it is. Raleigh aint no different than any other city, it has its moments when it wants to make noise.
@@nomenclature4399 yeah, go to a miserable city if you want. There's no reason what so ever for a concentrated city, anywhere, ever. The only people who wants a city are politicians who are obsessed with power. If you're not a politician, then you are the sucker.
I hate how the culture is changing and every city is becoming the same as any other. I’m a Raleigh native and the transplants are pretty annoying. Life goes on.
Nick Johnson yes..fortunately I own my own business so my driving times are irregular to the 9-5er’s. But, prior to 2011-2012 you never really had to consider driving time in north Raleigh. Now what used to be a 7 minute commute 5 miles up the road takes 12-15 minutes. Even at 2pm on a random Tuesday the roads are just crowded.
Completely different to most cities here in the UK. Your roads are very straight and seem to be arranged in a grid pattern, with the buildings built around the roads. Here, ours are more windy and were laid long after many of the buildings were built. Some of our buildings are hundreds of years old, occasionally over a thousand. Also noticeable that there doesn't seem to be an actual focal point or major retail areas. In the UK, the centres of our towns and cities are full of shops and always busy.
Id like to see Hot Springs AR and northwest AR like Eureka Springs, Springdale, Fayetteville etc. Trying to figure out the differences in those areas. Looking for a slightly warmer and affordable place than where im at. Also lower crime. Thanks Nick.
pauly - i dont know if ill get to Arkansas any time soon. where are you now? i wish i had some advice but i dont know much about that wide region except that there are some great cities, but then you pay for that. like nashville.
This was fun to watch. I drive around downtown Raleigh maybe every two or three months. I was just there yesterday, the day before i watched this. In fact, I was there last week as well, on the day you recorded this. I'm watching this wondering if I'll see my car. 😀 Anyway, you passed by a LOT of places I've eaten at.
@@NickJohnson it might be cliche for Raleigh, but probably Poole's Diner, not only for the food, but for the history it represents, plus it's the flagship of Ashley Christensen, who won best chef in the USA for 2019. Every time I come to Raleigh I try to eat at a different place. I watched this video a second time, and just in this video alone of downtown (not including the other parts of the city, or neighboring Durham and Chapel Hill), I lost count at 15, the number of restaurants you drove by that I've eaten at. 😀
@@tymonster183 Ah, thanks. I had imagined it as being pretty moderate. I didn't think about the humidity. I've never actually been there, I've always lived in PA/NY/NJ and thought about moving south for somewhere that has a lower cost of living, is less liberal (but not far right-wing), and warmer (but not crazy warm like Texas). I've always thought Raleigh was among the best that fit that bill.
So many old people on here complaining cause they don't want more people in the city or it's "too costly". Usually a good sign that it's a nice city, if locals want it all to themselves
hey jason! glad you liked it. you know i do these every few weeks if you wanted to sub you could see more of them. also - i use the same music a lot - i dont have a large database of usable songs that i like :)
I live in Georgia & have a cousin who’s in the military who’s stationed in this area I believe not 100% sure (not familiar with NC only been to Charlotte). Anyway she said that she is not having a great experience in NC & is ready to move. She said it’s not what people say it is. My question is for anyone who lives or is from NC is she somewhat right or is it just her personal experience & taste?
It all falls back on the person at the end of the day. What is it that she likes to do for fun that she can't find to do? Is she in Fayetteville? Where is she? Where is she from?
Also I live in NC so it'll always be home. I live in the Eastern region of the state which is the coastal plain and the state's most rural part. I'm looking to move to the Raleigh-Durham area soon more jobs up that way
@@NickJohnson exactly dude was trying to say Raleigh is boring compared to Richmond when clearly Raleigh economically speaking has much more going for it. Raleigh aint for everyone I do agree but I love Raleigh and Durham for what they are. Richmond has some nice areas but the city is too stagnant it can't compete because it's too close to DC
I spit my drink out when he said cost of living is affordable the entire triangle area is no less than 895 if you want like a tiny apartment with paper thin walls.
I mean I lived in North Carolina for 20 years my dude. And have lived in the triangle for 9. So I think I know more than a youtuber just coming through for some hits.
i got a huge backyard a mile from North Hills mall that i thought about renting out tent space......i have seen a guy on youtube do it. i could probably make a couple grand....
tbh, i dont think its that bad. Ive been here for about 2 years, and surveying the landscape nationwide of where I had opportunity career wise, raleigh was, by far, the chaepest.
I used to live in Garner which borders Raleigh (about a 10 minute drive from downtown.) My one criticism is about public transportation. It could expand to cover more of Raleigh and if you don't live in Raleigh (as I did) the public transportation is inadequate. One shuttle bus into Raleigh during the week and none on weekends.
Wake County has passed a transportation plan totaling more than $2 billion. It will include Bus Rapid Transit(BRT), additional routes added to include every town in the county, buses will run more frequently, and 32 miles of commuter rail over the next 10 years.
public trasnport has gotten kinda better with route 20 coming to garner, connecting it with downtown raleigh and other surrounding areas. there's still definitely room for improvement though.
When you turn on to Morgan St, All that construction to your left must be new because google earth has the most recent picture from July. Wonder what they are building?
@Cyn 7 Cyn I visted last week & yes there are a few hit or miss with Rolesville & Cary was actually my first choice to relocate but Rolesville I fell in love with & a guy friend of mine kept trying to get me to move to Fayetteville & I'm like no freakin way😬 I've been in Florida all my life born in Miami & raised in Orlando & the cost of rent here is ridiculously high my rent went from $1200 to $1400 within a year for a 2/2 2 1/2 bath condo it was a nice community but not worth that amount & now the 3bdrms are going for $1600-$1900... I'm excited for my move & if I don't like Rolesville after a year I'll probably try Chapel Hill I've heard great things about Chapel Hill. Thanx a bunch for the heads up on traffic😊
I've been to Raleigh twice, and I have appreciated it each time. I wish my wife and I could afford to move there, but the prices have gotten completely out of hand.
Real estate is getting ridiculous. Inside the beltline is out of control. Now developers are buying up all the old stock between 440 and 540 on the north side to bulldoze it and build 5000 sq ft McMansions on postage stamp lots. Wake Forest is getting just as bad.
@@joeheskett7225 The Raleigh-Durham area would meet those criteria IMO. I've been here 15 years and the population has grown rapidly in that time, which is why real estate prices have gone up so much over the last few years. I think they are probably commensurate with the national average for the most part though. The population growth has also led to more traffic though, and that's kind of a pain.
This is paradise and heaven compared to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, West Virginia, etc...so clean, serene., no homeless, dilapidated buildings, ...ETC ....I think I've found my retirement home and state!
@@alexk1682 I just moved to Raliegh and work in Durham and nah fam. Live in NYC, Bay area or LA if you want to talk traffic. (lived and worked in all 3).
Raleigh has never beeh "fun" at any age. There is no culture here. Just a hodgepodge of people saying how great it is where they came from. And New Yorkers guess what....nyc is still there. Go back.
As a native of N.C. (raised here in Raleigh for 14 years) I should say Downtown is the worst part of Raleigh. Go Raleigh Station and it’s surrounding streets are filled with the homeless, and fake gang members. There is not much the city has to offer except jobs......other than that it’s very boring here
If you cant find stuff to do in a metro area of nearly 2 million people than I would think you would be equally bored in an area of 3-4-5 million. Everything the bigger cities have here in Raleigh in a condensed version. Same touring bands to movies to cookie cutter stores and franchises. Think you may need to find some hobbies if bored here with lots to do indoors and outdoors with the decent year round weather. As far as homeless population, that is found in every major city from Atlanta to LA to Waikiki to Toronto so you will find it in downtown Raleigh as well.
after living in places plagued with homelessness, them being las vegas and sacramento, raleigh isn't nearly as bad. granted, it's still very much an issue, but i'd argue the streets aren't "filled with homeless"
@@timmartin723 nooooo i have lived in Raleigh my whole life i like Richmond way way more i want to move there. Durham in my opinion is better than Raleigh.
@@jasperOgar I'm from Petersburg which is down the road from Richmond. Both cities were ranked 1 & 4 for worst cities in Virginia to raise a family in 2017. I doubt much has changed. Petersburg alone is a RatHole. Richmond on the other hand they got some nice attractions, but truth be told the city leads poorly by example. Especially being the state capital of Virginia. Hampton Roads is a little better it's not as stagnant as Richmond area. But it ain't much there either all and all, Richmond cant seem to keep up with Northern Virginia/DC area or Hampton Roads area. They seem to lose alot of business to those two regions. But hey, some people seem to love Richmond.
@@miah5561 i wouldnt. Raleigh has a dark side. there is a giant butt plug statue down town and across the street form a police station is a large corporation with a giant statue of a gaping butt hole that has just been sodomized....there was a billboard on capital blvd that had a giant penis hidden in plain sight. i make one complaint on FB and it was taken down.
Some People’s pension are taxed $2000 a year. This is outrageous when it is their only income. The reason was because they had moved from New York City. Please explain.
I've driven a lot of where you drove in downtown (passing through on McDowell Street coming home from a college campus in Fuquay-Varina for a long time) and other places. Good thing you turned when you did on certain streets since one missed turn could lead you out of downtown into the ghetto part of the city (like Blount Street past where you turned is dangerous since that is gang turf and also drug dealers that are all shoot first and ask questions never when outsiders get in their part of the city), would not reccomend going there in Downtown Raleigh and stay more towards the central part for safety.
The south side of Raleigh/Downtown is becoming gentrified. You're not going to have to worry about crime for much longer. Houses are selling for 300-500k around that area. People are slowly but surely moving north. Capital and surrounding areas are going to look how the south side of Raleigh looks now.
Raleigh is one of those rare cities where crime isn't much a worry but there are some areas that I would want you to make a video on I went there its only an hour away and I saw some areas that are a little.... ghettoy?
Appreciate the video, but now even more people are gonna move here🤦♂️ Don’t forget to show the other side of town too, not just the hipster district lol
Jacob S. I love Downtown Raleigh, it’s changed so much in 10 years. When I went to Partnership Elementary it looked completely different but then they began revamping, tearing down, and building huge apartment buildings all over. They also changed a lot of the Collage district by NC State which used to be pretty rundown but now their building all sorts of stuff like a 2 story Target. My favorite part of town has to be the older streets with all the old Victorian houses.
Here's my entire North Carolina playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6ypqFmmckN4kY1VMZDi23IsR.html
To whoever reads this I hope you have a lovely day :)
Bruh.....stop tryna get attention. That's the oldest trick in the book
Thank you!!
Aaawww! Thank you coco!!!
I'm glad our city is getting attention, there's more here than many people realize! That being said, homeless people, traffic, and parking are absolutely an issue. No getting around that.
traffic? not downtown - maybe on 440 and 40. parking is easy actually. there are decks all over downtown. and the homeless - there are maybe 50 people - the same ones every day and they disappear at night and dont sleep on the sidewalks. raleigh is a cake walk.
@@NickJohnson there's lots of traffic downtown..u were just here on a good day 🙄 maybe a Saturday at 11 am or something and parking is HORRIBLE..yes many parking decks but barely any spots because people come from all over the triangle to get to Raleigh..the homeless is a huge issue which is why schools around the Raleigh area give back to shelters and whatnot. Please speak for urself when u input things u know nothing about.
The natural museum of science in downtown Raleigh is amazing if anyone comes to Raleigh I definitely recommend their
(And Edenton St. UMC across the street has a great huge organ lol)
Joshua Sobel oh cool what I would definitely check it out
@@Roody_Patootie I play there sometimes :)
KawaiiRudraChan OwO I've been there twice once for a school fells trip and another with my parents
I will be visiting down there in 2 weeks. I will definitely check it out. What other places should I check out too?
He's driving though there on a Sunday, because traffic is heavy on the week day's.
Heavy only during rush hour...like anywhere. How you got 25 minutes out of downtown surprises me! It's a bigger Mayberry!
Yes, I visited Raleigh this past weekend and still astonished of how bad the traffic was.
‘Cost of living is still pretty reasonable?!?’ Speak for yourself
Antares Scorpicus y’all never experience BIG CITY traffic and it shows lol
Sunday for sure!
I've been in the Raleigh area since '81 and it's been amazing to watch it grow. While I appreciate your video, it was an opportunity lost to add some comments as you drove around. Passed a lot of history and growth as well as great places to have a brew and eat. Next time, grab a local and have them comment as you ride around....
Rodney Wright considering moving from Baltimore I’d like to do childcare there
Nick should have gone down Capital Blvd on a weekday between 4:30pm-6pm. Then head over to Glenwood Ave the next day; that'll keep people from coming. And as an added bonus hop on 440 (beginning at Rock Quarry) all the way over to US 1 in Cary for that lovely weekday morning commute. 👍
yeah or rock quarry road on a friday night? or atlantic on a saturday night?
Not gonna lie I swear 80% of any of my bitching is about the traffic around here. It's insane. That being said I love the area around campus, and boxcar and the Raleigh Beer Garden are some top notch destinations.
Big facts
Our traffic is nothing compared to LA. We get congested during rush hour. LA is congested 24/7.
@@hothotheat3000 NC is not supposed to be compared to Southern CA
Nick, I'm guessing you were born around 1980. Back then, there were only 150,000 people in Raleigh. Today there are nearly a half a million. That's some serious growth in just under 4 decades.
i was born prior to 1980 but not much prior
I lived in the Raleigh area, just outside the city limits towards Knightdale in the '73-'76 era, when the population was about 120K. Today I live over in the Nashville, Rocky Mount, Wilson area and am glad to be gone from the Raleigh ratrace!
@G M
You're likely comparing it to wherever you came to it from. I'm comparing it to it's former self.
@@1redrubberball Richmond VA which is just as slow and country.
@G M learn to spell dummy
North Carolina’s 3 largest cities by population 2019.
1.Charlotte: 879.350
2.Raleigh: 558.456
3.Greensboro 301.112
After years of laying dormant, Greensboro’s downtown is starting to explode with big and impressive developments with nearly one billion dollars of development being poured into the CBD from 2017 to 2019, as Charlotte and Raleigh get more expensive, more people are moving to Greensboro which is causing the population to take off, as it’s still a pretty big city while being significantly cheaper in most parts, but still offering all the amenities you’ll get in Charlotte and Raleigh. It was only a matter of time before the baby brother started taking off, North Carolina has grown some beautiful cities with extremely high quality of life, amazing weather and climate, that’s why NC is one of the highest migrated states and is climbing faster and fast week to month.
Clemmons is a extremely nice place to live.
City limits shouldn't matter. Cary is basically a Raleigh's west side and it's 180,000 people now. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area metro is over 2.2 million people. That's more people than the Nashville metro region.
Whose your source for these cities populations because according to Source: World Population Review The 200 Largest Cities in the United States by Population 2019
16. Charlotte North Carolina
889,019
41. Raleigh North Carolina
485,679
71.Greensboro North Carolina 292,265
74. Durham North Carolina
279,501
90. Winston Salem North Carolina 247,222
im going to greensboro for a swim meet later this month so ya
Those population numbers are off
Charlotte is around 900,000, raleigh is 480,00 and Greensboro 301,000
No traffic, no trash, no homeless camps! Completely the opposite of Cali.
It is quite the opposite
I can't believe this video. I'm like, is it real, where is the trash, drug addicts, criminals and homeless and all the "stuff" they leave behind. I'm looking to possibly move there from SF in the near future. This video was very educational. All the videos I see are so old, so it's nice to get a "real-time" feel for a small part of Raleigh. Thank you Nick Johnson.
Been in Raleigh 25 years compare with other cities is by far better ..downtown is very clean
@@painterofraleigh2232 stop lying
Do really believe it's like this just showing you the good parts of town and night life sucks Charlotte is a party town much more to do but dangerous
I live in Raleigh. Nice video. You must have filmed on a holiday or weekend morning. There are normally lots of people walking, and I see a lot of empty parking spots. Anyway, thanks for the video. You went by a lot of my favorite restaurants.
Yeah it was Saturday morning.
okay, I was wondering about that. At lest it was easier to et around to everything. Thanks@@NickJohnson
Ive lived here all my life...too crowded now...wish i could move to a small town...charm of the city is no more, and all u see are parking decks , and Condos!
Clemmons is very nice and not that far away.
Vicki Sanders Very true, to many people movie here for up north and Florida
Vicki Sanders is Raleigh like a dangerous city to live in like how y’all crime down there ?
Dylan Cohan lol what happens after 10 ?
It’s turning into New York.
It’s not “oak city” it’s “City of Oaks”
City of Oaks is the Official nick name for the city but if you spend anytime here you'll hear people call it oak city, even raleigh companies like Oak city beard CO can show this.
Its both i live there
Very interesting! I’m nearby and never heard it said like that
Cyn 7 Cyn im sorry what is sotonation?
No one calls it ‘oak city’.
There are five basic tenets for living here:
1. Barbecue is a noun, not a verb.
2. You must learn the difference between “y’all” and “ all y’all”.
3. When you order tea., it will come iced, sweetened, and with a lemon wedge, and based on your health, just might put you in a diabetic coma.
4. You must understand and properly use the phrase, “bless your heart”.
5. And most importantly...Down here, no one, and I mean no one ever roots for DUKE!
Douglas Russell Unfortunately where I’m from I understand all that
y'all means all. right?
Nick Johnson um..no. It’s a contraction for you all.
YEEYEE
Go Duke!!! 😅
Can you do on unboxing North Carolina and South Carolina?
ill do them eventually i swear :) do you live here?
@@NickJohnson I live in South Carolina. 40-minute from Charlotte North Carolina
I live in Lancaster county South Carolina. Lancaster county is one of the fastest growing counties in the country because of Indian Land.
What a clean special city. This was so fun. Thank you
I watched this vid mostly to see if my dog and I were in it.
I've lived in Raleigh for 25+ years, and I'm just shy of 65 years old and have lived all over the country. Greatest part of the country I've ever lived, and that's saying a lot.
This was probably recorded during summer vacation, school is out. Also, on a Sunday morning when almost everyone's at church or sleeping over from Saturday night drinking. The most amazing part is you still manage to get a 25min footage.
Thank you for showing me the tour about North Carolina it really helped me if it was safe of not thanks. beautiful
Watching nick's videos makes me become more informed about USA.😊😊
You should come to Chapell Hill,and durham,beautiful places to live
I lived in chapel hill for three years. Durham is... okay. I'll do durham next though
Lilly Santoli Durham getto af 😂😂😂😂😂
@@easyshots9961 durham was pretty ghetto when I moved there 15 years ago. Its super-hipster now.
Down town Raleigh and Raleigh nc 2 different worlds homie thanks for the love for my city though
Yes they are. What's your favorite part about living here?
Nick Johnson my fav part about living in NC is that there is so much to explore and do I love my state
Please make a driving video of Charleston and Beaufort South Carolina. Went there last August to visit my bestfriend and I fell in love with those cities. ❤️❤️❤️
I'll be in Charleston next week!
Nice! Wish I could go back soon.
Unfortunately, I live here in Los Angeles 🙁
My parents live on Fripp Island, SC, just over a few bridges past Beaufort. Beaufort is such a beautiful, quaint town.
I go this way especiallt at night. Its beautuful and when i need a break from life. Driving on Fayetteville st. Realizes my mind
Thanks, Nick,another great video. 👍
Hello Nick -- Is it your position to bring millions more people to live in your quiet town... why publicize the good ???
I'll be gone by then haha.
Town?
Nick Johnson don’t let the door hit you
@@NickJohnson Thought you said you loved it here, why you leaving?
I love the trees and nature and how the town looks. It’s NOT being killed by traffic.
not...yet. Where do you live?
Dallas. A city that was once an attractive residential city now raped by ugly McMansions and way too many people
@@terencesommer6307 that's the beauty of living in a medium-smaller sized city :)
Are you kidding me the traffic is horrendous
@@lynetteali5001 You've never been to someplace that really does have horrendous traffic.
NC is definitely on my list to visit, especially the western portion. In the past, I have visited the coastal city of Wilmington, Cape Fear, and a few other coastal towns.
Nice looking city, I am sure there are many transplants from NY and NJ there, due it being less than a 10 hour drive to metro NY.
Definitely would like to visit Raleigh, Charlotte, Asheville, and Boone.
Spent more time in TN and VA.
Excellent video Nick
Asheville may be my favorite city of all. It's just so isolated for me to justify plopping down for an extended period.
Transplant need to go home! We don't want their liberal idea in our state! After destroying their state!
Couple of corrections. Moore Square isn't one of Raleigh's newest parks, in fact it's one of the cities oldest. When Raleigh was laid out in the 19th century there were four parks in the original plan. Two of those parks still survive and Moore Square is one of them.
Raleigh's newest park is the 308 acer Dix Park, formerly the site of the the state mental hospital.
The other thing is the Amtrak station. Raleigh's Union Station isn't refurbished, it's new, completed just a few years ago.
Right, and full of homeless people
I love your description... you went out of the way to make this visit a very pleasant one... thumbs up plus infinity... thank you
We have an incredible food scene for a city of our size and an insanely good pastry/bakery scene as well. If you visited Raleigh and didn't gain weight you didn't visit Raleigh.
Thanks for keeping it real
Great videos of the city! We
Thanks so much its about time someone explored my city❗️
i love raleigh. are you a native? actually no you're not, there are few raleigh natives. unless youre a native.
Nick Johnson well i am one of few born here
Me to
Should have driven down by Shaw and McDonalds 👍🏾👍🏾
😂😂😂
Why, what's wrong with it?
Was this on a Sunday? It looks dead.
Saturday morning.
I love the dead look! Over crowding is a serious thing. First people move to some places trying to get away from bigger cities like Atlanta, LA, NYC, Miami...etc. Then those same people saying “looks dead” complain about overcrowding where they come from. Backwards reasoning at its best.
Been here since 1997...still dead...go to charlotte. feels like a city
@@nomenclature4399 leave my city alone, I love it just the way it is. Raleigh aint no different than any other city, it has its moments when it wants to make noise.
@@nomenclature4399 yeah, go to a miserable city if you want. There's no reason what so ever for a concentrated city, anywhere, ever. The only people who wants a city are politicians who are obsessed with power. If you're not a politician, then you are the sucker.
Been in Raleigh 19 years from Brooklyn NY!
Great place to live and raise a family. You must have never left Raleigh if you think this place is tough.
uh when did i say it was tough?
Not you...I seen some people in the comments
Am considering leaving Brooklyn for Raleigh
I hate how the culture is changing and every city is becoming the same as any other. I’m a Raleigh native and the transplants are pretty annoying. Life goes on.
I'm part of the problem. Have you noticed all the traffic too?
Nick Johnson yes..fortunately I own my own business so my driving times are irregular to the 9-5er’s. But, prior to 2011-2012 you never really had to consider driving time in north Raleigh. Now what used to be a 7 minute commute 5 miles up the road takes 12-15 minutes. Even at 2pm on a random Tuesday the roads are just crowded.
Agreed
Yes on transplants. Last i checked NY was still open if it suck so bad here damn yankees.
Hi Nick, Nice video. I live a few doors from Raleigh.
I live in Hillsborough NC.
Completely different to most cities here in the UK. Your roads are very straight and seem to be arranged in a grid pattern, with the buildings built around the roads. Here, ours are more windy and were laid long after many of the buildings were built. Some of our buildings are hundreds of years old, occasionally over a thousand.
Also noticeable that there doesn't seem to be an actual focal point or major retail areas. In the UK, the centres of our towns and cities are full of shops and always busy.
I’m in charged of making that new 22 story glass building. Beautiful in the inside. (Woodwork)
I always see it when me and my family pass by downtown. It looks great so far. 👍
Id like to see Hot Springs AR and northwest AR like Eureka Springs, Springdale, Fayetteville etc. Trying to figure out the differences in those areas. Looking for a slightly warmer and affordable place than where im at. Also lower crime. Thanks Nick.
pauly - i dont know if ill get to Arkansas any time soon. where are you now? i wish i had some advice but i dont know much about that wide region except that there are some great cities, but then you pay for that. like nashville.
@@NickJohnson
Im near Lake Geneva, WI. Crime is low here but gets too cold and i need affordability because im on SSDI.
I did a video on the cheapest states once th-cam.com/video/HJwkuvEo25E/w-d-xo.html
Great video!! Such a beautiful, clean city!
Carol it really is. They do a good job.
The lies 😭 tis an evil place
adam dupavillon how so?
No, he just took a somewhat "clean" driving route
This was fun to watch. I drive around downtown Raleigh maybe every two or three months. I was just there yesterday, the day before i watched this. In fact, I was there last week as well, on the day you recorded this. I'm watching this wondering if I'll see my car. 😀 Anyway, you passed by a LOT of places I've eaten at.
What's your fave downtown Raleigh restaurant? Mine is Bida Manda. Are you can tell Glenwood at night blows.
@@NickJohnson it might be cliche for Raleigh, but probably Poole's Diner, not only for the food, but for the history it represents, plus it's the flagship of Ashley Christensen, who won best chef in the USA for 2019. Every time I come to Raleigh I try to eat at a different place. I watched this video a second time, and just in this video alone of downtown (not including the other parts of the city, or neighboring Durham and Chapel Hill), I lost count at 15, the number of restaurants you drove by that I've eaten at. 😀
Oh yeah, we lived in Fort Bragg for over 2 years. It's nice to see Raleigh. This reminds us we need to make a North Carolina video too!
Yes you do!!
You’re bold to say that Raleigh has a mild climate....
lol, i thought the same thing
Omg where does this guy live?
what kind of climate would you say it has? It's not as hot as Texas or Florida, but not as cold as New England?
@@KEP1983 it's pretty hot. It doesnt break 100 all that often. But with the humidity, it's as bad as texas imo.
@@tymonster183 Ah, thanks. I had imagined it as being pretty moderate. I didn't think about the humidity. I've never actually been there, I've always lived in PA/NY/NJ and thought about moving south for somewhere that has a lower cost of living, is less liberal (but not far right-wing), and warmer (but not crazy warm like Texas). I've always thought Raleigh was among the best that fit that bill.
Great video Nick 👍 keep up the good work
Have you been to Raleigh before?
@@NickJohnson yeah I live in Durham but from NC SC state line
Perfect mix of country and Rock n roll
So many old people on here complaining cause they don't want more people in the city or it's "too costly". Usually a good sign that it's a nice city, if locals want it all to themselves
Cool! the music makes me feel like I’m in the movie “Escape From LA” John Carpenter sounds for sure!👍
hey jason! glad you liked it. you know i do these every few weeks if you wanted to sub you could see more of them. also - i use the same music a lot - i dont have a large database of usable songs that i like :)
So, where's the traffic? Is this super-early on a Sunday morning on New Year's Day?!
seems too good looking to be true.
Damn I haven't been to Raleigh in 30 years. I thought u were gonna hit Hillsboro Street, New Bern Avenue, Smithfield by Shaw University 😁
you should do an Atlanta video.
I know I need to get down there
You should do Greensboro next, it's kind of sorta up and coming . We're getting first Trader Joe's and people are freaking out with excitement.
Maybe one day I will!
Greensboro reminds me of Augusta GA. I believe it's a step ahead of Augusta
Greensboro with all the live music heritage that it has, it lacks decent restaurants.
@@odomi121 really?
thank you. been some time since I’ve been there.
This guy has a awesome job
I live in Georgia & have a cousin who’s in the military who’s stationed in this area I believe not 100% sure (not familiar with NC only been to Charlotte). Anyway she said that she is not having a great experience in NC & is ready to move. She said it’s not what people say it is. My question is for anyone who lives or is from NC is she somewhat right or is it just her personal experience & taste?
It all falls back on the person at the end of the day. What is it that she likes to do for fun that she can't find to do? Is she in Fayetteville? Where is she? Where is she from?
Also I live in NC so it'll always be home. I live in the Eastern region of the state which is the coastal plain and the state's most rural part. I'm looking to move to the Raleigh-Durham area soon more jobs up that way
Fayetteville is rough. Probably where she is.
Plenty Leo. They can't find enough people to fill the jobs.
@@NickJohnson exactly dude was trying to say Raleigh is boring compared to Richmond when clearly Raleigh economically speaking has much more going for it. Raleigh aint for everyone I do agree but I love Raleigh and Durham for what they are. Richmond has some nice areas but the city is too stagnant it can't compete because it's too close to DC
I spit my drink out when he said cost of living is affordable the entire triangle area is no less than 895 if you want like a tiny apartment with paper thin walls.
Wrong
I mean I lived in North Carolina for 20 years my dude. And have lived in the triangle for 9. So I think I know more than a youtuber just coming through for some hits.
i got a huge backyard a mile from North Hills mall that i thought about renting out tent space......i have seen a guy on youtube do it. i could probably make a couple grand....
tbh, i dont think its that bad. Ive been here for about 2 years, and surveying the landscape nationwide of where I had opportunity career wise, raleigh was, by far, the chaepest.
@@tymonster183 you are probably a pretty slacking worker. that is pretty much what i have seen around here....
My aunt and GMA lives in Raleigh, it’s a very clean city🤩🤩
Do you visit?
Nick Johnson yea, pretty often
Excellent as always
I used to live in Garner which borders Raleigh (about a 10 minute drive from downtown.) My one criticism is about public transportation. It could expand to cover more of Raleigh and if you don't live in Raleigh (as I did) the public transportation is inadequate. One shuttle bus into Raleigh during the week and none on weekends.
There's really no reason to go downtown other than going to court. There are plenty of alternatives.
Wake County has passed a transportation plan totaling more than $2 billion. It will include Bus Rapid Transit(BRT), additional routes added to include every town in the county, buses will run more frequently, and 32 miles of commuter rail over the next 10 years.
public trasnport has gotten kinda better with route 20 coming to garner, connecting it with downtown raleigh and other surrounding areas. there's still definitely room for improvement though.
They film -Love it or List it in The Raleigh NC area or suburbs 👍👍HGTV..
Hey Nick did you know that Garland Tx is growing
I did. All of Texas is. Is that where you live sherry?
Yes Texas is my homestate
The Traffic is horrible. I stay up the street in Addison.
When you turn on to Morgan St, All that construction to your left must be new because google earth has the most recent picture from July. Wonder what they are building?
more mix use condos/workspace/dining.
Great video I love living in Raleigh
Me too
AYEEEEEE North Carolina babyyyyy!!!!!!
Are you from here?
Nick Johnson oh yeah, I’m from Goldsboro
Gotta love Raleigh
I’m torn between moving to North Carolina (Raleigh) or Texas (Houston/San Antonio) both states seem great 👍
Texas is cool.
Nick Johnson lol right!
Mr 11 MOVE TO NC!!
Both awesome states but I think we have better natural scenery here in NC. Beautiful mountains and beaches both within driving distance of Raleigh.
Me too I'm torn between Raleigh or Houston as well
theres a famous underpass there where trucks crash into way more than usual.
Is that in Raleigh? Or is that in another North Carolina city?
There's one in Raleigh but the really good one is in durham
It's on Peace St. near the Krispy Kreme.
@@0009jerseygirl nah
0009jerseygirl Peace next to Mojoe’s , shout out to mojoes!
So beautiful I'm actually moving to a small town outside of Raleigh💕😊 & leaving Florida behind
good! which city? Garner?
@@NickJohnson Rolesville Granite Falls subdivision
@Cyn 7 Cyn I visted last week & yes there are a few hit or miss with Rolesville & Cary was actually my first choice to relocate but Rolesville I fell in love with & a guy friend of mine kept trying to get me to move to Fayetteville & I'm like no freakin way😬 I've been in Florida all my life born in Miami & raised in Orlando & the cost of rent here is ridiculously high my rent went from $1200 to $1400 within a year for a 2/2 2 1/2 bath condo it was a nice community but not worth that amount & now the 3bdrms are going for $1600-$1900... I'm excited for my move & if I don't like Rolesville after a year I'll probably try Chapel Hill I've heard great things about Chapel Hill. Thanx a bunch for the heads up on traffic😊
I JUST moved from that area to Florida! Lol maybe I made the wrong switch 🤣
@@Here_Kitty_x WOW!! really? It depends on which area you're relocating to in Orlando
I've been to Raleigh twice, and I have appreciated it each time. I wish my wife and I could afford to move there, but the prices have gotten completely out of hand.
How long you been living in Raleigh,NC?
This is late doubt youll see it but do a drive through of four oaks and benson nc
oh i see all.
Cost of living here has skyrocketed.
Real estate is getting ridiculous. Inside the beltline is out of control. Now developers are buying up all the old stock between 440 and 540 on the north side to bulldoze it and build 5000 sq ft McMansions on postage stamp lots. Wake Forest is getting just as bad.
@@ericdaniel323 Hi, What are some of the good areas to live in your opinion, in regards to real estate?
@@joeheskett7225 depends on your priorities I guess.
@@ericdaniel323 Low crime, parks, friendly families, fun downtown, decent cost of living to name a few
@@joeheskett7225 The Raleigh-Durham area would meet those criteria IMO. I've been here 15 years and the population has grown rapidly in that time, which is why real estate prices have gone up so much over the last few years. I think they are probably commensurate with the national average for the most part though. The population growth has also led to more traffic though, and that's kind of a pain.
This is paradise and heaven compared to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, West Virginia, etc...so clean, serene., no homeless, dilapidated buildings, ...ETC ....I think I've found my retirement home and state!
Best city in the country!!!!
Traffic is ridiculous n Raleigh. U must've recorded this around 11 am...
Right
I live in the Raleigh area and I've driven in lots of places, and for a city its size the traffic isn't bad at all.
Jeff DeWitt take a trip down hwy 40 at 8:30am and 5:00pm. You haven’t seen much.
@@alexk1682 I just moved to Raliegh and work in Durham and nah fam. Live in NYC, Bay area or LA if you want to talk traffic. (lived and worked in all 3).
@@DouglasBailey so it’s not that bad
Music made me feel like I was on a heist in GTA or something😂
I have family in Raleigh you should drive through Charlotte NC one day
Will do. Do you like it there?
@@NickJohnson I live near Charlotte and whenever I drive around Charlotte I've always loved it
@@NickJohnson Charlotte is so much better than Raleigh
@@FlyingMonet Yeah, Soooo much better.
raleigh’s only fun when your 21 😭
Haha kinda. Downtown is quiet I like it
Raleigh has never beeh "fun" at any age. There is no culture here. Just a hodgepodge of people saying how great it is where they came from. And New Yorkers guess what....nyc is still there. Go back.
@@jakebear2549 no
@@luhai556 why ny is the best. They have food and trains and assholes....btw im from ny. I know
Tawfick Michael I see you Tawfick 😂😂😂
It's been cold af this winter in NC, give it a couple months, u won't be saying mild
As a native of N.C. (raised here in Raleigh for 14 years) I should say Downtown is the worst part of Raleigh. Go Raleigh Station and it’s surrounding streets are filled with the homeless, and fake gang members. There is not much the city has to offer except jobs......other than that it’s very boring here
Mostly agree.
If you cant find stuff to do in a metro area of nearly 2 million people than I would think you would be equally bored in an area of 3-4-5 million. Everything the bigger cities have here in Raleigh in a condensed version. Same touring bands to movies to cookie cutter stores and franchises. Think you may need to find some hobbies if bored here with lots to do indoors and outdoors with the decent year round weather. As far as homeless population, that is found in every major city from Atlanta to LA to Waikiki to Toronto so you will find it in downtown Raleigh as well.
after living in places plagued with homelessness, them being las vegas and sacramento, raleigh isn't nearly as bad. granted, it's still very much an issue, but i'd argue the streets aren't "filled with homeless"
Do a Raleigh verses Richmond video!
Haha no competition
@@NickJohnson Your probably right. Raleigh got Richmond beat hands down.
@@timmartin723 nooooo i have lived in Raleigh my whole life i like Richmond way way more i want to move there. Durham in my opinion is better than Raleigh.
@@jasperOgar I'm from Petersburg which is down the road from Richmond. Both cities were ranked 1 & 4 for worst cities in Virginia to raise a family in 2017. I doubt much has changed. Petersburg alone is a RatHole.
Richmond on the other hand they got some nice attractions, but truth be told the city leads poorly by example. Especially being the state capital of Virginia. Hampton Roads is a little better it's not as stagnant as Richmond area. But it ain't much there either all and all, Richmond cant seem to keep up with Northern Virginia/DC area or Hampton Roads area. They seem to lose alot of business to those two regions.
But hey, some people seem to love Richmond.
@@timmartin723 yes. The Triangle as a whole beats out Richmond especially with the economy.
I love living in Raleigh!
It's cool I have to admit
👍👍👍
I’m planning on moving there next year
👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
@@miah5561 i wouldnt. Raleigh has a dark side. there is a giant butt plug statue down town and across the street form a police station is a large corporation with a giant statue of a gaping butt hole that has just been sodomized....there was a billboard on capital blvd that had a giant penis hidden in plain sight. i make one complaint on FB and it was taken down.
Just watched the video of you driving through Knoxville, which looked so sunny and clean and to see this...it just looks a bit dreary to me
Raleigh is great!
Some People’s pension are taxed $2000 a year. This is outrageous when it is their only income. The reason was because they had moved from New York City. Please explain.
The streets in Raleigh seems narrower. The street lights take longer to change. The people drive fast in the city limits. This must be Sunday.
I said when it was at the beginning. It was a Saturday morning around 10 am.
This music sound like what played in the Benny Hill show back in the days
I've driven a lot of where you drove in downtown (passing through on McDowell Street coming home from a college campus in Fuquay-Varina for a long time) and other places. Good thing you turned when you did on certain streets since one missed turn could lead you out of downtown into the ghetto part of the city (like Blount Street past where you turned is dangerous since that is gang turf and also drug dealers that are all shoot first and ask questions never when outsiders get in their part of the city), would not reccomend going there in Downtown Raleigh and stay more towards the central part for safety.
Yes south Raleigh and east Raleigh near Rock Quarry Road are bad but northeast Raleigh off of Capital and by Atlantic are the worst.
The south side of Raleigh/Downtown is becoming gentrified. You're not going to have to worry about crime for much longer. Houses are selling for 300-500k around that area. People are slowly but surely moving north. Capital and surrounding areas are going to look how the south side of Raleigh looks now.
Daniel Rogers I’m a native here born and raised it’s not that bad dude your definitely over exaggerating
Cyn 7 Cyn thank you
@@Biggestnigga Agreed...I think we know his "kind"😐.
what is the name of the song please??
Raleigh is one of those rare cities where crime isn't much a worry but there are some areas that I would want you to make a video on I went there its only an hour away and I saw some areas that are a little.... ghettoy?
Appreciate the video, but now even more people are gonna move here🤦♂️ Don’t forget to show the other side of town too, not just the hipster district lol
Jacob S. I love Downtown Raleigh, it’s changed so much in 10 years. When I went to Partnership Elementary it looked completely different but then they began revamping, tearing down, and building huge apartment buildings all over. They also changed a lot of the Collage district by NC State which used to be pretty rundown but now their building all sorts of stuff like a 2 story Target. My favorite part of town has to be the older streets with all the old Victorian houses.
Lmao! You mean the south side??
Big facts lol you aint go down bragg or Martin street.. How bout drive down new Bern yeah lol
Jay Wick He’ll yeah brother, Bragg and Martin😂
This City is amazing
I live in Raleigh! This is so cool
there's a durham one too. i think you saw it too?
Raleigh home prices are ridiculously expensive
Umm have you lived anywhere else before?
This looks like a ghost town. It reminds me of the dead parts of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Woooooo!!! BEST STATE MY STATE
Thank you very interesting
I remember hit one red light hit them all. Raleigh sure has changed since I left.
Hmm . . . drove right by the Convention Center at the beginning of the clip and not a word about it . . .
its just ...a convention center?
@@NickJohnson Building on the right at the 1:27 mark.
@SeaDub II If the video is going to point out highlights, then it should have been mentioned IMHO.
Good city i wanna tour there one day God wiiling