My wife and I just celebrated our second Anniversary in Monterey last year and this year in Carmel.We would be over the moon if we can move to this area.We fill so relaxed and calm every time we spend a day or two here.People are nice and approachable.We attract who we are .Love Attracts love,lower vibration attracts lower vibration.We love the beaches here and the food and the hotels,restaurants and the wharf,list goes on and on. Thank you for your channel. 🙏🇺🇸💃🕺🌊
Santa Cruz is just shite as well. They missed the silicon valley money boat. The first thing you see when you drive into SC on Ocean street are bums. The nicest building on Ocean street is a weed dispensary. This is what happens when you vote too liberal. Then the old hippies and blue collar gens are upset that SC is changing. I encourage people to look at what Santa Barbara has done in the last 20 years of gentrification and you will see it is the best city on the west coast. They embrace tourism. Remember that tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Be nice to tourist they bring money into your city.
@@kickingitwithkohjay.9099 A lot of California is like that. Bums dont want to live where it freezes in the wintertime and hot as hell in the summer. Santa Cruz is a perfect bum location.
@@kickingitwithkohjay.9099 - What you're saying for Santa Cruz proper may be true but not so of the nearby areas. Many of the surrounding communities as you head east of SCruz down Hwy 1 (or Soquel Dr.) have exploded in development and money in the last 30+ years, much of it from Silicon Valley moving over the hill. A lot of wealthy (really wealthy industry or tech titans that don't want people to know they've bought there) have bought in and around the hills east of Santa Cruz, going north off of Soquel Dr. It's been a pretty steady increase over the years of money coming in and increased development. If you'd driven the commute from 17 to 1 over the years, you would know firsthand how traffic went from very sparse in the late '80s even during rush hour to jam packed during the rush hour now. Some of those people are going to Watsonville but many are not. They've been working on expanding the highway lanes on 1 east of Santa Cruz for some time now because it's gotten so bad. I recall back in the late '80s when looking across a valley from our acreage in the hills, you would see nary a night light. Now, the night time view is dotted with numerous driveway/ front door night lights. Some communities out there are projected to become the next Atherton or Menlo Park. The gentrification has been happening all around Santa Cruz for several decades. It's just not well publicized as many of the buyers are well heeled and well known and prioritize discretion.
There’s more than “a world class golf course”; there are several. There is also a world class aquarium, a place called Cannery Row that some people may have heard of, 17-Mile Dr, etc, etc…
I lived there for 10 years after 3 years of the Army at Ft. Ord. The people that live there have to deal with a lot of traffic, rude visitors, and there is a lot of snobbery. Most people that actually live in Monterey are wealthy, and that comes with the feeling that they are better than you. I've seen it on both sides. Things to do? After 9 pm the only thing that's open is bars which can get you in lots of trouble. Cops are protective of the owners there. And if you think they wont arrest you then you had better think again.
I love Monterey and have visited multiple times for birthdays, anniversaries, and getaways! Lots to do, awesome food, shops, restaurants, and the aquarium, great hotels too! People have been friendly and kind. Long walks and trails and the beach! Family celebrating a birthday next week and bringing our grandson for his first visit to the aquarium! 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊
I grew up in Monterey County & I have wonderful memories growing up there. I kayak for the first time on the ocean in Monterey & went sky diving at Ford Ord. Enjoyed the sounds of the ocean & sea life hanging out with friends at night. Point Lobos park was my peaceful place to visit & it was always majestic.
I was born and raised in Monterey, as were my parents. I still live here. My adult kids are still living here. I wouldn’t live anywhere else. I didn’t know we are thought of as an aggressive and ugly lot lol
I live 30 minutes from Monterey. I love Monterey. I wish I could move there. The people are not aggressive in my opinion. There are lots of nice restaurants and boat tours to watch whales. The Monterey aquarium is also really nice.
Another great walking tour video. I've done daily walks along some of what I saw in this video, like around El Estero Park and along Alvarado... I lived just 3 blocks up the hill toward the military facility... that would make a good video in the future... I lived in the apt. complex at 501 Ocean ave... there are a lot of apartment buildings up in that area... perhaps a short walk around those communities?? I frequented all the coffee places within walking distance and sometimes even got coffee in Pacific Grove along that route.
I ❤ Monterey! best clam chowder in a bread bowl at Old Grotto I have ever experienced and best donuts at Reds donuts... endless hours of watching cute sea otters, seals... such a great vibe and I love the sound of the waves and just the smell of the sea air. I used to go almost every weekend, I miss going there almost every weekend...
Never had any issues going to Monterey. I've been going there for at least 30 years. It is a place to eat out, shop. chill, don't look at people, and relax at the beach.
I lived in Monterey for 3 years. The locals are very weird. Everyone is in a clique and they hate outsiders. Moving away was a great decision. The weather sucks most of the year and locals are indeed miserable A F!
We go there twice a year to the Marine Aquarium. Always found people we met to be friendly, willing to share suggestions on good places to dine nd directions to find location we have heard of. Would we move there. In a heart beat.
Monterey has become an embittered community of people who no longer support or speak to each other, nasty, rude and obnoxious perhaps retirement is not a party.
I live in Monterey, CA and have not experienced this other than the older rich population. Many tourists here too. I love living in Monterey, but would prefer country living somewhere else on the planet; very quiet living.
As a native, Monterrey was incredibly kind, but it’s been unhinged with move ins treating others poorly. We’re sick of it. I actually ran a Real Estate Company in Carmel.
Wow. Everything in the “review” is the exact opposite of my experience every time I visit the area. Maybe somebody should explain to this person the concept of getting back what you put out there.
I can see why this person is saying these things. I was just there last week, and I will say the people watching is very good. It's not the locals, its the tourist that are a bit odd to watch. Most of them over weight , blue hair, nose hoops, and probably anti-republican. Monterey attracts that crowd. I lived in Santa Barbara for years and the level of service is way better than any restaurant I have attended in Monterey. It is however much better than the restaurant oasis of Santa Cruz. With the way the economy is going, I don't see restaurants surviving, especially with the prices of food, and the cost to employ people. I would say its a great day trip, and great aquarium, a few good restaurants, nice place to live if you are retired and have money. Our saying in SB was, a town for the "newly wed and the nearly dead". Now its "a place where old people visit their parents". I.E they are waiting for their inheritance.
If Monterey sucks so much, then why do so many Hollywood celebrities love coming or visiting here? Taylor Swift, her boyfriend, Bradley Cooper & his girlfriend Gigi Hadid was recently spotted here having lunch or dinner all together at a French Restaurant in Carmel. Keanu Reeves was spotted at a Starbucks somewhere in Monterey Bay area a few months ago. Brad Pitt owns a mansion on a cliff in Carmel. But I don’t know if he still owns it or sold it. Clint Eastwood has been living in Carmel for over a decade I think. He owns an estate. Many Hollywood movie script writers live in or around Monterey, Carmel or Pebble Beach because they say they find it relaxing to live here, & it helps them with their script writing.
I was a tour guide in CA in the 90s and we would pass through Monterey on the way to LA. It was good for a stop at the aquarium and Cannery Row. that's about it. Might also be good if you're a golfer or a boater. Otherwise it's not a big destination for visitors compared to other destinations nearby like San Francisco, Napa Valley, Redwoods, Yosemite, etc. That's actually a plus for living there in my book.
First off: it's ALL true so please DO NOT move here! We don't need anymore grousing, cynical people. Second: never heard of this guy. There are far more established Realtors to work with.
Maybe your experience was bad. I always visit Monterey and I have no such issue. My concern towards the comment though is your condescending tone towards our military and military retired personnel. Maybe the person is the problem.
I've lived here in Monterey since 1999 and still love it. Disagree with the disgruntled review, but perhaps things get a wee bit uglier when the man writing the bad review comes into town. Projection.......
We just took our kids, we are from a small town in Northern California. I was surprised to see the amount of rude people, no one says hello or excuse me. They are rude and snobby, maybe they want that so people don't go back, we won't be. One beach we went to was nasty, the water along the shore had green bloom. Two beaches we did see had dead seals and a dead walrus and it smells so bad we couldn't enjoy the rest of the beach the kids wanted to see. There may not be homelessness in Carmel because there is a huge amount Monterey. There was a homeless man beating his head at the Warf, smelled packed and Candy store, overpriced! Food sucked, felt like a Gorden Ramsey moment.
Oh you poor sorry tourist. If you don’t like Monterey, don’t come here. We love Monterey, they are lovely, resilient people who have had some hard years since Covid. Ride the trolley, eat some ice cream, play some boche ball. Listen to music at Cibo, sip some scotch at the Mucky Duck. Our people are beautiful inside & out. Stay away Mr. Poopy Pants or we will come & criticize your town.
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My wife and I just celebrated our second Anniversary in Monterey last year and this year in Carmel.We would be over the moon if we can move to this area.We fill so relaxed and calm every time we spend a day or two here.People are nice and approachable.We attract who we are .Love Attracts love,lower vibration attracts lower vibration.We love the beaches here and the food and the hotels,restaurants and the wharf,list goes on and on.
Thank you for your channel.
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Thank you Albert. I love it here too, hope you get to visit again soon. :)
And that little thing called the Monterey Bay Aquarium...
They are tired of dealing with tourists and just want to enjoy life in peace ?
@@Mike-fk54 Exactly. Thank you.
Don’t forget Car Week with all the auctions and classic car tours that happen every year.
They are frustrated because they don't live in Santa Cruz.
Right...cause they have a couple rides....video games and VR games.....so very jealous
@@dennisandrews8485 ... with an extra emphasis on the word... *"very."*
Santa Cruz is just shite as well. They missed the silicon valley money boat. The first thing you see when you drive into SC on Ocean street are bums. The nicest building on Ocean street is a weed dispensary. This is what happens when you vote too liberal. Then the old hippies and blue collar gens are upset that SC is changing. I encourage people to look at what Santa Barbara has done in the last 20 years of gentrification and you will see it is the best city on the west coast. They embrace tourism. Remember that tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Be nice to tourist they bring money into your city.
@@kickingitwithkohjay.9099 A lot of California is like that. Bums dont want to live where it freezes in the wintertime and hot as hell in the summer. Santa Cruz is a perfect bum location.
@@kickingitwithkohjay.9099 - What you're saying for Santa Cruz proper may be true but not so of the nearby areas. Many of the surrounding communities as you head east of SCruz down Hwy 1 (or Soquel Dr.) have exploded in development and money in the last 30+ years, much of it from Silicon Valley moving over the hill. A lot of wealthy (really wealthy industry or tech titans that don't want people to know they've bought there) have bought in and around the hills east of Santa Cruz, going north off of Soquel Dr. It's been a pretty steady increase over the years of money coming in and increased development. If you'd driven the commute from 17 to 1 over the years, you would know firsthand how traffic went from very sparse in the late '80s even during rush hour to jam packed during the rush hour now. Some of those people are going to Watsonville but many are not. They've been working on expanding the highway lanes on 1 east of Santa Cruz for some time now because it's gotten so bad.
I recall back in the late '80s when looking across a valley from our acreage in the hills, you would see nary a night light. Now, the night time view is dotted with numerous driveway/ front door night lights. Some communities out there are projected to become the next Atherton or Menlo Park. The gentrification has been happening all around Santa Cruz for several decades. It's just not well publicized as many of the buyers are well heeled and well known and prioritize discretion.
I've lived in the Monterey Bay Area for nearly 11 years now, about a mile from the bay as the crow (seagull?) flies. Glad I moved here.
There’s more than “a world class golf course”; there are several. There is also a world class aquarium, a place called Cannery Row that some people may have heard of, 17-Mile Dr, etc, etc…
Have experienced nothing but friendly people in Monterey in the many times I’ve been to Monterey.
I think the guy needs to look at himself in the mirror and ask, "Am I the problem?" Because I didn't experience what he experienced.
I lived there for 10 years after 3 years of the Army at Ft. Ord. The people that live there have to deal with a lot of traffic, rude visitors, and there is a lot of snobbery. Most people that actually live in Monterey are wealthy, and that comes with the feeling that they are better than you. I've seen it on both sides. Things to do? After 9 pm the only thing that's open is bars which can get you in lots of trouble. Cops are protective of the owners there. And if you think they wont arrest you then you had better think again.
I love Monterey and have visited multiple times for birthdays, anniversaries, and getaways! Lots to do, awesome food, shops, restaurants, and the aquarium, great hotels too! People have been friendly and kind. Long walks and trails and the beach! Family celebrating a birthday next week and bringing our grandson for his first visit to the aquarium! 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊
I grew up in Monterey County & I have wonderful memories growing up there. I kayak for the first time on the ocean in Monterey & went sky diving at Ford Ord. Enjoyed the sounds of the ocean & sea life hanging out with friends at night. Point Lobos park was my peaceful place to visit & it was always majestic.
Point Lobos has just turned into a place where people bring their out of country parents. It's basically been a sheep pen for the last 10 years.
Didn't run into a lot of people wile down there .... but we did meet some Pelicans .. and they seemed pretty Cool...
Because they are rich and feel entitled to tell tourists that they don’t want you to live there
It stinks really bad on the wharf
I was born and raised in Monterey, as were my parents. I still live here. My adult kids are still living here. I wouldn’t live anywhere else. I didn’t know we are thought of as an aggressive and ugly lot lol
I live 30 minutes from Monterey. I love Monterey. I wish I could move there. The people are not aggressive in my opinion. There are lots of nice restaurants and boat tours to watch whales. The Monterey aquarium is also really nice.
Another great walking tour video. I've done daily walks along some of what I saw in this video, like around El Estero Park and along Alvarado... I lived just 3 blocks up the hill toward the military facility... that would make a good video in the future... I lived in the apt. complex at 501 Ocean ave... there are a lot of apartment buildings up in that area... perhaps a short walk around those communities?? I frequented all the coffee places within walking distance and sometimes even got coffee in Pacific Grove along that route.
I ❤ Monterey! best clam chowder in a bread bowl at Old Grotto I have ever experienced and best donuts at Reds donuts... endless hours of watching cute sea otters, seals... such a great vibe and I love the sound of the waves and just the smell of the sea air. I used to go almost every weekend, I miss going there almost every weekend...
How could you forget the Monterey Bay Aquarium? One of the most famous and best in the world.
Never had any issues going to Monterey. I've been going there for at least 30 years. It is a place to eat out, shop. chill, don't look at people, and relax at the beach.
I live in Las Vegas , but if I had a choice of living anywhere ,I would choose Monterrey, ca..
I lived in Monterey for 3 years. The locals are very weird. Everyone is in a clique and they hate outsiders. Moving away was a great decision. The weather sucks most of the year and locals are indeed miserable A F!
OP obviously didn't have dinner at Bubba Gumps during his visit. If he had, it would have turned that frown upside down
It’s like anywhere else. There are some dickheads, bust most people I have met from Monterey are awesome. I would love to own property there.
We go there twice a year to the Marine Aquarium. Always found people we met to be friendly, willing to share suggestions on good places to dine nd directions to find location we have heard of. Would we move there. In a heart beat.
Monterey has become an embittered community of people who no longer support or speak to each other, nasty, rude and obnoxious perhaps retirement is not a party.
Yep , The Red 1 was Fort Ord . Back in the day , if you bought a newspaper subscription, they gave you land , no one lives there back in the day .
Q:Why is Santa Cruz so windy ?
A: Because Monterey sucks !
I live in Monterey, CA and have not experienced this other than the older rich population. Many tourists here too. I love living in Monterey, but would prefer country living somewhere else on the planet; very quiet living.
As a native, Monterrey was incredibly kind, but it’s been unhinged with move ins treating others poorly. We’re sick of it. I actually ran a Real Estate Company in Carmel.
Wow. Everything in the “review” is the exact opposite of my experience every time I visit the area. Maybe somebody should explain to this person the concept of getting back what you put out there.
You may have left out the aquarium.
Thats how wealthy people act..
I've been living here for 24 years. I love it. But keep telling people how awful it is - I can enjoy it without crowds! 😂
@@petermathews2915 lol 😆
I can see why this person is saying these things. I was just there last week, and I will say the people watching is very good. It's not the locals, its the tourist that are a bit odd to watch. Most of them over weight , blue hair, nose hoops, and probably anti-republican. Monterey attracts that crowd. I lived in Santa Barbara for years and the level of service is way better than any restaurant I have attended in Monterey. It is however much better than the restaurant oasis of Santa Cruz. With the way the economy is going, I don't see restaurants surviving, especially with the prices of food, and the cost to employ people. I would say its a great day trip, and great aquarium, a few good restaurants, nice place to live if you are retired and have money. Our saying in SB was, a town for the "newly wed and the nearly dead". Now its "a place where old people visit their parents". I.E they are waiting for their inheritance.
Half moon bay crushes Monterey but it’s still nice
If Monterey sucks so much, then why do so many Hollywood celebrities love coming or visiting here?
Taylor Swift, her boyfriend, Bradley Cooper & his girlfriend Gigi Hadid was recently spotted here having lunch or dinner all together at a French Restaurant in Carmel.
Keanu Reeves was spotted at a Starbucks somewhere in Monterey Bay area a few months ago.
Brad Pitt owns a mansion on a cliff in Carmel. But I don’t know if he still owns it or sold it.
Clint Eastwood has been living in Carmel for over a decade I think. He owns an estate.
Many Hollywood movie script writers live in or around Monterey, Carmel or Pebble Beach because they say they find it relaxing to live here, & it helps them with their script writing.
I was a tour guide in CA in the 90s and we would pass through Monterey on the way to LA. It was good for a stop at the aquarium and Cannery Row. that's about it. Might also be good if you're a golfer or a boater. Otherwise it's not a big destination for visitors compared to other destinations nearby like San Francisco, Napa Valley, Redwoods, Yosemite, etc. That's actually a plus for living there in my book.
I loved Monterey. We’re not hostile, I’ve been here for almost a decade now. People of Monterey are friendly like me.
First off: it's ALL true so please DO NOT move here! We don't need anymore grousing, cynical people. Second: never heard of this guy. There are far more established Realtors to work with.
Thank you Murray
Monterey is beautiful ❤
Maybe your experience was bad. I always visit Monterey and I have no such issue. My concern towards the comment though is your condescending tone towards our military and military retired personnel. Maybe the person is the problem.
I liked Fort Ord. That was a great military base. My family members were stationed in Fort Ord.
Weird. Everyone i have dealt with here has been really nice!
I've lived here in Monterey since 1999 and still love it. Disagree with the disgruntled review, but perhaps things get a wee bit uglier when the man writing the bad review comes into town. Projection.......
Whoever that guy is, he probably ran into me while he was here, so, sorry everyone. My bad, as the kids say.
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narcissists always think its about them, when no ones even paing attention to them.
Someone told me recently that people hate Monterey because everyone is so laid-back. Everybody has an opinion.
We just took our kids, we are from a small town in Northern California. I was surprised to see the amount of rude people, no one says hello or excuse me. They are rude and snobby, maybe they want that so people don't go back, we won't be. One beach we went to was nasty, the water along the shore had green bloom. Two beaches we did see had dead seals and a dead walrus and it smells so bad we couldn't enjoy the rest of the beach the kids wanted to see. There may not be homelessness in Carmel because there is a huge amount Monterey. There was a homeless man beating his head at the Warf, smelled packed and Candy store, overpriced! Food sucked, felt like a Gorden Ramsey moment.
Interesting way to do an ad. .. start off on the defensive to tell everyone how great Monterey really is. Good marketing technique.
I come and stay in Monterey for one night once a month for many years. I must say none of this is true.
some places hate people they don’t know . we don’t know you dude ..
Oh you poor sorry tourist. If you don’t like Monterey, don’t come here. We love Monterey, they are lovely, resilient people who have had some hard years since Covid. Ride the trolley, eat some ice cream, play some boche ball. Listen to music at Cibo, sip some scotch at the Mucky Duck. Our people are beautiful inside & out. Stay away Mr. Poopy Pants or we will come & criticize your town.
Entitlement
Why even bother to respond to his opinion ?
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They are aggressive because you guys removed one “r” to the word Monterrey!
Maybe they don't like Brits. 😅
Lol, impossible - we’re globally adored 🤣
@@movingtomontereycalifornia Americans Luv Brits , it's true !
Monterey is for Lovers 😮
A video of misrepresentations.. 100%
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Mediocre content
please stop using the gun gesture in your videos--this is hostile in and of itself
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TOO MANY FOREIGNERS.