San Diego has really changed a lot from those days. Significantly more populated and entirely more cosmopolitan. I am still glad that I am able to look at this time-capsule of a video and appreciate the visual past of a unique Californian gem known as San Diego.
Anybody that grew up in San Diego in the 60s and 70s knows how beautiful this city used to be. Too many people moved here and the place become unbearable. Real estate prices Have just gone up up up up In wages stagnated. In 1976 you could have bought a nice house in mission bay park for $40,000, That same house today is over $700,000. Now with all the people living here we don't have enough water to sustain everyone, And yet the city wants to den sify neighborhoods and cram 3 and 4 story condominiums in Neighborhoods that were never built for that kind of growth. Our politicians do not listen To the masses they do what they want and it's sickening. I have fond memories of how San Diego used to be now it's turned into a hell hole and I hate it
Friend, you're not alone in that sentiment! I saw the growth spurt in the mid 1970s. I grew up in the Oceanside at this time. I watched how the LA growth meandered southward and consumed the formerly open spaces of farm land, citrus groves, quiet neighborhoods and sleepy beach towns of Orange county right down to Camp Pendleton. I also saw the growth come northward from the greater SD area until it is what it is today...a tourist destination with t upscale time shares, condos and the wealthy residing along the coasts in their expensive abodes with the middle and working classes living in high density and lower quality housing further inland. In the mid 1960s we could drive to LAX in 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour or be in SD in 1/2 hour or so! Well, the upside to this that I was fortunate enough to live here and appreciate what life was like before the mass growth, gentrification and traffic congestion. Be well all.
The only southern California coastal town that hasn't changed for decades is Avalon on the island of Catalina. I knew an old man who grew up in Long Beach in the 1920s and 30s and he told me that Avalon is the only town that's the same as it was when he was a kid. All the towns dotting the coast at that time were like that, small, separate from their neighbors and free of the crush of people. Now it's pretty much a rambling sprawl of strip malls, condos and office developments. The only exception to that sprawl is Camp Pendleton just North of San Diego. It's the only open space left on the southern California coast and it's why the sprawl of L.A. is separate from that of San Diego.
I agree that the city is too cramped but it seems like you wanna have your cake and eat it too. You’re complaining about rising housing prices but those would be alleviated if the city allowed taller buildings to be built that way there would be a more competitive market and prices would go down. And the problem is that the politician do listen to the masses, for example there’s this law that states a building can’t block another buildings sunlight for more than a third of the day (this law was made because of listening to the masses). this essentially makes it so every building can only go to a max of like 3-5 stories putting a cap on how many space there are for people. If anything you should encourage more tall apartment buildings.
There was a small window in time when San Diego was like other cities at its best . That time is gone and those of us born and raised there during the time of this video understand . I left once it got too bad and it’s really nothing now .
Sadly now, no one plays nice in San Diego. It's over populated, crowded, overly competitive, not to mention expensive as hell! The world's money and greedy developing agencies and companies made a heap of bucks when they sold it out. I'll hold the memories and enjoy my 3BR 2BTH house on fourteen acres in another state that never once has traffic!
I Lived in beautiful San Diego for years. I took my two girls and left this beautiful place to Minnesota. I could cry what they have done to what was once my home, Now they are doing the same to Minnesota. It is very hard to vote these people out of office.
Look. How. They. Are. Just. Sitting. There no. Bad. Thioughts enjoying the water. And. Look like. Its. Only 10 people. In. Sandiego. Kind. Of. Ceeepy n peaceful. At. The. Same. Town. By. Lookinh. At. This. There. Was no. Good. Talent. Ok. Music. Abs😮olutely. Nothing. Heaven. Is real. And rrust. Me. This. Isnt. These. Poor. People are in a. Fantasy. World. And aometimes. God. Says thats. A. Very. Good. Way. To. Be. In. Fantasy. World what. U. Dont. No. Dont. Hurt. I. SEE innocence. Here and these. Old. Men. Are. Very. Young. Meaning. First. Life here old. But
San Diego has really changed a
lot from those days. Significantly
more populated and entirely more
cosmopolitan. I am still glad that
I am able to look at this time-capsule
of a video and appreciate the visual
past of a unique Californian gem
known as San Diego.
Anybody that grew up in San Diego in the 60s and 70s knows how beautiful this city used to be. Too many people moved here and the place become unbearable. Real estate prices Have just gone up up up up In wages stagnated. In 1976 you could have bought a nice house in mission bay park for $40,000, That same house today is over $700,000. Now with all the people living here we don't have enough water to sustain everyone, And yet the city wants to den sify neighborhoods and cram 3 and 4 story condominiums in Neighborhoods that were never built for that kind of growth. Our politicians do not listen To the masses they do what they want and it's sickening. I have fond memories of how San Diego used to be now it's turned into a hell hole and I hate it
Friend, you're not alone in that sentiment! I saw the growth spurt in the mid 1970s. I grew up in the Oceanside at this time. I watched how the LA growth meandered southward and consumed the formerly open spaces of farm land, citrus groves, quiet neighborhoods and sleepy beach towns of Orange county right down to Camp Pendleton. I also saw the growth come northward from the greater SD area until it is what it is today...a tourist destination with t upscale time shares, condos and the wealthy residing along the coasts in their expensive abodes with the middle and working classes living in high density and lower quality housing further inland. In the mid 1960s we could drive to LAX in 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour or be in SD in 1/2 hour or so! Well, the upside to this that I was fortunate enough to live here and appreciate what life was like before the mass growth, gentrification and traffic congestion. Be well all.
@@jchapman8248 Amen brother agree 100%
The only southern California coastal town that hasn't changed for decades is Avalon on the island of Catalina. I knew an old man who grew up in Long Beach in the 1920s and 30s and he told me that Avalon is the only town that's the same as it was when he was a kid. All the towns dotting the coast at that time were like that, small, separate from their neighbors and free of the crush of people. Now it's pretty much a rambling sprawl of strip malls, condos and office developments. The only exception to that sprawl is Camp Pendleton just North of San Diego. It's the only open space left on the southern California coast and it's why the sprawl of L.A. is separate from that of San Diego.
I agree that the city is too cramped but it seems like you wanna have your cake and eat it too. You’re complaining about rising housing prices but those would be alleviated if the city allowed taller buildings to be built that way there would be a more competitive market and prices would go down. And the problem is that the politician do listen to the masses, for example there’s this law that states a building can’t block another buildings sunlight for more than a third of the day (this law was made because of listening to the masses). this essentially makes it so every building can only go to a max of like 3-5 stories putting a cap on how many space there are for people. If anything you should encourage more tall apartment buildings.
I'm 62, and grew up there...it USED to be a lazy beach town in Pacific Beach...NOW...sh8 !!
There was a small window in time when San Diego was like other cities at its best . That time is gone and those of us born and raised there during the time of this video understand . I left once it got too bad and it’s really nothing now .
What happened to our beloved city?
Open borders !
Dix Hadley hes more worse then donald trump ig but support him you can change my mind
Crackheads homeless people and selfish greedy cold hearted rich prick motherfuckers that want to step on everybody’s toes
@@tristanwwsd true!
@Scottie Ferguson you are based and redpilled! I love it
Sadly now, no one plays nice in San Diego. It's over populated, crowded, overly competitive, not to mention expensive as hell! The world's money and greedy developing agencies and companies made a heap of bucks when they sold it out. I'll hold the memories and enjoy my 3BR 2BTH house on fourteen acres in another state that never once has traffic!
I still live here after 50 plus years and it is great.
@@DiogenesOfCa Likely because you bought a house when it was 66K and likely very likely you prefer the company of flaming men
@@tumwater640 BOOM !
Its crazy how thoroughly a once American city has been colonized and conquered by foreigners in only 60 years.
😊It is the natural order of the North American empire
Hermosa tierra🌊🐟🇪🇦✌️😉🌅
It seems we were more 21st century back then.
I Lived in beautiful San Diego for years. I took my two girls and left this beautiful place to Minnesota. I could cry what they have done to what was once my home, Now they are doing the same to Minnesota. It is very hard to vote these people out of office.
What people, who hurt you? See help....
They’ve made the streets impossible to drive on to cater to bicycle riders.
BULL SH!T.
😂😂😂I thought that miniature was poop from 1960
Look. How. They. Are. Just. Sitting. There no. Bad. Thioughts enjoying the water. And. Look like. Its. Only 10 people. In. Sandiego. Kind. Of. Ceeepy n peaceful. At. The. Same. Town. By. Lookinh. At. This. There. Was no. Good. Talent. Ok. Music. Abs😮olutely. Nothing. Heaven. Is real. And rrust. Me. This. Isnt. These. Poor. People are in a. Fantasy. World. And aometimes. God. Says thats. A. Very. Good. Way. To. Be. In. Fantasy. World what. U. Dont. No. Dont. Hurt. I. SEE innocence. Here and these. Old. Men. Are. Very. Young. Meaning. First. Life here old. But