Texas Isn't What You Think It Is Anymore

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  • Wait - people are actually leaving Texas now??
    Okay so the last time we talked about Texas we learned a lot. We figured out where the best places in this state to move to, and where you should NOT move. We also talked about the different areas in Texas, and what makes Texas great and what makes Texas bad.
    The best places you can live in Texas are the northern suburbs of Dallas in places like Frisco, McKinney and Plano where it’s really safe and the schools are good. A lot of the suburbs on Houston’s west side - cities like Sugar Land are also great. However, these all areas are REALLY expensive.
    We talked about the BAD places to live in Texas, too. Houston after dark is a terrible place. The border towns are really rundown but not too dangerous. Bellmead and Humble are also not places you’d want to move, either. Austin is the fastest growing city in this whole damn state, but there’s too many people here now and too many homeless folks now.
    Texas remains the top state where people are moving to right now. And with that comes a lot of drama.
    But there’s a lot more to Texas than that. We didn’t talk about some Texas history, interesting facts and the issues that people in Texas face today.
    So that’s what we’re gonna do in this video. Kind of pick up where we left off in a more lighthearted way. We’re going to look at all of that stuff and even meet some people who LIVE in Texas who are gonna tell us what its like in their state and where you could move if you relocate here. It’s time for Cornerhouse Tales: Texas. The Divided State
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  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson  ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here's my entire Texas Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yoos4tje9Fo-jOC6sN8DBgK.html

    • @aaa111ddd111
      @aaa111ddd111 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spent an hour reading these threads and no one agreed with you that Tex Mex sucks...until now🤢. Incredibly boring compared to Mexican fare.

    • @chrisguzman-cf7zp
      @chrisguzman-cf7zp ปีที่แล้ว

      I can tell Nick Johnson don't like Latinos and he don't like democrat states

  • @TyTwoFly
    @TyTwoFly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    The Urban parts are too big and expanding. I laugh when people move from California and move to Austin, Houston, or Dallas and complain about it being like the California cites.
    There is waaayyy more places in Texas than the cities and SO MUCH open country and rural places to see and move to.

    • @vortigan9068
      @vortigan9068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cities man

    • @gizmo7365
      @gizmo7365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yeah i don’t know why people move from LA to Houston. It’s practically the same without any beaches.

    • @TheAnomics1
      @TheAnomics1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "too big"
      Too big would be like Tokyo, Shanghai and Sao Paulo.
      DFW is only 8million, Houston is 7.1million and Austin and San Antonio are both 2million.
      None of these cities are too big.
      Top it all of they're cities, they're supposed to be big

    • @ViralVenom
      @ViralVenom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheAnomics1 too big. Like sardines.

    • @TheAnomics1
      @TheAnomics1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ViralVenom sardines?
      Dallas and Houston ain't no NYC or Beijing. 8million and 7million is not much

  • @walkerplaza2547
    @walkerplaza2547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Folks never mention that the city of Austin owns it's utilities. When they want to spend more money, they raise the utility rates. It's an indirect tax on the residents. I lived there 12 years. During that time, Austin and Seattle kept switching first and second place for the most expensive utilities in the nation. I left and don't miss it a bit.

    • @stardustgirl2904
      @stardustgirl2904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      California has the highest inflation and population, it's out of control!

    • @mferdez2066
      @mferdez2066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Austin or as we Texans refer to it by its many names... California's taint, dumpster fire, libtard central, the weird, sh*thole. feel free to use any one of these terms.

    • @rogerturner3847
      @rogerturner3847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's called a power monopoly totally illegal yet those criminals who run the state are ok with that lol

    • @julieboughner8660
      @julieboughner8660 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mferdez2066 How about "the land of fruit and nuts". Lol 😆

    • @stischer47
      @stischer47 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But so does San Antonio and we have some of the lowest utilities. Must be Austin.

  • @mferdez2066
    @mferdez2066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Cost of living is driving Texans out of major cities. All the transplants are driving our housing market ridiculously high.. We are getting tired of this crap.

    • @hisnameisiam808
      @hisnameisiam808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You know what interesting? It's happening to Oregon too and we are a lefty state. Don't forget that it's mostly bidens fault. LET'S GO BRANDON!

    • @texasisfortexans7170
      @texasisfortexans7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep, time to get people to stop moving to Texas, it is time to become what we hate so we dont lose our state. It is time to stop welcoming new people to Texas, no one invited them to come here, they will leave.

    • @JAM661
      @JAM661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hisnameisiam808 Right like you had no problem with housing in the past and it just got so much worse in the past 8 months. Well sorry but that is not how things work. Meanwhile when demand goes up and supplies go down then the prices go up also because the person still need to make the same amount of money even if they have less goods to sell so they sell at a higher price. It is called economic 101 but no learns that anymore either. Meanwhile we have vacant homes all over the country that need to be taken down and built new instead of keeping on wasting and taking land wildlife needs to live on. We need to stop being a throw away culture The sad think is that our billionaires have doubled their money in just the past 5 years where most Americans are even or worse. What I do not understand is why are billionaires not paying there fair share in taxes and why they are not helping more people and give better benefits to their workers. We need to be a society where we see these people as selfish and not people to look up to.

    • @JAM661
      @JAM661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@texasisfortexans7170 Well maybe you should think that though because someday due to climate change TX may not be a place where people want to live due to the hurricane and the heat. So we in MN will make sure you are not welcomed here either. As far as I am concern we would all be better if all the conservative took the South and made their own country and let the rest of the states on their own. Most states in the south are very dependent on the North and would not do well. For example for every dollar MN send in for federal taxes we get .45 back. For every dollar Alabama send in for federal taxes they get $8.00 back. Yet they are at the bottom and refuse to take a chance to do better with another party. Instead when you have one party in charge of a state for years with no input by the minority you usually end up with a lot of good old boy network where everyone in power is connected some how ( other then work) with each other. For example the Sheriff is the cousin of the Judge ect.

    • @hisnameisiam808
      @hisnameisiam808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JAM661 you must not know how much prices for everything is going up in lefty states because we are not running normally as well as the country in general. Once we stop fearing this virus and get back to work things might get better but hundreds of thousands have been fired because of bidens mandates and other such failures. Yes, it's the lefts fault.

  • @Dutchovenderlinde
    @Dutchovenderlinde 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Moved to Texas in 2019. First to Dallas, then to McKinney earlier this year. The goal is to eventually end up in a small town in order to truly enjoy Texas. Never thought I'd be the small-town type, but here I am dreaming of it.

    • @Mc.flyyy11
      @Mc.flyyy11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same yuri....always been a big city boy, older I've gotten the more I just want to move to a tiny town away from the city

    • @scottreal7787
      @scottreal7787 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Waco area is nice. I live there. It's got everything the DFW, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio area do. Nice people. Affordable.

    • @markbanash921
      @markbanash921 ปีที่แล้ว

      How about Wylie? I love the Ballard St. Cafe.

    • @MrIzzy11B
      @MrIzzy11B ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to my town I hope you love it here

    • @HampETX903
      @HampETX903 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      McKinney is the dfw not a small town

  • @BoudinSpicy
    @BoudinSpicy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’m moving to San Antonio from San Diego, but once they hear my southern accent, they are immediately filled with joy (I’m from Louisiana).

  • @rolandserna7805
    @rolandserna7805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +593

    Texas is a nice state and all, but I really get the feeling that it's gonna become just like California in the near future. Cities like Austin already look like they belong in California.

    • @davidhasselhoff619
      @davidhasselhoff619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I agree. It's like the rest of the USA in that regard. The beginning of the end.

    • @rolandserna7805
      @rolandserna7805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@davidhasselhoff619 maybe not the rest of the US. There’s Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Utah. Those are the actual progressive states in this country.

    • @Baeckler
      @Baeckler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I live in Austin it used to be a nice place before California people ruined it. Now they are ruining other cites and not just in Texas. They won’t be happy until they ruin all the states.

    • @rolandserna7805
      @rolandserna7805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      @@Baeckler If you leave a blue state because of the high cost of living and you continue to vote Democrat, then there's something wrong with you.

    • @Baeckler
      @Baeckler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@rolandserna7805 yep. They leave a blue state for a red state and expect it to be like where they are from. Austin lost its charm a long time ago because of it. They are spreading all though the US especially in the South. Another example is Tennessee. A lot are going there too. The highly red states I don’t imagine being red in years to come , or at least not overwhelmingly red It’s not all just California but mostly them in my opinion

  • @jeffsea6490
    @jeffsea6490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *interesting video with valuable interviews and gr8 narrative.*
    *Thx 4 sharing Nick n Sage* 👍🇺🇲

  • @wheel-e-umm
    @wheel-e-umm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A lot of the complaints people are making are not exclusive to Texas. A lot of these issues are going on in every major city in America right now.

  • @maryvance8149
    @maryvance8149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I grew up in LA and moved out in 1981 for the same reasons the panel is talking about in 2021! Moved to Austin and lived there for 30 years…same thing. Traffic, high rent, and horrible government! Moved to WA state to a small town, slashed the budget and dumped the car, etc. and living a GREAT life.

    • @citystarridin
      @citystarridin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You must be East of the mountains cause everybody I know out in Western WA are all leaving to other states due to the high cost of living, population and the homeless/opioid problem.

    • @mateoperez3659
      @mateoperez3659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live in Houston and I’m thinking about Washington, but the homelessness in some cities is crazy

  • @findingmo7049
    @findingmo7049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this channel. Fun to watch too. ❤️

  • @yard2974
    @yard2974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Texas is not what it used to be too many transplants from other states have driven up the cost of living there.

    • @uzin0s256
      @uzin0s256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nah. Texas was ALWAYS a terrible state. Matter of fact any sunbelt state excepting California is terrible.

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Rockwall, Texas, 20 miles east of Dallas. Had a house built for $160,000.00 in 2003, then had to move. House now valued at $349,000.00. Texas can be Hot. Houston is hot and humid and probably has the most bugs.

    • @JimForeman
      @JimForeman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It costs a lot less to cool a house 20 degrees than to heat it 60 degrees.

    • @hisnameisiam808
      @hisnameisiam808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JimForeman interesting thought.

    • @bonniebell2050
      @bonniebell2050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tn.the same way..1,000,000 from California n the last yr..

    • @bonniebell2050
      @bonniebell2050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAME N HOUSING N TN..

    • @barbararobinson244
      @barbararobinson244 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That seems like an awful low rise in valuation for a house over 20 years. I bought my house in a small city in Maine for 123,000 in 2017 and its sale value as of August 2023 is 335,000. But housing cost in southern Maine have gone crazy. Many people from Massachusetts and New York are moving here and compared to their housing costs, Maine is still cheap. 335,000 is relatively low for southern Maine. Central and Northern Maine is cheap. You can get a very nice house along the coast of mid Maine for under 300,00 and one inland for under 200,000.

  • @nancymartinez1817
    @nancymartinez1817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You do great work. I really appreciate your channel.

  • @billdonn1
    @billdonn1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love the cowboy hat Nick. Had to chuckle... You do great work! Keep it up.

  • @buddjewelry9324
    @buddjewelry9324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much nick for ur hard work

  • @auntgracie4826
    @auntgracie4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vlogs. Thank you Nick. Love your outfit!

  • @abstractimagery
    @abstractimagery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    All of the big Texas cites , especially Austin were great places to live until about 2010. The only city that I find remotely livable when visiting the state I was born and raised in is San Antonio .

    • @texasisfortexans7170
      @texasisfortexans7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yep all big cities in Texas are overcrowded shitholes.

    • @texasisfortexans7170
      @texasisfortexans7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@victoriafisher6561 Dont move to Texas, you will regret it. There are no parts other than West Texas that are not overcrowded and overpriced. Stay where you are, you will not save any money by moving to Texas.

    • @jsull2891
      @jsull2891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@victoriafisher6561 if you value freedoms than Fort Worth is best city in Texas. If you don't, then don't move here.

    • @rhondap121
      @rhondap121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Texas history short take ,
      Very nice.

    • @ladyguerlain3707
      @ladyguerlain3707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@victoriafisher6561 Fort Worth is an amazing city that represents my state well. I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve also traveled the world. I’m always glad to come back home to FW. 🤠💕

  • @walkercorley3133
    @walkercorley3133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I've been anxiously awaiting a redux of your original unboxing Texas video. I'm someone who's grown up in the DFW metroplex nearly all my life and the growth has become so uncontrollable and urban sprawl even more unbearable. The influx of people moving from other states (and other factors) has drastically increased the price of housing in the last few months alone. Some are buying said houses with no intention of even living in them themselves (Renting out property). Summer's are absolute hell too, 80-100+ degree weather for a period of 6 months is becoming easier said than done (especially when the energy bill comes in the mail). Gas is pretty cheap here though, but you're also driving a lot more than you would if you lived in pretty much any other town in the US. Though I love Texas to death, there's just too many people here now for my tastes, sadly my plans are probably to leave here soon...

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Where you headed walker?

    • @walkercorley3133
      @walkercorley3133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@NickJohnson Portland Maine! Lived about 45 min from there before, so I’m ready to shovel a bit more snow. ❄️ trading in the steak for the lobster 🦞!

    • @Tjp361
      @Tjp361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As a DFW native, I agree. It's gotten extremely out of hand, and the region doesn't have the affordable edge it used too. Looking at Des Moines, Kansas City or San Antonio.

    • @shakarussanders9911
      @shakarussanders9911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm a DFW native myself it is unbelievable how much the area has changed! The JR Ewing days is long gone

    • @kimfuselier324
      @kimfuselier324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The population growth is making the quite outdoors a congested horrible experience. The cost of homes has driven a number of young Texans out of the market. To many companies coming in buying and renting homes.

  • @lisamariemooremccain2584
    @lisamariemooremccain2584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love watching your videos, thanks for sharing. God Bless You.

  • @TEKnicalTEKnique
    @TEKnicalTEKnique 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    TEXAS shoreline is a TOXIC WASTE!! 🤣

    • @BP-or2iu
      @BP-or2iu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s really nice when you get down south.

    • @allenbuckner3619
      @allenbuckner3619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You are correct. Y'all need to go back to California and get big glass of water you crapped in yesterday . They say its fine to drink but hold your breath when glass is close to your face. LTFOL

    • @heather957
      @heather957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bubbling water is not normal lol

    • @normasaunders626
      @normasaunders626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@heather957 lol, wow really does it bubble?

    • @edmartinez6946
      @edmartinez6946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great fishing on the Texas coast.

  • @waynebollman
    @waynebollman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Lived in Austin on and off for about 12 years. Austin is one of those places that was probably really awesome before everyone found out how awesome it was and then every kind of asshole you can imagine moved there causing it to be way overcrowded, snobish and pretentious as all hell, traffic jammed, and just tons of miserable, angry, suspicious, superficial personality types occupying every corner of it. I've been all over the U.S. for 50+ years and I rank Austin the most overrated place in the U.S. HANDS DOWN.

    • @kimberlylay1005
      @kimberlylay1005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Our GPS let us down....it took us to a part of Austin that looked like Compton... I couldn't wait to get back into Luling...

    • @ReeCrowsFray
      @ReeCrowsFray 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100% agree. In the early 2000s austin was still very much a place that was just a music town but then the music ordinance changed and tons of people from the IT world and the “artistic” types moved here. It’s absolute trash and incredibly self righteous.

    • @florjjj7
      @florjjj7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yes i visited austin back in january and def felt a weird vibe from the locals

    • @karenkennedy6331
      @karenkennedy6331 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like what happened to Boulder, CO, fake leftist snobs,

    • @bravobravoh1344
      @bravobravoh1344 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My dad worked in Austin back in the early 80's and he said that it was a pretty laidback city during that time, and then the 90's came with all of those companies moving in like Dell and it hasn't been the same since.

  • @malcorub
    @malcorub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:50 Nick showing El Paso some love. Thanks for not forgetting about EP like most people do.

    • @caracox5708
      @caracox5708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@roadwarrior528 I kind of like it here:) ... moved here from north east Texas .

  • @christopherfriend7402
    @christopherfriend7402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great shirt Nick!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I went deep into the wardrobe for that one chris

  • @doublerainbow376
    @doublerainbow376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Native Texan here. Attended a chili cook-off & a rattlesnake roundup in the same weekend mid-March 1989. 😂🤣😂

  • @liv4mykids1
    @liv4mykids1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Fort Worth is NOT part of Dallas! It’s the 13th largest city in the US, and has its own unique culture (very different from Dallas).

    • @rmoore8422
      @rmoore8422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen

    • @BB-ty6iy
      @BB-ty6iy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@blackcherry6877 It’s never been called that. Ever. DFW refers to the metroplex that contains the DFW Airport- the world’s 2nd busiest airport. DFW metroplex refers to Dallas, Arlington (Home of the Tx Rangers and Dallas Cowboys), Ft. Worth, Plano, Frisco etc. There’s more cities, but those are the biggest ones in the metroplex. Dallas has 2 million people & Ft. Worth has about 1 million

    • @My2_cents
      @My2_cents 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! Fort Worth is very different from Dallas and I’m glad! I love Fort Worth.

    • @lutherheggs
      @lutherheggs ปีที่แล้ว

      Lived in Dallas for almost 70 years and have never been in downtown Fort Worth. That's crazy.

    • @McFwoupson
      @McFwoupson ปีที่แล้ว

      They are completely merged. I consider them the same metroplex

  • @zombiesoul-eater741
    @zombiesoul-eater741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    moved to corpus Christi , Texas 7 years ago.. was one of my best choices of my life .. i absolutely love the beach here.. its smaller city 300k people, feels like plenty of stores for amything i could want . but a small city vibe , lots of green open spaces . i love fishing and long walks and BBQing on the beach .. plenty of manufacturing jobs here. if i am off work on a Tuesday afternoon i can sometimes go to the beach with the dogs and be the only person there. . my only real complaint is it is a little too hot /humid 4-5 months out of the year. .truly i could not be happier living here.

  • @jenniferdaulby5519
    @jenniferdaulby5519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i visited friends in Waco about 4yrs ago, it is just a lovely place & overall the people were so nice. Best wishes from Australia.

  • @texasgina
    @texasgina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    OK Nick I’ve stated many times on your channel I’m originally from California I lived in South Carolina for five years before I moved here to San Antonio and I was much more happier when I first came here in 2013, because everybody’s moving here LOL. The traffic is getting terrible LOL but the people are really nice and it’s still more laid-back than California. Plus we have H‑E‑B

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love ya Gina!

    • @texasgina
      @texasgina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@NickJohnson we Love you too! You’re the best youtuber

    • @kimberlylay1005
      @kimberlylay1005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You aren't a real Texan.. so your opinion is invalid

    • @forex922
      @forex922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Howard E Butts

    • @corybureau4124
      @corybureau4124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HEB😍 oh god I miss H‑E‑B.

  • @Alexandros.Apeirwtan
    @Alexandros.Apeirwtan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    You are an awesome guy! I get to know every single inch and culture of each American state thanks to you!!
    Greetings from Greece!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hi!! Did you know I'm a quarter Greek?? My great grandmother came over on ellis island. 🇬🇷

    • @Alexandros.Apeirwtan
      @Alexandros.Apeirwtan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@NickJohnson wow my God !! So nice!! I am really proud of you guys!! I am from Ioannina city which is the capital of Epirus region, Northwestern Greece!!

  • @chantalbanon9518
    @chantalbanon9518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As a recently escaped Californian I am so happy to be here near San Antonio Texas. I've wanted to come here for several years and I finally got my opportunity two months ago. Life is wonderful here.

    • @87aggietim
      @87aggietim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I hope you didn't bring any California with you. Just saying. I love San Antonio. So much to do.

    • @nutsrice
      @nutsrice ปีที่แล้ว

      Go home Californian

    • @craigpoer
      @craigpoer ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@87aggietim there are as many Republicans in California as Texas, it just there a more democrats. Most people are sick of the decaying morals.

    • @uzin0s256
      @uzin0s256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you must weigh 300lbs if you like san Antonio

    • @dianarhyne
      @dianarhyne 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pardon the unfriendly comments.
      Welcome to Texas.
      🤠

  • @kylemoore801
    @kylemoore801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    25:22 LOL he meant "greenspoint" 🤣 but everybody calls it Gunspoint. Especially the mall

    • @j.m.5995
      @j.m.5995 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember going to that mall around 2003 and thinking 8t wasn't that bad. Hell there's even a McLaren car dealership on the other side of the freeway not too far away

  • @214dude2
    @214dude2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Brooooo I laughed so hard when he called El Paso a shithole! 😭😂🤣

    • @uzin0s256
      @uzin0s256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it is a shithole tho

  • @jamesstark8316
    @jamesstark8316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I lived in Kyle a few years ago. Close to Austin but low traffic and great people.....but, the heat in the summer - brutal.

    • @matty6848
      @matty6848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeh my friend moved to Texas in 2014 and he warned me not too come over in the main summer months as it’s just too hot, to the point it’s oppressive. He said you’ll only want to go at night after sundown because it just gets too hot during the day. So I flew over in September and it was still hot then. I dread to think what it must be like in June/July☀️😱

    • @BP-or2iu
      @BP-or2iu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@matty6848 August and September are the hottest. You would have been better off in May/June/July.

    • @BP-or2iu
      @BP-or2iu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @yoganggi 2020 Is English your first language?

    • @aaa111ddd111
      @aaa111ddd111 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BP-or2iu Upper 90's for most of May-September. Evenings cool off a little but the temp drops to 80 with near 100% humidity.

  • @maril1379
    @maril1379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video
    Very interesting

  • @gambit_toys6554
    @gambit_toys6554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yess Nick keeping it real! Yess 👍

  • @jabbarmuhammad7529
    @jabbarmuhammad7529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Texas growing is growing big if I were living in Texas I would probably live in the less expensive areas of this state

  • @OrlValdez
    @OrlValdez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I appreciate your pronunciation of those border Mexican states. I'm from Nuevo Leon and the current governor Samuel Garcia announced that there is going to be a new freeway which connects Colombia, Anahuac, Nuevo Leon (close to Northwest Laredo) and La Gloria close to Nuevo Laredo, in order to avoid Tamaulipas, so "regios" can go to Texas directly. It's funny that Monterrey is closer to the Texas Triangle than El Paso lol
    About the video, these area my 5 favorite cities to live in Texas:
    1. San Antonio
    2. DFW (my father and sisters live in Arlington)
    3. Houston
    4. Austin
    5. El Paso

    • @chibiromano5631
      @chibiromano5631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God bless Bronco? .. kidding, but yeah DFW has a lot of shi**y parts too, Arlington is ghetto af now a bunch of lacras invaded it around 2016 and lot of my highschool friends from Arlington moved to Frisco to get away from it. Regios are cool af, but I think they stay in Grand Prairie(see a bunch of Tigres Jerseys at Traders VIllage) and Plano now,. To be real, I wouldn't really consider PLANO and Frisco as DFW now, they feel like their own identies and it almost reminds a lot like Anaheim and Orange County California, whereas Dallas feels like a St. Louis Missouri at night, Arlignton feels like Compton, Ft Worth like a Oklahoma City 2.
      #1. Frisco,Plano & Mckinney
      #2. Garland, Richardson,Carrolton
      #3. Round Rock Austin
      #4. San Antonio
      #5.Mcallen
      #6. El Paso / Juarez/ Las Cruces
      - Proper Dallas like Oakcliff and South Dallas and West Dallas suck and very ghetto
      -Proper Fort Worth like Stop 6 and its Eastside are ghetto too
      -Houston Guacala

  • @baseballbynatedog800
    @baseballbynatedog800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's good Nick, its Nate:) Can you do a video on unboxing the Carolina Coast in NC and SC please? I think th at would be your best video because you live in NC and you have done some cool driving tours in that region of the country, and it is BEAUTIFUL. I went there on a roadtrip in August and it was fabulous.

  • @tameraalvarez6438
    @tameraalvarez6438 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video.

  • @Nashandme74
    @Nashandme74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I live in McAllen Texas and it's growing way too quickly and changing for the worst because of all the outsiders that came here since the 2000s.

  • @LeveyHere
    @LeveyHere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice, another Unboxing Part 2! I love these.

    • @lechinajames5471
      @lechinajames5471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sad Sad how once a good state is being over ran with “woke liberals” who keep voting for the policy’s that ruined there sate that they are coming from

  • @Go2Charles
    @Go2Charles 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a great video

  • @LuckyGuu
    @LuckyGuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Billy Bob Thornton says: "I like the way you talk." You are an excellent narrator that keeps your audience alert and interested! You could narrate films for the military. Keep those recruits from falling asleep in boot camp, you can save them from doing a lot of push-ups. Hi from Delaware

  • @angp2027
    @angp2027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's interesting hearing some places not wanting people moving there. I live in CA but a smaller county...so a lot of people are coming from LA and San Fran...I'm constantly hearing friends and family complain. People are over living in these large cities and with certain conditions...it happens. We got pushed out of our hometown and now we have to look into moving elsewhere...so really it's just a chain reaction. Can't really blame people wanting a better life.

    • @mmatip123
      @mmatip123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They vote wrong though n ruin what made the place great

  • @lix0347
    @lix0347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Went to Corpus Christi and saw so many homeless people. Wasn’t like it was a few years ago

    • @ursulasmith6402
      @ursulasmith6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Due to overpopulation.

    • @jimtalbott2894
      @jimtalbott2894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rent for house or apartment is too high. Tent city is cheaper. 🙂

    • @deloresiles2341
      @deloresiles2341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🥲🥲🥲

    • @brettsfav4
      @brettsfav4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG I thought Los Angeles was the only city with a homeless problem 😱

    • @lix0347
      @lix0347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brettsfav4 every city has one?

  • @MrJoMuchacho
    @MrJoMuchacho 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don’t want to lie but I like your content like that !! Now I really want to move from France to Texas ! Keep doing 🔥🏆💪🏾

    • @texasisfortexans7170
      @texasisfortexans7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Texas is full, we dont want yall here. Texas is for Texans

    • @uzin0s256
      @uzin0s256 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bro. Texas is way better then france.

  • @Wildmutationblu
    @Wildmutationblu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the history lesson. Fabulous video as ever Nick.

  • @basedcommodore
    @basedcommodore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That was a super cool history lesson I like how you win in-depth into the way we was called the Lone Star State and the war between Mexico and Texas I didn't know about any of that that was really awesome it's too bad you didn't give the Civil War battle more than just a flick of the violin or whatever that was

  • @Lz-cy5gx
    @Lz-cy5gx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Texas is blazing hot, and then some parts are hotter. The end

    • @halfpoundcountryboy3612
      @halfpoundcountryboy3612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We can have all the sessions in a week

    • @joseCalderon1976
      @joseCalderon1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes don't move here if you can't stand heat. In San Antonio we get humidity too.

    • @thullraven1
      @thullraven1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The panhandle area isn't so bad and it gets cold and snow in the Winter.

    • @BP-or2iu
      @BP-or2iu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Panhandle isn’t really that hot.

    • @bethewalt7385
      @bethewalt7385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you live there? I'd put Arizona at the top of that list...I've lived in Arizona, San Antonio, for example is hot, but the humidity is baaad

  • @KCFromTheIE
    @KCFromTheIE ปีที่แล้ว

    You need to do a Texas tour series Nick!

  • @barbararobinson244
    @barbararobinson244 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love the outfit, Nick.

  • @csanderson5163
    @csanderson5163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Your first unboxing Texas video was kind of figuring out how best to unbox states.

  • @jonathanherndon1012
    @jonathanherndon1012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When a state is in the headlines for popularity it has reach its zenith

    • @davepc2u
      @davepc2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok. Maybe folks will leave now. Texas isnt a Shangri-la that people want or hope it to be. Its home for me. Im in SA.

  • @samanthamichelle2094
    @samanthamichelle2094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Nick 🥰

  • @jvincent2870
    @jvincent2870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Houston is I where I live and work…not the prettiest area but very convenient and accommodating with a relative low cost of living. When we want to get away from the sprawl we visit places in the Hill Country…Austin, San Antonio and everything in-between the two cities. Also we recently visited Waco and that seemed like a pretty cool small city to live. Another good thing about Houston is it’s easy to travel when you live here…we have two airports and the port of Galveston from which we can go on cruises to the Caribbean frequently. One more thing…the best thing here is the variety of food you can get…Tex-Mex, Cajun and Creole, Asian, Barbecue, Nigerian, Caribbean, Mediterranean….so much good food here…

  • @Czechbound
    @Czechbound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another VERY ENTERTAINING and INFORMATIVE video. Come on everyone, turn on the notification bell !

  • @CJColvin
    @CJColvin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hank Hill is from Arlington Texas.

    • @Imperial0666
      @Imperial0666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Arlen (Garland)

    • @CJColvin
      @CJColvin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Imperial0666 Oh ok

  • @christopherhernandez3909
    @christopherhernandez3909 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best channels on TH-cam. Keep up the great content Nick!

  • @rexlex1736
    @rexlex1736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    The HOT AS HELL summer weather will force the Californians back to their state.

    • @pacificrules
      @pacificrules 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Good, let them move back. Besides, Texas does not have a place equivalent to Death Valley (btw, its in California) so yeah, we're not HOT as hell.

    • @lechinajames5471
      @lechinajames5471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@pacificrules No there going to flee into Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota.

    • @rnsteve2265
      @rnsteve2265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@pacificrules Exactly, I live in the high desert in Ca. It's hot here too. Not humid, but very hot in the summer.

    • @weareallone8442
      @weareallone8442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@pacificrules nobody even lives in Death Valley

    • @pacificrules
      @pacificrules 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@weareallone8442 I know. But DV aint that far from Los Angeles or Palm Springs, make them hot AF to live.

  • @lorirobertson643
    @lorirobertson643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    🤠 Yeehaw Nick! You look ready to ride! Another great Cornerhouse Production! I hope the Cali people moving into Texas didn't bring all of their wacko ideas 😕

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They're coming whether Texans like it or not Lori! Maybe I should wear cowboy stuff more often haha

    • @lorirobertson643
      @lorirobertson643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NickJohnson yes you should! You wear it well. Somehow you never struck me as a Wrangler & flannel wearing guy.

    • @barbararobinson244
      @barbararobinson244 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nick, in that outfit you look like you just walked right out of my fave t.v. show---Gunsmoke- a western series on for 2o years in the 50s, 60, and 70s! Still on in repeats on a couple of channels.@@NickJohnson

  • @Dantee.15
    @Dantee.15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What’s funny is when it’s a democrat/blue state it’s “oh it’s the democrats”
    But videos about the south don’t even get views compared to the ones about blue states. The truth is the same issues in red states are also in blue states. There’s homelessness everywhere. There’s overpriced properties in both blue and red states. There’s drugs, crime, lack of jobs in every state. It just depends on which part you’re in

  • @coletrick8748
    @coletrick8748 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Did a long walk downtown Austin and was shocked with the homelessness on nearly every single street.. Blew my mind!

    • @McFwoupson
      @McFwoupson ปีที่แล้ว

      Ye it sucks. Gotten so much worse since the pricd of living started to go up. San Antonio and Houston also have much more homeless people then they had a good 10 years ago. I've been to San Antonio countless times and it would be uncommon for me to see a homeless person. Nowadays there are a lot of them in the downtown area, not as bad as Austin tho.

    • @therealrobinc
      @therealrobinc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Blue States & cities have more crime.
      Go figure.

  • @Texasgrrl77
    @Texasgrrl77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I live in Sugarland TX and it's a great suburb. The closer you get to Houston the worse it is. I was born in California and my parents moved to Texas in the 70s. There are so many Californians moving here. The cost of living is going to go sky high! Look at Austin. After my father passes away I'm moving out or I'm going to Texit! Hmm,🤔 where to go though? Anyway great videos! 👍

    • @jimtalbott2894
      @jimtalbott2894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sugarland Texas is where all the sugar daddys live. And where a lot of gold digging women go to get a sugar daddy. 🤪

  • @PHX10100
    @PHX10100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The best thing about Texas is watching Jerry Jones bust a hemorrhoid every Sunday.

    • @lorilove2255
      @lorilove2255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen I am a Texan and totally agree with this statement, Jerry Jones is the reason I hate the Cowboys......

  • @howellwong11
    @howellwong11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Austin has so many job openings that even the homeless want to move here.

    • @ursulasmith6402
      @ursulasmith6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not for the elderly.

    • @howellwong11
      @howellwong11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ursulasmith6402 The elderly should all be retired, not looking for a job. They should have done that when they were young. It worked for me.

    • @jimtalbott2894
      @jimtalbott2894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Homeless don't want to work. Besides that they can't pass a drug test. Besides that they just want handouts.

    • @howellwong11
      @howellwong11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimtalbott2894 Yes, I was just being sarcastic. Homelessness is a life style and once you get used to it, it is hard to change.

  • @willisjefferson5886
    @willisjefferson5886 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another Gem Nick

  • @Bowiefan4ever
    @Bowiefan4ever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in Austin. Yes a lot of Californians have discovered our very large homes and yards. Now it crazy crowded. One good this is our large home has doubled the price when we’re ready to move.

  • @abr3586
    @abr3586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I never comment but this was an interesting view of my state

  • @ichavez4514
    @ichavez4514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "TAMAULUPIAS" 😂😂😂😂 Greetings from Nuevo León 😂😂 love your chanel!

  • @debbie4503
    @debbie4503 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice hat, Nick. 😊 🤠

  • @matthewmajestic1013
    @matthewmajestic1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video Mr.Johnson I’ve never been to Texas but being a Florida resident I wouldn’t mind taking a trip to the “Lone Star state”, to experience things like Big Bend National park, the Alamo, a Dallas cowboys game (I’m a Miami dolphins fan), try some Texas BBQ, and just experience Texas. Texas has some of the problems that Florida is facing like high influx of people moving in, constant building of homes, apartments, and home values going up and other issues but hey no place is perfect. Not to mention both states have no income tax, also this is a question for the natives, would you consider yourselves being the most hospital of all southern states ?

    • @matthewmajestic1013
      @matthewmajestic1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Big Dick Black I was born in Virginia (south eastern Virginia), I’ve lived in Georgia and now Florida, and I must say from my experiences the nicest out of those three were people from Georgia.

    • @matthewmajestic1013
      @matthewmajestic1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Big Dick Black also one my previous bosses was from West Virginia, lemme tell ya he’s good hearted person, and when I would go to North Carolina I was always happy with how the North Carolinians treated me. As for the west coast I’ve only been to Washington state and Alaska, I was going to Alaska for a 7 day cruise, we didn’t really spend to much time on land but I would imagine that the locals have a love hate relationship towards tourist. Canada was the only foreign country I’ve been to I was in British Columbia, again we didn’t have much time be around the locals but from what people say Canadians are nice.

  • @matty6848
    @matty6848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The ranch house at 29.00 minutes, is that the ranch house in the latest Purge movie? Sure looks like it to me?!

  • @mintydog06
    @mintydog06 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol I love watching your videos. I think you're slightly insane but I love it.

  • @Dimitrius1
    @Dimitrius1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice outfit Nick!

  • @juangonzalez-qg6eh
    @juangonzalez-qg6eh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm from the RGV area and it's NOT run down, it's just low salary area. Not all citizens can afford to have luxurious homes. Move to the RGV 14 years ago from New Jersey, I testify that this area has leap forward in every way. 😀

  • @Sammykyt
    @Sammykyt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Texas is still a great state!

    • @papagato503
      @papagato503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is a good state but I don't like hearing about politics.

  • @harmonizedigital.
    @harmonizedigital. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I lived in Austin for 14 years. Loved it and miss it.

  • @Snowboy2015
    @Snowboy2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    tama-yoo-lipas !! 😂😂😂 you have a great personality, nick! ha ! I think the U is silent..my grandparents came from nearby Nuevo León back in the 1950's to Laredo, btw 😁

  • @Magic-V8-P71
    @Magic-V8-P71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guessed right that rodeo was their state sport. I am Texan now 😎

  • @starship2235
    @starship2235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have to wonder what the zoning laws are in those fancy suburbs. Who wants a big house that is right on top of their neighbor? It seems comical rather than exclusive.

    • @brianmatthews4149
      @brianmatthews4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about all the property taxs.

    • @texasisfortexans7170
      @texasisfortexans7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is rather disgusting what the developers have done to Texas. It used to be open space and woodlands, now it is crappy cookie-cutter houses everywhere from Houston to SA to Dallas

    • @outlawruby
      @outlawruby 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@texasisfortexans7170 basically what’s happened all over the country. The country’s historically dense downtown were ripped up to allow for car commuters from low density suburban sprawl. If our zoning codes allowed for more density then we would have more natural and rural areas.

  • @ccway7
    @ccway7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The people in texas are defl the nicest and most generous that i have ever seen and met and i have lived in many. This is 100% true

  • @bhud1972
    @bhud1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m in Houston. If you have kids the schools suck, so get ready to pay up for private school. I know. I went to Texas public school.

    • @Htx1992
      @Htx1992 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You aren't lying 😂

    • @therealrobinc
      @therealrobinc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunate, but true.

  • @jayuski
    @jayuski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please do an exclusive video just on New York City alone. (5 Boro's) New York has always had wonderful places that are the best in the country but also has had one of the worst places in the country. Most People don't know. There's mansion in the Riverdale Section of the Bronx as well as Jamaica Estates in Queens. Then there's the Rich Upper east side of Manhattan and then the bad Harlem and Washington Heights. Also do a video on Long island. (Nassau and Suffolk County) A place where millionaires live and also places that can be bad as well.

  • @VGee7647
    @VGee7647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Can’t be talking about the Dallas Cowboys like that bro

  • @laurieannerodriguez5946
    @laurieannerodriguez5946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One time I saw an office chair and a heavy old fashioned office desk under an overpass, in Houston, Texas.

  • @johnsack6819
    @johnsack6819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    15:00 you forgot to mention mexico didnt want to allow slaves. But texas did want slavery going

  • @healthycitizen1926
    @healthycitizen1926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    West texas was run down and a few nice people . East texas felt like heaven in America 🇺🇸

  • @TXRBL
    @TXRBL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We call heat ice cream and ask for another scoop!

  • @dval1059
    @dval1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Nick, I like how you talked about us Californians with Jeff, and he didn't react like how the usual Texans do. It gives me hope!

  • @TGBoleyn
    @TGBoleyn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I read that the Texas flag was a blend of the Polish and Scottish (St Andrews, in color only) flags, in representation of Scottish and Polish settlers being the largest groups to settle in Texas initially. It certainly explains the large number of Scottish names throughout the DFW.

    • @lutherheggs
      @lutherheggs ปีที่แล้ว

      Also explains it's success.

  • @AmandaSchnaare
    @AmandaSchnaare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    oooooooo I'd love to do an interview with you. Born and raised texan here :) From big city to small rural. Let me know! wanted to add... im from el paso :D

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Email me Amanda NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

    • @AmandaSchnaare
      @AmandaSchnaare 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NickJohnson I'll shoot over an e-mail this evening

  • @deronr7560
    @deronr7560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can’t wait to move from Oklahoma City to Houston Texas next year

  • @Njvghvvnn
    @Njvghvvnn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Went to college in e paso from Portland and have been trying to get bak for 20 years. love it there.

  • @dante5622
    @dante5622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    California is welcome to bring its money to Austin but leave your policies

    • @mgtowp.l.7756
      @mgtowp.l.7756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You Got That Right. When In Rome Live Like The Romans Eh?

  • @JAHAZIIELable
    @JAHAZIIELable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stop moving to Texas !!! Too much traffic 😭😭

  • @ArmyOne519
    @ArmyOne519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved Fort Hood when i was Stationed there in 82

    • @dirtyworks8084
      @dirtyworks8084 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've lived here since '69. Killeen has become a gangland warzone.

  • @divinemessages444
    @divinemessages444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Texas is getting expensive for Texans. Sad but true. I know so many people who have 2 or more jobs that are still scraping by. Quality of life isn't the same. Either you've got money for bills, food, and nothing else or you have to work to have more money and no extra time to spend it.

  • @CheapCharlieChronicles
    @CheapCharlieChronicles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Here’s a fun fact, in 1930 Cleveland, Ohio had more population than Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin combined 900,000 vs 800,000 for those four cities. And this figure doesn’t include Cleveland’s suburbs or satellite cities, for example just Lakewood had more population than Austin. Texas is a great state but its also a lot of mundane sprawl.

    • @CheapCharlieChronicles
      @CheapCharlieChronicles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@michaelwhite2823 it's a great city and a great value compared to the real estate prices in the rest of the country. You can still find a large home here for under 100k. Cleveland has a lot of nice things, the best hospital system in the world in the Cleveland Clinic, a great downtown with 3 sports teams, a casino and vibrant nightlife, nice tree lined streets, a great food culture, lakeside beaches, many bikeable neighborhoods, lot's a great cultural institutions, parks, libraries, universities, museums, excellent transportation links, all different kinds of suburbs if that's your thing, the list goes on and on.

    • @daquariussmith9772
      @daquariussmith9772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@CheapCharlieChronicles Another fun fact related to yours, the population of Cleveland has declined to 372,624 people, down from as you said more than 900,000 people in 1930, a decrease of about 60 percent. This was while the rest of the country more than doubled, or increased by more than 100 percent. The city of Houston alone has more people than the entire metro area of Cleveland, despite the metro area of cleveland having more than three times the land area of Houston's land area. The City of Houston has more than 6 times the people of the City of Cleveland, City of San Antonio 4 times Cleveland, City of Dallas 3 and a half times Cleveland, Austin 2 and a half times Cleveland, Fort Worth has twice the people of Cleveland, El Paso 1.8 times the amount of people, and Arlington has 20,000 more people than Cleveland. As for the metro areas as a whole the DFW Metropolitan area has more than 3 and a half times the population of Cleveland Metropolitan area and the Houston Metropolitan area has about 3 and a half times the population of the Cleveland Metropolitan area.

    • @CheapCharlieChronicles
      @CheapCharlieChronicles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@daquariussmith9772 no doubt, it just shows how much Texas has boomed and Cleveland has declined. One stat there I would dispute is the land area, Cuyahoga County, of which Cleveland is the seat, has 450 square miles and 1.2 million people (use to have nearly 2 million). Houston city has 670 square miles and 2.3 million people. Dallas has 330 square miles and 1.3 million people. So they’re not all that far off. The problem with Cleveland city is it covers a very small area, only 75 square miles while Houston has nearly 700 square miles. Still even in that 75 square miles it used to have nearly a million people. The enlarged metro area including Akron and Canton has about 3.6 million people. As the sunbelt becomes more overcrowded, huge traffic and expensive Im hoping the “rust belt” can make a comeback some day. Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis, Buffalos, etc. are cheap and light traffic.

    • @daquariussmith9772
      @daquariussmith9772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@CheapCharlieChronicles Yeah that's fair, I was using the other counties that they include in the "Metro area", ie Geauga County, Lake County, Lorain County, and Medina County in addition to Cuyahoga. And yeah Cleveland seems like a beautiful place/ underrated gem in some ways, I was just pointing out the flip side to Cleveland being so prominent/big in comparision to Texas cities in 1930.

    • @micheleyamamoto545
      @micheleyamamoto545 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CheapCharlieChronicles I agree with you on Cleveland. I moved to a town outside of Cleveland that’s right on Lake Erie and it’s a great place live. So affordable and the city of Cleveland has so many fun things to do. Yes, the winters are gray and we get snow but it hasn’t been too bad these last couple of years. The summers are never too hot like I had living in Oklahoma or even Colorado. I move with my family quite often and Texas is on my do not move to list for several reasons. The heat down there is one of them. Sure, Cleveland has problems but most places have their good and bad points. There is no perfect city.

  • @Maya_Ruinz
    @Maya_Ruinz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have lived in San Antonio for a decade and it’s a decent place to live as long as you avoid the south side. I have been held at gun point and assaulted for being on the wrong part of town but the north side is very safe and I have lived there for many years. You can see change coming through, homelessness is starting to rise especially in Austin. Prices for rent and everyday items is starting to go up I honestly feel it’s becoming way too overcrowded and it’s only a matter time before it starts to resemble Austin.

    • @therealrobinc
      @therealrobinc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're weren't packing your own heat? 🤔