Fontana Native born and raised here. Over the past 25 years I have watched the area become more and more consumed by warehouses. Unfortunately my family is becoming more and more priced out of the area so we will probably be forced to move. The increased pressure from developers to turn every street corner into shitty rentals and warehouses is making it impossible to own a home in the area. Our local governments are completely in the pocket of Amazon and other logistics giants. We really have no choice but to leave in the wake of rising cost of living. It is a shame, we are at the point where people like myself can’t afford to live in our own home due to corporate greed.
So were the houses sold or what? And if it is rented out, what about the renters!? If I was a renter and it was sold out from under me, I wouldn’t pay the rent, so I could save enough to move!
Think about getting your family to move out of southern California. Personally, I favor the areas of the country just east of I-35 near I-40. There is no way I would live in California if I had minor children. That state is out of control. Your family could do much better financially in a less expensive area. (I know Fontana used to be the less expensive area, as was Bloomington and Pedley back when I lived there.)
Not necessarily. Warehouses needs utilities; lights, water, etc. Also can't be too far away from the workers to travel to. Also if it's further away, it's more costly to ship from. To be honest, we the common folks can take some of the blame too. We support the online businesses, we find it's too inconvenient to head to the store. We also thought it was too inconvenient to support mom and pop stores, and they fell. It's the cycle of change I guess.
OMG! I grew up in Bloomington from 1965 until I moved out in 1993. I attended Walter Zimmerman elementary school that was shown in this video, Bloomington junior high and graduated from Bloomington high school in 1983. I recognize a lot of the area that was being demolished and this is so upsetting Bloomington was such a wonderful place to grow up, I have so many fun memories of this area. When I drive by and see our old home still to this day it has changed so much. It makes me want to cry.😢
South Fontana born and raised here as well. My parents own their house and have lived there for over 40 years. It’s a beautiful sanctuary with established trees and gardens. They’re surrounded by warehouses on almost all sides. They were almost bought out last year but the deal fell through so it’s just them, and their few neighbors in one little culdesac. It breaks my heart.
Access to freeways and markets. They have to deliver the stuff to urban centers, so they need lots of land nearby. Capitalism is insane, and it will self-destruct.
Torrance, Inland Empire, Phoenix have been identified as the 3 most efficient areas for warehousing for the southwest market due to access to freeways and freight airport terminals. IE is heavily connected to SoCal freeways & freight rail and has the massive Ontario Freight Terminal nearby. Nearly perfect for warehousing.
It’s California. You should look at the tremendous amount of building going on in Texas. Multi-family units, apartment complexes, are going up EVERYWHERE in the greater metro areas, expanding the suburbs exponentially! Absolutely no shortage in states that have economic viability.
This is happening in a lot of states where they are buying up an tearing down homes to put up large wear houses in a lot of states the corporations will soon run everything no more mom an pop shops
@@jesseostone386texas will eventually be as expensive as california if more people move there but so far more people like california and i understand why. more stuff better weather and the state is mostly meant for young people though, while texas is for people 50+ years
It's not online shopping that destroyed an entire town. It's an economic philosophy of consumerism over production. A society that doesn't PRODUCE anything is destined to fail. Don't go through life being ignorant. Try to educate yourself or the oligarchy in this country will have you in virtual chains before you're fifty years old. Wake up.
I believe because Bloomington never wanted to be incorporated or become an actual city they were doomed. Remember Fontana tried annex them. They didn't want to give up the ranch style community
I live in N San Diego; same house for 47 years. Or neighborhood stayed county because we wanted to stay rural. Our will was circumvented when the city was given jurisdiction over everything, including zoning. It doesn't matter what we want, they are gonna make their money.
Ohhh my goodness! I live in Rialto (the city next to Bloomington) and had no idea this was happening. Of course I’m aware of all the warehouses that have been going up in our area, but wasn’t aware of the demolished homes! Wow. I think I need to take a drive tonight and look around. Thanks for the video! Very eye opening
I worked in Redlands and one of my co workers told me she lived in Bloomington and there were warehouses all around her and they were getting offers for her house. They have lots of chickens and goats. My parents also owned horse property there many years ago.
That's been going on for over 120 years around Los Angeles. What do you think was there before the millions of homes, stores, shopping malls, warehouse, freeways and strip malls were built in Southern California?
grew up in fontana since 2005, I watched it turn from farm lands and fruit groves to full dystopian industrial style strong arming. The cost of living is rising significantly with nothing to show for it. Some of these warehouses that are built are still not even active, they are just sitting there without anyone even working in them. Its all part of the 3 step plan the mayor and higher ups have where they are turning the south into industrial, central into commercial, and north into residential. They dont care that they are scattering people who have nowhere else to go and creating ghettos. The high income people up north are all living comfortably while the average to low income people are all suffering!
Well there are lots of affordable states to live, people just need to lower their expectations like I did when I moved from California to a small farming town in SE Washington State in 2003. Not a lot of jobs, none pay great, but home prices are about average at $355,000 here.
@@melissasmess2773 well that's great and all. But not everyone has the means to leave the state because of how much it already takes. While leaving is a great idea for those who can, those who can't need to all group up and work together to find real solutions, not band-aid solutions like minimum wage
If you have shitty local politicians, and shitty local land management and housing policies, at some point it's useless to accuse others of doing better... Americans never build their towns and neighborhoods, than are surprised when there's nothing of value left.
You don’t understand younger folks want to work, shop, live and eat within walking distance. That means no driving but living piled up like rats. The New Urban Plan.
These companies want location,access to transportation pathways and established access to utilities. If they build out in no mans land then they have to build and bring these things in. Oh and they want easy access to work force
San Bernardino native, I hate this shit! Our valley used to be beautiful. Hills filled with orange groves with the mountains behind them. At one point the whole valley was practically filled with citrus farms. Before Florida was the orange capital of the world it was us. Now all we have are vacant warehouses, abandoned houses and massive amounts of homeless from all over the country that get dumped here so they won’t freeze in the winter. The amount of compounding problems that brought us to this point is astounding. It’s one of the things I’l be trying to showcase in a new music project I’m working on. We have no voice here and they are erasing our towns from existence.
They can and they do and they have been forever. We did enjoy a partial reprieve through dedicated democracy which made us all better and stronger. But the masses are far too self-centered, willfully ignorant, and therefore quite easily bought - and for mere chump-change or a little pat on the head.. er, ego.
While democratic protections supposedly exist at the federal level, state governments are another matter, and the trend has been toward increasing state control (Especially as seen during the pandemic).
@@BusArch42yeap been saying it since it started I seen it as a truck driver and I didn't even hea about it on the news but I guess it was while he was getting knocked by Monica that's why Killery didn't care she's probably what was behind the idea 😊
@@brendarutherford8738 Not at all. Clearly the only one not paying any attention over that lurid distraction was you, and you fell for it hook, line, and sinker...
I live in Puerto Rico and developers wants to purchase properties for cheap to turn it into upscale places. Many aren't taking it. Some think that by buying houses nearby the beaches that they own it too. But residents are letting them know they are incorrect. Beaches are public areas not private.
You should also do a report on how absolutely HORRENDOUS the truck traffic on the freeways has become as well. The 60fwy is consistently 3 and 4 lanes wide of tractor trailers leaving no room for cars and increasing my 13 mile commute from Chino to San Dimas into at least 45mins to 1hr 15mins every day. It needs to be addressed as it's now an absolute nightmare for everyone in the area.
Your clogging up the highway complaining about others being on the highway. The highway was a mess 20 years ago as well. I was probably delivering building materials, so your home could be built. I moved out of the state because I didn't like how expensive and crowded it was. You can move too.
@@melissasmess2773 my house is 50 yrs old. Leaving a problem (abandoning it) is not a solution and has never worked for any problem I've ever faced. I'm here to fight for what I love. Good luck with your "quitter" strategy, hope it serves you well. Also, my house is from 1975 and is closer to 50 years old so you did not deliver materials for it
In California, developers can get away with anything. It’s crazy that if I want to start a business at my home, they immediately say I’m not zoned for it. Developers come in and can destroy entire communities
And yet the ignorant and stupid swine will call our state Commiefornia as if the attempts to check the power of developers, hedge fund/private equity Landlords, and soulless Corporati was what was destroying the quality of life and creative freedom that made California the culmination of 40 million dreams. Restraining the immoral and selfish tendencies of the business sector is not the first step on the road to serfdom as a certain Capitalist Tool from Austria would preach, but is an act of liberation against the tyranny of the Money+Power Oligarchy.
@@echoparklady3170 that's not correct. He was following her and her family and harassing her. Because he wasn't happy that she stopped the road side vendors (which he felt was attack on Mexicans). I personally am glad they are gone. That was a freaking mess and not fair for the businesses they would sit in front of. Not to mention all the sidewalks getting taken up and making traffic dangerous by blocking the view that the sidewalks give us while entering and exiting parking lots. I am no fan of hers, she says she's a republican, but does nothing but act as a democrat. The only reason she stays in office is because there isn't another republican running to take her out. Just more democrat nonsense.
@@Runner8617 no it was unincorporated. Bloomington does not have its own body of government. They could of, but the people were quite lazy and didn't get it done. Well, many of the people that live there are not legal citizens, so they really don't care anyhow. They just moved on to another city.
@@mikemiller9119 The residents of Bloomington have been fighting for decades to become recognized as their own city, but it was always denied. The only choice that was ever given was to be absorbed by Fontana and Rialto and the residents didn't want that.
I was able to look up the house with the pool (ending at 15:00) from the house number. It's 11042 Locust Ave, Bloomington, CA. Zillow and Trulia show it selling for $17,000,000 in March. Strange. But you can see how well taken care of it was. Truly heartbreaking!
We don't have a housing shortage. We have a population problem. Look at the total amount living in the US. There was NEVER any proper planning behind encouraging these unhealthy population booms.
40 years ago Fontana was referred to as Fontuckey. I was stopped on Sierra avenue by the police because the KKK and Nazi skinheads were facing off. That was 40 years ago. It’s sad to see this happening but Fontana was never a nice place.
OMG. It’s no wonder people have gotten dumber. They rely on the false stories on YT. Get real news, or better yet pick up a book, go to the library 🤦♀️
I grew up in Los Angeles from 1966-2002. I moved to a small rural town in Utah, they are starting to do the same thing here, historical agriculture is disappearing, whole blocks...for student housing and massive development for growing population. This is all very heartbreaking to see.
I saw California change its thinking as a populous in the 1980’s I was born and raised there, it’s far from what it once was after my cancer battle I packed up and my family and belongings and baled out, corruption runs deep in California. X native Californian WE ARE MANY
It would not surprise me as the economy continues to collapse, and we enter into depression 2.0, the newly built warehouses will also be closed / sold / or abandoned in the near future.
I was thinking the same thing. In the town I grew up in they recently put up several warehouses that have all sat empty since the day construction completed. The only purpose they serve is for people to do donuts in the large empty parking lots
METAL LEO did a walk through of some of the main centers in San Francisco like the Civic Center. One of these centers is San Francisco, which had over 150 small retail stores, and all of them were closed. All of them had a for lease sign, but there was one business open.The one business open was One Medical, which is owned by Amazon. It would seem like a good idea for Americans to boycott Amazon if that's possible
100%. Amazon has way too much power. Whole Foods, One Medical, Amazon Business too, in a sense its possible for Amazon to control almost all a person's disposable income.
It would be if the majority of shoppers would join in..I've never used Amazon, I don't online shopping. I prefer actually shopping in a store. As you can tell I'm an older woman who is not 100% into that way of life. My greats can have it when I'm gone.😊
Homeowners close to those warehouses eventually leave because there’s no peace. Throughout the evenings until morning, the noise from those 18-wheelers are continuous coming in and out of those warehouses. Horrible specially when drivers honk. It’s like an alarm.
Those warehouse are big business. There’s Amazon, QVC, HSN. And people rent warehouse space to house recreational vehicles like RVs, Boats, Vintage Cars. If you have a house, hold on to it the big boys needing it for their spacious warehouse will offer a nice price for land if it’s in the right area and just off the freeway or nearest highway like Route 66, Foothills or Arrow. Those warehouse are very expensive to purchase and are selling like hotcakes. I know I own one.
Wow. When you really started exploring, I realized just how VAST this plot of land really is. Whatever the reasons for things like this, it certainly isn't community building. 😢
I went to Bloomington HS in the 80's I built Moreno valley when it was sunnymead I left to northern California in 1987 visited in 2014 it's terrible inland city mall central city all shot out I grew up here
13:00 This was my Grandparents' home. I lived there in 1990, going to Bloomington High. My uncle sold the property for a ridiculous price; I could not believe it.
Shopping Malls have been going away for 30+ years now. Even in 1993 I lived in Phoenix, Arizona and there were several HUGE malls with no retail stores left. Just a movie theatre and ice rink for hockey in one, an arcade in another.😮 Covid put the final nails in the coffin. People figured out you could order stuff online for half the cost of buying off the shelf in a store. Our government banning public travel and shopping restrictions didnt help either. In my current small town of 50,000 there were seversl stores and 6 restsurants close permanently.
I’m from Phoenix. They did this to Metro Center, Fiesta Mall which were both closed and torn down as well as Paradise Valley Mall I remember when all of them were built. Tower Plaza has the ice skating rink still. Thomas Mall is an outlet Mall. That’s a few ❤
I still remember when Maryvale Mall was where all the protestors started to riot after the Rodney King riots in LA were going off and the rioters went into the mall to cause havoc. The security and the cops locked the entire place down and trapped everyone inside with no power until they settled down and were willing to head home.
Yep, at least 3 major Malls were closed two already torn down and the most Famous one Metro Center is supposed to be starting any day with Demolition! That’s the Saddest one as it was are first Mall in Phoenix and at the Time one of the largest
@@dangarcia6760 Absolutely NOT an accident. Proven to have been impossible to be created in nature, proven not to have been released by "bats" or any other animal besides man. P
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@@matthewmalpass9999 I feel sorry for you. Bloomington was a friendly, rural area where neighbors knew and helped each other. I guess you'll never know what that is like.
I work in Bloomington and this town looks like it has lax zoning codes. There is an Amazon in a residential area. My co-worker’s home was bought out, like his neighbors. Not sure what is building to all the buyouts but it’s massive.
I used to live in Rialto in the mid ‘90s. Bloomington was a good area, better than Rialto. This is a mad max movie scenario by the way it looks. This is not only bad, it’s heartbreaking with a feeling is desolation. Just sad man!
Never a nice area. Bloomington, Norco, Jurupa…those areas were always considered low class and extremely rural even back in the 1970s and 80s. It was the equivalent of where hillbillies lived. Now it will be an Amazon slum.
Norco was a really nice horse community. Bloomington was rural. Rural does not equal "low class". Some of us prefer country living to being crammed into a city overflowing with houses, people, crime, and traffic.
In some cities, the affordable housing market has become a revolving door, treating people as placeholders rather than individuals in need of stable homes. This disturbing practice involves developers creating temporary, low-cost housing on land they intend to sell, not for long-term residency but rather as a strategy to “fill up” the property and make it more attractive to future buyers. When the land is sold, residents are often forced out, left homeless until they’re potentially cycled into another short-term housing situation. This approach essentially uses people as transient "storage" for properties, moving them in and out to serve the developer’s bottom line. The constant turnover prioritizes profit over human dignity, creating a cycle of uncertainty and disruption for people who may already be vulnerable. While marketed as affordable housing, these temporary arrangements rarely allow residents to feel settled, secure, or invested in their homes or communities. It’s a grim example of the commodification of basic human needs-housing has become not a matter of community welfare but a pawn in a relentless land-grabbing game. Residents are treated as replaceable, much like furniture in a display home, existing only to fill a space until it’s time to “rotate” them out for the next lucrative deal. The practice leaves many grappling with constant displacement, unable to build roots, stability, or a sense of place, raising urgent questions about ethical responsibility and the true meaning of "affordable" housing.
I have lived in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino County) all my life. I have seen warehouse after warehouse be built, and some never fully rented out. My mom tells me warehouses are good for jobs, but I keep telling her that it is so depressing seeing so many concrete buildings in the area. Cities like Upland and Rancho Cucamonga hardly have warehouses and really pushed for diverse businesses. It really shows, and it's one of many reasons why so many people drive to those cities for entertainment. Capitalism is a cancer for sure.
For every logistics company that moves into a warehouse they only bring in a handful of actual good jobs that have maybe a chance of some upward mobility. The majority of the jobs are low paying with no good future in sight, what you see is what you get.
This happened in South Fontana some years back as well. I no longer live in Fontana but my parents do right next to these neighborhoods. I had no idea it was happening until one day I was driving home from my parents on the streets and suddenly homes were gone or being demolished. It was crazy how fast it happened.
I live in Rancho Cucamonga and its basically the same thing going on here. Companies are quickly building warehouses with no business filling them. Most of them have been built for a long time. I heard that Los Angeles will only allow EV semis to deliver trailers within the county limits and Fontana/Rancho Cucamonga will be the line where diesel Semis will still be allowed. This will only create more traffic and congestion within city streets which is pretty bad in those areas as it is.
I also LOVE how they will build ALL this stuff in So Cal and do NOTHING to improve or expand the existing ROADS and FREEWAYS! Nothing. Nada. Zilch. The traffic will become unmanageable and eventually ...... we won't be "allowed" to have a car.
Not entirely true. CalTrans just finished adding FasTrak lanes on the 10 between the 15 and the LA/San Bernardino County Line. And the 15 has been under widening South of the 10 for quite a few years now. The area has always suffered from enormously heavy traffic, partly due to the comparatively lower housing costs, but also from being a geographical crossroads to/from LA, Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix.
Yup, I saw it happen right before my eyes, I work at a trucking company in Bloomington, the street I make a turn on right before I get to my workplace had 1 house left on the whole block, they demolished it and guess what? There was a warehouse built in its place, another warehouse was built right across the street also.
Hi from India, thanks for raising these issues! In India, online business companies have taken root mainly after covid. Earlier, local markets still used to get business, but once a habit was formed during covid, people just can't get back from fake discounts on overpriced items to offline shopping. I think this is the future we are also looking at if it continues for coming years. People here are abandoning our eco-friendly indigenous cultural habits to adopt to western values which are mainly consumerism-based whereas we should learn from the bleak future its leading to, and avoid mkaing same mistakes.
Family worked the orange groves late 1930’s - 1960’s grams ran strawberry fields during the day local bar in the evening next to Andy’s market” on Valley! Grandma Ina and grandpa don idle wheels mobile home park Valley Blvd! there was a Vine St with large field Totally taught myself to ride a ten speed bike with flat tires.
Here in Fontana all the homes with Goats, Pigs, Horses, Chickens, etc which I loved passing by just to look at them have been demolished and we are bombarded by all these gigantic warehouses. We used to be able to see the mountains North of us especially when they had snow and now with the tall buildings, you can't see them. So sad about Bloomington, I too had no idea. Thanks for letting me vent ✌
It’s “Eminent Domain” The property owners are paid market value. The government has the right to come in and take over for other purposes, larger roads, businesses if getting rezoned. That’s why a lot of the homes they take as much as they can get out of the home and they have to leave. It’s completely legal. I’m in Real Estate and you can look it up too.
I use to live in Bloomington near Bloomington high school on locust. Haven't been there in years but yeah these developers bought out all those homes and gave those home owners a large sum. It's sad that we as people build either a home,building, warehouse or any other structure on land that we see.. eliminating wildlife in certain places. We consume every resource like a virus or parasite. I'm glad I'll be dead by the time there will be no place to build and every natural resource is consumed.
What good is a minimum wage job when you drive two hours to get there? Gas, car, food.. Life works when we had communities. Local stores, local schools, local jobs.
Bth, Bloomington is a dump. That’s why Walmart, Amazon, FedEx, UPS put up warehouses there. The properties there were cheap. The home owners got offered that they could never have gotten if it weren’t for the warehouse developers buying their cheap properties
@@willieverusethis but, at least, now those warehouses will bring in jobs, tax revenue for the city, infrastructures to replace the run down drug houses, unrepaired roads, despair, zero future With the new revenues, Bloomington can now reinvest , gentrify, and bring in new house developments, and a new future and hopes for that dead end city
@@SoCal760 God is removing his people because very soon America will be in carters and debris... California is about to slide into the ocean and will be at the bottom of the sea
Sorry to hear that. I'm Asian as well, first time I hear an Asian is close to being homeless. I've never seen us Asians homeless nor close to be one. You'll be alright hang in there and keep moving 😐
My fellow Americans SAY IT WITH ME: My government hates me. Corporations are more important than I and my children are. No one has a right to hope or a future 🤷🏼♂️
I feel very bad to see the very pretty houses. Big and comfortable houses being destroyed like that. This will not have a possitive impact and I don't care how much you like lazy shopping online. The consequences of this digital system will be horrible.
Years ago they built warehouses all along the 2 main intersecting streets that Bloomington High School is on. You may or may not have driven past the high school during your documentation or while looking for shots for the video. But I attended that high school during the early stages of the warehouse developments going up. Years later the warehouse number there probably doubled or tripled since. All that semi truck traffic goes directly up and down the main road you'd have to drive in order to drop off/pick up your kid at school/or you driving yourself to school. Time consuming and could really make you late for school if you were unlucky that day. Also more unsafe if you commute to and from school on bike. Just imagine school pickup/drop off traffic and now added even more commercial shipping traffic.
Would be cool to see the footage of this town when it was thriving and full of life.. some of these homes are nice spreads! A shame its all a wasteland now...
They should of put those where houses in California City where most of that area has never been developed instead of making people move out of Bloomington
It’s also why fed ex freight merging with fed ex ground as well , freight loss a lot of their freight volume coming in so they are merging with fed ex ground , many ground drivers were forced to find other contractors due to this and many u can say “lost their jobs “ because of this , no one talks about it but it’s true , this is for commercial class A drivers not class B , so the ground drivers just about 20% were forced to go look for another contractor and hope they had any available positions within fed ex ground . Freight now took over rail yard work (any trailers that come through port /trains basically
Imagine they build warehouses to not be opened on purpose , and after just knocking them down again to build massive apartments . And investors make their money right back along profit.
Part of the community is still rural and many residents continue to keep and raise animals.The cities of Rialto and Colton are both trying to annex much of the land now within Bloomington.
If you're moving and your couch is old and worn out your furniture is old and mortal. Your mattress is already old. You know, I would take some sentimental. Well, made furniture. That's been passed down some tools. Some stuff, but. Id probably Leave a lot of it.
@glow1815 Are you missing the point, and reference to what the OP posted? Just in case that is so, I'll attempt to explain it. The World Economic Forum (WEF), put out a propaganda video a few years ago touting the virtues of their idea of the New World Order, which is actually the enslavement of the average Joe's to serve the rich elites. Part of their plan is to prevent average people from owning property. So, in the film it shows this young guy looking at the camera and slowly changing his facial expression to a big smile, while the narrator says, "You will own nothing and be happy." They want the government or ruling class to own everything, and the rest of us to live with just the basics of life, and have no way to improve your standing in the world.
As a native Californian, I can say I am not surprised but it saddens me. A lot of this nonsense started decades ago. I’m talking 50 years ago or more. It may not have been in the form that we see it now, but the seeds of greed were planted many years ago.
Those who have money can easily get zoning laws changed. It is always been like that. When I owned a house in Riverside, all the neighbors objected but the City Council rezoned the land right across from us to commercial.
@@Growmap I remember where the Home Depot is on Madison. Those homes were rezoned. One lone house remained for years. It is finally gone. It wasn’t feasible to live between parking lots.
Amazon is the new Walmart. Not just here, but I live in the South, and Amazon is buying up any vacant land in every suburb. Citizens have very little rights. The government has also let wealthy Chinese buy acres & acres of farmland thruout the U.S. Our country is on life support; if something doesn't change soon, it'll be too late.
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Fontana Native born and raised here. Over the past 25 years I have watched the area become more and more consumed by warehouses. Unfortunately my family is becoming more and more priced out of the area so we will probably be forced to move. The increased pressure from developers to turn every street corner into shitty rentals and warehouses is making it impossible to own a home in the area. Our local governments are completely in the pocket of Amazon and other logistics giants. We really have no choice but to leave in the wake of rising cost of living. It is a shame, we are at the point where people like myself can’t afford to live in our own home due to corporate greed.
is this near Rialto? big ass Amazon centers there... HUGE. I live in OC, and I see some of my Amazon orders coming from Rialto.
So were the houses sold or what?
And if it is rented out, what about the renters!?
If I was a renter and it was sold out from under me, I wouldn’t pay the rent, so I could save enough to move!
Think about getting your family to move out of southern California. Personally, I favor the areas of the country just east of I-35 near I-40. There is no way I would live in California if I had minor children. That state is out of control. Your family could do much better financially in a less expensive area. (I know Fontana used to be the less expensive area, as was Bloomington and Pedley back when I lived there.)
Whats new? Everywhere in CA have 5x-10x or more in prices last 25yrs.
You are not forced to sell people sell because of the money they are getting so how is that sad?
Warehouses could have been Built in the Desert. You dont Need Prime Property for a Warehouse. This is Crazy.
Not necessarily. Warehouses needs utilities; lights, water, etc.
Also can't be too far away from the workers to travel to.
Also if it's further away, it's more costly to ship from.
To be honest, we the common folks can take some of the blame too. We support the online businesses, we find it's too inconvenient to head to the store.
We also thought it was too inconvenient to support mom and pop stores, and they fell.
It's the cycle of change I guess.
The issue is.. at one time this was considered way out in the desert away from prime property... Now there's where the freeway and rail access is.
Two words: Cajon Pass
It is the desert. Does anyone understand SoCal is a desert ? And it used to be under the sea . Prices went up everywhere, not just there.
the freeways are right next to this community
OMG! I grew up in Bloomington from 1965 until I moved out in 1993. I attended Walter Zimmerman elementary school that was shown in this video, Bloomington junior high and graduated from Bloomington high school in 1983. I recognize a lot of the area that was being demolished and this is so upsetting Bloomington was such a wonderful place to grow up, I have so many fun memories of this area. When I drive by and see our old home still to this day it has changed so much. It makes me want to cry.😢
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I remember that they used to have parades with Mexican cabalerros on horses.
@ yes, they did.💕
Online shopping bankrupt a lot of traditional business
South Fontana born and raised here as well. My parents own their house and have lived there for over 40 years. It’s a beautiful sanctuary with established trees and gardens. They’re surrounded by warehouses on almost all sides. They were almost bought out last year but the deal fell through so it’s just them, and their few neighbors in one little culdesac. It breaks my heart.
You can thank Acquanetta Warren.
Southridge & parts of bloomington are gna be small little towns surrounded by warehouses.. homes will probably be worth 800+
I don’t understand why they wanted these houses demolished when there is plenty of open land available in CA
Access to freeways and markets. They have to deliver the stuff to urban centers, so they need lots of land nearby. Capitalism is insane, and it will self-destruct.
@@willieverusethis AND AIRPORTS....
Torrance, Inland Empire, Phoenix have been identified as the 3 most efficient areas for warehousing for the southwest market due to access to freeways and freight airport terminals.
IE is heavily connected to SoCal freeways & freight rail and has the massive Ontario Freight Terminal nearby. Nearly perfect for warehousing.
I’m sure there is another agenda we do not know about !
@@pbcash7788I lived on Torrance I left in 1991 won’t Ever go back to socal
The united states is experiencing a shortage of homes and yet this was allowed to happen!!!!
It’s California. You should look at the tremendous amount of building going on in Texas. Multi-family units, apartment complexes, are going up EVERYWHERE in the greater metro areas, expanding the suburbs exponentially! Absolutely no shortage in states that have economic viability.
This is happening in a lot of states where they are buying up an tearing down homes to put up large wear houses in a lot of states the corporations will soon run everything no more mom an pop shops
California is one big ghetto
No housing is lost when it’s one big tent
@@jesseostone386texas will eventually be as expensive as california if more people move there but so far more people like california and i understand why. more stuff better weather and the state is mostly meant for young people though, while texas is for people 50+ years
They don't care it's all about $$$$.
It's not online shopping that destroyed an entire town. It's an economic philosophy of consumerism over production. A society that doesn't PRODUCE anything is destined to fail. Don't go through life being ignorant. Try to educate yourself or the oligarchy in this country will have you in virtual chains before you're fifty years old. Wake up.
Whoops, it's too late!
15 minute cities.
💔@@sharksport01
amen & well said 2420.
One of few intelligent comments I ever saw on youtube
Take someone with you when you are filming, wouldn’t go alone.
I believe because Bloomington never wanted to be incorporated or become an actual city they were doomed. Remember Fontana tried annex them. They didn't want to give up the ranch style community
finally somebody with brains
I live in N San Diego; same house for 47 years. Or neighborhood stayed county because we wanted to stay rural. Our will was circumvented when the city was given jurisdiction over everything, including zoning. It doesn't matter what we want, they are gonna make their money.
They got what they asked for. I don't feel badly for them at all.
That sucks! Oh man 😔
2:19 I feel bad for this dude, not to mention that he's the world's no.1 dad on top of all this 😢
He’s actually borrowing my Dad’s shirt! Good luck to him.
Ohhh my goodness! I live in Rialto (the city next to Bloomington) and had no idea this was happening.
Of course I’m aware of all the warehouses that have been going up in our area, but wasn’t aware of the demolished homes! Wow. I think I need to take a drive tonight and look around.
Thanks for the video! Very eye opening
I worked in Redlands and one of my co workers told me she lived in Bloomington and there were warehouses all around her and they were getting offers for her house. They have lots of chickens and goats. My parents also owned horse property there many years ago.
Same here. I had no idea either. I haven't driven through Bloomington in a little over a year.
Be careful, probably better to go in the daylight.
Anyone know where they’re hiring around fontana? Please
@@noneedtoknow2870 🤣
Its happening all around the IE. In Chino, Redlands, Perris, and Moreno Valley, they're building on what used to be just farm land and orange groves
What a shame. Sad. I had wondered years back why the orange groves were disappearing. Now I know why.
They're trying to take away farms especially family farms. Been a problems for a while. It's tragic!! 😳🥺
That's been going on for over 120 years around Los Angeles.
What do you think was there before the millions of homes, stores, shopping malls, warehouse, freeways and strip malls were built in Southern California?
AND A LOT OF GRAPES VINES....
@@dvader3263 ORCHARDS OF AGRUMES AND GRAPES AND BEFORE THAT ONLY NATIVES TRIBES....
Online killed small business. People don't get it. Buy local. Support local. Otherwise, it all ends. And not in a good way.
But using our surveillance devices to order amazon is much too easy. We're also helping the "man"keep track of us for our own good. Ok bro 😢
@@pauobunyon9791 No one asked. Screw amazon.
@@xtrm2009 Hey Its a sarcastic comment im on your side. And against all of it
@@pauobunyon9791 sure.....
It’s the monopolization of our economy. 🫴 If the FTC cracked down on this it wouldn’t be happening.
grew up in fontana since 2005, I watched it turn from farm lands and fruit groves to full dystopian industrial style strong arming. The cost of living is rising significantly with nothing to show for it. Some of these warehouses that are built are still not even active, they are just sitting there without anyone even working in them. Its all part of the 3 step plan the mayor and higher ups have where they are turning the south into industrial, central into commercial, and north into residential. They dont care that they are scattering people who have nowhere else to go and creating ghettos. The high income people up north are all living comfortably while the average to low income people are all suffering!
Well there are lots of affordable states to live, people just need to lower their expectations like I did when I moved from California to a small farming town in SE Washington State in 2003. Not a lot of jobs, none pay great, but home prices are about average at $355,000 here.
@@melissasmess2773 well that's great and all. But not everyone has the means to leave the state because of how much it already takes. While leaving is a great idea for those who can, those who can't need to all group up and work together to find real solutions, not band-aid solutions like minimum wage
350k fot a few low pay jobs
Wut
If you have shitty local politicians, and shitty local land management and housing policies, at some point it's useless to accuse others of doing better...
Americans never build their towns and neighborhoods, than are surprised when there's nothing of value left.
They can’t find empty land? USA is huge & less than 20% of land is being used🤔Investigate more!
They can’t buy federal land
You don’t understand younger folks want to work, shop, live and eat within walking distance. That means no driving but living piled up like rats. The New Urban Plan.
@@iHeartOiSkanksif only true homesteading was offered again 😅
its all about location. same thing is going on in surprise az. not houses but farm land.
These companies want location,access to transportation pathways and established access to utilities. If they build out in no mans land then they have to build and bring these things in. Oh and they want easy access to work force
Good work bringing these things to light
Seems like a good setting for a zombie apocalypse movie.
All of California is a dystopian sanctuary state for criminals only!
San Bernardino native, I hate this shit! Our valley used to be beautiful. Hills filled with orange groves with the mountains behind them. At one point the whole valley was practically filled with citrus farms. Before Florida was the orange capital of the world it was us.
Now all we have are vacant warehouses, abandoned houses and massive amounts of homeless from all over the country that get dumped here so they won’t freeze in the winter. The amount of compounding problems that brought us to this point is astounding. It’s one of the things I’l be trying to showcase in a new music project I’m working on.
We have no voice here and they are erasing our towns from existence.
It's a cold, cruel world, and only a few guys own it.
This video is eye opening af. Thanks for shedding light on this
The power of big monopoly companies that can walk all over you,the constitution and the government
They can and they do and they have been forever. We did enjoy a partial reprieve through dedicated democracy which made us all better and stronger. But the masses are far too self-centered, willfully ignorant, and therefore quite easily bought - and for mere chump-change or a little pat on the head.. er, ego.
Very well said
While democratic protections supposedly exist at the federal level, state governments are another matter, and the trend has been toward increasing state control (Especially as seen during the pandemic).
This is just the beginning’
We shipped all our manufacturing jobs out of the country for cheap goods
Thank Clinton for NAFTA
@@BusArch42yeap been saying it since it started I seen it as a truck driver and I didn't even hea about it on the news but I guess it was while he was getting knocked by Monica that's why Killery didn't care she's probably what was behind the idea 😊
@@brendarutherford8738 Not at all. Clearly the only one not paying any attention over that lurid distraction was you, and you fell for it hook, line, and sinker...
Yup.
But that happened decades ago, this is just a regional shipping center and this was an affordable place to buy up land.
I live in Puerto Rico and developers wants to purchase properties for cheap to turn it into upscale places. Many aren't taking it. Some think that by buying houses nearby the beaches that they own it too. But residents are letting them know they are incorrect. Beaches are public areas not private.
You should also do a report on how absolutely HORRENDOUS the truck traffic on the freeways has become as well. The 60fwy is consistently 3 and 4 lanes wide of tractor trailers leaving no room for cars and increasing my 13 mile commute from Chino to San Dimas into at least 45mins to 1hr 15mins every day. It needs to be addressed as it's now an absolute nightmare for everyone in the area.
Your clogging up the highway complaining about others being on the highway. The highway was a mess 20 years ago as well. I was probably delivering building materials, so your home could be built. I moved out of the state because I didn't like how expensive and crowded it was. You can move too.
@@melissasmess2773 my house is 50 yrs old. Leaving a problem (abandoning it) is not a solution and has never worked for any problem I've ever faced. I'm here to fight for what I love. Good luck with your "quitter" strategy, hope it serves you well. Also, my house is from 1975 and is closer to 50 years old so you did not deliver materials for it
In California, developers can get away with anything. It’s crazy that if I want to start a business at my home, they immediately say I’m not zoned for it. Developers come in and can destroy entire communities
Land of the free.
No separation of money and power.
And yet the ignorant and stupid swine will call our state Commiefornia as if the attempts to check the power of developers, hedge fund/private equity Landlords, and soulless Corporati was what was destroying the quality of life and creative freedom that made California the culmination of 40 million dreams. Restraining the immoral and selfish tendencies of the business sector is not the first step on the road to serfdom as a certain Capitalist Tool from Austria would preach, but is an act of liberation against the tyranny of the Money+Power Oligarchy.
Same in Hawaii.
Lies 😂 what kind of business? I've run a business from home in California for over 20 years. Trolls and liars are so silly
Money talks
If those walls could talk...the stories they would tell.
“Buy land, they're not making it anymore” - Mark Twain
san bernardino is all warehouses now , that’s all anyone does after high school , it sucks
No one wants to live in SB, they had no choice. Stuff abandoned either way
High school counselor advice: Develop skills & get out
It's because of the Fontana Mayor. Fontana operates as the government for Bloomington. She's getting kick backs. That's my opinion.
Are you saying Bloomington didn't have its own leaders/mayor? Was it not an official town?
And the person who exposed her sits in jail. Mr. ALEX ENAMORADO SITS in jail in Victorville.
@@echoparklady3170 that's not correct. He was following her and her family and harassing her. Because he wasn't happy that she stopped the road side vendors (which he felt was attack on Mexicans). I personally am glad they are gone. That was a freaking mess and not fair for the businesses they would sit in front of. Not to mention all the sidewalks getting taken up and making traffic dangerous by blocking the view that the sidewalks give us while entering and exiting parking lots.
I am no fan of hers, she says she's a republican, but does nothing but act as a democrat. The only reason she stays in office is because there isn't another republican running to take her out. Just more democrat nonsense.
@@Runner8617 no it was unincorporated. Bloomington does not have its own body of government. They could of, but the people were quite lazy and didn't get it done. Well, many of the people that live there are not legal citizens, so they really don't care anyhow. They just moved on to another city.
@@mikemiller9119 The residents of Bloomington have been fighting for decades to become recognized as their own city, but it was always denied. The only choice that was ever given was to be absorbed by Fontana and Rialto and the residents didn't want that.
I was able to look up the house with the pool (ending at 15:00) from the house number. It's 11042 Locust Ave, Bloomington, CA. Zillow and Trulia show it selling for $17,000,000 in March. Strange. But you can see how well taken care of it was. Truly heartbreaking!
Destroying homes to build commercial buildings when we are in a housing shortage is crazy to me.
We don't have a housing shortage. We have a population problem. Look at the total amount living in the US. There was NEVER any proper planning behind encouraging these unhealthy population booms.
40 years ago Fontana was referred to as Fontuckey. I was stopped on Sierra avenue by the police because the KKK and Nazi skinheads were facing off. That was 40 years ago. It’s sad to see this happening but Fontana was never a nice place.
It’s still referred to as Fontucky
@@PrincessDiana1220 Hey there’s also Rialto and Colton. Some guy murdered two old people at a nudist colony in Colton a couple of weeks ago.
I left the area in 1997. Funny how the culture hasn’t changed 😅
Sounds like the warehouses are an improvement?
Yes, I read about this...The school is still operating now while a new one is built. All for Amazon.
Wow
should be illegal but then again foreign nations can own usa residential properties so nothing surprises me now.
Americans are flopping to Costa Rica making it overpopulated for Costa Rica!!
So very sad to see.
Even more intense to experience first hand-!!!😳
OMG. It’s no wonder people have gotten dumber. They rely on the false stories on YT. Get real news, or better yet pick up a book, go to the library 🤦♀️
I grew up in Los Angeles from 1966-2002. I moved to a small rural town in Utah, they are starting to do the same thing here, historical agriculture is disappearing, whole blocks...for student housing and massive development for growing population. This is all very heartbreaking to see.
Maybe you can find a person that once lived in one of these homes, and get their side of the story.
I saw California change its thinking as a populous in the 1980’s I was born and raised there, it’s far from what it once was after my cancer battle I packed up and my family and belongings and baled out, corruption runs deep in California.
X native Californian WE ARE MANY
Same left 3 times left in 2008 an have not been back more wear houses then homes now
We're about to be two more once the kiddos are out of the house.
still in california, love this state it is the best just like hawaii
@@kingkobrazx I also love the state but hate the oppressive cost
@@kingkobrazxBut it gets worse here, almost weekly.
It would not surprise me as the economy continues to collapse, and we enter into depression 2.0, the newly built warehouses will also be closed / sold / or abandoned in the near future.
Depends where you refectory there is construction on making warehouses I believe on the 10 fwy because of more deliveries
The economy is not collapsing.
@@Leeniebeanright 😂
Was talking to a friend about that. He said, "pretty soon people won't be able to afford to buy their shit, then what?"
Demand only goes up
Seeing that Altima at 9:52 invokes memories of 1950s ghost towns with all those rusty classic cars.
VERY DEPRESSING AND SAD! I also believe this part of the agenda to get rid of neighborhoods and towns and eventually implement the 15 min cities. 😢
This is so sad. This is happening in TX as well. More warehouse where there could be affordable homes.😢
I was thinking the same thing. In the town I grew up in they recently put up several warehouses that have all sat empty since the day construction completed. The only purpose they serve is for people to do donuts in the large empty parking lots
METAL LEO did a walk through of some of the main centers in San Francisco like the Civic Center. One of these centers is San Francisco, which had over 150 small retail stores, and all of them were closed. All of them had a for lease sign, but there was one business open.The one business open was One Medical, which is owned by Amazon.
It would seem like a good idea for Americans to boycott Amazon if that's possible
Everyone blaming Amazon! And not the greedy landlords that made commercial property unaffordable!
100%. Amazon has way too much power. Whole Foods, One Medical, Amazon Business too, in a sense its possible for Amazon to control almost all a person's disposable income.
It would be if the majority of shoppers would join in..I've never used Amazon, I don't online shopping. I prefer actually shopping in a store. As you can tell I'm an older woman who is not 100% into that way of life. My greats can have it when I'm gone.😊
@@lindacurtis3513 there’s no shops left! Where am I supposed to get stuff from! My favourite clothes shop on the high street was greenwood’s!
Yeah or even just got to go somewhere to browse. Now your stuck at home
CA has a housing shortage and here they are tearing down homes to build warehouses that could easily be built on vacant land.
Homeowners close to those warehouses eventually leave because there’s no peace. Throughout the evenings until morning, the noise from those 18-wheelers are continuous coming in and out of those warehouses. Horrible specially when drivers honk. It’s like an alarm.
Those warehouse are big business. There’s Amazon, QVC, HSN. And people rent warehouse space to house recreational vehicles like RVs, Boats, Vintage Cars. If you have a house, hold on to it the big boys needing it for their spacious warehouse will offer a nice price for land if it’s in the right area and just off the freeway or nearest highway like Route 66, Foothills or Arrow. Those warehouse are very expensive to purchase and are selling like hotcakes. I know I own one.
Most of what used to be California speedway is now full of warehouses.
Wow. When you really started exploring, I realized just how VAST this plot of land really is.
Whatever the reasons for things like this, it certainly isn't community building. 😢
No kidding 😮
Community building? In Amaerica? What community? People don't even know their next door neighbors, and are probably better off. Hahaha!
@@brsrkr7695 Canada is much worse then the United States.
I. M. so high of the mj, that he said VAST, my brain went straight to FallOut
@@ShinobiSpetz47VATS vault-tec assisted targeting system
It's almost like they handed the owners cash at the front door and the owners took the money and left right tf away not taking anything.
The money or the gun.
@@virginiaviola5097 their household belongings. I doubt anybody would leave their guns. I sure tf wouldn't lol.
That is what happened the amount of money the people were offered was crazy
If some one offer us 1 mil for our house right now I would too leave asap lol. Our home is worth 385k right now. We owe $ 100k. We bought for $168k
@@glow1815 it be smarter to get with your neighbors and set a price if these mf want the land make them pay as much as possible
I went to Bloomington HS in the 80's I built Moreno valley when it was sunnymead I left to northern California in 1987 visited in 2014 it's terrible inland city mall central city all shot out I grew up here
Inland Center mall has been holding on by a thread for years. They have many newer stores and its still surviving.
13:00 This was my Grandparents' home. I lived there in 1990, going to Bloomington High. My uncle sold the property for a ridiculous price; I could not believe it.
A similar thing happened to build dodger stadium. Dozens of neighborhoods demolished
Shopping Malls have been going away for 30+ years now. Even in 1993 I lived in Phoenix, Arizona and there were several HUGE malls with no retail stores left. Just a movie theatre and ice rink for hockey in one, an arcade in another.😮 Covid put the final nails in the coffin. People figured out you could order stuff online for half the cost of buying off the shelf in a store. Our government banning public travel and shopping restrictions didnt help either. In my current small town of 50,000 there were seversl stores and 6 restsurants close permanently.
I’m from Phoenix. They did this to Metro Center, Fiesta Mall which were both closed and torn down as well as Paradise Valley Mall I remember when all of them were built. Tower Plaza has the ice skating rink still. Thomas Mall is an outlet Mall.
That’s a few ❤
I still remember when Maryvale Mall was where all the protestors started to riot after the Rodney King riots in LA were going off and the rioters went into the mall to cause havoc. The security and the cops locked the entire place down and trapped everyone inside with no power until they settled down and were willing to head home.
Yep, at least 3 major Malls were closed two already torn down and the most Famous one Metro Center is supposed to be starting any day with Demolition! That’s the Saddest one as it was are first Mall in Phoenix and at the Time one of the largest
Do you still think covid was an accident?
@@dangarcia6760 Absolutely NOT an accident. Proven to have been impossible to be created in nature, proven not to have been released by "bats" or any other animal besides man. P
It's happening all over, for warehouse and data storage sites. It's all part of the plan.
All part of the democratic cess pool party's. " New World🌎 Disorder " ideology syndrome conspiracy theories-!!!😈. Destroy the (U.S.) economy & societal customs-!!!😳
Don't forget future detention and processing centers...
THAT"S RIGHT! A PLAN.......READ Klaus Schwab books
What plan?
@@ChilePlz AGENDA 25
The community had zero say in what happened
Community? Society? Quaint amusements that haven't existed since
Reagan/Thatcher.
@@matthewmalpass9999 I feel sorry for you. Bloomington was a friendly, rural area where neighbors knew and helped each other. I guess you'll never know what that is like.
Open borders son
I work in Bloomington and this town looks like it has lax zoning codes. There is an Amazon in a residential area. My co-worker’s home was bought out, like his neighbors. Not sure what is building to all the buyouts but it’s massive.
Shocking and sad! Thank you for exposing this .
I used to live in Rialto in the mid ‘90s. Bloomington was a good area, better than Rialto. This is a mad max movie scenario by the way it looks. This is not only bad, it’s heartbreaking with a feeling is desolation. Just sad man!
It’s because it’s a farm community. They don’t want people to be able to grow their own food and live independent.
Never a nice area. Bloomington, Norco, Jurupa…those areas were always considered low class and extremely rural even back in the 1970s and 80s. It was the equivalent of where hillbillies lived. Now it will be an Amazon slum.
Norco was a really nice horse community. Bloomington was rural. Rural does not equal "low class". Some of us prefer country living to being crammed into a city overflowing with houses, people, crime, and traffic.
🤡🤡🏆🏆
Ignorant statement of rural communities.
Ignorant
In some cities, the affordable housing market has become a revolving door, treating people as placeholders rather than individuals in need of stable homes. This disturbing practice involves developers creating temporary, low-cost housing on land they intend to sell, not for long-term residency but rather as a strategy to “fill up” the property and make it more attractive to future buyers. When the land is sold, residents are often forced out, left homeless until they’re potentially cycled into another short-term housing situation.
This approach essentially uses people as transient "storage" for properties, moving them in and out to serve the developer’s bottom line. The constant turnover prioritizes profit over human dignity, creating a cycle of uncertainty and disruption for people who may already be vulnerable. While marketed as affordable housing, these temporary arrangements rarely allow residents to feel settled, secure, or invested in their homes or communities.
It’s a grim example of the commodification of basic human needs-housing has become not a matter of community welfare but a pawn in a relentless land-grabbing game. Residents are treated as replaceable, much like furniture in a display home, existing only to fill a space until it’s time to “rotate” them out for the next lucrative deal. The practice leaves many grappling with constant displacement, unable to build roots, stability, or a sense of place, raising urgent questions about ethical responsibility and the true meaning of "affordable" housing.
I have lived in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino County) all my life. I have seen warehouse after warehouse be built, and some never fully rented out. My mom tells me warehouses are good for jobs, but I keep telling her that it is so depressing seeing so many concrete buildings in the area. Cities like Upland and Rancho Cucamonga hardly have warehouses and really pushed for diverse businesses. It really shows, and it's one of many reasons why so many people drive to those cities for entertainment.
Capitalism is a cancer for sure.
For every logistics company that moves into a warehouse they only bring in a handful of actual good jobs that have maybe a chance of some upward mobility. The majority of the jobs are low paying with no good future in sight, what you see is what you get.
This happened in South Fontana some years back as well. I no longer live in Fontana but my parents do right next to these neighborhoods. I had no idea it was happening until one day I was driving home from my parents on the streets and suddenly homes were gone or being demolished. It was crazy how fast it happened.
I live in Rancho Cucamonga and its basically the same thing going on here. Companies are quickly building warehouses with no business filling them. Most of them have been built for a long time. I heard that Los Angeles will only allow EV semis to deliver trailers within the county limits and Fontana/Rancho Cucamonga will be the line where diesel Semis will still be allowed. This will only create more traffic and congestion within city streets which is pretty bad in those areas as it is.
Who is allowing for Single Family/Rural Zoning to Be transferred to Industrial? That’s the real crazy part
I also LOVE how they will build ALL this stuff in So Cal and do NOTHING to improve or expand the existing ROADS and FREEWAYS! Nothing. Nada. Zilch. The traffic will become unmanageable and eventually ...... we won't be "allowed" to have a car.
Not entirely true.
CalTrans just finished adding FasTrak lanes on the 10 between the 15 and the LA/San Bernardino County Line.
And the 15 has been under widening South of the 10 for quite a few years now.
The area has always suffered from enormously heavy traffic, partly due to the comparatively lower housing costs, but also from being a geographical crossroads to/from LA, Las Vegas, San Diego and Phoenix.
So open all the lanes.
Bloomington is a shithole, I grew up next-door in Fontana, it was OK 60 years ago but the whole Inland Empire is a scary scary place now.
Haha yup, 💯 agree with this comment
Yup, I saw it happen right before my eyes, I work at a trucking company in Bloomington, the street I make a turn on right before I get to my workplace had 1 house left on the whole block, they demolished it and guess what? There was a warehouse built in its place, another warehouse was built right across the street also.
I live in california for 26 years I move out California last year because of crime and homeless people problem.
More videos like this are needed, it shows the real reality and is eye-opening. Not like fake and hyped media shown on mass media platforms.
Hi from India, thanks for raising these issues! In India, online business companies have taken root mainly after covid. Earlier, local markets still used to get business, but once a habit was formed during covid, people just can't get back from fake discounts on overpriced items to offline shopping. I think this is the future we are also looking at if it continues for coming years. People here are abandoning our eco-friendly indigenous cultural habits to adopt to western values which are mainly consumerism-based whereas we should learn from the bleak future its leading to, and avoid mkaing same mistakes.
Same thing happened in Chino area, all the large cow farmers, commercial lots, sold out for a LOT of expensive housing neighborhoods.
Family worked the orange groves late 1930’s - 1960’s grams ran strawberry fields during the day local bar in the evening next to Andy’s market” on Valley! Grandma Ina and grandpa don idle wheels mobile home park Valley Blvd! there was a Vine St with large field Totally taught myself to ride a ten speed bike with flat tires.
Broke my little heart. To see what happened. Thanks for sharing this video
I used to live there in the 1950s. Attended St. Joseph's elementary school in Fontana.
Here in Fontana all the homes with Goats, Pigs, Horses, Chickens, etc which I loved passing by just to look at them have been demolished and we are bombarded by all these gigantic warehouses. We used to be able to see the mountains North of us especially when they had snow and now with the tall buildings, you can't see them. So sad about Bloomington, I too had no idea. Thanks for letting me vent ✌
It’s “Eminent Domain” The property owners are paid market value. The government has the right to come in and take over for other purposes, larger roads, businesses if getting rezoned. That’s why a lot of the homes they take as much as they can get out of the home and they have to leave. It’s completely legal. I’m in Real Estate and you can look it up too.
First time viewer, nice content on your channel, have to subscribe!
I trip out on the San Bernardino people because some commute to L.A for work which takes supposedly 1.5 hours one way.
I use to live in Bloomington near Bloomington high school on locust. Haven't been there in years but yeah these developers bought out all those homes and gave those home owners a large sum. It's sad that we as people build either a home,building, warehouse or any other structure on land that we see.. eliminating wildlife in certain places. We consume every resource like a virus or parasite. I'm glad I'll be dead by the time there will be no place to build and every natural resource is consumed.
Board of Supervisors to blame. They approve projects in County and the community was ignored.
Thanks for this eye-opening video. So sad that the homes are being demolished to make way for warehouses--all in the name of corporate greed.
What good is a minimum wage job when you drive two hours to get there? Gas, car, food..
Life works when we had communities. Local stores, local schools, local jobs.
Bth, Bloomington is a dump. That’s why Walmart, Amazon, FedEx, UPS put up warehouses there. The properties there were cheap. The home owners got offered that they could never have gotten if it weren’t for the warehouse developers buying their cheap properties
Yes. And the rich are so rich they can afford to buy houses and bulldoze them down for the land.
@@willieverusethis but, at least, now those warehouses will bring in jobs, tax revenue for the city, infrastructures to replace the run down drug houses, unrepaired roads, despair, zero future
With the new revenues, Bloomington can now reinvest , gentrify, and bring in new house developments, and a new future and hopes for that dead end city
@@SoCal760 God is removing his people because very soon America will be in carters and debris... California is about to slide into the ocean and will be at the bottom of the sea
What jobs??? All the warehouses are empty...
Hey! I’m Asian and poor as F . One check away from being homeless . My American Dream living in So Cal .
Move to texas
Sorry to hear that. I'm Asian as well, first time I hear an Asian is close to being homeless. I've never seen us Asians homeless nor close to be one. You'll be alright hang in there and keep moving 😐
@@glow1815 I work corporate have 401 k and personal savings . But not even a home owner untouchable living in So Cal and dumping 15k year rent .
@third3ye547 texas doesn't want them, they'd be kicked into dirt if they said they were from cali
@@redline1916 lol last place I move to too .
My fellow Americans SAY IT WITH ME: My government hates me. Corporations are more important than I and my children are. No one has a right to hope or a future 🤷🏼♂️
I feel very bad to see the very pretty houses. Big and comfortable houses being destroyed like that. This will not have a possitive impact and I don't care how much you like lazy shopping online. The consequences of this digital system will be horrible.
Years ago they built warehouses all along the 2 main intersecting streets that Bloomington High School is on. You may or may not have driven past the high school during your documentation or while looking for shots for the video. But I attended that high school during the early stages of the warehouse developments going up. Years later the warehouse number there probably doubled or tripled since. All that semi truck traffic goes directly up and down the main road you'd have to drive in order to drop off/pick up your kid at school/or you driving yourself to school. Time consuming and could really make you late for school if you were unlucky that day. Also more unsafe if you commute to and from school on bike. Just imagine school pickup/drop off traffic and now added even more commercial shipping traffic.
Foreign Investors should not be allowed to buy property in the US Period, this needs to change, this is pure greed.
Would be cool to see the footage of this town when it was thriving and full of life.. some of these homes are nice spreads! A shame its all a wasteland now...
They should of put those where houses in California City where most of that area has never been developed instead of making people move out of Bloomington
When I was young, about 60 years ago, I lived in Bloomington. My great grandparents lived next door.
Fedex has a major distribution hub in Bloomington.
Hopefully it doesn't fold-!!!😳.Decent paying salaries-!!!😉
I could imagine on how Slover Ave looks right now
yeah, when he said bloomington that rang a bell because thats were alot of my fedex packages have been coming from the past year.
It’s also why fed ex freight merging with fed ex ground as well , freight loss a lot of their freight volume coming in so they are merging with fed ex ground , many ground drivers were forced to find other contractors due to this and many u can say “lost their jobs “ because of this , no one talks about it but it’s true , this is for commercial class A drivers not class B , so the ground drivers just about 20% were forced to go look for another contractor and hope they had any available positions within fed ex ground . Freight now took over rail yard work (any trailers that come through port /trains basically
0:17 BIG ALTIMA ENERGY
Imagine they build warehouses to not be opened on purpose , and after just knocking them down again to build massive apartments . And investors make their money right back along profit.
Sadly, I think you’re on to something.
Or the warehouses are slated to be detention and processing facilities...
bingo
So much for the "American dream" of owning a home.
Part of the community is still rural and many residents continue to keep and raise animals.The cities of Rialto and Colton are both trying to annex much of the land now within Bloomington.
There is something terribly wrong with California.
Liberals
NOOOO-!!!🙄. Everything is wonderfully well within the borders of " newsom😈 utopia "-!!!😳
The USA period is a joke Its a European Drop Out gvmnt That FAILED
Everything is wrong with California, moving out of state after 33 yrs sadly
Whites were made the minority by a certain judge that overruled the vote of people. Soon to be the entire U.S. You know who is waging demographic war
I'm so confused. Why would somebody sell their house, then leave all their stuff there?
the payout was so good they decided to just buy everything new
If you're moving and your couch is old and worn out your furniture is old and mortal. Your mattress is already old. You know, I would take some sentimental. Well, made furniture. That's been passed down some tools. Some stuff, but. Id probably
Leave a lot of it.
Because the area is POOR, and San Bernardino has worse crime than la sometimes. The guy interviewed had a BROWN lawn 😂
Or they didn't have much time from when their home was sold until they had to move out. They took what they could take and left the rest
You never did that when you moved out of a place? I don't mean leaving everything but come on, sofa, bed frame, cheap kitchen table from IKEA?
You will own nothing and be happy 😅
Happy? No. I remember how things were. I miss what we've had, and been, and done.
@kellysouter4381
The brainwashing hasn't taken full effect yet. Soon, though.
"Ohhhhm. Own nothing - be happy."
If you're referring to being wealthy I guess.
@glow1815
Are you missing the point, and reference to what the OP posted?
Just in case that is so, I'll attempt to explain it. The World Economic Forum (WEF), put out a propaganda video a few years ago touting the virtues of their idea of the New World Order, which is actually the enslavement of the average Joe's to serve the rich elites. Part of their plan is to prevent average people from owning property. So, in the film it shows this young guy looking at the camera and slowly changing his facial expression to a big smile, while the narrator says, "You will own nothing and be happy." They want the government or ruling class to own everything, and the rest of us to live with just the basics of life, and have no way to improve your standing in the world.
As a native Californian, I can say I am not surprised but it saddens me.
A lot of this nonsense started decades ago. I’m talking 50 years ago or more. It may not have been in the form that we see it now, but the seeds of greed were planted many years ago.
Warehouses are one problem, but it’s been proven that the imported employees of said warehouses are the biggest factor, affecting rent prices
Wait, what happened to zoning laws? How did this switch from residential to commercial/industrial?
They propose the plan to the county and the county approves the zone change
Sort of like Houston’s
Those who have money can easily get zoning laws changed. It is always been like that. When I owned a house in Riverside, all the neighbors objected but the City Council rezoned the land right across from us to commercial.
@@Growmap I remember where the Home Depot is on Madison. Those homes were rezoned. One lone house remained for years. It is finally gone. It wasn’t feasible to live between parking lots.
Amazon is the new Walmart. Not just here, but I live in the South, and Amazon is buying up any vacant land in every suburb. Citizens have very little rights. The government has also let wealthy Chinese buy acres & acres of farmland thruout the U.S. Our country is on life support; if something doesn't change soon, it'll be too late.