Here's the entire California Road trip playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq-_cmf3H6yoGM0mmbTCTmMa9zMFvvDeG

It's the California weather and beaches that attracts them. If California was as cold as Alaska there wouldn't be that much people living out in the streets

Even in the 1960’s and 1970’s most of Santa Barbara was expensive. But, yes, starting in the 1980’s, prices have been astronomical

I remember when there were stop lights on 101 going thru this town.

As a resident of San Bernardino, where Los Angeles has been shipping busloads of homeless for years, my heart really breaks for the poor folks on rodeo drive by the sea who continue to vote for the same idiots to manage the problem.

Santa Barbara looks like the way many people envision California to be. Nice, sunny, spanish architecture, etc.

Santa Barbara and a lot of Costal CA towns are a perfect example of what happens when the middle class disappears. You have incompentent city managers who keep hiring their friends and expanding the administrative side of the government, yet nothing gets done. You see kids and families leave and communities deteriorate. What is left is the ultra rich and the homeless. Saving the middle class will save these towns.

Back in the mid-70s my retired parents lived in Thousand Oaks. In the early 80s they moved to Montecito to a place overlooking the nature reserve. Absolutely beautiful. Then, in the late 80s they moved to a small cottage in Goleta, near the university. On my visits to Santa Barbara I remember the small town charm of State Street with its many local shops selling artist-made goods. While it is still very beautiful, with ideal weather, it is a shame that the town's early flavor and style, kinda funky in some ways, has become a thing of the past. I'm glad my parents, long gone, got to experience Santa Barbara in their final years. I have many fine memories from my visits! Thanks for taking me back down memory lane Nick.

As a Ventura county resident for 18 years, I've always told my kids "If you ever become homeless for any reason, go to Santa Barabara."

Omg to see that interview with the addict totally touched my heart and soul. Oldest daughter got killed on her bike 4years ago and she was getting like that beautiful woman. God bless ❤❤😢

I was born and raised in Santa Barbara, still here and have seen a lot of changes…I miss how it was up to the ‘80’s

I lived in San Diego in the early 80’s. And I made trips up the coast. It was gorgeous! Why on earth would those in power let California become a dump. Makes me sick ! Vc

The same thing is happening to just north of Santa Barbara.  My home town of paso Robles is full of homeless.  Rents and homes are high priced.  Gas is more than anywhere in California.  It's disheartening 😢😢

I watched a new story awhile back from Santa Barbara, a homeless guy said that Santa Barbara is the best climate to be homeless in, he tried everywhere else to crash but when he got to Santa Barbara he could finally get some sleep even in the Summer !

As a resident I recognized just about every one of the streets you drove on. Very accurate interpretation of the city. Although I have to say it's no Rodeo Drive. Most businesses close the doors because they thought the rich and famous will cater, but they don't. The rich does not spend in Santa Barbara. Groundhog Day feeling was so accurate and you hardly can tell when winter comes and how quickly it leaves. I think 30 years ago the population was actually 66k and now around 96k. Many homes are inherited by the baby boomers and they are house poor. They just finished the asphalt in many streets and we already see potholes. The city managers are amazingly incompetent in every decision. City workers are even worse than the managers. Vendors such as plumbers and electricians treat everyone as if they are millionairs. You have to do lots of fixings yourself otherwise you have to dishout a lot of money for labor. Thanks god for Amazon, we can barely find a place to buy underwear in this city. just hundreds of coffee shops, everybody seems to dream of becoming a coffee roasting company owner someday.

I'm in Santa Cruz, same here guys...it used to be beautiful...now downtown and beaches are just drugged out homeless

Can we agree that Nick has a way with words? His videos and narration are outstanding.

As someone who lived in Santa Barbara for 5 years (2014-2019) I can attest to the validity of everything Nick has put forth in this video. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I literally watched the downtown "State Street" area deteriorate right before my eyes, during the years we lived there and my daughter was in HS at Santa Barbara HS. I was always flabbergasted when I'd hear locals just making excuse after excuse as to why the homeless needed to be coddled, and drug abusers needed the same. While I've heard that the city has made some changes and is allowing a few tech companies to use some of the buildings and office space that used to be retail, because all the nice stores have abandoned Santa Barbara, its also a big circle of stupidity, because those workers have fewer and fewer places to shop, eat, or party after work. Basically, I believe that Santa Barbara is the perfect example of what happens when a community founded by hardworking ranchers is taken over by the generations that lost touch with the mindset required to maintain wealth, and is more concerned with being "liked" than surviving.

No one wants to talk about the horrendous weather modification happening in CALI? Look at those skies! 😱

We lived in SoCal for 25+ years. Got out due to the high cost, crime, etc. Bought a home on the Midwest for $170k - five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a sauna, two car plus a car port garage, huge yard, tons of space. Never looked backed.