Galveston, Texas: An Unusual Stop Along The Texas Coast
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- The Texas coast has a bad reputation. But I saw some good in Galveston!
I spent two days in Galveston, checking out the neighborhoods and downtown region to see what life is like here. I was impressed!
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Thank you so much bro Nick Johnson I think Galveston is a beautiful place it's so gorgeous seems like the people there are nice thank you so much for sharing this it just made my day have a great night be safe😊❤❤❤
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Can't wait to see your video on the DFW area.
Just glancing at the video titles……I have friends that live in Austin and some that left because it’s gotten so bad. I live in Houston (been here for 25 years and the crime and craziness has gotten exponentially worse……especially over the last 3 years. Soon we will be splitting our time between East Tennessee and Galveston island. I’m so ready to get out of Houston.
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I've never tired of Galveston. I've been going since I was a little girl. I'll always remember "Old" Galveston, way before all the tourism. The Ferry;The Strand and the Seawall, are so memorable, for me. Love!Love Galveston
The downtown is preserved unlike other Texas cities. Reminds me of New Orleans a little bit especially since they have the biggest Mardi Gras in Texas.
It looks nothing like New Orleans
@@TruthOverFacts1Yeah it kinda does in the downtown. The architecture is similar and Spanish. Most of the French quarter is actually Spanish built not French. No need to cry.
@@TruthOverFacts1I said it REMINDS me of it. Comprehension isn’t everyone’s strong suit though.
@@TruthOverFacts1 it absolutely looks like Lakefront New Orleans
@@TruthOverFacts1thank, God
FYI, the water in Galveston for the most part is actually very clean from a microbe standpart. It is however most of the time full of silt from the Brazos and even the Missisippi rivers. SOmetimes though beleive it or not it can be almost gin clear.
My father lived in Galveston for a few decades and told me if you take a boat so far out from the beach that the water is crystal clear, never seen it for myself but want to test that out myself one day.
Mostly it's the Mississippi river that causes it. I once came across the right satellite image that made it easy to see.
Early spring 2009 Galveston looked unreal.. blue water and sets on sets of point breaks about chest high coming in
Grew up in that area and spent a lot of time at the beach. The silt from the Mississippi River is the reason for the murky water. About 100 miles off the coast, there is a coral reef.
It was clear today near San Luis Pass. :)
Grew up here near Galveston, miss the old houses, the seawall, Dickens on the Strand, Moody Mansion. It was the best in the eighties/nineties ❤
I just applied for Texas A&M at Galveston, and I was bumming you didn't have a Galveston video out yet. Hours later, you uploaded this. Amazing timing!
No way!
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Welcome to Galveston Nick. I hope you enjoyed your trip to Galveston. I am living and working in Galveston since November 2021.Indeed, there are not many job opportunities over here. The main one is UTMB. If you are full time employee in UTMB, then you are going to do well. The rent is not expensive as well. I am paying 1200$ for one bedroom apartment 800 sqft (fully furnished), and it is located in the vicinity of the UTMB campus. Galveston is a beautiful city and very clean I have to admit. Compare to other cities in Texas, Galveston is looking good and it is very safe as well. We do have rains over here in Galveston from time to time, and we might have hurricanes as well, although it was very quiet in the past several years. Since i am from south of Florida, I love hot weather that we have over here in Galveston.
I used to go to Galveston every summer when I was a kid. On new years 2000 my uncle rented a limousine and we had so much fun. I have great memories riding that ferry ⛴️
The bishop's mansion is a stunner of a building, I'm Australian and Texas is top of my list of places I want to visit I'm fascinated by the place & it's history.
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Moody Mansion also is pretty serious business.
I visited Galveston back in the 70s. I was amazed at thee amount of beach front junk yards that there were.
I absolutely love Galveston. Good segment on the birds, I had no idea Hitchcock wrote that there. Some amazing mob history there, the las vegas before las vegas. Free state
I remember in the 70s it being a grand place and family oriented. I went back in 96 and was shocked at how run down everything was. It is nice to see a comeback.
back in the 80's my sister in law lived in Friendswood south of Houston, but we didn't have a lot of time but we did go see the gulf, for us living in illinois Texas was a real adventure. Nice to see the downtown and the hoods, and i love the intro and mappy with the pirate LOL.
I used to live in Friendswood from 2002 to 2018. Going back now everything is totally different and I mean very different.
Me and you, moved to Texas back in 2012 moved back to Illinois in 2018 ✊️
As a Texas native and current Galveston resident I can tell you; when we repair after a hurricane, we get white carpets and furniture because we know that we'll be replacing it before it gets too dirty. Too bad we no longer have The Balinese club of ZZ Top fame. Yeah, Ike took that too.
lol. Love that optimism. Nobody has grit like Texans
Back in the early 90's I had a friend whose parents owned a house on the beach in Gilchrist which is on the Bolivar Peninsula. We drove down there for Spring break when we were high school sophomores. Crystal beach was THE place where all the kids congregated during the day. We were cruising up & down the beach talking to all the bikini clad girls. At night we would build a fire on the beach & just hang out. Other than Crystal beach it was very desolate back then. Nothing to do unless you took the ferry across to Galveston. There were a couple of bars where we went to play pool & shuffleboard. The locals always hung out there in including the town drunks. It was quite hilarious listening to them. Good times.
I used to love bonfires on the beach
Galveston looks nice!! Greetings from London 🇬🇧
Greetings from rural West Texas
LOVED seeing my old stomping grounds again! Spot is particularly the Galveston I remember from my youth!
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Nice to see a positive video about Galveston. I have a soft spot for it being born and raised there for my younger years. People like to point out the water when ever you bring Galveston up and trash it, but there are so many thing to do on Galveston besides swimming. I try to go there at least once or twice a year to hang around the island and haven't went swimming in the water in probably 10 years.
I was in Galveston and Houston in 82 and 83. Life was dynamic and the feeling was positive. I was 24 years old and normally it was even more beautiful. I worked on ships.
Im from Houston. Ive spent many summers in Galveston. It is extremely haunted. My buddy had an old vic home. Violently haunted
Really? 😮
Mind giving us an example or two, please??
Lol poltergeist like haunting. The real deal like straight up. The lights would flick on and off. Doors would open and close by themselves. Things would move right in front of you.
Hi Nick. As a french, i love your videos because we are not used to see what you show to us. Oh, and i LOVE Mappy !
Yay Mappy says HI!!
Gaidos has been in Galveston since 1911. For most of its history, it was always considered the best seafood in Galveston, but that may no longer be true.
I ALWAYS go to Gaidos when I go to Galveston. They are great, but expensive.
Gaidos is good, but Millers is one of my favorite restaurants on the seawall.
I grew up in Pasadena where so many oil refineries are located along the Houston Ship Channel. Back in the 1970s lots of people there used to have bumper stickers on their cars that read "The Air Is Greener in Pasadena". And it was!
Bullshit, it was called stinkadena
To me as a European, American cities look terribly faceless. If I walk a few meters here in my small village, I come to an atonement cross that is 800 years old. The village itself is 1200 years old. I miss that a little in the USA. Nothing has a longer tradition. But I don't want to complain. I learned more about the USA on this channel than in my previous 63 years of life. Nick Johnson has turned a notorious hater of America into an interested observer of American conditions, close to ordinary Americans. And that's good!
it got wiped off the map at least once due to hurricanes
Some of our eastern cities have more history and culture. The South West is still growing
Most of the South's historical buildings and sites were razed during the Civil War. These places are still technically recovering.
Are you Greek or Italian?
@@nikleiser5888Neither Greek nor Italian. I live in Germany.
My favorite place in Texas! It’s beautiful there!
Nice place but they have hurricanes every year
Open Border .
@@mikedavis2969 WTF are you talking about? Galveston is far from the border. Go study geography. SPI and Brownsville are near the border.
@@thullraven1 I know !
@@TheOnlyOneStanding8079We haven’t had one since Hurricane Ike . What do you mean every year ? Not since I moved here.
I grew up in nearby Texas City & LaMarque. I still have many vivid memories of my Mom taking us shopping and exploring all over the island. The water turns clear every now and then after a Norther blows the dirty water out to sea, kinda like the Florida panhandle minus the white sand.
Thanks Nick for tour of Galveston TX, I actually have never heard of this part of TX, so it's pretty neat to see...
I remember Galveston in the 90s. I go to the Texas coast yearly on vacation. I always enjoy hanging out in Galveston. Lots of great cajun restaurants and seafood.
I grew up on the Texas coast, 60s and 70s. We would flee from hurricanes when they came thru.
Now days, my house has wheels.
This is my area. My extended family goes to the Strand and Seawall a few times every year. It's more low-key than many other places, so it's relaxing. The Bolivar Peninsula is even more low-key. Glad you enjoyed it, Nick.
It’s fascinating that you mentioned that hurricane Ike got rid of blight in Galveston. When I lived in Texas, I was so tired of the destruction and construction and it seemed so negative at the time. I’m glad you pointed out the positives.
I am a big Hitchcock fan and did not know that.Thanks Nick.
My wife and I lived in Houston for two years and had a lot of good times visiting Galveston. Now we’re back in Chicago, we miss it a lot.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the laughs, Nick Johnson.😆
I grew up in the Houston area and Galveston was my favorite place to spend hot summer days. My earliest memory of Galveston was in 1964. I was 7. I still feel excitement when I go there.
Love Galveston!! When I had my camper van, I’d trek down there from the Galleria area and hang out on the Seawall on cold days and then hit a coffee shop and The Witchery. Good times. 😎 Over due for a visit- thanks for this video!! ❤
I've been in The Great Republic of Texas since 2013, and I've only been to Galveston once. Went to a beech just North? East? North/East of the pleasure pier. Parked on the beach, it cost $15 plus convenience fee for using a debit card. I think it came to a little over $17 total. (This was 2022) Went out in the water up past my knee's, the water was like a bath, very warm. I had been told how dirty the water was, that you can't even see your feet. I was surprised when I looked down, and COULD see my feet. I've been on beaches in CA, and FL, and the water wasn't that clear. The only unnerving thing was, there are clams under the sand, and if you stand in one place too long in the water, you can feel them moving around and feel your feet sink in the sand. I had to keep moving my feet. Lol. Didn't know what it was at first, so I dug down with my hand, scoped up a handful of sand, and saw all the little clams. I loved the place, wanted to move there, until I watched this video. I'm an independent contractor, an hour north of Houston. After hearing what the rent is like there, I think I'll skip out on moving to Galveston. Lol.
We need to keep people like Nick from seeing what's behind the Pine Curtain.
Those weren’t clams, those were crabs, and mullet…😂
Weird, I basically unintentionally did the exact same Texas road trip as you, just 2 months after you. Basically as you're posting these videos, I've just arrived in the place you're posting about.
Canadian road tripper, and I absolutely love Texas, I wish I could move here on a more permanent basis.
😊 how fun to meet the Mappy family and as pirates you two were most dashing and handsome.❤🎉😊
The mansion you stayed at is beautiful, yummy looking breakfast 😋 Mrs Mappy cracks me up 😂 she's quite the character sometimes I feel bad for Mappy being married to her oh man 😂
Maria - he definitely has his little hands full
Things come and go with time, much like a storm sweeping sand along the beach shore during hurricane season. ❤
I spent many long days in Galveston wade fishing the shorelines of east and west bat, as well as Christmas bay. I fished there before the island was widely developed. The fishing back then was first class. Over the years, the fishing wasn't as good. Too much pressure. When I used to go wade fishing, I could wade all day and never see another fisherman. Rarely failed to catch limits.
And about the water quality. It's sandy in the summer. But if you come in the winter, the water is clear as can be. I've seen the beach front with jade green clear water. I've also seen phytoplankton so dense that any disturbance of the water at all triggers sparkling green luminescent plankton. Beautiful.
I live and work here. You can find small houses for rent around $1500 a month. Apts for $850. I love it here.
Didn't even cover Moody Gardens area of Galveston. Beautiful!
I own property on the Bolivar Peninsula. There’s a lot of people building elevated homes because you’ll save $$$ on insurance. Another popular thing to build is an rv pad with an elevated deck. It’s a lot cheaper and if there’s a hurricane you just drive your RV out.
The eastern part of the Bolivar Peninsula is very chill and doesn’t get the tourists. People come from all over the world for birdwatching.
We used to have property there. I love it there.
Back in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s it was great. Lived there from ‘90-‘00, before the drugs took over and it was surreal. Great memories of stepping out my back door to go hunting or fishing. And the beach parties in the summer, life changing! Thx for sharing and bringing back the memories!
The bums in Galveston have been there my entire life. Like many coastal communities around the world, good weather makes sleeping rough doable.
I’ve recently become obsessed with Galveston….beacuse we bought a home there.
Quite nice and serene Galveston is. I've lived in Texas for 21 yrs but for some reason I haven't had a chance of visiting this town. I had since moved to Northern California in 2012 but planning to move back to Ft Worth upon retirement in 5.5 more years. Comparing Texas to the current Northern California, TX is so darn clean.
I had a friend that I worked with who lost his condo in a hurricane in Galveston. He had to got to court a couple of times because the insurance didn't wat to pay.
Excellent video.
Thumbs up.
Hello from NYC!
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Hi Marilyn
Good to see Galveston has gotten cleaned up! Too bad this part of the gulf waters is brown and full of river silt!
You gotta *know* that if it wasn’t (usually) murky brown but like FL, the whole region would also have condo towers up against each other, too 😱
Thank you, Nick! I visited Galveston in 1986 when I was in the Navy. I saw a lot of familiar places and went down a few of same roads you did in this video.
Thanks Nick. Great video on Galveston and surroundings. Visited Galveston numerous times over my years in Texas (1997-2019). Always enjoyed the history and the city views, restaurants, bars and entertainment. It's definitely on an upswing currently from what I saw and heard on your video. Going to watch the remainder of your Texas visit next.
Ok John. Theres way more places coming up!
I want to galveston a few times. I stayed at an airbnb. I went to Stuart Stuart Beach, and it was clean. At night, we went to the pleasure pier. We rode every ride at least 3 times, if not 4. It was a lot of fun.
As a Life Long CA Resident If I Left I Would Take Tennessee , Knoxville or Outskirts !! Based on a 1week visit to my Brother who landed there in 21 . He and Wifey Lived in McKinney Tex in 08 till 2010 and said the weather was Crazy ? Is That True ?
North Texas weather is extreme when compared to California. It gets blazing hot 24/7 during the Summer with little to no rain until a front comes thru to drop the monthly average in 60 minutes. The winter weather occurs in one to two week stretches like Winter storm Urine. It can be 60 during the day then start cooling off at sundown to be 12 degrees by daybreak. Everything shuts down if it snows since none of the cities or counties own snowplows. We do have tornadoes throughout the year.
True. It’s The Plains & even if it is more in the southern latitudes, there’s nothing to stop northerly frigid blasts, like mountain ranges or ocean.
All Texas weather is crazy. It’s where the phrase, “if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes, it’ll change”.
Thanks for the great review of Galveston. I lived there for 10 years having a bed and breakfast in the historic district and there's no place like it. We had a super time living there but now we're in Ajijic Mexico which is the second largest expat community outside of the United States. A lot like Galveston but no hurricanes.
Shoulda checked out Jamaica Beach, a half hour south of Galveston. If you like stilt houses, there are scads of them in creative styles. Also the beaches are cleaner and less crowded. Many bird species here, also great fishing.
Plus they're getting the U.S.S. Texas!! A battleship that served in both world wars. They spent 10s of millions to fix it up. The candy shop in the strand is a must stop.
Moving to Galveston this summer, magical place
Love your videos! Ty for taking us to Galveston, TX!🌊🌞⚘️
Love learning how it's an island and all the history w/historical buildings.
Love this!💯
Ok Christina!
Working in those plants is howI made my living.
Hi Nick, good to hear a “mostly” good story. Good thing you’re not at the border now, huh! It’s gonna explode down there methinks! Stay safe my friend!!! 🐾😎
As a Texan and Galveston lover - we would say end of the day - it is a small town in east Texas.
It’s south east lol As a Texan that is not east lol when you say east Texas that’s nothing but living in the sticks lol
Been living here for over. 30 years. My wife is a BOI (born on Island) He is telling the truth. Galveston has a lot of history.
Another Gem Nick
Thank you for yet another enlightening video! I don't think I could ever tire of your channel- you have such a wonderful way of presenting things, spiced up with your great humor. I'm always looking forward to your next video.
Aww ❤️ I'm glad you guys enjoy it all.
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I remember not too long ago when Galveston was considered bad, and Corpus Christi was considered nicer. It's interesting to see how they have changed places.
Back when I lived in Houston we would visit this place. It’s been awhile but back int the early 2000’s it was very industrial and blue collar
Bolovar is not an island. The water is brown because of the way the Mississippi flows toward us. The east end is not the only middle class neighborhood. There are many neighborhoods off Stewart Rd.
Bolivar
I think he just misspoke. The Peninsula is a gem like a whole other world! Lived there from 1990 to 2000.
My husband proposed to me at the Sunday brunch at the Galvez, and we went back for our first anniversary.
100% my favorite vacation spot! I am from southern MN and have been to Galveston 5 times. I will be heading down again in September!
I think this may be one of the most positive videos I have seen from you so far. Good Work..
Haha and no one watched it!
@@NickJohnson Sure tells you a whole lot about the algorithm YT uses or maybe the people made it.. I tell ya. What do you think Mappy?
I love ❤ you nick because you showing the other side of America 🇺🇸 the side the world doesn’t see often
I sincerely hope you go to the West Texas desert. It’s the most “Texas-like” place in Texas!
Probably
I actually love Galveston. Been going on and off since the 00's. The water quality really depends on recent environmental factors. I've been when the water is blue and when it's murky brown. Same with the beaches. Unfortunately, I won't go back. It's gotten so densely populated with tourists since 2018 that you need to make reservations to eat anywhere for dinner or join an hour long queue for Wendy's.
Texas does have one actual award winning Blue Wave beach in Rockport, Texas.
It still gets cold & gray here. I’m sure there are a lot less people holding things up then.
Nick: I recommend a fascinating read about the hurricane there and its aftermath, "Isaac's Storm". It tells the tale of the weatherman, Isaac Cline, in charge in Galveston on that fateful day September 8th 1900.
I've actually never been to Galveston (though I've been to most of Texas) and would like to visit it sometime.
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Howdy from Iola again!!! Thanks for making videos of our GREAT STATE!! Thanks and God bless!
Thanks for the video. I'm a Galveston BOI (Born on the Island)
🎉🎉🎉 Thank you Nick for another great video today.
You just have a way of bringing things to us with an entertaining and funny way. Love your channel. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
You are almost there bro! We gotta get you to 1M.
Glad you enjoyed Galveston. As much as you focused on jobs and employers, how did you not mention UTMB?
A+ video!
Awesome preview of Galveston!
You missed Port Aransas. One of the best places in the USA. Feels like the past, with decriminalized weed, golf cart on the street with an open beer and dogs in the bar.
Thanks for the heads-up. We'll avoid Aransas if it's full of dopers.
I love the Strand
I remember listening to the song Galveston song by Glen Campbell. Although the only lyrics I remember is "Galveston Galveston".
If you want some very uncrowded coast, you can consider the great lakes as well (in the summer of course)
Thanks, Nick. Galveston Island. Got to see a cool part of the Texas Gulf Coast.
I lived in Galveston had a nice apartment right off the seawall paid 750 a month rent for 2 bedroom with a balcony view. Back in like 2013
Galveston has always been the end of the line for many people looking to escape their troubles or start another life or running from a life of crime. It was the same when I was growing up there in the 70s when my dad had the Hudson service station on 66th and Broadway. He said that a lot of people followed I45 from where it began as U.S. Route 75 in Minnesota near the Canadian border and just kept heading south until it stopped in Galveston, and that's where they ran out of money and highway.
Galveston is my usual place for saltwater fishing during summer and early fall. Never got tired of it despite the changes in the environment.
It was rich because of cotton shipping. It was also a port of entry for many European immigrants. When Houston built its port and got the railroad routed conveniently, that was it for Galveston. Still a nice place to visit. But it would be a hell of a commute to Houston proper.
My friends moved there and they buy houses for vacation rentals..
I love The Alfred Hitchcock Suite! Very nice. I love this video! Good scenery on Galveston.😊❤
Go see em Joan!
you can take a cruise ship right out of Galveston to mexico honduras and return. its easy peasy off and on, can park your car right there and pick it up when u return,
Actually theres alot of hotel jobs, food service and stores employ, plus UT Med Ctr employees thousands,,,
The sign on the “Bishop Mansion “ reads Bishop’s Palace… just in case you are curious….
It’s the Bishop Palace bc the Bishop of the Archdiocese used to live there before it became a museum. However, the Moody Mansion is also nearby so he probably just got the two intertwined when mentioning them. A lot of people that aren’t local make the same mistake.
Anywhere here is Australia near the ocean is going up in price especially since covid is similar happening there. In the street where i live i bought in around 17 18 years ago and a house just up the street just went for 4.5 times what i paid, There had been a steday increase but the last 3 years in went crazy
Should I start learning Spanish and Chinese now, Nick? 😂 the intro songs are always 🔥 too.
I lived on the strand for about a year and in the mornings(4:30) when it was foggy those gas lights made it creepy AF! It seemed like I was living in London in the 1800's. Is Galveston haunted? You bet your sweet ^ss. I lived in a carriage house(built in the late 1800's) that was haunted, but it was a friendly ghost messing with the lights all the time, closet doors opening and closing, and always messing with my two dogs. 😅