My grandfather was born and raised in Calexico on July 04th 1900. I've never been there.

@dislikesquare8749

4 ай бұрын

Did your grandfather live his entire life in Calexico? What did he do?

@ArmandoAguirre-xw9dh

Ай бұрын

Good luck on your way back home today and the rest of your life

Calexico is a nice, clean, affordable town with friendly people. I love it!

@4KTravelChannel

7 ай бұрын

It really is!

@VickyPlayss_mm2

18 күн бұрын

I live in Calexico and it is not clean. Trust me everywhere you go you’re gonna find trash and only some people are nice here if you don’t mess with them.

Looking at a Map just out of curiosity..... I noticed the homes that literally look the border when they open their front door. Just very unique to wake up and see Mexico out your front window...

@4KTravelChannel

7 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed.

I Was Born In Calexico, Right ACROSS From The Hoffman Elementary School On 7th And Pauline Ave. WE Were The Welisch Family. SORRY TO Say,Almost Everybody OF My Family Moved Away, But I Still Remember The Good Old Days Of Growing Up There! HI To Anyone OF Class OF 1966.

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

👍

My hometown. Back in the day our streets were filled with kids playing or riding bikes. Loved growing uo there. Class of 1982.

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Lucky you! 👍💪

@johnlopez4558

Жыл бұрын

@@4KTravelChannel Exactly! Kids running around in 100 + degrees did not faze us one bit. As long as there was water, friends and a ball, it was on!

120 degree weather. Yeah very nice.

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

Sure it is! 🥵

Live in Mexicali and I go to school in Calexico and not gonna lie it's pretty nice there except in the summer when it's ridiculously hot

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Yes it's super hot in the summer

@gogetassjgd17

Жыл бұрын

@@4KTravelChannel I know I feel Im melting

@Chiroliro29

Жыл бұрын

i live in mexicali bro

@12babyapes59

9 ай бұрын

It's just as hot in Mexicali, Einstein.

I was born in Calexico back in the days when it had a Hospital now it's just a clinic. Went to De Anza Jr High in 87 and 88 then to high school freshman year only. Love my town very much and will not trade it for any other town.

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

Great memories 👍

@calvinking8586

8 ай бұрын

I was also born in Calexico before El Centro had a hospital I live in San Diego but I always love to visit the Valley whenever I can.

Quiet and clean?? Calexico??? 😂 now that was hilarious!! FYI, Calexico is anything but those words you chose!! 😂😂

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

At least people are having fun! 😁

@kaiju147

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking the same thing😭

@reycarpagaming3756

11 ай бұрын

​@@4KTravelChannelfun in calexico? Doing what?

I have been there a few times during my life. Looks very modern SoCal. I took a friend from Brazil there to see the border wall in 2022. She was very shocked, actually, by the whole wall along the border (from S.D. to Yuma)

@4KTravelChannel

7 ай бұрын

👍

I love Calexico, it is nice, quiet, and clean 🥰

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

I agree, clean little town

@NH-rr2fl

Жыл бұрын

Balatonfüred sokkal szebb.

@durangutierrez1381

Жыл бұрын

Shit is not clean lmao

@aname8204

Жыл бұрын

But very toasty

@jaleesa00

9 ай бұрын

You're joking. Highest air pollution in country

Andrade St. is named after my family.

@4KTravelChannel

10 ай бұрын

👍

Bring an umbrella for the heat and have plenty of ice in your cooler. It’s a scorcher. Make sure your A/C works.

@4KTravelChannel

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree 👍

@techs1smh13

9 ай бұрын

It's the so cal dez

Esta muy interesante el video primera vez que veo la ciudad con tan buena historia en un video muchas. Gracias

@4KTravelChannel

7 ай бұрын

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I lived there when I was a kid in the 60s from kindergarten to 2nd grade. My dad worked at the newspaper and KICo radio. Man so hot in the summers I remember and humid do to the irrigation of the farms. Dont know it thats still happening. But had fun as a kid there

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

You had a good experience my friend 👍

@Johnzzz785

Жыл бұрын

It still happens

@Venomequeen83

Жыл бұрын

It's mostly humid during late July to mid-October but it has more to do with remnants of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Tropical storms that roll through. Just had a big downpour last night and this evening and the humidity is nuts right now.

we need more trees and greenery and more job opportunities nicer transit remodel some buildings fun family activities like mini golf or go carts. More shade parks and benches.

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great plan! 👍

@bobbyz414CML

9 ай бұрын

You're not that relevant of a city to get such amenities. Border towns are precisely that,border towns that are a pass through for most folks

@rawlvee

9 ай бұрын

so we should just suffer because we are not relevant ?? pathetic lol. @@bobbyz414CML

Fun fact, Calexico is a composed word who relates California-Mexico and so on with the border city Mexicali which is Mexico-California

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

That’s right, Calexico comes from California-Mexico

@gzahnd

10 ай бұрын

However did you arrive at that nugget of genius?

@thekid1597

10 ай бұрын

​@@gzahnd🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bobbyz414CML

9 ай бұрын

I dont think you know what a fun fact is

I lived there a few times. And there are tons of homeless downtown and in the parks. Bad drug problems. Nobody bothered me, it's just hot as hell from April to November.

@4KTravelChannel

6 ай бұрын

Yes it's very hot there

My best wishes for Norma, Lily Carmen , and family. May God bless you all! I will always remember Calexico High, the high school I attended for 2 years,, Becoming popular on a Pat Benatar video back in the day! When we viewed MTV, and the Street called Heffernan where I use to live by.

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

Awesome 👍

It looks very nice.

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

👍

GREAT job on video, I like how you move through at a pace to view everything. I also like that your'e not taking and have the camera on you more than what the video is about , there's lots of video's out there and they need take some lessons from u. I do watch many of your video's , some times I would like to leave a comment to some of these other video's ,to say I would like to see the video not your face and much less talking . but I don't want to be rude. thank u . ur awesome

ive been living there almost my whole life

been there often, lived in El Centro for 5 years when i worked at Centinela state prison

@4KTravelChannel

9 ай бұрын

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It's my old hometown ❤❤ shitty hot summers, and cold ass dry winters 😂😂!!!

@4KTravelChannel

4 ай бұрын

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I was born in Mexicali, live in the beautiful 805 now. Traveled through Calexico many many times. Living in Mexicali and working in Calexico sounds like a cool idea. I'm just wondering what do people do there to make a living ?

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

They work in agriculture.

@danielhoward755

7 ай бұрын

Living in the 805, especially along the coast is far different from the desert of Caliexico!

Some parte remind me fo Mexicali (Baja California) and even as south as Hermosillo (Sonora).

Hubieras pasado al Jack in the Box por una doble bacon, a la wal-mart por el mandado y a saludar a los tios. 😆

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Ya me fui a comprar una hamburguesa bien chingona por aya 👍 La proxima vez voy a saludar a los tios 👊

Not one of my favorite places 45+ years ago. The food was the only thing that made the city one worth visiting. Back then, many of the farm workre lived in Mexicali, which was easy and fun to visit for the shopping and street foods.

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

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Looks like a clean and peaceful town. California’s gold found throughout this great state.

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

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I lived in Calexico in 1962 -1963 The name of the City is Calixeco a combination of Cali ** from cali- fornia exico is from Mexico And Mexicali is the same Mexi ** from Mex- ico Cali is from California.

You should go to Mexicali, the Capital of Baja California! Hope you come soon

@4KTravelChannel

9 ай бұрын

Good idea 👍

It is a good place to live 😊

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Little quiet town on the border 👍

At 13:54, these walls are useless when anyone can just pass through any entry points.

@4KTravelChannel

7 ай бұрын

👍

I been there.

Pueblo chico infierno grande

At 4:07 is a perfect metaphor of what you can expect living in calexico. The cars start moving and people run in front of you for no good damn reason. There is nothing that's of dire importance at that intersection, maybe except for jack in the box, yum.

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

👍🤣

To fast for me to notice in what part of Calexico you were at been away 55 years maybe go once a year and just to drive someone there

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

👍

no narration?

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

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Affordable how? cheapest house is 400k which was built in 1960

Is Calexico dangerous? My employer wants me to deliver goods from San Diego there weekly

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

Not at all, it's safe.

@elpaiser428

5 ай бұрын

Yes 😢

Aye I live here ;)

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you! 💪

@NH-rr2fl

Жыл бұрын

😀

@odraregaviles9759

Жыл бұрын

Brawley is better lmao.

This shows nothing of how it is to live in Calex, as the locals call it.. 😂 come visit I'll give you a real tour

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Ok that's for the next time amigo 👍

@12babyapes59

9 ай бұрын

Calecia. Who says calex?

@robertdeangarcia997

9 ай бұрын

@12babyapes59 I don't call it calecia would be for all the Spanish speakers & I don't reside in the city only nearby..

I grew up in heber and Calexico

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

Lucky you!

Why they said clean i loled.

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Straight up Atzlanistan... but great Mexican food. It is owned by the La Razianites, and anything not welded down will grow legs and be driven or carried away.

Who ever is new at Calexico well… WELCOME to California,Calexico We’re all the fun happens❤!!!

@Ore0mukbang

Жыл бұрын

And yes I do live there ❤

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

👍

@carlosbarajas4125

11 ай бұрын

my ass we happy 😭

Puro Calecia La garra Sureños Gang

@4KTravelChannel

5 ай бұрын

👍

@elpaiser428

5 ай бұрын

Se la come la Gara puro kgs

@elpaiser428

5 ай бұрын

Chale puro Ghost town

@elpaiser428

5 ай бұрын

😆 mejor nada acabos puro peseta ayi

Calecia

@4KTravelChannel

7 ай бұрын

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My first and overwhelming thought upon seeing Calexico was "This can't be California, it has to be Mexico." Then, when I got into Mexicali, I thought the opposite: "This must be California." Calexico is a sh*thole, while Mexicali has some very nice areas and great Chinese food.

@4KTravelChannel

4 ай бұрын

You may be right

Illegal crossings from Mexico at a minimum level, or not at all?

If I want to read I'll pick up a book

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

👍

@andreak4280

Ай бұрын

@Arthur-tl1ix what a cool new concept for you!! you should definitely try it… reading is good and you generally (hopefully) learn stuff!

People who have live in this city/county are obviously going to say it’s nice but as someone who moved here from a big city years ago it’s honestly the worst place in California to live in. It’s also ranked as the worst county in all California. There are no jobs here, it is corrupted, everything is going out of business, the healthcare here is horrible. The main hospital in El Centro (the neighboring city), sends you to San Diego due to being the closer medical facility. Which is 2 hours away. They are currently in the process of going bankrupt due to misused funds. Horrible air conditions due to pollution from factories and all the chemicals they use for all the fields and farms. As well the pollution from Mexico. (imperial county ranked with the county with more asthma cases as well). Everything is closing since this is the worst place to bring a business. If you go to the outlets in Calexico or the mall in El Centro, everything is closing. Also if you are Looking for a job here good luck because they only hire friends and family. Most people who grew up here tell me they are looking to leave and never come back. The best thing about the imperial valley is literally Mexico cause there’s more things to do over there than here. Also during the summer the temperatures rise up to 120s - 130s. Another neighboring city imperial got caught manipulating votes during the elections for city council as well. When people come here and ask what’s to do everyone say go to Mexico or San Diego lmao.

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

That's very interesting 👍

@jaleesa00

11 ай бұрын

I live in imperial County. Born and raised. I hate to spread negativity but what this guy says is 110% facts. Don't ask why they don't have a Bank of America.

@spookshowbby135

11 ай бұрын

yea as someone who was born and raised in EC, it’s clear that the valley is going to shit. the place probably won’t be habitable anymore like in another 15 years or so. i love this place because it is my home, but i’m getting outta here as soon as i’m done w college 😅

@luiscordova2184

9 ай бұрын

Who hurt you why so much hate calexia es chingon

@12babyapes59

9 ай бұрын

Ahhh you never been to Seely CA, another so called city in the Imperial Valley.

Best time of the year is June through September. If you like living in an oven.

@4KTravelChannel

8 ай бұрын

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Expect second class service @ any of the stores there including Wal- mart if you’re an American…the Mexicans get treated better than an American. I get discriminated all the time.. and I am from here and I still live here

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Are they trying to take over? It used to be Mexican territory before 1844

@gugui156

Жыл бұрын

@@4KTravelChannel I mean Calexico and Mexicali have always been interlaced as almost a same city, however Mexicali grew bigger and Calexico is sometimes seen as rather than another city, a nice and tidy shopping center for American goods that are sometimes cheaper than those exported to Mexico and Mexicali city, I'm from Mexicali, and since Imperial County is the county in the US with most Mexican % (IK it says hispanic origin and stuff in the census, but its 99% Mexicans that went to farm up north for better rates) Maybe that's why, it's a basically Mexican city with American infrastructure, therefore, second class citizenship in one's own country, due to cultural differences, similr things could happen where the American migrants that come to Mexico to be able to spend in Pesos while earning dollars, anglomerate in small communities, and being Mexican there could also garner the second class citizenship treatment he's describing here.

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@gugui156 Very good point 👍

@odraregaviles9759

Жыл бұрын

Boy, shut the hell up, this ain't remotely true for Calexico just as it isn't for the rest of the damn Valley.

I've traveled the world, and its funny how you find people speaking perfect English in Germany and in Thailand. But you go to cities like this, people either don't speak English well or its heavily accented. Must be a cultural thing.

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

👍

@luiscuadras1963

10 ай бұрын

Usually people from Mexicali come over here a lot because they work, shop, commute or visit family on this side. A lot of them didn't really grow up with english so they grow up not knowing any, but the younger generation know enough to get by. That's because the kids either cross the border and come to the schools here or some of them went to private schools and took some classes there. It varies, but tbh, the more south of the town you go into, you'll find less people who can speak it, mostly because they are from mex and they are waiting for the buses downtown or they are field workers who just finished their jobs and hanging around getting food, the bus, getting a ride, or waiting for their freinds so they can cross back together. Historically both sides of the border have heavy agriculture industries or other forms of work and most people from mex come to work jobs because the wages are better and a lot of these people worked all their life so picking up english hasn't been a priority for many.

@bnnyjay

10 ай бұрын

yeah its weird, i was raised learning both languages at the same time so im fluent in both but people often tell me i have a “mexican accent” when i speak english and i dont even know what that means

@caraqueno

9 ай бұрын

Or, Americans not speaking Spanish when they travel to or live in Latin America. You're right! It must be a cultural thing.

@jesszb76

7 ай бұрын

Its because almost everyone here knows how to speak Spanish or atleast understands it so it isn't really much of a necessity for everyone to speak English as they can still get by just with Spanish. That is unless you are going to school here. If you go to school then it is more of a requirement to understand English as that is the language used for most of the schoolwork for all subjects with the exception of Spanish classes.

Thank God for the wall!

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

The wall is only 30% of the border

@gugui156

Жыл бұрын

what does this have to do with calexico

@odraregaviles9759

Жыл бұрын

It's only the slightly larger fence, plus mexicali ain't no Tijuana yet, plus most of the jumpers are civvies anyway

@184876ela

Жыл бұрын

QUIT BEING A RINO

@Abel-Alvarez

8 ай бұрын

L response kid

bro i hate it here

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

It's not for everyone

This place is by far the worst place to live in the imperial valley. Being a border town crime rate is high. And the city officials don’t care much for how it’s maintained

@4KTravelChannel

9 ай бұрын

👍

i see my mexican money depositthere

It's really a shame the way people just walk out in front of traffic, which is already in the intersection. Rude, dangerous and stupid.

@4KTravelChannel

9 ай бұрын

It is what it is.

Nothing to do there, muy feo......

@4KTravelChannel

2 ай бұрын

Ok pero todos dicen que esta muy chido vivir en Calexico

Brawley is better haha, calexicans and el centrians just jealous

@4KTravelChannel

Жыл бұрын

Lol. they say that calexicans are the bravest people, right?

@odraregaviles9759

Жыл бұрын

@@4KTravelChannel I suppose to live there yeah haha. It's all jokes of course, we all live in hell here anyway, but it's just funny to make fun of yall

@odraregaviles9759

Жыл бұрын

@@4KTravelChannel hey, you know, I've been wanting to make videos like this too, exploring the valley and all, you know? You wanna colab?

Entire imperial valley is horrible, I hate this place with all my heart not just the area but the people in it as well. Don’t come here lmao

@4KTravelChannel

11 ай бұрын

You can move elsewhere, you have a choice.

@12babyapes59

9 ай бұрын

VTALV

@SuperOskar2000

4 ай бұрын

Hater, love ❤my old Calexico.