I just watched a video on Berkeley. Almost all of the stores are now closed

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Not true. Many stores are open. More retail vacancies, but that is everywhere after the pandemic.

@jk7140

8 ай бұрын

People who make videos like that have an agenda. In this case it sounds like they're straight up lying. It's a high income city with a massive college population. There are hundreds of open restaurants and small businesses. It's far from collapsing, in reality it's a nice place to live.

Great information! I love Berkeley and they have awesome hiking trails too!

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Yes they do! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

I just got here from watching a video showing that Berkeley is closing down. It’s devastating not thriving at all.

@MT-si3bu

9 ай бұрын

Depends on the area….. but like most places, you need to have money to live in the nice places

@ethmasterrace4507

9 ай бұрын

The downtown area is getting worse and worse. Lots of vacated storefronts.

@HerMajesty1

9 ай бұрын

Me too. Everything closing

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Where is closing down? What's devastated?

@brookstownsley3533

9 ай бұрын

​@@RichFlemingRealtorOlive shaddock street. 0:28

Very alarming to see that the 99 cent store closed in DT Berkeley. That made it accessible to the middle to lower class folks... Dang ..

@RichFlemingRealtor

29 күн бұрын

Not sure which 99 cent store brand you're talking about. 99 Cents Only went bankrupt and closed all stores. The Dollar Store announced the closure of 1,000 stores a while ago. Thanks for watching.

Berkeley has 2 High Schools. The 2nd High School is St. Mary's at the end of Sacramento St. In North Berkeley. I went there and lived by the North Berkeley Bart Station.

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! I typically only cover public HS in a city. Too many private schools to address them.

This is a city with thousands of homeless. They run the city.

I used to live in Berkeley! I lived there for 5 years on and off from 2011-2017!

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing your memories!

Great information

@RichFlemingRealtor

5 ай бұрын

Dee! Thanks and thanks for checking out the video!

Ah my beloved alma mater. Need to go back for a visit.

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Roll on you bears!

You can't afford to live in that city. Even in a hole in the wall place. 😢

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Berkeley is highly sought after and expensive.

Wow, I have a lot of things to say about this video, and the city of Berkeley itself, but there's a lot that I can't share. I've lived in Berkeley now for more than forty years, and am in the process of moving out of the Bay Area all together. I read a comment below mine where someone calls this video a "puff piece" for the city of Berkeley, and I can see why anyone would think that. This guy does a very good job, photogenically, and visually, of making Berkeley look "attractive." Other than the more wealthier neighborhoods of Berkeley, the university is the nicest-looking place in the city because they keep homeless people largely off of the campus, and the lawns are always manicured and look well-kept. In the city itself, there is garbage on the street in many public areas, and there's a homeless and a mental illness population that fluctuates in size. There are all ready too many people and too many cars in this city - geographically, Berkeley isn't a very large city. These days, driving in the city always feels crammed and stressful. In spite of this fact, there's a lot of new (and expensive) apartments being built, which also adds to the traffic congestion because the workers will often close or shut down certain streets for months at a time because of the building being erected into the sky like the eye-sores they are. There's a large percentage of people who live in Berkeley who have a sense of entitlement and superiority here, as well. Also, most of the streets are old and crumbling and filled with potholes, making them hard to drive on with most regular cars. Lastly, the Berkeley City Council seems inept and useless in terms of dealing with many of these problems, and the people here largely do not like the police department, and the police department, for the most part, do not like the city. This I think (sadly) is the much more overall accurate description of what it is like living in Berkeley in 2024....

@RichFlemingRealtor

Ай бұрын

You're entitled to your opinion about Berkeley and my video. It's obvious that you're tired of living in Berkeley and see nothing but the negative about the city. The pros about the city no longer catch your eye. I hope your next home is the utopia you're looking for.

It looks like something out of zombie land

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Then you don't have to visit.

This is a puff piece. Not realistic at all. Drug addicts, crime, homeless. Many stores have closed, including businesses that were here for decades.

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

I never said there weren't drug addicts nor homeless. What large size city DOESN'T have those challenges? But, those challenges FAR from summarize life in the city. If you only want to focus on the bad, that's your perogative.

Show us all the empty buildings where businesses left, homeless problem, crime and drug use.

@RichFlemingRealtor

9 ай бұрын

Is that what you think Berkeley is all about. I watched a YT video about all the closed stores in Berkeley. It COMPLETED edited out the numerous open stores and new and recent construction projects just across the street from some of scenes filmed.

@SprucedandGussied

9 ай бұрын

@@RichFlemingRealtor Would be awesome if you went down there and made a more realistic video then. No doubt it's edited to hell but still lots looked shuttered.

Not enough money in the world, too many far-left extremists.

@RichFlemingRealtor

29 күн бұрын

You're entitled to your uninformed opinion. I'm sure it balances out other locations with too many far-right extremists.

@user-ko4pe9yd4e

29 күн бұрын

@@RichFlemingRealtor I’ve never met a far-right extremist, only far-left extremists that push divisive racist ideology. Don’t worry, I’m sure Trump will fix Berkeley after the November election.

@RichFlemingRealtor

29 күн бұрын

@@user-ko4pe9yd4e ... just because you haven't met a far-right extremist doesn't mean they don't exist. Why are you bringing Trump into this conversation? he has NOTHING to do with my video.