why I love living in southern california

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: overrated or a great place to live? Let's break down why I love living in SoCal as a former East Coaster.
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  • @danjones3009
    @danjones3009 Жыл бұрын

    Best place for health and Mental Health indeed!! As a 55 year San Diego Native,, we lost our minds about 3 years ago and moved to Vancouver WA for 2 years then to Phoenix AZ for 5 months.. They both suck!!! We LOVE Southern California.. Absolutely the best weather in the Nation.. The most amazing people,, The lifestyle and soooo much to do year round. We have moved back home.. We LOVE IT!! No place like home!! Not to mention Anaheim, Pasadena, LA.. So close by and sooo much to do!!! Thanks Michael! You rock, brother. See ya in Paradise!!

  • @angelachanelhuang1651

    @angelachanelhuang1651

    11 ай бұрын

    French cuisine is trying ESCARGOT

  • @2masterdingdong

    @2masterdingdong

    4 ай бұрын

    Paradise 😂🤣

  • @blacknight88

    @blacknight88

    4 ай бұрын

    I didn't like Washington and I lived in Phoenix for about 5 months. I couldn't handle Phoenix, the place had no happiness or spirit to it. People looked miserable. I broke my lease and left AZ

  • @AlanReid-mt9kk

    @AlanReid-mt9kk

    2 ай бұрын

    As a European, it looks like Andulucia in Spain, near Marbella. Gorgeous

  • @gregdavenport7176

    @gregdavenport7176

    Ай бұрын

    Can’t wait to move there in 5 years! We come twice a year.

  • @matthewgillespie
    @matthewgillespie Жыл бұрын

    We're just about to move back to LA after living in the midwest for the past 7 years. Can't WAIT for those beaches and sunsets again. Your videos are bringing me life.

  • @maryannebehrens904
    @maryannebehrens904 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for loving Southern California like me!!!! Paradise.💕🇺🇸💕🇺🇸💕🇺🇸

  • @bellaraio5783
    @bellaraio5783 Жыл бұрын

    I also grew up in New York State! I now live in Los Angeles and I absolutely love it. I’m here with my husband and kids and I just can’t imagine raising our family in a cold climate now. The weather and sunshine here I feel is a huge contributor to quality of life and one’s mental health. I really don’t miss the seasons or the snow! I also find the people to be much happier and relaxed overall than they are in the Northeast. I think the constant sunshine is the reason.

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    I definitely feel more relaxed ✌😀

  • @blairmackenzie898

    @blairmackenzie898

    Жыл бұрын

    Would y’all ever live in Texas? Sunny and warm/hot there too? Better yet, what are some distinctive advantages of choosing Cali over Texas? I’m a native Californian (Los Angeles). Been living in Texas on and off for 12 years. Thought I’d never move back to Cali but I can’t shake this intense feeling of wanting to move back despite everyone down-talking Cali. Not to LA, but somewhere else that’s close to the beach. I want to move there in a few years. Texas has everything Cali has except for beautiful beaches, but it’s something that’s missing for me. Trying to figure out what it is. Thanks!

  • @solomons5669

    @solomons5669

    7 ай бұрын

    @@blairmackenzie898no beach and shitty healthcare

  • @huntersucato8210
    @huntersucato8210 Жыл бұрын

    I love your vids. SoCal is the best because of the beaches, palm trees, parties, weather, and quality of life. LA FOREVER!! (And the culture)

  • @JoyfulOne468
    @JoyfulOne468 Жыл бұрын

    I just wanted to let you know that you are one of my favorite vloggers. I love your CA videos! I'm a New yorker that recently moved to LA (a month ago) and I always return to your vlogs for inspiration. Keep it up!!

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    love it! 😊

  • @cheriemondrella4511
    @cheriemondrella4511 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent review of what I, too, now call home, after moving here from Chicago when the pandemic began in early 2020. The thing that resonated with me most was how your emotional / mental well being and overall quality of life is just so much better here. For me that couldn’t be more true, and more at the very center of why I stay. Those west cost over-the-ocean sunsets also mesmerize me and I simply cannot pull myself away!

  • @NICOGIA300
    @NICOGIA300 Жыл бұрын

    I love this! Im moving from Miami to LA next month. Im definitely a little nervous but I know its what I am destined to do. I absolutely LOVE to creative and entrepreneurial vibe of LA. Haha, Im trying to disregard the 3,000 mile drive ahead of me...

  • @shauncruzvo

    @shauncruzvo

    Жыл бұрын

    Heading from Mia next year! Made the drive in 2020… only advice, drive daytime! Wake up extra early and drive only daytime….

  • @thenathantrigg8080
    @thenathantrigg8080 Жыл бұрын

    so glad i found your channel, not only is it helping me decide a life choice, i also enjoy watching, keep them coming

  • @nicksharp8630
    @nicksharp8630 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video, it has relaxed me after a stressful morning, love how down to earth you seem!

  • @huntersucato8210
    @huntersucato8210 Жыл бұрын

    I love your vids. SoCal is the best because of the beaches, palm trees, parties, weather, and quality of life. LA FOREVER!!

  • @billykraus6779
    @billykraus6779 Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos Michael! I've saved these and always look forward to your next release. Thanks for sharing! :P

  • @JamesandElliesAdventures
    @JamesandElliesAdventures Жыл бұрын

    You didn’t need to convince us how amazing So Cal is!! We miss it badly 🥺 this video or actually all of your videos make us want to move out here! We agree with Rohan if we spelt it correct it always rains here in the U.K. we won’t see the ☀️ now until March/ April earliest 😢. Love your videos dude please keep bringing the good vibes this way 💙

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you! 😎

  • @jordanfiggins2800
    @jordanfiggins2800 Жыл бұрын

    I love your vids!:) I got to visit SoCal for the first time almost 2 years ago and have been back a few times since. I cannot wait to move there!! Hope to see you there someday!

  • @paulronsain8462
    @paulronsain8462 Жыл бұрын

    Yes we need the BTTF video! Love from Paris, planning to move to socal after my engineering degree so your chanel is priceless!

  • @theshorekitchen7453
    @theshorekitchen7453 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! I'm moving to LA from New Zealand next month. Will definitely have to check out all the spots you recommended. Thanks and keep up the great work!

  • @ny2phillyholloway592
    @ny2phillyholloway592 Жыл бұрын

    Michael!!! Are you sure you don't work for the tourist industry? Before watching your videos I had NO!! desire to venture into SoCal. Your love and appreciation for it is infectious. I would consider a trip now thanks to you. I have even taken to watching sunsets live on teleport cam at Venus beach. Thanks for another great video. From Debra a former cynical New Yorker🍎💚💯

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much 🙌🏻 I don’t work for the tourist industry haha but wouldn’t mind if CA slipped me a few promo dollars 🤣

  • @sleimaneljamal
    @sleimaneljamal Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Michael for the beautiful content ( as usual). Maybe a thought for a future video is to look at some of the best beach sunset spots in SoCal! Thanks again

  • @julienalexander6113
    @julienalexander6113 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed this video. Especially the end.

  • @Nagranddan
    @Nagranddan Жыл бұрын

    Part of the reason I've started watching your videos is to get your New York perspective on living in CA - as you said, it's often easy for those of us born here to take it for granted, such as the views and the weather. It's great that you've been hitting up all these spots and watching sunsets over the Pacific Ocean! Also heads up, but since you're living in SoCal, it's "PCH" not "the PCH" - we'd only say that if you say it as the whole thing like "the Pacific Coast Highway". If it's appreviated, it's just PCH without "the" - even though we always add "the" in front of stuff like the 405. Don't ask me why lol!

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    too much freeway/highway lingo to learn 🤣

  • @angelachanelhuang1651

    @angelachanelhuang1651

    11 ай бұрын

    French cuisine is awesome!

  • @yankinwaoz

    @yankinwaoz

    10 ай бұрын

    Cal native here. You are correct. I never thought of it. But “the PCH” sounds wrong.

  • @maryannemartello2301
    @maryannemartello2301 Жыл бұрын

    Loved it! Another awesome video! ❤️

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    ♥️♥️

  • @4uladyjo
    @4uladyjo Жыл бұрын

    Hello. Love your videos. Born and raised in SoCal, and I love it. 😊

  • @rogbrown1458
    @rogbrown1458 Жыл бұрын

    From the time I've spent here it's just a fabulous place. Weather lifestyle and musical history. Rog. Pacific sunset records.

  • @buhohaha
    @buhohaha Жыл бұрын

    LA is the best city in the world no place like it!

  • @monsoleil5053
    @monsoleil5053 Жыл бұрын

    What a gift! Thank you for this! Can’t wait to be back home in SoCal. And the gorgeous photos of Malibu! I lived in Big Bear for 3 1/2 yrs and worked at Starbucks lol but I’m from Glendora Ca. You would like a day trip in the Old Town of Glendora. There’s a little Pizzeria next to Classic Coffee. I used to take my kids there. Sweetest owner.

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s awesome! Loved my visit to big bear 🙌🏻

  • @lelerussell3623
    @lelerussell3623 Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos Michael!! You do such a terrific job and love the music and editing. You should work for a studio. So glad you are living your dream! I live in Canada (just across the St. Lawrence River from Northern New York state) so I am soooo jealous of you since it is starting to get chilly here. My husband and I have just booked a trip to LA and the California coast in a month and your vids are so interesting, fun, inspiring and helpful! Thank you!! See you on the beach for sunset in a month!😁🧺🍷🍷

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate that so much! 🎥 🙌🏻 I just got back from a visit home to NY - sad it’s probably the last time until the spring it will be warm! Lol

  • @angelachanelhuang1651

    @angelachanelhuang1651

    11 ай бұрын

    Escargot is good

  • @MichaelMartello
    @MichaelMartello Жыл бұрын

    What do you like most about SoCal??

  • @ankushjadhav4475

    @ankushjadhav4475

    Жыл бұрын

    Smile on your face that's tell us how beautiful it is.... 😊😊

  • @zandra7966

    @zandra7966

    7 ай бұрын

    Everything!

  • @genet23
    @genet23 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video!

  • @kristab6981
    @kristab6981 Жыл бұрын

    Yes Michael get that sponsor ! 👏🏼 ❤

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    😂♥️

  • @iVaCay01
    @iVaCay013 күн бұрын

    SoCal best beaches and food.. NorCal wine and also great food.. the best of both worlds.. I’ve been to many states nothing compares to California.

  • @troysierra5228
    @troysierra5228 Жыл бұрын

    Born and raised in SoCal. Show us next year the counter balance of NYC Fire Island summer getaway.

  • @jeffreymcbath158
    @jeffreymcbath158 Жыл бұрын

    I love it here, too!

  • @tlstyer1
    @tlstyer1 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyer your videos a lot. Include Rohan more.

  • @DonovanTravels
    @DonovanTravels Жыл бұрын

    I see things the same way, the pros outweigh cons 🤙

  • @Goose-VS-Moose
    @Goose-VS-Moose Жыл бұрын

    Hey there, if you like some hikes with good views, check out Catalina but the Two Harbors side. Some of the best hikes on the island and you might find a bison

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve heard about it! On the list ☑️

  • @j-breezysworld2475
    @j-breezysworld24753 ай бұрын

    That was a really good observation regarding the spirits and the state of Hollywood. Some parts of Hollywood are sketchy, but some are good. But as a tourist on my first time there, I was like this is Hollywood? Now over 20 visits later I kind of accept it for what it is, and hopefully, it gets better, while commemorating its past!

  • @markvoronin-whatandwhere
    @markvoronin-whatandwhere Жыл бұрын

    I hope in a year I will fly to California and I will slavishly meet you and your friend! And at the moment of my life I am in Oman and will be here for another three months. =)

  • @angelchairez7371
    @angelchairez7371 Жыл бұрын

    Great feeling

  • @BaCCoNEgGaNdCHeeSE
    @BaCCoNEgGaNdCHeeSE Жыл бұрын

    where's the clip @6:05 from? looks amazing

  • @star_platinum2821
    @star_platinum2821 Жыл бұрын

    i grew up on long island too

  • @chrystalwilliams5841
    @chrystalwilliams5841 Жыл бұрын

    ❤ You make it look like heaven..

  • @DanielGennaro
    @DanielGennaro Жыл бұрын

    Alls that I know is I've been wanting to move to SoCal for so long,.. been checking out DALLAS TX and EFFF THIS. You think CA traffic is bad!?>> its nothing! ya ppl drive FAST in CA, but theres not a megametropolis of HIGHWAYS on highways

  • @msnisar2227
    @msnisar22275 ай бұрын

    Ok so everyone keeps saying cost of living in Southern California is expensive ? How does that compare to living in London? Do employers compensate based on a higher cost of living ?

  • @ArtieArtie
    @ArtieArtie Жыл бұрын

    Good video but I want to point out that it’s not only about the beaches lol. Just about every city has a downtown area that’s decent to really cool.

  • @blairmackenzie898
    @blairmackenzie898 Жыл бұрын

    Would y’all ever live in Texas? Sunny and warm/hot there too? Better yet, what are some distinctive advantages of choosing Cali over Texas? I’m a native Californian (Los Angeles). Been living in Texas on and off for 12 years. Thought I’d never move back to Cali but I can’t shake this intense feeling of wanting to move back despite everyone down-talking Cali. Not to LA, but somewhere else that’s close to the beach. I want to move there in a few years. Texas has everything Cali has except for beautiful beaches, but it’s something that’s missing for me. Trying to figure out what it is. Thanks!

  • @angelachanelhuang1651

    @angelachanelhuang1651

    11 ай бұрын

    Lots of new influences such as France and italy...so so...Russia

  • @gridley
    @gridley Жыл бұрын

    What you said about natives? I'm a native. Guilty as charged. However, I think in certain ways SoCal is better today than it was over 20-30 years ago. But, yea, in other ways, it's also worse. Same thing can be said about places like NYC, SF, Portland, Miami, Boston, etc. I've read that plenty of expatriates/transplants to Paris (Europe's city of light) end up moving elsewhere. So people are naturally into wanderlust. Or itinerant.

  • @highbrass3749
    @highbrass3749 Жыл бұрын

    Just checking in. You still alive?

  • @DanielJLawson88
    @DanielJLawson88 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, it's hard to tell which is cuter, you or California. Just sayin' 😉😉

  • @richardturner2455
    @richardturner2455 Жыл бұрын

    No-Cal. Lo-Csl. With the times and diets.

  • @alaplex100
    @alaplex100 Жыл бұрын

    He is one optimistic fellow to be optimistic about living here. If you have the financial means to enjoy a high cost of living, avoid public transit, , and isolate yourself to the more affluent areas it is a great place.. But if you can't afford high housing costs, $7 coffees, $25 breakfasts and shopping at Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck) than it's not so great. Yuppieville is great if you can afford it.. Everywhere else. Not so good

  • @pervysage4934
    @pervysage493410 ай бұрын

    Do you call your friend's sexual partners "Riders of Rohan" ?

  • @apmd5915
    @apmd5915 Жыл бұрын

    You think Long Island is a peninsula??? And you lived there???

  • @MichaelMartello

    @MichaelMartello

    Жыл бұрын

    haha, it technically is (officially) look it up 😁

  • @diabeetus5052
    @diabeetus5052 Жыл бұрын

    Your friend is a power bottom.