This town sucks used to be cool with plenty of artists and musicians but the rich took over making it inhabitable for creative people to thrive without getting harassed or fined..and better yet there’s no clubs or live music anywhere unless it’s a paid event..anyone know any local clubs to play live besides the armory..
That’s so sad to hear, I used to play there many times whenever my band was on tour up and down the I5 during the late 90’s, we always had such a great time.
This is a reductive and negative review of Ashland. Yeah, plenty of wealthy California types have moved in, but there's plenty of space for everyone. We could definitely use more affordable housing, which seems to be lacking. Busking is also encouraged and celebrated in town, so not sure what you're on about...
@@walkashland I think it’s one of the most amazing towns with arguably the friendliest citizens. There’s just something that happened to allot of similar hidden gems that was probably unavoidable with growth & development… Boulder, Santa Cruz, Ocean Beach, SD & even Bend all had something similar like a small town charm with mostly small mom & Pop businesses, in general more affordable for the average person to start a family… however most of these places have gotten very expensive in the last 30-40 years, my friends in Ashland have moved to Talent & Medford in order to be able to buy homes and have kids. So I think it’s not a knock on Ashland rather the changing times that happened everywhere.
I have lived in Oregon for a long time and to me it looks overcast. The smoke stays close to the ground and people put on masks when it is really bad. And November is a bit late for fire season.
About 1:35, Bloomsbury's Books. We're lucky to have such stores. Support your local, independent book dealer! Ashland is one of the few cities that has a vital downtown. It's a destination itself. Some turnover every year, which seems normal. You find a new shop or restaurant every time you stroll the street. Did they get the lithia water fountains running again? I happen to like the stuff, take a big drink every time I pass, for over 60 years now.
Old working class neighborhood from the 1880s, when they built the Oregon-California railway and Ashland became a passenger stop, maintenance yard, and crew-change location. A few freight trains still run through Ashland, and south over the Siskiyous. Many charming little houses are still here, well-maintained and valuable. Beautiful mature trees everywhere, plenty of gardens and flowers. The alleys (parallel to A,B,C streets) are just as interesting, for exploring, as the main streets.
If it hadn't been for our grandson's birthday party, we would've been at the park on this day. Please do the rest of the park. I had just told a friend I wanted to do a video of a walk through of it and here I found yours. Great job. I love that you didn't put music to it, but let the natural sounds come through.
I thought this was very interesting. My husband and I go to Ashland all the time, but basically stay around and near Lithia Park. We knew about the Railroad District and my husband had driven through it for his work and I've driven through it to get to Bellwood area, but not in the area's you went. I really enjoyed it and was using a map so I could tell where you were. Please do this again for other areas in Ashland. :)
Obviously, with under ~850 views, this isn't of great interest to a wider audience....BUT, it sure was interesting to me. I used to co-own a restaurant/teahouse at the entrance to Railroad District, on N. Pioneer, and even though Much has changed in ~23 years, it still has that eclectic combination of residential, *non-tourist* business (as in more local), plus old-historical...that Peerless Hotel sign painted on that brick wall brought me RIGHT BACK. I knew shop owners; staff and workers at what's now the Food Co-op...and I went to the Armory for a lotta shows: along with other bistros along Second Street down to A St. Speaking of which, I feel that going along A Street more, north of Second, would have given more of a sense of the flavor of the old core of the District. I used to go down there to get away from the downtown "bustle" and hike along the tracks to "air out" (before going home to my ranch in Williams and/or an apartment in Talent that I had). And, I feel going as far as Seventh was one block further than what many consider to be the RR District: tho' Railroad Park stretches that far. Thx!
