Galveston, Texas: A Bright Spot Along The Texas Coast 

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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.

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.

I visited Galveston back in the 70s. I was amazed at thee amount of beach front junk yards that there were.

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 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 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!

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.

I love this series! It feels like I'm watching a old documentary from my School days. The music, themes, and narration. Knowledge is power, that's what you fill us with. Tyty ❤

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.

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.

LOVED seeing my old stomping grounds again! Spot is particularly the Galveston I remember from my youth!

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 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.

Galveston looks nice!! Greetings from London 🇬🇧

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 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.

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 !

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.

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 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.

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 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!

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.

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 for the laughs, Nick Johnson.😆

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 favorite place in Texas! It’s beautiful there!

Im from Houston. Ive spent many summers in Galveston. It is extremely haunted. My buddy had an old vic home. Violently haunted

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!! ❤

😊 how fun to meet the Mappy family and as pirates you two were most dashing and handsome.❤🎉😊

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.

Things come and go with time, much like a storm sweeping sand along the beach shore during hurricane season. ❤

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.

🎉🎉🎉 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 ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸

A+ video! Awesome preview of Galveston!

Howdy from Iola again!!! Thanks for making videos of our GREAT STATE!! Thanks and God bless!

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.

Very enjoyable Nick, many thanks.

I love ❤ you nick because you showing the other side of America 🇺🇸 the side the world doesn’t see often

You are almost there bro! We gotta get you to 1M.

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!💯

Moving to Galveston this summer, magical place

Thanks for sharing 👍🙏

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.

Didn't even cover Moody Gardens area of Galveston. Beautiful!

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.

As a Texan and Galveston lover - we would say end of the day - it is a small town in east Texas.

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.

Thanks, Nick. Galveston Island. Got to see a cool part of the Texas Gulf Coast.

I love The Alfred Hitchcock Suite! Very nice. I love this video! Good scenery on Galveston.😊❤

I love the Strand

Galveston looks beautiful❤

Working in those plants is howI made my living.

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!

Looks nice and mellow.

I love this Texas series. I moved to Texas in 2020 but haven't been able to enjoy travelling the state much yet. Still waiting for my IT career to take off so I can afford to travel, but in the meantime, this series makes my wait easier. Thanks!

I’ve recently become obsessed with Galveston….beacuse we bought a home there.

Excellent video. Thumbs up. Hello from NYC! Marilyn

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!

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 😂

I think this may be one of the most positive videos I have seen from you so far. Good Work..

Great video, Nick! Never knew much about Galveston until now!

Love this video.

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.

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!!! 🐾😎

Man I really hope everything is going well Galveston Texas it just looks so nice

Rick is a kind soul.

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.

Wicked old homes down there 👍

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

I'm glad you brought mappy down here with u

Should I start learning Spanish and Chinese now, Nick? 😂 the intro songs are always 🔥 too.

Great vid, haven't been to Bolivar since 1980's. It was relatively clean (beaches) but not built up like now.

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.

I just added Galveston to my bucket list of cities to visit! Thank you, Nick for another view of our country. Keep 'em comin' cow poke!

Great video Nick! Agree with "rich people ruin everything"😏

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.

It's good that you went to "The Spot", a nice place along the SeaWall. Bolivar/Crystal Beach is my favorite place, every place I ever rented was wiped out by Hurricane Ike, I nearly bought property there after that. Now I have to wait for the next one.

Looks like a nice place.

The bums in Galveston have been there my entire life. Like many coastal communities around the world, good weather makes sleeping rough doable.

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.

Greetings from Brandenburg 🇩🇪 Udo 👍❤️ Bin 75 jahre alt und von Beruf Dachdecker gewesen Kann kein Englisch !

Ah Galveston! I always think of the movie, "Together Brothers" that was filmed there in the 70s. Galveston used to be a rough little town

If you want some very uncrowded coast, you can consider the great lakes as well (in the summer of course)

When I want to know what a city in America is REALLY like, I fire up me some Nick Johnson. I just have zero interest in hearing anyones opinion other than Nicks. Annnnd, its entertaining as well. No one else is doing this, this well. Only Nick.

Lol 😆 your'e funny, love your videos. Spend a day down there on the beach , but stayed in was too cold to get in the water

Galveston is my usual place for saltwater fishing during summer and early fall. Never got tired of it despite the changes in the environment.

Yeah we're looking to move from Colorado and that's one of the places we went this past summer. We could have seen ourselves living there but could not get over the humidity. That was definitely the deal breaker for that place.

Have lived over on bolivar for 10 years and man you are spot on as far as the big money coming in. Moved down to High Island on the far east end now. Nice small town.

The Wharf on the strand side,, facing the harbor is outstanding for fish!