SAN ANGELO: What I Saw In This Rural West Texas Oasis 

You can't really do San Angelo justice without visiting the Cactus Hotel - a 1920's hotel that is being restored Beautiful artwork inside!

I say San Angelo is the best kept secret in Texas I love it for so many reasons... It has everything a person can ask for without all the craziness of the bigger cities.

Don’t forget to visit Eggemeyers downtown!! It’s a treat in and of itself!!

Glad to see some representation of my hometown. Very nice city and a very nice place to settle down in. Love to see things that I see every day from a different view

Appreciate you visiting our little city, you definitely came at a good time

Very touching sight in uvalde....kind of rips your heart ❤️❤️❤️ out Anyway great 📸 video

I was stationed at Goodfellow AFB exactly 60 years ago, 1964. Sure has changed a lot!

San Angelo has been my home for 40 years now....I've always appreciated the way the people come together at any time ,and help out each other....the friendliest and city with the most connectedness to our community place you could live,!

Thanks for coming to my town!

Proud of you San angelo

I'm glad I came across this video. I'm about to move my family there and I haven't been yet and it's nice to see what it looks like beyond Google street view. Looks like a very nice town and I'm looking forward to moving there.

This is my home town😊😊😊

Shhh I like the non traffic and not busy stores here in San angelo. It's like a little hidden gem in Texas. I love going to the mineral wells in christoval.

I used to live in San Angelo when I was kid in 72, we lived off chatburn, I used to takes walks with my grandfather on the concho river, and I think I went two different elementary schools Bellaire and Reagan.

Water Lillies and butterflies,,,Peace brutha, to you and your travels

Where the coward cops failed miserably.

Thanks for this video on San Angelo. Looks like a great place. We've been thinking of moving to Texas from SC. This was one of the candidates. We're retired AF so we thought we'd fit in in an AF town. Glad to know more info on it from someone who's been there. As always thanks for the great videos!

Who knew there were so many types of water lilies? Being somewhat horticulturally challenged, I always thought a water lily was just a water lily 😁 San Angelo looks like a nice, family-friendly place to live. And kudos to whoever has been responsible for preserving those historical buildings you showed. I hate to see such places allowed to become run-down. The murals are wonderful, they add color and liveliness to a town - provided they're well-executed of course, as these ones are. I'm a sucker for street fairs, or however the locals may refer to them. You never know what cool stuff might be on offer to look at or buy. Agreed, that '59 Corvette was sweet!

We moved to San Angelo from Sacramento CA in 2014. You picked a good day to visit. Downtown is usually dead on the weekends. Yes, the river walk is nice. The city puts up a beautiful 12 days of Christmas display that runs the length of the river. We visited Uvalde in July. Very sad walking around viewing the memorial.

Thank you had Fun!

I moved to San Angelo, in 1994. Just love, “ my almost a city”. Had to move away 20 years ago, but still hope to move back, one of this days. I surely miss my home. 🍃

San Angelo is my hometown and I have lived here nearly all of my life. It’s a lovely city to raise a family. The downtown area and Ft. Concho are both wonderful places to visit. The water lily ponds are amazing too. The rock work in this park was done after the war. I love visiting this area of town. The Texas Movie Theater has great memories. Saw lots of movies in the late 50’s and 60’s in this theater. I love hearing the church bells ringing. They ring everyday at noon.

It always surprises me seeing all of these videos that pop up on my feed about San Angelo! It's never seemed like a town that stands out much to me as I have lived here all of my life; but I am always happy to see visitor's point of views on our town 😊It can be hard to find new places to visit in San Angelo after you've been here for a while but the events that are held are well worth the wait! I always love stopping by the Chicken Farm Art Center to support and view local art and listen to the live music!

Hey my town. San Angelo. Thanks for noticing us. Most people don't even know we exist. 😂

San Angelo born and bred, always interesting to see the city from a visitor prospective

My home town getting some love 😊

San Angelo, TX always seemed to me to be the biggest city in the USA that was not on the way to anywhere else. If you were heading to San Angelo it was because that was your final destination.

Lover of water lilies? Of course! Your videos have made it plain that you're a romantic at heart (Nature, old buildings and out-of-the-way, time-forgotten places). The building behind the closed theatre facade seems older than the theatre and built for an earlier purpose (may have been a pre-cinema 'music hall').

The Uvalde part is heartbreaking… it’s good that you took the time to go see the area…There are no words sufficient to express the grief the parents will live with… On a lighter note, kick ass car show and murals in San Angelo! This city looks really cool!!!

Well i have lived here most of my life..the places you showed are good places to see but there's sooo much more than just that. San Angelo is a strange mix...college town..military town...retirement town..its a large town with small town mentality. People are friendly...something i didn't understand til i moved away a few brief times. It is the kind of town where you can walk down the street and make eye contact with someone and say hello to the stranger and they don't shrink away in suspicion..they will greet you in kind. Its an excellent place to raise kids...new kids are welcomed not excluded..also a lesson learned. Overall San Angelo is worth visiting..or moving to.

Gotta love that my home town is getting some publicity

I live in San Angelo. If you would have kept walking down Paintbrush Alley you would have come to an area where there were local sculptures and paintings. You passed Miss Hattis which was a brothel and now is a restaurant that the mayor owns. All those buildings have a underground tunnel that connects them. The ones you saw downtown.

Was not expecting for the town I live in to be on my feed.

What a town San Angelo is! They seem to have preserved the history very well and they get a lot of kudos for doing it. I could spend some time there having a nose about, especially those old cars. Seems a very bright and lively place. Thanks for sharing and can't wait for the next chapter!

Should have looked into the tunnels below downtown. Great video.

Pretty close to home. I live in San Angelo. Thanks for this video. I've been out by the Concho River Walk in previous years. It all looks like home; cause it is. I realized in past years just how many people lived here on the Fourth of July, when the city held fireworks out by Lake Nasworthy. It was unbelievable how many people showed up in one area! 👍🏼👌🏼👏🏼👋🏼

I live here in San angelo. Ft concho is also where they had all the kids in the YFZ ranch from Warren Jeff's. Documentary on Netflix has san angelo in it as well.

I lived in sa in 1990,built three houses in Paul Anne subdivision, traded with the Duncans @ city lumber, good people!

I've lived in San Angelo 8 years. The people here are the friendliest, nicest and caring people that I have ever met. Very family oriented

My family lived here for half a year while my husband was training at Goodfellow. It was such an interesting place to explore and missing all the textures and art ❤️

You picked the perfect time to visit San Angelo. Cool cars! Cool murals!

San Angelo is my hometown, I was born and raised there, it's a beautiful town. So glad to see that someone noticed it's beauty

🙏 Prayers for the folks who lost loved ones in Uvalde may the parents find peace of mind 💜💜 They fly with angels now 👼🏻

Haha never expected anyone to visit my home town of San Angelo. Kinda surreal to see it in the video lol

Who knew? A great example of texas history and modern times

I went the fire academy on Goodfellow AFB in 2016 for my MOS school and got stuck there for 10 months because it was backed up. I really liked that town. When they let me off base, which was mostly on the weekends, I really enjoyed poking around town. The people were always really nice when we went into the restaurants, bars and shops. The mall was good (had very little vacancy). I went to an old fort museum. Seems like a very good place to raise kids to; lots of parks and seemed pretty safe.

Thank you for taking us to Uvalde

Must have been hard just to walk around that fountain and drive past that school......unimaginable tragedy.

Down at the Concho rive in San Angelo there is some interesting statues to look at!

Fort Concho had Buffalo soldiers (black soldiers - the Indians thought their hair resembled that of a buffalo). Organized in February of 1987, the Fort Concho Buffalo Soldiers take part in the living history program of the Fort Concho Museum.

You should visit the pop art Museum here if you ever return. It was once a bowling alley but it got struck by lightning twice then it was graffitied and people ended up turning it into what we now know as the pop art Museum! Also visit paintbrush alleyway if you ever get the chance! It's wonderful! I'm proud to be a resident of this town :)

Nice to see my home town getting seen by other people.

San Angelo is a college town. There will always be something to do.

i work in the tattoo shop right by the car show you were at:D Lived here all my life and can absolutely say its a really nice place to grow up and raise a family. I love it here, would reccommend it to anyone.

nice to see my lil hometown get some of the recognition its deserves. hope you enjoyed your stay :)

Outside of Fresno, California, San Angelo is the biggest city in the USA not linked to the Interstate Highway System.

Thank you for taking us to the memorial in Uvalde. ❤ Love the cars and Paintbrush Alley! The statues are really cool! Love these Texas towns! Great editing and commentary. Thank you!

Thank you for this video. I was stationed at Goodfellow in 1973-74, none of this beautifully preserved/restored stuff was there when I was. I remember San Angelo as a sleepy old West Texas town where the people were SO friendly, despite (what I thought was) its shabbiness. I used to leave the base just about daily to eat, I remember a little diner on Chadbourne where they served the best biscuits & gravy on the planet. I bought my first pair of cowboy boots here, and still remember the friendliness of all the people I met. Thanks again, the modern San Angelo is beautiful, thank you for highlighting it in your vlog. They must have spent a lot of money on beautifying downtown and the riverwalk in the last 50 years.

Wow! San angelo was home for six months.Sunset apartments.

I have lived in San Angelo since 1996 and I never intend to leave. Great place to live.

Dude, I love flowers and plants. IDK if someone calls me gay, my hot wife will tell everyone different. ;)

My family is from SA I been here ten years Paintbrush alley I saw I live in San Angelo what Saturday did you go it's not always that busy downtown you got lucky to come on car show day and beer garden day downtown and I think the art funding protects the theatre gotta love our history here my grandparents were sheep ranchers which is here a dying art now but we also helped build the cactus hotel which was one of the first Hilton's and my great uncle's had a loan business downtown ❤️ thanks for sharing San Angelo we are growing

As a San Angelo native, thank you for sharing the place that I spent 20+ years of my life. I will always be a proud San Angeloan!

Great to see such a thriving community. Makes me want to visit San Angelo.

Can't wait to see the trip into Mississippi! Keep up the good work and may God continue to bless both of you! Special prayers sent to you both during your travels!

I hope you didn't give any money to the "homeless" while you were here more often than not they're begging just to beg they have houses and vehicles or they can work but refuse to

You have to come back through and go back to the Santa Fe Park to the Bosque and see all the mosaic art pieces. Also did you notice the mural painted sheep scattered throughout the town? Those are super cool too!

love this video as someone born and raised in San Angelo I know this place like the back of my hand and of course I'm jaded to all the stuff around town but its nice to see that people do think san Angelo is a nice town. i recommend y'all to just visit downtown it has way more variety of stores than the mall. plus its all local businesses

I literally just had this show up in my recommended. I'm a local here in San Angelo. How awesome for you to make a video of my hometown honestly!

Thank you Lord Spoda for featuring my hometown. I live on the other side of the footbridge on the Concho river you were filming on.

Angel Town......my playground 🥰

I heard you say you are making your way to Gulfport. There’s some great places to eat but they are out of the way. I live in Long Beach. If you enjoy seafood this is the place. But your right there are towns in Mississippi that time has forgotten unfortunately. Years ago I went to a town up in the northeast of Mississippi. I was amazed that people even lived there. It was definitely a place that time has forgotten. Armory, Mississippi

So sad what happened to those kids. May God be with there families.

Playing the opening theme song to GOT would dispel any notions questioning LS masculinity for watching lilies 🌸. Could be the combo Columbus Day/Craft Brew Beer festival you came up on. Can't seem to avoid vloging those poor doggies I see...🙂

Thank you for this video. I grew up in San Angelo. It is definitely an oasis surrounded by a lot of ranch land!

Y’all come back now, ya hear!

My hometown ❤️. I was forced to move to Midland 9 years ago for work and I can't wait to move back. I love San Angelo but as it is a college/retirement town, if you aren't in college or retired you are kind of screwed. There just isn't anywhere to work for a good livable wage (Unless) you know someone that can get you in or you have 2+ years experience. A good portion of people have to work 2 - 4 part time jobs to make a living and most of the jobs are unwilling to work around your schedule. So it is hard for most to say the least, if you are fortunate enough to move up or land a good job, you have it made in the shade because San Angelo is one of the nicest places you can live.

San Angelo is a great place. I used to deliver to the Home Depot and Walmarts. Love that town!

The poor victims...thank u for showing Uvalde. The biggest thing I've noticed in this video and the last several towns- not a lot of downtown graffiti, if any! Interesting due to lower crime rates. What an amazing car show, BOMBS, those beautiful low riders. My dad would love the boot shops in San Angelo. Thank you so much for sharing!

Thanks for putting a spotlight on the town I've lived in for most of my life at this point(not from here originally, but I've been here since the early 90s). Like all towns, there will always be their issues but I can speak confidently that this is a very nice place to both grow up in and also raise a family which isn't something a lot of people can say about a lot of places.

FYI the cost of living is not low by any means. Trust me. Our tents have sky rocketed as have home sales

Bro, I love how you’re talking about my home town 😂

You were in downtown San Angelo near eggemeyer and Fuentes Mexican restaurant.

I was born in San Angelo!

Just curious as I know that pronunciation of Spanish place names are sometimes pronounced differently from the original Spanish by the Americans. Is that how the Texans say Uvalde without the Spanish inflected ending? In the county in CA that I came from there are Spanish names that we pronounced in an American way and it sounded funny to hear Americans from someplace else pronounce them in the original Spanish way.

If you ever find yourself back in San Angelo, I'd suggest visiting Pop Art Alley, which is also downtown. There's some neat works of art there, some done by myself and other art students at the university. The art museum is a great place to visit too!

What you do is important to your subscribers on many levels. Thank you and your beautiful wife!

It's not feminine to want to see the water lilies. You're just sharing it with your fans and viewers! I'll never go there and see it, so thank you. I've also never seen the Uvalde Memorial, nor will I. Such a senseless tragedy, but also such a beautiful tribute.

People saying S.A is boring and sucks must love heavy traffic and crime so why stay in a small town if it sucks? I was born and raised here and use to be simple minded and use to say the same things about S.A. Then moved to Austin for a couple years and realized how good we have it. Granted it may not be much but it’s enough to make it home. And traffic is picking up quite a bit here and is starting to be dangerous on the loop with ppl texting and speeding. So by all means leave if it’s that bad here! Thanks!

I live in San Angelo! I was browsing through RU-vid and this video was recommended for me. I hope you enjoyed your time in our city.

Just a heads up that Uvalde, Texas is pronounced Yew-Val-Dee, or Ooo-Val-Dee. There are a lot of Texas towns that are pronounced differently than they look.

Makes me long to be able to travel again! Heck, I can't even get myself to the end of the driveway any more. But that doesn't keep me from loving your travels and looking forward to the next video! Thanks.

Just googled San Angelo as you were looking at the car's, see that it's geographically right in the heart of Texas. San Angelo is drawing me in, so much I like about it. The history and vibe reminds me somewhat of Prescott AZ, a Western Town back in the day full'of brothels, saloons and gunslinger's. Great narrative and video talent, Lord Spoda.

Originally from Hawaii but been living in San Angelo for most my life. It's a great town/city. It's got the perks of a city but without the traffic! I work downtown so it's nice to see someone give it praise 👏

I guess I need to go back and visit my hometown after seeing all the new additions. Shame that we all ignored the river walk and Concho Street back in the 80s. We just went to the mall

Thanks!

Here because of the original "Dallas"...if you know, you know.

This is Raymond from McKinney. I’ve enjoyed your videos immensely, especially the one featuring San Angelo, Texas. I was born there and actually went to school at the old Fort Concho elementary school. Thanks for sharing your travels😊

I spent 3 of the most wonderful years of my young adult life in San Angelo attending Angelo State University! You missed a beautiful campus if you didn't make it over there before you left! I got to explore some of those same places you showed even though they really improved the river area downtown since I was there. The only thing I remember being on the river was a miniature golf course under the bridge! I was there during the school years of 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 (graduating that summer- B.S. in Biology) and again in 1982-1983 (to complete courses for a teaching certificate and did my student teaching at Lake View High School). Go Rams!

I live here in San Angelo ❤