@Lorrie, get in your car sometime and make the trip. I have been all over the US quite a few times (24x coast to coast on the ground, all different routes) but the Pacific northwest is the jewel of the country.
Very much enjoy your videos and presentation style. You take us to places we would never see otherwise. Really like how the videos are capped off with a great dining experience!
That is $285,000.00 cheaper than the house across the street from my home. By no stretch of the imagination is that house worth $1,084,000.00 in Eastern Ventura County, Ca.
Yeah. I laughed when he said over a million. They can't sell it. Price has dropped by 64,000 dollars. That area is pretty but you get affluent and mentally ill in one group. The south hill isn't the best place to live.
I went to Whitworth College '73 to '78 and stayed there until I got married in '91 and moved to Sandpoint Idaho! Spokane was a great city, the Browns Edition was my favorite neighborhood for Victorian houses, most all of them divided into apartments ...
Yes, Spokane does have beautiful buildings and geography. I lived there in for about two years in the late 1990's for a job assignment. I loved it there.
Hello Joe and Nicole , I have been following your channel for some time and really enjoy your videos. I have made several car trips through the USA, visiting a total of 34 states. The last 7 trips with my wife. Unfortunately she passed away a few years ago, but the good memories of our trips remain. We always liked to drive the byways more than the highways. Greetings from my small country on the North Sea , the Netherlands .
Well I've never been to Spokane. But I saw it once on RU-vid. Well I've never been to Egypt, but I know all about the pyramids, and the art of Babylonia, and the fall of the Romans.
The house at 1125 Bernard Street Spokane now goes for $799,900 with a $70,000 price cut on 4/28. Built in 1910, it has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on a quarter acre lot.
It is hard to believe that the courthouse was built in 1885, just a gorgeous piece of architecture and to build it with the tools they had then is nothing short of amazing, another well produced video.
Great video. I grew up 2 hours south of Spokane, it was always the big city to me. I was 9 when we went up to Expo '74. We also marched in a few parades in high school band, and played against a few teams in football there. My sister worked at Clinkerdagger, Bickerstaff and Petts when it opened in our home town. It has long since closed. My Father's life was extended by excellent heart surgeons there in Spokane, so I appreciate that. And I love Zip's. Thanks again for another excellent video.
Well done. I live in Spokane, came from San Francisco and experienced some significant culture shock. Incidentally, The Cathedral of St. John used to have screening of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and used the huge pipe organ for effect!
Thank you for showing my hometown. We left Spokane April 2020 just because My husband and I needed a change of pace at the time. alot in the world has changed since we left. The homeless issues and the Rv campers started or spiked in 2017 parking next to people homes and apartments. our rent really went up in 2017 and we were shocked. I haven’t visited my hometown in 4 years. I was very curious what it was like now to walk down the street in spokane. caught and release doesn’t work especially in Spokane.
Ok drama queen.. Sure Spokane has homeless, but it's NOTHING like Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco. Basically just a couple of blocks downtown are 'bad' (relatively speaking). The rest of the City is just fine...
Spokane native here.... If you read the inscriptions on the veteran statue @ 3:50, on the west-facing side you will find the name of "JOHN RAMBO". He was a real person! Also, the city hall building used to be the Montgomery Wards department store when i was a kid. So glad they didn't tear it down!
What I like about your videos is that if I wanted I'll jump in the 🚗 and go but I don't have to Thanks to Joe and Nic, love you both for sharing your trips with us 😉💙. Stay safe and enjoy!😊
Thank you for the video. I realize that you two were just passing through and you could only shoot so much. I grew up in Spokane ’61-63 and again ’70- ’14 when I moved to Austin TX. for work. FYI ..LoL City Hall was the old Montgomery Ward’s store. The County courthouse is so awesome (I have a print on my wall at the house). Clinkerdagger’s is a fabulous restaurant, kind of on the high end. It was that special place to go if you have great grades or it was your birthday. I hope you got a chance to walk around in the Flour Mill and look at all the shops. I gather that you didn’t get to stop by “Dick’s Hamburgers” for a “Whammy” I’ll follow along you trip now that I found it.
Downtown spokane used to be super beautiful until it got overrun by homeless so now most people just avoid it. Just sucks because most people that live there are conservative but since it's in washington seattle laws are destroying this place
I lived in Spokane for 6 years before leaving in 2022. I think for the length of time your video was you did a good job showing the city. My view of the crime rate is there is a lot of drug related petty crime, car break ins... lots of homeless but my hometown is San Diego and I think it is even worse there. I don't have a clue how to solve the homeless and drug problems but maybe spend a little more money on social programs and less on foreign wars.
Borrow $34 trillion / Blow it ALL up = what? a) Peace and Prosperity b) Crash and Burn c) Jesus Returns d) All the Above e) None of THEE above hint: borrow + bomb = a false profit. But if one divides by zero, the answer is erroneous.
Ahhh! I’ve been following your channel for so long and was wondering when you would come through Spokane! I live right near that S. Bernard st. and I’m so glad you were able to see our gorgeous historical homes! Should have taken a drive on High Drive!
i really enjoyed the vlog as always. thanks for taking me to areas that im not likely to ever visit. im always excited to see that a new video has dropped. im happy to say that ive been with yall since your sub count was like maybe 20,000. i look for yall to be a even bigger success as time continues.
The architecture on the west coast is so different from the east coast and central parts of the country. I really like the homes out west. Great videos of the west coast, very well done guys.
Howdy from Billings Montana...Great Stuff...I lived in Olympia and played music and booked out of Seattle all over the NW back in the late 70s and the same around the CoeurDeLene ID and booking out of the Spokane WA area in the early 80s...Great Vids Guys...Awesome!!!!
FANTASTIC trip U2 !!!! LOVE the architecture of Spokane !!! beautiful !! You never need to worry about the camera work/or sun- as you are the very best operator I,ve seen👍 !! Spokane looks like a good place to be to me and that food- WOW. Thanks guys !!! Looking forward to Montana- have a safe trip. Cheers from Sth Australia.
Lived in Spokane for 4 years nearly 50 years ago. It was beautiful and so clean. I still remember the tram rides over the river and loved the restaurants hanging over the waterfall. Excellent parks, great places to explore. Many little lakes to fish and camp. Cold snowy winters.
Really enjoyed this video especially the scenic intro. I appreciate learning about the various architectural styles of the important buildings in the city. Also like the new format for displaying the statistics.
What a shame about the crime there!! I lived in Spokane in the 80's. I'm surprised tho that you didn't film the SkyWalks downtown. I worked down there and would go thru the Skywalk to lunch often.
@@hotpinkbear31 No, I bounce between Portland and Spokane (relatives to visit) and Spokane is definitely the cleaner, safer, lower-crime one of the two.
Thankyou for doing our town! I enjoyed it. "Near Nature, Near Perfect" was the slogan when we moved here 15 years ago. It might not be perfect but there are far worse, elsewhere. Home prices did finally skyrocket. That home on Bernard was going for $799k last time I looked, but it would've only been well under 500k when we first moved here. Would've been great to run into you two, we only live a few blocks north of Clinkerdagger. North Central neighborhood. It's true, West Central is considered the "bad neighborhood" but it is great for what it is, and I grew up in the bay area. In Alameda, just west of Oakland. It's that pretty nice bedroom community, an island in the bay, though....
I know people love to remember things through rose-tinted glasses, but I'm old enough to remember Spokane as a bit worn down ag town. So to me, it looks pretty good. As for homeless: I assume a large contributor is being on a major interstate, I-90. I know along I-40, Albuquerque and Amarillo, places with extremely low cost of living, still have far more homeless than you'd imagine.
Born & raised Spokanite here - with family grave markers in the PNW (mostly in the Spokane/CdA area) spanning 3 centuries. There's even a picture of my great-grandfather riding a goat between CdA & Spokane in the early 1900's in the Kootenai County Historical Society book. The town is beautiful but has tons of issues, including an especially bad opiate problem. I recently moved to Wisconsin & Spokane County's opiate issues rival that of Milwaukee County's. There's a lot of overall drug trafficking through the town as well. Poverty is a large cause of the issues Spokane has - as you noted the median household income is ~$62k & per caps is $38k. A few years ago (~2018) those figures were closed to $50k & $27k. Low income correlates with higher crime rate. The particular South Hill neighborhood you were in around the church on 14th & Grand is unattainable for most working people in the city as those houses are well above the median home price. Even the poorer neighborhoods the majority of Spokanite natives would be unable to purchase. A lot of the reason the prices rose so heavily is from outside money moving in (Cali, Washingtonians from the west side). My mom's house in a nicer part the South Hill (I used to walk to the 7/11 by that church in Elementary) went from $95k to nearly half a million over the last ~25 years. At the time she purchased it, she made barely more than minimum wage. Growing up in that area of the South Hill seeing police was a rarity - usually the once-a-year beamer or Lexus drunk driver hitting a pole & taking out the power - nowadays there's shootings. In neighborhoods with half-million dollar+ houses. My dad bought his condo in a less-than-ideal neighborhood in the Valley for about the same $95k in the 2010's & sold for more than my house is worth in a decent neighborhood in Milwaukee. The 3 (small) bed/1.5 bath house we rented on 35th until 2021 went from 1350/mo in rent to nearly $2,000 by the end of 2022. The dang thing was ready to fall apart with floors sloping to the point furniture would tip if you put too much weight to one side. The deck is a straight up hazard & a woodpecker pecked a massive hole in the chimney that went unfixed by the rental management company the several years we were there. No HVAC, single gas stove in the basement with open pass-through vents in the floor for heating. The Section 8 apartments nearby were $1150 for 2bed/2bath at the time, similar square footage. I make more now than the household average not including my wife & more than both parents, perhaps even combined, ever has and still couldn't afford anything more than a half-decent (relatively speaking) neighborhood with way, way more crime than the one I'm in now in Milwaukee. Doing the same job with less responsibilities I make 33-200% more than similar positions I held in Spokane.
You are right. During the pandemic there was a huge influx of affluent people buying real estate and running up prices. He filmed at Division and Second, you gotta have a death wish to walk in that area. OD’s everyday, knife and gun violence. Between Browne and Division is State Street, it looks like a war zone. Ran Starbucks out of the area.
Absolutely wonderful Vlog. What a beautiful Town! I was disappointed in the crime rate…. But, Oh well. Thank you so much for showing us all the fine things Joey. 😊
I was thinking about how all these people from different countries in Europe came here with amazing skills. Those skills built these beautiful buildings. I would imagine it would be hard to find anyone capable of having such outstanding skills today. I worked with an older gentleman from Germany. His skill was plaster. When I met him, he worked in a kitchen. My dad had a 1st cousin who moved to Washington from the south. When he visited, he took him Salmon fishing. He also showed Dad a bear that had been skinned handing in an outbuilding. Dad said that the bear looked like a man when naked. Dad came home so excited. Thanks, Jim and Nic. Another great video.
So fun to watch them visit all my home town spots---grew up going to St. John's Cathedral, had HS Prom at the Masonic Temple, attended school mass at Our Lady of Lourdes and rode my bike through the streets of the South Hill my entire childhood. Clinkerdagger was always a special occasion treat, as was brunch at the Davenport Hotel. Thanks for the great walk down memory lane!
Not a huge fan of politics in this state but i love the natural beauty that surrounds me. I live in Spokane Valley and often drives hours any direction to experience the beauty of this area.
Fantastic video. Really collects the full scope of Spokane. As far as great tasting tarter sauce, a regional restaurant favorite is a place called Zip's. Their tarter's motto is, "With tarter sauce so good, it should be sold as a beverage". It really should be too. Thanks again with such an informative video.
Clinkerdagger's!!! When I was at Whitworth College in the '70's it was THE place to take a date for dinner!! I spent 18 years in Spokane and have great memories!! I worked for B. Dalton Bookseller downtown, designed the logo for Auntie's Bookstore (and later Uncle's Games) and Merlyn's Comics and Games ... the best restaurant was The Espresso Deliscioso on Monroe just north of the Monroe Street Bridge!
I used t l live in Spokane as a child it ( was) a great place to live..It wasn't so populated..There used to be a tarp that was at the expo pavilion.. I went to the world's fair..and had a membership. I lived on North hill. My grandmother would fly from San Francisco to Spokane and stay sometimes at the davenport hotel. There was 5 of kids. Lots of fond childhood memories.
I was born and raised in Washington, some of the most beautiful and scenic areas in the 50 states. When I was growing up we went to Seattle all the time, visited Spokane and Tacoma and it was nothing like what you see today. Poor leadership and policies change this into what it is now and the reason we left there. Thank you for sharing the video.
Drugs and lack of opportunities are the culprits. Bad leadership and sheltered citizens are additional factors. There is no other place like Spokane, the food, the city, and the outdoors are second to none.
I'll be in Spokane this weekend and I've never really been IN Spokane. Driven through, got a meal once or twice, but never jumped in like this video did. Thanks for the tour. I'll taking part in the Spokane Zine Fest at the library.
Welcome to Montana! You may run into some snow coming over the passes and along the way to Helena. Remember Montana is the land of 9 months of winter and three months of road construction lol........enjoy yourselves :)
You're in my neck of the woods(native Seattleite/Washingtonian). Spokane gets a bad rap, but traveling the US extensively has raised my opinion of "Spo-Compton". It has a lot of character, nice architecture, great natural setting, great housing stock(Those South Hill 'hoods near Manito Park really are gorgeous!)
The church is beautiful inside.. Looks like the Royals Palace, but all gray in color... That house is very very classic and there's asking $795,000 , it's beautiful and one of the best neighborhoods to , close to downtown but in a park like setting!;)
I was in Spokane last year. Walked all around the downtown and I liked it. Nice parks, old Worlds Fair stuff. Rivers, rapids. A brewery that donates all profits to the local Doggie and Kitty Humane Society. People hanging out. Nice drone views here! I didn't go anywhere else.
Don't know if it's the same place,but my grandson is going to pharmacy school near there and lives in an apartment high rise across the street from a pub/ brewery that has a humane center attached to it. Kind of cool. He got a kitten there.
Magnificent overhead shots, and the music is great,,,feels like a passing dream, thank you for this creativity.❤..and, of course, for the nitty gritty on Spokane…
When i began studying english, i used to get an USA map and try to research each and every city, mountains, rivers,etc. Now, you get me travelling all over USA, and having pretty cool informations about cities, income,security,climate,etc. In addition to all informations, i practice my english by listenning The two of you ! Thanks for the wonderful vídeos!
Great video of Spokane. I love the architecture downtown. The courthouse is spectacular. Your food looked delicious. Love the backdrop of the cascades. Following for great commentary and beautiful videos. Look forward to your next video on Montana.
I live in Kalispell, Mt. I’m delighted to have you visit Montana again! My sister lives in Spokane and I’ve visited many times. I would say you selected great places in the city to visit. All of which I have been to also. I love your channel!😊😊😊
I was born and raised in Spokane in the 50's. I live in Arizona now because it's drier and warmer than Spokane but I still manage to visit every so often.
@@adrianelias2365 Washington state is in a drought level 2 right now. This is caused by the low snow pack that has been decreasing every year. I remember we used to have snow 3 feet deep in Spokane. Winter of '68 we had 6 feet of snow. There's water issues everywhere.
I am about to envy you two! Such a wonderful video from an wonderful trip. And very enriched with details, little bit of history and background knowledge. The high criminal rate is something I did not expect. But I did not expect Sopkane to be that huge either. I am German. The US that I have travelled through ist history now. Riverside in CA was sooo small you could not even definate where it is ;-) It is long ago, late 70ies. Thanks for taking us with you on this wonderful trip! Regards from Berlin
I lived in Spokane for a couple of years, I had a blast! That’s not to say I didn’t see some weird stuff. Definitely try Durkins Liquor Bar when you’re there again! It’s a small restaurant with a secret bar in the basement!
American born but by mother was French Tunisian here - harissa is a Tunisian hot pepper condiment (I use it as many would use siracha or tabasco)- that glaze on that Salmon sounds amazing.
Spocompton is a very pretty little city. Crime has always been bad. It’s where I spent most of the 90s . I had fun. Skiing on Silver Mountain all the time with occasional trips to Schweitzer and Red Mountain plus white water kayaking on the Joe, and the Clarks Fork. And when not doing those kind of things, I could head to Seatown for a grungy show. Or up to BC to hangout in the Hastings district. I felt I was living the NW Dream.
The Air looks so clean & fresh there. It is really a beautiful City! That house on Bernard St would be a cool million in California. But in Spokane Washington it only $799,900!!! Five Bedrooms, 3 Baths, upgraded Kitchen, beautiful Backyard, that's a deal! Oh Joe & Nic, I thought you 2 would be venturing onto British Columbia Canada.
We'll be heading into Canada early next year. We're finishing up all the state capitals, then we'll begin international travels. Canada will be first. :)
Thanks for the ride along beautiful country indeed. Nice city seemed like. Some great buildings and yeah opulent was indeed the word that came to mind on the courthouse. And that church also really nice. Some great neighborhoods.The upper crust neighborhood was really nice. But have to agree with you the one that supposedly was the high crime area just didn’t look like it. I remember several you have shown that had I been riding along would have been locked and loaded. LoL. But it has to be there somewhere according to those stats on crime. Really looking forward to your visit to Montana love that part of the country. But not in winter. LoL safe travels my friend keep filming and I’ll keep watching.
I live in Spokane, and you did a pretty good job of describing Riverfront Park. The cable cars take you down to the falls you see in your opening shots, and back. It takes about twenty minutes. The pavilion you said where you can “small concerts” is the Expo ‘74 Pavilion. I once saw a performance by the Spokane Symphony there. During the holidays it’s lit up with Christmas lights and puts on quite a show.
