What The Hell Happened To Austin?? I Went To Find Out.

Here's the link to the original Austin homeless video I produced when we were here. It's CRAZY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anV40accHfo

California happened to Austin; the same thing that happened to Oregon and Washington state.

Nick I'm 57 years old I'm bedridden I'm in a nursing home and I enjoy your videos very thoroughly it's the only thing that allows me to escape this hell that I'm living in thank you so much keep up the great work

Tokyo had 30 million people when my husband lived there. The streets were clean. There weren't homeless living on the streets. No crack houses. If you stole something they prosecuted you. It doesn't have to do with the number of people. It has to do with the kind of people running things.

Native Texan, been living in Austin since the 80s. It stopped being weird around 1994. Its a cesspool. I go to Kyle or Roundrock when I want to go to Texas. Austin is not Texas. I am always carrying a firearm. Police response is over an hour. 911 is not answered. On a good note my home value went uo 480%. I bought in the 90s.

As a fellow Texan from Houston. I frequently visit Austin for work. The city has gone downhill. Nothing like it used to be. And its all political.

We never had a homeless problem in Australia. Now we have homeless everywhere as our government brings in thousands of migrants a day.

I see the Austin city council gave themselves a 40% raise back in 2022. Council person makes $116,000 a year. Not a bad gig considering you don't have to do much.

GOOD video!! I saw more journalism in this video then CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and NBC do in a month!!

I'm afraid that we're going to see a lot of "What the hell happened" in 2024. Current economy and drug addiction are bringing the U.S. down to a stealthy type of depression that only rich people can endure. And, the rich keep getting rich, while the poor keep getting poorer. The frog is beginning to boil and it doesn't know it.

I can't help but notice that no matter how bad an area is, it seems like everyone has a newer car than mine

Now I see why my niece and her family are moving from Austin to South Dakota!!

Love your work!! Got banned for 6 days on Facebook for trying to share this video!

Lived in San Antonio when I was a kid (1968-1971), and when my grandparents came to visit, we took a day trip to Austin. It was a beautiful place back then. We also took a day trip to Laredo, Mexico. Mexico in 1968 was a lot cleaner than Austin in 2023. Place looks like the worst parts of the third world. Karachi, Pakistan, Damascus, Syria and Amman, Jordan have abject poverty, but you wouldn’t see drugged out zombies and freaks passed out on the sidewalks there. Their poor at least hold on to their dignity. Can’t say that about Austin. Nick’s photojournalism shows the truth we’d never see on network or cable news.

The citizens of Austin are getting exactly what they voted for. I left in 1999 - good riddance!

I got the hell out of Oregon and moved to beautiful pro America San Antonio Texas and love it. I was sent to Austin to deliver a building and HOLY $hit... it was like I teleported to Hawthorne District in Portland. BLM, rainbow signs and Biden signs adorned yards and miserable people barely greeted me. I find the pro Tolerance Libs to be the most pretentious and unfriendly people around. I love the genuinely kind and courteous Texas culture.

I lived in Austin in the late 80s. Incredible city. The economy was terrible so when the company where I worked went out of business, most of us had to leave Austin to find work. Many tearful goodbye dinners. Sad to see what’s happening there.

It's incredible watching the very distinct patterns of social decay infect the U.S. - and indeed so many other cities in the world, including my own.

I lived and worked in Austin for 20+ years and watched the city change into a place I no longer wanted to be in and decided it was time to leave. The city has changed so much it is unrecognizable from what it used to be. Austin could be any big city in the world with no character.

I love the cats that come and join in on the interviews. Great video, so sad to see what’s become of Austin.