Eminent Domain: Abandoned McMansions vs. the Barstow International Gateway Railyard

Looks like the cooper snaggers have been there.

I absolutely love how extensive Wonderhussy's vocabulary is. Always using the right word in the right context at the right time and that is not something one typically gets to hear from a Youtuber.

This place is soon to become a mini Metropolitan of Los Angeles, same crime same homeless situation more people less police that’s the future of Barstow

Kyle and his family moved to Phoenix. When he turned 18 he moved to Detroit where he still lives (and skates) He still has the Vans that came in that box.

I think it’s really cool you were able to go out there and look at the abandoned homes before they’re gone. They’re not holding the cargo from the port of LA up the mountain just to bring it back down the mountain. I’m a real estate agent in Apple Valley, close to Barstow, and the reason they’re building the railway isn’t to stop people from LA from stealing shipping cargo 😂 we just had someone from the BNSF railway company come by and give a talk about the project. I guess logistics managers figured out it’s silly to process all of the cargo that comes in to LA, that’s going out east anyway, and decided to off load the duties to people out in the desert, where it will ultimately have pass through anyway to go east and north. Additionally, the i15 freeway through the Cajon Pass is unbelievably congested. It’s a main choke point where a lot of trucks get alien down. Also, Barstow is a pretty depressed town and could do with the money. The only reason why I make the correction is because it makes the reason for the project being built sound kind of dumb if the only reason is to stop thieving LA people.

"That's the Treehouse where Kyle goes to smoke dope!" 😂😂 I snorted and spit out my beer.. you're one of my all time favorite people! Someday I owe you Chipotle!

My engineering company designed the new bridge that will replace the steel girder bridge on North First Ave. The new bridge will base out 545 track switches . The largest track switch building in the world making the H Base in Moscow second place.

Progress comes to Barstow once again. Wonderhussy documents the ever changing demands of people on the eternal lands of the Mojave. Keep an eye on all this innovation, Sarah... We all wanna know. 😅😢❤

As far as grandma and Cierra, for those who’ve experienced it, grandma watches Cierra while mom worked and would frequently spend the night. There’d be a lot of time for the two of them to make crafts together so they would accumulate. Later, as grandma grew older and Cierra started working the things just sat there until grandma had to enter a nursing home and had no room to keep everything. Finally, passed on and there was no one to appreciate the memories of what once was. So nearly everything was trashed and thrown away except for a few things that relatives would connect to. I guess all one can do is appreciate and live and love in the moment for we don’t know how things may end up. The love was what made the memories special. Wishing you love Sarah.❤️🙏🫶🏻🫂😎

Imagine that not so long ago, people worked hard to build those houses, then worked even harder to upkeep them, pay the mortgages, live their lives etc only to have them end up going under the plow. The real take away from this is life is short and that we, along with most everything else we prioritize, is only temporary. Nothing lasts forever and all will eventually be gone and forgotten. Sounds a little grim yes but still is true if you think about it. All the more reason to live life to the fullest and enjoy our time while taking our turn to be alive. Cheers!

I guess the tweeker/scrapper dudes busted up the walls looking for wires and copper pipes. What fun!!

Progress.😢 This happened to my family about 60 years ago to make way for the Hollywood Freeway. Ours was one of the last homes to go. Being 8 or 9 years old at the time, it was great fun going through those abandoned houses. Finding discarded playboy magazines and playing army were some top memories. The good old days. Thank you, Sara Jane, for the walkies.😮😊🎉🙏

In the late '40s my Grandparents bought that property that the lake was on. My mother grew up there, I spent a lot of time there visiting my Grandparents. Our family reunions were held there every year for over forty years. I have many good memories on that property. It's sad to see this.

The demolition crew who left the toilet intact has a good sense of humor.

The thieves will just follow them out to the desert and then they'll be the problem of a wildly overwhelmed police department in Barstow.

Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway own the BNSF R/R. More of the big fish eating the little fish.

🤔 Hmmm... There is a lot of wood for recycling to fix the Baghdad Cafe...☕

These are the episodes that I miss where you make up stories about abandoned houses

Cool modern day ghost town!...we get to see it before the railyard is put in. Remember to fan thru the books for money too. Little Cierra Knevada came west in a box car from Chicago, hopping the train as a five year old to go live w grandma and grandpa, she loved fishin' w her grandpa in the lake. She wanted to work on their ranch, the Į ♡ Ų bar ranch and tend the chickens and feed store. But it never came to fruition, as the railroad had dreams of protecting their transportation wares. Modern progress. Way back in the 40's, up in Emigrant Gap, CA, my late mom and her siblings, gathered ice thrown from the trains. Blocks of ice. The ice was used to keep produce and fruit cold, as it was shipped back east...but the crew 'passed out' ice for the folks😊

As a trucker I’ve been to a few big city railyards many years ago — mainly in Chicago and Houston. It’s funny to think of a large railyard being associated with gentrification, since historically they’re almost always located in the poorest neighborhoods around (e.g., the one I went to on Chicago’s south side was in the shadow of huge and notorious tenements that have since been razed). As for Barstow, I haven't been there in years, but I suppose this new project could have a revitalizing effect on the city. Time will tell. Please do another video showing your host’s car collection. Looked like some great gems there.