You Know You're In Humboldt County

Well done, I agree with most as a local, especially the "being outnumbered 4 to 1" by out-of-towners (cocky assholes for the most part, though some are pretty chill) and the 100s of resturants only of which 5 are any good (also many are fronts---Chans in Arcata, etc, now cmon)

Okay, I must live in a different place than you! I had to rebut this on my blog. Come on...Where's the love? 8)

BTW, as a wife and daughter of Caltrans people, I have to point out that it was a contractor not a Caltransient (my husband's name for he and his fellow workers) who severed the line.

Wow... I'm deeply sad for you if this is the way you feel about Humboldt...deeply. The Humboldt I was born & raised in, the Humboldt I raised my own children in is thankfully nothing like yours.
My Home is warm and beautiful. People come from all over the world to be amazed at the beauty here.
I'm well over thirty & I still wear hodded sweatshirts when the weather suits.
I smile at every person I pass and often say hello as I srtoll the streets of my town.
Those lifted trucks you seem to dislike are well insured. Lenders (even pot growers get car loans) insist & the CHP & DMV insure it by yanking your registration if you don't keep up your insurance.
I'm not sure what your hang up with other peoples hairstyles is all about. I've always found "the content of a mans character" a better way to judge people...when I feel the need to judge.
I drive the speed limit & if my car is moving my lights are on...safety first.
I love the variety of foods available here from Mickey D's to Avalon this county has something for every one.
I do not give money to people on the street. I do give to the Mateel meal program, Wish shelter for women and children,the Community center,Friends of the eel river, Miranda animal shelter, Heart of the Redwoods horse rescue, and of course the local volunteer fire departments and ANY friend or neighbor in need.
Your list mad me sad & hurt my feelings. This is my home. This is where I was born and where I'll die. I've been out in the world enough to know... We've got it good here. If you can't see that, I suggest you travel. Maybe you'll find what your looking for out there some where. As for me... I'll be right here is the most beautiful place in our Great Nation enjoying the company of our intelligent, diverse, artistic, generous, and fun loving neighbors.

the author of this psot and the creator of this site is a retard! plain and simple, humboldt if the best place I have come across to live

you like Avalon? They don't put salt on anything! They don't even give you salt on your table, and even the butter is unsalted. Snobs! I heard they got run out of the bay area and had to move to eureka to hide and so they could be elite among humboldtians.

Can some of you people really not take a joke? Really?

You REALLY can't see the humor in some of these? Really?

My god! What boring people you must be?...

(not you kym, we know your not boring)

thank you jason, that is exactly what i was thinking. kym is great, but she probably doesn't live in eureka where every single one of these points is pretty much true for everyone. I thought it was funny

This should be changed to "You know you're in Arcata when" because it doesn't represent the other 95% of the county. Not even close.
Maybe you should get out more.

or of course there is always Redding or Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno! Yeah, it really sucks here!

I moved here from Oakland, and Oakland is the nicest place I have ever been to. EVERYONE says hello, EVERYONE starts a conversation with you on the streets. It is pronbably the jmost freidnly city in the bayarea

If they moved here they are from here now. Get over it. The newly arrived are citizens just like you.

Humboldts a big place i wish people would stop complaining about eureka/arcata as being such a shithole when all the other communitys in the county are fine. It seems like the writer of this website is more concerned with the cultural impacts of these "new comers" and when citing poverty and homeless people as being a problem one should remember its because the economy here sucks, remember! It seems like he is jealous of the hot girl in the nice truck and wishes he could have that!

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does suck to be U!

Eureka and arcata are like paradise compared to other parts of this country, even tho eureka is the armpit of Humboldt it is still alot better than most big cities, seriously bruh why would you have so much hatred for the most beautiful place on earth! and this should be called you know your in Eureka, obviously you are too much of a flake to kick it in Southern Humboldt with the elite, most people in soHum do not even like driving to eureka or arcata because of this list, but southern Humboldt is alot different from shitholes like eureka and arcata, get real bruh and do sum research, people in soHum dont even lock there doors at night becauser there is not a soul in miles and the community is tight knit to protect each other from haters like the author, be thankful to live in humboldt county you ungrateful prick

ya south phoenix is deffinetly a shit hole, i call it the home of the illigal mexacin imagrints. i am from nw phoeninix on the phoenix glendale boarder. it is hot as hell but one thing is absolutly beautiful is the sunsets we have. i am wanting to move to humbolt county to get away from the heat and the real dick headed fucks here. expecially all the snow birds that flock here in the winter or should i say extended fall to the extended spring. thats right no winters in phoenix. where would the best place to raise a family in humbolt county with nice freindly people who are actually good neighbors in a good neighborhood?

Dude if you want a family don't go to humboldt. your kids will grow up around meth heads and pot growers and will not be well adjusted for the real world. the schools here are complete shit and cost of living is too high for what you get back. you like natty dreads, stinky hippies, and criminal pot growers and you don't care about your kids' education? then come here. otherwise, move someplace else, maybe portland, seattle, boise, or somewhere in between.

if you want to start a family then you should probaly move to arcata. dont listen to johnny5 he doesnt understand someone is murdered everyday down here in this dangerous city of Phoenix! glendale is pretty rough and about 100 times more dangerous than eureka(the worst city in Humboldt). and unless your planning on growing alot of herbs and brodcasting to everyone you know about your grow room and showing off your room to shady buyers or thieving cops you have nothing to worry about! I have never experienced the since of community that I get while visiting arcata(to pick up medicine of course, lol)everytime I go there is some kind of festival on the arcata square and eureka even does a art festival every month. i walked around the eureka boardwalk smokin a blunt at 2am and was never accousted by anyone. note: I would not dare to even walk around south Phoenix or sum parts of glendale in the DAYTIME!!! meth and homelessness is a big problem in eureka so if your starting a family stay away from there,Do not be afraid of Humboldt, this blog is totally bias and I cant understand why this author still lives there? Humboldt County is in my opinion the best place on earth, It contains some of the oldest and tallest redwood trees in the world, the beaches of Humboldt are absolutely breathtaking, and the lost koast loop drive is a cruise you will never forget! plus if you enjoy fine wine, the best herbs in the world, and small quiet peaceful communites, then move to Humboldt! but if you dont smoke cannabis then you shouldnt move here, after all Humboldt doesnt need anymore haters screwing up the vote, since the author is doing hies fair share of bashing such a marvelous and beautiful plant which god hath given to his children(genesis 1:29)


P.s> the author licks hairy hippy(who hadnt showered in months) balls

if you want to start a family then you should probaly move to arcata. dont listen to johnny5 he doesnt understand someone is murdered everyday down here in this dangerous city of Phoenix! glendale is pretty rough and about 100 times more dangerous than eureka(the worst city in Humboldt). and unless your planning on growing alot of herbs and brodcasting to everyone you know about your grow room and showing off your room to shady buyers or thieving cops you have nothing to worry about! I have never experienced the since of community that I get while visiting arcata(to pick up medicine of course, lol)everytime I go there is some kind of festival on the arcata square and eureka even does a art festival every month. i walked around the eureka boardwalk smokin a blunt at 2am and was never accousted by anyone. note: I would not dare to even walk around south Phoenix or sum parts of glendale in the DAYTIME!!! meth and homelessness is a big problem in eureka so if your starting a family stay away from there,Do not be afraid of Humboldt, this blog is totally bias and I cant understand why this author still lives there? Humboldt County is in my opinion the best place on earth, It contains some of the oldest and tallest redwood trees in the world, the beaches of Humboldt are absolutely breathtaking, and the lost koast loop drive is a cruise you will never forget! plus if you enjoy fine wine, the best herbs in the world, and small quiet peaceful communites, then move to Humboldt! but if you dont smoke cannabis then you shouldnt move here, after all Humboldt doesnt need anymore haters screwing up the vote, since the author is doing hies fair share of bashing such a marvelous and beautiful plant which god hath given to his children(genesis 1:29)


P.s> the author licks hairy hippy(who hadnt showered in months) balls

As far as putting down eureka,arcata and humboldt its completely closed minded in my opinion..Come to redding,CA or chico or oroville especially for that matter. METH HEADS are EVERYWHERE you go and Pot Growers also are anywhere they passed 215!!It's the tweekers that SUCK!!! I LOVE HUMBOLDT and plan on moving there in a year or so and I dont plan on growing I will work hard and enjoy all the beauty and nature abound there..My wife & I go several times a year Everyone always says hi and talks with you as if they know you..Personally I LOVE IT,But to each his own,I guess it's all in your outlook on life..I Think half of what was wrote should be titled "You Know Your In Redding If" or anytown,usa for that matter, We need to worry about METH AMPHETAMINE it's the destuction of humankind itself......ONE LOVE

Wow, What a Jackass opinion which really isn't that funny. I have read and constructed some great "only in Arcata lists" and I must say, it must suck to be you. Your list really wasn't very funny, just negative. Get the fuck out of our County if you don't like it!

try Santa Cruz if you dont like it here

Wow, whoever created this is dumb, I thought I was going to get a laugh, and out of living in Humboldt my whole life, there was not one of these I could agree with. Sounds like you need to just smoke a bowl man! No wonder it sounds like you got a bad Humboldt experience.

If you think people in hum\arcata are assholes, try a little midwest town. Arcata was one of the friendliest places I've ever been everyone smiled and said hello.

I smoke marajuana, and live my life like a normal person, i work everyday and i am currently training in Business Management. I also happen to have dreadlocks.

I would think as everyone as actual people instead of placing your stereotypical views on them.

Ok. I'm moving to Humboldt in July and I'm looking forward to the goods and the bads. Besides if it were really that bad, the writer wouldn't still be in Humboldt.

i am from the bay area, ca and i've visited humboldt county a few times. went camping there twice ( beautiful!) and went to reggae on the river (so damn FUN). i guess it depends on the person. people are different. like mr.t up there who says oakland is a nice town. but oakland, just like humboldt, is very STRATIFIED: it has many layers. there are some elegant rich areas as well as many ghetto/dangerous poor areas, ESPECIALLY East Oakland. really. there are pros and cons everywhere.

Trying to defend your way of life is pathetic,if everything was cool why even reply. Think about it,take a chill pill and not be worried about opinions,like assholes everyone has one. Keep your little community anonomyous. To defend or reply is to bring attention.Peace

I see lots of humor in the original Post. Many,most are spot on. Where can I buy the poster?

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ok well i was in humboldt in march && i just wanted to tell the original poster to go fuck himself cuz hes a fuckin moron.. OK ive been one of those dready transients & my experience was great! i didnt cuss anybody out & TONS of people said hi to me! maybe the reason youre havin such a shitty experience is your bad attitude!! judge not lest ye be judged, bitch! cuz deep down you kno you wish us dready mommies gave fucktards like you the time of day..

#1: 9 out of 10 of your friends don't have real jobs. How about that for one! The list in this article was lame, I didn't see much truth in it. #1 pissed me off: "..a 20-something pot grower's girlfriend behind the wheel." How do you know it isn't the GIRL that's the grower, huh, bitch?! WTF! Grower Girl Power!

Go spend some time in LA and if you like it and still think of Humboldt this way, then stay there with all the other assholes. Humboldt is the friendliest place I have ever been, and if you don't like it, leave; we have enough people and we like our space.

I think this commentary about Humboldt is very accurate. I moved here to attend HSU, thinking, after a few visits, that it was a beautiful place. After 2 years, I have found out it is, indeed beautiful to look at. The air is clean. However, most of the people I meet are not nice. I can't wait to graduate and get out of here!

The two biggest mistakes I ever made was marrying my ex and moving to Humboldt County.

This place does not even resemble California. People love to bash anyone that is not from here, when the truth is they could not be a pimple of a real Calfornian's ass.

I am a fith generation Californian, and 3 weeks after moving here was attacked by neighbors that looked like the pig head in the chain saw mascacre. Incest anyone??

They talk about L.A. when in fact other Eureka in its entirety looks like the mission distric of Los Angeles and not as good as South Central. There is more smog in Humboldt on a daily basis than in L.A. in a month. Diesel trucks, spewing out black exhuast, polluting the air.

Fortuna leads the parade. the friendly city...get real. The hog heads that run the town, are brain dead. There are more sirens going on than when I lived a block from a police station and hospital in Redondo Beach which shits on anything in Humboldt County. There is no comparison to the streets and homes in most Southern Calif towns to here. And the people are friendly. Here if you do not twang, look like a barn yard animal and smell like one you are dissed.

Red wood curtain what a joke. I feel sorry for the guy who said they are moving here. Good luck, I have talked to many people who thought the same and are now gone or getting out of this pit.

I have been all over the United States and this place in un to its own. Ugly Ugly Ugly. The women all look like they just got off a cattle boat, and the me look like the back end of a wilda beast. We wondered why they all kept looking at us, its obvious we were not playing spin the moon shine bottle with our cousins and brothers and sisters. Deliverance don't hold a candle to this place. Close..

in after bad vibes.
my experience with humboldt has been great, cool people, nice climate, not too crowded, and of course beautiful sensi. who cares how people look, you probably don't like it because you're exactly the opposite of what places like humboldt are attempting to promote, peace, acceptance, and a glimpse of true freedom

I had to live in Humboldt because of my job. I could not agree more with the writer of this blog, even though it is party saterical (chill out folks..you are confirming what he is saying). Most restraunts were nasty. You go in and most of the tables are dirty. The people get snippy if you ask them to clean your table. They mess up your order and the waiter/waitress gets offended. Meth heads, hippies and homeless are everywhere. They all look and act alike. Locals are rude to outsiders. People give you a hard time if you don't have a local/California ID, even though in my case I did not need one. When I moved there I introduced myself to a neighbor and he was upset that I bothered him. I am a normal, clean cut person, and he was just hanging out in his yard. Gas was third highest in the country at the time. Police are useless. Trust me, you need useful police there. My car was broken into in broad daylight about a block from the police station. Business's feel entitled to your service. Contractors almost never call you back. I tried to volunteer for meals on wheels and they got angry that I called so may times and did not work with my schedule! One place even turned me down to volunteer all together. Beaches and redwoods? It is too cold and/or rainy to enjoy either one. Homeless people leave garbage at bath anyway. Trash service? They charge you to pick up your recycling. The regular gargage pick up is more expensive than anywhere I have lived. I have been to most states any several countries. This place is one of the worst. It is not about being open minded. People there are just jerks.
The University there is a joke and the Community college almost closed down because it sucked so bad. People are also weird about nudity. At the gym people walk around the dressing room stark naked and just linger around and try to talk to you. These same saggy discusting old people like to go nude to the beaches. People there always get in your business thinking they are the peoples police. Locals there act curios, but they are actually nosy. I agree with the Arizona comments. That part of state kind of sucks too. The funny thing about these people who reply to this blog is like many locals, they have not lived in the outside world and they do not understand how much that place realy sucks.

Im convinced if you think this is th greatest place on earth you have never lived anywhere else and dont know the privelege of choice ,convienence, opportunity and civilization. I'd leave but stuck here due to finances. Get the hell out while you can!!

If you happen to have a life outside of smoking weed and meth, perhaps, and dont like cold dreary weather,freezing beeches poor schools,and are not into artsy farty this may not be the place for you. For Gods sakes dont bring children into this,especially if you want higher achievers. having to drive 300 miles through tress and mountains to get to a medical speacialist is more damning than living out of this goddam forsaken county.guess i see most poster happy about it cut thejust go and smoke a a bowl and sing some reggae and again all is wonderful, sorry not the way the Real world works today in modern society. I will pray for you all

Humboldt County reaps what it sows. Which is, of course, mostly marijuana, but also the atmosphere described by the 3 or 4 comments above this one. The thing that got me the most about living there was the greed and crimes being committed by so many pot growers. Yes yes, there are some growers that merely sustain themselves from it, but the problem growers, those described in #1 of this list, are malicious and greedy criminals who give nothing at all back to society other than the property taxes and sales taxes they pay. But they do not pay employer taxes or income taxes, and they take advantage of their workers and the entire state of California.

Go to hell, greedy pigs! TO the rest of you, you may want to get out of Humboldt sometime and go see what the real world is like, because your home is not part of American society at all.

Humboldt County is beautifull!!! But the people are (for the most part) ugly. There is a need for America to be more "HERB FRIENDLY" but so many people their are on methamphetimines and/or homeless, or just plain 'ol (racist) red-necks that there's barely any room for diversity.

Thank God that the Rastafarian movement is alive and well there; because them need Jah (especially in Arcata/Eureka).

Yes! There's a major difference between a Cannabis "head" and a "FARMER" -a notable differance is "MONEY" (the root of all evil) those who have plenty of it and those who try not to spend to much cash on attaining their Herbs because they're broke or on a fixed income.

Perhaps the biggest problem there is all the poor American white people. Poverty is just as dangerous for whites as it is for non-whites. And poverty breeds crime.

Maybe the government wants the people of Humboldt to be a bunch of ignorant pot-producing fools, rather than God-fearing, intelligent herbalists'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DOWN WITH CAPITALISM, & UP WITH GANJA!!!

who cares about farming and growing . show me some respectable succe
ssfull person that has no interest in cannibas.Has no outside intrests in pot, conservation,tree hugging, or animal rights and i might see a bit of credibility in you,

I have lived here in humboldt all of my life and yes, you see those kinds of people everywhere. The reasons for these activities are
1. Prisoners, from pelican bay in cresent city are sent here for parole.
2. The real amount of people that live here i.e.(4 out of towners to 1 local which is true)
3. 2 Colleges in the area
4. A trashed economy, there is nothing in humboldt that makes real money except for pot since mills and shipping into humbolt bay are always slow or non existant.
5. More people + less tax payers = less money for local goverments to have access to i.e(road maintence, police, fire, medical etc.)
6. 215 anywhere there is a lot of weed there are hippies
these are a few reasons why humboldt is like it is. People here mostly keep to themselves and thats how it is.

Life is what you make it

Much lies behind the Redwood Curtain.

The world is rampant with hypocrisy.

I love my Humboldt!

Humboldt is without a doubt the WORST state in the country!! I am so glad I finally got away and regret every day that I wasted a year of my life there.

My daughter was constantly accosted by marijuana addicts and my entire family the victims of hate crimes. I had enough when she was finally raped in her school.

I hope the entire place floats off the planet. For you few good people left there GET OUT NOW WHILE YOU CAN!!!

I can't commit on how it is in Humbolt because I haven't been there but met women from there and they are totally different from us city girlie girls. They dressed like boys, no make-up (at least lip gloss, no color coordination, don't smile and the most disgusting thing is THEY DONT SHAVE THEIR LEGS AND.....etc, etc. And they run their mouth to when they shouldn't like they were raised in a barn...no home training. These women were ugly and had ugly attitudes. I understand all women are hairy and ugly there and the men are just as ugly. The people are just like the weather there dreery. They have nothing better to do is smoke pot...not a care in the world. Hillbillies..when you're ready for a change...clean up first (inside and out) and move to the city life where it sun glows all day long. And if you want a successful job...get you GED and BACHELOR degree because an AA here sweetie is like an high school diploma. I understand when a person there get an AA it's like getting a PHD...WOWWWW!

The Hum, like most places, is a bit of all of the above. It has problems with racism, sexism, lack of economic growth, and drugs. Although, reading the blog, it quickly becomes apparent that this is also true of all the folks dissing on Humboldt who don't live there, or lived there temporarily, making it a lame and unfriendly place before moving back to "real America" (whatever that means. I found a lot to offer there- plenty of beauty, a wage paying job that allowed me to save (which isn't easy to find), and plenty of solid people who didn't dabble in lifestyles anchored in drug use. The isolation is probably the hardest part, but that also provides the benefits of space, clean rivers, and a relative lack of people. The bottom line is Humboldt (which is a county, not a state as one blogger referred to it) has plenty to offer if you can cope with the weather, keep your head on your shoulders when it comes to drug culture, like natural beauty, and like anywhere else, can deal with people who are steeped in some form of ignorance. My suggestion would be to ignore them, or find a way to laugh at/with them. That was my response to these blogs and it served me well.

Norther Cali is paradise!!!!!!!!!!!! Love that land xoxo

I make 2-300K a season in the "Devil" Marijuana Industry. I have 120 acres of land, a 2500 square foot cabin, Two Brand new Toyota four wheel drives,a boat and 5 ATVs.My neighbors and I are as thick as theives and you'll have to get through them to get to me. Overall I find the Arcata area of Humboldt county to my very own personal Heaven. I made the decision ten years ago to leave a successful career on the east coast and come out here to raise my family and live out our lives.Anyone who thinks Humboldt folks are rude should try Baltimore,MD on for size. I make a run back every year to drop crop and every year I say I'm having someone else go next time. The left coast is the best coast and Humboldt will forever be my home.

PS: I don't have dreads ! !

Hey, seriously....thinking of moving to Humboldt from beautiful Maui. I know, I know....sounds crazy right? But we're getting ready for something different in our lives and were wondering if any one can give a realistic, unbiased view of what it is like to live there. Maybe, a few links for information on the area. Would really appreciate it, Mahalo Nui Loa! Any local folks out dea? Chee hoo! We goin cuz!

I was born and raised in Willow Creek, Humboldt County. As far as this thread goes, It is getting more true every day. When I was young, thirty years ago, My dad drove log and lumber truck and my mom worked in the mill. There was always a job to be had, if you were willing to work. Now, thanks to those dreadlocks wearing, stinky, dirty, want-to-be hippies, if you don't grow or work for the government, you can't survive. The transients accost you every time you go to the store, there are more stores selling potting soil than sell food, you cant even go outside because of the smell of marijuana coming from the house 1/4 mile away. Air Quality will put you in jail for burning a piece of wood if it disturbs your neighbor, but you have no recourse if you get headaches from dope. The dope growers are buying up all of the houses and land driving up the prices so people that grew up here can't afford to buy. If you have a house and want to rent it out, Make sure you do walk-through inspections Weekly, or expect to tear it down and rebuild it for next season because the dope growers just through the dirt on the carpet and plant the clones on the floor. I am very saddened with what my home town has become. All I want to know is if California can thumb its nose at the US Constitution by passing laws that directly go against federal law, then why won't the counties make laws that directly go against the state. For instance, making prostitution legal in Humboldt County or Murder legal in Trinity County, or Methamphetamine legal in Del Norte county? Why, its because California would come in and shut it down saying those laws are in violation of the Constitution of the state of California. Good for the goose, but not the gander.
I would be all for Prop 215 if it was applied as it was presented to the voters of California, to be used by terminally ill people as an appetite enhancer. Not for anyone that wants to be stoned all of the time to pay some quack to give them a prescription, or excuse me not a prescription but a recommendation written on a prescription pad, to use marijuana. Doctors do not prescribe marijuana, it would place their DEA licenses in jeopardy, and prescriptions are filled by licensed pharmacologist with medications inspected and tested by the FDA manufactured by drug companies working under strict laws. Not Joe Blow with a couple of acres of land he wants to turn a profit on. Laws are enacted by elected officials, scrutinized by several committees, and placed to a vote by all of the representatives. Propositions are written by anyone and passed by the citizens, without any checks and balances or forethought by anyone. Prop 215 was sold to the citizens for specific reasons, however the language in the prop was not clear, so now we have interpretation. In California, where there is one lawyer for every three people, thats a lot of interpretations.
to put it in a nutshell, Marijuana users were allowed to sell their "excess" marijuana to help off-set their costs of growing their medicine. They were not suppose to be able to drive new motorcycles, cars, trucks, buy trips to Europe, Hawaii etc and show the IRS they made $10,000 last year on welfare and public assistance.

Enough is enough. Remember folks, "An armed society is a polite society!"

hahaha! you mutha-f**kas need to chiiiiiiiill! haha! start smokin some of that bud your so well known for! and to 'willow creeker'-you have a good point. but the federal laws aginst pot are immoral, and thats the real issue(the founding issue). but yeah, you guys gotta relax.