Michael Martello
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How to Make it in Los Angeles (an unconventional analysis)
After hitting a creative roadblock, a burnt-out UA-camr goes on a journey of self-discovery to find out what it takes to really "make it" in #LOSANGELES, guided by his shady business manager and a famous psychologist from the skies.
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00:00 MAKING IT IN LA
2:25 PHYSIOLOGICAL
3:11 SAFETY & SECURITY
5:30 LOVE & BELONGING
6:47 ESTEEM
8:10 BLVD. OF (BROKEN) DREAMS
9:15 A NIGHTMARE ON EREWHON ST.
10:17 MAKING IT TO THE TOP
10:45 SELF-ACTUALIZATION
12:56 BLOOPERS
13:13 "YOU'RE FIRED"
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Відео

Living on LA's WEST SIDE: what's it REALLY like?
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The west side of Los Angeles is known for its laid back, "Baywatch" beach culture...but does it live up to the hype? Here's what I think about west LA, from its overall vibe, things to do, culture, cost of living, and pros & cons. written, directed, filmed, edited, by ME - so hit that LIKE button because it's FREE and ily. All footage is my own. #losangeles #movingtolosangeles #santamonica Movi...
Is this Downtown LA neighborhood getting a makeover?
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I explored the South Park neighborhood of Downtown LA, a place that is seemingly growing with countless luxury high-rises. Is it up and coming, or a bust? #downtownlosangeles #dtla #losangeles Hit that like button - why? Because it's FREE and ily. Current projects in South Park: www.southpark.la/growth-development#:~:text=With 34 projects currently in,neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. what i...
Hollywood Blvd. is a disaster, can it be fixed?
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Hollywood has long been a place we've all fantasized for decades...so why is Hollywood Blvd. such a disaster? I investigated Hollywood's current state, from the seedy Walk of Fame to the LA Metro with the question: will this place ever change for the better? #hollywood #hollywoodboulevard #losangeles Hit that like button - why? Because it's FREE and ily. what is Downtown LA like? ua-cam.com/vid...
What is Downtown LA REALLY like in 2024?
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Downtown LA is the urban center of the city, with better walkability, transit, and a little more energy compared to the rest of the car-centric county. I spent the day exploring DTLA to see what it's like today, from its parks, landmarks, safety, and cultural hotspots. Welcome to the city life, away from the Pacific! Hit that like button - why? Because it's FREE and ily. this downtown LA neighb...
Moving to LA in 2024? Here's what to expect.
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I know a lot of you watching this channel are debating this very question...so let's break it down! Let's talk post-pandemic LA vibes, cost of living, nightlife, transit updates, apartment searching, crime rates, changing climate, etc. Hit that like button - why? Because it's FREE and ily. Here's what living on the WEST SIDE is like: ua-cam.com/video/m3VybQfCHTk/v-deo.html Is LA lonely? ua-cam....
there’s more to LA than you think | adventure vlog
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After some constant rainstorms overtook LA and gave me the blues, I set out on a little adventure in and around the city to explore some natural wonders, and reminded myself how wondrous this place is. #losangeles #california Follow me on IG michaelmartello_ My camera equipment: www.amazon.com/shop/michaelmartello/list/21A8K86Y7QWOG?ref_=aipsflist_aipsfmichaelmartello FTC disclaim...
why is Los Angeles so lonely?
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On another rainy LA day, I wanted to give my thoughts on why this city can feel so isolating and lonely. (no real hate to LA: we still love you) #losangeles #california Follow me on IG michaelmartello_ My camera equipment: www.amazon.com/shop/michaelmartello/list/21A8K86Y7QWOG?ref_=aipsflist_aipsfmichaelmartello FTC disclaimer: I may receive commission through using my Amazon stor...
exploring Studio City, Los Angeles: tv show homes, cafes, hikes
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Studio City: the town where it all happens in LA. You may have never heard of it, but you probably grew up with it, being the backdrop for a good number of TV shows. Here's the story of how I spent the day exploring around the neighborhood. #losangeles #california #studiocity Follow me on IG michaelmartello_ My camera equipment: www.amazon.com/shop/michaelmartello/list/21A8K86Y7QW...
how to spend a WINTER WEEKEND in Big Bear
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Who says Southern California doesn't get any snow?! I spent a winter weekend in Big Bear to ski, throw snowballs, explore the village, the lake, & the mountains. Here's how to spend a winter weekend in Big Bear, California...vlog style! #bigbear #snowsummit #california Follow me on IG michaelmartello_ My camera equipment: www.amazon.com/shop/michaelmartello/list/21A8K86Y7QWOG?ref_...
a day in the south bay: LA's underrated beach cities
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How well do you know the South Bay? It's my favorite region in LA County, and here's why. Welcome to the best California beaches on this warm/cold (can't decide) January day! #losangeles #manhattanbeach #hermosabeach Follow me on IG michaelmartello_ My camera equipment: www.amazon.com/shop/michaelmartello/list/21A8K86Y7QWOG?ref_=aipsflist_aipsfmichaelmartello 00:00 it's january......
why your life isn't a sad story.
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Happy New Year! Starting the New Year off with some positivity and motivation :) here's to hoping 2024 is your best year yet - and a reminder that your dream life is waiting for you on the other side of fear. Filming Locations: Ojai, California Manhattan Beach, California the original Ojai video: ua-cam.com/video/PnmHSNjUJUk/v-deo.html Check out my other short films: losing our childhood imagin...
what is christmas in LA & NYC really like??
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: WHICH CITY IS MOST FESTIVE? Let's take a Christmas Tour from coast-to-coast, exploring and commentating on the main attractions. #losangeles #newyork #christmas follow me on IG @michaelmartello_ check out my other holiday-themed videos: LA Holiday Tour: ua-cam.com/video/rZpAxupAxHc/v-deo.html a very Los Angeles Christmas: ua-cam.com/video/5C1R023oe_w/v-deo.html NYC: ua-cam...
Los Angeles: a misunderstood city?
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Los Angeles: a misunderstood city?
California’s weather patterns have been crazy
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California’s weather patterns have been crazy
how to stay mentally sane in los angeles
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how to stay mentally sane in los angeles
not your typical california surf town...
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not your typical california surf town...
this city is a southern california HIDDEN GEM
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this city is a southern california HIDDEN GEM
SUMMER IN SAN DIEGO | weekend in my life
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SUMMER IN SAN DIEGO | weekend in my life
how does CHICAGO compare to NY & LA?
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how does CHICAGO compare to NY & LA?
change isn't scary...
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change isn't scary...
exploring the fascination & obsession with BEVERLY HILLS
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exploring the fascination & obsession with BEVERLY HILLS
why does everyone hate this California city? (I visited)
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why does everyone hate this California city? (I visited)
what is going on with LA lately???
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what is going on with LA lately???
an epic snow day in Los Angeles that brought me right back to childhood
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an epic snow day in Los Angeles that brought me right back to childhood
LOS ANGELES vs. SAN DIEGO (which city is better?)
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LOS ANGELES vs. SAN DIEGO (which city is better?)
ULTIMATE San Diego Travel Guide 2024
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ULTIMATE San Diego Travel Guide 2024
Coronado Island, San Diego
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Coronado Island, San Diego
Inside San Diego's Most Charming Seaside Neighborhood
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Inside San Diego's Most Charming Seaside Neighborhood
San Diego HIDDEN GEMS: 6 CAN’T MISS spots
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San Diego HIDDEN GEMS: 6 CAN’T MISS spots

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @dakaraiburnett9541
    @dakaraiburnett9541 2 години тому

    With technology and human evolution Hollywood is no longer a place of broken dreams because everyone can take alternative route their own destiny!

  • @cuseyeti_one8three
    @cuseyeti_one8three 2 години тому

    Even better than the lakefront bike route are the trails through the city’s many forest preserves. It’s like a bike highway. I used to do bike messengering when I was a DePaul student and those routes are a godsend.

  • @setaymada5023
    @setaymada5023 11 годин тому

    WOW! You really captured the Hollywood Blvd. vibe. I think if you were to sum it up in a single word, the word word would be nasty. Spent a lot of time there back in the early 1970's, was better, a lot of bookstores and food places, but in the 80's onward, it just totally degenerated. Maybe a rival word to "nasty" to describe it would be "degenerate". So many places in LA are.......Go northwest of Hollywood to the San Fernando Valley if you REALLY WANT TO SEE DEGENERATE LOS ANGELES. I won't say specifically where I now live, but it's far from there in an area of northern Los Angeles County, not Palmdale/Lancaster (which as bad as they are, are far better than LA), but just south of the there, and it's beautiful.

  • @hirambond1432
    @hirambond1432 17 годин тому

    As long as Democrats are in control of California, it will continue to spiral into a cesspool

  • @nickpinto3837
    @nickpinto3837 21 годину тому

    I love that you literally put my two favorite songs ❤

  • @bengordon7635
    @bengordon7635 День тому

    i hope you are there to video the earthquake live when it hits you people are brave I give you credit because when that predicted earthquake hits san Deigo ,LA and San Fran ,, over 9 on the scale predicted the worst in Human history is coming its been building for 300 years 100 years late on the cycle ,, 1 mile below the surface is moving 1 mile an Hour the top has been stationary for 100s of years when the granite rock cracks the force will be like to times the speed of sound underground the sonic bomb may split the land apart ,,.. they should give everything to the homeless and leave

  • @wulver810
    @wulver810 День тому

    I can't wait to visit, I want to go to NY, Chicago and Atlanta to see where I want to move to next in 5 yearsish.

  • @kemonotaku
    @kemonotaku День тому

    Sunset Junction is NOT the heart of Silverlake. Its a border area that's the most crap area of silverlake that's Slake on one side and Hollywood on the other and gets the spill over from crap Echo Park. And the Music Box stair are technically part of E. Hollywood and the freaking pedestrian stairs which not hidden, but very common in that hilly area are NOT connected with the gay rights movement! They were there when there weren't so many streets in the area so people could quickly get to the Red Car lines.

  • @kemonotaku
    @kemonotaku День тому

    Brooklyn of Los Angles. That's fricken insulting to be honest. Even Silverlake's worst parts are ten times better than the S-hole that is Brooklyn

  • @OriginalSENNR
    @OriginalSENNR День тому

    S hole.

  • @VinylDan
    @VinylDan День тому

    Many Thanks Michael! Glad to see your road is opening up again...I've been watching your stuff researching for my upcoming trip to LA (July 29-Aug.2) a quick 4 nights/5days. Your wisdom has saved me a lot of time and will enrich my moments. A music/history pilgrimage/first time as an adult in LA. Laurel Cyn, Sunset Strip haunts, Polo Lounge, Dan Tana's, Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson at Hollywood Bowl, A Troubadour gig, capped off with a visit to SRF Lake Shrine and a day walking Point Dume, dinner at Geoffrey's Malibu and back on the evening flight home to Vancouver, BC. I'll raise an iced coffee in your honor! peace and all the best, Dan

  • @lawrencedaos3481
    @lawrencedaos3481 День тому

    HOLLYWOOD IS HISTORY ALREADY LOTS MORE CITY TO IS GONE PRETTY SOON DA WHOLE CALIFORNIA BE TALKING OVER BY ILLIGAL IMMIGRANTS.

  • @xpost92
    @xpost92 2 дні тому

    $8m dollars lol

  • @spawnrcandbikes
    @spawnrcandbikes 2 дні тому

    yeah it gets extremely windy in redondo....so much kite boarders here....but upside its Cool now when everyone else oven hot this week

  • @AlienPizza35
    @AlienPizza35 2 дні тому

    Everybody’s fried😎

  • @duongpham989
    @duongpham989 2 дні тому

    Beaches in LA, NY and the lake in Chicago would be the same for me because the water is freaking cold, not very comfortable to enjoy swimming. Most of beaches in the States are not as beautiful as ones in Asia (especially in Thailand & Vietnam, beaches are always warm and much less expensive & easy to reach to if you live in those countries)

  • @Wi_media
    @Wi_media 2 дні тому

    The most expensive city in the US Is definitely Honolulu, besides that u did a great job with this video but I would have to choose LA, I’ve lived in almost every state at this point including Honolulu. I say LA winning because of location to the rest of the world also personal space is a plus, if u go to DTLA u feel kinda like some NY vibes. Beside the city of LA, the other sub city near by are super fun as well. Then to add in u can get to SD or SF in a day trip making California just that much better then NY

  • @user-ii8yw5li9c
    @user-ii8yw5li9c 2 дні тому

    I herd moat of the places in LA was vandalized and destroyed by the homeless people that traveled up there .

  • @ayrtonrufi
    @ayrtonrufi 2 дні тому

    If nothing happens , I am going to visit Los Angeles on September and I looking for a nice place near to Los Feliz .

  • @chanceherd2195
    @chanceherd2195 2 дні тому

    My husband and I are moving to LA just a 5 min walk from Downtown Culver! Maybe we’ll see you one day 😅

  • @jasonlove8733
    @jasonlove8733 2 дні тому

    El flagello marron

  • @lifeisabeginning
    @lifeisabeginning 2 дні тому

    as an LA native, post COVID and george floyd, the police presence has dropped significantly. Drivers started doing whatever they wanted during covid and driving became much more unpleasant and stress inducing. I gtfo 3 years ago and will likely never move back despite having family there.

  • @user-pw5vf1uk9p
    @user-pw5vf1uk9p 2 дні тому

    Open your eyes people it's in plain sight ,, you want to fix Hollywood ,, VOTE TRUMP !!!

  • @cosmichef75
    @cosmichef75 3 дні тому

    Howvl can you talk about the metro and not about the zombies that make it dangerous

  • @aashishdalmia6154
    @aashishdalmia6154 3 дні тому

    Thank you. Few questions though - 1) How is the water temperature on the beaches during summers? If the temp is 75-80 then i wonder whether it will be cold to get in the water. 2) Can you please suggest a few good public elementary schools? Thanks

  • @Fatmouse25
    @Fatmouse25 3 дні тому

    Figueroa centre was a pipe dream it didn't go far. Oceanwide plaza, the graffiti towers is a much bigger deal adding a shopping center, but is a chinese company that succumb to their government blocking money from leaving. What actually made it to the finish line by a hair is Greenland's metropolis that almost didn't finish... Theres other cool proposals from 2017 that never got off like Shenzen Hazen on 1020 figueroa and Olympia tower by the freeway.

  • @Fatmouse25
    @Fatmouse25 3 дні тому

    Little Tokyo is definitely the gem. Support the small business there, its keeping life afloat in dtla. Theres also chinatown but is more of a daytime thing, within chinatown theres a thai night market.

  • @user-pp5do8rm3w
    @user-pp5do8rm3w 3 дні тому

    Feeling so fortunate and blessed. My family moved to Encinitas just as I started junior high and I graduated San Dieguito HS (now San Dieguito HS Academy). This was the early aughts and Encinitas was just a sleepy little surf town. Long live “Goonlight” beach, Borelli’s, and surf PE with Lani Madrid!

  • @abeekuworldchanger380
    @abeekuworldchanger380 3 дні тому

    California would be awesome. Looking forward to visiting there someday. Did the drive in the midwest : Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. Didnt care for those states too much. California would be amazing. To each their own, but the west coast is hard to be lifestyle wise. If youre thstkind of person. Everyone is different but definitely wouldn't want to live in the Midwest or the Southern states in the United States

  • @frankrico3528
    @frankrico3528 3 дні тому

    Go to tiki hut in morro bay best fish and chips you ll ever try there treat sauce is amazing

  • @birdyashiro1226
    @birdyashiro1226 4 дні тому

    遛猫没见过吗。。。😅

  • @gustsuz8587
    @gustsuz8587 4 дні тому

    love your videos!!

  • @Fb-gj5rn
    @Fb-gj5rn 4 дні тому

    NYC isn’t the greatest city in the world. There’s way more cities that tie into that statement

  • @BEACHDUDE71
    @BEACHDUDE71 5 днів тому

    Sounds like San Diego 😂😂😂

  • @AstralWolf86
    @AstralWolf86 5 днів тому

    Expect to see shops all closed and border up, homeless and drug users everywhere. 🔥 LA is dead

  • @mariaagosti-pm7tk
    @mariaagosti-pm7tk 5 днів тому

    Would it be different for a woman walking alone there?

  • @sharonburton9663
    @sharonburton9663 5 днів тому

    Is there a walk of shame for government officials? 😂😂😂

  • @truthseeker6925
    @truthseeker6925 5 днів тому

    Chicago people... enough with the nitpicking chips on your shoulder. He said he loved it. So chill bro.

  • @AlexisHernandez-kj1gi
    @AlexisHernandez-kj1gi 6 днів тому

    You should make a video on touring south central Los Angeles.

  • @kokygonzalez
    @kokygonzalez 6 днів тому

    I live and work in downtown, wouldn’t live anywhere else.

  • @jennifertarin4707
    @jennifertarin4707 6 днів тому

    I live in the LA area, and it is the WORST place I've ever lived. I can't get anywhere in under 2 hours (I dont drive and have to take the bus/train). The city is filthy, so spread out and not really walkable. There are so few trees that it makes waiting for the bus hard because the sun can get hot. The beaches are meh. Where i live, there aren't even blocks; just streets and stroads. Yes, i did my research before moving, but nothing prepared me for months of gloomy skies, 6 lane roads everywhere, lack of walkability and every single thing being taxed.

  • @gregfawcett5152
    @gregfawcett5152 6 днів тому

    Golden Gardens...the only major Park that does not have bus service.

  • @Linda-pw8gx
    @Linda-pw8gx 6 днів тому

    You got what you voted for lmao

  • @irishman3375
    @irishman3375 7 днів тому

    sell your soul

  • @MarkPineOpinion
    @MarkPineOpinion 7 днів тому

    It looks better than I thought it would look. That was an excellent tour.

  • @Larkinchance
    @Larkinchance 7 днів тому

    US population has gone from 175 million in 1970, to 340 million in 2020 and it seems like they've only been building premium houses to prop up property values. There are consequences. Drug-addoled homeless living on the pavement are only the tip of the iceberg.. Many thousands more are living in their vehicles and working....

  • @Larkinchance
    @Larkinchance 7 днів тому

    California is 500 miles of beautiful rocky mountains tumbling down onto the beautiful Pacific. Unlike the East Coast, other than parking, there are no pay beaches because, kids belong on the beach.. Venice and Santa Monica are hi-end urban beaches. Pt Dume is very Hi-end residential, and Zuma is a generic beach pinned between Pacific Coast Highway and the water. Unfortunately, most of Malibu is the PCH, a 25' sliver of residential and the waves... Many natives have fled to Oregon Washington and Idaho. In the 60's California invited the world to came.... and they did.

  • @jeffreymcbath158
    @jeffreymcbath158 7 днів тому

    Good job!

  • @TennantMary
    @TennantMary 7 днів тому

    Being alone is one of my fave. Lol. Cemeteries I love them to be alone.

  • @TennantMary
    @TennantMary 7 днів тому

    As an actor if people want to depend on AI then they stumble on the path to be miss lead