This is the best place to go if you’re a hippie.. well, besides the Haight-Ashbury. It’s located in Humboldt County, which is pretty well-known for it’s marijuana growing. The community is great, there are always festivals going on about the earth, such as the Mushroom Fair, the Hemp Festival, North Country Fair, everything you can imagine. I love it here! The people are so supportive of you.. they’ve even made a law which states that women can indeed go topless around the plaza in the centre of town. ; )
Arcata is a totally unreal place to check out and LIVE too! The rents are cheap and it seems everyone is way laid back, with Humboldt next door and being amongst the greatest redwoods in the world, how can you go wrong!
When mong people settled in Eureka couple decade ago, people in Eureka had violent protests and harrasments against Mong people. ACLU people(Prof Smith, Tom Okazaki and various white folks) intervened and worked with EPD and county sheriffe’s office to reduce violence.
In 1860’s, several hundred Wiyot People were hatched by local rednecks and Lumber Jacks; Carson(His residence is still over looking the indian island) , connry is son of Kloggen who used own Maple creek ranch (direct decendant is former County DA. Leonard Conry who is friend of John Buffington and 1980’s title of the ranch was trensfered to local lumber company), John Laraby(now his former rach site is called laraby vally), and local entepeter, and law enforcement poeple.
https://www.wiyot.com/history.htm
1990s there were several neo Nazi skin head were formd in Mckinlyville, Fortuna, and Eureka; aka White rose, my girlfriend’s boyfriend was trying to establish KKK in Eureka.
Humboldt county, this rednecky tradition still continues now a day. Many non-white people are comfortable living in white nieborhood which incolude professor Nathan Smith. His wife Pacila onece told me that thier neibor(Cutten, Eureka) still ignored and harrassed the family(Pro Smith is black and Pacilila is from Pacific Islander).
Onece stepped out Arcata, somehow, there is harsh world for non-white people out there.
Peace and love
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I’ll stick to a safe subject like Music — great music scene going on here — All musicians welcome. True, there is a decrease in places to play (if you want to play for money) but check out Northcoastjournal.com for the club scene — Coop board for listings of musicians wanted — the great music store next to Bagel Shop or the one in Sunnybrae. My guy is playing tonight with Joanne Rand at Red Raddish in Blue Lake — If you don’t like the club scene, you might check out the various faire scenes around town — lots of choices.
Hay you guys,
One good beach to go to is BAker Beach, its a nude beach, if you into nude beaches, I saw a lot of naked men there today, the beach is over Camel beach, I saw about 7 naked men no women ,so its a good beach to go to with your lesbian gay lover trust me if your looking for a great natral time yes the go to BAKER BEACH,
Baker Beach)))) DIRECTIONS
From 101 north, ~ 12 mi north of Arcata, take the Westhaven Exit. Turn left under the freeway, and the road will immediately “T”. Go right about a quarter mile until you come to the cliff around the right-hand bend. You can check the surf from one of a couple small pull-outs overlooking and you will see some cars parked there, No there is no Parking lot ,its on the road and you will see a bunch of cars ,YES its further up from camel beach,
I live In Rio dell and scotia, rite here in beatufull Humboldt county ,
Dose eny body in here wanna get a Redwood Transit Protest going ,in front of the court house in Eureka ,,, I would love to protest protest if some one wants to help me ,I want late bus Hours too Elliot2698@yahoo.com
Hi Crystall you live in Rio dell,scotia wow I go there a lot…..
And I like Rio dell and scotia ,
Crystal you said you wanna protest in front of the court house,
for Redwood Transit, well I would love to protest.
I have been asking for late bus for Rio dell,But they wont listen yes Im open for a Protest Crystal girl,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Eny body else up to a protest email me at palmtree1111@sbcglobal.net and I rate you Crystall and 10 because I say this is a very Important topic ((((( Peoples rites))))) ,I have heard enuff roomers about Redwood Transit in the Rio dell area
Crystall you go to the beach a lot !!!!!!!!!!!! wow great place to go
hippee sisters and brother here a website to get longer bus hours, go to my website I made its got some good phone numbers,tho I dout it is ganna work ,I feel we should protest jeff and all you others,
http://www.elliot2698.tripod.com
Who here likes Techno music,
its toobad people never listened to it,People say it is too loud or its too fast but I have expericed it to be awsome stuff,
eny body like Techno DJ http://www.digitallyimported.com vocal trance is my favorites ,to my friend in Humboldt county , its awsome ,I live In Arcata and I cant stant it eny more, I wanna move over to Fortuna or Rio dell ,I love it over there
who likes Techno , techno means love Origially for peace symboll
crystall and jeff I will help you guys protest,
Where is the very best place to hide out off the grid? I mean no cops or anything… thanks from an old, old, old, old hippy who got just WAAAAYYYY too famous!
Hey, Im just getting my degree in horticulture science, broke up with boyfriend of five years and am looking for a positive fresh start, Im wondering if arcada is the place that I can find a job and put my roots down. Any advice?
Are we crazy? Why would 2 Oregonians want to move to this area? Aren’t we trying to get away from all the Californians and their B.S. here in Bend? I don’t know. After reading the posts on Arcata, the idea of moving to Humboldt sounds slightly insane… but then again, Bend, OR has its share of tweakers, and more than its share of millionaires and other forms of yuppie life. Anyway, we need to get the hell out of here before it comes to head. Where are our best chances of
1. Staying away from yuppies
2. Making a mostly legitimate living
3. Living near the beach
4. Being around positive people
What about Mendocino County? Anything cool down there?
This is a response to Oregon Robin. Arcata california is a wounderfull place to live i am from there,Born and raised. It is NOTHING like the rest of california. It is another world not like anything you or anyone has ever seen. It is paradise, I promise if you move there you will never want to leave. To Penguin Chutney your full of @#$@. Have you ever been there? Probable not. And you talk about california B.s. the only B.s. i hear is yours. I love Oregon it is alot like Arcata same climate with good peaple. Arcata is in the top twenty most liberal places in the u.s. to live. An excellent place to raise a family. Im sick of Orgonians talking smack about californians. Southern and northern california are totally different . Arcata is full of nothing but good peaple you can be what ever you want to be and we will love you the no matter what. Can you say the same about Oregon Mr. Penguin Chutney.
For all the peaple talking smack about Arcata and Humboldt @#$@ you. For all the peaple listening to them dont think for your selves. I was born and raised there its wounderfull. I just read about kkk and skinheads running around humboldt thats bull@#$@. I am a gay male and I always feel safe in Humboldt it is gay and hippie mecca
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i love arcata,it treated me well,i was travelin out west from washington through orgeon,when i reached ertweaka i didnt know what to expect.i saw alot of homeless cats doin there meth,but i eventually found out about arcata,the peaple there are definatly unique,i enjoyed redwood park where everyone comes and just chills,id bust out the guitar a cat would be playin mandolin,and another would come out with a banjo,all just out of the blue,and we could play bluegrass for hours.its an amazing part of the world.its much cooler than being called a hippie mecca theres more to it than that.i would check out trinity ,garberville,redway,mendaceno,its a wonderful experience,im in school back home in georgia,but when i finish im goin back
I have read most of the comments about arcada and what i see going on there is history repeating itself all over agian.The young and the old are at it again.I remember the hippies in the late 60s being talked about just like the older noe mellower folk of arcada are talking about the young ones coming there now.Drugs have changed but in the 60s acid and pot was equally freaky in its own time and place to the old gaurd.The hippies in the 60s were a pain in the ass to leaving garbag.hanging and lounging around. living off panhandling and generally being a nuisance or have the old gaurd forgotten all that by now? There was no perfect hippie kingdom ever.It was always evolving and changing.The key rock foundation of the hippie dream was to love each other and help each other.to be a family.So the young ones are messing up.Well i bet many of the old guard did plenty of that too.These kids need support, love, and guidance. many are dysfunctional and have come from homes that had little to offer in the way of love and acceptance.Others have come seeking the hippie dream.”Teach your children well”. Peace and Love Larry
Larry, do you own the “Larry’s Market”? yea? Owner of the Comstock house and old Arcata Hostel, or you own the Heather Ln apartment complex?
No,matter of fact ive never been to arcada but i plan to make the trip this summer and check it out.My point is what i stated,…that in my opinion history is repeating itself.I was around in the late 60s and i saw what a mess things were on the sunset strip and hollywood area.people seem to forget that trashed out part of an era and remember only the good things.How many of the origional hipsters crashed and burned on drugs and insane living is a nightmare in itself.most of the young then were free flowing and out for anything and it was a crazy time.few of the hip ever found utopia.Looks like we are all still trying to find it.Lets stop the war between the young and old and teach our young by example and word and deed.Aint this world a mess? stop the hate and love your brothers and sisiters who are searching for something better but perhaps are a little off the wall at times or just young and dont know the way.History is repeating itself.wake up to that!
If you are thinking about moving to Arcata, the first step is to learn how to spell the name of the town.
Whats spelling got to do with it? you spell it your way i will spell it mine,.deal? No need to be cruel friend.This world is already too full of that,…peace and love to you and i hope you can try creating something nice and beautiful for negativity sucks.
Humboldt county is very pritty, O they wanna build this holmess shetler in Arcata in Ginotoli Rd, Its ganna be a shelter for 300 people , But the debate is inb Humboldt county ct. polotics, and there saying that if build it the people will come, and they dont want the people to come, because the homeless, is getting outta hand
I dont know what to belive, say yes to bring peace or say no, beacuse you dont want there to be too many homelss
HUmboldt is pritty place
Eny of you guys tired and just wanna sit like a clown , I feel like clown, I feel like painting some paint on my face, in 80 years every thing will be the same ,This is poem,
Go to school, dont tired and not go to school, I have tryed to fined a good education and its tuff, because I dont know what to study. its very hard. So what should I go to school to study, I know if I waste a nother day, I wont go to schoool,
Shut the Homless shelters down, because people abuse them, Humboldt county is a small town, and for there to be this many homeless they all shure abuse it, Ive seen it down there in Ukiah, and you know where all the homless people go from Ukiah, They go to Humboldy county, shame, Build the homless shelter and they will come, Say no to the homless shelter, and living in a tint well if you camping then camp ,but if you plan to live in a tint for few monthes well, then shut the dam shelter down, because it isent helping them, so you that why the debate is that they dont wanna build a homeless shelter, I think they should let you stay at the homless shelter Under one Condtion and that is, you need to find a job ,and find your own place and if your not they kick you out, and a Oficer staff at the shelter need to work indivigual with each person to make sure there doing it, or they cant stay.
but homless is getting out of controll and a 300 bed shelter is only ganna make things worse, and more and more homless will be here, and they will rase the crime, rob homes and rob banks , this isent so good,
300 people is a lot, I bet they wont agree to that kinda thing, they should only help humboldt county resident only, with a Humboldt county ID ,and if your from some other county then they wont let you in
I don’t buy that. Arcata isn’t a place that accepts only the “acceptable”. Arcata accepts all that accept.
FUNNY,…….MOST HIPPIES I KNEW BACK IN THE 60S WERE HOMELESS AND USED CRASH PADS FOR PLACES TO SLEEP OR STAY FOR AHWILE.I GUESS WHEN YOU GET OLDER AND FIND YOURSELVES AND GET RESPONSILE YOU CERTIANLY WANT TO KEEP THE HIPPIES OUT.JUST LIKE IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS.HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF ALL OVER AGAIN.
Actually, some of homeless folks with car who used to park and living thier cars at clam beach and across from clam beach one point of history, the rest area at Trinidad, mad river beach parking lot and Eureka water front as well as around the Misson and Arcata Marsh. Well, while ago, the house used called “Hell House”(just across from Los Begal or Arcata Harbal store) where bunch of hippies and punk people were enjoying freaky meeting/partying even the rughead Pete came by the house. Nowaday, many people disturbed by the the APD, Shirif, and CHP. Some people still park around the old cremary and recycling center. Yea,
In 2000, the house called Aracata Christian House, but it seems disappearing form sight.
Peace from Alexandria
“hi,…were looking for paradise,… may we come in too?” “no!…its our paradise!…go away!” “I have spoken!….the great and terrible oz!”