Poor Lumberton never gets a break. My truck broke down there and the local mechanics went above and beyond to help me out. I knew what kind of town it was because I grew up in a dying mill town. Lumberton has the same sort of hopelessness. Too bad as there are some good folks there.
I love your "Ten Worst" lists, because so far, they haven't included anything major about the State I've chosen as my next home. I mean, I guess that's not your doing but still...it's nice to have affirmation that I'm making a good choice. Keep 'em coming!
I had never experienced rural ghettos until I moved to North Carolina. They’re every bit as violent as urban ghettos but are as ignorant as any rural backwater. Scary.
I went to basic training and Military Police school at Ft. McClellan, AL and still know people that live in Anniston. Ever since the base more or less closed it's been a downward spiral for the city ever since. Maybe it's a reaction to the chemicals that deemed the place toxic.
yep I grew up there when young then I joined the military and I did see after Ft McClellan left thing went to hell and mostly because of the drugs like most of these towns
“There were safer beaches in Normandy” 😝 You got me as a new subscriber just for that! 😝 Great video. I’m a full-time RV guy and just started, so this is nice to know. Thanks for sharing!
Go to Espanola for Good Friday and you will have a very rare and unique experience with the culture. 10,000+ people, not including the locals, will be out and about disp[laying the beauty of the Espanola Valley.
Briggs this is the most positive & uplifting video you’ve yet to produce... because most people don’t live there and most likely never will...praise be
Anniston, AL, surprised me. Back in 2003, I was on I-20 underway to Atlanta. My car chose to poop out near Anniston. Parts had to be ordered to repair my car, so I was stuck in Anniston for a week. I stayed in a delightful inn, had good dinners and got lots of rest. In other words, under the circumstances, I had a good time. I wonder what I did wrong?!
I'm not sure but I think this guy goes through the FBI's crime stats and then makes his videos on that basis and very little other research.. I worked in Anniston and it is not really that bad. But between the US Army and Monsanto Chemical Company, it is one of the most polluted places in the United States.
I grew up an hour outside Anniston, Al. I can tell you EXACTLY what happened-the death of the Ft. McClellan Army base. Back 40 yrs ago when I was a kid, it was an ok small town. As the base slowly died, the town around it died.
my friends got a band gig in Kotzebue. When they flew into the airport they reported being treated like the Beatles, apparently the first band to play there (1980s). They played a different place like the old folks home and the youth center every night. The people there are almost totally Inuit and what you have there are alcohol issues mixed with rural boredom and an extreme Northern climate. My friends reported the people were great and they received mail (prior to email) from some of them for years afterwards. They said how odd it was in the summer it's still light at 3AM and there are kids out playing. One funny thing was that people showed there gratitude by gifting Beluga Seal oil which absolutely none of my friends could injest despite all being raw fish-loving Hawaii boys.
Many Alaskan native villages have an incredible alcoholism problem. Incredible is not an exaggeration. Most of the natives are kind and gentle people who don’t seem like they have a mean bone in their body but alcohol really makes them crazy for some reason. Kotzebue is windy and cold. Kotzebue electric association, The local electric co-op had been experimenting with wind turbines since maybe the 70s. They’ve done a remarkably good job installing wind turbine towers successfully in lousy permafrost laden soil‘s. Alaska native majority villages and towns have a lot of social problems :-( When a village is “damp”, each person is limited to like five bottles of hard liquor and five cases of beer per month. It’s may be something different OK?, But it’s a LOT of alcohol per person. The reason they make it illegal for bartering or selling alcohol in town is because an alcoholic native will sell you or give you anything they have for a bottle. I can’t emphasize enough the problem that many Native Alaskans have with alcohol.
I love your humor and I am pretty sure you live in my area. He says nothings more satisfying after a long day of NOT working...lmao Good Content man. Keep it up
Holly shit. I was randomly watching your video (I wasn't a subscriber, now I am) and I just saw that you used a picture that I took in Alaska! I almost had a stroke... Hahahhaha. Nice! p.s.: I made it free on pixabay, so this is not a complaint.
I was born and raised in Española. It's not a surprise that it appeared on this list. In fact, the reason I watched this was to see it listed. But it is a natural beauty. If only we could get rid of 70 to 80% percent of our small population and pretty much every building in the city as well. Mas feo.
Born and Raised in the Lowrider Capital of the World and although it has its negatives there are way more positives that outweigh the negatives. Love my home town.
My hometown is 30min north of Henderson NC (12mi north of the VA/NC border). When the only good thing you can say about it is that it had a decent Honda dealership in the 1980’s, it definitely deserves its place on this list.
Henderson, Oxford, and surrounding areas do indeed suck. There are a lot of nice people though. I used to install cable internet and television there in 2002.
My mother's loved in Anniston, AL for 25 years. She has never had any concerns for her safety living there. After about 4 years, she moved to the east side of town. It's a very nice area and extremely affordable. The new bypass is beautiful! I've been to Anniston no less than 30 times and never had a problem.
@@aprilhutchens2105 these lists only look at statistics and numbers and not the reality of the location or anything good. If the good was weighed against the bad the good would prevail and the town would be on the good over the bad list.
@@aprilhutchens2105 it consistently makes these lists because these lists are done by privileged white people who haven't seen anything lol. I live in Lawton Oklahoma and the white people from these small towns act like this place is like California or Chicago even though it's NOWHERE near like that lol.
I hate when people comment stupid mess like this. I grew up in Flint MI and never had a problem that doesn’t mean it’s not bad 😂😂it just mean you are blessed and protected also never once in the video does he say it’s a 100% guarantee you will be a product of crime. Shut up!
@@queenjanee6290 ikr its the logic of "im not starving and no one i know is starving therefore world hunger doesnt exist". someones anecdotes doesnt invalidate other people's experiences.
Kotzebue Alaska's Police mostly live outside of not only Alaska but down in the lower 48. They work for 2 weeks straight then go home for two weeks. The town flies them in work. If you get a chance, the series Alaska PD does a couple of episodes about policing in Kotzebue.
As someone from Lumberton, yes pretty violent and a really green building true, but I believe the lack of job opportunities and (at the time I lived there) the police force were actually committing more crime then most drug dealers there. If anyone's interested (all 3 of you) look up Operation Tarnished Badge.
Awesome video! You should look into my hometown, where I still live, McCreary County Kentucky. There are very many unsolved murders here. People have joked that, "Go to McCreary County if you want to get away with Murder".
Hey Briggs, I want to go for a road trip through the US in the future and I was wondering If you could do a video on what you think are some must see’s through the country! Keep up the great videos!
For an entertaining and eye opening road trip, just map out a route that takes you through each of these towns he listed in this video. Plan an overnight stay in each town for even more interest.
Open invitation to come visit scenic small town Iowa. I promise we won't roll out the blue tarp for you ... unless you don't act right. Then you'll be promptly blue tarped and fed to the corn field.
The sign you showed was from Henderson County NC, the town of Henderson is four + hours away from Henderson county & Hendersonville but Lumberton NC is the worse town in the state for sure. I live in western NC in a touristy area so pretty good economy here.
Yeah this is true. Most of the images were the parkway and I26 but i own property in property in Yancey and Henderson counties. So the info was right just the images wrong. Lol
Salisbury, NC is murder capital of NC. Between Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Charlotte. All those bigger cities have shootings and murders every night.
taliesin halliday well I wouldn’t really call a bunch of Americans and British coming to kill you safe for the Germans and I think most people would consider shooting someone and act of aggression
I live in Spaña, it’s much krazier than he made it seem. It’s like tradition to go to prison and get validated. We are the Lowrider capital of the world. Everyone has at least one oldie too. My pops has a 48’ dodge coupe, my brother has a 48’ Chevy stepside and I got a 50’ Pontiac chieftain. This should be the capital of heroin overdoses. For being a small town, we got a two of three people that are addicted to black.
Love the videos. I'm actually from Anniston. My parent came here from the military and we were living on Fort McClellan. After the fort closed, my mom and dad both left active duty, and honestly I wish we could have been anywhere else. It's got good and bad but mostly bad. A bunch of knuckleheads and not alot of entertainment in the area.
Anniston, like many small and medium towns has fallen on hard times. Both agriculture and industry have faltered or fled and losing Fort McClellan had to be a blow to the economy. People who were stationed at Fort McClellan in the 1940's liked the town and its people but things change over time.
I know he’s talking about small towns but Birmingham, AL the Collegeville area took some L’s during the recession. Especially when you lose a hospital, you know it’s bad.
@@Hopeguz3 Lost a hospital!! That is either a bottomed out economy, hospital merger, or damned Alabama State government pretending they are still in the early 19th century. I am Southern and I love the South but I swear the damned place gives me a headache as often as not - and straight up heart ache as well.
@@Hopeguz3 Alabama has lost approx 20 hospitals! Physicians was 600+ beds and it is almost unheard of for a hospital that size to close. It appears that the majority of the problem is Alabama's refusal to accept expanded MedicAID money from the federal government. At best we are headed backwards to the Gilded Age or possibly more likely to certifiable third world status. Good luck to all of us.
Hey Briggs, can you do a worst small cities list, meaning like under 100, 000? Wondering where places like Gary would be on the list, or some cities in my home state, NJ. Yes, that place. Not all of Jersey is a toxic waste dump, believe it or not. It is whicked crowded and traffic does suck. Wondering if Camden and Trenton would make the list.
Story about Anniston Al.- Every fall a group of us would travel to Smyrna Ga. to ride the Rails to Trails project, Silver Comet Trail. At the Alabama state line it changed to the Chief Ladiga Trail ending in Anniston. All together both trails were 96 miles long, we rode west on Saturday and back on Sunday. We stayed at the Royal Inn in Anniston, I woke up at 3:00 AM covered in bed bugs. Habib wasn't at the front desk so there wasn't anywhere to go, all we had were bicycles. If you've ever ridden 100+ miles, had 4 hours sleep, and ridden 100+ back at those speeds (it's mostly flat) it probably isn't your finest hour. And yes we were carrying, those pockets on those jerseys aren't just for water bottles.
@@pizzulo81 I'm from Richmond Virginia and I was born in Pomona California just across the walk from Long Beach and I can agree Pensacola really did suck when I visited
She is quick and dodges rocks all the time but she keeps a list of cars and people who tried . She drinks a 40 oz beer with breakfast, chews tobacco and spits a lot . She’s been arrested 327 times but they take her to the mental hospital instead. She’s been on probation a long time . The post man won’t deliver her mail . Post office only . She legit doesn’t care, 7 or 79 years old anyone can get hit . Tell her your family she had 8 kids took away from her but sometimes they visit . She tells ppl she has She 30 grandchildren. Tell her you’re family, Niece, nephew grandchild or anything. Leave a beer or some cigs or weed next to her gate if you have to walk near her house . Even the police will tell you to stay away from her house. She’s the daughter of a judge there. . She’s mean but 10/10 crazy hears voices and cusses every one . Don’t forget to leave her beer or something y’all.Dont leave food , she’ll tell you she has plenty and thinks you’re trying to poison her . She plays Bingo Wednesday and Saturday afternoon from 1-4 if you really have to walk by .
Sometimes a town can change suddenly/unexpectedly;I lived in a College town in east tx from 77' to 81'.I moved away,then contacted a friend from that town in 83'.He told me that I wouldn't believe the changes that occurred,mainly due to a massive influx of Oil Field workers(and their families)moving to town.Drugs,Drugs,Drugs!!He gave me names of many once sweet,beautiful,popular girls,AND very popular guys that became druggies!THAT blew my mind!
@Katie Rae The 2 individuals that killed MJ's father were young criminals with lengthy sheets, whom were looking for someone to rob. They would target rest stop areas where they would find the most vulnerable. They happened upon Mr.Jordan while he was asleep, not even knowing who he was. Know what you're talking about before you speak.
Been around the country, and I spent 6 weeks in the Dilo area. I have never met more hospitable, caring folks ( N, Carolina was close) in all my travels. Hell, even the PO PO were laid back. I'd love to go back one of these days, it's hard to find good folk anymore.
I've been to Estill, SC many times and the way it's described in this video is so accurate. I never stay, usually I'm just passing thru. But I do have a cousin who lives there.
You are confusing Henderson NC with Hendersonville NC in the western end in the state. And you showed the sign at the SC/NC line for Henderson County. Henderson NC is most definitely NOT in Henderson County. Is the rest of your city information this inaccurate?
Please do two videos: 10 small towns with the lowest violent crime rate, and the ten large cities with the lowest violent crime rate. I would really like to know. Thanks.
San Diego Obama passed more executive orders than any other president before. Many of them in direct contradiction to our constitution and amendments. I believe his words were there would be none passed without the public’s consent. Yet there they were on Friday evenings after everyone was gone passing new laws that can take your property without consent and payments. How bout drone attacks on American people or holding people up to ten years on suspicion without cause. How bout 40 sum people suspiciously dead that could of tied the Clintons to scandal after scandal like pizza gate and the missing emails that tied them to sex trafficking and pedo shit. . Guess who benefited the most out of the wars in Iraq? False narrative after narrative being proven but suppressed thanks to the media that loved these bastards lies. Biden touching little kids and making racist comments. Direct ties to satanism and eating people. I wish these things were made up but the proof is out there being covered up. The fact is they ALL are corrupt including trump. He passed a law in 17’ to bio tag people with their social security number. War after war to benefit the corporate interests of our gov, making it illegal to sue big pharma for ruining your kids from vaccines. Videos taken off this platform that prove the harmful effects and ties to autism. How bout chemical after chemical approved while they are outlawed in other countries because of the harmful effects. It’s sickening to think of all the corruption being downplayed by our media. Everything you see is controlled by 6 corporations that psychologically indoctrinate people through music and tv. They don’t call it tv programming for nothing...
@San Diego Let`s mention some EASY TO RESEARCH things about good old liberal heaven headquarters....CALIFORNIA! One in four live BELOW the poverty line. California has 13% of the USA population but uses up 33% of the national welfare bill. California has more homeless people than any other state. California ranks near the bottom in education. California has THE worst quality of life and the most drug usage. Shall I continue?
@@timmebruer5205 There is a netflix documentary on it “No One saw A Thing” about where 40-60 witnessed the town bully get murdered after a town meeting by likely multiple people...years have gone by and people still are not talking but the town had a violent history and also continues to have violence but I think it is too small in population to fit in this video. There are also multiple youtube videos about it if you don’t have netflix.
Delivered with a tractor trailer to many small towns. Many are Americana. Some are "get out of Dodge" asap. But be sure to stay at or under the speed limit while entering or exiting...!
I’m surprised with the lack of Michigan cities on the list. Muskegon Heights would easily take #1. It’s only 3 square miles, but man, my police scanner goes off on that small area every hour of the day.
You missed Belen New Mexico. Nightline did a special on Belen because at the high school there is razor wire over the barbed wire on the chain link fences. Armed guards with submachines patrol the grounds and needless to say there are cameras. Legendary radio host Paul Harvey called it "the worst town in the United States." Hollywood does shoot a number of movies there, but it is because of the run down buildings, which look good in a movie about corruption, crime, or alcoholism. A factoid about Espanola. In 1989 a position opened in the police department. Of the hundreds of the applications for the position, 99% failed because the applicants couldn't spell and some people even misspelled their own name.
A pair of hippie friends of mine we're literally run out of town by the locals there within three weeks of moving there. They were told in no uncertain terms that they would be hurt if they did not leave and they took it seriously. This was in the late 90s
@@kenmerriman4112 The same way that schools can afford to remain closed. The teachers are going to get paid if the school is open or if it is closed (unlike a business). I was with the volunteer fire department for a decade and saw the city do "creative financing" with their budget. Buying a cheap fire truck instead of one that will last 50 years. Keep the junior high overcrowded but not worry too much about the size of the high school because a significant amount of 10th graders drop out due to pregnancy, drugs or the realization that to work manual labor you don't need a diploma. That was then (the 1970's/80's). Anyway, Hollywood has shot a couple dozen movies and TV show episodes there. Hollywood people have taught the city manager how to write grants and city services are blossoming big time from that. The population, not so much. The high school band is half the size it was 50 years ago despite the town having a much larger population now and that's just one indication.
I came here just to see if Lumberton, NC was here😂 I live near Charlotte. I'm a local truck driver and I used to drive to our terminal in Lumberton almost every night around 2am. No one ever bothered me, but I never really saw anyone. The guys at our terminal were always friendly tho. I have a different route now.
Minnesota is such an incredible state to live in, but I will tell you that onamia Minnesota is pretty bad. I’ve had my tires slashed in a parking lot, my car stolen, and my house broken into while I lived there, and recently there was another murder. We have a bad drug problem on the Rez and Mille lacs lake is really poorly managed with a lot of corruption. The town has 500 people, this stuff really shouldn’t be happening. I recently moved to brainerd though and am so happy I moved.
Kotzbue is a featured town on "Alaska PD" on A&E. I was looking up statistics on the most violent states in the nation, Alaska is #1, and New Mexico is #2, and no one is even close after that, they both have an average of over 80 violent crimes per 10,000 people, and the next closest state is 62.
I grew up in Estill - left at 18, and now own the family home. I go back as often as possible. True that the town is falling apart, due to the mismanagement by the town council that refuse to bring in any new businesses. Citizens have to travel (hour or more) out of town for any jobs. The crime numbers are what they are, but those numbers do not define a town like Estill. All of my family are still there and when I go home, we have wonderful times together. Don't let one statistic cast a shadow and stop you from exploring.
I'm from Brunson. I remember the rivalry between Wade Hampton and Estill high back in the 80's. My big brother, Robert Lee Smoak (aka) Smokey, raised his family in Luray so when I go home, I like to drive around Estill and look at the neighborhoods that are back where the unfamiliar would not think to look. There are some beautiful houses in the wooded residential areas, especially behind where the BB&T bank is or was. I don't know if it is still open or not, they closed the one in Brunson and one in downtown Hampton, but anyway, your right. There is always more to a town than government statistics, but you have to be from there to really know, and know how to love a place! Cheers!!
I lived 20 years in Doniphan Missouri and you didn't touch on even a piece of what goes on there. You can't live there without knowing someone that isn't involved in crime. A sketchy little town indeed!!
Not to play on a cliche , but indeed alcohol abuse is big among Alaska natives ( and most Indian reservation ). But another factor for your Alaska picks . It's not just the population inside the city limits . By being the comparitive big town in wilderness areas , this is where people from a cpl hundred miles around " come into town " periodically , for shopping , and drunken brawls . And Dillingham has presence of commercial fishing fleets in season , and they often follow the work hard at sea , party hard on land lifestyle .
Odd why natives have a harder time handling alcohol than other races. On the other hand they are the best navigators on earth. I guess ya gotta take the bad with the good.
That is definitely an exaggeration, and your video should not be compared to that day. You lost credibility with that statement. If you exaggerate on that unfortunate historical event for so many soldiers and families, I wonder then if you are not also exaggerating on many things in your video trying to achieve fame and money. Perhaps you are no better than the violent people in the small towns. Also, you don't go into trying to understand why they are that way. You've simply labeled them and broadcast it worldwide.
Joining the blame it on Meth band wagon, I've seen it first hand especially when they been up for days, Hell a week or more and when drug induced delusions mixes with desperation that's when the worst things happen.
I've dealt with these bad bad people, latest incident in March, my car got stolen from a dynamic duo meth couple the day I bought it, they were sneaky, very very sneaky
hey briggs, interesting story. there is a literal town in alaska that resides in a hotel and a few buildings connected to it. very interesting to look into and hardly any crime.
I think they pronounce it O-see-O-la, Arkansas unless they’ve changed how they say it. Love your shows! My wife and I watch you while eating breakfast. lol exciting life here in the Mojave Desert.
So sorry to hear about Lumberton, N.C. It seemed like a nice place when I was there. My father went to UNC. He had fond memories of the time that the Lumbee Indians in that town chased out the Ku Klux Klan during a rally.
So surprised more South Carolina towns wasn't on this list Spartanburg,orangeburg ,winnsboro and Darlington just a few Orangeburg alone keep getting shot up
Here in North Carolina Henderson is known as that place that you don’t go to you just want to stay far far away from that place it is horrible it’s a disgrace to North Carolina
I have been there and it is a ghetto shit hole. I have a friend who has to go there five days a week to deliver meat to restaurants and I feel his pain.
I used to live in Española NM. It is like another world. My ex husband and I were one of 2 white families in the town. And there was 1 black guy. Everyone else was hispanic, mexican or native american. Don't you dare call a hispanic mexican- they get really mad. Somehow you have to know which group a person belongs to even though they all look very similar. Calling people the wrong ethnic name causes fights in this town. But the main problem was heroin. You walk down the street and you'd see needles all over the place. There were drug busts on a regular basis. And we heard gun fire many times while living there. Also random fact: it was normal to drive down any given road in town and find cattle just hanging out. They were everywhere.
I’m from Arkansas and Osceola is pronounced with a long o at the beginning. I grew up in the northeastern part of the state and my high school sports team played Osceola. It was a dangerous place back then as well. I moved to northwest Arkansas.
I laughed when you mentioned Española, NM. Back in the 1980s, my husband and I were driving back to our home in Colorado after visiting his dad in Albuquerque and we drove through Española. We came to a fork in the highway and apparently took the wrong fork, because a short time later we are again driving through a small town and after realizing where we were, I started laughing and said to my husband "We’re in Española again!".😂
I felt this. I used to drive all over southern Colorado and northern New Mexico and I still got lost driving through Espie…such a small town, such confusing infrastructure.
We flew in in a private plane once - pretty sure that was the town. The local man we met was friendly enough but I felt like we landed in the Twilight Zone. Couldn't leave fast enough. The airport was trashed. We had been flying a Twin Comanche and ran into some very strange weather and landed for safety.
I live in Durham North Carolina so you've already given me two incredible places to visit I could probably get to within an hour maybe two. Let's hear it for North Carolina poverty. Well at least we're not South Carolina.
Poor Lumberton never gets a break. My truck broke down there and the local mechanics went above and beyond to help me out. I knew what kind of town it was because I grew up in a dying mill town. Lumberton has the same sort of hopelessness. Too bad as there are some good folks there.
Sir, your narration style and writing are very amusing, especially for the crime videos it adds a delightful levity. Crackin me up over here
I love your "Ten Worst" lists, because so far, they haven't included anything major about the State I've chosen as my next home. I mean, I guess that's not your doing but still...it's nice to have affirmation that I'm making a good choice. Keep 'em coming!
I had never experienced rural ghettos until I moved to North Carolina. They’re every bit as violent as urban ghettos but are as ignorant as any rural backwater. Scary.
Whether or not it's the largest city or the smallest town shity people are everywhere
@@derekcolvin9944 some areas have a far higher concentration of those people though.
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Those people are the same no matter where they are in the world.
Let me guess. Rocky Mount?
When meth came along and hit the small towns and rural areas, things took a turn.
Meth been around
Well blame the CIA.
Meth is older than the CIA
In the town's where I live in East ky meth has fucking destroyed most people
Kevin Roman there was a meth head here in Nashville who shot up a Waffle House and killed several people.
I went to basic training and Military Police school at Ft. McClellan, AL and still know people that live in Anniston. Ever since the base more or less closed it's been a downward spiral for the city ever since. Maybe it's a reaction to the chemicals that deemed the place toxic.
yep I grew up there when young then I joined the military and I did see after Ft McClellan left thing went to hell and mostly because of the drugs like most of these towns
I also went to basic training and Military Police school there also. Sad to hear Anniston is in such poor shape.
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“There were safer beaches in Normandy” 😝 You got me as a new subscriber just for that! 😝 Great video. I’m a full-time RV guy and just started, so this is nice to know. Thanks for sharing!
Hey have fun on your travels!!
@@arareanddifferenttune3130 Thank you!
Go to Espanola for Good Friday and you will have a very rare and unique experience with the culture. 10,000+ people, not including the locals, will be out and about disp[laying the beauty of the Espanola Valley.
Thanks!
Thank you
Before My daddy Died he says "I Got Family in Anniston......But they crazy don't ever go there" and I was
Born and Raised in Detroit...
Gotdamn , The D said that bout Anniston wow. God bless your father soul fam.
Anniston is a rough little town. It's rather depressing to go there and visit my relatives.
@@williamcarter6946 im a veteran an I only go for appts. or crickets for our bearded dragon.
jedaiah777 😂😂🤦🏽♂️stay away
Deeetroit whody wooooo Brightmo
Briggs this is the most positive & uplifting video you’ve yet to produce... because most people don’t live there and most likely never will...praise be
Anniston, AL, surprised me. Back in 2003, I was on I-20 underway to Atlanta. My car chose to poop out near Anniston. Parts had to be ordered to repair my car, so I was stuck in Anniston for a week. I stayed in a delightful inn, had good dinners and got lots of rest. In other words, under the circumstances, I had a good time. I wonder what I did wrong?!
@Frank Bishop I haven't been to Anniston for awhile but it always seemed like a nice and friendly town.
I wonder what happened? Seriously
You didn’t smoke any meth or crack!
@@VinnieVega No. I haven't been to Anniston in about 25 years but I thought it was nice.
Is Quintard Mall still open?
I'm not sure but I think this guy goes through the FBI's crime stats and then makes his videos on that basis and very little other research.. I worked in Anniston and it is not really that bad. But between the US Army and Monsanto Chemical Company, it is one of the most polluted places in the United States.
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OMG. Your comedic timing and one-liners have me laughing out loud. Needed. What a hoot! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up an hour outside Anniston, Al. I can tell you EXACTLY what happened-the death of the Ft. McClellan Army base. Back 40 yrs ago when I was a kid, it was an ok small town. As the base slowly died, the town around it died.
Hmm, mentions the city of Industry CA (a real toilet that needs flushing, much like the rest of calif), but doesn't mention any other cities in Calif.
From saks over here Anniston turned to a shithole
@Spike Same. My dad was retired mil and we saw docs and shopped on base back then.
Usually it's always that way in small towns. Lose the major employers and it goes to well somewhere I can't say here.
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Well looks like the itinerary for my post covid-19 roadtrip is pretty much planned out.
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my friends got a band gig in Kotzebue. When they flew into the airport they reported being treated like the Beatles, apparently the first band to play there (1980s). They played a different place like the old folks home and the youth center every night. The people there are almost totally Inuit and what you have there are alcohol issues mixed with rural boredom and an extreme Northern climate. My friends reported the people were great and they received mail (prior to email) from some of them for years afterwards. They said how odd it was in the summer it's still light at 3AM and there are kids out playing. One funny thing was that people showed there gratitude by gifting Beluga Seal oil which absolutely none of my friends could injest despite all being raw fish-loving Hawaii boys.
Many Alaskan native villages have an incredible alcoholism problem. Incredible is not an exaggeration. Most of the natives are kind and gentle people who don’t seem like they have a mean bone in their body but alcohol really makes them crazy for some reason.
Kotzebue is windy and cold. Kotzebue electric association, The local electric co-op had been experimenting with wind turbines since maybe the 70s. They’ve done a remarkably good job installing wind turbine towers successfully in lousy permafrost laden soil‘s. Alaska native majority villages and towns have a lot of social problems :-(
When a village is “damp”, each person is limited to like five bottles of hard liquor and five cases of beer per month. It’s may be something different OK?, But it’s a LOT of alcohol per person. The reason they make it illegal for bartering or selling alcohol in town is because an alcoholic native will sell you or give you anything they have for a bottle. I can’t emphasize enough the problem that many Native Alaskans have with alcohol.
I do believe it's been noted that many natives are allergic to alcohol. It's not a normal addiction or reaction to alcohol.
yeah I'm in Iqaluit,NU and kids aren't outside at 3 am cause it's sunny(we do experience 24hrs daylight here too) it's because it's dark at home...
Been researching where to retire and have come to the conclusion that nowhere in America is safe.
The whole world is not safe now a days
How about Brazil or mexico😂
Don’t ho to pismo beach…that’s where I’m going. And there’s enough met heads there to kill anyone’s desire.
Somewhere in Wyoming lol
I have lived in America, all my life it's safe and quiet whare l live.
It depends on where in America you are.
I love your humor and I am pretty sure you live in my area. He says nothings more satisfying after a long day of NOT working...lmao Good Content man. Keep it up
Holly shit. I was randomly watching your video (I wasn't a subscriber, now I am) and I just saw that you used a picture that I took in Alaska! I almost had a stroke... Hahahhaha. Nice!
p.s.: I made it free on pixabay, so this is not a complaint.
Thanks for taking such a great pic and making it avialable.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs You are welcome. Keep up the good work.
Holy holly shit
I was born and raised in Española. It's not a surprise that it appeared on this list. In fact, the reason I watched this was to see it listed. But it is a natural beauty. If only we could get rid of 70 to 80% percent of our small population and pretty much every building in the city as well. Mas feo.
Settle down there Thanos
Boom! lol
I went to grad school in Alabama, and I felt that Alabama would be a gorgeous place if it weren't for the people.
Born and Raised in the Lowrider Capital of the World and although it has its negatives there are way more positives that outweigh the negatives. Love my home town.
@@robertmcmanus636 nope backwards people pouring rain and mud
My hometown is 30min north of Henderson NC (12mi north of the VA/NC border). When the only good thing you can say about it is that it had a decent Honda dealership in the 1980’s, it definitely deserves its place on this list.
I’m a truck driver and I had to drive through estill sc and it’s really like going back to the 30-40’s. I didn’t stop or stay there long.
I've driven through rural Alabama and South Carolina and it's all creepy.
@@lc1695 yup true, definitely feels creepy.
Kudos for the ability to evade oppressive algorithms.
Do what the FB I does, misspell everything
@Sightless Sniper It's not hard to do if you don't think like a racist person.
Ok
Henderson, Oxford, and surrounding areas do indeed suck. There are a lot of nice people though. I used to install cable internet and television there in 2002.
My mother's loved in Anniston, AL for 25 years. She has never had any concerns for her safety living there. After about 4 years, she moved to the east side of town. It's a very nice area and extremely affordable. The new bypass is beautiful! I've been to Anniston no less than 30 times and never had a problem.
I was born and raised there. It was fine when I lived there. But there has to be a reason it consistently makes these lists.
@@aprilhutchens2105 these lists only look at statistics and numbers and not the reality of the location or anything good. If the good was weighed against the bad the good would prevail and the town would be on the good over the bad list.
@@aprilhutchens2105 it consistently makes these lists because these lists are done by privileged white people who haven't seen anything lol. I live in Lawton Oklahoma and the white people from these small towns act like this place is like California or Chicago even though it's NOWHERE near like that lol.
I hate when people comment stupid mess like this. I grew up in Flint MI and never had a problem that doesn’t mean it’s not bad 😂😂it just mean you are blessed and protected also never once in the video does he say it’s a 100% guarantee you will be a product of crime. Shut up!
@@queenjanee6290 ikr its the logic of "im not starving and no one i know is starving therefore world hunger doesnt exist". someones anecdotes doesnt invalidate other people's experiences.
Thanks again, Briggs. So uplifting. I found this one while trying to cure insomnia. So much for that. Yikes!
Kotzebue Alaska's Police mostly live outside of not only Alaska but down in the lower 48. They work for 2 weeks straight then go home for two weeks. The town flies them in work. If you get a chance, the series Alaska PD does a couple of episodes about policing in Kotzebue.
As someone from Lumberton, yes pretty violent and a really green building true, but I believe the lack of job opportunities and (at the time I lived there) the police force were actually committing more crime then most drug dealers there. If anyone's interested (all 3 of you) look up Operation Tarnished Badge.
Isnt that where Michael Jordans father was killed?
Make that four now
go tarheels
Crazy, that's straight up gang shit lol
@@latsman yeah
Awesome video!
You should look into my hometown, where I still live, McCreary County Kentucky. There are very many unsolved murders here. People have joked that, "Go to McCreary County if you want to get away with Murder".
Or if you just want to disappear.
Hey Briggs, I want to go for a road trip through the US in the future and I was wondering If you could do a video on what you think are some must see’s through the country!
Keep up the great videos!
I suggest reading the book Blue Highways first
For an entertaining and eye opening road trip, just map out a route that takes you through each of these towns he listed in this video. Plan an overnight stay in each town for even more interest.
I just traveled through Columbus NM this year on the way to Mexico. Stopped at a local grocery store. Everybody was nice.
The Shadow Of Death ask em about their sister town Polomas, the dentist there was murdered in the street in broad daylight....
Well, you just ruined every vacation I had planned for this year!
Anniston welcomes everyone...
Dont be a pussy
Vacations?
Open invitation to come visit scenic small town Iowa. I promise we won't roll out the blue tarp for you ... unless you don't act right. Then you'll be promptly blue tarped and fed to the corn field.
My saying use to be " I'm from Detroit... I'm not worried...I am from the worst place!"LOL!
It is very informative in a fun way! It is entertaining that makes you watch and listen more.
The sign you showed was from Henderson County NC, the town of Henderson is four + hours away from Henderson county & Hendersonville but Lumberton NC is the worse town in the state for sure. I live in western NC in a touristy area so pretty good economy here.
Lol I probably live in the same town as you. I noticed that too and I was confused.
Yeah this is true. Most of the images were the parkway and I26 but i own property in property in Yancey and Henderson counties. So the info was right just the images wrong. Lol
Salisbury, NC is murder capital of NC. Between Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Charlotte. All those bigger cities have shootings and murders every night.
Western NC and Eastern NC are like 2 completely different worlds. When we travel back and forth, we hate going to Eastern and can't wait to get home.
You forgot my home town.. Pine Bluff, Ar. In 2012 it was rated #2 under Detroit for violent crimes based on a population:Crimb ratio.
Yeah I figured pine bluff would make it for sure
Sounds delightful
I live in el dorado and i hear its bad
Crimb ratios are a thing
Isn't Pine Bluff bigger than 20,000? That was the upper limit on this one...
“There were safer beaches in Normandy”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Trish Lamour I grew up an hour from Espaniola that’s not a joke that’s real
taliesin halliday I wouldn’t necessarily call a gun pointed at you from a beach full of angry Germans safe even before the shooting
taliesin halliday well I wouldn’t really call a bunch of Americans and British coming to kill you safe for the Germans and I think most people would consider shooting someone and act of aggression
taliesin halliday in the path of incoming danger is not safe you fool
I live in Spaña, it’s much krazier than he made it seem. It’s like tradition to go to prison and get validated. We are the Lowrider capital of the world. Everyone has at least one oldie too. My pops has a 48’ dodge coupe, my brother has a 48’ Chevy stepside and I got a 50’ Pontiac chieftain. This should be the capital of heroin overdoses. For being a small town, we got a two of three people that are addicted to black.
Great info…scary, but still good to know! Love your hilarious commentary too. I’ll keep watching for other videos 👍🏼
Love the videos. I'm actually from Anniston. My parent came here from the military and we were living on Fort McClellan. After the fort closed, my mom and dad both left active duty, and honestly I wish we could have been anywhere else. It's got good and bad but mostly bad. A bunch of knuckleheads and not alot of entertainment in the area.
Anniston, like many small and medium towns has fallen on hard times. Both agriculture and industry have faltered or fled and losing Fort McClellan had to be a blow to the economy. People who were stationed at Fort McClellan in the 1940's liked the town and its people but things change over time.
I know he’s talking about small towns but Birmingham, AL the Collegeville area took some L’s during the recession. Especially when you lose a hospital, you know it’s bad.
@@Hopeguz3 Lost a hospital!! That is either a bottomed out economy, hospital merger, or damned Alabama State government pretending they are still in the early 19th century. I am Southern and I love the South but I swear the damned place gives me a headache as often as not - and straight up heart ache as well.
BlueRidgeMtns100 I think the first and last one are the issue. Feel free to check it out, it’s called Physician Hospital, it’s horrible.
@@Hopeguz3 Alabama has lost approx 20 hospitals! Physicians was 600+ beds and it is almost unheard of for a hospital that size to close. It appears that the majority of the problem is Alabama's refusal to accept expanded MedicAID money from the federal government. At best we are headed backwards to the Gilded Age or possibly more likely to certifiable third world status. Good luck to all of us.
Should do top 10 for each state
Could do one for each county, like a full time job. I can't believe he used the word suckage, cool word
I So agree with You
I So agree with You
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Hey Briggs, can you do a worst small cities list, meaning like under 100, 000? Wondering where places like Gary would be on the list, or some cities in my home state, NJ. Yes, that place. Not all of Jersey is a toxic waste dump, believe it or not. It is whicked crowded and traffic does suck. Wondering if Camden and Trenton would make the list.
Story about Anniston Al.- Every fall a group of us would travel to Smyrna Ga. to ride the Rails to Trails project, Silver Comet Trail. At the Alabama state line it changed to the Chief Ladiga Trail ending in Anniston. All together both trails were 96 miles long, we rode west on Saturday and back on Sunday. We stayed at the Royal Inn in Anniston, I woke up at 3:00 AM covered in bed bugs. Habib wasn't at the front desk so there wasn't anywhere to go, all we had were bicycles. If you've ever ridden 100+ miles, had 4 hours sleep, and ridden 100+ back at those speeds (it's mostly flat) it probably isn't your finest hour. And yes we were carrying, those pockets on those jerseys aren't just for water bottles.
Love your broadcasts... keep up the good work!
As a native Floridian presently residing in southern Mississippi, you can imagine how perplexed I am right now.
Try seattle to calvin ok.
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@Grumpy Old Man I've never seen a bigger shithole in my life than Pascagoula. I've been all over the country.
At least you aren't living in the Mississippi Delta.
@@pizzulo81 I'm from Richmond Virginia and I was born in Pomona California just across the walk from Long Beach and I can agree Pensacola really did suck when I visited
the old lady who throws rocks. has anyone tried throwing rocks back at her?
Why promote violence, tell'r you'll pray for'r n see her reaction then💙🙏💙
I once threw back a calico cat, she just ate the poor cat raw.
@Me Smith I don't condone violence and I will pray for you to 🙏💙🙏
jesse olson Lmaooooo
She is quick and dodges rocks all the time but she keeps a list of cars and people who tried . She drinks a 40 oz beer with breakfast, chews tobacco and spits a lot . She’s been arrested 327 times but they take her to the mental hospital instead. She’s been on probation a long time . The post man won’t deliver her mail . Post office only . She legit doesn’t care, 7 or 79 years old anyone can get hit . Tell her your family she had 8 kids took away from her but sometimes they visit . She tells ppl she has She 30 grandchildren. Tell her you’re family, Niece, nephew grandchild or anything. Leave a beer or some cigs or weed next to her gate if you have to walk near her house . Even the police will tell you to stay away from her house. She’s the daughter of a judge there. . She’s mean but 10/10 crazy hears voices and cusses every one . Don’t forget to leave her beer or something y’all.Dont leave food , she’ll tell you she has plenty and thinks you’re trying to poison her . She plays Bingo Wednesday and Saturday afternoon from 1-4 if you really have to walk by .
Sometimes a town can change suddenly/unexpectedly;I lived in a College town in east tx from 77' to 81'.I moved away,then contacted a friend from that town in 83'.He told me that I wouldn't believe the changes that occurred,mainly due to a massive influx of Oil Field workers(and their families)moving to town.Drugs,Drugs,Drugs!!He gave me names of many once sweet,beautiful,popular girls,AND very popular guys that became druggies!THAT blew my mind!
It's intentionally done. People need to wake up and smell the coffee
@@JoDo777 thank you. You are right. Wht genocide all over country
I can't believe you said Henderson first
I lived in Henderson almost all my life and it is bad
I'm from Henderson too.
I always liked visiting. Always stayed at that motel next to cafe.
I love China kitchen tho 😋😂
Shocked me too
Did you meet the rock throwing lady?
Michael Jordan's father was killed in a rest area near Lumberton, N.C.
Katie Rae it was totally random. Not targeted. I remember when that happened. Very sad indeed. But not much has changed
@Katie Rae
The 2 individuals that killed MJ's father were young criminals with lengthy sheets, whom were looking for someone to rob. They would target rest stop areas where they would find the most vulnerable. They happened upon Mr.Jordan while he was asleep, not even knowing who he was. Know what you're talking about before you speak.
@@a.r.millender4651, very well said, everybody is an expert until they are hit in the mouth with facts..
Naw MJ dad got killed in Camden SC
@@jayjohnson7646 no he actually was not he was killed off of highway 74 just south of Lumberton
Let's hear it for Mississippi: Congratulations. None of your towns appeared in the top 10 list.
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Been around the country, and I spent 6 weeks in the Dilo area. I have never met more hospitable, caring folks ( N, Carolina was close) in all my travels. Hell, even the PO PO were laid back. I'd love to go back one of these days, it's hard to find good folk anymore.
Don't know how
@@cornfusedatbest6693 you white
I've been to Estill, SC many times and the way it's described in this video is so accurate. I never stay, usually I'm just passing thru. But I do have a cousin who lives there.
Dang. I live in NC and yes, Henderson and Lumberton, are both crapholes.
Anthony Thompson so is kinston and raeford
Greenville sucks too
Rocky Mount. I rest my case.
Hickory and Marion suck too...
I'm from Henderson. Its crazy out here.
You are confusing Henderson NC with Hendersonville NC in the western end in the state. And you showed the sign at the SC/NC line for Henderson County. Henderson NC is most definitely NOT in Henderson County.
Is the rest of your city information this inaccurate?
Carolina - STOP TYPING
@@jessicadriscoll2765 😂
Right. Henderson is in Vance county on the VA/NC border
An earlier video confused Bridgeport, Connecticut with Bridgeton, New Jersey.
If Henderson NC is on this list where is Kinston NC, Spring Lake NC and Robeson NC?
My parents lived in Doniphan, Missouri in the mid 90's and I can't even repeat on this post what they went through with the locals there.
You are spot-on.
What a sh!+ -sh0w!
Sikeston Missouri is still worse in my opinion but lived in both and they were equally horrible
"Y'all got a pretty mouth..." 🪕
I'm originally from Mammoth Spring AR the whole area is a meth infested hellscape.
Very informative on what towns to be cautious about
Please do two videos: 10 small towns with the lowest violent crime rate, and the ten large cities with the lowest violent crime rate. I would really like to know. Thanks.
Look it up but realize that cities can manipulate stats
I asked a local why Rutan, New Mexico was so empty during the day. His reply, "People mostly come out at night here.".........O....K!
Should rename the place "Salem's Lot" .....
It is Raton, not ratun.
@@tomvoo75 No it's Ragu!
Freaks... Not people get it right! Damn I'm going to go pull out my boom box!
Espanola is a town that my neighbor just moved from which answers some problems
Thanks for the info
Why do i sorta want to visit Henderson? Lol
Wow, awesome photo of the Northern Lights at 4:00! To see the sky swirling green, too cool!
There is one word for these small towns , Meth .
Red states do suck..drug ridden..violent..horrible people and politicians..Im in Arizona..trust me.
San Diego why didn’t mention Obama and Clinton, Cheney, Biden shit all the cabinets and presidents since Kennedy?
San Diego you’re obviously a CNN fan. Lol
San Diego Obama passed more executive orders than any other president before. Many of them in direct contradiction to our constitution and amendments. I believe his words were there would be none passed without the public’s consent. Yet there they were on Friday evenings after everyone was gone passing new laws that can take your property without consent and payments. How bout drone attacks on American people or holding people up to ten years on suspicion without cause. How bout 40 sum people suspiciously dead that could of tied the Clintons to scandal after scandal like pizza gate and the missing emails that tied them to sex trafficking and pedo shit. . Guess who benefited the most out of the wars in Iraq? False narrative after narrative being proven but suppressed thanks to the media that loved these bastards lies. Biden touching little kids and making racist comments. Direct ties to satanism and eating people. I wish these things were made up but the proof is out there being covered up. The fact is they ALL are corrupt including trump. He passed a law in 17’ to bio tag people with their social security number. War after war to benefit the corporate interests of our gov, making it illegal to sue big pharma for ruining your kids from vaccines. Videos taken off this platform that prove the harmful effects and ties to autism. How bout chemical after chemical approved while they are outlawed in other countries because of the harmful effects. It’s sickening to think of all the corruption being downplayed by our media. Everything you see is controlled by 6 corporations that psychologically indoctrinate people through music and tv. They don’t call it tv programming for nothing...
@San Diego Let`s mention some EASY TO RESEARCH things about good old liberal heaven headquarters....CALIFORNIA! One in four live BELOW the poverty line. California has 13% of the USA population but uses up 33% of the national welfare bill. California has more homeless people than any other state. California ranks near the bottom in education. California has THE worst quality of life and the most drug usage. Shall I continue?
Please keep that wit! Informative and great entertainment.
Thanks for watching, Rod.
I would love for you do a whole episode about Skidmore, Missouri
Whats wrong with Skidmore?
I think thats the town that got together and killed the town bully
@@timmebruer5205 There is a netflix documentary on it “No One saw A Thing” about where 40-60 witnessed the town bully get murdered after a town meeting by likely multiple people...years have gone by and people still are not talking but the town had a violent history and also continues to have violence but I think it is too small in population to fit in this video. There are also multiple youtube videos about it if you don’t have netflix.
@@carlyoung8657 read the book 'In Broad Daylight' , it's about that incident as well as the movie of the same name
Delivered with a tractor trailer to many small towns. Many are Americana. Some are "get out of Dodge" asap. But be sure to stay at or under the speed limit while entering or exiting...!
Oh meth, you've done it again!
Not all violent and rage filled crimes are committed by people high on drugs.
What about freewill, option and choice?
Always does don’t it
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I don't like meth, I just really really like the smell of it.... 🤪😜
I’m surprised with the lack of Michigan cities on the list. Muskegon Heights would easily take #1. It’s only 3 square miles, but man, my police scanner goes off on that small area every hour of the day.
Thanks for letting me know about 10 small towns that I will never drive through. Never.
1:27 THAT IS VIDEO OF HENDERSON COUNTY AND HENDERSONVILLE, NC, a very nice community in the Appalachians. Henderson, NC is in Vance County.
I live about 30 mins from Henderson and you never go there at night... period
60%+ a single racial/cultural minority
What do you say? I live there at night… That’s scary!
Henderson Tx?
Henderson NC is bad, 30 years it had a population 3 times higher than now, and it is only 1 hour from some on the nicest towns in NC, Raleigh area
Thats my hood. Come by and I'll slap the taste out ya mouth
You missed Belen New Mexico. Nightline did a special on Belen because at the high school there is razor wire over the barbed wire on the chain link fences. Armed guards with submachines patrol the grounds and needless to say there are cameras. Legendary radio host Paul Harvey called it "the worst town in the United States." Hollywood does shoot a number of movies there, but it is because of the run down buildings, which look good in a movie about corruption, crime, or alcoholism.
A factoid about Espanola. In 1989 a position opened in the police department. Of the hundreds of the applications for the position, 99% failed because the applicants couldn't spell and some people even misspelled their own name.
latinos?
Sounds like "bellend". LOL
A pair of hippie friends of mine we're literally run out of town by the locals there within three weeks of moving there. They were told in no uncertain terms that they would be hurt if they did not leave and they took it seriously. This was in the late 90s
wonder how the schools afford the wire guards & ammo & weapons ???
@@kenmerriman4112 The same way that schools can afford to remain closed. The teachers are going to get paid if the school is open or if it is closed (unlike a business).
I was with the volunteer fire department for a decade and saw the city do "creative financing" with their budget. Buying a cheap fire truck instead of one that will last 50 years. Keep the junior high overcrowded but not worry too much about the size of the high school because a significant amount of 10th graders drop out due to pregnancy, drugs or the realization that to work manual labor you don't need a diploma. That was then (the 1970's/80's). Anyway, Hollywood has shot a couple dozen movies and TV show episodes there. Hollywood people have taught the city manager how to write grants and city services are blossoming big time from that. The population, not so much. The high school band is half the size it was 50 years ago despite the town having a much larger population now and that's just one indication.
I came here just to see if Lumberton, NC was here😂 I live near Charlotte. I'm a local truck driver and I used to drive to our terminal in Lumberton almost every night around 2am. No one ever bothered me, but I never really saw anyone. The guys at our terminal were always friendly tho. I have a different route now.
You're the best. Simply the best .... song continues.
Court ordered bracelet. This is sound practical advice.
"They don't lose people, they don't gain people, it's just all the same people! " 🤪🤣
That's okay with me!! :) I live there. Good people.
I wanted to add that most of the crimes are probably from everyone on the current river 😂
I love you 💗 you are so funny!! Thank you for bringing this information. It's down right scary. 😱
I don't know how I managed it but I've been in 6 of these towns and your right!!!
I’m sad to hear about Anniston, I was stationed there in the 70’s, lots of good memories.
Definitely wasn't like that when I was raised there.
Minnesota is such an incredible state to live in, but I will tell you that onamia Minnesota is pretty bad. I’ve had my tires slashed in a parking lot, my car stolen, and my house broken into while I lived there, and recently there was another murder. We have a bad drug problem on the Rez and Mille lacs lake is really poorly managed with a lot of corruption. The town has 500 people, this stuff really shouldn’t be happening. I recently moved to brainerd though and am so happy I moved.
I live on another Minnesota rez. I hear you.
Kotzbue is a featured town on "Alaska PD" on A&E. I was looking up statistics on the most violent states in the nation, Alaska is #1, and New Mexico is #2, and no one is even close after that, they both have an average of over 80 violent crimes per 10,000 people, and the next closest state is 62.
Hell has no walls. Do what you personally think is best. You can end up their.
might as well put the whole state of new Mexico 😂
Angel Rocha ABSOLUTELY RIGHT !
Taos Ski Valley is pretty awesome
@Lewis Thompson
I was going to visit there , change of plan.
@ if your looking for trouble you’ll find it if not it’s a great place to visit especially if you like the outdoors..
@Lewis Thompson wrong
I grew up in Estill - left at 18, and now own the family home. I go back as often as possible. True that the town is falling apart, due to the mismanagement by the town council that refuse to bring in any new businesses. Citizens have to travel (hour or more) out of town for any jobs. The crime numbers are what they are, but those numbers do not define a town like Estill. All of my family are still there and when I go home, we have wonderful times together. Don't let one statistic cast a shadow and stop you from exploring.
I'm from Brunson. I remember the rivalry between Wade Hampton and Estill high back in the 80's. My big brother, Robert Lee Smoak (aka) Smokey, raised his family in Luray so when I go home, I like to drive around Estill and look at the neighborhoods that are back where the unfamiliar would not think to look. There are some beautiful houses in the wooded residential areas, especially behind where the BB&T bank is or was. I don't know if it is still open or not, they closed the one in Brunson and one in downtown Hampton, but anyway, your right. There is always more to a town than government statistics, but you have to be from there to really know, and know how to love a place! Cheers!!
I lived 20 years in Doniphan Missouri and you didn't touch on even a piece of what goes on there. You can't live there without knowing someone that isn't involved in crime. A sketchy little town indeed!!
I’m surprised that Fort Pierce, FL wasn’t at least an honorable mention. Thank God I made it out 😢
WTF.!!!
I was just thinking Ft.Pierce ,Fla as well.....shit hole.
3:20 Dillingham, Alaska hehe I was born there. Biggest problem is alcohol use by Alaska Natives, its rampant and with it the usual drunken violence.
Not to play on a cliche , but indeed alcohol abuse is big among Alaska natives ( and most Indian reservation ).
But another factor for your Alaska picks . It's not just the population inside the city limits . By being the comparitive big town in wilderness areas , this is where people from a cpl hundred miles around " come into town " periodically , for shopping , and drunken brawls .
And Dillingham has presence of commercial fishing fleets in season , and they often follow the work hard at sea , party hard on land lifestyle .
Got Moose??? Shoot one..it will feed you for a year!!⭐⭐
Odd why natives have a harder time handling alcohol than other races.
On the other hand they are the best navigators on earth.
I guess ya gotta take the bad with the good.
I love people that comment on here about Alaska and they probably couldn't even find it on the map ( I live in Alaska )
@@johnmarshall4442 Sure I can. It's in the box at the bottom left corner of the map next to Hawaii, right?
Butte Montana, where I live, is a crazy place, well deserving of this list
"safer beaches on Normandy" LMAO
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Made me spit out my coffee........🤣🤣🤣
That is definitely an exaggeration, and your video should not be compared to that day. You lost credibility with that statement. If you exaggerate on that unfortunate historical event for so many soldiers and families, I wonder then if you are not also exaggerating on many things in your video trying to achieve fame and money. Perhaps you are no better than the violent people in the small towns. Also, you don't go into trying to understand why they are that way. You've simply labeled them and broadcast it worldwide.
Joining the blame it on Meth band wagon, I've seen it first hand especially when they been up for days, Hell a week or more and when drug induced delusions mixes with desperation that's when the worst things happen.
Been there, done that. It's the truth.
It slowly moving into heroine fenytal, these days
I've dealt with these bad bad people, latest incident in March, my car got stolen from a dynamic duo meth couple the day I bought it, they were sneaky, very very sneaky
@@whitelion1111 damn 😂😭🤣
hey briggs,
interesting story. there is a literal town in alaska that resides in a hotel and a few buildings connected to it. very interesting to look into and hardly any crime.
There is a video about that town.
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I think they pronounce it O-see-O-la, Arkansas unless they’ve changed how they say it. Love your shows! My wife and I watch you while eating breakfast. lol exciting life here in the Mojave Desert.
I would li,like, to see a list of good cheap towns or cities near VA hospitals or military bases.
Poplar Bluff, MO.
Great VA, reasonable home prices, and lots of great people!
Tukwila, Washington has a big city feel, since it's right by Seattle, but it does have a dangerously high violent crime rate for a city its size.
In one of your videos you should do one on the least known towns in Arkansas like Oark
Good info. Never heard of any of these towns before and I don't think I will visit anytime soon.
So sorry to hear about Lumberton, N.C. It seemed like a nice place when I was there. My father went to UNC. He had fond memories of the time that the Lumbee Indians in that town chased out the Ku Klux Klan during a rally.
Wow.
Our nation probably wouldn't be as fuck't up if the Indians had control of it.
@@anthonylaconte716 No problem Pocahontas will be elected President in 2020.
@J Smith And hopefully they won't be the last.
@@woodywoodpek5706 😂😂😂
I'm from Santa Fe NM just south of Espanola. It's super crazy always has been.
Alec Titus orale just all of NM is crazy bro lmaoo
@@mrtroll6262 from alamogordo, can confirm
Alaska has been making some of your craziest lists! I thought it was a dead place but I see not...
More like a deadly place.
So surprised more South Carolina towns wasn't on this list Spartanburg,orangeburg ,winnsboro and Darlington just a few Orangeburg alone keep getting shot up
Here in North Carolina Henderson is known as that place that you don’t go to you just want to stay far far away from that place it is horrible it’s a disgrace to North Carolina
I have been there and it is a ghetto shit hole. I have a friend who has to go there five days a week to deliver meat to restaurants and I feel his pain.
Lumberton the town in the movie Blue Velvet. Says it all.
Maybe it's the name Henderson. Henderson, Nevada is also a terrible place.
Here in "wilmywood" Wilmington NC will be on this list by 21...
Nelson Henderson Nevada is great, wtf u talking about?!
I used to live in Española NM. It is like another world. My ex husband and I were one of 2 white families in the town. And there was 1 black guy. Everyone else was hispanic, mexican or native american. Don't you dare call a hispanic mexican- they get really mad. Somehow you have to know which group a person belongs to even though they all look very similar. Calling people the wrong ethnic name causes fights in this town.
But the main problem was heroin. You walk down the street and you'd see needles all over the place. There were drug busts on a regular basis. And we heard gun fire many times while living there. Also random fact: it was normal to drive down any given road in town and find cattle just hanging out. They were everywhere.
Alamosa is horrible
Why call them anything. What did they "call" you?
@@carlosdelacerda4128 they call me gringo
Cool!
I live in Arizona and learned many years ago to never say someone is Mexican. Say Hispanic!
When are you going to finish the best and worst things about each state series?
I’m from Arkansas and Osceola is pronounced with a long o at the beginning. I grew up in the northeastern part of the state and my high school sports team played Osceola. It was a dangerous place back then as well. I moved to northwest Arkansas.
I’m gonna be that old woman throwing rocks and screaming profanity 😂😂😂
Kimmi The Explorer 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Kimmi The Explorer
Lolol SAME
I'll join you two
yes and swing a cat by its tail with the other hand
geoffrey oliver
We can all get a house together and take shifts on the porch😂.
I'm from Fairbanks, Alaska originally. The culture in the villages are very different. Most are related to each other somehow.
I laughed when you mentioned Española, NM. Back in the 1980s, my husband and I were driving back to our home in Colorado after visiting his dad in Albuquerque and we drove through Española. We came to a fork in the highway and apparently took the wrong fork, because a short time later we are again driving through a small town and after realizing where we were, I started laughing and said to my husband "We’re in Española again!".😂
I felt this. I used to drive all over southern Colorado and northern New Mexico and I still got lost driving through Espie…such a small town, such confusing infrastructure.
When I lived in Santa Fe, there’s jokes about that town
We flew in in a private plane once - pretty sure that was the town. The local man we met was friendly enough but I felt like we landed in the Twilight Zone. Couldn't leave fast enough. The airport was trashed. We had been flying a Twin Comanche and ran into some very strange weather and landed for safety.
"I knew I took a wrong turn in Albuquerque!"... - Bugs Bunny
@@toddamtmann3528 Funny !!!! That should go on Briggs' list of all time perfect comments !!!
I live in Durham North Carolina so you've already given me two incredible places to visit I could probably get to within an hour maybe two. Let's hear it for North Carolina poverty. Well at least we're not South Carolina.