Menards unironically saved my life. I was in a car accident, lost consciousness, then awoke, dangling over a ravine to the sound of a Menards commercial. I thought to myself "I'm not dying listening to that", got out of the car (somehow), then woke up a day later in a hospital lol.
@@yeoremuthare677Hey, same for us. I only found out that Buccees is a thing last year. The while concept is such a trip. I mean, an indoor square plaza thing lined with like 50 immaculately-kept individal-room toilets? Oh and it's in a supermarket that's akin to an endless gas station... Oh wait, they also have a gas station! a giant one! And probably housing too. Saw a billboard once that said "Next Buccees: 698 miles away!"
@@ammarsalim1185 using the term "bit" as a joke or skit. Committed to the bit means committed to the joke basically. I wasn't using it as an amount or I would have said "he was committed a bit at the end" instead of he was committed to the bit at the end"
@@Sodali0550 Most or all of the Menard's I've been in have had what I called the "odd second floor" ... architecturally, I believe it's called a "mezzanine:" It's more of a large, raised platform somewhere in the middle of the floor which has railings around it and has shelves for merchandise. The ones I've seen just have a staircase leading up to it. Don't know if there are also Menard's (in Minnesota, apparently) which have a full second story, but there's apparently at least one with an escalator.
She probably does that because she's tired of people that order spicy food who then complain that it's too spicy. Most restaurants have the chili pepper rating or at the very least list the ingredients, but some people just don't pay attention.
I looked at a map of where people say what. And it looks like pop is actually the most common word for it. I think in Alabama everyone calls it a coke regardless of the flavor. Some southern state anyway.
Grew up in the mid-west and grew to be 6'1". I am the shortest in my family and was always middle of the pack in height throughout grade school and high school. People will say that I'm tall, but I will never feel like I am.
I'm 6'0" and shorter than both of my brothers. Yet, I always felt like one of the tallest people at school. Even the few years I spent in the Midwest. I am still usually the tallest person at work or anywhere I am in public, most of the time. I get called "tall" very often, and no one ever calls me "short".
I'm closer to 6'2 than 6'1, but I'm 6'1 on all my documents. There's plenty of taller guys everywhere. I can't afford clothes and can't find anything what fits and never have. Wal-Mart's sell clothes for short fat people, not long tall sallies. And in spite of height, I've never been big. Midwest genetics suck.
@@jamesmordorski4464 Honestly I can be inattentive at times and people can feel stiffed if I miss their waves. I've had some folks snap at me for ignoring them and I'm just like "When did I do that?" Most folks are fine though, this one dude I almost always missed in the hallway at school and we joked about it. On the sixth time I noticed him and he was so happy.
We got a second dog and I stopped the mailman to smile and ask if he's ok with it. He was visibly confused and I wondered if I had gone full Midwest on him. 😢
OMG, my husband is from Kansas, I met him in Oregon and he stayed at my place there. He would wave to people driving by… I’d be like “Do you know them?” He’d say no… I’d tell him “ Don’t wave at them then… they are tweekers… they are gonna think you want to help or buy something” God he wouldn’t stop. I keep telling him he was going to get us robbed. Drove me absolutely insane.
I'm from rural Texas and it's the same for us. If I drive into town to go to the grocery store I wave at every car that passes me and they do they same. When you get to the store you end up talking to all kinds of people. That's just how we are. When I moved to Oregon ppl used to freak out on me just for speaking to people I didn't know. Pnw people do NOT like socializing with people lol
I went to a thriving midwestern mall today. I was trying to pull on my jacket but the wind blew it away and I shouted ‘Hey!’ Gen Z kid in a hoodie looking at ground looked up gave me a smile and nod and a ‘hey’ with the wave of one black nailed hand before going back to staring at ground passing beneath their converse sneakers. I love the midwest sometimes.
I like the 5,000 sq ft house for $250k. My nephews thought I was kidding when I said that's probably close so I showed them houses online from where my parents were from & they freaked out about how cheap they are.
I don't know about a lot of these behaviors but when I moved West almost 40 years ago I had to retrain myself to stop saying "hi" to strangers I'd pass on the sidewalk. I still do it once in awhile and usually get ignored; but it's always nice when I get a smile back.
I miss that; when I first moved to Texas 20 years ago it was expected to say hi to everybody, now you're lucky if someone at least smiles back when they see you. I guess all the people from California moving in changed the culture to where Texas is a west coast state now. Maybe I should move to the midwest since this video made me feel nostalgic
Op! Sorry, I didn’t mean to stumble upon this video of yours. Happy to see our patron saint Menards mentioned, though. Gotta go feed Ruger and Remington and get back to putting patches of mulch in my 50,000,000 acre yard now.
The waving part got me lol. I didn't know that was specifically a Midwest thing but it's absolutely true. When I was a kid, while waiting at the bus stop for the school bus, every car that drove by would wave at me and it got so tiresome that I would always pretend to be reading so I didn't have to keep waving lmao.
Culver's is the best thing to come from Wisconsin. Whenever people bring up the Five Guys vs. In-N-Out rivalry, I proudly proclaim that Culvers is superior to them both
I’ve only lived in the Midwest for 5 years now but I’m not going to lie I love when strangers wave especially on an old dirt road to nowhere while driving 😎 👋 😂
Asked my dad why he gives a little wave to every single car in the few miles around our house and he said "what if I know them? I don't want them to think I'm rude". 😂
@@NswixYeah I think that's sorta where it comes from. If you live in a small town you most likely know a lot of the people you see on the road. Not waving at your friend when you pass them is considered rude here so you might as well just wave at everyone just to be safe lmao
I'm the same height and it's never been an issue. The only time I really think about my height is at the Dr. Office or when I renew my driver's license.
As an Iowan myself, I’m not much of a waver. But when i’m at a 4 way or really any other crossroads, I’m always waving the other cars letting them know that they can go first
Wisconsinite here. Going to Menard’s and saying hi to strangers is pretty accurate. As a kid, my favorite store was “Farmer’s Feet” as I called it . (Farm & Fleet)
As someone who lived in Minneapolis for my entire life, I can confirm that the Mall of America is peak civilization, and that the more context I get on what the rest of America is like, the more this place feels like an absolute fever dream
Yea we moved to Indiana from suburbs of illinois. The taxes are high anywhere you go. Our family is growing, i just had my 6th baby. We moved out of the crap hole 3 years ago. We are in rural indiana now bought, 14 acres, with a 2,000 sq ft+ home that has 4 bed, 2 bath, finished basement. The land came with a decent 2 story barn and a HUGE pole barn. We paid 300,000. Our property taxes are 1,000 a year. I wish I was kidding. I have 2 sister who live near munster and valpo. The amount of new home construction is INSANE! People are RUNNING out of illinois. It's amazing to watch.
I’ve always preferred the Midwest, Michigan to be specific. I’ve traveled all over the country and lived in the south for a couple years, the people in the south are great, their food is awesome and they waved back. Was never sure if they did it too or if they were just waving back in confusion. But the summer heat is unbearable and the bugs and snakes are much bigger than I prefer, my southern friends are always welcome to visit and I’ll visit them in the winter.
We are taught to wave in the South. It’s a habit I have to curb myself. Especially if you make eye contact with someone, you’re expected to say hello, wave, nod, or smile 👌. Always the way it’s been since I was a kid.
As someone who grew up on the east coast and lived in Wisconsin for a few years, you hit the nail on the head. I do miss how cheap gas was. Depending on where you live (not Illinois) cost of living is fairly reasonable. At least compared to where I grew up on the east coast.
Beer in MN is actually just water with a sprinkle of alcohol. I see old childhood friends, still living in smallville Midwest, post on social media about their yummy dinner at Applebee's and Red Lobster.
Your talking about 3-2-1 beer , they got rid of that stuff a few years ago , it's all normal beer like everyone else nowadays here in MN . They even sell liquor on Sundays now .. Which is good , because driving to WI all the time sucked
bro forgot to mention ranch, Dorothy Lynch, Runza, Culver's, endless crop fields, smelly cows, boring scenery when driving... what was I talking about?
I recently interviewed for a job as I was moving from the Midwest to the PNW. One further coworker went to the same school in Illinois as I did and he told me, this area is different from Illinois. Don’t feel offended if you say hi to people on the street and they ignore you.
Midwestern people are so overly friendly. I asked my mom when I was a kid why she always talked to strangers. But houses can not possibly be that expensive in other parts of the us
So accurate. These Florida houses expect us to live in under 3,000 square feet, only one 2 car garage, and no full basement. I had to get a storage unit to keep my plywood scraps somewhere safe.
The thing that this reminded me of is how since getting out of college I’ve lived in/near cities with high housing costs including currently paying $2100 in rent for a small two-bedroom place attached to another with thin walls, but my parents in the Detroit suburbs have a post-WW2 three-story house worth $150k or 1.5k estimated rent according to Zillow lol.
Never knew I was a midwesterner until I found out alcoholism is just blindly ignored there 😂 I have found my people, and we will continue to astonish doctors with the fact that our livers still operate ♥️
I remember that a friend had a reletive visiting from California and we were in a bar in Moorhead MN and after a while she just said "God, you people drink a lot".
Why doesn’t your character drive a full sized pickup truck with a “topper”? (Called a cap in other places). And why isn’t he wearing a cap, thin Walmart jeans and oversized work boots?
@missano3856 basically the same place. Moorhead was a tiny place then they got big with a big store here in fargo and closed mn store. They didn't get popular until they joined the good side of the river that isnt ruined by l1berals
It's sort of self-effacing humour. The Mall of America is a notoriously large shopping centre built in a decidedly underpopulated area, a relic from when land and operating costs were cheaper (I'm assuming financing was also looser). It's not really seen as a point of pride anymore.
Underpopulated? Mall of America is in a suburb of Minneapolis/St Paul , which is the 16th largest metro area in the United States just after Orlando , AKA Disney world, and larger than Cleveland, OH . Its not LA county but it ain’t exactly podunk North Dakota or something
Menards unironically saved my life. I was in a car accident, lost consciousness, then awoke, dangling over a ravine to the sound of a Menards commercial. I thought to myself "I'm not dying listening to that", got out of the car (somehow), then woke up a day later in a hospital lol.
Save big lives at menards
"Save big money at Menaaaaaard's"
@@nclancemanhey, I was gonna do that!
@@nclancemanIt's like a whole other world. I'm busy thinking, "what the heck is menards?" And you guys know the damn jingle. It's wonderful.
@@yeoremuthare677Hey, same for us. I only found out that Buccees is a thing last year. The while concept is such a trip. I mean, an indoor square plaza thing lined with like 50 immaculately-kept individal-room toilets? Oh and it's in a supermarket that's akin to an endless gas station... Oh wait, they also have a gas station! a giant one! And probably housing too. Saw a billboard once that said "Next Buccees: 698 miles away!"
He was committed to that bit at the end. People staring at him in the mall 😂
A bit?
@@ammarsalim1185 using the term "bit" as a joke or skit. Committed to the bit means committed to the joke basically. I wasn't using it as an amount or I would have said "he was committed a bit at the end" instead of he was committed to the bit at the end"
A joke?
@@LivelyEngineerhumor ?
@@acandela1294sad you have to explain words to people these day
Yup, $4.66 seems about enough to cover those drinks
Pre-Bidenomics.
@@RockCh4lknow it’s $9.32
Bidenflation could never
@@RockSmithStudioI can get a ton of beer in local shop for this prise😂
Must be nice, buying the expensive stuff.
You have a high-class Menard's with an escalator. In southeastern Wisconsin, we need to take steps to get up to the odd little second floor.
yall got a second floor???
@@Sodali0550 Most or all of the Menard's I've been in have had what I called the "odd second floor" ... architecturally, I believe it's called a "mezzanine:" It's more of a large, raised platform somewhere in the middle of the floor which has railings around it and has shelves for merchandise. The ones I've seen just have a staircase leading up to it.
Don't know if there are also Menard's (in Minnesota, apparently) which have a full second story, but there's apparently at least one with an escalator.
dang, escalator one must be their favorite one lol
@@mikejetzer4155 The eden prairie one has one and even a cart escalator.
Ours doesent even have a 2nd floor you lucky bastards
“6’3, I hate being short” every short person watching this video: 😭
I'm 5 ft 7. It hurts. It hurts. 😭😭😭
Going to high school in Michigan, I can relate; I was 6’1 and pretty short for my class
@@linkaj12 what the f? I am 5'7- 5'8 and pretty average height
@@hridanshsurana2797 I guess we A2 people be eating good 💀
Lmao as a 5'6 guy I concur. However growing up in Michigan I can vouch that there's a lot of tall Midwesterners!
You forgot the part where the waitress warns you that the spicy food you are ordering might be spicy.
I think you mean mild food 😂
😂😂
She probably does that because she's tired of people that order spicy food who then complain that it's too spicy. Most restaurants have the chili pepper rating or at the very least list the ingredients, but some people just don't pay attention.
Pop is so real. My buddy from New England ordered soda at a restaurant and the waiter said "Soda? You mean pop?"
I'm from actual England and I say "Fizzy drink.".
@@bricktasticanimations4834I am also from England and I just say the name of the drink I want, never soda or pop
Also soda sounds better imo
@@RW5583. Fair enough. My favourite is Ribena, you?
from Canada, also pop here. @@bricktasticanimations4834
I looked at a map of where people say what. And it looks like pop is actually the most common word for it. I think in Alabama everyone calls it a coke regardless of the flavor. Some southern state anyway.
Grew up in the mid-west and grew to be 6'1". I am the shortest in my family and was always middle of the pack in height throughout grade school and high school. People will say that I'm tall, but I will never feel like I am.
I'm 6'0" and shorter than both of my brothers. Yet, I always felt like one of the tallest people at school. Even the few years I spent in the Midwest. I am still usually the tallest person at work or anywhere I am in public, most of the time. I get called "tall" very often, and no one ever calls me "short".
I'm closer to 6'2 than 6'1, but I'm 6'1 on all my documents.
There's plenty of taller guys everywhere. I can't afford clothes and can't find anything what fits and never have. Wal-Mart's sell clothes for short fat people, not long tall sallies.
And in spite of height, I've never been big.
Midwest genetics suck.
Yeah im 6'0 on the dot and people dont believe me when i say that in the midwest. Like you have to be 6'1 or it doesnt count😂
If you’re 6’1” your genetics are good .. period
@@lemonscentedgames3641 Wow, I must go to America's midwest to find a husband... here in France the average man is 5'9 tall
Being a mailman in the Midwest is wholesome and kinda annoying. Everyone wants to wave and expects a wave back
Sounds like the opposite of a problem to me.
@@jamesmordorski4464 Honestly I can be inattentive at times and people can feel stiffed if I miss their waves. I've had some folks snap at me for ignoring them and I'm just like "When did I do that?" Most folks are fine though, this one dude I almost always missed in the hallway at school and we joked about it. On the sixth time I noticed him and he was so happy.
We got a second dog and I stopped the mailman to smile and ask if he's ok with it. He was visibly confused and I wondered if I had gone full Midwest on him. 😢
You should probably wave back
@@doofsdoofs No I need new opps
As a 6’5” midwesterner it’s also tough being average.
As a 5'4" midwestern woman, I can relate
I’m 6 flat and when I went to Wisconsin I felt so short 😂
It's so depressing that I'm 5'7 in the midwest like everyone is taller than me I know like 2 people shorter than me and they're both girls lol
@@Jdirjrbtbjdisame I'm 5'11 and one of my buddies is like 5'6 so we all make fun of him but he's chill bout it.
I'm 6'0 and i felt like everyone is taller than me
You got to show the Midwest salad bar where there’s no vegetables, only salads with mayonnaise.
Now you know some of those salads aren't mayonnaise based - we've got marshmallow fluff and cool whip based salads too!
The salad bar has broccoli crunch and Russian fluff
No we have a normal salad bars, they're just for the West Coast people who only care about eating and poorly dressed leaves and wet grass( avocados ).
And cheese the salad bar must have cheese
@@karal_the_crazy who eats salad without cheese? And imitation bacon?
As a midwesterner such as myself I can confirm this is accurate.
alright bybye now, tell your folks i says hi
👋
Okey then
Yah say hi to yours too for me. And watch for deer on your way home bud.
Hi sirs
Hi lol
OMG, my husband is from Kansas, I met him in Oregon and he stayed at my place there. He would wave to people driving by… I’d be like “Do you know them?” He’d say no… I’d tell him “ Don’t wave at them then… they are tweekers… they are gonna think you want to help or buy something” God he wouldn’t stop. I keep telling him he was going to get us robbed. Drove me absolutely insane.
I'm from rural Texas and it's the same for us. If I drive into town to go to the grocery store I wave at every car that passes me and they do they same. When you get to the store you end up talking to all kinds of people. That's just how we are. When I moved to Oregon ppl used to freak out on me just for speaking to people I didn't know. Pnw people do NOT like socializing with people lol
Maybe Oregon should put tweakers in jail, rather than encourage them.
😂😂 too true!
That's us!!
I just moved to the midwest from NYC and I LOVE the people here. I am so happy I moved!
I went to a thriving midwestern mall today. I was trying to pull on my jacket but the wind blew it away and I shouted ‘Hey!’
Gen Z kid in a hoodie looking at ground looked up gave me a smile and nod and a ‘hey’ with the wave of one black nailed hand before going back to staring at ground passing beneath their converse sneakers.
I love the midwest sometimes.
it's so real. The emo kids are polite
I be waving at random people all the time. Very relatable 🤫🧏♂️
When your car breaks down on a country road, who do you think is going to stop and help?
You bet'cha I wave.
Especially if you have the same car - it’s like must wave then. 😂
It has to be a country thing. The moment I leave Dublin to go back to my parents in countryside in Ireland my brain changes to wave mode.
@@mryan4452 It's a country thing. It's the same in the countryside here in western Sweden. City people never do it.
I like the 5,000 sq ft house for $250k. My nephews thought I was kidding when I said that's probably close so I showed them houses online from where my parents were from & they freaked out about how cheap they are.
Must've been an incredible location because that sounds overpriced.
And well built on top of it.
I mean hell, I've seen places offering free land to anyone who can build a house on it.
And that's exactly why coastals are moving to the Midwest and destroying it
Sorry Vic but this coastal only flies over the dump you live in. ☝️
I don't know about a lot of these behaviors but when I moved West almost 40 years ago I had to retrain myself to stop saying "hi" to strangers I'd pass on the sidewalk. I still do it once in awhile and usually get ignored; but it's always nice when I get a smile back.
I miss that; when I first moved to Texas 20 years ago it was expected to say hi to everybody, now you're lucky if someone at least smiles back when they see you. I guess all the people from California moving in changed the culture to where Texas is a west coast state now. Maybe I should move to the midwest since this video made me feel nostalgic
Texas is a such a weird mix now and totally dominated by people who are not from Texas now
That acknowledging other drivers with one finger(not that finger!) is so Montana.
Op! Sorry, I didn’t mean to stumble upon this video of yours. Happy to see our patron saint Menards mentioned, though. Gotta go feed Ruger and Remington and get back to putting patches of mulch in my 50,000,000 acre yard now.
Ruger and Remington are too accurate 😭
Nailed it!
The waving part got me lol. I didn't know that was specifically a Midwest thing but it's absolutely true. When I was a kid, while waiting at the bus stop for the school bus, every car that drove by would wave at me and it got so tiresome that I would always pretend to be reading so I didn't have to keep waving lmao.
As a midwesterner I can confirm this basically hits the nail right on the head.
Midwesterners being taller than average is probably due to the Swedish and German ancestry many of them have.
Yeah. I'm mostly Norwegian and German, and can confirm I'm the short one in the family at 6'1". Grandpa and his brother are close to 6'8".
@@Nswixgrandpa a tower frfr 😱
This mans grandpa is a unit
I knew a guy in high school that started freshman year at 6'8". He's about 7'2" now.
I'm 6'2" and even. But my son's going to be 6'8". He's 5 and he's taller than the 8 year olds.
You nailed it. But you forgot one thing. Midwesterners wear jeans, and running shoes.
Real my friends family all wear hokas even though only one person runs
Okay, *NOW* I feeled called out (lol)
You mean gym shoes? (Chicago area moment)
You can also substitute that with khakis or boots
Im wearing jeans and new balance right now lolll
If your from Wisconsin, it’s all about spotted cow and Culver’s!
Minnesota too, I absolutely love Culver’s!
Culver's is the best thing to come from Wisconsin. Whenever people bring up the Five Guys vs. In-N-Out rivalry, I proudly proclaim that Culvers is superior to them both
Spotted Cow is really great!
Some would even say Skyline Chili .
Culver’s is so good
Supper at 6.....
Then 4 hours of work, pull tabs and at least 7 drinks.....
"about 7:00 I head to the mall..."
He's fast!
Even as a native Minnesotan (who's left the Midwest), I could never understand strangers waving at me.
As a native Minnesotan who now lives in Texas I miss people waving at me
I’ve only lived in the Midwest for 5 years now but I’m not going to lie I love when strangers wave especially on an old dirt road to nowhere while driving 😎 👋 😂
I'm the guy that does it and it mostly comes down to "why not"
Asked my dad why he gives a little wave to every single car in the few miles around our house and he said "what if I know them? I don't want them to think I'm rude". 😂
@@NswixYeah I think that's sorta where it comes from. If you live in a small town you most likely know a lot of the people you see on the road. Not waving at your friend when you pass them is considered rude here so you might as well just wave at everyone just to be safe lmao
This is the most accurate thing I've ever watched in the RUclips library of stuff. Would rate 10/10 if you mentioned walking through Camp Snoopy.
So accrat
Much Snoopy
Such Log Flume
Much Legoland
Hey Kirby Puckett
Going to the Dells
It's gone.
More of a documentary. Basically my ex in-laws in St. Louis, they were just Italian and short.
You mean Nickelodeon Universe? Hasn't been Camp Snoopy since 2006
Fun fact - in Wisconsin your 1st DUI is only considered a misdemeanor.
I thought it was considered a right of passage
Excellent documentary!
Lol!!
As a 5'9" Midwesterner, life really sucks.
I'm the same height and it's never been an issue. The only time I really think about my height is at the Dr. Office or when I renew my driver's license.
I'm 5'10, but the lady at the dmv gave me an extra inch
sorry gentlemen
@@MidnightTrepanationClubI’m 5’11 but the DMV lady put me down as 5’10, please I’m already short enough
5'9" is.....69 inches!
0:38 Ridiculous. No Midwesterner would ever fuel up at a Speedway.
Quiktrip or I’m waiting for the next quiktrip
Best bathoroms fo sure@@thomas9435
@@thomas9435
You betcha & coming home with the Kwik Trip fried chicken 🍗😁👍🏼
I do 😭
@@thomas9435that better be kwik trip with a k
As an Iowan I agree with all this, already waved to 15 people today
I was born in Iowa grew up in Nebraska and now a 14 year old living in NM. I am very out of my element.
I wish I could do that over here in nyc. You'd never know the person you waving at was a crazy person.
👋
@@QuinnChester-uk3qo I bet hahah
As an Iowan myself, I’m not much of a waver. But when i’m at a 4 way or really any other crossroads, I’m always waving the other cars letting them know that they can go first
That mall is perfect
as a zombie survival building 😂
2004 called... it's George Romero
erm no no it's not
@@valeriaswanneNot with that theme park in the middle of the mall. It's fuckin Zombieland there.
Wisconsinite here. Going to Menard’s and saying hi to strangers is pretty accurate. As a kid, my favorite store was “Farmer’s Feet” as I called it . (Farm & Fleet)
Husband and I call it Farm n Barn lol
It was awfully confusing going from Illinois with Farm and Fleet to Iowa with Fleet Farm.
The clapping and saying “woo” in the bar watching the Timberwolves broke me 🤣🤣
Alcohol seems cheap in the Midwest😂
cause it is
Cause there ain't much else to do XD
It really is Everytime I go up to Wisconsin
It's basically a food group here...
...just like the women !!!
love how he says pop with a POP
As someone who lived in Minneapolis for my entire life, I can confirm that the Mall of America is peak civilization, and that the more context I get on what the rest of America is like, the more this place feels like an absolute fever dream
As a Minnesotan I couldn't stop laughing the entire time. So many awesome jokes were missed on people who aren't from the Midwest.
This bit is so freaking hilarious 😆 Super well done
Bro slipped the You Betcha reference right in the end there
You Betcha!
As a 24 year old 6'9" Midwesterner who brought a 4 bedroom house on .6 acres last year for $135,000, this is too accurate.
You got a 4 bedroom house for $135,000?! My childhood house is 2 bedrooms, one bath, on .8 acres and is valued at $340,000…
@@commanderboom2626 well it's probably in the middle of nowhere
Omg, you can only buy a studio of 500 sq in Dubai with this money.
@@commanderboom2626Your sarcasm meter needs to be sent in for calibration.
Yea we moved to Indiana from suburbs of illinois. The taxes are high anywhere you go. Our family is growing, i just had my 6th baby. We moved out of the crap hole 3 years ago. We are in rural indiana now bought, 14 acres, with a 2,000 sq ft+ home that has 4 bed, 2 bath, finished basement. The land came with a decent 2 story barn and a HUGE pole barn. We paid 300,000. Our property taxes are 1,000 a year. I wish I was kidding.
I have 2 sister who live near munster and valpo. The amount of new home construction is INSANE! People are RUNNING out of illinois. It's amazing to watch.
Saying hi to everyone is nothing. You can go the grocery store and a stranger will just start talking to you like you have known each other for years.
I’ve always preferred the Midwest, Michigan to be specific. I’ve traveled all over the country and lived in the south for a couple years, the people in the south are great, their food is awesome and they waved back. Was never sure if they did it too or if they were just waving back in confusion. But the summer heat is unbearable and the bugs and snakes are much bigger than I prefer, my southern friends are always welcome to visit and I’ll visit them in the winter.
We are taught to wave in the South. It’s a habit I have to curb myself. Especially if you make eye contact with someone, you’re expected to say hello, wave, nod, or smile 👌. Always the way it’s been since I was a kid.
What Menards has a grand piano 0:24 ? So dope! I wish more stores had this.
I unironically love Menards! I’m like a kid in a candy store!
My Menards has a grand piano that plays itself
I love Menards!
I love menards, Lowes BLowes.
Quite a few, actually 😊
0:58 bro thinks he is in My Summer Car 💀💀
OMG. I was shopping at Menards yesterday.
You can tell he has buyers remorse of moving to cali
Was pleasantly surprised to see you and Mr. Doolittle were acquainted
these videos have been making me laugh. taking up my comedy time.
Love the mall shot at the end with the laughter filming it
Good ol' Knollwood applebees. I recognize that strip mall anywhere
He forgot to go pick up his date on a tractor, or drive to the next city through 40 miles of nothing but corn.
As someone who grew up on the east coast and lived in Wisconsin for a few years, you hit the nail on the head.
I do miss how cheap gas was. Depending on where you live (not Illinois) cost of living is fairly reasonable. At least compared to where I grew up on the east coast.
I've lived in the Midwest my entire life. This video is 100% accurate.
“6’3, I hate being short.” As a midwesterner myself this is pretty accurate
Beer in MN is actually just water with a sprinkle of alcohol. I see old childhood friends, still living in smallville Midwest, post on social media about their yummy dinner at Applebee's and Red Lobster.
Your talking about 3-2-1 beer , they got rid of that stuff a few years ago , it's all normal beer like everyone else nowadays here in MN .
They even sell liquor on Sundays now ..
Which is good , because driving to WI all the time sucked
I live outside of Milwaukee, nobody says pop, it's soda. But, a drinking fountain is a bubbler here!🤣
I’m so midwestern that I didn’t realize calling it “pop” was a joke I thought he just called it what it is
Hell yeah, brother. Can't wait to have a Busch Light and do some yard work in the snow this weekend.
Other than the gas prices, this is the most accurate video I've ever seen.
Needed to include a 4 way standoff at a stop sign where every car is waving on another car.
On my way to Menards to find inner peace, pea gravel, groceries, and a back scratcher that is free after rebate.
That "1 more, 1 more" turns out to be only 1 in the end 🤣
bro forgot to mention ranch, Dorothy Lynch, Runza, Culver's, endless crop fields, smelly cows, boring scenery when driving... what was I talking about?
Only had Runza on a road trip. It was so good. We don't have them in Minnesota
Hilarious. I am surprised you didn’t stop at Gander Mountain. 😂
I thought they went bankrupt or something? Hmmmm...now I need to go look..
@ Cabela’s is still around for sure
As much as I'd like $1.25 a gallon, someone in California would like the reality of $2.90 a gallon
Just filled my tank in Missouri. It was 2.90. it hasn't been above 3 dollars in my area for about a year
It's $3.44 in the twin cities right now. The price in the video was hyperbole.
"Then i drive perfectly straight and safe" dude... I'm not even fuckin mad
This is somewhat accurate, I’m a Minnesotan.
I recently interviewed for a job as I was moving from the Midwest to the PNW. One further coworker went to the same school in Illinois as I did and he told me, this area is different from Illinois. Don’t feel offended if you say hi to people on the street and they ignore you.
I legit was at those exact 3 locations this weekend. Guess we aren't so different after all. 😂
The non-monetary parts of this video are actually SO true. I actually drink pop for breakfast every day lmaaaaao
Charlie Berens needs to confirm.
Charlie would be laughing. Menard's and Applebee's???
I have to laugh at the fact that I am watching this while at Menards.
I am watching this at the DC.
That looks just like the Knollwood Mall Applebee's in St. Louis Park, MN.
Midwestern people are so overly friendly. I asked my mom when I was a kid why she always talked to strangers. But houses can not possibly be that expensive in other parts of the us
I smell a content machine / you betcha war 😂
The finger wave while driving is spot on🤣
As a European I think the same thing but for the entirety of the US except for New York and LA.
it's really not
@@mrwtfwhy You're right, when I imagine Miami i imagine it being night time.
Don’t forget Seattle, Boston, Portland, and Honolulu
I watched this with no sound and it was infinitely funnier.
What about Kwik Trip and Fleet Farm?
Farm and Fleet, but you say it “Farminfleet”. 😄
@@gretahoostal8565And "save big money at Farm and Fleet" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
The waving thing is the most truest stereotype.
This sounds amazing tbh
Waving & smiling to people you don’t know - yes we do! 😂
As a midwesterner, i can confirm this is accurate.
So accurate. These Florida houses expect us to live in under 3,000 square feet, only one 2 car garage, and no full basement. I had to get a storage unit to keep my plywood scraps somewhere safe.
Dude is living the easiest life ever. And that bill lol.
Haha. You got me with a few. I'm 6' and was the shortest of my friends as a teenager. I legitimately thought I was short until I joined the Army.
What about trips to Fleet Farm or Blaine's Farm and Fleet stores?
The thing that this reminded me of is how since getting out of college I’ve lived in/near cities with high housing costs including currently paying $2100 in rent for a small two-bedroom place attached to another with thin walls, but my parents in the Detroit suburbs have a post-WW2 three-story house worth $150k or 1.5k estimated rent according to Zillow lol.
Never knew I was a midwesterner until I found out alcoholism is just blindly ignored there 😂
I have found my people, and we will continue to astonish doctors with the fact that our livers still operate ♥️
I remember that a friend had a reletive visiting from California and we were in a bar in Moorhead MN and after a while she just said "God, you people drink a lot".
As a Minnesotan, i can confirm. This is my daily routine
Why doesn’t your character drive a full sized pickup truck with a “topper”? (Called a cap in other places). And why isn’t he wearing a cap, thin Walmart jeans and oversized work boots?
Worked at an Applebees in northern IL, can confirm this is typical midwesterner behavior! 🤣😆
Here in Nebraska you can buy running shoes, treadmills, football helmets, candy, Lego sets, and AR-15's at Scheels.
That's MY favorite store. Don't forget, you can also ride the ferris wheel.
Scheels originated here in fargo nd
Don’t forget the dip n dots
@@MidnightPolaris800I think it was actually a little town on the Minnesota side of the river.
@missano3856 basically the same place. Moorhead was a tiny place then they got big with a big store here in fargo and closed mn store. They didn't get popular until they joined the good side of the river that isnt ruined by l1berals
I love how its constantly cloudy. Even if that was just the weather that day, I think it adds a little something.
I lived in South Dakodahhh for four years. They’re REALLY like this.
I've always lived in South Dakodahhhhh and a lot of us are like this.
My friend from Minnesota was the shortest of 4 boys in his family at 6'4". Mom was 5' nothing but no one ever messed with her.
I've been to the Midwest, and this hilariously accurate as to what people think 😂😂😂
Bro why is the mall of America so quiet I see more people at my local Scottish mall at 9pm on a Tuesday
Malls are dying all over the States. Blame Amazon.
It's sort of self-effacing humour. The Mall of America is a notoriously large shopping centre built in a decidedly underpopulated area, a relic from when land and operating costs were cheaper (I'm assuming financing was also looser). It's not really seen as a point of pride anymore.
Underpopulated? Mall of America is in a suburb of Minneapolis/St Paul , which is the 16th largest metro area in the United States just after Orlando , AKA Disney world, and larger than Cleveland, OH . Its not LA county but it ain’t exactly podunk North Dakota or something
@@M_Duhamel sorry, I meant insufficiently populous to support the Mall of America’s size. Foot in mouth Tuesday 😅
@@HarrisCaron Amazon exists in Scotland too though?
As a Midwesterner this is scarily accurate.
Where in the Midwest is gas only $1.25??? I'll move there ASAP
Probably like fucking Tightwad Missouri or something. Yes Tightwad is a real town close to my hometown.
@apexalaska I found yet another reason to move to Missouri. Also, thank you for clarifying because I thought you called ME a tightwad or Missouri lol
In Illinois it’s like $4 a gallon right now lol
@Childofbhaal yeah, live here too lol its bad
Nowhere even in Iowa cheapest in the past year is 2.30
You kind of missed the part where you get up to go to work at -5 in the morning so you can be home in time for breakfast