Don't tell everyone how great it is to live amongst white Mormons. That's definitely going to be the end for the middle class and poor white families that live in Pocatello. They'll end up homeless with no place else to go.
This didn't look bad at all. But "bad" in this part of the country is nothing like bad elsewhere. I live in North Dakota. We have towns that are dumps because they lost their main employment and now there falling apart. Still, they don't have the soul crushing despair and degradation I see in other parts of the country. When I go back to my home state of Pennsylvania, a lot of the central parts of that state look like District 12 of the Hunger Games, and Philadelphia... My God! How do people live like that?!
Well...isn't that the example of the free market capitalism we love so much? Haha...yeah, china or any other foreign entities should not be able to buy our country out.
Yeah, I’m at know it we should be able to sell parts of Miramax to China. We shouldn’t be able to sell some of our soybean farmland in Nebraska to China. We shouldn’t be able selling all this real estate to these Chinese students that are coming over here with all this tech money, you’re right about all that we should have a medication made from our enemies at China. Long story short our country sold out our elites in our leaders have been bought out plus add a little dash of George Soros, and then wants us a communist country and damn there’s your answer.
My dad was from Idaho and we would take a vacation to that area at least every other summer. (From L.A.). I had relatives in Blackfoot, Pocatello, Twin Falls etc. it’s been decades now since I’ve been in contact with any family up there. This episode is putting a smile on my face and bringing back happy memories. Thank you Nick Johnson 😊
I moved here from California 3 years ago, I live in Chubbuck, which is adjacent to Pocatello. I am very happy here and glad to be out of the homeless camps and extremely high costs and high taxes of California.
That's my hometown. Like most young people, I was itching to leave this place straight out of high school.. After having lived on each coast and in between, having experienced a dozen foreign countries, I decided Poky wasn't the worst place I'd been. I came back here when I finished up in the military, and plan on dying here, just as my grandparents did.
Notice how downtowns in America still exist literally because of the old school brickwork. The crap they build now, (like every strip mall next to a walmart) will never last that long. So when towns die, they'll stay dead, with buildings beyond repair, unlike brick buildings. I won't live long enough to see it, but good luck.
I watched the video last year that actually said the same thing but in this case homes instead of commercial buildings. A lot of the modern homes they’ve been building have a life expectancy average around 50 years. Older homes that were built close to a century ago or close to that were a lot more durable.
@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonasI live in an old bungalow. You are right they were built to last. When I move I want another old brick home! Plaster walls and ceilings beat drywall any day.
Our elementary school in Emmett ID 74 yrs ago was brick. The name of it was Brick Elementary. ! Also my uncle's farm house was brick. Also a fancier, newer house (at the time) my aunt (his ex-wife) moved into in town was brick.
I live in Pocatello and know him as the “hello have a good day” guy cause every car that passes he screams at them to have a good day pretty good guy from what I could tell might have mental health or drug issues but he’s nice regardless
I have worked with the homeless in the 90s and then was the teaching pastor at a Saturday morning breakfast on the beach for several years not that long ago . I knew thousands of people on the streets from San Bernardino to San Diego but these days there is something much different going on than just people living on the streets ( demon possessed people and gangs ruling over them ) .
I used to live near Idaho Falls for several years, but I definitely have been to Pocatello many times. Even though this part of Idaho may be considered bad, it is definitely nothing compared to Houston (born and raised) or even the worst parts of Dallas or Atlanta. Pocatello, in many other states would be considered a nice area. But of course most people won’t realize because Boise the only place you’ll only ever hear about in regards to Idaho 80% of the time.
Hi Nick, nice to see you again. Your channel is the best, good information and I'm glad to see so many places. Thank you for your work. Be careful God bless you and your family. Greetings from Berlin
It’s a shame to see this series end, this was a relief from the ravished, desolate trips through the south and California that you did. Ideas for future road trips: New England road trip, Rust belt Midwest road trip, Alaskan road trip, Hawaiian road trip
Back in the day, some friends and I rented a Winnebago and drove 500 miles to Pocatello to see Fleetwood Mac. Yes, the Fleetwood Mac. They started their world tour in Pocatello, ID. True story.
I was born in Twin Falls Idaho. We moved shortly after to Henderson NV. My mom couldn't take the cold with her arthritis. So we traded the beauty of Idaho for hell. We always went back to Idaho in the summer to visit family. My grandparents moved to this really cool town called Jerome. You had to cross over the snake river on the memorial bridge to get to Jerome. I loved that little town. I miss Idaho I haven't been back in years. It's a world away from Henderson/Las Vegas. And the heat!
I was born in Mountainhome, and grew up in a couple small towns along the snake river. I joined the military and ended up retiring in Arizona, I appreciate Idaho, so much more now, especially with how things have changed in the world and even more local to Phoenix. My youngest son is in college now, but I anticipate at some point that I will move back to Idaho. Gooding, Wendell, Jerome, I have their own issues, of course, no different than a lot of small towns across the country. Do you think you would ever move back to Idaho from Las Vegas/Henderson?
Love your unique delivery of commentary. When I first started listening months back, I thought it sounded very.. how do I say this.. amateur and I don't mean that in a bad way. Because it hits home. It's like I'm riding right beside you. Your secret is this I believe. You're highly intelligent but you are able to talk to guys like me on our level lol That's a gift and it's obviously marketable. Cheers to you. You have found a wonderful niche of people who feel the way I do and really appreciate your work. Thank you.
Great series, Nick. I'm glad you got to see the West like this. I was stationed in Montana in the Air Force, we own a second home in Meridian, Idaho, and have traveled a lot through the area. Nicely done.
Nick, Nick, Nick, Mahalo for all the state research 🧐 looking round for my new home base! You make us laugh, smile, and point out all the important things……when the time comes…we can do a moving from the NYC to Midwest. We are lucky 🍀 to have you. 🎉
My husband grew up in Pocatello and hates it. We used to go down there quite a bit before his mom died. We haven’t been back since. We met in Emmett and have been married 29 years.
Born in Pocatello 54 years ago, raised in Idaho falls and living in Rexburg. Proud to be a Latter-day Saint and living in this beautiful part of the country.
I suffer from severe motion sickness and vertigo...i cannot express how much I appreciate your slowing down of your driving frames! My God, how can other creators on this platform not get that...some of the camp channels on YT give me a headache and i really wish i could watch them!😢
I can't even begin to remember, just how many loads of Potatoes that I trucked out of Pocatello, Twin Falls,Idaho Falls,and numerous other Idaho locations.Thanks Nick for shedding light on this part of Idaho. Lol,Mappy at the end was super happy to fire off several rounds😂😂😂
My aunt and uncle and cousins lived in Pocatello. Many good childhood memories there. When I became an adult and went to the bars I saw a completely different side of Pocatello. Yikes. It is a very divided town. You are either in the mormon group, the wealthy yuppie group, or the poor group. I don't think it gets any more complicated than that. With the FMC plant closing down Pocatello lost a lot of jobs so the town has been struggling lately.
3:58 America is way too car centric. Look at all that asphalt, lanes and parking lots with almost no demand for it. . Almost no trees. No bike lanes. Sad.
Route66 was the precursor to the asphalt road way system. Remember how the inter-state post W.W.-2 hwy. System mushroomed-???🤔. North/South/East & West-???😳. Quite an incredible endeavor/simular to the rail road system. Both endeavors unlike anything the planet🌎 has ever seen-!!!😳.
Nick, you missed Idaho’s best gem named Idaho Falls. I’ve been visiting their since I was a kid as I have relatives there. It’s not as gritty as Pocatello or over run by the west coast like Boise. It’s just a unknown place to most and that’s good
Love your positivity. I live outside of Boise now but had lived in Pocatello for a little over a year. It wasn't terrible at all. Yes, it is pretty basic. It's not glamorous, and that is fine. However, it is a great place if you love the simple life and the outdoors. Plus, most of the people are super friendly. Some of the friendliest I have ever encountered! Would definitely consider moving back at some point.
Pocatello is in a good location. Only 4 hours to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Yellowstone Park a little further. Grand Targhee is a few hours drive. It's close to scenic Utah to the South. Only 3 hours to Boisangeles. Downtown is relatively clean compared to other cities. Winters are a good 6 months of the year. Brutally cold and windy weather.
Nick, Your tour of America continues to be extremely AWESOME !!!👍👍👍 You're making the ultimate road trip that most of us only dream of!!! Pocatello actually looks intriguing (& possibly affordable for those of us who continue to slide out of the middle class). Hey, once you've finished the tour, are you going to have any "awards", you know, "bests" in different categories, like for those of us who want out of wherever we are, but can only afford one bus ticket, one tank of gas, or one airline ticket to relocate to that one last best place...? Plus, where do you plan to end up, someday???
Greetings from Spirit Lake what I like to refer to as "the Bible snow belt"! Runs all the way from this here gully to Deerpark Washington!😅 No Mormons here that I know of. Just capping on the old term Bible belt
Though the summer's over, I know that when I look up at the ridgeline, at the setting sun, and see that silhouette of a cowboy on horseback, I'll know it's you, Nick. The dude abides.
A reference to my favorite movie of all time. The Big Lebowski! Let’s go bowling dude. I hate the Eagles. Put on some Credence man. I will watch it again right now!
I was raised in Idaho in the panhandle of the state and as far as we were concerned we were Idaho up there and the rest was “what? Where? Pocatello…That’s in Idaho?”
As a transplant many years ago, we call it poke a fellow. ( no I don’t live there) and theys marmens not Mormons. It’s pretty windy in SE idaho most days. Was told Idaho blows because Utah sucks.
I think Pocatello suffers economically somewhat because it used to be on the route between Salt Lake City and Boise----but now it has been bypassed with part of Interstate 84. It's kind of a typical agricultural and industrial Western town that is an out-of-the way place. But Bozeman, MT used to be like that too, and now everybody seems to be moving there.
@@O.N.L. YES, SCIENCE HAS PROVEN THAT LONG AGO, WHICH YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T AN ANTI-SCIENCE BIGOT! Biological sex is determined by several gender markers, such as chromosomes, hormones, DNA, repro-organs, and genitalia... and even then all "gender" markers can still be inconclusive, including DNA! Genitalia is only solely used to assign biological sex, and even gender (a proven human construct - not biological) to newborns, which is why it's not always correct. Furthermore, 1 in 15,000 females are biologically male (xy); and 1 in 25,000 males are biologically female (xx)! Biological sex is a very complex issue, because many individuals are born inbetween male and female, neither, or both! Intersex is a perfect example. Even medical specialists in biological sex cannot always determine one's biological sex. Numerous proven, congenital, biological, transgender conditions are other examples. Read Brenner's Gender Encyclopedia containing over 700 volumes of proven transgender conditions that fit the medical criteria of being a congenital, biological, female more than many cisgender females!!! According to neurologists many transgender have an intersex condition of their physical brain (not mind) - the largest sex organ in the human body - from excessive estrogen flow to the brain in utero; and as a result some "males" (penis persons) develope female physical characteristics during puberty. Also... geneticists have proven that there are at least 6 biological sexes that survive birth, and 4 that are rare. Geneticists have proven that chromosomes can vary (from male to female, and mosaic) from cell to cell in the same person. Some can even have two or more separate strands of xx, xy, and mosaic DNA! Research chimerism. Not everyone is born just xx or xy, such as Klinefelter's xxy. There are many born with various chromosomal combinations, which makes biological sex unique to the individual. I could go on with pages of facts, but the point is that proven science is not right or left. Science is required to be specific for medical reasons. The only reason you're mistaking the issue personally and negatively is because you're anti-science; and the reason you're anti-science is because science is academically "progressive" - always making new discoveries proven by facts and overwhelming evidence - which challenges those incapable of intelligence, such as flat-earthers, evangelicals, and anti-democracy fascist NAZIs that define the extreme-right. EDUCATE YOURSELF." TRANSGENDER IS NOTHING NEW. EVEN THE BIBLE SUPPORTS TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PEOPLE IN MATTHEW 19:10-12. THE WORD EUNUCH ORIGINALLY MEANT HOMOSEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX, PRIESTS, AND CASTRATED MEN.
Keep telling yourself that like your Hebrew corporate state owners tell you to further divide the masses. They run the blue and the red. So keep believing their Bael crap!!!
Ever heard of “operation trust” from Russia in 1916? Fake right wing the same as the 100 years later “trust the plan” in the US. Did they get the bad guy pedos with that now 3 years later? NO!!! Trump and Biden have both worn red shoes and been to Epstein island! But keep up the he brew repeated “civil war”!!!
When I was kindergarten age we moved to Route 2 Emmett, ID, several miles from Emmet. There was no kindergarten. We had 50 acres, mostly alfalfa, a story book red barn, two story country house with a great porch where we slept in summer (no AC in 1949), My older brother and sister went to a little red school house and our dog (who came with the property) was allowed to sleep before the fireplace in the classroom. My aunt and uncle lived several miles down the street. Dad was a chiropractor practicing in Long Beach, CA and he had to have residence in ID for one year before he could take the licensing test for the state, After that year we moved back to CA. We (learned later) that it was a Mormon area and they decided not to give the exam that year (Dad was Lutheran). I have a brother that lives near Potlach ID and lotsa cousins who live in the Camus prairie (wheat farmers).
@@janetclark5668 Don't see it yet. I rode in a little single engine plane one time with Dad--it was his friends plane --the friend who died later in Alaska (blanking on his name).
Pocatello is a great town. There's other places in the state i.e agricultural areas of S. Idaho which I'd consider worse. Pocatello is a college town with heaps of character.
I enjoy some of your little extras you place in your video editing, Nick. A picture of "Bev" and TV excerpts are some fine examples. Mappy is ok by me, too!
You certainly know how to excite my memory funnybone. In a previous post I mentioned I had ex laws in Blackfoot. Now you bring it home with Pocatello and Fort Hall. It was so long ago, not a hesitation to drive two hours to Salt Lake City to food shop and acquire the latest fashions. Schools let out when the potato crop was ready. A well paying summer job was moving pipe ( Irrigation) for Simplot.
Wow, that was quite an eye-opening experience! Your video sheds light on the less-explored aspects of Idaho, and it's great to see how you shared both the challenges and the beauty of the place. Thanks for taking us along on your journey to the "worst place" in Idaho; it was both informative and engaging! 🏞📺👏
I like to think that my watching so many commercials at your channel has enabled you to stay at nicer hotels like the one in this video. You deserve it, Nick! I’m glad to hear Pocatello is improving in recent years. Looks like some areas are quite nice while others look working class. I doubt it’s going to be a prime real estate location, though, as long as the fertilizer plant is there. Smelly air pollution is a major turn-off. I think this was the perfect place for you to end your trip, since this place embodies a bit of everything in the mountain west: Mormons, rodeos, wildlife, potatoes, and guns. It’s probably the most overlooked-and, therefore, least spoiled-part of the country.
I stayed in the nice parts of Pocatello and worked at the Semiconductor factory there. The downtown was pretty cool and the people seemed nice. I definitely didn't see the bad parts.
Nick, would love to see you come to Hawthorne, Nevada. It used to be the Largest Ammo base in the world, with AF and Marines. We have an older car sales biz building that is now a bomb museum. Great for razors, a salt lake, lofty cliffs above the lake. A casino, lots of churches, lots of bars. For the past few decades Government contractors have ran this AMMO base.
Nick, Thank you for sharing your amazing summer with us. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for taking us along and get busy and keep your videos coming cuz I appreciate and love your work!
My aunt lives in Pocatello. If you live in Pocatello, get ready for LDS/Mormons to target your home. Repeatedly. And you can expect a cold shoulder for you not wanting to join their group. That's Pocatello. Might as well be in Utah.
As an Idaho resident, I think the consensus regarding the worst town in the state would be Soda Springs. Houses there are dirt cheap because of the severe industrial pollution.
4 decades ago I was in business in Idaho that provided services to School Districts and schools throughout the State. I was based out of Boise and did all the work for non LDS controlled districts. The Mormon districts always had Utah based suppliers. I did do work in this area with employees that were Mormon and they could not believe I was discriminated against! If you want to ugly in Idaho just go a few miles N. to the Fort Hall reservation and find some of the meanest and unfriendly people you have ever seen, living in the most filthy uncivilized way possible. It is sad to see.
Pocatello has severe winter weather compared to Boisangeles. My aunt resides in Pocatello. The winters are not a lot of fun. They are long at 4500 foot elevation. It's a major Mormon/LDS controlled town and area.
@@keithbalke6352, the women in that faith/church in nearly all cases only date/marry within the church. They sometimes may consider dating outside the faith if a man’s lifestyle matches most of theirs.
Pocatello native. I think you pretty much nailed it honestly 😂 The junkies won't hurt you much as long as you keep your distance. The Mormons won't hurt you much either, just don't look them in the eyes. There can be a late night scene sometimes, but you might get roofied, so make sure you walk with a crowd. Oh yeah, don't forget your piece, nobody else did. 🤠 yeeyee
Now that the Mountain West trip is finished, I think I would pick Coeur d'Alene as my favorite town featured in this series. Not too small or too big, the most scenic landscapes, and no major problems except a high cost of living.
That garden tub brought back memories when I stayed overnight in Pocatello about 10 years ago...yes, there was a garden tub in my room, right out in the open.
I live a couple of hours away. Pocahello and Pocafello are common terms. Southern Idaho can take you about as close as it gets to a slower life anymore. Not saying thats for everyone though. I myself was born and raised here for the most part and my time is coming to a close. I have a family now and a need for adventure. Ill be moving at the first of the year. Next time youre around check out Sun Valley. It started as a quaint mountain town and boasts the countrys first destination ski resort. Know for its magical feel and the 2nd home of many rich and famous. Its kind of become overrun and has priced out many of the locals. Unfortunate. Sun Valley at christmas time is pretty special though. Have a stay at the lodge.
We're like 20 mins outside portland oregon. We're planning on moving to idaho, my aunt moved to South Dakota, just had friends move to Nebraska. I know seeing my city change for the worse was such a heartbreaking thing. Thank you for documenting all this ❤️
There's a reason why those of us who lived there for any length of time call it Poca-hell-hole. Moved there to go to school, returned home after a semester ready to unalive myself. The Mormon kids are ruthlessly exclusive of non-Mormons there.
We also have some of the highest suscide rates. I believe because the people are so mean. They definitely discriminate if your not Mormon or LDS. They ban together like a cult. I definitely feel the S witch trials vibe as soon as I moved here from Boise. I'm flipping a house and going to another state.
A lovely & entertaining final captured journey through Idaho! Thanks for creating all these videos of America, good & bad, you have done it better than any other channel on the topic!
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Don't tell everyone how great it is to live amongst white Mormons. That's definitely going to be the end for the middle class and poor white families that live in Pocatello. They'll end up homeless with no place else to go.
Thanks for this! I've never been to Pocatello. What a great place to and your tour of the Mountain West.
You might need glasses. It says 1981 National Champions.
If THIS is the worst idaho has to offer, then they are doing something right
It's far from the worst. Firth sucks. Please don't move to Idaho.
Yeah Pokys got some charm still atleast, our neighbor BlackFoot ID on the other hand...
The winter Is the worse they have to offer
Especially if you vote like Californians
Blackfoot is heaven compared to Fort Hall reservation not to far from either Pokie or Blackfoot.@@RiOT5111
The worst place in Idaho looks better than many many places across the US.
Yaaaas!!!😊
This didn't look bad at all. But "bad" in this part of the country is nothing like bad elsewhere. I live in North Dakota. We have towns that are dumps because they lost their main employment and now there falling apart. Still, they don't have the soul crushing despair and degradation I see in other parts of the country. When I go back to my home state of Pennsylvania, a lot of the central parts of that state look like District 12 of the Hunger Games, and Philadelphia... My God! How do people live like that?!
No, it's not.
@@ressljsThey live like that because they're junkies who don't care about anything but getting high lol I'm 22 and I know that, hell I knew it at 19
Agreed , I live in Minneapolis and I'm RED af basically a fish out of water overhere
Foreign companies and non residents should not be allowed to own land in the USA we have enough of a housing shortage already.
Well...isn't that the example of the free market capitalism we love so much? Haha...yeah, china or any other foreign entities should not be able to buy our country out.
Business is business
Totally agree!!
Yeah, I’m at know it we should be able to sell parts of Miramax to China. We shouldn’t be able to sell some of our soybean farmland in Nebraska to China. We shouldn’t be able selling all this real estate to these Chinese students that are coming over here with all this tech money, you’re right about all that we should have a medication made from our enemies at China. Long story short our country sold out our elites in our leaders have been bought out plus add a little dash of George Soros, and then wants us a communist country and damn there’s your answer.
Thanks to our corporate governance. Americans and America have been for sale and for rent for many decades.
Pocatello has promise-I was actually pleasantly surprised……and if this is Idaho’s worst, good for Idaho! 👏
yea look at the lack of graffiti in the crap part of town.
Idaho is great place for Neo Nazi s
That's right honey! We liked it there!
I live here, it's church covered up. There's lots of drugs, even our City Atty was caught w Fentanyl. It's just better hidden.
I happen to live just outside Pocatello. It used to be a not very good place to live but has changed quite a bit from my perspective.
My dad was from Idaho and we would take a vacation to that area at least every other summer. (From L.A.). I had relatives in Blackfoot, Pocatello, Twin Falls etc. it’s been decades now since I’ve been in contact with any family up there. This episode is putting a smile on my face and bringing back happy memories. Thank you Nick Johnson 😊
That is awesome!
I moved here from California 3 years ago, I live in Chubbuck, which is adjacent to Pocatello. I am very happy here and glad to be out of the homeless camps and extremely high costs and high taxes of California.
Hopefully you're not voting Democrat then
I hope you learned how to vote
You bet! The main reason I left….to be in a conservative state with like-minded people. So glad to have escaped!
@@stevewalcott9546 those states get turned in to blue
Well done Mr. Walcott. Congrats.
That's my hometown. Like most young people, I was itching to leave this place straight out of high school.. After having lived on each coast and in between, having experienced a dozen foreign countries, I decided Poky wasn't the worst place I'd been. I came back here when I finished up in the military, and plan on dying here, just as my grandparents did.
Holy crap. Where in tbe world did you travel to?
Looks pretty nice, very quiet, but neat. Usually I don't like US cities, but Poky looks like a good place
I was born in Idaho, lived there till I was 6 and half. I still miss it. We lived in Spirit Lake. Not sure where that is in relation to here.
@@gergelydrotos3745 Where are you from?
Hungary, Budapest
Notice how downtowns in America still exist literally because of the old school brickwork. The crap they build now, (like every strip mall next to a walmart) will never last that long. So when towns die, they'll stay dead, with buildings beyond repair, unlike brick buildings.
I won't live long enough to see it, but good luck.
I watched the video last year that actually said the same thing but in this case homes instead of commercial buildings. A lot of the modern homes they’ve been building have a life expectancy average around 50 years. Older homes that were built close to a century ago or close to that were a lot more durable.
@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonasI live in an old bungalow. You are right they were built to last. When I move I want another old brick home! Plaster walls and ceilings beat drywall any day.
Sadly, many downtowns just have brick façades.
@amicaaranearum1560 ya I've been through 49 States...all the small downtowns are drug fronts now at best...or vacant.
Our elementary school in Emmett ID 74 yrs ago was brick. The name of it was Brick Elementary. ! Also my uncle's farm house was brick. Also a fancier, newer house (at the time) my aunt (his ex-wife) moved into in town was brick.
I laughed so hard as you drove away saying " I was just going to ask him what it was like living here " .
I live in Pocatello and know him as the “hello have a good day” guy cause every car that passes he screams at them to have a good day pretty good guy from what I could tell might have mental health or drug issues but he’s nice regardless
I didn't mean anything mean concerning that guy but was just laughing at the whole situation that Nick was in .
I have worked with the homeless in the 90s and then was the teaching pastor at a Saturday morning breakfast on the beach for several years not that long ago . I knew thousands of people on the streets from San Bernardino to San Diego but these days there is something much different going on than just people living on the streets ( demon possessed people and gangs ruling over them ) .
@@danarcaris1259Drugs are different. the tranq stuff especially is terrible.
He looks like Red Skelton.
Yeah I'm getting old but I still remember him!
I used to live near Idaho Falls for several years, but I definitely have been to Pocatello many times. Even though this part of Idaho may be considered bad, it is definitely nothing compared to Houston (born and raised) or even the worst parts of Dallas or Atlanta. Pocatello, in many other states would be considered a nice area. But of course most people won’t realize because Boise the only place you’ll only ever hear about in regards to Idaho 80% of the time.
🤨 why u insulting my Houston? I see you😒
Just got back to Arizona last night from spending the summer in Jerome, love it there
My girlfriend is from Idaho Falls and we are most likely to move back there in a few years once we settle down. We both love it there in IF.
I heard that Boise has a very distinct awful smell. Is there a paper mill around there or something?
@@usborn8388 you might be thinking of Lewiston Idaho. There is paper mill there and makes the whole Lewiston valley (including Clarkston WA) smell bad
Hi Nick, nice to see you again.
Your channel is the best, good information and I'm glad to see so many places.
Thank you for your work.
Be careful
God bless you and your family.
Greetings from Berlin
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It’s a shame to see this series end, this was a relief from the ravished, desolate trips through the south and California that you did. Ideas for future road trips: New England road trip, Rust belt Midwest road trip, Alaskan road trip, Hawaiian road trip
I did a rust belt trip once and the other three are on the sked!
Back in the day, some friends and I rented a Winnebago and drove 500 miles to Pocatello to see Fleetwood Mac. Yes, the Fleetwood Mac. They started their world tour in Pocatello, ID. True story.
What?!?
You Can Go Your Own Way
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Fleetwood Mac in schit kicker country ?
@@user-wy1dl2me2p Yeah it was back in the Day.
Now their just up Schitt's Creek...
Nice
I was born in Twin Falls Idaho. We moved shortly after to Henderson NV. My mom couldn't take the cold with her arthritis. So we traded the beauty of Idaho for hell. We always went back to Idaho in the summer to visit family. My grandparents moved to this really cool town called Jerome. You had to cross over the snake river on the memorial bridge to get to Jerome. I loved that little town. I miss Idaho I haven't been back in years. It's a world away from Henderson/Las Vegas. And the heat!
Man traded Beauty for Hell……fam comes first tho
My grandparents moved to Jerome also around 1970.
Right on we lived just on the Jerome side on rm101. We could just ride our dirt bikes around everywhere back then
I was born in Mountainhome, and grew up in a couple small towns along the snake river. I joined the military and ended up retiring in Arizona, I appreciate Idaho, so much more now, especially with how things have changed in the world and even more local to Phoenix.
My youngest son is in college now, but I anticipate at some point that I will move back to Idaho.
Gooding, Wendell, Jerome, I have their own issues, of course, no different than a lot of small towns across the country.
Do you think you would ever move back to Idaho from Las Vegas/Henderson?
Henderson is a nice area. I certainly wouldn’t describe it as hell.
Love your unique delivery of commentary. When I first started listening months back, I thought it sounded very.. how do I say this.. amateur and I don't mean that in a bad way. Because it hits home. It's like I'm riding right beside you. Your secret is this I believe. You're highly intelligent but you are able to talk to guys like me on our level lol That's a gift and it's obviously marketable. Cheers to you. You have found a wonderful niche of people who feel the way I do and really appreciate your work. Thank you.
Thanks for all the great content over the years Nick.
Great series, Nick. I'm glad you got to see the West like this. I was stationed in Montana in the Air Force, we own a second home in Meridian, Idaho, and have traveled a lot through the area. Nicely done.
Ok David!! There's actually more to come later!
Nick, Nick, Nick, Mahalo for all the state research 🧐 looking round for my new home base! You make us laugh, smile, and point out all the important things……when the time comes…we can do a moving from the NYC to Midwest. We are lucky 🍀 to have you. 🎉
❤️❤️ When you're ready to move and need help email me Michele!
My husband grew up in Pocatello and hates it. We used to go down there quite a bit before his mom died. We haven’t been back since. We met in Emmett and have been married 29 years.
Now Emmett that is something! Have friends there
@@patriciaanzelc5386 Everyone knows someone from Emmett it seems.
I grew up in Emmett. Now living in Nampa. I miss it. Maybe once I don’t have to go into downtown Boise for work I’ll move back.
Born in Pocatello 54 years ago, raised in Idaho falls and living in Rexburg. Proud to be a Latter-day Saint and living in this beautiful part of the country.
I suffer from severe motion sickness and vertigo...i cannot express how much I appreciate your slowing down of your driving frames! My God, how can other creators on this platform not get that...some of the camp channels on YT give me a headache and i really wish i could watch them!😢
Yay!
You can slow down any video using the tools at top right at your screen 😉
I can't even begin to remember, just how many loads of Potatoes that I trucked out of Pocatello, Twin Falls,Idaho Falls,and numerous other Idaho locations.Thanks Nick for shedding light on this part of Idaho. Lol,Mappy at the end was super happy to fire off several rounds😂😂😂
He's ALWAYS wanting to shoot that damn thing
@@NickJohnson 😆,lol,I can see that, Mappy is trigger happy
5 shots to be exact..
My aunt and uncle and cousins lived in Pocatello. Many good childhood memories there. When I became an adult and went to the bars I saw a completely different side of Pocatello. Yikes. It is a very divided town. You are either in the mormon group, the wealthy yuppie group, or the poor group. I don't think it gets any more complicated than that. With the FMC plant closing down Pocatello lost a lot of jobs so the town has been struggling lately.
3:58 America is way too car centric. Look at all that asphalt, lanes and parking lots with almost no demand for it. . Almost no trees. No bike lanes. Sad.
Route66 was the precursor to the asphalt road way system. Remember how the inter-state post W.W.-2 hwy. System mushroomed-???🤔. North/South/East & West-???😳. Quite an incredible endeavor/simular to the rail road system. Both endeavors unlike anything the planet🌎 has ever seen-!!!😳.
You outdid yourselves on this one, Nick & Nappy. Very entertaining. Nothing like a little clean fun.
More to come Janet!
I concurr!!! LOL!
I often wonder what Nappy identifies as, and what to use for proper pronouns .
@@LarryHinze-q9b
Nick, you missed Idaho’s best gem named Idaho Falls. I’ve been visiting their since I was a kid as I have relatives there. It’s not as gritty as Pocatello or over run by the west coast like Boise. It’s just a unknown place to most and that’s good
No I saw it it'll be in a video coming up one day.
Lived in IF for 5+ years. Overcrowded now with high housing costs with low availability.
Epic Series, great job Nick. A wrap up summary video would be great to get the overall big picture of your trip and your impressions of the region.
One day!
Love your positivity. I live outside of Boise now but had lived in Pocatello for a little over a year. It wasn't terrible at all.
Yes, it is pretty basic. It's not glamorous, and that is fine. However, it is a great place if you love the simple life and the outdoors. Plus, most of the people are super friendly. Some of the friendliest I have ever encountered!
Would definitely consider moving back at some point.
Thanks for sharing!!
Pocatello is in a good location. Only 4 hours to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Yellowstone Park a little further. Grand Targhee is a few hours drive. It's close to scenic Utah to the South. Only 3 hours to Boisangeles. Downtown is relatively clean compared to other cities. Winters are a good 6 months of the year. Brutally cold and windy weather.
Nick in the Wild Wild West was the best series ever!
Yay! It's not all the way over yet!
One of the best channels on you tube no matter where you are from
I know right?
The worst part of idaho is not near as bad as most of Florida. People of idaho can't even imagine what the worst parts of Florida are like.
Same with growing up in the bay area
Good stuff Nick. Thank you for taking us along.
You bet
Nick, Your tour of America continues to be extremely AWESOME !!!👍👍👍 You're making the ultimate road trip that most of us only dream of!!! Pocatello actually looks intriguing (& possibly affordable for those of us who continue to slide out of the middle class). Hey, once you've finished the tour, are you going to have any "awards", you know, "bests" in different categories, like for those of us who want out of wherever we are, but can only afford one bus ticket, one tank of gas, or one airline ticket to relocate to that one last best place...? Plus, where do you plan to end up, someday???
I need to do a best for sure Sara! And who knows where I'll wind up. I love NC for now!
NICK Johnson is my favorite you tube content creator
Good on you Brother for recording Geography and History at the same time.
Thanks
I was there in my van ladt year. I was about to mention the old downtown building architecture, then you started showing them. Cool old buildings
This video was VERY entertaining. I loved it. I am now a fan. well done. can't wait see what else ya got. btw, your narration was great.
Pocatello seriously sucks in winter. Nick is visiting only when it's nice.
Greetings from Spirit Lake what I like to refer to as "the Bible snow belt"! Runs all the way from this here gully to Deerpark Washington!😅
No Mormons here that I know of. Just capping on the old term Bible belt
Sadly this is true. Unless you’re seriously into skiing or other winter sports.
Live in Poky. Notice the lack of garbage on the streets; no homeless; minimal crime. -Boring. Yeah, Poky IS HORRIBLE: don't come here! /grins
Though the summer's over, I know that when I look up at the ridgeline, at the setting sun, and see that silhouette of a cowboy on horseback, I'll know it's you, Nick. The dude abides.
lol 👍👍🤠
A reference to my favorite movie of all time. The Big Lebowski!
Let’s go bowling dude.
I hate the Eagles. Put on some Credence man.
I will watch it again right now!
I was raised in Idaho in the panhandle of the state and as far as we were concerned we were Idaho up there and the rest was “what? Where? Pocatello…That’s in Idaho?”
That's how northern utah feels about the entire state
Stop it eastern Washington. We can still let them have you. 😆
@@tufelhunden5795😂
Northern and Southern idaho feel like different worlds. One of the most diverse states
As a transplant many years ago, we call it poke a fellow. ( no I don’t live there) and theys marmens not Mormons. It’s pretty windy in SE idaho most days. Was told Idaho blows because Utah sucks.
I think Pocatello suffers economically somewhat because it used to be on the route between Salt Lake City and Boise----but now it has been bypassed with part of Interstate 84. It's kind of a typical agricultural and industrial Western town that is an out-of-the way place. But Bozeman, MT used to be like that too, and now everybody seems to be moving there.
Bozeman has skiing close and a boom town big sky 30 miles away
Yeah, I always drive through that area in summer---so I forget about the ski towns.
👍🏾TRUE ALL THAT!!
Keep Idaho nice and red 🐘 🇺🇸
With a state government that doesn’t respect women’s rights
The same elites control BOTH parties!!!
@@O.N.L. YES, SCIENCE HAS PROVEN THAT LONG AGO, WHICH YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T AN ANTI-SCIENCE BIGOT! Biological sex is determined by several gender markers, such as chromosomes, hormones, DNA, repro-organs, and genitalia... and even then all "gender" markers can still be inconclusive, including DNA! Genitalia is only solely used to assign biological sex, and even gender (a proven human construct - not biological) to newborns, which is why it's not always correct. Furthermore, 1 in 15,000 females are biologically male (xy); and 1 in 25,000 males are biologically female (xx)! Biological sex is a very complex issue, because many individuals are born inbetween male and female, neither, or both! Intersex is a perfect example. Even medical specialists in biological sex cannot always determine one's biological sex. Numerous proven, congenital, biological, transgender conditions are other examples. Read Brenner's Gender Encyclopedia containing over 700 volumes of proven transgender conditions that fit the medical criteria of being a congenital, biological, female more than many cisgender females!!! According to neurologists many transgender have an intersex condition of their physical brain (not mind) - the largest sex organ in the human body - from excessive estrogen flow to the brain in utero; and as a result some "males" (penis persons) develope female physical characteristics during puberty. Also... geneticists have proven that there are at least 6 biological sexes that survive birth, and 4 that are rare. Geneticists have proven that chromosomes can vary (from male to female, and mosaic) from cell to cell in the same person. Some can even have two or more separate strands of xx, xy, and mosaic DNA! Research chimerism. Not everyone is born just xx or xy, such as Klinefelter's xxy. There are many born with various chromosomal combinations, which makes biological sex unique to the individual. I could go on with pages of facts, but the point is that proven science is not right or left. Science is required to be specific for medical reasons. The only reason you're mistaking the issue personally and negatively is because you're anti-science; and the reason you're anti-science is because science is academically "progressive" - always making new discoveries proven by facts and overwhelming evidence - which challenges those incapable of intelligence, such as flat-earthers, evangelicals, and anti-democracy fascist NAZIs that define the extreme-right. EDUCATE YOURSELF." TRANSGENDER IS NOTHING NEW. EVEN THE BIBLE SUPPORTS TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PEOPLE IN MATTHEW 19:10-12. THE WORD EUNUCH ORIGINALLY MEANT HOMOSEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX, PRIESTS, AND CASTRATED MEN.
Keep telling yourself that like your Hebrew corporate state owners tell you to further divide the masses. They run the blue and the red. So keep believing their Bael crap!!!
Ever heard of “operation trust” from Russia in 1916? Fake right wing the same as the 100 years later “trust the plan” in the US. Did they get the bad guy pedos with that now 3 years later? NO!!! Trump and Biden have both worn red shoes and been to Epstein island! But keep up the he brew repeated “civil war”!!!
When I was kindergarten age we moved to Route 2 Emmett, ID, several miles from Emmet. There was no kindergarten. We had 50 acres, mostly alfalfa, a story book red barn, two story country house with a great porch where we slept in summer (no AC in 1949), My older brother and sister went to a little red school house and our dog (who came with the property) was allowed to sleep before the fireplace in the classroom. My aunt and uncle lived several miles down the street. Dad was a chiropractor practicing in Long Beach, CA and he had to have residence in ID for one year before he could take the licensing test for the state, After that year we moved back to CA. We (learned later) that it was a Mormon area and they decided not to give the exam that year (Dad was Lutheran). I have a brother that lives near Potlach ID and lotsa cousins who live in the Camus prairie (wheat farmers).
Hi Mark -- I'm writing a comment about when we caught a plane in Pocatello -- you should see it here in a minute.
@@janetclark5668 Don't see it yet. I rode in a little single engine plane one time with Dad--it was his friends plane --the friend who died later in Alaska (blanking on his name).
Pocatello is a great town. There's other places in the state i.e agricultural areas of S. Idaho which I'd consider worse. Pocatello is a college town with heaps of character.
Two major universities nearby: ISU and BYU-Idaho which, btw, has more on campus students than the University of Washington at Seattle.
I enjoy some of your little extras you place in your video editing, Nick. A picture of "Bev" and TV excerpts are some fine examples. Mappy is ok by me, too!
You certainly know how to excite my memory funnybone.
In a previous post I mentioned I had ex laws in Blackfoot. Now you bring it home with Pocatello and Fort Hall.
It was so long ago, not a hesitation to drive two hours to Salt Lake City to food shop and acquire the latest fashions.
Schools let out when the potato crop was ready. A well paying summer job was moving pipe ( Irrigation) for Simplot.
Wow, that was quite an eye-opening experience! Your video sheds light on the less-explored aspects of Idaho, and it's great to see how you shared both the challenges and the beauty of the place. Thanks for taking us along on your journey to the "worst place" in Idaho; it was both informative and engaging! 🏞📺👏
Nick, Thanks You have your own way to flow around and it is easy to catch things even if you might not mention them.
I like to think that my watching so many commercials at your channel has enabled you to stay at nicer hotels like the one in this video. You deserve it, Nick! I’m glad to hear Pocatello is improving in recent years. Looks like some areas are quite nice while others look working class. I doubt it’s going to be a prime real estate location, though, as long as the fertilizer plant is there. Smelly air pollution is a major turn-off. I think this was the perfect place for you to end your trip, since this place embodies a bit of everything in the mountain west: Mormons, rodeos, wildlife, potatoes, and guns. It’s probably the most overlooked-and, therefore, least spoiled-part of the country.
I am from Pocatello. You are 100% correct. It sucks to live there.
I stayed in the nice parts of Pocatello and worked at the Semiconductor factory there. The downtown was pretty cool and the people seemed nice. I definitely didn't see the bad parts.
Actually, watching what you saw, it is now worse than it was in 2017.
@@guitarmeggedonit5232 I have been here since 2002, and I do not see the bad things that you mention. Clue me in.
Bad in Idaho is nothing like the rest of the US. It was a relief to get back home.
No drinking, no cussing,no dirty jokes , no drugs ,no cigarettes, no coffee. Noooo schit ! 😅
23 years in Idaho but never been near Pocatello. Thanks for saving me the trip! Also, nice choice of intro music! :)
I'm native to never been there!🇺🇸
You're missing NOTHING
Great opening...great conversation lol
Nick visiting his private Idaho is coming to an end
his own private Idaho . . .
@@zellipa That's the ticket!
Nick, would love to see you come to Hawthorne, Nevada. It used to be the Largest Ammo base in the world, with AF and Marines. We have an older car sales biz building that is now a bomb museum. Great for razors, a salt lake, lofty cliffs above the lake. A casino, lots of churches, lots of bars. For the past few decades Government contractors have ran this AMMO base.
Nick, Thank you for sharing your amazing summer with us. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for taking us along and get busy and keep your videos coming cuz I appreciate and love your work!
Ok Janice! 👍❤️
Great video…thx for the sharing…
My aunt lives in Pocatello. If you live in Pocatello, get ready for LDS/Mormons to target your home. Repeatedly. And you can expect a cold shoulder for you not wanting to join their group. That's Pocatello. Might as well be in Utah.
💯 present true, rudest ppl. Ever!!
The plus side of them giving the cold shoulder is you’re done with them!
I was raised mormon. I just tell them all the reasons why their beliefs are ridiculous and can't be true. They leave me alone.
BYU Idaho has more on-campus students than the University of Washington at Seattle by latest counts.
That's most people
As an Idaho resident, I think the consensus regarding the worst town in the state would be Soda Springs. Houses there are dirt cheap because of the severe industrial pollution.
This is what America used to be, and what it should be.
4 decades ago I was in business in Idaho that provided services to School Districts and schools throughout the State. I was based out of Boise and did all the work for non LDS controlled districts. The Mormon districts always had Utah based suppliers. I did do work in this area with employees that were Mormon and they could not believe I was discriminated against! If you want to ugly in Idaho just go a few miles N. to the Fort Hall reservation and find some of the meanest and unfriendly people you have ever seen, living in the most filthy uncivilized way possible. It is sad to see.
100% true. I grew up in the ghetto, in another state and the ghetto ppl were nicer than the Mormons, and they 💯 present discriminate! Not nice people
Why are there hidden comments
@@AJgrrrlUnger-zj9hk I have them too.
Pocatello has severe winter weather compared to Boisangeles. My aunt resides in Pocatello. The winters are not a lot of fun. They are long at 4500 foot elevation. It's a major Mormon/LDS controlled town and area.
Mormon/ LDS control = a lot of swingers and perverts lol.
Any liquor stores there?
@@keithbalke6352 state owned.
@@damonmelendez856 lots of morms in Phoenix…the gals are proper and all, prolly not swinger types
@@keithbalke6352, the women in that faith/church in nearly all cases only date/marry within the church. They sometimes may consider dating outside the faith if a man’s lifestyle matches most of theirs.
I will miss this series.
Van Halen played at that stadium in 1984. It was awesome!
Jump!
Saw them in Caldwell in 78-79?
I was there, my name is Brock Pinson.
It's not a stadium. It's a dome.
Pocatello native.
I think you pretty much nailed it honestly 😂
The junkies won't hurt you much as long as you keep your distance. The Mormons won't hurt you much either, just don't look them in the eyes.
There can be a late night scene sometimes, but you might get roofied, so make sure you walk with a crowd.
Oh yeah, don't forget your piece, nobody else did. 🤠 yeeyee
Now that the Mountain West trip is finished, I think I would pick Coeur d'Alene as my favorite town featured in this series. Not too small or too big, the most scenic landscapes, and no major problems except a high cost of living.
Or Cody!!!
With no way to pay for it
If you look past all the hate-filled bumper stickers, you might find a few nice people.
Thanks for all of the gr8 videos Nick & gunslinger Mappy
Mappy says 👋 George
Happy Birthday Nick😂
Another awsome adventure with Nick! Thanks
Such an interesting tour, Nick. The highs and the lows, truly exposed.
I click for Nick. And he gets that "like," too. Stay consistent, my man.
Yay Pat! ❤️👍
Appreciate all the info you share about American Cities&Small Towns👍😁
What's funny about that hotel is that it's modelled after the interior of their temples.
That garden tub brought back memories when I stayed overnight in Pocatello about 10 years ago...yes, there was a garden tub in my room, right out in the open.
I live a couple of hours away. Pocahello and Pocafello are common terms. Southern Idaho can take you about as close as it gets to a slower life anymore. Not saying thats for everyone though. I myself was born and raised here for the most part and my time is coming to a close. I have a family now and a need for adventure. Ill be moving at the first of the year. Next time youre around check out Sun Valley. It started as a quaint mountain town and boasts the countrys first destination ski resort. Know for its magical feel and the 2nd home of many rich and famous. Its kind of become overrun and has priced out many of the locals. Unfortunate. Sun Valley at christmas time is pretty special though. Have a stay at the lodge.
Those are not common terms at all. Not even a little bit. It's a dump that refuses to join the twenty-first century.
Love you and have loved the whole GMWA series!! My sister was born in Pokey. Used to live down the street from Caldwell when I was a kid.
Aww cool!! ❤️
Southern Idaho is just an extension of Utah, what's called the "Morridor". I wouldn't live there for that reason alone.
We're like 20 mins outside portland oregon. We're planning on moving to idaho, my aunt moved to South Dakota, just had friends move to Nebraska. I know seeing my city change for the worse was such a heartbreaking thing. Thank you for documenting all this ❤️
There's a reason why those of us who lived there for any length of time call it Poca-hell-hole. Moved there to go to school, returned home after a semester ready to unalive myself. The Mormon kids are ruthlessly exclusive of non-Mormons there.
😂...Poca-hell-hole!
We also have some of the highest suscide rates. I believe because the people are so mean. They definitely discriminate if your not Mormon or LDS. They ban together like a cult. I definitely feel the S witch trials vibe as soon as I moved here from Boise. I'm flipping a house and going to another state.
Another good video Nick as my Mom is now watching you sir! Thanks bro from Aliso Viejo...
Tell your mom hi! I love Aliso!
“Oddly cleansed, like that extra Bedroom your house nobody uses” classic Nickism !
Always good nick👍🏽
A lovely & entertaining final captured journey through Idaho! Thanks for creating all these videos of America, good & bad, you have done it better than any other channel on the topic!
I try Vinnie!
Damn Nick I figured I’d hear at least one What in the Sam Hill on your Great Western road trip, it was very enjoyable regardless
Dude nice choice of opener clip. Listening to you as you drove away from me had me rolling for some reason. Great videos man.
Pocatello is located at 4500 foot elevation. Winters are very windy and cold, and long. If you like very cold weather it's for you.
This was an informative trip for me. I watched, liked, and learned from every one of the spots on this tour. Thanks for the show.
Yay!
Nick is the best thing that ever came out of California!
Best surfshark ad I've seen 😂
Enjoyed the videos on your adventure Nick. I love visiting Montana and Wyoming to hike but Utah and Idaho are on my radar to explore.
Please do!
Thanks for all your videos Nick. Really nice to appreciate the world we live in.
Pocatello seems like an okay town to me. There just doesn't seem to be alot to do. I like the mountain scenery though.😊❤
This video was very funny and also very educational! 🤓 great video! 👏🏼thank you!
I have been in Pocatello quite a bit over the years and would live there in heart beat.
I think this might have been the first time I left a message I love your channel I watch it all the time thank you Nick🎉
Thanks for commenting FINALLY ❤️❤️❤️
You’re only an hour away from where Napoleon Dynamite was filmed - Preston, ID. I just subbed today so forgive me if you’ve already been to Preston 👍
Oh it's coming up!