I Went To The Worst Place To Live In Montana
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- Опубликовано: 14 сен 2023
- Even Montana has bad places? America sure has changed!
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hey there nick... thanks for the more or less accurate overview of billings 2023... i just hope it doesn't get like those other big cities in america...
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I lived in Wyoming for about 40 years. The last time I was there was 2008. I worked in corrections for awhile. Drugs and alcohol were most definitely problems in every place I lived or even visited. You don't see the massive problems with homelessness that many other areas because its just too cold in the winter.
Isn't Oregon cold yet has a homeless crisis
@@westmax8491 Wyoming has a much higher elevation and has much colder winters. I recall one year where it never got above zero for over a month, and the wind continuously blows, making wind chill much worse. There's a huge difference between being cold and being freezing cold. Wyoming also has low populations, so there aren't the massive numbers of homeless folks there.
@@jcc9925 my daughter and her husband moved to Michigan for good jobs. I sold my house and moved too. I miss the scenery, but sure don't miss the winters, the wind or the rednecks.
@@westmax8491 its a matter of degree. Places like Portland, Seattle certainly aren't balmy, but they're nowhere anywhere close to as cold as WY or MT, I lived in both and even the rainiest day in Portland doesn't compare with the continuous onslaught of cold wind I had to endure in Wyoming and Eastern Montana. Plus, the populations of these places are way less, so you'll see fewer homeless even if the percentage is similar. (math)
Most of the homeless seem to end up in California for weather, dope and free stuff.
Billings, Montana...???!!! Noooo...!!! 😢
Nick, as much as I enjoy & appreciate your wide-ranging lens on America (& especially knowing that there are still areas of hope & prosperity), seeing the demise of this beautiful nation is beginning to feel more & more like watching an autopsy in slow motion.
VERY grateful that y'all are pulling back the curtain to let us observe the implosion, but at the same time, it's absolutely heartbreaking. Somehow, the light at the end of the tunnel is looking more & more like a train.
But I said it isn't that bad Sara!
@@NickJohnson Maybe...Montana is one of this country's last best hopes (and not just because of the bad weather).
Hopeful that Winston Churchill's words prove to be true. Again: "You can trust the Americans to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else."
Billings is mild compared to the big cities in other states.
Billings is MILD compared to other cities.
Have you agree with this 100%. At this point, if you're looking to move somewhere to get away from all the jank, you gotta find the places people are NOT running to. Then maybe you can be free of it for the next 20-40 years. It's a disease, and unfortunately most of that disease is comprised of ex-Californians and we're coming to ruin your state and force it to vote Democrat for the next several generations. I wish what I was saying wasn't true, but unfortunately it is.
I was born and raised in Montana and we have always had an abundance of cheap track homes, trailer houses, manufactured homes. Why? Because when you see the "good jobs" are $50K, those are the people who can afford real houses. There are probably 10 to 1 making around $20-30K. Those are the ones that can afford the manufactured homes.
I mean anyone with a computer can work from home these Days and make over $50 G's per Year, easily.
PLease give some examples and details Jack.@@jackwilliams5474
Be nice with the 800 billion in the past 3 years squandered or let stolen from the Govt., that they would do something about this monetary division.
Those jobs are scarce in Montana..housing is an issue in most towns..big or small. Little cracker box houses are going for 3 and 400 thousand. @@jackwilliams5474
@@jackwilliams5474So what pays $50,000 per year sitting at home using a computer? Can a low IQ high school dropout learn the computer skills needed to make that kind of money?
I loved my time in Billings. The Yellowstone River is beautiful and the Rims are amazing. Yes, the Native Americans are often times drunk and not too disorderly most of the time.
Billings has a lot of young people and they have their nighttime hangouts. I had so many friendly interactions with the locals. My hotel stay was beautiful and the food around various eateries were excellent.
Every town has low income housing. You buy what you can afford.
Winters are brutal. Most of the people here are hard working folks whom love nature.
The bars are filled with lots of drunk white people as well...DUH. At least the Indians are funny. Drunk white people are a pain in the arse.
The indigenous have a larger drinking, crime,
unemployment problem because the Gummint
give them free money and don't require work ethics.
The same thing happened with Wuhan (merely
Asian flu) thing. And THAT is why the entire
country has moved in that direction.
That was the only bad part about it was the winters. It was like living in Siberia. Summers oddly enough were very hot.
was born and raised just blocks from the giant Kelly Tire statue. Billings has a special place in my heart and I never considered it a bad place. I feel for the indigenous people. They try to cling to their traditions and values but it doesn't mix well with todays society. Everything went bad when they legalized the gambling.
Nice, My dad managed the Safeway in Billings on Fist Ave (which is now a Fastenal) from around 68-72. when I was pre-kindergarten, I always loved when we would drive by there and I could see that big statue. I am surprised it is still there. I miss West Park Plaza and Village Inn Pizza. I was actually in Billings 2 weeks ago for a car show. It is bad, but not as bad as most places, I would live there again if I had to.
In Montana a wile back,lik e the people outa town I farm so we get along gambling is a blight in the state. Went out side to have a smoke,5 or 6 people were trying to bum some change looking up the street bout all gambling dens. To bad the politicians couldn't find a way to finance the state without victomizeing the helpless.
Yep its a shame they did that, Billings went down hill after that, lots of homeless, Druggie types, all over Billings, not a good place to live anymore.
Its midnight in Montana and I can't get my rooster out of this cow.
Mostly white people in the casino's not Natives @@blackcherry6877
We moved to Billings in 1976. I graduated Billings Senior in 1984. I moved away from Billings, and back again several times over the years. I moved out of Billings for the last time in 2004, I have been back maybe 8 times in 19 years. I don't miss the long hours, and low pay! When my mother passes away, I most likely will not make it back to Billings ever.
This looks so much better than the places you usually go to. This place isn't even scary.
We have more shootings per capita than LA....don't be fooled by the scenery
doubtful@@Word2theM
True dat
Billings Montana shocked me. I saw people circling up at a fast food parking lot using needles in broad daylight. Then went to a local grocery store and drunk homeless begged for help. It was a nightmare.
thank you Captain Obvious, but I lived in San Francisco 20 years ago and never saw that, so why is it ok now?@@MissCleo24
Yes indeed Billings is getting much worse, years ago you would never see that stuff going on, now homeless people are showing up daily, street Prostitutes,Drug dealers, and very aggressive bums and pan handlers are all over, we got followed by by these people that kept wanting us to buy " Some thing ", and as we came out of the Restaurant, The Cops had two guys on the ground in the Parking Lot that were breaking into cars! Its a shame, the city has gone down hill so quickly.
Sounds like Seattle!
Drugs, alcohol and homelessness are an issue in every place I have lived, from small towns to cities
I'm a Home Health Aid and I travel all over Billings to visit folks. The city is really spread out and some part such as Blue Creek and neighborhoods near the Rimrocks are really beautiful. I came from SF originally and I couldn't wait to leave that place. The quality of life is better and you don't have to dodge poop unless you're near a ranch or at a rodeo.
My dad was a cross country semi truck driver and I think Montana was his favorite place on earth, he would always stay the night there! It was probably the piece & quiet and he loved the Native American reservations in the area for their cheap tobacco, hope you visit there too✌️
We no longer have inexpensive tobacco on the res, I don't really know why.
@@bonnieneutgens3470 I guess they want to make more money, can't really blame them!
I live and work in Wyoming but work for a delivery company headquartered in Billings. Been there more times than I can count and never had a single problem. Billings is actually a really friendly town.
Everyone is polite when everyone is armed
Completely incorrect statement.
It means civil society does not exist. Almost anarchist.
Japan doesn’t even carry knives.
Most polite people on Earth.
@@markbeames7852not in Jpan even slapin someone get you arested and suspect in any crime is held for 3 weeks while cops investigate,99% conviction rate there,inocent rather admit theyre guilty instead of siting in cage 😊
@@Dangic23Chinese are just as polite friendly contrary to our Gov tryin to demonize the place,,see LIVING in China chanel or KING KWESI or Rafa goes around. Cops in China dont even have guns 😊
@@Dangic23 That’s because they’re Japanese. Race is real.
@@Uhtred772
Civil society is real.
When normal life is inculcated into a society for generations , you get a civil society.
In the US, we are a warring country, only had 17 years of peace since 1776.
That’s our culture.
Anyone who thinks Billings is the worst place to live in Montana has never been to Browning. There's nothing quite like traversing the spiritually majestic Glacier Park and then being spit out the other side of the mountains into the hellscape of Browning. To be fair, there's a lonely, desolate kind of beauty to the land around Browning, but the town itself is nothing short of horrifying.
I was going to mention Browning! We went through there a few years ago. Quite depressing, and my first thought was, how do these people survive winter? Addiction seems to be rampant, such a sad state of affairs.
Yep. I lived a couple hours away from Browning. Had to drive through it to get to Glacier Park. Absolute pit of a town.
Well written description! You have a way with words... 😉
@@sbeers88 my wife grew up in malta, so we’ve been back and forth plenty. A lot of those small towns on the high line are struggling, but browning is just miserable in every possible way. My sister in law’s sister worked as a nurse in the hospital in Browning, and there were nights their ICU would rival one in any major city. Car accidents, assaults, attempted suicides, overdoses, etc. She’s not a weak person, but she burned out in 6 months.
Yeah, the hi-line is struggling for sure. Not much opportunity there outside of farming and ranching. I left Montana years ago ad now live in Japan. It's a shame because MT is a great state. @@kevinspilker6622
I feel like a goob watching myself. lol I'm glad I did this on the interview. Thanks Nick. Glad you mentioned the hairspray I told you about. lol
Chad!!! Keep in touch!!! ❤️❤️thanks for all the help!
Nick very well done! Love this channel! As for all of the people moving to Billings, not to worry after a couple of winters most will be moving back to CA. Those winters are long and hard and require determination.
and money
I'm guessing the winters in Sweden, Minneapolis and Dearborn aren't hard enough then???
i love the style of narration. funny side comments thrown in
I saw a survey that said San Francisco is the happiest city in the U.S.! I’m not sure if they are more happy with the bums crapping on the streets or the criminals robbing their stores, forcing them to close! So, like the surveys about Billings, you can’t always believe what you read.
why do you guys bring up california soooo much
@@dreadhead5719probably the same reason Nick brings up guns, trucks and rednecks on almost every video that he does in rural America .
Well said
@@dreadhead5719I don’t talk about it but I’ve never been. But I imagine it’s because it’s been held as the gold standard for American living for so long. But what do I know lol
@@jimmonade Yes, it was the gold standard. I spent 3 days in SF then 7 in northern CA in the late 90's it was still nice. If we go father than just to the lake we go to Utah the last 3 years.
Nick is quickly becoming one of my favorite travel bloggers. Top 3 for sure. I love his narrating style and the sassy quips he adds after descriptions. I also love that he is super honest about his interpretations of areas in contrast to what outsiders think about the area. Come back to SF next spring Nick. We will take you out to lunch.
Haha I've seen enough poop to last me a year. Meet me halfway instead?
🤣🤣🤣🤣@@NickJohnson
The Mappies were especially great in this episode too!
I'm on my way to Mount Rushmore, then Cheyenne, WY. I was going to go to Billings, MT, but since the reviews are not that good, I will wait until next. LOL.
@@NickJohnsonlmao! Classic Nick! Love it
Nick i just love your sense of humor!❤ Thanks for going traveling for us.
Hey Nick, Thanks for the video, from sunny Adelaide, South Australia 😊
10:20 places with overall high well-being often have high rates of suicide because when something is going poorly in your life, it’s easier to believe there’s something wrong with you.
Love this channel, keep up the great work and commentary 👌
Never had any problems myself when there. People were just fine. Polite hospitable and helpful. While I did see the iffy crowd, never had any questionable interactions with anyone. Overall, I would be there tomorrow if possible.
We have been there many times over the years, Billings is turning into San Francisco, Homeless people, Prostitutes, yeah its not a safe town at night, they try to hide that fact as best they can, avoid Billings,,,,
I'm east of there in North Dakota, and I like Montana as well.@@blackcherry6877
This is heaven, compared to some cities in California and New York states .
And this, NY and California are the paradise compared with Latin American cities.
@@NicholasIG nobody cares
@@mattchristensen9424I care you care clearly you replied to him
@@mattchristensen9424 Ok bro, nice attitude.
Very Montana-like brainless comment.
😂
Thank you for sharing this 🙏
Remember kids, alcoholic can also destroys one's life.
So can ALCOHOL.
Really Billings has changed with all of the people moving here but it’s still a decent place to raise a family. Not everyone is like what you saw downtown in this video
In the worst spots...in every town look nasty.
Dear Nick. Before I watch this I must tell you this. MANY of we Montanas would like to draw a line straight up from BLGS to Canada and have there be 2 Montanas, eastern and western. So many California folk have taken over our state XXcept east. Yes there is an eastern part with sage brush and prairie as far as the eye can see across the BIG SKY.. It is like two different states. In your Cody video you said Montana ain't Montana any more and you got that right. THANKS for your work. It gives us all s great idea of what is out there. Thank you
100%! Even the weather is drastically different west of the divide.
It's the same way in Oregon too. There are very much 2 Oregon's. East of the Cascades except maybe the Bend area, plus maybe south of Eugene, and west of the Cascades. The eastern part of the state has even voted to be part of Idaho. I really don't know if that will ever come to pass, but I guess they figure it's worth a try.
2:00 love this!! Instantly brings me back to childhood!
Laugh at me Nick. I started playing this video as soon as I brought up YT without realizing what channel it is. As soon as you started talking I said to myself "that sounds like Nick Johnson" LOL
Lol Nick!!! I LOVE your coverage of America! And your content just keeps getting Funnier and more clever and also more informative! Love your channel! Always!
Nick Johnson: the master of blowing through red lights!
Yeah, don't move when the light turns green until you make sure nobody ran a red light 🙃
Can always count on Nick to bring the high quality props! 💕
I was thinking of moving to Billings and so blessed to have found your video. You just saved me a whole lot of headache and heartache. Bless your heart ❤️
Awesome work here as always, Nick! :)
Just watched the Billings review & greatly enjoyed it. I have been an I-90 rat from Seattle to Spearfish, S.D. for most of my adult life. Just to the Black Hills & back to the coast again. But I know those places on I-90 very well. Seeing your representation of them is nostalgic for me but also seems so accurate for people who don’t know these places like I do. I’m trying in my way say you do such a good job of expressing how life is in little towns. Really like your channel & look forward to the videos. More Montana coming, I hope? Thanks Nick & Mappy
Mappy is a very underrated part of the videos, he really brings a lot to the table!!! lol
Nice video, Nick. You are so funny 😊! Have you ever thought about doing stand up?
Just discovered your channel after watching several similar types of videos exploring the US. I dig you humor and style and allround look on a town. Cheers from Norway, someone who's never crossed the pond.
Absolutely LOVE ❤ your RUclips vids, Nick. Been a subscriber and fan for quite a while.
Keep up the good work.
Vera 😘
Winter weather keeps the homeless thinned out in Montana.Billings can get brutally cold.Not as bad as Havre,but nonetheless cold.Too cold to sleep in a box or tent
THere are homeless year around in Billings, as well as Prostitutes, meth heads, drug dealers, The entire city is in bad shape, unless your just wealthy, and can live where ever you want, many better choices than Billings.
I grew up just south of Havre. Yeah, Montana winters are brutal.
send them to tucson arizona. now child smash and grab is becoming big business. punch out momma grab the kid and speed off.
Yeah I am on the lookout for a scammer from Havre...It's gonna be 👍
I recently spent a week or so traveling through Montana for the first time ever, and it was amazing. I did bypass Billings but I went through Kalispell, Bozeman, and Big Sky. Beautiful scenery and friendly, down home folks. Thanks Nick, your commentary is always hugely entertaining and informative!
I just finished doing the exact same thing last month. I drove through Missoula, Kalispell, Helena, Bozeman, and Billings. I also drove through Wyoming. Beautiful states. My girlfriend and I are looking to move to Wyoming or Montana next year from Texas.
imagine doing a great west tour and not including Kalispell/Whitefish. The fastest growing area of Montana and arguably one of the best places in the entire country.
Always good when you pass by these mountain States.
Living in there is miserable.
CO is the only good one.
@@mattdarwin6497 We may have passed each other! I wish you both all the best in finding your new home! 😁
I visited Big Sky, Whitefish, Kalispell and Bozeman. Absolutely beautiful state. Mountains, lakes, forest for miles on end. Loved it.
I love your sense of humor along with your approach to your content ❤ keep up the great work
I really enjoy your vids but this one is by far your best video. Thanks for the Montana tour.
I'm from CA yes we have issues here, but that does not make us all bad people. I have family in MT and we visit every year. I personally love it and would move back in a heart beat. I will say I am seeing more homeless and yes drugs, breaks my heart to see this in Billings.
You're the best dude! The moustache addition, Hilarious! Been watching you for YEARS!!!!😂😂😂
Thanks again Nick for a great video. ❤
Your videos are great! Very entertaining!
Your the best at what your doing I’m im thankful for being able to watch your videos. I literally live vicariously through you. Your my travel agent for real 😂
Aww okay! ❤️
That's right! Billings, Mt is THE VERY WORSE place in the world to live!!! If you come here, just keep right on rolling! . . . . Try Denver, Salt Lake, Rapid City, Austin, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, even Los Angelas! You're sure to find them all much more to your taste!!! Billings neither wants nor needs you. And they'll be more than happy to let you know it! = Keep Rolling!
I agree! It's not the homeless thats the problem .It's the rich out of staters.
A+ video!
Great to see what Billings, Montana is like!
Absolutely love your videos :)
I was in Billings for two weeks, about 35 years ago. My 25 year old self immediately noticed two things. One being the seemingly magical lack of traffic, and secondly the cleanliness. Both of these characteristics seem to be true today. If you watch the videos, for the amount of commercial buildings in the area, the traffic is sparce. I remember "rush hour" was that I could maybe see three other cars in my vicinity, no matter where I was. And the streets and sidewalks were clean, too. I stayed in some kind of motel where you could just open the door and walk to your car, but I'm not sure if it was the one in the video or not. But either way, the atmosphere there was just fine as well. I left that city thinking it was probably the best city I'd ever been too, and I still think about it often after all these years. I'm from the filthy hell hole known as the Milwaukee area, so Billings looked like a fantasy world to me in comparison. As soon as the liberals show up, destruction is very soon to follow. They destroy everything they can, like a swarm of locusts.
Oh I don’t know. Born and raised in Billings and there are liberals here, I’m one of them. There are many liberals that love this city and many Republicans who hate it.
@@JollyJingleJellybean Sorry Obama voter, liberal areas BY FAR are the problems in America
red states for the reddies, blue states for the bluies, self sort self sort self sort@@JollyJingleJellybean
@@JollyJingleJellybean So you're to blame for gambling and homelessness? lol par for the course.
Unfortunately I hear up there is a new threat besides liberals, middle easterners! (I prefer the term progressive as it implies "Progressive Implementation Of Communism".)
So grateful you are able to let us see all the urban blight. If it weren't for you majority of us would never know. Thanks again. Love the way you let us ride with you on these trips. 😊❤❤😮
Your videos always make me happy, thanks so much.
am a new guy to America, you gave me alots information that I never even thought of. great job!!! thank you.
Glad to see your channel grow, man. Good work.
Hi Nick, Great Video Sir, Did You Hear About The Explosion at world’s largest railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations because of heavy toxic smoke, The World Is Scary No Matter Where You Live, But Like Minded Seem To Stick Together!
Loved the increase in production value ❤
Excellent video, no better narrator. LMFAO at your comments and descriptions. Keep up the excellent videos.
I lived in E. Montana many years ago, and I remember downtown Billings on weekends was party central. Kinda crazy, but at that time, I was into it so it was a lot of fun.
My brother lives in Montana. He moved there to get away from the Florida culture but it seems that Florida is catching up to him.
not even close but billings would be the closest
Your brother was a fool to move to Montana. Did he do any research before he moved? Probably not. I could of told him that was a bad idea. 😂
@@erindonofri689 What’s so bad about Montana? Kind of a low brow comment, but we’re on RUclips. The cornucopia of ignorance. I’m not offended, just entertained. I’m sure you’ll indulge me with some of your brilliance.
Is drinking hairspray a Montana thing?? Dude…lol
Hi Nick,
Another Nick here. Worked at the Post office in Billings at the end 2019 and lived downtown. Would walk home at 5 AM. No issues. Maybe things have changed in those last 4 years, but still feel better than walking certain parts of Miami at that hour.
Very Good Video, We Learn Alot From You.
Good Morning Nick always a pleasure to see a new video pop up on A Saturday morning, how to say a city like gambling without saying it 😂, so here in New Zealand you'll find the rural pubs especially have liquor stores attached buy a box or a bottle of spirits put em in the Boot of your car then go get tipsy at the bar while playing the juke box 😂, it's been over a decade since I went to a bar though, I love homeless people not love but some are so Interesting to talk to here anyways, a women I talked to was homeless for 13 years with her dogs and cats beautiful souls she didn't drink or drugs etc she just came into some misfortune. Now she's got a cute little cottage and she's glowing with happiness.
I know it's the first part of Montana but I just thought it was all mountains and that lol..
Looking forward to the next have an absolutely amazing weekend ahead.
I like the way you do your research, and give the statistics in your posts.
Also, what's it actually like, when in these towns and cities, in person...not just the videos.
Thank you for that !
Ok Vera!
I've become a big fan of this channel. Your content is consistently entertaining and educational. Always fun to watch and pretty damn funny.
Montana is one of the prettiest states, but what discourges me from moving there is SSI is taxed.
I don’t think you’ve ever fully stopped at a stop sign in last few years I been watching haha I love your content
The lights are too fast
Just moved from Billings 1.5 years ago, and Nick, you were VERY KIND to deteriorating Billings.
Nick your the best I have actually sold & moved with your help & looking at that idea again lol. You have saved my a$$ several times opening the world up to us through your experiences and at your expense can't thank you enough Nick
Nick, due to health issues I can't travel at the current time. You sir,, fulfill my bucket list!! Thank you sir!!!
Ok Mike!
Thankyou for this video. I am looking at different states to relocate and this was one. WAS. LOL
I liked this video. I can well imagine the winters are rough here.😊❤
We only go there for shopping and the hospital, but is nothing wrong with Billings people are awesome there
Omg..you crack me up so hard..i love your humor.
Well Colorado Springs is about as far north as I care to be. Don't like the winters much. I miss the southwest. These videos are great. Get to see places I've missed in my travels.
*Thx4share gr8 journalism* 👍
Montana is my old, stomping ground. I lived there back in 1992-98. It's God's country, for sure. I also watched Californians, but up, many of older homes, in the most smallest of towns, old mining towns, and they made it unaffordable for the locals. Locals had to move to wherever they could find a place. They were a displaced people. Big money, Californians, introduction of meth and crack, bought politicians, have ruined Montana.
I'm from Reno NV and them Californians ruined NV as well. They get offended when Nevadans tell them to go back to California.
And do you really think that us Californians aren't also displaced? People from all over the world move here and have been forever. People are moving out of where they have lived all their life because where they live has become to be too expensive. Even in the bad parts of California it is expensive now and the quality of life isn't good because there isn't much to do and people want to get away from the insanity that is California. Who ruined California? We used to be a red state. Should we also blame the influx of people that came here from all over the world?
@@kassie4426 the problem is, at least in the Reno NV case, a lot of you Californians come here, buy multiple houses, for cash and for more than what they're worth, and that is how the cost of living has skyrocketed here. Also, a lot of Californians came here and offered landlords more money for the same homes that Nevadans want to rent, and that screwed us up as well. Your laws over are destroying the state, but it destroys the rest of the west, and to some degree the South as well. And in some cases, Californians who escaped the state, because of crime and homelessness and many other problems, are now trying to change our laws as well. And I am not a "Red" nor "Blue", but our laws, regardless if they were red or blue, here comes the Californian and they're trying and sometimes able to change to your own laws, very far left laws, we don't want this shit! We want to live our lives, not someone else's lives.
So yes, people are still moving to California, but it doesn't really impact your day to day lives, it's more your politicians and laws, and you bring it to other states. I highly doubt that someone moving from TX, or FL will try to change your laws over there.
@@kassie4426isn’t die-versity great!
@@NoamTheGOAT50 maybe that's true in some cases but a lot of Californians like myself can't afford to buy multiple homes and homes are expensive everywhere right now because of inflation. I live in one of the cheapest cities in California (Bakersfield) and one of the reasons why Bakersfield is becoming to be too expensive is because people are leaving Los Angeles for Bakersfield. Bakersfield is a normal city with mostly right leaning folks who are now leaving to other states because there's no point in being here. It's becoming too crowded, the ocean in hours away, we have triple digit heat during the summers... It's not the California that people invision here when they think California. Sure, maybe people from places like Texas aren't screwing things up, but how about the liberals from states like Maine? How about the large Asian population here that typically votes blue? How about the large Hispanic population?
What a gr8 trip. Your music in the beginning sounds like NFL Films, BTW gr8 looking Square body Chevy pickup
I suggested Billings am so glad you did it! Great city
Oh man, I was hoping you would give us a peek of the inside of the Casino floor at the Bourbon street Hotel/Casino. I'm sure that would have been a treat!
Darn!
You mentioned all the pickup trucks in Billings, but just looking at your video footage, I also saw a lot of Subarus!
Yeah, last time I was in Bozeman I think about 75% of the vehicles were Outbacks, far more than trucks.
❤dude your doing so good. You are loved. ❤ THANK YOU
Oh my gosh Nick! 🤣 your narration is HYSTERICAL! When Mappy shot the gun-- 🤣 😂
My brother Ben Schiesser is buried in Billings 🙏❤️ My family loves MT, great people
I started watching your videos because my mom has been watching you! She, my brother, nephew & niece live in Billings MT. Between living on different Indian reservations we would stay with mom here in Billings!
Montana is an absolutely beautiful place to live!♥️
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I didnt know Montana was so liberal. I always imagined cowboys and outlaws and not hipsters. 😂
Great job Nick Johnson ✌️
A masterpeice. Awesome Nick.
I lived in Great Falls back in the 90s. I remember how strange it was at first seeing slot machines in all the restaurants and gas stations.
Now come to the best place in Montana, Bigfork MT. Native Montanan here who grew up near Billings, went to college in Butte now retired in Bigfork.
Glad to see it's so clean
Imagine the winters...no way
that'd be my main reason for loving it lol
I stayed in Cooke City back in June and was talking to someone who use to live in Billings. She said the winters weren’t real bad there which was surprising. Now Cooke City is a different story since they’re in the mountains, I seen snow blowers on top of roofs, lol.
Dress well. In Bemidji, MN, I just paid $700/yr to make sure my driveway was professionally cleaned.
This area shouldn’t be populated.
I live in nw montana. Love all 4 seasons. Now that I'm retired I can't afford it, so I'm heading south, waaay south. Far enough to not get too hot. By the way, ALL the worlds nukes are in the northern hemisphere. Just sayin.
I visited Billings once during a stopover on my way to Yellowstone back in the late 80s...I recall the stillness of the place and a mall that looked frozen in time all the way back to...I'd say 1974.
I'm 51 & get what you're saying. I'm from Peoria IL & remember how in the 80s. The difference between Chicago & southern IL (& even 200k Peoria metro area) was 2 completely different worlds with most of southern IL 20 yrs behind. In 1990 at 18 me & a buddy would take road trips to go see concerts in places like DC & Atlanta GA....Driving back from Atlanta once, we stopped at land between the lakes in rural Kentucky. We were talking to some local county guy. Who was riding around on a 3 wheeler. When some guy about 21 pulled up in new 1990 Suzuki Sidekick, dressed kinda preppy in some sky blue Guess jeans. The guy on the 3 wheeler, looked kinda bewildered & said quote, " There's another one of them future people again." 😂
He wasn't really being derogatory, Instead seemed more curious. Like who/where are these people coming from??
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Most of Illinles south of Springfield want a separated state ...No wonder.
You're funnier than all get out! I sit here with a grin on my face while watching you. 😅😅😅
Good video Nick.
You said it right, 'can you believe any of them', yep. And yes, the legal weed is the beginning of the end as the scourge moves in, and we'll fight like the dickens to keep that out of Wyoming.
Can we get a road trip of current New England/north east eventually?? Been loving this mid west series in the mean time!
Yes it will happen ❤️ maybe this next fall.