I Went To The Worst Place To Live In Montana

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson  Год назад +61

    Here's my entire Mountain West Road Trip Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLq-_cmf3H6yq836p_Frch75GtIGQXn-AX&si=cxlTrIp886YzHBsR

    • @EddyTeetree
      @EddyTeetree Год назад +5

      Thanks it was quite entertaining!

    • @ShineLikeaProAZ
      @ShineLikeaProAZ Год назад +4

      You are my #1 favorite traveling RUclips channel and a huge inspiration as a small RUclips channel.

    • @Mr.Howell78k
      @Mr.Howell78k Год назад +4

      How about growing a real mustache?!

    • @linusasterlinus3949
      @linusasterlinus3949 Год назад +4

      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...

    • @Hugh-Glass
      @Hugh-Glass Год назад +2

      I'm sorry I only found this channel now. This is great, thank you.

  • @11Bravo84
    @11Bravo84 4 месяца назад +42

    I was coming home through Billings on leave in the military, my truck broke down and the generosity given to me by Billings residence will never be forgotten. Billings holds a special place in my heart forever.

  • @kathleenmartin7498
    @kathleenmartin7498 Год назад +170

    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.

    • @westmax8491
      @westmax8491 Год назад +7

      Isn't Oregon cold yet has a homeless crisis

    • @kathleenmartin7498
      @kathleenmartin7498 Год назад +30

      @@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.

    • @kathleenmartin7498
      @kathleenmartin7498 Год назад

      @@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.

    • @cpkarkow663
      @cpkarkow663 Год назад +13

      @@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)

    • @DerwoodPFreen
      @DerwoodPFreen Год назад +22

      Most of the homeless seem to end up in California for weather, dope and free stuff.

  • @angelat.8997
    @angelat.8997 Год назад +126

    You are the embodiment of what my channel would be - IF I were brave enough to actually post all of my roadtrip adventures. This introvert can’t handle that kind of exposure, though - so I watch your videos and cheer you on! ❤

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Год назад +18

      Aww ❤️❤️👍 Angela 😁

    • @laraoneal7284
      @laraoneal7284 Год назад +7

      @@NickJohnson. Yea that was so sweet from Angela. Love u too Nick.

    • @chopperchopper1418
      @chopperchopper1418 Год назад +1

      ​@lorrie5881 plus to many good memories with too many witnesses , 😎.

    • @David-zl3bi
      @David-zl3bi Год назад +1

      @@NickJohnson I BELIEVE NICK & MAPPY WILL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER. MAPPY IS NICKYS 'ROCK' TO LEAN ON

    • @americafirst9144
      @americafirst9144 21 день назад

      You can do it!

  • @Lifetalk849
    @Lifetalk849 Год назад +118

    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.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Год назад +10

      But I said it isn't that bad Sara!

    • @Lifetalk849
      @Lifetalk849 Год назад +24

      @@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."

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад +11

      Billings is mild compared to the big cities in other states.

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад +6

      Billings is MILD compared to other cities.

    • @phyrr2
      @phyrr2 Год назад

      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.

  • @bradbaker4679
    @bradbaker4679 Год назад +313

    Just wanted to say with all the craziness in this world, your videos bring me joy and it’s much appreciated!!!! You’ve got your own thing going on and you’re not scared to speak the truth. Well done!!

    • @dieselgirl1037
      @dieselgirl1037 Год назад +11

      Love Nicks videos! & dont forget about Mappy!

    • @Shannonbarnesdr1
      @Shannonbarnesdr1 Год назад +6

      so true he is down to earth, honest ad also fun and entertaining.

    • @angelo_giachetti
      @angelo_giachetti 11 месяцев назад +2

      Its always been crazy. Just that now you can know about everything via your ohine.

  • @robertwatkins364
    @robertwatkins364 Год назад +21

    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.

  • @videointercepter
    @videointercepter Год назад +186

    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.

    • @tbury2516
      @tbury2516 Год назад +8

      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.

    • @christyallen7848
      @christyallen7848 Год назад +12

      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.

    • @brooksbrown580
      @brooksbrown580 Год назад +6

      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.

    • @johnpanagiotopoulos8539
      @johnpanagiotopoulos8539 Год назад +4

      Its midnight in Montana and I can't get my rooster out of this cow.

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад

      Mostly white people in the casino's not Natives @@blackcherry6877

  • @tonyascaso6254
    @tonyascaso6254 Год назад +33

    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.

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад +3

      and money

    • @LuckyLarry33
      @LuckyLarry33 Год назад +1

      I'm guessing the winters in Sweden, Minneapolis and Dearborn aren't hard enough then???

  • @AnnaMontana-4real
    @AnnaMontana-4real Год назад +68

    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.

    • @jackwilliams5474
      @jackwilliams5474 Год назад +5

      I mean anyone with a computer can work from home these Days and make over $50 G's per Year, easily.

    • @brianblithe2271
      @brianblithe2271 Год назад

      PLease give some examples and details Jack.@@jackwilliams5474

    • @brianblithe2271
      @brianblithe2271 Год назад

      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.

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 11 месяцев назад

      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

    • @billwilson-es5yn
      @billwilson-es5yn 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@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?

  • @johnnyjoey
    @johnnyjoey Год назад +64

    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.

    • @virginiansupremacy
      @virginiansupremacy Год назад +6

      why do you guys bring up california soooo much

    • @K.Fulkerson
      @K.Fulkerson Год назад

      @@virginiansupremacyprobably the same reason Nick brings up guns, trucks and rednecks on almost every video that he does in rural America .

    • @davidarmitage289
      @davidarmitage289 Год назад +1

      Well said

    • @jimmonade
      @jimmonade Год назад +4

      @@virginiansupremacyI 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

    • @dellingson4833
      @dellingson4833 Год назад +1

      @@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.

  • @kevinspilker6622
    @kevinspilker6622 Год назад +137

    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.

    • @davidhorne2326
      @davidhorne2326 Год назад +9

      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.

    • @sbeers88
      @sbeers88 Год назад +4

      Yep. I lived a couple hours away from Browning. Had to drive through it to get to Glacier Park. Absolute pit of a town.

    • @stillnotwoke
      @stillnotwoke Год назад +3

      Well written description! You have a way with words... 😉

    • @kevinspilker6622
      @kevinspilker6622 Год назад +8

      @@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.

    • @sbeers88
      @sbeers88 Год назад

      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

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 Год назад +18

    Remember kids, alcoholic can also destroys one's life.

  • @cowfrank
    @cowfrank Год назад +500

    Everyone is polite when everyone is armed

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Год назад +39

      Completely incorrect statement.
      It means civil society does not exist. Almost anarchist.
      Japan doesn’t even carry knives.
      Most polite people on Earth.

    • @WANDERER0070
      @WANDERER0070 Год назад +16

      ​@@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 😊

    • @WANDERER0070
      @WANDERER0070 Год назад

      ​@@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 😊

    • @Uhtred772
      @Uhtred772 Год назад +33

      @@Dangic23 That’s because they’re Japanese. Race is real.

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Год назад +19

      @@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.

  • @cfp11
    @cfp11 Год назад +9

    Nick i just love your sense of humor!❤ Thanks for going traveling for us.

  • @marleiseturner4689
    @marleiseturner4689 Год назад +76

    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.

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад

      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.

    • @robertwalker5521
      @robertwalker5521 Год назад

      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.

    • @CalmChaosCurrent
      @CalmChaosCurrent 11 месяцев назад +4

      That was the only bad part about it was the winters. It was like living in Siberia. Summers oddly enough were very hot.

    • @Flub_Kub
      @Flub_Kub 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@CalmChaosCurrent North Dakota takes the cake on that.

    • @ruthray6449
      @ruthray6449 4 месяца назад +4

      The natives aren’t homeless here. They’re nomadic by nature and will comfortably sleep anywhere. Many just choose to not go home. Most of the natives here are good people. Not crack heads. The dispensaries here haven’t attracted a bad element. They’ve attracted money for our community. Slot machines aren’t legal here. You didn’t see one slot machine anywhere 🙄

  • @RobKimbro1966
    @RobKimbro1966 Год назад +45

    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.

  • @sanbetski
    @sanbetski Год назад +22

    i love the style of narration. funny side comments thrown in

  • @MarieBerti
    @MarieBerti 27 дней назад +2

    I have lived in Montana all my 80 years and am now facing moving to St Louis area. Don't want to leave, I live in Great Falls and love it. Give me the open range and blue Skys and I am happy. Yes our winters are long but we manage to entertain our self and no we don't drink or gamble as long as the library has books I am happy.

  • @dellacsehoski1784
    @dellacsehoski1784 Год назад +52

    This looks so much better than the places you usually go to. This place isn't even scary.

  • @lauraC1082
    @lauraC1082 Год назад +16

    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.

    • @Jenn-sy5qh
      @Jenn-sy5qh 6 месяцев назад

      All of us Californian's are evil, plotting to invade Montana like Vikings to hear Montanans tell it 😂
      I moved to Montana 3 years ago from California. Got shunned my first two years here by the towns people. Once they realized that how they chose to perceive me was their problem and that I truly didn't care, they got over themselves.

  • @jennifercoleman172
    @jennifercoleman172 Год назад +144

    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.

    • @jennifercoleman172
      @jennifercoleman172 Год назад

      thank you Captain Obvious, but I lived in San Francisco 20 years ago and never saw that, so why is it ok now?@@MissCleo24

    • @brooksbrown580
      @brooksbrown580 Год назад

      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.

    • @NorthwestCowboy31
      @NorthwestCowboy31 Год назад +33

      Sounds like Seattle!

    • @kathleenmartin7498
      @kathleenmartin7498 Год назад +25

      Drugs, alcohol and homelessness are an issue in every place I have lived, from small towns to cities

    • @earthangel3234
      @earthangel3234 Год назад +33

      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.

  • @michaelwaller7365
    @michaelwaller7365 Год назад +6

    I live in Missoula & the reasons it's a bit liberal and crazy like Bozeman, is because they are University cities.

  • @chadshafer2305
    @chadshafer2305 Год назад +12

    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

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Год назад +1

      Chad!!! Keep in touch!!! ❤️❤️thanks for all the help!

  • @CactusCowboy57
    @CactusCowboy57 5 месяцев назад +4

    As a NW Wyoming resident, I've visited Billings many times over the years. I would not agree that Billings is the 'worst' place to live in Montana. Go to Denver if you want to see bad.

  • @loboblue5441
    @loboblue5441 Год назад +44

    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.

    • @NoamTheGOAT50
      @NoamTheGOAT50 Год назад +13

      I'm from Reno NV and them Californians ruined NV as well. They get offended when Nevadans tell them to go back to California.

    • @kassie4426
      @kassie4426 Год назад +8

      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?

    • @NoamTheGOAT50
      @NoamTheGOAT50 Год назад +8

      @@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.

    • @marystorer
      @marystorer Год назад +3

      @@kassie4426isn’t die-versity great!

    • @kassie4426
      @kassie4426 Год назад +2

      @@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?

  • @michaelrowe7329
    @michaelrowe7329 Год назад +10

    Nick, due to health issues I can't travel at the current time. You sir,, fulfill my bucket list!! Thank you sir!!!

  • @scottperine9820
    @scottperine9820 Год назад +38

    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.

    • @brooksbrown580
      @brooksbrown580 Год назад

      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,,,,

    • @jackwilliams5474
      @jackwilliams5474 Год назад

      I'm east of there in North Dakota, and I like Montana as well.@@blackcherry6877

  • @concentricvoid
    @concentricvoid Год назад +9

    You mentioned all the pickup trucks in Billings, but just looking at your video footage, I also saw a lot of Subarus!

    • @Eric-qx1kx
      @Eric-qx1kx Год назад +1

      Yeah, last time I was in Bozeman I think about 75% of the vehicles were Outbacks, far more than trucks.

  • @khsh99
    @khsh99 Год назад +140

    This is heaven, compared to some cities in California and New York states .

    • @NicholasIG
      @NicholasIG Год назад +17

      And this, NY and California are the paradise compared with Latin American cities.

    • @mattchristensen9424
      @mattchristensen9424 Год назад +7

      ​@@NicholasIG nobody cares

    • @gregkareem9824
      @gregkareem9824 Год назад +13

      ​@@mattchristensen9424I care you care clearly you replied to him

    • @NicholasIG
      @NicholasIG Год назад +6

      @@mattchristensen9424 Ok bro, nice attitude.

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Год назад +8

      Very Montana-like brainless comment.
      😂

  • @exploringwithbellanoche1286
    @exploringwithbellanoche1286 Год назад +4

    Love this channel, keep up the great work and commentary 👌

  • @aaronlechner9290
    @aaronlechner9290 Год назад +12

    Nick Johnson: the master of blowing through red lights!

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, don't move when the light turns green until you make sure nobody ran a red light 🙃

  • @Harjawaldar
    @Harjawaldar Год назад +4

    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.

  • @GoldenAgeMath
    @GoldenAgeMath Год назад +17

    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.

  • @TheSpecialist23
    @TheSpecialist23 Год назад +7

    I heard Missoula is nasty now. Idk if my mother in law is exaggerating, but when she visits and reports to us on how missoula is doing she says homeless are everywhere now. They have little homeless camps in places that used to be beautiful and she never had to lock her doors but now she does cause it's really sketchy. It's really sad news to hear cause I remember feeling so safe living there and doing night walks.

    • @Jeffrey-p6l
      @Jeffrey-p6l Год назад

      I live in missoula. Liberals have destroyed this city.

    • @tupacamaruiv5804
      @tupacamaruiv5804 Год назад

      It’s turned to shit. In 20 years U of Montana has destroyed itself by catering to worthless leftist studies and the money shifted to Bozeman.

    • @Word2theM
      @Word2theM Год назад +5

      It's true. It's really bad all over Montana actually.

    • @lorij1072
      @lorij1072 Год назад

      It’s not safe anymore. Lots of homeless. Illegals are coming in, lots of panhandling.

  • @jwells406
    @jwells406 Год назад +25

    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

  • @davidcwilson1395
    @davidcwilson1395 4 месяца назад +2

    Really enjoyed your video Thank you for posting it !!!

  • @danielgilek4664
    @danielgilek4664 Год назад +31

    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!

    • @bonnieneutgens3470
      @bonnieneutgens3470 7 месяцев назад +5

      I agree! It's not the homeless thats the problem .It's the rich out of staters.

    • @F-U-CKYTCensorship
      @F-U-CKYTCensorship 5 месяцев назад

      🤣 you missed CHICAGO^*

    • @zachjones5060
      @zachjones5060 3 месяца назад

      👏🏽👏🏽

  • @Orecatmeatprocessors
    @Orecatmeatprocessors Год назад +6

    When things get tough the people in Montana will survive. Nobody's going to give them anything. They are prepared. They have guns, trucks, and food. What do you have?

  • @Funkyourdauter
    @Funkyourdauter Год назад +23

    i have been watching this channel grow from the beginning. This guy just gets better with time!

  • @mikelore1633
    @mikelore1633 3 месяца назад +2

    What makes people depressed in Montana is the loneliness. People get married young or they move away and go to college. If youre between 25-50 and youre single its very bleak. During he winter its dark and you can go days without seeing anyone.

    • @mikelore1633
      @mikelore1633 3 месяца назад

      That aside it's a great place to live. The police are even courteous and helpful. You blow a tire within a few seconds someone will pull over and say do you need help friend? And they will actually help you. It's amazing. It takes awhile to get used to it.

  • @paulcooper7946
    @paulcooper7946 Год назад +57

    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

    • @brooksbrown580
      @brooksbrown580 Год назад

      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.

    • @sbeers88
      @sbeers88 Год назад +5

      I grew up just south of Havre. Yeah, Montana winters are brutal.

    • @georgecoons6872
      @georgecoons6872 Год назад +4

      send them to tucson arizona. now child smash and grab is becoming big business. punch out momma grab the kid and speed off.

    • @kadinzaofelune
      @kadinzaofelune Год назад +4

      Yeah I am on the lookout for a scammer from Havre...It's gonna be 👍

    • @terrellprice8013
      @terrellprice8013 4 месяца назад

      David Price was my cousin who lived in Montana. Unfortunately he died several years ago. I always wanted to visit Montana but now I am 82 years old too old to go that far.

  • @vickierafael3668
    @vickierafael3668 Год назад +4

    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

    • @LuckyLarry33
      @LuckyLarry33 Год назад

      Mappy is a very underrated part of the videos, he really brings a lot to the table!!! lol

  • @kattilathehunfreedomfighter
    @kattilathehunfreedomfighter Год назад +65

    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!

    • @mattdarwin6497
      @mattdarwin6497 Год назад +10

      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.

    • @mf-db6nm
      @mf-db6nm Год назад +9

      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.

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Год назад +3

      Always good when you pass by these mountain States.
      Living in there is miserable.
      CO is the only good one.

    • @kattilathehunfreedomfighter
      @kattilathehunfreedomfighter Год назад +3

      @@mattdarwin6497 We may have passed each other! I wish you both all the best in finding your new home! 😁

    • @JeffmChicago
      @JeffmChicago Год назад +7

      I visited Big Sky, Whitefish, Kalispell and Bozeman. Absolutely beautiful state. Mountains, lakes, forest for miles on end. Loved it.

  • @SoraFan23
    @SoraFan23 Год назад +27

    I spoke to my Aunt in Arizona and she was telling me that the homeless problem in her state is getting worse. She saw Homeless people on the sidewalks and the parks. She blames it on California for not fixing their act and a lot of the homeless people went to other states. I can see why this is getting worse because the Homeless are spreading to other states. I even saw a few homeless people in my state Georgia when I was going to Wal-Mart.

    • @kassie4426
      @kassie4426 Год назад +2

      Arizona has people flooding in from the southern border yet she still found a way to blame it on Californians. People from all over the country are flocking to Arizona.

    • @sargelaforgia4787
      @sargelaforgia4787 Год назад +5

      I was in Atlanta a few years ago and so hundreds of homeless in the streets and under bridges.

    • @MattTaylor-xx7gs
      @MattTaylor-xx7gs Год назад +2

      It is very bad in both Tucson and Phoenix. Tent cities on any open land near Tucson or in the arroyos.

    • @foxiedogitchypaws7141
      @foxiedogitchypaws7141 Год назад +3

      1000 per day coming to Tucson. Send them all to California and Washington DC and Delaware

    • @shrewdshrew35
      @shrewdshrew35 Год назад +4

      I work with the homeless in the state of California, all the other states, and countries of Canada and Mexico dumps their homeless in this welfare state. I've had ppl from Ohio, Georgia Indiana, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arizona, Nevada, Illinois, Florida and New York. Its a nationwide problem and we have an open border problem. Its just bad governance from both parties. We didn't all of a sudden have a shortage of housing, the cost of living increased, automation of jobs without retraining, legalization of THC, influx of illegals cheap labor replacing American workers, the Plandemic created this problem.

  • @janicestewart6116
    @janicestewart6116 Год назад +15

    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

    • @mf-db6nm
      @mf-db6nm Год назад +1

      100%! Even the weather is drastically different west of the divide.

    • @EricPS
      @EricPS Год назад +4

      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.

    • @Jenn-sy5qh
      @Jenn-sy5qh 6 месяцев назад

      Your description of Eastern Montana that hasn't been tarnished by Californication is described by you as having sagebrush and prairie.
      That, Madam, does not sound enticing in the least bit. It sounds like a wildfire waiting to happen.
      Good thing I brought my Californication to Central Montana 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @tuxitalk4-tuxipolitixpage772
      @tuxitalk4-tuxipolitixpage772 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@EricPSThe legislation did pass. Now just a matter of doing the work.

    • @tuxitalk4-tuxipolitixpage772
      @tuxitalk4-tuxipolitixpage772 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Jenn-sy5qhRather sagebrush and prairie than protected plant species drying out and causing wildfires.

  • @smartysmarty1714
    @smartysmarty1714 Год назад +98

    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.

    • @JollyJingleJellybean
      @JollyJingleJellybean Год назад +6

      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.

    • @ricksmith4736
      @ricksmith4736 Год назад

      @@JollyJingleJellybean Sorry Obama voter, liberal areas BY FAR are the problems in America

    • @jackwilliams5474
      @jackwilliams5474 Год назад +3

      red states for the reddies, blue states for the bluies, self sort self sort self sort@@JollyJingleJellybean

    • @LuckyLarry33
      @LuckyLarry33 Год назад +9

      @@JollyJingleJellybean So you're to blame for gambling and homelessness? lol par for the course.

    • @LuckyLarry33
      @LuckyLarry33 Год назад

      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".)

  • @gliver2549
    @gliver2549 Год назад +2

    Loved the increase in production value ❤

  • @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123
    @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123 Год назад +6

    Hey Nick, Thanks for the video, from sunny Adelaide, South Australia 😊

  • @CMoore8539
    @CMoore8539 Год назад +7

    Montana is an absolutely beautiful place to live!♥️

  • @dylanhecker6686
    @dylanhecker6686 Год назад +16

    I don't understand why people blame weed. It's the people who you vote for who allow these people welfare and a slap on the wrist in court.

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад

      Everyone knows booze promotes violence and it makes people smell ...LOL...tears up their insides, wrinkles skin, prematurely...Nobody blames weed anymore. Reality bites. Can u say dispensary ???

    • @matildagreene1744
      @matildagreene1744 Год назад

      Now days, you really have to NEED welfare to get it. Where ya been ???? Tis' 2023. How about all these old farts that collect disability cause they're old. Most aren't actually disabled, yet they pull it off. Some have plenty of $$ yet still collect disability. 😡

  • @GenXtothe7thPower
    @GenXtothe7thPower Год назад +3

    Can always count on Nick to bring the high quality props! 💕

  • @spitfirered
    @spitfirered Год назад +11

    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!

  • @RobHowell1
    @RobHowell1 3 месяца назад

    Hey Nick , I’ve been watching your videos for a few years now.
    I love your aura and how you have the balls to cruise through some of the most dangerous places and stop (in a lot of cases) and strike a conversation with people.
    I personally think there’s a part of you that has been on a darker side of things.
    I’ve done tons of drugs and lives through the 80’s partying with bands and have been locked up several times and met a LOT of interesting characters but, the main reason I’m commenting is.. I noticed something about you . The best way I am say it is.
    I think you’re like the Theo Von of mapping the country 😂. You just seem to have that vibe and it dawned on me the other day.
    Take that as mad respect, it’s an honor.

  • @WeTalkRealShyt
    @WeTalkRealShyt Год назад +18

    You're the best dude! The moustache addition, Hilarious! Been watching you for YEARS!!!!😂😂😂

  • @aaronhow2568
    @aaronhow2568 Год назад +2

    Awesome work here as always, Nick! :)

  • @sookietrueblood-gp4sd
    @sookietrueblood-gp4sd Год назад +9

    Nice video, Nick. You are so funny 😊! Have you ever thought about doing stand up?

  • @robertshorthill6836
    @robertshorthill6836 6 месяцев назад +1

    Any place in Montana is the worst when your car is broke down, you only have enough money to buy a tank of gas, you are hungry and all you see are wealthy people with new cars. I once gave my last 20 bucks to a lady that needed something to eat when she was stranded at Home Depot. She explained her situation to me. I was not a mechanic, but offered to take a look at her vehicle. Could not help her, but called a garage for advice. I stuck around a while as we located a stranger that might be able to help. We were there a couple hours. Got her started somehow. She thanked all of us for helping. I cried all the way home, feeling sorry for this lady, knowing I have been so close to being in her situation. Montana gets more undesireable every year as $$$ makes prices outrageous to live here.

  • @pi-sx3mb
    @pi-sx3mb Год назад +58

    Really hoping you do a video on Bozeman to get your perspective. That college-centric place struck me as emblematic of everything gone wrong in the rapid expansion of a laid-back mountain town, which has the double-edged sword of being within striking distance of Yellowstone. Tons of people want to move there, and there's plenty of space to build on, but what's going up are these incongruent, pricey, 3-story, "mountain view" apartment complexes crammed into a tiny plot of land sitting just off the highway. It just seems so depressing to have that kind of cookie-cutter, monochromatic density in such an expansive area. Also the clash of old-timey cowboy with latte soy-boy sensitivity is no bueno. Montana is the next Colorado.

    • @marcusfieldfield4069
      @marcusfieldfield4069 Год назад +6

      That dense housing in Southern California are called stack and packs

    • @timmycorini
      @timmycorini Год назад +5

      i hear you, but it seems to me most folks under 40 dont have the capital or knowhow to build from scratch in the expansive open land, no?

    • @scottboettcher
      @scottboettcher Год назад +14

      Bozeman is hipster hell. Used to be so nice...

    • @pi-sx3mb
      @pi-sx3mb Год назад +11

      @@scottboettcher Yep, that's kind of the vibe I was picking up. I look at that kind of place and just think "uggg..." There are places that are repulsive because they're trashed dumpster fires, and then there are places that are repulsive because they're cashing in on an idyllic vision in a superficial way. I guess the key with that is, if it's popular, go somewhere else. Denver anyone?

    • @pi-sx3mb
      @pi-sx3mb Год назад +6

      @@margaretthatcher6828 I don't think there's any way Bozeman the geographical spot would ever not be considered beautiful. Hence the cynical exploitation by people just wanting to make a buck off of the allure.

  • @jlax1956
    @jlax1956 Год назад +11

    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. 😊❤❤😮

  • @biggcheese9987
    @biggcheese9987 Год назад +4

    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 😂

  • @judithgrace9850
    @judithgrace9850 Год назад +2

    I love Kalispell, Montana, red bow on highway to the sun to Glacier National Park, The
    Beautiful Big Sky.

  • @happyhunting1000
    @happyhunting1000 Год назад +26

    Glad to see your channel grow, man. Good work.

  • @cpkarkow663
    @cpkarkow663 Год назад +5

    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.

  • @FlintIronstag23
    @FlintIronstag23 Год назад +14

    It's always interesting to hear of places that are big Trump voters considering Trump is from New York City, doesn't drink, shoot guns, drive a pickup, wear jeans, or really have anything in common with the lifestyle of the people that are his biggest supporters. Of course, big city-oriented Democrats don't have much in common with these more rural places either.

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Год назад +8

      This has baffled me since Jun 2015.
      Trump is everything they hate and still hate.
      Elitism, donor class, snobbery, etc etc.

    • @alk3078
      @alk3078 Год назад +7

      ​@@Dangic23You have no clue

    • @WKRP187
      @WKRP187 Год назад

      Don't you see how all the elites and politicians hate him?? People realize if the Hollywood Elite and career politicians hate him then he's got to be doing something right! I've wondered since 2015 how you watch your CNN, and read LA Times and Twitter censoring him etc etc is too why you guys can't read between the lines?? Blows my mind

    • @Jeffrey-p6l
      @Jeffrey-p6l Год назад +15

      ​​@@Dangic23Trump actually cares about people. Turn off CNN and actually learn. Trump also represents freedom. Yes he doesnt shoot guns but he will defend our rights in Montana to own them!!!!

    • @rotavarp
      @rotavarp Год назад

      Trump talks bad about the same people they talk bad about … we all know

  • @BeautifulBelleGardening
    @BeautifulBelleGardening 9 месяцев назад +1

    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 ❤️

    • @MontanaDirtRoads
      @MontanaDirtRoads 4 месяца назад +1

      It's not as bad as many people say it is.

  • @HIAHomelessInAmerica
    @HIAHomelessInAmerica Год назад +3

    Thank you for sharing this 🙏

  • @surfpapo
    @surfpapo Год назад +8

    We only go there for shopping and the hospital, but is nothing wrong with Billings people are awesome there

  • @billschindler1381
    @billschindler1381 Год назад +5

    Montana is one of the prettiest states, but what discourges me from moving there is SSI is taxed.

    • @dubs3432
      @dubs3432 5 месяцев назад

      SSI is only taxed unless if your income is over $25k and as far as I know SSI payments are not even close to $2000 monthly.

    • @billschindler1381
      @billschindler1381 5 месяцев назад

      @@dubs3432 My SSI will be higher than that.

  • @billschindler1381
    @billschindler1381 Год назад +4

    Many of the towns are bleek, especially the large towns like Butte, Missoula, Kalispell, Great Falls buy once you drive out of them ,the rest of the state is beautiful.

  • @peachsangria8704
    @peachsangria8704 Год назад +1

    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

  • @MrDEWaters
    @MrDEWaters Год назад +6

    I thought Billings was better than Butte when I drove across Montana in June. Butte has better mountain scenery though but its downtown section is extremely seedy. Billings is at the edge of the plains--sort of like Cheyenne.

    • @brooksbrown580
      @brooksbrown580 Год назад +1

      Billings is very Seedy, for sure, Lots of Prostitutes, Drug Dealers, Bums, its getting worse in Billings.

    • @sbeers88
      @sbeers88 Год назад +3

      Butte has a literal pit. It is a pit.

    • @MrDEWaters
      @MrDEWaters Год назад

      Billings didn't look bad in the middle of the day but I suppose on Saturday night things might be different.@@brooksbrown580

    • @97I30T
      @97I30T Год назад +1

      Butte is a hell hole. I was actually shocked that he didn't go to Butte for this video. Butte is generally regarded by most Montanans as being a dump.

  • @yosephherpo8479
    @yosephherpo8479 Год назад +1

    am a new guy to America, you gave me alots information that I never even thought of. great job!!! thank you.

  • @yellowmoon9308
    @yellowmoon9308 Год назад +8

    Hey Nick, in Great Falls, I get monthly letters wanting realtors to sell my home at top dollar. Homes that are not the best in condition and size are going for 200K. Lots of Californians are moving into Great Falls. Houses only last about a week on the market.

    • @grrrr6999
      @grrrr6999 Год назад +4

      Most of the Californians will bail after the first winter there lol

    • @97I30T
      @97I30T Год назад +1

      Sounds about right. Great Falls is honestly pretty nice. It actually reminds me of Billings a little bit. However, I've heard the joke among Montanans is that Great Falls should really be called Mediocre Falls. Lol.

    • @yellowmoon9308
      @yellowmoon9308 Год назад

      lol@@97I30T

  • @verabundy4486
    @verabundy4486 Год назад +1

    Absolutely LOVE ❤ your RUclips vids, Nick. Been a subscriber and fan for quite a while.
    Keep up the good work.

  • @TheRedDevil_NC
    @TheRedDevil_NC Год назад +14

    Imagine the winters...no way

    • @spyder_33
      @spyder_33 Год назад +4

      that'd be my main reason for loving it lol

    • @user-qc7hr4my7r
      @user-qc7hr4my7r Год назад +6

      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.

    • @scottjoseph9578
      @scottjoseph9578 Год назад +1

      Dress well. In Bemidji, MN, I just paid $700/yr to make sure my driveway was professionally cleaned.

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Год назад

      This area shouldn’t be populated.

    • @danmcqueen5295
      @danmcqueen5295 Год назад +3

      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.

  • @verabundy4486
    @verabundy4486 Год назад +2

    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 !

  • @williamknopic7915
    @williamknopic7915 Год назад +27

    I've been in Montana 32 years and don't care for Billings or Butte. I'm not a socialite because people oeither make our brake a place. And there's a lot of broken places. Nature is pure when it's untouched by humans. The most dangerous unpredictable animal on the planet is the human. And any place where guns, liquor ( that's a drug), and gambling are the top 3 items for enjoyment, your looking at trouble.
    That's a fact. I trust the bears ,wolves, mountain lions, and the rest of the 4 footers. But not humans.

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 Год назад +1

      That kind of gambling very bad.. I can safely assume that payout is extremely low, as they don't generate enough $$$ to pay out people good. Better off going to vegas, instead of wasting money on any of those machines.

    • @skooliecarol8542
      @skooliecarol8542 Год назад

      ​@@jcc9925then you dont travel much..I,ve lived in every major city...and 40 srates....you,d be surprised

    • @jasonlarsen4945
      @jasonlarsen4945 3 месяца назад

      I'll take Butte over Great Falls.

  • @brandonboand
    @brandonboand 11 месяцев назад

    I love your sense of humor along with your approach to your content ❤ keep up the great work

  • @ThunderPants13
    @ThunderPants13 Год назад +3

    The average house is way more than $150-200K. That would be a shit shack in a bad neighborhood. An average decent house in a decent neighborhood is probably more like $300-350K.

  • @JS-sh3nq
    @JS-sh3nq Год назад +1

    Excellent video, no better narrator. LMFAO at your comments and descriptions. Keep up the excellent videos.

  • @haley2684
    @haley2684 Год назад +4

    Can we get a road trip of current New England/north east eventually?? Been loving this mid west series in the mean time!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Год назад +2

      Yes it will happen ❤️ maybe this next fall.

  • @tonykeltsflorida
    @tonykeltsflorida Год назад +5

    I lived in Great Falls for a while. It gets pretty cold and icy there. I don't think a mobile home (or pre-fab) would be a good idea in Montana.

    • @Steve-318
      @Steve-318 Год назад

      They insulate them for the cold up there.

    • @tonykeltsflorida
      @tonykeltsflorida Год назад +2

      @@Steve-318 Of course they do. However, real houses are Much better .

  • @phillipemmons3714
    @phillipemmons3714 5 месяцев назад +1

    Moved to Billings in 1990 and stayed for 30 years. West end property taxes and crime and drugs drove me out. Started to never go out at night without a sidearm. Homelessness is off the hook and the city building dept is anti business.
    But as bad as things are and have gotten in 30 years, its sad to compare how prosperous the town once was

  • @ShawnWDunn
    @ShawnWDunn Год назад +4

    I grew up near Billings, and downtown and the southside was always a mess. If anything I'd actually say it's better than it was when I was growing up there. Doesn't mean it's good by any means, but I'd probably argue Butte is worse than Billings.

    • @corywalker9498
      @corywalker9498 11 месяцев назад

      Really 😂? Why do you say that?

  • @georgevan3102
    @georgevan3102 Год назад +1

    What a gr8 trip. Your music in the beginning sounds like NFL Films, BTW gr8 looking Square body Chevy pickup

  • @janicestewart6116
    @janicestewart6116 Год назад +5

    Next time Nick I will show you small town eastern Montana where things are very different. Wish you could have seen more of our state. Thanks for coming!

  • @savingthemoney
    @savingthemoney 10 месяцев назад

    Just moved from Billings 1.5 years ago, and Nick, you were VERY KIND to deteriorating Billings.

  • @JKART-do5jc
    @JKART-do5jc Год назад +9

    It’s just sad that unregulated corporations, monopolies, and institutional investors have pushed up all the pricing and have bought up everything affordable. Greed is reaping rewards. As far as homeless, no one will fix it. It’s a state of the cost of living and people checking out. Drugs are spread around by the people creating a lot of the problems. Started in the 80’s with that leadership and continued. We all have to come together to find solutions. The whole country is being affected. Being divided does not help.

  • @ADSmith-gu7lp
    @ADSmith-gu7lp Год назад +4

    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.

  • @aaronkidd9450
    @aaronkidd9450 Год назад +1

    A masterpeice. Awesome Nick.

  • @tunzinater1
    @tunzinater1 Год назад +4

    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.

  • @PsychicInsignia
    @PsychicInsignia Год назад +4

    My brother Ben Schiesser is buried in Billings 🙏❤️ My family loves MT, great people

  • @mellowmoods8393
    @mellowmoods8393 Год назад +5

    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!

  • @Ethyro
    @Ethyro Год назад +2

    I suggested Billings am so glad you did it! Great city

  • @diddlybow3891
    @diddlybow3891 Год назад +8

    Poontang for dinner? That’s some good stuff there 👍🏼

    • @spyder_33
      @spyder_33 Год назад

      😂😂

    • @Curlyblonde
      @Curlyblonde Год назад

      It's spelled Poutine. Originated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    • @bonnieneutgens3470
      @bonnieneutgens3470 7 месяцев назад

      I've been here for over 40 years and never saw that here

  • @tonynasaofficial
    @tonynasaofficial Год назад +2

    That paper sign in the beginning is cool thats what ID badges used to look like back in the day

  • @TerryCheever
    @TerryCheever Год назад +7

    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.

  • @allsmilz7234
    @allsmilz7234 Год назад +2

    *Thx4share gr8 journalism* 👍

  • @neilbruce123
    @neilbruce123 Год назад +1

    Another winning production!