NEBRASKA: Fading Towns With Shockingly Cheap Homes - Would You Live There?

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  • Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
  • I visited these Nebraska towns:
    Humboldt - Median home value $48,600
    Verdon - Median home value $32,400
    Salem - Median home value $36,800
    Falls City - Median home value $72,900
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  • @davidkoehler136
    @davidkoehler136 Год назад +51

    couldnt pay me to live there

    • @jeromefym9548
      @jeromefym9548 Год назад +3

      You got a favorite state ?

    • @donjuanseville3039
      @donjuanseville3039 Год назад +5

      ​@@jeromefym9548ARIZONA FLORIDA NEVADA TEXAS

    • @wrestlerx8494
      @wrestlerx8494 Год назад +12

      Maybe think about this... the tree at the beginning of this video will shed its leaves at some point and then someone somewhere will probably clear the leaves away. Or maybe the leaves will stay there and it won't look that bad.
      Then consider the fact that there are also so many other trees around there, and that they have all been there and will continue to be there and will grow and shed leaves for years, even if no one notices or pays attention to them. I imagine you'd be far less inclined to get bored living in that area if you actually think about these kinds of things.
      I would probably also look down at the grass in that area if I was there and see if there are different types of grass mixed in ☺️

    • @joeearley3351
      @joeearley3351 Год назад +14

      Can't stand the slow pace. Well if you can find gainful employment it's probably affordable it's better than a tent in a criminal neighborhood and extremely unaffordable.

    • @victoriaojeda767
      @victoriaojeda767 Год назад +1

      ​I agree with you! 👍👍

  • @penngrey
    @penngrey Год назад +55

    You find the coolest towns off the beaten path. People used to take photos of their towns to preserve history. You are recording videos that residents will be able to watch years from now. Good job !

  • @alanwoods2010
    @alanwoods2010 Год назад +53

    I grew up in Falls City and found this tour of southeast Nebraska interesting and nostalgic. I want to try to address some of the comments. Where are all the people? If it's in the middle of the afternoon (it appeared like it was) then people are either working in town or working out on their farms. Are these towns dying? You could say that - they certainly don't have the population they used to but they'll be around for a long time yet. Many rural areas have regional centers - like Falls City - where people from the surrounding smaller towns go for shopping, gas, groceries, health care, etc. The distances aren't that great - 20 to 25 miles and very little traffic. All these towns have nice houses and houses that are dilapidated. If Joe & Nic had continued to the south side of Falls City they would have seen a lot more poor quality houses. Finally, these towns aren't for everyone. If you can't stand a slow pace or lack of instant entertainment options, then these towns aren't for you. BTW, I'm glad you took the back roads. That shows what this part of the country is really like - miles and miles of farms.

    • @latitude1904
      @latitude1904 Год назад +6

      Is a pretty town with beautiful, well-kept homes ♡

    • @cambiteroswebmaster
      @cambiteroswebmaster Год назад +5

      Exactly the kind of towns I love! The less people, the better.

    • @samilee8121
      @samilee8121 10 месяцев назад +2

      I Absolutely love it there so peaceful and quiet and leaves time to spend time on people you care about and not the insanity of the rest of the world and the nature is beautiful to me

    • @latitude1904
      @latitude1904 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@samilee8121- Having grown up in rural N.Dakota, I completely agree. I miss the rural Midwest

    • @handsomeX
      @handsomeX 7 месяцев назад

      How are the Winters?

  • @throne1797
    @throne1797 Год назад +55

    Humboldt: A town of 800 people but with exceptional pride. The downtown memorial and band shell and the magnificent fairy gardens. Congrats people of Humboldt!

    • @burleybater
      @burleybater Год назад +7

      Only four hundred people it takes, to keep this town alive and proud. That's one hell of an accomplishment. It's not the quantity, is it? It's very definitely the quality.
      The whole town reads like the preservation of something that 90% of this nation needs and doesn't even know it's missing.
      Oh yes, congrats indeed, to the good people of Humboldt!

    • @huskerjpg
      @huskerjpg Год назад +2

      It's actually about 850.

    • @johnmurray2214
      @johnmurray2214 Год назад +5

      born in Falls City lived in Humboldt in magical early 50 s
      Mose and Evelyn’s Tavern
      with dad Gene Murray listening to juke box with Perry Como
      Hank Snow.
      Christmas decorations
      the music !
      Names of people Rice , Studhihts(?)
      Costakas gridleys Massey, asa( girl ) dad owned a bank
      Any one class of 66. I’m am john murray. Please respond

  • @robviousobviously5757
    @robviousobviously5757 Год назад +12

    serenity in Nebraska... you just need to stop and listen..

  • @DustpanJoe
    @DustpanJoe Год назад +50

    Youve become my most anticipated uploader everyday. Excited for the potential q&a. Starting your stuff from the beginning but also keeping up with the new stuff. Keep up the good work, love what you guys do.

  • @marthabird5673
    @marthabird5673 Год назад +10

    I’m originally from Petoskey Michigan and the sound of gravel under the car tires remind me of my childhood. You are astonishing in pointing out all the other things that most people would never take into consideration. I enjoy you and I thank you for everything that you do to bring these small towns life.

  • @ottohesslein3230
    @ottohesslein3230 Год назад +16

    Imagine if everyone grew big, proud home gardens, canning their own food, raising chickens and rabbits. A small dairy/goat herd. This town could be repurposed to be a new home agriculture, where the residents are self sufficient.

    • @al99795
      @al99795 Год назад +3

      that would unfortunately be labeled a cult or a commune these days no matter what their politics were

    • @stevenvox6549
      @stevenvox6549 Год назад

      @@al99795 How long would they stay? What if they need medical care? You're gonna need some help as time goes on and boredom could be a problem in a small town.

    • @PainterZero
      @PainterZero 3 месяца назад

      Wallstreet can't make money there

  • @bobklk51
    @bobklk51 Год назад +16

    Salem. Nebraska where I was born (1956) and lived till 10 yrs old when dad moved us to Oregon. I walked those streets and caught crawdads and (non-poisonous) snakes by the creeks. We were dirt poor but it was good times. Thanks for nostalgia overload. 🥰

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад +1

      Similar childhood in Nevada. Now in Jacksonville , Or.

    • @bobklk51
      @bobklk51 10 месяцев назад

      @@jeffhildreth9244 Nice area, I've lived NE Oregon (Hermiston) most of my life. (56yrs)

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@bobklk51 Hi Bob, I am familiar with Hermiston. Great territory and wonderful people out there.
      Anything East or the Cascades and south of Eugene is fantastic.
      Anything from Eugene north to Salem, Portland is managed by the wrong people.
      Oregon at its best is the lower third and the Eastern Half.

  • @Moochie007
    @Moochie007 Год назад +22

    Visiting these places, even if it's only via your respectful videos, is like being magically transported to another time. Many of the homes we see range from the functional and unpretentious to some that are more architecturally interesting through to some that are run-down and in obvious need of attention but still have a poignant beauty about them. Thanks very much for showing us a side of the U.S. many of us who live in other countries seldom get to see in this way - it's greatly appreciated!

  • @michaelscottcutler3627
    @michaelscottcutler3627 Год назад +13

    My great-grandfather, George Ferguson Work, a Civil War veteran and eventual Nebraska County judge, laid all of the county lines in Nebraska. My Mom was from Hastings, Nebraska.

    • @doug132639
      @doug132639 Год назад +1

      Did he come from Scotland ? I see only 1 s ..I have a double ss .super sports model ..Greetings fellow Fregie

    • @michaelscottcutler3627
      @michaelscottcutler3627 Год назад +2

      @@doug132639 On my mother's side, we're Scotch/Irish. We believe "Work" was originally "O Rourke" on the Irish side. It became "Work" when the family, originally from County Cork, Ireland, migrated to America. The Scotch Fergusons have been in America since the 1600s. We still have a house standing from that period in the East (or did when I last researched this 25 years ago). My mother was a DAR member - Daughters of the American Revolution.

    • @ronwinkles2601
      @ronwinkles2601 Год назад +3

      When I was a kid in 1954, my 3rd grade civics book was titled Our Town, and it was based on Hastings, Nebraska. According to the 1950 Census, It was in the middle of the 48 states, it had the median population and it was representative of small town America. I never forgot the book or the friendly little town it represented.

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад

      My father was born, given up for adoption, adopted by evil pious people in Nebraska.
      Neither he, nor I, will ever set foot there again..
      That .. thanks to the CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE in Omaha.

    • @mistered9435
      @mistered9435 6 месяцев назад

      @@jeffhildreth9244 I’ve seen videos on here from a retired FBI agent about the child trafficking that occurred in the Omaha area, back in the day. I am from rural nebraska, and neither Omaha or Lincoln represents the rest of the state. I have owned a successful small business since 1999, and was offered a VERY handsome price to move my business to Omaha. It would have required me to move my family and I there, and I quickly decided that nobody could pay me enough to give up my “small town” lifestyle to live in or near Omaha.

  • @bobjackson4720
    @bobjackson4720 Год назад +6

    The first town looked OK, all that artwork was impressive. If a few dozen comfortable retirees moved there it might bring it back to life. Falls city also looks really good

  • @darlenedarlene419
    @darlenedarlene419 Год назад +8

    I like your comment “that’s a lot of stuff” when looking at trashy yards! Falls City looked like a really nice small town and I am glad you got out and walked the downtown

  • @reinier660
    @reinier660 Год назад +20

    As a European this is so cool to watch. Makes me dream about living in a place like that, and being super happy living where I live, both at the same time :) Nice vids!!

    • @JoeandNicsRoadTrip
      @JoeandNicsRoadTrip  Год назад +2

      Awesome, thank you. :)

    • @eustacemcgoodboy9702
      @eustacemcgoodboy9702 8 месяцев назад +1

      As an American in Europe I can tell you that America is an unlivable nightmare zone and you better stay in Europe.

  • @brendajohnson6910
    @brendajohnson6910 Год назад +15

    You should sell merch with the saying "Boy that's a lotta stuff!"

  • @joycelebaron2582
    @joycelebaron2582 Год назад +24

    The funny thing about that abandoned house with the abandoned Ford truck in the yard is that the lawn was still mowed. I'm glad you went to Falls City, I was looking on the map following along and noticed a bigger town in the area and was curious to see what it looked like.

    • @jeromehenry4484
      @jeromehenry4484 Год назад +10

      I noticed the mowed lawn too. Maybe there's an elderly person/couple still living there, but can only afford to cut grass, not maintain house.

    • @kimberH1005
      @kimberH1005 Год назад +1

      I noticed that too. Interesting. Would love to know the story.

    • @lucystrider728
      @lucystrider728 Год назад +1

      Actually the well kept landscaping and mowed lawns and roadsides were remarkable and really stood out to me. Pretty area with clear pride and there must be some helpful people helping with those chores.

  • @prophetmargin7497
    @prophetmargin7497 Год назад +25

    People always talk about how great it would be if we could go back to the way things were in the 1950's. Well now you can, and its called Nebraska!

  • @jeffstepien5682
    @jeffstepien5682 Год назад +7

    You should check out the hills in the middle of nebraska, it’s as rural as it gets

  • @kelseymcgowan2538
    @kelseymcgowan2538 Год назад +8

    Humboldt looks to be a nice place to live, a fairly quiet place

  • @gregkerr725
    @gregkerr725 Год назад +5

    That first town named Humboldt was like a movie set where they aren't filming. In your drive around town I didn't see a living thing, not even a moving car.

  • @irenewood9393
    @irenewood9393 Год назад +10

    We're in Bonnie Scotland and find your videos fascinating. Small town America which we will probably never see. Look forward to the next one!

    • @cherylcampbell7495
      @cherylcampbell7495 Год назад +2

      I watch Cammie and his youtube The Sheep Game in Scotland. I’m half Scot. The landscape in Scotland is beautiful.

  • @gkiltz0
    @gkiltz0 Год назад +7

    Notice how much richer blue the sky is there than here on the East Coast
    There ARE some things I miss about my old home state!

  • @danijel1989Y
    @danijel1989Y Год назад +7

    If you will be in Oklahoma state in next trip, please visit Wakita from Twister film :) Regards from Poland, Thanks for your work.

  • @georgekelly9797
    @georgekelly9797 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the tour Joe,.so peaceful to do a ride around of a town that is slowly leaving us. The stories it could tell over the years. I really enjoy your channel. Thank you.

  • @darrellsaunders4267
    @darrellsaunders4267 Год назад +12

    When my Dad was in the Army in 1950-1953, he told me the strangest ppl he ran into were from New York and Nebraska....

    • @kaylalindblom628
      @kaylalindblom628 Год назад +2

      My mom, a life long Nebraska resident always said 😊 people from Kansas were strange. She fought the breast cancer battle. Thanks!

    • @langyd4518
      @langyd4518 Месяц назад

      lol. I’m from the Omaha area people are very nice here, lots of hard working families and pretty neighborhoods

  • @Hamza-xc9kb
    @Hamza-xc9kb Год назад +6

    Man! 6:54 This place is magical 🧙‍♀️ I wish to visit here someday 🤞🏻

  • @kimberH1005
    @kimberH1005 Год назад +5

    It's now official. The middle of nowhere is southeast Nebraska. But that park with the statues was so beautiful. Someone put a lot of time, effort and money into beautifying their town. That very narrow road looked like you were driving on a sidewalk. I would move there for the cheap houses but again, it's the middle of nowhere. Thanks for the trip Joe.

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад

      The middle of nowhere is Portland Oregon, Seattle Wa, San Francisco, Calif.

  • @charlyshay1013
    @charlyshay1013 Год назад +2

    Very enjoyable. I used to get out and drive the back roads through small towns but I can't do that anymore, so I appreciate your posts very much. Keep 'em comin 😊

  • @OkayCoolThanks
    @OkayCoolThanks Год назад +8

    Nebraska native here. A lot of us around here have jokingly called it "Falls Shitty" but dang, in comparison to the one-street dying ghost towns, it doesn't look half bad for once 😂 I'm from Omaha and Lincoln, but I've traveled around southern Nebraska and there's good people. Just a shame most of them have to leave their towns to move to Omaha or Lincoln for opportunities.

  • @agentofficerthomasa.porter107
    @agentofficerthomasa.porter107 Год назад +2

    Joe & Nic, Great Tour. Falls City over the decades had 5 Movie Theaters & Opera/Movie Theater that could seat 710 people. Tthe Ace Hardward you drove by is in 1st floor. When they put on the Historical Registry the 2nd Floor was as it was many decades ago. The Projectors were like it was only needing dust'n off. Seating was fully intac & stage. Ghosty. always, Tommy

  • @TRexAteMyGirlfriend
    @TRexAteMyGirlfriend Год назад +8

    Lots of people may mock and make fun of nebraska but moving here has been the best decision of my life. People are super friendly, theres plenty of work, and you can make a good living anywhere in the state just about. I would honestly recommend it to anyone

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Год назад +10

    Cool little 75 mm pack howitzer at Humboldt and that gazebo could have been set down yesterday. The garden is drop dead amazing. More cool railroad towns with Falls City hosting a Herzog facility. Herzog is one of the largest railroad right of way contractors in the industry. Another excellent video, thanks much!

    • @hildahilpert5018
      @hildahilpert5018 6 месяцев назад

      Liked that garden in Humboldt.very nice

  • @Spucky50
    @Spucky50 Год назад +6

    Thank you. I'm unable to travel as I have a sickly old dog and 2 elderly cats. Your wonderful videos satisfy my wanderlust. You have shown me places I would otherwise never see.

    • @JoeandNicsRoadTrip
      @JoeandNicsRoadTrip  Год назад +2

      Awesome. That's what I'm trying to so. :)

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад

      Do them and yourself a favor, put them to rest and relocate.

    • @Spucky50
      @Spucky50 10 месяцев назад

      @@jeffhildreth9244 They will go in their own time. As will I.

  • @aithris8567
    @aithris8567 Год назад +2

    We went to a family reunion years ago in a very small town called Shickley, Nebraska. At the time around 250 people. What a change from how I grew up. But oh such an amazing way to live. I can see why people would stay.

  • @catlover614
    @catlover614 Год назад +1

    A wonderful video, as always. I loved the display towards the beginning with the statues, beautiful !! Lovely Summer days for driving around over there !! Thanks so much.😊

  • @TimeOrDistance
    @TimeOrDistance Год назад +9

    Falls City is a pleasant spot between Kansas City and Omaha. Thanks for the tour

    • @CodeNameV
      @CodeNameV Год назад +1

      Just been watching 80s adverts, so already feeling pretty nostalgic and when I look at these rural towns it absolutely feels like going back in time. Did not help my nostalgia. Lovely.

    • @BirdDogey1
      @BirdDogey1 Год назад +1

      I remember stopping there back many years ago with my grandfather to have a little 7 and 7 at the Elks Lodge.

  • @davidglad
    @davidglad Год назад +13

    Thanks for another awesome video. You really memorized those national crime averages! With your great personality, it just gives the impression somebody is usually in the vehicle with you. Versus just us being the audience when you talk in many of them. Before being semi-nomadic myself in San Antonio these days, I was living in western Connecticut. I will be curious what towns/cities you will look at while there and eastern NY state.

  • @davidmahan4160
    @davidmahan4160 Год назад +4

    Another great video Joe. Yep, I have trouble with what day it is, since retirement 😂
    Nice little cental square in Humboldt. Love the statues in the memorial gardens ❤
    The ubiquitous Dollar General.
    $32,000 average house prices in Verdon 😮.
    What no DG!! In Verdon 😮
    Salem is definitely a ghost town 👻 🦋🦋🦋🦋. Looks like they just walked away in that house with the truck. Falls city, looks quite nice, the country court house is impressive. Its nicely kept little town, good to see open stores. The residential are was very impressive, lovely houses.
    Thanks for sharing Joe👍

  • @barbarathompson8559
    @barbarathompson8559 Год назад +3

    Love Nebraska .My home State .I have left but always come back this is home.

  • @jeffneptune2922
    @jeffneptune2922 Год назад +8

    Thank you , really enjoyed these "middle of nowhere" portraits of Kansas and Nebraska. There is a simplistic beauty to the landscape and some of the towns . Yes , it would be culture shock for anyone that spent their entire life in a major metropolitan area to move to those very rural parts of America, almost like moving to a different country!

  • @susanwarriner9131
    @susanwarriner9131 Год назад +9

    Thank you for taking me to places I may never see. I absolutely love your videos

    • @adamg7730
      @adamg7730 Год назад +1

      Exactly. Places we would never see or know about otherwise.

  • @iamgermane
    @iamgermane Год назад +6

    Not a bad place to live. Remember Warren Buffet lives in Omaha and Wall Street types come to him!

  • @jeromehenry4484
    @jeromehenry4484 Год назад +3

    My brother was stationed at SAC back in 1980's; he said just stand on the side of road and you can see for miles & miles. Now I understand what he meant. Thanks for another great video; I'm hooked on your channel.

  • @teddibayer
    @teddibayer Год назад +1

    Love hearing the birds. They are always cheerful to listen to.

  • @ClaraBBrown
    @ClaraBBrown Год назад +5

    I really enjoyed this video especially the park it was awesome

  • @jenniferwildman2083
    @jenniferwildman2083 15 дней назад +1

    My great-great-great grandpa is O.J. Tinker. I just found this out last month. Thanks for the tour. It's beautiful there.

  • @otonielmurillo746
    @otonielmurillo746 Год назад +4

    Can't have enough of this videos. I digest them by section 😃 makes you realize that this country is big with options not only 405 free way here in CA 😃

  • @johnhansen4550
    @johnhansen4550 Год назад +2

    This is the area of Nebraska where my mother grew up. I still family in the area. It is a beautiful area of the country with clean air, low crime and access to the Kansas City International Airport- just 90 minutes away. Many jobs are remote- with internet you don't have to live next to the office.

  • @Lespommesdeclifford
    @Lespommesdeclifford Год назад +4

    Love watching your videos from here in NZ. The South Island here is very similar in many ways . Have decided on a few places I’d like to visit just by watching your great videos . Love the stats breakdowns 👍

  • @lorriebeckhusen9351
    @lorriebeckhusen9351 Год назад +3

    Really loved those statues!

  • @meguskus
    @meguskus Год назад +4

    Many of these towns are quite beautiful. I love that the lawns aren't manicured and the traditional architecture is charming. I'd live in one of those houses any day over a McMansion, especially for that price!

  • @rocinblues
    @rocinblues Год назад +3

    Excellent view of the small cities/towns of rural NE! Does seem many of the small towns have a Lady Liberty.. wish I had that contract back in the day. Thanks and safe travels... Cheers!

  • @nogames8982
    @nogames8982 Год назад +3

    I am hoping that some of these towns will get a little bit revitalized, or at least not fade away since there are so many jobs that can be done remotely nowadays.

    • @langyd4518
      @langyd4518 Месяц назад

      I think these towns will mostly be abandoned in 20 years when the boomers are gone

  • @OneBlueFroggy
    @OneBlueFroggy Год назад +4

    In my younger years living in Saskatchewan, Canada...we used to travel around the province's back roads and vosit all the little old towns, this is like doing it all over again, but we also get the insight and stats about them. It's great !
    Count me in as a new subscriber !
    👍 🇨🇦 ✌️

  • @Ghosts465
    @Ghosts465 Год назад +2

    watching these is like a time capsule that i hope to rewatch 5 plus years later.

  • @MelissaCoup
    @MelissaCoup 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for putting the names of the towns you visit on the screen. I like your voice, it's very pleasant for what you do. Happy New year

  • @alexandralovesgoats3360
    @alexandralovesgoats3360 Год назад +5

    Stunning statue garden! Verdon looks so empty. Salem looks desolate. Falls City is nice. I like the city hall. Thank you for letting us know about the movie connection! I’d live in Falls City. Appreciate your video!

  • @danieparriott265
    @danieparriott265 2 месяца назад +1

    One thing to remember re: rural town populations .... 100 years ago when these town's population peaked, there were many more people that lived on farms outside of these towns than in the towns themselves. These people all had large families, because children were free labor on the farm, and 1/2 of them wouldn't live to reach adulthood. The people in the towns had businesses that were needed by the people that lived on the surrounding farms. Every little town had an elevator to store grain and load it on wagons, trucks or rail cars. They had a high school and a post office and at least one grocery store, usually 2, a butcher and a bakery ... a hardware store.... there was always a creamery that bought and sold milk and eggs and made cheese... and a lumber yard that would buy trees and mill it into lumber... there was usually an automotive garage and gas station, which had replaced the stable and blacksmith of generations before... when mechanization allowed more acres to be farmed with fewer people and fewer of those acres were required to be used to feed draft animals and the people working the farm, while at the same time declining childhood mortality, and birth control availability increased .... there were ever fewer people that needed to come to town to buy things, or go to school.

  • @michaelambrosano938
    @michaelambrosano938 9 месяцев назад +1

    wow,..that memorial garden made me tear up a bit,.thank you for sharing

  • @mikerocks56
    @mikerocks56 Год назад +7

    Looking at the Grand Weaver Hotel on Google maps. Looks like a very charming place from another era. Did you know that 3 of Nebraska’s governors were from Falls City? They must have a good political science program in their high school :)

  • @cherienafo7676
    @cherienafo7676 Год назад +2

    OZ here// Thanks Joey- again for a lovely journey. Hello to Nicolle !. Humbolt Park is gorgeous! love the statues. Its maybe the loveliest park I,ve ever seen. If I lived there, I,d offer to mow the grass for free ! - well, if on a ride-on mower ! LOL. There is certainly nothing like a little of - Back in Time ! Love all the big old trees in these towns.

  • @BirdDogey1
    @BirdDogey1 Год назад +5

    I used to have family in Salem, Nebraska. Spent summer of 1979 doing farming/dairy work there. Salem had an old bar back then called the Red Dog Saloon if my memory is right.

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад

      What had too many at the Red Dog... memory shot ?

    • @BirdDogey1
      @BirdDogey1 10 месяцев назад

      @jeffhildreth9244 That and a stroke and a heart attack. But I'm back on top and ready to rock!

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 10 месяцев назад

      @@BirdDogey1 Go for it !!! I successfully beat throat cancer 11 years ago. A bump in the road and good as gold.

  • @moonshinefuel
    @moonshinefuel Год назад +4

    Probably a good percentage that live in these areas are truck drivers or whatever and aren't there a lot of the time, a very quiet towns there. Just not a lot there as far as commerce but great if you can sustain and like it there.

  • @deloiscallaway9442
    @deloiscallaway9442 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the Video Such Beautiful Neighborhoods

  • @anniec6420
    @anniec6420 Год назад +5

    humbolt memorial gardens are incredible, obviously a local sculpture comes in handy, but still amazing memorial gardens...also salem and those amazing butterflies....amazing that when the population of humans moves on, wildlife moves in...

  • @noragoss5857
    @noragoss5857 Год назад +4

    What a a wonderful description of Humboldt, Nebraska.

  • @kamauwikeepa7308
    @kamauwikeepa7308 Год назад +3

    Kiaora from New Zealand! It's so sad to see old towns dying, nevertheless it's someone's home. Incidentally you mentioned the Brethren church which I'm a member here in New Zealand. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @sundinfamforlife4129
    @sundinfamforlife4129 Год назад +4

    Nebraska is kind of like Iowa. In the sense that I wouldn't say its a bad place to live but it's boring. Not a lot to do there.

  • @RealWallyGator
    @RealWallyGator Год назад +4

    I grew up in small town Nebraska. It’s a great peaceful place. I just can’t deal with the winters.

    • @bingosunnoon9341
      @bingosunnoon9341 Год назад +3

      I did one winter in Kansas. No thanks. Nebraska is even worse.

    • @neilmiller1667
      @neilmiller1667 Год назад +1

      My wife and I are both proud Nebraska natives. We left 25 years ago and often talk of moving back when we retire but the hang up is the weather. But you never know, we do love going home to visit.

  • @BillyWilson-sv7eg
    @BillyWilson-sv7eg Год назад +2

    Absolutely id love to live there

  • @michaelkloskey9161
    @michaelkloskey9161 Год назад +3

    i would love to see that church in verdon back in the 40's and 50's! real salt of the earth peeps

  • @michaelsteiner1574
    @michaelsteiner1574 Год назад +1

    My Family is from that part of Nebraska (Gage, Pawnee, Johnson and Richardson Counties), and seeing Your Video brings back a few good memories! Keep Up The Good Work!!!!

  • @LoudnessJP
    @LoudnessJP Год назад +3

    Looks very peaceful!

  • @patm5594
    @patm5594 Год назад +3

    I hope you come to Southern Minnesota soon.. I think Fairbault County would be perfect for your channel.

  • @riandraegon556
    @riandraegon556 Год назад +2

    There’s something plaintive and Wyeth about the look of these towns, especially the second one.

  • @lindafelixporter565
    @lindafelixporter565 Год назад

    Loved this sweet town. Thanks for the info you research and share with us.

  • @paulsyesta1095
    @paulsyesta1095 Год назад +13

    I Love our Country and Rural Middle America. I would love to win the lottery, move to the Humboldt area, then revitalize it!

    • @freddykruger1086
      @freddykruger1086 Год назад

      America only got one way to revive an area. Tourism from elites who will get bored of your spot rather quickly then leave it abandonned. Or starting a factory..oh wait those are all overseas now. Nevermind.

    • @notreally2406
      @notreally2406 Год назад

      Throwing money away. How about build a business, then sell it for 100m, and move there and blow all your hard earned money?

  • @CharlottePrattWilson
    @CharlottePrattWilson Год назад +3

    Joe, another lovely, interesting and relaxing video. I notice that you always point out churches in your travels. Are you a believer? I hope so. 🙏🏻🕊

  • @maryellis7404
    @maryellis7404 Год назад +4

    I thoroughly enjoyed the Nebraska tour, especially the portion about Falls City. While not seen in your video, did you happen upon the John Falter museum? Mr. Falter was an artist who created 129 covers for Post magazine. Thanks for a great tour!

  • @mantofanny
    @mantofanny Год назад +3

    I would love to hear stories from people that are living in this towns, It would be a nice video, I would like to see something like this in your channel, people sharing stories and showing the town

  • @RobinGerhart
    @RobinGerhart Год назад +1

    Love the treasures! Very nice! Thank you!

  • @ileegian147
    @ileegian147 Год назад +1

    Thanks for your time and sharing, great job.

  • @caramarieart
    @caramarieart Год назад +2

    I live around that area of Nebraska. There are some really interesting places but I will not live here forever. Finishing college and getting out. New to your channel and glad that I found it!!!

  • @burleybater
    @burleybater Год назад +10

    What a beautiful place. And with their house prices, it's almost free to live there. The cancer garden is unbelievably beautiful. What a treasure.
    I can easily imagine an awful lot of people drifting in to contemplate life, death, love, loss, and a thousand other profound things that make and keep us human.
    I'd move here in a heartbeat. Nebraska isn't so very exotic or strange to me. I spent a lot of good time in Iowa almost twenty years ago. Places where prairie towns sprout like oases on the plains.
    Something about these towns. Walking down quiet streets and just drinking in the peace. And although often you don't notice an evidence of their presence, you can feel the people, in the air. What they leave out there on the roads and sidewalks, back alleys, and other places. Perhaps that is the magic of the mid west blending into the west.
    So all right. I admit it. I'm a writer with the soul of a gypsy who never stays, but never goes away, either.
    I missed my calling in life. I was probably born to have been a lonesome Main Street editor for a local newspaper in a small town just like this. With slightly ink-stained Rockwells on the wall behind my desk, an old Remington on a low oak table that I still can't part with, and family photos almost but not quite buried by manuscript. Dreams of the great novel spilling to the floor like paper snowflakes.
    This is a town to walk a good dog in.
    Right at twilight. After a good dinner.
    Damn. If I knew that editor by name, I might just add another thousand words and send this in.
    But not tonight.
    Many thanks, again, for inviting me on your astounding travels. By proxy, I satisfy just a little bit of that gypsy.

    • @JoeandNicsRoadTrip
      @JoeandNicsRoadTrip  Год назад +2

      Great comment.

    • @davidlafleche1142
      @davidlafleche1142 Год назад

      Only a conceited snob would insult farming states like Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. They say those places are "boring." But, hey: no FARMS, no FOOD. Those college educated fools can go to their trendy, upscale restaurants. They can have their stupid Ben & Jerry's ice cream. But they never stop to think that those "boring" and "uneducated" farmers are the ones who really make it possible. If they had to make their own food, they'd be dead.

  • @shirleyearllina
    @shirleyearllina Год назад +1

    Just watched , glad I was able to see the Fairy Garden .very lovely city .

  • @MegaBait1616
    @MegaBait1616 Год назад +2

    Joe like how ya add the town housing costs in your description..........👍👍.... safe travels..

  • @donaldmorrison5289
    @donaldmorrison5289 Год назад +1

    Great stuff, continues to fascinate in its own strange way.

  • @stevedavis5704
    @stevedavis5704 Год назад +8

    It looked to me like the downtown streets in Falls City were the old brick streets. They look cool but when you get a little snow or ice on them they can be incredibly slippery to drive on. Sadly, a lot of the old towns are getting rid or them.

    • @BirdDogey1
      @BirdDogey1 Год назад +3

      I spent a summer farming just outside Falls City (Salem). Never got ate up with more mosquito bites while down by the river fishing for catfish.

    • @stevedavis5704
      @stevedavis5704 Год назад

      @@BirdDogey1 for a miserable job that actually pays kinda good did you try detasseling? A lot of the families I grew up with counted on the detasseling money to pay summer bills but the mud, bugs, heat and occasional center pivot made for a miserable job.

    • @BirdDogey1
      @BirdDogey1 Год назад +1

      @@stevedavis5704 You mean I could have gotten paid? Only thing I received as bumble bee stings after moving bales of hay.

  • @intergalacticmeow
    @intergalacticmeow Год назад +5

    Nebraska is Iowa's little brother

  • @mikenichols3849
    @mikenichols3849 Год назад +1

    just a suggestion? next time when in the region you should do a three stop trip. starting in the furthest south e.g. south park then to middle park and finally north park. these are essentially high mountain valleys surrounded by high peaks. some are very rural while others not so much anymore. I'm biased but i believe our 'parks' are the most beautiful parts of the state to live in. the best time to take in the scenery is June 1st through early august.

  • @FrancesBraam-et1wx
    @FrancesBraam-et1wx Год назад +2

    You get way more bang for your buck buying a home in NE than WI. Taxes are cheaper there too. I hope you stop in at more towns in that State. Would love what else you travel to. Thanks for sharing!

  • @zenn3339
    @zenn3339 Год назад +2

    When I retire in a couple of years I'm going to move to a small town in Nebraska, from Minnesota. I'll sell my house here and pay cash for a house. Peace and quite 😌

  • @richardstuart325
    @richardstuart325 Год назад +2

    Similar country town stories here in Western Australia. Most are well past their glory days. Some are determined to keep their civic pride alive, many simply surviving, some sliding into dereliction and others reduced to empty townsites with a few stone ruins and a decaying cemetery.

    • @violimo
      @violimo Год назад

      They remind me of the small town in Western Australia in the southwest where I spent my early childhood-Balingup.

  • @karenedwards8946
    @karenedwards8946 Год назад

    Thanks so much for your post.very interesting. take care from Australia 🇦🇺

  • @thomasroth4533
    @thomasroth4533 Год назад +2

    Every day I look for the dot on the menu that says a new video from you is up, and it still says Lord Spoda. I save it until evening when it is dark and a bit cooler, this heatwave is dreadful. I have seen all your videos and I'm retired now so I look at you and Nicole as friends. Silly, I know, but still. Many years ago I used to drive around my country filming and taking pictures of interesting buildings. That was way before RUclips and I had to give it up because my car was useless. But I loved driving around in Sweden looking for old petrol stations and industry buildings of red brick. Look forward to your next adventure.

    • @JoeandNicsRoadTrip
      @JoeandNicsRoadTrip  Год назад +1

      Thank you, Thomas, for the kind words. We're glad you're here.

  • @fearlessvic7948
    @fearlessvic7948 Год назад

    Thank you as always! Very interesting! ❤

  • @trudylynch6750
    @trudylynch6750 Год назад +1

    thanks joe, i enjoyed that

  • @brendaowens2466
    @brendaowens2466 Год назад +2

    All of the trees are so lovely on this street.

  • @CodeNameV
    @CodeNameV Год назад +2

    Small towns makes me think of the movie Doc Hollywood, love it.

  • @douglasthompson9482
    @douglasthompson9482 Год назад

    Looks fabulous. My mom’s home town is exactly like this in Illinois. A place that is friendly and affordable. Paradise 🇺🇸