I Went To The Most Republican County In America
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2023
- Wait. THIS is where all the conservatives live? What happened to the place?
If I were to compare how the liberals live versus where the conservatives live in West Virginia, well, you watch and tell me what YOU think. Seems like red land is a lot more behind the times. The reality here is not uplifting.
I’m here because I’ve always found it interesting that some of the poorest places in this country vote the hardest red they can.
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yuppies leasing up land for hunting has gotting ridiculous its ruined hunting for the comman man and alot more
@@sharongoodsell9341 it's in the north the leaves fall of the trees in the winter. They are very green in the summer and change beautiful reds oranges and ysllows in the fall then fall off it' dose that for the snow in the winter. Only the evergreen pine trees stay green the ones that look like Christmas trees they are pointy so they can handle snow a lot of those in higher elevation mountains l love the seasons i live in central Florida we don't have that we don't get snow or have mountains
Nick, as usual, excellent video and narration skills. I think I can tell why in a relatively short time (as in a decade, more or less), West Virginia went from VERY solid blue state to red state. As most of my family and I are from "Kennedy country" (i.e. Greater Boston), JFK in particular was HUGELY popular in VW because his policies helped literally connect people and jobs (particularly coalmining jobs). The Kennedy administration funded highway construction, worker training programs, and area development at levels the state had never before experienced. Kennedy’s relationship with West Virginia helped create a new cultural identity of West Virginians as proud, hardworking people.
And even though WV was only around 5% Catholic during the 1960 campaign, West Virginians were taken by JFK's natural charisma, good looks and vision to help West Virginian citizens, as JFK spent a LOT of time in WV, sitting on front porches talking to many citizens of the state, as he ended up spending a LOT of time in VW vs. other states. So not only did he win WV pretty handily, but the pro-economic projects JFK campaigned on came to fruition, and consequently began a LOOOOONG love affair between West Virginians and JFK, and by extension, the Democrat Party, that lasted for decades.
But as anyone with a pair of working eyes and ears can see/hear, today's Democrat Party is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (i.e. perverted and crazy) vs. what it was when JFK was President. For example, a famous JFK quote: "A rising tide lifts all boats" was in reference to using tax incentives to drive economic growth, which has been proven correct time and again (latest example was 2018 report from America's largest small biz organization, the Nat'l Federation of Independent Business, showing unprecedented prosperity AND enthusiasm (2018 Enthusiasm Index Survey) among small biz owners, citing Trump's slashing of corporate taxes and fewer regulations as the main catalysts).
Oh cool thanks!
Hey Nick that’s some of those trail riders I was talking about..Hatfield-McCoy Trails. I’m originally from the Gilbert area where they have the annual Trail Fest. My bf and his band played at the last Trail Fest & are scheduled for next year.
Sickening how people with money is so quick to condemn people with out
It's the American way
Always been that way...
When I watch everyday working folks talk about what's going on in the world, I hear common sense, knowledge and truth without the eloquent speech. Educated elite people these days are just indoctrinated. They can't think for themselves.
@@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34 ???
I worked at a small family owned amusement park. One of the girls that worked there family was well off another girl lived in a trailer park one day I walked in while the well off girl was telling management about the girl that lived in the trailer park was trailer park trash and nothing was good about her and shouldn’t be working there but I new the girl that lived in the trailer park and everything negative thing said about her was a lie
I don’t associate politics with being poor. You can be poor no matter who you vote for or don’t vote for!!!
I highly agree, it’s kind of 50-50. It’s sometimes the result of our choices but it’s sometimes also the unfortunate circumstances we are put in. I think one big problem is many people expect government to solve all of our problems and blame either of the parties when something does not go their way.
Agreed. Location location location
Best comment!
It's about location not politics. I live in a very red county in Florida and we have beautiful Destin here with rows of million dollar homes. It's location.
Yea it seems to be more location and industry based than anything else.
These people seem to be the salt of the earth type. Honest and hard working, they just need something to do. God bless them.
hard working for no money by the looks of it 🤔
Maybe vote for better local leaders? And not just repubs?
White trash is white trash
These people are in reality full of hate of anyone that isn't one of them, especially if you have money.
Yeah, like every big city liberal shit hole in this country I guess? @@birdstwin1186
I grew up in NYC & can't imagine ever going back to that city existence. Give me the quiet joy of rural life all day every day.
How's Arnold Ziffel doing these days? 😄
Oceana awaits your arrival.
@@loriannrichardson7644 wrongthink detected
I moved to Wyoming county from nyc which is kinda similar to you
You can have the depressing nothingness of rural life. Enjoy the asociality.
I took a train trip through Germany about five years ago. Along the way, I noticed almost every rural town seemed well-kept and had at least one sizable factory near the tracks. My impression was that the Germans must not have outsourced a lot of their industry to China (and other places) like our politicians and corporate leaders did. Once you eliminate good income opportunities from a community, you have basically killed it and people will leave or just hang on as best they can.
must be a long time ago dude.... greetings from germoney
I noticed that about Germany also. Here in the Missouri Ozarks similar things affected our economy and towns as happened in Appalachian communities. Our major industry was dairy as well as small industries throughout the state. The government ruined all of it.
They did outsource. Just look at where the BMW factories are located and why German unemployment rate is higher than American.
@@MultiRingtail BMW’s biggest factory is in the US. I believe many of their SUVs sold in Germany are actually made at their Spartanburg plant in South Carolina then exported there.
Oooh yes we have outsource as you said a lot of our industry in China and now that is a major issue in the whole EU!! Now we are very carefull with the Chinese and we are trying to win our independence back it is terrible what ig going on with the export of know how and now we know hoy dangerous this it has been now many companies are thinking twice before they will invest in China. We re also paying the price for all these neoliberal thinking for profit. The only think that was count was the Share Holder Value till the chinese have bought all our brain. Greed and the free enterprise is the problem of our society and the free woorld needs to rethink and react before our world will become chinese or something.
If you are expecting any politician to come along and make your life better, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
"If you're waiting for the Government to change your life, then you have no life".
Not really. My life was exponentially under trump
You know you're in real trouble when you hear the words "I'm with the government, and I'm here to help"
@@ryanoglesbee1075 Ronald Reagan!
Stop stealing the government hates competition.
I am a german woman and had a road trip through this area years ago and I loved it. People are very funny and freandly. They may not have much money but they know how to survive any kind of situation.
Shut the power off for 6 months and these people would be the ones to survive.
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And this 5hithead wouldn't know what to do
YEP
100
What's your point? Is that going to happen in the near future or ever?
Walmart killed Mom and Pop stores, then moved out. Shame on them 😕
WalMart is fucking evil.
And amazon.
All good Republicans
Capitalism is awesome, if you don't like it, get out 😅
@@asiandwanemeighan6479 Capitalism is a good system when compared to other economic systems seen through human history. The problem now, though, is late-stage capitalism where 1% of the total population owns more wealth than the rest of the 99% combined. It turns out that people are selfish and greedy, and once they get money they will hoard it all even though they could never spend it all in 10 lifetimes. This isn't necessarily a problem with capitalism itself, but it is a problem when you *combine* capitalism with a humans instinctive propensity towards greed.
My grandfather was a miner in Logan County in the 1920s. The coal companies didn't pay wages in cash, they paid in script which was only redeemable at the "company store". West Virginia was poor when the mines were flourishing and it's poor after they closed down. These parts of Appalachia are like any other colonial society in the world. Once the "colonizers", in this case the coal companies, use up the resources and human capital they take the wealth and leave. They always leave behind a trail of poverty and hopelessness which in turn leads to dysfunction and addiction. That is a cold, hard fact...
My family were also coalminers in Logan County...i been there once .
Facts
@@JOHNDANIEL1 So "capitalists" are now considered "leftists"? Interesting... Warren G. Harding, a Republican, was the one who actually ordered the dropping of bombs from aircraft on the coal miners (US citizens) during the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. Republican or Democrat, they are both owned by the same corporate interests. If we are to be partisan in assigning blame for the ills of this country we must place all the blame squarely on the Republicans and Democrats. Both parties have maintained a monopoly on power in the US for over 160 years... might as well call them Republicrats because there's not a nickel's worth of difference between either party.
You are right😝 my grandfather did same thing. Worked for a company that had company stores. He got paid in script only good at their stores. So you get paid and then give it right back. Its called slavery. Slavery comes in alot of colors not just black😢😢😢
“ I owe my soul to the company store “ Tennessee Ernie ford ! Great song 🎵
PRIME example of why these political parties are (say it with me) TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN! We have to band together and save ourselves.
What are you talking about -- they vote for this.
@@loriannrichardson7644 West Virginia was a Democrat State for the entire 20th century, and Republicans used to look down on them for being poor. Now Democrats look down on West Virginians for being poor. It's funny how that works. Both Parties failed these people. They allowed huge corporations to rape their land and leave the mess for the people to pay to clean up. So you don't know WTF you're talking about.
This women is a great example of conservative Christian values.
I would rather live in an old trailer in WV than a million dollar house in California.
Nah. There's more things to do in California.
I do heehee Leroy WV...
Places are expensive for a reason,just like why places are cheap and why the houses in this dumpster fire might go for $5-$10K soon.Some of these people who live here are probably good people and they're concerned about the outside world but things arent changing,the best places to live are evenly split between liberals and conservatives and neither of them are too hardcore on either end.
I can’t leave Colorado I love this place greatest place on earth
Absolutely
I noticed the town looks clean and quiet. Although people may not have a lot of money it looks like they're at least trying. Being poor doesn't mean you are unorganized or unclean. Being rich doesn't automatically make you clean nor does it automatically make you organized either. Whether you're rich or poor, making an effort to live a decent respectable life is extremely important.
This looks clean to you? Try visiting some places in Colorado sometimes, and get back to me.
It's way better than New York or LA. Maybe people don't have the time or money to keep things up like they would like. When they shut down the coal mine killed most of the revenue that built the town in the first place. When businesses leave an area it can create a ghost town. I think it's amazing that the town still exists. Because you live in a nicer area you should be grateful that you do instead of criticizing people that have less. Must be nice to live in your ivory tower and criticize those beneath you.
@@wiliiamamey5967 Amen! I don't see that person down there volunteering to help the elderly clean up their yards!
Rich is a relative term. Many in WV consider themselves to be rich in faith and love of Appalachia. They are some of the richest most salt of the earth people in the USA!!!
@@ctrl_altescYes, it’s definitely clean. It isn’t a concrete city.
I don't know how I stumbled into this video, but I'm gonna lay out some thoughts.
My family immigrated from Sicily to just outside Oceana, WV in the early 1900's to work in coal mining. I still have family living in the area today. They are without doubt the kindest, upstanding people I have ever met in my entire life. The amount of care people in that area have for one another puts anything else to shame. Sure, they live a simpler life, but they're also good people. I'll take good simple people over an urban turd any day.
I find it a little disappointing that the guy who made this video thought it would be more entertaining to subtly heckle people for being "dumb conservatives," but the fact of the matter is that conservatives are not behind on the times. Want to know why they vote red? In an area that is falling apart, riddled with drugs, and in economic shambles?
The answer is Barack Obama. Historically, WV was a very pro-union state thanks to the UMWA, and usually the state supported Democrats at a much higher level. However, as Democrats became more Enviro-crats and the implemented policies that damaged the lifeblood of the UMWA, the miners started turning to the other side of the aisle. Make no mistake about it, the four years of President Trump were the most economically-beneficial that part of the country has seen since the early 2000's.
Furthermore, it was Obama's war on coal and southern border failures that were the two driving forces behind the Appalachian opiod epidemic. In WV, over half of all children are raised by someone other than their parents because of it. The federal government created a system where it paid to fail for the coal companies, resulting in abandoning the people who had been in the mines for generations. Jobs went out, drugs came in, and unlike what President Biden has to say, coal miners cannot simply just "learn to code."
I hope Nick Johnson learned a bit more than what the first portion of this video indicates. I love these sorts of videos, usually, but his narration ruined it. Show some respect next time.
thank you for sharing
Very well-said !!!
They voted red before Obama, dont spread lies.
Well said!!
Totally agree about the narration. Can’t stand that smart aleck attitude.
I take this any day over L.A. or NYC or Chicago. I love peace and quiet and nature.
Having lived in San Diego and the SF Bay Area, I’ll take West Virginia any day!! I’m in rural Maine now and loving it!!!
@@chrispnw2547 you are delusional and you're supposed to be . Isaiah 66 4 KJB can men get pregnant 🤣 did you wear a face diaper standing on the dot during the nation wide rioting and get your government issued smack 🤣 that didn't save anyone ? Do you really think you're edumicated 🤣
Congratulations on getting out. I'm praying my family can soon. California is falling apart.
What part of MAINE?THANKS...BATH??
Maine is a state where I would love to live
@@tracyhull7936 to cold for me.
I love that these people can talk so calmly and respectfully. I think the Democratic and Republican parties love to divide us. I wish everyone even if we disagree could have these types of discussions and recognize how much we have in common.
I don't have much in common with my butchers.
@@TheMahayanist your butchers? Then go buy your meat at Walmart instead.
I appreciate Nick’s tone, he is coming from a place of curiosity, not to set her up so he can attack her, and he’s not framing the interview with the woman to make her look any particular way. I like this about Nick!
Stop fighting each other, work together and get the problems fixed. Stop dividing the country and work as a team. I am surprised to hear about the drug problem. My Dad was Born in Morgantown, and he worked as a coal miner, and i was born in Fairmont and I don't remember too many bad things. At the age of 71 it seems like a nice quiet, slow paced place to live now. I like that most of the houses are not all on top of each other. Where I live now every time you look out the window there's a ton of people.
Some of these people divide themselves.... I wont get into specifics
this is amazing testimonial from Jima Dunigan, she is outspoken and truthful and I would enjoy meeting with her and staying in her establishment.
Places like Philadelphia, Detroit, and Baltimore are, like West Virginia, among some of the poorest places in the country. And they vote staunchly Democrat.
So I guess, at the very least we can all agree that neither side is really doing a whole lot for any of us, am I right?
I watched a documentary about Appalachia, and a woman said, " We didn't know we was in poverty until the government came here and told us we was."
That's nothing to be proud of...
@@bartlebyscrivener674 how isn't it?
@@acme_tnt8741 DUHHHHHH
Yeah ik the one you're mentioning. If ya search Appalachian English, it'll be one of them documentaries someone made cuts of into 10 minutes or so. Original one is bout an hour or so. Got one of them shinners in it too, popcorn or something like that was the gentleman's name.
And yeah. Appalachia has always been poor. Spent a long while out there, and it's something.
@@acme_tnt8741
Cause there is better living to be had. It's fine to do with less, but when folks can't afford medical anything or the water comes out of the fountain looking like milk and tasting like salt from old piping... ya learn that some things can and should be better.
Folks can't do everything on their own
I ran around WV and Kentucky for 11 years and I loved every interaction and friend I met. Yea, it’s poverty at its best but these are the nicest people you could ever have the pleasure to meet and call a friend
Plus red states have hard working people no people who live off the Gov. to be homless and drugged out.
only of youre pale english american otherwise they ppl are rac!s* as ever could be towards persecuted and oppressed Natives
My Dad's family have been in Kentucky-- Olive Hill, Grayson, Ashland, etc since Daniel Boone's Era. They are very nice people.
@@janyager2854 I used to get fuel at the Loves in Grayson and load at Marathon Petroleum in Ashland lol beautiful place.
Sadly the less people have the more generous they are
You can qualify the absence of chain stores as poverty, or you could see it as an opportunity for local small business.
Yeah the thing is that these chain stores provided jobs and when they close down, these jobs are gone. Also these chain stores provided a cheaper option for goods.
Could. But it doesnt really matter. Business is business.
@@lrn_news9171 why aren't they creating their own jobs -- the internet is available, i.e, Shopify, Etsy, Amazon.
Being poor doesn’t have a political party.
The overall tone of the video was mean-spirited. They were charitable to a snobby outsider.
He sounds like a dem
Well maybe. I am an urban Dem, but the narrator's attitude gave me a PITA as well.
He's what he accuses others of being. Typical projection.
😂we all agree this narrator that does these videos is a moron
I know you are making light of the area a bit and I get it, you're not exactly wrong....but I'll bet you didn't feel unsafe or like you were going to be robbed or carjacked either.
I didn’t see any young people either.
Yeah, but who knows how many of them are making meth.
@@vickijohnson9704 Maybe. But usually if you mind your business and leave those types alone they'll leave you alone.
@@MrGoblue1131 It's like you think meth has no impact outside of where it's made..
@@ShadowAussie sure, go off on an unrelated tangent if it makes you feel better. bye...
I ask Americans to be open-minded to both parties. The rural conservatives have little money, little assets, and dying slowly in their worn down homes.
The cities have mentally ill homeless that ruin entire areas, policies that let criminals get away, and a wealth gap. Neither party is a clear winner.
This is true I think things are built on personal preferences and perspective.
Libertarian myself
Exactly they refuse to see the truth. They are in serious denial my goodness
But those rural conservatives keep voting against anything capable of changing those things. Make it make sense.
Democraps are not open-minded
Having the equivalent of a double wide floor space, washer and dryer, AND a yard in NYC would cost you millions of dollars. People don't know the difference between money and wealth anymore. As far as how well people are maintaining the looks of their properties, maybe go to East New York in Brooklyn and do a side by side.
Alot of people like the country life of simple layed back no traffic no road rage no hate and no wanna bees. To many people the meaning of life is not how much money you can make but to live in peace.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a paradise, but I work in mining, live in a very rural conservative area, and support our 2nd amendment. These are my type of people here, the salt of the earth. When the crap hits the fan, these are the folks you want on your side.
@c h sure is beautiful country down there.
Definitely the ones needed when the shit hits the fan.
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Agree. Better is a little with peace than an abundance with strife. I would rather be poor and live in peace than not even be able to walk down my own street in one of these Demwit cities, which allow and encourage crime. Poorland, OR can't even have a Walmart now! How ridiculous is that.
Republicans and Democrats answer to the elite right wing or Liberal both are sell outs other than bernie sanders and a couple others the rest are actors
West Virginia born and bred and I have 58 acres and live in a 2 story brick home. Been all over this great country and I'll tell you there is no place like West Virginia I'm very blessed and proud to live here. Love these mountains hunting fishing hiking camping whitewater rafting ATV riding. Truly blessed to be a West By God Virginian
Congratulations! Your wonderful state has been a vacation spot for me (Texas) for over thirty years. Mountaineers have always been welcoming and cordial to me - your state and your folks are the best-kept secrets in the nation! Other folks need to learn about WV! The opioid crisis is a disaster and a killer of hopes and lives; I wish you all the best in eradicating the scum that prays on the addicts they have created.
@@pagefoshee6067the scum that you speak of is the pharmaceutical companies and greedy doctors who prescribe (d) them.
Almost Heaven ❤
Like Ohio ,WV has no problem with destroying the environment!
@@daren7889 Really? With 39M people, California pollutes far more than West Virginia's 1.7M! Los Angeles is nothing but cars stuck in traffic. California also has 100K oil wells that are listed as productive. Something tells me you didn't do much research before opening your mouth?
I left there in 88 for Los Angeles. 35 years later, never moved back. Glad i left that poor place.
Wow! Thanks for this show.
Lovely honest humble people.
An eye opener for many.
God Bless you there!
I hauled coal out of the Appalachian coal fields for nearly 40 years on the railroad. Now that coal is basically gone, the whole region is slowly reverting back to nature.
Natural gas is cheaper for power plants and steel mills
The nature is lovely there.
@@johndeary6797 Too bad the Democrats (not to be overly political) that shut down those coal mines won't ever build natural gas plants either. Just give the money to their friends as bailouts or send the money overseas as foreign aid.
Nature always wins and disgusting coal needs to go away.
@@OtaconProductionsWorldwide Turn off your electricity if you're so worried about coal.
I love living in my small Ohio town in the heart of trump country. We dont have alot of money but we own our house and our vehicles out right. I love living this simple life
You must be proud of that awful president 😠 he is going down. He shipped all over Jesus and Christianity.
@lisajones9673 you are talking about Biden right? Trump stripped no one of anything. I am so sick of stupidity like your commentary. We are living in end times with absolutely the worst regime ever and you go on about Trump. Seriously?
She sounds like life in rural Minnesota. Such a wonderful bunch of people.
Born and raised in WV. High school teachers made me hate the state and convinced me that liberalism was good and rural life is bad. I thought that way for a few years but you can't change the shape of a house by painting it. I now love this state and I will never leave.
When all the shit hits the fan, these people won't even stress it. Cause living in the real world is what they are doing. You don't need a big house or a bunch of stuff to be content and happy. And being out in the mountains, there is nothing better, it grounds you like nothing else. I see a great little close knit community, where people have each other's backs, it's, quiet, peaceful, low stress. Looks perfect to me.
Also I notice no tent cities or people living on the sidewalk under a tarp here- there may be poverty but they keep their dignity amidst the poverty and as a community help each other
Wait to you meet JESUS one day you won't be making fun of GOD on that day 🔥
Go to Chicago
Amen
If a fucking bomb went off and American society collapsed, these people wouldn’t even know the difference cause they are already living in mental and physical squalor. 😂
Hey Nick, I've got an idea. Why don't you road trip to downtown San Fransisco or LA so we can see the other side of the political spectrum and see how they live. That would be way cool!
Nicky said he has to make out a will first.
He already did lmfao and we already know it. You republican weirdos really need a win after this video. Pont of the matter is red states have poor and dumb people. Hypocrites too, shouting out that they don't need govt assistance yet getting govt assistance. Don't forget that blue states like California are funding these assitance to red states! 🤣🤣
Yeah, this guy is some kind of goofball!!
He just mad because these folks are surviving where he couldn't.
He has already got videos of that if you check. He is from Cal. so he has done plenty of videos on how it is on the slide.
You can cherry-pick all you want, but reality is, I was in Wyoming County this past week for a mountain bike race. Got off the "Coalfields Expressway" and drove around 10 miles to the course by beautiful homes which were well-kept. I was pleasantly surprised considering I've watched your videos of the areas of Mingo/McDowell counties which ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BAD.
Faith,family and FREEDOM
You (out of state folks) might see this as a run down area, but here’s the reality; WV had high unemployment since the 80’s due to coal being in decline, these people have been here the whole time with no way out. So they’re pretty much stuck with this, it’s home and they’re not ashamed of it. Not wanting a handout as much as a helping hand up. Give ‘em a chance and they’ll work their way out of their economic situation. Solid people!
Yeaaaaaa. Righttttttt..
@@TheFreedomforce87 Is there a problem? Or do you have anything intelligent to say?
They don’t want handouts?
They’re ALL on gov’t assistance paid for by the tax’s generated from democrat states.
@Patrick Tober they do get hand outs..yet the still worship Trumprump and republiCONS. That continues to lie to them..Trumprump lied about bringing back coal jobs
Well they can take off walking.That is a way out ya know
Everyone’s gotta live somewhere. Some people don’t measure success by the size of their house or bank account
Now go through the homeless in Portland and Seattle
Wyoming County is where my grandmother was born. Jesse WV. All of my Stewart family is from Wyoming Co. Thank you for posting this video.
I can bet you these people are happier than most of the people that want to poke fun about them.
The teens in 25k dollar side by sides seem to like it
The teens in 25k dollar side by sides seem to like it
They say ignorance is bliss.
That's why small and poor areas are full of drug addicts, meth labs, and were the epicenter of the OxyContin epidemic, because, you know, Happy!
it's so much easier to be poor when everyone else is too. roadkill aint embarrassing if we're all eating it, and our dogs (all of them) too! we sure can tell who's from out of town....
45 years ago, my brother sold books door to door in West Virginia. The thing that made the biggest impression on him was that everyone he met was a Democrat and Catholic. Said our mom would fit right in. How times have changed. Even Mom was a hardcore republican when she passed away.
Dixie Democrats. Back then they were the good ones. Now they are Communists basically and Republicans are the Democrats of yesteryear.
The libtards policies didn't work . WV was hardcore democrat until we realized their not really dems their communist
Parties shifted ideologies in that timeframe.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Now, the Democrates are the party of the Elites & the real Republicans (not RINO's), are the party of the working people! There are Globalists in both parties!
Mirza- I've always been kinda stunned by how it's so difficult for people on both sides to grasp that.
They switched names, it happened in just a few years, simple.
Love your videos, looking around America. It is like I see a movie around every corner.
This is such an informative video.
I like wen u talk to the people n get info.
These people have the best values in the country! God bless them! I hope something can save West Virginia’s economy, this state deserves so much better
The values these people have pretty much insures that the West Virginia economy won't be saved.
I see trees, why hasn't lumber been pushed? With rocketing prices in materials, and the need for housing in and near major cities, is it not possible to get that lumber into the supply chain(s)?
mpowe123 I like this idea, seems like something the residents of these struggling towns should bring up
Nothing wrong with true American value
When are y'all going to get it? There's only one American value that counts... MONEY!! If you have it America is great. If you don't have have it America isn't so great. Nothing else matters in America but money.
Who decides what is a true American value?
Nothing wrong? Working 2+ jobs 8 hours a day to buy a home where renters/squatters live for free?
@@TJ-xs5bn That's life Einstein!
I did not see a single drug addicted in this video.
nowhere in the us you will find so much filth, crime and drug addiction as in progressive hardcore democratic California.
If this area is 'peaceful" how come it is the capital of meth usage ?.
The problem with a lot of towns and cities is that they were built up on one thing or another and as times change the town had no other way to prosper. This is why there are several ghost towns out west and in Alaska.
Yes, a bust and boom economy is a foolish economy and unfortunately seems to be the norm in American history guided as it is by liberal policies from the beginning while down to earth folks do all the working and sweating.
All that is no excuse the people they voted for ain't doing shit for their community when things change
@@coactus9139Liberal policies ?
Conservatives cause recessions ! Democrats have to dig us out again every time !
Look it up !
My grandfather was a lamp lighter in the early 20th century. He lit the gas lights in his region of Chicago at dusk and got up before dawn to put the gas streetlights out. That was his profession...
Chicago switched to electric street lights. I guess my grandfather could have sat around, complaining how the city screwed him and how he couldn't work because he was waiting for the city to go back to gas lights.
He didn't do that. He learned another trade (while raising my grandmothers orphaned siblings and their own first child.) He learned his new trade, joined the union and was gainfully employed through the Great Depression, WWII and until the day he wanted to retire. He never got rich, but he took care of his family.
His and his family's lives would have gone differently if he didn't realize CHANGE is part of surviving.
Yep…that’s why that house was only $155,000.Where ya gonna work?
Looks 10x better than downtown LA
Imagine how great of a place this would be to live if there were adequate jobs.
Right
Which is basically what Ohio is.
I am from West Virginia, and I learned to talk to Jesus in a little church, in a holler by a creek. Thank God I met Jesus there. I now live in a big, big city, and I still talk to my Jesus daily… so here, or there, Jesus is the best.
And these people will be there to help you when you need it most
My good old friend John told me about this situation from SF & now I really emphasize with these struggle folks. I live in SF too but always love the country music from our heartland. God bless y’all. ❤😊💕
It wasn't Republicans who made it so hard in everyone.
Sure
Its the bankers
Nick, Your guests Mayor Evans and Jima are two of the best guests you have featured on your channel. I may not agree with all of their points and beliefs but they make it very clear what the issues and challenges are. These are honest people trying to make the best of a bad situation. They make perfect sense. I really hope there remains a future for badly impacted small communities, businesses and the residents holding on there. As Mayor Evans stated, it’s all about to blow up again and a start from square one to rebuild a society. Fingers crossed for the future.
Love you all West Virginians people !
God bless you all
Its all about prespectice, many people take pride in where they live no matter the environment
Born and raised In West Virginia...47 years....love it....we have our problems but everywhere does....affluencia can be a problem as well
Nick, this does remind me of rural parts of PA too. It’s kind of a paradise in a way; there’s mountains and rivers; it is peaceful and quiet and not very expensive to live. I lived in PB County FL for 25 years before going to Altoona PA. Appalachia is a great place to live; not too cold, not too hot. Just right. The area on this video looks a tad old and rough but I think it’s just fine
@KristopherDavid Vivis-Ebensburg is a nice little town. Nick should definitely tour Cambria county. Johnstown is a total dump but there’s cute little towns like Lilly, Portage, and I lived in Tunnelhill/Gallitzin for 4 years. It’s god’s country ❤️
I am from PA I have lived in WV for a good many years and I have lived in VA for the last 12 years there is nothing wrong with any of these states as far as good people and decent places to live
Can I make 120k there like I do now? If so.... I'm moving
@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 Oh HELL NO..ITS FOR RETIREIRES LIKE IM PLANNING TO DO.......IS GET YHE HELL OUT OF SMOG AND HIGH TRAFFIC BIG CITIES..👎
I live in Altoona myself, and have lived here (and in Hollidaysburg) all of my life. It's a beautiful area, lots of good and a dash of bad, warts and all. The area certainly does share a bit of the Appalachian aesthetic as seen in Wyoming Co, WV.
They may not have large houses, but the first thing I noticed was how clean and tidy everything looks, even that burned out trailer looks like it's been cleaned somewhat. These are clearly people that still have self-respect and pride in their community.
Bingo. Thats the stark difference between liberal poverty and conservative poverty
@@redneck400m3as yes the good old "my shit sandwich is not as bad as your shit sandwich" arguement.
In Australia it has been found some of the happiest people live in communities with similar income, and not great disparity.
Some of the poorest areas can be the content, as they are not stressed by envy or land grabbing by richer people.
Yeah and this is just one town, a lot of these towns in west virginia have large old houses it's incredible beautiful. He basically showed the worst
So much pride that they refuse to elect good local leaders.
God Bless West Virginia!!
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It’s not about being poor, it’s about being FREE!!!!
Free to starve.
@@accuratealloys they’re not starving!
You think the poor old coal miner is FREE!?!?!?!!??? What exactly do you consider FREE ?
@@ahope3333 Free from government and people like you.
Do they have property taxes on their homes?
I live in an affluent town in the Northeast, after seeing this I realize that I CLOSELY align my ideals with the people in this small town in W VA !!!
I hear there's a trailer with your name on it.😂😂
Go live amongst them.
GOOD FOR YOU! 🙄
Proudly proclaiming your lack of intelligence. Quite funny.
Go live with them and making $8. Make a video how it goes. 😂
Like a rural WV is the worst place???? Look at California streets!
I grew up in Howard and Carroll Co., MD one of the most affluent areas of the USA. The majority of my teachers and principals came from West Virginia. I must say they instilled in me a love of education and conservatism. Many of my friends and relatives chose to move to West Virginia to retire to enjoy their beautiful mountains and rivers.
The folks in West Virginia have not changed their values, despite going from Blue to Red. They are the same people that they've always been. It's the people governing our country that have changed their values and where they believe the country should head.
Imagine an automobile being driven by two different people. One drives it east and the other drives it west. Other than it's direction, it hasn't changed at all. It's still the same car.
The good people of West Virginia are the same now as they were 30 and 40 years ago. That's a very rare breed. Good for them.
Works for me. I am in NYC and it's a MASSIVE CHIT HOLE. I would have no problem living there in WV.
Yeah if you relocate here, don't bring the policies and voting preference you run away from.
@@LUIS-ox1bv the most poetic description of NY. Brutally honest and bitter.
Maximum Opus I live in NYC and I hate it too. SC is where my family lives, planning to move there in the future. It's a Republican state, I hate politics, so SC wouldn't have to worry about my political views.
@@xz-187 Exactly. I think it’s a nice place.
sane hahaha
I'm from West Virginia and I think the fella you interviewed summed up everything everyone needs to know about us at the 34:41 mark. We'll survive.
Smart Lady answering tough questions at any age from anywhere.
I was born and raised in Prince Georges county Maryland just outside of DC. PG county holds the distinction of having the most affluent black population of any other county in the US. As a minority there (white middle class) I learned to love folks of all colors and ethnic backgrounds. I moved to WV in 1988 and have travelled most of the state and met her people. There’s no place I’d rather live. I’ve traveled to many places around the U.S. The folks in Alabama’s poor black trailer parks mostly vote democrat. Most of those folks are willing to offer a stranger a bottle of water just like the poor white republicans in Appalachia. I’m not certain what audience you’re trying to appeal to but I guess a click is a click for you. Folks are folks and to speak so disparagingly about people, their neighborhoods, and their station in life, is quite arrogant. I suspect that many of the folks that you talk to, while on your journey to put folks down and get subscribers, would be the first to come to your aid if needed. Just like the other “hicks” among these parts, all I can say is Bless your heart sir.
Wow, he triggered you pretty quick. You need to relax he's not talking down to anyone you are just to sensitive 😂😂
I don't know that he is mocking them so much as trying to shine a light on their situation and give them the opportunity to speak.
@@kjaubrey4816 If you think he's not mocking these people and others like them, you didn't listen close enough. It was totally clear to me.
it appears to be an ugly truth to me. poverty is not pretty.
@@maryr7800 I stopped listening to this guy awhile back because he always mocked Democrats. Happened upon him today and I see he is happy to mock everybody.
I think this shows that we can’t lean too far left or too far right, or we end up with something like this or the streets skidrow
@@ch6810 church and state were separated for a reason bud
Too expensive or too separated respectively. Hm. I… somewhat agree? I don’t know
@@fernandoacosta7423 I’m not religious but that doesn’t seem to be working out so well.
@@fernandoacosta7423 its wild how so many voters seem to forget this
@@fernandoacosta7423 read the first amendment . Over and over until it sinks in
This place is paradise compared to democrat run inner cities.
"democrat run inner cities" nice talking point. Cope harder
She is a very thoughtful and well spoken woman.
I dont share most of her philosophies, but she explains her point of view really well. Shes interesting to listen to, although for myself, living in her world would be rather suffocating.
I absolutely appreciate that mayor's honesty. He said "When our presidential candidates come down to Donald Trump and Joe Biden, we're in trouble".
AMEN!!
Truth.
Sad truth
I think I lived here in a former life”lol 😊 looks awesome to me. I’m old fashioned so probably would suit me. Thanks 🙏 for showing me these incredible places I have zero chance of seeing. I truly appreciate. It’s so interesting and so well done! Excellent
No such thing as reincarnation
@@observingcat9049 Sort of, although I prefer 'transmigration of the spirit'. The 'person' is a consubstantiation of matter and spirit. The matter dies but the spirit, a tendril of the Great Spirit, lives on, and will ultimately live all lives. Time is meaningless in this sense. After death you will wake up and remember that we are all of the same Great Spirit, shattered into billions of first-person perspectives across time. Sometimes we remember previous lives, it's more common than you think. And, as always, you'll choose to dream and live again. We are indeed, all one. I wish you ObservingCat and also you, Lady Laois, happiness and a fruitful life💐🌻🌾🌿🍄
@@boogiemcsploogie okay.. have you really thought about your worldview honestly though? It’s important to think about important matters such as life and where we all came from seriously, look into the Gospels please, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is very believable if you look at the evidence
There's a big difference between a low income area that had their industries killed by government and an area that has millionaires living amongst homeless with high crime
Thank you for your efforts
Please do make a difference
Show the reality of the failures in govt , it’s happening everywhere
The mayor seems like he has a good head on his shoulders. Politicians can't solve the problems they are having, the community will have to do it.
Hoowee! WV reminds me of NE Missouri, right around Hannibal where I grew up. There, we got limestone quarries, and Universal Atlas, where they make cement. Made me all nostalgic, there.
Enjoy your videos. At the very beginning ot the video its actually Bim, WV in Boone County. I have lived in Boone Co. most of my life. This bridge is about 300 yards from Bo White Castle and her son Derek "Derkie" Castle from the documentary. I grew up about 5 or 6 miles above the bridge in Clinton Camp.
I like these people much more than the people in Hollywood.
One of my favorite videos from you, Nick. I was really moved by Jima and Mayor Tom Evans and what they shared. God bless them and the people of Wyoming County.
There’s nowhere else like it? It looks just like where I live right now
It is a strange American phenomenon that many of the poorest areas of the country vote most heavily for the party that actively works against them and has no interest in addressing their problems.
you mean dems right>
The Democrats and Globalist Republicans sold out our region with NAFTA.
The only politician that even came close to revitalizing some of our towns was Trump.
Now the choice before me is that I can vote for the Democrats, whom I don't agree with on economic matters, and whom I 100% don't agree with on social issues OR I can't vote for the Republicans whom I don't agree with on economic matters (Except Trump) and whom I agree 50% with on social issues.
My family was Blue Collar Union Dems for decades. After Clinton all of us except for 1 are Independents, or Republicans, all of whom vote Republican at the national level.
The Dems left us behind because they don't like us because of our social conservatism. The Republicans left us behind because they're greedy. Give me a robber baron over a tyranny that thinks they're doing "right" any old day (to paraphrase C.S Lewis).
If the Democrats want our support then they need to start listing to Tulsi, and RFK Jr. Not Nancy Pelosi or AOC.
That's certainly true of our dangerous, impoverished inner cities. Decade after decade after decade of Democrat rule has only brought them more than more poverty, disfunction, and especially "defund the police" gangbanging violence. I've spent a lot of time in deep red Appalachia and a lot of time in the deep blue inner city--and the former was light-years safer, more pleasant, more community oriented.
After far as red areas go, though, Trump halted the Obama-era war on coal which had hurt already damaged Appalachia. Trump and the Republican's tax cuts also resulted in the greatest wage increases by percentage for the lowest wage earning Americans. Prices of almost everything were much cheaper under Trump than Biden. And of course Republicans do not attack their values or stereotype and demonize them regularly like I have often personally seen Democrats/leftists/so-called progressives do. It seems to me the people of Appalachia have very much voted their interests.
@@JRRLewis "Trump and the Republican's tax cuts also resulted in the greatest wage increases by percentage for the lowest wage earning Americans"
That's a straight up lie. Almost all the Trump tax cuts went to the top, in both absolute terms and percentage terms, same as the Dubya Bush tax cuts before him. Tax cuts are of little value to the poorest, where it's wage/income increases that matter.
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, West Virginia are amongst the states that vote most heavily Republican. They are also the poorest. It's uniquely American that the poorest places vote most heavily for the party that represents big business and its billionaires donors.
hmmm my very red rural county that is a melting pot of all different types seems to be doing way better than alot of the blue counties. Could it be that the coal companies drained this state and left them with nothing. That has nothing to do with D or R. I know that probably went straight over your head tho
I know a few people who actually have alot of money but chose to live like that. Perfect cover. I've also seen them look bad on the outside but beautiful on the inside. Moral to the story don't always believe what u see because u may not be seeing the big picture
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My family lives in Wyoming County, ever since I was born I go up here every year, this is the closest to freedom you’ll ever get, very nice people and very quiet, they don’t run the trains anymore through the mountains sadly but it’s still a great history spot to visit to
It takes self-confidence and self-esteem to reject that Trickle Down Economics isn't trickling down to your town as much as your town and state deserves.
Go to San Francisco and see how far you make it or east St. Louis Illinois
When I think of Trump I definitely don’t think Christian values. Sad for Anyone who does.
Thank You!
But Biden and the democrats you do see Satanic values?
I doubt 4-5 kids ever open fire on a playground or corner like Philly. That city is your progressive dream Nick!
Im from argentina, in the 90s we were thriving, lots of people bought their house etc. After 20 years of voting left guess what happens... Yes you guessed it 50% poverty and 150% inflation... So next time you vote think about that.
Literally this video is not even as bad as all over where I lived in NY it’s tons of trailers and failing apart buildings
When the country goes to hell due to liberal policies and the current democratic party, it will be these very people who will survive because they are used to living with only the basics, know how to survive, and still have a moral backbone. Bless them?
Autumn is the best time to revisit WV. The leaves and weather makes it worth the trip.
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Amen to the lady you interviewed
Lady keep standing up what you believe in
Lord bless you
She's 100% right
She is one smart Cookie.
So if life ends when the heart stops, then why wouldn't life begin when it first starts? I believe that life starts at conception, but to deny that life hasn't started with a heartbeat is just insane.
@@namerican8510 Well in the Bible it says life starts when you take your first breath at birth.
@@srenchin wrong! Psalm 139:13-16 life begins at conception...
Keep on doing it. Great job