Top 10 Worst Small Towns In America. #3 Is Great

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  • Top 10 Worst Small Towns In America. #3 Is Great
    There are a lot of reasons people move to small towns. These days remote workers are on the lookout for small towns with affordable real estate. These are 10 small towns you might want to avoid.
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @talesofintrigue3315
    @talesofintrigue3315 4 года назад +109

    I live in Ardmore. He was pretty dang accurate. Except the 25k a year part. He must have been talking about upper management or something.

    • @theman4884
      @theman4884 3 года назад +12

      I like the "Type of town every girl dreams of moving out of" line.

  • @chaielmaetheius7804
    @chaielmaetheius7804 4 года назад +102

    You should add Dalton Georgia...
    “U come for vacation, u leave on probation”

    • @valeniusthekat
      @valeniusthekat 4 года назад +7

      Come back on violation 😂😂😂😂 sounds like Lebanon Indiana the county seat of Boone County

    • @krystal9467
      @krystal9467 4 года назад +2

      That’s Weird.I Live In Boone County And That’s In Kentucky.

    • @valeniusthekat
      @valeniusthekat 4 года назад +2

      @@krystal9467 maybe they were trying to keep it simple since they already knew how to spell it 😂😂😂👍

    • @ashleyg8638
      @ashleyg8638 4 года назад +3

      I hear ya lol. I just recently moved away from Dunlap, TN. Which is only 70 miles from Dalton. I call it the "meth capital" of TN. The Chattanooga area just is not a good place, whether you live in the small towns that surrounds it or within the city limits.

    • @fredkithcart5237
      @fredkithcart5237 4 года назад +3

      Thats the State of Arizona unofficial state motto. I was assaulted by a road rage bimbo and I'm the one who got charged... Go figure. I wasnt a local

  • @susanstill1696
    @susanstill1696 4 года назад +236

    Small towns? These are all cities. Try growing up in a town with around 5,000 people and the surrounding towns having 1,000 or less. That is a small town.

    • @Chuck-gd9rr
      @Chuck-gd9rr 4 года назад +17

      Small towns? Any of those would be a real metropolis in Nevada. In fact, check out Metropolis Nevada.

    • @justinlecroy5217
      @justinlecroy5217 4 года назад +26

      Try living in a town with 300 and I'm not even in the actual town limits either. 5000 is a city.

    • @stupidfurball
      @stupidfurball 4 года назад +7

      Susan Still I grew up in a town with less than 2000 people

    • @jeffreywaltiere4830
      @jeffreywaltiere4830 4 года назад +7

      Yeah and then come to find out that the girl that you about ready to marry is your. First n second cousin..oh No ..OH BOY.. I mean uh oh

    • @methaqualone5191
      @methaqualone5191 4 года назад +3

      Susan Still ~ I was thinking that same thing. Most of these places aren't "small towns."

  • @GenXican84
    @GenXican84 5 лет назад +47

    The Ardmore characterization
    ..."Don't grow yer hair long boy...".."future at the plant"..
    "You'll be pullin" down $25 G's.."
    BWWAAHAAAHAA!!!

    • @Gator-fromOZ
      @Gator-fromOZ 3 года назад

      🤠Bet they still play “Okie from Muskogee” Too !

  • @gufsgrrrl19
    @gufsgrrrl19 5 лет назад +780

    I only watched this to feel better about living in Kokomo, IN only to find Kokomo, IN on the list. Lmao
    (Edit: added state since a bunch asked)

    • @renaldopowers5624
      @renaldopowers5624 5 лет назад +7

      gufsgrrrl19 🤣😂😂😂

    • @sinskinner
      @sinskinner 5 лет назад +17

      I was born in Kokomo, lived in Peru..Moved to Norman,Ok back in 2015. Without Chrysler Kokomo would die a quick death.

    • @5th_horsemen
      @5th_horsemen 5 лет назад +24

      The moment when you find out kokomo isn't just a song...and it's really a place you don't wanna go....lmao

    • @joshcole7830
      @joshcole7830 5 лет назад +13

      If Kokomo made this list, how in God’s name did Muncie (my new city of residence bcuz of marriage) not make this list?!?!

    • @joshcole7830
      @joshcole7830 5 лет назад +11

      Yup. Anderson is a real crap-hole, too!

  • @zergenzerg6853
    @zergenzerg6853 4 года назад +126

    A lot of rural America feels like a cult behind closed doors.

    • @OGmolton1
      @OGmolton1 4 года назад

      you ever watch the episode of the x-files called Our Town? I think you'll like it.

    • @user-df2so4js7x
      @user-df2so4js7x 4 года назад +11

      Those mormon towns out in rural Arizona, colorado, nevada, and new mexivo deffinatly are.

    • @prayingpatriot8018
      @prayingpatriot8018 4 года назад +7

      I rather that than scum shithole places like LA, SF, NYC, Detriot, Chi-Town, Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia etc.

    • @TheAngeliaMusic
      @TheAngeliaMusic 4 года назад

      Well said!

    • @KAT-ow2to
      @KAT-ow2to 4 года назад +1

      N8V-Patriot Prayer Warrior - Detroit was made a shit hole by the Democrats.

  • @ShannonHaganHomes
    @ShannonHaganHomes 4 года назад +23

    Your commentary cracks me up! Thanks for the laughs

  • @kentralleason5420
    @kentralleason5420 5 лет назад +46

    I had a feeling my city Pine Bluff Ar was on this list. Please pray for my city. Its worse than ever right now🙏🙏🙏

    • @brandoncooper4680
      @brandoncooper4680 5 лет назад +1

      England is cheaper and in a lot of ways worse, my brother!

    • @nonyabiz9487
      @nonyabiz9487 4 года назад

      well you can always find a nice hillbilly boy to spoon with you like he does with his farm animals.. might make you feel better??

    • @brandoncooper4680
      @brandoncooper4680 4 года назад

      @G Walker I escaped to Arizona. Good luck out there!

    • @brandoncooper4680
      @brandoncooper4680 4 года назад

      @G Walker Bro, I was born and raised in Delaware. Talk about a shit hole...lmao

    • @hbelvc6538
      @hbelvc6538 4 года назад

      Yah, I was born in PB. We had to leave there. Going there is super scary if you go to like Barrique or Whatever. The casino that their building isn’t going to help.

  • @Citizenshane81
    @Citizenshane81 5 лет назад +63

    “He stabbed me!” Still friends on Facebook. Lmao!

  • @taniaroberts9302
    @taniaroberts9302 5 лет назад +233

    You are cracking me up. Shout out from Kokomo. Pray for me

    • @Tony-5000
      @Tony-5000 5 лет назад +5

      @Spiritualsongs712 Natan'el That screams out "desperate", "pervert", "loser", and "desperate perverted loser"!!!

    • @IamsTokiWartooth
      @IamsTokiWartooth 5 лет назад +13

      @@Tony-5000 In indiana, no one will hear your screams

    • @Tony-5000
      @Tony-5000 5 лет назад

      @@IamsTokiWartooth Bwahahahaha 😅😂 🤣

    • @JohnDavis-yz9nq
      @JohnDavis-yz9nq 5 лет назад +1

      Spiritualsongs712 Natan'el wow you sound desperate. Do you have a club foot and a third eye? Lots of missing teeth?

    • @travisazzopardi5383
      @travisazzopardi5383 4 года назад +2

      Tania Roberts they were singing about Kokomo Hawaii, not Kokomo Indiana. But good luck anyway! LOL! 😂👍🏼🤣

  • @timeisapathwalkingtounderstand
    @timeisapathwalkingtounderstand 4 года назад +20

    The power outage joke you made was hilarious. Im die laughing over here in New York City😂😂😂😂🤣 why am I'm laughing I'm broke and homeless.

  • @daMillenialTrucker
    @daMillenialTrucker 4 года назад +20

    I love being an over the truck driver, I've been to every single city you've named off.

    • @kathleenmuchka2559
      @kathleenmuchka2559 4 года назад

      You run over truck drivers? You are messing with the wrong people.😉

    • @daMillenialTrucker
      @daMillenialTrucker 4 года назад +2

      @@kathleenmuchka2559 naw I am truck driver lol

    • @kathleenmuchka2559
      @kathleenmuchka2559 4 года назад +1

      @@daMillenialTrucker I figured. Just messing with you. My ex and I used to driver the paper corridor in Wisconsin. Great job.

    • @daMillenialTrucker
      @daMillenialTrucker 4 года назад

      @@kathleenmuchka2559 well I'm looking for a codriver if your looking for a girlfriend 😉

    • @rondarathburn835
      @rondarathburn835 3 года назад

      I'm retired and every time he mentioned a new town I was nodding my head laughing!!

  • @geniusracking2076
    @geniusracking2076 6 лет назад +696

    This list should be renamed " best towns to start a meth lab in"

    • @Forgottenchannels
      @Forgottenchannels 6 лет назад +30

      That would be inaccurate though, too much competition.

    • @evilpandainc.1075
      @evilpandainc.1075 6 лет назад +14

      Genius Racking no, u don't put ur meth lab in town u put it in a pull behind camper so when the cops show up u can easily become a mobile meth lab pffft guess u have no experience in making meth 😛😂😂

    • @t.j.7789
      @t.j.7789 6 лет назад +3

      hahah or best place to go if you want to avoid the FBI!!

    • @sarandontw
      @sarandontw 6 лет назад +1

      LOL!!

    • @jacobmartin8332
      @jacobmartin8332 6 лет назад +16

      Go to Galena, Missouri. We have a population of 451, and almost 237 people have been arrested for insight meth labs.

  • @antguy-superheroextraordin7835
    @antguy-superheroextraordin7835 6 лет назад +159

    There's a town in Missouri called Potosi. Imagine a town full of people as smart as Forest Gump... Now imagine them all obese. Now add a little bit of body odor and dirty clothes. You just imagined Potosi Missouri.

    • @johndef5075
      @johndef5075 6 лет назад +1

      Cheese Burger 😂

    • @billmielke7395
      @billmielke7395 6 лет назад +8

      Cheese Burger there are like 4 counties in western Alabama that 60% of residents have n IQ below 60.

    • @Shauma_llama
      @Shauma_llama 6 лет назад +3

      Cheese Burger My co-worker here in LA has told me about Potosi. 😆

    • @dapper_gent
      @dapper_gent 6 лет назад +6

      Cheese Burger I buy farm raised wild game out of there. It's still good for something.

    • @aliciasciarrillo1022
      @aliciasciarrillo1022 6 лет назад +2

      Bill Mielke inbreeding?

  • @kenwithaK
    @kenwithaK 4 года назад +23

    "hey i wanna take you down to kokomo, we'll get there fast and then we'll die real slow, thats where we wanna go, on down to kokomo.

    • @globetrekker86
      @globetrekker86 3 года назад

      @Ken Hall: You read my mind! If I ever end up in Kokomo, Brian Wilson ought to be the tour guide. No Mike Love, please. I’ve got no love for Mike Love

  • @weirdlyme766
    @weirdlyme766 4 года назад +26

    I graduated with 50 kids. My town was so small you knew everyone’s birthday.

  • @jacobmartin8332
    @jacobmartin8332 6 лет назад +270

    It may suck when Walmart is your biggest employer, but at least you HAVE one. My town just got a Dollar General. That’s it. And I mean that’s IT.

    • @glenoaksbaby1303
      @glenoaksbaby1303 6 лет назад +7

      The Zesty Potato. Same.. the closest Walmart to me is 45 minutes

    • @glenoaksbaby1303
      @glenoaksbaby1303 5 лет назад +4

      drillzz22 Lake Village, Arkansas

    • @altha-rf1et
      @altha-rf1et 5 лет назад +36

      We call our Dollar General, The Town Mall

    • @josephatnip2398
      @josephatnip2398 5 лет назад +3

      That sounds like Wappapello Missouri where my parents have their lake house .... no they're not rich they paid 19000 for a getaway house when they retired their main home is in St Louis Missouri 2 hours away they have a Dollar General there's gas station but you got to drive 25 minutes just to get it anything good you have to go to Poplar Bluff neighborhood across the street said his son got a good job at the IGA as a cashier

    • @austinroggensack4413
      @austinroggensack4413 5 лет назад

      The Zesty Potato. Me 2

  • @FurlogTheGiant
    @FurlogTheGiant 6 лет назад +5

    Elkhart Indiana right now is in need of 20,000 + workers because there are so many jobs unfilled

  • @RedGucciGirl87
    @RedGucciGirl87 5 лет назад +29

    I was borderline depressed and you and these videos picked my spirits right up! Love it, keep up the great content.

    • @burtburt2263
      @burtburt2263 4 года назад +2

      Just think how some feel after watching this crap, and KNOWING their town is 5 times worse...

    • @johnsherman7289
      @johnsherman7289 4 года назад +1

      Sort of like a visit to Walmart.

  • @soonersteph
    @soonersteph 5 лет назад +6

    This guy ain’t lying. My parents moved to Ardmore 3 years ago and have been robbed twice.

  • @kelsea8018
    @kelsea8018 5 лет назад +32

    Wtf. Just sat down looking through my recommended videos and thought “wow, this will be funny” then my town, Ardmore, pops up 😂😂😂 that was freaky. They don’t call it the Shady 5-80 for nothin’, y’all

    • @shanedoe7232
      @shanedoe7232 4 года назад +4

      I was surprised it wasn't closer to #1

  • @GrungeHead47
    @GrungeHead47 5 лет назад +59

    Unauthorized use of another persons body is human trafficking. I live in Albuquerque and my dad works for a task force to rescue victims of human trafficking. He has to go all over the state and he said Gallup is the worst hell hole in New Mexico.

    • @seanycarr3226
      @seanycarr3226 5 лет назад +2

      Unless you're there to see the train action on BNSF, stay out of Gallup. I think there are much better places to see trains on BNSF, especially Belen, Mountainair and Clovis. Gallup is ground zero for all things bad in New Mexico. If you're driving on the freeway, skip the shithead town and go somewhere else for a bite to eat or thereabouts. If you're riding on Amtrak's Southwest Chief from Chicago, don't make Gallup your stop; travel beyond New Mexico like Winslow or Flagstaff in Arizona.

    • @xaviergamboa181
      @xaviergamboa181 5 лет назад +8

      Your dad is doing a great job and men like him need all the respect god bless him

    • @tiptoe38
      @tiptoe38 5 лет назад

      Lady please.women sales their bodies okay.Pimps and hoes being around forever and now u want to give it another name.Human tracffing.Bullshit

    • @jenniferlorence1950
      @jenniferlorence1950 5 лет назад +1

      Good to Know!!!

  • @viatravelers
    @viatravelers 2 года назад +1

    The commentary of this vlog is so great and very entertaining! It can crack you up and give a good laugh as well as a set of great information to know.

  • @reniekittelhinnenberg8593
    @reniekittelhinnenberg8593 5 лет назад +2

    I really liked how you do your videos! Thank you.

  • @jamesharris5471
    @jamesharris5471 5 лет назад +107

    You asked a guy from Kentucky what kind of lube he used and you ONLY got stabbed.

    • @vikkiroy1662
      @vikkiroy1662 5 лет назад +5

      I am surprised hes still alive or worse....we Kentuckians do some strange things

    • @rogerpayne2714
      @rogerpayne2714 5 лет назад +3

      Everyone knows what lub they use. It's normally called Sis,cousin, or nieces... 😀

    • @briancrawford8751
      @briancrawford8751 5 лет назад +3

      @@rogerpayne2714 I thought it was lard or spit.

    • @darrellscholl1651
      @darrellscholl1651 5 лет назад

      James Harris stabbed with what

    • @markgigiel2722
      @markgigiel2722 5 лет назад

      No lube. They like it dry like their whisky.

  • @johnbevino8687
    @johnbevino8687 5 лет назад +196

    It’s funny you think a person at Taco Bell will make 37,000 in a year.... try 12,000

    • @CarlObermeier
      @CarlObermeier 5 лет назад +29

      I think what he's saying is not that someone who works at Taco Bell can pay cash for a $37,000 house, but that they make enough to afford a mortgage payment on a $37,000 house (which with zero down would be about $175/month).

    • @fostinator69
      @fostinator69 5 лет назад +15

      Dafuq does a $37,000 houselook like?

    • @susandilaudo9534
      @susandilaudo9534 5 лет назад +3

      @@fostinator69 hahaha. Thats exactly what i was wondering?!?! Is that the carport? Not even a garage, right? Geez

    • @bonson9156
      @bonson9156 5 лет назад

      you must work there

    • @ancientelm_bdsrecords
      @ancientelm_bdsrecords 5 лет назад +2

      @@fostinator69 any house in small town iowa

  • @cryptotharg7400
    @cryptotharg7400 4 года назад +41

    He stabbed me, but we're still friends on Facebook! 😂 🤣

    • @kathleenmuchka2559
      @kathleenmuchka2559 4 года назад +4

      You know you have a good friend when they still talk to you after they stabbed them.

    • @VK-jy3pi
      @VK-jy3pi 4 года назад +3

      They're Frenemies!

  • @randallpetroelje3913
    @randallpetroelje3913 4 года назад +2

    You sense of humor is badass 😂. Love your show and commentary. Thanks again for your show.

  • @cbeckdoeswork1994
    @cbeckdoeswork1994 5 лет назад +130

    None of those are small towns. Maybe small cities. I live in a town with a population of 650. 1500 or less, that's what I consider a small town. Also, small towns don't have Walmart's.......

    • @beckybrooks2150
      @beckybrooks2150 5 лет назад +7

      Charlie Becker That’s what I was wondering about too. Pretty sure if it’s more than 10,000 people it’s a city, although a small one.

    • @wharpig
      @wharpig 5 лет назад +9

      Anything less than 1k people is a village...a small town is roughly 1000-25k people

    • @atlanticocean640
      @atlanticocean640 5 лет назад +2

      600 hundred people in my town in the winter and 5,000 in the summer. Land is worth huge money and we have mega taxes. 1 store, no gas station and it’s 13 miles to nearest town with gas. But I love it. No crime and great place to raise a family.

    • @m.ccheddarbox874
      @m.ccheddarbox874 5 лет назад +1

      Niagara falls has under 50,000 people... We use to be a city, we are now a town.

    • @vikkiroy1662
      @vikkiroy1662 5 лет назад +4

      they don't know what a small town is...come to Faubush Kentucky...no stores no post offices nothing...no jobs that's for sure..but we got two churches right next door to each other...probably less than 100 people ...ive been there 64 years

  • @Cure_Hana
    @Cure_Hana 5 лет назад +6

    I spent four years attending college in the small town of Portsmouth, Ohio. It use to have a relatively prosperous textile industry, but has since fallen from grace. Luckily, I lived on the nicer side of town, and Shawnee State and the Market Street are pretty neat places. But the seedier areas are known to have drug problems, as well as the occasional report of bar violence and shootings. I’m glad that I finally graduated and returned to my hometown.

  • @laurajarrell6187
    @laurajarrell6187 5 лет назад +1

    I loved your humorous narrative! I subbed. 👍👍 💓&✌

  • @dianemiller6440
    @dianemiller6440 4 года назад +1

    Not just informative but your style is awesome. Thank you!

  • @mellvee
    @mellvee 6 лет назад +23

    I don't really consider 25,000 citizens a "small town" lol...I live in a town about an hour north of Kansas City, with less than 200 people. There are far larger towns surrounding us on all sides, with anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 residents. We commute to KC for work everyday, but have the benefits of cheap housing, great teacher: student ratios, and exceedingly low crime statistics. We earn big city salaries, but don't have to pay big city prices to live quite nicely. I guess it's a matter of perspective, but your idea of a tiny town is vastly different from mine.

    • @simonpayne2704
      @simonpayne2704 5 лет назад +3

      mel vaughn wow that's a small town

    • @Nirrrina
      @Nirrrina 5 лет назад

      Can I ask what your town is?
      Or at least the general area. Thanks.

    • @curtissmith7473
      @curtissmith7473 5 лет назад

      u from lower amazonia,are ya?

  • @WARBOY24xxx
    @WARBOY24xxx 6 лет назад +6

    oh my god dude i just found your video i love list videos. ya know video that list things and you are hilarious i truly love you videos so happy i stumbled apon your videos😂😂

  • @imnoahc
    @imnoahc 4 года назад +16

    had a friend that moved from fort pierce to kokomo. talk about unfortunate

  • @joninwm
    @joninwm 5 лет назад +3

    About the kid in Indiana with AIDS. In 1981 AIDS was very new to the general public and no one at that time knew exactly how all you could get it. I remember in Elementary school, most parents told their kids not to use the public water fountains just in case. Many were worried it might be airborne contractible disease. It was some years later before they knew how all it could be passed.

    • @kevinkrichie
      @kevinkrichie Год назад

      The kid's name was Ryan White.

    • @missdebbie8131
      @missdebbie8131 Год назад

      Yeah i remember that. People act like "how horrible you people were" but nobody knew. HIV was a death sentence, and you waited to die a particularly horrible death. There wasnt a pill cocktail that you could take, nobody who tested positive lived long. And it came out of nowhere, and just destroyed people. People forget how scary it was, so i cant fault-find someone back then being cautious.

  • @gelynch52phPH
    @gelynch52phPH 4 года назад +5

    In what reality is 70,000 people a "small town?"

  • @ddlog420
    @ddlog420 5 лет назад +32

    You talked about Niagara Falls, New York but only showed the Canadian side. good job!

    • @travisazzopardi5383
      @travisazzopardi5383 5 лет назад

      ddlog41894 The Great American Education System hard at work! 😂👍🏼🇺🇸😜

    • @tstuff
      @tstuff 5 лет назад

      that is because no one ever takes pictures of the falls on the US side

    • @plaistowbill
      @plaistowbill 4 года назад

      @@tstuff
      I like the state park on the US side. Not as cheesey as the Canadian side.

    • @tstuff
      @tstuff 4 года назад +1

      @@plaistowbill Yes but there is no view of the falls themselves in NY unless you are on The Maid Of The Mist. That is why all the photos anyone ever sees seem to be taken from Canada.

    • @kathleenmuchka2559
      @kathleenmuchka2559 4 года назад

      Tried to photograph on American side. His Camaras all were stolen.

  • @cinder8290
    @cinder8290 3 года назад

    Very interesting, thank you.

  • @micahcnossen2331
    @micahcnossen2331 5 лет назад +59

    Shout out to my hometown gallup. I also watched this to see how these compared to Gallup, only to find out Gallup is number 1 wtf 😂😂

    • @samspurgeon4222
      @samspurgeon4222 5 лет назад +4

      I went to Gallup a few years back for a week. There was a restaurant on the main drag near the old historical hotel that had the best enchiladas I ever had. Other than that though, whilst it was scenic, it was eye opening when it came to poverty and just life in general, especially on the reservation. But I can't say anything bad, I'm from northeast TN, where our biggest industry is meth

    • @fredkithcart5237
      @fredkithcart5237 4 года назад +1

      Historic culture in Gallup, NM. Medal of honor holder lives there and school was named for him. I stop in Gallup every chance I get. The old ones are happy to relive memories with you.

    • @magnoliasilcox904
      @magnoliasilcox904 2 года назад

      Hey I live in Grants.

  • @colehabeeb4207
    @colehabeeb4207 6 лет назад +51

    I live in Scotland Connecticut and the country of Scotland literally gifted every one of our 1,694 residents a square foot of land in the country Scotland last month. We all got land grants, that’s pretty cool in my opinion

    • @visethreachsothy6952
      @visethreachsothy6952 6 лет назад

      whoaaaa

    • @gregv2821
      @gregv2821 6 лет назад +3

      Pretty cool like having a star named after you, right?

    • @jez6208
      @jez6208 6 лет назад +2

      Cole Habeeb I lived in Scotland for 3 years and i can tell you now, it's mostly a shithole. Most Scots who leave, never go back!

    • @miguelangelsosarodriguez4700
      @miguelangelsosarodriguez4700 5 лет назад

      jeremy gilbert .Are you English?

    • @kylebialek4420
      @kylebialek4420 5 лет назад +1

      Cole Habeeb I live in CT for 33 years and never heard of Scotland haha, congrats on the town gift.

  • @jackschwartz1783
    @jackschwartz1783 6 лет назад +201

    pop70,000 or less? Dude if your town has a Mall it's NOT a Small Town.

    • @bl7157
      @bl7157 6 лет назад +7

      Jack Schwartz not exactly. Malls can be used to draw business from neighbouring towns or cities

    • @michaelsevren2287
      @michaelsevren2287 6 лет назад +4

      There are a lot of county seats that are tiny, yet boast a mall which draws customers from all around.
      Besides, not all malls are like Northpark or the Galleria in Dallas, TX.
      Take Muskogee, OK for example. Small town, 38k, Arrowhead Mall. Or Dyersburg, TN. Very small town, 17k, has Dyersburg Mall.

    • @makadar4980
      @makadar4980 6 лет назад +6

      When I think of small town I think of where I grew up...population 500..nearest bigger town is a college town and horrible on crime drugs and use to be rated #1 party college in Illinois and #2 in the nation.
      If all the rapes were to be reported pretty sure it would be top rated per capita...

    • @jasonwest46
      @jasonwest46 6 лет назад +1

      Jack Schwartz just because a little town has a mall don't has nothing to do with anything moron

    • @toddmann88
      @toddmann88 6 лет назад

      Makada R must be Carbondale

  • @krowman8458
    @krowman8458 4 года назад

    everyone does city's all the time so I decided to do a search for small towns and you're the only one I saw pop up! Liked and Subbed

  • @karenbaker7723
    @karenbaker7723 3 года назад

    As always great video

  • @PREPFORIT
    @PREPFORIT 5 лет назад +313

    How dare you NOT mention Possum Trot Kentucky !

    • @ceceliawilliams1323
      @ceceliawilliams1323 5 лет назад +5

      LMAO

    • @fivestring65ify
      @fivestring65ify 5 лет назад +9

      Ky has a lot. Too many to mention

    • @skymarshallmarz5573
      @skymarshallmarz5573 5 лет назад +2

      Please Hammer, dont Hurt Em!

    • @jbirdnelson3818
      @jbirdnelson3818 5 лет назад +1

      PREPFORIT
      Sounds like a nice place for possums?

    • @jaradonwigington1936
      @jaradonwigington1936 5 лет назад +15

      Yeah I'm in Harlan county ky town called Cumberland. We have 1 grocery store a bunch of churches 3 liquor stores. We're in the mountains the highest point in ky just up the road in Lynch ky black mountain. To get anywhere you either have to cross a mountain or drive miles of curving roads.

  • @drewschlosser26
    @drewschlosser26 6 лет назад +47

    I almost pissed myself when you talked about being stabbed! Amd laughed even harder when you said you were still Facebook friends with the guy! Rotfl

    • @jiniece9651
      @jiniece9651 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, that killed me! I live in Kentucky. lol

    • @rondarathburn835
      @rondarathburn835 3 года назад

      I spit my pop out everywhere!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @topplacetoLive
    @topplacetoLive 2 месяца назад

    Interesting look at small towns! #3 being great was a twist. Really makes you think about where to live.

  • @jdhutchinson506
    @jdhutchinson506 5 лет назад +15

    was surprised by Gallup... not because it isn't horrible... because I blocked it from my memory

    • @justinlecroy5217
      @justinlecroy5217 4 года назад

      @Richard G That's why you look in your bag before leaving.

  • @urnomatch4me96
    @urnomatch4me96 6 лет назад +12

    I was working in Elkhart for 2yrs. Unless it got really bad in past 2 yrs there was now hiring signs in every gas station,dollar stores,hotels, restaurants,an factory jobs. They had more jobs then people. I worked there from my company in Michigan an worked in Indiana in weekends. Good list but gotta disagree with Elkhart.

    • @ashleybeee5364
      @ashleybeee5364 6 лет назад

      Travis Thacker Not true, I moved to a way better 'small town' And it's like the promised land, jobs everywhere nice cheap houses, opportunity for even the stupidest ppl, ugly fat women marrying rich men, im just so sad I didn't get here sooner or I could've retired mid 30s, but I'll never tell where bc then everyone will come here and ruin it!

    • @whatsascrewdriver5572
      @whatsascrewdriver5572 6 лет назад

      And people who can't afford the fines and court legal fees get put into jail to support the prison-industrial complex.

    • @Paris_Labrador
      @Paris_Labrador 5 лет назад

      Dave for the Save You’ll find a job here in Elkhart but not much else. Housing is also dirt cheap. There’s a lot of crime and the schools are horrible, and by next year English will become a second language for the city

  • @KidRocker44
    @KidRocker44 6 лет назад +40

    70,000 people is a huge city to me! I grew up in a town in rural Utah of around 2500 people. I'm a small town country girl through and through. I like to visit cities but wouldn't want to live in one.

    • @as3studios188
      @as3studios188 6 лет назад +3

      Cindy Gleason i grew up in fort pierce, fl and moved to a town with less than 600 people.

    • @degrees-jp9dg
      @degrees-jp9dg 6 лет назад +1

      I live in a small town. Walmart , home Depot and supermarkets are 20 miles away

    • @chelseabeth89
      @chelseabeth89 6 лет назад

      I grew up in a town with a population of 400

    • @degrees-jp9dg
      @degrees-jp9dg 6 лет назад

      Chelsea Beth so everybody is related

    • @chelseabeth89
      @chelseabeth89 6 лет назад

      The good guy killed bad guy surprisingly no

  • @moretoexplore6736
    @moretoexplore6736 3 года назад

    I remember reading blue highways in college and I was fascinated. I ordered the book thanks to you, can't wait to read it again ☺

  • @uacbpa
    @uacbpa 5 лет назад

    Very interesting information. I love your videos. Haters are going to hate no matter what, so keep them coming.

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 6 лет назад +28

    If you work at the local Wal-Mart, you can make shift leader in about 9 or 10 years and get a $.10 per hour raise in pay, free bandages as part of your medical benefits, and continued employment as long as you do not speak out.

    • @Batman-wv5ng
      @Batman-wv5ng 5 лет назад +1

      ToughAncientSpark To get $10 per hour that's nothing.

    • @SuperPhunThyme9
      @SuperPhunThyme9 5 лет назад +1

      Except for the $2 increase for all the low level employees.
      You can criticize but at least don't just talk out your ass or lie.

    • @joesnelson4041
      @joesnelson4041 5 лет назад

      True that TAS. Been there done that.

  • @jackiethompson7446
    @jackiethompson7446 5 лет назад +72

    I want to know what taco bell employees are making 600 bucks a week...

  • @BigRedPower59
    @BigRedPower59 4 года назад +2

    I was a long haul truck drive for many years. I’ve had to park and spend the night in a lot of places where I really didn’t want to. Of all the places I’ve been, Gallop, NM is ranks as one on my top 5 places where I felt the most at risk. Even higher than Compton.

  • @wackyruss
    @wackyruss 6 лет назад +30

    LMAO my best buddy once met a girl online and drove all the way to KOKOMO, INDIANA from Houston, TX just to meet her. He stayed with her awhile until he found out she was married and then he had to split town fast!

  • @skeekyonlinegaming5995
    @skeekyonlinegaming5995 6 лет назад +5

    I can't believe how many of these cities I have been to as a truck driver years ago.

  • @jh7580
    @jh7580 4 года назад

    Love. Your videos 👍👍

  • @xXxscenebellexX
    @xXxscenebellexX 4 года назад +3

    My friends and I were sleeping under a bridge near the walmart in rocky mount and every morning we were there people randomly appeared with food and supplies they'd bought for us. People in Pine Bluff were also super generous. My friends said they didnt have to sleep on the streets there once because someone either bought them a hotel room or they could afford it from flying a sign. I was actually shocked they were in this.

    • @cherylT321
      @cherylT321 Год назад

      That’s was so nice. Are things better for you, now?

  • @EddieShotCaller21
    @EddieShotCaller21 5 лет назад +30

    90% of North Dakota needs to be on this list 🤔 negative 50 degrees during the winters and winter last 6 to 8 months. It's cursed Earth.

    • @mg5632
      @mg5632 5 лет назад +3

      North and South Dakota are the two states nobody gives af about tbh😂😂😂

    • @bonson9156
      @bonson9156 5 лет назад +1

      Went to Devil's Lake for Army Job Training. Apparently it's alot like Gallup, NM. The Indians will assault Army people (and target mostly white people). It's also where Jesus Camp is I believe.

    • @Torontogal1973
      @Torontogal1973 5 лет назад +4

      @Eddie G Hey, that's Canada's weather; I think we're blessed and most Canadians don't mind the cold at all. No Earthquakes, No Tornado's, No Hurricane's, No Tsunami's; No draughts, No flooding. Just cold wind and snow, it's a great trade off. If you don't like the cool, theirs 49 other states to move to and I understand half of them rarely get any snow.

    • @jebby16
      @jebby16 5 лет назад

      Eddie G Don't be ridiculous.

    • @SweetTLuv
      @SweetTLuv 5 лет назад

      Wow!

  • @melissasmith2801
    @melissasmith2801 6 лет назад +3

    You should've looked further than you did. Kokomo, IN is not dangerous at all to nearby towns (the whole Midwest gets tornadoes), not dreadful, and not horrible to stop in. Living closeby, people drive to Kokomo for their unique stores and restaurants. Same for Elkhart, IN. The people in Elkhart are so nice and the area is very pretty.

  • @dcast6566
    @dcast6566 5 лет назад +6

    That is very true about Gallup! I know because I live in Albuquerque and know a lot of people from there!! Lol so yes that is very correct and sad!!

  • @jackslate9260
    @jackslate9260 5 лет назад +24

    West Memphis Arkansas should be on the next list for worst places to live

    • @tstuff
      @tstuff 5 лет назад +3

      Everything in AR should be on the list. That would be a list of 100 worst places to live in AR. With the #1 spot being the state of AR itself.

    • @Zach-lg3bw
      @Zach-lg3bw 4 года назад

      @@tstuff I grew up in Dallas just moved to Little Rock Arkansas about a year ago and I hear about so many robberies just as much then when I lived in Dallas which is crazy because Little Rock isn't even half the size of Dallas by itself not including any of the other cities connected Dallas CRAZY 😲😱

    • @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786
      @fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 3 года назад

      Jack Slate little rock Arkansas definitely

    • @lanefair2950
      @lanefair2950 3 года назад

      That’s a suburb not a small town

  • @CorbinConnection
    @CorbinConnection 5 лет назад +45

    Is it weird that I feel offended and proud at the same time that my city made the list? ( kokomo Indiana #10 ) lol.

  • @Carjn325
    @Carjn325 6 лет назад +27

    Jennings, Louisiana. There’s a story going around there of murders be committed by a town cop And it’s my birth town

    • @duraldehunter
      @duraldehunter 6 лет назад

      David Carlson read this as i passed through there on my way home from work lol

  • @paulnewcombe3373
    @paulnewcombe3373 5 лет назад

    GREAT VIDEO THOUGH !!

  • @cjjaxxon
    @cjjaxxon 4 года назад

    LOLOL!! Good video. I'm a local truck driver from outside Chicago.........and all the towns you mentioned in Indiana I've delievered steel to. Especially Kokomo IN (Moon Fabrication) and Anderson.

  • @stack4444
    @stack4444 5 лет назад +17

    Gary Indiana beat 3 cities in Indiana on the list wow

    • @90hatter90
      @90hatter90 3 года назад +2

      I heard stories about Gary. I’m from IN but just not there 😂 Yeah I heard a story, whether it is true or not, that a police pulled someone over to warn them to not completely stop at lights/stop signs but to do rolling stops and that even the cops don’t even stop more than they need to.

  • @mclement052164
    @mclement052164 5 лет назад +67

    Nailed it about Gallup. I often overnight parked my semi-rig at the Wal-Mart or Lowe's right off I-40 there. I had a drunk Indian try to climb into my truck. Opened my door while I was still in the driver's seat! Another time I found 1 while doing my pre trip inspection sleeping between my trailer tires! Tight squeeze, but there he was! I tried to get him to move, he didn't respond, so I called the police. A couple times over at the truck stop there were young 5-10 year old Native girls knocking on truckers doors after dark selling pencils and other cheap trinkets. No adult in sight. I was mortified and heart broken. How can anyone put their babies at such risk? After the 2nd time, I stopped parking there. It just upset me so badly. I lost track of how many times I've seen drunk Indians stagger around on a Friday or Saturday night, often asking for money. Yes. It's bad there. So sad.

    • @em1osmurf
      @em1osmurf 5 лет назад

      oklahoma

    • @a.bquiroz914
      @a.bquiroz914 5 лет назад +3

      That's so horrible they could be raped killed worse.

    • @heyitsvos
      @heyitsvos 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah Gallup is a dump.
      Always check your fifth wheel ;)

    • @seanycarr3226
      @seanycarr3226 5 лет назад +8

      Wait a second. Are these Indians the Navajo? If memory serves me right, the Navajo are a VERY impoverished tribe! You should sincerely send a letter to Congress and the President of the United States about this problem and the feds must help the Navajo Nation!

    • @morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333
      @morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333 5 лет назад +4

      @@seanycarr3226 How would the fed help? Give more money? I doubt they would give the Native tax cuts besides, Reservations are their own property. If they are impoverished they should take advantage of what they can do and start businesses. It doesn't have to be consinos.

  • @freeman7296
    @freeman7296 2 года назад

    Good to know about Rocky mount - when I pass that area when going down I95 to Florida - I'll keep going.

  • @eddiegilmore6896
    @eddiegilmore6896 5 лет назад +2

    Hilarious, your introduction of Gallup NM. LOL

  • @thoskins202
    @thoskins202 6 лет назад +11

    You gotta look up Grants NM. It’s 60 miles east of gallup. It’s a pretty sad story. 4 or 5 prisons, former uranium boom town gone bust. Coal mine is not doing very well. Pretty sad. Former resident.

    • @mysterynut
      @mysterynut 6 лет назад +1

      Thomas Hoskins Same here, grew up in a town outside Grants. My Dad was a uranium minor during that boom. The place is sad. The prisons keep it alive which is even sadder.

    • @mudkips8399
      @mudkips8399 6 лет назад

      I grew up there. Place is pretty ghetto and only seems be getting worse with a lot of businesses shutting down. Drove through mainstreet 3 years back and it was depressing.
      Having said that, for myself, it was a pretty cool place to grow up. The people are mostly decent and scenery aint so bad.

    • @Trex505shorts
      @Trex505shorts 6 лет назад

      Lol im from grants

  • @roxynano
    @roxynano 6 лет назад +6

    Thank you for going over the Hellholes in Indiana because I know about these places.

    • @roxynano
      @roxynano 6 лет назад

      Bra'tac Thank God my family is from Southern Indiana! If they were from Northern Indiana, there's a great chance that I'm related to a drug lord.

    • @chrisakers4748
      @chrisakers4748 6 лет назад

      Southern Indiana is awesome

  • @straightouttathe7thcircle431
    @straightouttathe7thcircle431 4 года назад +6

    Come on, Briggs, you forgot Elmira, NY!

  • @randallmunson2098
    @randallmunson2098 2 года назад

    Thanks for producing this list as I am a serial killer and these towns serve as excellent bases to operate out of. Thanks for doing my homework for me.

  • @hughdanielson
    @hughdanielson 5 лет назад +19

    About Niagara Falls, the pictures you showed were not Niagara Falls, N.Y. but Niagara Falls Ontario Canada across the river. It's a common error. There are not many photos of the New York side. Also you did not mention it but Niagara Falls is the home of the infamous Love Canal.

    • @Vezzy23
      @Vezzy23 5 лет назад +3

      The last US exit in Buffalo just shows how trash and depressing the area is

    • @dhabinuisance3643
      @dhabinuisance3643 5 лет назад

      The U.S side sucks dick

  • @bigcountry022885
    @bigcountry022885 5 лет назад +84

    Gotta laugh 70,000 people is a big city to me lol if there isn't that many people in my hole county

    • @TheHolyEclipse
      @TheHolyEclipse 5 лет назад +1

      There are over 3-4 million in the city where I live.

    • @yinzergirl4085
      @yinzergirl4085 5 лет назад +1

      @@TheHolyEclipse I live in a small town. My town has 200 people. This list is housesh*t.

    • @bonson9156
      @bonson9156 5 лет назад +2

      @@yinzergirl4085 *horseshit not houseshit

    • @sylviaross5486
      @sylviaross5486 5 лет назад

      Me, too. When I was born in 1959, my home town was less than 9000.

    • @2HRTS1LOVE
      @2HRTS1LOVE 5 лет назад +1

      Ikr, my home county was less than half that. THOSE are small towns. I would have thought these were major metropolises when I was growing up.

  • @AESG1010
    @AESG1010 4 года назад +1

    Wow!!! My city Port St Lucie is in the same county as Ft Pierce, but we’re GREAT! 🥰

    • @firstname3979
      @firstname3979 4 года назад

      ASB416 I'm from PSL too and this is all bullshit tbh Ft Pierce isn't that bad 😂 we're just better

  • @JordanReynoldsjoshealthylife
    @JordanReynoldsjoshealthylife 3 года назад

    Ardmore. Accurate. And yeah that is what the sky looks like April-June every spring haha 😆 it’s a tornado magnet

  • @jllm4305
    @jllm4305 6 лет назад +3

    Lexington, Nebraska is pretty bad. It has less than 12,000 people, but there's some messed up shit going on here. Wouldn't recommend it living here.

  • @ericmiller254
    @ericmiller254 5 лет назад +9

    "what brand do you use"
    then he stabbed me
    HAHAHAH

    • @tstuff
      @tstuff 5 лет назад

      He actually said "what brand do you use with your sister?" and that is when he was stabbed.

  • @jewishman2687
    @jewishman2687 4 года назад +1

    My mother and I stayed in Gallup for two weeks back in 1964 when Rt 66 was the main highway. We were visiting friends on the Fort Defiance reservation which is across the line in Arizona. The place was a dump back then... I noticed that recently (within the last 20 years) they have legalized drive-thru liquor stores... I'm surprised you didn't mention that...

  • @ZeeZedZee
    @ZeeZedZee 9 месяцев назад +1

    I briefly lived in Anderson IN. While I never truly felt unsafe there, it was 100% a shithole and still hasn’t recovered from General Motors closing the town plant.

  • @ACCER
    @ACCER 4 года назад +21

    To be fair, when Kokomo schools expelled Ryan White, the AIDS issue was brand new and no one had any idea of whether or not it could be contracted through casual contact and there was still no treatment for it. You can't really fault parents for being scared. That said, pretty much everyone had a problem with how Ryan was treated.

    • @catchcourtcourt
      @catchcourtcourt 4 года назад +4

      I remember this. At the time AIDS was a death sentence and we thought it would be transmitted even by a toilet seat.

    • @macman9689
      @macman9689 4 года назад +9

      Excuses

    • @outdoorslifesurvivecraft5078
      @outdoorslifesurvivecraft5078 3 года назад

      There is a song of Led Zeppelin's that when I hear it, it makes me think of Ryan. "That's the way".

  • @peteanderson6113
    @peteanderson6113 4 года назад +4

    That was pretty good, I’ll definitely be staying well away from those towns 👍🏼

  • @johnallen8368
    @johnallen8368 3 года назад +1

    Want to know about Cottage Grove and Brownsville Oregon as I plan a "Stand My Be" visit

  • @bipolarvortex
    @bipolarvortex 3 года назад

    Spot on... Gallup NM is a nightmare of a town. I don’t even like to stop there for gas but sometimes you have to.

  • @drrydog
    @drrydog 6 лет назад +13

    Soon to qualify for your top 10, Soon to be under 70k population! Detroit. :)

  • @leewesterso2151
    @leewesterso2151 5 лет назад +5

    10:24 "Dranken" is not a word. But you have great narrative ability.

    • @cousincletus7843
      @cousincletus7843 5 лет назад

      drank in the past 30 days. or got drunk in the past 30 days if you still don't get it.

  • @vilstef6988
    @vilstef6988 5 лет назад +1

    I looked up notable people in Anderson, Indiana. I had heard of 2 people on the list. Gary Burton who played jazz vibraphone and author Fred Mustard Stewart.

  • @Caideenah
    @Caideenah 5 лет назад

    i have been watching your videos for a few hours now. Found them very interesting. I want to point out Owenton Kentucky. Friendly little town, smack in the middle between Lousiville Lexington and Cincinnati. This is a problem. It puts Owenton on the edge of 3 districts, and makes it impossible to get things like internet and good cell phone coverage. Oh, and its a dry county. Lots of history here though. Best if you just look in to it yourself.

  • @Jack1999n
    @Jack1999n 6 лет назад +10

    I live near Niagara Falls and laughed so hard when I saw it on the list. Do not leave any doors unlocked in Niagara Falls and stay away from most neighborhoods also very run down dirty and filled with junkies not to mention there is radiation from nuclear testing waste being dumped there yeah that's right nuclear radiation

    • @debbiepotter6413
      @debbiepotter6413 5 лет назад

      I was surprised. I thought it was supposed to be a pretty town. Always wanted to go there, guess not. Thanks

    • @norton750commando
      @norton750commando 5 лет назад

      Yeah, a few friends and I went to the casino there last spring. Live in Toronto, Canada and hadn't been to the town for 30 odd years, and holy sh1t, drive to the north or south areas from the casino and it looks like you're in an abandoned town. Boarded up store fronts and houses. Empty lots with weeds and grass growing wild. Went to a little bar on the north side of the street from the casino, and the regulars there were saying things like, "don't go up that street after dark, you'll get mugged"....

    • @luisbarrera1099
      @luisbarrera1099 4 года назад

      Stay away you might fall!

  • @teamcougars
    @teamcougars 5 лет назад +6

    Indiana sucks in my experience of being there a few times.

    • @rediron44
      @rediron44 3 года назад

      I live in Indiana, very conservative, very judgemental. Lots of very nice people. But the economic plans here suck. State government keeps diverting tax money to rich private schools. Underfunding public schools. Cutting teacher pay, and passed Right to Work, busting unions and cutting workers pay. But I live close to Ohio and work in Cincinnati every day. Drive home to Indiana for cheaper home prices..lol

  • @CaptainDiabeto
    @CaptainDiabeto 4 года назад +2

    You should visit Beloit, WI, and once you see it, u should add it to the list

  • @Vic-ok2pp
    @Vic-ok2pp Год назад

    Your comment about waiting for better weather in Portland. I grew up in Seattle and we would tell visitors that the tan on my arms is not tan. It is rust.

  • @Asylum247
    @Asylum247 6 лет назад +7

    I would like to submit Port Huron Michigan for consideration. I grew up there and happily moved over a decade ago. This town - then and now- is just a drug ridden hole of misery.

    • @shrapnelslurpee9787
      @shrapnelslurpee9787 5 лет назад

      Our whole state is misery dude.

    • @pipmeyer7764
      @pipmeyer7764 5 лет назад

      Outcast Trooper lol and yes

    • @brandonharris2003
      @brandonharris2003 5 лет назад

      I took a field trip through there. Desolation in the air

    • @rich_t
      @rich_t 3 года назад

      They don't call it "Port Urine" for nothing...

  • @ToniBaldock
    @ToniBaldock 5 лет назад +3

    Wow! I lived in Indiana my whole life...didn’t expect to have 3 mentions on this list!!!

  • @phyllindaiam2494
    @phyllindaiam2494 5 лет назад +4

    How about Conway NC..
    That town is like the land that time forgot.. I lived there for 5yrs taking care of my dad.. me & my 3 children.. so glad to get outta that place... 🤨

  • @dlloyd6300
    @dlloyd6300 4 года назад

    LoL, I just knew #5 was coming up, it just HAD to! X-D

  • @qhines9272
    @qhines9272 6 лет назад +6

    Wow i live in rocky mount, time to go!lol