Unboxing Montana: What It's Like Living In Montana
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2020
- Does everyone in Montana drink?
Are the ski towns filling up with liberal snowflakes?
And is everyone in Montana a real badass?
We’ll answer those questions and more. So grab yer saddle and your ski poles. We’re gonna unbox the state of Montana!
Montana. Named after the Spanish word for mountains. Look at this vast untapped land. You might not be able to tell from this shot, but it’s one of the fastest growing states in the country. There’s plenty of room here - I mean Montana only has just over a million people and there are only 7 people per square mile. That’s not a lot. It’s a HUUUGE state. This is Big Sky Country!
Out here in the wilderness interspersed among the small towns and communities are all sorts of areas to explore, and TONS of different animal life. Living here you feel like you’re IN a nature park. That’s because a lot of the state IS a nature park.
This state isn’t just diverse in terms of wildlife, either. Among the state’s residents are a ton of different types of people and culture. Haha JK. This isn’t a very diverse state at all. It’s basically 97% white, local drunks, a few native Americans, tons of hunters and a handful of millennial brats. Really. That’s basically it. Video is over.
No, Montana is way more than that, pal. It’s not just all white people. Sorta. To get a complete understanding of this big ole state, we need to look at a big ole map and see each region separately.
This is Montana.
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The best video on this topic!
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Why did you change your 'real' surname? lol Johnson yea right...
Your ignorance is astounding. It’s hard to imagine you get invited to any social gatherings, but do you notice that people don’t actually laugh at your formulaic approach to humor? You’re not funny.
I grew up in Montana. If you are worried about “out of staters”, wait for the first bitter winter. They will all leave.
@Real Donald Trump Better a hick than a homeless drug addict
It’s beautiful I’m moving there immediately.
Being in western NY, is it worse than here?
@@joshuagarcia1324 Never in Western NY but Central and Eastern Montana have odd winters. 60 above one week and -20 the next. The coldest I was in was -42. Then there is the wind. They say that Montana is windy because Wyoming blows and North Dakota Sucks. I don’t know but there is a good bit of wind.
I grew up in Michigan. I came to Montana in 2019. Winter? Yeah, it's just a regular ol' winter. So what? Well, maybe it lasts a bit longer. No big deal. Yet... during the winter I remember the time I lived in Florida.
It's my favorite State! My wife and I were driving through and we watched a lady on a horse with no saddle racing a guy on an ATV
DAMN did you video it Drew??
@@NickJohnson i did not! We just happened to be driving by as it happened
Didn’t happen then. Poser
Thats the most Montanan thing I've heard of. I'm from one of the seven reservatiions
This was John Steinbeck's favorite, whatever that's worth
It literally took me 24 hours to drive through all of Montanna. But damn the scenery and that big blue sky. Couldn't get enough of that.
Contrary to popular belief, the sky over Montana isn't bigger than that of any other state.
Wow you must have been going super slow lol 😂
God's hands ❤
@@Kelle0284 its better looking, i think thats what they mean.. especially at night
took me 4 days with exploration and I didn't even go to Glacier
It's like heaven living in Montana. I've lived here all my life..nothing like it anywhere. I am a native American Indian from Montana and wouldn't live no where else
It’s cool but there’s nothing to do in winter
The winter time in Montana is so much fun
N I gotta be honest it’s not easy being black and living here
I love your culture ....would love to visit your state one day
Not even Wyoming?
Montana also has No Sales Tax. It’s why you see plenty of Exotic cars with Montana license plates.
Yeah that doesn't matter much considering how much rent is. I call it beauty tax. I pay extra to live in this beautiful State but it's hard unless you've got a good career. Californians are driving prices up and making it hard for native Montanans to afford to live here.
@@montananick370 why don’t some move to cheaper parts of the state who don’t want professional careers? Nashville is now expensive and one of the fastest growing cities in the country but the poor are moving to other parts of the state or living in homeless camps and a few trailer parks.
that's why i wonder why some billionaires Million dollars cars have Montana's license plates while the cars in texas
Our property tax more then makes up for it🙄
@@dhand34 why should we have to move from where we are?
Montana is an amazing place. I really hope it doesn’t get heavily urbanized anytime soon.
The flathead valley is getting 100 Californians moving there a day and so is most of Western MT. So you will feel the liberalism eventually. Just like Colorado and Oregon did.
@@JesusChrist2000BC I live in Holmes County, Ohio. I just visit Montana every couple years and hope it stays the way it is.
There is no work there, and until there is, there won’t be any huge influx of people moving there.
Never will understand the obsession with guns.
@Anthony Coz so you get to kill animals,big deal!
As a northern Montana resident, born and raised, "No traffic, no drama, no bills," is quite possibly the most inaccurate way you could describe the hiline in Montana.
Ok...but you do know that there are other Problems!! #1..I am also a Born and Raised BiG Sky Baby!! But Montana is a Strange Political Place... 1 day its a Democrat as Governor..then a Republican!! Although the Governor now is .Pretty much a Phoney Lame 🐎 Horse!! Also let's not Forget that Nobody in Montana is a Native!! Track it back to the Gold and Cooper Rush!! If I asked every single So Called Native of Montana Hybred..I would track it Right Back to Europeans!! So saying your a Native Based on a Mere 1 or 2..even 3 generations is Pig Slop!!
Also talk to your Local Politicians!! That have been Selling Out MT for Years..Doesn't make a difference if your (R) or (D)..$ame Bird
I think maybe the people in the twelve native american tribal nations might have something to say to your "nobody in montana is a native" point. But beyond that my "pig slop" includes five generations of farming and a family history that reaches back over a century. And of course there are other problems. My comment was reacting to a very specific part of this video trying to inaccurately describe the place I call home.
How is employment out there? I'm looking at different places to move and trying to learn as much as I can before I move. I came to Connecticut years ago and hate it
@@adamhowick7274 it depends on what type of employment you're looking for and how close to larger towns/"cities" you want to be. I was just looking the other day on job postings for northeast Montana and I found like 10 different farms looking for help. That may not seem like a lot, but as far as population density goes there's some real employment opportunities if you have the skills to fill those types of positions. If you're looking for something more professional services related there always seems to be a few across different towns in northern Montana if you look hard enough. Far eastern Montana near Sidney and Fairview and Bainville you'll find some good paying oilfield work if you don't mind hard labor, occasionally a railroad job opens up, and there always seems to be some level of help needed with customs/border patrol if you're interested in getting involved with the federal gov't. Also, the hospitals typically seem to be constantly looking for some level of help. There's also various telephone and electrical cooperatives that periodically have openings and there is an extreme lack of plumbing/electrical/carpentry services if you're a self starter type and have the know how to work those kinds of jobs. There's also a bunch of teaching jobs typically available. Really there's lots of options. The main choice is whether or not you're ok with living "in the sticks". If you get a job in Lustre or Daniels County or maybe even somewhere like Turner, you're going to be far away from a large group of people and you're probably going to have to ge used to extreme rurality. On the other hand you could still live fairly close to somewhere like Glasgow or Havre or Wolf Point or Sidney or a handful of other bigger towns and still have some level of "civilization". Mostly what's available is more physical labor stuff and the landscape is wide open spaces with few trees. It's different though if you're talking about all of Montana, because western and southern Montana offer completely different job opportunities. Both billings and great falls would be one of the two actual cities I would recommend most, not in terms of culture (bozeman and Missoula are WAY better in terms of culture), but in terms of potential jobs and affordability. What type of job would you be looking for and how open to country living are you?
Go for a hike in Montana (it's free) and spend all day walking without seeing another human is a Priceless opportunity. Also while you do this your only concern is startling a dangerous Moose or Bear.. Brings you back to the Paleolithic era.
I want to visit soon . Are moose aggressive ?
@@AnOldSoul45 no, feel free to pet them and place your children on their backs for the gram.
@@erikfritz8040 I wasn’t asking because I want to pet them , I just was curious on there temperament to know how cautious to be if I saw one. That’s all . Sheesh .
stray mountain lion go brrrr i got stalked by one north of sacagawea park in livingston behind the softball feilds lmao
As a lifelong Montanan, there are several points you made that are true, some a little harsh or over simplified. Montana is a big, beautiful land. It is true some dont care for the influx of out of staters moving in or who own 2&3 homes here. I grew up in Billings, nor much has changed over the years and your evaluation pretty spot on. I have lived in the Flathead valley for 15 years. Tons of Californians, Utahns, and Canadians. I have seen the bird flipped to then, no doubt, but Montana's as a whole are kind and friendly people. Love it, I've lived in Colorado, California, Washington, and you can keep them all.
Apparently Not a 'lifelong ' MT
@@thegrand1356 well, 45 of my 50 years in MT.. lol.. 1 year in So Cal was enough for me
Is Billings a good place for a young family to raise their kids
@@miked2573 I was born and raised there. It was a fine place to grow up, has good and bad areas like any city.
As a black man I was very reluctant to visit Montana. Ended up being the best vacay I ever had. Stayed in West Yellowstone. Drove 700 miles through the National Parks, went zip lining, and to the Grizzly center too. And the geysers were amazing, especially old faithful!Shout out to the people at the Happy hour bar. Best garlic burger in the country. Look forward to visiting again!
Haha Montana people don't care about skin color. It's all about being a good person.
@@NickJohnson when you’re from an Urban city (Detroit) and you do research about the state and you find out the black population is less than 1%, you kinda get preconceived notions of why that might be. I will say I did get some stares while at the Walmart in Bozeman, but it wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle. I even went into a gas station in West Yellowstone, mistakenly left my mask in the car, and nobody said anything, besides have a nice day. I forgot to mention the best part of the trip which was meeting Bruce Lee’s widow Linda, she was even let me take a pic with her! I’ll definitely be returning!
@Montana Cowboy no just you
Thank you for this comment , I’m a black man as well from California but currently live in Nevada and I was considering doing a road trip up there to see the nature , but when I looked up how few of us live there I definitely had preconceived notions . I just want to go up there and see the nature and eat some deer lol .
@@atriggs84 dude, you're from Detroit. The worse place in America. Red states will welcome anyone but we don't want victims. Leave shitty Detroit that was ran into the ground by Nancy Pelosi's dad. It's not abt race but ignorance.
I'm black and I wouldn't trade my time spent in Montana. Wonderful State, don't change, Montana.
Stay out
@@NoCumBacksiFunny he already there brother.
@@NoCumBacksiFunny yikes, i hope thats not you and your real daughter in your profile pic. if it is shes gonna have a tough upbringing with a dingbat
@Anna annanymous can’t wait till we “ruin” this one too 😊
@@NoCumBacksiFunny Montana people in a sentence lmao
Montana is the best place in the world. Nowhere compares to it.
Not the best place, if you like coconuts or alligators.
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand
Are we a joke to you
@@andrewsucksatvideos4482 italy, japan,france, argentina, nepal, china,
@@GroovydawgJ france, aregntina ,nepal and china? In what dream world are you living in?
Do you live in Montana?
I love how Montanans are self-reliant, whether they are conservative or liberal.
What the hell does that even mean?
@@russelljohnson437 I don’t know if that’s what they mean. But I live in Montana and we are “self reliant” as in if we separated from the US and we were our own country. We would be fine, we have our own food, timber, electric etc. Obviously other states can do that but there are actually a good amount that can’t do that
@@russelljohnson437 he’s saying EVEN the liberals there are self-reliant lol. Which is unheard of.
@@TorysSideQuests I know what you mean. I'll use California as an example. The state has all the means to be self reliant, however they would rather live off of borrowed resources. If I recall, they get their drinking water from Nevada, and their power from Arizona.
@@TorysSideQuests a lot of this state has a lot of there own businesses and they have a type of culture put into one state
"It's dark until midnight"
Where'd you get your drugs?
Light duh
Realistically it doesn't get dark completely until around 10:30. And by dark I mean pitch black considering the state has almost zero light pollution. I was at East glacier camping and you could look up and see the stars for real.
I swear, last summer here near Eureka (N of Whitefish), close to the border with Canada, around solstice time, the twilight gets dim never fades to black, and no matter how early you wake up, the sky is already blue. I checked a map to see how close to the arctic circle we are. Nope, not at all close. But the dark sure is brief in summer. Forget to look out the window right at midnight, you might think there's no night.
He talks to a map dude
British Columbia?
What you didn’t mention is that all the small towns of Montana follow their Schools class C sports volleyball, Basketball, and football. We travel all over and it’s a huge cultural thing in Montana! The entire town follows their high school sports team! There was a documentary made about it! That’s what we do in the winter! Then everyone goes to the bar and drinks beer and has pizza while the little kids run around or play on the pool tables! That’s what small town life is like in Montana! I grew up I. A town of 800!
Valley county Checking in!!!
GO SCOTTIES!!!!!
@@stevenbeardshear8639 yay!!! I grew up in park county!! Now I’m in Billings
Victor "village" checking in.
Sounds exactly like the hilltowns/Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Nothing but small towns, and everyone takes great pride in their local high school sports teams!
The geography of Montana is so majestic!
Montana is a great state for outdoor fun.
Yea the grizzlies don't care where you are from..
@@rickmiller7552 It's called bear spray lol.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 ..if you can stand there until the bear is 20 ft away....as my granny would say....that's like hunting a bear with a switch...I want to go with you...
If the grizzlies don’t kill you, a hunter mistaking you for a grizzly will.
@@rickmiller7552 its called 7.62x54
I visited Montana for the first time last month. I fell in love with Montana. Great people (mostly conservative who believe in America/Constitution), good roads, speed limit 80 (means 85+), no traffic jams, beautiful mountains, and the best National Park, Glacier. I flew into Bozeman, great airport.
You may be surprised to discover that
Montana is filled with as many Liberals
as Conservatives.....
The ability to understand who is what,
may reveal some interesting effects.....
will visit it this year!
@@seniorzhang9114 We welcome visitors, the current settlement of some areas of Montana has made it difficult to turn around, but come on anyway.....
@@danielhutchinson6604 thank you. Are you a local?
@@seniorzhang9114 The Bitterroot Valley, along the Idaho border....
I live on the Flathead Reservation and we have the most beautiful reservation, here in Montana. Not all Native American's drink and do drugs and the reservations are not dangerous. Get your facts straight.
Right!
Haha try doing anything there, fishing, hiking, hunting. See how far you get.
Thank you MJ
Agreed !
Yeah I have a house in polson and I love it up there, but I normally live in billings but I go back and visit my second house in polson often
Well a lot of them do I've lived on the Cheyenne, Ft Belknap, And Crow reservations
I am from South Dakota, but have lived in Montana for 27 years. You described the regions pretty accurately. The one word to describe Montana best is diversity, in geography, politics, weather, attitudes, economies, and people. What I love about Montana is the fact that people are independent thinkers and live to the beat of their own drums. The fact you didn't portray accurately is the Native American population. I believe Native Americans account for 8 or 9 percent of Montana's population.
I grew up here, still here, the out of staters are killing Montana. I'm hoping we get fooking arctic here this winter. To run these soft ones out.
So people have to stay in the state they were born?
Yes simulate to the local culture, and leave your filthy liberal ways where you came from.
@@brandonbrown2652 no, just don’t change the place you move into the place you fled. Leave states how the native residents enjoy it.
As a true montanan, born and bred, I'm proud to be! Born in Kalispell but now live in Troy. Love my little hometown....probably won't ever leave Troy! My heart is here and you won't never take Montana out of my heart ❤
ein wunderschönes Land, ich konnte es letztes Jahr besuchen. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland
one of the states I was looking forward to hear you unbox! thanks : ) happy 2021!
I KNEW IT Ligia!! ❤️❤️
Montana is beautiful!
No longer thanks to the raping and pillaging of MT by greedy politicians and realtors
@@thegrand1356 I know what ur saying I read an article a few years back about samething happening to da Swiss alps
Out of my 19 years of living I kid you not this is my first time seeing anything of Montana. As a south Floridian I forgot this pace exists from time to time, but im glad im taking the opportunity to learn about this place
My pastor who lived there used to meet people who thought Montana was a different country!
About the Rez life, damn we've been in curfew since last spring. You drive around at night you'll get ticketed for curfew violations, travel restrictions. We're in shutdown, also not everyone on any Rez is as stated.
If anything you get out at night you'll come across kids still playing, people walking dogs, families live here it's not like it's chaotic.
Yeah that was wrong saying most natives are drinking and gambling and doing drugs. I couldn’t believe he said that.
He doesn't know calf scours from Apple butter. He knows almost nothing about this state.
I visited the Rez in Northern Wisconsin and was appalled to see the restrictions of its residents compared to people like myself passing through. Seemed very authoritarian and Natives deserve the same rights and freedoms as all Americans. I'm half Mexican and Sicilian but have family married into a few different tribes here in Wisconsin.
I felt hurt somewhat. My family is borned and bread there. I lived there also at a time in My life. I never lived like that are seen that kind of living.
“Natives” commit more crime than any other collective
I really enjoyed this video! You're funny and entertaining. Thanks for such great detail and insight. I learned a lot and had fun doing it. I appreciate your knowledge and candor. Keep up the good work.
Sorry we are full. Don't move here!!!! And in winter it is "frozen hell" everywhere.
But come spend your money for a week...the g r Izzy bears like a variety of dineing experience.
Please don't come here, folks. MT is changing too fast by folks moving here and being jerks.
We are happy to stay small!
Yes it's cold very cold so don't come here
Agreed!
It’s horrible living in Montana so everyone should stay away from here, especially if you’re from California, Washington, Oregon, New York and other states like those.
Agreed! This place is a shithole!!👍🏻
I see what you're doing there LOL
@@kingofthorns203 shhhh
Lol I'm from Texas and I'm coming, your funny
I'm from Cali and ashamed of the kind of people that come from here.
Billings and Helena seem a good fit. I'm just a quiet conservative, who wants to find a good Christian church, find a wife and have a family.
I could never understand why people moving somewhere would want to change the culture. It's just a bizarre concept. Moving to Montana and leaving California has been a dream since childhood. I hope now at 31 I can finally make it. Lord willing.
Good luck brother!
How do you feel about the 2nd amendment
Helena is a government town with a liberal Catholic college -- so, progressive, if you get my drift.
Apart from that it's a lovely place to live and raise children.
I love your videos Nick! They are such an enjoyable and educational experience to watch and your huge efforts and research and humorous touch included in making them makes your channel like no other! A 10/10 from this Southern Californian. Your unboxing video series are my favorite and I would love to see an episode on Oklahoma or Missouri. I think the heartland and southern states are the most interesting and could stand to use more attention.
Funny seeing you here bud.😆
As a truck Driver from Ca I loved driving through there from Northern Idaho. Those town pumps are nice. Summer feels lovely there.
I totally agree!
Town Pump shout out!! 👌
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Everyone wants to complain about CA and that's fine, they definitely don't have it all figured out. But as an MT resident who works in the hospitality industry, I run into more people from the East Coast and Texas than from the West Coast, and I'd rather deal with a CA than a NJ, NY or TX any day.
Thank you for that acknowledgment! I am Californian and people stereotype us unfairly. California is a big state, and other than the larger cities in SoCal or Bay Area the rest of the state has smaller towns and cities. We are not all liberal. My town is Bishop, Ca and it is not very different than Montana.
I literally have gone to almost every state that you’ve covered just because your videos are hilarious 😂 Love these...
I grew up in Bigfork and came back after 15 years of moving and working around the country. I love your assessment Nick! Nailed it man!
Montana is seriously beautiful, I love driving across MT. Anytime I get freight going to or coming out of MT, I do a happy dance.
Yay!! New video! Love it. Very informative and fun.
Happy Holiday Nick! ♥️
Yay! You have a good NEW YEAR Celine!
@@NickJohnson Awwww ..thank you. 😘😘
Too bad you're not close to NYC. We could meet up ahahah
I grew up in Montana in the 50s and 60s. It was a great place to be as a kid. When I went to our 50th class reunion, I was shocked at how everything changed. Our old house which at one time was the only house up on the hill, built with square nails, is still there, but the porch, the two big trees out front have disappeared, the back yard had been taken over by a new building, but still looks great, just a block from MSU. A lot of old familiar places are gone. A friend of mine may well sell their house and move elsewheres in the State since property taxes had gone up 500%. I felt like a stranger, more like an alien.
As a disgruntled non-lib Oregonian who's been to Montana thrice, first time in 1998 on a family road trip to Yellowstone (hit Missoula, Deer Lodge, Helena, Butte and Virginia City; stayed between Livingston & Gardiner), and twice, in 2004 & 2020, on Amtrak's Empire Builder line that parallels the HiLine through the whole state... simply put, I love this state; most of it is beautiful it their own way.
Give me the Big Sky over the Big Apple anyday!
To sum it up:
Western & South-Central MT: Next to Idaho
North-Central & Eastern MT: West Dakota
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You've unboxed half the states! What a great milestone.
Actually more! Some haven't aired yet 😘
@@NickJohnson Can you do Delaware??
@@williamperryjr1324 I’m waiting for that one too
Having lived in montana I can say.Nick does an accurate description, I enjoy his songs, he doesn't let lack of talent get in his way.😃
I really enjoy your videos especially your sarcasm. Thanks for the time you take to give us this information ☺️
Highly suggest you do some more videos in Montana about Butte. Im the 5th generation out of this town and we and my family members have basically helped this town on quite a bit. We are the reasoning why the electrical grid is up for the whole United States and we're also one of the oldest towns in Montana. If you go through and drive through the town you're going to find historical Victorian buildings and some of the best eateries in the country.
I moved to Montana from California 1 year ago. It was very hot where I came from and the winters were mild. When people ask me where I come from, I give them an honest even though it's uncomfortable. The laws are enforced and I appreciate it. My core values are closer to the folks in Montana than where I came and I made some friends. I shovel my snow as needed and I help my neighbors clear their walkways. One thing that cannot change is that I'm a wine snob and don't like beer and I've never have seen beaver jerky.
haha that's fair.
I have been here lifelong and have never seen or heard anyone talk about beaver jerky either
Nice to be the 1,000th comment here. I _loved_ Montana in 1982 and 1983, when I covered the Bitterroot Valley for the Missoulian. Once a week I wrote my flyfishing column, Trouting About. _I got paid to go fishing!_
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I haven’t been here in forever I need to start watching this channel again
Hi Nick, greetings from Windsor, Canada, ive watched all of your videos about each state, very informative and entertaining. Thanks
Hey Toby thanks for writing!! Hopefully you learned stuff! ❤️
My favorite Blazing Saddles scene around 10:50...
“How about some more beans, Mr. Taggert!”
“I’d say you had enough!”
classic movie.
That was a all time funny movie.i could not believe they cut that campfire scene out when they put it out on TV.
Nick funny humor and good info. I love Montana the space and freedom the open outdoors. I hope the State does not change with all the new people moving up there. If you do not like the way of life in Montana, then do not move there trying to change the laws. Stay home where you are and do not try to mess this State up.
Too late thanks to the raping and pillaging of MT by greedy politicians and realtors
@@thegrand1356 most of which are not from here! But they sure like taking the money for ruining what we had!
Thanx Nick Norris! Have a happy new year🎉🎇
Hey Patti have a blessed 2021!!
Was just there in early September. I’m South American (Ecuador) and loved the scenery. As long as you respect the locals, they will respect you. People move for different reasons, and I don’t have a problem with cold weather, but was surprised to learn that alcoholism is a very real problem in Montana. I’m currently in Conroe, Texas and life is pretty good there, but the solitude and beauty of Montana is something I will always miss. No place is perfect - not even The Galapagos, but home is definitely what you make of it.
Did you go back to your homeland?
@@jackblack496 - Houston, Texas is my homeland at the moment. So, yes.
@@gigioecu riiiight … it isn’t and we all know that but cope on
@@jackblack496 Real. We all know why Texas is a third world dump.
Merry belated Christmas Nick! Thank you for bringing back mappy and family back in this video! 👍😂
Hey there!! Hope you have a blessed 2021!!
I lived in Missoula 22 years ago, it's amazing how different it is now.
I lived and worked throughout Montana for 5 years and Nick nailed it in 90 seconds
I LOVE watching all your videos! So entertaining 😁
Sheila ❤️❤️
This is my favorite state. I wanted to move here at one time for the beautiful mountains, land and some isolation. However, things turned around in my life. Now I definitely want to go visit and see the majestic views.
Wow that outfit you were sportin’ in this video definitely had a Montana vibe. It’s what I would imagine a local dude at one of their very many bars would be wearing...before he climbs into his 1975 Ford truck where the wheels previously fell off but put on another set of used wheels back on it. I liked the interview segment you added at the end too! 😊
It looks like Nick needs to be more careful when he spits out his chaw juice, he got some on that nice jacket.
Tanya that was my dads coat from like the late 70s :) and yes, my cousin is a cool guy. I'm doing more interviews now :) you have yourself a GREAT start to 2021 :)
what a quality video filled with great material, thank you!
Knew nothing about the state until this. Thanks very much for thoroughly enjoyable information!
My cousins live in Montana. I've been there several times. Going on route 2 is long and can be boring but it is beautiful. Gas up prior to driving!
I totally agree!
Route 2 is great. Yeah or it might be the last gas station you see until you see the tow truck.
I lived there for years, attended Eastern Montana University, had my son in the Billings hospital...it's changed alot since I lived there.
Rocky Mountain College in Billings,MT is where I went to school. Loved the place even though it was freezing cold. Yes tire right, I was the only black African kid in town at the time so life was pretty good standing out like that. I was famous from the Rimrocks to the reservations y’all. lol
Wow how lovely. Thank you for all the pictures. Eva
Nick is 'one of the greatest singer in the history', Maybe the best one, not many people can sing in the way he does...😁🤗
In hiiiiiiiissssstoryyyyyy
Montana is beautiful 😻
it IS Deidra!
Hello, fellow Montanan here, this is so true lmao
And yes, we don't take well to new-staters
That’s alright, if I ever visit and they try to chase me out. I’ll be sure to keep my .38 and AR in my back seat. Just in case
@@brandonmoreno1752 Ah yes, I'm sure that will stop us 😐
Why is that?
@@briangasca6534 liberals ruin every state they move to. Including SC where I live. If you move to a state dont try to change it. Move there because you like the way it already is!!
@@raye9224 Weird since you have a anime pic lol knowing they make fun of people like yourself.
Montana is wonderful living and the last true free state. I have been to every other state and none is as good as Montana.
Montana is the last-frontier state. Great falls to Calgary which has the best picturesque areas.
Alaska is "The Last Frontier"!
No state that is composed of 80% farm land is a "frontier". Vermont and NH are unironically more frontier than Montana or Idaho.
@@user-ec4fm6uq8d it’s so funny you said that, I just recently moved to Montana but was born in VT and raised in NH, and you’re exactly right. There’s nothing there.
Nah. Alaska is the last frontier my dude.
Great Falls is full of meth heads and racists..
Thanks Nick. When I lived in Alberta I always wanted to head south from Calgary and go to Montana but never had the time. This video was awesome to show me around the state thanks!
I love the idea of living in states like Montana, Vermont, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado ❤️.
I am a Bulgarian and was really curious about how real people live in the us. Thanks for the video. Its a big country, oftt the only thing us foreigners see are the crazy things and Hollywood. It is nice to see the national culture.
Hollywood is less than 1% of 1% of 1% of the US..we do not like California either.
@@JesusChrist2000BC agreed by us fellow Texans. I don't even think most Californian's care for all the San Fran and Hollywood lib lunacy.
@@hahna77 That may be true, but the Californians who don't like what's happened to their state have an obligation to fix that shit and rid themselves of the liberal malignancy.
America is such a big place with large regional cultures. A lot of the neighboring states live quite similar this as well, like Idaho, Wyoming, Eastern Washington etc. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) we don't get much attention and so people don't really know anything about us lol
These episodes are partly accurate but also a bit sarcastic. Please Don't judge any US state by watching this channel.
Merry Belated Christmas, Nick. 🎄🎄
Thank you for the video. It’s nice to see what a state REALLY looks like instead of the photoshopped pictures online.
Hey Zach so true
Moved to montana 11 years ago from New York. It is a breath of fresh air. To not be cramped together with many others. The space is very inviting. I am more conservative then liberal. To me it is home.
I’ve lived here for 16 years. I love this place. ❤️🖤❤️
Lived here 15 years. You nailed it in 15 seconds. Clearly, you talked to the right people.
I have family there
I just came across your channel. You are hilarious and I learned alot about Montana while laughing! Subscribed!
Hi Veronica. Welcome ❤️❤️
I love this series so far, can’t wait to see a video on every state left!
24 more to go
This was entertaining on another level. It made me subscribe instantly
Cool
I love the way you make fun of ALL people LOL
Even for states I normally don’t pay attention to, you somehow make entertaining videos about. Now I want to move to Montana.
it's super cool Megha!
Too late sold out by the greedy politicians and realtors
Used to live in Montana. Now I live in Texas and I miss it there. I still kept my 406 area code and it's illegal for robo calls to call to that area code. 406 is a pretty sacred number in Montana, I remembered the 406 mile marker by I-90 was changed to 405.99.
From my experiences in Billings, besides trucks, there's tons of Subarus.
V Good as usual. Loved the video editing and shots of scenery, a lot of effort put in. Learned lots.
No comment about the singing in this video. Not going to make the top 10 😂
I’ll still buy them to support your channel
Looking fwds to the states you haven’t unboxed yet !
Great job, Nik, and happy New Year!
That song at the end, though... 😂🤣🤦🏼♀️🤣😂
Hey Amy you can buy it on iTunes ya know 😉
Great video. I visited MT in 2019 & 2020 both visits to Whitefish as I have a friend living Kalispell. In 2019 arrived in late Sept and it was snowing, but still visited lots of lakes, Glacier NP, both east & west, drove around Flat Head lake, beautiful. In 2020, visited Yellowstone NP, so I saw lots of MT. When I arrived, the air was horrible due to wildfires. Luckily, rained the next day and cleared the air. MT is a beautiful natural wonder, and everyone should visit; but not while I’m there😁.
Yes Tom! Let's not spoil it :)
Hilarious! I love this video and can’t wait to visit Montana.
I love living here and raising my livestock. ❤ I don't love seeing the population increase and housing market raise by the minute.
Are that many people really moving there?
Lucky you! I’m jealous. lol
This was fun, Nick. Your cousin Tanner is cute. 😌
He's a ladies man for sure
Subarus all over liberal Missoula lol, literally
They got that AWD
From your post, it sounds like I may not fit in because I'm from Alabama and a huge conservative.
I grew up in MOntana from like 97-18 and I love the effect it had on me, my family made us hunt, fish and explore and I got really into it with my friends but what he said about the winter months is true and I needed to get away
Nick Johnson you’re hilarious 😂 😆. I love your videos. “If you Live in Montana” is my new favorite song.
Cool! You can buy it on iTunes did you know? The link is in the description, Natalie.
Nick, May you, and your family have a very Merry Christmas Happy Holidays, good health.. All the best in the New Year..
You too!!
Just moved to Montana and Nick you nailed it! I eat raw meat, drive a pickup and drive real fast!
you're already a true montanan then!
Nick, Thanks for uploading this video. My plan is to move back to Greatfalls to work. I used to work on Malmstrom Air Force Base' helicopters. As a matter of fact, my photo/'avatar' is of me sitting in the dead of winter about ten years ago in one of the Hueys at work. Had a real great time maintaining them. It sure does get very cold out there for a majority of the year, but the freedoms you have when you are a Montana resident outweighs whatever inconvenience you can think of. I've been to the 'Going to the Sun Road' northeast of Kalispell. Been to Billings. The very first 'KOA' (Kampground of America) is located in Billings. Been to the Helena area for military training on numerous occasions. First job in Montana was at Fort Benton to lay railroad tracks at a grain silo. That work is definitely for the young. Been to Wolf Point (in the north east of the state) there was more railroad track work to do. Livingston, near the Wyoming border, is a nice place to visit. If you need to travel into Idaho from Missoula, using hwy 12 will give you 99 miles of curves. Ask me how I know. Greatfalls has 5 dams and has a history of 'The Corps of Discovery' with Lewis and Clark traveling through the area on their way to the Pacific Ocean. I forgot to mention the 'hooters'. The Hutterites. They are an off-shoot of the Amish and German descent. 'Google' it. Interesting stuff. You find them in Greatfalls and Canadians too. They drive down into Montana all the time.
The opening shot of Glacier - my grandfather worked on that road (there is a dump truck at the bottom of the valley that went rolling off the road). I think about moving back - but the winters are harsh and long and dreary, air travel expensive. Asheville has a little bit of Missoula similarities, a distant cousin.
Apparently I’m blessed with my MN plates because I travel to and through MT every opportunity I get and even when I’m sometimes on roads that once used to be roads, but are *definitely* no longer roads, I’ve never gotten anything other than friendly hand waves, hi signs, and farmer waves.
In my experience with Montana, there seems to be a connection between MN and MT. My hubby and I lived in Deer Lodge, MT for 2.5 years and the friendliest most welcoming people we met were transplants from MN! (At the Lutheran church, of all places!)
Funny how my sister and I were watching this video when the AC guy came to make a quick repair, and he asked us if we were watching Nick Johnson. He said he loves your channel and that a few of his friends watch your channel too. We all feel like we learn a lot of interesting stuff about all of the US. ☺️
Wait what??? No way!
I love your channel!! Please do every state!!