My Favorite Weird Town in America | Truth or Consequences

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  • @PolyPixel
    @PolyPixel 2 місяці тому +6

    We were laughing at the misconceptions that you had about the town, starting with "We all know what that is about" for the building with 420 on it. That has nothing to do with marijuana although it is legal here. It is merely the address, 420 Broadway of a coffee shop gathering spot. Then when you started talking about the fake signs and buildings like they were real! However, the fact that you have immortalized the changes in the town as Eddington on your video is priceless! It was so much fun to watch! Almost nothing is left of Eddington. It was great when the filming was going on here (maybe not for some of the businesses but for the town as a whole.) and great to see what it was like during that time thanks to you. It was nice to see things though a totally naive and fresh eye. P.S. The small post office you visited closes at noon, but the main newer post office is on Date St and is open regular hours. It is likely that at one time there was a fallout shelter in the post office you visited.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому +2

      It’s funny, because I’ve visited T or C a few times before so it took me quite a while to realize what was real and what was fake - as you can see on the video. Haha. I initially thought names of business were changed in a small part of downtown, but came to realize Eddington had taken over MOST of the Main Street. Very interesting and unique, and I’m soooo excited to see the movie when it comes out. I planned to do a full city walkthrough minus the Eddington stuff, but it did seem like a unique opportunity to capture what was happening at the time. I will, however, have a proper video about T or C sometime in the future. Thank you sooo much for watching, and I hope I didn’t frustrate you too much with my novice takes on the town. 🤗❤️

  • @krislittman5725
    @krislittman5725 3 місяці тому +4

    Thanks for featuring our sweet little desert oasis! This quirky place got a little weirder when the movie came to town for sure. One of the funniest business takeovers was our super cool little venue (music, drinks), Love Shack, was turned into the Christ Center. You can sip some Sangria and give snaps to the music guest! Lastly, thanks for giving some love to our Skoolie, Old Bess, who was "starring" in Eddington. We're very proud of her for starting her film career so late in life 😊. Come back and see us and bring some friends!

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому +1

      Haha. I kept seeing Skoolie all over town! I remember the venue, but it’s been a while since I was in town … so I couldn’t figure out if it was part of the movie or a new thing in town. Thanks for the heads up!!! 🤗❤️

    • @krislittman5725
      @krislittman5725 3 місяці тому

      @ObscuristTourist the movie DID hire her twice! We just usually use her to camp 🏕

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      @@krislittman5725 haha. Love it. She’s doing double duty!!! What a legend. 🫡

    • @20Mr.Love24
      @20Mr.Love24 Місяць тому +1

      You may know my dad if you still live there!

  • @ravenwillow
    @ravenwillow 3 місяці тому +15

    You missed the best parts of our town by limiting yourself to 2 streets. We have so many fantastic places to share. A healing arts center, 5 dispensaries, a bowling alley, a glamp camp, a town full of healers and artists. The Rio Grande runs right through our town and offers floating in the summer. The Healing Waters Trail offers hiking with an incredible view of the town. A walk through of Ralph Edward's Park when mentioning Fiesta would have been beautiful since it was the main host of the party for so many years. This video didn't even know the difference between real businesses, closed businesses and movie sets. You showed our beautiful mountain from behind trees. If you want to feature our town please come back and let a local give you a proper tour first. We have so much to offer.

    • @aurorasugarmagnolia
      @aurorasugarmagnolia 3 місяці тому +2

      What a rude commercial on this mans video. Not all residents are so salty!

    • @ravenwillow
      @ravenwillow 3 місяці тому +4

      I don't feel that it is salty to say that our town is absolutely beautiful and what is shown here is not a representation of our town at all. Nor do I feel like I am running a commercial when I get no reimbursement, nor did I mention any business name. Just a person that loves my town.

    • @aurorasugarmagnolia
      @aurorasugarmagnolia 3 місяці тому

      @@ravenwillow other people can create videos of places without needing such criticisms of their effort. He did this for fun not your emotions. Entitlement to be so nasty about this one makes me less inclined to support your efforts in the town. Salty af.
      He's a visitor! A guest.
      Think about it.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому +1

      I’ve been to T or C a few times in the past, so I was a little confused upon this visit with the movie in town. I recognized some stuff as being from the movie, but not others. Regardless, there is another, longer and more immersive video of T or C in the works. I absolutely love your town, so please understand this one was more related to the main strip and the love, of course. More to come!!! 🤗❤️

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому +1

      I 100% get that. There is a longer and more immersive video on T or C in the works, that has zero relation to the movie and takes you off the strip. Hold tight. ❤️

  • @kimberlywilliams2656
    @kimberlywilliams2656 2 місяці тому +1

    Smile when I see these little videos about our town.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching! Love your town 🤗❤️

  • @reedberry
    @reedberry 24 дні тому

    Visiting TorC is definitely on my bucket list. I'm not old enough to remember the radio show starring Ralph Edwards for which the city is named but, as a teenager, I did attend quite a few tapings of the TV version of the show, hosted by Bob Barker, taped here in L.A. The show was more fun than the city appears to be, but certainly worth a visit at some point.

  • @justnerdystuff
    @justnerdystuff 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi, your video here came up on my feed because I like history/traveler/sightseeing of American towns and I was quite impressed with your presentation in your video and so I subscribed and now I am adding you to my favorite sightseeing UA-camrs (such as Sightseeing Sally, Travel with a Wise Guy and Sidetrack Adventures.) It sounds like you are a local as you mentioned Truth or Consequences in the way we call it T or C. I moved to Las Cruces in '21 and have been to TRC at least once a year to visit River Bend Spa - LOVE that place, you can use the spa pools for only $15 an hour! Very cheap adventure if you ask me. Looking forward to seeing your videos and I'll be going to your page and starting from your oldest watching your videos and commenting and liking. I don't watch regular TV so these are now my TV shows. The only thing I would ask you to change is if you are going to use European measurements, like Celsius, please also say the American measurement like Fahrenheit. I have no idea what 34 degrees is, and had to google it.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the kind words. I’m actually not a local. I live in Toronto in Canada. Couldn’t be less of a local - hence why I use Celsius. Haha. I will take your suggestion to heart and post the Fahrenheit exchange whenever I mention Celsius from now on. Truth be told; I have never understood how to translate C to F on the spot. 🤗

    • @justnerdystuff
      @justnerdystuff 2 місяці тому

      @@ObscuristTourist I had a feeling you were Canadian when you said a word with ou, like out because Canadians out and about sounds like oot and about. Plus you were naturally using Celsius. They are really trying to make us Americans change to that and they even do it in hospitals when weighing you. So because I unfortunately visit the hospital so often, I now know that if you times the metric number by 2.2 you get pounds, because the nurses are always too busy to tell me what it is in pounds.

  • @20Mr.Love24
    @20Mr.Love24 3 місяці тому +2

    My Dad still lives there. Man,if i was with you i could show you some awesome things!

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      I could use a little local knowledge for the next time I’m in town!!! 😎🤗

  • @justnerdystuff
    @justnerdystuff 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm so happy for TRC, they will have another big tourist boost after this movie comes out. Hopefully it will make it big and draw a lot of people to visit TRC and of course Las Cruces the 2nd largest city in New Mexico is only 1 1/2 hours south with a ton of touristy, artistic, foodie stuff going on here. With Hatch, the chili capital of the world for Hatch Chilis in between TRC and Las Cruces -

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому +1

      I’ve been to Hatch a ton of times, but never fully explored Las Cruces. I always pass through LC whenever I’m driving to or back from White Sands. I can’t wait to see Eddington, and really hope it does bring more tourists out to T or C. 😎

    • @justnerdystuff
      @justnerdystuff 2 місяці тому

      @@ObscuristTourist There is a REALLY OLD town next to Las Cruces and it's called Mesilla. It's older than New Mexico and was a Mexican town. There is an exit for it off of I-10. You should check it out.

    • @progkast
      @progkast 23 дні тому

      Never heard of LC described as touristy, artistic or a foodie place 🤷‍♀Been here quite awhile. And it's "chile". "Chili" is the brown bean and meat concoction from Texas 😉

  • @StoneyBudsman
    @StoneyBudsman Місяць тому

    Always enjoyed eating at A & B and of course all the Hot Springs are a must every visit. Hope to be back in 25

  • @tomfields3682
    @tomfields3682 3 місяці тому +1

    I remember that TV show!
    "Don't go 'way, it's time to play...Truth (ding, ding, ding!), or consequences (Buuuuzzzz!)

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому

      🤗❤️

    • @reedberry
      @reedberry 24 дні тому

      Or, as Charlie Lyon used to say when he announced the TV version in the 1960s and 70s, "Hello there, we've been waiting for you! It's time to play Truth (BUZZ) or Consequences."

  • @JSees
    @JSees 3 місяці тому +2

    It is a agave plant or a century plant, not aloe.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      Botany is not my strong suit!!! Thank yooooooou!!! 🌴🤗

  • @progkast
    @progkast 23 дні тому

    I was wondering about some of those businesses in the opening sequence... I was like... How long has THAT been there. That ain't right... and wait a minute, that's not the name of that place! hahah. Next time you visit TorC you need to go to the pond down the road aways from where you were, then see if you can get inside Ted Turner's Restaurant, Sierra Grande - have always wondered what it looked like inside there. It's hidden by a fence all the way around it. You'd never know it was there if you didn't know. Maybe, just maybe, they'd let you look around. Then finish up with an excursion to Elephant Butte.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  22 дні тому

      Funny … when I arrived I was like “Why has so much changed here in town”? It took me a little bit to realize what was happening. No one has told me about Sierra Grande … so it’s definitely on my list of places to try and visit! Thanks for that. Also, thank you so much for watching! 🤗

  • @miraarim
    @miraarim 9 днів тому

    Do you know if there’s any health food stores there?

  • @20Mr.Love24
    @20Mr.Love24 3 місяці тому +2

    I meant to same when i was you.ger the A&B used to have a 1 lb meat burrito that was the absolutely best! That was pro ably 25 years ago so, wonder if you tried there food!

  • @juandavidhenriquez6938
    @juandavidhenriquez6938 5 місяців тому +2

    God, I already wanted to see a trailer or a teaser for the new black comedy western film Eddington by Ari Aster, I don't know if the filmmaker was inspired by the film Herod's Law by Luis Estrada but removing the Mexican politics and adding Qanon, COVID-19, the fights between right and left parties and the year 2020.
    It already made me want to visit that town in New Mexico.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  5 місяців тому +1

      It’s such a cool place. You gotta go!!!

    • @AreYouFeckingWithMe
      @AreYouFeckingWithMe 6 днів тому

      Just don't move there permanently, lol. You'll find that the charming, small town hospitality wears off once you are considered a local, not a tourist. Go ahead and ask anyone who isn't a small business owner that needs to charm the tourists how that town really is - you will get a completely different story. I lived there for far too many years, but thankfully this time I moved, I brought my mom with me, so I will never live in that cesspool again.
      P.S. The town and surroundings itself isn't what is bad - it's 100% half the people there that make it awful. 😂

  • @ranchodelasirena7485
    @ranchodelasirena7485 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video. Kinda funny that the narrator is a little out of breath because of the high altitude.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      I live at sea level, so I’m ALWAYS out of breath in T or C. I’m like an old man. 😂

  • @Thewhitewarrior
    @Thewhitewarrior 5 місяців тому +1

    My grandparents live there and I saw the filming of eddington in March and saw the walking phoenix

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  5 місяців тому +1

      Amazing! I’d love it if my grandparents lived in T or C! 🤗

    • @Thewhitewarrior
      @Thewhitewarrior 5 місяців тому

      @@ObscuristTouristtrue

  • @Texaswill
    @Texaswill 3 місяці тому +1

    The art in the post office is not native American. Its a product of a Depression Era program that created work for artists . Similar art is in old post offices all over the country

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому

      @@Texaswill Good to know! Someone outside the post office told
      Me it was Native American art - so they clearly gave me bad info. Thanks!!!

  • @louisgervasio7570
    @louisgervasio7570 3 місяці тому

    Hey I live here and I thought you did great my friend

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for watching Louis! Love your town. 🤗❤️

    • @louisgervasio7570
      @louisgervasio7570 3 місяці тому

      Hell yeah...now I moved around when I was younger.. I was and thinking this town sucks
      And I'm older now..I kinda understand it now 🤣

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому +2

      @@louisgervasio7570 I live in Toronto (pop. 3 million). I loved it when I was younger, but as I’ve gotten older I really, REALLY appreciate the charm of smaller towns. I’ve been going to T or C for over a decade and not much has changed, but so much changes in a year in a big city. I also love the pace of a place like T or C. Just a very different vibe

    • @louisgervasio7570
      @louisgervasio7570 3 місяці тому

      @@ObscuristTourist well if your in town look me up and I will show you...see that tree got bigger

  • @Josie-xq9cn
    @Josie-xq9cn 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video. Some of your spots were just part of the movie set (the desert rose bar…not a bar; the Christian place…a wine bar).

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      Wow. Despite visiting many times, I was completely fooled about what was real and what wasn’t. It’s been a while since my last visit. Thanks for pointing that out. 🤗😎

  • @arockalypsgaming
    @arockalypsgaming 5 місяців тому

    Used to live there in the late 80's and it's nice to see so much is the same. Gonna have to go back one of these days and check it out since being a teenager at the time I didn't give it a chance (going from beach front views to desert kinda was a shock).

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  4 місяці тому

      I’ve been visiting since 2010 and I absolutely love that it hasn’t changed at all. I love cool towns that tourists have not yet discovered. Though, I’m sure the town itself would fully welcome way more tourists

    • @progkast
      @progkast 23 дні тому

      @@ObscuristTourist It gets pretty busy for at least a few months out of the year - when people come to the Lake for recreation. July, in particular, is a very bad month - particularly around the 4th and on weekends.

  • @JustToMessAround
    @JustToMessAround 3 місяці тому

    I saw myself at 18:10😂😂

  • @THERANGEPRODUCTIONS1883
    @THERANGEPRODUCTIONS1883 3 місяці тому +1

    It good video ,but T or C has lot MORE to offer then our great downtown and T or C is gateway to many other great areas of Sierra County . I hope one day you visit and show off rest of our beautiful little county seat ..

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому +1

      Hiiii!!! This video was kind of a weird one, as I planned on a bigger more immersive video on T or C and stepping off the strip. I will do that one in the future! Promise. Thanks for watching and, of course, I love your town. ❤️❤️🤗

    • @BillMoree
      @BillMoree 2 місяці тому

      County Seat! Just to be clear, the county seat was stolen! We'll get it back! One day. Someday. - Hillsboro resident.

  • @nancyearickson5412
    @nancyearickson5412 2 місяці тому +2

    Yeah they film the movie here and then stiffed the town for the bills they owed and we got to pay the movies electric bill thank you so much

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  Місяць тому

      For real?! That is absolutely awful and VERY unfortunate. 🥺🤬

  • @levistokes3960
    @levistokes3960 5 місяців тому

    Ive always wanted to go there. Roswell is cool too.

  • @megantrujillo5623
    @megantrujillo5623 3 місяці тому +1

    I lived there for 7 years just got out lmao

  • @charliemare8363
    @charliemare8363 2 місяці тому +1

    but the towns water/sewer infrastructure is horrible! The city does the bare minimum when it comes to repairs of the water lines and regular flooding of some areas and they do not clear the brush overgrowth as they should. I love the town but come on city, take care of these problems.

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  2 місяці тому

      I have never experienced anything negative from a city infrastructure standpoint, but I’m also only visiting a few days out of the year. That being said; your issues are ones I’ve heard from a few residents over the years. Hopefully they can sort it all out sooner than later. 🙏

  • @JK-xj6ux
    @JK-xj6ux Місяць тому

    They filmed mad love with drew barrymore and chris O'Donnell in that exact same building back in the 90's. (Drew Barrymore was very rude to everyone including the waiters at los arcos.)

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  Місяць тому

      No way! Thats awesome … but also, I’ve heard stories of Drew’s notorious rudeness from back in the day. Very unfortunate. 😡

  • @20Mr.Love24
    @20Mr.Love24 3 місяці тому

    How dare you call Eddington!

    • @20Mr.Love24
      @20Mr.Love24 3 місяці тому

      I'm just kidding bro I don't miss that town. the only thing I miss from there is my dad and my sister and my brother!

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      😂

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      I can fully understand why someone would want to escape from T or C. I love to visit there; but even after two days I started to get a little antsy to leave.

  • @chantalorosco3369
    @chantalorosco3369 3 місяці тому +1

    That was an agave or century plant. Not an aloe. The same kind of plant you make tequila from.
    Also, we don't have any bars or saloons downtown. We have Raymonds bar, Los Arcos, and the golf course at Turtleback Mountain Resort. Most of what you saw was for the movie set. Most places downtown is art galleries and chochki stores. TorC Brewery is great. They have an AMAZING Cosmic Blonde. TorC is known as the Santa Fe of Southern NM.
    I watched the video, and i mean no offense but If you're a tourist and filming these places, why aren't you learning more about them to educate your subscribers prior to filming so that you can educate people about these destinations?
    Literally you could have taken 10 minutes to talk to any local and learned about the town prior to filming this. 😂

    • @ObscuristTourist
      @ObscuristTourist  3 місяці тому

      I totally understand the frustration, and the plan was to do a broader video on T or C … but the Eddington filming in the town made that impossible. The plan is to do a longer video that is more immersive about T or C, so don’t worry! 🤗

  • @CindyRiley-p5o
    @CindyRiley-p5o Місяць тому

    you should have gotsome info ahead of time