Oregon's Worst Rural Towns.
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- What are Oregon's Worst Rural Towns? Or What are the towns in Oregon you don't want to buy real estate?
Oregon is a great state, but like all states, Oregon has some places that aren't great and you probably would want to buy a home there.
But, are you thinking about moving to Rural Oregon? Did you watch our best rural towns in Oregon video? If you did, today the judgmental pendulum swings back the other way. That is right we are looking at the worst Rural towns in Oregon. These days I try and keep a positive vibe on this channel, but this video has been requested a lot. Whenever I post the best rural town video I get a flood of emails that all start with “What about this town” and then they list some other random rural town that in most cases looks like a miserable place to live.
So, I thought I should start listing the towns you should probably avoid. Are these towns absolutely the worst places on earth? No, they just have bad stats, a bad location, things like that.
These towns have high crime, high unemployment numbers, and more than enough poverty to go around.
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I have lived in Oregon all my 70 years and so did my daddy and grand-daddy. My great and great great moved here long, long ago. I have visited all these horrible small towns, fished in these rivers and floated down them. Awful, awful experiences every one. Briggs is correct. Never even think of abandoning the wonders of California or New York or New Jersey to come here. Bad, bad mistake. Just stay where you are and leave us demented, unemployed methheads to take care of ourselves. Thanks.
Yup, I see what you're doin' there....Keep it up, please...
Yep 100% true Oregon in general sucks
You'll regret it. The people that stay in Oregon is only because we can't move out or are addicted to meth due to personal possession of drugs legalized. We all had SAD. It's not like Portlandia people. It's like requiem for a dream. If it isn't under the counter drugs, then it's over the counter antidepressants.
For the people that don't get this comment,
Oregon SUCKS!!!
DO NOT fucking move here.
Confirmed.
The stats regarding crime rates, homeless/
My relief at my town not making the list is tempered by the fact that I've been to all these towns and in a couple of instances said, "hmm, this might not be a bad place to live..."
As someone from grants pass I had this same thought lol
As someone in Eugene, I hear ya!
Just shows how inaccurate this style of videos are. For entertainment purposes only.
I’m from southern Oregon and maybe it is too big but Cave Junction is the real #1. Great example of when the people of the community vote out law enforcement. CJ is filled with trailers and people that don’t wanna be found.
Haha my friend's dad lives in Cave Junction he's kind of a bum 😂🤣
Meth Junction is more accurate
Exactly right. Self policing at its finest.
lol.. or any of them hidden little towns.. hiding out by the state line..
@John Marley I vote for Cave Junction as well! And all of Josphine county. The anti tax tea party patriots were like we don't need no cops we all have guns.Lowest property taxes around!
Long before the term defund the police was invented. They also defunded the jail and the library's and the county parks look like hell but it's a great place to be if you like meth or don't like paying taxes!
Thanks for putting this out! You’re right! People would absolutely HATE these small towns. They should stay in the cities, where everything is much better.
Ruby Ridge Y'all Queda types are the worst of the Confederate Crothfruit. High Five!
Not sure what TF you are talking about, so enjoy typing needlessly and have a good day.
Eugene is awesome. I love it. Don't know why you natives dog your cities. It's not any better around the country. And no it's nothing to do with our democratic leaders
Grew up in a small town in SW Oregon. Jokingly, my dad used to reference life in a small town as knowing who's checks are good and who's wives weren't.
Why what did they husbands do
@@moemoney444 Everything else.
If they worked in corrections they used to swap wives. Dunno if they still do in that part of oregon. Most of the participants would be 50-60 now and likely divorced otherwise.
I was really surprised Sweet Home, Oregon didn’t make this list.
I was not surprised Falls City made the list.
I drove thru tho!
Had to visit the Valley of the Giants!
I definitely went armed tho there were no problems!
That is literally why I clicked on this to see if sweet home was on here HA!
I had a relative by marriage who lived there.
Drug dealer.
Got killed.
That’s all I know about Sweet Home.
Drove through SH a few days ago. Not real impressed. Especially after being captivated by the charm of Brownsville, just 20 miles west of SH.
Oregon native, born here and raised. After traveling to many other places, I feel Oregon is not a bad place to live. It’s beautiful. We have somewhat mild weather. Where I live( A university town), the traffic is not awful. We have all types of landscape, and the crime is not over the top. Our worst problem in my town is that Housing is not cheap. It’s not exciting, unless you love the outdoors( Which I do).
I am surprised that Chiloquin didn’t make this list! Sweet Home is another small town that I’m shocked not to see on here.
Thank you Briggs!⭐️ Love your videos! Keep ‘em coming!😄
I'm guessing Corvallis
@@sadiewilson7053 Yes! 😄
@@katebarker8410 I'm not far from you in Jefferson.
Went floating down the Santiam yesterday!
Good times!
@@sadiewilson7053 Oh I love floating!!! Glad you got to enjoy the river!
@Kate barker so true on those small towns...depressing
High poverty levels seem to go hand-in-hand with high crime, low education levels, and high unemployment.
you forgot meth usage
None of these cities even touch the crime levels of the shit cities in diversity california
PLUS.. DEMONCRATES" in POWER ‼️‼️‼️🪲🪲
That’s not the only reason people have been so poor and uneducated in the past that you wouldn’t believe the poverty they suffered but they still believed in right and wrong and they were taught that by parents and through the system . Truth is many people today are just no damn good!
Then how do you explain Portland, the crown jewel of highly educated dumb liberals where crime and drug use are rampant? It’s all how you vote.
I was born and raised in Southern Oregon. My experience has been that there are a lot of really good people, and just a few creeps. {I just hope that not too many people think that I should fall into that creep list. Hmmm} Just like anywhere else a lot just depends on what you like or don't like. Some things are really important to some but not important to others. I'm now 63 and can honestly say that most of the kids that I went to school with back then I have a deep love in my heart for. That's one of the great things about growing up in a small rural town.
@WOKE SOCIETY LLC Do you mean small minded racist people who don't like small towns? Growing up in a small town in Southern Oregon, I never really saw any racism until I moved away to live in city areas. Small minded? That would not be a very good description of the people that I had the privilege of getting to know while growing up.
Was born and raised in falls city oregon. A majority of my life I have gone through that place and can assure you that everyone knows everyone and it is because we know who everyone is that if you lived there for awhile, you know who is capable of getting what for you. From an outsider's perspective, Falls city oregon is a place filled with undesirables. For me, I am confident enough to walk through my home town alone even as a 6 year old, knowing the people there were people who knew my parents and grandparents, and respected our space and in turn we respected others because of it. Everybody looks out for everybody for the most part, but like the video says, there is the 10% who do cause problems. It is not a town to cause problems in. Everybody wants to be left alone to do what they want to do. The rule of law is to mind your own business and everyone is happy.
Now im not saying its a town for everyone, and its not the town it used to be anymore. I am still confident enough to walk around falls city on my own, but for others? Just be smart about who you interact with and make friends with. If you aren't someone who is used to paying attention to people and being mindful about them, then it isn't a place for you to be in. If you are familiar with that kind of lifestyle then moving into the town shouldn't be an issue for you.
Briggs, I like that your videos are highly informative as well as entertaining. I'm guessing that worst rural towns will become a regular series, interspersed through all the other series you do. I sure hope so.
Yup we will be mixing them in as we finish the great rural town series. And thank you for watching.
Oregon has some good people, but the government sucks.
That is because of Trump and his cronies
@@user-bm4ic4kx2w is today opisite day? Or are you having a stroke?
@@user-bm4ic4kx2wI can see you are delusional. Trump doesn't give 2 shits about Oregon.
Fact of the matter is Oregons social services programs have been overwhelmed! Partly its own doing, partly people moving here and paying outlandish prices for land and homes, raise property values and thus taxes, and partly the large cities to our east who for decades have given their homeless one way tickets west coast cities telling them we can help them get back on their feet better then they can.
Oregon is a blue state but blue states still contribute more to the federal government than they take!
Three of the five most “dependent” states are deep red states!
@@user-bm4ic4kx2w No its because of the pair of dykes and libtard policies that have run Oregon into the ground.
My sister told about some friends in Fall City whose pickup wouldn't start one morning. Someone had stolen the battery during the night. About a week after replacing the battery, theywoke to find their old battery and an envelope with a note apologizing for stealing their battery. Included were a pair of tickets for a football game at Oregon State University in Corvallis against University of Oregon, offered to compensate for the inconvenience. They had a nice time at the game, but returned to a totally empty unfurnished house.
that's a genius criminal right there....
I was going to write your last sentence as a comment before I even read it.
I hope they get caught
Now there's an impressive scam!
That did NOT happen in Falls City, you're talking about Fall City, this video is about Falls City.
No Walmart in Spray? He says that like it's a bad thing.
hahaha...
Thought the same thing.
As someone born and raised in Oregon, you pronounced it correctly. That means you're video is worth watching.
Edit: judging by the accent (one of which is similar to mine). I can tell you're Oregonian.
Your not you're..... Orygun
Actually, he pronounced it Orogun. It was like fingernails on a chalk board every time he said it. Above, Speed Freak spelled the correct pronunciation: Orygun
At least he didn't pronounce it Oregone. Here in western Minnesota they do. It drives me nuts. I ask them "Where did it go?' Zoom, right over their heads.
If you can't drive a motor vehicle worth a damn, hate sunny days, let everyone know your ancestors settled here way back when, then you're a "Boregonian".
Falls City is spot on. It's sketchy. There's some things going on in that community that I'm not even going to mention here.
As far as the creek goes, I have fly fished it a couple times. I always have wierdos that stare at me just waiting for me to say something.
Last summer I had 3 knuckle draggers follow me as I was heading back to my truck. They were absolutely going to jump me. They were moving up closing the distance. It was on.
As soon as I got to my truck I pulled my sidearm out of my fly vest.
At that moment they asked me where I was from and where is my fish. Super odd.
I answered this creek is catch & release for trout.
They glanced at my sidearm and went back down the trail from where we walked out.
I left.
It's a hell hole with a nice little creek running through it.
Ya I know someone that lives out there.
I've been in the Salem area most of my life & I've always heard, "No cops in Falls City!"
Made sure I packed when I went to the Valley of the Giants!
No problems but did see some sketchy people for sure!
I grew up about 30 minutes from FC. There's a reputation of some real creepy stuff that has gone on there for years. And I wouldn't go through there without my sidearm.
Above town there's mushroom (legal and illegal) harvesting that brings in some bad actors.
Please elaborate on creepy stuff...
Thanks for the wonderful information about Oregon. I would like to see a video on the best and worst beach cities/towns of Oregon. Even though there are just a few of them.
The best city on the Oregon Coast is Newport.
What beach towns are the worst?
Best beach city, Lincoln City, worst Coos Bay
@@taurus1647 Coos Bay
Yachats is amazing
I’m very familiar with Maupin. While it is a bit isolated, the idea that it’s a bad place to live isn’t really accurate. It’s a cute small town with a lot of good community spirit, and increasingly good infrastructure. I like Briggs but he must not have been to Maupin in recent years
Are you talking about Biggs? I’m not aware of a Briggs Oregon. Biggs Junction is east of The Dalles.
@@peterdallman4550 Briggs is the human doing the video- good videos,Briggs.
@@nealamesbury1480 Gotcha. Well Maupin isn’t such a bad place, small and isolated but a Hunter and fisherman’s paradise. People I know who live there love it.
Agreed.
And that nice track and field complex? The dream-fulfilled in memory of my brother-on-law, Dan Carver. So cool!
The Deschutes is a serious river. I would advise getting drunk after the raft trip unless you want to end up at the bottom of it. Another great video, props from Portlandia.
Serious river means serious drinking.
Just did a 4 day rafting trip there last week ending in Maupin, but my group was all Mormons so I was sober except for one night a snuck a few shots in. That class 4 rapid was pretty scary!
The Rogue River is pretty sweet too!
But I also love the Santiam river! 😉
@@sadiewilson7053 One of the rafts in my group had a massive patch on the side from a trip down that river. Apparently it’s pretty tough, great scenery though. I want to raft that one one of these days.
seriously though ~ born n raised oregonian here and I can say that i’ve known multiple people to die in that river, many of which alcohol was part of the equation. it’s all fun and games till it isn’t.
I'm in Huntington Oregon. Pop..541 moved here from Phoenix..big time culture shock ...but I can honestly say I love it.. Boise and hour or so away and Ontario got everything I need ...
You know Robbie H. ?? Late 20s looks like a character from Sons of Anarchy, loves to drink. That’s my buddy.
I remember the days when Huntington was the closest town to Idaho where you could purchase marijuana.
As a former cop I would love to dig into these "crime statistics" something does not seem right, I have been to many of these tiny towns on this list and they were always the kind of place you could leave your doors unlocked, granted if you smarted off to someone a rancher or logger may beat you within an inch of your life. I suspect these terrible crime stats are simply due to their extreme tiny populations, you get five property crimes in six months in a town of a 150 and all of a sudden your crime stats look awful when it may not even be locals as was pointed out likely with Maupin. I remember a small town a hour from me as a kid one year statistically was near being the countries murder capital just that one year because of its tiny population, you get three murders in a small town and your stats look crazy.
Go to Cave Junction. Four murders this past month, constant car, property thefts and home burglaries. Sheriff does not respond. Referring homicides to the state police. "We don't have the resources" (except for coffee & donuts)
Good video. Interesting facts. I lived in Elk City (Lincoln Co) 1978-80, population 22, We had a grovery store, bar, & post office. It was 8mi outside of Toledo where we worked in the lumber mills.
Hello from Depoe Bay Oregon!
My uncle Don used to be the mayor of Toledo!
Hey Tony!
Are the otters still a secret?
@@sadiewilson7053 - Don’s last name. I was there 62-82.
@@tonymontgomery5827 - I love the little harbor and people watching. Whales too
@@sarge420 it's a great little town, definitely going to miss living here.
Born and raised here in oregon. Been to each of these areas due to water well drilling and a fellow who could get water from a stone. Gave me good laughs brought up ol memories and all these places for all they are worth visit before you decide. They are all beautiful in their own right. Thanks for the memories.
Looks like such a beautiful state! Can’t wait to visit one day….this was a fun idea for a video!
It is beautiful and diverse. Hope you can visit.
It is also full of junkies and homeless
@@ryanm4013 In these times it doesn't;t seem to be worse than anywhere else.
@@davidirwin4067 You really wouldn't like it, though. Lots of ornery critters, EVERY...WHERE
Come to Prospect, I'll be your personal tour guide. We'll go in my Jeep..
I almost drove to Falls City once, but decided to not to. I drove through Aumsville and their sign says "A great place to live" and "Come back soon". Compared to Portland and Salem, most likely.
There’s a good bakery in Falls City that makes giant cinnamon rolls. I only know because they have a booth at the Corvallis Saturday market.
Hilarious video (from a rural Oregonian)! A lot of small town people think rural areas are so much safer, but the stats show they often aren't! I was surprised to not see more of the really rural towns in SE Oregon (like fields) they're just so far from anything, like several hours from a grocery store even... Also just want to mention prairie dogs are not found in oregon. We do have ground squirrels, which would make an even more terrible meal than a prairie dog!
How reliable is the livability score? Because I've looked up places and they're livability score is either great or terrible and it just doesn't seem to match up with what I know about those places.
Yeah this seems pretty accurate. From a tiny Oregon town too. Played football against Prospect and went to WOU in Monmouth so, spent some time in Falls City. Wouldn’t wanna live in any of these places. But so far Portland and Detroit are the only places where someone has tried to rob me. So, they could be worse.
Monmouth and a lot of Polk county is awesome! Falls city no
Did you find the Valley of the Giants?
I did!
I knew someone in Falls City who buried a stolen car in his back yard. He was a tow truck driver. Falls City has no city police. Crime is the number one industry in Falls City.
@@sadiewilson7053 hard to find! Hopefully you get lucky and all of the logging roads are open
Amen! Any of these small towns are val Halla compared to the shithole that is Portland.
Its weird that you call gated communities livable. That's a type of prison.
A positive about Maupin: The Rose City Astronomers (from Portland) have regular star parties at the Maupin airstrip. It is a wonderful dark sky location.
at 6:14, the only thing I would add to the description of Spray is "you can't even say that it's in the sticks because that would imply they have trees."
If not already maybe you can do a Worst Oregon Coastal town? (excluding Lincoln City on weekends for obvious reasons) So, my guess is one spot btwn Tillamook & Astoria Thanks Briggs, keep up all the great work!
Hebo...now there is a little town lost in a time warp...and stink!!!..Nothing but dairy farms and cow pies.
I can't even think of one...
Thank you! Just about to message the same question! And I do agree with your point about Tillamook. No stats on my end, but my perspective is this: weirdly high house prices compared to the more common jobs you can find, pitiful medical stuff available (seriously. If you get treatment here, get a second opinion); no nightlife (it's a dairy town/tourist trap by day, highly sketchy by night); and quite the stand up homeless population given the overall population in town (there was a few storms that I was driving through during the night, and I would see more than one person sleeping completely in black trash bags under the hooded buildings in town, like the library.); Lots of drugs (the only stat that I can vaguely remember was this town was rated #1 in Oregon for Most Opioid Use in 2017.). I could go on, but I think I've prattled on long enough.
On a better note: the towns trying to get better, and there are a lot of pretty and hidden beach fronts to go to, as well as hiking and biking trails.
I hope you are pushing the property values down in Prospect because I would love to buy something there....beautiful area....
Maupin has a couple of cool restaurants to hit after a day floating down the Deschutes River! It's a cool day-trip to visit. And yeah, it's way out there in the middle of nothing...
I grew up in Malhuer County. The only reason to live in Jordan Valley is if you are somehow involved with ranching, other than that I got nothing...and neither does Jordan Valley.
Cave Junction makes Prospect look like Disneyland.
🤣🤣🤣
Cave Junction and Wolf Creek...😱 For real. The hills have eyes 👀
Hahaha! Not a big fan of Prospect, I guess? My dad used to drive us there from Medford when we were kids to chop down our Christmas tree.
BS lol... at least in CJ you have a super market, DMV, dairy queen, more than one tavern and multiple restaurants.... also much closer to coast, along with having the caves, big cat place and so on. WAAAAY more to do in CJ than is in prospect! Sorry but your claim is ridiculous
Hahaha! You guys realize you’re arguing between which is the bigger sh*thole between two sh*tholes, right?!?
Incestacada? Esta-caca?
Boring?
Sweet Home?
Cave Junction?
Merrill?
Clatskanie?
Umatilla?
Burns?
Molalla
@@pammyras ...Aurora / Hubbard
@@sampablo7776 omg yes…..Hubbard for sure😂👍🏽
Burns needs to be on this list as well. Lived there for 12 years dealing with crappy people, tweakers, perverts, thieves and some of the most extreme weather conditions ever. Finally was able to leave but for most people, Burns is a tarpit that traps you there.
Well everyone knows that Portland should be on this list but it's not a small town.
A lot of “low key sundown” towns here too... I wouldn’t move anywhere near at all! Stay out of Oregon! 😅😂
@@iancowles5024 hey! not fair! stay in Salem for about a week for a visit, you can drive anywhere in the state in less than eight hours. but I say it's worth a trip to the capitol. at least the entire block across the street that is covered in cherry blossom trees. wonderful to walk under in the spring although do bring an umbrella or raincoat if you don't like getting wet.
Burns is awesome
@@joshsaeman84 really? Well, one person's cesspool is another man's water park, I suppose. I personally don't fit in with the meth heads and sex offenders but if you do, well enjoy your festering trash heap, son 👍
No way would I live in these rural towns. I would have to give up bumper to bumper traffic, road rage, drive by shootings, high cost of living, emergency sirens 24/7, hour drive to go 4 miles, noise and light pollution, OMG it would be terrible to leave all that.😢
Totally. And don't forget giving up GOOD medical, GOOD priced stores, amenities, not dirty sheriff's, etc etc. Yeah, rural oregon is lovely, omg it's so great to live there.😢
@@locavita5550 sometimes the outskirts of a big city can be absolutely lovely! 😉
I live about an hour from Prospect. Apparently it used to be a really nice small town back in the 1960's when my grandmother lived there. Not so much anymore.
Yep. That was before Democrats gutted the timber industry and eliminated all those jobs to keep the forests pristine so they could take weekend trips from the city to go hiking in the woods.
I lived in fall city….I swear there were people who lived there who’d never been out of that town. The problem with small towns is that there’s not much to do in your teens, so they’re most likely going to get in trouble, get hooked on drugs, get in fights ect.
Yep i lived there also. Can confirm
Thanks for the info.
Born & raised in Oregon. I wondered if you were going to reference my hometown.
First time viewer. Interesting format. “Worst” is such a non-specific term imho so I appreciate you consistently referencing statistics.
My two constructive pieces of advice is to actually visit these places you’re characterising as you’ll get the original footage you bemoaned lacking and probably learn something deeper and interesting to share with your viewers perhaps. The other advice is jettison the condescending tone when you pronounce the names of some of these communities and describing some. Imagine, for a moment, it’s _your_ home town and maybe be slightly more objective in tone.
The video production & writing, pacing are all good I thought.
I have lived in California, Idaho, Washington & now Oregon. Sometimes you don't realize how disgusting a place is until you experience somewhere else.
Hows Oregon Treating You ?
@Rave_Junkie I live in a small coastal town, mind my own business and have peace. So, pretty great🥰
@@Iamaconnotanssadvisor im originally from san diego and recently i relocated to las vegas.. i been here since may and to be honest i hate it ! im planning to relocate to bookings or crescent city by the end of this month.. any advice?
@Rave_Junkie I couldn't imagine living in Vegas🥵 Brookings, I have been there a few times, personally I would not want to live there, but that's just me. I don't mind visiting, but not to live. Idk anything about Cresent City, other than it's California and also, not a fan🤣 it really depends on what you are looking for. Seeing that you lived in SF and Vegas, these 2 towns might be too boring for you. Research them. Good luck.
@Rave_Junkie sorry, San Diego
You’re wrong about Maupin. A few great restaurants, good people, lots of great things to do along the river and the rainbow tavern is super legit place to hang!
Yeah Maupin's a cool place, I guarantee those crime rates are just from some river rafting dudes messing around.
The crime rate is basically the police busting drunks coming off the river. Warms Springs on the Indian Res up the river is way sketchier.
I'm amazed that Powers wasn't on this list. Powers, Oregon made it on the international news one time. My dad was all the way in Kansas City and still had to hear about what was going on in Powers on the news. It is a beautiful area though. Some of the best river spots in all of Coos County are out towards Powers and there are some amazing hiking trails if you can find them.
Wait what? What happened to get them on the news?
My Dad used to refer to Powers as the asshole of creation. 199 curves between Powers and HWY 42.
@@FerociousSniper Girl showering in the school gymnasium with her male cousins...it's a close knit town.
The cheerleaders from Powers used to chew tobacco at our basketball games in Port Orford in the 80's.😂
thank you for the report ❤
I lived in a small area of central Oregon called Beaver Marsh.. was like 7 miles from the closet "town" .. 30miles from the school in Gilchrist.. was smack in between Bend and Klamath falls..
Been there. It's north of that strangely straight highway (138) heading west through the Cascades. Nice camping around there but it can get cold.
Used to take the Beaver Marsh cutoff to take 31 out to Paisley, sneaking the back way into Fernley, NV.
Briggs is one of a few people who doesn't care too much to talk about politics on social media.
Number one youtuber in my eyes, any haters or doubters...stop typing
I feel the same way. When he does I think he is very openminded and fair.
@@garyofarizona2558 no he just trying to suck up all that ad money lol. he thinks he's slick lol
@@0fficialdregs I think he is legit. One thing he said hit me "Who am I to tell someone how they should see things or vote. I don't have all the answers."
I appreciate that so much too! It’s nice not to be spoon fed political views on travel vids! Another UA-camr I watched frequently that does similar types of videos inserted his opinion to the point I had to quit watching. Thank you Briggs!
@@katebarker8410 :)
Maupin is actually a fun place in the summer. The population quadruples in people just there for rafting. Lots of people camping, drinking, and having fun.
Years ago Jordan Valley was a point of destination for me. One of the best in home Basque restaurants in the country, but again, that was in the 90’s.
Now there aren't any restaurants in that town anymore. Pretty sad since that town made for a really good rest stop along US-95.
I was actually in Falls City last weekend. And I had a wonderful time. Theres some rapids/waterfalls right in town called Falls City Falls. Lots of fun drinking by the water and watching people jump in the water from the cliffs. Also theres a bar and bakery. Didn't seem so shitty.
It's meth city!
.......but are you LIVING there??? Just being there watching people jump in some water is way different than living there.🤷♀️
i live in falls city. The tweakers are the problem lol
I’ve always thought the good people should take back falls city. It’s absolutely beautiful out there.
Nice little town with a deep history. Briggs? What do you expect from LA?
How the hell is prospect on this list but cave junction isn’t?!
LMAO.. Exactly..!
What about Drain, Riddle and Dillard?
I've passed through Maupin several times and am surprised to see it on this list. It has always seemed like a nice friendly small town.
I was asking this in the live stream the other night. On the Crime Stats, what is the National Average?
Dang. I didn't think Spray was that bad. I used to live in Heppner, Oregon. I've been to Spray several times.
Aaron Henshaw,
Talk about the kettle calling the pot black .
I reckon Echo ( Echo ) ain't too bad neither.
Nor Boardman . . .
Wow, how depressing. At least we have been warned that all those small towns are definitely not Utopia. I'm just kind of gob smacked at how these little towns could have such a high crime rate. Thanks for the warning.
I'm sure the crime isn't what it sounds like. Per capita crime percentages can be misleading.
right! out of 200 people how can a crime rate be 87% !?!?
Don’t let this deter you. I’ve lived in OR most of my 51 years and I’d rather spend a weekend in any of these towns than a second in the shithole that is the peoples Republik of Portlandistan.
Last time Google Map drove through my street in Joshua Tree, CA was also 2008! In fact, the whole country is due for Google Map update photos!
Mitchell, Oregon is the most sinister small town that I have ever visited, and I have lived in Oregon for 58 years. It started out as a mining town. It is in a small canyon in the high desert of Central Oregon near the Painted Hills. It is the perfect setting for a horror movie.
Yes it is and weirdly put where you literally have to drive into it. Bad vibes all around.
Man do you have that right!! I'm shocked it didn't make the list. You couldn't pay me to live there. I swear it's full of vampires, LOL........
I always enjoy driving through Mitchell, cafe always has good food and so does the brewery there.
That poor town was great until they moved the highway 🛣
A couple years ago, I was looking for a rest area but my Garmin GPS led me astray and I ended up in Mitchel. I stopped and talked with a tweeker who was working on an old pickup truck. He pointed to what he called a campground. It was about 4 RV spots with an old playground. Children were milling around, and they looked like black-eyed children from a horror movie. They live in broken-down trailer houses and shacks. I'm sure they have their own law there. I got out of there pronto.
I burst out laughing when you said Prospect was #1. I’ve been through there many times as part of my volcanic mapping projects for four years, based out of Butte Falls and Willow Lake County Park just a bit to the south! Decent rock outcrops, but not really much of a town, sadly.
I live in Klamath Falls and I've been through the places you mentioned lots of times and I think it's beautiful, I've even thought about moving to Shady Cove
I spent every summer & Christmas in Prospect both set's of grandparents lived there & I have family in Butte falls.. As a kid the town was better & we never ran out of things to do in town or on the farm.. I loved it..
I used to live in Fall city. It's not that bad at all. the town is just plain and simple, but the outskirts are quite gorgeous!
I like small isol;ated living! The maker and many commenteras are city critters!
Jeez....you pronounced "half marathon" as if you've never heard of one before. Funny, small towns have those funny races all over the place, and know what, we runners love running them, esp in small towns! That one you mentioned sounds great! I think I'll check it out.
I'll let you in on a little secret. Mispronounced words are the best way to get a certain type of person to comment. Comments are like gold to channel growth. 😉
I’m near Falls City, it’s scary that the crime rate is so high, bc it is known for it’s lack of police presence (there is no local force, only Polk County Sheriff, who rarely make it out there for patrol)
Patrol?
I can't imagine the sheriff would go out there unless he had good reason.
I am from falls city Oregon and always said people go there to avoid cop. It was a good town to grow up in 30 years ago.
It’s not that bad. Just remember if you chain something up they will steal the chain then come back later for whatever was chained up.
You really should check out Lebanon, OR if you're looking for a 'not so great' place to live. It's growing, yes, but it's also loaded with drinkers, bikers, property crime, meth, people making the most of the legal pot movement and very little culture, art or fun. If you want to start a business? Stick with tried and true vices: Alcohol, drugs, food and you MIGHT succeed. Maybe.
Sweet Home has the name, but Lebanon is way worse. I
I grew up near Prospect Oregon. It IS pretty secluded and there isn't much there. It IS really pretty there. That's where we would go if we wanted to play in the snow when I was a kid. 25 miles made a huge difference on how much snow was on the ground. There isn't much there except a lot of nature.
This guy and his lack of fact and knowledge is humorous. Yeah.. there's not alot here.. but Mill creek falls and Lost creek lake should have been mentioned.
@@Mywhtjp I LOVE Lost Creek Lake. Also not to mention rafting on the Rogue.
@@obewon2 Yep.. and the fishing..
@@Mywhtjp I’m really surprised he didn’t put Shady Cove on the best small town list. It’s really a cool small town.
@@obewon2 It is a nice little one. Just watch your speed as you travel through.
@briggs do you have a place to donate money for a video request? I'd love to see what you'd say about my town!
I live in rural Junction City Oregon, in. The Willamette Valley , I love it here, I have a small herd of sheep (7.) & 1just had 2 babies 2 more are almost ready to deliver
I moved out of oregon and moved back to california. I think i might have made a huuuggge mistake.
Trust me. You didn't.
I'm from Cali.. so happy I moved to Prospect.. It's temporary.. but NEVER moving back to Sac.. or Cali..
you didn’t, stay in cali. no one else move out here either 👀
@@Rose-ew3fu They call it COMMIEfornia for a reason. Higher taxes, registration tripled fuel, food, real estate, EVERYTHING costs more there.. So why stay..? Corrupt dumbass governor and their politicians\aka: government is corrupt and money hungry.
I was born in Portland and grew up in Bend. I went to Portland for vacation almost every year. I still feel regret about moving to Texas.
Grew up in western WA and I feel the same 😢
I'm thinking about moving to S. Oregon from the country in Texas. I hope I dont regret it.
I once was in Fall City; I took a wrong turn on my way to Lincoln City. You are right. Its a dump. I was headed west from Stayton. beautiful country through there but no road across the Coastal Range. I had to backtrack to Dallas and proceed on the main track. Live and Learn
At 30 years old, I moved to Oregon from west Michigan in 1987.
As a fly fisherman I immediately found Maupin.
In the 37 years I've lived in Oregon, I've had a chance to travel almost the entire state, seeing many small towns. To this day, my favorite place in Oregon is Maupin. I would like nothing more than to spend the rest of my days in that sleepy little town where everyone is on a first name basis.
Even bad communities in Oregon can be better to live in than some good communities elsewhere. Thanks for the video!
I live in prospect and your not wrong about any of it. Only sad thing is the crime rate is getting higher
Briggs, was Grant's Pass on your list for decent places to live??
No way. He calls that places Grants A$$ like everyone else in Oregon.
I love your insight because I'm a dreamer!
I have spent 20 years on a river in Oregon where the nearest gas station was about 90 minutes away. It’s horrible. So many river rats drinking as they float down the river. World class fishing. Street dances. And bootleggers. No real crime since everyone has a cpl guns in the truck.
Absolutely disgusting. Any east coast kids or Seatlelites should not come. Every one eats meat!!!!
I live in Salem, Oregon and a few years ago I decided to take little trip to Falls City to check out the falls. Not much to see but I was followed out of town by four men in an old car. They followed for about three miles and then suddenly turned around and headed back towards town. I hadn’t done anything wrong but if the rumors are true, Falls City is the kind of place where if they have a problem with someone, that person just might disappear without the authorities caring all that much.
Lived in Monmouth for 4 years. Spent years heading up through falls city to go into the mountains. We never had an issue. I even rode along in a truck that said cowgirl up on it. (Buddy borrowed his girlfriends truck)
Honestly quite a few small towns like that. Some of them I've heard the police won't even go if they get a call
That is super creepy.
The Bundy Tribe Y'Queda tribe is real. High Five!
I'd really like to see the best and worst of the Big Island of Hawaii please!! I lived there for 35 years. I'd love to see what you find! Thank you!
Where does one find the "Liveability" percentage of a town or area?
How did Chiliquin not make this list? Never felt like I might get stabbed in Prospect but Chiliquin certainly can give you that vibe.
Totally agree! Chiloquin definitely has a bad feel!
So funny you mention Chiloquin. Unless you've lived there for generations and have a family ranch or a Native you might as well keep driving.
Hey you should re-think about Falls City. It is getting very trendy there! They have a popular restaurant there, cute shop's and of course the woods above the town with wonderful hiking trails. And the Ancient circle of Cedars.
I think the reason it's getting bad is _because_ it's becoming 'Trendy"
Just like Portland became "Trendy" for Californians trying to get away from the mess they made.
The only reason I go through Falls City is to hit up Black Rock MTB trails. I also worry if my truck will still have the glass in it when I get back.
the John Day River is a wonderful river. I've rafted down it twice although for the life of me I cannot remember what section other than it was 3-5 days of trip.
Got to say I've stopped in Maupin and found it to be a fun place, same with Spray there's some nice people there. Both of them also have beautiful Oregon desert scenery.
It is a nice town. Was just there last week. It is 100% dependent on seasonal tourist traffic for rafting and fishing though, and not on the way to any other place which would make it a really though place to earn a living.
Stopping there and living there are 2 different things.
Having read Tightrope by Nicholas Kristof I thought Yamill OR would be on the list
It should be.
I’ve always wanted to stop at the little market in Maupin it always looks so cheerful
Raised decades ago in Boring, Oregon settled by pioneer and Union soldier William Harrison Boring. Its sister cities are Dull, Scotland and Bland, New South Wales, Australia. T'was great countryside to grow up in.
all of the rural Oregon towns, even the worst ones, is leagues better than Portland
I've never been a pug, but back in the day, Governor Tom McCall was Oregons best friend, he was famous for saying Visit Oregon....Then Leave ! We want tourist money but don't want a bunch of californicators moving here.... move in next to a pig farm then complain about the smell. Yes, never stops raining moss everywhere don't move here... it's unbearable here, just stay in California
speed freak,
What is a " pug " ?
I remember Tom McCall. He out lawed the pull tabs on beer and pop cans after he jumped out of his Dory at Pacific City and cut open his foot. He also had bumper stickers that said, "Don't Californicate Oregon". Nice try, to bad it didn't work.
@@fjb4932 repuglican republican
My roommate at University of Oregon was from Spray! I loved it out there! Spray is cool as hell
Heavy blues music with shots and a lot of beer 🍺 to cry in. Depressing video
Briggs. 😭
Sounds like a great place. Right next to Portland?
Dang it. No mist Oregon or goble. Good video though! Couple towns I’ve never heard of😂
Places like Spray remind me of Seligman Arizona, if it exists, it's gets stolen, guaranteed. It's like a competition on how much each neighbor can steal the most from each other.
I much prefer coastal Oregon than rural Oregon.
Pretty much all of the coast is rural
@@tommyhairyeah7726 It has more people than Eastern Oregon.
Mount Vernon 8 miles west of John Day was my home several years ago. I would place it on the list of top crummy towns in Oregon.
My Mom is a Mt. Vernon gal....Rivera. My Dad is a John Day guy...both were born and raised in their hometowns. Lol
@@autumnanderson7757 I didn't mean to diss your mom or dad.
@@davidirwin4067 no, I agree they are both shitty lil towns. Figured if you were a local you'd prolly know them. Lmao.
@@autumnanderson7757 I moved to Mount Vernon because of a house for sale for $60K in 2016. That was a pretty good incentive. If you play chess there are 3 negative categories for a move. There are inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders. Right now I think the move to MV was a blunder.
@@davidirwin4067 my grandparents lived in the old farmhouse to the left going out of town towards Daville. It had a long gravel drive way, and an old barn out beyond the farm house. It's probably not as big as I remember it to be. I still have aunts and cousins that live in Mt. Vernon, and John Day for that matter. Lol
Of the three a blunder sounds the least harmful, and easiest to recover from. At least there are good folks around. Idk where you moved from but it's not at all progressive in any way. Great if you hunt, fish, camp, yuck yuck. Lmao. Sorry
I used to own the green international harvester 17' flatbed dumptruck shown in the picture.... can you tell where it is? I didn't see it in the video.
Thx for sharing
Oregon is like the state time forgot. It's a weird freaking place in general. And yes, I grew up in Oregon.