I wonder what childhood trauma you suffered that you want to spend so much time “reviewing” a state you seem to hate. Sorry for your poor childhood, broken relationship, lost job, crappy vacation, whatever in WI. Really. Time to move on.
This makes Wisconsin look like candy land compared to most other 10 worst in other states! I love living here! Deer hunting, beer, snowmobiling, Motorcycling, Utving, fishing year round. Smelling fresh cut grass in the spring.... Most any bar you go you will find 5 star food not to mention Friday night fish fry! 4 season change is a must have! I do not live far from portage and have been to many of the towns you mentioned. I believe its the drug pandemic that has captured the U.S.A. in a whole that brings such a sad crime rate, suicide and most any other crime to any village, town or city. Beautiful scenery and Kind people!
Early childhood was spent around Pelican Lake. I have fond memories of Wisconsin, but they were filtered through child lenses. 🙂 From what I recall, it was beautiful. My next door neighbor was my best friend. A lot of supper clubs, vivid autumns, excellent hunting and fishing, and active Native American representation. 💜
We're from Northern IL and recently we started to come up for vacation to northern WI, right along the hwy 8 mark where the north woods start. Best food, beer, cheese, and yes I would love to find a place to hunt around turtle lake area..
I am born and raised in Milwaukee. I moved away to be a flight attendant in 2000. After having lived in NYC, Belgium, Berlin and Tokyo for 15 years total I moved back home. I can tell you there is no place like Wisconsin. Even with our faults politically or whatever we still have what I love. I’ll never leave again.
I started with UA in MKE in 1997 The city has improved a lot and it’s very beautiful with a lot of great restaurants. I really don’t understand that one being on the list. Of course there’s bad areas but every town has that. So many unique neighborhoods like the third ward district, tons of diversity and gorgeous views of the lake.
I used to live in Kenosha. I've been in Illinois for the last decade (not really by choice) and went back to town a couple months ago. While I still love Kenosha, I couldn't wait to get out of Milwaukee. There was a homeless person with a sign asking for money at literally the very first exit, and several more homeless just wandering around. It was the middle of the afternoon. Many of the streets felt dirty and narrow. Many of the buildings felt dumpy. I wouldn't want to be in this area at night. I'm glad that you love it but I don't know, even as a relatively local resident I can't say that I'd want to live in Milwaukee. Maybe there are some nice suburbs away from the interstate and downtown area, I don't know.
I've heard these phrases... "Milwaukee is turning into Chicago" "Racine is turning into Milwaukee" "Kenosha is turning into Racine". I believe those things are likely to be true. If Kenosha doesn't get it together, it is going to be on that list just under Racine.
@@Bonzi_Buddy between Milwaukee and Chicago growing so big there is no hope for Kenosha. It's all one big city now. Look at the 10 lane hwy between them.
@@oneida32 it's not false though...a lot of the city is complete trash that is fueled by crooked politicians. I moved down here for my girlfriend at the time but we quickly moved and got a house farther north. You can't say milwaukee is a great city when there are more shootings annually than Chicago.
COMMUNITY Time Segment Antigo 8:19 Ashland 2:01 Beloit 11:41 Brown Deer 3:12 Janesville 4:27 Milwaukee 9:30 New London 0:56 Portage 6:27 Racine 7:17 Wisconsin Rapids 5:13
i hate this. I lived in brownsfeild in Louisiana, and Walmart shut down Albertsons, Winn Dixie, Rite Aid, and a bunch of other small scale places in the area. I know Albertsons and the other stores are pretty big too, but you had options as opposed to one overcrowded Walmart.
Targets headquarters is in Minnesota so technically every Midwest state other than Minnesota lmfao or more like everywhere in the Midwest minus Minneapolis specifically
I think these lists are so misleading. I've lived in Wisconsin all my life. I've spent time in every city in this video except Antigo. The only one on the list I agree with is Racine. I would move to any of the rest of them. I was in Beloit last night grocery shopping and I wasn't afraid for my life. Full disclosure, a lot of Wisconsinites do dislike and fear Beloit, but I wonder how many of them have spent much time there. It does have a nice downtown area, good people, some really nice neighborhoods and the best Farmer's Market around. People all over in Wisconsin are generally friendly. It's not the most diverse or sophisticated place to live, but it's charming and laid back and you can't beat the scenery. By and large, we also don't have to worry about hurricanes, earth quakes and wild fires. We don't even seem to get as many tornadoes, floods or ice storms as nearby states. It gets cold and hot here, but not too extreme. By the way, ice fishing may be bigger in WI than other places, but not everyone here ice fishes. I've never been and I never will. I know very few people who have ever been ice fishing. It seems like creators of these kinds of videos rely heavily on statistics, which don't always paint an accurate picture. I think they should take the time to talk to a good cross section of people who live in these places to get an idea of what they're actually like.
I was born and raised in WI, still living here and I find your passion and love for defending this great state both commendable and a little shortsighted. Nick is poking fun at some of the mannerisms people carry about this state and honestly most of the small towns and most of the list he shared was only bad in one impacting way.If you want to make a video, then make your own. But based on what you said, your top 10 worst places to live in WI would probably consist of one city and 9 from IL. And it’s a joke that we all ice fish. He’s just pointing out how limited there is to do in a state where your four seasons are Summer, Pre-Winter, Actual Winter and Post-Winter. But in my hometown of Reedsburg, kids in high school would wear their hunting camouflage to school, ride tractors to school, get drunk off their parents liquor on the weekends, do drugs in a park one city block away from where I lived, or they ate cheese and went icefishing. Small towns have very little things to do and if parents don’t direct their kids or don’t actively fill their lives with alternatives, these things happen. He can joke we all drink beer and eat cheese and hunt and icefish because that describes a good percentage of people. Hope this didn’t ruffle you up, and I get not wanting to be lumped in with people you don’t feel you belong. But I think you are taking this list a little too personal. But that’s just my opinion.
I live in Michigan. Same trashing goes on here. But I can go to free outdoor concerts every night in summer in the midmichigan tri-city area. The surrounding areas are afraid to step foot in some towns. The haters need a place to hate. Yes, there is crime, including murder. But, by and large, if you avoid some parts of town and stay home late at night, you'll be okay. The amenities cities offer are amazing: art museums, children's museum, libraries, senior center and services, awesome parks and pools, etc. Small towns have less crime, but less diversity, entertainment, parks, and are often a non-gated gated community. Outsiders are regarded with scorn, fear, suspicion and outright hostility. Even when they smile to your face, they are talking about you behind their back. Not everyone, but a lot.
LOL - love the song at the end. I have lived here all my life. Unfortunately, Milwaukee and its suburbs are going to H. Taxes are high, crime everywhere. On the other hand, there are some very nice small towns where the people are super friendly. Thats my goal, get out of Miltown and find somewhere else. If you like snow and cold, then this is for you. I can deal with it vs. the suffering heat. The shoveling is the worst. Hope you can come back and soak up some of our better towns. There is no shortage of beers here.
Ironically, Brown Deer used to be one of the most affluent cities in Wisconsin. And Portage is very close to Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo, where there are a lot of things to do year round. The crime problems in a lot of Wisconsin cities came about with the rise of gangs. I tried to help improve Wisconsin working with churches and at the mission in Milwaukee, etc. The big issue with my family was the high property taxes. I miss my old home! I even have tried to make things better in Janesville and Beloit.
@@BlackAladdin_ I get milwaukee but I laugh when folks talk about it in all these small towns like Appleton. Try to be banger up here and find out what happens. We are all packing. People don't put up with it
Interesting, I was born and raised in Milwaukee. I still live in Milwaukee. I remember a time back in the 60s and 70s where everybody was working and everybody was prosperous. Most of the factories that were here are gone now except for a few. We have Miller brewing still here and Harley Davidson. Now, the only jobs that are here are things like Walmart and fast food. Even if you have a degree it’s very hard to find a job here. Calling people lazy isn’t going to help because if there are no jobs what are you going to do? I think what you are seeing here is, hopelessness. I think that if there are decent jobs here, the majority of the people are willing to work.
I’m planning on moving to Milwaukee when I graduate to for a job in engineering. My gf and I are thinking about Walkers Point, Third Ward, and the southern most side of the lower east side.
@@cadethomas5686 if you can afford it try the 3rd ward it will be a lot safer. Make sure to pay for off street parking whenever you move. Alottt of stolen kias rn. Bayview is cute also
S/o to Bill clinton for killing the last wave of good paying jobs in the city... all the gigs that pay more than $23 is usually 30-40 mins away from the city... make you wonder why it's like that.
@@cadethomas5686 I personally would move to Brookfield or New Berlin if you want the Milwaukee area. Unless of course you want the city life, which if you do 3rd ward is definitely an ideal place to go.
In 1976 I was an 18-year-old lad living in Ashland Wis. and there wasn't much crime at all. The people were very friendly and everyone seemed to know each other. It was a terrific place to live if you were a sportsman. Northland College is in Ashland and they kept it stocked with lots of college girls. My friend had a band that played at the Airport Inn just south of town and it was a great place to drink and dance on the weekends. I moved away quite some time ago, but living there I always felt at ease, and it was some of the best days of my life.
@@ameliab7245 Do I hear a representative from the Woke crowd chiming in? Some people will walk 4 blocks out of their way through a blizzard just to be butt hurt. It's no wonder your girlfriend cheats on you sugar.
I have visited Wisconsin for work twice and I just love it so much, the people is so nice and they love to show you around, cheese is amazing, views are beautiful, watching a packer's game with locals is just a great experience, everyone is friend with everyone, I love visiting this place. I have met people that invite me to their houses and I made some great friends there! But if you don't have a car, you are super screwed
I you live full time in Wisconsin , you will find some very strange people . I have lived in Wisconsin for over ten years, and I often feel like I am in a foreign country .
Moved from Waco,Tx to Appleton,WI. Practically every town in Wisconsin has a small town feel, even towns like Appleton. Everything feels just more laid back. Tons of rivers nearby that have very good kayak fishing for smallmouth bass (Wolf, Embarrass,Red Rivers) If your into road biking the countryside has some of the smoothest roads with hardly any traffic. Rib mountain is a nice little ski hill in Wausau. 5 hrs away is Mt. Bohemia in the UP. Appleton has a very good comedy club that every now and then has some bigger names come through. The airport (ATW) is super easy to fly out of. Tons of golf courses everywhere. Shiocton has a great rifle/pistol outdoor range that is just amazing. Oshkosh has EAA event every year if you are into aviation. Door county is not far away at all and is a slice of heaven. Devils lake state park is not too far away and is the best park in the state hands down. Just go there youll see what im talking about. Wisconsin isn't all flat, if you go to the southwest corner the hills get more abrupt/steep and just a joy to cycle through country roads for a workout.
The Fox Valley down to Oshkosh is a good place for families. The unglaciated southwest corner is like no where else, it was called God's country for decades.
Moved to Milwaukee from IL and love it. Friendly people, parking everywhere, tons of bars and restaurants, everything is right there. Some areas are dangerous but I was born and raised in Russia so I'm desensitized to that stuff.
@@issuesthatmatter2825 It would be worse if it were Republican run. There would probably be more homeless people and crime since Republicans don’t like putting money into programs that help people. The roads would be even worse than they are now.
I lived in Antigo as a child exactly 40 years ago. My memories of the place are very fond. IMO, it was the near perfect size at around 10,000 people. Big enough to have fast food and decent stores, but not big enough to have big city problems. At that time, thanks to the town being at the intersection of two fairly busy state highways, there were three fine dining restaurants - Stimach's, Loefler's, and The Blackjack- which were pretty impressive for a town of that size. It wouldn't surprise me if they were all closed now. I can't comment on what the town is like now. I just know it was a great place to be a kid back then.
yeah, it sucks here now. all three of those places have closed down. all they do is the make multiple gas stations for some reason, and fix roads that don't need fixing... not to mention all the people here are miserable druggies who don't want to be here.
Yeah they use to have some pretty cool Liquidation shops ,and a place it was like a treasure hunt to shopping ,we use to go all the time ,I'm sure these shops are gone by now?
I live in janesville and have lived in beloit. Its just like any other city, if you want to find bad stuff you can, if you don't, just stay away from the bad areas and you will be ok. The kids nowadays in Janesville are a hell of alot more disrespectful than the kids in beloit
I was born and raised in Kenosha and people say that never leaving the town you grew up in is a bad thing but honestly as I grew up so has Kenosha. So yes I may have lived here my whole life it has been getting bigger and better along with me so in a way Kenosha has not been the same town this whole time it has constantly been changing throughout the years.
@Lavender Gooms haha 😄 Ya the spots burgers were killer. But now there is new owners and the burgers are still good just not as good and I am actually friends with the daughter of the owners of the Villa down by the lake. She is currently working for the local government like driving busses an other positions. But anyway ya crazy little town we got going on here.
I disagree completely. Kenosha is going down the tubes. Sure, there are some things that are better but some of the negatives outweigh the positives. Not being overly dependent on the auto industry is a huge plus, but the political leadership is corrupt, the schools are SHODDY and the school board incompetent. Tony Evers throwing fuel on the fire and the mayor/police of Kenosha allowing the city to burn for days certainly didn't help. Anyone who thinks this place has gotten better isn't paying attention. Crime is worse, the lake area is mismanaged and a general zoo (they have restricted parking down by the harbor and will ticket people minutes after 7 PM when it is still light until 9:30 PM.), the cliquey downtown scene...no thanks. It isn't that special to be treating it so. It is laughable. People drive like maniacs all over town with fatalities every year in places with 30-35 MPH speed limits. That just shouldn't be happening. These things could be dealt with but it is obvious the leaders and police do not care to deal with those problems. The fact they refuse to somehow get a bus route out to walmart and has repeatedly shut down walmart locations in the city says it all. Government = Full of leftist clowns. That closed Pick N Save in the hood is hilarious. That's Kenosha for you. Following in Racine's footsteps. You think Kenosha is good? You live in White Caps area? You know nothing!!!!! Come take a walk on 19th Ave by 60th Street this Friday night.
@@Bonzi_Buddy I wouldn’t go down 19th and 60th in the daytime. Basically everything south of 52nd all the way down to like 75th is the hood and out to like 30th ave. Did you hear about the kid that got stabbed at Bradford? It’s a rough area. Yeah white caps is nice, pleasant prairie but anywhere right in the city is rough. Think about Racine down on Goold. The north side of Goold is relatively nice going up to Caledonia but just one street over and you’re in arguably the roughest neighborhood in the city. County is a lot nicer, Bristol, Salem, twin lakes etc. Question: where is the pick n save in the hood that closed?
I absolutely love Wisconsin. I've lived here most of my life. I'm in Janesville. I'm not a city dude at all but after living here for 7 years I'd say it's a pretty good city
I graduated college at Wisconsin and lived in Madison and whitewater. Both were amazing people, great beer, great cities in their own right. There are days that I miss the dairy land but after living in Ithaca NY, Phoenix, Dana Point, California, and now Florida I have to say I don't miss the long winters. Good list Nick
Been around the world and back and Madison will always be home. Yes, the winters are cold, but compared to Denver or Berlin it's prettier to get the low glow of snow covered trees than blinding sunlight and melt or a sad quarter inch of snow with kids trying desperately to make use of a sled. It's been a wild, mild winter. But at least we have seasons.
Lifelong Florida resident here, with heat index’s of 115°+ becoming common place, I am GLAD to give a long winter a chance. The summers here are absolutely brutal on those with physical jobs.
Referring to Racine’s “mega prom”, that clip was from the Night To Remember prom, which is for special needs students in that area who can’t go to their schools proms. It’s a super dope event, I’ve volunteered there as a chaperone a few years. It’s very inclusive, accessible and accommodating.
Milwaukee has its downsides, but it has a ton of upsides as well. I wouldn't say Milwaukee is a bad place to live overall. And Wisconsin in general is paradise for someone like me who grew up on the East Coast
Wisconsin is an awesome place to live. I used to live in a small town, and that small town had a great school nearby. So now it's not really a small town anymore, but it shows how great schools can completely change the profile of an area that you live in
@@becausereasons8981 I'm a 41 yo retired soldier, but I'm also mexican and have tattoos on my face. I want to retire to WI, how would I do there? I'm polite and kind to my fellow man
@@X56th_SFS I think most people would be curious about you honestly, I can't say that for the larger cities though. Places like Madison and Milwaukee have become....strange...I stopped going to them altogether since the Pandemic. Smaller towns inbetween though, hell yeah come on up. Most of us are friendly and polite. Try checking out the smaller towns though, for sure.
@@X56th_SFS Also if you are Mexican no big deal, there's actually quite a few Mexicans up here at least in my profession. Whether its 1st 2nd or 3rd generation and so on.
I lived in Rapids for 15 years, and I had a ton of friends who lived there. I never knew anyone who had been robbed or been a victim of a crime. And I lived on the sketchy side of the river, and I rarely heard of any crimes in my neighborhood
@@image3320 adams you can leave car running while you go in grocery shop come put amd still there, can't do that in rapids. Adams is not the problem. Rapids and drugs coming there through Chicago traveling through adams and then coming north from point is rapids issue. Rapids by far has higher crime and drugs.
As a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, honestly the only place that intimidates me is Milwaukee. I've been mugged there twice, once with a knife and once with a gun. Obviously the entire city isn't a crime ridden cess pool, there are cool things to see and do, actually quite a lot! What I don't like is that you can be in a safe area, but drive a few blocks over and suddenly you're in a place where you would not consider getting out of the car. Drive through the city on Fond du Lac Ave, and you will see for yourself. I had to laugh when you mentioned Hampton Ave, cause that's one of the places I got mugged!
I thought I might find this entertaining since I grew up in this state, recently moved back after 25 years in Illinois to be near my father before he departed this life last year, and have decided to stay. I may have finished the video if I could get past the tone deaf arrogance of the creator. While there are certainly those out there who would abuse the system, equating unemployment with laziness and the solution to the plague of opiate and meth addiction being "take your worthless self back to Illinois", are both statements of zero compassion, consequence and worth.
I grew up in the Beloit/Janesville area. Honestly, as long as you stay outta the 4th ward in Janesville and certain neighborhoods in Beloit, they're not so bad.
Wisconsin resident here, Manawa. I was raised in Illinois, and the worst places in Wisconsin, except Milwaukee, are still way better than any place in Illinois. I wish FIBs would stop moving here, and Milwaukee Gang bangers. I love Wisconsin.
Growing up and living the majority of my life in Wisconsin I'd honestly say New London and Ashland are not bad at all, you can live a pretty decent life in both places. The other places listed are so-so. I would say the 3 Worse places in the state for sure would be: 1. Racine 2. Beloit 3. The NW side of Milwaukee (which is Extremely ghetto & Dangerous). A large majority of Milwaukee and most of its close outlaying areas are very nice and affordable and can live a really good life here. Stay outta the NW side of MKE and west side of the Marquette U campus- you'll be just fine. Any other majority city I go to though, I hear the same thing about how its 1 of the most segregated cities with dangerous pockets. What major city doesn't have that? Unfortunately its an American phenomenon.
I actually quite like Ashland. Drove through there a few times, on my way up to Madeline Island from my father's old house in Lake Tomahawk. I think Ashland has a nice, old shipping town kind of feel, and the views of Lake Superior are outstanding, though I'm sure winters there are pretty rough.
Precisely! Ashland is pretty nice actually and I’d say 4 outta the 10 towns on this list could be excluded. But Racine, Beloit and NW side and part of the south side of MKE are def dumps!
Having moved to Beloit from having lived Mequon/shorewood/ripon/Oshkosh……and having travelled throughout the works, it is not anything like you have said. We’ve lived here 5 years now by choice and in 2 different areas, not once have I felt unsafe, there is soooo much to offer families in terms of things to do, places to go etc. Beloit is not dangerous, the crime is isolated much like other cities into certain areas around certain times… we are about an hour from Madison, Milwaukee and just a tad bit more to Chicago which puts us in a prime location in terms of day trips etc. but hey, as long as this rumor of Beloit stays true, we will have our beautiful city to ourselves, traffic will stay low and cost of living low as well. I do recommend coming back here and going to some of the amazing restaurants, festivals, parks and actually driving around….we have a picture perfect downtown, no empty or abandoned buildings lurking, a brand new stadium, tons of diversity which means diverse restaurants, beautiful college, trails along the river front and cool breweries within our small city. Just some thoughts from a Beloit implant.
You shouldn't immediately call people lazy because they are unemployed. A) it's covid times B) these are the types of small places where the industries are shrinking or leaving, due to changing times. When there aren't open businesses or companies, there aren't jobs.
Shrinking businesses due to boneheaded employees that are union workers, for example, Jacobsen textron, the company didn’t go out of business they moved to North Carolina to get away from the boneheaded union workers.
@@SkylineWeather yea most definitely. I'm from middletown and they had two murders there this year, not to mention all the car thefts and someone actually was caught on camera entering a home with a gun in an attempted theft around dinner time. Parents just sold the house so glad they are getting out of there.
@@codis5722 Yep, it’s sad that these cities were once great and now are being overrun with crime. I live by Waterbury and it looks third world in some areas.
I just moved out of Janesville after living there for 8 yrs to Madison and I really miss the small town feel of Janesville. I agree with not much to do but overall I felt safe and there was good shopping.
What's wrong with living in a bad town in Wisconsin? In the bad towns in Illinois if someone steals your TV, you just break into your neighbour's home and steal theirs!
As someone who moved from Madison to Milwaukee I have to say the difference has been night and day. I don’t think any neighborhood in Madison even comes to close to how dangerous some areas of Milwaukee are. I still like Milwaukee though, there’s a lot more to do and believe it or not it feels more laidback in spite of being much larger.
Milwaukee is one of if not the most segregated cities in the country and it shows when you drive through it. If you know where to go and where not to go (and that might be a block difference) it's a pretty cool city.
Brown Deer was so bad even in the 1980's. We seen alot of destruction of homes being built, graffiti, and the Northridge mall became a very dangerous place to go with gangs. It was once really nice.
Not everyone on welfare is a lowlife. Some are unfortunately just physically unable to work even though they’d really like to. They have back problems or something that keeps them from working but can’t get disability because it’s damn near impossible to get it with a bad back or gut problems. But then there’s also a good portion that are.
I have back problems and work. You can find desk jobs. Be a telemarketer. Work in sales. Ive seen nurses with huge physical impairments that still work . They dont live off the system making excuses.
When I was young in the late 70s and early 80s I lived in Portage. I remember the cold and snowy winters and intense thunderstorms. the town itself was a wonderful place to grow up. I know some people who settled and had families there. It has a unique small town charm.
I live in Wisconsin and my city didn’t make this list because I know its a great place to live. The issue now is ppl from Chicago corrupting our state.
All Wisconsinites unite! I love my fellow Wisconsinites defending our amazing state. All states have the bad places but Wisconsin definitely is one of the safer states out of the United States. I love my dairy land state Wisconsin and will lay down my life for it
Milwaukee is definitely the most dangerous city in the state. Been here my whole life and I've seen it go from bad to worse. Not all bad though, the city really has so much culture and history that is just amazing
I dont recommend sun prairie. I like towns like New Glarus, Brodhead, Orfordville, Albany, argyle..the small towns. Mcfarland, Cottage Grove (the last 2 are in Dane co where I grew up.. alot more restrictions there)Good schools, very low crime, great ppl.
wisconsinite here. you hit the nail on the head with these. beloit, racine and janesville are some rough places to be. we blame it on illinois of course
@@FishNFreshWater I never saw anyone selling or using crack in the 3 years I worked at the Janesville GM plant but there was a bar right in the middle of the parking lot (not GM owned) that did a huge business during lunch breaks --- I did see alcohol used on the plant floor by workers bringing their own into the plant
My cousin used serve them butterheads right out of the car in the parking lot. Can't tell me. I'm literally from Beloit. Janesville is like Beloit if it we're populated by pπss¡es.
My home state. Left 50 years ago, but I still miss much of it. I’ll take the cold and snow over what we’re getting here in Nor Cal right now: fires and drought. Big fires and severe drought. No end in sight.
Stayed in Marinnette during July. Very nice town, seems like every town in WI, but me being from South GA, I doubt I’d survive during the winter. Though I’ve heard WI is a very good state to be a local truck driver.
The City of Racine is in Racine County. The City of South Milwaukee is in Milwaukee Co. There is a difference between the south side of Milwaukee and South Milwaukee. 🙄
We lived in Brown Deer 13 years and finally got out in 2020. It really went down hill. It’s a suburb borders Milwaukee intercity. A main road gave people in Milwaukee quick access to drive up to Brown Deer. When Walmart came crime increased greatly. Also apartments in area had lots of domestic cases. So many families with lots kids moved into apartments. I couldn’t believe how many kids you’d see the buses pick up by the apartments. Neighborhoods with houses were nice. It’s very true that car theft is high. Also lots of burglaries. We were burglarized mid day in 2015. Cops are good and have small parameter to cover but just too much crime coming in. Businesses struggle to stay and schools could be better. Teachers and staff were good but kids just weren’t achieving as high. One correction I give is Brown Deer is not on Lake Michigan though it’s not far. It’s 5 miles from the lake. In my daughter yearbooks I counted how many kids in my daughters kindergarten grade were still in her grade in 5th grade. Only 1/5 of kids were still in the school system. That’s how many left (then new came in). So that’s a high turnover of families. School fights are common in older grades and lots of kids show disrespect toward the teachers.
Brwon deer is 7-8 miles from Milwaukees inner city. I grew up near Brown Deer. It was a great place to live during the 70s and 80s......then it steadily went downhill from there....
Because it is a blue state and the state officials don't prosecute because they are too progressive. It is almost to the point that California is. They keep letting criminals go, taxing the taxpayers more and more, and now they are backed in a corner with nowhere to. Then they cry when they actually are robbed. Haha.
Been a Wisconsin resident for 40+ years. I've been to some scary places in Milwaukee. The worst one that I lived at was a house on 15th and National. There was a big gang house right down the block. I remember sitting on my front steps one day and seeing 2 dudes open somebody's car and beat the crap out of the driver. Also heard gunshots on another occasion. There are certainly worse parts of the city, but that one was bad as well. The best place I lived was Appleton. The city's economy seemed to be doing really well, the schools were great, and most of the people were super nice. Would like to get a place there again sometime in the future. Also, spent a night in Antigo over 25 years ago. Me and my underage buddy managed to get into one of the local bars. Would have had a good time if it weren't for the dullards selecting 'Achy Breaky Heart' in the jukebox every 27 minutes.
Middleton & Appleton is growing since I left Madsion in 97. I heard those places is now the best places to live and expensive. My whole families lives there. I was told by my family it's for people with $$$$$$
I live awesome in Wi. I do it by working. WI doesn't give nearly as much cash as Illinois. There are plenty of millionaire style communities in WI too. Places where the middle class actually do well.
Agreed! There are way too many million dollar houses where I live for me to count on my fingers and toes! Although some places rely on tourism and do well because of that and if they didn’t have that they’d start struggling like the cities/towns named in the video.
7:25 Main Street and 5th looking North I believe. I have yet to go that art museum there. There’s a good restaurant on the other side of the square called red onion. Check it out.
I have lived for many years in both Kenosha and Racine and I can attest to the fact that there is not much difference between the 2 towns. Kenosha has been improving each year though. Although Kenosha did have a legit riot which i would never guessed that would happen.
I left from Minneapolis only to hear what happened in Kenosha WI. While assigned to do road work there. The atmosphere was so oppressed. Businesses closed by 6:30pm gas stations turned off curfew hours set. Seen Alabama national guards. Locals including people from Illinois all paranoid in the face. What a crazy time to experienced
I grew up around Chippewa Falls and met my partner in my hometown. Chippewa Falls is a nice small town, people are actually moving to from out of state. He's from Antigo and everytime I go back there to visit his family, I am astonished about how much it is a shell of its former self.
I attended middle school and high school in Chippewa Falls. It’s a nice area, but there is not a lot for kids to do there, so there were lots of issues with underage drinking and teenage pregnancy. Still, it was a decent place to grow up.
Great to know that my hometown is rated number one in the worst places to live. I was born in Beloit, graduated from BMHS, worked several places, married and had two children in Beloit. I have one daughter, an ex husband and grandchildren still in the lovely city but, truth be told, you couldn't pay me enough to live there again.
I am originally from Wisconsin. I moved over 30 years ago & would give my right arm to move back! I miss it desperately! Season changes, fresh meat, friendly people & basements! I would love to see a white Christmas again. And I miss lilac bushes! The smell from the flowers reminds me of home. Also, the smell of fallen leaves when it rains! The whole state, even though it has its many faults, is just beautiful & amazing! You don't know how blessed & what you miss until you no longer have it. Stop dissing the state.
Ty! We're no different here, our cities are def getting more crime but our small towns are the best imo. I've lived here most of my life, and it'll be home to me until I'm no more. ❤
Great video as usual! I’m visiting family in the Midwest and we went to Milwaukee for a Brewers game. Great trip overall but Green Bay is still my favorite city in Wisconsin.
My boyfriend just moved from Wisconsin. He’s from Milwaukee Wisconsin lives in Los Angeles California now. Wisconsin is a nice place. It’s good it’s good and it’s bad parts.
I'm someone who has lived in the Ashland area for a long time, and I don't think it's that bad honestly. It has a lot of public infrastructure like bike trails that are really nice, and the main street is very busy for a small town. There's a lot of very nice small businesses, having the lake next door is great, and it doesn't even get quite as much snow as inland cities. Drugs are definitely a real problem, but some of the crime & murder rates may just be statistical anomalies since the sample size is so small. (There was one serial arsonist a few years ago that probably drove those rates up... thankfully he's been caught now). The schools could be worse, and Elementary is probably even good, though many parents try to transfer their kids to the nearby Washburn school if they can anyhow. Maybe I'm just blindsided by the fact that I come from various towns surrounding Ashland that are even more economically depressed, though, so it always seemed like one bright spot. I would have given its place to Hurley instead. It's a tiny tiny town (1.5k people) that relies on its Michigan neighbor Ironwood for everything, except bars, which they have like 40 of (along with some other businesses you might predict to arise). It might sound like fun for some people, but for families, it's one of the worst places ever to live imo.
I grew up in Ashland. The biggest problem there is lack of decent paying jobs. Service industry jobs, sure. But Ashland mainly relies on tourists. I don't know of many of my peers that stayed in Ashland.
Brown Deer is not on Lake Michigan,when you cross the Milwaukee river on Brown Deer road you enter River Hills, basically a different planet.Brown Deer is the hood.
Lifelong resident (also was a MN resident for a few years) here. Yes, Milwaukee and some of the suburbs have crime, low proverty rates etc. That comes with a lot of bigger cities. Wisconsin overall is a state with better schools and Healthcare than other states. I forget how nice people generally are, until I visit other parts of the country. Wages could be higher in quite a few places. The majority of crime is due to meth. (Not that much different than most places in the US). The winters are hard and long. Thankfully, there are plenty of people with trucks and tow straps to pull you out. Oh, and the cheese and beer I shall miss if I move somewhere warmer. ;)
Gotta say! As someone who grew up in WI and lives in Minnesota, the doctors and medicine in WI were so much better. Something you don’t think about until you realize it!
Probably because the only time Wisconsin night comes together as if the bucks the Brewers or the Packers win and when they do win everybody goes their separate ways when it's all said and done things go right back to normal crime drugs killing shootings reckless driving you name it I can go on segregation integration separation should I go on
At 0:25 you blame: "where the poverty is the highest" but in NY State the Amish communities are among the poorest yet the crime rate is zero. How do you explain that?
I’ve lived in Beloit my whole life it’s really not that bad I really don’t mind walking the streets at night and I live in the “hood” you can’t always judge a book by it’s cover because there are a lot of good people here. You just gotta not piss people off and you’ll be fine. Although there are some rough spots. There is a community here people have your back and won’t let anything happen to you and as far as the drugs there are drugs everywhere in the country… so that shouldn’t really be a highlight. It might not be your style but for a lot of us here it’s where we call home and where we feel comfortable at. When you live here you’ll realize it’s not all bad
I dont remember if I commented on this when it came out or not but I will now, I am an Aussie and 20 yrs ago I visited Wisconsin Rapids cuz I had a friend there. I liked it but it seems there are a few things no longer there. I like Wisconsin, I have a soft spot for it.
Here are all of my Wisconsin videos: ua-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yr31ufjyBkb0WTtdLlKbEnd.html
Why are pink people so obsessed with the ghetto
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You do every state ?
I wonder what childhood trauma you suffered that you want to spend so much time “reviewing” a state you seem to hate. Sorry for your poor childhood, broken relationship, lost job, crappy vacation, whatever in WI. Really. Time to move on.
ESD slacker
It's Wisconsin....if there's a bar and a church, it's a town.
Big Facts 🤣
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Don’t forget the YeeYeers
And a barn and dairy farm... then it's a town
Technically, the law requires there to be two bars in each town lol
*me in Kenosha seeing Racine 😂😂😂
.02 seconds later: “Don’t laugh Kenosha. You’re not much better.”
*me ☹️
Fixing to move to Racine in December, Y’all scared me now! 😱
Hey, I've lived in Racine virtually my whole life. There are a lot of places that are a lot worse. Don't be afraid to move here.
@@heatherhult5838 I have family that lives there & we’ve gone to visit for Christmas & 4th of July we loved it!! Thanks 😊
@@heatherhult5838 ya, I moved here from Detroit!!
@@aimeekrieg9932 welcome!
This makes Wisconsin look like candy land compared to most other 10 worst in other states! I love living here! Deer hunting, beer, snowmobiling, Motorcycling, Utving, fishing year round. Smelling fresh cut grass in the spring.... Most any bar you go you will find 5 star food not to mention Friday night fish fry! 4 season change is a must have! I do not live far from portage and have been to many of the towns you mentioned. I believe its the drug pandemic that has captured the U.S.A. in a whole that brings such a sad crime rate, suicide and most any other crime to any village, town or city. Beautiful scenery and Kind people!
Early childhood was spent around Pelican Lake. I have fond memories of Wisconsin, but they were filtered through child lenses. 🙂 From what I recall, it was beautiful. My next door neighbor was my best friend. A lot of supper clubs, vivid autumns, excellent hunting and fishing, and active Native American representation. 💜
I have been all over the USA and WI is safe and friendly compared to many places.
We're from Northern IL and recently we started to come up for vacation to northern WI, right along the hwy 8 mark where the north woods start. Best food, beer, cheese, and yes I would love to find a place to hunt around turtle lake area..
I am born and raised in Milwaukee. I moved away to be a flight attendant in 2000. After having lived in NYC, Belgium, Berlin and Tokyo for 15 years total I moved back home. I can tell you there is no place like Wisconsin. Even with our faults politically or whatever we still have what I love. I’ll never leave again.
I'm from SC, living in NY, and I visited Madison, WI last summer. Madison natives are the nicest people I've met.
Welcome back my friend!!!
I started with UA in MKE in 1997 The city has improved a lot and it’s very beautiful with a lot of great restaurants. I really don’t understand that one being on the list. Of course there’s bad areas but every town has that. So many unique neighborhoods like the third ward district, tons of diversity and gorgeous views of the lake.
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I used to live in Kenosha. I've been in Illinois for the last decade (not really by choice) and went back to town a couple months ago. While I still love Kenosha, I couldn't wait to get out of Milwaukee. There was a homeless person with a sign asking for money at literally the very first exit, and several more homeless just wandering around. It was the middle of the afternoon. Many of the streets felt dirty and narrow. Many of the buildings felt dumpy. I wouldn't want to be in this area at night. I'm glad that you love it but I don't know, even as a relatively local resident I can't say that I'd want to live in Milwaukee. Maybe there are some nice suburbs away from the interstate and downtown area, I don't know.
0:56 New London
2:01 Ashland
3:12 Brown Deer
4:27 Janesville
5:13 Wisconsin Rapids
6:27 Portage
7:17 Racine
8:19 Antigo
9:30 Milwaukee
11:41 Beloit
I've heard these phrases...
"Milwaukee is turning into Chicago"
"Racine is turning into Milwaukee"
"Kenosha is turning into Racine".
I believe those things are likely to be true. If Kenosha doesn't get it together, it is going to be on that list just under Racine.
@@Bonzi_Buddy between Milwaukee and Chicago growing so big there is no hope for Kenosha. It's all one big city now. Look at the 10 lane hwy between them.
Someone add Two Rivers to this list
I've been to Ashland and it's pretty dumpy, but there is incredibly beautiful nature nearby. all places are good and bad.
I’m a native Wisconsinite of nearly 40 years. This list is accurate
Did he call Milwaukee the MLK? Clearly you know nothing about my city.
Oh there are TONS of racial undertones in this blog....just trash.
That's fkn funny!!
He said "just out right ghetto" in the intro I knew then this video was going to be full of BS
@@oneida32 video was pretty accurate.
@@oneida32 it's not false though...a lot of the city is complete trash that is fueled by crooked politicians. I moved down here for my girlfriend at the time but we quickly moved and got a house farther north. You can't say milwaukee is a great city when there are more shootings annually than Chicago.
I’ll rate Janesville number one just because of the same construction on 94 for about 8 years now
I visited a friend in Madison 8 years ago, and there was construction in Janesville. You mean they haven't finished it yet? 😯
Now that makes sense
That construction between elgin and Madison has been going on for much longer than 8 years. I remember seeing that in 2009
Now that is funny. Too bad it’s true.
Janesville is meth central
COMMUNITY Time Segment
Antigo 8:19
Ashland 2:01
Beloit 11:41
Brown Deer 3:12
Janesville 4:27
Milwaukee 9:30
New London 0:56
Portage 6:27
Racine 7:17
Wisconsin Rapids 5:13
What about Manawa?
thank you🙏🏾
@@electriccowboy4747why don't you ask that question of content originator not a fellow viewer that did you a favor sorting? 💡💡
@@ekimnamdets6946 Did you watch this video? What number 1-10 is it? I didn't see it. What time portion does that start?
@@electriccowboy4747 shiocton is not bad. i live near there, good town
When Walmart moves in, local businesses close. Walmart provides a LOT of very low paying jobs for people who lose their jobs or business.
Walmart = 100% pedaphiles
i hate this. I lived in brownsfeild in Louisiana, and Walmart shut down Albertsons, Winn Dixie, Rite Aid, and a bunch of other small scale places in the area. I know Albertsons and the other stores are pretty big too, but you had options as opposed to one overcrowded Walmart.
@@jonnydanger7181 - What do you mean by this?
I'm ok w that
@@MR-wc9lh they have contracts you sign to work at Walmart and they are all cabal pedos.
“Nowhere to shop besides Walmart” that sums up like 90% of the cities in the Midwest period.
Midwest? Try the entire country while adding Costco.Sams club and, Meirers to the list
Targets headquarters is in Minnesota so technically every Midwest state other than Minnesota lmfao or more like everywhere in the Midwest minus Minneapolis specifically
@@frankpeletz1818 nah I’m from New York and we have variety
We have Woodman's grocery all around
@@frankpeletz1818 Costco does not belong on your list.
I think these lists are so misleading. I've lived in Wisconsin all my life. I've spent time in every city in this video except Antigo. The only one on the list I agree with is Racine. I would move to any of the rest of them. I was in Beloit last night grocery shopping and I wasn't afraid for my life. Full disclosure, a lot of Wisconsinites do dislike and fear Beloit, but I wonder how many of them have spent much time there. It does have a nice downtown area, good people, some really nice neighborhoods and the best Farmer's Market around. People all over in Wisconsin are generally friendly. It's not the most diverse or sophisticated place to live, but it's charming and laid back and you can't beat the scenery. By and large, we also don't have to worry about hurricanes, earth quakes and wild fires. We don't even seem to get as many tornadoes, floods or ice storms as nearby states. It gets cold and hot here, but not too extreme. By the way, ice fishing may be bigger in WI than other places, but not everyone here ice fishes. I've never been and I never will. I know very few people who have ever been ice fishing. It seems like creators of these kinds of videos rely heavily on statistics, which don't always paint an accurate picture. I think they should take the time to talk to a good cross section of people who live in these places to get an idea of what they're actually like.
Have you been up north? My god the winters are brutal. 6/7 months of cold and snow
I was born and raised in WI, still living here and I find your passion and love for defending this great state both commendable and a little shortsighted.
Nick is poking fun at some of the mannerisms people carry about this state and honestly most of the small towns and most of the list he shared was only bad in one impacting way.If you want to make a video, then make your own. But based on what you said, your top 10 worst places to live in WI would probably consist of one city and 9 from IL.
And it’s a joke that we all ice fish. He’s just pointing out how limited there is to do in a state where your four seasons are Summer, Pre-Winter, Actual Winter and Post-Winter. But in my hometown of Reedsburg, kids in high school would wear their hunting camouflage to school, ride tractors to school, get drunk off their parents liquor on the weekends, do drugs in a park one city block away from where I lived, or they ate cheese and went icefishing. Small towns have very little things to do and if parents don’t direct their kids or don’t actively fill their lives with alternatives, these things happen. He can joke we all drink beer and eat cheese and hunt and icefish because that describes a good percentage of people.
Hope this didn’t ruffle you up, and I get not wanting to be lumped in with people you don’t feel you belong. But I think you are taking this list a little too personal. But that’s just my opinion.
Tell them girl
I live in Michigan. Same trashing goes on here. But I can go to free outdoor concerts every night in summer in the midmichigan tri-city area. The surrounding areas are afraid to step foot in some towns. The haters need a place to hate. Yes, there is crime, including murder. But, by and large, if you avoid some parts of town and stay home late at night, you'll be okay. The amenities cities offer are amazing: art museums, children's museum, libraries, senior center and services, awesome parks and pools, etc. Small towns have less crime, but less diversity, entertainment, parks, and are often a non-gated gated community. Outsiders are regarded with scorn, fear, suspicion and outright hostility. Even when they smile to your face, they are talking about you behind their back. Not everyone, but a lot.
@@1Skorpia yes I was raised in northern WI. Lived on the WI-upper MI border for several years. I would move back in a heartbeat. Cold and all.
LOL - love the song at the end. I have lived here all my life. Unfortunately, Milwaukee and its suburbs are going to H. Taxes are high, crime everywhere. On the other hand, there are some very nice small towns where the people are super friendly. Thats my goal, get out of Miltown and find somewhere else. If you like snow and cold, then this is for you. I can deal with it vs. the suffering heat. The shoveling is the worst. Hope you can come back and soak up some of our better towns. There is no shortage of beers here.
Ironically, Brown Deer used to be one of the most affluent cities in Wisconsin. And Portage is very close to Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo, where there are a lot of things to do year round. The crime problems in a lot of Wisconsin cities came about with the rise of gangs. I tried to help improve Wisconsin working with churches and at the mission in Milwaukee, etc. The big issue with my family was the high property taxes. I miss my old home! I even have tried to make things better in Janesville and Beloit.
Lol brown deer was never a affluent city. Nothing but a upgraded west allis lbvs
Leave it to the church to think it can fix something. You need to fix your hypocrite people first and stop plagiarizing every religion be for you.
lol wi gangs.. lol but nah most is from drugs
@@chuckley54494 lol. Milwaukee is baby chicago. The city is full of GD's, kings, and VLs
@@BlackAladdin_ I get milwaukee but I laugh when folks talk about it in all these small towns like Appleton. Try to be banger up here and find out what happens. We are all packing. People don't put up with it
Interesting, I was born and raised in Milwaukee. I still live in Milwaukee. I remember a time back in the 60s and 70s where everybody was working and everybody was prosperous. Most of the factories that were here are gone now except for a few. We have Miller brewing still here and Harley Davidson. Now, the only jobs that are here are things like Walmart and fast food. Even if you have a degree it’s very hard to find a job here. Calling people lazy isn’t going to help because if there are no jobs what are you going to do? I think what you are seeing here is, hopelessness. I think that if there are decent jobs here, the majority of the people are willing to work.
I’m planning on moving to Milwaukee when I graduate to for a job in engineering. My gf and I are thinking about Walkers Point, Third Ward, and the southern most side of the lower east side.
@@cadethomas5686 Good for you!! I think the south east side of Milwaukee is pretty decent.
@@cadethomas5686 if you can afford it try the 3rd ward it will be a lot safer. Make sure to pay for off street parking whenever you move. Alottt of stolen kias rn. Bayview is cute also
S/o to Bill clinton for killing the last wave of good paying jobs in the city... all the gigs that pay more than $23 is usually 30-40 mins away from the city... make you wonder why it's like that.
@@cadethomas5686 I personally would move to Brookfield or New Berlin if you want the Milwaukee area. Unless of course you want the city life, which if you do 3rd ward is definitely an ideal place to go.
I lived in northwest Wisconsin for 38 years. There are beautiful places in Wisconsin. I have a lot of good memories from my days there.
In 1976 I was an 18-year-old lad living in Ashland Wis. and there wasn't much crime at all. The people were very friendly and everyone seemed to know each other. It was a terrific place to live if you were a sportsman. Northland College is in Ashland and they kept it stocked with lots of college girls. My friend had a band that played at the Airport Inn just south of town and it was a great place to drink and dance on the weekends. I moved away quite some time ago, but living there I always felt at ease, and it was some of the best days of my life.
Interesting to know you view women like Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) restocking fish in a pond.
Ashland is the meth capital of Wisconsin now I hope you know this
Tweakers roam the streets
@@ameliab7245 Do I hear a representative from the Woke crowd chiming in? Some people will walk 4 blocks out of their way through a blizzard just to be butt hurt. It's no wonder your girlfriend cheats on you sugar.
I have visited Wisconsin for work twice and I just love it so much, the people is so nice and they love to show you around, cheese is amazing, views are beautiful, watching a packer's game with locals is just a great experience, everyone is friend with everyone, I love visiting this place. I have met people that invite me to their houses and I made some great friends there! But if you don't have a car, you are super screwed
Dude you dodged death. I would never go to someone's unknown house. Especially in Wisconsin
@@nonyabizz3533 ?
@@nonyabizz3533 lol why should anyone kill me for just going to his house as a guest?
@@alikanurievi3990 It’s a joke because infamous serial killers have came from the Midwest especially Wisconsin
I you live full time in Wisconsin , you will find some very strange people . I have lived in Wisconsin for over ten years, and I often feel like I am in a foreign country .
wow, Wisconsin this is a really great place, greetings from Russia )
Moved from Waco,Tx to Appleton,WI. Practically every town in Wisconsin has a small town feel, even towns like Appleton. Everything feels just more laid back. Tons of rivers nearby that have very good kayak fishing for smallmouth bass (Wolf, Embarrass,Red Rivers) If your into road biking the countryside has some of the smoothest roads with hardly any traffic. Rib mountain is a nice little ski hill in Wausau. 5 hrs away is Mt. Bohemia in the UP. Appleton has a very good comedy club that every now and then has some bigger names come through. The airport (ATW) is super easy to fly out of. Tons of golf courses everywhere. Shiocton has a great rifle/pistol outdoor range that is just amazing. Oshkosh has EAA event every year if you are into aviation. Door county is not far away at all and is a slice of heaven. Devils lake state park is not too far away and is the best park in the state hands down. Just go there youll see what im talking about. Wisconsin isn't all flat, if you go to the southwest corner the hills get more abrupt/steep and just a joy to cycle through country roads for a workout.
The Fox Valley down to Oshkosh is a good place for families. The unglaciated southwest corner is like no where else, it was called God's country for decades.
Welcome to Wisconsin. Enjoy the cycling. I do!
I moved from Green Bay, WI to Rockwall, TX lol. I ❤️ Texas but I miss my true home up north sometimes.
Why did you come to this toilet, its boring as hell and just getting worse unless you drink, worship the pack or want to be a snob.
Stevens Point here. I love it
Moved to Milwaukee from IL and love it. Friendly people, parking everywhere, tons of bars and restaurants, everything is right there. Some areas are dangerous but I was born and raised in Russia so I'm desensitized to that stuff.
You must be South
@@2009juicyfruit I go to the northside to shop at Goodwill. So far so good. I do live on the Southside, close to downtown
I feel safe in Milwaukee. You just need to know which parts to stay away from.
This seems to be the case for most large citys, including Chicago.
Fs Fs I went to summer smash in Chicago and I could tell I was in the hood 🧢👕👔🩱
Thats how democratic ran districts work lol 😆
Like 35th and Hampton or 12th and Greenfield
@@issuesthatmatter2825 It would be worse if it were Republican run. There would probably be more homeless people and crime since Republicans don’t like putting money into programs that help people. The roads would be even worse than they are now.
I lived in Antigo as a child exactly 40 years ago. My memories of the place are very fond. IMO, it was the near perfect size at around 10,000 people. Big enough to have fast food and decent stores, but not big enough to have big city problems. At that time, thanks to the town being at the intersection of two fairly busy state highways, there were three fine dining restaurants - Stimach's, Loefler's, and The Blackjack- which were pretty impressive for a town of that size. It wouldn't surprise me if they were all closed now. I can't comment on what the town is like now. I just know it was a great place to be a kid back then.
yeah, it sucks here now. all three of those places have closed down. all they do is the make multiple gas stations for some reason, and fix roads that don't need fixing... not to mention all the people here are miserable druggies who don't want to be here.
Yeah they use to have some pretty cool
Liquidation shops ,and a place it was like a treasure hunt to shopping ,we use to go all the time ,I'm sure these shops are gone by now?
Ayo I was born in Antigo lol
I live in Antigo currently and honestly it's horrible here now compared to how you've described it
@@darthnoxious3874 I sorry,I guess don't have to fee bad abitot ring Abe t bothered anymore?
Lmfao!! …”so maybe that’s worth a stroll… just watch your BACK I guess!” 😂 😂 FR!! That was hilarious.
Absolute gold. I’m sharing this video. Love it
Mostly Beliot and Milwaukee are and the Bucks are the 2021 champs.🦌🏀💚🏆
THEY SURE ARE
Don’t say Milwaukee bad then call the bucks champs smh
Know that we are the Champion 🏀🏀🏀
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I live in janesville and have lived in beloit. Its just like any other city, if you want to find bad stuff you can, if you don't, just stay away from the bad areas and you will be ok. The kids nowadays in Janesville are a hell of alot more disrespectful than the kids in beloit
I was born and raised in Kenosha and people say that never leaving the town you grew up in is a bad thing but honestly as I grew up so has Kenosha. So yes I may have lived here my whole life it has been getting bigger and better along with me so in a way Kenosha has not been the same town this whole time it has constantly been changing throughout the years.
@Lavender Gooms haha 😄 Ya the spots burgers were killer. But now there is new owners and the burgers are still good just not as good and I am actually friends with the daughter of the owners of the Villa down by the lake. She is currently working for the local government like driving busses an other positions. But anyway ya crazy little town we got going on here.
I can agree I have been born and raised as well and it has gotten better
I disagree completely. Kenosha is going down the tubes. Sure, there are some things that are better but some of the negatives outweigh the positives. Not being overly dependent on the auto industry is a huge plus, but the political leadership is corrupt, the schools are SHODDY and the school board incompetent. Tony Evers throwing fuel on the fire and the mayor/police of Kenosha allowing the city to burn for days certainly didn't help.
Anyone who thinks this place has gotten better isn't paying attention. Crime is worse, the lake area is mismanaged and a general zoo (they have restricted parking down by the harbor and will ticket people minutes after 7 PM when it is still light until 9:30 PM.), the cliquey downtown scene...no thanks. It isn't that special to be treating it so. It is laughable.
People drive like maniacs all over town with fatalities every year in places with 30-35 MPH speed limits. That just shouldn't be happening.
These things could be dealt with but it is obvious the leaders and police do not care to deal with those problems. The fact they refuse to somehow get a bus route out to walmart and has repeatedly shut down walmart locations in the city says it all. Government = Full of leftist clowns.
That closed Pick N Save in the hood is hilarious. That's Kenosha for you. Following in Racine's footsteps.
You think Kenosha is good? You live in White Caps area? You know nothing!!!!! Come take a walk on 19th Ave by 60th Street this Friday night.
Wisconsin FUCKIN SUCKS , and I’ve grown up there, MILWAUKEE to be exact and THAT SHIT SUCKS AND ITS SEGREGATION IS TERRIBLE ASF
@@Bonzi_Buddy I wouldn’t go down 19th and 60th in the daytime. Basically everything south of 52nd all the way down to like 75th is the hood and out to like 30th ave. Did you hear about the kid that got stabbed at Bradford? It’s a rough area. Yeah white caps is nice, pleasant prairie but anywhere right in the city is rough. Think about Racine down on Goold. The north side of Goold is relatively nice going up to Caledonia but just one street over and you’re in arguably the roughest neighborhood in the city. County is a lot nicer, Bristol, Salem, twin lakes etc.
Question: where is the pick n save in the hood that closed?
Overall, Wisconsin is a great state. It's on my top 3 list for retirement.
Florida of the North!
Maine is Florida of the North when it comes to the retirees department
It seem's to me we can't all be the Florida of the North.
There can only be one Highla-... Florida of the North.
@@ThisHandleIsNotAvailable. no, Pennsylvania
@@xeiro13 A New Champion Has Entered the Arena.
I live in lake country now but used to live in Milwaukee. your mil videos made me wanna go back to chill, but also is accurate.
Milwaukee did you visit jeffs apartment
I absolutely love Wisconsin. I've lived here most of my life. I'm in Janesville. I'm not a city dude at all but after living here for 7 years I'd say it's a pretty good city
Left Madison in 97. Used to go to Janesville
I was born in Janesville. A great place.
Dude Janesville is a decent city. Idk what this dude is on about.
i only go to Janesville to go to sams club lol
I grew up in Eau Claire and currently live in Mequon (Ozaukee County) and Janesville isn't as bad as this guy thinks.
I graduated college at Wisconsin and lived in Madison and whitewater. Both were amazing people, great beer, great cities in their own right. There are days that I miss the dairy land but after living in Ithaca NY, Phoenix, Dana Point, California, and now Florida I have to say I don't miss the long winters. Good list Nick
Been around the world and back and Madison will always be home. Yes, the winters are cold, but compared to Denver or Berlin it's prettier to get the low glow of snow covered trees than blinding sunlight and melt or a sad quarter inch of snow with kids trying desperately to make use of a sled.
It's been a wild, mild winter. But at least we have seasons.
Madison is a s*it hole now.
Lifelong Florida resident here, with heat index’s of 115°+ becoming common place, I am GLAD to give a long winter a chance. The summers here are absolutely brutal on those with physical jobs.
Referring to Racine’s “mega prom”, that clip was from the Night To Remember prom, which is for special needs students in that area who can’t go to their schools proms.
It’s a super dope event, I’ve volunteered there as a chaperone a few years.
It’s very inclusive, accessible and accommodating.
Oh wow I am down to come down and help with that!!
They do have an awesome prom parade as well
Most awesome prom in Usa , 8 schools together
That's really sweet
I actually just moved to Racine 😅🥴 I have a son with autism. It’s good to know they have an event like that.
From a small town in Wisconsin, but I've lived in LA for 7 years. There's sooooo much I miss about it.
I grew up in the U.P. and spent 11 years in Los Angeles. I left a year ago. The northwoods in the summer is fantastic.
It's there waiting for You whenever you're ready.❤
Of course you would your name is Maggie Meth!
Milwaukee has its downsides, but it has a ton of upsides as well. I wouldn't say Milwaukee is a bad place to live overall. And Wisconsin in general is paradise for someone like me who grew up on the East Coast
Wisconsin is an awesome place to live. I used to live in a small town, and that small town had a great school nearby. So now it's not really a small town anymore, but it shows how great schools can completely change the profile of an area that you live in
Wisconsin is a great place to live. You know why? The large cities are few and far, and we all would like to keep it that way.
@@becausereasons8981 Exactly! Wisconsin is really beautiful.
@@becausereasons8981 I'm a 41 yo retired soldier, but I'm also mexican and have tattoos on my face. I want to retire to WI, how would I do there? I'm polite and kind to my fellow man
@@X56th_SFS I think most people would be curious about you honestly, I can't say that for the larger cities though. Places like Madison and Milwaukee have become....strange...I stopped going to them altogether since the Pandemic. Smaller towns inbetween though, hell yeah come on up. Most of us are friendly and polite. Try checking out the smaller towns though, for sure.
@@X56th_SFS Also if you are Mexican no big deal, there's actually quite a few Mexicans up here at least in my profession. Whether its 1st 2nd or 3rd generation and so on.
How about the best places to live in WI? Thanks
Manitowoc, right on Lake Michigan, beautiful city and low crime!
This song at the end of the video, is my favorite part of this. You crack us up, Nick.
I lived in Rapids for 15 years, and I had a ton of friends who lived there. I never knew anyone who had been robbed or been a victim of a crime. And I lived on the sketchy side of the river, and I rarely heard of any crimes in my neighborhood
I lived in rapids too. Before the paper mill laid everyone off. Was better then.
The “sketchy side of the river?” Really?
@@jccountertenor yeah, the city's two sides are basically polar opposites
Adams is bringing the community down.
Anything below Rome sux
@@image3320 adams you can leave car running while you go in grocery shop come put amd still there, can't do that in rapids. Adams is not the problem. Rapids and drugs coming there through Chicago traveling through adams and then coming north from point is rapids issue. Rapids by far has higher crime and drugs.
As a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, honestly the only place that intimidates me is Milwaukee. I've been mugged there twice, once with a knife and once with a gun. Obviously the entire city isn't a crime ridden cess pool, there are cool things to see and do, actually quite a lot! What I don't like is that you can be in a safe area, but drive a few blocks over and suddenly you're in a place where you would not consider getting out of the car. Drive through the city on Fond du Lac Ave, and you will see for yourself. I had to laugh when you mentioned Hampton Ave, cause that's one of the places I got mugged!
I thought I might find this entertaining since I grew up in this state, recently moved back after 25 years in Illinois to be near my father before he departed this life last year, and have decided to stay. I may have finished the video if I could get past the tone deaf arrogance of the creator. While there are certainly those out there who would abuse the system, equating unemployment with laziness and the solution to the plague of opiate and meth addiction being "take your worthless self back to Illinois", are both statements of zero compassion, consequence and worth.
I was like bffr
I grew up in the Beloit/Janesville area. Honestly, as long as you stay outta the 4th ward in Janesville and certain neighborhoods in Beloit, they're not so bad.
lol the 4th ward. We used to call that the Beloit of Janesville.
Wisconsin resident here, Manawa. I was raised in Illinois, and the worst places in Wisconsin, except Milwaukee, are still way better than any place in Illinois. I wish FIBs would stop moving here, and Milwaukee Gang bangers. I love Wisconsin.
Half of milwaukee is still a great place...they just need to drop a bomb on the northside
Dude I live in Milwaukee and resent your comment. Milwaukee is a great place to live.
@@pault477 if Milwaukee is so great, why do all the shittiest people keep moving out and to other cities.
Keep your trash there.
@@Googazon_Twitterberg you make no sense dude.
@@Googazon_Twitterberg Milwaukee is garbage lmfao
Kenosha Wisconsin is were the AMC (American Motors Corporation) plant was located and made the cars like the AMC Gremlin, Pacer, AMX, and Javlin.
I loved the pacer and gremlin
@@NickJohnson They're neat little cars.
We had a Gremlin!
@@becky4728 Awesome sister. What color was it.
Grey and white I think. It was 1983
Growing up and living the majority of my life in Wisconsin I'd honestly say New London and Ashland are not bad at all, you can live a pretty decent life in both places. The other places listed are so-so. I would say the 3 Worse places in the state for sure would be: 1. Racine 2. Beloit 3. The NW side of Milwaukee (which is Extremely ghetto & Dangerous). A large majority of Milwaukee and most of its close outlaying areas are very nice and affordable and can live a really good life here. Stay outta the NW side of MKE and west side of the Marquette U campus- you'll be just fine. Any other majority city I go to though, I hear the same thing about how its 1 of the most segregated cities with dangerous pockets. What major city doesn't have that? Unfortunately its an American phenomenon.
Beloit has gotten a lot better these past ten years
I actually quite like Ashland. Drove through there a few times, on my way up to Madeline Island from my father's old house in Lake Tomahawk. I think Ashland has a nice, old shipping town kind of feel, and the views of Lake Superior are outstanding, though I'm sure winters there are pretty rough.
Precisely! Ashland is pretty nice actually and I’d say 4 outta the 10 towns on this list could be excluded. But Racine, Beloit and NW side and part of the south side of MKE are def dumps!
@@scottswing3627 Agreed. People can say what they want but Rock county has plenty of good paying jobs.
Kenosha? I don't understand why no one mentions Kenosha.
Having moved to Beloit from having lived Mequon/shorewood/ripon/Oshkosh……and having travelled throughout the works, it is not anything like you have said. We’ve lived here 5 years now by choice and in 2 different areas, not once have I felt unsafe, there is soooo much to offer families in terms of things to do, places to go etc. Beloit is not dangerous, the crime is isolated much like other cities into certain areas around certain times… we are about an hour from Madison, Milwaukee and just a tad bit more to Chicago which puts us in a prime location in terms of day trips etc. but hey, as long as this rumor of Beloit stays true, we will have our beautiful city to ourselves, traffic will stay low and cost of living low as well. I do recommend coming back here and going to some of the amazing restaurants, festivals, parks and actually driving around….we have a picture perfect downtown, no empty or abandoned buildings lurking, a brand new stadium, tons of diversity which means diverse restaurants, beautiful college, trails along the river front and cool breweries within our small city. Just some thoughts from a Beloit implant.
Great to know. Shorewood is a great place to live, as is Mequon.
This is very much right, L H. You are lucky to live here. He just makes it sound bad.
You shouldn't immediately call people lazy because they are unemployed. A) it's covid times B) these are the types of small places where the industries are shrinking or leaving, due to changing times. When there aren't open businesses or companies, there aren't jobs.
Shrinking businesses due to boneheaded employees that are union workers, for example, Jacobsen textron, the company didn’t go out of business they moved to North Carolina to get away from the boneheaded union workers.
Nick, can you please do worst places in Connecticut soon? I’ve been waiting for quite a while, and im eager to see it!
Yea it's getting rough there. Especially in the middle sized cities like meriden and Middletown
@@codis5722 I agree. The bigger cities are getting bad too.
@@SkylineWeather yea most definitely. I'm from middletown and they had two murders there this year, not to mention all the car thefts and someone actually was caught on camera entering a home with a gun in an attempted theft around dinner time. Parents just sold the house so glad they are getting out of there.
@@codis5722 Yep, it’s sad that these cities were once great and now are being overrun with crime. I live by Waterbury and it looks third world in some areas.
@@SkylineWeather yes the dirty water is no joke
I just moved out of Janesville after living there for 8 yrs to Madison and I really miss the small town feel of Janesville. I agree with not much to do but overall I felt safe and there was good shopping.
I agree with the Portage assessment! I lived there for too many years.
What's wrong with living in a bad town in Wisconsin? In the bad towns in Illinois if someone steals your TV, you just break into your neighbour's home and steal theirs!
Lol
They won't even bother sending cops to pretend to care at this point. Illinois is a 3rd world state
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As someone who moved from Madison to Milwaukee I have to say the difference has been night and day. I don’t think any neighborhood in Madison even comes to close to how dangerous some areas of Milwaukee are. I still like Milwaukee though, there’s a lot more to do and believe it or not it feels more laidback in spite of being much larger.
Both my sister and brother-in-law live in Milwaukee and they love the vibe there.
Milwaukee is one of if not the most segregated cities in the country and it shows when you drive through it. If you know where to go and where not to go (and that might be a block difference) it's a pretty cool city.
I moved to Madison from Hyde Park, Chicago. I lived in Westmoreland. I could not sleep for about a week--it was too quiet at night.
Are you kidding me? people in Madison are psychotic drunken assholes and Middleton isn't much better either
I raised 6 kids in New London , it was a safe place to live lots of wildlife and the Wolf river runs through.
Brown Deer was so bad even in the 1980's. We seen alot of destruction of homes being built, graffiti, and the Northridge mall became a very dangerous place to go with gangs. It was once really nice.
Not everyone on welfare is a lowlife. Some are unfortunately just physically unable to work even though they’d really like to. They have back problems or something that keeps them from working but can’t get disability because it’s damn near impossible to get it with a bad back or gut problems. But then there’s also a good portion that are.
I found someone with a brain in this comment section. Thank you.
I totally agree
Wisconsin does not have welfare. Wisconsin has food help but that's it. Energy help in winter. Wisconsin is a great place to call home.
I have back problems and work. You can find desk jobs. Be a telemarketer. Work in sales. Ive seen nurses with huge physical impairments that still work . They dont live off the system making excuses.
Especially in Wisconsin. The weather can kill you from just being poor. You can't afford certain nessecities.
I live in Menasha Wisconsin. Just south of Appleton... Its a great area. Come to the Fox Valley and look around
The fox valley is good but we are getting a lot of crime and a declining rate.of education and skills for the jobs that are here or coming here.
Fox valley is awesome
When I was young in the late 70s and early 80s I lived in Portage. I remember the cold and snowy winters and intense thunderstorms. the town itself was a wonderful place to grow up. I know some people who settled and had families there. It has a unique small town charm.
I live in Wisconsin and my city didn’t make this list because I know its a great place to live. The issue now is ppl from Chicago corrupting our state.
All Wisconsinites unite! I love my fellow Wisconsinites defending our amazing state. All states have the bad places but Wisconsin definitely is one of the safer states out of the United States. I love my dairy land state Wisconsin and will lay down my life for it
Mooooo!!!
I live in Wisconsin and love it,have a nice home and great income,just be skilled
Cheesehead born and bred! Very proud of our state!
I keep moving back home
Milwaukee is definitely the most dangerous city in the state. Been here my whole life and I've seen it go from bad to worse. Not all bad though, the city really has so much culture and history that is just amazing
When was this video made? Not many houses going for under 100000 these days in Beloit.
Now you should do a video on 10 cities/ towns on Wisconsin that we should move to
Delafield, Oconomowoc, Muskego, Burlington, Pewaukee. That entire lake country area would probably be most of the list lol.
Sun prairie. Port Washington.
Appleton should be on that list for sure.
I dont recommend sun prairie. I like towns like New Glarus, Brodhead, Orfordville, Albany, argyle..the small towns. Mcfarland, Cottage Grove (the last 2 are in Dane co where I grew up.. alot more restrictions there)Good schools, very low crime, great ppl.
Port Washington yes, Sun Prairie a big NO.
wisconsinite here. you hit the nail on the head with these. beloit, racine and janesville are some rough places to be. we blame it on illinois of course
Lol omg yesss, don't we all swear at "those ppl" when they drive through?
Wow...New London has great schools,great people and awesome restaurants. This place is great.
New London is very safe! I had family there and also went camping in Fremont which is fairly close to New London recently love that area
I bet these places would be considered average if they were in Illinois.
The reason we have alot of our issues is Illinois residence moving in
@@lbp_1238 exactly
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Average??? More like above average!
@@JP-kb4yi I don’t think you understood what he meant.
You gotta love the drug deal going on right in front of the camera in the Milwaukee segment.
I'm from the hood around north n 35 worst place ever to live
Eh I live near baltimore so it’s just normal when you go into the city. Granted I’m usually going there to buy drugs, but I digress
🤣🤣🤣 not catching pops on camera!
Watching from Australia. Keep up good work!!x
#4 Racine is home to the kringle bakery that turns out delicious giant danish that trader Joe's sells. Pumpkin and raspberry are the 2 flavors. Yummy.
Just moved back to Illinois from Racine. Kringles the only bright side. O & H
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NEW Flavor Malt Kringle Chocolate With Crushed Malt Balls !! 😁 It Looks Pretty Good Haven't Had It Yet
Racine used to be the publisher/ printer of Golden Books, for children ~~
untttt unn don’t move to racine it’s horrible
I lived in Janesville for 3 years back when the GM Plant was still there ---- It was a nice place to live then
The GM plant was the prime location to sell crack!! Lol
@@FishNFreshWater I never saw anyone selling or using crack in the 3 years I worked at the Janesville GM plant but there was a bar right in the middle of the parking lot (not GM owned) that did a huge business during lunch breaks --- I did see alcohol used on the plant floor by workers bringing their own into the plant
My cousin used serve them butterheads right out of the car in the parking lot. Can't tell me. I'm literally from Beloit. Janesville is like Beloit if it we're populated by pπss¡es.
@@FishNFreshWater My Brother worked there. You could get anything.
Janesville all around is just trash now. It's basically filled with druggies now
My home state. Left 50 years ago, but I still miss much of it. I’ll take the cold and snow over what we’re getting here in Nor Cal right now: fires and drought. Big fires and severe drought. No end in sight.
You moved from Wisconsin to Cali… Yikes
Stayed in Marinnette during July. Very nice town, seems like every town in WI, but me being from South GA, I doubt I’d survive during the winter.
Though I’ve heard WI is a very good state to be a local truck driver.
How did Kenosha not make the list?
It's so infested with FIBs moving across the border, it doesn't even feel like Wisconsin sometimes.
The City of Racine is in Racine County. The City of South Milwaukee is in Milwaukee Co. There is a difference between the south side of Milwaukee and South Milwaukee. 🙄
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We lived in Brown Deer 13 years and finally got out in 2020. It really went down hill. It’s a suburb borders Milwaukee intercity. A main road gave people in Milwaukee quick access to drive up to Brown Deer. When Walmart came crime increased greatly. Also apartments in area had lots of domestic cases. So many families with lots kids moved into apartments. I couldn’t believe how many kids you’d see the buses pick up by the apartments. Neighborhoods with houses were nice. It’s very true that car theft is high. Also lots of burglaries. We were burglarized mid day in 2015. Cops are good and have small parameter to cover but just too much crime coming in. Businesses struggle to stay and schools could be better. Teachers and staff were good but kids just weren’t achieving as high. One correction I give is Brown Deer is not on Lake Michigan though it’s not far. It’s 5 miles from the lake. In my daughter yearbooks I counted how many kids in my daughters kindergarten grade were still in her grade in 5th grade. Only 1/5 of kids were still in the school system. That’s how many left (then new came in). So that’s a high turnover of families. School fights are common in older grades and lots of kids show disrespect toward the teachers.
Brwon deer is 7-8 miles from Milwaukees inner city. I grew up near Brown Deer. It was a great place to live during the 70s and 80s......then it steadily went downhill from there....
Because it is a blue state and the state officials don't prosecute because they are too progressive. It is almost to the point that California is. They keep letting criminals go, taxing the taxpayers more and more, and now they are backed in a corner with nowhere to. Then they cry when they actually are robbed. Haha.
@@dalebecause2467 Brown Deer's demographics are becoming increasingly more like Milwaukee's inner city.
Nick thank you for your vids. You know anything about Novi?
Been a Wisconsin resident for 40+ years. I've been to some scary places in Milwaukee. The worst one that I lived at was a house on 15th and National. There was a big gang house right down the block. I remember sitting on my front steps one day and seeing 2 dudes open somebody's car and beat the crap out of the driver. Also heard gunshots on another occasion. There are certainly worse parts of the city, but that one was bad as well.
The best place I lived was Appleton. The city's economy seemed to be doing really well, the schools were great, and most of the people were super nice. Would like to get a place there again sometime in the future.
Also, spent a night in Antigo over 25 years ago. Me and my underage buddy managed to get into one of the local bars. Would have had a good time if it weren't for the dullards selecting 'Achy Breaky Heart' in the jukebox every 27 minutes.
Up north they play lots of country and 80s rock stripper music. "Put some sugar on me,shes my cherry pie"
My Gma was on 27th Nation I was on 67 silver spring by west lawn and my other gma was on 42nd and fair mount. Can’t get anymore hood thenthat.... lol
My mother was from Antigo.Grew up on a potato farm.
Middleton & Appleton is growing since I left Madsion in 97. I heard those places is now the best places to live and expensive. My whole families lives there. I was told by my family it's for people with $$$$$$
Lol. That's funny.
I live in New London and besides the streets, it’s a good place to live.
What about Madison? There are car thefts DAILY and gangstas think of nothing about shooting at each other from their cars! Happens weekly!
They must be imports from chicago looking for fresh meat.
“Don’t laugh kenosha… you’re not much better”🤣🤣🤣got em
I like to see a video like this on the best places to live in Wisconsin
I live awesome in Wi. I do it by working. WI doesn't give nearly as much cash as Illinois. There are plenty of millionaire style communities in WI too. Places where the middle class actually do well.
Agreed! There are way too many million dollar houses where I live for me to count on my fingers and toes! Although some places rely on tourism and do well because of that and if they didn’t have that they’d start struggling like the cities/towns named in the video.
I don’t see how Milwaukee is worse to live than the small meth towns, you can avoid the bad areas
You really can't if you live here
I grew up in upper Michigan and I guarantee meth is JUST as bad there as it is in Milwaukee
7:25 Main Street and 5th looking North I believe. I have yet to go that art museum there. There’s a good restaurant on the other side of the square called red onion. Check it out.
I have lived for many years in both Kenosha and Racine and I can attest to the fact that there is not much difference between the 2 towns. Kenosha has been improving each year though. Although Kenosha did have a legit riot which i would never guessed that would happen.
Many rioters came from out of state. Over 80% arrested were not from Wisconsin.
I left from Minneapolis only to hear what happened in Kenosha WI. While assigned to do road work there. The atmosphere was so oppressed. Businesses closed by 6:30pm gas stations turned off curfew hours set. Seen Alabama national guards. Locals including people from Illinois all paranoid in the face. What a crazy time to experienced
Facts I never thought it would happen so close to home. I'm from racine and I was shocked.
From what I heard, all the rioters were from out of town. If you ask me it was organized from outside.
The Gateway Technical Institute in Kenosha Wisconsin is ☝👍
I grew up around Chippewa Falls and met my partner in my hometown. Chippewa Falls is a nice small town, people are actually moving to from out of state. He's from Antigo and everytime I go back there to visit his family, I am astonished about how much it is a shell of its former self.
I attended middle school and high school in Chippewa Falls. It’s a nice area, but there is not a lot for kids to do there, so there were lots of issues with underage drinking and teenage pregnancy. Still, it was a decent place to grow up.
@@MuseumGirl I grew up there too, great childhood. We had plenty to do in the 60 and 70's.
@@ZONEPRESSLLC unfortunately in the 90s there was not much. Thankfully that has changed for the better from what I have seen and heard.
Grew up there as well. Its got its issues but it’s pretty nice. It’s way nicer there now then when I grew up and it gets better every time I go back.
That whole area is growing so fast it is nothing like what it was growing up in the 80s/90s/00s there. Especially Altoona , Hallie , and Eau Claire.
Great to know that my hometown is rated number one in the worst places to live. I was born in Beloit, graduated from BMHS, worked several places, married and had two children in Beloit. I have one daughter, an ex husband and grandchildren still in the lovely city but, truth be told, you couldn't pay me enough to live there again.
Yep! same.
I hear a lot of people call it “north Rockford”
@@njb1126 > I think that's right on. Before is still a beautiful city but not exactly the safest place to live.
That's how I feel about Racine
I live in Janesville, and everytime theres a storm coming. we always get skipped.
I am originally from Wisconsin. I moved over 30 years ago & would give my right arm to move back! I miss it desperately! Season changes, fresh meat, friendly people & basements! I would love to see a white Christmas again. And I miss lilac bushes! The smell from the flowers reminds me of home. Also, the smell of fallen leaves when it rains! The whole state, even though it has its many faults, is just beautiful & amazing! You don't know how blessed & what you miss until you no longer have it. Stop dissing the state.
Ty! We're no different here, our cities are def getting more crime but our small towns are the best imo. I've lived here most of my life, and it'll be home to me until I'm no more. ❤
Great video as usual! I’m visiting family in the Midwest and we went to Milwaukee for a Brewers game. Great trip overall but Green Bay is still my favorite city in Wisconsin.
Hi from Green Bay!
Its going downhill fast
Greenbay is boring , js..Don't get it confused with Appleton..
Green Bay is NOT boring. We have a rollercoaster for a dollar! The only Appleton has is better stores.
Green Bay is great!
We don't have to smell the mill in Wisconsin Rapids anymore--because it's closed.
That was the smell of money
@@mattharper588 Kaukauna says the same thing. Yuck!
@@wiuser1745 ha ha I live in Green Bay and am a retired Union Boilermaker and have worked at both mills
It did smell though… Rapids is a nice own imho
My boyfriend just moved from Wisconsin. He’s from Milwaukee Wisconsin lives in Los Angeles California now. Wisconsin is a nice place. It’s good it’s good and it’s bad parts.
Been to LA liked the views but the people are different. Always love coming back home to Wisconsin.
I'm someone who has lived in the Ashland area for a long time, and I don't think it's that bad honestly. It has a lot of public infrastructure like bike trails that are really nice, and the main street is very busy for a small town. There's a lot of very nice small businesses, having the lake next door is great, and it doesn't even get quite as much snow as inland cities. Drugs are definitely a real problem, but some of the crime & murder rates may just be statistical anomalies since the sample size is so small. (There was one serial arsonist a few years ago that probably drove those rates up... thankfully he's been caught now). The schools could be worse, and Elementary is probably even good, though many parents try to transfer their kids to the nearby Washburn school if they can anyhow.
Maybe I'm just blindsided by the fact that I come from various towns surrounding Ashland that are even more economically depressed, though, so it always seemed like one bright spot. I would have given its place to Hurley instead. It's a tiny tiny town (1.5k people) that relies on its Michigan neighbor Ironwood for everything, except bars, which they have like 40 of (along with some other businesses you might predict to arise). It might sound like fun for some people, but for families, it's one of the worst places ever to live imo.
I agree
None of these arent that bad. Shows what a hidden gem Wisconsin is
I grew up in Ashland. The biggest problem there is lack of decent paying jobs. Service industry jobs, sure. But Ashland mainly relies on tourists. I don't know of many of my peers that stayed in Ashland.
The guy who did the video is a smarty pants and really doesnt like WI AT ALL. He would trash the entire state. We know who we are.
@@barbarajarrett3185Ashland is full of tweakers yall trippin
Brown Deer is not on Lake Michigan,when you cross the Milwaukee river on Brown Deer road you enter River Hills, basically a different planet.Brown Deer is the hood.
Yea kinda..... depending on which side of browndeer
very much yes brown deer used to be something special
False! Brown deer Rd runs into Lake Drive. In between Fox Valley & Bayside ……. That’s brown Deer
Your right you have to go east to Bayside and Fox Point to be on Lake Michigan.
Lifelong resident (also was a MN resident for a few years) here. Yes, Milwaukee and some of the suburbs have crime, low proverty rates etc. That comes with a lot of bigger cities. Wisconsin overall is a state with better schools and Healthcare than other states. I forget how nice people generally are, until I visit other parts of the country. Wages could be higher in quite a few places. The majority of crime is due to meth. (Not that much different than most places in the US). The winters are hard and long. Thankfully, there are plenty of people with trucks and tow straps to pull you out. Oh, and the cheese and beer I shall miss if I move somewhere warmer. ;)
Gotta say! As someone who grew up in WI and lives in Minnesota, the doctors and medicine in WI were so much better. Something you don’t think about until you realize it!
wisconsin is really wonderful (besides winter being super cold and snowy) everyone is super nice.
We left colorado to live in Nelson. Love WI, its amazing and small town life is great.
Nicky, its bout time you do a video about me home state! 😎✅
It’s funny when Wisconsin win a championship & everything & people still try to bring us down or divide that don’t sit right or sink in either
Probably because the only time Wisconsin night comes together as if the bucks the Brewers or the Packers win and when they do win everybody goes their separate ways when it's all said and done things go right back to normal crime drugs killing shootings reckless driving you name it I can go on segregation integration separation should I go on
At 0:25 you blame: "where the poverty is the highest" but in NY State the Amish communities are among the poorest yet the crime rate is zero. How do you explain that?
Are Greenville or Grand Chute nice small towns in Wisconsin?
Yes
If nobody heard of it and its thriving yes.
I live on the outskirts of these areas, it’s not bad. Better than the places on this list.
Yes! Grand chute has loads of stuff to do and Greenville is a nice small town. We live about 15 min from there.
I’ve lived in Beloit my whole life it’s really not that bad I really don’t mind walking the streets at night and I live in the “hood” you can’t always judge a book by it’s cover because there are a lot of good people here. You just gotta not piss people off and you’ll be fine. Although there are some rough spots. There is a community here people have your back and won’t let anything happen to you and as far as the drugs there are drugs everywhere in the country… so that shouldn’t really be a highlight. It might not be your style but for a lot of us here it’s where we call home and where we feel comfortable at. When you live here you’ll realize it’s not all bad
I dont remember if I commented on this when it came out or not but I will now, I am an Aussie and 20 yrs ago I visited Wisconsin Rapids cuz I had a friend there. I liked it but it seems there are a few things no longer there. I like Wisconsin, I have a soft spot for it.