There is no respect for adults anymore because parents stopped making their kids respect adults. It started with calling them by their first name. When I grew up everybody was mr. And mrs. And in the South it was Sir and ma'am.
My British brother-in-law married a lady from Boston & they settled in Georgia. Their children didn’t use the Sir & Ma’am thing when they were young because it just wasn’t their culture. They did adopt it though because they realized people found them very rude!
Hey how about when parents made their kids held accountable. I could expect a slap in the head and an iron hand. We were pissed but hey we respected people and learned how to take care of ourselves. We were told you'll appreciate things you want more if you EARN them yourselves. Worked for me and my family. I am quite successful. My family was not rich but our parents wanted us to do better than they did.
Right!!! I had two jobs at age 14 while babysitting... I remember when I saved up money to buy Nike high tops😂 To be honest, I saved all my money at my young age to make sure my mom had amazing Christmas’s. She got a few gold Elvis Presley’s albums and was shocked ☺️. It’s important to teach our children how to be independent with some type of job. ❤️❤️
@@NickJohnson - I got the baseball bat. I'm from NJ; the baseball bat is almost a greeting there. In NJ, a "long distance relationship" means the man must stay 300 feet away from the woman at all times. Seriously, though, the lock down has decreased crime, but this may reverse in the future. No jobs= more people at home, with nothing to do, angry, and waiting til nightfall to do bad things. I live on a farm in South America, and someone stole 2 cows from my neighbor. Both in a barbed-wire fenced area. Now, shoplifting candy is one thing, but stealing two 600 lb cows is another. If you don't lock it up, it's gone by morning.
I live in Chiang Mai, I feel safer here than most of the parks in my home Hawaii. There is a epidemic of homeless everywhere on the island. Also if I leave something at the gym or anywhere, it will be there weeks later,in Hawaii, gone immediately. Of course, people do try to scam you a lot of the time here. Don’t believe all the BS stories you hear or “ can I borrow 800 Baht. No such thing as borrowing, it’s a gift and you will never get it back.
The warm weather theoretically plays a part in crime. More people come outside when it’s warm, creating more opportunities to commit crimes and for tempers to flare. It’s an unfortunate truth.
Nah it's the poverty that causes it!!! And the militant was America treats criminals don't reform them but keeps them locked up just influences them plus the fact in the US if your a felon you can't get work so you revert to crime
Illinois should be on the list because of bad places like South Side Chicago, West Side Chicago, some parts of Downtown Chicago, Rockford, East St. Louis, Danville, Kankakee, and Springfield are all bad and dangerous places to live in the state.
It wont. Statistics r based on new cities that spike crime becuz they never did back then at all. States like cali and illinois wont end up on the list
I think it all comes down to parenting. I am a senior who was raised with high morals, unlike young people these days who seem to not know the difference between right and wrong. It all comes down to what was taught at home. Those who had good parenting were those who succeeded in life regardless of their circumstances in life.
Emily yea that's part of it but young people nowadays are very falsely entitled because of tech. We feel we know everything. But that's like reading WebMD and trying to be a doctor. It's a harder time for sure. Definitely good parenting helps but it's hard to control what kids do on the web.
@@alanlee67 yes, parenting is difficult enough these days with access to the internet for kids which opens the world up to both beneficial experiences and detrimental ones. Parents still need to monitor what their kids look at, although I agree it is hard to do so.
Too many parents are raising their kids too be overly spoiled now! Just look what happened to Lori Loughlin! All trying to spoil her kid into a top college!
I live in St. Louis and can say that the reason for all the crime is single mothers having children they don’t care for or want just to get on assistance and these kids grow up never knowing love, empathy or the value of human life. They don’t see waking up alive everyday as a blessing but more as a curse.
@@NickJohnson awesome! I’ll be waiting! I moved to a Denver Suburb in my early 20’s and didn’t have to be nervous to walk my dog alone. I realized I grew up in a high crime place when I went to the mall for the first time and no one tried to start a fight with me here 🤣 I’ve also never had someone try to smash my window in and break into my house here. I have never been flashed here, never had two men try to steal my car at a stop light, I don’t hear gunshots at night... It’s the little things, I guess. I grew up in a decent part of Albuquerque too. It wasn’t even the war zone:
I live in mobile, Alabama. Its okay here for the most part. There is a few hoods you don't want to be walking around at night at. The main bad thing here is the traffic honestly.
Note to self: Move to Maine. Excellent video as always, Nick! I agree about fixing the educational system and addressing the problem of addiction. There needs to be reform of addiction treatment centers that amount to little more than insurance scams. If everyone had a job they would have less motivation and time to be addicted and committing crime.
People need to stop the materialistic lives they’re living. In my opinion things started going downhill when Mom had to go to work, and the increased numbers of single parents. Sandy
Sourav, yeah how is she a nanny for raising her own kids? Dad is there for discipline and sternness, Mom is there for raising the kids and doing household work. It's how we have always been, since we came into the world. Why change it now?
Sourav, maybe notice how bad our country has gotten, it's because both parents are working and nobody is watching their own children. Nobody will teach your kids the things you do.
"you don't leave your car door unlocked, you dont leave your windows wound down" the words of someone that has never been in a real dangerous place, where the advice is, you have to leave at least a car gap between you and a car in front when stopping, so you can around it and drive away instead of getting car-jacked.
Ghetto Geography, even smaller cities have gotten worse. Desperate people out there. Help the homeless, just saying. You might stop a crime from being committed.
where I live, the homicide rate jumped up to 60 per 100,000. I don't even have to say where I live because y'all already know what it is with a number like that. don't we love the war on drugs and mass incarceration?
I reside in the city and one day I was in the corner store and a gang fight broke out across the street from the store. The owner licked the store and phoned the police. The police asked how many shots were fired and the storekeeper said none and that they are fighting with lead pipe's and the police told him don't call them until there's several shots fired. The police eventually came to break it up.
tam cat, too busy with murders and some want to defund them. Makes zero sense, defund the police, and you'll just have national guard troops on the streets policing. You don't want that, trust me. They will enforce orders as well as law.
Who was yr dad? I didn't get the network when it 1st came out. So I bought all 7 seasons last yr to watch and loved it. They never revealed what city it was shot in.
Wait, so wait a minute, Mississippi didn't make this list? Not even one of the 'honorable mentions'? And all their neighbors did make the top (bottom) 10? Good for you, Mississippi!
@@shelovesjuju1167 statistically Mississippi as a whole has very little crime. America has very little crime and Mississippi is below the national average.
Here in Seattle it's bad. Junkies don't get arrested, using the street for a urinal, and homeless everywhere.. The situation is grim with no improvement in sight.
Nick, if you were to put all of your top 10 lists together, it would paint a very clear picture of life in America as it exists today. There are clearly specific parts of our country that are in a severe state of dysfunction. It is scary to see the same states show up again and again in the lists depicting a poor quality of life. Keep up the good work, maybe someone in Washington D.C. will get a clue on how to address it.
oh my god, when he said "this is America and many of us don't know how to act like adults..." at the beginning of the video, my heart sank and i really felt embarressed because i knew it was true!!
If it makes you feel better, I can tell it's a disease common to most freedom- and rights-based democracies in Europe, North America and a few other places in the world.
@@AgentAO7 That is actually sad. When all of the very few decent places are so expensive that Mississippeepee ends up being the best. No hate to mississippeepeeans your state just sucks. mine is awful too
I'm sure people who've been living in crummy neighborhoods for years feel their neighborhood "is what it is." If you're already living in a great neighborhood, your head is in the clouds and those towns aren't in your radar (even if you drive thru those areas all the time).
"It is what it is." I so hate that phrase. Here's why. Here's the problem with It is what it is. It abdicates responsibility, shuts down creative problem solving, and concedes defeat. A leader who uses the expression is a leader who faced a challenge, failed to overcome it, and explained away the episode as an inevitable, unavoidable force of circumstances. Replace It is what it is with "This resulted because I failed to do __________" and you get an entirely different discussion. It is what it is is especially damaging when used to frame a response to a problem ("Our overhead costs unexpectedly increased, so we missed our revenue this quarter. What could we do? It is what it is.") It is what it is is an admission that the problem is too hard and suppresses the attitude that leads to creative, unseen solutions. Even if a leader racks his brain for a solution to the challenge, yet can't find one...he should realize that his team contains a wealth of unique experiences and perspectives to contribute. It is what it is negates their value. It's time to let go of It is what it is. This all too common phrase has no place in the lexicon of leaders who rely on the intellectual, emotional, and creative power of their people. It says "We can't," when success demands that leaders instead ask, "How can we?" The difference will be decisive.
Nick, the 'heat' thing is about when it's the summer time and it's really hot, people tend to be more angry because of the obvious (no money, no car, it's hot and humid). This tends to make people commit really bad crimes.
And another problem is people from the lower 48 who have basically given up and are escaping to a place where they think there’s few issues and they will be left alone. Inevitably that doesn’t work for most, and they lash out.
So, warm weather is to blame for crime they say? Is that why the crime rate is lower in Canada? Must be, too darn cold to go out in the winter to get up to no good! Great video Nick, as always! Love learning more about my neighbors in the South!!
The thought is that more people are out and about/hanging outside providing more opportunity for robbery/rape. Who wants to wait in the bushes for a victim in the cold?
I live in ABQ right now and yes it’s absolutely horrible! I’ve been here for most of my life and was going through the mud without family here so I got hands on experience on the reality of New Mexico. ABQ isn’t the only one too. There’s Edgewood where all the sexual offenders live, española heroin capital of the world, and even small places like Taos and Abiquiu that are filled with junkies and drunks that go nuts. Had a guy go in a shootout and chase in Taos not long ago. It’s crazy here. Oh and don’t own a Honda here. They get taken left and right. Even people stopping through get their Honda’s taken.
Hey, Nick. What about Malcolm Gladwell's claims that in any violent city there's actually a very small area or areas where most of the crimes take place? Do you agree with that?
I would say this is accurate. Some places are a mess all around but I have noticed going through towns or cities that you see some tough areas but also nice ones.
The sad part is Louisiana is such a beautiful state. The way the state has been so corrupted over the years is sad. Id love to live there if it wasn't so corrupt.
Every short you produce are informative (not offensive from up folks truth can be tough) and just plain fun to watch. Thank you so much for providing a daily respite From covid times..
Lol I was just there in Columbia, South Carolina. I didn’t realize I needed to watch my back!!! Lol 😂 Thanks for the info Nick...I’ll be more vigilant on my next visit. 😊 But I must say that I was surprised that the I.E. wasn’t on that list. I guess we’re movin’ on up! Lol 😂
Flint should be on the list. I'd hate to raise my family there.....I hear it's just nasty & dangerous for a small city & no damn job's to make great or even good $$$$$
Good job with your stats and assessments, Dude! 👍 I live in icky San Francisco Bay Area and wanting to move, but where? These videos are helpful and they're funny, too.
America has millitary bases and troops all over the world to store law and order but strangely fails to store law and order within its boarders. America is a strange Country full of pretence.
entertaining cameos keep the viewer engaged, keep it up NICK! ALSO: emphasis on shaping ideologies from kindergarten and credit points to parents whose kids are regular or sumn like that. (could help)
Kids need to be in school longer both during the day and the year. Every country that I lived in where kids went to school for a longer day and a longer year had less crime and no gang activity!
I live in the area of Northern Indiana known as the Region.🤔 I have noticed for the last 5 years that the number of Sasquatches in the Region has increased substantially 👀
There is no respect for adults anymore because parents stopped making their kids respect adults. It started with calling them by their first name. When I grew up everybody was mr. And mrs. And in the South it was Sir and ma'am.
true. down here in the south the kids still do it!
Born and raised in Charlotte, NC and you always used Mr., Mrs., and Ms. If somebody said Sir or Ma'am it was considered derogatory and low class.
My British brother-in-law married a lady from Boston & they settled in Georgia. Their children didn’t use the Sir & Ma’am thing when they were young because it just wasn’t their culture. They did adopt it though because they realized people found them very rude!
Why should they if the vast majority of adults have unresolved traumas.
@@americanbobtail1 it depends on where people were raised in the south. :-)
Hey how about when parents made their kids held accountable. I could expect a slap in the head and an iron hand. We were pissed but hey we respected people and learned how to take care of ourselves. We were told you'll appreciate things you want more if you EARN them yourselves. Worked for me and my family. I am quite successful. My family was not rich but our parents wanted us to do better than they did.
AMEN PATTI!! I got spanked a ton. didn't always work haha.
Right!!! I had two jobs at age 14 while babysitting... I remember when I saved up money to buy Nike high tops😂 To be honest, I saved all my money at my young age to make sure my mom had amazing Christmas’s. She got a few gold Elvis Presley’s albums and was shocked ☺️. It’s important to teach our children how to be independent with some type of job. ❤️❤️
@@NickJohnson, I got the wooden spoon 😢.
@@NickJohnson - I got the baseball bat. I'm from NJ; the baseball bat is almost a greeting there. In NJ, a "long distance relationship" means the man must stay 300 feet away from the woman at all times. Seriously, though, the lock down has decreased crime, but this may reverse in the future. No jobs= more people at home, with nothing to do, angry, and waiting til nightfall to do bad things. I live on a farm in South America, and someone stole 2 cows from my neighbor. Both in a barbed-wire fenced area. Now, shoplifting candy is one thing, but stealing two 600 lb cows is another. If you don't lock it up, it's gone by morning.
Your absolutely right that's like me growing up. You have manors etc, now I thank my parents.
"Get off the phones kids. Go outside... unless you live in Louisiana" 😂 Sweet segue! 👍
Hey Louisiana is awesome!
Exactly, I know kids that are babysat by phones.
Me, living in Southeast Asia: *Interesting.*
😆 🤣 😂
Same locale: Surprizing.
Wouldn’t recommend America :)
I live in Chiang Mai, I feel safer here than most of the parks in my home Hawaii. There is a epidemic of homeless everywhere on the island. Also if I leave something at the gym or anywhere, it will be there weeks later,in Hawaii, gone immediately. Of course, people do try to scam you a lot of the time here. Don’t believe all the BS stories you hear or “ can I borrow 800 Baht. No such thing as borrowing, it’s a gift and you will never get it back.
@@ariannamammucari9860 I would!
I feel much better knowing that Mappy and Super Gay Cop are out there keeping us safe.
Me too! Safe.
My personal crime rate has dropped dramatically.
😂😂🤣🤣
People like u R protected cause u like them so u say -
The warm weather theoretically plays a part in crime. More people come outside when it’s warm, creating more opportunities to commit crimes and for tempers to flare. It’s an unfortunate truth.
The extreme heat gets ppl aggravated, which increases crime as well
@@judycovington5641 Thats nonsense people are in a better mood when the wheathers nice where has this myth come from
Proven untrue in chicago, detroit and many other areas
Possible explanation: if the weather is nasty-cold, then kids are more likely to do schoolwork. If there's heavy snow out, what can one do? Shovel it?
Nah it's the poverty that causes it!!! And the militant was America treats criminals don't reform them but keeps them locked up just influences them plus the fact in the US if your a felon you can't get work so you revert to crime
Illinois should be on the list because of bad places like South Side Chicago, West Side Chicago, some parts of Downtown Chicago, Rockford, East St. Louis, Danville, Kankakee, and Springfield are all bad and dangerous places to live in the state.
It wont. Statistics r based on new cities that spike crime becuz they never did back then at all. States like cali and illinois wont end up on the list
These states are based on cities that never made murder capital before
I think it all comes down to parenting. I am a senior who was raised with high morals, unlike young people these days who seem to not know the difference between right and wrong. It all comes down to what was taught at home. Those who had good parenting were those who succeeded in life regardless of their circumstances in life.
emily 100%
Emily yea that's part of it but young people nowadays are very falsely entitled because of tech. We feel we know everything. But that's like reading WebMD and trying to be a doctor. It's a harder time for sure. Definitely good parenting helps but it's hard to control what kids do on the web.
@@alanlee67 yes, parenting is difficult enough these days with access to the internet for kids which opens the world up to both beneficial experiences and detrimental ones. Parents still need to monitor what their kids look at, although I agree it is hard to do so.
What a load of absolute bollocks do you people even hear yourselves 🤦🏽
@@NickJohnson 🤦🏽
#1 reason for crime: family values is gone
Too many parents are raising their kids too be overly spoiled now! Just look what happened to Lori Loughlin! All trying to spoil her kid into a top college!
@@ABQSkywatcher yes nowadays parents would rather let the government and teachers take care of their kids
I live in St. Louis and can say that the reason for all the crime is single mothers having children they don’t care for or want just to get on assistance and these kids grow up never knowing love, empathy or the value of human life. They don’t see waking up alive everyday as a blessing but more as a curse.
Sounds like those single dads are to blame as well
Divided states of America
I say United fakes of America ✌🏼✨
Honestly, what country is united on anything now a days?
@@seanbrummfield448 probably Switzerland or Iceland 😅😂 but i get what u mean crazy times we live in...
United we can't stand, lol.
I grew up in ABQ! It is crazy! I would never raise my kids there
i have a video about new mexico next week!
@@NickJohnson awesome! I’ll be waiting! I moved to a Denver Suburb in my early 20’s and didn’t have to be nervous to walk my dog alone. I realized I grew up in a high crime place when I went to the mall for the first time and no one tried to start a fight with me here 🤣
I’ve also never had someone try to smash my window in and break into my house here. I have never been flashed here, never had two men try to steal my car at a stop light, I don’t hear gunshots at night... It’s the little things, I guess. I grew up in a decent part of Albuquerque too. It wasn’t even the war zone:
@@GodSaveTheClothes I believe it's the meth
The Hispanic population percentage of Albuquerque is 49%
@@concernedcitizen684 Majority of Hispanics are good people. Yet some of the youth go astray and if not corrected then whole neighborhoods go bad.
I Loved your song at the end! Get that out there Bro!! Ha, while typing this I caught your music plug, Fantastic!
Ok angel!
Poverty doesn't create more crime, criminals create Poverty!
I live in mobile, Alabama. Its okay here for the most part. There is a few hoods you don't want to be walking around at night at. The main bad thing here is the traffic honestly.
Hey
Prichard especially
I live in Shelby County, it's pretty chilled here, Jefferson County is pretty bad, but Montgomery County is the worst
Note to self: Move to Maine.
Excellent video as always, Nick!
I agree about fixing the educational system and addressing the problem of addiction. There needs to be reform of addiction treatment centers that amount to little more than insurance scams.
If everyone had a job they would have less motivation and time to be addicted and committing crime.
I guess it's a trade-off to deal with snow and the most expensive groceries in the nation to be able to go out and not be shot!
Groceries down here in Florida are more expensive than Massachusetts.
Same in Canada
@@Bigmommafluffy well I am in Maine.
mappy !!!! movin' up in the world, nice, its an honor to have mappy on the force as one of americas finest !
he blushed
@@NickJohnson d'aaawww. Hey, everybody feels good to feel loved :-)
People need to stop the materialistic lives they’re living. In my opinion things started going downhill when Mom had to go to work, and the increased numbers of single parents. Sandy
Are you suggesting mom should stop going to work and become a full time nanny? 🙄
Sourav, yeah how is she a nanny for raising her own kids? Dad is there for discipline and sternness, Mom is there for raising the kids and doing household work. It's how we have always been, since we came into the world. Why change it now?
Sourav, maybe notice how bad our country has gotten, it's because both parents are working and nobody is watching their own children. Nobody will teach your kids the things you do.
Sourav, no parent=no teacher.
@@justusforrster9264 Sure they have teachers. All the a-holes they hang out with every day. Nothing bad will come from that.
That charming satircal wit is what keeps me watching your channel time after time.
Who are you kidding. I'd risk it for a Festiva.
It would need to be a Ford Pinto for me! 🤭
@@karenbrown4524 A Ford Pinto in a mint green is nothin' to sniff at.
Wish Ford still made them. A friend had one and it would get OVER 50 MPG on a consistent speed highway run on relatively level terrain.
It's a cheap reliable car. Or was.
"you don't leave your car door unlocked, you dont leave your windows wound down" the words of someone that has never been in a real dangerous place, where the advice is, you have to leave at least a car gap between you and a car in front when stopping, so you can around it and drive away instead of getting car-jacked.
Crime is down due to last year's "stay-at-home" order during the pandemic ...
Literally what I said out loud. The crime rate ain’t go nowhere it was just hiding from rona
Ya no it didn't. If you live in a big city things have gotten much worse.
Ghetto Geography, even smaller cities have gotten worse. Desperate people out there. Help the homeless, just saying. You might stop a crime from being committed.
Crime has been insane in the Seattle area and the city government is interfering with enforcement.
where I live, the homicide rate jumped up to 60 per 100,000. I don't even have to say where I live because y'all already know what it is with a number like that. don't we love the war on drugs and mass incarceration?
I reside in the city and one day I was in the corner store and a gang fight broke out across the street from the store. The owner licked the store and phoned the police. The police asked how many shots were fired and the storekeeper said none and that they are fighting with lead pipe's and the police told him don't call them until there's several shots fired. The police eventually came to break it up.
tam cat, too busy with murders and some want to defund them. Makes zero sense, defund the police, and you'll just have national guard troops on the streets policing. You don't want that, trust me. They will enforce orders as well as law.
Thanks for the upload Nick
No worries!
Used to go to work with my Dad on location for Hill Street Blues. Those locations were dangerous back then. Thanks for the Hill Street flash back!!
Who was yr dad? I didn't get the network when it 1st came out. So I bought all 7 seasons last yr to watch and loved it. They never revealed what city it was shot in.
Happy to see you, Nick, as one of the outstanding patriots helping us to build back America's values.
My second favorite UA-camr! Great work
SECOND?????
@@NickJohnson lol Goonzquad is hard to beat but I do appreciate your videos sincerely
Memphis is a pretty scary place. Crazy as hell on hot summer nights.
Someone said you don't want to be driving around at night down there.
Dump
So is Cleveland
Love the songs at the end of your vids man :)
I went to New Mexico once. The End.
hahá
I was Born & Raised in New Mexico...Still here
Santafe is supposed to be happening.
Hey, ya made it back. Soft bigotry of low expectations...🙃
Wait, so wait a minute, Mississippi didn't make this list? Not even one of the 'honorable mentions'? And all their neighbors did make the top (bottom) 10? Good for you, Mississippi!
I live in Mississippi. We have very little crime here.
And I grew up in New Mexico.
@@fr.davidbibeau621 you live in the good part then lol. there is hella crime in Mississippi
@@shelovesjuju1167 statistically Mississippi as a whole has very little crime. America has very little crime and Mississippi is below the national average.
Louisiana? Did they move?
Great song!! Your songs fill a deep dark void in my life!! Ok that's a little much, but seriously keep it up!!
Here in Seattle it's bad. Junkies don't get arrested, using the street for a urinal, and homeless everywhere.. The situation is grim with no improvement in sight.
Nick, if you were to put all of your top 10 lists together, it would paint a very clear picture of life in America as it exists today. There are clearly specific parts of our country that are in a severe state of dysfunction. It is scary to see the same states show up again and again in the lists depicting a poor quality of life. Keep up the good work, maybe someone in Washington D.C. will get a clue on how to address it.
lol tim i doubt it. let's hope.
oh my god, when he said "this is America and many of us don't know how to act like adults..." at the beginning of the video, my heart sank and i really felt embarressed because i knew it was true!!
If it makes you feel better, I can tell it's a disease common to most freedom- and rights-based democracies in Europe, North America and a few other places in the world.
You should feel embarrassed for spelling it wrong
You should do a top 10 most historic small towns in america
I should!!
Glad you’re starting to do the “Top 10” videos again. They are enjoyable and seem to acquire more views. Hope you’re doing well, Nick. 👍🏻
I didn't stop?
Alaska ? #2 ? 😱
FYI this was great! hilarious😂
A negative list that Mississippi didn't make it on. I'm so proud!!
Probably because of all the unreported crime
That’s because Mississippi tops the list of the Most Livable State in the US last year, according to the magazines.
@@younginsane90 we do have alot of unreported crimes I'm with you on that
Ikr I'm from south Mississippi
@@AgentAO7 That is actually sad. When all of the very few decent places are so expensive that Mississippeepee ends up being the best. No hate to mississippeepeeans your state just sucks. mine is awful too
Surprised New York wasn’t here due to NYC and Rochester (the latter is where I reside)
I live in Rochester as well.
I live near albany and honestly not to much violent crime here.
You crack me up, man. Thanks for these fun videos.
Another excellent video Mr.Johnson, I really like how you incorporate a native of a state that you’re talking about in the video.
hey matt!!!
@@NickJohnson heyyy Mr.Johnson!
Good one Nick!!! Thanks!!!
I'm sure people who've been living in crummy neighborhoods for years feel their neighborhood "is what it is." If you're already living in a great neighborhood, your head is in the clouds and those towns aren't in your radar (even if you drive thru those areas all the time).
"It is what it is." I so hate that phrase. Here's why. Here's the problem with It is what it is. It abdicates responsibility, shuts down creative problem solving, and concedes defeat. A leader who uses the expression is a leader who faced a challenge, failed to overcome it, and explained away the episode as an inevitable, unavoidable force of circumstances. Replace It is what it is with "This resulted because I failed to do __________" and you get an entirely different discussion.
It is what it is is especially damaging when used to frame a response to a problem ("Our overhead costs unexpectedly increased, so we missed our revenue this quarter. What could we do? It is what it is.")
It is what it is is an admission that the problem is too hard and suppresses the attitude that leads to creative, unseen solutions. Even if a leader racks his brain for a solution to the challenge, yet can't find one...he should realize that his team contains a wealth of unique experiences and perspectives to contribute. It is what it is negates their value.
It's time to let go of It is what it is. This all too common phrase has no place in the lexicon of leaders who rely on the intellectual, emotional, and creative power of their people. It says "We can't," when success demands that leaders instead ask, "How can we?" The difference will be decisive.
Well done video. America where are we headed?
Nick, the 'heat' thing is about when it's the summer time and it's really hot, people tend to be more angry because of the obvious (no money, no car, it's hot and humid). This tends to make people commit really bad crimes.
aha
That's nonsense where do you people get that myth from 🤦🏽
I just wanna say, what a creative way to show all the statistics and rankings in this video! I was impressed!
Heather I try :)
No amount of firepower could ever match the awesomeness of a 1990 Ford Festiva!
😂 Love ur humor and song.
Alaska's problem is booze.
And another problem is people from the lower 48 who have basically given up and are escaping to a place where they think there’s few issues and they will be left alone. Inevitably that doesn’t work for most, and they lash out.
Great video and funny as hell
Wow another knowledgeable and informative video Nick. Awesome!!! So refreshing not seeing my city or state on the list for a change. 😁👍
yay it's improving!
A Nice Video Nick.. Thanks For Sharing..
You bet
Your videos help me out so much as a travel
Nurse. Please keep up the good work. 😁
I'm so glad Andrea! Be Safe :)
Cool 😎 Thank you for sharing 😍🤠
I can’t believe you used the old movie intro theme from HBO from back in the 80’s. Awesome 👍🏼
Dude! your channel is great. It is always entertaining.
Glad you enjoy it!
Nick: the most religious states are the most violent
Utah: hold my milk!
okay just one :)
Salt lake city is the best city for middle class people. The least homeless. Most white...ooops
Awesome video,as always,my friend! Thanks 🤗 When I wasn't laughing, I was thinking 'Good Point Nick'. 👍✌️
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So, warm weather is to blame for crime they say? Is that why the crime rate is lower in Canada? Must be, too darn cold to go out in the winter to get up to no good!
Great video Nick, as always! Love learning more about my neighbors in the South!!
no AC in the summer months in the hot states. so everyone is outside most of the day and already on edge because of the heat and humidity
@Wuhan Weezy yea, very true, some of the US states understands our pain.
The thought is that more people are out and about/hanging outside providing more opportunity for robbery/rape. Who wants to wait in the bushes for a victim in the cold?
Thank u great content we learn a lot
I live in ABQ right now and yes it’s absolutely horrible! I’ve been here for most of my life and was going through the mud without family here so I got hands on experience on the reality of New Mexico. ABQ isn’t the only one too. There’s Edgewood where all the sexual offenders live, española heroin capital of the world, and even small places like Taos and Abiquiu that are filled with junkies and drunks that go nuts. Had a guy go in a shootout and chase in Taos not long ago. It’s crazy here.
Oh and don’t own a Honda here. They get taken left and right. Even people stopping through get their Honda’s taken.
I have a Honda And my first Honda was stolen but I bought a new Honda 😆Maybe bad choice
I just love this channel man .
Cool! Hope you learn stuff!
Hey, Nick. What about Malcolm Gladwell's claims that in any violent city there's actually a very small area or areas where most of the crimes take place? Do you agree with that?
totally.
I would say this is accurate. Some places are a mess all around but I have noticed going through towns or cities that you see some tough areas but also nice ones.
The sad part is Louisiana is such a beautiful state. The way the state has been so corrupted over the years is sad. Id love to live there if it wasn't so corrupt.
Love Louisiana and the people that live there. They love to cook and have a good time!
Very entertaining well done. Like the ending, reminded me of how All In The Family started and ended.
Me living in New Mexico: "Oh shit here we go again".
OMGosh does anyone else recognize the music???
It's what played when HBO first came out and the blue HBO letters came at u on the tv screen!
true
Very informative! Thank you very much Nick.😀
Im not surprise that louisiana is on the list because im living in slidell louisiana. And everything Nick said is the truth.
So sad. People in Louisiana are the greatest. They deserve better.
I rode my bicycle across the USA. I went thru
Slidell
I enjoy rewatching these...Love 💘 SGC & Mappy
Twice?? ❤️😘
@@NickJohnson Yes Indeed
I’m just glad Mappy is ok
he's super awesome john :)
Every short you produce are informative (not offensive from up folks truth can be tough) and just plain fun to watch. Thank you so much for providing a daily respite From covid times..
I appreciate that John. I try!
even the small towns here in New Mexico can get mean. We all have a "I am the one who knocks" attitude and long before Braking Bad.
Your best song in a while. Well done!
lol I try Brad
Shout out to Nick Johnson , love to get high and watch your videos, from the music to the cool shots, and songs in the end ,keep it up!
Thanks for the great content!
Glad you enjoy it!
I can already say Camden New Jersey will be on this list.
Edit your comment before everyone sees you were wrong
I'm surprised it wasn't. Camden is so shitty
@@cheesenuts1898 I live by there trust me it should be on this list
I live in nj and I agree
Nope
Nice video, a lovely virtual walk, it's very relaxing. Thanks for sharing!
Lol I was just there in Columbia, South Carolina. I didn’t realize I needed to watch my back!!! Lol 😂 Thanks for the info Nick...I’ll be more vigilant on my next visit. 😊 But I must say that I was surprised that the I.E. wasn’t on that list. I guess we’re movin’ on up! Lol 😂
It's bad in Columbia in many areas. I JUST missed you! The IE is bad but not THAT bad i guess! Perspective!
O yea it was kinda sketchy 10 yrs ago
Oh! The Hill Street Blues theme! That's takes me WAY back!
Camden St Louis Memphis Baltimore , 4 cities right off the rip
Democrats
Camden is a nightmare
Amen
Flint should be on the list.
I'd hate to raise my family there.....I hear it's just nasty & dangerous for a small city & no damn job's to make great or even good $$$$$
@@carmellastrock6454 Democrats
Nice videos!!! Have you checked out Bridgeport Connecticut?
Good job with your stats and assessments, Dude! 👍 I live in icky San Francisco Bay Area and wanting to move, but where? These videos are helpful and they're funny, too.
go to colorado or arizona karen. But watch out in Phoenix!
@@NickJohnson karen 😀
Vermont or Maine
Check out Pleasanton, CA.
@@212Roger pleasanton is dead town
America has millitary bases and troops all over the world to store law and order but strangely fails to store law and order within its boarders. America is a strange Country full of pretence.
entertaining cameos keep the viewer engaged, keep it up NICK!
ALSO: emphasis on shaping ideologies from kindergarten and credit points to parents whose kids are regular or sumn like that. (could help)
I'm so glad you said something positive at the beginning of the video!
Love the 80’s HBO feature movie song at the beginning!
Me too
that song at the end was hilarious! 😂
Yay, Mappy is back! I'm getting a tattoo of Mappy on my neck and moving to New Mexico.
DANG WADE!!!!! Mappy says OMG!!
@@NickJohnson why? Is new Mexico that bad?
Crime isn’t down. As a matter of policy, many crimes are not investigated or prosecuted. The recorded statistics look good, that’s all.
Kids need to be in school longer both during the day and the year. Every country that I lived in where kids went to school for a longer day and a longer year had less crime and no gang activity!
More school = more indoctrination. They don't even teach history right anymore. They are all about teaching kids to be good little communists.
That’s definitely NOT the answer
Ikr hopefully...I'm glad u made an new one..I can't wait to see
I hope so too
I live in the area of Northern Indiana known as the Region.🤔
I have noticed for the last 5 years that the number of Sasquatches in the Region has increased substantially 👀
Bigfoot.
Hippies from California?
Hey Nick & Mappy great to see Y'all!!!
wanda mappy says HI!!!
The BROKEN AMERICAN DREAM.
American nightmare also.
Love your songs after the videos.
Let me guess the number one most dangerous is Camden, NJ
Thank you it is useful informations.