You should look up the FBI crime stats and compare it to other cities. Per Capita it's murder rate is low, but it's assualt, burglary and sexual assault rate is high.
I moved to Iowa 6 years ago. I’m a trucker for Hy-Vee and get to see all of these city’s on a daily basis. It’s really interesting because I know next to nothing about these places but your videos are providing me some education. I’ve realized the majority of Iowa is fairly pleasant. I never feel unsafe or anything compared to where I used to live.
I have lived in Sioux City for Sixty years. It’s a fine community. A fair amount of culture. Higher education, medical. Stable prices and taxes. Cheap utilities. Tons of value-added food production. The finest beef anywhere. No lines. 10-15 minutes from one corner to another. I always feel safe here. Lots of family friendly activities and festivals throughout the warm Months. Hockey, football, baseball, cycling. Boating, hiking, horseback riding. Cross-country skiing, tubing, soccer fields and softball fields galore.
I see Nick read my comments. Had I known you were filming a block from my house (and very recently!), I would have loved to have had coffee with you, and discuss our travels. I also love the blue roads and the mundane. It keeps it real for me.
I wanted out of Sioux City in my younger years. After 9 years of being out of Siouxland. I’m so ready and excited to come back. Sioux City is so much better than Phoenix. Siouxland is a great place to raise your kids, hang out with family and friends and just live a simple, peaceful life.
I wanted out of Sioux City in my younger years. After 9 years of being out of Siouxland. I’m so ready and excited to come back. Sioux City is so much better than Phoenix. Siouxland is a great place to raise your kids, hang out with family and friends and just live a simple, peaceful life.
Yay!!!! Multiple Iowa videos!!! Looking for you to head East, Nick. I live over five hours from Sioux City and still in Iowa. It was nice to see your take on it and I’d never heard that Sioux City SUX. Looks pretty status quo Iowa to me!
I grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa but have been in Oklahoma for decades now. I do miss Iowa. A lot. I lived in Sioux City for awhile, I really enjoyed it.
I live in Des Moines, Iowa and we don't say Sioux City sucks. There is running joke calling it sewer city. I do go there for training class for my company
Imo the people saying that have never ventured out of the state. Or to SE Iowa. They buy into the grass is greener on the other side crap. Sioux City has its good and bad points. Overall? It’s fine. Home.
I had lived here for many early childhood years up to high school I had tons of friends and good memories then I high-tailed it out of there and moved to bigger and better things. I still keep in touch with old friends now and then. So. Thank you Sioux City.
Hi Nick, I was just scrolling, and came across your video! I was just in Iowa several weeks ago to visit my Son and it was fun too watch you drive around right where he lived…near the Hard Rick Cafe. He and his girlfriend just recently moved to the other end of Sioux City…he was closer to downtown. He took me to South Dakota and it was great… I love the countryside…. Thanks doe doing this and I’ll look forward to the next 5 or 6 that I think you said you were going to do. Thanks. Happy travels! You should go the the Adam’s Homestead ! It’s great!
Great video, Nick. I live in Des Moines and despite your convincing testimony have not changed my opinion about Sioux City. Having traveled and spent time there, it is my least favorite Iowa town. I got my first and only traffic camera ticket there for allegedly not coming to a complete stop when making a right turn. Clearly, Sioux City needs to generate revenue from whatever means possible.
So that's you're complete take on Sioux city ( a traffic ticket)😅😅 that's just sad, you obviously haven't spent any real time here!!! You'd also realize that the farming communities are the place to live!!! You only need to drive 10 minutes in any direction to be in cornfields and small town Iowa!!!
A fair description of Sioux City. I have lived here for 10 years, and it is safe and friendly. We have things the bigger cities have, like you said the casino, lots of shopping places, concerts, great medical facilities, good people, beautiful architecture, some of the houses here are breathtaking! There is a big, free concert for July 4th and we usually have a well known person headlining. Something for all of the seasons and the majority of Midwest folks like the changing seasons. Lots of hiking places, really to numerous to mention here, but Sioux City doesn't suck and only if your by the packing houses does the air kind of smell. My neighborhood doesn't smell at all. We are close enough to big cities but far enough away to enjoy the good life! Not a lot of crime, thank goodness! Thanks for your series on Iowa, I'm loving it! Can't wait to see the next one!
It won't be that many more years before a lot of the good things about Iowa are almost all gone. You have to remember all of these big real estates and corporations are taking over everything in all small towns are starting to connect together a little over time all the beauties of Iowa will be gone
Friendly???? I find it to be passive aggressive, rude and unfriendly. I grew in Chicago and lived in Paris and this place way more unfriendly than either.
@@brianc9374 Chicago lol friendly??? Lol funny how every time I've been to and through Chicago I have had a bad experiences. The amount of crime is unbelievable. Shit just going into grocery stores are scary.
@@gottogoalltheway yeah if your in a shit neighborhood. If your in a normal neighborhood, that might as well be happening in a different state. In Sioux City you can't escape it no matter where you live. Look around Sioux City, look at the houses, the vehicles, the way the average person is dressed. It's sad.
I grew up 20-minutes outside of Sioux City in a very small town. I loved it as a kid, we had no crime and it was always safe. However, as I grew up I noticed what a dead end the city is. It's unfortunately not a great city for growing modern industries, however, if you want a quaint and quiet life then yes, Sioux City is definitely a fine place to live. The boating is good, the people are good, and the farming is good. It's a simple life and within that there is plenty of beauty.
Something really cool in Sioux City is the Orpheum that brings a lot of the Broadway shows to life with it's spinning stage and grandeur! If anyone gets a chance to see a show in the Orpheum, take it. It's a beautiful place.
I boat on the Missouri River right there love going upstream to the dunes and wynstone I’m guessing your from Jefferson Jackson salix Hinton or Lawton/bronson homer?
I live in Sioux Falls, SD. Both my parents and Grandparents were from Sioux City, IA. It's a great city. Nothing wrong with it at all. It gets a bad wrap, unjustly, because it had a packing plant right near the river and interstate and the stink was some time over whelming. The community in a whole is friendly, clean and it has lots of shopping options. It's a great place to raise a family.
How did no one tell him about Saturday in The Park Festival. It’s the Saturday closest to the 4th of July. It’s free and fabulous with great nationally known bands and artists. It’s like a throwback to the 70s. (Like the Chicago song) How do you think the Hard Rock ended up there.? All due to local David Bernstein who wanted to restore our old grand movie theater and get great music to the area. Come to the weekend and have a great time. Interview Dave for your channel. Also the airport code was changed to SGA and the people voted to make it go back to SUX because it’s memorable and funny!
I was born in Sioux City. So was my dad. My grandparents lived on military road near the railroad yard. We regularly found arrowheads up in the hills near their home. I have many fond memories of this area
And to the locals in the tri state area, its known as "Sewer City" to all of us, and a large running joke with actual memes that I-29 will and has forever been under construction in Sioux City, and I can attest to this being true... since I was a child... and probably still is...
I've talked to the "I29 Lifers" it's the sand. Build a section, the sand shifts and settles, re-adjust section, sand shifts, etc. It's almost a literal money pit
I'm from the Des Moines metro and played against hockey teams from Sioux City, as a kid growing up, back in the late 70's. We, as in myself, teammates, coaches and parents, always referred to the team and the city as "Sewer City."
I-29 was finished for all of three months before they started tearing it up again last week!! Seriously! They just finished! Can’t they just leave it alone for 10 minutes!! 😂
Iowa is the most Midwest state of the midwest. Farms, small cities, and good people with mostly affordable, safe living. The only thing that I really hate about Iowa is the damn cameras that'll photograph your car for going 5mph or more over the speed limit. Speeding is not taken lightly there at all!
@@Jjjaaahhnn Waterloo is even worse with speed limits that feel low and cameras near downtown. Never gotten a ticket from one of them but that's usually because I'm running Waze and it warns about cameras
Cedar Rapids is the worst about it. The trick when you’re driving up 380 is to just go slightly slower than the people around you. The real trick is to know where the cameras are, but if you don’t know where they are exactly, just go slightly slower than the others who are also speeding. You’ll be fine :)
Thanks for showing us another side of the USA. These places are attractive to people who work from home & are tired of the crap in so many other partsof the country. If Sioux City sucks it's because the West & East coasts blow! LOL!
Check out the Iowa Great Lakes area it's pretty neat there I'd go in the summer though or during winter games..check out the upper iowa river as well its beautiful over there northeast iowa Decorah area its beautiful check out chimney rock and the caves also the mississippi river is only 40 mins away from that area
Call me strange, but I like that little town with only 26 people still living there, some cute little houses, and a church right down the street. I believe it was called Obert? I'm retired now, thank goodness, and that kind of quiet town really appeals so much to me.
Thank you Nick for spending so much time to discover what Iowa is really like. In light of many of our nation's challenges, I appreciate that you find some positive aspects to life in my native state. I look forward to the remainder of Iowa videos.
ive lived in sioux city all my life, 35 years. its not as bad as people say. yeah at times the smell from the waste water plant or pork plants may be a bit bad at times, but there isnt a constant crime spree like people say.
I just moved to Sioux City Iowa for a job at blue bunny because in Tennessee where I’m from small town of selmer Tennessee there is none..I like Sioux City don’t seem like there is a lot of crime here, just really quiet.. I haven’t met complete assholes, but some people aren’t so nice… I always run into “why in the world did you move here?” This will be my first winter here so kind of dreading that but for the most part I like it here
Stacy, I was born in Sioux City, & lived in & around the area until 2003, when I moved to Missouri. While many of the winters there in those years were severe, with lots of snow & hard cold, family & friends in the area tell me things have moderated noticeably in recent years, likely due to climate change. The cold will be worse than you're used to in TN, but bearable with proper winter dress. The area is actually under a severe drought, & has been for awhile, so the snowfall amounts are much less than they once were. Learning to drive in snowy/icy conditions is a needed skill, & practice in a large parking lot is suggested, to get the initial hang of it. The city is also somewhat hilly in some areas, so whenever snow or ice is present, allow for extra drive time to work or other destinations, & take cues from other drivers. A couple years, & you'll practically be a native.
As a Sioux Falls resident I watched my home town grow fast and eclipse Sioux City’s population. In fact it’s a lot bigger and keeps up its steady growth while Sioux City is stagnant. In fact, now Sioux Falls has a little more people than Des Moines Iowa. The metro area’s still a lot smaller than Des Moines.
I was born & raised in Sioux City. I had a great childhood & lived in a quiet, friendly neighborhood. I haven’t made it too far away. We live in the country now in retirement but both our careers were in town & we continue to shop & trade there.
As a born and raised Sioux Falls city girl, then spending high school in NW Iowa, (its only 30 minutes away tbh), and my NW Iowa step family an industrial farming family, I snorted so loud when at the Explorers game you mentioned "you can sit back and watch all the sheep and cows get shipped in"... LMAO that killed me!! But to also be locally politically correct, its mostly hogs and cows 🤣🤣🤣
The winters aren’t that cold. It’s a little like Denvers winters. It’s a very clean town. I never lived there but driven through it several times. Didn’t see any homeless people.
This is so well done, Nick! I went to college in an Iowa river town. (Not Sioux City) Despite having a "remember when" culture and a lot of self criticism by residents, it is an excellent town with a great college. I second Iowa being a great place to live for remote work too!
Too bad you didn’t make it up to Le Mars! My husband was born and raised in Sioux City. We moved back 21 years ago, but just north to Le Mars. When we moved back, Sioux City was awful! They had an open sewage plant right go of I-29 and of course the packing plants and it smelled horrible!! 🤢🤢 around the downtown area is probably the worst. There are plenty of homeless, but they are not allowed to sleep on the streets. There is a pretty decent shelter downtown. The SCPD don’t put up the crap that goes on in other places!
Beware of interpreting crime statistics. Our crime is mostly punk-on-punk over meth and pot, which every community has. Next is petty larceny and occasional car theft to support drug habits (again, EVERYWHERE). Then there are alcohol domestics and occasional bar fights. Murder, rape and stranger assault is exceedingly rare. We have excellent first responders; in tune with the community, and cooperation among agencies and area communities. First rate museums and artists’ community. There is a Blues scene. Breweries. Marina. Much history on the native communities, Lewis & Clark, River exploration/fur trade and westward expansion. Our reputation as ‘Little Chicago’ has been gone for a very long time. Recently expanded and upgraded highways. Regional airport that is yet to be competitive, but offers jet service. Two other major airports 80 minutes away, that are extremely easy to navigate. Towns like ours will soon be absorbing climate and tax refugees from the coasts. The biggest drawback is an aging housing stock. Plenty of modern apartments, but not so many single family detached houses in lower ranges.
Mexicans don't work on farms much in iowa maybe dairy farms but that's about it.. packing plants and construction especially roofing is where 95 percent of the Mexicans work that and Mexican restaurants..good folks for the most part hard workers and family oriented 👍
I lived in Sioux City from 1972 until finally leaving in 2018. This video is a fair accessment of this Northwest Iowa town. I've spent time in rustbelt towns in Ohio/Pennsylvania and rural southern Missouri, not to mention western Kansas. It's a reasonably safe and affordable place to live with enough entertainment and public events to keep people there. Unfortunately there's little career opportunities other than the service industries and hospitals to keep people there. There's some great people but there's always a few bad apples that can make your life miserable.
I didnt like your channel for a long time because it seemed like your opinions were internet based. But this shows your going the right way. Good job, man!
Good stuff Nick except only one or two line's with your song , could be a little longer , you know what they say, ,' practice makes perfect '. lol 👍🌞🐝✨🏆
There is a lot of homeless in sioux city. Don't know how you missed them. All you have to do is go to a gas station and you will see them. If you were here longer you would encounter the huge meth problem in this town. It could be worse but that doesn't mean it's great either. You were showing the north end of town which is the historic district and not the nicest part of town. You should have gone to whispering creek. This is a newer development that has a lot of newer homes that go for a lot of money. Homes are a lot more expensive than you are leading on. Homes have trippled in doubled in price since cf industries did their bug expansion. The rent is out of control now, people are paying $1200 for a loft. The wages are not as good as you think either. The average wage is probably $15 an hour. The only way you can make $80000 in a packing house is you you working 70 hours a week.
Sad to see a place so stagnant or in decline. I grew up there and moved away for opportunities elsewhere. Eventually my whole family did. Iowa, as a state is the same way. Their best times were decades ago. ☹️
I'm actually shocked. I thought everyone in Iowa thought Waterloo was the crotch of the state. In the summer, you can hear gunfire every night. Lots of refugees from gang violence in Chicago, and it sometimes follows them here. Before the pandemic, our late night entertainment was watching the meth zombies at WalMart or losing all our money at the casino.
@@Bigjizay people are nicer in the Midwest. It's more of a community feel here. Of course not everyone is friendly but the majority is. You'll probably find different things depending on what you're looking for and what is important to you
You should have checked out Stone State Park. Its a very beautiful park! Also, i am very surprised you didnt see any homeless people. We have a HUGE problem with the homeless here. I HATE the winter here. Its basically the only reason i want to get the hell outta here!
It's interesting to see the places in video. I live outside of the US and I know about these US places but I've never visited most of them. I used to think if a place was well known, that it was a big city. The videos are shocking
I lived there from 88 to 97, it was a little rough but overall it wasn't a bad place to live. From the 20's through the 70's it was called little Chicago. Packing plants dominated the scene and was attractive to the gangters/mob organizations.
Sioux city's driving grid does suck. No medium through streetsthrough the city center, just around the fringes. It seem to take forever to get from point A to point B only 3 or 4 miles apart.
The sucks comes from SUX, which is the designation for luggage sent to the Sioux City airport. So that’s the origination of Sioux City SUXS. On another note, you didn’t mention the $3 billion nitrogen fixation plant. Probably the largest in the country if not the world. Additionally, Sioux City is a tri-state area. It includes South Sioux City, Nebraska, and North Sioux City, South Dakota.The siouxland area is rated the number one economic area in the United States two years running. Beating out, Austin, Texas. No booms or bust. Just steady growth.
I am a Californian who married an Iowan. We lived in Sioux City in the mid-90s when I worked for the downtown revitalization organization. We now live 45 minutes north in my husband's hometown. Your video gave Sioux City a fair assessment. But your drive-around videos ignored the wonderful riverfront parks and greenbelts that are strong amenities. You didn't mention the festivals, live music, theaters and other cultural events. Your focus on the meat packing industry ignored other employers who offer big hiring bonuses. You did not point out that Sioux City is the regional governmental hub for NW Iowa, with local, state and county courts and offices. And you did not mention the positive influence of the Winnebago Tribe's investments in Sioux City. But thank you for taking the time to give tell the world about Sioux City.
Iowa as a whole, alot of driver's suck. You covered alot of the spots though. I'm from va/nc, moved down here at 18. Going to marry an Iowa woman. Corn fed meat taste's awesome. Sioux city has better than most police. Its not a bad place to live. I'm over in what's called morningside, my neighbors are great. I left home/pissed lol and hit a spot on the map and ended up here. I'm happy so far.....You did forget Sioux Tools, bought out by snap on. Overall good video.
Sioux City SUX has a certain ring to it, but judging from this video, it's actually a pretty wonderful place! I mean, it has a Hard Rock Cafe--how bad can it be? The question is, though, were you able to find a Casey's somewhere in town?
Love your videos now come to California to a really cool Collage town it's Chico and please do a video on my home town and where I still live. Before you decide to come to Chico which is 83 miles north of Sacramento go to UA-cam and watch those really cool promo videos on you guest it CHICO so please come if you can.
Ya gotta tour the east coast - Boston, Providence, New Your City (Hmmmm), Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. (my town), & Miami - Key West, Florida (,the I-91 corridor) 🤗🇺🇸
The reason why some people say Sioux City sucks, is because the taxes collected in Woodbury County, all get sucked into Sioux City, so there’s none left for the rest of the county.
I drive through Sioux City sometimes when I travel from St. Louis to Seattle (haven't done that since COVID). It always seems like an extension of Omaha. Maybe it should be part of Nebraska.
Should of went to the west and north side of town dude. I used to live there 97-07 went to middle school there shit was cracking when i was there fights,drugs crimes nothing big like California but it was and probably still is crazy
I go to Des Moines just about every summer to see family. If they didn’t live in Des Moine I would never have gone back after the first time. Tbh I always question why anyone would wanna be out there. As someone born and raised in VA. VA is a lot better than Iowa IMO. Got the beach, flat lands, Mountains, urban nova, rural swva + Never a boring or repetitive drive on interstates. Iowa interstates = feeling every cement block you run over + windmills + corn corn and corn
My Mother grew up in Sioux City. We loved going back to visit family. She shared so much of it's rich history. There's always been a melting pot of ethnicity. At one time it was the biggest meat packer in the world! Our first computer was a Gateway. I sure was disappointed when it arrived in boxes labeled 'made in china' !! Love your channel!
Here's the entire Midwest road trip! ua-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yreUhBrJwFhC9LeCYh1TvBL.html
where is the place in wilmington Carolina what homeless sell used coke cans in the garbage
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Would love to see a vid on Lakemills iowa, very nice northern iowa city with a rich history of architecture and small town charm
You should look up the FBI crime stats and compare it to other cities. Per Capita it's murder rate is low, but it's assualt, burglary and sexual assault rate is high.
I love this channel so much, takes me to all the bizarre strange towns I once visited as a flight attendant. 🙏❤️❤️
I moved to Iowa 6 years ago. I’m a trucker for Hy-Vee and get to see all of these city’s on a daily basis. It’s really interesting because I know next to nothing about these places but your videos are providing me some education. I’ve realized the majority of Iowa is fairly pleasant. I never feel unsafe or anything compared to where I used to live.
I love Hy-Vee. The one in Sycamore, IL is the one that I frequent.
@@Champwsox05 I go there every thursday lol.
Born and raised in Sioux City, IA. The winters can be cold and crappy but it’s home. ❤
I have lived in Sioux City for Sixty years. It’s a fine community. A fair amount of culture. Higher education, medical. Stable prices and taxes. Cheap utilities. Tons of value-added food production. The finest beef anywhere. No lines. 10-15 minutes from one corner to another. I always feel safe here. Lots of family friendly activities and festivals throughout the warm Months. Hockey, football, baseball, cycling. Boating, hiking, horseback riding. Cross-country skiing, tubing, soccer fields and softball fields galore.
I see Nick read my comments. Had I known you were filming a block from my house (and very recently!), I would have loved to have had coffee with you, and discuss our travels. I also love the blue roads and the mundane. It keeps it real for me.
Wrestling champions !!!
Is it still famous for United 232?
I wanted out of Sioux City in my younger years. After 9 years of being out of Siouxland. I’m so ready and excited to come back. Sioux City is so much better than Phoenix.
Siouxland is a great place to raise your kids, hang out with family and friends and just live a simple, peaceful life.
I wanted out of Sioux City in my younger years. After 9 years of being out of Siouxland. I’m so ready and excited to come back. Sioux City is so much better than Phoenix.
Siouxland is a great place to raise your kids, hang out with family and friends and just live a simple, peaceful life.
Yay!!!! Multiple Iowa videos!!! Looking for you to head East, Nick. I live over five hours from Sioux City and still in Iowa. It was nice to see your take on it and I’d never heard that Sioux City SUX. Looks pretty status quo Iowa to me!
I grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa but have been in Oklahoma for decades now. I do miss Iowa. A lot. I lived in Sioux City for awhile, I really enjoyed it.
Born and raised in Iowa..Sioux City doesn't suck it just needs a little "fixin up"..sometime visit my home town..Ottumwa Iowa
Hey, I grew up in Ackley and mom lives in CF. Waterloo/CF are really coming back and I have always loved that area. Iowa Rocks!
I lived in CF for a year. My uncle was the HS football coach, coach Mitchell.
Your guest was very informed and interesting to listen to. One of the best I've seen in your videos.
Agree, very sharp.
He is our historian. He’s been so for many many years. He’s a great guy.
Nick, I burst out laughing when you said 59 shots fired in 1 year. “But 59 shots have been fired in Chicago since this clip started!” Yes!
😂😂😂my point exactly I'm in Chicago and being scared to go outside now I'm moving
I've learned more from you than geography class homie
For real though. This channel is Hella interesting
this is so facts, us geography majors love this don't we
Lol smh
As an Iowan living in the Sioux City metro, it’s nice. And I don’t get why other Iowans say Sioux City sucks because it doesnt
Probably the sewage smell in the summer cuz of the water treatment plant.
I agree. Siouxland is nice.
I live in Des Moines, Iowa and we don't say Sioux City sucks. There is running joke calling it sewer city. I do go there for training class for my company
Maybe because of the poverty and low standard of living.
Imo the people saying that have never ventured out of the state. Or to SE Iowa. They buy into the grass is greener on the other side crap.
Sioux City has its good and bad points. Overall? It’s fine. Home.
I had lived here for many early childhood years up to high school I had tons of friends and good memories then I high-tailed it out of there and moved to bigger and better things. I still keep in touch with old friends now and then. So. Thank you Sioux City.
Hi Nick, I was just scrolling, and came across your video! I was just in Iowa several weeks ago to visit my Son and it was fun too watch you drive around right where he lived…near the Hard Rick Cafe. He and his girlfriend just recently moved to the other end of Sioux City…he was closer to downtown. He took me to South Dakota and it was great… I love the countryside…. Thanks doe doing this and I’ll look forward to the next 5 or 6
that I think you said you were going to do. Thanks. Happy travels! You should go the the Adam’s Homestead ! It’s great!
Adam who?
Great video, Nick. I live in Des Moines and despite your convincing testimony have not changed my opinion about Sioux City. Having traveled and spent time there, it is my least favorite Iowa town. I got my first and only traffic camera ticket there for allegedly not coming to a complete stop when making a right turn. Clearly, Sioux City needs to generate revenue from whatever means possible.
You should have made a complete stop!
A ticket for a rolling stop? I thought Virginia & southern states were the only states that issued those kind of tickets!
So that's you're complete take on Sioux city ( a traffic ticket)😅😅 that's just sad, you obviously haven't spent any real time here!!! You'd also realize that the farming communities are the place to live!!! You only need to drive 10 minutes in any direction to be in cornfields and small town Iowa!!!
Sioux City is lame imo, rich and curious history so it’s got that for it.
@@muh8576 because you've been all over the US and the world!! 🤣😂 maybe you should get out of you're mother's basement first!!😘😘
A fair description of Sioux City. I have lived here for 10 years, and it is safe and friendly. We have things the bigger cities have, like you said the casino, lots of shopping places, concerts, great medical facilities, good people, beautiful architecture, some of the houses here are breathtaking! There is a big, free concert for July 4th and we usually have a well known person headlining. Something for all of the seasons and the majority of Midwest folks like the changing seasons. Lots of hiking places, really to numerous to mention here, but Sioux City doesn't suck and only if your by the packing houses does the air kind of smell. My neighborhood doesn't smell at all. We are close enough to big cities but far enough away to enjoy the good life! Not a lot of crime, thank goodness! Thanks for your series on Iowa, I'm loving it! Can't wait to see the next one!
It won't be that many more years before a lot of the good things about Iowa are almost all gone. You have to remember all of these big real estates and corporations are taking over everything in all small towns are starting to connect together a little over time all the beauties of Iowa will be gone
@@gottogoalltheway Sadly, you are correct..... 😒
Friendly???? I find it to be passive aggressive, rude and unfriendly. I grew in Chicago and lived in Paris and this place way more unfriendly than either.
@@brianc9374
Chicago lol friendly???
Lol funny how every time I've been to and through Chicago I have had a bad experiences.
The amount of crime is unbelievable. Shit just going into grocery stores are scary.
@@gottogoalltheway yeah if your in a shit neighborhood. If your in a normal neighborhood, that might as well be happening in a different state. In Sioux City you can't escape it no matter where you live. Look around Sioux City, look at the houses, the vehicles, the way the average person is dressed. It's sad.
I grew up 20-minutes outside of Sioux City in a very small town. I loved it as a kid, we had no crime and it was always safe. However, as I grew up I noticed what a dead end the city is. It's unfortunately not a great city for growing modern industries, however, if you want a quaint and quiet life then yes, Sioux City is definitely a fine place to live. The boating is good, the people are good, and the farming is good. It's a simple life and within that there is plenty of beauty.
Something really cool in Sioux City is the Orpheum that brings a lot of the Broadway shows to life with it's spinning stage and grandeur! If anyone gets a chance to see a show in the Orpheum, take it. It's a beautiful place.
I boat on the Missouri River right there love going upstream to the dunes and wynstone I’m guessing your from Jefferson Jackson salix Hinton or Lawton/bronson homer?
I live in Sioux Falls, SD. Both my parents and Grandparents were from Sioux City, IA. It's a great city. Nothing wrong with it at all. It gets a bad wrap, unjustly, because it had a packing plant right near the river and interstate and the stink was some time over whelming. The community in a whole is friendly, clean and it has lots of shopping options. It's a great place to raise a family.
How did no one tell him about Saturday in The Park Festival. It’s the Saturday closest to the 4th of July. It’s free and fabulous with great nationally known bands and artists. It’s like a throwback to the 70s. (Like the Chicago song) How do you think the Hard Rock ended up there.? All due to local David Bernstein who wanted to restore our old grand movie theater and get great music to the area. Come to the weekend and have a great time. Interview Dave for your channel. Also the airport code was changed to SGA and the people voted to make it go back to SUX because it’s memorable and funny!
ive learned more about my town w this video in all my 22 years
Remember the song Sioux City Sue😄. You are so entertaining and at the same time full of useful info! Thanks✌️
Hey Patti where ya been??
And your video was great by the way I shared it with my family back home to show them the highlights
love the videos Nick, very educational.
Zenith Radio corp. had a major factory there in the 1960s. Wincharger Corp. had a large factory there from the 1930s to the late 1950s.
I am definitely down for a couple weeks of Iowa videos. It's a beautiful state.
Thanks!
Thanks for all this NJ. If u need some Lubbock, TX info? I gotcha. This town is awesome. Even our Ghettos is aight.
Should I come there? Email me! NickJohnsonNC18@gmail
Loved the video. I grew up in Des Moines, went to college in Ames and lived in Ankeny till I was 50. I do miss Iowa a lot.
Iowa is really so chill. You can raise a family there and your kids will have something to hate you for
I was born in Sioux City. So was my dad. My grandparents lived on military road near the railroad yard. We regularly found arrowheads up in the hills near their home. I have many fond memories of this area
Once again another great video. Great job on Idaho. I feel like I’m taking a mini vacation watching your great videos. Keep up the good work
Idaho? It's Iowa
Idaho? REALLY
It was Iowa..lol
And to the locals in the tri state area, its known as "Sewer City" to all of us, and a large running joke with actual memes that I-29 will and has forever been under construction in Sioux City, and I can attest to this being true... since I was a child... and probably still is...
I've talked to the "I29 Lifers" it's the sand. Build a section, the sand shifts and settles, re-adjust section, sand shifts, etc. It's almost a literal money pit
I'm from the Des Moines metro and played against hockey teams from Sioux City, as a kid growing up, back in the late 70's. We, as in myself, teammates, coaches and parents, always referred to the team and the city as "Sewer City."
I-29 was finished for all of three months before they started tearing it up again last week!! Seriously! They just finished! Can’t they just leave it alone for 10 minutes!! 😂
Iowa is the most Midwest state of the midwest. Farms, small cities, and good people with mostly affordable, safe living. The only thing that I really hate about Iowa is the damn cameras that'll photograph your car for going 5mph or more over the speed limit. Speeding is not taken lightly there at all!
Looking at you CR
@@LiamMcBride LOL Cedar Rapids has camera's all over, and Davenport too
@@Jjjaaahhnn Waterloo is even worse with speed limits that feel low and cameras near downtown. Never gotten a ticket from one of them but that's usually because I'm running Waze and it warns about cameras
Cedar Rapids is the worst about it. The trick when you’re driving up 380 is to just go slightly slower than the people around you. The real trick is to know where the cameras are, but if you don’t know where they are exactly, just go slightly slower than the others who are also speeding. You’ll be fine :)
I remember when everyone from California was running to Sioux city Iowa to work for Gateway Computers.
Thanks for showing us another side of the USA. These places are attractive to people who work from home & are tired of the crap in so many other partsof the country. If Sioux City sucks it's because the West & East coasts blow! LOL!
Check out the Iowa Great Lakes area it's pretty neat there I'd go in the summer though or during winter games..check out the upper iowa river as well its beautiful over there northeast iowa Decorah area its beautiful check out chimney rock and the caves also the mississippi river is only 40 mins away from that area
Uh...Chimney Rock is in western NEBRASKA, not Iowa.
So glad you cover these topics, let's you get a grasp of how massive the rough areas are in the wealthiest country in the world.
Call me strange, but I like that little town with only 26 people still living there, some cute little houses, and a church right down the street. I believe it was called Obert? I'm retired now, thank goodness, and that kind of quiet town really appeals so much to me.
It is awesome! I drive through Obert weekly. I always stop and slow down to say hi to most of the 26 people. I could stay for the rest of my life.
Thank you Nick for spending so much time to discover what Iowa is really like. In light of many of our nation's challenges, I appreciate that you find some positive aspects to life in my native state. I look forward to the remainder of Iowa videos.
ive lived in sioux city all my life, 35 years. its not as bad as people say. yeah at times the smell from the waste water plant or pork plants may be a bit bad at times, but there isnt a constant crime spree like people say.
I just moved to Sioux City Iowa for a job at blue bunny because in Tennessee where I’m from small town of selmer Tennessee there is none..I like Sioux City don’t seem like there is a lot of crime here, just really quiet.. I haven’t met complete assholes, but some people aren’t so nice… I always run into “why in the world did you move here?” This will be my first winter here so kind of dreading that but for the most part I like it here
Wells blue bunny is in Le Mars not sioux city
I know this but I moved to Sioux City for the blue bunny job at le mars
Stacy, I was born in Sioux City, & lived in & around the area until 2003, when I moved to Missouri. While many of the winters there in those years were severe, with lots of snow & hard cold, family & friends in the area tell me things have moderated noticeably in recent years, likely due to climate change. The cold will be worse than you're used to in TN, but bearable with proper winter dress. The area is actually under a severe drought, & has been for awhile, so the snowfall amounts are much less than they once were. Learning to drive in snowy/icy conditions is a needed skill, & practice in a large parking lot is suggested, to get the initial hang of it. The city is also somewhat hilly in some areas, so whenever snow or ice is present, allow for extra drive time to work or other destinations, & take cues from other drivers. A couple years, & you'll practically be a native.
As a Sioux Falls resident I watched my home town grow fast and eclipse Sioux City’s population. In fact it’s a lot bigger and keeps up its steady growth while Sioux City is stagnant. In fact, now Sioux Falls has a little more people than Des Moines Iowa. The metro area’s still a lot smaller than Des Moines.
I was born & raised in Sioux City. I had a great childhood & lived in a quiet, friendly neighborhood. I haven’t made it too far away. We live in the country now in retirement but both our careers were in town & we continue to shop & trade there.
As a born and raised Sioux Falls city girl, then spending high school in NW Iowa, (its only 30 minutes away tbh), and my NW Iowa step family an industrial farming family, I snorted so loud when at the Explorers game you mentioned "you can sit back and watch all the sheep and cows get shipped in"... LMAO that killed me!! But to also be locally politically correct, its mostly hogs and cows 🤣🤣🤣
Hey Nick, do Rapid City, SD, (or did you already?)
-Looks like a cool place. I've never been to the State.
Don't go in the winter, is what I'm told.
The winters aren’t that cold. It’s a little like Denvers winters. It’s a very clean town. I never lived there but driven through it several times. Didn’t see any homeless people.
This is so well done, Nick! I went to college in an Iowa river town. (Not Sioux City) Despite having a "remember when" culture and a lot of self criticism by residents, it is an excellent town with a great college. I second Iowa being a great place to live for remote work too!
Too bad you didn’t make it up to Le Mars!
My husband was born and raised in Sioux City. We moved back 21 years ago, but just north to Le Mars. When we moved back, Sioux City was awful! They had an open sewage plant right go of I-29 and of course the packing plants and it smelled horrible!! 🤢🤢 around the downtown area is probably the worst. There are plenty of homeless, but they are not allowed to sleep on the streets. There is a pretty decent shelter downtown. The SCPD don’t put up the crap that goes on in other places!
Beware of interpreting crime statistics. Our crime is mostly punk-on-punk over meth and pot, which every community has. Next is petty larceny and occasional car theft to support drug habits (again, EVERYWHERE). Then there are alcohol domestics and occasional bar fights.
Murder, rape and stranger assault is exceedingly rare. We have excellent first responders; in tune with the community, and cooperation among agencies and area communities. First rate museums and artists’ community. There is a Blues scene. Breweries. Marina. Much history on the native communities, Lewis & Clark, River exploration/fur trade and westward expansion. Our reputation as ‘Little Chicago’ has been gone for a very long time. Recently expanded and upgraded highways. Regional airport that is yet to be competitive, but offers jet service. Two other major airports 80 minutes away, that are extremely easy to navigate.
Towns like ours will soon be absorbing climate and tax refugees from the coasts. The biggest drawback is an aging housing stock. Plenty of modern apartments, but not so many single family detached houses in lower ranges.
Beware of showing what type of people actually commit those crimes disproportionately.
What a nice, genuine, midwest gentleman 👏🏼
Thank you for showing our community and being honest about it.
I have lived in Sioux City for a long time and it is a great place to raise your family and build your finances for your future life.
Mexicans don't work on farms much in iowa maybe dairy farms but that's about it.. packing plants and construction especially roofing is where 95 percent of the Mexicans work that and Mexican restaurants..good folks for the most part hard workers and family oriented 👍
Wherever the Mexicans live there sure seems to be lots of meth
I lived in Sioux City from 1972 until finally leaving in 2018. This video is a fair accessment of this Northwest Iowa town. I've spent time in rustbelt towns in Ohio/Pennsylvania and rural southern Missouri, not to mention western Kansas. It's a reasonably safe and affordable place to live with enough entertainment and public events to keep people there. Unfortunately there's little career opportunities other than the service industries and hospitals to keep people there. There's some great people but there's always a few bad apples that can make your life miserable.
Iowa seems very nice. Great video.
Love your channel I'm from Queensland Australia you take to parts of America I never know existed 🇦🇺🇺🇲💪
Yay!
keep up the good work Nick
I didnt like your channel for a long time because it seemed like your opinions were internet based. But this shows your going the right way. Good job, man!
That guy was a great interview.
Good stuff Nick except only one or two line's with your song ,
could be a little longer , you know what they say,
,' practice makes perfect '.
lol
👍🌞🐝✨🏆
Haha ok mark
There is a lot of homeless in sioux city. Don't know how you missed them. All you have to do is go to a gas station and you will see them. If you were here longer you would encounter the huge meth problem in this town. It could be worse but that doesn't mean it's great either. You were showing the north end of town which is the historic district and not the nicest part of town. You should have gone to whispering creek. This is a newer development that has a lot of newer homes that go for a lot of money. Homes are a lot more expensive than you are leading on. Homes have trippled in doubled in price since cf industries did their bug expansion. The rent is out of control now, people are paying $1200 for a loft. The wages are not as good as you think either. The average wage is probably $15 an hour. The only way you can make $80000 in a packing house is you you working 70 hours a week.
Not to mention the "worst part" of town he went to, isn't even actually the worst area in Sioux City..
by the way did you also go to North Dakota???
Did MN move? No longer near IA?
Sad to see a place so stagnant or in decline. I grew up there and moved away for opportunities elsewhere. Eventually my whole family did. Iowa, as a state is the same way. Their best times were decades ago. ☹️
Loving the mid-west series, Nick. Never been but it's got to be more interesting than Delaware. TBH, a stick floating in water is more exciting.
Damn I need to come back to Delaware then!
Is bacon a thing there? Can I have cheap bacon for every meal? If so, I'm moving there.
Absolutely!! Eating some now
I'm actually shocked. I thought everyone in Iowa thought Waterloo was the crotch of the state. In the summer, you can hear gunfire every night. Lots of refugees from gang violence in Chicago, and it sometimes follows them here. Before the pandemic, our late night entertainment was watching the meth zombies at WalMart or losing all our money at the casino.
I thought I hated Iowa, turned out I just needed to move out of Black Hawk county 😂😂
I always thought of Waterloo as the armpit.
Awesome job on this video!
I live in Iowa and I love it. I'm from San Francisco but I hate big city living. People here are nice, prices are reasonable. All I need
What would you say is the biggest difference in people from the Bay Area and Iowa?
@@Bigjizay people are nicer in the Midwest. It's more of a community feel here. Of course not everyone is friendly but the majority is. You'll probably find different things depending on what you're looking for and what is important to you
@@chanda-aime6388 My husband moved here from SoCal in 2004 and also loves it so much. Cali is just not nice and SO expensive.
You should have checked out Stone State Park. Its a very beautiful park! Also, i am very surprised you didnt see any homeless people. We have a HUGE problem with the homeless here.
I HATE the winter here. Its basically the only reason i want to get the hell outta here!
It's interesting to see the places in video. I live outside of the US and I know about these US places but I've never visited most of them. I used to think if a place was well known, that it was a big city. The videos are shocking
I lived there from 88 to 97, it was a little rough but overall it wasn't a bad place to live. From the 20's through the 70's it was called little Chicago. Packing plants dominated the scene and was attractive to the gangters/mob organizations.
Sioux city's driving grid does suck. No medium through streetsthrough the city center, just around the fringes. It seem to take forever to get from point A to point B only 3 or 4 miles apart.
The sucks comes from SUX, which is the designation for luggage sent to the Sioux City airport. So that’s the origination of Sioux City SUXS. On another note, you didn’t mention the $3 billion nitrogen fixation plant. Probably the largest in the country if not the world. Additionally, Sioux City is a tri-state area. It includes South Sioux City, Nebraska, and North Sioux City, South Dakota.The siouxland area is rated the number one economic area in the United States two years running. Beating out, Austin, Texas. No booms or bust. Just steady growth.
The music is always great.
I am a Californian who married an Iowan. We lived in Sioux City in the mid-90s when I worked for the downtown revitalization organization. We now live 45 minutes north in my husband's hometown. Your video gave Sioux City a fair assessment. But your drive-around videos ignored the wonderful riverfront parks and greenbelts that are strong amenities. You didn't mention the festivals, live music, theaters and other cultural events. Your focus on the meat packing industry ignored other employers who offer big hiring bonuses. You did not point out that Sioux City is the regional governmental hub for NW Iowa, with local, state and county courts and offices. And you did not mention the positive influence of the Winnebago Tribe's investments in Sioux City. But thank you for taking the time to give tell the world about Sioux City.
Iowa as a whole, alot of driver's suck. You covered alot of the spots though. I'm from va/nc, moved down here at 18. Going to marry an Iowa woman. Corn fed meat taste's awesome. Sioux city has better than most police. Its not a bad place to live. I'm over in what's called morningside, my neighbors are great. I left home/pissed lol and hit a spot on the map and ended up here. I'm happy so far.....You did forget Sioux Tools, bought out by snap on. Overall good video.
Good video Nick.
Great reviews here. Is it too late for you to do Des Moines?
Nope it's coming up eventually
Sioux City SUX has a certain ring to it, but judging from this video, it's actually a pretty wonderful place! I mean, it has a Hard Rock Cafe--how bad can it be? The question is, though, were you able to find a Casey's somewhere in town?
There's Casey's everywhere. I like Casey's better than Hard Rock though Matt
Nick, you need to go back to Sioux City and do an update. Tyson Foods just laid off 500 meat workers. The employment outlook is now wrong. It SUXS.
You should check out Postville IA.
Nick- I worked for Gateway out of Sioux City. I handled the State of Maryland for them. Very dedicated nice people. Pura Vida, YahuSeph
Cheers from Oscar Car Vineyard! Stop by and sip with us if you're back this way way!! Love your Iowa vids!!!
I went to high school prom in that green dome windowed building! Lol. I grew up in Sioux City. I'm in Florida now for the past 20yrs.
Love your videos now come to California to a really cool Collage town it's Chico and please do a video on my home town and where I still live. Before you decide to come to Chico which is 83 miles north of Sacramento go to UA-cam and watch those really cool promo videos on you guest it CHICO so please come if you can.
Maybe one day Greg!
I don't think Sioux city Iowa sucks but there might be some areas that need some approvement overall Sioux city Iowa seems like a okay place to live
Ya gotta tour the east coast - Boston, Providence, New Your City (Hmmmm), Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. (my town), & Miami - Key West, Florida (,the I-91 corridor) 🤗🇺🇸
I have a lot
@nickjohnson you should come through Mattoon, il it definitely Sucks here. Absolutely nothing to do
Nick will you be going to North Dakota during this series?
no :(
You should’ve went to whispering creek now that’s nice
As always...I love the opening musical number! LOL!
Thanks for making me see different. There are jobs.
Then you got the Muskateers hockey team, usually in the top 3 for USHL
The reason why some people say Sioux City sucks, is because the taxes collected in Woodbury County, all get sucked into Sioux City, so there’s none left for the rest of the county.
I've enjoyed my visits to Iowa. Is it better than Dubuque?
I drive through Sioux City sometimes when I travel from St. Louis to Seattle (haven't done that since COVID). It always seems like an extension of Omaha. Maybe it should be part of Nebraska.
Whoa. Whoa. We do NOT want to be part of Nebraska. Very few people do.
@@knighttroy123 Don't worry. I probably won't achieve world domination any time soon.
@@knighttroy123 Don't worry. I probably won't achieve world domination any time soon.
Noooo!! Not NE!! Anything but NE!! 🤣🤣
Too far from Omaha.
It's the odor near the water treatment plant that SUX. Also, it's too easy for us to drive Sioux Falls or Omaha, being they are so close to us.
I like Iowa a lot. Sioux City is a cool old river town. I hope they grow a little more and have a few more white collared jobs.
Should of went to the west and north side of town dude. I used to live there 97-07 went to middle school there shit was cracking when i was there fights,drugs crimes nothing big like California but it was and probably still is crazy
I go to Des Moines just about every summer to see family. If they didn’t live in Des Moine I would never have gone back after the first time. Tbh I always question why anyone would wanna be out there. As someone born and raised in VA. VA is a lot better than Iowa IMO. Got the beach, flat lands, Mountains, urban nova, rural swva + Never a boring or repetitive drive on interstates. Iowa interstates = feeling every cement block you run over + windmills + corn corn and corn
Hey that corn corn corn is what you eat eat eat and is an additive to what you use to drive drive drive. Lol
My Mother grew up in Sioux City. We loved going back to visit family. She shared so much of it's rich history. There's always been a melting pot of ethnicity. At one time it was the biggest meat packer in the world!
Our first computer was a Gateway. I sure was disappointed when it arrived in boxes labeled 'made in china' !!
Love your channel!
Nick how kinda of you to help us move
Check out Fort Dodge, Iowa. I have not heard one good thing about Fort Dodge.