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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
I was born & raised in Sioux City and feel i can provide a little perspective as to why it’s gained the negative reputation it has. I come from several generations of working class families who immigrated here for work. Back when SC boomed during the prohibition Era it got the Nickname “Little Chicago” due to its rampant crime (i.e. the mafia, prostitution, corrupt politicians, etc.). It was quite the rough little town of back then according to the knowledge passed down from my ancestors. I think this is when Sioux City gained that “rough around the edges” personality & it kinda just stuck. After Sioux City reached its pinnacle in the 60s, like you said, a lot of the packing plants left and there just wasn’t much opportunity there. This coupled with a city of rough & tough people it’s a recipe for negativity. With little opportunity, little money, and little to do, mine and many others families I know struggled with mental health issues, violence, & substance abuse. Now today I think some of their biggest employers are Walmart and some of their call centers. I believe the reason the bars are so lively is because alcoholism runs rampant there. People are poor, uneducated, have no opportunity, and nothing better to do. Moving to Des Moines was the best thing I ever did for myself and would never move back. I actually have nightmares about it lol
Sioux City is like River City Iowa in the Musical The Music Man. It’s on a big river and it must have been like that in the 1890s. Sioux City now straddles into Nebraska a lot and could relate as a Nebraska town in a way. It’s always interesting these large communities that cover over their state boarder to neighborhoods in neighboring states. Are they good areas or bad like East St Louis Illinois? Fascinating and would be another interesting subject to explore.
For a living I DoorDash in sioix city and make about 800-1000 a week I seen a guy make 1500+ a week then a gricans are different DoorDash is great here as long as you schedule in advance
Nick, sometimes, you get as far off key as one can get without being ON key again! Fun fact: If a casino opens in a town, the odds that people living within a 20-mile radius developing gambling addictions goes way up! And the odds of dying violently are higher for gambling addicts than other addicts.
@@NickJohnson Nick, full disclosure: I pulled that line from one awesome book, "Star-Spangled Kitsch: A History of American Bad Taste." The author was commenting on Florence Foster Jenkins.
Grew up in Sioux City, went to college there in the 60's. It could use a beautification effort, especially flowers and trees. It's too bad you missed fact that Iowa people are generally well educated and you ignored the history of Lewis and Clark and the Plains Indians. Beside that, it was interesting. Next time play the song, "Sioux City Sue".
When you drive in from the south on I-29, you get hit with the stench of the sewage treatment plant or something. We lived there four years. People who live there are hard of smelling, I think, because it doesn’t bother them.
Iowa doesn't say Sioux City sucks or crime is high. We call it sewer city because it smells bad sometimes its more as a JOKE. Even people who live there will say this
We say Sioux City Sucks mostly because we hate their hockey team, and their airport designation is SUX. Otherwise, SC is OK. They have a really good local history museum, art museum and public art downtown.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!! 😂
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?
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 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.
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.
Moved to Iowa from Georgia 3 years ago. All I've ever heard about Sioux City is that it's full of crime. Same with Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs. I'm in metro Des Moines and it's pretty safe. Any crime in Iowa is not as bad as all the poverty stricken towns in Georgia I've been to.
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.
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'm Kenyan and I love learning about other countries, this show is really informative about the US, I love it. Its just interesting to see how some things are different, like homes are not fenced 😃in my country we start by constructing the fence😅then the streets are kind of silent, gloomy without any activities. How do you guys live in such places😅I would be depressed to death if I lived in a place without the noisy roadside vendors, kids playing in the street or some magician showing some tricks in the street corner. About your slums, those ain't slums 🤣🤣you guys have never seen how slums look like
Lol ur funny thanks for your input. It’s interesting to hear about Kenya. As someone who’s from London, I agree. We have fences and there’s LOTS of activities in the street
Most neighborhoods where people live in the US , prefer it more quiet . The big cities and towns of course has more noise and activities , especially traffic. The fences are more for privacy rather then to deter the noise. I find it fascinating how people can live in areas that are very noisy , busy with lots of people passing by all the time, such as in India. It's like sensory overload . The travel videos are wonderful to learn about places one may have been or may never get a chance to see..
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 :)
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 🤣🤣🤣
Nick, I don't know if you have some deep rooted self hatred for being white, but why do you speak so badly of your own people? Every opportunity you have to call us lazy, you take with a smile. Why?
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.
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!
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!
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 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.
We need better pay!. We are losing people because there's no jobs! Winter is crazy. Houses are priced to high for the income. It's hard to modify your house. Cause there's always a hour drive to go get anything nice.
@@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
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.
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.
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!
Sioux City is a very poor city. It is plagued with petty crime, methamphetamines, under employment and a low standard of living. Other places have issues like this, but you can just move to a different neighborhood and escape it. Here it's everywhere. You might make 6figures and have a good home and the family next door could be on food stamps. There are even multi generational welfare recipients. It's odd.
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. ☹️
East coast to, “sanctuary states” or whatever it’s called but no one cares about American citizens it’s pretty pathetic. NJ here. Think I’m better off in SD or Ohio at this point. Love west coast for what it offers but my lord it sucks out there. Looking at Washington and it’s more expensive then NJ and I’m right next to NYC….. can’t wait for the crash all I’m saying ;)
SoCal is getting REALLY bad, the already infamous traffic has gotten worse, crime and general aggression from people is WAY worse, and being white I don't feel safe around here anymore, I feel the hostility growing...
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?
That was Flight 232 and we have a memorial dedicated to the people. Also our air museum has a huge display from the crash. We renamed a street for the Pilot Col Bud Day and the airport is also named after him.
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.
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
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.
Honestly with all the craziness going on in the world I’m tempted to find a house like around 100k or something and just make a purchase(when rates come back down….) in the middle of the country. I don’t feel good living next to Manhattan anymore (well never did) and so tired of lefty politics among the coasts and cities, I think things will change in that sense but this world is really in bad shape who needs major cities…. I want some smaller town and to be in nature and with better people so tired of NJ trash and no trust for any country anymore feels like a collapse is coming let’s be honest here….
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!
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 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
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
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'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
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!!😘😘
I remember when everyone from California was running to Sioux city Iowa to work for Gateway Computers.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Love your channel I'm from Queensland Australia you take to parts of America I never know existed 🇦🇺🇺🇲💪
Yay!
Thank you for showing our community and being honest about it.
I love Sioux city, it is large enough to have what I need, and it's 20 minutes to anywhere.
I was born & raised in Sioux City and feel i can provide a little perspective as to why it’s gained the negative reputation it has. I come from several generations of working class families who immigrated here for work. Back when SC boomed during the prohibition Era it got the Nickname “Little Chicago” due to its rampant crime (i.e. the mafia, prostitution, corrupt politicians, etc.). It was quite the rough little town of back then according to the knowledge passed down from my ancestors. I think this is when Sioux City gained that “rough around the edges” personality & it kinda just stuck.
After Sioux City reached its pinnacle in the 60s, like you said, a lot of the packing plants left and there just wasn’t much opportunity there. This coupled with a city of rough & tough people it’s a recipe for negativity. With little opportunity, little money, and little to do, mine and many others families I know struggled with mental health issues, violence, & substance abuse.
Now today I think some of their biggest employers are Walmart and some of their call centers. I believe the reason the bars are so lively is because alcoholism runs rampant there. People are poor, uneducated, have no opportunity, and nothing better to do.
Moving to Des Moines was the best thing I ever did for myself and would never move back. I actually have nightmares about it lol
The video of the packing plant is from Austin , MN. That is where SPAM is made. Not in Sioux City.
Sioux City is like River City Iowa in the Musical The Music Man. It’s on a big river and it must have been like that in the 1890s. Sioux City now straddles into Nebraska a lot and could relate as a Nebraska town in a way. It’s always interesting these large communities that cover over their state boarder to neighborhoods in neighboring states. Are they good areas or bad like East St Louis Illinois? Fascinating and would be another interesting subject to explore.
there's a simple reason its gotten worse at staggering rates everyday I see more and more of those mansion you drove past falling down to the ground
For a living I DoorDash in sioix city and make about 800-1000 a week I seen a guy make 1500+ a week then a gricans are different DoorDash is great here as long as you schedule in advance
Awesome job on this video!
Nick, sometimes, you get as far off key as one can get without being ON key again!
Fun fact: If a casino opens in a town, the odds that people living within a 20-mile radius developing gambling addictions goes way up! And the odds of dying violently are higher for gambling addicts than other addicts.
Frank with more wise words. Except the singing part that was mean
@@NickJohnson Nick, full disclosure: I pulled that line from one awesome book, "Star-Spangled Kitsch: A History of American Bad Taste." The author was commenting on Florence Foster Jenkins.
I love Nick's way of describing things. Lol
Grew up in Sioux City, went to college there in the 60's. It could use a beautification effort, especially flowers and trees. It's too bad you missed fact that Iowa people are generally well educated and you ignored the history of Lewis and Clark and the Plains Indians. Beside that, it was interesting. Next time play the song, "Sioux City Sue".
Good video Nick.
I love Sioux city.!!!
Sioux City breeds champion wrestlers
When you drive in from the south on I-29, you get hit with the stench of the sewage treatment plant or something. We lived there four years. People who live there are hard of smelling, I think, because it doesn’t bother them.
Probably meat packing.
Did MN move? No longer near IA?
Iowa doesn't say Sioux City sucks or crime is high. We call it sewer city because it smells bad sometimes its more as a JOKE. Even people who live there will say this
We say Sioux City Sucks mostly because we hate their hockey team, and their airport designation is SUX. Otherwise, SC is OK. They have a really good local history museum, art museum and public art downtown.
Those inside casino shots are not from the Hard Rock in Sioux City. 😂
Nick how kinda of you to help us move
I live in Sioux City and am internet to watch this video
Come check out waterloo iowa
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
It's better than cedar rapids!
Cedar Crapids
Even their airport code is SUX.
Maybe the “false” reputation helps keep out the crazies and nut jobs..
I love this channel so much, takes me to all the bizarre strange towns I once visited as a flight attendant. 🙏❤️❤️
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.
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.
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.
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..
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
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!! 😂
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?
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 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.
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.
Moved to Iowa from Georgia 3 years ago. All I've ever heard about Sioux City is that it's full of crime. Same with Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs. I'm in metro Des Moines and it's pretty safe. Any crime in Iowa is not as bad as all the poverty stricken towns in Georgia I've been to.
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.
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'm Kenyan and I love learning about other countries, this show is really informative about the US, I love it. Its just interesting to see how some things are different, like homes are not fenced 😃in my country we start by constructing the fence😅then the streets are kind of silent, gloomy without any activities. How do you guys live in such places😅I would be depressed to death if I lived in a place without the noisy roadside vendors, kids playing in the street or some magician showing some tricks in the street corner.
About your slums, those ain't slums 🤣🤣you guys have never seen how slums look like
In the U.S. we have fences. Shotguns protect what’s yours.
Lol ur funny thanks for your input. It’s interesting to hear about Kenya. As someone who’s from London, I agree. We have fences and there’s LOTS of activities in the street
Most neighborhoods where people live in the US , prefer it more quiet . The big cities and towns of course has more noise and activities , especially traffic. The fences are more for privacy rather then to deter the noise. I find it fascinating how people can live in areas that are very noisy , busy with lots of people passing by all the time, such as in India. It's like sensory overload . The travel videos are wonderful to learn about places one may have been or may never get a chance to see..
Not everyone likes the constant noise. I kind of like it quiet where I live.
Quiet is what we like
Iowa is really so chill. You can raise a family there and your kids will have something to hate you for
Is bacon a thing there? Can I have cheap bacon for every meal? If so, I'm moving there.
Absolutely!! Eating some now
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 :)
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 🤣🤣🤣
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.
Nick, I don't know if you have some deep rooted self hatred for being white, but why do you speak so badly of your own people? Every opportunity you have to call us lazy, you take with a smile.
Why?
Don't ever expect him to put 2 and 2 together on why areas in the Midwest and really any other area in the United States have had an uptick of crime.
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.
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!
This video SUX! JK, it was great!
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!
Im selling my seattle $2million dollar home n moving to iowa. Thats it im sold.
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 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
Looks like South Beach?! LOL Maybe if they ship in a LOT better looking women that weighed a LOT less. What a bunch of sows
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.
We need better pay!. We are losing people because there's no jobs! Winter is crazy. Houses are priced to high for the income. It's hard to modify your house. Cause there's always a hour drive to go get anything nice.
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.
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
The unofficial motto of Iowa is it's a great place to live but I wouldn't want to visit there. It is kinda true.
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.
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.
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.
My guess is that worst city in Iowa is still far better than the best city in Lousy-ana.
Oh this isn't the worst place
I was born there! Iowa is the best!
I do not think it is really that bad. I seen worse cities.
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.
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!
I am definitely down for a couple weeks of Iowa videos. It's a beautiful state.
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!
Sioux City is a very poor city. It is plagued with petty crime, methamphetamines, under employment and a low standard of living.
Other places have issues like this, but you can just move to a different neighborhood and escape it. Here it's everywhere. You might make 6figures and have a good home and the family next door could be on food stamps. There are even multi generational welfare recipients. It's odd.
wow I need a house at 31,000 ..I can do that...rent to own ? anyone ?...
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. ☹️
Everyone speaks English ? Priceless. San Jose CA is the armpit of refugees and getting worse.
East coast to, “sanctuary states” or whatever it’s called but no one cares about American citizens it’s pretty pathetic. NJ here. Think I’m better off in SD or Ohio at this point. Love west coast for what it offers but my lord it sucks out there. Looking at Washington and it’s more expensive then NJ and I’m right next to NYC….. can’t wait for the crash all I’m saying ;)
SoCal is getting REALLY bad, the already infamous traffic has gotten worse, crime and general aggression from people is WAY worse, and being white I don't feel safe around here anymore, I feel the hostility growing...
love the videos Nick, very educational.
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
I'm guessing the folks that survived that aircrash don't think so.
That was Flight 232 and we have a memorial dedicated to the people. Also our air museum has a huge display from the crash. We renamed a street for the Pilot Col Bud Day and the airport is also named after him.
Col. Bud Day was not the pilot
Al Haynes was the pilot of flight 232, not Bud Day.
Iowa seems very nice. Great video.
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.
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
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.
Honestly with all the craziness going on in the world I’m tempted to find a house like around 100k or something and just make a purchase(when rates come back down….) in the middle of the country. I don’t feel good living next to Manhattan anymore (well never did) and so tired of lefty politics among the coasts and cities, I think things will change in that sense but this world is really in bad shape who needs major cities…. I want some smaller town and to be in nature and with better people so tired of NJ trash and no trust for any country anymore feels like a collapse is coming let’s be honest here….
Buy a lower priced fixer upper with "good bones" in a nice neighborhood and make updates that most older homes need
We don't need East Coast vibes in the Midwest. Please don't come here. 😊
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?
It smells like shit
by the way did you also go to North Dakota???
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.
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.
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
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