The WORST Places You Can Live in the United States in 2021

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  • @DrJRaven
    @DrJRaven 3 роки тому +772

    As much as it saddens me, America is tearing itself apart

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 3 роки тому +36

      I want to move out of here, to Europe or something like that. I choose Lichtenstein.

    • @bsfoxo3329
      @bsfoxo3329 3 роки тому +19

      @@Willybean08 You should move to Slovenia.

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 3 роки тому +17

      @Mr. Common sense From what evidence?

    • @questionyourself718
      @questionyourself718 3 роки тому +23

      @@Willybean08 im literally in germany and i want to move to the usa. i think he overstretches the situation a bit that we are a 3rd world country in 30 years but it turns worse each year. the middle class is almost non existant anymore in germany and things like crime rates, drug use, homelesness all go up. also our education gets worse each year, prices for pretty much everything go up as well. in 30 years we are not a 3rd world country, we are california, lmao.

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 3 роки тому +34

      @@questionyourself718 I would pick Europe any day over the large, cold, dead, sprawling suburbs here in Oklahoma.

  • @gummybears4lunch
    @gummybears4lunch 3 роки тому +73

    As a native Mississippian, I'm honestly relieved that we're not number 1. Sad day when second worst feels like a compliment.

    • @markstlcard
      @markstlcard 3 роки тому +4

      I love Mississippi. Good people there!

    • @jamesnevsimal
      @jamesnevsimal 3 роки тому

      @@brialapoint2608 would you like to elaborate?

    • @kelle0285
      @kelle0285 3 роки тому +1

      At least it's not 45 below for 4 months of the year, and at least it's not Detroit. 😁

    • @ussocom3644
      @ussocom3644 3 роки тому

      @@jamesnevsimal Look at his comment history, the guy is a nut.

  • @allenleavell2847
    @allenleavell2847 3 роки тому +218

    As a citizen of West Virginia, I can sadly confirm that everything you said about it is absolutely 100% spot on

    • @kftc1980
      @kftc1980 3 роки тому +18

      The land is beautiful. WV needs a do over, so much potential.

    • @vivianduquesne8639
      @vivianduquesne8639 3 роки тому +4

      NOOOOOOO. So not true. That is only a portion of WV. Much of what he said was true, however, there were some gross misrepresentations of our great state.

    • @lindasmith3377
      @lindasmith3377 3 роки тому +5

      I'm just 8 miles from the WV/KY border. It's very, very sad, but I'm glad I didn't stay in Michigan. I've been here for going on 35 years and am glad I left when I did.

    • @alvinprettyman1802
      @alvinprettyman1802 3 роки тому +1

      ME TOO

    • @dastanjan320
      @dastanjan320 3 роки тому +3

      I have a question : I only heard bad stuff about WVirginia. But I, weirldy enough, am an European that loves West Virginia because is the state that resembles the most my home area. I talk about mountains, forgotten places, rural areas positioned in remote areas, away from the hustle and bussle(and crime) of big cities, clean air (this is only the natural part) and also I find the hard working class of coal miners and fallen industry to be very familiar. Is true that when a major industry is falling, life goes hard for everyone. I saw west Virginia having lots of abandoned or poorly maintained houses, so does my area, many children taken away from toxic families, same to my area, rural areas that somewhat hold a tradition of being mountain men that endure harsh winters and lots of work in the summer. I very sad about West virgina being ranked so low so my question is:I know that there must be something good and special in this state, what is it? What is something that wv people can feel proud for not being like the other states? Is it true that the crime rate and occurrences are rarer than places like detroit or new York or Los Angeles?

  • @temporalce1684
    @temporalce1684 3 роки тому +448

    Its weird how people tend to think that homes being cheap is great. But there's a reason why the homes are cheap.

    • @sueture
      @sueture 3 роки тому +19

      And property taxes...if the home prices don't keep out the riff-raff, the property taxes will.

    • @angelicamimosa
      @angelicamimosa 3 роки тому +14

      I agree; I bought a ‘cheap ‘ home in Norway Michigan and it absolutely Sucks!
      The house sucks because so many things were dangerous and wrong with the house and there is many more like it in the area and surrounding areas.
      A percentage of people just do not care so they let their houses disintegrate and there isn’t much choice in the lower price ranges.

    • @davynhainstock7503
      @davynhainstock7503 3 роки тому +21

      I think you want a happy medium theres places were a run down shed is worth half mill

    • @annahgibbus8
      @annahgibbus8 3 роки тому +18

      @@angelicamimosa I just bought an adorable cheap little house up north in a very small town built in 1910 and I love it and it's charm. The previous owner loved it to and took good care of it. He did have to put in a furnace and a couple small repairs and he did.
      I never thought I'd ever be able to buy a house and I'm 60 LoL. Taxes in escrow paid with the small mortgage 💝👍

    • @johnharris7353
      @johnharris7353 3 роки тому +3

      Justin homes super cheap here in St Louis! Get a brick one they're semi-bullet proof. Stay away from the windows!

  • @maryellenquinn5267
    @maryellenquinn5267 3 роки тому +576

    Just like Ancient Rome...we are rotting from within!

    • @repetemyname842
      @repetemyname842 3 роки тому +13

      MEQ: Yep, swirling the drain as we speak.

    • @jessehill9993
      @jessehill9993 3 роки тому +5

      And we are supposed to be ok with this.

    • @markkelly5900
      @markkelly5900 3 роки тому +6

      how did this happen? well I suppose it's happening everywhere

    • @markkelly5900
      @markkelly5900 3 роки тому +6

      @big pompano just a matter of when

    • @janegarrison9757
      @janegarrison9757 3 роки тому +1

      X@@markkelly5900

  • @stressfulprick1409
    @stressfulprick1409 3 роки тому +208

    No wonder the Walking Dead’s director decided to shoot the show in Atlanta, Georgia.

    • @joyous8248
      @joyous8248 3 роки тому +4

      Lol yes very true !!! 🤣

    • @jasminejudah7388
      @jasminejudah7388 3 роки тому +2

      Perfect!!

    • @wrwya78
      @wrwya78 3 роки тому +1

      Better than anywhere in the NE ya twat.

    • @michaelmyers5782
      @michaelmyers5782 3 роки тому

      the comic book started off the storyline in Atlanta and the show is based off the book..that's why

  • @jillcooper6371
    @jillcooper6371 3 роки тому +162

    I am calm and happy in this teeny tiny town. I am calmly watching snow fall... It hasn't been this cold here since 1941. So grateful for heat and lights.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +17

      ❄️ 🔥

    • @byronevans1
      @byronevans1 3 роки тому +3

      @@fazhihimalaya7562 Great for who, that is?

    • @mlanae20
      @mlanae20 3 роки тому +1

      @@byronevans1 Maybe Fazhi was being sarcastic when he/she said, “our great country”😊

    • @jillcooper6371
      @jillcooper6371 3 роки тому

      @@mlanae20 with that name, I'm not sure he is an american original....

    • @jerrypeter168
      @jerrypeter168 3 роки тому

      Hello beautiful woman with a beautiful smile 😍, oh my God you are looking very beautiful,best wishes for a wonderful woman like you,your beautiful face is making me going crazy 🤭, i will love to chat with you, how are you doing today

  • @Muscleupsanddangles
    @Muscleupsanddangles 3 роки тому +70

    I like how he has a sense of humor about things without being dismissive and hurtful. It feels like he brings things to attention hoping to spur change for the better, not just to mock them.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +7

      Haha I try Matt

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 3 роки тому +5

      @@NickJohnson And you do
      It in a way that it’s so sad it’s funny...

    • @mlanae20
      @mlanae20 3 роки тому +6

      @@NickJohnson You did a better job at being UNBIASED than television news reporters these days.

  • @bruceschmidt3539
    @bruceschmidt3539 3 роки тому +75

    Moral of this story.
    Invest in education.
    Better schools.
    Lets get it done America.

    • @joanmaciel416
      @joanmaciel416 3 роки тому +12

      And manufacturing

    • @eeee-rp1hp
      @eeee-rp1hp 3 роки тому +1

      Become isolationist too

    • @knowsheet4506
      @knowsheet4506 3 роки тому +5

      Gotta pay for wars first remember

    • @vinloy23
      @vinloy23 3 роки тому

      Not nearly enough.

    • @stephanieinman1551
      @stephanieinman1551 3 роки тому +3

      Not necessarily college, that can lead you into debt, a trade.

  • @james5460
    @james5460 3 роки тому +393

    A friend of mine was traveling through St. Louis, needed gas, and wound up in a sketchy part of town. She stops and asks some guy for directions and he looks over, shakes his head, and says "You really shouldn't be here."

    • @johndurham6172
      @johndurham6172 3 роки тому +39

      The Vacation movie made a joke about that in the 80s. So nothing much has changed.

    • @tbmason961
      @tbmason961 3 роки тому +35

      Whoa! This exact scenario happened to me, except it was Camden, NJ

    • @Lifetalk849
      @Lifetalk849 3 роки тому +26

      That exact same thing happened to me in Chicago.

    • @billchambersmarquez2768
      @billchambersmarquez2768 3 роки тому +20

      In other words run!!!!

    • @starwarrior7420
      @starwarrior7420 3 роки тому +1

      @Anthony Coz, really? Well who is it then? Rather curious 🤔.

  • @Realtalknewyorkwithjanique
    @Realtalknewyorkwithjanique 3 роки тому +100

    Inner city Baltimore is the worst ghetto I have ever seen in my life! I cry 😢 for the kids! 🙏🏾

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +12

      I agree

    • @evekurocieru
      @evekurocieru 3 роки тому +4

      Philly and St Louis are even worse.

    • @proudchristian77
      @proudchristian77 3 роки тому

      HUGS 💖

    • @markstlcard
      @markstlcard 3 роки тому +3

      When the police were told not to enforce the law, the city became a crime haven. Be careful what you wish for.

    • @jonanderson470
      @jonanderson470 3 роки тому

      Chicago is worse

  • @lorij6796
    @lorij6796 3 роки тому +299

    When you see what's happening in the USA it makes you wonder why couples want children.
    It's only going to become worse.

    • @amandanegrete1306
      @amandanegrete1306 3 роки тому +60

      I wouldn’t bring a child into this world, no way.

    • @a.alphonso6193
      @a.alphonso6193 3 роки тому +38

      i thought i was the only one who felt this way 😅
      i think to bring a child into the world right now shows a severe lack of understanding about the world and especially our country

    • @okechukwumark4312
      @okechukwumark4312 3 роки тому +17

      Let’s be rational if you all resort in not having kids don’t you think it will be more catastrophic. Who’ll then carry on history who’ll then take over from the existing ones work. How do you get the next Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Jackson without having kids were they not once kids. The truth is this you don’t rule forever, there is always power shift.

    • @amandanegrete1306
      @amandanegrete1306 3 роки тому +28

      @@okechukwumark4312 there is nothing “irrational” about adults making a conscious decision not to procreate.

    • @manfredrichthofen2494
      @manfredrichthofen2494 3 роки тому +3

      @@amandanegrete1306
      ..." The Call of the Wild "
      It is programmed in our genes by the great designer...
      Like having to drink when thirst seeps in..
      one philosopher once said..
      " A stiff d_ _k has no conscience "..said with due respect and without malice,
      Thank you 🙏

  • @joestewart8914
    @joestewart8914 3 роки тому +309

    This is why The Jerry Springer Show never runs out of guests.

    • @patrickthomas467
      @patrickthomas467 3 роки тому +1

      Include MTV RIDICULOUSNESS

    • @Jryder933
      @Jryder933 3 роки тому +6

      Everything on the Jerry Springer Show is very scripted, in another words it is fake!

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano 3 роки тому +1

      and why Kelly Clarkson is on TV

    • @williamwilkins3084
      @williamwilkins3084 3 роки тому +1

      I didn't know that show was still on.

    • @deadmeatdec2164
      @deadmeatdec2164 3 роки тому +2

      Read that and almost dropped my phone laughing so hard.

  • @gmarefan
    @gmarefan 3 роки тому +162

    Can't just wait for things to get better, it starts with us.

    • @virgilioblanco5374
      @virgilioblanco5374 3 роки тому +5

      Wrong!! It starts with members of congress passing measures to benefit the citizenry and not bail-out failing corporations and take big money out of elections, where "contributions" earns "favors".

    • @keeganbrown9967
      @keeganbrown9967 3 роки тому +8

      @@virgilioblanco5374 If you seriously believe congress will ever do anything for We the People ever again then you're delusional. It's up to us to either vote them out or.....force them out.

    • @aobrainstem9208
      @aobrainstem9208 3 роки тому +3

      No it doesn’t. Politicians are to blame. Who the F decided it would be a good idea to have a No Bail NY law where repeat criminals are set free with no bail? And the good people must live with it.

    • @aobrainstem9208
      @aobrainstem9208 3 роки тому +3

      @@keeganbrown9967 increasingly these days, you can’t vote them out. Deblasio is the most hated mayor in my life, yet was re-elected in a landslide, only because he has a D after his name. You could run a literal turd as a Democrat and it would win in a landslide even if Mother Theresa were the GOP nominee.

    • @thurstonhowelllll948
      @thurstonhowelllll948 3 роки тому +2

      yeah that's it let's just wait hahahahaha

  • @drjtk76
    @drjtk76 3 роки тому +10

    Nick you know your stuff. I work with the poor and mentally ill and it’s incredibly challenging. Thanks for putting together all you videos with great care and concern while also being entertaining. My hope is more citizens become aware of the shockingly sad state of affairs that our great country is in and decide to do something about it.

  • @gabrielferrer3205
    @gabrielferrer3205 3 роки тому +44

    I rode the Greyhound bus from Florida to Texas and it opened my eyes how America really looked like out of its big cities.

    • @bryanl.morrison552
      @bryanl.morrison552 3 роки тому +4

      I take that trip once a year. I have learned a lot by doing so.

    • @valjean2036
      @valjean2036 3 роки тому

      What

    • @zuzanazuscinova5209
      @zuzanazuscinova5209 2 роки тому

      Holy crap, brave!

    • @LK-pc4sq
      @LK-pc4sq 2 роки тому

      there is no gettoes in Germany, Canada, Australia and many other countries. I LOVED Vancouver just to expensive.

    • @ryanb9983
      @ryanb9983 2 роки тому

      @@LK-pc4sq this comments fucked u didn't look hard enough in Canada lol trust me there

  • @dimitrageorgiadi5087
    @dimitrageorgiadi5087 3 роки тому +200

    The US government has the tendency to create a problem and then of course comes up with a solution . With lousy foreign and domestic policies. The power elite is the only piece of the "apple " pie that prospers. Unfortunately, the poor will get poorer and the rich much richer. As far as the countries that appear to be assisted by the US, that occurs because it's a lucrative business for the few in power. The government has not been known to care about the people , anywhere.

    • @Paulscottrock
      @Paulscottrock 3 роки тому +14

      The corporations write the laws through ALEC . They made it impossible to have your own business . All of the fees and licenses and inspections and public officials to pay off and asses to kiss make it literally impossible to open a fucking bait shop

    • @virgilioblanco5374
      @virgilioblanco5374 3 роки тому +7

      Blame the Communist for providing cheap labor, products for the poor and quality good for big bucks. "Capitalism" gave us "ghost-towns",high rent, and countless victims of it.

    • @UserName-ts3sp
      @UserName-ts3sp 3 роки тому +11

      much of that “foreign aid” goes into their own pockets. this is why we the people need to take over

    • @heidibrinkley4865
      @heidibrinkley4865 3 роки тому +5

      I see your paving the way for an argument about socialism

    • @jonesy2111
      @jonesy2111 3 роки тому +3

      Hegelian Dialectic and yes problem...reaction and solution. They have used this scheme to get us into countless wars and just about every other problem we have encountered as a society. Wake up...not woke

  • @drperkins6668
    @drperkins6668 3 роки тому +69

    It would have been nice to put something good in Mississippi's closet: we have the highest rate of African American home ownership. We have the highest percent of African Americans as well. The rest of the US can talk about diversity, but we are diverse.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +14

      Aww I should have you're right!

    • @MrCharlespeele
      @MrCharlespeele 3 роки тому +4

      I doubt that you really want it that way

    • @sammyjr6989
      @sammyjr6989 3 роки тому +12

      Mmmm as a black person, I don't think that makes us or the state sound good.

    • @drperkins6668
      @drperkins6668 3 роки тому +10

      I'm sorry that I offended you. Can you tell me why those things make us look bad? To me home ownership is a proxy for participation in the community, and the projects I have worked on have included a diverse set of people. My neighborhood is ethnically diverse, including people from Europe, Africa, India, the middle east, Asia and Central America. My best friends are from Iran and Egypt. My closest neighbors are African American. I always felt that it was a positive thing to live in a community like this. Please tell me why you disagree, I really want to know.

    • @drperkins6668
      @drperkins6668 3 роки тому +8

      @@MrCharlespeele
      I chose to move here for those exact reasons. I believe that the more each person makes friends across racial boundaries, the less people will fear each other. And anyways, you get a better variety of food at parties and a broader perspective on life. I wanted both.

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine5238 3 роки тому +266

    West Virginia is one of the most geographically beautiful states! It’s horribly poor, but the people are some of the best you’ll meet.

    • @gurskyman
      @gurskyman 3 роки тому +23

      Wayne Collins the mountains, sir. The space. The scenery. Essentially what would ordinarily make a state beautiful.

    • @vicgogan5379
      @vicgogan5379 3 роки тому +20

      @@gurskyman The mountains are heavely logged. The waters are so polluted the people are dying of cancer. Our cities have years of old factories that have so polluted the land it is sickening. The air we breath in Parkersburg causes cancer the the dow chemical company and the fuel refinneries. WEST VIRGINIA TOXIC WASTE DUMP....Raw sewage in our creeks and rivers...fracking methods from oil drilling destroying everything in site. JOHN DENVER must have been paid by the WEST VIRGINIA TOURIST INDUSTRY TO HOOD WINK THEM TO COME HERE...😜😝....NICE PEOPLE...?...Break down here and get a bubba mechanic and tow truck. Go to the town and get your dinner only to find toxic water for your coffee ☕. Lots of people on entitlements and unemployment selling drugs, when their not stripping homes for plumbing copper wire or stealing to support their habit.

    • @gurskyman
      @gurskyman 3 роки тому +8

      Vic Gogan I was solely referring to geographical appearance, but I appreciate you illuminating some of that. I’m originally from eastern PA - we too have our scenic hills, but as you know that beauty often surrounds some of the saddest, most forgotten old coal and steel towns one could come across.

    • @vicgogan5379
      @vicgogan5379 3 роки тому +6

      @@gurskyman I must agree with you. Pa is beautiful and yes many very good people

    • @xTRich78x
      @xTRich78x 3 роки тому +2

      LOL must be all that coal beautifying the WV landscape and its people!

  • @RookCooks
    @RookCooks 3 роки тому +259

    Prediction: Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana will be on this list

    • @Lisa59
      @Lisa59 3 роки тому +32

      And they are. What a surprise! (not)

    • @MrGitpicker
      @MrGitpicker 3 роки тому +31

      Arkansas too of course.

    • @devintaylor8702
      @devintaylor8702 3 роки тому +3

      AMEN!!!

    • @redhawk8476
      @redhawk8476 3 роки тому +12

      You mean the three best states? Never

    • @ScoDucks24
      @ScoDucks24 3 роки тому +3

      @@redhawk8476 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @sustrader
    @sustrader 2 роки тому +7

    I lived in the the US for 3 years and every one of the states I visited, I believe has potential to produce vast, unimaginable riches for its community and individuals. I truly believe this. If everyone in America decides this instant to stop fighting with each other and somehow find a way to coexist, no one can touch them for the next 100 years.
    -rooting from far away. Hope you make it!

    • @philmabarak5421
      @philmabarak5421 2 роки тому

      Most people in this country can't even appreciate your beautiful sentiment! They have an incessant need to hate and blame that will never be squelched. It is an ongoing insatiable hate and blame and scapegoat derangement. They don't k now the conditions and trauma that let to this condition. They devalue education and science and think the Metric system of measurement is, "Of the Devil."

    • @vihailevagi
      @vihailevagi Рік тому

      This comment age liked milk
      Just take a look at France now

  • @MelodyNelson1087
    @MelodyNelson1087 3 роки тому +275

    Kids are hungry, grown ups are fat and teens are pregnant😆 I love this channel🥰

    • @edie4321
      @edie4321 3 роки тому +5

      Don't forget New Mexico where our kids are the worst off.

    • @myfoodishere
      @myfoodishere 3 роки тому +4

      i grew up in bushwick brooklyn. i lived 2 blocks away from the dekalb L station and the knickerbocker M station. i used to count how many under age girls i could see pushing strollers. lots. my sister wound up having 6 kids from 3 dudes.

    • @dapperdingo
      @dapperdingo 3 роки тому +4

      ''When the food runs out, we still have each other.'' -Jeffrey Dahmer-

    • @robertcook2073
      @robertcook2073 3 роки тому +2

      It's really fycked up!! 🤣🤣🤣Shameful!!!

    • @robertcook2073
      @robertcook2073 3 роки тому +1

      @@myfoodishere don't knock her, it could have been 6 Baby daddies!🤣🤣🤣

  • @gratefulgal6416
    @gratefulgal6416 3 роки тому +158

    Finish your dinner plate,
    People are starving in America.

    • @repetemyname842
      @repetemyname842 3 роки тому +11

      GG: No, thats part of the problem, Americans need to eat less so they arent too fat to get a job.

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 3 роки тому +3

      starving??? you mean those central american migrants will be starving also when they get asylum? shocking!! lol

    • @canaldofred2366
      @canaldofred2366 3 роки тому +3

      No one is starving in America.

    • @galebh9715
      @galebh9715 3 роки тому +12

      @@canaldofred2366 while these guys are clearly skewed on america.. only a fool thinks no one is starvin in america

    • @canaldofred2366
      @canaldofred2366 3 роки тому +1

      @@galebh9715 no one is starving in America.

  • @KawaiiEvoMii
    @KawaiiEvoMii 3 роки тому +76

    The amount of stress here in the US has also increased the crime. I feel like I genuinely cannot trust a lot of people as of late. I've had 'friends' that I had known for years steal property from me.
    I don't want to think everybody around me is toxic, and the times we are living through are pushing people to extremes that are ruining our trust in each other.

    • @gonzalogomez3386
      @gonzalogomez3386 3 роки тому +7

      @The Meiji Restoration this is true. Religion plays a huge role in having a moral code and values. No one thinks that’s “cool” anymore so now all we have are a bunch of ignorant narcissistic atheists who can’t fathom the thought of a superior being somewhere in the universe

    • @emmabenedek646
      @emmabenedek646 3 роки тому +4

      From Uk. baffling mystery. Why would anyone be interested in 'aliens' when they dont even care about their neighbours or anyone other than mabe 'My family' The only help we ever got from people was from working class but even then only about one in a 1000. The only person I could ever trust with my life was labeled 'Criminal' none of the corrupt govt and their huge amount hlepers is ever so labeled..Keep up the Art sport drama and dont ferget yer new kitchen.

    • @olejorgensen1964
      @olejorgensen1964 3 роки тому +3

      @@gonzalogomez3386 Strange how the reality is exactly the opposite of what you state here. Try looking at the countries around the world that does better that USA, they are very, very non-religious. Religion, mostly, seems to inspire hate, diversion and teen pregnancy. Go Figure.

    • @gonzalogomez3386
      @gonzalogomez3386 3 роки тому +2

      @@olejorgensen1964 can you list the countries that you’re referring to which do better than the US ? And in what sense exactly ? And go figure I’m religious, yet accept people of all places, colors and religions. And I was never a teen parent (Im now in my late 20s with no Kids yet). You sound ignorant and triggered by my comment. I’m sure you’re atheist but try to be a little more accepting of other peoples beliefs. Being narrow minded won’t get you anywhere in life. The new world we live in likes to promote atheism, anti family views, and no morality as the best lifestyle. When in reality, the best most high functioning societies throughout history have been at their best when they had a more structured set up. Just look at movies, songs, social media. It all sends the same toxic message

    • @NoctLightCloud
      @NoctLightCloud 3 роки тому +3

      @The Meiji Restoration "A decline in religious observance inevitably leads to this." Really? And coincidentally, religious countries tend to be much less happy, safe, and affluent than atheist countries like Northern Europe or Japan. How about explaining that to me? The most dishonest people I've met were always the ones who were also the most religious ones, at least here in Europe.

  • @jonathanmartin3767
    @jonathanmartin3767 3 роки тому +180

    I lived in Savannah. You can have a million dollar house (historic) blocks away from the slums. Always amazed that most slums have MLK blvd.

    • @NightingaleSong
      @NightingaleSong 3 роки тому +5

      I'd be interested to hear more about you living in Savannah. I almost moved down there once. Really enjoyed the time I spent down there, though on paper my home state is supposed to be "better" (really hard to accept without doing extensive mental gymnastics, though).

    • @elliottalderssohn2751
      @elliottalderssohn2751 3 роки тому +7

      @@NightingaleSong
      You guy’s outta get a room somewhere in Georgia?

    • @NightingaleSong
      @NightingaleSong 3 роки тому +6

      @@elliottalderssohn2751 I'm trying to interrogate the important question of whether Savannah is the best place on earth, and you're making jokes. Way to underestimate the importance of this topic.

    • @carlfromtheoc1788
      @carlfromtheoc1788 3 роки тому +15

      AS Chris Rock pointed out a number of years ago, "There is always bad stuff going down on MLK, no matter where it is."

    • @21silvermoon
      @21silvermoon 3 роки тому +2

      Ok!!

  • @paulscottfilms
    @paulscottfilms 3 роки тому +76

    this is a great channel, full of life and reality.

    • @jorgen1990
      @jorgen1990 3 роки тому +5

      And bluntness, which I love.

    • @goldvideo
      @goldvideo 3 роки тому

      Seven though I think Nick is the definition of the word "snarky", I love this channel.

  • @c.l.visions2581
    @c.l.visions2581 3 роки тому +68

    The sign about crackheads in Alabama, and you saying “that’s something I’d expect in South America”.
    I’m British and I expect exactly that from the US. America is a strange place

    • @brucemarsico6
      @brucemarsico6 3 роки тому +18

      Perhaps you should inspect your own poverty and homelessness in your own country. The north of england is a near disaster. Southern and northeastern scotland is a mess as well with many suffering from food insecurities. Hull and grimsby? You should watch, 'on benefits and proud of it'. Filmed in liverpool. Tremendously uplifting for such an 'advanced' nation.

    • @c.l.visions2581
      @c.l.visions2581 3 роки тому +8

      @@brucemarsico6 woah dude chill, I wasn’t talking about poverty I was talking about crack heads, and I also never said that UK isn’t rife with poverty. I know it is, I literally live in an area that is very far from rich. Every rich country has poverty still.

    • @yourpalmal3863
      @yourpalmal3863 3 роки тому +9

      @@c.l.visions2581 I think the author of this video thinks you have to be a minority to be associated with poverty and crime

    • @kftc1980
      @kftc1980 3 роки тому +2

      @@yourpalmal3863 rewatch the part about West Virginia, which is 93% white. Then apologize to him.

    • @yourpalmal3863
      @yourpalmal3863 3 роки тому +3

      @@kftc1980 WV being 93% white has nothing to do with the racial micro aggressions for every other place, hence alluding to a crack problem being something you’d see in South America

  • @vinniebarusa
    @vinniebarusa 3 роки тому +52

    3:05 - it’s easier for these dirty politicians to skim off the top when sending the money to foreign countries.

    • @emmabenedek646
      @emmabenedek646 3 роки тому

      From Uk. baffling mystery. Why would anyone be interested in 'aliens' when they dont even care about their neighbours or anyone other than mabe 'My family' The only help we ever got from people was from working class but even then only about one in a 1000. The only person I could ever trust with my life was labeled 'Criminal' none of the corrupt govt and their huge amount hlepers is ever so labeled..Keep up the Art sport drama and dont ferget yer new kitchen.

    • @royhsieh4307
      @royhsieh4307 3 роки тому +1

      it was actually an export.
      america has done this to many other countries.

  • @michaelmathews295
    @michaelmathews295 3 роки тому +287

    Arkansas people don't need on-line dating, they just have a family reunion.

  • @jaesong1940
    @jaesong1940 3 роки тому +39

    This was very informative and yet very depressing.

  • @aobrainstem9208
    @aobrainstem9208 3 роки тому +73

    I’m in NYC. It used to be the safest big city in America. Thanks to “No bail NY” law and other crap laws rammed through by politicians, crime has skyrocketed. I’m leaving ASAP.

    • @annjames1837
      @annjames1837 3 роки тому +13

      You left out democratic politicians

    • @drunkensailor112
      @drunkensailor112 3 роки тому +9

      The only reason for crime is poverty. You have your own ridiculously unfair society to thank.

    • @jackieofalltrades5328
      @jackieofalltrades5328 3 роки тому +15

      Notice, Democrats run all these cities.

    • @youngsavagefury7138
      @youngsavagefury7138 3 роки тому +6

      I had a puerto Rican lady try to stab me in New York before. I was glad patrol cops on foot caught her.

    • @jacquelineperry2168
      @jacquelineperry2168 3 роки тому +1

      Right use to be nice for tourist in New York think this generation just can’t run the country not as bright as there parents expect it to get worse.

  • @puppetstudiosstudios
    @puppetstudiosstudios 3 роки тому +40

    This is depressing.

  • @77.77.7
    @77.77.7 3 роки тому +28

    An eye-opening program, it is hard to believe that there is so much poverty in this "powerful and flourishing" country full of possibilities. Really sad. Thank you for this information.

  • @marialourdess
    @marialourdess 3 роки тому +8

    “If You Are Unhappy, There’s Things You Can Do. Just Try to Hang in There.
    We’re Puling For You. It Might Seem So Unfair, the Way Things Might Seem.
    But Plenty of Us Care. We Need You To Dream”.🎶🎵
    I love your Voice, Songs, Singing, Lyrics & Videos. Thank You, Nick! ❣️

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +5

      I try Katya ❤️❤️ you be safe out there 😘😘

  • @stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682
    @stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682 3 роки тому +74

    This is what happens when you pay people a pittance. Trickle down wealth my ass.

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 3 роки тому

      Just wait for the Green New deal and hard core "Equity" to kick in...Good times for all!!

    • @dallyh.2960
      @dallyh.2960 3 роки тому +2

      If we want wealth then we need to invest in a life style that creates wealth. We are the most wasteful country on Earth. If people could learn to not live on debt and save more, so many of our problems would be gone within a couple of years.

    • @stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682
      @stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682 3 роки тому +4

      @@dallyh.2960 You guys are enslaved to economic principles that work against you because you think it'ssocialim. Really it is greed. Tax the rich and start feeding your damned people.

    • @stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682
      @stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682 3 роки тому +1

      @daniel byers Blinded by theists and politicians and authoritarianism. What's more, the idiots donate their hard earned to them.

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 роки тому

      No no it trickles down all right, I don't know why there has ever been an argument against this...
      Look up the definition of trickle... It's not a huge gush of water/wealth, it's just a trickle, That's the trick...

  • @peternewman7940
    @peternewman7940 3 роки тому +7

    Something tragic here - so much potential - so much poverty. And everywhere you go such iconic buildings and such beautiful trees - at least where there are trees. I really notice it as a New Zealander. We have a beautiful country but its not North American beauty. You have your own look and it is amazing.

  • @tkyap2524
    @tkyap2524 3 роки тому +37

    "You really shouldn't be here." "Don't go in there." Advice from the locals. Ain't these people good?

  • @heather957
    @heather957 3 роки тому +79

    "Mappy, what are you doing in South Carolina's closet?" LOL

    • @jlpack62
      @jlpack62 3 роки тому +3

      I suppose that you have to stay in one in South Carolina?

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 3 роки тому +6

      Cheating on North Carolina.

    • @thebeatnumber
      @thebeatnumber 3 роки тому

      @@mirzaahmed6589 Did 6 year old Aisha ever cheat on 54 year old muhammad?

    • @jeffdodds6895
      @jeffdodds6895 3 роки тому +3

      Looking for Lindsey Graham.

    • @JennR323
      @JennR323 3 роки тому

      @@jeffdodds6895 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @Code_blu215
    @Code_blu215 3 роки тому +108

    "What's going on in America?"
    I don't know, but I'm getting the hell out of here when I get the chance to.

    • @mrpoxycat3967
      @mrpoxycat3967 3 роки тому +11

      Where you moving to? Looking from Europa, it seems the states still values freedom..

    • @stpstp7160
      @stpstp7160 3 роки тому +6

      Think about that every day. But you can't run away from your problems. Unfortunately it's bad everywhere.

    • @Code_blu215
      @Code_blu215 3 роки тому +17

      @@stpstp7160 nothing wrong with having a plan in life to leave the US, but never ok to force yourself to stay in a place you're no longer happy to live in just because you believe that running won't make the problem go away. Of course it's bad everywhere BUT that's never the case. Some folks who leave America are far more happier than those who stay.

    • @joanmaciel416
      @joanmaciel416 3 роки тому +5

      @@mrpoxycat3967 I agree...where could Americans flee to? Unless you are wealthy..then it doesn't matter where you live

    • @mrpoxycat3967
      @mrpoxycat3967 3 роки тому +3

      @@joanmaciel416 I mean, I would myself "flee" to either Switzerland or USA. But an american in Europa doesn't have many choices that aren't available already in the states IMO. Other than other rich nations, which does more or less the same as the US anyways.
      If you are poor in Detroit, then you are poor anywhere in the world🤷‍♀️

  • @leonoramancebo3842
    @leonoramancebo3842 3 роки тому +55

    This is sad how the usa take care of other people instead of their own

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano 3 роки тому +1

      you probably need poor people to become soldiers.

    • @MrMirville
      @MrMirville 3 роки тому +7

      Had the US not taken care of Chile, Argentina, Italy, Libya, Iraq... the world would be a much more beautiful place. Plan your world wars in your own backyards.

    • @horseman4now
      @horseman4now 3 роки тому +2

      It's not the people that benefit, it's their rulers.

    • @jenrutherford6690
      @jenrutherford6690 3 роки тому +6

      Much of the world doesn't think the usa takes care of them .They would rather you took care of your own and stay away from them

    • @awoodmann1746
      @awoodmann1746 3 роки тому +4

      Who does the USA take care of?

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys 3 роки тому +36

    This is depressing. What the hell is happening to us?

    • @DevilJin01
      @DevilJin01 3 роки тому +4

      America doesn't know where to put the money it earns

    • @kurtsydavis7517
      @kurtsydavis7517 3 роки тому +7

      karma

    • @heywoodjablowme3554
      @heywoodjablowme3554 3 роки тому +7

      Political correctness. You can't call people lazy bums anymore. They are homeless now...and we must help them. Which is another way of saying your taxes will be going up.

    • @michaelharte9572
      @michaelharte9572 3 роки тому +17

      The government dont care about the people, too busy giving billions to Israel and fighting in countless wars. Its terrible when you wont even look out for your own people's welfare.

    • @DevilJin01
      @DevilJin01 3 роки тому +12

      @@michaelharte9572 Seeing more of that bullshit now with Mayor Tim Boyd telling people they're a bunch of bums because they're complaining about having no power and struggling for money during a cold weather emergency. We elect officials that do nothing but get on Facebook and Twitter to make fun of us for being poor and not being able to get on a plane to fly to Florida or Mexico. That's not serving or representing your people.

  • @cherylbowen4229
    @cherylbowen4229 3 роки тому +21

    I live in WV and know you can be poor but you don’t have to look poor or stay poor. Educating yourself how to succeed regardless of what’s going on around you is important and anyone can do it.

    • @kftc1980
      @kftc1980 3 роки тому +1

      Some of the best looking rural land in the country. If I had unlimited wealth I would be tempted to buy everyone there out (those that are obviously struggling), pay their way to drug treatment and a little place to live in the city, tear down the dilapidated homes, and turn all that land into family farms and homesteads.

  • @laurairish1
    @laurairish1 3 роки тому +7

    Excellent as always! My husband and I are addicted to your channel! A great sense of humor combined with very good information. We look forward to seeing more of your videos.

  • @yuliamel4162
    @yuliamel4162 3 роки тому +35

    I’m gonna show this video to people who ask me why I left the USA last year ... 👌
    P.S. it took me just a month of living in Oklahoma City to get depressed. The worst place I’ve ever lived in in my life... besides Fresno 😂🙈

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +8

      Totally agree - but Salinas is worse

    • @dragonvue09
      @dragonvue09 3 роки тому

      I'm currently living in fresno and planning to move to either Oregon or Washington state.

    • @yuliamel4162
      @yuliamel4162 3 роки тому

      @@dragonvue09 good choice! Fresno isn’t great and there is nothing to do there :(

    • @Mattb81
      @Mattb81 3 роки тому +1

      My neighbour is American. He immigrated here (Australia) in the early 90s after marrying an Australian. I asked him why on earth he would leave the states. He came from a rural part of Illinois and said that it was going downhill at that time and when he goes back once or twice a year to visit family he said its depressing. He said he moved around a fair bit in the military and liked Hawaii but said the homelessness and poverty is getting bad there too.
      I’ve travelled to the US 4 times and been through about 30-35 states. I’ve enjoyed each trip but the amount of poverty is something that always shocked me. It’s sad because other than that, I love the US.

    • @yuliamel4162
      @yuliamel4162 3 роки тому +1

      @@Mattb81 comparing to the country where I’m originally from and where I live now, the USA is far from being poor. A lot of people do really live on minimum wages but at least the country is developed and you can afford more in the USA than in Ukraine, for example.
      But if you compare the USA with Switzerland, Australia or UAE, we’ll, then I can say that the USA is far from being rich.

  • @isaacsimpson4481
    @isaacsimpson4481 3 роки тому +2

    I'm from Easley South Carolina fifteen minutes away from the University of Clemson. It's rough every where it's how you handle it and deal with it. Just stay focused, positive, and keep working hard. Keep moving forwards in life 👊🏾💯

  • @user-bm6wu9zw9m
    @user-bm6wu9zw9m 3 роки тому +63

    Las Cruces, NM looks worse than Afghanistan. I've been to both places.

    • @ugaugaarschface
      @ugaugaarschface 3 роки тому +6

      There’s a +30 year war going on in Afghanistan...

    • @robertcook2073
      @robertcook2073 3 роки тому +6

      @@ugaugaarschface that really says a lot!!!

    • @alfonsomunoz4424
      @alfonsomunoz4424 3 роки тому +2

      I actually really like Las Cruces, NM.

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 роки тому +3

      60% Hispanic, gee I wonder why

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 роки тому +3

      @@alfonsomunoz4424
      The Las Cruces NM crime rate for 2018 was 404.1 per 100,000 population, a 64.78% increase from 2016

  • @dapperdingo
    @dapperdingo 3 роки тому +400

    "When the food runs out, we still have each other.''
    - Jeffrey Dahmer -

    • @donaldhetzler9143
      @donaldhetzler9143 3 роки тому +18

      No one remembers that jeffrey dahmer ate his male victims, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin..

    • @lamadyarah8787
      @lamadyarah8787 3 роки тому +14

      @@firstedition1083 Soylent Green, you say?? Don’t worry. Gill Bates has us covered.

    • @tsarina24honolulu87
      @tsarina24honolulu87 3 роки тому +5

      @@lamadyarah8787 what is that? I'm vegan and I hear about it but I don't eat that.

    • @lenac3587
      @lenac3587 3 роки тому +5

      Cultivate yr little vertical food garden in small spaces

    • @Ultamami
      @Ultamami 3 роки тому +3

      *eachother, ONE word!!

  • @carlosbluepony1241
    @carlosbluepony1241 3 роки тому +4

    The way I look at it ,this is not putting America down, is just great info because I'm definitely not moving to those areas, and I thank Nick for the info, Go Nick God bless

  • @felix_farr
    @felix_farr 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for the awareness. These kind of channels are extremely necessary!

  • @paulamensing1664
    @paulamensing1664 3 роки тому +12

    Thank you for brightening up my day

  • @lorij6796
    @lorij6796 3 роки тому +10

    The downhill of America is very sad.
    The politicians need to spend money here. Instead it goes to other countries.

  • @phantomayee3049
    @phantomayee3049 3 роки тому +183

    Haha, Mississippi can never get a break.

    • @circadianvenus7119
      @circadianvenus7119 3 роки тому +7

      I love it so much lmao I’m a ms resident student and I’m so ready to leave lmao 😂. It really does deserve all of the spots it tends to get on these lists

    • @tudorjason
      @tudorjason 3 роки тому +18

      If they'd focus on getting healthier, increase the minimum wage, and stop being racists - they'd be a lot better off.

    • @BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370
      @BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370 3 роки тому +2

      The state you cant spell even if you are looking at the word Miscipepe

    • @BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370
      @BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370 3 роки тому +6

      @@tudorjason haha increasing the minimum wage actually causes low skilled workers to lose those jobs. I'm not making that up.

    • @lorelailaval7676
      @lorelailaval7676 3 роки тому +3

      Oxford is great.

  • @kaybrown4010
    @kaybrown4010 3 роки тому +35

    America first. How can we help others when we’re struggling here at home?

    • @fredgervinm.p.3315
      @fredgervinm.p.3315 3 роки тому +6

      I said that when IRAN got pellets of cash...

    • @tonyaberney156
      @tonyaberney156 3 роки тому +7

      Ask Biden

    • @63saruman
      @63saruman 3 роки тому +5

      Sorry, but to US politicians Israel and Saudi Arabia are more important

    • @knucklesdafunkeeog6523
      @knucklesdafunkeeog6523 3 роки тому +4

      This is just the beginning for America. It’s only going to get worse later and America deserves it because it’s been file and corrupt for a very long time and it’s finally starting to struggle and crumble on down

    • @hornydolphin7953
      @hornydolphin7953 3 роки тому +2

      @@tonyaberney156 no ask Israel in 2019 We gave them $3.8 billion in foreign military aid to Israel Imagined if we used that in our healthcare system which is trash

  • @marcob4630
    @marcob4630 2 роки тому +2

    As an European I can't believe that some places in the USA are even worse than the worst places in Southern part of Europe, like Italy, Spain or Yugoslavia. Sad enough!

  • @paddyslawnandleaf2631
    @paddyslawnandleaf2631 3 роки тому +51

    LOL Louisiana’s closet- “yup, it’s all cheeseburgers cigarettes and booze”

    • @tonymoretti2347
      @tonymoretti2347 3 роки тому +3

      That's pretty good!!

    • @irishkeif7791
      @irishkeif7791 3 роки тому +5

      And the problem is what exactly?

    • @Dreamtravelthings
      @Dreamtravelthings 3 роки тому

      I moved from Louisiana to Florida in October and I ain't looking back! 😂

    • @kingquan3826
      @kingquan3826 3 роки тому

      @@Dreamtravelthings which part of Florida?

    • @beverlychase3587
      @beverlychase3587 3 роки тому

      Throw in a fish head and some chickens - it's awful in Louisiana

  • @johnjorgensen8009
    @johnjorgensen8009 3 роки тому +7

    ....sniff..sniff...your closing song almost brought me to tears.........I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!

    • @johnjorgensen8009
      @johnjorgensen8009 3 роки тому

      @Ed Miller I detect sarcasm in BOTH our comments.......

  • @L0RDK3Y
    @L0RDK3Y 3 роки тому +25

    “What is going on in America?”
    What goes up, must come down

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому

      So fast

    • @royharper2003
      @royharper2003 3 роки тому +1

      @Lordkey these slums are such a trivial part of America; it is ignorant to compare these areas to America

  • @biloz2988
    @biloz2988 3 роки тому +29

    I was expecting Cali to top the list with the most homeless and the most disheveled neighborhoods. It turned out all ten worst are all in the south

    • @lnugent1000
      @lnugent1000 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah this guy is an smart guy.
      Neither New York or California was on this list! Your list is a hatred for the South. I live in Louisiana and I would much rather live here than anywhere in the northeast or the West Coast!!

    • @biloz2988
      @biloz2988 3 роки тому

      @@lnugent1000 it's not my list

    • @lnugent1000
      @lnugent1000 3 роки тому

      @@biloz2988 I know.
      I agree with you 💯
      This cat left out all the great stuff about these states!!
      I can make all those liberal states he didn't mention look a whole lot worse!

    • @biloz2988
      @biloz2988 3 роки тому +2

      @@lnugent1000 it is obvious he's liberal

    • @lnugent1000
      @lnugent1000 3 роки тому

      @@biloz2988 yep

  • @bigpasty1582
    @bigpasty1582 3 роки тому +56

    I can appreciate how much u emphasized the ridiculousness of billions being sent elsewhere.

    • @janeholmes9374
      @janeholmes9374 3 роки тому +3

      Like in the UK we should always look after our own FIRST !!!

    • @drunkensailor112
      @drunkensailor112 3 роки тому +5

      The USA has rained down so much terror in the world that your less than 1% annual budget spent on foreign aid is more a kick in the balls than any help.

    • @bigpasty1582
      @bigpasty1582 3 роки тому +4

      @@drunkensailor112 I'd rather just keep kicking em in the balls than send anyone a penny

    • @JulianaBlewett
      @JulianaBlewett 3 роки тому +1

      What about the billions spent on Shell Oil subsidies?

  • @RachelPenningtonHull
    @RachelPenningtonHull 3 роки тому +14

    I drove a tractor trailer for 15 years. The two worst areas in America, actually cities rather than states, that I saw were Detroit and Cairo, Illinois.

    • @Shel1021
      @Shel1021 3 роки тому +3

      Well honey the D ain't like that now no matter what you hear. You can hardly afford a place downtown and white college kids are pretty safe. They are all over Detroit. In my old hood and everywhere. Gentrification fir real

    • @jodyhull4865
      @jodyhull4865 3 роки тому

      @@Shel1021 That's good to hear. I am glad they are doing something. When I would go there, usually to the warehouse at the old Ford plant, it was so sad. Block after block after block of vacant houses, torn up, spray painted. It was so bad it was heartbreaking to see where the families used to live and all falling into ruin. I am very glad they are turning things around.

    • @Shel1021
      @Shel1021 3 роки тому +1

      @@jodyhull4865 Yeah it's beautiful here now all of our sports stadiums are right downtown along with the casinos. We have a beautiful riverfront with a river walk that goes all the way down , basically the Detroit River to Lake St Clair. Alot of restaurants bars etc. You could go to a game and then just walk, ride bikes hang out all day.

    • @lindasmith3377
      @lindasmith3377 3 роки тому

      I left Detoitt (Dearborn actually) in 1993 and am soooo glad that I did. It was to the point that I just couldn't stand it anymore. Even the neighbors one son dared to break into our garage and steal my husbands Vespa. That did it , we bought a place in Eastern Kentucky and I would never go back to Dearborn for anything!

    • @Shel1021
      @Shel1021 3 роки тому

      @@lindasmith3377 sorry to hear that

  • @leroylawrence2773
    @leroylawrence2773 3 роки тому +23

    I’m a truck driver & yes, GA has some messed up traffic! It’s rough 24/7! 😂

  • @monkeydink9933
    @monkeydink9933 3 роки тому +19

    I worked on a psych unit in Arkansas. If you fail at a suicide attempt, you can be charged with ATTEMPTED MURDER. Joy...

    • @kimberelyanngunter6341
      @kimberelyanngunter6341 3 роки тому +5

      WOW!!! I have never heard of such a thing....that blew my mind!🤯

    • @williamwilkins3084
      @williamwilkins3084 3 роки тому +2

      And if they determine it's first degree murder, I guess they give them the death sentence for trying to commit suicide?

  • @catholiccrusader5328
    @catholiccrusader5328 3 роки тому +4

    I am hooked on Nick's videos! I can't click out of them; GREAT STUFF!!

  • @hansnordlander2618
    @hansnordlander2618 3 роки тому +17

    I get so sad when i see all these run down states in what should be the richest country in world.

    • @canaldofred2366
      @canaldofred2366 3 роки тому

      These images on the video are literally the worst places you can film in America. The vast majority of the country is beautiful and rich. Still, there is poverty like anywhere else.

  • @dadbodnokid8898
    @dadbodnokid8898 3 роки тому +20

    West Virginia is STUNNING!!! It's an absolute shame how corporate interests, environmental ignorance, and xenophobia have crippled this once cosmopolitan beacon of unity.

    • @Lisa59
      @Lisa59 3 роки тому +2

      I have a friend who lives in WV near Harpers Ferry. The area is gorgeous and full of Civil War battlefields. It's a great place to visit

    • @jeffcook5449
      @jeffcook5449 3 роки тому

      @@Lisa59 I’m going to West Virginia this summer on a road trip any suggestions? I’m prolly going to the new river gorge so stuff near there would be nice

    • @dadbodnokid8898
      @dadbodnokid8898 3 роки тому

      @@Lisa59 The government didnt choose Camp David's location for nothing. Also take a look at Greenbriar.

    • @dadbodnokid8898
      @dadbodnokid8898 3 роки тому +3

      @Ed Miller You could have corrected me without the classism or snark.

    • @dadbodnokid8898
      @dadbodnokid8898 3 роки тому +1

      @@jeffcook5449 If I may. I would try my best to find a way to take a train ride through the state as a daytrip. I'm partial to the corner of WVa near Berklee Springs, Harper's Ferry, and the Maryland Border towns.

  • @vicgogan5379
    @vicgogan5379 3 роки тому +9

    Psalms 📜 12 vs 1...
    🌿 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

  • @johntodd6755
    @johntodd6755 3 роки тому +35

    Oregon definitely needs to be on this list. Pretty place to live but state and county officals corrupt along with attorney's and courts.

    • @emmabenedek646
      @emmabenedek646 3 роки тому +1

      From Uk. baffling mystery. Why would anyone be interested in 'aliens' when they dont even care about their neighbours or anyone other than mabe 'My family' The only help we ever got from people was from working class but even then only about one in a 1000. The only person I could ever trust with my life was labeled 'Criminal' none of the corrupt govt and their huge amount hlepers is ever so labeled..Keep up the Art sport drama and dont ferget yer new kitchen.

    • @valjean2036
      @valjean2036 3 роки тому

      Portland 4 sure

  • @williamdorsey9812
    @williamdorsey9812 3 роки тому +45

    This is going to be good and funny 😂😂😂 Nick you always may my day

  • @Surfrz3
    @Surfrz3 3 роки тому +2

    Very sad situation Nick. Your song was beautiful, thanks.

  • @jeffcook5449
    @jeffcook5449 3 роки тому +21

    The three states I spend the most time on Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina back to back to back. feels bad

    • @leonation89
      @leonation89 3 роки тому

      What that mean?

    • @jeffcook5449
      @jeffcook5449 3 роки тому

      My homes are all the worst states

    • @jeffcook5449
      @jeffcook5449 3 роки тому +1

      East st Louis is in Illinois and the rest is bad Springfield, St Louis, Kansas City and Troy, they all suck

  • @erwin643
    @erwin643 3 роки тому +37

    Wow, no wonder they filmed "Escape From NY" there in St Louis, decades ago.

  • @gwgux
    @gwgux 3 роки тому +3

    It's important to have these things laid out in front of people. I live in SC and while we did move down from 6 to 8 on this list, I think a big part of the problem is that people don't want to make any major changes. They want to keep wearing the shades and pretend everything is fine and tell people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and fix it themselves. While I do support that (it does take effort by everyone, not just one or two people), the problem is that there's no unified vision for everyone to play a part in fixing it and without that, we're going to keep having good parts of SC that people want to move to, and the rest of the state gets seen as lazy with everyone only wanting to fix things for themselves. It's trickier than it should be to convince people of all the good things they can have when everyone prospers.

  • @jasonkellar9897
    @jasonkellar9897 3 роки тому +48

    Almost all of these states are in the SEC where their football coaches make $6 milly a year.

    • @ScoDucks24
      @ScoDucks24 3 роки тому +5

      Red states

    • @aidandurity5563
      @aidandurity5563 3 роки тому +1

      @Ed Miller he's a senator from Alabama now, not a Q anon suppporter though

    • @roberthenleynola
      @roberthenleynola 3 роки тому

      @Ed Miller No, he was just elected to the U.S. Senate.

    • @acharleyhorse1
      @acharleyhorse1 3 роки тому +1

      West Virginia, Oklahoma, New Mexico are not in the SEC. Missouri only joined in 2012.

    • @kerrynight3271
      @kerrynight3271 3 роки тому +1

      @Ed Miller He's the Senator Trump tried to call during the insurrection to try to get him to slow down the certification of the electoral votes. While rioters were seeking to kill Pence and Pelosi, Trump was only interested in delaying the certification.

  • @KristinaKreamer
    @KristinaKreamer 3 роки тому +7

    Good point in where the money is going(overseas!)Probably the BEST places to go,are the Countries the USA is REALLY sending the money(Retired people are all too hip on being Expats,anyway.Peru seems to be number 1!)

  • @francisc1854
    @francisc1854 3 роки тому +4

    I mean it’s good videos like this exist to shed light on situations, it’s had for steering anyone away even in a touristy sense that can bring.. some income into said area. It would be great if car plants and online companies opened distribution warehouses in places like this to give it a fighting chance.
    I know it takes way more than that to fix a decaying area.

  • @Vienna3080
    @Vienna3080 3 роки тому +19

    Stuff like this makes me appreciate living in my crappy city, and this is coming from somebody that was born and raised in Mew Mexico

  • @darringilmore9673
    @darringilmore9673 3 роки тому +5

    Another informative video Nick. I thought the opening the closet aspect of the video was BRILLIANT. Loved that. It shows that no matter how negative a situation is, you still can find a little positivity. 👏😁

  • @johnfoote1168
    @johnfoote1168 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you from Auckland, NZ, we need to see a fresh reality on the world , please keep up your presentation of the real world, there are 1000's of people that are needing food and shelter God bless you

    • @spuriouseffect
      @spuriouseffect 3 роки тому

      I live in West Virginia. Most West Virginians don't live like this. This is mostly in the southern and extreme western part of the State where drug use has been allowed to ruin entire communities. Yes, we are a poor state because our entire economy was based on coal, but people come here to retire for a reason. Our highest crime rates are in those druggy communities, but we still have one of the lowest crime rates in the nation. The rest of the State is the safest place I've ever been. I left my keys on the tailgate of my brand new Toyota Tacoma for an entire weekend, right in the middle of our small town, and no one stole my truck.

  • @greenhandgeezer
    @greenhandgeezer 3 роки тому +16

    Love these videos dude... I even grew up in a town that made a "worst" list, Hazleton, PA, (it's a terrible place btw you were so right) Keep up the content!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +2

      Can hazleton be fixed John?

    • @NoName-pu5ls
      @NoName-pu5ls 3 роки тому +1

      True! I'm 30 minutes away

    • @greenhandgeezer
      @greenhandgeezer 3 роки тому +1

      @@NickJohnson smh I don't know Nick, I just don't know...

    • @joinjen3854
      @joinjen3854 3 роки тому

      @@phillygrunt2154 they cannot enter the e commerce economy? No Innovators?

  • @kaylacolgan
    @kaylacolgan 3 роки тому +10

    Good Afternoon, Nick Johnson.

  • @KnifeCrazzzzy
    @KnifeCrazzzzy 3 роки тому +4

    Man, seen a few videos now and you have some really interesting content sir, thank you 🙏🏼

  • @mkj5046
    @mkj5046 3 роки тому +5

    As usual, great job and pretty accurate I must say...love this channel!

  • @aaronlarkins2254
    @aaronlarkins2254 3 роки тому +9

    Thank you for standing up for Americans ✌🏽

  • @tdunph4250
    @tdunph4250 3 роки тому +4

    When I watch this video I think of what it must have been like to live during the fall of Rome. Nick, you of course are the best!! :)

    • @jimmermun1806
      @jimmermun1806 3 роки тому

      So much need in this country why is this new administration sending tax payers money to wuhan lab in chi na

  • @Sammykyt
    @Sammykyt 3 роки тому +12

    Guess of places on this list:
    10. Alaska
    9. Jackson, Mississippi
    8. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    7. Memphis, Tennessee
    6. District of Columbia
    5. Baltimore, Maryland
    4. Detroit, Michigan
    3. San Francisco-Oakland, California
    2. Saint Louis
    1. New Mexico
    Edit: I thought this was going to include cities not just states

  • @truebetold65
    @truebetold65 3 роки тому +50

    I tell people all the time to stay away from Atlanta. Period.

    • @johndurham6172
      @johndurham6172 3 роки тому +8

      Thanks to Atlanta Biden is our President.

    • @619jack_
      @619jack_ 3 роки тому +7

      @@johndurham6172 thank god FDT

    • @Isaactorres60
      @Isaactorres60 3 роки тому +5

      I love Atlanta. I don’t know what you are talking about.

    • @truebetold65
      @truebetold65 3 роки тому

      @@Isaactorres60 I guess

    • @remoir6273
      @remoir6273 3 роки тому +1

      @@truebetold65 Atlanta is the cash cow of Georgia. More than half of GA’s gdp is from Atlanta.

  • @SprayNetiKz
    @SprayNetiKz 3 роки тому +5

    its weird. i grew up in hawaii, lived in texas for 5 years and just now moved to mid missouri (although used to these parts as my dad is born and raised here). i will say, hawaii was most beautiful, texas was very friendly, but missouri, hands down is the easiest to make a decent living in out of the three; which is contrary to what is said in this video. the jobs arent the most extravagant, but it's the mecca for working class work. it can be rather easy to live on your own out here due to the low cost of living. It was much easier to get a job with 40+ hours and benefits in comparison to my experience in Texas. issue comes, if you want more than that and want to make something more of yourself than a working wage.

  • @jonasabry9099
    @jonasabry9099 3 роки тому +23

    10:52 That was funny! Oklahoma hiding old fruits and veggies in their closet. 😂😆🤣

    • @dntulsa5039
      @dntulsa5039 3 роки тому +6

      Don't come to Oklahoma! Go to California!

    • @jonasabry9099
      @jonasabry9099 3 роки тому +1

      No hard feelings. I'm sure Oklahoma is a great state. The video was funny though. 😂

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 3 роки тому +2

      @@dntulsa5039 California's a great state! Taxes, taxes, taxes, homelessness and expensive homes.
      That's why I live in Oklahoma.... we have tornadoes, and other stuff like corn.

    • @purpledinosaurs4300
      @purpledinosaurs4300 3 роки тому

      It’s all rural it just get cold here and tornados 🤣🤣and it all farms but it’s cheap here but taxes suck 🤣🤣 but I benifitted from COVID 😂😂😂

    • @purpledinosaurs4300
      @purpledinosaurs4300 3 роки тому

      @@dntulsa5039 exactly all we need demsto screw up our state they don’t understand the whole State Farm’s just about 😂😂😂

  • @Adonis_NL
    @Adonis_NL 3 роки тому +24

    I really love your sense of humor😂 greetings from The Netherlands 🙋🏻‍♂️

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +3

      🇳🇱 ❤️

    • @heidifisher7693
      @heidifisher7693 3 роки тому

      There's nothing humorous about it. It's the truth. So sad for a country that opens its arms to everyone. 🗽and THIS is the thanks America gets. We All come from somewhere else, and everybody wants to live here. our New and UNIMPROVED immigrants take this country for granted ANYMORE

    • @connorharris2119
      @connorharris2119 3 роки тому

      @@NickJohnson Same I love your humour too mate. Love from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

  • @DoubleDHomestead
    @DoubleDHomestead 3 роки тому +7

    You forgot to tell folks about 15.5 million to Pakistan for Gender studies.

  • @jamesknopp7494
    @jamesknopp7494 3 роки тому +11

    Damn...after that rural Alabama news headlines I want to learn about those rural towns. Can you make a video for worst rural areas and small towns in the south?

  • @jimszczodrowski3695
    @jimszczodrowski3695 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for making me laugh and cry at the same time Nick. Love your content.

  • @rotricesummerville7910
    @rotricesummerville7910 3 роки тому +5

    The World is a ghetto...save us all!💜

  • @khunopie9159
    @khunopie9159 3 роки тому +27

    there's a reason they call Atlanta "Hotlanta" and it has nothing to do with the weather Miss Mappy!
    It's because everyone is packing HEAT!
    Wait a minute! Mappy's packing heat! What the what the!

  • @coreythompson1477
    @coreythompson1477 3 роки тому +40

    Be cool if u do a video on the wall of homeless being built around the perimeter of santa monica and near every grocery store in L.A.

    • @tj7179
      @tj7179 3 роки тому

      The smell. The prices.. Wooooo I can't imagine

    • @jacknguyen5677
      @jacknguyen5677 3 роки тому

      Near grocery stores.... that’s where the food is. Just like rats and cockroaches

  • @TheTaoofEternalWar
    @TheTaoofEternalWar 3 роки тому +8

    I am from Oklahoma and I love it here, I love Arkansas too. It's all what you make of it man. Statistics don't concern sovereign souls. The only successful revolutions are individual.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  3 роки тому +1

      That's deep

    • @argentorangeok6224
      @argentorangeok6224 3 роки тому +1

      Oklahoman too. Green Country. Wouldn't live anywhere else on earth.

    • @loralarose9615
      @loralarose9615 3 роки тому

      @@NickJohnson 🤣😂😂 I live there too but I live 5 safest places to live in Oklahoma lol 12 ,000 people but Elreno not a ghetto they say that cause were only town here with black and Mexicans and native peoples rest towns are white . You should drive through here sometime had several movie crews here making movies like rain man Elizabeth town several other

  • @darthvaldez999
    @darthvaldez999 3 роки тому +15

    No Healthy eating in Oklahoma Dang!
    Fruits and Vegetables are hard to eat when 80% of Walmart is mainly junk food with sugar ingredients even Whole Foods has a huge section that sells overpriced cup cakes and Ice cream.

    • @jonasabry9099
      @jonasabry9099 3 роки тому +6

      Walmart has gotten better though. Adding organic food and more produce. The produce is cheap and not the best, but if you wash it real well it's not bad. Aldi's is cheap too and has some good food. I think it's available, but people just aren't buying it.

    • @jonasabry9099
      @jonasabry9099 3 роки тому +2

      @Ed Miller Bacon, Ham or Turkey is good on salad too. Lol 😋

    • @Chordonblue
      @Chordonblue 3 роки тому +1

      @@jonasabry9099 THIS^^^

    • @NigelHyphenJones
      @NigelHyphenJones 3 роки тому +2

      @@laurie7689 Aldi is a budget German supermarket chain that is dominating the world right now.... they are all over Europe too

    • @jonasabry9099
      @jonasabry9099 3 роки тому +2

      @@laurie7689 Also, you have to bring your own bag or a box to put your food in.

  • @SafetyProMalta
    @SafetyProMalta 3 роки тому +15

    Good to see you are back in your groove as tourism secretary. 😂😂

  • @ninstar8165
    @ninstar8165 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks again, Mappy!

  • @RobFrank22
    @RobFrank22 3 роки тому +55

    Tell politicians to stop giving our tax money to other countries.

    • @edwardgabriel1946
      @edwardgabriel1946 3 роки тому +8

      If all 5000 persons who viewed this video told our politicians to stop giving our money away, it wouldn't make a dent. The country's population is ill informed. You don't see this stuff on CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox, etc., do you?

    • @63saruman
      @63saruman 3 роки тому +9

      Make churches and billionaires pay their just share of taxes.

    • @hippityhoppity3270
      @hippityhoppity3270 3 роки тому

      You are not very smart are you

    • @montaguable
      @montaguable 3 роки тому +3

      They give tax money (And it's not only yours) to buy influence so that foreign monetary policy can continue. In essence the US$ remaining the world trading and most used currency by far. It enables the US treasury the ability to keep printing US$ without the resulting inflation taking place in the US like it does in every other country that creates money out of thin air (Think Zimbabwe/Venezuela) . The money the US gives away costs the US government nothing , it is made up money. Sure it devalues all the USD already out there but more than 2/3 of actual greenbacks in circulation are outside the US. So it's really an indirect tax (Devaluing the USD) with more than 2/3 being collected from the rest of the world not from with in the USA but 100% being created in the USA. Up till the USA is giving away or is using over 2/3 of the printed from thin air FIAT currency it creates to benefit others , then it is still on a positive return game.
      Why do you think it is so important to keep the USD as the world's reserve currency? Think Saddam and his invasion of Kuwait , that didn't prompt his removal. He was allowed to carry on ruling .However when he said he was switching from selling oil in USD to other payment forms he had to go. Weapons of mass destruction being the official reason but later admitted that there were none.Think Muammar Al- Qaddafi , who even admitted to taking down a US civilian aircraft (Pan Am 103) over Lockerbie . That was no reason to remove him. However when he said he was to stop selling oil in USD it would be his downfall. Mass military exercise had him removed and killed . It's like having a credit card that you only have to bay 1/3 of the bill on and other people have to pay 2/3. How cool is that and to what lengths will you go to keep that arrangement. Sure you need to pay all sorts of bills to keep all those around the globe in agreement to let this carry on. It may even take having hundreds of military bases if far flung places and giving aid here and there but it is a balancing act really. When it's done right it promotes global stability and when not exactly the opposite. it however can not be viewed by looking at the smaller picture.

    • @thoughtkoi
      @thoughtkoi 3 роки тому +3

      Tell your government to stop bombing other countries