This Is What Life Is Like In Small Town Louisiana
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Did you ever think Louisiana would look so appealing? Cause it does!
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We’re in Natchitoches - kinda way out in the middle of Louisiana, surrounded by farms and trees. It's really pretty out here. You may have even heard of it before. Natchitoches has been talked about in all the trade magazines for years now.
This is the oldest permanent settlement in the original Louisiana purchase. This was originally a French outpost where they traded all their crops. It was a pretty big deal a long time ago. Indigo, tobacco and of course, cotton were grown all over this region.
By the time 1950 came, they didn’t need as many farmers, so people started leaving. When the 1970s arrived, the businesses started boarding up, and the place looked pretty bad. We know the story. Happens all over.
But this place has a happy ending. For now.
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That women should be soo proud ! She’s a shining example of a successful family unit . . 👏
Looks like Democrats didn't get to her and to her family!
She looked after us when we stayed at the Queen Anne. She was just as upbeat and friendly.
Turned this off soon as she said ITS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. Complete BS. Live in New Orleans? Crime, poverty, and drugs everywhere. Live in the country? You won't make enough money to even live. So your options are, go fight for a low wage in a crime infested city. Or go out in the country and never be social again. You move here, YOU BECOME TRAPPED.
God bless that woman for being so positive...... good people, nice to see a town revive itself.
@Fermati Chebellosei I agree. I stay away from downers.
She's a total sweetheart. I get the impression this would be a 6 hour video if Nick just kept the camera running. Seems like the kind of woman you'd wind up talking too all day. But that is how things can be in small towns.
I lived in Natchitoches for 13 years and I wish we had never moved! I still have good friends there. Wonderful place.
In Louisiana, we don't have a county, we have a parish.👍
I’m glad you said that, whats the difference? You have Maricopa County, L.A County,etc and are you’ll the only ones with Parish
@@Trill_life …and are you’ll the only ones with Parish? English much?
@@williamwilson6499 let’s put another scrimp on the Barbie
@@Trill_life Yeah, Puerto Rico; although not a state yet, also has parishes.
@@williamwilson6499 Also Alaska called theirs Boroughs instead of counties. So Alaska and Louisiana are the only states that go by other names instead of counties. Alaska - Boroughs, Louisiana - Parishes, Rest of 48 States - Counties
I pray 🙏 for Louisiana; that we don't lose her. Such a beautiful state. People can say what they want; Louisiana has a piece of my heart.
Lots of really good people, friendly and helpful
I love living in Louisiana and I know alot of Louisianan people try to keep our state nice. My mom is over my parish keeping the trash pick up. But I know when I got out of the military this state was bad then it was when I joined the military
Louisiana is the best
Love Louisiana and I never lived there. I could!
@@gardinerb2 in Lafayette we definitely have a sense of community pride and really try to keep this city and its suburbs really nice and fun places to live and visit. Even the often neglected northside has had a revitilization and is a decent place to visit and shop. The schools are getting rebuilt too
That downtown looks really cute. I am glad people there have so much pride. It shows.
That lady at the end was a jewel! Her comments almost brought me to tears, reminding me of the small Southern town I left behind 50 years ago.
Louisiana also has small cities to me it looks so peaceful and poetic. Even though I’ve been in this State for over forty years I still don’t know all of these cities, state that I ❤. Thank you so much NICK for making it happen, that’s great. 👍
I will.not lived not veven for free Ni thanks
@@mariajiml9895 in english please
I travel around the country to work for the last 25 years, the only city I want to live is San Diego, California.
You’ve never heard of Natchitoches? Its one of the first cities I learned about in the north. I played a high school playoff game at Northwestern, atleast in the fall the campus has a cool vibe, it looked like something out of new england with all the brick buildings and trees with only a few orange leaves left on their branches. We lost 7-45 against St. Marys but it was still a cool experience.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 i meant in north louisiana
Just as a note, some absolutely magnificent trees there!❤❤
Southern hospitality is a real thing. Having been born and raised in Louisiana, and moving out west later in life, you see the stark difference 😊
Yep
Our little town in southern Louisiana only has a pop of 537, and yet is just an hour from NOLA and less to Baton Rouge. We are surrounded by miles of woods that run heavy with deer and wild pig, plus have many rivers and lakes within them that are thick with fish. Best part is our local public school still says a prayer at beginning and end of school assemblies.
What town are you
@albertrichardson5164 I think they just made this up wanting to comment 😊
@@slimshadyslim1877 Nope. Just an hour from New Orleans and less to Baton Rouge but tucked back in the woods, surroundedby water. It doesn't suck
@@slimshadyslim1877 not at all I am familiar with the area in general and that sounds like the area.
River Parishes or Ascension?
I moved to Louisiana 8 years ago after 40 years in Chicago. Best decision I ever made. You couldn’t drag me back. We tend to get a lot of demeaning press coverage about the state so I appreciate the evenhanded coverage of this video. I’m telling you, the quality of Louisiana life is the best kept secret in America. Let’s keep it that way😊!
Then you should stop advertisingit. The Californians will descend on you.
I recall when I visited Louisiana and my family was grossed out by all the roadkill on the rural roads.
The ultimate shocker was when a car up the road paused near roadkill and dragged it into the car.
What's for dinner in your house tonight?
🐒🐒
brutally humid though
The bad press helps keep the riff raff away. ala Edwin Edwards rip
@@chrispnw2547 Dinner will be “Road kill ‘a lorange” with a saucy little California Chardonnay, mmm mmm good!
Greetings from Canada. I like this town. Everyone keeps up their property, lawns are mowed etc. They have self respect.
I move from NY to Alexandria, Louisiana in 2005 and haven’t left. Now living in Baton Rouge. Louisiana is definitely unique and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
That's where I'm from I live in Pineville. Glad to see someone say Alexandria 😊
Geaux tigers❤️
NY eh? We miss you but you moved at a good time. I hope you are happy🎉 God bless you and your continued journey
@@jams9271 Hey there. I have a lot of family from Alex and Pineville. My cousin's went to school in Pineville back in the 80's.. and I spent every Christmas for 25 years in Pineville and Alexandria. Nothing like 70 degrees and 100% humidity on Christmas day.. hahaha . We probably know the same people. Lol! Just saying .." Laissez le BoN temps rouler! ❤️
@@shapeach hey love, yeah I live down the street from Pineville elementary, my daughter graduated from Pineville high. Very quiet and clean city, and you have the weather down to a T. For christmas you may be wearing a jacket in the morning and shorts in the evening 😂
You’re doing a great job my friend keep it up, this country in the world needs to see the truth. Especially the decline of all cities
I love Louisiana architecture. It’s so beautiful.
@@gregorytravers And Spain.
The live oak trees in the south are just beautiful and give so much character to these places.
What an upbeat positive woman 👍 the country needs more folks like her 👍
Amen! I lived in the South for over 15 years, living in Birmingham & Memphis, respectively. The thing I have never forgotten, and most admire about the South is their hospitality, and the way they still address laddies as "Mam", and grown men as "Sir". Also, you can't set foot in a Southern home without them setting the table and putting food before you. To refuse is the worst of manners. I learned that from personal experience. I cherish those old Southern hospitalities, and to this day I practice them up here, in Missouri. I'm glad the South still honors some of the old ways. Doesn't matter what color you are, if you enter a Southern home, White or Black, or whatever, they're going to fill you up with food. If anyone has ever wondered what the carved pineapple on the gate post or the woodwork of the home means, it stands for hospitality. Offering food and entertaining guest is an art that the South has never lost or forsaken, no matter what your background is.
Nick, your show is so good you should have 8 million people signed up to watch your stuff. I just love it.
I live in Bastrop, and you are right. There is a lot of crime here. They hide the actual numbers.
Good to know that some places in the US are still progressing.
Wow, love seeing this small town, so full of character. I haven't been to the south in a long time. You are educating us about our country.
Nachitoches is where Jim Croce died in a plane crash in 1973.
Great singer/songwriter, gone too soon.
Loved your West Virginia Tour of Poverty. As my Granny said back in 1980, every few years the young reporters discover there's poverty in Appalachia. Also, that reporter for NCW I think sent me photos of poverty in Appalachia to my remote outpost in Niger Republic. My Nigerienne co workers got a real hoot out of what poverty in America looks like. They were eager to volunteer to be poor in Appalachia. Ha Ha
I love my little part of the WV Appalachia world. We might not all have lots of money but we are more rich in other ways 🙏🏻 God bless!
@@Perfectly-Imperfect It's very sad that half our population has no idea what REAL poverty looks like. I think i remember someone telling me that 50% of the worlds population lives on a $1 a day. (South America, Africa, India, China). Even the poorest of poor in America are blessed beyond measure compared to some other countries. But God is the ultimate blessing, I'd consider myself (medium income) more blessed than Billionaires!
@@relaxingnature6766 Exactly..we are blessed beyond measure. My bf has been to Haiti several times and from what he’s said we really don’t realize how good we have it. 🙏🏻
@@Perfectly-ImperfectWe are one of the prettiest states. I love my WV home!!
@@corrinnacorrinna5572 I totally agree!
what a lovely pretty old town. i also brought my child up in a country town, It was the best thing in the 1980's. the rest of the world was going nutz like it is now. thanks for showing an outsider the beauty of the south.USA
Louisiana is sheer beauty
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Im feeling so positive for this lady, she play safe and yet now she reap it all, going through life peacefully in the town
She was so right, in the South respect takes you a long way ,always respect your elders the Bible tells us that, but children now days are not taught those very important values in life,and it’s sad Blessings everyone thanks for your video’s 🙏🏼❤️Nick
Lol! Without fail the most crime ridden parts and places with least education in America are in the Bible Belt. Horrific hypocrisy.
Such a good , grateful and positive lady. Wonderful to see, thanks Nick❤
A video that actually left me feeling hopeful. God bless all the fine people of Natchitoches.
My life in S. Louisiana is great,2 min drive from my house to a WMT grocery. 70380 is perfectly situated where you don't need a car . Bike will do.
Nachitoches LA has a good college. My daughter graduated there recently. They filmed that Dolly Parton movie. They have a great Christmas light presentation.
Northwestern State University
Thank you, Nick, for sharing this video! I think you accurately and fairly described life not only in this town, but many small towns across the South. I particularly liked the interview with the resident. Small town living is not without its negatives but the overall hospitality and love of community by the residents can make up for most of the disadvantages.
What are some of the negatives in places like this?
@@adewilson132 Poverty, crime, lack of employment opportunities to name a few.
Great job finding another facsinating person to interview. She was awesome and offered a lot of refreshing wisdom.
Hi Nick from Seattle!! Thanks for your great videos! I really like your sense of humor and commentaries!!! Keep it up !!!
i work with people from all over the world and always say yes maa'm and sir.. they give me hard time about it but that's just how I was raised. They treat me like a hillbilly but that's just basic respect for me.. along with holding doors etc. And it doesn't matter what color race or creed, homeless or not you are.. just basic respect for the fellow man.. we're all human and deserve the same respect.
"Cities like these just need somebody to care"💕
Little TLC.
I believe America is looking so bad because we are a physically big nation and when things start to age, instead of fixing them, we prefer to start over somewhere else. I'm shocked these houses in the small towns (with few employers) are going for $250K+. Who can afford these mortgages?
You should see the prices here in MA! Look it up! Over $600,000.00!
@@dcg590 We are in for a rude awakening when these $600K+ homes can't sell because of high mortgage rates, 20% down, and high insurance rates. My homeowners insurance is increasing as the value increases (replacement value).
Retirees with savings or money from the sale of their previous homes.
This town has Louisiana’s “prestige” high school (lsmsa) where all the top scoring kids in the state get sent to for boarding school. It’s a large reason why people even go there.
@@chrispnw2547 alot of celebs are coming in and buying up our places
Great video, what a beautiful woman, loving her town and family, she gives this town great credit. She's found a life and a place that she loves, I'm very happy for her
"it used to be a plantation, we don't have those anymore" the plantations of today are mostly in California and now use south Americans instead of blacks for labor.
Plantations in Calif ????? Not sure what this means. Care to clarify.
@@blackcherry6877 How about answering the question. You said currently there are “ plantations” in Calif. tell me where they are located.
@@blackcherry6877 Might want to review your own comment and read what you wrote. Seems your the one back tracking now. Seems your the one struggling.
👏😂 This will go over many heads😆 California raises the price on everything, approved Underage Prostitution, Pedophilia, Politicians snort Coke, eat cheese, drink wine.. creating more lawless, homicides, gang violence, robberies, tell people it's their fault then Tax, Steal more money from them.. They'll charge for breathing to but stick it under some Globalists/Wicked Climate Change Bullcrap😒 Majority of California especially the Southern part is full of Woke Zombies, 150 genders with only two being Real and Drugs / Human Trafficking growing and murdering in records numbers🎠🎈🎭🎪🔍👺✋😡
@@blackcherry6877 Wherever there's Chaotic Minded, Woke Liberalism there's plantations.. Government Sponsored. It's why they can go steal thousands of dollars in merchandise and not go to jail, Piss and crap in the streets.. Have tent cities everywhere full of increased homelessness because Demoncrats are pushing Marxism, Socialism and Repubawhores are Stealing for Corporations they pretend to hate... It's not that hard people.. Focus on Ideaology, less on skin pigmentation.. Satan don't care what color you are but he will use it for hate and Division😎☝
that is the town where jim croce played his last concert before his band and he crashed on takeoff and they all died in september 1973! my youngest sister was going
to the university and attended that concert. a sad time was guaranteed for all. i grew up in a very small town in louisiana and everybody knew i was nobody.
Sad day. Jim Croce was a brilliant songwriter and singer who should be more well known than he is.
New Orleans, Louisiana, it is my first City, and state where I came to as foreign student, on August, 1980. I
I love Louisiana.
I've never thought about visiting Louisiana from some of the stories I've heard from people in New Orleans, but this is the side I feel like people don't usually see. Definitely makes me want to visit now. I'm glad to see some of these small cities reviving themselves. Thanks for the video, Nick! Also hearing this lady talk is so refreshing! We need more like her.
New Orleans is a crime infested shit hole compared to the rest of Louisiana
I live in Louisiana and won’t go anywhere near NO. I value my life too much !
Nick. Brilliant Program.. BIG THANKS FOR. YOUR HARD WORK. 👍👍👍👍👍
Way to go Nick this video has been out 14 minutes and 610 views keep up the good work Buddy
Great Video Nick, This Place Is Really Nice, Keep Up The Good Travels!
I have always wanted to visit and travel through Louisiana, and one day God willing, I will. I am from New Zealand, we couldn't be further away from Louisiana, I have been to the United States before, and had real difficulty finding meat pies. I glad to know that they eat them in Louisiana.
We do eat meat pies and crawfish pies too lol!! I’m a couple hours from New Orleans you should visit during Mardi Gras time our little town in youngsville has one of the best parades nice but not as wild as New Orleans,but we don’t have the big glamorous floats and costumes but very family friendly. King cake is good as well if you get it from the right places .
@@brandilat74 I will have to visit. We eat crawfish, although we call it crayfish.
@@glennfolau6959 I hope you get to visit I never refuse a weekend in New Orleans eating beignets outside when the wind is blowing is hilarious bcas the powdered sugar is flying all over . There’s an amazing young self taught artist in the French quarter Ashton Jefferson amazingly talented and super friendly . food is always good here that’s why I’m unhealthy n diabetic. I still want to do some haunted tours in New Orleans but the year we were going we got hit with Covid and then I cut my toe and had to cut it off then after that lost 2 more and my feet just won’t stop giving me trouble.
@@brandilat74 eating neat pies, of various kinds, i.e, steak, lamb, mince, smoked fish, is the reason I struggle with my weight. New Orleans seems to have a fascinating, but "spooky" history. I think that to experience the real Louisiana, you have to venture out of New Orleans.
I am native of Vietnam there are many homes in Vietnam like the ones in Louisiana, we also make meatpie and eat French sandwich,there is a big Vietnamese community in New Orleans, Louisiana about 25,000.
Thank you for the upload Nick. I love the extra bonus with mappy and fam! 😊😊😊
Mappy says hi!
I think this is the most beautiful video yet! ❤
Another great video. I really enjoy seeing these in Louisiana. I am glad you found some of the silver lining in this state.
It’s great to see people trying. I wish them much success.
Thanks for sharing. Good to see a city picking themselves up. We could use more of that in America😊
Love your trips all over US and amazed to see the people who struggles but seems happy, unbelievable touching segments of poverty which I couldn't believe at first when I found your channel. Cool lady who surely has some skin on her nose, all in all, this was a good one, Nick, see you!
Very nice, Nick. Great that you showed us this small town and the wonderful lady that you interviewed. I think she nailed it - you know, how everyone ought to conduct themselves. Life essentials: respect and kindness...and faithfulness. It's the only way to live a joyful, fulfilling life. :-)
Love you Nock! Love your content kiddo! Great sense of humor! Keep up the great work!!!!❤🙏
Good morning Nick, I love this video, Take care 😊
Hi. Very nice vlog. Loved
seeing the area pretty impressive. Nice to see the house from Steel Magnolia
one of my favorite movies. Thanks for ride along with
shares & history of the town.
Enjoy your day. 🌄
Now I'd definitely go to the oyster house and listen to some Zydeco music. Possibly the high curbs are to contain storm water?
Your videos are always so fabulous and informative! Keep up the good work! ♥
Ol Natcho Dish Louisiana....😂😂😂. My aunt was from there, eons ago. Beautiful place! And she was the essence of hospitality and delish cookin!
Bless that lady. She is so excited over a Chik Fil A.
Fascinating, uplifting and, in a way, depressing. It is like the soul has left ... Thank you again for sharing your travels and thoughts, always appreciated! Feel sorry for the kids having to spell their town's name :)
Maybe your kids spelling your last name✌️
Thx4share Excellent Content 👍
What a sweetheart; that lady. 😊
When i was employed on the road back in the 60's, this was my favorite town. Just a peaceful atmosphere always.
I am from Metairie and moved to Florida when I was 17. I still remember those drive thru liquor stores all over North Central Florida in the 70s 😅😅
Hospitality is what I like too. Bless the South!
I need to look through my physical photos laying around. I took a picture of a dumpster outside Nacogdoches that had a spray painted "no dead animals" and "Bob"- on it.Not stenciled or anything either.There are some really impoverished places around there along with the old money mansions.
I only recently learned where their famous meat pies came from.They were always an oddity to me in the strongly French influenced food here in Louisiana.
Well,they are basically ground beef/ground pork empanadas.And they go back to when Louisiana was under Spanish control. I did know that the wrought iron balconies we have are from the Spanish. And our Jambalaya dish is a form of payea.
And there are plenty of snobs out there,I have heard from quite a few people who lived there and or went to college at Northwestern Louisiana University.
What an awesome video! I really enjoyed listening to the woman explaining how beautiful it is to live in the SOUTH!! So True!!! 👍
Thanks for the video, Nick.
I’m not saying anything bad about anywhere. Being from WV.. I know how it feels being stereotyped. ( And how many people buy into that bs) As long as you are happy, work hard for an honest living and try to be a decent human being, that’s all that matters.
lousiana is so hospitable... they are always willing to share their bullets with strangers! thanks!
The Trees are absolutely stunning , and the downtown has been restored to it former glory and then some. You end with that powerful storm , so manyTornados in the area has many travellers including yourself puting boots on the ground footage in their filming. There has been so many this year and some very distructive. 😎
My cousin and her husband travel the country twice a year in their RV and they love the people in Loisiana. I was there for Mardi Gras, met nice people. Unfortunately, the tourists were Richard Heads! Not my favorite vacation. What a wonderful woman, more should be like her! Thanks Nick✌️
People are extremely nosey in those small towns like that.
@Black Cherry Worried about everyone else's business, but they own sitting on a porch just watching smh.
Great work here, as always, Nick! :)
Glad to see this. The paternal side of my famliy originated in Natchitoches Parish in the 1800's. They were free people of color and land owners. They lived in the Cane River area and later moved into town. I have a copy of a will made by my father's grandmother in 1887 before he was born. My father attended a church school due to the lack of public school education. He was sent to New Orleans to continue his education, later becoming a physician. We spent summers in Natchitoches and in the mid 1950's, the principal allowed my siblings and myself to attend the St. Matthew school even though we were from New Orleans. They had a "split" school session because many families raised cotton or worked on farms. I am familiar with all of the areas you visited including the restaurants. Front Street was formerly the main shopping area. It is now mainly for tourists. Things are a lot different now, of course. There were two movie theaters and a drive in. Many young people of my generation moved away after high school or college. Some remained. I am responsible for property in the Breda Town community that has been in my family since around 1900. My grandfather is buried somewhere in the American Cemetery. I visit when I can. Thanks for this. I enjoy all of your content and I have subscribed.
Yay Otto!
love this episode
Loved this little town Nick. Great video 💯❤️👍🏾💜🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
Hello Nick. I like your way of speaking, and your understated humor and compliments.😆😃😜
this Videos was absolutely amazing well done,
Thanks for sharing. A lot of pretty homes and land
i appreciate you showing the contrast and realism ofthe improved part of town and the rural deep south aspect
This Woman is Unreal !
What a wonderful video and wonderful lady! ❤
My father in law is from Natchitoches. Hubs took me to the drive thru daiquiri shop 🍹 Mrs. Moody is a wonderful ambassador for Natchitoches, Louisiana!
Nick thank you for telling us the truth about these places.
But you’re so funny 😂
I’ve been to Natch and love it. Their Xmas celebration is off the charts.
Another great video thumbs up 😅
Loved this Nick.
Thanks for this video. Ive always wanted to visit Louisiana ❤.
it must be really muggy and HOT there in summer...but the architecture is awesome
Thank you Nick👍👍watching from Thailand.🇹🇭
I loved your video. I live in Alexandria, Louisiana. It’s an hour away from Natchitoches. I drive there once a month to my doctor appointment, but I’ve never really got to experience everything it had to offer.
I live in Pineville 😊 but from Alexandria
Family history here in Natchitoches , would love to visit some day!
Nick, great work here. CCR's "Born on the Bayou" would have been good music to play for this segment.
Thank you for bringing me back home.
I live in a town south of Lafayette in youngsville it’s grown so much since I was a kid . St. Martinville also is has some nice tourist attractions.
During Christmas time they have the most beautiful decorations. Many travel to the city to see the decorations
A+ video!
I would take a day trip there to visit the cementary and general store, eat meat pies with cornmeal, visit the college, and see some of the architecture.