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The (Fake) History of Minot North Dakota
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2024
- Minot, ND. The home of Minot AFB, record setting snow, and miserable people. Once again requested by a friend of mine, this video takes a look at the city we were stationed at together.
Fair warning, there's not a lot of history for Minot, so I kind of improvised for this video.
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I was in Belcourt, ND. It is an hour and 30 minutes northeast of Minot which means it was even colder and more desolate. I think there might have been 5,000 people. When I would drive to Minot , I felt like I was in Manhattan.
“It’s so damn flat you could watch your dog run away for a week” omfg that was hilarious and true.
And I’m with you on potato oles.
Several years ago, the city started a "Why Not Minot?" campaign to try to persuade people to move there and young residents to stay.
I was told a counter bumper sticker had the answer: "Why Not Minot? Freezin's the Reason."
Longer then that. I was there in 89 they said that.
@@brianne571 Oh well, I was thinking approximately '89 when I said several years ago.
I was born and raised in north Dakota and still live there, minot is not that bad there are places that are far far worse
Fax just about any shithole city in the valleys of california, 100 degrees everyday and full of crazy crackheads and criminals.
When I was in the AF we all worried about getting orders there. I was never assigned there but after my discharge I had to spend four months here for work. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. There are plenty of places out there that are worse. Maybe if you tried getting to know non air force people you wouldn't be so caustic about the place. I found that the majority of the people there are hard working and loyal.
Did you watch the whole thing? He wrapped it up with some nice things to say about the place and the people.
Minot born and raised. Thank you this is so true.
Minot is not such a bad place. I know. I lived there between 1975 and 1985. And a lot of what this guy says is B.S....not quality B.S. but cliche'd B.S. So sometimes I wonder why people make videos like this as I fail to see their value. One thing I CAN say about all the negative press North Dakota gets is that, "it keeps the riffraff out," right? Oh! And one thing more... The Minot calendar actually DOES show 3 seasons: July, August and Winter. Uffda! ...and another thing... Why isn't anyone bashing Grand Forks AFB? The place is just as cold and even flatter than Minot.
But they have Fargo
My husband and I moved to Minot in 1968. We lived there for 11 years. I didn't mind it at all. Our two children were born there. We now live in Arizona. Quite a difference in temperature but we made it.
"Uufda" is Scandinavian expression, primarily Norwegian. It is used exactly as you describe; as a mild expletive. Also elsewhere in the northern mid west or plains states "pop" is THE correct way to describe soda
It was cool to learn all the Scandinavian history while I was there. But I'm not talking "pop" with you, everyone knows soda is correct and I'll throw down with anyone over it ha.
@@itsnotchristv Soda by any other name would taste as sweet.
My Dad was at Minot AFB in 1976 (of his own choice). So, we drove in a station wagon with Mom, Dad, my brother, myself and our German Shepherd from Buffalo, NY to Minot, ND. We were kids, so Minot was something different, but I gotta say, it was pretty much what you're describing as far as flat and in "nowhere". Can't believe you didn't mention the tumble weeds that showed up though! LOL Anyway, it was a great place to raise kids as the biggest crime was someone lifted a candy bar from Piggly Wiggly. Good people, good town...again, from a nine-year-old's perspective. My brother and I would like to go back. Is the Field and Stream restaurant still there? Probably not, but it was a great place.
I was there at that time..75-77
lest we not forget that while u cut down minot, it is home of the North Dakota State Fair, its NOT the 'minot state fair'...not bismarck, not jamestown, not fargo...minot. also, did you forget how many people from almost every country of the world attend the Norsk Hostfest?
Hi buddy thanks for watching the full video, as you obviously did if you made this comment. First, I did call it the wrong thing, but so did most of the locals while I was there. And yes I must have forgotten how many people come worldwide to see everything, since most I interacted with were women trying to leave Minot.
Don’t forget, Minot also has NORSK HØSTFEST and a Scandinavian Park.
I have found that people who do not like Minot are the type of people who will probably struggle anywhere they are. I have traveled pretty extensively and honestly, Minot is a far better place to live and visit than many places I have explored across the nation.
The fact you have to drive 4 hrs for a city with options and an actual airport (Fargo) blows my mind. Will be moving there on 2023 and I can’t wait to leave already…
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Actually, Minot has a pretty nice updated airport and we fly out of there 3-4 times a year. I live 40 mins from Minot and it has everything we need. I have a daughter that lives in Fargo and ,honestly, I prefer Minot. But. that just me. It's all relative to what you are used to and want.
I was stationed at Fairchild in Spokane. Whenever anybody complained about the single digit winter cold, you got an earful about Minot and how Fairchild was like Miami in comparison.
Went from Mather to MIinot to Fairchild. Loved Fairchild. Mather was the best but Fairchild was wonderful.
I was stationed at Minot AFB in the early 80's. For a kid right out of high school from San Diego, this was quite the culture shock, to say the least! As you did though, I made the best of it, even though I had no idea what I was doing, per-say, and after my 4 years, got outta there, and went back to California. Um, major relief then! I've been back once, and the airport and some other things have changed, but I still wouldn't want to be there. I think you have to BE from there...know what I mean. Thanks.
I moved here from San Diego for different circumstances but I love it here. I’ve been here for 2.5 years now. I don’t plan on being here permanently though
Minots really been growing a lot recently it’s crazy how much expansion there is especially to the southeast corner. It’s not that bad of a place I’m from dickinson and I work up there on occasion and I’ve never hated it that much although I do prefer bismarck or grand forks way over minot. Worst part about minot is how far out of the way it is and the fact that it’s not connected to an interstate. To get there from dickinson you gotta take small 2 lane backroad highways and cross the dam and it would be so much more convenient for an interstate but I just don’t think there’s enough traffic going up to minot to support an interstate and most traffic from minot is going to bismarck which that’s already on a divided highway anyways
It's a racist hick city with nothing to do but drink
I drove through Minot a couple of summers ago on my transcontinental drive of Hwy 2. It seems like a friendly place. But there is no way I'd winter over that far North.
Dude! I'm with you. I was stationed at Grand Forks AFB North Dakota from December 1965 to February 1968. I never wanted to go over seas, but when I got my orders to Ching Chung Kang AFB, Tiawan, I couldn't wait to get out of there and go. Even Viet Nam beat the hell out of North Dakota. Two years, one month and eleven days in that shit hole in North Dakota. People there were just as you described them, and we too were called out EVERY spring to sand bag the damn town. They were just too damn cheap to build dikes, even though the Red River running through town would flood every single year.
Behind every tree is a blond haired blue eyed Norwegian girl....now find a tree. '78 - '86
That's a good one, hadn't heard that before.
I live here and can confirm we are the butt whole of the united states
My cousin was affected by the train derailment poisoning. He got some financial compensation for a while after
Sorry to hear that, hope they're doing better now. I heard some stories about the derailment while I was there, did not sound like it was good for anyone who was affected by it.
Oh my God that was so funny! "So flat you fan watch your dog run away for a week."
I'm never gonna forget that one! Skol!
This was my first base also. Most of my graduating class went there. Couldn't wait to get out of there. I was there in 1983.
"So flat that you can watch your dog run away for a WEEK". Worth watching this video.
Well, I too had the unfortunate orders to be stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota from March 1977 to December 1980. It was truly hell on earth, but just a whole hell of a lot colder, flatter and treeless!
Barren Polar Wasteland!
WOW, l left ND years ago and had my reasons as well but your view is way too harsh. Makes sense your ignorant view is because you aren't from there and have a jaded view from your imprisonment in the Air Force. Most of the crime can also be associated with temporary military like yourself. You didn't want to be there? trust me , they didn't want you there either!!
Well unlike people still stuck there, I'm enjoying my time in a better state lol
Wasn’t that one legged dancer club called the Chicago? Back when envy was around too.
That's correct. I couldn't remember the name when I was making it
As a city person, I actually like living here lol
Interesting video, brought back memories. Minot AFB, 741SMS, 91SMW, 1979 - 1982. Coldest place I was ever stationed. Watched it snow 2 inches in May once. Helped sandbag the Souris river one Spring. Lived in the BOQ and did a lot of shoveling to get to and from my car. Always felt sorry for the Missile cops, especially the Camper teams.
Loved your video. I lived in Grand Forks for about 7 years but didn't visit the other side of the state. So the internet is saying that Bismarck, ND has high crime. Is that a thing? Higher than Fargo?
Fargo crime rates went down after those two guys were killed/caught for murdering the officer and kidnapping the wife of the car dealership guy.
As a Minot native, this is beautiful.
For many years I purchased tiny dog bows from a woman in Minot and sold thousands of them. Wish she still made them.
Why not Minot, freezing the reason. State tree is a telephone pole and state bird is a mosquito.
At one time Minot’s population growth was attributed to retired Air Force personnel.
1000% spot on. I put my time in from 1989 to 2007 and will never go back.
By time I mean birth to college. My mom moved out so as soon as my dad leaves Minot I’ll never ever need to go back!
I went back once after I left, was surprised to see how much it changed but I'm not wanting to go back anytime soon. My wife on the other hand, she wants to see what it's like and visit our friends who still live there.
NorskHostfest is a big tradition there. I grew up there lived there for 22 years I moved to Minnesota for nicer winters.
@Edward L. Bernays south east MN has mild winters
The thing I like about Minot
is the break in the monotony of US highway 2,
the river valley it rests in. Try driving from Bemidji,
Minnesota to Cut Bank, Montana sometime.
my dad got posted to minot AFB and we all hated it - the place sucked - mind you this was in the early-mid 70's but we were so glad to leave the state for ANYWHERE else.
As a man of hispanic heritage people still tease me until this day about being born here lol, I left when I was 3 years old and was only there because my dad was stationed there in the Air Force 🤷🏽♂️
My dad Clayton Lunde was Rolette North Dakota his parents were full-blooded Norwegian.
Pototo Oles! I found a restaurant here in NY that seasons their tots the same, just yesterday! So I ordered up some nacho cheese. Next visit will be their poutine version on tots.
They're amazing. My wife never had them before being raised on the east coast. We took a trip to SD and I stopped there and she fell in love with them instantly.
I was stationed here '83 - 87' ... can't speak to today but we were not hated by the citizenry back when I was there. A few people would protest the nukes outside the gate a couple times a year but that was it. Without the commerce from the base, there would be no town. It was definitely isolated and took some getting used to ... but it wasn't as bad as this guy makes out.
It’s actually not that bad at all. Winter weather sucks but the town and people are fine. It’s a safe town compared to many diverse areas.
You forgot about the Native American girls who would always manage to sneak on a Nuclear Base and make their way to the enlisted men's dorms 😳😲😅
, my husband was Air Force we were stationed in eglin Air Force Base fort Walton Beach Florida then we were sent to Minot Air Force Base and North Dakota big difference we got used to it loved it
If you look on the most popular ND classifieds "BisMan", Minot has both the greatest number and highest $ firearms for sale from private owners.
DO THE AIR FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the suggestion. I could definitely do that topic, however it will probably take a week or two to do it due the amount of history of it. But I'll work on it.
Minot definitely isn't the worst
How about Rolette North Dakota?
both Minot AND Maryland? 2 places ive lived for the most time...
Minot is awful. We all didnt not like it. There were a handful that liked it. The people were not friendly the base were. Glad you said the citizens hate the base. They were rude to the military! I did work downtown out of bordom. I'm so thankful I'm out of there really feel it stole yrs away in my 20s I can't get back. Should be considered remote because it is. Thank God I left 5 weeks every winter.
If you think Minot was bad you should have gone to Williston!
USAF 69 to 72 only the best come north (only the the stupid stay ) night shift at CES we let the truck run all night ,still had no heat.
I live in Mohall and I have to drive to Minot almost every day to fucking grocery shop. I fucking hate it here. My husband is military as well but we're originally from Florida lived in Hawaii then Nashville Helen Georgia bowling Green Kentucky and now why not. It got shittier and shittier with every move lol no I'd go back to any one of those places over this place. I hate the town I hate the food I hate that everybody wants to get drunk or high and I hate that you can't go anywhere for half a year because of the snow. Oh and I also hate that there's no goddamn trees to stop the snow from piling up in front of your house.
Your video gives away your ignorance as a city boy. It took me 5 years of updating my dream sheet every quarter to get out of Nellis and go to Ellsworth or Minot. I loved my time there. As for the flood my shop was the only one on base that didn't have to handle sandbags because we ran the dump trucks and other heavy equipment. We also did base snow removal and ran the sweepers on the streets and airfield. But since you was Air Force you could've shown a photo at of someone that was actually Air Force and not someone that is US Army 36 seconds into your video.
A year later and I still love getting replies from people who didn't get this is a joke, nor see the part where I say I enjoyed my time there. Your reply gives away your ignorance my friend.
@@itsnotchristv sadly you're the actual ignorant one. I did not hear a single joke being made. All you're doing is talking shit on a place that doesn't meet your unrealistic expectations. Minot is a wonderful place to live.
Minot is what you make it. When I moved here I hated it, I came from a major city and hated everything. Then I got out in the town and made friends, now I love it here and the state as a whole. I would never move back to a major city and I bought a house here. Its a great place, with great people, and yes we hate people like you that just complain about the town. If you don't like it, leave.
One legged stripper's are a common sight in Oregon. And if you ever date a one legged stripper, don't think you can out run her.
Spent 2.5 years there in USAF, not a bad place, we had a ball. Sounds like you might be a bit whiny.
Well, since I spent twice the time there, maybe I have reason to complain? Also, tell me you didn't watch the whole thing without telling me you didn't watch the whole thing.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT MINOT!! THERE IS A SIGN OVER THE MINOT SFB SECURITY GATE: ONLY THE BEST COME NORTH, AND THE FOOLS STAY!!!
Your one of the wimps,minot separates the men from the boys and your the latter
We enjoy having the base and wing nuts in minot just as much as the basers enjoy minot, we don’t.
The Minot women sure love the AF men lol
Takes a tough person to live up here in North Dakota and when I was in the Air Force I was in tech school my orders were to go to Panama but I traded with a guy going to South Dakota at Rapid City Ellsworth AFB and I had a blast. I am from the Dickinson area so SD and ND people are almost the same . The weather is crazy all the time from 50 below zero to 120 degree Temps you get used to it. I would do it all over again lol. But Fargo is flatter than Minot there is not even a rock to stop the wind lol.
The only reason my husband goes up north with me is the olés 🤣
I LIVED THERE FOR 7 YEARS.I LIKE IT BETTER THAN sanantonio,tx. Were I live now.
The traffic alone in San Antonio turned me off from ever living there.
Sounds like you miss Minot. 😅
My God, 90% of the buildings you show in your video WEREN'T THERE when I was sent there in October 1970. The bridge on Broadway was a WOODEN TRESTLE! All 13 bars had a stripper, even the lounge at the Holiday Inn. A 300 pound stripper with her boobs shoved in a cowboy hat. I was 18, drinking age was 21, so no bars for me, single, one stripe, no car, and the nurses at the Baptist Nursing College wanted NOTHING to do with airmen. There were NO WAFS on base when I arrived there, save for a Captain nurse at the Medical Clinic on base. She came up pregnant and changed the rule for pregnant single military to stay in. When they did show up, in 1971, there were several cases of rape reported in the first 2 months. 1969 a new guy driving a snow plow blew out the first floor windows of the Security Police Dorm at 2:30am. Talk about a rude awaking! Two children were sent through the auger of a snow plow playing in a tunnel of snow in the housing area. We were not permitted to plow snow until after 10pm from then on. That did not bode well with people asleep in their homes. Minot today is NOT the hellhole it was then! Common phraseology was If God were going to give America an enema, he would stick the syringe in Minot.
I actually thought it should have been Huston Texas. .
You got at least one thing wrong ... You can watch yur dog run away for 2 weeks ... Not 1
Fair point
😂😂😂
Right that’s grand forks that’s so flat you can watch for a week. Minot had a hill or three.
Minot is not fun. Maybe the worst town in North Dakota.
Lol im a pacific islander and im currently living in minot, north dakota! Theres nothing wrong here, this guy is full of shit.
it's worse than this video let's on, they're being rather generous even, source, live here my whole life 😢
We used to be a bootleg city got underground tunnels downtown ppl used to call it lil Chicago for bootlegging an the wind haha. ND the state that’ll make or break a person haha I’m from minot it’s a love hate feeling for me
better than Watford City! Flew into mInot from NOLA in 1982 and had to ride 4 across in a pickup to that cesspool (Northern Border Pipeline) it took all damn day
I was there in 2014 and it ok but too Cold for me so I moved back to Texas
I've always wondered why not Minot, now I know.
It's really not as bad as I made it sound, the video was exaggerated for laughs. Honestly if you like slow living kind of life, it's a really decent place except for the winters. Also if you're single you probably will stay that way since the ratio is like 6:1 for men to women. And there are a lot of drunk drivers.
Ok maybe it's not great, but it's doable.
@@itsnotchristv I actually have a friend who was stationed in Minot after having been deployed to the Middle East. After his discharge, he was elected to the city council of nearby Burlington. Over the years, he invited friends of his from across the country to gatherings in Minot, the names of the gatherings were "Why Not Minot". I ended up using that in a Carnac bit I did, with the answer being "Because at least it's not South Dakota".
Why not? was always the retort whenever someone got orders there in the Air Force. The next thing you would hear was every assignment is what you make of it.
@@kennethsouthard6042 I didn't know that about Minot Air Force Base, that's probably where my friend got it from.
hope you left already! cause there more snow. and we found some scary stuff obout minot
Lived there from 1975-79 as an USAF brat. Minot wasn't that bad. Like everything else in American life, the hype and hyperbole are must bigger than the truth. This video is a perfect example of hype, negative hype. Let's not forget than ND was one of the fastest growing states in the union not that long ago (5-7 years ago?).
Only because people are trying to escape climate change.
Why not?
Why not Minot? I was in the AF in the late 70's and early 80's stationed at what could be the second worst assignment.... Altus AFB OK..... at least we didnt have the snow. Other than that...... well ...just that, we didnt have the snow.
They were gonna send us to Altus from Minot. Husband said we're getting out of AF. They gave us Fairchild loved it! I agree second worse us Altus
Minrot North Dachoda.
There are far worse places then Minot.
I lived there 4 years. Excellent place if you like to hunt and fish.
Lived there from 95-04. Moved to Colorado. My plan is to move BACK when I retire in 5 years.
It's one of the few places that Californians WONT move to.
How dare you talk trash about the state I live in the state
Did they teach punctuation in North Dakota? Because they do in other states lol.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you're basically talking about the whole damn state! I've lived in all of these towns Bismarck the longest and right in between Bismarck and Minot. All these towns from one edge of the state to the other edge are nothing but bars and rundown buildings and people that are giving up because there's only four months out of the year to do anything worth a shit
Ooooooffffffdddddaaaaa Hilarious and I was during birth era Familiar
Exact description of minot lol
Continue going north, and you will find where most of my family is from. about 7 miles south of Canadian border. Bottineau. My hometown, the oil boomtown of Williston. Can't disagree with you, so nough saying.
Why not, Minot?
A friend of mine who is an Air Force vet told me that there is a reply to the slogan, "Why not Minot?". It is "Freezin' is the Reason".
Sure glad you moved on.
Me too.
Dude kuntz is a great name.
Sounds like you work for the Fed
Kind a like Winnipeg
The one legged stripper says u partied on north hill or the Chicago club , me personally drank at Arnies always a fight in there.
I'd cut my arm off to leave clovis nm and go back to minot 😂😂
I hate it here
you could actually kill someone with a potato ole. so salty
But they're so good
Why not Minot, freezin's the reason. Lol
Bro.. Cannon AFB/Clovis NM is worse
Also Spicy Pie and JL Beers slaps
Just because a Waitress didn’t like you so you make a whole video about downing Minot?!😅 you have no idea what a BAD place is
Pretty sure I do, since I now live in one of the greatest states in our great country and it's damn sure not North Dakota. That's ok though, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I've found people who are less traveled and haven't experienced nice places to live are often uninformed.
Minot has 3 area codes
Why would you say something easily disprovable? www.areacodehelp.com/ndcode/minot_area_code.shtml
LMFAO!!!
I have to clear this up. The author of this video is confusing the city of Minot w/ the AFB. The base is 50miles due north of the city cause the base is a nuclear missile launch facility (western fields). Grand Forks base is for the eastern fields. Both are targets.
I have to clear this up, the poster is confusing something with something else. Minot is not 50 miles from the base, it's 12. Or it was when I was there, possibly shorter now due to city expansion. Not sure how you get 50 from 12, but you may have disappointed a lot of women in your life with those measurements.
@@itsnotchristv you wish you could get women goat herder
@@chuckcobb2392 And you wish you knew what you were talking about. It's so easy to look up that Minot AFB is not 50 miles from the city, it's closer. The base itself is not a launch facility either and Grand Forks has nothing to do with Minot other than being an AF base also. It's totally ok to admit when you're wrong.
Lmfao this is good currently there right now 🫠😂
Just remember, only the best go north.
You sound like a barracks rat. I'm retired military and spent a lot of time in Korea. The ones who spent most of their time in or around the base hated it. Those that explored loved it.