No. This town is run by jerkoffs from San Diego. It's never going to have enough people coming through to keep any business afloat. This town is a trap. They suck you dry of funding and run off investors. It's NOT the small town you want it to be.
mass migration from Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to smaller, cheaper, safer, cleaner, friendlier small mountain towns throughout Montana and Idaho is slowly gaining momentum
About 60 years ago each state had a dozen or more small towns like this, but now it's a distant memory. Shame we all can't live a life style this anymore.
That's still true...almost every state has dozens of small, quiet towns like this. I know...I am queen of the road trips---and I bypass all interstates so that I can drive through interesting little towns like this. Every state has them, but the ones with mountains are the prettiest.
@@dragonfly9209Exactly. Not all is lost. I do the exact same thing as you: avoid highways wherever possible and take longer, out-of-the-way routes. There are still lots of charming small towns out there.
@@TheHamburgler123 I read a book years ago-- it was called "Blue Highways--A Journey into America.". It was about getting off the big highways, and finding the charm of the little towns along the back roads. It's the best way to see the real America--glad to hear from a fellow back-roads traveler, who likes discovering these quaint little towns as much as I do! 😄
@@dragonfly9209actually America is very evenly populated. We don't have big metropolis over 10Mi like Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Tokyo or Shanghai. By living in mid-sized towns, most of Americans would have the best of both worlds if these town weren't in total mayhem.
@@worldinsights930 The town I live in is around 40,000. Middle-sized, I guess...no mayhem here. Or in the towns in and around my county either. Life is good here. I have lived in large cities, and enjoyed that too, at that time. But now I prefer a quieter life.
I grew up 30 mins from here and at that time, Wallace was a small, unremarkable city. That was 30 years ago, I passed through it recently and it’s such a quaint, cute little small town now. Glad to see Wallace doing much better.
I lived in the small town of Priest River Idaho in the late 70s. Its in the Panhandle, close to the Canadian border. Beautiful town! The air was so clean you could literally smell the milk in the air every morning from the dairy a half mile away. The pine and cedar trees were old growth, the forest was extremely dense. The Dew Drop In, made the best hamburgers you ever tasted. But most of all, the people were very friendly, they would take the time to sit down and talk with you. 😊
There was a ' Dew Drop Inn ; here in Newport News, Virginia back in the Fifties when I was a Child. It was a Pub with Kitchen, which sold sit-down and to-go food. This was in the Segregated Newsome Park Section of the City. What a wonderful Childhood 'WE' had. Tks. much for bringing up the name.
Live here now. Dew Drop is gone. Unfortunately a lot of turmoil in this community too. Much like the state of the world though. Still pretty area. Been here most my life.
@@dennynisevic7848this is the United States, and you have the right to move anywhere you want. You also have the right to tell someone what to do or where to live but they have the right to ignore you. Quit acting like a tyrannical control freak.
@@kigman1980you have the right to speak your opinion, not dictate someone’s action. Listening isn’t exactly something you’re even required to do. Telling people to leave a 248yr old country cause your family came a generation or two earlier is laughable. I’m so fuckin embarrassed by most of my fellow Americans. It’s couldn’t be more obvious all y’all care about is your damn self. That’s what’s changed in America
I was just there on Friday paying my property taxes and I love coming the Wallace a few times a month just for the ambience. Obviously, I’m living close to there. After living in San Diego most of my life, this area is a breath of fresh air.
I spent 6 weeks in Idaho this summer I went from the SE corner and made my way across the state several times. I worked my way up to Priest Lake. People were kind. So diverse in landscape & history and oh the rivers and lakes. So amazing.
Wallace, Idaho is super cute! The people are so friendly! It will no longer be a hidden gem after this vid, but the locals will love the company! (I hear there is a pretty cool winter festival in these parts-in Feb??) Thanks for always keeping me entertained, Nick!
@NickJohnson It's a shame they had to learn to live with the constant hum coming from the Interstate! It must have been incredibly peaceful there before that thing was built.
That little story on how Wallace was almost destroyed from i-90 was so interesting! Imagine if the town didn’t exist because of a highway? What a great success story 👏
funny thing is, bozeman is the most popular for californians moving there, but damn it's very isolated from everywhere else. At least missoula is close to idaho. Bozeman is pretty but you're kinda stuck there unless you want to drive through wyoming or buy plane tickets all the time
I imagine they must get a good number of tourists. Otherwise how does a town of 800 sustain itself with art galleries, antique shops, chocolate shop etc. Awesome looking town though. I hope it doesn't get ruined.
@@trailblazeratv6306Yup. Completely surrounded by a large National Forest. Beautiful country up there. Wish I didn't live so far away (CO-WY border), I'd be up there all time.
We moved from California to Idaho a year ago to escape the DEMONIC insanity. We love everything about Idaho. Best place we've ever lived and we've lived in four states.
What do you think about gun rights and living in a red state? I hope you implants don't transform this beautiful state to anything you run away from. Californization must be heavily reduced at all cost.
@@xz-187how about none of your damn business. That's the beauty of America, you can disagree with someone and go kick rocks if you don't agree with em and they can live wherever the hell they damn please. 🇺🇸 💪
@@byrde4329how about not your damn business either with what i just typed. This is America, i can type whatever i like because of my constitutional rights. Californization has been a damn shame for states like Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Arizona. Bringing their lousy and f-up policies to the states they move in. Bet you don't live in one of these states and many locals like i am feel the same way about those leftist implants from Commiefornia.
Wallace is also extremely tiny lol. I live like 30 mins from there and go to it pretty often. Not many people live there. And outside of summer (tourist season) the town is pretty dead. But that goes for most towns in North Idaho
I have family that lives just a few miles from Wallace, in Osburn. I've spent some time up there and it really is a beautiful place. But I recommend that newcomers visit and get a feel for the area before buying a business in town. That area fills up with snow pretty quick during the winter and tourism slows to a trickle. If you want to keep your business alive out there you have to impress the locals, which is no easy task. Nice to see a town like Wallace in the spotlight.
Am french, love your videos, used to live in NYC. Didn't know the homeless situation had gotten this bad...there is something post apocalyptic about certain parts of the u.s.
To be honest the homeless situation in Europe isn't any better either. I have been to Marseille last year and it looked just like any crappy Carlifornian Metro area.
mass migration from Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to smaller, cheaper, safer, cleaner, friendlier small mountain towns throughout Montana and Idaho is slowly gaining momentum
True. I know a lot of old friends and co-workers who moved from the Colorado mountains to Montana. Most of them were born here too. I'm sure they don't act the same as CA transplants.
My father was 4 years old in the 1910 fire- - it was a crazy story -he and his mother and many others had to flee. The people fleeing walked for miles and stayed in forest cabins to get away from the fire. My grandfather was a silver miner- later killed in the early 1920s in a mining accident. Thanks for this video- I never expected to see Wallace on UA-cam. Greetings from deep blue Los Angeles ;) . Your videos are awesome.
My father was born in 1906. His father died 17 years later in 1923. These numbers reveal nothing of my grandfather's age at the time of my father's birth. (He was 25 btw when my father was born).What are you talking about?@@annahgibbus8
@@annehedonia156 If his father was 4 in 1910 then he'd be 14 when he was killed in 1920. He did say early 1920's so figure 1925 or less. The father could have been 14-19 then which would make more sense. Keep in mind they've edited the comment since I first read it, Missy🙄
Nick, when i was a kid we never locked our doors. My parents had no keys for the doors. In the late 60's through the 90's they closed 98% of the Insane Asylums. Crime went crazy and people locked their doors by 1971
@coyotedust guess it depends on where you live. I'm in Maine now and really don't have to lock up for people but, the black bears up here can open unlocked doors and make a mess.
In N idaho many of us don't lock our doors, bc if someone comes in with ill intent, our 2nd amendment works just fine usually. Not always, but moreso than waiting on cops to arrive minutes late to a seconds requirement.
14 miles into montana on I-90 after leaving couer d' Alene(where i,my wife used to live) crashed our brand new KW in 1979--seems like yesterday....had hit a moose,
I grew up in a small town and I loved it. It’s not perfect, people can think they know you from second hand info. But for the most part people care about each other and it’s like family, an imperfect, messy family. I love exploring small towns too. Good content.
Yeah, I was watching one of her movies. In the info they noted she was from Wallace. She didn't live there long. One of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
@@motokev2727 😃 I stopped at the beautiful area of bridges in Madison County Iowa to find John Wayne's birthplace,...he only lived there 2mos b4 moving to California.😃
We stayed 2 weeks in Wallace in 2021 and found some of the best bike trails, very scenic and paved for miles. Also, "Ride The Hiawatha Bike Trail" is the premiere scenic bike trail in the USA.❤ A must do when in Wallace, ID.
@@lorrie5881 Thanks, was thinking about taking train from west to east (i really like traveling by train), but need some planning for that. I'll avoid the biggest city's for sure, but I guess that I need to start with the train from NY.
@@Shockernoryou won’t avoid big cities if you’re going by train. But the cities are interesting, too. San Francisco is one of my favorites,even though I don’t care for large towns. I live in a small town. Follow your own mind. People in these comment sections are often closed-minded idiots who harbor a lot of negative ideas.
You just hope that people moving from the larger ruined cities to these time capsule small towns don't bring with them the stuff that ruined their former homes in the first place. The lack of litter and graffiti is my favorite part of this one
they absolutely will. latinos have no self awareness at all. everywhere they're the majority gets ruined, then they just move on to the next white area. except there won't be any left.
Was in Wallace for about 2 months in the summer of 1967. There were many buildings in the downtown with signs reading "rooms". These were the brothels. The town then had legal prostitution.
Been to Wallace many times, it's a beautiful, charming little town. If you spend more than 20 mins there, the locals will tell you it was a movie set for "Dante's Peak"
Every place could be as clean as Wallace, if people could just dispose of their trash properly. I’ve never littered. Why can’t everyone else conduct themselves in the same manner? I hate trash, and I’m talking about the human kind. World would be better off without
certain demographics are the ones mainly trashing places (especially big cities) Wallace is so clean and orderly because it's 99.9% White It is what it is.
4:25 those passengers look like the Americans that used to get around. Eating ice cream all day, wearing golfers caps, Bermuda shorts, pastel colours, 10 suitcases full of luggage, rich, etc. Takin' a tour
When I was growing up in Montana we used to drive to Seattle, where we had previously lived, in the late 1960's into the mid 1070's you had to traverse through Wallace as the old highway cut through town. I have such fond memories of being with my family 14 altogether, in our station wagon making that drive, of course it was just a pain to me then. So glad they didn't destroy that awesome little town for a freeway! Thanks for another great video!
it is a very nice small town - if they can hang on to it. i grew up in a small town of about 2,000 and i thought it would never change, so i left. now it is a town like most other towns with crime and drugs. there are fast food places and stores that we never had when i lived there, but the changes have ruined that small town atmosphere.
Idaho is a great state. And that's no surprise. I wish all states could be good like Idaho but sadly sickos just ruin it for great states like New Mexico.
That is how America used to be nice to see there’s still towns like that out there. I remember as a kid moving from a small town to a large city. How shocked I was that people walk through doors and had to walk their bike shop in their cars I couldn’t understand why lol I definitely do now unfortunately.
Great episode Nick! I love that little town, been there a couple times just to explore , we lived in Spokane Washington at the time. So glad they had the foresight to save the town when I-90 went through.
That is such a BEAUTIFUL area. I've been over it many times, I stopped once and got the BEST JAM EVER at some convenience store a few years ago. That whole thing, I 90 from Spokane to Bozeman is just the most amazing trip
Next time you’re out west stop by Cooke City, Montana. Old mining town with about 100 people outside the NE entrance of Yellowstone. It’s basically secluded from Montana and only way in and out is through Wyoming, lol. They even have snow blowers on some of the roofs in town.
Great Town/City. I had cyber friend in Sand Point IDAHO in the early 2000's now i know what her town may have looked like. The family had a second hand shop. Miss her dearly.. Idaho has the tick from me. Thanks for visiting this state.
What a fantastic small mountain town there in WALLACE, IDAHO! Absolutely on my list to visit when I am in the area. Wonderful people there and interesting shops, hotels, and places to eat...love those historical places! This was a very interesting and just plain ole happy it even exists kind of video, Nick...well done!
Nick. Now you knew that you could not keep me away from a beautiful place like Wallace, Idaho. Well done bro. My dad took my brother and I up to the eastern shore of Lake Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho in 1964 for the July 4 weekend. We staid at my dad’s old buddy’s cabin on the lake with rhubarb growin’ andii acres of land with waterfront with 2’ diameter logs acting as a water break. Well my teenage brother and I used these for a log rolling contest. My dad was so good to us. We called the Fireman Captain Uncle Joe and he had an old mahogany Chris Craft boat that we took into a town called Williams, Idaho,(if I remember correctly). The fireworks were set up on the water and we were as close as uncle Joe wanted to be. The next day we went garnet hunting since my dad and I were rock hounds. My dad said Joe spent all day digging a hole while my brother and I followed the creek. My brother and I had five pounds of garnets displaying asterism white the old prospectors had two rough ones. I believe that is when I dad realized that I might have talent. That was a wonderful summer on Lake Coeur D’Alene. I could keep going to Seattle and back down through the Redwoods.
It looks like a great place , when l was a child , we left the key in the door, so we could all use the same one , my friend left her's on a string just inside the letter box . You could never do that in the same area today .
Used to live up the road in Coeur d'Alene. Wallace High School was one of our sports rivals. This was in the early 70's. Back then it was mainly known for it's brothels. Lol
My friend moved from Long Island NY to Idaho I thought it was bizarre but on my first visit i understood why he moved there Idaho is absolutely beautiful
Another great video Nick All the best to you and yours Sir !!! I live in Rainelle WV a small town down in a mountainous bowl in greenbrier county WV, I grew up in Cleveland Ohio but a small town kinda grows on ya like mold or fungus or something !!! Once it takes hold it's like home sweet Homey !!! Great video Nick all the best to you and yours Sir.
Another awesome, entertaining video,presented by the awesome Nick Johnson. I, for 1,absolutely appreciate all of the production, that you work so hard at for your subscribers Nick.Thank you very much for the amazing series that you are putting together here Nick.I am excited to see what you will do, once this is over.Another video series you did,of the Midwest was totally cool as well. I just wish you would have been able to put a bit more of the Todd Family Farm on there,very nice Family, I'm subscribed to them as well. Abby does a fantastic job filming their operations.
That was a great Video Nick! Now! I have a great suggestion what other Small Town in Idaho would be worth you filming in the future. That town is Sandpoint. Sandpoint in Idaho! Just like Wallace where you were on this video is near the Canadian Border. However! Sandpoint maybe small too! But they are a tad bigger than Wallace. They still have less than 10,000! But they do have over 1000 people living there at least. I had some family that lived there in Sandpoint. And I got to go there to see them when they were still living there. So Nick! I feel because of the good history I had visiting Sandpoint when I still had family living there! That is why I suggest you seeing it for yourself! I think you’ll love it! And there fore! If it isn’t too late for you to make a video for there this year! That would be worth doing next time! I guarantee you! I think you’ll find it interesting too!
Nick, great video of Wallace, Idaho. It's sure an escape from the big city. It's hard to believe that stores leave their doors open for anyone to rob. I'm sure everyone knows one another and serves as a neighborhood watch. Sadly, the recent murders of the 4 student in Idaho is the most attention the state has gotten. Sure is a hidden gem (or silver).
This Video Of Wallace Idaho Was Great Nick, I Bet If You Check Back In About A Year It's Going To Be Bigger Because Of You, Thank You Really Enjoyed It, Wendy
What a wonderful place, reminds me of the San Bernardino mountain towns. Yes, we still have such nice places even outside LA. Nick, would love you to return to your roots again and chronicle some of nice places such as Lake Arrowhead.
my first experience in Wallace was back in about 1963 i was 15 and my friend who drove was 16. We weren't there for sight seeing but rather what a $5.00 bill would buy us at the oasis, the Lux rooms, etc. we were so nervous. Over the years it was fun to talk with friends and relatives about our adventure. thanks for posting this tour not much has changed over the years but regulations and difficulty finding new veins of silver and gold have almost completely shut down the mines which helps explain the for sale signs in town now.
They run tours of the Oasis, which I absolutely loved. The rooms are in a state of arrested development. Exactly as they were when they were last used.
I grew up in Rigby during the late 70's and early to mid 80's. It was a good place to grow up as a kid. Lots of good memory's with my friends from Rigby and Ririe.
This is what rural mountain towns looks like when they haven't been discovered and not trendy by outsiders. We need more of them.
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Wallace is a tourist town and ski town. It is NOT the smallest town in Idaho!
@@intensepassion3382He's bringing tourists and business in the town. The businesses can barely hold on.
No. This town is run by jerkoffs from San Diego. It's never going to have enough people coming through to keep any business afloat. This town is a trap. They suck you dry of funding and run off investors. It's NOT the small town you want it to be.
mass migration from Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to smaller, cheaper, safer, cleaner, friendlier small mountain towns throughout Montana and Idaho is slowly gaining momentum
About 60 years ago each state had a dozen or more small towns like this, but now it's a distant memory. Shame we all can't live a life style this anymore.
That's still true...almost every state has dozens of small, quiet towns like this. I know...I am queen of the road trips---and I bypass all interstates so that I can drive through interesting little towns like this. Every state has them, but the ones with mountains are the prettiest.
@@dragonfly9209Exactly. Not all is lost. I do the exact same thing as you: avoid highways wherever possible and take longer, out-of-the-way routes. There are still lots of charming small towns out there.
@@TheHamburgler123 I read a book years ago-- it was called "Blue Highways--A Journey into America.".
It was about getting off the big highways, and finding the charm of the little towns along the back roads. It's the best way to see the real America--glad to hear from a fellow back-roads traveler, who likes discovering these quaint little towns as much as I do! 😄
@@dragonfly9209actually America is very evenly populated. We don't have big metropolis over 10Mi like Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Tokyo or Shanghai. By living in mid-sized towns, most of Americans would have the best of both worlds if these town weren't in total mayhem.
@@worldinsights930 The town I live in is around 40,000. Middle-sized, I guess...no mayhem here. Or in the towns in and around my county either. Life is good here.
I have lived in large cities, and enjoyed that too, at that time. But now I prefer a quieter life.
I grew up 30 mins from here and at that time, Wallace was a small, unremarkable city. That was 30 years ago, I passed through it recently and it’s such a quaint, cute little small town now. Glad to see Wallace doing much better.
I lived in the small town of Priest River Idaho in the late 70s. Its in the Panhandle, close to the Canadian border. Beautiful town! The air was so clean you could literally smell the milk in the air every morning from the dairy a half mile away. The pine and cedar trees were old growth, the forest was extremely dense. The Dew Drop In, made the best hamburgers you ever tasted. But most of all, the people were very friendly, they would take the time to sit down and talk with you. 😊
I love Idaho. Fourth generation here.
There was a ' Dew Drop Inn ; here in Newport News, Virginia back in the Fifties when I was a Child. It was a Pub with Kitchen, which sold sit-down and to-go food. This was in the Segregated Newsome Park Section of the City. What a wonderful Childhood 'WE' had.
Tks. much for bringing up the name.
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Live here now. Dew Drop is gone. Unfortunately a lot of turmoil in this community too. Much like the state of the world though. Still pretty area. Been here most my life.
70s , so how old you are , 158
Wallace is a beautiful town, especially in winter when it snows. It looks like a town out of a hallmark movie.
It does. 😊
Gotta love driving over the pass in the winter time.
Very happy and proud to have left San Diego to live in this great town of Wallace, Idaho for over 10 years now. Great place to raise kids.
Ok , but just go back to San Diego please, or Mexico , choice is yours.
@@dennynisevic7848this is the United States, and you have the right to move anywhere you want. You also have the right to tell someone what to do or where to live but they have the right to ignore you. Quit acting like a tyrannical control freak.
@@kigman1980you have the right to speak your opinion, not dictate someone’s action. Listening isn’t exactly something you’re even required to do. Telling people to leave a 248yr old country cause your family came a generation or two earlier is laughable. I’m so fuckin embarrassed by most of my fellow Americans. It’s couldn’t be more obvious all y’all care about is your damn self. That’s what’s changed in America
I was just there on Friday paying my property taxes and I love coming the Wallace a few times a month just for the ambience. Obviously, I’m living close to there. After living in San Diego most of my life, this area is a breath of fresh air.
@patriotgrammy8632
It's just too bad 700k of your fellow Californians think the same. 🤦
In 2004, the Mayor designated Wallace as the official center of the universe. He argued that no one could prove it wasn’t.
I spent 6 weeks in Idaho this summer I went from the SE corner and made my way across the state several times. I worked my way up to Priest Lake. People were kind. So diverse in landscape & history and oh the rivers and lakes. So amazing.
Happen to stop at Hills Resort?
@@GypsyQueen318 Hi. No. I tow an Airstream with me and so I don’t usually pay attention to the resorts. But.. I must have driven by. :)
Wallace, Idaho is super cute! The people are so friendly! It will no longer be a hidden gem after this vid, but the locals will love the company! (I hear there is a pretty cool winter festival in these parts-in Feb??) Thanks for always keeping me entertained, Nick!
We had so much fun there!
Please don't showcase Idaho towns anymore. We don't need outside business.@@NickJohnson
@NickJohnson It's a shame they had to learn to live with the constant hum coming from the Interstate! It must have been incredibly peaceful there before that thing was built.
America is so Beautiful!
Thanks for spotlighting so many of the beautiful small towns in the United States, we get to see all the ugliness on display often enough.
That little story on how Wallace was almost destroyed from i-90 was so interesting! Imagine if the town didn’t exist because of a highway? What a great success story 👏
Usually the Interstate killed towns by going around them
Wallace literally had the last stop light on I-90 until 1991.
I remember stopping at that light on trips to Montana.
ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE FROM NICK YOU ARE RIGHT THIS IS HOW AMERICA USETO BE NICK 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for skipping my Montana town! Don’t want people getting any crazy ideas about moving.
Saltese?
Renova Hot Springs?
@@tf-wo4ve Ha! Not Saltese. Renova Hot Springs isn’t a bad guess.
funny thing is, bozeman is the most popular for californians moving there, but damn it's very isolated from everywhere else. At least missoula is close to idaho. Bozeman is pretty but you're kinda stuck there unless you want to drive through wyoming or buy plane tickets all the time
@@tupacamaruiv5804 Omg, your pic!! 😂😂😂
I imagine they must get a good number of tourists. Otherwise how does a town of 800 sustain itself with art galleries, antique shops, chocolate shop etc.
Awesome looking town though. I hope it doesn't get ruined.
a lot of ATV trails for vacationers and such
@@trailblazeratv6306Yup. Completely surrounded by a large National Forest. Beautiful country up there. Wish I didn't live so far away (CO-WY border), I'd be up there all time.
You're not gonna get rich living there. When people wanna have fun they go to coeur d'alene or Spokane
Logging.
Lots of people find Wallace because I-90 goes past it.
Look how beautiful and clean the place is.
white population = safe and nice
I love Wallace Idaho! I always stop for a break and to explore …so much history!
It's heartening to see there are still some places in the USA worth living in.
We moved from California to Idaho a year ago to escape the DEMONIC insanity. We love everything about Idaho. Best place we've ever lived and we've lived in four states.
Agreed! California is the most anti-God place in America right now
What do you think about gun rights and living in a red state? I hope you implants don't transform this beautiful state to anything you run away from. Californization must be heavily reduced at all cost.
Don't vote for the demented liberal garbage. Keep government small and Idahoans armed.
@@xz-187how about none of your damn business. That's the beauty of America, you can disagree with someone and go kick rocks if you don't agree with em and they can live wherever the hell they damn please. 🇺🇸 💪
@@byrde4329how about not your damn business either with what i just typed. This is America, i can type whatever i like because of my constitutional rights. Californization has been a damn shame for states like Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Arizona. Bringing their lousy and f-up policies to the states they move in. Bet you don't live in one of these states and many locals like i am feel the same way about those leftist implants from Commiefornia.
Steep roofs usually means a lot of snow
😂😂😂😂😂ya think????
@@johnjaco5544 Yep, it’s too cold and snowy up there for most people
@@trailblazeratv6306Keeps all the homeless dug addicts away though,
I live nearby and can confirm. The winters hit hard.
He...he...he...
Something you hardly see in America anymore... A clean town!!
Demographic changes and lack of traditional values
Wallace is also extremely tiny lol. I live like 30 mins from there and go to it pretty often. Not many people live there. And outside of summer (tourist season) the town is pretty dead. But that goes for most towns in North Idaho
But,but,but,and but! What about San Francisco? C'MON MAN! 😁
They’re out there, trust me. Check out Pendleton, OR.
@@lucianaromulus1408indeed the demographic decline lol
I have family that lives just a few miles from Wallace, in Osburn. I've spent some time up there and it really is a beautiful place. But I recommend that newcomers visit and get a feel for the area before buying a business in town. That area fills up with snow pretty quick during the winter and tourism slows to a trickle. If you want to keep your business alive out there you have to impress the locals, which is no easy task. Nice to see a town like Wallace in the spotlight.
Thank you for your sharing. 👍
What a beautiful little town . It’s story book great!
There are a lot of nearly empty towns in north Idaho. The infrasructure from 100 years ago is mostly still there, but the peole aren't.
This small mountain town reminds me of many from Bosnia and Hercegovina, where i came from.
Thanks for the video.
Am french, love your videos, used to live in NYC. Didn't know the homeless situation had gotten this bad...there is something post apocalyptic about certain parts of the u.s.
You are correct and it is frightening to me and I think some others.
To be honest the homeless situation in Europe isn't any better either. I have been to Marseille last year and it looked just like any crappy Carlifornian Metro area.
America is in the middle of the apocalypse
Today the feds busted 26 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, extention of Cartels, they were smuggling Fentanyal.
Post apocalyptic is something the US and France have in common
mass migration from Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to smaller, cheaper, safer, cleaner, friendlier small mountain towns throughout Montana and Idaho is slowly gaining momentum
Not to mention the illegal migrants that are being silently distributed in rural conservative towns.
True. I know a lot of old friends and co-workers who moved from the Colorado mountains to Montana. Most of them were born here too.
I'm sure they don't act the same as CA transplants.
I literally see people complaining idaho doesn't have "diversity" not connecting the dots thats exactly why it's nice and safe
@@manager4409 complaining?? Less is more. We used to be Irish, English, French, Italian, Polish... now we are just white.
@@timaha83 Exactly, English, French, Polish....We Whypeepo already have all the diversity we need.
My father was 4 years old in the 1910 fire- - it was a crazy story -he and his mother and many others had to flee. The people fleeing walked for miles and stayed in forest cabins to get away from the fire. My grandfather was a silver miner- later killed in the early 1920s in a mining accident. Thanks for this video- I never expected to see Wallace on UA-cam. Greetings from deep blue Los Angeles ;) . Your videos are awesome.
Your grandpa was around 14 years old when he fathered your Mom or Dad?
My father was born in 1906. His father died 17 years later in 1923. These numbers reveal nothing of my grandfather's age at the time of my father's birth. (He was 25 btw when my father was born).What are you talking about?@@annahgibbus8
@@annahgibbus8 Lol! Go back to school, missy. 😂
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If his father was 4 in 1910 then he'd be 14 when he was killed in 1920.
He did say early 1920's so figure 1925 or less. The father could have been 14-19 then which would make more sense. Keep in mind they've edited the comment since I first read it, Missy🙄
@@annahgibbus8 But you asked a question about his grandpa as if his grandpa was BORN in 1910 and died in 1925!
Nick, when i was a kid we never locked our doors. My parents had no keys for the doors. In the late 60's through the 90's they closed 98% of the Insane Asylums. Crime went crazy and people locked their doors by 1971
I still don't lock my doors and I'm 62.
@coyotedust guess it depends on where you live. I'm in Maine now and really don't have to lock up for people but, the black bears up here can open unlocked doors and make a mess.
In N idaho many of us don't lock our doors, bc if someone comes in with ill intent, our 2nd amendment works just fine usually. Not always, but moreso than waiting on cops to arrive minutes late to a seconds requirement.
14 miles into montana on I-90 after leaving couer d' Alene(where i,my wife used to live) crashed our brand new KW in 1979--seems like yesterday....had hit a moose,
It's PURE JOY to know that places like Wallace still exist...!!!
Idaho is beautiful! Love the trees ! And clean air !
I knew a girl in the Navy from Kellogg, Idaho, She was really country and proud to be from Idaho. Coolest person I met from Idaho actually!
That's like 10 miles away Joey!!
I grew up in a small town and I loved it. It’s not perfect, people can think they know you from second hand info. But for the most part people care about each other and it’s like family, an imperfect, messy family.
I love exploring small towns too. Good content.
~ Fun fact: Lana Turner was born in Wallace, Idaho.
Total babe.
Yeah, I was watching one of her movies. In the info they noted she was from Wallace. She didn't live there long. One of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
@@motokev2727 😃 I stopped at the beautiful area of bridges in Madison County Iowa to find John Wayne's birthplace,...he only lived there 2mos b4 moving to California.😃
Another fun fact is that Wallace had a legal brothel in the 80's. Apparently one of my family members stopped in for a visit.
Actually, Lana lived north of Wallace in the town of BURKE, a smaller mining town.
Burst out laughing… “see what happens when people give a shit” !!! Love it.. So True ❤😂
We stayed 2 weeks in Wallace in 2021 and found some of the best bike trails, very scenic and paved for miles. Also, "Ride The Hiawatha Bike Trail" is the premiere scenic bike trail in the USA.❤ A must do when in Wallace, ID.
Thanks so much for showing us a "nice" town. You know I love my ghetto tours, but this was so refreshing!
Haha I'm glad you liked it since most people want to see bad shit
I live in WA State and in northeast corner and Idaho, the towns are cool and landscape rugged and gorgeous.
Stay OUT Lefties!!!!!!!!!
I'm just here for Nick's funny country boy accent
I don't know about YOU but I give Nick's videos a big THUMBS UP before I even watch it! Never been disappointed yet.
Me too and me either Daniel!
These small American town's looks so cozy, I really want to visit. Best regards from Norway ❤
Learn from the USA, don’t bring in the same savages that wrecked America
lorrie5881 Avoid Democrat cities is a better warning
@@lorrie5881 Thanks, was thinking about taking train from west to east (i really like traveling by train), but need some planning for that. I'll avoid the biggest city's for sure, but I guess that I need to start with the train from NY.
@@Shockernoryou won’t avoid big cities if you’re going by train.
But the cities are interesting, too.
San Francisco is one of my favorites,even though I don’t care for large towns.
I live in a small town.
Follow your own mind.
People in these comment sections are often closed-minded idiots who harbor a lot of negative ideas.
Doesn't Norway have little villages throughout? I thought it did anyways...
I love how you explore these small towns and find hidden things and observe what other tourists wouldn’t find! I actually wanna go to Wallace now 😂
Idaho is one of my favorite states absolutely beautiful all over!!
You just hope that people moving from the larger ruined cities to these time capsule small towns don't bring with them the stuff that ruined their former homes in the first place. The lack of litter and graffiti is my favorite part of this one
they absolutely will. latinos have no self awareness at all. everywhere they're the majority gets ruined, then they just move on to the next white area. except there won't be any left.
I think one problem is maybe it's not what the people bring baggage wise. Just the volume of people which changes an area.
Was in Wallace for about 2 months in the summer of 1967. There were many buildings in the downtown with signs reading "rooms". These were the brothels. The town then had legal prostitution.
Did you partake?
@TheHamburgler123 You still wouldn't have to look very hard to find a fine young lady there!
Were they really skanky looking?
Or did you get 2 handfuls of ( . Y . ) ???
Prostitutes' were ran out in the late 80's by Cecil Andrus
Whaaaat , 1967 , how old are you , 238
Back many years ago went through a town called Good Grief Idaho. I think your close to it. Thanks for the well done content.
This is how America should be! Friendly, clean and less populated!!
Yes and no looney woke lefties around either.
America was 90% white that's why it was nice. shocking so many can't connect the dots
It's in a super fund clean up from the mines. Locals are called ledheads.
It's safe because we have two things plentiful in Idaho which are becoming more and more rare elsewhere: Courtesy and Guns.
Gems makes it safe?
@NickJohnson Gems go in the safe.
it's safe because it's over 90% white, same with utah. unfortunately the locusts will come once they ruin these places too
I was born in Sandpoint ID.
Please Go back in the middle of winter for a follow up video.
That winter weather there separates the men from the boys.
I live in Spirit Lake. I agree, winter here is not for the faint of heart.
Honestly these are mild winters up here compared to northern Minnesota where I'm originally from.
Been to Wallace many times, it's a beautiful, charming little town. If you spend more than 20 mins there, the locals will tell you it was a movie set for "Dante's Peak"
So true!!
Every place could be as clean as Wallace, if people could just dispose of their trash properly. I’ve never littered. Why can’t everyone else conduct themselves in the same manner? I hate trash, and I’m talking about the human kind. World would be better off without
certain demographics are the ones mainly trashing places (especially big cities)
Wallace is so clean and orderly because it's 99.9% White
It is what it is.
Your spot on
Generally speaking and proven, white people care WAY more about their surroundings. At one time Los Angeles looked like this...
THAT WAS AWESOME NICK,.. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR JOURNEY BROTHER ❤
4:25 those passengers look like the Americans that used to get around. Eating ice cream all day, wearing golfers caps, Bermuda shorts, pastel colours, 10 suitcases full of luggage, rich, etc. Takin' a tour
When I was growing up in Montana we used to drive to Seattle, where we had previously lived, in the late 1960's into the mid 1070's you had to traverse through Wallace as the old highway cut through town. I have such fond memories of being with my family 14 altogether, in our station wagon making that drive, of course it was just a pain to me then.
So glad they didn't destroy that awesome little town for a freeway!
Thanks for another great video!
me too ! only Seattle to Helena...and back....great days...stop at Frontier Town !!
Same, Seattle to Park City and Laurel to see grandparents.
I enjoy your videos and love the way you express yourself ❤
Beautiful scenery
Wallace is beautiful! Great Idaho gem right there along with Sandpoint
Nope. Ugly! It’s a lie!!!
Such a quaint little town! I loved this video!😊❤
Yay!
it is a very nice small town - if they can hang on to it. i grew up in a small town of about 2,000 and i thought it would never change, so i left. now it is a town like most other
towns with crime and drugs. there are fast food places and stores that we never had when i lived there, but the changes have ruined that small town atmosphere.
Idaho is a great state. And that's no surprise. I wish all states could be good like Idaho but sadly sickos just ruin it for great states like New Mexico.
Need to put fences around the states to keep the crap out
Fascism on the rise in this country. Talks of gates...OK then...
Don’t sell or rent to Democrat voters
@@kenhofer8063 Yes need to keep the looney woke lefties out.
@@mrfish3915watch the lawsuits happen due to “arbitrary discrimination” under the Fair Housing Act. Hope the owners have $$$$ and good lawyers. Lol. 😅
That place has a better downtown than my NC town of 90,000. Mine is mostly made up of government buildings.
That is how America used to be nice to see there’s still towns like that out there. I remember as a kid moving from a small town to a large city. How shocked I was that people walk through doors and had to walk their bike shop in their cars I couldn’t understand why lol I definitely do now unfortunately.
Keep this place safe before the druggies and loons ruin it. 😂
Nick...those Generators would be gone in seconds if it was anywhere else..Great video on one of the last unspoiled towns left..Thanks Nick!!
I'm sure the word is out now...those places better start locking up
@@lkd06 I can only hope not.
Great episode Nick! I love that little town, been there a couple times just to explore , we lived in Spokane Washington at the time. So glad they had the foresight to save the town when I-90 went through.
I think the hidden gem of Wallace was Emily the hotel operator. What a charming young woman.
Not as far north as Bonners Ferry, but a nice place. Tough winters, though - be prepared for lots of snow, cold, gray days and long dark nights.
That is such a BEAUTIFUL area. I've been over it many times, I stopped once and got the BEST JAM EVER at some convenience store a few years ago. That whole thing, I 90 from Spokane to Bozeman is just the most amazing trip
Here's my entire Mountain West Roadtrip Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yq836p_Frch75GtIGQXn-AX.html&si=ua0pE9U2i8idmn8G
Next time you’re out west stop by Cooke City, Montana. Old mining town with about 100 people outside the NE entrance of Yellowstone. It’s basically secluded from Montana and only way in and out is through Wyoming, lol. They even have snow blowers on some of the roofs in town.
Shhhh 🤫 spent my honeymoon there in ‘75!! Was there again in2016, hadn’t changed much. ❤
I feature CC in another video!
Great video. I stumbled on this town inadvertently, driving to Seattle. Wallace charmed the hell out of me too.
Stay OUT Commie!!!!!!!!
Idaho is freaking awesome!
Great Town/City. I had cyber friend in Sand Point IDAHO in the early 2000's now i know what her town may have looked like. The family had a second hand shop. Miss her dearly.. Idaho has the tick from me. Thanks for visiting this state.
Looks like a beautiful place for a large family!
Lots of large families in Idaho
If I ever come back to America after this current job, I think that is the state to newly reside in... comfortably and patriotically.
there's only a few remaining white states left. Utah/Idaho/montana/iowa/nebraska/dakotas. everywhere else is quickly turning into mexico
What a great town.
Lies!!!! All of them!!!!
What a fantastic small mountain town there in WALLACE, IDAHO! Absolutely on my list to visit when I am in the area. Wonderful people there and interesting shops, hotels, and places to eat...love those historical places! This was a very interesting and just plain ole happy it even exists kind of video, Nick...well done!
Great insight. I love Idaho especially Sun Valley and Halley as well. Such beautiful places and really nice people. ❤️❤️❤️
Nick. Now you knew that you could not keep me away from a beautiful place like Wallace, Idaho. Well done bro.
My dad took my brother and I up to the eastern shore of Lake Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho in
1964 for the July 4 weekend.
We staid at my dad’s old buddy’s cabin on the lake with rhubarb growin’ andii acres of land with waterfront with 2’ diameter logs acting as a water break.
Well my teenage brother and I used these for a log rolling contest.
My dad was so good to us.
We called the Fireman Captain Uncle Joe and he had an old mahogany Chris Craft boat that we took into a town called Williams, Idaho,(if I remember correctly).
The fireworks were set up on the water and we were as close as uncle Joe wanted to be.
The next day we went garnet hunting since my dad and I were rock hounds.
My dad said Joe spent all day digging a hole while my brother and I followed the creek.
My brother and I had five pounds of garnets displaying asterism white the old prospectors had two rough ones.
I believe that is when I dad realized that I might have talent.
That was a wonderful summer on Lake Coeur D’Alene.
I could keep going to Seattle and back down through the Redwoods.
Aww memories!
It looks like a great place , when l was a child , we left the key in the door, so we could all use the same one , my friend left her's on a string just inside the letter box . You could never do that in the same area today .
Used to live up the road in Coeur d'Alene. Wallace High School was one of our sports rivals. This was in the early 70's. Back then it was mainly known for it's brothels. Lol
My friend moved from Long Island NY to Idaho I thought it was bizarre but on my first visit i understood why he moved there Idaho is absolutely beautiful
Another great video Nick
All the best to you and yours Sir !!! I live in Rainelle WV a small town down in a mountainous bowl in greenbrier county WV, I grew up in Cleveland Ohio but a small town kinda grows on ya like mold or fungus or something !!! Once it takes hold it's like home sweet Homey !!! Great video Nick all the best to you and yours Sir.
I LOVE Wyoming!!!
This is my video to watch tonight ❤
Another awesome, entertaining video,presented by the awesome Nick Johnson. I, for 1,absolutely appreciate all of the production, that you work so hard at for your subscribers Nick.Thank you very much for the amazing series that you are putting together here Nick.I am excited to see what you will do, once this is over.Another video series you did,of the Midwest was totally cool as well. I just wish you would have been able to put a bit more of the Todd Family Farm on there,very nice Family, I'm subscribed to them as well. Abby does a fantastic job filming their operations.
I love Abbys vids Bill!
@@NickJohnson yeah,Abby is great,very entertaining
A very beautiful place 👌💙
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. VIDEO NICK. BIG. THANKS. KEEP MAKING THEM THANKS AGAIN 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That was a great Video Nick! Now! I have a great suggestion what other Small Town in Idaho would be worth you filming in the future. That town is Sandpoint. Sandpoint in Idaho! Just like Wallace where you were on this video is near the Canadian Border. However! Sandpoint maybe small too! But they are a tad bigger than Wallace. They still have less than 10,000! But they do have over 1000 people living there at least. I had some family that lived there in Sandpoint. And I got to go there to see them when they were still living there. So Nick! I feel because of the good history I had visiting Sandpoint when I still had family living there! That is why I suggest you seeing it for yourself! I think you’ll love it! And there fore! If it isn’t too late for you to make a video for there this year! That would be worth doing next time! I guarantee you! I think you’ll find it interesting too!
Ok!!
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Another charming, beautiful town. ❤ Another video I appreciate you making. 😊
dude, HUGE congratulations on hitting the last of the lower 48. that's awesome. I'm at 35 myself so i understand.
Nick, great video of Wallace, Idaho. It's sure an escape from the big city. It's hard to believe that stores leave their doors open for anyone to rob. I'm sure everyone knows one another and serves as a neighborhood watch. Sadly, the recent murders of the 4 student in Idaho is the most attention the state has gotten. Sure is a hidden gem (or silver).
There is nothing to rob
This Video Of Wallace Idaho Was Great Nick, I Bet If You Check Back In About A Year It's Going To Be Bigger Because Of You, Thank You Really Enjoyed It, Wendy
Wendy!! ❤️❤️
always get a new insight into every town that you visit Nick, still keep watching your videos here from Indonesia
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Bonners Ferry Idaho is another pretty little town.
My in-laws lived there, I loved visiting there.
I'm ready for Boise!! Hopefully next week 🤞
I have been waiting for Boise since this roadtrip started! One of the fastest growing cities in America!
It'll have to wait a little bit more!
What a wonderful place, reminds me of the San Bernardino mountain towns.
Yes, we still have such nice places even outside LA.
Nick, would love you to return to your roots again and chronicle some of nice places such as Lake Arrowhead.
Haha this is NOT Lake arrowhead
my first experience in Wallace was back in about 1963 i was 15 and my friend who drove was 16. We weren't there for sight seeing but rather what a $5.00 bill would buy us at the oasis, the Lux rooms, etc. we were so nervous. Over the years it was fun to talk with friends and relatives about our adventure. thanks for posting this tour not much has changed over the years but regulations and difficulty finding new veins of silver and gold have almost completely shut down the mines which helps explain the for sale signs in town now.
They run tours of the Oasis, which I absolutely loved. The rooms are in a state of arrested development. Exactly as they were when they were last used.
I grew up in Rigby during the late 70's and early to mid 80's. It was a good place to grow up as a kid. Lots of good memory's with my friends from Rigby and Ririe.
Shhhhhh……they don’t need to know about Rigby or Ririe! Or Ucon, or New Sweden, Firth, Shelley, Ammon….none of them, lol! 😂😂
God bless America 🇺🇸🙏 and it's People 🙏
God Bless Canada not the dystopian USA.