15 Reasons Appalachia Might Not Exist One Day

We give all this money to other countries, and our own nation looks like this.
In the winter of 2023, I took a road trip through the Appalachia mountains. It was three weeks long. I wound through the turns and hollers across Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee.
This part of the country is the poorest, most drug addicted region in the country. The people who live here have been here for a long time, and most of them will never leave. They’ve seen the highs and lows of life just like you and I have. But the ups and downs for these people have been some really tough ones.
As you can tell, most of em are in a low right now. Really really low.
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  • @jimcav1013
    @jimcav101311 ай бұрын

    Every single Congressman, Senator and our President need to ride with you Nick to see what our country has become. I guarantee none of them have any idea that many parts of our country are worse than the third world. What a damned disgrace! Thank you Nick.

  • @JAN70V

    @JAN70V

    11 ай бұрын

    I guarantee that mr.president would say: hey guys, I was sleeping, so we are finally visiting Congo?

  • @Kite-te9km

    @Kite-te9km

    11 ай бұрын

    Watching from Africa....

  • @engrishsheep

    @engrishsheep

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm sure most politicians know many parts of the country are worst than the third world, but... they just DON'T CARE. 🤷‍♂ tbh, why would they? They just want your vote, aka power. All they promise is more "handout" to you to win your vote, so they can work in the system longer. "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." -Ronald Reagan

  • @ajf5823

    @ajf5823

    11 ай бұрын

    They don’t care. All they care about is getting paid by their billionaire and corporate donors and sponsors and staying in power. People like this are merely insects.

  • @warrenmcelroy4718

    @warrenmcelroy4718

    11 ай бұрын

    You honestly think they aren’t aware of the conditions in some of our States?? Oh believe me they know, they just don’t Care, that’s the problem. If they’re not dealing with something that makes them money then they could t care less

  • @nancysimpson4246
    @nancysimpson424611 ай бұрын

    I’m glad you do these videos because it shows the world how our countries are so so fallen apart absolutely falling apart to nothing left is so sad some of us wouldn’t know unless videos like this are out there

  • @AliciaM5555

    @AliciaM5555

    11 ай бұрын

    Ikr, it's so shocking but true.

  • @mariekatherine5238

    @mariekatherine5238

    11 ай бұрын

    @@AliciaM5555Appalachia has always been dirt poor for most of her people. But people will be there unless we all get nuked or the Lord returns.

  • @AliciaM5555

    @AliciaM5555

    11 ай бұрын

    @@mariekatherine5238 yes I'm fully aware.

  • @kilroyjones7786

    @kilroyjones7786

    11 ай бұрын

    Does it? Do you like being made fun of??

  • @markboling7047

    @markboling7047

    10 ай бұрын

    @kilroyjones7786 only the rougher parts of places are being shown....not true Appalachian....notice he is very often slamming on the right....if it wasn't for the left, it would not be this way....

  • @gregadams6827
    @gregadams682711 ай бұрын

    Nick, from an extremely loyal subscriber in Livingston Parish Louisiana(county of about 100,000 folks)I have never seen such poverty in my life. However, if you are retired, want to buy 2 acres and a fully renovated house in the marshlands for $120,000 and retire like me, this is your destination. If you want to get out of New Orleans and Memphis (my crime ridden home town) this is for you. These are some of the greatest most compassionate people I have ever lived around. I realize money is not everything. Safety at night when you lie down for bed, never locking your doors and don't worry about your vehicle getting stolen is everything. Love you man to death, Greg Adams, Springfield, Louisiana. PS you must be heavily insured like I am due to the fact I live in a flood zone.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    Hey Greg! Sounds like a plan!!

  • @RealBobEvans

    @RealBobEvans

    11 ай бұрын

    We are living in the last days right before the rapture of the born-again Christian church. All the signs that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God, predicted are coming to pass. “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” - Matthew 24:7-8 KJV “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy” - 2 Timothy 3:1-2 KJV The Holy Bible says you are a sinner headed for eternal, burning Hell. You will perish unless you repent to God and place your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! Jesus shed his blood on the cross, died (and in doing so he paid for all your sins, reconciling you to God), and he rose from the dead on the 3rd day. Place your trust for salvation solely in Jesus Christ (who is God in the flesh) today and be saved! “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” - John 3:16 KJV “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus… Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.” - Romans 3:23-26, 28 KJV “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6 KJV

  • @phaecops

    @phaecops

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RealBobEvans Hallelullya.

  • @chk3700

    @chk3700

    11 ай бұрын

    I like catching fishes and I clean up after myself ...can I come I have my own everything.🎉

  • @AliciaM5555

    @AliciaM5555

    11 ай бұрын

    @realbobevans please. Give me a freaking break.

  • @nbrown5907
    @nbrown590711 ай бұрын

    There was a problem, the young man could not speak his mind, he may have worried about retribution. That is a problem today. We need to be able to have civil discourse to solve problems.

  • @alanbourne2332

    @alanbourne2332

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ptownRandy1Did you miss the part about Biden being in the White House might want to do a little research on the Biden Crime Family

  • @toddsmith293
    @toddsmith29311 ай бұрын

    Thanks Nick. Appalachia is a region that stretches from Northern Alabama to the Southern Tier of New York State. There are most definitely variations within this region. Where I am located in Central PA is far more prosperous than most of West Virginia or Eastern Kentucky. Yes, we have closed mines but there is a thriving agricultural sector as well as Natural Gas, lumber, and a plethora of small industries. There are actually plenty of jobs available. A local paper mill starts at $17/hr. and cannot get people. My income is about $72k/yr. In Appalachia, you can live like a minor aristocrat with such an income. If you like the outdoors (Boating, hunting and fishing, or just hiking) the vast stretches of public land cannot be beat. There is so much state forest land in PA it is actually greater than Yellowstone NP in number of acres. It's not for everyone but.............. I would NEVER trade my current life for ANY amount of money to live in a major metro area. I know that there are those who sneer and laugh at the people of Appalachia........ that's ok, whatever makes them happy.

  • @cynthiamurphy3669

    @cynthiamurphy3669

    11 ай бұрын

    Amen. Google says Appalachia "spans 206,000 square miles, 423 counties and 13 states." History itself shows that things sooner or later go back to nature. I Peter 1:24 KJV: "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:." no matter what mankind does or doesn't do.

  • @Bornjamerican24

    @Bornjamerican24

    11 ай бұрын

    I'd check it out

  • @TheHamburgler123

    @TheHamburgler123

    11 ай бұрын

    What are the public lands like? Mostly dense forest? Is there any good elevation you can hike? Nice to hear there's at least a solid amount of state land set aside in an Eastern state. I always feel bad for people who live in places like TX, which has so much land but less than 2% of it is public (state or federal).

  • @russellseilhamer4552

    @russellseilhamer4552

    11 ай бұрын

    I live in Hollidaysburg, near Altoona. I tell ppl who aren’t from this area what a jewel it really is. Interstate 99 from Altoona to State College is beautiful because you can look down at the valley and other mountain peaks in the distance. My favorite place in the entire state is Greenwood Furnace SP in northern Huntingdon county. I also love Parker Dam in Clearfield and Black Moshannon near Phillipsburg. I’ve never been to Ohiopyle but I want to go. I’ve been to the PA Grand Canyon near Wellsboro, that’s pretty and Worlds End SP in Sullivan county. They have maybe the coldest spring fed watering hole I’ve ever been in. In the Loyalsock forest area north of Lock Haven and Williamsport is the little town of Waterville and that looks like a picture postcard in fall. I also love the drive on route 15 from Williamsport to Mansfield. There’s this restaurant in Steam Valley called Fryes Turkey Ranch off 15 between Wport and Mansfield and they have epic turkey dinners there. To the west, I’ve been up to the Cook Forest, these very tall trees and very dense and dark forests. The great thing is that I am probably 2 hours away at the most from a lot of these places. I like that the weather does not stay hot for most of the year, it is affordable, it is not crowded and I think the people for the most part are very down to earth and caring. I couldn’t ask for a better place in America to live than in central PA

  • @russellseilhamer4552

    @russellseilhamer4552

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TheHamburgler123 - there are a ton of state parks that are well maintained and have hiking and you can see waterfalls like Ricketts Glen and Worlds End SP in NE PA. The elevation on hikes are not extreme maybe between 1000 to 2000 feet at the state parks. Most of the state parks have swimming areas some like Black Moshannon and Greenwood Furnace are spring fed so the water is cold. State Parks have no admission fees unlike NY state. There are a lot of state owned and privately owned game lands in PA where no development can happen. Ppl also don’t realize we have ski resorts and beaches. Presque Isle in Erie is a beautiful place worth checking out. The Poconos and Erie both have indoor water parks you can go to in winter. PA is well worth researching. You’ll find plenty to do here

  • @brendaz9222
    @brendaz922211 ай бұрын

    The mountains of West Virginia are just gorgeous! Such a beautiful State!

  • @bartolomeu6461

    @bartolomeu6461

    11 ай бұрын

    As a Brazilian who has never been to the USA, but has watched many videos of Nick Johnson, Charliebo313, and similar channels, I honestly think that West Virginia is one of the best American states to travel by, yet, ironically, one of the worst to live in.

  • @Winters_Folly

    @Winters_Folly

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@bartolomeu6461There's much worse states like California and Washington

  • @tobiaskunterding5907
    @tobiaskunterding590711 ай бұрын

    "We give all this money to other countries, and our own nation looks like this. " I would like to add that the state governments and the local governments also have a responsibility about the situation in certain areas, if not even more than the federal government, who is responsible for the "big" topics like health care, defense and foreign policy. While i'm not living in the US (Germany), due to my personal engagement in local politics and my experience with federal states like Germany and the US, i can say that a lot of these problems can only be solved on a local level or by the state government. These people have to be hold accountable. It's a shame how local and state politicans have abandoned these places and towns and i feel sorry for everyone who trusted these incompetent people.

  • @chk3700

    @chk3700

    11 ай бұрын

    🧐🤔

  • @maryatchison9056

    @maryatchison9056

    10 ай бұрын

    I totally agree

  • @timothyroskie5742

    @timothyroskie5742

    6 ай бұрын

    Agreed 💯 percent

  • @Kurt1968

    @Kurt1968

    6 ай бұрын

    Exactly...what has Mitch McConnell done for these folks? This is the result of corruption right here.

  • @Mar-en6fe

    @Mar-en6fe

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank your government

  • @stadtbekanntertunichtgut
    @stadtbekanntertunichtgut11 ай бұрын

    This driving through America videos are so chill even if cities are poor and seem hopeless. I enjoy this content very much.

  • @billfelsher5159
    @billfelsher515911 ай бұрын

    The coal mining and drug companies have squeezed every last drop of money out Appalachia.

  • @chk3700

    @chk3700

    11 ай бұрын

    Yup

  • @kenmows4u338

    @kenmows4u338

    11 ай бұрын

    Those companys would still be employing people there and elsewhere if they wern't hit with massive regulations, no?

  • @chk3700

    @chk3700

    11 ай бұрын

    @@kenmows4u338 massive regulations...you mean Stoopid and stoopider ( prez and second prez)

  • @victor75208

    @victor75208

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@kenmows4u338nope the coal and drug companies actually bled you dry. Simple as that

  • @llorablan9588

    @llorablan9588

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kenmows4u338 Yeah, like OSHA is a bad thing

  • @appalachianhomegrown9207
    @appalachianhomegrown920711 ай бұрын

    Being born & raised in Southern Appalachia (SW Virginia), all I wanted was to get away from here! Now at 53 years old I just can’t imagine living anywhere else! You’d have to be born & raised Appalachian to understand that. Thanks for a great video brother.

  • @Zambineaux305

    @Zambineaux305

    11 ай бұрын

    Must be nice living with dirt cheap prices. I’m from Miami, born and raised. The inflation is insane.

  • @1wesleydb

    @1wesleydb

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@Zambineaux305 socks. It takes more than what you can make to live. If you could make more it would cost more. Before the jobs were outsourced it was more expensive. If you could make Miami money and live in Welch,...you could be a Rockstar of the holler.

  • @myfuturepuglife

    @myfuturepuglife

    11 ай бұрын

    Hey hey! That's two of us from SW Virginia in the house! ❤❤❤

  • @eddie054

    @eddie054

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Zambineaux305 Gotta learn to hunt and eat squirrel stew.

  • @davestewart2067

    @davestewart2067

    6 ай бұрын

    Am guessing property taxes are less in West Virginia compared to Pennsylvania and New York State. Looked at some properties online recently in Elmira (NY) and was shocked at how high property taxes were, even up there, away from the big cities. Crazy - high taxes, and probably no jobs.

  • @kevinsiler7185
    @kevinsiler718511 ай бұрын

    God bless Josh and all the Coal Miners Thanks for keeping the lights on.

  • @heather957
    @heather95711 ай бұрын

    Loved what the coal miner had to say during your interview with him! I'm all for keeping as many jobs as we can in the US : )

  • @ljhcmh614

    @ljhcmh614

    10 ай бұрын

    Sadly, the delusional belief that coal will someday make a comeback is part of what keeps this part of the country in poverty. They are always looking back to find prosperity rather than looking forward. They sneer at ideas like clean energy or eco-tourism because those are "liberal" ideas. So they sit on their hands and wait for a future that will never come.

  • @cherylcook1942

    @cherylcook1942

    10 ай бұрын

    But its like he's never heard of battery storage. "Caint use solar because the sun dont shine but during the day".

  • @elizabethlutrell8278

    @elizabethlutrell8278

    7 ай бұрын

    Someone might want to inform that twit that the power doesn't just go out when it gets dark with solar, and uou don't "hand crank" turbines. Obviously education in WV is terrible. But this guy worships Massey Coal, all you really need to know😂😂😂😂😂

  • @livinginmayvillewi2628
    @livinginmayvillewi262811 ай бұрын

    Love the Appalachia videos, Nick! This guy never fails to put a smile on our face ❤

  • @livinginmayvillewi2628

    @livinginmayvillewi2628

    11 ай бұрын

    Nick, I have to ask. What are the names of the songs/sounds you use in your videos? Always stuck in my head!

  • @robertmoore2049
    @robertmoore204911 ай бұрын

    Thank you Nick for opening our eyes and minds to parts of America 🇺🇸 many of us may never see. Nice new profile picture, friend!

  • @archgaden
    @archgaden11 ай бұрын

    I grew up middle class in WV, and there are plenty of nicer neighborhoods to. I had a wonderful childhood with a large park and endless forests to play around in. I don't think I could have asked for a better place to grow up, and schools I went to were pretty good. They didn't have the best facilities, but the teachers cared, and there was some sense of community. Poverty is a bigger problem in WV than most states, and that's really just the result of the world turning away from coal power and automation of those industries really. Coal was the one big thing that made WV, and as that declines, the state goes with it. WV doesn't have a lot of flat land, so it can't be agricultural powerhouse. Building on hills and mountains is more expensive in general, so there's a larger infrastructure cost to bare. Given the lack of opportunities, many young people leave for other states, leaving it with an older population, and a lack of people to even need to maintain what's already there. It's in a slow death spiral, which really wears on the morale of the population there in general. When you've got little to do and not much hope, I guess drugs would become a huge problem. I never saw much of the drug problem personally though. I don't know what could be done to bring WV back. You have some chemical industry along the river, where it's convenient for water access for transportation and use, as well as the rail that tends to follow the river. There's probably about as much of that as you can get though, and that with what's left of the coal mining is what keeps the state going. Coal power probably isn't going to see a resurgence. You could probably move in some more manufacturing, except we're mostly exporting that overseas these days. If you could keep the smarter youth around, you could move in some information industry, but that's a chicken and egg problem. It's a tough problem and a lot of the US is in the same boat. We're probably doomed until we decay enough to be cheap enough to bring back manufacturing or AI drives us to a post scarcity economy.

  • @jimgiordano3613

    @jimgiordano3613

    11 ай бұрын

    The whole area is a dump.

  • @rebeccalindley153

    @rebeccalindley153

    11 ай бұрын

    A great take on the situation.

  • @gregorymoats4007

    @gregorymoats4007

    10 ай бұрын

    Exactly. A death spiral indeed…and folks tend to cling to every last breath they can gasp

  • @NeftyPR
    @NeftyPR11 ай бұрын

    greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    ❤️ 🇵🇷

  • @1776concernedcitizen
    @1776concernedcitizen10 ай бұрын

    I'm an East Tennessean eho is proud of my heritage. My family helped build America, from the early 1770s, coming from Alsace on the Robert and Alice to Philadelphia. They were poor German immigrants who have contributed as well as benefited from the liberty of our great country. Some think holding on to the values of faith in God and self reliance are backward. The drug addiction and poverty problems you see across America aren't a repudiation of traditional values. It's what happens when you abandon them.

  • @TheSmittel

    @TheSmittel

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Nick asked if its cultural and I think its definitely the issue. It just goes WAAAY back where even drunkenness is somehow normalized in dry counties etc. But business wise you want restaurants they need to make some alcohol sales etc. NOW, thanks to internet access, and educating ourselves suburban and urban folk are like: “Our money’s basically unstable, we’re giving up food security, more functional farms, mineral rights, and all these things communities can develop out of ANYTHING that can hold value over a fiat currency.

  • @tessa5234

    @tessa5234

    10 ай бұрын

    My father's family also immigrated from the Alsace region and my family tree has been traced back to the late 1600s! My heart is still in southeastern Kentucky even though I've resided in middle Tennessee for many years now.

  • @b469b

    @b469b

    8 ай бұрын

    Drug addiction has nothing to do with your god!

  • @anastasiakakoulidou-karama4569
    @anastasiakakoulidou-karama456911 ай бұрын

    What touches me the most is, if you noticed, the American flags everywhere! Someone should care for these people! Don't you think? Anastasia from Greece🇬🇷 God bless America and Greece.

  • @scottandcoke1342

    @scottandcoke1342

    11 ай бұрын

    America is a plutocracy. They don't give a shit about the poor and no amount of American flags or bible bashing is going to change that.

  • @kenhofer8063

    @kenhofer8063

    11 ай бұрын

    Nobody forced them to live that way

  • @sookietrueblood-gp4sd

    @sookietrueblood-gp4sd

    11 ай бұрын

    Hello to you in beautiful Greece ! Thank you for caring about the USA! Are you near the fire areas there? How sad, God bless all in Greece and especially those in the fire zone. Stay safe my friend❤.

  • @DeanDewnuffun

    @DeanDewnuffun

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@kenhofer8063 these people have been abandoned for a century or longer. American government has promised Appalachian people help for decades. Instead the coal mines have been shut down, and that was the only industry in the region to provide employment for many. No libraries with free internet, no public transportation, no fast food, no Wal mart for employment. No social services. The further off highway you travel, the less roads are maintained. Locals paint big rocks orange to mark the biggest potholes. Meanwhile, look to cities where all manner of infrastructure is provided. Social service offices, employment, public transportation.

  • @anastasiakakoulidou-karama4569

    @anastasiakakoulidou-karama4569

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sookietrueblood-gp4sd ⚘️

  • @Zambineaux305
    @Zambineaux30511 ай бұрын

    Nick, congrats on the road to 1 million. Hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.

  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson11 ай бұрын

    Here's my Entire Appalachia Trip Playlist: kzread.info/head/PLq-_cmf3H6yrVA4HLAJ9hgylkyIiI4Az6 And if you need help finding a place to move, I do consulting. I can help you pick where to move and get you a real estate agent, too. Email me! NickJohnsonNC18@gmail.com

  • @gwgrote5

    @gwgrote5

    11 ай бұрын

    You should send this video to Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul. Thank you for your eye-opening videos.

  • @rogerburn5132

    @rogerburn5132

    11 ай бұрын

    Nick just to say Brilliant Professional Video Very informative I enjoy all your Videos and it's horrible to see What sorry state America is in this one's Great country. Your Program should be shown on the National TV. So evry American person can see it and understand. the. collapse of the American Empire from me evry time 👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Queenthepjs

    @Queenthepjs

    11 ай бұрын

    I would love for you to help me find a better place to live

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    Email me! NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

  • @babydriver8134

    @babydriver8134

    11 ай бұрын

    A shame the way you presented this. Drug addiction's root cause is no job and nothing to do. It's easier to stay high rather than wallow in your despair. Just look at all of government corruption, these people are trapped. Jesus is our only hope, bless and thank HIM for the blessing your travels.

  • @Jacktors
    @Jacktors11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the videos. Very informative Nick. I like when you interview the locals so as to get the feel of the culture. Please do more of that. You look sincere in your approach to enlightening and try to bring positive change. Thanks

  • @tm100pct7
    @tm100pct711 ай бұрын

    Nick you are probably the one Yankee who gets it. You grow up like this and you never get over it. It's like you are from another world when you go down the mountain.

  • @acf894

    @acf894

    11 ай бұрын

    He's from Southern California...

  • @tm100pct7

    @tm100pct7

    11 ай бұрын

    @@acf894 That ain't the South.

  • @conservativehippie9736

    @conservativehippie9736

    11 ай бұрын

    Not a "Yankee" he's a westerner...BIG difference. My entire family is from the South...TN, AR & MO...Hillbillies fs born and raised for generations and I love them so much yet they don't really use the term Yankees etc. They state the appropriate states tho lol!

  • @infinitycosmos4723

    @infinitycosmos4723

    10 ай бұрын

    He grew up in a place like the desolate places in this video??

  • @tm100pct7

    @tm100pct7

    10 ай бұрын

    @conservativehippie9736 You ain't though. You don't know what you are talking about. My grandpa was in the Second World War but I don't know shit from shinola about fighting the Japanese. What your family did or knows or says don't make no difference.

  • @cowboyofscience7611
    @cowboyofscience761111 ай бұрын

    You were in my neighborhood when you were in Chattanooga. I live around 20-25 miles south of there in Georgia. That man was right about the place: There are two strata in "The Noog," The well-off and the poor, and there's not much in between! It's a very nice town--although not as nice as Nashville. I've lived here in Appalachia all but 20 years of my life (I was an archaeologist in those years, and traveled pretty much the entire time) and I've seen the poverty levels go from being everywhere in the 60's, to being almost eradicated in the area I'm from in North Georgia. Great video! Thanks...

  • @cindakellogg1307
    @cindakellogg130711 ай бұрын

    It's GOOD for me to see this...reminds me just how BLESSED I am.

  • @maybenot1234
    @maybenot123411 ай бұрын

    Love your videos - Especially the modulation of your voice. It's like we're friends chillin' and cruising around touring and commentating. Thanks for showing us parts of the country we're likely to never visit ❤

  • @MikeRuh01
    @MikeRuh0111 ай бұрын

    Oh, I remember watching this one before. And the pist-off guy that kicked ya out didn't even want to hear why ya were grabbing an extra blanket. It was probably best ya left Nick, It kept ya from catching something

  • @renafielding945
    @renafielding94510 ай бұрын

    I have traveled the world in my life, and about thirty years ago I found my most beautiful home of my heart: Appalachia. I will never leave until I am put in the ground, in the little bitty cemetery just down the road.

  • @LostinMIA
    @LostinMIA10 ай бұрын

    If we can stop the drug addiction plague and get people back to working hard with pride as well as caring for each other we would be so much better!

  • @vivekvicky2595
    @vivekvicky259511 ай бұрын

    Thanks for showing us rural US. Love from India.

  • @rvk8991

    @rvk8991

    11 ай бұрын

    just be glad you don't have a bunch of drug addicted hillbillies in your country.

  • @marktwaine9344

    @marktwaine9344

    11 ай бұрын

    this is some, but yes, rural US is the poorer sections of our country...

  • @russellseilhamer4552
    @russellseilhamer455211 ай бұрын

    I’ve been to West Virginia and I’ve noticed that the first 30 to 50 miles just south of the PA border are thriving. A lot of ppl who live in northwest West Virginia particularly on the I-79 corridor work in Pennsylvania. The far southern suburbs of Pittsburgh are only 35 miles south of Morgantown. That part of WVA is growing and since Morgantown is a college town it is not surprising that it would be more liberal. In central PA where I live all of the counties are conservative ( Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Cambria, Clinton, Lycoming) The only county that is liberal in our part of the state is Centre; that’s where Penn State is in State College. I still think Nick you should do a tour of central PA. I don’t think you’ll see the crazy poverty here that you saw in Southern Appalachia but it is beautiful up here and the ppl are definitely interesting

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I have a central PA video coming out at some point!

  • @user-od5fh3gn4d

    @user-od5fh3gn4d

    7 ай бұрын

    I agree

  • @thegingerfanman92
    @thegingerfanman9210 ай бұрын

    Absolutely love your videos you pretty much explained everything in Appalachia quite well when I lived in Virginia in that region is like that especially in the coalfields it’s crazy on how many of these places were huge at one time and now it’s almost abandoned

  • @LAVirgo67
    @LAVirgo6711 ай бұрын

    I've been working on my husband's genealogy dating back to the 1700s. His ancestors landed in Boston, MA when they could not make a living in Ireland. Then they moved to Kentucky when his people saw better opportunities out there. Right about the time of the Civil War, many of his ancestors made their way out of Kentucky and out to Missouri. When they weren't cutting it in Missouri, they moved to California in the 1920s. Most of his ancestors stayed in the South & Mid-west no more than a generation or two, but not more. It's the great American migration story. Most Americans have had to stay on the move for survival. Some have been able to stay put by connecting to bigger communities or cities. Rural living is brutal, unless you have a means to support yourself independently. Sadly, many of those living in the Appalachian area are still waiting for coal mining to return, but the reality is that it won't ever come back. They need to accept & move on just like their ancestors.

  • @danielmiller1753

    @danielmiller1753

    11 ай бұрын

    what do you think is going to power this all electric transportation future they want to build.maybe potatoes?😂coal is coming back

  • @amberkat8147

    @amberkat8147

    11 ай бұрын

    @@danielmiller1753 Solar, wind, water, geothermal, lots of combinations.

  • @whopper5150209

    @whopper5150209

    11 ай бұрын

    @@amberkat8147Do some research most of those besides water and geothermal are highly cost prohibitive. Solar panels need cleaning are expensive and they wear out for example they are currently tearing down a lot of the windmills here in California for multiple reasons.

  • @danielmiller1753

    @danielmiller1753

    11 ай бұрын

    @@amberkat8147 🤣🤣🤣 be realistic

  • @iridescentsea3730

    @iridescentsea3730

    10 ай бұрын

    You know, I've been reading comments lately on all sorts of websites, from youngish people (in their 20s and 30s) complaining that they don't want to have to leave their birth place to find gainful employment and opportunity. They say it's not fair that bad leadership means they must leave behind everything and everyone they ever knew and travel hundreds of miles away just to have the quality of life they feel they deserve. I can empathize with that, and I think it's a valid position to hold. However, I don't think it's realistic to expect that to be the default. People of all races and nationalities throughout all of human history have migrated around seeking better opportunity, or perhaps forced out against their will by terrible weather, natural disasters, or a stronger group of people. Nobody is really so special or blessed that they have a guarantee of never needing to uproot their lives in order to achieve what they want to achieve and attain what they want to attain.

  • @AnaJimenez-to5km
    @AnaJimenez-to5km11 ай бұрын

    Hi, Nick.I love the work you do.I feel like going right next to you while you are driving throughout the 🇺🇸 .I, personally, have learned many things.So sad for those places that are dying.

  • @KCFromTheIE
    @KCFromTheIE11 ай бұрын

    Love your videos Nick! Keep crushing it!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    You too! Let's ride a plane today!

  • @deniseshephard3347
    @deniseshephard33479 ай бұрын

    Thank you Nick for these videos the places you travel it’s rather interesting to see how the other people and struggle and survive but also the dangers

  • @Vader1957
    @Vader195711 ай бұрын

    "Try that in a small town" I have had the opportunity to drive coast to coast a few times. For every nice small town, there are 10 that are just dead or dying. It's sad to see. Both parties have given up on the small towns. Rust in peace.

  • @TheHamburgler123

    @TheHamburgler123

    11 ай бұрын

    Same as it ever was. Town gets settled and there's enough opportunity to support livelihoods and families. Then opportunities become more scarce and young people leave in droves to seek out work elsewhere. The older people are left behind, with very few young people to replace them. Old people start to die off and so does the town. Lather, rinse, repeat.

  • @decacards5250
    @decacards525011 ай бұрын

    Keep up the good work, Nick. I've been to Appalachia too.

  • @faustwatsche
    @faustwatsche11 ай бұрын

    Again an awesome Video!

  • @rogerburn5132
    @rogerburn513211 ай бұрын

    Brilliant Very Professional Video From Nick Very informative. NICK BIG THANKS 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @durelltrago62
    @durelltrago6210 ай бұрын

    Your videos are awesome! Thank you so much. I enjoy them all.

  • @nicolen.9642
    @nicolen.964211 ай бұрын

    Pretty desolate. Some of my friends live in WV: Summersville, Craigsville, Webster Springs. They're aware but they're really fond of WV and the Appalachian culture (music). Thanks Nick !

  • @nickivy9758
    @nickivy975811 ай бұрын

    Love your videos keep at it

  • @happydays2300
    @happydays230011 ай бұрын

    Well, at around @32:22 I really got interested. I have viewed your well narrated, well reported, interestingly videoed travels for a while for reasons that will be revealed later, but , I too come from a mining state. And I sat right up and listened to that erudite gentleman you were interviewing. Thank You Both Very Much For You Time. Great conversation.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    👍 ok!

  • @PWPeteW1
    @PWPeteW111 ай бұрын

    Great content as usual. Nick, you deserve to have 1M subscribers. Also, you should have a T-shirt that says, "What the d--n hell!" with it spelled out (though I think the platform wouldn't allow it in the store). You're one of my favorite channels.

  • @kenthespeaker6901
    @kenthespeaker690111 ай бұрын

    Hey Nick.This just may be your best video yet.I think that I watched them all.Maybe I'm just over fascinated with West Virginia,out of all 50 states.Been in Indiana all my life,68 years now.Still close to my birth place of Gary In. You drove thru that charming city.lol.Oh yea,Josh is one of your best guest speakers,in my humble opinion.He sounds very intelligent.BIG thumbs up on this one.👍✌

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I like josh a lot.

  • @uuaa9482
    @uuaa948211 ай бұрын

    Loyal subscriber here. I really enjoy your videos and seeing different parts of the country. I grew up not too far from Chattanooga. I hope you were able to stop at the Mayfield creamery between Chattanooga and Knoxville.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I was not able to 😢

  • @JJA_88
    @JJA_886 ай бұрын

    I just stumbled across this video and I watched all of it. This is an EXCELLENT VIDEO!

  • @maxhatty
    @maxhatty11 ай бұрын

    The gentleman that mentioned his side of Chattanooga didn't have a grocery store within 5 miles. My guess is theft drove retailers out. It's happening as we speak in CA. Oakland and San Francisco are losing retailers due to theft like crazy.

  • @damonmelendez856

    @damonmelendez856

    11 ай бұрын

    I don’t think there’s many blacks in Appalachia?

  • @maxhatty

    @maxhatty

    11 ай бұрын

    @@damonmelendez856 did I say black? What are you getting at?

  • @jeffharris8166

    @jeffharris8166

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@maxhattyThat's usually who does the crime.... especially in that area. Fyi

  • @jeffharris8166

    @jeffharris8166

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@maxhattySimply open your eyes.... it's actually really easy.

  • @markgordon8146

    @markgordon8146

    10 ай бұрын

    Black people steal???.nooo...loot????...noooo...get a job?? noooooo

  • @lithron
    @lithron11 ай бұрын

    The guest during your interview is knowledgeable and relatable. I really enjoyed this part the most of the whole video

  • @vintageintheraw7730
    @vintageintheraw773011 ай бұрын

    The old mining towns of Colorado were almost as bad in the 1950-65 era, UNTIL the grifter mafia decided that skiing was the most wonderful thing in the world.

  • @TheHamburgler123

    @TheHamburgler123

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm no fan of the big ski conglomerates, but isn't it a good thing that skiing has revived and completely transformed these towns? Or would you prefer they remained poor and destitute?

  • @bethrains3105

    @bethrains3105

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TheHamburgler123 They underpay the employees so badly that they can't live in the towns where they work, so maybe they shouldn't exist at all.

  • @TheHamburgler123

    @TheHamburgler123

    11 ай бұрын

    @bethrains3105 I understand that but would you rather have a town that at least employs some people, including upper management and skilled tradesmen that are actually paid well, or would you prefer another derelict town with no income coming in?

  • @vintageintheraw7730

    @vintageintheraw7730

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TheHamburgler123 I would prefer living as this country was founded, without .gov lying and stealing; without locals allowing BS corps to run roughshod because of shiny propaganda and false promises. Life is no picnic and the lies have led us to this crap.

  • @AdakStillStands
    @AdakStillStands11 ай бұрын

    Today I found out my mortgage company raised my payment $200/mo more than my social security income. After 65 years in Seattle-area Washington, a lifetime, Appalachia (or Oklahoma panhandle) here I come! I've been priced out...

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    Do it! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @hillbillyheaven9508
    @hillbillyheaven95089 ай бұрын

    Really enjoy your videos, my family is from Pike county KY , the same is happening there also ,sad

  • @nbrown5907
    @nbrown590711 ай бұрын

    John Denver - Country Roads is going through my head as I watch this. Things change the old fades and there is new birth and rebirth in a few areas.

  • @thomasdeanda2360
    @thomasdeanda236011 ай бұрын

    The thumbnail is the quintessential question in this moment of history.

  • @muckylady
    @muckylady9 ай бұрын

    What an eye opener. Thanks 👍 xx

  • @annamaria-of3rm
    @annamaria-of3rm11 ай бұрын

    Annamaria : The civilization of a people is measured by the way it treats the poor .

  • @KLGB420
    @KLGB42010 ай бұрын

    A lot of us here already know how to live without help and or money so if SHTF we know how to survive because we're doing it already.

  • @JAN70V
    @JAN70V11 ай бұрын

    Nick, you are great presenter, you show the truth as is. The truth that many people won´t see. You should have an own tv series. But I am sure that recent politics would ban it immediately due to obvious reasons.. Thank you Nick for showing the truth. Keep up your fantastic work!

  • @tudo8412

    @tudo8412

    11 ай бұрын

    100/100…👏👏👏 👍

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm glad people are happy with this

  • @kandycepeterson2482
    @kandycepeterson248211 ай бұрын

    Great video Nick!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner11 ай бұрын

    A+ video! Great Appalachia collection of videos! It's so mindbending!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I wish you weee my college professor

  • @btetschner

    @btetschner

    11 ай бұрын

    @@NickJohnson Did you go to college at Stanford?

  • @clonetrooper8883
    @clonetrooper888311 ай бұрын

    I lived all my life in the county north of McCreary County. Believe it or not, McCreary County has a lot of tourist attractions that the county could potentially build off of. Cumberland Falls State Park, which has one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the region among hiking trails and white water rafting, The Blue Heron recreated mining town, The Big South Fork River Recreation Area which has several horseback trails, hiking trails, campgrounds, shooting ranges, and boat ramps to the Cumberland River, and The Daniel Boone National Forest to name a few. It's baffling that they are unable to capture the economic benefits of its tourism there. I think a lot of it has to do with the local government and the state of mind of its people.

  • @danimalman3
    @danimalman310 ай бұрын

    Growing up in rural Alaska there's something oddly comfortable about these places even though they've mostly been abandoned. Where I'm from its not too different from some of these towns as far as having people that just don't want to move out. However we have places to hunt and gather so it's absolutely viable to live here.

  • @adammyford
    @adammyford5 ай бұрын

    Nick! Love your videos man! I live 30 miles north of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the southern part of Butler County. If you're ever out near Pittsburgh doing a tour, here's a treat: there's a small town named Saxonburg l think you'd love a few miles from where l live in Sarver. From Saxonburg take Bonnie Brook Road to route 422 West and check out Butler Pa, get back on rt 422 and head East and you'll pass Kittanning, Pa and if you stay on Rt 422 east you'll go to Indiana, Pa an awesome college town, recommend Hoss's Seafood & Steakhouse. Continue on Rt 422 and you'll pass towns like Nanty Glo and Ebensburg, which you'll really like Ebensburg, you'll eventually merge onto rt 22 east and that will take you on a 7 mile scenic downhill drive into Altoona Pa, another awesome town with sights ( Horseshoe Curve ), shopping, restaurants, Canoe Creek State Park is nearby. Other great small towns near Altoona are Hollidaysburg ( another small town with charm ) Very scenic drive. I really think you'd fall in love with seeing these towns! Thank you and take care!

  • @CBBC435
    @CBBC43511 ай бұрын

    It has always been like that. I drove through rural Kentucky in the mountains, and mules were hitched to a hitching post in front of a small wooden provisions store. This was back in the 90s.

  • @mikerenningersr7664
    @mikerenningersr766411 ай бұрын

    here in SW PA, we have our mountain people and hollars too. We're so close to WV, sometimes its tough for it to not drift across the border

  • @anthonyencarnacion7203
    @anthonyencarnacion720311 ай бұрын

    I love the part where you talk about the hunten, fishen and four wheelen.. flying a drone would help give us a view of the topography and it's streams,creeks and tributaries.. plus the elevation that make it interesting..

  • @holland9199
    @holland91999 ай бұрын

    I find this very intriguing 😮 I’m glad we have NJ to walk us through 😆 From a Distance … 😹 thank you Nick

  • @katherinehardesty2876
    @katherinehardesty287611 ай бұрын

    What I gather from your videos, alot of this "decay" happens when our nation goes through a transition, ie industrial revolution, etc ..... and towns/cities don't adapt. With our present economic situation and what's to come, I hate to see what more and more of our country's going to look like ....... :/ Great videos and alot of learning! Thank you

  • @1776concernedcitizen

    @1776concernedcitizen

    10 ай бұрын

    Why can't they just move? Well if you've noticed, almost everyone is poor, on federal assistance or drugs, or just old. The problem across America isn't confined to rural southern cities. E.G. San Francisco, Los Angeles. It's cultural decay, loss of values and family ties. The Judeo-Christian values that underpin our nation have been undermined by wickedness and depravity. Get off your high horse. Making fun of those less well off is wrong.

  • @douglasphillips24
    @douglasphillips242 ай бұрын

    I moved away from my Appalachian mountains home at 18 and came back at 24 and it's been a struggle with addiction, low pay, but thank God I had a mother who prayed for few years ago her prayers were answered in 2020 and I gave my life to the Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. The Lord hast delivered me from many addictions, lifted my health and countenance up through hiking these beautiful Appalachian mountains and studying God's Word. I now have peace beyond all understanding, joy and although I don't have much in this life I'm blessed in The ways of The Lord through Faith in the blood of Jesus Christ the Righteous.

  • @stevesyverson8625
    @stevesyverson862511 ай бұрын

    As always another introspective glance at the state of affairs in America. Well done.

  • @JuanMedina-jn6wb
    @JuanMedina-jn6wb9 ай бұрын

    I am a follower of your channel, great videos

  • @chucklima4763
    @chucklima476311 ай бұрын

    keep up the great work you and Briggs to a great job

  • @Ekkis25
    @Ekkis2511 ай бұрын

    ..."better not try and change any of that, you've been warned" How very Jason Aldean of you!

  • @WubiWatkins
    @WubiWatkins11 ай бұрын

    When the TVA came into the Tennessee and West Virginia and all of that those people got lied to for 50 years by the representatives kept telling him those coal mining jobs were coming back many of these people use their savings to get by until it was too late to move come on Nick tell the whole story of why these people are so down and out and if everybody's so down and out where do you get the money for the drugs

  • @rodpatterson9731

    @rodpatterson9731

    11 ай бұрын

    TVA in West Virginia? NOT!

  • @WubiWatkins

    @WubiWatkins

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rodpatterson9731 not that name but the same type of organization and all your leaders I've been watching it for 40 years they keep telling you that coal mining is coming back

  • @l.ls.8890
    @l.ls.889011 ай бұрын

    These are always very sobering video Nick, keep up the good work. Perhaps one day America will make it back.

  • @Rjisawake
    @Rjisawake10 ай бұрын

    Love how you starting the video with the sign swinging lol very creative

  • @Shannonbarnesdr1
    @Shannonbarnesdr111 ай бұрын

    cockfighting is illegal, and it really is cruel, if you look into it and learn the details of it and how it effects the birds: but sadly these hillbillies have no concept of others suffering and they simply dont care, and what aw enforcement is around there often engages in stuff like that, the ones who dont, wont shut em down because of the gambling , drugs, and violence that comes along with it.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    That man is a lot smarter than you are.

  • @Bornjamerican24

    @Bornjamerican24

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@NickJohnson lol don't be mean, Nick

  • @tomgray3804
    @tomgray380411 ай бұрын

    I'm from Cinci. One of my fav things to do is take backroads and look at towns like these. Most of Kentucky outside of the greater cinci area, Frankfort, and Louisville and lexington looks like this. A lot of places in Indiana too. We were a first world country at one time. These towns, the state of our infrastructure, and our hospitals proves we are anything but that now. Our only real export at this point is american culture, that can't last forever.

  • @BranBlogs

    @BranBlogs

    10 ай бұрын

    Dude only shows the bad not the good 😂of McCreary I promise you McCreary not bad as this man showed I the video he showed known druggie hot spots not actually civil ppl homes are actually nice and clean

  • @Mustang5458

    @Mustang5458

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm also from Cincinnati. I don't think Louisville looks like these videos only down by the river. My daughter lives there in a $475,000 home..Cinti also looks like this downtown and in certain areas..Most are upper class here. Indian Hill is an area by where I live. Plenty green here. Parks, bike trails, shopping, churches, grocery stores. I believe there isn't a town in America that doesn't have alittle bit of these videos in them..Thanks to our president, companies closed, people laid off, malls closed, oil companies shut down, coal shut down.

  • @BranBlogs

    @BranBlogs

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Mustang5458 like the car wash part that wasn't even in McCreary it was in Oneida Tennessee

  • @damonhill7159
    @damonhill715911 ай бұрын

    Another great video.

  • @benjaminmendenhall4497
    @benjaminmendenhall449710 ай бұрын

    You did a great job for talking about the history of wv and this is very cool that you went through the all the cole towns out there and this is very cool and very interesting to me Nick

  • @michaelholt8590
    @michaelholt85907 ай бұрын

    I live in Carter County in Tennessee and its not all this bad. Most of the agriculture jobs are gone but many places have good manufacturing facilities that pay well. You can make a good living on the same money that you would be homeless with in many other places. Yes many of us never leave. I only left when i joined the Army and once my enlistment was over i came back. The mountains call to me and i plan on being laid to rest here

  • @glen46823
    @glen4682311 ай бұрын

    These look like people who have only seen the lows of life, not the highs.

  • @tcwhite0104
    @tcwhite010411 ай бұрын

    Love the video brother..States with the infamous ground cover Kudzo vine.. lol I'm from Chattanooga, you need to get over to Cleveland, Ooltewah and Collegedale.. I never remember Chattanooga being bad born and raised there. 59-88

  • @charlesmcclarty3054
    @charlesmcclarty305411 ай бұрын

    Seeing those places Nick makes me a little glad that I am still in Jacksonville, Florida. I visited Columbus Ohio in April 2023 and besides student protests on a regular basis there was extreme price gouging on hotels, some restaurants and most businesses. ex. being charged $220 plus a security deposit of $150 for one night with a return of deposit on your card if you are lucky in 2 weeks. It is bad to worse in all of the the U.S. now. Just have to pick what bad you are willing to accept. Thank you Nick for all you do.

  • @searchingthetrails795

    @searchingthetrails795

    11 ай бұрын

    If you don't mind me asking, how is the cost of living there in Jacksonville. I know central and south Florida are becoming unaffordable for a lot of people. I've heard northern Florida is still pretty affordable. What's your assessment?

  • @charlesmcclarty3054

    @charlesmcclarty3054

    11 ай бұрын

    @@searchingthetrails795 it is approaching more than the national average on cost of living, however, there are still plenty affordable options just got to really search to find them. Ex. Craig's list, local city publications, word of mouth and underground sources not known to the public. 🙂

  • @Expinupgirl

    @Expinupgirl

    10 ай бұрын

    I lived in Columbus, Ohio 3 years and Jacksonville, Florida 12 years. So glad to be back home in Nevada.

  • @Winters_Folly
    @Winters_Folly10 ай бұрын

    Appalachia will never die

  • @cyberdel
    @cyberdel10 ай бұрын

    This is by far one of your best videos.

  • @sbrazwell42
    @sbrazwell4210 ай бұрын

    Very good interview.

  • @dougi1967
    @dougi196711 ай бұрын

    Those gas pumps at the beginning remind me of all the old gas stations in the Midwest we always stopped at. When the gas cap was behind the rear license plate!

  • @aarontooley570
    @aarontooley57011 ай бұрын

    Best part of the video is the interview at the end

  • @JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life
    @JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life11 ай бұрын

    These videos were instrumental in helping me make the decision to avoid WV and continue looking into the Oregon Coast region for my future move. God bless you! Thank you!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    Coos Bay

  • @cherylcook1942

    @cherylcook1942

    10 ай бұрын

    Solid decision.

  • @EkulGgats
    @EkulGgats10 ай бұрын

    Good vid

  • @markfarrell3671
    @markfarrell367111 ай бұрын

    I love your content

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm glad!

  • @jim2791
    @jim279111 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Nick. I don't actually want to travel but I want to see the country you know?

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    I understand

  • @annhowcroft9493
    @annhowcroft949311 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @scottc.5142
    @scottc.514210 ай бұрын

    Nick, you have the perfect voice for this...

  • @karen1422
    @karen142211 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for pronouncing the name of my hometown Chattanooga correctly!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    There's a wrong way to say it?

  • @suemccord2633
    @suemccord263311 ай бұрын

    That's exactly what I saw when traveling to an inspection job in Pennsylvania way up on Arnott Mountain. I live in small town Oregon. It was shocking to say the least. I've traveled this whole country doing Industrial Radiography. Pipelines, refineries, new facilities and old. I have never seen poverty on the scale of W. VIRGINIA, Kentucky. Devastating 😢😢

  • @bw33X
    @bw33X4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Josh, for sharing your information about the state. I hope and pray everything goes right for all the struggling states. We need to do more. My belief is that people coming together can better their communities. I don't believe in politicians anymore.

  • @MsBilko
    @MsBilko11 ай бұрын

    G,day Nick I follow your channel from KZread and I love it, the you explain it is fantastic, thank you for effort, all the best dear Nick

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    11 ай бұрын

    Awesome, thank you!

  • @midcenturymodern9330
    @midcenturymodern933010 ай бұрын

    Things in town are unwell when even Walmart and 99-cent stores can't keep the lights on. One thing I noticed when I traveled through those poorer states is that the people are genuinely friendly and kind. I don't see that in my home state of (what's left of) California anymore. I guess it's a proof that money doesn't buy happiness. I've met many happy poorer people and I also met quite a few wealthy, but mean and miserable people. One last thing, it is clear to me now that our "elected representatives" do not represent us at all.