I Went To The Most Republican County In America
Wait. THIS is where all the conservatives live? What happened to the place?
If I were to compare how the liberals live versus where the conservatives live in West Virginia, well, you watch and tell me what YOU think. Seems like red land is a lot more behind the times. The reality here is not uplifting.
I’m here because I’ve always found it interesting that some of the poorest places in this country vote the hardest red they can.
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@captainflannel8558
Жыл бұрын
yuppies leasing up land for hunting has gotting ridiculous its ruined hunting for the comman man and alot more
@magiccheeseball
Жыл бұрын
@@sharongoodsell9341 it's in the north the leaves fall of the trees in the winter. They are very green in the summer and change beautiful reds oranges and ysllows in the fall then fall off it' dose that for the snow in the winter. Only the evergreen pine trees stay green the ones that look like Christmas trees they are pointy so they can handle snow a lot of those in higher elevation mountains l love the seasons i live in central Florida we don't have that we don't get snow or have mountains
@mikes3827
Жыл бұрын
Nick, as usual, excellent video and narration skills. I think I can tell why in a relatively short time (as in a decade, more or less), West Virginia went from VERY solid blue state to red state. As most of my family and I are from "Kennedy country" (i.e. Greater Boston), JFK in particular was HUGELY popular in VW because his policies helped literally connect people and jobs (particularly coalmining jobs). The Kennedy administration funded highway construction, worker training programs, and area development at levels the state had never before experienced. Kennedy’s relationship with West Virginia helped create a new cultural identity of West Virginians as proud, hardworking people. And even though WV was only around 5% Catholic during the 1960 campaign, West Virginians were taken by JFK's natural charisma, good looks and vision to help West Virginian citizens, as JFK spent a LOT of time in WV, sitting on front porches talking to many citizens of the state, as he ended up spending a LOT of time in VW vs. other states. So not only did he win WV pretty handily, but the pro-economic projects JFK campaigned on came to fruition, and consequently began a LOOOOONG love affair between West Virginians and JFK, and by extension, the Democrat Party, that lasted for decades. But as anyone with a pair of working eyes and ears can see/hear, today's Democrat Party is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (i.e. perverted and crazy) vs. what it was when JFK was President. For example, a famous JFK quote: "A rising tide lifts all boats" was in reference to using tax incentives to drive economic growth, which has been proven correct time and again (latest example was 2018 report from America's largest small biz organization, the Nat'l Federation of Independent Business, showing unprecedented prosperity AND enthusiasm (2018 Enthusiasm Index Survey) among small biz owners, citing Trump's slashing of corporate taxes and fewer regulations as the main catalysts).
@magiccheeseball
Жыл бұрын
Oh cool thanks!
@Perfectly-Imperfect
Жыл бұрын
Hey Nick that’s some of those trail riders I was talking about..Hatfield-McCoy Trails. I’m originally from the Gilbert area where they have the annual Trail Fest. My bf and his band played at the last Trail Fest & are scheduled for next year.
I would rather live in an old trailer in WV than a million dollar house in California.
@poncho828
Жыл бұрын
Nah. There's more things to do in California.
@seanberthiaume6909
Жыл бұрын
I do heehee Leroy WV...
@Art_V101
Жыл бұрын
Places are expensive for a reason,just like why places are cheap and why the houses in this dumpster fire might go for $5-$10K soon.Some of these people who live here are probably good people and they're concerned about the outside world but things arent changing,the best places to live are evenly split between liberals and conservatives and neither of them are too hardcore on either end.
@bigmaxcc
Жыл бұрын
I can’t leave Colorado I love this place greatest place on earth
@jeffandkrisiebarron2126
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
Sickening how people with money is so quick to condemn people with out
@txnmia8613
Жыл бұрын
It's the American way
@clems6989
11 ай бұрын
Always been that way...
@debistewart8201
11 ай бұрын
When I watch everyday working folks talk about what's going on in the world, I hear common sense, knowledge and truth without the eloquent speech. Educated elite people these days are just indoctrinated. They can't think for themselves.
@pappydanny58
10 ай бұрын
@@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34 ???
@pappydanny58
10 ай бұрын
I worked at a small family owned amusement park. One of the girls that worked there family was well off another girl lived in a trailer park one day I walked in while the well off girl was telling management about the girl that lived in the trailer park was trailer park trash and nothing was good about her and shouldn’t be working there but I new the girl that lived in the trailer park and everything negative thing said about her was a lie
These people seem to be the salt of the earth type. Honest and hard working, they just need something to do. God bless them.
@mikehunt368
10 ай бұрын
hard working for no money by the looks of it 🤔
@birdstwin1186
9 ай бұрын
Maybe vote for better local leaders? And not just repubs?
@8Oblivion_Lost8
9 ай бұрын
White trash is white trash
@8Oblivion_Lost8
9 ай бұрын
These people are in reality full of hate of anyone that isn't one of them, especially if you have money.
@BD-wn6vk
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, like every big city liberal shit hole in this country I guess? @@birdstwin1186
I grew up in NYC & can't imagine ever going back to that city existence. Give me the quiet joy of rural life all day every day.
@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth
10 ай бұрын
How's Arnold Ziffel doing these days? 😄
@loriannrichardson7644
10 ай бұрын
Oceana awaits your arrival.
@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth
10 ай бұрын
@@loriannrichardson7644 wrongthink detected
@husky6981
10 ай бұрын
I moved to Wyoming county from nyc which is kinda similar to you
@birdstwin1186
9 ай бұрын
You can have the depressing nothingness of rural life. Enjoy the asociality.
I don’t associate politics with being poor. You can be poor no matter who you vote for or don’t vote for!!!
@JonasMatthewBahta
Жыл бұрын
I highly agree, it’s kind of 50-50. It’s sometimes the result of our choices but it’s sometimes also the unfortunate circumstances we are put in. I think one big problem is many people expect government to solve all of our problems and blame either of the parties when something does not go their way.
@donpablo2170
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Location location location
@libertykim6438
Жыл бұрын
Best comment!
@oXMrsWarriorXo
Жыл бұрын
It's about location not politics. I live in a very red county in Florida and we have beautiful Destin here with rows of million dollar homes. It's location.
@dm44444
Жыл бұрын
Yea it seems to be more location and industry based than anything else.
My grandfather was a miner in Logan County in the 1920s. The coal companies didn't pay wages in cash, they paid in script which was only redeemable at the "company store". West Virginia was poor when the mines were flourishing and it's poor after they closed down. These parts of Appalachia are like any other colonial society in the world. Once the "colonizers", in this case the coal companies, use up the resources and human capital they take the wealth and leave. They always leave behind a trail of poverty and hopelessness which in turn leads to dysfunction and addiction. That is a cold, hard fact...
@FOERTYFIVERS45
Жыл бұрын
My family were also coalminers in Logan County...i been there once .
@LoremLipsumz
Жыл бұрын
Facts
@robinsuggs2169
Жыл бұрын
@@JOHNDANIEL1 So "capitalists" are now considered "leftists"? Interesting... Warren G. Harding, a Republican, was the one who actually ordered the dropping of bombs from aircraft on the coal miners (US citizens) during the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. Republican or Democrat, they are both owned by the same corporate interests. If we are to be partisan in assigning blame for the ills of this country we must place all the blame squarely on the Republicans and Democrats. Both parties have maintained a monopoly on power in the US for over 160 years... might as well call them Republicrats because there's not a nickel's worth of difference between either party.
@billturner8377
Жыл бұрын
You are right😝 my grandfather did same thing. Worked for a company that had company stores. He got paid in script only good at their stores. So you get paid and then give it right back. Its called slavery. Slavery comes in alot of colors not just black😢😢😢
@lisaleary747
Жыл бұрын
“ I owe my soul to the company store “ Tennessee Ernie ford ! Great song 🎵
I am a german woman and had a road trip through this area years ago and I loved it. People are very funny and freandly. They may not have much money but they know how to survive any kind of situation.
Shut the power off for 6 months and these people would be the ones to survive.
@debigodsey
4 ай бұрын
💯
@gl9855
2 ай бұрын
And this 5hithead wouldn't know what to do
@walkingwithtretz
2 ай бұрын
YEP
@sassysoutherngirl7658
2 ай бұрын
100
@dehydratedmanatee3586
2 ай бұрын
What's your point? Is that going to happen in the near future or ever?
If you are expecting any politician to come along and make your life better, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
@Andrew-3445
11 ай бұрын
"If you're waiting for the Government to change your life, then you have no life".
@mattg7271
11 ай бұрын
Not really. My life was exponentially under trump
@ryanoglesbee1075
11 ай бұрын
You know you're in real trouble when you hear the words "I'm with the government, and I'm here to help"
@kjaubrey4816
11 ай бұрын
@@ryanoglesbee1075 Ronald Reagan!
@wynfrithnichtwo8423
11 ай бұрын
Stop stealing the government hates competition.
I took a train trip through Germany about five years ago. Along the way, I noticed almost every rural town seemed well-kept and had at least one sizable factory near the tracks. My impression was that the Germans must not have outsourced a lot of their industry to China (and other places) like our politicians and corporate leaders did. Once you eliminate good income opportunities from a community, you have basically killed it and people will leave or just hang on as best they can.
@Puretea4711
Жыл бұрын
must be a long time ago dude.... greetings from germoney
@johnsyler8580
Жыл бұрын
I noticed that about Germany also. Here in the Missouri Ozarks similar things affected our economy and towns as happened in Appalachian communities. Our major industry was dairy as well as small industries throughout the state. The government ruined all of it.
@MultiRingtail
Жыл бұрын
They did outsource. Just look at where the BMW factories are located and why German unemployment rate is higher than American.
@faheemabbas3965
Жыл бұрын
@@MultiRingtail BMW’s biggest factory is in the US. I believe many of their SUVs sold in Germany are actually made at their Spartanburg plant in South Carolina then exported there.
@alexmobil7463
Жыл бұрын
Oooh yes we have outsource as you said a lot of our industry in China and now that is a major issue in the whole EU!! Now we are very carefull with the Chinese and we are trying to win our independence back it is terrible what ig going on with the export of know how and now we know hoy dangerous this it has been now many companies are thinking twice before they will invest in China. We re also paying the price for all these neoliberal thinking for profit. The only think that was count was the Share Holder Value till the chinese have bought all our brain. Greed and the free enterprise is the problem of our society and the free woorld needs to rethink and react before our world will become chinese or something.
PRIME example of why these political parties are (say it with me) TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN! We have to band together and save ourselves.
@loriannrichardson7644
10 ай бұрын
What are you talking about -- they vote for this.
@spuriouseffect
9 ай бұрын
@@loriannrichardson7644 West Virginia was a Democrat State for the entire 20th century, and Republicans used to look down on them for being poor. Now Democrats look down on West Virginians for being poor. It's funny how that works. Both Parties failed these people. They allowed huge corporations to rape their land and leave the mess for the people to pay to clean up. So you don't know WTF you're talking about.
@loralarose9615
10 күн бұрын
Not hardly that could nt West Virginia is democrat in the cities . to they vote they own those trailers.
@loralarose9615
10 күн бұрын
They own the land s and the trailers It’s safer that than a dem city @@loriannrichardson7644 3:13
this is amazing testimonial from Jima Dunigan, she is outspoken and truthful and I would enjoy meeting with her and staying in her establishment.
Walmart killed Mom and Pop stores, then moved out. Shame on them 😕
@collinsje5
Жыл бұрын
WalMart is fucking evil.
@truth4004
Жыл бұрын
And amazon.
@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
Жыл бұрын
All good Republicans
@asiandwanemeighan6479
Жыл бұрын
Capitalism is awesome, if you don't like it, get out 😅
@dailynews5683
11 ай бұрын
@@asiandwanemeighan6479 Capitalism is a good system when compared to other economic systems seen through human history. The problem now, though, is late-stage capitalism where 1% of the total population owns more wealth than the rest of the 99% combined. It turns out that people are selfish and greedy, and once they get money they will hoard it all even though they could never spend it all in 10 lifetimes. This isn't necessarily a problem with capitalism itself, but it is a problem when you *combine* capitalism with a humans instinctive propensity towards greed.
I watched a documentary about Appalachia, and a woman said, " We didn't know we was in poverty until the government came here and told us we was."
@bartlebyscrivener674
Жыл бұрын
That's nothing to be proud of...
@acme_tnt8741
Жыл бұрын
@@bartlebyscrivener674 how isn't it?
@davidgray1515
Жыл бұрын
@@acme_tnt8741 DUHHHHHH
@ColonizerChan
Жыл бұрын
Yeah ik the one you're mentioning. If ya search Appalachian English, it'll be one of them documentaries someone made cuts of into 10 minutes or so. Original one is bout an hour or so. Got one of them shinners in it too, popcorn or something like that was the gentleman's name. And yeah. Appalachia has always been poor. Spent a long while out there, and it's something.
@ColonizerChan
Жыл бұрын
@@acme_tnt8741 Cause there is better living to be had. It's fine to do with less, but when folks can't afford medical anything or the water comes out of the fountain looking like milk and tasting like salt from old piping... ya learn that some things can and should be better. Folks can't do everything on their own
Places like Philadelphia, Detroit, and Baltimore are, like West Virginia, among some of the poorest places in the country. And they vote staunchly Democrat. So I guess, at the very least we can all agree that neither side is really doing a whole lot for any of us, am I right?
I take this any day over L.A. or NYC or Chicago. I love peace and quiet and nature.
I noticed the town looks clean and quiet. Although people may not have a lot of money it looks like they're at least trying. Being poor doesn't mean you are unorganized or unclean. Being rich doesn't automatically make you clean nor does it automatically make you organized either. Whether you're rich or poor, making an effort to live a decent respectable life is extremely important.
@ctrl_altesc
Жыл бұрын
This looks clean to you? Try visiting some places in Colorado sometimes, and get back to me.
@wiliiamamey5967
Жыл бұрын
It's way better than New York or LA. Maybe people don't have the time or money to keep things up like they would like. When they shut down the coal mine killed most of the revenue that built the town in the first place. When businesses leave an area it can create a ghost town. I think it's amazing that the town still exists. Because you live in a nicer area you should be grateful that you do instead of criticizing people that have less. Must be nice to live in your ivory tower and criticize those beneath you.
@deirdrepasko9965
Жыл бұрын
@@wiliiamamey5967 Amen! I don't see that person down there volunteering to help the elderly clean up their yards!
@pointsoflightradio9785
Жыл бұрын
Rich is a relative term. Many in WV consider themselves to be rich in faith and love of Appalachia. They are some of the richest most salt of the earth people in the USA!!!
@haveyouflossedtoday
Жыл бұрын
@@ctrl_altescYes, it’s definitely clean. It isn’t a concrete city.
I ask Americans to be open-minded to both parties. The rural conservatives have little money, little assets, and dying slowly in their worn down homes. The cities have mentally ill homeless that ruin entire areas, policies that let criminals get away, and a wealth gap. Neither party is a clear winner.
@jamesnevitt3400
Жыл бұрын
This is true I think things are built on personal preferences and perspective.
@TheSleepingonit
Жыл бұрын
Libertarian myself
@krystingrant6292
Жыл бұрын
Exactly they refuse to see the truth. They are in serious denial my goodness
@psyborg06
Жыл бұрын
But those rural conservatives keep voting against anything capable of changing those things. Make it make sense.
@ChatBloom
Жыл бұрын
Democraps are not open-minded
This women is a great example of conservative Christian values.
@jaybleu6169
19 сағат бұрын
Except that she didn't identify any Christian values other then being opposed to abortion.
I don't know how I stumbled into this video, but I'm gonna lay out some thoughts. My family immigrated from Sicily to just outside Oceana, WV in the early 1900's to work in coal mining. I still have family living in the area today. They are without doubt the kindest, upstanding people I have ever met in my entire life. The amount of care people in that area have for one another puts anything else to shame. Sure, they live a simpler life, but they're also good people. I'll take good simple people over an urban turd any day. I find it a little disappointing that the guy who made this video thought it would be more entertaining to subtly heckle people for being "dumb conservatives," but the fact of the matter is that conservatives are not behind on the times. Want to know why they vote red? In an area that is falling apart, riddled with drugs, and in economic shambles? The answer is Barack Obama. Historically, WV was a very pro-union state thanks to the UMWA, and usually the state supported Democrats at a much higher level. However, as Democrats became more Enviro-crats and the implemented policies that damaged the lifeblood of the UMWA, the miners started turning to the other side of the aisle. Make no mistake about it, the four years of President Trump were the most economically-beneficial that part of the country has seen since the early 2000's. Furthermore, it was Obama's war on coal and southern border failures that were the two driving forces behind the Appalachian opiod epidemic. In WV, over half of all children are raised by someone other than their parents because of it. The federal government created a system where it paid to fail for the coal companies, resulting in abandoning the people who had been in the mines for generations. Jobs went out, drugs came in, and unlike what President Biden has to say, coal miners cannot simply just "learn to code." I hope Nick Johnson learned a bit more than what the first portion of this video indicates. I love these sorts of videos, usually, but his narration ruined it. Show some respect next time.
@lynngramm8147
10 ай бұрын
thank you for sharing
@riverduck3
10 ай бұрын
Very well-said !!!
@birdstwin1186
9 ай бұрын
They voted red before Obama, dont spread lies.
@dalestevens6726
9 ай бұрын
Well said!!
@martaacosta4415
9 ай бұрын
Totally agree about the narration. Can’t stand that smart aleck attitude.
I love that these people can talk so calmly and respectfully. I think the Democratic and Republican parties love to divide us. I wish everyone even if we disagree could have these types of discussions and recognize how much we have in common.
@TheMahayanist
Жыл бұрын
I don't have much in common with my butchers.
@syrenasketches6902
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMahayanist your butchers? Then go buy your meat at Walmart instead.
@valerief1231
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate Nick’s tone, he is coming from a place of curiosity, not to set her up so he can attack her, and he’s not framing the interview with the woman to make her look any particular way. I like this about Nick!
@frankwoods4532
Жыл бұрын
Stop fighting each other, work together and get the problems fixed. Stop dividing the country and work as a team. I am surprised to hear about the drug problem. My Dad was Born in Morgantown, and he worked as a coal miner, and i was born in Fairmont and I don't remember too many bad things. At the age of 71 it seems like a nice quiet, slow paced place to live now. I like that most of the houses are not all on top of each other. Where I live now every time you look out the window there's a ton of people.
@NAT-turners-Revenge
Жыл бұрын
Some of these people divide themselves.... I wont get into specifics
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a paradise, but I work in mining, live in a very rural conservative area, and support our 2nd amendment. These are my type of people here, the salt of the earth. When the crap hits the fan, these are the folks you want on your side.
@twillison8824
Жыл бұрын
@c h sure is beautiful country down there.
@kevinkelly1656
Жыл бұрын
Definitely the ones needed when the shit hits the fan.
@billharden7127
Жыл бұрын
👍
@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life
Жыл бұрын
Agree. Better is a little with peace than an abundance with strife. I would rather be poor and live in peace than not even be able to walk down my own street in one of these Demwit cities, which allow and encourage crime. Poorland, OR can't even have a Walmart now! How ridiculous is that.
@mikeeroony6683
Жыл бұрын
Republicans and Democrats answer to the elite right wing or Liberal both are sell outs other than bernie sanders and a couple others the rest are actors
You can qualify the absence of chain stores as poverty, or you could see it as an opportunity for local small business.
@lrn_news9171
10 ай бұрын
Yeah the thing is that these chain stores provided jobs and when they close down, these jobs are gone. Also these chain stores provided a cheaper option for goods.
@calebmelton5989
10 ай бұрын
Could. But it doesnt really matter. Business is business.
@loriannrichardson7644
10 ай бұрын
@@lrn_news9171 why aren't they creating their own jobs -- the internet is available, i.e, Shopify, Etsy, Amazon.
Being poor doesn’t have a political party. The overall tone of the video was mean-spirited. They were charitable to a snobby outsider.
@barbwright2845
4 ай бұрын
He sounds like a dem
@billwebb9643
3 ай бұрын
Well maybe. I am an urban Dem, but the narrator's attitude gave me a PITA as well.
@gcanaday1
3 ай бұрын
He's what he accuses others of being. Typical projection.
@johnguess5675
2 ай бұрын
😂we all agree this narrator that does these videos is a moron
I hauled coal out of the Appalachian coal fields for nearly 40 years on the railroad. Now that coal is basically gone, the whole region is slowly reverting back to nature.
@johndeary6797
Жыл бұрын
Natural gas is cheaper for power plants and steel mills
@adamsouthard1155
Жыл бұрын
The nature is lovely there.
@candyjack3659
Жыл бұрын
@@johndeary6797 Too bad the Democrats (not to be overly political) that shut down those coal mines won't ever build natural gas plants either. Just give the money to their friends as bailouts or send the money overseas as foreign aid.
@OtaconProductionsWorldwide
Жыл бұрын
Nature always wins and disgusting coal needs to go away.
@Duke_of_Prunes
Жыл бұрын
@@OtaconProductionsWorldwide Turn off your electricity if you're so worried about coal.
I can bet you these people are happier than most of the people that want to poke fun about them.
@knightrider693
Жыл бұрын
The teens in 25k dollar side by sides seem to like it
@knightrider693
Жыл бұрын
The teens in 25k dollar side by sides seem to like it
@edrenas7930
Жыл бұрын
They say ignorance is bliss.
@edrenas7930
Жыл бұрын
That's why small and poor areas are full of drug addicts, meth labs, and were the epicenter of the OxyContin epidemic, because, you know, Happy!
@tigeraterra69
Жыл бұрын
it's so much easier to be poor when everyone else is too. roadkill aint embarrassing if we're all eating it, and our dogs (all of them) too! we sure can tell who's from out of town....
Now go through the homeless in Portland and Seattle
She sounds like life in rural Minnesota. Such a wonderful bunch of people.
I know you are making light of the area a bit and I get it, you're not exactly wrong....but I'll bet you didn't feel unsafe or like you were going to be robbed or carjacked either.
@scottwatson4584
11 ай бұрын
I didn’t see any young people either.
@vickijohnson9704
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, but who knows how many of them are making meth.
@MrGoblue1131
11 ай бұрын
@@vickijohnson9704 Maybe. But usually if you mind your business and leave those types alone they'll leave you alone.
@ShadowAussie
11 ай бұрын
@@MrGoblue1131 It's like you think meth has no impact outside of where it's made..
@MrGoblue1131
11 ай бұрын
@@ShadowAussie sure, go off on an unrelated tangent if it makes you feel better. bye...
It’s not about being poor, it’s about being FREE!!!!
@accuratealloys
Жыл бұрын
Free to starve.
@marimcge
Жыл бұрын
@@accuratealloys they’re not starving!
@ahope3333
Жыл бұрын
You think the poor old coal miner is FREE!?!?!?!!??? What exactly do you consider FREE ?
@jeffkettler4712
Жыл бұрын
@@ahope3333 Free from government and people like you.
@larrys4618
Жыл бұрын
Do they have property taxes on their homes?
Wow! Thanks for this show. Lovely honest humble people. An eye opener for many. God Bless you there!
If this area is 'peaceful" how come it is the capital of meth usage ?.
45 years ago, my brother sold books door to door in West Virginia. The thing that made the biggest impression on him was that everyone he met was a Democrat and Catholic. Said our mom would fit right in. How times have changed. Even Mom was a hardcore republican when she passed away.
@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life
Жыл бұрын
Dixie Democrats. Back then they were the good ones. Now they are Communists basically and Republicans are the Democrats of yesteryear.
@edhall3719
Жыл бұрын
The libtards policies didn't work . WV was hardcore democrat until we realized their not really dems their communist
@mirzaahmed6589
Жыл бұрын
Parties shifted ideologies in that timeframe.
@ev618
Жыл бұрын
@@mirzaahmed6589 Now, the Democrates are the party of the Elites & the real Republicans (not RINO's), are the party of the working people! There are Globalists in both parties!
@dreadpiratelenny1348
Жыл бұрын
Mirza- I've always been kinda stunned by how it's so difficult for people on both sides to grasp that. They switched names, it happened in just a few years, simple.
You (out of state folks) might see this as a run down area, but here’s the reality; WV had high unemployment since the 80’s due to coal being in decline, these people have been here the whole time with no way out. So they’re pretty much stuck with this, it’s home and they’re not ashamed of it. Not wanting a handout as much as a helping hand up. Give ‘em a chance and they’ll work their way out of their economic situation. Solid people!
@TheFreedomforce87
Жыл бұрын
Yeaaaaaa. Righttttttt..
@patricktober2816
Жыл бұрын
@@TheFreedomforce87 Is there a problem? Or do you have anything intelligent to say?
@BillyBagOdonuts
Жыл бұрын
They don’t want handouts? They’re ALL on gov’t assistance paid for by the tax’s generated from democrat states.
@TheFreedomforce87
Жыл бұрын
@Patrick Tober they do get hand outs..yet the still worship Trumprump and republiCONS. That continues to lie to them..Trumprump lied about bringing back coal jobs
@deltabluesdavidraye
Жыл бұрын
Well they can take off walking.That is a way out ya know
I left there in 88 for Los Angeles. 35 years later, never moved back. Glad i left that poor place.
Faith,family and FREEDOM
The problem with a lot of towns and cities is that they were built up on one thing or another and as times change the town had no other way to prosper. This is why there are several ghost towns out west and in Alaska.
@coactus9139
Жыл бұрын
Yes, a bust and boom economy is a foolish economy and unfortunately seems to be the norm in American history guided as it is by liberal policies from the beginning while down to earth folks do all the working and sweating.
@georgeryan6423
Жыл бұрын
All that is no excuse the people they voted for ain't doing shit for their community when things change
@jeffc2630
Жыл бұрын
@@coactus9139Liberal policies ? Conservatives cause recessions ! Democrats have to dig us out again every time ! Look it up !
@LCMary62
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a lamp lighter in the early 20th century. He lit the gas lights in his region of Chicago at dusk and got up before dawn to put the gas streetlights out. That was his profession... Chicago switched to electric street lights. I guess my grandfather could have sat around, complaining how the city screwed him and how he couldn't work because he was waiting for the city to go back to gas lights. He didn't do that. He learned another trade (while raising my grandmothers orphaned siblings and their own first child.) He learned his new trade, joined the union and was gainfully employed through the Great Depression, WWII and until the day he wanted to retire. He never got rich, but he took care of his family. His and his family's lives would have gone differently if he didn't realize CHANGE is part of surviving.
@jimmysotack2523
Жыл бұрын
Yep…that’s why that house was only $155,000.Where ya gonna work?
When all the shit hits the fan, these people won't even stress it. Cause living in the real world is what they are doing. You don't need a big house or a bunch of stuff to be content and happy. And being out in the mountains, there is nothing better, it grounds you like nothing else. I see a great little close knit community, where people have each other's backs, it's, quiet, peaceful, low stress. Looks perfect to me.
@gatergates8813
Жыл бұрын
Also I notice no tent cities or people living on the sidewalk under a tarp here- there may be poverty but they keep their dignity amidst the poverty and as a community help each other
@paulgee8113
Жыл бұрын
Wait to you meet JESUS one day you won't be making fun of GOD on that day 🔥
@paulgee8113
Жыл бұрын
Go to Chicago
@tennesseerose6400
Жыл бұрын
Amen
@bonsaitomato8290
Жыл бұрын
If a fucking bomb went off and American society collapsed, these people wouldn’t even know the difference cause they are already living in mental and physical squalor. 😂
Born and raised in WV. High school teachers made me hate the state and convinced me that liberalism was good and rural life is bad. I thought that way for a few years but you can't change the shape of a house by painting it. I now love this state and I will never leave.
Imagine how great of a place this would be to live if there were adequate jobs.
@napalm_lipbalm86
10 ай бұрын
Right
@calebmelton5989
10 ай бұрын
Which is basically what Ohio is.
I ran around WV and Kentucky for 11 years and I loved every interaction and friend I met. Yea, it’s poverty at its best but these are the nicest people you could ever have the pleasure to meet and call a friend
@mse7501
Жыл бұрын
Plus red states have hard working people no people who live off the Gov. to be homless and drugged out.
@DrDevilish1
Жыл бұрын
only of youre pale english american otherwise they ppl are rac!s* as ever could be towards persecuted and oppressed Natives
@janyager2854
Жыл бұрын
My Dad's family have been in Kentucky-- Olive Hill, Grayson, Ashland, etc since Daniel Boone's Era. They are very nice people.
@yomama9130
Жыл бұрын
@@janyager2854 I used to get fuel at the Loves in Grayson and load at Marathon Petroleum in Ashland lol beautiful place.
@angienberniethornton8377
Жыл бұрын
Sadly the less people have the more generous they are
Having lived in San Diego and the SF Bay Area, I’ll take West Virginia any day!! I’m in rural Maine now and loving it!!!
@edhall3719
Жыл бұрын
@@chrispnw2547 you are delusional and you're supposed to be . Isaiah 66 4 KJB can men get pregnant 🤣 did you wear a face diaper standing on the dot during the nation wide rioting and get your government issued smack 🤣 that didn't save anyone ? Do you really think you're edumicated 🤣
@kaseebecerra9442
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on getting out. I'm praying my family can soon. California is falling apart.
@johndoee3850
Жыл бұрын
What part of MAINE?THANKS...BATH??
@tracyhull7936
Жыл бұрын
Maine is a state where I would love to live
@johndoee3850
Жыл бұрын
@@tracyhull7936 to cold for me.
Trump said he likes the uneducated & he wasnt lying....this time.
When the country goes to hell due to liberal policies and the current democratic party, it will be these very people who will survive because they are used to living with only the basics, know how to survive, and still have a moral backbone. Bless them?
Everyone’s gotta live somewhere. Some people don’t measure success by the size of their house or bank account
West Virginia born and bred and I have 58 acres and live in a 2 story brick home. Been all over this great country and I'll tell you there is no place like West Virginia I'm very blessed and proud to live here. Love these mountains hunting fishing hiking camping whitewater rafting ATV riding. Truly blessed to be a West By God Virginian
@pagefoshee6067
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Your wonderful state has been a vacation spot for me (Texas) for over thirty years. Mountaineers have always been welcoming and cordial to me - your state and your folks are the best-kept secrets in the nation! Other folks need to learn about WV! The opioid crisis is a disaster and a killer of hopes and lives; I wish you all the best in eradicating the scum that prays on the addicts they have created.
@richard345
Жыл бұрын
@@pagefoshee6067the scum that you speak of is the pharmaceutical companies and greedy doctors who prescribe (d) them.
@kt3300
Жыл бұрын
Almost Heaven ❤
@daren7889
Жыл бұрын
Like Ohio ,WV has no problem with destroying the environment!
@Duke_of_Prunes
Жыл бұрын
@@daren7889 Really? With 39M people, California pollutes far more than West Virginia's 1.7M! Los Angeles is nothing but cars stuck in traffic. California also has 100K oil wells that are listed as productive. Something tells me you didn't do much research before opening your mouth?
Love your videos, looking around America. It is like I see a movie around every corner.
I am from West Virginia, and I learned to talk to Jesus in a little church, in a holler by a creek. Thank God I met Jesus there. I now live in a big, big city, and I still talk to my Jesus daily… so here, or there, Jesus is the best.
Love you all West Virginians people ! God bless you all
The mayor seems like he has a good head on his shoulders. Politicians can't solve the problems they are having, the community will have to do it.
Smart Lady answering tough questions at any age from anywhere.
One thousand times better than the entire west coast. This is a paradise compared to Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, LA, etc. Democrat voting is destroying the country.
And these people will be there to help you when you need it most
You can cherry-pick all you want, but reality is, I was in Wyoming County this past week for a mountain bike race. Got off the "Coalfields Expressway" and drove around 10 miles to the course by beautiful homes which were well-kept. I was pleasantly surprised considering I've watched your videos of the areas of Mingo/McDowell counties which ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BAD.
My good old friend John told me about this situation from SF & now I really emphasize with these struggle folks. I live in SF too but always love the country music from our heartland. God bless y’all. ❤😊💕
I love living in my small Ohio town in the heart of trump country. We dont have alot of money but we own our house and our vehicles out right. I love living this simple life
@lisajones9673
5 ай бұрын
You must be proud of that awful president 😠 he is going down. He shipped all over Jesus and Christianity.
@colleenwelch2330
5 ай бұрын
@lisajones9673 you are talking about Biden right? Trump stripped no one of anything. I am so sick of stupidity like your commentary. We are living in end times with absolutely the worst regime ever and you go on about Trump. Seriously?
She is exactly right! Thank you
It wasn't Republicans who made it so hard in everyone.
@david2727
4 ай бұрын
Sure
@piglo318
Ай бұрын
Its the bankers
Hey Nick, I've got an idea. Why don't you road trip to downtown San Fransisco or LA so we can see the other side of the political spectrum and see how they live. That would be way cool!
@user-bg2oi4bz3p
7 ай бұрын
Nicky said he has to make out a will first.
@pmpmpmpmpmpmpm
6 ай бұрын
He already did lmfao and we already know it. You republican weirdos really need a win after this video. Pont of the matter is red states have poor and dumb people. Hypocrites too, shouting out that they don't need govt assistance yet getting govt assistance. Don't forget that blue states like California are funding these assitance to red states! 🤣🤣
@michaeldunwoody3629
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, this guy is some kind of goofball!!
@user-bk4mq7zn7d
6 ай бұрын
He just mad because these folks are surviving where he couldn't.
@rapier1954
5 ай бұрын
He has already got videos of that if you check. He is from Cal. so he has done plenty of videos on how it is on the slide.
Nothing wrong with true American value
@TJ-xs5bn
Жыл бұрын
When are y'all going to get it? There's only one American value that counts... MONEY!! If you have it America is great. If you don't have have it America isn't so great. Nothing else matters in America but money.
@psyborg06
Жыл бұрын
Who decides what is a true American value?
@ChatBloom
Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong? Working 2+ jobs 8 hours a day to buy a home where renters/squatters live for free?
@ChatBloom
Жыл бұрын
@@TJ-xs5bn That's life Einstein!
@amerikanskayapravda
Жыл бұрын
I did not see a single drug addicted in this video. nowhere in the us you will find so much filth, crime and drug addiction as in progressive hardcore democratic California.
Very Good Points !!
This is such an informative video. I like wen u talk to the people n get info.
Nick, Your guests Mayor Evans and Jima are two of the best guests you have featured on your channel. I may not agree with all of their points and beliefs but they make it very clear what the issues and challenges are. These are honest people trying to make the best of a bad situation. They make perfect sense. I really hope there remains a future for badly impacted small communities, businesses and the residents holding on there. As Mayor Evans stated, it’s all about to blow up again and a start from square one to rebuild a society. Fingers crossed for the future.
The folks in West Virginia have not changed their values, despite going from Blue to Red. They are the same people that they've always been. It's the people governing our country that have changed their values and where they believe the country should head. Imagine an automobile being driven by two different people. One drives it east and the other drives it west. Other than it's direction, it hasn't changed at all. It's still the same car. The good people of West Virginia are the same now as they were 30 and 40 years ago. That's a very rare breed. Good for them.
Its all about prespectice, many people take pride in where they live no matter the environment
Like a rural WV is the worst place???? Look at California streets!
Looks 10x better than downtown LA
I think this shows that we can’t lean too far left or too far right, or we end up with something like this or the streets skidrow
@fernandoacosta7423
Жыл бұрын
@@ch6810 church and state were separated for a reason bud
@faheemabbas3965
Жыл бұрын
Too expensive or too separated respectively. Hm. I… somewhat agree? I don’t know
@jeff-hd9og
Жыл бұрын
@@fernandoacosta7423 I’m not religious but that doesn’t seem to be working out so well.
@offwhitekicks9038
Жыл бұрын
@@fernandoacosta7423 its wild how so many voters seem to forget this
@edhall3719
Жыл бұрын
@@fernandoacosta7423 read the first amendment . Over and over until it sinks in
Keep on doing it. Great job
These people were hardcore democrat for over 100 years until about 10-15 years ago. When after 100 years voting Blue “this” is what they got. This is the product of the past not the present.
When I think of Trump I definitely don’t think Christian values. Sad for Anyone who does.
@byingtonbyington3798
Жыл бұрын
Thank You!
@jamesseabolt5915
Ай бұрын
But Biden and the democrats you do see Satanic values?
This is awesome. It's like traveling without leaving home.
@NewHaven203
Жыл бұрын
Ikr, Nick has been to most of the country and I’ve learned alot about America through his channel
That lady spoke facts!
Now go to the most democratic "small" town in the country.
I absolutely appreciate that mayor's honesty. He said "When our presidential candidates come down to Donald Trump and Joe Biden, we're in trouble".
@winh998
Жыл бұрын
AMEN!!
@Spiritlife01
Жыл бұрын
Truth.
@jamesseabolt5915
Ай бұрын
Sad truth
I was born and raised in Prince Georges county Maryland just outside of DC. PG county holds the distinction of having the most affluent black population of any other county in the US. As a minority there (white middle class) I learned to love folks of all colors and ethnic backgrounds. I moved to WV in 1988 and have travelled most of the state and met her people. There’s no place I’d rather live. I’ve traveled to many places around the U.S. The folks in Alabama’s poor black trailer parks mostly vote democrat. Most of those folks are willing to offer a stranger a bottle of water just like the poor white republicans in Appalachia. I’m not certain what audience you’re trying to appeal to but I guess a click is a click for you. Folks are folks and to speak so disparagingly about people, their neighborhoods, and their station in life, is quite arrogant. I suspect that many of the folks that you talk to, while on your journey to put folks down and get subscribers, would be the first to come to your aid if needed. Just like the other “hicks” among these parts, all I can say is Bless your heart sir.
@digger1825
Жыл бұрын
Wow, he triggered you pretty quick. You need to relax he's not talking down to anyone you are just to sensitive 😂😂
@kjaubrey4816
Жыл бұрын
I don't know that he is mocking them so much as trying to shine a light on their situation and give them the opportunity to speak.
@maryr7800
Жыл бұрын
@@kjaubrey4816 If you think he's not mocking these people and others like them, you didn't listen close enough. It was totally clear to me.
@izzimichaels2892
Жыл бұрын
it appears to be an ugly truth to me. poverty is not pretty.
@kerrynight3271
Жыл бұрын
@@maryr7800 I stopped listening to this guy awhile back because he always mocked Democrats. Happened upon him today and I see he is happy to mock everybody.
These people have the best values in the country! God bless them! I hope something can save West Virginia’s economy, this state deserves so much better
@srenchin
Жыл бұрын
The values these people have pretty much insures that the West Virginia economy won't be saved.
@mpowe123
Жыл бұрын
I see trees, why hasn't lumber been pushed? With rocketing prices in materials, and the need for housing in and near major cities, is it not possible to get that lumber into the supply chain(s)?
@NewHaven203
Жыл бұрын
mpowe123 I like this idea, seems like something the residents of these struggling towns should bring up
But it seems there are many homeless living on the streets here in Santa Barbara, one of the richest cities in the US. I wonder if the folks living in trailers there aren't more content. At least they're warm and dry. It's been unseasonably cold and wet here.
@adspur
Жыл бұрын
They are mostly happy.Happiness and contentment is perception.Some things money cannot buy
@talkingthetalk3640
Жыл бұрын
So naive
Don't think the population has switched from liberal to conservative. The people are pretty much the same. The question for them is, "who is representing me".
Very refreshing ❤
I like these people much more than the people in Hollywood.
Yes it is getting worse ! And when people look down on trailer parks and such they are looking down an a very large part of our population.
Thank you for your efforts Please do make a difference Show the reality of the failures in govt , it’s happening everywhere
Great. Wonderful video.
I really think the poorest people in our country value their freedom from government intrusion the most because they are the least likely to go begging others to give them nice things. They live within their means and make the best of what they are able to provide for themselves without resentment. It truly disturbs me when people who have more, even if that ‘more’ is all borrowed on credit, look down their noses at people who choose not to live as indentured debtors 😞
@nmstranger
Жыл бұрын
those counties have some of the highest rates of public assistance. They rely on the government the most
@brenandemossita1000
Жыл бұрын
Alot of them are on welfare.
@jan22150
Жыл бұрын
@@brenandemossita1000 There are more homeless and drug addicts on welfare in California then in the whole state of west virginia.!!!
@Gerle71
Жыл бұрын
@@jan22150 West Virginia: 1,793,716 residents. California: nearly 39.2 million residents. Absolute numbers mean NOTHING!
@aaronmcconkey1062
Жыл бұрын
@@jan22150🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
This mayor is a very common sense type of guy. He is certainly right about Trump and Biden but no one has answers about how anyone can bring back these old coal towns. Even in the towns that have active mines, they don't use very many employees since they are highly mechanized. I really like your videos and interviewing the people that live there.
@cward1954
Жыл бұрын
Those old coal towns can be brought back.... with something other than coal. It's the only way you could ever bring them back.
@richardmorris7063
Жыл бұрын
Biden brags about his " job creation" how bout creating some for these folks!
Great conversations with the residents in the town here. It's refreshing to see rational and well spoken people speaking for the conservative party without getting to deep into conspiracies' and annoying talking points but rather having genuine concern for their communities and their children. Well done on this one.
I lived in California my whole life. Trust me. The democrats today are not doing their job. Even though I am Mexican. I switched to republican and I am for Trump 2024🎉 And if the Republicans start messing up well, I'm leaving them too. Gotta be open minded times always change
Wow this has been an eye opener for me, what a sweet sweet man that mayor is, so wise and just. ❤
@Tealandpurple
Жыл бұрын
What about that bit about black people? You agree on that too? Was that sweet?
@coolaideevens8678
10 ай бұрын
He is sweet … but he also looks like the pastor of Oceana as well . Definitely a good guy. It just upsets me that people say they love Jesus, yet they hate black people. Even the mayor said they love helping their neighbors but some people just don’t get that help 😢. But nonetheless he is telling the truth and he’s optimistic and full of faith!
West Virginia is old fashioned. They use the toilet instead of the sidewalk like your home state.
@NickJohnson
Жыл бұрын
True
I like Red Land !!! President Trump, 2024
God Bless West Virginia!! 🙏🏼 ❤️
They may not have large houses, but the first thing I noticed was how clean and tidy everything looks, even that burned out trailer looks like it's been cleaned somewhat. These are clearly people that still have self-respect and pride in their community.
@redneck400m3
Жыл бұрын
Bingo. Thats the stark difference between liberal poverty and conservative poverty
@aaronmcconkey1062
Жыл бұрын
@@redneck400m3as yes the good old "my shit sandwich is not as bad as your shit sandwich" arguement.
@chrisruss9861
11 ай бұрын
In Australia it has been found some of the happiest people live in communities with similar income, and not great disparity. Some of the poorest areas can be the content, as they are not stressed by envy or land grabbing by richer people.
@lrn_news9171
10 ай бұрын
Yeah and this is just one town, a lot of these towns in west virginia have large old houses it's incredible beautiful. He basically showed the worst
@birdstwin1186
9 ай бұрын
So much pride that they refuse to elect good local leaders.
I like West Virgina. Some of the nicest people I have ever worked with live in Mobile Homes. They also attend church. Having a fancy house or car doesn't make you happy in the long haul. Just ask the Mercedes lady I kit on the exit ramp today. She definitely was not happy I hit her.
@gingernightmare9152
Жыл бұрын
I hope you had insurance.
Another Gem Nick
She is a very thoughtful and well spoken woman. I dont share most of her philosophies, but she explains her point of view really well. Shes interesting to listen to, although for myself, living in her world would be rather suffocating.
Autumn is the best time to revisit WV. The leaves and weather makes it worth the trip.
@NickJohnson
Жыл бұрын
🍂
This lady was well informed and was able to express her views and values very well. I see nothing wrong with the way or where these people have chosen to live.
@carloshathcock6371
Жыл бұрын
Me neither.
@janeychejake
Жыл бұрын
Also, I didn’t see any unruly people, or any trash on the ground. The lack of bars won’t hurt anyone, and as far as I am aware, drugs are a problem across the country. A true scourge of our time.
@trustinginhim3189
Жыл бұрын
Agree!
@jamesrecknor6752
Жыл бұрын
Yes, but they need to have glorious, revolutionary, Party approved correct speech, voting and allowed thinking.
@user-sv2wy6gx7u
Жыл бұрын
Well informed? She said the democratic party is Socialist communist... That makes absolutely no sense. Those are opposing ideologies. That is an oxymoron.
It turns my stomach to hear this guy make West Virginians sound pitiful, they might be poor but there proud and there good folks!