I really like your videos. They are full of good statistics. Keep it up.

@StuckInTheKernfield

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Please do more Iowa videos! Maybe even an Iowa county courthouse video would be awesome or a ranking of all the counties in Iowa would be wonderful! As always thanks for the content! Love your channel!⭐️🇺🇸

@StuckInTheKernfield

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'll see what I can do.

@Dispatcher-kv2im

5 ай бұрын

@@StuckInTheKernfield thank you so much I know you will put something awesome together! ⭐️🇺🇸😊 maybe even a tier list just a thought nothing more or less. I think a county courthouse video would be amazing.! I’ve been looking on KZread for a while for content regarding Iowa county courthouses and haven’t really found anything! Plenty of state capitol videos but nothing on courthouses.🇺🇸 Thanks for what you do and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Intersting information.. However you will find there are two Pottawatomie county houses and two county fairs in this county the one furthest west is in Council Bluffs and the eastern county court house is in Avoca

The Lee County stuff is CRAZY.

Thank you so much for this very informative video!

@StuckInTheKernfield

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

How are these places the poorest counties. When people are making 40+ thousand a year. I probably make 16,000 a year. I don’t consider myself poor. It all depends on what you value most in life the things you want. As long as you have a roof over your head food to eat clothes to wear. You are not poor. It’s all government crap they’re trying to get people to believe so they can get money. I have the best thing in life a person can have Jesus/God. The creator of all things. The only way to heaven. The only way to avoid hell After death. So I have everything.

@StuckInTheKernfield

2 жыл бұрын

That's per household, not per person. The median household income in the US is $64944, and these counties are all well below that.

The bottom two tiers of counties in Iowa are generally the poorest. I grew up in the bottom tier, within 5 miles of Missouri and speak from experience (my county is not on this list). The overall general soil quality is much lower than in northern Iowa so the land values are lower. Davis county has a high concentration of Amish which would cut down on high school and college students and result in a single high school for the entire county. BTW, it's WAPello county, not WaPELLO :-)

Great video, I have a great interest in both Illinois and Iowa. Thank you so much for the upload.

@StuckInTheKernfield

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What if you are right on the line of Lee County? Do you stand by to direct traffic? 😊

If you give the bottom tier of counties in Iowa to Missouri you raise the IQ in both states.

I grew up in Decatur County, and never felt poor. That’s because the cost of living was low. That should be a major factor in the definition of ‘poor’.

I always love your videos, I really enjoyed this one cause I like Iowa

Wapello --" Wap eh low"

I think a video on the wealthiest counties is needed now for comparison!

@StuckInTheKernfield

Жыл бұрын

You mean like this one? kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zmlsyaacaaq7ecY.html

@iavagabond124

Жыл бұрын

@@StuckInTheKernfield you're on top of the game! I tried looking and couldn't find it. Apparently didn't look hard enough

Tom and Roseanne opened the BIG FOOD DINER in Eldon, that's where I met them during a visit they made to the diner!!

I grew up in Mount Carroll Illinois and all the tv we could access came out of the Quad Cities. Until about 1963 there were only 2 stations, WOC Davenport and WHBF Rock Island carrying NBC and CBS respectively and they shared programs from ABC until 1963 when WQAD Moline came on the air and took over the entire ABC program lineup. I understand that WOC Davenport is one of the first tv stations in Iowa and one of the first tv stations west of the Mississippi River. WHBF boasts of being the first Illinois tv station outside of Chicago. WOC has recently changed call letters to KWQC

Hey - I thought you featured Illinois facts and statistics? Excellent and very interesting content - even if you are reviewing Iowa. PS - Ottumwa was the fictional hometown of MASH's "Radar" O'Reilly.

@StuckInTheKernfield

3 жыл бұрын

I normally do Illinois, but I thought I would see if there was any interest in the rest of the Midwest.

@rogerhamilton8031

3 жыл бұрын

@@StuckInTheKernfield I think you could review all Heartland states - go for it. You're doing a good job. Thank you.

@nssquared9174

Жыл бұрын

Ottumwa is real. Radar O'Reilly is fictional.

I really wasn't expecting these vids to be so informative. Thanks for the awesome content!! World according to Briggs ain't got sheitt on you

@StuckInTheKernfield

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I was inspired to start my channel by watching Briggs, so that’s a huge compliment.

I'm curious why you used video of mostly European agriculture?

Carroll County Illinois has only one stoplight in the whole county. It is in the largest town,Savanna.

Nothing in these videos makes me see these counties as poor. They’re doing pretty good.

It's pronounce WAAH-puh-lo, with the emphasis on the waa.

Love your channel! Can you do a video on Missouri counties? Have you ever considered doing another channel for other areas of the country? Thank you so much for the work you do!

@StuckInTheKernfield

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I will definitely do one on Missouri. My long-term plan is to work up to covering the entire country. Right now I’m focusing on the Midwest, and then I’ll expand out from there.

@Dispatcher-kv2im

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks so much! Your channel is one of my favorites i love learning new things about the USA. Expanding the channel in time would be wonderful! Maybe a governors history for each state or compare and contrast state governments.🇺🇸

@Dispatcher-kv2im

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe even a breakdown of all the counties in a state much like your top 10 videos on counties but more in depth such as features and amenities.

I grew up in Lee county Iowa. Lived in Keokuk from birth until adult hood. It’s a shell of its former glory. Steady decline from the 60s/70s onward. Split county seat can be a pain. Certain functions are performed at each end and you may have to go to either depending on what you need to accomplish.

I wonder why agriculture is never mentioned as a major economic factor?

@StuckInTheKernfield

Жыл бұрын

It's never in the top three industries. I do include the charts, though, so you can see the breakdown for each community.

@dabeagleigl

Жыл бұрын

@@StuckInTheKernfield I wonder if that has something to do with the way they define industry? It seems a little odd to me I will check it out later though thanks

I grew up in Keokuk county 1 county north of Wapello and have never heard it pronounced the way you did, but that is not saying the way you did is wrong. We pronounce our my hometown Sigourney, Sig er ney. Anyway I enjoyed the video and have alot of familiarity with these counties on your list. I have a brother who works in Ft. Dodge, another in Ottumwa, lots of freinds from Jefferson and Lee county and would horseback ride at my uncle's in Centerville as a kid. Also never knew that Lee had 2 county seats.

@StuckInTheKernfield

3 жыл бұрын

I probably did mispronounce it. I figured that with all of the Native American names, I was bound to screw at least one of them up. :-)

Some commenters blame Democrats for the statistics provided in this video. However, the decline in soil quality from north to south underlies all of it. And it's been that way ever since the glacier retreated at the end of the last ice age. Repeated Republican administrations haven't affected it one way or another.

Maps showing location, stats=good one.

Grew up on the Wayne/Appanoose line. There's just little hope down there

It's "wap ah low" not "wap E ELL O". I am speaking from experience. I grew up in Wayne, wappelo, and appanoos County county. Also Lucas county. (Wich I'm pretty sure is way way poorer than the 3 I said)

I love your videos, I was born in Iowa, Ringgold Co, grew up in Illinois, and came back to Iowa for college in the fall of 1985...Graceland in Lamoni - Decatur Co. which is where my dad's family was from and where I lived from birth to age 2, when my dad took a job in Illinois. I live in Des Moines, now. It's always been well know that the bottom tier of counties in Iowa are among the poorest. Just as you pointed out, they are desperate for the resources that many of us take for granted. They are land locked by nature of being rural, and so far from Des Moines, the closest large city. Anyway, it's fun to see the places I'm familiar with!! Thank you!! Great Job!!

I worked with families in Wayne Co., I used to tell my friend there that Iowa would be better off to let Mo. annex them!! Lol

@alaayuwuh3012

Жыл бұрын

As it goes... If Iowa were to forfeit the bottom 2 rows of counties to Missouri it would raise the IQ in both States.

Just noticed a lot of the poorest counties are near Missouri and that explains the lack of dentist and mentally ill people Duh