I Went To The Worst Place To Live In Idaho

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    Who would have thought that Idaho had bad places? Idaho??
    I traveled to Pocatello, Idaho to report back on the worst place to live in this state. How does Idaho view bad? Is Idaho an amazing place to live or does it have problems just like everywhere else in this country?
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  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +39

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    • @rogerburn5132
      @rogerburn5132 Před 9 měsíci +4

      As Always Nick. BRILLIANT VIDEO BIG THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK MUCH APPRECIATED 👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @dethray1000
      @dethray1000 Před 9 měsíci

      love you nick

    • @heliosabbot838
      @heliosabbot838 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Don't tell everyone how great it is to live amongst white Mormons. That's definitely going to be the end for the middle class and poor white families that live in Pocatello. They'll end up homeless with no place else to go.

    • @heliosabbot838
      @heliosabbot838 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Thanks for this! I've never been to Pocatello. What a great place to and your tour of the Mountain West.

    • @NeilGonzalez-cl3jh
      @NeilGonzalez-cl3jh Před 8 měsíci

      You might need glasses. It says 1981 National Champions.

  • @josephd5715
    @josephd5715 Před 9 měsíci +120

    The worst place in Idaho looks better than many many places across the US.

    • @Lifetalk849
      @Lifetalk849 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yaaaas!!!😊

    • @ressljs
      @ressljs Před 9 měsíci +12

      This didn't look bad at all. But "bad" in this part of the country is nothing like bad elsewhere. I live in North Dakota. We have towns that are dumps because they lost their main employment and now there falling apart. Still, they don't have the soul crushing despair and degradation I see in other parts of the country. When I go back to my home state of Pennsylvania, a lot of the central parts of that state look like District 12 of the Hunger Games, and Philadelphia... My God! How do people live like that?!

    • @shooterjenkins7089
      @shooterjenkins7089 Před 9 měsíci +2

      No, it's not.

    • @IwonyoulostLOL
      @IwonyoulostLOL Před 9 měsíci +7

      ​@@ressljsThey live like that because they're junkies who don't care about anything but getting high lol I'm 22 and I know that, hell I knew it at 19

    • @derekintheph8935
      @derekintheph8935 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Agreed , I live in Minneapolis and I'm RED af basically a fish out of water overhere

  • @SnoopEastwood
    @SnoopEastwood Před 9 měsíci +172

    Foreign companies and non residents should not be allowed to own land in the USA we have enough of a housing shortage already.

    • @paulstrawbridge5687
      @paulstrawbridge5687 Před 9 měsíci +11

      Well...isn't that the example of the free market capitalism we love so much? Haha...yeah, china or any other foreign entities should not be able to buy our country out.

    • @brankobelfranin8815
      @brankobelfranin8815 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Business is business

    • @ajf5823
      @ajf5823 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Totally agree!!

    • @mavericksization
      @mavericksization Před 9 měsíci

      Yeah, I’m at know it we should be able to sell parts of Miramax to China. We shouldn’t be able to sell some of our soybean farmland in Nebraska to China. We shouldn’t be able selling all this real estate to these Chinese students that are coming over here with all this tech money, you’re right about all that we should have a medication made from our enemies at China. Long story short our country sold out our elites in our leaders have been bought out plus add a little dash of George Soros, and then wants us a communist country and damn there’s your answer.

    • @ey67
      @ey67 Před 9 měsíci

      Thanks to our corporate governance. Americans and America have been for sale and for rent for many decades.

  • @jblover_3014
    @jblover_3014 Před 9 měsíci +269

    If THIS is the worst idaho has to offer, then they are doing something right

    • @lilalienangel3414
      @lilalienangel3414 Před 9 měsíci +20

      It's far from the worst. Firth sucks. Please don't move to Idaho.

    • @thehamvskoopa343
      @thehamvskoopa343 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Yeah Pokys got some charm still atleast, our neighbor BlackFoot ID on the other hand...

    • @clayton5584
      @clayton5584 Před 9 měsíci

      The winter Is the worse they have to offer

    • @RonaldMcDonald23
      @RonaldMcDonald23 Před 9 měsíci +12

      Especially if you vote like Californians

    • @rondye9398
      @rondye9398 Před 9 měsíci

      Blackfoot is heaven compared to Fort Hall reservation not to far from either Pokie or Blackfoot.@@thehamvskoopa343

  • @KCFromTheIE
    @KCFromTheIE Před 9 měsíci +202

    Pocatello has promise-I was actually pleasantly surprised……and if this is Idaho’s worst, good for Idaho! 👏

    • @pampoovey3281
      @pampoovey3281 Před 9 měsíci +22

      yea look at the lack of graffiti in the crap part of town.

    • @SteveEddy-od7fb
      @SteveEddy-od7fb Před 9 měsíci

      Idaho is great place for Neo Nazi s

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +31

      That's right honey! We liked it there!

    • @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf
      @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf Před 9 měsíci

      I live here, it's church covered up. There's lots of drugs, even our City Atty was caught w Fentanyl. It's just better hidden.

    • @thereckoning5488
      @thereckoning5488 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I happen to live just outside Pocatello. It used to be a not very good place to live but has changed quite a bit from my perspective.

  • @ryanreay4167
    @ryanreay4167 Před 9 měsíci +128

    That's my hometown. Like most young people, I was itching to leave this place straight out of high school.. After having lived on each coast and in between, having experienced a dozen foreign countries, I decided Poky wasn't the worst place I'd been. I came back here when I finished up in the military, and plan on dying here, just as my grandparents did.

    • @gailhall6283
      @gailhall6283 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Holy crap. Where in tbe world did you travel to?

    • @gergelydrotos3745
      @gergelydrotos3745 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Looks pretty nice, very quiet, but neat. Usually I don't like US cities, but Poky looks like a good place

    • @melissablueswomanhensley634
      @melissablueswomanhensley634 Před 9 měsíci

      I was born in Idaho, lived there till I was 6 and half. I still miss it. We lived in Spirit Lake. Not sure where that is in relation to here.

    • @ryanreay4167
      @ryanreay4167 Před 9 měsíci

      @@gergelydrotos3745 Where are you from?

    • @gergelydrotos3745
      @gergelydrotos3745 Před 9 měsíci

      Hungary, Budapest

  • @stevewalcott9546
    @stevewalcott9546 Před 9 měsíci +84

    I moved here from California 3 years ago, I live in Chubbuck, which is adjacent to Pocatello. I am very happy here and glad to be out of the homeless camps and extremely high costs and high taxes of California.

    • @johng5710
      @johng5710 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Hopefully you're not voting Democrat then

    • @MrFurley69
      @MrFurley69 Před 9 měsíci +23

      I hope you learned how to vote

    • @stevewalcott9546
      @stevewalcott9546 Před 9 měsíci +27

      You bet! The main reason I left….to be in a conservative state with like-minded people. So glad to have escaped!

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Well done Mr. Walcott. Congrats.

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 Před 8 měsíci +10

      @zacsdiyguns We need Idaho to stay Right!

  • @adamfrbs9259
    @adamfrbs9259 Před 9 měsíci +73

    Notice how downtowns in America still exist literally because of the old school brickwork. The crap they build now, (like every strip mall next to a walmart) will never last that long. So when towns die, they'll stay dead, with buildings beyond repair, unlike brick buildings.
    I won't live long enough to see it, but good luck.

    • @JonasMatthewBahta
      @JonasMatthewBahta Před 9 měsíci +7

      I watched the video last year that actually said the same thing but in this case homes instead of commercial buildings. A lot of the modern homes they’ve been building have a life expectancy average around 50 years. Older homes that were built close to a century ago or close to that were a lot more durable.

    • @annabelleb.8096
      @annabelleb.8096 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@JonasMatthewBahtaI live in an old bungalow. You are right they were built to last. When I move I want another old brick home! Plaster walls and ceilings beat drywall any day.

    • @amicaaranearum
      @amicaaranearum Před 9 měsíci +1

      Sadly, many downtowns just have brick façades.

    • @adamfrbs9259
      @adamfrbs9259 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @amicaaranearum1560 ya I've been through 49 States...all the small downtowns are drug fronts now at best...or vacant.

    • @janetclark5668
      @janetclark5668 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Our elementary school in Emmett ID 74 yrs ago was brick. The name of it was Brick Elementary. ! Also my uncle's farm house was brick. Also a fancier, newer house (at the time) my aunt (his ex-wife) moved into in town was brick.

  • @dagnytaggart5216
    @dagnytaggart5216 Před 9 měsíci +47

    My dad was from Idaho and we would take a vacation to that area at least every other summer. (From L.A.). I had relatives in Blackfoot, Pocatello, Twin Falls etc. it’s been decades now since I’ve been in contact with any family up there. This episode is putting a smile on my face and bringing back happy memories. Thank you Nick Johnson 😊

  • @danarcaris1259
    @danarcaris1259 Před 9 měsíci +94

    I laughed so hard as you drove away saying " I was just going to ask him what it was like living here " .

    • @DrakoAgunnid-wr5vl
      @DrakoAgunnid-wr5vl Před 9 měsíci +6

      I live in Pocatello and know him as the “hello have a good day” guy cause every car that passes he screams at them to have a good day pretty good guy from what I could tell might have mental health or drug issues but he’s nice regardless

    • @danarcaris1259
      @danarcaris1259 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I didn't mean anything mean concerning that guy but was just laughing at the whole situation that Nick was in .

    • @danarcaris1259
      @danarcaris1259 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I have worked with the homeless in the 90s and then was the teaching pastor at a Saturday morning breakfast on the beach for several years not that long ago . I knew thousands of people on the streets from San Bernardino to San Diego but these days there is something much different going on than just people living on the streets ( demon possessed people and gangs ruling over them ) .

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 Před 9 měsíci

      @@danarcaris1259Drugs are different. the tranq stuff especially is terrible.

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 Před 8 měsíci +1

      He looks like Red Skelton.
      Yeah I'm getting old but I still remember him!

  • @IWDTC
    @IWDTC Před 9 měsíci +17

    Born in Pocatello 54 years ago, raised in Idaho falls and living in Rexburg. Proud to be a Latter-day Saint and living in this beautiful part of the country.

  • @Mari-go5hc
    @Mari-go5hc Před 9 měsíci +62

    I was born in Twin Falls Idaho. We moved shortly after to Henderson NV. My mom couldn't take the cold with her arthritis. So we traded the beauty of Idaho for hell. We always went back to Idaho in the summer to visit family. My grandparents moved to this really cool town called Jerome. You had to cross over the snake river on the memorial bridge to get to Jerome. I loved that little town. I miss Idaho I haven't been back in years. It's a world away from Henderson/Las Vegas. And the heat!

    • @keithbalke6352
      @keithbalke6352 Před 9 měsíci +8

      Man traded Beauty for Hell……fam comes first tho

    • @solarguy1702
      @solarguy1702 Před 9 měsíci +4

      My grandparents moved to Jerome also around 1970.

    • @jazzpup8288
      @jazzpup8288 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Right on we lived just on the Jerome side on rm101. We could just ride our dirt bikes around everywhere back then

    • @itskarl79
      @itskarl79 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I was born in Mountainhome, and grew up in a couple small towns along the snake river. I joined the military and ended up retiring in Arizona, I appreciate Idaho, so much more now, especially with how things have changed in the world and even more local to Phoenix.
      My youngest son is in college now, but I anticipate at some point that I will move back to Idaho.
      Gooding, Wendell, Jerome, I have their own issues, of course, no different than a lot of small towns across the country.
      Do you think you would ever move back to Idaho from Las Vegas/Henderson?

    • @holdenc3082
      @holdenc3082 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Henderson is a nice area. I certainly wouldn’t describe it as hell.

  • @hardluckcharlie
    @hardluckcharlie Před 9 měsíci +58

    Back in the day, some friends and I rented a Winnebago and drove 500 miles to Pocatello to see Fleetwood Mac. Yes, the Fleetwood Mac. They started their world tour in Pocatello, ID. True story.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +2

      What?!?

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 Před 8 měsíci +4

      You Can Go Your Own Way
      😃

    • @user-wy1dl2me2p
      @user-wy1dl2me2p Před 8 měsíci +3

      Fleetwood Mac in schit kicker country ?

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@user-wy1dl2me2p Yeah it was back in the Day.
      Now their just up Schitt's Creek...

    • @zairen5421
      @zairen5421 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Nice

  • @pdxmtngoat
    @pdxmtngoat Před 9 měsíci +26

    Pocatello seriously sucks in winter. Nick is visiting only when it's nice.

    • @LisaMaeSV650S
      @LisaMaeSV650S Před 9 měsíci +4

      Greetings from Spirit Lake what I like to refer to as "the Bible snow belt"! Runs all the way from this here gully to Deerpark Washington!😅
      No Mormons here that I know of. Just capping on the old term Bible belt

  • @williamrandall6472
    @williamrandall6472 Před 9 měsíci +24

    I can't even begin to remember, just how many loads of Potatoes that I trucked out of Pocatello, Twin Falls,Idaho Falls,and numerous other Idaho locations.Thanks Nick for shedding light on this part of Idaho. Lol,Mappy at the end was super happy to fire off several rounds😂😂😂

  • @JonasMatthewBahta
    @JonasMatthewBahta Před 9 měsíci +100

    I used to live near Idaho Falls for several years, but I definitely have been to Pocatello many times. Even though this part of Idaho may be considered bad, it is definitely nothing compared to Houston (born and raised) or even the worst parts of Dallas or Atlanta. Pocatello, in many other states would be considered a nice area. But of course most people won’t realize because Boise the only place you’ll only ever hear about in regards to Idaho 80% of the time.

    • @Shazzyhtown
      @Shazzyhtown Před 9 měsíci +3

      🤨 why u insulting my Houston? I see you😒

    • @pauljensen3799
      @pauljensen3799 Před 9 měsíci +5

      Just got back to Arizona last night from spending the summer in Jerome, love it there

    • @nicthegiant
      @nicthegiant Před 9 měsíci +4

      My girlfriend is from Idaho Falls and we are most likely to move back there in a few years once we settle down. We both love it there in IF.

    • @usborn8388
      @usborn8388 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I heard that Boise has a very distinct awful smell. Is there a paper mill around there or something?

    • @nicthegiant
      @nicthegiant Před 9 měsíci

      @@usborn8388 you might be thinking of Lewiston Idaho. There is paper mill there and makes the whole Lewiston valley (including Clarkston WA) smell bad

  • @NewHaven203
    @NewHaven203 Před 9 měsíci +11

    It’s a shame to see this series end, this was a relief from the ravished, desolate trips through the south and California that you did. Ideas for future road trips: New England road trip, Rust belt Midwest road trip, Alaskan road trip, Hawaiian road trip

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +5

      I did a rust belt trip once and the other three are on the sked!

  • @dustys5512
    @dustys5512 Před 9 měsíci +17

    My aunt and uncle and cousins lived in Pocatello. Many good childhood memories there. When I became an adult and went to the bars I saw a completely different side of Pocatello. Yikes. It is a very divided town. You are either in the mormon group, the wealthy yuppie group, or the poor group. I don't think it gets any more complicated than that. With the FMC plant closing down Pocatello lost a lot of jobs so the town has been struggling lately.

  • @trebors386
    @trebors386 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Nick, you missed Idaho’s best gem named Idaho Falls. I’ve been visiting their since I was a kid as I have relatives there. It’s not as gritty as Pocatello or over run by the west coast like Boise. It’s just a unknown place to most and that’s good

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +8

      No I saw it it'll be in a video coming up one day.

    • @TheSGBrown
      @TheSGBrown Před 9 měsíci +1

      Lived in IF for 5+ years. Overcrowded now with high housing costs with low availability.

  • @David-nx2vm
    @David-nx2vm Před 9 měsíci +23

    Great series, Nick. I'm glad you got to see the West like this. I was stationed in Montana in the Air Force, we own a second home in Meridian, Idaho, and have traveled a lot through the area. Nicely done.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +6

      Ok David!! There's actually more to come later!

  • @marystorer
    @marystorer Před 9 měsíci +13

    As a transplant many years ago, we call it poke a fellow. ( no I don’t live there) and theys marmens not Mormons. It’s pretty windy in SE idaho most days. Was told Idaho blows because Utah sucks.

  • @carinarilk89
    @carinarilk89 Před 9 měsíci +26

    Hi Nick, nice to see you again.
    Your channel is the best, good information and I'm glad to see so many places.
    Thank you for your work.
    Be careful
    God bless you and your family.
    Greetings from Berlin

  • @fueymanchoo1291
    @fueymanchoo1291 Před 9 měsíci +16

    Van Halen played at that stadium in 1984. It was awesome!

  • @eviefriend3976
    @eviefriend3976 Před 9 měsíci +11

    My husband grew up in Pocatello and hates it. We used to go down there quite a bit before his mom died. We haven’t been back since. We met in Emmett and have been married 29 years.

    • @patriciaanzelc5386
      @patriciaanzelc5386 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Now Emmett that is something! Have friends there

    • @eviefriend3976
      @eviefriend3976 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@patriciaanzelc5386 Everyone knows someone from Emmett it seems.

    • @tufelhunden5795
      @tufelhunden5795 Před měsícem

      I grew up in Emmett. Now living in Nampa. I miss it. Maybe once I don’t have to go into downtown Boise for work I’ll move back.

  • @michelecaron
    @michelecaron Před 9 měsíci +11

    Nick, Nick, Nick, Mahalo for all the state research 🧐 looking round for my new home base! You make us laugh, smile, and point out all the important things……when the time comes…we can do a moving from the NYC to Midwest. We are lucky 🍀 to have you. 🎉

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +4

      ❤️❤️ When you're ready to move and need help email me Michele!

  • @wotanmituns33
    @wotanmituns33 Před 9 měsíci +8

    3:58 America is way too car centric. Look at all that asphalt, lanes and parking lots with almost no demand for it. . Almost no trees. No bike lanes. Sad.

    • @asullivan4047
      @asullivan4047 Před měsícem +1

      Route66 was the precursor to the asphalt road way system. Remember how the inter-state post W.W.-2 hwy. System mushroomed-???🤔. North/South/East & West-???😳. Quite an incredible endeavor/simular to the rail road system. Both endeavors unlike anything the planet🌎 has ever seen-!!!😳.

  • @mattstickle2725
    @mattstickle2725 Před 9 měsíci +20

    Love your unique delivery of commentary. When I first started listening months back, I thought it sounded very.. how do I say this.. amateur and I don't mean that in a bad way. Because it hits home. It's like I'm riding right beside you. Your secret is this I believe. You're highly intelligent but you are able to talk to guys like me on our level lol That's a gift and it's obviously marketable. Cheers to you. You have found a wonderful niche of people who feel the way I do and really appreciate your work. Thank you.

  • @Yubaactivistandadventure
    @Yubaactivistandadventure Před 9 měsíci +8

    Thanks for all the great content over the years Nick.

  • @janetclark5668
    @janetclark5668 Před 9 měsíci +39

    You outdid yourselves on this one, Nick & Nappy. Very entertaining. Nothing like a little clean fun.

  • @user-bg2ly6dg7m
    @user-bg2ly6dg7m Před 9 měsíci +11

    The worst part of idaho is not near as bad as most of Florida. People of idaho can't even imagine what the worst parts of Florida are like.

  • @davechristian7543
    @davechristian7543 Před 9 měsíci +10

    I truly love theses ones where your out n about on your adventure Nick, plz do another one soon buddy, cheers from Nsw.

  • @FlintIronstag23
    @FlintIronstag23 Před 9 měsíci +15

    Now that the Mountain West trip is finished, I think I would pick Coeur d'Alene as my favorite town featured in this series. Not too small or too big, the most scenic landscapes, and no major problems except a high cost of living.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +9

      Or Cody!!!

    • @LisaMaeSV650S
      @LisaMaeSV650S Před 9 měsíci +3

      With no way to pay for it

    • @bookoobeans
      @bookoobeans Před 9 měsíci

      If you look past all the hate-filled bumper stickers, you might find a few nice people.

  • @MaryOKC
    @MaryOKC Před 9 měsíci +9

    I was raised in Idaho in the panhandle of the state and as far as we were concerned we were Idaho up there and the rest was “what? Where? Pocatello…That’s in Idaho?”

    • @tufelhunden5795
      @tufelhunden5795 Před měsícem +3

      Stop it eastern Washington. We can still let them have you. 😆

    • @rach9466
      @rach9466 Před 2 dny

      @@tufelhunden5795😂

  • @Lifetalk849
    @Lifetalk849 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Nick, Your tour of America continues to be extremely AWESOME !!!👍👍👍 You're making the ultimate road trip that most of us only dream of!!! Pocatello actually looks intriguing (& possibly affordable for those of us who continue to slide out of the middle class). Hey, once you've finished the tour, are you going to have any "awards", you know, "bests" in different categories, like for those of us who want out of wherever we are, but can only afford one bus ticket, one tank of gas, or one airline ticket to relocate to that one last best place...? Plus, where do you plan to end up, someday???

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +1

      I need to do a best for sure Sara! And who knows where I'll wind up. I love NC for now!

  • @michaelmeller8538
    @michaelmeller8538 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I enjoy some of your little extras you place in your video editing, Nick. A picture of "Bev" and TV excerpts are some fine examples. Mappy is ok by me, too!

  • @wmstutz4632
    @wmstutz4632 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This video was VERY entertaining. I loved it. I am now a fan. well done. can't wait see what else ya got. btw, your narration was great.

  • @JohnnyULives-lz1ml
    @JohnnyULives-lz1ml Před 9 měsíci +18

    Epic Series, great job Nick. A wrap up summary video would be great to get the overall big picture of your trip and your impressions of the region.

  • @johnpick8336
    @johnpick8336 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Good on you Brother for recording Geography and History at the same time.
    Thanks

  • @merrimackvalleyblackdog45
    @merrimackvalleyblackdog45 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Good stuff Nick. Thank you for taking us along.

  • @SulferDragon
    @SulferDragon Před 9 měsíci +33

    Love your positivity. I live outside of Boise now but had lived in Pocatello for a little over a year. It wasn't terrible at all.
    Yes, it is pretty basic. It's not glamorous, and that is fine. However, it is a great place if you love the simple life and the outdoors. Plus, most of the people are super friendly. Some of the friendliest I have ever encountered!
    Would definitely consider moving back at some point.

  • @MrDEWaters
    @MrDEWaters Před 9 měsíci +9

    I think Pocatello suffers economically somewhat because it used to be on the route between Salt Lake City and Boise----but now it has been bypassed with part of Interstate 84. It's kind of a typical agricultural and industrial Western town that is an out-of-the way place. But Bozeman, MT used to be like that too, and now everybody seems to be moving there.

    • @user-fv7pd6cf4t
      @user-fv7pd6cf4t Před 9 měsíci +1

      Bozeman has skiing close and a boom town big sky 30 miles away

    • @MrDEWaters
      @MrDEWaters Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yeah, I always drive through that area in summer---so I forget about the ski towns.

    • @barbaramosley8123
      @barbaramosley8123 Před 9 měsíci

      👍🏾TRUE ALL THAT!!

  • @michaellawrence5492
    @michaellawrence5492 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Nick, Thanks You have your own way to flow around and it is easy to catch things even if you might not mention them.

  • @tamarackmi9195
    @tamarackmi9195 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Appreciate all the info you share about American Cities&Small Towns👍😁

  • @thebenefactor6744
    @thebenefactor6744 Před 9 měsíci +9

    Though the summer's over, I know that when I look up at the ridgeline, at the setting sun, and see that silhouette of a cowboy on horseback, I'll know it's you, Nick. The dude abides.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +2

      lol 👍👍🤠

    • @stevesyverson8625
      @stevesyverson8625 Před 9 měsíci +1

      A reference to my favorite movie of all time. The Big Lebowski!
      Let’s go bowling dude.
      I hate the Eagles. Put on some Credence man.
      I will watch it again right now!

  • @ddtshoots
    @ddtshoots Před 9 měsíci +21

    23 years in Idaho but never been near Pocatello. Thanks for saving me the trip! Also, nice choice of intro music! :)

    • @idmtngirl7942
      @idmtngirl7942 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I'm native to never been there!🇺🇸

  • @Danifourever
    @Danifourever Před měsícem

    We're like 20 mins outside portland oregon. We're planning on moving to idaho, my aunt moved to South Dakota, just had friends move to Nebraska. I know seeing my city change for the worse was such a heartbreaking thing. Thank you for documenting all this ❤️

  • @lanearenas252
    @lanearenas252 Před 9 měsíci

    Nice one. I grew up near here. Lived in Los Angeles the last 24 years. I moved back 2 weeks ago to SLOW DOWN. You're pretty spot on.. Thanks dude.

  • @out_running_erins9118
    @out_running_erins9118 Před 9 měsíci +9

    I suffer from severe motion sickness and vertigo...i cannot express how much I appreciate your slowing down of your driving frames! My God, how can other creators on this platform not get that...some of the camp channels on YT give me a headache and i really wish i could watch them!😢

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yay!

    • @Starfish2145
      @Starfish2145 Před 9 měsíci

      You can slow down any video using the tools at top right at your screen 😉

  • @andrewhuston4510
    @andrewhuston4510 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Pocatello is a great town. There's other places in the state i.e agricultural areas of S. Idaho which I'd consider worse. Pocatello is a college town with heaps of character.

    • @TheSGBrown
      @TheSGBrown Před 9 měsíci

      Two major universities nearby: ISU and BYU-Idaho which, btw, has more on campus students than the University of Washington at Seattle.

  • @thinkfaster6451
    @thinkfaster6451 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Another awsome adventure with Nick! Thanks

  • @JustinNgim
    @JustinNgim Před 9 měsíci

    Good afternoon Nick! all of your videos are educational and so funny! Thanks for loading these videos!

  • @pdxmtngoat
    @pdxmtngoat Před 9 měsíci +22

    My aunt lives in Pocatello. If you live in Pocatello, get ready for LDS/Mormons to target your home. Repeatedly. And you can expect a cold shoulder for you not wanting to join their group. That's Pocatello. Might as well be in Utah.

    • @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf
      @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf Před 9 měsíci +7

      💯 present true, rudest ppl. Ever!!

    • @Mountainrock70
      @Mountainrock70 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The plus side of them giving the cold shoulder is you’re done with them!

    • @thereckoning5488
      @thereckoning5488 Před 9 měsíci +5

      I was raised mormon. I just tell them all the reasons why their beliefs are ridiculous and can't be true. They leave me alone.

    • @TheSGBrown
      @TheSGBrown Před 9 měsíci

      BYU Idaho has more on-campus students than the University of Washington at Seattle by latest counts.

    • @jeffgile2921
      @jeffgile2921 Před 27 dny

      Same in Idaho falls. I'm a long haired tattoo metal head. Thanks to Sam's club I can live

  • @pdxmtngoat
    @pdxmtngoat Před 9 měsíci +5

    Pocatello is in a good location. Only 4 hours to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Yellowstone Park a little further. Grand Targhee is a few hours drive. It's close to scenic Utah to the South. Only 3 hours to Boisangeles. Downtown is relatively clean compared to other cities. Winters are a good 6 months of the year. Brutally cold and windy weather.

  • @followthesun4510
    @followthesun4510 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Wow, that was quite an eye-opening experience! Your video sheds light on the less-explored aspects of Idaho, and it's great to see how you shared both the challenges and the beauty of the place. Thanks for taking us along on your journey to the "worst place" in Idaho; it was both informative and engaging! 🏞📺👏

  • @eldonjons7442
    @eldonjons7442 Před 9 měsíci +1

    That garden tub brought back memories when I stayed overnight in Pocatello about 10 years ago...yes, there was a garden tub in my room, right out in the open.

  • @DavidSmith-ne1zp
    @DavidSmith-ne1zp Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for all your videos Nick. Really nice to appreciate the world we live in.

  • @janicestewart6116
    @janicestewart6116 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Nick, Thank you for sharing your amazing summer with us. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for taking us along and get busy and keep your videos coming cuz I appreciate and love your work!

  • @guitarmeggedonit5232
    @guitarmeggedonit5232 Před 9 měsíci +19

    I stayed in the nice parts of Pocatello and worked at the Semiconductor factory there. The downtown was pretty cool and the people seemed nice. I definitely didn't see the bad parts.

    • @guitarmeggedonit5232
      @guitarmeggedonit5232 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Actually, watching what you saw, it is now worse than it was in 2017.

    • @BuilderofRat
      @BuilderofRat Před 7 měsíci

      @@guitarmeggedonit5232 I have been here since 2002, and I do not see the bad things that you mention. Clue me in.

    • @tufelhunden5795
      @tufelhunden5795 Před měsícem +1

      Bad in Idaho is nothing like the rest of the US. It was a relief to get back home.

  • @stacky512a
    @stacky512a Před 9 měsíci +2

    Sundays in the 70s were often much quieter than they are now. Corporate greed and desperate workers lead to the 24/7 environments we unfortunately have now.

  • @barbarianswife
    @barbarianswife Před 9 měsíci +2

    I think this might have been the first time I left a message I love your channel I watch it all the time thank you Nick🎉

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Thanks for commenting FINALLY ❤️❤️❤️

  • @mh0862
    @mh0862 Před 9 měsíci +16

    I've been to Pocatello. After 40 years in Denver, I'm game. How do you keep a Mormon from drinking all your beer on a fishing trip? You bring along another Mormon.

  • @vinniecorleone62
    @vinniecorleone62 Před 9 měsíci +7

    A lovely & entertaining final captured journey through Idaho! Thanks for creating all these videos of America, good & bad, you have done it better than any other channel on the topic!

  • @robertvose7310
    @robertvose7310 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Another good video Nick as my Mom is now watching you sir! Thanks bro from Aliso Viejo...

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Tell your mom hi! I love Aliso!

  • @georgevan3102
    @georgevan3102 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thanks for all of the gr8 videos Nick & gunslinger Mappy

  • @rondye9398
    @rondye9398 Před 9 měsíci +7

    4 decades ago I was in business in Idaho that provided services to School Districts and schools throughout the State. I was based out of Boise and did all the work for non LDS controlled districts. The Mormon districts always had Utah based suppliers. I did do work in this area with employees that were Mormon and they could not believe I was discriminated against! If you want to ugly in Idaho just go a few miles N. to the Fort Hall reservation and find some of the meanest and unfriendly people you have ever seen, living in the most filthy uncivilized way possible. It is sad to see.

    • @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf
      @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf Před 9 měsíci +1

      100% true. I grew up in the ghetto, in another state and the ghetto ppl were nicer than the Mormons, and they 💯 present discriminate! Not nice people

    • @AJgrrrlUnger-zj9hk
      @AJgrrrlUnger-zj9hk Před 9 měsíci +2

      Why are there hidden comments

    • @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf
      @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf Před 9 měsíci

      @@AJgrrrlUnger-zj9hk I have them too.

  • @Enchanted3DPrints
    @Enchanted3DPrints Před 9 měsíci +4

    I live a couple of hours away. Pocahello and Pocafello are common terms. Southern Idaho can take you about as close as it gets to a slower life anymore. Not saying thats for everyone though. I myself was born and raised here for the most part and my time is coming to a close. I have a family now and a need for adventure. Ill be moving at the first of the year. Next time youre around check out Sun Valley. It started as a quaint mountain town and boasts the countrys first destination ski resort. Know for its magical feel and the 2nd home of many rich and famous. Its kind of become overrun and has priced out many of the locals. Unfortunate. Sun Valley at christmas time is pretty special though. Have a stay at the lodge.

  • @temperlore6938
    @temperlore6938 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Love you and have loved the whole GMWA series!! My sister was born in Pokey. Used to live down the street from Caldwell when I was a kid.

  • @jonisoma5726
    @jonisoma5726 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Nick, would love to see you come to Hawthorne, Nevada. It used to be the Largest Ammo base in the world, with AF and Marines. We have an older car sales biz building that is now a bomb museum. Great for razors, a salt lake, lofty cliffs above the lake. A casino, lots of churches, lots of bars. For the past few decades Government contractors have ran this AMMO base.

  • @jeffrobodine8579
    @jeffrobodine8579 Před 9 měsíci +28

    Nick visiting his private Idaho is coming to an end

  • @animalfarmusapopulationyou6932
    @animalfarmusapopulationyou6932 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Dude nice choice of opener clip. Listening to you as you drove away from me had me rolling for some reason. Great videos man.

  • @lauriesuzanne8848
    @lauriesuzanne8848 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Always love your videos, Nick! Great commentary, solid research, with a dash of humor thrown in. Mag! Otherwise… Hey, it’s pretty interesting to see the rather vast “gap-o-sis” between the worst of the west and points east of the Mississippi.😮 Damn y’all!

  • @firstlast1047
    @firstlast1047 Před 9 měsíci +2

    You certainly know how to excite my memory funnybone.
    In a previous post I mentioned I had ex laws in Blackfoot. Now you bring it home with Pocatello and Fort Hall.
    It was so long ago, not a hesitation to drive two hours to Salt Lake City to food shop and acquire the latest fashions.
    Schools let out when the potato crop was ready. A well paying summer job was moving pipe ( Irrigation) for Simplot.

  • @marklandes3229
    @marklandes3229 Před 9 měsíci +3

    When I was kindergarten age we moved to Route 2 Emmett, ID, several miles from Emmet. There was no kindergarten. We had 50 acres, mostly alfalfa, a story book red barn, two story country house with a great porch where we slept in summer (no AC in 1949), My older brother and sister went to a little red school house and our dog (who came with the property) was allowed to sleep before the fireplace in the classroom. My aunt and uncle lived several miles down the street. Dad was a chiropractor practicing in Long Beach, CA and he had to have residence in ID for one year before he could take the licensing test for the state, After that year we moved back to CA. We (learned later) that it was a Mormon area and they decided not to give the exam that year (Dad was Lutheran). I have a brother that lives near Potlach ID and lotsa cousins who live in the Camus prairie (wheat farmers).

    • @janetclark5668
      @janetclark5668 Před 9 měsíci

      Hi Mark -- I'm writing a comment about when we caught a plane in Pocatello -- you should see it here in a minute.

    • @marklandes3229
      @marklandes3229 Před 9 měsíci

      @@janetclark5668 Don't see it yet. I rode in a little single engine plane one time with Dad--it was his friends plane --the friend who died later in Alaska (blanking on his name).

  • @jasons1688
    @jasons1688 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Pocatello is just your standard western M&M town - Mormons and Meth heads. They are everywhere out there, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Idaho etc.
    You should Go to Ely Nevada next, that's a Triple M Town: Mormons, Miners and Meth heads. Hell, some people out there are all 3! Boise is cool AF though, I wish I would have moved there before real estate got ridiculous. Been to Twin Falls and Idaho Falls, neither seemed that great.

  • @lola_rock3312
    @lola_rock3312 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Such an interesting tour, Nick. The highs and the lows, truly exposed.

  • @tylerboyce6502
    @tylerboyce6502 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I was there in my van ladt year. I was about to mention the old downtown building architecture, then you started showing them. Cool old buildings

  • @Shannonbarnesdr1
    @Shannonbarnesdr1 Před 9 měsíci

    i love your classic 60s western film intro music and screenshots ! 🙂

  • @Blissfulnessence
    @Blissfulnessence Před 9 měsíci +3

    It's been an interesting trip. Pocatello just seemed, idk, bland maybe?
    The Burt Reynolds mustache came back, so i guess that wasn't the tumbleweed we saw in an earlier video, 😆
    Shout out to The Bev!!
    Thanks for taking us along Nick and fam!

  • @Fear58
    @Fear58 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Nick in the Wild Wild West was the best series ever!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 9 měsíci +2

      Yay! It's not all the way over yet!

  • @user-xx8ud2sr8i
    @user-xx8ud2sr8i Před 7 měsíci

    Great job, Nick! You rock these videos pretty hard. Keep it up. Larry from Ogden.

  • @fahrettinalioglu732
    @fahrettinalioglu732 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Great video…thx for the sharing…

  • @RobFromRI
    @RobFromRI Před 9 měsíci +6

    I spent a month in Pocatello one night...

  • @snailsfrogslegs119
    @snailsfrogslegs119 Před 9 měsíci +28

    I was offered a job there a couple of years ago, but I had to move there. After seeing the place once, talking to some of the people (from the 5% that aren't mormons), I declined the offer. It is a horrible place compared to what I am used to. Mormons are insular and just plain mean... with a smile on their blank faces of course. Do not go there. Or at least, do not move there. I will say that the hampton inn there is very nice with very good service. Other than that... I would not go there unless you are in the cult.

    • @MrFurley69
      @MrFurley69 Před 9 měsíci

      Mormons are weird

    • @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf
      @Goodie2shoes-lb9jf Před 9 měsíci +6

      I wish I would have rented before buying you were smart and declined. I live between two Mormon houses and they are the WORST neighbors I've had in 50 years of flipping houses to make affordable living, but as soon as I'm done so is this house, it's going ng up for sale. I've never met such mean petty people.

    • @denisefelton5207
      @denisefelton5207 Před 9 měsíci

      WORD

    • @dswoop9477
      @dswoop9477 Před 9 měsíci

      Not even ten percent of Pocatello is Mormon

  • @UrbanKiwiana
    @UrbanKiwiana Před 9 měsíci

    Good Morning Nick another trip done and dusted, I really really enjoyed this one alot..sure was places full of beauty an barely anything if anything run down and beaten.
    It seems like there's a bit of everything along these old highways and byways and new motorways but the history remains..hopefully so will the absolutely gorgeous scenery we got to see,
    Thanks for the adventure I'm looking forward to seeing where you take us next..
    Happy and safe travels.

  • @scottrawlins8165
    @scottrawlins8165 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Haha love that " oddly clean and stale..like that extra bedroon in your home that isnt used"😅

  • @pdxmtngoat
    @pdxmtngoat Před 9 měsíci +28

    Pocatello has severe winter weather compared to Boisangeles. My aunt resides in Pocatello. The winters are not a lot of fun. They are long at 4500 foot elevation. It's a major Mormon/LDS controlled town and area.

    • @damonmelendez856
      @damonmelendez856 Před 9 měsíci

      Mormon/ LDS control = a lot of swingers and perverts lol.

    • @keithbalke6352
      @keithbalke6352 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Any liquor stores there?

    • @honzo1078
      @honzo1078 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@keithbalke6352 state owned.

    • @keithbalke6352
      @keithbalke6352 Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@damonmelendez856 lots of morms in Phoenix…the gals are proper and all, prolly not swinger types

    • @JonasMatthewBahta
      @JonasMatthewBahta Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@keithbalke6352, the women in that faith/church in nearly all cases only date/marry within the church. They sometimes may consider dating outside the faith if a man’s lifestyle matches most of theirs.

  • @benbeck345
    @benbeck345 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Went to college there. We called it Hatefullsmello. The FMC plant produced phosphorous. Had a cough and sore throat the whole time I was there. It's gone now. Still a grimy place.

  • @albertgurule1015
    @albertgurule1015 Před 9 měsíci

    Hello Nick, love the videos, you found a genuine Pocatello tweeker..😂😂 funny stuff keep on with the great work.

  • @tcwhite0104
    @tcwhite0104 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great Video Nick, nice to see another video!!!

  • @thinkingimpaired5663
    @thinkingimpaired5663 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Happy Birthday Nick😂

  • @patfrat666
    @patfrat666 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I click for Nick. And he gets that "like," too. Stay consistent, my man.

  • @kidkong637
    @kidkong637 Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you for your work sir. Just what I was looking for, a misery-loves-company channel!

  • @frannyy9309
    @frannyy9309 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I love Pocatello!!! I live in Blackfoot which is 25 mins from Pocatello. Moved from Portland area Oregon and I love it here!!!!

    • @pdxmtngoat
      @pdxmtngoat Před 9 měsíci +2

      6 month winters.

    • @frannyy9309
      @frannyy9309 Před 9 měsíci

      @@pdxmtngoat winters are great! It’s sunny and the snow is beautiful!

  • @richardbarry4663
    @richardbarry4663 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I have been in Pocatello quite a bit over the years and would live there in heart beat.

  • @aarontooley570
    @aarontooley570 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Hamas won’t be messing with Idaho.

  • @tudo8412
    @tudo8412 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing NICK. 🤠 👍

  • @maryronan8446
    @maryronan8446 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Grew up in a small town; Gooding Idaho. Beautiful place. My bestfriend was Shoshone indian. We Spent alot of time at sun valley resort which had such a great vibe back in 1976.

  • @cnph7067
    @cnph7067 Před 9 měsíci +3

    “Oddly cleansed, like that extra Bedroom your house nobody uses” classic Nickism !

  • @garys.2291
    @garys.2291 Před 9 měsíci +3

    What's funny about that hotel is that it's modelled after the interior of their temples.

  • @SoulfulMole
    @SoulfulMole Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great opening...great conversation lol