There is nothing so nice as living away from people. For me the more desolate the better. I have never had a dog, cat, or horse steal from me, report me to the town officials for my weeds being two tall, or cause any other problems. This is my main reason for loving this country, it's big and you can live alone in peace and quiet if you choose. And of course, for those who like crowds, they are there too.
@Hatbox948
8 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@BuilderofRat
8 ай бұрын
I hear you! I am a country boy at heart. Where I live it is bearable. I have one close neighbor, and across the road is one more. I live 6 miles out of town. 20,000 people live in the one closest to me, and then a larger town (50,000) is next to the small one. Basically, if you don't see the city limit sign, you do not know where the first town ends and the second town begins. There are a lot of mountains around here, and a lot of quad trails to ride on. All in all, a great place to retire. I could not live in a place that dictated how high my grass was. Sadly, 2 years ago, thieves took a couple thousand dollars worth of my stuff out of my shop. I had not locked that shop for 15 years. I would like to introduce the thief to my 12 gauge. The world would one a better place without thieves in it.
@anthonydurante1149
8 ай бұрын
Something tells me that wherever you used to live, you were a shitty neighbor.
@pathader4839
8 ай бұрын
Yes but it's kind of scary.
@fireboltaz
8 ай бұрын
Bro. All these middle states are in the fallout zone from the above ground nukes we tested from 1940s-1960s
@SanDmaNTheFreakTrucker
8 ай бұрын
I absolutely love “empty” and desolate States. Keep your cities of crime, inflated prices, traffic, and over pop. The peace and quiet of country living is amazing.
@jarlwhiterun7478
3 ай бұрын
Some of those rural areas have a much higher rate of crime than small cities. Depends on the people
@JohnMasterson-ew6mg
2 ай бұрын
No they don’t.
@laurachristianson1688
2 ай бұрын
Yeah everyone wants to live alone in the desert, or some featureless plains area, it’s just too depressing.
@thullraven1
Ай бұрын
Good Luck with that when you need Medical Care. My mom almost died because she was far from a hospital. SMH at the ignorance.
@savannahsmiles1797
8 ай бұрын
Weather is the theme. Tornadoes, brutal winters, or too hot summers, and WIND. So many of those states have too much wind.
@rylantrainbrain
8 ай бұрын
Very true I hate the wind in Wyoming. Will be moving soon.
@nogames8982
8 ай бұрын
I think the lack of water is more of an issue.
@johnnyrocket4357
8 ай бұрын
@@nogames8982 If lack of water was the biggest problem, then why are some of them farming states? AZ isn't on this list despite water issues.
@sundinfamforlife4129
8 ай бұрын
You mentioned too hot of weather. I’d argue Arizona and Texas have very hot climates but people still move there.
@Chris_at_Home
8 ай бұрын
I’ve lived in Alaska 45 years and had a blast. The golden years were the 1980s when the state had more money than they knew what to do with and most oil field jobs started over $50,000 a year.
@augiegirl1
8 ай бұрын
I moved to South Dakota for 4 years of college in Sioux Falls (Augustana), then went back home to Nebraska after I graduated.
@michaelbindner9883
8 ай бұрын
If you exclude urban counties it changes how empty some places are. Low rural density is Alaska, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming. Some places, no one even lives in rural areas.
@TheCharleseye
8 ай бұрын
A lot of things change when you exculde urban counties. Like crime rate, taxes, friendliness, etc. Most everything gets better when you exclude urban areas. If only we could fence them off or something.
@juliehanson1175
8 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. If you take out Fargo in ND and Sioux Falls in SD what kind of population density do you have outstate?
@happilybaked
8 ай бұрын
@@TheCharleseye The rural areas wouldn’t get the money the cities generate. In most states that is around 80% of the states economy.
@TheCharleseye
8 ай бұрын
@@happilybaked Okay.
@timlubbers2884
8 ай бұрын
@@happilybakedand yet the urban areas would eat … what(?) … if it wasn’t for the rural areas … personally I’ll take the food and freedom of the rural spaces …
@drivingwithricks
8 ай бұрын
Pretty soon California's going to be on this list due to all the people leaving.
@wPatrickSF
8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂.. Oh, you're serious.
@Dreblueskies
8 ай бұрын
The illegals will make up for the ones leaving.
@kevinwood5005
6 ай бұрын
There's plenty more on their way to replace em afraid
@miketrusky476
3 ай бұрын
Home prices up 14%, people are funny when they leave Home prices go down.
@jarlwhiterun7478
3 ай бұрын
California will always have a high population. Coastal state with beautiful weather and every type of climate you could want. You are just an extreme right winger and blame California for all our problems.
@trevordaviestheawesomeness2176
8 ай бұрын
I think we all knew Alaska by far had the lowest population density. But a fun fact about that, so in Alaska, their counties are called Boroughs, and the borough with the lowest population density, aka the lowest population density county-equivalent in the US, the Koyukuk borough, covers 147,000 square miles through central Alaska, which is about the same size as Montana, and only has 5,179 residents in that whole area. That is crazy to think about. Even Alaska’s North Slope borough that covers the state’s arctic tundra, has a bigger population density than the Koyukuk, albeit not by much. I just happened to do research on this randomly one night back around Thanksgiving time, and it stuck in my head. Figured I’d share it here. And gee, I’ve always felt like many of the counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula felt so remote and sparsely populated when I’ve visited them, an example being Luce County, of which I’ve been on road trips where we drove through Luce County from the small town of Newberry 30ish miles up to the Lake Superior shoreline, with that entire 30 mile distance being remote wilderness. But I bet even Luce County would be like a metropolis compared to many of Alaska’s boroughs, which are much bigger in size. I haven’t looked up the stats for Luce County to compare with, but it’s personally one of the most remote areas I’ve personally been to, and to think there are places out there that are far more remote and sparsely populated is crazy
@Chris_at_Home
8 ай бұрын
I worked there over six years along the Dalton. Most of the villages are pretty small. The Mat Su has grown. It is about 25,000 square miles and in 1980 there were about 17,000 people, now there are about 113,000 people.
@DustySmith1
8 ай бұрын
Lowest Population density does not mean lowest population
@johnbaskett2309
8 ай бұрын
Koyukuk census area, not a borough. I live in Galena Alaska which is in the Koyukuk census area.
@texanfournow
8 ай бұрын
I have visited Luce County, specifically Muskallonge State Park. Beautiful area.
@johnbaskett2309
8 ай бұрын
@@texanfournow What does that have to do with Alaska?
@raymondperez2972
8 ай бұрын
Aloha Kakahiaka or good morning! In Hawaii there’s too much people for such small group of islands. I live on the main island O’ahu in Honolulu where majority of the jobs are. Way too many people per square mile which means no privacy in Honolulu. I could buy a house in one of those states and live in the middle of nowhere. Only the driving to get to the nearest city would be the sacrifice. For medical, dental, food and other services. You sacrifice something to gain something. Mahalo nui loa Briggs!!!
@nunyabidness3075
8 ай бұрын
One problem these states have is too much federal land. We need to reconsider all the federal land reserves. Too many, too much, too mismanaged, etc.
@Dreblueskies
8 ай бұрын
That is true although I appreciate having public land to shoot on, hike, ride, and ect. Although there can be a happy medium and NV and UT has way too much land owned by the feds.
@markbrown9765
8 ай бұрын
You mention the ruggedness of Idaho....Sitting here in northern Idaho as I watch your video. It's been snowing for three days, we're now up to a couple feet. I've cleared the 1/2 mile drive down off the mountain twice since this storm started and need to go do it again. It's currently -4F and we'll be at these temps for a few days. We got out yesterday with the Jeep (4-wheel drive with studded snow tires) after I spent 3 hours clearing snow. If we take the 4-wheel drive Ford F-250 I have to put chains on the back to get out then put them back on when we come back in even if the road is snow blowed (snow blowed? snow blown?). Oh, and between the federal and state government right at 2/3rds of Idaho is owned by the government.
@seanmcdirmid
8 ай бұрын
My dad would drive us around northern Idaho given family roots (mostly in Spokane, but it includes northern Idaho). They have...sandpoint, bonners ferry, priest lake, did I miss anything? Very beautiful up there. I remember going bear watching at night in priest lake when I was a kid.
@markbrown9765
8 ай бұрын
@@seanmcdirmid We're a little bit south of that, in the Silver Valley area, about 30 minutes from Coeur D'alene. But, were at 3,000ft which is the same elevation as the pass so we get quite a bit of snow. Absolutely stunning in the winter with the snow covered cedar and douglas fir tree covered mountains. Like a scene from a calendar but it comes at a cost. We get a lot of precipitation, mostly as snow. Long winters (cabin fever is a real thing) but I just tell my wife, that's why we don't have all those ugly pine trees (pines require much less water) and 'all sun makes a desert'. :) We regularly have deer coming through. Occasional moose and elk and have had a mountain lion cruise right past our place twice. There's a black bear somewhere about 400 yards away but I haven't found the den. Just smelled it and the carrion. It's is a beautiful place to be and live but there's definitely a personal cost.
@savannahsmiles1797
8 ай бұрын
SE Idaho is snowy, cold, and WINDY...and has been for days and will continue for a few more.
@markbrown9765
8 ай бұрын
@@savannahsmiles1797 I have a friend that lives down that way (Meridian area). He told me a couple days ago the temp had plummeted....so I figured it was headed this way. I've been down there a couple times, the constant wind would drive me crazy.
@lanaarpin6540
8 ай бұрын
Shhhh! I live in Kansas and I believe it’s one of the best kept secrets. Drive across Kansas on I70 and it is flat and boring. You guys just keep going. Those of us living here know it’s a great place to live.
@barbaraallen7164
8 ай бұрын
Same with Nebraska, just keep going.
@leftright5
8 ай бұрын
I live in Montana and we all do carry guns.
@josephgoebbels2854
4 ай бұрын
That is great 👍🏻
@ZenThruAnger
8 ай бұрын
How much of all the land by percentage is "owned & controlled" by the government, private businesses, insanely wealthy people, protected lands, condemned, and available to the rest of us civilians?
@TheMightyCookieShow
8 ай бұрын
If a place has no industry, it has no population.
@pamelamays4186
8 ай бұрын
Alaska is truly the last untamed region in the United States.
@matthewcaldwell1384
8 ай бұрын
I really liked the video and wish everyone would follow the advice given in closing- “Be Nice To Everyone”
@manwithnoname3454
8 ай бұрын
I grew up in Nebraska. Lived in Chadron, Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha. Great place to be from.
@richardalvarez2390
8 ай бұрын
I've lived in Lexington, Kearney, Ogallala, and Omaha; it's a great state, great people, never moving out of Nebraska
@johnchedsey1306
8 ай бұрын
You lost me for good on saying Idaho's politics are okay. They literally prevent women from getting life saving health care.
@alanbourne2332
8 ай бұрын
Fool
@garymitchell7551
8 ай бұрын
How is Idaho preventing woman from getting health care or life saving health care? If your talking about abortion a woman can still get abortion in Idaho
@alanbourne2332
8 ай бұрын
@@garymitchell7551 He’s trying to rebrand baby killing up to birth, as women’s health care
@bjdon99
8 ай бұрын
It’s sort of mentioned in each state, but for both KS and NE most of the people in each state live in the handful of big cities. In NE I believe @ 85% of the pop lives in either the Omaha or Lincoln metro areas, and in KS it’s about 85% live in either the KC ‘burbs or Wichita metro. The population in Omaha and the KC ‘burbs in particular are booming. But leave those 4 metro areas and it is very very empty
@AnjiThornton
8 ай бұрын
People can't handle winter in the Dakotas. Like today it's -15 degrees F. Literally can barely breathe without freezing your lungs
@barbaraallen7164
8 ай бұрын
Many people couldn't live in the midwest. It takes a hardy person to live there.
@SunshineCatwoman
8 ай бұрын
As an Arizona resident for most of my life, I can say that these things keep me from moving to another state: (1) Daylight Savings Time. We don't have it, and nobody else should, either. It's stupid. If you want "more time" in your day, get up earlier. Just don't try to make everybody else do it, too. (2) Not as bitterly cold as other states. If I want to see snow, I can drive north or east for an hour or so. (3) Gorgeous scenery. Superstition Mountain is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, and we have lots of mountains. We are also one of the few states that are part of the Sonoran Desert, so we have saguaro cacti throughout the state. Unfortunately, these same reasons are what keep more people moving here, along with the fact that the idiots in California have ruined their state, so they keep coming here, too, hoping to ruin ours as well. I really hate it when people complain about how hot it gets in the summer here. If it's too hot for you, move to some other state and thus decrease our surplus population!
@domdrty
8 ай бұрын
Omaha's metro area has about half of the state's population. 😆 I lived there for a few years. It was a great town.
@VechsDavion
2 ай бұрын
These places look like absolute paradises.
@williamjones6031
7 ай бұрын
Not everyone wants to live in crowded places. Keep me west of the Mississippi and east of Caliphoney. I lived in a medium sized Nebraska town. When I left in 1980 the population was roughly 12.000. When I returned to visit in 2011 the population was almost exactly the same. They have a Walmart now. I currently live in Reno.
@nedlyest
8 ай бұрын
They don't actually pay you to live in Alaska. When you are an Alaskan resident you are entitled to oil royalties. So no oil, no dividends.
@teamofone1219
8 ай бұрын
If anything these state might be the safest states to live in during a zombie apocalypse. The only real threat would be other people or just survival.
@dancarlton7973
8 ай бұрын
The large sand hills region of NE has practically 0 or almost 0 population.
@michaelmarsh8802
8 ай бұрын
Have not been in South Dakota for 18 years. Victim of speed trap in Custer.
@alantrask6500
8 ай бұрын
The fact more people live in my town than some of the states blows my mind.
@subterranea9095
6 ай бұрын
oh thank goodness. somebody that knows how much land that's available. please tell people to go settle all this empty land and to start growing the us economy through their labor. love it. keep it up.
@NickDanger0001
8 ай бұрын
decent politics in Idaho? Not hardly,.
@HOLLYHOUSE11
8 ай бұрын
People want to live in THE FREE STATES. That's why.
@randallthomas5207
5 ай бұрын
A comment on the Federal Government owning most of Nevada. Southern Nevada was one of the last places in the lower 48, that could be homesteaded. The requirements were the loosest ever in the homestead program, build a residence and live in it. You had to develop a septic system, but you could haul water. They still couldn’t give it away.
@bobcratchet3736
8 ай бұрын
Got land. Now find the money to get clean water and electricity for millions of more destitute people.
@paulrusin3344
8 ай бұрын
Over caffeinated high school chemistry teacher ! Sounds exciting and entertaining. SOLD!
@Simbecile
8 ай бұрын
Taking women's rights is decent politics? Interesting
@waheedali2429
8 ай бұрын
Don't be promiscuous Problem solved
@annjames1837
8 ай бұрын
State rights are fabulous. Don't agree then move
@zarkus6
8 ай бұрын
You had a glimpse of Salt Lake City in the Nebraska section. Maybe you were thinking about the Pioneer trails going along the Platte River.
@auroralance8546
8 ай бұрын
No one is paid to live in Alaska! That’s a misnomer. Yes we have a shared dividend from our resources, but we do loan billions to the state of Florida and others!
@RuthSmith1
8 ай бұрын
Really Good Topic!!
@boomerang379
8 ай бұрын
Idaho, South Dakota and Wyoming are the short list of places I would move to if I left where I’m at now.
@1lthrnk
8 ай бұрын
Eastern Oregon people want to be bart of Idaho . S.W. South Dakota is popular in the first week in August
@callen8908
8 ай бұрын
Some people really prefer living in areas of low population density. I’m not one of them. Small towns can offer a nicely relaxed life, but I don’t want to have to drive mile after mile to visit the doctor or buy food. I also like the stimulation and diversity I find in the city
@Sm0kEyX420
8 ай бұрын
The city of Boston has a greater population then the whole state of Wyoming, that’s insane.
@dianecheney4141
8 ай бұрын
North Dakota had a gold rush once upon a time
@julierideout4317
7 ай бұрын
Eastern Kansas is beautiful and green. Lot’s of rolling hills.
@bakert7000
8 ай бұрын
I guessed the last three states. I plan to go to Wyoming and Montana this summer. Most of the people live in the south in Wyoming and try ssne in Montana . I love the pictures in the video. I lived in South Dakota in the Black Hills. It is best place to live for beauty. ❤
@fremontpathfinder8463
8 ай бұрын
"Decent politics" in Idaho? No they are another Handmaid's Tale state.
@emptysoul2757
8 ай бұрын
It’s turning purple. No good. Damn Californians
@Ovibos5
8 ай бұрын
He also called Kristi Noem “smart”
@fremontpathfinder8463
8 ай бұрын
@@emptysoul2757You can't expect things to stay the same.
@meatrobot
8 ай бұрын
I suspect he's a libertarian. Libertarians are like cats, completely convinced of their independence while being totally dependent on people.
@stevewhitaker1474
8 ай бұрын
You should do more research on S Dakota and petroleum. The Williston Basin extends into S Dakota. S Dakota does have a HOT governor !!!!
@Tobins_throwbacks
8 ай бұрын
Another great video!
@cynthiasymons
8 ай бұрын
I lived in Nebraska for several months. And I drove from NY to Kansas in August one year. (Just try driving across Missouri in August without air conditioning. We closed the windows because keeping them open was like sitting in front of a blast furnace. When we got gas, the gasoline bubbled right up out of our tank. Yikes.) My point: I think you are overlooking the importance of climate. Horrible hot summers, brutal winters, potential for tornados. The people are wonderful, but who chooses that weather if you aren’t born there? Not me…
@Zalis116
8 ай бұрын
Maybe I'm biased because I was born and still live in Nebraska. But I do like living in this 4-seasons area because it means that our infrastructure and services are built to deal with anything that comes our way. Unlike how the Pacific northwest and New England lack air conditioning and see their roads buckle in heat waves, Southern California and the Southwest can't handle heavy rain, and Texas and the Southeast can't handle cold snaps and snow.
@cynthiasymons
8 ай бұрын
@@Zalis116 That’s a good point-and very true. I live in upstate NY. Syracuse gets more snow than just about any other place in the country, and if you talk to the people there, in certain areas around the city they will say that they never have snow days…the highway departments just know how to handle it. I always envied people in the south because when they get a little bit of snow, everything shuts down. It would have been nice not to drive to work when the weather was bad. LOL
@marigeobrien
8 ай бұрын
The main reason most of these northern states have low populations is the long, cold winters as well as rough terrain. All along the Canadian border winters are nothing to sneeze at. Of course, if the climate keeps warming that will soon change and so will these states' population. It should be noted, too, that though those populations are low, most of that is clustered into small(ish) areas. For example, in Alaska one third of the state is uninhabitable, being north of the artic circle and much of the population resides along the coast. The Rocky Mountain range runs through Montana and Wyoming, making those areas largely uninhabitable, too, because of the lack of water or feasibility of sinking a well. Also, much of New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada lack water resources and are just too remote to consider. As for the the U.S. government "ownership," it's more like the USG has kept this land more than taken it over. That is, it came with the package, you might say, and no one ever claimed it. So, much of it was designated as public or government land.
@haroldmcclellan3448
8 ай бұрын
Not enough big post office you have to work to live there
@sallyclay1974
8 ай бұрын
Rural aread aren't known for job opportunities. Nowadays ,if u have computer skills, u can work remotely. I feel sorry for young people now, because there Is alot more competition for work. We have a hugh problem with immigration now
@waltermorris5786
8 ай бұрын
North Dakota is the coldest state...yes, colder than Maine.....Also, Idaho is extremely mountainous and has five national forests...man it is one wilderness area.
@blindfredy6128
8 ай бұрын
Australia has a population density of 3.5 persons per square kilometre.
@OneOfThoseTypes
8 ай бұрын
Good job. Keep it up.
@Barry-ui9ic
8 ай бұрын
I watched it all the way to the end and then it said something about Alaska only has 1.3 people per square mile I don't understand how you have a third of a person????
@myfalconry76
8 ай бұрын
Yeah but, a lot of that are is not habitable, like extreme mountainous areas desert or lack of resources
@Hankyjane
8 ай бұрын
I think Oklahoma is beautiful. But underground houses would be better there. Lol.
@monixx9081
8 ай бұрын
Wonder if Briggs knows who Stratton is
@slik00silk84
8 ай бұрын
In Wyoming, we generally appreciate people more; outside of the bigger cities anyway. Much of the state is lagging behind the times. Which is a good thing most of the time. However, thanks to the internet, much of the younger generation is catching up, which of course creates some friction with the older folks. Racism towards Latinos, particularly recent immigrants, is still a problem. I am surprised that more people don't appreciate the courage it takes to move to another country.
@fudhater8592
8 ай бұрын
"Mount Rushmoore" LOL
@CAROLDDISCOVER-1983
8 ай бұрын
Post office choice should be to the offset what are the most populous states?
@danporath536
8 ай бұрын
Water is a limiter.
@joanhyde1745
8 ай бұрын
By Government land do you mean national parks, etc?
@JWCinPDX
8 ай бұрын
I can understand why no one wants to live in any of these desolate places.
@doylebrockman8225
5 ай бұрын
There places in Kansas where can snow ski.
@MollieC-uc1fk
8 ай бұрын
Kansas isn't all flat. The way you figure this out is most all of these states are rural, so if you don't want to live in that or are a farmer or rancher then people grow up and move from them. I grew up in Kansas with red dirt and canyons so no, not flat, think looking more like Oklahoma. Factory farming has killed the midwest. Most of the boomers went to school and got careers and then left because they didn't want to be ranchers/farmers. Plenty of smallish towns with colleges and fun places to go to. Yes, Wichita and Kansas City are the main cities, but so are Hays, Topeka, Manhattan, Low Rents, Garden City and Dodge City. The midwest is your farm belt and provide the food for a lot of Americans compared to Texas which is big and has around 30 million people, nicer weather and no state taxes. The one thing Kansas has going for it is they are the middle of the US. Also New Mexico has Area 51 and lots of crap going on underground if you know. New Mexico is beautiful and a nice vacation spot as is South Dakota. Your scenes of South Dakota look like where I grew up in Kansas. The weather impacts the Dakotas on people wanting to live there. Maybe once they get the natives off the stinking reservations they'll move into some of these areas they used to exist in. It depends on if you like a long winter in some of these places.
@dianecheney4141
8 ай бұрын
So many sunflowers in Kansas
@brucetisdell9404
8 ай бұрын
fascinating especially Alaska
@starchaser57
8 ай бұрын
Sone states are just too COLD COLD COLD.
@celebrity292
8 ай бұрын
Idaho and decent pilitics ? Never heard such a tall tale. Gross
@dannyo6699
8 ай бұрын
With the exception of Nevada, the rest of the states in the video are big agriculture states. God created these places to feed the world. We do that.....incidentally, I'd like Kristi Noem to move to North Dakota and become our governor. :)
@richardjohnson2965
8 ай бұрын
I love these so called “ empty” states. I love driving through, looking at the farms, staying in the small towns, not fighting heavy traffic, watching the animals, etc. I see these as comforting and quiet….I hate the big cities and big city states. I also love the history of these states, and constantly think of the pioneers who came before, and what they had to deal with. I’d rather drive than fly….and driving through these “ flat” states relaxes me. This, to me, is real America.
@jarlwhiterun7478
3 ай бұрын
Still traffic. 1 lane roads with drivers who go 5 under the limit is equal to gridlock interstate traffic.
@deanpappas8388
8 ай бұрын
Idaho politics are "nice"? Really?
@jarlwhiterun7478
3 ай бұрын
He lost me there lol
@daleannharsh8295
8 ай бұрын
Been in all of the states mentioned. Kansas trip was usually in August when we were kids because of Dad's vacation schedule. It's actually a beautiful state if you go in the right season. He was born and raised in/around Stockton and his parents lived in Lincoln, but they usually bailed for the kids living on the west coast when winter hit. I think if you look into South Dakota, you might find that a fair number of citizens are registered there but live on the road. The state makes it very easy to do that. I could probably find a spot in each one of these states to set up house with the hardest one being Alaska due to travel requirements. Nebraska would come in last on my list, lol, I got chased through that state by a tornado and I'm still holding a grudge..
@susangrande8142
8 ай бұрын
I live in Omaha. There are many beautiful spots in Nebraska; I-80 is through the boring part, and I like to say, that’s on purpose, so people will keep going and not move to here. 😁
@daleannharsh8295
8 ай бұрын
@@susangrande8142 lol, like us when they'd pan the money shot years ago of snow covered mountains against a beautiful blue sky during the Rose Parade!
@lucialamprey2690
8 ай бұрын
Don't hate tornadoes cause they're swirly. 😄 I was almost engulfed in a tornado in Kansas a little more than 50 years ago. Scared the living bejeebers out of me. When I was a kid, we'd visit my grandmother in the middle of the summer. Coming from Colorado, Kansas was like a hair shirt to be withstood. We'd spend all day at the neighbor's house because they had ice-cold air conditioning. Then we'd have to come back to my nana's house for dinner. She had one large but useless floor fan, and she'd serve a steaming hot dinner every night. Still, I adored her and I loved Kansas.
@mrm7098
8 ай бұрын
I live in Nebraska. If my family wasn’t here, I wouldn’t be either.
@barbaraallen7164
8 ай бұрын
As I tell people from the west coast, do your research before you decide on moving to the midwest! Freezing winters and Tornadoes in the summer.
@MrBiggles53
8 ай бұрын
I heard people describe Kansas as flat and mind-numbingly boring. Maybe along the interstate; but I rode a Honda Helix 250cc scooter across Kansas along US-36 and found the endless rolling hills beautiful and calming. Hills rolling east to west and streams zigzagging through what looked like interlocking fingers north to south. Lovely nature. Enjoyed perfectly clear weather with no distractions, radio, music or anything.
@lucialamprey2690
8 ай бұрын
You are so lucky you got to do that. It really is a lovely state physically and it's so peaceful without people in it.
@vel230
8 ай бұрын
And the sunflowers
@jameswalker4225
8 ай бұрын
@@vel230 more like, “the land of the three suns: bright sunshine, big yellow sunflowers, and goddam sons of bi*ches…”
@chuckhaggard1584
8 ай бұрын
I've lived in Kansas the past 30 years, it's common for people to complain "Kansas it flat", that's an outright myth. I've been to plenty of other states that are far flatter and boring for huge swaths of the state. In my area it's tough to find flat ground outside of the Kansas River valley.
@jameswalker4225
8 ай бұрын
@@chuckhaggard1584 yeah, those soaring peaks and deep canyons are awe-inspiring…
@NetNathan1
8 ай бұрын
Reminds of what someone told me about the flatlands of Canada. It is so flat here....I can watch my dog run away for days.
@dalehousley528
8 ай бұрын
Lived and worked in Skagway, Alaska for a long summer. The country around there for hundreds of miles is pretty much straight up and straight down. It is also pretty much impenetrable forest. Spectacular, but hard to get into. The huge valley just to the south is, as are all of the valleys on the inlet, accessible by boat but very hard to get to on foot. I climbed way up above Skagway and walked crosscountry to that valley in the hope of seeing a way down into it. Steep forested walls going down into dark impenetrable forest. Spectacular, foreboding and empty.
@happilybaked
8 ай бұрын
We have been to Skagway like 6 times. The people are so nice.
@fearlessEm
8 ай бұрын
That doesn't sound empty at all sounds like you don't know the wilderness
@glenmorewhite3653
8 ай бұрын
But they say earth is over populated. Still trying to get that one figured out
@EricDurrant-k5z
4 ай бұрын
Let me make it easier for you: over-populated in terms of resource consumption, not land coverage.
@jarlwhiterun7478
3 ай бұрын
Just too many dickheads in the same areas. Resources and economies are strained from it and people aren't spread out as much.
@gemox3225
8 ай бұрын
This was an interesting video. For some reason , I didn't know that our government owned that much land in Nevada. I find that a bit spooky for some reason.
@Christisking1911
8 ай бұрын
As you should. They are always up to something…..
@jimmym3352
8 ай бұрын
It's not. A lot of it is BLM land. For other states a lot was released so people could farm or ranch on that land, that isn't really possible in large areas of Nevada due to lack of water, so the BLM still owns that land. Water rights is a serious issue in many parts. Other land is owned by the military (Air Force, Navy, and the Army has an ammo depot), or the nuclear test site, and of course that one particular Area. Other land is wildlife refuges, a National Park, and National Forests.
@janserventi
8 ай бұрын
Our government blew up so many bombs on Nevada soil, killing everything. Nothing will ever grow back.
@foxywhitetip7387
5 ай бұрын
Idaho same most land owned by state
@EricDurrant-k5z
4 ай бұрын
It is land people can't live on anyway: barren with no water. If you've never been to Nevada (outside Las Vegas) it's like walking on an alien world---all rocks, dust, and seemingly lifeless.
@anthonykyle2429
8 ай бұрын
Montana, just a heads up on anyone wanting to move here. -20 temps this weekend... -55 wind-chill. And be sure to look up how smokey it gets here in fire season in the summer.
@tymarls
8 ай бұрын
Pretty much the entire country north of Kansas will be that cold this weekend
@Mike-vd2qt
8 ай бұрын
@anthonykyle2429 Yep, I've bicycled across MT from east to west via the Cabinet Mtns over Glacier, across the Plains via Browning, MT; and north to south on the Divide Route off road. Talking with a bar tender outside of Wolfpoint in late June, myself fighting a head wind all day, he said, "Every summer people from the southern states come up here on vacation and hit a nice sunny day, light wind, and purchase a piece of property". "Two years later, that same piece of property is up for sale again". He also said, "The wind always blows up here, one direction or another, the wind always blows here". Smart bartender. Temps in Northern CO today are a balmy 15 deg. 🙂
@vextract4662
8 ай бұрын
Yup I have friends there we only visit in the Summer and there is smoke from fires they complain about it sometimes.
@Hatbox948
8 ай бұрын
I lived in Billings, Montana for 2 years. I left because I couldn't handle the cold, but have regretted it ever since.
@bluewaters3100
8 ай бұрын
Back in the 70's I was a mail delivery person in Helena, MT. One year it stayed below 0 for the entire month of December. I was so bundled up when I went out on my walking route, wearing a knitted face masks, ski pants and parka that I once had a boy say to me," I can't tell if you are a boy or a girl"! I am a girl and grew up in Alaska as a kid and teenager. If you live in these places you just need to dress for the weather and keep your car and house weather proofed. I live in a small town in Western WA now and I love the weather here along with the trees and waterways. Unfortunately places like this start growing and then get overpopulated. But for now I am happy here.
@annhowcroft9493
8 ай бұрын
Most of these states have very cold winters.
@vextract4662
8 ай бұрын
My grandfather was from Nebraska, enlisted in the Navy after WWI was well over and took a train to San Diego CA for boot camp. He had never ridden a train before that. His youngest brother also enlisted and served during WWII, was in the battle at guadal canal. Crazy to think about how much different it used to be. I mean think about it, he was raised by the Civil war generation and I was lucky enough to be partially raised by him since my Dad skipped out. Strict and religious but fair values.
@crodrc51able
8 ай бұрын
Hooah, sir, to your ancestors for serving. We should all have had a good upbringing as you did. Would love to check out Nebraska and Kansas. 👍💪🇺🇸🦅🙏✝️
@KJJ782
8 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t be admitting your grandpa was from Nebraska boring 😴
@markwilliams5606
8 ай бұрын
Y'all have Great beef and buffalo. We have a cattle Ranch in Ozarks Neighbors are far enough away. Trump country 🇺🇸🦌
@markwilliams5606
8 ай бұрын
@@crodrc51ableY'all better to get Boots. You'll need them. Very rewarding though. Adios 🙏🐴🌄
@daren7889
8 ай бұрын
@markwilliams WV is a very RED state! It is very poor, and has many drug addicts! Now they are addicted to 45! 🤔😳🤣😂🤣😂🌊♀️🌊♀️🌊♀️🌊♀️🌊♀️🌊♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️
@tank2003
8 ай бұрын
As soon as you hit the kansas state line, grab a 3 ft step ladder, climb up and you can spot the other state lines
@BuilderofRat
8 ай бұрын
I have lived in 4 states. Oregon, (born there), Washington, Nevada, and California. I am not a people person, so I was only able to stay in Cali for 4 years. I use to like Oregon, but not so much any more. I loved Nevada. I could ride my ATVs until the wheels fell off. I then put them back on and rode some more. Then I moved to Idaho. This by far my favorite state. Lots of mountains, and I love mountains. I drove through Kansas once, and you could not pay me to live there! I have found that the people in all 4 states to be nice for the most part. Portland Oregon was always a crap hole. I thanked my lucky stars that I never had to live there. In Cali, I lived in San Diego, and as far as southern Cali is concerned, San Diego is the crown jewel, but there were just too many people for this country boy. I will most likely stay in Idaho until I die, and that is ok. I have no desire to go anywhere else. The winters are cold, but the spring and fall are gorgeous. If the summer gets too hot, all I need to do is go to the mountains.
@SBearden73
8 ай бұрын
If you love mountains, you need to at least take a vacation to Alaska. Just moved from WA to AK May 2023. Video doesn't do justice for the mountains here. It puts the PNW mountains to shame. Nothing compares to the beauty here. Not even CO can beat the mountains here.
@Dwayne-mb2uj
8 ай бұрын
People from California cringe when people say "Cali" and no one who lives there speaks that way .
@BuilderofRat
8 ай бұрын
@@Dwayne-mb2uj Ok. I am just lazy and don't want to type the whole word out. I did live there for 4 long years. As far as making them cringe, I don't care. They will get over it. If they don't get over it, I guess that they will die unhappy. AND, I still won't care. Would you prefer me to call it Commiefornia? That is pretty much what millions of Americans call it, me included!
@ziqi92
8 ай бұрын
Heh, I’m the opposite. I was raised in Shanghai for the first few years of my life, so I can’t stand rural areas. Much as I like exploring state and national parks, I can’t live in an empty place with so few people for very long. I’m definitely a city boy at heart, but I get where you’re coming from. Hard disagree with you on California’s politics, but no need to get so fussed up about a place you no longer live in.
@e.oconnell8461
8 ай бұрын
@@BuilderofRat California is the 6th largest economy in the world with less than 40M people. Its economy is built upon intellect and creativity (hint: Hollywood and Silicon Valley). If you don't have the intellect or competitive juices you move elsewhere.
@danwei999
8 ай бұрын
I am surprised that the Dust Bowl wasn't mentioned in regard to Kansas or Nebraska. That entire region had to hit the reset button in the 1930s.
@kateajurors8640
8 ай бұрын
It didn't have much to start with the dust bowl was shortly after they forced all the native off the land they forced them on in the first place also known as the land run. Also oklahoma has a pretty big population especially around okc and Tulsa as those areas (at least okc) are part of the top half of population by county I believe and it isn't far from texas
@tacticalmattfoley
8 ай бұрын
There were only 4 counties in extreme southern NE that were directly effected by the Dust Bowl.
@susangrande8142
8 ай бұрын
The dust bowl affected states like Kansas and Oklahoma a lot more than Nebraska.
@Zalis116
8 ай бұрын
Then again, it was also in the 1930s when they discovered the (now-quickly-depleting!) Ogalalla Aquifer, which gave a lot of that region a new chance to increase crop productivity and draw more population. Nebraska does have the semi-arid Sandhills area in its northwestern region, which helps to explain why it's less-populated than nearby farming states like Kansas and Iowa
@susangrande8142
8 ай бұрын
@@Zalis116 the Sand Hills are also in the center of the state. Broken Bow is in the Sand Hills. The Ogalalla aquifer actually underlies the Sand Hills, and is right there on the surface of the soil in many places, in moist times of year. Some farmers in the Sand Hills use center pivot irrigation to grow corn or soybeans, but more east and fewer west. The Sand Hills are actually more suited to being cattle range than growing any crops. (I’m a Nebraskan, and I love the Sand Hills! 💝)
@hurricanekate6839
8 ай бұрын
Great video (as usual!) but I was expecting my beloved adopted state of Maine to be on this list. We have way more trees and lakes than people, and you could fit all the other New England states inside our borders w/room left over. It's one of the things I love about it. Where did Maine fall on your list? Or Vermont (another sparsely populated state), for that matter? Thank you. LOVE these videos!
@jumpinjehoshaphat1951
8 ай бұрын
Maine is the least densely populated state east of the Mississippi.
@OwaissaAltheaDickey
8 ай бұрын
As a fellow Mainer I totally agree,my friend. Same with Arizona ( where my grandma used to live).
@dorothyjohnson6743
6 ай бұрын
Maine yeah, loved, want to go back.
@bluewaters3100
8 ай бұрын
When I was younger I lived in Alaska, Montana, and South Dakota and Idaho. It was in the 60's nd 70's and all were a great place to live. Now these states have grown quite a bit. I actually loved life back then because people were way more friendlier and trusting. I used to hitchhike across the country and even though I was an attractive girl in my 20's I never had a bad experience and always got rides with very nice people. It is a different country now and I would not want my daughter doing some of the things I did back then. Sigh....
@finallife87
8 ай бұрын
they may have been nice good people; but, you got lucky back than.
@AbsyntheAndTears
8 ай бұрын
The 70s were actually the golden age of the serial killer so you definitely got lucky
@jarlwhiterun7478
3 ай бұрын
Some of the rudest and more dangerous people live in those states now. Society has just changed for the worse in general
@BobPruett
8 ай бұрын
Elko, Nevada is a good-sized town in the eastern part of the state.
@richardsanty9063
8 ай бұрын
Is it safe to live there? I here it has a crime problem.
@foxywhitetip7387
5 ай бұрын
Couldn’t pay me to live there thx you have it
@FinnSwede906
8 ай бұрын
Here in da U.P. we are only 3% of michigan population but we have at least 30% of the states land.
@Leftists_are_Losers
8 ай бұрын
And 150% of Michigan’s snowfall. Lake effect off of Lake Superior is a b*tch. Hehehehehe
@FinnSwede906
8 ай бұрын
@@Leftists_are_Losers I can see the great lake from my window, the weather changes fast on Gitche Gumee! We're expecting a storm today but that's supposed to be further inland
@Leftists_are_Losers
8 ай бұрын
@@FinnSwede906 I can throw a frisbee from my front yard and have it land in Lake Superior.. so I too deal with lake effect snow. And we are about to get slammed by the same storm. I think. Good luck!
@4uFriday
8 ай бұрын
Montana is still flying under the radar. They have some hidden gem places around that state and I personally like them.
@sean9448
8 ай бұрын
Shh..don't tell em about Whitefish. Second most beautiful place outside Alaska imo.
@4uFriday
8 ай бұрын
@@sean9448 Montana is one of my favorite states. Big Sky Country
@solascriptura-e7t
8 ай бұрын
@@sean9448, I listen to a radio personality, here in Atlanta, that was born there.
@savannahsmiles1797
8 ай бұрын
until winter hits and the natives are the only ones that wanna be there
@haroldvoelkel1909
8 ай бұрын
Lol as long as those gems aren't named Missoula, Bozeman or Whitefish. None of those are even remotely representative of what Montana is
@billzumwalt324
8 ай бұрын
Idaho is beautiful but the politics are repressive.
@lakenneth374
8 ай бұрын
Right wing CATO INSTITUE ranks Idaho #2 for the least personal freedom of the states.
@amybreunig1214
8 ай бұрын
Nice video. Could you do a video for best places for seniors or people with disabilities to live? Thanks in advance.
@eandsm4620
8 ай бұрын
Brutal in MT?! Indeed. This weekend, the NW corner is experiencing wind chill of -60 to -75 degrees F. all weekend long!
@1anastudent
8 ай бұрын
They also tested nukes in Nevada. This is where they store nuclear waste.
@johnnyrocket4357
8 ай бұрын
they store nuclear waste in Texas as well.
@1anastudent
8 ай бұрын
@@johnnyrocket4357 Nuclear waste is how you can describe some parts of Texas and Nevada. That's funny
@randomfandom184
8 ай бұрын
Yes, we have dangerous levels of nuclear waste here… stay away!
@1anastudent
8 ай бұрын
"The Court Jester", great movie. They said "get it, got it,good". Keep paying homage. Love it
@b.chuchlucious5471
8 ай бұрын
The chalice with the palace has the brew that is true!
@randy7928
8 ай бұрын
Kansas farms are largely one man and a very large piece of equipment. I disagree with you when you call it flat though. Traveling east to west across Kansas, you gradually ascend over 3000 feet. And if you've ever tried to ride a bicycle through the Flint hills, you'd know that Kansas is NOT all flat.
@cajkid2823
8 ай бұрын
I live in Kansas I get it… it still sucks and is flat maybe u climb 3000 ft in elevation on a 4 inches per mile incline
@wanderingweh405
8 ай бұрын
Coming from Tennessee it looks flat to me
@oklahomasoonersfootball
8 ай бұрын
Plus I've been in Manhattan Kansas for a business meeting. City of 60k I live in Norman
@maheshseetaram1654
8 ай бұрын
@@oklahomasoonersfootball for a sec i thought you were talking about a very different manhattan
@jim2376
8 ай бұрын
Kansas has 627 municipalities. Only 56 of them have populations of over 6,000.
@maddhatter3564
8 ай бұрын
Kansas population 2,911,641. are you saying they are nobody? nebraska has 1,978,379 nobodys, Wyoming has 584,057 nobodys.
@3ExViking-Penguin
8 ай бұрын
I think I’m moving to South Dakota. The governor, Kristi Noem can be my governor anytime. Lol! 😊 😅
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