Nick!!!!! My wife and i are leaving the mid west actually northeast of Arizona.....it is a terrible town here full of NARCISSISTS! Now understand Nick! ..... that NARCISSISTS have ruined the west and the east!!!!!! And yes they will turn their backs on everyone. Now the people of the US need to understand we are in this state of despair because of NARCISSISTS in the US IS ALARMING IT IS A VERY BAD PLACE TO BE WITH THESE PEOPLE. No ome is seeing this DISORDER like i am. Proving thru study.....you or i have no control to change these narcissistic people. They just get worse which is whu they have turn their backs on the original roots of all these neighborhoods you are driving thru however we are becoming a world GHETTO! Understand that this NARCISSISTIC movement is FOR REAL! EVERYONE NEEDS TO LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF A NARCISSISTS AND YOUR LIVES WILL IMPROVE GUARANTEED, BECAUSE YOU MAY UNDERSTAND THAT ITS TIME TO PUT THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE AWAY FOREVER! ARE YOU PEOPLE PICKING UP WHAT IM PUTTING DOWN??????? DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THIS?????? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT I DARE YOU! LOVE,PEACE AND CHICKEN GREASE AMERICA! WAKE UP
Anyway Nick, could you please recommend a place where it is not ruined by NARCISSISTS! Lol so we can be in the pursuit of happiness there has to be a place somewhere to where it is not tainted by these narcissists of the us. May not exist but my soul says it does exist and I WILL FIND IT! Nick have you seen the "Slab City" documentary?
I LIVE IN NEWTON KANSAS.. BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME AFTER MOVING FROM COMMIFORNIA....NO POLITICS TO DEAL WITH...FEW IDIOT'S PER SQUARE MILE.. 38000 PEOPLE HERE...NICE AND QUIET...TOO BAD YOU DO NOT KNOW MORE ABOUT LIFE HERE...
I've lived here all my life. Growing up I hated it because of how little there was to do. As an adult with young kids of my own, I love the small town life. Its quiet and peaceful. It may be flat, but it holds its own beauty. Nothing like watching a thunderstorm over the plains.
@@tnit7554 Its not so bad. Ive seen about 7 in my life and all from a distance. No worse than living somewhere that gets hurricanes, floods, or wild fires
@@Unaccounted2 My sister and I used to drive there a lot when we were younger. We lived in SE Nebraska, and Sabetha had the closest Sonic to us. Is that bar with all the $1 bills taped to their walls and ceiling still there?
I moved away in the early 2000’s to the east coast and I finally had enough and came back home. I can’t tell you how much I missed everything about it. I’m glad to finally be back.
Dude keep exploring. You have one hell of an entertaining (reality + geography + travel + culture) all in one channel. Love it. Let me grab my popcorn. 🍿
My greatgrandfather was a Civil War veteran and homesteaded in KS. He was a very successful what farmer who never mortaged his land, which was a rarity. He was written up by the Ks. Historical Society, and his name can be googled. So I am proud of him,and I always display wheat in my home to honor him.🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾
This is the best place to live. Moved back in 2020 after 30 years on the west coast. It's perfect and free and feels like you've been transported to a happier time in America.
Happier like getting a year in jail for having some weed while the 3 states bordering you have at least 1 form of legal weed. Kansas is behind the times. Nothing free about a year in jail for a plant in what is supposed to be an agricultural state.
I live in Sabetha, my house is actually at 24:38. It is nice to be in a really safe community with lots of good jobs. It is ideally located as well. Two major highways pass through the area, and you can hop in your car and be in the city (Omaha, Kansas City, Topeka, St. Joe) in an hour to an hour and a half, spend the day and then come home and sleep in your bed without the doors locked, minimal traffic during the night, etc. If you call the police, EMS or Fire Department it is your neighbors that you know on a first name basis showing up to help. It is literally the type of town where you can go to your neighbors house for a cup of sugar. As mentioned, cost of living is extremely cheap, lots of high paying jobs and most people in the community are far more financially secure than those in the cities.
@@KS5040 That is true. Honestly, if they could build about 50 middle class homes I think they'd all sell out. A lot of people commute here every day. There does seem to be a lot of interest in people starting to move back to small towns that are safer, but also not very far from big cities. I think with more remote work in the future, and eventually having self driving cars, towns like Sabetha in the 1-2 hour range from big cities will start to become the new "suburbs".
@joshburger1216 agreed, I see that happening already just south of you guys. Eudora, DeSoto, Tongenoixie, and in a way Bonner Springs are growing a bit and would sell fast if they built more houses quickly.
Thanks for coming to Kansas. I used t live in Houston and the military brought me to a Kansas and I ended up staying in Topeka. I’ve been to Colorado, New York, Missouri, Louisiana, and several other states but I’ve grown a soft spot for this place.
My husband is from Chanute, KS. Both his parents were born there too as well as his grandparents on both sides and great grandparents homesteaders from Sweden. When his parents were born the population was 10,000. Interestingly the population has stayed steady at 10,000 to this day. We went back in July one year for a family reunion. Loved the fireflies and the loud cicadas at night😳
@@hollycarr3267 what town? We flew into Kansas City and drove South to Chanute. I loved seeing all the farmland. We went through a small town named Garnet. It was so cute. Our granddaughter loved the firefly’s but not the Thunderstorms. I don’t believe she had ever seen it rain that hard ever, and we live in Oregon😂
@@hollycarr3267 oh sorry, I just read Lola, KS. There is a museum in Chanute that features Martin and Osa Johnson. I finally got a little black Pomeranian, and I named her Osa Mae. Ever since visiting this museum I fell in love with Osa Johnson’s first name. The year we last visited, Parsons was hit with a tornado about a month before. We drove through there on our way to Eureka Springs, Ark. I had never seen what a twister could do to metal buildings. Devastating.
It isn't because nearly all the younger people leave for far better opportunities in the real world. Very few people enjoy towns that are that small as it can be very limiting.
It is the last best. I live near Seattle, drove to the east coast and visited 14 states. We really loved the mid west. Where there was corn fields, there were more friendly happier people we found. We come from an area where people keep to them selves, so my family saw a huge difference.
I noticed the same after driving across the country. The "Seattle Freeze" is definitely a thing but after spending time in the midwest it is amazing how friendly people are. Even complete strangers showed a level of kindness that is extremely rare to find on the West coast.
Yes, he was from the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. Many people believe that Hutchinson, Kansas, in the south-central part of the state, was the inspiration for Smallville.
The Dollar Store Trifecta. Any town of any size is like that in Kansas. Even parts of Kansas City are like that. Though back to the topic, many parts of north eastern Kansas are hilly
@@Carfan678 Deadass is better than home invasions, car jackings, armed robberies, burglaries, "free roaming turned loose on the citizens pedophiles and sex offenders", daily murders, drive by shootings, and drug dealers on every corner. I'll take deadass every day.
Many thanks for visiting small-town Kansas and giving us a balanced snapshot of Sabetha! The town seems to be doing quite well, especially considering it is not a county seat. Sabetha lies in Nemaha County, where Seneca has the county administration and related facilities.
Kansas is a well-kept secret and many Kansans would like to keep it that way. While many smaller towns, especially in western Kansas, are hurting, many medium-size towns (5,000-50,000 population) are doing pretty well. Many of those towns have one or more significant large manufacturing or processing plants with decent-paying jobs. Kansas is also a major oil and natural gas producing state, with three oil refineries and several large natural gas processing plants. So, gasoline and diesel fuel prices are often some of the cheapest in the U.S. Some of the friendliest and decent people in the U.S. live in Kansas. The biggest "downer" is probably the hot summers.
Kansas isn't a well kept secret at all, anyone with half a brain knows it is a severely dysfunctional state with lots of problems overall, closed off regressive populace, horrible weather most of the year, and very little growth at all with the exception of areas near KC for much better paying 21st century jobs.
@@KS5040 Kansas is a very diverse state. You're speaking with an arrogant tone of certainty that only highlights your ignorance. I seriously doubt you have even spent a minute in my state.
I grew up in Kansas and have lived in Colorado for quite a long time. In fact, I have family in Sabetha and I go see them once or twice a year. It’s almost like time stands still in those areas. It’s kinda refreshing coming from a bustling Colorado, with constant change, more population growth and traffic. Thanks for making this, it will make it easier for me to explain how smaller towns, I.e. Sabetha has its own charm.
Kansas ruins lives for weed while colorado and missouri allow adults to smoke legally. Kansas locks you up for a year. It's like a trip back in time to and time
Lived in Junction City for 9 years. Had one son out there. Always said if you turned off highway 70 it would take you years to find your way back on it so you could leave. 110* in the summer and -40* in the winter.
@Dera Kioandria Williams it was so cold in the winter the school board wouldn’t let our kids walk to school. And the snow lasted for months. This was in the late 70s to 85.
I'm from Japan, and the scenery looks very familiar to me. I was sent to a very small town in KS to study abroad as an exchange student in HS way back in the 80's. The town must've been smaller than this one here, although they look almost identical even after all these decades, lol. (There was only one traffic light in the entire town as I recall) Up until then, I had lived all my life in big cities like Tokyo and its neighboring cities. I also lived in Europe as a child. So living in KS as a teenager was a big culture shock for me - ppl being extremely conservative, a lot of them had never been outside of the state let alone the U.S. They did not hate me or discriminate me for all I know, but most ppl didn't really care about a Japanese exchange student, they weren't curious enough to know about my engaging background or personality, lol, not even teachers. I did make a few friends, but one of them was actually from a different state. My time spent in KS was definitely not the highlight of my life, I did not enjoy it at all tbh, but this vid did make me feel a little nostalgic which I'm pleasantly surprised about. So thank you.
Did you ever spend some time to visit Wichita or Kansas City Kansas? Small towns aren't for everyone, but the cities and suburbs may be more enjoyable for you if you don't like it.
Too bad you weren't sent to a more interesting part of the country than this boring, retrograde state. I hope you got a chance to travel and see the rest of the US and develop a wider perspective of the country.
Must have been the era and the town. In the late 90s we had a foreign exchange student from Brazil in my class in very small town Kansas. Everybody loved him and he became fast friends with the guys in my class. Teachers asked him questions about his life in Brazil. I'm sorry your experience couldn't have been better.
I'm originally from a small town deep in the rural south-west of Germany and it's astonishingly similar to the small town you're talking about here. Similar kinds of people, doing similar things, living similar lives despite one being Germany and the other one being the US.
I was fortunate to grow up and live in NE Kansas and always thought Sabetha was a great town. Other favorites include Council Grove, Wamego, Burlingame, Alma, Holton and Lyndon. The best part to me is all that green, lush country in between these small, well-kept population centers. Thanks for throwing a friendly light on my home.
Most of rural Kansas isn't well kept at all, lots of abandonment across the board, that's a big reason why the median house price is less than $100K. Also, good luck for anyone that needs decent medical care out there, as rural hospitals close left and right.
I grew up in Topeka, well Tecumseh really. We were in the same league as most of NE Kansas. My cousin owned a bowling alley and bar in Holton until he died. His wife also owned a bowling alley in Sabetha. Her daughter owned a flower shop in Sabetha. Central Kansas is doing the worst as far as towns. Most people don't stay there when they leave home.
@@MsSkipperkim Most of rural Kansas is in massive decline, especially SE Kansas as it used to have much greater population numbers 50-100 years ago, so the total numerical decline is far higher. Then you have the big issue of drought and and water supply shortages in many other areas of the state, meaning farms that aren't well leveraged or smaller will more likely to go bankrupt or be absorbed into much larger farm operations. Throw in the awful weather most of the year, less than favorable Kansas tax structure, too much conservatism, and you wonder why any ambitious younger person in their right mind would ever want to stay there. I should know as I lived there for 20 years, and that was far too long.
@@MsSkipperkim Johnson County is the only reason why Kansas isn't a bottom 10 state. It certainly has a large number of high paying jobs, but far too crowded and expensive for my liking.
I live in SW Kansas. I love it here. We have everything good that you have in the cities, just not everyday. You are right about lack of available housing. Lately, if a house comes on the market, no matter the condition, it is usually snapped up in 24hrs.
Everything good? You guys put people in jail for a year for some weed while colorado and missouri made it recreational and Oklahoma has medical. That's just not right you guys are stuck in the passed ruining your youths lives over some plants
@James DuBois did you people think knasas city kansas isn't getting high? It's decriminalized for a reason too many people are doing it. Why care about the law when it's decriminalized and you can buy it legally a few mins away. Kc missouri and kc kansas connect. 😂😂😂 yall clowns want cartels making that money and selling to your kids with not checking I.ds did you not know that legal dispensarys only sell to 21 and up if it's rec. And legal dispensarys check i.ds this is what's wrong with your r tard state you guys can't drive either.
Wow, Nick makes this sound bad! I grew up in Iowa and raised my kids there. Left on my 40th bday after the kids were grown. I’ve been in AZ in a small town ever since but longing to go back to my roots. At age 76, I just want piece and a small garden! After watching the dictator give his speech calling all conservatives dangerous, I need a safe place! Please don’t put these small towns down! They are America! Home of the brave! I want to go back! Green grass and homegrown food! 🇺🇸💕
Thanks for taking the time to come to Kansas! Never seen your channel before and this was refreshing and made me appreciate my home just that much more. I live near the OK border and you hit the nail on the head mentioning the listening to bugs. Tho i do have to say, not talking about how much we love our dogs was a blunder! Good luck on the channel fella!
i was born and raised in a small town in western kansas. you’ll never find more beautiful sunrises and sunsets. the people if i do say so myself are nice and welcoming.
I lived there and a couple of other states. Was in Kansas for 14 years and had to leave for personal reasons. Best place I ever lived. I loved it and if it were possible I'd go back in a second.
I work remote and live in rural Ohio. I love it and my kids have a great childhood. They found a frog yesterday and the rabbit. The Midwest isn’t for everyone, but it is a darn good life and you couldn’t drag me to most costal metros to live.
My grandparents, while they were alive, lived in Whitewater, KS. I used to love going out there in the summers when I was a kid. I've heard that town is "not what it used to be," to put it politely.
Kansas isn’t for everybody. A lot of people move here in search of small living and end up leaving within a year. You meet most of your friends in high school, if you played sports you’ll know people all over the state. A lot of these folks in the small towns will do everything for you doesn’t matter who or what you are these folks will let you drink out of their kitchen sink if you need it, there’s no social differences like them big cities. I’m one of those that moved to the bigger city because I needed financial improvement and secured a big job. Sticking to small towns there is no self improvement, when you stick to your hometown you won’t grow at all.
There isn't much to do. Not much jobs. Only Johnson county where I used to live is growing. Moving into Miami you get a rural living but everything is in Johnson. I just don't think I could handle it in anything smaller.
I live in a Burb of K.C my sister lives a small town in N.W Kansas ,one issue of housing is finding a company to do the work on your house carpenters , etc... the cost is not cheap because of lack of skilled folks that is a issue in BIG towns too but really a issue in a small towns .
I’m laughing so hard.. I’ve lived in a small Kansas town called Montezuma for my whole life.. and the entirety of this video is exactly what a city slicker would “think” of small towns without actually knowing
Always enjoy your travelogue vlogs, Nick. Years ago I had relatives in both Kansas and Nebraska but they all lived to a ripe old age and quietly passed away. I bet some of these little towns don't make it on the map until a tornado comes and wipes it off the map. Nobody wants to be famous for a disaster! These people and their farms are the "salt of the earth." God bless them!
While I’m not specifically from Sabetha, we appreciate your positive point of view of our area. So many people are extremely negative, but you pointed out how much we welcomed you, how we want people to come here just like any other town, and even made a point out of how dollar stores are trying to eliminate our mom and pop stores. Thank you for bringing awareness to who and what we are and what we are dealing with
Looks like a nice place; sure, not that hectic but safe and scenic, probably some very nice people. That church was beautiful. Close communities are incredibly healthy.
Kansas is a terribly run state, so most people who were able to left the rural areas many decades ago due to extensive farm and ranch consolidation. The only area of the state that is very prosperous that has large amounts of 21st century jobs is Johnson County, by Kansas City, MO.
My dad's parents lived in central Kansas in the town of Otis. They were Volga German immigrants as children. My brother and I loved going there from Omaha as kids to visit them in 70s and 80s, we'd go down to the rail line on the south side of Otis and explore the railway. We knew to keep watch for the trains, the town also had a passenger stop but I think by that time it was closed since the train was purely freight. We'd go west along the tracks and explore the creeks and bridges. There was an old abandoned helium plant on the south east side of town that the rail line passed to the north. The old He plant had closed down after WWII and the operation moved to the current location on the west side of town where it still operates. Otis also had a really good gas station and store on HWY 4, that station has now closed and is being sold on Zillow right now. When it was time to leave, Dad and mom would stop at the station to fill up and we'd stock up on snacks. I really liked the long drive, unfortunately a lot of it is now ruined by all the ugly wind turbines along the way north.
Kansas and Nebraska have consistently some of the most extreme worst weather in the country. Only a very small portion of the year has any sort of decent mild weather at all.
Something I find interesting is the different colors of gravel on gravel roads throughout the United States. While I've never been to Sabetha, I've been within 5 miles of it 😀
you are snarky and jest but i loved how you sat down and really asked what it is like to live in small town Kansas and tried to paint a real picture of what it is like from people who live there.
Caney Kansas here. Right on the Oklahoma border rather than Nebraska but almost the same towns. Eleven or so churches for about 2k people gave me a chuckle, same thing in Caney.
Awesome video I really enjoyed it. My parents live in Onaga KS Which is about 35 miles southwest of Sabetha. We are originally from San Bernardino CA and back in 2003 was when my parents got fed up of living there and moved to Onaga. I never really liked it so lived in Topeka KS for a few years then KCMO till Oct 2022 and now living in St. Petersburg FL. Really enjoyed your St Pete video!
As a rare recent visitor to Eastern KS myself, what surprised me is how wooded it actually is. I know the Trees end somewhere to the west of Topeka, but the eastern part of the state has (surprising me) lots of woods. Not sure if they were growing naturally back before setters came there orif they were planted by the people that settled the area?
@@dls300 That's probably true. If you look at original historic photos from @1900 of say Johnston County, there are almost no trees when the original settlements were being laid out.
Most of my family originates from Hoyt Kansas. A busy highway went right through it years ago. It used to be a thriving small town, but when the interstate highway was constructed nearby, the town died. It is a shell of what it used to be as I remember it when I was a kid. Despite the dwindling population, I still love the little town as I have so many happy memories of Hoyt Kansas.
I was resident of Wichita, Kansas for 30 years, I moved to San Diego, California 5 years ago, when California run out of water I will go back to Wichita,but for the time being I just enjoy sun, sea, and surf.
I have spent nearly all of my 77 years living in Kansas, I was raised in a town of a few less than 600 people. I have lived on the west coast and I spent some time on the east. My wife and I have visited all but one or two of the 50 states. Some of my younger years were spent in the US Navy where I cruised the Pacific rim and spent many many weeks making circles in the South China Sea off the coast of Viet Nam. With all that I have found no place better than my home state of KS. Some call it "fly over country" and we kind of like it that way.
Nick please pass through my old hometown. Manhattan Kansas. Its a gem and a special place... Oh, and don't forget to show us Junction City, aka Junction shitty, Junktown. Lol. Actually its a unique town, less than lower middle-class, but the residents keep it clean. Its a great area to raise a family or retire for some. Its half military, half University. No place like the Flint Hills.. A special place.. Anyone raised in Manhattan is proud to say they are from there. A lot of kids leave, I wouldn't mind going back again someday. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California..
That church a little over halfway through was beautiful! I thought it was funny when you showed a still of that big baseball. I grew up near a town with the world’s largest oil can, no joke!
That big church was St. Bede's Catholic church in Kelly, Kansas. North East Kansas have several very large Catholic church's. You should see tge inside of them.
I've lived in 3 very small towns for about 4 or so years. Sabetha and Hiawatha Kansas and Falls City, NE and I can absolutely assure you, you NEVER EVER want to live in a small town. There is zero culture. Everyone is nosy and entitled to know your business. Food is more expensive. You are very limited in activities. Usually High-School Football games, the annual tractor show or car show and a July 4th event. There might be a demo derby or a yearly street fair. There isn't much. If you're an older couple then a small town might be okay for you. If you're a young man or women, run run RUN as fast and as far away as you can. Law enforcement is bored in these towns so they are more overzealous. Places to eat? Not really. A cafe maybe. A Subway inside a gas station or gas station pizza. There might be a few cafes, maybe a Mexican and Chinese restaurant. It's a horrible way to live.
It's kind of a fishbowl claustrophobia effect as those towns mostly have houses on small in-town lots and no one can access any rural areas as all land is privately owned. That goes back to the fact that Kansas and Nebraska have almost zero public land. That's why the quality of life is so poor in those areas.
Had to leave healthcare SUCKS! Wellington and Iola no longer have hospitals while Nebraska got Obamacare so they wouldn't lose hospitals there! I moved to the rockies got 4 major and 4 minor surgeries in 8 years! GOP healthcare is the pill mill till you drop dead! Like a coworker on another shift in a plant outside Wichita! They made him keep working in a plastic plant 12 hour shifts while wearing a portable oxygen kit! 2 months later he went home after work and died! Cities like Hutch, Emporia, Wellington, Kingman, Topeka and Wichita have had major employers reduce workforce or closed up! Quite a few bankruptcies too and those that emerge from that give you crappy healthcare! My advice if you live in Kansas better be able to get out of state for specialists!
Doesn't surprise me at all. Most of rural Kansas is a healthcare wasteland, with hospitals closing over time. This will become more common in these decaying small towns as out backward for-profit healthcare system has hospitals making little money at all when they have a large percentage of the population that is served that relies on Medicare and Medicaid for payment.
Just discovered your channel!! I'm a TH-cam junkie, living in southeast kansas! I've worked at our local hospital for 34 years. I've met who would later become our sons father, I've buried my father recently, and am completely satisfied for the life of small town living. But as with everything, the price of every day items, has increased 10 fold. Right now we are dealing with a water main leak that has left us without water for a day. And unfortunately the monthly utilities bill came out, and due to the fuel adjustment , families that are already struggling, received 1000.00 bills. So many citizens are up in arms. This too will pass.....Anyway hopefully you meet some amazing people and make memories that make a difference. Next year make sure you look up Sausage Fest in Fredonia, kansas. It's one of those celebrations you definitely want a t-shirt to wear proudly! Looking forward to this channel. This is how I travel.....virtually!!
Ayyyyy, I work for a delivery company that makes me happy I recognize some of the places even if you didn't say them by name. Like Goff 7:15 in, they have a really nice barbecue place now
Thanks for bringing small town Kansas to us, Nick! I wouldn't want to be a young person growing up there unless I had a real interest in farming... BUT, as someone who gets closer to retirement age it does have some appeal. As Dems create more destruction and chaos elsewhere, I'd rather live in Kansas than many parts of the US. Everyone has guns? Good. No wonder it's so safe..... people don't have to put up with the Dems have wrought upon much of the country in small-town USA. I'll take boring and safe over their woke shit-holes. My parents grew up in small towns in the south, and my exposure to that (via visits to relatives) has shown me how wonderful rural, small-town people can be. If you seek out connections with your neighbors, it's a great, supportive community situation.
I’m a Democrat from a small town in Kansas. Why you have to always bring up politics. I don’t judge people based on their politics. I judge people by them being accepting and nonjudgmental of others.
I live in Kansas .. you been watching too much Fox News, small minded, limited, stereotyping .. due you’re too old .. Is it a Dem problem that housing isn’t being built, this has been going on for years all over the country, there’s a reason for it Read. The Colors of Law by Richard Rothstein… the real estate lobby is criminal.. anyway .. …,
Beautiful small safe towns look like my home county in Kenya. Unfortunately, as an African immigrant, I doubt I would be welcomed. Great content! I'm a new subscriber from Kenya, East Africa.
I'm in the next county over! Probably drove through going to Sabetha. Omg I use to live right across the street from the baseball. It's an empty lot now.
I drove through the length of Kansas, and my most lasting impression: beige, beige, beige, as far as the eye can see, particularly in the western half of the state.
Western Kansas is hideous along I-70 Billboards falling down, flapping in the brutal winds and dust , hundreds of church signs, massive trash heaps of junk cars and abandoned farms Stinky feed lots, a simpleton population stuck in the 50’s mindset of guns, church and eating fattening food and get me a new pickup with Trump stickers No education or culture for offspring who can’t wait to leave for a more progressive state And cannabis is a felony, hemp could revive the farms but they’re scared of change
I like small towns and was born and raised in Kansas. I really like Council Grove,Kansas and that's the town I like to go to that's close to where I'm from.
i love both iowa and kansas they are both beautiful, but the extreme humidity, the very cold winters, and not much in way of jobs or opportunities in general , but great to vacation to to have a peace n quiet get-away. i love these vids, were you show as well as talk about the bad as well as the plus sides and the indifferent aspects that are neither good nor bad.
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You do good work out there, looking forward to seeing more of your work. God Bless you!
Nick!!!!! My wife and i are leaving the mid west actually northeast of Arizona.....it is a terrible town here full of NARCISSISTS! Now understand Nick! ..... that NARCISSISTS have ruined the west and the east!!!!!! And yes they will turn their backs on everyone. Now the people of the US need to understand we are in this state of despair because of NARCISSISTS in the US IS ALARMING IT IS A VERY BAD PLACE TO BE WITH THESE PEOPLE. No ome is seeing this DISORDER like i am. Proving thru study.....you or i have no control to change these narcissistic people. They just get worse which is whu they have turn their backs on the original roots of all these neighborhoods you are driving thru however we are becoming a world GHETTO! Understand that this NARCISSISTIC movement is FOR REAL! EVERYONE NEEDS TO LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF A NARCISSISTS AND YOUR LIVES WILL IMPROVE GUARANTEED, BECAUSE YOU MAY UNDERSTAND THAT ITS TIME TO PUT THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE AWAY FOREVER! ARE YOU PEOPLE PICKING UP WHAT IM PUTTING DOWN??????? DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THIS?????? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT I DARE YOU! LOVE,PEACE AND CHICKEN GREASE AMERICA! WAKE UP
Anyway Nick, could you please recommend a place where it is not ruined by NARCISSISTS! Lol so we can be in the pursuit of happiness there has to be a place somewhere to where it is not tainted by these narcissists of the us. May not exist but my soul says it does exist and I WILL FIND IT! Nick have you seen the "Slab City" documentary?
Please never visit our State again. You and your boyfriend.
I LIVE IN NEWTON KANSAS.. BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME AFTER MOVING FROM COMMIFORNIA....NO POLITICS TO DEAL WITH...FEW IDIOT'S PER SQUARE MILE.. 38000 PEOPLE HERE...NICE AND QUIET...TOO BAD YOU DO NOT KNOW MORE ABOUT LIFE HERE...
I've lived here all my life. Growing up I hated it because of how little there was to do. As an adult with young kids of my own, I love the small town life. Its quiet and peaceful. It may be flat, but it holds its own beauty. Nothing like watching a thunderstorm over the plains.
How about tornadoes? Would make me nervous....
@@tnit7554 Its not so bad. Ive seen about 7 in my life and all from a distance. No worse than living somewhere that gets hurricanes, floods, or wild fires
@@Unaccounted2 My sister and I used to drive there a lot when we were younger. We lived in SE Nebraska, and Sabetha had the closest Sonic to us. Is that bar with all the $1 bills taped to their walls and ceiling still there?
I moved away in the early 2000’s to the east coast and I finally had enough and came back home. I can’t tell you how much I missed everything about it. I’m glad to finally be back.
I live in Hillsboro Kansas
Dude keep exploring. You have one hell of an entertaining (reality + geography + travel + culture) all in one channel. Love it. Let me grab my popcorn. 🍿
I'm liking this too. The Midwest doesn't get covered much, good choice! I like the way you mixed it up with regular nieghborhoods and downtown areas.
On of my favorite channels... it's like a story telling channel of America.
The guy is good, damn good!
Nick that dude
My greatgrandfather was a Civil War veteran and homesteaded in KS. He was a very successful what farmer who never mortaged his land, which was a rarity. He was written up by the Ks. Historical Society, and his name can be googled. So I am proud of him,and I always display wheat in my home to honor him.🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾
This is the best place to live. Moved back in 2020 after 30 years on the west coast. It's perfect and free and feels like you've been transported to a happier time in America.
Don't you miss the ocean and the mountains? Because I do! ☺️
Happier like getting a year in jail for having some weed while the 3 states bordering you have at least 1 form of legal weed. Kansas is behind the times. Nothing free about a year in jail for a plant in what is supposed to be an agricultural state.
@@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol Eh we have delta 8 at least.
I live in Sabetha, my house is actually at 24:38. It is nice to be in a really safe community with lots of good jobs. It is ideally located as well. Two major highways pass through the area, and you can hop in your car and be in the city (Omaha, Kansas City, Topeka, St. Joe) in an hour to an hour and a half, spend the day and then come home and sleep in your bed without the doors locked, minimal traffic during the night, etc. If you call the police, EMS or Fire Department it is your neighbors that you know on a first name basis showing up to help. It is literally the type of town where you can go to your neighbors house for a cup of sugar. As mentioned, cost of living is extremely cheap, lots of high paying jobs and most people in the community are far more financially secure than those in the cities.
Yeah, you tell ‘em, Josh! Great comments.
Sabetha and Nemaha County is one of the very few rural areas in Kansas that isn't completely decaying into oblivion- so quite an anomaly overall.
@@KS5040 That is true. Honestly, if they could build about 50 middle class homes I think they'd all sell out. A lot of people commute here every day. There does seem to be a lot of interest in people starting to move back to small towns that are safer, but also not very far from big cities. I think with more remote work in the future, and eventually having self driving cars, towns like Sabetha in the 1-2 hour range from big cities will start to become the new "suburbs".
You have a beautiful home Josh.
@joshburger1216 agreed, I see that happening already just south of you guys. Eudora, DeSoto, Tongenoixie, and in a way Bonner Springs are growing a bit and would sell fast if they built more houses quickly.
Thanks for coming to Kansas. I used t live in Houston and the military brought me to a Kansas and I ended up staying in Topeka. I’ve been to Colorado, New York, Missouri, Louisiana, and several other states but I’ve grown a soft spot for this place.
My husband is from Chanute, KS. Both his parents were born there too as well as his grandparents on both sides and great grandparents homesteaders from Sweden. When his parents were born the population was 10,000. Interestingly the population has stayed steady at 10,000 to this day. We went back in July one year for a family reunion. Loved the fireflies and the loud cicadas at night😳
Lol I am in Iola just 20 miles north of Chanute.
Я тоже люблю цыкады и светлячки😺 ..щас осень 🍂 у нас и они уходят спать 😴 до следующего лета 😼✌️
@@hollycarr3267 what town? We flew into Kansas City and drove South to Chanute. I loved seeing all the farmland. We went through a small town named Garnet. It was so cute. Our granddaughter loved the firefly’s but not the Thunderstorms. I don’t believe she had ever seen it rain that hard ever, and we live in Oregon😂
@@hollycarr3267 oh sorry, I just read Lola, KS. There is a museum in Chanute that features Martin and Osa Johnson. I finally got a little black Pomeranian, and I named her Osa Mae. Ever since visiting this museum I fell in love with Osa Johnson’s first name.
The year we last visited, Parsons was hit with a tornado about a month before. We drove through there on our way to Eureka Springs, Ark. I had never seen what a twister could do to metal buildings. Devastating.
@@hollycarr3267 I'm in Garnett just up the road. 🙂
OMG that town looks wonderful! Especially for a family.
Kansas is the 5th most dangerous state in crimes per capita.
Kansas in general but we try to keep it quiet.
It isn't because nearly all the younger people leave for far better opportunities in the real world. Very few people enjoy towns that are that small as it can be very limiting.
It is the last best. I live near Seattle, drove to the east coast and visited 14 states. We really loved the mid west. Where there was corn fields, there were more friendly happier people we found. We come from an area where people keep to them selves, so my family saw a huge difference.
I noticed the same after driving across the country. The "Seattle Freeze" is definitely a thing but after spending time in the midwest it is amazing how friendly people are. Even complete strangers showed a level of kindness that is extremely rare to find on the West coast.
Superman may have been from Krypton, but Clark Kent was from Kansas.
Yes, he was from the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. Many people believe that Hutchinson, Kansas, in the south-central part of the state, was the inspiration for Smallville.
Hutchinson kansas has a Smallville festival. In the super man theme. It coming up. Centeral kansas is small but not to small.
Not been to Hutchison during that time but I have heard about it.
It's not flat in my part of Kansas. I live right on the Missouri border and can drive to four different states in a half a day.
Which town in Missouri do you live in?
The Dollar Store Trifecta. Any town of any size is like that in Kansas. Even parts of Kansas City are like that.
Though back to the topic, many parts of north eastern Kansas are hilly
I can't get over those food prices! The same food where I live is literally triple the cost!
Deadass though
@@Carfan678 Deadass is better than home invasions, car jackings, armed robberies, burglaries, "free roaming turned loose on the citizens pedophiles and sex offenders", daily murders, drive by shootings, and drug dealers on every corner. I'll take deadass every day.
@@lilliewilliams3331 deadass means it's true. They were agreeing with them.
Now check out the wages in the area and the Property taxes , car tags and taxes and on and on and on
@@Carfan678 LOL
Many thanks for visiting small-town Kansas and giving us a balanced snapshot of Sabetha! The town seems to be doing quite well, especially considering it is not a county seat. Sabetha lies in Nemaha County, where Seneca has the county administration and related facilities.
Plus, it's not New York...
@Tina Barnes well, at least it's quiet. I used to be young,loud and repulsive! Now I'm old, quiet, and repulsive.
If it has a population less than $10,000, than the city ,better be quite well, if not its rly a joke!
@@ArtIsDrawing What?
Kansas is a well-kept secret and many Kansans would like to keep it that way. While many smaller towns, especially in western Kansas, are hurting, many medium-size towns (5,000-50,000 population) are doing pretty well. Many of those towns have one or more significant large manufacturing or processing plants with decent-paying jobs. Kansas is also a major oil and natural gas producing state, with three oil refineries and several large natural gas processing plants. So, gasoline and diesel fuel prices are often some of the cheapest in the U.S. Some of the friendliest and decent people in the U.S. live in Kansas. The biggest "downer" is probably the hot summers.
My family in the North West KS
We have spring-summer , summer-summer, fall-summer. And sometimes lucky enough to have a few winter-summer days
The heat is a bit annoying but the cold is what really is a downer for me as it makes It difficult to leave the house
Kansas isn't a well kept secret at all, anyone with half a brain knows it is a severely dysfunctional state with lots of problems overall, closed off regressive populace, horrible weather most of the year, and very little growth at all with the exception of areas near KC for much better paying 21st century jobs.
@@KS5040
Kansas is a very diverse state. You're speaking with an arrogant tone of certainty that only highlights your ignorance.
I seriously doubt you have even spent a minute in my state.
The cities are so toxic right now..... that looks very appealing to me
I grew up in Kansas and have lived in Colorado for quite a long time. In fact, I have family in Sabetha and I go see them once or twice a year. It’s almost like time stands still in those areas. It’s kinda refreshing coming from a bustling Colorado, with constant change, more population growth and traffic. Thanks for making this, it will make it easier for me to explain how smaller towns, I.e. Sabetha has its own charm.
Kansas ruins lives for weed while colorado and missouri allow adults to smoke legally. Kansas locks you up for a year. It's like a trip back in time to and time
Lived in Junction City for 9 years. Had one son out there. Always said if you turned off highway 70 it would take you years to find your way back on it so you could leave. 110* in the summer and -40* in the winter.
@Dera Kioandria Williams it was so cold in the winter the school board wouldn’t let our kids walk to school. And the snow lasted for months. This was in the late 70s to 85.
I'm from Japan, and the scenery looks very familiar to me.
I was sent to a very small town in KS to study abroad as an exchange student in HS way back in the 80's. The town must've been smaller than this one here, although they look almost identical even after all these decades, lol. (There was only one traffic light in the entire town as I recall)
Up until then, I had lived all my life in big cities like Tokyo and its neighboring cities. I also lived in Europe as a child. So living in KS as a teenager was a big culture shock for me - ppl being extremely conservative, a lot of them had never been outside of the state let alone the U.S. They did not hate me or discriminate me for all I know, but most ppl didn't really care about a Japanese exchange student, they weren't curious enough to know about my engaging background or personality, lol, not even teachers. I did make a few friends, but one of them was actually from a different state.
My time spent in KS was definitely not the highlight of my life, I did not enjoy it at all tbh, but this vid did make me feel a little nostalgic which I'm pleasantly surprised about. So thank you.
how did you like the food?
People around here would kill to have a Japanese exchange student nowadays lol
Did you ever spend some time to visit Wichita or Kansas City Kansas? Small towns aren't for everyone, but the cities and suburbs may be more enjoyable for you if you don't like it.
Too bad you weren't sent to a more interesting part of the country than this boring, retrograde state. I hope you got a chance to travel and see the rest of the US and develop a wider perspective of the country.
Must have been the era and the town. In the late 90s we had a foreign exchange student from Brazil in my class in very small town Kansas. Everybody loved him and he became fast friends with the guys in my class. Teachers asked him questions about his life in Brazil. I'm sorry your experience couldn't have been better.
19:53 the house on the left side of the screen before the corner was my great grandmas for the longest time. Alot of memories in that house.
I'm originally from a small town deep in the rural south-west of Germany and it's astonishingly similar to the small town you're talking about here. Similar kinds of people, doing similar things, living similar lives despite one being Germany and the other one being the US.
I was fortunate to grow up and live in NE Kansas and always thought Sabetha was a great town. Other favorites include Council Grove, Wamego, Burlingame, Alma, Holton and Lyndon. The best part to me is all that green, lush country in between these small, well-kept population centers. Thanks for throwing a friendly light on my home.
Most of rural Kansas isn't well kept at all, lots of abandonment across the board, that's a big reason why the median house price is less than $100K. Also, good luck for anyone that needs decent medical care out there, as rural hospitals close left and right.
I grew up in Topeka, well Tecumseh really. We were in the same league as most of NE Kansas. My cousin owned a bowling alley and bar in Holton until he died. His wife also owned a bowling alley in Sabetha. Her daughter owned a flower shop in Sabetha. Central Kansas is doing the worst as far as towns. Most people don't stay there when they leave home.
@@MsSkipperkim Most of rural Kansas is in massive decline, especially SE Kansas as it used to have much greater population numbers 50-100 years ago, so the total numerical decline is far higher. Then you have the big issue of drought and and water supply shortages in many other areas of the state, meaning farms that aren't well leveraged or smaller will more likely to go bankrupt or be absorbed into much larger farm operations. Throw in the awful weather most of the year, less than favorable Kansas tax structure, too much conservatism, and you wonder why any ambitious younger person in their right mind would ever want to stay there. I should know as I lived there for 20 years, and that was far too long.
@@KS5040 I left Kansas for 4 years. I moved back, but I'm in Johnson County now.
@@MsSkipperkim Johnson County is the only reason why Kansas isn't a bottom 10 state. It certainly has a large number of high paying jobs, but far too crowded and expensive for my liking.
I live in SW Kansas. I love it here. We have everything good that you have in the cities, just not everyday. You are right about lack of available housing. Lately, if a house comes on the market, no matter the condition, it is usually snapped up in 24hrs.
Everything good? You guys put people in jail for a year for some weed while colorado and missouri made it recreational and Oklahoma has medical. That's just not right you guys are stuck in the passed ruining your youths lives over some plants
@@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol then dont come here
@James DuBois or I will and I'll smoke like anytime ice ever been in kansas. You people can deal with it
@@jamesdubois4425 kansas land of the dumb that jails half its population for plant crimes
@James DuBois did you people think knasas city kansas isn't getting high? It's decriminalized for a reason too many people are doing it. Why care about the law when it's decriminalized and you can buy it legally a few mins away. Kc missouri and kc kansas connect. 😂😂😂 yall clowns want cartels making that money and selling to your kids with not checking I.ds did you not know that legal dispensarys only sell to 21 and up if it's rec. And legal dispensarys check i.ds this is what's wrong with your r tard state you guys can't drive either.
Wow, Nick makes this sound bad! I grew up in Iowa and raised my kids there. Left on my 40th bday after the kids were grown. I’ve been in AZ in a small town ever since but longing to go back to my roots. At age 76, I just want piece and a small garden! After watching the dictator give his speech calling all conservatives dangerous, I need a safe place! Please don’t put these small towns down! They are America! Home of the brave! I want to go back! Green grass and homegrown food! 🇺🇸💕
“Peace” not piece! Darn autocorrect! Lol
Thanks for taking the time to come to Kansas! Never seen your channel before and this was refreshing and made me appreciate my home just that much more. I live near the OK border and you hit the nail on the head mentioning the listening to bugs. Tho i do have to say, not talking about how much we love our dogs was a blunder! Good luck on the channel fella!
I’m an Aussie and I really love these Nick you guys have a beautiful country hope you are doing great man
I just moved from CA to KS in Feb 2022. I love it here I don't regret anything. I just drove from Winfield to Manhattan KS. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Kansas isn't beautiful at all. Anywhere further east as much more greenery, trees, and nicer climate than windblown Manhattan, KS.
@@KS5040 only to you
@@bartwfielder Not really, just facts. Most anywhere east of Kansas receives far more rainfall on average and has far greater tree coverage.
Nick thanks to you we learn about many places in America; the good and the bad, and the ugly. Thank you! Small town lover here. Guilty!
Channel's perfect people are going to need to know where to go in the mass Exodus of the Southwest bravo touche keep up the good work bro.
i was born and raised in a small town in western kansas. you’ll never find more beautiful sunrises and sunsets. the people if i do say so myself are nice and welcoming.
I'll put Kansas sunrises and sets against any place on earth. It's absolutely gorgeous most days.
No the people aren't nice and welcoming at all, they are cliquish and closed off to outsiders to the extreme.
@@KS5040 that’s your opinion i’ve been nothing but nice and welcoming to new people.
@@anitahalbleib4141 It likely depends on the town sometimes then.
@@KS5040 which outsider?
I lived there and a couple of other states. Was in Kansas for 14 years and had to leave for personal reasons. Best place I ever lived. I loved it and if it were possible I'd go back in a second.
Where in Kansas ? I live in Wichita lol
@@RicardoLopez-is8nx how u digging on ICT?
I've never been there
@@RicardoLopez-is8nx u living there
@@therealrobbdee672 living where ?
I work remote and live in rural Ohio. I love it and my kids have a great childhood. They found a frog yesterday and the rabbit. The Midwest isn’t for everyone, but it is a darn good life and you couldn’t drag me to most costal metros to live.
My grandparents, while they were alive, lived in Whitewater, KS. I used to love going out there in the summers when I was a kid. I've heard that town is "not what it used to be," to put it politely.
What do you mean ? Is there alot of meth addicts ?🤯😬😬🤯
Kansas isn’t for everybody. A lot of people move here in search of small living and end up leaving within a year. You meet most of your friends in high school, if you played sports you’ll know people all over the state. A lot of these folks in the small towns will do everything for you doesn’t matter who or what you are these folks will let you drink out of their kitchen sink if you need it, there’s no social differences like them big cities. I’m one of those that moved to the bigger city because I needed financial improvement and secured a big job. Sticking to small towns there is no self improvement, when you stick to your hometown you won’t grow at all.
There isn't much to do. Not much jobs. Only Johnson county where I used to live is growing. Moving into Miami you get a rural living but everything is in Johnson. I just don't think I could handle it in anything smaller.
I live in a Burb of K.C my sister lives a small town in N.W Kansas ,one issue of housing is finding a company to do the work on your house carpenters , etc... the cost is not cheap because of lack of skilled folks that is a issue in BIG towns too but really a issue in a small towns .
I’m laughing so hard.. I’ve lived in a small Kansas town called Montezuma for my whole life.. and the entirety of this video is exactly what a city slicker would “think” of small towns without actually knowing
Thanks Jay, for actually understanding. Read my extended comment to see if you agree. Rural Kansas is basically worthless.
Montezuma is a really small town. I am surprise they not only know how to spell it or even what it is. You can have it my new red neck friend
Great job covering our area Nick! Can't wait to watch some more. 🤠
Retired here after 32 years in Texas. Much calmer. Love my small town of 950.
Sabetha is a small school powerhouse in Kansas High School athletics.
Nice to “visit” places without leaving your house. 🙂👍
Always enjoy your travelogue vlogs, Nick.
Years ago I had relatives in both Kansas and Nebraska but they all lived to a ripe old age and quietly passed away.
I bet some of these little towns don't make it on the map until a tornado comes and wipes it off the map. Nobody wants to be famous for a disaster! These people and their farms are the "salt of the earth." God bless them!
While I’m not specifically from Sabetha, we appreciate your positive point of view of our area. So many people are extremely negative, but you pointed out how much we welcomed you, how we want people to come here just like any other town, and even made a point out of how dollar stores are trying to eliminate our mom and pop stores. Thank you for bringing awareness to who and what we are and what we are dealing with
Looks like a nice place; sure, not that hectic but safe and scenic, probably some very nice people. That church was beautiful. Close communities are incredibly healthy.
That church was in a different town. He didn't really show any of the churches in Sabetha.
as a small town canadian boy, these videos hit home. Reminds me so much of small towns up here. Desolate and safe
Kansas is a terribly run state, so most people who were able to left the rural areas many decades ago due to extensive farm and ranch consolidation. The only area of the state that is very prosperous that has large amounts of 21st century jobs is Johnson County, by Kansas City, MO.
@@KS5040 thanks for the info boss 🙏
I stayed overnight in Junction City and drove into town to get dinner, seems like a nice place if you want to live where there are tornadoes.
Loved seeing this. My family has lived in Sabetha for seven generations. Home sweet home!
I lived in SE KS for three years. Been in another state for two years and can’t wait to move back hopefully before the end of the year
This was delightful. Thank you
My dad's parents lived in central Kansas in the town of Otis. They were Volga German immigrants as children.
My brother and I loved going there from Omaha as kids to visit them in 70s and 80s, we'd go down to the rail line on the south side of Otis and explore the railway. We knew to keep watch for the trains, the town also had a passenger stop but I think by that time it was closed since the train was purely freight. We'd go west along the tracks and explore the creeks and bridges.
There was an old abandoned helium plant on the south east side of town that the rail line passed to the north. The old He plant had closed down after WWII and the operation moved to the current location on the west side of town where it still operates. Otis also had a really good gas station and store on HWY 4, that station has now closed and is being sold on Zillow right now. When it was time to leave, Dad and mom would stop at the station to fill up and we'd stock up on snacks. I really liked the long drive, unfortunately a lot of it is now ruined by all the ugly wind turbines along the way north.
Your Midwest trip is very entertaining.
glad you're not bored yet haha.
World's largest baseball,thank you for sharing quality content journalism 👍
Went through Nebraska and Kansas in early July ,the only thing to look forward to is a Casey's gas station and it was hotter than Texas that week.
Kansas and Nebraska have consistently some of the most extreme worst weather in the country. Only a very small portion of the year has any sort of decent mild weather at all.
My wife and I are moving soon, and I want to thank you for these uploads. Keep up the good work!
Something I find interesting is the different colors of gravel on gravel roads throughout the United States. While I've never been to Sabetha, I've been within 5 miles of it 😀
you are snarky and jest but i loved how you sat down and really asked what it is like to live in small town Kansas and tried to paint a real picture of what it is like from people who live there.
Please visit Junction City, KS!!
Meth and military and strip clubs!?! No thanks
Caney Kansas here. Right on the Oklahoma border rather than Nebraska but almost the same towns. Eleven or so churches for about 2k people gave me a chuckle, same thing in Caney.
Awesome video I really enjoyed it. My parents live in Onaga KS Which is about 35 miles southwest of Sabetha. We are originally from San Bernardino CA and back in 2003 was when my parents got fed up of living there and moved to Onaga. I never really liked it so lived in Topeka KS for a few years then KCMO till Oct 2022 and now living in St. Petersburg FL. Really enjoyed your St Pete video!
As a rare recent visitor to Eastern KS myself, what surprised me is how wooded it actually is. I know the Trees end somewhere to the west of Topeka, but the eastern part of the state has (surprising me) lots of woods. Not sure if they were growing naturally back before setters came there orif they were planted by the people that settled the area?
The trees end at the flinthills and west...Eastern KS is much like Missouri..
Our Kansas county extension agent said that there were no trees in Kansas.
@@dls300 That's probably true. If you look at original historic photos from @1900 of say Johnston County, there are almost no trees when the original settlements were being laid out.
@@davehughesfarm7983 Yes
Most of my family originates from Hoyt Kansas. A busy highway went right through it years ago. It used to be a thriving small town, but when the interstate highway was constructed nearby, the town died. It is a shell of what it used to be as I remember it when I was a kid. Despite the dwindling population, I still love the little town as I have so many happy memories of Hoyt Kansas.
A beautiful cobblestone street is not "bunky". Love your work and songs and wish you can really tell it like it is on you tube someday.
Streets paved with red brick are very common in rural Kansas. My great-grandfather was supervisor of a paving crew about 100 years ago.
I was resident of Wichita, Kansas for 30 years, I moved to San Diego, California 5 years ago, when California run out of water I will go back to Wichita,but for the time being I just enjoy sun, sea, and surf.
I have spent nearly all of my 77 years living in Kansas, I was raised in a town of a few less than 600 people. I have lived on the west coast and I spent some time on the east. My wife and I have visited all but one or two of the 50 states. Some of my younger years were spent in the US Navy where I cruised the Pacific rim and spent many many weeks making circles in the South China Sea off the coast of Viet Nam. With all that I have found no place better than my home state of KS. Some call it "fly over country" and we kind of like it that way.
If you have to life in "flyover country" there are many many states that are far more scenic than Kansas with much more to do outdoors.
Pray do tell @@KS5040
Thanks ❤️ nick always a great 👍 video looks like a great little town to me appreciate man thanks
Grew up in a town of 1000 miss those days 👍
Such great videos, it give me a nice chuckle. Love Mappy and the talk with his wife too
This sight goes all the way to Denver, then it abruptly changes
Nick please pass through my old hometown. Manhattan Kansas. Its a gem and a special place... Oh, and don't forget to show us Junction City, aka Junction shitty, Junktown. Lol. Actually its a unique town, less than lower middle-class, but the residents keep it clean. Its a great area to raise a family or retire for some. Its half military, half University. No place like the Flint Hills.. A special place.. Anyone raised in Manhattan is proud to say they are from there. A lot of kids leave, I wouldn't mind going back again someday. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California..
"Kansas is a great city to be ... from". :)
I grew up there. Class of 1969. It s wonderful to see the recreation of the Light Hardware Store. I went in there with my dad as a little girl. 😊
Looks cozy. It could also be the setting for a Stephen King novel.
Actually looks very appealing. Maybe a 2nd video in the winter ?
Hey Nick!
Hey man, thanks for these videos. I really enjoy your content. Its relaxing and informative.
Those places need soup kitchens to fight food price inflation.
That church a little over halfway through was beautiful! I thought it was funny when you showed a still of that big baseball. I grew up near a town with the world’s largest oil can, no joke!
That big church was St. Bede's Catholic church in Kelly, Kansas.
North East Kansas have several very large Catholic church's. You should see tge inside of them.
Why at 17:19 where you're taking about Sabetha are you showing Atchison? That's the Taco John's, Train Depot and MGP in this shot.
I've lived in 3 very small towns for about 4 or so years. Sabetha and Hiawatha Kansas and Falls City, NE and I can absolutely assure you, you NEVER EVER want to live in a small town. There is zero culture. Everyone is nosy and entitled to know your business. Food is more expensive. You are very limited in activities. Usually High-School Football games, the annual tractor show or car show and a July 4th event. There might be a demo derby or a yearly street fair. There isn't much. If you're an older couple then a small town might be okay for you. If you're a young man or women, run run RUN as fast and as far away as you can. Law enforcement is bored in these towns so they are more overzealous. Places to eat? Not really. A cafe maybe. A Subway inside a gas station or gas station pizza. There might be a few cafes, maybe a Mexican and Chinese restaurant. It's a horrible way to live.
It's kind of a fishbowl claustrophobia effect as those towns mostly have houses on small in-town lots and no one can access any rural areas as all land is privately owned. That goes back to the fact that Kansas and Nebraska have almost zero public land. That's why the quality of life is so poor in those areas.
I live in wichita I run through greenwood & elk county a lot during deer season and I love it out there quiet and slow
Had to leave healthcare SUCKS! Wellington and Iola no longer have hospitals while Nebraska got Obamacare so they wouldn't lose hospitals there! I moved to the rockies got 4 major and 4 minor surgeries in 8 years! GOP healthcare is the pill mill till you drop dead! Like a coworker on another shift in a plant outside Wichita! They made him keep working in a plastic plant 12 hour shifts while wearing a portable oxygen kit! 2 months later he went home after work and died! Cities like Hutch, Emporia, Wellington, Kingman, Topeka and Wichita have had major employers reduce workforce or closed up! Quite a few bankruptcies too and those that emerge from that give you crappy healthcare! My advice if you live in Kansas better be able to get out of state for specialists!
Doesn't surprise me at all. Most of rural Kansas is a healthcare wasteland, with hospitals closing over time. This will become more common in these decaying small towns as out backward for-profit healthcare system has hospitals making little money at all when they have a large percentage of the population that is served that relies on Medicare and Medicaid for payment.
Just discovered your channel!! I'm a TH-cam junkie, living in southeast kansas! I've worked at our local hospital for 34 years. I've met who would later become our sons father, I've buried my father recently, and am completely satisfied for the life of small town living. But as with everything, the price of every day items, has increased 10 fold. Right now we are dealing with a water main leak that has left us without water for a day. And unfortunately the monthly utilities bill came out, and due to the fuel adjustment , families that are already struggling, received 1000.00 bills. So many citizens are up in arms. This too will pass.....Anyway hopefully you meet some amazing people and make memories that make a difference. Next year make sure you look up Sausage Fest in Fredonia, kansas. It's one of those celebrations you definitely want a t-shirt to wear proudly! Looking forward to this channel. This is how I travel.....virtually!!
Ok Eve! There's a lot more of these to watch!
Beautiful scenery 💚👍
Most people are half dead 💀 here haha 😆
Ayyyyy, I work for a delivery company that makes me happy I recognize some of the places even if you didn't say them by name. Like Goff 7:15 in, they have a really nice barbecue place now
Whiting 10:16
Looks like my kind of state, no people.
Love your videos, i suggest Come see Vermont"again"? Great people here small town feel for pretty much the whole state
Maybe one day Smitty. One day!
Thanks for bringing small town Kansas to us, Nick! I wouldn't want to be a young person growing up there unless I had a real interest in farming... BUT, as someone who gets closer to retirement age it does have some appeal.
As Dems create more destruction and chaos elsewhere, I'd rather live in Kansas than many parts of the US. Everyone has guns? Good. No wonder it's so safe..... people don't have to put up with the Dems have wrought upon much of the country in small-town USA. I'll take boring and safe over their woke shit-holes.
My parents grew up in small towns in the south, and my exposure to that (via visits to relatives) has shown me how wonderful rural, small-town people can be. If you seek out connections with your neighbors, it's a great, supportive community situation.
I’m a Democrat from a small town in Kansas. Why you have to always bring up politics. I don’t judge people based on their politics. I judge people by them being accepting and nonjudgmental of others.
I live in Kansas .. you been watching too much Fox News, small minded, limited, stereotyping .. due you’re too old ..
Is it a Dem problem that housing isn’t being built, this has been going on for years all over the country, there’s a reason for it
Read. The Colors of Law by Richard Rothstein… the real estate lobby is criminal.. anyway .. …,
There is no homeless people, because they all move to the west coast, so they don’t boil or freeze
Please city people don’t move out here and ruin our way of life.
NORMAN OTT It's already happening... Crime is skyrocketing in Kansas...
LOL...NO shit..
Ya what you really mean is don’t bring any change or progress or new ideas you don’t approve of??
@@Notmep Exactly.
No worries there. Kansas is ageing and losing population
Beautiful small safe towns look like my home county in Kenya. Unfortunately, as an African immigrant, I doubt I would be welcomed. Great content! I'm a new subscriber from Kenya, East Africa.
If you didn't eat Go Chicken Go when you were in KCK, you missed out!
I'm in the next county over! Probably drove through going to Sabetha. Omg I use to live right across the street from the baseball. It's an empty lot now.
I drove through the length of Kansas, and my most lasting impression: beige, beige, beige, as far as the eye can see, particularly in the western half of the state.
That’s I-70 for sure. But if you venture off it a little bit there are some really pretty areas
Western Kansas is hideous along I-70
Billboards falling down, flapping in the brutal
winds and dust , hundreds of church signs, massive trash heaps of junk cars and abandoned farms
Stinky feed lots, a simpleton population stuck in the 50’s mindset of guns, church and eating fattening food and get me a new pickup with Trump stickers
No education or culture for offspring who can’t wait to leave for a more progressive state
And cannabis is a felony, hemp could revive the farms but they’re scared of change
@@jacobw7544 I didn't remember the scenery being unattractive, just rather monochromatic.
Your channel is amazing thank you so much.
I like small towns and was born and raised in Kansas. I really like Council Grove,Kansas and that's the town I like to go to that's close to where I'm from.
As a New Zealander living in England, Kansas looks nice.
Liberty, Kansas - Montgomery County....SE Kansas!
i love both iowa and kansas they are both beautiful, but the extreme humidity, the very cold winters, and not much in way of jobs or opportunities in general , but great to vacation to to have a peace n quiet get-away. i love these vids, were you show as well as talk about the bad as well as the plus sides and the indifferent aspects that are neither good nor bad.
ha i have been to the caseys in sabetha several times while vising there for work