Anytime I travel between El Paso and San Antonio I always stop here to fill up whether I need it or not. That is one lonesome highway with few exits to stop for services.
I travel around the country backpacking and hiking. Recently in the state of Nevada I was driving and saw a sign that said "128 miles to next gas station". The western half of the united states is a vast place
Fort Stockton Texas after a good rain the air smells amazing! After dark the sky line is amazing peaceful! I enjoyed my layovers when I was trucking in the sleepy little town!!!
People always say "well you didnt go to the nice part of town" If you drive around for nearly 10 mins, and you dont see the nice part of town something is wrong.
I have been to Ford Stockton. This video could have been shot in a bunch of places, nothing to identify where he is. Fort Stockton has a giant Road Runner statue near downtown and some of the real "Fort Stockton" from frontier days. It also has a downtown. The population is near 8500, so he did not show much of the town.
If he would have drove down the main strip of town you would have saw way more people out and about and all the stores you normally see like mxdonalds, taco bell, etc.
Growing up in West Texas, this was just normal to me. We didn't think of our towns in terms of good or bad sides, just populated and not lol. Its the freakin desert, of course there wasn't a lot going on, and man was it peaceful.
NYC hoods aren’t that bad and fort Stockton isn’t that bad but I prefer Pecos and it ain’t that far from El Paso or midland especially since driving more than 5 hours isn’t that far in texas
Oilfield. You can make great money in it There is plenty of money to circulate around there, great people to. They just make poor financial decisions. People either have some money, or they are really poor. The middle class is dying out Fort Stockton has also had a bad bad drug problem for a while now. Worse than most little towns. I travel a lot for work. This ain't it.
It is a Dump right now. It won't always be . The current city leaders are obviously insane. They keep getting the same results. People just Wana work hard, play hard. Nothing wrong with that. Find a way to help put food on somebody's table and everybody will be friends. Facts.
I was driving around the country years ago, trying to take as many backroads as I could. While driving through the upper portion of Texas things got very desolate. I could only get 2 radio stations to come in and both seemed to be in Spanish. I was driving backroads and out of nowhere came this little town. I didn't see one person in the whole place. It was super creepy driving through it and I always wanted to go back but can't remember where it was. It was really small and it seemed everyone just up and left one day. There were Bible quotes about the end of the world spray painted on the sides of buildings. Super strange place it was.
In texas you'll always at least catch a Spanish station no matter where you are lol. I'm willing to bet you were in the panhandle. There are lots of little towns in that area that used to be hip but now are barely holding on by a thread. Many of the buildings are abandoned. Towns like Paducah TX
If you feel creeped out, just get back on the interstate, it runs right through there. Not sure what the population is nowadays, but if you took that today it's probably super hot so people are inside or at work.
Yea im from texas as well and I'm already knowing everyone you meet in this town is gonna be nice as hell to you. Small town texas is not a scary place at all.
Fort Stockton is a small, shitty town, but there are also nice looking neighborhoods. Of course Charlie is showing us the dumpy areas. And I do recognize most of these buildings and houses.
Maybe because this side of town is abandoned lmao. This is what oil towns in west Texas look like. From the 1920’s-1970’s these towns boomed but when we started exporting a bunch of our oil there was big layoffs and the oil scene while still big in the US is not what it was 60 years ago.
There's tons of ppl in that town, he just didn't drive on the main strip. Anyone who's ever been to a small town knows they have a major strip and like one or two major roads where everything goes down at.
Why don't you drive down the main streets so we can see what businesses are there. I have been here before some years back and it was terrible. Halfway between El Paso and San Antonio.
Texas is such a big state and small towns like these are so remote almost far away from civilization that maybe Austin has very little reach to these places.
Haha damn most of the guys on my Hinge lived out there when I was working on a farm in west Texas 😂 no wonder they came from there. Looks beautiful to me though.
I drove thru here once while trucking to get fuel up and seen two tornadoes far away on the way to loredo for a drop off. I didn’t see no vehicles or life for hours around that part Texas. Be safe.
Looks cool and that's the name of the city "Fort Stockton"... it's so cinematic, imagine some opening scene from a thriller starting with a black background saying "Fort Stockton, 1932" LoL
As someone from Europe who was fascinated by these middle of nowhere towns in US while spending my time there, can anyone explain to me what the locals do to survive there? What kind of work they do, how do they earn money etc?
I'm sure Europe is similar but in the United States, depending on what area of the country you are in there is something that it's known for. In this area of the country it's oil. Most men that live in this area work on the oil rigs. You also have guys from other places that come way out this way to do rig work. It's great money but really hard work. You'll be gone from your family for long periods of time and working super long hours.
@@Flrrrdspark listen just because you don’t like rap music doesn’t make it corny, I understand YT people don’t listen to rap and that’s fine. Rap is universal, so before you talk shit about rap music be sure to learn your history about it first. YT people always coming for blacks weather it it’s our business, our music, our feelings or just us being black..I got so much dirt on YT people even bleach can’t even clean yall, so pick & choose your battles wisely
This is a town that really could use a big lift. It's on Interstate 10 and there are a few restaurants and hotels. The closest city is Odessa, about 80 miles to the northeast. It actually does have some potential, and much of it right now is unrealized.
As with the panhandle, I don't see any town ever getting a lift really. Most towns are barely holding on from the glory days. Which sucks because alot of these towns have great citizens still living there surviving and keeping the town alive
We spend the night a couple of times a yesr. Not exactly heaven but this didn't show the town. The is a main street with normal businesses, restaurants, several car dealers, and look alike 3 stoty hotel/motel.
Majority of City Leaders live good. Alot of people who are less educated don't know any better. But if you give them and opportunity then boys shine down there. I know this I'm from Fort Stockton
Looks like a place to film a horror movie 🍿🎥
hahahahahahahahahaha.😀😀😃😃 Behave yourself. But, I thought that same thing.😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😅😅🤣🤣
Looks literally like The Texas chainsaw massacre lol
The walking dead 💀 😂
Or Breaking Bad 2
Countries are the same
Anytime I travel between El Paso and San Antonio I always stop here to fill up whether I need it or not. That is one lonesome highway with few exits to stop for services.
Yea for anyone that's ever made that drive this is basically like the biggest town in between. Only other stops really is van horn and junction
The vastness of the US is so mesmerising for us Europeans.
I travel around the country backpacking and hiking. Recently in the state of Nevada I was driving and saw a sign that said "128 miles to next gas station". The western half of the united states is a vast place
Fort Stockton Texas after a good rain the air smells amazing! After dark the sky line is amazing peaceful! I enjoyed my layovers when I was trucking in the sleepy little town!!!
something about rural Texas that is just eerie.
I wanna visit a small town like "no country for old men"
Probably all the broken dreams
Rural Texas
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@@TAPATIOPLEASE Excellent movie!
Feels like a western movie
People always say "well you didnt go to the nice part of town"
If you drive around for nearly 10 mins, and you dont see the nice part of town something is wrong.
I have been to Ford Stockton. This video could have been shot in a bunch of places, nothing to identify where he is. Fort Stockton has a giant Road Runner statue near downtown and some of the real "Fort Stockton" from frontier days. It also has a downtown. The population is near 8500, so he did not show much of the town.
The local lawn service needs to come around more often!😵💫
If he would have drove down the main strip of town you would have saw way more people out and about and all the stores you normally see like mxdonalds, taco bell, etc.
Growing up in West Texas, this was just normal to me. We didn't think of our towns in terms of good or bad sides, just populated and not lol. Its the freakin desert, of course there wasn't a lot going on, and man was it peaceful.
@nomaderic I used to fuel up here a lot. It was a right at the diary queen, which was probably avoided to give the video a more barren feel.
Much better than the hoods of NYC, Detroit and Chicago.
That's not a great comparison
NYC hoods aren’t that bad and fort Stockton isn’t that bad but I prefer Pecos and it ain’t that far from El Paso or midland especially since driving more than 5 hours isn’t that far in texas
Not even close. This looks more terrible
Yeah no it's not there's people that actually live in those cities outside of the cities in Texas it's dead nothing but a abandoned towns
I love how you will see nice vehicles like they live somewhere nobody would ever live but they have a nice truck
A nice truck. I saw a nice car.🤣😂
Oilfield.
You can make great money in it
There is plenty of money to circulate around there, great people to.
They just make poor financial decisions.
People either have some money, or they are really poor. The middle class is dying out
Fort Stockton has also had a bad bad drug problem for a while now. Worse than most little towns.
I travel a lot for work. This ain't it.
Oilfield money
Been through FS several times, and it’s a total dump, even by West Texas standards.
It is a Dump right now. It won't always be .
The current city leaders are obviously insane.
They keep getting the same results.
People just Wana work hard, play hard. Nothing wrong with that.
Find a way to help put food on somebody's table and everybody will be friends. Facts.
Dude some of these places out west are crazy
I feel like I'm watching "The Last Picture Show" in color
I was driving around the country years ago, trying to take as many backroads as I could. While driving through the upper portion of Texas things got very desolate. I could only get 2 radio stations to come in and both seemed to be in Spanish. I was driving backroads and out of nowhere came this little town. I didn't see one person in the whole place. It was super creepy driving through it and I always wanted to go back but can't remember where it was. It was really small and it seemed everyone just up and left one day. There were Bible quotes about the end of the world spray painted on the sides of buildings. Super strange place it was.
Sounds amazingly photogenic
In texas you'll always at least catch a Spanish station no matter where you are lol. I'm willing to bet you were in the panhandle. There are lots of little towns in that area that used to be hip but now are barely holding on by a thread. Many of the buildings are abandoned. Towns like Paducah TX
If you feel creeped out, just get back on the interstate, it runs right through there.
Not sure what the population is nowadays, but if you took that today it's probably super hot so people are inside or at work.
No excuse
Arizona is hot
New Mexico is hot
Some places are hot and humid.
Go up one town to Alpine and you'll see the difference.
About 7,000 people. It could use a massive lift.
@@eddievangundy4510 Who doesn't feel creeped today? In a creepy world?
maybe because i grew up in this area but none of it to me seems creepy.
Man I'm from there to. It's not creepy it's just how it's being ran .
It’s weird how there’s a big highway right next to just what looks like some old beat up shacks with not many ppl around
@@lamBETTERthanY0U the highways are paved nice .
Then you get off into town and it feels like you went back in time.
Yea im from texas as well and I'm already knowing everyone you meet in this town is gonna be nice as hell to you. Small town texas is not a scary place at all.
One of the most atmospheric videos of yours. Loved it.
This place would be great if your a Scorpion or a rattler. Thank you for the ride along.😆
God that looks depressing af 😅
Man drove all the way to Sandy Shores, say hi to Trevor for me
lol that’s exactly what I thought did the programmers model the town after this place?
@@RecordDetectives its modeled after Desert Shores in California
Do Van Horn, Texas next please.
Fort Stockton is a small, shitty town, but there are also nice looking neighborhoods. Of course Charlie is showing us the dumpy areas. And I do recognize most of these buildings and houses.
@toolsixsixsix It's a shame he didn't go to the main roads or the center of town. And he missed Paisano Pete, too.....
Yeah, most of the city really doesn't look like this or even that bad at all.
Used to stop at Railbacks for breakfast when driving back and forth to CA years ago,before the 10 was completed. You had to drive through town.
Wow
Always find ur vids helpful.
More food reviews please thank you😊
You need to be there during the Big Bend Open Road Race.
dude thanks for giving us education on what the world can be like
Im from that place. Thing is it has alot of potential, and it has some hard working people.
The city leaders are just bad.
@@Recklesstexs Looks cheap to stay
Ohhhh.... Extremely eeeerie.... One can only imagine what sort of persons live out here....🤨😵💫 - - But truly Incredible footage!!🏆
Some great people.
Horrible city leaders
Almost 10k ppl live here. He's just driving through the desolate parts of town
Not a person in sight....so Twilight Zone.
Maybe because this side of town is abandoned lmao. This is what oil towns in west Texas look like. From the 1920’s-1970’s these towns boomed but when we started exporting a bunch of our oil there was big layoffs and the oil scene while still big in the US is not what it was 60 years ago.
@@tominator028 love how you assume I don't know that
There's tons of ppl in that town, he just didn't drive on the main strip. Anyone who's ever been to a small town knows they have a major strip and like one or two major roads where everything goes down at.
The fact that you hardly see anyone outside would make me feel like I'm being watched as I drive through town...
Guaranteed.
Why don't you drive down the main streets so we can see what businesses are there. I have been here before some years back and it was terrible. Halfway between El Paso and San Antonio.
The Economic Development Committee is ran by a man Named Remie Ramos
Awesome
Looks like it could be a cowboy movie
Or like the Urban Cowboy movie .
@@sleeplessaquarius facts
8:29 - "Road May Flood Next 14 Miles".
Texas is such a big state and small towns like these are so remote almost far away from civilization that maybe Austin has very little reach to these places.
Like out of a serial killer story...
Haha damn most of the guys on my Hinge lived out there when I was working on a farm in west Texas 😂 no wonder they came from there. Looks beautiful to me though.
@thecommonsensecapricon I would rather live in West, Tx than Central Texas. Central Texas has no resources especially .
Whoa!
I drove thru here once while trucking to get fuel up and seen two tornadoes far away on the way to loredo for a drop off. I didn’t see no vehicles or life for hours around that part Texas. Be safe.
Unfortunately this is reality of U.S. greetings from Colorado....
Looks cool and that's the name of the city "Fort Stockton"... it's so cinematic, imagine some opening scene from a thriller starting with a black background saying "Fort Stockton, 1932" LoL
Come to roswell NM
Im sure u can get an interview thats interesting
Texas Chainsaw vibes
As someone from Europe who was fascinated by these middle of nowhere towns in US while spending my time there, can anyone explain to me what the locals do to survive there? What kind of work they do, how do they earn money etc?
I'm sure Europe is similar but in the United States, depending on what area of the country you are in there is something that it's known for. In this area of the country it's oil. Most men that live in this area work on the oil rigs. You also have guys from other places that come way out this way to do rig work. It's great money but really hard work. You'll be gone from your family for long periods of time and working super long hours.
Maybe check out Silver Peak Nevada. Definitely creepy looking....
Creepy? This is actually nice.
You're good luck. Rain clouds? In Ft. Stockton?
It’s like the town in gta5 up north where the bunker is
Stayed at a hotel there in 1994.
thanks for the information
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Beautiful city for a movie or rap video
Like a country version of a Chicago or a Philly. 😂
Rap sucks
@@franksanders9677 cornball,let me guess you listen to “real” rap
@@Flrrrdspark listen just because you don’t like rap music doesn’t make it corny, I understand YT people don’t listen to rap and that’s fine. Rap is universal, so before you talk shit about rap music be sure to learn your history about it first.
YT people always coming for blacks weather it it’s our business, our music, our feelings or just us being black..I got so much dirt on YT people even bleach can’t even clean yall, so pick & choose your battles wisely
@@franksanders9677 I’m black and I’m doing the opposite of coming for rap,read what I said again
creepy to you…
home sweet home to others
This is a town that really could use a big lift. It's on Interstate 10 and there are a few restaurants and hotels. The closest city is Odessa, about 80 miles to the northeast. It actually does have some potential, and much of it right now is unrealized.
As with the panhandle, I don't see any town ever getting a lift really. Most towns are barely holding on from the glory days. Which sucks because alot of these towns have great citizens still living there surviving and keeping the town alive
Isn't it insane that people can have a brand new car but a broken roof on their house?
Looks like a nice place to move and raise a family I'm moving 🏃
Wonder if thats where they filmed Texas Chainsaw Massacre at. 😂
I wonder how much land cost,what the zipcode
79735
Ну хоть мост и автотрасса есть !
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Weird, where is everybody?😮
Killed by Leather Face
In town where all the stores in businesses are and not in the middle of a neighborhood.
We spend the night a couple of times a yesr. Not exactly heaven but this didn't show the town. The is a main street with normal businesses, restaurants, several car dealers, and look alike 3 stoty hotel/motel.
They should have a sign " nice parts this way".
Where the corner store at??🤷🏽♂️
There's a shitload of stores there like mcdonalds and taco bell and all that. It's just on the main strip through town
Why you been everywhere in west TX except Lubbock??😂😂😂
Otc everytime I pass through that way lubbock is like the only city out there that's actually growing.
One of the worst placed ive ever lived for sure
Please give us some details?
dang, why?
Details
¿When to take a tour of Oniontown? 😁
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I’m guessing stopping for stop signs is optional down there? 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I lost count of how many stop signs you rolled past 🤣
You missed the real Ft. Stockton. 🤨
The hills have eyes....
Makes a change to see a place where there's nobody standing around on street corners.
Nobody does that in Texas unless your In a major city
Looks like king of the hill area
why there is never anybody outside. where are the peoples?
Looks like the Texas chainsaw massacre...
I just know they look at Houston like lawd hahaha
That house look like sumbody still living in there, dont go at night time😮
We’re is everyone
You must have an Sunoco or shell sponsorship or something.. where I sign up 😂😂😂😂
I've been there after visiting Terlingua down there...
Now if you want REMOTE, terlingua is the spot
Not one blade of green grass.Just dirt and weeds.for lawns.Reminds me of New Mexico. Native grass and scrub. Godforsaken.
Majority of City Leaders live good.
Alot of people who are less educated don't know any better. But if you give them and opportunity then boys shine down there.
I know this I'm from Fort Stockton
I like this ariya.
Looks like Africa or Poor Asia
It doesn't have to be that way.
Its the city leaders
Stay safe Charlie. The locals. Well let’s just say they’re not very nice people
I'm from there.
I grew up with alot of great people.
There is also A LOT of money in circulation.
The city and county leaders do not care .
Everyone I met there was super nice
Maybe you didn’t deserve being nice to.
Played in a baseball tournament there in the 1980's and they found a dead man in our Hotel. He had been shot in the head! 💀👀
Charlie, you need to go back to 1080p.
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Where is everybody?
The place on GTA with the hillbillies 😂
Stranger Things kinda town
Where are the people??😦
Good God...helloooooo does anyone live there?
Texas chainsaw massacre was probably there.
This is where all the little black girls went missing in the 90’s and 2000’s Smfh
Not really creepy at all. Just small and poor.
The camera work sucks . Get a gimble or something.
One thing which worried me is chain fenced front yards, the rest is just poor isolated western town. I have seen more depressed in California
That was a reach. There's nothing wrong with the camera work. Dweeb.
@dmitripogosian5084 he's just in the bad part of town. There's tons of nice homes and businesses there
gg desde honduras
America the great. Literally nobody lives there.
Almost 10k
Wouldnt say creepy so much as boring
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U have a knack for great content!
Knack ?
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@@Tatyana_Tzvetochnaya
Uhh.. what?
As this America looks like Africa
Looks like the Old West lol
I-10 is lonely place