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!!!
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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Looks like a place to film a horror movie 🍿🎥
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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
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
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!!!
One of the most atmospheric videos of yours. Loved it.
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
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
Dude some of these places out west are crazy
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.
Always find ur vids helpful.
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?
This place would be great if your a Scorpion or a rattler. Thank you for the ride along.😆
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.
I feel like I'm watching "The Last Picture Show" in color
Do Van Horn, Texas next please.
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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
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
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.
You need to be there during the Big Bend Open Road Race.
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
God that looks depressing af 😅
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.
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.
It’s like the town in gta5 up north where the bunker is
You're good luck. Rain clouds? In Ft. Stockton?
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.
Nice climate,desert type geography can make most anywhere look appealing!....Case in point!
It has a lot of potential
@@RecklesstexsKilleen, Tx is way worse than West Tx. The water and air is polluted .
Wow
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 .
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.
8:29 - "Road May Flood Next 14 Miles".
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.
Whoa!
Looks like it could be a cowboy movie
Or like the Urban Cowboy movie .
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Always liked it there.
Come to roswell NM
Im sure u can get an interview thats interesting
creepy to you…
home sweet home to others
Awesome
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
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
Stayed at a hotel there in 1994.
thanks for the information
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Maybe check out Silver Peak Nevada. Definitely creepy looking....
Unfortunately this is reality of U.S. greetings from Colorado....
Looks like a nice place to move and raise a family I'm moving 🏃
I’m guessing stopping for stop signs is optional down there? 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
¿When to take a tour of Oniontown? 😁
I wonder how much land cost,what the zipcode
79735
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Texas Chainsaw vibes
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
The fact that you hardly see anyone outside would make me feel like I'm being watched as I drive through town...
Guaranteed.
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.
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
Creepy? This is actually nice.
They should have a sign " nice parts this way".
I like this ariya.
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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
Like out of a serial killer story...
I lost count of how many stop signs you rolled past 🤣
I've been there after visiting Terlingua down there...
Now if you want REMOTE, terlingua is the spot
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.
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The hills have eyes....
Wonder if thats where they filmed Texas Chainsaw Massacre at. 😂
You must have an Sunoco or shell sponsorship or something.. where I sign up 😂😂😂😂
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.
U have a knack for great content!
Knack ?
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Uhh.. what?
Isn't it insane that people can have a brand new car but a broken roof on their house?
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.
Charlie, you need to go back to 1080p.
Looks like king of the hill area
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
You missed the real Ft. Stockton. 🤨
One of the worst placed ive ever lived for sure
Please give us some details?
dang, why?
Details
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Where is everybody?
That house look like sumbody still living in there, dont go at night time😮
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.
We’re is everyone
The place on GTA with the hillbillies 😂
I just know they look at Houston like lawd hahaha
why there is never anybody outside. where are the peoples?
Where are the people??😦
Stranger Things kinda town
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
Looks like the Texas chainsaw massacre...
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! 💀👀
Looks like Africa or Poor Asia
It doesn't have to be that way.
Its the city leaders
Good God...helloooooo does anyone live there?
Dey PO…
Texas chainsaw massacre was probably there.
Looks like the Old West lol
This is where all the little black girls went missing in the 90’s and 2000’s Smfh
America the great. Literally nobody lives there.
Almost 10k
As this America looks like Africa
I-10 is lonely place
Hmmm can republicans explain this one?