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I live in Colorado and I love Colorado. It's cities, not so much. The mountains and prairies, the high deserts and river valleys are amazing beyond description.
What's wrong with the cities? Actually I have a good of what's wrong with Denver after watching Nick's video on that city. The lunatics running Denver are ruining it...
In Golden. G & morrison = best, for meto Denver area. Fron Oregon/Hawaii. Here sinse 1980, out of USMC. Just ta ski right? Wrong! Run by liberials now & taxes/theft to high. It made since then, but not now. They ruin everything they touch! Didn't go in the Marines to support SOCIALISM. Rewards laziness penalizes producers. No common sence. May have to get out of this & go to Tenn.
I'm from Germany and I've never been to the US but I love watching your videos because it gives a great view on your country and all the variety and different towns and cities. Thanks a lot for your work which does a way better job than any media outlet out there!
The Western Slope is wonderful. The reason people say it's "bad" is because it's not full of big box stores, chain restaurants, and all of the other accoutrements of the "city".
I’m 42 and I can tell you that it kind of sucks having to drive an hour to buy groceries and I miss being able to order Thai food. The grass is always greener…
I live in the western slope. Little town called Palisade, just outside of Grand Junction. Our main thing here is agriculture. So many small time orchards. Peaches & wine mostly. We hope you visit next time you're in the state to see our festivals.🙂🙌
@Troutchaser99, I been to Palisade in 1967 and again in 2007 years, my older sister lives in Grand Junction, Colorado she took me there in 2007 in July month we also went to Mesa Mountain so beautiful country. from 1965 to 1968 my parent lives in Colorado around Mack Colorado I was 8 to 12 years of age when I live there with my parents, I am now 66 years of age, my naive place I was born 5 miles west of Lincoln, California Now days I live in North Sacramento California my house paid off so have no need to move.
@darleneatkinson3906 It is a beautiful town. The Mesa is my favorite spot, as it's essential our backyard here and it takes all but 40 Minutes to reach the top. This is the smallest community I've been apart of, and I love it.
Palisade is a beautiful rurall town with the desert mesas for a backdrop. Whenever I drive through there I love to stop by and grab a pint at Palisade Brewery. The last time I was there it was a couple years ago in October. It was right around sunset, with an autumn chill in the air, and an outdoor fire pit going on. It was the perfect atmosphere to have a cold one!
Colorado is not one of the most beautiful places in the US only but in the entire world. The people, the weather, I literally love everything about this State.
I was in Ouray CO for four days this past August. Awesome little mountain town. It took me a day or so to acclimate to the 7,800 ft elevation. The drive along the Million Dollar Highway (US-550) was breathtaking.
Grand junction is still conservative town, and the homless park is dubbed locally as bum park, it was recently cleared of the homless and fenced off, a temporary shelter was built a few blocks away for the homeless.. its really a nice place to live
The Californians who flooded in in the 80s during the oil shale bust bought up whole blocks of houses. Come winter, they put up for sale signs and went back. Unfortunately, they didn't stay and have flooded all of our western states now like rats off a sinking ship.
Colorado is the best state, why because I live there. I look out my patio and see the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. I am twenty minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park! Blessed to see such beauty daily! Grateful 🙏😇🤗🗻❤️❣️
My mom, dad and their parents were from Colorado, my mom from Leadville, and dad lived on the Western Slope, but wound up teaching High School in Leadville, where he met my mom. Also my dads family brought the first piano into Colorado over the Rockies by mule, it was in the museum in Ouray, but don't know if it still is.
I'm from New Zealand and sure I'd love to see the usual tourist traps of the USA but places like the ones in this and other recent vlogs are what I would love to see. Keep it up Nick! Great to see the diversity of your homeland.
So glad you made this video! I lived in Montrose and commuted to my job at Telluride ski resort (70 miles/1.5 hours each way). We had an employee shuttle until COVID. I couldn’t afford the commute so had to get a job somewhere else. No one is commuting from Montrose to Aspen. The 2 towns are 3 hours apart. People working in Aspen might live and commute from Glenwood Springs. The western slope is far better than the Front Range and the Summit County. It’s not too overrun except in places like Telluride and Ouray. Ouray is pronounced “Your Ray.” You totally butchered that 😂!
I live in Colorado Springs. I love it here. Every small mountain town is nice. Colorado is truly beautiful. The secret is out about how nice it is here.
Hi. I'm surprised you went to Michigan. They had the most draconian laws then most during illness. No thank you. I hope things stay free by you. God bless you and us all.
@@KJones-qs7ju I went back to Ohio But my city was gone There was no train station There was no downtown South Howard had disappeared All my favorite places My city had been pulled down Reduced to parking spaces
Thank you, Nick! I was born in Loveland, so seeing my state and all the changes I've seen in 27 years.. the homeless, the growth... Thank you for showing Colorado. Maybe less out of staters will come here!
Yeah Nick, all the dead pine trees up Wolf Creek outside of Pagosa is beetle kill. Terribly managed, scary to imagine all that going up in flames one day. I wish you'd have gone up north through the San Luis valley - you'd have liked (bougie) Salida, and eventually gone through our tiny town of Bailey and visited the yeti museum 😂 Next time!
I wish my Husband Robert was living and we both could move to the State of Colorado. Ever since his death on 07 September 2022, my live has been nothing but torture. I intensely miss him.
Hey Nick back in 2011 I lived up in the mountains of Colorado in a little ghost town called Victor about a 45 min drive from Colorado Springs I loved it up there and I got a chance to travel thousands of miles checking out Colorado!!
I’ve always wanted to visit the gold mine in Victor. I lived in Colorado Springs and visited Cripple Creek many times. Went to the Mollie Kathleen mine tour, it was interesting going down a 1000ft vertical mining shaft. If US 24 gets closed because of weather isn’t it like a 3hr drive to the Springs? It’s changed now but I really enjoyed the Mountain Burger restaurant in a gas station in Florissant.
I live in Grand Junction, I work in all the surrounding areas, Delta, montrose, olathe, rifle, rangely, meeker, all over, the inflation is making it tough for sure, especially being a first time home buyer, loved the video and wished I could have met ya and discussed life over here! Keep up the awesome work!
Colorado springs, Denver and Boulder of all gone down the toilet there are some very bad towns now I was the west side of her in Colorado springs from 78 to 2009 but always went back as a friends and family I was disgusted to see what I saw I want to puke every time I'm back in that town Colorado springs
@@michaelmyers3892 I can see that, once nice cities being tarnished to the ground everyday because people have no respect for anything or bother to take better care of ones place.
@@lawrencepalacios5809 absolutely I remember just how beautiful Colorado springs once was yes I understand it's a military town with schriever Air Force Base and for Carson always people coming and going, but I believe ever since introduction and marijuana as well as many other things and the economy crashing that's what that wants beautiful area even Denver used to be a great place to hang out for the day but now I only go back to Colorado springs to visit friends and family and maybe some restaurants tonight get out of there at least I got the good memories of what that town once was
I visited Grand Junction and the Delta Area last summer. I visited about a month and a half later. The people with the improvised fruit stand were still there and I gassed up at that station before I went up to the Colorado National Monument. A guy who I was talking to at the disc golf course in town said he had lived all over the country and he lived living in Grand Junction the most.
The Nick Johnson “America is Closed” tour continues! 😆 Love it… as always so much fun. CO is beautiful. I used to spend a lot of time out there. Thanks, Nick!
Yayy you came to FOCO aka fort Collins! Im a born raised native and yes you said it! Its sooo expensive to live here because everyone keeps moving here. CSU has grown immensely and look up the connection between our historic downtown town and disney world! So much to do here and i absolutely love it here! Thanks for showing off some of the city. Safe travels!
My youngest daughter was born there. Owned property when the population was 70k. Harmony Rd was the final frontier 😁 and the only business there was HP. Iow, I lived there in the 80s and was forced to Denver for a job. Still here but have always dreamed of going back to the area, I loved it. Retirement soon, maybe then.
Hi Nick, nice to see Colorado. One of the best Police man from Colorado was Joe Kenda. I saw him on TV. He is very famous in Germany ❤ Have a peaceful new year ❤
I’ve lived in most of these towns and have been to the rest. Nice video. I live in between Ouray/Ridgway now. I love how Ag/farms/ranch meet the towns/mountain culture here. God bless! Leadville/Lafayette/Erie/Georgetown/Salida/Alamosa are all great, Meeker, Walden, Steamboat Springs and Miashawaka on the Poudre West of Fort Collins is where it’s at!
I used to get bitter when this guy would talk about the homeless situation in california but i look forward to all these videos and truly appreciate so thx4this😊
I once stayed near the Great Sand Dunes National Park at the Best Western Movie Manor it’s a hotel directly next to a drive in movie theatre. So you can watch movies on the big screen from your room. Unique place never seen anything else like it before.
@@NickJohnson There’s a button in the room to turn on a speaker. You could also watch from your car and tune to a certain radio station to play the sound.
I just found your channel and I was so excited to see you visited my town, Montrose!! I love it! It’s a perfect small town to raise a family. The people are so friendly and wonderful here. Colorado is such a beautiful state but there’s just something so special about the western slope. ❤
The eastern plains are beautiful! But I need wilderness land to play in. It's all just farms and sage put there. No trees or mountains! Just the comanche grassland! Not enough for me 🫠
I've started appreciating the eastern side more lately. Where you from? It's funny in my mind I just lump most of the east into "west Kansas" "west Nebraska" or "north panhandle"
Thank you for coming through Nick Man Longmont resident here. Yes great place great people but winners can be crazy weather is awesome too but it is what it is going back to the beach Southern California. Been here almost 9 years now and just a great place it really is thanks for visiting take care God bless you and your family
Another great video nick, I'm from Australia and just love watching your vids. Keep the small country town documentaries coming, they are more beautiful than any bloody big city mate. All the best
Agree! I'm from Brisbane and would love to visit Colorado. I would do a road trip except for the fact I would struggle driving on the wrong side of the road!
@@Sammy-il1qf I did it last year (from NZ). It's honestly not bad! Only takes a couple of days to get used to it. I also found driving in the US generally very easy. Go for it! The Southwest is amazing for road trips.
I used to go to Grand Junction, and Palisades alot. I love Palisades. Lots of wine tours and grape orchards. Very beautiful. The Maverik gas station in Palisades has so many beers, and wines I've never seen anywhere else.
Nice video Nick. I've spent many a vacation traveling the state myself. By the way, Ouray is pronounced Your-RAY by the locals, vs. OOH-ray. It was named for Chief Ouray of the Ute nation.
Stayed in grand junction for two nights aug 2022 the farmer market was wonderful it was peach harvest have never tasted a better peach in my whole life , it’s a super cool city❤❤
City Market = Kroger. You should have driven out to Route 65 and then down to Delta - you would have loved that drive. Thanks for showing this part of Colorado! I used to own some land out there, and visited frequently. Great folks. If you haven't, you should drive Nevada 93 either up from Vegas or down to it from Ely. Great Basin NP is along there too. Just did that a couple days ago and it is an awesome drive.
My husband and I were in Colorado in August 2022 for our honeymoon. We went east where you went north to Pueblo. We stopped in one of those migrant Mexican looking towns called Rocky Ford for lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Seeing your video of the Rockies made me want to go back right now!!! The beauty in Colorado is amazing!!! BTW we didn't like Boulder at all. You could feel the leftie vibes.
Always awaiting your videos 🎉 So happy to see this Colorado video..... Especially when you came thru LONGMONT.... Wish I could have run into you..... Another favorite part of your journey... Was Ouray ( Silverton) ... Wish you had hit Telluride.... My most favorite part of our State .... 2025 we make 25 years in Colorado ( Longmont)..... Can't wait for your next journey.... Happy New Year 🎉.... Stay safe and enjoy 💖
Dude, you got one of the best channels! Please keep making your content. I learn so much. I'm appreciative of it. You probably know the US better than anybody now. NICK JOHNSON for PRESIDENT!
Ouray (rhymes with hooray) is one of my favorite towns! I’m from Durango and we go up there every year around Fourth of July to hike the perimeter trail. One of the best hikes you’ll ever do!
They can grow hops because the climate is similar to areas of eastern Washington state, where they grow the famous "Cascade" hop variety. My grandparents' family lived at Monte Vista, near the southern border, and some of those people grew red potatoes. One of my great uncles was on the Colorado potato board in the 1940s and 50s.
I really like your videos like this, where you show not just the bad parts, but the whole picture. Felt like I as a German who never been to the US had been to Colorado myself! Keep it up!
Actually the worst places to live in Colorado would be the places out on the southern Front Range, like Pueblo and Colorado Springs. The Springs has the worst drivers and roads in the whole state, and quite a lot of crime in its southern half. The far western towns are much more peaceful, and cleaner. People are friendlier there as well. It's in the desert region, but there's no stress in the air like there is on the Front Range. And housing isn't insanely high and scarce like it is in the High Rockies region (i.e. Eagle, Summit, and Pitkin Counties). It is strange they say towns like Montrose are crummy. I went there 3 weeks ago and was surprised how nice everything looked.
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can you reveal how these road trips are financed ?
Should be pretty obvious considering he's almost at 1 million subscribers lol, he gets paid by TH-cam. @@Juno_Beach
Nick Big Thanks Brilliant Video Really enjoyed it and luring even more for US Always 👍👍👍👍
Can you define Woke?
What you don't like answering questions?
I live in Colorado and I love Colorado. It's cities, not so much. The mountains and prairies, the high deserts and river valleys are amazing beyond description.
You should check out northern New Mexico if you haven’t already. It’s like colorado but without all the people
@Soggygranite it is nice driving up from Farmington, into Durango. It is a little different type of beauty. But it is beauty none the less.
What's wrong with the cities? Actually I have a good of what's wrong with Denver after watching Nick's video on that city.
The lunatics running Denver are ruining it...
@@SoggygraniteLove Chama!
In Golden. G & morrison = best, for meto Denver area. Fron Oregon/Hawaii. Here sinse 1980, out of USMC. Just ta ski right? Wrong! Run by liberials now & taxes/theft to high. It made since then, but not now. They ruin everything they touch! Didn't go in the Marines to support SOCIALISM. Rewards laziness penalizes producers. No common sence. May have to get out of this & go to Tenn.
I'm from Germany and I've never been to the US but I love watching your videos because it gives a great view on your country and all the variety and different towns and cities. Thanks a lot for your work which does a way better job than any media outlet out there!
Isn't THAT the truth?!! Our USA nightly "news" doesn't like to talk about the druggies who are being allowed to literally take over our cities!!!
Danke
True ❤
Come visit us :)
@@brettburnside1457 I'd love to someday
The Western Slope is wonderful. The reason people say it's "bad" is because it's not full of big box stores, chain restaurants, and all of the other accoutrements of the "city".
Sounds like heaven, peace, family 🎉
Personally, I believe it's death to a quirky small mountain town when a Starbucks shows up. It's downhill from there...😬
I’d take the western slope any day over the urban decay of the Front Range.
Best burger I have ate in Colorado was in Florissant at the Iron Tree Restaurant. That place was amazing. If ever in that area, eat there!
I can't wait to be that far from everything!!
I'm a Colorado native. My cousins and I used to go 4 wheeling up in the mountains- lot of incredible scenery to see
The older I get (63) living in a ''Podunk town'' is lookimg more and more appealing.
Im 60 and ive felt that way for decades
Yep. I escaped Illinois 18yrs yes ago to a small town in Wisconsin.
I’m 60 and am very tired of my podunk town. Nothing to do ☹️
@@tracisawyer7681just go poop on your neighbors driveway. That’s what they’re doing in big cities these days.
I’m 42 and I can tell you that it kind of sucks having to drive an hour to buy groceries and I miss being able to order Thai food. The grass is always greener…
This is the Colorado I miss, not the present Front Range.
The Front Range becoming Calirado so much has changed here it makes me sick
Traffic is becoming outrageous
I live in the western slope. Little town called Palisade, just outside of Grand Junction. Our main thing here is agriculture. So many small time orchards. Peaches & wine mostly. We hope you visit next time you're in the state to see our festivals.🙂🙌
@Troutchaser99, I been to Palisade in 1967 and again in 2007 years, my older sister lives in Grand Junction, Colorado she took me there in 2007 in July month we also went to Mesa Mountain so beautiful country. from 1965 to 1968 my parent lives in Colorado around Mack Colorado I was 8 to 12 years of age when I live there with my parents, I am now 66 years of age, my naive place I was born 5 miles west of Lincoln, California Now days I live in North Sacramento California my house paid off so have no need to move.
@darleneatkinson3906 It is a beautiful town. The Mesa is my favorite spot, as it's essential our backyard here and it takes all but 40 Minutes to reach the top. This is the smallest community I've been apart of, and I love it.
Hey neighbor, I'm also in palisade 👋
I’m also a Palisade resident - love it!
Palisade is a beautiful rurall town with the desert mesas for a backdrop. Whenever I drive through there I love to stop by and grab a pint at Palisade Brewery. The last time I was there it was a couple years ago in October. It was right around sunset, with an autumn chill in the air, and an outdoor fire pit going on. It was the perfect atmosphere to have a cold one!
Colorado is not one of the most beautiful places in the US only but in the entire world. The people, the weather, I literally love everything about this State.
Ouray had an amazing scenic setting. I'm just not sure about the winters at 7800-foot elevation.
You think that's high try Leadville CO 10,000 ft
I was in Ouray CO for four days this past August. Awesome little mountain town. It took me a day or so to acclimate to the 7,800 ft elevation. The drive along the Million Dollar Highway (US-550) was breathtaking.
I ❤ouray
BTW, Coloradans call it YouRay, Not OOORay!! :)😂
@@Emon7543 Yes sir. I caught on to the local pronunciation.
@@Emon7543 ooorah!
I get to make that drive from Durango to Ouray a few times a month for work in the summer. Quite a nice drive to get paid to make😂
Dry and slightly sarcastic delivery. Dude I enjoy this .
Dude, your narrations have me rolling. Every single video. Keep up the good work & happy new year.
Love some Colorado backroads!!❤️
i know you do honey
Grand junction is still conservative town, and the homless park is dubbed locally as bum park, it was recently cleared of the homless and fenced off, a temporary shelter was built a few blocks away for the homeless.. its really a nice place to live
The Californians who flooded in in the 80s during the oil shale bust bought up whole blocks of houses. Come winter, they put up for sale signs and went back. Unfortunately, they didn't stay and have flooded all of our western states now like rats off a sinking ship.
@DannyGibas I don't disagree. It's definitely sliding
Colorado is the best state, why because I live there. I look out my patio and see the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. I am twenty minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park! Blessed to see such beauty daily! Grateful 🙏😇🤗🗻❤️❣️
I agree it's a very pretty state in terms of it's natural beauty. But in terms of it's main city's such as Denver I think it's pretty bad.
May be 20 minutes by map But it takes 2 hours in traffic to get there.
Colorado sucks they just took Trump off the ballot and legalized shrooms. Sounds like a bunch of goofballs to me.
Sorry no sunny beautiful beach. I'll stay in Florida. But yes please stay in Colorado 😊 it's the best. Everyone should move there and California.
@@Luka_c123 Yep Denver went from the number one best city in America in 2018 to 44th by 2022. Yep it's a @#&$ hole!
Absolutely love this style of video. Especially the locals getting interviewed.
"The more languages you know, the better." 👍 Facts
My mom, dad and their parents were from Colorado, my mom from Leadville, and dad lived on the Western Slope, but wound up teaching High School in Leadville, where he met my mom. Also my dads family brought the first piano into Colorado over the Rockies by mule, it was in the museum in Ouray, but don't know if it still is.
That's a real cool story
@@jameslyons1624I grew up in Leadville
I'm from New Zealand and sure I'd love to see the usual tourist traps of the USA but places like the ones in this and other recent vlogs are what I would love to see.
Keep it up Nick! Great to see the diversity of your homeland.
Ok! 🇳🇿 ❤️
Love Colorado. Probably coolest back road we took was through Phantom Canyon from Cripple Creek.
Try Shelf Road from Cripple Creek to Canon City. It's a shelf!😊
Both roads are fun. Been awhile but they were practically my backyard playground for years. Shelf sure was as turns into Fields Ave/St. Lol
Colorado and Utah should have more water rights than the last stops of the Colorado River (California & Arizona).
Water bills are so expensive in Colorado as well. I paid $50 monthly bill for a one bedroom apartment consisting of only myself.
@@jag92949that has nothing to do with the River
Tf
@@CCC303THIZZ Higher prices contribute to lower supply. I know socialists in Colorado know absolutely nothing about high-school economics.
California & Arizona needs to ban Watering on its lawns ,golf couses and parkways .
@@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation What’s wrong with growing cactuses. You never need to water them.
So glad you made this video! I lived in Montrose and commuted to my job at Telluride ski resort (70 miles/1.5 hours each way). We had an employee shuttle until COVID. I couldn’t afford the commute so had to get a job somewhere else.
No one is commuting from Montrose to Aspen. The 2 towns are 3 hours apart. People working in Aspen might live and commute from Glenwood Springs.
The western slope is far better than the Front Range and the Summit County. It’s not too overrun except in places like Telluride and Ouray. Ouray is pronounced “Your Ray.” You totally butchered that 😂!
It’s Ooo ray……go back to California
I hope you made time to stop at Great Sand Dunes Natl Park! You were right there being in Blanca. One of the coolest parks I’ve been to
I know Blanca;;;I have ran all over the San Luiz valley N S E to W
Thanks Nick for taking us with you on your amazing journeys 🌍 🚗.
I live in Colorado Springs. I love it here. Every small mountain town is nice. Colorado is truly beautiful. The secret is out about how nice it is here.
Native Rich ("The Goose") Gossage, who pitched for The NY Yankees, was very well liked here in NYC.
🎉 Colorado is Beautiful. I moved to Denver... Then moved back to Muskegon Michigan
Hi. I'm surprised you went to Michigan. They had the most draconian laws then most during illness. No thank you. I hope things stay free by you. God bless you and us all.
@@KJones-qs7ju I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
South Howard had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
Nice. Akron’s finest.
@@nitedreamer23 hey
Thank you, Nick! I was born in Loveland, so seeing my state and all the changes I've seen in 27 years.. the homeless, the growth... Thank you for showing Colorado. Maybe less out of staters will come here!
Don't count on it. It's only going to get more and more crowded as people flee crappier states
Yeah Nick, all the dead pine trees up Wolf Creek outside of Pagosa is beetle kill. Terribly managed, scary to imagine all that going up in flames one day.
I wish you'd have gone up north through the San Luis valley - you'd have liked (bougie) Salida, and eventually gone through our tiny town of Bailey and visited the yeti museum 😂
Next time!
Wolf Creek Pass, road nightmares are made of...
I wish my Husband Robert was living and we both could move to the State of Colorado. Ever since his death on 07 September 2022, my live has been nothing but torture. I intensely miss him.
Aww I'm sorry 😞 🙏
Hey Nick back in 2011 I lived up in the mountains of Colorado in a little ghost town called Victor about a 45 min drive from Colorado Springs I loved it up there and I got a chance to travel thousands of miles checking out Colorado!!
Shout out to Victor!!! ❤ LOVE that place and the people!!! Cool history. No pretences, just good, down to earth people trying to get by❤❤❤
I’ve always wanted to visit the gold mine in Victor. I lived in Colorado Springs and visited Cripple Creek many times. Went to the Mollie Kathleen mine tour, it was interesting going down a 1000ft vertical mining shaft. If US 24 gets closed because of weather isn’t it like a 3hr drive to the Springs? It’s changed now but I really enjoyed the Mountain Burger restaurant in a gas station in Florissant.
I lived in Lawrence, ghost town southwest of Victor. 😊
I live in Grand Junction, I work in all the surrounding areas, Delta, montrose, olathe, rifle, rangely, meeker, all over, the inflation is making it tough for sure, especially being a first time home buyer, loved the video and wished I could have met ya and discussed life over here! Keep up the awesome work!
When you get out of the city, Colorado is actually very nice too bad cities like Denver are forever lost due to bad policy and decision making.
@@JonathanArmstrong-xd4wm all once nice cities in generally beautiful states that will never get it's priorities straight.
And bad drivers!
I lived in CO Springs for 3 months and saw car crashes every single week I was there.
I moved back to the mountains.
Colorado springs, Denver and Boulder of all gone down the toilet there are some very bad towns now I was the west side of her in Colorado springs from 78 to 2009 but always went back as a friends and family I was disgusted to see what I saw I want to puke every time I'm back in that town Colorado springs
@@michaelmyers3892 I can see that, once nice cities being tarnished to the ground everyday because people have no respect for anything or bother to take better care of ones place.
@@lawrencepalacios5809 absolutely I remember just how beautiful Colorado springs once was yes I understand it's a military town with schriever Air Force Base and for Carson always people coming and going, but I believe ever since introduction and marijuana as well as many other things and the economy crashing that's what that wants beautiful area even Denver used to be a great place to hang out for the day but now I only go back to Colorado springs to visit friends and family and maybe some restaurants tonight get out of there at least I got the good memories of what that town once was
Your in OURAY .. WOW I cannot believe your there ♥ I drove that pass all the time in the 1980's .. Oh I love that area to pieces !! ♥
Colorado is such a pretty state. Beautiful sunshine, but really expensive! I like this video.😊❤
It really is!
The spruce beetle killed all those trees as you drove up Wolf Creek Pass.
pine beetle
Wolf Creek Pass.. nightmare road. Sad about the pine beetles.
I visited Grand Junction and the Delta Area last summer. I visited about a month and a half later. The people with the improvised fruit stand were still there and I gassed up at that station before I went up to the Colorado National Monument. A guy who I was talking to at the disc golf course in town said he had lived all over the country and he lived living in Grand Junction the most.
Watching it, and seeing Colorado from my couch on the internet doens't really compare to seeing it in person. But it is better than nothing.
Yes Mike!
The Nick Johnson “America is Closed” tour continues! 😆
Love it… as always so much fun. CO is beautiful. I used to spend a lot of time out there. Thanks, Nick!
Olathe sweet corn, Rocky Ford Cantaloupe, Palisade peaches. Delicious.
and dont forget Pueblo Chile, San Luis Potatos and Trinidad weed
Yayy you came to FOCO aka fort Collins! Im a born raised native and yes you said it! Its sooo expensive to live here because everyone keeps moving here. CSU has grown immensely and look up the connection between our historic downtown town and disney world! So much to do here and i absolutely love it here! Thanks for showing off some of the city. Safe travels!
My youngest daughter was born there. Owned property when the population was 70k. Harmony Rd was the final frontier 😁 and the only business there was HP. Iow, I lived there in the 80s and was forced to Denver for a job. Still here but have always dreamed of going back to the area, I loved it. Retirement soon, maybe then.
Hi Nick, nice to see Colorado.
One of the best Police man from Colorado was Joe Kenda.
I saw him on TV.
He is very famous in Germany ❤
Have a peaceful new year ❤
My, my, my.
@@goombah226 Fine!
A good start 2024.
Greetings from Germany
Carina
@@carinarilk89 And greetings from the free state of Texas.
Colorado Springs will never have a larger population than Denver. Not now not 50 years from now. False information.
Epic scenery. Its a beautiful part of the world, the wilderness parts anyway
As an East Coast boy who moved to SoCal at 20 yrs. old moved to Western Colo. for 20 yrs. of my life. Those were some good ol' daze.
The best parts of colorado are away from the interstate for sure! I drove the million dollar highway last fall. Breathtaking!
Stay in California let’s go brandon
I've been to Colorado a couple times and it was beautiful!! I did some hiking.
The Colorado National Monument is in Grand Junction . Its incredible
It's absolutely gorgeous. I've been there, done that.
Nick Johnson/Mappy 2024!
I’ve lived in most of these towns and have been to the rest. Nice video. I live in between Ouray/Ridgway now. I love how Ag/farms/ranch meet the towns/mountain culture here. God bless! Leadville/Lafayette/Erie/Georgetown/Salida/Alamosa are all great, Meeker, Walden, Steamboat Springs and Miashawaka on the Poudre West of Fort Collins is where it’s at!
I love this channel!!!!!
Also spent time in Ouray (a friend there) and Silverton. First weed store I ever visited was on Main St. in Denver!
I used to get bitter when this guy would talk about the homeless situation in california but i look forward to all these videos and truly appreciate so thx4this😊
Living in Colorado, I grew to hate the hobos. They take handouts and use drugs. What’s to like?
@@jag92949 they exhale co2 that nourishes the trees that make o2 for us to breath and stay alive
I once stayed near the Great Sand Dunes National Park at the Best Western Movie Manor it’s a hotel directly next to a drive in movie theatre. So you can watch movies on the big screen from your room. Unique place never seen anything else like it before.
How do you listen to it?
@@NickJohnson There’s a button in the room to turn on a speaker. You could also watch from your car and tune to a certain radio station to play the sound.
Yay! You pronounced Olathe correctly!
I just found your channel and I was so excited to see you visited my town, Montrose!! I love it! It’s a perfect small town to raise a family. The people are so friendly and wonderful here. Colorado is such a beautiful state but there’s just something so special about the western slope. ❤
The Western Slope of Colorado is amazing.
Another great video! Really inspiring me to do something similar and go back to colorado to truly enjoy it
Had to laugh when you were talking about the west side of Colorado, let us not forget how 'beautiful' the east part of Colorado is.
The eastern plains are beautiful! But I need wilderness land to play in. It's all just farms and sage put there. No trees or mountains! Just the comanche grassland! Not enough for me 🫠
I've started appreciating the eastern side more lately. Where you from? It's funny in my mind I just lump most of the east into "west Kansas" "west Nebraska" or "north panhandle"
Hey Niko, Grand Junction is a good place to start your fossil hunt, and the interesting ghost town of Animas Forks is by Ouray.
I visited Cortez Colorado, after staying in Moab Utah to visit my son, who was working out there. Such beautiful ❤️ scenery
I have not been to Colorado for 22 years. I forgot how nice it looked.
Thank you for coming through Nick Man Longmont resident here. Yes great place great people but winners can be crazy weather is awesome too but it is what it is going back to the beach Southern California. Been here almost 9 years now and just a great place it really is thanks for visiting take care God bless you and your family
I was born there! What brought you to longmont?
Another great video nick, I'm from Australia and just love watching your vids. Keep the small country town documentaries coming, they are more beautiful than any bloody big city mate. All the best
Agree! I'm from Brisbane and would love to visit Colorado. I would do a road trip except for the fact I would struggle driving on the wrong side of the road!
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And I’m likewise horrified by the thought of driving in the UK or Australia🤣
@@Sammy-il1qf I did it last year (from NZ). It's honestly not bad! Only takes a couple of days to get used to it. I also found driving in the US generally very easy. Go for it! The Southwest is amazing for road trips.
@eljj7968 I love the look of Colorado, but where else would you recommend? Lake Tahoe appeals, and New England region.
Have been to NY and Florida.
I used to go to Grand Junction, and Palisades alot. I love Palisades. Lots of wine tours and grape orchards. Very beautiful. The Maverik gas station in Palisades has so many beers, and wines I've never seen anywhere else.
I’ve lived in Denver for 30 years. I still love it here ❤❤
I loved in fort Collins in the early 2000.... Best time of my life. I love that place
A+ video!
Awesome Colorado Odyssey through the backroads!
You have a good new year!
@@NickJohnson You have a good year too!
The rocky mountains in Colorado are so beautiful, lovely stuff😅
Look foward to checking it out bro, be safe out there!
living in England all my life these "backroads" seem like a paradise
Nice video Nick. I've spent many a vacation traveling the state myself. By the way, Ouray is pronounced Your-RAY by the locals, vs. OOH-ray. It was named for Chief Ouray of the Ute nation.
Born and raised in San Berdoo and thank Gawd got out and moved to the Western Slope in the late 80's. Love Colorado ❤
Just don't ruin it now!
I really enjoyed the mountain west series. I'm always looking forward to what you'll upload next!
Stayed in grand junction for two nights aug 2022 the farmer market was wonderful it was peach harvest have never tasted a better peach in my whole life , it’s a super cool city❤❤
City Market = Kroger. You should have driven out to Route 65 and then down to Delta - you would have loved that drive. Thanks for showing this part of Colorado! I used to own some land out there, and visited frequently. Great folks.
If you haven't, you should drive Nevada 93 either up from Vegas or down to it from Ely. Great Basin NP is along there too. Just did that a couple days ago and it is an awesome drive.
Thanks for the tip!
My husband and I were in Colorado in August 2022 for our honeymoon. We went east where you went north to Pueblo. We stopped in one of those migrant Mexican looking towns called Rocky Ford for lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Seeing your video of the Rockies made me want to go back right now!!! The beauty in Colorado is amazing!!! BTW we didn't like Boulder at all. You could feel the leftie vibes.
How are you liking California, I mean Calirado? Are you passing through Douglas County again?
Not true
Polis should never try to correct anyone on the pronunciation. He's a devout Californian that has turned this state into California.
Loving your videos from Gunnison CO.
Keep it ip Nick!
Always awaiting your videos 🎉 So happy to see this Colorado video..... Especially when you came thru LONGMONT.... Wish I could have run into you..... Another favorite part of your journey... Was Ouray ( Silverton) ... Wish you had hit Telluride.... My most favorite part of our State .... 2025 we make 25 years in Colorado ( Longmont)..... Can't wait for your next journey.... Happy New Year 🎉.... Stay safe and enjoy 💖
I'm kicked back in my easy chair watching your vid of Colorado, loʻking out my patio doors at Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain. 😂❤
what a super nice tour...thanks for sharing😊🎉 keep it up
Dude, you got one of the best channels! Please keep making your content. I learn so much. I'm appreciative of it. You probably know the US better than anybody now. NICK JOHNSON for PRESIDENT!
All the craftsman are dying off,in every field of work! It really sucks....I love your videos!!
I've driven many of the mountain roads in Colorado. Love it!
One of your better adventure videos.
From minute 27:10, so beautiful, such a magnificent landscape. WOW! Ouray is very nice! Greetings from Germany.
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What a nice tour of Colorado that was!
Ouray (rhymes with hooray) is one of my favorite towns! I’m from Durango and we go up there every year around Fourth of July to hike the perimeter trail. One of the best hikes you’ll ever do!
Nick is just my poll worker! Edit: I want that leather jacket! Edit #2: the Rocky Mountains are always looming in background
The lady from the liquor store seems so grounded and genuine. Wish the rest of Americans were like her. .
They can grow hops because the climate is similar to areas of eastern Washington state, where they grow the famous "Cascade" hop variety. My grandparents' family lived at Monte Vista, near the southern border, and some of those people grew red potatoes. One of my great uncles was on the Colorado potato board in the 1940s and 50s.
That landscape next to the endless straight roads looks amazing. So beautiful!
I found it amusing and ironic that you were listening to "Californiacation" on the radio in the Grand Junction clip...👍
I really like your videos like this, where you show not just the bad parts, but the whole picture. Felt like I as a German who never been to the US had been to Colorado myself! Keep it up!
Actually the worst places to live in Colorado would be the places out on the southern Front Range, like Pueblo and Colorado Springs. The Springs has the worst drivers and roads in the whole state, and quite a lot of crime in its southern half. The far western towns are much more peaceful, and cleaner. People are friendlier there as well. It's in the desert region, but there's no stress in the air like there is on the Front Range. And housing isn't insanely high and scarce like it is in the High Rockies region (i.e. Eagle, Summit, and Pitkin Counties).
It is strange they say towns like Montrose are crummy. I went there 3 weeks ago and was surprised how nice everything looked.
I live in Colorado, and we never talk sht about the western slope. We talk sht about PUEBLO, and we love the small town western slope!
A lot of the agricultural product is being grown indoors, under lights
Love you man😊 your videos are entertain and informative. Presentation just packed with humor. Really enjoy you bud