I love the OPENING music - off the charts. The bring us your money 😂Like… I can hear the 80’s in it! All your videos ROCK- huge fan ! Thanks for all your hard work on these- you’re killing IT ! 😊🎉❤
I agree. Nick nailed Reno metro area. I watched this from the gym at Longley and S. McCarren. I got squeezed out of Tahoe (used to work in Incline) by the influx of Silicon Valley workers. Now I'm seeing this in Reno. Carson City is also pricey. Minden and Gardnerville have also gone up in costs. Reno is pretty spot on from from what your interviewee says. Midtown near the Riverwalk is pretty cool. Nice neighborhoods with brick and craftsman style houses and canopy trees. Great restaurants and the Truckee River flows right through town. Downtown near "The Row" (main casinos) and other side of the river are kind of dicey. The area around the mental health complex looks like something out of a Tarantino movie. I live and work over by Plumas and Moana. Easy walk to Virginia Lake. Kind of an apartment ghetto but generally ok. Cute homes as you get closer to Virginia Lake. One place you didn't mention is Genoa. It's a cute little town with Nevada's "oldest thirst parlor". Lots of deer roam the street. Walley's Hot Springs is really close. Mt. Rose and the adjacent Mt. Rose ski area are close by. The terrain ranges from novice to expert (Nightmare double black diamond chute lives up to its name!). Tahoe is close but so crowded to not be the paradise it once was when I used to live there.
Wow. I learn something new. Nevada is the silver state, and California is the golden state. However most of all the gold in America comes from Nevada. Thanks!!!👍🏾
@@feliciasampson8032 That's what he told us lol He was retiring the following school year, and didn't have anything to really lose at that point. We still did our assignments, had a lot of subs, and enjoyed a pretty chill class.
the convenience of las vegas is the accessibility to three states(utah, arizona, and california in decent time. I also love the desert. Also looks like the wild west when you get away from las vegas
Excellent description. "Everybody from Nevada is an outsider" is so true. There's an incredible tolerance and egalitarianism in the small towns in northern Nevada. It's not a situation like in the south or even the midwest where people's family might have been living in a spot for 8 generations, if you go out there and try to make your way, people appreciate you as "one of them" because that's what everyone has done, more or less.
Nevada resident from 1988-2004. Not everyone gambles all the time, party and drink in Las Vegas. Despite what everyone else thinks about it. Las Vegas is actually a working city where everyone works a lot of crazy hours to make a living due to lifestyle of the town.
Agreed :) I've only been through Vegas I've never actually done anything there, but there are lots of people who live out there lol. It's not just gambling and partying.
Nevada and in particular Las Vegas was the best place I have ever lived in the US. I am an outdoorsy type of person and Las Vegas is centrally located in the west. An hour and half from Zion NP, Bryce Canyon, Mt. Charleston, and a weekend trip to California beaches. Tons of sunshine all year round in Las Vegas and a lot to do in the city as long as you have control over yourself and don't gamble or drink excessively. Never a dull moment in Las Vegas. I miss living there.
@@chrisv9186 I've been here for 16 years and it was like 7 or 8 years ago that crime started to become a daily news, especially robbery. Now you hear a lot of homicide news added to burglary. Yep. Criminal transplants for sure. Because career criminals may change address of their headquarters but they never leave their life of crimes. It becomes part of their DNA wherever they may go.
As a born and raised Northern Nevada resident, this had me rolling. Especially when you said "Ferntucky". so accurate. This place is suffering major growing pains no one expected and it's absolutely wild.
I had scorpion babies all ways running by my feet sitting in my chair in my garage, in Pahrump,NV. Saw some bigger ones too! I stomped them if I could! And Brown recluse spiders, and wasps! And red ants!
Most of Nevada is just straight desert and ghost towns outside Vegas and Reno areas. It would be really cool to explore those ghost towns one day especially for me being from Connecticut, it’s something different
I'm from Las Vegas & thats something I did real often with friends is explore the old mining caves and ghost towns deep in the middle of the night xD good times
I consider it the land of opportunity. I moved to Summerlin area 13 years ago from NY. I love it here, I'm never leaving. Las Vegas offers a phenomenal combination of weather, entertainment andcost of living.
Thanks, Nick, My trip to Vegas was breathtaking last year before the pandemic. Had so much fun. Needed a much-needed vacation. Sad, I did not get to go to the grand canyon.
Nick don't ever give up your imperfect singing, it's a huge part of the overall package that makes me such a huge fan of your channel. Your esoteric takes and style are probably what won you a big chunk of your fans. Not saying don't evolve, but just consider your base. I watch you almost every night before I go to sleep to relax before bed. You help me with acute insomnia. You're a great break from explicit politics, sorta, kinda
This is the most hilarious and accurate map of Nevada I have ever seen. I think your face is dressed for Arizona, though. I joked about getting sunburned while standing in the shade, and then found out that that's a thing. Well, at least being heated up enough in the shade to tan your skin.
The Rim Trail circles Tahoe, and there are trail heads near Incline and around the top of Spooner (you can access from South Carson City at hwy 50). Mt. Rose summit is nearly 11,000' and has spectacular views of Washoe Valley. Tahoe Meadows near Mt. Rose has some nice easy-moderate terrain, and is great for snowshoeing and xc skiing in the winter. I'm not familiar with the hiking around Reno.
It seems like you’ve mentioned people fleeing California for Montana, Utah, Arizona, Washington, and Texas. So of course it makes sense that they’re going to Nevada too. It’s wild to think population growth is growing so much in those states for that reason.
Yeheyy! My state and a Henderson resident, a Vegas suburb.Thanks, Nick! Edit: We share the same obsession: cheap buffets everywhere. That's one reason we can never leave Vegas. We don't gamble but buffet and dining is our favorite pastime.
Cheap buffets? Sign me up! I heard a lot of them are good too. Out west I've only been to California for the national parks. But if I ever move I'd pick Nevada. Not too far from Arizona and Utah parks.
@@sexygeek8996 You have local buffets like South Point our favorite buffet. You also have lots of Asian buffets, Korean AYCE and national chain buffet restaurant like Golden Coral. What we really miss is Sweet Tomatoes, the soup and salad buffet here in Henderson. They are out of business thanks to covid.
@@sexygeek8996 South Point was able to open their buffet because the owner doesn't have a legion of board of directors to consult when making decisions. He's a one man show that's why he's the only and ultimate boss on everything unlike the corporate run casinos in the valley. South Point is our favorite local casino unless we want to do some splurging then we go to M Resort. As for Sweet Tomatoes, you're right. They used to be really cheap and recent years, they became expensive. We are members of their club and we don't go there unless we have big discounts especially when it's 2 for one. And we never go there for dinner, only lunch time. As for selections, yep. No meat. My husband loves their salad specials especially their Greek salad every October, their bread section and their onion soup. I only eat same thing: Asian salad, their tuna salad with pasta and tarragon (my favorite), their chicken soup and of course some bread like their sourdough with butter and honey. We go there for our favorites. In recent years, it was worth going if you have coupons but it's a good option on weekends when all buffets are dinner priced except with Station casino buffets which are not really our favorite.
Lived and worked in Reno for 17 years before moving to the Bay Area, it is true that the locals hardly ever hit the slots or tables in the casinos. We only go to the casinos for the restaurants and bars which used to be a lot cheaper.
I lived in Las Vegas from ‘08-‘09. I was a showgirl for the older casinos, and a busker on the strip. I also worked as a cocktail waitress, and did whatever else I could to earn my way. I tried to get into Jubilee, but it didn’t work out. I’ve been to Reno and some of the CA bordering towns, while traveling and performing as a magician’s assistant.
No kidding about the area in central Nevada being full of nothing. I was traveling from Gardnerville to Las Vegas after visiting my uncle and cousin years ago. My uncle suggested an interstate that was a more direct route to Vegas. It was the worst desolate drive I have ever been on and hope to never have to go on that interstate ever again. I think it was like interstate 895 or something like that. It was awful!!!
Born and raised in Nevada. Mostly in Fallon but Reno too. Have lived in Vegas, Reno and Fallon. You were pretty spot on. Tesla/Pena really is what made everyone move out there. Used to be pretty cheap but even Fernley and Fallon are getting expensive. Glad I moved away but it will always be home.
Been here my whole life and reno has changed in many ways. This whole area is changing in many ways. Northern Nevada. There is also animosity from Nevadans in regards to Californians moving here. They don't mind the people they don't want the politics to change. A side by side is a UTV. Yes, the homeless population has gotten worse in reno by far. You did a lot of research here. That was obvious by your well informed questions you were asking.
Another great video Mr. Johnson, I’ve been waiting to see this unboxing video on the” Silver State”, it’s definitely a very unique state, I’ve never been but I reckon I’ll visit at some point. I also really enjoy the interviews at the end of the video :).
My brother and sister-in-law work in tech and live in one of the "good" LV neighborhoods. They sold a house in London and got a LOT for their money in Las Vegas. They have done some great camping trips to the desert and like visiting the old (sometimes abandoned) mining towns. (The interview at the end of this was good. Looks like Reno has changed a lot since I visited from N. Cal in the 90s. Wow!)
Hey Nick my parents lived in Pahrump for years. It has built up quite a bit. Major builders are doing track housing. Like any desert city there's good and bad.
I think it is better, they probably have some gated communities that are nice to live in. But I still see a surprising amount of crime reports from there in the Review Journal. Though my city of Las Vegas still puts Pahrump to shame in crime. Another murder last night. It's bad this year.
You were so generous with downtown Reno, when it actually looks like a psychiatric hospital with patients walking free everywhere. It was unique place with lots of cool spots 15yrs ago, now its like WW3 hit downtown and everyone is a walking zombie.
Water limitations will limit some growth. Las Vegas is pretty much out of room to grow (though they did work out a deal for some land by the Native American reservation of Snow Mountain for more housing). I'm actually glad our growth is slowing down. The city is a far cry with what I grew up with in the 80's. Not sure what will happen when the water runs out.
When I was in my forties, I started going to NV to relocate after 55. And then I met my current wife, had a son for 50th bday. Fast forward past thè reasons, now I'm living in Thailand. There's no open space here. Where we live is #1 for rain and humidity. I learned rudimentary Spanish pretty easily. thai is a language best learned when young. I don't have time to know other states like I know NV and its people, so when I return to the U.S., it is NV for us! I truly miss it. Excellent vid!
In the late 1980s, Hollywood produced an action television series that took place in Reno, Nevada. It featured the late Robert Conrad of, "The Wild, Wild West" fame. The tv series occurred during the winter months in Reno when a lot of outdoor snow recreational activity was happening, skiing, snowboarding, and other things folks like to do outdoors in winter snow country. The show's weekly premise centered around Robert Conrad and a team of professional, county rescue members on snow mobiles and skis, helping people who got into trouble on the mountains around Reno. Of course, such influx of a winter population sometimes brought in outside crime and criminals, which Conrad and team encountered and helped local law enforcement suppress.
I used to go to Vegas when I was stationed at Ft Irwin (near Barstow, CA) and made some local friends. The Chinatown on Spring Mountain Rd is not touristy and great for any type of Asian food you can think of. Also, go see Penn&Teller at the Rio!
I loved living in Las Vegas. Not so much for the gambling, but the food and lots of stuff to do off strip. Also the natural beauty. So much to do if you like outdoor activities. Ely is a great escape a few hours from Vegas.
Lived in Las Vegas metro area for 2 years and pretty much hated it. Very isolated people living in their own world not opened to building friendships. The strip gets old very fast. I liked the peaceful lifestyle next to the mountains. After a while I get trapped surrounded by mountains and far from any other large city. It can be very depressing and and stressful. I felt driving to LA near the water gave me peace. Now I live in Philadelphia metro and love it. I’m now close to nyc, dc, mountains, beaches and a 8 flight to Europe.
Area 51: It's such a funny concidence that out of all the places in this vast galaxy, the technically advanced aliens who traversed the vast gulf of light years just happened to land on our planet at a US government facility where we test a lot of top secret aircraft. I mean, who saw that one coming?
I went to Las Vegas for the very first time with my Mom& Aunt&uncle 2 years ago for my Birthday & got to stay in a really nice Hotel & I had a blast & watched criss Angel Live Nick&Mappy. 😉💖
Nevada rocks. It is 1) not all desert 2) not all Las Vegas. I lived in both Ely and Tonopah during a Nevada tenure and the state is awesome. Your video is spot on. Great research here. And avoid both Battle Mountain and Reno. Most folk who move to LV get tired of really wuick.
Nick, you are a Rock Star. I would love to hear you sing the part after the guitar solo from Rush's Freewill. "Each of us, a cell of awareness, imperfect and incomplete........".
I live in downtown sparks and lived throughout alot of places in sparks and reno including Sun Valley, sitting outside while hearing gunshots at night was normal, so yeah pretty accurate video overall lmao
I was born in Las Vegas, and it is a very busy town. Extremely hot, but not as humid as some places. Great job, you were spot on about everything! Great reasoning!
Excellent video. Loved it. Especially the northern parts and places where there is basically nothing. Don't know why that appeals to me. Grew up looking at maps. So neat to actually be able to see these places and find out about them.
Too late the DSA took over Nevada's DNC... All the judges are corrupt. Governor Sisolak is running Nevada into the ground and the homeless problem is out of control but no talks about it.
You missed the fact that the lottery is outlawed in Nevada and the video of primm you used actually shows where most people from the Las Vegas go to buy lotto tickets. Very entertaining video either way.
Went to Las Vegas recently on a road trip and it was a cool experience, I feel like there are some easy fixes (looking at you homeless people and showgirls on the street) that would make it a much better city, but some of the neighborhoods and places in Las Vegas/outside of Las Vegas is possibly the best spots if you wanna move there but it’s cool and enjoyable but somewhere you probably wouldn’t wanna stay foreve
Fun Fact, Las Vegas was established as Mormon settlement. FF #2 , the character of Lefty Rosenthal (Robert DeNiro's character) in the movie 🎥🍿 , "Casino" was based on a real person. Las Vegas I've said over the years is the only place in the world where you can win a jackpot of any size, lose most or all of it , get married by 3 Elvis, find out he's the judge when you get the above marriage annulled the next morning, go home and plan your next trip. My friend moved to Henderson from L.A. and loves it.
This is so true!! LOL. I was raised in Sparks but I made the mistake of talking my husband into moving to North Carolina because I heard the cost of living was cheaper!! Biggest mistake EVER!! Concord, North Carolina has NOTHING fun to do and no night life!! I’m trying now to talk my husband into going back home to Nevada!! 😢😢
I had to go to Fallon, NV once when I was in the military. Not much there besides the bar from the movie Top Gun. Which, well, isn't much itself. However, best roads I've ever driven on. They all seem to be freshly paved and smooth. I assume it's taxes from the casinos.
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I love the OPENING music - off the charts. The bring us your money 😂Like… I can hear the 80’s in it!
All your videos ROCK- huge fan ! Thanks for all your hard work on these- you’re killing IT ! 😊🎉❤
I have never in my life heard a voice thatbso perfectly balances sincerity and sarcasm and weaves them together, so interchangeably, as you.
I was born and raised in Nevada and this dude was spot on about basically everything. Good research dawg
I know right
Same here hahaha I live that he said ferntucky hahaha since that's what everyone calls it
I agree. Nick nailed Reno metro area. I watched this from the gym at Longley and S. McCarren. I got squeezed out of Tahoe (used to work in Incline) by the influx of Silicon Valley workers. Now I'm seeing this in Reno. Carson City is also pricey. Minden and Gardnerville have also gone up in costs. Reno is pretty spot on from from what your interviewee says. Midtown near the Riverwalk is pretty cool. Nice neighborhoods with brick and craftsman style houses and canopy trees. Great restaurants and the Truckee River flows right through town. Downtown near "The Row" (main casinos) and other side of the river are kind of dicey. The area around the mental health complex looks like something out of a Tarantino movie.
I live and work over by Plumas and Moana. Easy walk to Virginia Lake. Kind of an apartment ghetto but generally ok. Cute homes as you get closer to Virginia Lake.
One place you didn't mention is Genoa. It's a cute little town with Nevada's "oldest thirst parlor". Lots of deer roam the street. Walley's Hot Springs is really close.
Mt. Rose and the adjacent Mt. Rose ski area are close by. The terrain ranges from novice to expert (Nightmare double black diamond chute lives up to its name!).
Tahoe is close but so crowded to not be the paradise it once was when I used to live there.
@@feliciasampson8032 Genoa is absolutely beautiful regardless of the season.
I have lived in Nevada since 1974 and I have to give Nick a big OK on his description of Nevada in this video.
Wow. I learn something new. Nevada is the silver state, and California is the golden state. However most of all the gold in America comes from Nevada. Thanks!!!👍🏾
yes good point!
Nevada also mines lithium.
My high school English teacher used to ditch teaching class in the middle of the week to go gambling in Reno. He was awesome.
I could see ditching class on a powder day, but to go gambling??????!!!!
@@feliciasampson8032 That's what he told us lol He was retiring the following school year, and didn't have anything to really lose at that point. We still did our assignments, had a lot of subs, and enjoyed a pretty chill class.
That's funny. Sounds like my brother inlaw.
That’s why Nevada can’t measure up in education
🤣😂🤣
the convenience of las vegas is the accessibility to three states(utah, arizona, and california in decent time. I also love the desert. Also looks like the wild west when you get away from las vegas
All of America looks like the Wild West to me...
reasonable access to texas, too
it only takes about half a day of driving to get there from colorado too
@Baby Blu3 it’s all over now...
Vegas is hot dry and boring besides the strip
Excellent description. "Everybody from Nevada is an outsider" is so true. There's an incredible tolerance and egalitarianism in the small towns in northern Nevada. It's not a situation like in the south or even the midwest where people's family might have been living in a spot for 8 generations, if you go out there and try to make your way, people appreciate you as "one of them" because that's what everyone has done, more or less.
Alex! ☝️
@@NickJohnson Highly curious as to your Battle Mountain hatred lmao. Crescent Valley here.
Nevada resident from 1988-2004. Not everyone gambles all the time, party and drink in Las Vegas. Despite what everyone else thinks about it. Las Vegas is actually a working city where everyone works a lot of crazy hours to make a living due to lifestyle of the town.
Nobody gets married anymore
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They have to due to it being the restaurant/hospitality industry. They don't pay Sh*t and the rents etc are astronomical same as Arizona.
@@barrygregory913 good
Agreed :) I've only been through Vegas I've never actually done anything there, but there are lots of people who live out there lol. It's not just gambling and partying.
Nevada and in particular Las Vegas was the best place I have ever lived in the US. I am an outdoorsy type of person and Las Vegas is centrally located in the west. An hour and half from Zion NP, Bryce Canyon, Mt. Charleston, and a weekend trip to California beaches. Tons of sunshine all year round in Las Vegas and a lot to do in the city as long as you have control over yourself and don't gamble or drink excessively. Never a dull moment in Las Vegas. I miss living there.
True. Love Las Vegas except crimes here now are increasing thanks to criminal transplants from California and other states.
@@maretvilla1531 Yeah yeah criminals are always from someplace else😂
@@chrisv9186 I've been here for 16 years and it was like 7 or 8 years ago that crime started to become a daily news, especially robbery. Now you hear a lot of homicide news added to burglary. Yep. Criminal transplants for sure. Because career criminals may change address of their headquarters but they never leave their life of crimes. It becomes part of their DNA wherever they may go.
'Some say its life changing but that could be the drugs they just took'. That made me smile heavy.
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As a born and raised Northern Nevada resident, this had me rolling. Especially when you said "Ferntucky". so accurate. This place is suffering major growing pains no one expected and it's absolutely wild.
Yep I'm in Ferntucky lol.
Nothing, nothing, nada, nothing but scorpions 🤣🤣🤣. Please Nick, never change.
haha
I had scorpion babies all ways running by my feet sitting in my chair in my garage, in Pahrump,NV. Saw some bigger ones too! I stomped them if I could! And Brown recluse spiders, and wasps! And red ants!
@@pokey999991 😨
Don't forget the SAND
In two years living in Vegas no scorpions but black widows under and in dark areas attics , porches
Most of Nevada is just straight desert and ghost towns outside Vegas and Reno areas. It would be really cool to explore those ghost towns one day especially for me being from Connecticut, it’s something different
I'm from Las Vegas & thats something I did real often with friends is explore the old mining caves and ghost towns deep in the middle of the night xD good times
I consider it the land of opportunity. I moved to Summerlin area 13 years ago from NY. I
love it here, I'm never leaving. Las Vegas offers a phenomenal combination of weather, entertainment andcost of living.
Cool Andrew
Thanks, Nick, My trip to Vegas was breathtaking last year before the pandemic. Had so much fun. Needed a much-needed vacation. Sad, I did not get to go to the grand canyon.
yay fun!!
Lioness, you are delicious! Come see me when you're in Vegas.
@@davidhoff8909 Pervert alert.
Nick don't ever give up your imperfect singing, it's a huge part of the overall package that makes me such a huge fan of your channel. Your esoteric takes and style are probably what won you a big chunk of your fans. Not saying don't evolve, but just consider your base.
I watch you almost every night before I go to sleep to relax before bed. You help me with acute insomnia. You're a great break from explicit politics, sorta, kinda
I'm into the '80s-style jams at the end.
meeee too lately 🎶 🎵 ❤️
me too. you're beautiful.
This is the most hilarious and accurate map of Nevada I have ever seen. I think your face is dressed for Arizona, though. I joked about getting sunburned while standing in the shade, and then found out that that's a thing. Well, at least being heated up enough in the shade to tan your skin.
Nevada sounds like Australia especially the desert area. You can get sunburnt while inside if you are standing next to a window.
@@nette6119 Lordy. I've never heard of that. 😱
@Baby Blu3 dude our summers r brutal. and its constant sun 247. i can stand outside on my patio and get sunburnt from 4 minutes
That was an excellent presentation, Nevada is far more interesting than I thought . Thank you
budddddy... yes. You finally did Nevada! I love this state. TY so much for another great video. Nick you're the best
i wish nevada had an emoji
I like hiking, I was imagining here!! Thank you Nick for showing me! 🇧🇷🇧🇷
ok!!
The Rim Trail circles Tahoe, and there are trail heads near Incline and around the top of Spooner (you can access from South Carson City at hwy 50). Mt. Rose summit is nearly 11,000' and has spectacular views of Washoe Valley. Tahoe Meadows near Mt. Rose has some nice easy-moderate terrain, and is great for snowshoeing and xc skiing in the winter. I'm not familiar with the hiking around Reno.
@@feliciasampson8032 Hello, thank you!!
Yay!!! I love Vegas and the AYCE buffet. Wht a fun video.
On a another note, that's cute you like Celine Dion hahaha. My Heart Will Go On ♥️
If there’s one thing I will always remember about this video is that I definitely should move to Battle Mountain, Nevada ! You convinced me!
Haha you should!
We used to truck some kind of clay out of there for the oil fields
Very accurate! Thanks for pronouncing "Nevada" correctly. Great job! And yes, it's so very dry in Nevada. People don't know this until they move in.
It seems like you’ve mentioned people fleeing California for Montana, Utah, Arizona, Washington, and Texas. So of course it makes sense that they’re going to Nevada too. It’s wild to think population growth is growing so much in those states for that reason.
These states also have some of the best access to the outdoors in the country and good political leadership/ economies.
Helps to not be in a state ran by far left "progressives".
@@JesusChrist2000BC Nevada is now solidly a blue state. It was never this way when I was a kid. We are solidly Democrat now.
@@JimmyMon666 nevada seems more like a moderate state compared to new york or california which leans further left.
It's not necessarily a good thing. Large influxes of people from CA are causing issues.
I don't want to let the cat out the bag but this was spot on. Love my Virginia City love Carson and even Reno. People here are amazing 7 years in
Yeheyy! My state and a Henderson resident, a Vegas suburb.Thanks, Nick!
Edit: We share the same obsession: cheap buffets everywhere. That's one reason we can never leave Vegas. We don't gamble but buffet and dining is our favorite pastime.
Cheap buffets? Sign me up! I heard a lot of them are good too. Out west I've only been to California for the national parks. But if I ever move I'd pick Nevada. Not too far from Arizona and Utah parks.
love cheap buffets!
Me an my girlfriend were in Vegas about 4 years ago, fell in love with Henderson and Metro Diner, the people were absolutely awesome.
@@sexygeek8996 You have local buffets like South Point our favorite buffet. You also have lots of Asian buffets, Korean AYCE and national chain buffet restaurant like Golden Coral. What we really miss is Sweet Tomatoes, the soup and salad buffet here in Henderson. They are out of business thanks to covid.
@@sexygeek8996 South Point was able to open their buffet because the owner doesn't have a legion of board of directors to consult when making decisions. He's a one man show that's why he's the only and ultimate boss on everything unlike the corporate run casinos in the valley. South Point is our favorite local casino unless we want to do some splurging then we go to M Resort.
As for Sweet Tomatoes, you're right. They used to be really cheap and recent years, they became expensive. We are members of their club and we don't go there unless we have big discounts especially when it's 2 for one. And we never go there for dinner, only lunch time.
As for selections, yep. No meat. My husband loves their salad specials especially their Greek salad every October, their bread section and their onion soup. I only eat same thing: Asian salad, their tuna salad with pasta and tarragon (my favorite), their chicken soup and of course some bread like their sourdough with butter and honey. We go there for our favorites.
In recent years, it was worth going if you have coupons but it's a good option on weekends when all buffets are dinner priced except with Station casino buffets which are not really our favorite.
Lived and worked in Reno for 17 years before moving to the Bay Area, it is true that the locals hardly ever hit the slots or tables in the casinos. We only go to the casinos for the restaurants and bars which used to be a lot cheaper.
That's exactly right
I lived in Las Vegas from ‘08-‘09. I was a showgirl for the older casinos, and a busker on the strip. I also worked as a cocktail waitress, and did whatever else I could to earn my way. I tried to get into Jubilee, but it didn’t work out. I’ve been to Reno and some of the CA bordering towns, while traveling and performing as a magician’s assistant.
Nevada is my favorite state
Same
Me too!
Mine too!
No kidding about the area in central Nevada being full of nothing. I was traveling from Gardnerville to Las Vegas after visiting my uncle and cousin years ago. My uncle suggested an interstate that was a more direct route to Vegas. It was the worst desolate drive I have ever been on and hope to never have to go on that interstate ever again. I think it was like interstate 895 or something like that. It was awful!!!
there's gas stations and bars! what else do you need??? ❤️❤️
As an Aussie, I wanna come and live here for a while! Looks fun, hot and a good place to explore!
its expensive now. Great to explore, great to visit, not to live here for a forever home;)
Nick, I really enjoyed the interview. You interviewed a down to earth, genuinely nice young man who represented his state well.
Born and raised in Nevada. Mostly in Fallon but Reno too. Have lived in Vegas, Reno and Fallon. You were pretty spot on. Tesla/Pena really is what made everyone move out there. Used to be pretty cheap but even Fernley and Fallon are getting expensive. Glad I moved away but it will always be home.
Thanks Nick! Nice to see whats going on outside of Las Vegas, very elucidative! Also nice chat with the dude at the end, thanks for posting!
No prob! I like that word!
There are a lot of places in Nevada that are just unhospitable. If you go out there without enough water you will be part of the sand.
Lol
have u been to Nevada outside Vegas. Go to Austin if u want to see some Juniper trees
Been here my whole life and reno has changed in many ways. This whole area is changing in many ways. Northern Nevada. There is also animosity from Nevadans in regards to Californians moving here. They don't mind the people they don't want the politics to change. A side by side is a UTV. Yes, the homeless population has gotten worse in reno by far. You did a lot of research here. That was obvious by your well informed questions you were asking.
Another great video Mr. Johnson, I’ve been waiting to see this unboxing video on the” Silver State”, it’s definitely a very unique state, I’ve never been but I reckon I’ll visit at some point. I also really enjoy the interviews at the end of the video :).
Cool well maybe I should interview you!
@@NickJohnson hmm that would be amazing:)
Hilarious and very informative! As a non Nevada native I’m glad to have learned something about our neighbors lol
they're cool next door
Oh yes, the land of Las Vegas and deserts.
Vegas isn't the only thing out here lol.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 Basically it is
Sup Nick! You're so awesome!! Thanks for the all info..I love the UNBOXING, have a good one dude
aww thanks man you too!
My brother and sister-in-law work in tech and live in one of the "good" LV neighborhoods. They sold a house in London and got a LOT for their money in Las Vegas. They have done some great camping trips to the desert and like visiting the old (sometimes abandoned) mining towns. (The interview at the end of this was good. Looks like Reno has changed a lot since I visited from N. Cal in the 90s. Wow!)
Hey Nick my parents lived in Pahrump for years. It has built up quite a bit. Major builders are doing track housing. Like any desert city there's good and bad.
yeah it is better jim
I think it is better, they probably have some gated communities that are nice to live in. But I still see a surprising amount of crime reports from there in the Review Journal. Though my city of Las Vegas still puts Pahrump to shame in crime. Another murder last night. It's bad this year.
You were so generous with downtown Reno, when it actually looks like a psychiatric hospital with patients walking free everywhere. It was unique place with lots of cool spots 15yrs ago, now its like WW3 hit downtown and everyone is a walking zombie.
Damn, that sucks, I was thinking of moving there from Seattle
@@mommyslilstinker take a weekend trip and check it out yourself, I was heartbroken last time I went there
Thank you Nick for unboxing Nevada. I like this place, but I hope it doesn't grow too much.
it won't! it's too big!
Water limitations will limit some growth. Las Vegas is pretty much out of room to grow (though they did work out a deal for some land by the Native American reservation of Snow Mountain for more housing). I'm actually glad our growth is slowing down. The city is a far cry with what I grew up with in the 80's. Not sure what will happen when the water runs out.
“Reno is so close to Hell you can see Sparks”
Yeah, Sparks is just on the other side of the freeway.
You're so awesome!! Thanks for the info and the laughs.
aww ok ❤️
When I was in my forties, I started going to NV to relocate after 55. And then I met my current wife, had a son for 50th bday. Fast forward past thè reasons, now I'm living in Thailand. There's no open space here. Where we live is #1 for rain and humidity. I learned rudimentary Spanish pretty easily. thai is a language best learned when young.
I don't have time to know other states like I know NV and its people, so when I return to the U.S., it is NV for us! I truly miss it.
Excellent vid!
In the late 1980s, Hollywood produced an action television series that took place in Reno, Nevada. It featured the late Robert Conrad of, "The Wild, Wild West" fame. The tv series occurred during the winter months in Reno when a lot of outdoor snow recreational activity was happening, skiing, snowboarding, and other things folks like to do outdoors in winter snow country. The show's weekly premise centered around Robert Conrad and a team of professional, county rescue members on snow mobiles and skis, helping people who got into trouble on the mountains around Reno. Of course, such influx of a winter population sometimes brought in outside crime and criminals, which Conrad and team encountered and helped local law enforcement suppress.
Another great video Nick, amazing amount of research you must do
Las Vegas is the Gambling Center
Macau: am I a joke to you?
yes you are 👍
Anything in China is a joke.
Hey everyone, come to Las Vegas and make lots of money playing around with the slots! 🤪
Lol it’s a joke 😃
All I ever knew of Nevada is Vegas and deserts
Vegas, deserts, and 'Area 51' for me.
And mob movies
I used to go to Vegas when I was stationed at Ft Irwin (near Barstow, CA) and made some local friends. The Chinatown on Spring Mountain Rd is not touristy and great for any type of Asian food you can think of. Also, go see Penn&Teller at the Rio!
I loved living in Las Vegas. Not so much for the gambling, but the food and lots of stuff to do off strip. Also the natural beauty. So much to do if you like outdoor activities. Ely is a great escape a few hours from Vegas.
yes!
Lived in Las Vegas metro area for 2 years and pretty much hated it. Very isolated people living in their own world not opened to building friendships. The strip gets old very fast. I liked the peaceful lifestyle next to the mountains. After a while I get trapped surrounded by mountains and far from any other large city. It can be very depressing and and stressful. I felt driving to LA near the water gave me peace. Now I live in Philadelphia metro and love it. I’m now close to nyc, dc, mountains, beaches and a 8 flight to Europe.
Good riddance
Philly seems like a pretty cool mix.
Yea i agree i always say that philly is in a great spot ur close to maryland new york new jersey delaware , dc and much more
I love your channel. Love learning about other places!
learning is fun!
my favorite TH-cam series
aww ❤️❤️
Area 51: It's such a funny concidence that out of all the places in this vast galaxy, the technically advanced aliens who traversed the vast gulf of light years just happened to land on our planet at a US government facility where we test a lot of top secret aircraft. I mean, who saw that one coming?
I went to Las Vegas for the very first time with my Mom& Aunt&uncle 2 years ago for my Birthday & got to stay in a really nice Hotel & I had a blast & watched criss Angel Live Nick&Mappy. 😉💖
cool that sounds like SO much fun josh!!!! lucky!
It was Nick. 💖
These unboxing videos is coming longer and longer ahahaha;) I love it
well you know - interviews!
Nick you’re intros are the best on TH-cam 😂🤣 interesting video , never knew anyone lived outside of Vegas , Reno or Tahoe !!
Nevada rocks. It is 1) not all desert 2) not all Las Vegas. I lived in both Ely and Tonopah during a Nevada tenure and the state is awesome. Your video is spot on. Great research here. And avoid both Battle Mountain and Reno. Most folk who move to LV get tired of really wuick.
Nick, you are a Rock Star. I would love to hear you sing the part after the guitar solo from Rush's Freewill. "Each of us, a cell of awareness, imperfect and incomplete........".
Hello Nick&Mappy. I've been to Vegas A couple of times but not in about 20 years💖💖💖
go back maybe or maybe not!
I love your videos! You did an amazing job on Nevada. I'm born and raised in Vegas too. If you ever need some Nevada or LV insight on your videos lmk!
Finally unboxing Nevada 😁🙌🏼
Hey Nick! Love your channel. You just about nailed it. Northern Nevada, Super accurate description of where I lived for 21 years. Sad I had to leave.
I live in downtown sparks and lived throughout alot of places in sparks and reno including Sun Valley, sitting outside while hearing gunshots at night was normal, so yeah pretty accurate video overall lmao
I was born in Las Vegas, and it is a very busy town. Extremely hot, but not as humid as some places. Great job, you were spot on about everything! Great reasoning!
I really enjoy the interviews at the end of the vlogs....Thanks....
Excellent video. Loved it. Especially the northern parts and places where there is basically nothing. Don't know why that appeals to me. Grew up looking at maps. So neat to actually be able to see these places and find out about them.
Reno might have a snow event by the first week of May. We'll see if it happens.
Grew up in northern Nevada and we played football in Battle Mountain. Their water we got at halftime was sour :(. Pretty spot on review though.
I just hope Nevada doesn’t go the way of California.
Cali is taking over, real estate is insane.
Too late the DSA took over Nevada's DNC... All the judges are corrupt. Governor Sisolak is running Nevada into the ground and the homeless problem is out of control but no talks about it.
@@astrobot702 🤢🤮
Same :(
Too late ⏰
I’m happy I watched this you broke Las Vegas down I was going move there before picking Cary and now I found the good areas of that area
So are you picking Cary or Vegas?
I wanted to move to Reno a couple years back when it was affordable, but now I don't think I have enough money.
Nat D: the avocado toast at Coffeebar in midtown will set you back a paycheck or two 😁
Its been less and less affordable the last 10 years. Average housing went up to 500k this year.
LOL...that music is way to good....'bring us all your money, bring us all your money LOL..... Thanks Nick for the tour of the USA, Love your video's.
hey! ❤️
You missed the fact that the lottery is outlawed in Nevada and the video of primm you used actually shows where most people from the Las Vegas go to buy lotto tickets. Very entertaining video either way.
Went to Las Vegas recently on a road trip and it was a cool experience, I feel like there are some easy fixes (looking at you homeless people and showgirls on the street) that would make it a much better city, but some of the neighborhoods and places in Las Vegas/outside of Las Vegas is possibly the best spots if you wanna move there but it’s cool and enjoyable but somewhere you probably wouldn’t wanna stay foreve
Half my life, I lived in Nevada and the other half in Nebraska and Idk how you can be so accurate about both 🤣🤣🤣
18:57
I love the music you use for this. This is so Vegas!
I've never been to Vegas and I wanna visit one day before I leave this earth
Yeah,when your numbers up it's up then you check out! 😎 ⚰ 🪦☣
Now this is the honest perspective I'm looking for
Can't wait for you to unbox Missouri!
eventually!
Your song slaps fam. S-tier content! I love the rawness haha.
Fun Fact, Las Vegas was established as Mormon settlement. FF #2 , the character of Lefty Rosenthal (Robert DeNiro's character) in the movie 🎥🍿 , "Casino" was based on a real person.
Las Vegas I've said over the years is the only place in the world where you can win a jackpot of any size, lose most or all of it , get married by 3
Elvis, find out he's the judge when
you get the above marriage annulled the next morning, go home and plan your next trip.
My friend moved to Henderson from L.A. and loves it.
Cool!
I live in Virginia City Nevada and it is a wonderful place well done video.
Seems like a cool small town, I definitely hope to see Nevada one day, I’m from Connecticut
This is so true!! LOL. I was raised in Sparks but I made the mistake of talking my husband into moving to North Carolina because I heard the cost of living was cheaper!! Biggest mistake EVER!! Concord, North Carolina has NOTHING fun to do and no night life!! I’m trying now to talk my husband into going back home to Nevada!! 😢😢
11:36 "Here is Pahrump... you wouldn't wanna live there."
I literally plan on moving there
I have never set foot outside Europe, but one day I'd like to visit the US. Nevada is on my list because I love Fallout New Vegas ;D
The unboxing series are really interesting & informative, BUT I WANT MAPPY, DAMN IT! WHERE DID HE GO? THE SONGS? WELL, DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB. 😮
ah yes, the state that is mostly government land
I saw every episode of" Bonanza" getee up Mappy!!
yay! mappy said that
Please do a unboxing for West Virginia
Ending a busy day with a Nick video.
hopefully it was a good busy
Great video! Id like to see my neighboring state of West Virginia sometime. Hawaii would be nice too.
I’ve been in Reno for 15yrs and love it!
cool!
I liked some of the Mexican-style architecture in some of those small centers there.
I had to go to Fallon, NV once when I was in the military. Not much there besides the bar from the movie Top Gun. Which, well, isn't much itself.
However, best roads I've ever driven on. They all seem to be freshly paved and smooth. I assume it's taxes from the casinos.
We all know about "Assume"
Nice video and very informative, but... where's Mappy? We haven't seen much of him as of late.