People should not overlook the quality of this. This is solid documentary work-no one gives the slightest care to record these desolate places or interview the shadows that still shamble around in them.
these films should be sent to these democrat mayors or town councils...tell them to stop voting democratic. I agree these films are awesome keep up the good work...the citizens are the ones that vote the Dems in...so they need to know..
Nick needs to go to film festivals where maybe his work will get more recognition. But since he's pro Trump and speaking common sense, he'll never get the recognition he deserves
One word, and it’s always this word that caused and keeps causing all this. Liberalism. Rush Limbaugh had it right and these towns are democrats’ trademark. Think those lady’s on the View ever talk about this? Would they ever show these videos?
My wife and I have traveled over 24,000 miles across America in an RV. I can confirm the story you are telling here is spot on and it’s spreading. The middle class now a struggling class. I believe it’s why our country is in such term oil. Billionaires and their politicians sold us out. We really should think of a better way to exist together.
@DirtyPawsProduction: Be aware of what Trump is planning on doing. Rumor is this guy Musk the billionaire may be trying to make himself co-president? What could be his plans?
@@DirtyPawsProductions i just read an article about income disparity. It started to get worse forty years ago. The trend has showna steady growth in the top 10% with most going to the top 1%. Numbers do not lie
Meanwhile sarpentza and lao86why, are busy filming the fall of China. The ghost town and abandoned cities of China. One is a south african but he rented a convertible in Beverly hills and showed their Chinese audience what the west looks like and why they are from a superior civilization. The ghost town in this video as well as the reason saprentza and lao86 make video to portray china in a negative light is LOSS OF JOBS. The people in the town and cities lost their livelihood. Saerpantza and loa86 were English teachers in China who were acting as investors, film producers and medical professors. When both of them lost their job and couldn't afford to live. They became leeches to their inlaws. Making fun of their families of their inferior beer and why they are so poor. When the father in law has to buy them the beer and get threatened by the son in law if gas money isn't provided. So that they can ride and make youtube videos pretending to live a good life and travelling to make big budget films and step up a factory in China to their viewers. When enough became enough and the families and villagers comforted them for their narcissism and got exposed to their internet by the family mob for who they are and what they do. The two of them started making negative videos on china. Had they had their English teacher job. They would still be saying, "F Taiwan." Like they used to do in their old videos. I am not for or against China. I am saying how the loss of job can completely change a person's way of life, outlook, views and mental health. I see the same thing here. The despair, the loss of hope in the country and its leadership. Let there be hope. I pray everything will come back to normalcy.
This made me want to cry. I'm a senior and remember when all over the country these areas were full of families that worked hard and took care. Full and beautiful. I'm praying we are on the verge of a new era. What a shameful waste. Perfectly timed video. Thank you.
Hopefully our newly elected Pres will turn things around, but the dirty Dems will continue to chip at him to prevent the new Administration to make the necessary changes to regrow the USA... many of our fellow citizens are duped by the dirty Dems and refuse to understand what's really happening within our Government.
and people still don't reallize that cars keep them poor most of these place are not close to anything think of what you can put in a 5 mile radius homes shops parks ball fields all in walking and cycling distance instead everything must be 5+ miles from eachother for the car
It doesn't matter witch party, it's poor government over sight. As long as their getting theirs they really don't care. They will give plenty of money to other countries but they won't even try to help towns like this in their own country.
Corporations are entities on paper. They are controlled by greedy executives and stockholders. We've allowed them to outsource us into Oblivion. Corrective action is needed immediately
It's government inefficiency and bad policies. If corporations move out of state it's the government's fault. Tax incentives exist for a reason, especially in rich countries with a generally high living standard. Corporations will always go where it's cheaper to produce and if you don't make it cheap for them to produce domestically they'll leave.
Years ago I delivered for a wholesale grocery company in Cairo Illinois and every week I had to wait for this one particular restaurant to open called The Dairy Hut. There was a group of fellows who lingered under a tree between it and a C-store. Every week a man named Raydog would offer to help me and I would give him $5 to stack the single dolly worth of product and he would help me into the building. One day he asked for a twenty so he could buy his mom something for her birthday and said he would pay me back. I didn't see him the next week but the following week he was waiting on me to pay me. He had to pick up scrap and cans to save the money up. Needless to say I told him that he could keep it and I gave him a 50 plus the usual 5 for helping. I said he was a good man. He cried. Continued to help me until I left the job. I went back 10 years later and I found out he was murdered in that very area. 😢
This brings tears to my eyes because I want to hear the dogs barking, the children playing, the families BBQing. I want to see people smiling, and waving, helping each other, and politely greeting each other.
Deeply thoughtful and poetic documentary, Nick. If anybody asks about what happened to our country, I'll send them your video. This situation has been decades in the making so there'll be no quick fix.
Love your video Nick ! It's fascinating but also a little bit frightening to see such a savage decline in so many towns in the USA. I'm watching from England .
Stop playing bumper sticker victim bs with "mainstream media Boogeymen bs" has nothing to do with that. Make ur case and state it. Real lame you all are trying to be self important always with a scare tactic or some boogeyman.
I’m now a senior that is on the brink of retirement. Born and raised in Southern California. Kept my head down and worked a job that I can now leave. There’s so much abandonment that it really makes me sick. Can we start with farming, then farmer’s markets, then getting a working class of people again.
My wife and I have traveled all over this country for years. It was becoming evident what was happening country wide several years ago. It absolutely breaks my heart to see this happening.
The rich get richer!! I'm 67 living off of social security. For dinner tonight I'm having peanut butter & jelly. Eating rice for breakfast & sandwiches for dinner. Thks for showing what America really is, a country that is slowly going away.
@NickJohnson How kind of u to say that Nick. Sending blessings ur way 🌵🌹 I am fortunate though cuz I don't live in the streets or a car, like some ppl my age are. I help them every chance I get.
There's always someone worse off than myself, 66 in poor health. But I look to end-of-the-road places for an affordable cash-out place to move to should my last son preceed me.
What does it have to do with corrupt politicians? Economies change, America's wealth is now coming from different places, some grow and some die. It's the same in every developed country.
The American taxpayer should demand accountability for every red cent of the trillions of dollars stolen by politicians and sent overseas only to be laundered back to their coffers.
Exactly,the money isn’t gone it was stolen and could easily be recovered if people demand it if people have the guts to look in the rat holes it is hidden in
Actually the steel mill in Gary is still going. I was born and raised in Gary and the reason for its demise started with the election of Mayor Hatcher which led to the further entitlement of certain people who rely on the tax payers to support them. The crime is what drove working people out.. Sadly Chicago’s heading in the same direction. The current degrade in America started with Obama.
@ the mill employs around 1500 people that used to be like 20,000. It was all white entrusts who consolidated wealth. I was born and raised there also. This some people you speak is a little white lie. Every place in America where blacks gained any type of power those cities where gutted of their industry. That’s the truth.
Nick, thank you for your videos. My husband and I have watched them for awhile now. Ive learned more about our small towns and our cities watching you than Id ever learn in any book. You capture peoples' lives in their purest form. Raw and uncut. Just know, during your travels you have a friend over here in Missippi that prays regularly for not only your safety during your travels, but also your mental and physical protection. I know you love what you do, but Im sure its hard sometimes at the end of the day to not let things get to you. Its sad to see our country like this, but we appreciate you. Take care friend
If we don’t start bringing manufacturing and industry back to this country, we are not going to make it. This will be everyone’s future. Not everyone can have an office job. Some people are supposed to be doing the actual work, and we’ve basically told them to kick dirt. It’s a crying shame.
Exactly. We have become a gig work service economy, but who can pay for those services without money? I feel like we are on the brink of collapse. EDIT: It's a race to the bottom.
@@virtualselfie6899 Even if they train in the tech/coding field, the technology will change, and AI will be programming itself. It's a no-win situation.
No, this is what happens when lazy people want 40 buck and hour, or they refuse to work. Do your research!!! Your the reason your democrats are bringing in new workers and voters. Wake up.
I've been saying this all along-people are suffering, living in misery. And none of this is going to be fixed by all those out-of-touch movements about gender issues, "equality" or whatever. The more resources we waste on these unrealistic campaigns that only benefit a small minority, the more we ignore the real suffering of those who actually need help. I'm not saying "social justice" is wrong, but we have way bigger problems to deal with, and they need fixing right now.
We all know "people are suffering, living in misery". And we know "they need fixing right now" The relevant question is HOW? What are the proposed solutions?
@@jacqdanieles It’s about going back to basics. Fix the roads and bridges, get more low-skill jobs like construction and factory work going so people can earn an honest living instead of turning to crime. Stop hiring illegal aliens who work for half the pay, stealing jobs from Americans. Our laws don’t protect alien workers the way they protect Americans, and factories just take advantage, screwing over both sides. It’s a lose-lose for everyone except the businesses making dirty money. If folks have decent jobs and aren’t always worrying about the basics, they won’t be out there causing problems.
@@jacqdanieles It’s about going back to basics. Fix the roads and bridges, get more low-skill jobs like construction and factory work going so people can earn an honest living instead of turning to crime. Stop hiring illegal aliens who work for half the pay, stealing jobs from Americans. Our laws don’t protect alien workers the way they protect Americans, and factories just take advantage, screwing over both sides. It’s a lose-lose for everyone except the businesses making dirty money. If folks have decent jobs and aren’t always worrying about the basics, they won’t be out there causing problems.
As a viewer from Stockholm, this was a shock to see. Some of the areas looked like a war zone in Ukraine. It was disturbing to see the amount of rubbish dumped and piling up. When technology moves on but the towns don't. People must loose everything abandoning their homes. Heartbreak all around for all to see. Well done Nick, you excelled yourself with this video
I think Americans need to get Profit Share in addition to the wages. Being only compensated for time and skill, but not getting a share of the Profit created from that skill is ridiculous. But hey, the Executives will get bonuses and the workers get some pizza.
If GM took their CEO's entire $27M salary and distributed it equally to every GM employee, it would only be about $170. CEO pay isn't the problem some of you make it out to be.
@@lawv804 Cashiers at Walmart, CVS, all big box retailers should receive some stock as part of their pay. With all of America participating in the stock market, income inequality will improve. Forced investing similar to SS, our culture says to be happy you must spend, spend, spend. We must counter that or our country is doomed.
I can mention it here, this was the most powerful video narration among all you accomplish, Nick. Very touching, emotional and exactly the point. Yes, you have to spend American money in America. You have to take care of yourself first. Your country first. Anything beyond can expect.
I am literally disgusted with the way this country is being run into the ground! Are politicians have turned our nation to an embarrassment, and now we're just a mix of ultra rich and poverty-stricken workers. There's absolutely no middle class left and now an influx of foreign slaves to replace the Americans that have given up...😢
@@kyleterpstra1899 is a word Nazi and I bet a looney liberal as well, everyone knew what they were saying, too bad we can't all be perfect like some soulless people
I would imagine you can blame the misspelling on the great AI hybrid and lots of comments on different channels and watched the machine screw up spelling@@kyleterpstra1899
I would say that youtube is a place people go to see what's actually happening, given that mainstream sources turn a deliberate blind eye to these realities.
Thank you for making this. I think it's important for America to see how it looks in the rest of the country that isn't prospering. I reposted this on Facebook.
Im from the Netherlands, and when the coal mines shut, there was a plan. The government moved the headquarter of their pension fund and the quantitative research center over there. There came a new university. They subsidized the development of a chemical plant (now one of the largest in the world). As you see the aim was to get high quality jobs in the region. There were problems, especially with drug use. But they disappeared after some time, because the government sent people to organize health care workers and social work and police to work together. The minister-president behind this plan was a socialist. Even my conservative father said he was a genius. And that’s why the former coal mine region in the Netherlands is a flourishing region. Everywhere else it’s misery. Not only in the USA, also in England And Belgium.
The Netherlands is a third the size...of the 36th biggest state in the US. There is no reason to locate anything but a coal mining town in these coal mining towns. Dozens of other places can absorb the remaining people and industry...well, the ones that don't spend all their time crying over what used to be.
@ Belgium is also small, but the problems there are similar to the problems in the states. The UK is also not a large country, but the same problems. There is also another thing. The government didn’t try to keep the mines open. They saw the tide coming and closed them before they started to lose money. Do you really think that there is nothing the government could have done?
@@mastpg..o sea te da igual que la gente pierda sus empleos , total pueden encontrar otros en otra parte , entonces no te quejes nunca de los inmigrantes sean africanos , musulmanes , americanos , etc ...total estan haciendo lo que tu dices , ..que pobre humanidad tienes , tu egoismo es una 💩
@@keithinaz9769 D. Trump is just what is known as WrongChoice_#02 you may choose, but either variant is bad that way they make you believe it was all your fault in the end
Nick, your vlogs are very important. I recommend you to others all the time. Thank you. You're getting to the point of what's really going on with USA today.
I don't understand why entrepreneurs and startup companies don't come to these abandoned towns and start up business's and tech industry, light industry.. The taxes are probably low and land cheap. I know I can't be the only person to imagine this
The US is huge, and there are thousands of small towns built around industries that fizzled out. Growth in cities pulls people from these dying towns, they can't all flourish at once. Land owners should be fined for leaving properties full of trash like in this video, code enforcement by each state could mitigate scenery like this. Detroit demolished abandoned homes but it cost $8,000+ per structure before inflation hit.-------South London viewed from the high speed train from Paris looked somewhat similar as I saw England for the first time. It looked like a junkyard for what seemed to be 20 miles, but then again, it's a 2,000 year old city. America is too young to look like this, and cleaning up these properties don't cost much, just effort.
@ what I have always found interesting is A) how these homes were once peoples pride and joy and B) how you end up abandoning a house! It’s not a car, if you leave behind a house you are potentially leaving literally everything you own really and starting from nothing. On the South London thing, they may have been however old industrial areas, but residential areas, absolutely nothing like this in London. However, you do get really ugly social housing areas in south London that will look pretty bad, and actually deserted places like this in the North East of England with old mining towns
Sadly is about to get worse. The billionaires do not want to pay taxes and they plan to take away the little benefits the working class have. Corporate GREED !!!
I saw alot of beauty in the abandoned downtown in Pine Bluff , Arkansas. Lovely, gracious old buildings. Such a shame. Incredible video, once again Nic. Those ruins speak volumes of a dystopian future for many more towns across the US. Haunted ruins, its like you can hear the whisper of ghosts as you drive through those overgrown streets. Very eerie.
You know, some of these places are just not worth it. If they are rapidly disappearing, there’s bound to be a reason. Industry fled decades ago. Floods, drought, or whatever, nothing lasts forever. Tear down the abandoned buildings, clean up the garbage. Get a few unfathomably wealthy individuals that own this country to pony up a little and help these people relocate, start new lives. Finally, encourage nature to return. Our nation has forest, swamp, marsh, desert, and prairie. Each one is a beautiful, precious thing. All are far more attractive than the sadness Nick was brave enough to film for us here.
There are videos of mostly lost Canadian towns. The only thing still standing is usually an old wooden grain elevator or an old church stuck out in the middle of nowhere amongst fields of grain. Not only in the USA.
I think of all the homeless all over America and wonder if some of these places couldn't be put to better use. With all the money the gov't spends abroad it should be able to help more Americans and places like this.
It amazes me to see how quickly nature reclaims these abandoned properties. Weeds and small trees grow so fast, and I’ve seen it in my “abandoned” town of south bend, IN too
I went to law school in Mississippi 1975-1978 and worked in Jackson 1981-1985, so evidently things got really bad after I left. What I do know is that many law firms abandoned Jackson. the State capital, and went Noth to Madison-Ridgland. Such a move is unheard of, and circumstances must have gotten pretty bad for such a drastic changes to have occurred. Gangs roaming the streets is what I heard.
Thank you Nick for all of your videos!💞 You are drawing attention to a very serious problem. America 🇺🇸 has been in a constant decline since the turn of the century. America used to be a Growing, Building, Active, Beautiful Place to live. People used to look out for one another. Now Everyone seems to be isolated. We need a Positive Change. Hopefully things will start getting Better Soon.👍🇺🇸♥️
Yes go to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where I’m from looks exactly the same. My home city of McKeesport all abandoned houses and churches. Once beautiful church’s empty neglected and falling down. Sad history completely wiped out. Will be replaced by a China town or another nationality. Americas done for. The great replacement is not a theory
@@robg5157 Its really our own fault. We are so selfish and lazy. We voted for this crap and we quit having children. Most of all we threw God and the bible out. You reap what you sow.
This is not the first documentary of this type that I have seen, and every time I see a new one, I am shocked, and I always come back to ask myself the same question: Will there be a solution to this? I even think of some options (which sound more like fantasies than objectives), but unfortunately, it seems almost impossible, if not impossible, for this to have a solution. Both the nation and society itself are in a complete decline, and I don't see how that can be stopped. And the number of American towns that are like this is terrifying.
Places like Walmart, Sams Costco, big music centers, and online buying have knocked out the little guy. Mom and pop shops can not compete with these huge corporations.
This is so sad and depressing. I'm old enough to remember the vibrant downtowns, sidewalks crowded with shoppers, etc. Locally, the large shopping centers and malls killed off the downtown stores and mom & pop stores. Online did a number on them too. I can only imagine these homes were once nice, kids playing in the yards. In a way, I'm glad they have not been torn down and left as a reminder of what once was.
Many people forget that NAFTA started with Reagan (who campaigned for it) and H.W. Bush. Clinton added a couple of side agreements meant to protect workers and the environment, and Congress passed it. Don't get me wrong; I blame Clinton for destroying our economy for many of his egregious policies, notably the evisceration of Glass Steagal (and many others).
Nick, it feels as in this video we are having a burial for these American towns and cities So sad all that hard work passed generations built only for it all go to waste.
Seeing once-thriving cities now turned into ghost towns truly touches my heart. The old buildings hold a timeless charm but also serve as a bittersweet reminder of broken dreams and forgotten stories. This documentary beautifully captures both the decay and a faint hope for revival. Is there any chance for these places to come back to life, or will they remain only memories preserved in emotional films like this one?
In 1964 LBJ passed a 25% tariff on imported pick up trucks. My Nissan frontier was made in Smyrna Tennessee. Back then people complained it was a sales tax also.
Glad someone else thought that was crazy. I haven't been back to travel the US for several years, but that's either insane inflation or gouging someone from out of town.
These abandoned cities serve as a haunting reminder of the dark side of urban decline. Behind the empty streets and crumbling buildings are stories of lost jobs, failed industries, and forgotten communities. This documentary sheds light on the importance of education, economic opportunity, and sustainable development to prevent such collapses in the future. Let’s hope for lessons learned and a renewed focus on rebuilding and revitalization
The affordable health care act brought health care to a lot of these area for the first time. A 65 year old man never had insurance until Obama. He got his teeth fixed and a few other things. Voted for Trump insurance gone. He lived in Kentucky, the woman who signed him up hadn’t worked in years til Obamacare. It wasn’t perfect because if we don’t pay they can’t buy yachts
@@trethatdudeit was good for many people yes but also many lost their jobs at hospitals and many Americans who didn't want health insurance or couldn't get it because they worked 2 part time jobs to get by, couldn't get it,got nailed on their taxes.
@trethatdude It shouldn't be that expensive in the first place. The only thing it did was make health insurance companies more wealthy. You should see John's Hopkins in Maryland. It went from reputable school to a massive medical company that has devoured half the state. It doesn't even have a goid reputation anymore.
This is completely unbelievable.. so many infrastructures in these towns need to be torn down and the land cleaned up. Nobody's going to move to a city all of the buildings are abandoned and falling apart.
What a waste of land! Sprawling suburbs are destroying millions of acres of good farmland, while millions of acres in these cities are going to waste, when they should be used for housing. Total waste, shameful.
Why would you want to live in a town/city where every single house on the street was a “fixer upper”? The infrastructure is crumbling, in many cases you’d have to build a new home entirely. New foundation, ect. Just to live in a dead zone? No one is going to do that.
You can fix it up and the ones that you give a check, to sit home every month even with work around will destroy it for you. Once you get too many of those types of people in an area they also destroy businesses.
Nick, I spent a lot of time in the Shreveport-Bossier City area in the mid 80s. I was in the Air Force stationed there at the base for 3 1/2 years. Shreveport was iffy at best in the 80s but boy has it gotten a lot more seedy since then!
0:20... Before I watched one second, I was going to include my hometown area(s) of the coalfields of Appalachia. Billions, trillions of dollars made over the decades, from the coal mined from these areas without much if any planning for post-mining.
Just my thought: could the majority of abandoned homes be dismantled, by able volunteers and builders, to use the worthy parts for building semi tiny homes and other necessaries? i want inputs, Thank You!
@@spaceghost8995You must be a child who's been taught by Maxist teachers. The US used to make everything like China does now. We didn't get rich off foreign countries we did it ourselves after they all blew each other up in WW-II.
Seems after WW2 the country did well for a while. Was military draft time a better outcome due to personal structure? Teaching pride, strong work ethic, education, responsibility. Living clean? I don’t have the answer however I’m 58, married 38 yrs. We both always worked. Educated ourselves to get that better job to afford a family. A dream home, savings for a rainy day. It worked well for us & we taught our kids the same & it’s paying off for them as well. When people think they’re too good to work for a dollar, GOV allowing too many programs to allow laziness, then it produces what we now have. People need to work. If jobs aren’t available you gotta move. Self respect, respect others, responsibility, tact, decorum, graces. We gotta get back to it and The Golden Rule. Thats my 2¢.
In 1992 during the presidential campaign, people made fun of Ross Perot for being an alarmist when he said that Bill Clinton’s NAFTA agreement would lead to the loss of jobs in the US. They laughed at him. He was 100% correct and no one is laughing now.
Gary, Indiana WIKI Although initially a very diverse city, Gary currently holds one of the nation's highest percentages of African-Americans.[10] Between 1970 and 2010, Gary maintained a 40-year record of holding the nation's largest Black population per capita.[11] The city also boasts a legacy of African-American cultural and historical feats, such as electing the nation's first Black mayor (see Richard Hatcher), hosting the first and largest National Black Political Convention, and, in 1945, becoming the first city in the Midwest (and one of the first in the entire nation) to fully integrate its public school system.[12]
My grandpa lived in Gary in the 50s and 60, left in great white flight 😂. Because of the nationally historic murder rate per capita many years, that is really something to look up too😂 Gary should not have any comments bragging about what people of color can do smfh. My pops family left cause crime got so bad, and Caucasians can't live with that. Most are civilized people and cant do the integration of diverse people, it don't work, it won't work, and the faster we as a society finally figure it out, the better we will be. Let this 💩 hole cities have anarchy and rampant crime, let us stay in the Burbs and country. You all made your bed, now lay in it. Sorry ✌
Italian watching. What frightens me the most is the absence of people. It looks like a distopic film after a nuclear war. Poverty is one thing desolation is something else.
People should not overlook the quality of this. This is solid documentary work-no one gives the slightest care to record these desolate places or interview the shadows that still shamble around in them.
I completely agree.
these films should be sent to these democrat mayors or town councils...tell them to stop voting democratic. I agree these films are awesome
keep up the good work...the citizens are the ones that vote the Dems in...so they need to know..
That’s right, and don’t expect 60 Minutes to do a show on these abandoned towns.
@@marksauck3399 sad right?
Nick needs to go to film festivals where maybe his work will get more recognition. But since he's pro Trump and speaking common sense, he'll never get the recognition he deserves
You are the Godfather of this niche and it is so needed. Longtime follower and fan. Thank you for all you do, it is amazing work. America needs you.
Don't inflate his ego that much 😂
@@franzhans8249 Nobody cares, pointdexter.
One word, and it’s always this word that caused and keeps causing all this. Liberalism. Rush Limbaugh had it right and these towns are democrats’ trademark. Think those lady’s on the View ever talk about this? Would they ever show these videos?
CharlieBo313 is the OG
Add thousands of blacks. You will recover fast. Ha
My wife and I have traveled over 24,000 miles across America in an RV. I can confirm the story you are telling here is spot on and it’s spreading. The middle class now a struggling class. I believe it’s why our country is in such term oil. Billionaires and their politicians sold us out. We really should think of a better way to exist together.
Billionaires bought the politicians! Legal corruption and bribery need to be outlawed!
Agreed.
@DirtyPawsProduction: Be aware of what Trump is planning on doing. Rumor is this guy Musk the billionaire may be trying to make himself co-president? What could be his plans?
@@DirtyPawsProductions i just read an article about income disparity. It started to get worse forty years ago. The trend has showna steady growth in the top 10% with most going to the top 1%. Numbers do not lie
Meanwhile sarpentza and lao86why, are busy filming the fall of China. The ghost town and abandoned cities of China.
One is a south african but he rented a convertible in Beverly hills and showed their Chinese audience what the west looks like and why they are from a superior civilization.
The ghost town in this video as well as the reason saprentza and lao86 make video to portray china in a negative light is LOSS OF JOBS. The people in the town and cities lost their livelihood. Saerpantza and loa86 were English teachers in China who were acting as investors, film producers and medical professors. When both of them lost their job and couldn't afford to live. They became leeches to their inlaws. Making fun of their families of their inferior beer and why they are so poor. When the father in law has to buy them the beer and get threatened by the son in law if gas money isn't provided. So that they can ride and make youtube videos pretending to live a good life and travelling to make big budget films and step up a factory in China to their viewers. When enough became enough and the families and villagers comforted them for their narcissism and got exposed to their internet by the family mob for who they are and what they do. The two of them started making negative videos on china. Had they had their English teacher job. They would still be saying, "F Taiwan." Like they used to do in their old videos. I am not for or against China. I am saying how the loss of job can completely change a person's way of life, outlook, views and mental health. I see the same thing here. The despair, the loss of hope in the country and its leadership.
Let there be hope. I pray everything will come back to normalcy.
This made me want to cry. I'm a senior and remember when all over the country these areas were full of families that worked hard and took care. Full and beautiful. I'm praying we are on the verge of a new era. What a shameful waste. Perfectly timed video. Thank you.
Hopefully our newly elected Pres will turn things around, but the dirty Dems will continue to chip at him to prevent the new Administration to make the necessary changes to regrow the USA... many of our fellow citizens are duped by the dirty Dems and refuse to understand what's really happening within our Government.
Well do not cry, america iis so freaking huge that while one part is prosperous the other side is not.
yea we are on verge of new era but wont be pretty going from pices auquarius to auquarius mecchanist.
Blame child support aka human trafficking and decimating Fathers daily without consent
@@Scarhead_Ed “When you are used to preferential treatment, equality feels like oppression.”
- Thomas Sowell
Thanks for creating original content and being a human being.
Be well. Be safe.
I thought Nick was AI?
Corporate greed, corporate greed, corporate greed. Doesn't matter which party.
"Imperialism as the highest stage of Capitalism" is a book that described the beginning of the current era more than a hundred years ago.
and people still don't reallize that cars keep them poor most of these place are not close to anything think of what you can put in a 5 mile radius homes shops parks ball fields all in walking and cycling distance instead everything must be 5+ miles from eachother for the car
It doesn't matter witch party, it's poor government over sight. As long as their getting theirs they really don't care. They will give plenty of money to other countries but they won't even try to help towns like this in their own country.
Corporations are entities on paper. They are controlled by greedy executives and stockholders. We've allowed them to outsource us into Oblivion. Corrective action is needed immediately
It's government inefficiency and bad policies. If corporations move out of state it's the government's fault. Tax incentives exist for a reason, especially in rich countries with a generally high living standard. Corporations will always go where it's cheaper to produce and if you don't make it cheap for them to produce domestically they'll leave.
Years ago I delivered for a wholesale grocery company in Cairo Illinois and every week I had to wait for this one particular restaurant to open called The Dairy Hut. There was a group of fellows who lingered under a tree between it and a C-store. Every week a man named Raydog would offer to help me and I would give him $5 to stack the single dolly worth of product and he would help me into the building. One day he asked for a twenty so he could buy his mom something for her birthday and said he would pay me back. I didn't see him the next week but the following week he was waiting on me to pay me. He had to pick up scrap and cans to save the money up. Needless to say I told him that he could keep it and I gave him a 50 plus the usual 5 for helping. I said he was a good man. He cried. Continued to help me until I left the job. I went back 10 years later and I found out he was murdered in that very area. 😢
Man that's heartbreaking.
😢
Damn.
Your compassion for Raydog was commendable. Your story-telling is impressive. The ending a real nut-kick.
So many forgotten people in our economy.
Man, that's a terrible thing.sounds like this man was an actual angel and maybe was taken home to the lord.I hope so.
This brings tears to my eyes because I want to hear the dogs barking, the children playing, the families BBQing. I want to see people smiling, and waving, helping each other, and politely greeting each other.
I'm craving all of those things.
Are you insane? this is 2024, nobody does that shit
@@vivekvicky2595 exactly
@@vivekvicky2595 A whole different kind of people in America now , too much news and social media , people don't even know their next door neighbors.
Plenty of dogs barking, mostly from neglect and hunger...😂😂
Deeply thoughtful and poetic documentary, Nick. If anybody asks about what happened to our country, I'll send them your video. This situation has been decades in the making so there'll be no quick fix.
Love your video Nick ! It's fascinating but also a little bit frightening to see such a savage decline in so many towns in the USA. I'm watching from England .
You "go broke" or "went broke", not got broke, lol.
Honestly if you look close enough you see this in every city across America
All the homeless out there and we have houses rotting away. The irony is strong with this one.
No one lives in those houses because everything to support the people are gone.
@ some houses could have been used while others could have been removed for land to farm.. wouldn’t work everywhere but some places.
Agree. PLENTY of hardworking resourceful people that would relocate to once again own a home! Elites don't want property ownership. Greedy c@$%%
@@rogueraven7603 Problem is the good soil tends to be stripped away to build subdivisions.
@ what if we redirected some of that foreign aid to fix problems like that?
Stations like this on You Tube is why mainstream media is dead. Keep it up Nick
If you like commentary aimed at MAGAs with a 6th grade education, this is the channel for you.
Stop playing bumper sticker victim bs with "mainstream media Boogeymen bs" has nothing to do with that. Make ur case and state it. Real lame you all are trying to be self important always with a scare tactic or some boogeyman.
@@bluejay313
@@bluejay3134 comments on channel, seems like you also found home here 😂
True he’s good but mainstream brought alot of this demise on themselves being. Propagandists for the criminal class
It's crazy to think that all that garbage, stuff and homes, all were once BRAND spankin' new.
It’s also crazy to think that everything we own and hold in our hands and love and care about will someday be in the garbage. Including us.
True...and somewhat conforting
even when new, most of what I just saw was trash 😂
ALL REPUBLICANS IN A REPUBLICAN STATE
It was junk when it was new. The illusion runs deep.
I’m now a senior that is on the brink of retirement. Born and raised in Southern California. Kept my head down and worked a job that I can now leave. There’s so much abandonment that it really makes me sick. Can we start with farming, then farmer’s markets, then getting a working class of people again.
Blame child support aka title4dwelfare Unconstitutional af
Please stay in California.
Farming? Everyone's eating all this fake frankenfood made out of insects and who-knows-what chemicals.
The soil is being destroyed the world over from above with aluminium (AI) and other nasties. The Dimming. Look it up.
DONT GO TO THESE REPUBLICAN STATES YOU SEE HOW THEY ARE
My wife and I have traveled all over this country for years. It was becoming evident what was happening country wide several years ago. It absolutely breaks my heart to see this happening.
Was.evident to me in 1990 that this was pour future
The rich get richer!! I'm 67 living off of social security. For dinner tonight I'm having peanut butter & jelly. Eating rice for breakfast & sandwiches for dinner. Thks for showing what America really is, a country that is slowly going away.
Sorry, but you unfortunately didn’t plan. I’m 62 and I don’t have anything like that.
I'm sorry Rose 😢
@@livingintheforest3963 You certainly don't have empathy.
@NickJohnson How kind of u to say that Nick. Sending blessings ur way 🌵🌹 I am fortunate though cuz I don't live in the streets or a car, like some ppl my age are. I help them every chance I get.
There's always someone worse off than myself, 66 in poor health. But I look to end-of-the-road places for an affordable cash-out place to move to should my last son preceed me.
Probably the saddest vid yet😢. Thanks for sharing Nick
YES ALL THOSE REPUBLICAN LEAD STATES
When corrupt politicians rule the country you have scenes like that.
What does it have to do with corrupt politicians? Economies change, America's wealth is now coming from different places, some grow and some die. It's the same in every developed country.
It's the whole system, not just this or that politician.
The American taxpayer should demand accountability for every red cent of the trillions of dollars stolen by politicians and sent overseas only to be laundered back to their coffers.
Exactly,the money isn’t gone it was stolen and could easily be recovered if people demand it if people have the guts to look in the rat holes it is hidden in
Not gonna happen
Our money is siphoned to Ezra He’ll and I don’t see this being halted under president-elect Zump.
My comments are deleted my the entities that controls all aspects of our media, education, government
Stop buying the crap
Let’s go Nick! Happy belated Thanksgiving! Hope you and family had an awesome one 🇺🇸
One of the best You Tube channels out there. Period. Always well done.
It’s not just one city, one state, or one region, it’s happening everywhere. Change is very badly needed
Not in East Hampton where I lived for over 20 years Wall Street paradise
This town in just like Gary Indiana. When the steel mills closed, The city went down hill. Gary Indiana used to be called Steel City. Very sad.
It was once the city of the century
It was in this video lol
Actually the steel mill in Gary is still going. I was born and raised in Gary and the reason for its demise started with the election of Mayor Hatcher which led to the further entitlement of certain people who rely on the tax payers to support them. The crime is what drove working people out.. Sadly Chicago’s heading in the same direction. The current degrade in America started with Obama.
@ the mill employs around 1500 people that used to be like 20,000. It was all white entrusts who consolidated wealth. I was born and raised there also. This some people you speak is a little white lie. Every place in America where blacks gained any type of power those cities where gutted of their industry. That’s the truth.
@@trethatdude Which century?
Nick, thank you for your videos. My husband and I have watched them for awhile now. Ive learned more about our small towns and our cities watching you than Id ever learn in any book. You capture peoples' lives in their purest form. Raw and uncut. Just know, during your travels you have a friend over here in Missippi that prays regularly for not only your safety during your travels, but also your mental and physical protection. I know you love what you do, but Im sure its hard sometimes at the end of the day to not let things get to you. Its sad to see our country like this, but we appreciate you. Take care friend
aww 🙏 ❤️
Nick,
Your great services are greatly needed in Western NC. The world needs to see whats really going on there.
100% we need more eyes on W N Carolina,we are witnessing crimes against humanity
@@noneyabeeswax3200I'd honestly like to know more??
If we don’t start bringing manufacturing and industry back to this country, we are not going to make it. This will be everyone’s future. Not everyone can have an office job. Some people are supposed to be doing the actual work, and we’ve basically told them to kick dirt. It’s a crying shame.
Exactly. We have become a gig work service economy, but who can pay for those services without money? I feel like we are on the brink of collapse. EDIT: It's a race to the bottom.
The AI business seems to be the only working sector. What are all the kids going to do who are graduating high school in 2025?
@@virtualselfie6899 Even if they train in the tech/coding field, the technology will change, and AI will be programming itself. It's a no-win situation.
We always need the grunts . They make it happen
Spot on. 🐈⬛
We have become a nation of consumers, rather than producers.
But we're starting to not be able to afford to consume.
It could be said that what we are consuming is rampant BS from executives becoming politicians…
thanks Reagan.
This is what happens when all the wealth goes to the top 1%.
Exactly!!
No, this is what happens when lazy people want 40 buck and hour, or they refuse to work. Do your research!!! Your the reason your democrats are bringing in new workers and voters. Wake up.
Yup trickle down my a$$. And what the boomers did, gut the country
This guy doesn't know who is fucking over the middle class.
He is extremely fooled.
And now the wealthiest will be running our country
I've been saying this all along-people are suffering, living in misery. And none of this is going to be fixed by all those out-of-touch movements about gender issues, "equality" or whatever. The more resources we waste on these unrealistic campaigns that only benefit a small minority, the more we ignore the real suffering of those who actually need help. I'm not saying "social justice" is wrong, but we have way bigger problems to deal with, and they need fixing right now.
We all know "people are suffering, living in misery". And we know "they need fixing right now"
The relevant question is HOW? What are the proposed solutions?
@@jacqdanieles It’s about going back to basics. Fix the roads and bridges, get more low-skill jobs like construction and factory work going so people can earn an honest living instead of turning to crime. Stop hiring illegal aliens who work for half the pay, stealing jobs from Americans. Our laws don’t protect alien workers the way they protect Americans, and factories just take advantage, screwing over both sides. It’s a lose-lose for everyone except the businesses making dirty money. If folks have decent jobs and aren’t always worrying about the basics, they won’t be out there causing problems.
@@jacqdanieles It’s about going back to basics. Fix the roads and bridges, get more low-skill jobs like construction and factory work going so people can earn an honest living instead of turning to crime. Stop hiring illegal aliens who work for half the pay, stealing jobs from Americans. Our laws don’t protect alien workers the way they protect Americans, and factories just take advantage, screwing over both sides. It’s a lose-lose for everyone except the businesses making dirty money. If folks have decent jobs and aren’t always worrying about the basics, they won’t be out there causing problems.
So, your solution is "cause more misery, so long as it is someone else?" What's wrong with you?
@@downix I replied 3 times with the solution and they were all deleted by TH-cam.
As a viewer from Stockholm, this was a shock to see. Some of the areas looked like a war zone in Ukraine. It was disturbing to see the amount of rubbish dumped and piling up. When technology moves on but the towns don't. People must loose everything abandoning their homes. Heartbreak all around for all to see. Well done Nick, you excelled yourself with this video
Probably the young leave for the cities and the old people stay behind and then die. Nobody wants the old house, it burns down or falls down, or both.
@@susanwestern6434 you’re wrong. It’s more complicated than that. You better look up your answer that is completely incorrect.
Americans want $40 an hour to run machines because we know the companies can afford it. CEO shouldn't be making 300x the salary of a regular worker.
I think Americans need to get Profit Share in addition to the wages. Being only compensated for time and skill, but not getting a share of the Profit created from that skill is ridiculous.
But hey, the Executives will get bonuses and the workers get some pizza.
❤😮 congressmen voting themselves 50% raise making 20thousand a month for Jeffery Epstein , pig-a-diddy, mptrump, north fox island Michigan
Thats NOT how that works. If a machine can easily replace you, then YOU need to learn how to become irreplaceable.
If GM took their CEO's entire $27M salary and distributed it equally to every GM employee, it would only be about $170. CEO pay isn't the problem some of you make it out to be.
@@lawv804 Cashiers at Walmart, CVS, all big box retailers should receive some stock as part of their pay. With all of America participating in the stock market, income inequality will improve. Forced investing similar to SS, our culture says to be happy you must spend, spend, spend. We must counter that or our country is doomed.
I can mention it here, this was the most powerful video narration among all you accomplish, Nick. Very touching, emotional and exactly the point. Yes, you have to spend American money in America. You have to take care of yourself first. Your country first. Anything beyond can expect.
I am literally disgusted with the way this country is being run into the ground! Are politicians have turned our nation to an embarrassment, and now we're just a mix of ultra rich and poverty-stricken workers. There's absolutely no middle class left and now an influx of foreign slaves to replace the Americans that have given up...😢
*our politicians, not are politicians.
Well said.
@@kyleterpstra1899 is a word Nazi and I bet a looney liberal as well, everyone knew what they were saying, too bad we can't all be perfect like some soulless people
I would imagine you can blame the misspelling on the great AI hybrid and lots of comments on different channels and watched the machine screw up spelling@@kyleterpstra1899
Corporate greed ,pay for.the politicians
I would say that youtube is a place people go to see what's actually happening, given that mainstream sources turn a deliberate blind eye to these realities.
MSM is worthless... shills for the global elite.
Truth.
I'm from Germany, and what I see in this video is the future of "my" country. And I am really afraid of that...
Genau das habe ich auch gedacht beim Zuschauen. 😢
Looks like you’re well on your way brother
Talk to your local politician...
Thank you for making this. I think it's important for America to see how it looks in the rest of the country that isn't prospering. I reposted this on Facebook.
Yay Chris! ❤️
The problem here is that too much of America, the richer part, has become the "laptop class," and they couldn't care less about towns like this.
Im from the Netherlands, and when the coal mines shut, there was a plan. The government moved the headquarter of their pension fund and the quantitative research center over there. There came a new university. They subsidized the development of a chemical plant (now one of the largest in the world). As you see the aim was to get high quality jobs in the region.
There were problems, especially with drug use. But they disappeared after some time, because the government sent people to organize health care workers and social work and police to work together.
The minister-president behind this plan was a socialist. Even my conservative father said he was a genius. And that’s why the former coal mine region in the Netherlands is a flourishing region. Everywhere else it’s misery. Not only in the USA, also in England And Belgium.
The Netherlands is a third the size...of the 36th biggest state in the US. There is no reason to locate anything but a coal mining town in these coal mining towns. Dozens of other places can absorb the remaining people and industry...well, the ones that don't spend all their time crying over what used to be.
@ Belgium is also small, but the problems there are similar to the problems in the states. The UK is also not a large country, but the same problems. There is also another thing. The government didn’t try to keep the mines open. They saw the tide coming and closed them before they started to lose money.
Do you really think that there is nothing the government could have done?
Are you an idealist? Wake up, under capitalism it will always be like this, unless you rob some 3rd world country😊
@@mastpg..o sea te da igual que la gente pierda sus empleos , total pueden encontrar otros en otra parte , entonces no te quejes nunca de los inmigrantes sean africanos , musulmanes , americanos , etc ...total estan haciendo lo que tu dices , ..que pobre humanidad tienes , tu egoismo es una 💩
I’ll be honest: things can get better but a lot of people aren’t going to make it. Of course we should always try, but things can be too far gone.
Unfortunately, these scenes are repeated all over the USA.
Trump can't fix the USA. NOBODY CAN.
@@keithinaz9769he can do a lot better job than what we been having
Its big business doing this. As long as a president and his party are on the side of big business this will never change
@@randyeilers4061stop buying the products it's crap anyways
@@keithinaz9769 D. Trump is just what is known as WrongChoice_#02
you may choose, but either variant is bad
that way they make you believe it was all your fault in the end
Nick, your vlogs are very important. I recommend you to others all the time. Thank you. You're getting to the point of what's really going on with USA today.
Hi Jon. Thanks for the support! 🇺🇸
I don't understand why entrepreneurs and startup companies don't come to these abandoned towns and start up business's and tech industry, light industry.. The taxes are probably low and land cheap. I know I can't be the only person to imagine this
Yes I do come to your channel to see what was and what could be.
Everyone should subscribe and support Nick.
I agree. Shared his videos ❤
Fan from the UK here Nick. So incredibly interesting, and you are documenting history right here. Great work.
Hopefully these places aren't history one day
The US is huge, and there are thousands of small towns built around industries that fizzled out. Growth in cities pulls people from these dying towns, they can't all flourish at once. Land owners should be fined for leaving properties full of trash like in this video, code enforcement by each state could mitigate scenery like this. Detroit demolished abandoned homes but it cost $8,000+ per structure before inflation hit.-------South London viewed from the high speed train from Paris looked somewhat similar as I saw England for the first time. It looked like a junkyard for what seemed to be 20 miles, but then again, it's a 2,000 year old city. America is too young to look like this, and cleaning up these properties don't cost much, just effort.
@ what I have always found interesting is A) how these homes were once peoples pride and joy and B) how you end up abandoning a house! It’s not a car, if you leave behind a house you are potentially leaving literally everything you own really and starting from nothing.
On the South London thing, they may have been however old industrial areas, but residential areas, absolutely nothing like this in London. However, you do get really ugly social housing areas in south London that will look pretty bad, and actually deserted places like this in the North East of England with old mining towns
Where is this and year taken
@@paulgawlik25902085 (Biden) still president…
Sadly is about to get worse. The billionaires do not want to pay taxes and they plan to take away the little benefits the working class have.
Corporate GREED !!!
Why did Biden just give one billion dollars more to Africa has a last Friday? Asking for a friend.
Happy Thanksgiving to all yall.
I saw alot of beauty in the abandoned downtown in Pine Bluff , Arkansas. Lovely, gracious old buildings.
Such a shame.
Incredible video, once again Nic.
Those ruins speak volumes of a dystopian future for many more towns across the US.
Haunted ruins, its like you can hear the whisper of ghosts as you drive through those overgrown streets. Very eerie.
Clinton should be ashamed of himself!
If not for Arkansas people he wouldn't be 💩
He and Hillary both used Arkansas and never looked back!
It is sad but true, those towns are truly haunting Christy
It's called the ghost of capitalism. Featuring its inventors.
You know, some of these places are just not worth it. If they are rapidly disappearing, there’s bound to be a reason. Industry fled decades ago. Floods, drought, or whatever, nothing lasts forever. Tear down the abandoned buildings, clean up the garbage. Get a few unfathomably wealthy individuals that own this country to pony up a little and help these people relocate, start new lives. Finally, encourage nature to return. Our nation has forest, swamp, marsh, desert, and prairie. Each one is a beautiful, precious thing. All are far more attractive than the sadness Nick was brave enough to film for us here.
your mentality is a rational one 👍
@@rongreen8962 humans used to be able to support themselves what happened?
There are videos of mostly lost Canadian towns. The only thing still standing is usually an old wooden grain elevator or an old church stuck out in the middle of nowhere amongst fields of grain. Not only in the USA.
All that’s missing is the zombies & you’d have The Walking Dead
They're there, they're just the ones on drugs
I'm 66 years old and the America i knew is gone. Gutted. What's next?
War!
The Great Awakening happening right now.
Ten minute cities.
Im waiting for The Rapture.
@@GM-jv9jzand you will be waiting a long time
I think of all the homeless all over America and wonder if some of these places couldn't be put to better use. With all the money the gov't spends abroad it should be able to help more Americans and places like this.
These are some of the nicest places to film that T.V. Show The Walking Dead. Very Ominous.
but, where are they ? no one is walking. Not even the dead. even scarier and creepier
Its sad to see America sliding downhill so badly in so many places.
The vast majority of America does not look like this. I travel quite a bit, myself.
The politicians are doing exceptional ..private islands, wineries, us paying their way. Pfft.
It amazes me to see how quickly nature reclaims these abandoned properties. Weeds and small trees grow so fast, and I’ve seen it in my “abandoned” town of south bend, IN too
I went to law school in Mississippi 1975-1978 and worked in Jackson 1981-1985, so evidently things got really bad after I left. What I do know is that many law firms abandoned Jackson. the State capital, and went Noth to Madison-Ridgland. Such a move is unheard of, and circumstances must have gotten pretty bad for such a drastic changes to have occurred. Gangs roaming the streets is what I heard.
Thank you Nick for all of your videos!💞 You are drawing attention to a very serious problem. America 🇺🇸 has been in a constant decline since the turn of the century.
America used to be a Growing, Building, Active, Beautiful Place to live. People used to look out for one another. Now Everyone seems to be isolated. We need a Positive Change. Hopefully things will start getting Better Soon.👍🇺🇸♥️
Nick is actually a location scout for the next fallout series
THIS IS SO Sad.
Well, at least the streets are clean and no squatters. What's wrong ? all that complaining and all. Stop it and enjoy !
Small town America has been dying over the last 50 years
Same with Canada .
Yes go to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where I’m from looks exactly the same. My home city of McKeesport all abandoned houses and churches. Once beautiful church’s empty neglected and falling down. Sad history completely wiped out. Will be replaced by a China town or another nationality. Americas done for. The great replacement is not a theory
Depends largely on the clientele
@@robg5157 Its really our own fault. We are so selfish and lazy. We voted for this crap and we quit having children. Most of all we threw God and the bible out. You reap what you sow.
This is not the first documentary of this type that I have seen, and every time I see a new one, I am shocked, and I always come back to ask myself the same question: Will there be a solution to this? I even think of some options (which sound more like fantasies than objectives), but unfortunately, it seems almost impossible, if not impossible, for this to have a solution. Both the nation and society itself are in a complete decline, and I don't see how that can be stopped. And the number of American towns that are like this is terrifying.
Places like Walmart, Sams Costco, big music centers, and online buying have knocked out the little guy. Mom and pop shops can not compete with these huge corporations.
This is so sad and depressing. I'm old enough to remember the vibrant downtowns, sidewalks crowded with shoppers, etc. Locally, the large shopping centers and malls killed off the downtown stores and mom & pop stores. Online did a number on them too. I can only imagine these homes were once nice, kids playing in the yards. In a way, I'm glad they have not been torn down and left as a reminder of what once was.
And what you describe leads... straight to what you see now. This system is nuts.
Nick, this video is well done. But man it is so sad! It shouldnt be like this in America
This is perfect ! Lots of choice for a remake of, "The Postman", post apocalypse America. Box office winner.
Where there's muck there's shekels !
Ross Perot warned America about NAFTA. and they still re-elected Slick Willy.
Right?
Perot warned us of that big sucking sound of companies leaving…it can still be heard today.
Many people forget that NAFTA started with Reagan (who campaigned for it) and H.W. Bush. Clinton added a couple of side agreements meant to protect workers and the environment, and Congress passed it. Don't get me wrong; I blame Clinton for destroying our economy for many of his egregious policies, notably the evisceration of Glass Steagal (and many others).
@@Mark-yy2pyjust why Trump dumped NAFTA
“Re-elected”
Many beautiful old brick buildings in Pine Bluff, that if they were rehab would be wonderful. Hopefully some of them will make it.
Nick, it feels as in this video we are having a burial for these American towns and cities
So sad all that hard work passed generations built only for it all go to waste.
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None of these governors or mayors or city and state legislators haven’t the decency or ambition to clean up this mess
And the people still vote for them!
How about the residents clean up their mess?they made it.
It would be money out of their pockets greedy bit..es
Good work Nick! Real Journalism you do! Thank you!
Sad what our Country is becoming. 😪
Our Government needs to do better to keep companies here & not let them move to other countries or close down!
Our government caused it
The company's bought the government. Legal bribery and "corporations are people" .
Seeing once-thriving cities now turned into ghost towns truly touches my heart. The old buildings hold a timeless charm but also serve as a bittersweet reminder of broken dreams and forgotten stories. This documentary beautifully captures both the decay and a faint hope for revival. Is there any chance for these places to come back to life, or will they remain only memories preserved in emotional films like this one?
We've been following you for years and love the latest videos. Fantastic work.
Ok cool Matt!
In 1964 LBJ passed a 25% tariff on imported pick up trucks. My Nissan frontier was made in Smyrna Tennessee. Back then people complained it was a sales tax also.
Great documentary. Thanks for sharing.
$12 for a sandwich in that sh-thole?! Something tells me he gave you the tourist price...
Watch you mouth, your town may be the next sh-thole!
That’s the going rate
@Sugarsugar-24 In a Louisiana town that is half abandoned? Doubt it... No way locals are paying $12 for a sandwich.
Glad someone else thought that was crazy. I haven't been back to travel the US for several years, but that's either insane inflation or gouging someone from out of town.
Sadly the US is not what it used to be.
So true ...I been in USA over 32 years and I can't believe how much this country went down ...sad situation
These abandoned cities serve as a haunting reminder of the dark side of urban decline. Behind the empty streets and crumbling buildings are stories of lost jobs, failed industries, and forgotten communities. This documentary sheds light on the importance of education, economic opportunity, and sustainable development to prevent such collapses in the future. Let’s hope for lessons learned and a renewed focus on rebuilding and revitalization
lol there's no lesson learned on how to prevent this.
Great advertisement for Obamacare. 😂 That house with the Obamacare sign.
The affordable health care act brought health care to a lot of these area for the first time. A 65 year old man never had insurance until Obama. He got his teeth fixed and a few other things. Voted for Trump insurance gone. He lived in Kentucky, the woman who signed him up hadn’t worked in years til Obamacare. It wasn’t perfect because if we don’t pay they can’t buy yachts
@@trethatdudeit was good for many people yes but also many lost their jobs at hospitals and many Americans who didn't want health insurance or couldn't get it because they worked 2 part time jobs to get by, couldn't get it,got nailed on their taxes.
@trethatdude It shouldn't be that expensive in the first place. The only thing it did was make health insurance companies more wealthy. You should see John's Hopkins in Maryland. It went from reputable school to a massive medical company that has devoured half the state. It doesn't even have a goid reputation anymore.
They sure got some nice squad cars in that mississippi delta area tho
This is completely unbelievable.. so many infrastructures in these towns need to be torn down and the land cleaned up. Nobody's going to move to a city all of the buildings are abandoned and falling apart.
that is not how real estate works
@@bb5242hush bot
What a waste of land! Sprawling suburbs are destroying millions of acres of good farmland, while millions of acres in these cities are going to waste, when they should be used for housing. Total waste, shameful.
Great Intel, Brother.
The silver lining here is that these abandoned buildings do provide lots of opportunities for people to get into a fixer-upper for not much money
Not without an infrastructure
These are all high crime areas. Is that where you wan't to raise a family?
Why would you want to live in a town/city where every single house on the street was a “fixer upper”? The infrastructure is crumbling, in many cases you’d have to build a new home entirely. New foundation, ect. Just to live in a dead zone? No one is going to do that.
You can fix it up and the ones that you give a check, to sit home every month even with work around will destroy it for you.
Once you get too many of those types of people in an area they also destroy businesses.
What the hell for though???
These are horrible areas to live.
Nick, I spent a lot of time in the Shreveport-Bossier City area in the mid 80s. I was in the Air Force stationed there at the base for 3 1/2 years. Shreveport was iffy at best in the 80s but boy has it gotten a lot more seedy since then!
This honestly brings me to tears. Good work Sir.
You do good work documenting history with a video record . Thank You Young Man !
When the horse racing opened in Texas I quit going to Shreveport at Louisiana Downs! Had some great times, but I don't miss the drive from Dallas!?😮🥰😁
No, TH-cam is where we come to see the FACTS & TRUTHS, not for despair, that’s just something extra we get. 🥴
Exactly right
NOTICE HOW THESE ARE ALL REPUBLICAN STATES
Facts and truth?At least thirty percent of the crap on You tube are in fact lies
@@user-te9ut7ms4l Michigan and Illinois aren't. And its anywhere. Not just here.
0:20... Before I watched one second, I was going to include my hometown area(s) of the coalfields of Appalachia. Billions, trillions of dollars made over the decades, from the coal mined from these areas without much if any planning for post-mining.
Do you have any information about BigFoot ?
@KareemGunter Well, there's (at least) one just up the hill here from where I live in Ivel, KY. Heard it whoop early one morning
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Just my thought: could the majority of abandoned homes be dismantled, by able volunteers and builders, to use the worthy parts for building semi tiny homes and other necessaries? i want inputs, Thank You!
The jail in Pine Bluff is a former Walmart!
Hell, it used to have 2 Walmarts!!!!
Now you have 2 jails to choose from, lucky guy.
This is what happens when you open your market to countries that were poor. They get rich at your expense. Japan, South Korea, China, Mexico, etc.
We once got rich at THEIR expense though.😂
@@spaceghost8995Ok, fair.
@@spaceghost8995You must be a child who's been taught by Maxist teachers. The US used to make everything like China does now. We didn't get rich off foreign countries we did it ourselves after they all blew each other up in WW-II.
So sad 🤯and scary...Stay safe Nick...you guys are brave.I would be driving 100 mph out of there🚗💨
Seems after WW2 the country did well for a while. Was military draft time a better outcome due to personal structure? Teaching pride, strong work ethic, education, responsibility. Living clean?
I don’t have the answer however I’m 58, married 38 yrs. We both always worked. Educated ourselves to get that better job to afford a family. A dream home, savings for a rainy day. It worked well for us & we taught our kids the same & it’s paying off for them as well. When people think they’re too good to work for a dollar, GOV allowing too many programs to allow laziness, then it produces what we now have. People need to work. If jobs aren’t available you gotta move. Self respect, respect others, responsibility, tact, decorum, graces. We gotta get back to it and The Golden Rule. Thats my 2¢.
Dual citizenship politicians ✡️
Good advice.
Wish I was born in the 40s
What's up with all the burnt down houses?
In 1992 during the presidential campaign, people made fun of Ross Perot for being an alarmist when he said that Bill Clinton’s NAFTA agreement would lead to the loss of jobs in the US. They laughed at him.
He was 100% correct and no one is laughing now.
Not me I voted for Mr Perot
Nick, i normally love your videos, but this one was hard to get through. very sad state of affairs in parts of our country.
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Gary, Indiana WIKI Although initially a very diverse city, Gary currently holds one of the nation's highest percentages of African-Americans.[10] Between 1970 and 2010, Gary maintained a 40-year record of holding the nation's largest Black population per capita.[11] The city also boasts a legacy of African-American cultural and historical feats, such as electing the nation's first Black mayor (see Richard Hatcher), hosting the first and largest National Black Political Convention, and, in 1945, becoming the first city in the Midwest (and one of the first in the entire nation) to fully integrate its public school system.[12]
My grandpa lived in Gary in the 50s and 60, left in great white flight 😂. Because of the nationally historic murder rate per capita many years, that is really something to look up too😂 Gary should not have any comments bragging about what people of color can do smfh. My pops family left cause crime got so bad, and Caucasians can't live with that. Most are civilized people and cant do the integration of diverse people, it don't work, it won't work, and the faster we as a society finally figure it out, the better we will be. Let this 💩 hole cities have anarchy and rampant crime, let us stay in the Burbs and country. You all made your bed, now lay in it. Sorry ✌
During Richards term is when Gary really went to crap.
FAIL
Why is there's a large population of Black Americans it's always the poorest.
That certainly explains a lot about Gary, Indiana.
Italian watching. What frightens me the most is the absence of people. It looks like a distopic film after a nuclear war. Poverty is one thing desolation is something else.
WELCOME TO THE GREAT RESET
I’ve driven through there myself a couple of months ago. Absolutely horrendous !
The way trash is managed is appalling
If you told me some of these towns were frontline villages in the Donbass, I'd have believed you
There everything is better.
Your taxes are in Kiev😂
Thank you Nick for doing this work.