City Drive

[@erikscherer22]

I grew up in Bismarck, great town and I want to move back there some day!

[@AbsolutelyNoOne-qi4ye]

My grandfather was from North Dakota, There’s actually a road in Bismarck named after my family which is Dohn Ave and Dohn obviously being our last name, My great grandparents were the first house in that area. My dad always told me when they visited my great grandparents that the only place near was a meat market that my Great Grandmother would go to to make dinner !

[@Ithinkiwill66]

This was one of the BEST driving tour guides ever, that I've seen so far, on KZbin! I am from Winnipeg, and took a trip in 2011 to Fargo, but never to Bismarck yet. It is a very nice, cozy, type of a city, as what I saw on this clip. Thank you for your time, and effort, to make this video! God Bless 🙌 🙏🏼

[@moosefactory133]

I have never been to Bismark but have been to Fargo. One thing I noticed about both cities is how clean they are.

[@Monkey865]

I’m sorry to ruin it but they aren’t I live in Bismarck and while driving There’s garbage in the road and the ditches and more places

[@Ithinkiwill66]

@moosefactory133 you are correct about that, at least what I remember Fargo was 😊😊

[@shane3818]

More like #1 in ND. Great content 👍

[@earlyjr.deloach7183]

Really enjoyed the video! Thanks for the explanation about ND 1804 and 1806. Bismarck has a nice little airport which happens to be on ND 1804.

[@504RoadTrips]

I haven’t been to the Bismarck airport but Kari has flown in and out of there twice this year. Thanks for watching!

[@noim7785]

Like drive videos with this kind of calming vibe. Great video!!💪

[@birdlover6842]

Pretty trees. Sure beats the western states in beauty.

[@lfader]

Born in Bismarck raised in Wishek have fam in both cities !!! 💖 ND Greatest State in the USA!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 🌟 (Go Bison !! 👍)

[@williegill567]

I enjoy your history lessons thank you so much, I think Bismarck beautiful town

[@TransCanadaPhil]

I always enjoy your low-key city tours with soothing jazz. The thing that is always so striking to me about coming down to North Dakota ever since I was a young boy is how sprawled out everyhing is; buildings, sidewalks, roads. It's the first thing you notice when you cross over that border.

[@504RoadTrips]

It's like that throughout the midwest. I find North Dakota and Wyoming to be very similar.

[@nodak81]

I haven't seen Bismarck since we moved away in 1988 when I was just a kid. You can see the building where my mom worked at 4:55 on the left, the one with the weird little tower. If I remember right, the light on top glows different colors depending on the weather outlook.

[@504RoadTrips]

In New Orleans, the Falstaff Brewery had a big tower sign with a ball on top that would be lit up in different colors depending on the weather. I don't know if anything like that exists today.

[@NadirMuhammad-vt5sb]

Bismarck is beautiful and clean

[@waltersaul1807]

Nice to get off the interstate and see this fascinating community. I was wondering why no I-194 signs ever showed up in your North Dakota video around Bismarck. Now that I have experienced the Bismarck "Expressway" at least virtually, I can understand the locals' desire to keep it hidden. It's a lovely avenue, like so much of Bismarck's streets and thoroughfares, but not an expressway.

[@504RoadTrips]

The western edge that is unsigned I-194 is controlled access. The eastern part on the outskirts of town is closer to an expressway, but not freeway. As of the last time I was there, in July, there were no I-194 signs at all, but now Google Maps has an I-194 shield on the western part of it. I assume that’s all it will ever be...if it was planned to be a compete loop, it would have an even first number.

[@RiveraMichael4567]

@@504RoadTrips Tell me about it; many Rand McNally road atlases also tend to feature the I-194 designation on their maps. Unfortunately, the unsigned SR-810 is still ignored.

[@504RoadTrips]

@@RiveraMichael4567 my guess is that the state doesn’t see signing the state highway as important or prudent. Since it’s unsigned, and barely mentioned outside of a sentence in a Wikipedia article, the map makers may not know about the SR designation. I-194 is in the official Interstate inventory. There’s been a lot of talk about it. AFAIK, it’s eligible to be signed. The map makers might not know that it’s unsigned.

[@bakmahon888]

Good city to visit during summer vacation only.

[@11C1P]

As Springsteen said "This is my hometown..." Summer of '89 before I left for the army I tried to drive on every street in Bismarck (it was a lot smaller then) on my motorcycle & would ride till 3 or 4 am till I was finally tired as hell, then fall asleep on my bike going north on hwy 83 on my way home north of town. The town is so much bigger now.

[@504RoadTrips]

We didn’t get to see much except the part between old US-10 and I-94. It’s expanded quite a bit to the north and south.

[@robwebnoid5763]

Hello again. I commented in your Mandan drive thru a couple days ago. And just like Mandan, I have no recollection of Bismarck's streets & buildings either, when we would go there on some weekends for shopping, as a preteen in the 1970's. The only thing that caught my attention was when you said Kirkwood Plaza, which was a mall we went to many times, I think. Really, my better memories is the highway travel from our home in Fort Yates to Bismarck/Mandan. This capitol city though seems rural, spacious & sleepy, even to this day, with wide open grassy areas. Perhaps that is intentional & not to make it too metropolitan. And living in Fort Yates for 5 years had given me much respect for the Sioux/Lakota native Americans. My dad was also able to pick up just a few words of the Sioux language. He was a physician in town & might have also gone to do some work in those Bismarck hospitals, idk.

[@504RoadTrips]

Bismarck and Mandan are interesting little towns. They seem like a good place to retire to--if it didn't get SO damn cold there in the winter. We were just up there again a couple of weeks ago.

[@robwebnoid5763]

​@@504RoadTrips ... (Ok I replied earlier but lost it, so I'm retyping it from memory...) : Funny you say that about the "cold", as I am completely shocked that I didn't even mention it. The cold, the snow, the blizzards, this is a factor for my family in leaving the Midwest. Before ND, we lived in WI (Wisconsin). And after ND, we moved to MN (in Ada, relatively close to Canada). I think the reason why I didn't mention the cold is because I loved it, it was not completely torturous for me, so it didn't stand out in memories. Now for the parents, especially my mom, she didnt like it. Many times it got below freezing, iirc. Mounds of snow in front yard to make snow men, caves & forts. The winters were cold, but the summers were hot & humid. The midwest is known for tornadoes as well, but luckily we did live just above tornado alley, so it was rare, although I had seen the funnels at least a couple times. Sure you can retire there in the Dakotas area, just be sure the house is designed & prepped for the hard winter. I recently was also looking into Ada MN & saw news that a huge flood devastated the town in the late 1990's. Good thing we left 2 decades earlier. Now as for Oregon (and southern WA), where I am presently, this is nicer weather all year round for retirement. A bit more rain, but nothing I cannot handle. There is snow at the lower levels but it comes far & few, like every few years & it doesn't stay long. I will have to see if you have done any tours around here.

[@silasthegreat983]

Nice Video! Glad I made it to the premiere

[@504RoadTrips]

Thanks for joining us!

[@simonquintanilla9807]

Una ciudad increible

[@88kiki73]

Living in south korea. Felt not really awesome or looks great when i watched ny, la, huston etc.. but i always wanted to live in the places like these. It's rare to see those calm and quiet cities and lands in korea. My country has two times higher density than greater la metropolitan....no place to be free...😢😢

[@504RoadTrips]

It would definitely be a big change to move to a small Midwestern town. Some of those places, you could land an airplane on the main street and only have a few witnesses.

[@chrn9688]

have you seen any pedestrians?

[@504RoadTrips]

Sometimes, I see them in my dreams.

[@bradleyschmidt7190]

I said the same thing! Even downtown there wasn't a single person out on the streets. There was one guy trying to cross a super wide intersection, in which he probably had to wait forever to cross. But yeah, typical America really. Cars everywhere but nobody walks.

[@pdsrunner]

It was likely Saturday or Sunday. Capitol grounds parking lot was completely empty, downtown streets were empty of cars parked because most of the banks, offices, etc.. are closed downtown over the weekend.

[@joeybenra]

WOW 🤩 👍👍👍👍

[@bobthebuilder9388]

It’s crazy to me that I know exactly where you are

[@504RoadTrips]

Right now? 😳

[@aureliuswolf5554]

I live here lol

[@JohnSmith-sl6eg]

How is the dating scene in Bismarck?

[@PenusDrippings]

AIDS

[@bakrs5417]

Like battleship Bismarck

[@504RoadTrips]

The German Battleship was named for Baron Von Bismarck, as was the city. The USS Bismarck was a carrier.

[@bakrs5417]

@@504RoadTrips okay good information but the battleship is a legend

[@chrisnordeje341]

Im am from South Africa, I have a big desire to immigrate to the USA and settle in a quiet, peaceful place like North Dakota. Bismarck seems like the perfect place. If anyone from ND reads this, would you be welcoming towards a South African family? And how difficult is it to get a job there? I have a Bachelors Degree In Accounting, and a wealth of experience in HR, Finance, Audit and Accounting with some IT skills to go along with it. I want to come to your beautiful state

[@sonnymarino9381]

Just stay in south Africa

[@saharazar895]

@@sonnymarino9381 aw da wiw baby get butt hurt cus he no likey ppl

[@misterrr7]

@@saharazar895 stay in your shit hole

[@liveforjesus4557]

Are you gonna attack us like you do white farmers in South Africa?? Nah homie stay home, America is for Americans

[@PenusDrippings]

filmed in November? no way.

[@504RoadTrips]

The filming date was July 4, 2020. Why'd you think it was filmed in November?

[@PenusDrippings]

@@504RoadTrips maybe because thats when it was posted. the grass is too green for November.

[@504RoadTrips]

@@PenusDrippings definitely. It was July.

[@hanshenghuang402]

Bring back the Amtrak NORTH COAST HIAWATHA!

[@tylermorrow3550]

I just got off the phone with a rancher here about a job.. I should definitely stay ranching in the middle of no where northeast Nevada. I hate nevada(being from Appalachian North Carolina). But this looks like a very depressing life(for me).

[@bradleyschmidt7190]

Great video of where I grew up. However, as a professional musician, I have to say whomever the sax player is in the background recording, is pretty bad. The guitarist thankfully made up for them lol. But it gives me hope that I too can make a recording if they can! Anyway, at a certain point I just turned down the music and watched the video! Also, what I've noticed is the same thing I noticed in most medium sized towns in the U.S., and that is that is very car oriented and you see absolutely zero street life. I get that this was filmed in 2020 so I'm sure covid had an impact, but I was there in the summer last year and it wasn't much different. Cars, cars, cars and no people! Not even any bikers or bike lanes! But again, it's not anything different than you see anywhere else in this country. Car culture has ruined our cities.

[@504RoadTrips]

Yeah, that was just some guy who was standing at a bus stop. We picked him up and had him ride around in the back seat playing the sax. We got tired of it pretty fast, but we didn't feel right just putting him out of the car in some random neighborhood. Thanks for watching!

[@PenusDrippings]

4:00 should've turned down 3rd street instead.

[@joyschtik]

I would die living there…

[@lincolnguy1483]

Boring craphole, full of crime.

[@11C1P]

Everyone that lives here dies here. Stay where you are so you can live forever.

[@lfader]

​@@11C1P🤣🤣🤣

[@bradleyschmidt7190]

Trust me, it's boring af

[@petertraudes106]

Kan het nog doodser en lelijker?

[@User-zy5io]

american dehat

[@Rubiey-gw5dv]

*How can u do any retail business here in such a small town??? Do shops have good business for running their kitchen?????0*

[@504RoadTrips]

@@Rubiey-gw5dv the metro has 133,000 people. As long as any one market isn’t saturated, I would think that they’d do a booming retail business.