Going loco in Wichita Falls Texas

[@kenbarthelette8079]

I hate the place. I was refused service trying to buy clothes. He said he didn’t serve military. He then asked me to leave the clothing store. That was in 1960. I was a 17 year old Air Force Trainee. They treated Airmen badly back then. I would never return.

[@stevenbarnett-ui4ql]

I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1990,COMING FROM BURKBURNETT•THIS CITY HOLDS A WHOLE LOT FOR ME, YOU'RE ONLY SHOWING EAST SIDE,WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDES=TO ME,THIS IS A CITY"THAT NEVER GOES,BUT IT GROWS"=THAT'S THAT❤️❤️

[@flyin2low2c]

That trailer park used to be very nice until the owners died, and their children let it rot into what you see. The city should have made them clean it up years ago but for some reason haven't.

[@paulrios4381]

You only traveled on the eastern side of town. How does that represent a whole city? There’s mansions and a whole University and other neighborhoods. You’re foul for doing this video. Just pick a part of town and say that’s it. Bogus as heck! How do you show a whole town in less than ten mins?

[@kgunthorpe]

I didn't claim to show the whole town. I stumbled upon random stuff. I said in the video it wasn't a comprehensive tour of Witchita Falls.

[@jimdavis2385]

My grandparents and uncle and aunt lived in WF before they moved to Ft. Worth. They attended First Methodist, so it was great to see it in your video. Thanks.

[@lara4life656]

Leave this video up. Wichita Falls sucks.😆👍🏼

[@ronniefarris8561]

The opening area used to have plantation homes, and work residences there. When the tornadoes touched down before forming into one they took out most of the homes there. The trailers where brought in for emergencies for families to stay in while there home is being rebuilt. The made that area a commercial zone, and brought in hotels, and fueling stations for new businesses opening up. That hotel had the field behind it, and beside it full of tents, and building supplies. Most individuals that had a home now had to relocate or consider the loss, and start in a different city. They were angry for a while so the city left the trailers for the workers, and citizens stayed there to be with family while they rebuilt what they were to was lost. That hotel housed many sick, wounded, and even dead. The highway stretches all ways from there now, but in that day there was a way into town, and then out of it. Those roads carried many freight trucks that only had those roads to convoy goods, and that's why the are broken through today. They aren't load bearing for the trucks but at times there is no other turn around the drivers can us so they use those streets, that are shown to have minimal living there so no real damage can be accrued. That hotel houses spirits of our lost, and it is a little creepy just looking at it, but out of all the hotels in the city that one hasn't been on the news for anything bad I a while. If you want to see if before the storm hit go to our library and look into the microfiche archive. Even look at Arial photos of the city before the terrible Tuesday tornadoes. That is also on what known as industrial drive, and it was called that after the tornadoes due to homes no longer being there, and the industrial market we had need of in order to fix the city. Many families lost everything but it didn't stop those families from getting up, rubbing dirty on there hands and getting it done. What you see now is the aftermath of the government writing us off, and us not going anywhere.

[@johnlile7562]

These trailer parks (two, each having a different street) off of old Iowa Park rd were here well before the tornadoes in ‘79 and the small one in ‘64. You may be thinking of another area.

[@ronniefarris8561]

@@johnlile7562 there was a microfiche that has photos in those areas that had the cities plaque on them. There were a lot that were destroyed, and they tried to build on some of those lots that the city wound up taking from the owners. The issue was put out that the owners are mad about losing the land in the whole disaster. If you look into the vintage photos you'll see homes that aren't close to the same anymore and the lots have been shrunken down for taxation reasons. We lost a lot in just that storm and the scary part was when they demolished homes that were perfectly OK just to clear the land and sell it out from under the natural owner. Everything changed drastically in the way they started building so fast that the homes didn't last long before it caused the areas to look like they were poor but they weren't.

[@georgehays4900]

English.

[@beckylunaroy3379]

He is filming in the north part of Wichita Falls, hence he drove right past Hirschi High School. The previous 3 tornadoes hit in Wichita Falls was around SAFB one in the 50's, downtown in '64 and Terrible Tuesday April 10, 1979 tornado hit in the southwestern part of town. It started about 3-5 miles out behind the stadium. The current houses to the west and south of the Stadium were not yet. Iowa Park Rd area has never been hit by a tornado in the 57 years I have lived in the neighborhood not far from where he filmed. But I can tell you about 4-6 years before Terrible Tuesday, as we were alerted to a Tornado Warning, I look up at the clouds and a huge cell was spinning right over our backyard. That is as my family ran to get in our neighbors cellar. I was 12 years old that day in 1979, I remember that day like it was yesterday. We were on Spring Break from school. The Sunday coming was Easter Sunday.

[@beckylunaroy3379]

This guy made a damn mockery of our town. Hell, even I have seen worse neighborhoods outside of my hometown...The Falls!!! We have rich history to be proud of that he doesn't even know about.

[@JohnBowman-rd5hm]

I live in Fort Worth and make my way up the 287 corridor a few times a year. Witchta Falls is a friendly town for sure. You can go to any city and find lower income communities everywhere. Sorry you had a bad experience.

[@charlesblackthedecendant1092]

Im from Wichita Falls and its alot of weath and lovely homes there, Im glad that there are not alot of squaters that do not litter home. Like i see in larger towns in Texas. Great place to luve.

[@candyp8071]

Every City has abandoned areas as well as middle class and wealthy

[@samehmarie8171]

I am so mad right now. You are only showing the bad parts of town and making fun of it! The parts where the terrible Tuesday tornado hit and never got fixed or the places that are wrecked, show the good parts of town and maybe why you didn’t show the business area is because it is beautiful! Leave Wichita alone. Delete this video.

[@beckylunaroy3379]

Wonder what he was in court for?

[@Mellowstxph]

No this city is trash. They treat the military horribly and majority are prejudice. The only thing that is somewhat beautiful is the falls.

[@MR-cr9xm]

You show the shit part of Wichita Falls. Not all of us live like what you're so "fascinated" by. Nice houses and great businesses in other parts of town that you didn't bother to film.

[@brandonmontellano4405]

You need to take this down. Your acting like your in a third world country & can’t believe what your seeing. You only showed the east side which is the poor part of town & our downtown in the middle of Covid. You need to leave your comfortable bubble there are a lot of places 100x worse. Drive around Denver for an hour & you’ll see hundreds if not thousands of homeless drug addicts living in tents all over the city. Wichita falls is a beautiful city with beautiful people that I love. If you don’t like it you can leave but don’t post a video degrading our city based on your limited perspective

[@samehmarie8171]

I know, the city is really beautiful! He is not showing the good side.

[@Mellowstxph]

I lived in Wichita Falls Tx for a year, it’s okay looking kinda boring. Some people are friendly but I had encountered more racism than other cities.

[@PawPower89]

You pick the worst trailer park in town to start the video.

[@keepsmilin468]

I really can't believe you don't know what a business highway is and think if you are on one, there will be businesses everywhere

[@karlheinzvansteen5748]

Your really painting a nefarious picture of Wichita Falls. You show only the outskirts in the trailer park part and then switch to the old downtown which was pretty active back in the 60-70's but has fallen on hard times now but slowly reviving. The New part of town is southwest of your filming. Lots of mansions, the Sykes Mall and all the new construction is out that ways, also coincidently the section that got hit by the "Black Friday" tornado back in 1979.

[@kgunthorpe]

This wasn't intentionally negative. I just stumbled upon what I saw and started filming because I happened to be in town for a court case. As I said in the video, it wasn't an exhaustive tour of the city.

[@re8746]

Wichita Falls is a dump.

[@geedubaya]

I hope you have a good day.. Please don't come back to Wichita Falls.

[@Jake-lc4oh]

Wish I could leave i I m 😭

[@dayna.supremacy7704]

it’s not even that bad, it’s a pretty normal city. might be a little ghetto but it’s normal for us. sorry we’re not as nice as other towns and you’re by my middle school and high school. and not very many people go to that motel or any motels like that in town anymore. if you wanna see the nice side go by msu or on the rich people side 💀🤚

[@georgehays4900]

At least you didn’t say a lot of negative stuff.

[@jasonreed1707]

I'm from Wichita falls Texas but live in Burkburnett Texas

[@randydennis6592]

Owners trying to move people out . Its Hirshi high. Turn left from parking lot to downtown. My family has been on Beverly and Marian since 1946

[@royceyellowboy9285]

Lived north wichita falls (evergreen trailer park), nice city...

[@richarddodds9326]

I had aunt that lived there and I never been there, why I looked at the video. You are real dummy.

[@patricklaurojr7427]

Place got hit with a bad tornado in 70s

[@smokintee117]

You just passed Eual st on your right where I used to live.

[@killerstang3026]

This guy lol

[@patricklaurojr7427]

That's the projects of Texas poverty big time

[@paradoxstudios6639]

Meth is the solution.

[@kohlhollis9042]

your by Hirshi High School

[@kohlhollis9042]

and lucypark

[@Miss_Malibu]

I find it disturbing that you show the more poverty stricken areas and don't show other parts. That hotel is like any other hotel on the poverty stricken side of towns in any city in America. That high school you should may be in the "bad" area of town but has produced some great scholars and professional athletes from it so don't judge a book by it's cover every City has poverty areas and seedy motels so next time try to do better and highlight other areas and judge a city too poorly and maybe pray for those less fortunate that have no choice to where they have to live

[@Mellowstxph]

The whole city is very much outdated with flat lands, messed up roads, prejudice people, and overpriced grocery stores. It’s not that exciting, it may hold value to their natives but nothing special.

[@Miss_Malibu]

@@Mellowstxph I don't know about value but it no worse than any other cities around the economy is hard every where so many smaller and bigger businesses don't look to expand but I think the city is cheaper than most to meet ends for people