I Went To The Worst Place To Live In Idaho

[@NickJohnson]

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[@rogerburn5132]

As Always Nick. BRILLIANT VIDEO BIG THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK MUCH APPRECIATED 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dethray1000]

love you nick

[@heliosabbot838]

Don't tell everyone how great it is to live amongst white Mormons. That's definitely going to be the end for the middle class and poor white families that live in Pocatello. They'll end up homeless with no place else to go.

[@heliosabbot838]

Thanks for this! I've never been to Pocatello. What a great place to and your tour of the Mountain West.

[@NeilGonzalez-cl3jh]

You might need glasses. It says 1981 National Champions.

[@SnoopEastwood]

Foreign companies and non residents should not be allowed to own land in the USA we have enough of a housing shortage already.

[@paulstrawbridge5687]

Well...isn't that the example of the free market capitalism we love so much? Haha...yeah, china or any other foreign entities should not be able to buy our country out.

[@brankobelfranin8815]

Business is business

[@ajf5823]

Totally agree!!

[@mavericksization]

Yeah, I’m at know it we should be able to sell parts of Miramax to China. We shouldn’t be able to sell some of our soybean farmland in Nebraska to China. We shouldn’t be able selling all this real estate to these Chinese students that are coming over here with all this tech money, you’re right about all that we should have a medication made from our enemies at China. Long story short our country sold out our elites in our leaders have been bought out plus add a little dash of George Soros, and then wants us a communist country and damn there’s your answer.

[@ey67]

Thanks to our corporate governance. Americans and America have been for sale and for rent for many decades.

[@josephd5715]

The worst place in Idaho looks better than many many places across the US.

[@Lifetalk849]

Yaaaas!!!😊

[@ressljs]

This didn't look bad at all. But "bad" in this part of the country is nothing like bad elsewhere. I live in North Dakota. We have towns that are dumps because they lost their main employment and now there falling apart. Still, they don't have the soul crushing despair and degradation I see in other parts of the country. When I go back to my home state of Pennsylvania, a lot of the central parts of that state look like District 12 of the Hunger Games, and Philadelphia... My God! How do people live like that?!

[@shooterjenkins7089]

No, it's not.

[@IwonyoulostLOL]

​@@ressljsThey live like that because they're junkies who don't care about anything but getting high lol I'm 22 and I know that, hell I knew it at 19

[@derekintheph8935]

Agreed , I live in Minneapolis and I'm RED af basically a fish out of water overhere

[@jblover_3014]

If THIS is the worst idaho has to offer, then they are doing something right

[@lilalienangel3414]

It's far from the worst. Firth sucks. Please don't move to Idaho.

[@RiOT5111]

Yeah Pokys got some charm still atleast, our neighbor BlackFoot ID on the other hand...

[@clayton5584]

The winter Is the worse they have to offer

[@RonaldMcDonald23]

Especially if you vote like Californians

[@rondye9398]

Blackfoot is heaven compared to Fort Hall reservation not to far from either Pokie or Blackfoot.@@RiOT5111

[@ryanreay4167]

That's my hometown. Like most young people, I was itching to leave this place straight out of high school.. After having lived on each coast and in between, having experienced a dozen foreign countries, I decided Poky wasn't the worst place I'd been. I came back here when I finished up in the military, and plan on dying here, just as my grandparents did.

[@gailhall6283]

Holy crap. Where in tbe world did you travel to?

[@gergelydrotos3745]

Looks pretty nice, very quiet, but neat. Usually I don't like US cities, but Poky looks like a good place

[@melissablueswomanhensley634]

I was born in Idaho, lived there till I was 6 and half. I still miss it. We lived in Spirit Lake. Not sure where that is in relation to here.

[@ryanreay4167]

@@gergelydrotos3745 Where are you from?

[@gergelydrotos3745]

Hungary, Budapest

[@stevewalcott9546]

I moved here from California 3 years ago, I live in Chubbuck, which is adjacent to Pocatello. I am very happy here and glad to be out of the homeless camps and extremely high costs and high taxes of California.

[@johng5710]

Hopefully you're not voting Democrat then

[@ThatMagaLife]

I hope you learned how to vote

[@stevewalcott9546]

You bet! The main reason I left….to be in a conservative state with like-minded people. So glad to have escaped!

[@zacsdiyguns]

​@@stevewalcott9546 those states get turned in to blue

[@metalmike570]

Well done Mr. Walcott. Congrats.

[@KCFromTheIE]

Pocatello has promise-I was actually pleasantly surprised……and if this is Idaho’s worst, good for Idaho! 👏

[@pampoovey3281]

yea look at the lack of graffiti in the crap part of town.

[@SteveEddy-od7fb]

Idaho is great place for Neo Nazi s

[@NickJohnson]

That's right honey! We liked it there!

[@Goodie2shoes-lb9jf]

I live here, it's church covered up. There's lots of drugs, even our City Atty was caught w Fentanyl. It's just better hidden.

[@thereckoning5488]

I happen to live just outside Pocatello. It used to be a not very good place to live but has changed quite a bit from my perspective.

[@adamfrbs9259]

Notice how downtowns in America still exist literally because of the old school brickwork. The crap they build now, (like every strip mall next to a walmart) will never last that long. So when towns die, they'll stay dead, with buildings beyond repair, unlike brick buildings. I won't live long enough to see it, but good luck.

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

I watched the video last year that actually said the same thing but in this case homes instead of commercial buildings. A lot of the modern homes they’ve been building have a life expectancy average around 50 years. Older homes that were built close to a century ago or close to that were a lot more durable.

[@annabelleb.8096]

@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonasI live in an old bungalow. You are right they were built to last. When I move I want another old brick home! Plaster walls and ceilings beat drywall any day.

[@amicaaranearum]

Sadly, many downtowns just have brick façades.

[@adamfrbs9259]

@amicaaranearum1560 ya I've been through 49 States...all the small downtowns are drug fronts now at best...or vacant.

[@janetclark5668]

Our elementary school in Emmett ID 74 yrs ago was brick. The name of it was Brick Elementary. ! Also my uncle's farm house was brick. Also a fancier, newer house (at the time) my aunt (his ex-wife) moved into in town was brick.

[@dagnytaggart5216]

My dad was from Idaho and we would take a vacation to that area at least every other summer. (From L.A.). I had relatives in Blackfoot, Pocatello, Twin Falls etc. it’s been decades now since I’ve been in contact with any family up there. This episode is putting a smile on my face and bringing back happy memories. Thank you Nick Johnson 😊

[@NickJohnson]

That is awesome!

[@hardluckcharlie]

Back in the day, some friends and I rented a Winnebago and drove 500 miles to Pocatello to see Fleetwood Mac. Yes, the Fleetwood Mac. They started their world tour in Pocatello, ID. True story.

[@NickJohnson]

What?!?

[@metalmike570]

You Can Go Your Own Way 😃

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Fleetwood Mac in schit kicker country ?

[@metalmike570]

@@user-wy1dl2me2p Yeah it was back in the Day. Now their just up Schitt's Creek...

[@zairen5421]

Nice

[@danarcaris1259]

I laughed so hard as you drove away saying " I was just going to ask him what it was like living here " .

[@DrakoAgunnid-wr5vl]

I live in Pocatello and know him as the “hello have a good day” guy cause every car that passes he screams at them to have a good day pretty good guy from what I could tell might have mental health or drug issues but he’s nice regardless

[@danarcaris1259]

I didn't mean anything mean concerning that guy but was just laughing at the whole situation that Nick was in .

[@danarcaris1259]

I have worked with the homeless in the 90s and then was the teaching pastor at a Saturday morning breakfast on the beach for several years not that long ago . I knew thousands of people on the streets from San Bernardino to San Diego but these days there is something much different going on than just people living on the streets ( demon possessed people and gangs ruling over them ) .

[@lrn_news9171]

@@danarcaris1259Drugs are different. the tranq stuff especially is terrible.

[@metalmike570]

He looks like Red Skelton. Yeah I'm getting old but I still remember him!

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

I used to live near Idaho Falls for several years, but I definitely have been to Pocatello many times. Even though this part of Idaho may be considered bad, it is definitely nothing compared to Houston (born and raised) or even the worst parts of Dallas or Atlanta. Pocatello, in many other states would be considered a nice area. But of course most people won’t realize because Boise the only place you’ll only ever hear about in regards to Idaho 80% of the time.

[@Shazzyhtown]

🤨 why u insulting my Houston? I see you😒

[@pauljensen3799]

Just got back to Arizona last night from spending the summer in Jerome, love it there

[@nicthegiant]

My girlfriend is from Idaho Falls and we are most likely to move back there in a few years once we settle down. We both love it there in IF.

[@usborn8388]

I heard that Boise has a very distinct awful smell. Is there a paper mill around there or something?

[@nicthegiant]

@@usborn8388 you might be thinking of Lewiston Idaho. There is paper mill there and makes the whole Lewiston valley (including Clarkston WA) smell bad

[@Mari-go5hc]

I was born in Twin Falls Idaho. We moved shortly after to Henderson NV. My mom couldn't take the cold with her arthritis. So we traded the beauty of Idaho for hell. We always went back to Idaho in the summer to visit family. My grandparents moved to this really cool town called Jerome. You had to cross over the snake river on the memorial bridge to get to Jerome. I loved that little town. I miss Idaho I haven't been back in years. It's a world away from Henderson/Las Vegas. And the heat!

[@keithbalke6352]

Man traded Beauty for Hell……fam comes first tho

[@solarguy1702]

My grandparents moved to Jerome also around 1970.

[@jazzpup8288]

Right on we lived just on the Jerome side on rm101. We could just ride our dirt bikes around everywhere back then

[@itskarl79]

I was born in Mountainhome, and grew up in a couple small towns along the snake river. I joined the military and ended up retiring in Arizona, I appreciate Idaho, so much more now, especially with how things have changed in the world and even more local to Phoenix. My youngest son is in college now, but I anticipate at some point that I will move back to Idaho. Gooding, Wendell, Jerome, I have their own issues, of course, no different than a lot of small towns across the country. Do you think you would ever move back to Idaho from Las Vegas/Henderson?

[@holdenc3082]

Henderson is a nice area. I certainly wouldn’t describe it as hell.

[@wotanmituns33]

3:58 America is way too car centric. Look at all that asphalt, lanes and parking lots with almost no demand for it. . Almost no trees. No bike lanes. Sad.

[@asullivan4047]

Route66 was the precursor to the asphalt road way system. Remember how the inter-state post W.W.-2 hwy. System mushroomed-???🤔. North/South/East & West-???😳. Quite an incredible endeavor/simular to the rail road system. Both endeavors unlike anything the planet🌎 has ever seen-!!!😳.

[@NewHaven203]

It’s a shame to see this series end, this was a relief from the ravished, desolate trips through the south and California that you did. Ideas for future road trips: New England road trip, Rust belt Midwest road trip, Alaskan road trip, Hawaiian road trip

[@NickJohnson]

I did a rust belt trip once and the other three are on the sked!

[@eviefriend3976]

My husband grew up in Pocatello and hates it. We used to go down there quite a bit before his mom died. We haven’t been back since. We met in Emmett and have been married 29 years.

[@patriciaanzelc5386]

Now Emmett that is something! Have friends there

[@eviefriend3976]

@@patriciaanzelc5386 Everyone knows someone from Emmett it seems.

[@tufelhunden5795]

I grew up in Emmett. Now living in Nampa. I miss it. Maybe once I don’t have to go into downtown Boise for work I’ll move back.

[@TheSGBrown]

Live in Poky. Notice the lack of garbage on the streets; no homeless; minimal crime. -Boring. Yeah, Poky IS HORRIBLE: don't come here! /grins

[@trebors386]

Nick, you missed Idaho’s best gem named Idaho Falls. I’ve been visiting their since I was a kid as I have relatives there. It’s not as gritty as Pocatello or over run by the west coast like Boise. It’s just a unknown place to most and that’s good

[@NickJohnson]

No I saw it it'll be in a video coming up one day.

[@TheSGBrown]

Lived in IF for 5+ years. Overcrowded now with high housing costs with low availability.

[@dustys5512]

My aunt and uncle and cousins lived in Pocatello. Many good childhood memories there. When I became an adult and went to the bars I saw a completely different side of Pocatello. Yikes. It is a very divided town. You are either in the mormon group, the wealthy yuppie group, or the poor group. I don't think it gets any more complicated than that. With the FMC plant closing down Pocatello lost a lot of jobs so the town has been struggling lately.

[@IWDTC]

Born in Pocatello 54 years ago, raised in Idaho falls and living in Rexburg. Proud to be a Latter-day Saint and living in this beautiful part of the country.

[@out_running_erins9118]

I suffer from severe motion sickness and vertigo...i cannot express how much I appreciate your slowing down of your driving frames! My God, how can other creators on this platform not get that...some of the camp channels on YT give me a headache and i really wish i could watch them!😢

[@NickJohnson]

Yay!

[@Starfish2145]

You can slow down any video using the tools at top right at your screen 😉

[@mattstickle2725]

Love your unique delivery of commentary. When I first started listening months back, I thought it sounded very.. how do I say this.. amateur and I don't mean that in a bad way. Because it hits home. It's like I'm riding right beside you. Your secret is this I believe. You're highly intelligent but you are able to talk to guys like me on our level lol That's a gift and it's obviously marketable. Cheers to you. You have found a wonderful niche of people who feel the way I do and really appreciate your work. Thank you.

[@Yubaactivistandadventure]

Thanks for all the great content over the years Nick.

[@pdxmtngoat]

Pocatello seriously sucks in winter. Nick is visiting only when it's nice.

[@LisaMaeSV650S]

Greetings from Spirit Lake what I like to refer to as "the Bible snow belt"! Runs all the way from this here gully to Deerpark Washington!😅 No Mormons here that I know of. Just capping on the old term Bible belt

[@andesean1]

Sadly this is true. Unless you’re seriously into skiing or other winter sports.

[@williamrandall6472]

I can't even begin to remember, just how many loads of Potatoes that I trucked out of Pocatello, Twin Falls,Idaho Falls,and numerous other Idaho locations.Thanks Nick for shedding light on this part of Idaho. Lol,Mappy at the end was super happy to fire off several rounds😂😂😂

[@NickJohnson]

He's ALWAYS wanting to shoot that damn thing

[@williamrandall6472]

@@NickJohnson 😆,lol,I can see that, Mappy is trigger happy

[@robertvose7310]

5 shots to be exact..

[@pdxmtngoat]

Pocatello is in a good location. Only 4 hours to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Yellowstone Park a little further. Grand Targhee is a few hours drive. It's close to scenic Utah to the South. Only 3 hours to Boisangeles. Downtown is relatively clean compared to other cities. Winters are a good 6 months of the year. Brutally cold and windy weather.

[@marystorer]

As a transplant many years ago, we call it poke a fellow. ( no I don’t live there) and theys marmens not Mormons. It’s pretty windy in SE idaho most days. Was told Idaho blows because Utah sucks.

[@Billie-s2b]

The worst part of idaho is not near as bad as most of Florida. People of idaho can't even imagine what the worst parts of Florida are like.

[@jeffgile2921]

Same with growing up in the bay area

[@MaryOKC]

I was raised in Idaho in the panhandle of the state and as far as we were concerned we were Idaho up there and the rest was “what? Where? Pocatello…That’s in Idaho?”

[@zacsdiyguns]

That's how northern utah feels about the entire state

[@tufelhunden5795]

Stop it eastern Washington. We can still let them have you. 😆

[@rach9466]

@@tufelhunden5795😂

[@gavrilloprincip6787]

Northern and Southern idaho feel like different worlds. One of the most diverse states

[@SulferDragon]

Love your positivity. I live outside of Boise now but had lived in Pocatello for a little over a year. It wasn't terrible at all. Yes, it is pretty basic. It's not glamorous, and that is fine. However, it is a great place if you love the simple life and the outdoors. Plus, most of the people are super friendly. Some of the friendliest I have ever encountered! Would definitely consider moving back at some point.

[@NickJohnson]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@BobbiNope-r2f]

I am from Pocatello. You are 100% correct. It sucks to live there.

[@fueymanchoo1291]

Van Halen played at that stadium in 1984. It was awesome!

[@NickJohnson]

Jump!

[@whatsit2ya247]

Saw them in Caldwell in 78-79?

[@brockpinson949]

I was there, my name is Brock Pinson.

[@spydernyne984]

It's not a stadium. It's a dome.

[@Fear58]

Nick in the Wild Wild West was the best series ever!

[@NickJohnson]

Yay! It's not all the way over yet!

[@David-nx2vm]

Great series, Nick. I'm glad you got to see the West like this. I was stationed in Montana in the Air Force, we own a second home in Meridian, Idaho, and have traveled a lot through the area. Nicely done.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok David!! There's actually more to come later!

[@thebenefactor6744]

Though the summer's over, I know that when I look up at the ridgeline, at the setting sun, and see that silhouette of a cowboy on horseback, I'll know it's you, Nick. The dude abides.

[@NickJohnson]

lol 👍👍🤠

[@stevesyverson8625]

A reference to my favorite movie of all time. The Big Lebowski! Let’s go bowling dude. I hate the Eagles. Put on some Credence man. I will watch it again right now!

[@carinarilk89]

Hi Nick, nice to see you again. Your channel is the best, good information and I'm glad to see so many places. Thank you for your work. Be careful God bless you and your family. Greetings from Berlin

[@NickJohnson]

🇩🇪 ❤️

[@pdxmtngoat]

Pocatello has severe winter weather compared to Boisangeles. My aunt resides in Pocatello. The winters are not a lot of fun. They are long at 4500 foot elevation. It's a major Mormon/LDS controlled town and area.

[@damonmelendez856]

Mormon/ LDS control = a lot of swingers and perverts lol.

[@keithbalke6352]

Any liquor stores there?

[@honzo1078]

@@keithbalke6352 state owned.

[@keithbalke6352]

@@damonmelendez856 lots of morms in Phoenix…the gals are proper and all, prolly not swinger types

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

@@keithbalke6352, the women in that faith/church in nearly all cases only date/marry within the church. They sometimes may consider dating outside the faith if a man’s lifestyle matches most of theirs.

[@firstlast1047]

You certainly know how to excite my memory funnybone. In a previous post I mentioned I had ex laws in Blackfoot. Now you bring it home with Pocatello and Fort Hall. It was so long ago, not a hesitation to drive two hours to Salt Lake City to food shop and acquire the latest fashions. Schools let out when the potato crop was ready. A well paying summer job was moving pipe ( Irrigation) for Simplot.

[@pdxmtngoat]

My aunt lives in Pocatello. If you live in Pocatello, get ready for LDS/Mormons to target your home. Repeatedly. And you can expect a cold shoulder for you not wanting to join their group. That's Pocatello. Might as well be in Utah.

[@Goodie2shoes-lb9jf]

💯 present true, rudest ppl. Ever!!

[@Mountainrock70]

The plus side of them giving the cold shoulder is you’re done with them!

[@thereckoning5488]

I was raised mormon. I just tell them all the reasons why their beliefs are ridiculous and can't be true. They leave me alone.

[@TheSGBrown]

BYU Idaho has more on-campus students than the University of Washington at Seattle by latest counts.

[@zacsdiyguns]

That's most people

[@janetclark5668]

You outdid yourselves on this one, Nick & Nappy. Very entertaining. Nothing like a little clean fun.

[@NickJohnson]

More to come Janet!

[@pattykat1124]

I concurr!!! LOL!

[@LarryHinze-q9b]

I often wonder what Nappy identifies as, and what to use for proper pronouns .

[@janetclark5668]

@@LarryHinze-q9b

[@andrewhuston4510]

Pocatello is a great town. There's other places in the state i.e agricultural areas of S. Idaho which I'd consider worse. Pocatello is a college town with heaps of character.

[@TheSGBrown]

Two major universities nearby: ISU and BYU-Idaho which, btw, has more on campus students than the University of Washington at Seattle.

[@MrDEWaters]

I think Pocatello suffers economically somewhat because it used to be on the route between Salt Lake City and Boise----but now it has been bypassed with part of Interstate 84. It's kind of a typical agricultural and industrial Western town that is an out-of-the way place. But Bozeman, MT used to be like that too, and now everybody seems to be moving there.

[@Beaverfoam]

Bozeman has skiing close and a boom town big sky 30 miles away

[@MrDEWaters]

Yeah, I always drive through that area in summer---so I forget about the ski towns.

[@barbaramosley8123]

👍🏾TRUE ALL THAT!!

[@tylerboyce6502]

I was there in my van ladt year. I was about to mention the old downtown building architecture, then you started showing them. Cool old buildings

[@marklandes3229]

When I was kindergarten age we moved to Route 2 Emmett, ID, several miles from Emmet. There was no kindergarten. We had 50 acres, mostly alfalfa, a story book red barn, two story country house with a great porch where we slept in summer (no AC in 1949), My older brother and sister went to a little red school house and our dog (who came with the property) was allowed to sleep before the fireplace in the classroom. My aunt and uncle lived several miles down the street. Dad was a chiropractor practicing in Long Beach, CA and he had to have residence in ID for one year before he could take the licensing test for the state, After that year we moved back to CA. We (learned later) that it was a Mormon area and they decided not to give the exam that year (Dad was Lutheran). I have a brother that lives near Potlach ID and lotsa cousins who live in the Camus prairie (wheat farmers).

[@janetclark5668]

Hi Mark -- I'm writing a comment about when we caught a plane in Pocatello -- you should see it here in a minute.

[@marklandes3229]

@@janetclark5668 Don't see it yet. I rode in a little single engine plane one time with Dad--it was his friends plane --the friend who died later in Alaska (blanking on his name).

[@michelecaron]

Nick, Nick, Nick, Mahalo for all the state research 🧐 looking round for my new home base! You make us laugh, smile, and point out all the important things……when the time comes…we can do a moving from the NYC to Midwest. We are lucky 🍀 to have you. 🎉

[@NickJohnson]

❤️❤️ When you're ready to move and need help email me Michele!

[@brianpeace9617]

Pocatello native. I think you pretty much nailed it honestly 😂 The junkies won't hurt you much as long as you keep your distance. The Mormons won't hurt you much either, just don't look them in the eyes. There can be a late night scene sometimes, but you might get roofied, so make sure you walk with a crowd. Oh yeah, don't forget your piece, nobody else did. 🤠 yeeyee

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

One of the best channels on you tube no matter where you are from

[@NickJohnson]

I know right?

[@valeriepickens2533]

THIS IS NOT THE WORSE IDAHO IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW!! Try going to Twin Falls or Blackfoot! People think that because Kellogg is in a beautiful place, it must be to,...guess what, you'd be wrong! Pocatello has gone down hill some since I was raised there, but I can't help but to believe, that most that are complaining got mixed up with the local boys in the local bars. Last I checked, Pocatello doesn't have a Ritz-Carlton, or Turbidor nightclub, so staying out of downtown on the weekend evenings is absolutely mandatory unless you want to get into a bar fight. That can happen anywhere in Idaho, but the Pocatello blue collar ( non-mormon) can be particularly vicious. Pocatello stunted it's own growth, by not offering more factory jobs. Aside from Lamb-Wesson and J.R. Simplots , the only work in the entire valley are small mom and pop businesses,...and very low wages. For the most part, if you're not the lead engineer of Union Pacific's railroad, a lead Doctor at the medical center, or administrator of Idaho State University,...you being under valued and under paid!!

[@rondye9398]

4 decades ago I was in business in Idaho that provided services to School Districts and schools throughout the State. I was based out of Boise and did all the work for non LDS controlled districts. The Mormon districts always had Utah based suppliers. I did do work in this area with employees that were Mormon and they could not believe I was discriminated against! If you want to ugly in Idaho just go a few miles N. to the Fort Hall reservation and find some of the meanest and unfriendly people you have ever seen, living in the most filthy uncivilized way possible. It is sad to see.

[@Goodie2shoes-lb9jf]

100% true. I grew up in the ghetto, in another state and the ghetto ppl were nicer than the Mormons, and they 💯 present discriminate! Not nice people

[@AJgrrrlUnger-zj9hk]

Why are there hidden comments

[@Goodie2shoes-lb9jf]

@@AJgrrrlUnger-zj9hk I have them too.

[@cocoaorange1]

I will miss this series.

[@DanA.-jo4sg]

Southern Idaho is just an extension of Utah, what's called the "Morridor". I wouldn't live there for that reason alone.

[@jonisoma5726]

Nick, would love to see you come to Hawthorne, Nevada. It used to be the Largest Ammo base in the world, with AF and Marines. We have an older car sales biz building that is now a bomb museum. Great for razors, a salt lake, lofty cliffs above the lake. A casino, lots of churches, lots of bars. For the past few decades Government contractors have ran this AMMO base.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Nick visiting his private Idaho is coming to an end

[@zellipa]

his own private Idaho . . .

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@zellipa That's the ticket!

[@joejoejohnson8207]

NICK Johnson is my favorite you tube content creator

[@JohnnyULives-lz1ml]

Epic Series, great job Nick. A wrap up summary video would be great to get the overall big picture of your trip and your impressions of the region.

[@NickJohnson]

One day!

[@jamesmariani984]

I've lived in Pocatello for nearly 30 years. It's a mixed bag like everywhere else. the downtown is close to moribund, but the University is great. It's a mostly Mormon, working class city with a University, not a University town. Mountains are close in and very accessible. Cost of living is way up. People are friendly, but expect lots of huge, old noisy pickups which dwarf any normal vehicle. I wouldn't drive a small car for fear of my life. I know that crazy guy, and Pocatello has it's share. Most people, of course, are not.

[@garys.2291]

What's funny about that hotel is that it's modelled after the interior of their temples.

[@earthangel3234]

Pocatello is at the very least building homes, many homes in other cities are burning or abandoning their homes.

[@ripjeffhanneman5838]

You’re only an hour away from where Napoleon Dynamite was filmed - Preston, ID. I just subbed today so forgive me if you’ve already been to Preston 👍

[@NickJohnson]

Oh it's coming up!

[@anthonyruby2668]

Funny how the mall killed the downtown. Now the downtown is killing the mall!

[@Lifetalk849]

Nick, Your tour of America continues to be extremely AWESOME !!!👍👍👍 You're making the ultimate road trip that most of us only dream of!!! Pocatello actually looks intriguing (& possibly affordable for those of us who continue to slide out of the middle class). Hey, once you've finished the tour, are you going to have any "awards", you know, "bests" in different categories, like for those of us who want out of wherever we are, but can only afford one bus ticket, one tank of gas, or one airline ticket to relocate to that one last best place...? Plus, where do you plan to end up, someday???

[@NickJohnson]

I need to do a best for sure Sara! And who knows where I'll wind up. I love NC for now!

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

No drinking, no cussing,no dirty jokes , no drugs ,no cigarettes, no coffee. Noooo schit ! 😅

[@guitarmeggedonit5232]

I stayed in the nice parts of Pocatello and worked at the Semiconductor factory there. The downtown was pretty cool and the people seemed nice. I definitely didn't see the bad parts.

[@guitarmeggedonit5232]

Actually, watching what you saw, it is now worse than it was in 2017.

[@BuilderofRat]

@@guitarmeggedonit5232 I have been here since 2002, and I do not see the bad things that you mention. Clue me in.

[@tufelhunden5795]

Bad in Idaho is nothing like the rest of the US. It was a relief to get back home.

[@thedarkhorse100]

Damn Nick I figured I’d hear at least one What in the Sam Hill on your Great Western road trip, it was very enjoyable regardless

[@oldschoolhawking8191]

As an old falconer/fisherman white guy, I would love to live there. Maybe in my next life.😎👍

[@joeyalfaro2323]

Idaho is dump should be avoided at all cost. Slave wages, right to work. Zero tolerance for weed. Home of abundant shit jobs. Scary winter black ice. Rent is about 1400. Crime super low boredom sky high

[@armantanzairiand]

Explain right to work thing please 😊

[@SuzanneSmith-k2r]

@@armantanzairiand right to work basically means you can get fired for no reason.

[@AndrewSaari]

Yeah. Don't come here.

[@alexanderwells3479]

As an Idaho resident, I think the consensus regarding the worst town in the state would be Soda Springs. Houses there are dirt cheap because of the severe industrial pollution.

[@matthewcarriuolo3855]

I like to think that my watching so many commercials at your channel has enabled you to stay at nicer hotels like the one in this video. You deserve it, Nick! I’m glad to hear Pocatello is improving in recent years. Looks like some areas are quite nice while others look working class. I doubt it’s going to be a prime real estate location, though, as long as the fertilizer plant is there. Smelly air pollution is a major turn-off. I think this was the perfect place for you to end your trip, since this place embodies a bit of everything in the mountain west: Mormons, rodeos, wildlife, potatoes, and guns. It’s probably the most overlooked-and, therefore, least spoiled-part of the country.

[@johnpick8336]

Good on you Brother for recording Geography and History at the same time. Thanks

[@roncall6245]

Having spent time in both Boise and Pocatello, I prefer the vibe in Pocatello. The local ski resort is fun, lot's of mountain biking and hiking. Town is a little rough, but I like it... only real issue I've seen, so many Mormons you might as well be in Utah.

[@pamridley8120]

That is the problem, Utahians moving to Pocatello (Poky), wish someone would move them back to Utah. Lived here in Poky all my 70 years. Many names for Pocatello.

[@brucef9249]

@@pamridley8120 lol, we say the same thing about all the spuds moving to Utah!

[@RobFromRI]

I spent a month in Pocatello one night...

[@FlintIronstag23]

Now that the Mountain West trip is finished, I think I would pick Coeur d'Alene as my favorite town featured in this series. Not too small or too big, the most scenic landscapes, and no major problems except a high cost of living.

[@NickJohnson]

Or Cody!!!

[@LisaMaeSV650S]

With no way to pay for it

[@bookoobeans]

If you look past all the hate-filled bumper stickers, you might find a few nice people.

[@merrimackvalleyblackdog45]

Good stuff Nick. Thank you for taking us along.

[@NickJohnson]

You bet

[@thewebsiteisdown7720]

Dave Attell should bring back Insomniac and start with Pocatello.

[@colleenholland-bt2cc]

I can't believe this omg. I live in Pocatello ID you picked the absolute worst few places and threw them on screen I've been here 9 years I'm Catholic. I have never been robbed seen any junkies in the street. Don't even know where that trailer park is. Wow never have locked my car or my door and zero problems. Never seen a rattle snake.

[@TheSGBrown]

Live in Poky, also. There exist three trailer parks, I'm told. The 'worst' part of Old Town shown in this video has had a number of house rebuilds, including mine. Fwiw, the slow-moving trains nearby are also infrequent. The noise factor is actually much less than living on 12th street, off Woodruff, in Idaho Falls; or, living in any urban area with moderate traffic. Streets are clean; minimal crime; few homeless that move-on during late fall and winter, etc. It could be a lot worse. . . In fact, MOST major urban areas ARE worse!

[@Ddreinthebay]

Southeast Idaho: Pocatello to Idaho falls to Rexburg is the LDS corridor in Idaho. The Pocatello Temple opened in the Fall of 2021. Pretty recent!

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

You nailed it! Pretty much, this is part of the state where they typically live, also is the coldest too. They have temples in Idaho Falls and Rexburg is soon going to have 2 temples.

[@Ddreinthebay]

@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas naturally any state that is connected to Utah, the closest part to the border is more LDS saturated.

[@A_Legal_Immigrant_1776]

Keep Idaho nice and red 🐘 🇺🇸

[@chrisrobertson9264]

With a state government that doesn’t respect women’s rights

[@nelliesfarm8473]

The same elites control BOTH parties!!!

[@lkjeasen1643]

​@@O.N.L. YES, SCIENCE HAS PROVEN THAT LONG AGO, WHICH YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T AN ANTI-SCIENCE BIGOT! Biological sex is determined by several gender markers, such as chromosomes, hormones, DNA, repro-organs, and genitalia... and even then all "gender" markers can still be inconclusive, including DNA! Genitalia is only solely used to assign biological sex, and even gender (a proven human construct - not biological) to newborns, which is why it's not always correct. Furthermore, 1 in 15,000 females are biologically male (xy); and 1 in 25,000 males are biologically female (xx)! Biological sex is a very complex issue, because many individuals are born inbetween male and female, neither, or both! Intersex is a perfect example. Even medical specialists in biological sex cannot always determine one's biological sex. Numerous proven, congenital, biological, transgender conditions are other examples. Read Brenner's Gender Encyclopedia containing over 700 volumes of proven transgender conditions that fit the medical criteria of being a congenital, biological, female more than many cisgender females!!! According to neurologists many transgender have an intersex condition of their physical brain (not mind) - the largest sex organ in the human body - from excessive estrogen flow to the brain in utero; and as a result some "males" (penis persons) develope female physical characteristics during puberty. Also... geneticists have proven that there are at least 6 biological sexes that survive birth, and 4 that are rare. Geneticists have proven that chromosomes can vary (from male to female, and mosaic) from cell to cell in the same person. Some can even have two or more separate strands of xx, xy, and mosaic DNA! Research chimerism. Not everyone is born just xx or xy, such as Klinefelter's xxy. There are many born with various chromosomal combinations, which makes biological sex unique to the individual. I could go on with pages of facts, but the point is that proven science is not right or left. Science is required to be specific for medical reasons. The only reason you're mistaking the issue personally and negatively is because you're anti-science; and the reason you're anti-science is because science is academically "progressive" - always making new discoveries proven by facts and overwhelming evidence - which challenges those incapable of intelligence, such as flat-earthers, evangelicals, and anti-democracy fascist NAZIs that define the extreme-right. EDUCATE YOURSELF." TRANSGENDER IS NOTHING NEW. EVEN THE BIBLE SUPPORTS TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PEOPLE IN MATTHEW 19:10-12. THE WORD EUNUCH ORIGINALLY MEANT HOMOSEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX, PRIESTS, AND CASTRATED MEN.

[@HDPersonal777]

Keep telling yourself that like your Hebrew corporate state owners tell you to further divide the masses. They run the blue and the red. So keep believing their Bael crap!!!

[@HDPersonal777]

Ever heard of “operation trust” from Russia in 1916? Fake right wing the same as the 100 years later “trust the plan” in the US. Did they get the bad guy pedos with that now 3 years later? NO!!! Trump and Biden have both worn red shoes and been to Epstein island! But keep up the he brew repeated “civil war”!!!

[@frannyy9309]

I love Pocatello!!! I live in Blackfoot which is 25 mins from Pocatello. Moved from Portland area Oregon and I love it here!!!!

[@pdxmtngoat]

6 month winters.

[@frannyy9309]

@@pdxmtngoat winters are great! It’s sunny and the snow is beautiful!

[@_makosato]

Best surfshark ad I've seen 😂

[@jdubmac]

There's a reason why those of us who lived there for any length of time call it Poca-hell-hole. Moved there to go to school, returned home after a semester ready to unalive myself. The Mormon kids are ruthlessly exclusive of non-Mormons there.

[@themicrobusinessrenegadepo6338]

😂...Poca-hell-hole!

[@Goodie2shoes-lb9jf]

We also have some of the highest suscide rates. I believe because the people are so mean. They definitely discriminate if your not Mormon or LDS. They ban together like a cult. I definitely feel the S witch trials vibe as soon as I moved here from Boise. I'm flipping a house and going to another state.

[@kathyygao]

This is what America used to be, and what it should be.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

0:16 this guy aint even playin' with a HALF a deck. this dude is GONE ! holy crap.

[@cnph7067]

“Oddly cleansed, like that extra Bedroom your house nobody uses” classic Nickism !

[@SoulfulMole]

Great opening...great conversation lol

[@aarontooley570]

Hamas won’t be messing with Idaho.

[@spectrumdisorder]

Nope. Japan property.

[@rayprevailer8454]

Nick if you ever get down to Carlsbad, NM. Check out the Carlsbad Caverns...And look for the Zoltar machine in Whites City. Yes we have one of those creepy machines. Yes it wakes up and says something as you walk by it. It's freaked me out more than once as on occasion I do some IT work there. As far as Mexican food...I moved here from Minnesota 22 years ago. Mexican food is the bomb. Not a week goes by where I do not chow down on green or red chillie.

[@snailsfrogslegs119]

I was offered a job there a couple of years ago, but I had to move there. After seeing the place once, talking to some of the people (from the 5% that aren't mormons), I declined the offer. It is a horrible place compared to what I am used to. Mormons are insular and just plain mean... with a smile on their blank faces of course. Do not go there. Or at least, do not move there. I will say that the hampton inn there is very nice with very good service. Other than that... I would not go there unless you are in the cult.

[@ThatMagaLife]

Mormons are weird

[@Goodie2shoes-lb9jf]

I wish I would have rented before buying you were smart and declined. I live between two Mormon houses and they are the WORST neighbors I've had in 50 years of flipping houses to make affordable living, but as soon as I'm done so is this house, it's going ng up for sale. I've never met such mean petty people.

[@denisefelton5207]

WORD

[@dswoop9477]

Not even ten percent of Pocatello is Mormon

[@fahrettinalioglu732]

Great video…thx for the sharing…

[@richardbarry4663]

I have been in Pocatello quite a bit over the years and would live there in heart beat.

[@followthesun4510]

Wow, that was quite an eye-opening experience! Your video sheds light on the less-explored aspects of Idaho, and it's great to see how you shared both the challenges and the beauty of the place. Thanks for taking us along on your journey to the "worst place" in Idaho; it was both informative and engaging! 🏞📺👏

[@wmstutz4632]

This video was VERY entertaining. I loved it. I am now a fan. well done. can't wait see what else ya got. btw, your narration was great.

[@danny208YT]

My wife's boyfriend just loves Pocatello. Nice place

[@AdaraBalabusta]

I thought the program was reasonable and fair. I earned a degree at ISU and received a decent education. ❤

[@Enchanted3DPrints]

I live a couple of hours away. Pocahello and Pocafello are common terms. Southern Idaho can take you about as close as it gets to a slower life anymore. Not saying thats for everyone though. I myself was born and raised here for the most part and my time is coming to a close. I have a family now and a need for adventure. Ill be moving at the first of the year. Next time youre around check out Sun Valley. It started as a quaint mountain town and boasts the countrys first destination ski resort. Know for its magical feel and the 2nd home of many rich and famous. Its kind of become overrun and has priced out many of the locals. Unfortunate. Sun Valley at christmas time is pretty special though. Have a stay at the lodge.

[@spydernyne984]

Those are not common terms at all. Not even a little bit. It's a dump that refuses to join the twenty-first century.

[@jasons1688]

Pocatello is just your standard western M&M town - Mormons and Meth heads. They are everywhere out there, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Idaho etc. You should Go to Ely Nevada next, that's a Triple M Town: Mormons, Miners and Meth heads. Hell, some people out there are all 3! Boise is cool AF though, I wish I would have moved there before real estate got ridiculous. Been to Twin Falls and Idaho Falls, neither seemed that great.

[@OldJoeBlows]

It not going to go down. Start a plan and do it. Good luck.

[@BB-yh5rd]

My dad grew up in Poky, everyone always gave him shit about it including himself. My mom's parents being from Rexburg where nobody believe's their S%&$ stinks thought my dad was going to drag my mom and we future children straight to hellfire and damnation. He turned out pretty good. They compromised and lived half way in between in Idaho Falls where it's 50/50 going to hell or not, I'm probably on the downside 50. Poky definitely has its issues but it has some cool stuff especially if you like being outside. It's an old railroad blue collar union town that is just barely starting to find its way after decades of reeling after the Union Pacific left.

[@eldonjons7442]

That garden tub brought back memories when I stayed overnight in Pocatello about 10 years ago...yes, there was a garden tub in my room, right out in the open.

[@ddtshoots]

23 years in Idaho but never been near Pocatello. Thanks for saving me the trip! Also, nice choice of intro music! :)

[@idmtngirl7942]

I'm native to never been there!🇺🇸

[@socom2173]

You're missing NOTHING

[@prant8998]

I went to college there in the late sixties. The railroad was big there then and it was quaint college town. Sad to see this review, which might be slightly biased. There were not many Mormons there when I was there. It was during the Vietnam war. People where crazy conservative, and so many guns right in the dorm. Great skiing within twenty minutes of town, good hiking too.

[@lindsayb7811]

I believe the slogan is “Faith, Family, and Firearms”