North Carolina Isn't What You Think It Is Anymore

[@chrisf8855]

The problem is that once word gets out that a place is really good tons of people move there and ruin what was so good about that place. That's what happened to Florida many years ago and now NC is suffering the same fate. You interviewed yourself about NC, lmao 😄👍

[@TheOneTrueNoName]

That's a fact now I'm thinking of leaving cause all these mfs wanna flood it and bring they problems and attitudes with them

[@AIDAHAR210]

Austin is already ruined

[@tybarker5038]

It’s happened to basically all the good places. Now we wait a few years for all these overpopulated areas to get excited about Iowa or Kansas… lol

[@laurarabon1844]

No people from Florida and half backs from the north are currently causing an increase in prices and population growth.

[@teresaprado7472]

I don't intend to change anything. I just want to retire in a peaceful place. To live out the rest of my life in peace. That's all. California is such a miserable state. No manners, disrespectful people and a state that is run by idiots.

[@travelinggirl6681]

I lived in a bedroom community just north of Charlotte, NC, for 18 years. When we moved there in the late 80's, it was a lovely little town with farms and fields surrounding it. Our town had 4 police officers. We chose to move 18 years later when the sleepy little farm town became full of well-to-do, bratty rich people, the roads became clogged with road raging hot heads, and car jacking became an issue. The town of 2,000 grew to over 35,000 in the years we lived there! It lost its identity and personality and became merely another community built around an exit on I77. The crime grew along with the traffic and the entitled moved in to make life no longer resemble why we moved there. Too bad because it was nice in the beginning. I love your videos, Nick; they make me feel like I am not missing much elsewhere.

[@GenXfrom75]

That's happening rapidly in Charleston, SC, too.... We hate it now.

[@donalddees5503]

Yep. Too many transplants. I moved to MT last year. Way more laid back and quiet here

[@MeltinJohn]

I had to go where it was cold to try to avoid this issue. I did the warm climate route from FL to SC, checked out NC or looked into it. None of it was my cup of tea to be honest. Too many transplants, and the locals got mean as well.

[@user-xy7yf9kc3o]

@@MeltinJohn local are tired of the transplants!!!!!! You get what you give.

[@DRAGNET-pn5vf]

I CONCUR. PEOPLE MOVING HERE SHOULD RESPECT THE LOCALS ALREADY LIVING HERE. 🇺🇸✌️

[@Zapruderfilm1963]

I was adopted. My biological mother lives in Franklin. Next year, 2023 I’ll be thru hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Since Franklin is an Appalachian Trail town I’m going to meet her for the first time.

[@Nice-qi5cf]

👍💛🍀

[@AnnC....]

I'm really happy for you, meeting your biological Mother, that is Awesome.

[@BarbieSasquatch]

Please keep in touch, having a son that I placed up for adoption almost 20 years ago, this warms my heart.. ♡ much 💜 love and good vibes dear!

[@BarbieSasquatch]

and he is still here in the mtns, and can find me pretty quickly when he is ready. Now I just wait until he is ready.

[@Zapruderfilm1963]

@@BarbieSasquatch I understand completely. It’s a mental process one has to work through in order to meet someone who gave birth to you but for whatever reason had to give you up. I wish you nothing but love and great vibes in life and in connecting with him.🔥♥️👍

[@BryantBaudelaire]

I love North Carolina. I live in North Raleigh but just built a house in the burbs. I close on it tomorrow morning 🙌🏽

[@NickJohnson]

Yay!! Congrats!!

[@diaryofamadman8879]

Congrats!! I hope it worked out for you

[@pippysplaytime1234]

Congratulations!!

[@TheJanieLynn]

Congratulations

[@JourneyWithJazz-]

🎉👏🏾👏🏾

[@arftejano2284]

The massive influx of transplants to the South is starting to become detrimental to the people here, I myself and a lot of people I know have been forced out of the places we grew up in northern Dallas like Collin County because the cost of living and rents have increased far faster than wages. For a part of the United States that is culturally looked down upon and written out of the National narrative, lots of people sure are moving here 🤔 Lots of our Republican leaders are so out-of-touch that they are actively praising and celebrating this phenomenon, what they fail to realize is that these people coming will eventually vote them out, and that the natives never wanted to sacrifice their culture and way of life for “economic growth”, that of which largely doesn’t make its way to the average native. I’ve become more poor not less thanks to Abbott trying to bring corporations and people who hate my way of life here. In a way, I think we are witnessing the final stages of Reconstruction, the total death of southern identity and history by replacement

[@NickJohnson]

Man oh man what a concept

[@Tripps2564]

Southern identity may partially transform, but will not likely die out completely. Also... what can anyone do? Change and industrialization are hard to stop. Every region is always going to be influx for better or worse.

[@kuja.3915]

Yeah, I can see where you are coming from. The south is getting expensive by the month it seems like. Texas is outta hand. Left to Oklahoma and it’s far more affordable and comfortable

[@deyoungyoung3059]

I live in Collin county and it’s indeed expensive

[@MeltinJohn]

Texan natives seem to be heading to Nebraska.

[@pichirisu]

Christ please don’t tell people to move here, it’s ridiculous the amount of disrespectful people coming here from other states over the past year. Super impolite and have driven up costs of living beyond what we are able to afford.

[@marietteriedell1298]

Amen to that! These liberal yanks are destroying our way of life and southern culture. Send them elsewhere!

[@danieltongaww]

Yup !!!! Born and raised in Charlotte and it definitely has changed a lot !!

[@signedillonalbertson2180]

@@danieltongaww, I'm was born and raised in North Carolina. I moved; because, I HATED THE REGRESSIVE MINDSET, of the areas other than the larger cities...EXCEPT CHARLOTTE! Charlotte USED TO have all the bad things about big cities, such as, crappy traffic, with none of the good. (It was like a big city filled with small town, regressive minded people!🤮 Now, however, CHARLOTTE IS MUCH IMPROVED! Asheville is also BETTER THAN EVER: an AWESOME intellectual, artsy crowd, mixed with a luxury, upscale side. (BTW: "Hippies" are a POSITIVE THING; and, anyone who thinks differently is small minded, uneducated, and REGRESSIVE!) Modern North Carolina has the best of both worlds: it isn't too backward, Southern "redneck", or small town, and doesn’t consist of a bunch of people with a backward MINDSET, and is still beautiful! GREAT, restaurants, shopping, arts scene, winery's, brewerys, festivals, etc., and many areas are still, comparitively, affordable.

[@danieltongaww]

@@signedillonalbertson2180 I can definitely agree on that Charlotte in the 90s and early 00s had its rough parts but definitely the city has grown to be nicer more pleasant city to live in .

[@wrenchhead6840]

Hey hey hey….. i moved here 15 years ago and i am very polite to everyone and I fit in quite well….

[@AnitaX0099]

Great job Nick. Love this part 2 video. Most people don’t realize how long NC is. Driving from OBX to Gorges State Park area takes 8.5 hrs or so. No joke.

[@NickJohnson]

I know! It takes forever!

[@wandam8642]

500 miles East to West!😀

[@donaldprice9230]

What up Nick? NC is definitely a very beautiful state from the mountains to the beaches!!!

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

... so much for the title ??

[@barbarawarren9443]

Dig deeper.

[@IronBallsMcNeese]

The Old North State. The Tarheel State. First in Flight. The Graveyard of the Atlantic. We've got the Smokies to the west (Appalachian Mts), and the Crystal Coast to the east. I grew up in NC, then lived all over, New York, Louisiana, California, others... ..but I always had "Carolina in My Mind." So I loaded up the truck, and headed back to my Carolina Home.

[@Xurrah]

I've lived in Raleigh since 97 and I love it here. Problem is that gentrification has caused housing and lease prices to skyrocket. It's getting less and less affordable to live in the major NC metropolitan area (especially RDU).

[@AussieAdventures77]

And? Is there something wrong with gentrification? If we didn’t have it, you’d be complaining that there aren’t any restaurants or shopping…

[@SerErryk]

@@AussieAdventures77 God forbid a place gets rid of crime and trash. How evil!

[@kitsachie.]

I moved to the RDU area last year and I'm currently leaving. This state has been ruined by the amount of rude entitled transplants that keep moving in and driving up costs. My rent increased dramatically, groceries keep going up, shelves are empty, gas is expensive. There's no sense of community anymore because all these new people come in and just keep to themselves. It's a gorgeous state filled with tons of things to do but it's just not what i need right now I'm my life, north Carolina has zero identity other than being a Californian'a dream and is going to continue to get worse.

[@gallen2101]

I noticed that in Wilmington as well

[@tacoman4786]

Bro how you gonna talk about people moving into NC and messing it up when you moved to NC literally last year 😂😂😅 you’re literally doing the same thing

[@acooksla]

Yup

[@tinymission7821]

Rents are climbing everywhere that has a robust economy. Groceries cost more everywhere. Gas prices went up everywhere.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

@@tacoman4786 I think what hes saying is that he is one of the few transplants who actually came for the southern culture and wanted to participate but the OTHER Californian transplants don't want to therefore destroying the vibe. He wants a more authentic experience and will probably move to a less popular area.

[@BoilaFrog]

I lived in Asheville when I was a kid-it was fantastic....I always thought I would retire there...but the trust fund babies messed it up😧

[@davel7014]

Same thing happened to Portland Oregon. Now, it's full of woke, man-hating feminists and anti-white messages everywhere.

[@slyfox1971]

Amen! I grew up in Asheville too but it's nowhere near as good as it once was. My mother is still there and can't even go shopping because of the homeless camps near the mall. Disgusting!

[@DRAGNET-pn5vf]

I CONCUR, TRUST FUND BABIES AND HOMELESS HERE IN WILMINGTON, N.C. THE REAL ESTATE IS GOING OUT THE ROOF, NO PUN INTENDED. 🇺🇸👍🏻

[@haroldrenfro730]

I live close to Asheville....I work over there some .....I loved it in the early 70s and 80's......it's in my opinion one of the worst cities in the country now

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

Trust Fund Babies......lo siento❣

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

I actually appreciate the fact you interviewed a true native…props to you Nick!

[@nelsonribeirogomes1128]

I learn so much from watching your channel. You're awesome. Thank you for this video, good job. Greetings from Brazil. São Paulo. Nelson.

[@sashaa6175]

Yes! Been waiting for this one, thanks Nick

[@2EmptynestersHomestead]

Born and Raised in Greensboro, NC and still live near Greensboro, just on the outskirts of it in a smaller town. We have always lived near the airport, so planes don't bother me. That's one thing to consider if you are moving to NC is that if you don't like the noise from the planes, don't live near the airport. Just Saying!

[@sadeeedwards5169]

Yes Greensboro has beautiful sights I lived there for just a few years and the winter season was nice!

[@Notyouraveragewhiteguy]

Finally someone mentioned Greensboro lol I'm on the southern out skirts

[@bryantc1701]

He said greensboro has some large bad parts....I'm not sure wat part he is talking bout

[@SassyUnicorn86]

My brother lives in oak ridge!

[@californiamade5608]

As a Californian. I see what everybody from these flyover states are starting to mean now. Their cities are being turned into LA, San Francisco, San Jose. It’s crazy.

[@hudsondean2812]

STOP Voting DEMOCRATS

[@danielobrien1]

NC isn't a flyover state, unless you are flying to europe then I guess it is.

[@danielobrien1]

@@rogersmith7396 if you look at it that way then I guess so. But the term flyover state is usually referred to as the midwest because it is mostly small towns and farmland. NC has alot of tourists because of the mountains so I guess anywhere between NC and NYC could be flyover as well but hell every state could be considered a flyover with that logic. Where I'm from in South Carolina is a big tourist destination so I guess any state that a plane flies over to reach Charleston would be considered flyover state including California. 😂🤠

[@lavenderoh]

@@rogersmith7396 tell me you've never flown over NC without telling me you've never flown over NC. 😂😂😂

[@danygurlgayle]

Nebraska is a flyover state, North Carolina never has been.

[@user-sz6kp1tn6c]

NC has always been such an underrated state. Never talked about much but it deserves way more credit for its californian like versatile nature and landscape (plenty of lush greenery & mountains) while still holding onto it's southern culture and roots. Very balanced weather/seasons as well with a usually slow paced lifestyle outside the triangle. America's best pickles (Mt. Olive) are made there and they also have an annual festival so that's a plus. The state is far more cooler than what people give it credit for. NC is a hidden gem.

[@acooksla]

Not

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

It ain’t hold on to it’s southern roots, the state sold itself out for transplants

[@jamesclark9992]

North Carolina looks nothing like California! California has huge mountain and rugged coastline. NC has some small mountains actually really tell hills in the western part and the middle part has some rolling hills and east has the ocean.

[@sicilyny5375]

If you're never ill, not disabled, have a career, not a job and can live in a Red state that refuses to believe average Joe ain't making it here..rents too high now, pay still too low even in career jobs. Very disappointed as I had no clue its lacking so much especially care for medical n psychiatric along with elderly care and for the disabled. Everyone coming, nobody acts. Speak up NC...we need a ton of help here.

[@sicilyny5375]

Instead of knocking NYers...try getting some culture here, knowledge of other cultures, stop banning books and teach Truth in schools instead of burying all the wrongs in history. You can only learn from bad unfair behaviors and not by hiding them. Banning books of historical value just shows the inborn ignorance y'all need to evolve from.

[@KCFromTheIE]

Great vid as always, Nick!

[@lolaz8115]

love this I am legit in Chapel Hill visiting to see if I want to move to the area .. raleigh or charlotte!!!

[@SassyUnicorn86]

I grew up in a small town about 15 miles east of raleigh... my cute small town is changing. Some changes I'm ok with, but damn the housing prices are nuts.

[@charmainwilson8188]

The problem I have seen with all the growth is that some of the main reasons people move here from other places is making Charlotte become more like those places. Rising rents, traffic jams, crazy drivers, trash every where. Charlotte used to be one of the cleanest cities I knew back in the 80's and 90's. Now people throw their trash down everywhere. City workers can't keep up.

[@saidm6784]

Loved the interview with Nick

[@trevorbynum4891]

I have lived here all 34 years of my life. Born in eastern NC and I have lived in Raleigh and currently reside in Charlotte. When my family comes down from up north, they always talk about how clean the city is and they aren't lying. Go up north to cities like DC, Philly, and New York where you smell urine on the sidewalks and see rats the size of poodles and you will understand what the hype is about.

[@bonnieclarkdixon2839]

I moved to Fayetteville November 21, 2021 from Maryland.. I find it is a culture all its own..in process of selling home moving back to MD!

[@VeeShay1]

Dude, you are SORELY misinformed. I am a Wilmington native and I lived in Greensboro for 10 years and worked in Winston for 4. Wilmington is not untouched; we have a huge influx of northerners, mainly from NYC, Long Island and New Jersey. When I go out I meet more people from the north than I do from the south, let alone from the state. I am a true southerner (we will talk to anybody), so I have no problem asking people where they are from. The developers have gone nuts here and keep buying and buying and developing and buying. The developers aren't even located here. They were putting in houses with HOAs, but now they are putting up luxury apartments, condos all around the city The traffic has gotten steadily ridiculous over the last 25 years and the homeless situation is out of control. .The city has decided to clear an entire street of houses that are owned by people who have been there for decades (at least since the 60s) in order to build a ramp for raised roadway around the city. The people don't have a choice, but to sell. This is crazy! I have a relative who owns a house on that street. They priced out the houses about 3 years back, but now that the housing market is going nuts, do you think the city is going to give the home owners CURRENT market prices? Besides that, where are those home owners going to go? They will get piddence for their old, unrenovated homes and will not have enough to purchase a new home. Besides that the single family house inventory is horribly low. THAT is what is really going on in Wilmington. My brother just left High Point after teaching high school there for 17 years. Shall I tell you the real deal about that city and Greensboro, too?

[@frankrosenbloom]

Yes, please tell us.

[@Donotevengotherewithme]

Truth!

[@BeBeBraveSpirit]

He literally said Wilmington hasn’t seen the changes that RTP and Charlotte has is bogus. They’re not as industrious, technology or corporate business based but rely mostly on tourism and people who retired comfortably. But Wilmington is far from being a midsize southern city with lots of authentic southern charm. Seems like the places that try to display it in their businesses are kitschy or business propaganda.

[@Christian-vq8rd]

Really glad you're going to go to Lumberton, Scotland County, Whiteville, etc. WAY different. Robeson County can be rough, but lots of natives love it. Definitely a different world from the big cities.

[@LoveinCarolina]

I love Carolina- I live in South Carolina we are all Carolinians! Carolina is NOT simply a place to live it's a way of life!! I prefer rural and old school Carolina!!

[@willasage23240]

This is a great video. I can’t wait to watch the next one!

[@hillaryprevost4568]

For the love of God, please do not move to our state.. things have already changed so much in my lifetime and the fear of identity loss and the erosion of what makes us unique is happening with all these new influxes of people, transplants. I'm a local to Boone. It's heartbreaking to see our small mountain town become a second home or third home for somebody else when local folks can't afford to buy a house here. Traffic is horrible because the roads weren't meant for this many people. There is a huge divide between the college and the townies. The college is set on squishing as many students into the town as possible when our infrastructure cannot support it. Developers are taking mountainsides and turning them into apartments for students. There isn't proper maintenance of the runoff of these places so our rivers and forests are trashed. At this point, moving here perpetuates the problem.

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

The entries state belongs to transplants. They tell other people what North Carolina is and ain’t then they tell everyone to move here.

[@dawnmccall3400]

AMEN!!!

[@ccrider00]

Dint worry i'am never going back I promise🖕🏻👎🤜🐜🤛👾❗

[@radheykultura6994]

I love how in Mexico the mountain sides are covered with homes. I mean what’s wrong with that?

[@Americanflagg]

Hey Nick I moved my family to Charlotte because of you. Life is great here. People are nice. Thank you.

[@dannyg5446]

From Georgia but I’ve been living in the Greensboro area for school. Overall I like North Carolina

[@Notyouraveragewhiteguy]

I live in Greensboro. Moved down from NY. I live on the southern out skirts loving it

[@leonation89]

What part of Georgia are you from?

[@SouthParkMack]

Nick, I appreciated your insightful and balanced piece on North Carolina. My family and I relocated to Charlotte from Los Angeles eight months ago, primarily because we believed North Carolina offers a more fulfilling quality of life for retirees. However, I'm disheartened by the sentiments expressed in some comments that accuse newcomers like us of driving up costs and negatively affecting affordability. I find this line of thinking unfounded. The only drawback I've experienced since moving here is encountering people who are quick to blame others for their challenges. It's evident that this mindset has deeply influenced the local political climate as well.

[@colt1033]

We blame you for bringing your trash politics and policies that made your state the cesspool it is and not changing your voting habits and world view as well.

[@cdavis3586]

I live in Fayetteville NC I was born and raised here I used to love it here but now it's packed with so many people that drive like they can't wait to cause an accident.

[@oceanmermaid3700]

I love the Outer Banks near Corolla..would love to move there but afraid of hurricanes

[@majordolbyscat]

I learn so much from watching your channel, North Carolina makes for exceptionally fascinating viewing and I really don't mind the history lesson, and don't mind admitting that I am British and seem to know very little about European colonization of the Americas, what I did know was only enough to make a computer game sequel. So thanks Nick, long time subscriber and former drifter, your channel is like I am back on the road.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok I'm glad! Keep in touch! And it's never too late to get back on the road :)

[@marksayers3721]

I was born and raised in Kentucky and I think it’s a beautiful state to live in a course there’s bad parts in Louisville And Lexington yes we got our hillbillies in eastern Kentucky and western Kentucky but in general Kentucky is a good state it was the 15th state

[@guitarcomet5]

I got two out of five questions right. Hazel and Mt. Mitchell. Hurricanes have caused lots of damage and if you only go by monetary damage, Floyd, Florence, Irene and Fran were quite destructive. Bertha was the first big storm to hit the New Bern area in nearly a decade. Due to the overgrowth of all the trees, the amount of downed power lines was the worst I have ever experienced. Many areas were out of power for nearly a week!

[@irmakalember9403]

Lol I love when Nick is talking so we can see him. I am addicted to ur content. Love the beach so pretty. The songs of urs are so silly. 😂🤣🤣

[@zachsplawn9131]

Nick. Thank you for bringing attention to our beautiful State. If and when you get the opportunity...come on down to New Bern. I have yet to see or hear any commentary in the New Bern area.

[@NickJohnson]

I know

[@Seert.l.]

I live in and love New Bern!!

[@LOVE-HUMILITY33]

I thought it was nice and clean and friendly my first couple of days moving here and then I realized it's crazy here too in certain parts and with certain people.

[@breakingthechainusa1007]

Blackbeard lived in Bath across from Governor Eden. He had a plantation there. All of us East Carolina Pirates know that. Arrrgh

[@lindaconley9969]

NC is my home state. Grew up in mountains and graduated from North Carolina. Everything has grown so much. I like it. Not a fan of the coastal area or anything until you get to Raleigh and places west.

[@kevinross7565]

My favorite part of NC is around the lake Fontana area. Great mountain biking over there.

[@user-pf9hj7tx5m]

I spent over 35 years of my life in North Carolina and consider it my home. Moved to Oregon for the last 5 and quite a difference. Polar opposites.

[@fofofofo3076]

So Oregon or north carolina ?

[@diegoforest]

Just to set the video record straight, it was governor Pat McCrory who signed the bathroom bill not Cooper who was shown in this video. Other than that this is pretty good description of NC. This yankee has been here for 35 years and have been all over the state and would have crushed those dudes in trivia.

[@Pharos234]

Thanks for pointing that out. I was just about to say something when I saw your post. Not sure how he could get that one confused. Good catch!

[@joselopez5252]

I am a Republican from NY. 16 years here. Love NC.

[@jonicey8899]

was he being sarcastic when he said men had to use men's rest rooms I hope..

[@superwilcox9026]

Good ol Pat is a lib in disguise a rino. For those who are clueless

[@Notyouraveragewhiteguy]

@@joselopez5252 there are republicans in NY lol you must be from upstate then. I'm a LINY transplant love it here best move I've ever made. Been here 20 years also a republican lol

[@brucesmith3740]

Cotton mills were big in mooresville, gastonia, concord. The mills were converted to antique malls or condos. It was a huge part of the history but now mostly forgotten. Also I miss the southern accents and culture.

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

Yeah man the accent is disappearing.

[@emd5095]

We moved from NY to NC, landed in Clayton, it's become extremely expensive in 7 months. We are heading East to a more rural area. When a NYer leaves your town, it's too crowded.

[@willd2620]

Clayton done boomed the houses are ridiculously priced

[@wrenchhead6840]

@@willd2620 ALL of the small towns around the triangle are booming…. Wake forest, franklinton, fuquay varina, cary, youngsville…

[@Mikeyboubley]

Stop moving to the Charlotte area please we are at full capacity please leave, the ones born and raised here can no longer survive. Please go back up north so we can afford to live at any level of decency

[@KFCe22956]

I fully agree

[@malcolmx61]

it's called capitalism, if you can't afford it, that means you aren't productive enough.

[@Blackdynasty123]

Same in Wilmington near Wrightsville beach

[@pippysplaytime1234]

That’s not how this works hun.

[@NickJohnson]

Here's my entire North Carolina playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6ypqFmmckN4kY1VMZDi23IsR And if you need help finding a place to move, I do consulting. I can help you pick where to move and get you a real estate agent, too. Email me! [e-mail]

[@flair4crafts894]

NC is such a beautiful state, is incredible how is growing, every where they are building new neighborhoods/ apartment buildings the rents are high though, even the motels same as paying rent. The jobs hiring mostly are fast chain foods and retailers. Low paying jobs

[@KingTriton1837]

I'll have to give it another go. Maybe later in life. I experienced some of the worst people while I was stationed there.

[@NickJohnson]

Fayetteville or Jacksonville?

[@leebomccool8997]

@@NickJohnson Fayetteville of course. You know the Marines have the best manners of any of the services. First hand knowledge. 🙂

[@KingTriton1837]

@@leebomccool8997 except I wasn't in the Marines. I was in the Air Force. Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro. And the Marines were more civilized than the residents of that town.

[@coeurdelyon548]

Hey from NC! Great video !

[@NickJohnson]

Hi neighbor

[@CescaQ]

I definitely wouldn't call the coast "unpopulated" especially in Wilmington. It's growing but definitely nothing like Myrtle or VA Beach. Lots of folks in the triangle/triad/Charlotte are leaving those cities and moving to quieter Beach towns instead

[@stevepowsinger733]

I vacation in Highlands, a 4,000 ft elevation small town on a plateau deep in the mountains. Beautiful area but driving around is hazardous in places. The downtown is quaint but somewhat touristy. Big box stores and chain restaurants are kept out, which unfortunately makes it more expensive. Everything cheap is located down the mountain of winding 2-lane roads 10 miles or more.

[@alanlight7740]

17:55 - North Carolina did _not_ secede because of slavery. Although there were multiple causes for states seceding, it could be argued that slavery was the chief reason for the first seven states including South Carolina seceding - but North Carolina (with Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas) seceded because the new president started an unlawful war against those states that had peacefully departed the union and - much worse than that - demanded that the states that remained in the union take up his unlawful war against their brothers. Under such circumstances honor required that they intervene on the side of law and justice.

[@alanlight7740]

@Big Dick Black - it could not be treason because South Carolina was no longer part of the United States at the time. You sound like one of those ignoramuses who accused Julian Assange of treason despite the fact that he was never a citizen of the United States. In any case, by the time South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter the United States Navy had already committed two acts of war against South Carolina, as well as two acts of war against Florida. They did this on Mr Lincoln's unlawful orders.

[@alanlight7740]

Of course, if you want to deny that South Carolina had left the United States at that point, then Mr Lincoln committed treason by ordering acts of war against the United States. Of course, he also condoned acts of war against the United States when he promoted the officer who attacked U.S. troops in Missouri and committed the St. Louis Massacre. Wasn't that officer's first massacre either - he had previously massacred peaceful Indians in California before he massacred women and children in St. Louis.

[@alanlight7740]

@Big Dick Black - I feel sorry for you, that you have no concepts of such things as honor or duty or honesty. This lack has sadly diminished you as a human being.

[@brucesmith3740]

North Carolina had the most soldiers in civil war, but most battles were not here. More revolutionary war history here in Charlotte.

[@frankrosenbloom]

I would have to agree that this is more lost cause spin. Every one of the articles of secession from every Confederate state mentions slavery multiple upon multiple of times. It is very hard to believe that North Carolina and the other states seceded because the new president started an "unlawful war" against the states that "peacefully" departed. How peaceful was the attack on Fort Sumter? The South seceded because they wanted to continue the institution of slavery and that was the immoral aspect of the whole situation. We can't blame people from being a product of their times, and all societies evolve. There is no Shangri-La. But, by 1861 Western Europe had outlawed slavery and it was illegal to import slaves to the US. People generally knew slavery was terribly immoral. The time had come to do the right thing and the seceding states wanted to continue slavery. There was nothing more immoral than that, and there was no honor in that position.

[@michelleosborne1431]

Been in Stanly county NC since 1993 and lived in 8 other states. I'd say I've never had any issues raising my 2 kids here. I feel pretty safe. Thankful for the kind people here. The main issues is low pay and schools could be better but, the cost of living is really low. Also if Christianity is a problem, you may want to go somewhere else. This is a fairly conservative area, at least more so than other places I've lived.

[@cazsnap]

It’s definitely a state where I’d have to be picky where I live.

[@WilliamtheWorst]

You and Mappy better visit when y'all come back to Wilmington!

[@sciencenerd8428]

I live in Canton and I absolutely love it. It's a nice quiet farming town in the mountains. Lot's of people won't move here because of the paper mill. That's why we love the paper mill.

[@NickJohnson]

The smell keeps people away

[@sciencenerd8428]

@@NickJohnson Yes. Although we rarely smell it out on the farm. There are particular days when you certainly smell it when driving closer by it.

[@wandam8642]

🤣😂🤣

[@dawnmccall3400]

Oh, they moved there and they complained to the EPA until they now have gotten the paper mill shut down.

[@hbridge2016]

I think it’s worth mentioning Wilmington, New Bern, and Morehead City. The coastal cities and towns in NC really are great places to not only visit but to live as well.

[@Antares_451]

I mean, he left out the entry military community as that's the zone we live. J-ville thru that area is all growing and decent place to live and raise a family..

[@randykhalaf553]

I'm in morehead, love it here . Born and raised

[@grimwrld7]

@@randykhalaf553 me too

[@Seert.l.]

Quiet New Bern 😌

[@t-ravisaurusrex6139]

Shhhh please, videos and comments like this are the exact reason places get overtaken with transplants

[@Eagles7sjn]

I’m from Fayetteville and I completely agree, I’m feeling the Super Mario intro too lol

[@Ekkis25]

South Carolina resident here, you can drive almost to the summit of Mt., Mitchell and it is a short walk to the top, easily accessible just off of the Blue Ridge Parkway which is a beautiful drive in itself! Rock Hill and mega rich Tega Cay in SC are 10 minutes from the NC state line and are an easy escape from the higher taxes and prices in NC! Nick there are neighborhoods in Charlotte that straddle the state line with different services depending on which side of the street you live on that would be a fun video drive don't you think?

[@MilesToGo78]

@@WhittyPics If they are tax friendly means not infrastructure/roads friendly. NC is the balanced state. I lived in both SC and NC

[@Spidermonkey260]

I went on spring break to nc and that was two weeks ago when there was a winter storm so mt. Mitchell was closed due to ice.

[@NickJohnson]

That would be a great video!

[@breckrichardson390]

Very true. SC has low taxes and bad roads.

[@kuroe-chan5190]

Ah home :) I’m in the central part in Raleigh but I love to visit the mountains Sylvia, Boone Asheville areas, love charlotte and has the best beaches. The diversity is good to me wouldn’t choose to live any where else

[@gallen2101]

Love this channel!!

[@tylersortia292]

The Scooter trivia had me dying ngl lol

[@brittanimontenegro]

When will you release a video about Wilmington?? Anxiously awaiting!

[@katiemeek985]

Pinehurst/Southern Pines area is definitely a nice and growing area! Still has the small town feel. Mainly an older population, a lot of retired couples who either go to the golf courses or the tennis courts. But a lot of young military families also live here since it’s not too far from Fort Bragg

[@jebril]

Its not growing its fucking maxed out man. Have you driven there on weekends?

[@kade_kam_dad]

Your vlogs are awesome 👏🏼

[@acooksla]

Oh, one more thing, nice climate? What? Super hot and unbearably humid from June through October, ac on 24/7- winters can be icy and snowy. First place we ever lived where we couldn’t enjoy the summer unless you go to the mountains. And bugs galore, poisonous snakes, chiggers, ugh. Climate is only nice there in the spring.

[@NickJohnson]

It's not that hot come on now

[@jameyabernathy710]

Dude we have awesome weather compared to most of the country

[@acooksla]

It wasn’t for me

[@Nice-qi5cf]

The spring only lasts 10-14 days too. You won't see that weather again, till fall. Again 10-14 days only.

[@jimellerman5686]

@@NickJohnson dude, I spent over 30 years there, in central Carolina. The humidity stays way up there. You must be used to it. Moved to Reno, Nevada. Is it hot? Sure, but it's dry heat, not sticky and uncomfortable.

[@rexoliver7780]

I work at the VOA/Marti SW transmitter plant gov’t owned and operating. Sadly two plants are closed Have worked at all three C plant was a received site that received programs from VOA headquarters in Wash DC. Worked in Wash plant,too. C plant is now owned by East Carolina University. A plant closed 2006 transmitter plant. Now owed by Beaufort County,NC. B plant is still open and operates 24/7. 3 shifts average 3 people per shift. Run maintain and SW transmitters . The plant can broadcast to anywhere in the world. A plant could do the same. Each plant uses 38 antennas and 9 transmitters that operate from 50kw to 500kw. Love working there and living in East NC,Greenville.

[@teresaprado7472]

My dream is to move there. I've visited several times. My youngest son moved there to raise his family in a safer environment. He lives in Raeford and works at Fort Bragg. I also have a good friend that lived in Caswell county but moved to the coast of Newport N.C. hoping to visit this summer. I have some decisions to make when I retire in 3 years. By the way I live in California. Always have hated it. Carolina is such a beautiful state. Very nice people too.

[@NickJohnson]

Email me when you're ready I can help you find a home Teresa - NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

[@Notyouraveragewhiteguy]

It is an absolutely amazing state cost of living is so much cheaper. I was from NY I've been down here for 20yrs. Your more than welcome but leave your Californian was in California please. With the influx of people moving her I hope it doesn't change

[@acooksla]

Lol, now I get it, Nick lives there no wonder he wrote all this about the place. Completely biased. California on the other hand is the best place I ever lived in America. If I had to move back, which I won’t, I would only consider California - the state that has it all. NC is nothing compared. But here in Spain, we hit the jackpot. Thank you universe.

[@t-ravisaurusrex6139]

Lol Newport? That's where all the sex offenders and drug addicts live. Not a joke, I'm from near there, it's a dump and one of the least desirable places I can think of. Just look up the registry online. You're probably used to that being from Cali though. But please stay where you are, NC has enough transplants diluting the culture and making it a worse place to live already. Lie in the mess you made and leave us alone

[@jamesclark9992]

California is alot prettier than North Carolina.

[@ShlongDong-v4y]

"its january and im not wearing gloves right?" DAMN RIGHT BROTHER!!!

[@johnson0618]

So I live in NC and when he said "we are going to interview a few people from North Carolina" I thought to myself... "I wonder if I'll be in the video" and then remembered that I didn't get interviewed

[@NickJohnson]

Haha next time

[@Notyouraveragewhiteguy]

What LoL I'm rolling

[@ernestojr.acosta972]

I’m moving to Winston-Salem soon. I’m excited for what to come.

[@williamwatson6676]

not sure why u hate on the Piedmont Triad with Winston and Greensboro. Got Toyota,FedEx,Amazon and just landed Boom Supersonic. Also not as crowded as Charlotte and Raleigh.

[@NickJohnson]

It's kinda ghetto but getting better!

[@shellzhimself]

Nick what made you move out of NC?

[@wandahall4435]

Hey Nick and Mappy Love 💘 ❤ 💕 ♥ 😘 💖 Y'all

[@janethill4365]

I bought a Mappy tee shirt.

[@NickJohnson]

Yay Janet no way that's awesome!!

[@JessicaAnthony11]

Moving to NC next month!! Cannot wait!!

[@NickJohnson]

Yay!

[@jillmartin3825]

Welcome!!!! ❤✌

[@dcla6003]

It's wild to see someone not from NC support gentrifying. The stereotypes he used to describe the areas are what I hear from the northerners moving here. I guess he would know what the other transplants are looking for. Hopefully native people aren't totally replaced but I guess that's the way it goes. I feel like I might end up moving to Alabama or GA to find a decent affordable house.

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

I’m 45 and was born and raised in North Carolina, I hate to say it but it’s gotten too expensive and traffic is awful. Only to have people who moved her talk shit and say it’s not expensive and traffic is nothing. I typically find that I am one of the only natives in any given group. My wife and her family are from Burgaw so that hasn’t grown near as much but it’s just a matter of time. Growth is good but when it’s to the point where transplanted folks tell you what your state is what the culture is like it is alarming. There are areas that were dense with African Americans and history that are now being gentrified to no end. What I experience and feel is there is no respect for the culture and history here when folks move in and they talk shit about it and describe a completely different North Carolina than I know but who am I …

[@dcla6003]

@@dannywearsthecrown567 It's frustrating

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

@@dcla6003 yes it is my brother. My sister came back to visit and said she felt outta place like “where’d all the accents go” lol

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Lol GA is even worse man. If you have to choose between the two choose AL.

[@t-ravisaurusrex6139]

Preach

[@Cconn5912]

Great video nick! North Carolina is beautiful, but just a question. Lol I know it's not the best county in the state, i know im from there. But how are you going leave Stanly county off map of NC counties

[@NickJohnson]

I didn't mean to?

[@Cconn5912]

No worries, didn't take it personal. We were watching and just happened to notice. Honestly, it was kinda humorous. Like I mentioned, Stanly county isn't the greatest as far as jobs along side the cost of living. But there have been some improvements. Moved to Rock Hill a couple years ago and we've absolutely loved it here.

[@Cconn5912]

Anyway, keep up the awesome work. Been watching you videos for a few years, great content

[@gregwatt6572]

I Always look forward to these Part 2 unboxings. Great video 👍

[@DLTJR1959]

62 year old native North Carolinian. The largest demographic group in NC are native North Carolinians. The 2nd largest group are native New Yorkers. Let that sink in for a minute.

[@infoguy1978]

DLTJR1959- where in the state do most New Yorkers/ north easterners live?

[@DLTJR1959]

@@infoguy1978 Lots in Brunswick County. Lots in Catawba, Mecklinburg, Wake, etc. Larger metro areas. Good folk. Just more congestion.

[@The1ByTheSea]

All of the N.E. ,Upper Midwest and Ohio,Michigan ,Indiana and California are moving into Virgina

[@feline707]

Hi Nick. Have you've been to Roxboro NC? I use to live there..I don't remember doing much there except going to Wal-Mart alot..lol 😆

[@NickJohnson]

I have it's not much - good people though. There's a cool disc golf course up that way.

[@semectual]

1:33 _ You Got to Love that Mario Brothers Soundtrack used for this North Carolina Video! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@williamperryjr1324]

Ha ha yup! Super Mario Bros 3! The first level!

[@NickJohnson]

That was my favorite game for a summer

[@christophercolvin5353]

Nick, Stop telling all them lies.... This state is a horrible place to live. We have lod Retired Angry Veterans, Hurricanes, Sailors, Pirates, Dangerous Guns, loud low flying Aircraft all hours of the night, bombing ranges and lasers. We like it this way. We don't want you coming down here, wanting to change shit! So don't move here. Keep headed farther south, like Florida 👍... We are content here without You. Very Concerned Local!

[@elfmageelina831]

Seeing Morganton NC in one of your videos just blew my mind. Didn't think people knew about it but i guess that's changing lol

[@beachlover1077]

Certainly not the state or even county I was born and raised in by far! I spoke to a lady at the grocery store and she said she was from NYC and that I was the first native she had spoken to in her 3 years here!! so sad!!

[@AzureWolfblood]

Sure shes spoken to more of us, most people dont go out of their way to advertise every single thing about them.

[@beachlover1077]

@@AzureWolfblood she asked where I was from because of my accent.

[@Sherrera09]

Do you think that in the future the triad area will get better?

[@NickJohnson]

I think it has a lot of potential for sure

[@elizabethdameron5209]

I’m from Greensboro and I can’t understand the hate. Much better here than the urbanization of Charlotte, Raleigh, or Asheville

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I live in one of the best places in the United States 🇺🇸 which is Cary, NC! So blessed to live in Cary the utopia of America!

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

4:52, lol.. how can u mention education as a prime source after u say its last in spending

[@jonniesmooth]

The public school system is shit, the universities employ hundreds of thousands, simple really.. dummy

[@ditto6330]

Hi Nick! Wow! Those are beautiful homes. It's a nice place it's really pretty. I know every place has it's up/down? They have the ones with the Monies and the less fortunate places? I always wonder about the crimes? The schools colleges? Thanks Nick great video 👍Now I'm wondering How much does a pack of cigarettes go for there?

[@NickJohnson]

$5.50

[@jameyabernathy710]

Cigs are cheap here. Marlboro and Newports are abt $6

[@ditto6330]

@@rogersmith7396 How nice that sounds only if you're a smoker? Must be nice! Thanks for sharing...

[@jameyabernathy710]

@@rogersmith7396 what? What a dumb comment

[@jameyabernathy710]

@@rogersmith7396 😂

[@biglos9d]

That moment when you interview yourself...

[@juliejensen7370]

It kills me that so many of us don't want more new neighbors, yet so many folks have more than two kids. Folks have to work and live somewhere. Cold weather sucks; have you tried it?

[@ccrider00]

When I was there during the winter's single diget, even hit 0+ much snow! Summers way too humid!🥳👾❗

[@steelonsteel2465]

Can you tell us about Mayodan? There’s another Ruger facility there

[@TeamAyala24]

Love the songs you make up off the top of your head 😂

[@tammyvincent9417]

How timely to release this video this week, with North Carolina vs. Duke in the Final Four this weekend; quintessential NC event there for sure. I was born in North Carolina and have lived most of my life here, and I'm living here in Rocky Mount taking care my elderly mother. I live in a town of decline, but I'm less than an hour from the fast growing Raleigh area, so I get to see both sides of the state on a regular basis. We might be the best state, I don't know. If you look at the beaches and mountains I'd say we are the best, because we're blessed with the best beaches and mountains on the east coast, but you've highlighted some of the declining areas as well.

[@ericae6611]

Rocky mount used to be a great place 30 years ago. I think all the flooding changed the demographics.

[@broskibear9666]

Hi Nick, you have a great channel. I moved from the Philly area to Charlotte almost 9 years ago and I really do like the very great state of North Carolina. Mountains, beaches, two metropolitan areas with hot job markets and still relatively affordable to live. Blue Ridge mountains are beautiful and I enjoy the clean mostly peaceful and not too crowded beaches. I have jobs to choose from in Charlotte. Oh yeah, the weather here is great and overall the people are great too. I won't ever move back to the Northeast.

[@willd2620]

Hell I moved from philly too back in the 90’s it’s a war zone

[@anonymousanonymous9680]

@@willd2620 Go home. Back to Philly. You're not welcome herr.

[@willd2620]

@@anonymousanonymous9680 your a lame I’m welcomed and if I weren’t I’d tell them make me go back same thing I’m telling your lame azz troll self

[@carolynetter8046]

​@@anonymousanonymous9680 They are really from California and Texas and they are hateful.

[@danmathis1696]

Im from the costal area, and they have many issues from opiate crisis and income inequality...then again that's America in general. I have a love hate relationship with coastal nc

[@lindacha1991]

When family lived in the Charlotte area, we traveled there several times a year. Each time we visited, there was a new shopping Center. Plus the super highways kept expanding in rings around the city. A lot of cement! And, family was born and raised there. But, when a job opportunity came up in Connecticut, they took it. They have a beautiful home on 60 acres next to a national forest and lots of lakes…reverse migration, but a happy family.

[@debbiemiller4992]

Did you not go check out the surrounding areas of Charlotte? Lol. Lots more to our state than Charlotte 😅