10 Places in North Carolina You Should NEVER Move To

[@catwoman4509]

I live in North Carolina and him saying Charlotte is safe is laughable!!

[@funnyfurfamily1513]

Yeah and it’s spilling over to Concord and the outer towns.

[@lordofdayz8202]

Amen to that

[@KolyaBennett]

Haha

[@KolyaBennett]

I'm In Morehead and it's a safe, and chill spot

[@donaldjohnson257]

Yeah, Charlotte is aiming for Baltimore and it will get there in 40 years!.....a sewer system inundated with murderers!.....Start your evacuation plans soon!

[@wanted-33]

Being born, and raised in North Carolina I can tell you the biggest problem with all of the growth. People move to North Carolina, and bring their bad habits with them, or they want North Carolina to be just like the place they just left. Those two things have ruined my state, and I'm not at all happy about that.

[@shize2764]

right on, got some people i know that complain about the boringness of my small town when they were from Syracuse. the outsiders ruined NC

[@ruthjocaccivajjio274]

Amen!

[@sweetnaomi56]

Same here lol

[@wanted-33]

@@armandmadison6368 We'll that wasn't a we'll thought out comment for sure.

[@onamission4562]

So right in SC also

[@conniecrawford5231]

Don’t encourage more people to move here to NC- it’s too crowded already!

[@Midnightclublalady89]

Right, I moved down here a few years ago. And I see more people from where I’m then actual natives 😂😂😂. I came down here to get away from them 😂😂😂

[@Midnightclublalady89]

@@david-lt9wj I will say it’s cheaper to live down here, I’m from Connecticut and it’s too expensive to live up there.

[@Brenryz]

@@Midnightclublalady89 Its too close to Mitch McConnell's state and everyone knows those states are pea brained citizens !

[@Midnightclublalady89]

@@Brenryz what CT or NC?

[@dlittle39dl]

@@Brenryz ...... Lmmfao.......I'm From NC......& I Actually Agree.......With You......🙂👍🏾💯

[@steved8053]

I knew you'd include Kinston,,,,;)

[@Chevroldsmobuiac]

A lot of areas in NC were previously dependent on tobacco, textiles, and furniture. All three of these industries collapsed on nearly the same curve in the 80's and 90's. If an area was dependent on all three, that area suffered more than most. The Charlotte area had banking to fall back on, and the Raleigh area had tech. It would be nice to see the other areas find their footing once again.

[@deweyHL4L]

They should legalize weed than

[@danielmoore7332]

@@deweyHL4L They were until the 'small guv'mint' Republicans had their say.

[@danielmoore7332]

I worked at a couple furniture factories in High Point & Thomasville. When the millionaire stockholders were allowed to seel off & move to Mexico, we suddenly had ghost towns.. Not sure what the solution is but you can't let rich people & churches keep getting off w/o paying taxes like the rest of us

[@wrenchhead6840]

@@deweyHL4L than?

[@phyllisnunn2061]

Exactly!! And where are those jobs now?? Why are they not still here in NC? Because GREEDY corporate types saw a chance to have **super-cheap** labor and no threat of unions by moving their operations to __________?

[@FrancineHermione]

Charlotte used to be cheap now everybody’s coming here and the rent triple

[@NickJohnson]

I know

[@digitalcamaro9708]

Same for Raleigh. Cost of living is shooting up like a mf in this city.

[@tech8222]

Same with Asheville

[@JourneytoJazmine]

Same for Durham

[@TheTarheel757]

Voted best place to live right after everyone flooded Atlanta

[@alexismartin5465]

Who else got this recommended and they live in North Carolina? Edited wow I never got so many likes on a comment before 😂 also I’m from Greensboro born and raised !! Update: 1/28/22 I maybe moving close to high point 😶🙁 Edited :7/9/24 I’m back in Greensboro!!!

[@NickJohnson]

Me

[@lovingmyself8416]

Lol Me!!🤣

[@Blessed2bFresh]

@@NickJohnson well played

[@04ingoditrust04]

Lol Near Rocky Mount!

[@Precious-lx4xb]

Me..near rocky mount as well. Like 20 mins actually

[@jaydawg1877]

I live in Salisbury and your partially right you make it seem alot worse than it actually is

[@corey5104]

It is

[@Dr.Speller]

When you're from North Carolina and have lived, visited, or have family in most of the places listed in the video...

[@MrBigruss1988]

Right. Grow up in Fayetteville, dad's family is from Albemarle. Probably why I had no problem cruising Crenshaw

[@down-n-outinNC]

Grow up in Fayetteville (Hopemills) and have family and friends in probably 6 out 10 of these

[@Chefblaquepeppa]

He doing extra it’s not that bad

[@tjuney79]

Word. I have family in all those places except Albemarle and Winston Salem....

[@tj1264]

folks are good there lol

[@susanparker7960]

I went to school in Winston-Salem, lived & worked in High Point, lived in Fayetteville and worked in Lumberton. Each one had good areas and bad areas just like most places in the US. It’s a beautiful state with some of the best people I’ve ever known.

[@maggiecampbell9248]

Winston Salem in it better than what you think! It is really fun!

[@coreyclayjr.5622]

Fun fact don't go too Durham

[@berrybarfield5056]

Thanks from Lumberton,NC!!

[@coreyclayjr.5622]

@@berrybarfield5056 respect

[@paulharrison2918]

@@coreyclayjr.5622 Born and raised there. Was home visiting family last month and had a great time. I'll be back in October. Thanks for the advice.

[@motojl]

As a former police officer in Charlotte, I can say that crime there is just as bad or worse than or in other cities in NC. Raleigh/Durham same. Americans are looking for Shangri-la but that is a fantasy place. Life just seems to be a series of compromises. The nicer the place the higher the rent. If you can afford to live in the house on the hill, go for it. But, you will live a life of isolation. Choose your poison.

[@spiritraps9596]

Charlotte is pretty bad depending on where you go, but the real problem is what spreads to other cities from Charlotte. All the drugs go the clt and spreads to other cites. I'm in Gastonia we have been getting worse and worse, especially this past few weeks where it's practically a shooting every day

[@billsmith778]

IDC about the life of isolation, I prefer it. Don't care if my house is on the hill or a two bedroom shack in the woods, just want to be left alone and not have people up my rear. And for those who eould steal my property to remember that I am like them, I also value my things more than their life.

[@lauren9004]

Thank you this info! But isn’t it “pick your poison”?

[@crand20033]

Look at the crime in Beverly Hills. It's really bad there too.

[@Thinker669]

I lived in the Raleigh-Durham area in the suburbs and boy is it expensive to live there. I been to Sanford and it's cheaper to live there and the crime rate is lower than those smaller towns mentioned in this videos. There's alot of work. It's gonna be too far from Garner. But I'm planning on moving to the Smithfield-Selma area.

[@MikeDurhamNC]

Thank you so much for telling people not to move here. Traffic has gotten so bad in the triangle.

[@vickicarberry459]

Charlotte may have a lot of jobs but its getting way over crowded and the crime is going up as well as the cost of living.

[@Spgzay]

Yes

[@Rpd264.]

its the cali for us un in nc

[@joogullae3456]

@@Rpd264. 100% the California, I would know being from Cali.

[@ryohoshi8445]

Ditto for the Raleigh area--unless you have an excellent paying job? You're going to end up with an insane commute. You want a place where the jobs pay you enough to live there; at least at one point, Asheville's cost of living was bad enough that the nurses working locally couldn't afford to live in town on their pay... (The VA hospital there is excellent, the other hospital's a disaster.)

[@joogullae3456]

@@ryohoshi8445 damn, I moved from Cali because it was to expensive to start a life for a young adult, I was living paycheck to paycheck.

[@brianevans497]

Well I knew Fayetteville was going to be on the list.

[@bigcazz8085]

Been here for 38 years so I know exactly how you knew lol. Given the profile pic I assume you are, or have been, stationed here. Thank you for your service!

[@brianevans497]

@@bigcazz8085 I’m still stuck in Fayetteville lol

[@Xceedpvp]

Fayettenam lol he going in on nc

[@shawnsharpe293]

Why did I tap on this video because I knew it would be there😂

[@anandalalita3732]

And did 😂😩🗣

[@johnrich4227]

I'm from Baltimore City, and NC is Heaven compared to the area's I lived. I love it in NC. There's bad places everywhere. People, don't get it confused. There's a lot of good places in NC.

[@badchemist100]

I second this. I just moved here from Philly.

[@a.b.mayweather9038]

You guys are turning North Carolina into the east coast lol you vote and support the same bs that ruined your state

[@JSBiceglo]

Yep you're definitely from Baltimore, Just by stating Baltimore City! I'm quite sure that went over people heads lol

[@nolanholmberg311]

Yeah I’m watching the sky and I’m thinking like I would much rather spend the rest of my life in Fayetteville North Carolina then a lot more rough places up north.

[@rahfrmpl412NC]

Facts

[@abc12eabc12e]

The Carolinas, North and South Carolina, are two of the most beautiful states with good and decent folk. Beautiful beaches too.

[@mindykennon7631]

Looking at the Outer Banks in a few years . Now not so sure.

[@ccrider00]

The beaches SUCK EGGS In the carolinas! The sand is so fine < like baby powder> it hard to walk in it! The ocean looks like it " just drops off " in the afternoon, but the water IS warm, { which brings in many sharks } many shark attacks along the south-eastern coast. Dont move to the south, Those people dont take kindly to outsiders none to much 🧙‍♂️ --- ( AND THEY JUST MIGHT LIKE A SHOWING YA 👊 🤜😭🤛🧙‍♂️--- "AAEAHHH", YAA HEEEER⁉️💥🎯💯☠⚰

[@Localtraveler2376]

@@mindykennon7631outer banks is no where near these places. My friends live in Avon and they love it.

[@Huntboys81]

Sorry to tell you, but you need to go to Florida to see good beaches...I'm from and still stay in nc... and dirty myrtle and worth it

[@barryt4455]

South Carolina is the Cousin Eddie of the south

[@lthorpe7744]

I moved to Durham in 1997 from ohio when I was 17 and I'm still here it's a lovely place. If you are not into drugs or gangs you have nothing to worry about .

[@livinglife1180]

Exactly

[@YoungBreeze252]

I'm not. I'm just from the hood n all my family is. I'm good in every hood.

[@lthorpe7744]

@@YoungBreeze252 just be safe

[@bennyhill3642]

I would be worrying about my kids and grandkids.. God bless you and your State!!😇

[@robtaylor8907]

I knew a lot of Davis's that moved from Ohio to Durham. Interesting that Durham was once an extremely wealthy area with a slew of small businesses. One of the many "Black Wallstreet's".

[@rodrigomesquita268]

I'm from south america and those places look like paradise to me. You don't even have walls around your houses, sharp wires and electric fences

[@emmabenedek646]

The people can walk about on the moon and drop billions tons bombs on Laos yet stopping the crrptn and caring about others is beyond their ability. But meanwhile they voted for a man who pays out millions because of sex issues. They should have thought about the future when they killed vthe 6 million folks there. Yeah we realise the offenders were religous Europeans etc. Nice eh?

[@LongNguyen-lx8if]

Looks are deceiving. Also walls and wires protect you...

[@shotpusher]

God Bless you.

[@sunwukong1443]

That why we have guns

[@robertjuniorhunt1621]

Peace be upon you my Brother

[@emptybaggyboys578]

When he Said , Raleigh and Charlotte and the Coast were safe,………. My girlfriend and I both belted out……..”SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!”

[@randomaccount6215]

Buddy you’re tripping is you think any of those places are worse off than any on this list or the other 10+ I could name of the top of my dome 😂. Nc resident here and have been and lived all over NC and can agree clt Raleigh and the coast are way safer than other Nc areas 😭

[@nidabugg]

😂😂😂😂😂 ok Safe!

[@aaolsen1]

Wilmington NC born and raised. I’m only 25 but I’ve watched tourists and those out of state who relocate completely ruin my small beach town. Now it takes 30+ minutes just to get from one side of town to the other and we have new developments everywhere. And the never ending big businesses have run out many of the local business I knew and loved. So what was once a nice quiet artsy beach town is now full of rich white entitled retirees. It’s so sad I can’t even afford to live in the city I was born and raised. I hate how popular NC has become for retirees.

[@9poindexter9]

I feel your pain. We moved there in 1986 and natives told us THEN that it used to be small town. College Road was 2 lanes from Oleander all the way to Carolina Beach, and Independence Blvd stopped at Shipyard. We moved across country in 2014, although our daughter still lives there. We left due to the frequent tropical systems. Good luck with the overpopulation😔

[@morgann3754]

Those out of state transplants are likely the reason your town is not a gutter

[@SimpleTruth1309]

@aaolsen1 You are only 25, and just learned a big lesson. Conservatives like to enjoy things as they are. But Liberals move in and immediately set about changing the character of the community using everybody else’s tax dollars so that eventually nobody can afford to live there because of the tax burden. Then they move out and repeat the same somewhere else, like Wilmington.

[@shemingway1]

I lived in Wilmington in the 70s. It was a terrific, laid back town then. Now it's a mass of pretentiousness.

[@BIGSTANK1983]

I'm with you. I do a lot of work in Wilmington

[@michaelangelo7431]

These places are not that bad as someone who’s from detroit and lived in NC for many years.. there is something about this state. I love it.

[@skorpyo331]

Too correct.💯💯💯

[@svnchezmedia]

unless you move in the hoods

[@jsmall5952]

Dang that’s not very hopeful considering you are comparing to Detroit....I just recently moved out of High Point had been there my whole life they just got crazy but I don’t think it’s 100% from people that live in High Point I think a lot comes from all surrounding areas

[@the1trueblackgod812]

@@geronimopratt7976. How can one speak ill of a slow pace town where you can sit out on your porch in a rocking chair or swing on a warm summer evening? Sure, you might be able to do the same in a big city but.....the calming, laid-back atmosphere won't be there.

[@the1trueblackgod812]

Most of these small towns in NC have a Mayberry feel.

[@jowilliebear]

What about the "criminal" that ran all those red lights while making this video?

[@rickyrayhammondssr3134]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣ikr😅😅😅😅

[@josephfordham3348]

I was thinkin the same. Man this dude run alot of reds 😂😂 guess he dont count

[@bennyhill3642]

ROFL I saw that also!!!!!

[@joeymcquilkin3670]

RIGHTTTTTTT

[@thomasfulton5696]

I died when I seen this comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mel6528]

Duke University is also located in Durham.....just saying. 😁 Honestly, go visit and make your own mind up about where you want to live.

[@felicianicolehenry]

Exactly. He picked the absolute worst parts of every city listed. I never experienced any of this stuff and I’ve lived here all my life and have family and friends in all of the cities listed. We live rather nicely here and are educated too!

[@gabrielhinsley4142]

All the dudes I went to BCT with that were from Durham only talked about how much violence there was, how the corner store down the road from their school would get robbed almost every week, how students would get shot etc.

[@CharlieBass5]

I always thought that Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill were nice places to party and safer than the north east.

[@felicianicolehenry]

@@gabrielhinsley4142 That is VERY true for Durham BUT, that’s the worst part of the city! Durham is also beautiful and very “well off.”

[@CGH250]

This video is horrible and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He only filmed 2 or 3 streets near old downtown Durham which most cities have and which look the same. He filmed nothing of Duke Hospital and Dukes campuses, the gorgeous homes in the city, the unique shops and restaurants - NOTHING. HES OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT Durham! !

[@Hannahbenowitz]

The home I purchased in 2023 has appreciated by $60,000 since my acquisition. However, the downside is the diminishing value of the dollar. I am currently contemplating strategies to reinvest $300,000 in the real estate market.

[@FinnBraylon]

I delegate my day-to-day investing to an advisor ever since suffering a major steep-down late 2019, amid rona-outbreak, and as of today, I'm semi-retired with barely 25% short of my $1m retirement goal after subsequent investments.

[@HildaBennet]

Could you kindly elaborate on the advisor's background and qualifications?

[@FinnBraylon]

The fiduciary that guides me is Sonya lee Mitchell, most likely the internet is where to find her basic info, just search her name. She's established.

[@HildaBennet]

Thank you for the lead. I searched her up, and I have sent her a message. I hope she gets back to me soon

[@pepsico815]

Your home didn't go up in value, the dollar is just going down in value. Save in a currency that can't be inflated.

[@rkbllc]

I'm from Raleigh and was making a delivery in Durham when my truck broke down. I called a towing company in Raleigh for a tow. They told me they don't go to Durham after dark.

[@mrike5651]

Same for Uber drivers here in Miami

[@nyeshahicks8207]

That’s sad. I live in Durham. I am educated and and feel completely safe here! It depends on where you live. Just like every city, Raleigh and Wilmington included, has bad parts.

[@rkbllc]

@@nyeshahicks8207 You are right. There are pockets in Raleigh that I stay away from, especially after dark.

[@noelsmythe7391]

@@rkbllcI have lived and worked in education in Raleigh 4 many years before moving back to New York 4 another job. Raleigh is very nice and not that dangerous unless ur out at night in a few seedy areas of Bragg St or Raleigh North projects...... Most of the old projects were torn down. I am about to return to Raleigh 4 good and can't wait. There r so many relaxing parks, lakes...7 or 8 lakes, ponds, rivers, wide open beautiful meadows as well as beautiful city blocks as it becomes more modern. In 2018 I visited & went to the Six forks road exit at the beltline and saw the new development of city blocks that reminded me of Atlanta or even New York. Very beautiful city blocks with condos and shops and all the amenities within walking distance on the bottom floors of these high rise buildings. There r plans 4 more of this development in Raleigh and I can wait to see the transition, but without affecting 2 much green space. Simply wonderful city, that I appreciate more after returning to tired New York with the maddening crowd of young gun toting psychos. Raleigh's moderate climate and numerous colleges 6 or 7 for a small city makes it really progressive.

[@rkbllc]

@@noelsmythe7391 I moved here in 1990 - it's amazing the changes that I have seen. Wishing you a safe return.

[@kirstenolsen8807]

I grew up in Winston-Salem, went to college in Greensboro and was never robbed until I moved to Richmond, VA!

[@rach2111]

As a Virginian, I can confirm, Richmond will rob you.

[@wellwoman443]

Seriously Richmond, how RUDE! What is wrong with people?!!

[@HemiLyfestyle]

Invest into a 🔫

[@Alitlittlehedgehog]

Yes that place is nothing but trouble. I live down the road in williamsburg and it's a night and day difference.

[@tanekahairston5889]

Richmond has been bad for decades! I use to hate spending my summers there as a kid and young teen!

[@mrdovie47]

I've been told that CARY NC stands for Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.

[@aaronjones3504]

Interesting... I work in Cary 4 days a week and all I see is foreign people

[@mrdovie47]

I'm sure it was a joke, but Cary is popular with northerners. I came from Michigan myself.

[@aaronjones3504]

@@mrdovie47 cool it's one of the best places to live in America

[@dionysusincarnate5713]

😂😂😂

[@TopCat2021]

Add along to that the People's republic of Chapel Hill!

[@anthonytorres4725]

Hey! That's my hometown. Kinston. I live in Texas now. Kinston never recovered from the closing of the Dupont plant from the early 90's.

[@philhewett1601]

Curious, I was born and raised inNC and have lived the greater portion of my life here and I love it. NC is in transition into unknown territory. When I was a boy in the 50s NC was primarily an agrarian society. With modernisation of farm machinery, the loss of tobacco, and corporate agriculture taking over the greater portion of farm land is disappearing, In the North it's the Rust Belt, here in the Bible Belt we have the Rot Belt...farming is rotting. Many of the noted towns and cities in this vid are dying because nothing has come to replace the income structure farming generated. Sadly, these communities will wither and, at best, just a very few people will stay to sustain them. North Carolina will, at some point, rise from the ashes of its lost agrarian life and become a decent place for all of its people. I lived in the thriving metropolis of Aurora on the south bank of the Pamilico river as a boy. It was determined to be dying then, but 65 years later it is still there, despite aspirations of becoming a 'boom town' when Texas Gulf started mining phosphate. Those dreams never manifested. None the less, Aurora is still alive, not a shining star by any means but, still alive. It has potential to grow and thrive in a new century...all the places in you video do too.

[@NickJohnson]

Wow Phil!!!

[@aliciaperriott47]

Mr. Hewett my mother was born and raised in Blount Creek and lived her last days in Washington, NC. I know Aurora well having spent many summers with my grandparents who were tobacco farmers. There has definitely been development over the years but still has the small hometown feel.

[@brentchristine2804]

Also from small town NC. You are exactly right- ENC died with tobacco. It left NC farmers nothing profitable to grow that can't be also be grown in the midwest or Idaho on a larger scale. My small town is Princeton, about two hours from your tidewater town of Aurora. It was a mill town in the 1900s, now only I-95 now separates us from the creeping exurbs of Raleigh.

[@donaldledbetter2412]

I hope we find a way to bring back local independent farming to fill the void left by tobacco. My grandparents shared acreage with the extended family, grew the best tasting peanuts, potatoes, corn, peas, beans. The soil here is great, I buy as much local as is available. I miss planting and harvesting with my family. Small scale but so rewarding in ways money can't buy.

[@brwils3378]

I live off Stough alley in Kinston. It ain’t that bad. We have a nice ballpark and a water park down the road. Well my neighborhood is ran down and there aren’t many jobs. I have had two dead people end up on my porch this past year. Also I’m the only white guy in my neighborhood.

[@BigE-qx1jb]

I lived in NC in the 90’s and I thought it was a beautiful state, all states have bad areas

[@LanaRioss]

He literally said that in the beginning of the video

[@BigE-qx1jb]

@@LanaRioss👆

[@Bernardo-bv5fo]

@@BigE-qx1jb huh

[@charlestilley2576]

Yes all States have bad areas, hopefully NC will regain it's former glory. Hopefully, they won't treat legal weed just as with the lottery when it came to VA. It's a fact, many went for 5-7 years & played the game in VA & helped them to rebuild their school systems, prisons, etc. We can't allow the same to happen once weed stores are setup & running! This would be the chance for the few family farmers who wants to stay in the business to prosper, especially in the eastern part of the State. Not to mention, it costs a lot to keep folks locked up over marijuana convictions for years upon years.

[@parabot2]

@@charlestilley2576 Blacks is all i will say , not rocket science .

[@kellyandrewsstroud1796]

I love North Carolina!!! I have left a few times but always came right back. You have the mountains on one end and the coast on the other end. A very beautiful state but of course there are crimes and drugs. You just have to do your best in living your life.

[@NickJohnson]

Yes Kelly!

[@TheTarheel757]

If you're born and raised in NC, you never get it gotta our DNA

[@Noahsoak]

Does it have a lot of rain and cloudy skies?

[@kitanachapo1104]

ME TOO BUT I WANT TEXAS NEXT.

[@carolmclaughlin8109]

I've been to Mt Airy and love it----- would move there in a heartbeat but live outside Boston

[@myssipowers3752]

Omg! I LOVED your song at the end! You should have mentioned Angier NC. I've lived there twice. It's a s***hole. Loved your video!

[@Annoyingstalkersgetalife]

I’ve been there

[@NeverShoutMarie97]

ain't shit in angier!!😂😂

[@youngstarz856]

So we not gone talk about at 6:55 how you ran thru that red light ?!...

[@hallafamedame363]

🤣😂😭😳🚥🚦🛑🚨🚨🚨🚔🚓🚘

[@solomad32]

Right

[@jango88fett23]

Word 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cmc1204]

Too busy being bias borderline racists

[@dmichellefriday6300]

Sad to say but my opinion of his opinion came down a few notches! You want Respect you need to show some Respect...just saying...but another view was...😲😱 He just totally ran that red light 😲💩😂😂😂😂😂 BAD,BAD,BAD...

[@martcichocki5571]

The vids of bad/worst places seem to bring out the best in Nick's monologue & analysis.

[@NickJohnson]

Haha ok!

[@martcichocki5571]

@@NickJohnson well it's true!

[@d.o.t.collector5359]

@@martcichocki5571 .. Apparently someone dosen't like hearing the truth.

[@martcichocki5571]

@@d.o.t.collector5359 that fact applies to more than travel vids!

[@ancientfilm]

I worked in Durham during the late 90s/early 2000s. Around 3-4 am into the late hours of the morning for a newspaper redelivering missed deliveries. It was rough, and yes, often dangerous, but it taught me something about "ghetto" neighborhoods, as you so often put it. There used to be an elderly lady who would take us into her home right off the street and offer us refreshments and conversation. We got some of the best tacos we ever had in our lives at about 6 am from a food shack, we ate at local restaurants where we were treated more like a guest at church than an outsider. We interacted with people we may have never come into contact with otherwise, so quick to help us find locations, people that would give you the clothes off their back... And I can tell you this, it taught me bad neighborhoods are most of the time only 2% bad people, everyone else is just trying to get by and mind their own business.

[@howardbaxter2514]

Durham has also changed A LOT since the early 2000s. Downtown isn’t as bad anymore.

[@devonbueno2343]

I live in Durham and this is how life is

[@kimberlypoole5325]

You are exactly right. Some of the nicest people I've ever met were some of the poorest people, but just as kindhearted. Just good people

[@ebby528]

In certain areas you have to be cautious I been living in Durham my whole life. But to be honest what city is really safe tho?.🤫🤔

[@LifeandMorewithTee]

It’s a lot of good people in less fortunate neighborhoods

[@The50Fordman]

I was going to buy a house in Kinston many years ago because my mother and my brother lived there. My mother talked me out of it and I'm glad that she did.

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Lots of potential, but nothing happening in 2023.

[@confessionsession4907]

He clearly hasn’t been to Durham in a long time because their isn’t nothing run down about it. It has rough places in town just like Raleigh or Charlotte but it’s actually quite expensive to live here

[@rhondadunn4228]

Durham is the biggest crack town ever. It’s the worst. I lived there for years and had to move because it wasn’t a safe place to raise a family. Tearing down the old buildings don’t make it any better… it’s still a dump.

[@authentic1only720]

Glad he didn't talk about how black Wallstreet got destroyed and then there comes gentrification 😑

[@blazedeniro1512]

This whole video is bullshit.. Every town or city has a bad area

[@javonrichardson177]

@@blazedeniro1512 everyone knows that dude why you so pressed?

[@jreagins1]

Durham's a hole.

[@urmom-lu3pi]

i never realized that basically all NC towns look the same. Edit: ok can we stop arguing over Texas and North Carolina?

[@urmom-lu3pi]

@Cameron Betton hey it's not that bad. i have lived there basically my entire live and its not that much traffic. I mean, all states have towns that are crowded but NC is wonderful if you haven't been there. Tons of jobs and a very nice community.

[@urmom-lu3pi]

@Cameron Betton i agree to disagree. do u?

[@christopherbell4543]

Yep they do.

[@alexsmith1207]

@Cameron Betton North Carolina has better schools, and science

[@IkaneishaJenkins]

They dont, he just rode around abandoned areas to make them seem worse than they actually are.

[@janetvandagna8344]

I grew up in Winston-Salem and just moved back in 2019. Not ALL areas in WS are like you described.

[@flaboi8998]

Big facts

[@leebomccool8997]

That's true of everywhere but the stats he gave don't lie.

[@jameschilders7423]

I would move out of state before I'd move to winston salem

[@jameschilders7423]

I was driving a delivery truck for a milk company they told me my new route would be in winston salem, I quit the next day

[@j.j.1047]

Agreed

[@edgrindstaff9615]

Hey man Charlotte's not on the list but the very first thing you do is go down Hoskins road in Charlotte in the video what's up with that? Native Charlottean, been living here all my life , and just curious where are you living at?

[@historymajor26]

“Clicks video to make sure my city isn’t on the list” Edit: my city was on the list 😔

[@aaronjones3504]

Find Hertford NC

[@TheJon]

Mine wasn't, but daaaang everything around me was! And I gotta disagree with him on a lot

[@angelramirez7921]

🤣 same I had to make sure

[@bobbyrodgers6677]

My city Wasnt on the list. I live in erect, nc

[@hopeisevilloveisnot]

Mine wasn't... the closest was an hour a way... lol

[@chrisleath]

A homeless man once told me *" you couldn't pay me to live in High Point"* - I'm from Greensboro by the way 😂

[@saundrachapman-fisher4690]

I from hp i hate it

[@chrisleath]

@@saundrachapman-fisher4690 I don't blame you.

[@marquisgray4216]

I'm in Greensboro to

[@hplifestylelessonsandfun9131]

I live in High Point! It’s getting bad!

[@smallworldz7241]

HP is the Heroin capital of NC

[@anthonybacon7073]

Have lived in eastern NC for over half my life. Originally from Baltimore and I don’t ever plan on living there anymore. NC is home and has plenty of good places to live. Many of the places listed are correct, but manageable. NC is a great place to live in my opinion.

[@marlobx7442]

💯

[@USGrant-rr2by]

NC is one of the WORST states in US. It is near the bottom on almost every conceivable metric. That's a COLD HARD FACT! I can't wait to GTFO!

[@PamelaMeeks-is3eu]

I live near Raeford Nc. I love it here. Very peaceful where I live. I’m very near all kinds of amenities which makes life easier. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@melissarobertson5444]

Being someone raised in San Diego my whole life, I was shocked by the segregated neiborhoods when going to visit a friend in NC. There is so much to love about NC, But when I have a cook out it's all nation's, we have Mexico, Japan, Korea, Africa, & Europe enjoying the day!

[@islam_will_Dominate]

There is no segregation, people CHOOSE to live within their communities .. please don't come back and stay in your state with those ideas.

[@melissarobertson5444]

@@islam_will_Dominate I said , what I said!

[@VIDSTORAGE]

California has huge super segregated communities and you have to be in the club to live in them

[@benjybrasington9508]

well most people who talk stuff like that are them SJW's so you can stay in California, we dont want you

[@sitcomchristian6886]

You sound like you collect "friends" based on their nationalities...

[@elizabethwilkins5850]

I live in Durham, and we're not that bad off. Durham has two sides: The one portrayed here, which is improving, and the side with huge thriving consumer centers, major historic industries, and one of the top schools in the country, Duke University which makes Durham more expensive place to live. I think you highlighted key issues well, but there are many more positives that make Durham not worthy of this list, but the list of best places to move to in NC.

[@patriceh.3307]

Facts!

[@jenchrollin6035]

Seriously I have in Fayetteville and I’m so used to it I’m shocked to see it on the top 3 list…I grew up in one of the safest cities in California lol

[@chuckybag]

Im in durham as well.....should NOT be on this list

[@weasle2904]

I live in Durham as well, not near the ghetto, projects, or downtown, or the college. I can say with certainty it all depends where you live, but it's no lie that the vast majority of the city of Durham is pretty trashy. The only nice areas are the new developments, downtown, and around Duke.

[@1llf4ted]

It depend where you at. And Ion want no mfs moving here anyway

[@lorenzobyers7361]

This Dude is hilarious!!! I still rep NC better yet & still live in NC Charlotte ...No matter where you go it’s always going to be areas with pros & cons...good or bad...not just NC!

[@denisemoody9616]

EXACTLY!!!!!

[@brekae7140]

@@jennifersigman3080 I said the same thing... it makes no sense to me lol

[@JesusIsAlphaOmega001]

I'm I'm Charlotte bro. Chillin.

[@josephhoover4542]

He literally said that in the beginning are you deaf?

[@MrPriest24]

I'm mad he just casually drove past my property and didn't stop. 😂

[@bennyhill3642]

🙄☺😊😁😀😆😅😂

[@Sherrieb]

😂😂😂

[@vazdiwasxzo9227]

Is your property near where he ran the red light.

[@JillsNipple]

​@@vazdiwasxzo9227found another proud hallway monitor...

[@RRCRDA777-55]

hahaha

[@Herr2Cents]

These places must be dangerous. You can't even stop for red lights.

[@jamiehudson1647]

In Salisbury if you stop you will either have a homeless guy or a crack dealer knocking on your window

[@dablackman08976]

So I’m from rocky Mount and can honestly say you can’t take care of yourself AND a family with those “blue collar jobs” paying as little as they do it’s easier to judge when you’re on the outside looking in

[@IkaneishaJenkins]

I'm in Rocky Mount too!

[@thenameisacog482]

So do i and this is very true

[@lexh5121]

I'm from rocky mount too

[@thegoat6.045]

Rock city

[@wertiaaudit5746]

In my first amendment opinion privilenge, I think it's because of the corruption regarding unlawful arrests , citations due to the lack of bodycams & suvillence systems in NC . Hiring a lawyer or using a public defender that isnt corrupt in NC , can result in not buying a home due to the resource drain.

[@tangerinedreamfan9973]

1:20 Durham 1:52 😱 2:38 Whiteville 3:57 Albemarle 4:48 Salisbury 5:44 Rocky Mount/High Point 7:11 Winston Salem (pop. 250k) 8:20 Laurinburg 9:30 Fayetteville 10:40 Lumberton 11:13 Kinston

[@user-tk5fc5sz9f]

Durham its not bad

[@danielleince6351]

Im happy Havelock, Newport, New Bern, and Morehead wern’t in here

[@monarene44]

@@user-tk5fc5sz9f You must not read the newspaper or watch the news.

[@divinebeing2476]

Durham is terrible for crime

[@user-tk5fc5sz9f]

@@monarene44 you must not live in Durham don't believe everything you read, everyone think they know Durham, and it's always the ones who never lived here that can tell you all about it.

[@bigdog533]

I live in Charlotte DO NOT COME HERE. it's overpriced and getting overcrowded 😂

[@janissalanginan4666]

My bf he is living in charlotte he is good even he using😂😂😂😂

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

POV, they are building a new apartment complex near your house

[@nomore8042]

Coming soon 3 bedroom 2.5 bath large corner lot fenced in backyard 4 miles from Lake Wylie, 9 miles from the airport and 12 miles from downtown.

[@2jcward]

Yup

[@timtimdixon4979]

Traffic a Nitemare, Daymare Wrecks every day, and 1 mph on interstates

[@dustykashmir]

Lived in Asheville for a short amount of time. Crime and homelessness was really high, but I enjoyed living there a lot. Kind people and lots of stuff to do.

[@Sexyazz]

💯💯

[@MarsHouse6166]

Been here 5 years and have not met amean spirited person yet.( well, no one complaining about where we came from anyway)

[@mikezylstra7514]

My g@y buddy moved there. I heard it was g@y-friendly. His name is Dale. Do you know him?

[@sheilaperrone7654]

😮 Sorry, my husband and I went to Ashville to check out a possible move to retire to from Westchester, NY. It was touted as the top 10 places in the US to retire in. We flew their a year and a half ago. We arrived on a Wednesday and flew home Sunday. Ashville itself, the city was full of Meth addicts and homeless. Also wannabe hippies and artists. We were treated as "strangers" right away. People were not kind or friendly especially women for some reason. The men were better. Every day we drove to different towns; Black Mountain, Hendersonville, Maggieville e.t.c. Hendersonville was about the best out of the lot though it was not my cup of tea. EVERY OTHER TOWN was shockingly horrible. Maggieville was really bad. The main strip of stores was so run down. They all looked out of business. Houses were for sale for $600k! Unreal. I could not wait to get home. I knew by Friday afternoon that it was all propaganda on the internet! A terrible shame.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Been reading some awful stuff about NC. I knew Charlotte was a crime capitol, but now everything seems to have been taken over. @@sheilaperrone7654

[@perse418]

This video is a great advisory tool for those who live in fear and get most of their life experiences from the internet.

[@melyna_r]

Durham is fine, I've worked in Downtown for 16 years, never had any issues. If you want to live in Durham, just don't live in the bad areas. Every town/county has its bad areas, you just have to know where they are.

[@nikkidee1785]

Especially Mac Dougal

[@jameswoolley4339]

I visited rahlighly Durham a couple of times it seems OK except for the dry counties thing I need my. Beer man f that!!!!!!

[@BackyrdBully]

🙏 I've been here nine years.

[@vanessabrown7736]

I agree

[@lyrics4all691]

Bad areas .. everywhere in Durham 😂 ain’t nun nice in durham

[@MrSean22919]

Me being someone that grew up in Fayetteville in the 90s. I can truly say they are doing a hell of a lot better and it’s certainly improving.

[@NickJohnson]

Good hope so!

[@MrSean22919]

@@NickJohnson they are trying to get rid of the hoods. Some are there still. But a lot have been replaced with nicer homes and apartments.

[@_D.2912]

I agree. I grew up in Campbell Terrace and Topeka Heights

[@imafuckingshitbag230]

I used to live in a neighborhood called “Groview Terrace,” They have demolishes the ones I live in and replaced them with modern apartments 😄

[@jonihartsell3385]

"me" being someone who grew up = "me" grew up...government "education". "I" grew up, not "me grew up". The problem is lack of true education,

[@ritavazquez4432]

Nick can you make a video of the 15 more safely places to live in NC ? How about South Carolina and Georgia?

[@NickJohnson]

One day ok!

[@RidaBonita]

I live in Fayetteville for 10 years now, and never had problems finding employment. I’ve raised my kids here after being military wife for years living in different states. My son went to early college high school in Fayetteville, and is in second year at ECU. Yes it’s not my favorite place coming from a city girl, but by far not the worst. Theirs crime, drugs and poor areas in every city and state.

[@lovemeride]

I been thinking about moving to fayetteville

[@SurvDC]

I moved to fayetteville Nc in June 2020 and I love it here its peaceful. I'm from south east D.C. whoever made this list tripping.

[@lovemeride]

@@SurvDC i hope to move there i been looking at apartments

[@SurvDC]

@@lovemeride yeah it's been kool here. I have 0 complaints. The streets are at war where I'm from.

[@lovemeride]

@@SurvDC i understand i just want a chance of environment

[@Andertheil]

Ive lived in WInston Salem my whole life. Love it. Don’t listen to everything you hear; Winston-Salem is up and coming over the last 10 years. Especially downtown.

[@solomad32]

Exactly

[@georgemoore528]

I've been here 21 years. We've had our share of crime, but it's not as bad as many make it out to be. I'll stay here before moving to places such as Chicago, Miami and NY City...and I'm sure there are citizens in those cities that find their neighborhoods safer than Winston-Salem. It's all in the stats and rumors, I guess.

[@Andertheil]

@@georgemoore528 it’s all in your lifestyle and where you stay, what you do, and who you hang with.

[@iitsNiickyDuh]

& high point is not as bad as this video implies

[@Lonnie7619]

Yep you are right man. I am from Statesville and was over there the other day. The brewery scene is definitely blowing up. Downtown is coming along just great.

[@alexandermitchell-schwartz6171]

I live in Durham and love it. It has it's problems but it more than makes up for it with it's many, many great qualities. But I appreciate you telling people not to move here.

[@aprilroberson27]

You last sentence cracked me up. 😆 I know that's right...stay where you are. I'm from the Carolinas but I now live in Florida. Carolina will always have my heart.

[@DoubleT813]

😂

[@DoubleT813]

I was working there for a while. I liked it. Would’ve moved there if the Lord said the same, but he didn’t. I’m in Charlotte now. By the way of Wilmington, but spending these last six years after total loss due to a house fire in Winston Salem, Burlington/Mebane, Durham, Pilot Mountain, now Charlotte. It’s been interesting, that’s why I was interested in the video and what he had to say. I’m not where I want to settle yet. Pilot Mountain was nice however, I’m not ready to live a place like that. I had to think about my money. Maybe later.

[@mandybellep230]

My baby goes to Duke hospital, never had any problems. Tbe people that work there are cool too

[@LarrySnipes-ii2kv]

I don’t believe this. Live near Whiteville for 45 years. Been there dozens of times. Never felt unsafe. There’s nothing to do there, but I feel like it is a safe community.

[@MyHeart1955]

Tell me you didn’t just run that red light in High Point. And Kinston, that WAS a stop sign (come to a complete stop then move). The brake is called a brake for a reason, dang.

[@joannacrowder4697]

He has run 7 lights or signs 🤔

[@Nga-1984]

I watched a lot of his videos and he always run the red light even when he's on live 😄

[@stellarwind1946]

It’s ok because no one was there to see it in High Point.

[@jay-d8g3v]

it's high point.. stopping is optional

[@dominioncrowntv5197]

A lot of the older locals here don't like change and outsiders. One one hand, it''s understandable to have familiarity, but to see what happens to places like High Point when the industry leaves and there's nothing to replace it..... So depressing.

[@kimmyreed9987]

Wasn't High Point ans surrounding areas a large manufacturer of furniture at one time? I heard that so many of the furniture manufacturers moved out or went out of business and it killed the cities. That is so tragic that so many jobs were lost and caused people to lose everything. 😪

[@cat740dt]

@@kimmyreed9987 you are correct. Thomasville which is just down the road from High Point is one of the last cities here that continues to build furniture

[@dominioncrowntv5197]

Yep. Highpoint, Thomasville and Lexington were the furniture towns and now not much is left. The future of this state is definitely the research triangle

[@wandaherring7526]

@@kimmyreed9987 Can thank NAFTA for that.

[@kimmyreed9987]

@@dominioncrowntv5197 That is so sad all those jobs were lost. Just plain greed is what it boils down too. 😞

[@kevinhallisey5201]

Ironically, every single “smaller” town was IDENTICAL to each other.

[@KweenRegi77]

Thats NC for ya...

[@joeymcquilkin3670]

Yup and that’s why 50 years from now they are all going to be exactly the same... people in those places don’t like change, they run off of the old ideals that their grandpappy taught them and never accept outsiders... it’s really sad actually RASICM MUST END!

[@reinareina1199]

@Cameron Betton yes it is !

[@Badficwriter]

@@joeymcquilkin3670 I was looking at a decent priced mobile home and looking up the city it was in. Review said everybody there waves Confederate flags....So proud of being traitors. If you look the other way for that, what else you turning a blind eye to?

[@redherring87]

Gotta go to Kinston and go to Lovicks Cafe and get a doughburger! Also Kings BBQ is on the list of places you should try.

[@kgarner7720]

I’m from Winston Salem and although I agree with most of the content I have to say that I am very certain that there is no state that doesn’t have similar issues or worse.

[@kgarner7720]

@@thefishhobbyist5478 oh wow kudos to you for taking the initiative to make a statement. Do you feel better now? Empowered and all that….? Lmao

[@kgarner7720]

@@thefishhobbyist5478 lmao, are you going to get in your own line for your little ‘EdUmikayshunal’ tour? A bit like the blind leading the blind isn’t it??

[@kgarner7720]

@@thefishhobbyist5478 lmao, what you accomplished is proving that you apparently have very little to do in life that even resembles being productive. So sowwy if I hurt your whittle feelings.

[@hazelinemccrory1576]

Absolutely!

[@kgarner7720]

00 wow ha imagine that disabled and I have to prove myself to someone who controls the KZbin comment sections. Oh wait a minute I guess you have very little to do to feel productive either but given how you have attacked me over a comment that I made made about my hometown it kind of paints very clear picture about what type of person you are, and the fact that you must lack some basic educational background your self. And I’m guessing that you’re the type of person that laughs at disabled children and senior citizens crossing the road with walkers you know nothing about me what I have gone through and what I know or who I know and although it would be real easy to get some knocks in on you with this I think that you as an individual should really evaluate what it is about you that makes you feel that you have either the right or the foundation for that matter to attack someone that did not say anything to YOU at all. But you know what I’m gonna tell you what, considering that you seem to feel so in adequate that you need this little power trip to attack a female over some thing that she said, regarding a city that you feel partial to or you feel whatever towards if that’s what you need to do on a public forum to feel empowered and like a “big man” then you really are more in need than anybody really can understand and I sincerely hope and I mean this in all honesty, I sincerely and truly hope that nobody in YOUR family is ever treated the way that you apparently treat other people without provocation. And yes, I am angry that I am even forced to address this because generally speaking when I encounter people like you in the world I can laugh it off, but you just seem to be lacking some very basic etiquette, tact and well I’m going to just summit up this way, if you have nothing productive to say, you probably should not say anything at all and if you decide to attack someone for no reason you should probably think about how educated you are because right now the general consensus of those that are aware of the situation it’s not that I am the problem And granted not all of them, but there’s a few of them that I would wager probably have a whole lot more education than you do, and there painting a very unflattering image of what type of person you are probably like in real life, but they did bring up a very valid point people like you that act like this online typically are Nothing like the boisterous words that they put on screen but it’s very easy to hide who you really are on the Internet so I think that if I’m going to listen to any type of remarks about me or be impacted by any remarks about me it’s going to come from someone who HAS an education.

[@R_C420]

I had to run through so many red lights to get here this early.

[@Tingling10]

Ironically, I saw them running a red light in this video.

[@kristintaylor999]

I'm from Jacksonville and my mom was born in Lumberton and grew up in Whiteville so I showed her this video and her response was "well Whiteville can't be that bad because we have a Walmart." hahaha

[@NickJohnson]

Mama is right!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TooRawJT]

I lived there for 2 years nothing really there. Everyone goes to the beach to do anything. (Not saying myrtle beach is nice) 🤣

[@alliwheeler2004]

My kids were born in jvill we live out by emerald isle now

[@blackthunder7342]

I used to work at Dobbs Motors in Lumberton North Carolina

[@blackthunder7342]

@@TooRawJT and all the white people think they're Indians they call themselves lumbees

[@kaddett3717]

1:06 There is one good thing about Durham, and that's the can opener bridge

[@mikehunt3559]

What he fails to mention is that Duke University Medical Center in Durham has some of the best medicine in the world. Lots of cutting edge research there. I went to school there. You can find bad areas anywhere. Most people don’t drive into rough areas at 3 am. He’s right though in some aspects. There is some real suckage in the state in certain places. Ever driven through Dunn, NC ? Lol. Holy crap. I’m suprised it didn’t make the list.

[@JohnJFebreeze]

dunn, nc is where dreams go to kill themself in a ram 1500

[@mr.horse1801]

My buddy told me its the kkk capital of the state

[@James-hj2up]

Durham is a great city

[@Badficwriter]

@@mr.horse1801 Oh s---! My ex-husband just moved there! 😆👻

[@apmaffs2100]

I really appreciate the video showing the streets of High Point. The driver ran a red light, and they damn well should have. Don't ever stop in that neighborhood, just keep on moving along.

[@chrismanning8052]

Tarboro

[@ajhowell20]

He was on Main St. He could’ve stopped at the light lmfao.

[@MissngLettrs]

@@ajhowell20 no cap😂

[@tishjanuary7379]

Is it sketchy? We live in Pittsboro & are going there for my daughters dance competition in a few weeks.

[@Yvell]

Whhhhhy???

[@duglife2230]

Fayetteville has allegedly always been a bad town. I was reading a book on the 82nd Airborne Division's history during World War Two a few years back, and as any North Carolinian probably knows, Fort Bragg is the home of the airborne and is near Fayetteville. On the weekends the paratroopers in training would get passes into the city, and would get into trouble extremely easy. Their clashes with the rough locals of the community prompted Brigadier General James Gavin (who would later become the division CO) to say, "If they fight in North Africa like they did in Fayetteville, then we will have this war won by Christmas." The book is 'The Sword of St. Michael' by Guy LoFaro, for anyone who is interested.

[@sullyfox4993]

I grew up in Lumberton. I remember going to Fayetteville as a child to the mall there and thinking it was a treat to go to something so nice and fancy. It's interesting that people thought it was terrible after seeing it through the lens of someone who grew up in such a worse place.

[@gwencross5016]

I live near Fayetteville. Shop there all the time. Its growing and very fast pace. There are places in Fayetteville are run down with crime and poverty. But ain't most cities have some places like that in the county?

[@Shabaka87]

Military towns always suck. All the money is from the Soldiers and not really many opportunities for Civilians.

[@stonep11]

Loved in Fayetteville for a while. It’s really not bad at all. There are bad places, but they are obvious and people just stay away. Lumberton is much worse, but is a distance away. The worst thing in Fayetteville is the homeless people downtown who will beg for money from you while eating outside. Otherwise, it’s not a bad town.

[@SkarlettMayHem]

Bragg is in the middle of the city I retired from there but Fayetteville is not that bad the side where the college is old Fayetteville is a little rough but its not that bad

[@rudolpholaspari6039]

Been living here all my life, this list is spot on.

[@smoochesTina]

Born and raised in NC and this breaks my heart. My family is from King/Rural Hall on my dad’s side and Winston Salem on my mom’s. I was born in Winston but we moved around a lot as my dad was a mobile home salesman when I was a kid & he was the top ranked guy with his company so when a new store was opening, he was made manager and we moved. However, we moved to Whitsett, which is between Greensboro and Burlington, when I was 5 & my mom still lives in the same house to this day…50 years later.

[@Heytherebuds]

I'm in Winston and more and more people are moving in and ruining it. We're looking for a house out in Stanleyville

[@melanieinnc8791]

Born in Winston-Salem. Still here in Pfafftown. We need to close the borders.

[@jerryharper2217]

I was born in Winston and moved to king in 72 now live at Myrtle Beach

[@jerryharper2217]

Also was in mobile home set up business thru 90s til 06

[@stuartnorman8713]

I know all these places, but glad I no longer live there.

[@Scrublife-qf3ye]

I’m from NC and I personally love my state! How about sharing the great parts of this beautiful state!

[@lisajoy9588]

Just don’t tell them to move here. There are too many people here already!

[@garnetjohnson763]

The only beautiful part of this jackass state is when its in the rear view mirror as you're LEAVING it

[@lisajoy9588]

@@garnetjohnson763 Please tell everybody you know that so maybe so many people will quit moving here and messing up our state!

[@garnetjohnson763]

@@lisajoy9588 this state was wayyyy messed up already.

[@everythingisartyouknow]

@@garnetjohnson763 Yeah theyre just mad cuz they have no education so they think telling people not to live there will magically drive down the cost of housing

[@WesLovelace]

I managed to live in Goldsboro, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Wilmington while going to school and then working.....I enjoyed every location before finally moving to the Florida Gulf Coast!!

[@los2159]

You enjoyed Goldsboro? Idk if I’d trust your opinion 😂🤣

[@WesLovelace]

@@los2159 Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll at WCC....LOL!!

[@jessicaweese2982]

I lived in Wilmington for 10 years and it's very touristy and expensive to live. But pretty

[@WesLovelace]

@@jessicaweese2982 If you live near or on the saltwater real estate can get pretty pricey.....but I've been fishing most of my life in the Salt.....Wrightsville Beach and vicinity was one of my favorite places to be on the water next to where I now live on the Florida Gulf Coast.....Sea Ya!!

[@jessicaweese2982]

@@WesLovelace wrightsville is a very pretty beach. Carolina beach too. I stayed out towards topsail beach too in hampstead. I would say duplin co is prolly the worst place I have lived.

[@megm38]

I grew up in Laurinburg, moved to Charlotte as soon as I graduated college, and lived there until I became a traveling Respiratory Therapist and moved around the country for several years. I had to go back to Laurinburg to live with an aunt when my heart went electrically and anatomically haywire and I could no longer work, after many misdiagnoses, that was fixed, but other parts of my body had suffered the consequences and I was permanently disabled. Now I live in northern NC in Mount Airy. It makes me sad my hometown made this list. I was so ready to get out as a teenager and so set against ever returning, even when forced by illness, but it IS my hometown. I do have great memories of it. Friday night lights at Pate Stadium and the main drag which was Main Street and Atkinson in a big circle. I know she's not the same now, but I hope she'll survive long enough to see a new life in the future. I know people there are trying hard to give her CPR. 💜

[@arcozako1234]

Wow i used to live in Mt. Airy years ago, you should check out that icecream truck in front of that gastation. last time i checked it was still there? i hope. Its been a while

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@arcozako1234 Do you know Annette O'Dell? She would be around 58 now? I have no idea what her last name is these days. I knew her at East Carolina in the early and mid 80's. Very sweet person. Thanks either way

[@conniecrawford5231]

You ran that red light in High Point!

[@missmable6015]

LOL 😆😂

[@sariyahhh3079]

😂😂😂

[@4blockgully183]

Highpoint not like that lol

[@maverick974]

High point and Winston is not bad at all. Of course there's places you don't go, but that is like that everywhere.

[@lobo11141]

I saw that. 😂😂😂

[@kensoldit105]

Been in NC over 8 years now. Due to my kinda work I've been to some of these towns. I concur that some of these places are rural which typically comes with high unemployment, drugs and poverty. Same as the small towns in Ohio where I'm from and Georgia where I lived for 10+ years. Overall though, NC has good sides of town and bad sides of the just like everywhere else.

[@MiguelGonzalez-uq3by]

You said it the best a lot of people don’t realize where you have a big city the rest will follw

[@josemv8628]

That’s a perfect argument.

[@davejohnson5479]

I lived on the coast in the late 80's and it was good back then. I've contemplated moving back there, however I better take a road trip and check things out first. Thanks for the heads up!

[@GonkBoy66]

I’m in Wilmington, NC. Born and raised. Lots of retirees from up north. More crime and drugs, but I feel like that’s everywhere. The price of living is insane though!! But it’s my home!! Lol

[@monicabolden8663]

I'm in Fayetteville, it's much better than it was years ago...were trying lol

[@loveme4me663]

I hate Wilmington NC. This is my home town as well. I love being close to the beaches but the cost of living is making me want to relocate.

[@hanne9170]

The cost of living has made it unbearable to live on the coast of NC. Those of us who were born and raised in these small, quaint coastal towns have been priced out because northerners have moved here in droves and ruined it for locals.

[@TruthSeeker-rn1tm]

Every shot in this video looks absolutely beautiful to me. I'm English and live in a reasonably nice are and this looks waaay better. I just think NC towns are so handsome, they can't help it.

[@dabneyscholler8495]

I love how everyone on here is connected by NC. I'm a South Carolinian but was born in Charlotte!

[@Gamecockinnc1]

Me too. I am a South Carolinian and have lived along the coast for almost twenty years.

[@louispeters4643]

I'm moving to charlotte

[@sharisedanyelle3394]

@Louis Peters Don’t do it.

[@louispeters4643]

@@sharisedanyelle3394 your scaring me why shouldn't I????

[@ramieldarini2959]

@@louispeters4643 it’s not bad lmfao, don’t listen to em

[@pineapple7874]

This was on my recomended but I guess I know why.... because I'm from NC 🤣

[@liloreoinya]

This is in mine and I live in MO. 😂

[@toria165]

Recommended to me also, I’m across the boarder in Virginia.

[@vadajudd2586]

As someone who grew up in NC and still lives here I’ve got mixed feelings about this. 😂 1) Surprised Fayetteville isn’t the worst (though that’s based on a personal dislike of the area) 2) Surprised people still think moving near Raleigh/Charlotte is “safer” 3) Relieved but also confused to not see any real mountain towns on the list

[@donaldjohnson257]

.......Fayetteville should be the worst!!......Confused as to why you are confused to not see any "real mountain towns" on the list??

[@slimj82]

Which mountain towns would you stay clear of?

[@donaldjohnson257]

@@slimj82..........I would avoid any mountain town where the majority of the population's family trees have no branches!!

[@slimj82]

@@donaldjohnson257 black mountain?

[@kevn99]

I’mma pass on the entire state. Thanks for the warning.

[@kierstenbeck1933]

Salisbury used to be called Smallsbury. Once all the mills closed and everybody lost their jobs, depression set in and drugs and gangs started taking over. In the 80's I was a preteen and it was perfectly safe to ride my bike all over town, spend the day at city park, weekends were spent hanging out at Putt-Putt until we got a mall. It's all dead now. I despise going to Salisbury. It's not safe. I still live in Rowan County, I just avoid Salisbury

[@jammedyouup-8619]

I live in ROCO too.... Salisbury has always been a hole a d just getting worse.. Avoid at all costs.. Nice to meet you neighbor

[@bencraige]

This is true Salisbury was great in the 80's, its rough in areas but not everywhere. But its like this with alot of the places Durham, High Point, Winston, they all have good and bad like Raleigh and Charlotte. You dont hear much from Morrisville, Fuquay, and Apex because they're still all fairly new booming cities that are tapering off with decent schools and home values to keep bad stuff out. Ive been to all of these places and lived in East Spencer until i was 25 and went to North Rowan. The other places I hate even driving through when heading to Myrtle Beach. lol. I was in Lumberton at a subway and a young man was working with another group of teens and they were joking around and he didnt know how many letters were in the alphabet. The questions he was being asked my 4 year old daughter at the time knew. I truly felt bad for him think that if he loses this job in this area theres not many other places he can go nor does he obtain a level of comprehension to keep a job with a decent wage. That stuck with me the entire ride home.

[@CharlieBass5]

Hey Kiersten do you know an older guy named Charles Womack? I think he's in his early 70s?

[@wiseup1414]

My hometown too. Shotsbury

[@darlaloveless8069]

I lived in Salisbury and Cleveland also

[@Dntstopgizn]

As someone who was born in Salisbury and has moved back nearby as an adult, I am appalled that Salisbury and Albemarle are mentioned over Charlotte, Bessemer City, Gastonia and Shelby.

[@DustyRoadz]

I’m from Gastonia and I agree with you

[@kramnull8962]

You just love Statesville then...

[@rayelee1301]

Im in Salisbury too but let's be honest, it's nicknamed Shotsbury for a reason. Per capita, it has to be right up there

[@georgewettig1860]

I agree, these are respectable towns.

[@Dark.web.cigarettes]

@@georgewettig1860 Salisbury and albemarle are respectable?? What a joke😂😂😂

[@roninsixx3541]

Now that everyone from up north and California moved here....pretty much all of it

[@Viper3048]

THANK YOU! Glad I'm not alone in thinking that. All the rich people moving to NC are ruining our towns, especially little mountain towns.

[@jwb7532]

Oh they moved to florida like a fool

[@gratefulila9980]

@@Viper3048 that's the truth

[@kathy7124]

I like that you don't sugar coat anything...

[@howardbaxter2514]

Durham is growing a lot and is a major center for the tech and medical industry. It isn’t actually that bad of a city to live in, especially if you are living in South Durham. Some parts of downtown and some neighborhoods are sketchy, but that’s like all cities. The majority of South and North Durham are perfectly safe. And as a reference, I grew up in this city. Spent 14 years of my life there before leaving for college in 2017. So this is coming from a very recent perspective of the city, and not one tainted by the 90s reputation.

[@sjruiz7]

I’ve been here in Durham since 2010 never had any problems.

[@galaxyanimal]

Durham is a city where you'll see a discount tobacco shop with bars on the windows & doors & half a mile down the road you'll see a bunch of cute hipster bars & restaurants.

[@dmculton5]

Yea I was shocked when I saw Durham at 10. 30 years ago maybe, but Durham is super nice these days

[@galaxyanimal]

@@dmculton5 Durham really has a mix of fairly nice and kind of sketchy areas.

[@Lonesoul9791]

Durham. Where they stole my utility trailer the first month I lived there. Then a motorcycle. Chains mean nothing. Nor do locks. Then they broke onto a secured church parking lot, and stole two brand new top of the line go carts ($10,000 worth) I bought for my granddaughters and the church kids to play with during covid lockdowns since the kids couldn’t play anywhere else. The thieves stole the go carts, helmets, gas cans, and the cargo trailer they were stored in, and took out a section of the freaking fence to haul it all away. Oh yeah. I LOVE Durham. 😡

[@joannacrowder4697]

I lived in 4 of the cities listed. On another note, did anyone notice he ran 7 red-lights??? 😬

[@esjaja777]

It’s easy to that in nc without gettin pulled over

[@dtyler01]

Well within the context of the video, it kinda makes sense. You don't want to linger too long.

[@bloodymuggles362]

these places are not east side of Chicago dangerous lol you can stop at red lights

[@barrywallace4415]

He may have gotten shot if he stopped for even 1 of them

[@SadVegetable]

I was hoping someone else noticed, I kept saying to myself damn another one?? LOL

[@miah9101]

The Walmart on Skibo Rd closes at eleven because all Walmarts close at eleven :( It’s due to the pandemic. Before the pandemic, they either closed at twelve due to lack of business or were twenty four hours

[@nibsbrooke5251]

I would never go to that Walmart

[@natashawalker2195]

We would NEVER care

[@isahiasteiner1795]

@@nibsbrooke5251 ain’t nothing wrong with that Walmart at all lol that Walmart sweet

[@adamlindsay265]

They started closing the Skibo walmart at 11 long before the pandemic. When it first opened 24hr, it was robbed 3 nights in a row and 10 of those first 20 days, well nights

[@nibsbrooke5251]

@@natashawalker2195 triggered. Sorry your Walmart is ghetto

[@dianebays5484]

This made me want to go watch an old black n white movie! I used to live in swansboro and Hubert. I loved it. Really close to the beaches, such as emerald isle, and at the other end, Morehead city.

[@mlynn2161]

Lexington should definitely made the list, possibly near the top. Elkin/Wilkesboro is also really bad. I'd love to see some more NC videos since you're a fellow North Carolinian. Great video!

[@kek1807]

Is Elkin That bad? I plan on moving and was considering the Elkin area. How is Surrry , Yadkin county?

[@mlynn2161]

@@kek1807 The textile jobs moved out a long time ago and now there is a lot of meth and crime not just in Elkin but the surrounding areas. I spent a good amount of time there growing up because a lot of my family are from the nearby area and I still have family there. It's incredibly sad that the jobs that most people had the education to do are gone and the wealthy have bought a substantial part of the nearby rural touristy areas such as the land around Stone Mountain state park. If I were going to live there I would want to be a ways out of town.

[@kek1807]

@@mlynn2161 thank you for the info from someone who is very familiar with the area. I still need to work, I’ll look into closer to Winston. Yadkin or Surry counties. Want some rural quiet living as I approach retirement.

[@mlynn2161]

@@kek1807 No problem! A lot of people that live in the Elkin/ Wilkesboro area commute to the bigger towns to work. You could still live in or around Elkin and commute to Winston. I don't mean to give the impression that it's a war zone or anything it's just not what it was at all when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s when there were jobs. Winston is horrible for crime with shootings and fights at the one mall we have. Id rather live in Elkin and commute any day of the week than to live in Winston.

[@kek1807]

@@mlynn2161 thank you for all the info. Live in the same town I grew up in also in the 70/80’s. Even in NJ we could leave doors unlocked. Now? Haitian gang wars, shootings in broad daylight and taxes that will strangle you. Just want to find a quieter, less congested and conservative area that has a proud history and good people. Gotta feeling that area ( yadkin,surry wilkes ) of NC fits the bill

[@paulferri2867]

What about the extraordinary cost of living and low income in Raleigh? Unless you work in a sector making more than $30/hrs Raleigh is barely survivable.

[@3712bigboy]

Not at all you on the wrong side of town

[@gregbenwell6173]

Winston was strange in some of those things too!! Gas in Winston was around $1.10 a gallon and smokes were $23 a carton......meanwhile MILK was $5 a gallon at Walmart, and yet your electric bill was only $19 a month and I was running A/C and three computers almost non stop!! In Winston don't bother calling a cab either!! It cost me $34 to go six city blocks on one trip and meanwhile the "gypsy cabs" would only charge you $10 for the same trip.....and at least the gypsy cabs would show up when you called them (this was before Uber and Lyft)!! The normal cab company in Winston (known as Bluebird) seldom if ever showed up at times!! And one night I was across town waiting for a cab for over four hours until a guy with a "gypsy cab" showed up and asked "Hey man you need a ride?" It was still kind of crazy....because you never actually knew if the guy was "stable" but at least in most cases the gypsy cabs were "right there" and most of them were people just trying to get by!! I got to befriend one guy especially who owned a really nice Lexus, and he gave me his personal number.....I used to call him all the time!!! Great guy and always polite and "right there" when I called him!! He told me once he was an "out of work programmer" who couldn't find work at one of the tech companies and that he and his wife were raising two kids!! Not that I needed to know any of that......but he did always "hustle" to make sure we got where we were going and was almost always there if we needed a ride anywhere most of the time!!! And I frankly didn't mind tossing the guy a ten or twenty dollar tip for a $5 or $10 ride some place.....at least he earned it!!! And a lot of folks in Winston are kind of lazy!! they seemed in some ways to lack imagination or even initiative to do things!! Burger King a few blocks over had a sign for months that read "Now hiring $9 hour with $300 starting bonus" and they still couldn't get anybody to work there! In New York where I lived Burger King only paid workers $7 an hour to start, and you got a job which was the ONLY BONUS you got!! And it wasn't all people who were lazy.....but a lot of them just "didn't want to work" which again was told to me by my friend the "old black gentleman who lived upstairs from me" (by the way I only call him that to protect his actual name, and that WAS how he referred to himself many a time in our conversations) and he'd often tell me how the "kids" (people between 18 to 48 years old) expected everybody to give them everything!!!

[@Jk20241]

Boss up

[@GiftHorse123]

My wife, a Hungarian refugee from 1956, ended up living in Kinston, picked tobacco and other crops. Back in those days, it was all agricultural. Thanks to bad Federal policies of not protecting the furniture industry, the area was devastated. I remember jumping on an Eastern Airlines flight to High Point, visiting Blacks Furniture and ordering thousands of dollars of items to be sent back to S. Florida. The furniture served us well for decades.

[@donnarasmussen4480]

I live in Kinston NC moved here in 2016 from Southern MD it's been the worst experience of my life so much bad 😞 it's a scary place to live at 59 years old

[@crazycatzmum]

Our Hungarian family came to NY in '56

[@jenniferbrown3336]

Thomasville is known for the biggest furniture market ever!! This statement is absolutely true. Known for our furniture, barbeque and tobacco....

[@FilosophicalPharmer]

That’s a complaint about Capitalism, not North Carolina.

[@roywoods2264]

@@donnarasmussen4480 I'm from outside of Kinston. Fortunately, I can remember it being a great place. Its sad now.

[@khmh773]

Heard a local in the Wake Forest area say that there are no Walmart stores in Warren County (population 19k). The county seat of Warrenton is just 55 miles from Raleigh.

[@darrensmith6104]

10:22 “Don’t laugh Spring Lake! You’re not much better!” LOL

[@kaylawicker4983]

Me living in Winston rn : 👁 👄 👁. Haha, all jokes aside I love Winston and there’s lots of neat parks and restaurants and coffee shops/breweries here!

[@harleymumbulo69]

Dewey's Bakery!!! 😍💜

[@RickyParker666]

Although I disagree with his assessment of durham, I suppose I appreciate that it will help keep rich folk out. That's been our biggest problem lately

[@Ladi_Lazarus]

I live further west in the state, but I was surprised by this one too. Every time I've ever gone through or stayed there it was fine 🤷‍♀️

[@khanfinanceacademy7202]

Durham is nasty area.

[@barbarawebb4493]

born and raised in DURHAM N.C and I still live here and retired from Duke university

[@PUCK.GUN.LAWS1]

You need more rich people that actually have the money to invest into your community

[@RickyParker666]

@@PUCK.GUN.LAWS1 our community is literally fine, we don't need any rich peoples condo dollars...

[@T1C3]

Damnnn not my city being number 1 krazy part is, he was in my hood at the last clip lol

[@shongo3258]

Durham and Winston really? I don't think you've been around this state enough if those make the top ten. This list generally was much more concerned with crime than with jobs, schooling, or property values. Also, Fayetteville is called Fayettenam because of all the Vietnam vets

[@damianjones8568]

Have lived in NC my whole life and have never heard that reason for the name Fayettnam and yes a large part of Durham is crap and has been for the better part of my 45 years here

[@Jk20241]

You can smell Durham from any of the cities mentioned. It's a dump

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@damianjones8568 Durham has largely changed in the last 15 years. Downtown doesn’t feel all that unsafe anymore.