This Is What Life Is Like In Small Town Montana

[@NickJohnson]

Here's my entire Mountain West Roadtrip playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yq836p_Frch75GtIGQXn-AX&si=KkmnvDAm4tRUaD-A

[@patricksmith2274]

I'm sure that's how the original inhabitants felt ( Native Americans). Unfortunately it wasn't a non-profit organization that moved them out but government and Army. I say this because it leaves me on the fence about their situation. One I feel they should be left alone because it's part of the diversity of American life and then on the other hand I see it as a delayed Karma from the past. It's a tough call. It also reminds me of the gentrification that is currently happening in the big cities.

[@Mr.Howell78k]

​​@@vardekpetrovic9716How far do you live from a sea? Which one? Do you work "on" the sea?🛶🚢⛵.

[@stevesyverson8625]

@@patricksmith2274 paragraph structure is recommended for clarity of thought. Just saying my brother.

[@patricksmith2274]

@stevesyverson8625 despite the paragraph structure you have a problem with, it's simple enough to have an understanding of what's being written. Just saying grammar teacher.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@patricksmith2274 Cost-free virtue signalling on your part, methinks.

[@karukun0212]

Nick, great one. similar moves are occurring in central rural Utah. Some months ago, trying to slip an initiative in under the table, but required to have a local meeting, we surprised the out-of-state funded movement by showing up with over a hundred attendees loudly voicing opposition. Globalism is on the march everywhere, well-funded and trying to change the universe. Every time we learn of what our neighbors are facing, and realize its the same story that we have in our town, it strengthens We the People's resolve.

[@halfdome4158]

They are stealing and decimating everywhere. I saw that Casper, Wyoming now has a homeless (transient) and, "human waste, " problem. Destroying cities and towns, buying up land. Montana and Wyoming will soon be filled with illegals as well. A totalitarian kleptocracy. The end of America.

[@JessJoanne]

Gotta watch out for these cash grabs like Vanguard too. Nice to see you all showing up and fighting. Wish there was more of that in California. My community's ranch, cattle and horse life is being washed away by rich people up North. Endless wineries, overpaying for homes, turning beer joints and mom and pop restaurants into fine dining and wine tasting venues. Everything is being catered to tourists and it's pushing out the good ol' town.

[@cathrynm]

This is one of Nick's best videos. This 'save the cowboy' story is compelling.

[@LuckyLarry33]

Amen!

[@faraday6884]

@@cathrynm This '1' video alerted me to the FACT that it is possible the Swiss Billionaire WYSS that resides in Wilson, Montana & is doing the same thing as AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE could be tied to Wyss that just joined with George Soros to allegedly acquire the MAINE newspapers in that state according to REBEL NEWS. There's a video here on You Tube by AMERICANS FOR PUBLIC TRUST "STOP WYSS LOOPHOLE" When American Prairie Reserve kicked NICK OUT, It really got my attention to the Fascist way they are running their NGO Now, I'm on a roll & won't stop digging about all this

[@maddmama232]

Excellent coverage of the " foreign land grab" running rampant here in america.

[@cjseckinger8796]

Happening in Canada too, especially out West. Vancouver is full of condo towers left empty by foreign buyers, thus driving rents up so high because there are not enough rentals to meet the demand. Shame on our governments (at all levels) for letting that happen.

[@robertmoore2049]

There should be a law that forbids foreigners buying open land and property in the city, empty lots, houses, condos, apartments, and other buildings.

[@HairyPixels]

​@@robertmoore2049 Anyone in the world is an American, they just haven't received their papers yet. That's why we get flooded with over a million immigrants every year and foreigners can buy land.

[@benallmark9671]

Y'all just keep starring at phones ,eat your bugs and shut your mouths. Got it !

[@TheWanderingFinnegan]

​@@robertmoore2049... YES!!! cuz $murKKKa needs to be more like what is called "banana republics" by your "leaders"!

[@sunnyday7843]

That man at the end said it _ you can not replace a community with tourists ! He’s right and it’s sad

[@bluesteel48]

Totally agree. That man expressed his concerns very convincingly.

[@micosstar]

i am on his side, that man did present his argument well@@bluesteel48

[@sunnyday7843]

We also get the transients who are tourists as well- they utilize our parks and library and bike paths- so the community is seeing the library and parks become dangerous etc . Why is this happening

[@shake741]

What's wrong with tourists? People deserve to travel freely and see other parts of the US and spend their money wherever they want.

[@sunnyday7843]

@@shake741 I think the town’s residents should be given consideration- it’s happening all over the place - vacation rentals should be limited .

[@071856]

They are trying to destroy Montana just like they have Colorado. Don't give up your land!

[@Joe_J-MT_Boy]

They don't 'give up their land'. They sell it for more money than they could ever take from it raising grain or cattle or sheep. When you can do that and never work another day in your life, what do you do? Hang around and tough it out so Lewistown can survive as it was? There's no logic there. In the high country, the millionaires and billionaires buy these legacy ranches and post it to local hunters. Their rich buddies fly in and enjoy some of the best hunting on the planet, cropping off trophy bull elk... and maybe THEN the landowner opens his place up to the regular citizens. If he doesn't, when the elk start tearing apart his hay stacks, FWP won't police a Special Season on that ranch to get the elk numbers down to a more manageable population level. How did they get control of that legacy ranch? Answer: the legacy rancher sold it to them. When it happens and it's far away from where you live = no big deal. If it's close and the ranch that sold is one you're familiar with, well... that's different. Right? Hypocritical... good word.

[@matteopicone5561]

What happened in Colorado?

[@andrediorde1520]

@@matteopicone5561radical policies caused a huge drug and homeless issue. Now it’s very run down, crowded, overdeveloped and expensive

[@cyrusblackwood33]

@@andrediorde1520 Bingo! It was the democrats, of course. I'm a Coloradan btw...

[@AZGT350]

@@cyrusblackwood33..lolololol.. I’ll take Cali over any Republican state any day. Republicans have ruined Texas and Florida. And who wants to live in poor red states in the south full of racists and rednecks. No thanks…

[@aliciaperret8000]

Farmers and Ranchers are the backbone of this county. I am rooting for the cowboys. This is their home and livelihood and outsiders need to step aside.

[@TheWanderingFinnegan]

You still eat stuff from factory farms and industrial ranches? 🤢🤮

[@AbhinavSrivastava-xe7xi]

The people with more money and power win. Just like hundreds of years ago, British killed natives with savage viruses, their time now has come, and they will be replaced by their with more money and affluence. The cycle continues.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@TheWanderingFinnegan Better than bugs and printed steaks.

[@cpkarkow663]

I’m sure there are folks from Rocky Boys and Fort Peck who would agree about « outsiders » stepping aside.

[@EdwinHernandez-jo6ce]

They ain’t the backbone of shit.

[@storm-rider67]

''THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT THE FOUNDERS WARNED US ABOUT'''

[@MonicaSĪGÑofJõñãhYUNIS]

I just noticed a book called, "Kabbalah and The Founding of America." GREAT! So, Sorcerer's founded America‽

[@michaels7159]

Lmao the founders were trash

[@tylerdurden4289]

@@michaels7159they founded one of the greatest nations the world has ever seen. It’s not perfect but it is great. Please tell us, what have you achieved with your life, oh wise one?

[@viliamgajdos5917]

@@tylerdurden4289 that great nation has blood on her body and is based on threating others. the trick behind the great progress was that mostly men from europe went to that great nation to work and pretty much built the country. some of them stayed, some of them went back home. those who stayed became entrepreneurs etc. and of course those few rich european families financed that great progress.

[@Mrdana3438]

I'm a black man living in Baltimore. I guarantee you black folks are safer in that small town than they are in urban black communities.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Until ya start acting like them in those urban hellscapes.

[@HairyPixels]

Black people were safer in the Jim Crow south than they are today. Blacks were safer under Apartide in S.A than they are today. Everyone needs to do some serious soul searching on this one.

[@danielrapkoch2995]

Being from Lewistown, I can guarantee your safety in my former small town.

[@mattcorriere9039]

Demographics are everything. Poor whites in West Virginia don't act like poor urban blacks. Both have real problems but it's their respons to those problems that makes the difference.

[@tupacamaruiv5804]

You are perfectly safe in rural Montana. The good people of Lewistown aren’t unique. The state is full of great people. It’s the modern Democratic party that bring their twisted ideas of what Montana should be that degrade our state.

[@davejavumorse0416]

Hey Nick, great video, as always. I'm originally from Southern California and moved to Middle Tennessee farmland a couple of decades ago. I live in between two beef farms, I grow vegetables, and I can tell you farmers are natural conservationists. they don't need anybody coming in, showing them how to do that. They may be super right wings, but they do understand global warming and conservation. After all, that's the future of their business. But I can also assure folks that farmers are the hardest working people I've ever met in my life. They are out there tending to the lifestock no matter how cold it is, It could be negative twenty, and they are out there early in the morning, taking care of business. It's an open market, and I hope the cowboys understand that no matter how much money they are offered, they do not have to sell. I get offered big dollars all the time for my bit of heaven. I'm not selling. Rock on Yall

[@faheemabbas3965]

There’s only a limited amount of land in the world. It’s only going to become more valuable.

[@ricksmith4736]

I bet your neighbors love you

[@davejavumorse0416]

@ricksmith4736 I think they do, We have all agreed not to sell out. That was over a decade ago and no one has done it. I live in Williamson County, Tennessee, and the average home in my immediate area is a little over a million. It tends to be very hot real estate no matter what. But my neighborhood looks like the pictures that 5 had in the video. Beautiful, small town area. And we'd like to keep it that way as best we can. There's a lot of similarities of your town and mine and they could be sister cities.

[@laurahiggins7647]

@dave I agree with you. The farmers & ranchers ARE the conservationists. Reminds me of the old westerns & the carpetbaggers would come into town & if not stopped, where there was peace chaos ensues. Don't believe their lies, they always have an agenda. Stay strong & free.

[@mattyp6908]

Don’t let your land be stolen my foreign money. It has destroyed the dream of owning a home here in Canada under the age of 40 for 95% of us Montana is beautiful. Don’t let it become the next British Columbia please.

[@LivvyAlexW]

Canadian here. Totally agree

[@baikeiast5255]

What do you mean by stolen.Aren't foreigner legally buying the land blamed your own govt for allowing this to happened😅😅😅😅

[@manager4409]

Canadians are being genocided by mass immigration from third world cultures. White people are too nice to see it for what it is.

[@lightwarrior432]

@@baikeiast5255 It was obummer, here in the US, sold all our National Parks! 😤😡

[@kevinh8338]

What happens to our food supply when all of the farmland is turned into ‘wild prairie? (The billionaire who owns the most US farmland wants us to eat bugs 😋)

[@a.e2385]

There won't be any people in the state of montana before 2030. They will either be eliminated or forced into smart cities

[@asullivan4047]

Isn't that a staple in North Korea-???🤔.

[@alexandercluster3003]

Most of the food you eat isn’t even being grown in the u.s. most people can’t even afford to buy the beef Wyoming and Montana ranchers are producing. You think Walmart beef comes from Montana?

[@Logan-ed4pu]

That non-profit did NOT help their case at all lol. That's sketchy.

[@AndreaSimone57]

Yeah like just be friendly what the heck?!

[@desdicadoric]

No doubt owned by Blackrock and Vanguard, or Bill Gates

[@spencerfarnik2838]

I want to know more about where their money comes from. Obviously they have millions and millions of dollars. Who is behind it and where do they get their money?

[@benallmark9671]

@@spencerfarnik2838 likely Soros or a frontman for him or someone with the same agenda to destroy North America and wipe out the population. That’s my opinion anyway, not that anybody gives a 💩.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A Non Profit Socialist Communist Organization...

[@wandataylor3862]

I was born and raised in Lewistown and currently only live 45 miles from the town. It will always be my hometown. We inherited property at Hilger and we wanted to put it in our will that the land would never be sold to the American Prairie Reserve. MT farmers and ranchers are great conservationists. You failed to mention the great churches in Central Montana. They provide the foundation to live the Montana way.

[@redicue99]

I grew up in a small town (Oklahoma) and yes, the drama can be intense. If you aren't one of the big families, then you really need to watch your step.

[@gstevens6948]

That’s why I moved out of my small Oklahoma town and went to civilization. Forget that crap… 😂

[@sapphirelane1714]

That describes any small town in America, no matter the region.😪

[@DAV1979]

At age 34, I finally moved out of the smalltown area that I lived in all my life. There is literally one big circle of people that run and influence EVERYTHING, from private business to even local government and those people are all connected. They're on your school boards, town councils, filling up your churches, etc. It was to the point where you couldn't even get a job you were qualified for because one person in that circle may not have liked you and made sure everyone else (like your hiring manager) knew about it. Everyone knew everyone and they scratched each other's back, right or wrong. I didn't play that game and never fit in my hometown area. It took a long time but I finally got out into a more diverse area making 50% more than what I was earning back "home". Truth is, if you don't have the right last name, or you're not in that "circle" and don't play small town politics, your success and happiness is going to be very limited in a small town. Get out!

[@stubru16]

I live in the U.K in Yorkshire it’s very similar to Montana but obviously smaller we have countryside full of farms and most small towns are ex coal mining areas, we have a big problem with people moving into the area from London the city people want to buy land build everywhere. It’s ruining the community. I completely agree with the cowboy when he says people are moving demographically into Montanan there is a reason, don’t move here and try and change it to where you came from, come here and appreciate it for what it is. well said sir

[@manager4409]

British people are being replaced with Muslim immigration

[@GruenerGummistiefel]

Hahahaha I lived in Skipton and this had nothing similar with Montana wooly sheep black horse or red lion 🦁 you will not find in Montana. Lol

[@franks3531]

bin 2 Yorkshire

[@franks3531]

ikley

[@bendover-bz4bc]

How about your own greedy people don't sell the land for quick profit?

[@incog99skd11]

We have land in Idaho. A river runs through it. As tenders of the land we always set aside some of it to grow feed for the wild turkeys, grouse and other wildlife. We know what to plant and we know the native species. We don't need any help from the government. A guy wanted to buy our land and set it aside for conservation. We sent him packing. By the way, it was the government that built all the hydroelectric plants on the Snake River which made all of the Salmon go extinct on our river.

[@shake741]

The government provides a lot of funding to individual states. Why so much hate? Whats wrong with land for conservation?

[@patjones5723]

​@@shake741Stop asking crazy questions and do some research 😊

[@Lifetalk849]

Hey Nick, I'm pulling for the cowboys, too!!!👍👍👍 And I suspect that there's a whole lotta other Americans on this side of the fence. Wish there was a way to cast a ballot on this issue!!! Just wanna give those cowboys, ranchers & family farmers a HUGE thumbs up!!!

[@NickJohnson]

Sara! 🤠 ❤️ 🇺🇸

[@JessJoanne]

I'm pulling for them too! Sad that the word 'Prairie' has a bad rap to it. I've always loved that word.

[@David-nx2vm]

I was in the Air Force in Montana in the ‘80s and Lewistown was right in the middle of our Minuteman missile field (24000 sq mi). I have been through Lewistown about 100 times. It was great. It’s nowhere near an interstate highway, so it gets few visitors. Super friendly people back then…

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

Everyone on the planet has the same wants and needs, and to one extent or another, the same problems. The way that we resolve these challenges vary greatly from person to person, community to community, race to race and religion to religion. You can't choose what race you are. For many, it's inconceivable to pick your religion. Plenty of people around the planet don't have the option to choose the community that they live in. But all of us can change the person that we are.

[@micosstar]

facts@@davidbrayshaw3529

[@Hurricane0721]

Bad publicity for any non-profit organization should always be avoided at all costs! The National Prairie Reserve’s rudeness, elusiveness, and hostility on a popular KZbin channel is very detrimental and highly suspicious against their organization. Unfortunately, the people at the NPR were obviously way too foolish to understand that concept. Personally I will absolutely refuse to support any organization that acts like that just because they disagree with someone else’s point of view!

[@mattstickle2725]

The cowboy was very well spoken and made great points. A red state guy that I could actually have a conversation with. Like to see that. Not all guns ablazin

[@deborahnagel9011]

if a non profit don't want to talk about how great they are ,something is wrong ?

[@SilverSunPublishing]

These non-profits, non-gov agencies, are PRETENDERS. Their agenda is way different from what they pretend. Look up Agenda 21-30 and Georgia Guide Stones. Do not consent to their EVIL.

[@lewiswhite722]

In a hundred years the world will need farmland to feed the exploding population. Farmers feed cities. Like the woman said: there`s lots of parks already. Keep the farms going. If people want to go for a hike send them to the mountains. Beautiful scenery!

[@lewiswhite722]

Kind of like the fish population in the oceans.@@LilyGazou

[@holdenc3082]

You’re brave Nick. Driving around Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho with CA plates. I was just in Idaho and I rejected the first rental car they offered me at the airport in Spokane because it had CA plates. The Toyota Tacoma with Oregon plates was at least a little better.

[@PatrickThreewit]

It isn't quite that bad, but that issue does get brought up in public meetings.

[@slaytonmarks7537]

That nonprofit was financed as cover for big developers. They buy huge tracks of land & build thousands of homes with some commercialization. Gentrification in the prairies. This is what happened in small Texas towns. Now they are big crowded towns/cities. It has made homes a commodity which is why housing market is out of control. Stock market of the US.

[@jordanshaw1828]

I grew up in a small(ish) town in Louisiana. As much as I still think about it to this day (considering my parents are still there) it is easy to get wrapped up in romanticizing some of these small towns across the country if you aren't from there. The reality is if you didnt have the right last name, the right clothes, the right style, or the right beliefs, you never really felt at home or comfortable. I've since moved to a somewhat larger city in another state and it comes with its fair share of problems most definitely, but at least I can live my life the way I intend without fear of repercussion for "not fitting in."

[@manager4409]

In a small town there's going to be limited amount of people to befriend. If you strike out with them you're on your own and no reason to stay there. At least cities there's way more people to potentially meet.

[@Math-Tulane]

“Right last name” - do you mean small town politics? Like a few influential families make the calls or somehow “rule” the city ? Like their the qb1 of the high school football team can’t throw a decent 60 yard out but still gets to start because he has that last name?

[@patjones5723]

​@@Math-TulaneYup and yes....exactly 💯👍😊

[@jdmorgan5762]

Hey Nick! I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting!

[@howardcobb4656]

Love your simple use of the English language. That really makes your videos so enjoyable and entertaining.

[@JohnnyULives-lz1ml]

Nick, your Mountain West series has been great. Definitely your best to date.

[@NickJohnson]

Cool! 🏔️

[@williamfagerlund158]

I've never been there, but something about Montana has always seemed so quaint and simple, in a good way. Sort of like what Colorado once was, back in the day. I can't wait to visit once I save up.

[@americafirst9144]

The cartels are overrunning Montana with their "products" now. Especially the reservations.

[@lizgreer6888]

I originally really wanted to hear more about the non-profit but they were super sketchy... the Save the Cowboys people love their land and their farms and their community. You can see it in their eyes and the way they speak about it. Thank you for this, I never would have known

[@deirdre5940]

It is really the Chinese buying this land. God bless the local land owners trying to keep their land. That non profit is shady.

[@damonmelendez856]

Biden’s America. Sell off everything to whoever pays the most bribes

[@damonmelendez856]

@@lidic693 no, it’s not fine either. Special interests need to be pried away from the levers of power.

[@FlintIronstag23]

If it is really the Chinese buying the land, that might work out in the future. If China decides to invade Taiwan in the future, one of the first sanctions that will be imposed on them is freezing their American assets. The Chinese owned American property could then be seized and resold.

[@asullivan4047]

That's been going on for decades since marxist democratic😈 bill clinton was in the oval office-!!!😳

[@Mountaintrucker909]

Your shows are awesome Nick. Thank you for making them. Have learned a lot from them.

[@NickJohnson]

I've learned a lot too!

[@JessJoanne]

@@markbeames7852 Hey now.

[@joshhiggins4723]

“Where everyone owns a gun and knows where you live” … theres a lot to be said for the quality of life that brings. 😃

[@PatrickThreewit]

In my region last week, I met two people who did not shoot. I was a bit shocked.

[@Not_You_2]

Looks like a great little town. Honest values, little to no crime and people that care. Good video Nick

[@billieknobbbe]

I'd love to see this place in the middle of WINTER, lol.

[@devengudinas1649]

Burr

[@brianschneck3423]

Come on out it’s only -35 for weeks on end ❤

[@twytch97]

Non-Montanans have no clue how incredibly cold it gets lol

[@incog99skd11]

Bring your long underwear, LOL.

[@louisspataro278]

This is part of a larger effort to eliminate the "deplorables" from middle America. I don't want to sound too paranoid, but I'm convinced that they want to herd all of us into one of their horrible cities and fill the rest of the land with wolves and windmills in some kind of weird, science-fictiony false utopia. I won't live in one of those nightmarish "15 minute" cities even at the point of the gun. Thank you, Nick for the great videos. Resist that future, everyone!

[@sb-tb1oh]

Like the Enclosures of 16th century Britain 😢 😡

[@davehughesfarm7983]

They call us deplorables then when I visit a city is all I see are degenerates, malcontents and imbeciles...

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@OneBigUnion No, they weren't. Who's paying you to post your lies?

[@mhsmww]

My stance as well. Only a fool would want to live like that. It's feeling like the socialists and commies want to price and regulate us out of freedom and back to a type of feudal living and relying on the government teat. Oh and have just one party who can realistically have the power. It should alternate and the checks and balances should provide equal treatment and justice processes. Only a moron wants one type of thinking in power all the time.

[@mhsmww]

​@OneBigUnionUnfounded propaganda. OneBigUnion? More like nwo for you lol.

[@davidarmitage289]

Loved the rancher’s comments. Very well spoken

[@Ludo_Liu]

yeahhh always so nice to see a new upload from you brother ! greetings from a french guy in Nigeria

[@NickJohnson]

🇫🇷 🇳🇬 ❤️❤️

[@heather957]

Yeah, that non-profit seems extremely sketchy to me, especially with it being run outside of the US as well. Not okay! Montana deserves better than that.

[@americafirst9144]

NGOs are often Luciferian U-N connected.

[@NewHaven203]

I really enjoyed seeing footage from this small town. There’s something special about Montana and it’s wide, open land, blue skys, and gun loving people. I look forward to seeing Bozeman and hopefully you went to Missoula too!

[@NickJohnson]

I did but Missoula will air later :)

[@PatrickThreewit]

The county I live in borders Ravalli County with the Bitterroots in the middle.

[@brucepierson9941]

I live in Bozangeles. Used to live in Lewistown. The difference between the two places is shocking. Not in a bad way, but Bozeman no longer feels like Montana. Great restaurants though. 😊

[@dgr8fulguy]

I bet the NPR Praire folks have ever worked a fence line. If they had, the wind would’ve blown them to Bozeman.

[@NickJohnson]

😂

[@carinarilk89]

Hi Nick, you make always a great job. Thanks so much that I can be with you per video. ❤Love from Germany

[@NickJohnson]

Ok! 🇩🇪

[@Czechbound]

*Non Profit Charity* Don't confuse "non profit" with "non revenue". Of course they can lease out their land and earn an income. They just have to spend an equal amount so that there is no net profit. What could they spend the money on ? Maybe very fat salaries for the CEO and trustees and employees. Fat enough that even asking for an interview gets and overpaid PR lady to get you thrown out of the building.

[@joannunemaker6332]

As beautiful as this place is, I would really hate the winters. But, I would love to see this place in person. I really liked this video.😊❤

[@robertwatkins364]

They call it the snow hole! LOL I was working at the Hackamore supper club in 1989 just west of Lewistown. One night we got 18 inches of snow! They plow the emergency routes first, I was trapped at home for 4 days! Just a block from main street!

[@jamesgoode9246]

Thanks for including the comments from those two citizens at the end of your report. They helped a lot to explain/summarize the situation.

[@Bigheartrolling]

Wow! I’d think that anyone volunteering or working for APR would be telling you about the area’s history at least and know the mission statement. Their “Bad” for not talking with you. Save the Cowboys and jobs, your channel has sparked many conversations around campfires with me and my friends. The man who you interviewed at the auction… he was really well spoken and he should be on the radio. Lol

[@NickJohnson]

I know! He should be the weekly farming roundup host!

[@Farmer_Matt]

He is actually the local auctioneer for selling livestock. He is the lead singer of his own band on the side. Great guy. Nick was luck to bump into him and Anna.

[@rikayangu3833]

lovely share, I do love small towns, they are quiet and mostly safe and friendly.I live in a small town(village) without a traffic light and I could not imagine being anywhere else.A trip to Zurich or Bern makes me feel like fish out of water. Having said that,as much as I love small towns, they don`t have to be isolated.thanks for sharing.

[@rickn501s]

"You can't replace the sense of community with tourism." Truer words were never spoken. As an example look at Palm Springs, California. Short term rentals have changed neighborhoods into motel rows.

[@racer193wr]

It's doing the same thing here in Nova Scotia... Everyone has an air BnB for rent but no one has that same air BnB for a family to live in. It's killing this place..

[@Joe_J-MT_Boy]

There's a 'glamping' outfit called Paws Up Resort on Hwy 200 between Ovando and Missoula. Their staff can no longer afford to live within a reasonable driving distance, so the resort owners' solution was to buy 2 motels in Seeley Lake and rent them to their employees. Rich folks don't like to wait on themselves. So what does that do to the town of Seeley Lake? Those employees don't spend money in that town like the tourists do, so the town takes a hit economically. What's happening in Montana is not just one thing. Our troubles are primarily due to too many people in the beautiful places. They are loving Montana to death.

[@kennethpogue718]

Can you imagine traveling a mile to get your mail? Awesome!!! 😂

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I can. I lived in Wyoming for about 40 years. For many years, I lived 25 miles from town. One of my friends lived 80 miles from a town. .

[@erincaywood7596]

I used to live 8 miles from my mail box and 37 miles from the closest gas station. I loved it 😅. Now I’m right uptown, only 20 miles 🤣🤣

[@Di-Pi]

The opening music is epic!! So fitting.

[@Silversmith70]

I just like starting my day out with one of these videos, it puts me at peace for some reason. Thank you, appreciate you N.J.!

[@NickJohnson]

You just woke up??

[@Silversmith70]

@@NickJohnson I went to bed late watching your other videos =)

[@ProjectPete]

This is a way to force people into urban centers where they can plan and control every aspect of your life. This is financed by foreign interests.

[@michaelbrinks8089]

Klaus Schwab at the WEF said, "You will own nothing and be happy." 😂 Question: If you can be happy owning nothing. Then why are they trying so hard to own everything? The irony of billionaires saying you'll be happier if you own nothing.

[@butcherwoman3753]

They are not buying as a preserve that is a front only, do they really think that us commoners were born in a barn? The whole country is going to shit in a hurry.

[@shawnmeyer2788]

Agenda21- Agenda2030

[@lauraC1082]

@@butcherwoman3753 Agree!!

[@mattdecker6791]

Yes. This is a liberal/communist land grabbing utopia probably financed by hostile foreign interests. It's not about tourism, it's about controlling and enslaving the population, while erasing small town America.

[@sherrydee7880]

As a lifelong Californian, I'd NEVER want to move to another place with the intent to change it to my way of what I think life should be! I'd move there for solitude and solitude alone. I'm sad to hear that so many are moving into places like Montana and attempting to "update" things before they learn the lay of the land and the ways of the people. Bison should not become a tourist attraction at the cost of a family farm...just because someone wants to give them free reign to graze. It's kind of like bringing back the Buffalo Bill Circus of yesteryear with the animals being used instead of the Cowboys and Indians, IMHO. Just another foreign land grab of the rich who are investing in America for fun and profit. Shame on all of them.

[@PatrickThreewit]

Californians love to move to my state, considered to be the freest in the nation, and they have money, building very expensive homes, but we have little available land in our county, but still they come.

[@manfrummt]

You may not think you'd want to change it but you would. Eventually. As you got comfortable and started expecting the same accommodations and government interventions.

[@micosstar]

that's a concern, and i will keep that in mind as someone from california@@manfrummt

[@manfrummt]

@@micosstar Montana is a state of mind. Simplicity. Freedom. Something like the beginnings of our country. I think we all have a desire for that.

[@midwestmind691]

My dad (w/ 4 siblings) grew up in a small town where my grandma still lived. Lived with my grandma for a few years to help her out, even though I passed the relation test, I was never fully accepted because I didn't grow up there.

[@joinjen3854]

Maybe they just didn't like you.

[@midwestmind691]

@@joinjen3854 That’s the point.

[@seanrickers1583]

Great video ! Thank u Nick ! I like how u go to the more rural communities that's great keep that up !

[@FischerRestoration]

Great video Nick.. the one well spoken, well informed gentleman that you interviewed reminded me of Ron Howard a little bit.

[@ameliarhodes5000]

Nick, love all your content. This one is a cut above your usual. If there's an award for investigative journalism, this is one that deserves an award. Funny, right off the top I assumed foreign investors were responsible. And that's the information you provided. Many thanks. I don't want to see you in danger but maybe East Palestine, Ohio would be worth a visit for you.

[@gigievans395]

This is a VERY nefarious group!! DON'T CAVE! RUN EM OUT!😢

[@californian2344]

The people of Montana, Nebraska, and any other area where that “non-profit” is buying land have every right to be upset and push back as the intentions seem very nefarious. I 100% support the locals wanting to maintain their way of life

[@ProudUSNAVYVeteran]

Another great video, Nick. I love seeing how others live. I grew up on Cedar St. in San Bernardino (born in Oxnard) and my parents bought property and built a house near Wrightwood, CA in the early 70’s, where we spent some great years until I shipped off to the military. Since then, my wife and I have lived in seven different states and settled north of Bentonville, AR, two miles from the Missouri border. This is a great place to be (minus three months of humidity, yuk) but we are seeing it grow too fast for our liking. Fortunately, the folks I’ve met that are moving here from California and other states are just looking for a better life in a free state.

[@Lifetalk849]

Hey Shellback, Y'all picked a GREAT place to live!!! LOVE NWARK...!!!

[@ProudUSNAVYVeteran]

@@Lifetalk849 absolutely. Especially these cooler early fall temps. Favorite time of the year. Creeks are full. Time to put the kayak in the water.

[@EdwinHernandez-jo6ce]

Arkansas is a free state? 🙄

[@ProudUSNAVYVeteran]

@@EdwinHernandez-jo6ce I’m a free man and I live in a free state. Yes, sir.

[@EdwinHernandez-jo6ce]

@@ProudUSNAVYVeteran you got kkk where you live? By the way, I’m a shellback.

[@blkcoupequattro]

There was a huge battle over Grand Teton National Park in the late 40's & 50's

[@allimkhan7540]

0 percent crime rate that sounds wonderful to me you can walk the streets of Montana and fell safe. I am from New York City our crime rate here is so high its unbelievable every day in NYC there is a smash and grab here crime is normal in NYC its so sad.

[@dellingson4833]

Leave NY but don't bring the way you vote with you.

[@sookietrueblood-gp4sd]

Heck Nick there's drama everywhere! Don't you look cute with your cowboy get up on😊! Thanks for keeping me informed on places I choose not to go to.

[@martymaclean8762]

Love your videos Nick. So entertaining. I'm from Canada and its so refreshing to see America from your perspective. God bless America!!!

[@bobbydixon4484]

Nick, you're the best tubes showing the country! love your narration. How many times have you been rolled by the po po in your travels?

[@NickJohnson]

Once

[@spartanswerve7575]

That intro music is so soothing and brings me back to watching old movies with my dad as a youngster in the 80’s.

[@MayWhite-bz7xl]

This part of Montana is so lovely, just think of the freedom one feels with all that open space. Thank for sharing.

[@bdawnedon]

the parade of farm equipment is the diametric opposite of street races

[@Antonio-ti2he]

Wow! Thank you for raising awareness of the issues facing rural America.

[@allsmilz7234]

*Thx4share interesting journalism Nick* 👍🇺🇲

[@cpkarkow663]

People do look out for others in small towns, kinda. I lived in a slightly bigger town in Montana and, well people look out for y’a, but they’re also all up in your business, and the gossip is outta control. And seems like ppl want to let you know that they know wtf you’re doing. Like every day someone would say, « hey I saw you walking your dog by the river », or, « I saw you going to the grocery store » or whatever. I could never live in one of these places again. And in winter, unless you play in a darts league, or shoot pool, or go to bible class, there’s nothing to do. There ain’t any skiing or anything in eastern Montana…just cold and wind

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Such great videos Nick. Hoping you are at a million subscribers soon. Great content with humor and real talk mixed in

[@NickJohnson]

Ok! 🤠

[@00mteka6]

I was born and raised in Lewistown. I'm glad to have found your channel. Keep up the good content.

[@talldude5841]

Great video Nick. That guest you intyerviewed said it all. What a smart person. I have been to Montana a few times and it is one of my favorite states. Screw these big buck outsiders trying to steal their land. Go cowboys!

[@albertowen1025]

Nick, I emphasize your situation...especially being a former Montana resident myself. Lewistown being no exception - they are very close-knit, don't like outsiders, and much more. I lived in Kalispell myself, and even I felt like I was being watched. My late wife was from Polson, and she felt the same way, too. Pretty scenery of the town, so yes, the social scene there in Lewistown (at times) can reach a definite negative zero. Happy travels!

[@manfrummt]

Why would you "feel" you were being watched? There are plenty of odd people here in Kalispell and that's pretty common. So maybe you were just too self conscience?

[@scottmcgraw5998]

Greetings from rural Kansas - another small town on the prairie. Your intriguing video made me wonder why I have never heard of a group like APR in these parts. It appears that APR focuses on buying up parcels of land adjacent to large government-owned tracts (BLM, State of Montana, etc.) In Kansas the settlement pattern was different. Kansas was actively homesteaded in the years following the War of the Rebellion - mainly by Union Army veterans. As a consequence, there is little government-owned land left around here. Nothing for a group like APR to build upon.

[@huha47]

Between Columbia Falls and Glacier National Park is a great huckleberry store with huckleberry honey and a lot of goodies. Stayed for a few days just outside the park at my cousin's place as we visited the park, then later Yellowstone and Banff, plus a number of places in Montana and Alberta for a month, before returning to Austria. One of my best school friends has lived in Lewistown for ages.

[@jsoo67]

Is it wrong for me to think there should be a law against any non US citizen owning land? Or at the very minimum a set amount of acreage.

[@neicaadkins2795]

You are not wrong

[@patjones5723]

I couldn't agree more 💯 🤨

[@displacednaija]

It should be a global law. Non citizens of any country should not be allowed to own shares of another country or buy assets. The world would eldefintely be a happier place. However, I get the feeling that the American government amd business interests would not qlign with this very simple idea.

[@DarrylBass]

Then close ALL US military bases overseas.

[@sammt200]

Great video man. You always keep it real. This reminds me of the movie "True Grit." Keep it and preserve it the way it is. Tell the NPR to heck off. God bless this community.

[@robertwatkins364]

Lewistown was my childhood home from 1970-1976. I have lived there a couple of times over the years. All my family roots are from the central Montana area. My mother was born in Lewistown, and her parents are buried there in Lewistown. I loved living in Lewistown. The only thing in Fergus county that was not to great was the Sheriff!

[@NickJohnson]

Lol 👌

[@KCFromTheIE]

Great vid Nick! I had no idea there was a battle between the ranchers & the prairie people!

[@NickJohnson]

I told you remember??

[@venuslogan5368]

Hi Nick love your videos they are so informative keep the great work

[@lisayoung6639]

The first thing I was told when I moved to Montana was. Avoid town and politics looks to be still true 😅

[@papie5151]

Getting a lot of shakedowns lately uh? Pueblo and now Lewiston lol. Living and learning vicariously through your channel.

[@Jobsucherfreaks]

GREAT VIDEO - Nick, you are ONE OF A KIND. Again, GREAT WORK🔥🔥🔥

[@maximilianodehabsburgo3206]

21:53 Man cant go anywhere without the corporations trying to end a good thing!!! What a shame 😢

[@stevesyverson8625]

Fantastic interviews my brother!

[@TonyBierman-u8s]

I like this town if I was moving to Montana this is where I would go.😀

[@bobnovac3558]

I really liked your video! I grew up in this small town in the middle of Montana. You came at the best time winter in Lewistown is as you said very grey and super depressing. I would never live there again but great to see it again.

[@detroitdan8487]

great reporting, Nick. Looks better than Detroit. Good to hear about the APR roots in Germany. Here in Michigan, the Chinese have our Governor's support for buying land. Seems like China and Europe are very interested in our land. Oh yeah, add Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to that list of foreign buyers.

[@Bigheartrolling]

It’s sickening that MI Big Gretch is in favor of the sale to the Chinese. I’ve traveled from MI across to the west coast…it’s not just MI. Bigger problem…SD Town Manager said his town died because of the big co coming in.

[@niecek.6473]

Totally, agree, born & raised in Detroit & the burbs. Now retired in So Cal-lol! In a town Nick calls “Detroit” life is great ❤

[@NickJohnson]

Detroit Dan! I'll be in Detroit this February. Email me maybe you can give me some pointers? NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

[@Rusty_James]

lol.. extreme capitalism isnt so good when it doesnt go ur way, or what..??!

[@AndreaRovere]

Italian here, i live in Milan: these videos help me understand the amazing and sometime dark reality of rural America.

[@kathleenmartin7498]

When folks talk about low crime rates, are they forgetting the high levels of drug and alcohol addiction and related crimes? I would also guess domestic violence rates are high. Living in Wyoming for most my life, I did spend 3 years in MT. I used to always say that out West, you probably won't be assaulted or murdered by a stranger, it's your family and friends who do that.

[@NickJohnson]

😢

[@jamesgoode9246]

Yeah, I agree. But, in the cities, you have the same assaults and murders by your family in addition to those committed by strangers.

[@Koogz406]

You're a blast at parties, ain't ya?

[@johnbersuch1767]

I have relatives there and have heard no complaint's of late.?.? Nice to see you doing a trip to Lewistown.

[@leilagomulka5690]

Butte Montana is the hometown of my first ship as an active duty navy chaplain. ♥️♥️♥️

[@Finnv830]

My Aunt was working in a small cafe in Butte when she met her Sailor in the 1950’s. 😊

[@douglasthompson9482]

I love Montana…..beautiful places there. Good folks, great space. Lewiston is a very nice place.Small town America is the best.

[@Blood0ftyrants]

And there is nothing wrong with a place not being diverse. That's truly our greatest strength,being around our own people

[@rogergrove2453]

My mother’s family homesteaded in 1903 near the mountains 20 miles from Lewistown. Both my parents came from this area. And farmed and ranched. Blessed to grow up here!

[@timboc105]

I'm ready to move to Lewistown Montana! Born and raised Central Floridian here 1965. I've had enough of this rat race here now. Florida is the new Cali and York shit hole now!😁

[@cookiemoney2462]

How about you stay where you are. Don’t bring your crappy Florida mindset up here.

[@raymondram3870]

Thank. For. You. Videos. The. Are. Great. You. Make. Us. To. Love. America. More.

[@sdb3039]

thanks for another outstanding production

[@longgowhereto]

44:40 The lady sounds as if she speaks about the new Dutch Sickness - get the farmers off their lands Who has not heard about the protests there? A cheers from Davos I would guess. Who is paying the non profits? George?

[@Pebbs800]

Great journalism once again nick, the western trip series has been some of your best videos yet!