Here's What The Most Redneck City In Florida Looks Like 

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The best explanation of the term redneck was from the early pioneer years when European immigrant farmers plowing in the hot southern sun. They got sunstroke or worse and got help from an unlikely source: the Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians were agricultural people and they suggested to the white farmers to put the red clay on their necks when they were working in the hot sun. The red clay protects them from sun, keeping them cool. After they washed their necks of red clay every day, they discovered their skin was stained red. Thus, they were called rednecks.

I would like to live there. Looks real nice. Country folk are the best, solid and reliable like an old F150. Greetings from Edinburgh Scotland.

I grew up in that area. I always found the condescension that we got rather humorous. Sure, its a small community, and rather poor. Washington County(next door to Holmes County), though, has a balanced budget with a surplus, highly rated schools, low crime rates, low cost of living, low pollution, good people, and reasonable land prices. If it weren't for the economic depression of the area it would be great. I mean, sure, we don't have skyscrapers and 6 figure salaries, but we don't worry about getting carjacked, mugged, or pushed in front of a subway car either. The beer is cold, people still know how to cook, and people still look out for each other. If you ask me, that's worth a lot more than money.

I live in Grant Florida.. It's an old fishing town on the East Coast nestled in between Vero Beach and Melbourne.. We're growing now because of the influx of Americans who don't like the government and want to come to Florida but we're a traditional old fishing town. Most of the traditional cracker homes have been bulldozed Over and the old art Deco motels on US1 are now being bought up and probably going to be made into condos. We're a tigh community and we still have the best seafood festival in Florida in the beginning of a March every year. I think most people would call us rednecks because the back of your neck gets sunburned when you're bent over working all day.... we come from families of fishermen who definitely had red necks.

It's really sad how the media, pop culture, and the rest of America look down on this people like they are some sort of trash. I'm a Filipino and I've seen so many good, down to earth, extremely polite, humorous (with no filters so they kinda sound offensive to some people), and God-fearing people from the country/redneck places. The amount of hate, negative media, and evident adverse bias they get are so heartbreaking to be honest. If you live outside the United States, you'd definitely develop a negative perception about these people due to how they are portrayed in the media.

This is a very beautiful place, green, calm and quiet. It's nice to come back here after a long day.

Wow, the simple pleasures of living out in the country. I really do envy that type of lifestyle. My mom lived out in the countryside of Ohio during a lot of her childhood and she told me a lot of the good times she had. I think that's where I got a lot of my work ethic values from. She was a good mom to have.

God bless you for showing Florida in the pan. I loved this. I live in St. Petersburg and it is so crowded. I love looking at the green. Down to earth people. I am moving to Washington County. I just want peace and quiet. I want to go to Piggly Wiggly not Walmart. I want to support the local businesses. What other people do is none of my business. It makes life easier that way. I am a hermit at heart. The people in the panhandle are wonderful hard working people. Loving it!

Loved watching this one. I prefer traveling around "small town America" to travelling to the big cities.

I grew up in the panhandle in Walton County to the east of Holmes County. South Alabama, South Georgia, and Northwest Florida have been an economically depressed region for decades. With agricultural profit margins collapsing and small factories closing, the only industry left is tourism along the beaches. Further inland, there's no jobs for a large segment of the population. People who want a career must move somewhere or join the military as I did.

Actually, that area of Florida is very special. People can live way out in the country with complete privacy when they want, and at the same time they are only a one hour drive from some of the most beautiful beaches in America. One day they could fish or hunt in deep woods, and the next day be deep sea fishing, or playing on the white sand and crystal clear water beaches of Panana City/Destin Florida. Hard to find many place with such enormous changes in life styles with just a 60 minute drive. Most Americans living in big cities drive an hour just to get around their town, and nothing changes.

That's how my current town in south Florida use to look 20 years ago.. all cow pastures and farm land and dirt roads.. now I've watched all the trees fall and get replaced with concrete and pple everywhere.. not saying I don't like it here anymore just miss how simple it use to be.

There’s plenty of old Florida left it’s called the entire middle of the state

I love 'Redneck culture'. Greetings from a german Country boy .

The further SOUTH you go in Florida it turns into New Jersey, New York, Cuba and Porta Rico with all the worst they brought from where they left. Yes, I'm a NORTHERNER too, in the panhandle.

I was a Deputy Sheriff here in 1989... We still had a lot of moonshine stills throughout the county.... We had a few creeks and streams with Gators.... A lot of agriculture, cattle and horses. Most folks had a garden, and lived the way folks lived in the 1920s.. Coming here from the DFW Metroplex was a good change for rush hour 24/7 ,to we'll do it tomorrow no rush. Great video... Sam's is the place to go to find anyone or anything else you want or need..

Nick, I'm so glad you mentioned how rent in Panama City (Bay County) went from $500 to $1500 after Hurricane Michael. People need to hear it!

Let me tell you something Mr. Nick, I’d take this area over anywhere else in Florida!

Grew up in Crestview with my Grandparents during the 60s, before the highways were put through town. My Grandmother was born in Bonifay 1914 & my Grandfather was born in Chipley 1910. My old fishing buddy lived for 99 years in Florida, and that was without an AC. Some of my best memories.

Sounds like a good place to live. Reasonable and level headed people. After living in NYC most of my life I'm planning on going somewhere that isn't bat shit insane.

I’m from Florida and there’s a saying that “the farther north you go in Florida, the southern it gets”

This is like a documentary on America. I don't even live in US but I get to learn so much just in case if I ever decided to move to US it'd be extremely helpful.

My home is actually in this video of Holmes county and Ricky is like one of my own children.. I was actually surprised at how outspoken he was he’s normally shy..he could have told you a recent story about how we handle our differences in this part of the country 🤣🤣 loved the video❤️❤️

Love Florida and seeing these old school, original small towns that exist along the panhandle, great video Nick!

I lived nearby in Pensacola in 2010/11 as an exchange student from Brazil. I loved the area and the people and miss it to the day.

As much as I want to visit the amazing places of the world, I think visiting a small quiet place like this would be interesting also.

Dude I've watched your videos for a while because I love learning about other places, and to see you cover my home county is so cool! Hope you enjoyed it, and thank you for shedding a positive light on our hometown!!

Pretty country. Looks peaceful and warm and not too big or crowded. Very nice footage. 😊

Enjoyed the video. I live in a redneck area near Crestview FL. The worm fiddling festival is in a town called Caryville which is in Washington County right next to Holmes.

I love Florida panhandle. It's one of my favorite parts of the country and where I decided to put my roots permanently

I moved to the panhandle a year ago from the Chicago area. For the first 6 months I felt like I was in the witness protection program.

I've always wanted to live in an "Andy of Mayberry" type of town. This little town in Florida looks like it comes pretty close.

The second I saw Sam's Place, I thought to myself, "I've definitely seen that bar in a movie." 😄

Good video…. Nice to see how other people lives in different parts of the country … seems like a quiet little town

We lived in Milton when my husband was in flight training at Whiting Field many many years ago. I recall small country store we went into around 8 at night. A bunch of cured hams hanging from hooks, goober peas, boiled pea nuts - beef jer KY and a cooler witb c old drinks. Very very cool.

As someone who lives in Miami, I can remember when we had some of that down here. A friend of mine moved to Calhoun County a few years back and that is also a "redneck" area. Around here I have the most rural looking home in my subdivision. When I sell and move from here it will be to a rural area. The expense and code enforcement hassles make the city life unbearable.

I've been to a bar like Sam's in another neck town in Florida. The highlight was listening to a man hitting on a woman by bragging about owning his own pig.

I visited from Ireland back in late 90s early 2000s to a place called Starke Florida and Waldo I absolutely loved it, met some amazing hard working down to earth people who are still my friends to this day and I cant wait to go back and visit next year, also took a trip to Gainsville and saint Augustine, and a trip to Lakeland I much prefer places like that than somewhere like Miami

The more I watch your chanel, the more I learn........I'm starting to get onto your wavelength. Thankyou

Nick. You’re unique. Love your song. Hilarious but with some truth. Really enjoy your unbiased and interesting views. Take care.

Very interesting take on this part of the US! Thanks!

Love the musically interventions! So talented!😂😂😂😂😂😂

Panhandle = Redneck Riviera - featuring Crestucky (Crestview) , Flo~Ala(Florala ) and many more.

Great unbiased informative video as always buddy. Love the channel and all you do. Thanks 💪🏽😁

Grew up in the Redlands, west of Homestead and am looking forward to watching your Florida series. I moved to Orlando for college and now live in volusia county in a low density area, and I really like it here. I love Florida, Home of the Florida man so that’s saying something lol

Thanks! Love what you do!

Thank you making this video. I like this area. I may check it in the future.

Loved the video! Hilarious and informative!

Nick, keep the Florida videos coming! : D

I am from Florida (Miami Beach/Dade County) and I really miss it! I love most Rural Florida and you have captured some of that - You we all the way to the Right, which is cool! I once owned 5 acres in PInetta (Madison) county, not so Redneck but very rural non the less!

Thanks for visiting our county and town. Hope u enjoyed it

Love watching you!I live in Panama City. Born and raised here! Thanks for your stories!

I’m from Citrus County, love it here. But gonna take a drive up there and check Holmes county and definitely Sam’s place before it gets sucked up by progress.

I haven't been to Florida in over a decade but this is exactly how I remember Florida. Happy to see parts of Florida still conservative.

Awesome, I love your video.I should send it to my brother who lives and loves Lakeland.He calls it paradise.👍🌅👍

snappy nick-songs, great interviews and that mullet! catchin up on some these i missed, so good thanks nick

Nothing excites me more than leaving Tampa Bay and heading to the panhandle for the weekend! Now and then you need a reminder of who you are😉

OG Nick Johnson Moment: This video is brought to you by Miiiiike's Barbecue on Route 32 in Tallahassee. Great Video Nick!

Great video brother. I live in central Florida but very familiar with the panhandle. I feel like you got it.

This is my hometown! I don't have much love for it having grown up there, I get along with the people just fine and they are definitely as stereotypical as they come, but it's an hour out from any kind of place you could go out and as easy as you could feel content with the simple lifestyle, it's just as easy to feel stuck there. I moved to Pensacola and it's much more my speed, it's not so big as to lose the small town feel but there's actually some activities around town on any given night and a lot of good places to eat good food. Thanks for putting a spotlight on Holmes County, it's not somewhere I figured anyone would choose to go 😂 but I'm glad you liked it

Mulberry, winter haven, frost proof, Arcadia, Zephyr hills, and Plant city are some red neck spots and easy to get to from Tampa!! They make great for weekend sight seeing 🤠

Love your vids. Honest, true to life, no BS need apply!👍

Great song bro. Really getting in my head now. My daughter is looking at me crazy. I lived in Gainesville for 2 years until 1998. It was very red neck as a buddy of mine Robert spray painted a brand new fire f350 camo in the back yard with only 105mi on it. Brand new! These boys are all in. Great videos ! We like the tours and the input from locals. Again, great song man. Haha. Cheers.

This makes me miss home!! I lived rural and worked my families dairy farm. This made me feel great!

Born and raised in Florida. The influx of people and businesses have destroyed a lot of the beauty of our state.

I moved to Freeport Florida from Miami for 5 yrs and I loved it. The nicest and hardest working “redneck” you’ll ever meet. We still go to the beaches once a year to see friends that we left behind. Hopefully, I will be able to retire in the area.

I lived in darlington Fl when you pull up to the pumps at the gas station you need to watch out for the chickens.Loved it there.

Nice video Nick, and both guests were good, especially the nurse who lived there since 1973. I live in the Boston area and it is just the opposite of there, and extremely liberal. I thought the bar was cool, and I have a lot of respect for these people who seem very down to earth, and friendly. If your car broke down in Boston, I doubt many people would help out b/c everybody is so busy, and it's a fast pace lifestyle. But, I would like to visit, but the heat and humidity, along with the bugs and reptiles might be too much for me to live there. I like the change of seasons, also.

Reminds me of 1970s small town central Florida...lots of rural places at that time...

I love watching your videos, they are so entertaining!

I love how a lot of Florida is still like this even some spots in south Florida are still like this. You gotta be from down here to love it

I love the panhandle, I been living in Jupiter for well over 20 years and my boys are at Fsu and I love taking the backroads there. I would move to Tallahassee

Ive seen some place like this in Texas, nice through the day, as a trucker I always wanted to be parked in a busy truck stop by the time it got dark

I hope Paul Simon hears this song 2:05 plus nice interview. You are wonderful

Nice video, Nick. You've carved out a nice little niche for yourself with your "Here's America" theme.

There are many pockets of old Florida throughout the central part of the state in towns like Ocala and even further south in areas just outside of Fort Myers. The accent sounds more like southern Georgia than anything else.

Your videos are awesome! It would be neat to see you cover remote Southwest US areas ...close to or on the reservations in Arizona. It's like a different planet! I have to go through all your videos who knows you might have already.

Heck yeah Nick! I've been looking to move to Chipley, it's a perfect spot for me. PCB to get my wiggles out, Tallahassee for city things and Lofty Pursuits candy, and of course Dothan Alabama for the beautiful women. I remember when most of Florida above Tampa was like that. Love love love it out there.

Nice work. Very fun.

I can’t wait to move back down south. Grow up in Rockingham NC and miss it so much! few more years!!! See YA Seattle

We have bars here in UK where builders go for a pint after work, it's a community, they're great, hard working men.

Thanks for your content, this video reminds me of Collinwood Tennessee, but we have hills.

I moved here in '16 and picked this place for the exact reason your video extols....country living, country folks and country lifestyle. While I miss my Family up north, it's a lot cheaper and peaceful here, for sure.

I grew up in Bonifay. This is not the first time a video of the area has been done. If you want to step back in time and over a town search for the documentary on called Vernon Florida. That is more like what it was when I grew up in the area. There was Padgett Drugs store on the main street and Evans was across the street where you could buy your clothing. It has changed with many of the building on main street now closed and some of them falling down.

I live in a small county in Virginia. Floyd County. Town population is 500 and the county population is around 10,000

Wow this is crazy seeing a video about my town blow up.. Bonifay is where I’m born & raised. I even delivered the bonifay route with fedex on the rural areas. I know every damn road top to bottom there.

I love your videos !!!! You're great

I was born and raised here in Pinellas County. You wouldn't believe it, but there was a time when it was pretty damn nice here. Growing up here was great; I had an abundance of dirt roads to follow that were lined with pine or oak forests, streams, swamps and open fields to explore with my buddies. Then somebody dropped an interstate down the middle of the state and screwed us big time. In a way, I suppose that I lucked out (if that's the right term), after I graduated, I took a job with the State Road Dept (1976). We worked outdoors (usually) anywhere there were State roads or other properties in Pinellas. So I got to see it before they paved it. I got to watch, over time, how all those open places were slowly destroyed. Progress they say. Bahh I say! (I'd use stronger language here, but don't want to rile the comment police) I'd give anything to have my old home back. All we have now are tourist attractions, motels, strip malls and blight. We use to have beach parties. Now, you can't even SEE the Gulf of Mexico unless you get a room at one of the overpriced, sub standard motels that line the beaches. The road in front of my house was a dirt road. There was a small citrus grove just North of my block where we kids could go, grab a few oranges and play around the trees. I use to know my neighbors...ALL of them. We would have neighborhood cookouts and block parties. We never had to lock our doors. Other than the normal school drama, I never felt unsafe or threatened as a kid. Every one of my neighbors knew me too. They watched out for me and even policed me when I got out of line. I could trust them and depend on them to have my back. But now I have a dope dealer plying his goods down the alley and a crack house behind me. TREASURE your open spaces folks. They aren't making it anymore. And they want to come to YOUR town and do what they did to mine. All in the pursuit of a dollar bill.

Do a video about Polk County FL! Specifically Haines City and Lake Wales areas

I love your little songs. Would like a highlights video of just your best songs.

they "grunt" worms in Sopchoppy, FL too. even have a festival every spring!

As a Black person from North Florida, when traveling, this is the type of town I would not feel safe to stop in.

Great people, living their life, not bothering anyone, just want to be left alone.

Hey Nick, love your show . Paul Simon would be impressed.

Grew up in Panama City Beach and Vortex Springs in Holmes County is one of the favorite hangout spots of all my friends and I

OK Nick, you went from ragging on my home state (Ohio), to ragging on a place not far from my current location! Just kidding you, well done. I have lived near Eglin AFB for the last 10 years (after having lived in several other places) and can tell you it's a great place to be. I always call this the sane part of the state. At the start of the video, you crossed the state line into Nassau Country, which is home to a lot of redneck country, especially around Callahan, which I have long considered to be Florida's redneck capital. However this may have changed with the grown of nearby Jacksonville. It is a little amazing that Bonifay is less than an hour away from Destin, which is worlds away in so many other areas.

It is true that the further north you go, the more southern it gets lol. In SW Florida and South Florida, you only really have these small sections left. Like for instance, the northern part of my city is lesser developed and therefor a bit more “country”.

Thanks for this

I enjoy all the songs on your videos Nick I hope you get a record deal in the Americana genre