I've Been Living In A Ghost Town For 11 Months! 

Keep up the hard work Brent. Found you few weeks ago on here. Gotta say you got me threw a rough time man.(mentally). your awesome man keep doing you.

My Grandfather was an Italian immigrant that brought boatloads of settlers from Italy to the Brier Hill area of Youngstown during the turn of the century. The Immigrants got jobs at the steel mill and my Grandma taught them English and taught them what they needed to know to obtain their citizenship. There is a Facebook group for the community....still lots of Italians there and they have a pizza fest every year. That was very cool to see that!

Oh no thank you for allowing us to watch your videos their very interesting 2 watch

These last few minutes of your vid should be what the world, young & old, plain & bold need to at least have a look at.* I’m a tough type dude with strong barriers yet I crumble every post you make! Soul enhancing and beautiful what you are doing brother! *p.s every second should be viewed by all!

Old belt driven concrete mixers are often for sale on Craigslist for practically nothing. Getting a horizontal shaft engine to power it is just about as easy, look for an old riding lawn mower.

And I appreciate that!

@@GhostTownLiving I've also noticed your so calm and positive In these recent videos. Like the land is feeding your soul love the videos

c'est vrai : la ville , le désert , les mines , c'est très bien......et très loin de nos vies perdues de ce 21ème siècle qui sent la fin de l'humanité bien plus que l'espoir d'une vie meilleure ! Mais le plus intéressant dans tout ça , c'est Brent lui-même , ses chèvres et ses petits chats ! Pourquoi ? Parce qu'il a trouvé une véritable raison de vivre , c'est là que , dans cette Californie désertique , se trouvait le trésor qu'il cherchait . Bravo Mais attention : c'est sa vie à lui , pas la nôtre. A nous de rechercher celle qui nous convient le mieux . Bonne chance à tous !!! Bravo Brent . Comme le disait Lao-Tseu , tu as trouvé ta voie !!!

@@jacquesdeghorain3162 (Had to use Google Translator) Excellent point that this IS his life. We're just fortunate to have a little window into it.

😂

I agree

Glad you enjoy it! Thank you!

@@GhostTownLiving What is the artist ? If you don't mind :)

@@GhostTownLiving same with the intro music. Just sounds so perfect

YES! Some channels change their music every so often, WITHOUT realizing that it once was a Huge Part of their "Trade Mark". Bless you Brent!

Take care man. Things get's better.

isolation does that to folks... it bores us to death...heh...

depression is the easiest thing to cure. turn off all media. walk outside. do this every day. cured.

@@DieselRamcharger i doesn't work like that all the time.

@@thebendu33 ah but it does. i mean, unless you got your legs blown off in the war. then your going to have roll or wiggle your ass outside.

Awesome! It's an interesting place for sure with lots of history.

Can you buy property there and how many people are there now thank you. I seen that video they took a few years back with the people.

Alive! Not dead!

@@GhostTownLiving my husband doesn’t see a video right away from you and he starts to panic! Thank God all is well love what you’re doing this is an awesome dream!!!

@@GhostTownLiving He came looking for ore and he found awe.

@@GhostTownLiving heĺlo Brent hope you always safe and healthy thre in your own ghost town place.always watching u

@@GhostTownLiving just be careful in those mines

Yep, been subscribed since April

yeah wow your so special damn

I been here since like 5000 subs

Wow, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

AGREED!!!

Absolutely. The music is top notch. His comments always give you good feelings. I think Brent's personality and soul is what makes this channel so special on top of all the beauty he sees around him.

Maybe most of ttose thumbs down are accidents. Lets not assume.

I moved to Ecuador from California where I lived for 63 years. Just 7 years now in my new home 8,400 ft in the Andes mountains. It was the best thing I have ever done by far. I sold and gave away all of my possessions away except for some essentials that fit in 2 suitcases.

i am planning the same --move out of the desert and try the snowy country sides by the lakes..

How is the new state going?

@@eeeeee9000 it has been a challenge, I am not going to lie. But sometimes that’s what we need to grow. I wasn’t growing anymore where I was living. I became too comfortable and stagnant.

He probably got in there and saw Lola!

He was caught with his pants down...

Maybe Lola employed zombies and they ate the owner of the trousers?

& a shoe 😂 that was in kara & nates video.

I’m guessing she kept the clothes because he couldn’t pay.

me too he has a web shop

He has already succeeded dude, you missed the point :), success isn't about to build up the place quickly and make money, but success was to live in peace and do something you love, to wake up everyday and have something to look forward to. Everything else is just external and will come in time. The whole process of building the place, one step at the time, slowly, is what Brent enjoys the most, that's what drives him on to do everyday. That's happiness and success at the same time :). God Bless You.

Ne tii

We’re all supporting him by giving him likes and views 😂

Me too!

I'd love to buy him a beer.

He looks like he has a darker side

Yes! We must protect the creative ginger. I'm a life-long Californian and I want more "Brents" to come to California.

10000000% brought me to tears!

Amazing last couple minutes... loved every second of it. Beautiful words!

Facts!

Feeling the awe too right now

@@TheStageMonkeys SAME OMG

Careful, you might get alcoholic poisoning!

Cerro Gordo. Cerro Gordo. Cerro Gordo.

@@GhostTownLiving 🥃🥃🥃

Ill drink to that! I might give that I go next show sounds like fun!

Damn bro I don't think I want to get that drunk... 🥴😵🤢🤮🥵

WhAt AbOuT AdDiSoN RaY

If you watch him from the beginning you might want to say, he is learning. And I love to watch him learn. But he has messed up many times and I was afraid he might kill himself from the mistakes that he has made. This is a true crazy person who has a dream and will not give up. This is a true USA dreamer. I did not say American for many reasons.

The videos are so good! Once you realize that he had to set up a tripod on a hill for some of his videos (up the hill, down the hill)...and has to keep sending out and getting back his little helicopter...he's working hard and doing great!

@@BeverlyM52 His "little helicopter" is called a drone. Although "his little helicopter" can also be something else.

@@TheLottolandus .

Facts!!

And he doesn’t have cameras nearly as advanced!

All his subs will have to visit!

Hear hear, me too!

I think it would be cool as a Guest at hotel you have to Volunteer like 2 hours a day...on something/anything 😁💜🇺🇸

Hopefully he doesn’t get too rich and we can have a brew with Brent!!

Watching a video from a guy in California, reading the comments from a guy in my home city.. 😂

Actually tiy Do have lots of abandoned stuff, but it's taken over by the military as training grounds, or they are so bound up in 'historic' rules and regs, and need so much work, I'm surprised anyone try's to do anything with them.

California is Amazing and SO Many different places to see. You will love it 💜🇺🇸

UK has a very tiny bit of that in Dungeness, as little as I know www.blindinglyobvious.co.uk/latest-news/dungeness-romney-marsh - Any UK BRENT followers that want to order merch? So we pay the merch but share postage? A jumper is 40$ and postage to UK 20$ (not counting any extra fee after Brexit) :)

Oh wow. That is so cool to hear. I'm glad you're both able to enjoy it. Thank you both!

Godspeed🙏

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I am sending heartfelt wishes for peace to be with you.

Sorry for your loss, I hope that dream comes true one day

Thank you! I appreciate the note and you taking the time to check out the videos!

sure thingfat boy you wish to work like this man does

You meant Bernarghetto. Right?

The San Bernardino Mountains are truly beautiful. I understand the call of the mountains and the serenity found. Hubby an I own Stetson Creek Ranch in the Barton Flats area. It is so peaceful and lovely.

@@vaperainzero3886 Kinda unnecessary don't you think LOL

@@vjunnia.king6 lol thats what he always calls it in his videos 🤷‍♂️

Same here!!

Thank you! I really appreciate that. Thanks for following along.

Agreed except I feel the one running up to the truck, was costly

@@lotharschiese8559 looked great theough..ha

Someone else is clearly doing the drone shots.

@@juliepoppy1021 drones have a tracking system and can be set to do stuff in software... they have a follow command etc..but sometimes get confused and ram your truck.. ask Brent

I love how he keeps the drone fails in sometimes but yes, great shots

Thank you! Appreciate that. Trying to preserve as much as I can up here while setting it up for years to come.

@@GhostTownLiving Brent! Ever heard of Zero Mass Water or Source Co.?* Its an Arizona based co. that extracts 100% pure WATER from the atmosphere via Solar Panels. They built this project in the Australian Desert for a township (250 hab).

@@GhostTownLiving Search this title on YT: "SOURCE® Hydropanel array produces high-quality drinking water for residents of Yuelamu"

@@GhostTownLiving Search Google for: Unreasonable Group Then look for: Zero Mass Water SORRY for my weird thread. YT seems to "dislike Links now..."

It’s the telltale sign of a great channel, when you watch all the content and love showing it to other people

@@otda3675 Agreed

I have too. Love from the beginning

Same here buddy

Same

It is almost like he was put there by fate.

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 you must be fun at parties

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 Pretty sure he's said he welcomes that kind of help all the time? Not to mention he wants people to come visit and experience Cerro Gordo...

@@sethharlan8503 LOL

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 you can keep your shit vibes out of Cerro Gordo, thanks. Go dig for rocks on the 200 level. If you're going to be like that. 👍

@@abrmodshopperformance478 check out the comments he puts up in cerro gordo's videos just clicking in his profile... just making fun of him and just being an idiot

I thought it was just me! Brent really did something here!

And great, clear film quality!

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I've lived in California my whole life and politics aside, it truly is an incredible place. The area where Cerro Gordo is has it's own very unique beauty. Summertime though... well, they don't call it Death Valley for no reason. 😄 I hope you can jump the pond and come to our neck of the woods someday. Just be forwarned, whatever time you think you'll need to be here, double it! Cheers mate.

Wait he doesn't ads? That's dumb. I thought he did and was supporting his project with that income

Seriously. We need to keep commenting this until he does it. He deserves it.

@@maiiamiii oh ok I pay for no ads so I don’t see them

@@maiiamiii I don’t pay for ad free. I’ve never seen one ad in his videos

I always think adze. Good for making dugout canoes.

Do you know what happened to the 4th goat? And the other cats?

The cats stayed in la... So just need to know about 4th goat.

@@helen_crimmins as far as i can remember he’s only ever had 3 goats. Might take a little time to rewatch some of the videos to find out about the cats, but that’s an option.

@@kourt2062 I saw a lady took 4 cats to la for jabs or something and she kept them. But it was 4 goats.

@@helen_crimmins see i thought i remembered something about someone keeping some of the cats, just wasn’t for sure. And dang, idk about the goat, i only remember 3 🥺 I’m sorry, I’m not much help

that is the same reason why I love the sea and living and working on it.

Felt like I was watching national geographic and a Christopher Nolan movie at the same time. Brent knows how to capture the beauty of what he sees. We're lucky enough to see it through him

Incredible expression of his views, and it really does take you to another place.

i wouldnt drink water from that well. I think a water tower is the best bet with trucked in water.

It does seem to snow pretty frequently, rain/snow collection in a cistern with a filter would probably do ok

@@Tommyvon something like this at each building would work, www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-1-8CA20 or something more commerical www.thompson-tank.com/ Bonus a huge tank would be good for fire suppression

Fucking great idea man

@@jeremyr2852 Rainwater/snow is hard to collect in California because of all the rules and regulations on it. And there wouldn’t be enough rain or snow to supply an entire town since he’s eventually planning to open up a hotel or two.

Or train the goats to carry it for him

I'm planning on getting mules in the Spring!

Mules are free in California, or in the USVI (the issue is how to transport the "Reggae mules" from St. Thomas)...

Get a mule now and make all of our dreams come true! And smoke a cigar please.

@@GhostTownLiving Supposedly mules keep big cats at bay. Who knew? They don't like braying. 🤣

Exactly what I came to the comments to say. Thank you Brent for bringing some awe to the mid Covid lockdown East Midlands of England. Beautiful shots

Ohh I would love to help with that project.. I have one in my greenhouse I built myself...

First he needs more water to do that.

And grow mountain kush??? That would make the American hotel easy?

Maybe in the Spring! I'd love to be able to grow some stuff up here.

@@GhostTownLiving For a greenhouse isolation is as important as light. Cold nights kill your tomato plants more easy then you think.

Really appreciate that! I'm trying to get better each week.

There is something to what Brent says about awe and being truly awed. To lift ones head after walking for mikes in circles searching the ground for Indian artifacts in stone, andvthe you see what was always befor you but this time it’s awe. Sage brush flush with spring growth as far as the eye can see with no trees, posts or roads just sage covered mountains and a valley a carpet of sage brush. It was the most beautiful and awe inspiring moment I’ve had in 11 years. You see, I grew up in all that and took it for granted. Then you moved to a California city and began my adult life among the hustle and traffic. I’d forgotten wide open spaces and being but a spec on the landscape. It was an amazing feeling.

Amen

I got a shovel

@@mikep9032 I got a bucket

I got hands

I got a wheelbarrow

We still need concrete though guys 🤪

If you do, learn about all the equipment you need to be safe and pack in your backpack. Your future is full of surprises...I never knew I would work in South America on a restoration team for 200+ year old churches for 10 years!

I have found my clone

Be careful young man. Mines are extremely dangerous. You should always have someone with you when you go.

As Brent always states, you must make sure you’re careful first, you ask and go with an adult if you ever want to do it cause the buddy system and ample research. People only go in after years of training on the outside first...remember that and be smart

Amazing! That is great to hear. Hope you get out there and adventure. Be very careful with the mines however. There is a lot of prep not show in the videos that is done before hand.

I saw that and was thinking the same thing. Lengths of paracord with a loop tied in one end make a good cinch.