This Is What Life Is Like In Small Town Montana 

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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.

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

thanks for another outstanding production

When you spoke with the Prairie Reserve staff its almost like they have something to hide....as usual when they are up to something.

I'm moving there tomorrow with my transvestite Poodle named Jasper! She-He's on disability and loves a little crank now and again. Thanks for the tip.

Did anyone bring up the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for wheat farmers? A reduction in farmed land by 25% certainly impacted small towns by a Federal program.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 😋)

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

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!!!

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!

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.

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

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

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…

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

*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.

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."

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 RU-vid 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!

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.

Nick you should have told the non-profit that you worked for 60 Minutes. I'm sure they'd be OK to see you then. 😂😂😂

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?

I wonder how many degrees of separation between American Prairie Reserve and Blackrock or Bill Gates 🤔

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

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.😊❤

Could the nonprofit’s goal be destroy communities and U.S. farming?

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

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

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.

Communism on the way!! Reminds of the movie Red Dawn!! Weaken the communities and press your way through!!

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.

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

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.

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

NWO Tenticles go down to dog catcher……” they aims to win” what say we peeps?

That's not macho clothing when it gets cold you'll see what I mean it's working man's clothes.

OH NO.. wait, do I have a misunderstanding of what I'm watchin' ? Macho "shit" ?.."messy" ? - That's it, get outta that town before you ruin one of the small handfuls of good ones left.. HO-lee cow..didn't see THAT comin'..maybe my perspective is in error here...that was a bummer thing to hear..

No such thing as an "open and fair market" when using Federal Reserve Notes. BlackRock was given( free of charge ) 4 trillion USD in September 2019.

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.

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!😁

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

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

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.

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

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

I'll gladly take the "drama" of small town Montana vs the drama of any of the bigger cities such as Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Portland, Seattle, Oakland, etc. Very few riots (or "peaceful protests" as cnn would call them), lower overall violent crime, no open-air drug dens or homeless encampments along the sidewalks, and you can park your car without fearing that someone is simply going to smash your windows to get whatever you happen to have in your car with no repercussions for the criminals. Try having such peace of mind parking your car or simply walking down the street in a place like San Francisco.

I especially liked the gum-chewing slug at the counter when you went in to talk to the APR. Where else in Lewistown could she make $15/hour and do nothing but chew gum with an open mouth?

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

Non profit just means scam, tax shelter. They shouldn't be allowed.

Not diverse? But it’s at least peaceful and you can withdrawal money at the ATM without getting suplexed into paralysis and robbed.

Town with all white people? Sign me up I’m in!! safe and clean.

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

Bet some of those investors is named gates and soroes.

Montana is currently being ruined by West Coast millionaires bringing their politics with them.

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

EDDIE , you said it's not Diverse mostly white . Won't see any Smash & Grab. Goings on. . Look Close at the Snashers Big Dog

"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.

The main reason why the non-profit wants the land is for the very large oil and mineral deposits.

The guy in his "Ariat" shirt from China.

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

Is it possible to pass state laws to ban sales of land and homes to corporations or out of the country owners?

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.

Where are all the tents and old beat-up RVs ?

Hi Nick! Always enjoy your videos. It looks a lot like my Upstate NY rural red - voting town; minus the woods and lakes. Just as here, the woke lefties ruin it. I grew up on a farm, and most of my friends and kin are farmers. Always admired Montana, and some of my kin have lived in Texas for half a century. I'm too old to move now, and over 220 years of my kin are buried here or live here. My Dad was a Barber, and I worked in a morgue for a good many years, so the proximity of these businesses and the post office is mighty convenient! The Calvert Hotel looks good to me! Except the lefties that kicked you out, the town folk are talking the same straight facts we talk about. It's sad. We don't have much homelessness here, as the winters are harsh and we either take care of our own or they occasionally crawl off after a good booze or drug bender and freeze to death or get run over somehow. One guy died of gangrene because he didn't take his boots off all winter; they just kept taking his legs a piece at a time until he was gone. I did see one homeless guy last summer in a van behind the Dollar Store. It was the damndest thing I've ever seen! He had a household air conditioner stickin' out of the driver side window! Somebody at the Dollar Store must've helped him out, but he was gone in less than a week. Our laundro - mat isn't bad, but you can't dry hides there. Keep up the good work, may your flask be always full, your ammo stocked, and may Jesus walk beside you in God's country as well as the urban pits of depravity that you must traverse!

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

On to Boze-Angeles and San Fan-ssoula!!!

Keep fighting for your town and ur farms. Dont let these APR ppl have their way.

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!

31:02 "even the camel hates the American Prairie people" hahahaha

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

Loved driving through Lewistown. All you gotta do is sit down in a McDonald's and relax and listen to hear what goes on with local politics. Seems the consensus there is no to the American Prairie Reserve and no to anymore Californians. It seems that, besides the normal disagreement locals feel with the American Prairie Reserve, they also believe that the American Prairie Reserve has behaved heavy handedly. I would tend to believe that a group trying to buy out easements and property totaling three million acres IS behaving unrealistically and that, regardless of whether it is their intenet or not, displace lots of families that have been there for several generations. It certainly does not help the reserve's case that they are funded by Wall Street and Germaan billionaires. There are nerdy academics who, some years back, said the northern section of the great plains had no natural resources, specifically citing North Dakota, and that the whole of the plains should be turned into a buffalo belt. Shows what they knew when oil boomed in North Dakota in 2008, especially in the western part of the state in the Bakken field. If the ranchers were really abusing the landscape as bad as the Prairie Reserve claims, why does their mission to buy the land that the ranchers own because it is unspoiled? Can't have it both ways. I loved Lewistown, and wish I had the skillset for ranching out there. Haven't been back since 2019, but hope to one day. Drive a little North towards the breaks, especially near Judith Landing, and the Save The Cowboy signs really started to pop up.

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.

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.

That office was WAY too nice for a nonprofit. Worked for several over 14 years…. I never saw a fancy nonprofit office.

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

gettin thrown out of a non-profit. nice. knew I liked your channel. and thanks.

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.

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.

My moms is from Montana - a small town called Ryegate, i have cousin's still living there. Its awful to see these people there trying to steal land😡😡

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?

Just shows they (American Prairie Reserve) know what they’re doing is wrong or they would have been happy to talk to you. You would think none of these American Prairie people have heard about famine and starvation!! We really need to get rid of Tester!

The casinos they opened here in maryland have led to a huge uptick in crime. Also they promised the money generated would go to schools yet none at all has. Remember when casinos were only in Vegas….yeah we need to go back to that! I don’t gamble but when the one opened in maryland I used the promotional free play they gave out and hit on a 5 buck slot for 12,500 bucks! It was like ten grand after tax

Montana and Wyoming don't have high rates if homelessness because of the brutal winters, and generally the towns are not large to draw large numbers of people there. Also, you mention not seeing Biden posters. Democrats, in general, do not feel the need to brandish political signs, or attend rallies.

Save a horse and ride a Cowboy

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

38:45 who would have guessed that a bar in the middle of Montana would be blasting some Raekwon 😂😂😂