Unboxing North Dakota: What It's Like Living In North Dakota

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Is everyone in North Dakota lonely?
Is everyone in North Dakota bored?
Seriously what the hell is there to do in North Dakota?
We’re gonna answer those questions and a whole lot more. So grab your fishing poles and your hockey sticks, we’re gonna unbox the state of North Dakota!
Hey look at that. This is an oil field. These guys are working hard to get all that good black stuff out of the ground. We’re here in western North Dakota in the Bakken Oil Fields, which are kind of a big deal in these parts. Western North Dakota has the third biggest oil field in the US, and the biggest one outside of Texas.
The oil business has been a big deal for North Dakotans. It brought in people from all over the world, and caused a big spike in real estate. And it also brought this state riches. I mean at one point they were making $56 million a DAY in oil pulled out of North Dakota’s lands.
However, the oil boom here has had mixed results, and now that its peaked, folks are lookin around at each other wondering if it was worth it. We’ll talk more about that later. I mean there’s a lot more to North Dakota than just some ole oil fields and macho men walking around.
North Dakota is more than just oil fields. It’s sort of diverse and sort of interesting. If YOU were thinking about moving here, you should sort of know what you’re getting yourself into.
This is North Dakota.
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@NickJohnson Год назад

Here is my entire Unboxing Series: ru-vid.com/group/PLq-_cmf3H6yqgM1vGG305six5T7dqGURF

@maggiegonzalez8577 3 года назад

The only thing I hate about North Dakota is the winter I am a mail carrier here 😒😒

@richardhoffman5769 3 года назад

Rural or city?

@BorninVirginia 3 года назад

@@richardhoffman5769 is there a city there

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Thanks for doing what you do for us Maggie!! ❤️❤️❤️

@jonasabry9099 3 года назад

I want to visit, just not in the winter. 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

@zerovalon6243 3 года назад

Did a paper route as a kid out there, I feel for you.♥️♥️

@GeoffreyPitman523 3 года назад

One thing missed was that ND is the largest producers of Sunflowers

@87jello 3 года назад

i was sent to Minot Air Force Base for a temporary military work duty there. Obviously having never been anywhere in ND, so on my days off I decided to explore outside the base and see what Minot or ND had to offer. I was dumbfounded on how the the place had no sidewalks or pedestrian crosswalks or any sort of city taxi/public transportation system, so I pretty much had to rent a car out of my pocket because for my personal safety reasons from Minot traffic and that everything was so far apart in such wide open spaces. I love seafood more than i do landfood, so going to a sushi restaurant was more of a challenge because the seafood items aren't as fresh and high quality, yet expensive. BUT the steaks, porks, and chickens on the menu were delicious and on par. People drag racing on public highways and streets proved to be another challenge in Minot when trying to explore or tour the place, and then going to the bars was out of the question for me after having witnessed drunk fights & couples arguing so i kept to myself and drank beers on my own back in my lodge within the military base to be safe after my tour around Minot. Overall, my experience in Minot ND was...meh. The people were extremely nice (when not drunk), and accommodating. I'm glad for my experience in that part of ND, quite the adventure

@toddotterson7568 2 года назад

NOT TRUE AT ALL. Minot has sidewalks, public transportation, planes, trains, and automobiles. It is as modern as any other medium sized city in the USA.

@derpcreamcone 3 года назад

As a citizen of North Dakota I agree that western North Dakota is very different from eastern North Dakota #GoBision

@markthebldr6834 3 года назад

Waaaay different.. eastern side is liberal western side is extremely conservative.

@barrygregory913 3 года назад

Grand Forks Air Force Base & The Red River Floods Every Year

@sparky_the_sparky1680 3 года назад

Except this year hahaha

@barrygregory913 3 года назад

I was up there for fours years and enjoyed it immensely

@SusanBishop555 Год назад

My parents were born and raised in ND. One from Cando and the other Devil's Lake. They moved to Michigan...I was born there but every year we would go back to ND. We did move back to Minot for a bit...ugh. lol

@theturtle2121 3 года назад

Sometimes “boring” is good 😃

@schonkable 3 года назад

Not to get political but I read an article mentioning the same thing about Joe Biden.

@PG-is9vr 3 года назад

It seems kind of nice to me.

@Bekka241 2 года назад

@Cameron Hawthorn Cough, cough.

@katinawhitley9340 2 года назад

And watching a unboxing for nearly 40 min is boring have to consider doing these videos in 20 min top's

@Bekka241 2 года назад

@@katinawhitley9340 It's actually rather short. The interviews at the and make it longer, but you can skip those if you like.

@zerovalon6243 3 года назад

I snuck on a train from Minot to Bismarck and back once when I was a teen in North Dakota. Good times.😁

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Fun!

@veryfakename2644 3 года назад

How are the badlands up there only seen them from SD

@zerovalon6243 3 года назад

@@veryfakename2644 about the same as sd. As he said in the video it should really be west and east Dakota.

@ndfarming6612 3 года назад

Well the soil in South Dakota is better than most of North Dakota

@shihtzu291 3 года назад

I like pork scnitchnals mmmm nice! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧👍🇺🇲🇩🇪

@ericafrieson3464 3 года назад

Pretty boring, pretty lonely, have more change left in my purse since I sold my Bay Area house and hit the road. Nothing is perfect. Every place has its limitations. good video-thanks

@junkname9983 3 года назад

North Dakota is diverse? first time that sentence has ever been uttered

@mirzaahmed6589 Месяц назад

Sort of diverse

@504RoadTrips 3 года назад

One thing that you didn’t cover is that North Dakota is thought of as being a freezing cold place, but during the summer, it gets HOT! Triple digits are not unheard of.

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Yes!! It's blistering out on those plains!

@burnthecandleatbothendz 3 года назад

Yes ,unbearably hot ! People in the south say but you dont have humidity, that's when I have to correct them .n.d is one of the hottest and coldest places on earth

@sparky_the_sparky1680 3 года назад

-50 in the winter, 110 in the summer. That's one heck of a temperature swing!

@Satan666Official 3 года назад

Definitely related to elevation

@thatboiijohnny7133 2 года назад

*laughs in Texan*

@pauljonorato4990 3 года назад

$ 250,000 for a small dump This is way overpriced.

@Lagaholic 3 года назад

Yea, north dakota is wayy over priced.

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

@@Lagaholic The oil boom basically fucked up the entire economy, and the stimulus from this past year didn't help.

@747-pilot 3 года назад

It never was that way. I lived in ND from 1990 to 1993, when I was 13 years old. Back in 1990 I recall my family saying the price of a house like that was around $40,000. Even with inflation that should be not more that about $85,000 in today's money!

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

@@747-pilot Yep, hyperinflation and oil boom caused home prices to skyrocket. You are right in that you would have been able to buy that place for maybe $40,000 30 years ago. Now, maybe $200,000. Personally I think the estimate it showed in the video is a bit high.

@lindsaykania106 3 года назад

@@tinecrinec4769 but still 200,000 is not crazy high but i know its high for nd but still you can still find good homes for less then 100,000

@miniappluvr 3 года назад

You forgot that the "Bobcat skidsteer" is made in ND! :)

@Steelcurtain3 3 года назад

I never realized that my farm just got a new one

@kathikapp6707 3 месяца назад

There was a Haybuster factory in Jamestown and Steiger tractors were made in Fargo back when I lived there, not sure if still there. I love to go visit but can't live in the cold and humidity anymore. Lived there the first 21 years of my life. Oh, and The Badlands are very much more beautiful than the glaring white limestone ones in South Dakota and there are wild horses!

@stalkinghorse883 3 года назад

The Williston area had an oil boom in the 1950's too. Today, North Dakota has the best highway rest stops!

@Northdakotadude 3 года назад

As a Williston native we have had 3 major oil booms 50s 80s and 2014

@billortloff4215 3 года назад

@@Northdakotadude oddly 30 years apart each. Next boom should be in the 2040's.

@Northdakotadude 3 года назад

@@billortloff4215 I hope you’re right because then I get more oil checks free money I still get them now but not as much as I use to

@Bekka241 2 года назад

Cuz they have to. Nothing else for miles and miles and miles.

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 Год назад

@danny boy same I live in Williston and worked here and worked in Dickinson during the oil boom I don’t make as much money anymore I need more money to buy my Muck Boots!

@outdoorsmanguide5162 3 года назад

North Dakota is awsome. Your videos are awsome . I love Tuesdays because of you nick

@LemurJackson 3 года назад

Dest Wakota

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Aww ❤️

@matortiz2322 3 года назад

Standing rock and Fargo are 2 perfect examples of why I'm sick of outsiders they trash the land I hunt fish and make a living on they also bring their politics and I'm over it I get it if you wanna move here for a better life I also understand it but you didn't leave your problem if you're bringing or are the problem

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 Год назад

Exactly we live in ND to get away from people and they came to us just wait the winter will chase em off I’ve seen many people leave when I worked in Dikinson during the oil boom many of my coworkers left during the wintertime and never came back even in the summertime

@lt.2992 Год назад

Fargo seems like the most developed and modern town in ND why is that something bad?

@narmeenbotani4508 3 года назад

I’ve been living in Minot for 11yrs now. Moved here when I was 15 from Escondido, CA. All my families still in Cali, minus my older brother, and I can say North Dakota saved my life. I moved here with zero credits during the second semester of 9th grade. I was able to turn my life around and walk with my class. I will never move anywhere else. I love raising my son here. There’s just enough to do. The hispanic community is really growing here and its amazing! 💗💗💗

@zerovalon6243 3 года назад

Best schools ever. Seeing you are in Minot send my love to it. I miss it there.😊

@moredistractions 3 года назад

How did it save your life? What things were happening to you in Cali that were so bad?

@zerovalon6243 3 года назад

@@moredistractions Minot is a very loving town, the teachers care and want you to succeed.

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Good for you! also my grandparents lived in San Marcos - that area was sooo awesome in the 80s and it's so built up now 😢

@oldkaren9718 3 года назад

im in minot rn

@p71collector 3 года назад

30 below zero in the winter keeps the riff-raff out!

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

You obviously haven't read the other comments on this video.

@p71collector 3 года назад

@@tinecrinec4769 All 646 of them?

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

@@p71collector Even half of them and you would be less ignorant.

@mattandersonmusic 3 года назад

As an Englishman I love this channel. You really show the real America

@_____J______ Год назад

Makes an Englishman proud of that they have created 415 years ago (Jamestown, 1607) eh?

@mirzaahmed6589 Месяц назад

@@_____J______ St. Augustine, Florida is a hundred years older. Also Virginia has little in common with North Dakota.

@nurseaarai9279 3 года назад

I'm a nurse from the Philippines, after I will pass my Nclex exam I will choose north dakota as my destination 😍

@europajones1946 6 дней назад

Welcome❤️

@drexelmildraff7580 3 года назад

Coldest temperature recorded in North Dakota was 60 below zero (Fahrenheit). WIthin a year, the highest temperature of 122 degrees was recorded. This was in the 1930s.

@Northdakotadude 3 года назад

It’s been colder than that

@drexelmildraff7580 3 года назад

@@Northdakotadude Really? When? And in what town? It was minus 60 F in Parshall on February 15, 1936. The National Weather Service cites this as the coldest temperature recorded in North Dakota. You have a more realiable source than that?

@darrendawson4800 3 года назад

Phoenix AZ in 1990 hit 122 degrees!

@maggiegonzalez8577 3 года назад

It was Negative 60 in 2019 us mail carriers still had to go work but thankfully stayed inside for the day..

@Northdakotadude 3 года назад

Wind chill temperatures in the 50s to 60s below zero were reported across the region on Tuesday, January 29th, in addition to limited visibility due to blowing snow. For the Grand Forks Airport (KGFK) the coldest wind chill for this event was -61 F recorded at 1153 AM CST on 1/29/2019. For a historical comparison, the coldest wind chill temperatures (WCT) on record for the period from 1948 to present at KGFK were on February 1st and 2nd, 1996. The coldest WCT in this period was -65 F at 9 am CST on 2/1/1996. For Fargo Airport (KFAR), the coldest wind chill for this event was -56 F at 521 PM CST on 1/29/2019. The coldest WCT on record for the period of 1948 to present at KFAR was on January 19th, 1985, at 8am CST when -61 F was recorded.

@Topshot_37 3 года назад

Just wanna defend jamestown for a second. It isn't terrible, just teach your kids to stay away from the wrong people and you'll be fine.

@Bekka241 2 года назад

It has a Paradiso, and it's the pit stop between the east and the west. And, that's all it's got.

@abusementpark5638 2 года назад

Jamestown is a good bike ride for passers-thru. I used to go from Walmart to the north end of town and back. Nice older houses circa 1940's. Very clean and super quiet. I enjoyed Jamestown.

@BlackCapGaming 3 года назад

Thank you for telling the truth about the protests. It's insane how the media covers up the first part of that story.

@consciouscookiemonster8364 3 года назад

So was it true ? Did they really agree to the pipeline ?

@BlackCapGaming 3 года назад

@@consciouscookiemonster8364 They were in the process of agreeing and making a plan when, from what I've heard/read from people in that specific area, (Im in williston so about 3.5 hours away) the tribal leaders stopped going to the meetings and so the company then chose to not go on their land.

@Bekka241 2 года назад

It's a little more convoluted than that, I've heard and read. But yeah, it's money motivated. Just like the changing of the Sioux name, which North Dakotans hold as dear to them as their German heritage. The tribes wanted a ransom for its use, and the state passed. Thank God they didn't go with Rough Riders. I actually got to vote on the new name and went with Hawks. Or, I abstained as both were bad. Regardless...

@chicadelobas5495 Год назад

Lots of the less partying native protestors didnt want the pipeline at all because it pollutes water upstream. Also, you werent "there" for it, you just visited where it happened im assuming. Be clear if you can. Thank

@DianElizabethSmith 2 месяца назад

It is not the truth. I was there.

@sallyganonn1955 3 года назад

In Bismarck, third Thursday of every month is Pickelhaube Day, when it's illegal to leave your hat on a chair. Also, re: Mr Bubble, "Mister" is Bubble's preferred pronoun, so it's cool.

@marcoparada6652 3 года назад

Fellow Bismarckian, here. NEVER HEARD OF PICKELHAUBE DAY!

@sallyganonn1955 3 года назад

@@marcoparada6652 Nor had I until I made it up 5 hours ago. I've never been to Bismarck in my life!

@Oi-fo1wt 3 года назад

“Ahh jeez, oh yah, you betcha, we got tocked aboot by Nick Johnson!”

@jules4626 3 года назад

🤣

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Word

@Oi-fo1wt 3 года назад

Senpai replied! Ah jeez!

@schatzeeone6230 3 года назад

You put way too much Canada and Minnesota into that accent attempt. I’ll give you points for trying though.

@Oi-fo1wt 3 года назад

Schatzee One the ND accent is basically the Minnesota accent

@schonkable 3 года назад

Yay Nick, you did it! I know you were working hard to make a North Dakota video and I’m glad it happened. Also, on a personal note Minot was the “go to” American city for a bunch of folks in southeastern Saskatchewan where I grew up. I went there at least once a year with my family when I was little. It was a great place for cheap groceries and cheap gas!

@LemurJackson 3 года назад

West Dakota

@michaelcaprio311 3 года назад

East Dakota

@northdakotagirl2179 3 года назад

Yes... there were lotsa Canadians in Minot for the weekends shopping. Even made it into our Lutheran Sunday school Christmas program, declaring "no room in the INN" due to Canadians 😁💟

@northdakotagirl2179 3 года назад

@Larry W oh...how sweet ❤🙋‍♀️

@barryon8706 3 года назад

There's way more to North Dakota than unbearable cold. In the summer, it's unbearably hot.

@adamfisher9495 3 года назад

Lived in Fargo. Currently live in Bismarck. Very boring. Booz is everywhere. We have some of the strictest THC laws still. I enjoy the crazy weather. We made Mask Mandates illegal.

@Siouxpreme1979 3 года назад

As a North Dakotan I'm a little offended but it made me laugh. But we do love our hockey, Beer and guns.

@JJosephS1 3 года назад

Bismarck and Mandan have some really nice parks along the river there. This was a really good video Nick, I liked the interview section at the end. Just please stop with the "boring" stuff: that is so subjective. In Manhattan most people also hang out in bars just like in Jamestown. So the ones in Manhattan have more nearby to chose from, but you'll spend more money getting there than in Jamestown unless you are willing to walk 4-5 miles or pedal your bike, and then your bike will most likely get stolen. So besides hanging out in bars what is there to do in a small town in North Dakota: fishing, fly -fishing, hiking, camping, canoeing, biking, motorcycling (on or off road), snow mobiling, golfing, competitive shooting, cross-country skiing, swimming, white water rafting, kayaking, hunting, horseback trekking, boating, water skiing, sailing, etc. Now how much of that can you do in Manhattan?

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Booooring

@tracywetsch3566 2 года назад

I love Jamestown! Don't forget the very much so thriving art community. The Hansen Arts Park has had a huge amount of work put into it with The Arts Center just a short walk away. It is also a "college town", University of Jamestown has been described "Best in the Midwest University" according to US News and World Report. I lived on a farm just outside Jamestown with my grandparents living in town and I had the best childhood. There were many time that the path from the house to the barn had snow on each side that was taller than me, but at least the wind didn't get me. I know Jamestown has changed and not all for the best. We never locked up anything and left keys in the vehicles, which you can't do now days, but I am looking to move back to the area. It is beautiful and I want to be surrounded by sunflower, wheat, flax and oat fields again, don'tchaknow?! Thank you for the insight!

@bjdon99 3 года назад

I always chuckled in the pre-Covid days that my relatives from up in Manitoba would make weekend trips to either Grand Forks or if they really wanted to go to the big city, to Fargo, for shopping at the malls. But apparently there are great deals to be had for Canadians shopping there. Apparently the pre-Labor Day school shopping trip there was almost mandatory for many parents.

@XxxXxx-fm3wo 2 года назад

Shopping in Grand forks or or Fargo, it's a Winnipeg thing!

@greggsmith8936 Год назад

That's kind of funny because Winnipeg, Manitoba has more people than the whole state of North Dakota!

@ramjam6934 3 года назад

Lived here for 2 years. Boring as hell but safe and quiet and peaceful.

@xoxoxoxoxo7997 3 года назад

I'd take the boring for the rest

@nothat0therguy992 3 года назад

There's nothing wrong with boring, especially in this day in age

@ramjam6934 3 года назад

@@nothat0therguy992 Agreed, I prefer going back to ND actually.

@nothat0therguy992 3 года назад

@@ramjam6934 at this point I'd take a boring small town over a busy city especially with all the nonsense going on in our largest cities

@ramjam6934 3 года назад

@@nothat0therguy992 Grand Forks ND is truly a gem, everything you need is there and it has cool summers.

@sgt.rudrider7955 3 года назад

Being from North Dakota , I would agree with most of the video. I ask myself every winter why I live here😩. Summers are nice and hot. Hockey is very big in the state, UND hockey is fantastic to watch in person at the Ralph Engelstad Arena , one of the best arenas in the nation. Over all,a nice job of North Dakota. Thank You.

@maretvilla1531 3 года назад

Is it true South Dakota folks don't like their North Dakota neighbors?

@sgt.rudrider7955 3 года назад

Well, I would say it’s more of rival, like two football teams in the same state.

@maggiegonzalez8577 3 года назад

As a California native I ask myself this question every year 😢

@ollie511 3 года назад

I've got a question for you. I live not too far from Chicago, and the winters down here can be brutal. When it does snow around here, it's often more than a few inches at a time. Usually 7-9 inches at 1 time (and every once in a while, 1 Foot or more from a single storm). I understand the cold Winter Temps are usually more extreme in North Dakota compared to the Chicago area. But do you guys also get hit with snow just as much (or worse) as I described here (In terms of inches of snowfall)?

@donaldotrump3685 3 года назад

@@ollie511 worse

@vkain100 3 года назад

So that whole standing rock things was because the natives (wanted) the pipeline to go through their lands?? Seriously?

@rafaelalamilla5583 3 года назад

I don't know how true that is. I've been turning over every rock across the internet trying to find a source for this but can't find anything to prove this true.

@gpveteran2269 3 года назад

I live here and in areas affected by the protests. Yes, this is a pretty spot on description. Along with protesters throwing bombs at the cops and shit. Bunch of stinky pieces of shit they were. Abused the elderly at the camps and such..

@baseballbynatedog800 3 года назад

Aye wassup Nick, it's your biggest fan by the way, can you please do a video on your ten favorite states you have been to and why, I think that would get some views, thanks Nick you rock!!

@lilredexptsc 3 года назад

I like that idea.

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Ok!

@moredistractions 3 года назад

That kid you interviewed was incorrect about the BLM riots being peaceful. A bunch of people from out of town came to Fargo, rioted, smashed numerous windows and vandalized the town. Also, as you mention and unbeknownst to many people, the DAPL protest was all about the tribe trying to extort money from the pipeline company. The protestors latched on to some feel good fantasy in which they cast themselves as heroes defending an oppressed minority whilst simultaneously saving the environment. In the end they left behind an environmental disaster that cost the state $38,000,000 to clean up. In fact, what these outsiders did could be described as a mass act of environmental terrorism. North Dakotans tend to be very peaceful, civilized and law-abiding people. So, note to people coming here from other states: If you're some sort of communist, leftist agitator or destructive barbarian, please don't come to North Dakota, you're not welcome here.

@trollingisasport 2 года назад

You can just giiiiiiiiiiiiiiit out

@deloresprahl4103 2 года назад

YUP...... BLM IN FARGO....... IT WAS PEACEFUL??

@DChristina 2 года назад

Well said. I watched all the freaks move to the Portland area last several years and destroy it with their BS.

@kathleenwarner4888 2 года назад

They made a terrible mess, broke tons of windows, doors etc on many businesses, set a dumpster on fire & pushed it down the street, sprayed graffiti all over. It was a disgrace. Nothing peaceful about any of it. I was one of many volunteers who went down early Sunday morning and swept up tons of broken glass & scrubbed graffiti off of buildings. I have many pics as well

@davidkeyser793 Год назад

Well said

@suchgreatheights8841 3 года назад

You have a gift for making so much information in a concise way, yet fun and articulate. Thanks for this man! Besides the weather, Ive been traveling to anchorage, and other less traveled parts of the country to look for something not gentrified where its still real country with a mellowed out lazy city feel. Love your uplifting message to be a better person btw. Homelessness is rampant, with shootings everyday, and everyone js stressed out, and its so expensive with awful govt.

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Kai 💥💥❤️❤️

@ColossalMcBuzz 3 года назад

38 minutes! As Nick would say, "what the what?!?"

@david-lt9wj 3 года назад

What the what the what the.

@jakob4381 3 года назад

Very good if someone does not swear.

@NewHaven203 3 года назад

It’s worth it, I love these kind of videos, It’s going to suck when he finishes all the states

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

No it won't cause I do videos on fridays and Sundays too

@david-lt9wj 3 года назад

@@NewHaven203 he’ll come to England then and do all the shires I think..

@Blackmagechow 3 года назад

Being an ND native, you did a great job on this video Nick. Ticked every box you could. Great job

@wingsy1212 3 года назад

Although I am annoyed he is knocking our hot dish

@Bekka241 2 года назад

@@wingsy1212 lol

@russellrichter3473 2 года назад

@@Bekka241 really are you from here

@marlysseverson816 2 года назад

Nope, born and raised in Eastern ND.... nope.

@Bekka241 2 года назад

@@russellrichter3473 I wasn't born there, but I moved there at age 11. Lived in Bismarck, attended college at UND and lived in Fargo/Moorhead. So, yeah. I've done my time in North Dakota.

@Lagaholic 3 года назад

Thanks for telling the true story of the dakota pipeline protests.

@33Donner77 3 года назад

Fargo - Microsoft - Agriculture - huge land purchases by Bill Gates - sound like a new movie - "Fargo II"

@tomk4484 3 года назад

Nice state. I used to visit ND as a kid to visit grandma. She was Norwegian-Lutheran and Grandpa was German descent. A Highlight was when my mother’s cousin took me fishing on a boat in the Missouri River. as he was editor of North Dakota Outdoors magazine, he knew how to catch the the fish.

@Bekka241 2 года назад

Be happy you just visited.

@tomk4484 2 года назад

Much rather live there than sin city.

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 Год назад

@Vegas NV Honestly I’ve been to Vegas it’s not that cool and kinda overrated I will take Williston,Grand Forks and Bismarck over Vegas any day of the week

@lav_lilaif 3 года назад

I'm doing research for my writing and while I was watching this I was thinking "Hey, North Dakota and Finland actually has some things in common haha!" And that moment I hear 16:56 :D

@atulchaudhary4614 3 года назад

I am from India. 🇮🇳 I always wanted to know about America through an american. Thanks for making these videos. 😀👍

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Ok! 🇮🇳

@user-sv3tx9gm6u 3 года назад

North Dakota is one of my favorite states. Wide open spaces, good people, cheap living, low taxes, and jobs.

@chazmania1743 3 года назад

Shit up man! Don’t tell everyone.

@christianaasare7629 Год назад

They they really have well paying jobs?

@williamthrower6235 2 года назад

$250,000 for a house that is only 950 square feet is insanely expensive. I'd live in my car for life before I'd take that deal.

@nsbioy 10 месяцев назад

North Dakota housing is not cheap

@livefree223 3 года назад

North Dakota is GREAT! Friendly people. I went there for the oilfield. Got a railroad job as the oilfield was dying off. I loved it there. I had to move for the railroad in 2017, and I still miss the people from out there.

@tinecrinec4769 2 года назад

You are clueless.

@mikewhiggins1933 2 года назад

Dylan?

@tinecrinec4769 2 года назад

@@mikewhiggins1933 ???

@mikewhiggins1933 2 года назад

@@tinecrinec4769 what?

@tinecrinec4769 2 года назад

@@mikewhiggins1933 Who is Dylan?

@jameskirk3 10 месяцев назад

If youre from the south, you better make sure your car wont break down, and you better bring enough stuff to survive if it does. Actual cold isnt something that I can describe to you. You'll freeze to death if you are unprepared. Quickly. Handwarmers and heavy clothes to put on will help and can keep your water from freezing. If youre far enough away that you have to wait 2-3 hours to be rescued, you need to bring cold weather survival gear in your vehicle. You can freeze to death in that time if your truck breaks down.

@maril1379 3 года назад

Ok here we go another great video! First comment -now watching. Mr. Bubble does not beat out Mappy

@quiqui5793 3 года назад

Mappy is the best! 🥰

@jamiehart9686 3 года назад

Wasn't Malt O meal invented in Grand Forks at the state mill too?

@dannyo6699 Год назад

I'm from North Dakota originally and have lived in Atlanta for a few years. My wife is from there and I moved there so we could be together. After a few years, I got the opportunity to move back to North Dakota and brought her up here. It took a few months for her to adjust to living here but she loves it here now. No desire to move back. We've met multiple people who moved here for a job, ended up moving back to where they were from because it sucked here, then moved back here because they realized it actually sucked worse there. No good paying jobs or nice people there.

@maril1379 3 года назад

Everyone check out the movie "The Overnighters" which is a heavy indie true story documentary -about what happened when there was a population rush to Willston when the oil boom occurred -it is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Either rent online or get DVD. If anyone has seen this movie let me know.

@LemurJackson 3 года назад

Southwest Dakota

@Northdakotadude 3 года назад

I was in that movie

@maril1379 3 года назад

@@Northdakotadude Did you work as an extra or have another role? Great movie

@michelleevans456 3 года назад

I grew up in a very small town in ND, and stayed until the 80's. Accurate description, especially about the winter months. My family, before they passed away, had a joke, "if the weather gets 20 degrees or more, consider it a warm day"! Summers were normally great. Around late July/August, activity got busy for the farmers, harvesting their crops. And Sundays during football season were either rooting for the Bison, or for the Minnesota Vikings. Might come back to see what the state is like in person, but NOT during the winter months-my body can't handle it now.

@briscocounty3656 3 года назад

Great job on this one Nick! I lived near Harvey ND and worked for the railroad. Only planned on staying there 3 years and it ended up 17. It was a great place except for the winters. Moved to a warmer climate (Kansas) when I retired.

@noahklempner3333 3 года назад

North Dakota is a German American state 🇩🇪🇺🇸

@kathikapp6707 3 месяца назад

Yes, some areas Germans from Russia settled here, in AZ, and Florida.

@brittnyhawk8633 3 года назад

I can attest to always drinking up here. Even our town cops joins in. I live in red river valley.

@jondavis7122 3 года назад

I live in Ray and work in Williston lol.I remember the man camp close to Tioga had almost 2,000 people crazy times back then.

@yingyang2815 3 года назад

My friend is missing from Williston since 6/13 his name is Joe Lee. Did you maybe know him?

@jondavis7122 3 года назад

@@yingyang2815 no I dont sorry.

@tm100pct7 3 года назад

Cold, isolated from everything, boring.... You make a massive amount of money in any commission job or sales job, but you never have the time to spend it. All the decent single women- and if you like Blondes, there are a lot of them- are married by the time they are 22 or 23.

@marcoparada6652 3 года назад

Wow, what?! Jamestown is NOT the worst place in ND. That would be Williston. Jamestown is practically homey.

@JesusChrist2000BC 3 года назад

Williston is the best place in the state. Only city with culture.

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

@@JesusChrist2000BC You are clueless.

@JesusChrist2000BC 3 года назад

@@tinecrinec4769 Enlightmen me then. Where is better?

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

@@JesusChrist2000BC Anywhere except ND.

@fourthquartersports7571 3 года назад

I love how Nick takes jabs at how shitty our country is becoming in terms of free speech and pc culture. Keep up the good work man.

@wertiaaudit5746 3 года назад

Audit free speech

@HistoryNerd8765 2 года назад

@@wertiaaudit5746 The hell do you mean by that?

@rileysvenningsen847 Год назад

Bro I' live in north Dakota I'm not lonely there's lots of stuff to do

@NickJohnson Год назад

Good! I like it there!

@apriljasso9731 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg (from Dickinson North Dakota ❤) I was born near Detroit, lived for 15 years on the beach in Florida, lived in Tennessee and in Ohio and I love North Dakota more than all of them except Michigan. It's very nice here.

@marcoparada6652 3 года назад

Dickinson is a wasteland. Ask anyone working there if they actually like Dickinson. Only those that can afford recreation far away from the town will say its a nice place to raise kids.

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

Dickinson used to be like Jamestown 20+ years ago but the oil boom turned it into a pile of trash, filled with crime, reeking of pollution.

@angelabarabas1659 3 года назад

Very interesting but no way would I live there

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

I must say as a German ,i have never seen that kind of german food before 😂

@microcolonel 3 года назад

You've never seen a Strudel?

@tonycasarrubia1394 3 года назад

You have never seen it because it's not German. The issue is these people never leave so they make shit up and say it's German food. How can you say it's German food without ever going to Germany?\

@uwe7252 3 года назад

2:52 russian Piroschki on the right

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

@@microcolonel A Strudel in Germany has an other shape .There are cherries or apples inside ,and you eat it with vanillasauce .I don't knowcwhat's that on the left side eather .

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

@@uwe7252 Right ,looks like that .I wonder what's on the left side .

@nfd711 3 года назад

You need to do a video on the top 10 states who have the most Karen’s “angry customers”

@prettyconfidentpassiveme6705 3 года назад

Yaaaaa love it. 😂🤣😂🤣

@wertiaaudit5746 3 года назад

Well California because our population is 40 million .

@skurinski 3 года назад

liberals ruined the Karen meme.

@thegamersfaction6343 3 года назад

California and Florida all Karen videos I’ve seen are there

@ramonacampbell8540 3 года назад

I stay there it sucks here

@woah2850 2 года назад

I’m sad you didn’t talk about Watford, but I guess I don’t blame you, there’s literally nothing interesting here 💀

@NickJohnson 2 года назад

Oops

@michaelschmidt4618 2 года назад

I love Watford city, lived there for 13 years, hated too move, military made me move because I got cancer again, I am stuck in Phoenix AZ for now, if the military says that I can leave here I am going back to Watford,

@woah2850 2 года назад

@@michaelschmidt4618 aww that’s so sweet! Also I hope you get or got better. 🫶🫶 and I also love Watford, it’s the first town that I actually made great friends in, and I’m near my family! I’ve only been here for about 3 years though. 😅

@michaelschmidt4618 2 года назад

Talk to John Goodlet he's good people

@woah2850 2 года назад

@@michaelschmidt4618 aww Thanks! I’ll try lol. 👍

@747-pilot 3 года назад

It astonishes me to hear Grand Forks as a "dangerous place". It probably is now. I was 13 when we moved there in 1990, and lived there till 1993. It was considered an ultra-safe city/town. You could leave your door unlocked, car running at the Valley Dairy etc. The most "dangerous" thing you would possibly encounter were the moose! In fact the whole state was known to be the definition of safe. Sad what's become of some of these places in America! The last time I visited there was in 2003, and I could see the place had changed quite a bit.

@r.hunter5018 2 года назад

I lived at GFAFB from 85 to 95… Miss it so much.

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 Год назад

I love Grand Forks I live in Williston which is a bit safer Grand Forks isn’t terrible in the crime subject Williston was worse during the oil boom in like 2014-2015

@XPXhumble 2 года назад

I just got a great job in North Dakota so I’m doing my research

@Pharto_Stinkus 12 часов назад

Fun video! Small nitpick; Maze is NOT the least populated place in ND. There's a town on the MT/ND border (I don't recall the name), that has a population which fluctuates between 1 and 3, and the town of Ruso near the center of ND very famously (in ND anyway), has a popualtion of 1.

@uschi3794 2 года назад

It's interesting to hear something different besides hunting and fishing every time. The USA is such a beautiful big country, killing animals can't be the only interest. The videos are great but you can tell that it is shown a bit too one-sided from the male perspective.

@augustinmclaughlin3602 3 года назад

White Butte in southwest ND is the highest point, doesn't look like it due to the high plains surrounding it.

@xoxoxoxoxo7997 3 года назад

Nice outfit 😂

@Granztolch 3 года назад

😄

@devilshockey1846 3 года назад

How many more states remain for the unboxing?

@williamperryjr1324 3 года назад

South Dakota, Mississippi, Missouri, Hawaii, and Delaware

@NewHaven203 3 года назад

Kansas

@Klatt109 3 года назад

Don't forget West Virginia.

@williamperryjr1324 3 года назад

@@Klatt109 That's right, and I think Arkansas

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Damn you guys are on it! Holy crap

@johngarbarini5843 3 года назад

Lewis and Clark landed at Fort Mandan during their famous trek. They were taken aback by the Mandans, since they had blue eyes, red hair, and spoke a variation of Welsh. Their community was laid out like a Welsh village, with swept streets, and log cabin-like houses, absolutely unlike their neighboring Native American tribes. Another visitor, George Catlin, 30 years later, had some Welshmen in his traveling party, and they spoke Welsh with the inhabitants, who understood them clearly. They said they were descendants of Prince Madoc, who came from Wales roughly 700 years earlier. All the Lewis and Clark notes relating to Fort Mandan were mysteriously destroyed. Meriwether Lewis, a relative of Thomas Jefferson, was assassinated a few years later. Some of Lewis' descendants include the Arquette acting family.

@ILovePuzzles7 Год назад

Amazing how much factual history and truth disappears with new cultures moving in and land grabs. So sad!

@TremendousSax Год назад

If all the notes were destroyed how do you know Lewis and Clark landed there?

@cernejr 3 года назад

Cold is good - it keeps the wrong people away. Seems to be a great state, I must visit one day.

@JesusChrist2000BC 3 года назад

Plenty of bad people in ND and all cold places. Boston is extremely cold in the winter and crime is everywhere.

@Steelcurtain3 3 года назад

You should go to a smaller town if you want to come here the people are nice and some people let you in their house

@Bekka241 2 года назад

Just drive through. Don't stop.

@wakaywa 2 года назад

Wrong person??? Could you please define in detail a “wrong person” followed by the definition of a “correct” person. Is that statement based on skin color or political choice etc? Thank you.

@Bekka241 2 года назад

@@wakaywa Probably people who ask questions like that.

@jessicatsao92 3 года назад

North Dakota is so great! Now if only we could get more jobs around here! We would love to have nice neighborhoods and variety in food if the people who bring those can stand the winter! I myself moved here from California and I don't have much to complain about! Though, I'll admit, I was nostalgic about my childhood in Nebraska, so I went to North Dakota to see if the people are as nice as the people in Nebraska. Turns out, they really are!

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Cool!

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

You are clueless.

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 Год назад

Join the oil business we need ya! Come join us in Williston or Dickinson oh by the way you won’t like Williston it’s an acquired taste everybody calls it the armpit of ND sure it may seem like that until you strike gold I’m happy here. Stay out of ND we don’t want you out of staters

@lbpowers5784 3 года назад

I recently moved to Noonan North Dakota which is in Divide County exactly 1 year ago yesterday & it’s a very small town of 100+ residents & I love it here except wintertime of course! I thought Billings Montana got cold, I lived in Billings Southside for 10 years before moving to Noonan & I can also see Canada from my backyard especially at night! The closest place to go grocery shopping is in Crosby which is about 14 miles west of Noonan!

@yeeter3032 3 года назад

Yes it is safe here but dont go to 6th street in Minot there are lots of druggies, drug lords, and other illegal things

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 2 года назад

North Dakota is a great state to live and raise a family in if you don’t like the cold I suggest you look somewhere else to live I live in Williston and oil is a good paying job here you either cheer on UND hockey or Bison football

@jonasabry9099 3 года назад

I don't now about North Dakota, but next summer I'm taking a vacation to South Dakota.

@nicolefrohlich42 3 года назад

Bahahahaha!!!!! I live in Mandan and really there is less drug use here then in Bismarck!

@tinecrinec4769 3 года назад

There is rampant drug use in all ND cities.

@stanleymoses6927 3 года назад

Hi nick

@paulsuprono7225 2 года назад

I served in the US Air Force - Minot AFB, in the 70's/80's. ..

@wannacashmeoutside 2 года назад

Most underrated state in the entire US. Clean, safe, good air, humble people. Sure the winters are brutal but the people’s warmth make it better.

@hosha9819 2 года назад

It's not a state..it's SHIT

@itsame9647 Год назад

what about the jobs??

@SouthernRebels94 6 месяцев назад

@@itsame9647they have really good jobs the jobs treats their employees like family which is one of the reasons I love living here moving to Minot from the deep south was the best decision I ever made.

@itsame9647 6 месяцев назад

@@SouthernRebels94 what kind of job do you have there? Also, I hope it pays well.

@sparky_the_sparky1680 3 года назад

North Dakotan here, this is the best overview I've seen on RU-vid yet! Great video!

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

They always are. Glad you liked it Kyle.

@suchgreatheights8841 3 года назад

I liked it too man. I want to leave ny so bad. You have no idea

@dreamwanderer9769 3 года назад

This was SO helpful to me! I'm semi new to ND, and have been looking to learn more about it!

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 Год назад

Oh just wait that ND winter will straighten you out you will adjust what part you livin in right now west,east or north

@ShellymanStudios 3 года назад

I don't mind moving to ND, living in a nice property away from the neighbors. Just a peaceful boring living.

@davidirwin1549 11 месяцев назад

This is one of those states that rate so high when you only use statistics such as low crime and affordability but ask yourself a serious question - do you want to live here ?? (you know the answer - so why do these types of states get such high ratings in these surveys) ??

@KaizenLife 3 года назад

I love your videos on the states. Helping me discover my country outside of my little part on the west coast haha.

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Ok!

@bettyschneider5268 2 года назад

My nephews came there when the big oil boom was good & money was grate! 💰 ⛽🏗🏗🏗🏗🏘 they worked & rented a place. They said everyone was sleeping in their cars & trucks & vans to work there. It was freezing cold they said. ⛄⛄⛄❄🌨🌧🌦🌫🌬🌫🌬🌀🌪🏔 That was probably 10 or 12 years ago? They all moved to Florida! Lol 😂 🏕🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🌤🏜☀⛅☁🌦🏕🌅🤽🤾🎣🎣🎣🎣🏄🏊☕🍰

@beckykocourek6878 3 года назад

Road construction in every direction every year from May to December

@sem4502 2 года назад

N.D. sounds like a flat, cold place, with 3 months of summer !

@marylizakowski706 Год назад

In a nutshell! 🥜

@chrispbacon2181 3 года назад

Awesome content Nick. Been using your videos to decide where to move my family. Thanks for everything!

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

OK chris! You'll figure it out!

@PNWOUTDOORS7923 2 года назад

I’m a little biased but You really should consider ND it’s a great place to live and raise a family 3 cities I suggest WILLISTON,FARGO Dickinson because of oil you will make good money trust me

@SusanBishop555 Год назад

While my parents were born and raised in ND...They were Democrats. I was but now I don't belong to either party.

@scsdrummer 3 года назад

Oh come on Nick. There’s a lot more to do in North Dakota then just have sex and drink. For example you could…… Well maybe not but you could………… OK but you could…… never mind I digress that’s all there is to do here but what more do you need? Seriously, if you can with stand the cold temperatures in the winter time, it’s a great place to raise a family. Great video Nick. Shout out from Dickinson

@NickJohnson 3 года назад

Hey!!