Here's What Life Is Like In Small Town Kansas
There’s nothing like July out on the great American prairie.
They say Kansas is so flat you can watch your dog run away for days. Technically, this place is flatter than a pancake. Someone actually measured it. Although there’s rolling hills throughout.
It’s very blue and green out in the middle of nowhere in America in the summertime, and I think you should all see what that looks like. I spent five years in the rural midwest, but I haven’t shown you what it looks like in the sunshine. And I haven’t let you hear what the people think about what’s happening here, either.
Along the way we'll see a lot of good and some bad. Nothings perfect.
But this isn't going to be an expose on anything WRONG - although we'll talk about issues. I THINK this will be a ‘is rural America the last best place left?’ series.
This is day 3 on a 17-day trip through rural America. I know what I’m expecting to see way out here in no man’s land. I certainly know what I HOPE to see. I hope you get a chance to see it, too. And by the end of it all, you’re gonna either be really bored or fascinated by life out this way. But there’s interesting if you look hard enough.
Right now, we’re just outside of Kansas City, Kansas. We’re on our way to our next stop - a small town called Sabetha. Population 2,550.
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Nick!!!!! My wife and i are leaving the mid west actually northeast of Arizona.....it is a terrible town here full of NARCISSISTS! Now understand Nick! ..... that NARCISSISTS have ruined the west and the east!!!!!! And yes they will turn their backs on everyone. Now the people of the US need to understand we are in this state of despair because of NARCISSISTS in the US IS ALARMING IT IS A VERY BAD PLACE TO BE WITH THESE PEOPLE. No ome is seeing this DISORDER like i am. Proving thru study.....you or i have no control to change these narcissistic people. They just get worse which is whu they have turn their backs on the original roots of all these neighborhoods you are driving thru however we are becoming a world GHETTO! Understand that this NARCISSISTIC movement is FOR REAL! EVERYONE NEEDS TO LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF A NARCISSISTS AND YOUR LIVES WILL IMPROVE GUARANTEED, BECAUSE YOU MAY UNDERSTAND THAT ITS TIME TO PUT THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE AWAY FOREVER! ARE YOU PEOPLE PICKING UP WHAT IM PUTTING DOWN??????? DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THIS?????? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT I DARE YOU! LOVE,PEACE AND CHICKEN GREASE AMERICA! WAKE UP
Anyway Nick, could you please recommend a place where it is not ruined by NARCISSISTS! Lol so we can be in the pursuit of happiness there has to be a place somewhere to where it is not tainted by these narcissists of the us. May not exist but my soul says it does exist and I WILL FIND IT! Nick have you seen the "Slab City" documentary?
Please never visit our State again. You and your boyfriend.
I LIVE IN NEWTON KANSAS.. BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME AFTER MOVING FROM COMMIFORNIA....NO POLITICS TO DEAL WITH...FEW IDIOT'S PER SQUARE MILE.. 38000 PEOPLE HERE...NICE AND QUIET...TOO BAD YOU DO NOT KNOW MORE ABOUT LIFE HERE...
I've lived here all my life. Growing up I hated it because of how little there was to do. As an adult with young kids of my own, I love the small town life. Its quiet and peaceful. It may be flat, but it holds its own beauty. Nothing like watching a thunderstorm over the plains.
How about tornadoes? Would make me nervous....
@@tnit7554 Its not so bad. Ive seen about 7 in my life and all from a distance. No worse than living somewhere that gets hurricanes, floods, or wild fires
@@Unaccounted2 My sister and I used to drive there a lot when we were younger. We lived in SE Nebraska, and Sabetha had the closest Sonic to us. Is that bar with all the $1 bills taped to their walls and ceiling still there?
I moved away in the early 2000’s to the east coast and I finally had enough and came back home. I can’t tell you how much I missed everything about it. I’m glad to finally be back.
I live in Hillsboro Kansas
Dude keep exploring. You have one hell of an entertaining (reality + geography + travel + culture) all in one channel. Love it. Let me grab my popcorn. 🍿
I'm liking this too. The Midwest doesn't get covered much, good choice! I like the way you mixed it up with regular nieghborhoods and downtown areas.
On of my favorite channels... it's like a story telling channel of America.
The guy is good, damn good!
Nick that dude
I live in Sabetha, my house is actually at 24:38. It is nice to be in a really safe community with lots of good jobs. It is ideally located as well. Two major highways pass through the area, and you can hop in your car and be in the city (Omaha, Kansas City, Topeka, St. Joe) in an hour to an hour and a half, spend the day and then come home and sleep in your bed without the doors locked, minimal traffic during the night, etc. If you call the police, EMS or Fire Department it is your neighbors that you know on a first name basis showing up to help. It is literally the type of town where you can go to your neighbors house for a cup of sugar. As mentioned, cost of living is extremely cheap, lots of high paying jobs and most people in the community are far more financially secure than those in the cities.
Yeah, you tell ‘em, Josh! Great comments.
Sabetha and Nemaha County is one of the very few rural areas in Kansas that isn't completely decaying into oblivion- so quite an anomaly overall.
@@KS5040 That is true. Honestly, if they could build about 50 middle class homes I think they'd all sell out. A lot of people commute here every day. There does seem to be a lot of interest in people starting to move back to small towns that are safer, but also not very far from big cities. I think with more remote work in the future, and eventually having self driving cars, towns like Sabetha in the 1-2 hour range from big cities will start to become the new "suburbs".
My greatgrandfather was a Civil War veteran and homesteaded in KS. He was a very successful what farmer who never mortaged his land, which was a rarity. He was written up by the Ks. Historical Society, and his name can be googled. So I am proud of him,and I always display wheat in my home to honor him.🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾
This is the best place to live. Moved back in 2020 after 30 years on the west coast. It's perfect and free and feels like you've been transported to a happier time in America.
Don't you miss the ocean and the mountains? Because I do! ☺️
Happier like getting a year in jail for having some weed while the 3 states bordering you have at least 1 form of legal weed. Kansas is behind the times. Nothing free about a year in jail for a plant in what is supposed to be an agricultural state.
@@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol Eh we have delta 8 at least.
Many thanks for visiting small-town Kansas and giving us a balanced snapshot of Sabetha! The town seems to be doing quite well, especially considering it is not a county seat. Sabetha lies in Nemaha County, where Seneca has the county administration and related facilities.
Plus, it's not New York...
@Tina Barnes well, at least it's quiet. I used to be young,loud and repulsive! Now I'm old, quiet, and repulsive.
If it has a population less than $10,000, than the city ,better be quite well, if not its rly a joke!
@@ArtIsDrawing What?
Nick, that's just beautiful. I grew up in a "no stoplight" town in the Midwest, and I just love it. Corn country is just a place of beauty to me. Thanks for showing this to the world.
There's a lot more coming
OMG that town looks wonderful! Especially for a family.
Kansas is the 5th most dangerous state in crimes per capita.
Kansas in general but we try to keep it quiet.
To me, this is NIRVANA! Green as far as the eyes can see. Beautiful Forrest’s & lots of wildlife. In the Winter we could ice skate 3miles down the Fox River or take our Tobbogand for Wild rides. There was an Outdoor Theatre. Swimming & Waterskiing, fishing of course. A great Life!
It is not consistently cold enough here to skate but maybe sled once a year
no joggers and a bar called scooters. i am there
It's a much nicer place than the way he described and showed it. So much more than he showed here.
I grew up in a county in Kansas…. I wouldn’t have changed anything! I thanked my mom and dad, numerous times throughout the years, for giving us that life. What a blessing.
I absolutely love these interviews with small town people. They really look out for each other, as the last interviewee, Kim, was talking about. We could really learn a lot from this. As I've always known, even in city neighborhoods, if there was more outreach amongst the community members, there would be so much less of the ills that you see now on our city streets. Thank you for giving us a snapshot of small town life. Keep up the good work, Nick.
19:53 the house on the left side of the screen before the corner was my great grandmas for the longest time. Alot of memories in that house.
having moved from LA to Kansas City, I felt like for once in my life I can actually just relax and rest instead of seeing people always moving, go getting, this that, gotta move up in life, being busy bodies, lets go out, always doing something. I can finally get some peace and rest when I need to rest and don't feel this anxiety
Damn I can only imagine that decease in pay
Still work for the same company, remotely 😃
I can relate I moved here to Kansas city Missouri from San Bernardino California and the pace of life is very much more relaxed than California
@@richlucas555 I moved from San Bernardino CA to Prescott Az love it life is better here.
@@robertwatkins9106 how about the cost of living there...is it cheaper than California?
It is the last best. I live near Seattle, drove to the east coast and visited 14 states. We really loved the mid west. Where there was corn fields, there were more friendly happier people we found. We come from an area where people keep to them selves, so my family saw a huge difference.
I noticed the same after driving across the country. The "Seattle Freeze" is definitely a thing but after spending time in the midwest it is amazing how friendly people are. Even complete strangers showed a level of kindness that is extremely rare to find on the West coast.
Kansas is a well-kept secret and many Kansans would like to keep it that way. While many smaller towns, especially in western Kansas, are hurting, many medium-size towns (5,000-50,000 population) are doing pretty well. Many of those towns have one or more significant large manufacturing or processing plants with decent-paying jobs. Kansas is also a major oil and natural gas producing state, with three oil refineries and several large natural gas processing plants. So, gasoline and diesel fuel prices are often some of the cheapest in the U.S. Some of the friendliest and decent people in the U.S. live in Kansas. The biggest "downer" is probably the hot summers.
My family in the North West KS
We have spring-summer , summer-summer, fall-summer. And sometimes lucky enough to have a few winter-summer days
The heat is a bit annoying but the cold is what really is a downer for me as it makes It difficult to leave the house
Kansas isn't a well kept secret at all, anyone with half a brain knows it is a severely dysfunctional state with lots of problems overall, closed off regressive populace, horrible weather most of the year, and very little growth at all with the exception of areas near KC for much better paying 21st century jobs.
@@KS5040 Kansas is a very diverse state. You're speaking with an arrogant tone of certainty that only highlights your ignorance. I seriously doubt you have even spent a minute in my state.
Thanks for coming to Kansas. I used t live in Houston and the military brought me to a Kansas and I ended up staying in Topeka. I’ve been to Colorado, New York, Missouri, Louisiana, and several other states but I’ve grown a soft spot for this place.
Lived in Junction City for 9 years. Had one son out there. Always said if you turned off highway 70 it would take you years to find your way back on it so you could leave. 110* in the summer and -40* in the winter.
@Dera Kioandria Williams it was so cold in the winter the school board wouldn’t let our kids walk to school. And the snow lasted for months. This was in the late 70s to 85.
I can't get over those food prices! The same food where I live is literally triple the cost!
Deadass though
@@Carfan678 Deadass is better than home invasions, car jackings, armed robberies, burglaries, "free roaming turned loose on the citizens pedophiles and sex offenders", daily murders, drive by shootings, and drug dealers on every corner. I'll take deadass every day.
@@lilliewilliams3331 deadass means it's true. They were agreeing with them.
Now check out the wages in the area and the Property taxes , car tags and taxes and on and on and on
@@Carfan678 LOL
Should go to Womego, Kansas where the Wizard of Oz museum is. It's near Manhattan, Kansas.
*Wamego
Small towns like this are great if you have an RV and traveled a lot. There’s plenty of room to park it and you come home to a nice quiet safe place. You might have to build a house, but you could stay in your RV while it’s being built. 🚐
Love that idea!
I'm from Japan, and the scenery looks very familiar to me. I was sent to a very small town in KS to study abroad as an exchange student in HS way back in the 80's. The town must've been smaller than this one here, although they look almost identical even after all these decades, lol. (There was only one traffic light in the entire town as I recall) Up until then, I had lived all my life in big cities like Tokyo and its neighboring cities. I also lived in Europe as a child. So living in KS as a teenager was a big culture shock for me - ppl being extremely conservative, a lot of them had never been outside of the state let alone the U.S. They did not hate me or discriminate me for all I know, but most ppl didn't really care about a Japanese exchange student, they weren't curious enough to know about my engaging background or personality, lol, not even teachers. I did make a few friends, but one of them was actually from a different state. My time spent in KS was definitely not the highlight of my life, I did not enjoy it at all tbh, but this vid did make me feel a little nostalgic which I'm pleasantly surprised about. So thank you.
how did you like the food?
People around here would kill to have a Japanese exchange student nowadays lol
Did you ever spend some time to visit Wichita or Kansas City Kansas? Small towns aren't for everyone, but the cities and suburbs may be more enjoyable for you if you don't like it.
Too bad you weren't sent to a more interesting part of the country than this boring, retrograde state. I hope you got a chance to travel and see the rest of the US and develop a wider perspective of the country.
Must have been the era and the town. In the late 90s we had a foreign exchange student from Brazil in my class in very small town Kansas. Everybody loved him and he became fast friends with the guys in my class. Teachers asked him questions about his life in Brazil. I'm sorry your experience couldn't have been better.
Green Acres is the place to be. Farm living is the life for me. Land spreadin' out so far and wide; keep Manhattan and gimme that countryside.
Green Acres? I think there's a mental hospital in Dallas TX with that name.
Manhattan, KS is about 50 miles SW of Sabetha. Not a lot of countryside between Manhattan and Sabetha. 😄
Love that crazy absurd silly show. I still see it on the ME channel every night. Well, not every night but occasionally when I feel like laughing......well, not laughing out loud but smiling in silence, I mean...... What was the question?
Yes, I know the entire song. But maybe also Gilligan's Island as Maryanne was supposed to be from Kansas.
@@MsSkipperkim We're definitely not in Kansas anymore, I think we caught a twister to Palookaville. Yeah I just saw Eddie Albert flying by on a Guernsey cow that was cancelled due to noise. Side note: Alvy Moore who played Mr Kimble on Green Acres also played a completely whacked out dude on Frasier. That one episode was quite hilarious actually. How did we get on this topic?
I live in SW Kansas. I love it here. We have everything good that you have in the cities, just not everyday. You are right about lack of available housing. Lately, if a house comes on the market, no matter the condition, it is usually snapped up in 24hrs.
Everything good? You guys put people in jail for a year for some weed while colorado and missouri made it recreational and Oklahoma has medical. That's just not right you guys are stuck in the passed ruining your youths lives over some plants
@@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol then dont come here
@James DuBois or I will and I'll smoke like anytime ice ever been in kansas. You people can deal with it
@@jamesdubois4425 kansas land of the dumb that jails half its population for plant crimes
@James DuBois did you people think knasas city kansas isn't getting high? It's decriminalized for a reason too many people are doing it. Why care about the law when it's decriminalized and you can buy it legally a few mins away. Kc missouri and kc kansas connect. 😂😂😂 yall clowns want cartels making that money and selling to your kids with not checking I.ds did you not know that legal dispensarys only sell to 21 and up if it's rec. And legal dispensarys check i.ds this is what's wrong with your r tard state you guys can't drive either.
Keep going Nick. You're providing a historical perspective of the U.S. as it transitions from better days to worse days. Your video logs may be very important to people not yet born doing historical studies, etc.
Great job covering our area Nick! Can't wait to watch some more. 🤠
Thanks for taking the time to come to Kansas! Never seen your channel before and this was refreshing and made me appreciate my home just that much more. I live near the OK border and you hit the nail on the head mentioning the listening to bugs. Tho i do have to say, not talking about how much we love our dogs was a blunder! Good luck on the channel fella!
My husband is from Chanute, KS. Both his parents were born there too as well as his grandparents on both sides and great grandparents homesteaders from Sweden. When his parents were born the population was 10,000. Interestingly the population has stayed steady at 10,000 to this day. We went back in July one year for a family reunion. Loved the fireflies and the loud cicadas at night😳
Lol I am in Iola just 20 miles north of Chanute.
Я тоже люблю цыкады и светлячки😺 ..щас осень 🍂 у нас и они уходят спать 😴 до следующего лета 😼✌️
@@hollycarr3267 what town? We flew into Kansas City and drove South to Chanute. I loved seeing all the farmland. We went through a small town named Garnet. It was so cute. Our granddaughter loved the firefly’s but not the Thunderstorms. I don’t believe she had ever seen it rain that hard ever, and we live in Oregon😂
@@hollycarr3267 oh sorry, I just read Lola, KS. There is a museum in Chanute that features Martin and Osa Johnson. I finally got a little black Pomeranian, and I named her Osa Mae. Ever since visiting this museum I fell in love with Osa Johnson’s first name. The year we last visited, Parsons was hit with a tornado about a month before. We drove through there on our way to Eureka Springs, Ark. I had never seen what a twister could do to metal buildings. Devastating.
@@hollycarr3267 I'm in Garnett just up the road. 🙂
Great videos of Kansas. At the right time too. We're planning moving to Kansas in October. Thanks for these videos!
Howdy from your southern border 🌪
Your channel is amazing thank you so much.
Such great videos, it give me a nice chuckle. Love Mappy and the talk with his wife too
Channel's perfect people are going to need to know where to go in the mass Exodus of the Southwest bravo touche keep up the good work bro.
Hey man, thanks for these videos. I really enjoy your content. Its relaxing and informative.
I was in Kansas a year and a half, I got to visit Abeline, which was a Cow town in the 1800s where the cattle drives brought them, and also was where President Eisenhower lived!
I'm originally from a small town deep in the rural south-west of Germany and it's astonishingly similar to the small town you're talking about here. Similar kinds of people, doing similar things, living similar lives despite one being Germany and the other one being the US.
This was delightful. Thank you
Great content, great subject. Keep it up!
I grew up in Kansas and have lived in Colorado for quite a long time. In fact, I have family in Sabetha and I go see them once or twice a year. It’s almost like time stands still in those areas. It’s kinda refreshing coming from a bustling Colorado, with constant change, more population growth and traffic. Thanks for making this, it will make it easier for me to explain how smaller towns, I.e. Sabetha has its own charm.
Kansas ruins lives for weed while colorado and missouri allow adults to smoke legally. Kansas locks you up for a year. It's like a trip back in time to and time
Nick thanks to you we learn about many places in America; the good and the bad, and the ugly. Thank you! Small town lover here. Guilty!
Superman may have been from Krypton, but Clark Kent was from Kansas.
Yes, he was from the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. Many people believe that Hutchinson, Kansas, in the south-central part of the state, was the inspiration for Smallville.
Loved seeing this. My family has lived in Sabetha for seven generations. Home sweet home!
Great video….. thanks for sharing ❤️
I was fortunate to grow up and live in NE Kansas and always thought Sabetha was a great town. Other favorites include Council Grove, Wamego, Burlingame, Alma, Holton and Lyndon. The best part to me is all that green, lush country in between these small, well-kept population centers. Thanks for throwing a friendly light on my home.
Most of rural Kansas isn't well kept at all, lots of abandonment across the board, that's a big reason why the median house price is less than $100K. Also, good luck for anyone that needs decent medical care out there, as rural hospitals close left and right.
I grew up in Topeka, well Tecumseh really. We were in the same league as most of NE Kansas. My cousin owned a bowling alley and bar in Holton until he died. His wife also owned a bowling alley in Sabetha. Her daughter owned a flower shop in Sabetha. Central Kansas is doing the worst as far as towns. Most people don't stay there when they leave home.
@@MsSkipperkim Most of rural Kansas is in massive decline, especially SE Kansas as it used to have much greater population numbers 50-100 years ago, so the total numerical decline is far higher. Then you have the big issue of drought and and water supply shortages in many other areas of the state, meaning farms that aren't well leveraged or smaller will more likely to go bankrupt or be absorbed into much larger farm operations. Throw in the awful weather most of the year, less than favorable Kansas tax structure, too much conservatism, and you wonder why any ambitious younger person in their right mind would ever want to stay there. I should know as I lived there for 20 years, and that was far too long.
@@KS5040 I left Kansas for 4 years. I moved back, but I'm in Johnson County now.
@@MsSkipperkim Johnson County is the only reason why Kansas isn't a bottom 10 state. It certainly has a large number of high paying jobs, but far too crowded and expensive for my liking.
I stayed overnight in Junction City and drove into town to get dinner, seems like a nice place if you want to live where there are tornadoes.
Thanks for uploading. I hope there are some more of these. And MO too.
There are.
@@NickJohnson Thanks, I'll bookmark the playlist.
Great video Nick. Love the channel. 👍🏼
Thanks ❤️ nick always a great 👍 video looks like a great little town to me appreciate man thanks
I thought it was super flat until moving to Fort Riley, Kansas. We had some pretty good hills! Lived in Kansas for a year and genuinely loved it!
Agree! I moved to Manhattan, KS near Fort Riley to teach in 2020 and also love it.
Looks like a nice place; sure, not that hectic but safe and scenic, probably some very nice people. That church was beautiful. Close communities are incredibly healthy.
That church was in a different town. He didn't really show any of the churches in Sabetha.
I lived there and a couple of other states. Was in Kansas for 14 years and had to leave for personal reasons. Best place I ever lived. I loved it and if it were possible I'd go back in a second.
Where in Kansas ? I live in Wichita lol
@@RicardoLopez-is8nx how u digging on ICT?
I've never been there
@@RicardoLopez-is8nx u living there
@@therealrobbdee672 living where ?
I moved to central Kansas less than a year ago and I love it here!
It's not flat in my part of Kansas. I live right on the Missouri border and can drive to four different states in a half a day.
Which town in Missouri do you live in?
i love both iowa and kansas they are both beautiful, but the extreme humidity, the very cold winters, and not much in way of jobs or opportunities in general , but great to vacation to to have a peace n quiet get-away. i love these vids, were you show as well as talk about the bad as well as the plus sides and the indifferent aspects that are neither good nor bad.
Beautiful scenery 💚👍
Always enjoy your travelogue vlogs, Nick. Years ago I had relatives in both Kansas and Nebraska but they all lived to a ripe old age and quietly passed away. I bet some of these little towns don't make it on the map until a tornado comes and wipes it off the map. Nobody wants to be famous for a disaster! These people and their farms are the "salt of the earth." God bless them!
This is my home town! I work at Downtown coffee!! Thanks for this awesome review ❤❤❤❤!!!!
No way!! Sorry I didn't meet you when we were in town!
Awesome video I really enjoyed it. My parents live in Onaga KS Which is about 35 miles southwest of Sabetha. We are originally from San Bernardino CA and back in 2003 was when my parents got fed up of living there and moved to Onaga. I never really liked it so lived in Topeka KS for a few years then KCMO till Oct 2022 and now living in St. Petersburg FL. Really enjoyed your St Pete video!
My grandparents, while they were alive, lived in Whitewater, KS. I used to love going out there in the summers when I was a kid. I've heard that town is "not what it used to be," to put it politely.
What do you mean ? Is there alot of meth addicts ?🤯😬😬🤯
The cities are so toxic right now..... that looks very appealing to me
Most of my family originates from Hoyt Kansas. A busy highway went right through it years ago. It used to be a thriving small town, but when the interstate highway was constructed nearby, the town died. It is a shell of what it used to be as I remember it when I was a kid. Despite the dwindling population, I still love the little town as I have so many happy memories of Hoyt Kansas.
My wife and I are moving soon, and I want to thank you for these uploads. Keep up the good work!
Awesome video , wonderful upload !
I love the random small towns way away from any major city or interstate
The cobblestone roads in Kansas towns is amazing!!
Brilliant! Thank you! ⚘
In Sabetha you can buy a tin boil with some ruttle hutters if you are planning on whiskering with the spring buggers. If you get a lead mind you are better off with those nettle rusts over them bing carbins on any day.
I work remote and live in rural Ohio. I love it and my kids have a great childhood. They found a frog yesterday and the rabbit. The Midwest isn’t for everyone, but it is a darn good life and you couldn’t drag me to most costal metros to live.
I really enjoy your videos Nick! Keep em coming!
Definitely check out Dodge City, KS. It's a unique town with a western flair to it. Cool place!
World's largest baseball,thank you for sharing quality content journalism 👍
I live in a Burb of K.C my sister lives a small town in N.W Kansas ,one issue of housing is finding a company to do the work on your house carpenters , etc... the cost is not cheap because of lack of skilled folks that is a issue in BIG towns too but really a issue in a small towns .
Your Midwest trip is very entertaining.
glad you're not bored yet haha.
Wow, Nick makes this sound bad! I grew up in Iowa and raised my kids there. Left on my 40th bday after the kids were grown. I’ve been in AZ in a small town ever since but longing to go back to my roots. At age 76, I just want piece and a small garden! After watching the dictator give his speech calling all conservatives dangerous, I need a safe place! Please don’t put these small towns down! They are America! Home of the brave! I want to go back! Green grass and homegrown food! 🇺🇸💕
“Peace” not piece! Darn autocorrect! Lol
Again- great stuff , nick …. Thx
Nick I have to appreciate all of your videos! That part of Kansas resembles my area of southeast Iowa to a “T”!! Farmland with flat to gentle rolling countryside. Farms and small to mid-sized cities dotting the landscape! 2 things I will say about my home state of Iowa. 1 Casey’s General Stores are headquartered in Iowa. 2. The “original” Field of Dreams is in Dyersville Iowa. I commend whoever built that ball park in Sabetha! Wow it looks great! Us “midwesterners” have it pretty darn good! Thank you so much for sharing this! Mark in southeast Iowa.
Hey mark. There's a lot of Iowa videos coming up soon
I have spent nearly all of my 77 years living in Kansas, I was raised in a town of a few less than 600 people. I have lived on the west coast and I spent some time on the east. My wife and I have visited all but one or two of the 50 states. Some of my younger years were spent in the US Navy where I cruised the Pacific rim and spent many many weeks making circles in the South China Sea off the coast of Viet Nam. With all that I have found no place better than my home state of KS. Some call it "fly over country" and we kind of like it that way.
If you have to life in "flyover country" there are many many states that are far more scenic than Kansas with much more to do outdoors.
I drove through the length of Kansas, and my most lasting impression: beige, beige, beige, as far as the eye can see, particularly in the western half of the state.
That’s I-70 for sure. But if you venture off it a little bit there are some really pretty areas
Western Kansas is hideous along I-70 Billboards falling down, flapping in the brutal winds and dust , hundreds of church signs, massive trash heaps of junk cars and abandoned farms Stinky feed lots, a simpleton population stuck in the 50’s mindset of guns, church and eating fattening food and get me a new pickup with Trump stickers No education or culture for offspring who can’t wait to leave for a more progressive state And cannabis is a felony, hemp could revive the farms but they’re scared of change
@@jacobw7544 I didn't remember the scenery being unattractive, just rather monochromatic.
Love your videos, i suggest Come see Vermont"again"? Great people here small town feel for pretty much the whole state
Maybe one day Smitty. One day!
Out of curiosity, I checked on the availability of homes in Sebetha. At this time, there were three homes listed on Zillow. The most expensive was $790K on 3/4 of an acre! I wouldn't have expected it to be that expensive.
Agree. nice it may be, But based on Trulia prices, you are getting no discount whatsoever for being in a small town, and some of the stuff is just flat overpriced no matter where you put it. Most of the listings don't even come with any land. There are some gems out there though, which some towns in the USA just have none of, where I am every price break comes with some terrible problem with the house or the location. At least in Sabetha, looks like if you are willing to hunt, there are some sweet deals.
Yes, that is expensive because my sister bought a home in San Diego,California 3 years ago 17,000 square feet on top of a canyon with only one neighbor $ 800,000.
Wow, he said the average price of homes was $135,000. And he said the other one sold for $340,000. The one you saw is unreasonable but that's cause of low inventory.
Depends on the house and who built it. I imagine that house is probably 4K+ square feet with tons of amenities.
@@charleshoang566 Yeah, but its California, no one wants to live there any more.
I'm from Kansas... plenty of idiocy to go around here.
Good video! Thanks
A live in a nice little town in the middle of Kansas with good internet and as a guy who keeps to himself and likes seeing the squirrels, rabbits, and foxes that live in the town I love it here. Don't think I'd ever want to live in a town bigger than Wichita.
I live in wichita I run through greenwood & elk county a lot during deer season and I love it out there quiet and slow
Love looking at small towns, very nice and peaceful.
As for being as far as possible from a large city you should really try someplace like Casper, WY. That is far away from any large city. It is considered a city in Wyoming , but there are just over half a million in people in Wyoming. What a wonderful place.
i was born and raised in a small town in western kansas. you’ll never find more beautiful sunrises and sunsets. the people if i do say so myself are nice and welcoming.
I'll put Kansas sunrises and sets against any place on earth. It's absolutely gorgeous most days.
No the people aren't nice and welcoming at all, they are cliquish and closed off to outsiders to the extreme.
@@KS5040 that’s your opinion i’ve been nothing but nice and welcoming to new people.
@@anitahalbleib4141 It likely depends on the town sometimes then.
You have a great channel. So interesting
Hey Nick Hope are having a nice Beginning of Fall season so Far& hi Mappy how are you & your Wonderful Family going & your little ones staying out of trouble. 😉
Happy holidays!
Thanks but it is my Birthday Month later on the 28th Nick& mappy. 😉🎂
I like the number 28
A beautiful cobblestone street is not "bunky". Love your work and songs and wish you can really tell it like it is on you tube someday.
Streets paved with red brick are very common in rural Kansas. My great-grandfather was supervisor of a paving crew about 100 years ago.
Kansas is a nice place but taxes are too high and people are leaving the state. Government in Kansas is top heavy and too wasteful and inefficient.
Let's not forget about the horrible weather in Kansas most of the year.
you are snarky and jest but i loved how you sat down and really asked what it is like to live in small town Kansas and tried to paint a real picture of what it is like from people who live there.
Something I find interesting is the different colors of gravel on gravel roads throughout the United States. While I've never been to Sabetha, I've been within 5 miles of it 😀
Grew up in a town of 1000 miss those days 👍
I'm in the next county over! Probably drove through going to Sabetha. Omg I use to live right across the street from the baseball. It's an empty lot now.
That church a little over halfway through was beautiful! I thought it was funny when you showed a still of that big baseball. I grew up near a town with the world’s largest oil can, no joke!
That big church was St. Bede's Catholic church in Kelly, Kansas. North East Kansas have several very large Catholic church's. You should see tge inside of them.
Nice to “visit” places without leaving your house. 🙂👍
We ended up in Kingman Ks for exactly the reasons you speak of. Saw a 106 year old house for sale@ $53,000 and started in on it. Have met several who have moved back to Kingman after being away for 20 yrs.
Cool video Nick small towns are nice sabetha looks like a nice town.
It is
I'm not sure rural Kansas is for me but I do love that it seems to be authentic and not attracting a bunch of California refugees who are opening ethically sourced vegan poke bowl cafes and driving up home prices.