Aw man, it's going to take me about 6 poops to get through this one...

Your plane could crash and you have to navigate the Amazon jungle in the most dense part of the jungle where no man has dared to navigate and all of a sudden you will see a big yellow sign and see a Dollar General Store before you run into a panther.

I'm guessing why it's so popular is to see if 'our' home town made the lists.

I can say I appreciate the long content. It was super interesting and you don’t hear about small towns enough I think.

THAT was a lot of work, Briggs!!! I enjoyed it. Thank you!

I do look forward to your extended listings of best small towns. Havre de Grace in my state of Maryland is lovely. It sits at the mouth of the Susquehanna River at the northern tip of the Chesapeake. The Decoy Museum proves that there's more art in that craft than you'd think.

Suggestion--keep town name on screen

My Aunt and Uncle lived in Avenal for many years. We would stop to visit on our way to Oklahoma.😊

I passed through Madison Florida when I was evacuating from South Florida during Hurricane Irma. It was 2:00 am so I didn't see much.

Ok, Ok, I'll admit San Francisco and southern California is only half of what the rest of us see from your home state. I knew a couple from northern California and they seemed very normal. So, I stood corrected. I always appreciate your work Briggs and team.

i love how every now and then he throws some shade at his extended family 😂

Even some of the little crap hole towns in CA are way too expensive.

Wow ❤❤❤ Briggs 😮😮😮

Hey Briggs heres one for you Pritchard Al. you should check on that one its part of Mobile Al. Highway 41.

Love the beaver gear!!!

Briggs, i see what you mean about some of the comments on here. They can be absolutely ridiculous, lol😂. Love your channel and the information you give. I've learned a lot here. Keep doing what you're doing ❤👍🏻

I was raised is a small mountain town in Colorado and loved it. I don’t like cities, high cost real estate and a lot of people. The more people, the more crime. My husband was a carpenter so buying a foreclosure real real cheap hit the jackpot . He made the property a gem. Look for foreclosures when buying. With Hoas .

Whatever happened to the idea of taking pride in the appearance of one's community? It seems that both big cities and small towns have surrendered to apathy about caring for their surroundings.

If the town is ag and/or prison based, there will be crime.

I would love to see more, especially Louisiana and Texas. Great stuff!🦋

I never heard of these towns in Florida and I live here. We have a great town. Englewood Florida. But home insurance is brutal. Tons of stuff to do. Lots of restaurants and stuff to do on the Gulf of Mexico. But I am thinking of leaving. The humidity and hurricanes are a big factor.

Trona, CA probably deserves a spot on this list. Thank you for this EPIC documentary! 😲

luv all your videos!

OMG Endless Summer Poster! 80"s in SD (IB) . Thankful for the memories.

I went to a wedding at a vineyard near Geyserville. Beautiful area.

❤️ YOOOO! Nice video!!! I’m a Small Struggling Travel Channel and you really inspire me to make better content 😌 Thank you!

Briggs you are so funny. And informative. I still do not know where to go when I sell my house in Florida. 😅

I'm 45 from Pennsylvania I grew up in Philadelphia,but now I live in Johnstown Pa all I know about this town is the floods before I moved out here would appreciate a video about this town if you have time and are familiar, great videos I'm a subsciber have a good one .

Please give some deep information about Indiana(Indianapolis). Waiting for long time thank you appreciate your work

Man, I've never put Briggs on for background chatter but here we go!

I passed through Madison Florida while evacuating South Florida during Hurricane Irma. It was 2am so I didn't see much

Spot-on dooood, You got Alabama accurate !!!

I wish there was a list of them below.

Ruth is a bar/store/post office, a trailer court, and a Trinity County Road Department Office/Garage. (My Dad's side of my family is from up there)... and a lake.

You had me laughing about Huron, California with being willing to roll the dice on the air and water quality.

I went to Cardinal Newman High School,... back in the day. lol

Bieber, CA should definitely be on this list

I have relatives in some parts of Connecticut. Where is the Cape Fear Hospital? The people in Old Town Idaho can shop in the Safeway in Wsshington State. That is a plus for them to be living near to the stateline near to Washington State.

Thanks!

I see you’re a Beavers fan !

No desert center ever lol. Cabazon is next to Beaumont and banning high desert occasional snow in the winter though not a lot.

Really depends on criteria and weighting which vary by person

Your stats are way off regarding the average cost of a home in West Wendover, NV that you stated is $350,000 as it's only $100,000 according to Zillow. In fact, I believe in another one of your videos you mentioned that you can buy a decent home there for under $100,000.

Either we all want to feel superior to the people that live there, or we (well me) want to defend our own under dog favorites (The North Country of NY)

Yellowhammer is a fine looking woodpecker, the yellow shafted flicker

Google "Holloway , Ohio". It's way down in the hollar. Very small town .

Surprised Trona isn’t on here. The desert town has houses on Zillow right now that I could’ve bought with *cash*-which in CA means a dump in a location whose ambiance would prompt me to have 988 on speed dial. The HS football team has a field made of dirt because grass is too hard to grow there!

If Ishpetucky or K.I. aren't on Michigan's list I'll be bummed out

Briggs, always enjoy your well-presented and researched broadcast. Honestly, I only like to view your broadcasts that are from 30 minutes or less. These hour-plus episodes are just difficult sit through timewise; even though they are top notch as usual. If you can keep them shorter, that Would be great. You always maintain the highest standard.

Desert center had a greyhound bus station there at one time and they shot a TV show there called Air Wolf and well they blew up part of the old Bus Station there. The reason I now this is because I used switch out trailers out there in Desert Center when I used to haul Sea Containers out of Longbeach CA , research that a bit more if you can or would 👍👍😁..

oh lord....watch for the landscape shots....amazing country. wonder about people's stories....strange location pick,but private?

Great video I love it

I never found Louisiana... I was so looking forward to seeing my town on this list :( lol

I didn’t think nobody could get lower than Union springs AL

Briggs just so you know. I lived on vanbenberg and casmilla is where all the asbestos gos to some what die! So I was told! Steve

I know in New York state they do NOT count the prisoners for the population of the town, but they do include all the crimes that happen in prison. So relatively safe towns that have a prison or two look like they have very high rates of violent crime when 90% occur inside the prisons.

Well now, let's find out. Different time in on this post.

I spent my childhood in one of these bad small towns. And they all kind of have a common theme. It's like an exclusive club. Everyone expects you to already have your life together. And conform to whatever collective bias they have.

You should do a video of how terrible Niagara Falls NY. I lived there for 6 years and it was miserable. I can give you all the information you need.

Well, I live in Caldwell so I'm familiar with Star, Middleton, Greenleaf, Homedale, Hidden Springs. It's frustrating because you aren't showing pictures of those actual towns as you talk about them. Also, because a lot of these little towns are pretty close to Caldwell, Nampa and Boise, many people work in those larger towns. Marsing is really a very nice little town, lots of wineries and the Snake River goes right through there. Not sure how old this video is, but Star and Middleton are really growing and have a lot of Californians who have moved there. Bright side is, maybe with this video, less people will want to move here.

Are there ANY good places to live in Mississippi? I liked Tupelo, years ago.

That website for the animal shelter is 404'd for me. Sucks. Wanted to get in contact.

One day Desert Center might get developed. The solar panels are good for that place.

what is the Narrator's name. I like this guy's stuff.

…wait, what is with the reverse Endless Summer poster? Also, I stayed in Avenal when I went to the Benitoite Mining Company……it was creepy AF!!! Sadly, I’ll have to return to this town because I want to go to the mine again (at least now I have a service dog that kinda scares people!! Golden retrievers have DEEP barks & everyone mistakes his greeting as a threat 😢)

That's right, You guessed right about Alabama!!!

If you ever update the North Carolina listing, consider Chadbourn, one of the saddest towns you'll drive through in the state.

Herron? I lived in Coma Ca. Just south of Daly City just south of San Francisco.

It's a long video, but I'll get through it just to see rather or not my original hometown/birth place made it onto this list. If it did no surprise. If it doesn't, honestly no surprise. We got an HGTV show for a while and a movie with Matthew McConaughey so there's that I guess Good job Laurel, MS. You're didn't even make the list.

How can towns with a small population have such high crime rates?

Just want you to know I really enjoy all of your videos. I love your voice , and stop typing…as far as speaking about the negative, it’s understandable. But the reason I enjoy those because it helps me to know where I don’t want to go. My husband and I are retired,on a fixed income. He is turning 75 this year, and he has poor health. I also want you to know you are doing great, don’t lose hope, you are really good at this. The reason I love your voice is because it is so clear, up beat, and you just have the perfect sounding voice. I apologize because I don’t always leave a comment. I’ll do better. My home state is Virginia, and I miss being home. My husband doesn’t want to move back to the east coast because of the humidity. I’m not crazy about that either but it’s worth it if I could go home. I didn’t tell you how old I am…but I am 67. Thanks for all the information. Stay safe, and remember to be kind. Kindness matters👍

I love my littlel village on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Hilarious what you said about Casmelia. It’s home to the best steakhouse in the world. And it’s not just my opinion.

35:53 Shout out to Dichael Riggs! 😂

A HALF marathon?? Is that for the one-legged men who lost the ass-kicking contests??

You should disable the "mirror" setting on your camera. This way people can see you as if you were standing in front of them.

I lived in Byhalia Mississippi for 5 years. I moved there in the middle of my seventh grade year. The school system was so far behind. I felt like they were on a 5th grade level compared to the school that I came from in Northwest Tennessee. I lived in this place till I was 18. I can. Tell you from a first and experience that the school system is complete trash there were a few good teachers when I was there, Bless their hearts. They couldn't teach though because they were trying to keep all the p.o.c. kids from fighting each other. My parents finally removed me from the school when I was in 10th grade. I was ruthlessly picked on by most of the students and it didn't matter the race and it was because I was disabled and I wasn't gonna put up with their bs. Got my second job in that toand the people as far as the adults in that town were trash as well because of how they treated everybody. I can honestly say looking back. I know, maybe 3 good people from that town and they all left.

SPA has a special meaning in the West Texas desert so I'm told.

Lol, I thought you were in your 30's. You have a very young, energetic voice.

Albama, petrol beach, Arly, petetry, ,pine Hill,Baker HRockford, why such high crime rate?,pennington, Ackron.

Why not do a show on larger towns? Like towns of 3,000 to 6,000. They should have all modcons available and a Palmyra store for shopping. In these little towns, more villages, you only show gaa stations and highways. I'd like to see more houses and schools up close.

Desert center lookin like real life gta

Makes me feel better being from the UK

I don't like wildfires.

“If you were ever stationed at Fort Bragg, you know exactly what I’m talking about.” Yes Sir, FayetteNAM is simply the Devil’s Anus with respects to the state of North Carolina.

Florida Alabama line my home. SWEET HOME

It's like the career of "worst opera singer" ever, Florence Foster Jenkins. She couldn't carry a note in a handbasket...but she sold out Carnegie Hall! Every cent went to support the troops during World War II. If you want to cut down on caffeinated coffee, listening to one of her recordings will leave you with the same tingling.

So I take it you don't want to live in Mississippi

...I certainly feel bad for the 5 worst small towns in Oregon, but I've been to all of them - some many times - and I wouldn't ever consider living in any of them (and I've lived in some pretty crappy places)...

I don't like negativity, I just want to know where to avoid living haha!

Where are the divisions since this video is divided into states

Oskaloosa, Iowa: HORRIBLE!

Rewatching the video. Re: Ruth, California. No images! As you said. Jumped onto Bing, to see if that changed after your video came out. You know, someone acting as the Chamber of Commerce things a few pictures are in order and snaps a few on their lunch break. Nope. Or if they did, they haven’t figured out how to upload them. Beautiful pictures of Ruth Lake, a couple of buildings at Ruth Mine but nothing in the town of Ruth. Who posted the pictures of the lake and the mine? The Encyclopedia of Forlorn Places. Didn’t know there was such a thing. Might check out what they mine(d?) there. Not sure it would be worth the gas. It looks awfully dry for Northern California. Looking at some land near the Oregon line but not sure if I want to consider it. I always picture NAPA Valley as representative of NoCal. Then my nephew grew up there and I saw him for the first time in 20some years. Dumber than a sled with a split runner! He waxed, philosophically about Race Relations with the Native Americans and how good they had it. I spent several minutes chewing the inside of my cheek and didn’t say anything. I could not think of one thing I could say that did not agree but kept family relations healthy. I swear I didn’t say a word, but his mommy said ‘you haven’t changed a bit’!’ A statement about as astute as her favorite child’s lecture. After she broke the ice, I had a free pass to move to another table and lose their phone number. What a mess! I will browse through the Forlorn Encyclopedia but I am currently enjoying your humor. It can wait. Thanks, Briggs for another great video. Half a mil to live in toxic waste? No thank you!!! What happens with the cows there? Are they selling the milk or the meat? Hopefully, since they have to be there, they are well tended pets. Fingers crossed!!!

Did u do wisconsin

Occum, CT.

I have never felt so grateful to live in England.

Daniel Boone had his own TV show. Davy Crockett had a five-part serial.. crazy thing is Fess Parker was in both.. maybe that is why they are mixed up. lol

Never heard of huron

Briggs, you keep giving us wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to many long videos. What is up with that ???????????????????????????????????

Gyserville, 55% above 40%