I Bought a Town in Texas! - April 2024 Update

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Jon Jasniak

2 ай бұрын

The final update before the soft opening of Cornudas, Texas!

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@James-ke5sy 2 ай бұрын

Think this will do great business. For starters there's not many eating options for 50 miles in either direction. It took someone with energy and initiative to get it going. Great job!

@LilyGazou Ай бұрын

Perhaps as part of your town you can have a permaculture farmer group/family. They can produce the eggs, vegetables, dairy for your cafe. There are many ways to make the desert bloom.

@healingnaturegirl333 2 ай бұрын

Love the video. Especially the RV park. Looking forward to traveling through!

@MarkieMark4u2c 2 ай бұрын

W O W-----ITS LOOKING AWESOME. YOU GUYS ARE KNOCKING IT OUT. YOUR HARD WORK REALLY SHOWS.

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate that

@t-rex1634 Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see what the future holds with this!!! I’m like 7 hours east in the hill country but wanna make my way out and check it out!!! Awesome!!!

@juliefindlen9882 Ай бұрын

The sewer lines probably dried up due to years of non use and not enough water to flush everything out. After flushing it out Maybe put some enzymes down each toilet To help dissolve whatever might be left over. You and your team are some hard working folks! Hadn't seen any other videos; but the progress you have made is exceptional. Might have to stop in and check it out!!

@dominictesta3515 2 ай бұрын

Hottest mayor on KZfaq! Looks like such a cool place with a ton of history!! Looks like the mayor is doing a good job trying to bring it back to life. Keep it up Mr. Mayor!

@HighwayOneWelding 2 ай бұрын

Lets go, West Texas..EL JEFE JON Gonna put the “TOWN OF HORNS”on the map!!!

@michaelturano7522 2 ай бұрын

Stopped by for lunch Thursday May 2nd Got me a jumbeaux dog Wanted to meet with the Mayor .. wanted to apply for Sheriff😁

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Was I not there?!

@michaelturano7522 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjasniak No… the ladies said u had left town a day or 2 before

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

My guy Bryan has that on lock 😅

@michaelturano7522 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjasniak i’ll be his Barney Fife🤣

@garyhaber333 2 ай бұрын

Look forward to stopping in next time I'm thru. Love all the memorabilia on the walls!!

@Michelle_the_Dandelion 2 ай бұрын

Now you just need to start an edible food forest! That cafe is adorable.

@lonestarsy99 2 ай бұрын

Great job on the place. Looking forward to stopping in on our travels through Texas. Just like the old days.

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@billyrogers1586 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations Mayor Jon!!

@rhfgssdtgt4199 2 ай бұрын

Gas locker good idea but I worry about the safety come summer. Bedroom you showed is much better than last time I was in there. It is nice seeing the place get a facelift as it has been going downhill the last 20 yrs or so.

@scottfoster2487 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if there is any connected land for sale for future exspansion. I think a full retail set up is the beter option,pay at the pump systems are not that terrible and it will draw more people in. Yourring turning the into a nicer place. Gravel on the roads will freshen up the look of the place and make the motel look more inviting.

@tammygould2682 2 ай бұрын

He walked off and left the the lid off of the 200 gallon tank of gas

@longbam8026 Ай бұрын

I live about an hour and a half east of this place. We have a little more land, but to my husband's disappointment, we're not a town of our own. We've had a few companies ask if we're interested in having man camps. We allow friends and family to camp and hunt, but we are not sure we want the chore of running another business. Those saying he's charging too much I respectfully disagree. If you drive through this area unprepared, you need to expect to pay more. All tourist destinations charge more. We visited Terlingua just for fun. We paid way more for our lunch than it was worth, but the experience made it worth it. When the diner is open, we'll visit here, too.

@adriannahuezo6112 2 ай бұрын

Awesome cant wait to visit

@user-hj2jd4tm1s Ай бұрын

Cool! I love it!❤❤ Hope you are very successful!😊😊😊

@renoflames 2 ай бұрын

I am coming to visit from East Texas hope you have a spot for my 45' Prevost. I would like to come stay for a few weeks in the middle of nowhere. I am bringing my Army Jeep which is a museum piece. We drove it once from Longview Texas to Coldfoot Alaska and back about 10 years ago in the winter. What a ride.

@perky5874 2 ай бұрын

Left the lid open on the tank for gas ⛽️.

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

😬😬

@GeraldMartin2315 2 ай бұрын

I remember cornudas, I used to live just down the road...

@user-bd1mj9qb9z Ай бұрын

That's amazing looking place there dude

@limomatt 2 ай бұрын

Drove past last week on my way to Carlsbad Caverns. It’s looking good.

@Highvibes777 2 ай бұрын

I'm not comfortable with the attitude of Mayor John. How about focus more on service you can offer the people at a fair price. Emergency gas $10.... that is just too much. $125 for a room! There's nothing there..... it's a pass through destination. I hope you are successful..i think an attitude adjustment would help. It's not all about the money.

@kd5inm 2 ай бұрын

He said $5 a gallon for gas when he was dipping the gas tank. Then said $50 for 5 gallons on the self serve locker. I want to see what he says when a motorcycle pulls up and only needs 2 gallons. He doesnt want to sell just a couple of gallons. If a motorcycle group comes out and eats there and needs gas they need to loosen up on customers.

@smellymala3103 2 ай бұрын

High vibes? Hahah you fuckin told on yourself

@BillLaBrie 2 ай бұрын

He’s losing money even at those rates.

@journeybrook9357 2 ай бұрын

Looking good. Room rent could have variable when not booked. The gas 7 to ,8 , tens crazy.

@journeybrook9357 2 ай бұрын

Open fire pits? Wind? Maybe a fire box and chimney with defuser or check out those Solo style? And the electric plug RV might be spaced from septic ( and water? scary)by regulation.

@emartinezpacheco1424 2 ай бұрын

We stop here once a year in May on our way to medical appointments. Our trip is delayed until July this year. Cannot wait to see this! I always thought Cornudas was a “cute” place and wondered why no one ever developed the town. So glad to see this and you have Great Vision! If I lived in El Paso, I would definitely relocate to your town. But, I live in the SE Desert of New Mexico. Hopefully the cafe will be open in July when we come through for our medical appointments in El Paso. Cannot wait to see the transformation.

@Hashdollars 11 күн бұрын

Towns like this exist for a reason I hear this rhetoric all the time form people who aren’t investors or can’t afford to invest. Why doesn’t anyone build up this place or hasn’t yet? Because it isn’t viable and doesn’t make sense financially. Hence the KZfaq Maybe he can drum up enough interest with it and hopefully so but these towns were killed by the interested and not enough people go off the interstate for road side attractions these days. Marfa has visitors with the Prada marfa installation but it doesn’t bring enough to support and by real business. Towns like valentine TX have tried festivals etc also but they all lost in the end.

@JoeyCalico-ne2ei 2 ай бұрын

Believe you were made for the job! Great video

@EsteeDarla 2 ай бұрын

Great Job it's looking good

@a.d.morton4624 Ай бұрын

Great works ❤

@mickeymauricio6772 Ай бұрын

this is awesome! don't mind the commemts that can't see the vision and or only seem to want to find a reason to complain. Definitely a work in progress and looks like it has been great progress too!

@grandmasfavorites 2 ай бұрын

Looking good 👍👍

@glenbo2464 2 ай бұрын

Nice progress over all. The cafe/stores last owner sure left alot of crap to clean out ! lol The restaurant looks so cluttered on the walls !

@janetellinger9605 2 ай бұрын

The American Dream!! Awesome!!

@AmandaSchnaare 2 ай бұрын

I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas... Any land for sale in your town? I LOVE that area so much. Close enough to the mountains but far away from the city. I would love to buy a little land and sit on it until my kids are grown.

@wwgbert 2 ай бұрын

Awesome update. I was just wondering how the Midland County property was going? The one with the home and outbuildings where you divided the land into 2 acre parcel I think. Have a nice day!

@cognitivedissonancecamp6326 Ай бұрын

To the editor / producer: The scene transitions are extremely glitchy and flashy and mess with people who are sensitive to strobing lights and flicker effects. Thanks for omitting! 🤙🏿

@hommynieves4448 Ай бұрын

God bless is so freaking cool and keep up, life is a journey

@lisareed5669 Ай бұрын

Good luck with your cash flow.

@nicolbarbesullivan9738 Ай бұрын

PLEASE GIVE THOSE DONKEYS FRESH WATER AND SOME SHADE . THANK YOU 😁😊

@geraldmiller5260 2 ай бұрын

Put glass block in the windows in the motel. Plenty of light and privacy and insulates.

@puckman 2 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who noticed he left the cap of the gas tank open?

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

My bad 😅

@renoflames 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjasniak I saw that too. At my place here on the Ranch I built my own fuel station with 3500 gallons within code for Diesel and Gas a little under 18G with everything you need. It passed first time and took a week to build the fuel was extra lol.

@katcando5935 2 ай бұрын

I would love to visit your town. My question, is your town van life friendly?

@AmazingMrWonderful 2 ай бұрын

Holy shit ! It's Wolverine's little brother !

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

LOL

@garyhaber333 2 ай бұрын

Liev has a brother

@CalmJasper Ай бұрын

7:30 don't know if someone's pitched the idea or not but you could find someone thats DIY computer savvy and see if they can throw together a raspberrypi/small form computer program, shouldn't be too hard for something that straightforward and VERY easy to work with once it's set up. Very cheap way to automate things like that and quick to fix if something goes wrong or gets damaged.

@charlesvincent4127 Ай бұрын

the point of sale is already there on that locker probably wouldn't take a lot to wire that pump to it, so you pay, and it turns the pump on and charges the card they use.

@shellegriffin Ай бұрын

For the windows just replace the entire thing and make it a single security pane.

@user-qe7bz7mn9f 2 ай бұрын

COOL!!!

@Legend-gi3zz 2 ай бұрын

The more you get the cheaper the fuel will cost you with deliver and everything added up wouldn't be a bad idea to think about adding truck parking and diesel fuel they almost always buy 50 or more gallons at a time and get dinner and a shower maybe even breakfast and most get coffee or drinks before hitting the road!

@ttopero 2 ай бұрын

2-2.5 gallon containers in each locker instead? Plastic so they’re light weight & cheap to replace

@candymennega1153 Ай бұрын

You left the gas tank open? Now you have dirty gas? Hopefully after a month you've realized it by now! Haha

@BarbaraCJ 2 ай бұрын

Did you leave the gas tank cap open???? Hope not! Awesome job, great progress. Wish I can visit one day.

@ednahernandez5948 2 ай бұрын

Yeah..think you leave the gas tank open😊

@TexEP 2 ай бұрын

That RV power issue sounds like a bad ground

@pattyg4421 2 ай бұрын

What amenities are you going to offer so that people would want to stay one night or Longer

@williampisano7573 2 ай бұрын

Your the mayor of Netherlands 🇳🇱 ????? Did not know they had a desert 🏜 thought it was cold 🥶 there lol 😂

@TexEP 2 ай бұрын

In those hotel windows, have you considered just cutting them out as close as you can to the cement, re-framing and installing smaller, modern windows? Still a PITA, but you only gotta do it ONCE.

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Yes expensive 😬 only $75 a night

@TexEP 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjasniak🤔

@novicracker1980 2 ай бұрын

@jonjasniak Buy a used Modern Gas pump with the pay at the pump option. Setup the pay at the pump with internet like a Satellite phone as the internet for it. then you will have an installed pay at the pump.

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Too expensive

@novicracker1980 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjasniak your going to get internet for the buisnesd so you can use a wireless device to connect the pump to the internet. Plus you just need to find a gas station closing down and buy a pump for cheap that way. Or buy an old one abd rebuild it. Have another youtuber rebuilt it for content for their channel. There are many tech youtubers who could figure our an inexpensive way to tachle this. I can think of a bunch of ways but i dont know the tech you have ready available. The settlelite phone shouldnt be to expensive you have a lot of roofs to put solar panels up so having a few tesla walls would off set the sattlelite phone. I dont man judt brain storming. I would to have boots on the ground to be truly able to give you a actual solution.

@adriannahuezo6112 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@pattiwhite9575 2 ай бұрын

You have made great headways. Like that you have made up different rental options for people. But, I have to say for a place out in middle of nowhere your prices are too high from rentals. You are going to scare people away. You need to lower your prices just a bit and start attracting a base for repeat customers so the word gets out and you finish stuff.

@candymennega1153 Ай бұрын

Cute little donkeys. Do they have a shelter?

@adamgoof Ай бұрын

Looks like you only like an hour or so from Midland Odessa is that correct that town?

@jimmyconway8025 2 ай бұрын

That's a cafe / rest stop

@OilfieldOutlaw 9 күн бұрын

Hey Jon, do you happen to have land that has any abandoned wells in West Texas? Shoot me a message if so. Not looking for minerals rights just wells on land.

@rudygrissom5871 2 ай бұрын

Nah. Bruh looking forward to the completion.

@adriannahuezo6112 2 ай бұрын

Any chips and salsa on your menu? 😅

@HabitualButtonPusher 2 ай бұрын

The only things I would sell is Burgers, Hotdogs, Individual Snack size chips, Colelaw and Baked Beans. Maybe a frozen soy/tofu patty for those weird meatless people. Protip if you have a smoker out back slow cooking “staff meals” the smell will draw in people sitting outside. You should really consider a food challenge eat this big meal and its free, win a tshirt and get your pic on the wall. Maybe invite one of these mukbang huge eater youtube folks to consult, do the challenge and advertise on their channel(s). People drive for hours and states to do these kinds of challenges for fun. I really would consider not having your store near a high traffic area like a bathroom. Way too many sticky hands and thieves keep your stuff back behind a counter where your employees can keep an eye on it.

@weekendnomad5038 25 күн бұрын

125 for the trailer or just the room ? 😵‍💫

@JXR-MUSIC Ай бұрын

do you have extra land to sell?

@donnaintexas4406 2 ай бұрын

Hello…new subscriber…one request? Please cut the music Off? Distracting… and we want to hear the people on the video…not be distracted by loud side noise💗

@SamihDaifalla 2 ай бұрын

Can we link

@rlucerin28 2 ай бұрын

Great idea for the rv Park but you gotta be kidding to charge 100 to 150 a night, even with full hookups. There's rv resorts that charge less than that.

@TAOTM 2 ай бұрын

I believe he was referring to the total revenue that hes missing out on as he said 30 or so for a spot before he was talking the total.

@rlucerin28 2 ай бұрын

@@TAOTMOK. I got it. I had to go back and watch it again lol

@MrScorebord 2 ай бұрын

That DL-75-90 plate is Dutch.

@melissaralston5354 2 ай бұрын

Those poor donkeys need shelters , the sun beating down on them in stinking hot weather , then the wind. ... Please build them shelters 😢 .. loving yr content .. a fan from Australia 🦘 😊

@GetToTheFarm 2 ай бұрын

it may be hot in OZ in March, but its still Cool here. by summer the bushes will be leafed out and they wil have shade.

@jennifersprague8585 2 ай бұрын

needa update that trailers lighting man it looks like a jail cell

@roadtrekralph311 2 ай бұрын

Id like to sell emergency gas. Can anyone just sell gas? I thought there were many restrictions?

@adriannahuezo6112 2 ай бұрын

Wish home depot or similar would sponsor you

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Greed lol

@Wigington24 2 ай бұрын

What is the population ?

@tripitakaohm97 2 ай бұрын

White linen…it’s way cleaner, red sheets will stain and show everything. 😬

@D3AD3ND3D 5 күн бұрын

Can I move here?

@CMcKinnon1013 2 ай бұрын

Are you going to plant more trees, trees produce oxygen, which cools temperatures. Also, can people move to your town, eventually?

@kathleenmartin7498 2 ай бұрын

That $10 gas includes the gas can:

@ceciliapreziose3783 2 ай бұрын

125 a night! 75 more than plenty

@kd5inm 2 ай бұрын

Its really not bad since it has a full livingroom and kitchen etc.

@pattyg4421 2 ай бұрын

5 gallons of gas for $50.00. Are you nuts?

@LilyGazou Ай бұрын

It’s for emergency purchase. There are people who don’t pay attention to how many miles between gas stations.

@JK-zl7vv 2 ай бұрын

I would like to run for sheriff in your town, please lets talk 🤠👍

@Psalms92 Ай бұрын

Dude could I be the sheriff

@amandamarr460 9 күн бұрын

Hey my husband drywalls.

@lottiegilbert4681 Ай бұрын

You in mexico. Dude. Mas takillu

@lose2live 2 ай бұрын

You need to work on one project at a time. Seems like you are just all over the place.

@MilkandHoney13914 Ай бұрын

Where’s the Chapel?? Definitely needs a Chapel. Please don’t forget God. ❤

@pammyla66 Ай бұрын

5 dollars a gallon is a bit much

@LilyGazou Ай бұрын

It’s over 5$ a gallon in Seattle v

@beritakilat77 Ай бұрын

Bought a Town ????????

@rebeccahenson5328 2 ай бұрын

Hey Mayor Dude I don’t want to bust anyone’s bubbles but I didn’t see anything there I would spend $125.00 a night and $10.00 a gallon of gas for. It ain’t no Disneyland. JS

@LilyGazou Ай бұрын

Just going to a HipCamp is $125 a night. If I was crossing that area, I’d check it out.

@maxjaeger40 2 ай бұрын

What is the food cost at the cafe? 20 dollars for a cup of coffee? Shows what kind of businessman you are that you charge 10 dollars a gallon for emergency gas. This place won't last long.

@Ebacherville 2 ай бұрын

if you have ever been out there you would understand why people need emergency gas out there. Its emergency, no one is buying it unless they really need it.. to either get to Carlsbad or El Paso depending on what way they are going... its a long drive with mountain passes and zero spots with gas, heck zero spots with anything at all. This is, was, will be the only place to get anything.. He is actually using being in the center of a well traveled, but very rural location as a good business model. Any smart business person would see the traffic on that road with no fuel services for 100 miles in either direction and come to the same conclusion. People pay elevated rates for emergency services.. like medical emergency services, or towing services. I ate there when May owned it, the food there wasn't any more expensive than any other sit down place.. lots of locals ate there as well.

@maxjaeger40 2 ай бұрын

10 dollars a gallon in Texas anywhere at all is insanity greed. IDC if you're in the middle of nowhere. lol What makes him think these businesses will be successful. I see 10 dollar a gallon, I ain't going into the diner to get shit. lol Don't lie and said you're paying 50 dollars for an egg toast and bacon lol

@Ebacherville 2 ай бұрын

@@maxjaeger40 I didn't pay that much for my lunch Cornudas Burger and fries and a soda for me, my wifes meal and my sons meal as well and added a nice tip and it was under $50 that was years ago before Bidenflation. If you need gas or have to get stranded in the west Texas desert instead of your destination, you pay $10 for gas. If you were dumb enough to not gas up before leaving on a 200 mile drive with 2 mountain passes to go through... you get the stupid tax. Again its a emergency service, emergency services cost more and you deter people from using it, by charging a premium for it.

@maxjaeger40 2 ай бұрын

@@EbachervilleI mean 10 dollars a gallon just makes you look like a shitty person. It's not all about maximum profits. It's about being a quality and good businessman. Nowadays it's just all greed, which sucks but it is what it is. I'm sure you weren't here when this guy owned this, now it will be 100 for that meal lol

@Ebacherville 2 ай бұрын

@@maxjaeger40 LOL you have never been to west texas .. i can tell. And you think tow truck operators are not good business people, the emergency room is bad business. There is a formula in life , you can have it fast, good, or cheap, but never all three at once. You get to pick the combo. If you want to wait for tripple A or whatever roadside service you pay for already, go ahead and wait on the side of the road in West Texas with no gas and no Air conditioning for many many hours... Have fun!

@newdogatplay 2 ай бұрын

Dude 10 bucks a gallon.😂

@jonjasniak 2 ай бұрын

Yup!

@renoflames 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjasniak It is not that hard to set up a fuel station. BTDT you could have 3000 gallons on Tap and bring in the customers. Mine is inground with pump and meter at the ranch.

@ceciliapreziose3783 2 ай бұрын

help people at 10 bucks a gallon..................thief

@user-kd5ig3vc3s Ай бұрын

I mean I would never visit

@dhannan5712 2 ай бұрын

Where are the women in your town? You definitely need some woman's influence in your town. Especially if you want anyone to actually eat at your cafe. Very admirable and a lot of work to build a town from scratch though. I know you're in the beginning stages but no women? Kind of strange. Feels like somethings missing. Do you have any dogs? Some dogs and a wife would be a great addition and a different perspective as well- like a new set of eyes... Maybe eventually you'll hire some women. Your donkeys are adorable!!!Congratulations and good luck Jon.

@roberthicks9191 2 ай бұрын

you gonna get bad rep as a too expensive tourist trap. you will get a few new commers, never repeat. stopped many times there as a kid. great food. always took visitors to caverns. paint the base boards in that room, lol wish you luck