Backroads CALIFORNIA: Towns That Are Poorer Than The Deep South – What I Saw
I visited these old California mining towns: Randsburg, Johannesburg & Red Mountain. Then, the transportation hub, Barstow. After that, Spike from “Peanuts” comic street hometown, Needles. The last section of the video is Nicole & I visiting Death Valley National Park.
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What I missed in these towns was the mortuary/cemetery. It might be macabre, but the question arises: How do they deal with medical issues and death? In Johansaberg, you have to figure it is the old generation of Chinese migrant miners who ended their wanderings there.
Just an FYI on these little towns, and I speak from YEARS of experience. Carry a gun in the vehicle. Most of these off grid townsfolk protect their property from everyone. I've driven down streets, the homeowner is on the porch, pulls a handgun out of his pants and rests it on his lap while staring at me. They don't care about the law, just protecting their own belongings.
I wouldn’t trust your stats. There is 1 run down home for sale for $220,000.
LOL! I’m on a road trip in California right now. Let’s check out this video
Heck I wouldn't mind living there!
Love all the skeletons💀
The Johannesburg Asian population is a mistake
I have to wonder where the people are! A true ghost town I suppose👻😆
That is what a lot of us old people live on every day! Social Security isn't enough for it to be called living! More like barely surviving.
My grandparents and my dads family of 11 grew up in this small gold mining town my grandmother Witt was a school teacher had 9 children at home one set boy twins my grandpa I never met got bit by a Black widow in a outhouse and passed away sadly from that Im 70 and all the kids have passed away but their legacy will live on most buried at the local graveyard..never met the older 2 n
Boys as from my grandpa's first wife who passed away before he married my grandma….Many remember the Witt family…they lived where the firestation is…Jim Witt, Hiram Witt, Tim Witt, Sue Witt, Margaret, Witt, Mary Witt, Mike Witt, Albert Witt and ant remember the other twins name…thank you for a great memory ..I was able to take my father Jim Witt there when he was 80 yrs old and young gentle man in the store little restaurant remembered my father as I mentioned to him my father grew up there my father was so happy that day❤❤❤❤thank you for a great video 😊😊😊😊
Been following your adventures thru the US simply the best
Thank you ❤
I have visited Death Valley three times, in 1975, 1977, and 1985, ancient history, now, it seems, because the place has changed a great deal. Too bad you missed Scotty's Castle! I'm surprised you did not seem to know you were at Dante's View when you were looking down at Badwater, talking about Star Wars. But perhaps the sign was removed because the Shoshones don't want it there. When you arrived at Furnace Creek, I was amazed to see that the fascinating museum that used to be there is gone. There was a lot of information about the area's unique geology. The "Town Hall" is phony, a recent construction where the museum used to be. located. I'm also surprised that you did not talk about how Death Valley came to be called that in 1849, and the famous Manley Party, who heroically made it through, although with great loss, said, "Goodbye, valley of death." (Manly wrote a book, "Death Valley in '49".)
I’ve travel thru that town many times
Goats sky inn is interesting
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I didn’t know Tatooine was there. I’m totally a space villain
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Always enjoy your road trip videos. However, I was disappointed that you both did not have a lunch meal episode (maybe no restaurants). I enjoy those because it says a lot about the culture of that town or city. But I really liked the 1911 depot/hotel in Barstow. The architecture was fantastic. As an aside and as a native Texan, I never suspected that California had towns in such poor shape and poverty. Very interesting road trip and am looking forward to your next video.
Jeanne Crain was stunningly beautiful. It didn't realise Barstow had grown, that says a lot about home prices here in LA. Old Kernville would be cool for you to visit too. The only Kerville Cemetery as well, there's a lot of amazing things in that area. Fremont was barely mentioned here, that guy was an american titan just like kit Carson, crocket, and many others. I hope you all google these as the frontiersmen and pioneers were the american vanguard of those who built america.
Barstow features in the lyrics of Route 66, in the chorus.
If they taxed the middle class and poor more they wouldnt be poor! Vote blue!
10 grand for a house. I would move there. But did you say California. No thanks
This is the most fascinating town you've visited so far. Demographic wise, age wise, looks wise. Fascinating! There is one home for sale for $220k. It's not a very nice home
I like it real quiet. Probably nobody's selling there houses
Beautiful country.
I guess they don't have an operating church?
Junk-strewn towns do not equal charm, especially in this case. These are people who just never moved on from a mining bust. Plenty of places like this and worse in CA and the rest of the country. Poverty (social and financial) is an equal opportunity unemployer.
My wife and I vacationed in Death Valley (national monument back then) in 1980. It was 99 F on Halloween day, and it rained overnight, the wind and the dust left our home built teardrop trailer cover with dirt swiss dots.The lake at Badwater was much smaller then. It looks like we're in for a great wildflower bloom this year!
Like a movie set.
I love this!! 🎉
I'm from a historic town in Jerome AZ. We moved there in 1971. Only 50 ppl were there at the time. It was a copper mining town. I loved living there. I raised 3 children and 3 grand children. With views of Sedona AZ it was the most wonderful place in the world to
us…
It's a tourist attraction development. Big Mac and parking meters on the way.
Hi Joe and Nic from upstate ny near Albany what a amazing YouTube channel love it thanks for posting