I agree! i grew up on C street in Hurley and he did our town no justice!

I hear what you say. Some small communities may not want a larger community which will ruin what they have. A case in point was a quiet artist community on the CA central coast. Over the years outsiders discovered it. Now traffic is horrible and only wealthy people can afford to buy a house there.

I grew up in Alamogordo NM. I LOVE hatch green chilies and authentic mexican food. I get my hatch green chilies overnight shipped to me to nc! . I dont mean to be offensive to you or insult you but I moved away from NM yrs ago and I do not miss it. Theres nothing there! Elephant Butte lake used to be a place I would go spend a week back in the 70s when the lake was full. Now T or C and the mostly dried up lake are kind of like these towns Joe is showing us. The democrat government and now the invasion have slowly but surely killed that state and continue to keep me away.I think you are in denial. There are beautiful small towns in the usa and lots of land with lots of rivers and lakes to enjoy. Junky communities full of trash and dilapidated buildings do not make for great communities. You are in your own lil bubble I suppose. Once you get away from run down areas you understand that NM is an undesirable state. Of course the most important thing in a community is a good church with true exposited biblical teaching and that is hard to find in this apostate nation full of blasphemy and idolatry.

​@@gigiis526but you don't mean to be offensive or insulting. 🙄

@@jeffalbillar7625 Truth Hurts,,,

I thank him for his service

@@jettgjr31 Thank you. He was a great guy that loved his country and family.

Thank you!

Lol but you know you can't leave now

So true , i like how you said that ....... a unique peace of mind.

That serenity won't last long for them - they're heading into California!

To from India. That is why I enjoying watching these videos, it is a nice escape from the idiots and stupidity over here in the us. I drive all week and I need the escape .

Stayed in my home town, owned a small pizzaria did alright for myself never thought I would move, then a fire in 2018 changed all of that. I was able to find work pretty easy basically anywhere SO I decided to move out west, since then Ive worked for a large travel center that has moved me all over the country Ive been all over now and drove it all. I loved the West Coast but its like drug zombies everywhere, but so beautiful. Midwest is cozy and safe and Washington State is the worst place I think Ive stayed. Need the East coast in my life!

​@@Belvedere1981What travel center was that? I'd like to get paid to travel. Any suggestions?

@@Belvedere1981 definitely something special about the eastern seaboard, loved the Carolinas in particular myself.

@@JWsGarage I had a chance to move the Carolinas and went to Wisconsin, who knows where this year will bring me! Also Goodbye Carolina by the Marcus King band is a fantsic song, if ya havent.

True that JW

Thanks! :)

I lived in Silver for roughly a year. I remember Jaliscos being so good! I also loved the burgers at Silver Cafe, but I think they closed down though

@@hughmiller9839 Yes, Silver Cafe's food was so good. I don't think they ever recovered after covid. Love their food though, and the green chile cheese fries at the Grinder Mill! Yum!

I think we need to keep these sites a secret. We like it just like it is. ❤️

I'd suggest they keep driving to Texas. 🤠

Colts '91? 🧐

Magdalena...

@prototropo thank you so much for your comment. I grew up in this area and I absolutely love it and it is so beautiful if you take the time to look around most of the video highlighted, the negative aspects.

@@fionav3840 Oh, Fiona, it's great to meet other people who understand the small towns and lonely highways of the Southwest. I have seen so many tiny, cozy hamlets I love throughout New Mexico, West Texas, Southern Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Southern Utah that I stopped counting the ones I dreamed of living in. I grew up on the outskirts of Denver when it was still undeveloped and mostly ranches. We played in a cottonwood creek and went to school in an old army barracks in a tiny town called Fort Logan. I much prefer the sincerity of a dusty, shady, sometimes creaky little village of 800 to the shiny, sterile suburbs with houses that all look alike and green lawns looking like moat protecting each one. Towns like Ouray, San Luis and Manzanola in Colorado, or Galisteo, Ojo Caliente and Truth or Consequences in NM, Bisbee in AZ, Elko or Tuscarora in Nevada or any town around Big Bend in TX. I actually want to move out of the big city I'm in, but I'm having a hard time deciding where would be best!

I am pretty sure that they have plenty to eat.

But it does feed your soul. Is this why people are so fat in the cities?

However...it generally takes a "bite outta crime"

I grew up in the little town 5 miles away. These towns are essential to the area. There is a huge copper mine ran by Freeport McMoran. Most people who live in the county (Grant County, NM) work at that mine or for the rail road. A lot of people in those towns are not poor and some are. The small town isn't for me. I moved from there 14 years ago. Generation after generation, my family has worked at the mine. I wanted more after college. The town is not dying, it's always looked like that. Lol. 90% of people that live their own their homes already.

You actually can. I lived in a tipi for almost a decade with my wife and we ate almost exclusively what I hunted from the scenery.

Yea, Silver City is a destination. Such a wonderful town.

As said, the population is lower than 30 years ago - but it's not dying.

Nope, Silver City is not dying. Quite the opposite. I live east of Albuquerque but if I decided to retire elsewhere, it would be down in the Silver City area.

Well he did start the tour in Hurley, which by comparison is one of the smallest towns in the immediate area.

Ich finde diese Möglichkeit, in die US amerikanische Provinz Einblick zu bekommen, sehr interessant und bin echt dankbar dafür, ich verfolge Joe's Videos schon eine ganze Weile. Bin übrigens auch gerade von Berlin in die Provinz gezogen, ist tatsächlich besser so. Gruß aus der Lausitz.

hello ! from Port Angeles Wa.

Die falsche Seite hat den Krieg gewonnen. Es ist absolut klar und eindeutig.

in germany yes. even in small town in germany you have high speed train to any big city. but not in this rural area in usa

Well said

My grandparents lived in Hurley. They worked for Kennecott and raised a family there. I haven’t been back to Hurley in 50 years and it saddens me to see how the town has aged. If you use google street view it looks like a third world country. The memories of visiting Grandma’s house when we were kids, I will always hold dear.

A real Mexican resturant is a treat. I go to Tucson (or in the vicinity: I'm in fake AZ) for real Mex. Even there you can run across junky Mexican food but they don't last too long. YOur lunch looks wonderful, but I live in the real world and nearly $50 for two is out of reach except for maybe twice a yr.

Nothing is more depressing than a artist enclave. Its the death nell of any society

Plus 9 out of 10 are lazy and their art sucks

Im in New Mexico.....where can i find Good mexican food ?? Lol.

@@hardrock6r 100! it's ruined parts of this town for sure!

Thank you!

Watch out for the Purple People Eaters.

And then he made a correlation between having a University in town and high property crime! I didn't know whether to chuckle or scratch my head?

Sorry but it looks Lavender to me.

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Thank you for watching!

Silver city is beautiful. Went there to visit the cliff dwellings and ended up staying a week longer than i planned

I live north of silver city . Beautiful area

Thanks for pointing that out

Santa Clara was "Central", not "Santa Rita". The Santa Rita townsite was lost to the expansion of the open pit mine. Those that were born at Santa Rita are said to be "Born in Space". But yes, I remember the 'Moyers' name...

Money isn't everything. Our state is rich in culture and history.

That the "Mining District" - Most of the employment is from the open pit copper mine.

Awesome!

I was traveling across country and went on a hike with my husband to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. We got sort of separated and as I was waiting for him, I saw puff after puff of what I thought was smoke. It was something I have never seen before or after. It was the release of spores from the evergreen trees, puff after puff. We went on to the top where there was a ranger. She had to leave because of an asthma attack brought on by those spores. First and last time I ever saw that happen. Beautiful place.

Heh - Silver City and Santa Clara have a Dollar General. Bayard, Santa Clara, and Silver City have Family Dollar stores. Hurley (being very small) is the only featured location in this video that has neither.

There are, they just weren't shown 😅

Thank you!

Lots of them are probably on some sort of disability or retirement which would explain the 65+ poverty rates being so much lower than the other demographics. That, or the basic side jobs like a gas station or a home boutique or something. Get those a lot in rural places.

Northern New Mexico has a lot of high elevation alpine green forests. If you hike up into the mountains you can find alpine lakes and you would swear you were in the Alps of Europe. In fact just about 50 miles north of Hurley NM is the Gila National Forest which is a 3 million acre pine forest. Not hot desert at all.

There's a huge copper mine nearby that provides some jobs. There's a Wal-Mart, a hospital and some hotels in nearby Silver City which has a population of about 9,000. Definitely a poor area.

Some of these ghost towns in or near the mountains used to have nearby mines (gold, silver, copper, ...). As already mentioned, I guess the large Santa Rita copper mine supports some of these small towns. In other parts of NM, there are oil/natural gas wells. Once you get to know your way around, New Mexico has a good deal of diverse scenery to enjoy and photograph.

Plenty of free parking. Please don't tell anyone about these "remote" towns. You can get anything you want in Silver City---as long as it's at Walmart.

Mariposa, California next to Yosemite park. Small and historic, but totally alive.

Any place that has a national park or tourist destination or extreme scenery there is a recipe for thriving at that size and remoteness, like the person above said, Mariposa and other national park gateway towns are thriving but just because of the tourism

These are called ski towns. Unless you're one of the wealthy guests it's just poverty with a view. Really nice buildings with no blight but most of your salary goes to rent and cost of living. Why I no longer live in a ski town.

​@@RRaucinaMariposa is a beautiful town. It means butterfly in Spanish.

​@@williamd1891I read an article recently about suicide rates being very high in ski towns.

Houston is certainly not dying. Getting bigger and bigger. These people need to go back home . I've been here 51 years and the growth is amazing.

These places are dying bc they don't have enough jobs or things to do. America overall is still growing like crazy. Most people can't afford to live in a town where there are no jobs and not much to do.

Thank you!!! 👍

on my list

Great place to visit after a hard day of bird watching at nearby Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

that is a great place! Bosque, I mean. We just visited there for the second time last year. Almost more photographers than birds, ha,ha. @@davidgraham9341

It looks like it! 😢

Seems like every other Bruce Springsteen song has been about this decline for a long time. Between this kind of thing and the ghettos in big cities, it's all a little sad to see.

Awesome! Thank you!

I love Kenton and all the history of that whole area. I lived in Clayton and Raton for a few years for work. There is a tour that Folsom museum puts on that starts is Folsom and ends in Kenton. Great tour.

I've got it penciled in for later this year. :)

That area of far NE NM, far SE Colo, and the end of the Okla. panhandle I call the "forgotten corner".@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

I lived in Bisbee Arizona from just 1977 til 1980

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

A lot!

I live right on a river in Alaska lots of yummy Salmon

Thank you!

Thank you for watching!

Thanks, will do!

Thanks!

but one of the comments said their mother lived there and loved it.