What is going on everyone? How's life treating you?
I thought we'd do a requested video today I did a video about the states
with the highest percentage of residents on food stamps back a little over a
month ago since that day I've gotten a buttload of emails asking me what cities
have the most majority of those requests were from people that apparently thought
I was being biased towards one end of the political spectrum because I ranked
a to the ten being republican-controlled states the thing is this I didn't rank
them the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor and Statistics did they're the
ones that gathered all the stats not me in my opinion things like that aren't a
democrat or republican thing it's an American thing we're all in this
together no matter what the politicians want you to believe fifteen million
households in the United States are considered food insecure almost 45
million Americans rely on some sort of help from a government agency to eat
programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or snap are in place
so Americans don't go hungry snap began as a temporary relief program during the
Great Depression and became a permanent fixture in 1964 under President Lyndon
Johnson some people think making this a
permanent thing was a costly mistake to taxpayers I don't think so again we're
all in this together if you're one of those taxpayers that wants to know what
city's getting the most of those tax dollars this list is for you we're gonna
list the ones that have the highest percentage of their population on food
stamps let's see who starts out the list number ten Sumter South Carolina have
you ever heard of Sumter me either but it looks like the people of the snap
office know exactly where this place is that's because 22.5% of their 40,000
residents are on snap incorporated as some Kerrville in 1845 the city's name
was shortened to Sumter in 1855 I guess the Ville part didn't make it sound as
classy as they wanted it to Sumner is home to Shaw Air Force Base
that's the headquarters of the United States Air Force Central Command it's
also home to some dude that was convicted of treason in World War two
Robert Henry best he was a broadcaster went over there during the war actually
before the war and ended up getting hooked up with the Nazis do propaganda
for him and when the Nazis you know Germany lost the war if they handed him
over to us he died in prison they have 22% of the population living under the
poverty line in Sumter the good news is get a liveable house in this place for
under 150,000 and it looks like the prices will be dropping they look to be
losing about 3 percent of their population in the 2020 census
number 9 Longview Washington not too far away from Portland Oregon and across the
Columbia River you have Longview Washington during the opioid days here
in Portland it had a reputation of being the place to go when you needed pills
these days the reputation is more like it's a place where all the residents
wait around for their government check and then hang out around payday loan
places and it's really too bad Longview is a great location it sits right on the
Columbia River and it's a little under an hour away from Portland Oregon on a
good day in 2019 they had just under six percent unemployment and 17% of long
views population live below the poverty line just about 23% of long views
population is on food stamps right now and like I said it's too bad cuz this
has the potential to be a great little city number 8 Visalia California have
you ever heard those plans that people want to push where they split a state in
two or maybe even three every few years a group of people in a state that don't
like what's going on in their state and can't seem to win an election decide
they want to try and split the state and twos thing and have their own state to
make their own rules you know that mentality if I can't win I don't want to
play anymore him and take my ball and go home in my life I think California has
floated this idea about four times it'll never happen there's a better chance to
the eight-track tape making a comeback it's never going to happen but they try
everyone's well and get to the news then it just fades away the thing is about
California I think most California would be ok with this part breaking off the
whole Visalia Porterville Fresno it serves no real purpose other than giving
California a worse reputation than it already has
23% of the residents in to Visalia Porterville area are on snap and they're
rocking about an 8% unemployment rate yeah 25 percent of the population in
this area lives below the poverty line a quarter of the people it's crazy
number 7 Brownsville Texas have you ever wanted to live in an American city in a
third-world country at the same time in Brownsville that dream can become a
reality Brownsville sits on the border with
Mexico right on the Gulf and it's not too far away from South Padre Island the
good news is the cost living here is really low and the crime isn't terrible
you never see those two together the downside is the unemployment is over
five percent and twenty three point three percent of the residents are on
snap but this is to be expected seeing that almost 30 percent of the residents
live below the poverty line now this is a weird little town you drive around you
think oh no I've crossed over the border into Mexico this place is really rundown
then you go two blocks further and you think oh this is a nice neighborhood I
guess I didn't cross the border and then you look and you go oh tacos let's eat
tacos they got really good tacos they're number six Albany Georgia Albany Georgia
is one of those towns you never hear about unless someone is doing a list or
a story about places you should never go to let me put it to you this way these
are things you should never do in regards to Albany Georgia never visit
never entertain the thought of buying a home here never rent a home here never
drive-through by ordinaire never stop for gas never think about Albany Georgia
after this list is done there you're safe 24 percent of the residents here
are on snap and about 25 percent of the residents of so a quarter live below the
poverty line if Albany Georgia's crime scores were
high school test scores you'd be going to Harvard with a full ride
number five Hammond Louisiana Hammond Louisiana is about the same as Albany
Georgia just a little bit worse with a higher cost of living Hammond is home to
southern Louisiana University have you ever heard of this school me either
they are famous for yeah I got nothing during the Civil War Hammond was a shoe
making center for the Confederate States Army the shoe making industry was the
work of Charles Emery Kate bought the land in 1864 a home and shoe factory
towards the end of the war Kate laid out the town's grid using the rail line as a
guide and naming several of the streets after his son also kate street is named
after him even though he supplied shoes to a failed war effort those would be
considered the good times in hammond it's been downhill ever since but what
do you expect from a town that was named after a swedish sailor who was a
fugitive from the british firm escaping from a jail yeah that's true nothing but
bad luck comes from things like that twenty four point six percent of the
residents receive SNAP benefits and Hammond number four Rocky Mountain North
Carolina Rocky Mountain North Carolina is east of Raleigh about an hour away
this is like the town that progress for God I know stand-up comic from the area
I don't leave actually from Rocky Mount but he said in
his act that there's only three types of people in Rocky Mountain those who can't
afford to leave those who can't leave because of parole and people who have
failed at so many things this is where they end up this town just might have
more boarded up businesses than actual open ones with an almost six percent
unemployment rate it's kind of makes sense nobody has money to buy anything
here and twenty four point six percent of them are on snap number three Grants
Pass Oregon there's a reason everyone in Oregon refers to Grants Pass as grants
ass it sucks in so many ways it's hard to give it anything but a universally
known word for bad as a nickname this is the only town I have ever seen
that was great at D or D - across the board by area vibes it sucks at
everything statistically but not terribly just enough to make it bad one
bright spot is my friend jinx she has a YouTube channel called
Oregon family adventure I watch that all time I'll leave a link below besides the
crime drugs and poverty in Grants Pass you have fire season and a serious
housing shortage if you talk to real estate agent they won't have much to
offer you or show you fire season sucks especially if you have asthma
oh my god it's brutal out there 25 point one percent of the population is on snap
in Grant's ass Oregon so enjoy number two
Laredo Texas I haven't been to Laredo in about 20 years and I can't believe it's
still as bad as it is whenever I read anything about Laredo it's negative the
people are great don't get me wrong everything else sucks I have some
friends there their whole family's there and they'll be the first ones to tell
you this city sucks but then they turn around and say but their family's there
so they can't they have to stay you know so I appreciate that but god this place
I see stats on Laredo every so often I take a minute wonder why is it so bad
then I go down that conspiracy rabbit hole and start looking at real estate
developers in the area I wonder if there's some organized thing where
they're trying to keep the prices down by having bad stats everywhere it's like
buy up all the land and chase all the locals out you know then I wonder if
it's government thing and their God aliens buried in the desert or an
explanation of why the last season of Game of Thrones was so disappointing you
know real important stuff Laredo has 34 percent of its population
living under the poverty line and 27 percent of their population is on snap
and number one McAllen metro area Texas now this one's really strange it's
obviously the highest snap percentage in the country and that's why it's number
one on this list the poverty rate is really high but most of the other stats
are great schools are good cost of living is low weather is nice housing is
a little bit better than average then you get to the crime it's bad but there
are far worse cities in this country the unemployment in poverty is what sinks
McAllen according to the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics they had over six percent unemployment for most in 2019 and thirty
one point five percent poverty now those are bad stats and then team it up with
twenty nine point nine percent of their population is on snap or some other
program so that's pretty bad thirty percent twenty nine point nine that's
pretty much thirty percent McAllen I can't believe how many Texas
cities were on this list I'm kind of shocked by that alright so that is
today's list I hope you guys got some information out of it hope you enjoyed
the video don't forget all the links below buy a t-shirt everybody have a
great day be nice to each other
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