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
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great day be nice to each other
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