Before President Biden gave his State of the Union Address, we asked people what they think about where the country is right now.
"Dysfunctional," responded Bruce Perez, Sparks resident.
"We used to be a strong country, strong nation, but I don't see it anymore like it used to be," said Amy Miller, Reno resident.
"I think it's doing somewhat good, but it's going to get better," said Michael Madden, Reno resident.
"I don't like it," responded Candice Brown, Reno resident.
"I think we can do better. I think we can do a lot better as a country," said Adrienne Veasley, Sparks resident.
For the SOTU, some said they would be tuning in.
"I'd really like to hear what they got to say, it's very important. I hope it's good," Madden said.
"I'll watch it tonight and see what he's going say, I just want him to be coherent tonight, that would be a big plus," Brown said.
Others said they would not be.
"Probably not, I didn't even know it was happening until I had this conversation with you about five minutes ago," Veasley said. "Just like most young people I'm not that into politics."
For those who want to hear President Biden's address, they say they largely want to see the economy and the high prices we're seeing discussed.
"Our gas has gone up, our groceries have gone up," Brown said. "There's a lot of people living on their credit cards now. I'm trying to get out of my credit cards, I don't want to have more debt."
"The high prices, they need to come down this is ridiculous," Madden said. "I mean for a one bedroom, 1,500, 1,700, that's unheard of."
"I mean I don't know how people can survive today, the prices of everything is so high right now," Miller said. "I don't have any kids, I don't know how people do it with kids, I really don't."
Border security and our current political system are other topics northern Nevadans say they want to see a change.
"It's a little messy, a little blurry," Veasley said. "The two-party system I'm not a big fan of, I would love to see more young people running. I know that both of those candidates are well over the age to know what's going in terms of our generation and what's to come."
"The two-party system hasn't been working for a while," Brown said. "There's so much fighting between them and even the Republicans are fighting with themselves and then the Democrats are fighting with themselves, and they're supposed to be meeting in the middle and they never have."
Despite all these issues, some are hopeful that the country will figure it out.
"We're not perfect, but we work," Perez said. "As dysfunctional as we are we work."
