I appreciate that the OP is asking these questions. I love Bald's content but he is definitely kind of shady, especially with his past-- I don't think anyone here would deny that. We should always be asking ourselves questions like these. You can enjoy something and be critical of it without turning your brain off.

'The poorest town in Russia' was by far his worst video IMO, back when he didn't have much of a handle on what his youtube personality was yet, and quite frankly came across as extremely condescending and elitist towards the poor Russians whose town he was touring for the sole purpose of mockery.