@@Aishiya1 Yeah, the inbred people from California, Colorado, New York, and a few other states did a lot of the damage a long time ago. It's just getting worse everyday. What state are you from?
@@97140604 😂 I was born, raised in Tennessee, and have lived her for well over forty years. It’s hard to believe how many more people live here now. The roads can’t handle all the traffic. I reckon as long as the transplants don’t try to turn Tennessee into a leftist hellhole I can deal with it.
I don't care about "people" what I care about is all these firms and collectives buying all the houses and 1 driving up prices because their combined buying power and 2 turning every home into a rental property that the tenant can never own
I am rm East Tennessee I was born in Athens ,Tenn. But Raised my kids in Knoxville, Tenn. Lived in Rogersville, and Crossville, Tenn, now live in Cookeville, Tenn, and I love my Tennessee !
I moved to Cookeville from Oregon in May. I love it! I was born & raised on the coast of Oregon & thought I'd never leave but politics & bad policy destroyed that.
I moved to rural, Tennessee 3 years ago from rural South Texas & I couldn’t be happier. Crime is everywhere, but so are nice people. At least in rural TN I’ve found that law enforcement still exists and people still go to church. All of our neighbors have been wonderful and we help each other with everything. Where I lived in Texas for 25 years, everyone kept to themselves & drug crimes were much more prevalent. The natural beauty here cancels out most of the bad stuff.
@@rachelcastaneda1381 what part of South Texas are you from? I was born in San Antonio, grew up in Pleasanton, at 35 years I moved to the Corpus area for 28 years then retired here in TN our children still live in Texas & of course we miss them dearly, but love it here where we settled.
@@tennesseetexan1957 I’m originally from Corpus Christi. I lived there for 32 yrs of my life. Then moved to Nashville in 2011. And I moved up here to marry my husband. But there is nothing like home.
LOL. One thing I hate: People who assume you go to church, ask which church you go to, and then act shocked when you tell them you don't attend church. One thing I like: People who mind their own business and keep to themselves. Another thing I hate: Law enforcement. And I live in Tennessee, but I don't think where I live can be called rural, so I'm thankful for that.
@@jn8ive60 most people who dislike law enforcement like to do illegal stuff, but are the first to call the cops when something happens. I don’t judge people for not going to church, I let God make all the judgements. I don’t go as often as many, but the Bible is my guide in life. Live your life accordingly and you’ll have few problems in life. God bless.
Joke's on ya'll. We make sure not to put anything in our towns so city people don't start flocking in and ruin everything. I'm from small town tn. We'd really like for people to stop turning our beautiful countryside in bs retail stores and restaurants and sub divisions. It's disgusting.
I hate to tell you but as soon as I saw that show Nashville and I saw it became a hit I knew we were f***** as a state because all these people from other states come in move in they ran out our old people and people on fixed incomes from Nashville just so that they could make Rich real estate and bring in new teams when I said that to my mother and son I made sure to mention that with the people coming in wanting to actually make a decent life for themselves also will come the drug dealers and gangs it wasn't like we didn't have games already but nothing like we're dealing with now
@@davidtoney8399 you're right unfortunately. Keep a close eye on your city council - attend every meeting. They will sell huge pieces of property when they think no one is paying attention. That's how publix managed to get part of our nature park's property (when there is AMPLE space to build a stupid grocery store). It started when I was in high school, and we protested it for years. Then after we all graduated and went to college they took their opportunity, and now part of our history is covered in concrete. Johnny Cash used to visit our park when he wanted some peace and quiet. We used to perform a play every year about the woman who founded the park - she restored a huge piece of land and planted all the trees. She grew a forest, and they are just merrily cutting it down for profit. They also tore down a free music venue that had been standing for nearly 50 years that did live shows every weekend for the same stupid project (they replaced the venue with a gas station and waffle house. Because who needs culture?). We already had two grocery stores in a town with well under 10,000 people at the time, and a wide variety of other options just 20 minutes away. Then a couple years later they added a Walmart (one of those other options btw...in 2 different directions), and its been downhill ever since. I want to move further out, but I feel like that makes me just as bad as those jerks so here I sit as my town goes to shit. They are currently building 3 subdivisions on my street alone, and not even talking about widening the roads or building another school. Money grubbung dirt bags. 😒 It's like people want me to hate them. I used to know every person I saw when I left my house, and now I'm lucky if I see one person I've ever even seen before and the natural beauty is totally ruined. They don't even do volunteer work like the locals used to, so this year we aren't going to have our annual nature festival, or a Christmas parade either. Guard your town with all you've got. Once they start it doesn't stop until they take over literally everything, and all the culture and soul of the town is just destroyed in the name of "progress" 🤬
I live in East Tennessee and love to drive the country roads on my motorcycle. Some of the poverty I see is seems different than the inner city poverty of the north. My observation is that a lot of the rural poverty is made up of people who have a strong desire for independence. Certainly they would want more money but many won’t give up that independence for more money. Just my opinion.
Yup. In the winter when the leaves go away you'll see travel trailers that shouldve been abandoned in the 80s tucked up on the mountain side being lived in, often even with gravity fed water from a spring somewhere above them. They don't really bother anyone, and nobody bothers them. Live and let live.
I grew up in Elizabethton. Almost expected to see Hampton in this video but Bailyton's close enough. Was surprised to see Mountain City in the top 5 in a different video.
I went to the DB everyone hates...but the 70s were awesome!! Always get grief for beng born in Dobyns Bennett's school zone. Were still the winningest basketball team in the nation due to Buck van Huss from Hampton!!
Best small town living in Tennessee is Townsend, Tn...13 miles from Maryville and 34 miles from Knoxville, Townsend borders the Smoky Mtns National Park...GREAT place to live and play...Plenty of things to do all around...Also only 22 miles from Gatlinburg...
Any rural town in TN is better than any liberal big city anywhere. To quote the late, great Charlie Daniels, "Ain't it good to be alive and to be in Tennessee!"
I’m from Knoxville. Spent 36 years in NYC and moved back to East Tennessee about four months ago. Do you know which one is better? New York City, and I’m not liberal.
@@m.c.5459 - it's subjective. What you think is 'better' I despise. In fact, most Americans would disagree with you. That's just our opinion. We don't have to agree.
Being from West Tennessee, some of these towns I've never heard of. Poverty rate is definitely true. Majority of the crimes are either domestic or drug related. The commentary was great! Especially when he said "if you didn't want to get any of the Memphis stink on ya".
WELL.... All these little places have poverty rates equal to or slightly higher or slightly lower than New York City, Miami, Florida, Los Angeles, Cincinnati Ohio, Buffalo New York......and many others..... SO? I still prefer Tennessee.
I used to be an Army Recruiter in Cookeville. I traveled thru Byrdstown, Clarkrange, Celina, Pickett County, Macon County and Jackson County. I did and still do love Tennessee and all these little towns too.
@@blazersaint144 it really does, and this is why it's like a second home for me. If you're into nature, there's tons of waterfalls and grear fishing spots.
I live in Paris, Tennessee. I've it. I moved here from Napa Valley. Smartest thing I ever did. And no, California crazy did not rub off on me so my fellow Tennesseans, you don't need to worry about me!
Fun fact the house in front of the cementary in niota was one of my childhood homes.. it was owned by Lester and patty huston who have passed now and buried in the cemetery in front of it.. they were my grandparents by marriage
@@gehhaindhdhx8302 It is also one of the highest crime rates in the country. Y'all may preach, but actions outside of the Church doors are some of the worst!
Lived in Bethel Springs for almost 40 years. Outside city limits in the country. Pretty place. Quiet. Full of good people. Crime rate mostly comes from illegal drugs and drunks fighting family members, etc.
I’m very familiar with most of the places you mention in Tennessee, but I still learn a few things. But for the life of me, I cannot figure why more movies and tv shows aren’t made in Tennessee. Yes…mainly horror movies but still. I love my state.
@@chihirosen6996 I just ran across another one filmed I THINK...in Bean Station. But it's no Evil Dead. And there was a shoddy one filmed near McMinnville starring the Mandylor brothers. Not very good. And the two of them trying to sound like they're from Tennessee is BRUTAL.
@@charlesbolton8471 Memphis? I think you mean "episodes of The First 48" or "Cops". Just kidding. I love Memphis, but you got to be harder than a coffin nail to hang around the outskirts for long. Well into it? Great city. But around that is like a moat.
I'm sure it's not. Statistics are really not a good indicator of the reality on the ground. As the saying goes, "there's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
I live near Church Hill, Baileyton is a blip on the map. Most people wouldn't know where the locals were talking about when they say the name. LOL It always comes out as Beylton.
Mosheim (Warrensburg) here. I am in Baileyton all the time. I am originally from Volusia County FL (New Smyrna Beach, just south of Daytona) and there is ZERO crime here in Greene County by comparison.
Johnny Carson said back in the 80’s about the town I was born and raised in “There’s 2 places I never want to go. Hell and Lawrenceburg Tennessee”. For a long long time, Lawrenceburg had the highest unsolved murder rate in the country per-capita. Collinwood and Hohenwald also equally suck. Love some of the people there but damn
@@angiejones968 I use to work with a fellow from there. After hearing some of his stories, I came to the conclusion that maybe some of the people needed killing.
@@sartainja I stayed with my sister & her husband back in the summer back in the 80s if I had known; I not not have gone. Today you wouldn’t catch me in Memphis crime is through the roof
@@gristlepounder my grandmother still lives in Hohenwald. It’s no where near as rough as it use to be but it’s still there. The difference these days there, Collinwood and Lawrence county is these days ya gotta kinda look for it to find it. Where back in the day it looked for you 😂. But even back then a lot of times it was hiding in plain sight. My step granddad was a high school vo-tech teacher and basketball coach. Teaching and coaching but also in the klan. But as long as you were in good with the good ole boy circle of judges, attorneys, sheriffs and cops? Had some buddies with hog farms? You could literally get away with and several did get away with murder. Sometimes multiple. They never buried anything. Hogs took care of all the messy work and bone fragments were easily gotten rid of. Use to be an old 1 lane bridge in Lawrence county called Hangman’s bridge that was used a lot for exactly that.
I lived in Atwood for 15 yrs and never experienced any crime. I loved it there. And only about 40 minutes out of Jackson. There are about 3 cops and a TBI agent that lives there that grew up there. I never seen what you are talking about. We just moved closer to the water to be closer to aging parents and to retire about 6 months ago.
I lived in Atwood for 5 yrs and it is what he says. I had my wedding ring stolen there. A lot of drugs there and they say if you want to commit a crime, do it in Gibson Co.
@@garrymcarthur7783 you can have things stolen anywhere. Cause it wasn’t till we moved from Atwood that we were broken into and stolen from. And you can’t really get away from drugs. They are everywhere these days. Sad but true.
Glad to NOT see my town on this list😂! Also, the 10% of people who mess things up for true Tennesseans are usually "transplants". Not being mean, just speaking from experience. Love the vid!
@@marengoczar5035 I think it's a tactical move by the globalist to kinda leave certain areas alone so ppl. Will move their it's we're the 8 super city's will be for everyone to live in Notice how Knox TN. And seronding ereas are being connected with Greenway walking trails bike trails all city parks are being connected. In2006. Knox became affiliated with the united nations building codes program that is agenda 21. Revised agenda 2030. Check it out
I’m in Crossville, and I feel perfectly safe in downtown at night. I think this video is trying to turn a blind eye to the crime rate and barbarism that goes on in liberal cities and states. THEY are the ones with the true crime issue. It’s why many of us FLED in the first place.
I wonder how accurate crime stats are, especially in small towns. I could easily see occasional statistical or reporting anomalies from small sample size. Do you have any way to check year to year stats? One possible check is to compare rates in the county v.s. the town to see if there is a big disparity.
All the statistics are skewed against small town USA. Crime statics where made for use in big cities usually # of crimes per 100,000 population. Which means with a population of a couple hundred to a couple thousand it only takes 1 crime to have a major jump statistically. As for poverty its also relative to wages and cost of living. Most know that COL is lower in small town USA, but because the same poverty threshold is used for big cities and small towns of course its going to throw a big statistical number for small towns. So using these statistics to rate small towns is completely incorrect.
Your stats may be factually correct but very misleading. Hopefully no one takes you seriously because you make assumptions on places you’ve never been.
I grew up in Bethel Springs & watched it die out. It used to have a bank, a grocery store, a couple of gas stations, some cafes, a few factories, a movie store, most are all closed now. I think out of that list 1 cafe is open. Dollar General did open up on the bypass about 5-7 years ago. Unicorpated Bethel Springs/community of McNairy has a bigger population. The owners of one of what used to be the downtown gas station, has a big Tire shop on the bypass in this area now. About the only thing exciting in Bethel anymore is Ada's Country Store (a Mennonite owned store & like the Tire shop it's on up the bypass.) We moved out of Bethel when I was a teenager, but it was just a 5 minute drive into Selmer. What happened after we left, (we still had family, friends, & neighbors that lived there.) The town implanted a city water system that put a lot of tax on the residents. Then was hit by a horrible storm and wasn't really able to recover. I can't remember if it was a Tornado or Straight Lines winds, but it was one or the other.
One year ago I moved from Central FL to a small, rural TN town near Trenton. The only shootings we've had around here are people getting ready for hunting season. It's a great place, and, at times, much like living in a Normal Rockwell painting.
Hopefully not Bradford... lived there for 9 year moved there from southwest Florida. Seemed like a really nice place and was for awhile. Then " METH " took it over , people turned into asses . Not to mention " job's " of which there were none at least one's that paid enough to live on . Had to travel either to Nashville or Memphis everyday for work . Needless to im now back in Florida.
@@cilantro5221 I’ve met so many wonderful people here and, while the town is small, most of what I want/need is here, and Trenton is close at hand. I grew up in Milan, went to college in Memphis, and then lived mainly in FL for almost 40 years. The part of FL that I lived in (N Tampa) was going downhill quickly, so I decided to return to my roots for a while. Friday = lunch at “The Toot”. 🙂
Niota is pretty centrally located in East Tennessee and gives one access to a lot of lakes. That definitely makes a difference for their real estate market.
You are exactly correct. The real estate market in this area is nuts! I’m on the Hiwasee and we’ve seen a huge influx of people from California. Not to mention people from Atlanta, Huntsville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville etc wanting to escape the city. All those places are an easy day drive from all the rivers and lakes around here so it really makes it a desirable vacation home spot too.
I've lived in Tennessee 40 years. I love the place. I hate the small minded, cruel politicians. In the 1970's it wasn't like that. Have to go to Nashville for fairness
You should look into how they come up with these rates! Low population & a few crimes can seriously skew numbers/statistics. I've lived in cities where crime was a major problem and small towns that barely had any. But when you compare them the small town looks worse statistically. But it's just not so
Most statistics are done on a per capita basis which will always make low population areas appear much worse than high population areas. I'd rather see raw numbers.
For some of these places it's like 100 per 100k or like 50 to 500. Fairly low numbers (though I live in Memphis so honestly any number is lower than ours).
8 out of 10 of these towns are in West, Tennessee. I live in W TN. *Samburg is not that bad, they suffered a devastating Tornado last year,* which accounts for the missing houses. *Really, do you need to slander Sandburg?*
It's always funny seeing something from your area on RUclips. I don't live very far from Pleasant Hill Tennessee (I live a bit to the north east on US 70N more towards Crossville) and have driven through it many times to go to some of the nice state parks out towards Cookeville. Anyways I don't remember anything remarkably bad about Pleasant Hill, it's just a small rural US town. Also remember that little town is not where you would work, you would most likely have a job in Crossville or Cookeville. What I'm most surprised about is that Crab Orchard did not make this list, that place is sad
Cookville county daily arrest pics, give it a look. Cookville is methed big time !! I'm in Baxter, our area is exploding!! Well, until the mortgage rates changed a couple of months ago.
I live in Dickson, TN...buying a house is almost impossible for poor people to live here...most houses are way over $300.000.00 to $1,00,000.00...Rent has went through the roof here. So no, not all towns in Tennessee have that low of housing.
A lot of people here that aren't from here. They want to work in Nashville, live in Dickson and complain that it's not like Nashville. Gentrification is a plague.
I'm 53 years old and have lived in a rural town in tennessee since I was born, the same town, over all its a great place, but like most small towns the ones with the most money control evetything, the poor people in this town are always talked about and why I know is because we'll I'm one of those poor people. Also I know a few wealthy people in this town that has helped a lot of the less fortunate. Basically it's all about who you know.
Lol I used to work in linden Tennessee. People I worked with used to have camp sites on the river. A lot of water skiing and fishing. And partying on the river.
I've lived in Middle TN for about 12 years now. Most crime is around meth and fentanyl. Lots of lazy country youth! The older generations were hard working, god fearing good folk. I've met some of the nicest people ever here! Also seen one loser drug addict destroy an entire neighborhood and the cops won't do a thing...meaningful. Very sad when so few people and have such a negative impact on an otherwise nice place to live. By and large, this is much the same as rural Washington state where I was born and lived for 50 years. Unfortunately, Washington went off the deep end with Woke/Democrat policies that have taken a toll on one of the most beautiful places in the country.
From my experience, criminals usually don't " crap in their own backyard ". With that being said, I've lived in a rural town here(600 people) for awhile , I'm about as street smart as it gets. A lot gets swept under the carpet here. Don't know why. It just does.
Waynesboro TN was so bad it couldn't even make the list. founded by Mad Anthony Wayne, it's second largest county in the state land wise and close to Linden. crime is 220% above average and poverty is 190%. most of the crime stems from the city officials themselves and all the money in the county is held by 3 families. I had to join the service just to get out of the place. I'll never go back even to see family that stays for whatever reason
@@supergluedgarlicbutter9589it’s actually in Hardeman County. The one thing to keep it from being too boring is when there are “problems” at Kilgore. 😬
Where your stats go amiss is that these small towns could have one crime it could really skew there crime rates when compared to larger communities that often based on a baseline of 100k. If there is a different rate you should say so.
@@christaylor9095 It not how “rates” work if the rates are the same. If the “rates” are different then yes it would be skewed, and any data can be manipulated to suite a particular agenda.
The Buffalo River is famous for canoeing. And is one of the most beautiful places I’ve seen. And my friend lives in Trenton and loves it and is home of the Teapot festival.
Niota is actually the home of Harry T. Burn, the state representative that cast the tie breaking vote giving women the right to vote. His vote made Tennessee the “perfect 36th” state necessary to pass the 19th amendment. They later completed the cycle electing an all female city council and were featured on many national news outlets and morning shows. Niota is a small town with a country club and beautiful churches. It is also home to the oldest train depot in Tennessee with bullet holes in it from the Civil War. The oldest family owned hosiery mill left in the United States is also in Niota. When all the hosiery mills shut down due to foreign imports they went upscale. Unfortunately, many of Niota’s charming older homes are now rental units. The future does look bright with several large housing developments being built.
I live just south of Niota in Athens. I have lived in this area all my life and even what they would consider poverty housing is 10x better than some of the apartments in New York City that rent for 2-3 thousand a month. Their coveted "views" are a tree growing between buildings on a 10x10 patch of grass. Yes, Niota is small if you blink you miss. You won't be happy here if you like the big city hustle and bustle but a night out is an hour's drive away.
I can see it helping stop someone from losing temper but your 50% claim sounds like you just made it up to have a reason to comment. White lies and strong exaggerations are still considered lies, some people don’t understand this, not saying your a narcissist but that is a narcissistic trait ( constantly lying or greatly exaggerating everyday conversations). Like I said not calling you a narcissist, but you did pull this 50% shit out of your ass. Interestingly, while the research shows a reduction in serious injuries, overall incidents of domestic violence did not decline. Copy and pasted that from most likely the same article you read cause it’s the only one that says anything about weed legalization related to domestic violence, STOP exaggerating so much
Some of us from california are outnumbered by to many liberals. We want to move to Tennessee to be free. Most of us that move there are going to be conservative.
Odd how a place can be so bad but still have skewed property costs. And I see you found 10 this time and only 5 in the last video. The ones with such a high violent crime rate---it would be interesting to know if it's something like robberies, or domestic violence, or a combination, or other types.
I wonder how those properties are that expensive. Who is willing to pay that much, except farmers, to live there? Drug entrepreneurs? Many years ago I was told a guy running for office in that era's recession was well known for running drugs in his small plane up from Mexico, a plane that was at that time impounded while he awaited his trial. He advised me public office was a good paying job in hard times and I ought to try it. He registered me to vote, and I signed the form on the hood of his car. His campaign slogan was the utterly delightful, "Don't believe everything you hear about me." :D More politicians should use that one.
Crime rate is per capita… If you have a low population it doesn’t take much to run your crime rate up. The way this guy presents his stats is factually correct for whatever year he chose to take them from but is misleading.
@@shitmonkey and most locals can't even find housing and are losing there home do to the fucks running g from there state to ares but keeping there high dollar jobs in cal or New York where they can work at home. They are running from what they dislike but will vote the same way here then running off aging
@@653j521 In general rural life in the terms of property value is screwed high because land is finite. In recent years rich urbanites/out of staters who either are retiring, still work but are already rich and can afford long commutes or work from home are buying property far above what local people in that state can afford to compete with which dives up land prices to unheard of levels.
I don’t know where you got your information from but Bethel Springs is not a farming town it is a retirement town and the crime is so low there they don’t even have a full time officer also the property value is incorrect I’ve never even seen a 500,000 dollar house in bethel springs seeing as how most of the residents of bethel springs are older and on fixed incomes seems a little impossible . I grew up there and have lived there most of my life. I’m not sure where your information comes from but you might want to fact check before you make videos with this crap.
Can confirm 500,000 dollar house there it’s located on fishpond rd. I grew up in that house my step dad paid for from a man who built it then found out his wife was cheating on him so he sold it to us real cheap to get away. So he must of done at least a little fact checking
I really find these videos interesting. You regularly refer to homes as “nice” or “livable,” but those terms can be very subjective, given individual standards. It would be great if you found some photos of houses from Zillow (or others) of recently sold homes that represent your descriptions. (Of course, they could be anonymized as your current photo selections.) I think many of us would benefit from that enhancement! Thanks for the content!!
He also needs to list references on when and where his statistical data was found (most seems to be inaccurate from the current data I see). As for his pictures, they are probably all screen shots from maps street view. It's guaranteed this man has never set foot in any of these locations.
As for the "good people" of these small towns (not just Tennessee, but every state,) you will note that uniformly they tend to be prouder of what they are not than what they are. Rather telling.
Oh wow , I live in Nashville and never heard of these places! I guess once you get out of a metro area things are off the map unless you bring them up 🤷♂️
I’m glad that when you mention Bethel, you referred to it as being a certain distance from Jackson instead of Memphis or Nashville. I live in Jackson and it is a pretty nice town as long as you live in the north part. It also is a good size with about 70,000 people. I also somehow never heard of the Kroger fight. Must have been the one farther away from me bc we have 2. Also 2 of almost everything else you can think of.
It was at the Kroger Lynwood on Parkway, where I shop. I was there yesterday, actually. I wasn’t there to witness the fight, but I wonder if it happened at night. That Kroger closes at 11:00 pm and opens at 6:00 am.
Really surprised to see Linden near the top? It was one of the nicer areas I've been to in TN. Seemed very clean and safe. I've spent the majority of my life in Middle TN. Like you mentioned in the intro probably just a really bad %10 causing all the trouble.
I used to live around nunnley in easy Hickman County drugs were out of control and the sherriff's department was dangerously crooked I was there in the early 2000s I lived way back in l on old mill creek back in the woods and I did love that it was beautiful and I killed some big turkey's over there
I stayed at the Quality Inn just down the road at Bulls Gap years ago. Seemed like a pretty nice area, although I was just there for one night on my way to Chattanooga.
The thing I like most about Davy Crockett: When he was a Congressman there was a measure before Congress that, if passed, was really going to screw over the Native Americans and treat them unfairly. Crockett opposed this. When the time to vote came Crocket was one of the few - and perhaps the only (I can't recall for sure what the historical account said) Congressman to vote against it. Crockett apparently felt that he could no longer, in good conscience, be part of such a body and decided to resign from Congress and go to Texas to fight in the side of Texas in their war for independence. The great part is how he did it. Apparently shortly after the results of the vote were known he stood up on the floor of Congress while they were in session and proclaimed, "Gentlemen, you can go to Hell. I'm going to Texas".
My grandad lives most of his life in pleasant hill,and is buried there, been there many times through the years, mostly when I was younger,but that is a great little country community! At least it uses to be before the influx of foreign illegals flooded the nation! But this is a great video ,the more the Yankee blue billies think about how bad these southern towns are ,the fewer will move there and bring their blue state crap with them! Keep up the good work!!
Sweetwater, Tellico plains and Madisonville too. Yes, I live in Sweetwater and I am definitely looking to move. Too many people are moving here, driving housing prices through the roof. And crime? A local guy running for district school board was indicted for shooting into a moving vehicle on I 75. Smh. Definitely ashamed of the town and county I live in.
Niota really is a nice place to live. But one thing I noticed, all the other 9 small towns you mentioned were located west of the Cumberland Mountain---and mainly West Tennessee.
Pleasant hill isn't really a town ,just a small community in Cumberland county outside of Crossville. I don't think they even have their own statistics
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs yessir, with the newer ones I am. The older ones I was using my phone. I'm still sortof new to making videos, and figuring everything out. So my apologies for how amateur they are. I mostly like to focus on giving the viewer a walking POV of whatever location I'm in. I'm a big fan of your content Briggs, been watching for several years now.
First of all thank you for watching. Your footage is solid, and you are doing the right things. I would look into the DJI pocket next time you upgrade. For what you are doing it is perfect. Here is the secret to RUclips: 1) Get better each video and you'll grow. 2) Keep hitting the Upload button and you'll grow. Find creative ways to make more videos from one visit. Like a small town you can probably get two videos out of and bigger cities you can split up into like Downtown for video one, video two could be Historical places or a river walk type thing. I've put a lot of thought into walking tour. It is something I have wanted to do.
Do a comparison with Tellico Plains. The Stokely family started a factory there many year’s ago. I do not live there, but have family that do. They get a lot of bikers that stop there. If you are ever traveling through that area, I highly recommend the bakery, Tellico Grains. They have the best deserts, breads, sandwiches, pizzas, etc. They also sell their breads to a lot of high end restaurants in Knoxville.
@@TheMimiof7 I don't! I actually am a little east of Tellico, in Reliance! 🖤 Beautiful little river town too! Actually used to be called Appalachia, if Im remembering correctly. But I do miss Tellico! We lived right on the Skyway!
And yes their bike season is AMAZING up there! Absolutely STUNNING town! Slow moving, but worth your while! If anyone ever stops in there, you HAVE to ride up to Green Cove! They have some great people up there and camping activities!
I have a friend who worked in Dyersburg and owned a home in Ridgly. The house was nothing "fancy" but she could afford the house payments and she brought up her daughter there.
Wish you had something about Maynardville, Luttrell, or Sharp's Chapel TN. ( my home town) These towns are all in Union County ( east Tn.) and were the birthplace of Chet Atkins,Roy Acuff, and Kenny Chesney. Hopefully you will soon.
I lived in Eastern Tennessee, at different times when young. Longest was from May '77- November '82. Was 15 - to almost 21 yrs old. Beautiful state, only visited hand full of times since left- because of the family I had down there.
I lived in East Memphis and midtown Memphis most of my adult life. It was good back then. Moved to DeSoto county Mississippi about 12 years ago and have not looked back. But even DeSoto county is a little too close to Memphis for my comfort.
QUESTION: you may already told us this but I don't remember,my question is does the fact that the town has lower population make the crime rate higher?
@@spyder2383 it is. If yhe population is very small, it just makes the percentage seem higher that the number of crimes in a larger place. Also- I know some of the people in and around these communities and they're super confused as to why it was on the bad list. Lol.
Man I've been watching you for the better part of 3 years and I think this video is the first time I've seen your face lol 🤣 Thanks to your videos the wife and i have a 5 year plan to move to Tennessee getting out of CA
@@jasonraines8282 yea its getting bad went last year to look around nashville decided against it my wife and I just got back from a 2 week trip to knoxville its probably where we're headed or at least a town nearby
Whenever there is a domestic call in Tennessee it is state law or 'policy' that one of the individuals gets hauled in to jail. This artificially spikes the 'domestic violence's statistics. Women use this on the front end of Divorces to strengthen their cases.
Everything being said these cities still aren’t as wacky as some of the cities you’ll find in say California or Michigan or Chicago. The police are actually allowed to respond when called and respected more so.
I grew up in a very small town named Westmoreland Tennessee. It is small and I am glad that I grew up there. I now live 18 miles north in Scottsville Kentucky.
Please stop moving to TN, we are full. 😬
Chattanooga is packed.
Yes we are!!!
Don't worry. Place stinks
So is Farragut & Knoxville!!
@dennisbrock674
3 That's great to hear cause we don't want you or your kind giving us a bad name! Bless your heart
You all just stay out of Tennessee, enough damage has been done.
Well said !
That can be said for most decent states. Good luck.
Inbreeding did the damage long ago.
@@Aishiya1 Yeah, the inbred people from California, Colorado, New York, and a few other states did a lot of the damage a long time ago. It's just getting worse everyday. What state are you from?
Thanks for doing your part in helping discourage more people who are thinking of moving to Tennessee.
Cant discourage me!
@@97140604 😂 I was born, raised in Tennessee, and have lived her for well over forty years. It’s hard to believe how many more people live here now. The roads can’t handle all the traffic. I reckon as long as the transplants don’t try to turn Tennessee into a leftist hellhole I can deal with it.
"Not in my back yard"
😭noooo
Really though they can move to South Dakota, there's a whole bunch of nothing up there
I don't care about "people" what I care about is all these firms and collectives buying all the houses and
1 driving up prices because their combined buying power and
2 turning every home into a rental property that the tenant can never own
Good thing. That way we stay red.
I am rm East Tennessee I was born in Athens ,Tenn. But Raised my kids in Knoxville, Tenn. Lived in Rogersville, and Crossville, Tenn, now live in Cookeville, Tenn, and I love my Tennessee !
I live in Sparta so Howdy neighbor!
I've been here forty 23 years
I live in niota TN.athens before I moved here
I moved to Cookeville from Oregon in May. I love it! I was born & raised on the coast of Oregon & thought I'd never leave but politics & bad policy destroyed that.
Born and raised in Maryville, met my husband, he's from Loudon, couldn't make me move from my neck of the woods..
Hey I'm from Mayberry. Graduated William Blount 1994. Still have fond memories.
I moved to rural, Tennessee 3 years ago from rural South Texas & I couldn’t be happier. Crime is everywhere, but so are nice people. At least in rural TN I’ve found that law enforcement still exists and people still go to church. All of our neighbors have been wonderful and we help each other with everything. Where I lived in Texas for 25 years, everyone kept to themselves & drug crimes were much more prevalent. The natural beauty here cancels out most of the bad stuff.
TN Texan, in from South Texas as well and have been living here in Nashville for about 11 years. I like it but I miss home
@@rachelcastaneda1381 what part of South Texas are you from? I was born in San Antonio, grew up in Pleasanton, at 35 years I moved to the Corpus area for 28 years then retired here in TN our children still live in Texas & of course we miss them dearly, but love it here where we settled.
@@tennesseetexan1957 I’m originally from Corpus Christi. I lived there for 32 yrs of my life. Then moved to Nashville in 2011. And I moved up here to marry my husband. But there is nothing like home.
LOL. One thing I hate: People who assume you go to church, ask which church you go to, and then act shocked when you tell them you don't attend church. One thing I like: People who mind their own business and keep to themselves. Another thing I hate: Law enforcement. And I live in Tennessee, but I don't think where I live can be called rural, so I'm thankful for that.
@@jn8ive60 most people who dislike law enforcement like to do illegal stuff, but are the first to call the cops when something happens. I don’t judge people for not going to church, I let God make all the judgements. I don’t go as often as many, but the Bible is my guide in life. Live your life accordingly and you’ll have few problems in life. God bless.
Joke's on ya'll. We make sure not to put anything in our towns so city people don't start flocking in and ruin everything. I'm from small town tn. We'd really like for people to stop turning our beautiful countryside in bs retail stores and restaurants and sub divisions. It's disgusting.
Scared you'll get caught fucking your cousin or dog?
I wish it was working. Knoxville is turning into a real shit hole and it is spilling out outside of Knoxville and Knox County.
I hate to tell you but as soon as I saw that show Nashville and I saw it became a hit I knew we were f***** as a state because all these people from other states come in move in they ran out our old people and people on fixed incomes from Nashville just so that they could make Rich real estate and bring in new teams when I said that to my mother and son I made sure to mention that with the people coming in wanting to actually make a decent life for themselves also will come the drug dealers and gangs it wasn't like we didn't have games already but nothing like we're dealing with now
@@davidtoney8399 you're right unfortunately. Keep a close eye on your city council - attend every meeting. They will sell huge pieces of property when they think no one is paying attention. That's how publix managed to get part of our nature park's property (when there is AMPLE space to build a stupid grocery store). It started when I was in high school, and we protested it for years. Then after we all graduated and went to college they took their opportunity, and now part of our history is covered in concrete. Johnny Cash used to visit our park when he wanted some peace and quiet. We used to perform a play every year about the woman who founded the park - she restored a huge piece of land and planted all the trees. She grew a forest, and they are just merrily cutting it down for profit. They also tore down a free music venue that had been standing for nearly 50 years that did live shows every weekend for the same stupid project (they replaced the venue with a gas station and waffle house. Because who needs culture?). We already had two grocery stores in a town with well under 10,000 people at the time, and a wide variety of other options just 20 minutes away. Then a couple years later they added a Walmart (one of those other options btw...in 2 different directions), and its been downhill ever since. I want to move further out, but I feel like that makes me just as bad as those jerks so here I sit as my town goes to shit. They are currently building 3 subdivisions on my street alone, and not even talking about widening the roads or building another school. Money grubbung dirt bags. 😒
It's like people want me to hate them. I used to know every person I saw when I left my house, and now I'm lucky if I see one person I've ever even seen before and the natural beauty is totally ruined. They don't even do volunteer work like the locals used to, so this year we aren't going to have our annual nature festival, or a Christmas parade either. Guard your town with all you've got. Once they start it doesn't stop until they take over literally everything, and all the culture and soul of the town is just destroyed in the name of "progress" 🤬
I agree I'm from a one red light town in middle tn and we do not like outsiders changing things!!!
I live in East Tennessee and love to drive the country roads on my motorcycle. Some of the poverty I see is seems different than the inner city poverty of the north. My observation is that a lot of the rural poverty is made up of people who have a strong desire for independence. Certainly they would want more money but many won’t give up that independence for more money. Just my opinion.
Amen, neighbor.
Facts
I'm also in east Tennessee
Yup. In the winter when the leaves go away you'll see travel trailers that shouldve been abandoned in the 80s tucked up on the mountain side being lived in, often even with gravity fed water from a spring somewhere above them. They don't really bother anyone, and nobody bothers them. Live and let live.
East Tennessee here too. I agree with you 100%
Also, fun fact, Davy Crockett High and Daniel Boone High in east TN have a fierce rivalry across all sports.
The Musket Bowl.
I went to Crockett 🤓
I grew up in Elizabethton. Almost expected to see Hampton in this video but Bailyton's close enough. Was surprised to see Mountain City in the top 5 in a different video.
@@jasonblackwell5456 Well hello there. I just outside of Elizabethton.
I went to the DB everyone hates...but the 70s were awesome!!
Always get grief for beng born in Dobyns Bennett's school zone.
Were still the winningest basketball team in the nation due to Buck van Huss from Hampton!!
Half the people watching this video are TN residents and are wondering if their town is on the list, and hoping they're not the reason it is.
I actually looked hoping my small town WAS on the list. Possibly it would deter some of the jerks from moving in.
That's why I'm watching 😅 TN native
Exactly why I’m waiting.
Yeah, my town didn't make the list, but the railroad stop mentioned in number 1 IS in the town where I live.
Best small town living in Tennessee is Townsend, Tn...13 miles from Maryville and 34 miles from Knoxville, Townsend borders the Smoky Mtns National Park...GREAT place to live and play...Plenty of things to do all around...Also only 22 miles from Gatlinburg...
Loved Townsend when we would visit. There was a motel called the Tally Ho year ago.
To bad as a local I can't afford it. All transplants or wealthy people like Jim Clayton buying it up. Same with Walland
Townsend is a beautiful place.
We like to stay in Townsend when visiting the Smokies. Quiet.
i am from the chattanooga,tn area but love the townsend/maryville area. I would love to find a house in that area
Any rural town in TN is better than any liberal big city anywhere. To quote the late, great Charlie Daniels, "Ain't it good to be alive and to be in Tennessee!"
Negative
I’m from Knoxville. Spent 36 years in NYC and moved back to East Tennessee about four months ago. Do you know which one is better? New York City, and I’m not liberal.
@@m.c.5459 - it's subjective. What you think is 'better' I despise. In fact, most Americans would disagree with you. That's just our opinion. We don't have to agree.
@@m.c.5459 you have absolutely nothing to back that up😂
I hate to burst your bubble, but liberals are here too. Multigenerational born and raised here!
Being from West Tennessee, some of these towns I've never heard of. Poverty rate is definitely true. Majority of the crimes are either domestic or drug related. The commentary was great! Especially when he said "if you didn't want to get any of the Memphis stink on ya".
Meth has invaded Appalachian towns years ago, including 1 horse boring Towns, there is no escaping it, no jobs, no nothing!! Meth = Devil!!
Same, live in old hickory, never heard of these
a lot of drugs
Racist!! He meant Memfrica lol
WELL.... All these little places have poverty rates equal to or slightly higher or slightly lower than New York City, Miami, Florida, Los Angeles, Cincinnati Ohio, Buffalo New York......and many others..... SO? I still prefer Tennessee.
I used to be an Army Recruiter in Cookeville. I traveled thru Byrdstown, Clarkrange, Celina, Pickett County, Macon County and Jackson County. I did and still do love Tennessee and all these little towns too.
Cookeville's a nice town. Pretty big, plenty of shopping but still a country old school vibe.
@@blazersaint144 it really does, and this is why it's like a second home for me. If you're into nature, there's tons of waterfalls and grear fishing spots.
I live in Paris, Tennessee. I've it. I moved here from Napa Valley. Smartest thing I ever did. And no, California crazy did not rub off on me so my fellow Tennesseans, you don't need to worry about me!
You would be the exception, if true.
@@JeffHarmond-kz3jrYou could be right. Sadly.
@@happyinparis Glad you are here. May God be with you always. God Bless,
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
We didn't make the list this time. Must be improving.
Just have to add (from experience), rural any state is better than metro any state.
Doesn’t matter. Too damn many people poring in with no place to go
Agreed
Yep....bad publicity may be the best thing for us....
BIDEN 2024!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@SusanGonzales-zg2ct Obvious illegal
@@SusanGonzales-zg2ct You're in the wrong state (unless you're in the murder capital - Memphis)
Fun fact the house in front of the cementary in niota was one of my childhood homes.. it was owned by Lester and patty huston who have passed now and buried in the cemetery in front of it.. they were my grandparents by marriage
Tennessee is God's country in my opinion.
Yessss
@@gehhaindhdhx8302 It is also one of the highest crime rates in the country. Y'all may preach, but actions outside of the Church doors are some of the worst!
If you believe that God created the Earth, then its ALL his country! Moron....
@@angelaschuman5303 Take out Memphis, and redo that stat. Gangs and drugs.
I blame Fess Parker for the confusion between Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, watching him play both frontiersman mixed me up for years.
LoL I loved Fess as both Daniel Boone and Davey Crockett.
Lived in Bethel Springs for almost 40 years. Outside city limits in the country. Pretty place. Quiet. Full of good people. Crime rate mostly comes from illegal drugs and drunks fighting family members, etc.
Lmfao 😂😆
Same, lived here all my life.
I was born in selmer! Lol. I'm more at home in shiloh but this place is home. So howdy neighbor!
How high was your water bill?
@@oliverk.401 ??
I’m very familiar with most of the places you mention in Tennessee, but I still learn a few things.
But for the life of me, I cannot figure why more movies and tv shows aren’t made in Tennessee. Yes…mainly horror movies but still. I love my state.
Ikr. The only horror movie I know of made in Tennessee is Evil Dead.
@@chihirosen6996 I just ran across another one filmed I THINK...in Bean Station. But it's no Evil Dead. And there was a shoddy one filmed near McMinnville starring the Mandylor brothers. Not very good. And the two of them trying to sound like they're from Tennessee is BRUTAL.
There have been quite a few movies and tv shows filmed in or around Memphis.
@@charlesbolton8471 Memphis? I think you mean "episodes of The First 48" or "Cops".
Just kidding. I love Memphis, but you got to be harder than a coffin nail to hang around the outskirts for long. Well into it? Great city. But around that is like a moat.
I live in Columbia, about an hour south of Nashville and they film lots of movies here and music videos.
I live a mile from Baileyton TN. I dont think this town is as bad as your saying it is. I have lived here for over 8 years.
I'm sure it's not. Statistics are really not a good indicator of the reality on the ground. As the saying goes, "there's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
I'm in Greene county as well, I have never heard of the so called high crime rate. Great place to live if you ask me.
I live near Church Hill, Baileyton is a blip on the map. Most people wouldn't know where the locals were talking about when they say the name. LOL It always comes out as Beylton.
Mosheim (Warrensburg) here. I am in Baileyton all the time. I am originally from Volusia County FL (New Smyrna Beach, just south of Daytona) and there is ZERO crime here in Greene County by comparison.
I just came back from a terrific weekend trip to Memphis. But I know where to stay, and what to do.
Johnny Carson said back in the 80’s about the town I was born and raised in “There’s 2 places I never want to go. Hell and Lawrenceburg Tennessee”. For a long long time, Lawrenceburg had the highest unsolved murder rate in the country per-capita. Collinwood and Hohenwald also equally suck. Love some of the people there but damn
I'm in Hohenwald on biz 2X a month and don't think its bad. They have a golf course and some really nice homes on the north side of town.
They say if you want to get away murder do in in my home town, McMinnville.
@@angiejones968 I use to work with a fellow from there. After hearing some of his stories, I came to the conclusion that maybe some of the people needed killing.
@@sartainja I stayed with my sister & her husband back in the summer back in the 80s if I had known; I not not have gone. Today you wouldn’t catch me in Memphis crime is through the roof
@@gristlepounder my grandmother still lives in Hohenwald. It’s no where near as rough as it use to be but it’s still there. The difference these days there, Collinwood and Lawrence county is these days ya gotta kinda look for it to find it. Where back in the day it looked for you 😂. But even back then a lot of times it was hiding in plain sight. My step granddad was a high school vo-tech teacher and basketball coach. Teaching and coaching but also in the klan. But as long as you were in good with the good ole boy circle of judges, attorneys, sheriffs and cops? Had some buddies with hog farms? You could literally get away with and several did get away with murder. Sometimes multiple.
They never buried anything. Hogs took care of all the messy work and bone fragments were easily gotten rid of. Use to be an old 1 lane bridge in Lawrence county called Hangman’s bridge that was used a lot for exactly that.
My parents would take us kids to Reelfoot lake several times a year. We loved it.
Gotta watch out for the cottonmouth snakes at Reelfoot lake!
I lived in Atwood for 15 yrs and never experienced any crime. I loved it there. And only about 40 minutes out of Jackson. There are about 3 cops and a TBI agent that lives there that grew up there. I never seen what you are talking about. We just moved closer to the water to be closer to aging parents and to retire about 6 months ago.
I live in Huntingdon he has no clue what he’s talking about
@@chrisavalon6198 I agree 👍👍
I lived in Atwood for 5 yrs and it is what he says. I had my wedding ring stolen there. A lot of drugs there
and they say if you want to commit a crime, do it in Gibson Co.
@@garrymcarthur7783 you can have things stolen anywhere. Cause it wasn’t till we moved from Atwood that we were broken into and stolen from. And you can’t really get away from drugs. They are everywhere these days. Sad but true.
Police will rip you a new one
Glad to NOT see my town on this list😂! Also, the 10% of people who mess things up for true Tennesseans are usually "transplants". Not being mean, just speaking from experience. Love the vid!
In small towns, it's probably more native than large cities
@@marengoczar5035 I think it's a tactical move by the globalist to kinda leave certain areas alone so ppl. Will move their it's we're the 8 super city's will be for everyone to live in
Notice how Knox TN. And seronding ereas are being connected with Greenway walking trails bike trails all city parks are being connected. In2006. Knox became affiliated with the united nations building codes program that is agenda 21. Revised agenda 2030. Check it out
@@marengoczar5035 tribal. Tribal is the word you're looking for.
I’m in Crossville, and I feel perfectly safe in downtown at night.
I think this video is trying to turn a blind eye to the crime rate and barbarism that goes on in liberal cities and states. THEY are the ones with the true crime issue.
It’s why many of us FLED in the first place.
@@parkervitous4993 why you want to make it political? 😂 Get a grip
I wonder how accurate crime stats are, especially in small towns. I could easily see occasional statistical or reporting anomalies from small sample size. Do you have any way to check year to year stats? One possible check is to compare rates in the county v.s. the town to see if there is a big disparity.
Good point!
All the statistics are skewed against small town USA. Crime statics where made for use in big cities usually # of crimes per 100,000 population. Which means with a population of a couple hundred to a couple thousand it only takes 1 crime to have a major jump statistically. As for poverty its also relative to wages and cost of living. Most know that COL is lower in small town USA, but because the same poverty threshold is used for big cities and small towns of course its going to throw a big statistical number for small towns. So using these statistics to rate small towns is completely incorrect.
Awesome, Bucksnort didn't make the list, it's in Hickman County.
or Only, TN
We used to drive through Bucksnort when we'd visit my parents.
Wilson county is great !! Gladeville TN
Your stats may be factually correct but very misleading. Hopefully no one takes you seriously because you make assumptions on places you’ve never been.
True
Davey Crockett was really born in the state of Franklin. Franklin was a state for 4 years until it joined the state of Tennessee.
I grew up in Bethel Springs & watched it die out. It used to have a bank, a grocery store, a couple of gas stations, some cafes, a few factories, a movie store, most are all closed now. I think out of that list 1 cafe is open.
Dollar General did open up on the bypass about 5-7 years ago.
Unicorpated Bethel Springs/community of McNairy has a bigger population. The owners of one of what used to be the downtown gas station, has a big Tire shop on the bypass in this area now.
About the only thing exciting in Bethel anymore is Ada's Country Store (a Mennonite owned store & like the Tire shop it's on up the bypass.)
We moved out of Bethel when I was a teenager, but it was just a 5 minute drive into Selmer.
What happened after we left, (we still had family, friends, & neighbors that lived there.) The town implanted a city water system that put a lot of tax on the residents. Then was hit by a horrible storm and wasn't really able to recover. I can't remember if it was a Tornado or Straight Lines winds, but it was one or the other.
Hey neighbor! I was born in selmer. Grew up in shiloh.
Mr. Crockett's descendants call him David. Walt Disney is to thank for the "Davy" moniker.
Well, Walt probably knew him personally. The descendants were likely being respectful.
His name is David, and Davy came from an exaggerated play about him while he was still alive. Disney just continued it.
One year ago I moved from Central FL to a small, rural TN town near Trenton. The only shootings we've had around here are people getting ready for hunting season. It's a great place, and, at times, much like living in a Normal Rockwell painting.
Hopefully not Bradford... lived there for 9 year moved there from southwest Florida. Seemed like a really nice place and was for awhile. Then " METH " took it over , people turned into asses . Not to mention " job's " of which there were none at least one's that paid enough to live on . Had to travel either to Nashville or Memphis everyday for work . Needless to im now back in Florida.
I can think of a few small towns around Trenton, in fact I'm from one. Is it Dyer, perhaps?
@@cilantro5221 yep!
@@dukeofearl8078 nice i've grown up there and lived there basically for my whole life apart from middle school
@@cilantro5221 I’ve met so many wonderful people here and, while the town is small, most of what I want/need is here, and Trenton is close at hand.
I grew up in Milan, went to college in Memphis, and then lived mainly in FL for almost 40 years. The part of FL that I lived in (N Tampa) was going downhill quickly, so I decided to return to my roots for a while.
Friday = lunch at “The Toot”. 🙂
Tennessee is great and we don't need anyone else moving here
Hello Briggs , can you do a video abouth the great small towns in state of Wisconsin?
Soon. We have Minnesota next followed by New Mexico and then Wisconsin
Easy, there are none!
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Cool I cannot wait
What is a Wisconsin
@@rustic_aaiden_number1hater It’s a state or country
Niota is pretty centrally located in East Tennessee and gives one access to a lot of lakes. That definitely makes a difference for their real estate market.
You are exactly correct. The real estate market in this area is nuts! I’m on the Hiwasee and we’ve seen a huge influx of people from California. Not to mention people from Atlanta, Huntsville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville etc wanting to escape the city. All those places are an easy day drive from all the rivers and lakes around here so it really makes it a desirable vacation home spot too.
@@CornbreadOracle having lake access and mountain views makes for a good investment.
I've lived in Tennessee 40 years. I love the place. I hate the small minded, cruel politicians. In the 1970's it wasn't like that. Have to go to Nashville for fairness
go to nashville for blue fainess...same old bs...😂😂😂😂😂😂
You should look into how they come up with these rates! Low population & a few crimes can seriously skew numbers/statistics. I've lived in cities where crime was a major problem and small towns that barely had any. But when you compare them the small town looks worse statistically. But it's just not so
Most statistics are done on a per capita basis which will always make low population areas appear much worse than high population areas. I'd rather see raw numbers.
Well, if we're lucky skewed videos like this might keep more Yankees and Californians from moving in ...
For some of these places it's like 100 per 100k or like 50 to 500. Fairly low numbers (though I live in Memphis so honestly any number is lower than ours).
Moved to east tennessee from center point, AL....the crime rate is way lower here than the birmingham area
8 out of 10 of these towns are in West, Tennessee. I live in W TN.
*Samburg is not that bad, they suffered a devastating Tornado last year,* which accounts for the missing houses. *Really, do you need to slander Sandburg?*
It's always funny seeing something from your area on RUclips. I don't live very far from Pleasant Hill Tennessee (I live a bit to the north east on US 70N more towards Crossville) and have driven through it many times to go to some of the nice state parks out towards Cookeville. Anyways I don't remember anything remarkably bad about Pleasant Hill, it's just a small rural US town. Also remember that little town is not where you would work, you would most likely have a job in Crossville or Cookeville. What I'm most surprised about is that Crab Orchard did not make this list, that place is sad
Hello neighbor
Cookville county daily arrest pics, give it a look. Cookville is methed big time !! I'm in Baxter, our area is exploding!! Well, until the mortgage rates changed a couple of months ago.
@@Hanibul_Lecktor Hello neighbor if y'all want these foreigners take them. Keep them out of the Point.
Hello neighbors, I'm in Buffalo Valley.
I grew up In Pomona went to pleasant Hill school, I live in Holidays Hills now. Pleasant Hill is a great community!
I live in Dickson, TN...buying a house is almost impossible for poor people to live here...most houses are way over $300.000.00 to $1,00,000.00...Rent has went through the roof here. So no, not all towns in Tennessee have that low of housing.
My grandparents lived in Dickson. My cousin lives in Burns and works at Cracker Barrel in Dickson.
I found 9.5 mountain side acres near Townsend, seller was asking $58k/acre... insanity😒
A lot of people here that aren't from here. They want to work in Nashville, live in Dickson and complain that it's not like Nashville. Gentrification is a plague.
Born, raised , live here. It ain't the same Dickson that I grew up in.
I'll take a "worst" from Tenn than ANY other place in California!
I'm 53 years old and have lived in a rural town in tennessee since I was born, the same town, over all its a great place, but like most small towns the ones with the most money control evetything, the poor people in this town are always talked about and why I know is because we'll I'm one of those poor people. Also I know a few wealthy people in this town that has helped a lot of the less fortunate. Basically it's all about who you know.
Lol I used to work in linden Tennessee. People I worked with used to have camp sites on the river. A lot of water skiing and fishing. And partying on the river.
That's a freaky ass town. It's weird and out of place in my opinion.
I love Linden. Interesting town
I've lived in Middle TN for about 12 years now. Most crime is around meth and fentanyl. Lots of lazy country youth! The older generations were hard working, god fearing good folk. I've met some of the nicest people ever here! Also seen one loser drug addict destroy an entire neighborhood and the cops won't do a thing...meaningful. Very sad when so few people and have such a negative impact on an otherwise nice place to live.
By and large, this is much the same as rural Washington state where I was born and lived for 50 years. Unfortunately, Washington went off the deep end with Woke/Democrat policies that have taken a toll on one of the most beautiful places in the country.
From my experience, criminals usually don't " crap in their own backyard ". With that being said, I've lived in a rural town here(600 people) for awhile , I'm about as street smart as it gets. A lot gets swept under the carpet here. Don't know why. It just does.
Waynesboro TN was so bad it couldn't even make the list. founded by Mad Anthony Wayne, it's second largest county in the state land wise and close to Linden. crime is 220% above average and poverty is 190%. most of the crime stems from the city officials themselves and all the money in the county is held by 3 families. I had to join the service just to get out of the place. I'll never go back even to see family that stays for whatever reason
Mmm sounds just like Beach Creek where Summer Wells went missing.
@@Liberty6010and9 I'm very familiar. you are correct
@@silverbackedgorilla5735 yep. I figured so.
I lived in Toone for about 6 years. it's not too bad, just extremely boring.
Hell what isn't in Haywood county?
@@supergluedgarlicbutter9589it’s actually in Hardeman County. The one thing to keep it from being too boring is when there are “problems” at Kilgore. 😬
Where your stats go amiss is that these small towns could have one crime it could really skew there crime rates when compared to larger communities that often based on a baseline of 100k. If there is a different rate you should say so.
That's now how "rates" work...
@@christaylor9095
It not how “rates” work if the rates are the same. If the “rates” are different then yes it would be skewed, and any data can be manipulated to suite a particular agenda.
@@charlesbolton8471 Usually crime rates are measured per capita, or how many incidents per 1000 people. 👍
So excited about this one. I am also interested in the eventual Louisiana, given all you have said so far about it. Hooray for Briggs!
The Buffalo River is famous for canoeing. And is one of the most beautiful places I’ve seen. And my friend lives in Trenton and loves it and is home of the Teapot festival.
Is there White Water Rafting on Buffalo River?
Haha! My grandfather is from Trenton and I used to go there a lot to visit my mom’s aunt and uncle. I always thought it was a cute town.
Niota is actually the home of Harry T. Burn, the state representative that cast the tie breaking vote giving women the right to vote. His vote made Tennessee the “perfect 36th” state necessary to pass the 19th amendment. They later completed the cycle electing an all female city council and were featured on many national news outlets and morning shows. Niota is a small town with a country club and beautiful churches. It is also home to the oldest train depot in Tennessee with bullet holes in it from the Civil War. The oldest family owned hosiery mill left in the United States is also in Niota. When all the hosiery mills shut down due to foreign imports they went upscale. Unfortunately, many of Niota’s charming older homes are now rental units. The future does look bright with several large housing developments being built.
and it is just south of SWEETWATER where I live.. if he considers these bad he hasn't been around much
I live just south of Niota in Athens. I have lived in this area all my life and even what they would consider poverty housing is 10x better than some of the apartments in New York City that rent for 2-3 thousand a month. Their coveted "views" are a tree growing between buildings on a 10x10 patch of grass. Yes, Niota is small if you blink you miss. You won't be happy here if you like the big city hustle and bustle but a night out is an hour's drive away.
Um...tn is the 3rd worst corrupt state. We expect no good
@@bobbyjackson8120 hopefully that will deter you and yours from moving here,, bless your heart...😂🙂
@@beckyshell4649 well said
A tip for the State of Tennessee: 6 months after Colorado legalized “Recreational Marijuana “, their incidence of Spouse Abuse dropped by 50%”!
VA had me on 7 meds for PTSD and weed takes care of it all
@@shitmonkey thank God
That's not accurate,not disputing that you read it I'm just pointing that out
I can see it helping stop someone from losing temper but your 50% claim sounds like you just made it up to have a reason to comment. White lies and strong exaggerations are still considered lies, some people don’t understand this, not saying your a narcissist but that is a narcissistic trait ( constantly lying or greatly exaggerating everyday conversations). Like I said not calling you a narcissist, but you did pull this 50% shit out of your ass.
Interestingly, while the research shows a reduction in serious injuries, overall incidents of domestic violence did not decline.
Copy and pasted that from most likely the same article you read cause it’s the only one that says anything about weed legalization related to domestic violence, STOP exaggerating so much
Stop shitting on Tennessee!!!!
All you people from California who are thinking of moving to Tennessee, don’t. You wouldn’t like it. Please stay in California.
Some of us from california are outnumbered by to many liberals. We want to move to Tennessee to be free. Most of us that move there are going to be conservative.
Odd how a place can be so bad but still have skewed property costs. And I see you found 10 this time and only 5 in the last video. The ones with such a high violent crime rate---it would be interesting to know if it's something like robberies, or domestic violence, or a combination, or other types.
I wonder how those properties are that expensive. Who is willing to pay that much, except farmers, to live there? Drug entrepreneurs? Many years ago I was told a guy running for office in that era's recession was well known for running drugs in his small plane up from Mexico, a plane that was at that time impounded while he awaited his trial. He advised me public office was a good paying job in hard times and I ought to try it. He registered me to vote, and I signed the form on the hood of his car. His campaign slogan was the utterly delightful, "Don't believe everything you hear about me." :D More politicians should use that one.
Crime rate is per capita… If you have a low population it doesn’t take much to run your crime rate up. The way this guy presents his stats is factually correct for whatever year he chose to take them from but is misleading.
@@653j521 people fleeing liberal states bring big money with them so locals raise the cost
@@shitmonkey and most locals can't even find housing and are losing there home do to the fucks running g from there state to ares but keeping there high dollar jobs in cal or New York where they can work at home.
They are running from what they dislike but will vote the same way here then running off aging
@@653j521 In general rural life in the terms of property value is screwed high because land is finite. In recent years rich urbanites/out of staters who either are retiring, still work but are already rich and can afford long commutes or work from home are buying property far above what local people in that state can afford to compete with which dives up land prices to unheard of levels.
I don’t know where you got your information from but Bethel Springs is not a farming town it is a retirement town and the crime is so low there they don’t even have a full time officer also the property value is incorrect I’ve never even seen a 500,000 dollar house in bethel springs seeing as how most of the residents of bethel springs are older and on fixed incomes seems a little impossible . I grew up there and have lived there most of my life. I’m not sure where your information comes from but you might want to fact check before you make videos with this crap.
We just bought our place in bethel for 395k. 12 acres, 2300 Sq ft and a 2400 Sq ft shop. I have seen some in the 500 range though when we were looking
Can confirm 500,000 dollar house there it’s located on fishpond rd. I grew up in that house my step dad paid for from a man who built it then found out his wife was cheating on him so he sold it to us real cheap to get away. So he must of done at least a little fact checking
I already live in rural TN
I really find these videos interesting. You regularly refer to homes as “nice” or “livable,” but those terms can be very subjective, given individual standards. It would be great if you found some photos of houses from Zillow (or others) of recently sold homes that represent your descriptions. (Of course, they could be anonymized as your current photo selections.) I think many of us would benefit from that enhancement! Thanks for the content!!
He also needs to list references on when and where his statistical data was found (most seems to be inaccurate from the current data I see).
As for his pictures, they are probably all screen shots from maps street view.
It's guaranteed this man has never set foot in any of these locations.
As for the "good people" of these small towns (not just Tennessee, but every state,) you will note that uniformly they tend to be prouder of what they are not than what they are. Rather telling.
Oh wow , I live in Nashville and never heard of these places! I guess once you get out of a metro area things are off the map unless you bring them up 🤷♂️
Davy Crockett was born in Franklin.
I’m glad that when you mention Bethel, you referred to it as being a certain distance from Jackson instead of Memphis or Nashville. I live in Jackson and it is a pretty nice town as long as you live in the north part. It also is a good size with about 70,000 people. I also somehow never heard of the Kroger fight. Must have been the one farther away from me bc we have 2. Also 2 of almost everything else you can think of.
It was at the Kroger Lynwood on Parkway, where I shop. I was there yesterday, actually. I wasn’t there to witness the fight, but I wonder if it happened at night. That Kroger closes at 11:00 pm and opens at 6:00 am.
I wouldn’t consider a city of 70k to be a “rural” town.
Really surprised to see Linden near the top? It was one of the nicer areas I've been to in TN. Seemed very clean and safe. I've spent the majority of my life in Middle TN. Like you mentioned in the intro probably just a really bad %10 causing all the trouble.
I used to live around nunnley in easy Hickman County drugs were out of control and the sherriff's department was dangerously crooked I was there in the early 2000s I lived way back in l on old mill creek back in the woods and I did love that it was beautiful and I killed some big turkey's over there
It's Bale Ton. And its a great little place to live, quiet and friendly.
I stayed at the Quality Inn just down the road at Bulls Gap years ago. Seemed like a pretty nice area, although I was just there for one night on my way to Chattanooga.
The thing I like most about Davy Crockett:
When he was a Congressman there was a measure before Congress that, if passed, was really going to screw over the Native Americans and treat them unfairly. Crockett opposed this. When the time to vote came Crocket was one of the few - and perhaps the only (I can't recall for sure what the historical account said) Congressman to vote against it. Crockett apparently felt that he could no longer, in good conscience, be part of such a body and decided to resign from Congress and go to Texas to fight in the side of Texas in their war for independence. The great part is how he did it. Apparently shortly after the results of the vote were known he stood up on the floor of Congress while they were in session and proclaimed, "Gentlemen, you can go to Hell. I'm going to Texas".
My grandad lives most of his life in pleasant hill,and is buried there, been there many times through the years, mostly when I was younger,but that is a great little country community! At least it uses to be before the influx of foreign illegals flooded the nation! But this is a great video ,the more the Yankee blue billies think about how bad these southern towns are ,the fewer will move there and bring their blue state crap with them! Keep up the good work!!
I lived 16 years there myself
I would have thought there would have been way more East Tennessee. Harriman, Oliver springs etc. Pretty rough
And Wartburg lol
Yup Wartburg too!
Sweetwater, Tellico plains and Madisonville too. Yes, I live in Sweetwater and I am definitely looking to move. Too many people are moving here, driving housing prices through the roof. And crime? A local guy running for district school board was indicted for shooting into a moving vehicle on I 75. Smh. Definitely ashamed of the town and county I live in.
Not too far from me
@@Dezz097OG Same here
You missed the Trenton, Tennessee 31 MPH Speed Limit Sign! My great uncle contributed to that sign. 😊
I contributed to the city, by running that sign
I just moved to Murfreesboro from Toone in May. Toone isn't THAT bad 🤦♀️🤦♀️. They have some great people there. Bolivar is the shit place....
murfreesboro is about as vanilla as it gets
You should have shown the Perry County courthouse in Linden TN. It is the most beautiful county courthouse I ever saw.
The people in these little towns have got to stand up against the crime that’s going on in my opinion.
SAME ACTOR ON TV PLAYED BOTH DAVY AND DANIEL BOON THATS WHY PEOPLE GET THEM CONFUSED
Fess Parker
Glad ya didn't diss Rogersville. We moved here and we love it a year in fleeing Criminalfornia.
Trenton is not a horrible place it’s a wonderful bit of country filled with friendly people
Niota really is a nice place to live. But one thing I noticed, all the other 9 small towns you mentioned were located west of the Cumberland Mountain---and mainly West Tennessee.
Right.. I expected way more East Tennessee
I live in NW Tennessee. People here are down to earth, decent people.
I expected Newport on the list.
@@spfadden082711 I am deeply surprised Sequatchie TN or Whitwell TN isn't on this list.
@@aliassomebody8343 I haven’t even heard of those places
Pleasant hill isn't really a town ,just a small community in Cumberland county outside of Crossville. I don't think they even have their own statistics
I imagine most people who live there make their living and do their shopping in Crossville
I actually did a short little walking video of Niota, just in case you're curious what it's like.
I just watched some of your stuff. Are you using a go pro?
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs yessir, with the newer ones I am. The older ones I was using my phone. I'm still sortof new to making videos, and figuring everything out. So my apologies for how amateur they are. I mostly like to focus on giving the viewer a walking POV of whatever location I'm in. I'm a big fan of your content Briggs, been watching for several years now.
First of all thank you for watching. Your footage is solid, and you are doing the right things. I would look into the DJI pocket next time you upgrade. For what you are doing it is perfect. Here is the secret to RUclips: 1) Get better each video and you'll grow. 2) Keep hitting the Upload button and you'll grow. Find creative ways to make more videos from one visit. Like a small town you can probably get two videos out of and bigger cities you can split up into like Downtown for video one, video two could be Historical places or a river walk type thing. I've put a lot of thought into walking tour. It is something I have wanted to do.
Wow! Thank you so much for watching my content, and for the advice! I hope you, and yours have a spectacular day! 😁
What about Waynesboro, tenn, have you rated this town.
Do a comparison with Tellico Plains. The Stokely family started a factory there many year’s ago. I do not live there, but have family that do. They get a lot of bikers that stop there. If you are ever traveling through that area, I highly recommend the bakery, Tellico Grains. They have the best deserts, breads, sandwiches, pizzas, etc. They also sell their breads to a lot of high end restaurants in Knoxville.
I did some work at Tellico grains! It's absolutely amazing food! All from scratch! Ocoee is fun too! 🖤
@@TNMagick420 Do you still live in Tellico Plains?
@@TheMimiof7 I don't! I actually am a little east of Tellico, in Reliance! 🖤 Beautiful little river town too! Actually used to be called Appalachia, if Im remembering correctly. But I do miss Tellico! We lived right on the Skyway!
And yes their bike season is AMAZING up there! Absolutely STUNNING town! Slow moving, but worth your while! If anyone ever stops in there, you HAVE to ride up to Green Cove! They have some great people up there and camping activities!
@@TNMagick420 My son and his soon to be ex have a wedding venue in Tellico. You may have heard of the drama/situation. Very sad 😭
Really enjoyed this one.Reminded me of alot of trips to Tennessee.
you could reverse the digits at Ridgly's gas station price and it still would be lower than what it is today.
I got gas there yesterday, sadly it's prices are high
I have a friend who worked in Dyersburg and owned a home in Ridgly. The house was nothing "fancy" but she could afford the house payments and she brought up her daughter there.
I’m curious where you get your stats from? I live in Bethel Springs and I’m pretty sure the 104% is about 75% off...
Samburg almost got wiped off the map last year, a massive tornado hit and destroyed everything
Yeah man, my aunt lives right up the road, she told me all about it.
I live 1 mile from the Tennessee line in Alabama there is good people that's what makes it so good
As a Tennesseean I can't wait to watch this.
Can't say I was impressed.
I was raised in Baileyton TN and it continues to be a great place to live. Most my family lives in this area. The high crime rate is due to drug use.
Wish you had something about Maynardville, Luttrell, or Sharp's Chapel TN. ( my home town) These towns are all in Union County ( east Tn.) and were the birthplace of Chet Atkins,Roy Acuff, and Kenny Chesney. Hopefully you will soon.
I live in Campbell Co
I have had quite a bit of fun and attended some amazing parties in Sharp's Chapel.
I used to work in Union County and Grainger County schools. I loved the drive.
Pleasant Hill is a retirement community. I've lived within 4 miles of it for about 20 years. It's a great little town. I'm stumped.
I lived in Eastern Tennessee, at different times when young. Longest was from May '77- November '82. Was 15 - to almost 21 yrs old. Beautiful state, only visited hand full of times since left- because of the family I had down there.
I lived in East Memphis and midtown Memphis most of my adult life. It was good back then. Moved to DeSoto county Mississippi about 12 years ago and have not looked back. But even DeSoto county is a little too close to Memphis for my comfort.
Lived in Memphis from 85-90. Had a blast. No place was off limits...was in college.
No one was angry then; then Willie Herenton became mayor...
QUESTION: you may already told us this but I don't remember,my question is does the fact that the town has lower population make the crime rate higher?
thats whst I was going to as because is it ratioed to people vs crimes because I doubt any of these town touching a city like New York or Chicago
Yes. When you say "per capita" it will definitely be skewed.
Per capita is a way of showing a percentage based on population so that it is not skewed at all.
@@spyder2383 it is. If yhe population is very small, it just makes the percentage seem higher that the number of crimes in a larger place. Also- I know some of the people in and around these communities and they're super confused as to why it was on the bad list. Lol.
Great video I enjoy both your channels you're really great thanks again we're going to keep watching
Man I've been watching you for the better part of 3 years and I think this video is the first time I've seen your face lol 🤣
Thanks to your videos the wife and i have a 5 year plan to move to Tennessee getting out of CA
Need to catch his live streams ♥️
Don't plan on anywhere in Nashville bro. They are selling apartments for upwards to a million
@@jasonraines8282 yea its getting bad went last year to look around nashville decided against it my wife and I just got back from a 2 week trip to knoxville its probably where we're headed or at least a town nearby
@@tonyserrato1757 East Tennessee is awesome. Move while you can. Knoxville will be the next high dollar followed by Johnson City
@@jasonraines8282 working on that got rid of excess bills saving so I get out before my son turns 5
Whenever there is a domestic call in Tennessee it is state law or 'policy' that one of the individuals gets hauled in to jail. This artificially spikes the 'domestic violence's statistics. Women use this on the front end of Divorces to strengthen their cases.
Everything being said these cities still aren’t as wacky as some of the cities you’ll find in say California or Michigan or Chicago. The police are actually allowed to respond when called and respected more so.
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I grew up in a very small town named Westmoreland Tennessee. It is small and I am glad that I grew up there. I now live 18 miles north in Scottsville Kentucky.