Downtown Knoxville is like number one or two in sex trafficking. Don’t let this fool, fool you!! Lived there half my life. Good place to get hooked on drugs
Not too long ago those old buildings downtown were covered with plain metal facades, and only a handful of people lived there; after hours and on weekends, downtown was dead. The trees have always been there. From the air, with the exception of the main commercial strips, Knoxville looks like it is in a forest.
I like when you drive through towns and cities. It gives us the current view of what they really look like. Its good for people that are wanting to relocate and cant just get up and take a trip to find out. 👍
that's becoming more of what people say they want. and a little history and a little trivia and a little insight and stats. going on a big trip very soon. it's gonna be mostly travel videos for a month after the religious states video next friday where we have a BIG PLOT TWIST :)
They drove through downtown on a Sunday to keep you from seeing how many homeless people are there.You could compare Knoxville to a miniature version of San Francisco plenty of human poop to step in.
@@worseto1 how does Sunday hide the homeless? I thought it would make them more obvious as there are less other people (workers, shoppers, etc) around.
Amazing how on your tour of the whole town, rich neighborhoods and poor, I never saw a speck of trash or litter along the way It looks like a really clean town in spite of the high crime rate.
Crime really depends on where you are. North Knoxville can be sketchy, but east Knoxville is pretty bad. Most other areas are pretty nice though, especially west Knoxville.
Thanks for making this video! I’ve lived out here most of my life and attended UTK. Knoxville is a great place to be; it’s a quiet city full of proud and decent people. The rent is low, there’s plenty to do, and it’s close to the most popular national park in the U.S. Very few complaints.
A homeless guy offered me parking meter money in knoxville when he saw my wife and i fumbling for change. We found our change and i flipped the guy a 20.
@@NickJohnson its killing me...... What game show theme is that from at the beginning of your unboxing videos? One more thing.... I always thought pennsylvania had 3 territories....🤔 pittsburgh, philly, and arkansas...😬
Wow! Very impressive city. Very clean. Very well maintained, with a mix of old and new buildings. Even the "Old City" doesn't look that bad. EVERY city, of that size, has an industrial area that are built for practicality, not beauty. They provide the revenue needed to beautify the "more livable" areas. Many thanks for your tour!
The old city is great. There are some great breweries and bars there and lots of condo development. Old city gets a bad wrap but I've never had an issue there or know anyone who has.
Enjoyable in every way, thank you for uploading this vid. Great points: 1) you show a map of where you are during the drive, so critical to do this for the viewer's understanding but so very few RUclips posters bother with this, 2) great soundtrack, mellow and not too loud, 3) nice slow drive, 4) verbal explanations and highlights. Love Knoxville, was nice to visit it again via your video. Liked and subscribed! Can't wait to check out your other vids.
What a great video, love the way you did it, music so relaxing !!! I can see why the people of Knoxville love their city. Stopped there traveling through many years ago. Would love to visit again when this pandemic is over !!!
I worked in Knoxville 63 years ago, lived in Maryville where husband was attending college. Knoxville was a nice city with friendly people. Looks different but even better today, has really grown, a thriving city, and still looks like a nice place to live, very clean and pretty. We loved living so close to the Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, etc.
I am from the UK and I visted Knoxville back in 2002 - staying with friends. I really enjoyed my stay and loved the city back then. I must say downtown is looking pretty good these days. 👍
@@cmlee58 Short cold winters, Short hot humid summers, but long mild fall and spring. Do be aware that the natural beauty comes at a cost. We have annual rainfall approaching that of Seattle.
Thank you for posting this drive. I went to UT from 1981 - 1985. Had opportunities to watch Willie Gault, Reggie White and Dale Ellis played football and basketball for UT
Thanks for capturing & conveying the beauty of our city so well....especially the pulse that comes from people being out enjoying the shops restaurants and more.
Knoxville is a bad place for minorities and their families. One side of Knoxville is called "the east side" the police terrorize the blacks on that side of town capitalizing off their suffering.
@@ahmahtiyehudim7307 the East side is the nice way of saying it. Trust me it's been referred to by people more in the past and some today known as N town. Telling you the truth. Rough area. There are City signs in neighborhoods there that say warning driver by shootings. Saw it with my own eyes. 100 years ago Magnolia was a ritzy part of town. Still an original pizza parlor you can drive up to and they come out like Sonic to your car AWESOME pizza. Where my parents were on a date and told each other they loved each other and they are still together 52 years later!
Awesome video! I’m so glad to see that you got to see some of the nicer places in downtown. I happen to love going down to those areas. Its has so much charm and warmth, even though driving down there took me some getting used to. I hope you get to come back to Knoxville again soon. There is a lot to see on the outskirts of downtown, in addition to all the beauty here. Knoxville is bigger than it seems. Well done on the 2 Knoxville videos. You came out here at a really good time of the year. 😊
Nick Johnson oh definitely tougher during winter and summer. I’m looking out the window at snow right now as we speak. No joke Lol!! It’s very cold and no foliage anymore.
WTF? Really? The roads tear your car to hell, not to mention jolting your body to the point of pain. I hit a pot hole there that made me bite my fing tongue and that was on a good part of the road. With a near ten percent state sales tax, people there complain about the USA / Fed??? Weird to say the least, weak people to put it gently.
I've been to Knoxville a couple times in my lifetime. On May 26, 1999, when my classmates and I had to go through it, in order to go to Dollywood, and exactly one year later, when we went to the Knoxville Zoo. It's a fantastic city.
I live in strawberry plains right outside of knoxville and nothing bad happens out here! You video had some great shots of the city! Thanks for visiting and shedding light on my hometown
@@jonathankrick7448 Yes I do!!! There are houses selling every 72 hours out here. You have to drive around and get to know the area! There are alot of benefits about living on the outskirts of knoxville! ! I should edit my post saying nothing bad happens out here. I shoul just speak for my street... lol! Every place has history good/bad and old/new!
My home town. Just to correct something in this video the outskirts are not nearly as bad as you make it seem. Also for anyone who isn’t familiar with Knoxville it has a metro of nearly 1 million. It definitely has its cons but really is a nice place to live. Thanks for the video!
@@NickJohnson there also isn't nearly as much residential in the parts of the town that you covered and a lot of the stuff downtown and on campus isn't very active in the morning. not everyone in the south is super christian and there is way less of that in Knox than you'd think.
So this is what a beautiful and clean city looks like. I’m watching from Newsom’s Los Angeles where it’s unbelievably crime ridden, trash lined and 86,000 homeless on the streets!
Great editing of the video, I’ve only been to Knoxville once.The map and driving video really puts mental memories into perspective. Keep up the good work!
We've had so many people from out of state move to Nashville that its sucked the soul out of it. Im thinking of moving east towards knoxville so I can get away from it and be around southern people again. No one talks to eachother. The accent has almost been lost. Theyre started to have gender crisis in the schools now... i gotta get outta here.
@@TimLucasdesign thank you I was just reminiscing about that job today. I have a video on my RUclips channel of the scaffolding I built that overhung the bar roof check it out it’s pretty cool.
It’s funny because, this is the EXACT route I take when I go on night drives. From Maryville, take Alcoa highway by UT hospital and off that exit and right onto Kingston pike up the road and straight thru to Gay street!
I’ll second that. I’m not from here but have lived here for a little over fifteen years. We bike and walk with our kids through the Old City all the time and have never felt unsafe. We’ve been out at night many times, too. Don’t get me wrong, like every city it has its patches but they are few and far between and the Old City certainly isn’t one of them.
The keywords are "lived here all my life" KNOXVILLE (Nothingsville) IS A SLUM Bad roads, horrible air quality and a state government that allows GIANT MODIFIED TRUCKS to perform CHEMICAL ATTACKS on citizens! The baby brains brag that it's "rolling coal". YOU have a lot to learn!
@@livemantis7831 I’ll say this. After “modifications” my fuel economy went from 14 on the highway to 19 on the highway. Also my truck runs a lot better than it did beforehand
Thank you for this video Nick. Knoxville is ultimately where I plan to move and retire. It looks pretty. Kind of reminds me of a mixture of Cincinnati Oh and Lexington Ky except not as ghetto and not as big.
Tennessee is a great place to Live. Low cost of Living, Low Taxes, No unemployment tax, High Sales tax, great weather, all 4 seasons, Plenty of work available, Gas price Dec 2019 $2.37 a gal. , There are some bad areas of Knoxville, Rental cost is better away from college, home prices are reasonable, Enjoy :)
Coming from a Los Angeles resident, the "bad" parts of Knoxville dont look so bad. Perspective i guess. Still, gotta say y'all have a beautiful city! Thanks for doing videos like this. Its nice to be able to check it out before checking it out :)
I've lived in Southern California in Orange County all 46 years of my life and my wife and I are hoping to move to somewhere around the Knoxville area on the East Side of the state.. This video is awesome. I appreciate you taking the time to film around the city. We are actually flying out there next month to go check it out for ourselves but this certainly helps. The sad part is the 1st thing I noticed wasn't the beautiful trees and buildings but there was no trash or tent cities. That's how bad it has become in CA!
Im also from SoCal and am curious if you made it to knoxville / what you think of it? Currently in Chattanooga and the city is not as fulfilling as i thought it would be.
I'm a Southern Californian, born and raised. I'm a solid red conservative so it is getting hard not to fantasize about living somewhere like this cool city of Tennessee. The first thing I noticed was the ample amount of available parking in downtown! :D
I was born and I currently live here. I resent your remark about your remark when entering the Old City. They are revitalizing this area. They have come a long way with this project. No town is perfect in the US. There are some beautiful areas in Knoxville. Knoxville is very rich in it's history.
The homeless shelter isn't even in the old city. It's across the tracks on Broadway in North Knoxville. The old city is very upscale, just with very old buildings.
Sure has changed since I went to UT in 1969! Especially the"strip." Fort Sanders was a great neighborhood back then. Looks like Knoxville is still beautiful. Thanks
None of the places even the so called poor ones ever looked really dirty or run down. Some were industrial areas and looked clean too. Over all it looked nicer than some places in my town.
You drove past the parking garage at 1:25 where I worked as an attendant during the 1998 season of the tn volunteers national championship season. I'm no vols fan by NO MEANS, but I saw that garage and noticed it immediately
Nice video! Maybe drive thru West Knoxville as well. There’s more retail shopping and restaurants as well as more upscale homes. Knoxville has a lot of nice areas.
Wish you would've driven up around "The Hill". It's technically the main and oldest part of campus, even though it's tucked away in the east corner of campus (equivalent to "the quad" at most universities). Since it was so close to downtown, the university could only expand westward
Thanks for the video. Would you live in Knoxville Nick? Interested in your opinion. From what I can see, the worst parts of Knoxville is better than most places in California. Trying to decide on whether or not to make the leap to Tennessee.
Nick! you got Old City wrong! We have 3 AirBnb plus units on Central and on that block alone there are at least 10 great eating and drinking establishments and it rocks! Not to mention the dozens of old buildings that they redo instead of tearing down and resulted in hundreds of stunning loft apartments. You need to revisit and get a different perspective, but good video!
Good video Nick, this is a valuable quick overview. Our family became interested in knowing more about Knoxville because our two daughters really admire Binx Walton and the traditional values she brings from this city. Warm greetings from Bali - Indonesia
It's interesting seeing someone else's perspective and opinion of Knoxville. Knoxville has some "more poor neighborhoods" but also a lot of upper class neighborhoods, even in East Knoxville which has a neighborhood called Holston Hills. West Knoxville has the largest growth and where most people go. Actually the "outskirts " of Knoxville city are the safest and lowest crime. Kenney Chesney actually grew up in a little town called Luttrell but I have heard he says Knoxville. As someone said in another comment, there are plenty of Jobs in Knoxville. Knoxville is growing very crowded with a lot of people relocating here . It's funny seeing it so empty when you rode through! Most people were probably shopping in West Knoxville! lol 🙂 Come back and visit again sometime, I can reccomend places to see! ✌
I use to live in historic North Knoxville. Beautiful historic homes are located in that area. You missed some really cool spots. Ijams has a nice quarry. At the time I worked in the resort industry and the scenery from Knoxville thru Townsend to Gatlinburg is amazing.
We just moved from the Knoxville area where we had lived our whole lives. My husband took a job in GA, and we were required to live within an hour and a half from ATL. Knoxville as a whole is a safe place to live and work. But just like an city, there are some places that you don't want to venture into. But that's normal. I love my E TN roots. It will always be home!
NJ, I enjoy you're travel videos, and am glad to see you're in Knoxville. It is a great place, and all of ETN is magical to me. Hoping to retire there in a few more years. Meantime, its becoming annual family winter vacation over Christmas - NY holiday to warm up for a little while before awful central PA winters. Lots of beautiful country and places to visit in East TN. Please make more.
NJ resident here as well. The wife and I love East TN and the Smoky Mountains. We greatly regret not buying a rental cabin in the East TN area back in 2018 when we were looking into it. We are closing in a house in TN in about a month and will be moving there in 2022. East TN is one of the most beautiful places in the entire country. Can't wait to become a full time Tennessee resident.
One of my biggest issues with downtown is there's so many one-way streets, it can get really frustrating, even if you're a native. Another known figure (albeit more obscure) who grew up here is artist Darby Conley, creator of the comic strip GET FUZZY. Market Square is also kind of like our Times Square . . . just a whole lot smaller, and a whole lot cuter. I also beg to differ about Old City being, "the sketchiest part of town," if anything, it's gradually become more and more of the hipster part of town in recent years . . . but then again, I think some people feel hipsters are a sketchy bunch anyway, go figure. If anything, I'd say the only "undesirable" part of Knoxville (aside from parts of East Knoxville, I'll agree) is South Knoxville . . . it's like once you cross the river, you enter a whole other world that feels as though it's neglected by the rest of the city.
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And also ....for anyone that hasn't been to KNOXVILLE.....Yes our trees really are that PRETTY!❤
Yessir I live in Knoxville
I live near. You need to come to tellico tn
Downtown Knoxville is like number one or two in sex trafficking. Don’t let this fool, fool you!! Lived there half my life. Good place to get hooked on drugs
Look just like Ohio trees
I live in morristown tennessee and I drive to Knoxville for work
Looks like a beautiful town. They have invested in a lot of trees which look great. Love the older buildings being refurbished for a new century.
Not too long ago those old buildings downtown were covered with plain metal facades, and only a handful of people lived there; after hours and on weekends, downtown was dead.
The trees have always been there. From the air, with the exception of the main commercial strips, Knoxville looks like it is in a forest.
they didn’t invest in the trees haha, they have always been there 🤣
Yeah Tennessee overall seems great.
I like when you drive through towns and cities. It gives us the current view of what they really look like. Its good for people that are wanting to relocate and cant just get up and take a trip to find out. 👍
that's becoming more of what people say they want. and a little history and a little trivia and a little insight and stats. going on a big trip very soon. it's gonna be mostly travel videos for a month after the religious states video next friday where we have a BIG PLOT TWIST :)
@@NickJohnson
Very cool man. Cant wait!
This is why I'm watching this lol. Cuz in moving this year to Tennessee
They drove through downtown on a Sunday to keep you from seeing how many homeless people are there.You could compare Knoxville to a miniature version of San Francisco plenty of human poop to step in.
@@worseto1 how does Sunday hide the homeless? I thought it would make them more obvious as there are less other people (workers, shoppers, etc) around.
Amazing how on your tour of the whole town, rich neighborhoods and poor, I never saw a speck of trash or litter along the way
It looks like a really clean town in spite of the high crime rate.
Crime really depends on where you are. North Knoxville can be sketchy, but east Knoxville is pretty bad. Most other areas are pretty nice though, especially west Knoxville.
yeah it's a really super chill, clean place.
i did a video on that too ruclips.net/video/Z0jkcz8GOfA/видео.html
I know... im so happy
Take a ride on the roads, then, you'll understand why people in the POOR, DEPRESSED SOUTH, need opiates!
Ive visited 12 states and knoxville is one of the most beautiful cities ive ever been
Thank You! Coming from a Knoxville Native
Thank you!! :)
I lived in Knoxville over 30 years and it's beautiful! I have followed your channel visiting many other cities. Thank you so much ❤
I lived in Knoxville for almost 6 years and it’s absolutely beautiful 💕
That’s all it has going for it besides UTK
Thanks for making this video! I’ve lived out here most of my life and attended UTK. Knoxville is a great place to be; it’s a quiet city full of proud and decent people. The rent is low, there’s plenty to do, and it’s close to the most popular national park in the U.S. Very few complaints.
Fabulous job with this video-the BEST downtown drive through I've seen on RUclips. Loved the maps and narration!
There are many others I did too!
Fun fact: Knoxville was the capital of Tennessee until 1817.
A homeless guy offered me parking meter money in knoxville when he saw my wife and i fumbling for change. We found our change and i flipped the guy a 20.
aww that's a great story!
@Reverend Boaz empathy
@@NickJohnson its killing me...... What game show theme is that from at the beginning of your unboxing videos? One more thing.... I always thought pennsylvania had 3 territories....🤔 pittsburgh, philly, and arkansas...😬
That's because you were raised with manners like most Tennesseeans.
@@markh6545 i was raised in ohio
Even the rundown section of this city looks much better than my former neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Nobody can argue that this video is awesome by every standard.
nobody. nobody at all.
He commuted a traffic violation at 0:55. Other than that, I’ve got nothing
Wow! Very impressive city. Very clean. Very well maintained, with a mix of old and new buildings. Even the "Old City" doesn't look that bad. EVERY city, of that size, has an industrial area that are built for practicality, not beauty. They provide the revenue needed to beautify the "more livable" areas. Many thanks for your tour!
The old city is great. There are some great breweries and bars there and lots of condo development. Old city gets a bad wrap but I've never had an issue there or know anyone who has.
Enjoyable in every way, thank you for uploading this vid. Great points: 1) you show a map of where you are during the drive, so critical to do this for the viewer's understanding but so very few RUclips posters bother with this, 2) great soundtrack, mellow and not too loud, 3) nice slow drive, 4) verbal explanations and highlights. Love Knoxville, was nice to visit it again via your video. Liked and subscribed! Can't wait to check out your other vids.
Great! Hope you enjoy them. Stay safe!
What a great video, love the way you did it, music so relaxing !!! I can see why the people of Knoxville love their city. Stopped there traveling through many years ago. Would love to visit again when this pandemic is over !!!
I worked in Knoxville 63 years ago, lived in Maryville where husband was attending college. Knoxville was a nice city with friendly people. Looks different but even better today, has really grown, a thriving city, and still looks like a nice place to live, very clean and pretty. We loved living so close to the Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, etc.
I am from the UK and I visted Knoxville back in 2002 - staying with friends. I really enjoyed my stay and loved the city back then. I must say downtown is looking pretty good these days. 👍
I’ve lived and worked in Knoxville for the past twenty years. Love it here.
What’s the weather like?
@@cmlee58 Short cold winters, Short hot humid summers, but long mild fall and spring. Do be aware that the natural beauty comes at a cost. We have annual rainfall approaching that of Seattle.
Thank you for posting this drive. I went to UT from 1981 - 1985. Had opportunities to watch Willie Gault, Reggie White and Dale Ellis played football and basketball for UT
I WAS BORNED HERE AND BROUGHT UP HERE AND STILL LIVE HERE
Neatness is what defines this city
Yes
@@NickJohnson you gotta be neat or the Mayor will chokeslam you
Thanks for capturing & conveying the beauty of our city so well....especially the pulse that comes from people being out enjoying the shops restaurants and more.
My pleasure 😊
Loving the city 😍 simple and chill city... fingers cross im gonna live there in next few years
I’ve lived in East Tennessee my entire life. I just moved to Knoxville in 2014. Thanks for sharing this video.
Ok Josh
hey joshua do u like the vols
Absolutely in love with my new hometown west knox!
Born and raised in Knoxville Tennessee thank you for this video
Knoxville is beautiful....a great city to live.
Tennessee has more kind and friendly people than any place I've ever lived.
I like how you make me feel like I am driving thru town, thank you.
Thank you for this!! I’m moving to Knoxville in 2 months so this was helpful!!
Good! Hope you like it there. I did. Moving to attend UT?
Nick Johnson yes! Starting a PhD program in the fall...
bmewbullies if you've gotten moved, what's your opinion?
Knoxville is a bad place for minorities and their families. One side of Knoxville is called "the east side" the police terrorize the blacks on that side of town capitalizing off their suffering.
@@ahmahtiyehudim7307 the East side is the nice way of saying it. Trust me it's been referred to by people more in the past and some today known as N town. Telling you the truth. Rough area. There are City signs in neighborhoods there that say warning driver by shootings. Saw it with my own eyes. 100 years ago Magnolia was a ritzy part of town. Still an original pizza parlor you can drive up to and they come out like Sonic to your car AWESOME pizza. Where my parents were on a date and told each other they loved each other and they are still together 52 years later!
Awesome video! I’m so glad to see that you got to see some of the nicer places in downtown. I happen to love going down to those areas. Its has so much charm and warmth, even though driving down there took me some getting used to. I hope you get to come back to Knoxville again soon. There is a lot to see on the outskirts of downtown, in addition to all the beauty here. Knoxville is bigger than it seems. Well done on the 2 Knoxville videos. You came out here at a really good time of the year. 😊
I know! I got lucky. It's such a great place. No winter or mid summer? maybe tougher :)
Nick Johnson oh definitely tougher during winter and summer. I’m looking out the window at snow right now as we speak. No joke Lol!! It’s very cold and no foliage anymore.
Nick Johnson and you can come here in midsummer if you love humidity and mosquitoes. How awesome does that sound?! Lol
they showed snow at Neyland Stadium on HLN.mosquitoes are everywhere lol.how long have you lived in Knoxville? what's you overall opinion about it?
WTF? Really? The roads tear your car to hell, not to mention jolting your body to the point of pain. I hit a pot hole there that made me bite my fing tongue and that was on a good part of the road. With a near ten percent state sales tax, people there complain about the USA / Fed??? Weird to say the least, weak people to put it gently.
I've been to Knoxville a couple times in my lifetime. On May 26, 1999, when my classmates and I had to go through it, in order to go to Dollywood, and exactly one year later, when we went to the Knoxville Zoo. It's a fantastic city.
Thanks for the tour. I grew up in Knoxville, but haven't been to downtown in 45 years. It sure has changed!
Born and raised in Maryland Spent 2years in California been in in Knoxville for over 2 years now Not leaving good Lord willing
How do u feel about California?
I live in strawberry plains right outside of knoxville and nothing bad happens out here! You video had some great shots of the city! Thanks for visiting and shedding light on my hometown
do u like strawberry plains
@@jonathankrick7448 Yes I do!!! There are houses selling every 72 hours out here. You have to drive around and get to know the area! There are alot of benefits about living on the outskirts of knoxville! ! I should edit my post saying nothing bad happens out here. I shoul just speak for my street... lol! Every place has history good/bad and old/new!
@@wwater443 hey do u like the vols
Umm... Straw Plains is the HQ for the Knox County KKK. Not recommended at all.
@@roger0929 you must live in Maynardville... lol
My home town. Just to correct something in this video the outskirts are not nearly as bad as you make it seem. Also for anyone who isn’t familiar with Knoxville it has a metro of nearly 1 million. It definitely has its cons but really is a nice place to live. Thanks for the video!
A Sunday morning, at 10:30 a.m. a lot of people are in church. . .
Dam I live in queens NYC and I see about 2000 people walking and driving 24 7
yes people are definitely church goers in these parts.
@@NickJohnson there also isn't nearly as much residential in the parts of the town that you covered and a lot of the stuff downtown and on campus isn't very active in the morning. not everyone in the south is super christian and there is way less of that in Knox than you'd think.
So this is what a beautiful and clean city looks like. I’m watching from Newsom’s Los Angeles where it’s unbelievably crime ridden, trash lined and 86,000 homeless on the streets!
Great editing of the video, I’ve only been to Knoxville once.The map and driving video really puts mental memories into perspective. Keep up the good work!
oh hey cool i liked it there. im doing many more of these soon so you should sub!
I'm from Johnson City Tennessee about 100 miles east of Knoxville and it's all beautiful!!
We've had so many people from out of state move to Nashville that its sucked the soul out of it. Im thinking of moving east towards knoxville so I can get away from it and be around southern people again. No one talks to eachother. The accent has almost been lost. Theyre started to have gender crisis in the schools now... i gotta get outta here.
Tennessee is a beautiful and warm welcoming state.
@@cwbgaming8913 Every place is full of meth.
Except Memphis
@@glitch8661we not welcoming In nashville either go somewhere else
That’s crazy this video just popped up. I just finished working on the embassy suites downtown Knoxville about 3 weeks ago
youtube KNOWS EVERYTHING
Nice work on the embassy suites! What'a beautiful hotel. And that rooftop!!!
@@TimLucasdesign thank you I was just reminiscing about that job today. I have a video on my RUclips channel of the scaffolding I built that overhung the bar roof check it out it’s pretty cool.
I lived in Knoxville for 26 years. Zero encounters with any type of crime. Also ever been unemployed.
It’s funny because, this is the EXACT route I take when I go on night drives. From Maryville, take Alcoa highway by UT hospital and off that exit and right onto Kingston pike up the road and straight thru to Gay street!
As a resident of Knoxville, I can assure you there is nothing dangerous about the old city! :)
Right, old city ain’t dangerous at all! Old city even got some of the best restaurants in the city
Seems a little sketchy even at daytime
I’ll second that. I’m not from here but have lived here for a little over fifteen years. We bike and walk with our kids through the Old City all the time and have never felt unsafe. We’ve been out at night many times, too. Don’t get me wrong, like every city it has its patches but they are few and far between and the Old City certainly isn’t one of them.
Agree... My City is BEAUTIFUL!💞
yeah dude nothing dangerous happens in this town. been here for 22 years.
Looks like a clean and well kept city.
You really got Knoxville wrong. As someone who has lived here all their life, it's not as close as bad as you said
Na you definitely haven't really been in the bad parts where I'm at. You liable to get attack anyday
The keywords are "lived here all my life" KNOXVILLE (Nothingsville) IS A SLUM Bad roads, horrible air quality and a state government that allows GIANT MODIFIED TRUCKS to perform CHEMICAL ATTACKS on citizens! The baby brains brag that it's "rolling coal". YOU have a lot to learn!
Jim Jim why you so salty about Knoxville I’ve lived here all my life and while it’s not perfect but there are lots of great parts of Knoxville
@@livemantis7831 I’ll say this. After “modifications” my fuel economy went from 14 on the highway to 19 on the highway. Also my truck runs a lot better than it did beforehand
Different sides of the tracks then, knox gets hectic n heartless 💔
Very nice, CLEAN city. I've watched this video before and love to re-visit it because you did a great job with this.
Hi Carrie ❤️
Thank you for this video Nick. Knoxville is ultimately where I plan to move and retire. It looks pretty. Kind of reminds me of a mixture of Cincinnati Oh and Lexington Ky except not as ghetto and not as big.
yes definitely waaay less ghetto than cincinnati. lexington - yeah actually i can see that too. ive only been there once, but they DO seem similar.
Tennessee is a great place to Live. Low cost of Living, Low Taxes, No unemployment tax, High Sales tax, great weather, all 4 seasons, Plenty of work available, Gas price Dec 2019 $2.37 a gal. , There are some bad areas of Knoxville, Rental cost is better away from college, home prices are reasonable, Enjoy :)
It is the second nicest state so go if you want
@@hldye7442 And low education, and high Christianity. Not for me.
@@Anthony-hu3rj u sound so ignorant lmao
The greatest city I ever lived in! May live there again one day.
Coming from a Los Angeles resident, the "bad" parts of Knoxville dont look so bad. Perspective i guess. Still, gotta say y'all have a beautiful city! Thanks for doing videos like this. Its nice to be able to check it out before checking it out :)
Drove through the state last year. Really liked all the cities I visited. Impressed.
A diamond in the rough beautiful little city Thnx
18:31 that's the Thompson Boling Arena... it's not exactly a foot ball stadium tho. Neyland Stadium is a little further away.
You did an excellent job with this video. Loved the music, too. Great job of editing!
Ok Patricia ❤️
A lot nicer than I would have thought, thanks for the tour.
its a really super clean city actually.
Go to north Knoxville and all of east Knoxville
@@NickJohnson First thing I really noticed! Thank you for the tour :)
@@NickJohnson Did you visit Chattanooga as well? If so, what did you like better? Thanks.
How Knoxville has changed for the last 40 years. It has become a beautiful city. I am still here after 40 years!
I also love driving around Knoxville and letting people know how awesome Knoxville is.
I've lived in Southern California in Orange County all 46 years of my life and my wife and I are hoping to move to somewhere around the Knoxville area on the East Side of the state.. This video is awesome. I appreciate you taking the time to film around the city. We are actually flying out there next month to go check it out for ourselves but this certainly helps. The sad part is the 1st thing I noticed wasn't the beautiful trees and buildings but there was no trash or tent cities. That's how bad it has become in CA!
I know exactly how you feel
@@NickJohnson I never thought I would ever want to leave but when the wife becomes an RN, we are gone and off to TN we go!
Im also from SoCal and am curious if you made it to knoxville / what you think of it? Currently in Chattanooga and the city is not as fulfilling as i thought it would be.
@@troy6793 Yes we made it to Knoxville right before Halloween around the 29th period and we love it so far.
I'm a Southern Californian, born and raised. I'm a solid red conservative so it is getting hard not to fantasize about living somewhere like this cool city of Tennessee. The first thing I noticed was the ample amount of available parking in downtown! :D
I work in downtown Knoxville. It's a great little city.
so samuel do u like the vols
@@jonathankrick7448 Vol for life🍊
@@redcastle12b31 hey want to hang out and watch a vols game
I was born and I currently live here. I resent your remark about your remark when entering the Old City. They are revitalizing this area. They have come a long way with this project. No town is perfect in the US. There are some beautiful areas in Knoxville. Knoxville is very rich in it's history.
vera i think i said very clearly that knoxville gets an A minus. relax!
Vera Shular I feel bad for you. You guys have to deal with Tennessee football 💀
The homeless shelter isn't even in the old city. It's across the tracks on Broadway in North Knoxville. The old city is very upscale, just with very old buildings.
@@X5Industries the homeless ride the bus and hang out there trying to beg for money.
Sure has changed since I went to UT in 1969! Especially the"strip."
Fort Sanders was a great neighborhood back then.
Looks like Knoxville is still beautiful.
Thanks
Ok Mike!
Beautiful tour of downtown Knoxville and the campus area. I think I've walked each one of these streets catching Pokémon!
The University of Tennessee is so beautiful. I forgot how beautiful it is.
Did you run a red light toward the end of the video after the strip lol
i do. i run a lot when i film. Shhhh.
Haha 😂
So when are you going to drive through Mappy's home town?
Sue he's from the library. Maybe i SHOULD go to the library and find his parents or something!!!
Thank you great fall seasonal leaves - beautiful city
You def picked a beautiful fall day to film this!
i got LUCKY!!!
I'm from California and I gotta say Tennessee looks beautiful..i hope to go visit some day
Lots of California folks moving to Tennessee to escape the high taxes. You'll love it here
None of the places even the so called poor ones ever looked really dirty or run down. Some were industrial areas and looked clean too. Over all it looked nicer than some places in my town.
And for anyone else who wants to how beautiful Knoxville........ Come see!!!😊
You drove past the parking garage at 1:25 where I worked as an attendant during the 1998 season of the tn volunteers national championship season. I'm no vols fan by NO MEANS, but I saw that garage and noticed it immediately
Boom! Memories.
Nice video! Maybe drive thru West Knoxville as well. There’s more retail shopping and restaurants as well as more upscale homes. Knoxville has a lot of nice areas.
Wish you would've driven up around "The Hill". It's technically the main and oldest part of campus, even though it's tucked away in the east corner of campus (equivalent to "the quad" at most universities). Since it was so close to downtown, the university could only expand westward
Ill bet Mappy could tell us a few things about Knoxville, you didnt fire him did you?
mappy doesn't usually go on these but im taking him to the midwest hoods in a week.
Thanks for the video. Would you live in Knoxville Nick? Interested in your opinion. From what I can see, the worst parts of Knoxville is better than most places in California. Trying to decide on whether or not to make the leap to Tennessee.
i would not live there. the downtown is cool though!
@@NickJohnson Because of the weather? or other things?
@@Veteran007 Knoxville is a city for people to retire or go to school. The crime is also bad for a city this small of a size
@@Anony584 You should see how bad crime is in many parts of California. It can only be a step up.
Very underrated city with plenty to do and see.
Hi, can you please do a 2023 video of Murfreesboro? Thanks
Thanks. I used to drive by Knoxville on my way to Louisiana and wondered what it was like.
and now you know what it's like to drive through. in other words, you still don't know anything about knoxville.
Nick! you got Old City wrong! We have 3 AirBnb plus units on Central and on that block alone there are at least 10 great eating and drinking establishments and it rocks! Not to mention the dozens of old buildings that they redo instead of tearing down and resulted in hundreds of stunning loft apartments. You need to revisit and get a different perspective, but good video!
Lorraine you're right I think I kinda tried to say that?
Enjoyed the video. Great job. I love visiting Knoxville.
Glad you enjoyed it Sherry!
i go there probably 5-10 times a year. i love knoxville prob my favorite city that isnt on a beach.
Good video Nick, this is a valuable quick overview.
Our family became interested in knowing more about Knoxville because our two daughters really admire Binx Walton and the traditional values she brings from this city.
Warm greetings from Bali - Indonesia
Hi there! Hope you're safe way out there!
It's interesting seeing someone else's perspective and opinion of Knoxville. Knoxville has some "more poor neighborhoods" but also a lot of upper class neighborhoods, even in East Knoxville which has a neighborhood called Holston Hills. West Knoxville has the largest growth and where most people go. Actually the "outskirts " of Knoxville city are the safest and lowest crime. Kenney Chesney actually grew up in a little town called Luttrell but I have heard he says Knoxville. As someone said in another comment, there are plenty of Jobs in Knoxville. Knoxville is growing very crowded with a lot of people relocating here . It's funny seeing it so empty when you rode through! Most people were probably shopping in West Knoxville! lol 🙂 Come back and visit again sometime, I can reccomend places to see! ✌
hey melissa. it was a sunday morning. i thought the perfect amount of people were out. HARDLY ANYONE. it is a really super nice town :)
I use to live in historic North Knoxville. Beautiful historic homes are located in that area. You missed some really cool spots. Ijams has a nice quarry. At the time I worked in the resort industry and the scenery from Knoxville thru Townsend to Gatlinburg is amazing.
Such courteous people. Am fortunate to have family there
Is Knoxville safe? It is prettier than what I thought it would be. Thanks for the driving tour😁
it is. it's really a nice place! at least the downtown area. the rest is sorta basic ;)
We just moved from the Knoxville area where we had lived our whole lives. My husband took a job in GA, and we were required to live within an hour and a half from ATL. Knoxville as a whole is a safe place to live and work. But just like an city, there are some places that you don't want to venture into. But that's normal. I love my E TN roots. It will always be home!
It's safer than most places. West Knoxville is the best area but you have to make 6 digits a year to live comfortably there
Yes, Knoxville is safe and is growing fast! I would move here while it's affordable :)
Just stay out of East Knox and parts of South. West Knox is great. North has nice areas too.
Lived there for 2 years back in early 2000. Best people of earth can be found there plus its absolutely stunning in fall.
Mark, if you can help...this girl is crying out inside...wow...love her ❤
4:29 i stayed at the hotel on the left it has a rooftop pool and its really nice and inside in the lobby is so cool
Great video. Knoxville is beautiful
Great vid for sure - thank you! Thinking about moving in that area when I retire!
Go for it!
That was fun. The football stadium looked huge and more like the size of an NFL stadium rather than college.
Its so big you cant even fit it in the frame.
Carol Hodges an NFL field and an NCAA field are both the same size
Groompy Woofer neyland stadium fits 102k people, most nfl stadiums fit 90k people at max
There is nothing like Neyland Stadium!
@@kash45 The 5th largest city on Saturdays Neyland stadium
NJ, I enjoy you're travel videos, and am glad to see you're in Knoxville. It is a great place, and all of ETN is magical to me. Hoping to retire there in a few more years. Meantime, its becoming annual family winter vacation over Christmas - NY holiday to warm up for a little while before awful central PA winters.
Lots of beautiful country and places to visit in East TN. Please make more.
well i was lucky this was a nice day. the places i am about to go to will not be. stay tuned.
From jersey...went there ladt summer we fell IN LOVE with east TN
NJ resident here as well. The wife and I love East TN and the Smoky Mountains. We greatly regret not buying a rental cabin in the East TN area back in 2018 when we were looking into it. We are closing in a house in TN in about a month and will be moving there in 2022. East TN is one of the most beautiful places in the entire country. Can't wait to become a full time Tennessee resident.
One of my biggest issues with downtown is there's so many one-way streets, it can get really frustrating, even if you're a native.
Another known figure (albeit more obscure) who grew up here is artist Darby Conley, creator of the comic strip GET FUZZY.
Market Square is also kind of like our Times Square . . . just a whole lot smaller, and a whole lot cuter.
I also beg to differ about Old City being, "the sketchiest part of town," if anything, it's gradually become more and more of the hipster part of town in recent years . . . but then again, I think some people feel hipsters are a sketchy bunch anyway, go figure.
If anything, I'd say the only "undesirable" part of Knoxville (aside from parts of East Knoxville, I'll agree) is South Knoxville . . . it's like once you cross the river, you enter a whole other world that feels as though it's neglected by the rest of the city.
true.
Damn! I got to get out of Texas! ASAP and check out Tennessee ASAP and maybe move their!?
Lived here my whole life. Wouldn't change it for world. Im 10 mins from Knoxville.
There are plenty of good swimming holes in that area! Knoxville is so pretty!
i heard that! I need to explore the mountains more next time.
@@NickJohnson You should try Roanoke, Virginia. It has everything and it surrounded by mountains.
hello MR Nick Jhonson. can you please tell me the name of the back ground that you use in this Video.
It's all RUclips audio library free stuff :)