Rural MISSISSIPPI: Dying, Poverty-Stricken Towns - Far Off The Interstate
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2023
- I visited these rural Mississippi towns: Brooksville, Macon, Shuqualak, Scooba.
Scooba is home to prestigious East Mississippi Community College
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When I was a little kid in the 1970s, Shuqualak, Brooksville, and Scooba all had active, jumping downtowns -- especially on a Saturday morning. Now most of the buildings are decayed or gone entirely. For that, we can thank the Walmart in Starkville, Columbus, and Meridian. Once a Walmart started popping-up everywhere in the late 1970s-early 1980s, all the little grocery stores, furniture stores, clothes stores, etc closed down for good. It really destroyed these small Southern towns.
Same thing happened in Oklahoma's small towns. Walmart undercut the prices and ran the mom and pop businesses under. We have anti trust laws against monopolies that were used against carnegie steel and sinclair oil decades ago, but unfortunately our government won't use them to bust up Walmart.
I'm from Shuqualak and you right to a degree. Its the rich sawmill and wealthy land owner that moved the tax base from these communities but they still control the wealth. The powers of the councils in this county shoot down any potential for growth and development. I was there jus yester
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NAFTA destroyed the small rural towns. We had all kinds of factories
@@jaydubya7012 Shuqualak had a fair-sized glove factory in the pre-NAFTA days. It was in the old Shuqualak High School building.
Love the rural middle of nowhere videos!!
Just like the last video's of Texas. These video's tell a story.
I’m from Shuqualak. I lived there from 1989-1997. I went to EMCC in Scooba, a great experience. The Shuqualak downtown 30 years ago was booming with grocery stores, movie rental, bank, furniture store, clinic, shops, bookstore, etc. It’s very sad to see how business has left the city. The population was 500 plus back then. My grand parents would say it had more going on in their day. We didn’t even think we were so poor because the town was so rich in love. I went back and rehabbed one of the homes to get it up to date and now lease it out. The current tenant is buying it. I wanted to do more, but it’s hard finding workers being out of town.
Keeping America competitive.
My aunt taught at EMCC back then. I’m from Meridian. I moved away in ‘92 and have only visited since. These videos make me sad but are so fascinating.
William Faulkner once said, “To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.”
It's not difficult to imagine "A Rose for Emily" taking place in any of these out of the way boroughs. I bet really old inhabitants have a story or two to tell.
Dude died in 1962 but if you could bring him back 60+ years later there wouldn't be much changed.
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Except the Capital Jackson, being a shell of its former self after years of corruption? The water system is crumbling and crime is out of control. Quite a change from 62’?
Wow!!Never Before heard you give the amount of of Race in a Town before,But Thanks for your views Anyway,places I would Never before see,Especially rural oldtown it gives me a sense of times back then,live the Old stuff,But where is Everybody, Everywhere? Sad we've been kidnapped by technology, Prisons & Experimental projects,trading us with the Aliens & stuff,haaaaa,
Nahh go up to Merthyr Tydfil first 🥴
There’s a fantastic bakery called Old Country Bakery in Brooksville. It’s owned and run by the Mennonites. They make the best baked foods I’ve ever eaten. I used to drive all the way from Tupelo to buy cakes and pies. I hope you didn’t miss it. Good video
Agreed. I’ve been to the bakery several times. Good food at reasonable prices.
@ Brad Davis yes indeed. Great place.
Mississippi may be the poorest state, but we are the most generous as well. For the most part we don't find much value in money.... it's mostly found in family, humility, community, church and the simplicity and quiet that comes with it. It's a live and let live kind of lifestyle, but if you need help, just holler and expect the same of others.
Born in Macon, MS. Graduated high school there. I left the state after graduating college but all of my family is still there. Small town but people with big hearts. I visit very often.
They sound like fools in these comments. Running off with blanketed stats and what the eye sees with no depth of knowledge. I have 2 engineering degrees, and I am from a family that owns 100 plus acres across the county. I was raised and educated in Brooksville, MS/Noxubee County. Nothing but good people and very smart ones too.
@@jms4755 Amen! I concurs with everything that you said. These people only objective is to criticize and put others down without knowing a darn thing about the town nor the peoples. It's sad, rude and disrespectful how these people can be okay with posting without thinking first; giving no thought to who they maybe offending, perhaps they just do not care.
Despite the high poverty theses towns are very clean poverty doesn't mean people are bad people I wish my homestate of Massachusetts look as clean so much litter scattered everywhere through city streets and scattered along the highways
Ever think about interviewing some of the locals where you travel to get their takes on their towns? Love your facts and figures...I'm a MS native and attended MSU but have never visited those areas...knew lots of kids from those areas...love your channel!
I second that, these videos are great but will be much lively if can include some chatting with locals
@@chenyansongtowns like the one he’s in can be pretty insular. Would be cool though if it could be pulled off.
These small towns are all over the country. An important thing to remember is that the people in these towns depend on each other and help when they can. It is likely that for “big groceries” they would go to Columbus or Meridian for that and stock up.
I still live here in Mississippi and I appreciate you are revealing to the world our Post slavery condition
I was born and raised in CA . My dad was originally from MS and I have relatives there so I came here when I retired for financial reasons. I live in a small town in the southern half of the state. I have an interest in genealogy so I visit lots of cemeteries in small rural areas.
I was raised in CA and live here in Gulfport MS now !
I think your channel is valued due to the decent and moderate way of narration you accomplish. What I like you keep calm showing flaws of locations you visit. You emphasize twice the crime is low than average though high poverty. This reveals the folks are not bad. If so, they will succeed and overcome the recent obstacles and hardships.
Thank you for this, khato. :)
Well said .I agree .no trouble on here but when that old problem arises (race someone always begins to complain ..it's a shame because here was/ is a very well balanced look at some small towns USA . Stay safe folks🙏💚🍀🌹
"'If so, they will succeed and overcome the recent obstacles and hardships. Well, if it hasn't happened in the last 50 years the next 50 are not promising.
It puts the lie to social scientists who claim that the root of poverty is economic.
Being poor doesn't make you a criminal, being poorly raised does.
Working for everything you have makes you respect what it takes to earn it.
It depends on how poor and what is at stake.. if your children are hungry, there may be the temptation to steal, which may not be the case if the social support network is better.
Well said.
@@jonathankattner6887 So having a social worker prevents theft? I call BS on that bilge water.
@@shootshellz Not a social worker, a social support network... that could be family, or adequate food stamps, churches, etc.. Decades ago, when I was a teenager, we were starving, so I would steal out of a vending machine when I could find one with low hanging fruit... I was hungry.
Yes.
Love your videos. I’m a history buff and especially interested in what happened to these towns and the people in them. So one of my favorite things to do is find pictures of them from their heydays. I’ve done that from a few of your featured towns. Maybe a really cool feature for you to add would be archival photos of these little towns at the end of the video. More work I know, but I think your viewership would enjoy it. Take care.
It's interesting to see these places many of which I've passed through. You should be a required channel for a geography class. Local facts and figures are so important. My husband taught social studies for twenty years and mentioned that if he were still teaching your vlogs are better and more informative than any textbook he's seen. Great channel and looking forward to more of your destinations.
Wow, thank you! :)
I love these videos, but how could they make this a required channel?
@@standupbcounted2420 by using it in class like a visual textbook or resource material.
Thanks for the additional info on demographics, grocery stores, gas prices, I appreciate the extra work involved with research but it gives us viewers a better understanding to what we're seeing.
I agree.
I seen the wrong way down the one-way in front of the post office lol, love your vids thank you , I am always on the lookout for a cat
Yeah, I caught it when it was already too late! LOL. :(
The footage of Greenwood is amazing. Yes, it's empty but it's pretty, neat as a pin and the buildings are so cool. It looks like the people just vanished, but it's not derelict, graffitied or covered in trash. My great grandfather and great aunt lived there in the 1900 through 1950s and he owned a restaurant called The Greenwood Sandwich Shop. I'd love to come see it sometime and visit his gravesite.
These rural videos are great. No other channel shows this content. Info about median income and crime rate is very informative
Thank you, Daniel.
Glad you are including the grocery stores, I had wondered about those!
Excellent. Will be doing it from now on!
Very interesting town names. Enjoyed the tour and learning about the towns. I appreciate the additional information! The speed bumps in Scooba appeared to be a bit much! Impressive community college! Looking forward to more of your adventures! Love seeing the local cats and dogs 🐾🐈⬛🐕🦺
Awesome, thank you!
There you go huh, I'm here in Brazil in awe of your videos, and that makes me more and more fascinated with the rural environment there in the United States, with poverty or without poverty, making me want to know them
I grew up poor. we had everything we needed, except money. I was made to keep myself clean, mannered, and respectful. I managed to get through high school, and landed in a job fixing telephone systems. I didn't know We were poor, until I received my first paycheck. Man, we was dirt poor. It's all about what is expected of you when you come up.
Well said my friend
This is a very sad story in all these struggling towns. But in saying that, your videos are very eye opening, enjoyed them.
My folks live in Brooksville; well outside of it, off of 388, and out in the sticks. I love going down there. My mom and them are from Noxubee county. My dad is from Hinds county, I was born in Jackson. I’ll take Brooksville over Jackson any day! When we moved up to Kansas we would beg to go home and spend the summers and any holiday we could in Brooksville. It used to be better than this. I loved going to the library in Brooksville. Annie’s has the best food. So much has changed but the people haven’t. It’s a beautiful place with beautiful people and amazing values.
Family is from there. Went there in the summer as a kid. Never felt poor that’s the crazy thing. I had everything I needed and felt no lack whatsoever. Definitely appreciate the things I have.
I’m from the county of the first 3 cities and it’d be great if you interviewed some of the locals. These stats really don’t mean much to the local population. It feels like just growing up in any other place.
Could’ve shown the medical facilities, the schools and presented some other extremely interesting facts about the county, the cities, and people within it. Like, the Noxubee high football team is nationally recognized, some of our players went to play in the NFL. Back in the day (according to my grandparents), Macon/Noxubee county was BOOMING. We also have a few historical figures from the area as well.
You also could’ve gotten some of THE best food in ya life if you’d asked around of where to go. 🤷🏾♀️
If you really want to get to know a place, talk to the people. Law enforcement, educators, librarians, gov officials, and the store clerk. Even the kids.
Yeah I appreciate what he’s doing to showcase our state. But if you don’t talk to the local people. You don’t tell the whole story. Do more research please
Looking at some of the vehicles you are passing while talking about poverty it cannot be too terribly bad. If someone could find one of these small towns that is safe from crime they might be a decent place to retire and live better for less. Mississippi and most of the South have a certain charm to them. They are certainly not the jungles many major cities have become.
The added information, grocery stores and race is helpful for those looking to move somewhere. The first things I look for was the Walmart to get most everything and the Lowe"s or Home Depot to get stuff to fix up the old house. What else do you need? lol
TSC lol
And Mennonite stores to bulk order food
Libraries are also almost a must
But most of all
A community of like minded ppl
Macon looks a lot nicer than the poverty would suggest. Great video as always👍
Agreed. I was a bit surprised. That said, I stayed close to the downtown, as usual. It might get worse farther out.
I have family from Macon
@@jennifer742011 I’m from Shuqualak. Who are your people?
@@dontehill8410 Their last name is Shanklin
@@jennifer742011 OH YES I KNOW SHANKLINS. West of Macon highway 14.
When my wife and I go on vacations, we always take road trips, we go out of our way, to go out of the way, just to drive through small towns, been doing it for 20 years, it’s very relaxing and enjoyable
So glad I discovered your channel. It’s awesome to be able to come home , relax and take a trip with you after a long day at work. Very educational and as many viewers have said, your voice is calm and I feel like I’m learning as you talk. Great work!
Thank you for the great compliment, David!
Fantastic ride today. Love all the stats and numbers you provide. Keep up the excellent exploring. Have a great day and thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Jonathon! :)
You have done a great job coming up with a format that works very well . I appreciate your hard work very informative .
Thank you, Amanda. :)
The students are pushed through in some of these smaller towns. I graduated with some kids that could not read.
Yup. And the military loves recruiting in those schools. War fodder.
Happens in big cities as well.
I have noticed you take an interest in churches. I have lived a half dozen years in Europe where fantastic cathedrals have become tourist attractions. I learning about some of those cathedrals I wondered at stone masons who labored their entire life on the cathedral while realizing it would likely be their great grandson who would be one of the masons who completed it.
I love unusual architecture. Many churches are unlike anything else in these small towns.
Hi Lord Spoda
Video on rural Mississippi is nice. Enjoyed it. Grocery stores, General stores add life to the down towns. Thanks for showing them in small rural towns. About past 6 to 8 videos I skipped. Now watching them one by one. Best.
I’d love too see old photos of these towns before they went into decline.
Thank you so much for the videos. I just recently found your page and I absolutely love it. So interesting. Keep up the good work...
Very interesting to see these little townships. Thank you.
Used to live near bay springs. The bad part was the lack of work. I had to drive to Jackson or meridian on a daily basis or I would of been forced working at a chicken plant for 10 an hour.
I am huge fan of this channel. Às my wife said I taught social science for twenty years. You are more interesting and personable than other resources. You are an excellent resource and students would find your travels relevant to what they deem important. I've contacted several of my former students to watch and they agree that you bring life b to social studies on many levels. I hope you never tire of this calling.
Thank you for the great compliment, Steven!
I love your channel! My roommate and I watch it and we like to follow step by step on Google Maps and see what you're seeing. It's always a little puzzle locating what street you're on!
That is cool!
Love your channel watch you every chance I can, love Nicole too, she’s awesome 🤩 looking forward to traveling more with you two Godspeed
Awesome! Thank you! :)
Thanks so much for letting us know what stores are in town keep up the good 👍
Very interesting town, I enjoy watching your great video.👍👍👍
I was raised in Sturgis, MS. I went to school in that town before it was closed down. My parents went to school there. I moved away bc sometimes when you're from a small town, you think you need to see more of the world. Sometimes I miss it and that small town feeling. Maybe, if you're going down Hwy 12 from Starkville, you come make your way to Sturgis, and then Ackerman...
Another great tour. Lovely old buildings in these places. Downtown Macon is fairly tidy even though it's a very poor town overall.
I love driving across the country to do just what you are doing. ❤ Mississippi was fascinating. The nighttime critters in the bushes (frogs) were INTENSE.
Absolutely addicted to your channel 😁 , thank you for showing us your beautiful country , Chris from Tassie
Thank you, Chris!
Parts of it are beautiful, anyway.
Thanks for showing food markets, seems a must for any size of town. 😊
Another outstanding video. One of the best video you have done. Thank you.
Wow, thank you, Gary. :)
Thank you for your channel! Love exploring and seeing these small towns most people would never be able to know or even visit! I find it fascinating!
Would love it if maybe at some or these places you could stop at the local Cafe or coffee shop or post office and talk to a local of their experience. Would be cool to listen too. Or maybe even highlight a local eatery that's known in those parts. Mahalo from Hawaii!
I like a person who uses their blinkers when turning😊 Kudos!!
I enjoy watching your videos while you go threw the small towns. I noticed there is still a lot of room to grow in North America. Take care and be safe. See you on your next video.
Thank you, James!
Macon appears to be the commercial and financial center of the region with those earning the highest income living in the northside of town with more developments outside the city limits. All of those other little shabby towns are only a few miles away. Macon was the capital of Mississippi from 1863 to the end of the war.
Shuqualak's name comes from the Choctaw word "shikʋlla", which means "beads"
I just love your videos. Thank you so much for taking me to places I know I will never get to go
Thank you, Janet! :)
As a photographer & graphic designer I'm just fascinated at the unique sceneries, the good & the not so good, buildings & infrastructure. Some could actually make interesting yet remarkable material for stock photos, compositing & other design. Driving through, I feel like I could find myself stopping so many times to take photos and risk rubbing the locals the wrong way.
I'm super curious about the schooling situation(s) in the remote & sparsely populated areas/towns.
Absolutely, and I agree at how interesting the imagery is.
High school is a county-wide high school. Noxubee County High School. 563 Students, 558 black, 3 Hispanic, 2 white. 560 are eligible for free lunch. Taxpayers seem to be funding everything to keep these people alive.
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Interesting statistic.
Speaking from the over populated and over crowded UK, i love all the space you have. I could live in Brooksville and be happy. You have amazing small towns that have gone to the dogs. They could all be great places.
I just started watching these videos, it's fascinating the sheer scale of the problem, here in the UK northern coal fields we had a similar problem but never anything like these videos, the distances must be the issue, I now could travel maybe 30 miles and find a couple of buildings reverting to nature around Consett maybe a few hundred overall, but they get bought and renovated by the young people, there was a town cally New Kyo that was exactly what you show but now is improving some 20 years later but the distances are small to the industry, we had category D villages essentially left to die by the local councils but there was such an outcry
I do appreciate your channel. I do find your demeanor and narrative quite calming.
Had no idea Macon wasn’t larger. I would like to visit the Macon library, as you mentioned it’s on historical registry. It is a beautiful structure.
I live in Oklahoma. And yes, some small towns survive because of DG.
Thanks
The most interesting aspect (besides the obvious poverty) is that, no matter how poor a place is there is a Dollar General. If the company folded it would be a catastrophe for these
small towns.
Food they sell pretty abysmal health wise though.
@@williebeamish5879 Hi Willy, the same can be said all across America, other than no fresh produce, everything they sell you will find in the big supermarkets.
Not really they only been around i few years and there is always Walmart or other other stores you may have to drive i bit more i think there is to many dollars generals now you can't drive more then 6 miles to find one
@@williebeamish5879 Beats starvation.
There's 5 dollar stores within 8 miles of my rural residence: 3 Dollar General's, 1 Family Dollar and 1 Dollar Tree. The Dollar General stores will stock what the nearby residents want to buy. The nearest one to me is close to a popular bass lake with campgrounds and retirement communities so stocks camping supplies, Depends, disinfectant wipes, craft stuff and greeting cards. The one in town is next to a Sonic so is full of stuff that younger folks buy. The third is 8 miles further down the highway at another town that stocks more food, seasonal clothing and odds and ends for homes and vehicles. It has a Dollar Tree across the street that sells a lot of craft stuff, toys, greeting cards, cleaning supplies and pet food. Back in town we have a Family Dollar next to a supermarket that closes at 7pm. They stock more food and other stuff for people that didn't reach the supermarket before closing time along with toys, seasonal clothing and automotive fluids.
You have a massive amount of views for having just posted a few hours ago. Very impressive!
I'm from West Point, about 30 minutes north of Macon but I've spent most of my adult life as close to Noxubee county as possible! It is full of history, beauty, & mystery! It's truly a representation of Southern Gothic & it holds my heart!
Unbelievably low incomes and home values , incredible. This was a really good episode LS. Your content is always good, very interesting. 👍👌
Thank you, CLK. :)
I'm glad you're including the stores/grocery store as I have also wondered where do they shop for groceries. Thank you for sharing!
Folks wanted it. So I'll show it. :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTripI’m glad that you’re showing grocery stores,a lot these people don’t have cars so I was wondering how do they feed them selves?
I’m a lifer, and I drive 12 miles to get to the nearest city’s stores. There’s a Dollar General less than a mile from my home, but the ingress/egress traffic makes me avoid it.
U just learn to get it all at once n shop once a month and then fresh produce is a treat lol
U also buy bulk dry goods, like 50# of popcorn to grind for cornmeal or crack for grits or even pop!
Enjoyed your video very much. Live in Meridian so was familar with the town names but had been a long time since i had driven through any of them.. Very interesting.
People who are likely to commit crimes quickly become well known in small towns like this, and they develop a bad reputation. Eventually they move away to Jackson or other cities where probably are still committing crimes but they blend in. The close community in these little places is the reason why crime rates aren't high. I drove this route from Meridian to Tupelo last may, and I detoured through Scooba just because it had such an odd name. I was surprised by the huge football stadium. It looks like an excellent historically black college--but it certainly isn't your typical college town.
In little towns, everyone knows everyone else. There isn't such a thing as privacy. I'm sure why, that if you're the criminal element there, they'll know who you are, and you'll not be too welcome there.
@@diane1390 that’s not true. I lived in Neshoba County back when the population was under 2000, and there was a fairly large criminal base in Pendleton Square Apts. The cops never showed up unless called, so no one had any reason to branch out to bigger cities.
@@zeroturn7091 I live in Fresno California. It's the 5th largest city in California. This town and Bakersfield CA have the highest crime rate per capita in this state. Los Angeles CA actually has a lower crime rate and they're the second largest city in the United States. When you hear that nonsense about LA, it's because other politicians in other towns are liars!
That's a junior college in Scooba (East Mississippi). It's one of top football programs in the national. The closest store was 30 minutes away when I attended junior college in the 90s.
@@CUnity77 I had heard of East Mississippi and the football team but I never really knew where it was.
That Community College in Scooba is known as "Last Chance Community College". When NCAA players bust for whatever reason, the last chance they have to make it to the NFL is there. That's why they rank so high in athletics.
Hello from a small seaside town on the East Coast of UK. I really enjoy your travelogues thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Lord Spoda, I came across your channel and have been following you periodically. I was born in MS, raised in Greenvilld,MS and attended MS State. My hometown now looks somewhat like this one. It also is a majority black population town, as only the ones who owned property or could not afford to leave remain, once the agriculture industry died! It is sad that there are so many of these towns in the state. Cotton was King for a long time, so when it was dethroned so many of these towns that had built there revenue source around agriculture are almost dead! Thanks for taking us on the road with you, I would like to do this myself one day!
Interesting comment, JoJo. Thank you for posting it.
Hi! I’m from Hollandale, MS. Definitely agree.
You need to do Dawson, Ga. home of Otis Redding and neighboring Cuthbert, Ga. with Andrew College.
McComb Mississippi here. Enjoy learning the reason so many profound and creative people hail from here. Ain't nothing else to do.
Not only Muddy Waters was from Rolling Fork MS, but former Seattle Super Sonics Basketball Player Slick Watts. He attended Henry Weathers High School. Great videos and history.
Looking for groceries stores is a good idea, because there are areas that are food deserts, which can impact quality of life, cost of living, etc.
*hospitals
That one he found was certainly
Rotting produce I bet
Sky high prices
Like always
When I started to drive in 1959 25 c a gallon LOL Now was $1.71 . 9 a litre in Canada today on the West Coast,, I like when you decide to do this traveling , We all have learn t so much from all the towns you go to Thanks for the great job your doing showing the U S A
Hey what guy figured out the garbage cans even at 10 cent a can he is a millionaire
Such interesting vide0s. I enjoy following along on your adventures. Community colleges are usually just commuter schools so no student housing like in state or private colleges.
You're right those roads were horrible. Very interesting tour of the rural life. Thanks!
Thank you bro for beautiful video from fiji island
Amazing Love God bless you Brother
I really respect these low income, low crime towns and communities. They may not be making much, but they are making it honestly. Massive respect! I hope they get some revitalization projects going there.
I agree.
My family is from Macon 🥰 you even passed my uncles home 🙌🏾. There was a Piggly Wiggly that used to be by the dollar general, that was the main store until Tems took the reigns.
Thank you for adding Noxubee county. My home towns
Always great videos. Fascinating to see places never mentioned in mass media. May I suggest you visit Fort Kent and Madawaska both at the very northern end of the state of Maine. You'll be surprised the language spoken there.
Will be heading that way this summer! :)
Mississippi once had many Textile jobs. Your Government sent all of this to China, etc.
Nicest people I ever met were form the Great State of Mississippi !!!
God Bless!
I was born and raised in N.Miss but on the west side of the state.Never seen this part of it.Enjoy all ur videos.
Saturday morning...time to slurp some coffee and cruise with Lord Spoda! I've only spent a little time in Mississippi--driving the Natchez Trace, which was really nice. Shuqualak...isn't that the name of a dance in the song "She Hangs Out" by The Monkees? (just kidding🙂) That retro Philco sign at 16:49 looks like it could be a candidate for your man cave. Happy trails!
I do love the Monkees, YD! :)
Saludos desde Argentina. Me encantan tus videos amigo. Los pueblos americanos tienen su encanto y a la ves su misterio.
Son bonitos y en algunos casos, como misteriosos y como que hubiera fantasmas dando vueltas por ahi.
Muy bueno. Me gusta. Que Dios bendiga a estados Unidos y su gente.
Joey, it's a shame that all these little towns can't be repurposed or completely returned back to nature. Your tours are eye opening.
I now live in a small town.. what I learned is many people own these houses ..they are family homes ..rural people are different..these homes houses people back for generations..they will not abd should not sell the homes of their grandparents..they should pick up the trash and paint them
@@BologneseJones They live there until they fall in on themselves.
Think instead of generational wealth, it is generational poverty. Their #1 asset is that home. Anyone who wants to be successful in life has to leave. The one who stays and enjoys the bare minimum existence in life gets the house.
@@Bonzi_Buddy I understand their mindset..they stay because they rather have a broke down home and land . It's better being poor in small town south than being poor in a place like LA , Kensington or Portland where they are living in tents on the street or a van and going to a big city where there is jobs but the competition is cut thoat.they have a home .not the best but it's shelter food and cable tv and not living on the street..also bigger cities have higher property taxes..the stats came out and Saud people making 100k are living pay check to pay check and can't save ..these people represent 10 percent of the population..most people don't make that and there is a mass exodus From California NY NJ because it's too expensive.. no one in that area is selling their land ..it's prime property..not pretty property but they know outsiders think they are dumb and try to buy their land for cheap .they don't fall for it
@@Bonzi_Buddy let's not discuss Detroit..the south small towns ain't got nothing on that empty house haven
@@BologneseJones Yeah, Detroit's problem and vacant homes is due to something far different. Their problems are definitely far worse. You can add "incredibly corrupt local government" to the Detroit list.
It's all very interesting - thanks for the vid.
I live in Washington state and I don't think we have any towns like these.
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Thank you, Nolan!
Would love to see inside some of those big old abandoned homes, I know not the scope of this channel.
Very nice....and looking forward to the cruise out west.
Om our way now, Charlie! :)
South and south east Louisiana about the same .When industry leaves so does the town.....
That netflix show about EMCC was wild. Thanks for this.
I commented early in this thread saying that I would have bought you a cup of coffee in Macon. I’ve lived here all of my life. Statistics are important but don’t tell the entire story. Living here has challenges but also advantages. Some of those challenges are apparent in your video and are the same challenges that affect many small, rural, traditionally agricultural towns across the country. Let me give you one quick and recent example of an advantage. We have a well run and well staffed county-owned hospital. I went to my local practitioner with a medical issue. I arrived without an appointment at 8:15AM, and I was in an examining room by 8:30AM. I saw her nurse for a preliminary exam, was then seen by my practitioner who wanted me to have an X-ray. She wrote up orders for the X-ray. I went to the outpatient area of the hospital (recently remodeled) had an X-ray, and was on my way back to work before 9:15AM. That’s unheard of in most cities. Tem’s grocery is a well-stocked grocery with competitive prices and is 5 minutes from anywhere in town. My commute to work takes about three minutes. Housing is reasonable. For these reasons we have had people choose to live here from out of state just because they found affordable housing in an online search. I’ll be glad to answer any non-controversial questions about living here; I’m not one who has patience for controversy. I know you can’t show all areas in your videos, but, as in all communities, there are nicer neighborhoods and some that need work. In a small town, those areas are not insulated from each other like they may be in larger towns and cities. They are more apparent to each other. Also, remember that most everyone is trying hard and doing the best they can. Statistically, it can appear a challenging place to live. In reality, it has advantages that are not immediately apparent in a video.
@@HannadayFLO you’re welcome!
While you're in MS. Can you check out towns like Braxton, Mississippi. I have a friend who lives there I was always wondered what area is like. She lives right off the HWY. THX Love your videos. I get to see some places I didn't know existed.
Safe travels.......