I appreciate how you can comment on everywhere but somehow not insult the people or make poor taste jokes. I love your work. Don’t change. You make me feel like I’m riding in the car with you just talking.
@@MadelineRose-ep7fj take care madeline i just wanted to say be aware of the scam calls , if you hear a indian or nigerian accent on a call its a scam hang up that phone call They target older people Take care ❤
Thank you for visiting our state again and talking about the core values we hold. We are not rock stars but we are rock solid. Thanks again, sincerely, Jim Thornton
Kansas City, KS native for 49 years. Work in KC, MO. I retire in 11 years and I’m shopping for a nice, quiet, beautiful, peaceful, country place in Arkansas with outdoor activities and scenic nature nearby to retire to. Just seeing those country roads and small towns with quaint homes and big established shade trees got my attention. I really love rural Arkansas and Missouri. Especially near the Lakes like Bull Shoals, Beaver and Table Rock.
Thank you for your kind words of appreciation to the Arkansas locals friendliness. I moved here in 1974 from Illinois and it was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. Wave as you pass by my house Joe! 😂 You and Nic are welcome back anytime! 👋
Arkansan here❣️ Thanks for visiting again. Yes, the people are very friendly, the further south you go the friendlier they get..just some down home country folk and I love going to my hometown down south. I am about 115 miles from the towns you visited, now I want to go visit them.🙂
Spent a number of years in my youth in the town of Knoxville, Arkansas, population around 200 or so at the time. My elementary school had 2 grades in 1 room. Great video, so much about the state just. never. changes. Ever.
Love the American "blue skies" and wide open back country where it " real and calming to the soul..Thanks for your great filming, always nice...safe travels to you an Nicole..God Bless! 🌼
Hartford is an old Rock Island railroad town whose history pretty much followed that of the railroad. The railroad was done by the 70s and from what I could tell the town started declining before that. Looks about the same with Huntington. Anoter great tour, thanks much!
I love rural towns, so interesting and relaxing to explore ! Gorgeous old theatre ! Always awesome to have a cat sighting, too ! Thanks so much, Joe and Nic.🥰
So boring to grow up in but now I think back it was fun . As a kid trying to catch wild horses, fishing, picking wild corn , making weapons to kill random animals 😊
You are still my favorite of what you do. No music in the background and your comments are respectful and interesting. Love the stats you share about each location. A work of art. Thank you so much!!!
Love the rural towns. I do like St. Leo’s Catholic Church. Love the cows! Nice cat sighting!! Crime rate of 1!? Wow!! I like the tractor museum too! I’d love to drive down those roads!!! It’s interesting to see what people collect. It’s nice to hear the people in Arkansas are friendly. Mansfield looks nice. Huge high school. Thank you for an enjoyable video!
From my corner of the San Francisco/Bay Area I love that you give a snippet of how much we need to get out of our regional setting and see the vast US out there. Definitely home ownership in CA gives us a lot of leverage in plunking down elsewhere but exactly where is the question. Thanks for the insights.
Hartford is a very historical town and behind the dollar general in the early 1900's was a three story hotel and and the school was the first football field in the state of arkansas to get stadium lights. I love my hometown
In my travels through Arkansas, I learned three things. 1. They tend to live a "Live and let live life. 2. If you want that done in a hurry, get in line. and 3. If your afraid of hard work, you are in the wrong state.
People choose to believe on what they find more effective to keep them from facing their fears, and from accepting a lot of questions about their lives will never get answers
My experience with Howell County, Missouri (bordering Arkansas) is this. People will look for small excuses to call the cops on their neighbors if the neighbors have out of state plates on their car when they move in. The cops will pull a person over for no reason except for the fact that they have out of state plates. In other words, they weren't friendly to people moving there from out of state. You could live there for 20 - 30 years, and the locals would still refer to you as 'the guy from [X state].'
Hartford used to be a coal mining town back in the early 1900s. My great grandpa worked in the mines there. After the mines dried up and the railroad stopped being used, the town dried up as well.
I love your channel! Nothing like traveling the country - for free - from my armchair. ❤ Your content is real, unlike documentaries on different places, that just show you what they want you to see. I can watch you and feel like I’m actually there, listening to a real person take me on a tour and tell me all about a place. Nothing else like it out there. Keep up the wonderful, and much needed content!!
Loved the video but you missed so much of our small town of Huntington. Next time look me up and I can show you all of the great things about our small town.
Your channel is the only one I consistently give a thumbs 👍 and a LIKE. There is an amazing tenderness in the Hartford town that I can't describe. But it's there.
Joe...I really enjoyed your video in Arkansas today !! The scenery was amazing ! You seemed so happy to be back in the old U.S.A. Comparing Hawaii to Arkansas, I'd rather live in Arkansas esp. when you said how nicely you were treated. That means a great deal to me. And, seeing the CAT made my day ! Thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to many more adventures with you & Nic....😊😊
@@kerrynight3271do you not believe that we should be able to fly any flag we want to? Flags are not merely for patriotic worship purposes. Lots of flags have lots of meanings. Or maybe I don't want a flag at all. Does that make me evil, or "UNAMERICAN?"
If this is the real America , we are in trouble. These places are dying and will disappear soon . Always leery of those who profess to identity the “ real America “ . It’s all American.
I was wondering why they had sprinklers running over the logs in the lumber yard. I looked it up and it's to help preserve moisture content above the fiber saturation point. Hmmm. I thought maybe it was to keep wood wet in case a fire broke out or something. Once again, I learned something new.
Western Arkansas was once a center for coal mining. That's been gone for several decades. Hartford was once known for Southern Gospel Music publishing. The last of that fell to a fire a few years ago. An important economic element for all of these small towns was commuting to Fort Smith to work in a light industry...furniture manufacturing, food processing, etc. The outsourcing to China took care of most of that.
Ummm, aren't this deep southern states republican run? Also, Reagan (you know the republican president) took the laws off companies allowing them to consolidate, monopolize, and grow ever larger. These companies then faced zero effective competition. So they could move overseas as they did t worry about a competitor offering higher quality. Or are you cruel enough that you think we should all work as slaves and be thankful for the scraps from the rich man's table?
@@cunit80 In 2017 Trump and the GOP enacted tax laws which created clear incentives for companies to move jobs abroad or overseas. These tax policies started in the 80's under Ronald Reagan, who was also a Republican. These policies encouraged companies to relocate overseas with the promise of 0 taxes. Outsourcing began in the 60's but these tax incentives signaled the end of American manufacturing. The United States began it's decline then. Now how were the Democrats to blame?
I'm a life long Arkansan. It's the best place in the world to live. Beautiful with great people. You should go to eastern Arkansas farm country. That's where I'm from...
I've been following you from the beginning and i love your 'read bt the lines' humor. Also love when your wife is on with you. I've lived in several places you've been through. If it's Sunday I'm watching😊
Another great vid !! My experience traveling down south was pretty much the same, people are genuine and real friendly ! Always willing to chat … Railroad tracks everywhere some still running … I’m back in my home state of MA & sure do miss the Southern hospitality ♥️👍 Thanks Joe & Nick
I am happy to see some of the small towns preserving some of their old structures. Although it is saddening to see the poverty. With exceptions for the churches and quality of roads, they are similar to small Russian villages where there are mostly older generations living. I guess there not many jobs in these areas, the younger generations have gone to the larger cities. Again, Joe and Nicole, thanks for sharing your adventures. 👍
you should always ask a local in every video 'where is the best BBQ around here?'. Try it. lt opens up a new world with locals from every state. Love the channel.
Thanks Joe for the ride. Appreciate it , great video. Love these small towns. It’s how I travel now when I do get the chance. Most of the time I’m not on any ones schedule but mine anymore. LoL. Really hated to hear how things have changed in Hawaii in 20+ years. But I gotta agree with you on folks in these small towns and Yep you’re right they will talk to ya long as you want to. Best of luck to you guys on this long run you’re starting on. Looking forward to seeing and hearing about these places along the way. I gotta tell ya after a few days of everything I just want to sit and watch whatever you have found along the road and listen to a great narrative reminds me of just riding around and listening to a good friend telling ya about everything where you are at at the time. LoL. Safe travels my friend. Keep filming I’ll keep watching
Was a coal mining town and did you know that they had a large number of Italian immigrants during the mining era? South part of town or southwest part of town was known as "Little Italy."
I'm going to escape from Canada so this channel is very helpful to make a decision about what direction we should go to ... Best regards from Canadian Socialist Republic
A good start to the next Road Trip. Mansfield was indeed the best town of the 33 for amenities and housing all probably due to its size. It is interesting that folks there are friendly. I noted a high Christian component to these towns which shapes attitudes especially Hartford where for it's small size it had quite a few active churches. The finding of a cat is a real milestone as cats have been scarce for quite a time. Thanks for the look into Arkansas. I knew a fellow who was from there in the Army and he impressed me as a good example of a good American. Thanks again and we will continue to watch as this Road Trip develops.
You make me laugh. I love your comments about the "stuff" that people accumulate. I do the same. Lol It would drive me nuts to have all that "stuff" on my property. Keep doing the videos. Entertaining. Be safe out there.
I love these videos. I sit here in England when I'm relaxing and just go to another place, and some of the time, a better place. These small, rural towns are so peaceful, they all seem very Christian too. That's how it was here many years ago, very Christian, but we threw it all out and now our society is unrecognisable and not pleasant at all. Try to keep hold of it, when its gone, it's gone....
Interesting how it seems the Great Depression really walloped these rural towns…and few have ever recovered. You can imagine how vibrant these towns could have been 100 years ago. Look at these decaying “downtowns” and imagine them once being hubs of activity.
The late 70's marked the beginning of the end for many rural towns. By the start of the 90's an irreversible trend had taken it's toll. Gone, not forgotten.
Hey there, happy Saturday! Always nice to ride shotgun with you on the rural back roads. Quite the change of venue since last week, eh? 🙂Interesting to hear your remarks about the friendliness of folks in Arkansas vis-à-vis the islanders. As usual, while watching I peruse google maps/street view -- to ad an extra layer of immersion, if you will. In Hartford I see there's a spot called "Biscuits And Hugs"...when I'm on the road there are times I could use both. I also note that Frogtown is just down the road, I would've taken a short detour just to see if there was a "Welcome to Frogtown" sign I could grab a photo of. My theory on the yards full of "stuff": I don't think they necessarily have more of it than in other areas of the country. In more affluent locales people have tons of stuff too, but they hide it away in storage units. Until next time, happy trails!
Welcome back to the lower 48 you guys! While these videos of dwindling population, dilapidated homes, rising poverty rates, and closed storefronts are interesting, I'm still hoping that on balance you will feature some small towns out there that are making an effort by trying to revitalize their main streets and town squares so they can attract business.. Happy to continue to watch videos like this current one, but for towns fighting the good fight, I actually divert my travel and get off the highway to support these towns by having a meal, getting gas, grabbing a snack-even getting a haircut.
I notice how you sped up at 8:27 when you saw someone watching you pointing something too small and unusual looking to obviously be a camera. I wonder how many times someone shouts at you or follows you in a vehicle when they see you driving around town or in the sticks filming things.
Thank you so much for coming to Hartford I love your channel and I was really wondering if you were actually going to ever come to Hartford since it's so small, but thnx so much Nic
Great video Joe I don’t know why I find these small town rural areas so interesting guess cause my father used to live in one in Southern Ga before he headed North to Atlanta for more opportunities, these small town communities were crucial back in the day keep doing what u do best
You should check out Mansfield, MO where the Little House on the Prairie books were written! It's also the area the inspiration for The Hustler is from! It's also where infamous major league pitcher Carl Mays is from!
It is surprising the median age is so low in those towns because it doesn't look like there is much opportunity for young people. I live in a small Maine town with just under 500 people with very little opportunity for young people. As a result our median age is 50. Yes that is impacted by high home prices. At present the median home for sale is asking $887K. We do have a 50% vacancy rate for homes here, but those homes are either summer homes that were vacant at the time of the census or summer weekly rentals. So although no one was living in them at the last census they are not abandoned. Rental costs here are artificially low because the only long term rentals in town are in a low income apartment complex. I find the comparison with similar sized towns in Arkansas interesting. Thanks for posting these small towns.
From Arkansas history site..." The city is estimated to have had roughly 4,000 residents in its peak years between 1910 and 1920. Hartford had eight doctors, a hospital, two dentists, several lawyers, three livery stables, three drugstores, several restaurants and saloons, two hotels, two movie theaters".
I sold my city house and moved to rural TN. I purchased a much nicer house with 5 acres for half the money from my city house. Love it and should have done it sooner.
I have family up both sides in their cemetery, good people down there. Big coal mining area from back in the day, lots of immigrants from Ireland, France , etc settled the area. Serviced by two railroads in Hartford, two in Huntington with the Rock Island going thru both. C.P. Huntington railroad tycoon was how Huntington received their name. Major mining in both areas. Thanks to Bill Clinton, and others, Rock Island at bankruptcy in 1980 was not sold to Santa Fe, and really killed potential thru that area, from lLittle Rock thru Oklahoma on that line.
I played football on that field when I was in 3rd and 4th grade. I played for the school this one got incorporated into about 20 years ago or so. Maybe not that long actually?? Crazy I haven't been that far south in a while and to see how fast nature takes it back over.. I'm only in my late 30s.
I appreciate how you can comment on everywhere but somehow not insult the people or make poor taste jokes. I love your work. Don’t change. You make me feel like I’m riding in the car with you just talking.
Yes,..well put, it is like your there, .
Yes, like using the term a lot of stuff instead of a lot of junk.
Amen to that.
Thank you! 👍
Love watching your work. It makes you feel like you're there.
Arkansas is a beautiful state and the people are friendly and down to earth. I would take that any day over what I see here in Cali
You say they are nice and friendly. Tell that to the Non-Christians, gays and other minorities...
@@davidsmock8235You don't know what you're talking about. Just more assumptions about something you have no knowledge of.
Being a Brit, I absolutely love these videos of rural, small town USA…🇺🇸🇬🇧👍
I enjoy watching videos about UK as well 😊
@@MadelineRose-ep7fj take care madeline
i just wanted to say be aware of the scam calls , if you hear a indian or nigerian accent on a call its a scam hang up that phone call
They target older people
Take care ❤
Thank you for visiting our state again and talking about the core values we hold. We are not rock stars but we are rock solid. Thanks again, sincerely, Jim Thornton
I love that! ❤
Love rural America. Arkansas looks beautiful.
Here here
There are some Little Rockstars. I've seen them.
I'll take Rock Solid over rock star any day, that's real. Farmer here.
Kansas City, KS native for 49 years. Work in KC, MO. I retire in 11 years and I’m shopping for a nice, quiet, beautiful, peaceful, country place in Arkansas with outdoor activities and scenic nature nearby to retire to.
Just seeing those country roads and small towns with quaint homes and big established shade trees got my attention. I really love rural Arkansas and Missouri. Especially near the Lakes like Bull Shoals, Beaver and Table Rock.
Thank you for your kind words of appreciation to the Arkansas locals friendliness. I moved here in 1974 from Illinois and it was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. Wave as you pass by my house Joe! 😂 You and Nic are welcome back anytime! 👋
Awesome!
Arkansan here❣️ Thanks for visiting again. Yes, the people are very friendly, the further south you go the friendlier they get..just some down home country folk and I love going to my hometown down south. I am about 115 miles from the towns you visited, now I want to go visit them.🙂
I appreciate your knowledge of architectural styles.
Feels great to visit towns you never knew about or will never see first hand ..
I drive through Arkansas, but I never did a hike or anything like that. It’s a nice state. I liked the mountain backdrops in the video.
Spent a number of years in my youth in the town of Knoxville, Arkansas, population around 200 or so at the time. My elementary school had 2 grades in 1 room. Great video, so much about the state just. never. changes. Ever.
My elementary school had three grades in one room with one teacher.
6:20 man i so want to live in a place like this. Quiet, calm, serene away from all hustle bustle with them birds chirping, low crime omg its perfect 😊
I noticed those birds, too, and thought, even though they're in the midst of poverty at least you can hear happy little birds singing.😊🐦
We just bought property there this past week. We are leaving Texas and retiring there. It's a beautiful state.
Love the American "blue skies" and wide open back country where it " real and calming to the soul..Thanks for your great filming, always nice...safe travels to you an Nicole..God Bless! 🌼
Nothing to do there however. That’s the problem. You need to know someone there before you move. Or, take friends and family with you.
Food drop day. That's why so many cars. The mountains in the background make for pretty scenery.
Hartford is an old Rock Island railroad town whose history pretty much followed that of the railroad. The railroad was done by the 70s and from what I could tell the town started declining before that. Looks about the same with Huntington. Anoter great tour, thanks much!
The railroad ran through Mansfield and Huntington as well due to the coal mines!
I love rural towns, so interesting and relaxing to explore ! Gorgeous old theatre ! Always awesome to have a cat sighting, too ! Thanks so much, Joe and Nic.🥰
Fleabitten Adventures
Yeah, finally found a cat! It had ben awhile. :)
Curious how the Dixie Theatre was spelt the Britsh way, "tre" not "ter"
So boring to grow up in but now I think back it was fun . As a kid trying to catch wild horses, fishing, picking wild corn , making weapons to kill random animals 😊
Which state?@@boomboombaby9140
You are still my favorite of what you do. No music in the background and your comments are respectful and interesting. Love the stats you share about each location. A work of art. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you, Jim!
Agree ! An absolutely wonderful narrator ! Great pleasure to listen to and follow...
I have been learning a lot on your channel about this incredible country and its differences, congratulations,from Brazil
Awesome!
Love the rural towns. I do like St. Leo’s Catholic Church. Love the cows! Nice cat sighting!! Crime rate of 1!? Wow!! I like the tractor museum too! I’d love to drive down those roads!!! It’s interesting to see what people collect. It’s nice to hear the people in Arkansas are friendly. Mansfield looks nice. Huge high school. Thank you for an enjoyable video!
Thank you, Alexandra!!
From my corner of the San Francisco/Bay Area I love that you give a snippet of how much we need to get out of our regional setting and see the vast US out there. Definitely home ownership in CA gives us a lot of leverage in plunking down elsewhere but exactly where is the question. Thanks for the insights.
The answer to that question is either the Ozarks or the Smoky Mountains ❤
Hartford is a very historical town and behind the dollar general in the early 1900's was a three story hotel and and the school was the first football field in the state of arkansas to get stadium lights. I love my hometown
I didn't know that Marti
In my travels through Arkansas, I learned three things. 1. They tend to live a "Live and let live life. 2. If you want that done in a hurry, get in line. and 3. If your afraid of hard work, you are in the wrong state.
People choose to believe on what they find more effective to keep them from facing their fears, and from accepting a lot of questions about their lives will never get answers
My experience with Howell County, Missouri (bordering Arkansas) is this. People will look for small excuses to call the cops on their neighbors if the neighbors have out of state plates on their car when they move in. The cops will pull a person over for no reason except for the fact that they have out of state plates. In other words, they weren't friendly to people moving there from out of state. You could live there for 20 - 30 years, and the locals would still refer to you as 'the guy from [X state].'
Very nice video of rural Arkansas ! Relaxing as always . My favorite channel- thanks Joe and Nic
Thanks 👍
I was in a 3 towns last week. My father was from Huntington and mom was from Mansfield. Tge sawmill was owned by mom's family decades ago.
This is food drop day. I'm from here and free food is distributed by volunteers two or three times per day.
I like that.
Well, they came for FREE FOOD in a very good cars !!!
Hartford used to be a coal mining town back in the early 1900s. My great grandpa worked in the mines there. After the mines dried up and the railroad stopped being used, the town dried up as well.
Sometimes your faith in God keeps you going. Bless this town and thank you for videoing this place. Always a pleasure to see where the road leads you.
I love your channel! Nothing like traveling the country - for free - from my armchair. ❤
Your content is real, unlike documentaries on different places, that just show you what they want you to see.
I can watch you and feel like I’m actually there, listening to a real person take me on a tour and tell me all about a place. Nothing else like it out there.
Keep up the wonderful, and much needed content!!
I wouldn't get to see these places if it weren't for Joey and Nic
Thank you!
Loved the video but you missed so much of our small town of Huntington. Next time look me up and I can show you all of the great things about our small town.
Arkansas consolidated many of their school districts. I wish I’d known you were in town. We would have loved to have meet you for lunch.
Your channel is the only one I consistently give a thumbs 👍 and a LIKE.
There is an amazing tenderness in the Hartford town that I can't describe. But it's there.
Thanks!
Thank you for the journey, hard to get out at 71, love to see everything on your videos.
Absolutely. I'm happy to do it. :)
Joe...I really enjoyed your video in Arkansas today !! The scenery was amazing ! You seemed so happy to be back in the old U.S.A. Comparing Hawaii to Arkansas, I'd rather live in Arkansas esp. when you said how nicely you were treated. That means a great deal to me. And, seeing the CAT made my day ! Thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to many more adventures with you & Nic....😊😊
Thank you, Nancy!!
That was a pretty part of Arkansas with the mountain in the background, thanks Joe and Nic.
I think the students from Hartford, AR now go to school in Hackett, AR. I grew up in Arkansas and yes, they are very friendly.
They actually have a choice between Hackett and Mansfield
Some go to Hackett and some go to Mansfield
It's the real America... These rural, hard-working citizens keep America great!
sadly they are disappearing :(
I was happy to see several real American flags flying. None of that political nonsense with faces on the flags.
All of America is real America.
@@kerrynight3271do you not believe that we should be able to fly any flag we want to? Flags are not merely for patriotic worship purposes. Lots of flags have lots of meanings. Or maybe I don't want a flag at all. Does that make me evil, or "UNAMERICAN?"
If this is the real America , we are in trouble. These places are dying and will disappear soon . Always leery of those who profess to identity the “ real America “ . It’s all American.
I was wondering why they had sprinklers running over the logs in the lumber yard. I looked it up and it's to help preserve moisture content above the fiber saturation point. Hmmm. I thought maybe it was to keep wood wet in case a fire broke out or something. Once again, I learned something new.
I was just in Hartford yesterday! I was on my way to Heavner Oklahoma.
Just returned from Hot Springs Ark. Beautiful town and very friendly people.
We love Arkansas and just bought property in the River Valley. Building a home and retiring there. Beautiful state and nice people.
Went to schoolin Hartford and Mansfield back on the 70's....early 70's. Things have definitely changed.
Western Arkansas was once a center for coal mining. That's been gone for several decades. Hartford was once known for Southern Gospel Music publishing. The last of that fell to a fire a few years ago. An important economic element for all of these small towns was commuting to Fort Smith to work in a light industry...furniture manufacturing, food processing, etc. The outsourcing to China took care of most of that.
Thanks for the info
U can thank your democrats for that!
Let's not pretend big business/chamber of commerce Republicans don't love cheap outsorced labor@@cunit80
Ummm, aren't this deep southern states republican run? Also, Reagan (you know the republican president) took the laws off companies allowing them to consolidate, monopolize, and grow ever larger. These companies then faced zero effective competition. So they could move overseas as they did t worry about a competitor offering higher quality.
Or are you cruel enough that you think we should all work as slaves and be thankful for the scraps from the rich man's table?
@@cunit80 In 2017 Trump and the GOP enacted tax laws which created clear incentives for companies to move jobs abroad or overseas. These tax policies started in the 80's under Ronald Reagan, who was also a Republican. These policies encouraged companies to relocate overseas with the promise of 0 taxes. Outsourcing began in the 60's but these tax incentives signaled the end of American manufacturing. The United States began it's decline then.
Now how were the Democrats to blame?
So peaceful those lovely towns. Thank you again for an lovely video.
The addition of population data by year is nice to see. Please make it a regular.
😊Mansfield is in Guinness Book of Records. Only city with a U.S. Highway running down the middle of the cemetery. Did you know that?
This is one of my favourite channels. A great exploration of America today, good and bad points both.
Thank you, Grant!
I'm a life long Arkansan. It's the best place in the world to live. Beautiful with great people. You should go to eastern Arkansas farm country. That's where I'm from...
Thank you for your amazing work, feel like touring the USA.
I've been following you from the beginning and i love your 'read bt the lines' humor. Also love when your wife is on with you. I've lived in several places you've been through. If it's Sunday I'm watching😊
Another great vid !! My experience traveling down south was pretty much the same, people are genuine and real friendly ! Always willing to chat …
Railroad tracks everywhere some still running … I’m back in my home state of MA & sure do miss the Southern hospitality ♥️👍
Thanks Joe & Nick
Good to see you back on the road! Thanks again for your informative and entertaining streams! be safe.
I am happy to see some of the small towns preserving some of their old structures. Although it is saddening to see the poverty. With exceptions for the churches and quality of roads, they are similar to small Russian villages where there are mostly older generations living. I guess there not many jobs in these areas, the younger generations have gone to the larger cities. Again, Joe and Nicole, thanks for sharing your adventures. 👍
@JoeAndNicsRoadTrip Finally i can watch . Yes 1 🐈💕👍🏽. Pretty decent homes and towns 👏🏻🛤🚗
From Russia with love! 🙃❤️
????!!!! russia is able TO LOVE ??!!
you should always ask a local in every video 'where is the best BBQ around here?'. Try it. lt opens up a new world with locals from every state. Love the channel.
Funny you post this, as I have been thinking about doing a BBQ tour of the US in the future.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip the more remote they are the better.
I love your videos. Especially when you travel the south. It feels like I'm traveling with you. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks Joe for the ride. Appreciate it , great video. Love these small towns. It’s how I travel now when I do get the chance. Most of the time I’m not on any ones schedule but mine anymore. LoL. Really hated to hear how things have changed in Hawaii in 20+ years. But I gotta agree with you on folks in these small towns and Yep you’re right they will talk to ya long as you want to. Best of luck to you guys on this long run you’re starting on. Looking forward to seeing and hearing about these places along the way. I gotta tell ya after a few days of everything I just want to sit and watch whatever you have found along the road and listen to a great narrative reminds me of just riding around and listening to a good friend telling ya about everything where you are at at the time. LoL. Safe travels my friend. Keep filming I’ll keep watching
Excellent Presentation 💐 I really love these rural videos. Totally pleasant and lovely 💐🙏
Sitting here in London, enjoying your videos
But often wonder where these people get basic food and essentials
Everywhere seems so quiet
Thanks for the ride. Love the scenery . See you next week . 👍👍💕
So very green there. Nothing stays the same, but still Godly people. God bless America 🇺🇸 😸
I noticed no litter. Such a beautiful state!
Was a coal mining town and did you know that they had a large number of Italian immigrants during the mining era? South part of town or southwest part of town was known as "Little Italy."
That explains the Catholic presence, thank you...
I'm going to escape from Canada so this channel is very helpful to make a decision about what direction we should go to ...
Best regards from Canadian Socialist Republic
@mariuszl2085 Hahahaha, Mtl, Qc, tc, enjoy!
A good start to the next Road Trip. Mansfield was indeed the best town of the 33 for amenities and housing all probably due to its size. It is interesting that folks there are friendly. I noted a high Christian component to these towns which shapes attitudes especially Hartford where for it's small size it had quite a few active churches. The finding of a cat is a real milestone as cats have been scarce for quite a time. Thanks for the look into Arkansas. I knew a fellow who was from there in the Army and he impressed me as a good example of a good American. Thanks again and we will continue to watch as this Road Trip develops.
I've lived in AR and it's true, very friendly people live there! And it's a beautiful state!
thank you for taking me along for my Sundray morning drive.
Arkansas people are always nice. Love my state ❤
Thanks for another great tour, I enjoy your travels.
Thanks for watching!
I'm so happy with the signs about Jesus. Always enjoy your videos!!!! I 'l never be able to see my mother land again.❤
same. I never thinking that fiction will be on that state so visible.
Greetings from Australia. I enjoy watching these "Small Town USA" videos. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Love when you come across a property that has a lot of "stuff" , makes me laugh every time !
You make me laugh. I love your comments about the "stuff" that people accumulate. I do the same. Lol
It would drive me nuts to have all that "stuff" on my property. Keep doing the videos. Entertaining. Be safe out there.
My son is the Pastor at the Huntington Assembly Of God church that you mentioned😊 Me & my husband also live in Huntington 😏
Yes, Travis is a great guy. Our son Willis attends there.
@@tammycovey4600 thank you & you too have a great son! Our church family loves him❤️❤️
I love these videos.
I sit here in England when I'm relaxing and just go to another place, and some of the time, a better place.
These small, rural towns are so peaceful, they all seem very Christian too. That's how it was here many years ago, very Christian, but we threw it all out and now our society is unrecognisable and not pleasant at all. Try to keep hold of it, when its gone, it's gone....
Interesting how it seems the Great Depression really walloped these rural towns…and few have ever recovered. You can imagine how vibrant these towns could have been 100 years ago. Look at these decaying “downtowns” and imagine them once being hubs of activity.
The late 70's marked the beginning of the end for many rural towns. By the start of the 90's an irreversible trend had taken it's toll. Gone, not forgotten.
Mississippi is still recovering from the Civil War.
These two dried up after the coal mines left!
Coal mines are what built these towns. Since that dropped off they have started to go down.
Thank you Joe for this video like always
Very nice adventure, thank you!
Anticipating Missouri, looking to relocate there. Show me something good!:)
Thanks!
Hey there, happy Saturday! Always nice to ride shotgun with you on the rural back roads. Quite the change of venue since last week, eh? 🙂Interesting to hear your remarks about the friendliness of folks in Arkansas vis-à-vis the islanders.
As usual, while watching I peruse google maps/street view -- to ad an extra layer of immersion, if you will. In Hartford I see there's a spot called "Biscuits And Hugs"...when I'm on the road there are times I could use both. I also note that Frogtown is just down the road, I would've taken a short detour just to see if there was a "Welcome to Frogtown" sign I could grab a photo of.
My theory on the yards full of "stuff": I don't think they necessarily have more of it than in other areas of the country. In more affluent locales people have tons of stuff too, but they hide it away in storage units. Until next time, happy trails!
You make a good point. I have lots of stuff as well, but it's all in storage! :)
Welcome back to the lower 48 you guys! While these videos of dwindling population, dilapidated homes, rising poverty rates, and closed storefronts are interesting, I'm still hoping that on balance you will feature some small towns out there that are making an effort by trying to revitalize their main streets and town squares so they can attract business.. Happy to continue to watch videos like this current one, but for towns fighting the good fight, I actually divert my travel and get off the highway to support these towns by having a meal, getting gas, grabbing a snack-even getting a haircut.
I notice how you sped up at 8:27 when you saw someone watching you pointing something too small and unusual looking to obviously be a camera. I wonder how many times someone shouts at you or follows you in a vehicle when they see you driving around town or in the sticks filming things.
Thank you so much for coming to Hartford I love your channel and I was really wondering if you were actually going to ever come to Hartford since it's so small, but thnx so much Nic
Great video Joe I don’t know why I find these small town rural areas so interesting guess cause my father used to live in one in Southern Ga before he headed North to Atlanta for more opportunities, these small town communities were crucial back in the day keep doing what u do best
Thank you!
Very nice video and enjoyable.
Thanks Joe.. see you Nic soon 👏🏾👍🏾..safe travels
Lord Spoda gives the people ENTERTAINMENT! Thanks Joe👍
Thank you, Jerry!
Lord Spoda: as usual you give an excellent video. When you and yours hit the East again, try to visit " Point of rocks Md."
You should check out Mansfield, MO where the Little House on the Prairie books were written! It's also the area the inspiration for The Hustler is from! It's also where infamous major league pitcher Carl Mays is from!
welcome back! thank you for awesome video hope you guys have a great summer
It is surprising the median age is so low in those towns because it doesn't look like there is much opportunity for young people. I live in a small Maine town with just under 500 people with very little opportunity for young people. As a result our median age is 50. Yes that is impacted by high home prices. At present the median home for sale is asking $887K. We do have a 50% vacancy rate for homes here, but those homes are either summer homes that were vacant at the time of the census or summer weekly rentals. So although no one was living in them at the last census they are not abandoned. Rental costs here are artificially low because the only long term rentals in town are in a low income apartment complex. I find the comparison with similar sized towns in Arkansas interesting. Thanks for posting these small towns.
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From Arkansas history site..." The city is estimated to have had roughly 4,000 residents in its peak years between 1910 and 1920. Hartford had eight doctors, a hospital, two dentists, several lawyers, three livery stables, three drugstores, several restaurants and saloons, two hotels, two movie theaters".
Interesting.
How about school, university?
Are you going to come to Havana Arkansas? One side of town says Pop.375 the other side says Pop. 279 it's lower than that now.
how beautiful place is that .
i wish if people do farming vegetables there .that would make this town more beautiful .❤
The older I get the more I appreciate rural America. I’d love to be able to move out of the city.
I sold my city house and moved to rural TN. I purchased a much nicer house with 5 acres for half the money from my city house. Love it and should have done it sooner.
Great video and safe journey
Thanks 👍
I have family up both sides in their cemetery, good people down there. Big coal mining area from back in the day, lots of immigrants from Ireland, France , etc settled the area. Serviced by two railroads in Hartford, two in Huntington with the Rock Island going thru both. C.P. Huntington railroad tycoon was how Huntington received their name. Major mining in both areas. Thanks to Bill Clinton, and others, Rock Island at bankruptcy in 1980 was not sold to Santa Fe, and really killed potential thru that area, from lLittle Rock thru Oklahoma on that line.
Didnt know Arkansas had Mountains like that!!! Wow im a nature freak and i wanna go to AK now.
We do, very Appalachian like tons of pines n plant diversity too lots of water
Yes Sugarloaf Mountains and Poteau Mountains just over the border in Oklahoma.
AK is Alaska , however
Great video’s Joe ( Nicky ) ❤ you’re really good at this stuff, Much Appreciated, love ❤️ from Alberta, Canada
Thanks so much!
I played football on that field when I was in 3rd and 4th grade. I played for the school this one got incorporated into about 20 years ago or so. Maybe not that long actually?? Crazy I haven't been that far south in a while and to see how fast nature takes it back over.. I'm only in my late 30s.