Great video. Grew up in Wilmington, 1943-1967, graduated college, took married, and went in the Army all in within 3 weeks. School was let out when the USS North Carolina was moored, think it was in the fall of 1962. What memories of a great place to live.
3:00. Look at that building on the right that is dark brick for the first two thirds and lighter brick for the top third. Counting from the top left window, move down 5 floors and to the right 3 windows. That was my apartment from 1982 through 1985. It is a two bedroom apartment and the rent back then was $425. I really enjoyed my time in Wilmington, NC.
You couldn't have picked a better place to stay than Wrightsville Beach. My husband and I met in a town south of Wilmington, Southport. We always went to Wilmington when we were dating. That was 50 years ago this month. If you were there in the springtime, the Oleander trees would be in bloom, and I would suggest going down Oleander Drive. It is quite a sight to behold. Definitely a beautiful part of the country. It will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤️
Thank you, but unfortunately he has been gone almost 15 years. We were in it forever from our prospective, but illness happens. You and Nicole grab every minute that you can together.
I am sitting here in India and watching your videos for a while. Just love the feeling of watching these American cities and small towns from the comforts of my living room. Thanks for your efforts.
Wilmington has beautiful residential homes with Southern homes dating back to 1800s. Many of these homes have been used in movies and some actors rented the homes for temperary housing while working their craft in a movie production.
I know you saw my post from your Biloxi, MS visit. All of that still remains. Great work. I actually worked at Screen Gem Studios in Wilmington for about 16 years. My wife and I grew up in Oak Island and Boiling Springs Lakes not far from Wilmington. We moved to Biloxi and the Gulf Coast because the film industry is in its infant stages of being developed there. I witnessed and worked in Wilmington as it was growing in the film and television there. Thank you again for showing and presenting, good or bad, sites some might never see. Safe travels.
I really like touring old WWII ships, need to add the North Carolina to my list. It looks great with that paint job and it's cool to see the Kingfisher floatplane up on the deck. That beach looks terrific but you're right about the water temp, looking online it's 55 degrees...brrrr! The Holiday Inn looks pretty nice...I currently have enough rewards points for a free night, so I could afford to splurge on dinner! (I'll pass on breakfast though 🙂)
First time I shall Wilmington was 1971 as a young Marine. Way diff only highway 17. But very cool beach town. Laid back. I’ve been numerous time again always enjoy being there.
I live just north of Wilmington (Jacksonville) .. work from Wilmington.. and stay most of my summer on topsail island .) Surf city.. enjoy the friend laid back way of life..been here 1986 from Indiana .. north Carolina has more military forces than any other state in America.. semper Fi marines..
I’m from Lincoln, UK and I’ve been Wilmington twice. I got engaged here on the river walk and I kayaked on the big river way down to the house where they filmed Dawson’s Creek (it killed my shoulders!). It’s my favourite place I’ve been in the USA!
I came to Wilmington with some college friends on a fishing trip back in 1969, got separated from them and here we are in 2023 and I still haven't gone back home. I refuse to leave until I find my "Fishing Buddies" LOL. I love living here.
I drove from Raleigh to. Wilmington regular for work installs. Nice area and town from what I remember. Hurricanes and humidity though, I moved to back to the dry and high in the Rockies where working outdoors was not miserable.
I’ve been watching your videos during my entire pregnancy and I love your channel. My bf and I are trying to figure out where we want to move our family too and your videos are helping us to narrow down areas we might be interested in. Also off topic but wow! Your wife is absolutely beautiful. I’m hoping I’ll be able to get as fit as her this year.
Thanks for the tour. Prices really weren't bad for beach front stay. I always loved the southern lifestyle, and this little city seems to have it all !
Well first I want to say, GOOD to see you again Nicole!!! Been a while!! And now man what a Beautiful City!! And as always very informative as always!!! So you two are great people and I always enjoy all your work you do!!! Stay safe stay healthy and always me HAPPY 😊!!!
That is a sweet suite! Wilmington is a beautiful city. UNC-Wilmington is a great school. You did a great job of capturing the city and the beach. NC has some great beach towns.
I live North of Wilmington about 50 miles to be exact and have always lovedWilmington. There is a great heal of history in that town and those old homes date back into the 1700’s It is a college town and there is lots of old money there.
@@brotherel8225no, it's just like Winston Salem. Old money earned from Tobacco manufacturers, snacks crackers Nabisco, Hanes Manufactures , Texas Pete, and I am sure I am missing a few. Winston Salem was the only stop between Fl and NYC for many years.
Thank you for coming to North Carolina Wilmington is a beautiful al City so is Carolina Beach and some of the other Islands wished you Nicole kryptek the trolley tour are the horse-drawn carriage ttour Hope you can come back again and visit North Carolina again
Awesome as usual...lovin' the drone shots and riding along to learn US geography...what you don't know is that I'm looking for a new place to live and you are helping immensely. Thanks!!!
I often thought if anyone else was researching for settling somewhere else. I must have fallen in love with at least 50 small towns that Joe & Nic have shared with us. Good luck Charliespider 😃. This is an awesome channel.
I like Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. Been many times. During Summer they offer Trolley Tours of all the Historical homes and area. Not far up the road from Southport, you can take a Ferry Boat ride over to Bald Head Island which is nice as well where the only form of transportation on the Island are golf carts. Very natural area.
Wilmington seems wonderful! Nice, clean, well-maintained downtown, not alot of crime, no homeless problem, beautiful beaches, close to Raleigh, and very peaceful. It’s a hidden gem in North Carolina for sure!
No homeless problem? Carolina Beach along with other localities fought against Wave Transit providing bus routes because of the homeless population and is why it's so dangerous trying to ride a bicycle from Wilmington to Carolina Beach or vice versa. Unless something has changed recently and I mean four years since I left for family matters I don't think ignoring the industry on homelessness helps.
It is wonderful to see some of the older towns able to keep their beauty. The homes, the streets and the different things in town that add to the beauty. and I imagine in the south and in the North East it is really something to see with the very old architecture giving it that something really special. So many beautiful towns, especially the smaller ones, have been so devastated by the outsourcing of industry overseas, leaving them a hollow shell of what they used to be and robbing them of the charm and leaving the blight. And then, with the advent of malls and box stores in the outter areas of many towns and small cities, that has also left a blighted mark on the downtowns and older areas that were left to rot rather then keeping them and their history. The big irony now is that the malls and big box stores that drained many towns for 60+ years are now left to be hollow shells themselves. And many creative people have turned back to the old areas to rejuvinate them and make them cool again. Sadly, that only with a small percent of these towns. Many are just dying away as the new ghost towns as people move out.
Truth! But the blame fall on the government! If you saw how thing were back in the 1970-1980. Most of these towns were really busy , but after the government push out the TOBACCO INDUSTRY and Other companies that these people work in. It destroyed the towns! You can blame WALMART for destroyed the downtown section. Even Wal-Mart had empty buildings in some of those small cities. Moving around and leaving behind a empty building .
Friday morning and the sun is coming up so had to watch this before cracking on with the day. The first building you showed in the city, "Love" I think it was, love the stonework. For a Friday morning it seems very polite and I can see why they use it for filming. The houses are gob smackingly wonderful, the whole area looks clean and well maintained. Hotel looks very good even if the food is a bit pricey but you have the sea to look over. It looked like a mill pond but then reverted to the Atlantic I remember from over the pond, grey and wild. Wonderful start to the day and thank you for another interesting tour and making me try to think how many years ago I was lying in a pool with a beer. Be safe and see you in the next one.
I'm in possession of a jigsaw puzzle of that very ship that was given to my family many years ago by my late grandfather who had visited that ship/museum. He bought it from their gift shop. It was one of the last gifts, if not the last one, given to my family by him before he passed away from cancer.
You're very much welcome...it's just so simple you do it, but we'll enough to obtain those good and important information...I didn't realize how decated our country is...soooo sad...Blessings to you and your family....keep up with the good job and keep humble....Alwayssss
Nice 👍 in a lot of town's in Colorado you have Hot Spring's Pools and natural where you can be outside in them year round. Usually each pool is a different temperature 💕
Speaking of Filming Movies. There another nearby Town my wife and visited .It called Swansboro. They filmed the movie"The Inkwell" starring Larenz Tate,Jada Pinkett Smith,Joe Morton ,Morris Chestnut, Suzzanne Douglas and Glynn Turman.Imagine seeing all those Stars walking around town.
I may have missed it but I didn't hear you mention that a huge Screen Gems studio is located in Wilmington which is why we constantly see film crews at work. Just a couple months ago, they wrapped on "The summer I turned pretty" which was shot in a neighbor's home just down the street.
Hi, I appreciate your videos. I ❤ learning all of your history “tidbits”; very much a fun time to learn more things that I did in High school. I love your appreciation of older homes and not “cookie cutter.” Please review Richmond. The Forest Hill and Westover Hills neighborhoods off of the James River. Stunning.
Looks like some good surf fishing right there in front of your hotel room.I found out the best way to surf fish is throw a cast net into the surf waves . And what ever you catch in the cast net put it on your hook and cast it a little further.
Lived in Wilmington for about 5 months December to April 92/93 ,loved it,great small city,steeped in history,think andy Griffith show made there,movie cape fear,and the crow also I believe,and 30,40 minutes from myrtle beach,4 hrs from savannah ,georgia
I love the drone parts of your videos. Give a different perspective. Also saves you a lot of unnecessary during around🤣. That battleship is awesome. Did you and your wife go onboard?
Wilmington is a great town. It looks pretty dead during the day but Friday and Saturday nights get pretty busy. They have great breweries if you are into that. Great music scene too. Really no downside to it.
What about the drinking water ? Was doing research on Dupont in Parkersburg, Ohio and allegedly DuPont (Chemours) is also in Wilmington causing some issues with Cape Fear river basin ?
The bar area used to do karaoke on Thursday nights long ago. A couple who was staying there had a bit much to drink and decided to go at it in the hot tub. I guess they thought no one could see them since it was dark. Fun nights and memories at the Sunspree.
One of my best friends from college was from Wrightsville Beach. Overall, NC was about the best state in the Union. The northern invasion is rapidly lowering its quality, though.
Cheapest hotel accommodation on the NC coast in the summer will run you more than $100...and that room would be horrible. One of the priciest on-season beach vacations you can take, but that state has top-5, world-class beaches.
Seeing that boat at the begging reminds me of being in the Navy. Spent 20 years. The one time it was Desert Strike. CVN70 USS Carl Vinson. I was in VFA-113 fighter squadron. Between us and the ships we launched 1000 Tomahawk missiles into Iraq. At night it was like fireworks. Crazy recovering the aircraft and sending them back out again. We left the next day as that war was over. Always good to see Nicky Good video but no cats?
Really enjoyed this video, it's been almost 20 years since my last visit to Wrightsville Beach. Another thing that I thought about is how much it cost you to bring these videos to us.
Another great video. Wonder what kind of Hurricane Damage that hotel can withstand? No better way in my mind to go from Philadelphia to Florida than Old Route 13 through Delaware across the Chesapeak Bay Bridge Tunnel and down US 1 and Wilmington is along the way. I did that for 20 years covering the Phillies for the Doylestown Intelligencer. Avoids all the headaches of I95 with the only drawback being the extra time it takes to drive.
Love the “scenic routes “ I made the trip from Maryland to Clearwater Beach , Florida stopping through Fayetteville, North Carolina, all back roads and it was so peaceful and best road trip I have ever had. ☀️💕😎
Surprised to find you visited my home town. Much different back in the 50s and 60s. Yep I watched them bring the battleship NC in back in 1961. Wrightsville beach isn't quite the same as it was back in the 60s and 70s. Little too snobby now... Thanks for dropping by..
Sold on Wilmington and the hotel. Impressive to say the least. In the summer booking must be expensive and difficult. None the less, Looks like a fun place.
A lot of North Carolinians look down on Wrightsville Beach because it's not as "beautiful" as some of the beaches in the Outer Banks. But I personally love it. I live in Durham, NC, and if I'm going to go to the beach, I usually go to Wrightsville because it's the shortest drive. The beaches can be a bit crowded, but you can avoid that if you go to the right spot. And they're huge and spacious, and water is a good temperature starting in May or earlier. The waves are big enough to be fun but not too huge. And like you saw, downtown Wilmington is fairly nearby and is a cool place to hang out. All that said, I definitely recommend that you check out the Outer Banks if you ever get back to NC and want to visit the beach. The great part about NC is we've got a little of everything here. We've got mountains, beaches, big cities, college towns, rural areas, etc. I'm biased because I grew up here, but I've lived in five different states and three different countries now, and I keep coming back to NC. I love your channel, btw. Just discovered it through your Cairo, IL video, and have watched half a dozen of your other videos today.
It has been awhile since I've been to Wilmington. We would drive down to visit my brother-in-law and his wife. It was a shortdrive as we lived in Goldsboro , North Carolina. The beach is nice but it gets crowded early. Check out the courthouse.
Looks like a fantastic trip in a beautiful city. Not a fan of Holiday Inn myself for the same reasons but that is a very nice hotel, love the room and looking right out on the ocean makes it top notch! I would stay there. 👌🏼
Gotta remember that Wilmington is an old city. Pirates lived there before general population took over. Writesville Beach is expensive compared to Carolina or Topsail beaches. Just to the north is Figure 8 Island. It's private and owners are politicians, entertainers, and old money. The Trask and Cameron families built Figure 8. With UNCW college local, the younger peeps keep the night life hopping. With the addition of I-40 interstate Wilmington exploded. DeLarentis movie studios opened in the 1980's. Movies like Firestarter and Maximum Overdrive were filmed there in the early times. I lived in Carolina Beach until the traffic became so aggravating I moved north to Carteret County where it's more laid back. Great Video
Wilmington is gorgeous ! I love the houses and the Cape Fear River. Gorgeous downtown too. Thank you for all of the trivia. Resort town looks nice too. Love the drone footage! Great hotel! Wow!
I've been watching your channel for awhile now. I was surprised to see you came to the city where I live. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it here. I live on the other side of town near Carolina Beach...a little bit different vibe than Wrightsville Beach. I'm curious if the people in the pool were Coast Guard or Lifeguards... interesting. Btw we do have homeless folks here.
I've driven across the drawbridge many times on my way to Kure Beach. It's a beautiful old southern City but very expensive to live there as I understand. R
Awesome area ! Fancier motel than I can afford but I enjoyed seeing it. I stayed at the Holiday Express in Amarillo Tx a couple weeks ago. Clean and nice . $104 / night and the same breakfast you had was with the room ! My room didn't have a view of the Ocean though ! 8 ) Would love to tour that Battle Ship ! Ya'll drive safe !
Over the days you were in the Wilmington area, I hope you found the time to take the walking tour of the Battleship. Since you are in NC, try a SunDrop for breakfast.
Imagine that I was born and raised here I’ve watched this place go through so many drastic changes from one way streets, dirt roads, Wool Worth , Toms Drugs Store , Reeds Jewelry, the Movie Theaters , We have lots of homeless people they are scattered across Wilmington living wherever they can sit you don’t know anything about this place you’re only in the decent areas of town you haven’t crossed over to the other side because you probably were told about it I hate when people are given misinformation about a city only to get people to come visit the money making areas this place isn’t what y’all think it is don’t be fooled explore and come and visit for yourself don’t allow someone else to lure you in with partial videos they can’t tell you if they don’t live there themselves our beaches are ok they too are money traps also I’m not knocking this place I’m just knocking how they are handling things here and lying to the public and the visitors and people who are moving here they are be careful who you vote into these chairs for mayors, council members and senators
Great video. Grew up in Wilmington, 1943-1967, graduated college, took married, and went in the Army all in within 3 weeks. School was let out when the USS North Carolina was moored, think it was in the fall of 1962. What memories of a great place to live.
I love how positive you are about my city!! I take it for granted sometimes! ❤ thank you
3:00. Look at that building on the right that is dark brick for the first two thirds and lighter brick for the top third. Counting from the top left window, move down 5 floors and to the right 3 windows. That was my apartment from 1982 through 1985. It is a two bedroom apartment and the rent back then was $425. I really enjoyed my time in Wilmington, NC.
You couldn't have picked a better place to stay than Wrightsville Beach.
My husband and I met in a town south of Wilmington, Southport. We always went to Wilmington when we were dating. That was 50 years ago this month. If you were there in the springtime, the Oleander trees would be in bloom, and I would suggest going down Oleander Drive. It is quite a sight to behold. Definitely a beautiful part of the country. It will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤️
That sounds really nice. Congrats to you and your husband. :)
Thank you, but unfortunately he has been gone almost 15 years. We were in it forever from our prospective, but illness happens. You and Nicole grab every minute that you can together.
Two hour shot straight down I40 from home. We love it. Carolina and Kure beachs just down the sand. This is one of your best videos to date.
YAY SPODAS DRIVIN ME AROUND TODAY!! ... LET'S ROLL.😃👍
I am absolutely diggin' what you're showing us my brother! DAY-UUUUUUM!
I am sitting here in India and watching your videos for a while. Just love the feeling of watching these American cities and small towns from the comforts of my living room. Thanks for your efforts.
Glad you like them, George. :)
You should start one in India I’m trying to see what cities look like there.
You are welcome here in NC
I can't wait to come to India and see all your incredible places❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 and beautiful faces
@@charlottecoolik9872 You are welcome do let me know if you ever come to India will love to host u
Wilmington has beautiful residential homes with Southern homes dating back to 1800s. Many of these homes have been used in movies and some actors rented the homes for temperary housing while working their craft in a movie production.
Wilmington, who knew!👍👍. Girl, you are representing for us. You look fantastic!👍👍👍
Lived in Wilmington at the turn of the century. pretty town, lots of tourists, night life enjoyable, but very prone to hurricanes.
Every state is prone to some kind of severe Weather
With Charleston and Savannah down the coast, Wilmington often gets overlooked. It's one of my favorite historic seaside communities.
I agree.
Thank the Good Lord it gets overlooked…
I know you saw my post from your Biloxi, MS visit. All of that still remains. Great work. I actually worked at Screen Gem Studios in Wilmington for about 16 years. My wife and I grew up in Oak Island and Boiling Springs Lakes not far from Wilmington. We moved to Biloxi and the Gulf Coast because the film industry is in its infant stages of being developed there. I witnessed and worked in Wilmington as it was growing in the film and television there. Thank you again for showing and presenting, good or bad, sites some might never see. Safe travels.
Thank you!
Surprised no one is discussing issues with the drinking water associated with Chemours in the Cape Fear river basin...?
I really like touring old WWII ships, need to add the North Carolina to my list. It looks great with that paint job and it's cool to see the Kingfisher floatplane up on the deck. That beach looks terrific but you're right about the water temp, looking online it's 55 degrees...brrrr! The Holiday Inn looks pretty nice...I currently have enough rewards points for a free night, so I could afford to splurge on dinner! (I'll pass on breakfast though 🙂)
Yes the USS NC is a must see!
North Carolinian here. Thank you for showing off one of our beautiful cities! ❤
Nice video,I am from Germany and was 9x in Wilmington the last few years,I like Wilmington very much.
Watching the vid with our morning coffee. Love Wilmington. Thank you for the beautiful footage.
This is my town. I’m glad you enjoyed it. There’s so much to Wilmington. It’s amazing here.
Lived in Wilmington in the 80’s while in high school. One of my favorite places. Wrightsville Beach is really nice.
First time I shall Wilmington was 1971 as a young Marine. Way diff only highway 17. But very cool beach town. Laid back. I’ve been numerous time again always enjoy being there.
Wilmington is beautiful. Lots of movies and shows filmed here 🤍. Beautiful southern homes. Fun night life 🥰
I live in Raleigh but I have been to Wilmington a couple times. Wonderful places with lots of nice restaurants and bars to hit up after the beach.
It is really nice. :)
I live just north of Wilmington (Jacksonville) .. work from Wilmington.. and stay most of my summer on topsail island .) Surf city.. enjoy the friend laid back way of life..been here 1986 from Indiana .. north Carolina has more military forces than any other state in America.. semper Fi marines..
I’m from Lincoln, UK and I’ve been Wilmington twice. I got engaged here on the river walk and I kayaked on the big river way down to the house where they filmed Dawson’s Creek (it killed my shoulders!). It’s my favourite place I’ve been in the USA!
Another fine video about your travels sir. See you on your next video. Take care and be safe.
I came to Wilmington with some college friends on a fishing trip back in 1969, got separated from them and here we are in 2023 and I still haven't gone back home. I refuse to leave until I find my "Fishing Buddies" LOL. I love living here.
I agree very Picturesque. Thank you for sharing.
I drove from Raleigh to. Wilmington regular for work installs. Nice area and town from what I remember. Hurricanes and humidity though, I moved to back to the dry and high in the Rockies where working outdoors was not miserable.
I’ve been watching your videos during my entire pregnancy and I love your channel. My bf and I are trying to figure out where we want to move our family too and your videos are helping us to narrow down areas we might be interested in. Also off topic but wow! Your wife is absolutely beautiful. I’m hoping I’ll be able to get as fit as her this year.
That is awesome. :)
Spoda is top-rated viewing for pregnant ladies. I saw the stats...somewhere.
Please don’t move to Wilmington… anywhere but here… I’m begging you…
@@bigal127 Sorry, Al, they're all gonna move down there and make you guys all sparkly and flamboyant. There will be big "happy" parades every day!
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 😢😢😞
Thank you for another 34 mins of pure joy
Thanks for the tour. Prices really weren't bad for beach front stay. I always loved the southern lifestyle, and this little city seems to have it all !
I wish I could visit Wilmington. Looks very laid back and nice.
Thanks for the tour of Wilmington, safe travels
Gorgeous video! I absolutely love the downtown and waterfront areas of Wimington as well as the Atlantic just to the east.
That was some Groovy music on the beach drone video! I was digging it! Almost got out of my seat to Groove to it👍😂
Really enjoy your content and narrating. You guys are awesome!
Thank you, L67! :)
Thanks! I also had no idea Wilmington looked this way.
Well first I want to say, GOOD to see you again Nicole!!! Been a while!! And now man what a Beautiful City!! And as always very informative as always!!! So you two are great people and I always enjoy all your work you do!!! Stay safe stay healthy and always me HAPPY 😊!!!
Thanks, James!
That is a sweet suite! Wilmington is a beautiful city. UNC-Wilmington is a great school. You did a great job of capturing the city and the beach. NC has some great beach towns.
Thank you very much!
I live North of Wilmington about 50 miles to be exact and have always lovedWilmington. There is a great heal of history in that town and those old homes date back into the 1700’s It is a college town and there is lots of old money there.
Old money meaning Slave money?
Ridiculous comment
Brother EL please know that old money means that there has been wealth in a particular family for generations. Your comment is rude and unjustified.
@@brotherel8225no, it's just like Winston Salem. Old money earned from Tobacco manufacturers, snacks crackers Nabisco, Hanes Manufactures , Texas Pete, and I am sure I am missing a few.
Winston Salem was the only stop between Fl and NYC for many years.
Thank you for coming to North Carolina Wilmington is a beautiful al City so is Carolina Beach and some of the other Islands wished you Nicole kryptek the trolley tour are the horse-drawn carriage ttour Hope you can come back again and visit North Carolina again
Awesome as usual...lovin' the drone shots and riding along to learn US geography...what you don't know is that I'm looking for a new place to live and you are helping immensely. Thanks!!!
Cool!
I often thought if anyone else was researching for settling somewhere else. I must have fallen in love with at least 50 small towns that Joe & Nic have shared with us. Good luck Charliespider 😃. This is an awesome channel.
I like Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. Been many times. During Summer they offer Trolley Tours of all the Historical homes and area. Not far up the road from Southport, you can take a Ferry Boat ride over to Bald Head Island which is nice as well where the only form of transportation on the Island are golf carts. Very natural area.
Lord Sir, The audio on this one is great nice work, As usual a joy to watch.😀
Wilmington seems wonderful! Nice, clean, well-maintained downtown, not alot of crime, no homeless problem, beautiful beaches, close to Raleigh, and very peaceful. It’s a hidden gem in North Carolina for sure!
Tons of crime lots of homeless and the beaches get closed all the time during the summer because of hog waste run off do your research
GREAT SHOPPING lots of high-end stores and great college UNC W and Cape Fear
No homeless problem? Carolina Beach along with other localities fought against Wave Transit providing bus routes because of the homeless population and is why it's so dangerous trying to ride a bicycle from Wilmington to Carolina Beach or vice versa. Unless something has changed recently and I mean four years since I left for family matters I don't think ignoring the industry on homelessness helps.
No homeless problem? Absolutely wrong.
I swear homeless ppl were shipped here
It is wonderful to see some of the older towns able to keep their beauty. The homes, the streets and the different things in town that add to the beauty. and I imagine in the south and in the North East it is really something to see with the very old architecture giving it that something really special.
So many beautiful towns, especially the smaller ones, have been so devastated by the outsourcing of industry overseas, leaving them a hollow shell of what they used to be and robbing them of the charm and leaving the blight.
And then, with the advent of malls and box stores in the outter areas of many towns and small cities, that has also left a blighted mark on the downtowns and older areas that were left to rot rather then keeping them and their history.
The big irony now is that the malls and big box stores that drained many towns for 60+ years are now left to be hollow shells themselves. And many creative people have turned back to the old areas to rejuvinate them and make them cool again. Sadly, that only with a small percent of these towns. Many are just dying away as the new ghost towns as people move out.
Truth! But the blame fall on the government! If you saw how thing were back in the 1970-1980. Most of these towns were really busy , but after the government push out the TOBACCO INDUSTRY and Other companies that these people work in. It destroyed the towns! You can blame WALMART for destroyed the downtown section. Even Wal-Mart had empty buildings in some of those small cities. Moving around and leaving behind a empty building .
Keeping its beauty… until now… 😂
Friday morning and the sun is coming up so had to watch this before cracking on with the day. The first building you showed in the city, "Love" I think it was, love the stonework. For a Friday morning it seems very polite and I can see why they use it for filming. The houses are gob smackingly wonderful, the whole area looks clean and well maintained. Hotel looks very good even if the food is a bit pricey but you have the sea to look over. It looked like a mill pond but then reverted to the Atlantic I remember from over the pond, grey and wild. Wonderful start to the day and thank you for another interesting tour and making me try to think how many years ago I was lying in a pool with a beer. Be safe and see you in the next one.
Thank you, SF. :)
Thank you so much , city wilmington and Beach city was amazing
Loved Wilmington’s cape fear river area, also Wrightsville, Topsail, Carolina and Kure beaches! ❤
Excellent video. You two make me smile. Beautiful city. 5 out of 5. Have fun
Thanks so much!
Love the beautiful big homes!!!! I liked that palm tree in the neighborhood.
You do such a nice job on your tours of America , thankyou for such nice videos.
Thank you, Curtis!
I'm in possession of a jigsaw puzzle of that very ship that was given to my family many years ago by my late grandfather who had visited that ship/museum. He bought it from their gift shop. It was one of the last gifts, if not the last one, given to my family by him before he passed away from cancer.
I like the way u narrate and are so specific explaining...love it....awesome, simple, and well.said.....❤😊
Thank you so much 😀
You're very much welcome...it's just so simple you do it, but we'll enough to obtain those good and important information...I didn't realize how decated our country is...soooo sad...Blessings to you and your family....keep up with the good job and keep humble....Alwayssss
Nice 👍 in a lot of town's in Colorado you have Hot Spring's Pools and natural where you can be outside in them year round. Usually each pool is a different temperature 💕
Speaking of Filming Movies. There another nearby Town my wife and visited .It called Swansboro. They filmed the movie"The Inkwell" starring Larenz Tate,Jada Pinkett Smith,Joe Morton ,Morris Chestnut, Suzzanne Douglas and Glynn Turman.Imagine seeing all those Stars walking around town.
I may have missed it but I didn't hear you mention that a huge Screen Gems studio is located in Wilmington which is why we constantly see film crews at work. Just a couple months ago, they wrapped on "The summer I turned pretty" which was shot in a neighbor's home just down the street.
I mentioned it.
You are a lucky guy in more ways then one. Enjoy your travels.
They're holding or trying to hold on to that old southern charm with every ounce of their fiber.
I used to go there every weekend. I love the north Carolina coastline
We would like to thank you for your compliments, born and raised here, and more than likely will pass here.
Hi, I appreciate your videos. I ❤ learning all of your history “tidbits”; very much a fun time to learn more things that I did in High school. I love your appreciation of older homes and not “cookie cutter.” Please review Richmond. The Forest Hill and Westover Hills neighborhoods off of the James River. Stunning.
If you're referencing Richmond, Virginia, I have visited and have done a video. It's on the channel. Beautiful city with lots of amazing history. :)
We took a boat tour there and the guide pointed out Andy Griffith s home and the owner of Food Lion chain.
Looks like some good surf fishing right there in front of your hotel room.I found out the best way to surf fish is throw a cast net into the surf waves . And what ever you catch in the cast net put it on your hook and cast it a little further.
Lived in Wilmington for about 5 months December to April 92/93 ,loved it,great small city,steeped in history,think andy Griffith show made there,movie cape fear,and the crow also I believe,and 30,40 minutes from myrtle beach,4 hrs from savannah ,georgia
Make sure you like this video! It is a classic video! I am from Wilmington, NC, and I will move back home.
I love the drone parts of your videos. Give a different perspective. Also saves you a lot of unnecessary during around🤣. That battleship is awesome. Did you and your wife go onboard?
Wilmington is a great town. It looks pretty dead during the day but Friday and Saturday nights get pretty busy. They have great breweries if you are into that. Great music scene too. Really no downside to it.
What about the drinking water ? Was doing research on Dupont in Parkersburg, Ohio and allegedly DuPont (Chemours) is also in Wilmington causing some issues with Cape Fear river basin ?
Drinking water is still a problem!
Our resort condo is in Myrtle Beach, we go between here and Wilmington several times a year, either winter, or summer...
The bar area used to do karaoke on Thursday nights long ago. A couple who was staying there had a bit much to drink and decided to go at it in the hot tub. I guess they thought no one could see them since it was dark. Fun nights and memories at the Sunspree.
One of my best friends from college was from Wrightsville Beach. Overall, NC was about the best state in the Union. The northern invasion is rapidly lowering its quality, though.
Cheapest hotel accommodation on the NC coast in the summer will run you more than $100...and that room would be horrible. One of the priciest on-season beach vacations you can take, but that state has top-5, world-class beaches.
The northern invasion ruined much of it. The old Cotton Exchange was the main tourist shopping attraction.
When I heard the music I knew the drone was coming :)
Seeing that boat at the begging reminds me of being in the Navy. Spent 20 years. The one time it was Desert Strike. CVN70 USS Carl Vinson. I was in VFA-113 fighter squadron. Between us and the ships we launched 1000 Tomahawk missiles into Iraq. At night it was like fireworks. Crazy recovering the aircraft and sending them back out again. We left the next day as that war was over. Always good to see Nicky Good video but no cats?
Ship!
The cats were hiding. :)
Great video. I'm enjoying it more and more. I was born in North Carolina, in the town of Shelby.
Think I have found the best town in the US! What a contrast to all those other places you have visited, definitely on my to visit list.
Really enjoyed this video, it's been almost 20 years since my last visit to Wrightsville Beach. Another thing that I thought about is how much it cost you to bring these videos to us.
It gets expensive. :)
Another great video. Wonder what kind of Hurricane Damage that hotel can withstand? No better way in my mind to go from Philadelphia to Florida than Old Route 13 through Delaware across the Chesapeak Bay Bridge Tunnel and down US 1 and Wilmington is along the way. I did that for 20 years covering the Phillies for the Doylestown Intelligencer. Avoids all the headaches of I95 with the only drawback being the extra time it takes to drive.
That sounds amazing. :)
Love the “scenic routes “ I made the trip from Maryland to Clearwater Beach , Florida stopping through Fayetteville, North Carolina, all back roads and it was so peaceful and best road trip I have ever had. ☀️💕😎
Surprised to find you visited my home town. Much different back in the 50s and 60s. Yep I watched them bring the battleship NC in back in 1961. Wrightsville beach isn't quite the same as it was back in the 60s and 70s. Little too snobby now... Thanks for dropping by..
Imagine the hotel prices in the height of summer!
Sold on Wilmington and the hotel. Impressive to say the least. In the summer booking must be expensive and difficult. None the less, Looks like a fun place.
I love going to Wilmington some beautiful places and thing to do we use to go camping there the aquarium is a site to see plus the old Fort
A lot of North Carolinians look down on Wrightsville Beach because it's not as "beautiful" as some of the beaches in the Outer Banks. But I personally love it. I live in Durham, NC, and if I'm going to go to the beach, I usually go to Wrightsville because it's the shortest drive. The beaches can be a bit crowded, but you can avoid that if you go to the right spot. And they're huge and spacious, and water is a good temperature starting in May or earlier. The waves are big enough to be fun but not too huge. And like you saw, downtown Wilmington is fairly nearby and is a cool place to hang out.
All that said, I definitely recommend that you check out the Outer Banks if you ever get back to NC and want to visit the beach. The great part about NC is we've got a little of everything here. We've got mountains, beaches, big cities, college towns, rural areas, etc. I'm biased because I grew up here, but I've lived in five different states and three different countries now, and I keep coming back to NC.
I love your channel, btw. Just discovered it through your Cairo, IL video, and have watched half a dozen of your other videos today.
We thought Wrightsville Beach was great. Really laid back, just the way we like it. :)
I think Wrightsville is beautiful. It has a lot of interesting history.
Personally I don't see what all the hoopla is about the Outer Banks. The mainland beaches much better.
It has been awhile since I've been to Wilmington. We would drive down to visit my brother-in-law and his wife. It was a shortdrive as we lived in Goldsboro , North Carolina. The beach is nice but it gets crowded early. Check out the courthouse.
Looks like a fantastic trip in a beautiful city.
Not a fan of Holiday Inn myself for the same reasons but that is a very nice hotel, love the room and looking right out on the ocean makes it top notch! I would stay there. 👌🏼
It was pretty clear it was not originally a Holiday Inn, and was bought out. Hopefully Holiday Inn won't ruin it.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip actually it has always been a Holiday Inn. It was bought, renovated, and "reinvented" a few years back buy a new ownership group.
@@johnpollard4158 Interesting. Well, it’s by far the nicest Holiday Inn I have stayed in.
So cool. Springfield really looks interesting. 🤗🤗🤗
I am often stunned at what I see as well…….
Gorgeous upscale Holiday Inn - love it.
Wilmington is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to ever live there again.
Gotta remember that Wilmington is an old city. Pirates lived there before general population took over. Writesville Beach is expensive compared to Carolina or Topsail beaches. Just to the north is Figure 8 Island. It's private and owners are politicians, entertainers, and old money. The Trask and Cameron families built Figure 8. With UNCW college local, the younger peeps keep the night life hopping. With the addition of I-40 interstate Wilmington exploded. DeLarentis movie studios opened in the 1980's. Movies like Firestarter and Maximum Overdrive were filmed there in the early times. I lived in Carolina Beach until the traffic became so aggravating I moved north to Carteret County where it's more laid back. Great Video
I stayed at a private home on Figure 8 Island and man what a house it was!
Wilmington is gorgeous ! I love the houses and the Cape Fear River. Gorgeous downtown too. Thank you for all of the trivia. Resort town looks nice too. Love the drone footage! Great hotel! Wow!
I've been watching your channel for awhile now. I was surprised to see you came to the city where I live. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it here. I live on the other side of town near Carolina Beach...a little bit different vibe than Wrightsville Beach. I'm curious if the people in the pool were Coast Guard or Lifeguards... interesting.
Btw we do have homeless folks here.
I've driven across the drawbridge many times on my way to Kure Beach. It's a beautiful old southern City but very expensive to live there as I understand. R
It's chill and laid back
we love Wilmington. We go twice a year and stay at Blockade Runner
Awesome area ! Fancier motel than I can afford but I enjoyed seeing it. I stayed at the Holiday Express in Amarillo Tx a couple weeks ago. Clean and nice . $104 / night and the same breakfast you had was with the room ! My room didn't have a view of the Ocean though ! 8 ) Would love to tour that Battle Ship ! Ya'll drive safe !
Great art galleries in Wilmington and seafood.
Lord Spoda you and your wife had a great time in holiday in resorted it was a beautiful place to stay and have fun
It really was. :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip that's good to hear my friend
Over the days you were in the Wilmington area, I hope you found the time to take the walking tour of the Battleship. Since you are in NC, try a SunDrop for breakfast.
Imagine that I was born and raised here I’ve watched this place go through so many drastic changes from one way streets, dirt roads, Wool Worth , Toms Drugs Store , Reeds Jewelry, the Movie Theaters , We have lots of homeless people they are scattered across Wilmington living wherever they can sit you don’t know anything about this place you’re only in the decent areas of town you haven’t crossed over to the other side because you probably were told about it I hate when people are given misinformation about a city only to get people to come visit the money making areas this place isn’t what y’all think it is don’t be fooled explore and come and visit for yourself don’t allow someone else to lure you in with partial videos they can’t tell you if they don’t live there themselves our beaches are ok they too are money traps also I’m not knocking this place I’m just knocking how they are handling things here and lying to the public and the visitors and people who are moving here they are be careful who you vote into these chairs for mayors, council members and senators
@dellabozier1784 hola 👋
This is a great video. I can't wait to vacation again in a place like this