GEORGIA'S MOST OLD SCHOOL BACKWOODS TOWN / DAWSON, GA

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @karengreen2437
    @karengreen2437 2 года назад +285

    Regardless of showing a place considered “the most old school backwoods”, one thing people who don’t live in places like this realize is that, people in these small towns, run down or not, all know each other and look out for each other. They have realized that having all the money and the things and the big fancy houses and cars don’t mean you are happy. I’m from a large city in Florida but grew up and lived mainly in Georgia and SC with family roots in one of these small towns just like it. We are planning a move back to a small southern town. I wouldn’t trade a small town in the south feeling for anything or any town or city in the world.

    • @ponolovefarms3926
      @ponolovefarms3926 2 года назад +10

      So true. I grew up in Manchester Georgia, knew everyone and their family, had folks looking out for me and vice versa. Now I’m trapped out here in the dingaling capital of the us, Oregon. Hope you make it back someday

    • @freedomc8784
      @freedomc8784 2 года назад +15

      I'm watching this thinking the same....really missing the small town I grew up in. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. There was such a sense of warmth & comfort

    • @fistfull1
      @fistfull1 2 года назад

      Then go the fak back NOW

    • @barbarasteed3966
      @barbarasteed3966 2 года назад +11

      I dont know if this video is meant to make it look bad to live in a small town..but the people are mostly happy and want to live there..rather live there than a big city with out of control crime..

    • @reginamassenberg2669
      @reginamassenberg2669 2 года назад +23

      I was about to say....hell...I'll move there....peace of mind is EVERYTHING

  • @bettyerembert7058
    @bettyerembert7058 2 года назад +75

    I'm from Dawson Ga. Otis Redding was born there. I went to school with his cousin. I still have people there and i still visit. I love my hometown. It has beautiful neighborhoods. But i still love the old back roads.💓💓💓

    • @aundreaglover3421
      @aundreaglover3421 2 года назад +1

      I know his wife and children!

    • @bjwilliams
      @bjwilliams 2 года назад +5

      My name is Betty Jo also.😁grew up in eastern Kentucky like this, except we never had a car or hot water! Coal or kerosene stoves. My grandson can't believe the hot water part. Retired in northern California🌴now, I enjoy these videos, takes me back. Take care, 💗🙏.

    • @JuanLopez-zr9td
      @JuanLopez-zr9td 2 года назад +1

      Why before go out on 82 you cut off the video, you need to show it too

    • @cadaverdog1424
      @cadaverdog1424 2 года назад +1

      Do they still have slaves on the plantations there???😂😂😂

    • @joltjolt5060
      @joltjolt5060 2 года назад

      @@cadaverdog1424 you wish

  • @Ryoten2289
    @Ryoten2289 2 года назад +56

    Man watching this brings me back. I know every single road you drove on. Hell, I grew up in most of these places. This,Parrott GA, and Bellflower will always and forever be home.

    • @stevefix1112
      @stevefix1112 2 года назад

      Isn't Parrott a ghost town?

    • @Ryoten2289
      @Ryoten2289 2 года назад +1

      @stevefix1112 Only a few still live there. My grands still live there, and it's a great opportunity to build something there.

    • @4thst64
      @4thst64 Год назад

      Are they're any drug dealers there?

  • @bettyboyne8531
    @bettyboyne8531 2 года назад +23

    I heard laughter of children who played ball in the safe streets of this once happy town. I smelled savory aromas escaping through the open windows from mama's kitchen. I found solitude on the big porches where we once sat in the evening as a family to talk and laugh together.
    I felt peace and love. 💕

    • @jamesnash6101
      @jamesnash6101 2 года назад

      WTF... Are you talking about? That's all good and fine. Just as long as all of you dark skinned share croppers. Stayed on your side of the tracks.
      But if you ventured onto; "mighty whites" land. Well you knew the consequences, because the slave patrols, herrinvolks and Karenvolks were there to remind you of what your place is. If you knew what was good for you. You'd better stay on the dark side of town. And just be happy with your 40 acres and a mule.

    • @bettyboyne8531
      @bettyboyne8531 2 года назад

      @@jamesnash6101 And it sounds like you may still be living on one but I'm betting you never saw one.
      I was raised on a village with cotton mill workers. Most of the kids had to quit school at 16 to go to work there. At that time,in the 40s, I think my mama and dad made 2.00 a day wages.
      My dad was the village drunk so his money went in his pocket. Mama fed and clothed us on her pay. He also was a mean drunk.
      We had a tough life too. But when he wasn't there we had a fun time. We took advantage of every moment.
      I am really sorry that you haven't searched your mind and dug up a time when you found a little enjoyment there. Of you haven't, try it. You'll be much happier today.

    • @carolcole570
      @carolcole570 2 года назад +1

      @@bettyboyne8531 But Betty, this is 2022. Don’t live in the past, honey. I am 78 and I think Dawson is a wonderful place to live……..now, not back when there was so much poverty. ❤️

  • @sallysharp4126
    @sallysharp4126 2 года назад +8

    My Family Is From Dawson GA. Terrell County. So Many Awesome /Amazing..Precious..Childhood Memories From Visits There. . 🥰😘💜

  • @BenYahdah
    @BenYahdah 2 года назад +8

    I love my state, it's these small towns that you can feel secure in letting your children enjoy their childhood. Everyone knows everyone and we will take care of each other.

  • @thetalltourist3053
    @thetalltourist3053 2 года назад +13

    Watching from the Uk 🇬🇧 and like seeing the southern towns in the USA .

  • @NaeDaNicest
    @NaeDaNicest 2 года назад +20

    Thank you for riding down the dirt roads for your subs.

  • @R32R38
    @R32R38 2 года назад +70

    Hard to tell whether some houses are occupied or abandoned.

    • @Chillerveli
      @Chillerveli 2 года назад +2

      I a help u. The 1s without a front door or paint vacant

    • @angelladavis2250
      @angelladavis2250 2 года назад +2

      Where are the people?

    • @IndigenousIndianLady65
      @IndigenousIndianLady65 2 года назад

      And it's not your business to know....

    • @R32R38
      @R32R38 2 года назад +2

      @@IndigenousIndianLady65 It is

  • @joes0406
    @joes0406 2 года назад +91

    Still better than Philly...

    • @LADY1056
      @LADY1056 2 года назад +9

      Dude, lay off Philly!

    • @AccessoriesAddict5528
      @AccessoriesAddict5528 2 года назад +20

      Just about anywhere is better than Philly...

    • @CucciLiquor
      @CucciLiquor 2 года назад +5

      Trust the process I guess 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @miltonhollis703
      @miltonhollis703 2 года назад +4

      Damn you read my Mind....thinking the same thing..

    • @sarcrazy530
      @sarcrazy530 2 года назад +4

      Good one buddy

  • @marcomcdowell8861
    @marcomcdowell8861 2 года назад +69

    I give you credit for rolling through these neighborhoods around the US. A slow moving out of state car in any neighborhood will draw attention from the locals or cops hahaha

    • @TheKatiness
      @TheKatiness 2 года назад +6

      Naw. We just figure they're lost.

    • @stonerman3480
      @stonerman3480 2 года назад +2

      Nah you just needed to say something stupid.

  • @teecope488
    @teecope488 2 года назад +8

    Im from a small town called "West Point Ga"close to Lagrange Ga and i love my people and town even though its pretty run down as well but no matter what there's no place like home and i can always get a good meal when i go home lol....the community is still tight nitched and thats rare in big metropolitan cities not to mention the country air is so much different than in the city .....my granny still has well water and its absolutely amazing 🥰thk you for bringing back great memories of being home

  • @blast4me754
    @blast4me754 2 года назад +32

    My grand-parents from a country little town just like that in the south.. People in those little towns really do be all related to each other too. They were using words like cuh and cuz way before the Crips in LA.

    • @tula1433
      @tula1433 2 года назад +1

      Not something to be proud of cuh

    • @blast4me754
      @blast4me754 2 года назад +6

      Nope I'm proud of my grandparents. They were born in the early 1900's and places like these were well taken care of back then probably up until the 1970's. My grandparents town look like this but not as poor and abandon looking.

    • @georgiamademane9552
      @georgiamademane9552 2 года назад +3

      Don't forget sayin folk before the gds or folk gangs in Chicago and young blood and blood before bloods in La

  • @vickygoodrich4761
    @vickygoodrich4761 2 года назад +47

    The best people in the world live in these small towns! I love it! ❤

    • @melrosaslaughter7886
      @melrosaslaughter7886 2 года назад +1

      Not in Dawson Georgia. They were mean nasty, jealous hearted, uneducated and right out evil!!

    • @vickygoodrich4761
      @vickygoodrich4761 2 года назад

      @@melrosaslaughter7886 omg! That is bad!

    • @ormalibu2056
      @ormalibu2056 2 года назад

      Yeah right black neighborhood always looks filthy

    • @vickygoodrich4761
      @vickygoodrich4761 2 года назад

      @@ormalibu2056 I have a lot of black friends that are good people and none of them are filthy. I work with them everyday! There are lots of small towns across this nation and there is good people living in them. It's usually people who live in upscale neighborhoods, who think they are better than others and look down their noses at people who live in these places, however that is not always the case. Good neighborly people can live anywhere, so who are we to judge?

    • @MrTD714
      @MrTD714 2 года назад +1

      Nah not trying to drive miles to do anything

  • @julieolsen7869
    @julieolsen7869 2 года назад +2

    I enjoyed seeing these homes. Reminds me of the 50's......MEMORIES OF NEIGHBOURS LOOKING AFTER EACH OTHER.

  • @DigitalBathInAZ
    @DigitalBathInAZ 2 года назад +14

    There must have been a huge sale on baby blue and seafoam green exterior paint at some point in Dawson, GA.

    • @teecope488
      @teecope488 2 года назад +2

      Ikr🤷‍♀️then i was wondering if those were government homes since those all look alike in the video and made of block rocks which most public housing are

    • @PrettyGoodLookin
      @PrettyGoodLookin Год назад

      It's Beachy.

  • @gloriarobinson4528
    @gloriarobinson4528 2 года назад +5

    I miss those days born in a small town like this grew up in Miami, fla ppl look out and help there neighbors everyone knew each others

  • @IVY87699
    @IVY87699 2 года назад +3

    Beautiful town great place for people to come back and live all it needs is some rebuilding and everything will look beautiful again this remind me of my old country Town quiet and peaceful and everybody know your name

  • @bartenderzzz
    @bartenderzzz 2 года назад +30

    Looks a bit run down but still peaceful. I bet people are chill down there.

    • @lilbomurphy
      @lilbomurphy 2 года назад +5

      We are

    • @SnuupSantana
      @SnuupSantana 2 года назад +1

      Yeah I’m sure the 5 people who can’t move are pleased with living there🤣

  • @bethanythedford9226
    @bethanythedford9226 Год назад +1

    Stay safe charlie, i live in a small town in east texas and i love it

  • @henryevans2935
    @henryevans2935 2 года назад +27

    Great place for the person who has the money to rebuild and make this town beautiful again

    • @nemyz7421
      @nemyz7421 2 года назад +2

      Muitas pessoas que pensam em saírem dos Estados Unidos deveriam ver esse vídeo.
      Me parece ser um bom lugar pra recomeçar !
      Se alguém pensar em investir em algum comércio nessa cidadezinha , vai se dar bem , atraindo mais pessoas pra investirem por lá.
      Alguém poderia pensar sobre isso !

    • @nemyz7421
      @nemyz7421 2 года назад

      Eu concordo com você !

  • @samuelreese6357
    @samuelreese6357 2 года назад +13

    The kudzu vine gives these hoods a unique southern look.

  • @awkwardquilterGA
    @awkwardquilterGA 2 года назад +58

    A little history about Dawson. This was a segregated town. A private school was built so more privilege families would not have to intermingle with the less financially wealthy. There was industry here until NAFTA moved plants to Mexico. One by one the plants closed and hard working people were left without jobs. Older people stayed, children moved away, families died and relatives sold the homes to landlords. It's still a good easy-going place to live. But no one really cares about investing in the old things. Next time drive through the beautiful homes in the area. Many of us still take pride in our humble homes.

    • @Gator777
      @Gator777 2 года назад +15

      NAFTA did this to numerous small towns in the United States. Politicians sold us out.

    • @FalconsGirl1
      @FalconsGirl1 2 года назад +12

      Segregated towns are nothing to be proud of tf

    • @richardschneider4775
      @richardschneider4775 2 года назад +2

      what do you think the remedy is for the homes left to rot as abandoned?

    • @chickenwing111
      @chickenwing111 2 года назад +2

      Add let's recall who signed NAFTA into law and also who got rid of it.

    • @bonnyedaise9465
      @bonnyedaise9465 2 года назад +1

      @@Gator777 who was president?

  • @keriyonamolden2703
    @keriyonamolden2703 2 года назад +11

    Why didn't you show the neighborhoods that are actually well put together. I'm from Dawson and you are only showing the places that make us seem horrid

    • @kayjay407
      @kayjay407 2 года назад +1

      I don't think these homes make you seem horrid. Humble beginnings are not a bad thing! Quaint, unpretentious, down-home country folk are the best!❤🙏

    • @PrettyGoodLookin
      @PrettyGoodLookin Год назад +1

      Horrid is a mean word. Poor people have little money for extras... Perhaps start a go fund me to help your town.

  • @rebeccagraves3137
    @rebeccagraves3137 2 года назад +5

    I love small towns like this

  • @hikerx9366
    @hikerx9366 2 года назад +4

    My motto I live by,
    "LIVE SIMPLY, SO OTHER'S MAY SIMPLY LIVE." ❤️

    • @joanyow7952
      @joanyow7952 6 месяцев назад

      not much of a carbon footprint ,

  • @WILD__THINGS
    @WILD__THINGS 2 года назад +19

    Obviously it's in bad shape but it actually has a kind of charm

    • @tonirodriquez706
      @tonirodriquez706 2 года назад +1

      Yes those houses are nice. Love to have one.

  • @debradriskell4379
    @debradriskell4379 2 года назад +3

    Hello Chef iam amazed to see some of those homes still up in my town they were condemn torn down and they built Affordable Apartments for people I pray everyone have a blessed Thanksgiving.

  • @eriq54321
    @eriq54321 2 года назад +9

    I could people around those parts are so nice that they'd treat you like family

    • @RazPerignon
      @RazPerignon 2 года назад +10

      Yea they’ll offer you a hit of meth out of a Mountain Dew can

    • @majortom9556
      @majortom9556 2 года назад

      @@RazPerignon 🤣🤣

    • @YoutubeChanneI
      @YoutubeChanneI 2 года назад

      Not everything is sunshine and rainbows my guy

  • @pullmanstandard81203
    @pullmanstandard81203 2 года назад +6

    I lived in South Central Georgia as a Military Contractor in the 1980's. Spent a few nights in Leesburg right next to Dawson. People in that neck of the woods are very personable and kind. Except for Atlanta, Georgia is one of the places to be.

  • @williebeamish5879
    @williebeamish5879 2 года назад +18

    Looks pretty clean and neat to me. No abandoned rotting vehicles or piles of trash everywhere. I'd give this place a five star as far as rural communities go.

  • @J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955
    @J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955 2 года назад +7

    Anybody got a problem with how I was born and raised. I got more morals and values, or just as much as anyone else. Been poor isn't a sin

  • @WanderingWithWanda
    @WanderingWithWanda 2 года назад +4

    That ain't "backwoods" at all. It's just a lower income neighborhood. Backwoods is rural.

  • @jerfacekilla
    @jerfacekilla 2 года назад +31

    When I think of Dawson, I think of Otis Redding.

    • @Lifewithniya3685
      @Lifewithniya3685 2 года назад +3

      Otitis Redding is from Macon, GA just like Little Richard

    • @jerfacekilla
      @jerfacekilla 2 года назад +8

      @@Lifewithniya3685 He was born in Dawson.

    • @MattsJourney375
      @MattsJourney375 2 года назад

      Macon ga

    • @timijayprince6605
      @timijayprince6605 2 года назад +4

      Yes, Otis Redding was born in Dawson.

    • @t.j.h2810
      @t.j.h2810 2 года назад

      They've both got something in common....both are graveyard dead !!

  • @dlove2830
    @dlove2830 2 года назад +21

    I live in Albany...20 minutes away. There is a LOT of history in them houses.

  • @edwardpeterson1634
    @edwardpeterson1634 2 года назад +2

    Actually it is really beautiful in so many ways.

  • @jeremiahbryant9814
    @jeremiahbryant9814 2 года назад +19

    That town is country for real.

    • @Lifewithniya3685
      @Lifewithniya3685 2 года назад +2

      It's a small town, what do you expect

    • @Antonio18677
      @Antonio18677 2 года назад +3

      I lived in Georgia for over 9 years country as they come especially Dawson it’s more like Alabama

    • @Lifewithniya3685
      @Lifewithniya3685 2 года назад +2

      @@Antonio18677dummy, Georgia has a population over 13 million. It's not country at all... Every small town are country not matter where in this world.

    • @Antonio18677
      @Antonio18677 2 года назад +1

      @@Lifewithniya3685 I know that once you get out of Atlanta it’s mostly small towns and country land cow pastors etc..

    • @henryhawkins1194
      @henryhawkins1194 2 года назад +1

      @@Lifewithniya3685 I grew up in Southwest Georgia, every town with the exception of Atlanta is country. And even parts of Atlanta is country as well. That is the reason I left forty years ago and never looked back. Things in Albany looks exactly the same as when I left, or worse. With that in mind, Georgia is still my go to place to get peace of mind and relaxation.

  • @joycebrown6079
    @joycebrown6079 2 года назад +54

    Word! Being from the south I can relate! As long as folks take pride, that’s all that matter! Thanks for the ride…

    • @liamgross7217
      @liamgross7217 2 года назад +3

      World wide. Pride and respect. 👍🇦🇺

    • @shenetheawardlow1033
      @shenetheawardlow1033 2 года назад +1

      That's the keyword PRIDE.

    • @hitek9too255
      @hitek9too255 2 года назад +2

      Except this place looks run down!

    • @steviegenoski9977
      @steviegenoski9977 2 года назад +2

      If they had any pride that place wouldn't be so run down and trashy. I live 20 miles from there in Leslie, population 432, and for the most part it's clean and maintained. Those people have given up.

    • @pierreklee8032
      @pierreklee8032 2 года назад

      yeah right! live in a proverbial toilet - but have pride! I see 30k cars and $2 shacks - but have pride!

  • @GeneralGlockasiah
    @GeneralGlockasiah 2 года назад +6

    whats up with that mint green house paint? my grandma had one that color here in Texas 😫 before that she had a pink house until it burned down 😩

  • @jduce68
    @jduce68 2 года назад +2

    I think Manchester, GA warrants a spotlight. It's very much like this. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself.

  • @mrmoneytime5855
    @mrmoneytime5855 2 года назад +2

    The good old southern life style 👌 just outside side chilling with the family and friends lol Cooling cooling 😎😎

  • @glocktaviousbrown5420
    @glocktaviousbrown5420 2 года назад +1

    I drive trucks I get to see all these ducked of old school towns … it’s nice to see that there are still some places off the grid..

  • @kurtbauman4251
    @kurtbauman4251 Год назад +2

    One more thing - there are some pretty excentric people there. Very interesting.

  • @breadandcircus1
    @breadandcircus1 2 года назад

    I liked this little old town. There is something there that makes it so charming

  • @kurtbauman4251
    @kurtbauman4251 Год назад +1

    I gotta protest. I like Dawson, even though I got a bandaid in my French fries order from the Dairy Queen in 1972.

  • @carolcole570
    @carolcole570 2 года назад +1

    Ohhhhh, I love Dawson, Georgia ! That is where The Camp of Colors is. Many happy memories around that beautiful area. Good solid Southerners. Good art work, especially by a modern artist named Terry Ergle. Perfect place to live, in my opinion. ❤️

  • @smokerscoach
    @smokerscoach 2 года назад +2

    it would be really nice to interview one or two people just get them to talk about their lifestyles, crime and how they feel about this place

  • @aniea5664
    @aniea5664 2 года назад +4

    I was born and raised in Georgia. I don't know where Dawson is. There is Dawsonville Ga. It's nothing like this. This looks like going back in time.

  • @mentallyaktive916
    @mentallyaktive916 2 года назад +9

    I Can Imagine The Spirits Lingering .

  • @Mandas999
    @Mandas999 2 года назад +1

    My family's from there they were very poor growing up and we're looked down upon ,leaving was the best decision they made

  • @bigfrinl7525
    @bigfrinl7525 2 года назад +4

    Why are some of the houses built on blocks like lifted off the ground?

    • @vesta8481
      @vesta8481 2 года назад

      My guess is that it's the most affordable way to keep the houses level.

    • @jamsmall475
      @jamsmall475 2 года назад

      Also prevents flooding

  • @Txshanell
    @Txshanell 2 года назад +22

    Growing up in East Tx visiting peachtree Ga (my cousin) these old wooden houses reminder of my memaws house they obviously weren’t run down but neighborhoods like this usta be the best in the south sad to see how poverty is in usa meanwhile we’re sending millions to other countries when we need send it to our own and invest in these poverty stricken areas build parks for kids to play and side walks for ppl walk an try better the blocks it’s sad see the poor ppl in America an know these houses could be fixed up with window units and remodeled for ppl to afford to live and yet investors choose not to work with these areas it’s sad bc there families there kids being raised idk if it’s bad area someone neighborhood 😢for 🇺🇸

    • @CODYBIMBO1
      @CODYBIMBO1 2 года назад +2

      well said

    • @timijayprince6605
      @timijayprince6605 2 года назад

      Peachtree where?

    • @Txshanell
      @Txshanell 2 года назад +1

      @@timijayprince6605 Peachtree Georgia my cousin Jackie live there and then my grandma grew up at her house in Athens Texas and then my grandma moved to southern East Dallas I’ve 635 in Ferguson we live at the word Meadow Apartments for three years and then we moved on the other side of Mesquite so pretty much lives in Dallas and born and raised a summer a few times in Georgia but a lot of my families all lived around the east Texas area and a lot of these families and he’s so hot and bad neighborhoods was once somebody’s grandma‘s really nice house you know they just remind me it’s like my childhood

  • @charliewhoo1863
    @charliewhoo1863 2 года назад +2

    This my home town… 229 native…. There is a lot of history in this town. Check out the Dawson 5

  • @markrush5013
    @markrush5013 2 года назад +13

    lts funny to read these comments...because we're rural we're all related or we're gonna attack an out of state car etc. as long as you leave us alone and stay off our property you're ok down here...unlike in the cities where you get beat half to death for no reason.

  • @MAINMASUBO
    @MAINMASUBO 2 года назад +7

    this guy inspires me to make videos like him around my hood without saying a word..

  • @teresawilson3893
    @teresawilson3893 2 года назад +3

    I remember going through places like this it was all black and that was in the seventies it looked exactly like this

  • @BizzThePrince
    @BizzThePrince 2 года назад

    Ahhhh! I’m from North Jersey but I had family down in Dawson, we would visit every summer. Very nice ppl, everyone would wave and say hello. But it’s still dangerous in a couple parts. Miss going down there; also should out to Albany it’s not too far away from Dawson

  • @anthonyferrari5837
    @anthonyferrari5837 2 года назад +46

    Charlie, you should make a video of Venice beach, Hollywood, Santa Monica. I was there recently and I wanted to vomit, No place, Detroit or Philly can come close to the level of trash, filth and depravity I witnessed in LA this week, not even remotely close. People are in literal TENTS! LA makes Mumbai look appealing.

    • @alphaomega1351
      @alphaomega1351 2 года назад +15

      Well at least USA 🇺🇸 sending billions to Ukraine 🇺🇦. 😶

    • @indigobeauty1
      @indigobeauty1 2 года назад +8

      Ca is a trip, people think it's beautiful and the place to be... Challenging place to be with expensive rent and high stress levels.

    • @traveltimes4109
      @traveltimes4109 2 года назад +3

      I thought they were cleaning up Venice Beach. I’ve seen a lot on RUclips about that. However LA is the worst place in CA, homeless population out of control!

    • @sandeeptiwari7157
      @sandeeptiwari7157 2 года назад +1

      @Anthony Ferrari.
      I am from Mumbai you need to visit Mumbai before you judge. Stop looking at those racist Hollywood movies and puppet American media.

    • @freethelur
      @freethelur 2 года назад +8

      Better then what?? Look up the Kensington section on Philadelphia the biggest open air heroin area in the United States

  • @n4ck268
    @n4ck268 2 года назад +6

    Man, if you ain’t from here, you’d be way out your comfort zone.

  • @nanakofi1710
    @nanakofi1710 2 года назад +3

    Compared to where I grew up in Africa, this place is like New York or any other big city in the US for me, the only similarity is that we were happy and knew each other from point A to Z

    • @jamsmall475
      @jamsmall475 2 года назад +1

      I guess it depends on what part of Africa because I’ve met so many Africans that have a lot of money and big houses

  • @pameradams3010
    @pameradams3010 2 года назад +2

    I visited Dawson GA years ago my mother law from Dawson and I live on NYC I go to Dawson for the home cooking and the rest

  • @shenetheawardlow1033
    @shenetheawardlow1033 2 года назад +3

    It's clean for the most part and quiet

  • @DPops-yf4zp
    @DPops-yf4zp 2 года назад +12

    It saddens me to see towns like this in such disrepair. There are supposed 'third world' countries with better housing, better ammenities and better overall quality of life than the places depicted on this channel. There is no pride in their community, no shops, and probably little to no opportunities for employment. Before we spend billions on other countries we should repair our own.

  • @search4truth104
    @search4truth104 2 года назад +6

    There must have been a sale on mint green house paint.

    • @mime3763
      @mime3763 2 года назад

      Y'all crazy wit the paint colors!!!😁😁😁😁😆😆😆😆😭😭😭😂😂😂😂. Mint and pink paint sales!!!!!!!! RUclipsrs spot evérythang!!!!!!!! Y'all don't be missing, NUTHIN...HUH????😵‍💫😵‍💫🥴🥴🥴🥴😏😏😏😏🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

  • @santosperez212
    @santosperez212 2 года назад +2

    Discúlpame una pregunta en donde esta la ciudad o en que parte de Georgia esta y también las casas están de ventas nomas que no mucho ablo inglés Discúlpame

    • @lc6636
      @lc6636 Год назад

      South Georgia near Albany.

  • @robertnewell4054
    @robertnewell4054 2 года назад +13

    This is very similar to many areas in Central California… except things are green instead of all yellow & dried due to a decade long drought. CenCal is the leading agriculture center in the World & has long been called “Food Basket of America” They even more cotton than all of Georgia. It also is by population percentages the most violent area of California (statistics right). Brother Charlie you’ve been to California a couple of times now, but you always bypass. You’re fearless…, so hopefully next time in Cali swing by NoTown (Fresno) & all these NoTown Assassins. Fresno is the 5th largest City in Cali, BTW, making its population base larger than many entire State ….

    • @dcfl2147
      @dcfl2147 2 года назад +2

      Nobody care about Cali

    • @smerkish6242
      @smerkish6242 2 года назад +2

      @@dcfl2147 u cared enough to comment

    • @freakyninja3545
      @freakyninja3545 2 года назад

      @@smerkish6242 yeah but he's telling the truth, don't live in cali.

  • @prudymcclendon5120
    @prudymcclendon5120 2 года назад +2

    I love myself some Philly and Dawson GA🎉❤

  • @EastsideGoVner706
    @EastsideGoVner706 2 года назад +2

    This close to Coleman? And shellman? Ft Gaines?

    • @gingerdrumwright6000
      @gingerdrumwright6000 2 года назад +1

      It's about 20 miles North of shellman. I was raised in Coleman ga.

  • @athorpe630
    @athorpe630 2 года назад +5

    Better than some I've seen.

  • @kelvincoder6350
    @kelvincoder6350 2 года назад +4

    Are there people living in those houses?

    • @silvercash64
      @silvercash64 2 года назад

      The polar opposite of these wonderful folks is Elon Musk .
      This is reality .

  • @Tawana1902
    @Tawana1902 2 года назад +3

    If only I could buy back my Great Grandmother's land!! She owned half of 9th Avenue. From the stop sign down 🤎WENT FROM COUSINS..AUNT'S, UNCLES, GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND MORE on each sode of the street!! #Oneday😔

    • @arthurhudson3592
      @arthurhudson3592 2 года назад

      Omg it look so boring there did you grow up round here

    • @Tawana1902
      @Tawana1902 2 года назад

      @@arthurhudson3592 it looks boring now...but it wasn't about...30 years!!

  • @christinerowe1042
    @christinerowe1042 2 года назад +3

    Showing how people are surviving under these conditions is heart breaking especially when there's so many black millionaires and billionaires in the USA. So instead of spending money on drugs or super big houses or hiding it over seas or marrying younger people or whatever they are doing why not reach out and help these struggling families?

  • @nos-fz8xm
    @nos-fz8xm 2 года назад +7

    Only if the government in this country actually cared about its people

    • @pierreklee8032
      @pierreklee8032 2 года назад

      the people are the government- obviously they do not care.

  • @JRWeezy84
    @JRWeezy84 2 года назад +3

    Dang dude u went down to the backwood backwoods

  • @Tony-mq5yo
    @Tony-mq5yo 2 года назад +5

    These are type of homes that if you live in them, they will teach you rigorous lesson

  • @bakulubaka8661
    @bakulubaka8661 2 года назад +1

    I like it, it's very peaceful !

  • @bradunruh9188
    @bradunruh9188 2 года назад +1

    Reminds me of another place down south where car is worth 3 times as much as house.

  • @tarabrickle8745
    @tarabrickle8745 2 года назад +4

    Lol, noteven close to being as back woods as we can get. Love, Georgia

  • @ivanicarchano4828
    @ivanicarchano4828 2 года назад

    Saudações do Brasil. Gosto muito de ver seus vídeos.

  • @bettyhudson979
    @bettyhudson979 2 года назад +2

    One thing you didn’t see was homeless camps filled with people from one street to the next street.

  • @owen823
    @owen823 2 года назад +2

    Is it safer to drive through these towns in a a rusted oldie or a new car? Charlie's car sounds kind of flashy..?

  • @Himerosteam
    @Himerosteam 2 года назад

    weren't you a little nervous at 4:55 Charlie?

  • @freddiebrooks6898
    @freddiebrooks6898 2 года назад +3

    Down home 💜

  • @JDoomhauer87
    @JDoomhauer87 2 года назад +1

    That’s confusing. There is Dawson County GA, and Dawsonville GA. This is a whole
    Different place.

  • @horaceragin7133
    @horaceragin7133 2 года назад +1

    I wish the people that have families that don't live there anymore then someone needs to tear down the old houses.

  • @hc3282
    @hc3282 2 года назад +1

    Okay! I am from the Caribbean and I know that every country have rich and poor but are those dirt roads I am seeing? I am trying to think of a dirt road in my country. Lots of potholed roads yes, but no dirt roads. First opportunity I would have been out of there and be nostalgic from afar. How can a developed nation have such undeveloped towns. That is strange to me.

    • @jamsmall475
      @jamsmall475 2 года назад

      I hope the world starts to notice that there are a lot of poor people in the United States. Even if you work , everything is expensive

  • @lewislindsey1946
    @lewislindsey1946 2 года назад +7

    The situation in Dawson and every run-down town or neighborhood in America can be traced back to two things: (1) the Democrats with the Great Society of the 1960's when the government revved up the FHA with totally delusional financing programs to make sure that all blacks would forever be wed to the Democratic Party, and (2) the Vietnam War which was totally bogus but which quickly introduced millions of American servicemen to Southeast Asia drugs and addiction on an industrial scale. Credit for both goes to old white men in Congress who got us into both - may they rot in Hell.

    • @barbarasteed3966
      @barbarasteed3966 2 года назад

      Thinking you are 200% correct

    • @muchhops
      @muchhops 2 года назад +1

      This is flat untrue, this started with the founding of this nation..

    • @lewislindsey1946
      @lewislindsey1946 2 года назад

      @@muchhops Please elaborate. I would be very interested.

  • @zakiahmad4024
    @zakiahmad4024 2 года назад

    One word: beautiful!

  • @Mike-uk3tb
    @Mike-uk3tb 2 года назад +2

    That needs to be redeveloped!

  • @Mega07
    @Mega07 2 года назад +11

    Looks like the 1940s

  • @432Tx
    @432Tx 2 года назад +4

    I’m from texas mane I love the dirty south!!

  • @jeanlawson9133
    @jeanlawson9133 2 года назад

    So what is with the Blue House's,,, color code for we got the stuff...

  • @jeanmissud9582
    @jeanmissud9582 2 года назад

    What does « backwoods town » mean?

  • @ibanez856
    @ibanez856 2 года назад +2

    I’m not American and tbh if you didn’t tell me this was the states I would think it was a developing country, don’t mean to offend - I don’t think houses like that can even legally built where I live

    • @jamsmall475
      @jamsmall475 2 года назад

      These are just very old homes. Probably 70-80 years old

  • @moonchild3957
    @moonchild3957 2 года назад

    Looks so peaceful! I would accept this over the city anyway.

  • @ludy123
    @ludy123 2 года назад +2

    I went to high school in Dawson, the worst 4 years of my life.

    • @alvinjones7751
      @alvinjones7751 Год назад

      Really? Why. Did you go to Terrell academy because Terrell high was great, at least for me. Green wave’s

    • @ludy123
      @ludy123 Год назад

      ​@Alvin Jones I was in class with you, I'm happy someone was having a great time. 😂

  • @nicolewashington9764
    @nicolewashington9764 2 года назад +1

    I was just down the weekend it still looks the same

    • @coreyharrison2551
      @coreyharrison2551 2 года назад

      I used drive 3 hours to see my boo thang back in 2005 to 2007 or 2008

  • @doncnunez6231
    @doncnunez6231 2 года назад +4

    0:58 Ukraine ???

  • @chasles3519
    @chasles3519 2 года назад +1

    Everyone will learn sooner or later what is happiness and survival...
    These people are rich more so than the ones living in larger cities especially people living in apartments

  • @janicemazion7883
    @janicemazion7883 2 года назад

    Wow remind me of my hometown Lagrange ga