Augusta - Georgia - Downtown Drive
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- Afternoon drive around the downtown area of Augusta, Georgia.
Filmed: June 2020
Augusta by the Numbers (2010 Census):
City Population: 195,844
Area: 306.5 mi
Metro Population (Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC): 564,873
From Wikipedia:
Augusta (/əˈɡʌstə/), officially Augusta-Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgia's second-largest city after Atlanta, Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta-Richmond County had a 2019 estimated population of 197,888, not counting the unconsolidated cities of Blythe and Hephzibah. It is the 123rd largest city in the United States. The process of consolidation between the City of Augusta and Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions. The merger was completed on July 1, 1996. Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta metropolitan area. In 2017 it had an estimated population of 600,151, making it the second-largest metro area in the state. It is the 93rd largest metropolitan area in the United States.
Augusta was established in 1736 and is named for Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), the bride of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the mother of the British monarch George III. During the American Civil War, Augusta housed the principal Confederate powder works. Augusta's warm climate made it a major resort town of the Eastern United States in the early and mid-20th century. Internationally, Augusta is best known for hosting The Masters golf tournament each spring. The Masters brings over 200,000 visitors from across the world to the Augusta National Golf Club. Membership at Augusta National is widely considered to be the most exclusive in the sport of golf across the world.
Augusta lies approximately two hours east of downtown Atlanta by car via I-20. The city is home to Fort Gordon, a major U.S. Army base. In 2016, it was announced that the new National Cyber Security Headquarters would be based in Augusta, bringing as many as 10,000 cyber security specialists to the Fort Gordon area.
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Great drive in a pretty city. I enjoyed the ride along.
Thanks for visiting
Great video drive though of my home town! You drove by my childhood church from the 1960's ! and also drove by the place where my Mom worked! It's all still there! Nice memories.. thank you!
You’re welcome
I live in the Augusta area now ... We moved here five years ago and there’s soooo much growth - I can’t imagine how it’s changed from when you lives here. From the 60’s to now ... totally different community 💖
@@LivinginAugustaGeorgia yes I've been back to visit over the years and I had a rental property but it was too much to handle long distance. I have a couple acres in Aiken still. God bless.
@fischerrestoration My childhood hometown as well. We moved in 1969. Did you by chance go to the Episcopal Day School when the higher grades were in that big old house? I didn’t notice St. Paul’s Church and if the driver had gone the other direction on Greene Street, he would’ve seen the huge mansions built in thev1800’s. Most are still standing today, but the home of one of my ancestors burned in the early 1900’s. Still a fun drive around! One of my brothers was there 2 weeks ago & said Broad Street is pretty deserted now. 😢
Enjoyed the video as usual!! Glad you are starting to post Georgia drive-alongs.. very helpful as I am moving down there soon :-)
Thanks. Yeah with most of the NC major cities covered it's time to start venturing into neighboring areas.
Freedom For All - No, not military
@@tashanaj8944 How did the move work out? U there now? I love how this place looks.. I feel I could fit in, even as someone from New England with an accent. I am in a bad place at this time though, Portland. This place is tons quieter and tons less expensive. I need to live someplace slow where I can enjoy life. Even bum it without issues if need be. Look good decked out also and still not be bothered.
@@LongLeggedOne Augusta is indeed a great place to consider if looking for a slower pace. We moved here 5 years ago from the Chicagoland area and love it!
I agree it was a nice video - we moved to the Augusta area in 2015 and it's definitely a growing city. We love it here!
Nice video. Might make me want to look at relocating here depending if a lot fits. I love the so low traffic volume.
its not low volume, this is filmed during covid so its not true reflection of traffic in dt augusta
@@layneireland8222 I just know that I am someplace with a lot of traffic even now and that looks quite mild. Compare to Portland, u just cant.
Me too. Im in cartersville ga
I actually like this place a lot. Driving back from North Florida in no rush to get back home took a detour here, and even as a solo traveler, the people I met were very chill. Downtown is underrated. Actually bigger fan of Augusta than the other mid-size city just North. Columbia didn't have as much heart as Augusta.
Please stop it
@@darthzo4493 Weirdo
Lolplease you cannot compare augusta with columbia less with greenville the cities of south carolina are one point higher than augusta and if not please deny me
Thanks so much for this video! It's rare to find any driving videos off of the freeways and interstates! Could you possibly do Abercorn St. in Savannah Ga all the way through from just before I-95 to the very end at Bay St. in downtown? That's a route in Georgia that really deserves to have a video on it.
I wish you could have rode through the Medical District right next door off Walton Way and 15th street. Great video.
This is quite a nice place. Do u live here?
@@LongLeggedOne I’m from Augusta
@@swishblackmercury Oh cool, its kind of on the list of places to move to. Columbia SC as well.
Me too
@@swishblackmercury I am too, and I agree he should’ve gone up Walton Way.
Broad street straight shot to the hood .. Lincoln square .. Im from Mississippi miss Georgia .. My first time ridding a city bus ..
I live in augusta, Georgia, its not bad, just too small for me.
Downtown Augusta has so much potential but has kind of been left to rot.
It seems like it would be so appealing though to someone like me. I identify with people who are shit on in society and I see this as that kind of a place, I dont mesh well with yuppies at all I got news 4 U. I hate em hate em hate em.
I agree. I was stationed on Ft. Gordon from '17-'20 and I felt it couldve been more if they attempted to cultivate it.
Since we moved to the Augusta area in 2015 we've seen big changes going on downtown....it's definitely improved over time. I think we'll see even more improvements over time....Downtown Augusta now has lofts, more restaurants but of course Covid has stopped the festivals for now.
@@LongLeggedOne I agree with you, but it's not bad. Downtown is getting better.
@@PeteMcCorvey poor town management from shit commissioners, I live here.
I live in downtown Augusta. If I gotta say I hear CSX About every morning and day.
My home town.
I know this was filmed during covid but there's so little traffic compared to Miami. I live in Doral (just outside Miami) and the traffic is freaking unbearable, especially in the afternoons. Can't wait to move out later this year.
We not even close to the size of Miami we’re a country town with a down town
@@Jumbo37279 Oh, I know, my friend. I'm in Evans now and happy to not deal with Miami anymore.
i live in augusta i live in west lake near the savannah rapids but i go downtown a lot to go to the doctors i've been down all the streets u are going down
This isn’t what I was imagining when I was watching the Masters Georgia commercial
🤭
The city is a podunk hick town really.
The Masters fakes people out to thinking that it is an upscale town!! The only thing that brings money in the town is the Masters for one week. My hometown does not do anything else to bring people into the town..Even the country group Lady A have not been back there in years now to perform what they had built in the nicer part of the town...
9 you u
What happens when the family car breaks down. . How do you get around
Insurance? AAA?
Nice video of Augusta. Idk if I wanna compare it to Greensboro or Raleigh or maybe even New Bern. I saw similarities in all 3 as you were going thru Downtown Augusta.
Yeah it's hard to compare to most of the NC cities. It kind of reminded me more of Columbia, SC.
to small be like raleigh or greensboro maybe like fayetteville no compare to raleigh or greensboro
@@jerrydavis3548 oh you think Greensboro is larger? I know Raleigh is.
Augusta is more comparable to Greensboro and Winston Salem versus Fayetteville.
@@MileageMikeTravels Augusta is definitely a unique town with its own character
You should have taken a right on 13th street and driven up(just past Domino's) and got a glimpse of the baseball stadium
It look beautiful
It really is..Augusta has its own charm ... sort of big and small at the same time
This is the most country town I’ve ever been to in my whole life.
Is that good or bad? I see it like better than Atlanta and Savannah both. I could put it on the list.
@@LongLeggedOne for me, bad. It’s nowhere near the Atlanta status. It’s a big country town with nothing to do but go to fast food joints. People there are stuck living 30 years behind
@@eaglei0n Well, I come to realize now that in a lot of the south, is not this home cooked kinda food in a lot of places.. some spots but it doesnst seem common. Most people I seen in the south on Utube, like this one dude, gets fast food a lot. Chinese too, the stuff with the yellow rice. An Awesome home cooked spot in some places in the south though is PoFolks.
I dont want Atlanta, I dont want Savannah.. Both would be too nuts I think 4 me. Tight streets and shit parking is something I dont want and looking to leave that shit now.. in Portland Oregon which is ALSO a bad place for black people to live or even light skin brown but not white.
So Augusta does look good, I wont lie.
@@LongLeggedOne yeah. I get it. Different strokes for different folks. It depends on what a person is looking for. If you’re looking for a fast paced city life. Augusta is definitely going to disappoint you. If you’re looking for a slow paced laid back no hassle atmosphere, Then Augusta is perfect. I live in Charlotte. It’s perfect for me because you get a little bit of the big City, Suburbs, and Country life all in less than an hour away.
@@eaglei0n it sounds to me that you want the cities and suburbs that come with all that rush hour traffic. I like the cities but for instance the biggest one I had on the list was Omaha. I wouldnt do Charlotte or Atlanta. And the big TX cities are getting crowded up.
Wow real briefly I actually saw an apartment building ...
Anyone live in Augusta here? I really want to hear your thoughts.
I just left there 4 months ago. Lived there from just shy of 3 years. Decent size city, you can get anywhere in almost 15 minutes. Not really much of a downtown scene. Broad Street is the only thing down there for real for real. A lot of bars and restaurants. The city could be way much more (2nd largest in GA behind Atlanta) but the city officials are very crooked and embezzle a lot of funds and the young people dont really try to change the landscape of the city. And Richmond County (Augusta's Law enforcement agency) arent really in the business of fighting crime just getting tickets and DUIs. DO NOT drink and drive at all there!
Maybe it's not the place for me. What about racism? Did you ever encounter any of it?
@@Grimlock987 yeah but no different than any other place. I actually encountered more racism when I lived in CA than I did there. Wonderful Southern hospitality. It is a very diverse city. I see a lot of interracial dating there. Safe areas are Grovetown and Evans which are in Columbia County if you want to buy a house. I stayed in Martinez/West Augusta which is cool for apartments. And there was a gamestop's right up the street from my complex. For comics they have a couple of stores but the one you want to check out is 2nd and Charles on Washington Rd. Be careful downtown at night people do get mugged. And downtown is right next to a hood called "Harrisburg" aka the Bottoms. It's a family friendly city and as far as a lot to do, I used to live in Atlanta so its slower to me.
Thanks again, Pete. This is very useful info. It's going to be a challenge buying a home out of state, but I'm up to it.
@@Grimlock987 actually it's affordable to buy a house in Augusta.
Delta manor I stayed Underwood also by east augusta
It can be dangerous fr when I lived there on millegeville shit jumped off on the regular gang fights, shootings me and my brother were constantly getting tested it's not as fast as ATL or Cincinnati but it's definitely not Mayberry
Bumpy as heck when your pregnant.,those streets are a trip.
God bless usa
I'm from there that place is a peace of shit no job really no job , too many bad policeman and nothing to do sad place only thing they care about in that city is the Master Golf tournament Everything we was able to enjoy in the city is close or either gone like it was never there sad just look at this video so sad 😞 depressing
I mean now as of 2022 the city not boring no more ever sense that pandemic it’s things to do through out a school week to the weekend it used to be boring but now it’s gotten better and still is
🙋real
Miss oak point ..
💎A.U.G💎
I talk slicker than a pimp from Augusta...
Moving back soon currently in Cali . Actually the city I’m in is not that different than Augusta just more Latino and white people rather than black .
Where are you in Cali?
You'll definitely get more for your money here....We moved from the Midwest to the Augusta area five years ago and was AMAZED of the cost of living here.
Another riot going on now!!
I've been to 3rd world cities that make this place look like a dump.
You allocated 1 Gigabyte to this video and you don't say nothing as you drive and we don't learn nothing. These videos are useless. I want you people to talk about sites and their locations as you drive past them. For instance say you're headed west on whatever road or interstate route/state route you're on if you are headed west. And say whatever hospital/mall/shopping center/restaurants/stores/parks/buildings of interest as you drive past them.
Nasty place