Regarding the Market House in Louisville - built in the late 1700's, one of its purposes was to sell slaves. I've been told there are many who would like it to be torn down. Should it be? Or should it remain, a reminder of our past, something we learn from? Or should it be moved to a museum? I'm curious as to what you all think.
I grew up about 6 miles from bartow. Remember when all those stores were open. There were about 4 service stations. A grocery store, bank, Barber shop, clothing stores. That was a cotton gin that you heard running. Used be 3 or 4 of them running. So sad to see it now.
Joe, just watched the video you had made over at Travel with a Wiseguy. Been watching you two travel for a while and was interested in your backgrounds. Nice podcast and will enjoy all travels you and Nicole make together.
First, I really enjoy your videos! You have a natural talent as a storyteller and your appreciation for history honors the places you showcase. That being said, I once was incarcerated for a short time in Louisville GA. back in 1973 for speeding. LOL I was 16 years old traveling from Jacksonville FL back home to SC. Back then if you were out of state you either paid cash bond or went to jail, juvenile or not, until you paid or saw the judge. My mom was able to come and bail me out within a few hours but I carried that memory, and how poorly I was treated, with me throughout my, then future, 40 year career in law enforcement. While it was certainly a bad experience it taught me to treat people with as much respect as they would allow me. Funny how bad experiences can turn into blessings!
I come from Europe from the Netherlands. I'm a big fan of your channel. it gives me the opportunity to see America without an expensive trip from the comfort of my home. What always strikes me is the spaciousness. There is so much space to live. Also a lot of vacancy. It looks like an episode of The Walking Dead. The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries at work. we have no vacancies. It will be immediately renovated and re-occupied. if you have that much space left, many more people can live there. opportunity gives responsibility. I'm not trying to make a political statement. I only think in possibilities.
One big problem in re-populating dying towns is the lack of jobs. People need to work for money, so they don't have an option to live where they can't work. People in this country often drive long distances to go to work, but that's often due to the lack of affordable homes near their work place (think Silicon Valley for instance).
Hi from Mysuru, India, Joe and Nic. I've been watching your videos since I lost my high paying IT job in October 2022. I was jobless for 6 months after that and would binge on your videos just to escape reality and feel a sense of calm. Your voice and your narration along with the stunning visuals of small town America is so peaceful and almost served as therapy to me when I was very low. Now, I work at a charitable school on the outskirts of my city where I teach spoken English to underprivileged children. I wish someday my dream of living a peaceful life in a big house with a lawn and a backyard comes true. Amen. Peace ✌️
I must say Joe you are a national treasure...I admit I've had a couple of schliwowitz but thank you for showing the real American picture and for someone who is from eastern Europe I really enjoy your videos.
Joe, you have taught me enough about architecture that soon as I saw the post office I thought, "WPA" ... and a second later you said, "New Deal..." Same thing. Not only are you entertaining but you're educational. And I loved the Jefferson County Courthouse. What a magnificent building.
My uncle, Morrie was a traveling singer in the late 50's all the way to the 70's. He sang in clubs from Alaska to Mexico. I wonder how many of those old buildings you show, he may have sung in. Many, possibly.
Another awesome video,my sons best friend and family moved from here in Massachusetts to Valdosta, Georgia,where there house got destroyed by the storms,and are now back here in Mass.staying with friends and family until it can be repaired,stay safe my friend.
I’ve always pronounced it bartoe sort of like a toe truck. Awesome video! You sure can tell when it’s cotton harvesting time because cotton will be all over the sides of the roads.
Joe, the name of the town is pronounced Bartoe. Of course, the spelling is Bartow. There’s a Bartow County on the west side of Georgia. I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the great work.
These towns are close to the area, or maybe in exactly the same area, where Erskine Caldwell based his books Tobacco Road, and Gods Little Acre. He wrote those long before I was born, but he described what you're seeing today.
Hola from Queretaro. ❤❤❤❤ acajudi100 TH-cam. Over 62 years of travel and working. I do not beg and my 411 is free. Pork is deadly. Onions are nasty. Let go and let God always. Be moral. Stay alert. Hola from Queretaro. ❤❤❤❤ I left USA ai 79 in 2021. Cancel all insurance. Avoid doctors and medicines. Do not marry, shack,or have babies. Deadly. Celibacy is best. And careful of evill demons trying to poison you. Never lend money. Live alone always.
I literally said that's too bad right when you did in regards to the theatre not being in use lol. I love your videos so much, because not only is it really nice to see you going through these small towns, but you always hit us with interesting facts as well. Another great one, thank you.
I can only imagine what it was like 100 years ago when the steamer pulled up with passengers visiting they’re friends and family in town, and folks walking into the toasty warm stores being lit by kerosene lanterns and coal stoves. The smell of dry foods and old wood. Keep this stuff coming my friend.
I thoroughly enjoy every one of these . I also appreciate the history tidbits - thanks for the research you put into these! It seems like towns with less than 1700~2000 people just can't support themselves like they once did.
I agree Nancy!this channel is A+++ I love watching and going traveling every week with Joe and Nicole…never ceases to amaze with all the info..wish he had come to clermont ga..where I live..Joe we always love your blogs!!
Hey Joe, thank you for taking us with you on these nice rides. For some reason, I’m drawn to places like this that you show on your videos. Have a great day and please tell Nicole we all said Hi 👋!
Ami I the only one that pretty much skips the big town videos, and waits a day or two and the tiny towns, in case a local were to chime in with a bit more information? Not sure why, just cant get enough of the small towns, the ones that are close to ghost town. I find them fascinating. Thanks for giving us the tour.
Thank you for the tour and especially the slave market. I would never have known about it. People would like to forget, but there is always something left to remind us of things we want to forget but can't.
Thanks for the video Joe..Louisville was a very interesting town..honestly I'd like to go visit it myself..be safe out there..see ya on the next one😉👏🏾🙏🏾🤞🏾😊
Your travels just keep getting better and better! I especially love these with the forgotten towns, it’s inspiring me to get out and visit a lot of these places when I can! If you’re ever in Hickory, NC I’d love to buy you a beer!
At 0:07 the slogan : Be sure with Pure ! With these towns old decaying while in Atlanta growing population with new buildings constantly come up ! Keep them coming salt of the earth . Happy trails to you and peppery wife Nicole .
Yes those towns have seen better days If only you had a Time Machine it would explain a lot of things. A antique dealer would have a good time in those towns. Keep on rolling. Thanks for the ride .
Another great video tour that old radio has to be worth some good money I've set up but a lot of antique shows but I've never seen one like that like someone else said the architecture is really interesting I wonder if freight trains run down the street of the Town anymore your videos are really the very best
Your videos are so well done that it makes it hard to watch anyone else's since they don't live up to your standard. Best all around! Here's an idea, maybe, for some videos: do some "then and now" photo fade overs, showing how a street looked at the height of existence to how it is now.
Ty Joe and Nicole 4 another vid full of nuggets of info! Awesome. It was the cotton gin that was making all that noise, I just looked it up. 100 yrs they been @ it!! Very cool
When you go to Kansas, check out Medicine Lodge. South Central part. Barber County. I grew up there as a kid for a bit. Lived there last summer also. Great little American town.
I’m a recent subscriber to your channel and have started at the beginning, after watching some recent or random videos. I’ve appreciated your thoughtful commentary regarding the statistics, history, and architecture along your trip. You have traveled along many routes that I’m familiar with and I’m enjoying seeing them again from your perspective and those that are new to me. Wishing you both the very best with your future endeavors.
Does anyone else walk around your hometown with one eye out for dudes with cameras in case you happen to stumble upon Joe shooting one of his videos? 😂
Make a trip through Marshfield, MO, RT. 38 runs through it which is, old RT. 66. There is also a replica of the Hubble telescope there by the courthouse. Hubble was born in Marshfield, MO.
Kind of funny how most post offices is in small towns look alike. Always brick with glass panel windows. PO Box section looks just like all the others. I worked in a small office just like that in Ohio and it looks almost identical. 🙂🙃
Most of those small post offices were built in the 1960s and 70s. Obviously, the main concern was functionality, not art. One of Trump's (or his handler's) goals in the New Order is to privatize the Postal Service. If that comes about, most of those small post offices nationwide will themselves be abandoned.
I'm fascinated by the history of these small towns. How they got their name, famous people who might have been born there, the frozen in time stores etc. Small town America dying. 😢
WOW, do love to see those historic brick buildings from years gone by. Love to see more when someone takes them on as projects of restoration. All those old buildings probably have secretive energies trapped in their walls. Awesome.
Good morning Jim & Nick. I would have enjoyed seeing( Barta?) in its hey Day. The racial mix was very southern during that time. Black and white with a small percentage of mixed if any. I don't think that I ever saw another race growing up in a small town. In fact, I saw few colored people and not to sound mean but I mean spoke to a black. It seems that both races kept themselves. That may shock younger people but that's just the way it was. I saw old homes that reminded me of my childhood. Hope y'all are enjoying this trip.
Those cotton rolls (each weighing about one ton) viewed in Bartow represents a major reason of why this area's fortunes have declined since the 1950s. (Truth is, unless you were a substantial landowner, most of the population of central Georgia have never been all that prosperous.) Most of the structures were built in a time when the local agricultural industries were labor intensive. Farming mechanization has greatly eliminated the need for that workforce and many of the businesses which serviced it; no jobs mean people eventually move. It's the same basic story for every declining rural town Joe & Nic have visited.
Exactly 100% correct, and to take it one step farther, in the 60's and 70's there was massive consolidation of family farms sold to conglomerates that put the service companies out of business in the small towns.
I wish that all the artifacts that you find inside these abandoned structures could be gathered up and preserved in some way. It's true that there is something compelling about seeing them in place, so to speak, but the old technology is so fascinating. The last town you visit in this video, Louisville, looks like it is maintaining a fine standard of living for most of the population.
Someone else can do that, it's probably a similar story in most places. Joe's time is better spent getting these places on video and let the viewer make up their mind/investigate further if they want to?
It's no secret why these towns are dying off, no jobs...when these small towns were built America was agrarian based, as we got into the 30's and 40's machines started to replace humans, after WW2 people moved to cities for manufacturing jobs.
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Regarding the Market House in Louisville - built in the late 1700's, one of its purposes was to sell slaves. I've been told there are many who would like it to be torn down. Should it be? Or should it remain, a reminder of our past, something we learn from? Or should it be moved to a museum? I'm curious as to what you all think.
I think it should be moved to a museum. That we never forget.
It needs to preserved. It’s history. We must learn from it and never forget.
Erasing history dooms us to repeat it. We need to learn from the mistakes of the past.
Reminder. looks like you are close to N.C. should go up there do some videos of the storm damage and go to Tenn
I would hate to see the structure gone since it is part of history, which cannot be changed.
I grew up about 6 miles from bartow. Remember when all those stores were open. There were about 4 service stations. A grocery store, bank, Barber shop, clothing stores. That was a cotton gin that you heard running. Used be 3 or 4 of them running. So sad to see it now.
Thanks for sharing! BTW, when did the town start going down and losing population?
Joe, just watched the video you had made over at Travel with a Wiseguy. Been watching you two travel for a while and was interested in your backgrounds. Nice podcast and will enjoy all travels you and Nicole make together.
First, I really enjoy your videos! You have a natural talent as a storyteller and your appreciation for history honors the places you showcase. That being said, I once was incarcerated for a short time in Louisville GA. back in 1973 for speeding. LOL I was 16 years old traveling from Jacksonville FL back home to SC. Back then if you were out of state you either paid cash bond or went to jail, juvenile or not, until you paid or saw the judge. My mom was able to come and bail me out within a few hours but I carried that memory, and how poorly I was treated, with me throughout my, then future, 40 year career in law enforcement. While it was certainly a bad experience it taught me to treat people with as much respect as they would allow me. Funny how bad experiences can turn into blessings!
Great story!!! Thank you for sharing it.
I come from Europe from the Netherlands. I'm a big fan of your channel. it gives me the opportunity to see America without an expensive trip from the comfort of my home. What always strikes me is the spaciousness. There is so much space to live. Also a lot of vacancy. It looks like an episode of The Walking Dead. The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries at work. we have no vacancies. It will be immediately renovated and re-occupied. if you have that much space left, many more people can live there. opportunity gives responsibility. I'm not trying to make a political statement. I only think in possibilities.
One big problem in re-populating dying towns is the lack of jobs. People need to work for money, so they don't have an option to live where they can't work. People in this country often drive long distances to go to work, but that's often due to the lack of affordable homes near their work place (think Silicon Valley for instance).
Thank you!!
Its 3 years now watching your videos twice a week you the best especially on rural areas
Always impressed by the architecture of public buildings in these old towns. Appreciate Joe's knowledge of architectural styles.
What an awesome looking town, Bartow, so much character, would love to see it restored. Thankyou, Joe and Nic, another great video!
Hi from Mysuru, India, Joe and Nic. I've been watching your videos since I lost my high paying IT job in October 2022. I was jobless for 6 months after that and would binge on your videos just to escape reality and feel a sense of calm. Your voice and your narration along with the stunning visuals of small town America is so peaceful and almost served as therapy to me when I was very low. Now, I work at a charitable school on the outskirts of my city where I teach spoken English to underprivileged children. I wish someday my dream of living a peaceful life in a big house with a lawn and a backyard comes true. Amen. Peace ✌️
I must say Joe you are a national treasure...I admit I've had a couple of schliwowitz but thank you for showing the real American picture and for someone who is from eastern Europe I really enjoy your videos.
A bit of help from Google identified that noisy plant in Bartow as a cotton gin.
Joe, you have taught me enough about architecture that soon as I saw the post office I thought, "WPA" ... and a second later you said, "New Deal..." Same thing. Not only are you entertaining but you're educational. And I loved the Jefferson County Courthouse. What a magnificent building.
Awesome!!
Once again, amazed to see no people out and about.
Cotton bales!! That's something I never thought I'd see, thank you!
My uncle, Morrie was a traveling singer in the late 50's all the way to the 70's. He sang in clubs from Alaska to Mexico. I wonder how many of those old buildings you show, he may have sung in. Many, possibly.
The vintage radio at 2:02 is wicked cool. My grandmother had one just like it.
Another awesome video,my sons best friend and family moved from here in Massachusetts to Valdosta, Georgia,where there house got destroyed by the storms,and are now back here in Mass.staying with friends and family until it can be repaired,stay safe my friend.
I love how you can look at “ruins” and find beauty in them. You help us see that too.
Thank you.
I’ve always pronounced it bartoe sort of like a toe truck. Awesome video! You sure can tell when it’s cotton harvesting time because cotton will be all over the sides of the roads.
I think your pronunciation is correct.
Joe, the name of the town is pronounced Bartoe. Of course, the spelling is Bartow. There’s a Bartow County on the west side of Georgia.
I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the great work.
These towns are close to the area, or maybe in exactly the same area, where Erskine Caldwell based his books Tobacco Road, and Gods Little Acre. He wrote those long before I was born, but he described what you're seeing today.
You deserve way more views!
He gets them.
I agree, love this channel, I'm watching the old ones on repeat a few times too...got my favorites too 😅
Hola from Queretaro. ❤❤❤❤
acajudi100 TH-cam. Over 62 years of travel and working.
I do not beg and my 411 is free.
Pork is deadly. Onions are nasty.
Let go and let God always.
Be moral. Stay alert.
Hola from Queretaro. ❤❤❤❤
I left USA ai 79 in 2021.
Cancel all insurance.
Avoid doctors and medicines.
Do not marry, shack,or have babies. Deadly.
Celibacy is best. And careful of evill demons trying to poison you.
Never lend money.
Live alone always.
I literally said that's too bad right when you did in regards to the theatre not being in use lol. I love your videos so much, because not only is it really nice to see you going through these small towns, but you always hit us with interesting facts as well. Another great one, thank you.
Thank you!!!
I can only imagine what it was like 100 years ago when the steamer pulled up with passengers visiting they’re friends and family in town, and folks walking into the toasty warm stores being lit by kerosene lanterns and coal stoves. The smell of dry foods and old wood.
Keep this stuff coming my friend.
It (the market) should remain as a reminder of past mistakes. Beautiful video with some history of the locality. Thanks Joe&Nic
Thanks!
Thank you!!
hey Joe - that noise sounds like a cotton processing plant in town there my friend - to get it to the stage from cotton flower to ready to sale
I for one appreciate your tactfulness. Thank you for sharing another video with us all. 👍🏼
I am pleased that these small towns still have Christmas decorations up. Where I live in Australia we don't have any up at all. Melbourne Australia
bah humbug
I thoroughly enjoy every one of these . I also appreciate the history tidbits - thanks for the research you put into these!
It seems like towns with less than 1700~2000 people just can't support themselves like they once did.
I agree Nancy!this channel is A+++ I love watching and going traveling every week with Joe and Nicole…never ceases to amaze with all the info..wish he had come to clermont ga..where I live..Joe we always love your blogs!!
Hey Joe, thank you for taking us with you on these nice rides. For some reason, I’m drawn to places like this that you show on your videos. Have a great day and please tell Nicole we all said Hi 👋!
I will, Robert!
@ thanks, Joe! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁!
One of my favorite things to watch. Thanks Joe and Nic
I find myself being happier if I get to enjoy at least one of your videos a day. No one does it like you do, just suits my taste somehow!!!😊😊😊
Meee to... especially love to Take along a Metal Detector. 😮
Thank you, Pamela!!
Ami I the only one that pretty much skips the big town videos, and waits a day or two and the tiny towns, in case a local were to chime in with a bit more information? Not sure why, just cant get enough of the small towns, the ones that are close to ghost town. I find them fascinating. Thanks for giving us the tour.
I have been constantly watching your videos since 1 year.
The way you explain the things 😮❤❤
Thank you for the tour and especially the slave market. I would never have known about it. People would like to forget, but there is always something left to remind us of things we want to forget but can't.
Bartow Down town shops must have been awesome in its day. The canopy over the shops was majestic.
I agree.
I can see how much effort went into this!
Thanks for the video Joe..Louisville was a very interesting town..honestly I'd like to go visit it myself..be safe out there..see ya on the next one😉👏🏾🙏🏾🤞🏾😊
Thanks, Irwin!!!
Im a trucker, i was recently in vadalia, ga...lots of damage from the storm leftover
Nature takes over... Joe's distinct phrase
Your travels just keep getting better and better! I especially love these with the forgotten towns, it’s inspiring me to get out and visit a lot of these places when I can! If you’re ever in Hickory, NC I’d love to buy you a beer!
What a killer old gas station sign. Would be wall art after a good cleaning and adding new lights.
Love your show Joe and Nic❤❤🎉🎉😊😊
i like your channel, i like the history of america. you bring the pure and true history of the cities. cheers !!!
At 0:07 the slogan : Be sure with Pure ! With these towns old decaying while in Atlanta growing population with new buildings constantly come up ! Keep them coming salt of the earth . Happy trails to you and peppery wife Nicole .
Thanks, James!!
Yes those towns have seen better days If only you had a Time Machine it would explain a lot of things. A antique dealer would have a good time in those towns. Keep on rolling.
Thanks for the ride .
Fantastic video ! 🇺🇸👍👍
As always, another great video. Merry Christmas Joe and Nic from Albury NSW Australia.
Merry Christmas to you as well, Richard!!
Time did what Sherman couldn’t.
you fought all the way Johnny Reb you fought all the way. Looks like the fight has finally reached the end in these small towns
Another great trip and history lesson, of which I did not know or was not taught.
Keep them Coming
Another great video tour that old radio has to be worth some good money I've set up but a lot of antique shows but I've never seen one like that like someone else said the architecture is really interesting I wonder if freight trains run down the street of the Town anymore your videos are really the very best
I LOvE the cover photo for this y.t. + all the content photos!!!!❤️
Joe, always stuff, never junk. Thank you for that. Blessings from Michigan.
Right!!
Your videos are so well done that it makes it hard to watch anyone else's since they don't live up to your standard. Best all around! Here's an idea, maybe, for some videos: do some "then and now" photo fade overs, showing how a street looked at the height of existence to how it is now.
Ty Joe and Nicole 4 another vid full of nuggets of info! Awesome. It was the cotton gin that was making all that noise, I just looked it up. 100 yrs they been @ it!! Very cool
Love the content .
When you go to Kansas, check out Medicine Lodge. South Central part. Barber County. I grew up there as a kid for a bit. Lived there last summer also. Great little American town.
I noticed the first town you went to they still put up Christmas decorations kind of weird
Yep, with lights!
I’m a recent subscriber to your channel and have started at the beginning, after watching some recent or random videos. I’ve appreciated your thoughtful commentary regarding the statistics, history, and architecture along your trip. You have traveled along many routes that I’m familiar with and I’m enjoying seeing them again from your perspective and those that are new to me. Wishing you both the very best with your future endeavors.
Thanks for the video 😊
Sad to see those old small towns crumbling away. No chance of them coming back. No future, there.
Does anyone else walk around your hometown with one eye out for dudes with cameras in case you happen to stumble upon Joe shooting one of his videos? 😂
Make a trip through Marshfield, MO, RT. 38 runs through it which is, old RT. 66. There is also a replica of the Hubble telescope there by the courthouse. Hubble was born in Marshfield, MO.
Nice video...Thank You...
Yes, I liked seeing the streets, all clean, no trash to be seen.
Hello , just to let you know that me and my wife enjoy watching you're videos . Keep it up !
Awesome!!
Georgia girl, born and raised. We have a lot of really interesting history here. Great video.
The christmas decorations makes the main street nice.
Found you on TH-cam on TV because we watch traveling shows and really enjoy you and your wife's adventures I just subscribed
Awesome! Welcome aboard. :)
i really enjoy these from Australia these are the parts of your country i would love to see
Great tour!
It's sad to see these once nice small towns fall into disrepair.
Yes surprising to me - in my country the small towns grow fast and you rarely find abondoned places.
@@brownhatknight3473 no jerbs, hours from large metros, unless yer from thar with money, good luck.
Hello from Northern Florida. I love driving into Georgia and seeing the quaint parts of the state. Beautiful area.
I hope you make it through Homerville, GA. There's a home I'm looking at buying there and moving to.
Kind of funny how most post offices is in small towns look alike. Always brick with glass panel windows. PO Box section looks just like all the others. I worked in a small office just like that in Ohio and it looks almost identical. 🙂🙃
Most of those small post offices were built in the 1960s and 70s. Obviously, the main concern was functionality, not art.
One of Trump's (or his handler's) goals in the New Order is to privatize the Postal Service. If that comes about, most of those small post offices nationwide will themselves be abandoned.
@@alabamaal225 The Royal Mail was privatised I the UK, it is now expensive and terrible.
I'm fascinated by the history of these small towns. How they got their name, famous people who might have been born there, the frozen in time stores etc.
Small town America dying. 😢
It’s actually pronounced Bar TOE Joey. We also have a Bartow Florida.
There's one in California as well, and I pronounced it correctly then. Not sure why I didn't get it right this time. :(
WOW, do love to see those historic brick buildings from years gone by.
Love to see more when someone takes them on as projects of restoration. All those old buildings probably have secretive energies trapped in their walls.
Awesome.
Good morning Jim & Nick. I would have enjoyed seeing( Barta?) in its hey Day. The racial mix was very southern during that time. Black and white with a small percentage of mixed if any. I don't think that I ever saw another race growing up in a small town. In fact, I saw few colored people and not to sound mean but I mean spoke to a black. It seems that both races kept themselves. That may shock younger people but that's just the way it was.
I saw old homes that reminded me of my childhood. Hope y'all are enjoying this trip.
That was a cotton gin
It's obvious that people moved rather than rebuild after storms... probably didn't have insurance.
Good afternoon Joe like always I enjoy your videos you bring knowledge to the world that people otherwise wouldn’t know awesome😊
I love your videos!! So interesting and interesting on the towns and interesting history and facts about them!! Greetings from Seattle!!
Always enjoy going along for the ride! Beautiful work man God bless!
my dad was from Stapelton in Jefferson county went there many times as a kid,
Those cotton rolls (each weighing about one ton) viewed in Bartow represents a major reason of why this area's fortunes have declined since the 1950s. (Truth is, unless you were a substantial landowner, most of the population of central Georgia have never been all that prosperous.) Most of the structures were built in a time when the local agricultural industries were labor intensive. Farming mechanization has greatly eliminated the need for that workforce and many of the businesses which serviced it; no jobs mean people eventually move. It's the same basic story for every declining rural town Joe & Nic have visited.
Exactly 100% correct, and to take it one step farther, in the 60's and 70's there was massive consolidation of family farms sold to conglomerates that put the service companies out of business in the small towns.
I wish that all the artifacts that you find inside these abandoned structures could be gathered up and preserved in some way. It's true that there is something compelling about seeing them in place, so to speak, but the old technology is so fascinating. The last town you visit in this video, Louisville, looks like it is maintaining a fine standard of living for most of the population.
Thank you, Joe. ❤ traveling on the internet with you without leaving home.
How about trying to talk to some locals? Find out why these towns are dying? It would be very interesting to get some background.
Someone else can do that, it's probably a similar story in most places. Joe's time is better spent getting these places on video and let the viewer make up their mind/investigate further if they want to?
It's no secret why these towns are dying off, no jobs...when these small towns were built America was agrarian based, as we got into the 30's and 40's machines started to replace humans, after WW2 people moved to cities for manufacturing jobs.
I enjoy all of your travels. Thumbs up!😎👍
🎄🎀 happiest holidays
Would have loved to see it during its hay day.
As always, great video.
Welcome to Georgia 😊I enjoy the adventures 😊
A wonderful video! I love the old downtown storefronts, so much character and history! Thank you, Joe and Nic, very interesting as always!😊💚
I do as well, CL!! I'm here for you, as you know. :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Thanks for all you do, it's very much appreciated!😊💗
That's strange that the town's people would put Christmas wreathes on ruins downtown.
Good job on your videos, Joe and Nic!! My name is Nikki , too!