When I stumble across old abandoned houses while out walking in the woods I often think about how it was someones pride and joy at some point long ago that they looked after. These people lived their lives, joy and sorrow, hardships and blessings. Now they are long gone from this world. Its humbling to think about.
From GA. Drive through all those towns except Kite regularly on Route 15 while going between Athens and Savannah. Sandersville and Tennille are physically adjacent to each other. Both cool old towns, particularly Sandersville, which is seemingly the way richer of the two. The tower in Tennille is an old water tower. If you’re ever in that area again, go to Milledgeville; has a mostly abandoned Victorian era insane asylum that was once the largest in the world.
i was recently in M-ville....I thought it was/is one of the coolest old towns i have been in. It was clean and there were people on the sidewalks enjoying life. I was most impressed by the numbers of pretty ladies I saw....sadly , i had many more miles to go....... safe travels 2 All
My late mother and her people are from there. Growing up it was a fun place to visit. It was like going back in time. Everyone dressed up and I can remember the gentlemen tipping their hats to my mother and my grandmother. Sadly time has caught up with milledgeville.
I remember the Milledgeville mental hospital. On stormy, rainy days you could hear people moaning and wailing for miles. On sunny days you could hear the creepiest laughter. The laughter was worse than the moaning. 😬
The small old house with the tin roof reminds me of my grandparents home in Union Springs, Alabama. No running water nor restrooms. I miss my grandparents ❤️
My grandparents house was like that in Central Georgia. I’ve actually had fun back in those days, but the racism in that city was unbearable. Things are changing a little bit around the city in Central Georgia but I am happy in Atlanta right now.
@@Nannas-Porch I miss it every day, still dream about Waynesboro, weird I know, I loved it there too, My parents divorced and I've been in Savannah ever since, It sucks here!!!
Worked a many a day in Waynesboro at plant Vogtle as a welder. Made great money and the locals treated this old southern boy like their own. Thanks for the hospitality.
Those old houses in Bartow (pronounced "bar-toe") those style houses are common throughout GA with sharecroppers. Most are very old and the people that live in the very poor. Most fell into disrepair and were abandoned. Heard of Kite never been there. My Mom was born in Sandersville. I've never been there I was raised in the Macon area. No living in SC after a career in the USAF. Thanks for showing me these cool small towns in my home state.
@jamisonbernhardt3310 it's awful what they're doing to Bartow county. I live here and the majority of the residents don't like the growth because our infrastructure is not sufficient and other reasons. The county commissioner and the governor of course have other ideas of granduer.
Oh, my gosh! The house in Sandersville you took a second look at. How beautiful. Can’t we all imagine having lemonade on that porch? It must be something to see on the inside. I had a nice feeling about this town. I also had a warm feeling from Wrightsville. I woke up today wanting a car trip, and once again I got it.. thanks to you! Just sipping coffee and going along for the ride. You made it happen! Love to you and Nicole
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip there is a small mapdot town in ga that offers a college scholarship for all that live in the city limits for 2 years. Maxeys, Ga. Look it up it might be worth a visit to you on your way back through. Love yalls channel
I'm from Sandersville and after I left I didn't keep up with nothing but family and as the older generations die I visit less. Only time I go home and visit is to check on my mom,grandma and dad because he been sick and battling stage 4 cancer for some years now but i do turn around it's nothing there.
I’ve lived in Georgia all my life and believe me you don’t need to go to the rural area to find abandoned houses like these. You can find neighborhoods like these with houses all boarded up in Atlanta city itself. They did a clean up a few years ago around the city and they found so many bodies in those abandoned houses.
@@Scriptorsilentum I remember the city reported most were drug addicts that may have overdosed. A lot of homelessness in Atlanta city as well. Sad nonetheless..
I'm from Sandersville and absolutely loved growing up there!! Another bit of history, during Sherman's march to the sea, he had a stay at the Brown Museum in town and would not burn down the County Courthouse because of its beauty. Thank you for the video! I recognized all parts of each town you visited.
I love touring through these older towns. They have such a rich and interesting story that needs to be told and archived for future generations. Thanks Lord Spoda for sharing. Stan
I thought I hated the rural life until I hit my 30s. All of my old classmates/friends are long gone. Some came back only to leave again but here I am still here with cheap rent living just fine while they struggle in larger cities.
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I live in sandersville. That big cement tower you saw is an old water tower. Tennille is pronounced (Tennal), yeah, I don’t know why either. Sandersville has civil war reenactment every year. Elijah Poole(Mohamed) lived here. Yep there’s that . There’s a church on every corner.
I watch all your videos.. counting humans.. on the streets, going to work, school, skateboarding kids, old people with walkers, couples with young kids, bicycles.. there aren't any! (maybe one) are we all isolated in our own little worlds? Thanks for your hard work. Hugs for the wife🤗
Seems that way to me. I just moved back to a university town of 26k. Used to be hopping at night. Now it's like they rolled up the carpet at 6 pm. Creepy. I blame "the covid" and trauma based conditioning.
The younger generations drink relatively little alcohol. The US isn't the only country that has lost night life over the past twenty years. Mostly the same reason, young adults don't drink much.
@Ardiris it's true. Kids don't go out and party like we used to cuz it'll cost um big time when they get caught.. right? They're home glued to their screen.
LOVE your work !! You dont need to 'jazz it up' !! as its perfect the way it is, which is why I come here- to see the historical houses and hear the stats -(I,m in Australia) Thank you. Great work.
Herschel Walker grew up in a single room shack with no running water or bathroom. He was dirt poor. He is the perfect example of being anything you put your mind to and climbing out of that poverty.
BEAUTIFUL as alwayssss..... the most important thing that I love, is when you show the churches and I know in your heart your a great person....just the way you complement them,,,,as a cristian that I am, that really moved me. Lots of blessings to you and your wife,,,,,excellent video....love it.....
I have lived just out of kite since about 1980. It’s quite and friendly, if a bit nosy. Drugs are becoming a problem throughout the Johnson county area. However it’s still basically small town America. Hurricane Helene knocked out power to most of the county, some for 2 weeks and more, my own included. The kite Baptist church was in full swing after 2 days, serving hot food twice a day and water and supplies, even a laundry semi trailer provided by GEMA. The whole community turned out to help. Our daughters friends from college have visited and say they feel like they have stepped back in time. But they love the country atmosphere with fields and dirt roads for miles. This from a 57yr old man, married to my one and only for 36 years.
My father was the minister at Tennille First UMC when I was born. A wealthy family went to the little church and gave generously to it. It was lovely and even had a pipe organ, which is unusual to find in such a small church. Also, people from Tennille pronounce it ‘Tin-ull’. Phonetically, your pronunciation was correct.😊 Also, that house in Sandersville appears to have new windows and looks to be structurally sound. I can’t help but to wonder if it’s been prepped for repainting. I hope I’m right.
My daughter's babysitter lived in the Sandersville - Tennille area. I visited her and her husband years ago. Wondered what it was like living in the segregated South 70-80 years ago.
I'm thinking the wealthy family you referred to was probably the Paul Thiele family. Mr. Thiele was born in Wisconsin, but came to Georgia and founded Thiele Kaolin. My mother worked in their Reedy Creek operations office until she retired. The Thiele family were great community supporters.
It's interesting your concept of old from a European perspective, virtually all the houses in our 'downtown' in our French village were built between the 11th and 16th centuries and are still lived in. When we lived in the UK, Cornwall, we had a structure behind our house, Trethevy Quoit, which was 5500 years old although no longer lived in!
Grew up in Adrian my entire life before moving to Swainsboro! Adrian used to thrive. Had the best gas station chicken at Food Chief. After they closed the school, population started to decline. Love my little towns. Thank you for visiting our small towns
It looks beautiful but idk about special....my brother lives in snellville Georgia and it was the most bizzare uncomfortable experience I have ever had in life going to see our brother....I'm the youngest if six , mixed although long hair and fair skinned you can tell I'm mixed all my older brothers and sisters are full white...went there was absolutely made to feel out of place even going to the gas station felt like I was going to get abducted... didn't stay but two days left asap didn't want my brother to get treated differently for having me as a sister those so called nice southerners were brutal and it emasculated me and made me feel bad for existing
The brick fronts could be salvaged in Kite GA. But nobody is interested in working in these parts hardly. Well the older people, but not the young. So it's chance of restoration is none existent. One of my close friends Mr Townsend owns all that, half the houses you see. That place was on American Pickers... Mike n Frank came to buy stuff from Mr Townsend.. Thanks for watching 👍
@@tinafoxx4507re you saying snellville as in the one next to lawrenceville in Gwinnett county? If so then this is the most far fetched description of that area lmao. Nothing bad happens in that area. You want sketchy then go below Atlanta.
I’ve really been enjoying your channel the last few months. I’m not able to, working and being anchored in Maine, but what you do I would love to do, traveling the country and seeing rural areas and towns!! I’m glad you do this on your channel, I’m seeing the country through you!!
I found your channel yesterday and have watched quite a few of your videos as they are absolutely fascinating. And a lot of Americans still think that this is the greatest country in the world to live in. As a Scandinavian it makes me laugh out loud.
The thing in tennille you inquired about is a water tower. I worked on water towers for over 15 years and have been on all the tanks you have driven past.
I think you're very close to the age of those homes in Bartow. I lived in S. Carolina as a child, about 95 miles north. Most of the shacks we and others in the town lived in were worse than those homes and they were built in the mid 1890s. They've most likely been abandoned because they don't have indoor plumbing. People left those homes in a lot of cases because the owners didn't want to install bathrooms and running water. S. Carolina for instance, started mandating that around the late 60s into the 70s. So, those homes have been abandoned for at least 40 to 50 years.
@@gabe-po9yi why do you think they condemn homes that don't have running water, or the toilet doesn't work. It's considered a heath issue...believe me, it isn't a good feeling getting up in the middle of the night and relieving yourself in a 5 gallon bucket. 😉
I grew up in a small town in South GA. This is exactly what it looks like. However, it is still one of the safest places to raise children. We never locked our doors, played outside all day, and everyone knew each other. There were occasional fights between the local drunks @ times. I remember maybe two local homicides, which were usually domestic violence.
Where did you stay at? I use to live in Multrie can't remember how to spell it but it was kinda close to Tifton and I lived in Adel(cook county) and I live in paulding I lived in Bartow before as well and Unidellia is where my aunt lives at hogansville is where my brother lives at. I love South ga.
Rural America. Safest places to raise children. Worst places for those children to try to begin life as a young adult. There are reasons why everybody is flocking to metropolitan areas despite it being less safe than suburban and rural areas. Safety isn't everything. Safety doesn't even register as a need if there are no opportunities for one to adequately provide for more important needs.
My gosh I was just in kite last week a lot of farms an unpaved dirt roads too but very calm and scenic if your a naturalist … good information keep up the good work !!!!
lol - Bartow: at least they had a brand-spanking new fire hydrants (@5:00) installed recently! Love those old abandoned houses! ...Kite was beautiful in it's own way too! The person(s) who owned that gem of an old gas station (and car!) most likely passed and had no relatives to claim it and so it sits. ...Tennille was quite interesting - definitely once (or stll could be?) a major railroad stop as RR tracks wind throughout the town. ...Did I miss a cat?
Visiting Bartow is like taking a step back in time. I can picture tying off the horse in front of one of the houses. I’d love to tour one. Enjoyed the tour and trivia. Sandersville has a nice downtown. Thank you!
Interesting video. Really enjoyed it… very cool and well done. That house in Sandersville is beautiful… I just want to buy some paint and a scraper and go to work on it!
The very first home shown on the right in Kite belonged to my great-grandmother. I grew up in Kite, and now live on the outskirts of Wrightsville. It hurts my heart to see the shape of many of these homes and buildings.
Your videos are so fair and impartial. I really appreciate the work you are doing. It makes it very difficult to be very optimistic about large swaths of this country. I’m also speculating that a large portion of the southern US has a severe allergy to house paint.
The only thing that doesn’t peel or warp in Georgia is metal or vinyl. A lot of these older homes are clapboard. The humidity and sun tear them up. I paint my pump house every 2 years and it always starts peeling by the end of its first summer.
Excellent videos! I just discovered your channel about a week ago and have watched over a dozen! I love riding through all of these small towns. It drives my wife crazy in person, so I can live vicariously through you 😂😂
Really enjoyed looking at these familiar towns--close and personal from somebody else’s lens. Being from that area it was entertaining and informative to get a visitor and historian’s unscripted insight of the towns. I’m ready to see your stop in Augusta!!!!!!
Know this part of Georgia pretty well, back in my working days I traveled these same roads. Not to far from you , just below Washington Georgia is a little town called Sharon, back about 100 years ago it was a thriving town until a fire destroyed just about all of it. Today about all you will find is one original store that is still open, or it was about 20 years ago, and it is home to the oldest Catholic Cemetery in the state of Georgia, it is way out in the woods and a pretty erie place. Very few people still live there but it is about what you would see in this video. As for the big beautiful empty home in Sandersville, you might want to find an exterminator and check for termites.
I'm so glad for the youtube algorithm. I don't know how exactly one of your videos ended up on my youtube newsfeed, but I'm glad it did.. I just subscribed to your channel. I'm from Windhoek, Namibia on the African continent. I was fortunate enought to visit the US, Nampa-Boise, Idaho in 2017. Your videos bring back sweet memories. I hope you have videos of that area. Nampa, Meridan, Bouse? Thanks for the videos. I love it.
I’ve been watching you for several months and it’s compelled me to go exploring too. Ironically this video was filmed about 90 miles from the last GA county I explored. You may like exploring Dahlonega, Ga. It’s in Lumpkin county.
Glad you made a second pass at the home at the end of your video. It would be a "money pit"; but boy oh boy, to paint the home and restore it to its former glory ............just imagine. It would make a great bed and breakfast! Love seeing real smalltown America. Thanks for sharing!
i watch the urban explorers who explore abandone houses. some over in France and Italy, and sadly the neglect is there too. some really heartbreaking stories. makes me wonder why someone didnt step up when it first started happening sure would have cost less then. thanks for sharing. i really like your channel and how you share things. save travels
Enjoying your travels. You’re getting very close to where I live. If you come southeast of this area seen in your video, you’ll be around Statesboro and Brooklet, GA. That’s where I live. Looking forward to more of your small town videos.
I have really enjoyed your videos !!! One correction about Elijah Muhammad, he was born in Deepstep Ga., a few miles outside of Sandersville. Many relatives are still there. He established the Nation of Islam a few years after leaving the area. Keep up the good work and safe travels !!! 💖🌹
I recognized this town just from the thumbnail before I even clicked on the video. That old car at the run down service station was the giveaway. My family used to go to church in Kite at the First Baptist Church on the main road there. Luckily I escaped the brainwashing I was subjected to all those Sunday mornings. You skipped Swainsboro which is just down the road and although it's much bigger than Kite it still has some very impoverished areas. But every area has it's ups and downs and this place is no different than the rest of America.
Amazing channel! I love what you do, Sir! Recording the life of small communities that otherwise would never been presented by any turistic agencies. Reminds me of what Mr. Alan Lomax did, recording the music of countryside USA. Showing the streets of a world that
GREAT STUFF!!! .....my whole family is from 1930-1940's Kite, Statesboro, Soperton...... they couldn't afford a traffic cop once so they parked a police car on side of the road and moved it every now and again.....I heard many stories from those old days.....wild country always
I saw the Georgia towns. I’ve lived in a small town. For the last 6 years. The main thing Georgia is that they are putting all of the businesses and shopping area’s in Atlanta and surrounding counties. They forget the rest. There are a few areas that are worth visiting.
Because Atlantas metro has 6 million people and counting. We in the metro have BOOMED. Mcmansions going up in bumblefuck nowhere means we need strip malls and new suburban artery’s to help commuters
13:24 locomotive, sitting there, waiting to do switching in town. You come across some really cool railroad stuff… Not sure if you realize it. Lol. Great videos though!
I live in one of these South Georgia small towns and can tell you people are religious, friendly, and are close knit communities. Some of them don’t have much money but they are good people who would do anything to help you!
Have not had the time to catch up with you and the wife, did some traveling ourselves. I have lived in GA for a short while , there are only a few places I like in GA, that's Savannah and some small northern towns in north GA are pretty . My husband had a thriving car business in GA that we left to move to FL , primarily because back then the schools were better in FL then GA and we wanted out daughter to be in good schools. Now the schools are getting worse in FL , no longer have a child in school , thank God . I still enjoy going to Savannah , very cool town .
I really don’t understand how child poverty is higher than the adult poverty. When the parents or adults supposed to take care of the children. That comment made me feel a little twilight zonish. IJS. I discovered that no matter where you go, every body tends to be the same. People just want to live, have love, and survive. Good videos.
I was born in Waycross Ga but I live in the neighboring town of Blackshear. The one thing I have a problem with is that there's nothing to do on weekends.
My family is literally the founding family of kite yes it's a little small town but everyone knows one another and we all get along good I think your income for the average family is kind of low most of the people around there work in jobs that pay very well and love it here for the peace and quiet and those empty stores and buildings have been empty since before I was born and I'm almost 50
I see this and remember hard times. Labor intensive farming plowed with mules before there were tractors and those tractors are antiques now. And, Hershel Walker has been named the ambassador to the Bahamas.
Hi from the u.k. , 8 find these places fascinating nothing like this in England where I live , but saying that I live in Kent on the outskirts of london which has villages with homes older than the u.s. my local pub was built in the 1500s , love watching your videos 🙂
I was on the original planning team for Peachtree City and designed its original path system. At the time, Senoia was almost a ghost town, with a population of about 900 people. Girlfriends and I would go biking there, because automobile traffic was almost non-existent on weekends. The way that Metro Atlanta is exploding now, you can county on those rural hamlets being just like Senoia in the future. Now there ARE many rural communities in South Georgia that have died or are dying. Different economic situation there. However, I understand that Floridians are beginning to move into South Georgia , because the real estate is so much cheaper than Florida's.
The first thing that came to my thoughts as you take us through these rural Georgia towns, was “Dukes of Hazzard”😂😂which I remember fictionally was to have taken place in rural Georgia..lol
Tennille looks to be a bit of a railroad town, and the house listed for sale was up at $185k (Feb 2023). Sandersville also has railroad connections, being the headquarters of the Sandersville Railroad.
There are many large old homes along that street that he took a second look at. I believe across from that house is another home that is referred to as the old Brown's home. Allegedly General Sherman stayed there during his march to Savannah. At one time it was about to fall down, but was purchased and repaired. Not sure, but once it was said to be turned into a museum.
Good stuff! I used to live in "Tenn-ul" and "Sand-uz-ville." Twin cities, and a great place full of great folks. The per capita income doesn't tell the story of that place tho. Millionaires everywhere, kaolin made it that way.
Yes. I love when visitors come through. They always pronounce it Ten-nille--like captain and ten-nille. Not sure of the spelling🙈. And yes sandersville is the kaolin capital!!!!
@@melrol8860 correct 🤣🤣 I'm from Sandersville and graduated 2006 left and it's still the same. It's a culture shock when you hear others that didn't grow up in the "country " as we call it. You should've took the main street from tennille into Sandersville where they have a few more stores but still not much.
I grew up on the other side of the Savannah River from these counties. My hometown is downright prosperous compared with some of these. But you see a lot of the same kind of thing on the SC side of the river, too. You got kind of close to some bigger small towns with some real money in them and nice homes, such as Eatonton and Milledgeville.
I grew up in towns like this in south Georgia. It was impossible to have a decent life there. We barely made it living in a rv behind a automotive shop. Schools were horrible and the gang activity was through the roof.
When I stumble across old abandoned houses while out walking in the woods I often think about how it was someones pride and joy at some point long ago that they looked after. These people lived their lives, joy and sorrow, hardships and blessings. Now they are long gone from this world. Its humbling to think about.
I agree.
Where is a Grocery store and hospital in this town?
I do the same 👍👍
@@doriswhittemoore6457 don't look like they have one
@@doriswhittemoore6457 it's humbling to see how some people live that's why I appreciate this channel. It makes u feel grateful for what you have
From GA. Drive through all those towns except Kite regularly on Route 15 while going between Athens and Savannah. Sandersville and Tennille are physically adjacent to each other. Both cool old towns, particularly Sandersville, which is seemingly the way richer of the two. The tower in Tennille is an old water tower. If you’re ever in that area again, go to Milledgeville; has a mostly abandoned Victorian era insane asylum that was once the largest in the world.
Milledgeville mesmerized me
i was recently in M-ville....I thought it was/is one of the coolest old towns i have been in. It was clean and there were people on the sidewalks enjoying life. I was most impressed by the numbers of pretty ladies I saw....sadly , i had many more miles to go....... safe travels 2 All
My late mother and her people are from there. Growing up it was a fun place to visit. It was like going back in time. Everyone dressed up and I can remember the gentlemen tipping their hats to my mother and my grandmother. Sadly time has caught up with milledgeville.
I remember the Milledgeville mental hospital. On stormy, rainy days you could hear people moaning and wailing for miles. On sunny days you could hear the creepiest laughter. The laughter was worse than the moaning. 😬
I find it interesting that they all have really nice vehicles!!!
The small old house with the tin roof reminds me of my grandparents home in Union Springs, Alabama. No running water nor restrooms. I miss my grandparents ❤️
My grandparents house was like that in Central Georgia. I’ve actually had fun back in those days, but the racism in that city was unbearable. Things are changing a little bit around the city in Central Georgia but I am happy in Atlanta right now.
Hurtsboro, Alabama Born
The small house with the tin roof in Harrison belonged to my great grandmother. She died in 1985. It was once restored.
I lived in Waynesboro over 30 years ago, it was literally like living in Mayberry, it was awesome, love and miss it
I live in Waynesboro and it's grown a bit! We now have a good many "home grown, mom & pop" stores, boutiques, cafes, etc. I love living here!
@@Nannas-Porch I miss it every day, still dream about Waynesboro, weird I know, I loved it there too, My parents divorced and I've been in Savannah ever since, It sucks here!!!
There was a BI-LO and Dairy Queen when I lived there lol
Lived in Waynesboro for about 10 years back in the 1980’s. Good memories.
Worked a many a day in Waynesboro at plant Vogtle as a welder. Made great money and the locals treated this old southern boy like their own. Thanks for the hospitality.
I grew up in Swainsboro, GA . So I have rode through all these towns with my dad. This video brought back lots of memories.
SWAINSBORO in the House !!! I here ya 😉👍 Me too. Currently
My mom grew up in swainsboro
All my life we rose kirw kite Swainsboro, exetera. There was no interstate. It just makes me so sad.
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That overpass in Tennille is there because trains come through and they are in no rush
Those old houses in Bartow (pronounced "bar-toe") those style houses are common throughout GA with sharecroppers. Most are very old and the people that live in the very poor. Most fell into disrepair and were abandoned. Heard of Kite never been there. My Mom was born in Sandersville. I've never been there I was raised in the Macon area. No living in SC after a career in the USAF. Thanks for showing me these cool small towns in my home state.
Big plans to develop the bartow corridor.
@jamisonbernhardt3310 it's awful what they're doing to Bartow county. I live here and the majority of the residents don't like the growth because our infrastructure is not sufficient and other reasons. The county commissioner and the governor of course have other ideas of granduer.
Oh, my gosh! The house in Sandersville you took a second look at. How beautiful. Can’t we all imagine having lemonade on that porch? It must be something to see on the inside. I had a nice feeling about this town. I also had a warm feeling from Wrightsville. I woke up today wanting a car trip, and once again I got it.. thanks to you! Just sipping coffee and going along for the ride. You made it happen! Love to you and Nicole
Thank you, Denise. That house is amazing. I hope someone eventually renovates it. If I had the money I would.
Sandersville getting rough.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip there is a small mapdot town in ga that offers a college scholarship for all that live in the city limits for 2 years. Maxeys, Ga. Look it up it might be worth a visit to you on your way back through. Love yalls channel
I'm from Sandersville and after I left I didn't keep up with nothing but family and as the older generations die I visit less. Only time I go home and visit is to check on my mom,grandma and dad because he been sick and battling stage 4 cancer for some years now but i do turn around it's nothing there.
ew no
busy road for a frontyard is the last thing i wanna be on
I’ve lived in Georgia all my life and believe me you don’t need to go to the rural area to find abandoned houses like these. You can find neighborhoods like these with houses all boarded up in Atlanta city itself. They did a clean up a few years ago around the city and they found so many bodies in those abandoned houses.
r u serious?! i remember a couple of episodes of The Wire that involved murdering people and leaving them to rot in vacants.
You ain't never lied,
10 cemetery's worth frfr
@@Scriptorsilentum I remember the city reported most were drug addicts that may have overdosed. A lot of homelessness in Atlanta city as well. Sad nonetheless..
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Georgia has tons of abandoned buildings. They are indeed in Atlanta, but others are in other cities like Macon, Albany, kite, etc
I'm from Sandersville and absolutely loved growing up there!! Another bit of history, during Sherman's march to the sea, he had a stay at the Brown Museum in town and would not burn down the County Courthouse because of its beauty. Thank you for the video! I recognized all parts of each town you visited.
Well,wasn't that mangy dog a sweetheart?
burning that building should be a war crime.
If you're from Sandersville, have you ever gone to the restaurant Dairylane? It's in Sandersville, and it's really good.
@@lazloraj905 yes, of course! We have to make a stop everytime we're in town :)
Glad to hear that :)
I love touring through these older towns. They have such a rich and interesting story that needs to be told and archived for future generations.
Thanks Lord Spoda for sharing.
Stan
I agree.
I thought I hated the rural life until I hit my 30s. All of my old classmates/friends are long gone. Some came back only to leave again but here I am still here with cheap rent living just fine while they struggle in larger cities.
@@msmissy143 Trump started your country heading into the abyss.
@@Evus-st5di Who started your Country going into hell?
@@msmissy143 unfortunately, if you don't have any evidence of a god or gods, there is neither hell nor heaven!
@@Evus-st5di Who started your Country going to Hell? It's always been in Hell right?
@@msmissy143 thankfully I'm not American!
Was just watching Capt n Tenille intriducing the great Texan David Gateson youtube
i enjoy these videos. Thank you !
Thanks for the caboose and train station.
You were about 2 hours away from me in McCormick SC.
Thank you again!
I from Lincolnton howdy neighbor
i started to binge watch your videos december 18 last year. I just turned a month now watching your videos and loving all of them. Love from the Philippines, General Santos City!
Awesome!!
The crosses you see along the highways in the south are roadside shrines where someone's loved one died in an accident.
I live in sandersville.
That big cement tower you saw is an old water tower. Tennille is pronounced (Tennal), yeah, I don’t know why either. Sandersville has civil war reenactment every year. Elijah Poole(Mohamed) lived here. Yep there’s that . There’s a church on every corner.
You are uncovering hidden treasures, it’s sad how we discard the past, how we neglect people and places…
I watch all your videos.. counting humans.. on the streets, going to work, school, skateboarding kids, old people with walkers, couples with young kids, bicycles.. there aren't any! (maybe one) are we all isolated in our own little worlds? Thanks for your hard work. Hugs for the wife🤗
Thank you!
Seems that way to me. I just moved back to a university town of 26k. Used to be hopping at night. Now it's like they rolled up the carpet at 6 pm. Creepy. I blame "the covid" and trauma based conditioning.
The younger generations drink relatively little alcohol. The US isn't the only country that has lost night life over the past twenty years. Mostly the same reason, young adults don't drink much.
I too look for pedestrians. Didn't see any in this video.
@Ardiris it's true. Kids don't go out and party like we used to cuz it'll cost um big time when they get caught.. right? They're home glued to their screen.
As always lord spoda. I love your videos. Brings back memories I’m from South Carolina a small town just like these. Thank you.
LOVE your work !! You dont need to 'jazz it up' !! as its perfect the way it is, which is why I come here- to see the historical houses and hear the stats -(I,m in Australia) Thank you. Great work.
Thank you for this, Cherie!
On devrai faire ce genre ce film a BRISBANE QLD
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip please keep it simple. I like the amateur stuff
Herschel Walker grew up in a single room shack with no running water or bathroom. He was dirt poor. He is the perfect example of being anything you put your mind to and climbing out of that poverty.
Shannon Sharpe also grew up like that too.
Everyone can't play sports
You forgot to mention the genetics. He's 6'1 220...
@@ayoslimthaproducer4828 who said anything about putting your mind to something being limited to sports?
@@johnh8705 that’s actually a pretty average height and weight in the south.
BEAUTIFUL as alwayssss..... the most important thing that I love, is when you show the churches and I know in your heart your a great person....just the way you complement them,,,,as a cristian that I am, that really moved me. Lots of blessings to you and your wife,,,,,excellent video....love it.....
I have lived just out of kite since about 1980. It’s quite and friendly, if a bit nosy. Drugs are becoming a problem throughout the Johnson county area. However it’s still basically small town America. Hurricane Helene knocked out power to most of the county, some for 2 weeks and more, my own included. The kite Baptist church was in full swing after 2 days, serving hot food twice a day and water and supplies, even a laundry semi trailer provided by GEMA. The whole community turned out to help. Our daughters friends from college have visited and say they feel like they have stepped back in time. But they love the country atmosphere with fields and dirt roads for miles. This from a 57yr old man, married to my one and only for 36 years.
My father was the minister at Tennille First UMC when I was born. A wealthy family went to the little church and gave generously to it. It was lovely and even had a pipe organ, which is unusual to find in such a small church. Also, people from Tennille pronounce it ‘Tin-ull’. Phonetically, your pronunciation was correct.😊
Also, that house in Sandersville appears to have new windows and looks to be structurally sound. I can’t help but to wonder if it’s been prepped for repainting. I hope I’m right.
My daughter's babysitter lived in the Sandersville - Tennille area. I visited her and her husband years ago. Wondered what it was like living in the segregated South 70-80 years ago.
I'm thinking the wealthy family you referred to was probably the Paul Thiele family. Mr. Thiele was born in Wisconsin, but came to Georgia and founded Thiele Kaolin. My mother worked in their Reedy Creek operations office until she retired. The Thiele family were great community supporters.
@@kaylangham2713 It was the Smith family. I believe they started the Tennille Banking Company.
It's interesting your concept of old from a European perspective, virtually all the houses in our 'downtown' in our French village were built between the 11th and 16th centuries and are still lived in. When we lived in the UK, Cornwall, we had a structure behind our house, Trethevy Quoit, which was 5500 years old although no longer lived in!
You're right. :)
Grew up in Adrian my entire life before moving to Swainsboro! Adrian used to thrive. Had the best gas station chicken at Food Chief. After they closed the school, population started to decline. Love my little towns. Thank you for visiting our small towns
Rural Georgia is a very special place. Kind of sucks to see all those abandoned store fronts, I just wonder if they could ever save them.
It looks beautiful but idk about special....my brother lives in snellville Georgia and it was the most bizzare uncomfortable experience I have ever had in life going to see our brother....I'm the youngest if six , mixed although long hair and fair skinned you can tell I'm mixed all my older brothers and sisters are full white...went there was absolutely made to feel out of place even going to the gas station felt like I was going to get abducted... didn't stay but two days left asap didn't want my brother to get treated differently for having me as a sister those so called nice southerners were brutal and it emasculated me and made me feel bad for existing
@@tinafoxx4507 how were you emasculated as a female? “Emasculated” refers to a man being made to feel like less of a man.
The brick fronts could be salvaged in Kite GA. But nobody is interested in working in these parts hardly. Well the older people, but not the young. So it's chance of restoration is none existent. One of my close friends Mr Townsend owns all that, half the houses you see. That place was on American Pickers... Mike n Frank came to buy stuff from Mr Townsend.. Thanks for watching 👍
Not for another two years 😂
@@tinafoxx4507re you saying snellville as in the one next to lawrenceville in Gwinnett county? If so then this is the most far fetched description of that area lmao. Nothing bad happens in that area. You want sketchy then go below Atlanta.
I’ve really been enjoying your channel the last few months.
I’m not able to, working and being anchored in Maine, but what you do I would love to do, traveling the country and seeing rural areas and towns!! I’m glad you do this on your channel, I’m seeing the country through you!!
Thank you, Scott!
I found your channel yesterday and have watched quite a few of your videos as they are absolutely fascinating. And a lot of Americans still think that this is the greatest country in the world to live in. As a Scandinavian it makes me laugh out loud.
I'm from Georgia and I most definitely love running into these old towns that we have here
Stumbled upon the channel by total accident, and now I have to watch all the videos. I love it! Greetings from Hungary!
Cool! :)
Greetings from Stonecrest, GA. Plan to watch more. The last courthouse looks a bit like the one in Oglethorpe.
If old homes could speak. Georgia is a fascinating place.
Suggestions for more small town visits: Hawkinsville, Cochran, Eastman, Montezuma, Manchester, Pine Mountain.
I'll put them on my list.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Add Empire, Chester, and McRae to the list. All in the same relative area. I grew up in Cochran.
I use to live in Wrightsville Ga. Until I move and I been to Kite Ga. And thank you for sharing this.
Roy Evans was from Bartow, GA. Roy owned American Bantam Company and is credited with creating the first Jeep for use in WWII.
Couldn't help but notice how quaint and clean most of those small towns were in spite of the poverty.
All the 'urban youth' went to the nearest city. Go figure
Who took care of the thrash ehh!
Probably because most of the houses are owned by the residents. Whenever you see trashy neighborhoods, you can bet most of the houses are rented.
Born and raised in Kite and Wrightsville. Been a long time since I rode these roads. Great video
The thing in tennille you inquired about is a water tower. I worked on water towers for over 15 years and have been on all the tanks you have driven past.
Another awesome overview about your travel threw Georgia historical sights. Take care and be safe sir. See you on your next video.
Me too thnks Sr.
Threw? Georgia educated?
@@jeffclark5268 It’s everywhere, don't single out GA. Besides, it's rude.
I think you're very close to the age of those homes in Bartow. I lived in S. Carolina as a child, about 95 miles north. Most of the shacks we and others in the town lived in were worse than those homes and they were built in the mid 1890s. They've most likely been abandoned because they don't have indoor plumbing. People left those homes in a lot of cases because the owners didn't want to install bathrooms and running water. S. Carolina for instance, started mandating that around the late 60s into the 70s. So, those homes have been abandoned for at least 40 to 50 years.
Thanks to you, I now see the relationship between mandated indoor plumbing and abandoned low income tenant housing.
@@daviddecelles8714 In Australia , they're called "renovator's delight" .
@@RichardFelstead1949 Lol, that’s hilarious. Best code for “dump” I’ve heard.
@Titan Man. I can understand for new construction, but I’ve never heard of forcing someone to put in plumbing. (?)
@@gabe-po9yi why do you think they condemn homes that don't have running water, or the toilet doesn't work. It's considered a heath issue...believe me, it isn't a good feeling getting up in the middle of the night and relieving yourself in a 5 gallon bucket. 😉
I love your statistics and history. Very well presented and you really give a good perspective of each town.
I grew up in a small town in South GA. This is exactly what it looks like. However, it is still one of the safest places to raise children.
We never locked our doors, played outside all day, and everyone knew each other. There were occasional fights between the local drunks @ times. I remember maybe two local homicides, which were usually domestic violence.
Why we moved to one
Where did you stay at? I use to live in Multrie can't remember how to spell it but it was kinda close to Tifton and I lived in Adel(cook county) and I live in paulding I lived in Bartow before as well and Unidellia is where my aunt lives at hogansville is where my brother lives at. I love South ga.
@@stephanielong2674 I stayed in Barwick GA.
It's like 20 minutes from Moultrie. Small World, huh?
So you lived in Mayberry 😅
Rural America. Safest places to raise children. Worst places for those children to try to begin life as a young adult. There are reasons why everybody is flocking to metropolitan areas despite it being less safe than suburban and rural areas. Safety isn't everything. Safety doesn't even register as a need if there are no opportunities for one to adequately provide for more important needs.
Thank You!!! I love visiting little towns and you saved me a lot of gas
I always like to look old houses and wonder who used to own it and where the family is now.
I like learning what famous person is born in the towns that you visit. Another great video!
My gosh I was just in kite last week a lot of farms an unpaved dirt roads too but very calm and scenic if your a naturalist … good information keep up the good work !!!!
lol - Bartow: at least they had a brand-spanking new fire hydrants (@5:00) installed recently! Love those old abandoned houses! ...Kite was beautiful in it's own way too! The person(s) who owned that gem of an old gas station (and car!) most likely passed and had no relatives to claim it and so it sits. ...Tennille was quite interesting - definitely once (or stll could be?) a major railroad stop as RR tracks wind throughout the town. ...Did I miss a cat?
That’s in Wrightsville, and I work at the fire station we recently painted them 😂 and there’s a few new ones.
Visiting Bartow is like taking a step back in time. I can picture tying off the horse in front of one of the houses. I’d love to tour one. Enjoyed the tour and trivia. Sandersville has a nice downtown. Thank you!
I go through Bartow when heading to Evans. I love it.
Interesting video. Really enjoyed it… very cool and well done. That house in Sandersville is beautiful… I just want to buy some paint and a scraper and go to work on it!
Me too! :)
The very first home shown on the right in Kite belonged to my great-grandmother. I grew up in Kite, and now live on the outskirts of Wrightsville. It hurts my heart to see the shape of many of these homes and buildings.
Your videos are so fair and impartial. I really appreciate the work you are doing. It makes it very difficult to be very optimistic about large swaths of this country. I’m also speculating that a large portion of the southern US has a severe allergy to house paint.
The only thing that doesn’t peel or warp in Georgia is metal or vinyl. A lot of these older homes are clapboard. The humidity and sun tear them up. I paint my pump house every 2 years and it always starts peeling by the end of its first summer.
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Excellent videos! I just discovered your channel about a week ago and have watched over a dozen! I love riding through all of these small towns. It drives my wife crazy in person, so I can live vicariously through you 😂😂
Awesome, thank you! 😀😀
Really enjoyed looking at these familiar towns--close and personal from somebody else’s lens. Being from that area it was entertaining and informative to get a visitor and historian’s unscripted insight of the towns. I’m ready to see your stop in Augusta!!!!!!
Know this part of Georgia pretty well, back in my working days I traveled these same roads. Not to far from you , just below Washington Georgia is a little town called Sharon, back about 100 years ago it was a thriving town until a fire destroyed just about all of it. Today about all you will find is one original store that is still open, or it was about 20 years ago, and it is home to the oldest Catholic Cemetery in the state of Georgia, it is way out in the woods and a pretty erie place. Very few people still live there but it is about what you would see in this video. As for the big beautiful empty home in Sandersville, you might want to find an exterminator and check for termites.
Hahahaha, I lived near Leefield back in the 70s. You hit a home run about bugs.
I'm so glad for the youtube algorithm. I don't know how exactly one of your videos ended up on my youtube newsfeed, but I'm glad it did.. I just subscribed to your channel. I'm from Windhoek, Namibia on the African continent. I was fortunate enought to visit the US, Nampa-Boise, Idaho in 2017. Your videos bring back sweet memories. I hope you have videos of that area. Nampa, Meridan, Bouse? Thanks for the videos. I love it.
Hi, Christy. Yes, there is a video of Boise on the channel. Additionally, we will be heading into Idaho this coming summer to do more videos. :)
I’ve been watching you for several months and it’s compelled me to go exploring too. Ironically this video was filmed about 90 miles from the last GA county I explored.
You may like exploring Dahlonega, Ga. It’s in Lumpkin county.
Very educational. Thanks for your time and effort.
Glad you made a second pass at the home at the end of your video. It would be a "money pit"; but boy oh boy, to paint the home and restore it to its former glory ............just imagine. It would make a great bed and breakfast! Love seeing real smalltown America. Thanks for sharing!
I agree.
Over one hundred years, and probably looked good when they were first built. They were, evidentially built real well.
Those old houses in Georgia and Tennessee were built solid
Imagine how many tornadoes they survived
i watch the urban explorers who explore abandone houses. some over in France and Italy, and sadly the neglect is there too. some really heartbreaking stories. makes me wonder why someone didnt step up when it first started happening sure would have cost less then. thanks for sharing. i really like your channel and how you share things. save travels
Look at y'all rolling thru the back roads of Gods country. Love the show as always. Stop by Forsyth in middle GA and grab some lunch.
I absolutely love this Channel !!!!!
Hershall grew up on Brewton Lovette Rd. My Dad lived near Hershal and farmed near there.
Enjoying your travels. You’re getting very close to where I live. If you come southeast of this area seen in your video, you’ll be around Statesboro and Brooklet, GA. That’s where I live. Looking forward to more of your small town videos.
I have a friend who is from Statesboro.
We'll be heading to that area in April, Toby. :)
I have really enjoyed your videos !!! One correction about Elijah Muhammad, he was born in Deepstep Ga., a few miles outside of Sandersville. Many relatives are still there. He established the Nation of Islam a few years after leaving the area. Keep up the good work and safe travels !!! 💖🌹
Correct!. Elijah Poole was the name to which I am related. A lot of rich history here.
Aintry, this river don’t to Aintry 😆. Enjoyed watching, thanks 👌👍
I needed me a Little Spoda today! Thank you both
Thanks, UC!
I recognized this town just from the thumbnail before I even clicked on the video. That old car at the run down service station was the giveaway. My family used to go to church in Kite at the First Baptist Church on the main road there. Luckily I escaped the brainwashing I was subjected to all those Sunday mornings. You skipped Swainsboro which is just down the road and although it's much bigger than Kite it still has some very impoverished areas. But every area has it's ups and downs and this place is no different than the rest of America.
Amazing channel! I love what you do, Sir! Recording the life of small communities that otherwise would never been presented by any turistic agencies. Reminds me of what Mr. Alan Lomax did, recording the music of countryside USA. Showing the streets of a world that
GREAT STUFF!!! .....my whole family is from 1930-1940's Kite, Statesboro, Soperton...... they couldn't afford a traffic cop once so they parked a police car on side of the road and moved it every now and again.....I heard many stories from those old days.....wild country always
Roads are surprisingly in good condition with no potholes given the poverty of these towns.
I saw the Georgia towns. I’ve lived in a small town. For the last 6 years. The main thing Georgia is that they are putting all of the businesses and shopping area’s in Atlanta and surrounding counties. They forget the rest. There are a few areas that are worth visiting.
Damn
Because Atlantas metro has 6 million people and counting. We in the metro have BOOMED. Mcmansions going up in bumblefuck nowhere means we need strip malls and new suburban artery’s to help commuters
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se That’s all fine and dandy! However you can’t abandon other parts of the state.
13:24 locomotive, sitting there, waiting to do switching in town. You come across some really cool railroad stuff… Not sure if you realize it. Lol. Great videos though!
I really like your videos, and the stats. You're doing a great job.. Thanks
Thank you, Chuck!
I live in one of these South Georgia small towns and can tell you people are religious, friendly, and are close knit communities. Some of them don’t have much money but they are good people who would do anything to help you!
What fun!!! Nothing like a a tour!
Have not had the time to catch up with you and the wife, did some traveling ourselves. I have lived in GA for a short while , there are only a few places I like in GA, that's Savannah and some small northern towns in north GA are pretty . My husband had a thriving car business in GA that we left to move to FL , primarily because back then the schools were better in FL then GA and we wanted out daughter to be in good schools. Now the schools are getting worse in FL , no longer have a child in school , thank God . I still enjoy going to Savannah , very cool town .
Savannah is awesome. Absolutely beautiful city.
I really don’t understand how child poverty is higher than the adult poverty. When the parents or adults supposed to take care of the children. That comment made me feel a little twilight zonish. IJS. I discovered that no matter where you go, every body tends to be the same. People just want to live, have love, and survive. Good videos.
I was born in Waycross Ga but I live in the neighboring town of Blackshear. The one thing I have a problem with is that there's nothing to do on weekends.
My family is literally the founding family of kite yes it's a little small town but everyone knows one another and we all get along good I think your income for the average family is kind of low most of the people around there work in jobs that pay very well and love it here for the peace and quiet and those empty stores and buildings have been empty since before I was born and I'm almost 50
I see this and remember hard times. Labor intensive farming plowed with mules before there were tractors and those tractors are antiques now. And, Hershel Walker has been named the ambassador to the Bahamas.
Hi from the u.k. , 8 find these places fascinating nothing like this in England where I live , but saying that I live in Kent on the outskirts of london which has villages with homes older than the u.s. my local pub was built in the 1500s , love watching your videos 🙂
Thank you, Clare!
I was on the original planning team for Peachtree City and designed its original path system. At the time, Senoia was almost a ghost town, with a population of about 900 people. Girlfriends and I would go biking there, because automobile traffic was almost non-existent on weekends. The way that Metro Atlanta is exploding now, you can county on those rural hamlets being just like Senoia in the future. Now there ARE many rural communities in South Georgia that have died or are dying. Different economic situation there. However, I understand that Floridians are beginning to move into South Georgia , because the real estate is so much cheaper than Florida's.
The town you’re in is called Adairsville and it’s on the out skirts of Bartow county. Downtown Cartersville is actually the main part of Bartow county
The first thing that came to my thoughts as you take us through these rural Georgia towns, was “Dukes of Hazzard”😂😂which I remember fictionally was to have taken place in rural Georgia..lol
Must admit, threw me for a loop about Elijah Mohammad . Wasn't expecting that one. Just full of surprises you are, lol!
Bedankt
Thank you!
That beautiful old home just breaks my heart. 😢
Wrightsville is home to author Alice Walker. Her story, the Color Purple, takes place in Hartwell Georgia.
Is she and Herschel related?
Alice Walker is not from Wrightsville
@@stewartmerrell8321 I think she's from Eatonton.
Your wrong about that not filmed in hartwell
@@palamabron2481yep, she’s from Eatonton. Uncle Sweet as is referred to in the book lived on my property. Sweet Little
Another Great Tour Of Lands Once Was Through & Some Knew Well. always, Tommy🤠
I would LOVE to see inside that big old abandoned house at 17:08 and 19:06 in Sandersville!
Tennille looks to be a bit of a railroad town, and the house listed for sale was up at $185k (Feb 2023). Sandersville also has railroad connections, being the headquarters of the Sandersville Railroad.
There are many large old homes along that street that he took a second look at. I believe across from that house is another home that is referred to as the old Brown's home. Allegedly General Sherman stayed there during his march to Savannah. At one time it was about to fall down, but was purchased and repaired. Not sure, but once it was said to be turned into a museum.
I live in Sandersville and you are correct. It is the Brown House Museum.
Watching now, going to get ready after this for work on Monday Jan 23 2023.
Lord Spoda it was good to look at Georgia country Towns, some houses are beautiful. Some are run down, not taken care of
Good stuff! I used to live in "Tenn-ul" and "Sand-uz-ville." Twin cities, and a great place full of great folks. The per capita income doesn't tell the story of that place tho. Millionaires everywhere, kaolin made it that way.
Is that how Tennille is pronounced? Dang!!
Yes. I love when visitors come through. They always pronounce it Ten-nille--like captain and ten-nille. Not sure of the spelling🙈.
And yes sandersville is the kaolin capital!!!!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Yes sir. Tenn-ul. I lived half way between Harrison and Tenn-ul.
@@melrol8860 correct 🤣🤣 I'm from Sandersville and graduated 2006 left and it's still the same. It's a culture shock when you hear others that didn't grow up in the "country " as we call it. You should've took the main street from tennille into Sandersville where they have a few more stores but still not much.
I grew up on the other side of the Savannah River from these counties. My hometown is downright prosperous compared with some of these. But you see a lot of the same kind of thing on the SC side of the river, too. You got kind of close to some bigger small towns with some real money in them and nice homes, such as Eatonton and Milledgeville.
Milledgeville is very pretty.
I grew up in towns like this in south Georgia. It was impossible to have a decent life there. We barely made it living in a rv behind a automotive shop. Schools were horrible and the gang activity was through the roof.