Best Rural Towns in Georgia you need to move to.
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- Want to find a rural Georgia town, get a mortgage, and Drink Sweet Tea on your porch? Who doesn’t want some southern real estate right? Today we are looking at great rural towns in the Peach State, Georgia.
This is the 7th video in the series. We did the entire US, then New Hampshire, Montana, Tennessee, Colorado, and California so far.
A couple of things about rural Georgia towns. Small towns in Georgia, really the entire south, have some tragically run-down towns that are in very bad shape because of poverty that has been going on for decades. So, it was hard to find quality rural towns. That doesn’t mean they don’t have some wonderful rural towns.
What we are looking for is that sweet spot. A decent place to live that isn’t too close to any major cities, easy on the crime rate, not 5 hours away from a hospital or so far out they have horrible internet.
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Jim, a suggestion. While discussing a city or town put the name of the town on the screen and leave it there until you move on to the next town or city. Love your vids btw.
Great suggestion. .. I’m watching the vid, totally interested, but … 🌳 the stuff is legal here so… I need a visual aid to keep me remembering 😜
Who's Jim?
@@dreamingwolf8382 I guess Briggs first name
@@dreamingwolf8382 in a previous vid Briggs was referred to as Jim.
I thought his first name was Anthony
Hey Briggs - I really wish you'd do a video list of Southern towns where you can legally build or live in a tiny house. I am physically challenged and living on a fixed income, as are many other people who would benefit from such a video. I love your channel. Thanks. ❤️
That would be great
I totally agree with you!!
I would love for Saint Simons Island to be in that
I’d love to see places where Tiny Houses/ Camper living is legal and acceptable
Longwood, Oviedo, and Casselberry. Winter Park and Orlando in Orange County also have no minimum. Other Florida counties with small minimal size requirements for tiny houses are Dixie (450 sq ft), St. Petersburg (375 sq ft), Also, type this into TH-cam. New tiny homes villages in Florida. Lots to do in FLA!
01:13 - #6 Blue Ridge
03:09 - #5 Tallula Falls
05:14 - #4 Pine Mountain
06:59 - #3 Lumber City
09:16 - #2 Madison
10:54 - #1 Lincolnton
Strange car in picture of a white car in Madison
At 1033
Thank you 💞
Crap my town is on the list. I'm not keen on this lol you literally showed 4 photos of Walmart road. 🤣🤣🤣 didn't bother with any of the underground railroad houses. Oh no. Essentially the Walmart parking lot is much more lovely. 🤣🤣🤣
@@karendewillers5190 it's just a Google maps image that is not stitched perfectly
I miss Georgia so much. 😢💔 Go Dawgs!!
GO DAWGS
Tip: check out the city, county and sheriffs arrest reports to see what’s really going on. If you’re looking at a town large enough for a Walmart, go take a visit between 4-6 pm. Those are your future neighbors.
Thank you for that idea. I will use it.
Every place in the video is a dying city that has way too many old people and not enough young ones to replace the population I expect in the next 20 years these towns will be abandoned
Georgia was a great state to travel through as a Canadian. Super friendly and the woman are gorgeous!!
All the northern folk love the women down here. It’s strange. I have never been up north much except for NYC.
The ladies have gained some pounds since you were last hear.
@@OwlTL”northern folk”, what is this 1910 😂
@@neox9369he was being nice and not saying Yankee. 😂
Dahlonega and Watkinsville are pretty sweet areas as well!
Love Dahlonega, went to college there, it has gotten very expensive.
Watkinsville is beautiful
Watkinsville is great
They were but now are just places for rich Yankees to own everything
Blueridge is full of rich people from alanta that has drove the cost of land to the moon
They won't honor private property rights either. Can't read No Trespassing signs.
That land was so cheap. They couldn’t give it away 50 years ago.
@@talmadgewilliams8831 might be worth mentioning that they are running out of land to develop due to a lot of USFS land.
They also have now reached the point that the EMC is having problems supplying power in some areas. TVA even had a rolling brown out.
Even having building material supply issues.
A lot has really changed in last 9mo around Blairsville too as well as Blue Ridge.
atlanta*
@@richardstarke4093it’s because it’s not private property unless you have allodial title and is in a trust. People don’t understand the difference between the Public & Private
An honorable mention could be Trenton, GA.
A small town nestled between Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain.
Its located in the very top Left portion of GA, just about 10 minutes from Chattanooga, TN.
It has Cloudland Canyon Park and a place to go hang-gliding, along with other outdoor activities.
Love your vids sir!
Wouldn't that be pretty close to Lake Winnie?
@@Scioneer Its about 20 minutes but Lake Winnie is a tiny Amusement Park. It is 2 counties over from Dade County(where Trenton is)
@@JustMrLove The Cannonball at Lake Winnie is one of the last John Allen coasters still operating. So tiny it may be, Lake Winnie has huge historic significance in the Amusement Park world.
@@Scioneer Legit did not know that.
South of Fort Payne Alabama you will find Little River Canyon .( Absolutely Beautiful)
Especially in the fall with leaves changing colors. Would be southwest of Trenton.
I live in Ringgold, GA and it's also not a bad little town to live in. Pretty close to Chattanooga, TN for jobs and hospitals and it has everything nearby you'd need like Publix, Costco, places to eat etc. It's nothing glamorous but it's a nice balance of a cute small town close to a bigger city when you need it.
Ringgold is a nice town , have family and friends there.
I live in Ringgold too! Love it!
Got married in ringgold!!
i always drive up to ringgold to see my friend
I am from Georgia and live in Georgia I have been to all the places that were mentioned except Lincolnton. This list was pretty spot on! However, a really good southern CITY in Georgia is Valdosta. Great real estate, good medical, education awesome, and an AFB military base. Not to mention Titletown USA.
Valdosta is not a rural town.
Mike, I have been to Valdosta. Like got off the interstate and traveled about 10 miles east. Pretty town, a little poor, definitely Southern. Living in Tampa, I would keep it a secret. Too close to Florida and a lot of us can't afford to live here.
I live in Lincolnton and none of those pictures was of Lincolnton thanks for rank 1 though
Some cool trivia about Valdosta. Zombieland was filmed at Wild Adventures in Valdosta. The park kept most of the names given to some of the rides in the movie ( Bugout was renamed to Go Bananas for example)
Every rural city in Georgia is dying because they have too many old people and not enough young ones to replenish. One of towns had less than a thousand people if all remains the same these places will be abandoned in the next 15 to 20 years
Pine Mountain has a couple of nearby attractions worth a mention: Callaway Gardens and the Little White House in Warm Springs, where FDR travelled for polio treatments.
Between Lincolnton and Washington is Graves Mountain, an extinct volcano that was created millions of years ago when an island chain slammed into what was then the coast of this part of North America. Lots of interesting minerals there. Tiffany mined rutile for jewelry for a while. It's private property but the caretaker usually opens it to the public a couple of times a year.
And the wild animal safari
I live by Callaway gardens. Love it!
Thanks for NOT mentioning many of the most wonderful little towns in Ga. -best kept secrets. 🤗
omg tell me i won’t spill 🤭
There are plenty.
I’m happy most of the towns he mentioned were up near atlanta. Leave SE Georgia small towns a secret 🤫
I know (some of) the ones you're talking about. They didn't make this list because they have become really expensive. A lot of formerly nice little Georgia towns have become so expensive only rich Atlanta twats looking for a second home can afford them.
@@cisium1184 I live in a small little town in SE GA. 3000 people. Median income is $54k. Under 10% UE. Average home price is $180k. Historic downtown with an active economy. I wouldn’t give up the name of my town for anything.
Madison is a very charming town! I've lived in the Atlanta area my whole life and I've been to Madison many times over the years. It has a historic feel, some nice restaurants, it's clean, and the people are nice.
It's kinda weird that all he showed while talking about Madison were pictures of gas stations and strip malls.
The perception of what is a rural town is always interesting to see. Some of these feel pretty big.
You actually showed my doctors office when talking about the health care in Madison Ga. FYI, Madison medical center is not exactly a great facility, but alas. The reason there are so many old antebellum homes in Madison as opposed to a lot of other towns in Ga is because when Sherman came through terrorizing and attacking the civilian population, Madison's mayor was not only a very high ranking freemason, but also was good friends and a drinking buddy of sherman's brother who was a senator in DC. He was specifically told by his brother not to destroy Madison for that reason. Hence, none of the homes were burned like they had been throughout the rest of the march and survive today because of their significance and the towns people wanting to keep them in good shape to preserve the history.
Sherman burned most of my town "LaGrange" but spared the Women's College and the hospital and some of the fine homes because the women (mostly mothers) of the town formed a battalion and marched out with guns and threaten to shoot if they burned the town. He agreed to spare places of importance if the women surrendered. They were called "The Nancy Hawks".
@first last name
Sherman's March didn't go through LaGrange. That would be Colonel LaGrange that came from the west and burned much of the town.
Wrong ! It was because of senator hill
@@AlexB-om6yu Being from the area, this is the lore I have heard my entire life from multiple sources. I do know that multiple homes that were on the march were spared because of freemasonry distress symbols scratched on them, the one my Great, Great uncle scratched on the door of the house I live in is still able to be seen.
@@southronjr1570 your statement has some truth to it but it wasn’t the mayor senator hill had a home there
No one else needs to move to Georgia, we are full.
lol
No, only the Atlanta Metro is full. Might I remind you that the Coastal Plains take up over half of the state and only has about 2 million People.
@lazloraj905 it's as full as it needs to be. Move along.
@@johnburnett5377 Ok buddy :|
Thank you for all of your research into all of these towns, cities, states, and countries - that's a lot of work!!! My husband is close to retirement and we're expecting to move when he does. We can certainly use your hard work to help choose a great place to grow old 🙂✌
Hi Briggs, just a suggestion for some people that absolutely love your content and the idea of small towns but reluctant when it comes to safety… Sundown town rating. Thanks 🙏
Being a black northern, that's the first thing that came to my mind.
This is so important .. thinking that's what he meant by many towns being "problematic"
These are safe rural areas but I didn’t see a single downtown anywhere. When I move to a “small town” I’d like to be able to walk downtown on tree-lined brick streets, go to a pub or a restaurant with sidewalk seating… flowers & potted plants along the sidewalks, you know, a town. Your video had some interesting spots to hike, though! Love those falls. Thanks for taking the time.
I live in rural Georgia......stay where you are......stay where you are!
Why
Why ax why?
Exactly!
Please stay where you at, we don’t want you here
How old are u is what y'all should be asking
I'm waiting for the S. Carolina episode. I've been looking into the Sumter area for the past year.
Same here! I love Briggs' videos. We are house hunting and I have learned so much from this channel.
Great video. I grew up in Blue Ridge, moved away for about 10 years and came back a couple of years ago. It's home. 💙
I have to concur with you. We live in Florida and we own a timeshare in Ellijay and go to Blue Ridge every year! Beautiful town. Just purchased property in SE Ellijay (Talking Rock) and will be moving in a couple of years. Love your home city of Blue Ridge!
@@ralphmeder7842 Thank you!
Thankyou for covering georgia so elaborately. Especially on the price tags and crime rate.
Didn’t mention Dahlonegha! Perfect Hallmark small town with lots of beautiful properties and things to do.
Love all of your videos! I just wanted to say you did awesome with Fannin. I love that you talk about my home state. I currently live in Marietta. I have lived near Tallulah Falls in Lavonia. It’s Stephens as in Steve. Thank you. Keep the videos coming!
My parents just moved to and built a new home in the Blue Ridge mountains…and you won’t find a more scenic, idyllic, and utterly beautiful place in the fall. Me and my family spent every summer vacation at either Tallulah Falls or Pigeon Forge, TN. And I have to say that after spending 45 years growing up in and traveling around the various parts of GA, Madison has to be the most quaint and stereotypically-small country town right out of central casting. I lived in Athens, which is close by and beautiful in many ways by it’s own right…but Madison definitely takes the prize for me!
Starting video now, and I hope to see Clayton on this list. Criminally underrated mountain town with tons of personality. Edit: Tallulah and Clayton are next to each other, so I guess that qualifies even if Clayton is the better town.
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Great video! Was hoping my town of Hoschton was going to make the list lol. Found this town from one of your previous videos on Georgia towns. We love it here. Keep the great content coming man!
I'm pretty sure he had Hoschton on another list for Georgia fairly recently?
@@Lakota828 yeah, I think it was about a year ago.
I wish Atlanta would embrace the renew instead of remove policy that the rest of Georgia embraces. Here we tear down 80 year old houses to build McMansions that tower over the remaining houses and don't fit the character of the neighborhood. There are also expensive condos going up that aren't even that nice from the outside or the inside, but the building offers amenities like a pool, a gym and security features.
I live in Blue Ridge (Cherry Log actually). And you revery close to nature here but it is growing rapidly. It is smart to buy "Life Flight" insurance in case you need a bigger hospital. Also a mineral called staurolite that looks like a cross is found here.
I lived in Pine Mountain when i was younger (real name is Chipley) and worked at the resort Callaway Gardens. Beautiful place !
Definitely a must to have (Life Flight). insurance coverage in and around Blue Ridge area.
I always really liked the little town of Americus. It’s surrounded by farmland, but the “downtown” section is very nice.
Love Americus, and it’s making. Comeback for the last few years, lots of new businesses!!!😎🍑
Unfortunately we’re jam packed here in Georgia and not accepting applicants north of the mason dixon line and if you don’t know what that is DONT come to Georgia 😊
Facts lol
I feel the same about Florida everybody’s coming here now it’s time for us to get out
True ☝️! I hope it's open to returning Georgians. I'm coming home. ❤
@@chestergray7956 fool
The greedy investors are buying everything up. JP Morgan is coming to Georgia to buy every inch of land.
My son moved from Chattanooga to Summerville GA he lives out in the country and is loving it he had some concerns because he works from home for TVA and he was used to EPB cable in Chattanooga but they just got fiber and he is happy as a clam now!
I was waiting for Georgia! Remember driving miss Daisy, it’s so green! Big trees…
Some really nice place on this one. Only 6 but all solid choices. Love this series!!!
Woohoo Pine Mountain Ga gets recognized!🎉 Right next to my hometown Columbus! Highly recommended
Dang... everything up north. Remember folks.... There is a south Georgia as well..........
I have been loving these rural town videos!! Hoping to see of Washington or Texas soon 🥳
You absolutely need a stream or a lake though, a large body of water of some kind, because it's so hot in the summer it's gonna drive you mad.
Agreed with the list briggs. Linc. Is a great place. I would say cartersville. Pooler. Canton. Would be a nice addition also.
Great video bud.
Thanks, I like your videos. For these types of 'where to live' videos, I'd also suggest adding the upload speed when mentioning internet availability as this is quite important for video conferencing when working from home.
We just moved to Walthourville, GA from Fairbanks/North Pole, AK a couple months ago after 20+ years there. We love it here! Small town, great community, friendly neighbors. Savannah is only 45 minutes away, and Jacksonville, FL is only 2 hours away. Great for shopping. Our house cost in the $130ks. I just don't know what our stats are.
Pronounced Walt-hour-ville
Also pronounced Wall-tie-ville 🙂
I live in the big city of Augusta, GA. Love Lincolnton. We have family friends who own a large farm out there. We also love Thomson, Appling, and what once was a small town but is now very much growing and growing, Grovetown.
Look at Newnan. Charming.
Quit moving to the north Georgia mountains! Y’all are making it Atlanta north. Visit, okay? Then go home.
Atlanta is spreading out so fast like a virus, you're really not exaggerating, I live in Lawrenceville and the development is non stop, condos and mansions and population increase, thus traffic much worse now I feel like I'm driving downtown I think it will take over most of North Georgia and will only stop at the actual mountains because it's not easy to level those.
I hear y'all but I wish the spread could happen to some of the other metros in the state. Atlanta is the only city that actually has things going for it. Savannah is close behind with it's port but it's no where near a major port city like Charleston or Jacksonville
@@oopsitsfm The Warner Robins area south of Macon is growing significantly, but definitely nowhere near the pace of Atlanta suburbs. My parents moved to Winder in 2012, and over that time it has gradually become more of a suburb of Atlanta than a small town on the way to Athens.
Our rent is sky rocketing in Georgia! My little home town us unrecognizable bc of all the millions of cars & 8 lane highways now!
Gotta give Cohutta Georgia a shout out, no crime, farmland, good internet and hospitals close.
Don’t tell anybody! It’ll be filled up with yankees and Atlantans! 😄
Story time: So there’s this little town called Hogansville which is roughly 45 minutes west of Atlanta. My friend lives near there and knew a family of 3 that owned a gun range and were trained marksman. Just recently, they were all murdered in the shop and the suspect(s) made away with 40+ firearms and the safe was broken into. The suspect(s) left nearly no evidence. Of course, we were quite surprised and figured only a band of career criminals could pull off something like this. Come to learn that it was one 21 year old college student who had been on a coke binge! What’s crazier is that I’m pretty sure we went to high school with the guy… random story, but hopefully you take something away from it
Small rural towns in Georgia can have a very different culture than is expected. I saw this story on the news and while sad, there seems to be an increase in crime after COVID, changes in our society. I think it is everywhere. Very sad story for sure.
@@MR-pr8tp this was quite the unexpected event for this town
@@BabyFed yes, and sad for that one family.
The county coroner discovered the bodies which were his own son and parents.
Sadly, crime can now be an issue anywhere, and small rural towns (like the one I live in) aren’t immune to it. But it’s still far and away better than the exploding crime rates in the larger cities.
Briggs you seem a little disconnected to people in the South. Not all of us can afford a house in the 300,000, 400,000 dollar price range. A lot of us in flyover country can't afford to finance a 250,000 dollar house. We are struggling to make ends meet. Usually we have more days than money between paydays. It is not just drugs and bad choices that is causing huge spikes in homelessness.
Greetings from the PPRC GOOD video as usual. Thanks for doing them. 🚗.mini
Arizona and North Carolina next please Brigg's . Keep up with great content.
LoL I want to leave FL so badly .
I have lived in 10 different States and North Carolina is the best by far in all ways
@@garp-cm7te that awesome. Which part of North Carolina?
I have to say I watched this and was prepared for the worst. I've lived in the Savannah area most of my life and I was afraid you would mention some towns near me and I didn't want to have to burst anyone's bubble. Good video!
Aaron Shirk-We were thinking of living near Hinesville. What's bad about it?
Cabin’s. Nice. I’m looking for a log cabin with a fireplace and river/stream nearby
Carrollton, GA and Lagrange, GA deserves an Honorable Mention
Manchester, GA is up and coming. The population flight from Atlanta, Peachtree City, Senoia that’s happening now are moving to Manchester, GA. Scenic Heights Hwy has scenic 100 mile views South toward Columbus, GA. It’s beautiful and homes are in the $150K - $400K range. Def worth a look. Also, the town of Manchester is booming with an updated Mill that’s being renovated with live/work facilities and 300 homes are being built just north of Manchester, also live/work residences. Go check it out. It’s a quaint, quiet town about 1.5 hours south of Atlanta, GA.
I live in Lincolnton, GA. Been here most of my life. I appreciate that you gave us a shout-out, but the pictures you showed during our segment weren't of Lincolnton, GA. I'm guessing you may have gotten Lincolnton, NC pictures by mistake.
Could you add some south Georgia towns next time? I've lived in southeastern GA for my 41yrs and worked fire/rescue in many counties in the area. Look at Waycross and don't forget the beautiful coastal islands such as Jekyll. Thx for the video.
Also St marys and Kingsland are great places to live low crime rate great schools and a great community small town with that southern love and spirit love where I live everyones so nice and friendly plus we are close to the naval base so you get a variety of ppl
Yes! All the things you mentioned plus beautiful beaches within a half hour drive
hello neighbor
Dahlonega and Blue Ridge. 👍
I love those towns. I love ellijay also.
I am a native Georgian and returned here for retirement. In my quest for the best rural areas for retirement, your video was spot on.. Madison GA is the best but kinda expensive for Georgia. . Even the Morgan County Humane Society is classy! I in fact drive 45 minutes to see physicians, a vet and restaurants all in Madison. Their hospital is great and has an awesome drive through for covid testing, and a great staff. . ( as good as ChickFilet drive through! ) LOL
Good video and yes beware of the humidity, mosquitoes and Palmetto bugs- roaches the size of mice all in Georgia.. I tried North GA (we had a summer home there) but is a very different culture and I could not adapt. Beautiful country but yes for me there are better places to retire that are more progressive. I can highly recommend Madison GA and Lincolnton.. Have experienced almost all of the places you have covered. . Good job.
Totally agree about the palmettos - I hate those bloody things...
@@necroslair Did you know they can fly!
I have a great cat that loves to catch and play with the palmetto roaches because we have no mice. He can’t stomp on them but holds them until I can. LOL
Another place to consider in Georgia is Covington, in Newton County. Population is about 14,000 people. It's located about thirty minutes east of Atlanta - about half the distance to Madison on this list. Here, you can find a lot of rural properties zoned A (agricultural) and AR (agricultural residential), with a good number of properties with acreage - from 1 acre to 40 acres, or more. So, USDA loans for low to moderate income home buyers are available for homes up to $377,000 (as of 4/2022), with zero dollars down, and terms of up to 38 years!
We are in the process of purchasing 2.32 acres of AR zoned land on the South River to build a new home that will cost about $450k. But, the lot is only $17,500.00 and has 528 feet of frontage on the South River, with about the same road frontage. It's on a gravel road, with one neighbor across the street with 12 acres and one neighbor just to the south with about 18 acres, and the only other major land owner near our lot has about a thousand acres and farms trees - so, we will likely never have any other neighbors anywhere near us and we won't even see the ones across the street or next door! We will, of course, have a well, a septic tank, and a propane tank, since the only municipal utility available is electricity. And, internet will only be about 100mbps.
We're really looking forward to the peace and solitude, as well as the fantastic view of the river, and of course, the fishing! All this, and only a thirty minute drive to Atlanta!
Congratulations! I hope your new home and solitude is all you hope for!
Lifetime Georgian here…I grew up next door to Covington in Jasper Co and spent much time in the Covington area (my first teenage job was there many years ago). I’m now in Walton Co, just next door to the north.
Just be aware that Covington has been going downhill in many ways over the past several years - just like neighboring Conyers did. I recall when Conyers was a more affluent area. Then Dekalb County started spilling over into Conyers, bringing more crime and other issues. Unfortunately, the same trend is now happening with Covington.
But there sure are some beautiful old historic homes in Covington, and lots of movies and tv shows filmed in and near there. 🙂
Cheers, and best wishes on your new home!
Conyers gang
I grew up there. It's a sh!thole.
Not! Fast becoming Atlanta East. Traffic on 142 is awful
Checked to see if my town was here and it wasn't. I'm glad of that.
Monroe, Georgian here. Great video!
I’m also in Walton County - We are practically neighbors! 😉
Cheers!
@@fostermomjudy6962 Oh heck yeah! Howdy neighbor!
Videos are always great!
A few honorable mentions would be cool for your vids. Either way you guys make quality content!!!
My family is from Lincolnton and I love the town! I'm there almost every weekend.
Also two honorable mentions Vienna ga is a awesome small town no hospital though got to go to cordele 15 minutes away. Hawkinsville ga is also cool I work here it’s a ole school small town that loves horse racing . The ocmulgee runs threw the heart of town and it has two in city boat ramps as well as one way out in the county.
Thanks for listing my hometown, Lincolnton, Ga. as number #1. Indeed, it is a great place. Also...none of the photos accompanying your V.O. about Lincolnton/Lincoln County were actually photos of Lincolnton. I can assure you there is no Wend'y's. lol. Also, fun fact: our city was named after Benjamin Lincoln, not Abraham. To get the feel of LC, Maybe put some photos of Clark's Hill lake (the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi), Graves Mountain, the vast country, fishing spots, downtown Main Street, the football field, the courthouse, the relatively new High School facility, etc. Just a few suggestions. Appreciate it, mate.
It would be great to SHOW the pretty downtown areas instead of a service station and dollar store and to show some of the lovely old houses mentioned. Information is good but pictures could be sooo much better. Couldn’t believe the charming area of town in Blue Ridge was not photographed.
I agree Angela. See my message at the beginning of this string of responses.
Was charming at one time before the modern 3 & 4 story building went up
James up parking has gotten out of hand also.
We keep looking at Martinez Georgia it seems really nice and you can get a nice place for around $300,000. We love the mountains and it's beautiful there.
Martinez is not a rural town, anything but and the mountains are 2hrs away.
@@jaypercival431 Thank you for telling me that the darn maps sure make them look closer. We haven't gone there yet but we are planning on checking out Georgia. Wow 2hrs away huh need to tell the wife.
Abject poverty is right for much of rural Georgia. Yes, I've been to most of the places mentioned here and they are a far cry from other areas in that state.
Just fyi, ga towns don't have much going on and not to many amenities unless you live around the metro area. I'd say a 40-50 mile radius your pretty good. However the traffic just about anywhere in that radius is horrendous. Ga used to be cheap and not so crowded place but it's getting up there in price for what it offers and too many people flocking here. You will run out of outdoors stuff to do real quick because personally it doesn't have much. Yeah there are a few spots in the "mountains" which I don't really consider them mountains once you've seen the Rockies and other ranges out west. Plus everything in ga looks the same no matter where you go. I live in northeast ga which is a great place to live and raise kids however all the beauty of farms and open land is being torn down to build huge expensive housing and subdivisions. Which in turn drives up pricing in them areas. I think most people that come here are just looking for affordable compared to where they currently are but I think most people will be disappointed with what ga has to offer especially if your into the outdoor activities. Don't expect Colorado beauty, variety and outdoor activities. The south east will be just as expensive if not more than everywhere else in the future due to migration. If you come prepare mentally for all the traffic and construction, you will lose all patients you thought you had!
Another cool city in Georgia is Canton. I really like it here, I’ve lived my whole life in here and there are so many activities to do in here. The population is around 30,000 and has grown a lot since 2000, the population was 7,000!
It’s hardly rural in Canton. It’s just suburbia now.
It’s no longer rural at all.
Boston GA is rural and even has the mini marathon. No fast food chain restaurants and houses are cheap. People are friendly.
One of my two workplaces that I work on the weekends is in Madison Georgia and I absolutely agree it is a beautiful town and lots of country. I live right next to Madison in Monroe and I can't say that Monroe is anywhere near is nice as Madison but luckily I live in a really good neighborhood with fantastic Neighbors. 🙂
Blairsville should be top spot... one of the best rural hospitals in Georgia and is doubling in size for specialist. Very clean. Blue Ridge is a touristy dump.
Can't say enough about the quality of Union General Hospital in Blairsville Ga. Top notch for sure, very Clean too.
Blairsville has always been a favorite of mine. Unpretentious and close to Blood Mountai/Vogel State Park area. Weather is a nice change from SE Georgia!
I used to live in Blairsville, Georgia and at one time it and Blue Ridge were small towns, but not anymore. We had an eclipse there back in 2017, and people from all around America came to our little town to see it. Now so many people have moved to both towns and they are like big cities.
Lol! That's relative. A big town to you is still a small town to those of us who had the misfortune of being born and raised near an actual big town.
Blairsville is still wonderful and the people are even better. We bought a place there last year and couldn't be happier about it.
@@FreeSpeech4All Blairsville was a beautiful small town when I moved there in 2006. Nothing stayed open past 9pm except for a few gas stations. The roads would be completely empty after that, and we didn’t have half of the places back then like there is now. I was born and raised in Baltimore City, Maryland so I know all about big cities and small towns!!
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Lol! I stand corrected. Sorry. 😄
We had been scouting the north Georgia mountains starting around 2015-2016 but weren't in a position to move until right about when COVID hit... and everyone rushed out there to bid up the price of everything. Set us back about a year or so.
Wish we'd had the sense to just move much earlier like you did... From Columbia/Towson/Owings Mills/Canton, Pasadena, MD. 😉 Born and raised... but never belonged.
@@FreeSpeech4All I lived in Pasadena, MD for a large portion of my life. I also used to live in Glen Burnie, Brooklyn, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City. You couldn’t pay me enough to move back up there. I live in Alabama now, but I have been considering moving back up there since my son and his family still live there.
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I completely understand. Maryland (at least the 95 corridor) is awful... and it was VASTLY worse through this whole COVID thing. 🙄 Be glad you got out of here well before that. Plus they've built a gazillion apartments and homes to pack in with people, but have barely done anything on the roads so it's packed like sardines and driving is hell.
My wife's folks are still in Columbia and her Dad isn't doing well, otherwise we'd be in GA full time already.
I can't believe you didn't mention the various tourist sites around Warm Springs: FDR's Southern White House, Callaway Gardens, etc. These attractions give the town more than its share of cute shops and restaurants, contributing to the lifestyle options available to residents and likely inflating real estate prices.
No parking in Blueridge. I avoid it like the plague. And I’ve lived her all my life. The traffic is awful.
County roads are falling apart mainly due to poor road department management. Even recent chip & sealed roads are hazardous and poorly done with total disregard for public safety is right out the window. We're better when left to gravel. Crumbling apart now so will return to what they were.
Need to spend money on roads not new pickup trucks.
i arrived Georgia for school in 1985, never leave since. love it, Atlanta is very green, a tree city, then i moved to Norcross and Conyers, they are best sets for movie, and are literally blocked the road for Hollywood shooting teams oftentimes. lately i saw a series of space tanks(ppl wear space uniform on tanks) crossing suburban street in front of my house, thought "what! alien invasion? civil war?" it was Netflix !
Shoutout to my mother’s hometown of Lumber City, Georgia
Pine Mountain is gorgeous!! Very friendly, as is LaGrange!
Does Pine Mountain still have the store that sells chocolate covered grasshoppers?
I worked in Atlanta 45 yrs when i retired i moved near a small town called Hartwell near Lake Hartwell the local paper has a police blotter the number one crime is DUI i have visited most of the places you mention every year
There is also a Seventh Day Adventist hospital about 1/2 hour south of Blue Ridge.
Excellent care.
Hey Briggs, first time commenting. I’m from Charleston, SC and thinking heavily about moving to Philadelphia. Is there any chance you can talk more about Philly? Maybe do a video about great places to move to in big cities? I was told that Fishtown is a great area but after doing my research, it looks like it’s not so great anymore. Maybe I’m wrong. I’d love to see you do a video where you give advice to people from the south moving to the north / people from the east moving to the west, etc.. I’d also love it if you made a video about people from small cities moving to bigger cities. Love the channel! Keep it up!
I love love love Philly
Born in Philly, grew up in Delaware County sitting on its southwestern border. Left the area back in 2018 and relocated to Blue Ridge, GA in 2018. Best decision I’ve made in my life. Crime is through the roof in Philly and only getting worse. The heroin epidemic is insane. Every couple of months another person I knew from my school years would drop dead from an overdose. My fiancé and I made the choice that we didn’t want to raise her daughter there and got the hell out.
Please Please don't‼Phily is s dirty depressing city! People there are nasty a holes‼
@@EmbracingAshley Philly stinks
I live in a tiny little town called Ellabell, it’s close enough to Savannah that I’m not totally isolated but it’s also still quiet
I love how there no cities in South GA
I hope you will do a video on Florida, Alabama, North Carolina.
You get messed up Blairsville you go to North Georgia Cherokee or Floyd. Blue Ridge was my sanctuary when I needed to get away from the hussle of the OR. It's gorgeous
Next time you want to do Georgia, look at Hiawassee. Mountains and lakes.
listening to him pronounce Stephens County (my home county, from Toccoa) like he's British; made me chuckle.
My family is from Lincolnton and we LOVE IT! Visit family there often!
Thanks for only looking at towns in the top half of the state. We don't want a bunch of national attention on towns in South Georgia like....and...and for sure not...! As always, I enjoyed the video, thanks.
Great video, as usual, I would live to see the stats on Rome Ga, this town is unusual, in non of the averages that apply to most towns fit here. If you do market research for a business, nothing is standard. It won't add up to real world commerce once a business is open.
Some things about this town is extraordinarily good, and then there is a polar opposite on things that you wouldn't expect.
Nice video but you mainly picked cities in North Georgia. Try South Georgia next time. We have alot of nice smaller cities here. Hahira, Lake Park, Homerville, ect...
Anywhere south of Atlanta is too hot and humid.
One lesson I have learned from your channel is that I can not afford to live in this country.
No wonder living in a van is the fad.
Its intentional economic stress on American society
You can find a fixer upper in the midwest rust belt for under $50 k. You just gotta be willing to live in the "bad side of town".
Hey! Love your videos a lot❤. I was just wondering while watching your video, why not mention Starlink? Starlink makes other rural areas without other types of internet very livable. 😊
So excited that my town made #1 except that none of the pictures shown are from Lincolnton. We don't have a Wendy's, a Days Inn, or a mattress store here so I don't know what those photos are of but I saw no pictures related to Lincolnton, GA. 😕
Holy crap!!! You said Clarkston WA….I grew up there. That’s a hole of a town but I love going back!!!