RURAL GEORGIA: You’re As Good As DEAD In These Small Towns
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2023
- I visited the Georgia towns of Haralson, Woodbury, Senoia, Sharpsburg and Granville.
These towns were filming locations for the zombie television show "The Walking Dead".
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17:40. Believe it or not, my Uncle Gene and Aunt Sally raised 6 kids in that little house. They slept in shifts in one bedroom and they all grew up to be good productive citizens. Aunt Sally passed on in 2006 but Uncle Gene is still living there!
That's amazing.
How do that many people sleep in shifts? If they have to sleep at night to go to school/work in the morning?
yeah imo Uncle Gene should have had his tubes tied. what a miserable stressful childhood that sounds like.
Wow
6 people x 8 hours of sleep each? How?
Maybe you mean your uncle and aunt slept in shifts?
Having grown up in a small town in east central Georgia, I guarantee there are people there who love it. Being that close to Atlanta, yet not having to put up with Atlanta is a big advantage.
Lived in Atl many yrs, and fully agree with you. Look what happen downtown Atl yesterday.
Back at ya.
I just moved to the ATL area for months ago from California, and even I knew not to actually move into that city!
Facts
I live in a place like this & I dont have pookie as a neighbor with his 12 brothers & each with a different baby daddy, robbing up the place.
I'd rather be in small town America or in the country than any city.
Yes. I can't wait to get my land out of the city.
Yeah cities are too expensive
And cities are filled with people who think they are better than the average person, just trying to live a normal life. I mean, I drive a 20 year old Camry, and have just a small business, but I own my house, 10 thousand dollars cash. I just work on it myself. Most people I know, looks down on me like I'm dirt, but they do not own their car, house, and they are slaving away working for another man. Just sad
I agree 100% !
Where are you
Who would’ve thought some random narrative guy driving through cities and towns would be so entertaining to watch. You my friend may have stumbled upon a niche, keep up the good work.
Thank you, PB! 😀
The bulk of the filming location for Fried Green Tomatoes was made in Juliette, GA. The Whistle Stop Cafe is still there and open to the public. It’s one of my favorite movies.
When I first found this channel about two months ago I thought it was such a boring subject. Well, I was wrong. I find myself looking forward to each new post and the statistics add dimension to each new town visited. I went back to when you sold your home to start this journey and thought to myself "That took some serious courage!" I agree with your kids! You two ARE crazy (in a good way).
Thank you for this, R B! :)
I felt the same but now I’m hooked.
Have been binge watching your videos here in Australia,love the way you show the towns and your commentary,also get a chuckle when you mention Australian Siri guiding you around the country,I think she sounds nice.
@@roystad8916 hey I also set my Siri to Australian 🎉
I'm hooked. Interesting and makes me grateful and blessed.
I currently live here in Senoia. Grew up in Atlanta GA. We just went through the tornado that he is talking about. The walking dead was filmed mostly in Senoia more so than Woodbury. Love living here in the country. It has grown a tremendous amount since the walking being filmed in senoia. I'm a true GA 🍑
Are you Kin to the barker guy that played in walking dead? I can’t remember his first name. I’ll have to go look. But he played in it around the same time as me. He was also a zombie
@@shenaphillips77 not kin to any of them
My good sir a town that close to Atlanta in Georgia is NOT a "small" town. Montezuma, Fort Valley, or Hawkinsville GA are a couple of examples. Hell You could even go Wrens or Hephzibah and be more rural. Lol. Seriously though thanks for posting these videos. They just highlight how vast the U.S truly is (states especially) and how people and life in general DO exist outside of major cities. Lol. Thanks again.
I'll put my feet under their table and share a pillow .
Augusta, Georgia 8n the house .
Agreed. That town is literally a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. I’ve done deliveries out that way and I live in Cobb County.
Yes! I’m from the area you mentioned first 😂
Shout out to Ft Valley my Alma Matter . We’re definitely about an hour and a half from Atlanta
My job takes me to lots of small rural towns like these in south Georgia. I consider it one of the perks of the job, getting to see places like these. Places that might not be around anymore in another 50 years.
Fun Fact regarding Senoia: My maternal great-grandmother (Granny) had the telephone exchange for the town in the 1930's (40's?) in her house! Yes, Ma Bell installed the switchboard in the house and Granny was the primary operator at the exchange. We have a picture in the family album of the front of the house with a "Telephone Office" sign on the steps leading up to the switchboard room.
I love Haralson, I've lived here for 4 1/2 years
@@theresatramble3906 Great area! Grew up in Columbus and Athens but left GA for military service. Thought about moving back though.
@@theresatramble3906 Amazing "Authentic" Mexican Cantina in Haralson. (I live about 20 miles south.)
My wife's grandmother did Exactly the same thing for Ma Bell out of her livingroom in one of the northern Chicago suburbs. You won't get that sort of back-story just driving through small towns, handing out judgements. FWW. I
@@BruceWSims That's interesting hearing about this from someone else. I would like to find out more about how many of these in-house telephone exchanges there were back then. Your response now makes me interested in searching the web for more information on the history of these exchanges and when they were discontinued. Thanks!
That little house you drove by is probably larger that a lot of apartments in NYC and a fraction of the cost.
I Love your shows! I never get to travel and now I get to see America in my own living room!
I love Lord Spoda so much I started making my own video's. Thanks for the inspiration Lord Spoda. 😃
I live in a rural small town and have never been happier. I wonder why anyone would want to live in a big city.
California bank rolls the rest of America
I live in a town of 10,000. Too big for me. Moving next year. Small town America, there's nothing better.
Money, opportunity. There's none in the country
@@ChicanoOne760
we only need food, power supply, filtered water, shelter
everything else is "wants"
People living in bigger cities, towns are so stressed out. It is really arat race, people are rude, traffic is horrendous, i can go on, give me a small town anyday.
I'm a former Augusta resident. I look forward to seeing what you uncover. It's got a lot -- from pretty rough to very nice. Enjoyed your tour of the area southwest of Atlanta. I need to see Senoia for myself.
As I watch these videos, it's a stark reminder of how hollowed out our working class and middle class has become. So much is either in terrible condition or places are ultra fancy. Decent, safe, in-between kinds of places -- so much more common when I was a boy -- are getting phased out.
And the rural/city divide just grows and grows.
Yep, the banking and big government cities/districts are hollowing out the middle class
I'm Augusta , Georgia born and raised . 64 years old . Trying to get back to the simpler life .. Technology is killing our children . It's a shame ..I bought a Radio Flyer wagon for my grand son . It's at least 50 years old . Hopefully I'll get to pull him to the store and push him home learning to navigate the wagon ..
Used to live in Augusta but now in North Augusta lol.
I am also Augusta born and raised, but life has me in WV currently.
I grew up behind Sconyers and went to Butler. 😊
Cool that you were highlighting some Georgia towns! I’m a Georgia Peach myself. Born in East Atlanta almost 54 years ago and reside in McDonough Georgia now. We do have some beautiful towns! Thank you! 🙏🏻🍑
@Kelly Grubbs .. hey neighbor! 👋..here in Stockbridge
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on My Mind👍👍
This is a great channel. I'm from New Zealand, and find these videos fascinating. The only things missing are grass and people. And Siri didn't sound Australian. The Gary visit was amazing.
It's fine to show the bad parts of town but I really want to see the old houses that have been kept up!!!! I love Victorian architecture!!!!!
Jackson GA has some. I love them too and always stare at them whenever I go there
You would love Madison Georgia. Spring is coming an you would be in awe of all the dogwoods an azaleas among other flowers lining main Street an more beautiful old homes on all the side streets. Some of these mansions are pre civil war. Kept up over the years in pristine condition. You can walk to all these places, several places to get good food and coffee. Like a trip back in time, yet modern at the same time. Lived here my whole life,
@@patriciashelton6644 I agree with you Patricia Madison is the most beautiful town I've ever seen. The old homes surrounded by azaleas and magnolia trees. Count your blessings you call Madison home.
You should see Shotwell St in Bainbridge
When I was in Savannah, I wanted to make quick pilgrimage to Athens since I am a huge R.E.M. fan. Google Maps took me through some very rural parts of Georgia...it was very interesting...and if you are ever in Athens, you just have to see the train trestle that was used on the back covee of R.E.M,'s Murmur album.
Sorry to tell you but the 'Murmur' trestle is history. Torn down in 2021 to build a new network of bike and walking trails.
Love R.E.M. life's rich pageant reveal fables of the reconstruction
Did you go through Philomath?
Thanks so much for sharing. I'm from a small town in South GA, now in outskirts of ATL. Love the small town life and its simplicity ❤️ 💙
Enjoyed the video. I've toured these places as well. Big Walking Dead fan. I live in rural South GA. The only thing is you may want to choose your wording a little better when showing people's homes and making comments about them. I'm sure you don't mean any harm but when you show someone's residence and say something like " boy doesn't this neighborhood look like the apocalypse has already happened".... these folks are doing the best they can with what they have. Rural communities , no matter what state, are not very worried about material wealth and big showy things. Family and community are more important. Have fun , keep traveling.
Driving Miss Daisy - The house in this movie is located at 827 Lullwater Rd NE, Atlanta,..... close to the CDC offices off Clifton. I printed the MLS listing at the time it was listed; sold immediately.
I lived in GA most of my life I left over 20 years ago to join the military. I've never heard of these towns. But GA is the largest state (land area) east of the Mississippi River. Thanks for the tour of small town GA!
Bigger than Florida?
@@westmax8491 Florida definitely has more land from Pensacola to Florida keys is a very long way. At least 9 hours drive time.
Bigger than Florida.😊@@westmax8491
Go deeper south in GA to Barwick,Pavo, Coolidge and Boston. They are really small towns in Georgia also
You're in suburbia Atlanta . Many people work in Atlanta and live in that area. Enjoy your videos and the effort it takes for you.
Great video! I was a big fan of the walking dead. Some of these towns look like you stepped back in time. Love it! Zombies and tornadoes. Glad you made it out of there safely
One thing that struck me about the abandoned buildings in Haralson was the lack of graffiti. In California a place like that would be tagged up big time. I suppose it's because there aren't too many gang members roaming around in that neck of the woods. (I don't know which is worse, gangs or undead 🙂) When it comes to tornadoes, when I'm on the road and see them in the forecast I drive in the other direction. I was staying in hotel last year during a tornado warning and it was pretty scary watching the weather report tracking it right towards the area....and then the power went out. Luckily it faded out and turned out to be "only" a severe thunderstorm.
@Tim Rock-It Saunders Ticket to California? Just joking. I live in Alabama. There are quite a few Californians that think we send our unwanted their way.
It’s more country rather than that city boi stuff
Gangs don't thrive in 2nd Amendment areas....
We don't put up with that crap here. Tagging people's private property
Most graffiti artists are not gang members, they are artists....... sheesh....
I live in Atlanta for a year in 1970-1971 and again for six years in 1972-1978 and I moved to a rural area of Alabama in 1991. So I've seen both sides of the issue, and I'll take rural poor living over city living anytime.
Very true
Thanks for sharing America's backyard. Lewis Grizzard centered a lot of his stories around Newnan Ga. Lived for a bit in LaGrange and just doing so catch-up. Stay safe and off the interstates.
I love where I live in Georgia.
It is kinda cool seeing all these little towns we would otherwise never get to see it is amazing how some places look like they haven't been touched in a hundred years.
The housing in towns within 60 miles of Atlanta is going to be expensive. In the early to mid 90’s, there was a huge migration of companies and population from the north. Many people didn’t want to live in Atlanta proper, hence the explosion of towns that are now considered metro Atlanta. Two to three hour commutes one way, sitting in traffic jams are typical.
It's interesting that you did a video of "Rural Georgia" in the Metro Atlanta area, also a town where movies are filmed. Haralson is in Coweta County, which is the same county of Newnan and Senoia; Metro Atlanta. Is this video about the damage done by a tornado or Rural Georgia? Next time, go waaaaay down south and do a video in some place like Leesburg, GA to capture Rural Georgia.
My father was born in Grantville in 1921 in an old home there. Not sure if it's still standing. RIP Daddy.
The filming of the walking dead was mostly done in Senoia Georgia, but they did do some in woodbury, Haralson, griffin, concord, Fayetteville ect. (I live here, have for 20 years), used the date a girl in Haralson, its always been small. Its just a little too far from Atlanta to get people in it for a suburb. Check out Molena and Concord, both are small towns with old buildings
I have a sister in the Del Webb community in Griffin. She loves it! She took me to where the Walking Dead was filmed and to several surrounding towns. I enjoyed the Gone With the Wind muséum!
I thought they would have filmed in Detroit or Kensington Avenue in Philly lol (not laughing at the people of KA by the way, just the fact that the area lends itself to the theme of zombie apocalypse).
I grew up in Palmetto (Fairburn) then to Douglasville.. I lived in Austell/Powder Springs for about 10 years, both places lol.. I went back to Palmetto, closer to Senoia, in 2018 & now I'm about 30 miles south from Griffin, in Upson Co.
I lived off Hutcheson Ferry Rd in Palmetto & it was about 3 miles from the Piggly Wiggly where they filmed "Stranger Things", the famous scene where "L" walked out with the Eggo waffles lol..
Our weather is SO WIERD HERE but I love Georgia, especially rural Ga.
I live in Molena don't come here we don't like outsiders
@@backwoodsgeorgiagirl5594 dang that was kinda mean.
I love 20 mins from there and I love it. I’ve lived in Atlanta too but I love the quiet lol
If you make it to Northeast GA check out the town of Helen and take a cruise on Richard Russell scenic highway.
I love how you show small towns. For 20 years we lived just north of where you're at as we were in Fayetteville. Our daughter now lives in Senoia. We now live back home in Panama City Beach.
Very nice tour and history of these towns. Love that the stately homes coincide with the character of the town! Glad you’re safe from the tornados! Love the set dressing in the towns! Off to catch up on your other videos! Have a great day.
I'm starting to like GA... Thanks again for sharing the videos with us. :)
I too am so glad I found your channel. So interesting to see these older towns, and building that look like they used to in my youth. Brings back great memories.
Awesome!
Oooo. I know exactly where you are. I moved to Hogansville in January 2020 and commuted 1-2 times a week to McDonough, to see a guy I was dating. It was cool to explore during COVID. I was very grateful to have moved out of the city right before the pandemic, but man…. There is so much abandoned to time south of Atlanta.
I would have really loved to buy a big warehouse or a commercial/retail space, but everyone who owns them bought them for nothing years ago and wants a fortune to buy. They’re just sitting on them, hoping what happened in Senoia will happen for them.
I lived in a small town in Georgia for a couple of years. Population was 454 according to the last census. It had a lot of things associated with larger places. There was a pharmacy, a hardware store, convenience store, used car lot, auto repair shop, antique store, a small park complete with caboose and a retirement center. They did have a small police force but it was done away with while I was there. They had a small city government with a mayor and assistant. There were some rotting houses and just a feeling of decay in the air. The town's heyday had been in the 1920s. The railroad quit stopping there and it was downhill all the way after that. So glad I don't live there now.
Does that small town have a medical center/hospital? Seems to be missing in the more rural sparsely populated areas.
@@jerrycummings2821 no it didn't have one. I suppose the retirement place was the closest thing to that. I went there once to see what it was like and would take my chances and go most anywhere else. It was a pigsty.
Learning about the history of our USA towns is a fascinating subject, you are just getting started, this interest will lead to other projects. Great videos, love them all.
Thanks, Brunie!
I'm glad that you made it through the tornado. They can be exciting, for sure. :) Thanks for sharing these Georgia towns with us. I have enjoyed all of your videos so far. Keep up the great job! Have a blessed day.
I love being a local and knowing every single county and little town you visit. I drive through a lot of these towns you do videos on daily.
Go to Olla, LA
My family is from there, no work.
Not sure how people live. My Aunt passed away & left her nice home to my Uncle. He sold it for $10k.
It looks the same now & the current owners want over a $100k for it..
I wish we could get it back in the family
This was so cool!! I watched the walking dead from the beginning, and always wondered where in Georgia they shot the scenes! Thank you for this!
I'm not from the US but I love to watch all of your videos. Relaxing and enticing.
Thank you. It's good too see the tiny towns in Georgia. Peace and quiet. Must be nice....
Your richly representative videos make me miss the South more yearningly than usual, even! Thanks for so many telling, valuable posts!
Really enjoying your trips! Excellent format for this content. Looking forward to seeing more small towns.
I work on a lot of the sets you speak of. I'm local. But I always ask the folks from LA what they think. First, it's buying a home. It's worth it here. Second, and I quote "people are genuinely nice, not fake nice", "people will talk and be friendly", "people wave to each other but mean hello and have a good day" .. several ppl said one part or more of those.
Also in your last shot that you have in this video with the library sign behind your head and the gray building on the other side, my Sept mother had her restaurant there years ago.
Head down to Taliaferro(pronounce Toliver locally) or Echols if you want to see empty; but they are my happy place.. I like being away from people.
I grew up 5 minutes from there in a small town called Alvaton. I loved the stillness and quietness of the small town.
Thank you for your videos. I really appreciate and enjoy them.
Good job bringing these beautiful small towns to view.your commentary makes it enjoyable also
Born and raised in newnan Georgia and I love it here. If you’re ever around here again you should drop by and see all of the old civil war era homes!
I grew up in Newnan as well , the impression he gave of Harrelson isn't fair because I know too many white and black people in Harrelson that are the friendless anywhere. The downtown used to where a lot of cotton warehouses were and related businesses. When the cotton market crashed, a lot of wealth was lost.
Hi Lord Spoda
Thanks for the video.
Ending part was most interesting, as if driving through woods.
Thanks for sharing your tornado experience, scary though. You were lucky to find a safe place.
Take care. Waiting for the next video.
Thanks for watching, Rajeev!
Uh love our small town in GA I have lived in Newnan/grantville all of my life 60 years
Central GA and South GA also have a lot of small towns
I live in a little south Ga town ( I have lived here all of my life). We have ONE red light and a handful of stores..It used to be just a gas station years ago and has finally expanded to the handful over the past few years..
The joke is, if you blink you will miss it.. Seriously small!
Sounds nice. :)
Sounds like Mr Rodgers naborhood
If you’re still in Georgia, Go to Indian Springs and get you some real water. Appreciate your shares, Travel safe.
Also, my husband and I sold two houses in Grantville. The blue one you pointed out with all the stuff out front and the white one across the street where the street split.
I really love your videos, thank you so much 🎉
On some of the back roads I needed to time my approach with postal delivery.
Thank you I enjoy watching!
I love your videos showing so much potential in our country these towns have potential obviously they had bad leaders with no clue how to make them successful. seem really familiar to me until you mentioned The Walking Dead I mean this town should be making big bucks in tourism
Thanks for all the explorations
I'm from Milledgeville, Sandersville, Sparta, Eatonton area but live in Marietta for 10 years now. Imma real country boy. I love it
I'm obsessed by your video's ever since I saw the one from Gary, In where I used to live one town over from. Thanks
What a coincidence for me. Just last week I spent the week visiting my mother who lives in Senoia. We heard the tornado sirens too. It was quite a blustery storm but no sign of a tornado. Her subdivision in Senoia (neighboring town) 5 miles from Haralson is quite nice. Norman Reedus owns a restaurant in Senoia. It's named Norman's and ??? I forgot the other name but my Mom showed me. Sounds like we were there at the same time.
I was excited and typed before watching the entire video. We were there at the same time. lol
Cool!
The restaurant is called "Nick and Norms." I live about 10 min up the road in PTC.
@@stanleyclark923 Thanks I knew his name is on it.
My aunt joe one of my moms cousins her son worked on the set of walking dead in that town !! Got to go see it one day was really sweet
Thanks again for the shots of the RR Station. The station appears like it has been restored. It looks like the nearby freight station has been preserved as well..
Wonderful ride Lord Spoda. Thank you for sharing. Hope you and Nicole have a great day!
Thank you, Jonathon!
I live very close to Haralson Ga. Brooks is so close by and it is a small town as well. When I went to California I stopped along the way at the smallest towns and it was so fun to drive around just imagining what life is like for the people in these small towns. Bunker Hill, Kansas and Benton Warm Springs and places like that are so amazing.
Even after I got back here to Ga. I love to go on Google earth and find those small towns I drove through and go to street view if I can to try and find where I was on the map. When I went out to California there was no GPS on your flip phones you had to buy one of those big GPS laptops to put on your dash board and those were notorious for ending you up in the middle of swamps and deserts.
I've gone to Haralson several times on one of my little excursions. There's a little gas station in there that sells the best fresh, ground, sausage. They sell out of sausage and biscuits every morning. Super delicious. There's also a super nice little waterfall not far from there.
Great video, fun seeing the filming locations of the Walking Dead.
Have been binge watching all your videos here in Australia,really enjoy your commentary and the way you show the towns.Always get a chuckle when you mention Australian Siri ,she does sound nice.
She's awesome, although a bit bossy at times. :)
You should have Paul Simon's My Little Town playing softly in the background! I love your videos!
WoW I live very close to where you stayed in your hotel while in Lagrange, Ga and when I tell ya that Tornado put a whipping on my community . Glad you and the Mrs. was safe while you were here. Fortunately my street was spared again by the Grace of the Good Lord 🙏🏼 I have a video on my channel of the area that was hit the hardest and it’s been raining every other day ever since the tornado which is making it very hard for them to bounce back , so please send prayers. Thanks for mentioning our little town of LaGrange, Ga ❤
I live in Senoia and work in atl. I know Grantville downtown was sold on Ebay about 10 years ago.
Slab City, the camber of commerce is aware you are planning to come. You may get the key to the city if you stay a few days.
I enjoy your journey's. Thank you for sharing your videos.
Thanks for watching, Cathy. 😀
Aw man I live off of Hamilton road in Lagrange about another quarter mile down the road from the footage that you were showing. I was standing outside on my back porch watching the trees when the tornado went over us. I didn't realize that it was the tornado touching down though. Our entire little street was untouched. Family's members neighborhood was wrecked about 2 miles away. I was shocked when I started heading over there and saw the damage that surrounded me. I and my immediate neighbors were extremely fortunate.
I lived in downtown Atlanta for years. So glad we left for rural Georgia!! ❤🖤
every house out here in rural georgia is super old.. Lots of really cool 1800's houses there.
I watch this channel daily and had a moment last year when I bumped into it and was just fascinated with the texas stuff. I used to work with CBP and you got close to some of my spots.
I worked for a large service company that tended to foreclosed homes for banks. My ex girlfriends son worked on one of the crews and was down around that area and was involved in a truck accident, his truck and service trailer was hit by a tractor trailer early one morning, and after his truck was hit and shoved off the road, the big rig hit an SUV all sitting and waiting on a school bus, a woman in the SUV died, and the big rig belonged to the Walking dead production, it was loaded with lighting, camera, and set equipment, was driving too fast, and the driver was not even CDL licenced, the family of the deceased sued TWD and won. My young friend got insurance money, and bought a Harley after crashing one on a test ride, he had never ridden a motorcycle.
I love the castle tower looking thing on the house at 14:44.
" I was born in small town,I can breathe in a small town,probably die in a small town,that's probably where they'll bury me." J. Mellancamp
I live in the country further South of ATL & grew up here, about 15 miles from several of these "Small Towns. I've been all over America and enjoyed my ramblings immensely, but I came back home in 2000 and can say flatly, thet I'd leve nowhere else but Right Here. It ain't for everybody,but it's Home tome
This town is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The outskirt parts of the metro area tend to be small towns. I’ve been out that way for work reasons and I live in Cobb.
You should go to the real Woodbury, Ga. Some of The Walking Dead was filmed there too. When I lived there, they were literally filming half a mile from my house and we couldn't even go down there.
2:52 those silos look like the scenes where Rick's people and the governor's people were milling about while Rick was meeting with the governor (probably in that shed on the right)
Oh my goodness. Prayers for all the families affected by the tornados. I'm glad you and your wife are okay. Thank you for the road trip and The Walking Dead tour 💕
The first town been through there many times and stopped at the produce store that was on left. When in season great produce.glad you two came through tornado watch ok. Scary time I am sure.
I have relatives in LaGrange. Live in an authentic antebellum home on a whole city block. Been there for 60+ years.
I’m glad he corrected Woodbury lol.
Not only was the walking dead filmed there but,a movie called Moonrunners was in 1974. It was the predecessor to the Dukes of Hazzard! Also the 2012 movie called Lawless had scenes filmed there. A bunch of us were down there in 2010 for the 2010 Moonrunners weekend.