Hi Josh, I'm 55 years young and I just want to thank you for getting the knowledge of whats happening in our country out there. I live in Michigan. I'm sure you know how big the car industry was here. I live in a little town called Clio. About 33 miles north of Flint. Well, as hard as everyone fought, we know have a wal mart in town. All the grocery stores where forced to close. The town is still nice because many people still go to the small shops. Again, thank you. ~Laura ~
That's right and when walmart or Sam's decides to relocate to a bigger building. The other space is to big for another business. So it just sit for years.
couple of kids from the city explore an abandoned town in Texas and a local guy invites them into his house to check out his "vault" while explaining the corrupt history with the cops... sounds safe
I know Brian, he grew up in Long Island, Ny, as did I, I met him on that very street corner last year in Bartlett. He is a nice guy, very approachable, lived in that building for twenty seven years! I’ve been living in Texas for three years now, the people living here are the nicest imo
Yes it is I. The guy in the video. I own the machine shop. I still live here. The town has one rotten crooked mayor & city government after another. Things are beginning to change only because normal people are.moving out here from Austin. Nobody can afford to live in Austin any longer. It has become unaffordable. Bartlett is still reasonable. You just have to let the city Gov. Stick it in your butt every week. Austin is commutable but 1 hr drive. Come shoot a few old Mayors and make the world a better place to live & breathe.
True, but it's not on a main highway. It's not on I35, so people tend to live by the main roads... this is a town where the nearest grocery /Walmart might be 30 minutes/miles away. Town just dies. Not sure Homeless could make it work, if nobody else can...🤷♀️
Nobody going to invest in a town that don't want change. Didn't you hear what the guy said. try to change something and people get upset. FIne keep it Antigua and dried up.
Well I didn't know that But right in the beginning I was like... that would be an amazing place for a zombie video from Josh With all the places he visits Man he could make a cringy movie like a god :D Like running from a friend who is supposed to be a zombie With stupid soundeffects and stuff :D Lol
I live close to that. It's in Senioa, GA. When I first clicked on this video it reminded me of the town too except Senioa really isn't abandoned like how it looks on the show.
Ms ATXGault Yep. Downtown Bartlett is mostly abandoned but the town itself still has several residents. I live in Temple and have a couple of friends that live in Bartlett.
RetroJoe it's not abandoned; stores closed when a bigger Walmart came to Taylor. Once thriving businesses close as with any small town with mom & pop shops, when trying to compete with a larger & cheaper competitor. Taylor is the same way - but I wouldn't call it abandoned, which sounds more like a ghost town
MsG. It’s coming back guys! Bartlett is creeping back, Bartlett Auction opening back Up May 3rd, you will also see a wine/liquor store, grocery store, indoor farmers market, artists residency/coop, coffee roaster/record shop, food truck park, music venue, restaurants, it’s coming!!!
My sister lives outside this town. We grew up in towns along 190. Did you see buckholts? Theres a very very old cemetary and is almost deserted as far as buisnesses are abandoned. Love you guys!♥️
Josh be like : 2:13 " I didn't feel like doing my hair today, and I got lazy, so I went to WALMART and bought a headband. 8:35 : This is why we have to support independent places, instead of those big chains. This is like saying : We have to stop smoking, because it's bad for your health. 6 minutes later... lights a cigarette. Great video tho, Josh!!
I live in a town with less than 300 people. Our school is consolidated so kids from farms in the surrounding county attend. We've got 180 or kids from kindergarten through 12th grade. My hubby and my oldest son both graduated from there, and my youngest son will graduate here next year. They absolutely loved it. I'm from a relatively large city, so the move was a major culture shock, but I wouldn't ever go back. I'd never be able to live in a big city again. Small towns definitely have their own issus, but in my experience, their benefits far outweigh their deficits.
It's still a French word that's pronounced "kha fay" everywhere. If you're from London/UK that's why historically across the globe the names (and some words/phrases) have been butchered, coopted and corrupted by folks from the UK (americans too) because they refuse to pronounce other cultures, words correctly... It's Café - everywhere. LOL!
FYI - It's not a ghost town or abandoned if people still live here. Bartlett is still home to almost 3000 people. (Which is twice as many people as lived in my hometown growing up!) My husband comes from Temple, TX just half an hour north of Bartlett. A lot of the buildings are abandoned, yes, but that alone does not an abandoned ghost town make!
I was also born in Temple, and I do not remember Bartlett being a ghost town. I was there in 2001 and had lunch in a restaurant there downtown. The "gym" that you visited had a "Kramer's Jewelry" sign above it, and the paintings of the bodybuilders still looked fairly fresh. I think the gym was still open in 2001. Quite a few movies have been filmed in Bartlett, including "The Stars Fell on Henrietta," which also had a scene in Temple, Texas - at the bus station there, I think. Population of Bartlett was around 1,700 in 2020 - it reached its peak population in 1914. Yes, you can thank Walmart for what has happened to this town, but especially the Walmart shoppers, who make this all possible.
When i watch your videos i cannot help but wish i had been born in the US, it just reminds me more than ever how boring the UK is, there's so many great places to explore in the US, i wish i could move there!!
Michael Mulqueen haha well thank you for the compliment :) I have visited Florida and i don't think i've been as happy as i was when i was there, the US really is an amazing place with so many friendly people!
+Rainielovealways well I've lived in Manchester and now I live in a little village in Lincolnshire in the countryside and it's actually very nice because it's quiet!
This was possibly one of my favourite videos of yours simply because of the actual history it had, you know, asking the locals and stuff. Kudos for that ^^
I live in Texas, nothing special here really. A lot of rude people, Traffic, Accidents everywhere, Drunk assholes, Gun shots in some neighborhoods, and yeah.
Wal-Mart is a destroyer of towns/communities. lots of friend's of mine had mom & pop stores that did quite well (even with Kmart around, for years...I grew up in the N.W.) for generations...until Wal-Mart (MARTial LAW) reared it's ugly head. cool channel...love exploring, as well. subbed!
Yea but mom and pop shops are prety shitty, outdated high priced food, and goods, pay min wage... Our town has the same pop shops(all open) while with 2 walmarts. Walmart has everything cheap and they pay a higher wage. People just want to force their shitty socialism. Everyone has free will to s hop wherever they want. Its evolution of capitalism, if you can't adapt to change bye bye, end game of capitalism won't be pretty I can tell ya that for sure.
TheGarywilliams I currently work at the prison there, sorry but it has no offenders as of June 2017, although there are a few of us holding security there on the empty buildings
I love vintage stuff and places that was build years and years ago. The architecture are so awesome. I feel like it would be awesome too if I could live in the old days. I love being in the present tho.
Josh, why did you walk into that vault? You can think that guy is nice and everything but bro, thats how creepers do it man! next ya know, your locked in there forever with Cody!
You got me at the title of your video "Ghost town." I was like WFT? My father's family has lived in Bartlett, Holland, and Granger since the 1880's. I've eaten in the building with the soda sign for the orange soda. I still have relatives that live there. Those grain elevators you must have seen at the south of Bartlett, my Dad's family owns them. LOL
exploring with josh I grew up between Bartlett and Granger and I feel bad that we didn't meet then! I love your videos and keep doing what you are doing!!
Yep ... Thank You, WalMart for causing *major* destruction to "Small Town, USA." We the people have to take some responsibility for that, as well. We could have said ... hell, no! Interesting video, guys!
i grew up alot in odessa in west texas with my dad. and alot of people know about this place there and told me about it. alot of cool stories i was told about things in texas. alot of cool people there i met!
Great video! That guy was a good sport to show you his place. So sad that the area died out. Could be a great place for tourists with quaint shops and restaurants. Love the headband, by the way. 😉
Man you missed the mark on this one. Bartlett is not abandoned. We have a population over 2000 2 convinience stores 2 grocery stores a dollar general many automotive repair shops.4 eating establishments. A school, jail and many other businessess. The one resident you talked to is completely wrong, the city pushes for change but the owners downtown fix a door and say that they are undergoing renovation.
I would love to clear some things up with you if youre willing to learn more about our town, youre more than welcome to contact me. Come by on a friday night in the fall and i can give you the real Bartlett experience.
Watching these towns is sort of sad. I'm from one(valera,tx) pop.26 , Lots of these towns were boomtowns back in early 1900's because of the oil explosion. Then starting in the 40's and 50's they started to dry up and move to larger cities. Lots of rock bldgs remain in downtown areas of these towns. You can tell that all of these bldgs were made with rock from nearby farms and ranches and many are very solid and stable. This is why they remain for 100's of years. All the wood trim and supports have rotted away leaving just the rock which was laid like brick with cement mortar and limestone. Even when you go to tear down one of these bldgs its no easy job. There are hundreds of these towns around Texas and are really very interesting to explore. enjoy
R&K all day brought me here ,saw you meet up with them in a beautiful old house where an old lady had left some fantastic furniture and antiques.l like the way you seem to respect the places you visit just as they do .subscribed.
I have a great story about this town. My friends live there, and I drive there from Lampasas very, VERY often. The Walmart they went to was in Taylor. I know that Walmart well, made many 4AM runs to it to buy Pepsi and cigarettes when nowhere in Bartlett is open. Anyways, to the meat of the story. It was four friends and I, and we were having an argument outside that gym and I had walked away to cool off, when a man in a 90s Chrysler pulls up, Shiner Bock in hand, and says "I OWN THAT BUILDING." He was really nice about it, though. He explained how it's a gym and he was going to open it up again someday soon. He asked us if we wanted to see the inside, and we reluctantly agreed. Outside the gym, there's a bench, with "DPB" on it. The man explained to us "That's the dead pecker bench, because that's where men with dead peckers go when they can't pick up the ladies." Hopefully somebody will go through Bartlett and see the DPB bench and fact check me. We went inside, and he showed us a poster of a quintessentially 70s buff man, and said "You know who that is? That's my brother, Mr. Teenager of Texas, 1979." At this point, I'm ready to bounce. It's too weird. Then he escorts us into the BACK, his living quarters. We go into a really nicely redone portion, then into a more scuzzy, unfinished portion of the building. There's a man on the couch facing away from us, watching TV. This guy yells. "Dave. DAVE." And the sitting man turns around. And I'm thinking. Oh. He doesn't speak English. Whatever, ordinary day in Texas. No. This dude starts SIGN LANGUAGING to the other guy. And I'm like ???? WHY IS THERE A DEAF MAN IN THE BACK OF THIS BUILDING WATCHING TV??? But yeah, Bartlett is a pretty cool town.
A Ghost Town is a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out. People are still living and working there and renovating buildings, so obviously this is not a ghost town. Get your fact straight. Click Baiter.
pretty much any town in texas has a downtown/ main street where you have historical houses or shops and it's quite cool actually :) i live in texas and every town around me is like this so
You need to work on your vocabulary. Learn the difference between abandoned and unoccupied. This town is not abandoned. There are active businesses down the street, and you interview one business owner who lives there. Just because there are no active stores in certain buildings does not mean they are abandoned. There are probably still owners of these buildings.
Have you ever corrected someone for saying "Pub" instead of "Public House"...? It's the same thing. Ally instead of aluminium, mills or milly instead of millimeters, caf instead of cafe, they're all just abbreviations in common usage. You'll hear it mostly in the UK but many in New Zealand and Australia use the abbreviated version as well.
It's a good reminder that many of the completely deserted ghost towns aren't given up easily. The residents tend to hold on for awhile, even when times are bleak and seemingly beyond hope. Those country folk may be stubborn as mules, but they're also resilient.
We're in Austin, 50 minutes south of Bartlett. I use to go to Bartlett from another area before I move to Austin. The guy is right, there use to be a lot of antique shops, artists' studios, other kool shops/businesses, country dinners/cafes and lots of activities for a small town off the beaten path. I'm still watching, I hope the filmmaker goes to the neighborhoods where the residents actually live and where there's actually some "life". Or where there was...
I love when people come to Texas and they get so surprised by wind mills and cows and horses, or the word "cafe" lol. Texas is sooo big it takes so long to drive through it, but abandoned/small towns are the best ones. So are the burgers and bbq lol.
Dark Jedi it's not deserted I live there. It's just a small town. We have a school, two gas stations, two grocery stores and more. And the man he interviewed is one of the meanest people that live here. And we don't shot up meth or any of that stuff and we are not homeless there a plenty of houses here in Bartlett
Some of the most beat down shops will always be the best. Not only in product, but with that Texas pride alongside service! Thank you for the video, but for future reference, never go into someone else's driveway to film in TX! The shot isn't worth getting shot lol
This kid is vocabulary challenged. he just keeps using the wrong words to describe things. the town is not abandoned. some parts of it are closed, but almost all are secured, and all have owners. The mansion owner is not so nice? How would Josh act if 4 kids walked into his house? It is called >private< property for a reason.
I'm 60 years old. When I was a kid my town in MN had Mom and Pop grocery stores all over. Neighborhood grocery stores. Must have been a dozen of them, all closed down. Used to be that mothers sent their kids to the neighborhood grocery store for whatever, once in a while. It was fun back then. America was so much better in so many ways. Back then there were not many big stores downtown, and the downtown about closed down when the big stores came in on the edge of town. It used to be a fun town to grow up in.
Very impressive. Your demeaner and personality is easy and pleasant. I love watching young people doing worthy and righteous things in their lives. So many people who do what your doing, need to watch you and see that you are a good roll model. Too many people abuse filming. They concentrate more on their self-centeredness instead of quality. Also, it's nice that you look like a cool dude, and yet at the same time, like someones sweet grandson. Especially nice, is the fact your articulate when speaking. And there's no ongoing stream of vulgarity. Also, you don't use what I call unwords. Example: DIS or DAT, instead of THIS and THAT. Wish I could subscribe, so that I could watch more of your films. But money is tight and I'm not to sure how it works. I will keep my eyes alert however, in hopes of finding more of your films. PS. I lived in a few towns down in Texas from 1978-81. Thankyou for rekindling fond memories. You seem to be a fine young man. I'm sure your family and friends are proud of you. Wishing you a long and happy life.
that's what happens when you open Walmart near a small town
Dana Muise lol! :D
Dana Muise I'm your 100th like
Ya got that right
I hate WalMart I Spent 25 minutes yesterday waiting on an associate to come help me at the sporting good counter
Please people support your small businessman I promise you the service is much better than anyone else
Hi Josh,
I'm 55 years young and I just want to thank you for getting the knowledge of whats happening in our country out there.
I live in Michigan. I'm sure you know how big the car industry was here. I live in a little town called Clio. About 33 miles north of Flint.
Well, as hard as everyone fought, we know have a wal mart in town. All the grocery stores where forced to close. The town is still nice because many people still go to the small shops.
Again, thank you.
~Laura ~
You mean old?? Dafuq?? Lmao
@@bonbonandlilly2761 Always room for eloquence and grace. Stay classy.
That's right and when walmart or Sam's decides to relocate to a bigger building. The other space is to big for another business. So it just sit for years.
couple of kids from the city explore an abandoned town in Texas and a local guy invites them into his house to check out his "vault" while explaining the corrupt history with the cops... sounds safe
It's Texas...and Bartlett at that, it's safe. Folks in these neck of the woods are very friendly and love to talk history of their town.
That sounds like the beginning of literally every horror movie from the 80's
I know Brian, he grew up in Long Island, Ny, as did I, I met him on that very street corner last year in Bartlett. He is a nice guy, very approachable, lived in that building for twenty seven years! I’ve been living in Texas for three years now, the people living here are the nicest imo
@@MicheleHewettMarkle good evening Michele, how are you doing today?
I didn't expect the guy who owned the building to say it's now a machine shop! How cool! Wish we could have seen some of that.
And very cool to see the Hewitt residence! Loved the two new movies!
Yes it is I. The guy in the video. I own the machine shop. I still live here. The town has one rotten crooked mayor & city government after another. Things are beginning to change only because normal people are.moving out here from Austin. Nobody can afford to live in Austin any longer. It has become unaffordable. Bartlett is still reasonable. You just have to let the city Gov. Stick it in your butt every week. Austin is commutable but 1 hr drive. Come shoot a few old Mayors and make the world a better place to live & breathe.
Chainsaw live in small town Texas?
Nobody's vault but mine
Beautiful buildings and town, someone should invest and not let it die
JESSE MACIAS I agree. All of this abandoned property. I see great potential.
How about all the homeless.. Let them move in & let them build a life there.
True, but it's not on a main highway. It's not on I35, so people tend to live by the main roads... this is a town where the nearest grocery /Walmart might be 30 minutes/miles away. Town just dies. Not sure Homeless could make it work, if nobody else can...🤷♀️
Invest in what? Is there any industry there to support a population? No one is going to move there unless there are jobs.
Nobody going to invest in a town that don't want change. Didn't you hear what the guy said. try to change something and people get upset. FIne keep it Antigua and dried up.
"This is why we have to support independent places".... But Josh, you just bought a headband from WalMart 😂
Nature Goddess that dude don't care about small business he just in it for UA-cam fame.
Slim Goddess right when I was reading the comment he was saying it
Woa Jeremy Savage, me too!!
What is an independent place? Independent of what?
Haha
Reminds me of that town the Governor took over on The Walking Dead.
Deserved my like
Loool I remember walking dead needs to come back
Well
I didn't know that
But right in the beginning I was like... that would be an amazing place for a zombie video from Josh
With all the places he visits
Man he could make a cringy movie like a god :D
Like running from a friend who is supposed to be a zombie
With stupid soundeffects and stuff :D
Lol
+SlipperWielder Oh
Yeah I know the walking dead
I saw like one episode
But I thought there are places like this in them :D
I live close to that. It's in Senioa, GA. When I first clicked on this video it reminded me of the town too except Senioa really isn't abandoned like how it looks on the show.
This is why we need to support these independent places instead of these big chains *buys headband from Walmart*
Exactly
Bartlett is NOT abandoned!!!!!! I live in Austin & this town is still there. my husband's ex lives there
Ms ATXGault Yep. Downtown Bartlett is mostly abandoned but the town itself still has several residents. I live in Temple and have a couple of friends that live in Bartlett.
RetroJoe it's not abandoned; stores closed when a bigger Walmart came to Taylor.
Once thriving businesses close as with any small town with mom & pop shops, when trying to compete with a larger & cheaper competitor.
Taylor is the same way - but I wouldn't call it abandoned, which sounds more like a ghost town
MsG. It’s coming back guys! Bartlett is creeping back, Bartlett Auction opening back
Up May 3rd, you will also see a wine/liquor store, grocery store, indoor farmers market, artists residency/coop, coffee roaster/record shop, food truck park, music venue, restaurants, it’s coming!!!
MsG. I opened up a antique mall in Taylor “Vintique Mall” in Jan 2019. It is thriving, Walmart can’t stop us!!!
Iam in Austin too.
My sister lives outside this town. We grew up in towns along 190. Did you see buckholts? Theres a very very old cemetary and is almost deserted as far as buisnesses are abandoned. Love you guys!♥️
Josh be like : 2:13 " I didn't feel like doing my hair today, and I got lazy, so I went to WALMART and bought a headband.
8:35 : This is why we have to support independent places, instead of those big chains.
This is like saying : We have to stop smoking, because it's bad for your health. 6 minutes later... lights a cigarette.
Great video tho, Josh!!
No because the small places were already gone around there.
I didn't catch that but you are so right!!
thanks lol
yaron algoet what family owned store in the middle of nowhere could he possibly buy a headband
Ken Bone eh idk :D
Lmao i didnt even notice the headband until you said it
same
Same [repeat]
same ahahhahaha
C-C-C-Combo Breaker!!!
same dood
I live in a town with less than 300 people. Our school is consolidated so kids from farms in the surrounding county attend. We've got 180 or kids from kindergarten through 12th grade. My hubby and my oldest son both graduated from there, and my youngest son will graduate here next year. They absolutely loved it. I'm from a relatively large city, so the move was a major culture shock, but I wouldn't ever go back. I'd never be able to live in a big city again. Small towns definitely have their own issus, but in my experience, their benefits far outweigh their deficits.
The word is cafe. pronounced ka-fayyy
Not everywhere. I grew up saying the word Cafe as Caf.
That may be true. It doesn't mean because you said it that way, it was correct.
Russ Hawkins unless you're from London England like me and then it's caff
In London yes.
It's still a French word that's pronounced "kha fay" everywhere. If you're from London/UK that's why historically across the globe the names (and some words/phrases) have been butchered, coopted and corrupted by folks from the UK (americans too) because they refuse to pronounce other cultures, words correctly... It's Café - everywhere. LOL!
Anyone else get bothered by the way he says "cafe" lmfao
cuntry
Im bothered by you saying that lol
Yeah he said calf instead of cafay !!
@@jeffreyelliott622 we say it like he does in the uk
he's just a dumb ass snowflake
Just reminds me of Cars really...
Me too
Ikr xD
Man I love cars land in California adventure.
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FYI - It's not a ghost town or abandoned if people still live here. Bartlett is still home to almost 3000 people. (Which is twice as many people as lived in my hometown growing up!) My husband comes from Temple, TX just half an hour north of Bartlett. A lot of the buildings are abandoned, yes, but that alone does not an abandoned ghost town make!
Hi Pamela, good evening and how are you doing today?
Sound nice same here too, my ex wife comes from there. Hello Pamela how are you doing with your family I hope you’re safe from the virus?
I was also born in Temple, and I do not remember Bartlett being a ghost town. I was there in 2001 and had lunch in a restaurant there downtown. The "gym" that you visited had a "Kramer's Jewelry" sign above it, and the paintings of the bodybuilders still looked fairly fresh. I think the gym was still open in 2001. Quite a few movies have been filmed in Bartlett, including "The Stars Fell on Henrietta," which also had a scene in Temple, Texas - at the bus station there, I think.
Population of Bartlett was around 1,700 in 2020 - it reached its peak population in 1914.
Yes, you can thank Walmart for what has happened to this town, but especially the Walmart shoppers, who make this all possible.
Caf???
I was thinking that too!
I think he meant Cafe.
Thats just how they pronounce. I say Caf too 😂
different accents
i seen a "e" up there.....barely!
"I'm not Gay" but heads straight to the Fudge Shop! 🤔
The jokes write themselves with Josh.
He likes packing fudge
Lend it to the homeless..
there's this spot in the center of the town and in the middle to the left, let's mug the bastards in those apartments they look rich
Wearng a headband.
I find this tragic. It's beautiful there. Small shops are the best.
Hi Kat, good evening and how are you doing today?
When i watch your videos i cannot help but wish i had been born in the US, it just reminds me more than ever how boring the UK is, there's so many great places to explore in the US, i wish i could move there!!
and I wish I could move to the UK lol it just seems so pretty there
We wish you were born in the U.S. as well! So then we can slowly get rid of all the miserable people here...
Michael Mulqueen haha well thank you for the compliment :) I have visited Florida and i don't think i've been as happy as i was when i was there, the US really is an amazing place with so many friendly people!
+Rainielovealways I know I lived there for 8 years but moved back to the UK recently and honestly it has been 10x better
+Rainielovealways well I've lived in Manchester and now I live in a little village in Lincolnshire in the countryside and it's actually very nice because it's quiet!
This was possibly one of my favourite videos of yours simply because of the actual history it had, you know, asking the locals and stuff. Kudos for that ^^
I've always wanted to go to Texas ...
Thanks for taking me
I wonder where we will be going tomorrow
Me too,Mexico
You didn't go there
+RapidRambo his amazing filming and editing made it look like I did
I live in Texas, nothing special here really. A lot of rude people, Traffic, Accidents everywhere, Drunk assholes, Gun shots in some neighborhoods, and yeah.
Wal-Mart is a destroyer of towns/communities. lots of friend's of mine had mom & pop stores that did quite well (even with Kmart around, for years...I grew up in the N.W.) for generations...until Wal-Mart (MARTial LAW) reared it's ugly head. cool channel...love exploring, as well. subbed!
Yea but mom and pop shops are prety shitty, outdated high priced food, and goods, pay min wage... Our town has the same pop shops(all open) while with 2 walmarts. Walmart has everything cheap and they pay a higher wage. People just want to force their shitty socialism. Everyone has free will to s hop wherever they want. Its evolution of capitalism, if you can't adapt to change bye bye, end game of capitalism won't be pretty I can tell ya that for sure.
koila maoh quality over quantity
no one will buy or sell without the mark = market
1 RomanT Martial'low as Wall-mart real talk 👌
he's right about all of the small, old, ghost towns. they are everywhere.
@Hello Cameo, How are you doing?
you guys should explore an old farm
***** yeah
I'm probably going to do that this week! Subscribe to my channel if you would like to see it! I have been to it before but never made a video.
Walmart is been a town killer!
dude,its not abandoned if ppl live there. i have co-workers who live there that works in killeen
Valentino Falcon thank you! I live in Bartlett been living here since I was 1st grade and now I'm in high school💙
Jaden Bickham im in temple lol bartlett has a prison there its not abandond
Jaden Bickham hey jaden
Friedrich Von Parsberg about 34 miles
TheGarywilliams I currently work at the prison there, sorry but it has no offenders as of June 2017, although there are a few of us holding security there on the empty buildings
Great job on meetin some townsfolk and showing some amazing old signs and bygone scenes .That old town needs alot of TLC .
Walmart has destroyed MANY towns.............that is why I do not shop there. Save a buck, destroy your town. Cheers
Dr. Elizabeth Martin walMart has destroyed many small towns boycott Walmart
Dr. Elizabeth Martin I hate Wally world
Dr. Elizabeth Martin I won't shop in Walmart either. The same thing is happening in Canada but I don't think it's too late for us.
Dr. Elizabeth Martin monopolization of our country 😡
Not to mention they are a pain in the ass, BB
oddly not annoyed about an ad in the middle of the video. when you get quality content you respect the hustle.
+Abby Diana iloveyou :)
Exploring With Josh REALLLY you love Abby - tell us more abt that ha???
Nice place.
You should go to Pecos Tx, there's a lot of run down houses and factories.
What's you're snap
yass
+DPower Gaming that's weird
Or Waco. You barely see houses and the only thing running in the Train
omg yes! passed through it couple of times
Thank you for supporting small businesses. The "Big Box" stores (as your guy called them) are destroying small businesses through the country.
Hi Cindy, good evening and how are you doing today?
Same here Cindy. How are you doing with your family I hope you’re safe from the virus?
Cool video man! Truly captured the feel and atmosphere of a town forgotten by time. Insight on locations was great.
I love vintage stuff and places that was build years and years ago. The architecture are so awesome. I feel like it would be awesome too if I could live in the old days. I love being in the present tho.
Josh, why did you walk into that vault? You can think that guy is nice and everything but bro, thats how creepers do it man! next ya know, your locked in there forever with Cody!
+The Baker Family Adventures now that you said that .. i pictured it and it freaked me out haha
Just watch out next time bro! FYI - awesome videos and i been watching you for a long time now! keep that good content rolling! :)
youre too nice for your own safety sometimes! Be careful. You might trust the wrong people
+Winter Knight amen to that
You got me at the title of your video "Ghost town." I was like WFT? My father's family has lived in Bartlett, Holland, and Granger since the 1880's. I've eaten in the building with the soda sign for the orange soda. I still have relatives that live there. Those grain elevators you must have seen at the south of Bartlett, my Dad's family owns them. LOL
I love the Main Street in Granger so wide and chsrming
exploring with josh I grew up between Bartlett and Granger and I feel bad that we didn't meet then! I love your videos and keep doing what you are doing!!
Love watching abandoned houses, towns n places, and these places worth trying to start living in again....
Yep ...
Thank You, WalMart for causing *major* destruction to "Small Town, USA."
We the people have to take some responsibility for that, as well.
We could have said ... hell, no!
Interesting video, guys!
My heart is a ghost town
xD
lol
Stfu pls
k sorry
Shots fired
That would make a good Movie Set...! Love all this...! Josh your my Hero..!!!
Daniel Lopez they did shoot a movie there and also a season of that show called revolution
its very heart shattering to see towns fall like this, what is left is us losing more of her history and are selfs to ppl that sold us out to corp.
Nice "Field of Dreams" touch at the end. Disappearing in the corn. Cool video.
"Cafe" is pronounced as 'caf-ay', not 'caf'. Just to let you know :)
+VanillaCupcakes13 i say caf for short
Here in London most of us pronounce it like that.
Exploring With Josh Oh, okay! Got it :)
+Exploring With Josh 💙💙💙
If you correct him you're not a fan 👅
Mineral Wells, TX has an abandoned hotel.
shows how important it is to shop and buy local.
i grew up alot in odessa in west texas with my dad. and alot of people know about this place there and told me about it. alot of cool stories i was told about things in texas. alot of cool people there i met!
Great video! That guy was a good sport to show you his place. So sad that the area died out. Could be a great place for tourists with quaint shops and restaurants. Love the headband, by the way. 😉
Please come to San Antonio and have a meet up, I would love to meet you!
+Tristan Stout im there now come ha
+Tristan Stout im there now come ha
+Exploring With Josh where?!?
+Exploring With Josh are you gonna make a video while you're in San Antonio?
+Exploring With Josh There is a abandoned mansion north of san Antonio in Bulverde.
Man you missed the mark on this one. Bartlett is not abandoned. We have a population over 2000 2 convinience stores 2 grocery stores a dollar general many automotive repair shops.4 eating establishments. A school, jail and many other businessess. The one resident you talked to is completely wrong, the city pushes for change but the owners downtown fix a door and say that they are undergoing renovation.
I would love to clear some things up with you if youre willing to learn more about our town, youre more than welcome to contact me. Come by on a friday night in the fall and i can give you the real Bartlett experience.
Anthony-Robert Capetillo yo it’s Anthony
Dude, Bartlett is in no way Abandoned nor a ghost town.. LoL
exactly what i was going to say hatd to call a town with 1600 people a ghost town
Watching these towns is sort of sad. I'm from one(valera,tx) pop.26 , Lots of these towns were boomtowns back in early 1900's because of the oil explosion. Then starting in the 40's and 50's they started to dry up and move to larger cities. Lots of rock bldgs remain in downtown areas of these towns. You can tell that all of these bldgs were made with rock from nearby farms and ranches and many are very solid and stable. This is why they remain for 100's of years. All the wood trim and supports have rotted away leaving just the rock which was laid like brick with cement mortar and limestone. Even when you go to tear down one of these bldgs its no easy job. There are hundreds of these towns around Texas and are really very interesting to explore. enjoy
R&K all day brought me here ,saw you meet up with them in a beautiful old house where an old lady had left some fantastic furniture and antiques.l like the way you seem to respect the places you visit just as they do .subscribed.
I have a great story about this town. My friends live there, and I drive there from Lampasas very, VERY often. The Walmart they went to was in Taylor. I know that Walmart well, made many 4AM runs to it to buy Pepsi and cigarettes when nowhere in Bartlett is open.
Anyways, to the meat of the story. It was four friends and I, and we were having an argument outside that gym and I had walked away to cool off, when a man in a 90s Chrysler pulls up, Shiner Bock in hand, and says "I OWN THAT BUILDING." He was really nice about it, though. He explained how it's a gym and he was going to open it up again someday soon. He asked us if we wanted to see the inside, and we reluctantly agreed. Outside the gym, there's a bench, with "DPB" on it. The man explained to us "That's the dead pecker bench, because that's where men with dead peckers go when they can't pick up the ladies." Hopefully somebody will go through Bartlett and see the DPB bench and fact check me.
We went inside, and he showed us a poster of a quintessentially 70s buff man, and said "You know who that is? That's my brother, Mr. Teenager of Texas, 1979." At this point, I'm ready to bounce. It's too weird. Then he escorts us into the BACK, his living quarters.
We go into a really nicely redone portion, then into a more scuzzy, unfinished portion of the building. There's a man on the couch facing away from us, watching TV. This guy yells. "Dave. DAVE." And the sitting man turns around. And I'm thinking. Oh. He doesn't speak English. Whatever, ordinary day in Texas. No. This dude starts SIGN LANGUAGING to the other guy. And I'm like ???? WHY IS THERE A DEAF MAN IN THE BACK OF THIS BUILDING WATCHING TV???
But yeah, Bartlett is a pretty cool town.
Josh Smith nice profile picture
A Ghost Town is a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out. People are still living and working there and renovating buildings, so obviously this is not a ghost town. Get your fact straight. Click Baiter.
this legit looks like they filmed some of the scenes from "the crazies" (2010) version here
pretty much any town in texas has a downtown/ main street where you have historical houses or shops and it's quite cool actually :) i live in texas and every town around me is like this so
Places like this do have tourism value. The locals can recreate the town as tourist spot and at the same time maintain its old cowboy feel.
If I had the money I would love to buy this ghost town I really would
You need to work on your vocabulary. Learn the difference between abandoned and unoccupied. This town is not abandoned. There are active businesses down the street, and you interview one business owner who lives there. Just because there are no active stores in certain buildings does not mean they are abandoned. There are probably still owners of these buildings.
was it a coincidence you went from talking about gay to a fudge packing shop?
You noticed that too. I think he told own himself.
what does fudge got to do with being gay
You must still be a kid no offense though. What is said on youtube, stays on youtube lol. Let's just say it has to do with butt stuff.
Luke Sigmon , You hit the nail on the head.
Haha why thank you. Honestly he could be 10, or he could be 26 so I just played it carefully haha.
Yay Texas! I love going to abandoned streets like that to take pictures. The look and story of Bartlett is fairly standard here.
I love what you are doing. Don't let hitstory die. Video as much as possible.
Josh go to Galveston it's a nice island
In Texas
+YellowNate nah it's just not clean
hank frank Galveston is dirty I live close by lol
Water is brown because of the plants,storms and Mississippi River run off
lol did you pronounce 'Caf' vs Cafe on purpose?
+Pink i say caf for short . Im just used to it
+Exploring With Josh I can totally see the walking dead filming here. What about you?
+Exploring With Josh we say caf all the time in the UK
cafe....must mean its a old hotel lol
+Exploring With Josh same, i call it a caf because i just cba to say cafe and I've always said caf
not caf, CAFE, you can see the E easily in vid.
+YahshuaLovesMe its caf for short lol .
Its my slang. Its like me saying lets go kill some zoms! As in zombies. Its how i talk
Have you ever corrected someone for saying "Pub" instead of "Public House"...? It's the same thing. Ally instead of aluminium, mills or milly instead of millimeters, caf instead of cafe, they're all just abbreviations in common usage. You'll hear it mostly in the UK but many in New Zealand and Australia use the abbreviated version as well.
It's a good reminder that many of the completely deserted ghost towns aren't given up easily. The residents tend to hold on for awhile, even when times are bleak and seemingly beyond hope. Those country folk may be stubborn as mules, but they're also resilient.
We're in Austin, 50 minutes south of Bartlett. I use to go to Bartlett from another area before I move to Austin. The guy is right, there use to be a lot of antique shops, artists' studios, other kool shops/businesses, country dinners/cafes and lots of activities for a small town off the beaten path. I'm still watching, I hope the filmmaker goes to the neighborhoods where the residents actually live and where there's actually some "life". Or where there was...
"The people here are exceptionally stupid" 😆 great, now I'm REALLY looking forward to moving to TX
I don't think he was talking about the entirety of Texas. Just that town cause of the "crooked cops and mayors"
If you can find any place in Texas that is not crooked, you will be doing something never done before.
Hahaha I live in Texas .-.
+Tracer Loenan Houston
+Tracer Loenan Sherman lol
It's not a ghost town if people live there
Ghost towns are not always abondoned
+ZG GameZHD well, all abandoned Towns are not ghost Towns
Emil Trogen uhhh… ok
TOKYO GHOUL
What is it then?
Bartlett is not a ghost town...
Headband looks great! You have good style and hell yes for wearing what you like 👍
I've lived in small town Texas for three years and this is pretty much the staple of Texas. Abandoned towns.
Hi Christy,good evening and how are you doing today?
hey,Go to yorktown memorial hospital search it you wont regret it its in texas
Ghost Adventures Crew went there a few years ago and since then the hospital has been locked and they aren't allowing anyone near it.
headband isnt gay just effeminate.
Looks like the Movie Set of "The Last Picture Show"
Don Duke there was 2 shoes filmed in Bartlett I know cause I like in Bartlett Texas
I love when people come to Texas and they get so surprised by wind mills and cows and horses, or the word "cafe" lol. Texas is sooo big it takes so long to drive through it, but abandoned/small towns are the best ones. So are the burgers and bbq lol.
Great job documenting this. Historically important for the future.
People still live there, so it's not a "Ghost Town" - it's "Semi Deserted"....hmmmmmm Dessert 😆😆😆
Dark Jedi it's not deserted I live there. It's just a small town. We have a school, two gas stations, two grocery stores and more. And the man he interviewed is one of the meanest people that live here. And we don't shot up meth or any of that stuff and we are not homeless there a plenty of houses here in Bartlett
When my dad was little it was a ghost town but not any more
That's how I feed my eel
Smile more bro(:
+ImBlitz Aahhhh smile more man nice to see another Roman Soldier😄
SMILE MORE😂
lmfao so it begins
I was searching for this comment,loool!
"We" are everywhere!:D
Did he pronounce Cafe as Caf?
Some of the most beat down shops will always be the best. Not only in product, but with that Texas pride alongside service! Thank you for the video, but for future reference, never go into someone else's driveway to film in TX! The shot isn't worth getting shot lol
Cool video as always keep it up Josh! Your channel is awesome bro!
American Can Never Recover economically.
GO TO SAN ANTONIO
YESSS
Yes OmG!!! And Tyler as well!¡
He's there right now xD
+GingerAlii wow really??
+Katelyn G (Kawaii Spellcaster) yeah, he just said so about 50 minutes ago :D
Fudge shop, right after the gay comment...😂😂😂😂😂
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha, he was giving a shout out to all his "pals" !
(I am catching up on your vids) I lived in a small town where the main street was similar. More open places.. but similar. And you rock the headband!
i really like at 2:45 when he catches actual ghost on camera and is able to ask them about the abandoned nature of the town
This kid is vocabulary challenged. he just keeps using the wrong words to describe things. the town is not abandoned. some parts of it are closed, but almost all are secured, and all have owners.
The mansion owner is not so nice? How would Josh act if 4 kids walked into his house? It is called >private< property for a reason.
wanna see abandoned? go to Detroit.
I think that old guy is losing his marbles no door is 7 grand unless it's trimmed in gold lol
Kelley Jerred he probably had to pay a lot for permits to build it on a historic building
It's 7000 trust me
You make a really funny noise at 2:32 right before you say you're about to talk to some locals haha
Hayley Noelle Bartlett is my hometown
I'm 60 years old. When I was a kid my town in MN had Mom and Pop grocery stores all over. Neighborhood grocery stores. Must have been a dozen of them, all closed down. Used to be that mothers sent their kids to the neighborhood grocery store for whatever, once in a while. It was fun back then. America was so much better in so many ways. Back then there were not many big stores downtown, and the downtown about closed down when the big stores came in on the edge of town. It used to be a fun town to grow up in.
try exploring a dictionary.
Looks like the walking dead hahahaha
we actually should love gay people xD cause in favor we have more girls that havent a boyfriend :D
yh #lovegaypeople fuck hetero
I've never had a gay guy steal
My girl
+Broccoli Obama I've had fun gay guys pick me up
I just love the way you explore the rare places that are so beautiful
Very impressive. Your demeaner and personality is easy and pleasant. I love watching young people doing worthy and righteous things in their lives. So many people who do what your doing, need to watch you and see that you are a good roll model. Too many people abuse filming. They concentrate more on their self-centeredness instead of quality. Also, it's nice that you look like a cool dude, and yet at the same time, like someones sweet grandson. Especially nice, is the fact your articulate when speaking. And there's no ongoing stream of vulgarity. Also, you don't use what I call unwords. Example: DIS or DAT, instead of THIS and THAT. Wish I could subscribe, so that I could watch more of your films. But money is tight and I'm not to sure how it works. I will keep my eyes alert however, in hopes of finding more of your films. PS. I lived in a few towns down in Texas from 1978-81. Thankyou for rekindling fond memories. You seem to be a fine young man. I'm sure your family and friends are proud of you. Wishing you a long and happy life.
who thinks josh is hot😍😍😘😘😘