NORTH CAROLINA: Quaint Small Towns That Are Being Swallowed Up By Suburbia 

Hey everyone, hope all is well ❤😊

North Carolina is another beautiful State, especially over by the mountainous regions. Thanks for inviting us along!

Just as an FYI. A Turkey shoot is a game of chance with a shotgun. The participants each shoot at a target of their own and the person who has a pellet closest to the X in the center of the target wins. Winnings can be cash or a prize, occasionally it could be a platter of meat. But no actual turkey are harmed at the actual shoot.

Another great video ! I just love these small country towns, so much character, and always different and interesting. The little church you visited at the beginning of the video is amazing ! Thank you so much for all the wonderful videos, Joe and Nicole, and wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !😊🎄❤

Merry Christmas Joe and Nic! I hope 2024 brings us more of these great videos, I certainly look forward to seeing more places!

Well somebody's been keeping up that small chruch ⛪ its looking quiet good. @Joe & Nic's Road Trip 🚗😊

Life is changing for many small towns in NC as more people move in and around our larger cities.

Francis Bavier (Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show) lived out her retirement in Siler City and is buried there. I thought there was an Aunt Bee's restaurant in Siler City, but there are locations in Mount Airy, NC (AG's hometown and inspiration for Mayberry) and Pilot Mountain, NC (Mount Pilot) as well as a couple other locations.

I love your channel. No drama, just relaxing, entertaining and educational video, ride-a-longs. Thank you for the enjoyable peace of mind. I love that church at these beginning and seeing these small towns. People in town like this are really nice! Happy Holidays to your and your wife!!! Been married for over 30 years - and loving every minute of it. LOL. 💘💘

My deceased mother's whole family are from North Carolina (Waynesville area). Its a nice state but I haven't traveled into the the western parts much so thanks for this video Joe. Just a note, Siler City and Raleigh are both mentioned on the Andy Griffith show so yeah the demographics probably have changed dramatically since that show aired. Although Mayberry is not a real town, Mt Airy is and is the home town of Mr Griffith. Mount Pilot is another town in the show that's not real but Pilot Mountain, the town it was named after is and it's close to Mt Airy. Joe, if you and anyone else reading this ever get a chance to visit Mt Airy you should. They have a week long "Mayberry Days" celebration with all sorts of events, activities, trivia contests, a golf tournament, a parade, comedy and music entertainment going on continuously throughout the entire town. Actors still living from the show are there (and sometimes their relatives) as well as impersonators of all the main characters such as Barney Fife are scattered everywhere you go. I was able to meet the actors who played Romena, Charlene Darling and Thelma Lou, who was actually living there at the time. She has since passed. She told me she kept having break ins at her home in California and decided to move to Andy's home town where everything was slower living and she was well loved by the residents. Merry Christmas Everyone.

Silar City was often mentioned on the Andy Griffith Show back in the 60's. Merry Christmas!

Loved taking the journey across America with you. Looking forward to 2024. Europe, maybe? Merry Christmas🎄

Wow, the reveal of the inside of the church was pretty surprising! It looks to be in really good shape--I wonder how much of it is original to 1802 and how much has been replaced over the years (like a "church of Theseus", so to speak) I would love to check out the Heritage Museum. Local museums like that always have a couple of unique items that make a visit worthwhile. And the folks working there are usually more than happy to talk about the town and its history. Best wishes to you, Nic and the family for Christmas...happy trails!

That Baptist Church actually brought tears, it had so much love and emotion. Those cushions still held some souls I believe. What a wonderful feeling and window into the past.

Thats good they take very good care of their town. You must care about where you live.

Absolutely love seeing that primitive church and all the other old buildings you show. Have a nice Christmas!

So incredible they let you go in and look around that old church!

I am very impressed looking in the past. I am from Jamaican west Indians living in Florida.

These are towns within 50 miles of me. I have not seen any but Liberty. This makes me want to visit a few of them. Thanks for the introductions.

Great video ! My son and his wife live in the suburbs of Raleigh . Was very rural until recently and housing developments popping up all over. Merry Christmas Joe and Nic 🎄🎅🏻

Joe & Nic just love all your videos, look forward & never miss a one. Have a great Christmas & happy New Year.

Seeing the primative wooden church made me wonder if the church that predates our main church looked like that. Building commenced in 1309 on the church we now have, built in stone with one of the tallest towers at 266ft 9 inches (added later) but a wooden church was on the site beforehand from around 654. Another interesting video.

I love your videos Joe. They are very informative and educational. The fact you research the towns from various sources shows. 😊👍

Joe, before Texas, I lived in Delaware and chicken processing was almost exclusively done by Hispanic migrants on the Delmarva Peninsula. There were towns where the entire population was mostly associated with chicken processing. It is a hard industry where the workers put their bodies on the line risking injury to send home money to their families. The store you passed in town provides that exact service. It appears this is the situation with the last town you visited. It is becoming changed by the influx of migrant chicken workers. The first town you visited and specifically the Primitive Baptist Church was fascinating indeed. The chinking between the logs and the balcony were neat. I could imagine the church filled to capacity on a Sunday. It would be an impressive sight. Thanks again for sharing your video with us. You have the knack of choosing the right subject matter that makes your videos so interesting.

Thank you for showing us this beautiful old log church. It's amazing.

Joe that ole church is fabulous THANK FOR THIS TOUR and all the travels you have allowed me to join you on 💜💙💚❤️🤍🤎💛🖤🧡

The high Latino population doesn't surprise me being a food processing plant. Same in Kennett Square PA due to the mushroom processing facilities.

No turkeys were harmed at the turkey shoot. 😆

Thank you my grandparents were Primitive Baptists from North Carolina.

Great video as always. I have been through Liberty and Siler City long ago, in the late 1980s. I liked both towns. Liberty seems to be gentrifying a bit. Food Lion remains my fave grocery chain of all time (I am typing this at work, at an office building for one of the largest grocery chains in the country -- not FL 🤫). Siler City seems to have run "afowl" of their chicken processing plant. The article is essentially right. Jobs in the meat packing business are hard and low-paying. They are frequently staffed by poorly educated people, often from other countries. Families require both parents to work just to try to make it. This leads to all sorts of problems, including drugs and alcohol, all which are going to result in an increase in violence and theft. I really liked the old churches. The Carolinas really have a lot of old churches, large and small. The loft in the Primitive Church could have been for children, but was probably for slaves. Big plantations frequently held services for the slaves on the grounds, but North Carolina didn't have a lot of those, so the few slaves on a property often went to chuch with their white family, the slaves sitting in the back or up in a mezzanine. Good to see some of the Tarheel state again after all these years. *Here's hoping you and Nicole and all your loved ones have a Merry Christmas🎄 and Happy New Year🎆!!* And we'll see more towns and cats in 2024!

Cat ran away. He didn't like being called a girl. 😺 Merry Christmas to you and Nicole. 🎅

I’m really enjoying seeing your videos from your road trip. Keep ‘em coming, please. (I’m 81 and don’t get around much [health].)

Another awesome Video Joe..I love the shadow of you on the pavement reading from your Cell & holding your Camera with the other hand while reciting facts & figures of the small Town your visiting..so fascinating to listen to & watch as you do so..

Thank you for sharing. I used to live in NC for a while and it seemed pretty laid back then. Have a wonderful Holiday and safe travels

Thanks Joe enjoyed the video, my Son-N-Law grew up in Liberty and joined the Navy and spent a dozen years as a submariner till he married our daughter

Wow wow that’s is awesome. So cool.😮❤ that church is unbelievable. The one that was built in the 1800s wow I really enjoy your videos, you bring a lot a lot of knowledge to the world😊

Joe & Nic, thank you for all you do to bring awareness to these small towns in the US. I love all the unique things in these towns. Merry Christmas to you and your family 💪🏿 🙏🏾 ❤💯.

Merry Christmas to you and your family! May this coming year be full of blessings and success! Wish you Joe and Nic all the best always! 🎉

Beautiful old church Joe ❤

Another great video as always. There is just something special about small town America. A certain feel that you just can't get in the over populated concrete jungles. Don't get me wrong, there certainly are plenty of big cities worth the visit. I hope that you, Nicole and family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and may God bless all of you during this holiday season and throughout the year to come. Looking forward to the next video. Until then stay safe and God bless. Steve in Oklahoma

Joe we would love to see your grand daughters and your family members. Looking forward to Christmas videos

Ty ! Great tour of these towns! Happy a Merry Christmas . Safe travels home

happy Christmas I can't get enough of your channel.. its showing me a country i probably will never get a chance too actually visit.. thank you and happy New year.. 🎉

Merry Christmas Joe and Nic! 🎄 Thank you so much for the great video's! All the best from Devon, England!

That's what I like about exploring the inside of buildings I wish you would go in more like old houses 🏘️ please

Merry Christmas from Texas 🎄⛄️

Getting caught up, pretty cool to finally be one of those in the comments like, hey, I know those places. Great video as always.

Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee of the Andy Griffith Show) lived out her retirement in Siler City and was laid to rest there!

Really enjoyed this video Joe. Keep ‘em coming. 👍

im always happy to see a new video released. I look forward to them. Im so glad to see yalls channel doing good. i appreciate your work. Beautiful towns. Merry Christmas

Hello, Joe and Nicole. Holidays are upon us wishing you and your family a blessed holiday season. Along with a happy new year.

Your new table of information for comparisons is great. It lets people compare town to town. For anyone thinking of relocating, this is a huge bonus of info. Great holiday season to Nicole & you. The great guy in the red suit allows loved his triple Jacks left next to the eggnog & shortbreads on the BIG eve before leaving the gifts.

Happy Holidays.Thanks for the ride . See you next time.👍👍💕

Thanks for another interesting video Joe. Merry Christmas and safe travels back to Dallas. I’m looking forward to the next adventure!

Hope you and Nic and your family all have a merry Christmas!

A happier trip. Great documentary

hope to see the family, thx, Merry Christmas to you and yours

Merry Christmas Joe and Nicole and family. Lovely video. Melbourne Australia

Absolutely beautiful ❤

Merry Christmas, Joe and Nic! Any outtake reels for the holidays? Maybe it just comes to mind as you remarked that one shop looked like something you might find in Mexico, at the same time somebody walks out. (My impression is they probably could hear you say that, lol.) At least I assume there must be some odd/quirky conversations that were struck up while filming or right before momentarily pausing.

Wow that Dollar general with gas pumps I wish we had one at our Dollar general down the street 24 miles I'd like to see that. Yeah that town is pretty nice. Right on and thanks for another great video Joe and Nicole.

Merry Christmas Joe & Nicole. Expressions of luv & complete admiration for you both are sent today. You've been putting joy in my life for some years now. I thank you. 🥰 God Bless You!

Wow, nice! Reminds me of the time I paid a visit to the area just south near Pinehurst-Southern Pines. About the same time of year as well. Very charming state! 👍

Thanks Joe and nic 😊

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas y’all. Have enjoyed your trips.

Yes always good footage, and safe travels. . . :>/

That old church in Sandy Creek is very interesting.

Looking forward to watch the Christmas video. Until then wish a merry Christmas and happy new year 🎊🎆🎈

Happy Holiday Lord and Lady Spoda..Mabuhay!!.

The church in the opening of your video is gorgeous ! I’d love to tour it. I also like Liberty, NC. Very nice town. I love NC but it’s a bit warm in the summer. Merry Christmas Joe and Nicole❤.

Evening Joe! Really Kool show ! It’s a barometer of how a town or city is doing by the fact the downtown in the first two towns had public Christmas Decorations on the utility poles. Also for the size of the towns a good number of shops appeared to have some or recent activity. The Dollar General with the Gas Bar was a nice touch ! 1 Cat in the yard and it’s Christmas ! Merry Christmas to you and your family and thank you again for the wonderful entertainment!

Fascinating!!!

Hope you and Nicole have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year! And congrats on almost 400k subs!

Hope you two had an awesome Christmas 🎄 Thumbs up 👍

Your videos are so interesting. US is so different from Sweden where I live. Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you Joe and Nic. ❤

The primitive Baptist church was interesting. The loft with ladder was most probably for enslaved people. Happy Holidays.

Toyota is building a battery plant in liberty. Home prices/ rent is soaring. Really it’s just a suburb of Greensboro and Burlington. The church at the beginning looked more like an old tobacco barn than a cabin.

Great videos!! The most intriguing videos for me were the border films. I do not live close to the US/Mexico border and it was fascinating to see areas along the Rio Grande river!

On the Joe and Nic vids i always look to the health care costs , a key to an older population .

Siler City, NC→The Andy Griffith Museum. 91 miles between the two. I don't know how I missed the VA videos. I'll need to look for those.

Will be interesting to see south of there, the weather looks to be good

I have to say that I subscribed around a month ago and probably seen and liked most of Your videos. I really enjoy them and You help me pass the time during the winter here in Menomonie WI. That would be so fun doing what You are doing. Merry Christmas Joe and Nic from Lou !!! :)

another great video...and merry christmas to you both

🎄🎅 merry christmas and happy holidays to you i love your channel. thx

Have a great Holiday Kids!

Have a very Merry Christmas brother God bless!!!

The lady at 19:50 looked like she was coming out of the store to run you off! LOL

🎄Have a wonderful Xmas Joe & Nicole. * and a great New Year. Looking forward to seeing your Xmas video !! Cheers, CY in Australia.

Thanks

Dollar General gas stations. Lord Spoda strikes again with another vlogger gem.

You missed a cat in Staley. Always cool videos folks

Just because their are a lot of mixed people doesn’t mean everyone gets along.

Merry Christmas to you and Nic

Merry Christmas Joe and Nic from Australia.

EARLY MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 BROTHER SPODES... HAVE A GREAT 2024... SAFE TRAVELS.❤

Merry Christmas 🎄🎄 everybody

An old colored man in my town said , the black folks liked setting in the balconies in the old time churches . Not because they had to , but up there they were closer to heaven , and could look done on the sinners .

Durham looks interesting my mother was born in Durham 🇬🇧 northern England you haven't been but sore it on your map😮

That log house construction looks so much like the tobacco barns my grandfather had on his farm in South Central Virginia, North West of Danville. Pretty sure most of them were built in the mid 1800s to 1930s so not as old as that church but goodness they look so similar.