As a life long resident of Tennessee I’m in full agreement with your comments. We take pride in our state and even with a lower per capital income, we take care of what we have worked hard to earn…love your videos…keep it up!!!
👍Thanks, Joe, with your gently-intoned voice, light sense of humour, and calm and urbane delivery -- this presentation of Paris Tennessee and subsequent towns is very peace-inducing and therapeutic on the soul. 👍
I live in and grew up in mckenzie. It's hard to find housing, and there's nothing here unless you're a college student or retired. Dr's are in other towns as well as most shopping and towns roll up just after dark. We love our rebels, and they just had a game for state. The caboose is used as a consession stand in the summer for the splash pad behind it. The mckenzie bank you found is now our library. The park with the gazebo honors our veterans with all the plaques everywhere, and the theater is still in operation. the cardboard guy was the man who owned the theater . Thank-you for visiting us.
I remember when McKenzie was a happening town, if Bethel University wasn't there I believe it would be a ghost town 😥 so sad because the residents are super nice people ❤❤
Prior to watching your video, I would have said that Paris, Tennessee was most famous for having been mentioned in the George Jones and Tammy Wynette hit "We're Not the Jet Set".
Just got back from Camden Tennessee visiting my wife’s kin. Always ready to go visit Tennessee. Played golf at Paris Landing in Paris, Tennessee. It can’t get any better then this area. My wife and I got married in 1977 in her grandmother’s front room by her uncle who was a preacher(God rest his soul) in Bruceton,Tenn.
My husband’s aunt lives in Paris, TN. Beautiful courthouse ! I love murals that tell the story of the town. I enjoyed seeing these nice towns. Lots of nice homes, especially the White House in Martin, and great downtowns.
Hi , I can appreciate architecture from all countries including the u.s but if you want old architecture look at the u.k especially York , Canterbury and the cotswolds .
Dear Joe and Nic, thank you for you video of Martin Tennessee, as a matter of fact , thank you for all your videos. I enjoy them so much. Back in the early 60’s fresh out of high school, I spent a week or so in Martin. It was a very pleasant experience. My Aunt own a restaurant on the very street that you were on. Lindell Street. She was divorced and a hard working lady. She would get up before daybreak and head on down to the restaurant to start cooking for the day. I would sleep in and when I woke up, I would walk to the restaurant. They had just opened a new dollar store, two doors down and when the girls, that worked there had their break, they would come to the restaurant, one by one, to meet Ms. Lane’s nephew. That was my “Summer of 42” ! I will never forget the good people that I met and enjoyed as a young man of 18. I Loved Martin, Tennessee! Thanks again Joe!!
What a beautiful area in our country! Small towns,friendly people, looks well maintained and downtowns resemble what ours used to be in the 60’s and 70’s. Awesome road trip❤
Oh I totally agree history is so important it's how we got here it's a story of how we developed we still need to stop trying to remove it and forget what it was like we need to learn from it ❤️
I live in Paris, Ontario , named as such because of “ Plaster of Paris “ mining which was located near the town. The mining ceased production many decades ago. The town itself dates back to the mid 1800s. It was the location of the first long distance telephone call between Alexander Graham Bells lab in Brantford , Ontario and the telegraph centre in Paris, Ontario.
I really enjoyed this video, very interesting and relaxing as always. Lovely downtowns, and lots of beautiful homes. It's nice to see the towns decorated for Christmas, and it was great to hear the Christmas music ! The old storefronts in the downtown areas have so much character, and I always love the old theatres ! Thanks so much, Joe.😊💚
Joe, Your comments are so quiet and respectful. I really enjoy the replies by people who lived in the towns or had family there. Statistics don't paint a realistic picture of these people and there everyday lives. These area more typical of America, they represent reality for better or worse, but are what made us what we are today. When I see those Confederate grave yards or monuments, I don't hate on them, they were part of us and many, not all but many ,wanted a better country. Not all Germans who fought in WW2 were anti--Semitic and not all Confederate soldiers believed in slavery. Cheers, Rik Spector
saw a video yesterday of a woman 70 year old living in her car, one of those New England States, she gets 2K a month cannot find a place to live, in none of the states around her, She should move to a place like this, know it is not where she wants to live but she would have a roof over her head. I get about 2k a month in SSDI and Pension, I would move to a place like this before I live in a car
There's 330+ million living here in America. Encouraging the population to move to cheaper areas IS causing this problem. The Great Migration needs to stop, especially Californians, New Yorkers and other city dwellers. We all can't move at once since the total population isn't that of the 1600s. Building new homes and apartments has ruined my childhood town, and it's not for the better. It has brought in filth from the city and exported it here...
I'm 49 ssdi. Have stage 2 copd I get 2100 from ssdi and 1051 from my union retirement after 20 years in teamsters that's all I get. Luckily my wife has good job I couldn't make it on my own here in California. Commiefornia
I’d love to live in Yuma, AZ in RV in winter and go up in elevation in summer to cool off. I’m tired of RE taxes, high utility bills, and high humidity and heating bills year around.
@suzanneschulz1905 they cut it a lot of sense. I had to retire early. I had 24 years in had to stop working because of Parkinson's diease only get about 500 a month from I if I could had work 6 more years got my full pension. It would had been 1100. Get 1300 from SSDi and 200 a month form a mortgage that I carry on 2 acres for the next 3 years going to sell 2 more acres got 35 trying to sell a 5 acre parcel for all cash but the real estate market is bad now
Paris Tennessee Court house and Court room was the site chosen by Bing Crosby for the production of the movie Walking Tall a true story of legendary crime fighting sheriff Bufo
I very much enjoyed your video you did a wonderful job, I just discovered your channel today it said about Paris Tennessee and due to the fact that I have lived here for 40 years I had to look, only thing I disagree with is the crime rate , we have an exceptionally low crime rate and I am so thankful, our city police and county sheriff's are great , they actually take the time to get to know people starting from children which are important ❤
Thank You so much for the Walk around of My beautiful downtown McKenzie TN!! Hope everyone enjoyed and there's so much more to see! We appreciate our neighbors as well.... Great Communities!! .. But there's no place like home! Again, Thank You!
I appreciate seeing the down towns of the cities and thanks for going into the neighborhoods of the cities where ordinary everyday people live. I loved you all critiques on the various foods at the resturants would make a good food channel show blended with your travels❤
(from The Netherlands) Interesting . . . but as depressing as all the other towns you visited. But thanks very much for these videos . . . your commentaries are highly apppreciated!
You gotta come to East Tennessee, Jonesborough. It’s the oldest and prettiest town in Tennessee. Lots of History. You won’t want to leave! Enjoy all your videos!
I had a former friend who lived in Martin TN we met online I had never been to Martin. We were friends for about 5 years. Then one day I realized I hadn't heard from him for awhile. Later I learned he stole a car and got into a high speed chase with the cops (Weakley county sheriff I believe) crashed and went to prison. I guess you never really know what some people are capable of. Thanks for the tour. I've never seen this part of TN.
You gotta come to East Tennessee, I live in Eastern Tennessee in Scott County Tennessee exactly! Come on by and visit! Home of the Big Southfork park beautiful river!
Thanks Joe for taking us with you on the tour of small town America. Christmas in a small town is the best. Like seeing the 1963 Plymouth Valiant not rod too.
McKenzie was obviously a Louisville & Nashville town. Looks like most of the old L&N lines in the area are now fragmented stubs. Cabooses were used as a rolling office by the conductor to process car waybills and set up switching lists. The conductor was also a company man and boss of the train. There was usually a rear brakeman and the train would also have a switchman that could be in the locomotive cab or the caboose. Another great tour, thanks much!
Wow, it is beautiful there in Tennessee. Thanks for capturing this honest look at US States! So well preserved some of those downtowns. Love the theatres you focus on, such a big part of history! Great videos, thanks!
Wow Christmas music. That is cool. Never heard that before .Even when growing up our city never did that. We had the lightening of the tree for everyone in the town square and the parade but no music that I remember. Stay safe in your travels and yea visiting every Paris town would be cool.
How lovely it is for me to sit with my cup of coffee snuggled up in front of the fire watching your video Joey. So wonderfully presented and full of so much interesting information. I’ve mentioned this before and will again it’s a real pleasure for me as an English viewer to enjoy America through your lens. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these truly amazing videos. God bless. 😊
Huntington Tennessee 10 miles south of McKenzie. Beautiful courthouse, active court theater, Dixie Carter art center,Train depot and you missed it all. Go home and the Mustangs
Love watching your videos like always I get so much knowledge from your videos yes you’re right they are gorgeous houses and cheap boy. I pray that the US gets back to cheaper way of houses so the young folks coming up can buy homes and keep them not buy them and then go into foreclosure our economies got to get better and that way where people can buy homes and stay in their homes you know I love watching your videos. Absolutely they are so very very educational.
Downtown is where the polic station is and you were right by the station. Its not a horrible town in union city. Please come back and visit again and i would love to show you around and give you a glimpse of the local life honestly.
I’ve been watching your videos forever, and to my surprise, today I saw you visited my tiny hometown in the corner of TN. So cool to see your journey and all the places you go. Thanks for showing everything - regardless of size! Keep up the awesome and super interesting content.
You should come over farther into East Tennessee it’s the cleanest and prettiest state I ever ever seen. I’m in a small but booming town of Whitwell nestled I between the Cumberland mountains. Come on over !!
Joe, my home town. I haven’t been there in about 10 years and it’s like a time capsule. Nothing has changed. I left in 1978 and graduated from Henry count high school in 1975. All industry has left. There used to be Holley Carburetor, Plumley Rubber Co, Mitchum Cosmetics, and other corporations…all long gone. Jack Jones Florist a land mark. The actress Cherry Jones was in my high school class and was born and raised here. Paris was a great place to grow up in.
When I was managing the Walgreens in Paris, it was not uncommon to see Cherry Jones when she was in town. Her sister was the more frequent patron. And Hank Williams Jr. was a reliable site at the store as well.
I live in Morristown Tn., close to the Ky. border, an hour out of Knoxville. The downtown areais old school also, they are removing the newer facades on a few of the bldgs., The but red brick, too. The courthouse is classic, brick, with lawn of grass and live oaks. I like it here very much; moved here from Nor. Ca.. Old school South.
Awesome video as usual 👍 Quite the increase in bitrate and also 60 fps. Looks like the motion blur issue is fixed too, well done. Always wanna enjoy your videos in the best possible way 😊
Yet another Paris! They have a very cool Eiffel Tower replica! McKenzie... Looks like a fire-damaged 🔥building in town @12:53. Also damaged the building to the left with the fake facade, now a mural. ... otherwise - that must be the place! ...Martin: Looks quaint & "normal"... Union City typical also - gawd, X'mas music SOS - after 70-some years it gets old! - love it when it stops after New Years! 🎆Police must be bored there - maybe too many for that town.... It seems Nicole seldom travels through the day with you anymore but she's there come dinnertime! No dinner that night? Hope she's OK! 🤩
Very solid video this time around. Some of those income numbers may be affected by the colleges in some of the locations there, but they all look like great little college towns.
Very nice tour of some quiet TN towns. I enjoy that you show us the old theaters. Also like that some places were done up for Christmas. I've watched a lot of your videos at this point and it strikes me that when you read the low numbers for median incomes, $650 or $675 per week per household, that these numbers are gross income. So what they actually have to work with is even less than that! I do understand that housing costs are significantly less than the national average usually, but a lot of other prices are similar across the country (Walmart, Amazon, drug store chains, etc). I assume, particularly in towns with one or two universities, there are other amenities that you don't show like Walmart, fast food places, strip malls, etc to accommodate the thousands of students?
Xmas in full swing here too. But the decorations here get worse every year, energy saving ☝️, you know 🥶. With a little help from Santa 🎅we will have a good chance for white christmas☃️ for the first time after many green years. Last night a bit of snow again, not too much🌨️ and ca. 32 degr. F. Best wishes from Germany.
There is a Paris, PA. That’s close to me as decades ago I biked through it. Used Wiki for Paris, TN and they only have 3 months of cooler weather. It’s 57 for the high here today. I’m not complaining. Funny how you never visited a Bucees on videotape.
Be careful if you visit a Bucees ! They built one off the interstate about 4 miles from home . They also put a circle in the middle of the road to keep the local`s away . That circle worked very well as myself and all my neighbors had to put our trucks in four wheel to get around them . Plowed up about 10 acres , but we showed that Beaver a thing or two about messing with tradition !
If you do visit every Paris, you will be in my neck of the woods when you visit Paris, Idaho. I live in Pocatello. I would like to see you make another visit since your last visit, you spent way too much time in the clean museum. We have a nice, historic downtown, with a nice, restored railroad depot, an old Greyhound bus station, and many historic buildings. ☺
