Jim, a suggestion. While discussing a city or town put the name of the town on the screen and leave it there until you move on to the next town or city. Love your vids btw.

Blueridge is full of rich people from alanta that has drove the cost of land to the moon

I miss Georgia so much. 😢💔 Go Dawgs!!

01:13 - #6 Blue Ridge 03:09 - #5 Tallula Falls 05:14 - #4 Pine Mountain 06:59 - #3 Lumber City 09:16 - #2 Madison 10:54 - #1 Lincolnton

Hey Briggs - I really wish you'd do a video list of Southern towns where you can legally build or live in a tiny house. I am physically challenged and living on a fixed income, as are many other people who would benefit from such a video. I love your channel. Thanks. ❤️

Tip: check out the city, county and sheriffs arrest reports to see what’s really going on. If you’re looking at a town large enough for a Walmart, go take a visit between 4-6 pm. Those are your future neighbors.

Dahlonega and Watkinsville are pretty sweet areas as well!

Thank you for all of your research into all of these towns, cities, states, and countries - that's a lot of work!!! My husband is close to retirement and we're expecting to move when he does. We can certainly use your hard work to help choose a great place to grow old 🙂✌

Quit moving to the north Georgia mountains! Y’all are making it Atlanta north. Visit, okay? Then go home.

Thankyou for covering georgia so elaborately. Especially on the price tags and crime rate.

Georgia was a great state to travel through as a Canadian. Super friendly and the woman are gorgeous!!

Thanks for NOT mentioning many of the most wonderful little towns in Ga. -best kept secrets. 🤗

I live in Ringgold, GA and it's also not a bad little town to live in. Pretty close to Chattanooga, TN for jobs and hospitals and it has everything nearby you'd need like Publix, Costco, places to eat etc. It's nothing glamorous but it's a nice balance of a cute small town close to a bigger city when you need it.

An honorable mention could be Trenton, GA. A small town nestled between Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain. Its located in the very top Left portion of GA, just about 10 minutes from Chattanooga, TN. It has Cloudland Canyon Park and a place to go hang-gliding, along with other outdoor activities. Love your vids sir!

Love all of your videos! I just wanted to say you did awesome with Fannin. I love that you talk about my home state. I currently live in Marietta. I have lived near Tallulah Falls in Lavonia. It’s Stephens as in Steve. Thank you. Keep the videos coming!

Great video! Was hoping my town of Hoschton was going to make the list lol. Found this town from one of your previous videos on Georgia towns. We love it here. Keep the great content coming man!

Greetings from the PPRC GOOD video as usual. Thanks for doing them. 🚗.mini

Some really nice place on this one. Only 6 but all solid choices. Love this series!!!

Pine Mountain has a couple of nearby attractions worth a mention: Callaway Gardens and the Little White House in Warm Springs, where FDR travelled for polio treatments. Between Lincolnton and Washington is Graves Mountain, an extinct volcano that was created millions of years ago when an island chain slammed into what was then the coast of this part of North America. Lots of interesting minerals there. Tiffany mined rutile for jewelry for a while. It's private property but the caretaker usually opens it to the public a couple of times a year.

I have been loving these rural town videos!! Hoping to see of Washington or Texas soon 🥳

Videos are always great! A few honorable mentions would be cool for your vids. Either way you guys make quality content!!!

I was waiting for Georgia! Remember driving miss Daisy, it’s so green! Big trees…

Thanks, I like your videos. For these types of 'where to live' videos, I'd also suggest adding the upload speed when mentioning internet availability as this is quite important for video conferencing when working from home.

No one else needs to move to Georgia, we are full.

I am from Georgia and live in Georgia I have been to all the places that were mentioned except Lincolnton. This list was pretty spot on! However, a really good southern CITY in Georgia is Valdosta. Great real estate, good medical, education awesome, and an AFB military base. Not to mention Titletown USA.

Madison is a very charming town! I've lived in the Atlanta area my whole life and I've been to Madison many times over the years. It has a historic feel, some nice restaurants, it's clean, and the people are nice.

Great video. I grew up in Blue Ridge, moved away for about 10 years and came back a couple of years ago. It's home. 💙

I wish Atlanta would embrace the renew instead of remove policy that the rest of Georgia embraces. Here we tear down 80 year old houses to build McMansions that tower over the remaining houses and don't fit the character of the neighborhood. There are also expensive condos going up that aren't even that nice from the outside or the inside, but the building offers amenities like a pool, a gym and security features.

The perception of what is a rural town is always interesting to see. Some of these feel pretty big.

You actually showed my doctors office when talking about the health care in Madison Ga. FYI, Madison medical center is not exactly a great facility, but alas. The reason there are so many old antebellum homes in Madison as opposed to a lot of other towns in Ga is because when Sherman came through terrorizing and attacking the civilian population, Madison's mayor was not only a very high ranking freemason, but also was good friends and a drinking buddy of sherman's brother who was a senator in DC. He was specifically told by his brother not to destroy Madison for that reason. Hence, none of the homes were burned like they had been throughout the rest of the march and survive today because of their significance and the towns people wanting to keep them in good shape to preserve the history.

Agreed with the list briggs. Linc. Is a great place. I would say cartersville. Pooler. Canton. Would be a nice addition also. Great video bud.

Hi Briggs, just a suggestion for some people that absolutely love your content and the idea of small towns but reluctant when it comes to safety… Sundown town rating. Thanks 🙏

I'm waiting for the S. Carolina episode. I've been looking into the Sumter area for the past year.

I always really liked the little town of Americus. It’s surrounded by farmland, but the “downtown” section is very nice.

Great vid Briggs❤

I live in Blue Ridge (Cherry Log actually). And you revery close to nature here but it is growing rapidly. It is smart to buy "Life Flight" insurance in case you need a bigger hospital. Also a mineral called staurolite that looks like a cross is found here. I lived in Pine Mountain when i was younger (real name is Chipley) and worked at the resort Callaway Gardens. Beautiful place !

Didn’t mention Dahlonegha! Perfect Hallmark small town with lots of beautiful properties and things to do.

These are safe rural areas but I didn’t see a single downtown anywhere. When I move to a “small town” I’d like to be able to walk downtown on tree-lined brick streets, go to a pub or a restaurant with sidewalk seating… flowers & potted plants along the sidewalks, you know, a town. Your video had some interesting spots to hike, though! Love those falls. Thanks for taking the time.

Love these

The chipley chicken place in pine mountain was really good. stopped there to eat when i was in the area for a wrestling tournament last year.

My family is from Lincolnton and we LOVE IT! Visit family there often!

Starting video now, and I hope to see Clayton on this list. Criminally underrated mountain town with tons of personality. Edit: Tallulah and Clayton are next to each other, so I guess that qualifies even if Clayton is the better town.

Monroe, Georgian here. Great video!

Holy crap!!! You said Clarkston WA….I grew up there. That’s a hole of a town but I love going back!!!

I live in the big city of Augusta, GA. Love Lincolnton. We have family friends who own a large farm out there. We also love Thomson, Appling, and what once was a small town but is now very much growing and growing, Grovetown.

Arizona and North Carolina next please Brigg's . Keep up with great content. LoL I want to leave FL so badly .

I live in Lincolnton, GA. Been here most of my life. I appreciate that you gave us a shout-out, but the pictures you showed during our segment weren't of Lincolnton, GA. I'm guessing you may have gotten Lincolnton, NC pictures by mistake.

Could you add some south Georgia towns next time? I've lived in southeastern GA for my 41yrs and worked fire/rescue in many counties in the area. Look at Waycross and don't forget the beautiful coastal islands such as Jekyll. Thx for the video.

My parents just moved to and built a new home in the Blue Ridge mountains…and you won’t find a more scenic, idyllic, and utterly beautiful place in the fall. Me and my family spent every summer vacation at either Tallulah Falls or Pigeon Forge, TN. And I have to say that after spending 45 years growing up in and traveling around the various parts of GA, Madison has to be the most quaint and stereotypically-small country town right out of central casting. I lived in Athens, which is close by and beautiful in many ways by it’s own right…but Madison definitely takes the prize for me!

listening to him pronounce Stephens County (my home county, from Toccoa) like he's British; made me chuckle.

Video suggestion!!!! Small affordable towns near any of the great lakes... things to do on the water etc

Also two honorable mentions Vienna ga is a awesome small town no hospital though got to go to cordele 15 minutes away. Hawkinsville ga is also cool I work here it’s a ole school small town that loves horse racing . The ocmulgee runs threw the heart of town and it has two in city boat ramps as well as one way out in the county.

Cabin’s. Nice. I’m looking for a log cabin with a fireplace and river/stream nearby

Woohoo Pine Mountain Ga gets recognized!🎉 Right next to my hometown Columbus! Highly recommended

My family is from Lincolnton and I love the town! I'm there almost every weekend.

I have to say I watched this and was prepared for the worst. I've lived in the Savannah area most of my life and I was afraid you would mention some towns near me and I didn't want to have to burst anyone's bubble. Good video!

Great content

I live in a tiny little town called Ellabell, it’s close enough to Savannah that I’m not totally isolated but it’s also still quiet

You absolutely need a stream or a lake though, a large body of water of some kind, because it's so hot in the summer it's gonna drive you mad.

I live in rural Georgia......stay where you are......stay where you are!

Checked to see if my town was here and it wasn't. I'm glad of that.

My family is from Blue Ridge, we've lived in the area since my ancestors came from Scotland 200 years ago

Abject poverty is right for much of rural Georgia. Yes, I've been to most of the places mentioned here and they are a far cry from other areas in that state.

I grew up in Pine Mountain and seeing those pictures is wild 😅

Hey! Love your videos a lot❤. I was just wondering while watching your video, why not mention Starlink? Starlink makes other rural areas without other types of internet very livable. 😊

Hey Briggs, first time commenting. I’m from Charleston, SC and thinking heavily about moving to Philadelphia. Is there any chance you can talk more about Philly? Maybe do a video about great places to move to in big cities? I was told that Fishtown is a great area but after doing my research, it looks like it’s not so great anymore. Maybe I’m wrong. I’d love to see you do a video where you give advice to people from the south moving to the north / people from the east moving to the west, etc.. I’d also love it if you made a video about people from small cities moving to bigger cities. Love the channel! Keep it up!

Those water towers are pretty expensive to paint. My little town had ours painted a couple years ago.

Thanks, Briggs.

Great video, as usual, I would live to see the stats on Rome Ga, this town is unusual, in non of the averages that apply to most towns fit here. If you do market research for a business, nothing is standard. It won't add up to real world commerce once a business is open. Some things about this town is extraordinarily good, and then there is a polar opposite on things that you wouldn't expect.

Huh this is cool one of my buddies / former co workers just became the assistant chief of police in lumber city . It is a nice little small town and the the ocmulgee has really good fishing .

You missed where Pine Mountain is neighbors with the largest state park in Georgia(FDR State Park) and with the Callaway Gardens resort.

I hope you will do a video on Florida, Alabama, North Carolina.

You get messed up Blairsville you go to North Georgia Cherokee or Floyd. Blue Ridge was my sanctuary when I needed to get away from the hussle of the OR. It's gorgeous

Another place to consider in Georgia is Covington, in Newton County. Population is about 14,000 people. It's located about thirty minutes east of Atlanta - about half the distance to Madison on this list. Here, you can find a lot of rural properties zoned A (agricultural) and AR (agricultural residential), with a good number of properties with acreage - from 1 acre to 40 acres, or more. So, USDA loans for low to moderate income home buyers are available for homes up to $377,000 (as of 4/2022), with zero dollars down, and terms of up to 38 years! We are in the process of purchasing 2.32 acres of AR zoned land on the South River to build a new home that will cost about $450k. But, the lot is only $17,500.00 and has 528 feet of frontage on the South River, with about the same road frontage. It's on a gravel road, with one neighbor across the street with 12 acres and one neighbor just to the south with about 18 acres, and the only other major land owner near our lot has about a thousand acres and farms trees - so, we will likely never have any other neighbors anywhere near us and we won't even see the ones across the street or next door! We will, of course, have a well, a septic tank, and a propane tank, since the only municipal utility available is electricity. And, internet will only be about 100mbps. We're really looking forward to the peace and solitude, as well as the fantastic view of the river, and of course, the fishing! All this, and only a thirty minute drive to Atlanta!

Just fyi, ga towns don't have much going on and not to many amenities unless you live around the metro area. I'd say a 40-50 mile radius your pretty good. However the traffic just about anywhere in that radius is horrendous. Ga used to be cheap and not so crowded place but it's getting up there in price for what it offers and too many people flocking here. You will run out of outdoors stuff to do real quick because personally it doesn't have much. Yeah there are a few spots in the "mountains" which I don't really consider them mountains once you've seen the Rockies and other ranges out west. Plus everything in ga looks the same no matter where you go. I live in northeast ga which is a great place to live and raise kids however all the beauty of farms and open land is being torn down to build huge expensive housing and subdivisions. Which in turn drives up pricing in them areas. I think most people that come here are just looking for affordable compared to where they currently are but I think most people will be disappointed with what ga has to offer especially if your into the outdoor activities. Don't expect Colorado beauty, variety and outdoor activities. The south east will be just as expensive if not more than everywhere else in the future due to migration. If you come prepare mentally for all the traffic and construction, you will lose all patients you thought you had!

Pine Mountain is gorgeous!! Very friendly, as is LaGrange!

Manchester, GA is up and coming. The population flight from Atlanta, Peachtree City, Senoia that’s happening now are moving to Manchester, GA. Scenic Heights Hwy has scenic 100 mile views South toward Columbus, GA. It’s beautiful and homes are in the $150K - $400K range. Def worth a look. Also, the town of Manchester is booming with an updated Mill that’s being renovated with live/work facilities and 300 homes are being built just north of Manchester, also live/work residences. Go check it out. It’s a quaint, quiet town about 1.5 hours south of Atlanta, GA.

Will you please do one of these videos for Michigan. :)

Their is a hospital in the City of Clayton that is 16 mins up the road from The Tallulah Gorge State Park or Habersham Hospital that’s 22 mins away also

Surprised you didn’t specifically mention Callaway Gardens or FDR State Park. We lived in LaGrange for a bit over a year and a trip over to Pine Mountain was always a good time.

Gotta give Cohutta Georgia a shout out, no crime, farmland, good internet and hospitals close.

I worked in Atlanta 45 yrs when i retired i moved near a small town called Hartwell near Lake Hartwell the local paper has a police blotter the number one crime is DUI i have visited most of the places you mention every year

Thanks!

Nice 6 wheeler, I thought my eyes were crossed, almost thru me for a loop😶

Nice video but you mainly picked cities in North Georgia. Try South Georgia next time. We have alot of nice smaller cities here. Hahira, Lake Park, Homerville, ect...

Also St marys and Kingsland are great places to live low crime rate great schools and a great community small town with that southern love and spirit love where I live everyones so nice and friendly plus we are close to the naval base so you get a variety of ppl

We just moved to Walthourville, GA from Fairbanks/North Pole, AK a couple months ago after 20+ years there. We love it here! Small town, great community, friendly neighbors. Savannah is only 45 minutes away, and Jacksonville, FL is only 2 hours away. Great for shopping. Our house cost in the $130ks. I just don't know what our stats are.

So excited that my town made #1 except that none of the pictures shown are from Lincolnton. We don't have a Wendy's, a Days Inn, or a mattress store here so I don't know what those photos are of but I saw no pictures related to Lincolnton, GA. 😕

One of my two workplaces that I work on the weekends is in Madison Georgia and I absolutely agree it is a beautiful town and lots of country. I live right next to Madison in Monroe and I can't say that Monroe is anywhere near is nice as Madison but luckily I live in a really good neighborhood with fantastic Neighbors. 🙂

Carrollton, GA and Lagrange, GA deserves an Honorable Mention

Love these small rural towns. Especially in the south, might be good to mention the proximity to the nearest Walmart, bc then you have 95% of daily necessity needs met.

Hi Briggs, I've viewed dozens of your videos and they are extremely interesting. This video on Georgia is strangely skewed. For instance, Madison, Georgia was listed as the best small town in North America by Holiday Magazine. It is listed as one of 16th most beautiful small towns in the world by Budget Travel Magazine. If you drive down the street in Madison, you see why. The town is a target city by retiring affluent folks and horse enthusiast. Several movies and TV shows have been filmed there. But all of your visuals of Madison are the gas stations, houses, and shops outside of town. You show the same visuals for all the towns in Geogia on this video. No downtown shots; just the edge of the city bordering on rural areas. This is the first time I've sensed that you might have an agenda for showing the cities this way. You might want to show the 10 best lake communities in the US. One in Georgia has attracted wealthy retirees, athletes, and celebrities. Lake Oconee about 60 miles east of Atlanta is in a rural area but you could have a good time talking about the football quarterbacks and other athletes that live in Reynolds Lake Oconee. 7 golf courses and lots on the lake going for megabucks. Keep up the good work Briggs.

Very nice towns!

Would love to hear what towns in Indiana would make the list. Don't think it would be many

Another cool city in Georgia is Canton. I really like it here, I’ve lived my whole life in here and there are so many activities to do in here. The population is around 30,000 and has grown a lot since 2000, the population was 7,000!

I am a native Georgian and returned here for retirement. In my quest for the best rural areas for retirement, your video was spot on.. Madison GA is the best but kinda expensive for Georgia. . Even the Morgan County Humane Society is classy! I in fact drive 45 minutes to see physicians, a vet and restaurants all in Madison. Their hospital is great and has an awesome drive through for covid testing, and a great staff. . ( as good as ChickFilet drive through! ) LOL Good video and yes beware of the humidity, mosquitoes and Palmetto bugs- roaches the size of mice all in Georgia.. I tried North GA (we had a summer home there) but is a very different culture and I could not adapt. Beautiful country but yes for me there are better places to retire that are more progressive. I can highly recommend Madison GA and Lincolnton.. Have experienced almost all of the places you have covered. . Good job.

We keep looking at Martinez Georgia it seems really nice and you can get a nice place for around $300,000. We love the mountains and it's beautiful there.

Boston GA is rural and even has the mini marathon. No fast food chain restaurants and houses are cheap. People are friendly.

Should do a Port Arthur Texas video,the Gary,East St. Louis,Pine Bluff of Texas.

What about Jackson Ga. Tons of stuff to do . There are also two state parks within ten miles. A true gemstone missed on your list