I have a story about Wortham: I went there in 2019 to visit the grave of the bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson. When my girlfriend at the time and I got to the town square, it was empty except for a few people standing around some folding tables. On these tables were loads of fresh produce. The pastor and some other helpers were giving it away. We talked with them a while, told them why we wanted to visit and took our fill. Really kind people.

Having watched every single video in this channel, I would like to thank Joe and Nic for all the efforts they have made. I also have to say that the exact same circumstance is with China where small towns and villages are almost empty with only aged people left while big cities are packed with people struggling making ends meet paying rent and mortgage, although the powerful central government have made every efforts to improve infrastructures and facilities in rural areas. I was born and raised in a city in central China with a current population of 12 million people and have lived here for forty years, however I've started to wonder if it is of rightious to keep things the same way of what they have been for the last three decades and I doubt if this image of prosperity and convenience in front of us is leading us to a sustainable future.

I enjoyed the video, Hubbard was interesting, very clean , nice homes much like some of the older homes in Ballinger , Texas where I grew up, I love the big porches around the houses. We all have to remember many many years ago people had no health insurance you paid a doc in cash who may have a small practice at his home etc. No cell phone bills, no cable bills and pehaps a wood fireplace and very little useage of lights . I feel that is how people made it , they had low overhead. Many kept cars for 20 years or more. just put another engine in it. We have worked ourself into a pickle with modernization I feel. especially when it comes to agriuculture.

We have 4 , yes 4 cat sightings and a bonus rooster sighting! A cowboy church, add to bucket list, and bar paying homage to Willie. Mercy me can life get any better? Thanks Joe and Nicole, much love as always.

Thanks again for the ride along, the house in Hubbard is listed @ 245,000. 3 bed 2 bath 2,230 sqft,way over priced imo. Keep the videos coming.

Thank you for continuing to present us with fascinating glimpses into parts of the USA we would never have seen otherwise. Your videos remain informative and educational and visually delightful. As we all pretty much live in largish cities anymore, to see where and how folks used to live in these formerly charming rural settings is invaluable. It was a kinder, slower, gentler country back then. Cheers …

All the towns you toured there in Texas, remind me of many of the small towns in Oklahoma. You get a varied mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. But a lot of the hole in the wall towns here are remnants of a bygone oil boom that are just hanging on. A town like Shamrock that once had over ten thousand people is now doing well to have fifty or sixty. A story of more prosperous times. Enjoyed the video and will be watching for the next. Until then stay safe and God bless. Steve in Oklahoma

As you drive around the country, it is actually rather shocking just how decayed our nation has become. It is sad to see it. I'd say we are in serious trouble...

Back on the road! Thanks for taking us along Joe!

So yes, looking at these places in the interior or rural areas, it made me want to live there in this country. I was born and raised here in Brazil but I stay here imagining living in these cozy places.

I live in Harris Co. TX (native texan)😊 Ive been looking for a place i would like to move to. I really am grateful for this channel for saving me so much time and effort into these towns. Especially the ones to avoid. THANKS!

107 7th St, $245k. Needs updates, but looks really well maintained. (Actively resisting going all-out real estate agent mode.)

When I was a kid growing up in Texas 70 plus years ago, I can remember how little rural towns were pretty interesting and sometimes seem to be still rich with colorful characters and friendly people. I really soaked up my Texas heritage back then and loved thd more rural and country life. Too much has changed and I can't say I like it most of the time.

That's Wild brother! Glad you do this tho....Always Highly Entertaining. As always, Thumbs up 👍

Thank you, Joe. Very educational experience right without leaving the comfort of our home.

Thanks for the wonderful video, you make the best videos about the USA, I do drive along videos of my city of Adelaide, Take care 😊

Love the brick streets in Wortham. I remember seeing them in your video of Commerce as well. What a flashback!

Welcpme back to your home state Joe n Nic! the Cancun trip was really cool. lots of neat stuff to see and do! love that you show the food and restaurants in good detail. always look forward to you next offering!

I’ve stopped in Hubbard before! We had a flat tire on a Sunday and the tire shop in the corner across Sonic was nice enough to help us out!

Thanks, Joe. 👍

Graduated high school in Wortham, Texas. Great city, great people, great memories. Go Bulldogs!

It’s “te-walk’-an-a” Indian word and where my University (Trinity) was founded. Now it’s in San Antonio. I’ve been to the original campus building there that’s still standing.

Thank you for the great video Joe and Nic! Always look forward to them!

Hey guys, your house girl here lol. The house in Hubbard on 7th Street has 3 bdrms, 2 baths, 2,230 sq ft. Asking price is $245,000 and built in 1974. It says it has new interior but if it does, it still looks very '70's to me - dark paneling and dark kitchen cabinets etc. and the bathroom def looks like the 70's. However, looks very clean and well kept. Has a 2 car garage as well but no real photos of a back yard. Another great video guys - thx!! xoxo

Reminds me of my little hometown ' SMILEY, TEXAS I grew up there and now my grandchildren live there , population is about 440 , it's right on hwy 87 east between San Antonio and Victoria Texas, don't blink your eyes when driving through or you'll miss it , good ol country folk ways of life.

I like your video it is cool to see more small towns in TX I live in East TX Longview but I lived in Kilgore Texas for a long time it is a small town but not as small as those towns was. I hope you get to see some of them here in East Tx one day have a good day

Being born and raised in Texas, I LOVE Texas! My dad is 95 and is a Naval Vet for over 30 years! My brother, sister and family live there. My brother was also a Marine and ex-Homicide Detective in Texas. I do not live their now, but will be going home soon!!!! ❣❣❣ One way or another! I live BIG and LARGE. I'm was BORN in Texas!!! 🐎 As usual, thanks for the ride, sir!

I visited relatives in Wortham many years ago, and some are buried in a cemetery not far from there. All those towns you just visited I have never heard of before despite having to go through them on TX 14 and TX 31 and being so close to Wortham. You said Wortham was 64% female and nearby Tehuacana was 61% male, you would think these two towns would "hook up!" Then you mentioned another town along your drive had a slew of motels, which was "unusual." Maybe these two above towns in fact DO hookup after all! Some place else, ha ha. Hey, they're just being discreet and taking it all beyond those nosy, gossipy, chatterbox neighbors in their own home towns🤪!

I enjoy your videos. You take us into towns that we would never visit and give us great history. Keep them coming.

Thanks for the hubbstd drive through. My mom was born there in 1940. I never took her there but whe she passed a few years ago i took my dad there. I remember some national or state monument buildings there like an old church etc. My dad was born in Rhineland outside of Munday texas. German farming community with a gorgeous catholic church that is also a state monument.

Thank you for 4K my friend! But it doesn't appear to be 4K. It still says 1080p

Great video thanks for sharing joe and Nic👍

Hello Joe, I've watched just about every video you have and I have to say kudos. I'm a Plano Tx fella living in the Philippines. When I get homesick, your video's are just the thing! I know you often try to show city hall, the courthouse and firehouse but wanted to ask if you would also show any Masonic Lodges these small towns have. Please keep posting your videos and I'll keep watching. A homesick Texas Mason.

A house is only as good as the foundation it sits on and the roof over it. Another great tour, thanks much!

Thank you so much. It's always interesting to see all this places. 🙂

Yea been waiting patiently for this. Love u all.

Coolidge: a place where dogs run free and empty houses and buildings sit ‘silent’ underneath a Texas sky.

Once again Joe another great video we really enjoyed our Texas vacation and it is sad to see how so many small towns have fallen on hard times since we were last there hoping to return in 2024 from the UK

I enjoy watching your videos as I get to visit places with you in the USA & it's fun & beautiful exploring .

I really enjoy all your videos. I particularly like how you include all the demographic data.🙂

Yay! I moved to Texas 3 years ago and havnt been able to do much exploring. I’m excited for this one.

Hugs from Brazil, i love your videos, the USA is the most beatiful country in the world!

i hoped that Cancun resort comped you for the great advertisement work, if we go, we go there. and great to see small town America again, thx.

I really enjoy your videos so well done thank you for sharing 🐟

The house is on what’s called a pier and beam foundation. 🙂 12:29

Good job Thank you for getting back to basics

Thank you Joe for another great video. I have seen every single one of your videos. Love to you and Nicole from B.C. Canada 🇨🇦

Love your vids man. thnx so much

Thanx again 4 an eye opening video. Wow didn't really know what's going on in the country and its sad 2 c. Cuz the more places u go 2 it tells a sad story. U and Nicole stay safe out there and thanx again 4 the vid.

Just discovered your channel and really enjoy the scenes and facts that you give

My grandmother was born in Pelham which is nearby Malone. My sister went there a couple of weeks ago to visit a cemetery. My grandmother’s parents and other relatives are buried there.

There is a 2 bedroom house for sale in Tehuacana for $62,500. I would love to see the inside of those small houses. I really enjoy your videos.

I’m over here getting nervous as you’re getting really close to my town.

I enjoyed the video! I ❤️ seeing small forgotten town in the middle of nowhere with a slow pace of life where I live on long island 13 miles away from manhattan and EVERYONE knows nyc is a fast pace of life I enjoy southern states the best 😃

Is it possible that you could tell us what the main source of income is for these small towns. Being off the main roads it would be interesting to know how these people make a living.

A little bit of a scenery change from the last episode, eh? I'm always fascinated driving through these empty old main streets with their empty storefronts, imagining what things might have been like when the towns were thriving. I passed through the area a couple of years ago in late spring--the thing that sticks out in my memory? Love bugs. I must have stopped to clean off my windshield 5 or 6 times in one day, Until we meet again in Waco, happy trails!

These town's weren't that bad at all Joey yeah some had beat up homes here and there but nothing a good few handy workers couldn't fix ,RIGHT!! . I REALLY do hope that someone takes notice in these home's and work to kindly fix and bring em back to life. @Joe & Nic's Road Trip 😊

Great video love small town Texas. Not that I want to live in town by no means just close enough to get what I need. New camera doing a great job looked like to me. Hate seeing these little towns deteriorating but it is what it is. Keep traveling and I’ll keep watching

I am here even today enjoying the trip

Thanks for bringing this to us, respect

107 N 7th St E, Hubbard, TX 76648; asking 245,000 thousand, 3 bed 2 bath 2230 sqft ; lot is 10,280 sqft. Home has been completely refurbished inside.

Very blurry auto focus on my end. Haven’t seen that before on your channel. Love your channel. Drive safe.

Sad to see places so low !! On the other side interesting little towns !! That new cam looks interesting as well !!

Thanks 😊 Joe 😊

The house in Hubbard Texas at 107 N. 7th Street is listed at $245K. It has 3 beds, 2 baths and 2230 square feet.

As always , a great video. Greetings from Australia.

The house on 7th street in Hubbard is listed for 245k. Built in '74, 2230 sq. ft. and well maintained. It is a two story home and it didn't look like it on the exterior, to my eye anyway.

Texas loves cats. Anywhere in Texas you will see lots of cats. Animal control does catch and release where they are caught, dewormed, nurtured, treated for any health issues they have and then released to help control the rodent and snake populations. 😸

As always a very interesting and informative watch for me, particularly as I’m watching from the U.K. so these are places I will never get to see for real. I love those old homes with the big wrap around porches. Such a shame to see how some little towns are in decline. Thank you though Joey very much appreciated from across here 😊

I have never heard of a “Cowboy Church” before, that is different! Nice you have a new camera. A couple of times the video didn’t look tack sharp, it might be my eyes allergies are bad. Great video, Joe I enjoyed it. :)

107 7th street is $245,000 3 bedrooms 2 bath garage in the back a beautiful house inside lots of built in cabinets.

Very interesting towns and some interesting statistics too.

A great video ! I really love exploring these small country towns, always so interesting. Lots of beautiful and unique old homes, and the "haunted" house was gorgeous, and would have looked amazing for Halloween ! Thanks so much, Joe, enjoyable as always.😊💚

Some really nice houses in Hubbard. Especially like the grey one with the turret! I do like the small rural towns. I like the brick streets in Wortham. Cool rooster. Also like the cat and dog sightings. Appreciate the view into these five towns. The only time I was in Texas was at one of the airports on a layover. Would love to visit some day.

In Scotland those small, two room cottages would be called a But and Ben. But means outside or outer and Ben means in or inner. Loving your videos, getting to see an America that you don't see elsewhere.

So Hubard’s just out here rocking a Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar on the same block. 😂

Thanks for sharing these small towns in the USA. Gives everyone an idea of how the rest of the world lives. Can you add in your statistics something the homeless population at all? Have a great day and safe travels

Hey if you get to Milford soon, please drive by the house behind the city park, it has a beautiful magnolia tree in the front yard. I used to own that house and I can see on google earth, I’m ashamed of what it has become. We used to have a beautiful backyard, box hedges, and flowers.

Reba's Sister sings or sang for the Cowboy church on RFD TV had dish for ten years very nice.

My brother and his wife live in Wortham and my Daughter and son~in~law and granddaughter live in Tehuacana ❤❤❤❤❤

I would love to see you explore Marlin, Chilton, Lott and Rosebud areas.

I enjoy your videos ..have you ever went through Muleshoe a small panhandle town

Hubbard is exactly the kind of place I want to retire. Good value on real estate, short commute to Corsicana and Waco, all the basic conveniences are available.

Very interesting to see these small areas and signs of decay. That one house had a connex box next to that was bigger than the house, makes you wonder what they're keeping in there. In these back woods locations you can get an eery feeling because it looks like something out of a movie and in fact could be a setting for a movie. You should scout movie sets for entertainment companies. Some of these places don't much different from backwoods Louisiana where I lived years ago, I drove up to see a neighbor in one of these isolated lots and he was chopping all of this raw meat with no refridgeration in sight. You see dogs wandering loose also.

Love these trips! Our Texas should aid these towns with their streets!

Just a few words about the house for sale in Hubbard in addition to what others have said: the house was listed in October 2023 at $250,000. The price was reduced 3 weeks later to $245,000. Another price reduction occurred in May 2024, the price now being $225,000. The house sold on June 17, 2024, presumably for $225,000 though Zillow doesn’t show the sale price. The house was built in 1974 and is 2230 sq ft.The sale price of $225,000 seems reasonable; $250,000 was pushing the envelope.

Always love seeing these different parts of the country in places I had no idea existed and I love the facts you give on them as well.

I really enjoy you and Nicoles channel. Driving thru the vast abyss of backwoods towns makes me hungry. A nice chicken fried steak from Texas would work nicely! Houston had really good chicken fried steak but nuthin else. Drinking was fun though.

House for sale in Hubbard...as of Nov 11, 2023....$245,000!!! Too high for the area!!

The house in Hubbard is one forty five thousand.really enjoy your channel as I live in hutto tx.would like to you do around megargel olney, archer city and maybe seymor as grew up in that erea in the 50s

Great video! Probably by the time you read my message you have long gone, but thought I’d mention the town I live in, Oak Leaf, Tx. The home I live in was the first city hall of this town. We’re surrounded by Ovilla, Red Oak and Glenn Heights. I’d be interested in knowing the history of my town. I still have the original wiring where I’m assuming land lines were connected.

The Bank de-regulations of the 80s and the kill of Savings & Loans by Big banks and the end of local, neighborhood banks and credit Unions precipitated the fall of this towns.

Wow! Bike lanes there for a bit, great to see

Another excellent video! Just an FYI, I was seeing a lot of motion blur in this video. Camera setting perhaps?

Very educational your videos

Love these Videos Joe. The camera seemed blurred to me. I thought I was drunk and seeing double. Maybe a setting on that new camera of yours. Keep up the good work 😊

Great one here far shure

We really enjoy the small towns and va especially the statistics.

The house at 107 7th street is 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2230 sf, listed for $245,000,

Nice videos, I really enjoy road trips like this. How accurate is the gps and digital maps in your experience