Sumter - South Carolina - 4K Downtown Drive

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3 жыл бұрын

Sunday afternoon drive around Sumter, South Carolina.
Filmed: September 2020
Sumter by the Numbers (2010 Census):
City Population: 40,524
City Area: 32.83 sq mi
From Wikipedia:
Sumter /ˈsʌmtər/ is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States.Known as the Sumter Metropolitan Statistical Area, the namesake county adjoins Clarendon and Lee to form the core of Sumter-Lee-Clarendon tricounty area of South Carolina that includes three counties straddling the border of the Sandhills (or Midlands), Pee Dee, and Lowcountry regions. The population was 39,643 at the 2000 census, and it rose to 40,524 at the 2010 census.
Incorporated as Sumterville in 1845, the city's name was shortened to Sumter in 1855.[citation needed] It has grown and prospered from its early beginnings as a plantation settlement. The city and county of Sumter bear the name of General Thomas Sumter, the "Fighting Gamecock" of the American Revolutionary War.
During the Civil War, the town was an important supply and railroad repair center for the Confederacy. After the war, Sumter grew and prospered, using its large railroad network to supply cotton, timber, and by the start of the 20th century, tobacco to the region.
During the 20th century, Sumter grew into a major industrial center. Starting with the opening of Shaw Air Force Base (now home to the 9th Air Force, 20th Fighter Wing, and United States Army Central) in 1941, industry grew, especially after World War II. Sumter became increasingly known for textiles, manufacturing, biotech industries, a thriving retail environment, and medical center of its region in addition to agricultural products, which makes it a hub for business in the east-central portion of South Carolina.
Local sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places include:
J. Clinton Brogdon House
Carnegie Public Library
Heriot-Moise House
Charles T. Mason House
Myrtle Moor
O'Donnell House
Rip Raps Plantation
Salem Black River Presbyterian Church
Henry Lee Scarborough House
Stateburg Historic District
Sumter County Courthouse
Sumter Historic District
Sumter Town Hall-Opera House
Temple Sinai
Elizabeth White House
Lincoln High School
Singleton's Graveyard

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@henrylesesne5525 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Sumter. This drive through is so appreciated. The lack of automobile traffic is very striking. There are no people to speak of either. I recognized streets and some neighborhoods. The city is so clean and tidy. It is nice to see how the city is well maintained. Thanks for the memories...

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@sweetsuccessbakery803 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Sumter and I absolutely love it!

@romeobalandra8816 2 жыл бұрын

Brings back a lot of fond memories of the place. I taught in Lemira for three years.

@helenaathompsonscott2169 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the drive I haven't been in SC FOR 4YEARS SINCE THINGS HAPPENED

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@turhan6875 Жыл бұрын

This is especially interesting for me to see as I am of Turkish origin. Because, appearently, there is a community in this county that claims to be of Turkish ethnicity, being descendants of an immigrant who has immigrated to the US from the Ottoman Empire. Thank you for this video. Although there isn't much to explore on this town, I'd really love to visit there one day and hopefully reach out to one of the settlers living there and who claims to be of Turkish origin to exchange ideas and have a conversation.

@russellthomas4587 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Sumter back in 1968 til 1970. I went to Alice Drive Elementary. Lived out next to second mill. Looks to be a much bigger town now. My family moved from Sumter to migrate to Australia.

@pamsharp6314 Жыл бұрын

It’s sad to see downtown Sumter looking like a ghost town. It use to be so busy and full of life. All the shops had a store full of shoppers. This is my home town . I grew up here. I walked these downtown streets many many a day. Where did all the people go!

@Comm0ut 8 ай бұрын

There are plenty of people but they live in much nicer areas than downtown which is too SMALL and too OLD to be desirable. Sumter should have leveraged sprawl and demolished those old buildings (exceptingt the few notable structures) because they just do not suit modern quality of life. Buyers invest in homes in Sumter COUNTY but not Sumter town. Most of the crime is still in the same areas you would expect and the county itself is a good place to live. I've been here since 1985 and retired out of Shaw in 2007.

@cullenfrench6904 3 жыл бұрын

I live Sumter and I love it

@ceecee3488 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Sumter as well. The streets are quiet or empty because its Sunday afternoon. My daddy had the only jewelry store in town in the 50's and 60's. It was a wonderful place to grow up.......I wish I had never left there. It becomes more precious to me as the years go by. Fav spot was Swan Lake. I lived on Alice Drive across from Aldersgate Church.

@markfrmdamerk 11 ай бұрын

no trust me its not what you remembered its so much killing and robbing around here it doesnt make any sense

@ceecee3488 11 ай бұрын

@@markfrmdamerk Well that is so sad to hear. Thank goodness for my good memories then.

@markfrmdamerk 11 ай бұрын

@@ceecee3488 yea its so crazy out here a 14 yr old boy got shot in the head and died at the mcdonald's on lafayette a few months ago and man got shot in head last week on the boulevard at kims store and died it's really ruthless . ik im talking to much its just scary out here💔

@Nyasiamonique 2 жыл бұрын

I’m 17 and sitll go there often you can regonzie anyone there if your family is large and lives there my mom and dad met in Sumter high school my dad came from Manning sc and my mom from Denzel but moved to Sumter as a child I was born here it’s always fun when the events happen I live in Columbia now and my mom family still lives in Sumter. Also check out bakery sweets best small town bakery there and go to Manning to turn porter jacks great place also

@NickJohnson 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Appreciate you watching.

@803GoLsOnViLLe 3 жыл бұрын

I love this town. Raised here, came back with my family to live. So quiet, mostly.

@toddtouchberry 3 жыл бұрын

Lived here all my life. My channel was started on old cars at the Cut Rate. I run the restaurant.

@jt2475 3 жыл бұрын

I was Born in Sumter but live in Texas now, maybe one day I’ll head home

@quavonhall7050 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in Sumter, SC as well. I still have family there and love coming to visit when I have the chance ‼️

@thomasal5101 3 жыл бұрын

It’s breathtaking , live to watch usa small towns

@thomasal5101 3 жыл бұрын

*love

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's something peaceful about the small towns.

@RememberTheNameYaDig 3 жыл бұрын

@Jordan Mercer literally less than 5 mins from the location you see in the video theres some railroad tracks and all you see once you pass those tracks is nothing but poverty

@superioryam9475 3 жыл бұрын

@Jordan Mercer it really does suck I live here and it seems all sunshine and rainbows that's from a tourists perspective though in actuality it's alot different from a native sumter resident point of view

@emmahammond741 3 жыл бұрын

Does it have any bigger stores like Wal-Mart, Aldi, tjmaxx, target, anything like that??

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there’s a Walmart. Not sure about the others.

@donnamccoy7569 2 жыл бұрын

yep

@ernestinejones8822 4 ай бұрын

We hav an Aldies, Chipotle, Starbucks, Popeyes, TJMax , Burlington,Hobby Lobby , Outback to name a few, we not hurting here !! Oh an ThePig!!🤣🤣-only us South Eastern people know about that!!an many more stores!!

@sandrairizarry4658 3 жыл бұрын

My husband and I want to move there this summer.

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

What made you choose Sumter?

@sandrairizarry4658 3 жыл бұрын

@@MileageMikeTravels I have a son in Columbia and another in Myrtle Beach. I want a smaller town to hopefully retire in the future I'm a Nurse and a Veteran so I love that there is a base I can hopefully work at.

@reetajae5890 3 жыл бұрын

I Want to move to sumter also with my 2 young kids.

@sandrairizarry4658 3 жыл бұрын

@@reetajae5890 We could be new Sumter friends🙂

@toddtouchberry 3 жыл бұрын

I run the diner inside Sumter Cut Rate @4:55. We've been around since 1935. Y'all come see us when y'all move here

@Drxconco 3 жыл бұрын

I live near here. If you ever pass by again and in the mood for some good barbeque and rice you should stop by a place called "wards bbq"

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I might stop by the next time I head to the beach.

@RememberTheNameYaDig 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you should try BBQ Hut that place is even better.

@sageof6paths.818 3 жыл бұрын

Wards legendary

@donnamccoy7569 2 жыл бұрын

yes indeed I love it and I use to work there in 1997

@ceecee3488 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness......my favorite place to eat!!!! They have THE best BBQ around. I was thinking about getting some Fed exed the other day.

@arabionknights3410 3 жыл бұрын

My mother's side of my family comes from Sumter. We had a miserable life. My mom never caught a break, neither did my grand mother.

@spyxxx566 3 жыл бұрын

a lot of pot holes?

@donnamccoy7569 2 жыл бұрын

Where are the videos of the nice homes going up as Sumter grows, and nice Subdivisons nice way of saying Trailer Parks, or the nice houses that are in like Foxcroft or Twin Lakes area, or Second Mill Pond where the doctors and lawyers live.

@Comm0ut 8 ай бұрын

Do NOT encourage more people to move here! That will ruin everything good about Sumter. It's already getting overcrowded.

@ceddebiase8726 3 жыл бұрын

What's up to my family living there plowden mill rd down from the flea market and on robin hood rd in Sumter

@ownthevoid 3 жыл бұрын

U related to the Mack’s or Johnson’s?

@ownthevoid 3 жыл бұрын

Cause they some bitches putting fentanyl into the street from Plowden Mill, Brogdon Circle, and Pelfrey Rd. They ruined my stepdads life selling him the poison.

@ownthevoid 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Johnson and Rashad Mack

@ceddebiase8726 3 жыл бұрын

@@ownthevoid I related to the Allens Mary sue Allen eugene David edwardo Bridgette down from Saint Paul ame I live in ga and I no some goodleys

@user-pn9kn7fs2u Жыл бұрын

يا رفاق كيف حالكم ابحث عن عمل في هذه المدينة هل أجد مساعدة

@linwashington1474 11 ай бұрын

Does any one know of the butler/ phillip family

@niqnaqpatty 3 жыл бұрын

Moving here in a few months and didn’t realize it was this small 😐

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

It is but Columbia isn't too far away.

@niqnaqpatty 3 жыл бұрын

@@MileageMikeTravels thank you, just moving from a very large hustle & bustle area; this shocked me.

@cathrynsingleton9635 Жыл бұрын

Sweet heart this is only a certain area it don’t include the beautiful New neighborhood s towns and things like that all the new eateries I came back in 1994 from the Big AppleNow not much entertainment is here it is slow on that part

@payrpaynoattn809 3 ай бұрын

@@niqnaqpattydid u relocate if so how do u like it

@dennisheaton4008 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew what prejudice was until I lived in Sumter, SC (USAF). The USA should have let it secede from the Union. I left SC in 1999...ain't been back since.

@trudyfarrier-hall921 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Sorry to hear about your experience.

@user-pn9kn7fs2u Жыл бұрын

I wish I can get work in sumter 🙏

@Sara-wc3dv 3 жыл бұрын

been living here since i was a baby

@payrpaynoattn809 3 ай бұрын

How do u like it I bn thinkin of moving there

@leonbrooks7734 2 жыл бұрын

This must have been early Sunday morning because the roads look empty and Sumterites love their church!!! But Sumter is a nicer Midland City compared to its surroundings! Except Columbia that is!! But it’s very nice place to retire and raise a family!!

@Sam-mu5xh Ай бұрын

I would consider Sumter getting in to the lowcountry although part of the western edge is coming out of the sand hills..

@conniewillis6756 Ай бұрын

Why

@nolancoates4856 Жыл бұрын

Looks better than Florence 😅 I am on my way

@kswag5759 3 ай бұрын

Damm does any1 live there

@HunterBidenCocaineBag 3 жыл бұрын

Sumter, SC is the Dothan, AL of South Carolina! LOL

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Lol is that a good thing or a bad thing?

@HunterBidenCocaineBag 3 жыл бұрын

It's in the middle...haha. We hold our own, but Sumter just doesn't stand a chance to keep up with the bigger cities as far as growth. We are with no direct interstate access. Sure I-95 runs through the county, but it's rural.

@ernestinejones8822 4 ай бұрын

This has to be early jus before church services, or right after COVID! Because people be out an about there

@kennypalermo9071 3 жыл бұрын

Do you like touring?

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Sure

@kennypalermo9071 3 жыл бұрын

@@MileageMikeTravels Do you go on long hauls to Washington DC?

@MileageMikeTravels 3 жыл бұрын

@@kennypalermo9071 Nope. Haven't been to DC in quite a while.

@marydantzler7251 3 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised here in Sumter, l enjoyed the tour. My Great Grandmother's house and my Grandmother's house are still there. The house l grew up in is also there.

@toddtouchberry 3 жыл бұрын

@@marydantzler7251 been here my whole life