I Visited The Rarest Of Rare In FLORIDA: Quiet, Peaceful, Affordable Towns

[@leospring6264]

Love these videos! Nothing more relaxing than a drive through small town America.

[@franosborne8198]

Only way I'll ever get to look around the United States is via your videos. Armchair travel, most enjoyable, thank you! Greetings from New Zealand.

[@CarolFelts-g9b]

Time for traveling with Joe and Nic! Love traveling with you guys!

[@user-ju4hu9lw4l]

Please continue with yalls videos. It's the only way some of us get to "TRAVEL" the country. Thanks ❤

[@danward2490]

40 years ago when I worked for General Mills and I lived in Dothan I traveled all this little panhandle towns. Thanks for sharing.

[@altha-rf1et]

live south of Marianna we used to go to Dothan every Sat to wrestling at the farm center, we still go to Dothan to hospitals most of the time now, we did stop at Sadie's flea market last month it has gotten bad

[@danward2490]

In 1979 Hunts was just a beer joint/ oyster bar with pool tables. And a dozen shucked oysters was $1.50, a whole bag was $20

[@sarahdearborn9191]

Nice video again. That Spanish moss is special. Very quiet in each town.😊❤

[@therealdandyhouse]

I don't comment all the much, but I have to tell ya, I never miss one of your trips. Thanks for all the great visuals both good and not so good our of states!

[@martinolsen5040]

I love your channel! I would like to see more videos of small to medium tows that are thriving and beautiful. One's that have great downtown's. Keep up the great work.

[@TaterTots380]

Thanks for the tour Joe!

[@NancyHill-v7n]

Saw this again and it still hits!

[@terrymorgan1623]

Thank you for what you do

[@marywalker2896]

I spent summers in Defuniak springs visiting my aunt and uncle..love the area..I was born and raised in Florida now in Georgia in my elder years..love it here to..as usual Joe you do an excellent job at your travels..you are the very best you and nick johnson and Peter Santenello are my 3 favorites and I never miss you, your my absolutely favorite,.I never miss your travels and I love watching you and Nicole..thankyou for letting us explore with u two..safe travels..and god bless..

[@Bluetailvappy]

Welcome to Florida. I've passed through all these towns you drove through from one time or another. The common thread between all of them other than Graceville is that they were all railroad towns. And as you saw, some have faired better than others over the years after the importance of the railroad dwindled.

[@peterharband326]

Always fun riding along for the cat hunt buddy.

[@Slim1962]

I agree I’m 63. When I was in my early 20s I loved pc beach. Now to much traffic to many young kids to noisy and to much of everything to close together

[@johnboggan4390]

Good video and thank you much 😊

[@catherinefrancis5827]

Great video!! Happy Holidays

[@carlofortich8129]

Watching from the Philippines

[@MichaelSeanHarrell]

Still my favorite,and only, travel channel to watch.

[@RobOlgatree]

Hi Joe and Nicole, If you want to go south, go to Florida. If you want to go to the deep south, go to the Panhandle and North Florida. I've lived and worked most all my life in Florida and the people are the best in the rural north. My family lives from Apalachicola to Fort Walton and have visited all those communities you've shown. It does seem to be growing steadily these days but the people don't like it. I'm leaving for there in a few days and will return home after Christmas. While it can get downright chilly at times in winter, it's usually 65* to 70* this time of year but spring comes early. Have a great time and Cairo, Georgia used to be an interesting town with its Egyptian Date Palms.

[@Bogieking78]

Gets chilly in Florida. Right now the wind chill here in Wisconsin is minus 20 F. Please, LOL.

[@Yawndave]

It's a rainy morning here in California, so it's nice to spend a little virtual time in a sunnier clime with you. I love visiting rural Florida, especially the natural springs like the one at Ponce De Leon State Park. As you say, the coastal areas are overwhelming with the crowding, traffic and development. For a taste of "the old days", I recommend the book "Selling The Sunshine State". Happy trails!

[@lisapolanski9379]

It was 32 degrees at the beach in Southern California yesterday too, with hard frost on the cars.

[@daynacjones]

You are close to us, we’re 2 hours north east of Tallahassee. Come to ashburn ga this Saturday for our Christmas parade at 10 am then stop by the newspaper office for a free lunch. If you want to see small town Georgia, we’re it!

[@everydaypresent444]

Whoda thunk you could find such inexpensive real estate in Florida?! Sweet little towns out of the line of fire (LOL) of heavy tourism. Nice to see these places! Thank you, Joe!

[@Reese8531]

I want see the southern Georgia Towns!! I remember your last Georgia video the towns were nice

[@RobinGerhart]

Very interesting, thank you!

[@hawaiingirlbeth]

I'm in Carrabelle here on the Panhandle. We like it quiet but it's growing. The forgotten coast isn't so forgotten anymore. It's sad to see what's happening.

[@RobOlgatree]

so beautiful where you live.

[@hawaiingirlbeth]

I Agree. ​@@RobOlgatree

[@xxa455xx]

I hear you about th crowds... my part of Florida is the best of both worlds... I live in one of the quiet pockets of Tampa. Really interesting to see the other part of the state in this video. I don't think I've ever been up to any of those towns.

[@doncolincreative]

You are now in my neck of the woods. I live up the road in DeFuniak Springs. Always interesting to see the "outsider" view the familiar.

[@lizinwisconsin6728]

One thing I noticed in all of these small downtowns was how clean they were. No trash on the streets at all. No homeless people camped out either. They were all pretty nice all in all. Thanks for the tour. 🙂

[@donaldsmith1920]

That brought back memories of driving between Jacksonville, where I was stationed in the Navy, and Pensacola, where I met my future wife.

[@kellyswolfe]

Great videos I super enjoy them.

[@bobby9195]

How do you fight all that heavy traffic. Love those old towns 🎉❤😊🎉

[@JKwakulla]

Glad you enjoyed your visit to Lower Alabama. I was going to say enjoy your visit to Lower Georgia, but you say you're headed to Georgia. If you went straight North, you missed my Lower Georgia altogether. Enjoy South Georgia. Some interesting towns there. Good people.

[@maryflaherty7096]

Thanks again for tour. Been in Tallahassee, Panama City.

[@klwthe3rd]

I couldn't agree more with Joe when he said, "When it's a major endeavor just to go to the store, it takes the fun out of living somewhere". I'm 50 years old and i live in a city that used to be average population. But over the last 2 years, we've had an influx of retiree move here and now the town is completely unmanageable. Just going 5 minutes to the store now takes major planning and over 30 minutes of driving. Now i know why people move to North Dakota or West Virginia when they get older. I don't plan on putting up with that crap for much longer before i get the hell out of here.

[@cindytrayer4279]

Agree. I’m in SWFL and we all know what’s happening here. The overcrowding, overdevelopment , poor infrastructure and influx of people at such a fast rate definitely decreases the quality of life. The major thing I think about at this point is if I sell my house there’s no coming back, with the insane prices of real estate.

[@janicelabuda8540]

I lived in Florida as a child, and remember whe, most of Florida was a lot like Ponce De Leon, FL. Of course, that was before all things Disney, etc. Thanks for this great video.

[@RobOlgatree]

exactly

[@AnkitRoy00]

Hey man i love your videos love you from Kolkata India ❤🇮🇳🇺🇲

[@Banginbayoutdoors111]

Come on over to Panama City. I'll give you the Grand tour. It's a pretty interesting town.

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123]

Australia is the same size as all 50 states of the USA in land size (a bit of trivia for you) - Merry Christmas 🤶🎄

[@MylesNewman-cc1tx]

No one dies in Ponce de Leon. They just fade away.

[@Hope-fv3kf]

I always think Florida has some of the best street names! An addressed envelope with: Pirates Cove Road, Ponce De Leon, FL gives the imagination creative images of Jack Sparrow.

[@Margot_est_douce.]

This collab was perfect!

[@jimmyb6842]

This is great!

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Watching from Marmaris Turkey Origonally from East Hampton NY

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Looks like you were following Rte 90....the east/west route coast to coast BEFORE I-10 was built. It's a much more scenic route, even if it takes a bit more time.

[@WhittyPics]

I would think the tourist areas would be the craziest. Then you have the retirement communities. Extra ladies sound like my kind of town

[@brianb5791]

I picked up watermelons in the panhandle there's a lot of correctional facilities in and out 16 an hour to be a CO that's crazy😊

[@andandovou23]

Aí sim hein. Muito bom e excelente paisagem...

[@BigGator5]

Hey, let me know when you are going to pass this way. We'll have lunch again.

[@pstan5899]

loving the tours, but miss the drone aerial looks.

[@brianb5791]

Waldo Florida check it out!

[@armeswilli01]

Interessant!

[@ilocanablog1647]

❤❤❤

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Hurricane alley Insurance nightmares Not good

[@Earthdweller1958]

What I was thinking.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Panama City I once knew a guy who was a homeless tweaker there back in the early 2000s He got out and came up to NY and cleaned up his life

[@stephencullum8255]

Live in East Orange County Fl, next to Orlando. This reminds me of what Orlando looked like in the sixties. If I ever had to sell out North Florida looks attractive. Cost are low and retired I do not need to look for employment. But how are the medical care, grocery stores and hospitals. Every thing in life is a trade off.

[@RobOlgatree]

Big Hospitals will be in Pensacola, Ft Walton Beach, Tallahassee and Panama City Beach. Publix and Winn-Dixie grocery stores are found in the bigger towns but Piggy Wiggly most everywhere. Trade-off not as bad as you might think except its deep south rural.

[@stephencullum8255]

@@RobOlgatree I know and have lived in that culture. Living in a big diverse multi cultural and ethnic community for decades has changed me for the better. I could adjust fairly easily. Right now my home is paid off and my kids grand kids live close by making it hard to make the move. But if I lost my home Orlando is too expensive for me now. And I make a low six figure income.

[@flyergowest]

👍❤

[@GarrettWorcester]

I'll keep my fingers quiet.

[@atilaestebangosztonyi5284]

It is nice to travel with you being in Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@nomadicgearonline4014]

Alright you're headed to my neck of the woods. If you make it to the Atlanta area Villa Rica has some interesting history with the gold rush and coca cola/ Asa Candler.

[@Buckseed]

Thats considered Southern Alabama and Georgia. Small poor Dixie.

[@RobOlgatree]

lots of crime originates from southern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia and especially around spring break.

[@kimgreen8627]

The fountain of youth is farther south more toward Mami! LOL

[@12wingwfetech]

I am from Nova Scotia Canada down in central Florida for the winter woke up this morning feel like temp was -1 C back home in Nova Scotia it is 13 C something wrong with this picture .

[@hisdness1]

0:43 Joe, no comment on the staircase to nowhere????? Lol

[@DustpanJoe]

I live in Florida and there's A LOT of areas you'd like to come to. Whenever my girlfriend and I drive through certain Old Florida areas we bring you up hah Really would love to see you in the heart of Florida. Central-West Florida is Joe territory

[@dbrew2u]

Not a great deal of Ol Florida left . So enjoy the peace and nature of what's left before the Developers arrive .

[@keiperkins]

Is that hurricane damage, Joe?

[@donaldrobertson1808]

Sounds like Ponce de Leon found the fountain of youth there

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

An old girlfriend of mine has a Condo on the water in Palm Beach Should have married that one :)

[@Slim1962]

It seems like everyone is leaving all those towns you showed. It could be maybe there just aren’t any job opportunities there.

[@RobOlgatree]

historically the wages are horrible. One reason the men move out for work

[@nadiaborzacchini1987]

Is Ponce de Leon a sundowntown town is pretty there

[@lzxray6781]

No cat sightings, that's rare!

[@SWATT101]

Fountain of youth???

[@barbaraparker1042]

That is in St. Augustine

[@gershhayes796]

Gershy handyman card for fuel $30.72

[@allenantonio4389]

The Spanish where in Florida 80 years before and any English cox ..

[@DustpanJoe]

Looks like Floridas back on the menu boys!

[@RobOlgatree]

Just remember, real estate is up, taxes are high, insurance rates terrible and don't expect a welcome wagon visit, period.

[@TheAsif5182]

living here would cost less than living in newyork . this way we can collect money till we get more money to get house somewhere else .

[@knowledgeandpleasure]

Some of the downtowns looked Ok, but most of it was too suburban for me. Different strokes, different folks.

[@Hope-fv3kf]

Incarceration juxtaposed with the city name of Graceville

[@m1lkd4d]

sundown towns

[@TtAudi-u5d]

Good! Don’t need anymore people! 🤯

[@jenna-a-gogo]

Twice higher??? I've gotta ask. I've been following your videos for years and I LOVE them. Love them. ❤❤❤ But, why do you always say "twice higher"? Is that some sort of colloquial vernacular that you grew up with in Oklahoma or Utah? I've never ever heard anyone else say that but you (and I'm from Colorado). "Twice as high" is the technical and grammatical standard according to every source I've referenced. Not criticizing, just genuinely curious where that unusual expression comes from.

[@altha-rf1et]

I think my cousin still leave there off highway 90, been 40 years sense I seen or heard from her husband was a real A-hole Mama did not like him neither did I.

[@violetashen]

All of your videos are a testament to the disgusting divide in wealth in this country.

[@catman256able]

☕🙏✌️🤠🐴

[@timov_gorf]

If you go to Chattahoochee its 99% black. Florida...

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Florida? No thanks not for me