Macon Georgia: 6 Facts You Need To Know!

[@fomoscomicsandpopculture]

What is crazy is that Macon has all that music history and the Music Museum still shut down.

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

It really is surprising! Macon has such a rich musical heritage, and it would be great to see the museum open up again to celebrate that history.

[@Toloop5564-mj]

I am from Macon Eastside

[@kristie_777]

Thank You!!☀️

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@kristie_777 no problem! Let me know how I can serve 😁

[@billfrazier8502]

the park on the river you show, when you are talking about the Cherry Blossom Festival, is NOT Macon.

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@billfrazier8502 I know it isn’t, editing mistake. Thanks for catching it 🙏

[@quintonharpe8237]

Being born and raised in Macon Georgia I feel like you should have elaborated more on the Hay House 👀😬😅

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@quintonharpe8237 that’s where my wife and I had our second date! I’m going to have a professional film crew go out there with me here soon

[@chrisweitzel2385]

Is it a safe area? I am considering it as one of the places I'd like to move with my husband and children. I love GA and lived in St. Mary's and Sugar Hill when I was younger. And do you know good the quality of the elementary school and middle school education is? Anywhere in the city you'd recommend avoiding moving to?

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

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[@brandonmacon3317]

No it's not a safe place. At all 🎉🎉

[@VISageCarter]

Move to lizella if you want to be around the area.

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@brandonmacon3317 it depends on the area of Macon you live in

[@kikiyweathers]

Absolutely NOT! 73 murders in 2022. I have a paid off house there and refuse to go back. Well, if you stay on the Northside, you're fine. East and South side is an absolute NO.

[@UGARules]

I'm from Macon Georgia actually

[@thebreathoflifeconsultants]

Mac Town! Eastside!

[@roguerage74]

Mac town, the original 912 area code

[@lamarmckelvia5892]

@@roguerage74Savannah ga!!!

[@danielhinson-s6k]

I love Macon! My home for many years. Do ya’ll go to CrossFit AOA?

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

Sadly not! I use to compete in high school. After my time in special operations I messed my lower and upper back up pretty bad. I had a bulged disc. I can’t back squat or deadlift anymore!

[@finalverdict2957]

From 2-23 I’ve lived in Pittsburgh where my family is from, but I was born in Macon thanks for this

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

😁

[@LatashaTrueHeart]

You forgot Sex and the City, The Color Purple, and Living Single as shows & movies that reference Macon. The 1842 Inn is a lovely and elegant little B & B to relax and enjoy a vacation (or staycation) if you're into that kind of thing. Hotel 45 and (The Woodward are pretty unique hotels as well.) The dog parks are pretty awesome. Make sure your dog is well-trained before ya go!

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

Thanks for adding these in Latasha!!

[@quintonharpe8237]

On movies you forgot Fried Green Tomatoes and Need For Speed I want to say the Crazies too but I'm not for sure

[@k.r.a.7233]

There is no University of Macon. There is Mercer University, Wesleyan College and Middle Georgia State University. This video is so lacking.

[@casualchris7443]

KZbin casually letting me know that they know exactly where I live

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@casualchris7443 😂

[@dennism4816]

Your footage of the cherry blossom festival is absolutely NOT in Macon. Also there is no such thing as the University of Macon. You clearly have not been here.

[@lilzan3130]

😂

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

I live in Byron 😂🫡

[@quintonharpe8237]

Mercer University, Macon State definitely not Macon University

[@seabeatsmusic]

It's Hangang Park in Seoul, South Korea 😂

[@fomoscomicsandpopculture]

This man does rock the stock footage 😂

[@Mark-hz5nc]

I don't even stop for gas in Macon. 😊

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

It just depends on which area of Macon!

[@Keith-dn9pf]

Born there , grew up there, and glad i dont live there anymore. Back during the 1980s, some wealthy japanese investors wanted to build a massive amusement theme park based on the cherry blossom which is extremely popular in japanese culture. The city council members blocked that from happening. It wouldve been on the same scale as Six Flags in atlanta. That wouldve brought so many more businesses and industry into macon. The city politics for decades is the reason why macon is nothing.

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

Thank you for sharing your experience! It's always valuable to hear from those who have lived it and understand the local dynamics.

[@seabeatsmusic]

What is the city you’re showing at 0:57 cause it’s surely not Macon…?

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

I’m not sure. That was a mistake made by my editor. Thanks for catching it 👊

[@seabeatsmusic]

@@LivingInMiddleGeorgia It's Hangang Park in Seoul, South Korea...

[@carmenj268]

My husband and I live in Fernandina Beach, FL. and there's a family from Macon that comes to their beach home at least once a month. People on our street call them the Macon hillbillies. They are loud and obnoxious! Definitely gave us a negative opinion of Macon, Ga. Thanks for the video. Cool stuff!

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

Thanks for watching! I can assure you not everyone acts that way here 😂

[@gwtw2838]

I grew up in Macon. Not sure if you've visited but the people who own the beach home are probably acting that way because they're on vacation. We like our party time.

[@carmenj268]

@@gwtw2838 I'm not sure, I don't know the people. I've only heard about them and see them when we go for walks. They are always outside and hanging out in the street. There are like five or six of them. You always know they're in town because their driveway is always piled up with cars. The sad part is that the owner of that place is supposedly a banker. Another person told us that it's just how Macon people act. This video shows us a very different Macon from what we expected.

[@guermeisterdoodlebug7980]

I’m from Macon and lived in Fernandina Beach for ten years. Trust me me, the problem is not the Macon folks, it’s the snotty, staid Fernandinans.

[@stephensandiford3981]

@@guermeisterdoodlebug7980a lot of the so called Fernindinans are transplants from up North.

[@PACOJO_NAZOSLOSMIOS]

Macon the armpit of Georgia!!

[@fomoscomicsandpopculture]

Especially at the riverwalk. No matter how much they spruce it up.

[@andrewprice1774]

I thought that was Albany!!!!

[@PACOJO_NAZOSLOSMIOS]

@@andrewprice1774 that’s the second armpit! 😂

[@brandonmacon3317]

Gangland Macon GA is a dump. So Much crime and trash everywhere. So glad i don't have to work in that hell hole anymore 💯🙏

[@ChrisWBigfish]

This guy has lost his mind. He's not being completely truthful. Macon is a dump. It's dangerous, and crime infested. It almost went bankrupt a few years back and they had to consolidate. I was born there in 1969 and left in 1994. I've been back a few times, and it's NEVER gotten better. South Macon is a massive, many square miles area of nothing but blight and poverty. Lester Miller is doing a great job as Mayor, but the place isn't going to be fixed in 4 years. Calling Macon a dump is being nice.

[@laurenslee9134]

Napier Ave is a good area

[@quintonharpe8237]

​@@laurenslee9134 I grew up Westside Napier Ave definitely a great place nice houses pretty cheap and nice people😊

[@laurenslee9134]

@@quintonharpe8237 that's the part that's close to Forsyth and Rivoli, isn't it?

[@laurenslee9134]

@@quintonharpe8237 that's the part that is close to Forsyth and Rivoli, isn't it?

[@PandianExpress]

So this is where Lee Everett is from ?

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

Lee from TWD?

[@PandianExpress]

@@LivingInMiddleGeorgia yea

[@3mmdm32]

Don’t move there!!!!!!!!

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@3mmdm32 to each their own

[@chriswasson8414]

Macon sucks

[@rhl2macwan]

Does Macon have Good Bacon 😂

[@JeffgeigerGeiger]

Macon Georgia and Columbus Georgia are not good places to travel not safe very getto

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

@@JeffgeigerGeiger every city has there bad spots. Downtown Columbus is awesome. Bass road area if Macon is amazing. It just depends on what you’re looking for.

[@jesusdidntcharge143]

Macon, Georgia is a beautiful, arty town with a remarkable caring community. Our reputation for crime is a myth perpetuated by surrounding, less progressive, counties. U S Bureau of Statistics lists Warner Robins as #1 per capita for violent crime in Georgia & #12 general crime. Macon didn't make either on the Top 15 list.

[@internalhappiness5238]

You're not from Macon or Georgia.. Y'all transplants need to stop speaking about stuff you obviously don't know about

[@jesusdidntcharge143]

@@internalhappiness5238 What a thoughtless, ignorant comment.

[@LivingInMiddleGeorgia]

lame comment

[@jesusdidntcharge143]

@@LivingInMiddleGeorgia And you think your comment was profoundly significant?

[@jesusdidntcharge143]

@@internalhappiness5238 After traveling the world, I settled in downtown Macon so you're the ignorant one.