Sumter - South Carolina - 4K Downtown Drive

[@henrylesesne5525]

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]

You're welcome

[@pamsharp6314]

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]

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.

[@sweetsuccessbakery803]

I grew up in Sumter and I absolutely love it!

[@turhan6875]

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.

[@piratepete842]

That would be the Benenhaley family..as well as the Oxendines..descendants of Scott Benengale a Ottoman seaman who became a bugler for General Thomas Sumter..Sumter bequeathed lands to the Benenhaley family ..this land is said to be that area now occupied by Shaw Field

[@turhan6875]

@@piratepete842 Yes, the Benenhaley's. I didn't know about the Oxendines though. Guess you learn new things everyday. It's very fascinating.

[@ceecee3488]

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]

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

[@ceecee3488]

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

[@markfrmdamerk]

@@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💔

[@piratepete842]

The Reverend Robert's at Aldersgate

[@romeobalandra8816]

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

[@Nyasiamonique]

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

[@sandrairizarry4658]

My husband and I want to move there this summer.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

What made you choose Sumter?

[@sandrairizarry4658]

@@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]

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

[@sandrairizarry4658]

@@reetajae5890 We could be new Sumter friends🙂

[@toddtouchberry]

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

[@helenaathompsonscott2169]

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

[@MileageMikeTravels]

You're welcome!

[@russellthomas4587]

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.

[@thomasal5101]

It’s breathtaking , live to watch usa small towns

[@thomasal5101]

*love

[@MileageMikeTravels]

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

[@RememberTheNameYaDig]

@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]

@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

[@piratepete842]

The old pillared building on Liberty was once a bank..it closed its doors after the 1930s market crash..the taller Dixie Life building stood across the street

[@Drxconco]

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]

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

[@RememberTheNameYaDig]

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

[@sageof6paths.818]

Wards legendary

[@donnamccoy7569]

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

[@ceecee3488]

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]

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.

[@reignbeau333]

Here in hopes to find DuRant family. My Grand Daddy is Powell DuRant wife is Lucila 🤞🏿

[@NickJohnson]

Nice!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks man. Appreciate you watching.

[@cullenfrench6904]

I live Sumter and I love it

[@piratepete842]

At the intersection of 401 and north main as the right turn is made the corner lot once was the home of Turner Suggs Esso station..the corner to the right of your car once housed the Mayflower restaurant

[@emmahammond741]

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

[@MileageMikeTravels]

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

[@donnamccoy7569]

yep

[@ernestinejones8822]

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!!

[@dennisheaton4008]

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]

Wow. Sorry to hear about your experience.

[@Sara-wc3dv]

been living here since i was a baby

[@ceddebiase8726]

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

[@ownthevoid]

U related to the Mack’s or Johnson’s?

[@ownthevoid]

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]

Christopher Johnson and Rashad Mack

[@ceddebiase8726]

@@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

[@803GoLsOnViLLe]

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

[@toddtouchberry]

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

[@jt2475]

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

[@quavonhall7050]

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

[@أنصارالمهديفيبلادالشامومصر]

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

[@niqnaqpatty]

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

[@MileageMikeTravels]

It is but Columbia isn't too far away.

[@niqnaqpatty]

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

[@cathrynsingleton9635]

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

[@leonbrooks7734]

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]

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

[@donnamccoy7569]

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]

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

[@أنصارالمهديفيبلادالشامومصر]

I wish I can get work in sumter 🙏

[@piratepete842]

The left turn on Washington shows a weed grown lot on the right..once a old and fine home stood there

[@linwashington1474]

Does any one know of the butler/ phillip family

[@nolancoates4856]

Looks better than Florence 😅 I am on my way

[@conniewillis6756]

Why

[@ernestinejones8822]

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

[@NOTHEOTHERGUY]

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

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Lol is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[@NOTHEOTHERGUY]

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.

[@kswag5759]

Damm does any1 live there

[@kennypalermo9071]

Do you like touring?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Sure

[@kennypalermo9071]

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

[@MileageMikeTravels]

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

[@marydantzler7251]

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]

@@marydantzler7251 been here my whole life

[@Skoot666]

Look like a fucking ghost town

[@claudiabautistaalvarado3007]

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[@spyxxx566]

a lot of pot holes?

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

I’d rather die than to live here. Such a desolate, depressing, place.