Visiting my old house in Leeds Alabama 👍

[@martinkern8122]

I love ride-along videos, for sightseeing and the narration. Really appreciate it, thank you.

[@starglitter1966]

Thank you for sharing your memories. I hope you enjoyed your visit with your Father.

[@sparklej1142]

You make me appreciate where I live. In Alabama too---4 bdrm in similar neighborhood $365 mo. and the lowest power bills in the country. while I'm always conscious of how cheap it is here, I forget the beauty, you know. The waterfalls and rivers, ponds, creeks, caves--more than just about anywhere in the US. Course there's the heat and bugs. And have we got the churches!!! Love your channel.

[@valeriehancotte-galan4790]

Are those housing prices current??

[@SmokedOutSquirrel]

I feel like we're old buddies. Lol. I'm moving into my van at the end of the month. Hope i can hang as well as you have. Great videos.

[@VanLifeRocks]

Fun driving down memory Lane ☺️ cool area Matty 🤙🏼 - Ray

[@rhondalyn100]

Always enjoy taking side roads down Memory Lane, Matty! Thanks for sharing. One of these days we'd love to hear the story about your "Jimmy Buffett" time in FL! :-)

[@503zzach]

Oh my! Leeds, AL. sure looks peaceful & wonderful town to settle down, isn't it? 😊👍 Green tree, beautiful nature, sweet country road, clean, fresh-air & quiet town vibe 🌳🌲🏡 Thanks for sharing, handsome. 😍✌

[@sophierobinson2738]

Generally quiet, shootouts are few and far between. High school built about 5 years ago. Old high school torn down for new middle school. Old middle school given over as a sort of community center for the little neighborhood it's in. Elementary school has had several renovations and rebuilds. Two clinics, no hospital--but they are within 15-25 miles. Several churches. I wish he'd passed the library--it's in a former dry-goods store, with a nice mural on the side. Fast food-Sonic ( across from the elementary school), Chick-fil-a, Whataburger, McDonalds, KFC, Taco Bell. More on the Moody side of I-20. Sit-down includes Captain D's, El Cazador, Guadalajara, & Mango Cantina. All of these right off 20. There's also Rusty's Bar-B-Q, Old Smokey's barbecue, China Wok, Golden Wok, Izumi Chen, and Laney's Country Kitchen. For fancy sandwiches and sweet treats, there's the Three Eared Rabbit, across from the library. p.s. forgot Dominos and Papa Murphy's pizzas.

[@robertplutz8221]

Wow, pretty neighborhood...

[@rayneday-trippin2554]

Pretty scenery🤩😍😎✌

[@RickiHockersmith83]

Wow! What a beautiful small town community good vibe😍 I would totally live in that area. You should've just keep it and rent out for future investment. Just let your tenant/renter pay off your house mortgage. Eventually, you will get sick and tired of "The Nomad Van-Lifestyle" and want to settle down in a (Forever😍Home) when you get older.

[@KatyInNH]

Nice to see area near my home town! Loved the tour - Thanks Matty!!!! Your copilot wanted to see the scenery too- maybe he gets sleepy when he is riding in the van😀

[@oddopops1327]

Thanks for the tour 😊

[@homesteadaquarius]

Nice trip back home. Not far from me. I used to work in Leeds. Be safe on your journey.

[@RicG.]

Lehigh Hanson Manufacturing in Leeds is a supplier of building materials including cement, concrete, asphalt, aggregates, and stabilized materials.

[@piedmontpengwing]

At the depot, saw the sign mentioning Richmond, Danville and Norfolk. Are they referring to the towns in Virginia? Yes, any bluegrass or folk music fan has heard of John Happy!

[@cpwalsh6245]

10:02 - Buddy done gone make a run for it! Matty! I for one enjoyed this excursion! That's a part of the US I've never seen but I genuinely would like to cruise it someday when I'm down from Canada looking to stay warm! I used to know a Canadian that had a cycling camp down in Ramer, Alabama but I never got down there for a ride. Thanks for sharing this glimpse of America.

[@rawsanna4700]

Gosh, what a lovely area! 🤩 Nature, quiet, bright, clean.. Thank you so very much for this wonderful, guided tour - I really enjoyed every single bit of it! 😍 🌳🌲🏡🌲🚐...🌳.

[@valeriehancotte-galan4790]

Fun, I drive back roads all the time :))

[@kitwoo2w491]

This brings back some really good memories,I was raised in Leeds myself , lived in Dunnavant, a lot of people called it Isbell camp back in the 70s. I need to take a trip through there its been a while , Thanks for the tour down memory lane, Great video

[@SilverCabin]

Hey man! Just want to say I enjoy your channel👍 You must have all kinds of camp fire stories lol

[@DananWhiddon]

I've been to Leeds. Hi from Greenville.

[@jhemnes1]

I wished I would have known you wee cutting through we could have done a meet up! I go fishing at Lake Purdy on 119

[@vanningphreebird2057]

Janet, I didn’t know so many Van lifers were in the area we should to a meet up, when it’s safe to do so of course. I go fishing at the cahaba wild life refuge and I’ve camped over night there once or twice.

[@jhemnes1]

@@vanningphreebird2057 That would be great!

[@jacobthompson9878]

I don't blame you Matty! Nashville is a beautiful place to call home!🌞😁👍⛄⛄

[@moments007]

Looks like a nice place, thanks for the tour.

[@MikeandTracker]

Grew up on the river there!

[@nextchapter4013]

OMGosh! I used to work for a parent company that owned the local telephone service in Leeds, AL. My job was studying the telephone traffic (call volumes) in that phone exchange. What a small world!!! PS..We’ve all known a few “nut job” neighbors.😂🤗✌🏻

[@russlowe8434]

That "box car" is a bay window caboose which they don't use anymore. Did you ever spend time watching the trains roll by?

[@byronbrasher8118]

Grand River shops are nice

[@davevan6984]

Liked this one.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Is saw this train in my leeds trip Like two weeks ago! 🤩🤩😐

[@donbearden1953]

I just found this video and at the time of this video I lived in one of the houses behind your old house and no I’m not the nut job guy that you spoke of!

[@Gramma-Bambi-Lynn]

Lol, love the thumbnail for your "old house" video.

[@sylvialmartel]

travel on and be safe♥

[@RicG.]

If you'd ever played a guitar concert in that area, you could've done a recording and called it "Live at Leeds"! No wait, that title was already taken.....lol.

[@homersreluctantodyssey2508]

could you imagine the who playing leeds alabama haha

[@andyleo8418]

You had a very desirable location at the end of the street backing up to the woods. It would have been tough for me to let it go. Was leasing it out an option?

[@Ay-B]

That factory is the Lehigh Cement Company.

[@oddopops1327]

👍👍😊

[@widowswatch6610]

Looks like a nice place but probably like Meridian Mississippi there’s not much to do right? You’re probably better off traveling around for awhile seeing the sights and chilling.

[@sophierobinson2738]

Birmingham is just down the road with nightlife at 5 Points South. There's the Oak Mountain Amphitheater for concerts not far away. There's the historic Alabama Theatre where I saw Weird Al, there's the BJCC (convention center) with concerts, etc. (Saw David Copperfield there twice. And R.E.M. once) There are restaurants, bars, and night clubs scattered around. Going the other way, east on I-20, it's about 1 & 1/2 to 2 hours to Atlanta, depending on how you drive and whether or not you get caught.

[@jhemnes1]

I grew up in Coosa County but have been in Chelsea forr awhile. I used to work in Leeds at that sewing factory. The only thing I can say is that the land is beautiful but the people not so much Southern Hospitality my ass lol

[@renpilak6048]

Based on your name, you were probably a bit too big and too progressive for a small town 😉

[@sophierobinson2738]

Ren Pilak There's a few of us here. 🙂

[@sophierobinson2738]

Sewing factory is now the Atrox haunted factory during Halloween. P.s. depends on who you worship for the hospitality.

[@commonman4152]

why did you move from this house ?

[@moments007]

Is that where they filmed the film Forest Gump?

[@sophierobinson2738]

Just to the southwest. The Fried Green Tomatoes Cafe was sold and is something else now.

[@rtoadontheroad]

Was it sad to go back to your home town

[@armchairwanderer1287]

🎅🤶

[@byronbrasher8118]

Charles Barkley lived in that house while in high school

[@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt]

The sequel to last house on the left.

[@塞缪尔123]

YOU PASSED MY HOUSE AWWAHAHAHHWHWHWHWHGAHAGAGAA

[@jaymwales]

Do a video on downtown Nashville I live in the chaos of the Bay Area California next to Facebook google Amazon Apple no pretty woods here

[@sophierobinson2738]

I lived in Richmond. across the Bay. Was there for Bay Quake 89. Husband wanted to be closer to family, we moved to Leeds in 91.

[@byronbrasher8118]

vandriver and sterret

[@johnwaylonpf]

You passed my house lol

[@twistedtrails8128]

a cement plant

[@gabbymorgan01]

Your telling me your from Leeds!?

[@MattyVanHalen]

Well I'm not originally from there but I did live there for almost 10 years 👍

[@byronbrasher8118]

BrownLee Morrow

[@vanningphreebird2057]

👀🗣Dang‼️ I wish I’d known we could’ve met up. I’ve been wanting to meet you and just pick your brain a little and shake your hand. Oh well, maybe next time.

[@k.ruthwilliams2750]

Gimbal, gimbal, gimbal! 🙄

[@valeriehancotte-galan4790]

Gimble??

[@jamesjackson7752]

Have you ever been married.

[@essentialone3934]

He is divorced.

[@renpilak6048]

.. and no children! 🍀

[@bootmender]

💤💤💤💤💤💤💤💤💤🤷‍♂️🤭💤💤💤💤💤💤💤

[@byronbrasher8118]

concrete

[@Callylily7]

The other way of getting out of the neighborhood isn't very pretty. You took the pretty route.