Why So Few Americans Live In Kentucky As Compared To Tennessee

[@travishensley9155]

As someone that lives in Kentucky I think a lot of the population difference is because of how many people own 100s of acres of land in kentucky that haven’t been able to be developed. Love living in Kentucky!!

[@iTzKevinFTW]

Good. If you are lucky those people won’t sell out because when they do tons of houses pop up, new complaints about age old things from outsiders so you get new laws and more bs and your once peaceful life is just like big city be

[@CooterELee]

When I attended university of Kentucky college of agriculture over 20 years ago the average farm size in Kentucky was 50 acres due to our heavy reliance on tobacco. So I don’t think there’s that many large holdings . Where I live it has been serval 10 to 15 acre lots divided all along a road. I now on 100 acres, but that is on nine tracks of land in total.

[@travishensley9155]

@@iTzKevinFTW i know the people in the county I live in dont tend to sell out. all us got the mind set of "this is my dirt" justin moore

[@travishensley9155]

@@CooterELee I dont hate the idea of land getting divide into smaller lots, as long as they stay within the family/people that want to raise there families in KY on land like so many previous generations.

[@titaniumvideos1039]

I love living in Kentucky too!

[@jamesk8147]

As someone who lives in KY and works in Nashville, I don’t want KY to grow like TN. Nashville has lost all its culture over the last couple of decades and has become an expensive commercial cesspool.

[@jr642]

Nashville has become pretty gross.

[@murdock8068]

I went a year or two ago to Nashville. I expected honky tonks and great not known good country music. To my disappointment. All I heard was rap everywhere I went. Shame.

[@AlaninUSA66]

Sadly Nashville is a huge refugee hub and "they" do cause changes that most don't like. Bowling Green KY is also a hub and is becoming more and more foreign. Certain walmart there, more foreigners than citizens.

[@Tennesseemomtho]

Y'all are looking in the wrong places. Stay out of the bars and take in some of the museums. I highly recommend the Frist museum in the old post office.

[@Droidman1231]

Lol can't go anywhere without a NIMBY complaining about change.

[@emdenny10]

Love it here in Kentucky. I love that I can count my neighbors on one hand as we are in a rural farming community.

[@tomp6685]

Living in Eastern Tennessee, I feel so fortunate. Lots of jobs, and so many outdoor recreational opportunities. Now, when I visit Eastern Kentucky, it's a totally different story. Dont get me wrong. Eastern Kentucky is beautiful, but the economic situation is absolutely depressing.

[@ericthomas513]

"State of Franklin" !!! ;-)

[@NathanBullock-w9n]

Western and central kentucky is much better than eastern ky

[@jasonyeager2718]

And after living in western KY and Eastern TN my entire life, I'm sitting here contemplating moving to Eastern KY because all these people from out of state are flooding in and ruining my everything I love. I'd much rather move to Eastern KY where things are much simpler and a whole lot quieter.

[@askolivejamesblog815]

I live in EKY and most of the people don’t want change or growth. We are a weird bunch of people lol

[@minecraftkid50978]

I live in eastern Kentucky and the situation makes no sense. Jobs around here are low paying but rent is still sky high for anything other than a 1 bedroom apartment. I’m lucky to have a remote job from Louisville that keeps me afloat but Kentucky in general is screwed on housing unless your in the west end of Louisville that has a ridiculous crime rate

[@prh-kentucky1929]

I live in Ky -if our population doesn’t go up, I’m good with that!

[@NathanBullock-w9n]

It is slowly bUT surely

[@celestineissharkeishano8048]

Same!

[@JamesDaniel217]

Im on the way

[@chinaberg]

Yeah, and then the cost of everything will go up since you will have to pay people more to do jobs like nursing assistants, etc. since there will be a shortage people. God, do you not think of the long term?

[@terrycoontz]

Oh it’s going up especially Louisville metro area surrounding counties

[@alabamacoastie6924]

Both are beautiful states. I don't see having a lower population as a bad thing.

[@Indianaparadise]

I agree. I see it as a blessing 🙏❤️

[@scottkleckner6932]

Check property taxes, especially your car and "toys"....

[@KentuckyBoy22]

Totally agree

[@orangesilver4568]

Every state has natural beauty that should embraced and preserved.

[@travr6]

It's a BETTER thing. I used to live in Nashville. Moved to Ky. I'll pay higher taxes to have less people.

[@tigerplaystemple1961]

I think it has more to do with no state tax in Tennessee.

[@stephenbrowning2710]

Yes! I’ve lived in both states. Tennessee has a much better tax system. No tax on groceries in ky but they make up for it in many other places.

[@615bandup2]

No Kentucky boring & lame

[@Adam-vs2in]

@@615bandup2 that’s the way we like it.

[@Adam-vs2in]

@@615bandup2that’s the way we like it so people like you stay away.

[@615bandup2]

@@Adam-vs2in Tennessee also way bigger & longer than Kentucky has nothing to do with taxes & way bigger cities

[@kallistapwc]

We moved to KY 14 years ago and have never looked back. Cost of living is much less in the south part of the state and in any agricultural area. My taxes on a good sized home and 18 acres is less than $500 a year. We love it here!

[@robertlee6781]

Sssshhhh!

[@jazzcatt]

My taxes on 14 acres of steep, unusable forest and the 1945 built 400sq ft Brick facade home is over 2 K. and I'm in one of the poorest counties, smack dab in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. I bought it 3 years ago. 14 years ago property was a LOT cheaper than 3 years ago and thus much cheaper taxes.

[@CharlieArehart1]

Yep, moved to south central KY in 2014, buying 70 acres (beautifully rural, half crop land/half woods ) for the same price as the 1/4 acre lot for my house in suburban Atlanta. Taxes way lower, people way nicer, quality of life better than the ATL...and on top of that the wildcats took down the vols last week, which was sweet. :-)

[@lqdtrance]

Damn. I pay $5000/year on 3 acres and average three bed home. That’s property and school…….

[@raycecil4643]

You really should keep your mouth shut, unless you want a bunch of california weirdos moving here and jacking up your taxes!!

[@ChickenGoogleSoup]

I live in East Tennessee. It's actually quite chaotic now, compared to how it used to be. I kinda want to go back to nobody knowing what state Tennessee even is... Roads are flooded with traffic, traffic that these said roads are unable to handle, there's no way for me to move out of my parents' house, because these apartment complexes that have been under Construction have all been snatched up in under a week, and it seems that only the rich people from cali and NY can survive here anymore. I am a native born Tennesseean and i cannot survive here anymore. But i do not want to give up.... This is my home state and it is so beautiful..... I will stay here for as long as i live.

[@plantmillionsofteees5676]

I agree with you 1000000% … Don’t lose hope. We need to plant lots of trees; pick up litter; push our cities & counties to have better planning; hope that Trump deports 10 millions illegals beginning next year; and hopefully some of these people will eventually return to their home states.

[@raymondkidwell7135]

Cali and New York people overcrowded Florida too.

[@Fornacis69]

I feel the same way man I live in middle Tennessee towards the bottom and it’s just becoming awful. I love this area and the rural areas and hope to buy a bunch of land but it is way too expensive now like it’s ridiculous. There is someone selling 13 acres in the middle of nowhere for 400k with no improvements and that’s just the least of it. Everyone moving here is forcing so much development to just creep and creep that one day all of i65 will just be apartment complexes and cookie cutter subdivisions which I hate. I’m going to have to move somewhere more rural and cheaper which I hate honestly, maybe I’ll looks at northwest tn where it’s extremely rural still but for now I’m stuck in my parents house

[@rjbradlow]

Yeah, the Yanks destroyed Florida and are now moving to do the same thing to TN. SMH

[@angfirefighter]

I live in eastern Tennessee, more east than Knoxville, and it’s still nice here. I like my small town. There’s not much reason for anyone to move here so I think I’m safe.

[@montemasterson9588]

Kentucky's Golden Triangle (Louisville to Lexington to Northern KY) is where the action is economically, basically the Bluegrass region. You could add Elizabethtown to that as well. Automotive is number 1 industry in Kentucky and Tennessee.

[@C-Culper4874]

Don't forget UPS and Amazon now.

[@NathanBullock-w9n]

Bull crap

[@cjhoward409]

Kentucky also has the largest farm and ranch equipment maker. Tarter Gate. Look it up.

[@denmar355]

Tourism plays a massive part in TN. Financially Louisville has become an utter fail. Metro area is very short on law enforcement. Louisville can’t get its children bussed to school. Crime is rising. Liberal policies are destroying Louisville.

[@montemasterson9588]

@@NathanBullock-w9n 2 Ford plants in Louisville (pick-up truck and SUV), largest Toyota factory in US at Georgetown, Corvette plant in Bowling Green and dozens of other companies that make parts and pre-assembled components for auto plants in other states. Largest electric battery factory in America being built in Elizabethtown. Take away automotive and all you have is bourbon, horses and farming in KY.

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

I think more people are discovering KY right now due to the high rents, real estate in TN now, especially middle TN. My niece bought a house on the cheap there. Kentucky is really beautiful. I would love to see it continue to be Ag focused.

[@antcantcook960]

Youre 34th in population growth. So no.

[@jammier6483]

As someone that moved to KY 20 years ago.... it was a big shock to the system with how racist and backwards many ppl can be in some areas of KY

[@rosscoursey4979]

@@jammier6483 I couldn’t care less

[@NamesZKP]

@@rosscoursey4979 Of course you couldn't you practice situational ethics.

[@haworthlowell805]

I live in southeast TN but am house hunting in West Kentucky because of housing cost. Can't buy a shack here for under 200K.

[@williamhauser3686]

I live in KY and absolutely love it. Perfect weather (hot but not too hot, cold but not too cold), lots of outdoors activities, good decent people who care about others. Big cities like Cincinnati, Louisville and lexington provide lots of opportunities. Here in the northern part of the state, there are tons and tons of jobs.

[@TheGreatDrAsian]

As a Kentuckian - Stay out lol traffic is already bad enough we have enough people here.

[@C-Culper4874]

Agree. When Ohio drivers come down 71 and 75 its gets worse. lol

[@valecrassus7835]

Louisville (including the traffic) reminds me of Nashville from the 1980s and 90s. Better days, to be sure. Nashville has tons more people than it did 20 years ago, but the infrastructure is largely the same. Not a great combo.

[@DoubleOh42]

Our traffic is nothing compared to any other larger metro and surrounding suburbs.

[@rodneystewart8958]

I agree but Nashville has too many here now and Kentucky can have them

[@C-Culper4874]

@@rodneystewart8958 We don't want them. Lol

[@yourfriendlygothfox9888]

One of my ancestors traveled with Daniel and Squire Boone from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. Bought about 400 acres, had Squire Boone to survey it. What history doesn't tell you is that both of them sucked at land surveying. Squire and Daniel both lost a lot of money from lawsuits and ended up leaving Kentucky. My family has been here ever since.

[@paigeh1670]

I grew up in Kentucky and everything is named Daniel Boone this and Boone that and I never knew he ran out of kentucky because he sucked at his job. Amazing.

[@jameshepburn4631]

My ancestors came West even before Boone. Not Daniel, Pat.

[@BOGYofOBLIVION]

George Washington surveyed a lot of Virginia. Now I’m curious if he sucked or not.

[@dougfowler1368]

I wonder if that's part of the reason for the tradition of crazy boundary marks. A client had inherited property in Kentucky. One boundary mark just set a stone at the edge of the woods. Certainly different from the normal markings in my state. I heard someone had a boundary mark as the middle of a river in West Virginia. But even that can be identified well! Even if it shifts a bit. But woods expand over time.

[@wtk6069]

Squire Boone was also a lay minister and performed the wedding ceremony for my great-great-great-grandfather and his Native American bride in Eastern Kentucky.

[@graydendough6356]

I'm from Florida but graduated from EKU, both parents are buried in Kentucky and I am leaving Florida and retiring to Kentucky. It is a great place to live

[@roadking7419]

EKU grad also!!

[@scrappybadger4369]

I've lived 15 minutes away from EKU most of my life, and many of my friends go there now. It truly is a beautiful and prosperous place to live, assuming you're financially stable at least.

[@Arginne]

I’m in Florida as well. I want land in Kentucky. My moms family is from Appalachia

[@markhodge5006]

I grew up in Winchester, KY and graduated from EKU. I now live in West Tennessee and love it, never going back to Kentucky. GBO!

[@markhodge5006]

EKU alumnus, class of 84'. Now live in Tennessee and love it.

[@sapinva]

Had to take Tennessee history in grade school. Biggest factor by far is the TVA project. As a result, Kentucky completely missed the baby boomer generation growth and fell behind. In 1945, their populations were almost identical. Then from the 70's on they have had similar population growth curves.

[@darylb5564]

Kentucky has the TVA but all of their lakes are in dry counties. That didn’t help a bit

[@jessew5152]

@@darylb5564 Historically dry counties, but it hasn't been that way in many years. Calloway has been wet for a decade, for example.

[@mmmd3429]

Without the government energy prices would be higher in TN and surrounding areas. The other government agencies help keep the prices down as well. WAPA, SWPA, BPA, and SEPA (this agency is unique).

[@dickymiller7196]

@@darylb5564I think that has changed big time!

[@ChristopherX30]

​@carver3147I think that being the hub of Redstone Arsenal has a bunch to do with what makes Huntsville relevant, as well.

[@NuclearMango.]

As a Western Kentucky homeowner, let me just say that I love living in a mid-rural area. "Town" is a mere 22 miles away. There's a country GP down the road. And you can't throw a rock without hitting a Bar-B-Que joint, a Baptist church, or a Dollar General store. Not to mention the smaller communities with slowly growing commerce that brings whatever you need closer to home. You might laugh, but there are four Wal-Mart supercenters each within a 30 minute drive. Lexington and Louisville are like another state to Western Kentuckians. Nashville and St. Louis are both just a day-drive away. There is something here for everyone. From fine dining to fishing, from shopping to camping and hiking. It's all "just down the road a bit". There is no reason to live anywhere else.

[@NicoTheGreat5]

Where in western kentucky do you reside? I live 30 miles outside owensboro, and everything you've described is fairly accurate

[@SpringIsBACK]

@@NicoTheGreat5 I dunno where he / she is at, but that almost sounds like Paducah-area (reference to old nuclear processing plant west of town?), but I'm not sure about the 4th Wal-Mart, maybe Paducah (2), Murray, and Benton or Mayfield? LBL a bit to the east, Ohio River, interesting Wildlife Management Areas, and a bit north in S. IL, the Shawnee National Forest and a bunch of medium and small lakes. (S. IL great if you like rural areas & nature, but horrible taxes & IL Gov't...)

[@dwinkleman]

Shhhhhh..... No it's not. It's awful. Don't come here. Go to Tennesee!

[@PatrickBaptist-vv2bg]

Most what claims to be "Baptist" is just a Hebrews chapter 12 "bastard". The east side of KY offers the crasmaniac pentecoastals.....

[@PardieDiem]

Stop it! Keep it a secret!

[@keelayk1225]

Kentucky is a hidden gem. I’ve lived in several states but always end up coming home to Kentucky. I’m about 15 minutes from the Tennessee border in south east ky.

[@alvinmarcus5780]

Corbin here. 👍😍

[@enigmawyoming5201]

As a PLS (Professional Land Surveyor), I very much enjoyed and appreciated your simplified explanation of the border “jog” between Kentucky and Tennessee. There are a few more details that could be stated, but those are best to be reserved for a more detailed explanation which few would care about, other than hard core historians. You accurately hit the nail on the head though! I love your channel and thankful for your presentations.

[@robertwomack1411]

The population boom is destroying Tennessee It has taken the wonderful place that I love so much and turned into one giant traffic snarl full of people from somewhere else Our culture is gone especially in Nashville I miss the great state of Tennessee so much

[@Uaintfirsturlast]

Californians

[@JPo.404]

I felt this

[@thomaslgrice]

Nashville traffic is impossible. The valleys restrict the building of roads to accommodate the residents of the large city it has become. Mass transit would help, but the people don't want to pay. The area has become a culture in a Petri dish which is out of food and begun to feed on itself.

[@mzgri]

It is sad to see. The eastern side of Tennessee has still kept its rural sense as I have observed traveling south on 75.

[@615bandup2]

Your culture isn’t Nashville you not even from Nashville how that’s your culture

[@AprilLaRae]

Tennessee has a 9% sales tax, Kentucky has 6%, we get a lot of people from TN doing their shopping in KY for the cheaper tax

[@MuckoJumbie]

@@AprilLaRae Yes, but not really a factor at all. KY has a state income tax. Tennessee does not, making that a much bigger factor !

[@DonaldMitchell-d2h]

Looked it up and tn actually has a 7% tax and allows local governments to collect a local option sales tax of up to 2.75%.

[@C-Culper4874]

Kentucky and Tenn. has a lot of small farms. They both have a large cattle population per acre. Good water resources. If it hits the fan either state is a good option. Both fall into the category of "The patron state of shootin stuff".

[@zackbaker8730]

Yesir 😂 TN baby

[@DonariaRegia]

Why does Tennessee look like a shredded piece of toilet paper holding a pile of Kentucky 😭

[@C-Culper4874]

@@DonariaRegia We hope more people notice and choose to stay out. Spread the word.

[@DonariaRegia]

@@C-Culper4874 Too bad because we're coming, not to stay but to drop off the worst people we can find after telling them you invited them and trespassing is legal.

[@tammycenter8757]

If it hits the fan we will not be allowing just anyone into the state regardless of what the government says.

[@bradgreen987]

Fascinating video. I live in Lexington Kentucky. Outside of here and Louisville, it gets rural quickly outside city limits. Much of Kentucky unpopulated. Bluegrass region is beautiful on horse farms

[@KeaganKeagan-gk3op]

As a Kentuckian I deeply wish more knew of Kentuckys beauty. The hills and bluegrass of northern ky is amazing. Love from Kentucky ❤

[@heilkaiser]

btw it's kentuckian

[@KeaganKeagan-gk3op]

@@heilkaiser srrry

[@heilkaiser]

@@KeaganKeagan-gk3op it's already I'm also from ky

[@amandawolfe1054]

As an East Tennessean (Hi Neighbor! 🧡) trust me, you don't want people to figure out how beautiful Kentucky is; take my word for it. Try to enjoy Kentucky's beauty for as long as you can, and pray that people all over America dont all discover your state at once and everybody try to move there within a less than 5 yr time frame. East TNs population has been growing since the late 2000s, and has grown about every year since; but the late 2010's and especially over the last 5 years, everybody and their cousins have decided to move here, and our infrastructure can't handle the sudden and shocking growth, and prices on everything have risen exponentially.

[@KeaganKeagan-gk3op]

@@amandawolfe1054 I totally understand what ur saying and I don’t what unfortunately happened to Tennessee to happen here.

[@Nikes62]

Kentucky is such a beautiful state...very woodsy, alot of mountains.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Don't forget the Louisville Slugger. The baseball bat.

[@Liberty4Ever]

I was born in eastern Kentucky, moved to Lexington (central Kentucky) for college and stayed here. I have lived in Kentucky for 63 years. I always enjoyed hiking, camping, rock climbing, mountain biking and white water kayaking. I've noticed many cars from Ohio and Indiana in our national forests and state parks. I was never interested in going for a Sunday drive but I bought a small adventure motorcycle for my 60th birthday and was pleasantly surprised to realize that I could let the GPS avoid interstates and all of the rides were good. If I also avoided larger secondary roads and forced it to route me on back roads trough forests and farms, the rides were all very good to excellent. Kentucky is a beautiful state. We also have some gorgeous skies - clouds and sunsets. Most people don't think of that when they think of Kentucky. Relatives visit from Texas and I drive them through horse farms and they're gawking at the verdant beauty of Kentucky.

[@cjhoward409]

We moved from Chicago to Kentucky 10 years ago. Love it !

[@HistoryNerd8765]

Sounds like a beautiful state. Might move there.

[@matthewwelsh294]

But very poor and far from having the best healthcare system

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

Missed one factor that helped the state in general and Nashville in particular that being I-40 which is the major east west highway for the US. Add in I-65 and I-24 they make the city a major transportation hub.

[@billmckinney7398]

I live in the Lexington area, born in northern Kentucky. I’ve lived in Florida, New Jersey and Connecticut, plus I’ve worked all over the U.S. and Europe. I’ve seen lots of nice places, but Kentucky’s home and where I want to be.

[@daniellowe2280]

everybody should watch "Harlan County, USA", a 1976 documentary about a Kentucky coal workers strike

[@theontologist]

It's sad that Kentucky and West Virginia voters turned against both unions (for safety and wages) and modern industry.

[@deirdre108]

That's one of the greatest documentaries ever made. It can be seen on YT, and I agree, everyone should watch it.

[@Keonny77]

@@theontologist That's the issue... low-educated voters... They hated Hillary but she told them the truth...coal is dying. But they loved the lie that Trump told them that they could continue with coal jobs into the 21st century. They need to diversify and that is via education. The union is great but can only protect you with an industry that's growing. Do you remember that coal company that polluted the drinking water in West Virginia? They couldn't use the faucets for over a month...but they were only concerned with their coal mining jobs. My friend visited a school in Morgantown WVa and talked to the students about education and finishing high school and going to college. They said, they didn't care, they just wanted to get their red cap. Go to mining school and go into the mines like their parents...

[@greenwave819]

Cast Iron Filter is a great band from Harland County

[@wtk6069]

You'll never leave Harlan alive...

[@willster8759]

As someone who lives in Kentucky you were close, we have 6 regions not 5. What we were taught in school is there isn't a Cumberland Plateau region but rather the Eastern Coal Fields and the Knobs (which incircle part of the Bluegrass Region). I am originally from the Western Coal Fields, but currently live In the Jackson Purchase where the border with Tennessee drops down in a little town called Murray, home of the Murray State Racers. Go Racers! Great video!

[@HobDobson]

The last time I was in the state, the Knobs were still there. One of them's even named for relatives!

[@nycketajo149]

Had hoped my daughter would go there for college. Covid shutdown had other plans though. We loved watching the murray marching band. Beautiful town.

[@Beth_tx79]

@@nycketajo149I love marching bands!

[@B3ARDO.]

The song that was taught to me in school went “ Jackson purchase, bluegrass and the knobs, pennyroyal and that’s not all, mountain coal fields east and west, in the state that we love best! In Kentucky that is.

[@thedangerson]

I moved my family to KY from So Cal 20 years ago. Thankfully got far enough away from CA that other CA escapees haven't ruined the state yet. Can't say that about AZ, NV, OR, or WA. Seeing the same thing happen to TX, and TN (Nashville especially) is not that far behind. Whenever anyone asks about KY, I just tell 'em we are all barefoot and toothless so they don't want to move here.

[@TommyTomTompkins]

Don't look like you got nan tooth in your head like you said

[@kevinlindstrom4924]

Don’t you feel bad about missing out on the upcoming $ .30 / mile tax California is proposing on all vehicles even electric?

[@maxinefreeman8858]

@thedangerson.... I know what you mean. Those Cal people move into states and being their politics with them and change the states. Those singers that's came to Tennessee probably want to be in Nashville to record. There's no state income tax in Tennessee. Tell people we have mosquitoes big as a butterfly.

[@stephen1349]

😂😂😂😂 has a fellow Kentuckian I love that answer about Barefoot and toothless. Whatever it takes to keep people out

[@ryanbeasley3214]

@@thedangerson good job brotha Kentucky kicks ass I was born and raised here and never wanna move 🥲 we got some good ass musicians

[@devinstewart7892]

As a Kentuckian who’s lived in western and central Kentucky. The sweet spot of the state is between Louisville and Lexington. Western Kentucky is hardly thought of in central kentucky and eastern Kentucky is just too rural. Lots of people I work with come from hazard, pikeville or Harlan. Truthfully Nashville has such a big reach that most of western Kentucky follows their local newscasts. Just a geography thing. Nashville has done more for western Kentucky then Louisville, Lexington or Frankfort

[@1point8te]

I live in western KY and Louisville is 2 hours 45 minutes away whereas Nashville is only 2 hours. End up going to Nashville twice as often as Louisville.

[@615bandup2]

No y’all just like Tennessee more has nothing to do with Nashville , Nashville does nothing for Kentucky not even Kentucky why yall cities dont go hard for yall that’s weird it’s crazy yall have to drive to another state just for better job & everything else that’s crazy im from Nashville that’s crazy if I had to drive to Huntsville for better job , I don’t get why our news cover southern Kentucky when it not even Tennessee yall cities should be helping yall it not Tennessee or Nashville job to help yall

[@rw9495]

I live in West KY, and Nashville is usually the quickest place to see a doctor without waiting years. All the specialists and dentists in our area get tied up for an unreasonably long time between your appointments, it's often easier to just go out of state and pay cash. I've also moved there several times for work when there were simply no jobs in my hometown.

[@ad6417]

This is true. I live in Jackson Purchase and Nashville is only an hour and a half away.

[@615bandup2]

@@rw9495 that’s crazy how Kentucky don’t help yall you shouldn’t have to go to another state & city for medical dental health care that’s crazy , everybody use Tennessee for everything just like Mississippi people have to go to Memphis for a job or health care that’s crazy how Tennessee gotta help everybody

[@practac]

I live in kentucky, and I love it here. I travel all over the country for work, and I haven't found a single place I'd rather be.

[@Beth_tx79]

In which part of KY do you live?

[@scottlarsh3119]

Last spring I visited Ky and the Mammoth Cave national park. Nice people and great place to vacation

[@mzgri]

That is a great location in Kentucky.

[@patrickmulvey6139]

Lower taxes in Tenn. I have lived in both states.

[@DTRA1N]

Agree. Lived in both as well.

[@theontologist]

Kentucky taxes are not much higher, compared to the rest of the nation.

[@brianarbenz1329]

The "low taxes create growth" myth doesn't hold up. Minnesota raised taxes on corporations in recent years and has far higher economic growth than any other midwestern state, and the highest economic confidence of all 50 states, according to one study. Illinois and Wisconsin cut taxes in the '90s and 2000s and their economies have been disasters.

[@theontologist]

@@brianarbenz1329 Absolutely. Low taxes DESTROYED Kansas.

[@silasbishop3055]

@@theontologist Kentucky has State and County income taxes. Kentucky taxes your vehicle as property. Kentucky has way too many counties for its size.

[@matthewbrown8679]

I was in basic training in Fort Knox in early 1996. There was a soldier in my platoon from Kentucky who specifically joined the army to see the world. His first permanent duty station after basic? Yup. Fort Knox.

[@shammes95]

Hoosier here. I did almost the same thing. I joined the Army in 2003 and I got stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY, about seven hours from where I was born. I got to see Iraq a couple of times, but I don't count that as seeing the world.

[@matthewbrown8679]

@@shammes95 I was fortunate to be in the army between complexities.

[@fullness123]

Lol. 🙂

[@Geckogold]

@@shammes95 Another fun fact I found out when I was stationed in Ft. Campbell a while back. The vast majority of the base is in Tennessee. But because the Post Office for the base is located on the smaller Kentucky side, it's considered in "Kentucky" rather than Tennessee.

[@rolandthethompsongunner64]

He should have joined the Navy. I got to see a good portion of the world. And I’ll never forget it.

[@jasonmckinney77]

As a person that works in a DMV setting in KY, I see floods of TN citizens jumping ship for KY on a daily basis. The biggest reason, cost of living increases. Everything cost more in TN. Other popular transplants include CA, OH, and VA, with an honorable mention going to AZ.

[@nycketajo149]

We have had 7 families from ny and 2 from California move to our little neighborhood here in Western ky. They are adjusting. Lol.

[@memphisvol1587]

"floods" of people- where do you live? Kentucky is growing WAY faster than Kentucky. The biggest example would be Montgomery County, TN and Christian County, KY (Clarksville TN-Hopkinsville, KY metro area). This is a metro where people can easily live in either state (particularly since most of the military base is in KY), based on taxes, quality of living, etc.. In 1970, Montgomery County had 62,721 people and Christian County, KY had 56,224 (almost the same). As of the latest 2023 census estimates, Montgomery had 239,872 and Christian had only 72,032. That is amazing and shows the desirability of TN compared to KY.

[@GuyFromTheSouth]

Yeah, I'm near Nashville. I sometimes feel I'm not even in Tennessee anymore which is where I grew up and love. Kentucky is the next best thing for me. I may end up making the move. I wish there was a way to stop the growth here.

[@amandawolfe1054]

​@@GuyFromTheSouthin many places, East TN doesn't feel like East TN anymore, either.

[@KentuckyLiz]

I liked this video. I have lived in Kentucky for 30 years now, and traveled a lot in Tennessee too. It is interesting to see the differences. Our flood control projects were 3-4 decades after TN's TVA flood control projects. That had never occurred to me before.

[@appalachiangunman9589]

In Kentucky we have to pay taxes on our vehicles every year. In Tennessee they only have to pay a flat rate for registration every year for tags, Kentuckians have to pay a usage tax every year that based on the value of your vehicle could be hundreds of dollars per year for several years.

[@DanielJohnson-ec8rk]

When I left Arizona in 1996, we were paying $835 a month for rent plus 9% tax. The house was 1100 square feet. Today in Kentucky my house is 1600 ft appraised at $175,000 and my house payment (not rent) is $600 a month. Kentucky is cheaper in so many ways but wages are quite low to match

[@AlaninUSA66]

It's way past time we Kentuckians start protesting car tag taxes and the huge fee. Half of my car and house taxes go to Warren county schools which is ridiculous . They don't need new schools constantly other counties and cities don't get new facilities they remodel and use what they have. Principals don't need to make 6 figures. Jefferson County schools has hundreds (I think, looked up data before but forgot) of employees making over 100000 a year.

[@francestaylor9156]

That is wild! Sounds like CA! The flat fee in TN is so cheap lol. We were blown away with how cheap the registration and tags were. Got ourselves some fancy license plates bc it was so cheap lol.

[@appalachiangunman9589]

@@francestaylor9156 a lot of people around where I live have property they own or lease around one of the lakes in Tennessee and since they have an address there they’re able to tag there vehicles there and do it much cheaper.

[@PhoenixAngel429]

@@AlaninUSA66 KY taxes the people to death and thing is people here don't have a lot of money. Getting blood from a stone

[@tapanddestroy]

Being a life long TN native. The growth and influx in transplants has made me want to leave my home state more and more. Its beginning to be unrecognizable from what it was even 20years ago and it breaks my heart

[@ValerieDee123]

That's true! Where I grew up people waved at each other. Not anymore. I've always lived in small towns. Right now I'm waiting for the economy to improve so I can find a new home. Hopefully still in Tennessee. I've lived in mostly in middle Tennessee. I'm living in a tiny house now. I was living in Silver Point. Californians are moving there. Same thing happened. No more waving, not knowing your neighbors. Sad!

[@billscott6602]

Agree, transplants move here supposedly because they like the area and then first thing they do is try to make things like where they moved from.Less waving n knowing neighbors n more rules controlling others lives and stress!

[@jomr4249]

Plus gentrification. I want TN to get an income tax now becasue that’s what making all these people come here like sharks to take advantage of lower average income states.

[@keilana6]

Same with Asheville

[@dyer2cycle]

I'm a native here in North Georgia, and I feel exactly the same...go in a store, you don't know hardly anybody anymore, hear everyone speaking with accents that are distinctly NOT southern, or Appalachian, insane amounts of traffic, infrastructure won't keep up with it, all the billboards plastered with the faces of smiling real estate agents, and land/house prices so high locals have no hope of buying anymore, and those who already owned can't afford the property taxes anymore...

[@chuckconners6520]

Hey Geoff, I just watched this Tennessee/Kentucky video. It was great! You missed one really interesting fact though. In Lake County TN, the most northwesterly county, there is a piece of Kentucky that is only accessible from Tennessee.

[@Thedaleb1]

There is a part of North Carolina that is only accessible by land from Virginia.

[@ChristopherX30]

Are you referring to the infamous "Kentucky Bend"? If so, I plan to drive through it when I visit Illinois next month, which will be when the next solar eclipse happens!

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

Yes! The Kentucky Bend. I'm from Kentucky and have never been to that part of the state. I would like to visit that area one day 👍

[@mentalchild360]

There are also SEVERAL pieces of Tennessee only accessible by Arkansas

[@Tennesseemomtho]

@Thedaleb1 Down near Bracey VA and Warren NC, there is also a place in VA that is only accessible through NC. It was caused when Lake Gaston was built. There used to be a marina there called Nocarva because the property was in 2 states. There are also several homes on the VA side. In Halifax County VA, there is a farm that is only accessible via NC. The state line cuts the property in half.

[@Cyrus992]

It’s important to know that Eastern Tennessee is and has done way better than Western part

[@harryballsak1123]

The east and middle. I know I live in west TN. Population basically the same as it was in 2000.

[@Cyrus992]

@@harryballsak1123 lower humidity and demographics

[@jr642]

I don't know that I'd say way better. There still some petty primitive pockets in middle and east Tennessee. West Tennessee is fine.

[@harryballsak1123]

@@jr642 Please as someone who has lived here since 1993 I beg to differ

[@jr642]

@@harryballsak1123 if we’re judging based on who has lived where the longest then I win. I’ve lived in Nashville, Memphis and rural west Tennessee. West Tennessee is fine. I don’t know exactly what you think it’s missing….mountains ?

[@FakeAFSongLyrics]

0:20 Answer: Because that requires someone to willingly live in Kentucky!

[@walmartemployee4638]

Id move back to Kentucky in a heartbeat

[@yulfaweisulf4588]

Kentuckians like our rural culture just as is. Most people who visit here, like the landscape, but find trying to live outside of a city too foreign to them. Kentucky has only two cities which most non criminals are vacating. Also, even most people not from these parts, would even consider living in them. Those two cities are Louisville and Lexington. So why would someone not consider living in them? Louisville has turned in to the crime and murder culture of our state. It's not even a very big city, so not much space to live there without being subjected to it. TRUTH. Now, Lexington is more rural and not as dangerous. But .... it has very few job opportunities. That leaves "rural" Kentucky, which most people are not able to identify with us good ole' boys and girls, (THE CULTURE SHOCK) .... and honestly, we like it like that. All changes we have seen happen in our state, have never been for the better. Just look at Louisville. Used to a safe, clean, low crime city. Now? Disgusting. We country types in the rural areas are happy, self defended, and want to stay that way. Come visit, but politely go home. ;) A country boy will survive. If you don't appreciate that attitude, that is precisely why people don't like us, and we take no insult.

[@napier2]

Agreed. Visit and go home. We work and go home and work some more. Huntin fishin god fearing people that self protect our own.

[@ad6417]

👍

[@kingxxmeatkingxxmeat9071]

I love Kentucky I committed a crime when I was 18 got eight years for because Kentucky is hard on criminals but once I got out, I never committed another crime. I love Kentucky with all my heart will never leave.

[@yulfaweisulf4588]

You sound like you worked it out and became a good fit, so ... welcome to the good ol' grounds of gitt'n er done. 😉@@kingxxmeatkingxxmeat9071

[@LucasNiemiFilms]

Louisvilles fine y’all just overreact

[@maxinefreeman8858]

I live in southeast Kentucky. Right now I live about a half mile from where Daniel Boone brought settlers through Cumberland Gap . There's a place where you can be in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia at once. I was raised about 25 miles from where I live now. I was raised in the holler that my ancestors moved to. I raised my children there. Every factory that's ever been in this county has been moved to the Far East. They used the excuse of our roads. We now have 4-lane roads. People from Tennessee and Virginia come over here and work at the hospital I retired from. I've never wanted to live in a city. I still live in the county. I like that Kentucky has low population. I've traveled to cities and other places but I've never wanted to live away from here. I can't imagine living in a city that has more people than the whole state of Kentucky.

[@Darealtwcism]

I lived in Kentucky for six years while I went to EKU. I met some of the nicest people in the world. I truly miss my old Kentucky home and I hope to return there one day for good.

[@posteroonie]

1:10 The whole north border of Tennessee is 425 miles I guess, but only about 325 of it is shared with Kentucky and 100 miles with Virginia.

[@harryballsak1123]

"only"? that's 76%

[@TheToxicCoffee]

Being an East Tennessean, our population explosion is causing problems with over crowded roads, overloaded doctors and dentists, and home prices to skyrocket. Between that and the economy, we are having a rough time with sticker shock!

[@keilana6]

Sounds like Asheville. It's an unplanned mess of interstate construction, unaffordable apartments for locals, no updated infrastructure & loss of natural habitat.

[@amandawolfe1054]

​@@keilana6considering we're neighbors and both sides of our mountains are extremely popular, I can see how East TN and Western N.C (particularly Asheville) would be facing very similar issues.

[@taotaoliu2229]

Ironically, Tennessee has a ski resort, but not Kentucky.

[@sapinva]

Totally different topography. Kentucky is mostly plateau in the east, with deep gorges.

[@skydiver1013]

No, Tennessee doesn't have a State Income Tax.

[@DJstarrfish]

Arizona has three ski resorts. It's about altitude as much as it is about latitude - Tennessee has mountains in the east that are about 2500 ft higher than anywhere in Kentucky.

[@richarddecredico6098]

There is nothing ironic about that.

[@cathiwim]

Ober Gatlinburg hardly qualifies as a ski resort! Lol

[@scpatl4now]

Chattanooga also was an early investor in Municipal Gigabit Broadband which was provided by EPB (Electric Power Board). This provided low cost internet to the Chattanooga Metro area. It also attracted lots of tech startups. Chattanooga was a blueprint from municipal broadband after they got up and running. My parents live there and get their broadband and TV from EPB and it costs a fraction of what I pay in Atlanta, plus all the support jobs are filled locally.

[@WandaJacksonTN]

I lived in CA 4 yrs ago and paid $88 for high speed internet & phone service. Moved to KY and internet alone was $116

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Coming from New England we initially considered Kentucky, but after lots of research ultimately decided on NE Tennessee. Very happy here.

[@michaelratliff9449]

Being your from New England 🤮 this Kentuckian is happy about that too!..Thank Y'all so much! 😊

[@juderamnarine5617]

‘Tennesse ain’t Kentucky cause you ain’t here to love me’. 🎶 Damn I gotta go listen to that song now. Thanks bro.

[@donl9571]

At one time Louisville considered a large airport, but local politicians and landowners could not agree on a location. So Atlanta enlarged its airport first. And reaped the benefits.

[@andycockrum1212]

Although Atlanta is obviously a larger airport, we do have the largest UPS hub on earth in Louisville. Still a great industry which many Kentuckians benefit from. They’ll even pay for your college!

[@Keonny77]

@@andycockrum1212 Yes...but we could've and should've gotten BOTH. I'm from Louisville and I live in Atlanta now. I knew an executive at UPS and I asked, when UPS moved their HQ to Atlanta from Connecticut why didn't Louisville get the HQ. Their answer was, "Brainpower." Louisville didn't and still doesn't have enough college graduates. Major corporations look at college matriculation rates when they decide where they want to locate. Nashville and Atlanta have large college-educated populations. Louisville is growing but still behind. Weak politicians should have forced Standiford Field to expand back in the 70s and when they saw the end of industrialization coming they should have started pushing education. They were too reliant on all those factories and when they started closing one by one in conjunction with the decline of coal and the death of big tobacco...they were left holding the bag. Manufacturing is coming back...but not at the same salaries they had in the 60's and 70's they are inching there...but the state has to diversify its economy with more knowledge-based jobs.

[@ceasetheday87]

Don’t see how an airport in Atlanta, Georgia would drastically affect Louisville, Kentucky, especially since Atlanta is on the other side of the Appalachian Mountains. If anything, Memphis, Tennessee would have a larger impact being on the same side of the Appalachian Mountains, along the Mississippi River, and centrally located in the United States.

[@scpatl4now]

@@ceasetheday87They also have the busiest cargo hub in the world with Fed Ex

[@tabo01]

atlanta is a 9 hour drive. No overlap.

[@ChristopherGreen-p5q]

Myself Im currently living Kentucky… my dad was originally from Alaska, my momma was from West Virginia. Definitely enjoying the country side where I’m located in Adair county.

[@bluegrassman3040]

They say Adair is a good county to live in.

[@SequatchieVOL]

Born and raised in East Tennessee and couldnt be more proud of it. That being said, if I was forced to move out of state, Eastern KY would be first place I would look for a home cause the people and geography are so much like me and like home. My ancestral lines trace back thru E.TN, E. KY, W.NC, N. Ga. SW VA. and N. Al. We've got our issues as a region, but I wouldn't live anywhere else but the Appalachia region of America. I know I got off main topic lol 🤷🏻

[@shaggy69001]

Louisville's true identity. Crime, drugs, bourbon, and horse racing. I live here

[@g.williams2047]

West sides a mess, middle is for degenerate gamblers. Fun city lol

[@douglasturner3851]

me too, and i love it!

[@kaohsiung99]

The crime and drugs are due to being so close to Indiana!!!!

[@gslimm40]

I luv it 502 South Louisville!!!

[@tylerolsen4417]

@kaohsiung99 please elaborate cuz I would highly disagree

[@amadahyrose]

Appalachian Kentuckian here. I'm fine with folks going to our beautiful Tennessee neighbor. 😉 These woods -- my home in the Daniel Boone National Forest -- feed my soul in ways money can't buy. WW 2 saw a lot of Kentuckians go to southern Ohio and Indiana for work, but these folks still called Kentucky home and visited most weekends, many moving back as soon as possible. I've got many cousins in Richmond, Indiana and Dayton, Ohio because of this.

[@amandawolfe1054]

Hey, as your East TN neighbor, have some mercy and don't advocate for people to come here just cause y'all are lucky and don't have the loads of transplants like we do. We love you, you're our fellow Appalachians, and we're already too full (no kidding, we really are. Locals like me can't even enjoy the mountains anymore without tons of stand-still traffic trying to get to places like Cades Cove these days, and I live 20 mins from there.😢) and they're tearing up the countryside and mountains with new "developments". If somebody asks for suggedtions, tell them to try somewhere else, like maybe, Switzerland. 😂

[@sp4604]

lived in Owensboro, Ky for a year. it was dirt cheap to live and i do miss living near the river

[@ChristopherX30]

I rode through Owensboro for the first time, last August, since 2010 or so. It has grown a bit. The development on the riverfront was very nice to see.

[@mr1nyc]

I grew up there. It was a great place to grow up in the 70s to 90s.

[@sp4604]

@@mr1nyc its really grown business wise its still mostly a place to raise a family. i do miss it though

[@Droidman1231]

Dirt cheap for a reason 🤣

[@hunkajunkracing134]

Everytime I here Owensboro...I hear Moonlight Barbecue...

[@turnerfaughn338]

I live in KY and Kentucky's biggest problem with growth is that the higher ups only focus on the bluegrass region. Tennessee has at least one "big" city in each part of the state, (ie Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga). The leaders of KY only really focus on the bluegrass region because it has Louisville, Frankfort, and Lexington and not really anything more. If the government would put some effort into bringing more jobs in eastern KY like eastern TN has done, it would be just as beneficial. As for western KY, there are a lot of mid sized cities that have a lot of potential, such as Bowling Green, Paducah, and Owensboro, but the government doesn't seem to be too interested in them :/

[@albertataulbee5077]

In kentucky everything is all about corrupt politics

[@hereticalgames3695]

Unless you repeal the Jones act Paducah has no potential. Look at their population trend. It will be Cairo, Ill in 100 years.

[@nightbasser73]

Most Kentuckians do not want growth!! Caliyankees have destroyed Tennessee we do not want here!!!

[@reenakemp9132]

Is it possible that you aren't considering how resistant to change Kentuckians are? All those things you said have been tried, and shut down by the citizens. They don't want or like change and don't want to better themselves?

[@bluegrassman3040]

Western Kentucky does have decent jobs in Henderson and Owensboro. Although ,I drive to Princeton, IN to work for Toyota. There are still coal mining jobs left here in western Kentucky, but Alliance pretty much bought out all the mines here.

[@scottmorrison3929]

I am one of those born and raised Kentuckians who recognizes my home region as Cincinnati, OH. Everything inside the Cincinnati Overpass loop is so socially linked to Cinci that we don't even feel like the rest of the state.

[@rvbagentky6532]

I would add Florence/Burlington/Hebron are also closer culturally to Cincinnati despite being outside 275

[@phantom0456]

Because Tennessee is the superior state. Admittedly, I’m biased because I’m from there, but KY does have a special place in my heart because my grandparents had a farm in the western part of the state, and I have great memories of their farm, the vast cornfields and the “No Passing Zone” signs that I would see everywhere as a young kid on the endless stretches of two-lane roads out in the vast, endless farm country of Western Kentucky.

[@-JYR-]

Kentucky is superior because it invented bourbon and bluegrass music, Tennessee tried to copy both but failed and made vastly inferior versions.

[@615bandup2]

@@-JYR-Tennessee never copied anything from Kentucky watch ya mouth

[@Ijetskilc2]

My family has owned a fairly large track of land on Lake Cumberland In Kentucky since the 1800's. In which people from out of state are trying to buy constantly. Do yourself a favor You'll hate it here stay away. Huge fresh water reservoirs everywhere, low property taxes, friendly people, fairly mild winters, mountains, rivers, lower than most of the country in the cost of living, The home of bourbon and the thoroughbred, awesome college basketball.... Like I said ,You'll hate it here please stay away..LOL!

[@steelers-h7h]

@@Ijetskilc2 things may be cheaper but wages are also less for most. And the fresh water is not so fresh. I also wouldn't say mountains...more like big hills. Basketball has sucked for a few yrs now but will see with the new coach pope. And as for now (hopefully not permanently), things are much more expensive than about 4 years ago, including gas and housing.

[@JMRubino]

Geoff- I am a geography buff who has enjoyed your videos for a long time without ever commenting. This video has special interest for me, as I have traveled often to Kentucky since 1967 and now have a lot of family there. I have also spent a lot of time in Tennessee. I know you are a Geography Channel and not a political one, but I have to believe that politics has played a role in the more rapid growth of Tennessee vs Kentucky. In 1994, TN had a population of a little over 5.1 Million and KY just under 3.9. Not a tremendous difference. But, since 1994, that difference has more than doubled. TN has gained more than 2 million more people while KY only about 600/700k So what happened differently in those states in the past 30 years? As you noted, TN has made much better business decisions, diversifying its revenue streams and attracting growth. I agree But I don't think its a coincidence that in 24 of the past 30 years Kentucky had a Democrat Governor while Tennessee has had a Republican Governor. Over those same 3 decades, many states with Republican Governors have thrived in terms of population growth and business growth (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Utah, South Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc) while many states led by Democratic regimes have atrophied in both population and business tax base (New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Illinois, California, etc.) Regardless of politics, Republican Governors tend to be more business friendly than Democrat Governors. You don't have to take my word for it as this subject is covered daily in the Wall Street Journal, and on Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, and other sites. Again, Geoff, I know you are not a political channel, but mentioning all of these great decisions made by the State of Tennessee as opposed to poorer ones made by Kentucky, with no Political context might have left some of your viewers scratching their heads Keep up the good work, Geoff

[@Beth_tx79]

Politics matters! I want to move to Kentucky but concerned about Dem governor and liberal policies like lockdown and mandates.

[@Morristown337]

Usually Tennessee keeps its roads better paved and we put high speed internet all over the state to include all the rural area to have high speed cable access. Kentucky struggles having internet outside cell phone or sat unless in a city (Or a metro area like Bowling Green/ Hopkinsville, etc) I often drive from East of Knoxville to Paducah, Kentucky Both states have cruddy roads right now and Nashville is growing too fast to maintain the infrastructure growth to adequate speeds, imo.

[@wtk6069]

Depends on where you are. My rural phone cooperative in KY has had high-speed internet with fiber to every home in four counties since the early 2010s.

[@nycketajo149]

We are an hour outside bg and hoptown and we have had fiber internet for years.

[@dylyo1]

Coming from the North a few years back, TN roads are amazing especially in the sticks where I can open it up and hug a long curve. But we do need some shoulders, thats for sure 😉

[@amandawolfe1054]

​@@dylyo1yeah, not a lot of room for errors on many of our secondary roads here, especially in East TN and on roads like The Dragon.

[@douglaslaw3752]

I live in Virginia. I'm a IBEW Electrician. Property is cheaper and they have a good living of standard in Kentucky. I know so many Indianapolis elections that are members of IBEW local 369. Yes, I know because I've lived in Elizabethtown Kentucky for 10 months.

[@JCpNK]

How’s the cost of Gas, food, commodities in Kentucky vs Virginia? We live in Virginia btw

[@zackphy]

Lived in Tennessee my entire life. And over those 37 years it's insane how much my town/city has grown, especially since the year 2000 and then again after COVID. It's went from like 40k ppl in my town and the surrounding areas it's the hub for, to 150k as of the 2020 census, and I know it's more now. Nashville which is about 80ish miles from me has also grown a crazy amount in the same time and so has it's surrounding cities like Murfreesboro.

[@johnharris6655]

The TVA created electricity. Electricity helped create two major industries that helped to win WW2. Oak Ridge National Lab which made the plutonium for the first Atomic bonds, and The Aluminum factors in Alcoa, just south of Knoxville. Yes, the city is named after Alcoa Aluminum which was one of the largest employers in the region for years.

[@amandawolfe1054]

Yep, and as a person who lives about 10 minutes away from Alcoa (I'm in Maryville) our population is exploding. Blount county is home to many factories, including Denso Manufacturing, Arconic (previously Alcoa) and now, Smith & Wesson; even Amazon has several buildings here too (🙄) and there's a few more plants and etc I can't recall off the top of my head. There's road work everywhere around here because our infrastructure can't handle the population explosion, and traffic is becoming a real issue for a smallish county like Blount county.

[@immapizzapasta]

As a Tennesseean, I can say the real answer. The Californians.

[@sonicdoomofficial9200]

If you live in Southern Ky or Middle TN you know that this is correct answer hahaha

[@Maibuwolf]

Also as someone who lives in TN they seriously need to fuck off. They voted for the BS policies that destroyed CA we do not need them voting for the same BS here. Find a different state to destroy.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

Don't envy you that one. 😂

[@sewingseeds.]

What’s wrong with the people from California?

[@immapizzapasta]

@aliciarebecca Nothing personally, its just a joke around here that all the Californians moving to TN are "overcrowding" and "ruining" the state. (Especially the housing prices)

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

My grandma lived in KY, near Greensburg, right outside of a little town called Summersville. It has the blinking yellow light at the 4 corner main intersection. Got to love the back country roads that were paved over old cow paths.

[@ad6417]

Summersville is also known for its drive in theater which is only open in the summer time.

[@jeladsnikpoh1289]

I live a few miles north of Summersville on 61. Moved here from Oregon, but certainly didn't bring Oregon with me! Cost of living was #1 of many reasons for the move. No place is perfect, my biggest complaint is the outrageous tax on vehicles! Everything else is better than I expected, especially my amazing partially forested land I could afford to pay cash.

[@finkster7178]

Most people I know in TN wish the population would stop growing. Crime rate has gone up in my surrounding area, and many parts of the state are not as affordable to live in as they once were.

[@amandawolfe1054]

@finkster7178 as an East Tennessean, I wish I could like your comment several times over.

[@amandawolfe1054]

100%

[@UnderHisWing7]

Best Geography channel

[@larrycarroll5783]

During your description of these two states, I noticed that you made no mention of the short-lived state of Franklin, which territory was mostly in northeastern Tennessee. Larry Carroll

[@amandawolfe1054]

State of Franklin was a lot of the counties bordering the Smoky Mountains, and actually extended down into my county, Blount County, which is actually more Central East TN.

[@floydwhatchacallit6823]

As a 7th generation Kentuckian, I kinda hope the population stays low. I'm already tired of people moving here and driving up land prices. I'd be more than happy to see the Shawnee come back, but everyone else, not so much.

[@jasonyeager2718]

A few things that you didn't mention but are probably some of the most important factors: 1: Post Civil War, KY was treated poorly by both southern and northern states for their failure to pick a side. Both sides pushed economic policies and actions that would leave KY benefiting less. 2. During the early years of industrialization, KY's main means for shipping goods where by train. The main line ran from Louisville to Nashville. Once in one of those two cities, good could then be loaded onto boats and moved out. However, their were limited tain lines running from eastern KY which made getting goods to the L&N a logistical nightmare. Eastern TN had the advantage of being able to use the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers as transportation corridors. The eventual creation of the TVA and their locks and dams would dramatically increase their productivity and leaving KY behind.

[@bluegrassman3040]

Although TVA operates in Kentucky.

[@jasonyeager2718]

@@bluegrassman3040 to produce electricity and control flooding downstream. Even the locks in KY are operated to allow travel into TN and don't really benefit KY.

[@bluegrassman3040]

@@jasonyeager2718 yes I know why they operate here. My dad is a retired electrician and worked for TVA numerous times during his career, including working at Kentucky Dam. TVA also has the Paradise plant and an operation in Paducah, which he worked at both when they still burned coal. My dad came to western Kentucky from west Tennessee because there was work in southern IN and Henderson/Owensboro area in the early 80s, So he stayed here. So some Kentuckians benefited in wages from TVA. Also, it’s worth mentioning that TVA does sell electricity to some of the electric co-ops in Kentucky. And there is some of the TN river left west of the Dam where several rock quarries are along the river.

[@randonkbay]

Great job on pronunciation, pennyroyal and Louisville often identify outsiders but you nailed them both.

[@alansewell7810]

I know both states well. I think it all comes down to Louisville being a 19th and 20th Century metropolis, while Nashville is a metropolis of the 21st Century. Louisville is a declining industrial city, Nashville is a rising entertainment, financial, and technology city. Without Nashville's growing urban area, the two states would be the same. Tennessee has lots of decaying areas like Memphis and the East Tennessee mountain hillbilly area (see the Gregory Peck / Tuesday Weld movie class I WALK THE LINE). Nashville is the only thing that sets Tennessee apart from its neighbors Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, and Mississippi. Georgia is similar to Tennessee because it has Atlanta, but now people are leaving Atlanta for Nashville.

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

@alansewell7810 "Tennessee has lots of decaying areas like Memphis and the East Tennessee mountain hillbilly area" HA! Decaying? You couldn't be more wrong! I live in the Tri-Cities region (Kingsport/Bristol/Johnson City). I moved here from Pennsylvania 25 years ago and the population is exploding due to folks moving in from other areas of the country, like California, New York, Texas, Florida, Minnesota, etc.

[@Keonny77]

Louisville is SLOWLY starting to realize this. Kentucky is making some progress...but I'll probably be an old man by the time they are actualized. Manufacturing is coming back to the United States and Louisville and Kentucky are positioned to capitalize. Several companies have announced they are coming to central Kentucky and Louisville and they are all paying around $30/hr to start. Ford is expanding in Louisville, Toyota is expanding in Georgetown, Ford's new Battery plant is being built in Hardin County, Bourbon Tourism is expanding, and universities across the state are graduating more students. Bowling Green may become a tech hot spot.

[@harryballsak1123]

Louisville Metro area has gained 260,000 people since 2000 which is actually more than Memphis metro has. West TN has nothing going on and is stagnant and is just full of MAGA idiots now. And I know live there

[@alansewell7810]

@@kalinystazvoruna8702 I've been there too and, yes, the Tri-Cities are booming. I thought about moving there when I was younger. It's close to the I-81 corridor, so has good connections with larger metro areas. Plus a beautiful setting of its own. As is Knoxville and Chattanooga. But once you get away from the Interstate corridors, it's Sticksville. I watched the 2017 eclipse from a decrepit Tennessee town about an hour northeast of Nashville.

[@alansewell7810]

@@Keonny77 I did some consulting work in Louisville in late 90s, right next to the Kentucky Fried Chicken headquarters. I loved the city and the people. I also did a one-day evaluation of the tallest building in Louisville (the one with the round dome on top) for a contractor working on the project. On some nights I watched the minor-league Louisville Cardinals play in their great baseball stadium. The old-timers used to talk about the glory days when anybody who wanted to work could get a factory job that day and work as much overtime as they wanted. People were making a lot of money in a place with a low cost of living. Lexington looks like it is booming too. I cross the state a lot on I-65 and I-75.

[@Da__goat]

A complete lack of income tax and a 6.5% corporate tax rate, the Worldport on one side and Atlanta on the other, geography plays a big role, and Tennessee has lot of culture as well and is known for being the source of much local southern culture compared to Kentucky. In this case, geography is working in TNs favor massively, being just further south on the Mississippi River means that shipping down the river is cheaper, in addition, Atlanta is a massive rail hub and the connection to Chicago, another massive rail hub, must first run through TN. Most importantly, TN is actually closer to the major population centers located in the Atlantic states than Kentucky is. Virginia's population is clustered around the Chesapeake and the flat plains of Ohio are not only better for farmlands but also for the construction of railroads, which is how Chicago grew to be so important and continues to be to this day. Coal, fertile land, and close proximity to both the Mississippi and large cargo and population centers, meant that TN was just going to be a better candidate than KY. If it were in a videogame, both would have the debuff to building anything due to the mountains, but the cost in TN offsets this. It's just cheaper and when this is extended over time then it becomes obvious that TN would pull away. Not to mention the fact that it has also recently been very trendy to move to Nashville in the past 6 years.

[@Liberty4Ever]

You could have stopped at "complete lack of income tax and a 6.5% corporate tax rate". THAT is why Tennessee is growing much faster than Kentucky. Taxing income is taxing productivity. Tax anything and you'll have less of it. Every other factor is far less significant.

[@ReasonablySane]

I moved from Seattle, my home of 46 years, to central, rural Kentucky 13 years ago. We simply love it here. I like that it is less "urban" than Tennessee. I bicycle commuted in Seattle for about 15 years and loved it until smart phones made it too dangerous. I now avoid all urban areas, though I do enjoy visiting places like Third Man Records in Nashville. All states get their taxes in one way or another. What I like about Kentucky is that, at least where I live, real estate taxes on 32 acres with a home, new shop building and old, large barn, are about the price of a medium pizza every month. And the tabs on my four cars may be high compared to Tennessee, but they are practically free compared to my old home town. Around $400 for all four of them. The people are also super nice here, which is one of the things that attracted us to it. BTW, we loved visiting Knoxville and we also enjoy visiting Nashville somewhat. Memphis is a pit and we will never go there again. And just to be clear, one of the main reasons we moved was for a more friendly political environment relative to my cultural sensibilities. That is, I moved from a state where my vote didn't count to a state where my vote still doesn't count, but for opposite reasons. BTW, Kentucky's bourbon industry is exploding. I live near seven or eight major distilleries and they have grown substantially since I moved here. One of the ways they've grown is in their visitor centers. What used to be free tours (13 years ago) went from $7 to $30 and there is often a waiting list. However, Louisville's major employers, since 2020, have drastically shrunk their downtown footprints. That is, LG&E, Humana and 5/3 bank.

[@mekaeg]

Nashville propaganda

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

The Volunteer State have a lot of major metro areas to stay in such as Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, and Knoxville, just to name a few and many major cities in Tennessee are very connected. Kentucky have a few major metro areas with high population like Louisville, Lexington, and the suburbs in NKY near Cincy.

[@jazzcatt]

Gee, you are repeting what he said in the video. ka-DOINK!

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

@@jazzcatt, tell you what. It's interesting to know why Tennessee is growing that fast unlike Kentucky. Tennessee is safer than Kentucky. The only best places to live in Kentucky is NKY and Lexington. Avoid Louisville. In Tennessee, avoid Memphis a lot and also avoid Chattanooga. Stay in the suburbs of Nashville.

[@ChristopherX30]

​@@CrystalClearWith8BEIs Chattanooga that bad?

[@valecrassus7835]

@@ChristopherX30 Not nearly as bad as Memphis, but it's not great.

[@615bandup2]

@@CrystalClearWith8BETennessee is way more dangerous than Kentucky huh? Tennessee rank 3rd in murder rate & crime

[@chrishanes1495]

I moved from upstate NY 2 years ago to eastern Tennessee. I cant believe how many people are coming to the area.. its a beautiful state.

[@jomr4249]

Yeah, unfortunately

[@amandawolfe1054]

​@@jomr4249exactly.

[@amandawolfe1054]

East Tennessean here, it's been decades, but at 13, I went with my dad and stepmother to Canada and we stopped in a lot of states, staying at KOA's along the way, and we actually stayed in Old Forge and went to Lake George! I remember it being a beautiful area, but definitely rural. What I remember most though, was being eaten up by the black flies; pretty sure those are actually demons though. 😂

[@chrishanes1495]

@amandawolfe1054 yeah the horse flies and black flies are a terror. I think some folks from east tennesee don't understand how beautiful the (same mountain range they love) is when you get up to that part of the country. They also seem to miss the fact that there are good people, very similar in values all along the Appalachian range all the way to New Foundland.. they'd be surprised to know the similaritites minus the accents on either end lol.

[@manifesteddestiny.]

Kentucky's problem is corruption in its largest city as well as a lack of transportation infrastructure in that same city. Bc of the corruption...

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

Yeah, I mentioned all of that. Nobody wants to talk about that though.

[@hell_march6652]

Big cities are always cess pits. Doesn't matter what state.

[@OutWestRedDirt]

Yeah cause only corruption is in Kentucky.

[@ValerieDee123]

It's also known as blue state. Not friendly to businesses. It's beautiful land.

[@wenharas1]

KY is a red state. Our legislature has a Republican supermajority.

[@Tennesseemomtho]

As someone who grewup in Virginia and later moved to Tennessee and wonders why I didn't do it sooner, Tennessee is not a commonwealth. Tennessee is awesome. It has more freedoms. There is no income tax. For the most part, most people in Tennessee have southern hospitality. Tennessee is rich in culture, from the Parthenon in Nashville, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the museum in Oak Ridge, to the Pyramid in Memphis. In Tennessee we can see the world and never leave the state.

[@615bandup2]

Thank you for showing love to our state

[@travr6]

INCOME TAX. That's the reason. That's the only reason. Tennessee has no income tax and Kentucky is overtaxed.

[@e815usa]

You should have added a blurb about the Madrid Bend. It looks like it's supposed to be part of TN but is part of KY for some reason.

[@blisterbrain]

It's because the river changed course after an earthquake, cutting off a chunk of land from the rest of the state.

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

To add to @blisterbrain the Ohio River also has changed course with parts of Kentucky on accessible through Ohio or Indiana. As parts of Tennessee are in Arkansas. The New Madid Quake was one of the biggest to hit the US it is said the Mississippi even flowed backwards because of it.

[@blisterbrain]

@@GhostRider-sc9vu Yes. Accounts of it are truly terrifying, it seemed like Armageddon, and the tremors and aftershocks were brutal and continued for a long time. So many people wound up fleeing that the area was basically depopulated. They just couldn't take it. It will happen again someday, too. We can only hope not soon, because there's a lot more people there now, and nothing is really built to withstand quakes unlike in California or Japan.

[@vsznry]

For some reason I've always found it hard to believe that Johnny Depp is from Kentucky.

[@SJPace1776]

He should make a film with George Clooney and Jennifer Lawrence.

[@Liberty4Ever]

@@SJPace1776 - Sadly, too late to include Harry Dean Stanton. If you're traveling through Cynthiana Kentucky, stop by the Walking Dead mural. The creator Robert Kirkman is from Cynthiana.

[@harryballsak1123]

@@Liberty4Ever and Jim Varney. RIP

[@Liberty4Ever]

@@harryballsak1123 - And crazy Ashley Judd.

[@DashRiprock513]

That's the thing about Kentucky....people leave. Anyone with brains looks talent Et cetera Doesn't hang around ky.. no 1 wins the lottery and moves to Kentucky. The people that enjoy the most are the old money rich people that run everything.

[@jordand.potter7257]

Pretty good video. One correction is Tennessee is not a little bit south. It is 100% southern. As a Tennesseean, we all consider ourselves and know we are southern and part of the south. I don’t suggest telling anyone from here we’re northern or midwestern lol

[@floydwhatchacallit6823]

Weirdly enough, there's technically only one mountain in Kentucky, Black/Pine Mountain. The ruggedness is from dense ridge lines packed in tight. What I was told is, that back in the 60s and 70s, before they cut roads through the hills and ridges, it would take all day to drive a 70 miles, in eastern Kentucky. It's still isolated when you get away from the major roads.

[@wtk6069]

And that's how most people there like it.

[@HolySpiritwithin]

It's hard to build on the side of a hill.

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

In which state? Tennessee has more mountains and just as many hills as Kentucky. The only areas of both states that don't have as many hills is the western areas.

[@huemann7637]

@@jeremiahallyn4603 he says in the video that Tennessee has wider valleys than Kentucky.

[@howtubeable]

There's a Country music song in there somewhere. "It's hard to build a thrill/ On the side of this Kentucky hill."

[@Liberty4Ever]

In many small Kentucky towns, the valley is barely wide enough for a road. The buildings back up against the base of the mountains, and many of the buildings (and yes, trailers) have tall stilts on the side facing the road. Many of these one road towns in eastern Kentucky are always dirty with the grime of coal trucks and lumber trucks driving through town nonstop. There is usually a convenience store that will make you a Hunt Brothers pizza.

[@kristincox0212]

I grew up in southeast Kentucky and my mom still lives there. The mountains there are called the Cumberland mountains, basically the foothills of the Appalachians. Every few hundred feet of those mountains you come to a flat and those flats are where people build their homes. My mom’s house is at about 1600 feet in elevation. She’s at the last flat however that’s suitable for a house and yard.

[@Mattius08]

True. I own 355 acres in these beautiful rolling hills of Kentucky. Love it here. Love Tennessee too. Both states are great. Nashville is getting crowded tho

[@meedwards5]

Very fortunate to have that much acreage ❤

[@Lucas6l5]

“A little bit northern” lmao NEVER has ANY part of Tennessee been “northern” 😂

[@-JYR-]

Same with Kentucky as well.

[@jamesmccorkle8448]

Hey Geoff, it cant be overstated the tax effect on how kentucky is stagnant. They tax everything!!! From broken down cars to grass cutting. And while by state law the cities are not supposed to impose an income tax on workers, they do!!

[@cuzndupre2822]

As a life-long Kentuckian who has many friends in Tennessee, I can say without reservation that I am glad most Tenesseans don't live in our beloved Commonwealth.

[@michaelreeves2793]

Living in Bowling Green, KY. I’m fine if we don’t grow. Traffic here already sucks.

[@paul42171]

Yep.....I'm in Smiths Grove......and I'd much rather go to Glasgow than BG any day......and NEVER on the weekends!

[@mrow7598]

Atlanta had a boom where many companies set up shop there. Now they're moving out of Atlanta and moving to Memphis, TN. Give it a few more years and those same companies in Memphis will find another place to move.

[@bluegrassman3040]

Memphis is a very dangerous place to be.

[@GameCrafters11]

Some years ago I had a dream where I moved to Kentucky with some friends. Don't really know why. I remember that I went out of the house and starting walking beside a river that went through the neighborhood

[@ChristopherX30]

Out of the Army, I wanted to move to Louisville so badly. I am actually glad that plan didn't work out for me.

[@Akecherfd8424]

I live in Kentucky. I absolutely do NOT care that it is not like Tennessee. As you will see in the comments other Kentuckians do NOT care either. Why did you make a video thinking we would care? We absolutely don't care.

[@MrChristheWise]

To be extremely pedantic. The footage you showed at 5:18 was actually a north Carolina town: Lake Junaleska. Not a Tennessee community

[@andybaldman]

This whole channel is pedantic

[@greenwave819]

It does say "great Smoky Mountains" tho and that looks exactly like a few places in TN

[@CorrosiveColin]

It is quite literally on the other side of a 20 foot river. 😂

[@bryanmcdermott4204]

I thought that looked like Junaleska too.

[@randyadams03]

I'm in Middle Tennessee, those interested please continue South and East. Bless Y'all

[@JF-fx2qv]

South & East beyond the borders.

[@JonathanSmitter-wt9hs]

As a Kentucky boy myself. Don’t move here. We don’t want or like new people. We don’t really got much to offer anyways I love it here and will never leave but it’s not a great place to live.

[@davidcassity6593]

As a Kentucky resident I can tell you 1. The greatest export of the state of Ky is its people because of its lack of opportunity over the last 100 years 2. Ky government is not business friendly. We kept the Democratic Party in power which supported workers instead of encouraging business to grow jobs 3. Ky taxes everything 4. Most all government spending is spent in the golden triangle. Tennessee has urban areas across the state to spread out the spending 5. Ky was shut down severely compared to the rest of the states with Covid

[@ChristopherX30]

Isn't Kentucky a commonwealth state?

[@Keonny77]

That's not the issue...it's education... Workers' rights made workers in Kentucky higher paid than in Tennessee until deindustrialization. Nashville has more educated people... Kentucky needs to fix that.

[@mzgri]

Number 5, truth spoken. Severely shut down.