Visit America: Five Things to Love & Hate About The South - The Best & Worst of "The South"

[@albypansa]

I come frome Europe and i find the southern coulture very fascinating. i'd like to see Savannah and Charleston. Ciao dall'Italia

[@woltersworld]

We just finished filming in Europe for the past couple months and now are focused on getting back into filming more US tourism videos. And hopefully (and we do mean hopefully) we will be doing a Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia trip this winter. So hopefully I can get you a few videos out on traveling out that way. Thanks for watching and commenting! Hope you will subscribe!

[@idreamtadreamlastnight]

I come from Georgia and I love the South so much! The weather is amazing and most of the people are so kind and will help you if you need help! Yes, there are idiots in the South, but idiots are everywhere!! So yes yes yes come visit this wonderful place! In plus, the beaches in Georgia with the Golden Isles are AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL! You should definitely go there!

[@woltersworld]

@pagancub26 Glad I could "bring you home" :) Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope you will subsribe!

[@woltersworld]

@noelldezonno I completely understand. this is my series on loves/hates but i do do top ten lists for best cities in different countries and regions or sights to see in towns. i am heading down to savannah and charleston next month and will be filming "the top ten towns to visit in the South" and then you will have the recommendations. I hope you will subscribe so you can watch it when it comes out. thanks for watching and commenting!

[@woltersworld]

@OffRoadRed8 Thanks! Glad you agree with the video, but i always like other opinions. what else do you love or hate about the south?

[@woltersworld]

I loved williamsburg when i went there as a kid. actually when i was much younger i was looking to go to school at william and mary... but alas, in state tuition at the university of illinois was a bit easier on the pocketbook :) but still loved the town. thanks for theheads up! all the best!

[@woltersworld]

Thank you very much. I really love the South (especially the weather when there are no hurricanes). We have a new video coming out in a couple weeks on our top ten cities in the South US. You should subscribe and check it out. I am guessing first week of May it will be out.

[@velcrostripcr]

Wow 12 years ago, you have come long way, every time I want to go to a destination I look for it in your channel, you're a wealth of good tips and knowledge Keep it up

[@PhiloAmericana]

I'm glad you included Arkansas in this video as part of the South. We are very proud Southerners.

[@halifaxx55]

I want to go to the South now. Asheville, I think would be more for me. :) Wolter you are such a great spokesperson for the USA! You know so much.

[@woltersworld]

halifaxx55 Thanks Halifax. I have been to Asheville a few times. Well worth a visit. Great natural beauty with the smokie mountains and blue ridge moutnains. you have the Biltmore there and honestly great beer from there too. No clue how I have been there so many times but I have not made a what to see and do video :)

[@cellardoor199991]

I was there a couple of years ago. It was great! Only reason I didn't move is because lack of jobs and shrinking middle class. I'm originally from Los Angeles (uggh!..) Now I live in Denton, TX. It's artsy like Asheville but flat w/ no mountains. Exceptions have to be made. Also, we have a strong economy and middle class. I can come up w/ a months rent in week. Asheville is amazing.

[@PastorTom2009]

Well done...and accurate. After 47 years in Michigan our family moved to North Myrtle Beach and we love it. Myrtle Beach area is a little different, (it's own animal) because people who live in Myrtle Beach for the most part aren't from here. Which can take a toll on the (Southern Hospitality thing, if you know what I mean). But spot on! Love your videos!

[@woltersworld]

@1111sharvan Yeah... i remember arriving at savannah airport a few junes ago and i walked out of the air condtitioned airport and thought i was going to die. i could not catch my breath at first because it was so hot and humid and i was living in portugal where it was super dry. quite a surprise but still a great town to check out. nad you will have a great time checking out the south! have fun! thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MadelineWard]

Thank you for all your awesome videos! I'm from North Carolina and wanted to see your opinion on the area and I think most everything is spot on.

[@woltersworld]

@100giaanna Deep South is a good time. Really hospitable and nice people. It can be rather interesting down there too :) but in a good way. So head on down South and have a great time!

[@ltcajh]

It's hot, and it's sticky. July- mid-September are pretty rough in SC. Best times of the year are Oct- early December, and March- May. Even the criminals are nice, unless they are on duty. Now for a well kept secret: We simply will not miss early December in SC. For instance- the plantation reenactments of Christmas' s past in the South, like in Pendleton, SC, and some other plantations.

[@woltersworld]

so true, so true

[@TURYBoY123]

Texas and Florida is their own little world spot on

[@woltersworld]

@Tvanjacobs Well... I will be going on a road trip to the south during spring break so maybe i should prep some of the cities for your arrival :)

[@woltersworld]

Thanks!

[@deadhead69b]

Number one thing to hate is FIRE ANTS.. they are the most vile things you can imagine.

[@woltersworld]

i bunched them together, NC, SC, GA, LA, AL, MS, TN, KY the deep south would be GA, AL, Mississippi, Louisiana.

[@woltersworld]

@jack21510001 biloxi was a fun time. i had forgotten about that. thanks for the tips. I was in St Petersburg a few years back and it was a blast. Russia is its own "beast" in terms of traveling but well worth it. Transsiberian rail road is something i am looking forward to doing one of these years.

[@woltersworld]

@tophe210 TN is pretty. From Blues Clubs on Beale Street in Memphis to Honky Tonk Country in Nashville to the Cheesy stuff of Pidgeon Forge, Tennessee can be fun for all. Glad you watched and commented. I hope you will subsribe!

[@woltersworld]

You are such a good guy :) have a few for me too!

[@woltersworld]

@jack21510001 Not as much as I would like to have. I have spent most of my "South" time in Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee. Though have been to Mississippi a few times. Love Natchez. Any recommendations on what to see there?

[@kylasbibi]

You nailed it right on the head! I'm from the South so I know exactly what you're talking about! Charleston us one of the most visited cities in the US. Beaches, history (and not just Civil War History), Kiawah Island (Home of one of the best golf courses and resorts in the country). I could go on and on. Hey don't forget to watch out for the fire ants down here. They sting and are vicious! Ya'll come back anytime!

[@DaSox05champs]

awesome, wanna go now

[@Sara-hhhh]

seriously virginia has it all with pretty nice weather! beaches, mountains, cities, historic sites, shopping, not far from d.c., great state schools etc.!

[@GreekAthlete7]

I'll have to check it out.

[@James_T_Kirk_1701]

I'm 30 minutes west of Charlotte, I know when people say stuff about southern hospitality and the people here, i'm kind of indifferent, some people are nice some not. The whole notion of southern people as nice has been diluted over the last 20 years. So much government money went into revamping the south because it was suffering so much lead to all the suburb commuters we meet everyday that aren't from the south (people go where the jobs go) so it is basically just like the rest of the US now.

[@woltersworld]

@potentiallyklien Texas is its own country as I recall :)

[@tophe210]

Been there done that. I even bought a t-shirt to prove it. TN is pretty!

[@gayheckion3739]

I live in NC, and it's not that dirty and poor over here. There will be a few places more run down than others, but that's true for every place. There's a lot of woods, and little neighborhoods. Not too many cities.

[@alcoholismaddictionhelp1239]

I hate when people think florida is not the traditional south , florida is as country as country gets. people just think of florida as Disney world and beaches but half of the state is woods and swamp. BTW nice videos man have you ever went to lake placid fl

[@ExploringTampa]

+Florida dipperz Yup! When people say Florida isn't the south, I simply assume that they've never been outside of the Tampa, Orlando, or Miami metro areas.

[@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

That's my problem with generalizing the south; the real, broader south is too big to generalize and isn't really the sub-culture it's often portrayed. The south can be said to be conservative; (and this is a drawback), but it often gets exaggerrated or subjective to what that actually means. As for Florida....is that traditional anything? South, sure. Traditional south? I'm not so sure....

[@mrmeeker7313]

Thank you for this. Pretty much anywhere in Florida outside of a big city (and likely a sizeable portion of people in that city) is thickly and long ingrained in Southern culture. But people who visit just aren't as likely to visit Keystone or Madison or Ocala as they are Orlando or Miami or really any tourist beach town. Yes Florida is its own beast, and don't dare forget that if you visit, but if you're not used to Southern culture in general, you might find a decent dose of culture shock visiting many places in Florida. And along with what SUpersaiyajinjerkbag said, it's really just more or less a branch of a larger Southern US culture, mixed with heavy elements of its own state and regional cultures, with that mix concentrating most around the most densely populated areas.

[@Sparrowpelt-tn4xy]

SUpersaiyajinjerkbag And why is it a drawback to be conservative?

[@b.strong9347]

Panhandle residents actually get in-state tuition at my Alabama university.

[@caitlinmedford3211]

although we are from different parts of the south, so just to clarify, I'm not saying you're wrong, but the places I've been to (Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee) I have family and the people are genuinely kind

[@kaciesmith5457]

I agree! I live in the South as well and there is no such thing as Southern Hospitality.

[@ShannonENT]

[@woltersworld]

@FuneralDust666 i am so so sorry to hear that... it just seems wrong... Beer is just so darn tasty how could it be banned? :) thanks again!

[@BushmasterXM15E2S]

I live in Tennessee and love it here! Nashville is now considered one of the "it" cities and there's much more there than just country music, although that is certainly part of the culture there! West TN is bordered by the Mississippi River, one of the world's longest rivers, and the Appalachian mountains border East TN, which is one of the world longest mountain ranges! I live in West TN but will admit that East TN is the most beautiful part. The population of TN is larger than most states but the state itself is smaller than most states so you would expect it to feel crowded but it doesn't because TN has historically been rural so dozens of small cities dot the state and everyone lives in suburbs or rural areas surrounding the cities instead of crowding into large cities. Memphis and Nashville are the two largest cities and neither have a million people in the cities but they do in the metro areas. If you love the outdoors, there is plenty to do here and at the same time, you are never more than about 30 minutes away from small a city, were all of the conveniences of cities are available. There are also a large number of natural beauties including underground waterfalls, vast wildernesses and again the mountains which are stunning beautiful, especially in early Fall when the leaves have just changed colors! I could continue but this has already turned into an article!

[@gustavofats508]

BushmasterXM15E2S way too crowded for me but nice. LOTS of creepy bugs.

[@tman040496tb]

Your right I'm born and raised in Tennessee, and it's great. I live about 45 min outside of Nashville, and my town is booming. Everywhere around here is growing insanely fast. Your also right about the east. The smoky mountains are some of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen, and I have hiked them many times. All and all a great place

[@1seatac]

I lived in Montgomery County miss my Tennessee home, moved to Washington state 5 years ago and it's always raining and cloudy here. Can't wait to go back home where the people are full of life.

[@woltersworld]

@DieMenschMaschine85 they are scary places... no beer... no whiskey... just a scary place ;)

[@kaciesmith5457]

Yes. Some people love it here, I guess it's just who you ask and where you go. Me? No, My Family is from the city (Charlotte, NC) and I'm used to them.

[@RKtactical]

you just about nailed it

[@FuneralDust666]

PA, has crazy liqour laws as well. The nearest town by me is a dry town, also.

[@ESUSAMEX]

Mark, Just in case you don't know when a county is DRY one cannot buy nor drink alcohol. If a county is MOIST, you can drink alcohol but can't buy it. A county is called WET someone can buy and drink alcohol. There are many counties like this through out the entire US. Did you know that almost all native Eskimo villages in Alaska are DRY? It's a felony to even process a bottle of liquor.

[@FuneralDust666]

I agree I lived there when I was a kid for a while it's great!

[@Jwill04701]

I am from rural Georgia, west of Savannah (deep south). I have to disagree with some of the negative remarks in this video because they apply only to tourist areas and only if you're behaving as a tourist. The bug comment is true, the dry counties (as far as I've ever experienced) only apply to liquor. I've never been anywhere that beer was not sold. The number one problem I would imagine European tourists would have with the south is either lack of, or extremely inadequate public transportation. Only the very poor use public transit in the deep south (with a few exceptions). It is necessary to rent a car unless you're taking a short vacation to Savannah, New Orleans or Atlanta. Also it is very important to avoid certain neighborhoods, almost all violent crime here happens in these neighborhoods. Most of the south is extremely safe (especially all rural areas) but the ghettos in even small cities can be extremely dangerous. There is a huge amount of natural beauty and I highly recommend renting a car. It is the only way to access anywhere but the designated tourist locations. I highly recommend Savannah for a vacation. Its my favorite city anywhere, although I'm biased. Great nightlife, serve alcohol until 3 a.m. (even on weeknights), great food, music, culture etc. He is also right about the food. Eating diverse cuisine is my favorite part of traveling, but we have the best food in the world (and its affordable). And in reply to the comments about Virginia... its not really the south anymore, at least not culturally... they put sugar and milk in grits.... completely unacceptable and nasty. Various other things like that example separate VA from the rest of the south GA, AL, MS, LA, SC etc..

[@wayne1955]

Have you ever been to Virginia and if so what did you think? I like it here well enough I guess except it's too damn hot in the summer time, temps in the 90's with 100% humidity and you walk outside and you can't breathe. I hate it!

[@petermcnany5530]

Number 1 isn't an hate for everyone some of us it's a LOVE because some of us hate and despise alcohol very much so please don't generalize like we are all going to be annoyed by it well we all aren't some yes some no so please you could've said number 1 is a Love/ Hate depending on your Stance

[@TURYBoY123]

How do you get to travel so much? You're rich huh? I want to travel the world as well I'm currently learning German for my first EU trip

[@unclewiggly4176]

I think the liquor laws would be number one on my list as well.

[@finnstorrig3340]

You speak of snow birds. You forgot what they call the half back. Who are those people who moved from the north to Florida. The hurricanes come and they move half way back and settle in GA NC and SC.

[@xks2012]

You forgot to talk about Hurricanes.

[@idahoapril]

love the weather in the south? it is not too hot and humid?

[@potentiallyklien]

please note that Houston TX is not part of the South... not too friendly there (especially since Katrina).

[@passiveMenis]

They're nice.* *unless you're black, latino, a jew, asian, a muslim, non WASP, or dressed the way they are

[@93ImagineBreaker]

i'm from florida

[@93ImagineBreaker]

are they from south or from somewhere else

[@erichani1]

They dovthat to me all the time in texas likei'v seen you before

[@woltersworld]

@GreekAthlete7 diet before you go :) but go ;)

[@carolinajack66]

not as clean? compared to where? NYC , Philadelphia etc? Charleston is way more cleaner than those places, so is Richmond, jackson

[@gustavofats508]

The bugs and the crowds are my biggest dislikes. I want to live in a quiet lil peaceful NC town.

[@woltersworld]

Gustavo Fats the bugs as big as your head? :) palmetto bugs!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! :)

[@cellardoor199991]

Palmetto bugs are everywhere. You'll get used to it.

[@hunterfisher1216]

Florida is the South it was one of the first confederate states but there are non southern areas though

[@NotQuiteLucid]

He talks about bad Southern liquor laws without mentioning moonshining >.>Some of the Strongest liquor on the planet can be found in the South if ya know people.

[@FuneralDust666]

Northern Mississippi, "Original" Chickasaw Country!

[@FuneralDust666]

@americansocialist90 : I know it is horrible. Also I tried to order beer from across america to try new ones & they will not sell to PA costumers. I hate those laws, it's not to regulate anything for safety or trade reasons, it's just to squeeze more money out of Pennsylvanians for their own pockets... Total B.S... @WOLTERSWORLD : Hi Mark, this saturday my German friend will be in PA, I'm going to show him the sights & get him some mirco brewed good beer from PA...

[@erichani1]

I do know that i live in houston we see a lot of bugs roaches

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

Texas is the best!

[@hpalmer650]

woooo

[@noxauracille]

I live in a dry city

[@HM-uj6ud]

Glad he clarified about the south. Most people don't get it right unless they're from the deep south. Texas and Florida are NOT the south.

[@64bitmad42]

H M I disagree because Eastern Texas and Northern florida fit the south model.

[@CarterMc3]

Honestly there isn't a whole lot to do in the South unless you plan on staying in a big well known city. Memphis, Atlanta, New Oreleans, Nashville, Birmingham etc.

[@Someloke8895]

Well there's always the chance to watch the local police bust a meth lab

[@CarterMc3]

Good stuff. Always fun to watch.

[@Someloke8895]

CarterMc3 lol, I got to see it first hand as I worked in a municipal jail in Alabama.

[@andycockrum1212]

theres actually a lot to do in the south its just mostly outdoors stuff

[@CarterMc3]

SomeBloke8895 One blew up two houses down from me. Funny stuff. I'm in TN.

[@James_T_Kirk_1701]

South born and raised?

[@watsjd1]

The dirtiest city I've ever seen is Philadelphia.

[@icemule]

The people are dicks also.

[@93ImagineBreaker]

are they really southerners

[@hunermo7073]

you forgot virginia

[@domib.3924]

but no sno

[@fullyshimmer]

Would u say the south is more affordable

[@woltersworld]

fullyshimmer yes, the south is a bit cheaper than the north in general... at least I feel that way.

[@blisterpacman]

woltersworld not california

[@cellardoor199991]

YES!

[@cellardoor199991]

CA isn't the South

[@blisterpacman]

MR.X yes it is

[@deepsouthredneck1]

the small town drama is the worst thing bought the south

[@whatsamatou6915]

dude I love your channel and you have a hot wife too way to go

[@DieMenschMaschine85]

@DieMenschMaschine85: This places don't exist to me. Lets pretend they never happened.

[@naimhussain947]

Hey Mark the south looks likes Bangladesh.

[@richardmacalpine2559]

i really hate states my job is stained glass restoration after work i want to chill out and believe it or not a scottish gael that don't drink but cause you're scottish they all want to buy you whisky and talk cant they not give scotts a break i only want half hour read news paper

[@DieMenschMaschine85]

So that's what a Dry Country is, lol.

[@calypso518]

Virginia is the South. lol It's one of the original 13 colonies.

[@chrisb.7787]

yep. We had a war, and they decided they were southern even tried to start there own country. It was good times.

[@5xxBLACKOPSxx]

the south mite be poor and dirty but thats how we like it

[@NutNapalm]

My mother adores it in spite of this, but i still cant sell the old bitch on Philadelphia

[@chrisb.7787]

More things to hate about the south. Segregation(yes it's not legally segregated but its still feels that way). Racism. Crocodiles. Wild Boars. Rattle Snakes(other venomis snakes). Did he say it's poor ya it's poor.

[@TheUnatuber]

Racism isn't on your "Top Five Hate List"??? You gotta be fucking kidding me!

[@jsat5609]

+TheUnatuber Racism in the most of the south is no worse than anywhere else in the US. I live in the south, and no one gives a second look to interracial couples, or white--or black--grandmas with mixed race kids in tow. This isn't the 1950s.

[@darkduck-qg2so]

+John Satterfield exactly man! I'm from the south and aside from the occasional oldie no one really truly hates blacks.

[@cellardoor199991]

I've seen more racists in LA and Portland, OR than I ever have in the South/Midwest

[@jsat5609]

South got the rap, but many other parts of the country are more racist. South got branded as racist in the 1950s nd 1960s, and people nowadays can't get beyond those old labels.

[@GlobalTV123]

6 - Hate: Trump Supporters

[@thomasdemay9805]

Haters gonna Hate. MAGA CANT STOP WONT STOP BABY! God Bless President Trump. North Carolinian and American Patriot here.

[@bdbrinkley5504]

Trump My President !!

[@whutzat]

MAGA!!! Trump 2020

[@antonioperez4796]

Thomas DeMay donald trump hates god

[@mustardstang573]

Hate #6 The Racism

[@Zachw2007]

Sir: Racism is just a thought in someone's head. Grow up you stupid sensitive liberal & stop bitching about everything. Fuck you! Go bitch about racism somewhere else.