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What is going on, everyone? Welcome back to World According to Briggs. Let's take a look at the Peach State, Georgia
Georgia is considered part of the Deep South. It is home to great cities like Atlanta, Savannah, Athens, and not-so-great cities like Albany, Georgia
Actually, that's a severe understatement. Put it this way, if Paris Hilton's singing career was a city, it would be Albany, Georgia
Seriously, Google it. You won't know whether to laugh or cry at her singing. It's horrible
With so many remote workers and retirees looking for small towns, I thought that these lists could help
All these towns are safe, affordable, and also have good internet speeds
Nobody wants to get psyched about a town they're moving to just to find out that all they have is satellite internet
that can't even deliver Paris Hilton's video, The Stars Are Blind in HD, or much less a Zoom call
Most of these towns don't have jobs. Just like all small towns in America
There's not many jobs to go around in those. But if you're a remote worker or a retiree that doesn't really need a job
these towns are a great fit for you. So in no particular order, let's see what we found
Number 10, Reynolds, Georgia. Reynolds, Georgia is a small town of around a thousand residents
It is near the Flint River, which was in Gone With the Wind. Author Margaret Mitchell describes the Flint River
as bordering the fictional plantation that the book centered around. Anyway, I actually fished on this river one weekend
while I was stationed at Fort Benning, which isn't terribly far away. Actually, I shouldn't say fishing
We drank and sat on the bank of a river with poles in our hand, often forgetting to bait our hooks
I actually caught a spotted bass with no bait. Don't know how it happened
The community was named after L.C. Reynolds, a railroad official. You know, there's a lot of towns in the South
and they named little towns that sprung up because of the rail system after whoever was in charge of that branch of it
It's really weird. This is a solid place to live. Their internet speeds aren't the best
but 30 megabytes per second is decent, and that'll get you some work done
But it's not the best, but it's still doable. The crime rate is 92% lower than the national average
The median home price is $63,900. Realistically, though, you're gonna be looking
somewhere around 130,000 to buy a decent house. They do have land for sale, but whatever you're gonna do
The cost of living here is 20% lower than the national average. Not bad
Number nine, Bogart, Georgia. Bogart is a small town of a little over a thousand residents just outside of Athens, Georgia to the west
When the train from Athens to Atlanta was built in the 1890s, life flourished in Bogart
The city of Bogart was incorporated in 1905. These days, it's a quiet small town that has potential for remote workers
It's a nice place, close enough to the big city and far enough away to where you're not going to be stuck in traffic
if you decide to leave your house instead of having Amazon bring everything to you
The internet can get up to 100 Mbps here, and crime is 60% lower than the national average
The median home price is $137,300. Now, you can get a decent home, there's not too many of them, for around $240,000
This one's a little more expensive than some of the other places on this thing. But also in this area, they've got a lot of new homes where the price can go way up
They've got a lot of new construction going on, so that's something to keep in mind. Cost of living here is 6% lower than the national average
Number eight, Trenton, Georgia. Trenton, Georgia is like opposite day with Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton, Georgia is clean and has Southern hospitality. Trenton, New Jersey looks like
a dump and has frequent F The population here is about 2 residents and they are about 20 25 minutes away from Chattanooga Tennessee They right there on the border Actually they near the border of Tennessee and Alabama at the same time If you were going to Birmingham from Chattanooga
or vice versa, you would go through Trenton, Georgia. The internet here, you can get gig internet
which is solid. Crime rates, 45% lower than the national average. The median home price here is $115,000
but realistically, you're looking at around 200,000 and up. They sell a lot of lots here
There's a lot of land, a lot of acreage for reasonable prices. 300,000 and you can get like 40 acres one I saw
But yeah, they don't have a lot of houses for sale right now, but always check back if that's something you're thinking about doing
The cost of living here is 15% lower than the national average. Number seven, Chatsworth, Georgia
The town of Chatsworth sits east of Dalton, Georgia and about an hour and a half north of Atlanta
It was founded in 1905 as a rail depot, as so many other places like this
but it was on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was incorporated as a town in 1906 and a city in 1923
Now they call themselves a city, but really they're a town. They have under 5,000 residents
which I think most people consider a town anything under like 100,000 or even 20,000 residents
This place has less than 5,000 and they call themselves a city. They're not, they're a town
Anyway, it's a nice community of about 4,300 residents near the Chattahoochee National Forest
which is a nice place to visit. You can get one gig internet here. Crime is 71% lower than the national average
A median home here goes for $143,400. They don't have a lot of homes for sale right now
in the city or town, but on the outskirts they do. The cost of living here is 12% lower
than the national average. Number six, Buena Vista, Georgia. Buena Vista was incorporated as a town in 1850
and it was called Tazewell, but there was another town up the road with the same name, so they changed it
Can't believe there was even one called Tazewell. Anyway, Buena Vista is east of Columbus, Georgia
just the other side of Fort Benning. This is a nice little community that could really use some new blood
I think that's their biggest problem. They need some more people moving in there. They peaked their population with 2,100
back in the 2010 census, and now they've slipped down a bit
It looks like this one they're gonna finish with just about 2,053 people
You can get gig internet here, which is good. The crime is 39% lower than the national average
and that's where it really gets good. The median home value is $84,800
Now, there's not many houses for sale here, but there are a bunch of one-acre lots that are around $10,000
Decent lots, too. Cost of living here is 19% lower than the national average
Number five, Hushden, Georgia. Hushden is a small town of about 2,200 residents in northeast Georgia
about 45 minutes from Atlanta. It was incorporated in 1891 as the town of Hushden
and they named it after a local merchant. His name was Russell A. Hush. Now, this is a nice place to live, and it's got a lot of things going for it
Back in 2019, though, it didn't seem that way. They got national and international news in some cases about the mayor
She decided to shelve a guy's application because of his race. He was an African-American guy
This is a predominantly white town. And she said she didn't think the town was ready for that
She told colleagues that. Well, yeah, they ratted her out, and she resigned months later
But I mean, other than that, this is a nice place to live. If it's a little more expensive on the real estate
and cost of living side than most of them on this list, but it's a really nice place to live
You can get gig internet here from Comcast, well actually Xfinity. If you can get another choice, take that
I never recommend Xfinity to anyone Well let see If I had gone through a divorce let say it was ugly one and my in paid for her attorneys Yeah I suggest Xfinity to anyone Well let see If I had gone through a divorce let say it was an ugly one and my in paid for her attorneys yeah I suggest Xfinity to them Anyway the crime rate
here is 66% lower than the national average. The median home value here is $184,200. A lot of new
homes have gone up here, and they're around $400,000, but older, nice ones, you can get for
about $230,000, $250,000. The cost of living here is 1% lower than the national average
number four ball ground georgia ball ground is a town north of atlanta about an hour from the
tennessee border they named the town ball ground because it was near a ball field where the cherokee
people played stickball which if you've never seen it it's very similar to lacrosse they have about
2100 residents and it's one of the only towns on this list that is actually gaining people in 2010
they only had 1500 residents that has a lot to do with universal alloy opening a plant here in 2017
It was announced in 2015. People started moving in. 2017, it opened, and now it's the largest employer the town has
You can get gig internet here, which is great. The crime rate, now get this, is 80% lower than the national average
That's outstanding. The other stats on here aren't the best, but the median home value here is $175,000
Now, there's a few houses that you can get here. I looked them up, and they're in the, you know, maybe $200,000 area, something like that
I saw one for $130,000. They have a lot of lots for sale, but since the town has work and stuff, they've got a lot of really nice homes now that can get you over $500,000, all the way up to, I saw one for $2 million
Yeah, that's pretty much an estate, though. Cost of living here is 1% lower than the national average, but it's a beautiful town
Number three, Harlem, Georgia. Harlem is a small town of about 3,300 residents just outside of Augusta
I love this part of Georgia. It's very pretty. And when you visit, you feel like they probably give out classes on Southern hospitality here
The Georgia Railroad passed through the town until at least the 1860s
So another rail town. Just like so many other ones in the South, like I said earlier. Back then, Harlem was actually known as Sawdust
It is also the birthplace of Oliver Hardy from Laurel and Hardy. Yeah, that guy
They actually have an Oliver Hardy festival to this date in the town. It's held on the first Saturday each October on Main Street in his honor
Kind of cool. You can get gig internet here from AT&T or Xfinity
The crime is 50% lower than the national average, and the median home price they say is $111,000
And I looked around, you're looking at least $250,000 to get a decent home
The cost of living here is 13% lower than the national average
Number two, Cleveland, Georgia. Cleveland is in the northeast corner of Georgia
about 45 minutes west of the Georgia-South Carolina border. It was named after General Benjamin Cleveland
a War of 1812 figure and grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, who was big in the Revolutionary War
This is also the hometown of Xavier Roberts. Everyone knows him. Well, okay, maybe you don't know him, but you know what he made
He's the dude that created the Cabbage Patch Kids back in the, like, 1980s, late 70s
No word on if he had anything to do with that dance. This is a town that's been catching on in the last 10 years, maybe a little more
They have a growing population. Currently, they got about 4,100 residents. Back in 2010, they only had 3,400
and in 2000, they only had 1,900 residents. So yeah, it's definitely growing
You can get one gig internet, sadly, from Xfinity here. Their crime rate is 39% lower than the national average
The median home value is $138,600. But realistically, you buy a house that's decent
and ready to go you looking at about But they have a ton of one lots for around So you know you can build your own home tiny home in here I don know about the rules on that one but it might be worth the look
Their cost of living is 10% lower than the national average. All right, before we get to number one
don't forget, like I keep saying, we have another channel called On This Day. There's a link for it below
There'll also be some links to other videos that are similar to this one that you might be interested in
We'd really appreciate it if you took a look. All right, on to number one. And number one, Gray, Georgia
Gray is a nice place with really good stats across the board. It's also home of Ward's Dog Spa
Now, the reason I tell you that is because, you know, places growing when they have yoga studios or dog spas
That's my experience. As soon as you start seeing yoga studios and dog spas popping up and Starbucks
you know the place is gaining some young blood. Now, that's all good and everything, but there's a great story here
Gray was founded in the 1850s and named after a local resident, James M. Gray
Now here's where it gets cool. James M. Gray died in 1875. The year before he died, he wrote a last
will and testimony. Now keep in mind the time frame here. This was 1875. The Civil War ended in 1865
So he was an older gentleman. He owned a bunch of property. This is Georgia. Chances are he had
some slaves. But that's where you start to see why he was kind of cool, especially for his time
A decent man, I should say. At least that's what I'm gathering from what I found. While I was reading through all this
and trying to figure out who James Gray is and why they named town after him, which I often do when I see a place
that's just named after some local dude, I found his last will and testimony
There's interesting parts in here. In the first item, I'm just gonna read what I have here
I give and bequeath unto my trust manservant, Jim, absolute and forever, my house and lot
in the town of Clinton, which is a little further away. So basically he gave a home to his manservant who was probably a slave at some point
I'm guessing. But he also left Jim a sum of $800, which by today's money would be somewhere around $25,000 he left him, which is really good
But it gets better. In the second, he writes pretty much the same thing. I give and bequeath absolute and forever unto my faithful cook and servant, Queen Farla, the following property
260 acres of land in the county of jones which what we're talking about uh gray is in the county
of jones talks about who he bought it from and where it is exactly he also gives her one mule
of her choice and selection one cow and one calf of her choice and selection and one half the cookery
where in my house leaving the knives and forks i don't know why i didn't want to give her the
knives and forks but anyway also behest bed mattress to be taken from my house and given to
her and the sum of $50 in money. So I think that's pretty cool. And I maybe that's why they named
Navram. I'm just guessing a lot of it. But as I read that, I thought, wow, that's really decent
Think about the time and all that. That's pretty cool. Anyway, the population right now is 3,281
people. You can get gig internet here from Spectrum. The crime rate is 45% lower than the
national average. A median home value is $140,000. They have quite a few lots for $10,000. New homes
are going for about $215,000 to all the way up to $450,000
They got really nice new ones, and they got some decent new ones. The cost living here is 6% lower than the national average
Not a bad place to live, and I love that story. All right, that's today's list
I hope you guys enjoyed it. Hope you got some information out of it. Have a great day. Be nice to each other