Why So Few Americans Live In Southern Georgia

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Augusta and Savannah may not be big metros like Atlanta but they’re still pretty decently sized cities

To answer your title, we refer to the fall line as the gnat line. Go below that line and it is hotter and buggy.

He forgot to mention the state bird , the Mosquitoes 🦟

I live in southern GA, born here. The most annoying part is how far away everything is, you put some serious milage on your car. But it's really pretty, and the emptiness is kinda nice. Atlanta is the hellhole you avoid as much as possible, just for the traffic alone 😂. People from Atlanta will often drive the highways at night with no headlights on, because they are so used to the streetlights and evidently don't know how to turn their headlights on. I'm baffled as well, but that's Atlanta for you. Savannah on the other hand is absolutely lovely, especially compared to Atlanta.

Enjoyed the video but as an Atlanta native, I think you missed an opportunity to discuss geography in relation to why Atlanta became a railroad hub in the first place. It costs money to run railroads through the mountains. The rail network in the early 19th century went down the eastern slope of the Appalachians. The railroads coming in from the west and northeast met in Atlanta. There were only indigenous Indians here when the rail arrived. The rail came first and was here because it was the place the railroads happened to meet to avoid the mountains. The presence of the Chattahoochee River as a water source was also helpful.

As someone born and raised in South Georgia, please don't come here. We are full.

I grew up in Tifton and live on the South Carolina side of Augusta now. I love South Georgia. It’s the perfect place to live if you want to slow down a little bit

The risk of getting hit by a tornado goes way up below peach tree city and also in the western slice from Rome down. Lived in northern Fulton my whole life and have constant anxiety during spring as the severe weather can be real bad. Plus it often happens at night and there are so many hills and trees you can’t see a tornado coming like you can out west.

I don't know how this video is going to spend 14+ minutes to explaining that the southern part of Georgia is even hotter and more humid than the northern part of Georgia. I mean one of the biggest swamps in this hemisphere is in southern Georgia.

The Okefenokee is one of the most unique places in the US. it's absolutely amazing to visit in the fall or early spring. A company wants to start mining titanium only a few miles from the refuge boundary, which will forever change the hydrology of the swamp; it'll most likely cause it to dry up! There's a big fight between conserving the swamp & forever changing it for 8 years worth of titanium mining. I spent a year as artist in residence at the Okefenokee & fell in love with it.

S. Ga. here (Douglas/Coffee co.). This reminds me of my roommate who said "to get to anywhere, you have to drive!". I always smiled & said "not my fault Ga. is 11X BIGGER than CT". 😅

Gotta point out a few discrepancies. I grew up in Northeast Georgia on the SC coast on the shores of Lake Hartwell. I lived in Augusta for 4 years - med school at Medical College of Georgia. I lived in Savannah for 5 years - 3 years Internal medical residency and 2 years of private practice. You are missing several large cities - Columbus in WSW Georgia; Macon in middle Georgia has Mercer Medical School. Bainbridge in SSW Georgia - home to Taurus Firearms. If you study the fall line. South of the fall line was underwater before the oceans receded in prehistoric times. OK, yeah, I currently live on the Alabama line in the Metro Atlanta region. I was recruited here out of residency but the remainder of my family still live near Lake Hartwell. Our three kids, all raised in Metro Atlanta all live in different states. One stayed in Georgia, one went to Louisiana and one is in SC.

You forgot about vidalia, georgia. Several metric tons of onions are grown there and shipped all over the US

The simple two cent answer is south Georgia is and has always been rural and farms and flat. They plant Cotton, Peach trees, Pecan trees, Peanuts to Pine trees. Atlanta as pointed out is or was a major rail hub so everything went to Atlanta on it's way to parts North and West. Georgia is a major lumber producing state and it takes up to twenty years for good size pine trees to grow for house building. They cut in twenty year cycles and replant. Lots of old time farms still planting cotton and peanuts, for Planters Peanuts. Go to Macon Georgia and drive by endless Peach trees. Don't need lots of people messing up the farming.

Love the video. Ive lived here in georgia most of my life and you taught me a few things

Excellent video bro. Very informative.

As someone from Atlanta with family in South Georgia, I can confirm the real reason fewer people live there is gnats. Those damn gnats.

I’m a savannah native. Great city, fantastic food, awesome parties 🎉 !

The main issue with traffic that I see in Atlanta is caused by Atlanta not having a true bypass. All traffic must go through Atlanta. (Stright through or the loop) What our capital needs is a true bypass for I75, 85 and 20 for everyone, NOT stopping in Atlanta. A bypass without exits, every mile. Or maybe just build a new road from Chattanooga to Macon, etc.