The statue of the man reading with children is Andrew Carnegie, who donated the funds for the Carnegie library, which he did for many towns across the country

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense.

Bryan functioned as A&M's downtown and city for decades when A&M was a small military school. There were a few housing additions (according to my uncle who went there in the '50s) and a couple of strip centers.

Lived in Bryan all my life (grew up out in Mumford to be specific) and have worked for both City of Bryan and City of College Station. They are some of the fastest growing municipalities in the country. With CS expanding south twords Navasota and the development of Wellborn after it's anexation as well as Bryan's expanding suburbs in Green Briar and Sandy Point in the north. Not to mention A&Ms Riverside campus off of Hwy 47 along with the Health Science Center and Bio corridor the cities are expanding faster than people realize. Downtown Bryan has been under going a modernization effort for about a decade now and has come leaps and bounds. We don't have the resources CS benefits from with A&M but have the Industrial Park and many manufacturing businesses continue to open up bringing higher skill jobs and raising the tax base. It's a great place to raise a family not to big and not to small and very resilient to economic downturns. We just need that Buc-ee's and then we'll be unstoppable.

@Ricobaca

Жыл бұрын

You went to school in Hearne.😂

@NyccMade

10 ай бұрын

@@Ricobacaexactly, mumford isn’t Bryan 🤣

@Dreadybear.Ichode

9 ай бұрын

Hey! I went to Mumford, too! Small KZread world. 😊

@blondie6549

2 ай бұрын

Love 💕 downtown Bryan!

If you're ever back in Bryan, you must go to a little place out by Lake Bryan called Top of the Hill Greasy Burger. Our son goes to A&M, and we try to eat there whenever we are in town.

@user-xq5xo7ov9h

Ай бұрын

Yes its good I live in college station and only been there once sadly

@kajakawa

Ай бұрын

@@user-xq5xo7ov9h 1775 BBQ is my new favorite there.

Lord Spoda, you are a habit forming pastime for me and many others, thank you so much for all the hard work you put into doing these entertaining and informative videos.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you, Pedro!

Thank you so much for showing what Bryan's Downtown has to offer. It has come along way and I'm very happy and proud of how amazing and beautiful downtown Bryan is.

Thanks for coming to my home town to explore the unknown that I lived through all my life with the memories that I made living here. I'm glad you had a good time. Gig Em

bummer I wish I had known you were coming. i work at A&M and my family has been here for over 100 years. i could have given you a tour with history. Love the videos.

You provide a very appreciated service to all those unable to travel, thank you both!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

22 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!! 👍😀

Another great tour ! A toll road was recently build in Magnolia, TX., which goes straight into Texas A&M. Also the speed train was approved, going from Houston to Dallas, in 1/12 hrs. It will be build on that side of town. Since the Texas Medical Center has no more land left to build on, starting from 1960/249 onto Waco, Texas, will be the new areas for the Bio Medical Research Industries. Very lucrative for the State. If you ever visit Navasota, stop by at Chuck Norris's Water Bottling Plant ! Have a safe trip and stay safe !!!

@HereticHousewife

Жыл бұрын

I live between Magnolia and Navasota. That new expressway is going to change the landscape completely. There are plans for so much new development. New subdivisions, new businesses. When I moved here, there wasn't much between Magnolia and Navasota and Navasota and Bryan-College Station. But that's about to change!

Thanks for visiting the town in which I live. Have been hers since 1985 an d went to work at Texas A& M University and retired from there on 2007. Glad you an your wife enjoyed our town. Come back and see us sometime.

13:20. The UPS truck is delivering a package to my Uncle Charlie's house. He's lived there since 1988.

I wish I would have known that you were in town I would have shown you around. I live in Bryan.

Born and raised here. Plus both towns are economically stable through everything, but it slows down when the kids go away for break. When it kicks up it does like crazy!!

I just watched the movie 'Fried Green Tomatoes', and I still love that movie (situated in Alabama around 1925-1935). It's a great story, but if you look a little closer, it's also about the decline of small town America. I love your channel, Spoda! You do a great effort showing us how it looks around these small communities. It's the same all over the world. Keep it up. Cheers from Denmark.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Peter!

@lifelikelisa

Жыл бұрын

That’s so depressing. I wish small towns would make a comeback. I hate that we live in a big business, retail kind of world.

As you stated College Station begin life as a school campus outside Bryan. This created the oddity of a city without a downtown. If you were to call anything downtown it could only be the college because that is where the city started. I work in downtown Bryan as a cook for the Queen Theater, Palace, and Billy's grill. You need to come back on a First Friday. First Friday of every month there is a big gathering.

@blondie6549

2 ай бұрын

Looking 👀 forward to when I can come!

Try Navasota, TX next, lived there my whole life before moving out, the town was absolutely trashed and there wasn't much for quite some time. Now, there's a hotel, beautiful restaurants, nice homey shops, and it's the perfectly small booming town. It's a cool place to settle down with a family if you're looking for a small town feel.

@user-xq5xo7ov9h

Ай бұрын

sure

Thanks for the great tour and commentary on my home town. I love living here. Although I moved away, came back, moved away and now back. BCS will always be home for me.

Just the moment I sat down for dinner, this video appeared! Yaaay! Thanks for a fantastic appetizer, guys!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Andrew! Dinner!? It's early morning here, so you must be outside the U.S. :)

@demkad3629

Жыл бұрын

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip СКАЖИТЕ СРЕДНИЮ ЦЕНУ НА ДОМИК ТАМ В ТЕХАСЕ ЖДУ ОТВЕТ

@ANDRSNS

Жыл бұрын

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Yep, I'm quite far outside the US. But I'm gonna visit one day, for sure!

I have a lot of memories being there and partying and having fun in my twenties. Take care and be safe sir. I'll see you in the next video.

"Sodalax", on highway 21 west has the best chicken fried steak in town.

Thanks man for bringing us these down to earth simple vlogs. Really love ur vids😊

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

I love aggieland and Texas. Y'all keep cranking them out and we will keep watching.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Loved learning about College Station, the university and Bryan. Thank you!

Hi Lord Spoda Wow! That was a sudden swing from naturality and want in the last video to modernity and prosperity in this video! Tour of twin cities was wonderful. Thank you for the nice video. Waiting for the next. Have a nice time.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Texas can be feast or famine, Rajeev. It's always interesting. :)

Awesome video of the twin city's. Love seeing content on my home town. I live in Bryan and work on the campus of Texas A&M. Bryan is more family oriented and College Station is more for the students but we kinda see it as a whole.

Great to see you back with a very interesting couple of places. This is lovely a start to the New Year, thank you, enjoyed it much. HAPPY NEW YEAR, I love Texas, from New Zealand.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year! Thank you for watching, Jill!

I am a native from Bryan, lived here most of my life. There is so much more to see in town than you posted. Cute video though.

Every day I download one of your video and watch before go to sleep, it is really helpful to know more about rural America,

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Grew up in Dayton Ohio and ended up in Bryan after i got out of the military. Awesome place and some of the best memories of my life.

Great job LS! Uncanny how I saw once again another town without one soul walking anywhere

Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed watching and appreciated it too!

Another great video mate. Bryan looks like a great place to live. Looking forward to the next smaller towns vid. They're my favourites. Once again, G'day from Australia.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Greg.

You need to go to Ivanhoe Texas, it has a gas station/post office on one side and a restaurant on the other. That's it. No lights.

I was watching your videos when you were about a mile from me! Fantastic work!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Cool!

AS ALWAYS AN AWESOME VIDEO. SO INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE VIDEOS.

Found this very interesting! Bryan is beautiful. Loved the homes and statues. I could live in a suite like ya'll had. Really liked the hotel a lot. You two are both looking happy and healthy and relaxed.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, GGG!

Happy New Year to you from France ! Thank's for your videos...

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, ED. Happy New Year to you as well!

Awesome Place. Thanks Again!

I thoroughly enjoyed this video as I've been to Bryan/College Station...it's a pretty cool town and although I didn't go Downtown I'm def planning that when I make a return trip to Bryan & I will def have me a bite at billy's Bar & Grill...when I went to B/CS I had a bite at an old fashioned Diner right off the main drag thru town that I really enjoyed as I'm a huge fan of the show Diners,Drive-ins & Dives on the food network and I love supporting those old family run eateries whenever possible...

Very solid video. The hotel looked really nice and the area is very, very nice. The really nice neighborhood reminds me a bit of Great Falls, VA. Large multimillion dollar homes with land.

Addicted to your videos binged them all day really fascinated with West Virginia reminds me so much of Scotland keep up the great work 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that, Darren!!

I enjoy this very rural series

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Got a lot more coming!

Thanks for visiting our towns, I thought your visit and video were very professional and respectful. Come back anytime!

Enjoyed the journey !

That is a rather large campus and very different to Oxford and Cambridge. Another rather smart city and I do like a few sculptures around the city centre. The houses up the quiet country lane look as if they should be next to a top of the range golf course. Did they have helipads? Hotel looks very nice and the food top notch, same goes for Billy's Bar. All in all, what a pleasant place to be. Thank you for the trip around and I have booked my seat in the back of the Bronco for the trip East! Stay safe.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! :)

Thanks for doing what you do

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Rusty!

I litterly live in bryan , TX as we speak. Also the street u turn to that looks like in woods, I used to always love going through that street when I was a child. Looking at all the big houses, it is always very calming to go through that street in my opinion !

I live in Bryan / College Station Thanks for the tour & sharing our city

A word of warning to people considering a move into Bryan or College Station. Rent is becoming impossible to keep up with when compared with what employment is offering. There are still many businesses offering wages between the 10 to 13 dollar per hour rate. This is virtually impractical to consider living in these cities without the absolute necessity of having one or more room mates to help cut the rent cost down and expect to maintain the wages you are earning. You will lose anywhere from 13-15k+ in rent alone just for one bedroom apartments and your federal taxation combined with FICA will eat up to another 8k in wages lost. You will see rents listed at 900 dollars or so per month but once you move in you will find that utility and maintenance fees are going to add nearly another 200 to that listed rate. I have loved living here for the last six years but I simply cannot justify this cost in rental increase. I cannot keep half of my employees due to this. Something has to change with the mindset that corporate owned businesses consider as a 'livable wage'.

I am 70 years old and I was raised in Bryan Texas and i still live here.. I was told that the man on the bench was mr. Cargill

Really funny videos fun to see the small towns in USA best regards from Sweden 🥰

I always wait for your videos

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Bryan, Tx is my hometown, glad y'all had fun here

The statue with the two children was Dale Carnegie which is why it's out in front of his library The Masonic Lodge was also built in 1903 it will be under going renovations as the owner of the velvet leaf cigar lounge will be it's new owner along with several investors ( I am one of the investors) DTB ( downtown Bryan ) as we locals call it is a beautiful and thriving area and next time you come by stop in the cigar lounge and ask for Norman and if I am there I'll buy you a cigar and tell you more about the history of the twin cities .. I really enjoyed your video. Gigem Mr Norman

I want to make these same videos in the future, I’ve always wanted to explore the small towns of each state and see how people live day by day! Texas has always intrigued me for some reason, mainly the ghost towns in the western part and the panhandle. I’m from Connecticut so going to the desert would be a huge culture shock!

My family is from Bryan and Hearne Texas I love ur videos today. It's been a while since I've been in that part of Texas

Muy buen video amigo. Excelente información. Muchas Bendiciones!!

I love your videos! Recent subscriber! I just saw your video of Carlsbad (where I was born and raised) and now your Bryan video (where I currently live)! Love B/CS and your channel!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

I have a warm spot for Carlsbad. :)

Where I live currently, Waco is my hometown!

It's a really nice town. I love the old war memorials. I was thinking about making a video reading every name on our local war memorials. I don't think it would get the views but it would be a cool tribute to the lost soldiers.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

I like the idea.

@HaveKayaksWillTravel

Жыл бұрын

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip if you would watch it, I will go make the video. 😃

@Kpopstan962

11 ай бұрын

Ty I live here!

Thank you for going to College Station I never knew it didn’t have a downtown. Lived in Texas all my life and never knew that.

Read about the song "This Old Porch" by Robert Earl Keene. He and Lyle Lovett were students at TAMU in the late '70s. The song is Bryan, Texas history. Love it! 🥰 🎶

Subscribed I am from Asia And love to see another perspective views of America Instead of all those large glamorous cities in the movies Thank you

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Fajar!

Some of those towns would be good retirement towns

College Station got its start as a train depot that was where they dropped off A & M students. The city was actually. incorporated in 1939 and does not have a downtown. They claim their downtown is Texas Ave. from University to Holloman. I lived in College Station and now live in Bryan. Best thing about Bryan downtown are all the great restaurants, shopping, and entertainment.

I work for the university & will retire this year. It has been a good place to work & live.

I went to Blinn College in Bryan during the early 90's. Head down Highway 6 to Calvert and Bremond if you want to see some of your usual content. Hearne used to be pretty bad, but it's grown quite a bit. Calvert is still rough.

Def looked like one of the best hotels so far! That breakfast shot is making me hungry! 😋 😩 😆

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

It was very nice.

watched from Bryan,tx. I was Bowhuntin for deer in historic Millican,Tx at the same time you videoed this...

Indoor pool not heated, automatic deal breaker for me. Great video.

So, I'm guessing you won't hear Petula Clark's hit played in College Station? 🙂The other examples of "downtownless" towns I can think of are tourist traps and places that are basically a series of strip malls strung out along a main drag. At least the tourist traps have interesting things to look at. That Embassy Suites looks nice--I really liked the one I stayed at in Amarillo last year. Happy trails!

Thanks to you guys for coming to the b/cs area next you guys should checkout Texas A&M hotel and conference center across from the stadium it has a outdoor pool on top of the roof

Gorgeous Suite/ Building,,,,Wow

I live in Bryan TX. I'm glad you like it, I do.

Love the video! I’ve lived in Bryan all my life and can tell you that the twin cities pretty much function as one considering there is no separation between the two when driving. College Station has “Northgate” which has many bars that the student aged population frequent, Bryan’s Downtown is more family friendly and bars are aimed more toward the older crowd.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I could totally see that.

The house with all that stuff! There were a lot of houses in South Dakota that look like that, insane!

Good looking area, A&M sure is massive. Happy New Years to the both of you, I hope 2023 is a very productive and prosperous year for you guys. Thank you for a the wonderful travel videos last year, they were amazing. I hope you’re going to write a book about all the adventures.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, key. :)

Funny thing about the mansions, looked like normal homes on the other side. I would hate to pay those property taxes due to the mansions. Cool town, thanks for going there and sharing.

If you come back, the whole Brazos valley has a lot of cool towns to explore. Definitely go south to Navasota. I’d love to see you check it out. Also you should check out Montgomery county and Conroe

The revitalization of downtown Bryan started in the early 90s (if memory serves me well). At the time I worked for a really small electronics parts house off of Texas Avenue really close to downtown and lots of days and lunch dollars were spent there. I've been here since birth and live here now, with a few short years away in between due to a career. A nice city to live, but miss the old smaller town it use to be. A huge amount of people live just outside the city limits (literally a few feet to 1,2,3+ miles) and is why the population isn't a lot higher. Interesting to know why they aren't counted as part of the population, since they have a Bryan address. Thanks for the video!

You should’ve stopped by Laredo Texas, we have downtown buildings that date back to the 1700s. A real interesting border town. Anyways good video 👍

Bro you are living my dream life! What do you do to make it work? Do you travel in a mobile home? Work remotely? Own a business? I love your videos and hope to travel a little like you someday!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Gemi! We stay in hotels, and make enough off KZread to do this full time. :)

Can't wait I hope you cover some of the towns west of Abilene. Uh I don't think that is actually Kalamari, but you most likely already know that. Real Kalamari isn't ringed afaik. They can even fake the shape of the real stuff but I don't think they do very often.

@jriggs285

Жыл бұрын

Calamari is not octopus as some believe. "Calamari" is Italian for squid. Both tentacles and the tube or body of the squid can be cooked into calamari. The large rings shown at Billy's are probably the squid body. If the squid is very large, they probably cut the body into smaller pieces. My wife loves calamari; it is common to be served as smaller tentacle rings.

Just found your channel! I love these videos but I wish I had the time to watch them all 😭

I love the queen theater even before they remodeled it im from there shoutout to my hometown

be sure to check out Chapel Hill, when in NC.

Looking forward to GA & the Carolina's... States are on the retirement/new beginning list. :)

Lived in Bryan some years ago. Built the new probation office and parking structure. We're the probation office was built was the drug store around the turn of the century. It's was as if they just pushed the old building in a whole.

We have some neat little towns in SC that you may enjoy. Embassy Suites tend to be top class rooms.

I love Texas thank u

Original courthouse gorgeous and torn down

next time you stop by bryan college station go to cavalier cigar and smoke a stogie. They have the best selection for miles

Northgate is the downtown of College Station. Literally just north of Texas A&M. You passed right by it.

@JonBurrows3577

5 ай бұрын

I agree that the block of College Main south of University is the closest thing CS has to a downtown.

@cazedit8439

5 күн бұрын

It's where the city hall was originally built so it is downtown

Excellent video. 5 out of 5. Have a great day!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jonathon!

Really cool presentation

Bryan/College station is a very interesting place. There are a TON of wealthy people that live there (lot of retired big oil execs) but there are also quite a few low income families as well. and then you have the university right in the middle of it all.

You should visit Belton,Texas. It’s home to the University Mary Hardin Baylor. It’s a cute small town. I love their downtown area.Highly recommend a visit to this town.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

It's on my list. :)

Bryan is it’s own town! No need to mention College Station or A/M

I’m in Caldwell TX right down the road just west of Bryan. A really small town about 4,000 people,, if we want something to do we gotta drive 30 minutes to Bryan college station lol