Small town life in Bryson City, NC
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Hi friends! Welcome to The Greene Home ☾ We're Jaime & Cris (& Bo!), new locals to Bryson City, NC.
In this video, Cris shares what life is like living in a small mountain town. She talks about what our daily life is like, things do in Bryson City and why this is such a special place in The Smokies.
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》After a decade of adulting in the fast-paced hustle of Miami, FL we reached our limit. So we listened to our inner calling, packed up all our things and moved to Bryson City, NC in order to create the life we really wanted.
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I'm from New York City & currently researching Bryson City. I'm ready to leave the chaotic distractions. The scenery is amazing
Girl, you are so so Gorgeous!!! Beautiful scenery, I love the smoky mountains ❤️
Thank you Tara!! We do too. Our heart is forever in the mountains ♥️🌄
My wife and I bought a home in Bryson City in October. We absolutely love visiting up there and We come up from St. Augustine Fl every 5 weeks or so. We have plans to reside there some day full time. It is a little piece of heaven.
Hey James! You’re living the life... we LOVE st. Augustine... you pretty much have the best of both worlds right now 🙏🏻 enjoy!!
You are living my dream! I would to have a house in two of my favorite places, the beach and the mountains! 😍
Im in Sparta Tennessee, and we have everything you need..grocery shopping takes three hours because you talk to everyone and if you bring a baby to the store, expect to stay all day. Usually Sunday so plan on doing alot of eating and praying and talking. And if you need anything we will do it or get it for you. You don't even have to ask.
That sounds lovely :)
Please share more of your videos. We love Bryson City and are thinking of moving to the area one day, so these videos are very inspiring. We are not as young as you guys, but still have an adventurous spirit!!
Hi Cynthia! We are so happy to hear you're thinking of moving here! Bryson City is such a special place! And there are people we hang out with of all ages! We hope to see you around 😉
We will be neighbors in a few months. We have had a cabin in Bryson City for several years now and will be making the move from Florida to NC very soon.
Hey John! Awesome 😎 so glad to have a fellow Floridian move to the mountains 🌄🍻 hope to see you around!!
Lol ! Just moved to Florida from NC !! 😊
@@Arty_left Nice! Where in Florida?! Days like today make us miss the sunshine state 🌞
I've never been there. I was born in Augusta Ga but my grandfather and his family were born and raised there. I want to visit and meet some of my family there....Awesome you guy's chose that life
Oh my goodness! You must come visit! You will love it 🙏🏻💙
Hi guys, I'm in Brazil (was born in São Paulo state) today I was learning english to improve my listening comprehension and I search for american small town as curiosity and came in your video. Your city is very beautiful place. Congratulations for this video.
Hello from the mountains! We have family in Brazil 🧡 they live near Florianópolis! Thank you for the kind words and stopping by!! 😬🌄
I been thinking about moving out to Bryson city. I’m from crazy wild south Florida. I’m 39. Single but I would love to get out of here I been to Bryson city twice and loved it. Just need to find work there and I’m out lol.
We have never regretted our decision! Cheers and keep us posted if you make the big move! 🍻
Hi neighbor! We love BC! Have had a second home there for years.
Absolutely LOVE BRYSON!!!!! I lived there for a few years and love the town and the people! We have so many great friends the we love there. We visit as often as possible! Great food, beer, and people there. My family owns the hemlock inn ( since 1968)
Oh my goodness! We LOVE the Hemlock Inn. My sister toured it as a possibility for her wedding. What a beautiful place. We love it here too! Cheers and hope to see you around!! :)
Beautiful place to live
Totally agree 😍😍
Bought property Dec 2019 rest history. But I lived ohio now stecoah but town fav Bryson city. All maintain that small town quaintness and antebellum look.
Hey Pam! We live for that small town charm ;) Thanks for sharing!
I live in Maggie Valley not to far from Bryson. I miss coming over there an just enjoying life. I really need to come back if I ever get a chance to. Such a beautiful place an amazing people.
You're not too far! Yes, it really is a beautiful, amazing place :)
I always liked Maggie Valley the most. I lived in Cherokee and hot to see every town in the area.
Frankie’s in Maggie valley, rocks!
Love your videos! My hubby and I have been trying to figure out how we can move to Bryson City. I have been vacationing there since I was a baby and it is our favorite place on earth. We just have to figure out how to make a living there in our industries. Quick question, where is that waterfall at the 5:30 mark in your video? We are coming in a few weeks and I would love to hike there.
Thank you!! That sounds amazing. We are rooting for you guys to make the move 💗 the waterfall is Dry Falls and it’s on the way to Highlands, NC from Bryson city! There’s a ton in that area. Here’s the link to that one 😊 g.co/kgs/YXx9SF
I visited Bryson City back in 2016 to chase the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's steam locomotive. I'm actually going back up there on the 29th of December to chase it again.
We love the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad 🚂 Cheers and have a lovely time!!
Great video.
Thanks so much Stacey 🧡
Beautiful inside and out you are!!!!
One of my favorite activities in Bryson City was bicycling around town.
That sounds so fun!
@@thegreenehome by far the most fun is riding the Smokey Mountain Railroad out of Dillsboro or Bryson City.
heading over to bryson city in a few weeks to record an album 🙏 super hyped
That is SO cool!! Where do you record it?! Please share it with us, we'd love to take a listen :)
Me and my Girlfriend visited this town in 2018. Spent 3 days there and loved every minute of it. People were wondering what 2 random Irish people were doing there. Haha. Thanks for your southern hospitality guys.
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I love that! How did you hear about our small town?! That's amazing... and one day we hope to visit Ireland! ;)
@@thegreenehome Hi. Believe it or not I put google maps over the great smoky mountains National park. Zoomed in and stumbled upon this beautiful place. We did a pub quiz in one of that bars and got talking to a lovely lady from London. I can not recall her name. Me and my gf both work in london so she was delighted to hear about her old city. And you would love Ireland. Head out west to a place called county leitrim. You won't regret it.
Thanks very much for the reply😊
@@soldier2297 Thank you for the suggestion! We have a running list I add to every time someone tells us of a city or town around the world! Cheers and I hope to see you back in our small mountain town!
Hi Cris and Jaime (& Bo)! My grandparents have a house in Bryson City and in Gainesville, FL. They live down here 6 months out of the year and 6 months up there! I have been visiting BC since I was 2 years old! We started going up there once a year as a family tradition camping at Deep Creek, and my grandparents decided to buy a house up there! Now my husband and I take our kids once a year or sometimes more to visit. We love it so much up there. You guys are living our dream of living up there! So looking forward to more videos of our home away from home!! Some of our favorite places to visit are Deep Creek, Darnell farms, the road to nowhere, Fontana lake, Natahala Outdoor Center, and of course the mountains! I could go on and on about how amazing it is up there but I'm sure y'all already know that! Maybe we will see y'all around on one of our future visits! ❤️
Hey Gina!! OMG that really warms our hearts to hear! We discovered this gem because of Jaime's grandparents and otherwise we'd have never known it existed... and we are SO glad because having known this area changed our lives 💛That it does the same for your family really reinforces why it's so special here. We'd love to see you around! Have you been to Bryson City Outdoors during your adventures? They have a pretty amazing taproom. It's probably our favorite local hang and we are bound to be there whenever you're here. Come by and say hi! Cheers!! xoxo.
Yes we've been there too! It's pretty awesome! We would love to see y'all on our next trip!!
I love this video! I live in Bryson City, was born and raised in Whittier. I know exactly where this house is as I graduated from Swain High in 2017! I subscribed and can’t wait to watch more!!
Hey Celina! That's awesome! Thank you for subscribing and I hope we see you around 💛
Beautiful inside and out! So glad our paths crossed ❤️
We love you guys! SO so glad destiny did us a solid ;)
Great video and information, we are planning a trip to NC for the fall foliage season in our RV. Then traveling to Boone, Bryson City etc to explore and perhaps move there. This trip is in the making for years, so I’m looking forward to it. Thank you
That is AMAZING! Wishing you a wonderful trip during on of our loveliest seasons 🍂🧡
Loved this video. My uncle runs the Historic Calhoun Inn just up the street from the train station. Drop in sometime and visit. The also have amazing family style meals there - or at least they did last time I was there... which unfortunately was a couple of years ago. The last time I was there was for the total eclipse. I miss the place sorely. Wish I could move there, but alas, life has had other plans for me. Keep up the good work!
Marcus I know exactly the Inn! I have taken a photo in front of it because it's SO pretty. I'll definitely stop in and say hi to your uncle! Funny enough, that exact weekend of the eclipse was our engagement party weekend here in BC before we moved. Sending you well wishes and hopefully see you here soon! :)
Great stuff
Thank you so much!
I've been looking around north and south america for awhile trying to find nirvana. Lately I'm pretty into the smokeys. Your vids are increasing the love. Weather great year-round in my opinion. Its rare to find someplace that doesn't have about 6 months of too hot or too cold - unless you like the desert. I would miss real lakes like northern MN, but I would gain the Atlantic the same distance away as cabin-country here. Nashville and Atlanta easily visited for a weekend. Destin/Panama City kind of reachable. Bunch of huge reservoirs to haul the boat to not far away to the south and east. If you don't need to be right in Asheville - Dollars go a long way...
@@MNDanno you pretty much summarized ALL THE REASONS we moved here 😂 honestly couldn’t agree more. We love Bryson city, but surrounding towns like Sylva and Waynesville are also great options that give you all that plus a teeny bit more nature / remoteness. Good luck on your search! Let us know if you have any specific Qs to the area and keep us updated :)
I grew up in NC and been living in Miami for a year now and don’t like it all all. I’m looking to move in the mountains in a year, if I can find a hospital to work and I need at least a Walmart lol
Oh man! where in NC? I completely understand why you'd be disappointed... Miami is a very different vibe haha. We love it in Western NC. While Bryson City is pretty small, Sylva and Waynesville nearby have all the things (Walmart included ;)
@@thegreenehome in Marion, yeah i was checking around and Sylva I saw has a Walmart and college town kinda. I’m also looking at northern Washington state in the mountains but the weather there is much worse than NC mountains so idk lol
@@thegreenehome oh also my sister is police in Asheville and I’ve lived there before, love the summers hiking
@@allen2879 Uff the winters in northern Washington are probably brutal! But it's lovely! We LOVE Asheville, and honestly, it's not far for needing a "city-like" fix and getting your shopping done! Totally do-able ;)
Fellow Floridian here. I also moved to NC from Miami about 3 years ago. My girlfriend and I love it here! Totally different world compared to South FL, isn't it?
Haha we're everywhere in the Carolinas! Where did you land in NC? We love it so much. Definitely a whole different world than Miami 😂
@@thegreenehome we're in the Raleigh-Durham area. I made sure to move somewhere with good Cuban food, if you know what I mean! We're hoping to visit Bryson City sometime soon, it looks really nice out there 🙂.
@@ToeStab45 We sure do and, man, do we wish there was some Cuban food by us. We miss it every day. Hope to see you around our small town! Cheers 🍻
Open a restaurant! Please....
Always need more good restaurants. Franklin has none.
Just visited Bryson City last week. Was really a cool town and enjoyed the train ride and small town charm. Have you guys been to Wilmington and the surrounding beaches?? (hometown bias) Think you would really like it.
Hey David! We haven't... but thank you for putting it on our radar! We're always looking for good towns nearby to explore!
Love what your doing up in Bryson City we will visit you in the summer
Joel and Lucy Perez
We can't wait to have you here! Cheers!
Beautiful place.
It really is!
Josh Randolph you are a sick guy - do us a favor and NEVER move to Bryson City, and girl - you are gorgeous, thank you for sharing as I try to figure out "my next chapter"... this helps me and the slow lane working remote is a beautiful life. Forget the ignorance below.
Thank you so much for your kind words Cyd! I am sending you good vibes as you figure out your next chapter. That is so important for all of us. xoxo!
I didn’t see were Josh Randaulph left, I know a guy name Josh Randaulph goes fishing up there. I’m just curious why are you said he was a sick guy and if it’s the same person?
Loved this!
LOVE YOU!!!
This is so awesome!! We are glad you moved here!
We are too!! Love you all 💛
Western NC is a better place because of your two beautiful souls in it. ❤️
We are SO happy to be here and have found you both! LOVE you two.
I live over in Whittier. Good video of our home. Y’all keep it up.
Dakotah you're so close! We love Whittier... our favorite vet is there! Thanks so much for the kind words. We're really enjoying sharing how wonderful this area is to live :)
we love Bryson city, we are actually coming up in a few weeks to stay at creekside cabins. We live in sc and really have been thinking hard about selling our business and moving to bryson city. just a little scared to make the leap.
Funny enough, we are visiting SC right now! Totally hear you on taking the leap. It was a tough decision, but once we made it, we were so happy. Hope to see you around 👋🏼
I am glad we raised our children in Swain.
I can see why :)
Hi! I'm from India. I came upon your channel while searching small town life, I was just a bit curious as I live in a big city myself in a hugely populated country.
Bryson city seems wonderful and I could instantly connect with what you're saying. I loved your positive attitude in the video of talking about all the good parts of the city, I hear some people complain about small towns often.
The view looks amazing!! Anyway, hope you enjoy it there! Love from India! 💕😊
Hey Janvi! Thank you so much for the kind words and sharing your perspective. We would love to visit India some day, it’s on our bucket list 🧡 Bryson city is lovely and in general I think if we can get outside the creature comforts, there is so much value in a slow and simple life. AND we love a big city too! Haha sending you light and love from the mountains 🌄
Looking for some Mountain View property Franklin or Bryson seems to be the 2 choices I need to make
That sounds like a great position to be in! I think you'll be happy either way. Franklin has so much natural beauty (we do a lot of trails by there). We are, of course, partial to Bryson City ;)
Love it here !
We do too Chris!! :)
Love it there
Us too ;)
This must be the life. So, so lucky and blessed to be able to work from home. It would be a lottery win for most to be in this situation.
Yes, we are SO very grateful to be in this fortunate situation 💕 Thank you for that beautiful reminder Gerald 🙏🏼
Heading to Bryson in a few weeks! What are some dog friendly hikes that you recommend?
Hey Danielle! Oh man, one of our FAVORITE things to do is hike with our pup! Every trail here is pup friendly: czcams.com/video/tFNACPeJHyM/video.html
(of those, this was our absolute FAVE: czcams.com/video/2XP-xYOQXx8/video.html)
Also, you must must must go grab a beer at BCO in downtown Bryson City- it's an amazing outdoor shop + taproom w/ outdoor seating, friendly folks and everyone brings their dog 🐕
Clicks video to see if my trucks in it. It isnt lmfao. but im sure my girlfriend and i have seen yall around before! You two look very familiar. Were “transplants” ourself from New Jersey originally
Hooray for transplants!! Say hi next time you see us.. which is hopefully soon. Cheers!!
Do you all still live there?? I’m trying to track down a family member that may be lost there with mental illness. He’s 62 years old James Gaskill. Also known by buddy or Jim.
Hey! We do! However, we're still "new kids on the block" so we aren't too familiar w/ longer-term locals. I don't believe we know James :/ We recommend calling the Town of Bryson City and/or The Police. They're very involved in the community & I bet they would either know him or be able to help you locate him. So sorry we couldn't help more :( we are wishing him well & rooting for your search 🙏🏻
My gf and I are considering a move to either Asheville or a surrounding city relative to the blue ridge parkway and a few awesome hikes. Have you found any other cities around your area that you found intriguing? We would like to find a nice balance. Awesome message by the way!
Thank you!! YES! Asheville is amazing, but it is a bit pricey so we get this question a lot. If Asheville is your vibe, I would recommend Waynesville (45 min from Asheville) or Sylva (1 hr from Asheville but closer to the west with more hikes). Bryson City is lovely but it is a smaller town vibe (1hr 15 min from Asheville). These are my top recommendations for sure! Weaverville and Black Mountain (prob 20 min from Asheville) are also nice options a bit closer to Asheville. Hope this helps and feel free to reach out directly with any other q's!
@@thegreenehome You rock! Thanks!
I agree with waynesville....
It sure grown also, though. Just draw a circle around Asheville within an hour , or whatever commute distance you desire and check them out.
Property prices ??
Its difficult for sober living here... Very alcohol based local economy in BC - thankfully there are other forms of entertainment outside BC. This is the town of Trail Mix invention. Hopefully with the new comericial development district near the downtown area they will focus things besides booze....
Thanks Amy! That is a really good point we had not thought about. While we do enjoy a beer from time to time, we too hope some new attractions for entertainment come to our town! Hope to see you around :)
You are beautiful
Thank you kindly 💛