How Every Small Town Is Made

Ever wonder why every small town seems to look and feel the same? You can thank these guys for that.

[annesullivan]

When I lived in Texas, the locals assured me that all you need to start a town is to build a Dairy Queen, then the town magically pops up around it.

[kirstenpaff]

You forgot to add 30 churches, including a handful that are in really random locations, like an old supermarket, or the office space next to the DMV.

[SolomonSupps]

"No movie theatre?!"
"No, but there will always rumors"
This is too accurate 😂

[kimberlyhinchey]

"A mattress store that nobody has EVER seen a customer go in"! 😂

100% accurate!

You're the Best Matt!!!

[thomas_delaney]

If you were also curious what town they had on the map, it’s Jasper, Alabama. And by the looks of it, they do have 15 Dollar Generals within 15 minutes of the city center

[nolarobert]

I live in an unincorporated town in North Alabama and Matt was pretty spot on in describing our community. We recently had Wendy's move in and they have had a full parking lot with a line of cars wrapped around the building since opening day. I never thought I'd see people so excited about Wendy's for so long. I keep waiting for the fever to break. The new strip mall included a mattress store to go along with the mattress store we already had at the other strip mall. I've never seen a human soul enter either location. I believe they are used by the FBI to place families in Witness Protection.

[axelkusanagi]

This is too relatable and therefore painful.

The chamber of commerce in my town thought a movie theater would corrupt the youth, so replaced it with; nothing. So they all joined gangs and started smoking weed for want of something to do.

Good job, Chamber!

[Adam-xoiq]

I about choked to death when he said Hardee’s was the senior center.

[anonninja]

I once passed through a small town that had one Italian restaurant as the sole restaurant in town and they had a sign in the window announcing that they now served Mexican food.

[RHoDS]

You just perfectly described the community where I live. I'm in one of the neighborhoods with an HOA and we used to hold our annual meetings at the local library. After a few heated "discussions", they required us to have a sheriff's deputy in attendance to "keep the peace". 😄😄😄

[Burnerbaby]

I was simultaneously disturbed and impressed by how accurately this man described my town. Never stop making videos, Matt!

[JMutzfeld]

I was most of the way through thinking “no Dollar General joke?” and then, bam! Never disappointed because it never gets old

[MrsAlmaTrumble]

Lol. This is so true. You can't forget the Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and etc. I love this channel.

[tinaedwards]

Lived in a town of ~14, 000 people. There were 3 mattress stores within 4 blocks of each other. Not a single person I ever talked to in 6 years ever bought a mattress from any of them. It has to be a front of some kind.

[emilyz]

This is so accurate, especially Hardees being the senior center and teenagers standing around in a parking lot after school.

[PatrickRsGhost]

Not just a mattress store, but an entire furniture store. You also need a couple of other suspicious-looking shops, like a used appliance store and maybe an herb shop/homeopathy store.

Oh! And aside from the major chain restaurants, you need at least two locally-owned diners. One has to be the "good" diner and the other the "bad" diner. The good diner has friendly folks and the food is excellent. The bad diner has rude folks and tastes like prison leftovers.

And you can't forget the Waffle House.

[kimboosan]

I lost it at "pizza hut shaped building" OMG TOO TRUE

[EmergencyChannel]

I remember visiting a small town with less than 800 people and realizing they had a Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and General Dollar all within walking distance of each other and somehow all these stores seemed new construction, well stocked and busy with shoppers.

[mingklytus]

My wife & I watched this at the same time … and we both said “dollar generals” right before you said it. It’s THAT true.

What we had never thought about - that is also VERY true - is the mattress stores with no customers. (My 14yo would call those “sus.”)

[Wynterspop]

I once saw a daycare that was in a "Pizza Hut shaped building".