Tweetsie Trail

A fun bike trail from Johnson City to the edges of Elizbethton. Some run down in between, like the abandoned factory. Rural America doesnt have to keep these sites of production but they need good jobs. The wealth these communities helped create was taken by the owners and used to buy political capital to weaken workers over time. And they weren't held to account for abandoning the people who gave them the wealth and power. On the positive side at least we have the public hike and bike trails on old railroad property. I'm not sure how the public acquired the tracks but I think we should do the same kind of thing with other abandoned or run down property. We should take it and and develop it. Sell it or give it away to make something positive happen.