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I grew up in this city i was Born 3/2/1988 and lived my entire life here. The people that live in this area are not bad people they are just trying to survivethe area they live in. Benton harbor has a extremely bad drug issue and almost 70% of the people that live here are addicted to drugs...
BH is not that bad. Everyone here shows love to one another, and for the most part, we all got each other's back. Only outsiders driving around talking shit, documenting something they have no idea about, sati g it's the worst town. would have something to worry about.thw government is the issue here not the ppl
did Ernie Hudson & Sinbad stay there? hell no! they may have been born there but they're damned if they die there. Same way Floyd Mayweather got the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan (further up in the state), and back three time zones to Las Vegas, Nevada.
@@lookItUp91yup I live there and it ain’t bad. New Years Eve rivals Detroit with all the gunfire but it’s my favorite night. Reminds me that if any hostile force tries to come into this hood they gonna be hurting. Everyone is armed here.
My family is from there and it is depressing and empty now but still fun to go too. From what i remember my mom told me once all the factory jobs moved from benton harbor it started going downhill
@@jonjones7137 maybe that's the case to a small minded piece of shit like yourself but that isn't actually how that works. Sit the fuck down and keep your mouth shut next time lil guy.
It went downhill once the riots happened they burned down everything that’s why it’s a shitty town than Jesse Jackson fueled the flames by pissing off saint joe saying it was there responsibilty too they tried going there but they were stoped but that doesn’t fit with what they want you to think as long as nobody knows it never happened.
As someone from the UK, the first thing I noticed is how much space there is and how big a lot of the houses are. In the urban areas over here we're all packed in like sardines.
When the snow is bad in Chicago, the Michigan areas usually get it 3 or 4 times worse with their Lake Michigan "Lake Effect Snow". It is not uncommon for Benton Harbor to get 12", 15", 20+" inches of snow during a storm.
@@adriannajohnson3813 that's not true. Plenty VERY beautiful cities over there. Even St. Joe's, literally across the river from this wasteland isn't this atrocious. It's actually quite a cute town.
Yall know Sinbad from Benton Harbor? Also this town has gotten 3 dispensaries all on the same block downtown and the art district white as hell. But yes all of the rest is bad for the most part. :( But NEXT TIME YOU VISIT PLEASE RECORD THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BENTON TOWNSHIP (specifically the fat lake houses) and the slums of BENTON HARBOR they are so close together its sad. For those who don't know the differences are ASTONISHING its like driving on Lakeshore drive and seeing the rags to riches.
Born and raised there currently living in Indianapolis but it’s a lot of talent people from Benton Harbor and more to come despite all these negative comments just like everything look good is not but to each it’s own
As Danum Hunt mentioned, your painting a picture of everything bad about the town, I was born and raised in this town and it’s true we have crime, poverty, gangs, as other inner cities do but it was not alway like this, we have a rich history and there are some great people who want the city to thrive and grow but it’s starts with the leadership, and bringing better jobs to the city. That’s easier said then done! Do your research on the history of Benton Harbor, how did it go from a successful thriving town where people wanted to be to where they are now. I have also lived in Grand Rapids for over 6 years and yes, it’s a great town but they also have there bad spots, some property areas also but it’s a bigger city with a lot of job opportunities and things to do for the youth and families. How about we pray that GOD’s hand will rest over these cities and he brings people who are assigned to these cities to help bring change and strengthen those who have been there and continue to fight for those changes. Not every leader is corrupt or bed there, I want to make sure I say that!!
@@jonjones7137 wanna go back further? It’s driven during rush hour from Chicago on the 94 on rainy days. Wanna go back further? It’s mailed up from the gulf. Wanna go back further? The submarines are bringing it from the ocean to port aurthur where the biggest bosses wear clothes from Salvation Army and drive beat up old Hondas
I was raised here as well. It's really gone down since the 90's, not like it was great then either. Moved away in '04 and never looked back. I've driven past the place I grew up in and it's just a vacant lot now. 😢
This looks like most any other town-small-mid size city in the rust belt (Ohio,PA,Maryland,Jersey,NY) other than the large cities,newly developed suburban sud divisions & strip malls & where the rich people live this is what most of the mid-Atlantic region looks like & it doesn’t seem like things are gonna improve any time soon 🖤🥶y’all be safe
@Comicaccurate Goblin no the reason Benton harbor is fucked up is cuz there people rioted over a drug lord dying and they fucked themselved they almost fucked us but we shut down the bridge Saint Joseph isnt “Richville” its safetyville that’s why we are “rich”
Benton Harbor has various problems, such as mismanagement. But their main problem probably is that "the per capita income for the city was $8,965, the lowest in Michigan". (Wikipedia)
While this IS factual, there’s SO much moe to this city. You have Fairplain area, the Art district, the beaches, downtown. You PURPOSEFULLY showed this city on a dark gloomy day to ADD in its scarcity.. NOT cool. Ride through when it’s prom season, graduation time. Blossom time parade. Yes it’s bad, but this doesn’t help.
I see how he chose a particular side of town to cruise and record. He didn't show all of Benton Harbor. Also add commentary. Let everyone know why BH is the way that it is. 5 major manufacturers pulled out and left. Give history. Do a before and after. But I guess you painted the picture you wanted to paint. BH is the way that it is because of a hidden agenda. Keep Watching...
Yea I was just out there.. All of it ain't like this.. Plus they doing a lot downtown.. I'm use to Chicago n Gary.. I didn't feel unsafe in Benton Harbor.. Plus it's a mere couple miles from dope lake views.. Only thing I wouldn't like is the damn lake effect snow.. We get 7 or 8 inches in the Chicagoland area.. They get 32 inches of lake effect there n Michigan City/Laporte..
It’s good sides & bad sides of BH. This shows the bad part. If he ride 10 mins up to Fairplain area you’ll see a better area. This my hometown but we left in 2007. Yea it’s messed up it needs better managing & less dispensaries. A Diamond in the rough.
Больше удивляет то, что люди даже вокруг своего дома не могут мусор собрать, неужели приятно жить в таком гадюшнике... Городок небольшой, это же не многоэтажки в мегаполисе, где как в проходном дворе живешь, тут все свои, всё своё...
Spent a summer in St. Joeseph in 1986 me and my friends used to cruise over to BH to do some day drinking in the dive bars. It was a trip back then and people were cool.
Ikr. We worked in the Asbestos industry in 1987. Had a job to do in Berrien Springs. The sistas that were cleaning rooms where we stayed told us they lived in BH and to come chill with them. That was the most chill environment I've ever been in. No shooting, fighting, hatin, cops. Fellas gave us weed just because we were from Indy. Just total love. I'm sure it ain't nothing like that today. NIGGAZ done took over everything and made it less safe and no love out here. Sad.
The picture used for your thumbnail happens to be one of the most dangerous corners in Benton Harbor. I drove through there on my way to work for years and, the one thing I learned was, no matter what the traffic light is doing, red or green or yellow, don't ever stop there if you can help it. Go right through. If a cop stops you, you'll have backup to get the hell out of there. If you are behind a car that is stopping, leave your self some space to escape by going around. You may think you are OK driving around this city, but you are not. Trouble can come at any time. Don't trust it.
Benton Harbor is home to Whirlpool Corporation. If you go closer to the lake you will see a newer golf course and new housing developments on land that was once old factories and polluted lands. Whirlpool could have moved to a southern state that would gladly give them tax breaks but chose to stay and put millions into the place they call home.
That golf course is so close to my childhood home. Used to ride my bike to the beach and the opposite direction to bar and grill at the bottom of a holl
Think I've just worked out where all the 1980s American cars went to! lol Come to that, I love the old style cars. We should stop using plastic just to stop them putting it in our cars if nothing else lol
I haven't been to Benton harbor since 1998 99 Melissa San Diego I haven't been and Benton harbor in a long time my name is Calvin McDonald I haven't been in Benton harbor in a long time I graduated high school in 91 50 homesick homesick I miss home miss my family I even got kids back their kids back in Michigan here and San Diego wow
From Chicago but been through Benton Harbor a few times got family out there ...I think the comedian Sinbad from there it's right on the Indiana/Michigan border
@@chicosworld If you extend a line straight across Lake Michigan on a map from St.Joseph/Benton Harbor you'll reach Evanston, IL just north of Chicago. They say the distance across the lake from there is roughly 65 miles.
@@chicosworld 20-30 minutes between IN state line and Benton Harbor sounds about right. You need to check weather carefully when traveling from Chicago to SW Michigan in winter. It could be perfectly clear in Chicago, but heavy lake effect snow on Michigan side of the lake.
Because you think of Michigan and it's beauty. Unfortunately, I think it stems from Unions coming from Detroit Big 3 auto, and branching out from Detroit. Michigan became a place where Unions took dues & funded Democratic politicians, and you know...they turn every thing and city they touch into a shithole.
Is literally not a dangerous town at all.... unless youre afraid of black people.Went to the hardware store in benton all the time and spent enough time to tell u that labeling this as "dangerous" is for views.
@@TacticGamers "With a crime rate of 54 per one thousand residents, Benton Harbor has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 19."
@@klmbaby6 If you think it's normal to have a victim of violence in one out of every 5 households (or even fewer), then that just shows you how desensitized you've become to it.
Charlie, I think it would be beneficial to attach reading materials regarding the decline of cities. Or academic materials that can juxtapose the reasoning for the state of the places you video. Documented written history combined with visuals of the current state would educate viewers immensely. When it is only visuals, the short sided average you tube viewer assumes the citizens are the reasons for the current state. We should assess all of the reasons outside of the visuals. America has failed policy wise in many ways.
The citizens in these videos ARE the reason for this. You can't policy your way out of culture and giving these people public housing has made it worse for generations. What these people really need is a patch of land, a shovel and some seeds combined with the understanding that if you don't work, there's absolutely no one that's going to feed you so your starve. They'll either survive or nature with right its self.
@@Danlovestrivium no, you are slow. If your town erodes, and has no money, how do you blame the people? You have little understanding of how resources are divided. You think black people don’t work basically, or have work ethic. So, throughout the whole Nation, black people don’t grow vegetation, and tend to their land? You can’t possibly believe this.
@@jazo85 Ever notice how its always the usual suspects who's part of town always erodes and has no money? Ever wonder why all of these videos all look the same no mater what State/city/town the content creator drives through? Ever wonder why all of their schools fail? Ever wonder why they always end up in prison? Ever wonder why you can't turn on the TV without seeing them killing each other? Ever wonder why they all have the grammatical fortitude of a 4th grader? Ever wonder why all of their music is about the same three topics? Ever wonder why it's pretty much only them that live in government project housing? Ever wonder why all of their social media accounts look the same? It's black culture. This is the answer to all of the above. We don't need police reform, we need police improvement. What we really need is black culture reform.
They def hood in Benton Harbor, I stay in Pontiac which is the hood as well but is getting better. (depending on your stance on gentrification) They was bumping C-BO in the beginning, Marvellous voice is unmistakable.
when my mom had to go to benton harbor for work she had my dad come with her and he had to bring a couple of things to protect her and a state policeman. when she got there a police car was on fire. but when you go south about 5 miles its so damn beautiful. there used to be a curfew for benton harbor at 8 for the longest time because the place is such a shit hole
I like how you only drove around 1 side of the city to paint your picture…on another note, I didn’t know they tore down so many houses & buildings. SMH
@@PMLynchthat is really cool. We were neighbor’s back then. I was born in 1967. Then in 1980 my parents moved to Albuquerque New Mexico. I have not been back to visit. Someday I want to check it out again.
Definitely it's a lil hoodish I always said there's a country hood in michi but never gets talked about I'm from morley standwood mi wich is about half hour to an hour from baldwin when I would visit my gma I'm like this is something I've never scene but I wouldn't say it's bad or ghetto but has a country hood vibe because of its history of it being a hang out for.blacks during summer so there's still a population of black folks still there not a bad place actually
This is why I dislike our government officials, seeing video's like this and hearing about all the things they promised us that will never happen is why, I can't stand them.
That’s my uncle willie spot !! 💯 no cap. Used to be larks and sons bbq, the food still good but the vibe not the same anymore 😢 but for whoever reading and visit BH, you gotta stop by larks bbq
This where my moms from been there a few times for a few family members funerals Robin Brothers funeral home I believe right across from the projects, I remember playing in the project as a kid. They had something called football meat down there that shit was good.
Funny that I don't see anyone that grew up in BH commenting or complaining. Most of you either heard a story from someone you know or happened to pass by. What's sickening is that people are so judgmental about somewhere they don't know about! You go down south all you see is cars on 30 in rims! Riots happened due to police brutality and a lot of the city hasn't recovered, Companies picked up and moved causing many families to lose out on income and the ability to live a decent life.
Police brutality???? A drug lord crashed into a house how is that police brutality 🤦🏻 and the cop chasing him was black you clearly don’t know that much of the history.
I lived away from this town for almost 20 years and it's very different from anywhere else I've been and it has much more beauty than what's being showed in this footage don't be deceived by this, this is what he/she call a bad area and want to create a depiction of his/hers opinion of this small city go see for yourself. Plenty of people fell in love with visiting
Starting on McAllister my old street that store use to be called BJs where it was a lot of parking lot pimpin going on. The house parties, alley burgers, boones farm with my street fam and my biological sis (sometimes) was everything. Did a whole lot of walking which got me in trouble cause u get caught by yourself you better know how fight cause thats yo ass if you can't. Summers was lit we was outside like NYC. Regular street brawls, shooting when somebody can't fight or scared, somebody always stealing, but outside of that we had fun tho altho we didn't have shit. We were very sociable. Broadway park was the spot! It's really not as bad as people think tho. It's a lot of BS but also home. Just gotta be on the right side of town going towards St. Joesph. I was raised there and it's real life demonic spells on my city. Haunted type of shit.
The housing market crashed all the white people used to live in Benton Harbor look it up. Then they all moved to St. Joseph Mi the town over. Idk I had some real estate fucker explain to me but I don’t remember all I know is they fucked over a lot of black people.
My lil homies at Job Corps was from Ben harbor. They sound different from us in Detroit and Cleveland. They sound southern. But they were definitely hood niggas though.
Used to live here in 98 99 2000 went to Calvin Brittain Elementary it was Definitely Hood everybody sold crack even a old lady in a wheel chair named Miss Scott
This is not a dangerous place charlie.... I like alot of your videos but Im not a fan of the label. Benton harbor is safer than gary indiana by a long stretch .Yes benton harlem is ghetto but Dangerous idk bout that unless youre up to no good with no good people..
"With a crime rate of 54 per one thousand residents, Benton Harbor has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 19."
@@DanlovestriviumWhat he is saying is that it can be ALOT worse in other places. And crime statistics rarely tell you if the crime is due to targeted gang on gang violence or random violence committed on anyone they deem as outsiders.
@@Danlovestrivium And like I said, “this is not a dangerous place” can refer to violence not being directed towards outsiders who have nothing to do with the drug or gang business.
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Funny part is that two miles down the road and across the river, St Joseph, is like another planet.
St. Joseph is on the lakefront. Straight east of Chicago by about 65-70 miles across Lake Michigan, I think.
The name sounds like u right lol
It's just the difference between white culture and black culture.
@@jimdandy3460 then why do 99% of upper michigan towns look worse than this?
@@jimdandy3460 Black people abandoned by your government is not their "culture". Plenty of white shitholes.
I grew up in this city i was Born 3/2/1988 and lived my entire life here. The people that live in this area are not bad people they are just trying to survivethe area they live in. Benton harbor has a extremely bad drug issue and almost 70% of the people that live here are addicted to drugs...
And yet the government still feeds them
BH is not that bad. Everyone here shows love to one another, and for the most part, we all got each other's back. Only outsiders driving around talking shit, documenting something they have no idea about, sati g it's the worst town. would have something to worry about.thw government is the issue here not the ppl
did Ernie Hudson & Sinbad stay there? hell no! they may have been born there but they're damned if they die there. Same way Floyd Mayweather got the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan (further up in the state), and back three time zones to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ernie to BH: hell no! I didn't bust ghosts in Ghostbusters so I can stay up in po' ass Michigan!
@@lookItUp91yup I live there and it ain’t bad. New Years Eve rivals Detroit with all the gunfire but it’s my favorite night. Reminds me that if any hostile force tries to come into this hood they gonna be hurting. Everyone is armed here.
My family is from there and it is depressing and empty now but still fun to go too. From what i remember my mom told me once all the factory jobs moved from benton harbor it started going downhill
Nope once welfare and subsidized rent moved in so did the crime.
@@jonjones7137 you’re pretty much saying the same thing jobs left welfare stepped in it’s not rocket science
@@danielbillingsley5212 cause it is jobs here. I live here and make 6 figures. Welfare destroys ambition
@@jonjones7137 maybe that's the case to a small minded piece of shit like yourself but that isn't actually how that works. Sit the fuck down and keep your mouth shut next time lil guy.
It went downhill once the riots happened they burned down everything that’s why it’s a shitty town than Jesse Jackson fueled the flames by pissing off saint joe saying it was there responsibilty too they tried going there but they were stoped but that doesn’t fit with what they want you to think as long as nobody knows it never happened.
Born and raised, it might look a lil rough but it’s rich in culture…most them homes laid out inside so watch ya mouth 😩😂💙✊🏽🫶🏾
its a fucking shithole
As someone from the UK, the first thing I noticed is how much space there is and how big a lot of the houses are. In the urban areas over here we're all packed in like sardines.
@BYRRD
It looks so run down 😢
Depends we're u at in the u s.
Most of the houses are torn down the lots are small
People have left these cities...there is no work here!! No people!!! Welcome to the US....we are poor and no jobs!!! Don't come here!!
BH is not the country@BYRRD
When the snow is bad in Chicago, the Michigan areas usually get it 3 or 4 times worse with their Lake Michigan "Lake Effect Snow". It is not uncommon for Benton Harbor to get 12", 15", 20+" inches of snow during a storm.
It feels like it I live in Michigan and we had like 6 snowstorms in just months 😭😭😭
No bullshit I got stuck there for 2 days cause we couldn't push the door open cause the snow was so high
I’m from there, between the snow and the salt, it def plays a huge part in the deterioration of the streets and landscape…we get pounded
@@D1NO553 it's the winter .... And this has been a mild winter, including in West Michigan.
@@adriannajohnson3813 that's not true. Plenty VERY beautiful cities over there. Even St. Joe's, literally across the river from this wasteland isn't this atrocious. It's actually quite a cute town.
Appreciate this, born in StJo across the river so different the two cities
Born in Benton Harbor, raised in Baltimore. Got love for both 🖤
Same but raised in Georgia but live in Baltimore
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Yall know Sinbad from Benton Harbor? Also this town has gotten 3 dispensaries all on the same block downtown and the art district white as hell. But yes all of the rest is bad for the most part. :( But NEXT TIME YOU VISIT PLEASE RECORD THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BENTON TOWNSHIP (specifically the fat lake houses) and the slums of BENTON HARBOR they are so close together its sad. For those who don't know the differences are ASTONISHING its like driving on Lakeshore drive and seeing the rags to riches.
Never knew that , that’s wassup
So is Ernie Hudson
my mother went to school with Sinbad him. my family is well known in this town my gradmother was pastor Ella Mobley
Born and raised there currently living in Indianapolis but it’s a lot of talent people from Benton Harbor and more to come despite all these negative comments just like everything look good is not but to each it’s own
Benton Harbor is also currently going through the same thing Flint did with their water
The first 10 seconds told me everything I needed to see (or in this case, hear).
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Lovely neighbors 😂
😂😂😂😂
Slapping that marvelous
That’s my dad playing that 😂
As Danum Hunt mentioned, your painting a picture of everything bad about the town, I was born and raised in this town and it’s true we have crime, poverty, gangs, as other inner cities do but it was not alway like this, we have a rich history and there are some great people who want the city to thrive and grow but it’s starts with the leadership, and bringing better jobs to the city. That’s easier said then done! Do your research on the history of Benton Harbor, how did it go from a successful thriving town where people wanted to be to where they are now. I have also lived in Grand Rapids for over 6 years and yes, it’s a great town but they also have there bad spots, some property areas also but it’s a bigger city with a lot of job opportunities and things to do for the youth and families. How about we pray that GOD’s hand will rest over these cities and he brings people who are assigned to these cities to help bring change and strengthen those who have been there and continue to fight for those changes. Not every leader is corrupt or bed there, I want to make sure I say that!!
He didn't paint a picture of anything. Charlie doesn't even talk in these videos. He is just driving around filming reality.
Inner city.? This is not the inner city. Benton harbor is a village, a small town at that 😂😂😂😂😂
Benton harbor is where the kilos come to be repackaged and sent out to all the Michigan small towns. The cops are definitely in on it.
STOP IT. absolutely zero proof
@@jonjones7137 wanna go back further? It’s driven during rush hour from Chicago on the 94 on rainy days. Wanna go back further? It’s mailed up from the gulf. Wanna go back further? The submarines are bringing it from the ocean to port aurthur where the biggest bosses wear clothes from Salvation Army and drive beat up old Hondas
Nah it’s easier to run it up the i75
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@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 the whole 75 is a drug interdiction zone
Can a town be anymore depressing than this? It must be hard living like that but those young kids don't have any idea right now.
You're right, Africa would be much better for them.
come to the UP. all kinds of depressing towns here with zero opportunities. watch out for needles on the road and in the lake
It can be much more depressing. Look at some of Charlie's other videos.
@@1940limited yes you are right. Some places are even more depressing.
Их надо отвезти на восток Украины, там лучше
Damn shame. It used to be beautiful about 30+ years ago.
It’s always looked/been a mess!
@@barbarafleming-mitchell3218 Not really, I grew up there in the 50's and 60's, very prosperous times then.
I’m glad I left this town, it hasn’t changed since the early 90’s since I was there back then!
I was raised here as well. It's really gone down since the 90's, not like it was great then either. Moved away in '04 and never looked back. I've driven past the place I grew up in and it's just a vacant lot now. 😢
@@allentony86 It’s the people they don’t work together and the leadership is corrupted from the mayor, preachers,politicians etc.
I wish we could see the inside of those houses.
no ones stopping you
🤮🤮🤮
The roaches would attack you for whatever you had.
Inside’s definitely look better than the outsides
You’d be surprised how nice they are a lot of the time
This looks like most any other town-small-mid size city in the rust belt (Ohio,PA,Maryland,Jersey,NY) other than the large cities,newly developed suburban sud divisions & strip malls & where the rich people live this is what most of the mid-Atlantic region looks like & it doesn’t seem like things are gonna improve any time soon 🖤🥶y’all be safe
All because manufacturing went to China. Bill Clinton kicked off that trend.
Then go over the bridge into rich people ville and the atmosphere changes
@Comicaccurate Goblin no the reason Benton harbor is fucked up is cuz there people rioted over a drug lord dying and they fucked themselved they almost fucked us but we shut down the bridge Saint Joseph isnt “Richville” its safetyville that’s why we are “rich”
looks like a great place to live
Actually it is in some parts he only showed the shit.
@@journey9896 Please get help for your obsessive-compulsive posting disorder.
Benton Harbor has various problems, such as mismanagement. But their main problem probably is that "the per capita income for the city was $8,965, the lowest in Michigan". (Wikipedia)
While this IS factual, there’s SO much moe to this city. You have Fairplain area, the Art district, the beaches, downtown. You PURPOSEFULLY showed this city on a dark gloomy day to ADD in its scarcity.. NOT cool.
Ride through when it’s prom season, graduation time. Blossom time parade.
Yes it’s bad, but this doesn’t help.
I see how he chose a particular side of town to cruise and record. He didn't show all of Benton Harbor. Also add commentary. Let everyone know why BH is the way that it is. 5 major manufacturers pulled out and left. Give history. Do a before and after. But I guess you painted the picture you wanted to paint. BH is the way that it is because of a hidden agenda. Keep Watching...
Your point is valid.
But did you read the title of the video? It wasn’t titled “the history of Ben Harbor”
BH has always been a shit hole, bro
Yea I was just out there.. All of it ain't like this.. Plus they doing a lot downtown.. I'm use to Chicago n Gary.. I didn't feel unsafe in Benton Harbor.. Plus it's a mere couple miles from dope lake views.. Only thing I wouldn't like is the damn lake effect snow.. We get 7 or 8 inches in the Chicagoland area.. They get 32 inches of lake effect there n Michigan City/Laporte..
Benton harbor propaganda 😂 don’t even know where it is and don’t care. Place is going under. Lansing on top.
It’s good sides & bad sides of BH. This shows the bad part. If he ride 10 mins up to Fairplain area you’ll see a better area. This my hometown but we left in 2007. Yea it’s messed up it needs better managing & less dispensaries. A Diamond in the rough.
They got the stop/go lights on metal poles instead of cables. I rarely see the lights on poles except the very rich areas of michigan.
Benton harbor used to be a very wealthy place. That changed when politics influenced the people their and they made bad decisions with their money.
Imagine driving through there during those hot summer nights.😮
@@journey9896 Metro Atlanta area is booming.
@@journey9896 20 Most Violent? Top 10 Mur
der rates?
@kevin Hauser I’m good. 😁
Так приятно видеть эти милые районы и этих симпатичных людей!
Больше удивляет то, что люди даже вокруг своего дома не могут мусор собрать, неужели приятно жить в таком гадюшнике... Городок небольшой, это же не многоэтажки в мегаполисе, где как в проходном дворе живешь, тут все свои, всё своё...
Ага! Так и хочется спросить как пройти в библиотеку
@@leoniaritt3512
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where are you from that every city and town is perfect and well kept? i would love to move there
@@CheapKetchup
Land of milk and honey.
Yo I love when Bo is cruising thru a ghetto and then you see a scraper on 30’s sitting way up! Gotta love it.
Spent a summer in St. Joeseph in 1986 me and my friends used to cruise over to BH to do some day drinking in the dive bars. It was a trip back then and people were cool.
Ikr. We worked in the Asbestos industry in 1987. Had a job to do in Berrien Springs. The sistas that were cleaning rooms where we stayed told us they lived in BH and to come chill with them. That was the most chill environment I've ever been in. No shooting, fighting, hatin, cops. Fellas gave us weed just because we were from Indy. Just total love. I'm sure it ain't nothing like that today. NIGGAZ done took over everything and made it less safe and no love out here. Sad.
You remember the strip that everybody used to hang out at? The street name?
I live there and raised my kids there. Too bad it went down the way it did. There are a lot of good people there.
As long as they are happy
The picture used for your thumbnail happens to be one of the most dangerous corners in Benton Harbor. I drove through there on my way to work for years and, the one thing I learned was, no matter what the traffic light is doing, red or green or yellow, don't ever stop there if you can help it. Go right through. If a cop stops you, you'll have backup to get the hell out of there. If you are behind a car that is stopping, leave your self some space to escape by going around. You may think you are OK driving around this city, but you are not. Trouble can come at any time. Don't trust it.
Benton Harbor is home to Whirlpool Corporation. If you go closer to the lake you will see a newer golf course and new housing developments on land that was once old factories and polluted lands. Whirlpool could have moved to a southern state that would gladly give them tax breaks but chose to stay and put millions into the place they call home.
There is a Whirlpool Corporation in Moreno Valley, CA. I drive by it regularly.
@@standupbcounted2420, not the World Headquarters - that's here in Benton Harbor, MI
That golf course is so close to my childhood home. Used to ride my bike to the beach and the opposite direction to bar and grill at the bottom of a holl
Don't drink the water
U ARE CORRECT SIR THEY HAVE A WATER CRISIS JUST LIKE FLINT, MURICA!
Think I've just worked out where all the 1980s American cars went to! lol
Come to that, I love the old style cars.
We should stop using plastic just to stop them putting it in our cars if nothing else lol
Rust never sleeps.
They love their ridiculously large rims on these 80s American cars.
Donks
So what. Companies obviously manufacture those rims. This is why they buy them.
@@luciferfire1575 Companies manufacture those rims?? Really? Thought they made them in their basement.
@@Blue-moon12 The more you know 👌🏿.
@Blue Moon stick to your boring dull culture and we will stick to ours which is way more influential
Could somebody ID the song in the first few seconds of the video? It totally slaps. Great video as always, Charlie!
C bo and marvelous
I think it was MC Hammer
@tobyjackman3212 hell naw boi, wasn't no fuckin mc hammer lol fuck outta here wit that
Lol that was my dad car
I haven't been to Benton harbor since 1998 99 Melissa San Diego I haven't been and Benton harbor in a long time my name is Calvin McDonald I haven't been in Benton harbor in a long time I graduated high school in 91 50 homesick homesick I miss home miss my family I even got kids back their kids back in Michigan here and San Diego wow
Bumpin that C-Bo in the beginning 🔥🎶
That is a lovely place to live...
RAMADAN KARIM TO ALL MUSLIMS BROTHERS 🔥
From Chicago but been through Benton Harbor a few times got family out there ...I think the comedian Sinbad from there it's right on the Indiana/Michigan border
It's not right on the Indiana border. There's several towns in between. I'm guessing about 20-30(maybe a little less) miles north of border.
@@stephenkammerling9479 yeah I just know it's not far from the state line like 20 30 minutes or so
@@chicosworld If you extend a line straight across Lake Michigan on a map from St.Joseph/Benton Harbor you'll reach Evanston, IL just north of Chicago. They say the distance across the lake from there is roughly 65 miles.
@@chicosworld 20-30 minutes between IN state line and Benton Harbor sounds about right. You need to check weather carefully when traveling from Chicago to SW Michigan in winter. It could be perfectly clear in Chicago, but heavy lake effect snow on Michigan side of the lake.
Yep Sinbad is from there
Holy sit,I see the temptations and the surpremes.
Charlie back in the trap
The houses are massive compared to where I live and I'm not even from the ghetto.
I didn't think Michigan was like that! Not sure why, because you don't really hear much about Michigan here.
Because you think of Michigan and it's beauty. Unfortunately, I think it stems from Unions coming from Detroit Big 3 auto, and branching out from Detroit.
Michigan became a place where Unions took dues & funded Democratic politicians, and you know...they turn every thing and city they touch into a shithole.
Is literally not a dangerous town at all.... unless youre afraid of black people.Went to the hardware store in benton all the time and spent enough time to tell u that labeling this as "dangerous" is for views.
@@TacticGamers "With a crime rate of 54 per one thousand residents, Benton Harbor has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 19."
@@Danlovestrivium One in 19 is like 5%...c'mon now
@@klmbaby6 If you think it's normal to have a victim of violence in one out of every 5 households (or even fewer), then that just shows you how desensitized you've become to it.
Colorful recycling cans.
I’m from Baltimore they make our neighborhood look like Hollywood they don’t have no drains to the sewer all that water I know it’s mass of bugs
I spent alot of years Here
Charlie, I think it would be beneficial to attach reading materials regarding the decline of cities. Or academic materials that can juxtapose the reasoning for the state of the places you video. Documented written history combined with visuals of the current state would educate viewers immensely. When it is only visuals, the short sided average you tube viewer assumes the citizens are the reasons for the current state. We should assess all of the reasons outside of the visuals. America has failed policy wise in many ways.
The citizens in these videos ARE the reason for this. You can't policy your way out of culture and giving these people public housing has made it worse for generations.
What these people really need is a patch of land, a shovel and some seeds combined with the understanding that if you don't work, there's absolutely no one that's going to feed you so your starve. They'll either survive or nature with right its self.
Do you have an example of reading material for this town?
@@Danlovestrivium no, you are slow. If your town erodes, and has no money, how do you blame the people? You have little understanding of how resources are divided. You think black people don’t work basically, or have work ethic. So, throughout the whole Nation, black people don’t grow vegetation, and tend to their land? You can’t possibly believe this.
@@jazo85 Ever notice how its always the usual suspects who's part of town always erodes and has no money? Ever wonder why all of these videos all look the same no mater what State/city/town the content creator drives through?
Ever wonder why all of their schools fail? Ever wonder why they always end up in prison? Ever wonder why you can't turn on the TV without seeing them killing each other? Ever wonder why they all have the grammatical fortitude of a 4th grader? Ever wonder why all of their music is about the same three topics? Ever wonder why it's pretty much only them that live in government project housing? Ever wonder why all of their social media accounts look the same?
It's black culture. This is the answer to all of the above. We don't need police reform, we need police improvement. What we really need is black culture reform.
@@journey9896 South Chicago has a poverty rate more than twice as high as any place you listed.
They def hood in Benton Harbor, I stay in Pontiac which is the hood as well but is getting better. (depending on your stance on gentrification)
They was bumping C-BO in the beginning, Marvellous voice is unmistakable.
Gentrification? You mean when white people move back and fix all yo shit up?
BORN & RAISED🤔😇
i was born there..my grand mother is pastor Ella Mobley
when my mom had to go to benton harbor for work she had my dad come with her and he had to bring a couple of things to protect her and a state policeman. when she got there a police car was on fire. but when you go south about 5 miles its so damn beautiful. there used to be a curfew for benton harbor at 8 for the longest time because the place is such a shit hole
Bro I drove past those houses earlier Because I live in Michigan 😭💀
Diversity making another town beautiful!
I like how you only drove around 1 side of the city to paint your picture…on another note, I didn’t know they tore down so many houses & buildings. SMH
Near the end of the video you were very close to my childhood home on Monroe street almost 40 years ago. It has really changed since I left.
Look up c-bo gas chamber album
I grew up on E. Empire in the 50's and 60's. Very prosperous town then. Lived a couple of blocks from Monroe.
@@PMLynchthat is really cool. We were neighbor’s back then. I was born in 1967. Then in 1980 my parents moved to Albuquerque New Mexico. I have not been back to visit. Someday I want to check it out again.
You should visit Baldwin/Idlewild, Michigan, hood of the north.
😂😂😂😂 that’s crazy it’s a hood up north
Definitely it's a lil hoodish I always said there's a country hood in michi but never gets talked about I'm from morley standwood mi wich is about half hour to an hour from baldwin when I would visit my gma I'm like this is something I've never scene but I wouldn't say it's bad or ghetto but has a country hood vibe because of its history of it being a hang out for.blacks during summer so there's still a population of black folks still there not a bad place actually
@@BIGCHEEZY616 lots of drugs and abandoned and dilapidated buildings.
Blowing through every stop sign
Do Rockford Illinois westside
This is why I dislike our government officials, seeing video's like this and hearing about all the things they promised us that will never happen is why, I can't stand them.
Politicians can't make people work. And homeboy is just driving in the absolute worse parts
I was like “why he driving through the good parts?” Then I seen you on Seeley lol. Still not deep enough. Gotta roll down Catalpa bro.
The worst looking small town is Belle Glade, FL… it’s not even up for debate
Lark’s BBQ though….
Order the house special my guy.
That’s my uncle willie spot !! 💯 no cap. Used to be larks and sons bbq, the food still good but the vibe not the same anymore 😢 but for whoever reading and visit BH, you gotta stop by larks bbq
Yo Charlie come to Manchester New Hampshire
This where my moms from been there a few times for a few family members funerals Robin Brothers funeral home I believe right across from the projects, I remember playing in the project as a kid. They had something called football meat down there that shit was good.
A lot of big houses that will hopefully appreciate with time ⏳
Funny that I don't see anyone that grew up in BH commenting or complaining. Most of you either heard a story from someone you know or happened to pass by. What's sickening is that people are so judgmental about somewhere they don't know about! You go down south all you see is cars on 30 in rims! Riots happened due to police brutality and a lot of the city hasn't recovered, Companies picked up and moved causing many families to lose out on income and the ability to live a decent life.
Thank you
Police brutality???? A drug lord crashed into a house how is that police brutality 🤦🏻 and the cop chasing him was black you clearly don’t know that much of the history.
Was a great city still into the 70’s
Ernie Hudson was born there. :) p.s. I will be touring there Saturday July 8, 2023 7/8/23.
also Sinbad was born there.
my mother went to school with both of them and my father
Should’ve came to Kalamazoo come interview me
"Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here."
:35 was my corner store growing up in the early 90s!
I lived away from this town for almost 20 years and it's very different from anywhere else I've been and it has much more beauty than what's being showed in this footage don't be deceived by this, this is what he/she call a bad area and want to create a depiction of his/hers opinion of this small city go see for yourself. Plenty of people fell in love with visiting
Starting on McAllister my old street that store use to be called BJs where it was a lot of parking lot pimpin going on. The house parties, alley burgers, boones farm with my street fam and my biological sis (sometimes) was everything. Did a whole lot of walking which got me in trouble cause u get caught by yourself you better know how fight cause thats yo ass if you can't. Summers was lit we was outside like NYC. Regular street brawls, shooting when somebody can't fight or scared, somebody always stealing, but outside of that we had fun tho altho we didn't have shit. We were very sociable. Broadway park was the spot! It's really not as bad as people think tho. It's a lot of BS but also home. Just gotta be on the right side of town going towards St. Joesph. I was raised there and it's real life demonic spells on my city. Haunted type of shit.
why is it so bad here? what's the common theme?
shit is real
"Culture"
The housing market crashed all the white people used to live in Benton Harbor look it up. Then they all moved to St. Joseph Mi the town over. Idk I had some real estate fucker explain to me but I don’t remember all I know is they fucked over a lot of black people.
@kevin Hauser lmao.
Your mum?
My lil homies at Job Corps was from Ben harbor. They sound different from us in Detroit and Cleveland. They sound southern. But they were definitely hood niggas though.
At the start of the video, that sounded like Digable Planets!👍✌
I don't know the song, but that was Marveless and C-Bo in the beginning
I was born and raised there. It didn’t used to look like this. They do have better looking areas.
Facts
He only drove down one part of the town 😂
What's so dangerous about the town?
Used to live here in 98 99 2000 went to Calvin Brittain Elementary it was Definitely Hood everybody sold crack even a old lady in a wheel chair named Miss Scott
The Compton of the mid west
BH only has a population of 9k. A better comparison would've been Flint to Compton since they both have 80k-90k people
I live in that neighborhood 😊
This is not a dangerous place charlie.... I like alot of your videos but Im not a fan of the label. Benton harbor is safer than gary indiana by a long stretch .Yes benton harlem is ghetto but Dangerous idk bout that unless youre up to no good with no good people..
"With a crime rate of 54 per one thousand residents, Benton Harbor has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 19."
@@DanlovestriviumWhat he is saying is that it can be ALOT worse in other places. And crime statistics rarely tell you if the crime is due to targeted gang on gang violence or random violence committed on anyone they deem as outsiders.
@@domdom6624 Wrong. He clearly wrote "This is not a dangerous place charlie". Not sure how you misunderstood this sentence.
@@Danlovestrivium And like I said, “this is not a dangerous place” can refer to violence not being directed towards outsiders who have nothing to do with the drug or gang business.
@@domdom6624 Now you're making things up instead of relying on the facts, which I provided.
Nice little town if you ask me.
That's B.S. Not that bad. Been here for years.
A couple of areas in Benton Harbor look like a hood here in Greenville SC called Cripple Creek 😲
Your crazy to be driving that slow here lol
Don't drink the water. 😂
Vedo the r&b singer from Benton Harbor !!
What’s the song playing at the very beginning
Female rapper name is Marvaless from Sacramento but i dont remember the name song probably from The 1994 album "ghetto blues " peace
Shazam tagged the exact song as Can’t Stand the Heat by C-Bo. The part that plays in the video here starts around 3: 14 in the song for reference
@@snappleshibes26 preciate it homes
@@90sUndergroundGRapCollector thx my g
Самое интересное, что на каждом перекрёстке висит знак STOP а не Уступи дорогу)
Man I been here one time and it took 3-4 hrs from the city (Detroit) to get there 🤣🤣 it’s like a smaller version of Flint, MI
Looks like my hometown. South Bend, Indiana.
@BYRRD you from there too?
it worse then south bend lol people visit south bend for fun around here.
@BYRRD y’all some INDIANIMALS HUH😂😂😂😂😂
Areas of South Bend are much worse than Benton Harbor. I lived in BH for 30 years. Attended nursing school and worked in South Bend for about 20 years
@@luke1crawford channels 16,22, and 57 says that’s a lie
Bumping that c-bo!
I grew up on Columbus