Inside London's Most Dangerous Ghetto 🇬🇧

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
  • I came to London's most dangerous and roughest areas to see if the rumours were true, starting with Tower Hamlets which has a notorious reputation. My local friend @Abzventure led me into the 'ghetto' to see if the hype of the place was legit, the answers were certainly mixed...
    Then we headed to Newham with @Kingkayaamedia who showed us around another supposedly rough area of London where he grew up. We meet the locals who share their thoughts if this really is a place you should avoid. Welcome to London! 🇬🇧

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  • @benjohnsmith78
    @benjohnsmith78 Před 28 dny +310

    Ben was so preoccupied with thoughts of getting robbed in London he failed to see he got robbed in his hometown of Plymouth at the train station… £120 is daylight robbery brother!

    • @scann7306
      @scann7306 Před 20 dny +9

      💯💯💯💯💯💯

    • @beardedninjah7982
      @beardedninjah7982 Před 19 dny +24

      Thieves and robbers wear suits these days but everyone got their eyes on the hoods 😅

    • @scann7306
      @scann7306 Před 18 dny +3

      @@beardedninjah7982 💯.

    • @Caesar_1415
      @Caesar_1415 Před 15 dny +4

      Try travelling in America, lol

    • @rosakop1
      @rosakop1 Před 14 dny +8

      He literally called it daylight robbery what are u on about

  • @UnimportantAcc
    @UnimportantAcc Před 24 dny +212

    "Feels like home... I'm from Bangladesh"
    💀💀💀

    • @devanman7920
      @devanman7920 Před 21 dnem +17

      Ya its a complete hell hole and he's just like "feels like home init" haha

    • @DariusMazdehan-wl9du
      @DariusMazdehan-wl9du Před 20 dny +1

      Those responsible for destruction are muslims of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Bangladesh.
      I don't think Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian Indians or non muslim Persians, Jews are causing any sort of problems.
      They are highly educated on average and have highest household incomes and most university degrees. They don't deal with drugs, seek human welfare or asylum or rape.
      Moreover except for your communist, globalist prime minister who is an exception I don't think in general hindu and Christian migrants from India are causing any poverty, violence in England.

    • @chrism2279
      @chrism2279 Před 14 dny +2

      The media threw trash everywhere.

    • @zenlob
      @zenlob Před 5 dny +2

      @@devanman7920 yh not really, i've seen more crime in Kensington than Tower Hamlets

    • @devanman7920
      @devanman7920 Před 5 dny +2

      @@zenlob Think you missed the point mate.

  • @LewisM-111
    @LewisM-111 Před 29 dny +361

    “It’s alright, you can hear the crackheads screaming at night, but it’s alright.” 🤣🤣

    • @HeatherBoo916
      @HeatherBoo916 Před 29 dny +19

      if that's the worst, i am moving there, i hear them 24 7 where i am and pay a lot more in rent 🤣

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před 29 dny +31

      🇬🇧 what a place

    • @LewisM-111
      @LewisM-111 Před 29 dny +12

      I can just picture them roaming the streets at night and screaming, like the zombies in I Am Legend 😂

    • @callumkent7155
      @callumkent7155 Před 29 dny +9

      @@BackpackerBen Hi Ben. Any plans to do Germany. Poland. Maybe visit Gdansk or Dresden in Germany. Explore old WW2 sites

    • @paul7TM
      @paul7TM Před 28 dny +4

      It's whatever people are used to. I've found London at rush hour for instance the eighth circle of hell. But the locals just stumble along like zombies 😵

  • @Lionking1190
    @Lionking1190 Před 29 dny +290

    Those train prices are absolutely a shitshow!!!

    • @nigelwatson2750
      @nigelwatson2750 Před 28 dny +5

      "But, but, but it's the same in all other countries" 🤣

    • @larsstougaard7097
      @larsstougaard7097 Před 28 dny +9

      Insane how can a country work that way, who pocket all that money, the real criminals right there

    • @michaelstokes919
      @michaelstokes919 Před 28 dny +20

      If he booked it a day in advance he could of got it for £70. Surely someone who is well travelled would of known that.

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Před 28 dny +15

      @@michaelstokes919still way too expensive

    • @tomcarter595
      @tomcarter595 Před 28 dny +8

      No one pays that tbf
      I just got a return on the same line (South west to Paddington) & it cost me £40 return 😂

  • @antonyleemulvey8226
    @antonyleemulvey8226 Před 29 dny +394

    £120 to London. That’s an absolute ass raping

    • @bensmith372
      @bensmith372 Před 29 dny +8

      Heavy taking the piss

    • @demoncloud6147
      @demoncloud6147 Před 29 dny +20

      CZcams AI let you say this ?
      wow

    • @benjohnsmith78
      @benjohnsmith78 Před 28 dny +21

      Ben just pulled his pants down, bent himself over the ticket desk and passed a toilet brush to the closest person to him and said “Do your best brother”

    • @Guvnor100
      @Guvnor100 Před 28 dny +3

      Could have travelled cheaper if he went out of peak times. Still ridiculous, but if you know how to get around cheaper you can

    • @drumstick74
      @drumstick74 Před 28 dny +16

      Trains are also crazy expensive here in Denmark. It's like they *don't want us* to travel.

  • @chizzlemo3094
    @chizzlemo3094 Před 28 dny +193

    "its amazing feels like home, Bangladesh". err yeah

    • @johngalt6525
      @johngalt6525 Před 26 dny +5

      Mind blown .... 😮

    • @jonnydoeson5562
      @jonnydoeson5562 Před 25 dny +20

      Piles of junk and trash and clothes dumped all over

    • @DariusMazdehan-wl9du
      @DariusMazdehan-wl9du Před 22 dny

      Those responsible for destruction are muslims of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Bangladesh.
      I don't think Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian Indians or non muslim Persians, Jews are causing any sort of problems.
      Moreover except for your communist, globalist prime minister who is an exception I don't think in general hindu and Christian migrants from India are causing any poverty, violence in England.
      Actually India Today is one of the largest economic powers and currently the fastest growing economy in the world under the current leadership.
      Today India is completely different from what it was in 1980 when the country was closed to the global investors and economy.
      Check the statistics of United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Morgan and Stanley - they have clearly mentioned that currently only 14% of the population of India live below poverty line and in last decade 450 million Indians have been lifted out of absolute poverty. Moreover one more strong evidence is the rapidly growing middle class and the booming consumer market.
      India Today has the fastest growing consumer market in the world the reason why numerous global brands have and are opening their business in India.
      Even in the infrastructure case, there is a massive upgradation going on currently. You see the latest global news reports.
      Boeing, Airbus have received their largest purchase orders which are also the largest in the entire history of aviation from Indian airline carrier groups like Air India, Indigo. The reason behind this, more and more number of Indians are travelling by air with more and more airports being built throughout India by the government because the domestic part of India's air transport is far larger than the international part.
      Thirdly, India's recent upgradation of its railways with its new fleet of semi high speed trains like Vande Bharat and building of tunnels through mountains in Northwestern and Northeast Indian Himalayas and it's rapidly growing highway, expressway networks and bridges- the Atal sea link recently constructed connecting Mumbai to Pune over the Arabian Sea.
      Lastly India recently have became successful in constructing an underwater metro railway.

    • @DariusMazdehan-wl9du
      @DariusMazdehan-wl9du Před 22 dny +1

      I don't think Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian Indians or non muslim Persians, Jews are causing any sort of problems.
      They are highly educated on average and have highest household incomes and most university degrees. They don't deal with drugs, seek human welfare or asylum or rape.
      Moreover except for your communist, globalist prime minister who is an exception I don't think in general hindu and Christian migrants from India are causing any poverty, violence in England.
      Actually India today is one of the largest economic powers and currently the fastest growing economy in the world under the current leadership.
      Today India is completely different from what it was in 1980 when the country was closed to the global investors and economy.
      Check the statistics of United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Morgan and Stanley - they have clearly mentioned that currently only 14% of the population of India live below poverty line and in last decade 450 million Indians have been lifted out of absolute poverty. Moreover one more strong evidence is the rapidly growing middle class and the booming consumer market.
      India Today has the fastest growing consumer market in the world the reason why numerous global brands have and are opening their business in India.
      Even in the infrastructure case, there is a massive upgradation going on currently. You see the latest global news reports.
      Boeing, Airbus have received their largest purchase orders which are also the largest in the entire history of aviation from Indian airline carrier groups like Air India, Indigo. The reason behind this, more and more number of Indians are travelling by air with more and more airports being built throughout India by the government because the domestic part of India's air transport is far larger than the international part.
      Thirdly, India's recent upgradation of its railways with its new fleet of semi high speed trains like Vande Bharat and building of tunnels through mountains in Northwestern and Northeast Indian Himalayas and it's rapidly growing highway, expressway networks and bridges- the Atal sea link recently constructed connecting Mumbai to Pune over the Arabian Sea.
      I am a realist and I honestly say China is already out of the third world status long back and India is rapidly transitioning into a second world country that is it's in the Goldilocks Phase in terms of economists.

    • @noeledmonds12
      @noeledmonds12 Před 21 dnem

      Import the third world that's what you get

  • @robertpavey5615
    @robertpavey5615 Před 29 dny +136

    £120 for a single fare train journey is mental. Avoid paying on the day and book well in advance, looking for Split Save deals...or rise up against the men responsible for fleecing us.

    • @comosaycomosah
      @comosaycomosah Před 29 dny +1

      thats insane i wouldnt do it....i just wouldnt....especially there motorcycle for sure everywhere

    • @DarthDainese
      @DarthDainese Před 29 dny +4

      £55 cheapest I can find from Newcastle to Kings Cross

    • @gonnabefree
      @gonnabefree Před 29 dny +1

      He can business expense it tbf

    • @comosaycomosah
      @comosaycomosah Před 29 dny +1

      @@gonnabefree touche touche

    • @sutenjarl1162
      @sutenjarl1162 Před 29 dny +3

      Go annoy the germans who own it 🤣

  • @WesleyWinter.
    @WesleyWinter. Před 29 dny +121

    That train ticket was daylight robbery 💀

  • @user-xo4lg5se3d
    @user-xo4lg5se3d Před 27 dny +142

    London is nice and peaceful African city. At nights there are some crime related to drug abuse, but it's not that bad.

  • @soupsandwich1
    @soupsandwich1 Před 28 dny +130

    Jesus christ I was in London in the mid 1990's and it looks completely indistinguishable now. My god. Good luck, Brits.

    • @buckrussell567
      @buckrussell567 Před 28 dny +19

      @soupsandwich1 same there in the early 90's cannot believe the difference...Cleese was right "England isn't England anymore"

    • @InstrumentalsBeats
      @InstrumentalsBeats Před 27 dny +9

      Much safer now than the mid 90s 👍🏻

    • @RubbishGimpy
      @RubbishGimpy Před 26 dny +10

      The problem is they live like they did in Bangladesh. Over crowded homes, no intergration and slum areas and spend their money on the car they drive. Its people that make an area. Take some pride in your surrounding and people will have a better opinion of the area. None of these areas a bad places. I live in Stratford, its instagram gansters and the odd shitty street/block.

    • @InstrumentalsBeats
      @InstrumentalsBeats Před 26 dny +2

      @@RubbishGimpy that was London in the early 1900s
      London in the 2000s-2020s has less poverty and squalor than London in the 1980s-1990s

    • @paulwally9007
      @paulwally9007 Před 26 dny +4

      @@InstrumentalsBeats I was there back in the early 1900s too. The Artful Dodger pinched my snuff box and pocket watch.

  • @riyadinho6795
    @riyadinho6795 Před 15 dny +17

    are we going to pretend like the "east end" which includes tower hamlets hasnt always been the grimiest, poorest, working class area of London even before immigration or anything else. it has always been like this.

    • @paulw6183
      @paulw6183 Před 14 dny +4

      No it hasn't, being poor or working class doesn't mean looking like a third world shithole.

    • @archiesully
      @archiesully Před 13 dny +4

      @@paulw6183 east london doesn't look like a third world shithole I'd advise you come here first before chatting that shit

    • @mohamedmane4874
      @mohamedmane4874 Před 12 dny

      @@archiesully the enriched areas do

    • @paulw6183
      @paulw6183 Před 11 dny

      @archiesully
      Been there, its a shithole, half gentrified, half ghetto

    • @paulw6183
      @paulw6183 Před 10 dny

      @@archiesully
      I'm from London, moved out because it's become a fucking dump, half gentrified, half ghetto

  • @ST-mn6nw
    @ST-mn6nw Před 29 dny +272

    London where everyone talks in that cringe wannabe gangsta accent, embarrassment to england

    • @nathandurant2825
      @nathandurant2825 Před 28 dny +26

      You know what im sayin bro. Jeez I despise it

    • @eon14873
      @eon14873 Před 28 dny +28

      They sound like Ali G

    • @nathandurant2825
      @nathandurant2825 Před 28 dny +2

      Worst thing is when a white guy comes out of prison and starts talking to you like it, it's basically the lingua franca of UK jails

    • @Curi0u50ne
      @Curi0u50ne Před 28 dny +23

      U get me brov?! 😂

    • @7ofthem
      @7ofthem Před 28 dny +3

      Not the people I know there

  • @JP-oe4ry
    @JP-oe4ry Před 29 dny +42

    Just bought a 2.5 hour trip here in Finland for 40e. 1 of Europe's most expensive countries. How is England even functioning at those train prices?

    • @FSWGN
      @FSWGN Před 27 dny

      Morjesta 😊

    • @AI-Records24
      @AI-Records24 Před 26 dny +9

      We are barely functioning, and it’s going to get a whole lot worse!

    • @jonnydoeson5562
      @jonnydoeson5562 Před 25 dny +5

      It’s not. Trains are unusable.

    • @chriswashingtonbeats
      @chriswashingtonbeats Před 21 dnem +3

      It's insane

    • @johngauntthesun
      @johngauntthesun Před 21 dnem

      they are mother fuckers the government steals from poor and gives to rich thief company's that don't so anything any get so much money from government its a scam that's only good for the elite

  • @jondurr
    @jondurr Před 28 dny +138

    London just elected Khan for the third time. May she rest in peace!

    • @J4RVV
      @J4RVV Před 28 dny +8

      It was fudged!

    • @giraffesinc.2193
      @giraffesinc.2193 Před 28 dny +9

      They are nuts to have re-elected him!

    • @mikeymoose7253
      @mikeymoose7253 Před 28 dny +1

      As opposed to the other clowns you mean

    • @jackdobson1992
      @jackdobson1992 Před 28 dny

      He got re elected by the muslim voters who they imported.

    • @Mikke-G
      @Mikke-G Před 28 dny +12

      Demographics are destiny in elections

  • @PETERGRIFFIN21380
    @PETERGRIFFIN21380 Před 28 dny +105

    A bunch of feargal’s trying to act hard in front of a camera certainly doesn’t make it a “dangerous neighbourhood”. It makes it a shit hole

    • @HS-bk5tj
      @HS-bk5tj Před 25 dny +7

      My next door lady stabbed last week in Edgware and died, Somali lot

    • @Sabotaz80xx
      @Sabotaz80xx Před 25 dny +4

      The attacker wasn’t even Somali

    • @theexteriorcleaningguy9457
      @theexteriorcleaningguy9457 Před 20 dny

      Mate London is a seriously dangerous right now. Just look at the serious crime statistics

    • @johnperkins4611
      @johnperkins4611 Před 19 dny +1

      Feargals! Class...

    • @thepanther8925
      @thepanther8925 Před 16 dny +1

      @@HS-bk5tj My ancestors died in India, British lot

  • @giannishen
    @giannishen Před 29 dny +19

    Your videos are always interesting, thank you for sharing! 👍🥰🙏

  • @cianog
    @cianog Před 28 dny +210

    London was English in the 90s. Insane how quickly things go downhill.

    • @kdavid022
      @kdavid022 Před 28 dny +10

      locals says in this video everything is getting better now.

    • @Hardlywerkin
      @Hardlywerkin Před 28 dny

      Just the number of people in poverty has increased and it's more visible. Throw in uncontrolled immigration to the mix, as well as no real support for youth in the poorest areas and you've got a melting pot of chaos.

    • @tekkn_579
      @tekkn_579 Před 26 dny +1

      @@kdavid022 Thats not the point of what this guy said.

    • @DeLaSalle-nh4ee
      @DeLaSalle-nh4ee Před 26 dny +28

      ​@@kdavid022Yeah cos they all foreign and we getting invaded 😂

    • @ohjajohh
      @ohjajohh Před 25 dny +19

      Imagine what London will look like in 2050

  • @storiesreadaloud5635
    @storiesreadaloud5635 Před 15 dny +37

    'gangs', 'youths', 'urban dwellers', 'vibrant people', 'doctors', 'rocket scientists', 'British'

    • @CB-dl1vg
      @CB-dl1vg Před 15 dny +7

      ‘Engineers’ ‘Enrichment’ ‘Nurses’

    • @danielcunningham6727
      @danielcunningham6727 Před 14 dny +2

      ​@CB-dl1vg lucy letby she certainly enriched many young babies didnt she..

    • @CB-dl1vg
      @CB-dl1vg Před 14 dny

      @@danielcunningham6727 No. No body is trying to convince us that psychopathic nurses are only a positive thing and only serve to ‘enrich’ our society.

    • @hencesmidt668
      @hencesmidt668 Před 12 dny

      how about the 700 Nigerian "health care professionals" who faked there qualifications wonder how many people they injured/killed. Guess we'll never know because the government is so embarrassed they deported them with no further follow up.

    • @user-mf5ue6rc5n
      @user-mf5ue6rc5n Před 8 dny

      Islam is cancer

  • @travellingveteran
    @travellingveteran Před 26 dny +27

    I grew up in Tower Hamlets, in particular Stepney, I could've shown you all of these places.
    I moved out 23 years ago.
    I went to the same school as Billy Ocean, Dizzee Rascal and The Krays!
    Despite what they say, it is really rough!

  • @westleycharringate9526
    @westleycharringate9526 Před 16 dny +14

    I moved away from East London 2004 and never went back. I used to take my toddler out in the push chair and had to have one eye over my shoulder at all times. Had a couple of guys walk right up to my kids pushchair giving me a stare I’ll never forget. I stared back at them with so much hatred because they were doing it to my kid, and I’ll be honest I would have defended my kid my last breath. I was one of the toughest guys in the area in my mid twenties, but wouldn’t fancy my chances now. It’s gangs outnumbering individual victims with zero honour and zero respect for community.

  • @hannah9551
    @hannah9551 Před 20 dny +8

    Great video. I used to live in Plymouth, moved to Forest Gate, right by where you were at the end of your visit in Newham, and now in Startford. The dancing (?) guy at the start of the video, I see him pretty much every time I leave the house.
    I work for a drug and alcohol charity supporting young people. Great to hear the encouragement and advice from the locals about staying away from gangs. I'll show this to some of kids I work with. Thanks!!

  • @benjohnsmith78
    @benjohnsmith78 Před 29 dny +34

    Ben drops another banging video! I used to live in Bethnal Green… loved it. How many times are we going to hear Ben say “brother” and “As-salamu Alaikum” to everyone he meets!

    • @bzorbbob817
      @bzorbbob817 Před 21 dnem

      i find it funny

    • @parvathipal2920
      @parvathipal2920 Před 3 dny

      He went to India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan so I assume he is a perfect Englishmen for greeting people in their own way

  • @mattlondon2242
    @mattlondon2242 Před 28 dny +18

    The only people that say tower hamlets is the roughest part of London are people that have never been to London.

    • @ParksRec
      @ParksRec Před 26 dny +2

      Do enlighten us

    • @fumanchu9701
      @fumanchu9701 Před 23 dny +1

      It’s a dive. I know Stratford very well. I worked there for 5 years.

    • @mattlondon2242
      @mattlondon2242 Před 22 dny

      @fumanchu9701 so because you done a 9-5 in Stratford, you know the place really well ? OK 👍

    • @fumanchu9701
      @fumanchu9701 Před 22 dny +2

      @@mattlondon2242 no, I’m a shift worker so saw it at all times of the day / night and weekends. Also had a few colleagues that lived there that said it was a dive. I know the carpenter estate as my work place was close by. I’d walk around the area and it was a dive. Even the Westfield shopping centre there is full of dicks. There’s fights kicking off even now and then, and also a stabbing in there a while back. Anything else you’d like to know ?

    • @TheDestineyy
      @TheDestineyy Před 21 dnem +5

      People go by what they hear... No one from London would say Tower Hamlets is the most dangerous.. I wouldn't of even considered it that dodgy.

  • @binky_bun
    @binky_bun Před 29 dny +21

    I got robbed by a restaurant on brick lane last time I was in London. They skimmed my card.

    • @ilikevolcanoes8661
      @ilikevolcanoes8661 Před 26 dny

      You’re probably racist for stating this fact.

    • @paulwally9007
      @paulwally9007 Před 26 dny

      You serious?

    • @binky_bun
      @binky_bun Před 26 dny

      @@paulwally9007 Yep. They tried to book flights on my card if I recall. Luckily I spotted it in time and called the card company and had the card blocked.

  • @danw1463
    @danw1463 Před 29 dny +22

    ive lived in north london for a few months from a commuter town in kent and honestly had no problems so far, people round here are nice and will actually stop to talk you, never had that before, never felt scared or threatened at late night/ early mornings, no denying there is problems in london but i definitely think its blown out of proportion even just speaking to people that live here or at work who live all around london

    • @indexpictures
      @indexpictures Před 16 dny +2

      north london is different. undesirables are physically incapable of walking up the highgate & hampstead hills. nicest part of the city as a result

  • @NielsTimmers
    @NielsTimmers Před 29 dny +16

    I cannot believe that Hostel has an operating License ... The Fire Department would close it down immediately .. Lets hope they do !!

    • @TigerBoyX15
      @TigerBoyX15 Před 14 dny

      Exactly..that place is disgusting not even cheap (£28 is not and who stays in Hackney ?

    • @edwardvalivonis23
      @edwardvalivonis23 Před 3 dny

      Bribes

  • @blakehunsicker9458
    @blakehunsicker9458 Před 28 dny +9

    So weird how some people take pride in the fact that their neighborhood is dangerous and grimy. Once you start noticing it you hear it from a lot of them.

    • @akindele13
      @akindele13 Před 21 hodinou

      One off the perverse mental ills off poverty

  • @DannyK1992
    @DannyK1992 Před 29 dny +123

    RIP UK
    RIP London

    • @bakerbaker4455
      @bakerbaker4455 Před 29 dny +4

      doing better than it ever has

    • @ellistolchard4400
      @ellistolchard4400 Před 29 dny +7

      ​@@bakerbaker4455
      How do all of the people there live on minimum wage jobs?

    • @seananon4893
      @seananon4893 Před 29 dny +26

      @@bakerbaker4455 You must be from Africa.

    • @wuhaninstituteofvirology
      @wuhaninstituteofvirology Před 28 dny

      @@ellistolchard4400 (with massive credit card debt/loans that never get paid off their entire lives - that's how the world, global economic system, operates

    • @smitz7847
      @smitz7847 Před 26 dny +1

      @@bakerbaker4455is it sarcasm? Surely

  • @theRatsAmongUs
    @theRatsAmongUs Před 29 dny +144

    "London" is done.🏴‍☠

    • @G30RG3KA
      @G30RG3KA Před 29 dny

      been done for a while. "place is like home" so the shithole you came from ? cool.

    • @DannyK1992
      @DannyK1992 Před 29 dny +44

      Londonistan

    • @ladylaois8184
      @ladylaois8184 Před 29 dny +10

      Exactly

    • @bakerbaker4455
      @bakerbaker4455 Před 29 dny +1

      why dont you please fuck off then? youre the problem. not all these lovely people

    • @ITPFS
      @ITPFS Před 28 dny +1

      Racist cretin

  • @Kingkayaamedia
    @Kingkayaamedia Před 29 dny +17

    Great video Ben It was pleasure showing you around the neighbourhood stay safe

  • @wildrose2662
    @wildrose2662 Před 13 dny +2

    Go by National Express coach to London next time. Brilliant service, comfortable seats, refreshment break, heavy luggage in storage.. There is one stop en route apart from the service station break, at Heathrow. Arrive at Victoria Coach Station 5.5 hrs later. And it's often under £30 for a single journey from Plymouth!

  • @robertkojak4957
    @robertkojak4957 Před 29 dny +7

    New video from backpacker Ben 👍 🎥 👍 And the day gets better

  • @vonsopas
    @vonsopas Před 29 dny +17

    Those guys are absolute legends indeed! I love how you manage to make friends with locals to show you around. Great to watch your channel again (dunno why it was absent from my feed for a couple months) Cheers Ben!

  • @demoncloud6147
    @demoncloud6147 Před 28 dny +6

    Ben has come a long way, toughened up by all the adventures, this is what travelling the world does to you, make you more resilient

  • @andreelindevall1203
    @andreelindevall1203 Před 29 dny +21

    When i was young i thought about hooligans and skinheads when i thought about London, now i only think about criminals and what not

  • @davebird3657
    @davebird3657 Před 28 dny +2

    Great episode thanks

  • @KennyG-qh8jc
    @KennyG-qh8jc Před 29 dny +117

    WHere ta fk is England this will be the whole UK in 20 years..

    • @YesSir-ms3uk
      @YesSir-ms3uk Před 29 dny +24

      Sad to see

    • @carlosagua727
      @carlosagua727 Před 29 dny +1

      This is so so racist. London has always been like this. I assume you’re not cultured or well travelled. Numpty.

    • @mickyarams
      @mickyarams Před 29 dny +7

      Jaywick is still worse.

    • @chkldstgee2433
      @chkldstgee2433 Před 29 dny +6

      We've been hearing this for more than 20 years.

    • @nathandurant2825
      @nathandurant2825 Před 28 dny +3

      God help us

  • @JustAlex848
    @JustAlex848 Před 29 dny +16

    It's the same story all over the UK - a minority of bad people ruining things for the majority of good people. London is no different, but due to its size, the antics of the bad minority get amplified. Having said that, this country definitely has a problem with knife crime. But what do you expect when the Conservatives have vastly reduced police numbers? Remember that when you go to vote later this year. Not saying Labour or any other party will be better, but we know for a fact what the Tories are like, and it isn't good for the regular folk like us.

    • @MattyEngland
      @MattyEngland Před 28 dny

      If you think voting changes anything, you're either very nieve or too young to know better. It's a not a democracy when your only choices are a load of globalist scumbags vs another load of globalist scumbags. Nothing will change until we scrap the entire system and start again with normal people rather than rich public schoolboys. Sir Kier is every bit as big of a POS as sunak and friends.

    • @giorgipiorgi
      @giorgipiorgi Před 28 dny

      I agree. Minorities ruin things

    • @TigerBoyX15
      @TigerBoyX15 Před 14 dny

      Unfortunately the Tories are Bribing again those well off OAPs .that lot don't give a toss for anyone but their Cash and Triple Lock...always moaning .be glad when they are gone .They hold this Country back..and the Young are Betrayed and Nothing done to help them..or even a chance of their Own Home .

  • @JoefishJ
    @JoefishJ Před 28 dny +2

    Nice one mate, great video 👍

  • @GPosner8
    @GPosner8 Před 25 dny +1

    Howdy mate✌🏻 I’ve always thought your adventures were top notch. Now that I’m on a bit of a walkabout I’m positively flabbergasted at how you do it. I’ve been knackered for a week now and barely done anything as courageous and amazing as you do. So here’s never ending kudos to you mate. You are truly a legend👍🏻✌🏻🤙🏻

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před 25 dny

      Cheers mate!! Yes it’s brutal gottta admit 😅

  • @shoganaii6661
    @shoganaii6661 Před 29 dny +59

    i live in london and i cant stand how people talk lol

    • @ParksRec
      @ParksRec Před 26 dny +4

      It’s so cringe

    • @kwameopoku3576
      @kwameopoku3576 Před 24 dny

      Its their slang

    • @AB-kx4nc
      @AB-kx4nc Před 23 dny +2

      @ParksRec yes it is cringe, pathetic childish use of the English ( ?) Language.

    • @TheDestineyy
      @TheDestineyy Před 21 dnem +1

      Cry about it lol... Kids in random little villages across England are starting to speak like this cause they think it's cool

    • @yinkstv3197
      @yinkstv3197 Před 15 dny +1

      Then leave - your presence won’t be missed lmao

  • @Kapanol97
    @Kapanol97 Před 29 dny +159

    UK is dead bruh

    • @wuhaninstituteofvirology
      @wuhaninstituteofvirology Před 28 dny +10

      (maybe the north & south of england are still good, but GTFO of london

    • @uksilverstacker413
      @uksilverstacker413 Před 28 dny

      @@wuhaninstituteofvirologyLondon is not for poor peasants like you

    • @giorgipiorgi
      @giorgipiorgi Před 28 dny +13

      England lives and marches on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @leedavies76
      @leedavies76 Před 28 dny

      You mean where high immigration is has become dead

    • @benbrown9053
      @benbrown9053 Před 28 dny +9

      I'm in the states and this is like watching a cosplay gathering. All these road kids thing their British neighbors are so threatening. You should come visit the real gang infested areas in the states, you'd likely be walking with your tail in-between your legs. Crime is so high here they hardly report what actually happens to make it like everything is ok. Come to our ends and you'll start sounding posh.

  • @Yo-6495
    @Yo-6495 Před 29 dny +104

    "Diversity is our strength" 😂🤦

    • @bakerbaker4455
      @bakerbaker4455 Před 29 dny +12

      its true! it works really well. Everyone you saw in the video was british. So dunno what the problem is

    • @mrjones9915
      @mrjones9915 Před 29 dny +1

      @@bakerbaker4455Erm, some cultures are not good - Islamic zealots and bl4ck gangs for instance. That’s the truth.

    • @chuckb624
      @chuckb624 Před 29 dny +2

      ​@@bakerbaker4455Virtue signal received.

    • @BristolMatt
      @BristolMatt Před 29 dny +1

      ​@@bakerbaker4455 do you think that the country should continue with mass immigration to the point where the English are all gone?
      Do you think it's fair that the English are being replaced?
      There is nothing wrong with some diversity, but I think replacing the main people of any country is a disgrace.
      There is no integration.
      Dr's are hard to see.
      Schools full.
      Dentists no longer accepting NHS patients.
      Hospital waiting lists up to 3 years long.
      Housing can't keep up with the demand and nearly always the English are at the back of the list for social housing.
      I understand that the Conservatives caused this, but that doesn't make it right.
      We are heading to a bad place.

    • @jigsoree
      @jigsoree Před 29 dny +1

      thats why most crackheads are white

  • @ELITEDEMON991
    @ELITEDEMON991 Před 28 dny +10

    Mate I drive in this area most days……….. what a absolute hole!!!! The best bit about it all is seeing it in the rear view mirror 💯

  • @johnp1937
    @johnp1937 Před 26 dny +7

    I've been to Tower Hamlets (Bow, Bromley, Shoreditch), Hackney, Newham (really just the Westfield Stratford Center) alone both day and night. Only in certain parts of Bow / Bromley-by-Bow did I ever feel a bit uneasy. And I'm from Oregon (U.S.). All these places look quite charming. Nothing like the rough areas in Philly (Kensington) or St. Louis (Northside). The train prices are comparable to NYC to DC, a similar distance of about 200 miles.

    • @As-qz5lr
      @As-qz5lr Před 10 dny

      That's a low bar, those areas of the USA have a murder rate comparable to warzones in Africa

  • @damianmoodley594
    @damianmoodley594 Před 29 dny +22

    Hey Ben, you did not say anything about the ethnic replacement of the Cockneys

    • @enosger
      @enosger Před 20 dny

      Why should he, the cockneys weren’t replaced, they left cos the racist a holes didn’t want to live near foreigners.

  • @kimbeaney6747
    @kimbeaney6747 Před 28 dny +2

    Thank you for your stellar work Ben, it's not as bad as I thought.......
    Lots of good people with common sense.
    Reminded me that best to Mind your Own Business.

  • @stogieguy7
    @stogieguy7 Před 28 dny +23

    So, when I was last in London, my 10 year old daughter and I ended up wandering around Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel area) looking for an address that we couldn’t find as my phone died. It was 6-8 pm on a Saturday evening. I might add that we’re Americans so it was all new to us. Yeah, it seemed dodgy but frankly not that bad. We ran into some very nice people who were quite helpful. Never felt endangered. I’m sure it’s rough late at night, but compared with most US cities, it wasn’t that bad. It was, however, heavily Bangladeshi which was somewhat of a culture shock to be sure. Have to totally agree with what your mates were saying there. Great video, btw!

  • @Astrohhh
    @Astrohhh Před 28 dny +5

    Regardless of how bad of a day I may be having, seeing a Ben upload instantly makes it better. I love these videos so much! Thanks for bringing us along for you adventures my dude.

  • @LADmob
    @LADmob Před 28 dny +12

    Ben needed a fixer to walk around London LOL

  • @SirCarlosMusicBMI
    @SirCarlosMusicBMI Před 29 dny

    🎉🎉🎉 Thank you Ben you always find some very strange places. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸

  • @catozzy123
    @catozzy123 Před 19 dny +1

    That was entertaining. Well done to all who participated. London is full of good people .

  • @blackness010
    @blackness010 Před 29 dny +65

    Afganistan doesn't look that bad

  • @Smashtime84
    @Smashtime84 Před 29 dny +13

    Backpacker Ben only true Englishman in London on that day loving the content

  • @imsbvs
    @imsbvs Před 28 dny +2

    Ben, I am sure it is possible to get a lower priced rail ticket, but it is necessary to plan ahead, have a railcard and be prepared for split ticketing (two or more tickets for the same journey). As for the areas of London, in Newham at the Westfield shopping center (Stratford) there are regular announcements warning people to keep their valuable secure and safe from theft. They wouldn't do that our of joy. This is next to the London 2012 Olympic Park, which is a fab place to visit. Unfortuntely knife crime is a problem in London in general, and you are more likely to get a ticket for speeding in one of the too many 20mph roads than be picked up for having a knife. I used to live nearby but escaped to the coast a few years ago. I go back by train now and again, the whole of East London into Essex has changed, I recognise the roads but little else.

  • @canturgan
    @canturgan Před 29 dny +2

    Canning Town is pretty sore. Brick Lane is in Tower Hamlets, safe as houses but Shadwell, which is the next district in Tower Hamlets isn't.

  • @mustardmule4723
    @mustardmule4723 Před 29 dny +72

    You couldn’t pay me £120 to visit London, that place & Birmingham are the worst I’ve ever visited.

    • @olbapoli4074
      @olbapoli4074 Před 29 dny

      So you did visit?

    • @mustardmule4723
      @mustardmule4723 Před 29 dny +6

      @@olbapoli4074 Yeah, you couldn’t pay me to go back.

    • @pipboy423
      @pipboy423 Před 29 dny +3

      Come to America, and you'll see a lot worse, sadly

    • @mustardmule4723
      @mustardmule4723 Před 29 dny +1

      @@pipboy423 I have seen it on Nick Johnsons channel some of the towns & cities you lot have going to ruin. It’s sad

    • @mattlondon2242
      @mattlondon2242 Před 28 dny +2

      Think of us that have to live here ..

  • @EpicCrapTime
    @EpicCrapTime Před 25 dny +11

    Ben, you should definitely go to GUYANA. Would love to see your experience there. Im from there and its hardly even covered on youtube, in fact most people don't even know it exists. People are amazing and food and culture is great. Definitely check it out man!

    • @barbiebossette7724
      @barbiebossette7724 Před 23 dny +2

      I love guyana 🇬🇾 my mother guyanese the most beautiful place I spend time , great ppl too ♡

    • @latchmandrepaul9108
      @latchmandrepaul9108 Před 18 dny +2

      Guyanese parents I have. Best pepperpot in the Caribbean!

    • @anukblum8527
      @anukblum8527 Před 5 dny

      Go back to Guyana if it is so lovely there.

    • @EpicCrapTime
      @EpicCrapTime Před 5 dny

      @@anukblum8527 im from and was born in London and ur A twat

  • @MACRONOne
    @MACRONOne Před 29 dny

    Dope episode! I watched another CZcamsr today, covering the same area. I must conclude, I like your content WAAAY better.

  • @ChoicelessAwareness
    @ChoicelessAwareness Před 28 dny +25

    London? Is that anywhere near India ?

    • @mhussain5733
      @mhussain5733 Před 23 dny +1

      Naaa Bangladesh

    • @tammcscotti
      @tammcscotti Před 22 dny +1

      Apparently its near Rwanda

    • @DariusMazdehan-wl9du
      @DariusMazdehan-wl9du Před 22 dny +1

      Those responsible for destruction are muslims of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Bangladesh.
      I don't think Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian Indians or non muslim Persians, Jews are causing any sort of problems.
      They are highly educated on average and have highest household incomes and most university degrees. They don't deal with drugs, seek human welfare or asylum or rape.
      Moreover except for your communist, globalist prime minister who is an exception I don't think in general hindu and Christian migrants from India are causing any poverty, violence in England.
      Actually India Today is one of the largest economic powers and currently the fastest growing economy in the world under the current leadership.
      Today India is completely different from what it was in 1980 when the country was closed to the global investors and economy.
      Check the statistics of United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Morgan and Stanley - they have clearly mentioned that currently only 14% of the population of India live below poverty line and in last decade 450 million Indians have been lifted out of absolute poverty. Moreover one more strong evidence is the rapidly growing middle class and the booming consumer market.
      India Today has the fastest growing consumer market in the world the reason why numerous global brands have and are opening their business in India.
      Even in the infrastructure case, there is a massive upgradation going on currently. You see the latest global news reports.
      Boeing, Airbus have received their largest purchase orders which are also the largest in the entire history of aviation from Indian airline carrier groups like Air India, Indigo. The reason behind this, more and more number of Indians are travelling by air with more and more airports being built throughout India by the government because the domestic part of India's air transport is far larger than the international part.
      Thirdly, India's recent upgradation of its railways with its new fleet of semi high speed trains like Vande Bharat and building of tunnels through mountains in Northwestern and Northeast Indian Himalayas and it's rapidly growing highway, expressway networks and bridges- the Atal sea link recently constructed connecting Mumbai to Pune over the Arabian Sea.
      Lastly India recently have became successful in constructing an underwater metro railway.
      Please there are many other countries far far worse than India.
      You are anti India racist because you fail to understand that majority of those illegals who are bringing down your country are middle East/ African/ Pakistani folks and even if they are from India they are muslims.
      Stop involving Buddhists, Christians, Hindus.

    • @DariusMazdehan-wl9du
      @DariusMazdehan-wl9du Před 20 dny +1

      Those responsible for destruction are muslims of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Bangladesh.
      I don't think Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian Indians or non muslim Persians, Jews are causing any sort of problems.
      They are highly educated on average and have highest household incomes and most university degrees. They don't deal with drugs, seek human welfare or asylum or rape.
      Moreover except for your communist, globalist prime minister who is an exception I don't think in general hindu and Christian migrants from India are causing any poverty, violence in England.
      Actually India Today is one of the largest economic powers and currently the fastest growing economy in the world under the current leadership.
      Today India is completely different from what it was in 1980 when the country was closed to the global investors and economy.
      Check the statistics of United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Morgan and Stanley - they have clearly mentioned that currently only 14% of the population of India live below poverty line and in last decade 450 million Indians have been lifted out of absolute poverty. Moreover one more strong evidence is the rapidly growing middle class and the booming consumer market.
      India Today has the fastest growing consumer market in the world the reason why numerous global brands have and are opening their business in India.
      Even in the infrastructure case, there is a massive upgradation going on currently. You see the latest global news reports.
      Boeing, Airbus have received their largest purchase orders which are also the largest in the entire history of aviation from Indian airline carrier groups like Air India, Indigo. The reason behind this, more and more number of Indians are travelling by air with more and more airports being built throughout India by the government because the domestic part of India's air transport is far larger than the international part.
      Thirdly, India's recent upgradation of its railways with its new fleet of semi high speed trains like Vande Bharat and building of tunnels through mountains in Northwestern and Northeast Indian Himalayas and it's rapidly growing highway, expressway networks and bridges- the Atal sea link recently constructed connecting Mumbai to Pune over the Arabian Sea.
      I am a realist and I honestly say China is already out of the third world status long back and India is rapidly transitioning into a second world country that is it's in the Goldilocks Phase in terms of economists.
      The blame is to be put on muslims and not Asians like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepalese, non muslim Indians who are hardworking and law abiding.

  • @howardtayloresq.
    @howardtayloresq. Před 29 dny +4

    Brought back memories I escaped years ago to the South West of England...

  • @user-yc7gv6cy2x
    @user-yc7gv6cy2x Před 28 dny +1

    Good stuff Ben and you are an awesome geeza bro.

  • @drumstick74
    @drumstick74 Před 28 dny

    One of your best trips yet, imo.
    I would be too claustrophobic in the wooden coffin, well done, sir.

  • @OmarTravelAdventures
    @OmarTravelAdventures Před 29 dny +3

    Brilliant Ben!!! Thank you. What is the story behind these expensive trains? can we blame Thatcher?

  • @anotheruser9876
    @anotheruser9876 Před 29 dny +7

    Competition on the rail makes for lower prices, right? Right? What a lot of bullshit have we been fed and swallowed.

  • @nealart
    @nealart Před 29 dny

    Thanks for the education!

  • @AustralianRadioindie
    @AustralianRadioindie Před 27 dny

    Always enjoy watching your travels , cheers from Tasmania

  • @blacksabbathmatters3365
    @blacksabbathmatters3365 Před 29 dny +9

    Cheeky bugger game me my sim card back!! 😂
    Awesome stuff Ben. 👍

  • @George-qp7in
    @George-qp7in Před 29 dny +8

    Thank you Ben, tremendous video. Enjoyed from start to finish. “The other London.”

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions Před 8 dny +1

    I just to moved to London from Medellin, I gotta be honest, I am very comfortable walking anywhere in this city.

  • @m389nkfpe03
    @m389nkfpe03 Před 29 dny +7

    Bricklane is amazing... Truman Brewery has some great events!

  • @ChrisPBacon3000
    @ChrisPBacon3000 Před 29 dny +90

    Enjoy the demographic shift.
    Certain people have to learn the hard way.

    • @mickyarams
      @mickyarams Před 29 dny +12

      The so called natives that used to live there moved Basildon, Tilbury and Jaywick. Those natives have turned those places into chav central and the ones always moaning about foreigners.

    • @sutenjarl1162
      @sutenjarl1162 Před 29 dny +21

      @@mickyarams Statistics don't lie

    • @mickyarams
      @mickyarams Před 29 dny

      @sutenjarl1162 I know, same stats that says the most toothless inbreds live outside London.

    • @ChrisPBacon3000
      @ChrisPBacon3000 Před 28 dny +18

      @@sutenjarl1162 Those types of individuals don't understand statistics, math, etc... Waste of time trying to teach them.

    • @uksilverstacker413
      @uksilverstacker413 Před 28 dny +2

      @@ChrisPBacon3000your mum learnt the hard way

  • @Bendwow
    @Bendwow Před 29 dny +20

    Isn't this your Tajikistan pt 3 video? 😂

  • @davechapman7735
    @davechapman7735 Před 10 dny

    thanks for a great down to earth tour. best wishes from NZ

  • @darrylp6938
    @darrylp6938 Před 29 dny +254

    Where are the English people?

  • @SiegfriedDerDrachentoter
    @SiegfriedDerDrachentoter Před 29 dny +98

    Going to London must remind you of Pakistan again just with much more expensive prices and terrible weather

    • @dansmith7013
      @dansmith7013 Před 29 dny

      czcams.com/video/FumfpyvFDuY/video.htmlsi=nlFevrzC9sfwxNIS

    • @user-wc3zt5fq2o
      @user-wc3zt5fq2o Před 29 dny +12

      looks nothing like pakistan women walking around like slappers

    • @HeatherBoo916
      @HeatherBoo916 Před 29 dny +6

      I lived in Pakistan for a year, in Peshawar...... yea its absolutely nothing like this.

    • @ellistolchard4400
      @ellistolchard4400 Před 29 dny +9

      ​@@user-wc3zt5fq2o
      I wonder what might happen to woman dressed like "slappers" in Pakistan?

    • @user-wc3zt5fq2o
      @user-wc3zt5fq2o Před 29 dny +5

      @@ellistolchard4400 Depends where you go in Pakistan every province is different

  • @koroshiya_1
    @koroshiya_1 Před 29 dny +5

    I lived in Shadwell (Tower Hamlets) 10 years ago. It was fine! I had no problems, but it was really run down and not much to do. Whitechapel and Brick Lane are much better areas if you want to enjoy yourself.

  • @MaheshWalatara
    @MaheshWalatara Před 29 dny +14

    When you need subtitles to understand the locals in London. 😂😂

  • @xanderandkim
    @xanderandkim Před 19 dny

    Great video! Remember living in and around NW 10 - NW 6 in the late noughties - after midnight was like Escape from New York 👀☠

  • @glen6566
    @glen6566 Před 25 dny +6

    £120 to go to London , If I was offered that to go there I still wouldn't, horrendous place. It's like a different country in some areas down there . Scary what it's become .

  • @Nacting
    @Nacting Před 28 dny +8

    I live in London, have done for the past 10 years - it has gotten so much worse to the point where I’m decided to leave.

    • @ParksRec
      @ParksRec Před 26 dny

      Which parts got worse. Genuinely curious

    • @mohamedmane4874
      @mohamedmane4874 Před 12 dny

      @@ParksRec the enriched parts

    • @ParksRec
      @ParksRec Před 12 dny

      @@mohamedmane4874 no shit 😂

  • @F3zza
    @F3zza Před 28 dny +2

    Much like yourself I've travelled the world since I was 18 years old. When I travel to countries off the beaten path with a bit of a reputation and people tell me to be careful. I always reply. "I'll be alright. I grew up in Tower Hamlets"

  • @trinity1181
    @trinity1181 Před 29 dny +3

    Lived in Croydon for 7 years, if you mind your own business there it is generally fine. it has gone downhill in recent years though

  • @eddiegrant58
    @eddiegrant58 Před 28 dny +5

    The sky's chemed out its mind ✈✈✈

  • @anunnakigenetic
    @anunnakigenetic Před 29 dny +112

    Londonistan😂

    • @DariusMazdehan-wl9du
      @DariusMazdehan-wl9du Před 22 dny

      Those responsible for destruction are muslims of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Bangladesh.
      I don't think Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian Indians or non muslim Persians, Jews are causing any sort of problems.
      They are highly educated on average and have highest household incomes and most university degrees. They don't deal with drugs, seek human welfare or asylum or rape.
      Moreover except for your communist, globalist prime minister who is an exception I don't think in general hindu and Christian migrants from India are causing any poverty, violence in England.
      Actually India Today is one of the largest economic powers and currently the fastest growing economy in the world under the current leadership.
      Today India is completely different from what it was in 1980 when the country was closed to the global investors and economy.
      Check the statistics of United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Morgan and Stanley - they have clearly mentioned that currently only 14% of the population of India live below poverty line and in last decade 450 million Indians have been lifted out of absolute poverty. Moreover one more strong evidence is the rapidly growing middle class and the booming consumer market.
      India Today has the fastest growing consumer market in the world the reason why numerous global brands have and are opening their business in India.
      Even in the infrastructure case, there is a massive upgradation going on currently. You see the latest global news reports.
      Boeing, Airbus have received their largest purchase orders which are also the largest in the entire history of aviation from Indian airline carrier groups like Air India, Indigo. The reason behind this, more and more number of Indians are travelling by air with more and more airports being built throughout India by the government because the domestic part of India's air transport is far larger than the international part.
      Thirdly, India's recent upgradation of its railways with its new fleet of semi high speed trains like Vande Bharat and building of tunnels through mountains in Northwestern and Northeast Indian Himalayas and it's rapidly growing highway, expressway networks and bridges- the Atal sea link recently constructed connecting Mumbai to Pune over the Arabian Sea.
      I am a realist and I honestly say China is already out of the third world status long back and India is rapidly transitioning into a second world country that is it's in the Goldilocks Phase in terms of economists.
      The blame is to be put on muslims and not Asians like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepalese, non muslim Indians who are hardworking and law abiding.

    • @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu
      @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu Před 16 dny +2

      It was originally londonieum 😅 a roman settlement..I wish I had a pound for every time I saw londonistan

  • @HenryWrideExplores
    @HenryWrideExplores Před 28 dny +1

    Lived in London for 10 years. Left in January and full time traveling now (Vlogging my adventures!) London definitely has it's charm, but I'm not in any rush to go back :)

  • @hey12542
    @hey12542 Před 21 dnem +1

    I ain't even gonna lie, I was born in Mile End in Tower Hamlets East London, and lived there for the first 35 years of my life and I used to take the 25 bus up to Stratford almost every Saturday to meet my friends and go shopping 🛍️ and cinema. I would go past that Tower block you were at all the time on the bus and I kept thinking it must be earmarked for demolition cause it always looked like it was empty when you looked at it 😂. I still like visiting London and exploring but I must admit I tend not to go into the London boroughs anymore and normally stay central. The only way you can truly understand what it's like to live in east London is to actually live there. It's alright and largely agree if you mind your own business you're normally alright. It is true there are good and bad areas all over the country tbf.

  • @franniefromvenice
    @franniefromvenice Před 28 dny +17

    120 quid?? For a 3 hour journey?? I paid 95€ for a round trip to Vienna from Udine (northern Italy), and that's a 6 hour journey both ways! 120£ is insane, man

    • @7ofthem
      @7ofthem Před 28 dny

      You can get much cheaper online

    • @philipmullins5185
      @philipmullins5185 Před 20 dny

      In Sydney Australia pensioners can travel all day for $2.50 Australia which is about $1.70 USA dollars , for example a 300 kilometre trip and return 600 kilometres costs only $2.50 Australia which is a bargain compared to the train prices in the U.K

  • @notatrailbossjustan..5170
    @notatrailbossjustan..5170 Před 29 dny +26

    the real danger is the train price. all i saw was hipster paradise 😂

    • @MattyEngland
      @MattyEngland Před 27 dny +2

      The gang members were still in bed, go back when it's dark and it's a whole different world.

  • @ipanemakid3058
    @ipanemakid3058 Před 26 dny +12

    These people bear no relation whatsoever to the real Londoners.

  • @markv6988
    @markv6988 Před 28 dny +1

    Ha! I saw you in Stratford on Saturday night so I knew this content was coming. I’m 57 and love living in Newham.

    • @BackpackerBen
      @BackpackerBen  Před 28 dny +1

      Should of said hello 👋 😎

    • @markv6988
      @markv6988 Před 28 dny

      @@BackpackerBen I would’ve done, but I was on a bus and you weren’t :)

    • @lunakiecherry9558
      @lunakiecherry9558 Před 27 dny

      Ewww u should leave tht toilet

  • @SoapyLight
    @SoapyLight Před 29 dny +21

    Wow you can barely see any native british! So nice! This is what we need in the entire UK ASAP!
    oh and the food! so vibrant and full of life.

    • @ParksRec
      @ParksRec Před 26 dny

      Woww way to announce yourself as a racist

  • @StopAgenda21
    @StopAgenda21 Před 27 dny +12

    The geoengineering in the skies is crazy

  • @anrky73
    @anrky73 Před 28 dny

    A great follow up to this series would be a tour of the US. Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and Orlando. Love your work

  • @user-sv2yy4nz5g
    @user-sv2yy4nz5g Před 29 dny +1

    Big up Abzventure, his a real guy 🫡

  • @NatalieLawrence
    @NatalieLawrence Před 29 dny +3

    As a Londoner, I had hoped to learn something new, but no, replace "most dangerous" with "mildly different to Plymouth" and that would've been more accurate. I'm new to your channel so if you haven't done so, do the other 30 boroughs of London and show how the differences across the city. You won't be able to do them all in a day. It's a great city to be in - that's why so many from other parts of England end up coming here ;)

    • @leedavies76
      @leedavies76 Před 28 dny +1

      And yet so many have left London loads moved to countryside where i live all say same thing not safe been replaced etc etc

  • @natalieislovely
    @natalieislovely Před 29 dny +3

    On the day tickets are absolutely insane.

  • @grantshned5688
    @grantshned5688 Před 3 dny

    Another top video 🤟🏼🔥

  • @jebpleace1167
    @jebpleace1167 Před 27 dny

    Man it was all sound until the end the boys getting a bit sketchy down that street haha ..
    As always Ben tip top content

  • @eternalself
    @eternalself Před 28 dny +5

    When you order a Japanese capsule hotel from Temu