Exploring Chicago's Ghetto South Side: Where 225 People Were Killed Last Year
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2021
- This might be the worse place in America. Are you kidding me with the violence?
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Nick if you are ever in Illinois again I would love to have you over for a real Chicago Italian meal. Gravy and pasta, homemade bread, neckbone gravy and more.
Yep and it's coming out to the burbs in a wave of violence and robbery.
You have gotta watch those one way streets.. 🤣
this happens not only in Chicago, whole US is a mess, this happens when your government doesn't care about the people, no existent social network, people which lost their income have no change to survive, most american can't even afford to visit a doctor, that speaks for itself!! this people have nothing to loose!
The irony is that the neighbourhoods themselves aren't terribly ugly. The architecture is quite nice and there are plenty of trees!
Sadly it’s not appreciated or respected.
That’s bc centuries ago those tress were still living their lives, & that nice architecture was something totally different than what it currently is. Same w Detroit, these were upscale homes & plantations centuries ago.
You think blacks care about architecture?
Not respected by him.
Well get a u haul and move there.
Mayor Lightfoot. A prime example of when identity politics predictably goes wrong.
reverse discrimination is a killer
look at Harris - the grand daddy of quota jobs
You know what? I’d love to see Thomas Sowell or Clarence Thomas interview her.
@@bextar6365 I know I find it hard to believe they don’t know what their doing..😂😂
Is Mayor Lightfoot related to Don King by chance?
Craziest part is Harvey, Chicago Heights & Ford Heights are the suburbs not even the city of Chicago
I love your channel, been in the states now for ten years from Africa, this is devastating.
One of the most hazardous jobs in some of those areas is delivering pizzas. Some companies have maps of delivery areas broken down in sectors: Green: Very safe; Orange: Proceed, but with caution; and Red: No delivery zone.
You said you were looking for solutions, Nick. One would be to get a new mayor, as Lightfoot is a colossal failure.
I've seen saw dust do more to help society than Lori Lightfoot.
Can't do that!. its called "red lining?. PC will drag that business to close or bankrupt plus report it as illegal. Too bad as safety is a natural human desire. Rather see a white guy killed or other than you not "red line". Hopefully pizza?and delivery ppl still red line on their own and take a biz chance to stay safe.
@@My2centsfuturestrader pizza hut does this here im from
I don't think things will change. You can see the morality of the people in Chicago by who they choose and allow to come into power, and it hasn't changed for years. It's called the Windy City because of politicians blowing wind from their mouths and changing nothing. I've lost all faith in government in general. This is a problem that must be fixed within society, and I don't see that happening
@@idipped2521 what is the mayor going to do to stop murders goofy 🤣 stop blaming politicians
Harvey is not the Southside, Harvey is a South suburb outside Chicago. This guy that's narrating is not accurate on some of the information he's sharing
That’s exactly what I said! Harvey? Chicago Heights? That’s not even Chicago! He’s just trying to show the worst suburbs because the city don’t look like that. Im from a manicured block in Englewood!
@@feebaby I couldn't believe that he even mentioned Chicago while he was recording the video. And I'm from out west but I currently live in terror town and like you said, the city don't look close to that.
He is just some white dude who knows nothing about Chicago. Calling everything ghetto and stuff
@@bugsbro324 But he is 100% correct!
@@cmat57 Yes but why have to say it in that way
I went to high-school in Harvey..it was great. The biggest change came with loss of the blue collar manufacturering jobs. They all left almost at the same time. Same with Chicago Heights. Never recovered.
Our mayor has no clue what she's doing. Chicago crime has gone up
DON'T BET ON IT. SHE & BIDEN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING- DESTROYING AMERICA.
Murders are down. 350 last year. Rn we are at 322. Stop drinkimg the fear porn news koolaid. I live here, nothing happens
@@justdrive5327 😅
Chicago crime was up with Daley and Emmanuel too
@@thahomie773 exactly!! the news and social media has made a bigger impact on the shootings/murder rate but this is nothing new if you’re from there.
Unfortunately in places like this, you're not even safe inside your home minding your own business.
Fr so many bullets flying through windows
Exactly!
Omg this is awful and tragic that you’re not safe in your own home. I live in the uk and can’t begin to imagine how scary this would be
@@mrt2734 Democrat ran cities are terrible!
@@negotiable_terms1848 I don't get into the political part, let's just say if it's disenfranchised it doesn't matter the political party poor is poor. The only way to not live in these communities, is having your money game together. But the people that live here, it doesn't matter what political party they vote for, democrats or Republicans. Their problems will still exist, the only way to change it is to move to a better environment if you are fortunate enough to not live their.
I live south of chicago but i work there
I wish i could say you are wrong but your not
Love the videos be safe and keep up the great work
Love that comment, 'if you don't like something in the video, do something about it'. Thanks for the vids. They are great.
I was born and raised on the South side of Chicago. I hate to hear how bad the violence has gotten 😢. I left Chicago when I was 17 and never looked back.
It's possibly unsafe to stop at all
Like leaving the current situation in Minnesota....Its coming sad to say
You're lucky you saw no life ahead! I left Philly in 1964 for the bikinis on Santa Monica beaches vs girdles and more girdles, what a future I had in Cali...married on my B-day age 21...entrapment, ha,ha!
@Misael Quintana It sucks to think that not too long ago, Minneapolis had long been known as one of the safest AND cleanest cities in North America. But, go figure, MASSIVE spikes in violent crime and murder in Chicago and Minneapolis. "Shocker" the Leftist defund-the-police mantra only created more problems in (name of city, USA). WTF did the moron politicians who pushed fewer police on the street think was gonna happen?! IDIOTS!!
BTW, please don't read into my comments that I'm attacking you--I am not--I'm just incredulous and frustrated that ANYONE honestly thought defunding the police would be a good idea. Crazy times, man.
@@kennethbiebighauser7984 you are right unfortunately about Minneapolis. Too many people moving here for free services.
Just make sure you have plenty of gas. You don't want to get out of your car.
And dont go down one way streets in Harvey
Thats why most people go as fast as they can, on the Dan Ryan Expressway!
Also ignore all gun laws like the locals.
I'm white and I'm kool walking down these streets. Of course I'm buying drugs, but I don't get fucked with most of the time
It was grait only in your head
I lol’d when you blew right through the stop sign…hahaha 3:07
Do you really think stopping alcohol sales after 12:00am is going to deter these people from acting like wild animals??
No... its not
Thankyou for your work and best videos, Nick.
Streets were empty cause no one gets up until around 5 in the afternoon.
Mmm
They're at their 9 to 5 jobs right now😛😎
@@mandomendez5618 Yea, fat chance they work.
I've never seen it that empty. This must have been very early Sunday morning.
Fk yeah wake when it's dark eyes fully adjusted. I move in the dark to smoke a mark
Born and raised in Englewood 1978. It has definitely changed. We had to be in when the street lights came on, your neighbors could discipline you if did anything wrong and you would get disciplined again by your parents once you made it home. Teachers cared back then as well!
This new generation has changed everything! We were taught to be respectful! For us that wanted a better life moved away.
Happy Father’s Day!
Times have a changed
And that was the time when I used to love Chicago and in fact was very set on moving there. There's no way in hell I'd live there the way it is now.
Ill still go there to get my car washed . But im from the streets, and got away. Whats really agrivating is the nice houses and all of the potential in our faces
@@Slimc74 growing up in Canada I never experience the hood so one day when I was in northern suburbs of buffalo i asked my cousin to drive in the southern part of the city. 2 mins I saw cars on cinder blocks and pawn shop after pawn shops I got to know the hood pretty quickly.
Nobody helped the landlords tennants just trashed the rentals.
Nick, I think you should break down the history of why black America is what it is today. Instead of trying to embarrass the people.
They embarrass themselves.
Seems like he was just breaking down facts
Your voice is perfect for your videos. Very interesting videos.
I got lost & ended up in Compton, Ca. one time, at night, in the early 2000’s. I didn’t know I was in Compton. A nice guy came over to me as I was trying to figure out where I was (this was prior to everyone having a cell phone). He asked me what I was doing in their neighborhood & I told him I was lost. He told me I should leave because it wasn’t safe for me there. Then he told me how to get out of the area. I didn’t realize it was dangerous until he told me where I was.
Its crazy how normal everything looks during the day, glad you were safe. Did your wife go with you?
Straight outta Compton baby, you ain't shot nobody you're underachiever.
I had a similar experience in DC back in the 80's.
I had the same experience, had a job interview in Pasadena in 2006, stayed not too far from lax, when cab driver dropped me off, he warned me the area wasn’t safe
Well no kidding. During the day, Eesidents sleep off the morphine. And they are ready to roll after midnight.
I’m from Canada and my GPS took me through Garry, Indiana. Couldn’t tell if I was driving through it or playing Fallout 4.🤷♂️
Get rid of Lightfoot. That’s the first step.
Exactly
He not even in Chicago the first part He's literally in a different city. This is outside her jurisdiction. Yes, get rid of major lightfoot. Yes, the crime in Chicago is up and people are dying, but he should've started in the actual city.
National Guard is the 2nd step
Get rid of Governor Pritzker too
Almost impossible. Even if record turnout voting against her. Between diminion voting systems and a DNC controlled and operated voting facilities, they almost can't lose, nomatter what.
I was a mechanic who was sent to fix a truck at 63rd & MLK on a warm summer nighted. 5 min in the "white boy" comments came flying, then bottles and objects, the police, about 10 squads were surrounding me, I called in and said it had to be towed and left.
My Grandfather was a Fire Cheif in Chicago and it is to dangerous to go by where my Mom grew up which used to be considered a very nich place to be.. now you can use google maps and see what a hole it has become and there is no coming back. TIME TO JUST WALL IT OFF !
Great Chanel Nick!
Redlining, poverty, population density, Always excuses. Macon GA is a sparsely populated farming community and it has a higher crime rate than Chicago. Appalachia is the most impoverished region in the US by a mile and has relatively low crime.
An area and civilization is defined by the people who live there. Tokyo has the highest population density in the world and its still clean, orderly, and civilized. Because the Japanese are a clean, orderly and civilized people.
Exactly Bro America just doesn’t care
America is heading towards a depression. Lack of jobs & cost of living going up
"An area and civilization is defined by the people who live there." Exactly! Show me one of these crap neighborhoods, and I'll show you a drug culture and depends on welfare.
I lived in Chicago and Tokyo. The culture of the people makes the difference. The Japanese are PACKED into small apartments and have to WORK for a living. Blacks in Chicago are NOT PACKED into small apartments and don't have to WORK for a living. THAT is the difference.
@@badguy1481 Did the Japanese culture go through 400 years or Slavery and Jim Crow?
I also understand that the Japanese culture is not at all fine with guns being a part of their environment
I wonder how many people have voted for Lori Lightfoot just because she is a black lesbian
Way more important these days to be a “first” whatever than it is to be competent.
Great combo, feminist twisted up.
Appease the minorities of the minorities-
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Chicago where it is almost impossible to legally buy a gun but can very easily buy them illegally on the streets. Being a police officer is not only hazardous to your health but also have a high risk of falsely being accused of committing a crime and the court system releases more criminals than prosecute. During the late 80s and early 90s we sometimes skateboarded on the south side for a little more adventure, it is far worse there now than it was then. I wouldn't dare even drive there now. I am glad I finally had sense enough to move far away from Chicagoland. It might be boring in Wisconsin but it is nice not even having to lock the doors on my house and being able to safely walk anywhere anytime I want. I miss the Art Institute and the Aquarium but not enough to live anywhere near Chicago.
The south side of Chicago used to be beautiful. 63rd and Halsted used to be the second busiest shopping district in the city. It's horrific to see what has become of it. It's the same story in the north part of St. Louis.
One of my best friends is a Jewish lady who grew up in that area. When it was Jewish controlled. She loved it
Yeah Saint louis is way worse I was looking for this comment. I'm from Saint Louis and when I just drive around the city especially in the north side I get overwhelming feeling of death and despair in the air. All of the buildings are ran away more than here in this video of Chicago. The murder rate is 3.5x higher than Chicago. The city has the most Roman architecture they call it the Rome of the west. Saint louis is right off of the Mississippi River it's where the Midwest and south joins. Saint louis is much worse as far as crime murders gentrification and urban decay but no one knows this the city of Saint louis gets overlooked.
@@kinggcamoo7727 I think the St Louis numbers get skewed because of the separation of the City and the County. I've driven a lot in the south side of Chicago, and it's as bad at STL on a much bigger scale, and far more violent as well. It's all very sad to see.
@@Shahrdad I appreciate your input and perspective.
Dude, you blow stop signs and go the wrong way down roads. Be careful.
He thinks he'll get shot/stabbed but I didn't see any crime?
I wouldn’t stop either! Lol
You don't stop in places like this
B.S. Don't come here if you're gonna drive so poorly. Very bad coverage that doesn't address things and glibly dismissing efforts. So offensive.
Clearly he isn’t from Chicago but makes Chicago content as if he knows what is going on. Let him get blicked at. EVERYONE from Chicago knows that this isn’t how you are supposed to drive ESPECIALLY on the South Side. Don’t open your mouth if you aren’t from here and speak on things you don’t know. THE PROBLEM is the lack of leadership from top to bottom... There needs to be a complete revamp and only Blacks & Latinos that have been here can solve our own problems. We don’t need another outsider like Emanuel. Leadership, police reform, opportunities, healthcare, money, EDUCATION and Social engineering (Housing) is the problem.
Gotta love people who walk in the street when you have sidewalks.
Obviously a sign they're from the south
@@jonkore2024 idk, up here in Indiana we see it and it’s usually in the hood. Like three blocks away from Notre Dame university where everything is nice and up to date, some people still walk in the streets. Idk, I think it says a lot more about you than you’d think when you make choices like that just to go against the man or whatever reason they have for it.
It also sends a message I'm a bully and I own this street
@@jonkore2024 true, they do it in all hoods.
@@travistagliaferro3937 big money in lawsuits especially from black people 27 million for that one guy that the cop put his knee on
I grew up in Dolton, IL. Was a great place back then. The neighborhood started to change in 1984 and by 1988 it was a ghetto. So sad.
OMG. How bout that mayor in Dolton now? 😆
How did that decline happen in just 4 years? I'm guessing it involved a big influx of Section 8? It seems the same happened in Flossmoor, where I grew up. Hell, Kim Foxx lives there now as she fulfills her quest to turn all of Cook County into the ghetto.
It makes me sad to hear what's happening in Chicago and all the other big cities in America that have these issues, but I loved visiting Chicago over the years, it was a great place to visit, hopefully it will be again one day 🙏
The only great cities to visit are located outside of this broken country. If you wanna see a city that’s genuinely nice, try visiting Europe or East Asia sometime.
@@greenlime1997 I hope you are not talking about India or China! I read the stats on crime in China and India and it wasn't good!
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@Lena Cannon Theyre all sleeping so they can be out all night.
@@lmc958 The crimes in India are high but not so much in China since they have very strict laws. Japan, South Korea and Singapore are pretty safe too
They didn’t shoot you, Nick, they thought u were a customer 😅😅😅
roi you read my mind lmao
@@sexygeek8996 he should have taken mappys gun with him
Mappy does NOT do drugs
@@NickJohnson 🤣🤣🤣
@Jack Miller Demonrats
Grew up in Detroit in the 70s/80s. It’s worse now (on the neighborhoods, downtown is actually better). When you drive through it now, it’s like people in the dark ages looking at the great ruins and aqueducts from the Roman era and thinking how could a previous culture have built such grand buildings and factories? They must have been superhuman!
No, just hard working persons of European descent built those now decimated neighborhoods.
Japan and Germany increased their manufacturing prowess because their society is cohesive, had a strong work ethic, engineering is top notch, families are intact, crime is low. I mention this because the loss of manufacturing is mentioned as reason for this in the comments. It is part of the story but it really didn’t have to be that way.
Crime causes poverty. It's NEVER the other way around.
@@gaetano3538 and every morning knowing work was available. Just it was physically demanding and just enough pay . It was taken and suffered for . Just to make with what’s around.
I too grew up in Detroit in the 70’s and 80’s. It has changed for the worst if you can believe that’s possible. Like an episode I once saw on Sanford & Son,” just look like you got some money in your pocket and they’ll be talking your hat to the cemetery”.
My brother lived for years near Rigly field until he had a son 17 years ago. Now it is dangerous where it had been just fine back then.
One thing I know from working with people from these types of areas is nothing is going to change, at least for a while. There is so much generational trauma, and the principles taught there means there will be little to no signs of progression at all. They don’t want to change so there will be no change. It’s sad really.
It is so weird. These houses look big and alll have green between them. Why would the people there be so mean to one another? There is no reason for getting annoyed by noise.
@@MissMoontree In my opinion, It’s mainly because kindness and compassion aren’t considered good traits to have in areas like these. Most of these people are on survival mode in these areas and desperate people do desperate things. Plus that’s what they grew up with and were taught, and most people don’t like to change their viewpoint or change that drastically, which leaves them stuck there doing the same thing for generations.
@@MissMoontree I don’t believe many people in these areas have good modes of transportation either, so they are usually just stuck and don’t get to see that things could be different.
I think ALL Chicago cops should quit. They don't receive the respect they deserve.
Only the good ones will
@@excellentcommenter6443 Their all good!
they get chanced around and shot at lolol like the keystone cops of Chicago lololol
@@buddylove2603 No they are not.
@@blacklechter706 You can do better?
The south suburbs isn't the South Side...That isn't even part of the city
Vote out of Office those "Go Very Easy On The Criminals" types like DA's, Judges, Mayor's, and Judges Nationwide.
You're doing a good thing for everyone, don't stop.
Your question, what can be done? It's all depends on the people who live in these areas. When cops are called and they make an arrest the whole neighborhood, the news, mayor, black athletes, black movie stars, senators, and the president all defend the bad people. Why do you call the police in the first place?
That's exactly what I been wondering!
Idk probably because the police act like they're judges and decide to give some people the death penalty over the most insufficient crimes before they can go to court and actually see a judge?
just build a massive wall round the place
Nothing will be done, untill the poverty mindset is changed, and the people pool together to make the change! Its not justChicago, it most large towns. I wouldent go in East St. Lous Unless it was with Mike Tyson!
Nothing can be done until people in such places value the sanctity of human life, value the family and take responsibility of what it means to be a good citizen.
So at the end of the day the million-dollar question is what are their elected officials doing for them ???
DM: Besides blaming white people? Not much, per usual. Beetlejuice even got away with saying she wouldnt let anyone white interview her. What do you suppose would have happened if a white mayor of a major city had said the same thing but had excluded anyone of color interviewing them.
The MSM would have had it as the lead story for a week straight until that mayor would have been forced out of office. The hipocrasy on the left is at an all time high and its disgusting what their misguided voters allow them to get away with.
It was great in the 1920's , 1930's and 1940's. Even when Al Capone was blasting, it wasn't that bad. But today it's a third world dystopia. There's nothing you can do but wait until Jesus come back. It will be up to Him to fix things.
@Sol Rising ; It tells me her voting base is more than happy. About what I do not know.
What are they doing for themselves?
doesn't matter its happening everywhere in America... most cities are shitholes now and getting worse covid just accelerated it. L.A. New York, Detroit, New Jersey, Philidelphia, Chicago, St Louis, Pittsburgh.... i could go on
To be fair, many of those places you listed aren't part of Chicago. They're suburbs. I was born in Chicago Heights. My Mom grew up there.
Nope it's Chicago
@@NickJohnson nope it's not. Mappy would tell you the same.
I agree. Just other crappy cities that are near Chicago. I grew up in Hammond indiana on the border of east Chicago and so many people from farther south had no idea that east Chicago wasn't even in Illinois smh. I worked in part of Chicago for a few years and spent some time in some pretty bad neighborhoods. Lot of genuine good people there and a lot of snakes also.
@@NickJohnsonyou’re wrong
@@gregorymoats4007 NO, you are wrong!!
owh yeahhhhh..funeral home business here is absolutely amazing!
Within the first 3 minutes you turned down a clearly marked one way street going the wrong way. Failed to pull over to your right for an Ambulance. And clearly went through an intersection blowing through the Stop sign.
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He was scared so he used his privilege card
You don't have to stop in Chicago if you feel you're in danger.
There are Streets in Washington Dc that you keep rolling at night for sure the cops will tell you just get out of the hood
Really dude, that's what you got from this video? Sad
Here is tip driving in bad areas. Drive in left lane do you can turn around in split second. Do not get too close to car in front so you can escape a box in and turn around. Only crack the window not roll all the way down at stops. Roll stop signs or if you see people that act suspicious just keep going but look both ways. Same at red light if you see someone that looks up to no good just go thru the light by turning or straight but be careful. When approaching red light slow down and keep it rolling so if some jagoff tries something it's more difficult if you're car is moving so time the light! Let suspicious people know that you see them and that you're aware of them so don't try no crap with you.
So many cities and towns look like third world country and everyone's screaming How Great America is they seem so dociled down to even realize what's going on
You can blame local leaders for that.
@@NYPATRIOTBX the local leaders have been under MK Ultra their whole entire life I wouldn't blame them
America is great. Most places aren’t like this. I’m black and I know this. I don’t believe in constant excuses.
That’s truly one of the main problems. You can’t fix it if you just make excuses for decades.
Putting a band aid on it is expensive and useless.
@@EricaL2024 very true
@@waterisgold No, it’s just called corruption.
for a person that always had opportunities dont understand what it feels like to have none. its easier for you to say that area is bad. when you hungry you gonna do bad things to eat. if the good things not working or no opportunities to succeed. period
Excellent content as always, Nick. I’m truly appreciated your efforts, I’m always watch your videos.
Actually, criminals do not really worry about getting caught. With no empathy and no impulse control, rational thought process is non-existent in the psychopath.
Indeed.
Indeed.
Desparation and nothing to lose will do that
@@chrism8180
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These folk Suffer
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Of just NOT Giving a F**K
AND LIVING A PREFFERED LIFESTYLE.
OUTSIDE RESOURCES CAN'T
CHANGE THAT WHAT DOESN'T
WANT TO CHANGE.
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@@christophermclaughlin8917 that's your perspective, you seem to negate the reality of deeply embittered people after multiple generations of extortion and exploitation.
hard hard truth
Very interesting I lived in Morgan Park for two years and I loved it. I will admit you had to be aware of your surroundings. But I loved the culture as a NYC area kid I found the South Side interesting and full of history..,
Another Gem Nick
I was a city wide tow truck driver! There are area's you just simple don't go in Chicago! You are 100% correct on liberalism! No crime isn't going anywhere if anything it's definitely UP under Beatle juice!
Mannn stfu. It’s crazy how all y’all people are so dumb, scared, n hateful. Crime isn’t even a third of what it was in the 80s 90s n early 00s. Nowhere in America is it anywhere close. It’s way better than it was for the previous 30 years. Nobody under 40 has seen a world with less crime than the late Obama years til now. It’s just talk. If u don’t have to deal with it anyways then shut up.
Beetlejuice is cute compared to her!
@@bryans.1710 n Chicago was much more dangerous under Capone n the other mod heads than it is now
@@bryans.1710 You're out of your mind. There were tons of indiscriminate killings. Plus what gave the mob power gives gangs power. Making a substance that should be legal illegal.
How about legalize weed so gangs have less power. Put good paying jobs in these communities so they don't need to gang bang since they've been segregated and red lined. I mean wtf?
Ignore all of the history that caused this issue only to blame the product of 4 centuries of hatred.
@@Zzzbtc Murder is murder fool! Why are you comparing then & now? Nothing has changed. You made no sense by your comment.
True story. In 2008, I was driving my son to an AAU basketball tournament which was being held at Simeon High School in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. About three-quarters of a mile north of the high school, traffic slowed down to a stop. Finally we saw a lot of emergency vehicles. I rolled down my window and asked an officer what was going on. He told us a high school student had been shot in the head in the Simeon high school parking lot. Simeon High School is where Derrick Rose and Jabari Parker played basketball. My son was one of the few white kids on this team, which was comprised of players from the western suburbs. I mentioned to one of the African-American dads, that I was a bit nervous being down here in light of what it just happened. He said he felt the same way. Chicago's South Side is pretty scary in quite a few places.
Simeon is in the Chatham neighborhood. Not Englewood.
@Sheila E You are correct. My mistake. I believe Derrick Rose grew up in the Englewood neighborhood. I might be wrong.
Yes he grew up in Englewood. Attended Simeon. 👍🏽
Black folk never feel unsafe in white neighborhoods.
@@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr Because of police violence?
There are huge efforts underway by residents of these areas to clean up the violence which for many starts with mowing lawns and showing people who live there give a damn. So in a way seeing mowed lawns suggests residents are actively fighting back.
That's what needs to happen and quit waiting for the corrupt politicians to do something.
LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣 if there not voting for Law and Order, then they ain't cleaning up shit
Getting rid of Soros backed officials would be a Big step. That would get the criminals off the street !
Lawns are an important sign, it’s true
A mowed lawn will help nothing at all, the drug trade is powerful, much more powerful than the residents!
I was born there 1963. My family moved out of there 1966. My parents saw the beginning of the chaos and thought it best to move then.
The South Side is about 35 different neighborhoods. It's not all the same. There are bad neighborhoods on the West and North Side too.
Oh hey TJ! Lol. I’m seeing gentrification by Howard jacking up rents etc...the crime seems to have gone down here so not as bad as other areas. Also the middle class is disappearing. Inflation and greed is getting worse while cost of living keeps going up. People feel hopeless right now. A National Universal Basic Income would help fight poverty and uplift so many communities 😞
@@AryPaloma BS! I'm not paying for the shiftless to live. Get a job!
I was born & raised on the southwest side of Chicago. It was a time where people cared not just for themselves. That was YEARS AGO----another life time.
Also the guy driving this car has NEVER come to a complete stop at stop signs. All he did was come to a ROLLING STOP,,,,which is illegal. Come across a crabby cop and he could give you a moving violation ticket spanky.
Ummmm!! I lived there for grad school. Let's not make it seems like the poor neighborhoods in west and the north are equally as dangerous at the south. Love it when people downplay situations. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Those people REALLY care about humanity, WHOLE-HEARTEDLY!!
No the southside specifically where the crime happenes is only 8 neighborhoods
The fact that you turn down a one way street tells me you’ll probably get hurt at the pace your going
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More cops. more cops, stronger substance abuse and drug dealing laws and keeps kids in school. Mayor Lightfoot has got to go. No more touchy Feely solutions for criminals.
I lived in the North Side from 1965 to 1983. Hate to see such beautifull city deteriorate this way.
The last mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel. What a piece of work he was. 2016 was an especially bad year for murders. He put together a speech to address the murders and what he was doing about it. He called it his "comprehensive" plan to deal with it. Police patrols, activism, community leaders, jobs programs, etc. The usual talking points. Rahm had a line in his speech about parents keeping their kids home at night, a simple step to keep young Black men and kids from killing and getting killed, since the majority of these killings happen after midnight to dawn. Apparently the idea of telling people to keep children home was too much, because community "activists" got wind of it and warned him not to blame parents. You know, victim blaming. So Rahm took that part of his speech out, and nothing changed.
I hope you didn't feint at that last line.
Well, Rahm was in line for a cabinet position in the Hillary administration. That didn't work out of course, so he retired to Florida.
So Lori Lightfoot gets elected, and all the news media make a big deal about how she's the first openly lesbian married mayor of a major city. Oh the joy! And I thought to myself, How is that going to matter to the violence of the south and west sides? Does she get a pass because she's lesbian?
Lori will be gone, and Chicago will elect an even more liberal, leftist, intersectional mayor, and all the Woke White people who live on the north side will congratulate themselves for being so forward thinking. But you never, ever see such Woke White people actually in these neighborhoods, and the residents of those neighborhoods know it.
@Dan Badowski a "white person" would be insane to go into some of those neighborhoods.
Most of the "woke" weirdos and mindless drones are NOT white! This is more than obvious to most with working vision
Rahm = Tiny Dancer
2021 was more deadly than 2016, with 846 homicides.
@Donald Badowski. Many good points in your commentary. Oh, add Albany Park to the list of violent North Side neighborhoods. Too out of control. This is a deeper problem. Simply turning multi unit courtyard buildings and 3-4 flats into condos isn't stopping the violence.
Nick I love your videos. It makes me sad to see what has happened in so many places but I still appreciate you sharing this with us. Keep up the great work!
I recently moved back to chicago. I love it here but we have serious problems. I think you will see some improvements in the next few years.
Hello from Germany. This video is very interesting.thanks for uploading
I had a uncle who lived in Chicago heights in the sixtys when I was about 10 we went to visit for a couple days, it didn't seem to bad then and didn't think too much about it back then until one afternoon my uncle took me and my brother and my uncles baby brother for a little tour somewhere in the Southside Chicago and I ask him why there were so many people standing on the sidewalks and what not and all he said was make sure your doors are locked!! I never knew there were so many Hispanics in the US , where I grew up you would see one occasionally and never thought any thing about it, in fact had one in my class in school and we were friends but never even thought about him being Hispanic great guy but never saw this many just hanging out like there! He took us to one area where he said don't think much about it if I blow through traffic lights and what not, he said this is the bad part of Southside and back then it didn't seem too bad until we started seeing homeless people in the alleys and people drinking from bottles in brown paper bags, one area we drove through slower because of traffic and we could smell something strange my uncle said the group on the sidewalk were smoking Marijuana and I had no idea what he was talking about, at that time I had never heard that word before, he had to try to explain what it was and I still didn't really understand what getting high was!!! It was a different world than rural West Tn. my grandfather and my uncle would go there in late 50s and early 60s and work doing carpenter work because it paid about double there and my uncle met a young lady while working there and married her and stayed until he got sick and died about 15 years later! Only time I was ever in Chiago and have no desire to go back!!
I lived on the Southside of Chicago for 1 year in the early 80's. Between the violence and brutal winter's one year was all I could take and I was born and raised in Compton, CA.
Compton is nice. Media misrepresented it big time.
@@GeneralZapta213 are you serious? I was born and raised there and the stories I could tell, none of them are nice. It was a war zone.
@The Underrated Savages It's ok. Definitely not nice but not crazy either
Compton is a paradise compare to Eastern and midwestern shitholes.
Brutal winters. Man I've lived here my whole life. I'll not say winters aren't inconvenient sometimes but my dude maybe your body just wasn't conditioned for it.
50 years LBJ Great Society 😆😆
Don’t tell cops 👮♀️ but their pensions are mostly unfunded 😵
LBJ thanks for everything
Just like the lottery???🤔
Exactly.... people nowadays don't realize LBJ started all this with his pandering programs which encouraged fatherless households...... he did it for votes to win elections, just like the Democrats are doing now.
MORE than fifty years.. I wonder why black neighborhoods allow a street to be named after a stanch Republican named Martin Luther King, Jr. in the worst neighborhoods. SMH LEFTIST: Gimme free stuff! CONSERVATIVE: I'll open the door, you get it yourself (the way it should be).
Along with teachers and all the state workers in California.
I grew up in the south suburbs if Chicago since 1974; it started going down when they tore the projects down and sent those people yo the SOUTH suburbs in the late 80s!
I’m live 40 miles away and I’ve never been worried about driving through these areas. Sure there are run down homes there, but visit Aurora. Families live in the south side. Families. Not everybody is in a gang or carry guns. Mayor Lightfoot is Chicago’s problem today.
Why don't yo get out and walk?
People on the south side are not shooting each other because Beetlejuice is the mayor.
@@robertodell9193 Lmao. And make sure it's at night and preferably on Friday. I've been on the south side and picked up spent 9mm bullets off the sidewalk. Not the case, the bullets all over the place like a war zone.
At least there's one decent person on here.
Thanks Mike. You hit the nail on the head
I'm 41 and I've lived on Chicago's northwest side my whole life. Yes we never, ever go on the south and west side of the city for any reason. To go there is to risk your life. These past two years have had major crime happening all over the city, including downtown which used to be very safe to walk around in but isn't any more. I would recommend all tourists to stay away from the city. Shootings, stabbings and car jacking are literally happening daily all over the city, even in the good neighborhoods. I live by O'Hare Airport and I heard a bunch of gunshots last night even though my neighborhood is considered one of the safest in this city. Most people here hate the mayor for her inaction against crime. I currently own a home so it's not easy for me to move, but I definitely want to move into the suburbs one day.
That's because you watch guys like this that doesn't know the city from the suburbs. And I can show you parts of the south side where they have million dollars home no crime, or a working class neighborhood that takes pride in their community. This gives false information about this city...
You guys hate this particular mayor for her inaction against the crime so I'd like to ask if all Chicago mayors have been hated because crime has been a fabric of the city since it's establishment?
Y’all stay safe out there.
@@jerodlewis1356 Tell the truth, Jerod! South Suburbs, NOT the South Side of Chicago. The South Suburbs have been in economic decline since the steel industry and boatloads of manufacturing jobs left during the late 70s and early 80s. Things never recovered, and that was decades ago. What's happening on the South & West Side, in my opinion, is a mixture of 2 things: A Machiavellian approach to "Urban Renewal"--that is, let crime go unchecked to run off the good, long time hardworking residents, depressing property values, making whole communities like ghost towns, THEN rapidly redevelop the area for upper middle class and upper class folks. Anyone who lived there prior to this, if they don't have a decent income, will not be able to return. The 2nd part of the problem is a public housing program that did not vet the residents moving in. After much of Chicago's public housing was demolished in the late 90s & early 2000s, relocation for the public housing residents was pretty much "take what you can get" with Section 8. Too many property owners involved with Section 8 cared more about getting the checks than vetting the people looking for a place to stay. No concern whatsoever about how just letting anyone and everyone with a Sec. 8 voucher move in will affect the dynamic of the community. No, it is not just "certain parts" of the South & West Side that suffer. The entire city of Chicago is suffering in a way like never before. Unless you can afford to live in Lake Forest, Glencoe, or Winnetka, moving to the suburbs does not immunize you from crime.
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Dang Nick says if you don't like it than fix it! The truth stings but hey it wears off and you right back at it. Come on Amerixa stand up!
Crime is cultural. That's it. Tokyo has a population that is 10 times higher than Chicago, but much less crime. There is a reason - it is the people. Until we come to grips that a society can only be as great as the people who comprise it, we will not solve this decay in America.
Based
as a black man I agree with you it is the culture especially rap music
Harvey, Chicago Heights, Ford Heights is not the South side of Chicago....those are the far south suburbs 20 to 25 minutes south of the City...the only one area you named on the south side of the city was Englewood...I grew up on the South east side of the city...in Pill Hill....and I went to school in Hyde Park also south east side but North of the places you named.... Don't group the suburbs with the city because there is a difference... although... The South side is dangerous along with the ENTIRE CITY
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Exactly ... this is the comment i was looking for. The south side of Chicago is the city not the nearby neighborhoods.
I agree with you. I grew up in Auburn Gresham.
Facts
Excellent comment
Always bringing great content, Nick. Thank you for sharing this. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Ok! ❤️
@@NickJohnsonAwful job shitty content didn't conversate with anyone in those neighborhoods. Also judgemental comments I live out south with people that work hard and want a better life for family
There is 2 Americas - 1.) Where parents realize the value of education and work hard to better their kids education - and - 2.) where parents don’t care/focus on their kids education!
I lived on the south side of chicago and I’ll tell you there are not many opportunities there. It’s a cycle. You’re stuck in it, so my family left to a suburb far away. The issue is there are no jobs no businesses so the people there commit crime or do illicit things for money. The only way of fixing those areas is schooling, police, and making it somewhat safe so businesses can actually see themselves going there. But due to the “woke” policies of the government nothing will change. They worry about the wrong things and only care about thriving areas. Such a sad city but it’s still beautiful to me for some reason. Edit:Also I don’t enjoy the anti “woke” bs narrative.
It’s not really about that, but I’m poking fun at the term lol.
Uh there's plenty of jobs. They do t want to work. Are you crazy??
What has this to do with killing other black folks? Excuses, always excuses. Be a man and stand up for you and your family and do not hide behind a gun and a gang!
@@TheApp9 that’s not who I’m defending im defending the others left behind by the actions of the criminals
@@Szcza04 I get what you're saying. New Oleans isn't much better. It's like this, you have a few kids, a HS education, only experience is the service industry, but it doesn't pay great, who's gonna watch the kids. I wasn't in that situation, but I remember wondering how all the young families were dealing with things during our shutdown. It don't pay to live right. No matter how hard these young people try, life keeps beating them down. You have more money to take care of your children if you just don't work. All the expenses for work, uniform, shoes, transportation, daycare. I'm glad I didn't have to make that choice.
@@bayoulafourche It’s just messed up. People can barely live and perhaps lifting the expense of certain things could really allow them to thrive.
Just this year chicago set a record for most kids killed in half a year
My immigrant family lived on the far south side of Chicago in the early 20th Century before moving to Gary, Indiana. It was like going from the frying pan to the fire, huh?
Looks nice to me, I’m in Oakland, CA many more people out walking here
Sixty and seventy years ago I was a boy in Chicago and later had my first jobs there. We weren't afraid anywhere. Those were the Richard J. Daley years. I think the change must have come when I was in college in Iowa and the civil rights movement created a sense of entitlement instead of individual responsibility. But then, the adult men were the Depression-WWII generation and there was a sense of community. No one was afraid to get involved.
Watch out for Leroy Brown, cos he’s the baddest man in the whole damn town!
Straight razors are out of fashion, machetes seem to be a thing now. (must be the latin influence)
Badder than old king kong, meaner than a junk yard dog!
...but you do know, he ended up like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone?
Came looking for this comment. Was not disappointed.
Yeah but he fought mostly with his hands like a man.
Even "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" wouldn't live there anymore. As you may recall, back in the 70's, he used to be "the baddest man in the whole DAMN town." He wouldn't be anymore.
Rip odb
He liked to wear his diamond ring on the end of everybody's nose
Well I relocated to Emeryville California in the late 70’s and it’s just as ghetto. 😂🤣
@@leroybrown9873 But, are you still the "baddest man in the whole damn town" of Emeryville???
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Sadly, these places are so horrible that if I ever hear somebody else from one of them I assume they are horrible as well.
3:40 In the midst of a wasteland, that beautiful vintage porcelain neon Bakery sign emerges! I’d love to get that, restore it and have that in my shop on display!
Yo I was just in Chicago, on vacation lol, had a great time, but driving through the south side and eventually Gary was very eye opening
why
Bro me and my wife were thinking about going for our vacation this week, im Italian I wanna see their little italy of course. We live about a 5 hour drive away, would you say it was a good trip/vacation?
@@andreamicucci2396 I would recommend it. Chicago is a beautiful city. Just stay out of the hoods. But it’s plenty more to see. Chicago is a big city and you most likely won’t experience any bad if you stay out of those areas.
Yes, Gary Ind can be considered a third world country!
@@anetajohnson8446 not this time, they do have Hard Rock casino there right now! Lol
It looks really beautiful actually. A lot of green trees and lawns. I'm sure in the past it must have been a nice place to live.
Isnt beautiful at 2am
its was, i grew up 0n 158th Lexington Ave.
@@JAFFE15809 thats not Chicago thats the like country club hills which is a suburb
Was thinking same thing
These were beautiful houses in beautiful neighborhoods at one time. It's just that they have been ungentrified, so looks are deceiving here.
Born n raised on the south side the Lowend to be exact This is home for me violence happens everywhere there’s really no point of moving
These neighborhoods are falling apart since the 1960s,for sure - very scary and 😢😢....
The things you missed in your list of what will need to happen to change these communities. Is parents discipline and a change in the culture.
“Parents?”
This culture will extinquish itself. Money won't cure it. John, is right.
No it will always be wYPipO’s fault
It's crazy that CZcams *forced me to put dashes (-) between the letters of that 1 word* before I was allowed to save my comment. Don't you love censorship? The era of freedom is over.
That was most starkly evident in my life when I *FIRST STARTED* college. *EVERY **_'NERO MASCHIO'_** had dropped out* after the 2nd semester because they thought people who tried & made an effort to succeed were just "playing the (White) man's game... or perhaps MORE HONESTLY, that it just wasn't cool to 'try,' or even to be seen trying to succeed. All they did was show up and joke around, interrupting class.
My 104 grandma who recently passed away, she and grandpa Joe lived in Chicago Heights and I know the neighborhood they lived in truly respected them and watched out for them, Grandpa Joe was considered “ the mayor “ of the neighborhood, he never met a stranger, while smoking his cigar on his walks after dinner he chatted up everyone. And Harvey is where my husbands Grandmother and Aunt lived, they passed in early 2000s. I have wonderful memories of those areas. I’m saddened by the downfall of Harvey And Chicago Heights due to the violence you are reporting on. Wonderful Memories of wonderful communities, hopefully things will change and get back to being places to live with memories of goodness. Stumbled across this video, watching from Ohio. And family member of loved ones from Harvey and Chicago Heights. ❤️
But the the things he saying about Harvey and Chicago Heights aren't facts because the violence haven't increased. He saying that because the reputation they get be cause they be killing Chicago ppl who come out there on wild stuff like them areas soft
I saw a bumper sticker that said:"If i knew then what i know now, i would have picked my own cotton."
People in South Chicago complain that they are a business/food desert. Small business move in to fill the void. Soon the crime forces them to close and move out. Then the people complain that they are red lined. Seems like circular reasoning. Maybe your area is red lined because people don't like being robbed or beat up.
For someone that actually lives in Chicago the police department does a great job of messing with the crime numbers. Crime is definitely up however 'murder' may be down. The Mayor is probably one of the most 2 faced broads I've witnessed but the AG is the reason the crime is the way it is now.
Do you think the mayor will be voted back in?
The AG is to blame? He/she is out there with a gun shooting innocents? I can scarce believe that - think I know the scourge you're dealing with....
@@EricaL2024 Yes...Chicago will say Beetlejuice three times on next election.
@@stonward She's the reason for repeat offenders. Where u from?
@@EricaL2024 Depends on the competition. We'll never go red so it's possible.
I grew up in Harvey in the 70's. Had its spots, but was still a nice town and only good memories. This video breaks my heart.
Yeah Harvey was the place to be back in the day
Democrats say that want better for us, yet they keep us down
Nice to see Bettlejuice Lightfoot is making progress in her city. NOT!!!!
You're lucky because I grew up in suburbs of Chicago. One time on way downtown I got lost and almost got killed and that was 16yrs ago. I'm in Wisconsin now.
What happened tell us!!?
@@NickJohnson I was chased by men with guns. I had to run the stop sign and thank God I got out. I'm a white woman. My girlfriend is screaming stop and talk. I'm like he'll no. I also was dumb and dated a Latin king when 14. I had no clue. Also got killed wearing converse and having shoe laces a certain way. He ended up in prison and I stayed away from Chicago. Then later my boyfriend of 14 years who only smoked weed decided to hang out in Englewood and get heroin. He waited until we got married. He got caught in my Cadillac and got it towed. The police felt bad and actually gave my car back. No fines nothing. I divorced him immediately only 8 months after marriage. The place I grew up until 9 is north Lawndale. Very dangerous now. Then Illinois fraudulently handled my current husband workers comp and screwed us of millions. Oh we lived on touhy and California from 00 til 07. I forgot name of park but it's right around there with huge wood play ground my son grew up until 6. Hassidick Jess lived there Then. Suddenly neighborhood changed and gangs came in. We escaped to baraboo wi. Love it here. Right by devils lake.
Currently looking at Englewood for the cheap rents. Glad to find this video.
Still look like heaven compared to Camden, NJ
Or kengsington in philly
Lol so I heard
I lived in Jersey for three years 1989-1992. In the central part of the state you have Plainfield and New Brunswick. Two classic examples of small cities with all the big city problems.
Absolutely
@@beechnut79 I live in jersey I never really been to those towns unless I’m passing thru.
Camden and Trenton is terrible especially with violence, I’m thinking moving toward the shore points area or go further south Jersey have you heard anything regarding those areas
I watch your videos all the time was surprised to see ENGLEWOOD my family moved there in 77 I also lived in various parts of the area and worked at various childcare centers in the area and Things have changed so much I lost my son in the area things do seem so bad but also it’s some good people in the area and as the guy stated it takes care and time to get it together. I’m heartbroken to see the changes that have occurred over the years throughout Englewood. This video shined light into the problems in the neighborhood that aren’t getting better.
Englewood has been one of, if not THE most dangerous area for the last 30 years, along with Washington Park, Garfield Park, Lawndale, .... It just keeps spreading. Decent people move out of these neighborhoods and the ever expanding downtown keeps pushing outward.
Nick, I grew up in Englewood! Brings back old memories...
Fuller Park looks pretty nice. Those houses are huge! I could put 3 of my house in one of those.
Dude, if get into such Ghettos too often, you really should think about installing the bullet-proof glasses on your truck… Just in case.
Most def should wrap the whole whip
He will be just fine, without all of that, I lived in Englewood 14 years
@@medicmikerelf3309 if you’re black you’ll be fine.
But he is white.
@@rayoperator2699 has nothing to do with color. Some of those neighborhoods are are not good for any respectable person no matter the race