TRUST ME,GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI IS NOT A BAD PLACE TO LIVE.THESE ARE SOME HARD-WORKING PEOPLE I ASSURE YALL.EVERY PLACE HAS IT'S GOOD AND BAD SPOTS,BUT GREENWOOD IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
Marcus Reeves Hey Marcus, it doesn’t look bad to me at all. Clean streets, no garbage, just the houses are old, but it’s fine. Big cities such as New York have some really bad places. This looks to be out in the country, lots of trees, & such. Looks fine to me.
No disrespect to Randall, but asa white man you don’t life. thru my eyes,, nor do you know what life was like when there 50 years ago. I still have people living there in the same shack, where as the floor of the house is on the ground. I don’t blame them for excepting that, because they don’t Have an issue with that. Nor do I blame you. What I see in Greenwood, is an environment of people who have never been outside of the city limits, they don’t know how much better life could be, only if they could explore, and see
My husband is from Greenwood, we love it there, the people are sooo nice. We try to visit as much as possible we feel right at home. We don't care how it looks, because our family's houses are always clean and comfortable. It's the LOVE that's there.
This is not bad or 'thee' worst. You should find another platform instead of going to different cities trying to shine light on those that are not rich.You should find a platform to help those that need help.
just like you said...but if you want to get really jacked up go to jack town Jackson Ms. That place is a real SHT hole... that Washington addition and southside. This is what happens when you let democrats run things. they are all about welfare and votes. President Lyndon Jonhson said in 1968 he will make negros vote democrat the next 200 years...well we voted for 50 years and now 150years to go but not me again. wake up and walk away. I say if a black man can be President so can we. Get off the social engineering democratic KKk plantation. look it up who started it...the democrats. the Democrats killed those 3 civil right workers from New York who tried to get blacks to vote in 1968 in Mississippi.
This is the Mississippi Delta. Where the blues was born, and thus rock and roll, is not supposed to look like some socialist utopia with apartment blocks. Can you imagine B.B. KIng singing "woke up this morning and the elevator was broken down"? No, he sang about another mule kicking is his stall, and that's the legacy of what we have here.
lotto lol Mississippi is the birthplace of America’s music. Certified. Black and white artists. They all came from Mississippi and moved up to Memphis or down to New Orleans... but we all know where it started.
@Ashley Delgado You don't know, how do you know if is people's off day. It could be the weekend. I could say things about your people, but I'll take the high road.
@Ashley Delgado shares the secret to her success: *"When you don't pay any bills you can sit on your porch all day."* So, Ashley...who (pimp? parents? sugar daddy?) does take care of your bills? Or do you dwell in a tent/cardboard box/crack house/rescue mission/under a bridge? I've always wondered how you street people end up that way. *God Bless.*
Almost 15 minutes of you riding through 3 neighborhoods. You rode through part of McLaurin Baptist Town and Board St. Then you went through the black neighborhoods but fail to show the trailer parks on hwy 7 and Grenada Blvd that the whites live in. You showed none of the West side south side downtown or north greenwood. You failed to show a school a church or business. You making it seem that we don’t have anything here besides shotgun homes that are typically owned by the people living in them and though they look ran down they are decorated nicely. Most of us have a job or two. A lot of companies have tried to settle here but our Chambers of Commerce turn them down. Greenwood is not what you’re trying to make it seem.
I lived in Baptist Town from childhood, it was a wonderful place to live. Once you got an education, a job was still hard to find, so you had to look else where for one. This is the reason so many left because they were tired of hearing a paid employee say come back Monday to see if we have a job for you. It was the run-around pure and simple !!!
I go to greenwood all the time for buissness it is a nice place. Just because its a poor black neighborhood don't make it bad. I am a white buissness man.
latanja ware I don't know who makes these videos, but I don't think the person is black. It's pure exploitation of poor black people in order to make money off them. ALL this person's video are about low-income black living in the "hood."
@@datruth3234 What are you so miserable about that you're on YT threatening someone's life Sir? Who stepped on your corns?? All that rah-rah violence is sooooo unnecessary...if your comprehension was as tight as your trigger happy gangsta...you would know that every TOWN is divided into "hoods". No worries..my people probably taught you in school..from right down 61..Cdale..so I'm gonna need you to calm down young man..have some respect. I know its being still taught down your way..that's how the Delta is built.
@@geraldjones4045 nah I aint saying its sweet killers shoot all up and down this coast but the amount of gun poppin and crimes is what makes a place dangerous ... sure people die for doing dumb things but the amount of dumb an ignorant things going on at once does not make it a dangerous place
The vibe from hoods in the south seems very different from hoods in the East, west and north. It doesn’t seem as hopeless or lost. Like there’s still some sort of love within black ppl.
Speaking as someone different (white male) - I think there is a lot of truth to southern hospitality . People holding doors open for others, people saying "please" and "thank you".... and it doesn't matter what your skin tone is; you know if you're not polite, one of your parents will magically appear behind you and smack you in the back of your head.
As someone who lives in Greenwood, don’t be fooled by this video. Poverty wise these are some of the lesser substantial areas (mainly because the town and mayor doesn’t care about improving them), but most of them are peaceful asf. Except Baptist Town. Not even the police go there 😂.
Never been to Greenwood, but in the late 90s my mother moved from rural Minnesota to the town and taught at Greenwood high school. She said that it's one of the most poor areas in the country, but she also said that she had never met nicer people anywhere than in Greenwood.
This felt like I stepped back in time to the late 50's through to the 70's. There are signs of economic poverty but not moral poverty. I loved seeing the children riding their bikes carefree with no adult supervision having to be present. Looks like a place where a child can still be sent alone to the corner store by a parent without worry. Reminds me of when I grew up and was poor but did not know it. On the other hand many of those homes are owned and without mortgages. They appear to be un-insurable and the families are one matchstick away from homelessness. Most are probably only one serious illness away from bankruptcy because of a lack of affordable healthcare. But this is life in the U.S. now.
Partner this ain't Greenwood MS this is Chicago's West Side almost exactly. Same vibe, same scenery, same ambiance. Chicago is "Up South" or North MS to me. 80 percent of Blacks in the Chi have a direct link through their Grandparents to MS. My father was Born in Columbus MS and while growing up in Memphis,(right next door) I spent a whole lot of hot summers in MS. Went down to Sardis ,Grenada and Greenwood to go Bass and Crappie fishing and visit my Grandmother in Columbus when she was living. Love that state and it's history for good or bad.You might see a Ghetto or improvished area, I see a hidden beauty !!! God bless that state for all the BS it has endured. Thanks for posting.
Where do I begin?? This town is very quiet. I couldn't figure out the time of day but this town is quiet and CLEAN. However, the majority of houses and stores are made of wood and could use a couple of coats of paint. Some should be demolished. What really impressed me was the fact that there were no people standing in the street drinking and no one asked you for change. This is the perfect town for someone to flee to if they are running from someone.
slickkapone I’m born and raised in Chicago and I can agree. Chicago is rough however Milwaukee isn’t that bad. I lived there from 2004-2007 lived on 61 & Good Hope, Teutonia & Good Hope and then on Holton & Wright things wasn’t that bad when I was there. I’m currently living in Memphis(2012- present)and it’s like a small chicago here.
slickkapone y’all dumb as hell if y’all think folks ain’t getting killed in the delta. All over the delta. Greenwood, Greenville, Indianola. Shit I got family in Greenville and shit real around there
I grew up in a neighborhood pretty much like this. Folks sitting on the porch and kids playing. Being poor isn't a crime. Enjoy your videos, keep em coming.
I was just in Greenwood earlier this year, to pay my respects at Robert Johnson's gravesite just out of town. The town is just like this clip shows, a typical rural small town with tidy yards and hard working people. I stopped in town to grab a bite and shop, and everyone was polite. Thanks to whoever posted this for showing what its like in Greenwood MS, since most people will never get a chace to visit, but the "worst hoods" title is ridiculous, it should be "typical neighborhoods".
@@lisasessums3509 You ever live on "commodities"? I'm not trying to be smart or snarky, Lisa, I I worked with Native Americans (a number of whom had "commod bods") for about twelve years...lard, cheese blocks, canned meats and other dietary disasters from the government surplus programs hadn't encouraged good eating habits. But it is filling.
How is the place. Is there teachers working from India. Is it possible to work there from India. We got one offer from there. Work as a teacher. Is it worth
Looks clean , I must be clearly missing something here . Are you trying to make blk people in this community look Bad ? Because I see nothing wrong here little poverty , but super clean and calm ,I’m sorry flowers roses would absolutely living up the houses and community,
Susan Gialano that’s all this low life bastar do is go to black communities and show the bad sides.this low life never go in to neighborhoods where blacks live in big beautiful homes.i am glad you brought this out about this low life moron.
susan gialano ++++ they may not be the best homes but there clean and decent for the most part. color don't matter. it is the person's character and not race. i'm sure these folks are happy and would help anyone out in a pinch without regard to race.even give you their last jar of peaches from their can house to help you out. i can't go for anyone trying to make folks look bad on the account of race. i am white, live in mississippi and believe in equality and getting off your able bodied butt and working for a living unless you are truly disabled or retired regardless of race.take a ride around any mississippi town. you'll find the same thing.both good and bad. the white trailer trash keep dirty run down homes, junk cars and trash around same and wonder why mice, rats and snakes are around and people make fun of them. sets a judgement notion in yankee people we all live like that. heard enough of that nonsense when i lived in michigan for 5 yrs. got back home to the south and wouldn't return for any reason. i love mississippi and it's way of life.
What community do blacks live in big beautiful homes? Go to every major city in the US and blacks have destroyed every neighborhood they live. That's not a coincidence...
I’m from Mississippi. This is not a bad place, people in the Delta have no money... at all. This is not violence, this is poverty. It’s sad... Great videos by the way!
I dont know if its done with intent but something you deserve a lot of respect for is not filling your vids with ad. It shows you are genuinely trying to show these neighborhoods and not just make a profit off them. Respect ✊🏾
I c everyone talking down on the houses in Mississippi we keep our money in our pockets not give it to mortgage companies for over priced houses in the suburbs and all houses made of wood they just dress them up on the outside.most of those houses are probably paid for.no rent or mortgage
For the honest folks who can't do any better, that's fine, but there are plenty folks in Miss. who have upgraded to nicer homes and neighborhoods. I guess it boils down to priorities and motivations--or the lack of.
jack tripper your right on your comment, a paid off home is great. i live here in mississippi and have noticed many older homes in great shape. if these folks are happy, so be it. i love mississippi.
@@jahmalonbethel1307- Obviously, he has chosen to show the more poorer areas of these towns. There are very nice homes in various neighborhoods in the larger towns and cities in Mississippi.
@@arkansasyella2087 That is right, no matter if impoverished areas are urban or rural or staffed by brown, white or black they have things in common and one of them is that they are BORING. Black or white, there is bling, loud people, sports jerseys, shiny rims, violence, bravado and suffering. The food tends to be deadly carcinogens and corn syrup sold at chicken dumps and dollar stores. Jails, courts, hospitals and addiction recovery are bulk employers. I am in Greenville MS for work now and travel all over the US. I am sad today afte driving 3 hours through MS and seeing people living in bad conditions.
I was amazed at this video..... Greenwood seemed so very very much like my old neighborhood in Richmond Virginia many years ago. We were poor and happy with human problems -of course. Most of the houses needed repair and paint. Some houses were boarded up. There were vacant over grown lots everywhere. On some days almost everybody was outside or going or coming from some where with somebody. I can imagine myself walking down those streets. I am the little boy riding his bike looking back watching for cars. I was rushing down the street to play at my friends house....or standing in the yard with my buddies . Children were playing everywhere while adults sat on the stoops and porches. People waved at each other and honked horns...it seemed to be one of those BEAUTIFUL days when the joy of childhood made everything beautiful . We were all one big family. Those children and the grown people will never forget those days-never! They will all reminiscence about those days when they have grown old! I "betcha" they will!! I saw poverty but I saw far, far more love in that community. I know there was some fighting, cussing. cutting and shooting........just like everywhere else in an America born in state supported genocidal violence, land theft and centuries of slavery and terrorism. But that never is the whole story about any people! I love those people,I am from those people-I am those people. Most of us turned out to be pretty decent people, some became factory workers , some lawyers, some business owners, some policemen and judges, some carpenters, some teachers, some doctors and nurses, some even became wealthy and a very few famous. Don't look at us through the eyes of our enemies! So (CharlieBo313) don't slander the people of Greenwood....it is not a "WORST HOOD". We also note that you did not drive through the poor white areas of Greenwood filled with trailer parks. The many millions of POOR WHITES are always invisible to people like you. Anyway , I'm going to always be "US". Period!
Doesn't look hood just impoverished. The streets aren't riddled with trash. Wonder if the community would rehab the homes, one house at a time. Like what Habitat Humanity does
21st century slave quarters, rural Mississippi, La., Alabama, Georgia and S.C. have not changed much in the last 150 years. Even cities like Savannah had streets like this through the 70's which were unpaved, it is incredible this still exists in the U.S.
When it comes down to summer fun, cooking catfish, hometown cookout, reunions and other enjoyable events, where do everybody come to? Greenwood, MS. For the ones that's trying to put Greenwood down or make it look bad, we Mississippi folks the ones making it happen for y'all. Some may not have the best of homes, or the neighborhood might look rundown, but we know how to treat our long time friends and family when they come back to the community, we know how to make it happen for this small town. Some get alone, some may not, but we try. We have hard, dedicated workers here. We might be behind times and lack of income, but we are surviving. God is keeping his arms wrapped around Greenwood everyday and we are happy. Life is work. So what we don't have,what it may look like to you all, what we live in and the income we are making, we are satisfied with it. Now, where you might be living, or what you have or trying to get, what you think you might be, you still got to get there and not happy with yourself. Leave us Greenwoodians alone. If you got to talk about us, simply put, stay out of Greenwood.
Gwood stand up!!! The heart of Mississippi also known as the Delta where most of yall ancestors ran from for opportunities. Can't blame em, I did the same but there is hospitality in the Sip and not only that it's the home of the Blues. Come get you a history lesson...
Born and raised in the Wood and still reside here I'm trying to figure out what he looking for yeah you have to board houses up to keep ppl from taking shit and sleeping in them after they are done remodelling boards come down 🤷
It doesn't look bad, just iut dated and peaceful. African American are peaceful naturally, it's just when one full of hate and not minding one's own business comes into the mix with a hidden agenda is when you see chaos. Thats for sharing this peaceful city😊 Love and Light, Greenwood💚💙💓
OMG My 2nd home Greenwood Ms. I patrolled every street you videoed Charlie. Thank you so much for the memories. Man Greenwood really hasn't changed at all on the south side.
@@paulashton2441 I made a statement about that I said I was offended #like what the hell is wrong with my hometown#born and raised and still reside here
Since we had tht talk bro i been still watchin ut vids.. I see u stoppin and talkin to folks now thts a good thing my dude.. Let the pep be heard foreal foreal.. Big ups
That’s pretty cool, it’s a lot of history in the history in the Delta region. It’s starts in Memphis all the way down to Vicksburg/Yazoo City,MS and parts Arkansas and Louisiana too.
That's where they told me the worst part was. I wouldn't even think about going to the worst part of my city. Cincinnati can be gutter and have some really bad areas but i still love it, the people down here wave at you, go up north and see what strangers do when you drive by waving...i guess it's just a totally different way of life.
I was born in Carrollton and grew up in Greenwood until I was 14. I now live in Detroit. There's no reason to put down a place where someone lives. There are a lot of reasons why people live where they do because of redlining. In between these two cities I have also lived in NYC, London, Milan and Sydney Australia. All cities have good parts and not so good parts. It has nothing to do with the character of the people.
That's the Delta ppl were I grew up at. But the Lord bless me to get out, now I call Houston, Tx my second home. But I still love Mississippi and always will. Visit Yazoo City next sir.
Nothing To See Here...It's rural and country but you have the friendly ppl it the Delta they treat you just like family. Now Jackson, Ms is the hood it just like New Orleans
Derrick Johnson I figured considering Jackson is the one major city there. But even in the hood, people generally cool with you if you cool with them. It really depends on how you carry yourself, just don’t stand out lol.
back in the 50s and 60 s much of texas was like this even houston all in 500 sqft.why because you werent home much ppl visited friends and family up until television killed visiting.
Not great but not as bad as Detroit. The buildings that are boarded up don't appear to have been vandalized. There isn't tons of trash thrown around all over the place. I see a lot of nice cars. Apparently the residents can afford them.
Roger didit ...why does it matter to you if I kinda like it...if and when I choose to go there, guess what, I will have my tall, dark husband of 21 years to buy me a ticket...
Chai's Room I'm with you I kind of like that too I'm a truck driver I live in Florida I would love to live somewhere when I come home I can park my truck plenty room quiet time nice to people ain't at each others throat s*** that's what I call living
Based on their wikipedia page it seems that a lot of people have left Greenwood; hence, all the boarded up houses. They could make this place look really pretty by having gardens, painting some of the houses that need it, and tearing down some of the condemned houses.
Ann Marie is you from greenwood ms if not you have no right to say anything about Greenwood ms oh okay just because you see boarded up houses don’t mean people move and if they did it mean they move into a better home boo I should know I’m born and raise in Greenwood ms boo boo
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I remember spending summers with my grandparents! We would go to Greenwood on the weekends to shop! Very nice town! Friendly people too. Nothing wrong with the south! Deep in the Delta❤️❤️
Some of the scariest hoods I've seen are all the neighborhoods behind the train station or anything past Carrollton Avenue. I remember they used to have a coffin store with a night time display. Scary shit
I had to catch an amtrak train from chicago to greenwood mississippi just to get to another town in mississippi and trust me u do not want to stop at no stop signs here. U might lose ur car or ur life from the people that were standing by most of the stop signs here when i went to that town
This the delta,the flat lands anywhere you go in the delta it looks this way I’m from Greenville,Ms and I love that country living we do have nice areas with big houses but in heart of the town it’s grimy as hell
I just saw another video of greenwood and I guess there’s a bridge in the downtown area and across the bridge the houses look completely different.. is this where most of the white people live?
@@bitchackerman6607 no, there is diversity in North Greenwood but, you will find most of the caucasians on that side....also there are other areas of Greenwood that are simply breathtaking. This is my hometown and poverty runs deep on both sides of the race there. Still, the love there is so pure and real. Rise up Greenwood.
Starting @ 4:07 there's about 7 or 8 shotgun/bungalow homes of the same simple style, that are boarded up. All I could see was wow, I would restore painting them different colors such as gray, blues, beige, greens, light gray.
I agree with other commenters who observed that these "hoods" don't seem "bad" necessarily, apart from being old & poor. No apparent gang activity, no visible drug transactions in the streets, no street-walkers plying their trade, no liquor stores on every block, no gun-play. Just because people are poor, doesn't make them the "worst". I'm calling you out for snobbery, CharlieBo313.
Reminds me of the tv show In the heat of the night. My city in Florida has many of these hoods. You know you're heading into a higher crime area when you start to see litter, crumbling sidewalks and un kept yards and homes, but it's not unusual to see newer cars with nice rims parked outside
I used to drive through here in my Mack. I foiled up some meat and vegetables put then under the hood to cook and enjoyed the drive. I always found that a well done steak takes about 2 hours or 150 miles, whichever comes first. Peach Cobbler on the other hand takes about 3 hours to cook completely. Just depends on how hot the motor gets to get food done. Outside temp affects cooking time as well.. You have to be careful with some foods though, as they may tend to leak all over your motor and smoke and burn.
Currently living in Greenwood, MS and I honestly can say we have some wonderful neighborhoods from the South to the North, the best Soul food, athletes, professional BBQ'ers😂, positive energy, etc. Every city or town has its odd or downfall. The only thing I hate about Greenwood is the senseless killing. The city is too small for the murder rate to be high. We will rise one day, but only if we come together though. Overall I love my city.
Yes you all do! I was born And raised in Chicago, but my parents were from a o e horse town called Marianna and Bescoe Arkansas! And I wish today I grew up there! Like the south, and have much southern ways until people ask me wherever you from? 😊😂😊😂
😇Good morning Mr Harrell, thanks for the response, and it looks like a good place to live. I can relate to what you are saying about the killing as so it is here. I feel like if only I could say a word to wake them up, so they're know just how precious a person they are ! 👍🏾😇
@@anniewilliams7812 😇 Good 🌄 morning Ms. Williams; Yes, it seem like such a beautiful place. If the Lord will, we will be visiting a church there. Some of the members there came here last week, and we enjoyed their presence here! 😇🙏🏾
hell yes it ,greenwood looks way better than detroit anyday. i lived up there for 5 yrs back in the 1970's and it was bad then. came back to the south,north carolina and now mississippi. wouldn't move back to either place now. love mississippi.
In 63 or 64, during the voter registration protest/riot, the USAF sent about 30 or so of us, about half black, half white, here for a military funeral...being young and dumb didn't prevent all of us from being a little worried (we had read the newspapers). We were in uniform, not a popular thing at the time and carrying rifles (unloaded and with nothing but blanks). The lieutenant said to keep the guns out of sight and maintain discipline which we did (in truth, he was as worried as we were). When we arrived at the church for the funeral and 21 gun salute the tension was high but the pastor and a number of the congregants welcomed us and all went well. Apparently they had informed the locals and protesters to stay the hell away unless they were there to honor the dead. A lot of people waved when we left. It was a sad day and now even sadder to see conditions have changed so little. There are good people there who deserve much more.
I Have Family Here GOD'S People ! The Title of This Post is Deceiving . This an Old Country Town, Black Area . What Do You Expect . This is The Cotton Capital of The World ! Farm Country ! No Major Industry Here but Cotton and Prison And You Know Who Controls Both !!! If I Had The Means To Establish a Strong Black Nation Within The USA It Would Start In Greenwood Ms.
I have family lives in Cleveland MS, the people drives nice cars in the south I see, some people do very well in Mississippi, I know the cost of living is not like here in Los Angeles. My sister and her family moved to Cleveland Ms about 16 years ago. They sold there home here and was able to get another home 4 bedroom , 2 bath in Cleveland for ways less than here on the West coast. Many people are moving here and lot has moved back South. One thing I like here it has the best weather in the country. But the living is very expensive to live here. But I love it .
the cost of living is really cheap here in Mississippi Delta. what y'all pay a million dollars for a house you can get the same house for a forth of that I built from the ground up
Interesting. Many houses, very very few people outside on the street or in and around the houses and other buildings. The employment rate must be good here as there are no people around. Could be that the heat keeps people inside during the day down there
With a little cleanup, some grooming of the ball field for youth baseball/football, rehab of some homes, and planting of community gardens in the empty lots, you would have an improvement to what is likely a wonderful, thriving community. Blessings to everyone there. 🌞
My girlfriend and I spent the night in Greenwood, ate out, walked round town, had breakfast. Just a nice little southern town. You can find trouble anywhere if you are looking for it or are careless.
I'm offended I was born and raised here and still live here a have great great great grandparents that are still here I even left and came back to get away from the city life
Noticeable, it's MUCH more clean than poor/bad hoods of NJ, New Orleans, Detroit, Philly, etc. And there's a lot of green. It's poor, but it's not a state of total decay like the others cities shown in this channel
Charlie; Hello you got any shocks in that, I know it's lowered I just gave up mine. Lowered 5speed Mit.EClipse. I do miss her but she is so scary to me now. God bless you Charles. Peace. Great job on video. I always wondered what people meant by the hood. Do you know what it means when someone says "gangsta"? Take care of yourself out there. Be careful. Remember to make a decision: think before you speak: say what you mean; and mean what you say. See you in the next video. XO But charles I still don't know what the difference is in this neighborhood either please.
I started off doing comedy, also I had a hobby of filming inner city scenes. It seems people enjoyed the inner city scenes more. It started to get big then I started making money at it.
I see positive in this video I also see major potential. I HATE saying " I wish" so ill say, if I had. If I had the financial power to uplift this "hood" I would. Tare down and rebuild every home, build community centers for education and recreation. Build grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants ALL Black owned and operated. Bring in Speakers such as Anthony Browder, Dr. Joy Degruy, Hiawatha Kaba Kamene etc to speak to the community on a regular basis to fuel us with a sense of dignity and pride for Ourselves. An African Heaven. Where we could look around and see our reflections in eachother doing good, feeling good and living good. That would warm my heart and soul.
The IronHorse you can't thou, because of crack n alcohol. Not to mention the effects of lead paint on the brain. I'm a ex-drug dealer. Y'all just don't get it. Google lead paint and all the poison in those old houses. Kids ain't got a chance. Smh
Oprah Winfrey should give this town$ 40 million dollars to uplift it instead of giving it to south Africa to build their school,black here don't care about other black !
My 10th grade summertime(1972) and I left Va. & went down to Yazoo City Ms. My aunt and uncle lived there. As I was driving around and getting stoned I got lost in cotton fields and ran out of gas. Houses were very far apart and dirt roads, and just the moon lite to light your way. As I got to each place and knocked on the door, I could see colored people huddled up against the walls in fear of me, I only needed directions and to borrow a gas can ? The same response from each house, Wow ! So I walked the other direction a long long way. Finally I saw car lights and the older colored gentleman stopped , we told him our story and then he gave us a ride and got us some gas. I was not a Christian then but that guy took a chance to help me. Did the people think I was that evil or the kkk thing ? What an experience what a lesson . Satan will use whoever or what ever he can to cause division or race wars, he hates God and us . God Bless the older gentleman, he just has to be in heaven. Lee Dye 9-6-21
if they were evil, they would've shot you. if you were evil, you would've shot them. their reaction to the unknown speaks in volumes on how the unknown has treated them. God bless us all.
I drove some of the backstreets of small rural towns in southern MS recently and have to admit most of it was clean...just old. However, there were a few areas in which I would have not wanted to stop and simply walk around my car with packing. And these areas weren't necessarily the dirtiest one either...just had people and situations that made me feel uncomfortable. For instance, watching the sale of drugs on the street. Weapons being shown freely. Police seemingly avoiding the area. Just little things like that.
People can say what they will about these folks in Mississippi. .if something that is not right. .they don't get mad and burn down their town..they know the value of what they do have..may not be much but they value what they have
In the late 80's , I served in the Army at Fort Campbell Ky. with a guy from Greenwood named Maurice Dunlap, we both had 5.0 Mustangs at the time, He was one of the coolest dude's i ever served with, he always talked about his hometown and how small it was !
TRUST ME,GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI IS NOT A BAD PLACE TO LIVE.THESE ARE SOME HARD-WORKING PEOPLE I ASSURE YALL.EVERY PLACE HAS IT'S GOOD AND BAD SPOTS,BUT GREENWOOD IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
Marcus Reeves Hey Marcus, it doesn’t look bad to me at all. Clean streets, no garbage, just the houses are old, but it’s fine. Big cities such as New York have some really bad places. This looks to be out in the country, lots of trees, & such. Looks fine to me.
AMEN CAROL
Marcus Reeves God Bless you Marcus! 😊
I live in New York and I haven't seen any place as bad as this. I didn't even see one restaurant in the whole video.
HEY MARCUS, IF YOU NOTICE NO POLICE PATROLING.
As a white man I go to greenwood all the time on buissness, it is a nice place. Don't stereotype if you don't know the people!
No disrespect to Randall, but asa white man you don’t life. thru my eyes,, nor do you know what life was like when there 50 years ago. I still have people living there in the same shack, where as the floor of the house is on the ground. I don’t blame them for excepting that, because they don’t Have an issue with that. Nor do I blame you. What I see in Greenwood, is an environment of people who have never been outside of the city limits, they don’t know how much better life could be, only if they could explore, and see
Looks poor and depressing to me.
What kind of businesses are established in Greenwood? Obviously poverty results from lack of opportunity, so wondering how things got this way
I'm a white yankee clearly not from here, you can definitely tell as soon as I speak, every time I go anywhere in Greenwood everyone is nice as can be
These streets are clean and grass cut nice. No trash,😉
My husband is from Greenwood, we love it there, the people are sooo nice. We try to visit as much as possible we feel right at home. We don't care how it looks, because our family's houses are always clean and comfortable. It's the LOVE that's there.
Verniec Flukernuyfhhijup him YZ eat DZ and that’s what counts! ❤️❤️
This is not bad or 'thee' worst. You should find another platform instead of going to different cities trying to shine light on those that are not rich.You should find a platform to help those that need help.
Aww what a postive comment.
Hey your husband is my cousin Ken LT
My mother recently transitioned and asked to be buried in her birthplace. I can't thank Greenwood enough for giving me a beautiful mother.
Rest in peace
Ain’t it beautiful that our beloved mothers, mine gone too, were beautiful ladylike, no nonsense southern girls? I had to marry one myself
U mean ya grandmother is who u should be thanking
GREENWOOD DOES NOT LOOK THAT BAD. U RIDING TRYING TO FIND FAULT.. IT JUST OLD AND OUTDATED ..THE STREETS ARE CLEAN AND NEAT..
just like you said...but if you want to get really jacked up go to jack town Jackson Ms. That place is a real SHT hole... that Washington addition and southside. This is what happens when you let democrats run things. they are all about welfare and votes. President Lyndon Jonhson said in 1968 he will make negros vote democrat the next 200 years...well we voted for 50 years and now 150years to go but not me again. wake up and walk away. I say if a black man can be President so can we. Get off the social engineering democratic KKk plantation. look it up who started it...the democrats. the Democrats killed those 3 civil right workers from New York who tried to get blacks to vote in 1968 in Mississippi.
@@Trillz4K big facts let his roll down captiol Street or the ditian
The place looks like crap to me. Can you imagine living there? These people are not living, they are just existing.
Then why is it that the second worst city in Mississippi
It don't look bad at all. Not like East Orange, NJ OR LA OR THOSE OTHER PLACES...
This is the Mississippi Delta. Where the blues was born, and thus rock and roll, is not supposed to look like some socialist utopia with apartment blocks. Can you imagine B.B. KIng singing "woke up this morning and the elevator was broken down"? No, he sang about another mule kicking is his stall, and that's the legacy of what we have here.
Albert Patterson try Biloxi
@@lesliemiros6743 Biloxi is messed up, poured all that waste in the ocean and causing a flesh eating virus causing people to loose limbs
Rock and Roll was born in Memphis, TN.
lotto lol Mississippi is the birthplace of America’s music. Certified. Black and white artists. They all came from Mississippi and moved up to Memphis or down to New Orleans... but we all know where it started.
This is fine
Looks like a town where kids can actually go out and play without dodging bullets and chaos constantly.
Right, Cincinnati has little shrines on corners with teddy bears and candles. That means a kid was killed there. It's always sad to see.
No baby it's not now
Not anymore. War zone
@@sarahconley8114 It wasn never the case of a safe place, MS Delta always had very high crime rate
That's bullshit I grew up there and got locked up there. Fuck around if you want to end up in a river
I love people sitting on their porches.. Love the clean, mowed yards.. Children playing, riding bikes.. Love.. Love.. Love.. Thanks for sharing..
Exactly. I love my people. I do not see hoods.
@Ashley Delgado You don't know, how do you know if is people's off day. It could be the weekend. I could say things about your people, but I'll take the high road.
@Ashley Delgado shares the secret to her success:
*"When you don't pay any bills you can sit on your porch all day."*
So, Ashley...who (pimp? parents? sugar daddy?) does take care of your bills?
Or do you dwell in a tent/cardboard box/crack house/rescue mission/under a bridge?
I've always wondered how you street people end up that way. *God Bless.*
I’m in California so yeah this place looks very poor, rundown and idk if I don’t see people on bikes, walking there dog I don’t feel safe.
Damiin Jallø El Day do you live in greenwood my boy 😂😂
What are you driving, a shopping cart full of cans?
walter kersting lmao
Oh yeah
Sounds like the car is bout to fall apart.
😂😂
Yep, there was a Can-Can sale at Shop Rite. Couldn't pass that one up.....
Dy.ing 😂
Almost 15 minutes of you riding through 3 neighborhoods. You rode through part of McLaurin Baptist Town and Board St. Then you went through the black neighborhoods but fail to show the trailer parks on hwy 7 and Grenada Blvd that the whites live in. You showed none of the West side south side downtown or north greenwood. You failed to show a school a church or business. You making it seem that we don’t have anything here besides shotgun homes that are typically owned by the people living in them and though they look ran down they are decorated nicely. Most of us have a job or two. A lot of companies have tried to settle here but our Chambers of Commerce turn them down. Greenwood is not what you’re trying to make it seem.
I lived in Baptist Town from childhood, it was a wonderful place to live. Once you got an education, a job was still hard to find, so you had to look else where for one. This is the reason so many left because they were tired of hearing a paid employee say come back Monday to see if we have a job for you. It was the run-around pure and simple !!!
My child did not say this, I did , I don't know why her picture popped up.
So what is it really like to live there? That looked laid back and quiet!! I'm wanna relocate somewhere and have never lived outside of Florida!
I go to greenwood all the time for buissness it is a nice place. Just because its a poor black neighborhood don't make it bad. I am a white buissness man.
latanja ware
I don't know who makes these videos, but I don't think the person is black. It's pure exploitation of poor black people in order to make money off them. ALL this person's video are about low-income black living in the "hood."
Greenwood is a poor neighborhood but it's not crime ridden. Notice how peaceful a quiet. That's because the law abiding citizens have guns too.
Not a hood..it's a town.
@@datruth3234 What are you so miserable about that you're on YT threatening someone's life Sir? Who stepped on your corns?? All that rah-rah violence is sooooo unnecessary...if your comprehension was as tight as your trigger happy gangsta...you would know that every TOWN is divided into "hoods". No worries..my people probably taught you in school..from right down 61..Cdale..so I'm gonna need you to calm down young man..have some respect. I know its being still taught down your way..that's how the Delta is built.
NEVER threaten an individual on Social Media..if they catch a cold and die...you're automatically on the most wanted list by a whole lot of folk son.
@@marieajackson1148 that's good if they die
@@marieajackson1148 you dont no wtf you talking about DA
this ain't no hood this just po folk ..danger lurks in a hood
this is where I'll go for cookouts and Thanksgiving dinner
how can you tell the difference? there are a lot of dangerous places that look like this lol
Chris FL Ong I’m from greenwood y’all need it to stop gettin it twisted people die there
@@geraldjones4045 nah I aint saying its sweet killers shoot all up and down this coast but the amount of gun poppin and crimes is what makes a place dangerous ... sure people die for doing dumb things but the amount of dumb an ignorant things going on at once does not make it a dangerous place
Dee double u I’m jus sayin people get killed all da time there
@ClimberGreg .. yup, and you'd go down there with your attitude, and get your ass whipped quick. 🤣😂🤣😂💯
It doesn't look bad to me. It's just old and poor but at least the streets are clean.
growing up in texas you could be poor but as long as you had good manners ,clean clothes and clean yard clean house your doing your best.
Agreed
I live in Greenwood and it more in just that part that is bad
I live in a good neighborhood
auaiao9 And a lot of those houses are fixed up real nice on the inside I am sure.... We have shotguns houses too..... I lived in them
The vibe from hoods in the south seems very different from hoods in the East, west and north. It doesn’t seem as hopeless or lost. Like there’s still some sort of love within black ppl.
You're beautiful 😍
@@850Blasian thanks bro
Wut girl??????? 🤣
Speaking as someone different (white male) - I think there is a lot of truth to southern hospitality . People holding doors open for others, people saying "please" and "thank you".... and it doesn't matter what your skin tone is; you know if you're not polite, one of your parents will magically appear behind you and smack you in the back of your head.
As someone who lives in Greenwood, don’t be fooled by this video. Poverty wise these are some of the lesser substantial areas (mainly because the town and mayor doesn’t care about improving them), but most of them are peaceful asf. Except Baptist Town. Not even the police go there 😂.
Never been to Greenwood, but in the late 90s my mother moved from rural Minnesota to the town and taught at Greenwood high school. She said that it's one of the most poor areas in the country, but she also said that she had never met nicer people anywhere than in Greenwood.
This felt like I stepped back in time to the late 50's through to the 70's. There are signs of economic poverty but not moral poverty. I loved seeing the children riding their bikes carefree with no adult supervision having to be present. Looks like a place where a child can still be sent alone to the corner store by a parent without worry. Reminds me of when I grew up and was poor but did not know it. On the other hand many of those homes are owned and without mortgages. They appear to be un-insurable and the families are one matchstick away from homelessness. Most are probably only one serious illness away from bankruptcy because of a lack of affordable healthcare. But this is life in the U.S. now.
Partner this ain't Greenwood MS this is Chicago's West Side almost exactly. Same vibe, same scenery, same ambiance. Chicago is "Up South" or North MS to me. 80 percent of Blacks in the Chi have a direct link through their Grandparents to MS.
My father was Born in Columbus MS and while growing up in Memphis,(right next door) I spent a whole lot of hot summers in MS. Went down to Sardis ,Grenada and Greenwood to go Bass and Crappie fishing and visit my Grandmother in Columbus when she was living. Love that state and it's history for good or bad.You might see a Ghetto or improvished area, I see a hidden beauty !!!
God bless that state for all the BS it has endured. Thanks for posting.
The Great Migration..
Where do I begin?? This town is very quiet. I couldn't figure out the time of day but this town is quiet and CLEAN. However, the majority of houses and stores are made of wood and could use a couple of coats of paint. Some should be demolished. What really impressed me was the fact that there were no people standing in the street drinking and no one asked you for change. This is the perfect town for someone to flee to if they are running from someone.
J. Korbyn I love living in Mississippi especially raising teenage boys. Born and raised here and proud compared to other states
slickkapone I’m born and raised in Chicago and I can agree. Chicago is rough however Milwaukee isn’t that bad. I lived there from 2004-2007 lived on 61 & Good Hope, Teutonia & Good Hope and then on Holton & Wright things wasn’t that bad when I was there. I’m currently living in Memphis(2012- present)and it’s like a small chicago here.
@slickkapone Mfs getting killed n Mississippi
@@Fastcash4 Obviously your from there by your lack of spelling.
slickkapone y’all dumb as hell if y’all think folks ain’t getting killed in the delta. All over the delta. Greenwood, Greenville, Indianola. Shit I got family in Greenville and shit real around there
I grew up in a neighborhood pretty much like this. Folks sitting on the porch and kids playing. Being poor isn't a crime. Enjoy your videos, keep em coming.
I was just in Greenwood earlier this year, to pay my respects at Robert Johnson's gravesite just out of town. The town is just like this clip shows, a typical rural small town with tidy yards and hard working people. I stopped in town to grab a bite and shop, and everyone was polite. Thanks to whoever posted this for showing what its like in Greenwood MS, since most people will never get a chace to visit, but the "worst hoods" title is ridiculous, it should be "typical neighborhoods".
Houses don't have basements in the Southern United States particularly in the Gulf Coast, the water table is to high to allow for basements
You don’t see any tent cities👀. People go to Church here. Federal Govt make sure nobody starved. Most over weight population in country.
@@lisasessums3509 You ever live on "commodities"? I'm not trying to be smart or snarky, Lisa, I I worked with Native Americans (a number of whom had "commod bods") for about twelve years...lard, cheese blocks, canned meats and other dietary disasters from the government surplus programs hadn't encouraged good eating habits. But it is filling.
I would live there with no problem. Ive seen worse.
How is the place. Is there teachers working from India. Is it possible to work there from India. We got one offer from there. Work as a teacher. Is it worth
Good luck
People get killed there all the time buddy so if you really think that then 🤷🏽
Me Too
Wdm? the video only shows the buildings you don't know what goes on there in delta MS you didn't see shit
Looks clean , I must be clearly missing something here . Are you trying to make blk people in this community look Bad ? Because I see nothing wrong here little poverty , but super clean and calm ,I’m sorry flowers roses would absolutely living up the houses and community,
Susan Gialano that’s all this low life bastar do is go to black communities and show the bad sides.this low life never go in to neighborhoods where blacks live in big beautiful homes.i am glad you brought this out about this low life moron.
susan gialano ++++ they may not be the best homes but there clean and decent for the most part. color don't matter. it is the person's character and not race. i'm sure these folks are happy and would help anyone out in a pinch without regard to race.even give you their last jar of peaches from their can house to help you out. i can't go for anyone trying to make folks look bad on the account of race. i am white, live in mississippi and believe in equality and getting off your able bodied butt and working for a living unless you are truly disabled or retired regardless of race.take a ride around any mississippi town. you'll find the same thing.both good and bad. the white trailer trash keep dirty run down homes, junk cars and trash around same and wonder why mice, rats and snakes are around and people make fun of them. sets a judgement notion in yankee people we all live like that. heard enough of that nonsense when i lived in michigan for 5 yrs. got back home to the south and wouldn't return for any reason. i love mississippi and it's way of life.
cory dunn are you talking to me ? out with it, boy--now
What community do blacks live in big beautiful homes? Go to every major city in the US and blacks have destroyed every neighborhood they live. That's not a coincidence...
Susan Gialano f:gg;:fé:ht;;hj/;;h9
I’m from Mississippi. This is not a bad place, people in the Delta have no money... at all. This is not violence, this is poverty. It’s sad...
Great videos by the way!
What do you have to say about greenwood now
As a person who from memphis been hangin in the delta literally all my life there actually rich folks down inna delta they just decide to stay here
I dont know if its done with intent but something you deserve a lot of respect for is not filling your vids with ad. It shows you are genuinely trying to show these neighborhoods and not just make a profit off them. Respect ✊🏾
I c everyone talking down on the houses in Mississippi we keep our money in our pockets not give it to mortgage companies for over priced houses in the suburbs and all houses made of wood they just dress them up on the outside.most of those houses are probably paid for.no rent or mortgage
For the honest folks who can't do any better, that's fine, but there are plenty folks in Miss. who have upgraded to nicer homes and neighborhoods. I guess it boils down to priorities and motivations--or the lack of.
Blonde Coffee where
jack tripper your right on your comment, a paid off home is great. i live here in mississippi and have noticed many older homes in great shape. if these folks are happy, so be it. i love mississippi.
@@jahmalonbethel1307- Obviously, he has chosen to show the more poorer areas of these towns. There are very nice homes in various neighborhoods in the larger towns and cities in Mississippi.
@@arkansasyella2087 That is right, no matter if impoverished areas are urban or rural or staffed by brown, white or black they have things in common and one of them is that they are BORING. Black or white, there is bling, loud people, sports jerseys, shiny rims, violence, bravado and suffering. The food tends to be deadly carcinogens and corn syrup sold at chicken dumps and dollar stores. Jails, courts, hospitals and addiction recovery are bulk employers. I am in Greenville MS for work now and travel all over the US. I am sad today afte driving 3 hours through MS and seeing people living in bad conditions.
I was amazed at this video..... Greenwood seemed so very very much like my old neighborhood in Richmond Virginia many years ago. We were poor and happy with human problems -of course. Most of the houses needed repair and paint. Some houses were boarded up. There were vacant over grown lots everywhere.
On some days almost everybody was outside or going or coming from some where with somebody.
I can imagine myself walking down those streets. I am the little boy riding his bike looking back watching for cars. I was rushing down the street to play at my friends house....or standing in the yard with my buddies . Children were playing everywhere while adults sat on the stoops and porches. People waved at each other and honked horns...it seemed to be one of those BEAUTIFUL days when the joy of childhood made everything beautiful . We were all one big family. Those children and the grown people will never forget those days-never! They will all reminiscence about those days when they have grown old! I "betcha" they will!!
I saw poverty but I saw far, far more love in that community.
I know there was some fighting, cussing. cutting and shooting........just like everywhere else in an America born in state supported genocidal violence, land theft and centuries of slavery and terrorism. But that never is the whole story about any people!
I love those people,I am from those people-I am those people. Most of us turned out to be pretty decent people, some became factory workers , some lawyers, some business owners, some policemen and judges, some carpenters, some teachers, some doctors and nurses, some even became wealthy and a very few famous.
Don't look at us through the eyes of our enemies!
So (CharlieBo313) don't slander the people of Greenwood....it is not a "WORST HOOD".
We also note that you did not drive through the poor white areas of Greenwood filled with trailer parks. The many millions of POOR WHITES are always invisible to people like you.
Anyway , I'm going to always be "US". Period!
I'd rather live here than some places where people are uppity and think they're better than you. Seems like a nice quiet neighborhood.
Meetoo
Exactly!
Doesn't look hood just impoverished. The streets aren't riddled with trash. Wonder if the community would rehab the homes, one house at a time. Like what Habitat Humanity does
Dani1284 looks impoverished but not hood? 🤔
That makes no sense. This IS the hood.
In any hood, you will most definitely find poverty!! This is the slums.
BIGWORM 510 Whether you are in Chicago, detroit, nj, or Mississippi, poor is going to look the same.
21st century slave quarters, rural Mississippi, La., Alabama, Georgia and S.C. have not changed much in the last 150 years.
Even cities like Savannah had streets like this through the 70's which were unpaved, it is incredible this still exists in the U.S.
Thanks for the tour
When it comes down to summer fun, cooking catfish, hometown cookout, reunions and other enjoyable events, where do everybody come to? Greenwood, MS. For the ones that's trying to put Greenwood down or make it look bad, we Mississippi folks the ones making it happen for y'all. Some may not have the best of homes, or the neighborhood might look rundown, but we know how to treat our long time friends and family when they come back to the community, we know how to make it happen for this small town. Some get alone, some may not, but we try. We have hard, dedicated workers here. We might be behind times and lack of income, but we are surviving. God is keeping his arms wrapped around Greenwood everyday and we are happy. Life is work. So what we don't have,what it may look like to you all, what we live in and the income we are making, we are satisfied with it. Now, where you might be living, or what you have or trying to get, what you think you might be, you still got to get there and not happy with yourself. Leave us Greenwoodians alone. If you got to talk about us, simply put, stay out of Greenwood.
Gwood stand up!!! The heart of Mississippi also known as the Delta where most of yall ancestors ran from for opportunities. Can't blame em, I did the same but there is hospitality in the Sip and not only that it's the home of the Blues. Come get you a history lesson...
I Grew up in MCcomb and Biloxi👍
Get It On Jonez 400 shit fuck 300 Amanda Elzy all the day
NYC guy here.. Been meaning to do that. I'm sure I got some long lost relatives there still.
Born and raised in the Wood and still reside here I'm trying to figure out what he looking for yeah you have to board houses up to keep ppl from taking shit and sleeping in them after they are done remodelling boards come down 🤷
@@jaythagod4x750 that way👈🏾
Birds singing , kids looked clean a healthy , and you got to love the painted tire planters.
Troy Ramsier shut the fuck up troll
Troy Ramsier was man panther
Kelly please join me.
not as much as you love getting peeled bitch!! U don't live here so fuck u
It doesn't look bad, just iut dated and peaceful. African American are peaceful naturally, it's just when one full of hate and not minding one's own business comes into the mix with a hidden agenda is when you see chaos. Thats for sharing this peaceful city😊
Love and Light, Greenwood💚💙💓
I have see a few of your videos, so well put together. It feels like I’m there.
OMG My 2nd home Greenwood Ms. I patrolled every street you videoed Charlie. Thank you so much for the memories. Man Greenwood really hasn't changed at all on the south side.
My hometown Greenwood Mississippi #662
my family was from here the Mitchells. how can i trace our history there?
Did you c the title to this vid I would not b proud but angry i C nothing wrong with this town.
Is Johnson street fish house still there I haven't been there in years
All day long #The Wood
@@paulashton2441 I made a statement about that I said I was offended #like what the hell is wrong with my hometown#born and raised and still reside here
If you ever journey to the West Side, make sure to stop by San Bernardino.
SoCal Urbex Fuckin right!
West side? Not San Bernardino.
Since we had tht talk bro i been still watchin ut vids.. I see u stoppin and talkin to folks now thts a good thing my dude.. Let the pep be heard foreal foreal.. Big ups
From NYC & I wanna make a visit. Looks real peaceful. My maternal grandfather was born in Mississippi in 1903. Would be a treat to see my roots.
That’s pretty cool, it’s a lot of history in the history in the Delta region. It’s starts in Memphis all the way down to Vicksburg/Yazoo City,MS and parts Arkansas and Louisiana too.
Cleaner and safer by far than Philly Trenton Camden Chicago Detroit Los Angeles
slickkapone Nigga thinks LA is dangerous 😂😂😂😂.
Try NO, Bal, Det or STL
texuztweety much safer than those surburbs and cities with the mass murderers serial killers and pedofiles!!!
Don't forget that "paradise" city of Chester Pa.
If you want to see a really safe town, visit Oxford, Mississippi.
slickkapone try Compton, Watts, S. Central even Westlake is dirty dirty...
How about rolling through some Mississippi TRAILER PARKS........but maybe that won't fit your agenda ?
Sounds like Hillary there. .....
You’re right dude.This video was strictly for content and likes.The description proved your point
That's where they told me the worst part was. I wouldn't even think about going to the worst part of my city. Cincinnati can be gutter and have some really bad areas but i still love it, the people down here wave at you, go up north and see what strangers do when you drive by waving...i guess it's just a totally different way of life.
Love your channel, a brother like me would go to the hood first when I visit anywhere, I just feel safer around my element. Keep them coming. Peace 7
I was born in Carrollton and grew up in Greenwood until I was 14. I now live in Detroit. There's no reason to put down a place where someone lives. There are a lot of reasons why people live where they do because of redlining. In between these two cities I have also lived in NYC, London, Milan and Sydney Australia. All cities have good parts and not so good parts. It has nothing to do with the character of the people.
That's the Delta ppl were I grew up at. But the Lord bless me to get out, now I call Houston, Tx my second home. But I still love Mississippi and always will. Visit Yazoo City next sir.
Derrick Johnson Is the delta even hood? Or is it just rural and country?
Nothing To See Here...It's rural and country but you have the friendly ppl it the Delta they treat you just like family. Now Jackson, Ms is the hood it just like New Orleans
Derrick Johnson I figured considering Jackson is the one major city there. But even in the hood, people generally cool with you if you cool with them. It really depends on how you carry yourself, just don’t stand out lol.
Derrick Johnson I'm from the Delta ( Drew ) living in Houston also
back in the 50s and 60 s much of texas was like this even houston all in 500 sqft.why because you werent home much ppl visited friends and family up until television killed visiting.
Not great but not as bad as Detroit. The buildings that are boarded up don't appear to have been vandalized. There isn't tons of trash thrown around all over the place. I see a lot of nice cars. Apparently the residents can afford them.
I see this and the first thing came to my mind is the theme song from "In The Heat Of The Night" Television series
They based that movie as Sparta ms
Thank you
My grand daddy favorite show😂
Lmao 🤣no kidding
@@kellycronin349 Sparta, Mississippi
I actually kinda like it...
Chai's Room Hey! How about I buy you a one way ticket there? You can find a tall, DARK, handsome man!
Roger didit ...why does it matter to you if I kinda like it...if and when I choose to go there, guess what, I will have my tall, dark husband of 21 years to buy me a ticket...
Chai's Room I'm with you I kind of like that too I'm a truck driver I live in Florida I would love to live somewhere when I come home I can park my truck plenty room quiet time nice to people ain't at each others throat s*** that's what I call living
Chai's Room Great! Maybe we can get you both a one way ticket! You'll both be so happy! Get packing!! I think you'll fit right in.
Chai's Room yeah I'm in los angeles and this is relaxing.
Based on their wikipedia page it seems that a lot of people have left Greenwood; hence, all the boarded up houses. They could make this place look really pretty by having gardens, painting some of the houses that need it, and tearing down some of the condemned houses.
Ann Marie well tell your white friends to put some money into the area without imperializing it.
Ann Marie is you from greenwood ms if not you have no right to say anything about Greenwood ms oh okay just because you see boarded up houses don’t mean people move and if they did it mean they move into a better home boo I should know I’m born and raise in Greenwood ms boo boo
I was born and raised in Greenville Mississippi now I live in Florida and I love my hometown Mississippi that’s on the real🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽✝️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🆗🆗🆗🆗❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰✝️🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽🆗🆗🆗🆗🆗🆗
where at in Florida
I remember spending summers with my grandparents! We would go to Greenwood on the weekends to shop! Very nice town! Friendly people too. Nothing wrong with the south! Deep in the Delta❤️❤️
It really doesn't look too bad.its cleaner and livable there.
Some of the scariest hoods I've seen are all the neighborhoods behind the train station or anything past Carrollton Avenue. I remember they used to have a coffin store with a night time display. Scary shit
Greenwood representing.. My home town.
What's it really like to live there???
It appears to be a clean, well kept town for the most part..No potholes and rough pavement, that is a major plus.
Do you know anyone by the last name Owens and Ammons that lives there
I'm worried about your driving! You was about to drive thru a few stop signs. :)
I had to catch an amtrak train from chicago to greenwood mississippi just to get to another town in mississippi and trust me u do not want to stop at no stop signs here. U might lose ur car or ur life from the people that were standing by most of the stop signs here when i went to that town
So cute! I have always wanted to go to Mississippi.
Good luck
Dont
Don't go to ellis Ave at night
Come to FLA
This the delta,the flat lands anywhere you go in the delta it looks this way I’m from Greenville,Ms and I love that country living we do have nice areas with big houses but in heart of the town it’s grimy as hell
I just saw another video of greenwood and I guess there’s a bridge in the downtown area and across the bridge the houses look completely different.. is this where most of the white people live?
@@bitchackerman6607 no, there is diversity in North Greenwood but, you will find most of the caucasians on that side....also there are other areas of Greenwood that are simply breathtaking. This is my hometown and poverty runs deep on both sides of the race there. Still, the love there is so pure and real. Rise up Greenwood.
LaoMil Brown
Thanks for a fair comment...
Gulfport is the best city to live in
Spent two years at Greenville AFB, loved the people but not the humidity.
Starting @ 4:07 there's about 7 or 8 shotgun/bungalow homes of the same simple style, that are boarded up. All I could see was wow, I would restore painting them different colors such as gray, blues, beige, greens, light gray.
Yea. You could buy them cheap and rehab them. That's all I was thinking about.
I agree with other commenters who observed that these "hoods" don't seem "bad" necessarily, apart from being old & poor. No apparent gang activity, no visible drug transactions in the streets, no street-walkers plying their trade, no liquor stores on every block, no gun-play. Just because people are poor, doesn't make them the "worst". I'm calling you out for snobbery, CharlieBo313.
It looks exactly like the part of New Orleans I went through. Depressing!
Looks like the type of place where there are NO jobs.
Look like a good place to live.
People not worrying about paying ridiculous and unnecessary bills.
Reminds me of the tv show In the heat of the night. My city in Florida has many of these hoods. You know you're heading into a higher crime area when you start to see litter, crumbling sidewalks and un kept yards and homes, but it's not unusual to see newer cars with nice rims parked outside
I used to drive through here in my Mack. I foiled up some meat and vegetables put then under the hood to cook and enjoyed the drive. I always found that a well done steak takes about 2 hours or 150 miles, whichever comes first. Peach Cobbler on the other hand takes about 3 hours to cook completely. Just depends on how hot the motor gets to get food done. Outside temp affects cooking time as well.. You have to be careful with some foods though, as they may tend to leak all over your motor and smoke and burn.
Currently living in Greenwood, MS and I honestly can say we have some wonderful neighborhoods from the South to the North, the best Soul food, athletes, professional BBQ'ers😂, positive energy, etc. Every city or town has its odd or downfall. The only thing I hate about Greenwood is the senseless killing. The city is too small for the murder rate to be high. We will rise one day, but only if we come together though. Overall I love my city.
Yes you all do! I was born And raised in Chicago, but my parents were from a o e horse town called Marianna and Bescoe Arkansas! And I wish today I grew up there! Like the south, and have much southern ways until people ask me wherever you from? 😊😂😊😂
From Greenwood, Mississippi, a great place to live
😇Good morning Mr Harrell, thanks for the response, and it looks like a good place to live. I can relate to what you are saying about the killing as so it is here. I feel like if only I could say a word to wake them up, so they're know just how precious a person they are ! 👍🏾😇
@@anniewilliams7812 😇 Good 🌄 morning Ms. Williams; Yes, it seem like such a beautiful place. If the Lord will, we will be visiting a church there. Some of the members there came here last week, and we enjoyed their presence here! 😇🙏🏾
It looks better than Detroit. Smh
that wouldn't be hard - anymore
hell yes it ,greenwood looks way better than detroit anyday. i lived up there for 5 yrs back in the 1970's and it was bad then. came back to the south,north carolina and now mississippi. wouldn't move back to either place now. love mississippi.
Bullshit! It does not look better than Detroit. Have you ever been to Detroit?
Lies
yes i have and know what i'm talking about.
I did not see one restaurant or supermarket in this video. Also ,does it ever snow there?
In 63 or 64, during the voter registration protest/riot, the USAF sent about 30 or so of us, about half black, half white, here for a military funeral...being young and dumb didn't prevent all of us from being a little worried (we had read the newspapers). We were in uniform, not a popular thing at the time and carrying rifles (unloaded and with nothing but blanks). The lieutenant said to keep the guns out of sight and maintain discipline which we did (in truth, he was as worried as we were). When we arrived at the church for the funeral and 21 gun salute the tension was high but the pastor and a number of the congregants welcomed us and all went well. Apparently they had informed the locals and protesters to stay the hell away unless they were there to honor the dead. A lot of people waved when we left. It was a sad day and now even sadder to see conditions have changed so little. There are good people there who deserve much more.
I Have Family Here GOD'S People ! The Title of This Post is Deceiving . This an Old Country Town, Black Area . What Do You Expect . This is The Cotton Capital of The World ! Farm Country ! No Major Industry Here but Cotton and Prison And You Know Who Controls Both !!! If I Had The Means To Establish a Strong Black Nation Within The USA It Would Start In Greenwood Ms.
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I have family lives in Cleveland MS, the people drives nice cars in the
south I see, some people do very well in Mississippi, I know the cost of living is not like here in Los Angeles. My sister and her family moved to Cleveland Ms about 16 years ago. They sold there home here and was able to get another home 4 bedroom , 2 bath in Cleveland for ways less than here on the West coast. Many people are moving here and lot has moved back South. One thing I like here it has the best weather in the country. But the living is very expensive to live here. But I love it .
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the cost of living is really cheap here in Mississippi Delta. what y'all pay a million dollars for a house you can get the same house for a forth of that I built from the ground up
I attended Cleveland State when in the USAF from Greenville. Nice place.
I worked in this town and then over in Greenville. I camped out at a park on the river, it was awesome watching the barges go by. Great memories!
I just came to greenwood and it's a pretty chill place nobody messes around with you everyone keeps to them self
WHAT'S the point? Making fun of poor folks.
Interesting. Many houses, very very few people outside on the street or in and around the houses and other buildings. The employment rate must be good here as there are no people around. Could be that the heat keeps people inside during the day down there
Heat and humidity...I nearly drowned walking around.
Do you reckon you could do one of these videos of a getto around my ends, it's a place called Oldham in the UK. 😂
You should come to Yazoo City, MS... I use to stay in Greenwood years ago though... it’s not that bad!
nothing in Yazoo
You don't need a mansion to be happy if you've got Jesus in your life!
I’ve seen worse but I couldn’t live there for sure!
Looks nice you outta come to parts of Anniston, Al and see some parts but good folks in both Mississippi and Alabama.
That brought back some memories, I used to work in Greenwood or little Memphis as they call it.
I don't see how this the worst neighborhood it just country like Eatonville Florida and I'm country and it looks beautiful to me
My daddy from greenwood. I use to go there all the time when I was younger
With a little cleanup, some grooming of the ball field for youth baseball/football, rehab of some homes, and planting of community gardens in the empty lots, you would have an improvement to what is likely a wonderful, thriving community. Blessings to everyone there. 🌞
My girlfriend and I spent the night in Greenwood, ate out, walked round town, had breakfast. Just a nice little southern town. You can find trouble anywhere if you are looking for it or are careless.
Im white and i live here apart from a few people everyone here will give you the shirt off there backs. Dont ever look down on mississippi!
I would work two full-time jobs to save enough money to get the hell out of Dodge.
I'm offended I was born and raised here and still live here a have great great great grandparents that are still here I even left and came back to get away from the city life
Noticeable, it's MUCH more clean than poor/bad hoods of NJ, New Orleans, Detroit, Philly, etc. And there's a lot of green. It's poor, but it's not a state of total decay like the others cities shown in this channel
How are the winters here?
Greenwood is a beautiful place..people are pretty nice you speak they speak back...love the historical houses
I use to live there when I was a kid
Charlie; Hello you got any shocks in that, I know it's lowered I just gave up mine. Lowered 5speed Mit.EClipse. I do miss her but she is so scary to me now. God bless you Charles. Peace. Great job on video. I always wondered what people meant by the hood. Do you know what it means when someone says "gangsta"? Take care of yourself out there. Be careful. Remember to make a decision: think before you speak: say what you mean; and mean what you say. See you in the next video. XO But charles I still don't know what the difference is in this neighborhood either please.
I don't know why I enjoy watching you driving in the hood. What inspired you to do these videos?
I started off doing comedy, also I had a hobby of filming inner city scenes. It seems people enjoyed the inner city scenes more. It started to get big then I started making money at it.
I see positive in this video I also see major potential. I HATE saying " I wish" so ill say, if I had. If I had the financial power to uplift this "hood" I would. Tare down and rebuild every home, build community centers for education and recreation. Build grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants ALL Black owned and operated. Bring in Speakers such as Anthony Browder, Dr. Joy Degruy, Hiawatha Kaba Kamene etc to speak to the community on a regular basis to fuel us with a sense of dignity and pride for Ourselves. An African Heaven. Where we could look around and see our reflections in eachother doing good, feeling good and living good. That would warm my heart and soul.
The IronHorse you can't thou, because of crack n alcohol. Not to mention the effects of lead paint on the brain. I'm a ex-drug dealer. Y'all just don't get it. Google lead paint and all the poison in those old houses. Kids ain't got a chance. Smh
Herlon Edmondson big whoop, thats in every damn city in US!
The IronHorse we do not need u to fuel us or educate us, STAY IN YA LANE N
why??? change the people...they pulled it down so make them rebuild...african heaven should be in africa.
Oprah Winfrey should give this town$ 40 million dollars to uplift it instead of giving it to south Africa to build their school,black here don't care about other black !
My 10th grade summertime(1972) and I left Va. & went down to Yazoo City Ms. My aunt and uncle lived there. As I was driving around and getting stoned I got lost in cotton fields and ran out of gas. Houses were very far apart and dirt roads, and just the moon lite to light your way. As I got to each place and knocked on the door, I could see colored people huddled up against the walls in fear of me, I only needed directions and to borrow a gas can ? The same response from each house, Wow ! So I walked the other direction a long long way. Finally I saw car lights and the older colored gentleman stopped , we told him our story and then he gave us a ride and got us some gas. I was not a Christian then but that guy took a chance to help me. Did the people think I was that evil or the kkk thing ? What an experience what a lesson . Satan will use whoever or what ever he can to cause division or race wars, he hates God and us . God Bless the older gentleman, he just has to be in heaven. Lee Dye 9-6-21
if they were evil, they would've shot you. if you were evil, you would've shot them. their reaction to the unknown speaks in volumes on how the unknown has treated them. God bless us all.
I drove some of the backstreets of small rural towns in southern MS recently and have to admit most of it was clean...just old. However, there were a few areas in which I would have not wanted to stop and simply walk around my car with packing. And these areas weren't necessarily the dirtiest one either...just had people and situations that made me feel uncomfortable. For instance, watching the sale of drugs on the street. Weapons being shown freely. Police seemingly avoiding the area. Just little things like that.
thanks for slowing down by the kids! i hate when people disregard life and speed.
People can say what they will about these folks in Mississippi. .if something that is not right. .they don't get mad and burn down their town..they know the value of what they do have..may not be much but they value what they have
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Noting the painted tires. Saw same in Philadelphia videos. What's up with that?
In the late 80's , I served in the Army at Fort Campbell Ky. with a guy from Greenwood named Maurice Dunlap, we both had 5.0 Mustangs at the time, He was one of the coolest dude's i ever served with, he always talked about his hometown and how small it was !