MONTGOMERY ALABAMA WORST HOODS

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  • @CharlieBo313
    @CharlieBo313  Před 6 lety +45

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    • @amberjames4246
      @amberjames4246 Před 6 lety

      CharlieBo313 i know you didn’t come to the south and not visit the Mobile/ Prichard area ! 😡I didn’t know you were coming down this way !!! Mardi Gras time, too. Everyone was out. Love the 334 as well. Graduated from Alabama State. I see you in the Northside!!!

    • @amberjames4246
      @amberjames4246 Před 6 lety +3

      Ann street Z Mart!!!

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 Před 6 lety +4

      CharlieBo313 try to learn about each neighbor. Tell us about it. This is boring .

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 Před 6 lety +1

      Amber James right 😂

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 Před 6 lety +3

      CharlieBo313 having lived in Montgomery AL from 1995-2012, some of these neighborhoods I recognized especially that last one at the Z-Mart, that was about 3 blocks from where I was living when I lived in Montgomery
      Though, I'm surprised that you didn't go through Chisholm or Smiley Court or even Gibb's Village, areas that I wouldn't go through during the daytime,let alone at night

  • @tedjohnson3994
    @tedjohnson3994 Před 6 lety +445

    I know a lot of people make racially insensitive comments on this site about what they think about the people who live in places like this but I've met some of the nicest, kind-hearted people who came from the most poverty stricken, economic deprived communities. Most instances, they just trying to survive and raise their kids the best they know how. Think about it. A middle class kid from an affluent neighborhood in Florida walked into a school and brutally murdered 17 people so don't think only people from the hood do bad things.

    • @a334boy4u
      @a334boy4u Před 5 lety +31

      Ted Johnson most don’t know how the ghetto became the ghetto.

    • @crackuhsnackuh
      @crackuhsnackuh Před 5 lety +26

      He had mental issues, these kids are just raised in violence

    • @janetcousins7250
      @janetcousins7250 Před 5 lety +8

      @@crackuhsnackuh Which makes him even more of a murderous, psychopathic beast

    • @TVwriter23
      @TVwriter23 Před 5 lety +12

      I live in what's considered the hood too and it's interesting you rarely hear or people's homes being robbed. The middle-class neighborhoods though.. One of my cousins lived in a middle-class neighborhood in Fort Worth. She was in her home in broad daylight when the neighbor's son broke into her house. She had a gun and military training, but she has a hard time being alone now.

    • @marceloborges1852
      @marceloborges1852 Před 5 lety +1

      Indeed my friend.

  • @douglaskasten4630
    @douglaskasten4630 Před 6 lety +237

    The slow death of once the greatest industrial powerhouse in the world, this is what happens when you don't manufacture your own goods & let other countries pay you peanuts to manufacture for them

    • @douglaskasten4630
      @douglaskasten4630 Před 6 lety +8

      whirling dervish yep, watching it happen in PGH for the past 30 yrs, everyone thought tech would save them, instead it put them out of work, unless you work a service job, hospital, or education jobs are tight here. Funny, this was once the "steel city" now there is one plant in the entire metro area & it's not 1/2 of what it was at it's peak

    • @douglaskasten4630
      @douglaskasten4630 Před 6 lety +14

      Leonard Carr ya, that's exactly my point, we sent all of our industries overseas & look where we are

    • @tishkerrville8942
      @tishkerrville8942 Před 6 lety +3

      Douglas Kasten so right Doug 😧

    • @archieroku4534
      @archieroku4534 Před 6 lety +1

      This my friend is because America and the allies lost the second world war to Japan.

    • @douglaskasten4630
      @douglaskasten4630 Před 6 lety +7

      Archie Roku no, this is because america rebuilt it's enemies AFTER ww2, if we would have left them & germany on thier own we wouldn't have companies like alcor mittal, benz, nissan & nippon buying plants from us steel & & building factories here, we won the war, but lost the peace. Btw check it out, all the companies i named have plants in this area, & they pay nothing near what us steel did or the big 3 in detroit

  • @lovebuglovebug5874
    @lovebuglovebug5874 Před 5 lety +99

    Are ancestors made Montgomery Alabama look glorious back in the day it's a damn shame that it's all broken down today.

    • @aarontrew1410
      @aarontrew1410 Před 4 lety +8

      Drugs are bad. Maintenance is hard work. You could blame their living conditions on racism. But, that would also suggest that white people went down there just to litter.

    • @gavynnmccorvey6181
      @gavynnmccorvey6181 Před 4 lety +6

      Sorry to reply so late but Montgomery is really divided as to how the different areas look you cross a certain road and it looks like you are in a whole new city.It really just depends.

    • @majorfranklin334
      @majorfranklin334 Před 4 lety

      Facts. My grandpa stayed on happiness for years now when i got back it doesn't. Even feel the same his old house looks sooo bad. The whole street does

    • @deadby15
      @deadby15 Před 3 lety

      @Videre Sesus this is 21st century. Forget about masons nonsense.

    • @chicago773williams5
      @chicago773williams5 Před 3 lety

      Karen stfu

  • @cheshire-yu4nz
    @cheshire-yu4nz Před 6 lety +188

    I don't think some of those hoods look that bad as long as people have a roof over there head.

    • @pickywolf2728
      @pickywolf2728 Před 6 lety +9

      Linda Muzychka some sleeping outside. Homelesses.

    • @fantasticferrell5530
      @fantasticferrell5530 Před 6 lety +27

      u act like in order for like to be bad you have to be homeless, you can have a home and still be broke and go thro tuff shit

    • @tori9365
      @tori9365 Před 6 lety +6

      FantasticFerrell right? Does this dude think all gang bangers are homeless?! 😂😂😂😂

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 Před 6 lety +3

      Would you like to live there ?

    • @AshleyWDothan
      @AshleyWDothan Před 5 lety +11

      Lol... Try going back late at night 😂😂

  • @AndrewWolfMan20
    @AndrewWolfMan20 Před 5 lety +52

    Sadly, things have gotten worse in Montgomery. People dying almost every day, unnecessary arguments that leads to fights, children raised to be hateful thugs. I truly hope one day things will get better for my city. Regardless of so much negativity this city is giving off from mainly the black community, there are genuinely good hearted still around, as well as some surprisingly beautiful places to visit.

    • @marcwoods8608
      @marcwoods8608 Před 5 lety +2

      Yep cause I live here lots of shootings every weekend now

    • @47hammer
      @47hammer Před 3 lety

      One Year. Andrew. There are good People in Montgomery but the Bad out weigh the good. Sadly Its that way All over.

    • @jeweetwelbeterdandat9665
      @jeweetwelbeterdandat9665 Před 2 lety

      Greetings from Western europe. Free healthcare and education and universtity, 32hr workweeks and 9 weeks of payed vacation per year, payed sick leave for as long as you need, never seen a pothole, never heard gunfire, the streets are more than safe... PLZ get educated, vote wise and join the civillized world.

  • @williammorse8330
    @williammorse8330 Před 5 lety +2

    thanks for the upload, Charlie... the first part of the video hit me the hardest, the suburban scene with the near dead
    shopping centers, empty parking lots.... and the sterile, cookie cutter housing.... the older neighborhood still had some
    charm and a sense of place.... I knew I was down south somewhere.... this from a Northerner who loves cities and has
    done some housing rehab.
    Douglas Kasten hit the nail on the head.... what do people do here for a living? Everything else follows suit. I wish them
    well this Christmas which is about all I can do....

  • @walterpaton8698
    @walterpaton8698 Před 6 lety +27

    There are so many buildings that could house the homeless. But cities like New York City spend thousands just for pricy hotel rooms. And a billion a year.

    • @lisaclark6977
      @lisaclark6977 Před 4 lety +2

      Alabama has a really big number of homeless people. Look living under the bridges and wooded area's around the town's. The organizations that get fed grants and millions of donated fund's do Not go where it's supposed to at all. Pitiful really.

    • @265hemi7
      @265hemi7 Před 3 lety +1

      @@lisaclark6977 the Salvation army in my country has been spending huge amounts on illegal boat people who tried to enter my country ! They escort them to hearings ...
      Psy for accom if they're returnrd to the community if they're no longer in detention , pay for their food , medical , etc , yet people who were born here and have paid tax have been refused help by then ! I wouldn't donate five cents to a church based charity !

  • @tjdude09
    @tjdude09 Před 6 lety +128

    goddamn. Depressing as hell. Feels like something from the Fallout Universe.

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety +12

      certain places yes. other places here are nice af

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety +15

      Lol um wat? there's a white mayor here, about half the city is nice. maybe more idk. that's meaningless though, has nothing to do with it.

    • @Jaykurosakii
      @Jaykurosakii Před 6 lety +1

      Ben Mason I’m Black I was raised in pike road it’s the good side lol

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety

      yeah I know lol. but didn't someone get murdered out there a few years ago or something? or am I thinking of some kid that got sick and died.

    • @vincentwaclawek6190
      @vincentwaclawek6190 Před 6 lety +2

      Helmore County aint much better

  • @Ceno3000
    @Ceno3000 Před 6 lety +191

    This man do a lot of driving my god he’s been around America 😒

    • @willforever0184
      @willforever0184 Před 6 lety +12

      Ceno3000 He been to Canada to

    • @Ceno3000
      @Ceno3000 Před 6 lety +5

      Will Forever 018 wow 😮

    • @chuckschickbaldtacos
      @chuckschickbaldtacos Před 6 lety +8

      Don’t recall any west coast and southwestern states...or northwest or even Midwest. He sticks to the brothers...haven’t seen many whites or a single Mexican

    • @nathanphilpott2773
      @nathanphilpott2773 Před 6 lety +18

      Lol. He has been all over the Midwest!

    • @glennso47
      @glennso47 Před 6 lety

      Ceno3000 I've been everywhere man, breathed the mountain air man, crossed the deserts fair man. I've been 6. Johnny Cash

  • @TheMikeFranzonePod
    @TheMikeFranzonePod Před 6 lety +20

    CharlieBo!! When are you going to Compton??

  • @blakeharrison3972
    @blakeharrison3972 Před 6 lety +30

    Man I can't believe you made it down to Bama, hope you enjoyed your time here!

    • @SoSikWitIt
      @SoSikWitIt Před 3 lety +1

      Videre Sesus nobody cares tbh

  • @djwilliams927
    @djwilliams927 Před 6 lety +14

    Hey i'm born and raised in the Nation Capital Washington D.C. But RIP to my Grandpa he was from Montgomery Alabama I still have family down there 💪💯

    • @padussia
      @padussia Před 4 lety

      I still have family there too. That's where I'm from.

  • @Andrea-we6lz
    @Andrea-we6lz Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you for these videos. As a Canadian these are my trips to the south which I used to do every year until you know who came in to the office. Hurry up and get him out so I can go back. I feel so at home down here. Blessing to you all, oops sorry, ya'll.

  • @46jazzz
    @46jazzz Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you CB for your time and patience to produce this video of our capital city.

  • @anaturalending2000
    @anaturalending2000 Před 5 lety +11

    Coming from a Dude From Montgomery Al, This is Indeed Accurate, Especially Gibbs Village, you pinned the nail on the donkey with this one

    • @Broughton1128
      @Broughton1128 Před 5 lety

      Tail NOT nail. 😄

    • @rain3809
      @rain3809 Před 3 lety

      damn u from gibb village i got lots of people there u know somewhere named Cleaven coat

  • @colesworld6655
    @colesworld6655 Před 6 lety +162

    Sweet Home Alabama where the sky's are so blue

    • @AuroraBoarder1
      @AuroraBoarder1 Před 6 lety +1

      "Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
      Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
      Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
      To believe in this livin' is such a hard way to go."
      - John Prine

    • @drewerving7428
      @drewerving7428 Před 6 lety +2

      That would be Arizona

    • @glennso47
      @glennso47 Před 6 lety +1

      Cole's World Isn't Montgomery the place where Hyundai has a car factory? It looks like Detroit after all the car factories left there.

    • @floriancarvalho4091
      @floriancarvalho4091 Před 5 lety +2

      Cole's World ...where so blue

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 Před 5 lety +2

      Glenn Lego Yes, The Hyundai plant is in Montgomery
      Specifically, it's about 20 South of Montgomery in a suburb called Hope Hull

  • @Broughton1128
    @Broughton1128 Před 5 lety +7

    *Did anyone else notice the house to the right at the **11:27** mark? It was extremely lavish in comparison to ALL of the homes surrounding it.*

  • @lmgrss
    @lmgrss Před 5 lety +34

    No graffiti No potholes No dilapidated homes or trash/drug paraphernalia needle lined streets. 👍

    • @dollabill2136
      @dollabill2136 Před 4 lety +6

      U out ur dam mind. Go there

    • @FishinFamily
      @FishinFamily Před 4 lety +5

      Because he didnt go to any of the real hoods. I grew up there. My family still lives there. There are some really bad areas.

    • @djbigmacsauce
      @djbigmacsauce Před 4 lety +1

      Videre Sesus boi you smoke WAY too much weed.

    • @terrencetrent2330
      @terrencetrent2330 Před 4 lety +1

      djbigmacsauce He telling the truth. Your city “leaders” are more than likely freemasons

    • @jamesagwe2981
      @jamesagwe2981 Před 3 lety

      @Videre Sesus which is where they harvest adrenachrome

  • @kona1967
    @kona1967 Před 4 lety +4

    You may live in a "low income" or "middle class" community but a lot can be said about keeping your yard clean, house painted, and car parked in the driveway.

  • @kivatimia1376
    @kivatimia1376 Před 5 lety +56

    You start off on the West side and Ridgecrest I'm just waiting on the North side Highland King Hill and Chisolm

    • @shemarwright6716
      @shemarwright6716 Před 5 lety +9

      Lmao they ain finna ride on da nawf😂

    • @kivatimia1376
      @kivatimia1376 Před 5 lety +3

      @@shemarwright6716 He know what it is! 😉

    • @a-youngrocky8541
      @a-youngrocky8541 Před 5 lety +2

      The Nawf wutz up? Repping the Souf Side. Woodley Park. Regency. VD

    • @kivatimia1376
      @kivatimia1376 Před 5 lety +2

      @Authur Outlaw It's not bad. I've met a lot of nice people here. Just not a lot to do!

    • @kivatimia1376
      @kivatimia1376 Před 5 lety +1

      @Authur Outlaw Civil Rights Activists history is a big part of Montgomery's culture. I see tourists of different races that come for that. I've been here 4 years and still haven't been, but I do want to go this year.

  • @tomtom-ec6tb
    @tomtom-ec6tb Před 5 lety +14

    Looks complete affluence compared to my trip travelling through Brazil's slums - was shot at two times and attempted kidnap that managed to get away hiding under a car.

    • @flatbushmassachusetts8518
      @flatbushmassachusetts8518 Před 2 lety

      This ain’t a 3rd world country bro….lol relax..

    • @jeweetwelbeterdandat9665
      @jeweetwelbeterdandat9665 Před 2 lety

      @@flatbushmassachusetts8518 Dude... you live in a shithole country!!! Greetings from Western europe. Free healthcare and education and universtity, 32hr workweeks and 9 weeks of payed vacation per year, payed sick leave for as long as you need, never seen a pothole, never heard gunfire, the streets are more than safe... PLZ get educated, vote wise and join the civillized world.

  • @flow2me667
    @flow2me667 Před 4 lety

    Hey man, this is a very good video. cause I searched so long for videos like this. Not specially Alabama, I was looking for a Video, where showing some 'normal areas'. So far, I just saw Videos from some big cities.

    • @flow2me667
      @flow2me667 Před 4 lety

      'Normal areas' with some friendly People like at 9:49

  • @user-jw7tt7rf1m
    @user-jw7tt7rf1m Před 6 lety +5

    Nice vid as usual! I wonder what this man's doin' at 14:00... invites travelers to taste fresh ribs at K&J or smth???

    • @fantasticferrell5530
      @fantasticferrell5530 Před 6 lety

      Терентий Тетерев he’s probably a crackhead or a meth head issa real problem down here

    • @namelessxdread
      @namelessxdread Před 2 lety

      That scared the shit out of me.

  • @christopherlondon7382
    @christopherlondon7382 Před 4 lety +14

    All the stores look they they left for lunch and just never came back...

  • @stephenphillips9392
    @stephenphillips9392 Před 5 lety +22

    The most sad was NO children playing.

  • @kingofthecatnap7923
    @kingofthecatnap7923 Před 6 lety +57

    Millions $$$ for Congress members and their cronies, peanuts for us... thanks for reminding me that the little I have I'm thankful to have. I love my country but I fear my government...💰

    • @kgbeezr75
      @kgbeezr75 Před 5 lety +3

      It's up to you and your neighbors to choose a better one. The government is you.

    • @chillybilly1452
      @chillybilly1452 Před 5 lety +1

      @@kgbeezr75 You will NEVER get that knucklehead or anyone like him to EVER believe that.

    • @dougcarter1924
      @dougcarter1924 Před 5 lety

      KingoftheCatnap Look how well those free trade AGREEMENTS worked out for us .OH AND THE OPEN BORDER DAMN IT.OUR GOVERNMENTS GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT.

    • @deeroda1
      @deeroda1 Před 5 lety +2

      You voted those Democratic pieces of shit in office so quit bitchin.

    • @topranked5465
      @topranked5465 Před 5 lety +3

      @@deeroda1 what u talking about?
      The GOP has destroyed Alabama

  • @leonsmith8466
    @leonsmith8466 Před 6 lety +3

    Living in denver and looking at some of the neighborhoods there all i can see is potential i would love to live there. You have to take some kind of initiative to make it look better love the style of the homes there im sure there is plenty opportunity for small businesses i see it in the pics all over wow

  • @windygorge1
    @windygorge1 Před 6 lety +11

    i wished you would post which neighborhoods you are driving through

  • @micai.j8920
    @micai.j8920 Před 6 lety +35

    They playing Project Pat at the end lol gotta rep the whole south lol

  • @kamala80
    @kamala80 Před 6 lety +20

    You made it Montgomery. Salute to CharlieBo313!

  • @VeeFL
    @VeeFL Před 6 lety +8

    If you can you should checkout Jacksonville, Florida then Macon, Georgia

    • @sandman6238
      @sandman6238 Před 6 lety

      Lewis Duran 2nd that LD. Macoons getting bad !

  • @mariegodbold7773
    @mariegodbold7773 Před 5 lety +4

    Psalms 34:13,14 keep thy tongue from evil , and thy 😝 tongue from speaking guile
    Depart from evil, and do good: seek peace and pursue it

  • @michaeltristanio7433
    @michaeltristanio7433 Před 3 lety +3

    No matter where you are in America or in the world, it's sad to see all the blight and struggle. It's not just in one place, it's in every city and state. If people really want to bring about a change for the better, bring it! It doesn't matter where you start. Just start somewhere! No matter how insignificant you might think your efforts would be. It all helps. It's not a job for just a few. It's a job for everyone! Do your part. Thank you and God bless you and yours.

  • @loft4me
    @loft4me Před 5 lety +1

    Charlie, a different kind of low income neighborhood, a different flavor of poverty here, when compared to that seen in your Detroit clips. There, widespread economic downturn has resulted in large swaths of uninhabitable streets. But here, despite the lack of resources to upgrade and remodel, there seems to be enough revenue for fundamental upkeep, and in the case of the house at 12:10, some pretty creative landscaping. Also, a real estate sign at 13:31 is always a good sign, along with the abundance of fenced properties, if not for security, but perhaps as a psychological delineation in an attempt to control what enters and exits the property. This looks like a low income, but stable, neighborhood.

  • @gameplaybenchmarks3294
    @gameplaybenchmarks3294 Před 5 lety +2

    those neighborhoods you drove in look a lot like the ones in my city, which is tally ho or better known as tallahssee, fl!

  • @chadhyde50
    @chadhyde50 Před 5 lety +4

    I live 30 minutes North of Birmingham, and work in Tarrant. It is depressing to see this type of life. Before you start judging, walk a mile in some of these people's shoes. It's hard when everything is closed down, run down, and the leaders don't have the people's best interest at heart. Help those that are in need when you can, shake a strangers hand, tell a stranger good morning, etc. We've got to help each other, it all starts with love.

    • @Tyrashabrooks
      @Tyrashabrooks Před 5 lety +1

      Chad Hyde well said!!! absolutely right

    • @padussia
      @padussia Před 5 lety +1

      Chad Hyde Well, help will come to those that want to help themselves. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink it. As soon as we black people take the time to research the democrats are the ones who have their foot on our necks to keep us down, and vote them out, then the change that we were looking for to come, will come.

  • @AbandonedRailroader
    @AbandonedRailroader Před 6 lety +65

    The house at 11:24 looks very much out of place.

    • @mondoecasino4296
      @mondoecasino4296 Před 6 lety +23

      AbandonedRailroader 😂😂😂😂 u funny af . Them old folks u know they ain't leaving da Hood fa shit

    • @MizzRoyalty
      @MizzRoyalty Před 6 lety +8

      Right was the nicest house i seen on the block

    • @tori9365
      @tori9365 Před 6 lety

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @laquandahall6108
      @laquandahall6108 Před 6 lety +16

      That's because they own most of the houses on that street and rent them out.

    • @MahmoudIzGreat
      @MahmoudIzGreat Před 5 lety +4

      That pretty red brick house to the right. LOL!

  • @timothybrown6202
    @timothybrown6202 Před 5 lety +11

    I'm from Montgomery Alabama and I remember some of the places that you are driving through used to be well-to-do bringing in lots of business. Also look like you using some old footage because some of these places have been renovated before I moved out of the city. I think part of what you seeing is the lack of interest from the next generation to upkeep what our ancestors laid the foundation for.

  • @aliciacatney4229
    @aliciacatney4229 Před 5 lety +7

    This is a product of people in Alabama not coming out to vote in midterm elections. These hoods used to be thriving communities in the 80's to early 90's. I'm from Montgomery, had to leave in 2004, because they couldn't support my Autistic child. Never ever want to come back to live.

    • @padussia
      @padussia Před 5 lety

      SEC FAN I left in 1995. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.

  • @lanardfletcher1422
    @lanardfletcher1422 Před 6 lety +135

    I always thought these videos were interesting until you came to my hometown. I don’t like this shit:/ lol

    • @CharlieBo313
      @CharlieBo313  Před 6 lety +20

      Do you live there or do you own the place.

    • @lanardfletcher1422
      @lanardfletcher1422 Před 6 lety +39

      CharlieBo313 cool your jets. Obviously you didn’t see the humor there.

    • @3done375
      @3done375 Před 5 lety +2

      Fletcher L lmao 😂

    • @melissaknight6315
      @melissaknight6315 Před 5 lety

      Lol

    • @jayjdietrich
      @jayjdietrich Před 5 lety +12

      No shit! Looks like my town, too. I've been around a bit and every town looks the same. The rich hoods look the same and the poor hoods look the same.

  • @peachesb-georgia1125
    @peachesb-georgia1125 Před 5 lety +3

    Not much there... once the young people finished school they left.. not only the blacks... the young white people too...

    • @padussia
      @padussia Před 5 lety

      Margaret Barksdale I left in 1995.

  • @robsonrodrigues618
    @robsonrodrigues618 Před 6 lety +1

    Esse vídeo, ficou excelente!

  • @juniyananajukyu
    @juniyananajukyu Před 4 lety +2

    What’s the property value like out there?

  • @loditx7706
    @loditx7706 Před 6 lety +4

    Well, thanks for the travelogue, but I could have got the same thing from Google. Some facts, some stats, comments on research of crimes or something that make these bad neighborhoods would decrease the bore quantity. So, boarded up strip malls; don't know of any cities that don't have some. Some random trash on grounds of the projects, but I've seen much worse projects. These looked clean and in good repair. Most of the houses you randomly drove by were older, but with neat yards and seemingly well maintained. Yes, a few had boarded windows, but they didn't appear to be crack houses. Some were unsightly, with peeling paint and so on, but having your house painted is expensive and if the occupants are elderly or disabled doing it themselves is not an option. One great thing about the older neighborhoods is the size of the lots! What nice big yards. Without some facts and documentation I don't see these as necessarily bad areas.

  • @bizarrowxrld2089
    @bizarrowxrld2089 Před 6 lety +7

    Do Tuscaloosa next😊

  • @bama131s
    @bama131s Před 5 lety

    Liked the video wish you had mentioned the areas you were driving through.

  • @geowilliams8915
    @geowilliams8915 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm from the Gump, and I have people in Ridgecrest. 7 miles away from here, East Montgomery could not be more different.

  • @Renegade-jk4ux
    @Renegade-jk4ux Před 6 lety +11

    The south side, north side , and west side, all have rough sections in Montgomery. All sides, including the east side also have some very decent neighborhoods as well though. If you’re gonna play some rap in the video showing Montgomery...at least play some local artists. Dezamn!

    • @4gabby20
      @4gabby20 Před 5 lety +1

      Renegade Musik Right!! R.I.P. Doe B
      #montgomerybornandraised

  • @apolloskyfacer5842
    @apolloskyfacer5842 Před 6 lety +23

    Sounds like you're driving a 'rust bucket' around

  • @roberthungate2588
    @roberthungate2588 Před 3 lety

    Born on Maxwell AFB. Lived in Chisholm. Robert E. Lee H.S. Worked for Montgomery Advertiser. Moved to Atlanta in ‘74. Worked for AJC. $105 a week more and the rent was cheaper.

  • @antoniohernandez7171
    @antoniohernandez7171 Před 6 lety

    No Miami video yet?

  • @malikedmond8398
    @malikedmond8398 Před 6 lety +12

    Damn Charlie I see you made to my city did you pass Asu down the way fam?💪

    • @CharlieBo313
      @CharlieBo313  Před 6 lety +9

      I probably did, I passed several colleges.

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety +2

      there's ASU, AUM, TSUM, and Huntington. The others are trade schools.

    • @antoniohernandez7171
      @antoniohernandez7171 Před 6 lety +2

      malik ELI hey Malik, I’m a Miami boy so I don’t know Alabama but how bad is it out there?

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety +1

      depends where you go. mostly decent. in fact one of the places in this video with the gas station actually isn't *that* bad. I go there sometimes just passing through. the neighborhood around it *can* be bad but it's not a big deal really although I wouldn't wander around at dark.

    • @antoniohernandez7171
      @antoniohernandez7171 Před 6 lety +1

      Ben Mason I appreciate it Ben! In Miami It’s sort of the same. Just in places like carol city, opa locka, and liberty city at night should be avoided.

  • @misterdontplay8161
    @misterdontplay8161 Před 5 lety +3

    There is no reason for any able body person to live like this...I just saw my hood on here and I love my hood but I got up off my ass and got up outta there and I ain't been to nobody college... If u don't want better for yourself u should at least want better for your kids u can't blame this one on the white folks of u stuck here that's all on u Gee... Facts

  • @laquandahall6108
    @laquandahall6108 Před 6 lety +2

    Damn, you caught me at the end on a very rare occasion on me picking up my daughter from that side of town. Lol

    • @willharper7888
      @willharper7888 Před 5 lety

      Lol..really? You live in the Gump? 💯

    • @REALRICHHAITI_
      @REALRICHHAITI_ Před 5 měsíci

      BABYYY LEMME TAKE U OUT ONA LUNCH N DINNER DATE WIT ME PRETTY PLEASE MY GODDESS IM FRM BOSTON❤❤❤❤❤😘

  • @narghora
    @narghora Před 4 lety

    How is it there?? I might visit next time I travel to US.

  • @XISMZERO
    @XISMZERO Před 6 lety +5

    Charlie, you should have seen the Toys R Us in Montgomery... the outside is a time capsule. A few miles south was home to CZcams sensation Sammy Stephens who made Flea Market Montgomery famous!

    • @SoSikWitIt
      @SoSikWitIt Před 3 lety

      He not in that part of Montgomery it looks like I’m on north side or south west side bad houses look good tho but

    • @dianaprince3176
      @dianaprince3176 Před 2 lety

      “It’s just like a mini mall”

  • @danielwyatt9085
    @danielwyatt9085 Před 5 lety +4

    You left Chisholm,highland gardens,capital heights and the rest of the nawf side out.

  • @cherripaterson6066
    @cherripaterson6066 Před 5 lety

    How come you guys gasoline is so cheap costing? we way up there round 3.89 an higher a gallon?

  • @ginger-rw6jd
    @ginger-rw6jd Před 5 lety

    When was this made bc I live in Alabama

  • @melaniewilliams3392
    @melaniewilliams3392 Před 5 lety +27

    Damn, I live in Montgomery. Most of this video is around the street from me. I live in a neighborhood that contains different cultures, including white. Just because some of the Gump looks like this doesn't mean all of it does.

    • @thebambam3232
      @thebambam3232 Před 5 lety +1

      Same here I see Gibbs Village and lived at Highland Village

    • @ki4csq
      @ki4csq Před 5 lety +2

      I agree, he missed the "Worst" hoods by a long shot. Need to take him down by Trenholm, Westgate, South Rosa Parks, Northgate, Upper Wetumpka, to Eastdale Mall.

    • @thebambam3232
      @thebambam3232 Před 5 lety

      I live off Holt st

    • @melaniewilliams3392
      @melaniewilliams3392 Před 5 lety

      @@ki4csq Exactly!!!!

    • @tuxcats8518
      @tuxcats8518 Před 3 lety

      Is Azalea Drive in this video?

  • @ShellymanStudios
    @ShellymanStudios Před 6 lety +26

    Grass already growing. Damn!

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety +4

      yeah it's basically spring here already

    • @ShellymanStudios
      @ShellymanStudios Před 6 lety +1

      Epic Compilations Smh, I'm hearing tree pollen is already bad.

    • @zeffiexx
      @zeffiexx Před 6 lety

      Shellyman Studios
      Yes, the pollen is already here 😓 I miss winter already.

    • @crystalwatson339
      @crystalwatson339 Před 6 lety +1

      Shellyman Studios screaming 🤦🤦🤦

  • @acluvac40
    @acluvac40 Před 5 lety +3

    Westside representin ...Day Street, Hill street, Western Hills. But yeah, we got some neighborhoods that are still holding strong and we got too many neighborhoods that are just stagnant. But there are some very complex reasons why that is so a in we bare a lot of our own responsibility as to why some of this stuff has happened. Kudos to the people who still living the Gump and who are trying to revitalize the areas for everybody and not just a select few

  • @fredrikandersson2089
    @fredrikandersson2089 Před 6 lety +1

    Nice rims on the Mustang at 3:30 :-)

  • @alank5560
    @alank5560 Před 4 lety +5

    I’ll bet it was once a beautiful place to live when it was built 50 years ago.

  • @lohagui5776
    @lohagui5776 Před 5 lety +7

    Nem tudo é glória...
    Muito bom ver o outro lado dos EUA, o que ratifica que a pobreza é um mal que assola todo o globo, inclusive as superpotências econômicas.

  • @douglasmedcalf1052
    @douglasmedcalf1052 Před rokem

    I have been a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels in Montgomery for several years. Almost all of my clients do a good job of keeping their property neat and orderly, even the ones who rent.

  • @MikeEpps90
    @MikeEpps90 Před 4 lety

    Is this where they filmed Doe B - Let Me Find Out ?

  • @ken96554
    @ken96554 Před 6 lety +13

    This is what happens to cities when they refuse to adapt in the age of Globalization. Montgomery prospered when economic forces were driven by industrialization and demand for regional labor was strong.
    Now, technological advances (i.e., automation) and international labor surplus are putting strains on cities that continue to use the post-WWII economic model. For instance, after the 2nd WW ended Europe's industrial base was destroyed. The Europeans financed rebuilding their infrastructure on U.S. industry; and this continued from 1950 thru mid to late 80s.
    Meanwhile, countries like the U.S. moved away from industrialization and became a knowledge-based innovative economy. In other words, the jobs that are in demand now require using one's brain rather than one's hands - professional jobs that require license or certification; jobs that are heavily serviced based in which one uses reason and judgment; and jobs that require planning and implementing processes and procedures.
    Cities like this have failed their citizens because they did not prepare them for 21-century jobs. And until they do these cities will continue to decay, while waiting for jobs that have long gone and won't come back.

    • @tyronewilkins162
      @tyronewilkins162 Před 5 lety +2

      Razor Lite let me reply to you from a different perspective when you debase your manufacturing and send it all to china India and other low wage countries that work for under a $1.00 and bring the goods back here and sell them for the same price as if it was made in the United States you put many many Americans out of work and thus they do not have the money to pay their bill and up keep yet the pair of pants thats made for .75 cent and sells for $60.00 Levi jeans for instance, were are you going to get the money to pay for such item when you do not have a job. Keep American Jobs in America then we could have the money for the up keep of our homes etc, but this globilization bull shit only benefits the rich and the working class just goes to hell. All just one big lie even Trump talks about making America great but get his products manufactured across the ocean in one of them slave labor countries Nike makes a pair of sneakers for under $1.00 in cost bring them back to U.S. and sell for 800.00 a pair for Mike Jordons so who is winning Jordon and Nike.

    • @jackboyer1280
      @jackboyer1280 Před 5 lety

      Razor Lite I am a die maker which at one time was higher paid labor. Dies are now made using computers along with lasers & rule processors. They aren't made by men anymore but machines do a better job & hold accuracy to the 1,000 of an inch & they are faster because they don't take breaks. I'm glad I did it in their heyday but those days are gone now. Never even dreamed they could have machines do it. Die making is now a lost art & never coming back. I was stubborn to the very end & feel sorry for the guys that have 15 or 20 years learning that trade only to become unemployed & to young to retire & to old to retrain. Don't worry about it they are even working on replacing Truck drivers. I'm retired & now 73 years old glad I'm not 45 or 50 I would have to go back to school to learn to program computers using cad cam. Although years ago I did go to school & learned what I had to know but never had to work as a programmer. Still made them by hand until about 2016 when I stopped. Lol. Got out before they told me that I was a dinosaur & wasn't needed or wanted. I enjoyed making cutting dies my whole life

    • @InAnotherLife90
      @InAnotherLife90 Před 5 lety +1

      @@jackboyer1280 godspeed mr Jack

    • @jackboyer1280
      @jackboyer1280 Před 5 lety

      @@InAnotherLife90 thank you, wish I remembered what I posted. Lol

    • @0123456789pi
      @0123456789pi Před 5 lety +1

      Girl I live here it’s not that bad lmao...the video is riding through the hood

  • @marylouirick7316
    @marylouirick7316 Před 5 lety +6

    Everyone got nice cars.

  • @jcthegreat80
    @jcthegreat80 Před 3 lety

    I stayed not too far from that grocery store half my whole life but now I stay on the other side of that neighborhood

  • @3064ReDdEviL3064
    @3064ReDdEviL3064 Před 5 lety +1

    Why did you film so early in tge morning? I live in down town but I know for a fact this was early morning.

    • @CharlieBo313
      @CharlieBo313  Před 5 lety

      This was mid afternoon. I'm not even up early.

    • @baleevet
      @baleevet Před 3 lety

      It's so dead for a mid afternoon. I'm from SF California

    • @REALRICHHAITI_
      @REALRICHHAITI_ Před 5 měsíci

      ❤❤💗

  • @matthewjones1353
    @matthewjones1353 Před 6 lety +5

    Should go to Kingston Springs out in Pike Rd

  • @sagnbaby
    @sagnbaby Před 5 lety +3

    Life isnt so bad after watching this....

  • @Ci3saLAlreadyHipp3d
    @Ci3saLAlreadyHipp3d Před rokem

    I’m from Ms and worked in Montgomery for 8 months, Met some good friends up there. New Beginnings Barber Shop is the place to get a crispy Fade at!!!

  • @kimberlywilson8956
    @kimberlywilson8956 Před 5 lety

    CharlieBo313 where do you live, if you dont mind me asking ?

  • @user-ny7xc3po1r
    @user-ny7xc3po1r Před 6 lety +24

    welcome to the gump

  • @rutter1ify
    @rutter1ify Před 6 lety +3

    Depressing 😕

  • @Exeno.
    @Exeno. Před 3 lety +1

    4:58 This neighborhood is really big from what I see ...

  • @BollingHolt
    @BollingHolt Před rokem

    2:46 That used to be WSFA Channel 12, but they recently moved into one of the RSA towers downtown.

  • @kanyesouth7869
    @kanyesouth7869 Před 6 lety +19

    I see you came to Ridgecrest

  • @congsun9641
    @congsun9641 Před 6 lety +13

    Just imagine google streetview drivers have to go through all ghetto places like these around USA

  • @WhoopDePoopDeScoop
    @WhoopDePoopDeScoop Před 4 lety +1

    This just looks like a bunch of poor people moved into the previous generation's unwanted suburbia

  • @joyceyvettedavis4469
    @joyceyvettedavis4469 Před 5 lety +1

    After the commercial, the second video showed a duplex community and at least it was clean, hardly any trash and the grass was cut. It just looked like a less affluent neighborhood, but it wasn't run down.

  • @chasestelk8531
    @chasestelk8531 Před 6 lety +3

    Only live about 20 minutes from Montgomery, the western bypass is the worst part of town.

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety

      yeah, but there's a few spots more central that are just as bad

  • @majorfranklin334
    @majorfranklin334 Před 5 lety +14

    Im from the gump.i use to stay on happiness in Ridgecrest. My unc use to stay right on S.Court St. The last road you was on. Cool vid. But seem like this a early morning vid. Making the gump look abandoned

    • @rain3809
      @rain3809 Před 3 lety

      nah our sky stay be like dat in da morning its not even like dat nd i use to live on s.court street too nd my school use to be davis in elementary

  • @susieq3950
    @susieq3950 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for showing this, my father and his family grew up here, he graduated from Lee High in the 50's.. Last time I was there was in the 90's.. never have seen this area before though... Looks like people take more pride even if they are poor in the fact that the streets aren't full of trash, yards not overgrown..Memphis is much worse!

    • @thomasmiller565
      @thomasmiller565 Před 5 lety

      im from the south and very proud of it i recently started watching your vids amazing how no matter where your travels take you .you never seem to locate the areas where white people live only black these people may work low paying jobs but they make it happen yesyou may see boarded up house but thats tokeep out vandels most of the time those properties are rental units owned by whites who have replaced windows or are renovating

    • @rachelthomas1556
      @rachelthomas1556 Před 2 lety

      My Grandfather was a Teacher at Lee Highschool. He retired in 87 though. He used to live on Guymar not too far from JD Highschool.

  • @kyledouglas7961
    @kyledouglas7961 Před 3 lety

    We all struggle at one point in life and it's sad to see towns all across America abandoned or looking like ghost towns. The Good Ole Gump has lots of good folks there of all colors and the history there is LEGENDARY

  • @aaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    It's just like
    a mini-mall

  • @amethyst9048
    @amethyst9048 Před 6 lety +26

    welcome to Alabama! Montgomery isn't too far from where I live.

    • @Sanctifiers
      @Sanctifiers Před 6 lety +1

      I live here

    • @antoniohernandez7171
      @antoniohernandez7171 Před 6 lety

      mista playa rell 😂

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 Před 6 lety +1

      I used to live in Montgomery, I've since moved back to Prattville, so I don't really miss it

    • @padussia
      @padussia Před 4 lety +2

      @@karlsmith2570 I grew up in Prattville and Montgomery. I moved to Atlanta when I was 16. My family is still there.

    • @REALRICHHAITI_
      @REALRICHHAITI_ Před 5 měsíci

      ❤❤❤

  • @wifighostcruiser9665
    @wifighostcruiser9665 Před 5 lety +1

    13:54 the original mr. Wacky wavy arms guy! Those are the worst hoods? Coat of paint will fix that right up.

  • @skalamaz3
    @skalamaz3 Před 5 lety

    is this worse then Birmingham? I went there last summer and some of it was nice.

  • @mariegodbold7773
    @mariegodbold7773 Před 5 lety +8

    Revelations 3:20 Behold, I stand at the 🚪 door, knock: if any man 👂 hear my voice, and open the door, I will come i to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

  • @shaybarnett1222
    @shaybarnett1222 Před 5 lety +12

    I live in Montgomery

  • @mikeyvlogs9874
    @mikeyvlogs9874 Před 3 lety

    it’s sad to see my city like that

  • @johnmacri7440
    @johnmacri7440 Před 3 lety +1

    Better than living in a 10 floor building in Queens NY. If they were maintained it wouldnt be so bad. At least you got grass and room to breath. This is country to me

  • @aloof5746
    @aloof5746 Před 6 lety +22

    Alot of cities down south you missed Miami, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Savannah Ga, Tampa, Orlando, Baton Rouge, Nashville...

    • @rhymeasylum2969
      @rhymeasylum2969 Před 6 lety +20

      R. Smith Lol gas ain’t cheap and he workin a job. Give the nigga a break.

    • @kingofthecatnap7923
      @kingofthecatnap7923 Před 6 lety +2

      R. Smith , yeah, pick any county in Florida...

    • @smithterrance459
      @smithterrance459 Před 6 lety

      R. Smith He Already did a video in Nashville but he can do a video in New Orleans Jacksonville and other southern cities

    • @mackredsnapper
      @mackredsnapper Před 6 lety +1

      Start a go fund me page so it will pay for his bills, gas and maintenance on his vehicle and if you live close to any of those cities you can upload a video yourself.

    • @michaelthomas-hs3tz
      @michaelthomas-hs3tz Před 6 lety

      I’m from Montgomery Alabama I live in Atlanta now but to be honest the only side of the city that looks like that are the south and west side minority’s live in those area predominantly black but when you go out north and east it gets better

  • @WeHipHopToo
    @WeHipHopToo Před 6 lety +13

    #AlabamaStandUp

  • @promisegrace2248
    @promisegrace2248 Před 5 lety +1

    why is it a ghost town all those buildings that sitting there rotting away I see the liquor shop in nail shop open shaking my head

  • @FLORIDAHOODVLOGS
    @FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Před 3 lety +1

    Those projects are the start are GONE TODAY