Here are Columbia, South Carolina's Poorest Neighborhoods
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- čas přidán 17. 04. 2021
- Wow! There are some really rundown neighborhoods in Columbia, South Carolina!
On this adventure, I went to the worst neighborhoods of Columbia, South Carolina. The purpose was to record the worst parts of town - most of which are on the capital city’s north side. It was a cold, dreary day, and a little misty out on a Friday, January 8, 2021 at 2 in the afternoon.
Columbia is in Richland County, which has a lot of poor and run down areas. The north side of town has the worst pockets, but it’s hit and miss up here - there’s nice neighborhoods mixed into the really rundown areas with all the high crime and poverty. A quarter of this city’s 133,000 residents live in poverty, and it ranks as the 20th most dangerous place in the state - both are above average, but not terrible. The places we’ll see have Columbia’s highest concentration of poverty and crime.
I’m going to kind of bounce around on the north end of Columbia and show you on a map where I am. Here are the worst areas of Columbia, South Carolina.
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It looks like many of those homes and yards just need some cleaning up.
Poor doesnt have to mean dirty or messy.
Nah, a lot of Columbia is safe believe it or not. I don't find this high crime that people talk about. I bet Salt Lake has more.
@@LongLeggedOne I totally agree! Lived in SW Houston for 4 years. NEVER had ANY problems, but you definitely have to watch your back out there. I grew up in Columbia. It's actually pretty SAFE! Most of the Crime is Domestic related, or BS propery crimes.
fr i still live here and have friends that live on these streets shown it’s not even comparable to other cities and the crime. Columbia might have some trashy people but it could be way worse
Years of living with low wages, lack of opportunity, under education, depression, and neglect will cause a massive decline into poverty, blight, and mental illness every time.
I live in a rural part of SC but work in Columbia. You have to have pride in your surroundings. Being of lower income is not synonymous with trashy. You rally together to get things done and taken care of. I have to pick up litter on our property because of A-holes littering.
I seen that outside of Magnuson so I know.
I pick up dog poo and bits of rubbish in my cul desac...in the uk...some people won’t because they are happy to blame other people...but it’s what we have to do ..pick up other peoples trash if we want to be caring....if you don’t pick it up that tells others that you dont care and it’s ok to use your dominion as a tip...
I totally agree with you just because you're poor you don't have to be trashy I come from a family of 11 children and my father was blind in world war II we were poor but we kept the area clean
@@judyvaughn761 hear hear..
@@david-lt9wj Well if it's that BAD, just leave the state! It's not that Deep!!!
Hello. Columbia native here. I grew up in some of these Neighborhood you shown today abd you got that part right about how mixed the run down and nice neighborhoods are.
I say that a lot of the places that are run down looking aren't as bad as they were decades ago. A lot of them are actually improving. The city has started taking control but there's still work to do.
Good hope so!!
@@NickJohnson as always. theres 2 neighborhoods not far from where you shown in this video that are Low Income but very very beautiful. like you would of never known they were low income until someone told you.
theres a lot of people who want their neighborhoods to be nice but not be priced out of them. and the city gave them that option. they cleaned them up build new nice luxury houses and apartments and the people around them are taking care of their neighborhood.
yeah some may look ghetto on how they dress and talk and the DONK'd out cars they drive but majority of those people want the best for their fellow neighbor.
Hell I still live in one of these neighborhoods and its very quiet and we look out for each other. :)
@@growingup15
Line 1: Some of those places look like where I grew up in the 80s in Massachusetts. Instead of blacks, it was italian and irish, french living in them. Not a lot seems a ton different in 2021 Columbia to 1984 suburban Lowell MA. Beware of the dog signs also not out of fashion here too I notice.
Line 3: Id like to find me one of them.
Line 4: I walked what some think of as the hood at night, and a lot looked and sounded quiet besides the fools with the mean dogs barking at people. I dunno what it is but some of these dogs scare me in these parts. None of them act nice. Like how 84 was back in the home town i lived in. Mean dogs was a thing back then and those signs. I wonder if those are the local KKK members as it meant that back then too. If the dogs were like so mean u couldn't stand it.
I lived in Columbia SC for a year back in 98. We lived in the Forest Acres area. It was actually pretty nice.
Yeah it's still little bit the same but not much though, but two notch road is the worst going towards Clemson road
@@frankjames6232 Bruh. Two Notch ain't HOOD. Go to Houston. And live where I used to live in Southwest Houston. (Westheimer, and Kirkwood, by the Beltway) Not that's HOOD! Lmao 😄😂!
@@michaelmcmillan1425 may not have been when you were there, but it has changed since 2016
@@michaelmcmillan1425 Yeah 🙄 ppl from around here are so privileged and entitled from being used to living in an environment where they never knew anything else. So anything less than "pristine and stellar", (in their eyes), represents "Crime and abhorrent beings!" No love, empathy, or understanding. Just division.
@@ifyousayso9392 Thank you! It was pretty DEPRESSING being there a few years back. And that "Southern Hospitality is straight BS!!! It used to be a decent place about 15 to 20 years ago. But people are so ANGRY now because they're so BROKE, they take they're ANGER out on the WRONG people. THEY would be in a world of Hurt trying that down in Houston.
I really feel some type way about this video...yeah the area is a little run down and the yards don't look up to par but there are families in those houses that are trying as hard as they can to make it..don't get me wrong it's a lot of BS that goes on in that area but for the most part the people are caring and very nice....I know because one of the houses on this video was my Dad's....God rest his soul...AND HE ABSOLUTELY LOVED WHERE HE LIVED...and he was a well known business man that owned his own businesses and could of got a house anywhere but he chose to stay in this area...never had to worry about break-ins...nothing...only friendly and kind neighbors..
People like this producer enjoy punching down. This video does ZERO to help anyone. Even the background music used was to invoke a feeling of otherness and inferiority to the viewer. Shame that this person is riding around defining people as "poorest" and showing their homes as if touring a zoo. Shame. Shame. Shame.
Ever single state has poverty areas. If you live in a particular state love your state and if not leave it. I ♥️ Columbia SC. May we all live in love and peace.🙏
Good Morning Nick!
This is very kind of you to share videos with us with our different States. I really enjoy them since I don't have all the financial resources to be able to know many of them.
And this video makes you feel as though you are there! I enjoy learning about different places people cultures and what kind of employment is offered
Salary amounts. What do people enjoy doing?
Visiting Galleries beaches parks museums ECT....
Have a great day and enjoy the State! The great food and the friendly people!
I'm a local contractor. I frequent this area. But there are many worse other poverty stricken parts of the region!!!
Yes I agree
Agreed 100% - there are many worse areas - burned up trailers from meth lab explosions etc. - not going to see it within the perimeter of Cola,
Big time. Its safe to me even in the so called bad spots. Housing in the "bad spots" still valuable. Still tough to get just like in the nice sections to me.
Any advice on a good neighborhood for a contractor to by a home and fix it up?
@@dotcalm8228 No one in particular..The deal on the real estate is what matters most in my view...
I live in West Columbia South Carolina. This is very sad. People should clean their yards up. And if they're not able their neighbors should help. To me anything would be nicer if it's clean.
West Columbia looks a lil better but most definitely ISN'T all that and this video is old .. I'm from Cayce/ west hell and very familiar with those rough areas.
@@niecyjay you're right. I was raised in Cayce. It's all good I just thought the video was sad. Don't talk about my hometown LOL. Have a great weekend
You're very correct about cleaning the yards but ummmmm yeah so.
Honestly you should mind your business! It’s not your yard! Let people live as they pleased
@@marcusantadams5736 you are correct if they want to be on CZcams looking trashy that's their business.
I live in South Carolina formerly Maryland native and I lived 8 years in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, I love the state I live in the Irmo area of Columbia near lake Murray area I have no problems to report. If you want to go around and talk about areas why don't you start with your own, respectfully. There's an old saying if you don't like somewhere you can leave a lot of people love the Carolinas and will continue to do so.
What're you even talking about
@@dizgroontled seems clear to me😳
Why does what this guy says about SC in general and Columbia specifically upset you? Good for you for liking SC but it's not all sunshine and roses, especially Columbia. Don't like his videos? Don't watch. FYI, I lived in SC far longer than you. It's not everyone's paradise.
@@VidClips858 I'm sorry it's not your place to live. People shouldn't try and exploit areas based on their own prejudices. People are expressing their opinions too, if that bothers you, it might be a YOU problem 🤔
Born and raised here. Left SC, came back-and not really by choice, mainly circumstance. I’m still young, but I’ve lived in other states and visited other states for longer than just a week or so. And let me tell you, there are far better places than home. Better people. Better surroundings. But…it’s home. And it will have to do for now.
Respectfully I was looking for broad river or garners ferry LOL
Yeah, or Augusta Highway 😂
@@DoiInthanon1897 lmao decker too
@@susieblanco2722 😆👍
Garners Ferry is not that bad. IMO grew up around there's. It's been redeveloping for years now and it's becoming a really nice area.
@@growingup15 lmao what nice area??? I lived in Columbia and everyone knows where’s there’s 500 rent , there’s problems... sorry garners ferry the ghetto
I live near the Columbia Metro Airport in West Columbia (on the city's far west side), and rarely drive down North Main in North Columbia (you can see why). You can tell the city's trying to improve up there, but, like every city, you'll always have pockets that just never get fixed. A lot of Columbia is nice, especially downtown proper. But get outside that in North and East Columbia and there is no such vibe. Thanks for the video, Nick. Been waiting for one like this.
The city is improving as a whole though
Thats a lie though, I like some of N and East? the parts u think suck I don't mind tbh. Which makes me believe that u sub to a white supremacist mindset. Like those white areas have no issues, kkkkkkkkk.
I live in Columbia, moved her from Columbus, OH. I’m on the NE side and as I was trying to learn the city grid when I first moved here, I stumbled upon this area. It was a little jarring but there are these types of areas everywhere you go. It’s sad and I feel blessed that I don’t have to raise a family in these conditions. I’ve been here 8 years and the thing that makes us want to leave is the school systems ranking. Not the community as a whole, just the crappy school system.
Another excellent vlog, Nick. I watch your videos more than once. For this video I felt like I was experiencing the ride in person and I liked the animated location markers. Nicely done.
If not so much trash in some parts, all of those places look sweet and peaceful.
Why don’t you do the best areas of Columbia now that you’ve shown the worst areas
Hes doing it for a reason and I get it as I filmed hood videos too.
This place from what I see has a BAD housing crisis, last thing it needs now is more people in hotels because nothing can be found to live in.
That area doesn't look as bad as I thought it would
Try the channel : CharlieBo313 for worse
It's day time no one is out come back at night especially those government apartments..
I’ve seen trailer parks in SC worse than that...I could live there.
Cherryville,sc
Exactly!!!
It all looks the same, just a bit unloved.
SC Born & Raised ! I Live in Columbia SC and half of it most definitely doesn’t look like this lol ! Visit some other sides of town & show everybody there are some of us that live greatly here for 23 years and LOVE it ! Never experienced any type of criminal activity on my side. You’ve visited mostly low income neighborhoods ☺️. We can show you good time down in Five Points & After a USC football game !!
Columbia is back in time.. It reminds me of where I grew up in 1984-86.. I saw Beware of the dog signs and those r outdated in lots of places now in 2021.
Do I think its a bad place? No not at all, the main thing I see that sucks about Columbia is the housing situation. Its so competitive for a place that doesn't get promoted in top books. Because of it , I might have to go to Atlanta or Tampa.
Exactly hun
Born and raised here too after a few years of staying here things gets pretty stagnant and most go to Charlotte or Atlanta where they shop or enjoy nightlife and different scenery.
@@Techtrademarks yes definitely been thinking about that move to Atlanta!!
I've lived in areas like this before in South Carolina, some of them in way worse shape than this. It's not necessarily that people already living here hate it, but...
The neighborhoods looking trashy is just the result of family issues, lack of time, general laziness, etc (not that they're poor). and when it looks like crap it drives down the property value.
Since the cost of living in South Carolina is so affordable, even people here in extreme poverty are homeowners and have vehicles, internet, all that stuff.
This is nothing compared to some areas of Charleston (e.g. Wadmalaw Island), some of those people don't have clean water or electricity. That's a whole other story.
It's still not that affordable if you're poor though. Maybe if you're coming from the east coast or California
Drive through Walterboro, but not at night. 😐
(bring Mappy and his .357 just in case you get caught up and gotta skedaddle)
mappy would probably shoot ME not a criminal.
@@NickJohnson Tell Mappy I said hello 👋
@@NickJohnson please do one on walterboro
IMO WalterBORO isn't as bad as WinnsBORO
@@naughtydorf18 lol check the stats my fair lady
The metropolitan area of Columbia, SC is around 800,000 people so to use the 130,000 number for the basic city is misleading.
I love these videos. I feel like I’m traveling the states from my iPhone lol
I hate chain link fences with a passion.
I've seen some of your videos before. I've seen a few others made in Columbia, my hometown, but not sure if they were yours. I grew up near the north section Belt Line-Two Notch area. Fortunately my former neighborhood is of brick houses and not siding nor wood. It is holding up very well. The Colony IIRC was formerly named Washington Carver Village. It long has had an infamous reputation, as has the Harden Street area. As with some other videos of similar neighborhoods, a lot of these people have nice cars. There was even one fishing boat parked on the street.
I grew up in an area not shown in this video. This is actually pretty decent scenery compared to worse areas and I can guarantee you it's not because of lack of time, money, income. I've lived in SC 34 years and there's places where literally it's drug haven. In the older days they would chase you on their bikes to sell to you. They would stand on the street corners and sidewalks in droves and dare to slow down 10 would run to you to"get that sell". There's been hundreds of drug related murders. Houses abandoned from the crime rate alone. This area is less than a mile from the interstate. Over time it has improved and you don't see the street sellers. You pretty much now have to have your connection but there are still plenty of drive through neighborhoods to do a quick grab of anything you want. There are parts of Columbia that are absolutely beautiful, don't get me wrong. I love the area I live in now more than anything, I live quiet and peaceful and don't even lock my doors at night and leave my car keys right in thy ignition. As with any big city your gonna have your different economic displays of either money, drugs or just people living in poverty. Again, this is not the worst part of Columbia I can guarantee you that! ☺
Good afternoon Nick, what cities in Florida will you be driving through?
born and raised in all of those areas as a kid. now i ride through & show my kids.. thank god i didnt have to raise my kids in those places !!!
I noticed you didn't go through Gonzales Gardens while checking out the neighborhood off gervais Rd smart move that's notoriously BGKB (Blood gang) territory. Gangland did a episode on that area when on air. Metro born & raised 803 Farrow Rd, N.Main , Fairfield Rd all those areas you drove through are rough no doubt . I moved from there in 15' to Florida , Beltline Rd & the Colony's are very hot 🔥🥵 areas mostly Blood there too especially the Colony's . My pops was a deputy sheriff since 85' of course I seen it all regardless of that I miss my city 💯💪
The gardens was demolished years ago
The gardens been gone and you wrong about the colonys too and I'm a current resident.
@@CaponeG803 You're right! But it's the same Berry I know, he was an OG! But good people's! He was smart enough to leave that Shithole! (Like I did in 2012) Good for him!
@@michaelmcmillan1425 I actually agreed with him but except the colonies and bishops (now called Northpointe Estates) are GD territory, not blood, and have been since i was a child and my great grandmother used to live there. And H60D I'm actually an OG myself 36 yrs and going homie. Columbia is what you make it and I drive a truck and stay in the Northeast and it's laid bacc. Matter of fact my particular neighborhood is so quiet you can hear a quarter drop in the middle of the road.
@@CaponeG803 You're a very smart Man Bruce G. Because you drive a Truck. (I'm sure you have your Class A CDL I actually have my Class B ) But outside of that, you're SCREWED there!!!! (Unless you're some Retired Military Dave) If you're Black , and Military, you can do Okay. But Non-Military people are SCREWED out there!!! Unless you have a Hook! That's why I left over 10 years ago!
God bless always and keep safe to everyone more power to you Mr.nick Johnson... watching from Kuwait
Just nasty being poor doesn’t mean you can’t bend over and pick up the trash out of your yard
I agree so much, used to be a term poor but proud,it doesn't take money to keep the area cleaned up!
I didn't see much trash, y'all just come to these type of videos just to complain but low-key be fascinated by this type of stuff
I’ve seen worse
Relocating from Ohio in June and I’m trying to figure out what’s the best area to move to. Rock Hill , Columbia, Charleston or North Carolina Greensboro, Charlotte please Any suggestions who knows these areas
Rock hill for sure
Are you coming to Greenville? That would be so cool since I live there.
I was looking at it, but doesnt it have the same housing issues as Columbia? Just with a hip vibe?
Most of these appear to be just older homes that need TLC. Just have pride in where you live will be ok. That,using playing makes it seem tragic. Many people cannot afford an oversized home with a large tract of land. Some of these homes could be darling.
Key word ..PRIDE.
I lived in Columbia 5 years and loved it.. Actually wish i could go back. But not an option for me right now 😞
You wouldn't want to go back there, that place is full of filthy thugs and gangbangers. Blacks have lost there minds there, killing all the time. Can't trust anyone of them. Terrible place.
Thank you for showing us! 🕶🎯🕶
Do you compose your own incidental/backing music, Nick? Do you subscribe to a service?
Sometimes garage band sometimes CZcams audio library :)
That was English Ave. I saw my grandmother's old house. I grew up on that side of town, it wasn't always like that.
@Nick Johnson Do you know the safe areas of Columbia, SC?
Lexington irmo forest acres spring valley chapin the rest sux
Nick , I feel you should go to each State, so we can tour all of the bad area's in each one. I feel that would be a great idea !!!
There are nicer parts of Columbia, and I'm not discouraged, but the City should be notified about the trash issues. Love SC and Columbia anyway
I feel like I could live in a place like this and be totally fine. I would have to get one of those cameras that keeps filming to the cloud while my car is parked, though. And maybe a gun.
Don't have a car built after 1994 and you'll be fine
That area is not that bad
Car jacking is not that bad down herelol
@@astrahcat1212 hahaha. U can have a 2004 Im sure. I got a 2001.
you would be just fine
I just drove thru South Carolina a few days ago on 2 lane highways. It was all dense woods thru the whole state with little traffic. The whole state was a forest , i loved it
Lots of farms upstate
@@NickJohnson And in the Pee Dee and Low Country too. SC is very rural overall.
Where they put 95 is very rural.
@@NickJohnson Try Hwy 11 in the upstate one day. Grown up a bit since my youth but still a beautiful ride.
Would that it were so! It's all an illusion, l'm afraid.
Thanks for the pictures of post apocalyptic Columbia.
Every neighborhood has a dark side good video though
I've been watching your vids for months but it's so weird to just now see my own neighborhood on one of your "poorest" lists... I bike through several of these on my way to class at USC, and live in NE Columbia in "the hood" lol. really weird. I pass through an extremely affluent neighborhood on my way, flanked on all sides by really poor neighborhoods.
Lovely landscaping.
It's interesting how the trillions they spend on infrastructure never go to fix the dilapidated neighborhoods adjacent to many U.S. downtowns. They would rather build "smart grids" instead.
So what you’re saying is that the people don’t bother to take care of their homes should have other people pay to do it for them? I guarantee you, if the state fixed up their homes, most would be trashed in 6 months.
@@DynamicBailey No, I mean that the infrastructure (especially the sidewalks) are neglected in favor of grants for expensive upgrades elsewhere. However, I would not be opposed to grants on a limited basis for low-income families to fix roofs and weatherize their dwellings.
Although I've spent some time in Columbia, Ft. JACKSON is where I really love it & where my heart is!
I will never probably visit this place.
Columbia is MUCH nicer than whats shown in this video. That was a couple confined areas.
It's high time for you to produce videos on homeless people or people living on the streets who wander around in the city and rural areas.
I did that
Baby you bold ion even drive thru the colonies and I stay in Columbia
I said the same thing😂😂 I said “ I know he not bout to turn”
I kinda wanted him to get jacked for shittin on my city
@@leeannarose6384 lol
I'm conflicted : it's interesting to see different places from where I live. But this can seem like poverty tourism. What we must not do when watching is to make judgements. There may be systemic why these backroads are not well maintained. Some house owners clearly look after their properties. Others not so much. Are some houses owned by the state for welfare people ? Jt would be interesting to get the local mayor for these places to give a statement on their areas shown. Lack of services, jobs, schools all play into the mix and siuation of an area
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I live in Northeast Columbia. The Summit
Best side, I moved from killian recently
@Alpha Omega lol hush & nah... best side of town..
Of course, where Army Sergeant Pentland is stationed. Smh
The Summit is not the best area as it use to be. Blythwood is better.
@@syel2750 basically killian area is blythwood but for the sake of this conversation Columbia isn’t blythwood .
I'm almost 55 and I remember living in the very earliest part of the 1970s as a child living in one of the apartment complexes on Palmetto Ave. I think it's in this area you are r ferring to. It looked so much better back when I was a small kid. To see how it looks now is heartbreaking! 😢
North main has gotten much nicer, still has a ways to go though.
So you went to a side of Belvedere where a lot of older people live and can't afford to remodel their homes and it was once a nice area until they built the road.
The first neighborhood you turned in was my grandfather's neighborhood, when he passed in 2001, the crime wasn't nearly as hectic as it is now. It's crazy what time can do. Everybody who lives in Columbia knows exactly what I'm talking about
Columbia gives off this vibe like it wants to be somewhere big but it's never going to.. and for a place this gritty, there are many snobs and it's really not that affordable I've noticed..and more businesses are closing. Traffic all going to Lexington. Detroit will be better off sooner. But what's funny is anytime I've gone anywhere in Columbia, there's an energy like this city does want a pro sports team like nba or something. It's just too small and assume they did, they'd lose for more straight seasons I think than the kings.
Looks like a guy could find a fixer-upper down there pretty cheap
Then he could get done over nicely probably.
Right bout that
Cheaper than other states but housing here is expensive. They raised the price of living but didn’t raise our work wages 🙄
@@keahharrison4765 that’s a capitalist idea that proliferates all over the world...
@@keahharrison4765 if they had never raised the cost of living ,I could buy a palace now...
I've never been to Columbia, but am planning to live there in a few years. Also, it's winter on the video. He said January, and the yards look bad because they are brown, but I guarantee these areas would look better in spring, summer. No one can do work on their yard in the winter months. @NickJohnson, can you do a video in spring/summer? I'm curious in the differences.
Green grass and it will still be a shit hole full of gangs and thugs
Despite Trashy Yards 🤢 , so relaxing landscape 🧡and music 🌈
Lived there 4 years and roamed around all these. Some parts of west Columbia also look like this
Richmond the same way
Lol I live in West Columbia, though way far away from downtown
@@DoiInthanon1897 I lived near downtown and bush river road. I felt small town charm.
Good place to get a beer and start some street drinking a lot of these places.
West Columbia looks worst! Y’all all should just not visit or stay in our town!
Very sad. Hope you are careful when you cruise through these neighborhoods! Keep on keepin' on!✌
Always Patti
Hey Nick this is Ralph again could you do on Orlando Hood pine hills or another video about Florida
How about Tallahassee and Jacksonville
Love the tall pine trees!
I swear I feel like I'm driving through North Charleston SC... Looks exactly the same
Looks like alta dena in los angeles county....if this was bad...ya ll need to visit skid row
You should do a unboxing if Hawaii
I've lived in a place similar to this and in middle class neighborhoods. Now live in the woods. But I'm gonna tell you, that there is some fine people that live in these areas. I lived in a place in SC called Horse Creek Valley an old mill village, and I'm here to tell you your not going to find no better folks than live in those little towns that make up places like the valley. But there are also some folks that live there that are broken on drugs and can't even take care of themselves. Who do you think gives to those people. Well not the people who are well off. It's all the people that are living pay check to pay check in those houses that helps the real poor and unfortunate ones. They don't judge. They just give when they see a fellow human suffering. But as more and more outsiders move into the valley. Running from whatever. Crime is growing like a cancer and so is drug use. It's sad because most of these people would give you the shirt of thier back. But sometimes it gets stole before they can give it away. You want to do a "real documentary" on one of these neighborhoods. Come to the valley. Eat at the Bluetop or Midway Grill and talk to the "old folks". Go to Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church and sit a spell with the nuns there. Go down to Harrison Caver park and play some basket ball with the local kids. Go to Sassafras Park and go into the community center. Andy and Barney are there. Learn about our history. The Train Wreck, Closing the Mills, William Greg, the Trolley.... Etc. Driving through a place tells you nothing. You gotta go in. You gotta live it at least for a day. Or even a meal. Stop in. Enjoy, there people are beautiful!
Definitely not bad-Is Mappy riding shotgun with His trusty pistola?
He doesn't travel well :)
what is this song
There’s a lot of trees growing menacingly by these homes,I would get a good tree surgeon to remove them..I don’t want to be pinned to my bedroom floor in a storm or twister.
Well, these were ghettos. When you live in poverty, the tree surgeon is WAY down the list of priorities! I understand what you are saying, though.
How much do u spend on gas per week?
Depends on where I'm going
@@NickJohnson you have to much time on your hands. Instead of showing negative things do positives things to change the world. The shoe can always be on the other foot.
Will be nice if you talk about people and their social Etiquette as you analyze any each city or state.
Why ?
Why?
@@jillsmcfarland2001
Because nowadays people move around and having a piece of mind about a society that you are moving/going to in is crucial.
@@jillsmcfarland2001
Because nowadays people move around and having a piece of mind about a society that you are moving/going to in is crucial.
I bought my first house next to Columbia in Lugoff. BIG MISTAKE 🤦🏼♀️ I worked at the village at Sandhills. My neighbors were big time racists too
Omg 😳
Welcome to Columbia
The biggest racists in Columbia to me seem to be the people in Irmo, Chapin most of them. and I guess the Summit now too. The black areas, not as bad as people make them. The new white transplants coming to Columbia a lot of them scare me the most tbh. The ones leaving FL, TX, NJ and in select areas/towns.
PS I did want to move to Dallas but was told to not as it was getting too crowded and in covid didn't think it would be safe. I looked at Garland, someplace a bit more dated. NE Dallas I believe also.
Nick, be careful don't get shot. Stay away from Minneapolis for awhile.
am willing to bet Columbia is safer than MPLS, even Salt Lake too.
No brick houses, would bullets go through aluminum siding?
He was too Scared to go down School house rd!!! Lol
Omg 😂😂😂
Can someone help me I’m trying to move to Columbia sc but somewhere safe
That reminds me,I must cut my grass today..and dumpster the trash from the lawn..
I am watching this video from Brazil 🇧🇷 and I never thought that some parts US it would be like that.
Send U.S. video from Brazil!
Majority of america looks like this
Lol you ain't seen nothing yet it gets worse than this by a long way
@@jamesdelap4085 I'am sorry, I can't understand what you mean.
@@elizabethwilgan7289 Yeah, I noticed. There are many people showing US like a beautiful and Perfect place to live, I grew up believing on it, but I've seen the different side.
I think there are bigger issues that should be brought to light, all I see is mainly trashed yards.
Columbia in the trash dept looks like "Filthadelphia". I wonder if PHI transplants came to Columbia sometimes and lots of places to get cheese steak too. DC I know has but also had to be someplace with a lot of trash too.. even Lowell Massachusetts with trash PILED up on fences.
Should I add rocky to the list of movies I could picture in Columbia? Back to the future is one, Karate Kid is one, Stand and Deliver also. Hell even CHIPS the show.
Nick you should’ve come to five points! I would’ve bought you some Pav’s!
i WAS there :) Next time!
He's referring to the area of 5pts next to the USC campus. There are lots of restaurants and bars there.
Hey nick can you do the most fun states in america
Why do people leave unsightly bins at the frontage constantly...?
It would improve the ambience if they walked them into the backyard...
All those steps to the front door are unnecessary..
But these are lovely homesteads...(get the bins in)
There are these types of videos for every city in America. I imagine people watching these city review videos and see their neighborhood( perhaps even their house) in the video....and never realized how outsiders visitors perceive the neighborhood. Some of whom have perhaps never been out of that city all of their lives. So they dont know how people live in other parts of the country.
As far as social housing goes the Colony Apartments don’t look too bad , depends what the people are like who live there I guess . In the UK this would be considered 100% better than any high rise apartment block . It is social housing right ? As for the rest of the area I’m sure back in the day this was a way nicer area to live , cute little houses , with front porches , leafy green streets . Loss of jobs kills small towns , the people who can move out do but get replaced with unemployed people coz no one else wants to move there !! When the decline starts its very hard to bring a place back to life !!
I lived in Lexington and Cayce.
Lexington's really nice, I live in W. Columbia
I just purchased a rural property in Orangeburg. Anyone from that area? I'm up north, and people just seem so friendly from down south.
It's hot and cold all over SC..nice neighborhood and then 3 blocks in any direction are pockets of... Well very eyesore homes.
Have you done the worst parts of Greensboro and Raleigh yet?
raleigh seemed to be all fake and new looking.
@@LongLeggedOne you lost me with the fake part. New looking? Yes. But it's still some rough parts of the city too. Remember, not only is Raleigh a state capital city it's where the Research Triangle Park is which is home to some of the world's largest technology companies such as IBM, Google, Cisco, & GlaxoSmithKline, & Red Hat. And Apple is also coming to the Research Triangle Park so therefore Raleigh-Durham had no choice but to clean it up.
On a sunny day with more uplifting music thentone would be totally different
Great video. Makes me appreciate where I live. I live on a gravel road and it`s in better shape than many of these. I feel bad for anyone who has to live like this.
I went there for Fort Jackson and after I left the base and saw the surrounding areas it is just sad 😞 but the foliage is beautiful in the fall
What??? 3 sides of Fort Jackson are bordered by five hundred thousand to million dollar homes. The 4 th side is sadly drug infested. The deprived areas in this video are not near fort Jackson.
Tee hee, beautiful foliage in the fall. Me thinks you haven’t been to northern states much. I truly hope you get a chance to visit some day.
Seeing this video I immediately knew what he was talking about. I was born and raised in 29C Bethel Bishop. I went to Perry and Johnson. I moved to Atlanta at age 21 but I always come visit home. I guess because I grew up in Columbia I didn’t think it was that bad but it could’ve been because everything around me was pretty normal. I guess looking back at it now maybe it was worse than I thought. But it’s still my home
Atlanta has way more homeless ppl than columbia, just ride around Peachtree in Atlanta then ride around the downtown area in columbia when u come back again. 5x worser if not more
@@jaywhy1773 I agree
@Jay Why the west end of Atlanta actually had a vibe to it. If people say Atlanta is the black San Francisco well, it sure is in that part.