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*When I first moved to StL (for work), I lived on the south side - right by the Pelican Bldg. It was gorgeous, safe, and I stayed for many years. Then they started to let it go again. And I let - and I will NEVER come back. StL is turning into what I left: NYC. Corruption, graft, crime out in the open - the entire city is worthless now. I don't spend money in the city any more either. I USED to be a season ticket holder for the orchestra - not any more, we are way out in the County now, getting ready to move to N. Carolina or Montana. ANYWHERE but here.*
Grew up in the south city in the 50s and throughout 2004. Over the years I owned property in Compton Heights, Carondelet and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. They all went to hell with the North/South migration. Old people died and their kids selling, that turned houses to rentals that brought a lot of crime. After being mugged in front of my house I sold for twice what I paid and moved to the country. Today that house was bought for half what I sold it for. Under the current management the town is dying. So much for multiculturalism.
Grew up at THE LOOP. On the border of Maplewood and St. Louis. As a kid, rode bikes, took busses everywhere. Maplewood Pool, Forest Park. Never had one problem as a kid.
You danced all around my neighborhood (Holly Hills) on this video. "Unless you mind hearing gunshots". Lived here in STL 50 years (Holly Hills 18 years), and have never knowingly heard gunshots. It's a great neighborhood with amazing neighbors. And Carondelet Park is my favorite non-Forest Park park in St Louis.
Bullll. I live in Holly Hills and hear gun shots alllll the time at night. The gunshots are coming from other neighborhoods nearby somewhere (not sure exactly where) but you can DEFINITELY hear them. Often.
Parents & stepsister live in Holly Hills. You cannot hear gunshots “all the time”. That’s nonsense. “All the time” is meaningless if it’s hyperbole than means anything from “a few times a month” to three or four times in a week, and then not again for three months. That’s not “all the time”. I’ve lived in Shaw in the 80s, the state streets, and have family on the west side in Hamilton heights, and the Ville, and I know what “all the time” is really like.
Considering how hostile you are and you claim you live in Holly Hills area I would say I wouldn’t wanna live there if everybody’s like you. Show some manners.
St. Louis when I was a boy had 850 thousand people. The city itself now has 330,000 people. A lot of these picturesque neighborhoods attract 'urban pioneers' who have the last few years ended up fleeing as crime spreads to even 'gentrified' neighborhoods in the form of theft, carjackings etc.
When you have a mayor like we have, nothing will get better. She directs all the money to North St. Louis because that's the gutter she lives in. So, they're running all their vagrant thugs to the decent areas of the city. The police won't show up anymore if your car is stolen. You just phone it in and if they find it you're lucky because they don't bother looking for it. Our truck was stolen right out of the driveway and used in a drive-by. The cop tried to say that wedid the drive-by because he had no idea our truck was stolen. Just read last night that the city is going to begin putting cops on 11 hour shifts due to a shortage of cops. It's sickening here. We need a Rudi Guiliani running this city. Somebody who will kick ass and take names. I'm next out of this hell hole. This is not the place we had when I was growing up, I could go on and on, but I'll spare you.
I was working on the T-line project that went through Patch and Carondelet when this was filmed! It was definitely an experience. Multiple vehicles, trailers, equipment, and tools stolen on that job. Had a fellow employee get chased on Davis on his way to work. Was glad to finish up that job.
I actually live in Carondelet, but on the west side of hwy 55. The area is much better with much lower crime. Unfortunately we all get lumped together. The park side side of the area is beautiful. Lived here for 26 years and plan on staying. Love it.
Used to visit my Great Aunt on Quincy St, near Gravois and Loughborough Blvd. Lots of trees then, in late 60s to early 70's. 2nd cousins moved to St Charles, near Cave Springs exit on I-70, was rural until mid 70's.
I pray that it doesn’t get like the north side, but let pray together that the north side get back how beautiful it used to be to be😱😱😱🦅😱🫚🥰🥰🥰🥰🤪😜😝😛❤️❤️❤️❤️😌😌😌🫠🫠🧐🧐🤔👍😅
With the overall de-population of St. Louis as a whole, there is basically zero chance the north side will ever recover and it seems to only further decay every year.
I am a southside resident, and I think all the videos were all honest and Chris did an amazing job putting all the videos together. I loved his comments about north city and being a good parent and the about being a good student. You can change where you live, by changing your present. My wife and I live in Boulevard Heights, and we love it. Chris, drove by our apartment off Germania and Morganford. I can't wait for more St. Louis. videos. Thank you Chris.
St. Louis is underrated. The architecture will never be duplicated. I believe the car has destroyed a lot of major cities vs commuting by public transportation would keep the cities in good shape. There is a movement for people to be able to walk to everything and that Realestate tends to appreciate.
St. Louis, like any other city, faces multiple factors that contribute to its crime rate. While it is difficult to pinpoint a single cause, several factors often associated with higher crime rates in St. Louis include: Poverty and Socioeconomic Disparities: High levels of poverty, income inequality, and socioeconomic disparities can contribute to an increased likelihood of crime. Poverty-stricken areas may experience higher rates of unemployment, limited access to quality education, and inadequate social support systems, all of which can foster an environment conducive to criminal activity. Gang Activity and Drug Trade: The presence of gangs and drug trade can contribute significantly to crime rates. St. Louis has struggled with gang-related violence, particularly in certain neighborhoods. The illegal drug trade often fuels conflicts between rival gangs and contributes to violence and other criminal activities. Urban Decay and Neighborhood Disinvestment: Areas experiencing urban decay, characterized by abandoned buildings, lack of economic opportunities, and limited resources, can become breeding grounds for criminal activities. Neglected neighborhoods often face challenges related to unemployment, inadequate housing, and limited access to essential services. High Rates of Gun Violence: St. Louis has consistently had high rates of gun-related violence, which contributes to the overall crime rate. Easy access to firearms, illegal firearms trafficking, and disputes settled through gun violence can exacerbate the crime problem. Historic Racial Segregation and Divisions: St. Louis, like many American cities, has a history of racial segregation and divisions. Residential segregation can perpetuate socioeconomic disparities, limit opportunities, and lead to concentrated poverty and crime in certain areas. Inadequate Social Programs and Rehabilitation: Limited access to effective social programs, including education, job training, mental health services, and substance abuse rehabilitation, can hinder efforts to address root causes of crime and help individuals reintegrate into society. Limited Community Policing and Trust: Trust and positive relationships between law enforcement agencies and communities are vital in reducing crime. Lack of trust and strained relationships can impede effective crime prevention and hinder community cooperation with law enforcement efforts. It's important to note that addressing crime rates requires a multi-faceted approach that goes beyond addressing individual causes. It involves comprehensive strategies focusing on community engagement, poverty alleviation, educational opportunities, violence prevention, and criminal justice reform.
I think the major factor to all of this the fact that the city of St.Louis wanted to succeed from St.Louis County in 1877 and thus becoming an independent city.
good coverage on St Louis. Like how you summerize the whole content in the end of the video as it helps viewers to remember the content better. Yes well documented for sure. Some very nice middle class areas . Thank you for your work.
Spent some time at Carondelet Park after I got my bike and could drive down Gravois from Affton. My father worked in a hardware store a block south of Loughboro.
Thank you for showing Carondelet. I asked a couple of years ago if you could show it after you did some southside videos so I appreciate this one very much. Thank you.
Iam not quite as negative about the south side as some are. For one thing, the crime rate is high because there is a relatively high population density compared to the north side. Also there are gentrified neighborhoods on the south side. I don't see it deteriorating to the same degree as the north, although there are parts that look pretty seedy.
When manufacturing (union or at least paying a living wage) returns to St. Louis everything will bounce back…so it won’t. There were a lot of factors that effected the city’s downturn, racism and bigotry being one, but when the good jobs left…
Right another factor is that the city of St.Louis is an independent city as well with only 61 square miles of land while Kansas City has 325 Square miles of land and its I'm Jackson County Missouri as well.
I remember the first time I went to St. Louis as a tanker driver. I was surprised at how nice the South Side was compared to the North Side. I felt like I was in a whole different city. Is I-64 like a dividing line between the two areas?
Tbh the saddest part of south city to me is that it is losing its catholic vibe. It has its own flavor of urban city that has been changing for decades now.
Chris, did you write the electronic music in this video? I like the sound. You used the same music while doing Flint Mich. Two thumbs up on your talent of making these great videos.
@@ChrisHarden Thanks and another thanks for these captivating videos. Its difficult to take my eyes off or even stop and pause. Your videos are better than my favorite TV show!
The Birmingham and Memphis area have really poor economies when you compare them to other similarly sized metro areas. St. Louis City might not have much money, but there's plenty of money in the suburbs. Memphis and Birmingham don't really have a St. Charles County or a West County in their areas such as St. Louis does. Nashville has been popular until just recently as young professionals have been flocking there so there's a been a solid young talent pool for businesses. When you get away from Texas along with the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, there aren't too many southern cities that are growing. New Orleans is shrinking, the entire states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama aren't doing well, outside of maybe Biloxi... however the Biloxi area is only growing in population because of it being along the gulf coast. Atlanta is a corporate hub and businesses have been drawn to Atlanta for it's central location and business friendliness unlike Chicago... we'll see how long that lasts though. Charlotte, North Carolina has also been a business friendly city in a business friendly state. Young professionals are also drawn to those cities so both Atlanta and Charlotte have some good upward momentum through different factors working together where-as many other inland southern areas do not. Orlando is growing but economically it isn't as great as it might seem. People just like moving to Florida for the year round warm weather, and people like Orlando because it's close to the theme parks but I'm not sure the grass is always greener in Orlando as it might seem.
There is a massive Southern rust belt of sorts with industrial decline but significant remaining poluting industry, lousy race relations, broad population stagnation with mostly decline or slow growth, mostly declining cities and small towns and substantial suburban and exurban sprawl even in areas otherwise without growth but fed by continued urban and now older suburban decline. In some cases this area even has a significant European immigrant history but at the very least has a contentious rural to urban domestic migrant one. This Southern Rust Belt is very convoluted in shape and actually continous with the northern Rust Belt, -they are actually one. St. Louis, Memphis and Birmingham are all part of it but so are a great many other Cities, from Texarkana to New Orleans to Augusta, Georgia to Fayetteville and Rocky Mount North Carolina to Danville Virginia to Springfield Missouri to Charlestown West Virginia and beyond. It starts in the Piney Woods of Deep East Texas and northern Louisiana and southwest Arkansas down through French Louisiana, north up the Mississippi Delta including Memphis (and up well into North Alabama as well) and east through the Southern Black Belt, including all but small parts of Lousiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas and more then half of Georgia land area wise, over a third of South Carolina and most of Eastern North Carolina except for parts of the coastal strip. It also extends North from the Mississippi Delta and then Spreads out through most of South-Central Appalachia into most of Kentucky spilling into eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina, most of West Virginia & Western Maryland and Southeast Ohio as well much of the Ozarks in Southern Missouri and most of western Arkansas except for far northwest Arkansas, and then theough the depressed (and settled by Southerners) parts of the lower Midwest connecting to and being continuous with the Northern Rust belt.
While some parts of the southern rust belt began to form as early as the great depression in the case of the Mississippi Delta, it really didn't begin to come togather untill after 1980 and become truly obvious untill the late 20'th century. This is unlike the more famous Midwest centered rustbelt which did so in the 1950's and 60's, truly consolidating and intensifying in the 1970's onward and partially recovering in places post 1990 though it remains troubled today. Also the Southern Rust belt is much more convoluted in shape then it's northern counterpart. The peripheral parts of it are in overall growing sunbelt state's. Meanwhile even though the core Deep South states of Louisiana Mississippi and Most of Alabama are within the Southern Rust Belt and are known for their stagnation and poverty, it's easy for many people to ignore and dismiss the condition of those states as simply a matter of them being backwards in culture as they are the most traditionally Southern. Likewise with a State like Kentucky although the regional culture is different. But that doesn't acount for WHY these states have the cultures they do, nor for any other potential reasons why they are actually loosing population in many parts. It's easy to just blame culture but the Culture of most of the remainder of the US South 70 years ago reslly wasn't that much different. The fact is like with the northern Rust Belt these states actually have plenty of positives but are unfortunately at the heart of a rust belt Decline phenomenon which is deeply cultural as well as economic in nature, the two being essentially mirged togather so as to be mutually reinforcing in a way that is very difficult to change even when the desire is there tomdo so, which it often is not. The Southern Rust belt has an economy of lower paying blue collar industry and also of industrial decline, one which is intertwined with and cannot so easily be separated from their populer or political cultures. Their depressed economy's and insular and religious cultures actually tend to reinforce each other in both directions in other words, different in details from yet essentially similer to the more famous Northern Rust Belt.
I know cities like Nashville, Atlanta, and Charlotte are building skyscrapers still, but also have crime increasing a lot. I imagine that those skyscrapers are mainly apartments or condos, because the vacancy rate for business buildings in downtown’s is very large and building tall buildings to be vacant is a disaster.
For years I've watched friends work on their brick houses and longed for one of my own. You can tell, from the decent cars on the street and the well-kept commercial areas that this area was hot ten years ago. But you can tell now by looking at the real estate listings that people are fleeing. This is one of the few markets in the country with tons of nice, well maintained homes on the market at reasonable prices. The DA's (failed) social experiment has hit the area hard and the MO legislature seemingly has declared war on its two big cities. First they made it possible to sell a car over a certain age (5? 6?) without a title. Car theft shot thru the roof. Then they started a campaign to have the loosest gun laws in the country. Mayors and residents from KC and StL have begged them to be reasonable but they, mostly from rural areas and small towns, insist they know best. It has been so very sad to watch.
I grew up in st louis, south city was always a nice area,then some of the north city trash started moving to south city and usually the vience was on the state streets, south city boarders south county,i use to work that area as a truck driver and i also drove a tow truck there to, during the day its not bad, usually the bad guys are sleeping, at night you had to keep extra attention where you go, but not as bad as north city, sometime the media makes things sound worser than they truly are to enhance their rating, theres other cities out there that are much worser
You are almost to last stop liquor store. That uses to be a bait store too. We would get our beer and fish at Wilmore or carondolet park as kids. Now that store is owned by the same people who own south public on Broadway
Have u saw the stl homicide map, it's a lot of red dots in the Southside plus Southside is where they steal all the cars abd burglaries and lots of fentanyl use and od's
Tell the whole story… I live on Cherokee st and was around when that shooting happened. The girl was defending herself which is why they didn’t charge her.. they had witnesses and camera footage showing what took place. They did in fact charge the male for his role in it all though. People shouldn’t live in the city if they can’t take the city living. I’ve lived Chicago south side (born and raised) and now at Louis south side for the past 13 years. I can walk to a store here and the worst happens is crack heads ask for change for the bus.
I hope St. Louis gets to a spot where they are able to enforce the law and prosecute violent criminals and thieves. I think that the fact that so many of these crimes go unprosecuted may play a role in their being committed, as well as other more complex factors. Edit:you mentioned this in the video.
I was born and raised in St Louis county, in the good ol’ 50s, but I have never seen any of those neighborhoods. These videos are the only way I will ever see them. For obvious reasons. We fled the county in the late 70s and never looked back.
Great video... so glad I don't live in St. Lousy Misery! Sadly this seems to be the state of most cities in the USA as we begin the journey to circling the drain.
The housing styled in all these dead cities is quite shocking and whats with all the timber,bricks are the way to go ,and also bungalows not horrible square double story monstrosities.
St. Louis has no future. Many years ago nearly 800,000 people, a thriving city. Now less than 300,000, circling the drain. Originally from the area, escaped decades ago. What a shame.
Back in the early or mid 90s at the line. You're quickly transfer between nice neighborhood 2 bad neighborhood or vice-versa which direction you travel. It doesn't matter what city I'm talkin about. The thieving murderers and otherwise criminal element to figure out instead of stealing from each other go to the other part town where they had more. I'm not only have they've done that the branch now I'm following them as they go out into the suburbs. About the last 20 years this has dramatically increased. Plus parents leave taking their children with him and part of the problem sometime and spreading it.
Bosnian mafia, AA influx into the South Side. the old Ethnic centered neighbor hoods are dieing out. all since the big flood that inundated the River Des Pere. the area has been downhill ever since
Videos like this are important to open eyes. This is why we need to make America great again for the working man who wants to live a lower middle class life. It makes me fighting mad driving through north St Louis and East St Louis. Sadly, until demographics change or there's a religious revival combined with thousands of new entry level FT $20/hr blue collar jobs with chance of promotion, STL will still be crap. Without strong two parent Christian homes, those areas won't be bettered. And if north St Louis is bettered with federal funds, floirissant will decay even more. I know I'm talking about parts of town not shown here, but I'm hoping to move to the city, specifically near my parish, St Francis de Sales oratory, "the cathedral of South St Louis", near fox park or thereabouts. Also, menya rui is wicked yummy if you've never been! Sugarwitch has the best ice cream in the city!
The South SIde went down hill in the early 90's. Government shipped in Bosnians and Serbs, then they made many of the homes section 8's for the new immigrants, and with the decline of the North Side and the build up of South County and Jefferson County, white flight took off and left it too the immigrants, hoosiers and the former North Siders. Now it is complete garbage, could not pay me to live there and I was born and raised and lived in it till 2000.
That makes sense... I was born in 1991. And I was wondering when south city went downhill. My dad said there wasn't all the blacks like there is now on the southside back in the 1970s. The people look rundown, poor, and ugly in south city. Dad says it was nothing like that back in the day. Lol
The real deep crime I say started right round the late 60s early 70s and continues until today, if you asking me what St. Louis going to do about working with the government to stop all the unnecessary crime street and bring people back to one was a beautiful loving family city.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🤔🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠😌😌😌😌🧐🤔.
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Hi Chris, I'm looking for part 2 but the link is missing :(
Cheers!
@@pizzaearthpancakesandother2549 I wasn't able to upload it until an hour and a half ago so the link is there now.
*When I first moved to StL (for work), I lived on the south side - right by the Pelican Bldg. It was gorgeous, safe, and I stayed for many years. Then they started to let it go again. And I let - and I will NEVER come back. StL is turning into what I left: NYC. Corruption, graft, crime out in the open - the entire city is worthless now. I don't spend money in the city any more either. I USED to be a season ticket holder for the orchestra - not any more, we are way out in the County now, getting ready to move to N. Carolina or Montana. ANYWHERE but here.*
*This is why you don't vote Democrat.*
Grew up in the south city in the 50s and throughout 2004. Over the years I owned property in Compton Heights, Carondelet and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. They all went to hell with the North/South migration. Old people died and their kids selling, that turned houses to rentals that brought a lot of crime.
After being mugged in front of my house I sold for twice what I paid and moved to the country. Today that house was bought for half what I sold it for.
Under the current management the town is dying. So much for multiculturalism.
Grew up at THE LOOP. On the border of Maplewood and St. Louis. As a kid, rode bikes, took busses everywhere. Maplewood Pool, Forest Park. Never had one problem as a kid.
You danced all around my neighborhood (Holly Hills) on this video. "Unless you mind hearing gunshots". Lived here in STL 50 years (Holly Hills 18 years), and have never knowingly heard gunshots. It's a great neighborhood with amazing neighbors. And Carondelet Park is my favorite non-Forest Park park in St Louis.
Bullll. I live in Holly Hills and hear gun shots alllll the time at night. The gunshots are coming from other neighborhoods nearby somewhere (not sure exactly where) but you can DEFINITELY hear them. Often.
@@neurologicalworms I bet you think every little noise is a gunshot
Parents & stepsister live in Holly Hills. You cannot hear gunshots “all the time”. That’s nonsense. “All the time” is meaningless if it’s hyperbole than means anything from “a few times a month” to three or four times in a week, and then not again for three months. That’s not “all the time”.
I’ve lived in Shaw in the 80s, the state streets, and have family on the west side in Hamilton heights, and the Ville, and I know what “all the time” is really like.
Considering how hostile you are and you claim you live in Holly Hills area I would say I wouldn’t wanna live there if everybody’s like you. Show some manners.
St Louis is very historic with alot of architecture firsts etc. Beautiful houses, so sad they are in decay. I enjoy your videos
St. Louis when I was a boy had 850 thousand people. The city itself now has 330,000 people. A lot of these picturesque neighborhoods attract 'urban pioneers' who have the last few years ended up fleeing as crime spreads to even 'gentrified' neighborhoods in the form of theft, carjackings etc.
I did read at one time St. Louis had over a Million population in 1950 and now has 295000., but that is in the city limits
When you have a mayor like we have, nothing will get better. She directs all the money to North St. Louis because that's the gutter she lives in. So, they're running all their vagrant thugs to the decent areas of the city. The police won't show up anymore if your car is stolen. You just phone it in and if they find it you're lucky because they don't bother looking for it. Our truck was stolen right out of the driveway and used in a drive-by. The cop tried to say that wedid the drive-by because he had no idea our truck was stolen. Just read last night that the city is going to begin putting cops on 11 hour shifts due to a shortage of cops. It's sickening here. We need a Rudi Guiliani running this city. Somebody who will kick ass and take names. I'm next out of this hell hole. This is not the place we had when I was growing up, I could go on and on, but I'll spare you.
I was working on the T-line project that went through Patch and Carondelet when this was filmed! It was definitely an experience. Multiple vehicles, trailers, equipment, and tools stolen on that job. Had a fellow employee get chased on Davis on his way to work. Was glad to finish up that job.
I actually live in Carondelet, but on the west side of hwy 55. The area is much better with much lower crime. Unfortunately we all get lumped together. The park side side of the area is beautiful. Lived here for 26 years and plan on staying. Love it.
Used to visit my Great Aunt on Quincy St, near Gravois and Loughborough Blvd. Lots of trees then, in late 60s to early 70's. 2nd cousins moved to St Charles, near Cave Springs exit on I-70, was rural until mid 70's.
I really appreciate the details of your videos Chris! Thanks for the St. Louis tours!
Thank you for the kind words as always!
I pray that it doesn’t get like the north side, but let pray together that the north side get back how beautiful it used to be to be😱😱😱🦅😱🫚🥰🥰🥰🥰🤪😜😝😛❤️❤️❤️❤️😌😌😌🫠🫠🧐🧐🤔👍😅
With the overall de-population of St. Louis as a whole, there is basically zero chance the north side will ever recover and it seems to only further decay every year.
I am a southside resident, and I think all the videos were all honest and Chris did an amazing job putting all the videos together. I loved his comments about north city and being a good parent and the about being a good student. You can change where you live, by changing your present. My wife and I live in Boulevard Heights, and we love it. Chris, drove by our apartment off Germania and Morganford. I can't wait for more St. Louis. videos. Thank you Chris.
South city is beautiful. Just be strapped.
Born and raised on Michigan ave.cant go back
Not the same anymore.
St. Louis is underrated. The architecture will never be duplicated. I believe the car has destroyed a lot of major cities vs commuting by public transportation would keep the cities in good shape. There is a movement for people to be able to walk to everything and that Realestate tends to appreciate.
Yes I don't like those new large cities that all look the same as each other.
Stl is trash glad I moved to a real city like chicago
St. Louis, like any other city, faces multiple factors that contribute to its crime rate. While it is difficult to pinpoint a single cause, several factors often associated with higher crime rates in St. Louis include:
Poverty and Socioeconomic Disparities: High levels of poverty, income inequality, and socioeconomic disparities can contribute to an increased likelihood of crime. Poverty-stricken areas may experience higher rates of unemployment, limited access to quality education, and inadequate social support systems, all of which can foster an environment conducive to criminal activity.
Gang Activity and Drug Trade: The presence of gangs and drug trade can contribute significantly to crime rates. St. Louis has struggled with gang-related violence, particularly in certain neighborhoods. The illegal drug trade often fuels conflicts between rival gangs and contributes to violence and other criminal activities.
Urban Decay and Neighborhood Disinvestment: Areas experiencing urban decay, characterized by abandoned buildings, lack of economic opportunities, and limited resources, can become breeding grounds for criminal activities. Neglected neighborhoods often face challenges related to unemployment, inadequate housing, and limited access to essential services.
High Rates of Gun Violence: St. Louis has consistently had high rates of gun-related violence, which contributes to the overall crime rate. Easy access to firearms, illegal firearms trafficking, and disputes settled through gun violence can exacerbate the crime problem.
Historic Racial Segregation and Divisions: St. Louis, like many American cities, has a history of racial segregation and divisions. Residential segregation can perpetuate socioeconomic disparities, limit opportunities, and lead to concentrated poverty and crime in certain areas.
Inadequate Social Programs and Rehabilitation: Limited access to effective social programs, including education, job training, mental health services, and substance abuse rehabilitation, can hinder efforts to address root causes of crime and help individuals reintegrate into society.
Limited Community Policing and Trust: Trust and positive relationships between law enforcement agencies and communities are vital in reducing crime. Lack of trust and strained relationships can impede effective crime prevention and hinder community cooperation with law enforcement efforts.
It's important to note that addressing crime rates requires a multi-faceted approach that goes beyond addressing individual causes. It involves comprehensive strategies focusing on community engagement, poverty alleviation, educational opportunities, violence prevention, and criminal justice reform.
I think the major factor to all of this the fact that the city of St.Louis wanted to succeed from St.Louis County in 1877 and thus becoming an independent city.
written like a college professor or a tapdancer.
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Okay Kamala.
These are great as always. I really enjoy these and you picked a great day. The trees and leaves look great
good coverage on St Louis. Like how you summerize the whole content in the end of the video as it helps viewers to remember the content better. Yes well documented for sure. Some very nice middle class areas . Thank you for your work.
Spent some time at Carondelet Park after I got my bike and could drive down Gravois from Affton. My father worked in a hardware store a block south of Loughboro.
I love your videos, I miss St Louis, but that's why I moved. Yep the crime
Once again, you've done a great job. Thanks for sharing.
I love watching your videos, particularly St. Louis. Carondelet Park is beautiful
As far as the reason for the decline, everyone is afraid to talk about the elephant in the room.
Thank you for showing Carondelet. I asked a couple of years ago if you could show it after you did some southside videos so I appreciate this one very much. Thank you.
This was great. The small historical info was also.
Iam not quite as negative about the south side as some are. For one thing, the crime rate is high because there is a relatively high population density compared to the north side. Also there are gentrified neighborhoods on the south side. I don't see it deteriorating to the same degree as the north, although there are parts that look pretty seedy.
That park you went by on Broadway by South Public was actually featured in a video about fentanyl in St Louis
Great video use to live in St.Louis
When manufacturing (union or at least paying a living wage) returns to St. Louis everything will bounce back…so it won’t.
There were a lot of factors that effected the city’s downturn, racism and bigotry being one, but when the good jobs left…
Right another factor is that the city of St.Louis is an independent city as well with only 61 square miles of land while Kansas City has 325 Square miles of land and its I'm Jackson County Missouri as well.
Yeah but the city's high taxes and government keep businesses out
I remember the first time I went to St. Louis as a tanker driver. I was surprised at how nice the South Side was compared to the North Side. I felt like I was in a whole different city. Is I-64 like a dividing line between the two areas?
It's more like Delmar Blvd and Washington Ave. That's where the name 'Delmar Divide' came from.
@@dan-a-vee1484 Thanks for the info
@@EmpireStateExpress01 Ur welcome!
South city is now becoming like North City
Police in the 90's used Chipppewa/Watson as the new dividing line between North and South Side.
Tbh the saddest part of south city to me is that it is losing its catholic vibe. It has its own flavor of urban city that has been changing for decades now.
Barf. I grew up Catholic and I’m glad it’s a dying cult. 🤢
I love Carondelet❤️
I quite going to cardinals games, use to go 4 times a year, I am out of state use to stay in motels and eat out whole weekend in city, no more
Boulevard Heights looks really nice, thank you for the video!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words as always!
your welcome! 🙂
Very good video about St. Louis.
Chris, did you write the electronic music in this video? I like the sound. You used the same music while doing Flint Mich. Two thumbs up on your talent of making these great videos.
Not my music. Check out the group called makeup and vanity set
@@ChrisHarden Thanks and another thanks for these captivating videos. Its difficult to take my eyes off or even stop and pause. Your videos are better than my favorite TV show!
Detroit has been in deline for a long time.
I appreciate the acknowledgement from the date lol
By 2040 it will be like Road Warrior or Escape from New York movies
Escape from New York was filmed in union Station before it was turned into a mall.
thank you sir
Thank You
Like I said I hate going off topic but why is Memphis and Birmingham not growing unlike many southern cities
Too many POC not enough tax revenue
The Birmingham and Memphis area have really poor economies when you compare them to other similarly sized metro areas. St. Louis City might not have much money, but there's plenty of money in the suburbs. Memphis and Birmingham don't really have a St. Charles County or a West County in their areas such as St. Louis does. Nashville has been popular until just recently as young professionals have been flocking there so there's a been a solid young talent pool for businesses.
When you get away from Texas along with the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, there aren't too many southern cities that are growing. New Orleans is shrinking, the entire states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama aren't doing well, outside of maybe Biloxi... however the Biloxi area is only growing in population because of it being along the gulf coast. Atlanta is a corporate hub and businesses have been drawn to Atlanta for it's central location and business friendliness unlike Chicago... we'll see how long that lasts though. Charlotte, North Carolina has also been a business friendly city in a business friendly state. Young professionals are also drawn to those cities so both Atlanta and Charlotte have some good upward momentum through different factors working together where-as many other inland southern areas do not.
Orlando is growing but economically it isn't as great as it might seem. People just like moving to Florida for the year round warm weather, and people like Orlando because it's close to the theme parks but I'm not sure the grass is always greener in Orlando as it might seem.
There is a massive Southern rust belt of sorts with industrial decline but significant remaining poluting industry, lousy race relations, broad population stagnation with mostly decline or slow growth, mostly declining cities and small towns and substantial suburban and exurban sprawl even in areas otherwise without growth but fed by continued urban and now older suburban decline. In some cases this area even has a significant European immigrant history but at the very least has a contentious rural to urban domestic migrant one.
This Southern Rust Belt is very convoluted in shape and actually continous with the northern Rust Belt, -they are actually one. St. Louis, Memphis and Birmingham are all part of it but so are a great many other Cities, from Texarkana to New Orleans to Augusta, Georgia to Fayetteville and Rocky Mount North Carolina to Danville Virginia to Springfield Missouri to Charlestown West Virginia and beyond. It starts in the Piney Woods of Deep East Texas and northern Louisiana and southwest Arkansas down through French Louisiana, north up the Mississippi Delta including Memphis (and up well into North Alabama as well) and east through the Southern Black Belt, including all but small parts of Lousiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas and more then half of Georgia land area wise, over a third of South Carolina and most of Eastern North Carolina except for parts of the coastal strip.
It also extends North from the Mississippi Delta and then Spreads out through most of South-Central Appalachia into most of Kentucky spilling into eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina, most of West Virginia & Western Maryland and Southeast Ohio as well much of the Ozarks in Southern Missouri and most of western Arkansas except for far northwest Arkansas, and then theough the depressed (and settled by Southerners) parts of the lower Midwest connecting to and being continuous with the Northern Rust belt.
While some parts of the southern rust belt began to form as early as the great depression in the case of the Mississippi Delta, it really didn't begin to come togather untill after 1980 and become truly obvious untill the late 20'th century. This is unlike the more famous Midwest centered rustbelt which did so in the 1950's and 60's, truly consolidating and intensifying in the 1970's onward and partially recovering in places post 1990 though it remains troubled today.
Also the Southern Rust belt is much more convoluted in shape then it's northern counterpart. The peripheral parts of it are in overall growing sunbelt state's. Meanwhile even though the core Deep South states of Louisiana Mississippi and Most of Alabama are within the Southern Rust Belt and are known for their stagnation and poverty, it's easy for many people to ignore and dismiss the condition of those states as simply a matter of them being backwards in culture as they are the most traditionally Southern. Likewise with a State like Kentucky although the regional culture is different. But that doesn't acount for WHY these states have the cultures they do, nor for any other potential reasons why they are actually loosing population in many parts. It's easy to just blame culture but the Culture of most of the remainder of the US South 70 years ago reslly wasn't that much different.
The fact is like with the northern Rust Belt these states actually have plenty of positives but are unfortunately at the heart of a rust belt Decline phenomenon which is deeply cultural as well as economic in nature, the two being essentially mirged togather so as to be mutually reinforcing in a way that is very difficult to change even when the desire is there tomdo so, which it often is not.
The Southern Rust belt has an economy of lower paying blue collar industry and also of industrial decline, one which is intertwined with and cannot so easily be separated from their populer or political cultures. Their depressed economy's and insular and religious cultures actually tend to reinforce each other in both directions in other words, different in details from yet essentially similer to the more famous Northern Rust Belt.
I know cities like Nashville, Atlanta, and Charlotte are building skyscrapers still, but also have crime increasing a lot. I imagine that those skyscrapers are mainly apartments or condos, because the vacancy rate for business buildings in downtown’s is very large and building tall buildings to be vacant is a disaster.
For years I've watched friends work on their brick houses and longed for one of my own. You can tell, from the decent cars on the street and the well-kept commercial areas that this area was hot ten years ago. But you can tell now by looking at the real estate listings that people are fleeing. This is one of the few markets in the country with tons of nice, well maintained homes on the market at reasonable prices. The DA's (failed) social experiment has hit the area hard and the MO legislature seemingly has declared war on its two big cities. First they made it possible to sell a car over a certain age (5? 6?) without a title. Car theft shot thru the roof. Then they started a campaign to have the loosest gun laws in the country. Mayors and residents from KC and StL have begged them to be reasonable but they, mostly from rural areas and small towns, insist they know best. It has been so very sad to watch.
I grew up in st louis, south city was always a nice area,then some of the north city trash started moving to south city and usually the vience was on the state streets, south city boarders south county,i use to work that area as a truck driver and i also drove a tow truck there to, during the day its not bad, usually the bad guys are sleeping, at night you had to keep extra attention where you go, but not as bad as north city, sometime the media makes things sound worser than they truly are to enhance their rating, theres other cities out there that are much worser
Carondalete is a beautiful part of south side stl. So much culture and. Diversity.
You are almost to last stop liquor store. That uses to be a bait store too. We would get our beer and fish at Wilmore or carondolet park as kids. Now that store is owned by the same people who own south public on Broadway
St Louis Hills neighborhood is very safe and beautiful. There's very little crime in the South Side
Have u saw the stl homicide map, it's a lot of red dots in the Southside plus Southside is where they steal all the cars abd burglaries and lots of fentanyl use and od's
A lot of those buildings on Broadway have been torn down and then there were a couple of buildings a few years ago that blew up
The neighborhoods tend to get better west of I-55 and south of bates ave. In the "east of kingshighway area" anyway.
Tell the whole story… I live on Cherokee st and was around when that shooting happened. The girl was defending herself which is why they didn’t charge her.. they had witnesses and camera footage showing what took place. They did in fact charge the male for his role in it all though. People shouldn’t live in the city if they can’t take the city living. I’ve lived Chicago south side (born and raised) and now at Louis south side for the past 13 years. I can walk to a store here and the worst happens is crack heads ask for change for the bus.
Have you done a video of the Affton area, heavily populated Bosnian immigrants with a fairly new mosque? Look forward to your response.
I hope St. Louis gets to a spot where they are able to enforce the law and prosecute violent criminals and thieves. I think that the fact that so many of these crimes go unprosecuted may play a role in their being committed, as well as other more complex factors. Edit:you mentioned this in the video.
Based on past evidence, until, and unless, the city stops electing Dems, things will continue to decline!
Same
St. Louis has gone the way of far too many “blue” cities. Sad to see my hometown going down.
Hey Chris, can you please do a whole video of CASEYVILLE town in Illinois? 😊
I ❤ the South Born n Raised On Virginia & Sidney Right cross street from Barnetts store All through state streets Best part of the city
Love this channel amd ypur second channel. It reminds me of why i left Illinois in January this year for TN.
No one's gonna mention that this video is from the future?
I miss Red Bird bowl
The whole light on crime thing is the new woke program. Good luck with that future
There is a reason why Clayton and St. Louis County have grown so much
Beautiful. 😢😮😅😊
I was born and raised in St Louis county, in the good ol’ 50s, but I have never seen any of those neighborhoods. These videos are the only way I will ever see them. For obvious reasons. We fled the county in the late 70s and never looked back.
Great video... so glad I don't live in St. Lousy Misery! Sadly this seems to be the state of most cities in the USA as we begin the journey to circling the drain.
Don't nobody care
The housing styled in all these dead cities is quite shocking and whats with all the timber,bricks are the way to go ,and also bungalows not horrible square double story monstrosities.
with massive car holes (garages)
They look better inside, most have vaulted ceilings and large windows so they feel huge even though they are not really that large
St. Louis has no future. Many years ago nearly 800,000 people, a thriving city. Now less than 300,000, circling the drain. Originally from the area, escaped decades ago. What a shame.
The city of St.Louis is basically extinct. It's major downfall was it wanted to seceded from St.Louis County in 1877.
We left in August 1970!
Yeah 800,000 residence 100 years ago
@@CJColvinyes and now the city of St Louis wants to Annex St Louis County
@@mikekeeler6362 I know and yet the city of St.Louis wants to keep making bad decisions but yet make the county pay for all the city's mistakes.
2011 it was awesome, now it's worse than ever, good luck, i left, my family was there for 100 years
I GREW UP IN ST. LOUIS I LIVED THERE IN THE 60'S , 70'S , AND 80'S DURING THAT TIME MOST OF THE CRIME WAS SOUTH SIDE
He passed my exes childhood house lol
Back in the early or mid 90s at the line. You're quickly transfer between nice neighborhood 2 bad neighborhood or vice-versa which direction you travel. It doesn't matter what city I'm talkin about. The thieving murderers and otherwise criminal element to figure out instead of stealing from each other go to the other part town where they had more. I'm not only have they've done that the branch now I'm following them as they go out into the suburbs. About the last 20 years this has dramatically increased. Plus parents leave taking their children with him and part of the problem sometime and spreading it.
This whole time I’ve been thinking I live in a generally nice area, yet 1 minute into the video here he is calling out Gravois Park 😂
Most of the shootings are on the North side there's not many downtown
Those pot holes been there forever
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Lemay is pronounced, "LEE-may". Koeln is pronounced, "Keln". Just trying to help.
Yeah that's because all of those jobs moved out nothing in the city for young people they move out
Bosnian mafia, AA influx into the South Side. the old Ethnic centered neighbor hoods are dieing out. all since the big flood that inundated the River Des Pere. the area has been downhill ever since
Coming to an American city near you. Just wait till they get the A.I. thingy perfect
People just don't study history.
Maybe… we’ll see how that goes 👀
You do an awful lot of fear mongering on this channel.
Truth telling
South St. Louis has gotten more diversity
Man the way you say Crondalet makes me want to unsub but I wont for now
Cool.
@@ChrisHarden 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thanks bro
Man, the way you spell Carondelet, makes me want to send you back to grammar school.
I won't step foot within the city limits. They keep electing these Democrats who allow the crime to happen.
Cant stand your constant negativity about St. Louis. Incredibly frustrating and insulting for those of us that live here. Please don’t come back.
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Speak for yourself, he's only giving factual statistics.
Does Your Videos of the Decline Make you feel good
Where do you live go make Videos there
Videos like this are important to open eyes.
This is why we need to make America great again for the working man who wants to live a lower middle class life. It makes me fighting mad driving through north St Louis and East St Louis. Sadly, until demographics change or there's a religious revival combined with thousands of new entry level FT $20/hr blue collar jobs with chance of promotion, STL will still be crap.
Without strong two parent Christian homes, those areas won't be bettered. And if north St Louis is bettered with federal funds, floirissant will decay even more.
I know I'm talking about parts of town not shown here, but I'm hoping to move to the city, specifically near my parish, St Francis de Sales oratory, "the cathedral of South St Louis", near fox park or thereabouts.
Also, menya rui is wicked yummy if you've never been! Sugarwitch has the best ice cream in the city!
They’re goin outta town
Not stick in’ round.
Their paycheck is pink slip
And their skin is brown!
The slaves got off the boat in the Carondelet neighborhood and carted off down Broadway to the Court house steps to be auctioned off
No hope with the Biden administration .🥵
Ghetto
Lack of gun laws doesn't help. The GOP lead state is doing everything it can to keep gun violence high.
Is the Mayor still a Democrat?
But the city has been run by democrats for pretty much the last 70 years and they've destroyed the city
Plus not to mention the city spends no money on the North side and or the South Side
The South SIde went down hill in the early 90's. Government shipped in Bosnians and Serbs, then they made many of the homes section 8's for the new immigrants, and with the decline of the North Side and the build up of South County and Jefferson County, white flight took off and left it too the immigrants, hoosiers and the former North Siders. Now it is complete garbage, could not pay me to live there and I was born and raised and lived in it till 2000.
That makes sense... I was born in 1991. And I was wondering when south city went downhill. My dad said there wasn't all the blacks like there is now on the southside back in the 1970s. The people look rundown, poor, and ugly in south city. Dad says it was nothing like that back in the day. Lol
The real deep crime I say started right round the late 60s early 70s and continues until today, if you asking me what St. Louis going to do about working with the government to stop all the unnecessary crime street and bring people back to one was a beautiful loving family city.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🤔🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠😌😌😌😌🧐🤔.