I think all of your videos are important but these narrated ones are essentially historical documentation and are extremely important. This IS history and we have such amazing ways now of more accurately documenting it. I hope you make more like this, and I wish more people would do this, frankly. Thanks so much for sharing these
I lived in that neighborhood when he drove down LaSalle I lived on Calvert between Linwood & LaSalle & hung up & down Dexter every street that he went down when I lived in Detroit I now live in Oklahoma but I remember when it was very nice on Linwood & Dexter!
@@davidreese2709 I lived near that area in the early 90's. I knew the area but never hung out there, especially at night. I wasn't usually welcome. lol.
yeah i dont really travel outside of florida that often so it feel like im traveling with him getting an insight..not just fox news but a actual genuine video about the ghettos..
Man it's been 14 years since I lived in that area. And it was rough when I was 15 years old. Even going to Central high school was bad. Whether you on Dexter, Linwood, Davidson, winterhalter you had to fight or people pick fights everyday. You really had to survive and keep your head down forreal. Neighborhood look just as bad as it did all those years ago if not worst. I really feel bad for the generation that grew up there after I left. Force to be a certain way because of the environment. Having to be Content with how everyone acts, its sad.
I used to live on that side of town back in the 60s and 70s. Leslie between Linwood and Lawton, about 6 blocks south of Davison. It was a nice tree-lined neighborhood back then. Not any more.
I grew up in the Y.B.I& Pony boys era.. I'm 59 now..My how the hood has changed, Your speaking the best you can with the limited facts you have and I commend you for that..as with the riots..I was there and No for the questions that may be asked..have I been locked up all this time,lol..just had to leave and start life anew,they were hard and crazy times as some look at now but there was a beauty to the streets believe it or not..but that's another story..but thank you for at least trying to keep our old thoughts alive..it was hard but not all bad, smiling.. Enjoy life young man..The Don, smiling
Listen up class... When CharlieBo313 said HE had to move because it was a high crime area, you KNOW its bad... PS. He lived on a THIRD FLOOR APT. and got tired of people breaking into it!
Great job CharlieBo! You do better narration in the history of the neighborhoods in Detroit then most of the people who have done documentaries of Detroit...
My grandmother lived across the street from this building and I stayed with her every summer back in the late 50’s, early 60’s!! Also, one of the Temptations lived in your building at the same time!! They had the best custard at the Eagle Dairy on Davison between LaSalle and 14th! Chesterfield Market was on Davison and 14th...even back then!!
I was born and raised in Detroit, and to see a positive comment about a happy memory reminds me of my deceased mother who said, "when you are unhappy or sad think of babies in hats". I have fond memories of Detroit, and I would rather live with these fond memories than to live with the negativity. Money is in short supply and with many jobs overseas, it will take years for Detroit to recover along with many of the other major cities in Michigan.
Gangs , killing til it didn't thrill ant more ! Crack and strong heroin what a claim to fame! You go charlieBo313. Crime home invasion robbery you name it just great.
Love the narration. My dad used to take me through all the run down neighborhoods in Chicago, when I was a kid. Looks pretty much the same. God love you
Thanks CharlieBo 313, My dad had a gas station at Linwood & Elmhurst. I remember the Shell at Linwood and Glendale. i have alot of memories working for my dad in the 60's and 70's. Way before your time. i will always remember. Thanks
I'm from the D and this brings back so many memories I used to get these slamming corned beef sandwiches. I love my city but relocated to GA to raise my son.
very cool video....the neighborhoods you drove through used to be primarily Jewish in the 1920s to 1950s. My father lived in an apartment building on Linwood and Philadelphia, that is no longer there.
When my parents were first married they lived on Dexter and I remember as a very small child walking to that McDonald's with my mom interesting video thank you, FYI I live in South Carolina now
@@markhoughton7326 nah it got rich because car industry then the rich white car industry owners took the industry to the cheaper countries like mexico and then detroiters were left without jobs so, many left and others started committing crimes and the houses that were abandoned were vandalized by crime gangs
@@99yearsago37 the question is never asked why is it cheaper to move an entire company to a foreign nation. In my line of work it costs my employer $3000 a month to pay me $4000 for a total of 7k. Don't blame the employer.
Glendale between the stop light and Dexter has some really nice looking houses on it and appear to be well taken care of. It doesn't look like a bad area of town. It's nice to see a video that shows a working class area of Detroit that has a good vibe about it and doesn't look or feel like a ghetto. The streets in these neighborhoods look extremely clean. Makes me wonder if some of the residents get out there and sweep their section of the street their own selves, like they do in much of Europe. These streets look every bit as clean as the streets in the European cities that I've seen on the "drive around the city" type videos on CZcams. I enjoyed your video. It's very positive. Your video makes it look like Detroit is on the verge of making a come back.
I remember back in the late 80's /early 90's -Detroit didn't use to look nothing like this! - now because of drugs and violence Detroit looks like a third world country!
I really, really appreciate all your videos! I plan to move to Detroit next year, and seeing all the streets and activity in all the neighborhoods is really insightful! I love this city, and when I watch your videos it's like a tour. So, thank you very much, and please keep it up!
Wow. I learned new information today-The "Butch Jones" story. One is never too old to learn. Also, I liked how he explained the situation of how the park most of the younger people meet-up operates. Most people take it as being disrespectful, whenever you must pass an area or choose to go to am area like that(I am guilty of thinking that, sometimes). Now I know that it's like places where friends/family meet up, talk and hang out. Next time, I will be more patient, if I happen to be in areas such as that. Thank you for your videos. They are deep, truthful & informative. May God continue to bless you & yours. ❤😊
Thank you, finally somebody has explained that we were not so-called gang bangers in Detroit. Back in the 80's they were hustlers and players. Did what ever they did by day and partied by night. You didn't get killed because you lived in a different neighborhood or worked for a different crew. Everybody knew each other more or less in the streets.
I grew up on Richton street that hit Dexter from when I was born til I turned 13. Never had an issue where I was scared to stay in the neighborhood. Blessed man. Many memories of walking to the store with my Grandma and brothers and catching the bus to school.
Im from Indiana grew up in the country. I ended up meeting a girl that lives on LaSalle right off 8 mile. Man i had fun hanging around up there. That town use to scare me. But now i miss it.
Detroit East 6 mile baby here even though i moved almost a year ago from there ill always love my city til the day i die as bad as some places are ive had some of the most unique life experiences ive ever known in Detroit jus being from detroit i wouldnt be who i am if it wasnt for me being from there i love my city and i have no regrets
Suggestions on your video making. Plan your route so you are driving AWAY from the sun and your subject is brighter, If you're going for shock value to get a more depressing & stark video, then film in overcast weather, preferably in the Winter or late afternoon where the shadows are long. Look at your winter videos compared to this one. Check out some of those Master Classes on film making. You have enough insight to make a good documentary about the "real" Detroit. Take your film to the indy shows, you can do it!
I lived on Atkinson off 14th from 1961-1973 and off 8mile/ Telegraph area from 1973-2003. Thank God my parents moved from those areas and I went to college. I remembered Dexter looking nice 👍🏾 in 60’s and 70’s. U are showing wasted land now!
Terrific video! Its much better with your narration. This video was very informative to me as it has shown one of the many areas I wish to visit (because of it's historical significance to me) when I make a road trip to Detroit (even though it has been a few years).
Overall it looks like a nice neighborhood. I would put my headphones on and go for a walk. I had no idea this was such a bad place. I love the narrative! You should put together a documentary about America's hoods.
Those houses in the petoskey/Glendale area are so beautiful, just like many Detroit neighborhoods. It’s a shame that beautiful areas like that are being decimated :( especially when prices in the suburbs are out of touch with reality.
Dexter's where I used to cop packs always in Keno lottery tickets..lol Wyoming, Brightmoor and near our family business in Islandview on Bellevue near Mack. Miss Detroit, whole family still lives there while I'm out In Pittsburgh. One Grandma in Highland Park and another in Delray-Cash Flow Posse in the 90s, first Rico hit in Detroit) , watching this brings back memories
11:28 Thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense with the context added. I recognize it from the nighttime videos where people are hanging out.
PS, to my old friends, Danny, Ben Neel, sue Bender I still love you, Aldo, Michael Gay, hope some of y'all see this? Any of the kids on State Fair hope to get in touch...
Talking about YBI again makes me smile. After all these years it's odd to hear a conversation about it. The deal with the young guys was that they could get popped for dealing, but if you were 16 or younger the max you could do was 6 months so the risk versus rewards was worth it for most. They could make several grand a day if they were hustling at it and had the right spot. Once you turned 17 though it was a whole different ball game. You could get slammed. In the early 80's the Michigan legislature passed some real strong anti-drug laws. One was if you were caught in possession of 650 grams or more of cocaine it was a mandatory life sentence. The guys in YBI that were older would move into the enforcement arm of the gang known as "The Wrecking Crew". They were not the people to be fucking with. You were talking about the names they would give the heroin cuts. They would tend to use a lot of terms and names from the music of the day like "Chaka Khan" , "Wikki Wikki"(Neucleus, Jam On It), and such. There was one in '82 ,I think, that hit the street in the Highland Park area that was a bit stronger cut than everyone was used to called "Checkmate". It killed like 11 people in the first 24 hours. Was a great marketing strategy because every user was looking for it after that. The subject matter also makes me think about how back then the people who were robbed for Adidas shoes, and the whole thing with the Max Julian coats where some were actually killed for them.
Even in Plainfield, like Detroit and a lot of other Cities, there is some Urban blight. Before Covid-19 the Spring and Summer would be the best time to be in Plainfield. There were Baseball Games, Cookouts, Parties, and people hanging out with their friends every day.
Well done - I had many buildings down there and am so happy to have sold them all at good prices. I will never go down there again. Good history a again, happy to be done with it. Your doing an excellent job of describing the area. I hope you have found yourself some freedom & safety.
In many of these neighborhoods, there were two-family homes. Many buildings had dual front doors. When my wife and I got married, we rented an upper flat near E Warren Ave. and E Outer Drive.
i was born and raised in detroit on 14 mile i moved to hartford to escape the violence and well there was 38 homicides on the streets of Hartford CT in a 5hr period last week all gang related the black hole is spittin fire!
Sad, born and raised here, even my name, I'm Dexter, born in the 50s seen the writing on the wall in the 70s, got the hell out, moved to Tucson AZ. But will never forget my friends and the good times we had in the 60s, and 70s, all the rock and role shows, ball games, best drugs, no better place to be back then.
Wow, Dexter Street has changed drastically. My first apartment at 19 was on Dexter @ Oakman. Then I moved on Wildemere near Davison. Detroit has lots of good and bad sections, and unfortunately, it's a city, I would visit, but not actually live there. Currently live in Maryland. Great video.
It's annoying as hell when people stand in the damn streets or even parking lots, and refuse to move out of the way when they see you driving towards them, as if they're daring you to hit them..but sadly that's everywhere. I had to deal with that when I used to wk in Monrovia, CA. These idiots would be in the middle of the street, sitting in their cars talking to people.-good luck getting around them. Luckily my supervisors were understanding and automatically knew why any of us were late getting to the office!!
People that lived in Detroit during the riots have some crazy stories. An old friend's dad grew up in Detroit and sat on his porch as smoked filled the air just a few blocks away. He could see people out rioting and looting at the intersection a few blocks down. Sat on the porch at night with a shotgun but the rioters never came down his street. People that were at Tiger Stadium the day things got real crazy were informed of traffic jams and detours over the PA and told to "have a nice day". No one wanted to talk about what was happening. People went to a baseball game and left into a warzone in some instances on their way home.
"Detroit 500" is one of the sharpest movies i ever seen. I waavvery impressed with the smoothness of the storyline and acting. That city was beautiful then.
Great video Charlie! Thank you for the explanation of Waverly, I didn't understand the cultural difference/divide whenever I saw footage of those parties. I know now! Thanks again!
U should narrate all ur videos 4 the people from those places who wanna remember their hoods & the newcomers 2 the area. I'm new 2 Detroit, from Boston.
I think all of your videos are important but these narrated ones are essentially historical documentation and are extremely important. This IS history and we have such amazing ways now of more accurately documenting it. I hope you make more like this, and I wish more people would do this, frankly. Thanks so much for sharing these
I lived in that neighborhood when he drove down LaSalle I lived on Calvert between Linwood & LaSalle & hung up & down Dexter every street that he went down when I lived in Detroit I now live in Oklahoma but I remember when it was very nice on Linwood & Dexter!
@@davidreese2709 I lived near that area in the early 90's. I knew the area but never hung out there, especially at night. I wasn't usually welcome. lol.
yeah i dont really travel outside of florida that often so it feel like im traveling with him getting an insight..not just fox news but a actual genuine video about the ghettos..
I seen a joke on the gram saying that this generation is gonna correct the history books/ teachers
Thank you, I grew up in Detroit, but been in Arizona since 1989. I miss my home, and these videos help me see my home :)
Does it break your heart? I stay Eastside 7 mile.
Man it's been 14 years since I lived in that area. And it was rough when I was 15 years old. Even going to Central high school was bad. Whether you on Dexter, Linwood, Davidson, winterhalter you had to fight or people pick fights everyday. You really had to survive and keep your head down forreal. Neighborhood look just as bad as it did all those years ago if not worst. I really feel bad for the generation that grew up there after I left. Force to be a certain way because of the environment. Having to be Content with how everyone acts, its sad.
So you went to cent. I went to northwestern and lived in between Dexter and Linwood on Grand st.
My father (now deceased) graduated from Detroit Central class of 1949.
He said it was troubled back then, and it was about 90% white.
This area looks horrible. I lived in this are as a child for a few years.
I used to live on that side of town back in the 60s and 70s. Leslie between Linwood and Lawton, about 6 blocks south of Davison. It was a nice tree-lined neighborhood back then. Not any more.
Charlie I wish you would narrate more, don't be afraid to talk- people are listening!
I grew up in the Y.B.I& Pony boys era.. I'm 59 now..My how the hood has changed, Your speaking the best you can with the limited facts you have and I commend you for that..as with the riots..I was there and No for the questions that may be asked..have I been locked up all this time,lol..just had to leave and start life anew,they were hard and crazy times as some look at now but there was a beauty to the streets believe it or not..but that's another story..but thank you for at least trying to keep our old thoughts alive..it was hard but not all bad, smiling.. Enjoy life young man..The Don, smiling
Second that!
Yeah cause sometimes it seem like the car driving it self😂😂🤣😌✌
Great video. Do more narrated videos.
Slava W how is it a good video exposing the bad WTH!!!
The best
Yes
Listen up class... When CharlieBo313 said HE had to move because it was a high crime area, you KNOW its bad... PS. He lived on a THIRD FLOOR APT. and got tired of people breaking into it!
hahahaha maybe they force the window smartie :D
It will be burned up within 5 years=
I'm sure the meth heads scale the wall.
Thats not real high crime area. East side and near 7mile is.
The looting nit riot wad 1969.
I just started watching these videos!! I'm addicted! Thanks for sharing!
Great job CharlieBo! You do better narration in the history of the neighborhoods in Detroit then most of the people who have done documentaries of Detroit...
These narration videos are really insightful and interesting. Great video.
Really diggin' the narration! Hope you stick with it.
yeh, the "local" knowledge really makes it.
Awesome video. Not only did you share so many parts of the city, but you gave very interesting details about the past history of Detroit.
Really enjoyed the narration. I've never been to Detroit but I want to come visit within the next year.
Bring your guns and don't venture off Woodward Ave.
They need to shoot some episodes of naked and afraid down in places like this, haha
Bingo Bango get some of your Klu Klux Klan Buddy's to make a movie
What's naked & afraid?
😂
they would be really afraid over there LOL
@@inkcricketc6776 🤣
My grandmother lived across the street from this building and I stayed with her every summer back in the late 50’s, early 60’s!! Also, one of the Temptations lived in your building at the same time!! They had the best custard at the Eagle Dairy on Davison between LaSalle and 14th! Chesterfield Market was on Davison and 14th...even back then!!
I was born and raised in Detroit, and to see a positive comment about a happy memory reminds me of my deceased mother who said, "when you are unhappy or sad think of babies in hats". I have fond memories of Detroit, and I would rather live with these fond memories than to live with the negativity. Money is in short supply and with many jobs overseas, it will take years for Detroit to recover along with many of the other major cities in Michigan.
CharlieBo313, please continue to make videos, I left Detroit in 2007, so your videos bring back some good memories. thanks
I really like your narration. Your viewpoint adds a lot to the video.
Gangs , killing til it didn't thrill ant more ! Crack and strong heroin what a claim to fame! You go charlieBo313. Crime home invasion robbery you name it just great.
Love the narration. My dad used to take me through all the run down neighborhoods in Chicago, when I was a kid. Looks pretty much the same. God love you
Thanks CharlieBo 313, My dad had a gas station at Linwood & Elmhurst. I remember the Shell at Linwood and Glendale. i have alot of memories working for my dad in the 60's and 70's. Way before your time. i will always remember. Thanks
Loved the narration. Always wanted that in the video
I'm from the D and this brings back so many memories I used to get these slamming corned beef sandwiches. I love my city but relocated to GA to raise my son.
very cool video....the neighborhoods you drove through used to be primarily Jewish in the 1920s to 1950s. My father lived in an apartment building on Linwood and Philadelphia, that is no longer there.
That goes back to the Purple Gang days.
Thank you for the narration. The homes are beautiful run down but at one time very grand.
My Dad's laundromat (G&D) is located on the corner of Pasadena and Linwood across from the diner. It operated from the 70's through the 80's.
@Michael yeah he started working at Wayne State and soon after sold it. Sad how things changed.
@Dz Nutz Yes sir! Cobb's Barber Shop.
I’m from Dexter and yea definitely always chop it up wit the ogs on waverly😂 . The city did use to be full of life, not any more tho.
Thanks for the narration. I LOVE the narrative.
Good video as always. I love the commentary videos, you have lots of knowledge
When my parents were first married they lived on Dexter and I remember as a very small child walking to that McDonald's with my mom interesting video thank you, FYI I live in South Carolina now
I remember that MD on humphrey
+TheMoparsrule stop liein
Wanda Miller comeback in Detroit!
I remember that McDonald's. I attended Keidan and played for the West Side Cubs.
I like the commentary better bc we get to learn about some of the sites. Great job.
One of richest city in world in 1950 1960 at one time was richest in 1960 per capital in America
Yes Brian, then the Blacks burned it, and took over. This is the result. You have to thank charlieBo313 for the great videos.
@@markhoughton7326 nah it got rich because car industry then the rich white car industry owners took the industry to the cheaper countries like mexico and then detroiters were left without jobs so, many left and others started committing crimes and the houses that were abandoned were vandalized by crime gangs
@@99yearsago37 the question is never asked why is it cheaper to move an entire company to a foreign nation. In my line of work it costs my employer $3000 a month to pay me $4000 for a total of 7k. Don't blame the employer.
@@markhoughton7326 undercover racist
@@99yearsago37 crime gangs vandalize bandos now? Gtfo
Loved seeing this and hearing you narrate, much love to you and thanks for the videos!!
I'm seeing all those nice houses and wondering how long it'll take before they fall into the same state as the other ones just down the road.
~taps watch~
I enjoy the narration and the story of the areas you are cruising through.
Glendale between the stop light and Dexter has some really nice looking houses on it and appear to be well taken care of. It doesn't look like a bad area of town. It's nice to see a video that shows a working class area of Detroit that has a good vibe about it and doesn't look or feel like a ghetto. The streets in these neighborhoods look extremely clean. Makes me wonder if some of the residents get out there and sweep their section of the street their own selves, like they do in much of Europe. These streets look every bit as clean as the streets in the European cities that I've seen on the "drive around the city" type videos on CZcams. I enjoyed your video. It's very positive. Your video makes it look like Detroit is on the verge of making a come back.
I remember back in the late 80's /early 90's -Detroit didn't use to look nothing like this! - now because of drugs and violence Detroit looks like a third world country!
Jauron Mitchell It's fucked up...beautiful houses and streets but it looks post apocalyptic now 😔
Third world countries don't look as good as this. I know cos i live in one.
Afamefuna Orji you see how some black folks are train the spit up racist propaganda on their own community
None of you damn business, and that bullshit line of trickle down economics they trying to shovel down our throats.
Yes that's true however, the neighborhoods collapsed well before NAFTA. watch the 1990 Primetime Coleman Young interview.
I like your narratives on hood Charley keep up the exceptional work
looks like nature is taking back its share of the city in many neighborhoods, which is probably a good thing.
Don't forget about Ponydown.
I really, really appreciate all your videos! I plan to move to Detroit next year, and seeing all the streets and activity in all the neighborhoods is really insightful! I love this city, and when I watch your videos it's like a tour. So, thank you very much, and please keep it up!
Trajan Centers the whole city isn't like this ..every major city has a bad part
Why do you want to move to Detroit?
Ik you're comments was from 2 years ago. I'm from the city myself and would not suggest moving there I love Detroit but I wouldn't if I were you
You ever move to Detroit?
@@supahdupahplayahmacknumbah1 grew up there and live about 30 mins away
Wow. I learned new information today-The "Butch Jones" story. One is never too old to learn. Also, I liked how he explained the situation of how the park most of the younger people meet-up operates. Most people take it as being disrespectful, whenever you must pass an area or choose to go to am area like that(I am guilty of thinking that, sometimes). Now I know that it's like places where friends/family meet up, talk and hang out. Next time, I will be more patient, if I happen to be in areas such as that. Thank you for your videos. They are deep, truthful & informative. May God continue to bless you & yours. ❤😊
dexter used to be a nice area damn! in the 40s probably through the 60s till the riot from what elderly ppl tell me
Deb from Idaho~~~~~ Thank you for sharing these videos. I live so protected in Idaho. Love you narrating these!
I really enjoy your videos. No cable news or newspaper show Detroit like you do. Nice work.
Thank you, finally somebody has explained that we were not so-called gang bangers in Detroit. Back in the 80's they were hustlers and players. Did what ever they did by day and partied by night. You didn't get killed because you lived in a different neighborhood or worked for a different crew. Everybody knew each other more or less in the streets.
I grew up on Richton street that hit Dexter from when I was born til I turned 13. Never had an issue where I was scared to stay in the neighborhood. Blessed man. Many memories of walking to the store with my Grandma and brothers and catching the bus to school.
Im from Indiana grew up in the country. I ended up meeting a girl that lives on LaSalle right off 8 mile. Man i had fun hanging around up there. That town use to scare me. But now i miss it.
Great job .. Keep up the good work.....
david graszak good work you're kidding right??
david graszak *
Detroit East 6 mile baby here even though i moved almost a year ago from there ill always love my city til the day i die as bad as some places are ive had some of the most unique life experiences ive ever known in Detroit jus being from detroit i wouldnt be who i am if it wasnt for me being from there i love my city and i have no regrets
Suggestions on your video making. Plan your route so you are driving AWAY from the sun and your subject is brighter, If you're going for shock value to get a more depressing & stark video, then film in overcast weather, preferably in the Winter or late afternoon where the shadows are long. Look at your winter videos compared to this one. Check out some of those Master Classes on film making. You have enough insight to make a good documentary about the "real" Detroit. Take your film to the indy shows, you can do it!
I lived on Atkinson off 14th from 1961-1973 and off 8mile/ Telegraph area from 1973-2003. Thank God my parents moved from those areas and I went to college. I remembered Dexter looking nice 👍🏾 in 60’s and 70’s. U are showing wasted land now!
Terrific video! Its much better with your narration. This video was very informative to me as it has shown one of the many areas I wish to visit (because of it's historical significance to me) when I make a road trip to Detroit (even though it has been a few years).
I really like the narration! Great videos man! 🔥🔥
Overall it looks like a nice neighborhood. I would put my headphones on and go for a walk. I had no idea this was such a bad place.
I love the narrative! You should put together a documentary about America's hoods.
Mark Vanderhoff believe me it’s a really bad neighborhood probably the worst on the westside
Your. narration is really good! I am watching from boom town Austin, Texas. I am speechless with your area.
Beautiful old homes.
Great narration and explanation of why people don't get out of the way of cars on some of those streets. Now I know.
I grew up on Otsego between Elmhurst and Burlingame 2 blocks from Dexter in the 60's and 70's, it was So Beautiful back then.
Charlie love all of your series. Thank you
Thanks for watching.
Those houses in the petoskey/Glendale area are so beautiful, just like many Detroit neighborhoods. It’s a shame that beautiful areas like that are being decimated :( especially when prices in the suburbs are out of touch with reality.
You talking on your videos now 🤯🤯😮😮😮 why am I so happy 😂😂😂👍🏽👍🏽✅ Thank you 🙏🏽
CharlieBo313 thank you very much you are a awesome person. I really enjoy all your vedios " Detriot 7 mile stand up ", Detriot 8 mile WHAT" ☝
It's weird watching the neighborhood where I was born and raised on CZcams. These are great vids...
i enjoy these videos with you narrating a lot more, keep it up
Love it when you're talking, man.
I really enjoy your videos, and hearing about this from your first-person perspective.
Dexter's where I used to cop packs always in Keno lottery tickets..lol Wyoming, Brightmoor and near our family business in Islandview on Bellevue near Mack. Miss Detroit, whole family still lives there while I'm out In Pittsburgh. One Grandma in Highland Park and another in Delray-Cash Flow Posse in the 90s, first Rico hit in Detroit)
, watching this brings back memories
11:28 Thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense with the context added. I recognize it from the nighttime videos where people are hanging out.
PS, to my old friends, Danny, Ben Neel, sue Bender I still love you, Aldo, Michael Gay, hope some of y'all see this? Any of the kids on State Fair hope to get in touch...
Talking about YBI again makes me smile. After all these years it's odd to hear a conversation about it. The deal with the young guys was that they could get popped for dealing, but if you were 16 or younger the max you could do was 6 months so the risk versus rewards was worth it for most. They could make several grand a day if they were hustling at it and had the right spot.
Once you turned 17 though it was a whole different ball game. You could get slammed. In the early 80's the Michigan legislature passed some real strong anti-drug laws. One was if you were caught in possession of 650 grams or more of cocaine it was a mandatory life sentence. The guys in YBI that were older would move into the enforcement arm of the gang known as "The Wrecking Crew". They were not the people to be fucking with.
You were talking about the names they would give the heroin cuts. They would tend to use a lot of terms and names from the music of the day like "Chaka Khan" , "Wikki Wikki"(Neucleus, Jam On It), and such. There was one in '82 ,I think, that hit the street in the Highland Park area that was a bit stronger cut than everyone was used to called "Checkmate". It killed like 11 people in the first 24 hours. Was a great marketing strategy because every user was looking for it after that.
The subject matter also makes me think about how back then the people who were robbed for Adidas shoes, and the whole thing with the Max Julian coats where some were actually killed for them.
yeah i heard so many people was gettin killed over tgem max julian coats that poilce would give u a ticket and take your coat so u wont get killed
JAM ON IT!!!
Charlie thank you for keeping us in the loop. Happy holidays.
Most of the comments are from people who love Detroit so much they left. The experience sounds like living in a nice house but with bad roommates...
Thank you Charlie. I'm trying to get all your vids watched, they're all badass
Even in Plainfield, like Detroit and a lot of other Cities, there is some Urban blight. Before Covid-19 the Spring and Summer would be the best time to be in Plainfield. There were Baseball Games, Cookouts, Parties, and people hanging out with their friends every day.
Well done - I had many buildings down there and am so happy to have sold them all at good prices. I will never go down there again. Good history a again, happy to be done with it. Your doing an excellent job of describing the area. I hope you have found yourself some freedom & safety.
Man ya girl from Dexter ave, aint no hoes around here- Kashdoll
this is the most interesting video Charlie has done. Narration is excellent.
Wow, houses in the midwest are absolutely huge.
In many of these neighborhoods, there were two-family homes. Many buildings had dual front doors.
When my wife and I got married, we rented an upper flat near E Warren Ave. and E Outer Drive.
I like the narrated ones the best, gives a lot of interesting information.thanks for sharing!
It's funny how the videos he got with the good parts of Detroit only got 17k views but all the bad ones 100k plus
I could listen to you talk all day. Good job sir! 👍🏽
David Berko really?? lol
David Berko sus
i was born and raised in detroit on 14 mile i moved to hartford to escape the violence and well there was 38 homicides on the streets of Hartford CT in a 5hr period last week all gang related the black hole is spittin fire!
Shut your lying ass up 38 murders in 5hrs 😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂
There wasn't no 38 homicides in 5hrs in Hartford Connecticut
14 mile? That's no where near the city.
Really good work, my friend. Keep it up. You're making a contribution to history and understanding.
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Sad, born and raised here, even my name, I'm Dexter, born in the 50s seen the writing on the wall in the 70s, got the hell out, moved to Tucson AZ. But will never forget my friends and the good times we had in the 60s, and 70s, all the rock and role shows, ball games, best drugs, no better place to be back then.
Wow, Dexter Street has changed drastically. My first apartment at 19 was on Dexter @ Oakman. Then I moved on Wildemere near Davison. Detroit has lots of good and bad sections, and unfortunately, it's a city, I would visit, but not actually live there. Currently live in Maryland. Great video.
Hey man love the commentary, keep up the good work!, Peace.
It's annoying as hell when people stand in the damn streets or even parking lots, and refuse to move out of the way when they see you driving towards them, as if they're daring you to hit them..but sadly that's everywhere. I had to deal with that when I used to wk in Monrovia, CA. These idiots would be in the middle of the street, sitting in their cars talking to people.-good luck getting around them. Luckily my supervisors were understanding and automatically knew why any of us were late getting to the office!!
They suicidal
Narration is great. Love these vids.
People that lived in Detroit during the riots have some crazy stories. An old friend's dad grew up in Detroit and sat on his porch as smoked filled the air just a few blocks away. He could see people out rioting and looting at the intersection a few blocks down. Sat on the porch at night with a shotgun but the rioters never came down his street. People that were at Tiger Stadium the day things got real crazy were informed of traffic jams and detours over the PA and told to "have a nice day". No one wanted to talk about what was happening. People went to a baseball game and left into a warzone in some instances on their way home.
Yep, my granddaddy sat on his porch with his pistol and watched it burn too.
"Detroit 500" is one of the sharpest movies i ever seen. I waavvery impressed with the smoothness of the storyline and acting. That city was beautiful then.
I like and watch all of your video's but I especially love the narrated ones......do more.....
I appreciate the narration...it really makes me get deeply interested. Stay safe and God Speed!
Great video Charlie! Thank you for the explanation of Waverly, I didn't understand the cultural difference/divide whenever I saw footage of those parties. I know now! Thanks again!
Thanks so much for giving the history with the video. Very interesting. And the houses are really nice.
Thanks for posting these videos, I like watching them...
You usually see clear street signs in your videos so I know where you're at. Good work; be careful out there!
I live in a very small City called Plainfield, New Jersey. Never been to Detroit, but a lot of areas in Plainfield almost mirror it a little bit.
U should narrate all ur videos 4 the people from those places who wanna remember their hoods & the newcomers 2 the area. I'm new 2 Detroit, from Boston.
Very good commentary. Thanks.
Those houses are huge! Expensive to keep up.
They are 2 and 4 family flats.