I Went To The Worst Ghettos In The United States: Part Two
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2023
- Parts of America are falling apart literally before our eyes.
Now I’ve seen a lot of this country. I go out of my way to see bad things because that’s what you CZcams people want. And a lot of the rundown cities I’ve seen are places most people don’t want to go into.
You can call em ghettos if you want, although that word might be a little strong. But every place I’m going to show you has large parts of town that are poor, dangerous and rundown. Many have been all but abandoned.
I did a previous video on this, but I’ve been to a lot more places now.
I think it’s important for us to see what’s happening to our communities. If we don’t know about these tragedies, how do we fix em? And for a lot of us, looking at this puts our own lives into perspective.
As we drive through these areas, you'll notice many of the streets are empty. Sometimes the scariest movies are when you don't see the monster at all.
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This channel is about America!
The best video on this topic!
“They call it The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it” - George Carlin
Abso-FUCKIN-lutely!!
He did pretty good!
Could be eating mud cookies in Zimbabwe
Don’t get woke 😂
In areas like this introduce Islam and Islamic law with it. It works.
Sad how America intervenes in other countries and the world at large doesn’t know that this exists in America
Yes One ✊of many best comments✔️here Yet they continue to sell huge dreams to these immigrants that come honestly a few n the illegals that keep pouring into THESE United States of America 💯💯
The world is creating this "America".
@@antonius_006 No, the politicians are "creating this America".
Of course the world knows, it's shown all over the world as Democracy in decline
Im jamaican, we have our ghettos in the cities, but living in the countryside in our small homes we are quite comfortable. Most of us are doing subsistence farming and living a healthy lifestyle with our lush greenery. Its not just about the almighty dollar and fast cars. Our warm sunshine, beautiful beaches and nature in general, makes us happy.
❤ AMEN and Not in Debt with the Banks or Uncle Sam.
Yes, I. Jamaica is beautiful.
Yeah. No homeless people on the street of Jamaica
The majority of poor people are self-employed selling Thier farms products or buying products from other to go and sell in the big towns or cities. And not on welfare
@@debbielove6233 16:51
The reality is in a country like Jamaica where people are able to grow food nobody's starving there. I've had three trips to the Philippines in the past year and a half. Same thing nobody's starving to death from the Philippines. People can grow vegetables and fruit. But the reality is is 1/3 of the world lives in abject poverty.
I spent a summer working on the Hurricane Katrina recovery. I worked mostly in the New Orleans ninth ward. We demolished a lot of houses but I can safely say that most of them needed demolishing before Hurricane Katrina. I was very careful to get out of there before dark. And I ALWAYS had my little friend with me. Tucked down between the seats. And when I had to drive through Acres Home subdivision in Houston I would never stop at red lights at night. Carjacking was a sport there.
see, this is something we just don´t know here in Europe.
You must have a decent system of law enforcement. Some cities in the US are lacking in leadership and some mayors and some prosecutors have been known to restrict the enforcement of the law in some special cases. During a riot in Baltimore a mob was looting a shoe store. A bystander asked one of the policemen why they weren't doing anything and was told to ask the mayor. These cities are almost exclusively cities with Democrat leadership. Apparently we are still a work in progress. @@peterkoller3761
Because our government wants to sell every other country that we are better than any other when it's a 3rd world country spray painted in gold.@@peterkoller3761
I just explained the ghettos in New Orleans. Much worse than this area!
If you traveled to help devastated communities, you are 99% likely to be a white male. For some reason white males always feel like they need to be saviors to the brown people. Guaranteed, you also believe in that delusional Middle East religion.
I showed my friends from Colombia a picture of Detroit and they said "what a waste of beautiful homes. It's like cooking a huge delicious meal and letting it rot."
Keep Detroit out of ur mouth. We're coming back.
@@Raven-ug8uw They think it's beautiful. They just think us Americans are wasteful for letting beautiful homes decay like that.
good analogy lol
Detroit is quietly making a comeback...still got a lot of grimy areas but it's trying....
The world has seen great empires; Ancient Greek, the Roman empire, British empire, and one thing caused the collapse of all these empires, huge Armies. The desire to maintain dominance is what has brought about the collapse of these great empires, and America has followed the same path. Armies do not build economies, they drain economies, what you bare witness to is the beginning of the end, and just as the British did in the past, a few years from now Americans will realize that the one thing they take such great pride in, is the thing that has brought about the collapse of their beloved nation.
@@chachi1843 No, we won't. 😂
This kind of video is very important, because it shows a dimension of the United States that may not be well-known to both outsiders and to Americans, themselves. One thing that strikes me is the spatial structure of poverty of cities in the United States. Unlike in many developing world cities, where poverty is often characterized by density and crowding, and in fact, a high level of activity (including economic activitiy, such as selling something), in the United States urban poverty is characterized by low density and very low levels of (especially economic) activity. There is a huge wealth of underutlized space and structures that could seemingly be renovated and used. The problem is not one of lack of wealth in the country, obviously. The problem is a society that is sick (in these slum areas I imagine that there are extreme levels of social problems). I can imagine some people in developing world countries thinking that the areas shown don't look so horrible...there's even plenty of space to grow food! The problem is a "sick" population with no easy way out.
I'm from East Cleveland the neighborhood has went down significantly since the 80s. Hard to believe it was once where Rockefeller house once was. It's so sad how much my neighborhood has went down crooked police and politicians and drugs 😢
East Cleveland is gone now… What happened? It was interesting in the ‘90s.
I drove a truck 24 years. One of the most expensive toll roads and one of the worst maintained is the Pennsylvania Turnpike . The high tolls are supposed to go toward keeping the toll road well repaired. When I mentioned this to a local he said "Look at the streets where the politicians live. That's where the toll $$ goes. They're in perfect condition" so the corruption is not new
Think that's where part of the capitalism blame comes from. Rich people usually do very well with capitalism and they don't get that wealthy without being a shitty person. A shitty person is the greedy capitalist that doesn't give a shit about the people making them the money as they'll just abandon them when the profits dry up. They made their money, bought their legislators, and will only do what is best for them to keep their wealth going. These type of people will not be satisfied with $1 billion in profits per year if they can pack up shop and double or triple that profit in some other country they can shit all over and abandon. This is basically what capitalism leads to in the end and that perhaps maybe a little bit of capitalism, little bit of socialism, little bit of whatever-else-ism should be considered because clearly what we have only works if you're the one on top.
Mitch McConnell I object for rhe last 40 years Ragan policy's ie lest celebrate the very wealthy. SHUT UP POOR PEOPLE AND PAY YOUR TAXES
Even the rich aren't immune anymore. La Jolla, a wealthy neighborhood that basically supports the rest of San Diego through high property taxes, has horrible streets. It's funny to see the mansions there fronting on roads that have potholes and scarring from repeated patch-up jobs.
I thought traveling to Chicago years back was so much paying for the numerous tolls at every exits .
Look at John Fedderwomans home town..its a dump!
Wow, Nick, you said something really deep - "A lot of people who grew up poor thought they were destined for great things; they thought the world loved them, but the world loves itself."
I learnt from an early age you have only yourself to rely on. Others may help but if you keep that attitude then you will be ok
Anybody who thinks the world loves them is a blind fool, poor or rich.
The problem is people think they are destined to be millionaires and vote for millionaire-favouring policies.
And then act surprised when they get fucked over.
PUBLIC APATHY. The situation in US is horrific. Theres folks going around pointing cameras at semi derelict cities and towns all over the place. Theres people living there in total poverty. One of them inhabited by females on their own. Whole streets with empty shops, gas stations and diners and wharehouses all starting to collapse. How come that nation paid people to walk about on a moon. Why are they staring into space trying to find 'life' when they cant even manage what they have. Do you think any distant civilisation would tolerate the people here// Why are you assuming they would be like you. Foir instabncxer whats all this about Police killing a 1000 people a yr. They dont seem to do that to the corrupt. In UK we are experiencing Police attacks too who are sent on behalf of religion. They told us that the evidence we gathered during 12 yrs traipse round vCent London accompanied by victims cannot be revealed to public. They also told us that theres no such thing as 'Natural Talent'. theres only what your teacher teaches. That attitude killed millions US Nativ Americans and Germany did same to tribes in Africa. This is the 3rd attaxck we have experienced after doing state of the art work on so called incurable clients sent to us by Health system. They had recd anything up to 22 yrs 'treatment' They needed six hours. One of them would have died that nite had we not broken in to get to her. We wewre then told to stop the work which was threatening establ jobs so around 12-15 000 died and the issues covered up by Local Govt. Police. HM Coroners. HM Courts. HM Psychiatry Charities. Press. 17 universities who are in league with Int drug firms. f-book and Twitter destroyed all our mails and all websites also disappeared. We have no access to Parliament or Law or Health or Welfare. We are woriied anbout dying cos this place coulds be ransacked by Police and the public would do nothing. We are a Jewish Family who came to UK to escape the very activities going on in UK. We came here with two suitcases and 80 yrs old granma. we were washing up dishes in hotel and taking scraps food home. no one offered any help. We left behind jobs in the Law System. Now lets think about this site. People are goin around filming other pewoples misery so what the persons criteria. Why dont they go raise hell at the aeras Political representative for those areas. Why dont they stop and knock at all the doors to see if the folks need food por help with property maintenance. Why are peopole sitting watching all this and doing nothing. Is it becauase the victims aree not 'relatives' If so you need waking up. No change in 10.000 yrs. Stop the deception. 5000 comments have not changed anything.The UK and Europe are also horrific. The EEC has told us that nothing can be done about corruption or the attacks on us. Maybe wre should try to get out of here urgent before we end up dead. The natives that the US killed knew how to survive. You dont. You killed most them wheres the guilt we dont see any.
TO KNOW YOURSELF IS TO LOVE YOURSELF...LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES ONE MAKES IF ONE COMES FROM A HOME OF POVERTY DOES IT MEAN YOU ARE POVERTY START EXCEPTING THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU IS YOU
I just got back from Japan and the difference between that country and the US is night and day. We truly are a third world country in disguise.
I hope. You destroyed many countries, hopefully your day is coming.
Please show this to people in Japan
@@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477 No way, its embarrassing.
But did you try to find the worse slums in Japan? Probably not
@@Tidalstream Yes, i did actually. Homeless people there actually pick up after themselves, and arent cracked out like the ones here in US. Even homeless out there hold some sort of standards when it comes to cleanliness.
This is a masterpiece of showing the living conditions of people who are neglected by the rich & powerful persons who are making the wrong decisions.
They are living this way because they choose to. No one is forcing them to. The only thing making it harder to get out are socialist policies, the drug war, and single parenthood.
I currently reside in Australia, but not originally from. In all my years of traveling in different parts of the world, I am so shocked to see so much of America is so dilapidated. I expected to see things when I was in India and Pakistan but not in America.
The United States is basically a third world country now.
Yeah, but their media only show the worst conditions in none European country
Look at the way that they make out .that haiti is a shit hole every where is dangerous . But because of a African female CZcamsr. [AFRICAN TIGRESS]
That is there show us that
Most of country is safer than many places in America and even cleaner
The trouble in haiti is only confined to a small area of the city.
Our country is literally crumbling. I am embarrassed by our country's state. It's only going to get worse. Sadly.
15.4.23 To- FAITH IN ME SP:EAKS. You are contradicting your self. we are already tackling the issues that you list. Thats why we are being attacked byu Police and HM Court system threatened to kill us. On top of that the US Embvassy has offered violence. Our questioon to you is this- Wheres The Proof Of Your Efforts rather than dialogue or wishing.. Among the people sending Police here are the Religions.WAKE UP . This is sent to- faith is me speaks.Its not faith thats needed its action.Not referring to 'slavery' We mean crrptn.
Yes ma'am
You are absolutely correct. I feel sorry for my kids and the younger generation.
U.k is going the same way we always do things years behind America
Im from Argentina im visit Los Angeles in 97 and i have to say that i love Usa and in mi education and culture im grow with your culture your movies your music and i feel that its a big brother and dont understand whats goin on with your country its a decadence entires neighborhoods in total abandon maybe the people left the cities no works to do ? Id like someone gimmie an answer the Occidental world is a total disaster my country is in decadence and destruction too
@@Maginnifix No it's not.B.S.
Omg. Finally it’s been said out loud: “ sending tons and tons of our money to other countries when we need it here the most.”
Money isn't going to help these neighborhoods. These people just don't have the same characteristics as other races. It's a biological thing
You are right!
Look like Haiti in the making.
@@cody4916 it’s not a biological thing it’s a education and cultural problem. Black people were pushed to ghettos during segregation. The people grew up in job lacking,poverty stricken,drugs pumped by the government and they had no desire to further their education or aim for higher jobs because they weren’t accepted in higher society and over time this became a cycle of violence and poverty. It’s not a black people problem there’s not a special gene that makes them violent it’s just that majority of them are born into cycles in ghettos and only few can break that cycle. The ghettos are dangerous because they’re poor not because they’re black.
You do realise foreign aid comes with strings attached? It's rarely, if ever, just "free money" given to others. Comon, don't be naïve.
I grew up in East Oakland and it wasn't bad when I was a kid, I'm now 60. We lived in the ghetto but my mother always told us that the ghetto was outside of her door and we were not allowed to possess a "ghetto" mentality. I attended the best high school in the ghetto but it was a private school, Bishop O'Dowd, at ten we attended the largest church, Allen Temple. I believe we turned out well because of all of the above AND because my parents were highly educated and believe in the power of prayer. NOW, you couldn't pay me to enter the city limits! I moved out of Oakland to the new city of Antioch which was great for 20 years but now that city is not safe. The same people from Oakland, San Francisco, Richmond, etc., have moved there and many have brought inner city problems with them. Add that to a corrupt police department and poor urban planning and I believe it is placing us on the prescipise of history repeating itself. I believe all cities must evolve with the times.
Yes. I'm in my 50's; my husband's family is from that area. They left as soon as they could up North, squashing 3 small boys into a small place just for a better city environment. It's sad to see what's happened since.
Boy!!! I wished I've met your mama. Born and raised in San Francisco TPS by Hayward Park and OC (out of control) projects
socialism only works in whites ONLY countries
Your story is a hard one MsSquirrel. Sad but good.
Hi
I watch your videos from an educational standpoint and to better understand and see what is going on through out our entire country. I encourage others to watch for the same reason.
Check out some of the native villages in Alaska. Drug addiction and alcoholism is just the norm. And don't even ask how somebody is related to somebody else, you just don't want to know. Let's just say that the family trees don't have many branches. They've lived that way for so long that it's just normal to them. They die young. The villages are literally dying. Very very sad.
Would be helpful to name some of them so we could look them up.
@@seanbryan1739 Google is your friend
Sound like most of the Indian reservations.
I find it weird the 2 groups most affected are African Americans and Native Americans but i somehow think this is no coincidence.
So the whole Midwest and Alaska is just one big Alabama? 🤔
You nailed it when you said...
" It would be hard to have hope when you don't have money, or an education or a trade."
It's true what y'all said about having no hope, but if you're healthy you can find some kinda work instead of living off of hard worker's taxes!!
What did our ancestors do when they came through Ellis Island from a famine in Ireland?!
They didn't get government help!
They built this country from nothing into something!
Why can't we do that now?!
@@michellerichardson1427 Spot on. I am from Argentina, a rich country 100 years ago, now submerged in the deepest poverty. Italians, Spanish, English, Polish came with no more than a suitcase and an empty stomach, they built an amazing country, a real alternative to U.S.A.
Then populism, ruined it all, lazy people living from the taxes of the workers, then more lazy people needed more taxes and so forth. Now poverty reached 50% and taxes are still not enough.
@@michellerichardson1427 I agree. Learn a skill. A trade. Invest in yourself. So many before us had zero help. These people live off those of us who have. Can’t continue to take from those who do and give it to those who don’t. I’m so tired of busting my butt so other people can get free everything.
@@dcg590 then just stop working
@@dcg590 People like you will always find something to complain about anyways.
You bring up a lot of valid points. Excellent, sad, information. Good job.
I just got back from remote Tibet.
All new train lines, airports, luxury cars everywhere.
I saw People selling fruit and vegetables by the side of the road - much of which was picked from the surrounding hillsides - using their smart phones for payment. They did not require permits of any kind.
They made a good living and their houses were provided by the government.
Didn’t see any graffiti or homeless people.
Or anyone stressed about their mortgage.
Life there is beautiful.
Good for those folks.-!!!🤗. Thanks for sharing-!!!😉.
I grew up with a bad attitude, getting in trouble, & didn't finish high school. And honestly, the only thing that made me change was seeing things like this. I didn't want to end up like the people/in the places in these videos. Appreciate the video's, Nick!
Me too man grew up poor now ok.
The custom wheels on that Ford crown Victoria are worth more than the whole shithood. The narrator is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
thats because USA is a Re-publc of the Holy Roman Empire
Religion is all satanic
The Catholic Church is disgusting
Good luck with that. I wish you well.
I don't know how you made it not finishing high school when I finished high school and I'm not even close in making it.
I am born and raised in California where housing skyrockets every year. It's to the point where you can't afford a tiny one bedroom house. It's painful to see these beautiful big houses abandoned and treated so worthlessly. Such houses would cost over 2 million dollars out here.
history repeating itself, one day Silicon Valley could turn to ghetto after all tech boom is gone…
@@noodle-noodles I wonder what that will look like. We will all probably be plugged into the damn matrix by then lol scary.
The houses in California cost that much because you can get a job there. All the jobs left these places.
plus who tf wanna live in a worthless ghetto. that’s all it is and all it ever will be
@@308pof I wish that where true. A lot of towns in California only offer lower paying jobs. San Luis Obispo is a great example. It's one of the most expensive small metropolitan areas in the country, yet most of the jobs are hospitality and retail. There's people who live there where a household of two holds 4-6 jobs just to keep a roof over their heads. A lot of the housing was bought up by rich people from the bay area or Los Angeles and are used as vacation rentals or just sit empty for when they decide to have their own vacation, and that's dwindled the housing supply. SLO isn't the only place this is happening, either. Mendocino is seeing it, Tahoe is seeing it, Truckee, the little towns in the gold country, and along the coast. Their economy is based almost wholely on tourism to save them, but now it's become so excessive that it's starting to cause a decline because there is little to housing and what housing is left is so expensive that it's too expensive for the people who work in the industry that keeps those places afloat. It's absolutely insane.
Nick, I think it’s time for you to show us some Beautiful Places now. You deserve a Good Vacation!!!👍💞
I’m not even from the US and watching this depressed me.
"Every one of these houses were someones dream" I don't think many people realize that nowadays or maybe the dream is gone? Another great one Nick!
The American Dream- You have to be asleep to believe it!! We have destroyed working wages in AMERICA- and until we restore working poor to something about survival it will continue.
When you're married to a crack pipe this is what happens.
When you have no hope you depend on miracles
All worth $300k + in most cities in Canada
@@johnh23z And a million in Australia
We have way more than a community left behind... We have an entire civilization that is getting left behind... These despicable levels of neglect are completely intentional.
THANK YOU!!!
yes ! unfortunate but true, so m any people are proud of being ghetto, or ''hood'' instead of bettering themselves and acting and treating others with courtesy and respect.
Well, you need to realize we don't have the money to fix this problem...because it was sent to Ukraine.
Our government displays its disdain for its citizens literally every week...if not every day.
Trump wanted to make america first and fix issues. Yall did this to yourself. Just as canada did voting justin castro. North america will crumble unless get more trumps in power to fix it.
But we must defend Ukraine at all costs
You are awesome at explaining the facts clearly 🙂
Interesting and vary informative video 👍,great job brother!
Full blooded Native American here 💯 and you are absolutely Right about us. Drugs & Alcohol is a big part of our lives. We do need jobs, counseling & better communities. Sad.
Closed communities with no trade stay extremely poor.
@@WiseOwl_1408 They would not be poor closed community if they were non under US occupation and ongoing genocide.
Hey what do you think of Australia?
@@tamjansan1154 Chinesessssee
Native American here... it is not like we asked to all be killed, beaten and forced into communism. As for our "old traditions". We were doing very well before everyone came over here. Lots of Buffalo, food, clean water, lush forests and now look at us... thanks a lot.
In our youth, (I'm from Europe and 46 years old) The United States were like the dreamland. Our favorite music, fashion, movies etc. all from the US. Nowdays I don't even want to go on a vacation there. So sad too see :(
If you go on holiday you won't visit these places, There are some fantastic areas, try New England.
Don't live in a very quiet place, somebody will come to rob you.
@andrewh5457 They are talking about traveling to Los Angeles, New York and Chicago which are shitholes. Inam from Chicago and a Spanish person told me that if they knew that Chicago was a shithole then they wouldn't have come here. I have been to Europe and it isn't that bad compared to the United States.
You can blame LBJ.
Same for me I have no desire anymore to visit the country. In my youth in the 70s and 80s I always met Americans on a Go Europe trip. Now a days I seldom meet people from overseas.
I use to think about my grandmothers younger brother who emigrated in early 1900. What happened to my fathers cousins and their children? Are they also homeless living in a tent somewhere?
Your commentary is excellent on all of these videos.
St, Joseph's had some beautiful historical architecture! Wow !!! So sorry about your home town brother ❤🙏
As a resident in UK I watched this video because I seriously can't believe the poverty in the USA. It's beyond shocking. We have homeless people in our cities who sleep on the streets but nothing like what I have seen in America. I am absolutely staggered at some of the images. Unbelievable.
ALABAMA. AND ELSEWHERE. PUBLIC APATHY. The situation in US is horrific. Theres folks going around pointing cameras at semi derelict cities and towns all over the place. Theres people living there in total poverty. One of them inhabited by females on their own. Whole streets with empty shops, gas stations and diners and wharehouses all starting to collapse. How come that nation paid people to walk about on a moon. Why are they staring into space trying to find 'life' when they cant even manage what they have. Do you think any distant civilisation would tolerate the people here// Why are you assuming they would be like you. Foir instabncxer whats all this about Police killing a 1000 people a yr. They dont seem to do that to the corrupt. In UK we are experiencing Police attacks too who are sent on behalf of religion. They told us that the evidence we gathered during 12 yrs traipse round vCent London accompanied by victims cannot be revealed to public. They also told us that theres no such thing as 'Natural Talent'. theres only what your teacher teaches. That attitude killed millions US Nativ Americans and Germany did same to tribes in Africa. This is the 3rd attaxck we have experienced after doing state of the art work on so called incurable clients sent to us by Health system. They had recd anything up to 22 yrs 'treatment' They needed six hours. One of them would have died that nite had we not broken in to get to her. We wewre then told to stop the work which was threatening establ jobs so around 12-15 000 died and the issues covered up by Local Govt. Police. HM Coroners. HM Courts. HM Psychiatry Charities. Press. 17 universities who are in league with Int drug firms. f-book and Twitter destroyed all our mails and all websites also disappeared. We have no access to Parliament or Law or Health or Welfare. We are woriied anbout dying cos this place coulds be ransacked by Police and the public would do nothing. We are a Jewish Family who came to UK to escape the very activities going on in UK. We came here with two suitcases and 80 yrs old granma. we were washing up dishes in hotel and taking scraps food home. no one offered any help. We left behind jobs in the Law System. Now lets think about this site. People are goin around filming other pewoples misery so what the persons criteria. Why dont they go raise hell at the aeras Political representative for those areas. Why dont they stop and knock at all the doors to see if the folks need food por help with property maintenance. Why are peopole sitting watching all this and doing nothing. Is it becauase the victims aree not 'relatives' If so you need waking up. No change in 10.000 yrs. Stop the deception. 5000 comments have not changed anything.The UK and Europe are also horrific. The EEC has told us that nothing can be done about corruption or the attacks on us. Maybe wre should try to get out of here urgent before we end up dead. The natives that the US killed knew how to survive. You dont. You killed most them wheres the guilt we dont see any.
@@emmabenedek646 I am not apathetic and I have empathy for anyone living in poverty in any system that is broken. It's clear that without infrastructure some towns and cities can't survive and not just in the USA. People all over the world are suffering and until you have walked a day in my shoes don't vent your spleen in my direction!
Some of these ppl don’t want help. Those that need help don’t get it. In the end this is what they end up with, either do crime to get by or die.
@@MrTxalus I can't disagree...some people cant live by the rules but it's a lot more complicated than that of course
Looks like "Silent Hill".
I like watching your videos like this because it’s like ripping off the blinders. They’re honest and informative, and it’s good if someone is putting out there what is really going on. Thank you.
That's what Putin has done - putting reality before Americans.
Great job, Nick. Thanks
Absolutely brilliant documentary!
what strucks me is that, no matter how bad the neighbourhood looks, almost all cars seem to be either new or in a very good shape. I suppose it's a US paradox.
actually noticed that too & was going to comment.. beat me to it. bet there is no or scant insurance
Don't be fooled.... that's the neighbourhood dealer! His business is thriving!
You don't need good credit for a car loan.
I noticed this also..
It's progressively gotten worse since the 1960's when businesses started relocating their factories overseas. The dollar being taken off the gold standard didn't help either with an ounce of gold being under 80 bucks then. Part of me wishes I was alive then to buy over a pound of it then.
🎯🎯🎯 Bingo! And Nafta didn’t help. When jobs leave. The city decays.
I understand as an adult why my gramma used to get so riled up over things being made in China and other countries. I didn't get it back then lol
@@katie7748 USA loves to be cheap
Very informative video !! Thank you so much for ur hard work,to bring the truth to us,opposite what stinky Hollywood shows to the world
Makes one really think and be thankful for what one has at present, that's for sure! And makes one feel thankful that one doesn't live in these poverty stricken areas, truly!
C est ca lorsqu on pète plus haut que son cul .
Il faut être un peu moins stupide et développer les choses qui restent à la bonne échelle pour pouvoir garantir l entretien
Ca ne sert à rien de construire indéfiniment lorsqu on est incapable d assurer l entretien .
Your voice silently expresses so much love for the people and frustration for the situation... you truly love the country. Respect.
What a great opportunity to start vocational training in high schools. Let the kids learn how to renovate the rundown houses, sell them to the poor for a reasonable price if they put in some sweat equity in order to buy it. The kids learn a skill that will lead to a good job and people get to own a house of their own. Its a fact that if you own something you take much better care of it than if you are renting.
Very well put, Sir.
The trades have been de-emphasized and ignored in schools for a long time, to our detriment.
It's to big of risk . To many lawsuits . People say o my jobny stepped on a nail and sue
Problem : the poor don't have any money.
Who pays for the kids training and construction equipment/materials? What's a reasonable price for the poor?
I'd be thinking more on the lines of urban farming .
It is purty sad that we can see within USA thank you for your time and effort to provide us with your information 😢
I really appreciate the time you took to speak about the Indigenous reservations. Being from Montana, I get a small glimpse into reservation life. It makes me absolutely sick how horribly we’ve failed the native people of the land we stole. You were right about money not being enough.
In the later 70's when I was young and foolish, I hitchhiked from NYC to LA and back. I got to see a lot of the country. This makes me so sad. This kind of destruction has happened in the last 50 years. It's depressing where these people live. It's like that Pretenders song: Had been paved down the middle By a government that had no pride. Anybody that doesn't think this country is collapsing, need to watch your video. Thanks for caring.
Thanks to Ronnie Raygun and the trickle down his leg economy for the past 40 years
@@70blue63 sure buddy Venezuela tried trickle-up economics lol times go look at the crime rates there people are literally eating cats and dogs. many metropolitan areas in the 1970s under Jimmy Carter were 10 times worse.
The woman have been made into breeders by the government and the smart men not going so all americon women are left with is gangsta and con artist
@@markovangelo =get back to sleep
@@70blue63 You can't argue the facts . Sure let's blame it on Ronnie. lol that shitt is old and tired . Anyone with half a brain would know who that the economy was better under Ronald Reagan for all people poor and middle class under Jimmy Carter the USA was a mess your daddy Biden is on the same path. Big government does not work.
The best thing about Cairo is crossing the Mississippi River and then immediately crossing the Ohio river to get the heck out of town!!!! Unchecked greed leads to devastating consequences. The ideological war amongst ourselves has also lead to devastating consequences. Lack of opportunities leads to depression, addiction, and crime. People feel less incentive to show pride in their communities. I was recently in St. Joseph. Definitely some beautiful buildings and some nice areas. Definitely have to walk around with eyes on the back of your head when your in the downtown.
Nothing scary about cairo except for the emptiness
@@showmestatefinest5412 True that a lot of these towns have abandoned areas. IT was like that in the large areas of St. Joseph, MO and Elizabethtown, KY, and also many of the smaller towns in Arkansas. I always notice during my travels.
Isn’t that where the scary bridges are? I wanna say it’s their I’ve been back-and-forth across them twice in my life and said between those two bridges I would never ever leave in the winter there was any snow on the ground at all
@@marionpeebles3836 Yes, they are pretty scary because they are so narrow.
Great report great information.
Thank you for honest advice
OUT of SIGHT out of MIND. Thank you for making more aware of what is happening to our country. They keep us so separated many have NO idea. Even here in the Omaha/CB area they keep us separated. Most have no idea what it is like in the really, really poor areas, and ours ARE better. But to drive down the areas at night and there are no lights, no activity except crime in the dark. NO one with a decent life sees that around here. They stay in their suburbs
I was born and raised in Omaha and left about 20 years ago and I left because it was a bit scary, everyday a shooting or a murder or a bank robbery or a carjacking. It was a good place to grow up in.
You dont see something that you dont wanna see...mhm
According to the above comment its not all cakes and roses there
@@_____J______ I live on the opposite side of Iowa........
nobody keeps anyone separated,,, if that was so... I would be much happier!
It's not about the people it's about wealth if you don't think this is coming to town near you,.you are fooling yourself this is happening because of your greedy wealth corporation owners those globalist have no loyalty for Americans or America they deal on a global level. Our quality of live is in free fall and your blaming the people from the community your blaming the wrong people.
That East Cleveland part is probably the most insane in this whole video. The forest overgrowth on / in / around the buildings looks like something out of a Hollywood apocalypse movie.
They should just leave it like that and turn it into a museum..It looked very depressing and unique at the same time ..
Just my opinion but I find it odd that people find the natural world such as tree over growth and ivy the most disturbing versus piles of garbage, graffiti and people looking like zombies on fentanyl. I'll take the forest any day. Vicki
@Zero Day • Appalachian Minutemen People can hide out in any abandoned building. It's just my opinion that I find other things more disturbing and unattractive to look at than buildings overgrown with greenery. Vicki
Taking only in ohio literally
@@richardeidemiller6739 I understand what you're saying, I think maybe one thing that creeps people out is that natures reclamation of "our" land is so in your face that it probably makes people consider the impermanence of it all. I think the plantlife is kind of pretty myself.
Nick u r the best. Keep up the great work. One request ,we need more Mappy.
I am in a deep shock. Obviously I have known that US struggles a lot right now and, lets say, rural America does not look good, but in a short time I saw some great yt videos from Appaliachia area and this one and to be honest, did not know that it all went so bad. The issues with drugs, poverty, violence, really low level of quality of infrastructure..everything looks more like a third world country to be honest. I am of course aware, that there is plenty of rich and beautiful places in US, but the gap between those worlds is terrifying.
Personally, I live in +500k inhabitants city in Poland (city of Poznań) and here we have nothing what looks even slightly close to those places from the video, it would be really hard to find even a similar street in my country, in that condition, with such problems. I think that even during communism and overwhelming poverty that was that time we wouldn't be able to see such a degeneration.
It is really scary, hopefully America find a way out, I hold my thumbs for you!
We have too many people with felony’s or ruined credit. Which makes it harder to find someone to rent to you. Millions of repeat offenders.
Young people getting disability while older people get no assistance. Even though they paid in for decades. We have raised a generation of entitled weak minded people who refuse to grow up and be responsible productive members of society. Why work when you can get it for free.
Both of my parents, they grew up in Texas during the depression. But to tell you the truth, it made them strong. As adults they made something of themselves. They moved to California got married and went to college. My father got a BA degree and has been an Income Tax Consultant for over 50 years. My mother was a part time saleswoman at a famous Department Store JC Penny's. I hope the kids who grow up in these conditions will make something of themselves when they become Adults. May God Bless!!!
You think kids from the slums can just move to CA and get a degree in 2023? Or find a nice department store to work at and live off the income they make?
@@sunnyandthechloaccording to where they go. Yes. At first you research cost of living and community college prices within the vici ity of those low cost areas. Find one. My town is one.
Then you, if you can, live with parent while working either at a job or just doing things for people for cash. Until you save up enough money.
Then you get a job interview at a place of employment in the area you chose. Pack bags, go to interview. Use what money you saved to get an apt, mine is 400$ a month.
Work for a few months, go to food banks, buy cheap. Then enlist in community college, the poorer you are the more grant money you get. I was able to go for free, so will these kids.
Work, go to college. Hard few years. Stressful. But worth it. Once you get your two yr degree you get work in your field which usually boosts your incone and gives you experience. Get your bachelors, either online or slowly over the years.
Ta da
@@sunnyandthechlo No! but I have seen many friends that grew up spoiled with money, and they do not want to work. Both my parents were raised only by their mother. When I was in my 20's I worked 7 days a week at 2 jobs. One 10hrs.a day and another 8hrs. on Saturday and 5 hrs. on Sunday. I saved a
lot of money. I bought my first New House at 27 years old. I have always been ambitious. Thank God for everything I worked for. Now retired and have 2 rental properties in California.
NO CIA DRUGS BACK THEN .AND DOLLAR WAS AS STRONG AS GOLD PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SAVE LOT MY GRAMA WAS A MILLIONAIRE BY YEAR 1974 BECAUSE SHE WAS BUYING 2 FRENCH GOLD COINS EVERY WEEK NOW PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFORD TO LIVE
Things were better back then especially if you have social capital. Poor folks tend to live around other poor folks...and college cost way more than it did twenty years ago and schools in poor areas tend to be grossly underfunded, therefore that means that even the smartest and most ambitious kid from undeserved areas tend to fall behind academically so once they get to college, they will have to take remedial level math and science, which means more time in school along with extra student loans to take out which leads to more dept and more poverty. Generational Poverty is not easy to escape.
In India there are more than ten million villages. But, you hardly find one village that is abandoned, let alone cities, sir. My heart became heavy with sorrow when I saw this video. I can't imagine how you must have felt to find your own city in this sorry state,where you actually spent your childhood.
Ha haha Mr p o p t
There are also places like this in India as well, actually you people observe India on the basis of big cities or metro cities,there is a place called rourkela in odisha state in India,there are some sectors in steel township area,where there are number of homes which are abandoned and are in squalid conditions,first when the steel plant was established,the plant hired a huge number of people from all across India,the sector area was full of people then,since so many people from across the length and breadth of india came and stayed here,it gave a cosmopolitan feeling,but then advanced machine came,they replaced the employee, and the man power decreased,and there are just a handful of employees in the steel plants,as due to lack of opportunities,they move to other states or other countries,since the sector area are abandoned, while wandering in the sector area,it gives a haunting like feeling
India is Sick in the world shit on the ground and very Dirty.
Wow many important things said in this video. Bravo.
Thanks for the tour of Truth!👍🏾🙏🏾💯✌🏽💖🤔
"Spending Billions to help other countries while our backyard looks like this" narrations most important quote here in this video. So messed up but true. Corrupt politicians make it easier to skim money off sending billions out of country.
yep
Thanks to the liberals for a failing society
Building others countries. You mean destroyed and rob most of world same as cancer
Looks like a Democrat Dystopia.
US is looting the whole world & then show off to donate
It's called "poverty porn". I'm glad you're going there and not me. Makes me feel grateful for where I am. It's a good sign that your viewers are doing well. People who actually live there would never find it interesting.
Interesting perception
I've been watching in real time what's happened to my hometown over the last twenty years. It's not this bad....yet...but it's on its way. It's more sad than anything else but still interesting to watch it unfold. Never thought it would happen there.
or entertaining would be the better word.
Well ,Nick Johnson, you worked very hard to put this factual reality in the Rich country, great , thank you for this. Me from India
Wow, that scene of you driving through East Cleveland reminds me of videos that I’ve seen of abandoned Soviet industrial cities in Siberia.
I often wish we had a time machine to go back and see how things used to look! I feel like a lot of people simply don't care anymore in general. It's really sad.
They are all Democrat ran cities ironically...
Go back and tell people that most of the manufacturing companies are about to leave and go over seas.
The heads of the industries were making enough money, I guess they wanted more... Greed 💲💲💲😠
Someone should have told them you can't take it with you.
The upside to places like these is the populations in these areas have declined..
@@briansmith48 Americans don't rule America, there is an alien entity amongst Americans, running America from over seas.
@@blast4me754 that was the plan all along, one of them at least. An agenda that is.
Your best video Nick! Thank you for the discussion with the professor. Really helps bring understanding to all the complexities of how and why so many places are struggling.
Thank you for your work.
Getting a glimpse of the scope of our country’s difficulties will hopefully get us all thinking. No solutions seem easy or fast. Such a shame. Sad.
That professor is a moron.
Hello how are you doing hope you're fine and staying safe 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This video makes me appreciate what I have. Drugs will never make me homeless but being on disability will
The way he ran the stop sign 🤣🤣 he said nope!!!
I love your guest speaker. I live in a rust belt city. The housing crisis made a ghost town of our streets. I often thought if the home owners that were left on mostly abandoned streets were offered better real estate in the more healthy parts of town. I hope someday you do stop and talk to people. I found the best gems in these places are the people. Go to the churches or schools and you will find out so much.
People can switch to something new to earn incomes - generate energy/electricty for large areas, grow food (like the tiny Netherlands), establish fish farms, produce generic medicines, provide lower- cost medical treatment and care, etc. because that's what's needed.
You are the FIRST person who does this type of expose to include indigenous communities - there is no Indigenous Lives Matter movement and, if there were, it would get zero media attention. Thank you!
We don’t look at the beauty of the sky when it is clear. But our heads turn up when we see the clouds overhead. Sam is true with healthy and dirty neighbourhoods.. Thanks for showing around.
❤ Wow, I'm knew on your channel and I wanna see more..of this program. YESSS Hehe 😊😋
Great video, Nick! Just watched a CZcams channel about moving to AZ. The video was all about housing and opportunities which is awesome but didn’t show the real issues that face us here! The poverty and homelessness! So anyone who didn’t do their homework would think this was the land of plenty. That’s only true if you have a hefty bank account! I’m glad you show it all! Love 💕 your channel!
yeah they're moving there from California....
If you are from CA don't move to AZ!
Yo Nick, you said it like it is ..." our government sends billions (probably trillions by now) to other places in the world but neglects what's happening in our own backyard"
Biden's 85 billion dollar going away gift for Taliban was impressive
America didn't send billions of dollars to nobody
America people are lazy.
But Ukraine is our newest puppet state to wage proxy wars from.
Our government deliberately started this years ago. Think they had nothing to do with the spread of drugs? Think again. Many of them made millions in the drug industry. This is and was a deliberate take down of this country. Read the Bible there will be an end to this and it is going to be horrific.
@@judyhalsell9510 follow the money
used to live there my dad used to work for the sugar mill.. and you’re right everything you said about Bellglade is 100% facts..
I visited Cleveland last summer to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and loved it. I found the people I met to be very friendly. Even better was the Cleveland Fine Arts Museum. On the top 5 fine arts museums world wide. The whole area near Case Western Reserve was lovely during the day. Not sure what things are like after dark, but the down town has some really nice features. Thanks Nick. Love your videos.
Great work, Nick. Yeah, it's pretty sad to see the deterioration in many places of America. There's no one single cause either. It's because of failures on many levels, including incompetent government and mismanagement of taxpayer money and resources.
Also citizens who have zero ambition, direction, self-motivation or moral values.
@@godfreyberry1599 Amen
@@godfreyberry1599 that especially!
This is what happens when industry leaves. Becomes a rust town.
"There's no one single cause" Uh yes there is. All of the neighborhoods in the video have one common characteristic. I'll leave you to figure out what it is
Very nice interview during this video. One other thing that people don’t understand is that the tech industry is really altering the shape and function of not just major American cities, but suburbs as well. Take shopping malls for example. A lot of the shopping malls have disappeared lately the Internet is killing the shopping mall just like video killed the radio star. Although the American city experience is definitely quite different from other countries that’s for sure. Just look at Australia for example you could definitely say that shopping there is like an 80s American flashback with busy malls and Kmart thriving.
You know it is just so unforgivable that our governments in the US and UK, (not as bad as the US) are spending billions on war and money going everywhere but, where it is needed. They just don't care about us the citizens do they 😞
This video at a certain point in Memphis actually made me tear up. Just such an utter waste.
I've just found your channel and I'm subscribed now.
Just look up the number of Pharmaceutical companies that are present in Ukraine. That's why they're getting so much funding!
I came to this country in 1978 as a student, my first impression of U.S was everything is so bright and colorful ( I was in Kanas city bus station, go figure ), Have no idea what happened in 45 years, but I still love America !
This is the result of 45 years of Ronald Reagan's trickle down economic policies. Convince people it is good for them to give huge corporations tax breaks. Those corps do stock buybacks and enrich themselves and their stockholders. They overturned the laws that required companies to reinvest in communities. This didn't just "happen". It was perpetrated upon the American people by selfish politicians and folks convinced to vote against their own interest. I'm 60 y/o, I live in Chicago and I've seen it all.
Don't be so naive. What does pumping $ into bringing up these communities reward the politicians? 40 years later the community might bear fruit, but they'd be long out if office with zero income from corporate donations.
PUBLIC APATHY. The situation in US is horrific. Theres folks going around pointing cameras at semi derelict cities and towns all over the place. Theres people living there in total poverty. One of them inhabited by females on their own. Whole streets with empty shops, gas stations and diners and wharehouses all starting to collapse. How come that nation paid people to walk about on a moon. Why are they staring into space trying to find 'life' when they cant even manage what they have. Do you think any distant civilisation would tolerate the people here// Why are you assuming they would be like you. Foir instabncxer whats all this about Police killing a 1000 people a yr. They dont seem to do that to the corrupt. In UK we are experiencing Police attacks too who are sent on behalf of religion. They told us that the evidence we gathered during 12 yrs traipse round vCent London accompanied by victims cannot be revealed to public. They also told us that theres no such thing as 'Natural Talent'. theres only what your teacher teaches. That attitude killed millions US Nativ Americans and Germany did same to tribes in Africa. This is the 3rd attaxck we have experienced after doing state of the art work on so called incurable clients sent to us by Health system. They had recd anything up to 22 yrs 'treatment' They needed six hours. One of them would have died that nite had we not broken in to get to her. We wewre then told to stop the work which was threatening establ jobs so around 12-15 000 died and the issues covered up by Local Govt. Police. HM Coroners. HM Courts. HM Psychiatry Charities. Press. 17 universities who are in league with Int drug firms. f-book and Twitter destroyed all our mails and all websites also disappeared. We have no access to Parliament or Law or Health or Welfare. We are woriied anbout dying cos this place coulds be ransacked by Police and the public would do nothing. We are a Jewish Family who came to UK to escape the very activities going on in UK. We came here with two suitcases and 80 yrs old granma. we were washing up dishes in hotel and taking scraps food home. no one offered any help. We left behind jobs in the Law System. Now lets think about this site. People are goin around filming other peoples misery so what the persons criteria. Why dont they go raise hell at the areas + Go see Political representative for those areas. Why dont they stop and knock at all the doors to see if the folks need food por help with property maintenance. Why are people sitting watching all this and doing nothing. Is it becauase the victims aree not 'relatives' If so you need waking up. No change in 10.000 yrs. Stop the deception. 5000 comments have not changed anything.The UK and Europe are also horrific. The EEC has told us that nothing can be done about corruption or the attacks on us made by Police and violent threats by US Embassy. Maybe we should try to get out of here urgent before we end up dead. The natives that the US killed knew how to survive. You dont. You killed most them wheres the guilt we dont see any.
I live in Johannesburg South Africa, and I am so utterly shocked at the degradation of so many parts of America with such dire poverty. However, when you compare these places to the "gawd awful slums of third-world capitals" (2:15 seconds) this is NOT the state of many capitals in Africa, I assure you.
I've lived and worked in many African countries and been through many capitals - Windhoek in Namibia, Nairobi in Kenya, Gaborone in Botswana, Accra in Ghana, Maseru in Lesotho, Mbabane in Eswatini (previously called Swaziland) and Khartoum in Sudan, and while Africa does have poverty, it is not the same type of poverty as reflected in these ghettos in America. America is a prosperous first-world country, to my understanding, which makes this video even more shocking to me.
We have some exceptionally fine and even affluent capitals in Africa. Granted, there are some areas within the capitals that may be more poverty-stricken and have some ghetto quality aspects to them, but they are mostly on the outskirts of the city, but some are also within the city limits too, like Kibera, which is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa.
But the rest of the capitals themselves would rival many cities in America in terms of comparable infrastructure, amenities, transport, policing, and commercial activity. Africa isn't all about "gawd awful slums".
America has a lot of wealth, with many state budgets being bigger than the entire GDP of some African countries, like, California. So why you have such terrible ghettos and poverty in so many places is beyond me. It's just so sad to see this in America, a country I used to admire.
I will say this though, the poverty in Africa is different to what I see in America.
In America, it is a Soul-destroying despair of drug addiction, absent fathers and mental health issues that are more prevalent, whereas, in Africa, it's about food and access to amenities, like clean drinking water in many cases. And while Africa does have extreme poverty in many places, there is still ambition and a desire to get out of the poverty cycle, and hope and striving for a better life. I sense, sadly, that in America this hope, and inclination is not there, their hope has died.
But thank you for an excellent expose of this tragedy, your guest had some very valid points, it was informative to listen to him.
Yup its not going to get better until we elect God fearin men and women
Poverty of soul in US
@@user-wr8hh1hb3t god is useless... bastard never solved anything. and people still believe in him. If americans would look at God - the same way as they look at their presidents - then he would have been fired a loooooooong time. But people believing in God have a mental disorder, so he gets away with it
What you say is true. We need books on the best seller lists and movies by important directors.
There needs to be massive, in-your-face reporting on the real America and the real ppl living there.
It may take a long-time to get any improvement, but nonetheless, it needs to get started or America will be the "No Hope" capital of Earth.
Agree! What's even sadder, in my opinion, is the money we waste, for example, on enormous salaries for sports players and some entertainment figures. Absolute millions upon millions, while others starve or die due to poor/nonexistent health care. It's disturbing.
Finland is doing a great job supporting their homeless and addicted. There is a youtube video about it. The US needs to follow that same program which, for example, takes advantage of old and disused apartment buildings to create free or affordable housing.
The problem is these issues aren't pretty, or fun, or even of interest to most Americans (and our politicians) to bother finding solutions. We're a very self-centered culture, quite different from yours. Those of us (like you and I) who do care are, sadly, in the minority.
Thanks for your very informative comment!
I noticed you had a city in IOWA. OMG. As a native Baltimorean, that makes me feel better about my own ghetto!
America used to win all the golds at the olympics, now they win gold in everything thats bad.
Keep sending jobs over seas, machines here replacing people, raising healthcare costs, raising secondary school costs, politicians cutting funds from primary public schools, stagnant wages, the blue collar jobs left keep chipping away at employee benefits, need for 2 income households… the list just goes on and on.
What we are today is 1000% a product of greed.
I don’t see any hope left for us here… I’ve already started encouraging my children to study abroad.
USA doesn't exist. It's USI. The United States of Israel.
Great video Nick! Appreciate your dedication to making the masses aware of what’s going on in our country.💯❤️👍🏾💜🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
Its a shame no president cares to fix any of this.
Don't feed the animals. It makes them aggressive and dependant.
@Nick ur kidding right. It's a shame we have a president at all. We should run a straight parliamentary system.
@BH yea we shouldnt have one. I prefer the leadership of lichtenstein or kuwait
@@Nick-dy4gkI wouldnt want the Federal government involved. the constitution gives vast powers to states. Any power not specifically given to the Federal government belongs to the states or the people. ---I think the mistakes were not recognizing the loss of revenue early on and cutting costs to match. Overoptimistic revenue estimates are common everywhere. Select cities have managed to turn it around Tampa added a convention center and stadium and I was against it but it worked out ok, Miami turned around, Pittsburg in the 90's did. Texas is great at getting companies to relocate. People generally want to go to a well managed state or city without overwhelming tax burden.
Very good discussion at the end.
Thanks, Nick. I am glad I live in Sacramento, CA.
Appreciate the heads-up! 👍
It's very sad to see these cities & the houses abandoned & businesses gone. 😢 seeing the beautiful home boarded up & to know at one time were the pride & joy of a family!
At one time, Detroit actually demolished perfectly good vacant homes simply because there were too many on the market.
I worked in Baltimore for six years, and it was easy to drive around in the abandoned parts of town and visualize what they were like back in the fifties, with families and children playing in the yards, instead of drug dealers shooting at each other.
It's the banks and out of state investors. It is cheaper for them to buy up the properties, wait for them condemned and destroyed, then torn down and have something else built. Meanwhile it takes yeeeeeeaaaaars for this process and lowers the neighborhood value and safety.
@@tryptabyss2129 , yeah, but no one wants to live in a neighborhood where they put their babies to sleep in the bathtubs at night to protect them from random gunfire, either. The banks didn't do that.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ
Amen 🙏
On day ‘Geoge Carlin’ said “They call it American dream coz you have to be asleep to believe it” I felt that
So sad. I relocated to northern Arizona in 2014 from outside Fort Worth where I lived for decades. Used to walk or ride on the trinity river. Unfortunately it wasn’t safe back in December 2019 when i went to see my mom. Without my big dog or mr s&w. Even as an army veteran i didn’t feel comfortable walking alone anymore. I’m sure it’s worse now
I guess I realized the problem when this reminded me of home. I think that's why I feel so much peace in deserted or desolate areas.
I've always liked the open run-down buildings taken over by nature. I used to live by a railroad track and the train would pass by every few times. Open deserted parking lots, abandoned shopping centers, and meadows full of weeds. It was always mainly silent with birds here and there. Honestly, though, I wish I could go back without the danger, but with the way America's going, we'll be in the dystopian apocalypse I've dreamed of sooner than later.😅
Jobs moving overseas has caused the downfall of many neighborhoods in America. I believe the outsourcing of American jobs overseas started back in 1996 I believe, but it could have started earlier than that. Once the jobs left and moved out so did a lot of the people. It's very sad, and many areas like this, crime, poverty, and chronic addictions have moved into these once productive areas.
It's in the 80's
started in the cities in the early 70's by manufacturers importing alot of foreign made machinery that replaced American workers.@@erenyeagerist7681
Yep you are right. It’s destroying the middle class and America. I don’t worry for me because I am 72 and won’t be around much longer . My days are numbered but I worry for my grandchildren. Truly terrifying. And I live with my son and grandchildren because I can’t afford to live in an apartment.thank god for my son. I am truly blessed to have my children and my grands.
yes it started with Clintons nafta. which was the intentional destruction of the American economy in favor of a global economy favoring china for their cheap labour and outrageous profits for American investors and banks. no longer could you have a simple savings account to save for retirement but now forced to gamble in the markets with mostly disasterious results.
Multifaceted problem but the summary is unchecked capitalism. No public transportation in most places or poor ineffective public transportation limits the poor's ability to get good jobs. No affordable housing which again is caused by unchecked capitalism. Wages not keeping up with inflation, outsourcing of good jobs which again is caused by profit over people mindset.
Rich and corporations escaping taxes. Poor education. Many factors with one main cause.
Great video Nick. But also very sad. I've seen a lot of these places from your other videos. But in this context, it's just overwhelming. No doubt the decline of our country is well underway, and it's begun in these smaller towns and cities. The situation for the Native Americans in SD is especially depressing. And it's clear to many of us, that most politicians and people in power won't do anything until it starts to affect them personally. By then, it will be too late.
It is true deep corruption runs in all Native American Tribes.
Like in the sw New Mexico Santo Domingo Pueblo during the covid19 the tribe got Millions for covid19 relief fund to give $3,000 to each tribal member living on the reservation or not. Yet when the people that worked & live in the city went to their tribe to get the relief funds they were told they cannot get the money because they did not live on the reservation. So these natives did not get any help with the covid19 relief fund. That is pretty sad that their own people in charge do not care about their people.
Please note, the corruption is even in the government of indigenous communities.
@@Blissfulnessence Corruption is rife all over america, infact it is one of two(?) countries in the world where bribery is legalised.
Hey Nick, it seems that St Joseph, MO is going the same route as Centralia, PA (just without the bizarre and suspicious coal mine business!)
Thoughtful and eye-opening stuff. Thank you, and well done. I agree with the US contributers here that the problems we all face in the West in the future will worsen. The UCLA prof. has it about right, in my respectful view.
I'm from the UK this video has really shocked me, this is certainly not what anyone imagines when thinking of the states. Wow. What dreadful places. How sad.
@@user-ei8mz8rp4h
It’s little in comparison of how much the US spend on its many wars
so sad..it looks like my continent Africa
@@user-ei8mz8rp4h yep we have poverty in the UK too but I don't think as bad as that. As far as I know there's nowhere like skid row in the UK. I'm not saying the uk doesn't have massive problems but the states seem to have it much worse
@@clarencecarter1964 😢
@clarencecarter1964 difference being Africa is rising and the USA is falling.
I think this is one of the best videos you've done, Nick. Very thought provoking, and a disturbing look at declining US. Thanks for it.
Ok Kris
Some of those old houses and buildings you can see how absolutely beautiful they were. It's heartbreaking what lack of money, crime, poverty, low paying jobs, our mental health crisis, drug addiction etc has caused. 😭
Powerful story telling.
"These people are both the prisoners and the guards"... that was effing deep.
Nick's narration has the rhythm and flow of beat poetry, well sync'ed to the "ruin porn" images playing out across the screen. Impressive -- in a downbeat sort of way.
@@larryrobx yasss. Another musician chimes in.
My heart is aching to see this..13years ago i was in Louisiana..😢😢
Vety interesting video😊
It's a shame to see so many beautiful old buildings that were built solidly just stand empty. So much potential in these old places, lots of green, and space. Sad to see it's wasted, not revitalized.
You need industry. When jobs LEAVE. The city decays.
Well go fix one up for its potential. Good luck my friend.
Check out Obama Oligarchs.
I like the idea of moving them best buildings together to make a new smaller city surrounded by green space
@@nicsky20 do you know how expensive it is to move a house? Its not just hooking a truck and pulling hey. Leave the house where it is and demo everything around it and presto land to raise cows around that house. Easiest and fastest and cheapest way is just dump some gas and burn the whole city down. A few weeks later be nothing left. Use bull dozers to push the remains into new hills then cover in fresh soil.
I m Greek and I ve been living in Norway for a year now and just watched your video and really made me so so sad. United States was like Eden in the century before, so much culture, so many inventions so much great music and new ideas, all new things were coming from America. I feel sad about these brave people who left. Europe and achieved all those great things, built their homes and now to see them deserted, really hurt me. I think that you also need to teach children about their parents history, learn to respect what they went through and life is not just about Internet, they need to find values and this goes pretty much to all countries around the globe.Take care and I ll follow you💜👍🏼👍🏼
It's demographics bud. You can see the same thing happening in Greece. As the founding stock are replaced we become the 3rd world the people are coming from.
US got really rich while other countries were still poor or war torn and at some point we surpassed Britain so we looked like we were insanely wealthy until other countries caught up to us
The US is divided by income, education and a few other things…. A few rich… a lot struggling
yep... and look how much people complain when someone comes along and says "Make America Great Again!"
@Faustian_spirit
I am always puzzled, white people don't want other races to travel to their countries but they went and filled up the American continent from North to South?
To answer your question about why people give more hits to your ghetto videos... Personally I watch them for the feeling of gratitude! No matter how bad our lives might seem nothing and I mean NOTHING is as bad as this American poverty!