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@@khalilamaz8592 Yeah, I guess it's easy to romanticize the past and some things probably were better in the past like more mom and pop restaurants and fewer chain stores and more close community with neighbors looking out for each other's kids. More of that "it takes a village" way of thinking. NYC is probably cleaner and more gentrified now. Amazon almost moved into the Bronx and would have probably sent rents soaring and had yuppies making 150k a year relocating in from Seattle and totally upending the local scene.
I came from an Irish American family from the Boston area. I grew up going to a local Italian pizza shop almost every day. Me and my friends would get home from school, pool our money, and go get a slice and a drink. The owner and employees would play cards with us if it was slow, sometimes slide us a free slice here and there, and talk with us. When I got my driver's license, they offered me a delivery job because they'd known me for years. Worked there on and off for 4 years. It's hard to explain the community and culture of a place like that to young kids today. It was nothing like working at a chain. They were like family, not just employers. They were tough on us, but taught us respect and how to have a good work ethic. Good times.
Outer new york is definitely missing irish and italians, it was just a much better, personal and welcoming feel. Real connections and real work were shot by what happened to new york, now idk if there's a turning back
@@antonioreconquistadorunless italys economy becomes almost 3rd world like it was back in the day in Southern Italy I can't see more italian immigrants choosing to mass immigrate to the USA again like in the past. They choose Germany, France, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Australia & even Toronto & Montreal Canada over the USA at this point...without new italian immigrants or Irish immigrants it's never going back to the way it was...italian & Irish Americans have lost they're culture they're just Americans now.
@@dn8443 People move up and move on. Nostalgia is nice, but clinging to the past is unhealthy. Those descendants of Irish and Italians are in the suburbs getting an education and running the country. Let the new immigrants have their turn.
There is no more family, community, or respect in today’s world. Too many fatherless kids too much selfishness, and too much laziness. Today’s world wants you to think fathers and family are not important. But we will all see the decline in society continue because of this.
@@gabeschulte4608 not having fathers is not the problem! I never had a father growing up and I still turned out good because my mom has morals! unlike some ppl!
No one ever addresses the fact that kids had both parents not because it was a happy household, but because you couldn’t separate and woman had little say. Yeah, kids had both parents. And in 50% of the cases, fighting, hostility, and disfunction at at home. If you wanted a divorce, you were shunned for religious reasons so you were pressure to live in misery. If dad wanted to whip moms ass, he wasn’t going to jail. That was just “an argument “. My mother got pregnant young back then in this guys glory days and she wasn’t married. She was literally whisked away to a “home for wayward woman”, her baby taken, and given to someone else against her will. Then she was returned home and told never to speak of the entire thing. If you are an old white guy, i can see how you fondly remember those days. For everyone else, not so much.
What I found sad was when the pizza guys said there used to be kids all over the place playing outside but now they’re just stuck inside on phones and playing video games. Technology has really taken away a lot of the human factor and community, where once people relied on each other for support, good times and good conversation.
i live near a very nice playground adjacent to an elementary school. i go by on a nice spring or summer saturday late morning or early afternoon and there are no kids playing. things have changed but not necessarily for the better. i grew up in a densely populated city block. all i needed to do was step outside my door and i had at least a dozen other kids i could play with. i'm older now but i recall leaving my house in the morning and not returning home until dinner time. that's just the way things were with my friends, too.
It still does exist but in different places. My kids played soccer growing up and our town, alone, had over 3,200 children on teams of all ages (U6-U19). We chose our town because we wanted community. It’s just moved from the cities to the nicer burbs. We are fortunate to live in such a great area and don’t take it for granted.
@@sophiemorrison9820 I'm 28 and it was like that for me in the suburbs. A Diffrent sport with all the neighborhood kids every afternoon. Now it's literally no kids outside at all...
Sorry for the long rant. But here it goes. I went back to my old neighborhood in Queens about five years ago on a hot July weekend . I hadn’t been back there in something like 30 years. I went to the old pizzeria which as kids we used to hang out at. I also wanted to see who owned it now and to get a classic Italian rainbow ice. When I walked in I was shocked to see the same owner and his wife behind the counter! A little greyer and a bit fatter but still the same. They even remembered me even though the last time they saw me I was around 15. I was now 49! The place was empty. No kids around anywhere. The owner Tony said if kids do come in it’s usually with their parents and they get stuff to go while the kids just play endlessly with their phones. Long gone is the old jukebox and kids spending their allowance. I walked a few blocks over to the old schoolyard. The place had had a makeover that must have cost thousands of dollars. Brand new basketball courts. Rims that had actual nets! A track for track and field. A new baseball diamond and handball courts. Long gone was the graffiti, broken glass, bottle caps and uneven pavement. The only thing missing was kids! It was empty except for a few guys in their 30s playing a pick up game of basketball. There weren’t even any kids hanging out sneaking a cigarette or smoking a joint!! It was really sad. Now it seems they’d rather play basketball on a video game than the real thing!
Rich is such a wealth of knowledge. You often don't see the level of community in modern times compared to before. Also, I still have to try that calzone!
Wow this was incredible. A completely different generation. I loved the fact they spoke of community something my and many younger generations won’t experience.
It's an absolute shame. And I don't blame the young people, their parents let it die before these kids could experience it. The grandparents remember though. No one knows each other anymore, not their neighbors, not their local shopkeeper. Everyone is isolated. Not just NYC, it's happening across the US. It really sucks.
I agree with Rich about the loud music, it's disrespectful. It's like invading someone's audio space or mental space. Someone on that block has a headache, or maybe an older person is ill and they don't want to hear party beats blasting in their ears.
@@jmveee Correct...There is nothing wrong with music. However, the point is there is an issue when one person's right to listen to music interferes/conflicts with someone else's right to not have to hear someone elses noise(!). What the guy in the video is getting at is a concept of mutual _regard & respect_ for others. He even says as much when he questions why someone would essentially be like, _"Hey, see those people over there? Well I'm gonna turn my sounds up to 100🔊 and force them to hear what I'm listening to!"_
@@m.worthy - when you're out in public there's no way to control sound. There are public noise ordinances that already set limits but aside from that it's live and let live.
@@jmveee I wasn't focusing on _"out in public"_ like in a parking lot, a park, or when some random teen or 20-something driving drives by and keeps it moving... I am talking about _residential situations_ where again the point is _there is an issue when one person's right to listen to loud music interferes/conflicts with someone else's right to not have to hear someone elses noise(!)_ . The noise ordinances you mentioned included. Residential situations.
I grew up in the southern U.S. (north Florida). These types of videos are extremely interesting to me because they’re so different than growing up in the country…. NYC is so cultural, densely populated with much more diverse. In the south you’re basically white or black and live spread out. You drive everywhere.
@ kimberlythomas4373 NYC has always had tensions between the ethnic groups, races, socio-economic groups. Prior to WW2, most people stayed in their own ethnic neighborhoods. After WW2 many of the younger people moved to the suburbs and new groups began coming to USA and NYC. Times change, cities change, societies change. Rural areas in the northern USA were almost as isolated as rural neighborhoods in the South prior to WW2. There weren't many Blacks in the rural northern areas; but before TV people's focus was on their local community.
I wish this country went back to “communities” I’m in my late 20’s and man even at my young age I don’t see “communities” anymore. Man I remember playing outside with the neighborhood kids in the Los Angeles area and my grandma whistling for me to come in for dinner. This video reminded me of my childhood. I wish social media did not exist, it’s ruining a lot of kids lives and making them anti social.
As someone whose grandparents owned a small deli in Bensonhurst in the 60's, I can tell you that Rich's "memory" of the Italian Mafia differs greatly from those who were subject to its thuggery.
That wasn’t Mexican music , and you just don’t understand that Hispanics Puerto Rican’s / Dominicans / Cubans even Mexicans are happy people that love music and love to have loud music . That is not disrespectful at all . You can say that you don’t like it that’s your opinion but it’s not the truth . You got to understand that times change , when Italians first came here there was a large group of people that didn’t want you guys here either . The problem today is that we are used to pointing fingers instead of actually doing something to make the community better .
Hi Peter, what a great find! I first stumbled upon your Appalachian video by chance. Such an interesting collection of backgrounds and people. You have a very natural way just letting people tell their stories. No pizzazz, no fuss , just fascinating snippets of America. These should be introduced into the curriculum to give younger generations a taste of where they live, without prejudice. Genuine people living their lives. Terrific discovery. Fair play to you :))
“We might not have money, but we have everything..” One of the most profound, true statements I’ve ever heard. I’m glad that I’m old enough to know what these guys were talking about with the playing ball after school, dinner time same time everyday but Sunday. It was better back then. This new generation is 100% missing out. Thanks for taking me back to my childhood. Great video!
Beautiful, reap benefits of a society, then change it in a negative way and mock your children for being born in a shittier world that you created The human nature of Baby Boomers and Gen X The real face of those generations Fuck you over and laugh at you while they do it
I miss those days when my Grandma Lucy made her homemade gravy, ravioli and antipasta. No cell phones. People talked and listen respectfully to each other.
I'm out this dude talking about the Mob protecting the neighborhood. Protecting them from what more mobsters. Tell your lies to sum1 who didn't grew up in NYC during the days of Gotti.
My dad immigrated from a small catholic village in south Lebanon in the early 70s and he describes his childhood much like how Rich did in this video. He tells me stories about when he first came to NYC and how he made many Italian friends because of the shared cultural and religious values. We love stopping by Arthur Ave. and getting cannolis from Gino's. This video made me extremely nostalgic haha.
@@eggyolked108 notice how they only like Arabs if they’re not Muslims 🤦♂️ Meanwhile this video is bragging about the Italian mobsters and criminals like it’s a good thing
Must have been cool, meeting a guy with the same heritage. I grew up with a lot of friends with Italian ancestry. I’m from Welsh, Irish, Scottish and German. I’m from Manchester and my family came to Liverpool when they first came to England. They came here as well as the States. No one feeds you like my Italian friends. We’re all one big family, all over the globe.
I'm sorry but we have to be honest. NYC was a wreck during that time with the mafia helping make this city a living hell. NYC still has it's issues but at least mafia rule isn't what it once was.
You should interview my mother. She’s 85 and was born and raised in Chelsea in a railroad flat with a shared toilet in the hallway and a “Tub” in the kitchen. The neighborhood was predominantly Irish longshoremen but is now Uber trendy with the high line. If you’ve ever seen On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando it was very much like that.
that's awesome.chelsea isn't like that anymore I'll tell you that. I was walking through there today, I had an apartment on 28th back in the day. Now I had to move uptown. its a different world now. Otro Mundo.
…proud Italian-American also, but let’s not say someone can’t grow up straight/ good if you don’t have a Mom or Dad.. my own Dad grew up in a terrible foster home w/an abusive foster father. My Dad🇺🇸RIP enlisted/ served our country in the Navy at the tender age of 16 yrs young, WWII, South Pacific, then served the people on the Chicago Police Department for 36 years. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙
It's not just that. It's that ppl treat each other like sh*t. I tried to get married, to find someone I could love and take care of.... everything is selfish drama. Parents being self centered and persuing their ____ I think was the fall and created the type of people I dated. My parents checked out of raising us when I was 8 or 9.
People have been saying that for years. Unfortunately I heard to many times... oh that is because of your religion...oh your old fashioned...blah blah blah. The stats just do not lie, you have a better chance at life with a mom and a dad.
I am sorry. But what Rich is passively saying is that when his neighborhood had the mob and predominantly Italian, it was safe. But when it got more "diverse" it got less safe and filled with crime. He's the type of guy who would be happy to have an Italian-only neighborhood, but won't say it explicitly, but it's obvious.
My Dad was an old New Yorker. Hailed from the Bronx. He passed last year and this made me feel at home. Thank you for sharing this Peter. Always love this kind of content. This generation is almost gone. Covid took so many of these guys. Love seeing that some are still around.
It was so touching listening to Rich and his friends. I didn’t grow up in New York but I can relate to a lot of things they said. Especially when they talked about no discipline anymore. I’m about the same age as these guys and they are so right. Kids do what they want nowadays. I long for the good old days
Watched this all the way in Poland. Such a fantastic tour of the Bronx with an old school gentlemen. Man, those were the days, when right was right and wrong was wrong. Really enjoyed it, Peter.
Italian pride, culture, values, all true! My mother was first generation American, her parents were from Sicily, so that makes me a proud Sicilian American. So much of the old ways are going away, sadly. Our "Little Italy" was in Detroit, and I miss it so much! The bread is the best! Lol! 🇮🇲 🇺🇲🇮🇹❤️
A pity that the English culture to which you belong created the stereotype that being Italian in those times was synonymous with a mafia culture, Argentina received more Italian immigrants in those times than the United States and never created the stereotype that Italians created mafias. It was all a lie created by English propaganda that Italians created mafias because they hated the cultures of southern Europe. More Italians in Argentina in Argentina and did not create a single mafia, weird.
yeah, I saw that too. lol. Peter, no disrespect but if you're going to little Italy in the Bronx, you can't just see the Joker. I mean Chazz Palminteri...ya gotta see A Bronx Tale.
lmao! that was terrible. I grew up in San Jose, CA and everyone I know in the Bay Area loves that movie & we're 3,000 miles away. People all over the country are obsessed with it I've noticed! Even Jim Jones, a latino rapper from Harlem, made an album named after that famous Wasted Talent line..
I've literally been in NYC situations where young guys (and 30+ to 40+ grown men!) have taken big speakers out of their vehicles and aimed the speakers🎛🔊 directly at the entrance to the barbershop business I go to and blasted🔊 dembo and merengue loud enough to be heard an entire Manhattan block 🔊. No exaggeration. No regard for the barbershop or other businesses... No regard for the apartments above or around... and no one said a thing to the young guys or "adults" because no one wanted to start an issue... Yet I always remember an old senior-citizen couple (literally laboring to walk!) who resided above the noise, complaining and shaking their head about how no one respected them (the senior residents).
@@m.worthy the thing is that you have to start something with them. you got to step up to them and tell them to turn it down. and there are a myriad of ways of doing so but you will only know which way to pick once your in the verbal square with them. i know its scaring.. f** it. the only way to get a barking dog to stop rushing at you is to bark back.
Do something about it. That's the problem is everyone thinks it's either some one else job. Some one blasting music in your neighborhood throw a rock in the window. They'll stop trust me.
@juan2 & @saz Jaja...😁...I appreciate you both trying to offer a suggestion, but _I'm not someone that needs to look to others for certain solutions_ . First off, the area I mentioned is a area in Manhattan that I get my haircut in. _I do not reside in that area (not my neighborhood, not my problem)_ . Second, it is a tricky kinda situation because of the culture and ages of the males who are usually doing that. It is a situation where on one hand people accept that loud music as part of the "culture"🙄, and on the other hand there is the matter of respect for others not wanting to hear it. Now, at other times in my life I have been in situations where I had to approach large groups of guys and ask that they turn music down...and they respected that I asked, so they turned music down or even off. The flipside to that is that you can encounter people who you don't know who also may not reside in the area they are being a nuisance or problem in, and you have no idea what will come of that nor exactly who nor what you're involving yourself with. _@Saz said "trust me" about a f#×%in' rock when I'm talking about total strangers who may have guns and do use them_ . _I'm not sure what world you throw rocks in, but the areas I mention, if you throw rocks be prepared for any type of immediate (and future) life altering response_ . _My experiences with those situations are in Chicago, Detroit areas, and throughout NYC. Places where the smallest arguments or disagreements can quickly lead to an extreme situation if handled incorrectly_ . Lived it... And of course, one can always call police for noise complaints...And call again..and again..and possibly create issues from doing that. So yeah, I appreciate your _"Do something about it"_ suggestions. In different places at different times long ago in my life I have done just that, but at this point in my life it is not an issue around my tranquil, nice, home environment. *The example I originally used is from a busy, crowded, residential & commercial Manhattan area where I get my haircut* . *I do not reside in nor near that area* . *The old people and others in that area who do need to **_"Do something about it"_** have to do so because it is their block and area* .
@Brandon May _"No one wants to be the one to do what needs to be done..."_ *Lesandro Guzman-Feliz* (15) If people in a "community" would have interceded on his behalf, that kid could still be alive today. If you're not aware of how his demise came, simply Google his name or look at the UA-cam links I attached at the end of my responses @juan2.. and @saz...(or any other detailed/graphic video footage). Point being, sometimes _"the one who does what needs to be done"_ (in a unknown immediate environment) becomes the one who gets _"Large amounts of pain and suffering"_ (as you said). Depending on the variables, place & situation, even something as simple as asking someone or a group of someones to turn down music, can lead to a situation one can't get out of...and as in *Lesandro Guzman-Feliz* situation, not a single person tried to intervene to save that 15 year young kid...No one wanted to be _"the one to do what needs to be done_ ."
I feel the same way as Rich about so many things. The loud annoying disrespectful music, the section 8 ruining my hometown. poor guy saw his home deteriorate through the years.
How about America ruining so many people into "section 8" status to begin with? The part that this guy leaves out is that minimum wage back then was literally the equivalent to $24 per hour today. Wages have been stagnant since the 80's and never kept up with inflation. That's why you can never compare people today to people who were making twice as much back then.
@@jhlfsc and who keeps voting for higher minimum wage, which in turn inflates everything else. The people. If people took only 10% of the time they spend watching tv or useless entertainment in learning things of importance we probably wouldn't be here. But i do admit thats a lot to ask for (not saying that cynically).
I can tell he’s hurt by the lack of fellow Italians, But he is also not trying to get cancelled, So he’s trying to keep an open mind, Even though he lost his community, friends, family and even culture. But people will crucify white people if they dare say anything about it that has negative connotations. I’m a Latino and Id understand, Because I’m not the average latino.
This guy is a walking paradox. Him: I don't like lazy mary, it's offensive to italians! Also him: Leave Columbus alone, he didntdunuffin. Bro is offended by an beloved Italian song but is okay with a genocidal fall upwards guy who was a terrible navigator. There's PLENTY of good Italian people to put up, hell there's plenty of fine Italian-Americans to venerate.
Interesting what this guy says about the local Mob guys and the community. Some Londoners said the same thing about the Krays here in the UK. That doesn't subtract from the danger factor with these people. It all depends on your experience of them. To some, gangsters are Robin Hood. For others, they are a plague.
@@charlieboy-dh1ns They were London gangsters in the 50s and 60s. In the communities they came from, there was a lot of support for them, but outside those communities, they were brutal. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_twins
@@Titus-cm8gz the point being they only went after other criminals. If anyone went after women, children and even regular men, they were taken out. It was the only rule ALL gangsters stool to and believed in.
He talks about peaceful streets due to mob influence - which I understand . But he also seems to avoid the fact they robbed and stole and enforced their will with extreme violence . The Krays are also mentioned in the comments , like all mobsters old ladies were safe in their houses but at what cost ? . Ordinary people were in fear of them , one wrong word and you went to hospital. They're all leaches on their communities.
This is exactly with the Mexican Gangs in South Los Angeles in the 90"s when I was growing up as long you are submissive they will not hurt you,that is tyranny and innocent people died or got affected for their gang problems.
I love the different views of generations compared to today. Definitely seem more community back then, now people are too busy or into their own world trying to get ahead
The East End of London has so many similarities with this area and era. Bethnal Green , Bow and Stepney in London was exactly the same. I feel very honoured to have been brought up in that time in that area with those morals. At the same time I'm incredibly sad how it has changed .The community worked so well, almost too well which is why it was broken up. It wasn't perfect but it worked. Gentrification has a lot to answer for. I feel that we need to capture as much info of these times before they are permanently lost forever. I love New York. Great upload!
It's sad to think that once these guys are gone those neighborhood restaurants and delis will be no more. He's right, nobody wants to do that type of work anymore. Big box stores and chain restaurants will replace them.
With all respect to Mr. Mancuso and the Italian American community, I have to say something which may be unpopular. The Mafia was an issue back in NYC and other places and quite frankly I'm glad I didn't grow up in Sicilian American culture as a Sicilian American. A lot of them are close minded and a judgmental. Because I wasn't raised in the culture they used to say I wasn't one of them. My parents also didn't grow up in a big city either. Times change, people change. Family culture changes. They're used to the way things used to be which is understood. All of the NYC natives I know said the mafia was a problem back then. I loved the video and what the gentlemen were talking about. I just have a different opinion of things but I respect their wisdom and experience. I love Peter's channel also as they don't make them like him anymore!
Yeah it’s a lot of rose tinted glasses. I don’t doubt that everything good he mentions about the mafia is true, but he also forgets a lot of the bad stuff that outweighs the good stuff
I grew up in East New York, right next to ozone park where all the mafiosos were at. Never any problems in ozone park but eny was a shit hole. The mob kept shit out of their neighborhoods. Some aspects of their culture is flawed, but they did look out for their people.
As an Italian citizen, I'm glad that there's someone that sees those ghettos for what they were. I'm so fucking ashamed of the stereotype that I have to listen to from the movies, which are not even based upon life in Italy but were spread by the few ignorant bad apples that emigrated from the poorest and uncultured regions of our state to the US, and creating a weird idea of Italians. These people came from regions that are among the worst parts of Western Europe and, while there are historical reasons why these regions were poor and oppressed, they also share a cultural heritage that is so archaic, patriarchal, and barbaric. Even in Italy, it took the courage of heroes like Franca Viola, Peppino Impastato, or Falcone and Borsellino, to try to change that mentality, and some of them brought awareness to said problems only by dying as martyrs.
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich..
Crazy how things have changed over the last four to five decades. Back then family culture was strong. Neighbors were like second family. Rich is proud of his culture, love seeing that
@@mackdeen7021 Imagine these guys being nostalgic of wifebeatings, hunting colored people as a hobby, and claiming to be true Italians while going to a baseball game at the same time ROFL
Best video. Tells us what is missing in today's society. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. I'm not Italian but growing up all my girlfriends were Italian. I learned so much from these families and have taken on their traditions and values. I'm half Serbian and they also have the same value system. If my Aunts and Uncles were bad my grandfather took a switch of a tree and if he caught them they would get it. Its so sad today. Most people, not all, do not no how to work hard and wait for things. We can't go back to those days but if we could bring forward some of these values apply them today the US and Canada would move forward into a more positive future.
Thank you Peter for learning about this forgotten culture of Italian Americans. I lived it myself and everything Rich said is true. I can't wait for the next episode!
It’s the same across the world. I taught my grandson how to make and fly a kite and we got looked at like a pair of freaks on the beach flying that. But he was proud. He made it. And it will get passed on. Do stuff! Don’t watch other people do stuff!,
I taught my daughter how to build a kite. Albeit we went on UA-cam to find out how but still bought nylon fabric, string and wood dowels and assembled it. The only time we used the phone, printed out the instructions. I told her use your imagination. We used to spend hours outside and no phones or internet available. Now kids say they’re bored if there is no wifi signal and that’s just sad. At least she reads a book.
I miss the good old days. I’m 61 and grew up in a community in Seattle just like he’s talking about. Now just gangs, homelessness and drugs. Loved this episode and these Italian men.
@@JesusChrist2000BC give me anti-fascists any day of the week over literal mafiosos who insane people glorify and romanticize like they were a good thing.
Come on Santanello, first five minutes of the video I find out you haven’t seen a Bronx Tale…😑 Yes, you absolutely should have gone home ,watched it ,(twice )and then went back . Your dog ate your homework I guess .🙈
I'm Italian and i would love to visit these streets. I agree with the guys, it seems we have a lack of discipline and sense of community in our society. I think it will get worse in future, this is sad.
@@joedimaggio6261 hahahahahaha whatever you say Brain Wizard. We aren’t going down the road you fake SJW weirdos want to go. We are talking quality of life.
@@tjl_8117 quality of life? People today live longer and have more disposable income and leisure time than they had in the good old days. Life was much tougher back than. Infant mortality rates were much higher. Shit my grandfather had many siblings who died right after birth.
A lot of the problems stem from the breakdown of the family system. The family structure is slowly deteriorating and that leads to a lack of safety while growing up for the youth. This puts the youth at a disadvantage and forces them to be closed and lack the feeling of safety and assurance, which further hinders their development. And this vicious cycle will keep going unless we come together as a society and address these issues head on!
My grandfather was a fire fighter in woodlawn back in the 30s and 40s. Ladder co, 32. After my grandmother came to identity his body the 2nd time, yes 2nd time, and he woke up in the morge (for the 2nd time!) My grandmother yelled! Thats it! You're retiring and we're moving to Florida. I grew up in Florida hearing bronx accents from my uncles, mother, and grand parents. I love it, makes my heart feel warm when i hear the accents from new york.
I am a northern Italian ...I did not grow up with pizza, spaghetti-meat balls or lasagna, The majority of Italian immigrants in the world are from the south, Naple, Sicily etc.etc. and have spread these type of foods based on their heritage. I tasted pizza when I was a teenager in North America. Italian food in not just based on the southern cousine!
Actually many northern Italians migrated to South America, Canada and Australia...but it's true that the majority of Italians in the US have a southern Italian background
@@SapBoy365 if you think teaching kids respect, to respect parents, to respect property rights, to respect codified city law ordinances, to respect neighbors and all those respect laws is racist then you are brainwashed by the media.
One thing I have to say is that he thought Christopher Columbus was an Italian to be proud of, I would disagree, he was a terrible person and represents colonialism, which has effected many people and nations very negatively, being part Italian I would not ever be proud of that part of history or person. But I sure would love to hang out in this neighbourhood, and eat some delicious food, love NYC so much.
Loved the two brothers. As a Frenchman that moved to the USA, watching and hearing those two Italian-American brothers remind me so much of France and my fellow Frenchmen. Similar physical traits, facial expressions, values, and culture. New York City has that rich European heritage that I miss here in the Midwest. I would love to visit those neighborhoods and meet their locals one day.
As a European I can tell you that French people are so superficial and not straightforward as Italians are so I don’t see what’s remembers you of France by seeing an old Italian American (Neapolitan) traits and way of talk remembers you to a Frenchman if you would say Spanish well that would be ok but French !! I lived in France for a good period of time Paris then Orleans and Marseille and it has nothing to do French people are so fake and rather speak behind your back stab you and gossip than telling you the truth in your face 😊
You do know that France is Mediterranean too, right? Go to southern France and you'll notice our similarities. Not sure why you seem so upset. There really are no real reasons to argue. Peace, my friend.@@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96
this old dude talks out his bumb.. its like the people that say kids don't play outside anymore... Bull mess.. kids are outside and young people are just as awesome as any generation. People who have expectations for others need to calm down and just be human.
Exactly. The myth that the mob were good for anybody is nonsense. They were bullies, extortionists and murderers. Your example could be made by thousands of hard working families.
This guy just doesn’t want to go on record talking shit and saying what people did or do he’s not a 18 year old rapper glorifying the violence . In this video he wants to come Off as he’s a honorable guy lol if he is or isn’t is up to you
1:58 - Brings back memories. I lived on Arthur Ave and 186th Street from 1990 to 1996. It was definitely a cultural mix. The people I knew, and worked with as a volunteer, were predominantly Italian-American locals that Rich Mancuso speaks of. I sensed a shift in the early 90's of Italians leaving, and a larger presence of Albanians to the community - there is history of Italy and Albania. Lived there when The Bronx Tale was made. There was a guy called Eddie Mush who basically played himself in the movie. 3:44 - FBI designated Belmont (Little Italy in Bronx) as the safest neighborhood in NYC. I remember, when Rudy was running for Mayor in early 90's he said that to me. I had to correct him, and then mentioned what we were doing as volunteers - Fordham/Belmont Safety Patrol. We were basically the Eyes and Ears of the 48th Police Precinct, and patrolled the neighborhoods (in my 1985 Red Nissan Sentra - stick shift - with CB radios). We ended up getting funding and more advanced equipment, but it was our way of doing something and making a presence in our community. There was a statistical drop in crime and a partnership with local police established. For the most part, the issues were low-level addicts that roamed the neighborhood panhandling - this had a negative effect on tourists visiting the neighborhoods and restaurants at night. One time a prostitute came up to my car and asked me if I was interested - I rolled down my window and asked, "What part of this magnetic sign don't you understand?" My PSA is to figure out what's needed where you live, and then form a group to do something about it. 4:25 - What Mancuso is talking about we basically had in early 90's - COPS (Community Policing), where we had a small number of cops that specifically worked our neighborhood. I think it worked well. I sensed that there were still remnants of local Mafia running the place, but it was never overt. Several times we invited the local cops up to our safety patrol office to discuss what was happening. My takeaway was that the cops were limited by having to actually see something criminal happening. What we were doing was keeping close local track of trends and changes happening with various people/groups coming and going. It requires a multi-pronged effort to create change. 5:06 - He's absolutely right there. I remember cases where some local issues (typically drug-related) happened and people were given assistance they needed or treatment programs and oftentimes had to pay it back by working in a restaurant's kitchen. It all worked out. Mancuso would know who I worked closely with as a volunteer - Florence Petronio 5:41 - That's all I heard, and I didn't see any of it, though. 6:08 - Pastry shops. The smell of fresh baked bread in early hours of the morning. Cannoli's. Meatballs. It was freakin' awesome!!! Across the street from me was an open market - 17:24 - (groceries) and they always threw in something extra for me as a surprise. I gained many pounds.... 9:24 - He's basically talking about community in an analog fashion. I see his point. Because nowadays a lot of social interactions are technology-based, we can miss the actual stuff right in front of us. That addict I mentioned early with the pan-handling - he was sent to prison for several months; came out clean; I had no idea he spoke fluent English; I tried to get him into our Safety Patrol; the next day he was hooked again because a dealer got to him. My point is that connecting with people on the ground, and knowing their story, creates for the sense of community that Mancuso is talking about. 14:33 - Surreal -- My old front door. Bottom line - after I left in 1996, the concept of creating a community still is possible - "Neighbor helping Neighbor", which was part of our CERT program. Good memories from Belmont - Little Italy in the Bronx.
Seems like everything has changed for the worst. So sad to see that the Italian culture is disappearing in NYC... Thanks for sharing that knowledge of history !
What Italian culture are you referring to? These people are Americans who had some relatives from Italy over 100 years ago and have little or no connection to the country other than some culinary and religious traditions that people here (in Italy, where I am) would barely recognize today. They do not speak Italian nor could they tell you anything about the history or even name a couple of Italian authors outside of Dante or Boccaccio.
@@mediterraneanworld Its the Italian/American culture that is missing. The children of Italian immigrants were bilingual but more Americanized that would follow baseball instead of FIFA. Everyone, at that time, were from the same background so a friends house was exactly like your house. Times were different then because the vibe is gone, Italians gave better lives to their kids and Italians were no longer moving in they were moving out. the Like i said its Italian/American and yes its much different then Italy. For example more Italian Americans give money for a wedding gift other than a wrapped present.
@@ralphroberts5011 they gave up their identity because they were persecuted during WW2 - Italian was the second most spoken language in the 30's and 40's with so many newspapers and cultural events etc . .by 1950's almost all of that was gone as they assimilated very quickly in to mainstream Americana and also to distinguish themselves from other ethnic groups. I am not saying it is the fault of Italian Americans but they hold on to an identity that is very curated and inauthentic.
@@ralphroberts5011 Which children were bilingual ? part of the problem was that so many of the immigrants were illiterate in Italian and spoke some local dialect and thus could not even pass the language on to their children - in many ways this demonstrates how poverty and education can rob people of their culture and identity and how easy it is to lose it. Italians are not a monolithic group in America - many later arrivals wanted little to do with Italo-Americani and viewed them as peasants. Likewise the Italians who immigrated to California came from a different class and even region as you had to have money to go all the way to California in the 19th and early 20th century. That said many of these immigrants had little concept of Italy as we only became unified in 1860 - 1870 - which Italian unification is quite similar to the civil war in the USA minus the slavery but it did disrupt and impoverish a vulnerable segment of the population which is what led to mass immigration that was encouraged by the Italian government - get rid of the poor and let them make a pathway to export Italian products and capital!
@@mediterraneanworld Inauthentic?? No that is why its Italian/American. The immigrant parents wanted their children to be American with ties to their heritage. Its not Inauthentic at all.
Love this guy! He is right! I didn’t live his same experience as far as an Italian American from NY. I’m Puerto Rican from New Jersry but what he said about the family values is right on with all cultures! Great Content!
Us Italians definitely have a ton in common with Puerto Rican’s. I said this to an older Italian once and he got mad LMAO. But it’s true. Respect bro 🇮🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
My mother is from Bushwick and she told me back in the day it was Italian. When she moved there in the 60s that's when Puerto Ricans like her came.in the neighborhood. They didn't like us very much
@@vliciouss Some Italians are ultra prideful people, depending on the time period and what was going on at the time of the perception of Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican’s, for example if Puerto Rico was known for poor slums at that type some would take offense to that kind of comparison.
HOLY SHIT!!! I live right there in the Fordham section of the Bronx, literally right across the street from Fordham University!! People who have never been to Little Italy have no idea that there are barely any Italians living there anymore. Today that neighborhood is mostly Latino, with some Albanians and Arabs (mostly from Yemen) sprinkled in between.
@ThatOneDude 6969 places in queens but I’m from the Bronx this area in fact. & if you’re planning on coming over here I think you should check out the “ Morris park “ area here in bx
This was so incredibly enjoyable to watch! Please interview more of their generation and older. We need to hear about it. Cherish it. And maybe, some of us, bring it back. And they were right. We need discipline, tradition and respect again. Thank you for making this video.
This is awesome!!!! I wonder if I could Google a walking tour with a guy like the one giving you the tour in this video (Richie). I love this, seriously man! Thank you for posting this, thank you. God bless you. I’d like to think my donation to your channel paid for that slice of pizza and drink. Thanks
That is really old-school and traditional for someone to deliver pizza like that my hat is off to him I wish it was still like that. It’s a true community.
He's a nostalgic hypocrite. He lost me at the mafia were "kind-hearted people who were helping the community". I don't need to watch the rest of the video.
"Pop, I got beat down by Officer O'Toole, he beat my butt with his nightstick !!! Oh no, please don't hit me with the shaving strop, I can explain !!!"
I see a lot on TV about cancel culture and woke mobs but not from where I live in Brooklyn, NY. Most of us New Yorkers still respect one another and their culture.
This is awesome to see. Coming from Texas I get a different view of New York on the news as just gangs and liberals. Refreshing to see there’s still some of that New York Italian culture I wanted to experience as a kid.
Not to be the bearer of bad news but the mob is the ultimate gang in America. Organized yes, but doing the same thing gangs all over the world and country do
Rich is a great,well known sports writer in the Nyc area. He’s got a ton of knowledge.I’d love to spend a day with him,picking his mind. This was a fantastic video.one of the more enjoyable videos.thanks Peter
He’s right about everyone looking out for each other in your own neighborhood. It’s definitely not like that now. Everyone is just a stranger to you in your own neighborhood. Bunch of small town people moving in.
Thanks for this slice of nostalgia! I’m a Sicilian ex NYer and this video brought tears to my eyes. There was a lot of truth being told by Rich and the community Thanks again Keep on seeking the truth!
One of the most annoying things is when people leave the music F’n blaring at the gas station pump, even when they go inside the gas station. On top it’s always profanity laced music making it quite disrespectful with families around etc. I’m no stickler but holy hell that shiz is annoying.
Even when I was an annoying teenager and would blast my music loud in the car I wouldn't do that. The only reason I even kept my windows open when playing music is because I didn't have AC in my car.
I loved our early Sunday afternoon dinners at my grandmas house. Just engorge ourselves with carefully rolled anti-pasta (provolone, cappicola, salami, with roasted red peppers, tomatoes and olives drizzled in olive oil) pasta, meatballs, sausage, bracciole and wine for the main course and for dessert, pig out on pie, fruits, nuts. After we were done eating, we'd all basically just pass out on the couch from eating too much. Great memories. Miss you, grandma.
I grew up near Arthur Ave and yeah the “numbers” game was a big thing we Puerto Rican’s called it “Bolita”. I grew up their in the 70’s so it pretty violent in my day.
You still have problems having both mom and dad, you'll have them but they're not really there with you, like a drunk, child turns out a mess. It depends on the person.
@@ArtIsDrawing Single parent households are definitely a part of the problem, all the data shows that children develop best with a mother and a father figure. So is the lazy parents who let the state do all the teaching to their kids a part of the problem. There's a ton that contributes to the decay of America
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You may invite Serpentza to your talk too. To see what is his vuew of USA, South Africa, China and the world.
I am from the South of Italy and when a car has volume too loud is disrespectful and people stare at you
How have you never watch the bronx tale?? It’s a must watch
Good job sharing stuff.
You can tell Peter's not from here in NY. He says "I'll do a slice of cheese pizza". Cheese pizza? LOL. We just say "Gimme a slice"
When I turn on political news, it makes me lose faith in humanity. When I tune to Peter Santenello, I see the beauty in humanity.
me too - Peter's videos give u hope in the world.
He's a lovely chap
dont do it then man im physically repelled from it
This is the New York that people love and will miss.
True grit. Real people. And friends you could always count on. My how it’s all changed now.
New York is better now. More diverse. Different cultures everywhere so cool.
@@khalilamaz8592 Yeah, I guess it's easy to romanticize the past and some things probably were better in the past like more mom and pop restaurants and fewer chain stores and more close community with neighbors looking out for each other's kids. More of that "it takes a village" way of thinking. NYC is probably cleaner and more gentrified now. Amazon almost moved into the Bronx and would have probably sent rents soaring and had yuppies making 150k a year relocating in from Seattle and totally upending the local scene.
@@khalilamaz8592 diversity is exactly why its worse now.
@@khalilamaz8592 its always been that way
I came from an Irish American family from the Boston area. I grew up going to a local Italian pizza shop almost every day. Me and my friends would get home from school, pool our money, and go get a slice and a drink. The owner and employees would play cards with us if it was slow, sometimes slide us a free slice here and there, and talk with us. When I got my driver's license, they offered me a delivery job because they'd known me for years. Worked there on and off for 4 years. It's hard to explain the community and culture of a place like that to young kids today. It was nothing like working at a chain. They were like family, not just employers. They were tough on us, but taught us respect and how to have a good work ethic. Good times.
Thanks for sharing 👌🏼
Outer new york is definitely missing irish and italians, it was just a much better, personal and welcoming feel. Real connections and real work were shot by what happened to new york, now idk if there's a turning back
Just admit you’re a racist.
@@antonioreconquistadorunless italys economy becomes almost 3rd world like it was back in the day in Southern Italy I can't see more italian immigrants choosing to mass immigrate to the USA again like in the past. They choose Germany, France, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Australia & even Toronto & Montreal Canada over the USA at this point...without new italian immigrants or Irish immigrants it's never going back to the way it was...italian & Irish Americans have lost they're culture they're just Americans now.
@@dn8443 People move up and move on. Nostalgia is nice, but clinging to the past is unhealthy. Those descendants of Irish and Italians are in the suburbs getting an education and running the country. Let the new immigrants have their turn.
There is no more family, community, or respect in today’s world. Too many fatherless kids too much selfishness, and too much laziness. Today’s world wants you to think fathers and family are not important. But we will all see the decline in society continue because of this.
‼️ Unfortunately there's no going bahck, 👁 long for the 70's and 80's whehn wee uzed phay phonez‼️
‼️ U DOHNT 👁👁 CHOMMUNITY,
Becuz uv smarht phonez 📱 , thay wur N R ohur dehcl👁ne N Sehpuration ‼️
‼️ @29:33 - Thee G👁 talking about kihdz alwayz ohn thur phonez 📱 N computer 🖥 ‼️
Sooo troo N F'N disguhsting 😡‼️
Unfortunately thee g👁 iz 100% chorrect, 👁 waz aht m👁 Brutherz houze lahst wheekend, hee haz 4 kihdz, one waz playing online gamez 🎮 ihn thee livihng room whith hiz bruther - whoo waz ihn hiz behdroom, thee gurl waz ohn her Lahptohp ihn hur roohm and thee uthur kihd waz ohn a cehll phone 📱 ohn thee lihving roohm couch 🛋 whith hiz mohm whoo waz ohn hur phone 📱 - literally thee whohle F'N tihme 👁 waz thair - excehpt fur whehn wee 8 BBQ, thehn r👁t bahck 2 thee dehvicez.
👁 Fouhnd iht sihckening & Dizrespehctful 🖕😡‼️
‼️🖕SIHK UV IHT AHLL 🖕‼️
NEWCASTLE CALIFORNIA,USA 🇺🇲
The statics show that kids that did not have a father growing up, are more likely to get into crime.
@@humanbeing1168 they also promote "being lazy" even telling people to not work and not pay rent!!!
@@gabeschulte4608 not having fathers is not the problem! I never had a father growing up and I still turned out good because my mom has morals! unlike some ppl!
@@gabeschulte4608 I must be an exception. I’m sweet as a honey can be.
A Bronx tale. Such a Great movie.
hell ya
It was such a good movie
"Now youz can't leave."
I agree, one of my favourite movie of all time
I always think about the test when I get into a car lol
No one ever addresses the fact that kids had both parents not because it was a happy household, but because you couldn’t separate and woman had little say. Yeah, kids had both parents. And in 50% of the cases, fighting, hostility, and disfunction at at home. If you wanted a divorce, you were shunned for religious reasons so you were pressure to live in misery. If dad wanted to whip moms ass, he wasn’t going to jail. That was just “an argument “. My mother got pregnant young back then in this guys glory days and she wasn’t married. She was literally whisked away to a “home for wayward woman”, her baby taken, and given to someone else against her will. Then she was returned home and told never to speak of the entire thing. If you are an old white guy, i can see how you fondly remember those days. For everyone else, not so much.
What I found sad was when the pizza guys said there used to be kids all over the place playing outside but now they’re just stuck inside on phones and playing video games. Technology has really taken away a lot of the human factor and community, where once people relied on each other for support, good times and good conversation.
i live near a very nice playground adjacent to an elementary school. i go by on a nice spring or summer saturday late morning or early afternoon and there are no kids playing. things have changed but not necessarily for the better. i grew up in a densely populated city block. all i needed to do was step outside my door and i had at least a dozen other kids i could play with. i'm older now but i recall leaving my house in the morning and not returning home until dinner time. that's just the way things were with my friends, too.
It still does exist but in different places. My kids played soccer growing up and our town, alone, had over 3,200 children on teams of all ages (U6-U19). We chose our town because we wanted community. It’s just moved from the cities to the nicer burbs. We are fortunate to live in such a great area and don’t take it for granted.
@@sophiemorrison9820 I'm 28 and it was like that for me in the suburbs. A Diffrent sport with all the neighborhood kids every afternoon. Now it's literally no kids outside at all...
Sorry for the long rant. But here it goes. I went back to my old neighborhood in Queens about five years ago on a hot July weekend . I hadn’t been back there in something like 30 years. I went to the old pizzeria which as kids we used to hang out at. I also wanted to see who owned it now and to get a classic Italian rainbow ice. When I walked in I was shocked to see the same owner and his wife behind the counter! A little greyer and a bit fatter but still the same. They even remembered me even though the last time they saw me I was around 15. I was now 49! The place was empty. No kids around anywhere. The owner Tony said if kids do come in it’s usually with their parents and they get stuff to go while the kids just play endlessly with their phones. Long gone is the old jukebox and kids spending their allowance. I walked a few blocks over to the old schoolyard. The place had had a makeover that must have cost thousands of dollars. Brand new basketball courts. Rims that had actual nets! A track for track and field. A new baseball diamond and handball courts. Long gone was the graffiti, broken glass, bottle caps and uneven pavement. The only thing missing was kids! It was empty except for a few guys in their 30s playing a pick up game of basketball. There weren’t even any kids hanging out sneaking a cigarette or smoking a joint!! It was really sad. Now it seems they’d rather play basketball on a video game than the real thing!
@@baronhelius4596 Wow, that's crazy how they still remembered you all those decades later.
Rich is such a wealth of knowledge. You often don't see the level of community in modern times compared to before. Also, I still have to try that calzone!
Thanks for hooking that up Action Kid!
‼️ U DOHNT 👁👁 CHOMMUNITY,
Becuz uv smarht phonez 📱 , thay wur N R ohur dehcl👁ne N Sehpuration ‼️
‼️ @29:33 - Thee G👁 talking about kihdz alwayz ohn thur phonez 📱 N computer 🖥 ‼️
Sooo troo N F'N disguhsting 😡‼️
Unfortunately thee g👁 iz 100% chorrect, 👁 waz aht m👁 Brutherz houze lahst wheekend, hee haz 4 kihdz, one waz playing online gamez 🎮 ihn thee livihng room whith hiz bruther - whoo waz ihn hiz behdroom, thee gurl waz ohn her Lahptohp ihn hur roohm and thee uthur kihd waz ohn a cehll phone 📱 ohn thee lihving roohm couch 🛋 whith hiz mohm whoo waz ohn hur phone 📱 - literally thee whohle F'N tihme 👁 waz thair - excehpt fur whehn wee 8 BBQ, thehn r👁t bahck 2 thee dehvicez.
👁 Fouhnd iht sihckening & Dizrespehctful 🖕😡‼️
‼️🖕SIHK UV IHT AHLL 🖕‼️
NEWCASTLE CALIFORNIA,USA 🇺🇲
@@BIGPIE3333 wtf
@@nbuilds902 we may have just been visited by extraterrestrial lifeforms.
@Miami Heat You're right, he could be living in Kansas or Milwaukee now instead of boring NYC.
Peter has never seen the movie 'A Bronx Tale' and this guy is full of how the Mob 'helped' the community? I liked this channel, but this is rediculous
Wow this was incredible. A completely different generation. I loved the fact they spoke of community something my and many younger generations won’t experience.
It's an absolute shame. And I don't blame the young people, their parents let it die before these kids could experience it. The grandparents remember though. No one knows each other anymore, not their neighbors, not their local shopkeeper. Everyone is isolated. Not just NYC, it's happening across the US. It really sucks.
@@livingminimumwage6359 you wouldn’t be mistaken if you said it’s happening across the world as a whole
@@livingminimumwage6359 car culture messes a lot of that up
‼️ @29:33 - Thee G👁 talking about kihdz alwayz ohn thur phonez 📱 N computer 🖥 ‼️
Sooo troo N F'N disguhsting 😡‼️
Unfortunately thee g👁 iz 100% chorrect, 👁 waz aht m👁 Brutherz houze lahst wheekend, hee haz 4 kihdz, one waz playing online gamez 🎮 ihn thee livihng room whith hiz bruther - whoo waz ihn hiz behdroom, thee gurl waz ohn her Lahptohp ihn hur roohm and thee uthur kihd waz ohn a cehll phone 📱 ohn thee lihving roohm couch 🛋 whith hiz mohm whoo waz ohn hur phone 📱 - literally thee whohle F'N tihme 👁 waz thair - excehpt fur whehn wee 8 BBQ, thehn r👁t bahck 2 thee dehvicez.
👁 Fouhnd iht sihckening & Dizrespehctful 🖕😡‼️
‼️🖕SIHK UV IHT AHLL 🖕‼️
NEWCASTLE CALIFORNIA,USA 🇺🇲
The young generation can have back, but they are going to have to create it. I hope they do! Good luck! 💜🙏🏻
I agree with Rich about the loud music, it's disrespectful. It's like invading someone's audio space or mental space. Someone on that block has a headache, or maybe an older person is ill and they don't want to hear party beats blasting in their ears.
I lived in Chicago and every neighborhood had music and were loud. Chinatown, Little Italy, Greektown, etc. Nothing wrong with music
@@jmveee
Correct...There is nothing wrong with music. However, the point is there is an issue when one person's right to listen to music interferes/conflicts with someone else's right to not have to hear someone elses noise(!).
What the guy in the video is getting at is a concept of mutual _regard & respect_ for others.
He even says as much when he questions why someone would essentially be like, _"Hey, see those people over there? Well I'm gonna turn my sounds up to 100🔊 and force them to hear what I'm listening to!"_
@@m.worthy - when you're out in public there's no way to control sound. There are public noise ordinances that already set limits but aside from that it's live and let live.
Do something about it. Throw a brick in their window. They will stop.
@@jmveee
I wasn't focusing on _"out in public"_ like in a parking lot, a park, or when some random teen or 20-something driving drives by and keeps it moving... I am talking about _residential situations_ where again the point is _there is an issue when one person's right to listen to loud music interferes/conflicts with someone else's right to not have to hear someone elses noise(!)_ . The noise ordinances you mentioned included. Residential situations.
I grew up in the southern U.S. (north Florida). These types of videos are extremely interesting to me because they’re so different than growing up in the country…. NYC is so cultural, densely populated with much more diverse. In the south you’re basically white or black and live spread out. You drive everywhere.
But the NY metro area isn't like this anymore. This guy is an old timer lamenting an era that no longer exists. It's quite sad, actually.
@ kimberlythomas4373
NYC has always had tensions between the ethnic groups, races, socio-economic groups. Prior to WW2, most people stayed
in their own ethnic neighborhoods. After WW2 many of the younger people moved to the suburbs and new groups began
coming to USA and NYC. Times change, cities change, societies change.
Rural areas in the northern USA were almost as isolated as rural neighborhoods in the South prior to WW2. There weren't
many Blacks in the rural northern areas; but before TV people's focus was on their local community.
Gentrification, mass materialism, and the internet create the modern urban dystopian nightmare
Social welfare programs did the most damage of all though. Welfare checks took the place of fathers.
Do something about it.
@@digitalgold1475 You'll need a time machine...to stop the 60s.
Mass Materialism, 100%
@@petebondurant58 More like stop crack
I wish this country went back to “communities” I’m in my late 20’s and man even at my young age I don’t see “communities” anymore. Man I remember playing outside with the neighborhood kids in the Los Angeles area and my grandma whistling for me to come in for dinner. This video reminded me of my childhood. I wish social media did not exist, it’s ruining a lot of kids lives and making them anti social.
I believe the word you’re looking for is asocial, and yeah I agree. But it’s not like it’s going away anytime soon
BLM and the left are trying their hardest to destroy communites... What is it they call it "dismantle the nuclear family"
Asocial or a new found “social anxiety”
@@flaw3dgenius222 No one is trying to do that. What kind of far-right bullshit you on brother?
@@angryakinaya9029 It was part of the BLM manifesto. So absolutely nothing to do with far right. Go educate yourself a little.
Real people. Real history. Real families and real respect.
this man is crazy
@@Mere-Lachaiselonguewhy
As someone whose grandparents owned a small deli in Bensonhurst in the 60's, I can tell you that Rich's "memory" of the Italian Mafia differs greatly from those who were subject to its thuggery.
Please do tell us more..
@@bagussatrio7841 They basically lived in constant fear of shake downs, theft, threats, etc. at the hands of their own people.
@@bagussatrio7841 yes please
People always gloss over the predatory behavior of their own people
Romanticizing violence is never good.
That wasn’t Mexican music , and you just don’t understand that Hispanics Puerto Rican’s / Dominicans / Cubans even Mexicans are happy people that love music and love to have loud music . That is not disrespectful at all . You can say that you don’t like it that’s your opinion but it’s not the truth . You got to understand that times change , when Italians first came here there was a large group of people that didn’t want you guys here either . The problem today is that we are used to pointing fingers instead of actually doing something to make the community better .
Hi Peter, what a great find! I first stumbled upon your Appalachian video by chance. Such an interesting collection of backgrounds and people. You have a very natural way just letting people tell their stories. No pizzazz, no fuss , just fascinating snippets of America. These should be introduced into the curriculum to give younger generations a taste of where they live, without prejudice. Genuine people living their lives. Terrific discovery. Fair play to you :))
“We might not have money, but we have everything..” One of the most profound, true statements I’ve ever heard. I’m glad that I’m old enough to know what these guys were talking about with the playing ball after school, dinner time same time everyday but Sunday. It was better back then. This new generation is 100% missing out. Thanks for taking me back to my childhood. Great video!
'Enough is better than a feast'
@@lukehall8151 a feast is better than not enough
@@richjones7313 enough > a feast > not enough
Beautiful, reap benefits of a society, then change it in a negative way and mock your children for being born in a shittier world that you created
The human nature of Baby Boomers and Gen X
The real face of those generations
Fuck you over and laugh at you while they do it
I miss mom's screaming our names to come eat and or throw.that trash and or wash dishes lol hahahah gotta love the mommas
We called Sundays “Shouting Sundays “. It seemed there was always shouting, arguments or crying, Sundays were never lacking drama.
especially when there are Italian moms around
My wife's family is Italian and nearly every event turns into a shouting match; we don't see them anymore!
I miss those days when my Grandma Lucy made her homemade gravy, ravioli and antipasta. No cell phones. People talked and listen respectfully to each other.
I'm out this dude talking about the Mob protecting the neighborhood. Protecting them from what more mobsters. Tell your lies to sum1 who didn't grew up in NYC during the days of Gotti.
Italian-Americans are such a Blessing to this nation of ours.
Yes🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 PROUD
@@allhailmichigan9876 proud also bud
Tell that to cuomo and pelosi lol.
My dad immigrated from a small catholic village in south Lebanon in the early 70s and he describes his childhood much like how Rich did in this video. He tells me stories about when he first came to NYC and how he made many Italian friends because of the shared cultural and religious values. We love stopping by Arthur Ave. and getting cannolis from Gino's. This video made me extremely nostalgic haha.
From which village is your dad? I'm from the south too but 5 minutes from my village is a christian village. Salam from me to you guys.
Italians love Catholic Lebanese. Lebanon is absolutely beautiful.
@@jafar_mtr Ain Ebel!
@@eggyolked108 We love Italy too :) Che viva l'Italia!
@@eggyolked108 notice how they only like Arabs if they’re not Muslims 🤦♂️ Meanwhile this video is bragging about the Italian mobsters and criminals like it’s a good thing
Must have been cool, meeting a guy with the same heritage. I grew up with a lot of friends with Italian ancestry. I’m from Welsh, Irish, Scottish and German. I’m from Manchester and my family came to Liverpool when they first came to England. They came here as well as the States. No one feeds you like my Italian friends. We’re all one big family, all over the globe.
I'm sorry but we have to be honest. NYC was a wreck during that time with the mafia helping make this city a living hell. NYC still has it's issues but at least mafia rule isn't what it once was.
You should interview my mother. She’s 85 and was born and raised in Chelsea in a railroad flat with a shared toilet in the hallway and a “Tub” in the kitchen. The neighborhood was predominantly Irish longshoremen but is now Uber trendy with the high line. If you’ve ever seen On the Waterfront with Marlon Brando it was very much like that.
Chelsea, in Boston?
@@tiff10122 prob NYC with mention of the high line, and theme of the video
@@tiff10122 NY
@@tiff10122 Chelsea is a neighborhood in lower Manhattan
that's awesome.chelsea isn't like that anymore I'll tell you that. I was walking through there today, I had an apartment on 28th back in the day. Now I had to move uptown. its a different world now. Otro Mundo.
…proud Italian-American also, but let’s not say someone can’t grow up straight/ good if you don’t have a Mom or Dad.. my own Dad grew up in a terrible foster home w/an abusive foster father. My Dad🇺🇸RIP enlisted/ served our country in the Navy at the tender age of 16 yrs young, WWII, South Pacific, then served the people on the Chicago Police Department for 36 years. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙
You probably made this mans day going around and talking with him. That’s pretty cool
He nailed it with the mom and dad part. I firmly believe that's 80% of all these American problems.
And the UK 🇬🇧🍀👍🏼
And then there are people who call the nuclear family the source of fascism lmao. People don't know what they are losing.
This is how society dies
It's not just that. It's that ppl treat each other like sh*t. I tried to get married, to find someone I could love and take care of.... everything is selfish drama. Parents being self centered and persuing their ____ I think was the fall and created the type of people I dated. My parents checked out of raising us when I was 8 or 9.
People have been saying that for years. Unfortunately I heard to many times... oh that is because of your religion...oh your old fashioned...blah blah blah. The stats just do not lie, you have a better chance at life with a mom and a dad.
I am sorry. But what Rich is passively saying is that when his neighborhood had the mob and predominantly Italian, it was safe. But when it got more "diverse" it got less safe and filled with crime. He's the type of guy who would be happy to have an Italian-only neighborhood, but won't say it explicitly, but it's obvious.
So glad you're back in NYC! You should come to Brighton Beach. It's a neighborhood in Brooklyn made up of immigrants from the former USSR.
Russian mafia
Yup purely russians over there even they homes look russian and so beautiful
My Dad was an old New Yorker. Hailed from the Bronx. He passed last year and this made me feel at home. Thank you for sharing this Peter. Always love this kind of content. This generation is almost gone. Covid took so many of these guys. Love seeing that some are still around.
That makes me sad, but it’s true that generation is a going breed. I’m not from NY but it has such a rich history that I really respect
Born in 1957..
Oh the Memories..
Welfare World today..
Defused Demographics..
It was so touching listening to Rich and his friends. I didn’t grow up in New York but I can relate to a lot of things they said. Especially when they talked about no discipline anymore. I’m about the same age as these guys and they are so right. Kids do what they want nowadays. I long for the good old days
Peter, I've said it before and I will say it again; You are the ultimate people person. Keep doing what you are doing!
Watched this all the way in Poland. Such a fantastic tour of the Bronx with an old school gentlemen. Man, those were the days, when right was right and wrong was wrong. Really enjoyed it, Peter.
Italian pride, culture, values, all true!
My mother was first generation American, her parents were from Sicily, so that makes me a proud Sicilian American. So much of the old ways are going away, sadly. Our
"Little Italy" was in Detroit, and I miss it so much! The bread is the best! Lol! 🇮🇲 🇺🇲🇮🇹❤️
A pity that the English culture to which you belong created the stereotype that being Italian in those times was synonymous with a mafia culture, Argentina received more Italian immigrants in those times than the United States and never created the stereotype that Italians created mafias. It was all a lie created by English propaganda that Italians created mafias because they hated the cultures of southern Europe. More Italians in Argentina in Argentina and did not create a single mafia, weird.
You never saw A Bronx Tale? Rich almost walked away when you said that. Come on man.
yeah, I saw that too. lol. Peter, no disrespect but if you're going to little Italy in the Bronx, you can't just see the Joker. I mean Chazz Palminteri...ya gotta see A Bronx Tale.
lmao! that was terrible. I grew up in San Jose, CA and everyone I know in the Bay Area loves that movie & we're 3,000 miles away. People all over the country are obsessed with it I've noticed! Even Jim Jones, a latino rapper from Harlem, made an album named after that famous Wasted Talent line..
I really felt it when he went on the rant against loud music on the street, that shit pisses me off
I've literally been in NYC situations where young guys (and 30+ to 40+ grown men!) have taken big speakers out of their vehicles and aimed the speakers🎛🔊 directly at the entrance to the barbershop business I go to and blasted🔊 dembo and merengue loud enough to be heard an entire Manhattan block 🔊. No exaggeration.
No regard for the barbershop or other businesses...
No regard for the apartments above or around... and no one said a thing to the young guys or "adults" because no one wanted to start an issue... Yet I always remember an old senior-citizen couple (literally laboring to walk!) who resided above the noise, complaining and shaking their head about how no one respected them (the senior residents).
@@m.worthy the thing is that you have to start something with them. you got to step up to them and tell them to turn it down. and there are a myriad of ways of doing so but you will only know which way to pick once your in the verbal square with them. i know its scaring.. f** it. the only way to get a barking dog to stop rushing at you is to bark back.
Do something about it. That's the problem is everyone thinks it's either some one else job.
Some one blasting music in your neighborhood throw a rock in the window. They'll stop trust me.
@juan2 & @saz
Jaja...😁...I appreciate you both trying to offer a suggestion, but _I'm not someone that needs to look to others for certain solutions_ . First off, the area I mentioned is a area in Manhattan that I get my haircut in. _I do not reside in that area (not my neighborhood, not my problem)_ .
Second, it is a tricky kinda situation because of the culture and ages of the males who are usually doing that. It is a situation where on one hand people accept that loud music as part of the "culture"🙄, and on the other hand there is the matter of respect for others not wanting to hear it.
Now, at other times in my life I have been in situations where I had to approach large groups of guys and ask that they turn music down...and they respected that I asked, so they turned music down or even off. The flipside to that is that you can encounter people who you don't know who also may not reside in the area they are being a nuisance or problem in, and you have no idea what will come of that nor exactly who nor what you're involving yourself with. _@Saz said "trust me" about a f#×%in' rock when I'm talking about total strangers who may have guns and do use them_ . _I'm not sure what world you throw rocks in, but the areas I mention, if you throw rocks be prepared for any type of immediate (and future) life altering response_ . _My experiences with those situations are in Chicago, Detroit areas, and throughout NYC. Places where the smallest arguments or disagreements can quickly lead to an extreme situation if handled incorrectly_ . Lived it... And of course, one can always call police for noise complaints...And call again..and again..and possibly create issues from doing that. So yeah, I appreciate your _"Do something about it"_ suggestions. In different places at different times long ago in my life I have done just that, but at this point in my life it is not an issue around my tranquil, nice, home environment.
*The example I originally used is from a busy, crowded, residential & commercial Manhattan area where I get my haircut* .
*I do not reside in nor near that area* . *The old people and others in that area who do need to **_"Do something about it"_** have to do so because it is their block and area* .
@Brandon May
_"No one wants to be the one to do what needs to be done..."_
*Lesandro Guzman-Feliz* (15)
If people in a "community" would have interceded on his behalf, that kid could still be alive today. If you're not aware of how his demise came, simply Google his name or look at the UA-cam links I attached at the end of my responses @juan2.. and @saz...(or any other detailed/graphic video footage).
Point being, sometimes _"the one who does what needs to be done"_ (in a unknown immediate environment) becomes the one who gets _"Large amounts of pain and suffering"_ (as you said).
Depending on the variables, place & situation, even something as simple as asking someone or a group of someones to turn down music, can lead to a situation one can't get out of...and as in *Lesandro Guzman-Feliz* situation, not a single person tried to intervene to save that 15 year young kid...No one wanted to be _"the one to do what needs to be done_ ."
I feel the same way as Rich about so many things. The loud annoying disrespectful music, the section 8 ruining my hometown. poor guy saw his home deteriorate through the years.
How about America ruining so many people into "section 8" status to begin with?
The part that this guy leaves out is that minimum wage back then was literally the equivalent to $24 per hour today. Wages have been stagnant since the 80's and never kept up with inflation. That's why you can never compare people today to people who were making twice as much back then.
@@jhlfsc and who keeps voting for higher minimum wage, which in turn inflates everything else. The people. If people took only 10% of the time they spend watching tv or useless entertainment in learning things of importance we probably wouldn't be here. But i do admit thats a lot to ask for (not saying that cynically).
He’s really bitin his tongue about non Italians his off screen comments must have been interesting
Exactly I bet he was saying a lot of not so nice things about us
I can tell he’s hurt by the lack of fellow Italians, But he is also not trying to get cancelled, So he’s trying to keep an open mind, Even though he lost his community, friends, family and even culture. But people will crucify white people if they dare say anything about it that has negative connotations. I’m a Latino and Id understand, Because I’m not the average latino.
@ThatOneDude 6969 He just doesn't want them in his neighborhood.
You already know I saw the hesitancy on camera I wonder what was said about the Non Italians hmmmm
period!!!!!!!
This guy is a walking paradox.
Him: I don't like lazy mary, it's offensive to italians!
Also him: Leave Columbus alone, he didntdunuffin.
Bro is offended by an beloved Italian song but is okay with a genocidal fall upwards guy who was a terrible navigator. There's PLENTY of good Italian people to put up, hell there's plenty of fine Italian-Americans to venerate.
Interesting what this guy says about the local Mob guys and the community. Some Londoners said the same thing about the Krays here in the UK. That doesn't subtract from the danger factor with these people. It all depends on your experience of them.
To some, gangsters are Robin Hood. For others, they are a plague.
@@charlieboy-dh1ns They were London gangsters in the 50s and 60s. In the communities they came from, there was a lot of support for them, but outside those communities, they were brutal.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_twins
@@Titus-cm8gz the point being they only went after other criminals. If anyone went after women, children and even regular men, they were taken out. It was the only rule ALL gangsters stool to and believed in.
@@Dude0000 that’s bullshit... stop watching the godfather. How do you define a gangster?
He talks about peaceful streets due to mob influence - which I understand . But he also seems to avoid the fact they robbed and stole and enforced their will with extreme violence . The Krays are also mentioned in the comments , like all mobsters old ladies were safe in their houses but at what cost ? . Ordinary people were in fear of them , one wrong word and you went to hospital. They're all leaches on their communities.
This is exactly with the Mexican Gangs in South Los Angeles in the 90"s when I was growing up as long you are submissive they will not hurt you,that is tyranny and innocent people died or got affected for their gang problems.
I love the different views of generations compared to today. Definitely seem more community back then, now people are too busy or into their own world trying to get ahead
The East End of London has so many similarities with this area and era. Bethnal Green , Bow and Stepney in London was exactly the same. I feel very honoured to have been brought up in that time in that area with those morals. At the same time I'm incredibly sad how it has changed .The community worked so well, almost too well which is why it was broken up. It wasn't perfect but it worked. Gentrification has a lot to answer for. I feel that we need to capture as much info of these times before they are permanently lost forever. I love New York. Great upload!
As a black American my strongest male influences were my dad uncles and grandfather.
As a Latino-Canadian I grew up looking up to them as well.
Wow! My father is Mexican and my mom was Canadian.@@Alexfromthe6
It's sad to think that once these guys are gone those neighborhood restaurants and delis will be no more. He's right, nobody wants to do that type of work anymore. Big box stores and chain restaurants will replace them.
Mafia members: The mob was terrible, bloodthirsty & evil. I wish my family & I never got involved.
Random NYC civilian: We need the mob back!
With all respect to Mr. Mancuso and the Italian American community, I have to say something which may be unpopular. The Mafia was an issue back in NYC and other places and quite frankly I'm glad I didn't grow up in Sicilian American culture as a Sicilian American. A lot of them are close minded and a judgmental. Because I wasn't raised in the culture they used to say I wasn't one of them. My parents also didn't grow up in a big city either. Times change, people change. Family culture changes. They're used to the way things used to be which is understood. All of the NYC natives I know said the mafia was a problem back then. I loved the video and what the gentlemen were talking about. I just have a different opinion of things but I respect their wisdom and experience. I love Peter's channel also as they don't make them like him anymore!
Im Italian not sicilian... but I grew up here and wasnt part of the madia either... they did help tho
Yes! We all have selective memories… A lot of what he said was true but he just ignored the bad stuff…
Yeah it’s a lot of rose tinted glasses. I don’t doubt that everything good he mentions about the mafia is true, but he also forgets a lot of the bad stuff that outweighs the good stuff
I grew up in East New York, right next to ozone park where all the mafiosos were at. Never any problems in ozone park but eny was a shit hole. The mob kept shit out of their neighborhoods. Some aspects of their culture is flawed, but they did look out for their people.
As an Italian citizen, I'm glad that there's someone that sees those ghettos for what they were. I'm so fucking ashamed of the stereotype that I have to listen to from the movies, which are not even based upon life in Italy but were spread by the few ignorant bad apples that emigrated from the poorest and uncultured regions of our state to the US, and creating a weird idea of Italians.
These people came from regions that are among the worst parts of Western Europe and, while there are historical reasons why these regions were poor and oppressed, they also share a cultural heritage that is so archaic, patriarchal, and barbaric.
Even in Italy, it took the courage of heroes like Franca Viola, Peppino Impastato, or Falcone and Borsellino, to try to change that mentality, and some of them brought awareness to said problems only by dying as martyrs.
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Crazy how things have changed over the last four to five decades. Back then family culture was strong. Neighbors were like second family. Rich is proud of his culture, love seeing that
Changed for the better. NY was a hint sh!thole in the 60s and 70s.
@@mackdeen7021it hasn't you can't even challenge his points. Americans have no culture. You probably don't know your families history.
@@mackdeen7021I miss these small groups
@@mackdeen7021 Imagine these guys being nostalgic of wifebeatings, hunting colored people as a hobby, and claiming to be true Italians while going to a baseball game at the same time ROFL
Best video. Tells us what is missing in today's society. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. I'm not Italian but growing up all my girlfriends were Italian. I learned so much from these families and have taken on their traditions and values. I'm half Serbian and they also have the same value system. If my Aunts and Uncles were bad my grandfather took a switch of a tree and if he caught them they would get it. Its so sad today.
Most people, not all, do not no how to work hard and wait for things.
We can't go back to those days but if we could bring forward some of these values apply them today the US and Canada would move forward into a more positive future.
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Type like a human That's the stupidest shit I've ever seen
@@stevemiller3991 yeah, that was weird...I mean I could read it, but...weird.
Well said. Many Americans don't care for family. It's only money they worship
Thank you Peter for learning about this forgotten culture of Italian Americans. I lived it myself and everything Rich said is true. I can't wait for the next episode!
Even the racism part? Italians are the most racist!
American culture not Italian culture go back to italy
Go back to soccer
@johnmarshall4399 No soccer, Football, no Fiat, Cadillac
Just like in Sicily... there is a "certain" order.... and ain't the law enforcement keeping that.... LoL
It’s the same across the world. I taught my grandson how to make and fly a kite and we got looked at like a pair of freaks on the beach flying that. But he was proud. He made it. And it will get passed on. Do stuff! Don’t watch other people do stuff!,
wtfff, whats wrong with them looking weird?!!!!!! Are you sure they werent looking because they thought it was cool or cute?
Exactly.. don’t just watch other people do stuff
I taught my daughter how to build a kite. Albeit we went on UA-cam to find out how but still bought nylon fabric, string and wood dowels and assembled it. The only time we used the phone, printed out the instructions. I told her use your imagination. We used to spend hours outside and no phones or internet available. Now kids say they’re bored if there is no wifi signal and that’s just sad. At least she reads a book.
I miss the good old days. I’m 61 and grew up in a community in Seattle just like he’s talking about. Now just gangs, homelessness and drugs. Loved this episode and these Italian men.
Is it your hair in profile puc
Seattle is Antifas home city that and Portland. You get what you voted for.
@@JesusChrist2000BC give me anti-fascists any day of the week over literal mafiosos who insane people glorify and romanticize like they were a good thing.
Come on Santanello, first five minutes of the video I find out you haven’t seen a Bronx Tale…😑
Yes, you absolutely should have gone home ,watched it ,(twice )and then went back .
Your dog ate your homework I guess .🙈
I'm Italian and i would love to visit these streets. I agree with the guys, it seems we have a lack of discipline and sense of community in our society. I think it will get worse in future, this is sad.
It’s definitely going to continue to get worse. There is no return to the great ways of life.
@@tjl_8117 not everything was better back than. In fact there are alot of things that are better today
@@joedimaggio6261 hahahahahaha whatever you say Brain Wizard. We aren’t going down the road you fake SJW weirdos want to go. We are talking quality of life.
@@tjl_8117 whatever you say
@@tjl_8117 quality of life? People today live longer and have more disposable income and leisure time than they had in the good old days. Life was much tougher back than. Infant mortality rates were much higher. Shit my grandfather had many siblings who died right after birth.
A lot of the problems stem from the breakdown of the family system. The family structure is slowly deteriorating and that leads to a lack of safety while growing up for the youth. This puts the youth at a disadvantage and forces them to be closed and lack the feeling of safety and assurance, which further hinders their development. And this vicious cycle will keep going unless we come together as a society and address these issues head on!
@ThatOneDude 6969
Be the change my man, be the exception.
My grandfather was a fire fighter in woodlawn back in the 30s and 40s. Ladder co, 32. After my grandmother came to
identity his body the 2nd time, yes 2nd time, and he woke up in the morge (for the 2nd time!) My grandmother yelled! Thats it! You're retiring and we're moving to Florida. I grew up in Florida hearing bronx accents from my uncles, mother, and grand parents. I love it, makes my heart feel warm when i hear the accents from new york.
I am a northern Italian ...I did not grow up with pizza, spaghetti-meat balls or lasagna, The majority of Italian immigrants in the world are from the south, Naple, Sicily etc.etc. and have spread these type of foods based on their heritage. I tasted pizza when I was a teenager in North America. Italian food in not just based on the southern cousine!
Actually many northern Italians migrated to South America, Canada and Australia...but it's true that the majority of Italians in the US have a southern Italian background
But that was because the south italian people was the poor , the north had all the money
Italians were the backbone of NYC and they were descriminated against pretty bad to by people calling them dago etc
They are racist
@@SapBoy365 Not even close..
@@SapBoy365 if you think teaching kids respect, to respect parents, to respect property rights, to respect codified city law ordinances, to respect neighbors and all those respect laws is racist then you are brainwashed by the media.
@@SapBoy365 just don’t f around in their communities .. it’s simple
What a baby. You like to point fingers and generalize. Try losing the victim mentality and you will up your game in life.
One thing I have to say is that he thought Christopher Columbus was an Italian to be proud of, I would disagree, he was a terrible person and represents colonialism, which has effected many people and nations very negatively, being part Italian I would not ever be proud of that part of history or person. But I sure would love to hang out in this neighbourhood, and eat some delicious food, love NYC so much.
Loved the two brothers. As a Frenchman that moved to the USA, watching and hearing those two Italian-American brothers remind me so much of France and my fellow Frenchmen. Similar physical traits, facial expressions, values, and culture. New York City has that rich European heritage that I miss here in the Midwest. I would love to visit those neighborhoods and meet their locals one day.
Midwest has Germans and Polish people, but they are deeply Americanized, so you don't get that old world immigrant vibe from them.
Why do you visit france instead of New York?😂
As a European I can tell you that French people are so superficial and not straightforward as Italians are so I don’t see what’s remembers you of France by seeing an old Italian American (Neapolitan) traits and way of talk remembers you to a Frenchman if you would say Spanish well that would be ok but French !! I lived in France for a good period of time Paris then Orleans and Marseille and it has nothing to do French people are so fake and rather speak behind your back stab you and gossip than telling you the truth in your face 😊
@@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96 hey france and italy are friends. We sre eueopean. Im italians
You do know that France is Mediterranean too, right? Go to southern France and you'll notice our similarities. Not sure why you seem so upset. There really are no real reasons to argue. Peace, my friend.@@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96
These are true salt of earth people. Pure respect. Guy at the end delivering the pizza. Gold
this old dude talks out his bumb.. its like the people that say kids don't play outside anymore... Bull mess.. kids are outside and young people are just as awesome as any generation. People who have expectations for others need to calm down and just be human.
idk about the bronx but my Norwegian grandfather was threatened by the mob to pay a stipend, when he refused they lit his business on fire.
He should have summoned Odin and Thor and crushed them with a hammer
Exactly. The myth that the mob were good for anybody is nonsense. They were bullies, extortionists and murderers. Your example could be made by thousands of hard working families.
@@RazPerignon LOL!
@@PeteyS.D. and got his Norwegian homies together and raid the local social club
This guy just doesn’t want to go on record talking shit and saying what people did or do he’s not a 18 year old rapper glorifying the violence . In this video he wants to come
Off as he’s a honorable guy lol if he is or isn’t is up to you
Love watching walkabouts with Rich, He has figured lots on Action Kid channel, So much knowledge.
I’m not racist but don’t take away my statue of genocidal Columbus.😅😂🤣🥲
1:58 - Brings back memories. I lived on Arthur Ave and 186th Street from 1990 to 1996. It was definitely a cultural mix. The people I knew, and worked with as a volunteer, were predominantly Italian-American locals that Rich Mancuso speaks of. I sensed a shift in the early 90's of Italians leaving, and a larger presence of Albanians to the community - there is history of Italy and Albania.
Lived there when The Bronx Tale was made. There was a guy called Eddie Mush who basically played himself in the movie.
3:44 - FBI designated Belmont (Little Italy in Bronx) as the safest neighborhood in NYC. I remember, when Rudy was running for Mayor in early 90's he said that to me. I had to correct him, and then mentioned what we were doing as volunteers - Fordham/Belmont Safety Patrol. We were basically the Eyes and Ears of the 48th Police Precinct, and patrolled the neighborhoods (in my 1985 Red Nissan Sentra - stick shift - with CB radios). We ended up getting funding and more advanced equipment, but it was our way of doing something and making a presence in our community. There was a statistical drop in crime and a partnership with local police established. For the most part, the issues were low-level addicts that roamed the neighborhood panhandling - this had a negative effect on tourists visiting the neighborhoods and restaurants at night. One time a prostitute came up to my car and asked me if I was interested - I rolled down my window and asked, "What part of this magnetic sign don't you understand?" My PSA is to figure out what's needed where you live, and then form a group to do something about it.
4:25 - What Mancuso is talking about we basically had in early 90's - COPS (Community Policing), where we had a small number of cops that specifically worked our neighborhood. I think it worked well. I sensed that there were still remnants of local Mafia running the place, but it was never overt. Several times we invited the local cops up to our safety patrol office to discuss what was happening. My takeaway was that the cops were limited by having to actually see something criminal happening. What we were doing was keeping close local track of trends and changes happening with various people/groups coming and going. It requires a multi-pronged effort to create change.
5:06 - He's absolutely right there. I remember cases where some local issues (typically drug-related) happened and people were given assistance they needed or treatment programs and oftentimes had to pay it back by working in a restaurant's kitchen. It all worked out. Mancuso would know who I worked closely with as a volunteer - Florence Petronio
5:41 - That's all I heard, and I didn't see any of it, though.
6:08 - Pastry shops. The smell of fresh baked bread in early hours of the morning. Cannoli's. Meatballs. It was freakin' awesome!!! Across the street from me was an open market - 17:24 - (groceries) and they always threw in something extra for me as a surprise. I gained many pounds....
9:24 - He's basically talking about community in an analog fashion. I see his point. Because nowadays a lot of social interactions are technology-based, we can miss the actual stuff right in front of us. That addict I mentioned early with the pan-handling - he was sent to prison for several months; came out clean; I had no idea he spoke fluent English; I tried to get him into our Safety Patrol; the next day he was hooked again because a dealer got to him. My point is that connecting with people on the ground, and knowing their story, creates for the sense of community that Mancuso is talking about.
14:33 - Surreal -- My old front door.
Bottom line - after I left in 1996, the concept of creating a community still is possible - "Neighbor helping Neighbor", which was part of our CERT program.
Good memories from Belmont - Little Italy in the Bronx.
Wow
You are right! 💯 I hung out all throughout little Italy and knew lots of people. But there was a shift! 😒
Seems like everything has changed for the worst. So sad to see that the Italian culture is disappearing in NYC... Thanks for sharing that knowledge of history !
What Italian culture are you referring to? These people are Americans who had some relatives from Italy over 100 years ago and have little or no connection to the country other than some culinary and religious traditions that people here (in Italy, where I am) would barely recognize today. They do not speak Italian nor could they tell you anything about the history or even name a couple of Italian authors outside of Dante or Boccaccio.
@@mediterraneanworld Its the Italian/American culture that is missing. The children of Italian immigrants were bilingual but more Americanized that would follow baseball instead of FIFA. Everyone, at that time, were from the same background so a friends house was exactly like your house. Times were different then because the vibe is gone, Italians gave better lives to their kids and Italians were no longer moving in they were moving out. the Like i said its Italian/American and yes its much different then Italy. For example more Italian Americans give money for a wedding gift other than a wrapped present.
@@ralphroberts5011 they gave up their identity because they were persecuted during WW2 - Italian was the second most spoken language in the 30's and 40's with so many newspapers and cultural events etc . .by 1950's almost all of that was gone as they assimilated very quickly in to mainstream Americana and also to distinguish themselves from other ethnic groups. I am not saying it is the fault of Italian Americans but they hold on to an identity that is very curated and inauthentic.
@@ralphroberts5011 Which children were bilingual ? part of the problem was that so many of the immigrants were illiterate in Italian and spoke some local dialect and thus could not even pass the language on to their children - in many ways this demonstrates how poverty and education can rob people of their culture and identity and how easy it is to lose it. Italians are not a monolithic group in America - many later arrivals wanted little to do with Italo-Americani and viewed them as peasants. Likewise the Italians who immigrated to California came from a different class and even region as you had to have money to go all the way to California in the 19th and early 20th century. That said many of these immigrants had little concept of Italy as we only became unified in 1860 - 1870 - which Italian unification is quite similar to the civil war in the USA minus the slavery but it did disrupt and impoverish a vulnerable segment of the population which is what led to mass immigration that was encouraged by the Italian government - get rid of the poor and let them make a pathway to export Italian products and capital!
@@mediterraneanworld Inauthentic?? No that is why its Italian/American. The immigrant parents wanted their children to be American with ties to their heritage. Its not Inauthentic at all.
He cares about his neighborhood, but he litters throwing that dirty cigarette. Hypocrite
I am a proud Italian Brazilian! ❤️🇮🇹
I am proud to be SICILIANO(visto che tutti siete orgogkiosi del vostro Paese)
Boy can I relate. Growing up with 15 kids, all in the same neighborhood, playing sports in the street until dark. What great memories!
A real authentic New Yorker. Such a rare treat to see such a person.
Hi, Italian here: what in the world is a fanabla? We do not have that in Italy. I'm half Sicilian and half Neapolitan. Can anyone explain?
Same here, never heard of it.
I looked it up. It seems to be an Italian American term of endearment.😜
he doesnt know what he's talking about. he is just rambling
My Italian parents grew up in the Italian neighborhoods of Montreal. My mom always speaks of a community that’s missing as well😢such a shame
Laval is defacto Italian territory tho
@@MCSROkickz not there-more of like the Montreal north and LaSalle neighbourhoods
@@theroadnottakentravel Lasalle is italian too yea and parts of Eastern mtl but theyre more mixed nowadays
@@MCSROkickz true but back in the day they were almost all italin
RDP is the strongest Italian stronghold. Many young prosperous Italian families here.
italians, irish, and jews were the backbone of growing up in NYC
Love this guy! He is right! I didn’t live his same experience as far as an Italian American from NY. I’m Puerto Rican from New Jersry but what he said about the family values is right on with all cultures! Great Content!
Us Italians definitely have a ton in common with Puerto Rican’s. I said this to an older Italian once and he got mad LMAO. But it’s true. Respect bro 🇮🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
@@redcomic619 why did that offend him ?
My mother is from Bushwick and she told me back in the day it was Italian. When she moved there in the 60s that's when Puerto Ricans like her came.in the neighborhood. They didn't like us very much
@@vliciouss Some Italians are ultra prideful people, depending on the time period and what was going on at the time of the perception of Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican’s, for example if Puerto Rico was known for poor slums at that type some would take offense to that kind of comparison.
Italians are Latin cultured also so obviously them and latinos have alot in common
HOLY SHIT!!! I live right there in the Fordham section of the Bronx, literally right across the street from Fordham University!! People who have never been to Little Italy have no idea that there are barely any Italians living there anymore. Today that neighborhood is mostly Latino, with some Albanians and Arabs (mostly from Yemen) sprinkled in between.
That is a shame!
@@goodgollymissm6843yes it is!
White Flight?
@ThatOneDude 6969 places in queens but I’m from the Bronx this area in fact. & if you’re planning on coming over here I think you should check out the “ Morris park “ area here in bx
@ThatOneDude 6969 bay ridge brooklyn
This was so incredibly enjoyable to watch! Please interview more of their generation and older. We need to hear about it. Cherish it. And maybe, some of us, bring it back. And they were right. We need discipline, tradition and respect again. Thank you for making this video.
this man is insane
This is awesome!!!! I wonder if I could Google a walking tour with a guy like the one giving you the tour in this video (Richie). I love this, seriously man! Thank you for posting this, thank you. God bless you. I’d like to think my donation to your channel paid for that slice of pizza and drink. Thanks
I pulled up Google maps and walked with them thru street view.
That is really old-school and traditional for someone to deliver pizza like that my hat is off to him I wish it was still like that. It’s a true community.
He's a nostalgic hypocrite. He lost me at the mafia were "kind-hearted people who were helping the community". I don't need to watch the rest of the video.
"Pop, I got beat down by Officer O'Toole, he beat my butt with his nightstick !!! Oh no, please don't hit me with the shaving strop, I can explain !!!"
I see a lot on TV about cancel culture and woke mobs but not from where I live in Brooklyn, NY. Most of us New Yorkers still respect one another and their culture.
I would have to agree 100% that driving around with loud music is so rude. I wish it was ok to splash red paint at all cars who did it.
This is awesome to see. Coming from Texas I get a different view of New York on the news as just gangs and liberals. Refreshing to see there’s still some of that New York Italian culture I wanted to experience as a kid.
Not to be the bearer of bad news but the mob is the ultimate gang in America. Organized yes, but doing the same thing gangs all over the world and country do
Rich is a great,well known sports writer in the Nyc area. He’s got a ton of knowledge.I’d love to spend a day with him,picking his mind. This was a fantastic video.one of the more enjoyable videos.thanks Peter
He’s right about everyone looking out for each other in your own neighborhood. It’s definitely not like that now. Everyone is just a stranger to you in your own neighborhood. Bunch of small town people moving in.
@Jack Torrance facts👆🏻
Thanks for this slice of nostalgia! I’m a Sicilian ex NYer and this video brought tears to my eyes. There was a lot of truth being told by Rich and the community Thanks again Keep on seeking the truth!
One of the most annoying things is when people leave the music F’n blaring at the gas station pump, even when they go inside the gas station. On top it’s always profanity laced music making it quite disrespectful with families around etc. I’m no stickler but holy hell that shiz is annoying.
Even when I was an annoying teenager and would blast my music loud in the car I wouldn't do that. The only reason I even kept my windows open when playing music is because I didn't have AC in my car.
@@norwegianblue2017 for sure! I was definitely a little shit as a teen but we at least turned the music down when at the pump
move to kansas
@@yoKentucky Pretty sure this happens in Kansas too. The whole country has just lost its manners and become incredibly self-centered.
When I go to Olive Garden, they treat me like family.
I loved our early Sunday afternoon dinners at my grandmas house. Just engorge ourselves with carefully rolled anti-pasta (provolone, cappicola, salami, with roasted red peppers, tomatoes and olives drizzled in olive oil) pasta, meatballs, sausage, bracciole and wine for the main course and for dessert, pig out on pie, fruits, nuts. After we were done eating, we'd all basically just pass out on the couch from eating too much. Great memories. Miss you, grandma.
We'd basically start eating between 3 and 4PM and go on until at least 6. It was always a good time and have lots of fond memories.
This guy should do guided history tours of the area, he’s has a lot of knowledge and he’s very entertaining.
This man is good,but hes a little bit conservative for our generation
I grew up near Arthur Ave and yeah the “numbers” game was a big thing we Puerto Rican’s called it “Bolita”. I grew up their in the 70’s so it pretty violent in my day.
I love the old-school NY Italians. They always have the best stories!
Mafia's bread and butter is extortion, cmon man!
This really shows the importance of family and community.
Single parent households is ruining America.
You still have problems having both mom and dad, you'll have them but they're not really there with you, like a drunk, child turns out a mess. It depends on the person.
single parent is not the problem! Its the stupid lazyness and dont know how to teach which is the problem!
@@ArtIsDrawing Single parent households are definitely a part of the problem, all the data shows that children develop best with a mother and a father figure. So is the lazy parents who let the state do all the teaching to their kids a part of the problem. There's a ton that contributes to the decay of America