Camden, New Jersey Might Be The Worst Place in the Country Right Now.
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2021
- What I saw in Camden is beyond shocking. It's terrifying.
For this episode of dashboard tours, I wanted to tackle the crown jewel of all inner city ghettos, Camden New Jersey. The flagship ghetto of all ghettos. There are very few places in the United States that have the reputation of inner city blight, crime and poverty than Camden does. So I went there on a Wednesday in March at about noon.
It’s likely that you’ve heard of Camden before. It’s America’s ugliest face - a place with sky high crime, abandoned businesses and some of the worst poverty in the nation. Much of the area we’ll see is full of neighborhoods that are boarded up, and filled with squatters, drug dealers and all sorts of risky behavior. You can only imagine what goes on here at night. And the dreary skies and light rain made the ghetto feel even more ominous.
On this route, I’d drive down the main drag in Camden, and then venture off into various neighborhoods. Here’s the exact route I took. As you’ll see, this place has been completely neglected, burned out, abandoned, and left to survive on its own. To me, it appeared the only people who can live here are hardened individuals who can stand to live in such a forlorn corner of New Jersey. The fact that a place like this exists in this country is a testament to just how out of touch with reality our nation has become.
Here is the rest of Camden New Jersey, the absolute worst place you could ever live in the United States.
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I live in new jersey and we are always listed as one of the richest states we just have some really poor cities
Have u ever been to the Kensington section of Philadelphia? It’s WAY worse than Camden look up some videos it’s like Camden but way more gun crimes, still an open air narcotics market, and ppl nodding out and shooting up drugs in broad daylight
Flagship Ghetto....I like that!
I work as an ER nurse here, it truly is sad how run down it is…but, I have to say I love my patients here! They are some of the most grateful and kind patients I’ve ever treated, hands down.
These cities didn't suddenly become this way. The politicians and Big Business created this. This began to get really bad after they moved most of the good job overseas for cheap labor. And they keep passing anti-business bills and increasing taxes, which caused even more businesses to close. The mayor, congressional representative, and senate representative couldn't care any less because where they live don't like the ghetto scenes in this video. They care more about refugees and illegal aliens than they do for the underprivileged people who keep voting for them.
Thank you for all you do. I just spent 3 weeks in the hospital and all the nurses I had where just sweethearts
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That's really interesting, thanks for sharing 💖
You are a really nice lady! It shows how much you belong in your career. Your patients are very lucky to have you!
I am a rose that blossomed out of the streets of Camden. I lived in the area you started the video in. I am now an EMT and a flight attendant . I still live in Camden . I love my city but I hate the violence. I’ve lost a brother here to gun violence. Pray for the city and stay safe guys .
lar, i know you are doing the best you can. I will pray for your city and you....good luck.
I grew up there in the 70s wasn't so bad
Keep doing your thing my beautiful black queen..
@@TruthSeeker434 oh kevin, whats going on?
im from camden also, born and raised.. but you know the whole city dont look like that.. but thats how they look at us and our city.. sorry for about your brother, stay blessed
I live in Mullica Hill, NJ, about 20 min from Camden and growing up we were always told never go to Camden for any reason and I never understood why. Later, I went to college at Rutgers Camden then did my NP rotation at Cooper hospital. When in the ER, all we saw were overdoses, kids caught in the crossfire, gang shootings, and SA victims. That was every night. It was a horrible thing to witness. I had a patient, 92 yo at the time, he has since passed, who would tell me what a wonderful place Camden was back in the day. He grew up there and said it was a quaint town where everyone knew everyone. He would tell me of all the places he remembered and who owned them. How he had all his pants hand tailored by a well known tailor in the town and delivered groceries as a teenager for the local grocer. He would tell me he was saddened and disgusted by what it happened to his beautiful town.
I had a similar experience growing up, Camden was the boogie man town you didn’t want to be caught driving through if you lived in South Jersey. I also went to Rutgers Camden and made friends who lived in Camden. I spent time in Camden communities and I’m still here today. The city is not like it use to be in the 90s and 2000s, around 2011 they overhauled policing in the city and crime has dropped like a rock. Still can be a bad place to be in certain parts, but right now it’s in need of redevelopment and it could thrive again. Camden was at one point one of the richest industrial cities in NJ and it could be again.
I’m in Mullica hill too! My grandmom would tell me about getting dressed up to go to hall dances back in the 40s in Camden. It made her sick to see both of her cites (Philly&Camden) end up like this.
My Grandmother who was born in Philadelphia in 1895 insisted they take the ferry to Camden so she could brag to all her friends that she got married there. Back then that’s where all the rich people lived full time or people from Philly had summer homes there on the river. If she wasn’t my Grandmother I would never have believed Camden was once like that.
@@jesss428 Actually south philly and parts of west (university city) and northeast philly (fishtown and northern liberties) are doing really well these days. Philly somewhat revived although north philly continues to be what it used to be. But they're seeing some turnovers around temple u, I think. Newark also revived quite a bit. Its downtown looks nothing like what it used to be as recent as 10 years ago. Ironbound and university heights are doing well too. On the other hand, Camden and Trenton don't seem to get better. Trenton tried to revive its downtown and has a nice-looking neighborhood in the pocket of hood, but houses there get raided and people stopped moving in. Camden has also tried, but it's really beyond repair. And more seriously so than Trenton. But Philly has been doing fairly well, compared to 20 or 30 years ago.
100% true!
I was born on Camden in 1951,went to Sacred Heart School ,graduated in 1965,we lived by the New York Shipyard, we moved out of Fairview St. In 1969,never looked back,now retired and living in Eastern Tennessee!
I raised my family (6 kids, wife and myself) in New Jersey. I love New Jersey and I've been to Camden many times. Those who study poverty have concluded three things . . . items that have the most success in keeping individuals free from the worst aspects of poverty: 1. Have both parents living in the home. 2. Graduate from high school. 3. Don't mess with drugs.
Thank you, that is the truth.
Rich, you...but that do not apply to many. Broken families are everywhere. Drugs children too.
@@agustindejesus7398, yes, poverty and crime are not simple. The main point of what I read was that if a child were to escape the repeated cycle of crime and dependency on welfare, the most common factors behind those who made it out of that cycle are: Both parents in the home, finish high school and don't mess with drugs. Those points stood out far beyond all other things considered.
@@richardrobertson1331Rich, really? Good!
@@richardrobertson1331 Let's not forget funding for schools in suburbs is far better than these depressed areas, until the funding metrics change things will not improve.
I lived in Camden for 10 years and although it has bad areas, the people in Camden are some of the best that I met in my life.
At least it's not California we're people sleep on the street
It can't be that bad, I didn't see a single shoe hanging from a powerline
@@chipbuttytime3396 When I came home from prison with those prison boots, I threw my boots up on the powerline. At that time I was living in Camden.
@@njinblack You should of got a parole violation and been sent back 😄😄
@@chipbuttytime3396 Lol!!
I lived in NJ my whole life and driven through every town and city we have here. The biggest problem we have is that not enough people have a strong sense of community anymore. Imagine that everyone on your block really spent time knowing each other and then expanded to the next block. In time the community reaches further and further from the core. A community like that can change their world. Help each other, build alongside each other, rid the streets of those doing nothing but destroying it. Now you start adding police that truly care about that community, have their backs, work with them to improve the entire neighborhood, make it safer for everyone. It's hard to imagine that can't happen if everyone buys in. Life is hard as f*** trying to make it better alone.
i know my man. but they have one of the best schools i have every seen
What the hell happen to America? My grandparents talk about times back in the 70's when you could buy a house for $25K. I'm 25 year old college graduate with an Engineering degree and I still live with my mom because I can't afford to buy a house. That's sad!
So true. Im from Ohio originally. Why I moved to Florida. Said if im going to be miserable it's going to be some place pretty. Cant imagine doing overcast gray cold or rainy days. Left the north in the 90s. Flabbergasted people can live like that. These videos are shocking.
Christine you'll be okay! Keep being smart and it'll work out!
You can probably afford a house in Camden.
I have an engineering degree and 30 plus years of experience doing all kinds of stuff however I’ve been on the run for 20 years due to outsourcing of good jobs … texas is good place for engineers .. I have a disadvantage these days because I have a lot more experience than most of the people that interview me and since I was a doer rather than talker I didn’t get much management experience .. i did pull in $175 k a year with per diem for awhile as a contractor in aerospace in Wichita ks but there isn’t much going on there .. I still love engineering but tired of being worked to death ..
I hear you I could afgord to buy a house but refuse to buy an overpriced home just because of the Hype. Eventually you will find something. At least you have a safe place to live now. SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE MONEY 💰 GET YOUR SELF A MASSIVE DOWNPAYMENT. HOME OWNERSHIP WOULD BE NICE BUT REMEMBER NEVER GET YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING YOU CANT AFFORD TO PAY FOR. GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS NEVER PAY MORE IN RENT OR A MORTGAGE THAN YOU CAN EARN NET IN ONE WEEK PER MONTH. A LOT PEOPLE THINK LOW INTEREST MEANS YOU Can afford to overpay. The problem is what happens if you lose a good paying job? Don't forget there are always recessions and unemployment severel times throughout the terms of a mortgage. Foreclosures are real!
What’s sad is kids being born into these environments, no fault of their own. Then we lock them away if they fall into any of the countless pitfalls that have been around long before them.
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U right but its also the parents fault Im black and somewhat poor I wouldnt dare make a baby knowing i can barely take care of myself
@@deadsilence7319 me too 👍🏿
It is hard to escape.
thank you for sharing
Great tour. Thanks for sharing 👍
The fact that you drove through only a small part of Camden and considered that “all” of Camden is like that is funny. Go out further, you’ll see people are trying to make this place better. One of the main reasons as well, as to why it’s looks so “ghetto” is because the government doesn’t help fix the streets, houses, etc. So many people have tried to call out so we can get these streets and houses fixed but we get nothing. My father has lived here for 20 years and where he lives there is a street that has never been fixed, even though those who live in that street tried to call to get it fixed, it never has.
Vote Democrat...
@@rfn74 Ain't that the truth though...hey Lis maybe suggest they vote different next time, see if that works. Bet it would.
Lis very well articulated Goddess,and at the end of the day Democrat or republican it doesn't matter unless the people have something to trade.Basically gather the residents of camden choose a politician to vote for,then make Your demands to that politician and give them a list of demands if they want All your vote! Get it on paper and they must abide by it.
tell your father to stop voting democrat
@@norrinradical5486 republicans can solve poverty? how?
I remember being stuck in Camden on my birthday for four hours because the buses weren't coming and a man with a very bruised face asked me if I wanted to fight; I kindly turned him down
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It was me Stanky
Smart Man.
Walter rand bus stop I take it
Thank you for all of this videos and information Nick blessings to You and your family
I’m from the Bronx, and the worst it’s been during “the Bronx is burning” era was still not as bad as Camden NJ. It’s a pity that cities ever end up so blighted and neglected.
@@daviddavis6732 you might be right - but I was saying the Bronx in general, not just "the South Bronx" area that became infamous in movies like Fort Apache, the Bronx. If you took just the South Bronx at its low point vs. Camden at its low point, then likely Camden would come out on top. Point is, both places went through really rough periods of urban blight and both are on the mend and rise, which is good news.
@@daviddavis6732 if you don’t live in Camden don’t talk the crime is suppressed by the new police that come from the county. Look up how many murders have happened in just 2023 keep in mind it’s a city of 70’000 if it was as big as Philly it would be worse than Chicago and it already was for 20 years when the city police were there. They only fix up the downtown I got outta Camden a couple years ago after a 14 year old was killed walking home from school right next to my house the craziest part is that’s not the first time it’s happened look how many young teens are killed out there they’re being used by the gangs as enforcers it’s insane.
I have to agree with you. I’ve driven through Bronx and by Camden before. Bronx definitely changed a lot since those days for the better ways, it looks a lot nicer now than it used to. Camden looks like it’s going the opposite way.
The difference is the bronx got rid of the problem in the 90s but Camden is gonna suffer from this for a good while
My father had surgery at Cooper Hospital in Camden and while we were waiting to him to recover I remember looking out the window and counting the abandoned/burned out houses I could see. I think I got to 27 just from that one view. The sad part is there are some wonderful people in Camden but their circumstances are such they can’t afford to live anywhere else. My heart breaks thinking of them stuck in the vicious cycle of poverty. 😢
I am from Camden More than 30 year's. The city of ruins they call it. I'm not there anymore... In the 80s and 90s you wouldn't had came into the city, If they'd paid you too. However despite of anything Camden has actually gotten better in some ways.
@Salvatore Luzzatto doesn't have to make the list. It's gotten better.
Yes! I think Camden getting better had a lot do with the reformatted police department. They get to know the population and not just be the bad guys. I'm actually wondering when this video was taken?
It is true things have improved in recent years just like Philadelphia. They invested a lot of money in urban improvement & it's easy to see the results.
March 2021, like he said.
@@BillKing3456 thanks, I missed that!
I'm surprised your GPS didn't say "let's get the hell out of here."
Lmao
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Turn Around, Turn Around, Turn Around, Turn the 🤬 Around.
I think i heard the wife rack the bolt on her AK.
Ha ha ha
What a wake up call! 😳...thank you for sharing this video. Those people deserve better, the State needs to assist to clean it up.
Blessed-
Wow I'm Cali Capistrano Beach/Vegas cool video thanks for sharing..maybe you can do Newark ⚡
Camden has gotten better, back in the days you wouldn’t made it that far
Bro 😆😆😆😆 he's only made it this far because off the Rain..to be fair it's also gotta be early .. everyone is stashed in a bando 🤣
Oh Yeah,I had friends in Riverton who wouldn't go a mile closer to Camden.
True story. Late 90s he wouldn’t have gotten very far 😂
Facts... speak ur truth..
In the 90s he be doing he's reporting from Rutgers
I don’t know why, but most of these ran down cities such as Camden, Cleveland and Detroit, have some of the most beautiful architectural designed buildings, and it’s a shame because many either are abandoned in ruins, burned down, or demolished. I find it really sad that all the history gets lost and worse part is it’s human that do most of the damage to these beautiful buildings:(
Oh ja das finde ich auch soo schöne Häuser zum Teil ,das könnte man alles renovieren ,
Ich liebe solch alten Häuser ❤
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are renewed places today. In USA, just trash a place and move on. Efficient that way, really.
Our throwaway capitalism culture. Sucks.
Europe can maintain all their Old buildings and Castles and 300 year old Homes…but we cannot?
The businesses and manufacturing companies left after the 1971 riots and the political machines got corrupted, leaving many jobless, disenfranchised, and totally left out from keeping their communities intact... the drug markets flowed in and crime went up like a rocket.
There are good people here, but the bad began to outweigh the masses to a point where the lack of
self empowerment was a forgone conclusion.
I'm from Elizabeth New Jersey but I lived in Camden after I got released from prison. They sent me to a work release program on North 5th Street called Fletcher house. When I got off parole I ended up moving in with a girl I met down there and we had a child together. Unfortunately she was murdered in Camden New Jersey on December 2nd 2019. Her name was Hayley Steinberg and she was 31 years old. Her body was dumped in a park in East Camden. Her killers were caught and are currently fighting their case and Camden county jail. I have custody of our 10-year-old daughter and she is doing as well as can be expected coping with the Lost of her mother. Camden New Jersey has a cloud of evil drugs and violence over it. My only wishes that I moved to my family away before she was murdered and left in the street for the police to find. The two killers were arrested on the Benjamin Franklin bridge when the car they stole from her ran out of gas and they tried to walk away. Rest in peace Hayley. Praying for Camden
@@dlxinfinite7098 I appreciate that. It's been difficult dealing with the loss. My daughter was only 7 years old when her mother was killed. It's a struggle. But I'm so thankful that I have her here with me and that so many friends and family members have stepped up and been here to help comfort her. My heart goes out to anyone who's lost the family member to a violent crime. Especially children. They don't understand how evil the world could be sometimes. I was in Fletcher house for almost a year in 2010 going into 2011. What years did you work there? I remember most of the staff members that were there. One of my favorite staff members was a guy named Ivan Robinson from philadelphia. He used to be a professional boxer in the 80s and 90s. Very cool dude. Help me tremendously get acclimated to being home from jail
My girlfriend from North Carolina is the same age as your long lost love. May she rest in peace.
@@luciusirving5926 thanks
The enthusiasm at the beginning is great! 😂 💯
I would love to see trade schools and tech schools required during high school. It could possibly help many who could benefit from the chance to escape the poverty of the inner cities. We can’t just think this is going to fix itself. Many people here are hard working and want to leave these ghettoes or improve them.
I graduated high school in 1980. There were numerous vocational ‐technical high schools most of them are closed. Public high-school curriculum has narrowed down to college prep courses.
Tech schools DO require High school or GED .
Open a camp there to help the people there to learn manufacturing skills of any kind. Make some companies to move their factories there so that people have jobs. I know friends (most of them passed away) lived there and most of them were/are good people but totally lacked of opportunities was the biggest problem.
"Inner cities"? Have not heard that one for decades. Get with the times, please.
Apprenticeships work mentor a young person or adult who desires knowledge or skill in anything. It doesn't even have to be a trade. Break the mold think outside the Box ya'll
Seems alright to me. What's shocking here?
Looks better than LA's homeless ghettos to me.
Inspite of the poverty in Camden( and in certain parts of Philadelphia), there is not the same level of homelessness that exists in other places. One reason is Phila.'s non- profit, Project Home.
Yeah, this guy is clueless.
It's doesn't look as bad as Kensington in Philly. I go through both every week. Check out some Kensington videos like the ones on "Kimgary". It's a zoo with the "tranq dope", we call them zombies. Watch the vids and you'll see why.
That's what I was thinking. Many other videos that's have been posted on this channel with far worse-looking hoods !?
Agree.Did not see old cars , garbage and drug users like Philadelphia.
Amazing video 👏👏👏
I too grew up in Camden and agree there are many good people, tax-paying and upstanding citizens living there. Some just don't have the finances to leave and there are some that choose to stay and be the positive examples in a fallen community
Camden is better than other cities. There is no homeless camps there.
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Yea but the homes are worse than homeless camps!😂
Those abandoned houses are occupied.
There's literally a spot called "tent city" not far from Cooper hospital.
Tent city
I grew up in Jersey. Have only been to Camden once when I took the wrong exit late at night. I was treating red lights like stop signs because there were a ton of people standing around. Place was super sketchy that night 😅
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What part of New Jersey did you grow up 🆙 in?
Same thing happened to me, I was going to Philly and ended up in Camden! I got out of there lickity split. I was from Atlantic City and Brigantine, NJ. Then I did a career change in another state and never went back except to visit.
@@metalmike570 were you afraid 😱 for your life?
@@PraveenSriram I'm not going to lie. YES, however certain parts of Atlantic City had some dangerous people, I guess you'd call them thugs too. I knew AC good and just stayed out of those areas. Also I was scared in Camden but in a moving vehicle - there's a lot of power driving a car. Also, when you're scared try to be calm and cool.... like you're used to being there. I still had Jersey plates!
When I lost my house, I stayed in some run down hotels in Chicagoland. The rooms were gross but the people were some of the nicest, warm hearted neighbors I have ever had!
These are great videos to watch when you feel depressed about how bad things are where you live. Count your blessings. Someone else always has it worse than you. 🙏
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there are worst places than camden believe me.....he chooses what section to go through.....
I was just there. Every time I visit new jersey I drive threw Camden to remind myself that my own shit really isn't that bad. Brings me back to reality.
It's through not threw.
@@stevendaniel8126 you're right. I just don't care what someone that bored on the internet thinks. 😂
That makes you a poverty tourist, I suppose???
@@stevendaniel8126 nice
@Jerri Johnson sweet......
The worst part is if you had said you were in Baltimore or Philly nobody would know the difference. This is America, propping up our global empire as we rot from within!
It all looks the same
they are one in the same...separated less than a mile
Go to Germany and look for a place that run down…hard to find…different Mentality.
Income inequality to me is root of it all - all these asshole billionaires should be forced to give money back to raise up places like this. Tell u why really could have social unrest in this country!
@@rayn3038 Coming soon through mass migration.
4:25 to about 4:40 sounds like the sickest intro to a song ever. Beautiful reverb drum beat via wipers (check), soft cool whisper (check), cool dude saying "uh huh" (check). This needs to be sampled asap
I was a teen in Camden. And over the years it’s been neglected by the City & State Services . The Roads and trash is unbelievable. But the problem I see is people videotape the same Streets. And same sections of Camden. The places where near cities drop off their family members that have issues. We rarely see areas around Cooper Hospital, Riverfront areas and around Cooper Streets where there are many rehab properties. I’ve see Vloggers on UA-cam literally driving in the same neighborhoods.
Makes sense but it’s sad that these neighborhoods don’t get fixed up also but I’m really glad to hear that in fact there’s a lot of great places in Camden
Camden as a whole is still poor and dangerous, but it is much, much safer than it used to be. It's not even in the top 4 dangerous cities in NJ anymore. There's sort of a small renaissance going on in the city right now. Subaru moved their North American Headquarters to Camden in a series of modern, LEED certified office towers that were completed in 2018 and added 600 jobs to the area. Campbell's Soup HQ is also in Camden, as well as a few tech companies that have signed deals in Camden recently. The state of New Jersey has invested a lot in the city recently to make it more attractive for companies in an effort to modernize and bring in new jobs. The Camden police dept was as also as corrupt as they come, and it was dissolved recently and replaced with a county-wide police force that has made a massive difference in crime and quality of life. Having said that, I'd still never live there.
Don’t forget all the new construction that has been happening down town with the hospital and business like nj American water
Yeah, it is slowly up and coming!
Actually a person with intelligent response he wrote through my neighborhood like the news do to make candy look constantly bad and everything you choose posted he didn't write past none of it which was two to three blocks away from where he started the video so that goes to show he had a soul hidden agenda of why he did this video because he could have drove two blocks and showed the new schools the new houses and all the new redevelopment but he did none of that he edited from the highway to the inner city that's crazy
@@haileyt857 yea. He didn’t even go downtown which isn’t even bad. He stayed on one neighborhood. Smh
@@nilviani All on tax exempt money the state provided for them that they never have to pay back. While the homeowners have to pay taxes to stay there and live.
It’s really enhances the video when you play the Escape from New York theme in the background.
It's so crazy seeing you drive right passed all the drug spots and abandoned houses I used to get high in 20 years ago when I used to use. Honestly I should be dead. Camden has it's problems but believe it or not about 10 years ago the city got a new mayor and Cooper hospital bought up most of downtown and totally refurbished the whole downtown area and waterfront. Most important thing that was done was they fired the whole police department due to corruption. It still has it's problems, if it wasn't raining the drug boys would have been everywhere, when it rains they sit on the porches or in cars parked on the sets. All said Camden is much safer, cleaner and still full of some of the best people, but you still don't want to get to comfortable because this young generation have no regard for human lives and will beat and rob you if you give them the chance. I went to Camden last week to pick up some paper work from a housing program and ended up saving a man's life by doing CPR, chest compressions and mouth to mouth until paramedics arrived . He was fine one minute then fell over and turned purple and had no pulse. I'll never forget him begin to breath and open his eyes a bit while doing CPR on him.
Why'd he collapse??
@@NickJohnson Probably Fentanyl was at play there.
good job in saving that person. I think this video is sooo over the top, exaggerating the entire city. Yes, indeed. It is much better now than during the crack/corrupt cops era in the 80s/90s/2000s.
That's was a noble thing you did for a stranger.
You will be rewarded by the Lord.
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Thanks for showing our city giving us hope
What's sad to me that is among that blight a few people still are trying to maintain their homes and businesses.....
and, what would or should be their alternative ?
@@neadster469 bruh u took it the wrong way He saying even n a bad place its honest working people there
@@deadsilence7319 thank you...
@@deadsilence7319 ok, agreed... it's just not "sad".
@@neadster469 If I lived there, I would definitely be seeking greener pastures if I had the means to move away. I've lived in such a place before, and found out real quick that it was not the kind of place I wanted to call home.
The home of RCA one of the country's leading manufacturers. When the big sellout for cheap overseas labor started to compete with cheap Japanese made electronics, this was one of the first cities to suffer. You can blame corporate greed , but government environmental policies on manufacturing had plenty to do with the exodus of jobs as well.
And Campbell soups
Wow I want to write a report on this. So sad. But just to make sure, Campbell soup and RCA are some of the corporations to relocate? What are the other ones?
@@theeconomicsofthings9752 also shipbuilding left . A lot of warships that served in world war 2 were built there .
The thing is with good local policies you can recover from those things . Camden is about as corrupt a city as is possible to become.
@Salvatore Luzzatto Very interesting point
One of the kindest and nicest person I ever met grew up poor in Camden NJ. He was working his way through college here in NC at the time. Isn't it strange how some of the best people grew up in poverty in less than ideal conditions.
The amount of horror stories I heard growing up in the neighbouring county of Gloucester county, NJ was insane. It seemed everyone had something happen to them or knew of someone who had nearly gotten pulled from their car at a red light when driving through Camden. You couldn't have paid me to go to the aquarium back then
Went there once for a concert, when leaving I can't believe how many cars had broken windows. Luckily my 40yo rusty truck was not targeted.
Ya it was Super duper bad a few years ago, like u said , you had to keep your head on a swivel just driving through..
Then they overhauled the police department and escalated situations instead but it's still a dumpster fire over there. A little safer tho
Evan I love your channel! Have always wanted to visit London and recently moved to South Jersey and the stars just get aligned when I found your channel!! 😊
Red lights have always been "optional" there, LOL.
Nobody in Camden bothered people going to the Aquarium. Lol Total nonsense!
Thanks for featuring my city. I don’t live here anymore but I keep in touch with my relatives that do. The city of Camden will bounce back to prosperity.
Wow. I used to live here and raised 10 children in town until our home burned down. God bless. There's really a whole bunch of good people here. The children are just awesome
My dad graduated from Camden High in 1960. He always said it was a great place to grow up. Then you see this ☹️
I was born and raised in Camden till the age of 15. Moved away for a bit, then moved back for a bit. I got family there. Good people. Camden has a lot of good hearted folks struggling. But they stay humble. Outsiders only see the poverty and crime. But these days, you could walk the streets without hassle. Not so much in the 80s and 90s. Town is trying to heal. Connect with the goodness in Camden, and you will see a whole different view.
I like the quiet drive thru the city you always do but just a slight amount of commentary would be nice :)
When you see people on the road standing in the rain when there’s perfectly good sidewalks then red flags go up
That's everywhere
@@mirandanathan7931 it's not.
it's really not.
Having been born in Camden and driving through it on occasion, I can assure you that on a dry day you get to see way more people hanging out and doing nothing with their day.
Good video keep safe
Thanks for sharing, be safe out there brother
Camden was almost this bad when I was a kid, and that was about 50 years ago!
That's what you call holding your own 😉
Wow 50yrs Do u miss being a kid?
@@deadsilence7319 - No, but it was cool back then - cheaper as well!
Having worked in that city for twenty years, what you see in Camden now is somewhat of an improvement from thirty years ago. But that improvement is confined to the downtown/ water front area.
Cool
Another Gem Nick
there is more safety in that cold and rain, to drive around.
Correct. He mite got jacked otherwise
i was thinking the same thing
Yeah and plus your car is like a weapon, just step on the gas!
Literally just looks like Philly with wider streets
I'm from CMD and philly people would be offended by you saying that even tho its true 🤣🤣
I thought the same thing tbh... North and West Philly with a little West Oak Lane sprinkled in...
Way more Philly than jersey
North jersey guy
None of us ever go
@@donalddove472 every part of Philly has places that look like this. west north south even northeast
Maybe North and northeast Philly, but, still-not like this.
Nick this video is pretty relaxing I almost fell asleep watching you drive through the worst neighborhood in America. Seems like the most relaxed neighborhood in America untill the freaks come out at night I bet!, don't see much going on during daytime. cheers from California. God Bless.
That's so dangerous driving through Camden NJ it's raining so those are good times to ride around in new Jersey but dude trust me that dangerous great video tho big ups to the whole new Jersey 💯
Good morning, Mr Johnson.
I like the fact that you don't have annoying music playing in the background.
It's as if I'm driving MYSELF!
Good work. You've inspired me to action. Not sure which action yet, but I'm really impressed, and saddened at the same time.
The reality of America!
Thank you, and stay the course!!!
I enjoy as well the feeling of this video. You said the correct words, feels as if driving myself. I just recently came back thru camden 2 days ago and it this video is spot on my pov.
Thank the cabal of oligarchs in the corporate elite for this and literally HUBDREDS of other places like this in the richest country on earth.
Example: North east D.C. is ghetto; then drive to north west D.C. and there's million dollar homes and I believe that Barrack and Michelle live there. Many homes in these areas have fences and security.
You should read up on the political history of Camden. This city has done itself no favors.
So true .. globalism, the embolism in the brains of the greed heads and corrupt to the bone politicians and corporate execs
Thank the voters who keep voting for this. The politicians don't want it better so they keep power in exchange for handouts.
My dad's cousin was a nun. She left a school, where she was the Mother Superior, in the 50s, to work with gangs and drug addicts in Camden. She stayed her career on those streets.
Its sad to see, cleveland , detroit and new jersey city getting to this type of conditions.
Excellent video !
Where have you been lately Marilyn??
I actually like the brick style houses with the steps and the sound of the rain and your windshield wipers was very asmr tingle inducing. It’s sad that the people live in poverty though. There’s good and bad in every area of the world.
Poverty? All I saw was really expensive vehicles everywhere...looks more like lazy gang bangers who have no pride in the home they live in but they sure do when it comes to their ride.
no my friend. no. you do not know that town...it's bad.
I was in Camden with a friend about 3 years ago. He had to make the trip because of business. I worried about it for weeks before we went. The day we went it snowed and I was saved. Because of the snow, not many if any people running around the streets. So with the white snow covering everything if didn't look that bad. I was still glad to leave after a day and a night in a hotel!
But I remember driving down the New Jersey Turnpike in 1970 during my first visit to the USA as a student. It was horrendous with mile after mile of abandoned plants and factories. I got to my Holiday Inn, closed the curtains and switched on the garish colour TV to watch images of the American Dream - white picket fences, immaculate towns etc that I couldn't find in real life!
I used to call this place home as an addict and I vouche for the fact this is what could be called hell on earth, imclean 3 years now and watching this video saddens me knowing how little is being done to save this place. Many many wonderful humans live here and deserve to have the community cleaned up. Seen alot of thing go down here and it is far from safe if you ain't know in the "streets". Honestly the video creator is lucky he went on such a horrible rainy day. The wrong person could've seen you video taping and it could've been curtains for you. Stay safe
Is the a situation where u can buy a home for 10.00. Those houses
are nice..If they were fixed up.
If I lived there, I would be calling the Mayor and have those houses
returned to their greatness.
Congrats to you on getting clean. May you continue to be strong. Much respect.
That's my hood born and raised that is a big fact you just told him 💯
YOU’RE THE PROBLEM! We hate seeing the addicts in Camden because we knew they came from another place to do drugs and made my city look trash.
@@carltonxcarlton really? It couldn't be the fact that most drugs were sold on every corner and ran by gangs ? What Camden are you talking about because mostly every single bando was a set or stash spot so I'm pretty sure that if there weren't drug dealers then some of us "problems" wouldn't be there. Have a nice day and maybe try and have a different perspective for your own sake ✌ I have w sinking feeling that if my user name was Jamal maybe you wouldn't have said that.
next time you're gonna make a blanket statement about the people in a neighborhood, maybe you wanna talk to a few of them, you may surprise yourself
are those people gonna hang the drug dealers from the lamp posts?
until they do, they are just as guilty.
I once worked for a school cafeteria as a kitchen man. One of the janitors there Armand was from Portugal. One of the cooks Betty said that she had worked for. Campbell's Soup Company ( founded in 1869) in Camden where she stayed before that. I was 20 then but she showed me a picture of her daughter who was 16 then. I told Betty that her daughter was stacked. Caroline, the head cook, who had thought that I was a nice boy decided against showing me a picture of her granddaughter.😮
I moved from Puerto Rico to Camden NJ when I was 4 yrs old, I got to see how Camden was before it got this way. No matter what I’m from Camden.
Another good fun interesting dashboard tour of CamdenNJ. Thanks for sharing Nick n Sage 👍🇺🇲
3:11 That is a magnificent stone building. Gutted most likely, windows missing but it is still beautiful.
Yeah, I'm a fan of old historic architecture. It hurts me to see beautiful old buildings destroyed like that, I was wondering what it used to be. A Library maybe?
Camden main library building. Built in 1903 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. It closed in 1986. It's listed on the NJ and US Register of historic places, but it's falling apart.
Camden had beautiful architecture that is presently sorely neglected. I’ve driven through Camden’s streets admiring the once grand buildings and homes.
@9:43-@9:48... Holy Christ!!! All those boarded up homes. So sad 😢😥
I live in Camden and it was a great place to live years ago, many businesses and factories where you could really have a good income. Now it’s not the same and you witnessed that from the video. I hope the city will one day be revived, there is some revitalization but it’s in the downtown and waterfront area.
I've been down there & yeah its a lil bit going on in those areas but ITS STILL CAMDEN.
Even been to East St. Louis. Now there is a place that needs a video done, like this. It make Camden look like a Utopia. If you break down while transiting through East St. Louis you will absolutely be in fear for your life.
One of the first dashboard drives Nick did was East Saint Louis, I bet if you look up Nick Johnson East Saint Louis it will probably pull up
North st.louis too
Black people for you
@@GARY-yu8pc Seems to be a running theme in whatever city in america.
@@GARY-yu8pc really?
I remember back in the late 90s my grandmother had health issues and was flown by helicopter to Camden Hospital for whatever reason. And me and my fam having to drive thru camden at around 2 or 3 in the morning to get their. We were shocked by how bad it was, I see nearly 30 yyears later it hasnt improved much
I'm from vineland nj about 35 minutes from camden, I've been to camden alot and even tho the place is desolate, depressing , dangerous the people are nice and always smile at you. The conditions don't make you...
One day I was driving from Delaware and I accidentally took the wrong accident into Camden. Talk about a shock. It literally looked like a nuke went off in that “town.” I ran every light just to get outta there, never to set foot back in that “town” again.
Camden is literally the reason I quit doin drugs!!! Seriously! Going there to get it! (I’m from Delaware) I’ve been clean for almost 3 years now too. What got me the most, is the sea of tents you see right after getting off the freeway exit and then, all the people panhandling and many get high sitting right out in the open, shooting up sitting on curbs, sidewalks and street corners. Police riding by and not even stopping to bother them. It’s just NORMAL there! It’s absolutely CRAZY! But many addicts from Delaware (and probably all over!) make that daily commute to either Camden or Kensington in Philly just because the stuff up there is 10Xs better and cheaper than it is in Wilmington, DE. And I’m not even kidding about Camden (and Kensington) being one of my biggest motivations for getting clean. I HATED going into these F#
I think you are telling the truth. So glad you were able to quit!
Congratulations on getting your life back! That is truly awesome.
Congratulations ❤️🤗
YOU’RE THE PROBLEM!
Me and friends hated seeing people like you. Please tell all your friends, DO NOT COME HERE. You know what a boycott is? If you stop buying we’ll have to stop supplying.
People like you would come to a neighboring state to buy drugs and influence the minds of young men that selling drugs was a legitimate source of income killing my community and destroying futures.
The drug addicts that are in Camden ARE NOT FROM THERE!! YOU ARE BREAKING THE FOUNDATION THAT THE LEADERS IN CAMDEN ARE TRYING TO FORTIFY!
And they are only War zones because of people like you who think that my backyard is a place for you to do whatever you want.
@@carltonxcarlton Amen, Carlton.
The effects of the frozen precipitation adds to the misery of the setting. Actually, I can see developers coming in and preserving some of those buildings, pricing everyone out even into a smaller geographical area. Brutal!
Ya you'd think that would be the case, being so close to Philadelphia and/or major urban centres like New York, for that matter. Perhaps the laws and policies are different by each state as opposed to hear in Canada? Usually here, the cities closest to thriving urban centres are also doing reasonably well and have become somewhat gentrified. Such as vast contrast it seems with so little geography in the States. I think the issue is to, as my cousin was telling me, is that the States are still largely segregated and up here in Canada anyway, the individual provinces help out cities in a lot of ways and don't let decay happen much to this extent.
@@le__graveuronyoutube Gentrification edges out long time residents who can no longer afford the outrageous taxes, hiked up because of said gentrification. Maybe you should worry a bit more about your own country and let us take care of ours.
Lived in Camden all my life, true it is poor, & dangerous but living in an environment like this teaches you lessons you can’t learn anywhere else.
My parents moved us out back in ‘08. We lived in polock on dayton st. I always go back to see friends. The city honestly isn’t as bad as it used to be. It still has a long way to go tho. I might be moving back next yr
Perfect weather for this drive. Lawd. PA drizzle gray.
I never went to Camden but I worked in some of the worst areas of Newark and I think Newark could give Camden a good run for the money as NJ's worst city.
I have driven through Camden once on my way to Philly.I have also worked in Newark.
No New Jerseys worst city is an outta the way town called Salem. Like 30 miles south of Camden towards Delaware. No jobs tons of poverty crime nothing to do barely any transit stores etc and kinda far from the freeway. Penns Grove isnt much better. Newark and Camden at least have great locations and transpirtation systems that Salem doesnt have. Penns Grove 10 miles to the north at least is next to the freeway
Yes,actually Bridgeton made me think of those other towns too I have gone through Bridgeton
yeah I'm pretty sure Newark is quite a bit worse having spent time in both places.
Camden is worse than Newark Camden is know as Murder City
I love my city man but it’s crazy over there. It’s one of those places where the degrees of separation are so small that every time anything happens to anyone you know them directly or through a person you’re close to. It’s so small but feels big at the same time. I lived in a place called Northgate 1 since I was born in 1994 until 2019. Even know that it’s trying to get better that area is still the darkest red highest crime on the map of there. I myself saw 17 murders 3 people jump and die and idk how many overdoses and that’s just firsthand the ones I’ve seen just being on the balcony or going to the store. And that was by 20 years old. I’m now 29 and live in Hillsborough county Florida. And I haven’t been back in 4 years.
I could never move back to Camden. Move to North Carolina 15yrs ago and I Thank God I got my son's out of there, they are doing well for them self and so am I.
I lived on pine street from 2004 to 2008. I drove my mobility scooter all over that city. Even with my young preteen daughters. One of them took 2 buses to get to the transportation center and walked home everyday after school. I never felt scare at all. We never had any issue at all.
I went there when I moved in NJ 20 years ago and this looks like progress compared to what I saw. There weren't any parked cars and it all looked abandoned and far more depressing, not to say that it is good but I have seen other states as well and it is ashame that they exist.
It was a huge hub of commerce, being the waterfront was the deleware river right across from philly
My Aunt & Uncle lived there in the late 50’s. I remember going to see them. They had a nice green house with a big backyard. Horrible to see now.
I grew up in South Jersey. Got lost in Camden twice at night. Once I got surrounded by drug dealers, and had to buy a 20 of weed just to act like that's why I was there to get out.
😂😂😂😂😂
Did you smoke it? That's the question.
@@snakeplissken2428 Of course lol
This is very depressing to watch. It makes me all the more grateful that I live where I do which is in the Tampa Bay area. Some areas of south St. Petersburg have "ghetto" neighborhoods but nothing like this. Unfortunately, more and more parts of America are starting to look more and more like this. Its like a cancer that is continuing to grow.
there are a number of ghettos where you are.....unless youre in Daves island
You are a real one for going there. 😬
My husband had his office there for a few years and he told me he had to be careful not to run over the random people who would wander aimlessly into the downtown streets. They were oblivious to traffic!😳🥺😫
This is another great video, thank you.
There’s no doubt many residents are sincere good people who’ve been dealt a bad hand.
Shame on the people who resort to crime and indulge others and shame on the politicians who are SUPPOSED to represent these people. These standards are way below what they could be and this is no way to live in the US …..Love from Australia.
The state, county, and volunteers have all stepped up .. there’s tons of resources for them but they’d rather loiter, thug & drink all day. it’s the people who need to step up for themselves. This was my parents hometown & it makes me sad to know my Italian immigrant grandparents home that they were so proud of earning is now a boarded up relic on a street with more drug dealers then people working or going to school . There can’t be change unless people want to change
We in Camden Appreciate your love. Thank you. Not everyone is dealt the same cards but we have some great people in Camden and we have some terrible people in Camden. Also people come in from surrounding cities and towns to loiter, prostitute, and get drugs.
You guys have to travel more; this is *several cuts above* many towns in Flyover Country, like South Omaha, Nebraska.
On the plus side, it looks like a place where you can find a place to stay. Some cities (Vancouver BC) are so expensive that people live in tents, trailers, and hall closets.