@@FromHeretoThere wish there had been online mental therapy back 4 years ago that I could of known about. My husband was going through struggles and could of used it. Unfortunately he died of a heart attack some which may of come from stress. He was in the medical field and trying to deal with the pandemic. It added to the stress. I’ve been blessed to have a personality that takes things in stride. I get over things quickly. I wish for many who can’t let go to realize they can give it over to God and then they must let go.
Thank you for your review of binghamtom. I dont think you have the big picture. You have missed out on so much and only focused on the statistics and what you immediately saw in front of you. Binghamtom represents so much more than what the downtown has to offer. You were on the vestal parkway. You can see why there is no downtown. No one can compete with all the chains. How could a down town store compete with Applebee's, Walmart, Lowes, Red Lobster, Home Goods, Target, TJ max, etc. This area has a lower income but is still affordable. Big cities all over are in decline. We have the Catskills the susquehanna ( sus-Q-hana), fresh food available at the farmers markets, and so much more. Our women are just as beautiful as any, but they can split wood and ride a four-wheeler without breaking a nail. Please give the area a second chance. If you're up to it, come back this summer, I will put you up, take you out to meet real people, and see why this is a great place to live,work, make friends and raise a family. We are here and are happy. Oh yeah, the sun is always out up here, It is the one who can see past the clouds who thrive! Thank you. Please keep making content.
All that garbage around the Tesla superchargers is from all those out of town Tesla owners dumping their garbage in the woods and around the superchargers. Nobody else has a reason to dump their drive through garbage all around those chargers. For people who drive teslas to “save the world” it is a perfect example of what kind of hypocrites they really are!
At least imagine yourself driving a late model car with features from the future, you have to respect that at least by not dumping shit around your charging station nor anywhere.
This is a joke right? Between mispronouncing streets and rivers, to not actually knowing the businesses or neighborhoods. From someone who grew up in Binghamton most of her life do better! Talk to the actual locals, go to the businesses. SMH
You are absolutely right. Have you ever seen the streets so empty? This narrative is totally biased. Everyone must be in Church on a Sunday morning! Businesses are closed, not abandoned. Come to Binghamton on a weekday or evening…it is packed with people visiting stores, galleries and restaurants. Yes, there are unhoused people, and we need to do better. But the camera deliberately avoided the open shops, cars in parking lots, and instead emphasized the empty streets!
They don't call it bung-hampton for nothing! They just spent $26 MILLION ON A SIDEWALK FROM VESTAL COLLEGE APARTMENTS TO DOWNTOWN, ABOUT 3.5 MILES! THE COLLEGE KIDS ARE RICH CAST- OFFS, AND THEY ARE LOST CAUSES. NO ITS NOT THIS EMPTY, BUT THE SOUL IS GONE. GOVT WASTE IS HUGE, LOCKHEED MARTIN IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF NOTE. IBM MOVED OUT AFTER POLLUTING ENDICOTT, AND THE CLOWN GOVT IS 25 YEARS LATE TO START A LAWSUIT! BUMMINGTON IS ANOTHER LOCAL MONIKER.
I lived in a Binghamton suburb for a decade, have lived in the region for 40 years. Hitting downtown on a sunday (and before noon no less) is why it's absolutely deserted. I know the city has it's problems, but you timed it to show it looking particularly desolate. Binghamton is part of a merged metropolitan area, with Johnson City, Endicott, Endwell and Vestal (you can add Kirkwood and Conklin as well). Johnson City, Endicott and Endwell are, like Binghamton, struggling. Most commerce has moved to the Vestal Parkway, and last I knew shipping and warehousing were the backbone of Kirkwood and Conklin . Like many places, there has been a move away from the city center towards the outskirts with it's cheaper/more available rent & land (not to mention closer to Binghamton University). So yes, absolutely, the loss of manufacturing & tech has devastated the merged metropolitan area's economy, but there is still life there, and commerce (and TRAFFIC!), you just didn't show that part.
I don't know where you're from but you came to Binghamton on a Sunday morning the slowest day of the week Downtown is under a revitalization right now and we do have poverty but we also have a lot of beauty. Focusing on downtown leaving a coffee shop because it was busy and then saying it is dead in Binghamton. You were just out to make it look bad. Not fair to us.
I felt the same-he's so condescending. When you live on the East Coast, there are older buildings, older roads, etc. I bet this GenZer was raised in a bubble.
This is the most ridiculous video. The Spot Restaurant that was in the opening of the video just closed this past year, a victim of Covid that held on as long as it could. Also, Bing is a big college town. BU was on break the Sunday morning he was walking around this "abandoned city". 🤦♀️🤦♀️ I just can't with this dumba$$.
I have asked him to come back. I would personally put him up and show him around. This place needs work, but WE aren't broken. We are hard working and and tougher than nails. Bighamton strong 💪!
White woman in the beginning has never walked through binghamton lol. Lived here for over 20 years and never seen a person “ramming their head against a wall”
I know. This whole video is inaccurate. There’s absolutely no data to show it being the poorest city in NY state, and everything in this video is cherry-picked to make it look like poverty porn. I’m from Philly, and have lived in NYC, Boston, LA. The low income neighborhoods here are no different than any in those cities. I’d actually say I see much less homelessness here than in those cities. The whole video is sensationalized for pearl-clutching suburbanites to oooh and aaah about. The narrator sounds like a boorish college kid trying to cosplay as Keith Morrison from Dateline.
The spot isn't abandon. It just closed down. It's not even in the city it's outside the city in the town of Chenango. There's a hundred places to eat on front street plus 3 big hotels?Binghamton had alot of big business. They get tax greats. So the government puts heavy tax burden on small business high drove them out.
theres a mcdonalds hlf mile up front st too, lol this guy is just clueless. love his wrong pronuciation of lots of stuff too like he did no research or anything just cherry picking bullshit
@SuburbanAdventures he did that numerous times. And was downtown on a Sunday like wtf noones down there at work they are at home chilling. There actually is alot of diff cool stuff around binghamton
This was definitely filmed with a narrative in mind. Streets wouldn't be empty on a weekday, or likely a Saturday. Also quite a few buildings he was filmed around aren't abandoned, it was just a Sunday and they hadn't opened yet or were closed on that day.
Those three buildings that you are looking at across from our post office is abandoned because they owned by a landlord in New York City. Who was a slumlord who is in jail.
and thats what everyone calls Pedo ally its one of the only places in the county they can live.... the homeless dont even want to live around there LOL
And cloudy, early morning, on a cool fall morning on the river and question why it’s foggy and then claim it stays like that all the time while the skies are turning blue. What a joke
@@mustang131radio oh. The drugs and the homeless are there. You can't compare Binghamton with LA. There are 100,000 or more people in LA. Plus it's not as warm here.
A lot of people from the City move up here and absolutely love it! Many small friendly taverns to enjoy food and drink. We have a hockey team and a Double A Baseball team(Mets Farm team). Plenty of ski resorts and hiking areas. Downtown has all kinds of restaurants and bars. This video was a complete abomination and an insult. He did zero research and is obviously just a troll channel!
Did you intentionally paint the most one-sided/bleak picture possible, or are you only accidentally spreading misinformation about the area? For example, re: the empty downtown - October 6th was during Binghamton University's fall break (for better worse, Binghamton is a college town) so the majority of the downtown occupants were gone. Or 21:39 "every window is shattered" That building is undergoing a complete renovation, so what you saw was construction, not urban decay. The entire country saw off-shoring of industry wreck havoc on city centers - we don't have unique problems here, but there is an increasingly prevalent spirit of renewal, growth, and progress. Binghamton is returning to being a great place to settle and have a hybrid metro/rural lifestyle with a cost of living more attainable than NYC, Westchester, the Hudson Valley, etc. There are issues, but they're issues found coast to coast, and hyperfixating on them does more harm than good. I just wish you got to experience some of the optimism and progress here. There are so many passionate and inspired persons helping create a bright future for this area. If you ever come back I'd be glad to walk you around personally.
@@elilee425 I don't think anyone is saying that the ENTIRE video is filled with lies or exaggerations. But it is inaccurate to characterize the Binghamton area as particularly desolate when he filmed this on a Sunday morning during the university's fall break. You, as a local, should know that that's a mischaracterization. Yes this area has issues but he characterizes things as if it's all a slum. Like, he doesn't even pass through the West Side or the East Side (both very decent places). He made an incorrect assumption that Jimmy's was closed down when it's actually a student bar (that of course would not be open on a Sunday morning). He drove down Clinton and said that there were no businesses. A lack of basic research.
This video is so garbage - thank you for calling it out. It’s embarrassing that he would put this out there with so many falsehoods. Thanks for calling it out!
It's not even the city. You notice he didn't record driving in or out? It would have gone against his whole abandoned town thing. Plus it's early Sunday. The slowest time of the week.
I grew up in Binghamton, couldn’t wait to leave, and did as soon as I reached adulthood. But I must say, it’s improved a lot since I was growing up in the 90s and early 2000s. The University is the best in the SUNY system and has contributed a lot to revitalizing the downtown area. There’s a lot of luxury student housing, coffee shops like the crowded one you visited in the beginning of the video, restaurants, etc. I’ve always been Bing’s harshest critic, but I do think this video was a little unfair, mainly because Binghamton is way better than many upstate towns you could find yourself in. Go try visiting any city north of the Hudson Valley, and Binghamton is where you’ll likely want to live in comparison. Glad I grew up there rather than Deposit, Harpersville, Oswego, Dannemora, or many of these other places. Much better than many of the blighted and downright dangerous cities you’ll find in Jersey, Connecticut, and throughout the Northeast. Binghamton’s best days are definitely far behind her, and it’s been that way my entire life. Yet now it’s much better than it was. Safer upbringing than growing up in the South Bronx. More opportunities and things to do than many dead cornfield towns in the Midwest. Many of the problems that have plagued Binghamton, such as the disappearance of industry and resulting urban blight, are also equally applicable to the other major upstate cities along the rust belt, like Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, etc. Not unique to the Southern Tier.
I would have to respectively disagree. SUNY Binghamton has no medical school, dental school, and I believe no law school. SUNY Buffalo and SUNY Albany are the best with Buffalo as number 1.
@ Not sure rankings are determined by how many professional schools a university has, but in any case that’s a small detail in the larger point I was making
I totally agree, I left in 2009 during the height of the opiate crisis and the area has gotten considerably better since then. Also, I guess this guy has never been to Niagara Falls.
No, you know nothing I have lived here for 25 years. My mother lives right behind the spot restaurant get educated this place is not abandoned whatsoever. Yes it’s a little dirty and what not but what city isn’t anymore?
I used to go there for lunch when i was attending Bcc. I dont think this represents who is still here fighting to make it great again. Iv asked this guy to come back and see the real binghamton, the parks, the music on the walk, all the things we are doimg to make it great. I respect you're comment.
@justincaseu8 He is probably not going to cover this area again . His narrative is set. He played this out just how he wanted the results to Look. Remember he did this on a Sunday in the Fall. 9:30 am
Downtown looks pretty damn nice even though the buildings are mostly empty ! You said the buildings were in bad condition, you apparently need glasses !! For being the poorest city it looks pretty clean and well kept ! Not too many people go into the downtown area on a Sunday !
@@Lightsngear Most of the structures in the downtown core aren't empty, there are many businesses downtown, it was just a 9am on a Sunday so very few are open.
I had to laugh, he describes a ghost town-no people, then goes to a coffee shop and it's too crowded to wait a couple minutes. Big city guy, probably doesn't know how much the big city down state sucks up tax dollars compared to the REAL upstate NY villages and towns.
Lived in Binghamton for 36 years and I absolutely love it!! More money in the area then people think. Very kind and generous people as well. Don't talk shit about Binghamton NY without ever living or talking to any locals. Zero respect for this channel!
Have you ever went anywhere else?! Sound like the rest of NY'ers who SWEAR it's such a great place yet never been anywhere else for any amount of worthwhile time.
@letsgetdoing yes I've lived down in long Island with my father and missed binghamton idk why but I did. I'm 36 and lived here since I was 3yo I just don't get why he tried his hardest to downplay every aspect of our area. I wanna know where he's from. This whole country is broke not just binghamton. Homelessness is country wide not just our city
67 Bennett Avenue Rod Serling's childhood home in Binghamton. Serling was born in Syracuse on Christmas Day 1924. His family moved to Binghamton in 1926 and settled into a modest house on 67 Bennett Avenue.
Well Merry Christmas! Thank you for showing up with your TESLA and dissing are fine City of Binghamton. What a jerk you didn’t have to come here and you didn’t have to diss everybody. We have University’s We have restaurants we have malls and it really is a beautiful place. Don’t let this guy tell you any different. He went to the worst spot he could find so he could make his video! You picked out the worst areas! I suppose you live in a wonderful perfect place! Merry Christmas enjoy your Tesla.
I have offered to put this guy up and see the real Bighamton, take him out to see what a great place it is. You can find the bad in anything if thats what you want to see.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 You're killin' me Nancy! GREAT comment! I know you didn't include it, but an expletive would've fit perfectly between your "Merry" and "Christmas"! LOL
It seems like you haven't spent a lot of time in the rust belt. This is probably one of the nicest-looking small cities. A lot of the buildings don't actually look abandoned, just vacant.
This was filmed on a Sunday morning, many of these places are closed for the day, or just haven't opened yet. This video is pushing a narrative. On a weekday or even a Saturday there would be more traffic.
I’m glad to see most comments about this tell more about the city of Binghamton than this pompous, arrogant, “know it all” ! He purposely sought out the most blighted parts of the city and was snarky doing it. He didn’t even hit the South side or Westside. He found the only carousel that is currently undergoing a complete renovation. What a complete jerk!! For your information, buddy, we do have sunshine and clean air to breathe. And 4 distinct seasons! Each with its own beauty. Keep on moving with your opinions. I don’t think you are as wise as you think you are. Send your video to code enforcement and Democrat Governor Kathy Hochel.
The guy shows a gas station across the street while he's charging his Tesla and then he's like there's no gas station anywhere near here there's nothing for miles
There are two gas stations within 100 feet of where he was charging his Tesla (SNK and Byrne Dairy), and another one about 50 feet further down. Guy is a clown.
I'm from Binghamton, Not once have I EVER seen anyone bashing their heads on buildings. 💀 Please talk to people that are ACTUALLY from here, and not BU college students. & Wth is a "chanago river"? Stop calling it "Chanago" !! 💀 You did Binghamton dirty.
Maybe..Ms Molly can go back to her own hometown in Saugerties NY and find her fellow citizens there that may be bashing their heads on some buildings. 🙄
the spot is on upper front. grocery stores, gas stations, other restaurants and a college is literally a walk from there. Upstate is home to some of the most beautiful countryside. Downtown has incredible architecture and during the week and Saturday has many people out and about. Learn how to pronounce the rivers and places your driving by. You certainly chose the worst places to try to diminish our hometown
Our hometown is a literal craphole. Yes the countryside is absolutely beautiful. Still doesn't take away the fact that it is ripe with crime, poverty and homelessness. May I remind you of the huge homeless encampment that was behind a house on Robinson st. That was there for a while, and they only broke it up because someone died in it. They were all doing drugs and god knows what else in there. You and other people are on here defending a craphole claiming it is nice. Have you even walked in Binghamton lately? You realize the trash from NYC is gentrified out and they come here right? This place is a dump full of crappy people and annoying college kids
I live on the east side of Binghamton. Let me tell you the decline of the city is real. The people here need real help. Our city officials think that making it a college town will help. But it's not. They kick out the struggling for collage kids. The crap that happens here is unbelievable. Don't take my word, come here and ask the homeless.
Then people need to do like everybody else has always done in America since it's founding: Move to where there are good paying jobs. Life is easy. Too many people complain about where they live and don't move so who's fault is that?
IBM is gone. Endicott-Johnson is gone. Railroad work in Chenango Forks ain't what it used to be. No more defense work at Lockheed Martin or BAE. Binghamton Inebriate Asylum is gone. Binghamton lost 70 percent of its manufacturing base since 1990. One of the largest declines for any metropolitan area in the nation.
I am old enough to remember when the "Southern Tier" was a beautiful place to live and raise a family. Most televisions were black & white at the time. That's how long ago it was.
@@FromHeretoThereIm curious on how you got so much information in this video wrong. why didn’t you talk to people who actually live in the area, and not random college kids from out of town??
@@FromHeretoThereBinghamton is a great place to live in 2024, your channel is hilarious brother!! Come out and actually meet some real people from Binghamton. You know nothing about this community, you are a child with a troll channel. Good job though!
@@ViceCoinno learn how to farm and become self sufficient. Farmers will always be the safest and most prosperous people in a society. Computers don't make food or do anything natural. You will grow up one day and realize the lies you have been told your entire life.
Thanks for highlighting Binghamton. I am originally from Syracuse and it's sad to see the cities in decline in upstate NY. A couple of things. Binghamton does have the largest collection of operating antique carousels. Second, Chenango is pronounced "Sh"enango.
@@FromHeretoThere I live outside of Syracuse... originally from Downstate. The area has a potential and is much more affordable than Downstate. People are moving into Central New York because they can't afford areas like the Hudson Valley or Long Island anymore. There isn't any silver bullet that can save these areas though some politicians, especially Leftists who would like you to think so. They are the biggest impediment to reviving cities like Binghamton, Syracuse and Rochester..
According to recent rankings by Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Binghamton University is considered the top public university in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, placing it among the best public schools in America, often cited as a "Public Ivy" institution for its high academic quality at a relatively affordable cost.
Binghamton resident here. Thank you for putting the spotlight on our pocket of New York. The city's condition is explained by the decline of American manufacturing. It is not dissimilar to other rust-belt cities that have seen population decline, job loss, and urban blight. Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company and IBM anchored the tri-city area for many decades but eventually left and/or were driven out of town (depends who you ask). The city has transformed itself from a manufacturing hub to a service-sector economy, with SUNY Binghamton and UHS quarterbacking much of the progress. Believe it or not, the downtown area of Binghamton has seen vast improvements over the last decade. Do parts of it still resemble a Scooby Doo Ghost town? You bet! But Binghamton's downtown has improved. Johnson City and Endicott-the two neighboring cities-also have downtowns that are comparatively worse, although they too are getting better, with new businesses replacing the old, visibly reducing the blight. Binghamton is the recipient of the back-end of NYC gentrification. When wealthy young professionals move into places like Brooklyn and Queens, the cost of living is raised, displacing many of the original residents-who, more often than not-are poor. They move to upstate New York and eastern PA, seeking places where their money can go further. I, myself, moved from Long Island to Binghamton to seek greener-pastures, a place where I could own land, build a family, and advance my career; I have done all three of those, and I owe it to the area's accommodating cost of living. When I worked in Binghamton High School, I got to witness this first hand, as the student-body was composed of a hodge-podge of income-classes, nationalities and ethnicities. The area is very mixed-very American. During the semesters, students populate the area abundantly, adding an interesting dynamic to the mix. Here we see American college culture meeting working-class families and urban-poor, all under the gray umbrella of endless seasonal depression. I have grown to really enjoy the Binghamton area. Sure it's freezing, constantly-snow-covered, economically depressed, and oftentimes the butt of many jokes, but it is a pleasant place to live out of whatever remains of the American dream. I'm going to walk my dog now on my six acres of mountainous forest that I bought for pocket change. Hopefully this comment can provide some additional context.
I'm surprised your BetterHelp therapist hasn't told you that you aren't doing anything for humanity. I grew up in the area and left and it had nothing to do with Endicott Johnson, IBM or the other companies that closed. My neighbor died in the mass shooting. I helped to build Boscov's. I don't long for the old days. There is enormous suffering and struggles everywhere and there are also people that have stayed and built families, businesses and lives. "Nothin' shakin' on shakedown street, used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart, you just gotta poke around."
I hear you! I watched this video amd although some of it is true, it dont speak for the locals who work hard to make it their home Iv asked this guy to come back, offered to put him up and show him Binghamton is strong. Alll cities are dying out from all the big box stores,thay why everyone goes to vestal for shopping. Anyway, i respect you're comment, thanks for speaking your truth. Binghamtom is not dead, but stong, and working hard to get better. 💪 peace brother!
@@MbisonBalrog 4-5 hours probably to go from Montreal to Binghamton. I guess the city is on the boarder between New York State and Pennsylvania. I’ve never been to the place but apparently it’s suffering bad economically
SUNY Binghamton is in Binghamton. A lot of small rural towns now are basically just college towns without which they be nothing. Other college towns like State College PA, Syracuse NY, Amherst Mass, Las Cruces NM, South Bend IN, Morgantown WV, Blacksburg VA. These University are the only source of economic activities for their regions.
...and for a student population to support these towns, that's mostly student loans. There's no revenue generated; it's just money from debt of students who bear the economic burden. This has been going on for decades / is the new normal.
I worked in Binghamton NY in the 70's. We were upgrading local phone offices for ANI (automatic number identification) . I remember renting a room from a lady, and the first thing she wanted to know was if I was from NYC. I don't think she would have rented a room to me if I was because she considered city people untrustworthy and likely to take advantage of her. I told her I was from rural Michigan and felt the same way. I really enjoyed Binghamton. Nice parks to enjoy in summer and restaurants, entertainment .
OMG LOL..65yr old here again...Lady you interviewed WRONG about Boscov's...started in Reading Pa..Albert Boscov's grandfather had a cart selling clothing and other things, good reputation did well, so well years later his son (Albert's father) had enough to open 1st "Dry Goods " store ( in Reading) ..in the 70's I was working at Boscov's East when they opened the Scranton/Wilkes Barre store..and a few more..70's and 80's Boscov's did HUGE expansions...
He was here in October it's become much worse and filthier. The bike path near Thirstys had homeless people desecrate it with the garbage the walls along the river banks also more garbage. He only saw a hint of what was becoming a very poverty-stricken area. There's homeless people right in front of the welfare office.
Rochester has NOT been ruined by whatever u suggested. Its a Boom Town right now. Looks better than ever. Sure we have riff raff just like any other city but were NOT ruined. Go dig up the snow and find and touch grass.
I know you're just trying to get views and you've found a formula that works. But this city is filled with great people and has a great history. Crap like this just takes the wind out of our sails and it's deeply insulting. We're working hard to improve our community and make a path forward for so many families here and you've honed in on the worst eyesores and embarrassing spots of our city. This is home to so many of us and we're proud of where we live. There is so much more to this place than the statistics you've cherry-picked and the locations you've selected. This isn't an honest look at our community; this is a shameful attempt at profiting off of poverty - shots and stats hand-picked to elicit shock and headwagging in order to farm clicks from an ignorant audience. This isn't fair and I hope you rethink your approach moving forward.
He needs some more self help counseling. He’s extremely critical and down on everything. Maybe he should learn to paint murals since that was the only thing he complemented. I can do without them .
This is embarrassing for you to post. You should stick to things you know like video game streaming. Like everyone else said, you have so many inaccuracies in it, it would take an hour to list. You had a narrative you wanted and a garbage click baity title and image. You should delete this soon. It’s embarrassing for your influencer brand.
There’s absolutely no data to show it being the poorest city in NY state, and everything in this video is cherry-picked to make it look like poverty porn. I’m from Philly, and have lived in NYC, Boston, LA. The low income neighborhoods here are no different than any in those cities. I’d actually say I see much less homelessness here than in those cities. This has the same vibes as those films of Kensington in Philly. Oooh look at all the addiction and abandoned houses. Meanwhile one block away there’s million dollar row homes and a Whole Foods. It’s sensationalized for pearl-clutching suburbanites to oooh and aaah about. The narrator sounds like a boorish college kid trying to cosplay as Keith Morrison from Dateline for his intro to documentary filmmaking class.
It's Criminal They are repeating the same actions which started ghe BOSTON TEA PARTY REVOLUTION (Forgot the actual name) All New Yorkers need to have serious conversations. Also tolls are absolutely ridiculous. Something is wrong Something is very wrong
I miss the north to a degree. But you can easily pay less per year in taxes in many cities in SC than you'd pay per month in NYS. And that is on a larger home.
It really depends on where you live. Binghamton's taxes are not bad. Certainly, the Town of Vestal is high, and parts of Johnson City are. But where we are in Tioga County (NY) the taxes are reasonable, and school taxes are low!
That's the cleanest,upkept,"dangerous",part of a town that I've ever seen.Matter of fact,all of the so called "run down" parts have clean streets,side walks and manicured grass.
Binghamton was a great place to grow up. Education was superb. EJ shoes donated 7 carousels. Two were in your video , Ross Park Zoo and Recreation Park. No fee was EVER charged.
I can't believe you were standing just feet away from thr carousel in Recreation Park and failed to mention it. The carousels in Broome County are one of the most interesting pieces of its history. Otherwise, quite impressive. You are a good researcher.
I come from Endicott, NY. While the area has improved partly, it still definitely struggles quite a bit. Broome County is currently the poorest upstate, New York county out of all 56 counties. That’s nothing to be proud about. Hopefully that will change in the future.
I'm not sure what the end goal is, but the intent is clear, which is to create a negative narrative of a very average city in the USA. You will find blight in every city if you look and this guy looked, he looked hard, and he overlooked when he thought it would best support the narrative. My takeaway is if this is the worst NY has to offer, NY must be a freaking epic place to live haha.
I bought a place up here in 2017 and retired during the lockdown in 2020 and I'm originally from Long Island, one of the most overpopulated places in the US. I'm not sure you were looking at the Binghamton I've come to know in the last few years. There was a sense of hope swirling in the area just before the pandemic hit, and it was sort of in limbo for a while, but it's back. There's progress, some real progress and all sorts of new building happening. As far as the city being depressing -- just how many places have you been that would qualify as being depressing? There are parts of Queens that I wouldn't walk through without an armed guard and attack dogs. There are parts of Dublin Ireland that I would feel the same as I would in Queens. I don't feel anywhere near that in Binghamton. Maybe you should also interview a few other people before you consider that you've gotten a real feeling of the town.
Binghamton is like any other rust belt city in the US right now. Victimized by the housing market. BU helps our economy but it also adds to the affordable housing problem right now. Most rentals are student housing only. The crazy high NYS taxes and cost of living isn’t helping the poverty level. Wages don’t quite commensurate with cost of living. On the contrary, I live in Vestal (same county, couple towns over) and it’s a great place to raise a family (nys schools are the best). Endwell, Maine and parts of JC and Endicott are also nice places to own a home and raise a family.
@madmanmark8387 I went back and it was October. It was a Sunday but sill I've never seen it si empty. I only live like 2 miles from Binghamton maybe less actually.
@Jdoom13 My guess is the empty streets are Saturday nights, people get drunk and have a hangover, and with so many churches in the area, people were in church.
What’s up. Yes, Binghamton isn’t in good shape but it is very slowly getting better because the University keeps growing every year. A lot of those abandoned houses/buildings you have seen downtown are currently in transition. A lot of the houses/buildings are going to be turned into student housing. Yes Binghamton will never be great but it is far from being unsafe unless you’re walking around at 4am alone.
Only way for Uni to grow is more students becoming debt slaves, which means they will just add more poor people in the major cities they move to after they graduate.
Thank you for your review of binghamtom. I dont think you have the big picture. You have missed out on so much and only focused on the statistics and what you immediately saw in front of you. Binghamtom represents so much more than what the downtown has to offer. You were on the vestal parkway. You can see why there is no downtown. No one can compete with all the chains. How could a down town store compete with Applebee's, Walmart, Lowes, Red Lobster, Home Goods, Target, TJ max, etc. This area has a lower income but is still affordable. Big cities all over are in decline. We have the Catskills the susquehanna ( sus-Q-hana), fresh food available at the farmers markets, and so much more. Our women are just as beautiful as any, but they can split wood and ride a four-wheeler without breaking a nail. Please give the area a second chance. If you're up to it, come back this summer, I will put you up, take you out to meet real people, and see why this is a great place to live,work, make friends and raise a family. We are here and are happy. Oh yeah, the sun is always out up here, It is the one who can see past the clouds who thrive! Thank you. Please keep making content.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Binghamton. Moved in 2010. Would I move back? No. But i do have many good memories and honestly it was a very peaceful and safe place to grow up. The downtown, we all avoided even back then. However there is a seriously underated food scene. Theres a large Italian population, and they know how to cook!
Having lived in Upstate New York-- Ithaca for graduate school and briefly Lockwood, an extremely rural place closer to Binghamton-- I'm amazed at how uninformed the presenter seems to be. I gave up after about a third, because he kept gaslighting about clean streets and well-maintained buildings as if they were evidence of an incredibly bleak city. It's as if he took the single statistic of the poverty rate and let it color all of his perceptions of what he saw, when in fact the city looks better than the average for the United States. He seems well-intentioned but ignorant, without any real perspective on what makes for quality of life. As others have pointed it, part of the problem is something as basic as filming on a Sunday morning. Just a ridiculous waste of time and a misguided use of the limited research that he did before showing up.
Unless there's an activity going on on a Sunday morning, he wasn't far from the truth. With all the churches in the city, that's where people probably were or hungover from drinking on a Saturday night.
Lived in Bing my whole life and while I can say it’s definitely not the worst place to be, some of things he goes over definitely have some truth to them. Especially after the flood of 2011 some neighborhoods were completely destroyed, like half the houses that used to be there completely torn down. It’s not uncommon especially in the worst parts of town to see druggies wandering the streets including a guy who thinks he’s the reincarnation of Jesus and puts up some crazy ass posters. A block away from my house 2 shootings happened at the same place which resulted in the business owners death. House across my street burned down after a guy set his couch on fire making meth. Also, city used to be a huge hub for the mob, probably still has some ties, and had the nearby Apalachin meeting in 1957. So yeah, not the best city.
doesn't look too bad to me, honestly. The worst areas in the US still look a league or two above the average areas in Europe. This place is super green, streets are wide and straight. And the climate that is the cloudiest in the US? It would still be one of the sunniest cities in Europe.
LOL what are you talking about? US worst areas and much worse than anywhere right now except the Gaza or Lebanon. Even Mexico Hondurans, and Guatemala is better than America.
I lived in the area for many decades. Taxes, greed, crime.(including organized), drugs. This is true of nys in general. My family goes back to before it was a state, most of us have left now. Heartbreaking.
I was born in Binghamton Gen Hospital in 1964. Downtown was beautiful. We moved to Scranton and when I returned in the the city was a total slum. It seems that it's really had a resurgence since the University.
Im from Binghamton I’m not gonna say it ain’t a mess but I’ve never seen it so empty like I’m genuinely surprised by it I know a lot of the “abandoned buildings” I know aren’t actually abandoned they just aren’t taken care of or the insides are beautiful but the exterior looks like crap with it also being a Sunday I guess that could contribute to the emptiness when you came through
@@saphirewoo9190 Yeah, a lot of thing were deliberately filmed with a narrative. Many of the business would be closed downtown, otherwise they would be open later on.
Violent crime is at a 50 year low. We only think we are in more danger. We are not. We don’t know how to process everybody having a camera and everybody telling us about every car accident every stick up every violent crime everything that we used to never hear about unless it was a big deal.
There were several incidents in neighboring Endicott, New York involving drug dealers fighting over drugs around Washington Ave. Broome County definitely has some very impoverished areas that can be very unsafe.
Really cuz the house across the street from me got shot up a few months ago and the SWAT team was there last year too. I've lived here 25 years and there's way more crime than when I got here
Excellent video! When I worked at Kodak in Rochester NY in the 80s and 90s, many of my coworkers were originally from Binghamton, but those were much better days for the city. Please make a video about Rochester NY if you haven't already.
You’re tweeking. I’ve been to California and yeah they have issues, I’d still take Cali over this place which I was partially raised in. Cali has the same problems but atleast they have beaches, warm weather and a ton of opportunity along with great tacos!
i think it looks super dead bc it’s a sunday morning. even downtown miami is really quiet on a sunday morning with barely any cars driving. but yess this is one of the most depressing parts of NYS.
If you are depressed stay out of Binghamton, we are joyful and loving!! In fact when I visit other area's of the United States I can't wait to get back to "depressed" Binghamton!!
It's a Sunday! People are with their families. THIS is one of the most offensive UA-cam videos. At least do your homework before you visit a city. You interviewed a student from downstate; she's not a good representation of the city and you led her down a negative path. Speak with more people who live in the city and are from the area. Try to be less offensive to the population that love and enjoy this city!
The owner of the diner installed the electric charges years ago when Prius first came out. That diner sits right off the I81, I88,I 86/ rt 17 interstates. You can get to anywhere in the state very easily from Binghamton. It's the perfect place to stop and recharge
As NY cities go Binghamton is one of the better kept "ghost towns" appearance wise. The potential is there for a downtown revival if the city or the state can attract a large manufacturer or get foreign investment via a corporation headquartering there.
It’s shocking to see a city like Binghamton, with so much history and potential, facing such struggles. Poverty in places like this highlights the urgent need for better economic opportunities and community support. What can be done to help cities like Binghamton rebuild and thrive again?
One thought that comes to mind on rebirth to Binghamton is attracting those who work from their computers and that don’t have to report in-at a building. More jobs have become working from home. Transportation and places to go do some fun stuff at would help draw those kind of folks. Also a great education system in town for K - 12 for families with young kids. A tech savvy vibe also would help. The young like that
It’s really too bad your feelings were hurt cause someone decided to film your trash town. I hope “Yo Baby Dad” gets out of jail soon though so you both can make it as ghetto as yall want again 😂🤣
What you see in Binghamto is just the effect of outsourcing and economic distress. It's not as distressing as Brooklyn NY where I used to live. The neighboring town of Vestal is thriving. You should do a video on that. There's a mixture of beauty and economic distress but that's true for any City. Overall Binghamton is not so bad. There's hope and a lot of Real Estate opportunities if you can appreciate it.
It's shhhh-nang- go. Sus-qua-han-a . And yes I grew up here and it's deteriorated and I'm leaving. Residents think someone else will pick up the garbage blowing around and accumulated. Children are kicking in doors and terrorizing senior citizens trash property and stealing garden items for fun. My house had 2 attempted break in. My car's have been broken into and ruffled through. So goodbye Binghamton. Thanks for nothing.
I used to have a girlfriend in Binghamton about 15 years ago. Actually major cities like NYC tried to relocate lower income families to places like Binghamton to try to gentrify bad neighborhoods in the city. Obviously that didn’t work. With a slow job market and a weak welfare system a lot of people moved back to the city or to another city where the resources are. I see a few of them are still hanging on up there. That’s probably where they will spend the rest of the time they got left.
When you go through downtown Binghamton, primarily only businesses, in a Sunday morning before restaurants open, you're going to find low traffic and people moving about the streets. I find it interesting that a mural is you're idea of "hope" in the city. While I don't live in Binghamton anymore, it has totally reimagined the downtown area with restaurants, arts, etc. Many of the buildings you claim to be empty are actually NOT empty, but businesses that are closed on Sundays. It would be great if you learned more about the City before trashing it and certainly, learn how to pronounce the names of the rivers and Indian tribes you reference, as well as the name of the stadium, railroad companies etc. I don't pretend to think that Binghamton doesn't have problems, but there is no city that doesn't have rough areas. Please don't be so dramatic and do more research. NYS, which answers mainly to NYC residents and needs, is a huge reason the rest of the state is suffering due to ridiculously high taxes. As I continue to watch this, you keep giving me more material to correct you on. I'm losing patience with you and turning you off.
I have asked this guy to come back, i will host and show him what hes missing. We deserver a better review. There are good people here who work hard for their families and to make this a better place. This video, although sadly ttue is not the true story of those who stay and make this place a great.
All these buildings downtown that you keep claiming are uninhabited or even run down are being used. There are a lot that are being renovated and there are a few that are not being used. But you really need to take a look at what you're saying and what you don't know. Like I said before you are here on a Sunday in the morning. That please will get busy in the next couple hours.
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Thank you for your review of binghamtom. I dont think you have the big picture. You have missed out on so much and only focused on the statistics and what you immediately saw in front of you. Binghamtom represents so much more than what the downtown has to offer. You were on the vestal parkway. You can see why there is no downtown. No one can compete with all the chains. How could a down town store compete with Applebee's, Walmart, Lowes, Red Lobster, Home Goods, Target, TJ max, etc. This area has a lower income but is still affordable. Big cities all over are in decline. We have the Catskills the susquehanna ( sus-Q-hana), fresh food available at the farmers markets, and so much more. Our women are just as beautiful as any, but they can split wood and ride a four-wheeler without breaking a nail. Please give the area a second chance. If you're up to it, come back this summer, I will put you up, take you out to meet real people, and see why this is a great place to live,work, make friends and raise a family. We are here and are happy. Oh yeah, the sun is always out up here, It is the one who can see past the clouds who thrive! Thank you. Please keep making content.
Your Narrative of the City of Binghamton is not 69% Facts. Your Narrative Sucks
All that garbage around the Tesla superchargers is from all those out of town Tesla owners dumping their garbage in the woods and around the superchargers. Nobody else has a reason to dump their drive through garbage all around those chargers. For people who drive teslas to “save the world” it is a perfect example of what kind of hypocrites they really are!
This, right here!
Of course they worship the biggest "Bellend" in history don't you know..."President" Musk..🙄😆
At least imagine yourself driving a late model car with features from the future, you have to respect that at least by not dumping shit around your charging station nor anywhere.
This is a joke right? Between mispronouncing streets and rivers, to not actually knowing the businesses or neighborhoods. From someone who grew up in Binghamton most of her life do better! Talk to the actual locals, go to the businesses. SMH
You are absolutely right. Have you ever seen the streets so empty? This narrative is totally biased. Everyone must be in Church on a Sunday morning! Businesses are closed, not abandoned. Come to Binghamton on a weekday or evening…it is packed with people visiting stores, galleries and restaurants. Yes, there are unhoused people, and we need to do better. But the camera deliberately avoided the open shops, cars in parking lots, and instead emphasized the empty streets!
He drives a Tesla what you expect
They don't call it bung-hampton for nothing! They just spent $26 MILLION ON A SIDEWALK FROM VESTAL COLLEGE APARTMENTS TO DOWNTOWN, ABOUT 3.5 MILES! THE COLLEGE KIDS ARE RICH CAST- OFFS, AND THEY ARE LOST CAUSES. NO ITS NOT THIS EMPTY, BUT THE SOUL IS GONE. GOVT WASTE IS HUGE, LOCKHEED MARTIN IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER OF NOTE. IBM MOVED OUT AFTER POLLUTING ENDICOTT, AND THE CLOWN GOVT IS 25 YEARS LATE TO START A LAWSUIT! BUMMINGTON IS ANOTHER LOCAL MONIKER.
@@orlindsay agree 👌🤣
I've lived in Elmira for about 40 years and Binghamton is completely run down as is Elmira. The homeless rate is unreal. The camps are everywhere.
I lived in a Binghamton suburb for a decade, have lived in the region for 40 years. Hitting downtown on a sunday (and before noon no less) is why it's absolutely deserted. I know the city has it's problems, but you timed it to show it looking particularly desolate.
Binghamton is part of a merged metropolitan area, with Johnson City, Endicott, Endwell and Vestal (you can add Kirkwood and Conklin as well). Johnson City, Endicott and Endwell are, like Binghamton, struggling. Most commerce has moved to the Vestal Parkway, and last I knew shipping and warehousing were the backbone of Kirkwood and Conklin . Like many places, there has been a move away from the city center towards the outskirts with it's cheaper/more available rent & land (not to mention closer to Binghamton University). So yes, absolutely, the loss of manufacturing & tech has devastated the merged metropolitan area's economy, but there is still life there, and commerce (and TRAFFIC!), you just didn't show that part.
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It was not sunny either. The old buildings look really good in sunlight.
"conveniently or intentionally" on his part...🙄
I don't know where you're from but you came to Binghamton on a Sunday morning the slowest day of the week Downtown is under a revitalization right now and we do have poverty but we also have a lot of beauty. Focusing on downtown leaving a coffee shop because it was busy and then saying it is dead in Binghamton. You were just out to make it look bad. Not fair to us.
Comeback on a weekday in the summer
I moved to Binghamton back in 2009 it really nice here after living in Baltimore most of my life.
Can you tell me if the are good job I want to move there
Then it would be nice from your perspective.
Where the hell is this dude from? This is so insulting. We've seen much worse in LA and Phili. He went to a town early on a Sunday morning.
I felt the same-he's so condescending. When you live on the East Coast, there are older buildings, older roads, etc. I bet this GenZer was raised in a bubble.
This is the most ridiculous video. The Spot Restaurant that was in the opening of the video just closed this past year, a victim of Covid that held on as long as it could. Also, Bing is a big college town. BU was on break the Sunday morning he was walking around this "abandoned city". 🤦♀️🤦♀️ I just can't with this dumba$$.
Wife and I were literally saying the same thing. He's annoying. It's not bad
I have asked him to come back. I would personally put him up and show him around. This place needs work, but WE aren't broken. We are hard working and and tougher than nails. Bighamton strong 💪!
@@tjk1223iv offered to put him up and show him around . He has no idea how tough the peolpe are around here.
White woman in the beginning has never walked through binghamton lol. Lived here for over 20 years and never seen a person “ramming their head against a wall”
Johnson City born and raised and can say yes, seeing some crazies is definitely not a rare occurrence
I know. This whole video is inaccurate. There’s absolutely no data to show it being the poorest city in NY state, and everything in this video is cherry-picked to make it look like poverty porn. I’m from Philly, and have lived in NYC, Boston, LA. The low income neighborhoods here are no different than any in those cities. I’d actually say I see much less homelessness here than in those cities. The whole video is sensationalized for pearl-clutching suburbanites to oooh and aaah about. The narrator sounds like a boorish college kid trying to cosplay as Keith Morrison from Dateline.
Go outside. if you’ve never seen that in 20 years you either blind or haven’t been outside
Bro ran out the coffee shop once he realized it went against his rhetoric
@@michaelp8369 yes, it was too crowded for him!
why waste time
No amenities near the charging station? There are multiple gas stations, hotels are food options near that charging station. This guy is a clown.
The spot isn't abandon. It just closed down. It's not even in the city it's outside the city in the town of Chenango. There's a hundred places to eat on front street plus 3 big hotels?Binghamton had alot of big business. They get tax greats. So the government puts heavy tax burden on small business high drove them out.
I was thinking the same thing
theres a mcdonalds hlf mile up front st too, lol this guy is just clueless. love his wrong pronuciation of lots of stuff too like he did no research or anything just cherry picking bullshit
There's literally a Sonic right across the street......the dude just failed to pan the camera.
@SuburbanAdventures he did that numerous times. And was downtown on a Sunday like wtf noones down there at work they are at home chilling. There actually is alot of diff cool stuff around binghamton
9:30am on a Sunday morning it's supposed to be empty in the streets. Even in NYC there's hardly anyone in the streets except for tourists.
This was definitely filmed with a narrative in mind. Streets wouldn't be empty on a weekday, or likely a Saturday. Also quite a few buildings he was filmed around aren't abandoned, it was just a Sunday and they hadn't opened yet or were closed on that day.
Those three buildings that you are looking at across from our post office is abandoned because they owned by a landlord in New York City. Who was a slumlord who is in jail.
and thats what everyone calls Pedo ally its one of the only places in the county they can live....
the homeless dont even want to live around there LOL
@@shannonbomboy6541 and I think 2 of them caught fire and were torn down since he wrote the article.
So try not to be so surprised any downtown is dead on a Sunday
Yes ! Most downtowns are empty on a Sunday especially at 9a.m. in the morning!!
@@tnolan3176Just what I was about to say.
Before 9 am. 😂
And cloudy, early morning, on a cool fall morning on the river and question why it’s foggy and then claim it stays like that all the time while the skies are turning blue. What a joke
1000% cleaner and safer than LA.
It doesn’t look so bad to me. Clean, lots of nature. No homeless drug addicts. What’s wrong with this UA-camr
Yes. 🙌 the city is not bad the jobs has move away
@@mustang131radio oh. The drugs and the homeless are there. You can't compare Binghamton with LA. There are 100,000 or more people in LA. Plus it's not as warm here.
Yup 😂way cleaner lol
Cope
Idk. As a person from NYC this is town looks quaint and peaceful. 🤷🏽♀️
A lot of people from the City move up here and absolutely love it! Many small friendly taverns to enjoy food and drink. We have a hockey team and a Double A Baseball team(Mets Farm team). Plenty of ski resorts and hiking areas. Downtown has all kinds of restaurants and bars.
This video was a complete abomination and an insult. He did zero research and is obviously just a troll channel!
Did you intentionally paint the most one-sided/bleak picture possible, or are you only accidentally spreading misinformation about the area?
For example, re: the empty downtown - October 6th was during Binghamton University's fall break (for better worse, Binghamton is a college town) so the majority of the downtown occupants were gone.
Or 21:39 "every window is shattered" That building is undergoing a complete renovation, so what you saw was construction, not urban decay.
The entire country saw off-shoring of industry wreck havoc on city centers - we don't have unique problems here, but there is an increasingly prevalent spirit of renewal, growth, and progress. Binghamton is returning to being a great place to settle and have a hybrid metro/rural lifestyle with a cost of living more attainable than NYC, Westchester, the Hudson Valley, etc.
There are issues, but they're issues found coast to coast, and hyperfixating on them does more harm than good.
I just wish you got to experience some of the optimism and progress here. There are so many passionate and inspired persons helping create a bright future for this area.
If you ever come back I'd be glad to walk you around personally.
As someone from the area, there are definitely some parts he describes accurately let’s be real
@@elilee425 I don't think anyone is saying that the ENTIRE video is filled with lies or exaggerations. But it is inaccurate to characterize the Binghamton area as particularly desolate when he filmed this on a Sunday morning during the university's fall break. You, as a local, should know that that's a mischaracterization.
Yes this area has issues but he characterizes things as if it's all a slum. Like, he doesn't even pass through the West Side or the East Side (both very decent places). He made an incorrect assumption that Jimmy's was closed down when it's actually a student bar (that of course would not be open on a Sunday morning). He drove down Clinton and said that there were no businesses. A lack of basic research.
@@3001_shim Fair enough
This video is so garbage - thank you for calling it out. It’s embarrassing that he would put this out there with so many falsehoods. Thanks for calling it out!
Being born and raised here, stop acting like our city is any better then he said 😭 he’s using statistics
There is literally a gas station and sonic across the street from the charging station
It's not even the city. You notice he didn't record driving in or out? It would have gone against his whole abandoned town thing. Plus it's early Sunday. The slowest time of the week.
There are 2 gas stations. One is a monster Byrne Dairy. Two great restaurants, El Pulpo and Fat Patties as well as Sonic.
If there IS one. There is no need for the "literally". Save your fingernails.
I grew up in Binghamton, couldn’t wait to leave, and did as soon as I reached adulthood. But I must say, it’s improved a lot since I was growing up in the 90s and early 2000s. The University is the best in the SUNY system and has contributed a lot to revitalizing the downtown area. There’s a lot of luxury student housing, coffee shops like the crowded one you visited in the beginning of the video, restaurants, etc. I’ve always been Bing’s harshest critic, but I do think this video was a little unfair, mainly because Binghamton is way better than many upstate towns you could find yourself in. Go try visiting any city north of the Hudson Valley, and Binghamton is where you’ll likely want to live in comparison. Glad I grew up there rather than Deposit, Harpersville, Oswego, Dannemora, or many of these other places. Much better than many of the blighted and downright dangerous cities you’ll find in Jersey, Connecticut, and throughout the Northeast. Binghamton’s best days are definitely far behind her, and it’s been that way my entire life. Yet now it’s much better than it was. Safer upbringing than growing up in the South Bronx. More opportunities and things to do than many dead cornfield towns in the Midwest. Many of the problems that have plagued Binghamton, such as the disappearance of industry and resulting urban blight, are also equally applicable to the other major upstate cities along the rust belt, like Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, etc. Not unique to the Southern Tier.
I would have to respectively disagree. SUNY Binghamton has no medical school, dental school, and I believe no law school. SUNY Buffalo and SUNY Albany are the best with Buffalo as number 1.
@ Not sure rankings are determined by how many professional schools a university has, but in any case that’s a small detail in the larger point I was making
I actually thought that Binghamton was a nice town 😮
I totally agree, I left in 2009 during the height of the opiate crisis and the area has gotten considerably better since then. Also, I guess this guy has never been to Niagara Falls.
Wonder how "Molly's" "Saugerties" is she's so anxious to get back there..🙄
I like Binghamton. Half of this video is exaggerated or altogether not true.
No, you know nothing I have lived here for 25 years. My mother lives right behind the spot restaurant get educated this place is not abandoned whatsoever. Yes it’s a little dirty and what not but what city isn’t anymore?
Not to mention that's the Town of Chenango smh
Spot Restaurant closed about 14 months ago . Prior was in Business over 50 years .
I hadn't realized it closed until I watched this - I'm so sad, I LOVED that diner!
I used to go there for lunch when i was attending Bcc. I dont think this represents who is still here fighting to make it great again. Iv asked this guy to come back and see the real binghamton, the parks, the music on the walk, all the things we are doimg to make it great. I respect you're comment.
@justincaseu8 He is probably not going to cover this area again . His narrative is set. He played this out just how he wanted the results to Look. Remember he did this on a Sunday in the Fall. 9:30 am
@@saphirewoo9190 pure ignorance on his part..
No apts just student housing or expensive housing it is only good if you are in college
Downtown looks pretty damn nice even though the buildings are mostly empty ! You said the buildings were in bad condition, you apparently need glasses !! For being the poorest city it looks pretty clean and well kept ! Not too many people go into the downtown area on a Sunday !
Thanks for pointing that out! Most of the structures in the downtown core, might be "empty" but are far from being blighted!
@@Lightsngear Most of the structures in the downtown core aren't empty, there are many businesses downtown, it was just a 9am on a Sunday so very few are open.
@@armandotestani9481 thanks. That's about what I would assume.
I had to laugh, he describes a ghost town-no people, then goes to a coffee shop and it's too crowded to wait a couple minutes. Big city guy, probably doesn't know how much the big city down state sucks up tax dollars compared to the REAL upstate NY villages and towns.
Binghamton is where Dick's Sporting Goods started. Eureka tent started here as well.
Why would this "bellend" care about that..
Lived in Binghamton for 36 years and I absolutely love it!! More money in the area then people think. Very kind and generous people as well. Don't talk shit about Binghamton NY without ever living or talking to any locals. Zero respect for this channel!
This dude doesn't know jack shit he's goin off of what he's lookin up on Google 😂
Have you ever went anywhere else?! Sound like the rest of NY'ers who SWEAR it's such a great place yet never been anywhere else for any amount of worthwhile time.
@@mikebanks6704 He's literally there.....
@letsgetdoing yes I've lived down in long Island with my father and missed binghamton idk why but I did. I'm 36 and lived here since I was 3yo I just don't get why he tried his hardest to downplay every aspect of our area. I wanna know where he's from. This whole country is broke not just binghamton. Homelessness is country wide not just our city
Just showing how goddamn stupid he really is
57:55 They are NOT abandoned, The building is for sale, and on the other end its still occupied. Lmfao 😂
Those "run down, abandoned" buildings are housing your friends from BU above the storefronts. 💀
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Rod Serling's childhood home in Binghamton. Serling was born in Syracuse on Christmas Day 1924. His family moved to Binghamton in 1926 and settled into a modest house on 67 Bennett Avenue.
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Well Merry Christmas! Thank you for showing up with your TESLA and dissing are fine City of Binghamton. What a jerk you didn’t have to come here and you didn’t have to diss everybody. We have University’s We have restaurants we have malls and it really is a beautiful place. Don’t let this guy tell you any different. He went to the worst spot he could find so he could make his video! You picked out the worst areas! I suppose you live in a wonderful perfect place!
Merry Christmas enjoy your Tesla.
I have offered to put this guy up and see the real Bighamton, take him out to see what a great place it is. You can find the bad in anything if thats what you want to see.
@@justincaseu8 I would not waste your breath on his smug and snooty person.
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51:25 that "old white building with pillars" is called the Rod Sterling Pavilion....
It seems like you haven't spent a lot of time in the rust belt. This is probably one of the nicest-looking small cities. A lot of the buildings don't actually look abandoned, just vacant.
This was filmed on a Sunday morning, many of these places are closed for the day, or just haven't opened yet. This video is pushing a narrative. On a weekday or even a Saturday there would be more traffic.
He didn’t even go to the worst parts of
I’m glad to see most comments about this tell more about the city of Binghamton than this pompous, arrogant, “know it all” ! He purposely sought out the most blighted parts of the city and was snarky doing it. He didn’t even hit the South side or Westside. He found the only carousel that is currently undergoing a complete renovation. What a complete jerk!! For your information, buddy, we do have sunshine and clean air to breathe. And 4 distinct seasons! Each with its own beauty. Keep on moving with your opinions. I don’t think you are as wise as you think you are. Send your video to code enforcement and Democrat Governor Kathy Hochel.
I've been here since 1996. It is very rare to see consecutive days of sunshine for an entire week. It's cloudy and rainy and snows often.
Abandoned and vacant are not the same.
Exactly
True
The guy shows a gas station across the street while he's charging his Tesla and then he's like there's no gas station anywhere near here there's nothing for miles
There are two gas stations within 100 feet of where he was charging his Tesla (SNK and Byrne Dairy), and another one about 50 feet further down. Guy is a clown.
@@armandotestani9481 ok I like Bellend personally..
I'm from Binghamton, Not once have I EVER seen anyone bashing their heads on buildings. 💀 Please talk to people that are ACTUALLY from here, and not BU college students. & Wth is a "chanago river"? Stop calling it "Chanago" !! 💀 You did Binghamton dirty.
Maybe..Ms Molly can go back to her own hometown in Saugerties NY and find her fellow citizens there that may be bashing their heads on some buildings.
🙄
the spot is on upper front. grocery stores, gas stations, other restaurants and a college is literally a walk from there. Upstate is home to some of the most beautiful countryside. Downtown has incredible architecture and during the week and Saturday has many people out and about. Learn how to pronounce the rivers and places your driving by. You certainly chose the worst places to try to diminish our hometown
Our hometown is a literal craphole. Yes the countryside is absolutely beautiful. Still doesn't take away the fact that it is ripe with crime, poverty and homelessness. May I remind you of the huge homeless encampment that was behind a house on Robinson st. That was there for a while, and they only broke it up because someone died in it. They were all doing drugs and god knows what else in there. You and other people are on here defending a craphole claiming it is nice. Have you even walked in Binghamton lately? You realize the trash from NYC is gentrified out and they come here right? This place is a dump full of crappy people and annoying college kids
I live on the east side of Binghamton.
Let me tell you the decline of the city is real. The people here need real help. Our city officials think that making it a college town will help. But it's not. They kick out the struggling for collage kids. The crap that happens here is unbelievable. Don't take my word, come here and ask the homeless.
well said.
Then people need to do like everybody else has always done in America since it's founding:
Move to where there are good paying jobs. Life is easy. Too many people complain about where they live and don't move so who's fault is that?
10:36 That wasn’t a “cop car”, that was the Superior Ambulance supervisor vehicle.
IBM is gone. Endicott-Johnson is gone. Railroad work in Chenango Forks ain't what it used to be. No more defense work at Lockheed Martin or BAE. Binghamton Inebriate Asylum is gone.
Binghamton lost 70 percent of its manufacturing base since 1990. One of the largest declines for any metropolitan area in the nation.
Like most of America that centralized their operations around large cities.
I am old enough to remember when the "Southern Tier" was a beautiful place to live and raise a family. Most televisions were black & white at the time. That's how long ago it was.
Seems like it was a great place to live til the 80s/early 90s!
Factory and plantation economies are obsolete. Study machine learning and AI, or healthcare.
@@FromHeretoThereIm curious on how you got so much information in this video wrong. why didn’t you talk to people who actually live in the area, and not random college kids from out of town??
@@FromHeretoThereBinghamton is a great place to live in 2024, your channel is hilarious brother!! Come out and actually meet some real people from Binghamton. You know nothing about this community, you are a child with a troll channel. Good job though!
@@ViceCoinno learn how to farm and become self sufficient. Farmers will always be the safest and most prosperous people in a society. Computers don't make food or do anything natural. You will grow up one day and realize the lies you have been told your entire life.
Thanks for highlighting Binghamton. I am originally from Syracuse and it's sad to see the cities in decline in upstate NY. A couple of things. Binghamton does have the largest collection of operating antique carousels. Second, Chenango is pronounced "Sh"enango.
Wow that's interesting! And yeah a few people have corrected me, oops! Glad you enjoyed :) Would love to do a video on Syracuse too!
@@FromHeretoThere I live outside of Syracuse... originally from Downstate.
The area has a potential and is much more affordable than Downstate. People are moving into Central New York because they can't afford areas like the Hudson Valley or Long Island anymore.
There isn't any silver bullet that can save these areas though some politicians, especially Leftists who would like you to think so. They are the biggest impediment to reviving cities like Binghamton, Syracuse and Rochester..
According to recent rankings by Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Binghamton University is considered the top public university in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, placing it among the best public schools in America, often cited as a "Public Ivy" institution for its high academic quality at a relatively affordable cost.
Binghamton resident here. Thank you for putting the spotlight on our pocket of New York.
The city's condition is explained by the decline of American manufacturing. It is not dissimilar to other rust-belt cities that have seen population decline, job loss, and urban blight. Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company and IBM anchored the tri-city area for many decades but eventually left and/or were driven out of town (depends who you ask). The city has transformed itself from a manufacturing hub to a service-sector economy, with SUNY Binghamton and UHS quarterbacking much of the progress. Believe it or not, the downtown area of Binghamton has seen vast improvements over the last decade. Do parts of it still resemble a Scooby Doo Ghost town? You bet! But Binghamton's downtown has improved. Johnson City and Endicott-the two neighboring cities-also have downtowns that are comparatively worse, although they too are getting better, with new businesses replacing the old, visibly reducing the blight.
Binghamton is the recipient of the back-end of NYC gentrification. When wealthy young professionals move into places like Brooklyn and Queens, the cost of living is raised, displacing many of the original residents-who, more often than not-are poor. They move to upstate New York and eastern PA, seeking places where their money can go further. I, myself, moved from Long Island to Binghamton to seek greener-pastures, a place where I could own land, build a family, and advance my career; I have done all three of those, and I owe it to the area's accommodating cost of living. When I worked in Binghamton High School, I got to witness this first hand, as the student-body was composed of a hodge-podge of income-classes, nationalities and ethnicities. The area is very mixed-very American.
During the semesters, students populate the area abundantly, adding an interesting dynamic to the mix. Here we see American college culture meeting working-class families and urban-poor, all under the gray umbrella of endless seasonal depression.
I have grown to really enjoy the Binghamton area. Sure it's freezing, constantly-snow-covered, economically depressed, and oftentimes the butt of many jokes, but it is a pleasant place to live out of whatever remains of the American dream.
I'm going to walk my dog now on my six acres of mountainous forest that I bought for pocket change. Hopefully this comment can provide some additional context.
I'm surprised your BetterHelp therapist hasn't told you that you aren't doing anything for humanity. I grew up in the area and left and it had nothing to do with Endicott Johnson, IBM or the other companies that closed. My neighbor died in the mass shooting. I helped to build Boscov's. I don't long for the old days. There is enormous suffering and struggles everywhere and there are also people that have stayed and built families, businesses and lives. "Nothin' shakin' on shakedown street, used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart, you just gotta poke around."
I hear you! I watched this video amd although some of it is true, it dont speak for the locals who work hard to make it their home
Iv asked this guy to come back, offered to put him up and show him Binghamton is strong. Alll cities are dying out from all the big box stores,thay why everyone goes to vestal for shopping. Anyway, i respect you're comment, thanks for speaking your truth. Binghamtom is not dead, but stong, and working hard to get better. 💪 peace brother!
Rest in Paradise OG Jerry..💯👍🏻
You should check out Watertown , NY if you think Binghamton is bad.
Would love to visit!
Ft drum 🥁
How far from Montreal is that?
@@MbisonBalrog 4-5 hours probably to go from Montreal to Binghamton. I guess the city is on the boarder between New York State and Pennsylvania. I’ve never been to the place but apparently it’s suffering bad economically
@@KJJ782 I mean from Watertown.
SUNY Binghamton is in Binghamton. A lot of small rural towns now are basically just college towns without which they be nothing. Other college towns like State College PA, Syracuse NY, Amherst Mass, Las Cruces NM, South Bend IN, Morgantown WV, Blacksburg VA. These University are the only source of economic activities for their regions.
...and for a student population to support these towns, that's mostly student loans. There's no revenue generated; it's just money from debt of students who bear the economic burden. This has been going on for decades / is the new normal.
Potsdam in St. Lawrence county says hi ;-)
Vestal which is a bit more pleasant, but yeah.
Binghamton University is NOT in Binghamton, but Vestal
and they are failing because they are trash and teach heliocentrism ... nothing but lies and failure.
I worked in Binghamton NY in the 70's. We were upgrading local phone offices for ANI (automatic number identification) . I remember renting a room from a lady, and the first thing she wanted to know was if I was from NYC. I don't think she would have rented a room to me if I was because she considered city people untrustworthy and likely to take advantage of her. I told her I was from rural Michigan and felt the same way. I really enjoyed Binghamton. Nice parks to enjoy in summer and restaurants, entertainment .
The city has changed a lot since the 70s and pretty much only in negative ways
Probably one the main things that caused the economic downturn in Binghamton, and the surrounding areas, was the offshoring of jobs.
Sadly a lot of the rustbelt and midwest :/
OMG LOL..65yr old here again...Lady you interviewed WRONG about Boscov's...started in Reading Pa..Albert Boscov's grandfather had a cart selling clothing and other things, good reputation did well, so well years later his son (Albert's father) had enough to open 1st "Dry Goods " store ( in Reading) ..in the 70's I was working at Boscov's East when they opened the Scranton/Wilkes Barre store..and a few more..70's and 80's Boscov's did HUGE expansions...
Why people lying about Binghamton..is crazy
This guy's a jerk. The place is well kept. Clean. He's going on like it's a scene out of Mad Max
He was here in October it's become much worse and filthier. The bike path near Thirstys had homeless people desecrate it with the garbage the walls along the river banks also more garbage. He only saw a hint of what was becoming a very poverty-stricken area. There's homeless people right in front of the welfare office.
Its so sad. Ive been in NY State all my life. Rochester was ruined by Urban Renewal. Binghamton factory gone to other countries because of greed.
What exactly you consider Urban Renewal ?
I’m from Rochester Kodak was the demise of up here it’s a lot to explain but know if they keep what they created it’s completely different now
Rochester has NOT been ruined by whatever u suggested. Its a Boom Town right now. Looks better than ever. Sure we have riff raff just like any other city but were NOT ruined.
Go dig up the snow and find and touch grass.
I know you're just trying to get views and you've found a formula that works. But this city is filled with great people and has a great history. Crap like this just takes the wind out of our sails and it's deeply insulting. We're working hard to improve our community and make a path forward for so many families here and you've honed in on the worst eyesores and embarrassing spots of our city. This is home to so many of us and we're proud of where we live. There is so much more to this place than the statistics you've cherry-picked and the locations you've selected. This isn't an honest look at our community; this is a shameful attempt at profiting off of poverty - shots and stats hand-picked to elicit shock and headwagging in order to farm clicks from an ignorant audience. This isn't fair and I hope you rethink your approach moving forward.
💯 Yes! Thank you! This guy should be ashamed of himself. He is the problem.
He needs some more self help counseling. He’s extremely critical and down on everything. Maybe he should learn to paint murals since that was the only thing he complemented. I can do without them .
If he only showed the nice spots and not the bad anyone who came to visit would be in for a rude awakening seeing some of the ugliness.
This is embarrassing for you to post. You should stick to things you know like video game streaming. Like everyone else said, you have so many inaccuracies in it, it would take an hour to list. You had a narrative you wanted and a garbage click baity title and image. You should delete this soon. It’s embarrassing for your influencer brand.
There’s absolutely no data to show it being the poorest city in NY state, and everything in this video is cherry-picked to make it look like poverty porn. I’m from Philly, and have lived in NYC, Boston, LA. The low income neighborhoods here are no different than any in those cities. I’d actually say I see much less homelessness here than in those cities. This has the same vibes as those films of Kensington in Philly. Oooh look at all the addiction and abandoned houses. Meanwhile one block away there’s million dollar row homes and a Whole Foods. It’s sensationalized for pearl-clutching suburbanites to oooh and aaah about. The narrator sounds like a boorish college kid trying to cosplay as Keith Morrison from Dateline for his intro to documentary filmmaking class.
He is really slammi g this city, i live here, he knows nothing about this area!😮
Property taxes are thru the roof in NYS!!
They are!
It's Criminal
They are repeating the same actions which started ghe BOSTON TEA PARTY REVOLUTION (Forgot the actual name)
All New Yorkers need to have serious conversations.
Also tolls are absolutely ridiculous.
Something is wrong
Something is very wrong
I miss the north to a degree. But you can easily pay less per year in taxes in many cities in SC than you'd pay per month in NYS. And that is on a larger home.
@@TheOldTapeArchiveSC has a personal vehicle tax. NY does not. SC homeowners insurance more than NY.
It really depends on where you live. Binghamton's taxes are not bad. Certainly, the Town of Vestal is high, and parts of Johnson City are. But where we are in Tioga County (NY) the taxes are reasonable, and school taxes are low!
That's the cleanest,upkept,"dangerous",part of a town that I've ever seen.Matter of fact,all of the so called "run down" parts have clean streets,side walks and manicured grass.
Binghamton isn't even dangerous
Agree, not dangerous, just crap weather, winter 8 months
Definitely didn't feel dangerous, more-so just abandoned.
@@majorchutzpah7265Crime has definitely increased since I moved here in 1992. But it isn't too bad.
It’s not so much dangerous as it is void of population. It’s a NY ghost town.
Binghamton was a great place to grow up. Education was superb.
EJ shoes donated 7 carousels.
Two were in your video , Ross Park Zoo and Recreation Park. No fee was EVER charged.
I thought it was six?
@@jeffreybennett8893 It is six. One (Highland Park) was moved.
Ross Park Carousel has been closed down for some time unfortunately under repairs until around 2026.
I can't believe you were standing just feet away from thr carousel in Recreation Park and failed to mention it. The carousels in Broome County are one of the most interesting pieces of its history. Otherwise, quite impressive. You are a good researcher.
Oh didn't know! And thanks! Try my best :)
Thanks for mentioning the carousel. This guy is good, but he is young, and had no idea.
He doesn't have a clue about a lot!
..................at least he had a spiedie, so he found one thing the area is known for !
Browsing the top 3 search sites, getting the worst stats, and reading Wikipedia is not real research.
Bro. After living near south west Detroit, Binghamton is nothing compared to that. This is actually nice.
I come from Endicott, NY. While the area has improved partly, it still definitely struggles quite a bit. Broome County is currently the poorest upstate, New York county out of all 56 counties. That’s nothing to be proud about. Hopefully that will change in the future.
I'm not sure what the end goal is, but the intent is clear, which is to create a negative narrative of a very average city in the USA. You will find blight in every city if you look and this guy looked, he looked hard, and he overlooked when he thought it would best support the narrative. My takeaway is if this is the worst NY has to offer, NY must be a freaking epic place to live haha.
I bought a place up here in 2017 and retired during the lockdown in 2020 and I'm originally from Long Island, one of the most overpopulated places in the US. I'm not sure you were looking at the Binghamton I've come to know in the last few years. There was a sense of hope swirling in the area just before the pandemic hit, and it was sort of in limbo for a while, but it's back. There's progress, some real progress and all sorts of new building happening. As far as the city being depressing -- just how many places have you been that would qualify as being depressing? There are parts of Queens that I wouldn't walk through without an armed guard and attack dogs. There are parts of Dublin Ireland that I would feel the same as I would in Queens. I don't feel anywhere near that in Binghamton. Maybe you should also interview a few other people before you consider that you've gotten a real feeling of the town.
Binghamton is like any other rust belt city in the US right now. Victimized by the housing market. BU helps our economy but it also adds to the affordable housing problem right now. Most rentals are student housing only. The crazy high NYS taxes and cost of living isn’t helping the poverty level. Wages don’t quite commensurate with cost of living.
On the contrary, I live in Vestal (same county, couple towns over) and it’s a great place to raise a family (nys schools are the best). Endwell, Maine and parts of JC and Endicott are also nice places to own a home and raise a family.
When did you actuly film this? I live here and ive never seen the place this empty.
9am on a Sunday lol
He says it in the video. You obviously weren't paying attention.
@madmanmark8387 I went back and it was October. It was a Sunday but sill I've never seen it si empty. I only live like 2 miles from Binghamton maybe less actually.
@Jdoom13 My guess is the empty streets are Saturday nights, people get drunk and have a hangover, and with so many churches in the area, people were in church.
@@madmanmark8387 yeah could be. Drinking is a big Binghamton pastime.
What’s up. Yes, Binghamton isn’t in good shape but it is very slowly getting better because the University keeps growing every year. A lot of those abandoned houses/buildings you have seen downtown are currently in transition. A lot of the houses/buildings are going to be turned into student housing. Yes Binghamton will never be great but it is far from being unsafe unless you’re walking around at 4am alone.
Yeah I can't even imagine what the city would look like if not for the university!
Only way for Uni to grow is more students becoming debt slaves, which means they will just add more poor people in the major cities they move to after they graduate.
There’s a limit to how much student housing is needed
SUNY Binghamton has morphed into a Leftist Indoctrination Camp.
Which is okay but the Townspeople might..disagree..
Thank you for your review of binghamtom. I dont think you have the big picture. You have missed out on so much and only focused on the statistics and what you immediately saw in front of you. Binghamtom represents so much more than what the downtown has to offer. You were on the vestal parkway. You can see why there is no downtown. No one can compete with all the chains. How could a down town store compete with Applebee's, Walmart, Lowes, Red Lobster, Home Goods, Target, TJ max, etc. This area has a lower income but is still affordable. Big cities all over are in decline. We have the Catskills the susquehanna ( sus-Q-hana), fresh food available at the farmers markets, and so much more. Our women are just as beautiful as any, but they can split wood and ride a four-wheeler without breaking a nail. Please give the area a second chance. If you're up to it, come back this summer, I will put you up, take you out to meet real people, and see why this is a great place to live,work, make friends and raise a family. We are here and are happy. Oh yeah, the sun is always out up here, It is the one who can see past the clouds who thrive! Thank you. Please keep making content.
Right on. Lee Wang thinks he got it all. In fact the most major big cities in America are in ruins.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! Would love to come back to upstate and explore more of the region in the Summer! Agreed that perspective is a lot, shoot me an email!: theironmango@gmail.com
1500 dollars for an apartment when there are very few good paying jobs Unsustainable for sure
A ghost town? Well, I watched and didn't see a single ghost.
Me neither just an ignorant content creator..
I grew up in the suburbs of Binghamton. Moved in 2010. Would I move back? No. But i do have many good memories and honestly it was a very peaceful and safe place to grow up. The downtown, we all avoided even back then. However there is a seriously underated food scene. Theres a large Italian population, and they know how to cook!
So do all the immigrant populations in Binghamton, no disrespect to the Italians of course coming from a proud Slovak..
Sir You are walking around Binghamton on a Sunday 😮What do you expect from a small Town😮😮😮😮
Having lived in Upstate New York-- Ithaca for graduate school and briefly Lockwood, an extremely rural place closer to Binghamton-- I'm amazed at how uninformed the presenter seems to be. I gave up after about a third, because he kept gaslighting about clean streets and well-maintained buildings as if they were evidence of an incredibly bleak city. It's as if he took the single statistic of the poverty rate and let it color all of his perceptions of what he saw, when in fact the city looks better than the average for the United States. He seems well-intentioned but ignorant, without any real perspective on what makes for quality of life. As others have pointed it, part of the problem is something as basic as filming on a Sunday morning. Just a ridiculous waste of time and a misguided use of the limited research that he did before showing up.
Unless there's an activity going on on a Sunday morning, he wasn't far from the truth. With all the churches in the city, that's where people probably were or hungover from drinking on a Saturday night.
Lived in Bing my whole life and while I can say it’s definitely not the worst place to be, some of things he goes over definitely have some truth to them. Especially after the flood of 2011 some neighborhoods were completely destroyed, like half the houses that used to be there completely torn down. It’s not uncommon especially in the worst parts of town to see druggies wandering the streets including a guy who thinks he’s the reincarnation of Jesus and puts up some crazy ass posters. A block away from my house 2 shootings happened at the same place which resulted in the business owners death. House across my street burned down after a guy set his couch on fire making meth. Also, city used to be a huge hub for the mob, probably still has some ties, and had the nearby Apalachin meeting in 1957. So yeah, not the best city.
Don't forget 2006 flood as well.
Historically, I'm told that this town was a major railway hub with its passenger terminal of the Erie-Lackawanna Railway.
doesn't look too bad to me, honestly. The worst areas in the US still look a league or two above the average areas in Europe. This place is super green, streets are wide and straight. And the climate that is the cloudiest in the US? It would still be one of the sunniest cities in Europe.
It’s not the worst, just the weather is not the greatest but home prices are cheap. Could be better but just like the rest of the north east
@@Demy1970Agreed. I only pay $495 for a clean, decent 1 bedroom apartment. I haven't found that anywhere else.
You have clearly never been to Europe...
LOL what are you talking about? US worst areas and much worse than anywhere right now except the Gaza or Lebanon. Even Mexico Hondurans, and Guatemala is better than America.
@@stevemcgowen I live here. There's not a single city/town in Europe that is as green and with streets as universally wide.
You should talk to the people I work in Binghamton a lot doing remodeling apts . Talk to the people don't judge
I lived in the area for many decades. Taxes, greed, crime.(including organized), drugs. This is true of nys in general. My family goes back to before it was a state, most of us have left now. Heartbreaking.
He loves his murals LOL
Yo Mango tango! One of my favorite childhood youtuber!
I was born in Binghamton Gen Hospital in 1964. Downtown was beautiful. We moved to Scranton and when I returned in the the city was a total slum. It seems that it's really had a resurgence since the University.
I was born in that hospital in 1975
Go visit and document Kensington St in Philadelphia. Take a good look around there then come back to Binghamton.. Let us know what you think 🖕🏿👈
Im from Binghamton I’m not gonna say it ain’t a mess but I’ve never seen it so empty like I’m genuinely surprised by it I know a lot of the “abandoned buildings” I know aren’t actually abandoned they just aren’t taken care of or the insides are beautiful but the exterior looks like crap with it also being a Sunday I guess that could contribute to the emptiness when you came through
@frskyerockyt2329 Try Sunday Morning. His perspective was to show Binghamton disolate
@@saphirewoo9190 Yeah, a lot of thing were deliberately filmed with a narrative. Many of the business would be closed downtown, otherwise they would be open later on.
the second you make the looks of the building better they Double Property Tax, a paint job could cost you $10k a year!
Violent crime is at a 50 year low. We only think we are in more danger. We are not.
We don’t know how to process everybody having a camera and everybody telling us about every car accident every stick up every violent crime everything that we used to never hear about unless it was a big deal.
I grew up in Binghamton. In the 60's it was very safe. I walked to the library several nights per week. Never a problem. Not now.
There were several incidents in neighboring Endicott, New York involving drug dealers fighting over drugs around Washington Ave. Broome County definitely has some very impoverished areas that can be very unsafe.
A 50 year low in the Broome county area. Give me a break. I moved here in 1996 from NYC it's much worse crime wise now than ever before.
Really cuz the house across the street from me got shot up a few months ago and the SWAT team was there last year too. I've lived here 25 years and there's way more crime than when I got here
@@madmanmark8387clarity is always good..
I can't believe somebody is making a video I live close to Binghamton this is so amazing somebody's actually making a video😊❤
Hope you enjoyed!
Excellent video! When I worked at Kodak in Rochester NY in the 80s and 90s, many of my coworkers were originally from Binghamton, but those were much better days for the city. Please make a video about Rochester NY if you haven't already.
Thanks a ton and I definitely wanna do a few more videos upstate!
Still better than most places on the West coast.
Really? Won't you please explain?
You’re tweeking. I’ve been to California and yeah they have issues, I’d still take Cali over this place which I was partially raised in. Cali has the same problems but atleast they have beaches, warm weather and a ton of opportunity along with great tacos!
Burbank is a nice place on the west coast.
i think it looks super dead bc it’s a sunday morning. even downtown miami is really quiet on a sunday morning with barely any cars driving. but yess this is one of the most depressing parts of NYS.
If you are depressed stay out of Binghamton, we are joyful and loving!! In fact when I visit other area's of the United States I can't wait to get back to "depressed" Binghamton!!
It's a Sunday! People are with their families. THIS is one of the most offensive UA-cam videos. At least do your homework before you visit a city. You interviewed a student from downstate; she's not a good representation of the city and you led her down a negative path. Speak with more people who live in the city and are from the area. Try to be less offensive to the population that love and enjoy this city!
He tried to interview people. Not many were outside, and some were too bashful.
Molly is anxious to get back to "Saugerties" too.. no disrespect to her quaint little town of course..
Tesla chargers in a poor abandoned area 😂 well that makes sense
😂
The owner of the diner installed the electric charges years ago when Prius first came out. That diner sits right off the I81, I88,I 86/ rt 17 interstates. You can get to anywhere in the state very easily from Binghamton. It's the perfect place to stop and recharge
"musk" chargers..😂
As NY cities go Binghamton is one of the better kept "ghost towns" appearance wise. The potential is there for a downtown revival if the city or the state can attract a large manufacturer or get foreign investment via a corporation headquartering there.
It’s shocking to see a city like Binghamton, with so much history and potential, facing such struggles. Poverty in places like this highlights the urgent need for better economic opportunities and community support. What can be done to help cities like Binghamton rebuild and thrive again?
One thought that comes to mind on rebirth to Binghamton is attracting those who work from their computers and that don’t have to report in-at a building. More jobs have become working from home. Transportation and places to go do some fun stuff at would help draw those kind of folks.
Also a great education system in town for K - 12 for families with young kids.
A tech savvy vibe also would help. The young like that
Sadly with how many people don't want to deal with real winters, I don't see this happening anytime soon... :/
any ideas..??
I’m not finishing the video because it feels insulting and pointless. Someone please let me know if he at least mentions the Rod Serling museum.
It’s really too bad your feelings were hurt cause someone decided to film your trash town. I hope “Yo Baby Dad” gets out of jail soon though so you both can make it as ghetto as yall want again 😂🤣
No, just the new statue in Rec Park.
What you see in Binghamto is just the effect of outsourcing and economic distress. It's not as distressing as Brooklyn NY where I used to live. The neighboring town of Vestal is thriving. You should do a video on that. There's a mixture of beauty and economic distress but that's true for any City. Overall Binghamton is not so bad. There's hope and a lot of Real Estate opportunities if you can appreciate it.
It's shhhh-nang- go. Sus-qua-han-a . And yes I grew up here and it's deteriorated and I'm leaving. Residents think someone else will pick up the garbage blowing around and accumulated. Children are kicking in doors and terrorizing senior citizens trash property and stealing garden items for fun. My house had 2 attempted break in. My car's have been broken into and ruffled through. So goodbye Binghamton. Thanks for nothing.
Hey thanks for these tours and videos.
I never miss your posts. I especially like the interviews. Your cheerfulness is a great plus. THANKS AGAIN
Thanks so much!
Post apocalyptic? Is this guy okay? I'm not from there but it doesn't look bad at all lol.
Towns go through ups and downs. It’s the people that stay who make a place what it is. There’s always a need to look at ways to bring positive change.
Agreed!
I used to have a girlfriend in Binghamton about 15 years ago. Actually major cities like NYC tried to relocate lower income families to places like Binghamton to try to gentrify bad neighborhoods in the city. Obviously that didn’t work. With a slow job market and a weak welfare system a lot of people moved back to the city or to another city where the resources are. I see a few of them are still hanging on up there. That’s probably where they will spend the rest of the time they got left.
When you go through downtown Binghamton, primarily only businesses, in a Sunday morning before restaurants open, you're going to find low traffic and people moving about the streets. I find it interesting that a mural is you're idea of "hope" in the city. While I don't live in Binghamton anymore, it has totally reimagined the downtown area with restaurants, arts, etc. Many of the buildings you claim to be empty are actually NOT empty, but businesses that are closed on Sundays. It would be great if you learned more about the City before trashing it and certainly, learn how to pronounce the names of the rivers and Indian tribes you reference, as well as the name of the stadium, railroad companies etc.
I don't pretend to think that Binghamton doesn't have problems, but there is no city that doesn't have rough areas.
Please don't be so dramatic and do more research.
NYS, which answers mainly to NYC residents and needs, is a huge reason the rest of the state is suffering due to ridiculously high taxes. As I continue to watch this, you keep giving me more material to correct you on. I'm losing patience with you and turning you off.
I have asked this guy to come back, i will host and show him what hes missing. We deserver a better review. There are good people here who work hard for their families and to make this a better place. This video, although sadly ttue is not the true story of those who stay and make this place a great.
All these buildings downtown that you keep claiming are uninhabited or even run down are being used.
There are a lot that are being renovated and there are a few that are not being used. But you really need to take a look at what you're saying and what you don't know. Like I said before you are here on a Sunday in the morning. That please will get busy in the next couple hours.
NOBODY SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THIS GUY!!!!
Why?
@JustinHerrera-ie1gr Because he's uneducated....