Crime, Poverty & Despair In The UK's Most Dangerous City.
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2024
- Birmingham holds a number of accolades within the UK including being the UK's second largest city, some of the highest crime rates and homelessness (Holding a higher crime rate than London) and being home to the UK's "Dirtiest Street". Is Birmingham really one of the "Most Dangerous Places In The UK", are the negative headlines justified? With one of the most popular TV shows being set in the city "Peaky Blinders", Birmingham is known Worldwide for being home to the Shelby Family and the Peaky Blinders. Like in the hit TV show, in reality Birmingham has a notorious reputation! I start my Video in Birmingham City Centre I was surprised at the beautiful architecture on display in this UK City Centre but also shocked at the obvious signs of deprivation, crime and homelessness on the streets of this once grand industrial city. Numerous Shops are left abandoned and the doorways are filled with Homeless people and substance abusers taking shelter from the notorious British Weather. Birmingham has been at the centre of numerous negative headlines holding a reputation nationwide of being a deprived and dangerous UK city, I headed to Birmingham to explore the City and get a true understanding of real life on the streets of Birmingham and find out whether the dangerous and negative reputation Birmingham has is warranted. I headed to Residential areas within Birmingham including the "dangerous No-Go areas" of Aston and Handsworth, then headed to one of the supposed nicer neighbourhoods of Birmingham the Selly Oak Area. I managed to Street Interview a number of Locals to get an understanding of the difficulties of living in one of the "Most Dangerous Places in the UK", on my journey I interviewed a couple of American Tourists who we showed around Birmingham, it was very interesting to hear what stereotypes the Americans had of the UK, and the stark differences between the USA and Britain and the differences between British and American cultures. Watching the Americans react to British life was very interesting. Birmingham has a history of being one of the main industrial Cities with numerous British Dramas being set in Birmingham including the world famous Peaky Blinders.
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We all know why it's fallen into deprivation and filth
I had to do some work a few years ago in Sparkhill in Birmingham. I'm a white British male and as I parked my car four or five "ethnics" in their early 30's instantly appeared and asked me what I was doing. I told them, and proceeded to do what I had to do. By this time there were about a dozen of them all around me, all talking in their own language and laughing as well as being quite intimidating. As I packed my things away one of them came over and said it would be a good idea if I didn't come back in future as "your type aren't welcome". The place was a complete dump, litter absolutely everywhere, stank to high heaven. and there wasn't another indigenous British person anywhere to be seen.
@@davidc3850 Horrific. Certain people warned the masses time ago and they were ignored. People looked the other way. Now this generation and future generations will pay for that ignorance
Exactly
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Why is that then?
Actually, their are a lot of us Americans, who are well aware of the crap taking place in the UK and it sucks to see them lose their beautiful country, because of traitorous politicians, just like our country
Like how you killed the native Americans and took over the country.
"Actually, their are a lot of us Americans, " .... 1- I've always learned that United Statesians werecompletely wrong in having stolen the continents's name to make it their country's name. First, Christopher Combus when he discovered America (what it really is a continent of 35 countries) Columbus never went to the United States at all, but remained uniquely in Barbados when he arrived to what America really is (a continent).. 2- if the United States is the only country to be called "America", why countries that are still in North Americ a (Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, etc) are in North America, should not North America be only Canada if the United States to be called "America"?. 3- Why do the US Marine, the US Army, etc are not called American Marine, American Army, etc. if America is only the United States? Fourth: Why then on united statians passport, it is written (only) "U.S. Citizen" and not "American citizen"? Why do we say "U.S. Curerncy and not American currency"? (Unfortunately, in French - speaking territories, they use the name of the countinent to talk about united statesian currency). (Note: Yes, the word united statesian exists in many dictionnary - just look in them). 4 - Good luck if you send a letter to the untied States and write "America" as the country's name. Chances are that it will be returned to you, since America has never been a sole country.
God Bless America 👍🇺🇸
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🤔 corruption in politics in 🇺🇸and 🇬🇧 ,
politicians serve their masters💵💵💰 and have no interest in the people of their country 😔
Migration CAN be done right, and I for one don’t really need to hear any theories about culture, tribalism, traditionalism and whatnot, especially if they’re coming from a nationalistic angle, been there done that, and yes, migration can also go bad.
Still, migration is Britain’s smaller problem, the big one is the same old ultra corrupt political class bleeding people dry pushing them into poverty in this 21st century unhinged hyper capitalist dystopia, with neoliberal economic policies of which both sides are guilty of (even more so in America).
It’s now a dump , as a kid a trip to Birmingham was a treat which we loved , now it’s full of beggars , homeless and religious preachers, hate Birmingham
Yeah really sad scenes, so much homeless and substance abuse. Pretty crazy!
@@JoefishJGo speak to them majority are not from handsworth. Why didn't you go round handsworth area properly. You were by edges of handsworth were mainly the houses are HMO. People like you try tarnish places because of what you heard. Its like me saying most crackheads look and sound like you in this area
your right as a kid in the 80s birmingham was a very nice place now its gone down hill really fast
Sorry to correct you as a Brummie but Birmingham is not a Dump, if you think that I dread to think what other Cities are and is not full of beggers, homeless or religiouse preachers, you sound a right self ritchiouse pratt as Birmingham is a rebuilt modern City so basicaly you do not know much about modern Birmingham, is where you live any better
@@RetroMasters1977Well try visting Birmingham in 2024 and it is a totaly rebuilt modern cosmopolitan city.
Birmingham’s city centre has improved hugely over the past 10/15 years it used to be much, much worse. However the inner city areas and most suburban areas seem to have declined massively. Feels more like a developing nation with an immaculate centre and immense poverty outside of the centre.
Fully agree
Pyongyang springs to mind
That's part of the government plan
What nonsense, Birmingham has some of the nicest and happening suburbs in the uk… Birmingham is also one of the greenest cities in Europe
@@jamesanthony3072 other than Stirchley, name one suburb that is better today than it was 10 years ago?
Just like London, the worst areas in Birmingham are majority immigrant areas!
Most of that is caused by eastern Europeans and white English folk who been kicked of their towns and cities. The government are trying force Birmingham council because its broke to take the undesirables from all over UK. We've got a block from the local council for no more of these HMO'S being opened. That still hasn't stopped the people from coming
Birmingham is a migrant city. Welcome to the world little one
@@jimmymorrison8314 yes and thanks to labour and their evil far left woke ideas they have utterly destroyed every city they run FACT
@@jimmymorrison8314 ........built by whites destroyed by bleks
Looks. OK. to. me.
As a born and bred Brummie who fled the area some years back I can tell you it's a combination of mass immigration that brought mostly squalor, unemployment and crime combined with "lunatic" political decisions and massive lack of investment. Huge businesses closed down and replaced with basement bargain junk businesses. Mass Immigration certainly hasn't worked, it's only brought division and decline.
I know many many many ex Brummies that have departed the City for all of the above reasons. All the above evidenced by a BANKRUPT local council.
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW !!!!
Other Cities are also on the verge of bankruptsy I am afraaid and Birmingham now is a modern cosmopolitan City.
Birmingham was the heart of the engineering industry in the UK but the politicians allowed the jobs to be exported and allowed the goods back into the country literally tax free.
I'm a migrant from Europe but lived and worked in London for all my time over here, have witnessed a massive decline of UK over the last 20years,you Brits need help and unite as youR being replaced by a mass migration. Your gov is a such a disgrace & pure evil, not that my own gov is any better, feel for you❤
@@peterwilliamallen1063 Modern and cosmopolitan? Even the new Bullring shopping centre looks cheap and tacky, you'll find shopping centres just as good or even better in many 3rd world countries nowadays. The big building by the market, I think it's the market hall, looks like a factory warehouse does in Germany or the Netherlands, certainly not worthy of a building in the centre of a European country's second city. The suburbs as you can see are in shit state.
@@piotrscorpii3983 so re other countries around thw world
I was born in Brum, and am happy to have escaped. It's to be born in mind, Birmingham city council is bankrupt due to horrible mismanagement of funds. The amount of amenities, and sections of infrastructure, that where paid up front by the taxpayer decades ago, just to be sold onto foreign investors is maddening. This has basically amounted to the people of Birmingham paying twice for so much you see, with everything else left to disintegrate. There's also a great deal of ghettos in Birmingham, where pockets of migrants from different nations separate themselves off from the rest of society, with plenty of infighting between them - thus the disproportionately high crime rate and litter-strewn streets. All the "no-go areas" of Brum are practically entirely made up of people from third-world nations. When you invite those from the third world into your country, especially at such high rates, expect third world problems.
English people in Birmingham are very racist and segregate themselves and most white brummies tend to live amongst thier own kind and have thier own areas.
But you just said it yourself, 'horrible mismanagement of funds'. Only the city council had the access to those funds. It was the majority white civic counsellors that fucked Birmingham over, not poor immigrants.
Birmingham has literally become a Turd World City
This needs documenting. Thanks for showing this.
immigrants bringing 3rd world standards with them.
Plus white employers who label young non-white job seekers as "immature" for wanting a job !
If you import the third world you become a third world country
Like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East and Africa and offcourse Turkey.
That's true and it's faciliated by the politicans, who are predominantly of migrant descent in the UK.
@@DariusMazdehan-wl9du You forgot India.
I was born a Brummie in 1948 and have happy memories of the city but sadly from long long ago.
Ozzie Osbourne came from Birmingham. He probably wouldn't recognise it today. Sad to see it treated so badly by people who have no connection with it originally.
You lot complaining about modern-day Brum would not last 10 minutes there in industrial era. Which was virtually 100% British btw. But hey, getting mugged by fellow countrymen is totally British right?
Birmingham has great shopping and nightlife, but knife crime is the worry of going even in the daytime.
I was born in Birmingham way back in the 60s and still have a great fondness for the city but I really fear for Brum's future after the financial disaster that has happened recently with Birmingham City Council. The people of the city will have to pick up the bill as usual. Very sad!
If a company went bankrupt would you pay them in advance for service? So why do people in Brum pay council tax to a bankrupt council?
People need to stop referring to it as the "United Kingdom" which is a corporate term, invoked to take ownership of our land. This is ENGLAND, we are English, not UKians.
Good comment 👍 thanks for watching
I'm sorry, but England isn't a real country (with it's own Olympic team). If you ever decide to leave England and go somewhere like Wales (which isn't a real country either) you won't need a passport. But if you want to go somewhere like France (which is a real country) you will need a passport and you will see on your passport that you are British. I'm sorry to have to break this news to you.
@@user-fh1rz1uq6c Go and finish your homework, Matthew.
@@user-fh1rz1uq6c Requiring a passport applies to merchant ships and not to living men and women, We are being legislated and taxed under maritime law, a legal system, not a lawful system. It's sleight of hand. We are all paying corporation tax on the given assumption that we are operating as corporations, not living men and women who are not subject to unfair taxation without agreed contract. The UK is legal construct, not a country. Olympic team. Jeez, get a clue.
@@sidefish8362 Cuckoo..!! 🤡😂
Sadly this could be most cities in the uk now looks just like Bristol
I agree 💯 thanks for watching and the comment 👍👊
And Nottingham.
@@kw2299 Yep Nottingham is pretty grim in some parts
Same in Cardiff , its changed so much in the past 10 years
The worst thing is that these immigrants actively hate us and our culture and can commit violence and racism without any legal repercussions
It's a 3rd world country now
Like Pakistan and Afghanistan and Middle East.
@@DariusMazdehan-wl9du True
@DariusMazdehan-wl9du at the moment yes,but not to worry the indigenous people of Britain are starting to see what Britain has become
Massive demographic change in just a few decades - Birmingham census white population 1951 - 99+%, 1981 - 84.8%,
2001 - 70.35%,
2021 - 48.7% (42% white British rest are Europeans from Poland etc)
I'm one of those 42% and I hate it here... And people wonder why it's a crap hole, and why standards, morals, customs are different...
Give it another 15-20 years and white people will become a minority in the UK, the trend is absolutely clear!
It appears by your statistics that when the ethnic minorities become the majority then the problems begin ?
People are voting with their feet, those that can leave are doing so. I'd advise anyone in the currently nice areas to sell up and move out now while you can get good money for your property.
But East Europeans are on average worse than Indians , Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and only bit better than muslims when it comes to law abiding, hardworking and economic standards.
I am borne and bred in Birmingham 63 years ago. I do not think this represents Birmingham at all. Selly oak was a lovely residential area but is now a money pit for student rentals. You picked Handsworth which everyone who lives in Birmingham know is a Sh*t hole (but was once very desirable and affluent. You could have picked Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, parts of Hall green, Alum rock, Tysley, Chelmsley wood, Smiths wood, west Bromwich, Bordesley Green, etc etc which are all full of immigrants, lawlessness, filth, disrespect and crime. But then you could have gone to Edgbaston, Solihull Five ways Knowle Dorridge Moseley etc etc which have not been taken over by migrants and the residents still respect the areas they live in and are still community spirited. As for your "yank" friends what would they know given some of the videos on here depicting 70% loss of residents, 40% derelict houses, 60% unemployment income in the bottom 10% of median American income???? They should try the cotswolds, Moreton in the Marsh, Stratford Henley in arden Wootton wawen then they would have found what the yanks were dreaming of. Sorry I find this as biased and sensationally untrue video as could have been produced by the BBC or the Sun newspaper. Maybe research your subject more before putting this sensationalist propaganda out there for click bait (of course with all due respect this is not a personal attack I just feel that it is so factually incorrect). Love your other videos I have watched but now question how factual they are.
I think you’re onto something 🧐
Racist segregated Birmingham shithole locals segregated and divided .
Chelmsley wood? I would not say Chelmsley is full of Immigrants...... though it is getting there thanks to the 14 bus passing through Alum rock to get to Chelmsley town center. Most of the Pakistanis you see in Chelmsley woods Asda live in Alum rock and Ward end, though feck knows were the Chinese folk in Asda actually live. The Black kids running feral at Chelmsley town center are also passing through the area (only stopping there for KFC)
@jimpickens4067 Chelmsey wood is a white majority area its rejects from Birmingham that moved out to these area which is very racist too.. If Pakistanis live there they recently moved in .
@@zaynemal5413 I would not have said rejects, more people displaced from areas such as Small heath. Chelmsley is still a, White majority area yes but that may change as the amount of Pakistani and Somali Muslims have increased massively at the Chelmsley town center within the past 10 years
Hello Joe .I just wanted to let you know I love your videos. Stay safe brother.
Awesome thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoy the content 🙏👍
It's just Selly Oak, not Selly Oaks lol.
Unfortunately you can lay most of the blame for this at the feet of Birmingham council. Hopeless doesnt begin to describe them! The only descision they seem to be able to make is to waste money on wokeness so much that they have gone bust. Anyone who lived or lives around Birmingham has moved out and all of them probably know someone that works for the council that is never in work. Usually because of a false ailment but nothing stops them being on the golf course 3 days a week as well as at weekends. AND THATS A FACT
Americans are not the only ones surprised at what had become of England. The English are too!
Englanistan 🇵🇰 with a sprinkle of AFRICA 🎉
Brimingstan.
Grow up mate, the UK is not the only country with Asian Imigrants
Now it’s rumanishpolishkin 😂😂 use to be what you saying we kept it clean cos we was taught from young age in schools keep Britain tidy but the next lot came , the goverment should hv given them booklets how to keep Britain clean not throw your furniture out every time you move from one house to the next many times I had to tell kids teenagers standing at the bus stops don’t throw rubbish you know what they say ? It’s not our country and I said it doesn’t matter you wasn’t born in this country your here now so no matter what part of the world you live in you mustn’t dump rubbish we always must put in the bins provided on the streets and then they swear at me for teaching them some manners that their parents didn’t teach them
@@AM-bf9tbno birmingham is considered "new pakistan"
and the middle east as well
A beautiful country deliberately destroyed.
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What a dump.
Have you ever bothered to visit Birmingham, I dought it mate as Birmingham is far from being a dump if you bothered visit Birmingham
There are still nice parts of Birmingham which you haven’t shown. You’ve picked some of the worse places.
Selly Oak is supposed a nicer area?
@@JoefishJ
Selly Oak is ok, but there are much nicer parts.
All the nicer areas of Birmingham are segregated and predominantly white areas.
Harborne is a nice town.
@@JoefishJ You haven't a clue. Crap journalism!
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This was an excellent video with some amazing shots and great narrating.
I’m assuming that some of these clips were from your previous travels with Ben?
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Birmingham is amazing. You se made it negative by leaving out the best areas in the south like Moseley Village, Edgbaston, Kings Heath , Harborne and Sutton Coldfield.
Sutton is nice, got lost in that park a few times
Those areas are mainly white areas you mentioned and are clean areas. Birmingham is segregated in areas locals are rude and ignorant.
@@zaynemal5413 Haven't been for nearly 10 years. Gonna go again next year, nearest bit of large open space to have a good stroll round
the relatively well off white bits, you mean?
@@stevem-h3562 The well off bits, not sure of the demographic over there now cause I last went in 2016 & they're the only parts I felt safe in ... city centre is grim. I last 300m before I've given up hope
I’ve never understood why ‘not in full employment ppl’ can’t be used, yes used to tidy up all the litter. All these Slum Councils could get the UK Government to change whatever need to be changed and one day in seven is for litter and tidying up. Keep all the benefits and give each £50 - If you don’t then £50 is taken off (£100 effect1)/Week. Just being tidy makes a ‘feel good. They should not be doing this work in Winter months - Done
Birmingham isn't safe in many areas
I know, was a shock! Thanks for watching
Black by day, red by night.
I am from Birmingham. Lived there from 1962 until around 1974. I never had any problems back then, as a white lad I had loads of black and asian mates, we all got on, never thought about race or culture. My dad who originally came from the north, but was of Indian origin, moved us back up there, I think he was right.
Birmingham is rough very racist and locals are horrible and the place is rough ,everyone is miserable in Birmingham nothing to do.
@zaynemal5413 Really sorry about that.
That's because they were small in number, now they have demographic sway and hands on the levers of power, and now you're seeing them act and behave naturally when large in number. I'm soon to get out of this sewer
@iearl504 Birmingham and west midlands is still white majority the problem Is its segregated in Birmingham and west midlands areas no one mixes racism is rife in Birmingham and west midlands and people are not educated both older and younger generations are racist most don't work in Birmingham and lots of poverty and drug issues and mental health issues is bad in Birmingham and west midlands. Birmingham and west midlands is deprived and has no investment or interests its neglected region.
@@zaynemal5413 Birmingham is 42% English. So English people are a minority there....
Segregation happens when alien groups are thrown together , people voluntarily separate to be with their own kind. Completely normal
Try walking around Birmingham City Centre in the rain with shopping ? It is like the Twilight Zone and Tales of the Unexpected rolled into one with static commuters protecting their Mobile Phones from every orifice proof horning, Lodging without care but for the telecommunication device in their palm and the leats that are not found on any map you have to wade through.
Another wonderful video mate! Love it
Awesome thanks for watching and the kind words 👊🙏
I left Birmingham over 30 years ago and it has certainly declined, Handsworth has always being a dump in my lifetime and Newtown is even worse. But I think you should visit Sutton Coldfield I still have relatives there and went to school in the area to get a more balanced view of the city as not everywhere is a shithole.
Sutton Coldfield is very racist and segregated mainly white.
Handsworth was a dump in the 1980s, it was dangerous walking around there and being white because you'd be accused of being police. And they were openly selling drugs in the high street
great video. i liked how often you said "birmingham". greets from germany
Hahaha 🤣 apologies! It was just in case you had forgotten where I was... Always thinking of my viewers 😂👍🙏
@@JoefishJ hahaha
Sshhhhh........you bombed their fish and chip shops.
Instead of the government doing big spending on fancy programs “to improve Britain”, I think that big money should be spent on the basics - clearing all of the UK’s cities of litter, flytipping, pavement stains and graffitti. It ought to be done annually. A day could be set aside each year and the public encouraged to help. A good environment tends to improve people’s behaviour (less police time), makes them happier (less mental health issues for the NHS), and inspires them to be creative. In the long run the clean up might pay for itself.
£1/2 billion for Rwanda, £1/2 billion for France to stop illegals, £24 billion for immigrants on benefits, £12 billion for foreign student, £50 billion for HSR, £34 billion for Hinkley point, £35 billion NHS test and trace app, £7 billion in foreign aid
in a country with increasing poverty and homelessness and downsizing it's military in a time of increased tension
I am from south Derbyshire and regularly make a journey from North Leicestershire to South Derbyshire.There are volunteers litter picking around the country lanes usually over the weekend,they leave large numbers of refuse bags full of bottles ,cans and fast food crap ready to be collected by the council . It must be utterly soul destroying for the volunteers , even before the bags of litter have been collected there is invariably more litter and crap thrown along the lanes from passing vehicles. Some of The people in this country are some of the most dirty ,vile scum ,who have absolutely no self respect,and no respect for anyone let alone the country .
This sadly applies to many native Brits .
The council is responsible for street cleaning and rubbish collection, what are they spending their money on? Litter appears to be a problem everywhere, even in the countryside. There are usually litter bins in city and town centres but very few anywhere else. I imagine councils try and save money by not providing litter bins and having the expense of emptying them.
spot on!@@nigelmacbug6678
@@amandaduggan9051 Councils might be able to improve, but on top of that we need a national clean-up every year, with central government not wasting money on unnecessary schemes elsewhere. This should be a priority.
The friendly city I spent my teenage years now a shithole.
I guess Danny G was right 😔
It was a great place in the sixties and seventies, such a shame.
So have you visted Birmingham lately, it is a totaly modern City nd not a shit hole sorry to disapoint you
@@peterwilliamallen1063Yes I have and when you leave the city centre you are in a different filthy and in a lot of cases dangerous world - like I said, a shithole.
@@Delta-fs8jm And agai only in a small area of the City, have you ever visited any other City, for example Verona, Milan or Naples, if you want a rubbish City those fit the spot and sorry no more dangerouse than the rest of the UK at least you don't get stabbed on trains as what has just happened in London and like I said it isn't a shit hole, if you don't like Birmingham then try and find some where better which you wont
i live in birmingham and i really hate it
Like many others in the comment section! Thanks for watching and the comment
@@JoefishJ i love your channel keep up the great work
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Anti social youth behaviour has increased massively here lately. I never thought I'd want to move out of Brum, but that time has definitely come.
You should get up off your arse and clean it
Have you never looked at Skid Row San Francisco or the rows of tents Philadelphia Birmingham is like a Palace and those two thick Americans you met should look at their own back streets And I live 130 miles away from Brum but love it ...Where are yu from????
Exactly, sadly even in Phoenix, Arizona there are thousands of poor homeless and drugged out people looking like the walking dead all over the place. It's not unusual to see people injecting themselves on the street as you wait at stop signs.
The original Brummies must grieve for their city. It has been ruined like so many other places in this country. Ghettoisation is spreading across every major town and city in the UK and resembles the third world more each day.
Certainly sad scenes! Thanks for watching and the comment
Labour Council, say no more!
Well, the Tories have been in power for 14 years, and look at the mess THEY'VE fcuking made of the entire country, let-alone just a city ............
Many Tory councils are facing bankruptcy sweetie
Labour council who have had their funding cut
from central government
@@user-jg2nq6ll4c
You’re overlooking the fact that todays tories are an even bigger bunch of commies than the labour people.
Also, despite you trying to change the focus - Birmingham council is still run by labour.
@@AndyR072 Labour Council who spent over £100 million on a technology project that cost £19 million. They don't deserve to be given extra funding, they're financially illiterate.
Great channel btw 👍
Birmingham has gone right down, to many immigrants, Handsworth is one of them, no go area is I believe Sparkbrook
Outer areas of Birmingham are white and segregated locals tend to live amongst thier own areas are segregated in Birmingham
The council only ever clean the city centre. They just forget everywhere else it’s disgusting! There’s no pride!
That’s not true on the outskirts of Birmingham it is very clean and green, nothing like what this guy has recorded, it’s as if he’s gone out of his way to show Birmingham in a bad light, Birmingham is a very big place.
There is little point cleaning some areas as the locals will see it as an opportunity to dump some more stuff. That sort of fly tipping is a mentality problem.
It's the fly tipping that's the problem It's sad to say lots of areas in Birmingham suffer from it. I'd love to have seen him walk down spark brook high street, it's like being in a flea market in India 😅
This city goes from cold to hot from poverty to richness. I have seen Lamborghini's, Rolls Royce's, Ferrari's etc...😂
Great stuff Joe. You keep telling it how it is. MP's in London . Take Notice. All the best mate👍 Jim and Harriet
Thank you for showing us Birmingham. I like the city center too. I always wanted to see what it looked like. When I first arrived in the Columbia Heights suburb of Washington D.C( 20 min, walk from the White House), I stepped on a huge, dead rat while leaving a taxi.The taxi drivers yelled: '' welcome to America'':) I guess there are deprived and dangerous areas in every big city in the world nowadays! :)
A beautiful city centre for sure! Some great architecture! Your totally right, all big cities have the bad areas! Thanks for watching and the comment! Hope you enjoy the content 👍
I lived in Birmingham and DC - dude, there is no comparison. Birmingham is like the worst bits of Anacostia - only poorer
@@simonorr594I lived in the Columbia Heights ten years ago and it looked really bad back then. I was the only white and European girl in Kenyon street back then and the crime rate was really high there
I LOVE BRUM!
Ok, things you all need to know!! I've lived in Brum all my life (Born 60's), and believe me it was much more rough in the 80's and 90's.
However, it is in many ways much better, and it's only dangerous if you go out looking for trouble. But that's the same wherever you go!
Otherwise brummies in general are really chilled and laid back. It's much more dirtier in Brum then before, and that's because the council are useless in spending money and taking care of the city. Hence why Birmingham is Bankrupt!
Whats more sad and shocking is that you are asking Americans about Brum, and not a local. A bit of a silly and useless video imo!
Well said !
I left Birmingham 10 years ago after having lived there for 23 years. When I visit friends I’m impressed by the continuous improvement of the City Centre, 60’s concrete monstrosities such as the library, gone, new glass clad buildings nestling amongst beautiful Victorian architecture in harmony. I now live in London, crime is sky high, homelessness everywhere, wish I’d never left!
@@tinbird87It’s improved in some respects, I remember ‘Paradise Place’ near the old library, it’s not there now but there were beggars camped out literally 24/7, the most thirds world place to ever exist in Britain!
There’s a reason why certain areas are shit holes knee deep in rubbish. And other areas aren’t. It’s not hard to figure out
Shhhh, you're not allowed to have those common sense type thoughts
Very interesting - thanks!
I only know B'rum from the canals - we cruised up from the Thame many times and now that mosy of the heavy industry - which was the reason for the canals - has gone, the waterways are now recovering providing a safe and pleasant access to the city. Have a look sometime.....
A huge amount new works are transforming the whole city as a result of HS2 and hopefully that will reflect an the regeneration of some of the slum areas.
Give it a try...
Left Birmingham in the early eighties and returned for a visit in February and where we lived in Kings heath it seem to be ok. But when we went into the city centre we were shocked to see how it has deteriorated. We didn't feel safe walking around the City centre with beggers coming up to your face looking for money. The one thing that stands out is lack of police presence in the New street area. Needless to say we didn't leave our hotel at night. It is a shame because Birmingham was fantastic in the 70s and 80s . Would be afraid to visit again
Spot on mate unsafe
Well you missed out, Birmingham is very safe and a great city for bars, restaurants and events… unfortunately you will get homeless people as it’s a major city but I’ve seen much worse in london and much smaller cities like Manchester, Liverpool etc… I’ve been out with my 83 year old father in the evening there and people were friendly, polite, humorous and welcoming and we had some of the best Thai food I’ve ever eaten and i lived in Thailand for 3 years… shame your stereotypes and watching bs like this video put you off what could of been an exciting and wonderful night in a great city
Even kings heath and moseley areas are going downhill nowadays. Certain demographics are spreading into the areas, bringing with them their dangerous driving, disrespectful, entitled parking, littering, and crime. Not to mention certain foreign Arab flags being flown.
@@jamesanthony3072 I live in Birmingham your talking nonsense.
@@Paragon62 As do most of my family, friends and I can’t wait to leave london and move back… you probably live in a not so nice part of town and most likely do nothing to advance/better said area but moan… most of brum is absolutely brilliant with great people, a city with lots to see and do most weeks from markets to massive festivals, it’s great 👍🏼
Why you and Ben keep slagging Birmingham. You show stuff thats in every city somewhere. Go Bournville and do a vlog
Yea the whole vid is nonsense, I mean try as he might he couldnt make Selly Oak look that bad, I know it well its just fine, many of the dodgy parts of Brum were Dodgy 40 years ago, they arent actually worse, they have been that way for decades, I still maintain more has improved than declined, I think Brum is a great city, some areas like Perry Barr and Longbridge are way better not to mention the city centre
@vaughanbbrean71 Longbridge was desolate for years. It was hardly hard to improve it! Perry B has always been a hovel. The city centr has come a long way but how long has it took to level up with tye rest of the country? About twenty years. And the people in the city centre are as rough as rough gets!
@@RBC0405 I can tell you that I need to pay £100,000 more for a house in even Northfield that even aproaches the one I have here in Devon, if Birmingham was so crap and Devon is so idylic, why is that then ?, as I say I can compare the two areas and also Birmingham over many decades, but hey if you dont like it, move to Devon and work in a supermarket (probably miles away) or get a seasonal job on a campsite, you will surely love it
He where was the homeless ?
Birmingham has improved and is safer then shitty london!
I agree .. why not go other other areas .. cannonhill Park for one and speak to brummies not just posh students. Really biased and unresearched.
Still here, following. Funny, I grew up in Brum (a nicer part). Hated the city center, still hate it. Cheers, Joe.
Awesome mate! Right from the beginning! Thanks for the support 🙏👊 yeh can't say I'm rushing back to Brum anytime soon.
Most of Birmingham's residents don't live in those back street districts just outside the city centre. They live further out. Eg. Moseley, Edgbaston, King's Heath, Yardley Wood etc. Mostly Pakistanis and other Muslims who live in those inner districts.
Lots of racism and divisions and segregated areas In Birmingham. Brummies are backwards Older generations are very racist in Birmingham and west midlands.
@@jonesroberts3640 Which areas are segregated ?
@@josephhall9307 Inner Birmingham is mixed outer Birmingham is white majority and segregated with no integration at all.
@@jonesroberts3640 The only area of Birmingham itself I've noticed having very little integration is Longbridge, and Bournville going out of Birmingham that way. Erdington used to be very white but it now has a black and Asian population which the whites resent. Sutton Coldfield attracts black public sector workers and others in good jobs originally from the inner cities. Asians as well. Solihull attracts alot of Asian doctors.
Areas just outside Birmingham such as the B31 area and Marston Green and the train stops between Birmingham International and Coventry are uniformly white. But they commute into Birmingham city centre to do high paying jobs. Kings Heath and Warstock is mostly a white area, so is Shirley, Solihull.
@@josephhall9307 Kings Norton, Sheldon, Druids heath, maypole, Kingstanding, Northfield, Bartley Green, Quinton, Longbridge are very white and racist most of Birmingham has a lot of racism and segregation issues no integration at all. Locals keep to thier own .
I was born in the renown part of Birmingham in the 80’s, it was a hole then and a hole now, clear to see why it’s got and is getting worse. Rats were as big as cats then! Did give me the impetus I needed to work hard at school and at work and get out as soon as possible, then encouraged my parents to leave!
Agree Birmingham has a flytipping issues and rubbish issues locals don't want to pay to get rid of rubbish many are poor .
Oh...!!! my England why are people treating it like a rubbish dump..? me X Nottingham ..England looks such a miserable place to live n work..I was born in 1944 and in the late 40s 50s we possesed very little ..all my cloths where hand-me downs from the church jumble sale but we was proud people .. mum n dad out of work ..no money never had a holiday ..most of my pald did I use to just go window shopping up Hyson Green ..wishing .. my father died in a Mental Asylum when I was 15 ...me just factory fodder,,, So in 1968 by myself I emigrated to Australia I had never new what it was like to be out of Nottingham...so here I am 56 yrs later ... PLEASE DON'T RUBBISH YOUR COUNTRY ... BE PROUD ..STAND UP FOR THE JACK ..its a world famous flag...thanks for reading..
How on earth are you walking around with a camera out and not getting mugged??
Certainly sketchy at times. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍
Be careful...I think you are taking a risk at times in some of these areas@@JoefishJ
They are putting the Council Tax up again. I wonder where all the money goes?
I wonder indeed. Even the council doesnt know and they are certainly unable to balance the books
Is everyone paying their council taxes????
Birmingham, often referred to as the "Detroit of England," has a rich and storied history intertwined with industrialization, manufacturing, and cultural diversity. Like Detroit in the United States, Birmingham experienced significant industrial growth during the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in industries such as manufacturing, engineering, and automotive production.
The comparison to Detroit carries connotations of resilience, grit, and transformation. Both cities faced economic challenges and decline in certain periods, yet they are now undergoing revitalization efforts and embracing their cultural heritage to move forward Despite its rough-and-tumble reputation, Birmingham is now reinventing itself as a vibrant and dynamic modern city.
Coventry is dump city too
Birmingham is the biggest racist segregated dump city .
and then some.
Handsworth in my mind is eternally connected with the band Steel Pulse.
Nice to see a positive mention of Norwich in this video (where I’m from) definitely one of the UK’s best.
Thanks for the filming . Never been to the city centre, I'm a library worker from Manchester. Amazing library ! Similar issues as other cities & towns , all over. The companies that produce all this packaging & waste , people who stash money abroad should be taxed big time. Just had one bin when I was a tot.
Thanks for watching and the comment! Glad you enjoyed the content, hopefully things improve for the people 👍
I stash money abroad, Suzanne, because I pay far too much tax that doesn't solve a single issue (clearly) in the UK and my heard work is rewarded with 60% tax and a total hammer on entrepreneurialism and employment that results from that. Instead, I am just treading water instead of expanding and employing people. It isn't worth getting out of bed and growing an economy at 60% tax (including all stealth taxes). Combine this with the expensive energy now due to Net Zero madness, and you will not see any growth in the economy that is meaningful (not just here but across the West. Animal spirits needs incentive. We have none. So they're getting my money to give to the Third World whilst destroying our home. NO.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 All animals are equal.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 I didn't mean you I meant the super rich.
Birmingham is horrible, I last 4 minutes in city centre before I've had enough ... only Sutton Coldfield & Bourneville are nice areas
There's obvious signs of problems in Bham for certain. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍
@@JoefishJ I'll watch properly after, I live in Wolverhampton & I don't go to Brum ... going to Cadbury World next year & Market Kitchen in Edgbaston at Morrisons
@@JoefishJ Watched it properly now, it's appalling - gets worse everytime I go there (3x in 6 years so far)
My ex is american and she explored all of Birmingham, she said it was much better and cleaner than vegas, but the area you were with the americans is essentially HS2 which has segregated access to a lot of that stuff for years.
Interesting to hear that I wasn't aware it was that area. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍
Very biased choice of areas to review.
Proper don't agree with this. I felt more safe in Vegas than walking around Birmingham.
@@stevieorbell4459 did you never visit boulder highway lol
@@nicholasmassey6941 you ever been alum rock, sparkhill, sparkbrook, washwood heath, small heath, Aston, neichelles, hockley, handsworth?
Birmingham was booming before Brexit. New futuristic buildings, hundreds of tech start ups, a young thriving population, it had so much going for it.
It is our own fruit of our own labours! Ive just returned from Crete. The shopkeepers clean pavements every day. They take a pride. One village I visited involved all residents mucking in, happily, clearing all public areas including roadsides of weeds, cutting grass in parks and old and children were all busy and working hard. My son just returned from Birmingham saying how uneasy the atmosphere was on leaving, with gangs of black youths on the prowl wearing masks. Its dangerous at night there.
Birmingham certainly has its issues (especially the useless Bankrupt Council) but generally has an undeserved bad reputation. It’s seen as dull, unsafe and not cool but Central Birmingham, Moseley, Kings Heath, Sutton Coldfield, Boldmere etc are great!
The UK’s ❤ City (the ‘Second City’ tag can do one) - A City of nearly 1.2 million with a metropolitan area of over 4.3 million. There must be something about the place and the surrounding area!!!
Large parts of Brum are rundown, but that can be said for many areas within the UK especially large cities.
Birmingham in the 60s to 80s was a city one could be proud of. I went to school in Birmingham. People have destroyed Birmingham.
A lot of comments say a very similar sentiment. Thanks for watching 👍
That’s disgusting. They used to throw all their rubbish in that river back home so I guess they just chuck it in the streets here 🤮
Morning, Joe! Gotta catch this one a little later. Just wanted to say hi..
Hey Jen 👋👍 have a great day! Let me know what you think.
give it couple of years would be just like living in pakistan
A perfect microcosm of the whole country. Everything good was built pre WW2, it trucked along in passable mediocrity for about 50 years, and then "something" happened and suddenly it's dirty, unsafe and impoverished but with painful reminders of what could have persisted. Truly a mystery as to what "something" might be.
Yeah it's almost like a whole new population has moved in and transplanted the old one.... Oh wait...
Wow. Great video Joe .
Thanks for the kind words 🙏
and modern architecture makes everywhere look disgusting, best cities still have historic buildings...fact
I thought Ben is in India
Thanks for watching and the comment. Ben's now in India 👍
Nice work mate!!!
Keep those videos coming.
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Even where I live Cradley heath, outskirts of Brum, is going down hill fast, and looking very sorry for itself...Even woke up one night, mine and my neighbours' cars had been petrol bombed, both cars were right offs...
Have u took a trip fru newtown n aston
It's actually the third largest urban area, only the second largest for administrative part of the population. 2nd is Manchester...by quite a margin now on all metrics. It is also far more successful and wealthier. Birmingham is a sad story for the UK. Recently returned from a developers event overseas where both cities (and Liverpool) were represented, promoting investment. Developers stated the only city where large commercial real estate and residential investment was attractive was in Greater Manchester and its surrounds, mostly to the west and south... which says a lot. We should have 3 or 4 cities like this, but no. Outside London, just one. The UK needs less government and more entrepreneurs like me making it happen. I can tell you this though, I am not growing my business in the UK right now, my accounts are overseas where possible. It just isn't worth the effort when every additional pound gets taxed at 60% when you include ALL taxes, stealth and otherwise. So instead of employing new people, I'm just staying put. We all know why Birmingham is in this state and bankrupt, but no-one wants to say the truth in power. Funnily enough, Bradford's the same. Others declining too.
Thanks for watching and the comment! Sad times, hope you enjoy the content 👍👊
@@JoefishJ Hi Joe, yes really 'enjoy' the content, if that's the right word! It is just so damned depressing the depths to which this country has sunk. The worst part, almost no politician even gets it or gives a damn. Did you know, the Mayor of Birmingham, Andy Street stated there are 'no no-go zones in Birmingham'. The ignorance is staggering. He thinks this city is a success story!! Who needs enemies with governance like that. We know what's happening to even pretty towns a long way from this. These people are psychopaths and need stopping, but we are helpless. What's the politicians' solution? Tax! I don't have another penny I am willing to give them to waste.
Stay well and look after yourself out there. I get tense watching you in these areas. Being from a rather traditional background (and looking as such though no shrinking violet) I'd be mince meat and a real target in these locations. The fact I even have to say that in the UK in 2024 is a disgrace. Everyone deserves better than this.
….everyone must pay 60% of their income to pay for all the chemo that everyone wants for “free” so they can be just like Kate. What a warped society. Free trips to the doctor and free drugs but no one can build anything for the future…I guess they’re too sick, infertile and broke.
@@third7715 Not even close. Manchester has a metropolitan area of 5.7 million to Birmingham's 4.8 million, let's call it 5. Manchester's urban area is larger and its economy is quite a chunk larger. 1 million people is nothing but a commuter town these days in global stats, but Birmingham isn't 1 million. That is just the administrative council area which has nothing to do with being a city.
Investment in Birmingham is much lower than Manchester. I live in neither but do develop in Manchester. All the serious money is going to Manchester, not Birmingham...for good reason - the numbers don't stack! The population in Birmingham is young because of Muslims, who, according to the statistics, deliver a negative cashflow for any area they inhabit with only 21% of them in full time employment, 80% are recipients of welfare, they over-use the NHS for several very horrific reasons and we could go on. It is why where the population is 'young' as you say, there is very little development. In fact, areas decline like Birmingham.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 you’ve misinterpreted what I’ve said. The definition of a major city in the data set is 1 million. There isn’t a debate to be had Birmingham is the second city in the UK it has been since the early 20th century you may not like the place but it’s a fact.
The people you encountered, the Americans and the Student weren't locals. Hundreds of thousands of the indigenous people of Birmingham have been forced out. In the 1990s, the council's housing policy awarded housing on a system which prioritised ethnic minorities, homeless, mental health and those released from prison. I was a white male and put my name down for a flat in the 1980s and after so many years I went to Bush house on Broad street to see if I could get a flat and was told I had been archived because of my circumstances. My circumstances were that I was employed and I was white. I was told that the only way I would get a flat was if I told them that I was homeless because then they would have to house me. That's how the local authority used a housing policy to change the demographic of an entire area. I no longer live in England, so mission accomplished by Birmingham City Council.
Sensationalist video! I agree, there are some areas in the City in need of significant improving. Where you have low income, you will always have crime and anti social problems. How about next time you visit the City with your pal Ben, go see Bournville, Jewellery Quarter, Five Ways, Sutton Coldfield, Four Oaks, Harborne, Moseley, and Edgbaston.
Enough talking about negativity, what about the positive side of the city? About the rubbish, obviously seems that council bin collections not doing their job !!
That’s right mohamed you tell us about the nice parts shock these lot with a list of the good and great in Birmingham
This breaks my heart.
Like any big city, Birmingham has some terrible areas, and some really great ones too. I lived there for nearly 20 yrs and loved it. Was there recently and was really impressed with the city centre. Lots of different parts to it and loads of interesting stuff. Can’t understand why garbage is allowed to accumulate on the road side though. Was in Naples last summer and it was the same. Sign of bad city management. Shame.
Fun fact! Homelessness is so high in Birmingham because councils send their homeless there... as a single, male aged 25-49 - There's no help out there so I took the offer of a single train ticket to what turned out to be a crack house just outside the city centre. I now live about 10 miles out and only go there to get a train straight back out to somewhere else.
A lot of Brummies have moved here in West Wales.
Is that right? I wasn't aware of this
@@JoefishJ Well "a lot" is subjective but I can think of three families locally and we've met more than a few others when buying things off Facebook, etc., I don't think it counts as a colony yet!
I love West Wales and could happily live there. It's too expensive though. Tenby would be my choice.
Yeah a lot of them move out of Birmignham. I know many people who lived there, but move to where I live or towns around it, so you can tell people just wanna get away from Birmignham, haha. xD
I lived in an HMO in Birmingham for two years during the lockdown. Unfortunately, my possessions were taken by an unethical landlord.
if you have lived in a HMO, whether you like it or not, you have funded the problem
I think you selected some of the worst areas of the city you could find. Where I live in Sutton Coldfield is certainly nothing like this.
Unfortunately, Mass migration has turned this once great City into a dumping ground, Diversity has not been kind to Birmingham….😢
Not true loads of English people living there in Birmingham areas are segregated and divided whites have thier own areas no integration in Birmingham dirty poor run down city .
Its Selly Oak, Not Selly Oaks!!!!
Birmingham will never be the same again back in the day loved it drugs crime is riffe moved on till pass through now and again just to catch up with family
A lot of viewers share the same sentiment as yourself. Thanks for watching
Mental health issues in Birmingham is bad.
How does it compare with your recent visit to my hometown Peterborough ?
How do they expect people to take pride in the area they live, when the council doesn't give a stuff about cleaning the poverty stricken areas up
Really sad scenes. Thanks for watching and the comment
Around 2 minutues in where you mention empty and abandoned, yes, but there is HUGE building opposite soon be demolished so it's going to be a MASSIVE building site for many years in that vicinity.
Its not empty, those of the backs of the huge new M&S store and other inside the bottom level of the Bullring. The vid is full of inaccuracies .
@@beareatsworld7637spot on
yes but the huge curved building near there is going to be demolished so it's gonna affect that region for footfall a lot. @@beareatsworld7637
Shame that you were so negatively selective of the suburbs. Why didn’t you examine Edgbaston, Harborne or Bournville? All are within a 10 minute drive of the city centre. You might have had a pleasant suprise!
Whites those areas are segregated and clean.
@@marthasheilds2446 Clean, because of the attitude of people living there, not because of your perceived perception that the areas are ‘white’. Being close not only to the city but also to the University, they’re multicultural, gender diverse and integrated… Btw, just to check; you are referring to Birmingham UK not that other one across the pond? 🤔
@user-lm4mn3yr2h Birmingham areas are segregated and divided locals are racist both older and younger generations people mix with thier own and many are uneducated and low tolerance Birmingham areas are dirty because the council only clean certain areas and racism is a big issue in Birmingham full of hate and divisions.
Agreed
I fucking hate this shithole I live in. I used to love living in Birmingham. Its so heartbreaking to see how far its fallen.
Can you still see " George Davis is innocent !" anywhere in Graffiti in Birmingham ? In the early 70s. I remember it was everywhere !