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Charlie goes to the worst parts of a city .. and generalizes. You never see Charlie go to Chestnut Hill, West Mount Airy, most of East MountAiry, Roxborough, Manayunk, even Center city and its surrounding districts, OVERBROOK Farms, Wynnefield around city avenue, ..hell the entire Upper NE. Philly has operating farms within the city limits nears Saul HS.. but Charlie is too fascinated by Kensington and Fairhill to venture outside the hoods and give a full picture of the city. Philly has the largest municipal park in the USA . And first rate hiking around Forbidden Drive. But Charlie wants to generalize based on hoods .. and you will never see those areas in his videos. Areas that encompass together about two thirds of the city.. if you add up the square miles of those areas from data provided by PEW trust Hoods no where look good.. and northeast hoods tend to look more deteriorated than some in other parts of the country due to the ages of these cities..But Charlie, you do a disservice by over generalization and not knowing the well the subject matter that you are talking about
@Yz Yea Philly is very big and has very nice areas how ever I think the point is to show the worse parts of every city …..And I’m sorry I have been to a lot of cities in hoods almost all ….philly has the worse by far ….Camden and Baltimore are a close second and that it …..New Orleans is close but I really never seen anything close to Philly hoods
@@talkingmoney4499 I all fairness.. there is no such a thing of “ nice” slums, trailer parks, hollers etc. What constitutes the “worse” is always contested. Philly also has some very beautiful areas with architecture from colonial and federalist eras that can’t be matched by the cheaply built and poorly constructed new house in other cities. Chestnut Hill has beautiful, large single homes and are as much part of Philly’s landscape as the “ horrible “ areas. Philly has first rate restaurants, a fun night life and a diversity not matched by many cities. That is why people.. like my self .. who are not from Philly chose to enjoy its amenities. From the comments, it appears that the presentation of this video is unfair of the what Philly has to offer. Gross over generalization coupled with lack of knowledge about a subject is not a good look. Does Philly have the typical problems of many of American larger cities.. sure. Does Philly due to its age have dilapidated areas .. like other NE cities but it’s much larger.. certainly. But it’s a disservice to portray this as the entirety of a diverse and large city
I was homeless and addicted to dope on those streets for over 10 years. Hopped on the train to South Florida in 2012 with nothing but the clothes on my back. I finally escaped that black hole and have been clean and sober ever since. Now I travel the world performing music and sharing my testimony. Sometimes you gotta change people, places and things. 🙏🙏
My cousin was born and raised in Oakland and when I brought him to where I lived in Fairfield which is an hour away, he couldn't process how nice my neighborhood and house looked. Tbh, it's a decent area where I live but the fact that he was in awe how everything looked was a bit sad. smh.
I cannot imagine living in this neighborhood. No grass, no bushes or flowers, so few trees, cramped, ill-kept, crowded with cars. Maybe lots of children live indoors. No toys seen, no bike or swing. Depressing, bleak. God help the youth who must defeat hopelessness and escape.
I grew up in Brazil . In the slums. With very little infrastructure. Dirt roads . But I felt safe there . Because people took care of each other . It was a village . We were broke but we were proud of our little house . With a slab cement floor and no doors in the bedroom. We worked hard to beautify it. Added tile , doors . Planted flowers . The whole neighborhood did that. This place has sewer, electric, , phones, paved streets but it’s way more depressing than the slum where I grew up in. People don’t take pride where they live . This happens
Grew up in Brazil too and this is what I noticed when comparing favelas with American ghettos. There’s a lot more union, family vibes and friendship in favelas. Now these ghettos are hostile as hell.
anyone else adviced, they have money for cars and jordans, but not for a proper home maintain? remembers me the gipsy neighbours in my country in europe
fr... these ppl live in a beautiful area, they all got cars and clothes and all the things u said... out here in brasil on the favela i grew up we didnt had nothing but we took pride and had unity, its crazy how ''rich ppl'' here have cars and nike, over there the poor got cars yet they think they are suffering
Not 'some people in our society' it's the darkest people in our society that drag everyone they can down to their level. I'd call them what they should be called, but UA-cam loves protecting them.
These are the exact streets my drug-addict mother would drag me through as a young boy (age 1 - 6). I'm 40 and it still haunts me. That f'n train, the smells, the things I saw at such a young age, the weirdos attacking us. Insane.
This is a generational neighborhood. The younger generations live with the older generation, hence they have more disposable income to spend on things like cars and sneakers. The solid citizens work, so they can buy nice cars 'cause many don't have to worry aboot mortgages and stuff. Also, this is an area with million dollar corners(the drug, or drugs, trade). The drug corners are the biggest employer in this area. It gives people tax-free money in various, direct and indirect, ways. This is America, dude, everybody's aboot cars. We don't do bikes like y'all. The bigger the vehicle the better. Ha ha ha ha...
@@SouthjettyBill right there is the problem. What's more important, a safe place to live or fancy cars, fancy shoes, etc. ? The point is that everybody has to set priorities and make wise choices unless you have unlimited resources. Also, having pride in oneself and one's neighborhood doesn't cost dollars. They could get their lazy arses up and clean up the neighborhood.
A lot of the cars you see in this video are old. Plus, no APK, low road taxes, low gas taxes. You could probably snag most of the ones you see here stateside for $4k-$30k.
Forty years ago, these properties weren't slums, crack houses etc. Sixty years ago, they were desirable homes, with good families in them. Seventy years ago, everybody in them had a job. Get the picture?
Nah, 40 years ago that was a slum. You gotta go back farther. Thirty years ago it was worse than today. I remember taking the bus in 1992 to Temple Medical Center about 5 blocks from there.No businesses around the hospital - just trucks. Not just food trucks, but shop trucks: "corner store" trucks, office supply trucks, you name it. Come 5pm, they rolled up and away. Height of the tax default demo era (City demo'd buildings that were vacant and behind on their prop taxes to keep from becoming crack dens). Two blocks off Broad on either side whole blocks of buildings were demoed. Often a front row would be left standing, but everything behind was rubble. So many demoed vacancies that no one was standing about. Alternate blocks a ghost town.
Being from southern New Jersey and a frequent visitor to Philly , I can def confirm that after dark , during the scary hours, northern Philadelphia is one of the scariest places that I have ever walked through. It’s not just the atmosphere, which is terrible enough, but it’s that eery feeling you get when every corner you turn could be a surprise.
Facts north philly is one of the worst places in the country I was born and raised in philly living in the western part of United states now its laughable what they consider the hood out here
@@johnpaul12288 and that happens all over the country in New York back in the day the project's were all white,compton,ca used to be a all white suburb unfortunately are people are destroying neighborhoods with violence and drugs and tryna tell people that look like them that they cant come to their neighborhood and town and that they gotta check in it's sad everybody wants to be a gangsta
That’s how America is now a days, muthafuckas a have the nicest looking car clean and everything but where they lay they head at be a different type of story😂don’t get me wrong the insides of the houses be looking good but damn you gotta beamer with tints and nice rims but where you stay be🤦🏾♂️😂
I've been working on a screenplay for years that is set in Philadelphia. I want to thank you for the footage. This helps me with my mental picture of what life in the row house neighborhoods is like now versus then.
I grew up in a neighborhood just like this in Atlanta back in the 70s & 80s. It did seem normal to us, but I remember watching TV shows like Hawaii Five 0 and The Love Boat thinking "wow, how can I go to a place like that." I joined the U.S. Marines when I graduated high school, and after bootcamp and MOS school I got sent to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (on Oahu). I never went back home to Atlanta.
Worst part is if you go back and look at pictures from the 1950s these were beautiful middle class neighborhoods. Philadelphia row homes are actually very well constructed, inside they all have oak floors beautiful walnut inlays, detailed staircases, and it all went to shit.
I’m from Philly and I will put it like this, you don’t know that this is bad until you leave. You literally grow up thinking this is just how outside looks.
@@whitemaninventedeverything9511 tbh cuz even the Hispanic parts of town rude down as they looked are kept clean by the residents. Really only the black parts are litter everywhere
realistically public services such as garbage collection are paid for based on income and especially property tax. If there is nothing to tax then this is what u get.
@@janedeane3656 Are you serious? Here in Mexico, the garbage collection chain is a public service, which is paid in spite of taxes, but which supplies if not almost all areas of the cities, then the majority.
@@DAV1979 that’s an excuse bro I know somebody personally who moved to LA with no money no family and had to live in skid row (Google it ) he knew he wanted more and better for himself and he didn’t want to live there for ever this Nigga lived in a homeless shelter , got a job , saved and got a car and next thing you know he got an apt after getting that apt the Nigga moved to Vegas cause it’s cheaper rent like bro… idgaf what’s the situation is you can get out of it if YOU really want to anything else is an excuse! If he can do that shit from nothing anybody can
I was born and raise in north philly right on 25th and Lehigh ave. Went to Walton elementary, fitzsimmons middle school, dobbins high school on 22nd and Lehigh. I managed to move out of philly at 19 knowing then that it was a trap for all that lived there and never been back only to see family. Been gone for 20 years now. Moving from north philly turned out to be the best decision I ever made. This video is much appreciated and further makes me feel glad that I left.
oh ok that what's up i grew up on Bonsall street i went to fitz as well graduated went to william penn once i left its no reason for me to go back down there now im planning to move from philly for good but i will never forget where i came from 💪💯
Wow. I lived on 27th and Huntington and also went to Walton but a different junior high and high school. I left Philly after graduating from LaSalle and entered the army.
Going to have 2 years sober on August 7th, 2023. Watching the video go by Water Street (1:10 in video) gave me chills. I spent many nights in that dirt lot, shooting coke for days on end. I couldn’t stop. I hadn’t showered or eaten in days and definitely wasn’t raised that way. I grew up with both parents, both Philly cops and in Northeast Philly. Graduated high school and went to college. The drugs got the best of me. I started with dope in ‘98 and was stuck for 15 years. Relapsed on coke and couldn’t get clean until 2021. There is a way out, a better life. You just have to give yourself a chance.
CharlieBo has driven down every mean street in this country and if he says Philadelphia is the rock-bottom worst then Philadelphia is the rock-bottom worst.
Yeah you would expect some places in the south to be worse. Atlanta, Nashville, Even Miami. The northern states are supposed to be rich enough with taxpayer dollars to fix this.
@@MrSeekerOfPeace the statistic about the southern red states taking in more government money is a misleading one tbh. Most of that money goes to agriculture subsidies and military bases, which are disproportionately concentrated in these states. The money spent in these large urban areas up north is by contrast overwhelmingly funneled into welfare programs and the like, not that we don’t have our fair share of that here in the south, lol.
Not all areas of Philadelphia are like this. There are quite a few areas which are good. But the average crime rates in those areas is still somewhat higher than the national average. Philadelphia is one of the most lively city in America. So many people move here despite having an option to not...
It remind me of the Bronx tbh when I was little... just rats and garbage everywhere. Also just like NYC what weather is it cus I see kids wearing tshirts then kids wearing full blown winter coats... NYC be like that too.
I live in Bangkok and there are slums and the people have much less than this, but they take pride in their neighborhoods and do the best with the little they have. These places just seem like nobody cares, almost like the people *hate* where they’re from. This whole video just reeks of desperation and pessimism and apathy.
I was going down that area back in the early nineties to buy coke I've been clean for 14 years now and thank God I survived those missions it's crazy dangerous down there
I find it crazy that one of the richest countries in the world has so many, very bad looking, slums. And I only know about them because of UA-cam-channels such as this. As a non-American I wonder if the politicians in your country ever talk about these areas, or is it just something they sweep under the carpet?
I think it has a lot more to do with culture than anything else. Americans simply do not care about neighborhood pride. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you need to throw trash everywhere, start shooting people, joining drug gangs, etc. Crime creates poverty, not the other way around.
How dare you tell the truth? How dare you speak heresy against the religion of Political Correctness? Be careful going to Canada or Europe, if they find out you said what you said you'll go to prison for Hate Speech.
You will be enslaved if you are a Caucasian according to the Bible for the r@pe robbery and murder of the blacks Hispanic and native Americans.. or if you are still alive when christ return and bother way he is black... you will be killed by christ and the angels.. the Caucasian race is hated by god.. romans 9 13 ... The Caucasian is a decendant of esau whose seed is cursed and spoiled also reffered by God as the people of his curse.. An we will enslave you... the Bible says it... 12 tribes of Israel the real Jewish are the people your people killed for the revolution hahaha right hahahaha.. get ready for slavery more that what you put us through
Its still an amazing city. But sections of north south and west are really bad. When i first moved here i worked by independance hall and it was really cool to see the place where they all signed the constitution telling britain to eat a dick. I fuck with that mentality heavy.
Drugs probably is what made Philadelphia not evolve just like a lot of places, but some places seem to move on from all the drugs and grow out of it. Crack epidemic hit hard around these areas and this is just one of the places where people never probably stop using drugs.
thank you for the videos charlie. vids like this keep reminding me to be thankful for what i got. grew up in poor bell glade florida near miami. but always had grass and sunshine and room to play around. i can't imagine living there. makes where i grew up like paradise.
WOW, I would love to live there, nothing to do all day but sleep and eat. And if you get bored you can do some graffiti or destroy property: what fun, what a great life! Best of all, the Democrats take care of everything for you.
I know. It's crazy that just a few miles away from where modern society flourishes, these people are unable to adapt to the standards of advanced civilization. It's almost as if they're an invasive species that can only consume but do nothing to participate in making the local ecosystem flourish.
@@Danlovestrivium I cannot speak to any of that since that has never been my life however I did go to a private school with a prominent football program in the region that often-had transfers on scholarship from areas such as this. Some of the stories I heard them speak of which was normalized to them was just heart wrenching. I don't think most of these people want to live like this but its the card they've been dealt and unless you have a great support system at home to get you out of that area it is probably near impossible to not fall into drugs,gangs,etc.
@@EviK5000 Making excuses and not holding people accountable is exactly how this has spiraled out of control like it is today. If you think blacks are incapable of contributing to a successful society, then you and I agree to a certain extent. I don't think it's impossible, I believe their culture is completely corrupted and until they have that completely stripped away, they will forever be on the bottom. You and I agree, it's near impossible for them with their current culture to not fall into gangs, drugs and prison when they spend so much of their time glorifying it and idolizing the worst mankind has to offer.
that's what happens when you put all the poorest people in 1 town and ignore them. I agree that the streets and houses would immediately get messed up again but only because that's one of the many results of neglect for the people that live in these areas.
My mother was born and raised in North phila and I remember visiting my grand parents there, it was clean, safe and well cared for. I remember the women on sat morning with buckets scrubbing the steps. They were poor, but took pride in their homes, churches, and neighborhood. No trees, but each neighborhood had thier park, or 'squares' as they called them, where you could walk on grass and breath in a glimmer of green oasis. The neighborhood took good care of those precious patches of green. Sadly those values are gone.
At least the graffiti doesn't appear to be as out of control as it is in NYC 90 miles to the north. If you ever watch UA-camr Cash Jordan's vids of apts for lease in NYC, just about every part of NYC (even its somewhat nice parts) is full of graffiti. It's sad when things like that have to be used to rate an American city.
Our country hasn't come far in the last 100 years. There are you tube videos out there of the slums in NYC. Poor people living in terrible housing with no electricity or running water. But the message, er the lies that are advertised so heavily on television is that everyone in America lives in a 3 bedroom house in a wonderful city, they all drive new cars, go on cruises, take the family to Disneyland and eat out every night. Thank you tube for telling the truth... Here's what the country really looks like. Politicians don't care.
America is what you make of it. Stop implying otherwise. I’m not college educated yet I live in a gated community, own 3 cars including a Mercedes and a beautiful classic Mustang. I work hard and that’s all it takes. Some people are just lazy losers who will never do anything to help or better themselves. I used to live in Philadelphia and it’s a sheet hole. The best thing I ever did was leave. I’ll never live in a city again. Almost every large city is controlled by Democrats, and they all have rampant crime, poverty and dirty/ crappy living conditions and high taxes.
Charlie you not wrong man, and I know you from Detroit. I was raised in Philly and I’m telling you that everything you’re seeing puts a toll on people living here everyday. The vibe is cold and different. You’re scared to go out past dark. It affects people without them knowing until they move out and realize what they came from. I live in NYC now and I love it here. I can go out and enjoy myself at night, there’s police monitoring most blocks, the people are more lively and like to show out here (in a good way). I will always say that if you not from Philly or got family there DONT COME HERE trust me even the main attractions like the love sign or the art museum aren’t worth it. I’m saying this with love though because I love Philly but this ain’t a tourist spot EDIT: I LIVED IN NORTH PHILLY WAY PAST DOWNTOWN SO I AM SORRY IF WE HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES I GET IT DOWNTOWN IS FINE BUT AGAIN I LIVED UP N BROAD ST SO I WOULD NOT KNOW HOW IT IS STOP @ ME SAYIN DOWNTOWN IS NICE COOL IM TALKIN ABOUT NORTH PHILLY AND UPTOWN
Plenty of tourists in Philly encounter no problems. I went there myself a few years ago and enjoyed it. Of course in life anything can happen but if you stick to the tourist spots you should be okay. There's plenty to see in Philly.
I left with nothing but what was on my back at 17 I'll be 31 this June I'm proud to be from there but won't stay long enough to see the streets lights come on. Damn I miss being in Olney/lawncrest/oxford circle,frankford.. etc
I live in Philly and I NEVER venture into this part of town. It’s honestly like a completely different world . This is coming from someone who was born and raised in Philly
@@floridadashcam nah Fox Chase is near Pittsburgh bro on the other side of the state and most Western PA residents never travel to Eastern PA i was thinking more of maybe Villanova or Westchester as they are pretty close to the philly lol
Not only is it falling apart but the people are loud, obnoxious and ignorant and it’s obvious they could care less about their neighborhoods the amount of trash on the streets kills me, you don’t need to have money to pick up after yourself, a broom from the dollar store works
@@user-kv1hy3vu1k yea, go through these neighborhoods and the cars parked in front of the falling down houses are worth more than the houses. Priorities, they’d rather drop 10 grand on new rims than a new roof or windows
The trash problem in Philadelphia is unreal. How can anyone be ok with this?? The rat and roach not to mention disease has to be everywhere. What is wrong with these people?? Nobody's going to come in and give you a free cleaning. Do it yourself for christ sake.
I was born and raised in North Philly. Lived in Germantown before leaving Philly in 1989 and never went back. The area looked like this when I left and 31 years later still looks the same. Wow!
I came to the US in 1970 from a civilized country. As a graduate student out west I came to Philly to visit a professor at Temple Univ. I was amazed as the squalor we had to drive through. Here we are 52 years later. No change. Doesn't anyone have enough self respect even to pick up garbage? What's the matter with this country?!
You answered your own question. This is a shitty and deplorable area because it’s populated by shitty, deplorable people who will turn over a pile of bricks after you give them a city
redlining and cities all over the world are the human filth capital even in places like europe and Asia but in Philly its due to Horrible funding thats why car centric Suburbs are better then "walkable" shitholes
Watching safely from my Bucks county farmhouse. I’ve lived here for years never ventured in to Philly. Some areas seem interesting. I’d like to check out the museums 1 day.
There is no amount of money thrown at these areas that would make a measureable difference. For some of these slums, we just need to push a reset button and start all over. Such despair.
This is demonstrably untrue, and for the dozens of urban neighborhoods that city governments did push the “reset” button on in the 1970s, nothing changed except residents were now living in gov’t projects instead of private houses/apts. Measurably worse scenario due to isolation from services, notably police services. What fixes these areas is concentrated, deliberate redevelopment, over years and years, called “gentrification”
That's brcause there are so many white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan members living in these areas. If the inhabitants were mainly black and Hispanic, these areas would rival Beverley Hills.
No one wants to say it but the reason its like this is because blacks cannot successfully live and acclimate into a modern society. If blacks in the US didn't have the government giving them handouts, where they live would quickly look just like how they live in Africa. Modern society is simply too difficult for them as a whole and it's not fair that we (every other race) ask them to rise up to a standard they're not capable of rising to. They need to be given the opportunity to live in huts without the stresses of conforming to advanced cultures.
I used to work in the school systems all over Philly. I just want to say, one of the schools were so bad, it was like kids being in prison, they were not even allowed to play outside. When I left the city for some time and returned, I realized how bad things were.
Lazy people and body seems to care about their lives many there must die very young be really who could live like this i my self could not to nasty for me probably no respect for each other dozens help any body God bless you poor souls
@@DavidJohnson-yy5fy The problem is that lazy criminal-types are breeding at high rates. Some places will never recover and kids that have potential get sucked in to the trappings of the communities culture.
Deploying national troops in ghetto cities like Philly would make the drive by shooting disappear and won't be any child abduction. But that's going to be human violation and r*cism so the kids and people are stuck with these terrible conditions.
I spent 5 years in West Philly for college in the 80s. This is what it was like outside the bubble of our campus. Seems like things haven’t changed much in Philly 😳. I used to get extremely depressed in the winter living in such a nightmarish landscape that my parents were begging me to transfer to a different college.
My family went up to Drexel in 91 because my brother was looking into their Engineering program. Man. Outside of the campus, I wasn't thrilled. I went back to the same area in 2001 and seeing the piles of garbage everywhere was sobering.
Changing the mindset of people that live like that is damn near impossible. If someone cleaned that neighborhood, it would probably be trashed again in a few weeks. People wouldn't think, "oh let me appreciate how someone cleaned it is and keep it that way." They will think someone cleaned it once, so they should clean it again. It's no point in being upset at someone who thinks that way because you can't change 3 or 4 generations of that type of mindset overnight, if at all. If it was so easy to fix, it would have been done already.
you could fix it over a few decades, but the methods that could do that would be viewed as cruel, authoritarian or just simply tricks to bring whiteness to minority communities/cultures. That or you just keep throwing happy, positive and pro family messaging at the community for a few decades non stop while also mocking and dehumanizing the criminals and other people that hold these neighborhoods hostage in hopes that something changes at some point. Or Make the criminals seem so vile that even the locals wont tolerate their existence. Maybe give them good education thats worth something and keep up the messaging there as well.
No, it's not, give the children in these neighbourhoods the best education the country has to offer and the "mindset" and wealth of the area would change in a generation. This is the result ghettoisation and it was done on purpose. The older people in this neighbourhood were alive when black people literally weren't allowed vote, that's how recent it was, and America hasn't done enough to atone for the sins of slavery and oppression
That’s my part of the City, I’ll always love it. I’ve just always wished the City 🏙️ was cleaner, even as a kid. Now I live in H-Town, still get very homesick🏠 at times…lol
For the city to dispose of..??? Bruh did you not see those multiple piles upon piles of garbage ..the city dgaf ...but if you got parking tickets 🎟 they on ya ass 😂😂😂
Pennsylvania is run by Republicans. Philly votes Democrat but they are outvoted by the rest of the state. You won't find this level of poverty in any Democrat-run state.
Too stupid to know their ignorant and too ignorant to know they are stupid.....there's only one solution to this problem it's welfare reform....if you keep paying people to live with no incentive to work or get educated this is what you get....only 7 percent of kids in Baltimore public schools are doing math at grade level and Philly is probably the same.....that is doom just more generations of loyal voters for the communists
These row houses are the leftovers from the era when the area was dominated by huge factories and the factories cared about their workers living nearby. These homes were built for the workers. Now the factories and the jobs are gone it has become a Haven for people on public assistance and squatters
Exactly. The Democrats in control of the city for the last 60 years have successfully chased all the employers away, while enabling the welfare state. It’s predictable in almost every Democrat city.
Atleast here in Gary n Chicago we have big beautiful tree's.. Parks.. You can be in the south surburban hoods of cook county and they have a gang of parks and forest preserves.. Plus we got the beautiful Michigan lake front n Indiana Dunes National Park..
Philly slums have always looked like this. I moved from Philly to Baltimore in 1966. The Philly slums were physically worse than the Baltimore slums even back then, but the Baltimore slums were (if such a thing were possible) more dangerous - I literally have the scars to prove it. Haven't lived in either place for 30 some years now.
No matter how poor a person or family's is you can still keep your surrounding neat and clean this is a fact. I know lots of poor/low income people who have the cleanest homes and yards I have ever seen in my life. I grew up in VA in a small mostly white town with 10% of black folks living there. My parents and and our 4 neighbors (all of us black folks) kept our yards and homes, neat and clean always and we were all low income back then (70-90's) NO excuses.
@a Listen your replied to me so it BOTHERS you enough to reply to me. BTW I used to live 15 minutes from Philly and I can tell you right now the inside of most of these row houses are JUST as nasty as the GOT damn outside of these homes. I had lots of relatives and people I knew who lived IN THESE row houses so i know this for a fact. Still no excuse to live dirty just because your poor.
Charlie, I think you may well be right. When it comes to urban blight in the US, with the possible exception of Baltimore, Philadelphia seems to take the cake. Disgusting. I've been a city boy for many years, but I don't know how the locals in these Philly neighborhoods live like that?? I'd get a van I could live in, and I'd GTFO of that sh-thole ASAP.
So you are the same as them. You wouldn't connect with neighbors and make a community beautification group to turn this around, no, you would just up and head out. So you're just as bad as this, except worse cause you grew up in a different place and know 'better'. So you think you're better, but you're actually worse. Do and be better, Mike.
@@BoogieBoogsForever Two words: PRESUMPTUOUSLY IGNORANT. In other words, if you don't know ANYTHING about the person you are addressing, you're better off keeping your yap shut instead (makes you look less foolish).
I grew up in the Northeast part of the country, it’s a harsh place to live and it creates harsh people. I haven’t lived there for decades but that harshness is still in me. I’m trying my best to rid myself of it for my kids sake. I’m thankful for the toughness I got from growing up there but I’m glad my kids don’t have to grow up in that environment.
There's not much wrong with the architecture here, in fact it looks like a place with great potential, nice corner stores, walkable etc. In many places this would be a very desirable neighbourhood. The social conditions though e.g., the uncollected rubbish (garbage) etc point to the problems.
Yeah philadelphia’s a walkable hood for sure but sometimes walkable aint mean shit and one can still be far from important shit even if they’re in a hood that happens to have walkability and access to important shit without rural roads. A hood’s a hood. I agree this has to be easier than an unwalkable isolated Texas hood with weather that’s just as bad. But in the long run you wanna get out of a place like this. At least Texas can be improved
@@gonzalo4658It's true, ive lived in an inner city, and a suburb, and the suburbs has a hospital, grocery store, police station, gas station, right packed across the street. Meanwhile all the city had was a farmers market 2 blocks away that was only open 3 days a week.
York PA is right up there. I used to be a furnace repairman there and it made the hair on you neck stand up to get no heat call out there. Am I gonna get robbed or stiffed on repair. Never happened though
You can be poor and still be tidey. This is where the stereotypes come from and as a black MSN who's 21, seeing this makes me happy I had parents who cared.
There is actually a huge problem with illegal dumping by construction companies, and an enormous construction boom in center city. Basically, the mayor has decided that it's perfectly okay for companies to dump literal mountains of refuse on abandoned lots in poor neighborhoods as long as Center City gets a nice shiny skyscraper out of the deal. COULD these communities go out of their way to pick that all up, drive it to a dump, and pay to have it processed? Sure. But developers would just look at that cleaned up property as a freshly emptied dump, ready to be filled right back up with the detritus of construction. Add learned helplessness to that, and boom. You get these pockets of completely neglected communities sitting in the shadow of billions of dollars of investment.
@@ANunes06 Dumping is a serious problem in poor neighborhoods. But a lot of that was just trash from people in the community. You're taking a particular thing that happens and accounts for 10% of the trash, and then pretending that it's most or all of what we are seeing. That's just dishonest.
Most of my 43 years, I lived in the Philadelphia area. Its a very segregated area with plenty of corruption and those with any real money tend to hoard it and a lot of have=nots live in relative depravity. That culture has mainly gotten worse for decades and deterred investors. If Philadelphia were not situated on the 95 corridor so close to Washington DC, NYC, Pittsburgh and NJ, it would have become another Detroit (or worse) long ago.
"Those with money...." You must be a Democrat. Hey, dude, those "with money" by and large earned it. They didn't take it from you. It is called capitalism and it has produced the highest standard of living in the world. Just because some ghetto trash want to live like pigs and pop out babies they can't support, does not mean it is someone else's fault. "Those with money" are the ones paying most of the taxes supporting bums like the one sin this neighborhood. A rich person never took anything from me, or you. It was someone who is now rich that invented the very computers we are now using to talk to one another. Your attitude is exactly why things are so bad in this country, and why Democrats do so well politically. It is also the very reason these people in that community got like that. Wake the heck up!
I was raised in North and South Philadelphia thank God we moved down south 20 years ago..this is Urban decay at its finest..!!!..still love my Eagles'Phillies 'Flyers and 76'ers
I grew up in North Philly in the seventies 24th and Lehigh. The neighborhood that I lived in didn’t look nothing like this and it wasn’t depressing. In came the crack and guns which decimated our communities. I have history here and saw the transformation. How and the hell are all of these colleges in the midst of these communities that’s riddled with crime and degradation.
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Charlie goes to the worst parts of a city .. and generalizes. You never see Charlie go to Chestnut Hill, West Mount Airy, most of East MountAiry, Roxborough, Manayunk, even Center city and its surrounding districts, OVERBROOK Farms, Wynnefield around city avenue, ..hell the entire Upper NE. Philly has operating farms within the city limits nears Saul HS.. but Charlie is too fascinated by Kensington and Fairhill to venture outside the hoods and give a full picture of the city. Philly has the largest municipal park in the USA . And first rate hiking around Forbidden Drive. But Charlie wants to generalize based on hoods .. and you will never see those areas in his videos. Areas that encompass together about two thirds of the city.. if you add up the square miles of those areas from data provided by PEW trust
Hoods no where look good.. and northeast hoods tend to look more deteriorated than some in other parts of the country due to the ages of these cities..But Charlie, you do a disservice by over generalization and not knowing the well the subject matter that you are talking about
@Yz Yea Philly is very big and has very nice areas how ever I think the point is to show the worse parts of every city …..And I’m sorry I have been to a lot of cities in hoods almost all ….philly has the worse by far ….Camden and Baltimore are a close second and that it …..New Orleans is close but I really never seen anything close to Philly hoods
@@talkingmoney4499 I all fairness.. there is no such a thing of “ nice” slums, trailer parks, hollers etc. What constitutes the “worse” is always contested. Philly also has some very beautiful areas with architecture from colonial and federalist eras that can’t be matched by the cheaply built and poorly constructed new house in other cities. Chestnut Hill has beautiful, large single homes and are as much part of Philly’s landscape as the “ horrible “ areas. Philly has first rate restaurants, a fun night life and a diversity not matched by many cities. That is why people.. like my self .. who are not from Philly chose to enjoy its amenities. From the comments, it appears that the presentation of this video is unfair of the what Philly has to offer. Gross over generalization coupled with lack of knowledge about a subject is not a good look. Does Philly have the typical problems of many of American larger cities.. sure. Does Philly due to its age have dilapidated areas .. like other NE cities but it’s much larger.. certainly. But it’s a disservice to portray this as the entirety of a diverse and large city
It’s very clear which part don’t you understand?
I was homeless and addicted to dope on those streets for over 10 years. Hopped on the train to South Florida in 2012 with nothing but the clothes on my back. I finally escaped that black hole and have been clean and sober ever since. Now I travel the world performing music and sharing my testimony. Sometimes you gotta change people, places and things. 🙏🙏
Well damn!! Philadelphia is not the worst
@lizardvideoz in the northeast that’s what most people call Heroin lol. 😂
@@joenester9984 same with the west coast
Props to you bro I agree 💯
Florida saves us all.
Imagine growing up there and thinking that's just the way things are.
My cousin was born and raised in Oakland and when I brought him to where I lived in Fairfield which is an hour away, he couldn't process how nice my neighborhood and house looked. Tbh, it's a decent area where I live but the fact that he was in awe how everything looked was a bit sad. smh.
And once you're immersed in that life of poverty there is no way out unless someone gives you a break.
If that’s your reality then that is the way things are
Until your old enough, then you know that's Not the way things are.
They do think it’s a normal thing. It’s all they know.😢
No money to fix things up, but plenty of money for new stadiums.
It's not illegal to not give AF
Bread and circus
if youre referring to 76 place, that project is privately funded
who gonna put money into a people who don't value education or family or their other neighbors
😂😂😂😂@@ericsiegel1087
A Channel that makes you grateful for what you have.
Unless you live in Kensington.
Shi look like where I live
Or a channel that spreads awareness about the reality of life in the wealthiest nation in human history. You should feel REAL grateful as it seems...
I cannot imagine living in this neighborhood. No grass, no bushes or flowers, so few trees, cramped, ill-kept, crowded with cars. Maybe lots of children live indoors. No toys seen, no bike or swing. Depressing, bleak. God help the youth who must defeat hopelessness and escape.
Bikes or swings? Lol. In north Philly, anything not bolted down is stolen.
It's a lot of bikes, don't go in that corner store without it
Kids themselves get stolen.
@@bigfkd1981 Lots of grass too I bet...
We have a huge problem with trash dumping too
I grew up in Brazil . In the slums. With very little infrastructure. Dirt roads . But I felt safe there . Because people took care of each other . It was a village . We were broke but we were proud of our little house . With a slab cement floor and no doors in the bedroom. We worked hard to beautify it. Added tile , doors .
Planted flowers . The whole neighborhood did that.
This place has sewer, electric,
, phones, paved streets but it’s way more depressing than the slum where I grew up in.
People don’t take pride where they live . This happens
Grew up in Brazil too and this is what I noticed when comparing favelas with American ghettos. There’s a lot more union, family vibes and friendship in favelas. Now these ghettos are hostile as hell.
Why the family problem in America. Nasty place
Feel that. Good to hear
anyone else adviced, they have money for cars and jordans, but not for a proper home maintain?
remembers me the gipsy neighbours in my country in europe
fr... these ppl live in a beautiful area, they all got cars and clothes and all the things u said... out here in brasil on the favela i grew up we didnt had nothing but we took pride and had unity, its crazy how ''rich ppl'' here have cars and nike, over there the poor got cars yet they think they are suffering
This is what ZERO pride looks like.
There is a saying that even dogs won’t shit where they sleep….and the uncomfortable truth is, the same cannot be said for some people in our society.
Real subtle
Yeah no they don’t. They go shit in other people’s neighborhoods and then go to bed in a really nice place.
Not 'some people in our society' it's the darkest people in our society that drag everyone they can down to their level. I'd call them what they should be called, but UA-cam loves protecting them.
@@JonnyBlaze69420 Lol... fax.
Truth nailed 🎯.@@JonnyBlaze69420
These are the exact streets my drug-addict mother would drag me through as a young boy (age 1 - 6). I'm 40 and it still haunts me. That f'n train, the smells, the things I saw at such a young age, the weirdos attacking us. Insane.
Those weirdos were the Fetterman voters. Don't insult them. John would be upset.
Sorry that happened to you. Hope you’re doing okay now !
Built by democrats for democrats. Good luck. You get what you deserve.
And you probably voted Democrat to keep the city the same.
I'm glad you got out.
I am from the Netherlands and what surprises me the most about this slums is the amount of expensive cars you see parked everywhere.
This is a generational neighborhood. The younger generations live with the older generation, hence they have more disposable income to spend on things like cars and sneakers. The solid citizens work, so they can buy nice cars 'cause many don't have to worry aboot mortgages and stuff.
Also, this is an area with million dollar corners(the drug, or drugs, trade). The drug corners are the biggest employer in this area. It gives people tax-free money in various, direct and indirect, ways.
This is America, dude, everybody's aboot cars. We don't do bikes like y'all. The bigger the vehicle the better. Ha ha ha ha...
They buy them used, high mileage. For most, their car will be their only point of pride in their entire lives.
@@SouthjettyBill right there is the problem. What's more important, a safe place to live or fancy cars, fancy shoes, etc. ? The point is that everybody has to set priorities and make wise choices unless you have unlimited resources. Also, having pride in oneself and one's neighborhood doesn't cost dollars. They could get their lazy arses up and clean up the neighborhood.
People give up on buying bigger things like a home in a nicer neighborhood and just buy nice cars and clothes.
A lot of the cars you see in this video are old. Plus, no APK, low road taxes, low gas taxes. You could probably snag most of the ones you see here stateside for $4k-$30k.
Forty years ago, these properties weren't slums, crack houses etc. Sixty years ago, they were desirable homes, with good families in them. Seventy years ago, everybody in them had a job. Get the picture?
Back when Germantown was Germans and blacks were still in the south.
You can say it. That’s the fact whether anyone likes it or not.
Nah, 40 years ago that was a slum. You gotta go back farther. Thirty years ago it was worse than today. I remember taking the bus in 1992 to Temple Medical Center about 5 blocks from there.No businesses around the hospital - just trucks. Not just food trucks, but shop trucks: "corner store" trucks, office supply trucks, you name it. Come 5pm, they rolled up and away. Height of the tax default demo era (City demo'd buildings that were vacant and behind on their prop taxes to keep from becoming crack dens). Two blocks off Broad on either side whole blocks of buildings were demoed. Often a front row would be left standing, but everything behind was rubble. So many demoed vacancies that no one was standing about. Alternate blocks a ghost town.
facts! I remember, we used to go over to K&A to a nice skating rink and to Erie Ave to the House of Bargains.....it was nice back in the 80s.
What a bad take@@NoahBodze
@NoahBodze Anything to validate your racism I guess
Cures my depression in under 3 minutes, every time...thanks Charlie!
Being from southern New Jersey and a frequent visitor to Philly , I can def confirm that after dark , during the scary hours, northern Philadelphia is one of the scariest places that I have ever walked through. It’s not just the atmosphere, which is terrible enough, but it’s that eery feeling you get when every corner you turn could be a surprise.
Crazy shit is these were nice ass neighborhoods back in the day but people trashed them
Facts north philly is one of the worst places in the country I was born and raised in philly living in the western part of United states now its laughable what they consider the hood out here
Are you a democrat?
@@stonewallis4373 are you talking to me?
@@johnpaul12288 and that happens all over the country in New York back in the day the project's were all white,compton,ca used to be a all white suburb unfortunately are people are destroying neighborhoods with violence and drugs and tryna tell people that look like them that they cant come to their neighborhood and town and that they gotta check in it's sad everybody wants to be a gangsta
The cars look like they are worth more than the houses.
That’s how America is now a days, muthafuckas a have the nicest looking car clean and everything but where they lay they head at be a different type of story😂don’t get me wrong the insides of the houses be looking good but damn you gotta beamer with tints and nice rims but where you stay be🤦🏾♂️😂
Yep. Seems like that's the case in a lot of these types of videos. SMH.
What’s the old saying? “You can sleep in your car, but you can’t drive your house”. 😂
@@samanthab1923
That’s a good one Lol
lol at the BMW 6 series and Audi A4 in the middle of this cesspit
I've been working on a screenplay for years that is set in Philadelphia. I want to thank you for the footage. This helps me with my mental picture of what life in the row house neighborhoods is like now versus then.
I grew up in a neighborhood just like this in Atlanta back in the 70s & 80s. It did seem normal to us, but I remember watching TV shows like Hawaii Five 0 and The Love Boat thinking "wow, how can I go to a place like that." I joined the U.S. Marines when I graduated high school, and after bootcamp and MOS school I got sent to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (on Oahu). I never went back home to Atlanta.
Good for you
Same but grew up in Ohio and went to the Navy
Worst part is if you go back and look at pictures from the 1950s these were beautiful middle class neighborhoods. Philadelphia row homes are actually very well constructed, inside they all have oak floors beautiful walnut inlays, detailed staircases, and it all went to shit.
All white neighborhoods I’m sure and when they left all went down hill
Almost as if your gov’t flooded the inner cities with crack and heroin or something 🤔
That's what happens when blacks move in
Planned destruction.
Just because your poor doesn’t mean you have to be a fu-in slob!
I’m from Philly and I will put it like this, you don’t know that this is bad until you leave. You literally grow up thinking this is just how outside looks.
I moved to Salt Lake City at 28. I’m 37 now and man I still have a hard time battling what my normality is while growing. Haha
Ruim é aqui nos bairros pobres do Brasil ......
How can the USA allow its people to live like this!!!???
@@whitemaninventedeverything9511 tbh cuz even the Hispanic parts of town rude down as they looked are kept clean by the residents. Really only the black parts are litter everywhere
@@Imadeyoumad288 this a Hispanic neighborhood tho lmao
It looks more like a garbage collection problem than anything else.
realistically public services such as garbage collection are paid for based on income and especially property tax. If there is nothing to tax then this is what u get.
@@janedeane3656 Are you serious? Here in Mexico, the garbage collection chain is a public service, which is paid in spite of taxes, but which supplies if not almost all areas of the cities, then the majority.
This is a perfect example of what happens after white flight.
Yep
Damn. This is depressing. There is NO WAY in hell I would bring children into an environment like this.
That's YOU though, other's simply don't have that choice.
@@GS-fd2pf they do have a choice to move some people don’t want to leave they environment and see better
probably because you are not black
@@GS-fd2pf yes they do, stop being dumb
@@DAV1979 that’s an excuse bro I know somebody personally who moved to LA with no money no family and had to live in skid row (Google it ) he knew he wanted more and better for himself and he didn’t want to live there for ever this Nigga lived in a homeless shelter , got a job , saved and got a car and next thing you know he got an apt after getting that apt the Nigga moved to Vegas cause it’s cheaper rent like bro… idgaf what’s the situation is you can get out of it if YOU really want to anything else is an excuse! If he can do that shit from nothing anybody can
I was born and raise in north philly right on 25th and Lehigh ave. Went to Walton elementary, fitzsimmons middle school, dobbins high school on 22nd and Lehigh. I managed to move out of philly at 19 knowing then that it was a trap for all that lived there and never been back only to see family. Been gone for 20 years now. Moving from north philly turned out to be the best decision I ever made. This video is much appreciated and further makes me feel glad that I left.
Adrian Lane you made the best choice for your future.....
oh ok that what's up i grew up on Bonsall street i went to fitz as well graduated went to william penn once i left its no reason for me to go back down there now im planning to move from philly for good but i will never forget where i came from 💪💯
I used to cop on 5th and Cambria..bring back to Atlantic City and double it.
Wow. I lived on 27th and Huntington and also went to Walton but a different junior high and high school. I left Philly after graduating from LaSalle and entered the army.
Yeah, and the trip out part about it? All they have to do is clean their funky a*s up! That place could be decent
I served in the Navy with a black kid from this part of Philly! He said it was a blessing to leave Philly and be somewhere normal lol
People make slums. Take few blocks make them new within 5 years it would be a slum.
Going to have 2 years sober on August 7th, 2023. Watching the video go by Water Street (1:10 in video) gave me chills. I spent many nights in that dirt lot, shooting coke for days on end. I couldn’t stop. I hadn’t showered or eaten in days and definitely wasn’t raised that way. I grew up with both parents, both Philly cops and in Northeast Philly. Graduated high school and went to college. The drugs got the best of me. I started with dope in ‘98 and was stuck for 15 years. Relapsed on coke and couldn’t get clean until 2021. There is a way out, a better life. You just have to give yourself a chance.
Congratulations on making that change. I know it ain't easy, and every day is a struggle. Stay strong, and stay safe.
Not only that man you gotta forgive yourself for all that time you spent doing that. Let it go and move forward, congrats on getting clean.
Wow, somehow you did it - a day at a time. Congrats!!
Congratulations man, all the best to you in your best life
Ты молодец.
CharlieBo has driven down every mean street in this country and if he says Philadelphia is the rock-bottom worst then Philadelphia is the rock-bottom worst.
The narrow streets must be bad for Charlie having come from Detroit where even the hoods have some breathing room in their wide streets.
Detroit is the absolute gutter it's way worse plus there is nothing there and no people
Yeah you would expect some places in the south to be worse. Atlanta, Nashville, Even Miami. The northern states are supposed to be rich enough with taxpayer dollars to fix this.
@@MrSeekerOfPeace the statistic about the southern red states taking in more government money is a misleading one tbh. Most of that money goes to agriculture subsidies and military bases, which are disproportionately concentrated in these states. The money spent in these large urban areas up north is by contrast overwhelmingly funneled into welfare programs and the like, not that we don’t have our fair share of that here in the south, lol.
Not all areas of Philadelphia are like this. There are quite a few areas which are good. But the average crime rates in those areas is still somewhat higher than the national average.
Philadelphia is one of the most lively city in America. So many people move here despite having an option to not...
THIS IS WHAT ONE PARTY DEMOCRAT RULE LOOKS LIKE
Every bad area has grown men just hanging out on the street during working hours
With Charlie having been everywhere I feel inclined to believe him when he says this is the most horrible he's seen
Seriously though. It wasnt this bad. They arent picking up the trash at all the whole city is out if control
It remind me of the Bronx tbh when I was little... just rats and garbage everywhere. Also just like NYC what weather is it cus I see kids wearing tshirts then kids wearing full blown winter coats... NYC be like that too.
I live in Bangkok and there are slums and the people have much less than this, but they take pride in their neighborhoods and do the best with the little they have. These places just seem like nobody cares, almost like the people *hate* where they’re from. This whole video just reeks of desperation and pessimism and apathy.
@@Quaristice Bangkok slums are a vacation compared to North Philly ...it is a bad place nobody knows how bad until you see it in person
I was going to say the same thing
I was going down that area back in the early nineties to buy coke I've been clean for 14 years now and thank God I survived those missions it's crazy dangerous down there
When you see murals on the walls get out!
I find it crazy that one of the richest countries in the world has so many, very bad looking, slums. And I only know about them because of UA-cam-channels such as this. As a non-American I wonder if the politicians in your country ever talk about these areas, or is it just something they sweep under the carpet?
Democrats did that
Both democrats and Republicans are almost completely worthless and incompetent on what's going on outside of their wealthy circle
I think it has a lot more to do with culture than anything else. Americans simply do not care about neighborhood pride. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you need to throw trash everywhere, start shooting people, joining drug gangs, etc.
Crime creates poverty, not the other way around.
@@dodgedemonsrtx And Jew funds democrat... and sometimes republican... and often both.
The Los Angeles mayor race this year is almost 100% about homeless, drugs and crime.
It isn’t the buildings that make it a slum, it’s the people.
How dare you tell the truth? How dare you speak heresy against the religion of Political Correctness? Be careful going to Canada or Europe, if they find out you said what you said you'll go to prison for Hate Speech.
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So sad. Philly was such an important part of our revolutionary history.
You will be enslaved if you are a Caucasian according to the Bible for the r@pe robbery and murder of the blacks Hispanic and native Americans.. or if you are still alive when christ return and bother way he is black... you will be killed by christ and the angels.. the Caucasian race is hated by god.. romans 9 13 ... The Caucasian is a decendant of esau whose seed is cursed and spoiled also reffered by God as the people of his curse.. An we will enslave you... the Bible says it... 12 tribes of Israel the real Jewish are the people your people killed for the revolution hahaha right hahahaha.. get ready for slavery more that what you put us through
Its still an amazing city. But sections of north south and west are really bad. When i first moved here i worked by independance hall and it was really cool to see the place where they all signed the constitution telling britain to eat a dick. I fuck with that mentality heavy.
Completely agree. Seems like something in the 1860s set this place up for the trajectory it went on. Mhm.
@@nickperez_ 1960’s with the rise of single motherhood.
Drugs probably is what made Philadelphia not evolve just like a lot of places, but some places seem to move on from all the drugs and grow out of it. Crack epidemic hit hard around these areas and this is just one of the places where people never probably stop using drugs.
thank you for the videos charlie. vids like this keep reminding me to be thankful for what i got. grew up in poor bell glade florida near miami. but always had grass and sunshine and room to play around. i can't imagine living there. makes where i grew up like paradise.
might sell my house in New Zealand and buy a unit here, be cheap right ?
WOW, I would love to live there, nothing to do all day but sleep and eat. And if you get bored you can do some graffiti or destroy property: what fun, what a great life! Best of all, the Democrats take care of everything for you.
Always crazy to think that not even 30 minutes away is some of the wealthiest counties in Pennsylvania.
I know. It's crazy that just a few miles away from where modern society flourishes, these people are unable to adapt to the standards of advanced civilization. It's almost as if they're an invasive species that can only consume but do nothing to participate in making the local ecosystem flourish.
@@Danlovestrivium I cannot speak to any of that since that has never been my life however I did go to a private school with a prominent football program in the region that often-had transfers on scholarship from areas such as this. Some of the stories I heard them speak of which was normalized to them was just heart wrenching. I don't think most of these people want to live like this but its the card they've been dealt and unless you have a great support system at home to get you out of that area it is probably near impossible to not fall into drugs,gangs,etc.
@@EviK5000 Making excuses and not holding people accountable is exactly how this has spiraled out of control like it is today. If you think blacks are incapable of contributing to a successful society, then you and I agree to a certain extent. I don't think it's impossible, I believe their culture is completely corrupted and until they have that completely stripped away, they will forever be on the bottom. You and I agree, it's near impossible for them with their current culture to not fall into gangs, drugs and prison when they spend so much of their time glorifying it and idolizing the worst mankind has to offer.
@@Danlovestrivium you got it backwards. The suburbs consume the energy from the cities.
@@Danlovestrivium Idiot.
People also need to know that this is just a section in Philly...NOT ALL OF PHILADELPHIA looks like this...
yeah it does
Exactly...just a section people..lol
@@fraternitas5117 stop lying...I live in Mt. AIRY Philadelphia and it looks nothing like this..lol
@@fraternitas5117 people in Fairmount would beg to differ
@@fraternitas5117 You've clearly never been to Philly.
Can’t blame it on nobody but themselves, if the government came in and cleaned up and fixed everything it’ll be dirty and filthy within weeks
that's what happens when you put all the poorest people in 1 town and ignore them. I agree that the streets and houses would immediately get messed up again but only because that's one of the many results of neglect for the people that live in these areas.
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My mother was born and raised in North phila and I remember visiting my grand parents there, it was clean, safe and well cared for. I remember the women on sat morning with buckets scrubbing the steps. They were poor, but took pride in their homes, churches, and neighborhood.
No trees, but each neighborhood had thier park, or 'squares' as they called them, where you could walk on grass and breath in a glimmer of green oasis. The neighborhood took good care of those precious patches of green.
Sadly those values are gone.
New gen don’t care
At least the graffiti doesn't appear to be as out of control as it is in NYC 90 miles to the north. If you ever watch UA-camr Cash Jordan's vids of apts for lease in NYC, just about every part of NYC (even its somewhat nice parts) is full of graffiti. It's sad when things like that have to be used to rate an American city.
Hope you're in a better place now, and if you have your own kids, hopefully you can give them more positive experiences.
YES. See? It's an excuse they have now. But poor folk can take pride. Being clean and respectful costs nothing.
values go out the window when drugs and crime takes over a community
Our country hasn't come far in the last 100 years. There are you tube videos out there of the slums in NYC. Poor people living in terrible housing with no electricity or running water. But the message, er the lies that are advertised so heavily on television is that everyone in America lives in a 3 bedroom house in a wonderful city, they all drive new cars, go on cruises, take the family to Disneyland and eat out every night. Thank you tube for telling the truth... Here's what the country really looks like. Politicians don't care.
Absolutely 💯
And they never will, unfortunately.
America is what you make of it. Stop implying otherwise. I’m not college educated yet I live in a gated community, own 3 cars including a Mercedes and a beautiful classic Mustang. I work hard and that’s all it takes. Some people are just lazy losers who will never do anything to help or better themselves. I used to live in Philadelphia and it’s a sheet hole. The best thing I ever did was leave. I’ll never live in a city again. Almost every large city is controlled by Democrats, and they all have rampant crime, poverty and dirty/ crappy living conditions and high taxes.
Abolish Capitalism now!!!
Capitalism demands destitute poverty to justify the labor conditions.
A Liberal city at it's finest! I am so happy!
Welcome to the result of almost 70 + years of unchallenged liberal Democrat rule of a city.
So glad that my parents worked hard to get us out of the hood and give us a good life.
God bless your parents 🙏
Charlie you not wrong man, and I know you from Detroit. I was raised in Philly and I’m telling you that everything you’re seeing puts a toll on people living here everyday. The vibe is cold and different. You’re scared to go out past dark. It affects people without them knowing until they move out and realize what they came from. I live in NYC now and I love it here. I can go out and enjoy myself at night, there’s police monitoring most blocks, the people are more lively and like to show out here (in a good way). I will always say that if you not from Philly or got family there DONT COME HERE trust me even the main attractions like the love sign or the art museum aren’t worth it. I’m saying this with love though because I love Philly but this ain’t a tourist spot
EDIT: I LIVED IN NORTH PHILLY WAY PAST DOWNTOWN SO I AM SORRY IF WE HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES I GET IT DOWNTOWN IS FINE BUT AGAIN I LIVED UP N BROAD ST SO I WOULD NOT KNOW HOW IT IS STOP @ ME SAYIN DOWNTOWN IS NICE COOL IM TALKIN ABOUT NORTH PHILLY AND UPTOWN
Plenty of tourists in Philly encounter no problems. I went there myself a few years ago and enjoyed it. Of course in life anything can happen but if you stick to the tourist spots you should be okay. There's plenty to see in Philly.
Who made it that way?
@@Grundig305 civil rights era sir.
@uncletom No it was the Persians and there conquests
@@Ffollies that’s lucky for you. Last year I was in center city I had homeless men throw actual human shit at me while my girl was running away lol
I left with nothing but what was on my back at 17 I'll be 31 this June I'm proud to be from there but won't stay long enough to see the streets lights come on. Damn I miss being in Olney/lawncrest/oxford circle,frankford.. etc
0:27 tell me that ain't the random explosion sound in the distance on gta online 😂
I live in Philly and I NEVER venture into this part of town. It’s honestly like a completely different world . This is coming from someone who was born and raised in Philly
You're probably from Fox Chase.
Greetings from Spain
What about Camden
@@floridadashcam nah Fox Chase is near Pittsburgh bro on the other side of the state and most Western PA residents never travel to Eastern PA i was thinking more of maybe Villanova or Westchester as they are pretty close to the philly lol
@SAMPLE TEXT nah bro. Fox Chase is next to burholme and Rockledge in the northeast.
Not only is it falling apart but the people are loud, obnoxious and ignorant and it’s obvious they could care less about their neighborhoods the amount of trash on the streets kills me, you don’t need to have money to pick up after yourself, a broom from the dollar store works
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what else we can expect in a ghetto neighborhood?
So much about keeping your house repaired etc needs money that these people don’t have
@@user-kv1hy3vu1k yea, go through these neighborhoods and the cars parked in front of the falling down houses are worth more than the houses. Priorities, they’d rather drop 10 grand on new rims than a new roof or windows
Wait isn’t it the cities responsibility to cleans streets? Street sweepers exist for a reason.
the late-model BMW convertible at 2:30. LOL
Have you filmed in Kensington, Philadelphia????
The trash problem in Philadelphia is unreal. How can anyone be ok with this?? The rat and roach not to mention disease has to be everywhere. What is wrong with these people?? Nobody's going to come in and give you a free cleaning. Do it yourself for christ sake.
They just don’t want to get up off their asses and do any work. The area is a direct reflection of the people who inhabit it. Gross
I BLAME TRUMP AND BIDEN FOR THIS, politicians don’t give a fuck!
Amen!
@headfullofacid8088 full of doctors and lawyers no doubt.
I was born and raised in North Philly. Lived in Germantown before leaving Philly in 1989 and never went back. The area looked like this when I left and 31 years later still looks the same. Wow!
Like, pick up some garbage, spread some grass seed and grab some paint. I mean, anything would make an improvement.
Did you move to Belair?
@@daftwod you could say that! West Coast
Do you always just roll thorugh stop signs ?
It says STOP ! Not roll through !!!
The filth unbelievable, America is really on a downward spiral
I came to the US in 1970 from a civilized country. As a graduate student out west I came to Philly to visit a professor at Temple Univ. I was amazed as the squalor we had to drive through. Here we are 52 years later. No change. Doesn't anyone have enough self respect even to pick up garbage? What's the matter with this country?!
You answered your own question. This is a shitty and deplorable area because it’s populated by shitty, deplorable people who will turn over a pile of bricks after you give them a city
redlining and cities all over the world are the human filth capital even in places like europe and Asia but in Philly its due to Horrible funding thats why car centric Suburbs are better then "walkable" shitholes
When the world treats you like trash, you trash it in response.
@@JW-uy2onhow is it the worlds fault? It’s not. It’s your fault if you want to live like this. Period.
What's the matter with that city, is the better question. It doesn't represent the country. At all.
I live in Africa and this is no different to the urban hellscape here. Well done on recreating the vibe
Wow. That's deep... and sad... :|
@Peter T Hey Pete that’s a bit racist my friend. Africans and African Americans are not the same.
@@kryptedson3732 Blacks are the same. Wherever they appear, there is a problem. Sad, but true. Kudos to exceptions among them.
@@kryptedson3732 well technically they are but african americans are just like americans but with african descent
@@kryptedson3732 Are they not?
How about Molowi? Can you do one for that city?
Watching safely from my Bucks county farmhouse. I’ve lived here for years never ventured in to Philly. Some areas seem interesting. I’d like to check out the museums 1 day.
There is no amount of money thrown at these areas that would make a measureable difference. For some of these slums, we just need to push a reset button and start all over. Such despair.
Gentrify, that’ll get rid of the slums
This is demonstrably untrue, and for the dozens of urban neighborhoods that city governments did push the “reset” button on in the 1970s, nothing changed except residents were now living in gov’t projects instead of private houses/apts. Measurably worse scenario due to isolation from services, notably police services. What fixes these areas is concentrated, deliberate redevelopment, over years and years, called “gentrification”
That's brcause there are so many white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan members living in these areas. If the inhabitants were mainly black and Hispanic, these areas would rival Beverley Hills.
No one wants to say it but the reason its like this is because blacks cannot successfully live and acclimate into a modern society. If blacks in the US didn't have the government giving them handouts, where they live would quickly look just like how they live in Africa. Modern society is simply too difficult for them as a whole and it's not fair that we (every other race) ask them to rise up to a standard they're not capable of rising to. They need to be given the opportunity to live in huts without the stresses of conforming to advanced cultures.
@@RaymondJayliss but gentrification just pushes the poor people in these areas elsewhere, creating new slums or homeless camps (see the tenderloin)
I used to work in the school systems all over Philly. I just want to say, one of the schools were so bad, it was like kids being in prison, they were not even allowed to play outside. When I left the city for some time and returned, I realized how bad things were.
Lazy people and body seems to care about their lives many there must die very young be really who could live like this i my self could not to nasty for me probably no respect for each other dozens help any body God bless you poor souls
My mother went through HELL to make sure I didn't end up at MLK high school or Germantown because of how bad those schools were. x.x
@@DavidJohnson-yy5fy The problem is that lazy criminal-types are breeding at high rates. Some places will never recover and kids that have potential get sucked in to the trappings of the communities culture.
Deploying national troops in ghetto cities like Philly would make the drive by shooting disappear and won't be any child abduction. But that's going to be human violation and r*cism so the kids and people are stuck with these terrible conditions.
Lived in philly for fifty years left in 2006. Not the same city .
Delete darkness and evil,,,
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So many row homes were so well cared for and to see this is disturbing.....
I spent 5 years in West Philly for college in the 80s. This is what it was like outside the bubble of our campus.
Seems like things haven’t changed much in Philly 😳. I used to get extremely depressed in the winter living in such a nightmarish landscape that my parents were begging me to transfer to a different college.
I live about 10-15 mins from the zoom. My area has changed greatly and reflects the positive changes but some areas I’ve seen always have me shocked.
We’re you at Temple?
Drexel? I currently am
@@joec7256
Penn
My family went up to Drexel in 91 because my brother was looking into their Engineering program. Man. Outside of the campus, I wasn't thrilled. I went back to the same area in 2001 and seeing the piles of garbage everywhere was sobering.
Changing the mindset of people that live like that is damn near impossible. If someone cleaned that neighborhood, it would probably be trashed again in a few weeks. People wouldn't think, "oh let me appreciate how someone cleaned it is and keep it that way." They will think someone cleaned it once, so they should clean it again. It's no point in being upset at someone who thinks that way because you can't change 3 or 4 generations of that type of mindset overnight, if at all. If it was so easy to fix, it would have been done already.
you could fix it over a few decades, but the methods that could do that would be viewed as cruel, authoritarian or just simply tricks to bring whiteness to minority communities/cultures.
That or you just keep throwing happy, positive and pro family messaging at the community for a few decades non stop while also mocking and dehumanizing the criminals and other people that hold these neighborhoods hostage in hopes that something changes at some point. Or Make the criminals seem so vile that even the locals wont tolerate their existence. Maybe give them good education thats worth something and keep up the messaging there as well.
I totally agree 😐
Gentrification is going to clean it up watch and see
No, it's not, give the children in these neighbourhoods the best education the country has to offer and the "mindset" and wealth of the area would change in a generation. This is the result ghettoisation and it was done on purpose. The older people in this neighbourhood were alive when black people literally weren't allowed vote, that's how recent it was, and America hasn't done enough to atone for the sins of slavery and oppression
thats what happens to spoiled ppl lol they have it good just lazy mfs
Same in many UK cities...
That’s my part of the City, I’ll always love it. I’ve just always wished the City 🏙️ was cleaner, even as a kid. Now I live in H-Town, still get very homesick🏠 at times…lol
They don't call it FILTHYdelphia for nothing!
It’s getting worse
@@samanthab1923 they literally voted for a dead person, that’s their level of intelligence. 😂
@@Labyrinth6000 How is that even possible...wtf?
I heard that first back in the 90's, from the "late" Mr Limbaugh.
@@crystalwater505 If I'm correct - I believe the guy died during his campaign...but ended up with enough votes to win. Very sad.
It costs nothing for citizens to pick up trash and leave it out for the city to dispose of. Most of these people have chosen to live like this.
Looks like the street sweeper has broken down (this place is f/up)
For the city to dispose of..??? Bruh did you not see those multiple piles upon piles of garbage ..the city dgaf ...but if you got parking tickets 🎟 they on ya ass 😂😂😂
The city didn’t put the trash there
@@BrendanpMccann Maybe it’s different in your slum but my taxes pay for curbside trash removal.
I hear ya
How do service vehicles get around
I am truly bless! Smh these kids have to live like this smh my lord.
And they keep voting for the same people who are keeping them in this situation...smh
Fetterman will save the day! lmao.
Pennsylvania is run by Republicans. Philly votes Democrat but they are outvoted by the rest of the state. You won't find this level of poverty in any Democrat-run state.
@@JW-uy2on PA GOP stabbed Dr. Oz and Mastriano in the back. I'm moving to FL - DeSantis is a beast.
@@jonathan6480 You know Florida is phasing in a $15 minimum wage, right?
Too stupid to know their ignorant and too ignorant to know they are stupid.....there's only one solution to this problem it's welfare reform....if you keep paying people to live with no incentive to work or get educated this is what you get....only 7 percent of kids in Baltimore public schools are doing math at grade level and Philly is probably the same.....that is doom just more generations of loyal voters for the communists
These row houses are the leftovers from the era when the area was dominated by huge factories and the factories cared about their workers living nearby. These homes were built for the workers. Now the factories and the jobs are gone it has become a Haven for people on public assistance and squatters
Exactly. The Democrats in control of the city for the last 60 years have successfully chased all the employers away, while enabling the welfare state. It’s predictable in almost every Democrat city.
(Aka black peoole)
I don't think this place is considered a haven for anyone.
What area of Philadelphia is it?
They didn't do it out of caring for their employees. They did it to keep them dependent.
Atleast here in Gary n Chicago we have big beautiful tree's.. Parks.. You can be in the south surburban hoods of cook county and they have a gang of parks and forest preserves.. Plus we got the beautiful Michigan lake front n Indiana Dunes National Park..
I was born and raised in north Philly Blumburg projects and those were the best days of my life !
Philly slums have always looked like this. I moved from Philly to Baltimore in 1966. The Philly slums were physically worse than the Baltimore slums even back then, but the Baltimore slums were (if such a thing were possible) more dangerous - I literally have the scars to prove it. Haven't lived in either place for 30 some years now.
I accidentally ended up driving through a slum in Baltimore and I was very glad to get out of it!!
Is philly worse than Baltimore now?
@@Horror_Film_Aficionado probably not
I'm from Philly and I agree. Really I think philly is cleaner now compared to the 80s and 90s
@@Horror_Film_Aficionado no
No matter how poor a person or family's is you can still keep your surrounding neat and clean this is a fact. I know lots of poor/low income people who have the cleanest homes and yards I have ever seen in my life. I grew up in VA in a small mostly white town with 10% of black folks living there. My parents and and our 4 neighbors (all of us black folks) kept our yards and homes, neat and clean always and we were all low income back then (70-90's) NO excuses.
@a Listen your replied to me so it BOTHERS you enough to reply to me. BTW I used to live 15 minutes from Philly and I can tell you right now the inside of most of these row houses are JUST as nasty as the GOT damn outside of these homes. I had lots of relatives and people I knew who lived IN THESE row houses so i know this for a fact. Still no excuse to live dirty just because your poor.
Those people care more about their cars than their neighborhood!!!!!
that was tense behind that dodge
1:27 Imagine if these guys took 10 min to sweep up their block instead of standing around in garbage
Not their nature....
dat racis!
Welfare Americans being useless eaters, they will be the first ones to blame someone else for their problems
look at the amount of sneakers hanging from the transmission cable
@@a2bmoving526 just like your nature is to hate instead of motivate...
Charlie, I think you may well be right. When it comes to urban blight in the US, with the possible exception of Baltimore, Philadelphia seems to take the cake. Disgusting. I've been a city boy for many years, but I don't know how the locals in these Philly neighborhoods live like that?? I'd get a van I could live in, and I'd GTFO of that sh-thole ASAP.
join the army
Memphis too.
So you are the same as them. You wouldn't connect with neighbors and make a community beautification group to turn this around, no, you would just up and head out. So you're just as bad as this, except worse cause you grew up in a different place and know 'better'. So you think you're better, but you're actually worse. Do and be better, Mike.
@@BoogieBoogsForever Two words: PRESUMPTUOUSLY IGNORANT. In other words, if you don't know ANYTHING about the person you are addressing, you're better off keeping your yap shut instead (makes you look less foolish).
@@BoogieBoogsForever you can't help those who don't want to be helped 🤷♀️.
What happen to block captains saturday cleanups on your block?
I grew up in the Northeast part of the country, it’s a harsh place to live and it creates harsh people. I haven’t lived there for decades but that harshness is still in me. I’m trying my best to rid myself of it for my kids sake. I’m thankful for the toughness I got from growing up there but I’m glad my kids don’t have to grow up in that environment.
it cost NOTHING to clean the sidewalks in front of your home, or apt.
Black people 😶
it's easier to blame everyone else instead
WAKANDA FOREVA !!!!!!!!!
It's sad how some neighborhoods are cut off from federal funding
It looks nearly as good as some of the dump areas in Kingston, Jamaica that are called " garrisons"...
There's not much wrong with the architecture here, in fact it looks like a place with great potential, nice corner stores, walkable etc. In many places this would be a very desirable neighbourhood. The social conditions though e.g., the uncollected rubbish (garbage) etc point to the problems.
This is what I be trying to say lol If these are the slums in the US then it aint that bad appearance wise. It's just a matter of cleaning up.
Yeah philadelphia’s a walkable hood for sure but sometimes walkable aint mean shit and one can still be far from important shit even if they’re in a hood that happens to have walkability and access to important shit without rural roads. A hood’s a hood. I agree this has to be easier than an unwalkable isolated Texas hood with weather that’s just as bad. But in the long run you wanna get out of a place like this. At least Texas can be improved
Really? Just pick up trash on the ground and some new paint? That's a very innocent view that doesn't take into account all the fentanyl zombies
@@gonzalo4658It's true, ive lived in an inner city, and a suburb, and the suburbs has a hospital, grocery store, police station, gas station, right packed across the street. Meanwhile all the city had was a farmers market 2 blocks away that was only open 3 days a week.
Trash men are afraid to go in there.
Can you imagine how beautiful this old city would have looked, restored and cared for by nice working class people.
Yes heart breaking really
@@davidzellow1292 Uh... that includes the Italian mafia too...
You mean normal civilized people? Not these people.
York PA is right up there. I used to be a furnace repairman there and it made the hair on you neck stand up to get no heat call out there. Am I gonna get robbed or stiffed on repair. Never happened though
@X vonPocalypse because of the same people who destroyed the city.
Good to see Progressive policy and culture is winning. Thank you Democrats.
Gotta love sanctuary cities, liberal law and order police policies. Keep voting Democrat.😂
You can be poor and still be tidey. This is where the stereotypes come from and as a black MSN who's 21, seeing this makes me happy I had parents who cared.
There is actually a huge problem with illegal dumping by construction companies, and an enormous construction boom in center city.
Basically, the mayor has decided that it's perfectly okay for companies to dump literal mountains of refuse on abandoned lots in poor neighborhoods as long as Center City gets a nice shiny skyscraper out of the deal.
COULD these communities go out of their way to pick that all up, drive it to a dump, and pay to have it processed? Sure. But developers would just look at that cleaned up property as a freshly emptied dump, ready to be filled right back up with the detritus of construction.
Add learned helplessness to that, and boom. You get these pockets of completely neglected communities sitting in the shadow of billions of dollars of investment.
Lucky you.
imagine everybody got together in the community and cooked for each other and had young kids and everyone else help clean the community
What's an MSN
@@ANunes06 Dumping is a serious problem in poor neighborhoods. But a lot of that was just trash from people in the community. You're taking a particular thing that happens and accounts for 10% of the trash, and then pretending that it's most or all of what we are seeing. That's just dishonest.
Most of my 43 years, I lived in the Philadelphia area.
Its a very segregated area with plenty of corruption and those with any real money tend to hoard it and a lot of have=nots live in relative depravity. That culture has mainly gotten worse for decades and deterred investors. If Philadelphia were not situated on the 95 corridor so close to Washington DC, NYC, Pittsburgh and NJ, it would have become another Detroit (or worse) long ago.
Pittsburgh? Philly and Pittsburgh economies really don’t communicate with each other - also it’s 95 not 96
Close to Pittsburgh?
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"Those with money...." You must be a Democrat. Hey, dude, those "with money" by and large earned it. They didn't take it from you. It is called capitalism and it has produced the highest standard of living in the world. Just because some ghetto trash want to live like pigs and pop out babies they can't support, does not mean it is someone else's fault. "Those with money" are the ones paying most of the taxes supporting bums like the one sin this neighborhood. A rich person never took anything from me, or you. It was someone who is now rich that invented the very computers we are now using to talk to one another. Your attitude is exactly why things are so bad in this country, and why Democrats do so well politically. It is also the very reason these people in that community got like that. Wake the heck up!
Tell me you don’t know anything about the size of Pennsylvania without telling me you dont know anything 😂😂😂
I am from the hood and when I went to Philly for the first time I realized that I had it good growing up in the projects.
I was raised in North and South Philadelphia thank God we moved down south 20 years ago..this is Urban decay at its finest..!!!..still love my Eagles'Phillies 'Flyers and 76'ers
I grew up in North Philly in the seventies 24th and Lehigh. The neighborhood that I lived in didn’t look nothing like this and it wasn’t depressing. In came the crack and guns which decimated our communities. I have history here and saw the transformation. How and the hell are all of these colleges in the midst of these communities that’s riddled with crime and degradation.
You can thank the CIA for that.
Smart man