BRITS React to Visiting the Poorest County in America
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2024
- OB Daz, Gaynor and OB Aidan react to the poorest county in the USA.
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8:00 I agree, I grew up part of my life lower class as a kid and one thing my mother and father made sure we had was a clean home. No excuses. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you have to be dirty. Even if you are out in the boonies, burn your trash at least. Sweep 😂
I'm pleasantly surprised by how informed and level headed a lot of the people interviewed were. It kind of shined a light on the way even my own unrealized biases and beliefs shaped how I viewed them before I heard them speak. It's refreshing to see how alike most of us are. Good stuff.
This guy lives near me in Milwaukee. He makes so much good content. Keep reacting to him
Tommy G is an absolute legend. One of my fav “Journalists”
My granny always said you don't need money to be clean and tidy. She lived in west virginia, another very poor state.
if you liked this i would recommend Peter Santenello as well, love his work in this type of documentaries.
I just had that dude pop up in my feed last week and I watched three different videos from him. He is outstanding. Seems like a solid dude. What videos did I watch, he met up with a couple in Louisiana and they went to their houseboat (not their main house) and stayed out there with them for a bit. It was great. That couple also has a YT channel called Dat Cajun Life, which is good too. Then I watched him get up with a farmer in Louisiana, that was good too. I can't remember what the other one was, maybe I only watched two. I plan on watching more of his stuff though.
10/10 Peter makes incredible videos
I’m not a fan. I liked some of his videos but when I saw the one he did on Chicago (where I’m from) with a supposed “expert” who’s actually a complete whack job, it ruined his credibility for me. He definitely pushes an agenda and I don’t like that.
@@Pixelpunch3 ... What he did he do? Focus on the South Side?
@@buddystewart2020 not that one. He’s done more than one on Chicago. But either way what’s your point?
That's Beverly Hills compared to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Bless everyone on the res. Poor doesn't know color, that's for sure. We got a lot more in common than we think.
I was just thinking that. You could tough it out for a night somewhere in that county I'm sure, and I'll guarantee they'll have Walmart. Pine Ridge is just vast residential badlands.
Never thought yall would react to Tommy G, he caters more towards the younger audience but definitely react to more
I'm 38 and I like Tommy G quite a bit! He has such a good way with people and it keeps me fresh with my slang and other American cultures.
i love the type of videos you guys are reacting to
I know from experience
Poor rural folks in the south are some of the most generous faithful lotal people on earth 🙏🙏
Another even more fascinating series is Abandoned. I believe you all will find it mind blowing. Also I think Office Bloke Mike would find it intriguing. It's similar in premise to this and explores similar areas. Cheers 🥂
My family is from that area but all moved to Indiana where I live now. Pike, floyd and Johnson county kentucky is where my family grew up.
We didn’t see any old people
I knew it would be my state. I live in Louisville, home of the KY Derby, and it’s like a completely different world than some of the other places.
“I feel like a black man here will have just as much opportunities because there is no opportunities” 12:11 lol he didn’t think before he said that
aiden made a good point and father, money does not mean happiness.
Joe O'briben loves this
I believe some of these cites where great at one point whenever there was a big factory or industry that brought in a lot of jobs but with time as the world progresses and those companies move or are not needed it has a ripple effect on a community. While the company may move the people stay
The sad thing is these people will continue to vote for politicians that will do nothing for them.
Exactly. Right now we send billions on top of billions of dollars to OTHER COUNTRIES, yet don't help our own, such as these people.
As a Kentuckian I knew it had to be us 😂
I'm from Carter county Kentucky
Have been busy and haven't watched a video from you guys in a few months, just wanted to say Gaynor looks great and like she's lost a lot of weight!
I'm from KY and lived all over the US. These poor counties and states don't get the jobs that other areas get. All it would take is a big warehouse company to come to those places and would lift them up but they never come to those places. Corporate America needs to change or we will get more places like this.
My county blocks development to preserve as much land as possible. They've seen what has happened in neighboring counties , with mountains being developed for vacation homes for rich people.
Another thing that doesn’t help is that rural America has been coined as the flyover states and definitely treated as much.
This poverty has always existed in a country with the worst income and wealth distribution of any in the developed world and especially in cities and in Appalachia (as here in this video). Large business interests control legislatures (especially at the state level) and write the laws through that control, as well as the tax code--so much so that the housekeeper for Elon Musk will pay a higher tax rate than him (not to single out Musk). The sad thing is that the politicians in these poorer states, especially, get these folks outraged about cultural issues, get them to vote against their economic interests, get them to reject labor unions, etc. And they often are rightly bitter. Income maldistribution has been the most continuously problematic issue in the US.
Maldistribution? There is no distribution, you have to go out and earn it. we're not communist.
Some would say the tree of liberty is thirsty
What gets me about these poorest areas in the United States is all of their fairly expensive habits… Drinking, drugs and shooting those guns cost some money too. I think if I was living broke, I would be skipping the drug addiction.
The pay might be shit, but the cost of living is cheap as hell. $350/month for rent doesn't exist in most of the country. I can't even find a place near me for under $1200/month
It’s shocking how many states are still paying $7.25/ hr for minimum wage. I live in Arkansas and it’s not the highest but is $11/ hr. Walmart and Sam’s Club here will pay out $15 hr to a cashier and more for other positions.
Damn! Aidan got roasted in the last video. My man can’t survive there. 😂
Mostly snowflake Gen-X'ers but I guess so.
Part of the reason Eastern Kentucky is in such bad shape is because when the jobs left, the people who worked also left. All four of my grandparents were from Eastern Kentucky. Between 1940 and 1970 practically my entire family moved away to look for work. Only a few family members still live there. The rest are spread all over the country. I live in Ohio. I own the farm in Kentucky my grandma grew up on and I would love to be able to live there - but it will have to wait until I retire.
One of my mom's cousins is still there and I asked him if he knew of anybody I could hire to grade the drive to the farm and he said, "nope. They're all on drugs."
It's a shame, they seem like nice people
98% white remember that
Some would say offer a chance at better education, leading to a better job. Not going to happen. This may be considered the poorest county, but many more exist across the US. Even their own political representatives have written them off. Happens all over the country. Not the sunshine and roses you want to believe. Love my country but maybe invest on giving kids a chance.
Being poor doesn’t mean you’re not educated or smart af… Most of these people want NOTHING to do with the larger city crap or indoctrination universities.
tommy G is a top G he has some great content do some more of him!!!!!1
I hope this fellow can offer some help. If he doesn't yet I hope he could collect donations to give to folks in need when he visits nice people.
Terra-Belle Georgia?
I live in an area that had a GE plant for decades. It employed damn near everyone, once it closed the town died. average income here is 16k a year. Where I live is just like this place. no rules no laws since theres no cops except 2 for the entire county.
However Daz is right, you dont need to live in filth because youre poor
What will help people living paycheck to paycheck? A bigger paycheck… Amen brother lol
Indiana minimum wage just went up to 8$ a hour
1200 a month sounds high for groceries
Well she looks like she eats a bit more than she needs too.
@@luchts4547 lol
8$ a day per person in the family
@@luchts4547 Haha, well she has 5 kids.
Y’all should definitely deep dive in Tommy G
Kentucky is an impoverished state. Many workers are moving but most of it is due to drug rampant drug use.
Depends where you are..... The part I live in is great 👍
He looks exactly like brian j smith the actor
it's sad, but they'll keep electing Mitch McConnell who has been one of Kentuckys senators for 39 years with no discernible growth in these parts of the state
5:22 They're poor, but yet they got enough money to drink a lot and they're shooting a watermelon, it's food, you can eat it, every bit helps, plus since they did buy the alcohol, drink it instead of shooting it like they're doing with that Twisted Tea, that's a waste of money buying an alcohol beverage and shooting it. He says "Oh yeah drinking is big around here too." Then why are they shooting up their alcohol? Unless for some reason they're shooting at empty Twisted Tea cans.
They don't have money because they go broke doing dumb stuff. Always live below your means.
Theyre poor for a reason lets get real
LOL Kentucky represent
Oh thank God not another wv vid.
I didn't know it cost money to throw away trash or be clean. Instead of doing burnouts, wasting gas, maybe they should clean up and drive it to the dump. Geez. Giving me anxiety 😅 Why pick these guys to do THIS video.
Exactly..... Doesn't matter what you're born into, you can't help that... But you can make better choices.
More Tommy G!!! 😅
shooting guns is boring there I said it
you've probably never even shot one before 😂 people say they love it or they're scared , never heard anyone say it's boring
What happened to Sophie?
got a job on a ranch i believe working with horses
Kentucky’s poverty issues are due to factors such as limited job opportunities, low educational attainment levels, and healthcare disparities. In addition, Kentucky places a heavy tax burden on the poor.
By imposing the income tax on families making as little as $5,000 per year, Kentucky makes it harder for low-wage workers to make ends meet. Since the 1950’s Kentucky has been reliably Republican.
Yet they keep voting Republican
People need to realize there are benefits to both parties. Being solely one party or extreme one party benefits absolutely no one and doesn’t leave room for any sort of collaboration to reach a better place of living. US government is a joke where the main concern is protecting their party (not the citizens) and gaining the upper hand.
Otherwise, liberals/democrats are too concerned with just lazily giving handouts, rather than providing resources for poorer people to learn skills, which in turn results in more pride and desire to contribute. Conservatives/republicans are too concerned with getting further from traditional values which were implemented in an America that existed decades ago (times change so values naturally should change). Just my opinion
My home State that I am very proud of.
That's becasue youre propagandized and don't know how well other people live compared to the US. Nearly ALL people in Europe live better than we do and our country is way, way, WAY wealthier. That's becasue rich ppl control everything here
5:46 They’re poor but they are shooting food.
More Tommy G please!
More tommy g yall!!w
Hard to watch, guess I did not want British to see this. My question is are their areas like this in the UK?
Oh of course, I think everywhere has this problem unfortunately.
Most of the extreme poverty is directly related to drug use .Notice that these people have a different attitude than the blacks in big cities , they aren't as angry ,or feel that society OWES THEM SOMETHING .
The construction industry needs 400,000 workers. The work is there, these people are happier complaining than doing. That's why immigrants are let in to do these jobs. The younger generation doesn't want to get their hands dirty.
The drug problem is just one of the reasons our Homeland must be secured… the borders are wide open with drugs pouring in
Securing the borders won’t do anything to help that unfortunately…. A large number of The drugs that are impacting our country are being manufactured by our own people… yes, drugs are coming in from our borders in large quantities but at the end of the day it’s our citizens that are distributing these drugs out to other citizens. If we shut down the borders drug use will still be prevalent in our country, then who will we blame?
Most of the drugs are coming in through ports of entry (vehicles, planes, ships), not being carried in by migrants hopping the fence. It's impossible to thoroughly search every vehicle that's coming in. But regardless, drugs coming over the border is a SYMPTOM, not the underlying problem. The problem is the demand for drugs in America. Whether it's people cooking meth in their bathtub or cartels sending fentanyl over the border, all they're doing is answering the demand.
If we want to solve this problem we need to ask WHY is there such a demand for drugs? Might have something to do with the cost of healthcare in this country. People can't afford to go to the doctor, they can't afford mental healthcare, and even if they do they can't afford the co-pays on their prescription drugs. The leads to self-medicating. People in pain, be it physical or mental, are going to look for something to feel better. Some use legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco, some overeat junk food to cope, and some are gonna get into hard drugs. With all of them it's just a spiral into increasing worse health and increasingly drastic self-medicating.
In my view that is the engine driving the drug market in America. The right likes to claim "you can't ban guns, the criminals who want guns will always be able to get guns". You'd think they'd realize that applies to drugs as well. You could completely lock down the border. Someone will just start making the drugs here to fill the market, or people will just switch from fentanyl to meth which is already made in abundance here. The only way to improve things is to reduce the demand for the drugs.
The drugs pour in here from other countries because Americans buy those drugs. The U.S. is a completely doped up nation. Why blame the other countries for finding where the demand for drugs is located and providing it? That's how all good enterprises operate.
WE MISS SOPHIE!!
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Now watch a Tommy g video of like Chicago or something like that
Problem is Pele aren't willing to move to where the jobs are. They want to stay where their family was poor and they stay poor.
Greetings from Germany...when I hear all this, I am sooo happy to live in Germany! If you become unemployed here, the social system will help you...your rent, heating costs, health insurance will be paid by the state! Btw. EVERYONE in Germany has statutory health insurance, it's compulsory here! As a minimum, everyone who has submitted an application gets ~500€ for free disposal / for living expenses! If you have a low-paid job, you will continue to be supported by the state! Germany is not a land of milk and honey for the lazy, because of course you have to fulfill state requirements in order to receive this money...but if you are not stupid, you can get by quite well here!
Now go to any of the top 1000 poorest black areas. Tons of violence and shootings in all of them. It's just a fact. Don't shoot the messenger.
I’m sure you’re willing to show us all these “facts” ? Perhaps a link with data? Not shooting the messenger. Just asking more information.
@@mawmawd627 You want to debunk me? Then YOU show me evidence that proves otherwise. We all know it's true. Why are you trying to pretend? We're all anonymous, so stop pretending to seem righteous. Black on black crime is a very serious issue. Are you trying to say it's not? You're not helping anyone by pretending to be righteous
@@user-wr9ej6xe4j I can’t “debunk” information I don’t have. Please provide something…anything that I can look at so I can agree or disagree. Source material for your assertion of fact? Please?
And look at them, still living in filth and squalor. Houses look like meth dens garbage all over the place. Don't shoot the messenger, though.
@@LukaDonesnitch You're 100% right. But theyre not all shooting each other and making it 10x worse
Minimum wage is NOT living wage!! its the smallest amount a job will pay for a first time worker!! Dont expect to live on this money!! work and learn to get more!
That is ridiculous propaganda that started getting pushed by the right-wing a few decades ago. Nobody deserves to make a disproportionate amount of the money earned off of someone else's labor. If you can't run a job that pays employees enough to live, you don't deserve to keep your company running. It's the free market, right? Funny how conservatives never acknowledge that, they just believe they're entitled to have cheap labor.
Anyone working 40 hours a week should be able to afford housing, healthcare, and a healthy diet. Most minimum wage jobs are essential work that someone has to do. You can't tell everyone working them they just need to find a better job, because if everyone took your advice, our economy would collapse from not having anyone working essential jobs. Most of these jobs, like grocery chains and gas station chains are making billions in profits and could easily afford to pay their workers a living wage. The executives are just not willing to sacrifice their money for their 3rd yacht and 8th vacation home.
the stars and stripes empire is dying.
Look around at a majority of the world lol
these areas have always been like this… and then they say “i’m votin’ for the ‘billionaire’ bcuz he makes a lot of money” .. meanwhile they are living on keystone light and cold hotdogs 🤣
@@Chippster it's literally sinking fast, give it 3-5 yrs. and it will be unbelievable. the world reserve currency is being lost and once that's gone... look out below.
@blackberrythorns This one poor county is still living better than your whole country lol
In what way?
you guys should react to the most racist town in america
This ish was clearly right winged propaganda. All the questions were front loaded with talking points. His first question was about white privilege. He was so sure they were gonna buck back on that. It's so silly
I agree. The concept of white privilege is silly. There's no such thing in this country.
The young guy Landon understands what white privilege is. It has nothing to do with finances. Then he asked the other guys and they gave him pretty much the same feedback.
They know the history of this country.
I mean, to me it just showed that the people he talked to were more aware of the issue than I would've given them credit for. I agree his description of "white privilege " was pretty inaccurate and ignorant, but he still showed their responses which were surprisingly reasonable.
As a Mexican American, I love my white brothers, they are proud people. Yes , they just need to clean up…image is everything
I like how they accepted their white privilege even if they only get to use a tiny bit of it
the food prices don’t mean anything in these parts. they get it for free.
You're talking about welfare correct?
@@ZeroTolerance-tk9ce i honestly don’t know what welfare is.. i’m just talking about those EBT card things…
@@ANTI_FAscist_WW2champs Same thing. Food Stamps. Noways it's like a credit card. Biggest racket in America. I grew up dirt poor in West Virginia and trust me, they used those things for everything but food. People would buy them for $0.60 on the dollar, bootleggers would take them for booze. I'm sure there's a dozen scams to rob the EBT cards by now.