I am 50, when i was a kid, 9 or 10 years old, my dad used to buy storm windows and doors in Camden, seemed like back then most houses were boarded up, and we went early in the morning, my dad figured that was the safest time to go. And as we rode through the city, he would talk about how great Camden was at one time! Edit, please don't dismiss this city, rather lift it up in prayer. And remember that the whole world lieth in wickedness, according to the scriptures.
Another great video thanks. I've not read all the comments but to everyone saying to Charlie to get a new car - I'm guessing that he uses this particular truck to slip under the radar and to not draw any attention
I was born and raised in Camden but now live in Port st Lucie, FL. Camden now a days is mostly a ghost town with little spurts of crime in certain areas. What you see in this video is NOTHING compared to how it was around 2004. I'm from 28th and Federal in East Camden. Trust me when I say, EVERYTHING you see in this video in the daytime or nighttime is Camden at its best. Back around 2004 Camden was boomin with gangs and crime all over the city. In todays Camden and what you see in this video are the result of brand new surveillance cameras on every corner and the new Camden Metro PD that have implimented gunshot sound software, so police can pinpoint where a shooter was located. Camden has never been pretty in all my 30 years of life, but in the recent videos you see of Camden are very tame compared to what it was like when I was coming up.
True story, nobody yelling, hard or soft when you turn the corner anymore barely, things have gotten much more tame. It’s always still crazy land up at Walter Rand transportation even during the daytime, Schemers paradise and pharmaceutical superstore
I agree. I think everywhere changed since 2004-2005. around 2007 there were major gang sweeps around the country so even if you go to D.C. today it's nothing like it was in 2005.
They can do it in every city in the country. The United States looks that way all over the country stupid people. That's the results of *PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES MOVING OUT!* Not how people WAS living.
@@tunedtfin917 Baltimore seriously isn't that bad compared to Detroit, Gary, Philadelphia and a few other cities. We've been given a bad hand by the media, and corrupt Mayors like Dixon.
@@supremecheese1436 yeah but it does look bad but definitely not on Camden’s level it’s crazy how a city so small has so much crime and murders 🤦♂️Camden is the size of a Neighborhood of NYC and used to have shootings every 33 hours that’s almost one every day That means if you live here then you see gunshots and people die very very often
@@tunedtfin917 if Baltimore was a bigger (in size) city the per capita murder rate would be down. Look at Chicago, if they were Baltimore's size, the murder per capita would bee way up. Homicide went down last year and is looking like it will either stay the Same, or keep going down.
I drove thru there on the way to Atlantic City. I stopped at a stop sign and across the street I saw a dude try to steal some dope from the stash spot. About three dudes saw him chased him, caught him, and beat his ass!!
I have lived in Camden all my life and there is a lot of drugs and killings here that people on the news never report and nothing much is done ,but also a lot of wonderful ,proud people live here we take care of our streets we clean our neighborhoods with no help from city or police ,so don’t down us all because he rode around one part of city.
I saw a lady at one point near the beginning using a push broom to clean the area in front of her building. I believe you. Most cities have old, run-down areas (I live in Cleveland) but the difference is in keeping trash picked up.
That's a damn lie, maybe certain parts but dog certain parts of Philly are as slummy and worst as it gets. In term of urban decay certain hoods in Camden, Philly, Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore and the Westside of Chicago have the most dilapidation in the USA by far. But overall in terms of land mass, the Southside of Chicago has the most ghetto urban decay because it's the biggest area of urban plight in the USA. In terms of percentage, I'd say the Westside because it's population is around 600K which makes it bigger than the city of ATL but it's like 80% nothing but poverty. Camden and the other cities I've mentioned sans the Eastside of Detroit can't compare because they are too small. Overall, Chicago and Detroit are the most ghetto American cities in terms of sheer poverty. There are places like Gary or East St. Louis that look worse or have higher crime rates but you can drive for like 30 blocks in some places in Chicago and STILL be in the ghetto. This Camden shit is horrible and I feel for the people but growing up in Chicago and having traveled I've seen nothing that compares to Chicago or Detroit in terms of large-scale poverty and decay.
@@Donique_23 Doesn't cost a lot to open a plastic bag and pick up the trash. I used to lived in a house that was off a busy road. Every Sunday morning I'd get a plastic bag (and glove) and clean up all the trash that was thrown out of cars. People are pigs.
WHEN YOUR POOR,AND LOST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING TO PAWN SHOP'S,CAUSE YOU LOST YOUR JOB.AND CANT PAY YOUR CREDIT CARDS ANYMORE,YOU DONT CARE WHEN YOU LAY YOUR BIKE.GOOD THING HE DONT HAVE A CAR,LOL..
Man what the F? This is real life? This is America? This looks like the zombie apocalypse. What can be done to fix this? Are there just not enough jobs or do the people in these communities just lack the personable responsibility required to clean up the neighborhood?
I grew up near Camden.... I worked for a construction company. We were contracted, to build a skating rink. We built the rink, it was supposed to bring people together, help the economy..... one week, after completion, we had to go back, to repair a dozen bullet holes in the walls. No Shit. On the bright side, it kept ME working.
Because the streets r fucked up.... Not potholes but ditches... You'll fall in and as soon as u do niggaz r coming ti steal everything including your life💯💯💯💯💯
@@moralcompass3252 not all blacks are like that theres blacks that are respectful sometimes I wonder if you racist niggas just look over your ignorance and know that not every of our race is like that, but its fine because whats the point of explaining youl still believe your little lies since youre racist
Honestly, it doesn't seem as far as the stories suggest. The woman trying to clean the sidewalk means there are people living here who still care about the community.
When youre from a place it doesn't seem as bad... I'm from baltimore i lived here my whole life.. I feel safer in the hood than the county but im an addict so aint nothin to worry about but for sure if you look out the mix trouble gonna find you.. Charlies good in all these spots for that exact reason...dont go where you dont belong... Tryin like hell to get my life together rn for my son.. Stay safe out there and always mind your business.. #410
If police are too scared or too lazy to patrol they have options .... Retirement , transfer to a non street job , or just grow up and do the job taxpayers pay them to do .
WHY NOT GO THERE YOURSELF,AND LOOK AROUNG,AND TAKE YOUR OWN VIDIO'S FOR UA-cam..YOU WONT BELEIVE IT.YOU CAN TELL YOUR FRIEND'S HOW THEY STOLE YOUR CAR,THEN ROBBED YOU,AND ANOTHER GANG TOOK YOUR SHOES,AND JACKET..AND HOW YOU HAD TO HITCH HIKE HOME,AFTER RUNNING 54 BLOCK'S TO ESCAPE GETTING STABBED TO DEATH,BY 3 DIFFERENT GANG'S,IN DIFFERENT ARE'S..YUP..TO BAD THEY STOLE YOUR SMART PHONE WITH ALL YOUR NEW VIDIO'S ON IT,UGH..BETTER JUST STAY HOME,IN YOUR SAFE HOME.WHO NEED'S STUPID VIDIO'S ANYWAY.UGH☼
I grow up here the first 12 yrs of my life , 1960-72 ,,, I have been going back every year since 97 ,,, I stay in Philly at the first hotel over the Ben Frank bridge ,, same hotel same room over looking Camden ,,, its my home ,,,its my hood ,,, and its all I knew at one time ,, as of today time just stop back in the early 70s,,,,, I hope some day to do something great for Camden ,, even growing up in such a bad place ,, there was a happy time for myself
This sorta reminds me of the 1993 movie. " Judgment Night " it stars Emilio Estevez and Cuba Gooding jr. it's an awesome suspense/thriller.Takes place in a neighborhood like this but at night. If you've never seen it than I strongly suggest it to anyone.
Don't worry... Gentrification is in full swing in Camden and everywhere else in the Amerikkka where the property value is LOW. I'd love to see the "after" version of this video.
If they ever do reactivate the USS New Jersey (docked there) no doubt the first order is gonna be to swivel around all nine of her 16 inch guns and finish what de-industrialization started.
No place in America should ever look like this. Years of segregation both expressed in law and later through housing and employment discrimination. Maybe we should bail out Camden’s citizens who have lost everything because of a failed system, and not the top earners getting tax cuts.
Thanks Charlie.Did alot of work in camden and its fuuuuked up.I have walked downtown Camden for lunch and never had a problem.I was driving past skid row recently and its sad man.Heroin and crack killed this town after the devastating loss of manufacturing jobs.But the waterfront and some other small parts of Camden are actually nice and becoming nicer.
And this is where they put the famous battleship USS New Jersey. Tourists are told to go straight to the ship and not wonder off. Multitudes more people can enjoy this historic ship if she was mored at Liberty Island. And it would be safer as well.
Good video. Such a sad city. We run an outreach in Camden to help support homeless, we go there nearly every monday and chat with people. We post our conversations on our channel of you are interested in what the people are like.
The only good thing Camden has going for it is its nice waterfront across from Philly. It’s a safe area with several nice entertainment options (Adventure Aquarium, Battleship New Jersey, BB&T Pavilion). Once you go a few blocks inland, it begins to look like a war zone full of neglected neighborhoods with crumbling streets and buildings. The city has been in decay for decades and doesn’t have the resources to handle the problems. Crime, drugs, poverty, a failing school system and corruption are rampant. Several mayors and many police officers have gone to prison for corruption. In fact, the city’s police department was disbanded in 2012-2013 with about half the force either laid off or voluntarily quitting and taken over by the county. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any end in sight for Camden as it continues to fall into ruin despite millions of dollars of financial aid coming from the State. If you just stick with the waterfront, you’ll be fine.
In 1964 and fresh back from overseas and the Army I took a job as bill collector in Camden. Our hot night was Friday, payday and I would hit the bars all over Camden to collect payments. It was a lot of fun for a few years, but it was sort of dangerous. I could tell you some wild stories.
This my hood!! I grew up Downtown - 4th & Walnut Shit was laced back in the 90's, sheesh. A lotta niggas got picked off so it's not as crazy as it used to be, but don't get it twisted it's still Camden.
Doris Woods: it's 7/20/18 a few days ago a 13 yr old girl was caught in the crossfires in Bridgeton NJ during daylight hours and died.. smh. Bridgeton NJ is bad!
You could say the same about the UK and say there's a pub on every street corner. Driven by market forces rather than some sinister government plot. Now drinking is on the decline something about 50 pubs a week are closing. Vote with your feet!
Travelling through Camden NJ is like time traveling back to NYC in the 80s East New York Brownsville and parts of the south bronx. This is exactly the way Camden and adjoining parts of philly is depressed and neglected
❤️ Iam a native St. Louisan. Go to a council meeting and demand some reprieved, and if the elected Officials not listening. He would become an unelected official the next election. Every own a broom, no matter how poor you are. Heck you can sweep the curbs. When I use to Clean up back in St. Louis growing up, behind my Parent home alleyway. We had 2 car deep covered Carport and enjoyed BBQ and parties back there, that was our second hangout in the Summer. When I cleaned up back there I would go to 3 are more neighbors house on the left and right side of our house. Sweep up glass and any other thing the trash truck drop off their truck.Why because I did not want it to blow in the back of my parents house. My neighbors made out, and most of the time they would come joined my 14 year old self at the time. We had a very clean middle class predominantly Black folk neighborhood. This was in the latter 1970.☑️ If everyone just took pride in their piece of the property they are in whether it is a rented apt are own a house. Just have pride in your surroundings. That’s all.
Camden once was a FUN place to live as children lined the street playing double dutch, stick ball, tops, hopscotch and fire hydrants during the summer.
Think about it.. The best thing about Charlies videos is, if he doesn't feel like making a new video, he can just retitle an older video, and post it. Who would know, after all, all shitholes, look alike...
Born and raised here in Camden Nj and he only went through one part of Camden n that’s down town there’s polock parkside east n north also centervill and Fairview. I don’t fear these streets sad to say I’m use it but i understand why others would be scared it’s far from a friendly place. Where u need to visit is north Camden n Northgate but i would advise u not to go alone when n if u do!
I grew up around these areas i lived in parkside brings back memories seeing this i use to walk tose areas all the time even riding my bike now i live in philly
Never. The people living in that area have to have enough pride and determination to do it themselves. They obviously ain't gonna do it. Sitting or standing around waiting for somebody else to do it. Ain't gonna happen unless THEY make it happen.
I do know the street... Gordon Terrace is gone... Wiped from the map. My father was born in a house on that street... I remember seeing it in the very early 90s. I lived in Broadway bear Ace Auto Body as a child and remember when Campbell Soup was an operating factory there... I remember shopping in Federal Street with my beloved Grandparents. I will not ever think of Camden as the worst place. I just cannot 💝
In the words of the great Walt Whitman: "I dreamed in a dream a city invincible to the attacks Of the whole of the rest of the earth; I dream'd That was the new City of Friends, Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love - it led the rest; It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city And in all their looks and words."
Особенно в 1920-е, когда охрана труда в США и трудовая этика были еще таковы, что иностранцу нужно было согнуться в бараний рог, чтобы просто оставаться на плаву. Отношение местного населения к новоприбывшим за американской мечтой исходило из принципа: в Америке «зеленые» должны помучиться, как и все. Если «зеленый» не имеет выдающихся и хорошо продающихся идей, патентов или капитала, то ему придется туго - «help yourself!»
I got stuck in Camden NJ back in 90s there was a hurricane hit east coast, somehow we got stuck because all on ramps back on to 95 were all blocked off, we waited parked at a texco gas station, we had my cousins 2 little girls with us, a local guy felt bad like we were certainly a target of criminals, so he waited with us most of the night It was a very dangerous situation!!
Yes you can anything is possible , Only if black folks work together well every one talk to gather and Bond to to know each other's there smart kids come on you'll you see how talk know let's doit
Why are the streets so empty ?Where are the kids?The streets appear weird,silent and frightening.Anybody living in such a place must be very desperate with no alternative in life.
Scott Leoski stopppp. I actually love in camden, quiet spot in Fairview. I am trying to stay away from drugs for a while. I'm thankfully on methadone so I am covered but man I miss those kinda hits, good ass coke. I call the ear ringing "Bolivian marching soldiers". fuuck I miss it. but I was in a bad way so I don't know why I miss it. I really miss the rush from good bags of dope though.
so we requested you go to camden... and you went to camden??... respect dude
A brave, brave man. Kudos.
koolio0900 he from detroit u cant get no worst .. But yeah respect cuz u can get popped anywhere especially when nobody no u
Camden is worse than Detroit.
That's why he's absolutely fearless.
dez dat awful 'W' word `gain!!!
0:59 gotta love it how that dude parked the bicycle when going to buy some brew
Like@Boss
Me too. Wonder if it was still there when he got out.
@@katkrause679 would you steal that dudes bike?? Most people around there arent that dumb.
Nope. Lol.
Real gangsta ma nigga
Been watching this for less than a minute and my wallets already missing
Even the pigeons left town.
Bahaha!!
Your a thief yourself
You were so scared, you robbed your own wallet
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
the sign reads "drug free school zone"
i have my doubts
School free drug zone
Lmao!!!
HO zone,lol!
😂😂😂
I am 50, when i was a kid, 9 or 10 years old, my dad used to buy storm windows and doors in Camden, seemed like back then most houses were boarded up, and we went early in the morning, my dad figured that was the safest time to go. And as we rode through the city, he would talk about how great Camden was at one time!
Edit, please don't dismiss this city, rather lift it up in prayer. And remember that the whole world lieth in wickedness, according to the scriptures.
Another great video thanks. I've not read all the comments but to everyone saying to Charlie to get a new car - I'm guessing that he uses this particular truck to slip under the radar and to not draw any attention
I'm glad somebody else other than myself seems to get that.
Wow. Does this place have a pulse? It looks to be beyond rescusitation.
Why are so many cars parked on sidewalks?
joe woodchuck uh probably cause theres no garages or parking lots for them..
all drug dealers ! I'd rather live there than lose angels if l was poor
I believe that to
I was born and raised in Camden but now live in Port st Lucie, FL.
Camden now a days is mostly a ghost town with little spurts of crime in certain areas. What you see in this video is NOTHING compared to how it was around 2004. I'm from 28th and Federal in East Camden. Trust me when I say, EVERYTHING you see in this video in the daytime or nighttime is Camden at its best. Back around 2004 Camden was boomin with gangs and crime all over the city.
In todays Camden and what you see in this video are the result of brand new surveillance cameras on every corner and the new Camden Metro PD that have implimented gunshot sound software, so police can pinpoint where a shooter was located.
Camden has never been pretty in all my 30 years of life, but in the recent videos you see of Camden are very tame compared to what it was like when I was coming up.
True story, nobody yelling, hard or soft when you turn the corner anymore barely, things have gotten much more tame. It’s always still crazy land up at Walter Rand transportation even during the daytime, Schemers paradise and pharmaceutical superstore
No, Camden is now a shit hole
Camden Born...Vero Beach landed. Hi
@Rubin: Int'resting history!
I agree. I think everywhere changed since 2004-2005. around 2007 there were major gang sweeps around the country so even if you go to D.C. today it's nothing like it was in 2005.
Born and raised in East. I’m glad me and my kids made it out alive. So many I lost along the way💚🙏🏼
Douglas braziliam
They can shoot one of those end of the world Zombie movies here. It's perfect.
They can do it in every city in the country.
The United States looks that way all over the country stupid people.
That's the results of *PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES MOVING OUT!* Not how people WAS living.
@@lonniedobbins the only cities in the Us that look like this or close to this is Detroit,Baltimore and Gary
@@tunedtfin917 Baltimore seriously isn't that bad compared to Detroit, Gary, Philadelphia and a few other cities. We've been given a bad hand by the media, and corrupt Mayors like Dixon.
@@supremecheese1436 yeah but it does look bad but definitely not on Camden’s level it’s crazy how a city so small has so much crime and murders 🤦♂️Camden is the size of a Neighborhood of NYC and used to have shootings every 33 hours that’s almost one every day That means if you live here then you see gunshots and people die very very often
@@tunedtfin917 if Baltimore was a bigger (in size) city the per capita murder rate would be down. Look at Chicago, if they were Baltimore's size, the murder per capita would bee way up. Homicide went down last year and is looking like it will either stay the Same, or keep going down.
My man @ 1:00 is like they know me around these parts, they ain’t touching my ride. Lol
I drove thru there on the way to Atlantic City. I stopped at a stop sign and across the street I saw a dude try to steal some dope from the stash spot. About three dudes saw him chased him, caught him, and beat his ass!!
You shouldn't have stopped @the stop sign (*u didnt need to see that)...
I have lived in Camden all my life and there is a lot of drugs and killings here that people on the news never report and nothing much is done ,but also a lot of wonderful ,proud people live here we take care of our streets we clean our neighborhoods with no help from city or police ,so don’t down us all because he rode around one part of city.
I saw a lady at one point near the beginning using a push broom to clean the area in front of her building. I believe you. Most cities have old, run-down areas (I live in Cleveland) but the difference is in keeping trash picked up.
Вы молодец,нужно бороться за свой город,почему церковь не помогает Вам?
Greetings from Pennsylvania! I wish you and the city of Camden a brighter tomorrow
Camden makes Phila look like Beverly Hills
Mike MakesRight 😂
Camden is this size of one Philly neighborhood tho
Looks like certain parts of north & kensington
That's a damn lie, maybe certain parts but dog certain parts of Philly are as slummy and worst as it gets. In term of urban decay certain hoods in Camden, Philly, Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore and the Westside of Chicago have the most dilapidation in the USA by far. But overall in terms of land mass, the Southside of Chicago has the most ghetto urban decay because it's the biggest area of urban plight in the USA. In terms of percentage, I'd say the Westside because it's population is around 600K which makes it bigger than the city of ATL but it's like 80% nothing but poverty. Camden and the other cities I've mentioned sans the Eastside of Detroit can't compare because they are too small. Overall, Chicago and Detroit are the most ghetto American cities in terms of sheer poverty. There are places like Gary or East St. Louis that look worse or have higher crime rates but you can drive for like 30 blocks in some places in Chicago and STILL be in the ghetto. This Camden shit is horrible and I feel for the people but growing up in Chicago and having traveled I've seen nothing that compares to Chicago or Detroit in terms of large-scale poverty and decay.
huh???? It's Camden... it's not even that bad, calm down... this isn't a contest
Are u driving a tank?!
Slass Rrts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Probably his truck
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I grew up not far from there about 20 minutes to be exact, driving a tank wouldn''t be a bad idea for your safety.
I hope so for his sake......
I tucked my chain in just watching this 😂😂😂
^He gonna cry in the car.
telepathy90 LOL
😂😂😂
My grand mama gave me that chain
Lol
Such wonderful pride in that neighborhood! So clean and tidy as well.
No money, no resources no leaders to encourage or help 🤷♀️🤷♀️
@@Donique_23 Doesn't cost a lot to open a plastic bag and pick up the trash. I used to lived in a house that was off a busy road. Every Sunday morning I'd get a plastic bag (and glove) and clean up all the trash that was thrown out of cars. People are pigs.
WHEN YOUR POOR,AND LOST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING TO PAWN SHOP'S,CAUSE YOU LOST YOUR JOB.AND CANT PAY YOUR CREDIT CARDS ANYMORE,YOU DONT CARE WHEN YOU LAY YOUR BIKE.GOOD THING HE DONT HAVE A CAR,LOL..
@@lisa9867 shut up. youre garbage
@@Donique_23 I'm poor but I keep my home and yard clean. There's no excuse for being dirty and lazy.
CMD, born and raised! I've been living in AZ for 4 years.
Camden is roughhhhh!!!
what part?
Rancho Cucamonga is ROUGHHH
Stacey Blount So, why don't you call the police about drug dealers and users and firing shots?
Douglas braziliam
@@nuckymancini7013
Pacific Palisades way ROUGHer
Man what the F? This is real life? This is America? This looks like the zombie apocalypse. What can be done to fix this? Are there just not enough jobs or do the people in these communities just lack the personable responsibility required to clean up the neighborhood?
Blatant Hypocrisy both
I grew up near Camden.... I worked for a construction company. We were contracted, to build a skating rink. We built the rink, it was supposed to bring people together, help the economy..... one week, after completion, we had to go back, to repair a dozen bullet holes in the walls. No Shit. On the bright side, it kept ME working.
Was this the Millennium Skating Rink? Lol
That shit is hilarious.
Anybody else see the fiend at 2:56 trying to flag him down? 😂
Trick looking for a good time lol
o iTechnique v1 great catch lol
He was waving to youtube
Yes right on Broadway I think she was trying to catch a "date."
Why u driving like you about to do a Drive-By? Lol.
BLVDKillz start clapping fiends!!
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I think he’s worried the horrible potholes are going to take him out
Because the streets r fucked up.... Not potholes but ditches... You'll fall in and as soon as u do niggaz r coming ti steal everything including your life💯💯💯💯💯
1:02 yeah right. Just drop your bike in the middle of the sidewalk.
alex0711a Ikr
alex0711a that shit is gone
must be a stolen bike
Sampdoria if I was a simple-minded white racist I would say the same thing
Just commented the same thing, dude has balls or is stupid..or both.
I'm from Camden. The devastation is bitter, the areas are rural, however, the love is genuine.💖😎🌎📖
The guy laying his bike down @1:05.
That is symbolic of the problems there.
"I don't care. I do what i want. Don't tell ME what to do. Go around me"
@Gappie Al Kebabi You don't have to have money or be white to take care of your bike.
Respect what you have.
NO FUNCTIONING BRAIN/CPU
@@moralcompass3252 not all blacks are like that theres blacks that are respectful sometimes I wonder if you racist niggas just look over your ignorance and know that not every of our race is like that, but its fine because whats the point of explaining youl still believe your little lies since youre racist
@@moralcompass3252 e
@@moralcompass3252 then you ignorant. Simple
Honestly, it doesn't seem as far as the stories suggest. The woman trying to clean the sidewalk means there are people living here who still care about the community.
Camden looks just like Baltimore
Sasha Riley hi
Sasha Prettyeyes I’m from Baltimore and yup, they sure do look alike
And they all look like philly
When youre from a place it doesn't seem as bad... I'm from baltimore i lived here my whole life.. I feel safer in the hood than the county but im an addict so aint nothin to worry about but for sure if you look out the mix trouble gonna find you.. Charlies good in all these spots for that exact reason...dont go where you dont belong... Tryin like hell to get my life together rn for my son.. Stay safe out there and always mind your business.. #410
@@tragic-meliodas5947 #Respect and keep on fightin the good fight!
Surprised you made it out alive. Even cops avoid these neighborhoods.
ZionHillCalling I wish I was in the Netherlands. I like tulips and Norway and Denmark.
@ZionHillCalling at night you wouldn't
If police are too scared or too lazy to patrol they have options ....
Retirement , transfer to a non street job , or just grow up and do the job taxpayers pay them to do .
Man, this new Walking Dead show looks awesome! 😉
I locked my doors rolled up my windows and turned off the lights watching this. 😂
Yooooooo at 4:05 thats my old block lmao!!! I lived 3 houses down from that corner store
Daaamn!! The ride seems rougher in Camden then your other stops! Big respect to you and how you take us ALL on journeys!
Lol I work in Wilmington Delaware and Camden everyday and this shit seems normal. I know it isn't, but I'm just used to it.
Yikes
@least you know (*I'm not quite sure these fine folx & good people know or understand THERES @BETTER BRAVE NEW WORLD OUT THERE!?!)...
Philly..Detroit...new jersey...lord have mercy...
Love the videos, always a different scene.
WHY NOT GO THERE YOURSELF,AND LOOK AROUNG,AND TAKE YOUR OWN VIDIO'S FOR UA-cam..YOU WONT BELEIVE IT.YOU CAN TELL YOUR FRIEND'S HOW THEY STOLE YOUR CAR,THEN ROBBED YOU,AND ANOTHER GANG TOOK YOUR SHOES,AND JACKET..AND HOW YOU HAD TO HITCH HIKE HOME,AFTER RUNNING 54 BLOCK'S TO ESCAPE GETTING STABBED TO DEATH,BY 3 DIFFERENT GANG'S,IN DIFFERENT ARE'S..YUP..TO BAD THEY STOLE YOUR SMART PHONE WITH ALL YOUR NEW VIDIO'S ON IT,UGH..BETTER JUST STAY HOME,IN YOUR SAFE HOME.WHO NEED'S STUPID VIDIO'S ANYWAY.UGH☼
I grow up here the first 12 yrs of my life , 1960-72 ,,, I have been going back every year since 97 ,,, I stay in Philly at the first hotel over the Ben Frank bridge ,, same hotel same room over looking Camden ,,, its my home ,,,its my hood ,,, and its all I knew at one time ,, as of today time just stop back in the early 70s,,,,, I hope some day to do something great for Camden ,, even growing up in such a bad place ,, there was a happy time for myself
I grew up in Camden. Went to Lanning Square and Pyne Poynt. The last time I went back to visit, it was sooooo depressing.
This sorta reminds me of the 1993 movie. " Judgment Night " it stars Emilio Estevez and Cuba Gooding jr. it's an awesome suspense/thriller.Takes place in a neighborhood like this but at night. If you've never seen it than I strongly suggest it to anyone.
Humble Pie rite dat is a hell of a movie 4real
Good one
Don't worry... Gentrification is in full swing in Camden and everywhere else in the Amerikkka where the property value is LOW. I'd love to see the "after" version of this video.
If they ever do reactivate the USS New Jersey (docked there) no doubt the first order is gonna be to swivel around all nine of her 16 inch guns and finish what de-industrialization started.
Yet nobody there is looking at Corruption on a State level, ? Just looking at the problems as usual.
At last. One sensible comment. These neighbourhoods that are predominantly black are left to decay then they blame the people living there
No place in America should ever look like this. Years of segregation both expressed in law and later through housing and employment discrimination. Maybe we should bail out Camden’s citizens who have lost everything because of a failed system, and not the top earners getting tax cuts.
The Bronx, NY will be renamed City Of Beverly Hills.
Trujillo lmao that's what I thought being I live in the bx born raised and still here. Damn these streets of camden are ridic tho.
Thanks Charlie.Did alot of work in camden and its fuuuuked up.I have walked downtown Camden for lunch and never had a problem.I was driving past skid row recently and its sad man.Heroin and crack killed this town after the devastating loss of manufacturing jobs.But the waterfront and some other small parts of Camden are actually nice and becoming nicer.
If you go through Camden, make sure you have enough gas and your car is in good shape and be "strapped". Keep it moving and don't ask questions.
And this is where they put the famous battleship USS New Jersey. Tourists are told to go straight to the ship and not wonder off. Multitudes more people can enjoy this historic ship if she was mored at Liberty Island. And it would be safer as well.
Take a moment and think about it!!¡ Ok just think about it that was broad daylight can you imagine at nite🤔😵👹
Yeah a nightmare!
Th@gangstas come out 2 play
A world of lost souls.
J85 Nah, mostly just people getting by and living paycheck to paycheck- exactly like 95% of America- just in shittier surroundings
rls725 I kinda mean people that have been forgotten by the rest of the world.
rls725 lol “paycheck” yea alright
A lot of crack heads, used up snow bunnies that haven't seen their beauty since the 90s, and... Of course... People living paycheck to paycheck.
So so true thats why i moved outta there i got so tired its an apocalypse going on there an apocalypse of fiends lol
Good video. Such a sad city. We run an outreach in Camden to help support homeless, we go there nearly every monday and chat with people. We post our conversations on our channel of you are interested in what the people are like.
Rents for one of those lovely apt are very very expensive
The only good thing Camden has going for it is its nice waterfront across from Philly. It’s a safe area with several nice entertainment options (Adventure Aquarium, Battleship New Jersey, BB&T Pavilion). Once you go a few blocks inland, it begins to look like a war zone full of neglected neighborhoods with crumbling streets and buildings. The city has been in decay for decades and doesn’t have the resources to handle the problems. Crime, drugs, poverty, a failing school system and corruption are rampant. Several mayors and many police officers have gone to prison for corruption. In fact, the city’s police department was disbanded in 2012-2013 with about half the force either laid off or voluntarily quitting and taken over by the county. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any end in sight for Camden as it continues to fall into ruin despite millions of dollars of financial aid coming from the State. If you just stick with the waterfront, you’ll be fine.
Yes it's really beautiful there! Sad at one time Camden was home to Campbell's soup & was thriving. But it's a city of nothing now!!!
Camden is like a ghost town ain’t nuttin left
We got lost here in 1998. We from Canada and never seen such places before
Been to Camden. An experience for sure.
They are some bad roads
tbh most of south jersey roads look like that
Oakland has the worst roads hands down
hahahaha 3:25.
MattBlackbike Bad roads in the ghetto parts of New Jersey is proof of crooked democrat politicians
MattBlackbike I thought the Bronx was bad
Great video. Good to see that lady and her family sweeping up the sidewalk!
Is this really how far we come as humans !
We appear to be devolving?!?...
those aren't humans
@Peter Laughton you mean jews and whites are different, lmao ;)
In 1964 and fresh back from overseas and the Army I took a job as bill collector in Camden. Our hot night was Friday, payday and I would hit the bars all over Camden to collect payments. It was a lot of fun for a few years, but it was sort of dangerous. I could tell you some wild stories.
How old does that make you
Lets hear some stories
2:55 wtf😂
She's tryin to make some money
3:14 WTF
My mom took me to the old Woodworths on Broadway in 1957,and the last time I was on Mt.Ephram Ave was 1969,sure has changed,not for the best !
This my hood!! I grew up Downtown - 4th & Walnut
Shit was laced back in the 90's, sheesh. A lotta niggas got picked off so it's not as crazy as it used to be, but don't get it twisted it's still Camden.
Hey I'm from Jersey 😂 when you get a chance could you drive through Atlantic City and Bridgeton NJ😎. Thanks
Doris Woods: it's 7/20/18 a few days ago a 13 yr old girl was caught in the crossfires in Bridgeton NJ during daylight hours and died.. smh. Bridgeton NJ is bad!
You tell em girl. Number one rule is if you know what's up. If you don't mess with Camden. Then Camden doesn't mess with you. It's that simple
Atlantic city would be great!
Newark do Newark, NJ pls if you haven't already.
I live in Atlantic City on the Ventnor line nothing like the rest of AC.
Liquor store on every block, The government wants to make sure they stay anesthetized!
You could say the same about the UK and say there's a pub on every street corner. Driven by market forces rather than some sinister government plot. Now drinking is on the decline something about 50 pubs a week are closing. Vote with your feet!
Have to be drunk to live there
That's not the government that's demand and supply.
Liquor Store on every Corner and 1 Grocery Store. I spent my summers there in th 70's abd 80's. So sad.
that's not the government lol. that's private business.
Travelling through Camden NJ is like time traveling back to NYC in the 80s East New York Brownsville and parts of the south bronx. This is exactly the way Camden and adjoining parts of philly is depressed and neglected
❤️ Iam a native St. Louisan. Go to a council meeting and demand some reprieved, and if the elected Officials not listening. He would become an unelected official the next election. Every own a broom, no matter how poor you are. Heck you can sweep the curbs. When I use to Clean up back in St. Louis growing up, behind my Parent home alleyway. We had 2 car deep covered Carport and enjoyed BBQ and parties back there, that was our second hangout in the Summer. When I cleaned up back there I would go to 3 are more neighbors house on the left and right side of our house. Sweep up glass and any other thing the trash truck drop off their truck.Why because I did not want it to blow in the back of my parents house. My neighbors made out, and most of the time they would come joined my 14 year old self at the time. We had a very clean middle class predominantly Black folk neighborhood. This was in the latter 1970.☑️ If everyone just took pride in their piece of the property they are in whether it is a rented apt are own a house. Just have pride in your surroundings. That’s all.
I’m buying you new shocks lol
Just give me the money, it's a company vehicle.
CharlieBo313 so you go through all this places while you are working??
@@CharlieBo313 just like a female damm
@@jasonarias280 😂😂😂
Camden once was a FUN place to live as children lined the street playing double dutch, stick ball, tops, hopscotch and fire hydrants during the summer.
Yeah In 1952
I feel for my brothers and sisters, stay positive, don't let this bring you down. Jah bless all African American folks, I love you so much
Marcus Selassie black Americans are not Jamaicans...
Nice to see woman sweeping in front of her home
I just got robbed and stabbed while watching this
I got HIV.
I got HIV.
X - I got a bag of crack
Wtf why are the birds still there for lol
James Bag lol
Lol
😂😂😂🤷🏽♂️
The best heroin in the country (*so I hear?!? *allegedly)
I worry about CharlieBo's safety as well as his mental health. It has got to be depressing seeing all of these scenes up close and in person.
Camden seems like the perfect place for a zombie apocalypse movie.
Think about it..
The best thing about Charlies videos is, if he doesn't feel like making a new video, he can just retitle an older video, and post it.
Who would know, after all, all shitholes, look alike...
bt this one is camden
Born and raised here in Camden Nj and he only went through one part of Camden n that’s down town there’s polock parkside east n north also centervill and Fairview. I don’t fear these streets sad to say I’m use it but i understand why others would be scared it’s far from a friendly place. Where u need to visit is north Camden n Northgate but i would advise u not to go alone when n if u do!
BILLY BOBCAT JR 😂😂😂
Natacha Torres thought polock was knocked down
Really? Have you ever been to Peixe Of Cake in downtown Camden. It’s a nice cafe and they have great cupcakes
Im from kaighn n mt ephraim
I grew up around these areas i lived in parkside brings back memories seeing this i use to walk tose areas all the time even riding my bike now i live in philly
CAMDEN IS GETTING BETTER BUT THEY STILL HAVE A HOMICIDE PROBLEM WHICH IS NO SURPRISE BECAUSE OF THE ABJECT POVERTY.
This video still doesn’t show the worst parts of the city
lonzo 1700 man this has to be the greatest/ funniest comment ever
This is the worst parts South Camden which includes Polock,Centerville,Parkside and Fairview.
Youre right. He didnt go to North Camden.
4:23 Ozuna el Farsante xD Dominican or Rican Living there
I wonder if the builders knew that those houses would still be standing today. Unbelieveable craftmenship with and only an axe.
@My account Oh
In Poland we also have districts like this with gray shabby blocks and I notice that cars are really good for such a district.
It's crazy growing up in Camden it ain't seem tht bad until u leave and see other hoods with grass and front yards
I wonder when the Governor is gonna clean it up?????
Never. The people living in that area have to have enough pride and determination to do it themselves. They obviously ain't gonna do it. Sitting or standing around waiting for somebody else to do it. Ain't gonna happen unless THEY make it happen.
@0:53...One lady still has some pride in her town!
I was missing my hometown. And found this video. It takes me back, I've been to some of those places. Man, I do not miss the potholes lol.
Plenty of kick ass drugs around those streets.
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I do know the street... Gordon Terrace is gone... Wiped from the map. My father was born in a house on that street... I remember seeing it in the very early 90s. I lived in Broadway bear Ace Auto Body as a child and remember when Campbell Soup was an operating factory there... I remember shopping in Federal Street with my beloved Grandparents. I will not ever think of Camden as the worst place. I just cannot 💝
After 3:00.. the roads look exactly like the roads in mexicos poorest villages/towns, crazy how areas like these exsist in the US
What's even crazier is the fact that there are shack looking towns in the U.S., you know the locations they don't show outsiders.
Man those roads look ATROCIOUS lol
playboymaxim they still look better than Iraq. Lmao.
That’s everywhere in jersey, high taxes shitty roads
Those are some of our best roads in NJ. You should see our poorly maintained roads
In the words of the great Walt Whitman:
"I dreamed in a dream a city invincible to the attacks
Of the whole of the rest of the earth; I dream'd
That was the new City of Friends,
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust
love - it led the rest;
It was seen every hour in the actions of the
men of that city
And in all their looks and words."
Cissy2cute 3
Особенно в 1920-е, когда охрана труда в США и трудовая этика были еще таковы, что иностранцу нужно было согнуться в бараний рог, чтобы просто оставаться на плаву. Отношение местного населения к новоприбывшим за американской мечтой исходило из принципа: в Америке «зеленые» должны помучиться, как и все. Если «зеленый» не имеет выдающихся и хорошо продающихся идей, патентов или капитала, то ему придется туго - «help yourself!»
I got stuck in Camden NJ back in 90s there was a hurricane hit east coast, somehow we got stuck because all on ramps back on to 95 were all blocked off, we waited parked at a texco gas station, we had my cousins 2 little girls with us, a local guy felt bad like we were certainly a target of criminals, so he waited with us most of the night
It was a very dangerous situation!!
You can't call that a city anymore
Yes you can anything is possible , Only if black folks work together well every one talk to gather and Bond to to know each other's there smart kids come on you'll you see how talk know let's doit
this is hell?
One of the roads to it actually.
Why are the streets so empty ?Where are the kids?The streets appear weird,silent and frightening.Anybody living in such a place must be very desperate with no alternative in life.
I just retired a month ago . I worked those neighborhoods for 39 years with gas co., every hour day or night.
Mormons at 3:08 waiting for the church to open.
They was obviously shooting
up.
TSM thats an ugly ass church lol
And this is USA ? What a shame !
JewSA.
USA has been dead since the 1800s.
1920s
Imagine working or owning one of these stores or businesses in these areas? damn...you gotta be brave to be here everyday
My Mom worked in Camden years ago at the CAMPBELL SOUP FACTORY. SShe is 82 and still alive and kicking!
Camden got tha best dope in South Jersey,Atlantic City right there too don't sleep
Don Jones wassup Ac
Don Jones true. At least it used to be good I haven't gotten high on it in 2 years but my mouth is watering for some dope rn.
James Baxter I said in South Jersey not Maryland ma
James Baxter Was good Ac,Back Maryland,uptown,Chelsea Heights etc
Scott Leoski stopppp. I actually love in camden, quiet spot in Fairview. I am trying to stay away from drugs for a while. I'm thankfully on methadone so I am covered but man I miss those kinda hits, good ass coke. I call the ear ringing "Bolivian marching soldiers". fuuck I miss it. but I was in a bad way so I don't know why I miss it. I really miss the rush from good bags of dope though.