Gotta agree. I was kinda scared first time i was there at night time. Well, i went out very late and actually people were cool. No shady business. Of course there were people who looked shady, but they didn't do anything. Even said hi. Charlie is doing a very important job. The hoods isn't always dangerous.
@@mattezhackblip agreed this ain't the 80's and 90's where niggas would Rob folks just cause no adays as long as you mind your business and carry urself correct you b fine in just about any hood
I feel for the guy in the interview. He's like a lot of people in these situations. They kinda fell into the hood life but he's trying to better himself and actually trying to warn the younger generation. I hope the dude can make it.
Charlie, I love your vids, Sir. You have an empathetic, and respectful way of interviewing the folks on these streets, being mindful not to exploit them, but giving them a voice. Thank you. 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏿
This guy seems like a good ,dude .....just needs some guidance to become successful! A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by actions becomes a Reality.
Charlie, recently I was in Copenhagen talking to a girl and we randomly discovered that we both watch and love your videos! You're doing big things and your amazing work is reaching international audiences!!
Clark Davis Thank You for saying that it’s so good to hear someone say something positive I think this young man truly deserves to have a good fulfilling life!
Ahhhh seeing these streets bring back crazy memories. Anyone from down there knows that in the summer it gets crazy out there. It’s a whole different world out there.
I knew nothing about JC was out like 1 in the morning tryna get some water n snacks a couple days ago I’m from NY BOY was deff on my ps and qs shit was sketchy af 😭😭😭 I’m no stranger to danger but still I know the vibes can tell shit gets crazy where I was at on Monticello to be exact
@C caymer ultimately the main problem with gentrification is once these dudes are forced out of the city they usually just start doin dirt somewhere else
reckless Crime in Jersey City has gone down considerably since 2005. J.C. is actually safer now than Paterson is currently. If you want to mention cities that have stubbornly high crime rates talk about Newark, Trenton, or Camden. Those cities to this day still have worse crime and poverty rates than Jersey City. Newark's unemployment rate is also worse than J.C., in fact Newark has one of the highest unemployment rates I've seen out of any U.S. city.
I really liked him .....every place has its issues i guess but Jersey city is actually looking better than it used to ....I noticed a trend that in every interview lately..... the interviewee is not happy with the local govt or the programs offered ......its showing that the current state of affairs is not working for anyone .....great work you are doing here ...documentation of real america thank you !!
Jersey city looks busy and vibrant compared to some of the dead zones in Baltimore. I expected to see more boarded up houses and less actually renovation, but they seem to be doing something right here.
JC is much better than Baltimore. I lived in both places and parts of Baltimore were some of the scariest places I have ever see/been in and I have been in the hoodest of hoods.
@@mstyles2667 depends where you go in Jersey City - there's a lot of boarded-up places in jersey city, that you wouldn't want to walk at night, this guy in the video didn't even go to the hill, where most of the murders happen. Also, he didn't even go to 1 project complex
there's a lot of boarded-up places in jersey city, and this video didn't show many of the hoods in jersey city like the hill, marion projects, curries woods, down the hill, etc (he basically stayed in one area, and in the beginning he showed the beacon towers, which is a old hospital they converted to a luxury building - shows what the director knows of the area). Granted, the central area he went into is one of the hoods, but this specific area was deemed a high impact area the local government wanted to start their poverty revitalizing efforts in, hence all the renovation. Jersey City is 15 minutes from Manhatten, so a lot of money has moved in from there from NYC and continues to move in from there for the last 10-12 years. Naturally, that money is slowly going to trickle into the hoods
201 in the comments wassup 😎✊💯 Linden And Princeton born and raised PS.40 grad Went to Snyder Attended CREATE Charter School And County Prep high schools . And FYI it's not Martin Luther King Drive It's Jackson Ave .....let's be real
I grew up on Dwight and Bergen, on the hill. One of the best things about JC, for me, is that millionaires and poor people mingle...and sometimes you can't tell them apart.
Dang. JC has really gentrified sine I was there in in 2001. Looks like they've torn down a lot of the abandoned homes and built a bunch of urban pioneer houses. Many of the apartment buildings that were abandoned in 2001 have been rehabbed and actually look pretty good. They must be doing something right there.
Sar Jim ~correct, lots of gentrification. JC is on the up. Especially w NYC and the boroughs of NY overwhelmed by population and cost of living. JC is def not as dangerous or impoverished as most of the areas that I’ve noted Charlie has visited. Learned from this drop that Charlie is a Paterson native! Very cool- maybe he’ll visit his old home grounds.
Sar Jim its not right. Because they will displace all the poor people from the neighborhood and then there will become even more of a shortage of affordable housing and more people will become homeless
@@silversword4428 Well, I knew someone like you would show up. You call squatting in burned out houses or ones with no paint, no electricity and infested with rats and other vermin "affordable housing"? I'm certain there are subsidized rents for some the poor people still there. The working poor can get by with that safety net. People who are disabled for some reason and can't work also have social programs to house them. When it comes to those who refuse to work, rob, steal, deal drugs, mug people, do home invasions, and make responsible people feel so afraid they leave then, yeah, they can become homeless. Maybe some time on the street will help reorient their way of thinking to become less predatory.
Sar Jim theres a long waiting list for affordable housing in the city where I live .and people have to wait because the demand is greater than the supply. When gentrification happens rents will go up and property taxes, will go up too. People, will be forced out of thier homes
@@silversword4428 Since when was anyone guaranteed an "affordable" home? Even worse, when were they assured they'd never have to wait for something in high demand? You either qualify for government programs like Sections 8, get a job that pays more money so you afford to buy or rent your "affordable" home, or move to a place where housing is less expensive. The vast majority of the working poor are in low skill jobs that are available in most parts of the country that are a lot less expensive to live in than places across the river from NYC. Gentrification saves cities from the fate we've already seen in Detroit. Is that your preferred alternative to gentrification?
I know Jersey City very well. MLK Blvd. used to be Jackson Ave. At 08:33 you drive right past the apartment bldg. (on the right) we moved out of back in 1965. 54 years later......it has-not-improved-at-all. Jackson Ave. used to get a LOT of foot-traffic, as there were plenty of stores up-and-down that area. Banks, post office, toy stores, supermarkets, furniture stores, clothing stores, pizza parlors............everything was right there on that strip. 15:02 there was a Thom McCann shoe store on the left-corner (where the red brick apt. bldg. is). (15:16....there was a Woolworth - 5&10 store where Pioneer Supermarket is.) One Sunday night Thom McCann's front window was smashed and the place was looted. They shut-down shortly after. Soon, businesses began leaving the area. And then people began leaving. When the riots broke-out in the early 1960's, us kids (and mom) were shuttled-off to grandma's.....many miles away. My dad would come home from work, lock all windows and doors, and sit in complete darkness.......waiting for shit to go down. What you're seeing is not the result of whites (and non-blacks) going into these areas and trashing them in the dead-of-night. What you're seeing is the result of EBT, food stamps, govt. assistance as a way-of-life. Cradle-to-grave handouts, coupled with the candy-ass politicians who are too damn afraid to tell urban blacks to get their shit together. Put and end to taxpayer-funded govt. assistance, and you'll put an end to neighborhoods going to hell.
That doesn't make any sense. By that reasoning, countries with less government assistance would have less poverty and no bad neighborhoods, but it's simply not true. Quite the opposite.
@@robertd4100 No. Re-read what I said: 'Put and end to taxpayer-funded govt. assistance.' Welfare/assistance programs should NOT be funded by the taxpayers. They should be funded by donations & charitable organizations. Why should my hard-earned tax $$$ provide assistance to those who have no intention or desire to improve themselves? Hard working, educated people have to plan/budget their earnings when deciding to start a family. Welfare recipients just pop 'em out........and hard-working, educated people are forced to pay for it.
@@tgnyc13 Exactly my point. The more govt. assistance, the more poor poverty you have. So you agree with me. And the poor neighborhoods are the result of those who live in them having no responsibility for them. Someone else (taxpayers) is paying their rent/expenses, so there's no real concern for the damage done. Again, those neighborhoods are destroyed by those who live in them. Outsiders are not coming in during the dead-of-night and vandalizing those properties.
I was born in Jersey City, and always live in the area, and I work in Jersey City. And I have to say that that's the worst, and most dangerous part of Jersey City. Most of the crimes and shootings are from that area, and it's called Bergen/Lafayette and Greenville section of Jersey City.
@@DjTemptation The area of the waterfront its safe. Of course, anything can happen in anywhere, but that area its pretty safe. Now, Journal Square its relatively safe, meaning that you can walk there with no problem, but sometimes things happens, but not frequently. I have walk there in the day and late in the night, and i feel safe. But, I have heard in the news of some isolated crimes there, such as assault and robbery, but again, its not too often. You see a lot of people traffic there, although some streets are a little desserted in the night. But, the Waterfront area is much safer. Its very rare to heard of a crime there.
@@alexjavier664 yes, that area it's pretty safe, but it's too close to bad areas. Just about half a mile east, it's not safe. When you cross JFK Blvd, and you go east toward Bergen Ave, it's not safe. And if you keep going east, it's dangerous, that's MLK drive, where there are gangs and sometimes shootings. But if you stay west of the boulevard, by westside Avenue, it's a pretty safe area. But things can change rapidly, cuz it's too close to the hood, but that's not usual in that Westside Ave area, so you gonna be allright.
@bluerfoot @jimmy the gent conway if your basing this off 'looks' charlie didn't go to the 'dangerous looking' hoods in Jersey City like the Hill, Curries Woods, Marion Projects, etc. The place Charlie went to is the center of the Jersey City government effort to renovate the hood (The Hub & McGinley Square)
@@201chillguy2 wat are you talking about he was on bramhall dats da most dangerous area in jersey city n he said look jerseycity dose not look like Baltimore n Detroit might act like it but it don't nobody saying its not tough we all know it's fucked up here but it don't look as fucked up as other cities do
+CharlieBo313 They've been demonetizing many original content creators, like yourself. They come up with the flimsiest of excuses, too. My prediction is that five years from now, UA-cam will look worse than Jersey City. I sure hope I'm wrong, though.
They constantly change what they allow you to be able to monetize. I constantly have to make little changes to stay ahead of the game. They recently made changes that caused a revenue drop for me, but now it's rebounding.
Wow! Great video CharlieBo313! Looks like a lot of life in Jersey City. People walking on the streets, moms with their kids, etc. Stores open, lights on, amazing. Not a lot of boarded-up, burned up houses and rubble. Public transit, too! School busses. Life. I liked it, Charlie.
This is where I am from. Certain areas are going through gentrification. Some of the projects are still up though, like booker T and what not. Did you go by the old Duncan avenue projects by Lincoln park? That area has gone through a huge transformation. Jersey City as a whole, has gotten much better though from what it was back in the 2000s when I was there.
Moved to one block away from Duncan Ave. in 2001 and I can definitely say that I got jumped a couple of times during that period. Lol. This neighborhood is a lot safer now- I see a bunch of White people walking around all willy nilly.
I remember at night when i comeback from work i kept walking MLK to Montgomery down to mail to get the lightrail, had to be a little careful walking around there.
Good interview Sounds like he is trying to do the right thing now. Good advice but no one wants to hire someone with 1 conviction let alone 3. Wish he learned what he knows now before he got the convictions. Good luck. Spread the advice to others that need it. Thanks for sharing.
Ttrue but they know what projects to walk around not all projects are gangster and active ..Lincoln projects on 135th just indicted 16 gang members L.o.E (Lincoln Over Everybody) its cold by the river only scared niggas shiver
It also depends where you live in Jersey City, the area Charlie drove through is bad but if he went to downtown area he would see a whole different world.
It already has. Jersey City is a HUGE city landwise and the ghetto parts shrink by day. All the projects were imploded in the past 10-15 years and it's all getting expensive now. But like Newark and Brooklyn there will always be a hood part.
As a white man who use to work in that area most of the people that live there are hard working,law abiding citizens who love their neighborhood. They feel powerless because they know if they say anything about what goes on it could cause problems for them and their loved ones
I accidentally took the bus onto the edge of Jersey City one time when I meant to go to Weehawken. It’s funny, because the first thing I saw was a rundown CVS, a shabby liquor store across the street, and a lot of crackheads, which was enough to tell me that I was entering into bad territory. I got out before I got _real_ deep into the city and just decided to walk all the way to where I was meant to go. Newark and Jersey City, for people who’ve grown up in the Hudson or Essex area, is notorious for being very ghetto neighborhoods. It’s always funny talking to people who are not from this part of Jersey. “It’s upcoming!” they say specifically about Jersey City. “It’s not _that_ dangerous to live in! There are lots of businesses, a nice view of the city, and some neighborhoods are really neat!” There are one or two parts that are either a bit nicer than some other parts or just flat out gentrified because of how conveniently close it is to New York. In Jersey City you could have one street that’s filled with nice and expensive homes, white yuppies, and office buildings, while just a quick walk to another street and you’ll find a bunch of crackheads and drug dealers, rundown buildings covered in graffiti, and liquor store after liquor store. I can attest, since I looked into Jersey City while moving. Maybe one day it’ll be nicer. While it is true that it is currently in the process of being gentrified, kind of like how Hoboken used to be a dump and now it’s the nicest place to hangout in Hudson county, it is still a place that most people should be a bit weary of. People should really look more into what “upcoming” truly means.
I hope they dont gentrify this neighborhood like they did in Washington dc. The world doesnt need more luxury homes and shops for the rich, but there is an extreme shortage of affordable housing in most cities. Plus gentrified neighborhoods are boring to look at
Why does it always seem like in the worst areas there are always so many people just hanging around the streets? Don’t they have some better to do like work, or clean up something
This is part of the areas I'm from, Newark/ Jersey City/ THE Oranges in NJ.....MURDER capital for 20+ year's, and still high office criminality and corruption today! As a trucker, I dislike going in a big rig in NJ, NYC, PA is all right, BUT certain parts of NJ and NYC try to eat off of the truck drivers! Some whole STATES are like that.... PEACE, POWER AND PROSPERITY BROTHER!
Lets talk about how they are now knocking down another high rise project ( holland gardens) because that neighborhood is in the midst of development and they don’t want those projects to make the neighborhood look a certain way.
I live there and I feel the guy he is interviewing.there are so many gangs and drug dealers that in every block there has to be a police car for something
I’m from Jersey City, what he said was facts you didn’t really get into the hood parts you was at the beginning part of it. Like he said once you go uptop to the hill then you’ll see what’s going on gotta come back in the summer time at night lol gotta go to the projects too
I left Jersey City in 1975, went to the virgin islands where my pop's and stepmother moved to. Then I joined the Army in "76, the last time I went back to Jersey City was in 2010 to bury my brother Reinaldo Jr.
I been to Jersey City but never been around the southern parts by Greenville, Bergen or West Bergen. Was looking to move. Very informative for me to stay away from that area.
negative statement about Jersey city. I've lived I'm many different parts. and it's one of the best cities in NJ. yeah theres a certain kinda ruffness but that's what makes the place great.
Mark Connor right? He’s mad tone deaf. This man in the video outright speaking on his struggles to maintain a job and safely live in his neighborhood. “What makes the place great” gtfo
This guy sounds like one of the wisest that you have interviewed
Ya
That's saying allot
Nawwww hell no young boi from Cleveland is go watch dat
Honestly where dem blue houses at is da most dangerous area in jersey city
This is important work, Sir. You are a artistic,documentary, humanitarian. Peace
Amen and amen. Putting faces on society's problems and people who are victims of those problems makes it real.
Gotta agree. I was kinda scared first time i was there at night time. Well, i went out very late and actually people were cool. No shady business. Of course there were people who looked shady, but they didn't do anything. Even said hi. Charlie is doing a very important job. The hoods isn't always dangerous.
@@mattezhackblip agreed this ain't the 80's and 90's where niggas would Rob folks just cause no adays as long as you mind your business and carry urself correct you b fine in just about any hood
John Davis that's right.
@@mattezhackblip JC was a great place up to the late 60s. Then the blacks rioted and ruined it.
very decent well spoken brother i hope he gets a decent job moves from that area and has a nice life peace to you from the Caribbean Jamaica.
Im from a round there no cap and he a perv
@@raybetts8109 lmao I was thinking the same thing when I seen ol boy
Kuntri I think so too! He seems to me just some one wanting a better life
@@raybetts8109 i live in that hood. I never saw him
I’m from the heights
Every martin luther king street is ghetto
Etc Hosts thank god im not the only one who realized that
Etc Hosts that’s terrible though
Etc Hosts An it you fault, Whitey.
Not white my brother
@@davemojarra4734 Racist!
this guy is well spoken and has a positive attitude. Nice to see
I feel for the guy in the interview. He's like a lot of people in these situations. They kinda fell into the hood life but he's trying to better himself and actually trying to warn the younger generation. I hope the dude can make it.
kawaiiafangirl a very intelligent man who truly makes a lot of sense! I’m rooting for this deserving man to have a fantastic life!
Charlie, I love your vids, Sir. You have an empathetic, and respectful way of interviewing the folks on these streets, being mindful not to exploit them, but giving them a voice. Thank you. 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏿
I grew up in Bergen/Lafayette so this video made me super nostalgic. Awesome job
This guy seems like a good ,dude .....just needs some guidance to become successful!
A dream written down with a date becomes a goal.
A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan.
A plan backed by actions becomes a Reality.
I love it.. fax
There's a lot of really amazing people up there.
you dont get it
This dude seem like a straight up dude
The guy seem intelligent compare to that deadlock kid in Detroit
These are two of the dumbest sentences ever typed on UA-cam.
CAVE BEAST lmaoo
Charlie, recently I was in Copenhagen talking to a girl and we randomly discovered that we both watch and love your videos! You're doing big things and your amazing work is reaching international audiences!!
Thanks for watching.
I hope this guy catches a break and gets to turn his life around. Positive energy towards him
Clark Davis Thank You for saying that it’s so good to hear someone say something positive I think this young man truly deserves to have a good fulfilling life!
Ahhhh seeing these streets bring back crazy memories. Anyone from down there knows that in the summer it gets crazy out there. It’s a whole different world out there.
Facts
I see no lies like roaches when the lights come on is how Jackson looks ina summer
Facts lmaoo
I knew nothing about JC was out like 1 in the morning tryna get some water n snacks a couple days ago I’m from NY BOY was deff on my ps and qs shit was sketchy af 😭😭😭 I’m no stranger to danger but still I know the vibes can tell shit gets crazy where I was at on Monticello to be exact
how is the area around Ocean ave and Van Nostrand? sometimes i have to make uber eats delivery out there, is it risky?
Doesn’t look too bad compared to how it use to look in the 1980’s and 90’s
David Bauer thats the same as washington dc and philadelphia and bronx too. Washington dc used to be majority ghetto in the 1970s and 1980s
@Sweet Genius while I wouldn't go that far I'll give you that gentrification can have it's benefits
David Bauer “doesn’t look “ key word “look” the crime is still high
@C caymer ultimately the main problem with gentrification is once these dudes are forced out of the city they usually just start doin dirt somewhere else
reckless Crime in Jersey City has gone down considerably since 2005. J.C. is actually safer now than Paterson is currently. If you want to mention cities that have stubbornly high crime rates talk about Newark, Trenton, or Camden. Those cities to this day still have worse crime and poverty rates than Jersey City. Newark's unemployment rate is also worse than J.C., in fact Newark has one of the highest unemployment rates I've seen out of any U.S. city.
Good interview. I like the guy. Maybe he should be the mayor.
Naa I see upper management opportunities in his future😂
Or Bill Matsikoudis
Michael I would vote for him
Dude, that guy is the mayor of Jersey city 😋
@@eddygarcia3954 haha he's Batman or the Mayor at night - his secret trade
Charlie, this young man is a good person. I wish him the best
I like the interviewed man. He looks honest.
crosswolf movies one of the few interview ed who speak intelligent ly and not using profanity
That guy is well spoken. Pray things work out for him.
People who moved to JC it’s MLK Dr, born in JC it’s Jackson ave
That's right.
Facts....the sign is still standing too...
i was born in journal square.
Who remembers Henderson St downtown and what Newport really used to be like?
I was born on bramhall have. Big yellow house back in thw day.
I really liked him .....every place has its issues i guess but Jersey city is actually looking better than it used to ....I noticed a trend that in every interview lately..... the interviewee is not happy with the local govt or the programs offered ......its showing that the current state of affairs is not working for anyone .....great work you are doing here ...documentation of real america thank you !!
Jersey city looks busy and vibrant compared to some of the dead zones in Baltimore. I expected to see more boarded up houses and less actually renovation, but they seem to be doing something right here.
You're NOT .... everything has a house or condo....and since this video.... everywhere you didn't see a house in one right NOW
this is a negative statement. there is of course a certain kinda ruffness but that's with almost every city .
JC is much better than Baltimore. I lived in both places and parts of Baltimore were some of the scariest places I have ever see/been in and I have been in the hoodest of hoods.
@@mstyles2667 depends where you go in Jersey City - there's a lot of boarded-up places in jersey city, that you wouldn't want to walk at night, this guy in the video didn't even go to the hill, where most of the murders happen. Also, he didn't even go to 1 project complex
there's a lot of boarded-up places in jersey city, and this video didn't show many of the hoods in jersey city like the hill, marion projects, curries woods, down the hill, etc (he basically stayed in one area, and in the beginning he showed the beacon towers, which is a old hospital they converted to a luxury building - shows what the director knows of the area). Granted, the central area he went into is one of the hoods, but this specific area was deemed a high impact area the local government wanted to start their poverty revitalizing efforts in, hence all the renovation. Jersey City is 15 minutes from Manhatten, so a lot of money has moved in from there from NYC and continues to move in from there for the last 10-12 years. Naturally, that money is slowly going to trickle into the hoods
201 in the comments wassup 😎✊💯
Linden And Princeton born and raised
PS.40 grad
Went to Snyder
Attended CREATE Charter School
And County Prep high schools .
And FYI it's not Martin Luther King Drive
It's Jackson Ave .....let's be real
That's what's up!
Princeton Ave, Stevens Ave, Ocean Ave
PS. 34, 40, and 20😁
Not too many people know about it being Jackson ave...the sign is still standing also...on the communipaw ave end the next to KFC
201
P.S. #30 is definitely in the building.
Born and raised in Greenville, thanks for making the video. JC ain't that bad if it's all you know.
Appreciate you coming through my city, Charlie 👍
Love this quiet little channel. Thank you for showing us....what's real.
As the wise man Kareem Crawford once said " at night u gotta be on point yameen, ya gotta stay on ya pibit" well said wise man, well said
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I grew up on Dwight and Bergen, on the hill. One of the best things about JC, for me, is that millionaires and poor people mingle...and sometimes you can't tell them apart.
Dang. JC has really gentrified sine I was there in in 2001. Looks like they've torn down a lot of the abandoned homes and built a bunch of urban pioneer houses. Many of the apartment buildings that were abandoned in 2001 have been rehabbed and actually look pretty good. They must be doing something right there.
Sar Jim ~correct, lots of gentrification. JC is on the up. Especially w NYC and the boroughs of NY overwhelmed by population and cost of living. JC is def not as dangerous or impoverished as most of the areas that I’ve noted Charlie has visited.
Learned from this drop that Charlie is a Paterson native! Very cool- maybe he’ll visit his old home grounds.
Sar Jim its not right. Because they will displace all the poor people from the neighborhood and then there will become even more of a shortage of affordable housing and more people will become homeless
@@silversword4428 Well, I knew someone like you would show up. You call squatting in burned out houses or ones with no paint, no electricity and infested with rats and other vermin "affordable housing"? I'm certain there are subsidized rents for some the poor people still there. The working poor can get by with that safety net. People who are disabled for some reason and can't work also have social programs to house them. When it comes to those who refuse to work, rob, steal, deal drugs, mug people, do home invasions, and make responsible people feel so afraid they leave then, yeah, they can become homeless. Maybe some time on the street will help reorient their way of thinking to become less predatory.
Sar Jim theres a long waiting list for affordable housing in the city where I live .and people have to wait because the demand is greater than the supply. When gentrification happens rents will go up and property taxes, will go up too. People, will be forced out of thier homes
@@silversword4428 Since when was anyone guaranteed an "affordable" home? Even worse, when were they assured they'd never have to wait for something in high demand? You either qualify for government programs like Sections 8, get a job that pays more money so you afford to buy or rent your "affordable" home, or move to a place where housing is less expensive. The vast majority of the working poor are in low skill jobs that are available in most parts of the country that are a lot less expensive to live in than places across the river from NYC. Gentrification saves cities from the fate we've already seen in Detroit. Is that your preferred alternative to gentrification?
Downtown jersey 7th street where I grew up 🙏 all love for my city
It sucks for someone to Love where they live and hate it at the same time.
I know Jersey City very well. MLK Blvd. used to be Jackson Ave. At 08:33 you drive right past the apartment bldg. (on the right) we moved out of back in 1965.
54 years later......it has-not-improved-at-all. Jackson Ave. used to get a LOT of foot-traffic, as there were plenty of stores up-and-down that area.
Banks, post office, toy stores, supermarkets, furniture stores, clothing stores, pizza parlors............everything was right there on that strip.
15:02 there was a Thom McCann shoe store on the left-corner (where the red brick apt. bldg. is).
(15:16....there was a Woolworth - 5&10 store where Pioneer Supermarket is.)
One Sunday night Thom McCann's front window was smashed and the place was looted.
They shut-down shortly after.
Soon, businesses began leaving the area.
And then people began leaving.
When the riots broke-out in the early 1960's, us kids (and mom) were shuttled-off to grandma's.....many miles away.
My dad would come home from work, lock all windows and doors, and sit in complete darkness.......waiting for shit to go down.
What you're seeing is not the result of whites (and non-blacks) going into these areas and trashing them in the dead-of-night.
What you're seeing is the result of EBT, food stamps, govt. assistance as a way-of-life.
Cradle-to-grave handouts, coupled with the candy-ass politicians who are too damn afraid to tell urban blacks to get their shit together.
Put and end to taxpayer-funded govt. assistance, and you'll put an end to neighborhoods going to hell.
thats genius. So by removing welfare you fix poverty?
That doesn't make any sense. By that reasoning, countries with less government assistance would have less poverty and no bad neighborhoods, but it's simply not true. Quite the opposite.
@@robertd4100 No. Re-read what I said: 'Put and end to taxpayer-funded govt. assistance.'
Welfare/assistance programs should NOT be funded by the taxpayers. They should be funded by donations & charitable organizations.
Why should my hard-earned tax $$$ provide assistance to those who have no intention or desire to improve themselves?
Hard working, educated people have to plan/budget their earnings when deciding to start a family.
Welfare recipients just pop 'em out........and hard-working, educated people are forced to pay for it.
@@tgnyc13 Exactly my point. The more govt. assistance, the more poor poverty you have. So you agree with me.
And the poor neighborhoods are the result of those who live in them having no responsibility for them.
Someone else (taxpayers) is paying their rent/expenses, so there's no real concern for the damage done.
Again, those neighborhoods are destroyed by those who live in them.
Outsiders are not coming in during the dead-of-night and vandalizing those properties.
@@mjs28c dude, no offense, but you need to slow Doreen and read. You're not making any sense
Looks like a real city unlike many of the other charlie bro videos. Which looks like suburbs with old houses
Close to NY
Right across the water from NY
I was born in Jersey City, and always live in the area, and I work in Jersey City. And I have to say that that's the worst, and most dangerous part of Jersey City. Most of the crimes and shootings are from that area, and it's called Bergen/Lafayette and Greenville section of Jersey City.
3dplanet100 there are a good parts in Jersery city?
@@DjTemptation The area of the waterfront its safe. Of course, anything can happen in anywhere, but that area its pretty safe. Now, Journal Square its relatively safe, meaning that you can walk there with no problem, but sometimes things happens, but not frequently. I have walk there in the day and late in the night, and i feel safe. But, I have heard in the news of some isolated crimes there, such as assault and robbery, but again, its not too often. You see a lot of people traffic there, although some streets are a little desserted in the night. But, the Waterfront area is much safer. Its very rare to heard of a crime there.
3dplanet100 thanks a lot for your help, i appreciate
I'm visiting New Jersey in a few months and I'm staying by Culver Ave and Westside Ave. By the social security office. Is that area safe?
@@alexjavier664 yes, that area it's pretty safe, but it's too close to bad areas. Just about half a mile east, it's not safe. When you cross JFK Blvd, and you go east toward Bergen Ave, it's not safe. And if you keep going east, it's dangerous, that's MLK drive, where there are gangs and sometimes shootings. But if you stay west of the boulevard, by westside Avenue, it's a pretty safe area. But things can change rapidly, cuz it's too close to the hood, but that's not usual in that Westside Ave area, so you gonna be allright.
looks 1000 times better than Baltimore. really hope for the best for the young man. some people just need a break.
And much better than detroit
@bluerfoot @jimmy the gent conway if your basing this off 'looks' charlie didn't go to the 'dangerous looking' hoods in Jersey City like the Hill, Curries Woods, Marion Projects, etc. The place Charlie went to is the center of the Jersey City government effort to renovate the hood (The Hub & McGinley Square)
@@201chillguy2 wat are you talking about he was on bramhall dats da most dangerous area in jersey city n he said look jerseycity dose not look like Baltimore n Detroit might act like it but it don't nobody saying its not tough we all know it's fucked up here but it don't look as fucked up as other cities do
@@201chillguy2 dem blue houses area bramhall Lexington in all dat you know it goes down about there Charlie was in da hood you lying my friend
Do Elizabeth NJ next!
Word....I was born in Edison, NJ
Raised in Plainfield grew up & lived in Newark. Now I'm in Elizabeth.
Greetings from Lyndhurst, NJ! Love your videos!
Used to live in Lyndhurst just moved 2 years ago liver on valldybrook by the uniform store
252 dash my friend lives right there by Lincoln
MikaMeow have many friends that live in Lyndhurst issa nice town
@@PalMmxyz yup. Lincoln by the wendys. I went there 7th grade
I usually dont like the interviews you do and i dont watch the full interview but this one is good
also, does anyone else love when Charlie says "Oh Ok"?
Why is every Martin Luther King jr. blvd f.up
Thats Where they put the low income and public housing most times
Cuz he was a Mason sell out part of boule society
Great thing that you are going to these areas and showing the real deal and talking to the people on the streets. 👍🏾👍🏽
Yall got my home on this
Oh yeah yeah yeah???
Unnamed is it nice in the city?
Drake is love, Drake is life yes it is
@@zubairchoudhry6095 oh no no no....
I can‘t see ads on your channel anymore, did youtube demonetize that channel ??
I see ads, if they did that I wouldn't do this.
+CharlieBo313
They've been demonetizing many original content creators, like yourself. They come up with the flimsiest of excuses, too. My prediction is that five years from now, UA-cam will look worse than Jersey City. I sure hope I'm wrong, though.
They constantly change what they allow you to be able to monetize. I constantly have to make little changes to stay ahead of the game. They recently made changes that caused a revenue drop for me, but now it's rebounding.
CharlieBo313 Dedicated to the “cause”? 😂
@@CharlieBo313 how much money can you make doing this?
lol, that crap at 2:49 drove me crazy when I worked in Philly. Plenty of room to pull over, but, nope, just stop and block traffic.
Good interview Charles your doing a good job !
Thanks for watching.
Wow! Great video CharlieBo313! Looks like a lot of life in Jersey City. People walking on the streets, moms with their kids, etc. Stores open, lights on, amazing. Not a lot of boarded-up, burned up houses and rubble. Public transit, too! School busses. Life. I liked it, Charlie.
The place Charlie went to is the center of the Jersey City government effort to renovate the hood (The Hub & McGinley Square)
Very well spoken young man who wants to make it....praying things work out for him!
God Bless this young man!
Only we can save ourselves, it starts with us as a whole.
Facts
Do this when it's summer.
Word..way more hood in the summer
Nice Video's Charlie Keep It Up!!😉😎💪
This is where I am from. Certain areas are going through gentrification. Some of the projects are still up though, like booker T and what not. Did you go by the old Duncan avenue projects by Lincoln park? That area has gone through a huge transformation. Jersey City as a whole, has gotten much better though from what it was back in the 2000s when I was there.
Moved to one block away from Duncan Ave. in 2001 and I can definitely say that I got jumped a couple of times during that period. Lol. This neighborhood is a lot safer now- I see a bunch of White people walking around all willy nilly.
Twenty years ago Duncan ave was a war zone the cops wouldn't even go near the project's
@@alfreddonnelly5213 currywoods pjs was the worse that's why they knocked it down first
@@kameialmalachi8132 Lafayette was the first
@@n.a.2488 oh okay Montgomery PJs ???????
Good interview 👍 Wish it had been longer. Good luck to the man
I miss Jersey city , my grandma still live on the hill 💪🏽💪🏽 She been there 60 years
you should come see granma and me haha
1:17 still can't believe part of that hospital i was born in got turned into a condo
WOWWWWW this is my city kinda unreal you documented the reality of where i live
I feel bad for that young man. He seems like he has a desire to do more with his life but needs help getting out of that environment.
I remember at night when i comeback from work i kept walking MLK to Montgomery down to mail to get the lightrail, had to be a little careful walking around there.
Jersey City NJ is my HOME I left in 2001 but I'd rather be nowhere else.I love it and that's where my heart is
Jersey City is cleaned up alot now
But still very dangerous
@@jimmyboy2407 dangerous ? give me an example of what goes on down their
@@karleerose806 well to be fair everything
@@karleerose806 by da way are you from jersey city
@@jimmyboy2407 is NJCU area safe ?
Another great CHARLIEBO313 production!! Every video you post reminds me I gotta get my ass up north because thats where all the good hoods are.
I will forever love NJ...
Home of coi leray
@@aharonemanuel4010 seriously out of all the people you said Coi leray🤦♂️😭
@@tunedtfin917 😆😂😂😂🤣
@@tunedtfin917 I see you in every videos that involves jersey 😂
@@vegasknight7774 I see you in every comment reply I make😭😭
Great interview 👍
The damn light rail in the back
My Hometown born and raised and im still here im employed here by the state
Jersey City really isn't that terrible compared to cities around it. It has a certain charm to it
😂😂 that’s a lie , the cities around it are Bayonne and Hoboken, them are nice safe areas
Good interview
Sounds like he is trying to do the right thing now. Good advice but no one wants to hire someone with 1 conviction let alone 3. Wish he learned what he knows now before he got the convictions. Good luck. Spread the advice to others that need it. Thanks for sharing.
come to Mott Haven Bronx, it's one of the most ghetto places in NYC next to Brownsville and east new York
wut about east harlem
@@dagreazy3815 yea that 2
Ttrue but they know what projects to walk around not all projects are gangster and active ..Lincoln projects on 135th just indicted 16 gang members L.o.E (Lincoln Over Everybody) its cold by the river only scared niggas shiver
Yep. Mott haven.
You know he a certified JC OG when they reffer to it as "Jackson Ave" to this day
Such a shame! Beautiful old buildings. It would look amazing if restored.
Love your videos of Newark they are sooo crisp and clear.👍👍👍My Newark what has it become of??😞😞☹️☹️🙁😟newark could be much better!
Ok ok..my birthplace is on the map.. finally!! Ocean Ave!!
Unlucky
No ocean Ave in the vid he barely grazed greenville section that's the worst in the city that and westside near in and around marion projects
i love your videos.. saw you last night..This guy you interviewed is very positive and smart.. God bless all
I'll take my boring country living over this any day
I’ve lived in Jersey my whole life and this is the first time that I’ve seen Jersey City
MY GUY REALLY WENT TO JERSEY CITY APPRECIATE YOU CHARLIE
It also depends where you live in Jersey City, the area Charlie drove through is bad but if he went to downtown area he would see a whole different world.
Little by little this will become Bushwick, Williamsburg,long island City $$$
It already has. Jersey City is a HUGE city landwise and the ghetto parts shrink by day. All the projects were imploded in the past 10-15 years and it's all getting expensive now. But like Newark and Brooklyn there will always be a hood part.
No yea that’s a fact
Thanks for the upload.xd
This my city born n raised very nice city very diverse it has it bad areas like any city everybody no everybody family oriented jc 4 life
As a white man who use to work in that area most of the people that live there are hard working,law abiding citizens who love their neighborhood. They feel powerless because they know if they say anything about what goes on it could cause problems for them and their loved ones
One of the most sanest comments in here. Thank you !
Agreed @@christophermccrea7133
I accidentally took the bus onto the edge of Jersey City one time when I meant to go to Weehawken. It’s funny, because the first thing I saw was a rundown CVS, a shabby liquor store across the street, and a lot of crackheads, which was enough to tell me that I was entering into bad territory. I got out before I got _real_ deep into the city and just decided to walk all the way to where I was meant to go.
Newark and Jersey City, for people who’ve grown up in the Hudson or Essex area, is notorious for being very ghetto neighborhoods. It’s always funny talking to people who are not from this part of Jersey.
“It’s upcoming!” they say specifically about Jersey City. “It’s not _that_ dangerous to live in! There are lots of businesses, a nice view of the city, and some neighborhoods are really neat!”
There are one or two parts that are either a bit nicer than some other parts or just flat out gentrified because of how conveniently close it is to New York. In Jersey City you could have one street that’s filled with nice and expensive homes, white yuppies, and office buildings, while just a quick walk to another street and you’ll find a bunch of crackheads and drug dealers, rundown buildings covered in graffiti, and liquor store after liquor store. I can attest, since I looked into Jersey City while moving.
Maybe one day it’ll be nicer. While it is true that it is currently in the process of being gentrified, kind of like how Hoboken used to be a dump and now it’s the nicest place to hangout in Hudson county, it is still a place that most people should be a bit weary of. People should really look more into what “upcoming” truly means.
I hope they dont gentrify this neighborhood like they did in Washington dc. The world doesnt need more luxury homes and shops for the rich, but there is an extreme shortage of affordable housing in most cities. Plus gentrified neighborhoods are boring to look at
That crazy there’s was just a shooting today in mlk jersey city
6 people killed, including cop
17vyr old killed yesterday
Why does it always seem like in the worst areas there are always so many people just hanging around the streets? Don’t they have some better to do like work, or clean up something
This is part of the areas I'm from, Newark/ Jersey City/ THE Oranges in NJ.....MURDER capital for 20+ year's, and still high office criminality and corruption today!
As a trucker, I dislike going in a big rig in NJ, NYC, PA is all right, BUT certain parts of NJ and NYC try to eat off of the truck drivers! Some whole STATES are like that....
PEACE, POWER AND PROSPERITY BROTHER!
Lets talk about how they are now knocking down another high rise project ( holland gardens) because that neighborhood is in the midst of development and they don’t want those projects to make the neighborhood look a certain way.
Only time i went to jC was for ringside or back in the day newport mall
I live there and I feel the guy he is interviewing.there are so many gangs and drug dealers that in every block there has to be a police car for something
I’m from Jersey City, what he said was facts you didn’t really get into the hood parts you was at the beginning part of it. Like he said once you go uptop to the hill then you’ll see what’s going on gotta come back in the summer time at night lol gotta go to the projects too
Even Greenville along MLK and Ocean Ave
Great work, but I wonder if we the camera at all puts the one interviewed at risk?
Kinda reminds me of zacktv stay safe out here G ✊🏽🤝
Word.. R.I.P Zack he was dope
@@spvcs3615 he got caught up
I didn’t read the title, until I realize I recognized some of the building 😂
I hope u hit ocean ave in Greenville
Where I lived with my parents and grew up in.
He hit it at the end of the vid. when he made that left. That st past Claremont runs you right into ocean ave
@@wysmesantom8066 how is the area around Ocean ave and Van Nostrand? sometimes i have to make uber eats delivery out there, is it risky?
ceeloc use to be bad when I was growing up all through the 90s to the early 2000s straight horror shit I don't think it changed that much
@@ceeIoc its bad as hell over that way and on myrtle.
I left Jersey City in 1975, went to the virgin islands where my pop's and stepmother moved to. Then I joined the Army in "76, the last time I went back to Jersey City was in 2010 to bury my brother Reinaldo Jr.
Waits for some cornball to say:
“JERSEY STAND UP”
I been to Jersey City but never been around the southern parts by Greenville, Bergen or West Bergen. Was looking to move. Very informative for me to stay away from that area.
negative statement about Jersey city. I've lived I'm many different parts. and it's one of the best cities in NJ. yeah theres a certain kinda ruffness but that's what makes the place great.
Chris Scerbo sorry but what makes the place great again?
Chris Scerbo
People like you who normalize this kind of garbage (mediocrity, poverty, high taxation, anti-freedom) are a major part of the problem.
Mark Connor right? He’s mad tone deaf. This man in the video outright speaking on his struggles to maintain a job and safely live in his neighborhood. “What makes the place great” gtfo
Chen if you don’t live here for most of your life you wouldn’t know you only know what’s on the news
What he said is so true about the influence on the youth. Its very sad, and also very true.
all of those new homes were once empty lots
You need to sell a tee that says “Oh, okay”. The best answer to get out of a questionable situation! 😂