The problem is not just the physical structures it’s the people. They’ll just be relocated to another area and continue committing the same crimes.

@weeweefeet4030

Жыл бұрын

Round them up and ship them to Antarctica and see if they can survive.

@assassin8636

Жыл бұрын

This is not true to be honest

@assassin8636

Жыл бұрын

Well what you're saying isn't true

@assassin8636

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you are just making lies

My father was a Chicago cop. He loved the WINTER TIME. He always said, " the criminals can't afford good coats."

@jeffrobodine8579

Жыл бұрын

Now they just steal a van, do a smash and grab at Louis Vuitton and commit crime in designer jackets.

@blaynegreiner9365

Жыл бұрын

These days LEOs can't either 😅😅

@donaldoehl7690

Жыл бұрын

Detroit is the same. Winter is safer for crime but they drive even worse.

@HeilRay

Жыл бұрын

Ha silver linings.

@RandaWise

Жыл бұрын

hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Wow!

"Why's there a dog with an eye patch and one leg?" I actually laughed out loud. You always have such great commentary!

@sweetdrahthaar7951

Жыл бұрын

That dogs name is Lucky

@russellbonesteel1115

Жыл бұрын

@@sweetdrahthaar7951 Well Maybe So! I am Going With Mr. BRIGGS! ROTFLMAO!

@markbrown8097

Жыл бұрын

You found my dog! He usually doesn't get that far from home.

@robertvandall6213

Жыл бұрын

AS did I!! Hystereical!! I watch As much for your humor as your content. Keep your format! GREAT

My husband is from Gary and he says they need to level the entire town . He left for the military 2 weeks after graduation and never looked back . He said it was bad then , I can only imagine .

@kevinkrichie

Жыл бұрын

I am from Gary. Left in 1986 and never looked back. Love these badasses until they realize I am from Gary, Indiana.

@maxswagcaster5315

Жыл бұрын

When I went down there the first time it was like being in a settlement in a fallout game seeing all these half destroyed buildings with some scattered pockets of other dilapidated but occupied building in between and ofc strange dialogue from the locals definitely not as bad as I heard it was gonna be but I still wouldn’t wanna live in such a sad place

@chicoandthem4n

Жыл бұрын

@maxswagcaster5315 i rather live in a fallout game then the reality of the usa. Atleast in fallout there are certain people who are actually good hearted. I feel like usa and canada youe own family will stab you in the back

@richardrott2883

Жыл бұрын

@@maxswagcaster5315 ikkkkkkllkkii

True story about Oakland. I was doing Uber in Sacramento and I received a offer for a long drive to take a couple people to their place in Oakland and the fair was over $100 so I was happy to get it. Well her place ended up being south of the Arena in what is known as a really rough neighborhood. The passenger told me she was going to get out and run to Apartment and for me not to stop for anything until I left the area or I could get killed.. I took her advice and left the area what to me seemed like a war zone.

@NhatHanPham

Жыл бұрын

So you didn’t even stop when she get out of the car?

@christopherkerns3289

Жыл бұрын

@@NhatHanPham oh once I hit Berkeley I had to stop and use the bathroom and get gas. Apparently from what I've been told where I dropped the people off is one of the worst areas of Oakland.

@charlesphilhower1452

Жыл бұрын

Have had the same advice in Newark NJ

@travist.7279

Жыл бұрын

98th Avenue!

@Rhaspun

Жыл бұрын

I remember years ago. There was a murder in Stockton. It took Stockton PD a month to track down the murderer. He was from Oakland and went to Stockton to visit a friend. It looked like he wanted to rob someone before he headed back to Oakland. My friend still lives in Stockton, and he noticed that many issues with crime the perps are visiting Stockton. Perps frequently are from Oakland.

Had a friend going to a tech conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. I'd lived in and around San Francisco for a few years, and told him what to expect. I told him it's literally an open-air toilet, not to venture out of his hotel after night since he doesn't know the neighborhood, areas to avoid in the daytime, etc. He clearly thought I was exaggerating. He left after one day. He was astonished that it was exactly as I'd described it.

I worked in Flint for 2 months last year. Stayed in town for four days then switched my hotel to saginaw and just drove an hour each day. I'm not too intimidated by rough areas but there were people pumping gas with bulletproof vests on. It was wild

@lcam9241

Жыл бұрын

😳😳

@Heymrk

Жыл бұрын

Wait, you swapped Flint for Saginasty? That's like jumping out of the pot and into the frying pan.

@willymaykit1482

Жыл бұрын

Wimp.

@kilo21swp

Жыл бұрын

You switched to Saginaw? Lololo.

@marypatten9655

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Bullet proof vests to pump gas. That is wild.

I rode a Greyhound bus to Chicago one time. We stopped in Gary Indiana and the driver would not let anyone off the bus that wasn’t staying off.

@blackamerican40

Жыл бұрын

You mean getting off?

@pinkroses6463

Жыл бұрын

No, staying off‼️ If you got off, you weren’t getting back on…😎

@noedgelines9565

Жыл бұрын

OMG … Yeah, it’s a dump.

Architecturally, Baltimore has tons of potential. It doesn't need to be bulldozed. It needs a bunch of people to be thrown in jail and replaced with other, nicer people.

@SFbayArea94121

Жыл бұрын

It just needs a good Nuke-ing 💣

@centuryrox

Жыл бұрын

As a Baltimore resident, I agree about throwing people in jail, starting with the elected officials for the past 30 years.

@RobertWilke

Жыл бұрын

Until you get the police being able to attack crime (not get accused of some racial crime themselves for looking the wrong way) and get actual DA’s that will hold criminals accountable (not activist “Bail Reform “ DA’s). None of these places will get fixed anytime soon.

@user-sz2px8pv3f

Жыл бұрын

This statement could be true in a large number of cities. More police, better police, stern and fair justice system. I think the justice system is one of the largest problems with big cities. No bail and light to no sentencing at all for heinous crimes

@bigfoot-id8bv

Жыл бұрын

Not nicer, better, more honest, more pro law and order……..conservative.

I knew a cop in Baltimore who got mugged...on duty. In uniform. Wow.

@kevinblackburn3198

Жыл бұрын

I live in metro Baltimore. Bulldozing would be a huge benefit for the city.

@yeetian2774

Жыл бұрын

My friend went to John Hopkins for his doctor degree. The security told him not to leave the dorm after 8:00 pm. Or he may never see the dawn again. 🥲

@653j521

Жыл бұрын

People OFTEN attack the police. For some reason, criminals have a negative feeling toward uniformed cops. Go figure.

@DriveInFreak

Жыл бұрын

LMAO

@CJColvin

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinblackburn3198 Do you live in Baltimore County or the city of Baltimore?

"Being offended is not a skill". I love that quote of yours. I will be sure to use it in future... often 😉

@sonialinsey8083

Жыл бұрын

Not surprising he said this because I think he mentioned living in the Portland metro. Being a chronically offended little twit is a professional sport there. You have to like…absolutely keep people at arm’s length. Never make even the most bland inoffensive joke. Zero sense of humor in those sad, grumpy people. I lived there for 10 years and didn’t regret getting out of there.

@JamesSavik

Жыл бұрын

Some people seem to think being offended is like an emotional credit card. It entitles them to feel better at the expense of others.

@jacqueshollands5630

Жыл бұрын

@@sonialinsey8083 sadly, I think it has become an international thing. Everyone is looking for pity. What a weak generation we are

@markradtke6663

Жыл бұрын

An old Indian once told me " Just because you don't like what someone said to you, that it's not true! "

@HeilRay

Жыл бұрын

Many cases it's a red flag.

The problem with bulldozing and urban renewal is the dysfunctional people in the area will move to someplace else nearby and that area will go down.

it’s always a good day when World According To Briggs posts 😎

@WorldAccordingToBriggs

Жыл бұрын

thanks

@exles248

Жыл бұрын

It sure is

@puesbien

Жыл бұрын

My days are so shitty that my emotions are also affected positively when this gentleman posts.

I meant to say this the other day, but since you are a veteran, I would like to thank you for your service. Also, I am blind, so I wonder if you could do a video on the 10 cities in the United States that are good for blind people to live. This would mean things such as transportation, jobs, etc.

@Smackwater587

Жыл бұрын

Alamogordo NM has a big blind community and it is ok.

@lovetobe6118

Жыл бұрын

Logan Utah is pretty great. Public transportation is free and safe. I have seen several blind people walking around and using the buses of course I am not currently there so I can't ask them what they think about the city for them.

It isn't often that someone actually makes a video composed of viewers feedback. There needs to be more like you for sure ! Most of these cities were once mighty industrial towns with plenty of good paying jobs until our politicians and corporations sold our country down the river to China and Mexico.

@NoamTheGOAT50

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed! Politicians = COCK SUCKERS!

@christophermaulden733

Жыл бұрын

Your last sentence said it all . Thank you for your honesty .

@skylarsartnphotography3450

8 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍

The problem with bulldozing neighborhoods is unfortunately the real problem in a lot of the areas is the people. They will just cause trouble somewhere else. Look at New Orleans. After the hurricane neighboring communities and states that took in the refugees had major increases in crime.

@nutsack952

Жыл бұрын

Ain’t that the truth 😂

@aidanharnois4536

Жыл бұрын

New Orleans members who moved to texas/Oklahoma got a shock when they found out the 60 day rule didn't apply there

@dxasset

Жыл бұрын

@@aidanharnois4536 what is the 60day rule

@tankshots3452

Жыл бұрын

And now once again New Orleans is listed the Murder Capital in 2022.

@rash15

Жыл бұрын

They need to be walled in like district b13

East St. louis! represent my city and start with 31st street & then get rid of City Hall! 💯

@offthetrail636

Жыл бұрын

Makes me glad I’m from north county

@joemomma3208

Жыл бұрын

@@offthetrail636 north county is ok overall

On another site with a video about Gary, the comment about the crime rates coming down basically can be summed up as "when there's nobody left in the city, the rates go down." Gary has lost 55% of its population.

@sockmonkey22

Жыл бұрын

At least it’s “moving the right direction”. 😂

Fascinating. As someone who was raised in Detroit and lives in chicago, perception is very telling. Detroit and Chicago, especially Chicago, have a lot going for them, but they both have terrifying neighborhoods. That is part of the experience but they are both quite lively cities

@KnightBoat

Жыл бұрын

The tendency of people to single out Chicago like it doesn't have the exact same social problems as every other big city in America are weird to me. Mostly, I assume they're just racists who want a reason to hate Chicago because the black president is from here.

@TheAmericanCatholic

Жыл бұрын

@@KnightBoat it’s more that Chicago has the highest murder rate of any American city. While it’s not the highest per capita Chicago has its fair share of bad neighborhoods

@KnightBoat

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheAmericanCatholic I live in Chicago and I honestly couldn't care less. People who obsess over crime stats are usually people and politicians in rural and suburban areas seeking judgment porn to use against the big bad cities. I really think a lot of people are insecure about their lack of urban living skills and love to project.

@chillsillego9599

Жыл бұрын

I’ve Been Fortunate To Live in About 7 States, Due To My Dad’s Job With GM Being an Executive. Detroit, Chicago, & Buffalo are Just a Few. I Absolutely “Love The 313”. The City Is So Big, It’s Just😂Not Enough People To Fill It. 313/313/313/313 ALL DAY EVERYDAY

@robertvanderbaan3722

Жыл бұрын

I was from Detroit, grew up in Grand Rapids. Detroit is the biggest small town in America, and deserves a stick of dynamite to fix it. It simply is hole to be around.

Some Florida places are really bad. There is a lot of hostility in South Florida. People are just really exploitative and manipulative and very hateful toward one another. There is a serious lack of kindness and compassion for fellow human beings. Oh well

@deboraht4636

9 ай бұрын

I am in Georgia and i see that when i go to Kissimmee.

I was surprised that Rockford, IL wasn't on the list the first time. Everything that you said about this city was accurate except how much of it needs to be bulldozed; it's probably more like 40-50%. Source: I'm in Rockford

@michaelrochester48

Жыл бұрын

It is raised a few points for being the home of cheap trick

@katiefyock9607

Жыл бұрын

I got an aquaintance who lives there. It's bad but I've never been there so I cannot say firsthand.

@maxswagcaster5315

Жыл бұрын

Tbh the crime in rockford wouldn’t be that bad if people could just shoot their attackers and more police were around policing, the traffic would still be absolutely horrible during daylight hours though. You also won’t meet many people who are happy to live there

I think a follow-up video based on subscriber feedback like this is a great idea. Enjoyed seeing the fusion between people's "well what about this place" & Briggs' "well this is what the stats say". Well balanced, good job.

@janhatcher6991

Жыл бұрын

I have to agree totally about bulldozing Portland, Oregon! I live about 20 minutes from there and I will not even go downtown. I am scared to death to go down there. Bulldoze it down and let's start over.

@blackrazer22

Жыл бұрын

@@janhatcher6991 How much a problem are the activist groups?

@adambloomer7184

Жыл бұрын

Personally I think Stockton california needs to be bulldozed

@waynejohnson1786

Жыл бұрын

@@blackrazer22 They’ll beat you up for wearing a MAGA hat so pretty bad.

Good, fair presentation. Let people speak up. Just not all the time. Thanks for your work.

Philadelphia has some neighborhoods that need some flattening. Blocks of houses which are basically just shells.

@SFbayArea94121

Жыл бұрын

Was surprised it didn’t make the list honesty

@Johnis2nd

Жыл бұрын

It’s nuts here.

@pillpusher1974

Жыл бұрын

This list is really a "bad reputation" and "something bad happened to me there so it must happen to everyone there every single day for all time" list. Any list like this that has Portland on it but not New Orleans proves that to me . For real though. Philadelphia has big swaths of areas that look just like Baltimore. So why isn't Philadelphia on the list?

I work with a woman that grew up in Camdon, and she said that its like living in war zone. She got into MSU Bozeman and never looked back. She also watches your video's. What's up Jasmine!!

@653j521

Жыл бұрын

You write that as if Bozeman is on the way to a life of happiness. :)

@bknsty14

Жыл бұрын

If she brought the politics of New Jersey to Bozeman, then she learned nothing. Don’t turn red states blue.

@matt1315s

Жыл бұрын

@@bknsty14 So, because she is from Jersey she is a liberal Dem lol. I bet you would like that because I'm from Washington state that I'm liberal. But hey, guess what she isn't, and neither am I. Don't make assumptions about people because they are from a blue state.

@bknsty14

Жыл бұрын

@@matt1315s “If”. The operative word is “If”. The message is to keep red states red. I am from Illinois and live in Texas. Blue state to red and was happy to get out of that hell hole. I hope all people moving here from blue states learned and keep Texas red.

@matt1315s

Жыл бұрын

@Donnell Okafor thats true however I'm not a liberal. Try reading. It might help you

Sorry to hear about your friend. May he RIP. Thanks for another great video!

I have a Camden, NJ story. I know a realtor that was selling a house in 2004 for $12,900. When he went upstairs to show the bedrooms and bathroom, a thug came into the house and robbed the realtor and the client. Needless to say, thay house was not purchase.

@PomegranatesWeather

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Camden I know (Philadelphian)

@onestunningdude9445

Жыл бұрын

@@PomegranatesWeather facts, what's goodie I'm from Uptown

@coldjay6421

Жыл бұрын

@@onestunningdude9445 point breeze

May I suggest ALL of East St Louis Illinois? That is a hellscape.

@andrewevans5750

Жыл бұрын

drop the st louis MSA right out of the high crime list to medium-high, lol

@RJDA.Dakota

Жыл бұрын

If East St. Louis could be just removed that would be tremendous. Major issues and problems there!

The North End of Hartford Connecticut. Lots of poverty, even more crime, the place needs lots of help.

@jeffrobodine8579

Жыл бұрын

Help get rid of the corrupt politicians, then you may have something.

In the movie “Escape from New York” they just built a wall around the city and made it into a jail. What we need is some walls around some of these places, get the good people out, and leave the rest to do as they please. Well maybe a part of the town, a lot of empty buildings will house a lot of homeless people.

Really like the way you skillfully show photographs of the best parts of town under sunny skies!

I gotta respect the fact that you did this. It really shows you're a good sport and take our opinions into consideration.

So glad you mentioned Rockford Illinois. I was born and raised there. It truly is the armpit of the Midwest. Good place to test nuclear weapons.

@tashalynn29

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@jennteal5265

Жыл бұрын

I swear Rockford and Waterloo are sister cities too 😅😅

@joeylawn36111

Жыл бұрын

"good place to test nuclear weapons" Dayum! 🤣

As a Marylander, I agree that certain parts of Baltimore are too far gone to salvage. It's sad, as those neighborhoods were once vibrant, lively and great places to live in the past. Ironically, the City of Baltimore has been tearing down a LOT of abandoned housing stock. The hope is to eventually see that land redeveloped into affordable housing and revived neighborhoods, but a lack of investment from Corporations and Government make that a dream for now.

@katiefyock9607

Жыл бұрын

My buddy lived and died there. Fentanyl. They need stricter laws on crime, crack down on vagrancy, and put time and money into schools and businesses for infrastructure and good paying jobs. Also need to get rid of the tons and tons of rats. I got bothered by junkies left and right there.

@dragondancer1814

Жыл бұрын

@@katiefyock9607 A friend of mine used to work for the Baltimore FD and he swears one night he saw a rat the size of a cat chasing an alley cat! You know you’ve got a rat problem when that shit is going on!

@robertfarrow5853

Жыл бұрын

No reason to build houses without making paying jobs first

“Being offended is not a skill.” Love it!

Gary's already lost a huge percentage of its glory days population. Both of my parents were born in Gary and the last time their childhood homes were sold, the combined proceeds weren't enough to buy a decent used car.

Baltimore Maryland, when I was stationed outside of it, literally reminded me of Florida during hurricane season. Except for it was year round. I never seen so many houses boarded up. Fun fact, brand new car got stolen and used in a murder. Then crashed into a tree. And it wasn't like it was a great car. It was a Nissan Note. Literally the most economical car I could afford at the time.

So sad to see so many people living without hope in so many US cities. Really there seems no alternative but to abandon these cities as it cost more to reconstruct them than to build new somewhere else. Hopefully education and employment will follow.

@SFbayArea94121

Жыл бұрын

It’s the confluence of everything added together for many of us though. Just look at how this country has been run for about the last 25 years. Everything just seems to get worse by the day now when it used to be yearly before l. Hate to say it, but I don’t really know if I have a lot of hope for the country as a whole, nevermind just the cities on this list 😅

@jeffrobodine8579

Жыл бұрын

People refuse to vote out the corrupt Governance.

@arthurhirschfeld5878

Жыл бұрын

@@SFbayArea94121 I agree wholeheartedly. The decline picked up speed when Trump was elected President in 2016. He hijacked the GOP and turned it into a cult of personality party and eliminated a viable option to the ever woke and leftist Democratic Party. This may sound a little bit out in left field but I think Bill Clinton talked Trump into running for President so Hillary could easily win but it blew up in his face when Trump actually won.

@MdnightWnd

Жыл бұрын

@@SFbayArea94121 Sadly education in this country is at the bottom of the list. Keep us stupid and have more people to work for crap wages and accept a horrible insurance system and the least amount of paid time off of any developed country.

Just in Rockford's defense... They have the Anderson Japanese Gardens and it's worth seeing. They have alot of cool museums. Cherryvale mall has nice shopping. And they have beautiful houses that are way less expensive than Chicago's.

@maxpowr90

Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention the Chicago Blackhawks' AHL team, is the Rockford Icehogs.

@markbrown8097

Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention the infrequent shootouts at/near the mall.

@Shauma_llama

Жыл бұрын

I used to go to Cherryvale mall when I lived around there. 😀

2:47 really cool to see my comment highlighted when talking about Oakland. The fact they didn't make the list originally honestly I guess that sort of bodes better for them than expected, but I'm glad in some way I helped contribute to another awesome Briggs video. Anyways as much as I would like to say I hope things get better in Oakland especially since I know someone from there that's just unrealistic. As soon as the Oakland A's leave, the last team in that City so many jobs are going to be lost and inevitably crime is going to go way up.

@SFbayArea94121

Жыл бұрын

I can’t stand even driving on the freeways 580 & 880 just to bypass that hellhole without sometimes getting into some unwanted antics happening around me. But yeah hope it gets better but it hasn’t the last 20 years since I’ve been able to drive since at 16 Yo. so who knows

Chester, PA Philadelphia, PA Newark, NJ Pine Bluff, AR Wilmington, DE Washington, DC I’m sure there are others, but it’s only fair if I suggest ones I’ve personally been to

@KookyWitch67

Жыл бұрын

Chester PA is bad Turtle Creek PA is falling into the garbage pail crime rates tripled in the past 5 years. I left

@thullraven1

Жыл бұрын

Being from Newark, I can second that!

@noedgelines9565

Жыл бұрын

One off the top of my head is Revere, Mass. But that was years ago.

@letitiajeavons6333

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Chester PA hasn't made one of these lists already.

@LanceMan

Жыл бұрын

Also Reading, PA.

Recently I became an Illinois tax refugee and moved out of the state to Indiana. I am in short commuting distance to Gary. After being here for a bit, I decided to investigate why Gary sucks so badly. It is a long colorful story that deserves telling. What is perhaps what is most remarkable is its dramatic population decline. Gary’s population peaked in 1960 at 178,320 people. By 2020 it was down to 69 thousand. At one time it had eight public high schools. Now it has one. The median income for a household in the city is $27,195, and the median income for a family is $32,205. The per capita income for the city is $14,383. About 22.2% of families and 25.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.9% of those under age 18. The violent crime rate has remarkably gone down in Gary. I attribute that to the aging population. Everyone young enough to have the spunk for a violent crime have left the city.

I went to a Orioles game in Baltimore years ago. I parked in parking garage near the Inner Harbor and walked to the stadium. It seemed really easy getting there so I figured it would be just as easy going home. I took a wrong turn somewhere and it turned into a third world country. I had drug dealers come right up to me with no concern about the police. I just kept driving trying to get out of that hellhole and finally I saw a sign for 695 ( Baltimore Beltway) . I was on it very quickly after a harrowing experience like that. When I go to Orioles or Ravens games now, I take the Light Rail to the game. I learned my lesson and will never drive in downtown Baltimore ever again.

Love your channel and videos. Maybe have to put a 3rd on this series and add Big Spring Tx to it lol

I lived in Rockford. There is a section that needs to be bulldozed. Where I lived was quiet and cheap, and had tons of shopping and restaurants just around the corner. They are trying to clean up the downtown area and you can see they have made some progress. But there are people there that drag the place down. You would need to bulldoze the south and west side of Chicago.

@kennetho5393

Жыл бұрын

I briefly lived in Rockford but have been in the area most of my life. Not a bad place to live but I'm tired of our leaders settling for mediocrity. Saw this coming 20-25 years ago when they started rejecting new business opportunities and projects.

@jeffrobodine8579

Жыл бұрын

Democrat Mayors like Lori Lightfoot and Tom McNamara do not put a high priority on weeding out crime, they almost seem to endorse it.

@Shauma_llama

Жыл бұрын

I lived near Rockford In the 90s an it seemed fine then.

Youngstown ohio would be good on a list like this lol.

@JH-lu9lx

Жыл бұрын

You are not wrong it would be a good choice for a list like this.

Great video Briggs! I understand that this should be more entertaining than informative, but you give very compelling arguments. I LOVE Chicago, as a visitor! I have always feared Gary, IN. I had always thought that Gary was the true part of south Chicago. I find this video mostly a sad statement on US.

The reason the stats look as if Camden NJ is getting better is because years back, mostly all of the cities in NJ lowered the classifications of crimes! Basically, if a death did not occur during a violent crime, it is classified as a misdemeanor. Also, a lot of misdemeanors were reclassified to infractions. It’s a little more complicated than that, but that was the simplest way I could explain the (nicer) stats about crime in NJ cities! BTW... Love your videos!

I was just in Oakland the day before yesterday, it's not that bad during the day. Just a bunch of homeless people. But I live in California and there is homeless people everywhere.

@SFbayArea94121

Жыл бұрын

THEY especially prey on Asians regardless of what time of day it is

@lizardvideoz

Жыл бұрын

Go to the westside or eastside and you'll see the real Oakland

Rochester NY needs to be on the list it would be its only accomplishment in 40 years .Every day the news has a list of who was murdered and great stats like less than half of the kids are going to school and the kids who are only 40% can read

Born and raised in Chicago. Northwest side. Youre right, south side is bad and has been for a long, long time. Ive spent some time in Gary also and it already is like half vacant. It would be nothing to level that town and reset. It honestly could be a fantastic place being right on the south end of Lake Michigan and near the Indiana Dunes. The history of Gary is actually pretty fascinating. Its just sad how far its fallen.

@WarrensWorld1

Жыл бұрын

Hyde park is fine. South shore is fine. Bronzville is fine, Kenwood is fine. I would even go to say Englewood is somewhat doing decent. But the entire south side is not horrible at all. Its overall just okay. Gary is not part of Chicago. It's part of Chicagoland

@lizardvideoz

Жыл бұрын

@@WarrensWorld1 it's the westside that's that bad. South side Chicago isn't like the 80's/90's West Chicago has all the no go zones and shit nowadays

Big problem Gary had was when trucking started booming in the 50s and 60s Railroads fell off, much of their business came from the railroads

@muffs55mercury61

Жыл бұрын

Good observation. Yes the roads were becoming better and more companies were buying high speed tractor-trailers so over the road trucking moved freight faster that the rail could. By the late 1960s much of the interstate system was completed which made truck shipments much quicker.

It's sad to see so many cities on this list near the top that are around the great lakes, I get it but living in Wisconsin or the Midwest for that matter is and should be the best area in the country.

I just moved from Baltimore to south Carolina. It's a culture shock but it's been okay so far.

@thegreypath1777

Жыл бұрын

Pat Roberton: Good luck.

@aidanharnois4536

Жыл бұрын

Good luck. And good decision

@betsyr4724

Жыл бұрын

Cultural shock bc there is no cultural in sc. 😂

@onestunningdude9445

Жыл бұрын

You can leave your door unlocked in SC. Theres no lock that a Baltimore resident cant break.

@pmscalisi

Жыл бұрын

Don’t F it up with your politics

10. Portland, OR 9. Oakland, CA 8. Camden, NJ 7. Rockford, IL 6. Baltimore, MD 5. Flint, MI 4. Chicago, IL 3. Jackson, MS 2. Detroit, MI 1. Gary, IN

I do really enjoy this your subject matter! Thank you for all your hard work

Chicago, pls Chicago! NYC can recover but Chicago is a waste. My first job sent me to Chicago back in 1978 and I told the boss if he ever tried to send me back I'd quit. I was last there in 2016 it's worse not better under Lori !

@iced_latteZ

Жыл бұрын

We dont want you here anyway lol

@noedgelines9565

Жыл бұрын

@Iced Latte … You are most likely one of only a handful of people with that opinion. Lightfoot has decimated your city. The Soros sponsored DA’s have systematically ignored crime. They should flatten Chicago and start over.😵

@iced_latteZ

Жыл бұрын

@@noedgelines9565 Why would I care about your opinion if you don't live here

@noedgelines9565

Жыл бұрын

@@iced_latteZ Geez…Touchy, touchy. I still stand by my comment.

Los Angeles, CA for sure!!!

Love your vids Briggs! Just to let you know the video you showed of Jackson MS was Jackson MI. It is bad too but not that bad😂 Take care Brother!

Not sure if you were aware of this or not, but your drone footage of Jackson, Mississippi, was actually of Jackson, Michigan. Of that I’m positive. :)

Great videos! I couldn’t help but notice a view of downtown Atlanta inadvertently included in the Oakland footage. We’re okay with that, and it sure made Oakland seem like a nicer place.😃

@bukboefidun9096

Жыл бұрын

Atlanta did make the list, even by accident. In reality Atlanta South of Peachtree Plaza, including "underground Atlanta" could be bulldozed without bothering to warn anyone.

@SFbayArea94121

Жыл бұрын

Oakland is just a complete dump

I wish more people would follow your advice and be nice to each other

@graemedd

Жыл бұрын

It'll never happen. Drug filled a&^h%$s don't give a damn about being 'nice'.

@Vincent-ke5zn

Жыл бұрын

@@graemedd sorry to say that you're right, but never underestimate the power of prayer 🙏. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 🎅

Thank you for doing this video. It gives your viewers a chance to sound off on their take. I took this with a grain of salt cuz, yanno, people who hate where they live or have lived tend to have tangible reasons even if its just perception. I especially enjoyed the seemingly longer electric static noise between cities. It seemed intentional🤣

Greetings from the pprc great video thanks for sharing it with us.🍿🇺🇸

I used to live in Baltimore for 15 years, never experienced any crimes first hand, though I did hear them on the news. But it seems some places got worse after I left especially downtown even some places I used to go to like Barnes and Noble at the Inner Harbor, the Gallery shut down. I also hear the Light Street Pavilion at the harbor isn't doing too well. In Chicago I hear the Bears are planning on leaving the city, thought they are going out into the suburbs of Arlington Heights. Chicago does need a new mayor and city council. (Along with other cities on this list). Just change whoever is in charge of these cities as well.

@shadowpoet4398

Жыл бұрын

I was with my friend, an Anglican priest, and we were visiting Baltimore to look for Poe's grave site... The idiot drove us straight into West Baltimore south of the big gap and we were surrounded by boarded up brownstone-like homes and shuttered businesses. The level of hurt I felt just radiating off those buildings made me cry. I'd never seen the like... I'm never going back. Oh and we never found Edgar Allen Poe's grave, we just said "screw it, let's GTFO!"

@jeffrobodine8579

Жыл бұрын

Stop voting Democrat.

@pmscalisi

Жыл бұрын

Changing the people in charge is an impossibility for the people who live in these cities.

@kevinkiss3340

Жыл бұрын

@@shadowpoet4398 it’s a shame a lot of Historical things to do in Baltimore. But like Poe s grave they are In horrible neighborhoods.

@juanpablosaenz9037

Жыл бұрын

Chicago became the netherworld after they put Beetlejuice in office.

If you bulldoze certain areas of those cities, then the drags of society begin to scatter like cockroaches. I mean, remember what happened in Hurricane katrina? What it did to the 9th ward of new orleans? The problems that occurred there scattered to other parts of the nation because they had nowhere else to go. So if you think about it, all the bad areas in the cities you mentioned in previous videos including this one are like containment zones.

@VTCharley13

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, you relocate the people, you just export the cancer that killed the neighborhood.

@captaincodebook3200

Жыл бұрын

Think the bulldozer is a metaphor for a "total" removal bud....from buildings to bugs and everything in between

@bcshelby4926

Жыл бұрын

...true. When most of the inner neighborhoods in Portland (particularly those that had serious crime and gang issues) were gentrified in the late 90s and early 2000s, the street gangs all scattered to the outer burbs like cockroaches when you turn on the kitchen light as housing prices became obscene. areas like Aloha, Gresham, Hazelwood, Beaverton, Elmomica, Hillsboro, and Cornelius. Sadly along with them went a lot of Mom & Pop stores, particularly Asian groceries (a big loss as I do a lot of Asian cooking) which all moved outwards to 82nd Ave (which yes, I mentioned should be one of the areas bulldozed) or Beaverton due rents being too high for them as well.

😂😂😂lol‼️ I Love how you NARRATE THESE VIDEOS! Thank You for the EXCELLENT CONTENT!

Honestly I briefly guessed Detroit for your number one city, but after you revealed it was East St. Louis, I thought to myself it makes sense that Detroit isn’t on this list because they’re getting better.

@HughGenvoenni

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the future is actually quite bright for that town! Cleveland too! It’s so refreshing to see since those towns have such storied histories, especially Detroit! Now they still have a long way to go, but it’s a step in the right direction! East St Louis on the other hand?…yeaaaa good luck😬 the Missouri side is a perfectly fine town, sure it’s has its issues but it’s the Emerald City compared to the east side… I get nervous just driving through there on the interstate!

@bigfoot-id8bv

Жыл бұрын

Detroit and Cleveland are empty, criminals eventually run out of victims.

Thanks Briggs, another great one.

@WorldAccordingToBriggs

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I'd like to add Tacoma, Washington and most of its surroundings (Lakewood, University Place, Parkland, Fife, Federal Way, etc.) to this list.

I really like this video! Listening to the audience! Also can you do a video on Spokane Washington?

What’s funny about Flint (and a lot of people don’t know this) is that there’s actually two Flints. The city of Flint is what you all know and have heard all the terrible things about but there’s also a separate place called Flint Township right next to it. Remove the whole water thing and Flint Township is actually kind of nice. I’ve driven through there plenty of times for work and there’s a lot of great places to eat and shop and some of the housing is actually quite nice

Oakland does not have any problems that could not be solved by a well-placed small tactical nuke. OK, maybe a large sloppily placed tactical nuke come to think of it.

@circlepfarm9729

Жыл бұрын

Just don’t take out the Navy hospital.

@ulyssesmelendres504

Жыл бұрын

Lol….we get the list! ..Oakland!

@Sly88Frye

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 😏😂

@MegaMkmiller

Жыл бұрын

The problem called Chicago could be solved with a well-placed STATEGIC nuclear weapon. Problem solved. As for Frisco and L.A., hopefully, the San Andreas Fault will have its day and both cities will fall into the ocean just like in the movie. Once again, problem solved. 😂

@MegaMkmiller

Жыл бұрын

STRATEGIC

Bulldozing vacant property is a great success in many cities. But I think pulling in city limits would help too.

Shreveport, Louisiana is awful. I live 130 miles north of there, but my "local" news comes from that city. They have so much crime the mayor tried to get the news stations to quit reporting all of it. Every morning and evening when I turn the news on, someone has been shot. Like some of the places you have listed in previous stories, people don't report or testify against criminals for fear of being the next victim. The police and city officials are always getting in trouble for illegal stuff as well. Just a horrible place to live or visit.

Love your Vids! Just my humble request but please do an updated "top 10 places young people are moving to". Or if you wanted to do something different maybe do "top 10 places to move after college". Also I do not see you talk about St. Louis a lot so I would love to know your opinion on the place!

How about the whole San Fernando Valley.

@tagbarzeev8283

Жыл бұрын

John riflesmith South of Ventura you usually find nice houses bu$$$ I left the San Fernando Valley 35 years ago for Simi Valley. No regrets.

I remember back in the early mid 70's having to stay overnight in downtown Detroit, thinking it was a Hilton or a Sheridan that was under construction, but they let us check in, told us if someone knocks on the door don't answer it, well someone did come knocking and we wouldn't answer it,lol, bad memory. On that same trip had to drive through Gary Indiana, and what an extremely polluted atmosphere, and I literally mean this, it also has so many Industrial plants blowing all kinds of smoke and fire it was more like a nightmare than a town. Sorry about what happened to your friend, but somehow it doesn't surprise me. Well that's my two cents, thanks for sharing yours.

Good morning Briggs!!! Have a nice day!!! 🇺🇸🪖👮‍♂️

To be fair, most of the neighborhoods in Detroit have been bulldozed already lol. Lots of urban prairies and open fields.

That was a good one, now let's check this out.

Definitely the old East Side of Pueblo, CO. There is new construction further out but that city is on the glorious Front Range. Could be fabulous - a lot of room to expand, Xfinity & transportation.

We used to live in Oshkosh, WI, and a ballet company came up from Rockford Illinois to put on the Nutcracker Ballet in Oshkosh. They recruited children from the dance school in Oshkosh to play mice. They had to be able to do cartwheels with the mice costume. . My daughter was recruited to play a toysoldier because she was an very obviously talented dancer. We have a picture of in her toysoldier costume from the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. But the toy soldiers from Oshkosh had to go to Rockford on Saturdays for rehersals. But Rockford seemed like a very beautiful city. Of course that was in the seventies.

My last forays to Portland were only to the Lloyd district for auditions. I don't want to judge the whole city by just the one locale. In 1970 one of my coworkers in Colorado Springs was from Gary, Indiana. She carried a switchblade for protection. Back then Colo. Spgs. had about one murder per year.

It seems every time I've been to Camden over the years (which certainly is not often), there seems to be fewer and fewer buildings that remain standing. So, maybe Camden is bulldozing itself.

Great Concept, Briggs!

@WorldAccordingToBriggs

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Its interesting to look at the history of places like this and see the cycles of how and why they became a boom town all the way to a bulldoze worthy city.

@Rhaspun

Жыл бұрын

It isn't unheard of for cities to start shrinking and becoming a terrible place to live. It has always been happening around the world. One difference for the US is that the US is a relatively younger country. Can you imagine if guns had existed back during the Crusades. Europe was a violent place and if they had an easier way of killing people it would have been far worst.

Thank you for a spot on list today, Briggs. For those who violently disagree (pun intended). the facts don't lie. A lot could be done to improve these cities, but it just isn't happening. Can't wait to see which cities make the list in 10 years. Great job Briggs. I always enjoy your posts!

@curiouscampbell5447

Жыл бұрын

Yep his email gonna blow up with butthurt..I for one know my towns a crap hole lol

@amysprenkle9966

Жыл бұрын

@@curiouscampbell5447 what town is that?

North Charleston, South Carolina!!!!!!!!

I love it. I think in this case your viewers chose way more acurately than you did in your last video. These cities are basically all deserving of partial or total demolition. Thanks for making this!

I grew up a town away from Camden. I worked there twice. It is so sad to see a once beaurtiful city turned into a war zone of debris.

Hey Briggs, my local radio station does online articles and mentioned this video and how Rockford keeps getting negative attention as usual. They cited the quality of living score and crime rates and seemed clueless Rockford ranked so poorly. What they need to know more than negative publicity is to fix this city or watch it become the next Flint.

Being a Life long Midwesterner I'd say bulldoze all cities at least 50% in teh Rust Belt, this region has tanked and needs a reboot

Trained in Rockford. Used to have a higher rate of cocaine use than Chicago. It really depends on which side of the river you're on. The schools of always sucked and its chief employer was Sundstran , that made doors for space shuttles, so you can imagine how busy they are..

Washington D.C. needs to be bulldozed other than National Mall. They have a serious homeless problem, lots of crime, etc.

I wish i wouldve commented on that video to put E Cleveland on this list. You woulda had a field day on that one!

Since i live in Michigan. Every time i watch these im expecting to see one of the 3 on the list. Flint & Detroit are the obvious choices. But Inkster tends to fly under the radar since its basicly a mini Detroit thats much more residential compared to Flint or Detroit.

@kashkoi

Жыл бұрын

Inkster fall under Detroit, cause its just a metro area near Detroit airport

@Gamer_Dad14

Жыл бұрын

@@kashkoi if these videos were titled 'counties' rather then cities. That would be correct. That would be like saying canton or Livonia have terrible crime rates because it's technically Detroit since they are close.

When Briggs said theres nothing to steal, I was lmao!!!

You could probably do an entire series like on individual states. I'd suggest starting with New Mexico.

As someone that lives in Chicago, it’s gotta go, only reason I don’t leave is because you can make good money if hustle but once I get enough money I’m out