America's Capital Is A Warzone: Washington DC, Into The Trenches (

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Washington DC. Home to the President of the United States, who is arguably the most powerful person in the world. It's also home to one of the most dangerous cities in America.
Or at least that's what I heard growing up. Nowadays the property prices have gone through the roof and the demographics keep changing. And yet the drive-by shootings and violence continue, all in the shadow of the politics that shape the world.
What's the real story with DC? As always, there was only one way to find out.
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  • @SabbaticalTommy
    @SabbaticalTommy17 күн бұрын

    I had to go back home for my next assignment. --- Had a lot of help from some friends on this one. Feel free to check out their pages too: Follow @dmvhoodzandnewz on Instagram for daily stories from the hoods of DC. Download Tale, Josiah's app to preserve your family's story: apps.apple.com/us/app/tale-tell-yours/id6503258098 Zen's music page: linktr.ee/zendmv?ltsid=5b9e883d-e894-47e2-9205-b11b5bad1425

  • @-FALKOR

    @-FALKOR

    17 күн бұрын

  • @P4RC3V4L

    @P4RC3V4L

    17 күн бұрын

    no timestamp you handle it like a Champion.

  • @dertythegrower

    @dertythegrower

    17 күн бұрын

    It hid the bell notification.. of course... also not shown on tv when it usually does when you send in... hm

  • @jenBaker707

    @jenBaker707

    17 күн бұрын

    Its not about overshadowing the monuments that they have a height restriction. It's about airforce response times.

  • @GenX...MCMLXV

    @GenX...MCMLXV

    17 күн бұрын

    if you're in DC still check out the 9:30 club

  • @arrievanbruggen6966
    @arrievanbruggen696617 күн бұрын

    Your English is impressive.

  • @castorchua

    @castorchua

    17 күн бұрын

    He seems really at ease with the locals too!

  • @normanzjames

    @normanzjames

    17 күн бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣 what`s that supposed to mean? he`s a native English speaker

  • @peak3468

    @peak3468

    17 күн бұрын

    @@normanzjames wooooosh

  • @funkingitup1805

    @funkingitup1805

    17 күн бұрын

    @@normanzjames He speaks Mandarin.

  • @BrillMonkey

    @BrillMonkey

    17 күн бұрын

    Basic mandarin, with poor pronunciation

  • @Zelazella1
    @Zelazella117 күн бұрын

    This man has been to so many countries he's just starts randomly speaking with strangers in their language lol.

  • @Shayanraj_15

    @Shayanraj_15

    16 күн бұрын

    Yeah I didn't know sabbatical could speak AMERICANS!

  • @abner09161992

    @abner09161992

    16 күн бұрын

    even in spanish is the same thing

  • @Zelazella1

    @Zelazella1

    16 күн бұрын

    @@Shayanraj_15 He was speaking Amharic with the Ethiopians several times even if it’s small sentences impressive

  • @dogvip7688

    @dogvip7688

    15 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @SECRETPURPOSE
    @SECRETPURPOSE16 күн бұрын

    I started watching Sabbatical when he was vlogging in Asia and I was living in the hood in the US. Now I'm vlogging in Asia and he's in the hood in the US. I'm grateful because I can see how I don't want to go back

  • @lovingdeanthegodmachine5622

    @lovingdeanthegodmachine5622

    15 күн бұрын

    For real? That’s so cool and blessed be careful enjoy the beautiful of the world!

  • @SECRETPURPOSE

    @SECRETPURPOSE

    15 күн бұрын

    @@lovingdeanthegodmachine5622 Thank you :) Pray for Sabbatical in the trenches 🤣

  • @howlinwulf

    @howlinwulf

    9 күн бұрын

    So I want to ask,is it safer there there. Are the po lice out of control like in the US. Is there racism, Do you feel free How are the prices there

  • @SECRETPURPOSE

    @SECRETPURPOSE

    9 күн бұрын

    @@howlinwulf I wrote a long-ass comment here; apologies for the length but I answered each question of yours - In my experience the policing experience varies wildly in different Asian countries; in the Philippines there are police and security guards everywhere with huge guns, but they are public servants and helpful. In Taiwan there is almost no visible police presence on the streets; just security cameras. In mainland China there are a ridiculous amount of security cameras, plus police, plus "BaoAn" which are security guards. In Malaysia there are some police/guards at malls and places of high traffic, they can be a little strict at times. As for racism, to me Philippines have a very homogenous culture that is very kind to foreigners both white and black (or whatever color). Filipinos sometimes describe themselves as being second-hand citizens in their own country because they are so service-minded towards visitors. I don’t know about racism between speakers of the (many) Philippines languages. It seems quite chill, and even the Catholics and Muslims get along very well. In Taiwan there is a good international culture that is quite understanding of foreigners and diversity in many places; however Taiwanese people are extremely introverted overall so it might come off as cold when it’s not really. Mainland Chinese are often very skeptical of outsiders (waiguoren) and though there are very kind people, there are tons of strange looks especially if you venture beyond the biggest (Tier 1+) cities. I have never heard of more overt and disgusting racist comments concerning Blacks than I have in China. They are 92% Han Chinese there; there’s little motivation for China to increase tolerance or understanding of outsiders within its boundaries. In my opinion the United States could never be as racist as China even if it tried its hardest (like it is now). The Chinese government also funds racial division within American borders. There is a kind of Han supremacy that seems to exist with the expansion of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics that is going to try to (and have a great shot at) taking over the whole world. Malaysia is an extremely diverse culture, and there can be a “joking” or “teasing” kind of racism between the Chinese, Indians, and Bumiputera (native Malay) who live there, but there’s a lot of peace. Political tensions likely exist below the surface with their very conservative politicians favoring the Bumiputera and stricter practice of Islam. China is so highly surveilled that it might drop levels of theft, but I think it increases the levels of paranoia. And elements of their cashless society don’t feel free at all. I feel very free in Southeast Asia. Andrew Henderson from Nomad Capitalist calls this a sense of “soft freedom” and I like that term. Prices in all the aforementioned countries seem to be cheaper than the US across the board. In Southeast Asia, a normal meal can be less than $2 USD (if not like 40 cents, in some cases). Most expensive thing is the plane ticket across the world.

  • @michaelsotomayor5001

    @michaelsotomayor5001

    6 күн бұрын

    @@howlinwulffree is everywhere. Oppression only comes from control capitalism. In Ecuador I can do and say as I please. Also the police in USA is one of kind bullies. In Ecuador they will shake you down but they will never lay their hands on you if you’re cool. Just give them $10 and everyone goes their way. In Ecuador you can get breakfast and a juice for $3 It’s safe. Many Americans attest to that. Not gonna lie USA is unique but it’s far from being a desirable place to live.

  • @user-mb1cu3qh2p
    @user-mb1cu3qh2p16 күн бұрын

    Can't believe this amazing man hasn't hit 1 Mil subscribers yet. Literally the best in his class of KZreadrs. Real dude doing real things, showing the realities of human culture on Earth.

  • @lynnmcclary

    @lynnmcclary

    4 күн бұрын

    I subscribed and shared

  • @diegoaespitia
    @diegoaespitia17 күн бұрын

    dude goes to a Chinese place and gets fries and chicken wings. nothing more black than that. LOOOOL

  • @cryp4life509

    @cryp4life509

    17 күн бұрын

    Funny thing really is how a Chinese restaurant adapted to a Black area. In White areas the residents adapt to the ethnic food restaurants. You dont see a Chinese restaurant in the burbs cranking out cheeseburger's for the residents lol. But In Black areas the restaurants accommodate the residents tastes. Black folks dont care nothin about your kinda food, not trynta expand the palette. You open any restaurant here and it's gonna be our food and thats it. The only flexibility is with the sauce LOL.

  • @akl4709

    @akl4709

    17 күн бұрын

    Mambo sauce is blacker than all of that. If you want extra though. It going to cost you 50 cents

  • @iamatlantis1

    @iamatlantis1

    17 күн бұрын

    @@akl4709 which Mambo though, surely #5?

  • @ShanePodClips

    @ShanePodClips

    16 күн бұрын

    I saw his d come out the zipper a bit during the mambo sauce excitement

  • @akl4709

    @akl4709

    16 күн бұрын

    @@iamatlantis1 touche

  • @fishbinky
    @fishbinky16 күн бұрын

    Thank you for being non political and simply showing the reality of things

  • @reversiontothemean6129

    @reversiontothemean6129

    13 күн бұрын

    Especially when politics is what got us to this point in the first place. The political sensitivity is blinding.

  • @pavcho2211

    @pavcho2211

    12 күн бұрын

    What the creator deems worthy for the video and what he doesn't, where he goes and what he does, these things influence what you will see. This video generally presents a seedy and hellish view of america. If he was to stroll trough the wealthy neighborhoods of Beverly hills, the 'reality' presented would be different. This is the reason documentaries can be political as well, without having to bend facts, the narrative they present is shaped by what is shown and ommited. Just something to think about.

  • @stewart2589

    @stewart2589

    12 күн бұрын

    Not surprised that its car dependent and it's an ugly city just like the rest of the country

  • @mattgraham4340

    @mattgraham4340

    11 күн бұрын

    ​@@pavcho2211 you're extrapolating too much intent from his filming choices. Pretty much the whole point of his channel is that he doesn't devote attention to the typical shiny tourist attractions. He likes seeing the gritty and less glamorous parts of every country he visits

  • @musical_lolu4811

    @musical_lolu4811

    11 күн бұрын

    ​@@pavcho2211ok, Sartre.

  • @jjglass4143
    @jjglass414316 күн бұрын

    Damn Peter came to to D.C. and got the gentrification tour. Not even a week later, Tommy Sabbatical off the Cambodia said “hold my beer, lemme show you how its done”

  • @iwillnevergetone5

    @iwillnevergetone5

    8 күн бұрын

    lol i got here from Peter's vid. that dude let him all types of wrong. he didn't know shit about our city

  • @JhonnyBoi

    @JhonnyBoi

    17 сағат бұрын

    That vid was trash. He got a transplant version of DC

  • @tim1843
    @tim184314 күн бұрын

    Been allover the world and i've never felt as unsafe as i did in a few cities in the States. Hell on Earth

  • @upendasana7857

    @upendasana7857

    7 күн бұрын

    Totally!! even felt safer in South Africa than in the States where no one is going to help you and no one looks out for others.

  • @dieselbaby
    @dieselbaby17 күн бұрын

    As an American, I'm so embarrassed seeing the state of my country

  • @Kouryuu_the_Maid

    @Kouryuu_the_Maid

    17 күн бұрын

    Same. It'll be nice once I save enough money to move out of this shithole

  • @collinsoconnor5843

    @collinsoconnor5843

    17 күн бұрын

    Your country is controlled by Izrail

  • @collinsoconnor5843

    @collinsoconnor5843

    17 күн бұрын

    Your country is controlled by Izrail

  • @oghidden

    @oghidden

    17 күн бұрын

    This is a few blocks in the worst part of the city. Go outside.

  • @mementomori9790

    @mementomori9790

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@oghidden That remark is true. But, as someone that has been living in this country for almost 20 years, I can tell you that US today is not the same country I came to. It's been almost non-stop decline.

  • @marcmoreno4500
    @marcmoreno450017 күн бұрын

    "Guys i'm too old for this shit" lmaooo I feel you dude

  • @musical_lolu4811

    @musical_lolu4811

    17 күн бұрын

    My thoughts exactly. I almost had a heart attack watching it, even at 36.

  • @Jame6999

    @Jame6999

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@@musical_lolu4811it's a generation thing. Hopefully that shit does out as these idiots get older in ahe

  • @TheLemur1
    @TheLemur116 күн бұрын

    the way he’s able to speak the language of any country he visits is amazing

  • @avalondreaming1433

    @avalondreaming1433

    16 күн бұрын

    I would love to know his background and education. Is it true that he's ex-CIA?

  • @musical_lolu4811

    @musical_lolu4811

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@avalondreaming1433 no, that's wishful thinking on the part of many commenters.

  • @dreamingdex

    @dreamingdex

    16 күн бұрын

    @@avalondreaming1433 he’s CIA, Critically Intelligent Autist

  • @pluto8404

    @pluto8404

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@avalondreaming1433 not ex, he is CIA. He goes to these different countries to encite coups

  • @thingymabob2209

    @thingymabob2209

    16 күн бұрын

    @@musical_lolu4811 Good cover though 👻😂🤣😂

  • @BuenoDrake
    @BuenoDrake17 күн бұрын

    10 years from now, this video will be categorized as Pre-Collapse.

  • @yurippp634

    @yurippp634

    16 күн бұрын

    You have to be a special kind of idiot to believe that the US is impending collapse. This fearmongering has been going on for decades yet it's not congruent with reality. The US has a large and versatile private sector that ensures that the US's economy remains the world's largest and most productive. Inflation and unemployment is finally recovering after COVID and decreasing, crime is decreasing, the disposable income, life expectancy, etc, continues to rise. A few political scandals or certain economically depressed regions that exist in every western country won't alter this. This whole "muh obviously prosperous developed country I'm pessimistic about because of political reasons is doomed and bound to collapse" mantra is laughable.

  • @valuetraveler2026

    @valuetraveler2026

    16 күн бұрын

    yup

  • @RagtimeNYC

    @RagtimeNYC

    16 күн бұрын

    10 years from now this city will be inhabitable due to the ridiculous housing prices.

  • @flatfish72

    @flatfish72

    16 күн бұрын

    Violence and anarchy are growing like cancer.

  • @RagtimeNYC

    @RagtimeNYC

    16 күн бұрын

    @@flatfish72 🤣😂🤣I’m sure the “Happy Days” crowd said the same thing about the James Dean generation. Inner city life has always been urban… that’s why you have the burbs for the suburbanites.

  • @HellooDoggy
    @HellooDoggy17 күн бұрын

    Never thought I'd see Sabbatical in a ski mask 😂

  • @lazyblazer

    @lazyblazer

    16 күн бұрын

    Sabbatical the Slump God

  • @juanc8274

    @juanc8274

    16 күн бұрын

    Sheisty

  • @4evrx

    @4evrx

    15 күн бұрын

    @@lazyblazer the real ski mask

  • @dogvip7688

    @dogvip7688

    15 күн бұрын

  • @lamarjackson8917

    @lamarjackson8917

    8 күн бұрын

    @@juanc8274 ski mask here no shiesty

  • @CA999
    @CA99917 күн бұрын

    Which "Third World" Country are you visiting this time? 😮

  • @castorchua

    @castorchua

    17 күн бұрын

    Look at all the places he's been... I wonder what the violent places have in common?

  • @CA999

    @CA999

    17 күн бұрын

    @@castorchua Western Banks and Financial Institutions? Multinational Corporations? Bad weather???

  • @castorchua

    @castorchua

    17 күн бұрын

    @@CA999 🤨...yep.

  • @Uglyskinnyhike

    @Uglyskinnyhike

    17 күн бұрын

    Try country bashing somewhere other than the USA, here you're entitled to your opinion

  • @billyfink1234

    @billyfink1234

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@castorchua Thats racist

  • @marystewart1125
    @marystewart112514 күн бұрын

    Lived in DC, Baltimore, and Philly. Finally fled those hellholes for KY. I now live in a Hallmark movie. DC used to be awesome. I loved it. Now it’s stressful and scary.

  • @kylelangdon169

    @kylelangdon169

    8 күн бұрын

    It was nice before the riots of the 60s

  • @SECRETPURPOSE
    @SECRETPURPOSE16 күн бұрын

    This US video series might get Sabbatical to 1M subscribers. He's just gotta survive a Presidential election year in the US.

  • @tj7870
    @tj787017 күн бұрын

    i have seen most of your videos, this is the worst place you have visited!

  • @musical_lolu4811

    @musical_lolu4811

    17 күн бұрын

    🤣

  • @billybatson8657

    @billybatson8657

    16 күн бұрын

    Most dangerous for sure.

  • @sola4393

    @sola4393

    16 күн бұрын

    I thought the time he went to the middle east near the war zone "you know where", it was dangerous but this is more scary. The fact it is scary because of the un-discipline nature.

  • @Lumpygrits76

    @Lumpygrits76

    16 күн бұрын

    @@billybatson8657😂 not by a long shot

  • @RagtimeNYC

    @RagtimeNYC

    16 күн бұрын

    🤣😂🤣Absolutely… Not!!

  • @hadronic
    @hadronic17 күн бұрын

    Takeovers are the dumbest shit

  • @choonblaze

    @choonblaze

    16 күн бұрын

    Gotta keep that Fast & Furious spirit up, the movies have gone to shite

  • @asmrbabyShark

    @asmrbabyShark

    16 күн бұрын

    Nah tht shit is more LGBTQ than pride festivals😂​@choonblaze

  • @longhairdontcare122

    @longhairdontcare122

    16 күн бұрын

    It's a 3rd place made out of necessity.

  • @RJT80

    @RJT80

    15 күн бұрын

    It's an encapsulation of where our culture is. Driving in circles and dodging being hit by a car is somehow cool to a generation suffering from 20+ years of IQ drop. The brain drain is real. Artificial intelligence is inevitable, as is universal basic income. The freedom fighters will live in the sewers. Demolition Man had it all figured out.

  • @DavidJohnKernick

    @DavidJohnKernick

    14 күн бұрын

    Have to agree. I live in SFV of LA. Shit kills people all the time. But I do love me some Sabbatical!

  • @bwztec
    @bwztec16 күн бұрын

    casually hanging with asap ant is hilarious lol

  • @Faebyte

    @Faebyte

    6 күн бұрын

    💀

  • @cupwalker24.7
    @cupwalker24.716 күн бұрын

    As a poor Southern kid that grew up in Georgia I always Dreamed of going to Washington DC it was something I only seen in movies and it was so amazing to me. I Ended up in DC about 28 years later for Work traveling the world protecting the ground water as a driller . Washington DC turned out to be my worst nightmare it's very hostile over populated crime ridden , you spend 95% of your time sitting in traffic or having your work equipment Stollen . Really really sad Horrible place to go for work . I can't even imagine living there . I feel bad for those people .

  • @blususpect
    @blususpect17 күн бұрын

    Seeing Sabbatical in a ski mask is crazy 😂

  • @OutletR
    @OutletR17 күн бұрын

    Visited DC, and i don't understand how a place with THE FBI, DEA, HSI, ERO, US Secret Service, Marshals, and much more agency HQ's still can't keep crime down there? What the h#ll?

  • @John_Kennedy_311

    @John_Kennedy_311

    17 күн бұрын

    Because they don't want to stop crime. If they wanted to, it would be done.

  • @diodelvino3048

    @diodelvino3048

    17 күн бұрын

    @@John_Kennedy_311 pretty much. They have the funding and capabilities, The people on capital hill dont care , because 1. theyre politicians 2. They dont live in the city.

  • @oghidden

    @oghidden

    17 күн бұрын

    You should know from the traffic visiting there. Anyone that works in DC is a commuter from VA. Especially from Virginia and outside the beltway. People at the pentagon as well.

  • @chanpasadopolska

    @chanpasadopolska

    17 күн бұрын

    It's by design

  • @praspurgh

    @praspurgh

    17 күн бұрын

    this is what you get when the left is in power

  • @dismiss3d323
    @dismiss3d32316 күн бұрын

    Mayor Bowser has been a disaster for DC.

  • @chriztianhusher8401
    @chriztianhusher840112 күн бұрын

    Idiocracy is becoming a reality

  • @ArtAndTechWithNicolas
    @ArtAndTechWithNicolas17 күн бұрын

    I can’t wait to watch this. I live in Maryland, I’m used to seeing you in places so far away from me. I know this will be an odd experience, seeing you in places I’m not too far away from.

  • @njay4361

    @njay4361

    17 күн бұрын

    I'm in Northern VA and with you on that!

  • @imnotchikao6317

    @imnotchikao6317

    17 күн бұрын

    Southern Maryland here. This is so surreal 😂

  • @cryp4life509

    @cryp4life509

    17 күн бұрын

    He was in nyc a few months ago and was right on my block. At that time of day I was probably at home or running around the area and could have easily seen him. Keep missing this guy, he was in Nairobi when I was there too back in 21. Again in Zanzibar in 2020 and I still missed him on that small island. I even ran into Miss Josey in Uganda (Entebbe) and still no Sabatical lol.

  • @SabbaticalTommy

    @SabbaticalTommy

    16 күн бұрын

    @@cryp4life509 You may have missed me but judging by those locations you have good taste my man

  • @janosbajusz4680

    @janosbajusz4680

    16 күн бұрын

    @@SabbaticalTommy Hi dude! Magyarul is tudsz beszélni??? 😉✌️☮️

  • @justinmiller8192
    @justinmiller819214 күн бұрын

    Killing each other for a block they don’t own

  • @pestilence_5.0
    @pestilence_5.016 күн бұрын

    As a car guy I’m sorry you had to experience that takeover nonsense 😂

  • @drummersagainstitk
    @drummersagainstitk10 күн бұрын

    NO fathers, No order.

  • @super8nacho
    @super8nacho17 күн бұрын

    Tommy with the shiesty on 😂 I have seen everything now

  • @coolbreezy2053
    @coolbreezy205314 күн бұрын

    Nobody says, "let's gentrify this area". They say "real estate values in this area are in the toilet, let's buy some land here, put up some condos and cash in"

  • @lrhyne49able
    @lrhyne49able16 күн бұрын

    My mother lived in DC from age 6 to 18 in the 30's and 40's when she married my father. The city was almost all white. She lived a few blocks behind the Capitol building. She and her brother would run through the city on their own, running through the Capitol building, playing in Rock Creek Park, playing in the fountain at Union Station. In the 50's and 60's when we visited my grandparents, the city was becoming more black. My first real contact with black children was in DC. I was raised in the segregated South.

  • @MS19891

    @MS19891

    16 күн бұрын

    Look how much better it got with the influx!

  • @fredred8371

    @fredred8371

    11 күн бұрын

    What a coincidence that it was nicer when it was white...

  • @kennethkuehnle9872

    @kennethkuehnle9872

    10 күн бұрын

    Ah hah...ah hah...the proof in the pudding as they say! The reason as to why the city is so damn dangerous is because of that fact! Yep,yep,yep...what a shame to have it as our nation's capital now! I'd rather move our capital to somewhere else in the middle of the United States where there are a bit more white folk but....?

  • @kylelangdon169

    @kylelangdon169

    8 күн бұрын

    Yeah my dad's family was raised in DC moved from NC. They left the city after martin Luther King. Jr got killed and the riots started. Lived in Georgetown. House is worth millions today.. crazy

  • @benburndred2226

    @benburndred2226

    6 күн бұрын

    Than the Austrian painter died and the real plan got underway, they haven't even fired a shot!

  • @hallcrash
    @hallcrash16 күн бұрын

    When I commented that I think people watch your travel vlogs because you go to dangerous places that normal travelers wouldn't dare, I didn't think you would DARE to go to D.C. wow... that was brave... 😅

  • @MaryHiggs9618
    @MaryHiggs961816 күн бұрын

    Crazy to see you film my old neighborhood. I saw my old building in the background. I have more good memories than bad.

  • @Supermike6
    @Supermike615 күн бұрын

    If I had a dollar every time that dude says: You know what i'm say'n?

  • @ComedyHub-dz7sm

    @ComedyHub-dz7sm

    14 күн бұрын

    nam sayn

  • @russellwalthall2437
    @russellwalthall243715 күн бұрын

    Guy says there’s not gangs but then blames gangs for his buddy not graduating high school….?

  • @tuskanu
    @tuskanu17 күн бұрын

    Of all the places you've been and things you've seen, I've never seen a guy tuck his sweater into a pair of skinny jeans 🤯

  • @LiquidSnek

    @LiquidSnek

    16 күн бұрын

    When you’re not from an area and walking around in the hood, you gotta let people know that you aren’t carrying a weapon. I was thinking that is the reason he did that.

  • @tuskanu

    @tuskanu

    16 күн бұрын

    @@LiquidSnek That sort of makes sense. It's hard to know the difference between fashion and practicality these days

  • @RagtimeNYC

    @RagtimeNYC

    16 күн бұрын

    @@LiquidSnek🤣😂🤣Nahhh… overall DC is just a nerdy & relatively small metropolitan area surrounded by many educated and expensive counties.

  • @Kaygee79
    @Kaygee7916 күн бұрын

    Love that you went to experience the drift life in DC for a moment! Nice to document for us to see without having to go! Gives us the feel for the atmosphere. Documenting home turf! :)

  • @eesktv
    @eesktv12 күн бұрын

    the dmv area is one of the most wild but lowkey areas of the us. this area is just different . culture is very unique

  • @connormcfall
    @connormcfall16 күн бұрын

    Can't wait to see more about Josiah's app Tell. I was just thinking about something like this today to strengthen ties to our roots/history. I love this idea!

  • @AshenAnkh
    @AshenAnkh17 күн бұрын

    Watching this on a flight to DCA 😂

  • @SabbaticalTommy

    @SabbaticalTommy

    17 күн бұрын

    Hope you’re taking notes

  • @AshenAnkh

    @AshenAnkh

    17 күн бұрын

    Haha I grew up in the DMV I’m good!

  • @benshengju167
    @benshengju16717 күн бұрын

    Here in Memphis, you cannot safely walk in 3/4 of the city.

  • @behyuligma6212

    @behyuligma6212

    17 күн бұрын

    Only safe places in Memphis are the hot chicken joints and Beale Street lmao

  • @majorchutzpah7265

    @majorchutzpah7265

    17 күн бұрын

    DC has nice areas, too!

  • @benshengju167

    @benshengju167

    17 күн бұрын

    @@behyuligma6212 There are already a few shooting incidents this year on the Beale and nearby streets.

  • @diodelvino3048

    @diodelvino3048

    17 күн бұрын

    Memphis is one of the few places in this country , you can live in a safe area and still wake up to your car missing, That place aint it

  • @Nix_Pardus

    @Nix_Pardus

    17 күн бұрын

    Why do we as Americans settle for this?

  • @andrenomaderaiz
    @andrenomaderaiz16 күн бұрын

    Your vid are so real man.. keep it up

  • @pg.travels
    @pg.travels15 күн бұрын

    How can a condo cost $3k a month in a city with so much crime, violence, drugs etc! I wouldn't live there if it was $500 a month Government jobs are a separate economy.. They are living in dream land

  • @williambrockmeyer7590
    @williambrockmeyer759010 күн бұрын

    Yeah, saw a dude on PCP punching a marble wall once in DC. The sound was like he didn't have any bones left.

  • @MrGetzenwithit

    @MrGetzenwithit

    6 күн бұрын

    I watched a naked dude at the Addison Rd Metro bus loop pulling newly planted tree saplings out of the ground and waving them around like clubs. Fucking wild shit.

  • @davidcollin1436

    @davidcollin1436

    4 күн бұрын

    Sounds like Hunter😂

  • @susanstanley1746
    @susanstanley174610 күн бұрын

    I lived in northern va all my life and i havent been to DC since i was young in the 80s. I refuse to go there anymore too dangerous for me. It's a shame because school kids don't go there for field trips often anymore. I went multiple times to DC for museums etc. while I was in school

  • @bashatube8986
    @bashatube898612 күн бұрын

    The realest thing I came across on youtube so far, Keep the good work up brother!

  • @14th_Warrior_
    @14th_Warrior_16 күн бұрын

    One of the most interesting videos I’ve watched in a long time. Thank you for the hard work and content ☝️

  • @Foreignmonk34
    @Foreignmonk3417 күн бұрын

    Always fascinating to see how you find interesting stuff from every country you visit, great vids. You should try Finland too!

  • @MT-bs2mi
    @MT-bs2mi16 күн бұрын

    I lived in District Heights, MD. Up the road from the Addison road station. Worst experience of my life living in the DMV. My apartment got broken into and my old black neighbor told me well you are the white guy around here. They hated me.

  • @JhonnyBoi

    @JhonnyBoi

    17 сағат бұрын

    Lol yeah I’m brown and I wouldn’t live in PG county let alone District Heights

  • @cashol007
    @cashol00714 күн бұрын

    On those days where I just feel like staying at home and drinking by myself, a Sabbatical episode is definitely a go to!

  • @Icless666
    @Icless66610 күн бұрын

    Everyone must have called in sick from work in this video 😂

  • @roger23-
    @roger23-16 күн бұрын

    LMAO ASAP ANT cameo was the last thing i expected to see in this video, another great episode Tommy ty

  • @treyzhoo9561
    @treyzhoo956116 күн бұрын

    It's been awhile, great content

  • @P31B
    @P31B16 күн бұрын

    Man great video. Your connections were awesome too for showing you around

  • @katherinemcdaniel8446
    @katherinemcdaniel844615 күн бұрын

    Definitely appreciate hearing your perspective on things. Thanks for the interesting tour.

  • @Sokx41
    @Sokx4115 күн бұрын

    I lived in the YMCA for about three weeks around July 4, 1972 while researching in the Library of Congress about Vietnam for the PhD dissertation I ultimately failed to complete. I walked all around the city at night--but only the western end--and never saw or experienced anything that frightened me. Many years later in the summer of 1990, I returned with my wife and two children, and upon leaving our rented car nearby the Smithsonian, we came back to find the window smashed in and some small stuff stolen.

  • @OkayThankYou253
    @OkayThankYou25316 күн бұрын

    "Whatever that guy is protesting" 😆

  • @Moe_Fogerty
    @Moe_Fogerty14 күн бұрын

    You've taken me to a lot of places in the world, Tommy. It's sad that this one seemed one of the more dangerous. Stay safe!

  • @skateboardist1686
    @skateboardist16863 күн бұрын

    This is one of your best videos. I think you have honed your craft down to a fine edge by now. Good on ya

  • @Mrgreenjeans578
    @Mrgreenjeans57817 күн бұрын

    I’m 63 and when I was growing up I’d see big photos of my parents senior trips and they were class pictures of them on the lawn of the White House I just found that interesting bc I haven’t heard of schools doing that anymore

  • @pluto8404

    @pluto8404

    16 күн бұрын

    there was that one school trip with the kid with a maga hat who got attacked by media for smirking. He is a millionaire now.

  • @InsolentVillager

    @InsolentVillager

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@pluto8404extracting wealth from right wingers is easy. If I had no sense of decency I'd already be doing it. Preachers and people like Don the con have been doing it for ages.

  • @peterRobinson10101
    @peterRobinson1010115 күн бұрын

    3000USD per month to live in a absoloute crime rife shiz hole. Amazin!

  • @Davanillaguerrilla
    @Davanillaguerrilla12 күн бұрын

    I never realized dc had an accent til i moved away for 20 yrs now its unmistakable

  • @mfrank3518
    @mfrank351810 күн бұрын

    My favorite is that marijuana is legal in DC but still federally illegal in every state.

  • @breathsoul958

    @breathsoul958

    4 күн бұрын

    sounds very open to a capital. and ironic.lol

  • @chanpasadopolska
    @chanpasadopolska17 күн бұрын

    That's really exotic you pushing it man!

  • @crazyadventuresandreviews
    @crazyadventuresandreviews17 күн бұрын

    This is no different than any other hood in the states, chinese food, dodge chargers, challengers. And my hood is the most dangerous almost like bragging and proud

  • @time2chill121

    @time2chill121

    17 күн бұрын

    Yeah exactly...Why are these guys so proud of their hood being so terrible?

  • @CheapSushi

    @CheapSushi

    16 күн бұрын

    some of those areas actually look way nicer than the some hoods in other parts of the country; so just shows it's mostly culture

  • @RagtimeNYC

    @RagtimeNYC

    16 күн бұрын

    Exactly… DC is the nicest “hood” city in America💯

  • @RiotCl0s818

    @RiotCl0s818

    15 күн бұрын

    Minorities mindset

  • @melodylove1893
    @melodylove18934 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the fascinating and informative tours. You're a real class act.

  • @smufinstuff
    @smufinstuff3 күн бұрын

    Omg! I could tell you you were having Hella fun at the sideshow😂😂 I haven't been to one of those things in probably 15 years...

  • @MericMusicMaker
    @MericMusicMaker16 күн бұрын

    I'm from the DMV. the NoVA part specifically and was playing at a club on U street as a DJ up until this month when it closed down lolll never thought you'd do a video on such familiar streets Sabbatical XD

  • @SabbaticalTommy

    @SabbaticalTommy

    16 күн бұрын

    …why did it close down?

  • @MericMusicMaker

    @MericMusicMaker

    16 күн бұрын

    @@SabbaticalTommy there were a few owners (everything at the club is kinda wishy washy on details for who’s really in charge, at least for the staff and djs) but they own 2 clubs next to eachother. Ours was kinda old style speakeasy with a boujee twist gangster twist but it was overshadowed by the more modern club they owned next door with techno djs, Asian food, arcade systems, hookah lounge and multiple dance floors/modern lighting/lasers and architecture.

  • @SabbaticalTommy

    @SabbaticalTommy

    16 күн бұрын

    @@MericMusicMaker Tough to compete with lasers and Asian food

  • @OkayThankYou253
    @OkayThankYou25316 күн бұрын

    I feel bad giving this video a thumbs up when it says so many negative things about an area in our country, but I'm also glad you did a video in our country!

  • @RiAirgead
    @RiAirgead13 күн бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @vonheimlerstrudel
    @vonheimlerstrudel10 күн бұрын

    Very good video. I just found this channel and subscribed. I will watch the other videos as well. Be safe.

  • @grumpyoldwizard
    @grumpyoldwizard17 күн бұрын

    I worry about you more here in the US than in another country. The other countries are more civilized.

  • @Milkocheerio

    @Milkocheerio

    17 күн бұрын

    So cartel members civilized in your view

  • @pest174

    @pest174

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@Milkocheeriowhat a clown response

  • @n0isyturtle

    @n0isyturtle

    17 күн бұрын

    Here's a person who lets media control their fear

  • @lyfethusfar275

    @lyfethusfar275

    17 күн бұрын

    Bruh facts not all the US is like that. But a lot of the major population areas are like that. But to be honest I’ve done my fair share of traveling and it’s always the cities that are in “decline” or full of rampant degenerate behavior.

  • @Kouryuu_the_Maid

    @Kouryuu_the_Maid

    17 күн бұрын

    Fr tho 😭😭😭

  • @christianvalentin2558
    @christianvalentin255817 күн бұрын

    Great video man! More of these please

  • @FlyWithVeiga
    @FlyWithVeiga16 күн бұрын

    fire video bro 🔥

  • @brecktyn
    @brecktyn16 күн бұрын

    this video is like a fever dream 😭I never would've thought I'd see Sabbatical at a car meet

  • @michaelwright2875
    @michaelwright287516 күн бұрын

    If Washington can't control and keep peace in the city its in then what makes you think they can do the same for the whole US?

  • @danielrose6288
    @danielrose628817 күн бұрын

    Whenever the thought of possibly returning to the US creeps into my mind, I'm really happy I have videos like this to remind me why I left XD

  • @tymiller176

    @tymiller176

    16 күн бұрын

    Yes, because clearly all of the US is just like his videos /s

  • @danielrose6288

    @danielrose6288

    16 күн бұрын

    @@tymiller176 The funny part is that that’s true

  • @j.k8833

    @j.k8833

    16 күн бұрын

    So where do you live now?

  • @Just.A.T-Rex

    @Just.A.T-Rex

    15 күн бұрын

    America surpasses poorer countries in numerous ways: 1. **Economic Strength**: A highly developed and diverse economy with a high GDP per capita. 2. **Technological Innovation**: Leading in tech advancements and home to major tech companies. 3. **Education**: World-renowned universities and research institutions. 4. **Healthcare**: Advanced medical facilities and research. 5. **Infrastructure**: Superior transportation, utilities, and communication networks. 6. **Personal Freedoms**: Strong protection of civil liberties and democratic governance. 7. **Quality of Life**: Higher standards of living, access to quality goods and services, and social mobility opportunities. 8. **Cultural Diversity**: A melting pot of cultures contributing to a rich and varied societal experience. Strange it’s so bad here yet everyone wants to come.

  • @Just.A.T-Rex

    @Just.A.T-Rex

    15 күн бұрын

    Good don’t come back.

  • @formusicformusic
    @formusicformusic8 күн бұрын

    Josiah's taped up car is funny context after watching that drifting part 😅😅

  • @lrhyne49able
    @lrhyne49able16 күн бұрын

    My cousin taught school in Prince George's county. The stories he would tell!. But I love visiting the museums, the monuments.

  • @chanpasadopolska
    @chanpasadopolska17 күн бұрын

    After this video I have only one question, where I can try good mambo sauce? This guy is HYPED!

  • @RustyShakelford808
    @RustyShakelford80816 күн бұрын

    $4.89 for a gallon of gas! That’s incredibly expensive. And $2000 for an apartment. No wonder everyone is broke and angry!

  • @brucewong5737

    @brucewong5737

    16 күн бұрын

    Almost double gas price in E.U.😂

  • @TheLemur1

    @TheLemur1

    16 күн бұрын

    @@brucewong5737double the price of gas in most american cities too

  • @hoos3014

    @hoos3014

    16 күн бұрын

    That's hood gas station prices. At my local station the price is $3.40, which is still high but not crazy.

  • @maryannesmith1392

    @maryannesmith1392

    16 күн бұрын

    Here in New Zealand it’s 10 dollar a US gallon

  • @DTD-no7wl

    @DTD-no7wl

    16 күн бұрын

    Thank this incompetent government FJB

  • @will_mcdermott
    @will_mcdermott16 күн бұрын

    This is very inspiring to learn a foreign language. I can understand the emotions in these conversations because it’s English, but I realize all his videos capture that. You can meet a completely different kind of people by learning a different language, and that’s very interesting.

  • @JC-zv5vu
    @JC-zv5vu16 күн бұрын

    Just happened to be on a trip in DC when you dropped this. Very interesting I’ll have to check out some of the spots in the video

  • @DudeNamedDuncan
    @DudeNamedDuncan17 күн бұрын

    The US ranks 131 out of 163 countries in the Global Peace Index. Pretty awful.

  • @fatherson5907

    @fatherson5907

    16 күн бұрын

    Except that index is run by a far-left organization and includes components like refugee acceptance in the methodology. You're uneducated and gullible.

  • @Timlareit

    @Timlareit

    16 күн бұрын

    Lots of people complaining in these comments about that but still voting democrat.

  • @guitarsolos89

    @guitarsolos89

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@Timlareitdoesnt matter whos president, dont blame it all on the politicians why ppl cant behave..

  • @yurippp634

    @yurippp634

    16 күн бұрын

    Many of these indexes use arbitrary metrics to deliberately propagate an agenda of the US being a worse country than it is in reality. With the Global Peace Index, the USA's higher military spending brings the US down significantly. China and Belarus, dictatorships that persecute political dissidents and in the case of China, are actively engaging in genocide, are placed higher than the US. Myanmar and Bangladesh are at the same level if one is genuinely moronic enough to believe this nonsense index. The Global Peace Index is just a handful of "muh qualified experts" congregating and pulling arbitrary data out of their ass and deciding it looks good. Your comment was clearly either written in bad faith or your statistical literacy is seriously lacking.

  • @tymiller176

    @tymiller176

    16 күн бұрын

    @@Timlareit By the gods, what a stupid comment. Too stupid to realize things are controlled by money and corporations, not party, in the US. And if anything, conservatives are worse.

  • @castorchua
    @castorchua17 күн бұрын

    Just when I thought you couldn't find a sketchier place than the Congo....

  • @hardstylelife5749
    @hardstylelife574912 күн бұрын

    Once again proof that movies are not anymore fiction but real life documentaries. Very nice video, bravo

  • @Alt-Lifestyle
    @Alt-Lifestyle7 күн бұрын

    Awesome video! Love your style. You've inspired me to also make travel vids! Thanks, buddy!

  • @Hazelnut22
    @Hazelnut2217 күн бұрын

    "You know what I'm sayin'?" B-) ;-) ahaha

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle17 күн бұрын

    That man walked around all day, and not one person had the decency to tell him his fly is open

  • @JeromeArmstrong

    @JeromeArmstrong

    16 күн бұрын

    ALL DAY!

  • @furball8967

    @furball8967

    16 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @sidneycole5632

    @sidneycole5632

    16 күн бұрын

    lol I thought that was normal for the area.

  • @wed3k

    @wed3k

    15 күн бұрын

    More air flow

  • @effu9375

    @effu9375

    15 күн бұрын

    This is the American way.

  • @jodynunley6447
    @jodynunley64475 күн бұрын

    "I'm too old for this shit" is words i live by these days.

  • @johngagne986
    @johngagne98616 күн бұрын

    I lived there on A Street NE before moving out to Fairfax County VA. That was in the 1980's and DC was just starting to rapidly gentrify. The prices of the old town Houses on Capital Hill were rising almost by the month as the population started to grow wildly and the farms of northern VA were being gobbled up by home developers ranging from ludicrously expensive town houses to 5 and 6,000 Square Foot "McMansions" on 1/4 acre lots close enough to property lines that you could pass a roll of toilet paper to your neighbor through the opposing bathroom windows and it took 90 minutes or more to commute 4 miles on roads that had been formed by rolling hoghead barrels of tobacco to the shipping sites at Alexandria. Good video as always Tommy. Thanks for posting it.

  • @mandulis
    @mandulis16 күн бұрын

    "Protesting everything"... 😂😂 Perfect !

  • @cgtatted4145
    @cgtatted414517 күн бұрын

    Crazy footage man. Sheeesh. 😂

  • @phendric66
    @phendric6615 күн бұрын

    You showed a great side of DC. I love Jerry's and everything Georgia Ave has to offer. Glad I get to call it home!

  • @5ivesjaybk789
    @5ivesjaybk7898 күн бұрын

    Tommy with Poo sheisty!! Stay frosty out there 🔥

  • @shroomjak200
    @shroomjak20017 күн бұрын

    Never expected this

  • @dismiss3d323
    @dismiss3d32316 күн бұрын

    Seeing the state of DC really makes you want to see martial law.

  • @John-fq4hk
    @John-fq4hk4 күн бұрын

    That was awesome 👍😎! Thank you! ☮️👽

  • @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes

    @VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes

    3 күн бұрын

    👁️ ❤ ♾️ ☮️

  • @brittanyr875
    @brittanyr87513 күн бұрын

    Amazing content ❤