people seem to have a tendency to throw trash anywhere, except into the trashcan

There are some pretty sad looking homes there with pretty nice looking vehicles parked outside.

Back in the day this was a major sport fishing town on lake okeechobee. People came from all over the world to fish it. Then the army core of engineers ruined the lake around the 80’s. A lot of these buildings were mom & pop motels. Fish died, business died, most of the towns around the lake died. No jobs. A sad ending to a once booming area. 10:41

@jamess1314

9 ай бұрын

I always think of Clewiston as the center for fishing on Lake O. Belle Glade was more where the cane workers stayed during harvest time. I suspect most of the deterioration is due to the fact that cane workers aren't needed anymore. Last time I was thru Belle Glade, even the hospital looked like it was closed. The parking lot was used as storage by a local tractor dealer.

Tragic how much terrible poverty there is in America.

@michaelanthonyvideos

10 ай бұрын

🙁

These liminal spaces are intriguing yet horrifying at the same time, and each has its individual story. It's crazy to think of these places once humming with life and on contrast seeing them nowadays. Great video, keep it up!

A friend of mine is a sheriffs deputy for Palm Beach County (PBSO), I did a ride along with him out there on a Saturday night, that was interesting! Most of the 2 story buildings were built for Sugar Cane workers that would come to town to harvest the sugarcane by hand before self propelled harvesting equipment was introduced, a lot of those building only have ONE restroom and/or shower in them!

Despite homes and buildings being abandoned and the area stricken by poverty, I took the time to visit Belle Glade and saw that it’s actually quite a beautiful place deep down. This is when I delivered a HVAC permit to a client’s house at my previous job.

Had all 4 wheels stolen off our car there all most 50 years ago. this is not a new thing but a way of life.

I used to live in Belle Glade in the early 70's....stayed just long enough to move out. It looked like this back when Living by the and in the Everglades.....for me not a happy place. Clewiston and South Bay is close by also.

@fldon2306

10 ай бұрын

At least Clewiston has a WalMart!

Belle Glade Florida was one of the towns on Lake Okeechobee that got devastated by the 1928 Palm Beach Hurricane 🌀

This is pretty bad. Nice cars and trucks, can't say much about the housing. If I were those chickens I'd be scared to death. Thanks for sharing.

It's so sad, but in reality coming to a city near you. Be prepared. Get out ahead of the decay if you can.

Life in a shack with a brand new Tahoe.

No tents and very little litter.. MUCH nicer than San Francisco...

sad to see the towns go bad.. not enough income to keep them up.

It's funny to the east is Palm Beach known for it's large mansions and multi million dollar houses.

Haiti 2 in Palm Beach County, one of the wealthiest in the nation

I don’t recall seeing many mobile homes/trailer parks in your other vids. These were some of the oldest, sorriest, and saddest mobile homes I’ve seen. I can only imagine what other trailer parks there, and around the country, must look like. 😢

Don't know if it is still there, but Belle Glade had one of the coolest hardware stores I had ever been in. A lot of vintage scooters and hardware hanging all over the place.. It might still be in business. Last time I was there was about 8 years ago.

Wow, just saw a “Cingular” store.

So many chickens roaming around!

'Belle Glade (and the surrounding area) is sometimes referred to as "Muck City" due to the large quantity of muck, in which sugarcane grows.' Migrant farm workers. Not much else except (with Pahokee) lot of good football players.

Though it is clearly much much worse based on this video, this area was already heading this way 30 years ago.

"Her Soil Is Her Fortune" What soil? What fortune? 🤦‍♂️

Too late for many of these places, but there should be laws to make property owners keep a minimum standard on their property. Maybe there is in some places,but it should be enforced.

@Helloverlord

9 ай бұрын

Good luck with enforcing a bank to maintain a property it can't sell...

Happiness is no longer available 😢. Take it upon yourselves and start getting this place in order. You start and they will come.

How does everyone manage to have a decent car despite such poverty? 🤔

@1940limited

10 ай бұрын

I saw quite a few of them. I wish I had one of those pickups.

@seanm3226

10 ай бұрын

Priorities, I suppose. I live in a $750K mortgage-free house in Broward County. And drive a 16 year old vehicle.

@LANGI902

10 ай бұрын

Priorities.

@DavidGivinsnhe

9 ай бұрын

Everything ain't what it seems or appears as I'm from there now in NYC from DC from Miami 😊😅😂❤

@gwenfehr9156

9 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

it would be so nice to make these places better. perhaps a comprehensive program would help. Maybe it's not too late. Right? 😞😮😟

You'd have also been surprised had you driven through Runyon village or pelican bay, a couple of the old migrant worker communities that look as if they were a section of a shantytown taken straight out of Haiti or Jamaica. My father used to operate the water plants for the communities and I remember the road to get there being so ruined by the cane trucks that I was afraid it would break our truck's suspension every time we drove on it.

They live in such poverty yet they are driving nice cars.

Same county as the rich 🤑 and famous?!

Thanks! Here a chicken, there a chicken, everywhere a chicken chicken ... 🐔🐓🐥🐤 Winner, winner, chicken dinner! 🍗🍗

@hoodsnhollers

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Linda! At one point I went around a bend and one almost jumped in lol

@lindapietrasz8070

10 ай бұрын

@@hoodsnhollers 🤣🤣🤣

Generational poverty is real 😪.

One of the poorest places in the state. Bring the dozers in and start over

I fish near by this area and know who runs the town n lives there..... One shouldn't even drive through here after dark.. Most of Florida is booming not in this place.. be well.

I remember as a child driving into Belle Glade with my father. I knew I would never go back there !!!!

Florida's Detroit 😢

@hoodsnhollers

9 ай бұрын

Most definitely

we are entering in a bad timeline.

Always opportunities for investment.

nothing happened here. It has always been like this

That any place in America should look like this is a disgrace but if you don't have any money, this is what you get.

This is how OverTown in Miami Florida looks, just it’s own world.

@hoodsnhollers

6 ай бұрын

I have miami on the channel including overtown check it out thanks!

I watch these type of videos all of the time and I have to say this is some of the worst infrastructure I've seen. It has to be depressing to actually live there.

Been to a lot of places in this country, and never seen such poverty as I have in belle glade. I live in the same county but it’s not the same world. The area has so much natural beauty though, super tall palms and fruit trees growing wild everywhere. Interesting place!

Thought I was looking at Ft. Pierce it looks just the same.

Another one for the books

Hoods n hollers goes everywhere

My home town 😊❤ as it created more great people then many big cities! 🤔

New or almost new vehicles? Maybe buy used and there’ll be more money for better housing. Or work on credit so both are an option. And I’m not saying that as someone “privileged”. Far from it. But I had to realize that personal accountability and wiser choices get you farther.

@MegaBait1616

10 ай бұрын

Ya would think .... Even being poor one can still keep what ya have cleaned up.. smh.

@LoneWOLF-ku7mf

10 ай бұрын

most of the people rather have the Bling, they don't care where they live as long as they have a nice car. It is sad

You know it's hood when you see the sneakers draped over the power lines

@vickisawyer7405

10 ай бұрын

I work at a very upscale hotel in Washington and there are sneakers on the light post above the lobby window - they are everywhere!😸

This area has always been very poor and rundown

No jobs, no hope. Then everything falls apart.

I still visit every blue moon but man I tell ya. If you can live in Belle Glade, Florida you can live ANYWHERE and not be scared of NOTHING or NOBODY. Believe that!

Ruff town !!

A lot of the stuff is old and rundown but it’s really cute especially at Christmas ❤

I've been to Florida a couple times and don't care to ever go back!

@seanm3226

10 ай бұрын

Florida is great. But I don’t recommend this part.

Lived in pahokee and went to school in Belle glade. St Peter school and east lake.

It looks like some of the projects in New Orleans.

@lorihamlin3604

10 ай бұрын

Actually there are areas all over the country like this.

Not one nice building. Who are the city council members for this city. These people have no one to represent them.

I met a few classmates from Belle Glades. I don't know if they even went back there to live after they graduated. It is part of Palm Beach County and they should keeo it up like how the other places look. Some areas such as Green Acres look way better than this town. There aren't enough shade trees in that place.

I want to know what is up with all the feral chickens. Do people catch and eat them? Get the eggs? Or do they just reproduced and eat the garbage in the street?

Not money but PRIDE IN WHERE YOU LIVE

Thanks!

@hoodsnhollers

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much!

Cops drive 2 cars at a time in belle glade

Sure looks rough, never new about such City.

Some of the people walking and on the balconies look souless and empty such a rundown existence ,Have had hard times. but this is another level of degradation.

My family is from South Bay, which is basically BG, but I can attest that the poverty in this city is scary. They shut the jail down years ago, I know cause a couple cousins of mine worked there. If you live here you most likely work in wpb, cause pk, bg, South Bay have nothing to offer for work.

they al went to Philly Kensington

Looks like Detroit

@hoodsnhollers

9 ай бұрын

Detroit is uploaded on the channel check it out thanks !

Those are some skinny chickens :/

@JoJo-ie8sl

10 ай бұрын

Ok the rooster at 10:28 looks plump and sassy. the rest were kinda scrawny.

@1940limited

10 ай бұрын

Not enough money to buy food for them.

Very sad!!

Não imaginava vêr, lugares assim, nos Estados Unidos.🤷‍♀️

I was a legal aid attorney in Belle Glade for 2 years. 1976-78

Who is paying for the house tax? I just saw one house for 75k and $2500 on tax, I guess they are all a home owners and none of the old houses appears on Zillow so how you can get an abandon house ?

Aren’t there better areas to view in Belle?

Glad i don't live there !

1:44 sure is a lot of people sitting around. They don't even look old or retired.

THE REAL FLORIDA

Lots of space

I pray that everyone there that has dreams of getting out, gets out of there..... so sad to see

Looks like Puerto Rico ... everyone has a new car or suv but then infrastructure is falling apart .

Cleaning up 😮 get done

I can never understand how people can’t figure out, if there is nothing for them there- just go somewhere else ! I left my hometown a few years after high school as there were no jobs. Well, guess what, got a job and I’m obviously not still in that town. Common Sense, nothing more.

7:48 just saying

No homeless tent camps on the streets. Looks like everyone is driving a nice car. No junk cars setting around. Most of the litter is kept in the trash cans.

Ghost town. I'm sure one day a developer will come and change things around.

👍🏾🤗

Is It USA??? 😮

I love Bell Glade

SAD

People still live there😮

Gentrification coming possibly?

With 100,000 people moving in to Florida every year. They can go into Belle Glade and clean it up by demolishing the abandon homes and buildings and build new homes and businesses.

I like the chickens all over the place 😅

If this is near the beach, it will get gentrified.

This area will be gentrified soon. Buy now if you can!

Looks like Haiti came to America.

Kind of looks like Mexico.

3:32 When the building that looks like it should be a bank is actually a church 😳

is it even part of USA?