I love how your videos don't have any lame music in them. Keep up the good work.

I went duck hunting a few years ago with a friend who invited me to Birmingham. I was only there for four days. I never got into the city. I'm amazed it got the same problems of blight as Detroit where I worked till I lost my auto manufacturing job. We need to invest back into are county and quit shipping jobs over seas ...

@williammoran4898

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but or lose came years before Detroit's , the steel collapse of the 60s 70s took it out

@weldonbailey1005

Жыл бұрын

@@williammoran4898 US STEEL FAIRFIELD WORKS was rolling hard in the 60s into the early 70s. Mid 70s was the start of the sharp decline. Rebuilding Japan and Germany post WWII (at American taxpayer expense) and the more modernized steel plants there hurt US STEEL as much as anything. Japan and Germany began producing cheaper low AND higher grade steel much more efficiently than the older open hearth furnace methofs and the qbop (sic) more modernized furnaces were started too late in most US plants. Huge union benefits and greivances during the attempt to modernize didnt help during struggling times either.

@Native5

Жыл бұрын

Detroit is Alabama. Alot of people live in Detroit is from Alabama or came from Alabama. Alot of them are from the Birmingham area.

@ericamoore7128

Жыл бұрын

@@BrandonandYolani that was the first thing I noticed too! Wow

@karengreen3345

Жыл бұрын

@@BrandonandYolani you are absolutely. Birmingham, just like any other city has its faults, bilghts, and misfortunes. Poverty, health issues, ab abundance of migrants moving into the areas as well low paying employment. If the elected officials don't create programs, investments into the communities where it's needed, senior housing, people with disabilities, increased youth programs, higher education incentives. And what's the deal with cut backs on training programs. Businesses have also cut back with donations and community services. There are also some great areas in the city, public transportation has improved, touring has improved, streets have improved, sanitation has improved, education is improving, along with building and cleaning up abandoned areas. Crime is up everywhere, not just here. Hospitals and clinics are overbooked just as other cities. I appreciate this eye opening video but you also need to give the city some credit for at least attempt ing to make it a better place. Of, course people need to take a lil pride in their communities as well. They don't have to wait for the city to clean around their own back and front doors. They have to look for the police to administrater productive safety measures in their homes, and streets. Let's help one another by reaching out and not always approaching the negative. It's going to get better and there will be a brighter day. Steal plants gone, pipe plants moved, ice cream plants closed, milk plant closed, productive sources of income have also affected the poverty increase.

Absolutely beautiful camera work! The skies are perfect and the colors are sick

Carraway Hospital is a sad story. It was bought by a group of physicians and kept alive for a few more years, but we were always told it was going to be a new psych hospital. There are very few hospitals in the area with psych wards and most hospitals will be on psych divert at any given moment in time. It was something the area really needed.

@looseconnection5626

Жыл бұрын

It went bankrupt on the account of helping people with no insurance. Good doctors with good intentions.

@scottjohnson9642

Жыл бұрын

I was born in caraway hospital in 1962 it didn't go broke helping poor people the county hospital is about 5 miles away and my dad ran it so I know what I am talking about caraway closed down because you couldn't drive through that area without taking your life in your hands my dad kept Cooper green open for another 25 years after the corrupt county government wanted to close it and actually had a surplus every year of several million dollars while the Jefferson County board was claiming that they couldn't afford to keep the lights on a few of those people went to prison and my dad helped put them there don't believe everything you hear

A drive through these areas at night would show a completely different setting.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

That’ll be uploaded in the near future

@J.Man011

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. I live in Birmingham and it's completely different depending on time of day in these areas.

@paulsmallriver6066

Жыл бұрын

Hell0. How is it different?thanks

@rbeck3200tb40

Жыл бұрын

Yes I deliver doordash in these areas at night TRUST me its scary

I thought Birmingham, England was bad ( where I live) .I am so shocked by this and your other videos, America has some really bad areas.

How is that half a building with its guts spilled out still there? You think the city would want that cleaned up for countless reasons

I work in Ensley. It’s sad to know how bustling that city once was.

I live in the suburbs and everyone no where to stay away from. Once you cross Morris Ave you are in the Southside trendy restaurants, night clubs, nice apt and condos. UAB completely different world.

I really enjoy your quiet videos.

Everyone thinks America is this great rich country but these type of videos disgrace your politicians. 🇬🇧

@Y_hass

Жыл бұрын

I guess you haven't seen the slums of England?

Where did all the people that lived in these now derelict houses go? Do they just move into a different house once theirs got run down? I'm not American and I don't understand the reason why there are so many homeless people and yet, so many empty properties.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Large decline in population, no jobs, and very high crime drove people out of there.

That old school made me want to cry.

Just Subscribed I’m a new content creator and wanted to show support. Keep up the good work 👍🏾

This is creepy.

Wow I didn't know this area could look like that!! I've only seen nice parts

I used to work in bham Now, there is no way I will go there. To much danger.

I can't believe how dilapidated those lil houses are in the beginning😢?? Ppl use to be outside with kids playing in that area.....😢😢 What happened

Why are all those buildings not maintained? They don’t look very old

I was just wondering, all these city's that you explore,all the boarded up buildings,where did everybody go ?

Didn’t know those were abandoned now. 0:35 haven’t been in that area for years.

Some of these looks like they're just outside of downtown B'ham. I've been around through these streets a few times, if traffic on the highway gets heavy. You might be around Woodlawn, maybe?

@MTGallagher

Жыл бұрын

Some look like North Birmingham, 1st Ave towards Airport & Norwood.

Very good documentary brah thanks for showing us this neighborhood eh.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The hospital and elementary schools are eerie.. makes you wonder how everything is starting to turn to rubble.. in a hundred years people will look at these buildings and think they’re ancient architecture..

How often do you see police patrolling in rough areas?

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Most places that you see on the channel have very little patrolling, at least from what I've seen when being there. I would say Florida has the most patrolling if I were to pick a state.

I was born and raised in bham Al Lewisburg, poverty sickens me. People are suffering. We all need each other's help. I moved away long ago I miss my friends from riggins school. A lot of good memories... Turned bad by the looks of it.... 😔

@nancysmith6670

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@SuperNoncents

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in south side. I went to Avondale elementary

@blu3622

Жыл бұрын

Born and raised in B'ham as well, near Huffman high school, I went to chalkville. My mom and I moved to Chelsea, AL when I was in HS but my dad owned & lived in a house in Eastlake Park for 30 years. He moved to Graysville 15 years ago.

~8:10 McArthur Elementary in Norwood. Went there for the 4th grade. Looking a bit shabby. Sad

Is there a Westside of Alabama?

Is his armsdale in Birmingham as dangerous as the rest of it I was there recently and we were scared

I am glad to live in Norway now and not in USA anymore, it looks like it's getting worst every time.

Sad to see.

I seen over grown grass that need to be cut in a lot of areas in Birmingham

Ensley food Mart downtown ensley Birmingham city tho. They building that back up tho in due time

Those hoods are horrific day or night doesnt matter.

I don't even go on that side of town anymore.

The elementary school on the hill was really interesting

Why is that place so let go .... ?

Are they going to demolish or remodel those apartments at 0:25

@ladarrylemccalpin

Жыл бұрын

They've been there for a while now

People in Alabama will be the first ones to complain about Detroit or Chicago. Maybe take a look around your own state first?

20 trillion dollars of hope and change and make America great again. Very nice to see 20 trillion of government spending was a success

We see all these empty public houses, so where did these people go?

Onde fica que cidade é essa

I meant ironsdale

Most of the apartments are vacant: where has everyone gone?

@msbellegenice

Жыл бұрын

They actually tried to move out of the neighborhoods. And because of that, they rezoned the schools and all. If you live in an apartment, nice or not your kids go to school in a low income zone . Ppl actually tried to better themselves.

@RowanLovecraft2

Жыл бұрын

Most of the apartment buildings you see in this video are government housing. The first set has been abandoned, but the later ones are still occupied. Looks like those shots were taken just after sunrise.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

None of my videos are in the morning. This was filmed around 3pm. It was about 94 degrees out, so perhaps the folks wanted to stay indoors.

@RowanLovecraft2

Жыл бұрын

@@hoodsnhollers my bad. Lighting looks like early day. I bet it is heat plus humidity keeping people inside. This summer has been extra humid here.

@kapuda9364

Жыл бұрын

Gardendale .)

Most of it still looks better than Mckeesport 😂👍

How depressing it must have been for the families living in the blocks of housing. Same shape, same color, no pretty landscaping, that distinguished them from everyone else. They lost their individual identity. So very, very, sad. And unexcusable. They deserved much more.

You can’t make a silk purse out of a pigs ear!

Where are the people? Apocalypse!

We have all that yet we have homeless people wow what a waste

Eastlake aka Da Bay 74th Street 2nd Ave South

A few of my homies was killed in Gate City : E.T. , Frog, Dre, Frank Nitty, Pierre, Derrick Mason

@michelewalburn4376

Жыл бұрын

That's a lot. I'm sorry that you've lost so many friends.

What happen to does places they look so devastated

@guadalupesoto9435

Жыл бұрын

Why people left does areas

I passed bham all the time and I don't see that part of town.

@msbellegenice

Жыл бұрын

Right. You literally have to go deep within the neighborhood

@kapuda9364

Жыл бұрын

Plenty to see off the 65 and 20-59 if you look .)

Wuow pero hay no viven People

Could pass as Chicago's west side.once vibrant now a slum.

A ‘71 Satellite.

Its time for gate city PJ to be remodeled into better housing apartments

@RowanLovecraft2

Жыл бұрын

Gate City has a very bad reputation. I suspect people with tools aren't going to risk spending time there.

@punkinpunkin6524

Жыл бұрын

I recognized Gate City right away, ‘cause they look exactly as they did in the eighties

@MTGallagher

Жыл бұрын

@@RowanLovecraft2 Gate City had a bad Reputation in the ‘50’s

Wow….reminder to myself never go to Birmingham

@thatcrazykid1393

Жыл бұрын

This is only a small part of an otherwise we'll off city. If you saw a cherry picked video of the best parts you would get a totally different Impression

@mattmoon8506

Жыл бұрын

@@thatcrazykid1393 define "well off"

This is what globalization has done for America.

We need to help our own country first.

@anjachan

Жыл бұрын

true

This is known as “Nawf Buminham”

Become ghost town...

Where is this "Overpopulation" always hearing about?

💔

Looks like plantation housing to me

You should go to Selma. It’s a real shame

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

I’ll upload that in the near future. And you’re right Selma is awful

Gate city projects

I would take 9 out of 10 of these dilapidated homes and fix it up.

@SuperNoncents

Жыл бұрын

Well, do it! I know for a fact that you can buy properties like those for cheap.

@kapuda9364

Жыл бұрын

One lady had a few for sale at like 5k each one time...We passed lol....

'Murica!

What is the MAYOR DOING? THIS IS A SHAME!!!

@barbaraholland2809

Жыл бұрын

@Nancy Smith Nothing.

Look @ 280 compared to the inner city🤔. 💰💰💰

Its destroyed

birmingham is a different level of poor, im there often.

Talladega isn't any better

Americans are not paying attention......

Very similar to Birmingham in Pakistan... errr, I mean England.

Birmingham Alabama Estados Unidos

The are in the hole for $15 million dollars they lost on the World Games. Trying to be a big city.

Hi, I am a real estate investor and want to help clean up some areas of Birmingham. Is it possible for you to send me some of these properties that you come across?

@Immagodmyhomeiswithinmyself81

Жыл бұрын

West end area Birmingham alabama

Iraq looked better then this it’s why I’m going back to war it breaks my heart

@ATMWISKEY: WESTEND