In the mid 90s I took the Amtrak from Union Station Chicago to New Orleans. As the train moved along higher ground, dikes, and bridges, I remember seeing hundreds of shanty homes built on high stilts sitting on top of swamp water. No roads, mostly john boats etc. If there is anything I take from this channel, it's that I'm blessed to live in a safe place with decent opportunities.

@karenhargis9824

Жыл бұрын

I feel ya.

@Mrtroygordon

Жыл бұрын

That was tunica cutoff far from where he's at

@VAULT865

Жыл бұрын

AMEN...I'M FROM CHICAGO BUT HAVE LIVED IN EAST TN. MOST OF MY LIFE. WATCHING THESE VIDEOS GOT ME MOST DEFINITELY GRATEFUL, SAYING MY PRAYERS AS I WRITE.🙏

@amypatterson9851

Жыл бұрын

Now you know the answer to the 70's question "what it is, what it's gonna be like." Yes these towns were thriving a like 30 years ago but now a dump. This is what happens when racist caucasiophobes chase the white people out of town.

I was born in Mississippi and had family who lived in this area. Looks the same as it did 35 years ago.

@angieangiel2666

Жыл бұрын

My husband and I used to go to tunica casinos.

@Iknowyoumadnow

Жыл бұрын

@@angieangiel2666 little girl....what husband with ya fast tail

@mikejohn0088

Жыл бұрын

Good jobs do that.

Hello..., I am from Santiago de Chile, South America. It makes me very sad and at the same time indignant to see your video, and to see that a country "as rich" as yours (a world power; full of natural wealth; "The American Dream"; traveled to outer space; great inventors and scientists; popular movie, TV and music artists; etc.) can their governments have their compatriots living in third world conditions (something like my Latin America). My country is one of the most unequal in the distribution of wealth, for this reason what is happening in the US makes me sad. PS: Mississippi the cradle of good blues. Greetings.

@user-ii9xh5lz6u

6 ай бұрын

Verdad

My brother, always providing great content about the ignored parts of the US.

My parents that are both still alive and well at 83 and 82 are from Tunica circa 1950. As a native Chicagoian I've been there a time or two and hope to revisit again one day. #doitfortheculture

@jimmythegentconway8690

Жыл бұрын

It looks like half of Mississippi blacks moved to Chicago from 1930 to 1960

@gangstagummybear3432

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmythegentconway8690 yep, it is very common to see people from illinois and other places in the midwest have Mississippi connections, but probably mostly Chicago.

I went Indiana two months ago to my aunt's funeral, first time out the state of Florida and man, honestly, most of the US looks like this besides the major cities! The US is a rural country! It looks like it's still in stuck in a ancient time zone!!!

@allisawooten1488

10 ай бұрын

I don’t care where you go in the US or in any country, there are bad parts and very nice areas. The thing is, especially when it comes to Mississippi, people only show the rundown areas. They really need to stop with the bs. Just like politicians, throwing rocks and hiding their hands.

Tunica is one of the quietest little towns I've ever been...the girls are super cute too, nice and slim.

@perisher1976

Жыл бұрын

slender because they are starving from poverty?

@TheTillmanSneakerReview

Жыл бұрын

@@perisher1976 Nope. They're fed well. They're slim, not slender. They have nice bodies, not typical obesity that Mississippi is stereotypically portrayed as.

@Iknowyoumadnow

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTillmanSneakerReview boy wur? I haven't seen them and I'm in the damn sipp

@Iknowyoumadnow

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTillmanSneakerReview THEY ALL EAT SOUL FOOD FOO!

@TheTillmanSneakerReview

Жыл бұрын

@@Iknowyoumadnow 😆 It's the young ones, mane. The ones with children blow up. But the young ones with no kids tend to be nice and slim.

This area gives a very eerie feeling. I can’t imagine how much worse it would feel at night…

@perisher1976

Жыл бұрын

and at night there black cops kill blacks (like Tyre Nichols was killed)!!!

@commissaryarrick9670

Жыл бұрын

It is not that bad . They are very poor people but mostly good people . If your car broke down they would probably help you fix it and maybe even feed you some lunch

@Eveningbreeze721

Жыл бұрын

It's not scary at night. It's probably safer than most places. It's a rural area.

@GardenOfGracebykayyy

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Shaw Mississippi 😅 the only thing that’s you should feel eerie about is the stray dogs that will chase you home 😂😂😂😂 I loved being down there with my grandma for the summer ❤

@lcam9241

Жыл бұрын

Snapsz...this was just an overcast day. It really is not as bad as it seems. Poor, yes. Rural, yes. But like someone above mentioned, they're more likely to help than harm (MS resident here).

Most forgotten about parts of America by the government

@J.C.3423

Жыл бұрын

Real Talk🗣

@gshell2520

Жыл бұрын

That's a good thing the government is not your friend they are not here to save you ,Ronald Reagan said the most frightening 9 words are " im from the government and im here to help "😉

@GoldFaceFella

Жыл бұрын

@@gshell2520 live some years and gain some experience son.

@gshell2520

Жыл бұрын

@@GoldFaceFella big zaddy government is not your friend 🐑🐑🤡

@davidparker5657

Жыл бұрын

@@gshell2520 I know this but a lot of people in America still trust them

My Mother is from Dundee Ms which i think is in Tuncia Co. My Grandmother was born in Ms in 1906 and my Grandfather was born in 1900 so you know they dealt with some rough times in Ms. All of my Mother's siblings have gone baxk but she refuse to. She says Ms only holds bad memories for her. I would love to go the the place of her birth just to get an ideal of how she was raised.

The opening of casinos in Tunica County,MS was supposed to help with the poverty level there. It didn’t though. 😞

@TheTillmanSneakerReview

Жыл бұрын

That's because those casinos don't earn much money compared to other areas. After all, most of the patrons are poor, unlike Reno, Vegas, and Atlantic City, where people go to vacation. "I'm going on vacation to Tunica, Mississippi!" Said nobody in history...

@markhayden4386

10 ай бұрын

Actually, your statement is incorrect. Tunica in the 90's was the third largest gambling destination in the U.S. Due to the lower cost structure as compared to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, Tunica was a gambler's paradise. Tunica offered some of the best odds on video poker and blackjack in the entire country. However, due to competition, corruption, and mismanagement this is no longer the case. @@TheTillmanSneakerReview

@sheandiggs8487

8 ай бұрын

@@TheTillmanSneakerReviewAtlantic City is poor and one of the most dangerous cities in Nj. It’s the same story with most casino towns besides Vegas

@Riverking1

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheTillmanSneakerReviewand the floods. Most casinos in low lying areas knew better than to rebuild

@TheTillmanSneakerReview

3 ай бұрын

@@Riverking1 In Mississippi, casinos used to be on boats, which is why it was originally called "River Boat Gambling." That's one of the reasons why the buildings have survived, despite the floods. They're engineered to rise with the water levels. Too bad they didn't design the roads higher off the ground. Working at Fitzgerald's, Hollywood, and The Grand from 2000-2004 was my introduction into manhood. I fondly look back at how far I've come in life, remembering slaving at a dishwasher for two weeks and making only $389 after taxes. However, seeing my grandmother's eyes light up when I cashed my first paycheck was the first time I felt like a man. She struggles financially most of my life and she struggled even harder when she adopted me. Seeing her at her happiest made me know that I'd be alright in life. Not to mention, I still remember a lot of faces, but I can't put names on them anymore. I wish social media was better back then. I missed my work buddies when I left Robinsonville. Blue collar workers have an authenticity that corporate drones and white-collar workers like me don't have the freedom to express. Sometimes, I miss the cursing, shit talking, and banter that made nights go by fast. Anyway, TLDR. I miss Tunica, sometimes. It'll always be in my heart, even if I never get the chance to visit again. I still believe that something's special about the Tunica water, though. That lil' town makes some beautiful young women.

There’s a lot of nice homes in Tunica. Unfortunately this recording is only showing an old neighborhood. I watched him turn off and not show you the much nicer homes. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Now that's what you call country

@logaan2915

Жыл бұрын

How in the hell is this country 😂😂

@tadashemelpayton7440

Жыл бұрын

@@logaan2915 say what you kidding me right😂

@logaan2915

Жыл бұрын

@@tadashemelpayton7440 nah not rlly I can’t tell if ur joking or not 💀

@tadashemelpayton7440

Жыл бұрын

@@logaan2915 nope not joking trust me it's country

@logaan2915

Жыл бұрын

@@tadashemelpayton7440 I’m from merryville Louisiana this is light years away from country 💀

People be having 30-50,000 car's in their driveway and the house's I probably wouldn't pay 10,000 for.

@daleupthegrove6396

Жыл бұрын

Regarding broken down houses and expensive cars in crappy neighborhoods I have a couple of theories: One, they probably rent the houses but own the cars and two, if the shit gets too deep they need a reliable source of transportation to get the hell outta Dodge.

@boxingmma.

Жыл бұрын

@@daleupthegrove6396 Good theories in fairness to you dale.

@bextar6365

Жыл бұрын

Drugs don't sell cheap....

@mauricea.tillman4956

Жыл бұрын

Building and buying homes are too expensive for most middle-class Americans, let alone the poorest people in the nation. They rent the only home available or live in shared spaces. As for cars, they're easy to get and a necessity for living in MS, as town are spaced out and there's no public transportation system.

@mikejohn0088

Жыл бұрын

what cars?

Tunica Mississippi. I thought when all the casinos opened up in the area, I just knew they would pump 💰 into the town and surrounding areas. This was back in the early 90s. I guess it didn't happen

@Iknowyoumadnow

Жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@tobyjackman3212

Жыл бұрын

The sort of viewpoint that fails to take gambling addiction into account 🤣

@Riverking1

3 ай бұрын

It sort of happened for a few years until the floods destroyed most of the casinos. Not near as many left there any more because of flooding possibilities

@Bulvan123

2 ай бұрын

The best part of gambling in Tunica is the dealers were too dumb to add up to 21 so you'd get paid even when you lost.😂😂😂

God bless the South and her people.

@louisianabred616

Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@louisianabred616

Жыл бұрын

Your username is rad💯💯💯

@tonysopranooo1

Жыл бұрын

YE2024

@tonysopranooo1

Жыл бұрын

@@louisianabred616 KANYE 2024

@JeesusChristo

Жыл бұрын

Looks pretty blessed up already 🤣

I'm from germany and can't understand this area. A Single family home area like this have fences, low walls, hedges, flowers and other decoration most time of the yea at my place. Your houses are so cute, they need love (and sometimes fresh paint). :-) Send love to all people :)

@savannakokitka601

Жыл бұрын

Most of them don’t care are on drugs or poor

@jazo85

Жыл бұрын

@@savannakokitka601o stupid.. what are the jobs here to sustain homes?

@TheTillmanSneakerReview

Жыл бұрын

@@savannakokitka601 That's not true. Most of them don't own a home or they live with their parents. Not many people can afford to renovate or add anything. Therefore, they don't bother "beautifying" those homes.

Alot of Mississippi is like this unfortunately. The private and public infrastructure are absolutely crumbling

@MENFUSSMIKE

5 ай бұрын

Poorest state in the country

and the USA keeps giving to other countries for wars, and the govt cant even help these souls live a little better smh

Welcome to my state 662 Mississippi 💯 We straight from the bottom of the map 🗾

@keaveris1329

Жыл бұрын

Grenada Mississippi ova here

@lildavehannah7349

Жыл бұрын

@@keaveris1329 Clarksdale Ms over here 🤔

@kkcook3743

Жыл бұрын

Oxford.

This video reminds me of North Carolina where I’m from. Many of the rural communities there mirror what you see in this video.

My state of Mississippi trust

@user-ej2vz2um1e

Жыл бұрын

Красивое у тебя лицо.

Thank God for Mississippi!

Looks like Perfect American dream 🇺🇲☠️

@lcam9241

Жыл бұрын

🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ Well, if these residents own their home, have work, good food on the table and feel even remotely free then they are living some form of the American dream.

These areas are extremely poor these areas have high levels of hidden vagrancy and transients in them alot of these people are unemployed couch hoppers that stay at friends house because they have no where to go because of lack of money and a lot of times whole entire flocks of people will end up in a section eight house of a friend couch hopping either unemployed or working a minimum wage job that leaves them with no settled home also a lot of these communities have a bunch of people sharing rent that's sometimes why you see a bunch of cars at a house the reason I know this is because I live in a small town so this is just based off of personal experience

@tadashemelpayton7440

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@GardenOfGracebykayyy

Жыл бұрын

You from here ? Or you just talking ? 😊

@naughtydorf18

Жыл бұрын

I see it too in rural Carolinas too. Instead of cars, it's those liquor cycles. Parents call those places flop houses

@tobyjackman3212

Жыл бұрын

Damn that was a long sentence

narrow dirt roads and dangerously steep culvert drains.. gotta love this country

@perisher1976

Жыл бұрын

4-wheel drive will save you from ditches :)))

Much love 2 Mississippi ❤

Needa do one of these in Brookhaven. Possibly the most dangerous city in MS besides JXN and it never get talked about.

@blast4me754

Жыл бұрын

Probably because it’s a random small town off a random exit.. Jackson is barely relevant ..

Bro answer your phone

Interesting how all the streets are raised. Are they brown due to mud or clay or is it whatever material they're paved with? At first I thought it was dirt roads, but it isn't.

@Myacckt

Жыл бұрын

It’s raised and flattened dirt

@jackies5481

Жыл бұрын

@@Myacckt Ah, thank you. I've seen dirt roads plenty of times, but flush with their surroundings. Interesting.

@tadashemelpayton7440

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I was thinking dirt roads

@mauricea.tillman4956

Жыл бұрын

It's raised because Tunica sits just a few miles from the MS River and is in a flood zone. It is raised with red dirt, which is plentiful in the state. The pavement above the streets are made of tar, but the dirty always finds a way to make it brown, especially since they constantly repair those roads with gravel.

@jackies5481

Жыл бұрын

@@mauricea.tillman4956 - I figured that the streets were raised due to flooding. But it seems to me that would make all the lower ground homes more vulnerable. I guess not and the people who did it would know better than me. I just found it very unusual. Thank you for your comment!

A lot of brazilians think EUA dont have poor ppl or no homeless

That’s where this car came from the Delta 🏌🏿‍♂️💯

Amazing Channel 👍

Must be hard to say goodbye to yesterday, when the youth, don't care about it.Even if they are moving forward, remember, what brought you to your today,and tomorrow.Higher Heights,my brothers and sisters.And sometimes, what goes up.Look before you leap.

My childhood neighborhood

I really enjoy ya channel how you show the dialogs and the living situation big ups keep up the good work

I went to Tunica and played golf, It did not look like this?

@Trevor11g

Жыл бұрын

You was in robinsonville aka tunica resorts where the casino built up for appearance. You didn’t go to the neighborhoods of tunica

Tunica don't look bad I stay bout an hour 45 minutes away we always go to the casinos there it's wonderful I don't think it's no bad streets there.

This is the neighborhood I grew up in. OST. OLD SUB. Those were my dogs on Gay st. That you drove by

This my hood!!👍🏽

I don't know but I think I'd be depressed everyday living in this place. I am Blessed living where I live.

@mikejohn0088

Жыл бұрын

Normal is normal for those who know what is not normal.

I stay in Mississippi

@lildavehannah7349

Жыл бұрын

662

What happened with all the casinos

Looks peaceful wonder how the crime rate is down there

@perisher1976

Жыл бұрын

black cops kill criminals :)))

@holls1626

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing; that it looks peaceful.

I grew up here this is my home town

The people are poor but have cars & homes

@tobyjackman3212

Жыл бұрын

Lucky things *AMIRITE*

i really feel sorry for the people that have to live this way you have more junk cars around thean you have houses

Mississippi is the type of state you drive straight through because it’s literally nothing there.

@mikejohn0088

Жыл бұрын

Drive thru at 1,300 miles per hour.

@MENFUSSMIKE

5 ай бұрын

You could not be more wrong

You need to do one in Columbus Ms

@rashadharris4700

Жыл бұрын

They dislike North E MS

Next time your on The West Coast hit up the Latino hoods in Yakima WA

This is in tunica county not the actual town, our little town is nice just surrounded by shit

Please do Jackson Michigan . 50 mins from Detroit 😮

Many of the vehicle are worth more than the homes in front of which they are parked.

What you see in the picture is a lack of commitment by the people to keep things neat, clean and tidy. There are plenty of jobs in Memphis, and Desoto County, MS, so there are ample opportunities for people to work, so they can improve their surroundings.

Truthfully these don't look that bad. Some need paint and cleaned up around but I don't see thugs just standing around. Go to Little Rock please and go thru an area over by children's hospital or I er the bridge into NLR and around the historic beautiful bold central high school. Some rough looking areas but the people have always been nice when I've been there

I live in tunica. The area he is showing is called old sub division. But two mins further down you come to the town of tunica. And then you will see the difference in how they treat the people of tunica. It's very sad.

S/O Senatobia

Turn ringer on phone down, please

Y'all acting like we junkies this not the whole tunica

MISSISSIPPI..🧟🧟🧟NO PLACE 4 ME... YIIIIIIKES

Where the store😞

4:06 🤦‍♂ а побольше радиус поворота нельзя было сделать?

@perisher1976

Жыл бұрын

Negroes do not look for easy ways :))))

@triple6969

Жыл бұрын

Нельзя

Нищета...А правительство не вкладывает средства в свой народ, а раздувает войны по всему миру. Тем самым обогащаются за счет бюджета производители оружия. производители

@triple6969

Жыл бұрын

Это не правительство , в той стороне живут преобладающе черные, а где черные там бардак, для них это норма такая жизнь , государство дает пособие, всякие подачки, вот они и живут так

Looks really peaceful don't see thugs and drug dealers hanging around

@bextar6365

Жыл бұрын

After 10pm !!

@tadashemelpayton7440

Жыл бұрын

@@bextar6365 wow thanks ok I would have never knew

@mauricea.tillman4956

Жыл бұрын

It's one of the most peaceful places in America. The violent crime rate is low. The police take care of the people, and the people care for each other. The people are generally polite and good-spirited. Surprisingly, the Tunica County school system is excellent, and the facilities are modern. With casinos down the road, most people earn just enough money to sustain basic necessities. If you have a decent amount of money and some passive income, I'd recommend retiring to Tunica.

@13699111

Жыл бұрын

@@mauricea.tillman4956 thank goodness for that anyway being poor is hard enough for people. I was born in Detroit Michigan the last block I lived on looks more like part's of Ukraine now. I for one don't accept it race color nationality don't play into the reason for me period , it's united we stand divided we fall . When there's no balance between capitalism and the social fabric you have no country.

I have deep roots here but never been

Why is it always so cloudy 💀

@SnapszDuhh

Жыл бұрын

Well it’s winter….so yeah.

@SentMyOwnWay

Жыл бұрын

@@SnapszDuhh can’t speak for the entire country, but this has been the dreariest winter I’ve seen in years.

@triple6969

Жыл бұрын

Sad autumn

You couldn’t pay me to live in the south. Too damn flat

@reginaldrichmond9485

Жыл бұрын

Mississippi have hills, and Alabama, East Tennessee, and Virginia have mountains.

Климат конечно у вас хороший!

@risbolensky3921

Жыл бұрын

yeah when tornado wakes you up in the middle of the night

@Guto_Loco_Gushek_Brasil

Жыл бұрын

@@risbolensky3921 😔

@triple6969

Жыл бұрын

@@risbolensky3921нихуево же когда торнадо

Do Tupelo next

@bextar6365

Жыл бұрын

Too dangerous 1

@torcik

Жыл бұрын

Clarksdale

@AngelicalAlma

Жыл бұрын

@@bextar6365 😂😂 I live in Tupelo

@bextar6365

Жыл бұрын

@@AngelicalAlma My sympathy !!!!

Elvis was born in this poor lil town.

@MENFUSSMIKE

5 ай бұрын

No he wasn't

Big O's no Cheerios big ost

These hoods are trifling scary and depressing looking. I’m from a hood in Kentucky called Covington. It looks like suburbs here. We got some abandoned houses and what not. Yikes these places are ridiculous looking.

Do greenville sc

So sad to watch

That's out by Angola

Looks like a Indian place with all the beat up cars,an living in shacks

Charlie Bo please check out orangeburg sc hoods.

@naughtydorf18

Жыл бұрын

I live in St George, SC

@briannatrotter6329

Жыл бұрын

My parents lived in Orangeburg for a few years…believe me they have some hoods down in there lol. My mom was a realtor and there were some houses she had listed that she was not allowed to show or have an opening alone. Another male realtor or my dad had to be with her. Definitely some unsafe areas but I personally loved it there. Met some amazing, friendliest folks.

Taft

0:36 what is that on the side of the road?

@SlugSage

Жыл бұрын

Pitbull

@triple6969

Жыл бұрын

Doberman

💔💔💔

Now I'm looking to these pictures of the police standing around in Mississippi but a lot of people from Mississippi up north tell me stories about sending them by their mothers a house down in Mississippi from working in these foundries that's why sometimes I just got this deep deep don't like you and you know you're wrong I mean maybe the drugs is wrong but no you're wrong

Dang these don't even look like streets they look like mud paved tracks or something. That is ghetto 👀😬😳😳😳

This is sugar ditch 🤔

в этом видео довольно милые домики,по сравнению с другими видео на этом канале )

@triple6969

Жыл бұрын

Да там дыра братан, жили там работали, вообще та сторона мрачная и соседние штаты не лучше

Que pueblo más feo y triste...

@nadapuesnada7716

Жыл бұрын

No hay remedio.

Jerry ware you living poor bruh

I live in the hood but this is very boring/depressing looking

@1600made

Жыл бұрын

Cuh our shi straight

@Iknowyoumadnow

Жыл бұрын

Facts you DON'T want to live there, all they have is a damn casino

Russia 🇷🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦

@serhiitaranchuk7348

Жыл бұрын

Gandon

@cima5878

Жыл бұрын

🇺🇸 need to do right by and provide for it's own citizens, instead of sending billions to the Ukraine. I think that can be seen in this video, that there own ppl can be better served by that money than them funding the Ukraine war.

@ghostfrieza2904

Жыл бұрын

Can yall take that bullsh*t somewhere else please thanks

@flamingsalamander4974

Жыл бұрын

@@cima5878 And let Russia disobey international law and employ a direct attack on democracy and human rights? No thanks. Fuck Russia, Slava Ukraini

USA, USA, USA!