Here's my entire Unboxing America Series: kzread.info/head/PLq-_cmf3H6yqgM1vGG305six5T7dqGURF

That's not the worst part of Atlanta. Maybe 15 years ago.

@ronaldgore7892

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Thompson You're right. I ride through that area a lot on a 3 thousand dollar electric bike. They constantly stopping asking me about it. But I've never been bothered. 15 years ago I wouldn't have.

@mariaanita9140

2 жыл бұрын

E lamentável que isso esteja acontecendo! 😳😥

@d.friessoundandvideo2943

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don’t know what this is. Vine City and Bankhead were quite sketchy 15 years ago, but now it’s 10 years from gentrification.

@Uniquely_Mario

2 жыл бұрын

@@d.friessoundandvideo2943 that area still rough don’t let that fool you. Folks still get killed over there. One of my family members saw someone shot up body out there. Further down the bluffs is still rough rough trust me he didn’t go over them train tracks. You better not break down right there. Thomasville is still dangerous. and Whitehall in Decatur police scared to go in that area. Mlk is alot of robbing and killing. Don’t be fooled you need to watch your surroundings.

@Uniquely_Mario

2 жыл бұрын

@@d.friessoundandvideo2943 as long as them ghetto apartments sit over there, it’s not gonna change. That area is still bad and shootings still happen over there. One of my friends bought a house over there. Someone got shot up over there at that park not too long ago.

to be perfectly honest the most dangerous section of atlanta where you’re most likely to be robbed is midtown and buckhead. i’ve never seen someone get carjacked in bankhead but it happens daily in midtown and buckhead

@lex172

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Plus don't forget all the shootings that happen in Lenox Square!

@sublantics1

3 жыл бұрын

Truth

@sublantics1

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t mind the Bluff, I will be damned if I go to Lenox Mall

@MultiHondaa

3 жыл бұрын

True. I lived in Bankhead for awhile.

@adamman8874

3 жыл бұрын

Midtown and Buckhead are nothing compared to Bankhead in crime. Maybe for carjackings but that's it.

I realize that part of the purpose of this channel is to educate, so I hope this comment will serve as a learning opportunity for Nick Johnson. I find this video grossly misrepresents this community and could be based solely on outdated statistics or inaccurate first impressions. My wife and I used to live in one of the neighborhoods depicted in this video and deeply respected our neighbors. As a matter of fact, our neighbors were the best we had in my whole life. They watched out for us and engaged us in conversation every day. I would say that benefit is rarer in "better" neighborhoods with higher incomes. Also, the title of your video is misleading. Sneaking into a neighborhood makes it sound like you are entering a guarded building or a warzone. This neighborhood is neither of those. My wife walked to a school in the neighborhood every morning for work, and I commuted every morning as well. As with all other neighborhoods, most crime is going to happen at night not early in the morning. Giving the impression that you had to covertly enter the neighborhood makes it sound like you are having to dodge danger at every turn. Maybe you wouldn't look as suspicious if you weren't driving around the neighborhood for twenty minutes like you are on a safari trek. This community is not a nature walk or a zoo exhibit. Secondly, you got the names of the neighborhoods wrong where you chose to drive as other commenters have pointed out. As best as I can tell, you drove through English Avenue and Vine City. You actually drove down the street I used to live on in English Avenue. I also noticed that when you drove down the old street where I lived, you failed to film the new or renovated houses on the other side. Showing only the abandoned homes makes it seem like families don't live there and do not show the life that still exists in the neighborhood. While these areas of Atlanta are some of the hardest hit by poverty and crime, your video does not educate people to support their neighbors. You have perpetuated old stereotypes of poor communities that they are places to be avoided or that the people who inhabit them must have questionable character. These stereotypes make it easy for people to justify their suffering as crime continues or they are displaced through gentrification. When poorer neighborhoods become the sum of their abandoned houses or crime statistics, we fail to see the people who live there as our neighbors who deserve to be supported in rebuilding their community. I hope this pushes you to pursue more nuance in your videos and even ask yourself or your viewers the question, "Why is there so much poverty and crime concentrated in this one area?" I can only offer my perspective of living there, but I hope it acknowledges the dignity of my old neighbors, several of whom are still friends of our family.

@srtE.

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I don't know if he does the title thing for more views, he's just giving these places bad stereotypes. I know a lot people from there and I've been there before honestly it's not bad at all.

@mrs.tashamack

3 жыл бұрын

I agree ! Been living in the Metro Atlanta area for 30 + yrs. Atlanta is slowly becoming a “mini New York or new Hollywood “. Bankhead has been on a come up. There are nice homes that have been left out of this footage.

@A0.917

3 жыл бұрын

I think he likes misleading people for veiws

@joshuaro1424

3 жыл бұрын

That’s right. This is somebody’s neighborhood and home, not a thrill exhibit.

@abaafi1234

3 жыл бұрын

Whew tell em bro‼️‼️‼️

whats funny is I live in this area and drive through this area literally all the time, its not anywhere close to how bad it use to be and how it looks. Some of these homes he is driving by are worth damn near a half million dollars. . .

@eddiemartin8661

3 жыл бұрын

Also the home Martin Luther King actually lived in when he was murdered is in this area.

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

It's terrible here

@ttonne81

3 жыл бұрын

Dude probably not from Atlanta

@patriciamartin206

3 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson it is not bad at all and I’m a white girl who has walked the streets of Atlanta right where you are but I was with my boyfriend at the time!! We were doing things that I’m not proud of but they knew him so they didn’t bother me

@gaylamarie9045

3 жыл бұрын

@@gardensofthegods My husband is a builder and has been for over 30 years. He's right, there are home owners in that area that are being offered lots and lots of money. A friend was offered a million for his family home, where he grew up. Given, his home is in very good shape....but, many people are selling now. Of course everyone isn't getting a million dollars, but what He's saying is true. That's what happens when the renovations start. They will move these people out and completely redo the area. Eventually, the average person who grew up there, won't be able to afford a home on the west end.

If you've lived in Atlanta for any amount of time you know the difference between Buckhead and Bankhead - the two areas aren't that far apart

@BlockBallerRecords

3 жыл бұрын

Then they put the Change to Donald Lee Howell Pkwy like no one would know 🤣🤣🤣

@ladybliss101

3 жыл бұрын

I've lived in Atlanta for five yrs. I moved to Bankhead having no idea it was " the hood ". I've never had a problem. I'm white ,in my fifties . I work in Bankhead . Live in Bankhead and spend my money in Bankhead. Go to church in Bankhead . There are good ppl here . There's good and bad everywhere. I would never call this the worst of Atlanta. This is my home and these are my neighbors and friends.

@sveti-nikola4435

3 жыл бұрын

I would move here,looks good ! HOOD IS HOOD

@OlExtraRegularBass

2 жыл бұрын

You got two first names. I'm assuming you weren't welcome in bankhead?

@timothykeith1367

2 жыл бұрын

@@OlExtraRegularBass Bankhead is just an older part of Atlanta. I don't think there is any gentrification happening there like in other older neighborhoods.

I'm literally lmao.... I've lived here all 66 yrs of my life and you said this was the worst? Thank You! We'll take that as a compliment.

@eshablair4841

2 жыл бұрын

What's sad to me is how so many people are obsessed with us to where they will make videos for clicks and views and how to figure us out. So weird to me. so many neighborhoods in America particularly Florida where the opiod, meth and heroin and bath salt communities are and no one is down there recording or posting videos like this for click bait and views for monetization of black communities or culture. So weird

@gjh9299

2 жыл бұрын

I think the homes are lovely. He is really afraid of everything. It's kind of funny. I think it was in Ohio where he wa so afraid /

@PrincessYonna1

2 жыл бұрын

Y’all men to build better neighborhoods for y’all . It’s sad. We’ve been free for decades now

@Starr_888

2 жыл бұрын

Right. I hate it when people that are not from here down grade my city

@MoneyComethToshelia

2 жыл бұрын

@@eshablair4841 right! Keep harassing BLACKS and their COMMUNITIES! Beware, only so that they can TAKE our neighborhoods, and push us out to nowhere! Like they have been doing for the last few years. And you have black mayor's helping them (W) people, do it! Notice they have not gentrified any trailer parks! Why because most people living in them are all (W)! 😡

Every city has the other side of the tracks ...this guy has no clue folks where the true crime resides

@A0.917

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@Junomaster2006

3 жыл бұрын

Does it matter? What matters is that almost all of the crimes are committed by blm

@tomorloallen3596

3 жыл бұрын

@@Junomaster2006 BLM is an organization that encompasses support from several cultures. Your statement is incorrect and ignorant.

@apexone5502

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomorloallen3596 when they use BLM regarding situations that doesn't involve the organization, what they really mean is Black people as a whole. He's trying to be slick.

@kerrynorth4646

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

Even the worst part of Atlanta shows once beautiful homes, hanging in there. Wishing better days to all.

@GeminieCricket

3 жыл бұрын

No wishing: the gangs/drugs needs to be removed.

@Junomaster2006

3 жыл бұрын

Your wish would have come true if people stop supporting blm

@sleepycalico

3 жыл бұрын

@@Junomaster2006 him who?

I was really hoping you would drive by the community garden we started in Vine City during the Occupy Wall Street days. The land was donated by a local family. I'm an older white dude, and all the people I met there were very cool and friendly. Never felt threatened by anyone. Since then, the local community has taken it over and turned it into a sustainable garden that produces a good deal of food for the people of the neighborhood. One elder couple who lived across the street from the garden told me they have lived there since the 70's, and planned to keep living there. I never felt like I had to "sneak" into this neighborhood, I just drove in and felt welcomed.

@MoneyComethToshelia

Жыл бұрын

but always stay alert wherever you are friend..

This is...a pretty nice area. This whole video idea feels very classist

That's Not Bad At All!! Are you certain that is the worst neighborhood? That could be any town in Appalachia!

@GrinchyGreen334

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so true, but nobody wants to talk about that tho.

@TonyBenton0728

3 жыл бұрын

But at least you don’t have to worry about getting shot.

@GrinchyGreen334

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyBenton0728 maybe u do

@TonyBenton0728

3 жыл бұрын

@@GrinchyGreen334 I have been in those areas for the country ; did a lot of work in coal country Yes they do look like these areas. Just a lot of poor people. But you better not be a game warden now that is a different story.

@PeachtreeFrenchies2

3 жыл бұрын

It's not

The neighborhood doesn't look half bad. The big problem is so much trash scattered here and there on the streets, if that got under control it would help quite alot. Many of the homes seem to be renovated or taken care of; compared to dilapidated homes in that area from many years ago. Atlanta always looked dreary to me in the winter time like this, with no leaves on the trees and especially when it rains.

Compared to the worst parts of St Louis and Detroit this looks nice...

@uploadvidz4490

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@TonyBenton0728

3 жыл бұрын

@@uploadvidz4490 Another you seem so sensitive ?

@hwd567

3 жыл бұрын

Imo this isn’t the worst part of Atlanta lol river dale road and MLK are much worse.

@georgiamademane9552

2 жыл бұрын

@@gardensofthegods yall kno nothing bout the hood in the south ik plenty folks from jersey who kno wassup yall just b talkn

@georgiamademane9552

2 жыл бұрын

Detroit is prolly the least progressed city ever

This is bull. I live in Atlanta. This man is full of it. Trust me; he was in no danger. If it was five years ago, sure. A lot of cops live in that area.

@jacobl7451

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t like him. He has often no idea what he’s talking about and it just feels like he’s making fun of “bad areas” from limited research off the Internet

If there are street signs still up, you're not in the worst part of Atlanta

That looked downright tidy and calm compared to Oakland. This is where you learn to recognize the caliber of the gun by its sound and the type of weapon by how many times it fires.

It 's a shame because some people try to keep their houses nice and property's clean and trimmed. Then the neighbor doesn't care or house is abandoned. A pity.

@jazzjokesjalopies

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Get a rake and some paint, make an effort.

@boitoiful

3 жыл бұрын

It was such a nice city with really nice people when I moved there in the late 70's. Anything charming or that is old Atlanta is torn down. It looks, feels and is a testament to aggressive destructive gentrification and hate. Just makes you ill if you knew Altanta b/4 2000.

@reignben2284

3 жыл бұрын

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@musarudy4259

3 жыл бұрын

@Reign Ben Yup, I've been using KaldroStream for since december myself =)

@Junomaster2006

3 жыл бұрын

Oh well. I’m over it

I helped tutor children at a daycare/community in the middle of the Bluff. I never once felt unsafe and was welcomed by the community. I was there to provide a safe place for children of single households to come after school and to help the community in any way I can.

@bethanyjohnson8222

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. This "poor people are scary" bullshit it wild.

@LP-hs6yz

7 ай бұрын

This channel has racial overtones.

I was apart of the last generation to grow up in the community. You actually drove (Paines Avenue) past the land where the house built by my Great-Grandfather once stood...tall and proud. This community was once filled with blue collar (and some more astute) professionals that took pride in their homes. Many, like mine were passed down from generation to generation. In the early 2000's, my family decided to sell the property due to disrepair and the major decline of the neighborhood. We all went to church together, school together and loved the community. I always knew it would be revived into a safe and comfortable neighborhood for future Atlantians. Hopefully the neighborhood will improve soon!

I always notice the beautiful trees in the neighborhoods. All these vacant homes were once filled with hard working and happy families. It’s amazing how fast things can change from year to year. It did not used to look like this.

“Before they all got up” 😂

Great watch Nick... I've seen the suburbs of Detroit before, Wow!!! Talk about depressing, I wish it was nice and peaceful.. Take care, Cheers.. 😊

@syriasmith4842

3 жыл бұрын

Bull

@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE

3 жыл бұрын

@@syriasmith4842 - Bull or Cow?

@syriasmith4842

3 жыл бұрын

@@gardensofthegods not mine

People don’t know this anymore, but the Simpson Road/Ashby Street area was once the professional Black people’s home ground. My own grandparents lived on Lena Street (before they tore their homes down in the 70s to construct MARTA). Dr. & Mrs. MLKing, Jr. lived on Sunset as a young couple. So did the parents of Julian Bond, both college professors. It’s sad to see what happens when all the resources are stripped from a neighborhood & never replaced. Especially, when it didn’t have to happen that way-but it did. Some of those homes are 100 years old & should’ve been included in some City Planning outlay, or some historical preservation register-but they never were. No funds of any kind (or grocers, pharmacies, clinics, or recreational centers) were ever made available to those residents-until @2003. And even then, only to a certain demographic. Plenty of church houses, though-didya notice? You can literally drive for miles & never find a single constructive resource center, not even a bank or a dry cleaners, in some of these old areas. Just houses falling apart & places where people throw trash. They can’t even get loans today in 2021 to own any of the businesses. You gotta be from Korea, Kenya, Pakistan, VietNam (places with government treaties) to even qualify.

He said "he went into the worst part of Atlanta, before dawn, before they all got up." For some reason, that statement made me fall over laughing! I liked video, especially since I've also been through a lot of areas before. It was ok.

At one time, I lived in Jonesboro, Ga. I heard on the news one morning (back in the 70's) that a woman took a rocking chair off the porch of an abandoned house and got like 5 years for stealing! The house had been vacant for a few years, and, she didn't see any reason she couldn't get the chair and put it to use. I thought it was absolutely rediculous!

@chatton2026

Жыл бұрын

Why steal whats not yours? Just because noone actively "lives" there on a day to day doesn't mean its completely "abandoned". She got caught and apparently had to own up to her mistake...I don't see a problem, & I'm pretty sure if it was your property you would be disappointed in larceny as well.

@chatton2026

Жыл бұрын

@@Lily-gs9iv Thanks for your response, and most of what we are SPECULATING on is hearsay at this point unless you look up the case. Based on the US legal system with this matter going to trail, the victim did move forward pressing charges with the state which offers some legitimacy to the case. Another reason why just because you don't see someone watching over property, doesn't mean that you have free range to go over and aquire it. Besides, many buildings aren't just "abandoned" by owners. The city or township owns the property if so.

@TheBikemaster94

9 ай бұрын

I would steal it back without getting the police involved😮😅

As an Atlanta native, and a recovering heroin addict (4 years clean in April 2021) it is wild to see a video like this. Any of you that actually live in, or know about Atlanta knows this area well. Us junkies call it the bluff and while there are lots of young families and old families, generation after generation staying in the same house, a good portion of these homes are trap houses. After only the first 10 minutes I had seen about 10 of my old drug dealers homes. Waiting outside their house for hours. Driving through there ducking when we saw cops. They know the area they patrol....being white in this area...not a good idea if you’re up to anything nefarious. Sad to see this place is looking even worse than the last time I saw it.

@cynicalskeptic4517

2 жыл бұрын

You’re telling the truth

@Boxhead42

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not trying to tell you how to run your business, but as someone who is also a recovering addict (24 yrs), I don’t think it is healthy for an addict (especially with just 4 yrs) to be watching and going down memory lane to your old stomping ground. Just a thought, from another person in recovery.. And again I am not saying this in any kind of derogatory manner. ✌️

@darrylfelton2760

2 жыл бұрын

John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” King James Version (KJV)

@darrylfelton2760

2 жыл бұрын

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” King James Version (KJV)

First time watching your video. Couple questions: why did you have to sneak in and before who got up? Do zombies live there or something?

@A0.917

3 жыл бұрын

He thinks they sleep. He's in the wrong part of town

@southboundtp2067

3 жыл бұрын

He's scared shitless, he DON'T know anything about a ghetto adventure or what he's talking about, those areas are just rundown. . .

@CharlesWilson-zs3vd

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't want to get mugged.

@loveplayaboy888

2 жыл бұрын

@@southboundtp2067 😆 he scared 4 nothing bro.

@leroythomas4967

2 жыл бұрын

Its like he's implying in his own secret way to those like him, the only way it could be done is to sneak in and sneak out. I feel its disrespectful to the people who live in these area's. I know many who live in these areas who aren't even close to poor. They live there because they want too. It's black, and that's what most like. Not everyone who makes a lot of money, moves to the suburbs.

That neighborhood is English Avenue not Washington Park... you don’t know what you’re talking about

@great9201

3 жыл бұрын

It’s actually the bluff

@tut182

3 жыл бұрын

The Bluff is English Avenue…

@allpraisetothemosthighyah

3 жыл бұрын

@@great9201 its the bluff like ny is the big apple. He was all over the west side though...

@Junomaster2006

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t matter. The neighborhood along w/ it’s inhabitants are all trash

@tut182

3 жыл бұрын

@@Junomaster2006 ha ha someone took your milk money there…

Nick, when are you going to do your tour and analysis of The Villages in Florida??? Your fans would really look forward to that, I am sure.

@eshablair4841

2 жыл бұрын

What's sad to me is how so many people are obsessed with us to where they will make videos for clicks and views and how to figure us out. So weird to me. so many neighborhoods in America particularly Florida where the opiod, meth and heroin and bath salt communities are and no one is down there recording or posting videos like this for click bait and views for monetization of black communities or culture. So weird

Worst part of Atlanta, is Atlanta.

@TonyBenton0728

3 жыл бұрын

And it’s spreading to the suburbs. I live in Rockdale County !

@Diego-fw5es

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyBenton0728 crime is already in the suburbs. College park, East point, riverdale, Stone Mountain, lithonia, norcross, clarkston, forest park, lilburn, Decatur.

@TonyBenton0728

3 жыл бұрын

@@Diego-fw5es Yes I know the hole Atlanta metro area has gone down hill . Really sad. Born in Newnan and lived on the south and east east side all of my 66 years

Nick the play over music tone, gives me a ominous feeling watching this video.

If you want to see some crazy stuff go to Camden, NJ. That’s probably the most dangerous town I’ve been to along with Detroit and Oakland.

@Bigjizay

3 жыл бұрын

I can vouch that Oakland is dangerous. I've seen several shootouts there.

@SharonHF

3 жыл бұрын

I got lost in Camden looking for the concert venue. It was getting dark and pre-GPS & mapquest led us wrong. We were scared to ask for help until we saw a firehouse.

@madmikemackas

3 жыл бұрын

This is bad but Atlanta has a lot worse

@sedney2889

3 жыл бұрын

@Brian Beecher plainfield and brunswick is light work.

@aggierowe9574

3 жыл бұрын

A sheep farmer from IDAHO of all places was attending a wool fest on the east coast and got lost and ended up in Camden. She told me it was terrifying to look at, right before dark. I buy yarn from her and I lived in NY and have never been to Camden, and she said she was so happy to have figured the right directions in time...

One of my favorite channels!!

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

is it even a question haha Marilyn

@whatdafarkenhell7110

3 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson I got your channel suggestion after watching CharleBo313 and noticed you use some of his shots in other vids, there certainly is an unanswered question of which channel is better.

@maril1379

3 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson I put in exclamations !!

I worked at Fort McPherson in East Point twice, 15 months each time between assignments to Korea. I lived in the suburbs of Morrow and Lithia Springs. Traffic was the worst ever, but I never had any trouble or felt threatened there. I was happy to leave though...I was almost run out of town because I drink Pepsi...lol

@danhutson3460

3 жыл бұрын

I graduated from Morrow Senior High in 1974, but would hardly recognize the place or neighborhoods now.

@MultiHondaa

3 жыл бұрын

Damn. Lol.

@Mr.Boddie

3 жыл бұрын

Lol why do people in Atlanta hate Pepsi so much 😂😂😂😂

@ralphstewart4025

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Boddie ATL is home of Coca Cola.

@Mr.Boddie

3 жыл бұрын

@@ralphstewart4025 I know but to tbh Pepsi does taste better than coca cola 😂

I am a white guy in Decatur, I have driven these parts of Atlanta for years, where most white folks would never go. Sometimes sketchy, a bit scary, but not usually that bad. In the daytime! A lot of people just simply live here and have a community. A lot of good people, especially the older ones. So, comparing to Milwaukee and Chicago, it's better. Billionaire Arthur Blank who built that Mercedes stadium has put truckloads of cash to develop the community and the real estate. I think it's has a positive effect, but still a long way to go. Next is coming the Beltline and gentrification, to rebuild these areas without kicking out the poor. It won't be perfect but it's possible.

@bethanyjohnson8222

2 жыл бұрын

This has aged horribly. Rents in Atlanta are up 26% from left year. Gentrification in Atlanta has always kicked out the poor.

the 90s Atlanta was the real heart of Atlanta. the underground mall was just built.the braves was the baseball team to beat the olympics was awarded, freaknik was off the chain, hangouts like club XS, the warehouse, club garage, the royal peacock, was the place to be(hip hop and R&B) wise. those elderly ladies by five points station screaming YALL NEED JESUS REPENT LOL. had me dying. I no longer live there (Im west coast now) but would sure like to visit my old stomping ground but probably won't be the same.

@boknows8376

3 жыл бұрын

Everything gone...underground closed i think the old ladies died but the dude with no tongue still around he just be minding his own business now 😂😂

@cassiejohnson7298

3 жыл бұрын

Nope

@squirrelabouttown6022

2 жыл бұрын

I lived and worked in midtown in the 90’s. Loved all the characters on Ponce. 😂 I hung out in a different scene but I will agree 90’s Atlanta was lit!

@knucklesdafunkeeog6523

Жыл бұрын

Tell me about it. Atlanta back in the 90s was the best and I’m so grateful to have experienced it because the southern hospitality was stronger plus it had way more heart and soul back in those times too. It will forever be a nice walk back down memory lane 😎

@rachelbrandon7649

Жыл бұрын

Ok real talk I loved royal peacock. We used to skip school and catch the bus to Simpson drive to hangout. Oh and dont forget about Baron Holmes club jr.

Good stuff. Maybe voice over stats about the neighborhood. Why anyone would go there. I saw a cemetery, was it historic? There are a few very old cemeteries in Atlanta worth checking out. BBQ? Other stuff? East Atl and Lil Five Points were interesting and Bohemian even up to roughly a decade ago.

This is definitely NOT the worst area in Atlanta! This particular area was worst in the 80's. They're doing a lot of refurbishment to this area now. Now where he really needs to go to is areas in Decatur...like Candler rd or Glenwood. Also try Cleveland ave on the Southside! Now those are areas I don't feel comfortable at at all. As a person originally from Atlanta I know what I'm talking about.

@anthonyhines3738

Жыл бұрын

Candler and glenwood not worse then the bluff come on now baby be fr m from Simpson and stayed everywhere nobody wanna pull up on me on Simpson not from the west

I work once a week at a clinic in the area.. I used to run stop signs and traffic lights! 😂 I see everything... Prostitution, drug deals, people fighting and cussing... But, over time I came to realize that the people in the neighborhood needed assistance with getting off drugs, alcohol and somewhere to live to recover... And that's what we do in my organization. I am a psychiatric and behavioral health nurse and provide care to the same people that I was once afraid of... When you hear their stories, it will bring you to tears... The pain and trauma...😭 🙏

Nick, it looks like the gentrification is already starting in some spots. I noticed a couple of new builds - one of them with a police cruiser parked in the driveway - and a handful of homes being refurbished, plus some proud homeowners hanging on by the looks of things. I hope their patience is rewarded.

@JC-xh9mp

3 жыл бұрын

Sure it has . The city has pushed the trash into the suburbs of decent working people since the Olympics in the 90s. Basically destroying the quality of life for the actual working class for years while sucking up every government handout and crushing the people with regulations and innovative ways to make new taxes to feed the cess pool that is the government of Atlanta. It’s a joke and has been for the last 20 years.

@garybigie3178

3 жыл бұрын

I am a 63 year old, white man. Been living here over 3 years now. It has been getting better each year.

@notshylo

3 жыл бұрын

It has. Microsoft is coming, GATech is always growing and new build townhomes ($500k+) are selling like hot cakes. It’s too close to other things to remain in such a depressed state.

@notshylo

2 жыл бұрын

@@willp.8120 people buy far more expensive property than that every minute of every day. The median price in many areas of the country is far above that. BTW, those townhomes I mentioned selling for 500k+ are now selling for 900k+.

@moneysittintall3611

2 жыл бұрын

@@willp.8120 Tech workers, engineering’s, doctors, etc

Charming! I bet 60 yrs. ago this was a decent neighborhood.

@shane1489

3 жыл бұрын

Most were or at least that’s what I’m told from my Dad’s generation.

@darrellappling9276

3 жыл бұрын

Why.a. white man tlak about the black people and were they lived

@Audreyology

3 жыл бұрын

About as charming as Campbellton Rd near Oakland City. The Campbellton Shopping Plaza was once a thriving Mall. Campbellton Rd , Myrtle Drive and Alison Court had lovely apartments. Shamrock Garden had 5 swimming pools with bbq pits ans laundry room. Extreme opposite now. It’s doesn’t take money to have pride in where you live.

@charlesbabbage1294

3 жыл бұрын

It was bad then too!

@Audreyology

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbabbage1294 what was bad?

Atl has many blue collar neighborhoods. I find most of the crime happens where people have something. People aren't going to rob someone with nothing. The start of this video speaks great ignorance towards the entire subject of poverty, bad schools, and no funding. Then he wonders why there is crime.

Atlanta is actually not as bad as they betrayed in the news and stuff. Atlanta is a wonderful place to live for the most part. We have good schools, parks, resteraunts, shops, trails, farms( suburbs), and etc.

@sedney2889

3 жыл бұрын

Maaan they shoot like crazy and carjack and home invade.

@tomvertabrate

3 жыл бұрын

@@sedney2889 That is true but crime hasn't skyrocketed in this city since the Pandemic and it's happening in major cities across the country.

@sedney2889

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomvertabrate let's not forget about waffle 🏠. You'll be leaving there with moor holes than your waffle. Worse places for sure yet and still Atlanta is not for faint at ❤️.

@Zed4e

3 жыл бұрын

Quick reminder Atlanta and Buckhead not the same ok

@tomvertabrate

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zed4e Buckhead is a commerical district of Atlanta

Other areas in Atlanta that u should go are Grove Park, Dixie Hills, Adamsville, Lakewood heights, Cleveland Ave, Thomasville heights, Pittsburgh, Oakland City, mechanicsville, south river gardens, chosewood park.

@sedney2889

3 жыл бұрын

Those areas drug problems aren't as open I wouldn't say. Bad nonetheless

@keithboykins258

3 жыл бұрын

What about the west end?

@knucklesdafunkeeog6523

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithboykins258 Yup add West End to the list

This looks like paradise compared to East St. Louis IL!

@glissy1961

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this really does look way better than East St Louis! ESL is scary AF!

@ene0613

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@cmeeki4

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it does.

@maggiemae2585

3 жыл бұрын

I did a week long trip to ESL when I was in college to work with kids there. Eye opening to a girl from Appalachia. Lol.

@jez6078

3 жыл бұрын

I was passing through on a Greyhound bus when we stopped at the ESL station transferring buses. Two things were unsettling to me 1. When a fellow passenger asked a employee to " Sir, please stop throwing my bags against the ground" the employee responded with: "Sir? Please? We don't use those type of words around here" as he kept throwing bags on the ground. 2. A passenger got off the bus and walked into what looked like an abandoned business park. IDK why this creeped me out, but it felt like the Field of Dreams movie but instead of the players disappearing into the corn field, the guy dissapeared into urban blight. I've been to grimmie parts of Milwaukee and Chicago but ESL took the cake.

I was in great driving I enjoyed it thanks for the video

I’m a proud ATLien… u would find most talent in the hood

@Junomaster2006

3 жыл бұрын

😂 bustin raps takes no talent though

@crazychicSHENA

3 жыл бұрын

@@Junomaster2006 actually it does lol 😆

@billydamnit

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@billwilliam8146

3 жыл бұрын

Young lady the gold is much more selfish than what you see remember 20 years from the day might try to get them some kind of show started but he's a Wonder spending his life in town and town this is the ghetto this is this and not just him mini would do that or seeking to find the emptiness within their own mind and soul old school.

@topicc06

3 жыл бұрын

@@Junomaster2006 what makes you think it's just rap?

I was in Atlanta in July and I went literally everywhere in and around the metro and I absolutely fell in love with it. Only thing I hate is their roads

@royberg6657

Жыл бұрын

The drivers are some of the worst I've seen in America , grew up in the northeast

You gotta be eyeballing those cross streets before you get up to them. If nothing’s coming you gotta cruise right through those stop signs lol.

@trejay2345

3 жыл бұрын

True I almost got robbed stopping at a stop sign near downtown ñ

@bresams2917

3 жыл бұрын

@@trejay2345 Wow, glad you okay

@gjh9299

2 жыл бұрын

no one's up yet...

Happy Mother's Day to all of Nick's fans

@legendarypickle2259

3 жыл бұрын

Happy Mother's day to you!

@MarchOnRome

3 жыл бұрын

The term 'Mothers Day' is offensive and wrong. It is not inclusive, and doesn't count the families with two father's, or transgender people. Please use the term 'Birth Givers Day' in the future.

@rogermoore27

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarchOnRome I just want to count the females that gave birth....

@MarchOnRome

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogermoore27 Not all people who gave birth are female. There's many transgender men who gave birth in the past.

@GoDawgs18

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarchOnRome nice joke 🤡

I like the background music on this. Also liked the background music on your Jacksonville clip. Who are the artists playing?

The drone at the start reminds me of the ancient music I listen to by Perotin

It's weird to see how many nice newer vehicles are in an area that looks that bad

@evolvation587

3 жыл бұрын

People buy cars they can’t afford with car payments. It happens all the time and it’s a shame because it’s keeping them poor

@danakinstreetrider

3 жыл бұрын

@@evolvation587 I understand that, and you're 100% right. It still seem somewhat disproportionate.

@NELLYWIC

2 жыл бұрын

No they are selling drugs

I have never been so close to the Mercedes Benz stadium. Nice shot.

@stoveboltlvr3798

3 жыл бұрын

It's like a diamond on a garbage can!

@Audreyology

3 жыл бұрын

Inside of the stadium is nice

would love to see you drive through recently gentrified neighborhoods and speak to the residents there. Maybe show before and after. Keep up the good work

Good Morning Nick! It appears to me if as a community they would all work together and help one another. Not work against one another they could all make it a better place in which they could all benefit from. If they would be able to get monies to open up more places for their children to keep busy and educated Maybe they wouldn't have so much crime? I think most of this people own their homes and don't have to live in the projects? Or are still paying a mortgage. They have to try and work all together as a one instead of against one another. There needs more positive things that can help them all out like stores a community center classes offered for free Swimming! Just different things to Stay entertained. Thanks for sharing!

@burdrchitect1680

3 жыл бұрын

Great Statement. I'd also like to see the Universities in that neighborhood help as well. They have a top HBCUs( Morehouse, Spelmam, Clark Atlanta, Morris Brown) district located in that neighborhood with GA Tech a couple blocks away.

Every time I drive through a neighborhood like this, seems like there's always at least one house painted BRIGHT blue.

@kommandokenny12345

Жыл бұрын

Plugs house

@RebeccaBaker-og9yd

2 ай бұрын

More than one blue. 😮😅😊

I always watch Nick's videos!

What a relaxing Background Music you are playing 💚💕💙

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

Always

❤ the music. Especially from 6:40 - 9:15. It makes me think of a world with limitless potential, limitless possibilities and limitless hope

Someone stole my car while watching this. Didn't think that was possible.

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

get em!

@calidreaming7738

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha 😂

@Audreyology

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@biggcopeland2111

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh!!! Lol!!!

I bought my house here 16 years ago. Now I have been living here for over 3 years. It is much better each year.

He said "Before they got up" and yielded through every stop sign .. Thanks for this landscaping video.

This isn’t really the worst part of Atlanta, it’s just run down, the most ghetto part is along Verbena st in Dixie Hills Or Forest Cove 4 season

@dennislatimer1867

2 жыл бұрын

THE 4 SEASONS, DEFINITELY!!!

@menelik615

2 жыл бұрын

You do know Dixie hills is in the same area right

@romulus_

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up going to dixie hills first baptist church. it was fine in the 90s but I bet it's rough now that the older people have died and those houses are owned by a whole other set of people.

@GetYoWeightUp423

11 ай бұрын

4 seasons for sure

The driver at 7:08 was reminding Nick that you're supposed to run the stop signs in dangerous areas.

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

He was behind me and ready to moooove

@uploadvidz4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson Drivers suck in Atlanta

@joshuapowell7485

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂Facxx

@royberg6657

Жыл бұрын

@@uploadvidz4490 worst drivers in the country, impatient fools, even in the suburbs

Thanks Nick for getting the word out. I am sooo tired of gentrification in my neighborhood and other "worst neighborhoods Atlanta". Hopefully, people will stop moving here and investors will take a hike elsewhere after watching your video. My property taxes are ridiculous 😭.

That was an interesting travel log and the music has a Vangelis vib to it.

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

What's that

@NickJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah you're right

I lived in Atlanta from 1962 my birth year until 2014, I now live outside of Atlanta, about an hour away, this looks a lot like a large portion of Atlanta in the 70's, it's has improved greatly, you're right the 96 Olympics is what changed everything, the housing just exploited. The house in grant park my grandparents purchased in 1940 for $1,800 with monthly payments $15.00 just sold for $650,00

So much architectural history with those houses! I hope it’s not as bad as he has described. It’s Atlanta, I’m proud to be a native of Atlanta and I believe in my neighbors and friends in this city. ❤️

Nick do you get scared driving though these areas ? Like I hope my car don't break down? Lol

I worked in Atlanta on mangum street at a small chemical plant back in the early 80's ..everyday we heard gunfire..i was there for about a year and was glad to leave.. Atlanta has gone to hell for a long time..what you do is appreciated see you on the next one...Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@crackerjackB

2 жыл бұрын

The chemicals got to your head. The area he depicted is close to the new Microsoft campus. Homes start at $500k. Start at 500 amd that’s not renovated Let that sink in

So he just wanted to show us a run down part of Atlanta every city has one...

@rlaury45

2 жыл бұрын

This

@Doomer253

2 жыл бұрын

This YT man acting like he on safari.

@overnightclassic2

Жыл бұрын

not like this. Los angeles has nothing run down like this other than skid row

This part of Atlanta doesn't seem or look that bad. I rather live in Atlanta or Miami than Chicago or Detroit.

@michaelmerck7576

3 жыл бұрын

East point is my idea of a terrible place

@uploadvidz4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@gailmiller6333 no, take somewhere else. the problem now is too many ppl would rather be in Atlanta than someplace else.

@ralphp224

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Chicago and Atlanta is one of those places that I would like to move to. (My mom said that she wants to move to Georgia when we visited there in 2015, and then now she’s like “I wanna move to Nevada, Georgia is good to visit but I don’t feel like living there.”)

@eatingwithsylvia9339

3 жыл бұрын

First off Detroit is what it is every city has 1 i wouldnt wanna be in Chicago and get shot in the head....

"Here's the most dangerous part of Atlanta at dawn before they got up" 😂💀💀💀

@gjh9299

2 жыл бұрын

wow. What if they hadn't gone to sleep yet??

My grandmother still stays there off Paines Ave. Great childhood memories there from when the Church's was up on Simpson. Rough neighborhood when I was coming up, it's not as bad as it was then.

Los Angeles and surrounding area is much worse than this, and more crowded. There are homeless camps everywhere. Was surprised to see plenty of decent cars in the area you drove through. Thank you for the video.

ATL for life y’all where my OG ATL people at fr 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻we stick together

@Junomaster2006

3 жыл бұрын

Yet you guys shoot each other on a daily basis

@cassiejohnson7298

3 жыл бұрын

Correct

@GVonzo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Junomaster2006 what city doesn’t

@twotimothys

Жыл бұрын

Here! Any fellow Grady Babies?

I drove thru an area near this area back in the 80s and it was a thousand times scarier back then. It looked like Berlin after the war. It was terrifying just tp drive thru it. I think it got bulldozed before the Olympics.

@gacaptain

3 жыл бұрын

Alot of the worst projects got demolished before or just after the Olympics.

@randyposs6281

3 жыл бұрын

@@gacaptain all the projects are gone and harris homes were built over with more than just people on welfare,bowen homes is nothing but grass field,began homes is same as harris homes,homes where lottery ticket was filmed is still empty with nothing but grass too

@Gina_Rossini

Жыл бұрын

Translation

Definitely should go to Brannon hills condominiums.. it’s in Decatur GA. When I was working on a 911 ambulance, we couldn’t go in without police. It’s quite a scene.. looks like something out of black hawk down.

They been UP my dude, gotta stand outside and catch the bus at 4:30AM to hopefully make it into work across the city by 8AM

@MultiMiMiBarbie

2 жыл бұрын

How u kno this?

@Curt1001

2 жыл бұрын

@@MultiMiMiBarbie I lived on sunset in vine city for years and had to be at work in Doraville by 7

Imagine the wild stories that took place in the wee hours in the morning in these areas over the decades.

@GeminieCricket

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the First 48.

@infectedvoice4670

3 жыл бұрын

Like slavery?

I live in Druid Hills now but have moved around Atlanta a few times. My biggest complaint is the roads... That and the traffic.

That's my street! You skipped my house! The neighborhood you mostly drove in is actually English Avenue, just north of Vine City, AKA The Bluff - as seen in "Snow on the Bluff." It's actually way, way, way better than it used to be. Further west is worse, I think. I've lived here 8 years, and all that's happened is some stuff stolen from our porch a few times. There is killing sometimes, but it's often drug related or between criminals.

Priority list for us in Atlanta. 1. Having a nice ride. 2. Having nice wheels on your nice ride. 100. Living in a nice neighborhood. I swear when I moved here I was shocked how many people have new cars but live in a terrible apartment complex with high crime.

@peterstean2138

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that very shiny Dodge Challenger sitting in front of a shabby house too!

@TotieMarie77

2 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself.... everybody ain't that ignorant.

@danieljones1784

Жыл бұрын

My wife noticed that when we moved to San Antonio. She's a foreigner and she kept pointing out like 50 and 60 thousand dollar vehicles in a bad area of San antonio. Some people just have the priorities mixed up.

@dangolguitartech

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget this point: housing is subsidized, automobiles are not.

Back in the 90s the rappers used to sing about Bankhead.

@derekridenhour8589

3 жыл бұрын

2000s

@zone2general785

3 жыл бұрын

still do

I'm from Atlanta, and I wouldn't drive through those neighborhoods even early in the morning the trees looks scary, but it hasn't always been this bad so sad to see😕 tho

@stevencorrea6946

3 жыл бұрын

I live in the best part of town $200,000 house got accosted by police that don't mean nothing. You find evil everywhere the rich and the poor. It's just more likely something bad happening to you in and poor neighborhoods.

@adamman8874

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Atlanta too. And it was used to be worse in these places. Not better.

@RandyHubbard

Жыл бұрын

@@stevencorrea6946 you don’t live in the best part of Atlanta if the houses are only $200k.

😂 i live out there its alot of good ppl out there 🙏🏾💯

@burdrchitect1680

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I pray that the new people coming in respect the past. The gentrification on the east of Atlanta has no respect. They just building whatever. As a previous architecture student I like the diversity of the homes, but I'm starting to hate these modern box home that belong in California that's popping up.

My Dad grew up in that area and it was a nice peaceful area with well kept homes and nice people. Sad it has become this! Gee what happened to change starting in the late 60's?

Dismal. Depressing. Trashy. Sad. Of course the wet ground, barren trees and overcast sky all add to the look of overall depression.

@davidbonesteel9919

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I travel through this neighborhood all the time on my motorcycle. It’s not as bad as it looks here. This was a rainy day in the winter and everything looks bleak. The area still has a higher crime rate than the rest of the city but, it’s not as ugly as it looks here most of the year.

@Trust291

3 жыл бұрын

You must don't understand it's your race of people making sure we stay like this.

@StevenGrahamHypnotherapist

3 жыл бұрын

@@Trust291 - It’s EVERYONE’S choice in how they handle the situation they are in. Everyone can clean up their own trash on their own property or not throw it down on the ground to begin with. Blaming another race for one’s own poverty (although that is sometimes true) is not really the best answer and not very helpful.

@Trust291

3 жыл бұрын

@@StevenGrahamHypnotherapist You can say that cause you never been mistreated in the past til now. And just because you see a environment like that it doesn't mean we are trashy people. A lot of us don't have a choice but to live there because of the opportunities that we not getting like what you are getting so we can build our communities up. The white people handpick who they want to be around them especially working with companies.

@StevenGrahamHypnotherapist

3 жыл бұрын

@@Trust291 -I hear what you are saying and I actually agree with you, but my original point was NOT about having to live in poor areas, it was in HOW one chooses to live within their environment… walking within your own yard through all the trash scattered all around where you walk and live. THAT is just lazy and filthy. You control where you throw your own trash. Drop it on the ground wherever you happen to be and you get the results that I was seeing on the video. You have control over your own trash. Why do people need to be taught this? The short answer I think is, they don’t. Some people just don’t seem to mind living in and walking over their own filth. Taking a little pride in their immediate surroundings on their own property is the only point I’m making. Anyone can do that no matter how poor they are.

Washington Park & Vine City aren't the worst parts of Atlanta lmao

@christinehefner4782

3 жыл бұрын

How about the Bluff

@user-tm4my4jb6d

3 жыл бұрын

l almost fell out when he said that lol

@kb1638

3 жыл бұрын

@@christinehefner4782 the bluff calmed down compared to how it use to be

So sad 😞 😥 to see all those boarded up homes 🏡 and buildings.

@jakhaiamari4930

Жыл бұрын

Some of the homes haven't been touched since the early 2000's and late 90's the City and investors are finally saying hey the area is not that bad let's start pouring money into it!!!

I bought a home in a similar neighborhood in Atlanta 4 years ago. Now my neighbors are paying 400k for Bungalows.

These places look so nice and peaceful. It's hard to imagine that it's so dangerous there that you shouldn't even drive through in daytime...

@MoneyComethToshelia

2 жыл бұрын

Because he's lying, it's just an old black neighborhood that's ran down! People probably are working paycheck to paycheck and can't keep it up! and that's nothing new, where there is poverty there is crime!

@Latinaslol

Жыл бұрын

@@MoneyComethToshelia thank you for sharing love I’m from the Bronx saw him talking crazy like this I just immediately thought you know what I’m gonna be quiet lol😂

@RandyHubbard

Жыл бұрын

They’re not. I’m a Paramedic and I can assure you there are far worse places in the city. The Bluff, Verbena St NW, Forest Cover, and more.

@RandyHubbard

Жыл бұрын

@@MoneyComethToshelia he’s not lying, he’s just clueless.

This is obviously not about the neighbourhood , because it looks pretty good , a trash collection is needed but the houses look nice , no high rise apartment blocks and leafy green streets 👍🏻 It doesn’t look like the kind of area undesirable people would want to live ! But it wouldn’t be on your channel if that were not the case ! This place looks like so many suburbs in the US back in the day they were once nice places to be !

Did you visit Cabbagetown? A long time ago a truck full of cabbages overturned and the cabbages spilled out. All of the locals descended on the accident scene and took all of the cabbages.

Very cool, i love your music too.

Some of those houses are cute. It’s too bad there is so much trash laying around.

I live in Atlanta Georgia. I always use the freeway to get anywhere in Atlanta

@TonyBenton0728

3 жыл бұрын

Be careful you could get shot. How many times has that happened lately.

@Audreyology

3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyBenton0728 right! And they are trying to say its not connected.

The "before they all got up" 😂