It’s crazy to me that they were surprised by the fact that there are hoods in NY. When I hear NY the first thing I think about are the hoods

@igot7problemsbutyougotnojams

2 жыл бұрын

Stg being from NY and only ever seeing the hood that’s all I think about. Never really been to the nice side before

@RandiRooBoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@igot7problemsbutyougotnojams That is the biggest issue in my humble opinion. How economically and racially segregated the US still is. The way it is designed to keep the poor down and keep the rich rich.

@jayehs

2 жыл бұрын

I think large asian cities tend to not have really ghetto areas like this since it's very expensive to live in the cities and any existing poor/older areas will often get "cleaned up" and redeveloped and poor families pushed out to the outskirts. Often poor areas are associated with rural parts of the country and not big cities. Id imagine they think it's similar in the states whereas I think we are used to always knowing that big cities will often have bigger divides and really poor areas.

@emanuelgarcia828

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRooBoo bro it’s not designed to keep the poor down relax. I’m pretty sure the US has the most financial mobility in the world. Meaning the opposite of what you said pretty much in regards to what you said about the US keeping poor people poor and rich people rich. It really comes down to your own personal choices. Though I do obviously acknowledge that external factors can and definitely does play a role in decision making as we are who we are based on our experiences, but at some point if you wanna actually break that cycle of poverty that many families experience someone is going to have to start making decisions in their life accordingly.

@emanuelgarcia828

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRooBoo though I will agree that the US is indeed racially and economically segregated

it’s kind of crazy to me that people from other countries are shocked by things like this because i’ve become so used to seeing it, but it still doesn’t make it any less scary even as someone who lives in the US

@nerdyninja3691

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the UK and I thought we had a huge homelessness problem. But this... is something else...

@Alexandra-yd1iz

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up thinking that all American people are rich because the media showed us only this rich part USA. So yeah, I'm still shocked.

@mandingo9999998

2 жыл бұрын

The shock is understandable. Have been to a number of countries around the world and every one of them don't tolerate this level of human degradation. Either they have a tighter society, or better mental health and substance abuse programs. Or all three.

@kwesibruno

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, the best US cities are also the worst.

@Manic_Panic

2 жыл бұрын

Our media never shows any of this so people have a very wrong perception. Some older people really believe everyone in the United States is rich. Also, younger adults here having a crush on LA without understanding what really goes on there.

The hood doesn’t mean the slums. The slums consist of very rundown building some incomplete. The good majority of the hood has homes just very low income.

@CherryGryffon

2 жыл бұрын

Those are separate terms IN ENGLISH. In Korean, they aren't. They were explaining that the closest word THEY would know is a slum. That's accurate.

@stevestewart6287

2 жыл бұрын

I would say a hood and a slum can be the same thing, but usually they are different. A slum is an area with cheap run down houses or apartment buildings, and the owners are called slumlords. But there are slums in the hood, not all of them, but some are slums. I am a 61 year old white man, who was born and raised in America, about 2.5 hours from chicago in central Illinois. And I still live in that area. There are slum areas and there are hood areas, they can be in different areas, and in the same areas. There is a hood area around knoxville avenue in Peoria Illinois, that is not a slum. Nice houses, just bad people and some poor people who live in that area. Then there is a slum area near downtown Peoria, with run down bad houses and some bad people living in them, and they are owned by slumlords. So sometimes the hood is a slum, but not always. I would say most of the hood areas are not slums, but they are usually in low income housing areas. And as I said before, the slum and hod areas of an American city are usually very small areas, less that 5 percent of the city. Around here it's about 3 percent, so the other 97 percent of the city is a good place to live.

@keke835

2 жыл бұрын

@@CherryGryffon they should probably make a new word. Every language does. Or they could just incorporate the English like they fo already. But then again its not like they use it often so there'd be no need.

@SuperAvenger98

2 жыл бұрын

okay have you been to Skid Row or anywhere like that? than stfu

@wilmerfudd4133

2 жыл бұрын

damn half of detroit is a slum not a hood then :(

As a poor American, I'm so glad they showed them this.

@quentinmims9400

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I think everyone around the world should see the dark side of America as well as the light side.

@awakenow7147

2 жыл бұрын

I feel ya. Growing up low-income over here is rough.

@quentinmims9400

2 жыл бұрын

@@awakenow7147 I am from a low income family in Alabama

@elaniarkady7351

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i used to live by the el in philly. More people need to see this.

@ronmorris4080

2 жыл бұрын

They are democrat run cities

As someone who works in EMS, I can say those people who is bent over is on PCP and heroin. Unfortunately when they get to the "stuck state" they are not so far off from overdosing and we usually have to step in or else they will be dead by the time we get there. However, it's also good (but sad) that you can get Narcan (a med to reverse the overdose) from pharmacies without a prescription. It's a problem every developed city in the US has.

@nntflow7058

2 жыл бұрын

Saw few junkies in downtown Oklahoma, I could imagine 20 years ago I would see so many in places like Oklahoma.... This is more than just big cities problem. Small cities are getting worse too.

@erikad0511

2 жыл бұрын

Philly has a major fentanyl problem nowadays,(I live across the bridge in S.Jersey) its mostly that (depending when it was filmed)... and as you know narcan barely works for that.

@fordhouse8b

2 жыл бұрын

A former coworker (and temporary houseguest) who used heroin used to be like this sometimes at work and at home. When we were the only ones around in our work area, sometimes he would just stand in one spot bent over and maybe slightly swaying, sometimes for half an hour or more. If Asked if he was OK, he would literally slap himself in the face in an effort to be able to function. For a few months, when he had nowhere to go, I let him stay at my place, and he would sit in a chair but otherwise have the same demeanor. He would usually try to fiddle with his phone, but end up dropping it on the floor every couple of minutes. It was a very sad and disturbing thing to see up close. I hope he is doing better now.

@MrTijai

2 жыл бұрын

I worked with a guy who got hooked in Seoul after serving his country... Young guy too... His mother used to beg us not to fire him because if he was at work she knew he was safe. I kept him in the back area because customers complained about his track marks 🤔... He would freeze up while working or be half asleep trying to function, "bobbing and weaving" we used to call it. Honestly I loved that kid.. could have been me . He passed away after binging one night.. the entire staff took a day and looked for him with his mom... James.. his name is James and he served his country well it just didn't love him back when he needed it most. 'Merica

@erikad0511

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrTijai in Seoul? I thought the country was completely free of drugs tho?

It’s always fascinating and surprising seeing the romanticization of NYC from ppl that don’t live here

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

I thought NYC was dangerous when i saw new york movies

@tragene2250

2 жыл бұрын

The sh^thole of America is the reality.

@NickN56

Жыл бұрын

Also it's fascinating how you make NYC to look like the worst place in the universe. It's hella fascinating that you and other people think that places like this exist only in US when europe and asian continent are literally the same in terms of ghettos

@angie092

Жыл бұрын

@@NickN56 nobody even said that ??? all they said was that new york isnt all that great pls go outside and touch grass

“that’s what LA is like?” a major part of it yeah, it’s overhyped because of places like Hollywood and Glendale, when in reality even those have their dark spots. Me living in South Central, i grew up with that, and it surprises me when people don’t know about this side of LA

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

Its not overhyped but people shouldn't leave the city and americans destroyed hollwood in 2020

As a NY resident it’s very rich and very poor and dangerous…depends where you go. Tribeca and East village is probably their fantasy 🥴

@CottidaeSEA

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that everyone lives with the dream of living in a huge city without understanding the costs that come with it. So more and more people move there but the costs just keep rising. This idiotic idea of moving to a large city bothers me greatly. All while smaller towns just keep dying off because younger people leave, and the jobs with them.

@StxtchKiss

2 жыл бұрын

@@CottidaeSEA I can see that but I’ve lived in a small town my whole life. I was sick of it and the people so I can’t blame others for running to a world famous city. Yes, it’s dangerous but it’s also filled with SO many opportunities it’s insane.

@CottidaeSEA

2 жыл бұрын

@@StxtchKiss Opportunities can be found anywhere. Most people will not have the ability, timing or finances to take them however. I've recently started a company with a few friends, and we have an amazing opportunity to grow our company. Yet we are from a tiny town with 3000 people. We'll probably fail sometime along the road, but that's just business as usual.

@StxtchKiss

2 жыл бұрын

@@CottidaeSEA yeah for what I want to do a big city is essential. NY is a global HUB. I wanna be in the television production field. Think Netflix, YT, etc. Those lessons and the people I need to network with are only in big cities like this and not small towns.

@alohatigers1199

2 жыл бұрын

@@CottidaeSEA Well, you can’t blame them if there is little opportunity in the small town and less pay.

Tbh, as a person who lived in a ‘hood-esque’ neighbourhood, living in fear of getting shanked, shot or kidnapped was always so scary, but also gave me a sense of comfort, since I’ve been born and raised here 😅

@docdirtymrclean3610

2 жыл бұрын

we adapt

@kcgirlmo9190

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@douglascampbell9809

2 жыл бұрын

You can tell people who grew up in bad areas. Our heads are on a swivel. Always looking for things that could be trouble.

@TheMan21892

2 жыл бұрын

ditto, I've lived in my neighborhood for almost my whole life, right next to a project. I left for 2 years to Honduras, and when I came back gentrification was already in full swing and I hated everything about this place. it didn't look like home anymore :p

@tooomuchteatohandle2673

2 жыл бұрын

Yup same

Hood does not mean slum. Hood is just a shortening of neighborhood and it more accurately refers to someone’s home community. Hood can also be used (often in a derogatory sense) in an adjectival form to refer to things that are adjacent to African American culture. In this sense it is much like “ghetto”. Despite its many colloquial meanings in (primarily) American English today, the word “ghetto” is in reference to the slums that Jewish people were forced into when the N*zi*s stole their property just before the holocaust. A ghetto is an impoverished slum, a hood is not. I will say that hood definitely conjures images of an urban lifestyle; that is to say, a kid on a farm would never refer to his home as “his hood”.

@YaburuRunyaru

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a comment like this. That bothered me too.

@RVNCT

2 жыл бұрын

I get want you saying but I’d rather Koreans say hood than ghetto Needle Park is def a ghetto and not a hood.

@jazzraynor6558

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@CherryGryffon

2 жыл бұрын

Those are separate terms IN ENGLISH. In Korean, they aren't. They were explaining that the closest word THEY would know is a slum. That's accurate.

@Toni1193

2 жыл бұрын

@@CherryGryffon let me qualify by saying that I am not accusing anyone of anything and I just wanted to point out that the subtitles appeared to translate “hood” to “slum,” which I think is a poor translation. I understand that the nuance and subtlety of America’s heavily racialized language does not translate well in many other languages but how is “hood” translated to “slum”before it is translated to neighborhood? I don’t speak Korean. I was only going off the subtitles. But, I must say that I find it hard to believe that Korean doesn’t have distinct words for “neighborhood” and “slum”. I assume you speak Korean so I’ll defer to you and just ask a few clarifying questions for my own sake. You are saying to me that “hood” does not translate into Korean, and the closest approximation that they can make is the Korean word for slum? It seemed to me that in the beginning of the video, Austin correctly associated “hood” with the longer word neighborhood but was corrected and told that hood=slum… at least as far as I can deduce from the subtitles; can you confirm this for me?

Kinda laughed at the title didn’t expect them to show “the hood”, but hey people need to know just because you live in the U.S. doesn’t mean you’re rich. I’ve met ppl online they always get excited when I tell them where I’m from until I show them pictures of the bullet holes in my walls or pictures of the street I live in. Edit: I don’t do this to show America in a negative light, it’s just when they assume I have lots of money and I tell them I’m poor or how I haven’t experienced much (safer to stay inside) they don’t believe me or get so shocked that they want proof. I mean I grew up thinking having police officers and metal detectors/wands were normal to have in school. We would always get checked, our bodies, bags and we just went about our day like normal.

@haiszx

2 жыл бұрын

because our government tries their best to look amazing to other countries :/

@aznmochibunny

2 жыл бұрын

I'm grateful to have been born and raised in a middle class family, but being from a family of immigrants, I still have relatives over in Vietnam who still believe we're all living in mansions and stuff when the reality is that my relatives worked hard to get to where they are. At the current moment, many of my Vietnamese relatives in Vietnam are actually living better than we are though many Vietnamese families are still sending their kids to universities over here. In fact, many Vietnamese my age are actually moving to the motherland because even with just the little saved up, cost of living is cheaper over there.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@haiszx because Americans are helping other countries except helping USA

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@aznmochibunny or you can live in new Hampshire

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@aznmochibunny i think young Americans should run for office because leaving isn't going to change anything

Each state in the U.S has there own individual problems sadly. Like Philadelphia has a drug problem L.A. struggles with an increase of homeless and so on. Depending on the area you live will determine the problems you face. Sadly it’s just the reality of the U.S.

@Pyramanager

2 жыл бұрын

Every country has a ghetto in certain areas. Most countries have huge wealth disparities between rich and poor. The US has the highest percentage of middle class in the world and its one reason, so many immigrate to the US

@jaelmao2214

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pyramanager america has very bad wealth inequality though and it’s only getting worse. it’s higher in the u.s. than in almost every other developed country.

@CheerUp2

2 жыл бұрын

Even outside of philly and in the suburbs we have a big heroine problem. Like not even contained just in the cities

@KurNorock

2 жыл бұрын

Eh. It's not nearly that bad in most places. And make no mistake, the places with the most and biggest problems are all Democrat run cities and states. You might not care about politics, but politics cares about you.

@mjac1017

2 жыл бұрын

@@KurNorock That would be because there are towns that will literally pay to send their homeless to places like LA

As a California resident, I am so glad that they finally reacted to this topic. But it’s just not them reacting to “the slums,”this is just part of everyday life for us, the “viewers” who step outside and see the homeless every time we step out of our house & continue our day. Tents, trash, and homeless people are everywhere, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Fires caused by homeless people, homeless people themselves, and trash everywhere. That’s just the reality of living in the U.S.

@HodgePodgeVids1

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the reality of living in California. That’s why there’s been a mass exodus to Texas and Florida. They had enough of failed state programs and policies

@johnalden5821

2 жыл бұрын

@@HodgePodgeVids1 No, news flash, there is a homeless problem in most parts of the U.S. There are an estimated 25,000 or more homeless people in Texas, for example. The number for Florida is 28,000. Homelessness is a function of lack of housing. California has particularly high housing costs, so that is why the problem is so apparent there. But every major U.S. city will have (1) chronic poverty, (2) a shortage of affordable housing, and (3) chronic homelessness. One plus two equals three.

@hargibson18

2 жыл бұрын

@@HodgePodgeVids1 Breaking news here for ya, Florida has its own homelessness problem. This is not wholly unique to California, or to "blue states". Our economy is producing WILDLY inequal outcomes for our society and the government has both failed to act in meaningful ways, and when it has tried to it often times is handcuffed from going far enough by the same monied interests that benefit from the status quo.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnalden5821 the homeless people are not californians

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnalden5821 people should fix the homeless problem and they shouldnt ignore the homeless people

I'm from upstate NY and we would often take school trips or trips with a group of parents to the city, in the early 90s...it was drilled into our heads "don't wonder off, stick close to the group"...it's a little different now but you can go from a safe touristy type neighborhood to a very dangerous one within a few blocks

@igot7problemsbutyougotnojams

2 жыл бұрын

Stg, it’s kinda sad how it’s still like that

Unfortunately places like that are in every state in America, but I promise there are places that are nice and great to visit. Like anywhere in the world you have to always be vigilant and aware of your surroundings.

@absolutezero6423

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I made the mistake of wandering off the strip in Vegas at night. Luckily I turned back the right direction before I got jumped lol. After that I just took a cab to every hotel I wanted to explore.

@stitchesx-x-x

2 жыл бұрын

@@absolutezero6423 Vegas is definitely not a place you wanna take a wrong turn in. Lol Glad you didn't get hurt and hope the rest of your trip was enjoyable.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@stitchesx-x-x my african friends don't like it when black Americans move to africa because they told me africans should fix africa and americans should fix USA

@stitchesx-x-x

2 жыл бұрын

@@estelaangeles2346 ok. Are you trying to start a debate or something because I'm not sure what this comment has to do with my comment.

@cornheadahh

2 жыл бұрын

Michigan is a nice state to visit, but people always associate it with Detroit which is notoriously a crime ridden place. Outside of Detroit and Flint, Michigan is one of the best places in the US.

These type of things can be depicted in tv shows or movies sometimes. But it's not a thing most from outside of the US ever experience and as shown in this video aren't even aware of. It's an issue that most major cities face, and even some smaller towns too. Every country has it's faults and negatives, and I'm sure does their best to hide them from the outside world by not covering in news or other things instead of bringing attention to the problem in an attempt to fix it.

@taoist32

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, especially when the Olympics come to town or Hollywood galas.

@awakenow7147

2 жыл бұрын

@SABRINA C. D. Indeed. I've gone to Tokyo and was dumb enough to take a night bus that dropped me off in the middle of what looked like the hood. I was weirded out how it kinda reminded me of my original neighborhood here in the U.S.

@hargibson18

2 жыл бұрын

Korean media/art has produced some incredibly well done content in recent years that points out these realities of economic inequality. Parasite and Squid Game being two of the most famous and obvious examples.

One street it’s beautiful safe and wealthy then 10 minutes down the road it’s homeless people struggling on drugs. America needs to help the mentally ill drug addicts and not treat them like second hand citizens. 한 거리는 안전하고 부유하지만 10분 후면 노숙자들이 마약에 허덕이고 있습니다. 미국은 정신질환을 앓고 있는 마약 중독자들을 도울 필요가 있고 그들을 중고 시민처럼 다루지 말아야 한다.

@1MarkKeller

2 жыл бұрын

yep!

@taoist32

2 жыл бұрын

True, but it comes down to politics. The city governments don’t do anything but put money in their pockets. All talk and no action. They are greedy and power hungry. Activists can’t do much depending on the laws. “Freedom” of the homeless, drug addicts, or mentally ill is why most remain on the streets. The majority just don’t want to get off the streets. Look up Venice Beach videos by German In Venice.

@alohatigers1199

2 жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 Well, everyone has a root of the problem that led to them becoming homeless. The question is: Is anyone going to help them? It’s so pathetic to see a politician telling homeless people or unemployed person to “get a job” without understanding the reason why.

@kidn00b1

2 жыл бұрын

It’s all about who you elect, and a lot of this stuff ultimately comes from the top down. Cities by themselves cannot subsidize homeless people, even with extensive affirmative measures.

@chech5774

2 жыл бұрын

They ARE second class citizens and should be dealt with accordingly. They are violent, evil, dangerous felons that only garner sympathy from ignorant fools like you.

Every city in the US has areas that are like this, there are the really nice and beautiful areas and then the parts that are scary that you don’t want to go to.

@RandiRooBoo

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's sad how economically segregated it is. The poor stay poor, while the rich stay rich.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRooBoo Americans are helping other countries except helping USA and i remembered europeans helped building african cities

"Hood" is actually short for neighborhood... it's a term used in "the ghetto" or more urban (minority) areas. Anyone can use it it doesn't necessarily have a negative connotation 🤦🏿‍♂️.. I live in my hood = I live in my neighborhood. -a (so called) minority

@Oubli3tte

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Not everyone in the hood is on drugs either. Hoods might be racially segregated but they’re also tight knit with their own cultures and traditions, none of which is depicted here.

@DORITONYMPH

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this^^^^

The saddest part isn’t that the US government isn’t helping… it’s that the US government created these type of neighborhoods to keep the rich rich and the poor poor.

@xxarianahiltonxx5116

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. They even put drugs and weapons in to these neighborhoods.

@kidn00b1

2 жыл бұрын

People love to blame city governments’ (mostly because they’re left leaning) but don’t realize that state and federal government play a huge role in subsidizing that they simply do not do or do minimally. It’s a top down issue that people need to realize. Cities are the heart of a countries economic system. DC simply needs to do better.

@douglascampbell9809

2 жыл бұрын

@@kidn00b1 I would agree with most of what your saying but the local Gov set up school systems so they were skewed to help the wealthy and at the time white neighborhoods. Those districts got the majority of funding and the poor part of town got the scraps leaving it's youth with no way out a lot of the time. What is happening now is the result of generations of this happening.

@HodgePodgeVids1

2 жыл бұрын

@@douglascampbell9809 Yet those same public school get a ton of federal funding. Maybe it’s more of a home issue. (Lack of fathers at home) more than education.

@johnalden5821

2 жыл бұрын

@@douglascampbell9809 I agree in principle. It varies by state, but I think state governments share some blame for poor and unequal public school funding. Whether it's a county or a township or city, the tax base will be limited. But if you take a state like Connecticut or Maryland, there is a tremendous amount of wealth in suburban areas -- the magnets for white flight. The states need to equalized the funding so that all local areas can benefit from the overall wealth of the state.

I’m glad y’all showed this , some Koreans/Asians often only pair the hood with hiphop , and don’t know that the hood isn’t just some place for a cool upbringing , it’s really weird to think about but I guess I can’t blame them since they don’t know

As someone from LA who lives in the hood, this is very accurate. Growing up having to go into lockdowns during school because they’re chasing someone and they somehow got into school or jumped the fence in to my school was so common, or they would drop their weapons on our campus so we would have to go into lockdown was like any other day. At the time i was living it and was a student, i didn’t realize how desensitized i was to it. I mean i would have so many lockdowns since i was in elementary school that when i found a video i took of myself in high school as a junior, i caught the perfect moment where they announced we were on lockdown and i said “well can it hurry up because i need to pee”. It was so funny then and it’s sad how my whole class laughed but as I’m older & realize how fucked up that is, yeah we should do better. It really comes down to the limited resources and how society views us. You go to a school in a nice neighborhood like in Hollywood and it’s completely free but take a drive to East LA and you’ll see that the schools have fences around them like if the students were prisoners.

I hate drugs so much it causes so many issues here. If there's murders or crimes almost always it's because of drug dealers or somehow related to drugs

@thekid7831

2 жыл бұрын

Ohio heroin heaven

@kidn00b1

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of it comes from criminalization of drugs and wealth disparity. Drugs simply existing isn’t a tangible problem. You can’t get rid of drugs unfortunately. The “war on drugs” showed us that. What needs to happen is greater welfare among people who lack privileges and more prone to drug use. Financial, educational, mental, etc. Like any problem you create a treatment, and the US has sort of been just letting it happen.

@douglascampbell9809

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's more to do with people being poor. Drugs are an escape and a way to make money. The violence just follows it.

@Bambammbi

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot that Gun also the another huge problems here.

@RandiRooBoo

2 жыл бұрын

It is no coincidence that drugs were introduced into poor areas. The big dogs profit off of the war on drugs.

now this is just making me want to see the react to gangland america

@eugenecabalonga4734

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha will they react to the cosa nostra there and other stuff

He said that he didnt know that there were hoods in New York and then I felt the ground shake from Biggie and Pun rolling in their graves

I'm glad this was shown because its a huge problem that gets so overlooked, even by America. Especially this footage, I saw it and said "people overseas and across America needs to see this". Quite sad actually.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

Americans are helping other countries except helping USA also less Americans are ruuning for office

Growing up in areas where this is something you see every day it never becomes easier to witness or live in/around. Even when I might be scared for my safety the majority feeling that courses through me are sadness for the people stuck in these areas, either because they are homeless or struggle with drugs and helplessness on what I can do as an individual. It is really good to see people from other countries react to this though because it reminds us that these are problems when maybe we get too numb by it to remember.

I live in Philadelphia - this area looks like Fishtown a little bit north of center city. Sad right

@Racksss20

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah its north Philadelphia. Near Lehigh and Allegheny

@CheerUp2

2 жыл бұрын

Sad Fishtown is such a cool area too in some spots

@soosunvrc1362

2 жыл бұрын

its that whole kensington strip where the bus 3 goes.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@Racksss20 and people should build more mental hospitals in Philadelphia

Sigh ... Gotta take the good with the bad, everything isn't all "great" here, and it never was.

@mikek5298

2 жыл бұрын

It always has been for me. Liberals like you just LOVE to feel victimized by everything and everyone.

@1MarkKeller

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikek5298?

@kidn00b1

2 жыл бұрын

“iT’s aLwAyS hAs bEeN fOr mE.” I never broken a bone, other people must just be softies. You’re delusional.

@1MarkKeller

2 жыл бұрын

@@kidn00b1 IKR?

@douglascampbell9809

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikek5298 So we found the delusional right winger. Just because your house isn't burning down doesn't mean there are no houses on fire.

I live in Philly. It really hits me that to alot of people this isn't normal. But for me, seeing stuff like this everyday is normal.

When the hood is down the street from your house 😂😂😂

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

Do you want to build a mental hospital

Thank you for spreading awareness. I grew up and was raised in LA so I am very familiar with scenes like this. There would be times where I would be walking home from high school to the bus and there would be so many homeless camps and tents on the sidewalk that there was no room to walk and I would have to go on the street. I don't necessarily blame these people, I just wish the government were better.

I grew up lower class in the south side of phx. Glad they showed them this stuff, since the stuff some foreigners usually think about America is the nice stuff like big cities etc

Ah, reality. It's good to get some now and then! I would have liked to see some mention of how there have always been ghettos, and sadly, probably always will be. Maybe get the guys to react to something like how Hip Hop came into being, the birth of graffiti, as you cant tell that story without showing how much of New York looked like a bombsite for decades.

@Pyramanager

2 жыл бұрын

Compared to most countries, the US ghetto is still better to live in than most countries

@Sandy-dd4le

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pyramanager gonna need sources on that

@taoist32

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pyramanager You sure about that?

@lavenderlatte13

2 жыл бұрын

Thissss

The really sad part about this is the fact that large groups of people who suffer with mental health problems that aren't treated end up in areas like those being shown. I really wish education was pushed more in the US as well since living in poorer areas make it even harder to get out. Just as an example: Why go to school when you can be a dealer for large amounts of instant cash? I'd like to add as well that just because someone is from an area like that doesn't automatically mean they're bad people. Instead, they're just trying to survive by whatever means necessary.

@SunsAnimationDump

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying this.

Just found the channel and enjoy it greatly.

Moral of the story is EVERY place has its bad spots no matter how overhyped or praised it is

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but Americans destroyed Hollywood in 2020

Choi. You're so intelligent. I'm falling in love. Very smart commentary. It's about American individualism - so correct! We no longer have community here, and its a poison.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

Young Americans are becoming less patriotic also Americans are fixing other countries except fixing USA

Born and raised in the hood. I think its a good thing they see the Real.

Part of me wants to cry because they haven’t seen these places. It shows how many problems America has when we see how surprised they are

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

But Americans are helping other countries except helping USA

I actually literally lol'd when he went "there's hoods in NYC?" Like, uh, yah, lots and lots, and LOTS of them ;)

May Allah Almighty keep all of us safe and protected from these things.

Thats america... Well some parts of america

@AnoonCalrissian

2 жыл бұрын

You mean most parts of the country.🙄🙄🤢🤢🤮🤮

@awakenow7147

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnoonCalrissian We'll see about that...Poggle! I wouldn't say most...but a lot. There is even small town and trailer park "hoods" that often go unrecognized.

@AnoonCalrissian

2 жыл бұрын

@@awakenow7147 LoL 😁 If you say so Wake......! Being in denial of reality Is unfortunately Commonplace in 2021.😒😒

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnoonCalrissian theres more homeless people in honduras and i saw many tents in germany because people don't want to help the homeless people

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnoonCalrissian theres more homeless people in china and i saw many tents in germany because people don't care about others

3:32 - "I don't think I could go there" - Nobody _goes_ to the hood. They either pass through looking for something (usually drugs or a weapon or other such illegal items) or they've ended up there due to poverty. Either way, you don't casually go to the hood.

I love videos like this. It seems like people from outside the US think everything is nice here when that's far from the case

After re-watching the video I noticed the apartments at 1:25 and I recognized them and I remembered that I live a couple of streets away from the same place.

It’s so crazy that Koreans don’t know that this exists. Korea must be amazing.

As a person who lives in this area, South Central Los Angeles, and more specifically in the city of watts, it's nice to see people react to the actual every thing you see when you walk down the streets. Thank you for showing the perception of us low income residents of Los Angeles 🙏

i was outdoors for 6-1/2 years. i was fortunate to be given the opportunity to work and get myself off the streets. i am glad to see more of the FULL story being told. the homeless have been invisible far too long.

Thank you for showing this to an international audience. Poverty in the US is real and damaging, and it's hard to help everyone. Please donate to your local food banks, speak to big chain grocery stores, and URGE them to donate their "scraps" to local food banks. So much perfectly good food gets thrown out by the HUNDREDS due to simple misprints on the packaging! Food banks rely heavily on generous donations and the persistence of the people in their community.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

My african friends don't like it when Americans fix africa because they told me africans should fix africa and americans should fix USA

Oh this can happen in somewhat nicer areas too. Still remember working at Spirit of Halloween once and like the first or second week (it was a seasonal job), I heard about people shooting up in the alley behind the building, Thankfully never witnessed it but yeah...

i just remember the song... "this is america".

Hello from Polk County, Florida’s slums 🇵🇷🇭🇹🇲🇽

“For 10 cents a day you can feed the starving children in America”…..”in the armmmssss of the angelsss🎶🎶”

Glad to know the first thing they think of when they hear Philly is cheese 😂

Yea welcome to my hometown 😊

It's good you showed this to them so they are aware of it.

“There are hoods in New York?” umm I think New York has the most and dangerous hoods 💀💀

We have a sad and emotional content today 😢😢

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

American celebrities are helping other countries except helping USA and now an american singer is building a city in africa

There are hoods everywhere even in Korea it's good that light is shining on this maybe this could start a chain reaction to improve our world

Check Kensington Ave.

Don’t go to Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Flint Michigan, or Skid Row in L.A. they’re just as bad too.

@TVwriter23

2 жыл бұрын

The wards

@gypsyrose3937

2 жыл бұрын

@@TVwriter23 yes!

@emotionalboii

2 жыл бұрын

You can go to Atlanta and Houston I think. And Chicago tourist areas. Detroit...🧍🏾

@gypsyrose3937

2 жыл бұрын

@@emotionalboii nope Atlanta, and Houston (where I live) is bad.

@carribeanbratzguyanesequeen997

2 жыл бұрын

@@gypsyrose3937 yeah some places in Atlanta is bad I was born there so but you can still go - just be careful

I grew up in Philadelphia, around the Kensington area, which is shown in the video. To answer the question of "are kids that live here exposed to this" yes. But after so long of seeing it everyday, you become numb to it and it no longer phases you

I live in Compton and it’s normal to see this kind of stuff here especially in downtown LA like Skid Row

There are places like this in every state you can always find them no matter where you go

I really like this video but I've lived in New York my whole life and lived in different parts. I think what they envisioned for NY is like downtown (Times Square, Midtown, Koreatown, East village, and Soho). The homeless issue in NYC is bad but they don't really harass you, like everywhere you have to be precautious. I don't think they (as in the group members) would go uptown (Harlem, Bronx, and Mount Vernon) because downtown NYC is more "exciting" to them. I think researching should be a huge factor when people want to visit certain places.

As someone who lives in America im glad they showed them this because usually people from different country’s would want to travel to America or even live in America because this country is labeled as “perfect” when in reality it’s the other way around and this video really shows how America really is most of the time and not everyone gets to have happy lives and rich when a lot of us are poor and sad.

As someone who lives in Philadelphia, I pass by these areas on bus and can 100% confirm this is what I see daily.

More videos like this needs to be shown, the US likes to show itself as a “savior” of the world yet we have SOOO many ppl like this all over the US & a large problem of homelessness. The US should be embarrassed that this problem is getting worse and worse for the past 70 years.. I live in LA and I hate going Downton cause of crack heads

@kidn00b1

2 жыл бұрын

It’s very frustrating to see. Yet solutions are constantly under scrutiny by every single outlet and person with a big enough mouth to shut down….. It’s hyperbole, but you get the point. We’re also far from saviors, everything we’ve “done” at home or overseas has massively benefitted the upper class elites with no regard of who it hurts or how it occurs.

@FightingSportsMedia

2 жыл бұрын

But what do you do? California spends billions on the homelessness problem and its just getting worse. Its a mental health issue, not just financial.

@leedavis9576

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a problem of the Country, but of Individuals. There's Section 8 Housing and SNAP, Medicaid, Free Cellphone and service, Utilities Assistant and more. These people CHOOSE this Lifestyle. They choose Drugs and Alcoholism. I do feel for those with Mental Health Issues, but under current Liberal Laws, they can no longer be Institutionalized for their own safety. It's the same Liberal Groups that decriminalize Drug use and even provide FREE needles to shoot up.

@dowenslyjean-brice8440

2 жыл бұрын

@@leedavis9576 lol so while I get why you think that, I think that there are other factors that you aren't thinking about. Forced institutionalization has been proven to be ineffective and if anything results in worst outcomes. Also decriminalization of drugs (the only one that has somewhat passed is weed btw) is a great idea, it is a way to prevent a person's life from being ruined due to a mistake they made. Lastly the free needle's thing is to try to curb the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS that come with sharing needles, basically it's a short term solution that has somewhat worked actually. IDK if you will take my words seriously but nonetheless they are here and I hope you have a nice evening.

@douglascampbell9809

2 жыл бұрын

@@leedavis9576 That's kind of funny since your Saint Reagan did away with government mental health care institutions. 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan took office. One month prior to the election, President Carter had signed the Mental Health Systems Act, which had proposed to continue the federal community mental health centers program, although with some additional state involvement. With President Reagan and the Republicans taking over, the Mental Health Systems Act was discarded before the ink had dried and the CMHC funds were simply block granted to the states. Reagan never understood mental illness. Like Richard Nixon, he was a product of the Southern California culture that associated psychiatry with Communism. It's not liberal laws that did this. It's right wing stupidity. I'm old enough to remember my Mom working for the County mental hospital outreach program. All that disappeared under Reagan's watch.

when i was a kid, i always dreamt of visiting america for holidays, it looked so perfect and glamorous from movies. but as i grow older, i came to realize the reality of america. america doesn't feel safe to travel at all even for europe. whenever i think of travelling now, i can only think of china and asian countries.

My cousin turned into one of those hunched over figured. Got hooked on drugs after a hand injury left him out of work. He tried to get help but things didnt work out for him, Or that poor woman.

Im so glad people have empathy on the homeless, theyre still very human, just dealt a bad hand at life. (Most not all)

What's up Broski 🦋!

It’s weird looking at this cause I myself haven’t been exposed to this despite living in philly I live in northeast in a safe neighborhood and take a train to my college in center city so I’m basically just riding over the heads of these kinds of towns and I hadn’t even thought about it

Choi is too cute lol

When i heard them mention youtubers driving through streets of the hood i hope they show charlie, he does the best ones

I remember going to Philadelphia a couple of year ago for the first time(for a high school excursion). It was my first experience in the US.....and I was so shocked and scared. I always though of the US as a perfect place, because that's all we used to see on TV back in Mexico. But yeah, it kind of burst my bubble...

The hood is definitely not a safe places nor a good thing...but u can't deny the funnies videos always come out of the hood 😂😂😂

I wish you would explain in much more detail instead of just showing them an outrageous video with no real explanation.

I just assume as an American that most of our pop-culture goes overseas, so I thought maybe hood/slum areas were at least somewhat known about abroad, especially in New York, because it seems rare for a movie or show to be set there that doesn't show some version of it.

Moved from New York to Philadelphia and I’ll say I thought New York was really bad but Philadelphia REALLLLY changed my mind now I think of New York as the safest place ever

very informative. great stuff. yeah can't go to these places at night, but otherwise big cities are alright

I've been to Philadelphia recently and it was just so sad :[ so many homeless people and drug addicts on the road sides. Made me feel really bad for them.

When you live in a country where your taxes are used for everything but the people who pay them.

@estelaangeles2346

2 жыл бұрын

Your taxes goes to the roads

@indade

2 жыл бұрын

@@estelaangeles2346 them got to be some gold-plated roads.

As somebody coming from a hood, it can be rough, growing up in Mosby Courts Richmond Virginia you don't see drugs as you would up in Philly, but you do see more gang violence out here. If you don't know people from a hood, don't go there. Or just don't go there period.

Needle park reminded me of Vancouver and Toronto, I'm Canadian

I love in new mexico. I would love a video on rural America. And how rural "hoods" and different from city hood. Espanola and Las Vegas are no joke. In these place we jave a lot of generational using. It's a completely different vibe

That part of Philadelphia is my home. It's really become insane and so sad for all the other ppl that love here.

Question: are there places like this in South Korea too??

@TIMson888444

2 жыл бұрын

Check korean law on drugs lol So the answer is no

@phantommagnolia

2 жыл бұрын

no

@gauranginiraghav5340

2 жыл бұрын

No not at all Korea is very strict on drugs

@eribethd.7223

2 жыл бұрын

shady things like these happen in EVERY country. but drugs in korea are not as common as in the united states

@marcthomas5033

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same everywhere. This is more of an economic issue as well. The drugs shouldn't be the focus.

It's sad, I am from NY and I used to drive to Philly to see friends or go out at night with a disregard for what area I was in. All of these videos I've been seeing are making me hesitate to go back to Philly in general. Something NEEDS to be done soon.

Me in north Philadelphia seeing them react around the places I live in: 🧍‍♀️

i had to go through kensington everyday for 4 years cuz of school iykyk

I live in Philadelphia and worked for the city government for 6 months. Trash and other municipal services have always been an issue because the workers are underpaid and often go on strike. We don't have as much money as NYC cuz the population is smaller and tourism isn't as internationally big. Instead of funding cleanups or rehab services in Kensington (the neighborhood shown), Philly has been trying to contain the drug addicts in that area. This has only exasperated the problem and turned Kensington into a multi-billion dollar open air drug market. Philadelphia has the lowest number of street homeless per capita of any of the largest cities in the US, but many people lost their homes at the start of the pandemic, and turned to opioids.

When he asked if NYC had the hood parts in it LMFAOOO he doesn’t know guys 😭💀

i remember seeing sights like this for the first time when i visited california, being from iowa i’ve never witnessed these things, it is definitely shocking and sad to see

When they started asking why they are dancing, I straight up yelled out “CRACKIEEEE” out of reflex. 저는 지난 년 에서, 그런같은 동네에서살았어요. 2년 동안.

i lived in LA and now i live in philly it’s definitely scary at times but there’s also a sense of comfort 😅 but i definitely prefer LA than philly lol

I was surprised they didn't show Baltimore

That park is nicknamed "Needle Point Park"

As someone from the United States specifically from a big and highly populated state in California, sadly this is the reality especially in a lot of the major cities. Though these clips portray a country with a really bad drug problem and areas that are economically in a bad state, I do still encourage people to visit. Theres so much beauty in this country outside of the bad that we see on KZread or whatever platform. So much to do, see and eat. Of course, please travel when it is safe since COVID apparently still isn't over lol.