I lived in Selma and went to school at South high school during the 60s I was from wva and didn't understand the complete concept of why the town was divided I lived off of old Montgomery highway and would go and talk to the people who lived there yes I am white and stood up for anyone who was being picked on that is why I was alienated at school I was brought up to see no color but only as equal in everyone God loves us all

@belindacarter1285

Жыл бұрын

My family went to that school the Goings Sanders and Crum families

@mrwforchrist62

Жыл бұрын

💯 big dawg

@feliciajohns4148

Жыл бұрын

AMEN

@patriciatennery3021

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@kkmmjbnjunju

Жыл бұрын

Well said thanks 😊 I wish a lot ppl like you.

I currently live in Selma. We have the highest unemployment rate of the state right now. It sad to see how horrible my city has fallen.

@scottbrenham1341

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately unless you live in one of the wealthiest states Massachusetts is number 2 were lots of money is being used to redevelopment and alot companies are spending money building new stuff lots of restoration also. Those areas companies are not interested in the southern states as much leaving neighborhoods as shadows of the past. Many citizens are moving to other areas or states were work is more available

@pablotupone4190

Жыл бұрын

Not afraid of living there?

Wish those houses could be fixed up and occupied again. I love the shotgun houses. I remember when a family could be happy in a small home. I hate to see these homes disappear.

@faydenereed4056

Жыл бұрын

History of our country in a shotgun house!

@WhereShallWeGoToday

Жыл бұрын

And in NOLA people are fighting to pay $400K for one! Location, location, location, I guess.

@marcihf217

Жыл бұрын

I love these houses too. Full of history and charm.

It's not the size of the home, it's the amount of love put into it.

That is so sad. There should be something that could be done to get this town back up. There are so many towns like this all over the USA.

@rodniegsm1575

Жыл бұрын

Even the ghettos in Brazil look better then this place.

@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79

Жыл бұрын

They are called poor communities where money isn’t invested. It’s the last to do on the to do list because the funds are poured into wealthy areas.

@SMac-bq8sk

Жыл бұрын

No Jobs = No Money = No Town.

@FloridaGirl-

Жыл бұрын

@@SMac-bq8sk 🎯

@bettythompson7177

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

I rode through Selma, Alabama today (my hometown) and promised myself that when I become rich, which will be soon, I promise to fix Selma, Alabama up 💯‼️‼️❤️

@thumbsaloft

Жыл бұрын

You've got a very big job, the tornado didn't help you at all!

that's a sin, so many people homeless and those homes just rotting

My aunt lived in Selma and raised three children with her husband. My aunt worked at the bookstore at the mall for 30 years. Her husband work for a train company. The train pass daily right behind their house. The whole house would rattle when the train would pass. I never understood how they could sleep with the loud roar of the train just 30 feet from their bedroom window. I guess you get used to it after a while. They lived across the street from Selma elementary school and not too far from the cemetery the cemetery is full of history. It’s sentimental to me, as some of my family members are buried there. I had hoped I would’ve seen the cemetery in this video. It’s sad to see what’s happened to Selma.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

I was reluctant to include footage of a cemetery but folks have asked for it, so if its something people want i can include some in the future. I did on the Montgomery upload. Thanks for watching!

@anthonybarnett6828

Жыл бұрын

Well when you work for the train company that sound is music to your ears

I am a Pilipino and was able to visit Selma, Alabama in June 1984 to see American Fine Wire Corp, located in Ravenwood Drive. I remember coming from Montgomery Airport and drive south to Selma, for about an hour and O saw nothing but cornfields along the way. I stayed for 3 nights at the 19th century renovated house of the owner of American Fine Wire. I remember Selma as a small but a good place, quiet and beautiful and the sir smell of grass, no pollution. Sad to know what happened now to Selma

@lindz4131

Жыл бұрын

Hi there Sir..kumusta po kayo..nakarating pala kayo sa Selma..watching ftom Philippines..💖

@everdaysunday1920

Жыл бұрын

Sa Selma, mga bahay iniwan at boarded ng mga me ari para makapag trabaho sa ibang cities. Meron din Ganyan lugar sa Oakland, Ca. Marami naman mga homeless people sa Tenderloin

@melindavlog2103

Жыл бұрын

Ewan ko ba napadpad ako dito hehe! Pilipino here nakatira now sa Pennsylvania. Selma nice place pero yung mga bahay nasisira na.

It’s a ghost town almost. This happened all over the west where timber and mining industries fell. Unless you find a new tax base this can happen anywhere. As for the homes being small this was normal everywhere. My house is 133 years old and has some additions but was probably 600 square feet when built. Today, families like 2500 feet or more so they can sit as far away from each other as possible to look at their phones. As a family.

@peanutbuttergirl6098

Жыл бұрын

There's a country song that says Love Grows Best in Little Houses. How true. I prefer smaller myself

@marcihf217

Жыл бұрын

LOL. Sad but true.

Selma has been in decline since the 70s. It nosedived after Craig AFB closed in 1977 and has never recovered.

@thumbsaloft

Жыл бұрын

The ABSOLUTE TRUTH!

I've driven through many cities like this in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi. It's heartbreaking to see.

@dayawantiechinapa8961

Жыл бұрын

This is in America 🇺🇸 I cannot believe 😢my God

@nusaania2950

Жыл бұрын

And why do we have homeless people in that's country yet so many houses are unoccupied

@laurie7689

Жыл бұрын

@@nusaania2950 Houses may be abandoned, but the land may still have owners.

That was my hometown, it was beautiful when I was a child, it was full of wonderful old plantation homes, jobs, an airforce base, country churches, and the Alabama River ran through it....but hate killed Selma long ago, it's seeing the last bones crumble.....Our Beautiful USA is on the same path....same disease

@glendaanderson1119

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that. I was born there, but don't remember much as a child. My Dad was stationed at Craig AFB. I'm glad to know that it, indeed was nice at one time....

@belindacarter1285

Жыл бұрын

This was home for my mom until she met my dad and moved to Florida I spent every weekend holidays and summers there at my grandmother house on Bradford circle

@joycemccoy5554

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness sad look like nice place once upon times❤

@peppermoon7485

Жыл бұрын

It looks like people just gave up and walked away 😢

We city/suburban folk really need to go rural. Bring some wealth and opportunties to folks whoare there. Establish some principles, buy some land, grow some food start some businesses. Like we used to. I think we know what's wrong. Let's create something better.

@oliverharris7366

Жыл бұрын

lol I like the idea of no neighbors.

@MrMstrika

Жыл бұрын

Certainly in this economy your right, but the risk factor in investing is huge otherwise a Subway and Starbucks would have been there already sometimes you just have to go where opportunity is and that means leaving your community.

@creativeflow952

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly all I see is potential,.

@efunkyman6853

Жыл бұрын

I finally learned the meaning of gas lighting this year.

@EinsteinKnowedIt

Жыл бұрын

No no no! Unless you can build waterways for fishing and boating and fun activities in these neighborhoods for the people and way less basketball courts then this will continue to be hell on earth 🌎.

So sad to see neighborhoods crumble and die 😥

@lisabunnie22960

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. So much history turned to dust.

@Kernewik101

Жыл бұрын

And so many of them across usa..from old gold mining towns to lumber, steel, car manufacturing-all gone. Very sad, n this looks like it was a pretty place to live out in the countryside.

@omokaroojiire

Жыл бұрын

Yes, houses and communities are meant to be lived in. This is terribly sad!!!

This is the “backside” of Selma. It’s not nearly as sad in town, off of Highland Blvd, etc. There are plenty of restaurants, stores, & other businesses. Shout out to Marion & South Alabama!💛🍀 No doubt, some of the best times of my life😍

@pcd377

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of restaurants?? I just moved away from there in September and that was our no. 1 complaint… nowhere to eat. My wife and I would sometimes ride to Prattville or Montgomery just to have options. Selma is bad, but like you said, this is the back side. It has better areas.

OMG , amazing homes abandoned, and people are homeless in LA

As a viewer from Australia I think although it looks rundown and poverty stricken it still looks tidier and more friendly than some areas of the major cities.Maybe its just the trees and greenery,but also there aren’t desperate people just standing around,or laying around.you can’t help being poor but you can help being clean and tidy.

@andrewm4799

Жыл бұрын

Many of those living in squalor are working 2+ jobs just to eat and keep all they have.

@terrybrown3224

Жыл бұрын

Agree we go there annually to hunt outstanding place to put a mfg co. Lots willing folks, town needs a job center people to gain value. Always friendly when we go in to get supplies as we hunt south of town. Just need an entrepreneur

My grandfather had 15 children, only 4 settled in Alabama. They actually live in 0erry and Hale Counties which isn'tfar from Selma. Poverty is a real problem throughout the State. Everytime we visit we bring things and leave money. It's really a working vacation because we also fix things around the farm along with working the land.

@MM-ManifestingMiracles

Жыл бұрын

When I was a little girl, our dad would go on vacation from his job so my mother could go on vacation to visit her sisters down south. She always took me and my little sister while our dad watched over our 2 older siblings. My mother always took an extra suitcase filled with all sorts of items for her sisters and niece, including giving them money. My mother had more than them and didn't mind being a blessing to them. What happened to that family love and care among us?

@lsakds1

Жыл бұрын

Not all of Alabama is poor like Selma & Fairfield. We have Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills & many others

@JPER-cv2lq

Жыл бұрын

you're wonderful. people

@paulasatturo9626

Жыл бұрын

Where people have so many children, there is poverty.

@ashleywakefield2277

Жыл бұрын

Hey I'm from perry Co (marion) it's cool to see folks on here who is somehow linked to my old home town.

👩🏻‍💻I just have to add, watching your video was like walking to and from school every day. The sidewalks, the ditches, how the street comes right up to the grass. Deja vu big time. Thanks. The past couples of weeks has been hard on my health. Thanks for reminding me of a time when I was young and strong.🙋‍♀️

I looked up the real estate prices in Selma and the prices are just right for young couples wanting to build a starter home or older folks on fixed incomes could retire decently down there. The place has huge potential but your local politicians need to fight for some funding to bring that area back. If the schools were better, business might be tempted to relocate and bring back jobs. Really nice place that needs some TLC.

@joeedwards1682

Жыл бұрын

It’s the #1 city in Alabama that people are moving AWAY from. That’s why home prices are cheap. They almost have to pay people to live there.

My mom and dad were born here. Raised at Ebenezer Baptist Church under the late Dr. Rev. Reese. Who personally invited Dr. King to lead a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery. My dad marched on Bloody Sunday. I visit Selma very often. Most of my family still lives there. The movie Selma was filmed there so I ask? Where did all that money go? Why is history being torn down like this. It literally brings tears to my eyes. Lord Selma 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

What happened is that base was removed. I have been in and out of Selma as a kid as my father ran a business there. We lived in another city and visited during tax season

thanks for another eye opener. it is sad to see the decline of a city and selma does seem to be in decline. yet, it is good to see some ppl choose to stay and look after their properties

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

I always loved these shotgun houses. I lived in one, when I first got out on my own, and it was a perfect place for me.

I see lots of potential. Beautiful little area. Lots of mature trees.

Thank for this video & the filming. Selma spoke for itself. So,so, sad.

I like that you are now providing commentary. That’s a great addition to the show. Thank you😀😀😀

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Hey I was wondering where ya were, glad to see youre still here lol. Thanks again!

@Salvaging-in-Az

Жыл бұрын

@@hoodsnhollers I’m here for every episode!😀

As someone from Alabama this is not only sad but embarrassing .. How come no one has a real desire to change this ... Be it the homeowners themselves the landlords or the government ....

@acepaul407

Жыл бұрын

Because it takes money and in Selma, that seems to be in short supply these days.

I grew up in places like this, but to see whats happening now is heart breaking, drugs and internet ruined motivation, people just dont care about these areas, and the people still there, the government is not the answer, just need clear heads and a want to do and make it on there own again, like life used to be.It was tough but anything good and wholesme is tough to acheive.

There was an air force base here and when the gpverment closed it the town just went down down.Used to be a thriving town.

@glendaanderson1119

Жыл бұрын

My Dad was stationed at that AF base and I was born in Selma. But I've never been there as an adult. It's in such ruin, I'm sad for them....

I don't know why but I love this town and your video! Thank you! 🙏🏻

Priorities? $1500 car, $3000 rims and a tarp on the roof!

@andreassamuel6307

Жыл бұрын

300$ a month is average salary in Indonesia lol ☕

@dorissiverios

Жыл бұрын

Yuo is de indonesia

@iambradleysmith2275

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@jaiishmael3186

Жыл бұрын

Facts

I’m from Selma born and raised some of the areas was shown and houses we lived in are burned down or abandoned Selma didn’t look like that when we stay in those houses smh the city has let Selma go down bad

I’m shocked by this video, so sad. Never seen this before. Thank you for sharing. 😢

I live in south Mississippi, it looks like that here in places. It's extreme poverty. Heartbreaking.

@SouthsideHardhead601

Жыл бұрын

I'm from down there too, came to NC and now every time I go back to visit it's literally depressing

We lived in one of these in Arkansas & it was 6 people 4 children, mom, & dad. Survived it. No jobs means more places will look like this before long.

Our nation is facing a spiritual battle for the heart and soul of this country

I drove through Selma in the 90s. It was clean and kept up still.😢

I moved from Colorado to Alabama and am shocked by the widespread poverty.

@raytycker1656

Жыл бұрын

Check out Detroit and Flint Michigan if you think Alabama is bad

@bandit4true

Жыл бұрын

Why??

@raybon7939

Жыл бұрын

Why you lave Colorado.

@dorissiverios

Жыл бұрын

Thank a you friend

@saramatthews7159

Жыл бұрын

I'm in Alabama and actually considering relocating to Colorado. Why did you leave?

R.L. Zeigler is still manufacturing delicious meat products proudly in Selma, AL. (address, 1 Plant St.)

I'm not far from that town and Selma has always not had many people there.. no jobs so they left everything and moved

I'm from that surrounding area... Marion Al... it went down hill after they stopped the reenactments... years ago. Selma used to be a wonderful place, but look at it now...

Very beautiful video of a never known , never seen distant land (though it belongs to our earth ..)..beautiful unknown trees and flowers and bushes ...imagine living in one of those houses ...imagine how lonely I would feel amidst bright sunshine ...solitude would disturb me ...

Another heartbreaking video. Thank you for sharing these images. Very powerful, especially without narration.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Seeing this badly neglected neighborhood's all across America tells you everything about our gooberment.

My home town,can’t wait to go to my grandma house on thanksgiving 😂😂🤝

So sad to see but thank you I love watching the videos u make.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Sad seeing these house like that ..thank you for sharing

I like to explore Alabama on my bike ....a UPS employee told me to stay away from Selma he used to deliver there ....I'm glad I took his advice

Just started discovering so much about America’s “lost cities” through this channel. Sad, sad stories… With almost all the structures like this in Selma, there was no chance for them to withstand the recent tornado. Was there?

🙏 for the people of Selma, after the tornado.

There's towns like this across the country I know, but, Selma, after hearing so much about it, the importance of things that happened there, I didn't expect it to be so...forgotten. it's more than sad, it's wrong. But I have no idea who to blame, if anyone.

Some rich cooperations will buy this area up and in a year most of those houses will be going for Half a million dollars, this is all someone’s plan to buy the area cheap.

I was born in Alabams and attended junior college at Selma University which is a Baptist college. It was in 1969 through 1971. It is a very historic place for the civil rights movement. I am surprised to see how this town has gone down. You did not show the university.

Eversince I was a child I've always dream of going to some other countries...But sad to say I couldn't afford then for reality hit me that I am only poor...I so loved watching cartoons, Hollywood movies, actor and actresses, singers mostly americans... As I grow up and became adult everytime I looked and watched videos like this well, I can say to myself I'd rather be poor still living in my country the Phils. than living a place like this where you can only hear the silence of the surroundings... The houses that are so sad and unbrightly faded by its beauty... You can't be sure enough if you'll be safe the next day...

I am a new fan of your channel... This video brings back so many sweet memories.

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !

How I wish to visit this place and see some history. It's sad all is quiet and most of the streets are empty,buildings deserted. Sad.

@kittycapricious

Жыл бұрын

Look up Live Oak Cemetery, Sturdivant Hall, Edmund Pettus Bridge... there are many photos of the historic sites of Selma online. It is where the Selma March began after all

There are cities all over America that suffered the same plight that got run over by the economy. Couldn't react fast enough to changing times.

I grew up in Montgomery, and I remember when Selma was a thriving place. I was going to go to Nursing school there in 81.

It is heart wrenching to see these conditions children have to grow up in. It is so scary.

Used to be a military installation there which employed many residents and brought economics to them too. Rain AFB closed in early 70s.

Man I went to Selma University for a year in 1993 . I was from the Bronx , I swear there were beautiful homes all through the town . 1501 Lapsley St . Never forget going across The Edmond Pettis bridge on a regular

We are from Brasil 🇧🇷 Estamos te acompanhando. Sucesso pra ti.

I visited Selma several times as a child. Most of my dad’s relatives lived there. They lived close to the train trussel & cigar factory. I am assuming the cigar factory is no longer in operation either? Very, very, sad 😔

Every state has towns like that. I live in Alabama and nothing like that around me but I have seen a lot of towns that way here but also in many other states I've visited. Selma is actually a very important town in Alabamas history too. Especially with the civil rights stuff

👩🏻‍💻This looks like the little town I grew up in in Utah, west of Salt Lake City. Being born and raised there and my great-grandfather helped settle the town, I loved living there and even now the homes are on the line of what you see in the video. Some are kept up others need help. Like others have said create a reason to be there. That's what my little hometown did and now it is where I go to get my KFC, it take 10 minutes to drive there, the lines are shorter out there and I like to do my grocery shopping and fast foods there because I am giving back to a place that gave me so much, I even plan on being buried there in the pioneer cemetery. Thanks for your video. Much love and peace. 🙋‍♀️🪔🌠🐞🥰&♎🇺🇲🇬🇧

The Government closing the nearby Air Force Base did help any.

It was better when I was there at Craig AFB in the 60’s. I read somewhere that it really hurt the town when the base closed I think in the 70’s?

Glad this video was made. I was born and raised in Selma.

I had business in Selma a few years back at a plastic injection plant there… I was shocked to see how bad it is there. The civil rights movement may have started there, but it left the town, never to return. I would imagine that the wages they pay the employees there were minimum wage, what else are you going to do there, it pays better than farming. I wanted to show my kids the Pettis bridge but the place is so bad I changed my mind. The gas station by the bridge gets robbed so much there is a sign on the door that says: “ All hoodies must be removed before entering “ Really a town getting reclaimed by nature and neglect.

Olá....libere as legendas para que possamos traduzí-las

When the first family started to moving out, the remaining feels sad to loose some neighborhood, and when come to the last one to leave, the feeling of the end of the world comes along... what a sad story.

This town reminds me of a lot of places In my home state of Arkansas like pine bluff and parts of Little Rock etc tons of history💜

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Interesting you say that! I’ll be uploading that in the near future. Thanks for watching!

all the blue collar jobs that could support a family are gone-those little shot gun houses are snug and inexpensive when they are kept up but it takes a job to keep a home- I notice the housing projects are fairly new but there is something about your own home,no matter how humble that makes life better-this is sad

Oh what a place it’s real country thanks for the tour

@hoodsnhollers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

W😍W that’s too bad - Some beautiful land and gorgeous weather

Well that was depressing 😬

This is sad spending summer in Selma with my family and grandmother family been in Alabama for generations went down last year didn’t recognize the place

If those shotgun houses have landlords or slumlords then they need to be held accountable for conditions of these houses...

I was born at Vaughan Memorial in Selma. It's not just Selma that's declining, it's the whole state of Alabama. The state economy is in a horrific state, there's no production or great exports, not enough tourism, and they still refuse to vote to utilize the lottery. The health care is terrible and there is almost zero mental health care. There's no hope for Alabama the once-beautiful.

That's almost like bonifay we almost lost our little town during hurricane Michael but it's starting to pick up now I hope their Town picks up many blessings later

This isn't a one-solution-fixes-it-all type of problem. You'd have to focus on several things in order to bring it back. I would love to see it flourish though. Coming from a "city" up north the first thing I loved about it was how country it is. And quiet...I'd love the quiet

It’s so weird to see people living in houses wedged in-between boarded up houses or houses that have burned. Lots of nice cars too. If that’s as far as you can see your life going that you drop your money into a car rather than fixing your property or moving away…well, to each their own. When people feel trapped, I imagine it can be very hard & immediate gratification (like spiffing up a car) could make you feel good for a bit. The whole thing is so sad.

I'm in Illinois, we have some of the town, just like that. Sad looking but it's part of life.

When I see some of these dilapidated homes, it makes me sad to think all this was new at one time and this was someone’s American Dream, but no more.

@Kenyajames673

Жыл бұрын

Some reasons is the practices of evil. If you know what I mean😟🙏🙏

@brendac9386

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, many of these homes were not expected to last over 20 years.

Parece que a cidade hoje é fantasma abandonada mas é um local lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo

Nice beautiful sunny day 🌹🌻.

And here we city folks are, practically living on top of one another, when there’s all of this space and opportunity in other parts of the US, too scared to give up our abundance of amenities and comfort where we currently reside… I was in St Louis last week. There’s a very large area that’s dilapidated and practically abandoned. Big, beautiful brick homes (some look like mansions) left to rot. Lots of industrial buildings/spaces completely empty and falling apart. It’s so sad to see.

@maneonedbd8460

Жыл бұрын

How is the crime In St. Louis ?

It's amazing, despite the apparent poverty, nearly everyone is able to put aftermarket wheels on their whip.

@davidwilkins3979

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@bandit4true

Жыл бұрын

Because that's where they have their priorities.

This is the poor section of town my husband and I along with our kids 1 year old and 7 year old girl and boy drove thru Selma what a beautiful place we ate at a restaurant that you can eat half of a bake chicken and buffet salad for a very reasonable price. The restaurant was beautiful decorated with gladiolas and all kind of fresh flowers. The dishes at the buffet table set on ice and they were made out of aluminum for your salad to stay cold. They had a fish tank with all kinds of fish. People were driving their convertibles cars all around the highway. Those were the good time back in 1986.

Thankyou God for Not Causing Me to Live in such Sad Places! Bless these Poor Souls! 🙏

I've run the highway that runs from I-65 over through Selma and on into Mississippi and Selma has been defunct ever since I first went through it in the early nineties, and looked like it had already been that way for awhile.

Someone is keeping the lawns mowed!?

Não sabia que existiam cidades assim nos EUA, parece abandonada.

@martalessa2758

Жыл бұрын

E não são poucas muitíssimas não parece mas no Brasil também há poucas cidadezinhas também nesse estilo enquanto muita gente precisa de uma casinha ou de um lugar para fazer uma casa mas como sempre alguns prefere os lugares mais visto mais bem localizado

I have been watching a lot of these videos somehow yet they are extremely depressing

Were these people able to see their homes, or did they just walk away from them?

It's not a stretch to understand why this town has been abandoned.

I bet those abandon walls can talk!

Never give up no matter wat lets learn to appreciate and move on