Abandoned - Atlantic City [Kult America]

[@moshealex]

I spent around one month in Atlantic City this year and I see huge difference between this video from 2017 and this year 2019. AC coming back to normal life. Still a lot of work need to be done. I wish to Atlantic City all the best and I'm thinking come back there before end of the year and next year many times for sure. Nice place and completely different, like on this video. It is reborn, like a Phoenix bird.

[@jamesfarrell8339]

I live in Atlantic City and one thing that I would like to point out is we have a population of about 36,000 people. During the course of a year we have 20,00000 million people who visit the city. Especially in the summer the population explodes with young people coming down to visit the night clubs and bars. We are a 24 7 drinking town with Bar's on the beach and in the casinos. When you divide the amount of crime by 20 million and not 36 thousand the crime rates in Atlantic City New Jersey are quite low. The police department just released the numbers from the year 2018 and the numbers are down quite dramatically. There are camera's across the city and other making it very difficult to commit a crime and get away with it. The police have made a huge difference in the safety of tourist and residents. I live a block away from the boardwalk and I can tell you that it is one of the safest places you can go. When you look at the crime statistics only one way it is easy to think that the city is out of control but nothing is farther from the truth. I really enjoyed watching your video and you definitely did your home work. I always enjoy seeing the city from other people eyes. You are correct that the city definitely has some challenges ahead of it. Scince your visit new casinos have opened up and Stockton University has opened up a campus in Atlantic City and has revitalize a neighborhood that has been in decline for years. New small business are opening up across the city 😁 There is new life and a exciting energy especially for the upcoming summer season. I could go on and on for hours about all of the new and exciting projects across the city but I will leave that for another time. I hope that you visit sometime soon and if you do I wish you would drop me a line when you come and I can show you some cool projects that are here. Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA!

[@moshealex]

I agree with you James. I left my comment here too and my comment is very positive. I will come back more and more here.

[@dreday3987]

U right my mom stay there and i love A C its lowkey and fun.

[@Tom-lr5ug]

I was born in Atlantic City, almost 64 yrs ago. I grew up about 20 mins west and visited AC often. I moved to go to school about the same time casinos were approved. During the construction phases, jobs were paying crazy amounts. Construction workers were coming from all over. I don't know if it can come back..........sad.

[@LADYDRVN]

I love Atlantic City and have many childhood memories there. I currently live in Wisconsin but whenever I go visit home which is southeast PA, I always make a trip to AC. It has had its shares of ups and downs but this isn’t the city I know. Go back in the summertime when it’s full of life ❤️

[@roiseven4749]

This is why I love your videos! You never focus on one thing, this is just great!

[@kendavid891]

New Jersey is my home state and I love every town especially the seaside 🌊 towns! I worked in Atlantic City for years 2003 to 2007 when everything was jumping!I worked in the Trump Marina,Showboat, Tropicana,Borgata casinos,lots of great people and memories,met people from all over the world there! Atlantic City has a special place in my heart forever

[@jujuford]

I live in New York and prior to the pandemic I have traveled to Atlantic City more then 10 times a year. Yes, it has had its challenges, but they came back strong. I love going there and I love the atmosphere. All of my years visiting I have not experienced any violence (knock on wood), and I feel comfortable traveling on the boardwalk alone, because officers were always present. Atlantic City as well as Vegas has gotten hit hard with this pandemic; however, I do believe that if everyone is compliant with the COVID-19 precautions by the CDC we all will get through this and go back to normalcy. I can’t wait to go back to Atlantic City or Vegas. I thought your video was good, but it was also depressing; however, true at the same time. Keep hope alive!

[@XtremeConditions]

Very enjoyable and high-quality video. Went to AC with my family last year after not going for about 4-5 years. Even in that amount of time, things have definitely dropped off...

[@Rob774]

I am currently there and business is BOOMING. Even in the middle of the week. AC is on its way back up.

[@timtima724]

do a video like this in the summer...

[@MlleMDM]

??

[@notkris9534]

Sad to see my city like this

[@pierusa123]

The first time I visited AC was early 80s, I went to the Playboy Casino. A place that one could find bunny waitress. AC was just beautiful and romantic in my memory.

[@MultiKruczek]

Ciekawy film, dzięki. Nie byłem nigdy w Atlantic City, jednak coś mi się skojarzyło. Noszę na przegubie ręki mechaniczny zegarek "Atlantic". Taki stary model z czerwoną końcówką strzałki/końcówki sekundnika - taki klasyk, kto zna dobre, męskie zegarki na rękę, ten wie. To mój ulubiony zegarek na co dzień. Pozdrawiam Cię, Ryan

[@funnymonkeee9803]

Atlantic City is like amusement parks in the Northeast. The bad weather makes it only popular in the summer. There is no marketing possible to fix bad weather. Connecticut Indian casinos stay popular to loyal consumers by catering them with luxury, rooms, meals, gifts, shows, etc. Connecticut gives their customers the wealthy lifestyle like Las Vegas. Atlantic City used to do this too but not anymore that is why their businesses have gone down.

[@MaciejBogdanStepien]

That is a really interesting, compact and well-informed documentary, with a delicate personal note. Well done. Bardzo fajny filmik. Na poziomie, naprawdę. Gratulacje! Pls keep them coming.

[@wendyl3371]

Can’t believe this downhill has gone so fast to AC. I went there for a few time during 2005-2008 for the concerts, it was still having some crowds. I just don’t know how they have lost their businesses. This is so sad.

[@consumerwatch7479]

Atlantic City needs to diversify it's economy. I personally would like to open a craft store there. But the city needs a lot of work

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Consumer,better have an armed guard.Have been down Pacific Ave.? School House Apartments,just two blocks from the casino's, they have shoot outs there.Texas Ave between Pacific and the boardwalk,when I had business there, I had a cop with me.And the crazies and junkie's, car eating holes in the ground? McDevit is a criminal, I do not need to see this crap, I worked there every day for 12 years.Way before that I drove Trumps Yacht. City is run by either amateurs or crooks. Not true about A.c.people working in Casino's, too many have arrest records. Workers came from Egg Harbor Township,Galloway Margate City, Little Egg..Mays landing.They gouge you for parking, people been shot and stabbed in the Garages. If I had not been armed,I would have been robbed (12 times 7) 84 times I was accosted,7 tines a year.I tried to fun one maggot over with my work truck. It was a mobbed up city,still is.14 street gangs, dangerous one's there. I never go now,not since I retired..

[@marcinm7242]

Rób to co robisz bo robisz to zajebiscie ! ostatnio Cię odkryłem i akurat wczoraj skończyłem ogladać ostatni odcinek . Pozdrawiam

[@4relevants]

I remember Atlantic City in 2000. Lots of peoples. Waiter from Czech Republic. I was in the ID check age. Wooow... I did't know. Whole city ends up like supermarkets this days.

[@Lees706]

Atlantic City has the Beach and the Boardwalk. No other gambling City can claim that.

[@asherrf]

I remember that I once seriously considered buying a time-share in Atlantic City. 🤦🏾‍♂️ Bless G-d, that didn't happen.

[@chrispaw1]

I loved this. I wanted info on AC, just interested as a Brit and i got all from this video. Great work.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Ned a gun.And know how to use it.Place sucks.Streets smell like urine.Smell from under that boardwalk, worse than C S Gas.

[@Dalt21]

It’s not perfect, but it’s better than how the video portrays it today

[@kamila8223]

wyszło super! widać że włożyłeś w to dużo pracy

[@doom6092]

atlantic city is my home , always . i hate to see it so dark with less light of the hope of it.

[@trudiantjwilliams]

space ghost ikr it breaks my heart . I was born here and to see it like this ......

[@jikenj]

Okay it's been a year now since this video was put out & the Hard Rock is open and the rebels now the Ocean Resort and I like how you never mentioned the Tanger shops or playground in front of Caesars. Good luck in Poland.

[@jackwilliams5474]

It was Revel not Rebel LOL!

[@ericjacques1]

I visit Atlantic city NJ this year and I enjoyed my time there. I got to see shows, walking on the beach and counting to visit it again next year. You can see my Vlog of my visit to Atlantic city NJ on my channel.

[@MatthewMartinDean]

Ok, I know where I sure the hell ain't going for vacation.

[@vladimirjebievdenko7356]

Niesamowity materiał Kult, oby tak dalej!

[@RK1FX]

What camera do You use ?

[@erokkwhitaker2225]

I lived in Atlantic City from the mid 90's-2015.Things were good then.Plenty of work,economy was good,prices were low...until the first casino I worked in,(promotions at The Sands),went belly up around '07.It's been 4 years since leaving but I was there for Mariah's concert at the Hard Rock Hotel a couple of weeks ago!!!Show was awesome but not much else has changed. They do have a new casino and amusement park for the kids.Good to visit from time to time but not to move back.Just sharing 😅

[@maxmt4325]

Atlantic city was hopin over this summer so i dont know what your talking about. Theres plenty of places to eat on boardwalk other then casinos. I bet when you did this documentary that was the only tine you went to AC. I go every other weekend.

[@XtremeConditions]

I think it's important to note that you're going when the city actually does business. Remember, Kult America is comparing Atlantic City NOW, to how it was when he was a kid. Just like me. And things have definitely changed for the worse. It's not just a question of how it's doing now, but to compare it to how it was in its former glory.

[@itzzfaithg8250]

Max MT your right

[@tomlacho4679]

Next time your in Jersey or NYC do a meet up!

[@tommcdonald1873]

The civic leaders and the business first never planned any contingencies for the long term competition back in the 1980's. Even when the CT casinos opened they failed to recognize that they needed long term diverse business models to face the disruptive innovation in the entertainment and gaming business that both Las Vegas and the Connecticut Casinos were implementing. While Trump and the casino interests in AC were taking the short term cash. The Wynn's, the Las Vegas Gaming Interests and the Pequots and Mohican's were planning for the long term. That is why AC is suffering.

[@nafishasnian1367]

Such a high quality and informative video!

[@starbuck951]

It is BULLSHIT. READ detail statement above.

[@markru2]

i dimly recall staying at the Traymore hotel as a kid one time

[@annemontanaro3795]

The casino, restaurant and hotel industry rely heavily on discretionary income and are always volatile. Even Las Vegas fell victim during the 2008 sub prime mortgage investment debacle and most recently during Covid 19 pandemic.

[@themagus5906]

Nice-looking clip, but through your selective filming times and locations, you really made the city look much worse than it is. I can tell that most of these shots were in the dead of winter at around 7am on a Monday morning. Try shooting the same locations at 5pm on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of August, and in better color saturation. Anyway, if you want to make the point that the city is in total decline, this video certainly does just that. Yechh!

[@jamesfarrell8339]

I just left a comment about that. I think that he wanted to show one point of view and he definitely got that across. The city has changed drastically scince then and I also pointed that out. There is a new energy in Atlantic City and things are only getting better.

[@stacieodstacieod9555]

My understanding is that Atlantic City redounding it self! To me that what makes the U.S. We never stop moving for would we may be down at times. However we pike our self and do what is need to make us better!!

[@scyzorpl]

Really sad what happened to AC after the hurricane when i was there 5 times it was great but not really a safe city to stay at night

[@matim1333]

Super film ;)

[@donny2983]

And what did trump have to do with all of that? You mentioned what apparently happened to two individual businesses under trumps name by word of mouth from another person, but by the description of the video one could be mislead to believe trump was the whole reason for the city's downfall

[@joemac999]

Trump put a lot of small businesses out of business by not paying his bills and filing bankruptcy again and again. He's a snake.

[@rnlhech1611]

1853 First hotel ever built in A.C. Wow. Seriously

[@jps8080]

Counterparty on, Wayne. Counterparty on, Garth.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Why take Greyhound from D.C. to A.C., as I had, when there are multiple options . . . next door, in Maryland ?

[@shhhaua3616]

Sad !!! Turn it back into an amusement boardwalk

[@Hatti69]

Man "Nucky" rolling in a grave right now

[@moviesjean23]

Who’s nucky

[@snafu9354]

@@moviesjean23 he’s the main character from the show Boardwalk Empire

[@kacperw7]

Miałem nadzieje ze wspomniesz przy tej okazji cos o serialu Boardwalk Empire

[@mommadpoppad9455]

The demographics of Atlantic City tell you everything you need to know about why AC is the way it is.

[@jayare6975]

Lmao

[@jeffreyg201]

Sad but true.

[@Rob774]

​@@jeffreyg201Not true. The video explains it ALL. You gotta be stupid to think otherwise.

[@frankgilliland]

It’s back full. Look at hotel rates for Friday nights

[@Miki-xy2em]

Łeee tam! Myślałem, że to będzie coś w rodzaju Prypeci, tylko bez radiacji! Eee tam! XD

[@sixmax11]

AC loss was st. louis' gain. there is a ton of gaming there.

[@brooklynfinest7906]

Excellent video 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@HIPHIP71]

Bad talking about my city I don't like every time I go back home I get extra hype.....Forget the negatives things people got to say we just live in a depress society today.....People calling Atlantic City shitty because they now have a casino in their city ..Oh what a pitty ! NOMORE CASTLE ,PLAZA OR TAJ MAL it doesn't matter when I go up with my family we still have a ball...........................It's's no other place in this country you can get cheaper souvenirs good places to park your car & beach bars...tangler outlets steel pier rides for the kids all types of food to eat and comfortable places to sleep near the beach....

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Great point. Only things have changed drastically scince he posted the video. A new college has opened and new casinos have opened. The other casinos have upgraded there properties and new small business have opened across the city. There is a new energy in the city and things are getting better everyday 😊 Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA!

[@HIPHIP71]

Yes indeed with speed good comments like this is what the city need...Most people go off without visiting and seeing good things for themselves sticking to the negatives things they read..

[@HIPHIP71]

YES INDEED WITH SPEED YOU CAN GO VISIT AND HAVE ALL THE FUN YOUR LIFE NEED....DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE FALSE COMMENTS ABOUT ATLANTIC CITY HAS NEVER BEEN RIGHT... DO-AC

[@vernedavis5856]

nostalgia, ah thinka "The Warriors" . 1979?

[@18mindless]

I dont think casinos are responsible for AC down fall. I think hurricane Sandy and the heroin epidemic.

[@akcjaxd7863]

Byłoby super gdybyś odwiedził kiedyś Detroit. Miasto, które wygląda prawie jak z gry Fallout. :)

[@portakalsuyuylaolenamraham8124]

I like your channel 👍

[@philliesphan334]

I think the fact that Atlantic City is a ripoff scheme is why it's dying. I think if Atlantic City advertised itself as budget luxury for those in NJ it'd do better because I love those casinos, it's just not worth the money

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Bobby,you get it.

[@ashtonmalone5351]

I have bin in Atlantic City and I love it

[@trailblazer1047]

Dont forget all of that means nothing,it was plain unsafe,people could not walk outside at night Alone.

[@emaneman7745]

Ac is always going to go through different ups and downs. The casinos now includes hardrock ocean 1. There are rides every year I take my grandkids there. I love Atlantic city. The beach and boarswalk. There are many new restaurants and now there are outside boardwalk dining. In the summer there are famous names that do beach concerts. This video is very misleading and unfair to Atlantic city. There are outlet stores for blocks of famous brands. A new bass pro shop. And so much more . Atlantic city is still the best place I have been for fun for the whole family. Its improved alot. Come and enjoy. Oh and the best White House subs and dinner at Angelos.

[@jamesfarrell8339]

All great points. The city has changed drastically scince he made the video.

[@bjornfinkelburgensteinski4629]

When are you going back to Polska?

[@eriesurfer10]

70s was my favorite times. wish it would be like ocean city no casinos no bars

[@BercikKKS]

Byłem tam w zeszłym tygodniu ;) fajnie zrealizowany filmik

[@daimlerbenzstuttgart]

You should update this Video...Lots of new things have happened since this video was made...The Revel,Taj Mahal Reopened with new owners and new names..Including the Hard Rock Casino...As well as lots of new places to eat and things to do...You can visit any city in the world and find bad things and crime but its important to show the good things too.Good People trying to make the place better then ever,it will take time but you can see it changing already.

[@leifleoden5464]

88/100k vs a national average of 26/100k does that make AC the rapiest city in New Jersey or does Newark still hold the ignominious title?

[@thenbenagcz3931]

That's really sad that city is doing so bad even they got lots of casino s

[@tofu64gamer]

thinks i feel the same way.

[@YouArchTube]

@4:24. I'm wondering, how can you revitalize anything using cold steel modern architecture, with no human scale, with no sense of place. In my opinion this was the biggest catalyst for the destruction of our (all-over-the-world) cities, in this case Atlantic City. Because after the Second World War, speculators were given a very convenient tool to drain local economies, local environmental resources, and use the community as a cheap labor force - the modern architecture. You know, virtual (modern) art, where artist blow idea out of proportion to justify coincidental ugly box solution, for virtual developer who beguiles virtual visions, for virtual profits which never come. This is a recipe for a catastrophe. The reality has said "I call", and it will do so for any such overscaled investment: P.S. Back to economy, I read about fifteen yrs. ago that Las Vegas wanted to invest in high tech cutting edge science. So they avoided to be economic monoculture.

[@skipsassy1]

There are no Indian Reservations in Nevada - there are on lands that built the casinos all around AC but you don't mention any of that.

[@bonnypalmztv5845]

Lmao i live in Vegas You are Wrong NuWu Weed Dispensary ..is Owned by Indians in Metro las vegas ..and they own the block not Clark county Nv

[@szymonlachowski1535]

Totalna Upadłóść ,a czykolwiek lubie filmy o upadłych miastach

[@dianagumbs6432]

this is cool

[@peacefulr2753]

i grew up in alantic city it really is crimes and stuff

[@Sunnyblue69]

Nagraj materiał o Detroit:P

[@crockett616]

6:40 chance of becoming a victim of violent crime is 1 in 64 and property crime 1 in 15. Sigh. Why do people keep throwing out numbers like that that do not mean anything unless you further specify them. As in 1 in 64 over what period of time? Or 1 in 64 people in atlantic city have at some point been the victim of violent crime?

[@Natalie-pl8lk]

I'm in Atlantic City right now and it's anything but abandoned. Yet again, it is the fourth of July weekend.

[@andrzejbryndza4641]

Gambling in my opinion is the most idiotic thing humans ever invented. It's the ultimete form of money worshiping.

[@rentslave]

It's because you're too lazy to spend the 20-30 years necessary for success at this,the most demanding of all disciplines.Brain surgery and rocket sciencetry is child's play compared to gambling.

[@maxmt4325]

Andrzej Bryndza there are plenty of other things that humans invented that are idiotic. Everything we do costs money anyway. You should think before you talk.

[@Fullcollapse1]

People lose money gambling so it's basically throwing it away which is even stupider....

[@domdidomdidomdidom]

I bet Max MT is a compulsive gambler. lol

[@williamgallucci9913]

and what idiotic thing do you spend on golf movies cable tv gimme a break

[@kerron_]

I love AC. It needs to be reinvented.

[@tomvolpe3238]

YOU DEF NEED a NEW Visit.... Home Sweet Home.

[@screen381broad]

Ac looks crazy cool abandoned city

[@jackwilliams5474]

It's not abandoned at all LOL. My parents go there All The Time.

[@CeciliaVillalobos-ls6ie]

Im so sad watching this

[@Commentator541]

It's a town, with population of 36K it's hardly a "city".

[@RedRider1600]

Yeah, but how many towns have a dozen large skyscraper casinos in them.

[@jackwilliams5474]

Trump Taj is now Hardrock, & Revel is now Ocean.

[@Jhihmoac]

AC is no Vegas, never has been, nor ever will be, regardless of what they do over time...

[@alexduque3105]

i miss ripleys

[@Commentator541]

I think your unemployment rate refers to the State of New Jersey.

[@jackwilliams5474]

Its not vacant for 12 Months. Massage parlors, strip clubs are always there. Bars are open 24 Hours.

[@jackwilliams5474]

@@PleaseMurderMyFamily Same. Been going to them since 1998.

[@jackwilliams5474]

@@PleaseMurderMyFamily Well, it's not that dramatic for me dude LOL. I have a Beautiful Asian wife, been with her since 1999. I just like a little variety once in a while. I live 1000's of miles from NJ now, but we just passed by to visit the town after not being there in about 10 Years. As for the parlors, it's a once every few Years thing for me, because I don't need to spend Money on that when I can get it for free at home.

[@mrkubolon]

Jesteś niesamowity

[@rentslave]

The DEMOCRATS wouldn't let him have sports betting because their Majority Leader was from Nevada.They let Colorado sell dangerous drugs but they wouldn't let NJ take sports bets.

[@glockseventeen233]

I LOVE ATLANTIC CITY . 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@tommyhauck8597]

this reminds me of lancaster county, pa low wage jobs, outlets, a city with crime, a city falling apart, very expensive and very tacky........if you like traffic and being robbed........go to lancaster, co , pa. they also have a terrible newspaper called LNP............ ONLY GOOD FOR STARTING A BONFIRE.

[@jehkjshrfk]

tommy hauck I never considered the amish to be that brutal

[@Itanium153]

I Don't give a crap in ac from 1999 to 2008 was never like this. Now 2017 AC is dyeing because of our current governor. And now is the time???? Now is the best time of our lives>>>

[@romka4567]

ghost town empty streets now:/

[@glocknineteen9190]

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[@debgib007]

I love u man.

[@cichy2964]

czemu nie mówisz po polsku?

[@joeylatz7611]

Good video but fuck man I love AC I been going every year since I was 5. Really hope they fix it up . They need to add activities similar to seaside heights and wildwood

[@Anonymous-ji3ud]

Big long Meat me too I still love it cause of the memories I have there. It makes me sad to see it so empty now

[@itzzfaithg8250]

They been fixed it up

[@itzzfaithg8250]

He made it look empty by going early in the morning

[@jamesfarrell8339]

We are happy to have you visit. It is easy to focus on the negatives but the city has changed drastically scince his last visit and there is a new energy and spirit across Atlantic City and the neighboring community. Thank you for your positive comment I hope that you visit Atlantic City this summer and see for yourself. Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey USA!

[@dinabastie4729]

the Trump building still looks better than the Hilton today

[@jonathanstone3294]

All of Trump's building are so trashy with all that fake gold his building's look almost has bad as that fat orange felons hair

[@ACferraro]

Some what , but ........not all true ............Trump should of been listened too .......and to Steve Wynn when he was there ...I spent 65 years there on that island .....its still 2.5 billion economy ----and two new casino to open

[@SSQHARLEYQUINN]

Hi Ryan I am from TR and i really like your videos. I think you can make some videos about Turkeys history , because you have been to Turkey and you should learned something about that. Do you know the reason for the Statue of Liberty being made and who has gaved it to you? People are dont know about anything about old EU they should learn. You can make something about Ottomans or GökTürks if u need some help you can contact with me from this channel. :D

[@KultAmerica]

Thanks so much, I will be back in Turkey this spring for sure! Look forward to it:)

[@MrBmxbrawler]

My bikes were stolen off the boardwalk by Tropicana. Locked to the railing. 😢