British Guy Reacts to The 8 Worst Places in the U.S.

[@lavluka6210]

Link to my newly made patreon! www.patreon.com/LavLuka

[@ianrotheroe2540]

My guy puts “except” instead of “accept” in the thumbnail😂😂😂

[@JaneSmith-lu8ol]

@@ianrotheroe2540 I think he meant expect. Tho I could be wrong.

[@ianrotheroe2540]

@@JaneSmith-lu8ol u might be right now that I think about it😂

[@kingjames4019]

Now you're getting into why there's an uprising in the 2021

[@AmyEugene]

This reminded me of a really interesting video I watched recently, Top 10 Worst Housing Projects in the U.S. by World According To Briggs. It was really eye-opening. If you search for worst housing projects in America there's a lot of videos that focus on specific cities also, but his covers the entire U.S. There's a lot of beautiful and impressive things in the U.S., but there's also things that are ugly and terrible and I think it's a good thing to have a balanced view. Anyways, thanks for all the vids!

[@matthewsagliocco4458]

The place you’re talking about in LA is called Skid Row.

[@xhafts]

California has 1/4th of the countries homeless with only 1/9th of the population

[@montyferguson4657]

Skid Row and Venice Beach

[@xhafts]

@Stone just saying theyre an embarrassment

[@samieltheinfamous]

Skid Row is also used as a term in other parts of the country for being down and out.

[@peterfus9543]

No that is not and is cali is full of homeless people you can acutally live in your car leaglealy and why there is sow much homeless cali gov went blind even when people said raise taxes taxes only if rasied go to homeless. Taxes are high as shit and they wanted 16.8% not to long ago from 13.3% that is why. Pudlic health is allways there cleaing up neadlles and stuff from the ground cali is dead look on any youtude vid and you will see why texas is going to be a gaint land of people soon but everyone that lives in america will still buy green day packers season tickets to add on the long wateing list that it is. I live in nj on the east coast for my hole life and i love it here it like orgean on the weast coast i bin told

[@Ojisan642]

There’s usually historical reasons why these places are like this. Chicago: history of corruption, going back to the prohibition era = high crime Detroit: used to be the center of car manufacturing in the Western Hemisphere, which died out in the 1970s and 80s New Orleans: used to be a key port city, with access to the Mississippi River, but now interstate trucking and freight trains handle more goods, and New Orleans is mainly a oil and gas refining city Appalachia: never really was economically viable, so no infrastructure was ever built there West Virginia: used to be prosperous coal mining country Native reservations: obviously there’s a bad history with native Americans and these lands were not where they originally lived The Mormon areas are basically stuck in the past by choice and they were chased out of other parts of the USA until they settled in Utah and New Mexico and Colorado wilderness areas The Salton Sea is in GTA 5, it’s called Alamo Sea.

[@thejestor9378]

Chicago also had an earth quake in the 60’s if I remember correctly that caused the destruction of a good portion of the city, and some of the ghettos of chicago were affected by it and wound up turning some of them more into slums, with buildings not receiving repairs or being demolished, and left to rot after the earthquake hit.

[@NOLAgenX]

So many corrections to your reasons for New Orleans. New Orleans is the 4th largest port in the U.S. The port has grown, not shrunk. Most of the oil refining has moved 1) upriver, 2) to West Louisiana, and 3) to Texas. All the major oil company headquarters left New Orleans for Houston. New Orleans now only has the huge port, Tourism, and federal government (including military) as the biggest employers. Corruption, high violent crime, poor education system (except for Charter Schools) and long-term poverty are more responsible for NOLA's current state. Despite all that, this is still a great place to live.

[@bevtuft3572]

@@NOLAgenX right. those were so off it wasn't even funny

[@TriXJester]

"Prosperous" coal mining is really stretching it. It might of been prosperous for the mine owners but it was never anything other than what it is to the actual miners. My family had generations in that area and I remember it being a big event as a kid in the 90s that my granny got heated water in her house. My great grandmother's father was one of the guys who smuggled messages for the miners unions back in the day.

[@ThatColtGuy]

@@NOLAgenX even their tourism is going down too. I used to want to visit there but everyone told me that it’s just a nasty and weird city with nothing to do but weird voodoo shops🤷🏼‍♂️

[@NolmDirtyDan]

The last town literally IS Sandy Shores from GTA

[@thelegacyshow4248]

Yes, I live 20 miles from there

[@dechezhaast]

@@thelegacyshow4248 GTA’s not a real place bud

[@sumavargas3147]

Yup, its was the inspiration for Sandy Shores

[@0816M3RC]

@@dechezhaast No shit sherlock.

[@dezbro750]

@@dechezhaast he knows that but he saying the town sandy shores is based off that

[@robman285]

I'm originally from the southern Appalachians and I can tell you that this is so true about poverty there...

[@AudraLeigh01]

I visited Cranks Creek, Kentucky once nearly two decades ago. I didn’t know poverty at that level existed in the US until then. I still think about it often. It left a mark on me for the week I was there. I can’t imagine the impact it has to those living there...I truly can’t, it’s so shocking. I met lots of great people there though. Their stories, their music....you can’t find that anywhere else in the country like that!

[@cnr6142]

Manheim PA is truly a sad place. It has a very small area that sorta good but most of it is houses with plants growing all over them and poorly built structures. The area looks like a western town near cali from the 1800s but with poorly built structures

[@theta6802]

It really is, I'm from Boone County, WV. Old coal country. There's nothing really there now. My hometown, Madison, is pretty much empty now, there's a pizza place, a Wendy's, a Tudor's (obviously), and a Kroger. The old medical facility was being torn down the last time I was there, don't know if they built something else there or not. It was more than an hour to drive into South Charleston to go to Walmart or a movie when we could afford to. Even so, I still miss it.

[@turntodusk]

So true. Driving through the mountains isn’t as serene and pleasant as people would think.

[@rickyfever]

Detroit was known for automotive industry & Appalachia was known for mining. Both of these industries have majorly declined in those areas and has hurt the job market

[@Maulstrum97]

Detroit was mainly due to changing demographics

[@daciajcksn]

The Detroit Riots had MUCH to do with their current decline, and massive corruption.

[@DevilsKnot]

I've lived in and around Detroit my whole life. I wish I had the time and words to express how much this categorization hurts me. Not because it's untrue, it is true. When the Auto industry abandoned us the city slammed HARD into a wall. It's because there is so much GOOD here. We're the home of Motown and Bob Segar. Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper and the MC5. The music scenes here are DEEP and solid and more diverse than you can imagine. Hamtramick has the single largest Bengalese population outside of Bengal. Dearborn is the same with it's Arab population, it's also the Birthplace of Ford. Downtown they're starting to implement large tracts of urban farming. Tear down the abandoned houses and turn blocks into crop fields. The famous Packard plant has been removed and they're rehabbing the old train station. The people here are bonded tight. It really is Detroit Vs. Everybody. All I'm trying to say is, yea this place has its problems and she might not be very pretty, but she's got heart and I sincerely wish people would come and see the old girl spend some money and maybe we can keep getting better. Sorry for the rant. I just love my city.

[@immortalfae13]

Absolutely right! They ain't living like that by choice.

[@faithnfire4769]

@@DevilsKnot I hope y'all get the chances you need. It's the same formula that any city with a big decline in economy or population has; too much dead weight for the remaining healthy bits to shoulder. Old factories, abandoned buildings, roads that no longer run to the heart of a manufacturing center but to an empty block, and most importantly huge residential areas set up for industry that are having trouble pivoting to other fields. I'm glad to hear that they are trying to do things with the old manufacturing areas; it might be the easiest way to help slums to build the areas around them up some, if there are jobs or infrastructure there the communities might end up fixing themselves somewhat. From the places I've been to its always opportunity that affects communities most. Much easier to get along with your neighbors if you are both working for a chance of something better: maybe your kids future, or a new job or what not. Harder if things look bleak across the board, whether they are for you or not. But you know all that better than me. I was actually going to visit before all this went down, and basically for the cultural reasons you noted! Lots of diamonds once you brush off the soot. Cool museums and art galleries and such too.

[@RSpracticalshooting]

Recently drove through Appalachia, right through the area described and it truly was destitute. The natural landscape is beautiful but the infrastructure is virtually nonexistent.

[@mycocorleone4771]

mountain peoples

[@karleek1202]

im from that area and its really so different. thankfully i life in western VA now where there's less poverty

[@RSpracticalshooting]

@@karleek1202 it was really depressing to see such desolation in our country.

[@karleek1202]

@@RSpracticalshooting it is indeed, im glad you were able to see it though. it definitely gives a new perspective. hopefully these people will be able to do better and have more opportunities.

[@patxepi]

Yea I am in West Virginia right now at the Snowshoe mountain resort and everywhere outside of the resort looks so horrible.

[@McMike04]

Dude, don’t worry about something like this being controversial. I can’t speak for all Americans, but I enjoy this type of stuff. Maybe it’s just a “thank god I don’t live there” thing, but a lot of us also like to be critical of where we’re from. I’m not sure. But you’re not going to upset anyone.

[@kahnatohru1906]

agreed without real criticism we will not grow

[@immortalfae13]

Very true. He's doing a fine job. Hell people if you're from there, where ever that may, be tell him about it! I think he'd enjoy it. No one should get offended. You can tell he's not trying to be rude or disrespectful

[@HBC423]

I love living in Appalachia.

[@ThatColtGuy]

I think it’s more of an eye opener on how many US citizens need help. I’m not saying screw everyone else but we’re always more worried about helping other poor countries yet we honestly (for the most part) don’t even know about areas like this👀🤷🏼‍♂️.

[@ex-navyspook]

@@ThatColtGuy Been saying something very like this for years. I've been through bad areas overseas, I've been through bad areas here. When we get on an aircraft, we're always told to help the person next to us who can't help themselves first, THEN put on our mask. In other words, send aid and help the people we have in this country first; if there's any left over, THEN we can can send it overseas to people who want us dead.

[@MottyIce]

I live in Detroit and I can say that the city is bouncing back. There are good and bad parts of every city in the world.

[@emilyroberts8653]

Hopefully it only gets better.😔

[@jasonpatterson8091]

@@emilyroberts8653 It takes time and money, and while we've got all the time in the world, getting someone to spend money to clean up a post-apocalyptic looking mess is less easy.

[@loribernardisunwell9663]

Detroit is in a state of gentrification, not any real recovery for the actual people of Detroit...

[@rachelphillips317]

I live in Hazel park walking distance

[@thorkillthered6595]

It's definitely getting better, slowly but steadily.

[@henryhaines3681]

In 3 years people are gonna say "Only OGs remembers Lukas old house"

[@TwistedAlphonso1]

Im an OG

[@musiclightss]

Same

[@sophiefilo16]

There are already people saying, "Who remembers when this was a sports channel?" Like, bro, he still does sports reactions. It's just on his other channel...

[@menwithven8114]

I wonder how his mom is doing. I remember a year or 2 ago he was thinking about quitting KZbin because his mom was sick and they were going to be evicted. Glad to see he has turned it around!

[@imcarlosjr4898]

Same

[@codyb5327]

What sucks is the native Americans were forced into communities like this, just keep taking more and more land until they have nothing left.

[@merakibyamberrr]

i live on the seneca reservation in new york and i can tell you, the whole place is going downhill. everything is shutting down, huge meth problem. a lot of poverty and its sad

[@Princess_Celestia_]

+Cody B Ummm, first off, no two tribes are the same. They didn't live here like one big happy peace loving hippie commune. The tribes where fighting and killing each other over land going back 12 thousand years. Some of them, like the Comanche where really good at it, where 250,000 square miles was controlled by no less then 1,500 men, women and children by 1875. And believe me, no one had any love for the Comanche, not the Uth, not the Apache, not the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arikara, Pawnee, Kansa, and Osage, and not even the Kiowa and the Arapaho. No one, white, spanish, or Native had any love for the Comanche. Secondly, the tribes who live on reservations built those communities with their own two hands, and by the early 1900's, they where all free to leave, but they chose not to. They chose to stay on the reservations and chose to live such miserable lives. The members of those tribes who left and made a better life for them selves where often seen as traitors when they came back, this mindset of the reservation tribes is why a lot of them don't leave. I guess it's easier to blame others for your problems while living off government cheese.

[@kittfln8168]

Plus the fact that they have food deserts, n only fast food/ big chain stores can set up shop. It's hard for the natives to do there own stores

[@rbrtgrdn]

Free money does that to you. When 'Res' kids drive around in Hummers, you wonder what's going on.

[@kdub437]

@@Princess_Celestia_ racist as fuck. Nobody chooses to live like that. They built those communities after being murdered, raped, or kidnapped and forced into re-education schools and then being forced there. And a vast majority of tribes were mostly peaceful with each other, had trade routes and cities, also comparing tribal warfare to European colonization is reductionist asf. Also bold claim they live off gov money as if the government even gives them shit.

[@rickyfever]

The area filled with homeless people your talking about is “skid row” in downtown Los Angeles. There’s also the “tenderloin” in downtown San Francisco. Unfortunately, there’s homeless people basically everywhere in California

[@myfatassdick]

It’s sad I grew up in San Jose California but moved to Nevada back in 2014 now every time we go back there’s so many homeless people and garbage everywhere I could get into reasons why but people will think I’m being political for talking about why it’s actually happening

[@leonbrumett6155]

@@myfatassdick I really appreciate your username

[@myfatassdick]

Leon Brumett 🌚

[@michaelsmith-iu1be]

@@myfatassdick Let me guess, ran by demoncrats.

[@franostrowski3706]

I just read something that said half of all homeless people in the U.S live in California. Shockingly, San Francisco has a horrendous homeless community, right in Nancy Pelosi’s district!!

[@blueridger28]

The house and holler at 8:33 is just up the road from where I was born and raised in NW North Carolina in the Appalachians. Alot of folks take pictures of that place aka Stikes Holler.

[@michiganjfrog366]

I was born in Detroit and live outside of Detroit now... Yes, it's has really, really, really bad areas, but there are descent neighborhoods too.. It's truly tragic what it's become.

[@annie1875]

I used to go see the gparents every summer in Detroit (Oak Park) and went back 10yrs ago for the funerals. It was so surreal to see full school buildings just boarded up, neighborhoods just ghost towns. Shit in my world got real quick.

[@vanessasparks2324]

My grandparents live in Hazel Park about a quarter mile from 8 mile. Place looks like crap now. I used to love it there

[@Zenon0K]

I have some extended family that live in a similar situation to us (30-45 minutes from Detroit/Chicago in the sub burbs). Detroit is laid out like a bicycle wheel. Like downtown proper right in the middle for the longest time used to be nice. About one mile in any direction was alright. Because the stadiums have moved I think it's shrunk down to several blocks around the stadiums and the middle. But still. Less that a minute or so driving in any direction from those point, it looks like a ghetto at best and a 20 year old abandoned warzone that has remained largely uncleaned at worst. They also shrunk the city limits to juke their crime numbers and to physically handle the amount of calls they gets with the, again, shrunken police/fire/ambulance services they have. So there's the "city" which is largely businesses, a large ring that's sparsely populated (even just in comparison to 20-30 years ago), and then you get out to regular American middle class sub burbs.

[@mack2132]

Ya outside of wayne state's campus and the campus martius/business park it's pretty bad.

[@thatoneguyfaded]

I live right across the river from Detroit. I visit there all the time, Campus Martius is gorgeous, downtown is bustling, restaurants are phenomenal. At least it was before covid. The restoration is starting at the core and going outwards. Let's not forget Ford's purchase of the old Train station area, things will change over the next 5-10 years. Lots of hope for continued growth.

[@ChiisaiRamen]

When people say the United States is a rich country, it is. However aa huge percent of the wealth belongs to a small 1% so yeah

[@Pyramanager]

Compared to other countries, the US has the highest middle class. Its not only just 1% that has wealth

[@ExotiicButter]

I love the fact that you take interest in The US, no matter if its good or bad. I'm Irish American. I live half the year in ireland (Dublin) and the other half in the States (Texas).

[@samieltheinfamous]

You must have a very interesting accent.

[@ExotiicButter]

@@samieltheinfamous Yes I've got an Irish/western accent. A lot of people get confused by it and try to pinpoint where I'm from.

[@Charlie-tc7nq]

I live in Texas too

[@caulkins69]

Wow, a person who identifies as Irish American and actually is. Usually when someone says that, their family hasn't been in Ireland since the Great Famine.

[@projectc.j.j3310]

Nice my parents were born in Dublin

[@TinaLynn]

What I love about these videos is not only getting to watch a lovely young man discover the world and see the enthusiasm in his eyes but the mere fact that he is supporting another youtuber/producer in order to do this. There is just so much good in these videos in so many ways. KEEP THE CURIOUSITY Luka! ♥

[@brianschaffer9220]

Detroit was almost two million people in 1950. Now it's barely 700,000.

[@dudefromkc6182]

Cleveland was almost at one million during that same time..now its 375,000

[@whatafreakinusername]

Obviously the job problems probably affected the population but how many of those two million moved into the suburbs? The greater Detroit area has over 5 million people.

[@thekaiguy6123]

@@dudefromkc6182 No joke, if Lebron didn’t comeback to Cleveland they would be so much more fucked then they already are. It just so fucking sad

[@urrealdadlolololol4204]

You can thank the 1968 rioters for that

[@dudefromkc6182]

@@urrealdadlolololol4204 can you tell me what happened that triggered those riots?

[@WaveManMike]

I only live about 90 miles from West Virginia and I didn’t even know there were places like that. I’m from a fairly “rich” part of Maryland which is very close to Washington DC so I didn’t even know those rural towns existed 😔

[@paulypoobrain2929]

Sound like Montgomery County.

[@ordinarynocturne]

Yeah, I've seen some of these towns. It's heartbreakingly depressing. It's a harsh contrast to some spectacular nature sights in the area.

[@massutara4142]

MD gang

[@massutara4142]

Are you from MOCO?

[@bwheels5087]

Yeah, all the coal mining towns are pretty much uninhabited now. Like Thurmond for example. It's a neat place to visit but kinda spooky lol

[@governingsole1567]

I've lived just south of Detroit my whole life and I can definitely say that it is improving. When I was a kid, we'd barely ever go near the city because of obvious reasons. But in the past 10-15 years, it has come a long way and is hopefully going to stay on a steady rise.

[@mycocorleone4771]

ayyye im from lincoln park downriver gang

[@yvonneclaes5208]

From East Detroit, and I agree.

[@mango2538]

Hey Luka, the thumbnail is wrong, you spelled expect as “except”, just a heads up!

[@shygalaxyyt2400]

I mean both of them kinda work......

[@rbrtgrdn]

He meant 'expect'. 'Accept' would work but has a different meaning. 'Except' would never work.

[@edwardggarcia7705]

That place were the homeless people are is skid row in downtown LA

[@cynthiadavis10]

This is a really good, pretty accurate video you're showing, Lav. Good job. Ty for this. Also, there's a highway (I think it's Interstate 84 but I could be wrong) it's out west where there's cars half buried in the sand next to the highway and these very strange sculptures along the road.

[@jacobgarrett3200]

America has deep poverty in many areas and a large homeless population

[@sharonblankcanvas7173]

Not so fun fact: nonprofit organization Heifer International has programs in third-world nations all over Africa, Asia, South America, the Caribbean... and Arkansas. Just because that part of the US is basically third-world despite being in one of the richest nations in the world.

[@jacklewis5452]

America has terrible mental health laws and terrible mental health treatment facilities. Its very difficult to put someone into a mental hospital and America uses its prisons and police force to deal with mental health issues.

[@Jprager]

@@jacklewis5452 allot of those hospitals were shut down in the 70s because of the stigma and bad press they received

[@mimimonster]

The FLDS community are completely cut off from the world. Their leaders won’t even let a doctor in. It’s horrible. That’s a rabbit hole in its self ...

[@alvallac2171]

*itself.

[@knowledge-girl]

It's kind of what happens when you're a part of a cult.

[@deargodwhy9718]

@@knowledge-girl Yeah they're bad. The Mormon Church and Jehovah's Witnesses are both cults. The Mormons believe weirder shit(Fraud uses hat to decipher plates of gold he never showed anyone), the JW's are more destructive and controlling of their members.

[@bellajaid]

@@deargodwhy9718 Also, definitely cults

[@Heyyyyitsanya]

I live in Central Kentucky and the East is poor but the landscape is beautiful and there’s some decent parts. Good hardworking people. Central Kentucky is more well off as we have slightly bigger towns and one or two cities, but the whole state still struggles really.

[@ruffianturnt2550]

I live in logan WV. It really is like that here lol. KY and WV are beautiful states and there are nice places too.

[@JasonRyanWilson]

God bless you for that comment. The thing about eastern Kentucky is the energy companies came here and robbed the people. They were sitting on billions in minerals, coal, and natural gas.

[@jackie165]

The Appalachia area reminds me a lot of a place 45 minutes West from Knoxville Tennessee called Rockwood. Just a very sad environment that is dilapidated and overall kind of sad.

[@bonniebrown5102]

I used to live in Kingston and drove through Rockwood frequently. The main hwy didn't seem too bad, but I never saw the areas that people actually lived in either.

[@annanonya]

i've been learning a lot about the country i've lived in my whole life and never left xD i appreciate all your curiosity about the u.s. if you're ever curious about other countries i'm here for it too p.s you're thinking of skid row in l.a (pretty sure/ born and raised in l.a)

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

He should start to branch out to other countries. I would also love it of he would do US history stuff. Different things that happened through the years, Civil War, pushing west, civil rights, the USA during Depression, the Crack epidemic, and maybe some happier stuff too lol Id love him to do Canada too

[@BigCountryKracker]

If your born in California you ain’t no American

[@joshbarrera6005]

@@BigCountryKracker how

[@BigCountryKracker]

@@joshbarrera6005 because everything that is American is illegal there... in Mississippi ever man has at minimum 20 guns. In California every man at minimum has 20 makeup sets.

[@JennRighter]

I get really sensitive. Even though I've watched this Geography King video before, it still makes me very emotional. My mother is from Detroit, she grew up on 11 Mile, and her side of my family still lives there. My grandma and uncle live in Detroit. My dad (RIP, Dad, I miss you) is from eastern Kentucky but most of his family is from West Virginia. I've seen all of the poverty and blight in Detroit and West Virginia and it really hurts my heart. Both places are so rich in history and culture and so beautiful even in the decay.

[@bellajaid]

We visited friends in WV a few years back and they didn't have running water and used an outhouse. They were out of town a bit, but nothing crazy. My mind was blown. I have to admit, it was the first and only time I had to use an outhouse that wasn't during camping.

[@claudinejames7731]

My grandma and grandpa's families in Texas were like that, no electric, no indoor plumbing, dairy farming, wood stove in the middle of the house. The food was so good and it is beautiful country down there. I liked staying there on summer breaks from school.

[@kevinneal7370]

Kevin Neal Hi, I am glad you reacted to this video. I live in Pennsylvania in the U.S. and sadly I see homeless people no matter what I go. I see more and more who are homeless for a variety of reasons. There is a huge difference between the wealthy and poor and that gap is increasing every year. I know people who have always worked and are still not able to afford a home.

[@cartogal75]

I love your curiosity! Make sure you really go travel. I regret not doing the back packing thing when i was younger. So much to see and you have the right mind set and personality for it. Love your videos, helps me get through my work day.

[@maximcypher3109]

Strange in a good way:...unique, quirky, unexpectedly interesting....

[@mbdg6810]

^ this

[@mr.f2115]

glad I stumbled on your channel! Thanks for what you do. Hope you get to take a trip over here to the states sooner than later. Have a good one!

[@aerotechify]

The Salton Sea isn't polluted per se, it's just so saline that nothing can survive in it. It's gotten worse over time because it has no inflow, other than runoff from farms. This lack of inflow means that it's slowly evaporating over time, making it more and more saline due to the high salt concentration in the soil there.

[@samieltheinfamous]

The Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea are similar. I think one of them is actually home to a very hardy species of brine shrimp, but nothing else. I do know that the Great Salt Lake has a high enough concentration of salt and alkalines that it's nearly impossible to sink in it, at least for swimmers. Something to do with odd displacement properties, I think?

[@sgbench]

@@samieltheinfamous I live in Utah and you're right, Great Salt Lake is home to brine shrimp, and the floating effect is because the dissolved salt and other minerals make the water more dense.

[@markwitte303]

what do farms use to grow crops that might be water runoff? Chemicals maybe?

[@samieltheinfamous]

@@markwitte303 I imagine the runoff from snowmelt on the western slope of the Rockies accounts for a percentage of that, but Utah is mostly desert and one would think farming is pretty difficult there.

[@aerotechify]

@@markwitte303 I doubt it's much more than any of the other rural farms near bodies of water in the United States.

[@kodyspishock9984]

An often overlooked aspect of life in the region of the Appalachian Mountains is that it is one of the most beautiful Nature sceneries we have in the US.

[@karlmoles6530]

Hurricane Katrina wrecked the poor parts of New Orleans and of course, most of it never got fixed.

[@nolaray1062]

The sad reality is, most of those places were condemned even before Katrina hit. Katrina just highlighted it and in some cases accelerated it.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Well it was either Katrina or what we have up in much if the midwest and NE: a slow but sure rot that will eventually completely destroy everything

[@BillLaBrie]

It wasn’t so great before.

[@joelspaulding5964]

Luka always putting out high volume content. Keep it up

[@markbauer3937]

Will be becoming a patreon in a few days. Gotchu brother. Hope all is well across the pond!

[@reuvenknight1575]

Oh my gosh! I mentioned the Salton Sea in one of your other video comment sections AND HERE IT IS!!!!! Omg this is EPIC!!!

[@se777en73120]

That lake he was talking about being “so polluted“. The Salton sea. Actually, what’s killing the fish is the fact that it’s drying up, making the water become more and more salty, making it increasingly inhospitable for water life. The lake was made as a result of an accidental levee break of the Colorado River. It flowed into the valley for 2 years before work was done to fix the levee. Since then, the water has slowly evaporated, so the shoreline keeps receding. But there’s been evidence of a lake there multiple times before, far back into the past.

[@gracearnett123]

The picture at 8:31 is in North Carolina not Kentucky/West Virginia. Its in the mountains on NC and has a similar level of poverty, but I have been there and it is definitely in NC!

[@BRhymesss]

Man this video was depressing. I knew these places existed but it’s just sad that this is a reality for many, many people in such a wealthy country. However, I do want to add, New Orleans is one of my favorite places to visit. You can’t go there without feeling fully immersed in the culture. The nonstop music, the food and the local shops are simply amazing. It’s the only place in the US I’ve been that I felt like I just get swept up in a whole new place while there. I highly recommend going if you can.

[@negf22]

Detroit - " the motor city", ( the auto industry); eastern Kentucky / western West Virginia -mining, (coal industry)

[@SaintLucchese]

I think you’re talking about Skid Row in LA. I could be wrong.

[@xXBlackestManXx]

yup and its not just skid row anymore, covid has made the already huge homeless population even bigger and street sidewalks lined with tarps and tents are not uncommon in lots of south LA. the city government is much kinder to homeless people than elsewhere, and mixed with the warm climate lots of homeless people from across the country end up in LA.

[@SaintLucchese]

@@xXBlackestManXx my uncle moved to Long Beach when I was pretty young and he’s lived with roommates the entire time he’s been there, even with making like 35$/hr+ . That whole area is super super expensive. It’s like taking your chance with the lottery if you’re going to make it or not when you move out there.

[@SaintLucchese]

Actually there was a time he was living in an RV in his “babymommas” parents driveway. I think the RV wrecked actually, but fortunately he found a house and some roommates.

[@theyeetus1428]

@@xXBlackestManXx "The city government is much kinder to homeless people than elsewhere" Do you know about the dude that made tiny houses for homeless people and then the government threw them in the trash?

[@joedd215]

Or SF where homeless people poop on your doorstep

[@starlishiascott6203]

Detroit both is and isn’t as he states it. I live here and there are plenty nice areas. However, it’s a mix, you can go from upper class to, middle class, to welfare class in a 5 minute drive, easy.

[@Cass-es5kl]

Homeless people are in most major cities in CALIFORNIA. I worked with the Homeless for 12 years. Some people want to stay in that lifestyle and some don't.

[@niamtxiv]

Agree

[@mikehunt368]

i struggle to pay to live and i have a college degree... now please tell me how a homeless person should have hope lol

[@dechezhaast]

@@mikehunt368 hope is the only way to overcome... it’s hard, it’s painful, but I’d sooner fight my way through hell than to stay there

[@mikehunt368]

@@dechezhaast you have to get a fast food job (if that’s even possible) making minimum wage, no vehicle... just saying someone “wants to stay homeless” is ignorant

[@Dragonemperess]

Rent for 2000+ For 1 bedroom anyone?

[@cathywolfinger205]

Lav, did you ever think of reacting to events in the states? First off, the Groundhogs Day celebration in Punxatawney, PA - a real hoot which you wouldn’t believe. Also, Marci Gras, St. Patrick’s Day parades. The Mummers on New Years Day!

[@personaldanceparty5518]

I was born in that part of WV & still have a big family there... while I live in Chicago.. south side.. we couldn’t drink the water or wash in it.. and didn’t have in door plumbing.. My cousin & aunt over dosed on the same day.

[@ianloeb1672]

Did they die

[@personaldanceparty5518]

@@ianloeb1672 thank god no... the small county now has 911 services so they got that shot to save the life.

[@ianloeb1672]

@@personaldanceparty5518 glad to hear it

[@hetconaviation2624]

Thanks to you, I've learned a lot about my own country that I never knew. Thanks, mate!

[@gopher6532]

Judging by its name and layout, Sandy Shores is based on the town of Desert Shores and Bombay Beach, both in California. Sandy Shores also shares some inspiration from Niland and Joshua Tree, two other towns in California (which are referenced on the city's street names).- gta wiki

[@maureen14]

Luka you need to change the word "except" to "expect"on your thumbnail. Congrats on the patreon! I enjoy your videos a lot and I will be signing up after the first of February!🇺🇸✌

[@alexilonopoulos3165]

Was waiting for this one

[@clydealvarez3581]

You are on point with "how is that allowed to happen" Thats a million dollar question. How and why. Makes no sense does it. Again greed,no checks and balances. We must care for our children, our future.

[@Sandra_Kidd]

I used to have to drive thru Hilldale, UT and Colorado City, AZ ( the place with the polygamists). Can confirm that place is creepy af! I tried to never stop there. Problem is that it is in the middle of nowhere, so it becomes a place to gas up or fill up your drink.

[@Capydachi]

I drove through there with a friend when I was in school. I had no idea what the place was but I could instantly tell that place was creepy af. Then as my buddy was telling me about the place two cops and some trucks started following us, he told me to pull his pistol out of the glove box and start loading it, he then sped up some and said if they hit their lights we're not stopping. Once we got out of that town he floored it and they finally stopped following us after 5 miles or so. Still kind of freaks me out.

[@Sandra_Kidd]

@@Capydachi Yep, sounds just like it! If I ever had to stop at a gas station I just kept my head down and got out as quick as possible. If you ever want to see more about it, you should check out the show Escaping Polygamy (on demand or Hulu). The show covers polygamy throughout UT, but cover quite a bit from that area.

[@Capydachi]

@@Sandra_Kidd I'll have to check that out

[@kingcarlos7048]

They're starting to relocate to Eagle Mountain, across the lake from Provo. I also ran into a few around the Rexburg/Idaho Falls area dressed up like the Amish

[@cerealkiller193]

@@kingcarlos7048 I live in Saratoga Springs next to Eagle Mountain. I've never seen any polygamous folks around here. Yet...

[@lacidawson]

9:22 - those aren't appliances in that shot. Just metal cabinets. Even the big one is just a metal pantry like cabinet.

[@whoishim2998]

I’ve lived in the “hood” of Chicago and I’d choose that 100% so many memories😣 it’s bad but just gotta no what to do and what not

[@alvallac2171]

*gotta know

[@marynail1611]

My husband is from Logan County, WV where the town of Logan (mentioned in the video) is located, and it is absolutely wild how widespread poverty is in this area. A really interesting topic you should check out is the Buffalo Creek disaster of 1972.

[@TMass38]

Sandy Shores in GTA is based off of Bombay Beach, you are spot on.

[@LeesReviews69]

After he said it and showed them side by side it was very obvious, I didn’t make the connection before.

[@Johndoe-kw5zr]

and I'm pretty sure butchers creek in red dead is WV lol

[@thelegacyshow4248]

Nah, yeah, I live fairly close, this is sandy shores. Every now and then driving there you'll come across small towns and one of them is meant to be brawley, the place i live.

[@sgbench]

@@thelegacyshow4248 Dude, have you ever been to Borrego Springs?

[@33MarciS]

I was thinking about the reservation in South Dakota right before he mentioned it in the video. We were there around 1977 or 1978, and it was terrible. I was 6 years old and remember being so sad about what I saw. I've never forgotten it.

[@SilvanaDil]

And yet, the Detroit institute of Arts, a rather ordinary museum in the U.S., rivals ANY art museum in Canada.

[@immortalfae13]

Ain't nothing like trial & tribulation to inspire you deep down from within to create something beautiful!

[@anastasia10017]

the Detroit institute of Arts is a lovely museum. very impressive and very beautiful.

[@shanebusch8102]

I feel like the DIA is one of the nicer art museums in the U.S though. Although I don’t know shit about art museums.

[@SilvanaDil]

@@shanebusch8102 - If is quite nice. in countries like Canada, it would be considered EXTREMELY nice. But, it can't compete with museums in NYC, LA, DC, Chicago, Boston and Philly.

[@shanebusch8102]

@@SilvanaDil ah I’ve only ever been to the DIA. I knew there were other museums will probably more noteworthy art in the US I just don’t know anything about it. I’ll have to check out the museums in those states for sure.

[@jakebadkins83]

I am from Huntington, West Virginia. There is a documentary on Netflix about that city called HERoin about the opioid epidemic. My parents moved us away when I was 11 even though both sides of our family had lived there (and still do) for generations. I will be forever thankful they did that for us

[@merricat3025]

Few years ago I watched documentary about an area in Appalachia. I don't know if it's the one you're talking about or not. They talked about the living conditions and they had this one kid that got a scholarship to go to college. It was so sad he was home sick and it's going back home. You wanted him so much to get out of there. . He tried so hard to go to school and he got a scohlarship. He was a good football player . What i remember. Drugs were rampant. Horrible teeth. Drinking coke. Teenage pregnancy

[@hannahbeanies8855]

Fellow Huntington native!

[@drksideofthewal]

Seeing the bad makes you appreciate the good, sometimes

[@noracola5285]

Unless you're one of the people who have to live there, then it's just a bad deal all around.

[@drksideofthewal]

@@noracola5285 Of course, I’d rather the bad not exist

[@noracola5285]

@@drksideofthewal Yeah same. We would have to restructure our whole economic and political system around that to really change anything.

[@drksideofthewal]

@@noracola5285 I’m all for that. I think the recent Gamestop incident has begun to shatter the dream that the “free market” is for everyone...

[@J10969]

Born and raised in Chicago. There’s plenty of good areas. Just don’t go to the south side and you’ll be fine. 😂😂😂

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

The carjackings only happening On the south side right?

[@spritelass6712]

Born and raised too. The only time I ever was mugged was when I was in the suburbs. The south and west sides have been so neglected by the city. This can be changed. It would benefit the whole city.

[@kyreejones438]

Shut up

[@asm101999]

I've been to both sides of West Virginia, the city side/D.C. area, and the mountains of WV. It is a pretty.."interesting" place to drive through. Let's just say I didn't plan on stopping and was ready to get out of there lol. I enjoyed the D.C. area though, could definitely move there, although there were still some bad experiences with the poverty and homeless there. Enjoyed the vid bud!

[@brownbear3166]

My mom lived in the tri-state area of Ohio/West Virginia/ Kentucky, and she had no water or electricity growing up. When I was born my mom moved to texas to create a better life for me.

[@MandaDene]

The Huntington/Ashland/Ironton area?

[@brownbear3166]

@@MandaDene Yep, my mom lived in Franklin furnace which isn’t too far from ironton.

[@MandaDene]

@@brownbear3166 That's crazy. My mom is from Portsmouth which is only about 30 min from Ironton. Portsmouth was really prosperous in 60s and 70s due to all of the industry in the area though. My family was full of alcoholics and I don't even know if they would pass for middle class but they never went without utilities. Even now that Portsmouth is completely dead and filled with addicts that is unthinkable. It is crazy how areas can be so close yet completely different. I am from Charleston, WV, and I can drive literally 30 minutes and come in contact with people who have accents so thick I have to concentrate to understand them.

[@brownbear3166]

@@MandaDene oh wow I was born in Huntington, but my parents moved to texas just a few months after I was born. So my mom went without utilities in Franklin furnace when she was a kid, moved to Huntington when she became an adult, and then moved to Houston 10 years later.

[@Jliske2]

Eastern Kentucky is where a lot of my family settled -- it is rough even when you're out of the holler, but the poverty in the holler is difficult to compare.

[@JBBrickman]

He said in Chicago and New Orleans, most of the city is fine but the ghetto area is very violent in Chicago and is very poor in New Orleans. Every major city has its ghetto area the cities themselves are cool to visit!

[@mic1240]

Chicago is not, and has never been, the highest crime or murder rate. It is far bigger than other cities which are much more violent, including St. Louis, New Orleans, Baltimore and many smaller cities like Gary, Camden and others.

[@JBBrickman]

@@mic1240 Its late but i might respond in the morining

[@dagame56]

I really enjoy videos and glad you take interest in the us keep up the great work

[@Marthyboy88]

How this guy didn't include Gary Indiana on this list, I will never know.

[@mycocorleone4771]

because gary is just mini Detroit.

[@JonnyQuest64]

Gary Indiana,Rockford Illinois,Flint Michigan...lots of smaller places left out that are far worse to visit

[@Marthyboy88]

@@mycocorleone4771 yeah but detroit actually does have a COUPLE places that are ok. Gary is just murder city

[@mycocorleone4771]

@@Marthyboy88 🤣 well the murder rate is still worse in Detroit and the sheer size of its ghettos are insane. so thats probably why it was on the list. I've lived here my entire life trust even the inner circle suburbs are ghettos. like river rouge, ecorse, lincoln park, warren etc. its sad cause Your right Detroit had and still does have potential, it will just be a while before we see any drastic improvements

[@BillLaBrie]

Gary is to Detroit what a boutique is to a department store.

[@LGN_Sniper]

I live in Flint, Michigan... which is basically a smaller Detroit and Saginaw, MI is a smaller Flint... Crime is so bad, the water can`t even be trusted. it`s sad, but that`s just how it is I guess.

[@twofortydrifter]

After seeing this, you can understand why many Americans don't really have much sympathy for foreign aid and such. There are people starving and dying right here.

[@ish7957]

Yea, but many americans that don't want to help their fellow Americans who are starving and dying 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@nolaray1062]

@@ish7957 right? A lot of them say that but then when it comes to helping fellow Americans they just call them lazy or they aren’t working towards their goals properly or some crap like that. It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with our flawed systems nooooo. Not at all.

[@pert-smith]

This is the first one of your non sports videos that I’ve heard my hometown mentioned! Why am I proud of this?

[@pert-smith]

He said the murder per capita rate in Chicago isn’t as bad as St. Louis and I jumped out of my seat “BIG UP DA LOU.”

[@varnasblade]

I've heard a veteran say he felt safer in Afghanistan then while visiting Chicago

[@AK-yv1kp]

I doubt that's true. Chicago has horrible violence in the south/west sides but the majority of the city is fine. Unless he was in the safe parts of afganistan and dangerous parts of chicago, I doubt thats true. Chicagos violent crime rate is outside the top 15 in the US. it's just so large the raw numbers are really high

[@varnasblade]

@@AK-yv1kp that's what the guy said maybe he was exaggerating but those are his words

[@lelandc9763]

I've been to New Orleans many times as a kid to visit my brother who lived there. There are a few things I'll always remember 1.all the random parades 2.the naked man who spray painted himself silver and chased my family around (flopping and all) trying to get us to pay to take a pic with him 3. The beautiful scenery and gulf 4. All the homeless people

[@sj4iy]

My great-grandfather lived in a tiny trailor on 88 acres of land and got his water from a stream and had no electricity. This was in the late 90s. He had lived that way for his entire life and didn't feel comfortable any other way.

[@fallsarian5371]

As a Michigander a lot of the problems in Detroit are due Political and Financial leadership and mismanagement, things are steadily improving, going to take some time.

[@alvallac2171]

*Michigander, a *due to political and financial *mismanagement. Things *improving, but it's going

[@ShadowGaming-xw8zj]

**cough** Democrats **cough**

[@butyrate]

Detroit be sketchy don’t even go..... but if your in Michigan you should go to the UP (pictured rocks and houghton) during the fall... the trees are so beautiful and there are many hiking trails, waterfalls, and lakes.

[@AndrewL209]

you should react to Slab City, basically a lawless town in the california desert w the weirdest people youve ever seen. nothing quite like it in america. no law enforcement, no power grid, nothing. truely bizarre

[@_NoHandle_]

For Detroit and Chicago, not all of those two cities is horrible like he makes it seem. My family and I recently visited (pre-pandemic) both Detroit and Chicago and we thoroughly enjoyed both cities. Downtown Detroit is beautiful and we felt safe exploring the area day and evening. We even attended a couple of outdoor evening concerts there and visited several museums like the Detroit History Museum, Motown Museum, and the main location for the public library. Chicago was also fun, we took an hour walk from Wacker to McCormick Place. We rode the city bus on our visit to the Science and Industry Museum, explored the Millennium Park area, rode the El around the city, etc. We spent time visiting the touristy areas and museums of both cities and loved them both!

[@tieneeddoawestruck2036]

I'm from se Kentucky, and when coal mining went away it was replaced with meth and pills. Totally devastated these areas, perhaps beyond repair. THere isn't anything to hope for or dream about anymore, so people just numb the heartache and wait to die.

[@bobbacon553]

I used to live in Rapid City South Dakota which is close to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Spent lots of time there and many of my friends are Lakota Sioux. It's so tragic how poor they are.

[@_Lucifer_Sam]

Detroit = Cars (automotive industry) Detroit ("Motor City")

[@drksideofthewal]

Also the birthplace of “Motown” music

[@ApolloTheDerg]

I believe Explore with Us did a video with the FLDS and was able to talk to some of the kind people there, it’s well worth a watch.

[@ericmeyers6554]

Could you do a reaction to the History of Detroit?

[@mycocorleone4771]

i agree

[@ShadowGaming-xw8zj]

Corrupt Democrats fucking disintegrated Detroit

[@patty7beth]

Detroit - and especially Chicago - and New Orleans - also have luxury high rise apartments, gleaming modern office towers, businesses, nice residential neighborhoods etc. So NO - it's not the city "as a whole." It's the bad parts of the city are much worse than the bad parts of other cities.Rural Appalachia's poverty is truly shocking - but there are still areas that are OK. What this video REALLY illustrates is the vast income discrepancy between the haves and have nots in much of America.

[@Ivan-jp9pl]

I would never Expect* this in the US

[@lavluka6210]

Blame my editor 😂😂

[@dianem8544]

@@lavluka6210 Get him to fix it, dude. He's hurting your brand.

[@user-hh7tj4pi4c]

@@lavluka6210 eeeh it's okay. The dogs are funny too. I didn't even notice. Part of the charm of KZbin.

[@glendanichols9545]

Appalachian lady here. I have lived in this area my whole life. It really is a struggle for survival. For 90% of people there is no hope to ever break free of this life. My grandparents had an outhouse and no hot water in the house. My grandmother cooked on a wood burning stove. Also, no clothes dryer or ac. I grew up in 4 small rooms with a wood burning stove for heat. The windows shook because they were barely hanging in the frames. I grew up with plastic sheeting covering the windows. If we didn’t do that we would have frozen to death. It was over an hour drive to buy groceries. People rely on drinking, drugs, and anything to escape reality. I went to school, got my teaching degree, and came back to try to help the kids who grew up like me. The poverty and despair seems never ending. It is soul destroying. It literally destroys your hope for the future.

[@liftediq8726]

Honestly his overreacting on Detroit and New Orleans. They are not that bad and the violence is isolated.

[@xy3zx414]

Bro what?

[@alvallac2171]

*Honestly, he's (contraction of "he is/has") "His" is for possession.

[@shannadavis8283]

Knowing these things happen and seeing them happen definitely hit differently

[@lilblondiebear]

I grew up near Detroit; ever seen the movie "8 Mile?" Yup, it's that bad. But if you continue east on 8 Mile toward Lake St. Clair, it suddenly becomes "Vernier" road and has some of the most seriously gorgeous homes I've ever seen.

[@nessa_vg]

That's so true. The houses get so pretty and it is sad how Detroit is in such disrepair

[@whyaddnamehere]

Both sides of my family is from the southern part of east Kentucky. My Grandpa grew up without running water and left when he was 16.

[@yashar6595]

ROFL, this guy has never been to Detroit, its not fully empty, it has over 700,000 residents, the problem with Detroit is, its a massive city that can fit Boston, New York, and San Francisco all within its borders, so some areas are deserted, but NOT all, he is beyond exaggerting. Midtown, Downtown, Corktown among some others have seen huge numbers in residency increase not to mention all the development, I'd suggest watching another video on it, he also says the past few years little of improvement, they have torn down tens of thousand of homes and sold off more to be refurbished, he didnt do any research on it, this video is probably the most accurate and is 5 years out of date, BUT still shows how Detroit is actually coming back kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6fadmSMlsRnbtE BTW appreciate your videos, just a passionate Michigander who loves Detroit, keep the videos coming

[@frosteklips9069]

For real when I heard him talking about Detroit I was so confused. He said there was no nice areas like wtf. Downtown Detroit is nice than half of the other big cities in the country. Dude had no clue what he was talking about

[@GoUMBuckeyeater]

Facts. Detroit is awesome. The D probably has some of the richest culture and history in the US. I’m from Grand Rapids so I go visit Detroit often because I love it. Even thought about moving there. It’s grown so much in the downtown area. People from other parts of the country and even Michigan just love to laugh and crap on Detroit but Detroit is pretty much what built this state. All love from a fellow Michigander.

[@yashar6595]

@@frosteklips9069 My brother moved to LA, he said LA has worse areas than Detroit, he was like all the homeless people out there under bridges and highway overpasses is insane, people have the stereotype because Detroit was a predominant Black city, its all race based 1960s garbage the media clings to

[@yashar6595]

@@GoUMBuckeyeater Preach my friend, Detroit is an amazing city, it has the largest donated artwork collection of ANY museum, it is the ONLY american city built like the French style and not the lame grid system you see in every major city in Europe and America, its more like a spoke wheel with streets radiating out, not to mention the River walk they invested millions in where you see everyone from all walks of life just hanging out having fun, people who talk trash about Detroit NEVER been to Detroit, look at all those celebs that filmed here during the tax credit period for filming, they all said how they fell in love with it, FACTS

[@ShadowGaming-xw8zj]

That’s funny cuz wayyy back in the day it was over 2 mil

[@ashleydixon4613]

I’m from Central Arkansas-the Little Rock metro area- and I can definitely confirm that the Mississippi river delta is just freaking depressing. The Mississippi river forms our eastern border with Tennessee and Mississippi it’s mostly just flat farmland, small towns that everyone tries to escape, and poverty. Driving through there...I am in my home state, but it’s nothing like where I live, just a couple of hours away.

[@Bizness20]

I find it funny how he glances over St. Louis, not even mentioning East St. Louis which has been voted the most dangerous city in America, could do a video just on that itself.

[@toddbrown242]

I don't think Baltimore was mentioned either. I guess we're moving up in the world! Edit: Nevermind, apparently Baltimore's murder rate is 51 per 100,000 people. Higher than Detroit's 38.9 per 100,000 or New Orleans' 37.1 per 100,000. Guess we still suck :(

[@chaost4544]

The St. Louis and Baltimore statistics are a bit misleading because they both are separate from the counties so that impacts the per 100,000 statistic pretty drastically. St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in the country but it's in a small area. If St. Louis and St. Louis county were considered one entity like most cities, the St. Louis crime rate would decrease pretty significantly.

[@Krackatau]

@@chaost4544 True. I've lived around St. Louis my whole life and the majority of it is just as safe as any other major city, but there are a few areas that are just so bad, that it skews everything

[@rdizzy1]

Too short of a video to hit every city that is dangerous, Rochester and Buffalo NY around here are bad as well.

[@SMoFoGuy]

Hey homie, I am lovin these reaction videos about the U.S. I know you said you wanna wait till you're 21 to travel to the States (solid idea as we have awesome beer all across the country) but if you ever find yourself planning a trip lemme know! I've been to every state besides Alaska and Wisconsin and have lived on both coasts. If you ever find your self in San Diego, I'd love to show you how we live out here! Cheers and keep up the good work bud!

[@bethneubacher8985]

Okay, as for the reservations (Lakota being one of them) all of them are considered "sovereign nations" They make their own laws per the tribal council and have their own tribal police. They receive free housing, free medical and free education, even college tuition. If there is a casino on tribal land they all get a share of it if it's handled properly. Sadly, there is a great deal of crime on the reservations. The houses that the government built several decades ago were vandalized because many refused to accept western housing. It's sad and I know this because my husband worked as a res cop for many years. There are a lot of good people that he dealt with but at the same time, there is so much corruption. Not all reservations are run this badly. There are quite a few that have done a wonderful job. The ones he mentions in the film are the worst. They want everyone who isn't "native" to leave this country and go back to "where they came from". It's the kind of situation that will never be resolved until those views change......sad to say.

[@djprideone1]

the l.a place you are talking about is in downtown l.a infront of the police station ... in skidrow but no one lives there theres only warehouses and busineses ... (im from l.a if you were wondering)

[@kaybriannejohnson8134]

I used to live in Utah when I was younger and there are some parts that are extremely weird and not good but there are some parts that are really good. But it definitely isn't my favorite state in general. Not saying it's bad or anything I just rather live elsewhere.

[@franostrowski3706]

The US government is more concerned about helping every other country but their own. We have veterans, elderly, people with mental health issues who are homeless, which is unconscionable in a country like the US.

[@KDH-br6hy]

What countries do they help

[@Beowulf8989]

I'll always remember the Salton Sea from BRPD and Abe Sapien comics, which were spin offs of Hellboy. It takes a special kind of crazy to look at an industrial accident and declare it a natural wonder.