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@mikepayne43876 жыл бұрын
CharlieBo313 Not trying to be political but hasn’t every city you’ve driven in been controlled by Democrats for the past 50+ yrs?
@FREEDOMIST6176 жыл бұрын
Mike Payne All the southern states are Republican run. The poorest states are just about all Republican
@FREEDOMIST6176 жыл бұрын
Mike Payne Lets be real though. Both parties have screwed the American working class. Was it Republican or Democrat business owners who shipped jobs overseas leaving places like Detroit in ruin? Usually wealthy businessmen are Republican. Not always but usually. Both parties have screwed us. Dont act like the Republicans are some kind of saviors. If republicans ran things thered be no social programs. At least the democrats try to help the poor working class more than Republicans
@grahamwellington65566 жыл бұрын
States? The cities in question are run by dems.
@FREEDOMIST6176 жыл бұрын
Graham Wellington There are hundreds of cities run by republicans that are dirt poor ad well. See West Virginia and small rural Appalachia for starters. Charlie is showing inner city hoods. It could just as easy be the rural poor in their shacks and trailers.
@chubbycatfish45736 жыл бұрын
"East St. Louis Hoods" is a misnomer. East St. Louis is a hood.
@yvngjoint5 жыл бұрын
Yeah but there's hoods within the hoods. Rs .. Its like subdivisions in a white town. (The shields, weathers, the gomps, etc) many more but idc to name them all.
@hanggeng72695 жыл бұрын
East Los Angeles is a hood too
@clarissaxplainsitalll5 жыл бұрын
No.... what he means is the whole city of East St Louis is the hood.. ain’t no cops coming to save you
@asadfalconsfan18515 жыл бұрын
Hang Geng los angelos hoods are soft
@aidancollins46455 жыл бұрын
@@hanggeng7269 in the 90s they were tuff
@melissafinley59186 жыл бұрын
I live about 50 miles north of East St. Louis/ St. Louis. I'm a 53 year old white lady, and I gotta say, I really enjoy your videos. You keep things real, you don't try to sugar coat things, or add more drama than there really is. Keep up the good work...
@darkjord582310 ай бұрын
@@jamesarmstrong88 stand what? 50 miles north is a whole different world. you think it looks like this 50 miles out? Nah, hell it done look like this 4 miles out. 5 miles out theres mansions and shit. This is just a very small area of st louis.
@pswilson10006 жыл бұрын
I grew up on 62 street, moved to 74th street in the 70’s. Attended Martin Luther King Jr. High School and graduated from Assumption. I have friends still living and working in East St. Louis. There are many good people trying to do right and make a difference there. Great memories!
@coolc80175 жыл бұрын
pswilson1000 that’s nice to know
@carlaiello19935 жыл бұрын
What's your point!
@Maaaatttttt5 жыл бұрын
Stop
@bigvalley49875 жыл бұрын
pswilson1000 I know some of the Best families that lived in E St. Louis, ILL.🥰
@kwanculturel87244 жыл бұрын
I wish i could contact my half siblings from your home town, mark and Margaret; theyvare twins that i think would be about your age. I have never seen them but maybey once. I talked to them on the phone way back in the seventies........
@camiblutube71165 жыл бұрын
For a lot of people on here, this is East Saint Louis, in Illinois! If you go across any bridge, across the Mississippi River, you will be in Saint Louis, Missouri! Different cities, different states! This city is East of Saint Louis, that's why it's called East Saint Louis! And yes, it was once beautiful! My great grandmother and grandmother told me so! They had stores, clubs, grocery stores, and famous people would come there to have a nice time! Yes, there are many issues with this city, but it's not as cut and dry as some may think! This is my city, and although it is in sure need of help, I still love it and my people!
@KSmall109CAB5 жыл бұрын
Keep the faith!
@umartal99584 жыл бұрын
@@barrackhussein464 you was in special ed huh? She said ESL is il.. It's it own city and it is east of STL.
@chuckkottke4 жыл бұрын
I could see that at one time it was prosperous, my Uncle John had a bakery in your town. I sure do hope the city makes a comeback, most of the houses and apartments look good, just need more businesses to grow back the economy, maybe worker owned enterprises?
@joeass8834 жыл бұрын
Good for you. Move back and live in it. No one is stopping you. Have at it lover of ESL
@camiblutube71164 жыл бұрын
@@joeass883 To whom are you referring?!
@drekinz6 жыл бұрын
I like watching your videos because they give me a perspective that I didn't have before, thanks :D
@601TRAVELS6 жыл бұрын
Thats why I love them too, feels like I'm ridin shotgun!
@tishkerrville89426 жыл бұрын
Dre they sure do ...shows how the economy really is ✌
@shaunhindahl28844 жыл бұрын
Y'all can come chill on the stoop with me sometime, up close, give you a nice perspective of the Economy 🕵️🕵️😁 YFAMC THRUSHLIFE
@TicklerDude4 жыл бұрын
I live in a rich, white neighborhood. The economy is doing great. #TRUMP2020
@mickdavis23854 жыл бұрын
@@tishkerrville8942 It doesn't count in areas where people don't want to work.
@icetheking43105 жыл бұрын
Keep y'all heads up to everybody still in EastSTL. Im gone to college now. But I'm comin back. And when I come back we gon bring ourselves back up. We gon make it far. Don't lose hope
@Owen_O-Quinn5 жыл бұрын
Mychael Hunt that is awesome bro 🙏🏽
@chriscook12495 жыл бұрын
Keep the faith Mychael Hunt..don't pay ant attention to the haters.
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
Mychael Hunt you going to graduate with gangsta degree, well done, you going to be promoted to mob boss
@user-rx6km2de4m5 жыл бұрын
Hope is already lost. Just look at the video! ROTFLOL
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
UNCLE JED bruddah is going to bring business to the place, lots of opportunities will be created, we going to have a drug corporation
@vangazmicvoyage50776 жыл бұрын
I've never been to St. Louis, my father spent the last few years of his life there, he had family there who I had never met. He bought a home in East St. Louis and I had no idea what the area looked like until after his death. Don't understand why he would choose to live there, he had the means to do better. Ironically, when he died it wasn't neighborhood criminals who plundered his estate, it would be his own family.
@llhenderson93576 жыл бұрын
VANgazmic Voyage Did u know east St.Louis is really Illinois. Once you cross the Missouri bridge your in Illinois. which is east of St. Louis. This not Saint Louis MO
@vangazmicvoyage50776 жыл бұрын
LL Henderson I knew that.
@austinsimms87636 жыл бұрын
Yea it really is fucked up overthere n that is so stupid for them to do that
@jeffking41765 жыл бұрын
VANgazmic Voyage Both St.Louis, and East St.Louis have interesting histories. Both very different, yet very similar. I was born and raised in University City, and had friends who lived in E.St.L. So I’m familiar with both. I can understand why one can have an attachment to even E.St.L. It was dangerous for sure, but back then, I never had any problems ( and I’m white). The city has very little tax base , and seems no matter who was in power, politics has always been corrupt. So very little ever gets done. Very sad for the decent people trying to scratch out a living, trying to survive.
@corneliaadams93985 жыл бұрын
love
@Nortfortress6 жыл бұрын
You should start commentary and talk about the history of each city. Just a suggestion. Otherwise great videos and very unique idea you have here
@johnmarks7143 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Even better is if Charlie offers both the commentary and non-commentary versions
@johngreen35432 жыл бұрын
Charlie we like the vlogs just the way you do them with no music and no commentary Thanks.
@215Christ6 жыл бұрын
east st. louis is in illinois, its own city across the river from st. louis missouri...
@niukkafukkyodeadppls20086 жыл бұрын
215Christ yea no shit
@iknowdeweybrudda65646 жыл бұрын
215Christ day St. Louis is even worse
@thedarklord61306 жыл бұрын
Missouri can have it
@toxin65845 жыл бұрын
No duh
@JamesYoung-vi6lm5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's across the river but it's still connected..... It's all the same city really. It's like saying the Bronx NY isn't in net York City ... All the boroughs make up New York City . Every major city like that and that's why they are so big cause they swallow up all the smaller towns around it over time.... Just like saint Louis MO is made up of a bunch of smaller towns that are connected
@tyd34074 жыл бұрын
To be honest, it looks like a town that was developed in the 20's-60's, and just stopped there dead in it's tracks for 50+ years, architecturally, and residentially speaking
@KennyboyGM2 жыл бұрын
Typical Midwest city .
@packers_fan_10762 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what happened
@TheTacticalMess2 жыл бұрын
East St. Louis has a really long history which is part of why it is now. Look up the East St. Louis riots. White people (I’m white) were incredibly nasty to the people living in East St. Louis and killed a lot of people there. It’s honestly disgusting. East St. Louis was once an industrial town but the switch from using boats to railroads very negatively effected the local economy. Over the years the town has been seeded with corruption in nearly every facet. Landlords of East St. Louis houses often find ways to take advantage of renters. The police force and public officials have long been corrupt. Historic racism is a large part as to why it’s remained underfunded for so long.
@C2424211 ай бұрын
ESL was founded in the 1800s and was basically the Pittsburgh of the Midwest. It was full of industry. Railroads, meatpacking, coal, steel. A lot of goods were made and/or stored there back in the day. But local tax laws changed, workers began unionizing and eventually, they built the interstate through the city. So, some businesses relocated to areas with lower taxes, others like the St. Louis Stockyards left after the interstate was built because they no longer needed to use the railroad to ship cattle to the meatpacking plant so they built new plants closer to the cattle ranches and no longer employed unionized labor. The interstate also allowed residents to move into new homes that were being built in St. Louis County, those newly founded subdivisions also had better schools, so moving was a no-brainer. The locals in East St. Louis will all say to "bring back the white people" but the truth is they don't need white people to save them, ESL needs to produce again. They need an economy that's run from within. The real estate market in ESL is mostly run by Sieron & Associates. And they run predatory practices, sellers put a down payment on a house and pay the rest over the course of a year. By the end of the year, the seller most pay the remaining debt on the house or be evicted. Few of the businesses left there are actually run by people who live there. So none of the revenue ever returns to the city. It goes to wherever the business owners live.
@KN-ko8ez6 жыл бұрын
Sure seems like these areas are growing by the day here in America. Sad reality. Looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
@johnjacob49736 жыл бұрын
Sum b milwaukee is exactly what you’ve just described.
@wildearth39925 жыл бұрын
Kyle Niquette You obviously never seen the Bronx in 80´s
@ussocom36445 жыл бұрын
@NATIONALIST #PATRIOT "good majority black/diverse neighborhoods" Ah, fantasy land. Those don't exist.
@senordicknose81064 жыл бұрын
U ain't lying
@sKid-zy1ss4 жыл бұрын
NATIONALIST #PATRIOT Are there any nice black neighborhoods ?
@burnthemachine10216 жыл бұрын
It's way more intimidating at night. Trust me.
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
Glenn Pettiford I am from London, I want to go there
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
PoofyHD they are a friendly bunch
@ksmccoy825 жыл бұрын
Only the strong survive so keep ur scary ass where u are.
@nathanflecke96355 жыл бұрын
Very very true I had the pleasure of that experience on Martin Luther king jr drive last night
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
Nathan Flecke bruddah I want to go there, and I am from London, I want to fight there, looks like the right place
@evilrabbit2385 жыл бұрын
East boogie city of champions 💯💯💯
@gigglesman-zd8sy4 ай бұрын
On the folkzzz
@xiaotianlv63485 жыл бұрын
I experienced a carjacking in St.Louis. Then about two weeks later, the police told me my car was found in east S t.Louis. Things got too overwhelming and I was just a student in USA for two month.
@celticwolf61025 жыл бұрын
Welcome to America lol
@yizhuang16125 жыл бұрын
SLU还是Washu?
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
Xiaotian Zhu China Man U should have done Kung fu on the thieve
@TheTacticalMess5 жыл бұрын
There are pockets of bad areas in St. Louis. I really hope this didn’t turn you away from it though. St. Louis can be and is a beautiful place. Sorry you went through that.
@c3realK1ll4h5 жыл бұрын
CelticWolf am I welcome too?
@CS-mo7xp5 жыл бұрын
8:30 guy in the white tshirt is frozen in time
@IntellectuallyAstute6 жыл бұрын
This is my hometown! Born & raised!! I almost felt like I were in the vehicle with you. This may just have been the push I needed to relocate out of state. (Never looked at it through this lense before)
@IntellectuallyAstute6 жыл бұрын
East Saint
@maryellenwood20326 жыл бұрын
Hey neighbor. From Cahokia. Spent many days in East St. Louis.
@jaybone21896 жыл бұрын
Miss D. Do you know the howard family from east stl sister?
@IntellectuallyAstute6 жыл бұрын
No! Doesn't ring a bell.
@davidcase22086 жыл бұрын
you see any crazy things growing up there? I'm from alton and went down there to get some burnt cd's with a friend of mine at a flea market. we went further into the city and my friend said he could get bud and that he had done it before. I have no idea why I ever agreed but I did, turns out he didnt have the money!!!. It was during the summer and instead of heading straight out, he pulled a U turn and a crack head jumped in front of us and stopped our car. Before I knew it he was asking for a ride and he climbs in the whip sitting right behind me in the back seat. he seen an amp screwed into the seat and started ripping it off the seat. Once he had it he just calmly walked away. DUMBEST SHIT I EVER DID IN MY LIFE.
@johnyapple84474 жыл бұрын
This comment section (including the replies) demonstrates that we, as Americans, are not working together for a better society. Consequently, society will not improve until everyone is working together rather than for themselves. Race, socioeconomic status, religion, etc. is so important to many of you that you refuse to cooperate with anyone that thinks differently from yourselves. That leads to isolation and even greater homogenous ideologies. This is what is driving a great divide between people.
@msdecemberloveangel82363 жыл бұрын
Amen brother very well spoken. Facts tho.
@MrJudo2go6 жыл бұрын
Hell, that looks good compared to the last time I was back there. I can't tell State St. from Missouri Avenue. It all looks the same. This is my home and I'm not ashamed to say it. But the shame is the decades of corruption that has always existed in East St. Louis, way before white flight. It would take a miracle to turn it around. Blessings be upon you, East St. Louis.
@Goodwithmyhands24 жыл бұрын
Quit voting those pigs back in there. The tax payers should demand better.
@lauradunn46152 жыл бұрын
My home too in 70s Belleville is starting to go down too
@StLMoWeathershare6 жыл бұрын
I am so glad that you uploaded this video. They are always showing how beautiful the arch grounds are with all of the new renovations but they don't show you the slums that you have to go through to get there. It's a total embarrassment.
@stephenbrand5661 Жыл бұрын
First 39 seconds is straight up nice, way better than I expected.
@douglaskasten46306 жыл бұрын
Damn, just a wasteland, keep showing the truth charlie. Btw, congrats on 70k subs
@DavidCanada-hz9dq6 жыл бұрын
Douglas Kasten Fuck you hating ass Bitch this my City Born and Raised love my City you must not be from here why you Hating!!
@douglaskasten46306 жыл бұрын
David Canada 1975 cool, glad you stayed, but can't deny the truth, it's 1/2 dead
@rakedog6 жыл бұрын
Douglas Kasten it’s not a wasteland, that’s just how it is on a rainy day in winter. Nobody wants to go out because it’s too cold. Go to St. Louis on a warm day, and it’s a pretty lively place.
@douglaskasten46306 жыл бұрын
Rakedog do the bldgs come out when it warms up too???? That's the wasteland
@rakedog6 жыл бұрын
Douglas Kasten I’m assuming you mean buildings and yes there are buildings in St. Louis. Just because there aren’t very many in a small part of the city doesn’t mean that the rest isn’t populated and ,like I said, lively.
@rhymeasylum29696 жыл бұрын
You growing dawg🙏🏿 keep grindin
@StuntmanBeatz3136 жыл бұрын
I aint gon lie, look alot like Detroit..
@SagHill_2554 жыл бұрын
Same builders
@tankshots34524 жыл бұрын
Stuntman Beatz it’s worse than Detroit though.
@witkneemenyon56124 жыл бұрын
Yeah the houses n streets . They houses just not as big ( speaking of west side )
@willnewman24184 жыл бұрын
Tank Shots yeah way higher murder rate
@abbykirubakaran1604 жыл бұрын
fr fr
@doyleholloway18186 жыл бұрын
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE POOR NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTH ST LOUIS... I CELEBRATED MY 21ST BIRTHDAY OVER THE RIVER INTO E.ST LOUIS... THAT WAS IN 1959.. I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1962... BEST DECISION I EVER MADE...
@RossCuth4 жыл бұрын
Notice how near enough every pedestrian stares at the car, like they're waiting for the car to stop to jack it or something. I'd be shitting myself if a gang of 4-5 turned and looked at my car lol
@JohnDavis-de7xm6 жыл бұрын
Keep on bringing those videos, Charlie.
@pickywolf27286 жыл бұрын
John Davis ok then SUPPORT! Contribute to help him.
@RoundenBrown2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading a story about a US Marine in Iraq from East STL; he said he felt safer in Iraq than he did back home in East STL.
@jamesbenedict72065 жыл бұрын
Hay hommey know where i can get a set of hubcaps for my Family Truckster!
@itspbitch31095 жыл бұрын
People don’t realize when you walking thru it’s a different scenery you see a lot of shit walking thru the hood
@kd8opi6 жыл бұрын
Charlie, what was happening at the 9:00 mark - looks like you broke something up. Did they see your dash cam and make you out for a cop?
@dickblackbeard57526 жыл бұрын
kd8poi for sure
@StonerFromThe6186 жыл бұрын
Shit I live 10 mins away I know how estl works. Them boys had some shit on em forsure
@yvngjoint5 жыл бұрын
Thats the city lol yu cant b just posted up at the store . thats opp shit in those boys eyes omm
@erinjones67055 жыл бұрын
Until people give their hearts and lives to JESUS CHRIST this world will always be a sinful nation
@brendanwilson48764 жыл бұрын
Erin Jones really?
@nellz82775 жыл бұрын
This not St Louis , This is Illinois🤦🏽♂️
@nathanhoernis1614 жыл бұрын
Bitch it says east st.louis
@reggrice31754 жыл бұрын
@@nathanhoernis161 i use to think it was in Missouri too...dont get mad or feel stupid..we learning everyday fam
@jessiewilliams8184 жыл бұрын
Not even 10min,a bridge away
@myLordisHoly5 жыл бұрын
You only traveled from 10th in State to Bond Ave. You passed by all the projects.
@thefolks51995 жыл бұрын
Cuz he spooked
@boricuafrican14 жыл бұрын
@@thefolks5199 this is the same guy who gets out of his car to interview gang members....at night.
@Jstaywinnin4 жыл бұрын
@@thefolks5199 or he just didnt feel like it it was raining
@sparklesthecat65076 жыл бұрын
Been there don't want to go back.
@DurandMj4 жыл бұрын
Me too!..
@jacobbecker19056 жыл бұрын
I live about 10 minutes from east STL. And need to go through it to get to STL. Never had a problem driving through there. Seen some pretty kind people while I’m at it. But yes there are definitely streets and blocks you don’t want to get caught on.
@adamhonestyanddecency50546 жыл бұрын
Jacob Becker Yeah, I've been through there and most people are pretty cool. Like you said, just certain places.
@UnderAlog5726 жыл бұрын
What do you mean caught on and what would happen
@terryg9956 жыл бұрын
He simply means the people don't bother anyone as long as you mind your business they mind theirs. No one is gonna assault you or jack you for your possessions. Hell, you rarely even see anyone out unless you're on State Street. You rarely see crowds exceeding two or three walking around or sitting on the front porch.
@seheadhunter506 жыл бұрын
that's because East St.Louis is too empty now. North is where the hoods at
@---cr8nw6 жыл бұрын
Just keep your car moving. If you stop for too long, you might get an interrogation. If your car is too nice, it might get a few dents and scratches. If your car breaks down, call someone you know that can get there fast. (Uber won't help you in the hood.) But if you just keep moving and mind your business, you'll be fine.
@esthergutierrez9312 жыл бұрын
Me and my husband drove by these neighborhoods and was in awe. I didn't realize it could get this bad. So many abandoned houses it looked dead but then randomly I'd see someone on a porch or parking in a driveway into their homes which were right next to homes that were either collapsing or abandoned or both.
@markstockard12156 жыл бұрын
Notice the lack of proper infrastructure like Storm drains. Then notice that the deteriorating buildings/business are far away from where people actually live. Does it actually take a Rocket Scientist to even point that out?
@kannon39796 жыл бұрын
Your videos give the next hood hope😂
@601TRAVELS6 жыл бұрын
These videos are on point
@evamcinnis79926 жыл бұрын
K Hardy It starts with self to insight people to do better for the community.
@donsmith38573 жыл бұрын
what kind of hope? that some dumbass can drive around a cesspit shithole bum fucked wasteland without getting capped? ROFLMFAO
@lauradunn46152 жыл бұрын
People come see dupo this can't be blamed on anyone but white people shame on them and the mayor
@PJBovio6 жыл бұрын
Charlie, I have to thank you for your outstanding videos that refuse to let us pull the blinds down over our eyes and ignore the horror of poverty and desolation that exists in this country. My god, it's DEATH. It isn't just poverty, it's boarded up, pock-marked, dried up, soul-draining DEATH. What isn't boarded up is unlivable. And some are still living in what IS boarded up. And the trees just standing there on dead land with dead branches reaching up to absolutely NOTHING. If you want the answer to why there's so much violence and drug abuse in our country, just take a look at this video and others like them.
@TheTacticalMess5 жыл бұрын
Passed through East St. Louis so many times in my car and on the MetroLink. Never truly been deep in it though. It’s a shame. Looks like such a beautiful place. Seedy politics, corruption, historic socioeconomic issues... it all adds together.
@tmccullough12516 жыл бұрын
I love this. It's like from the vantage point of a ghost.
@nuckymancini70134 жыл бұрын
8:48 they look like they cn @ghost
@KKelly-ng1ni3 жыл бұрын
I went to see Mike Epps live some years ago in St. Louis and he mentioned going over to East St. Louis. People started clapping, he paused and blurted out, "East Saint Louis look like Baghdad!"
@DONNYPESO6 жыл бұрын
Is that East Saint Louis Illinois the 618 I got family out there
@camiblutube71165 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@jeffha40576 жыл бұрын
I travel a lot for work and Cairo, IL is the scariest place I've been to. I lived close to East St. Louis and worked in North St. Louis for five years.
@spicyroads6 жыл бұрын
Jeff Ha I went thru Cairo a year ago , most shocking place I’ve seen in the USA. I’m in Guatemala now and feeel much safer than that place
@terryg9956 жыл бұрын
ball keith Bullshit, there's no one or nothing in Cairo, so who's after you there, except the ghosts of what once was?
@terryg9956 жыл бұрын
Jeff Ha, I gotta agree, I took a side trip there out of my way to ESL once just to see the Ohio & Mississippi Confluence and I was shocked and dumbfounded by what ever happened there. I had to read the history to find out. Bigotry is a mutha, the prejudice wasn't nearly as bad in ESL. I am into urbexing, but I had no desire to explore this place. It's just eerie.
@jacobbecker19056 жыл бұрын
Jeff Ha I’ve heard this so many times. Never been down there. How is it scary?
@theblacksheep52266 жыл бұрын
I live in Cairo now and used to live in East St Louis. Cairo does have a nice hood far off the main drag where I live, but yeah otherwise its crap. ESL much, much worse, has been for decades. Total hopeless wasteland. Some crazy stuff always happening in ESL 24/7.
@williamrowlands17894 жыл бұрын
I remember riding thru East St Louis back in the early 80's on my way to Texas. It was a very run down and scary looking place back then and see it hasn't changed much in 40 years. Thankfully I was safe on a Greyhound bus at the time. Never would have driven a car thru there.
@Texas88882 жыл бұрын
It's STL Will ..some places you go some you don't ..from 80s-2022 .. a grad.from O'Fallon tech 88 some places in the school you didn't go..lol
@braze6695 жыл бұрын
Picked a good day to joy ride through my city it was all wet and had rained. We don’t go outside too much when it’s like this, come on hot day😉
@carlaiello19935 жыл бұрын
There's no sharks in that water! Grab some soap!
@babiivo16 жыл бұрын
East Coast ghettos always look worse than Midwest/South counterparts. I guess that's because cities on the East are more urban. It's just gritty af. Midwest and South have that suburban look, well at most a suburb nobody is taking care of, but it doesn't look as run down as Bmore, Philly and DC. I know it has nothing to do with how dangerous they are, just saying visually they look better, but Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, NOLA, etc. are, as we all know, really dangerous.
@killabitch5046 жыл бұрын
big abandoned building vs fucked up dalapted houses built in the 1900's
@babiivo16 жыл бұрын
Sum b I'm from Europe acrually. Yeah, East coast is definitely more urban and dense, but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with liberalism. Here we don't have big properties because Europe is way more dense than USA. Plus it's architecture is way older. It's hard to describe how much. I live in an average neighborhood of an average European city, none of them famous for being too old or historic, yet both far older than any American city. Any, literally.
@babiivo16 жыл бұрын
Sum b Whoa whoa dude, chill. I didn't say anything offensive, only that I don't see a connection between liberalism and dense housing. 1st of all I'm not a foreigner. My ancestor have been on this land since the 7th century probably, while yours... most likely your grandpa came where you are, if that. 2nd yeah, I'm brainwashed... 3rd learn geography Europe is a fucking CONTINENT, not a COUNTRY. So, if Sweden is socialist, doesn't mean that my country idk how many 1000s of km far away is. 4th I don't hate guns, but you guys over there have a big gun problem. Facts. Toughest Eu cities would be considered safe in USA and vice versa cities like Seattle and Denver (considered safe in USA) would be god damn dangerous here in Europe. So it's either a gun problem or you guys are naturally more crazy and violent. Pick one. 5th aren't SF and cities like that richer than Iowa and Texas?
@babiivo16 жыл бұрын
Sum b You have no idea what 3rd world means, trust me.
@babiivo16 жыл бұрын
none of your damn business Yeah, older, that's true. But midwestern/southern hoods look suburban-ish, if that makes sense. Nice big house with a decent amount of soace. Vacant, half ruined, I agree, but still like a decent house. Northeast is all too dense, looks like people are living too close to each other, also everything is stone/brick/whatever and it makes it look way worse, visually that is.
@benjordon806 жыл бұрын
"We can't close our eyes to the plight of the city. Kids, you noticing all this plight? (Gunshot, followed by screams.) Roll 'em up."
@rxklordescobar92705 жыл бұрын
EAST ST LOUIS AINT DAT BAD IT JUST LOOK RUFF U MIND YO BUSINESS U A HAVE NO PROBLEM
@carlaiello19935 жыл бұрын
Nigga please
@KHH5955 жыл бұрын
Lord Loc if only that were true. Victims are often doing nothing but minding their own business.
@tnisiadunn56885 жыл бұрын
@WORDto BIGbird You are right. I lived there amost all my life. Still have family there. You will get robbed but they ain't gonna kill you. Unless you did something real bad.
@jamaalhorton23435 жыл бұрын
Lord Loc you spoke the whole truth!! I love home!! It was love there for me! Born and Raised in East Saint Rock Warrior stand up!
@jamaalhorton23435 жыл бұрын
TNisia Dunn the whole truth they only kill you if you done something!!
@llhenderson93576 жыл бұрын
This is not Saint Louis MO. This is Illinois, once you cross Saint Louis Bridge downtown your in Illinois Which is east of Saint Louis. That's why this area is called east Saint Louis. THIS IS ILLINOIS
@carlaiello19935 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows einstein
@TheKishWatson4 жыл бұрын
Carl Aiello 😂😂😂
@eddiew23253 жыл бұрын
@@TheKishWatson shut ip carl
@vtoohigh49525 жыл бұрын
One thing i can say about estl is, we produce a lot of good athletes. We have lost so many this year to gun violence its sad .
@terrystarks25075 жыл бұрын
Praying for E.St. Louis... Its not the City . Its the people..that's the problem.
@bigvalley49875 жыл бұрын
Terry Starks The people is lovely. It is the Politicians. The people are commoners. Please do not blame this on the citizenry.☑️
@MichaelJohnson-zt3wt3 жыл бұрын
This is sad 😭 how a lot of our black people choose to live like this
@katiesaunders67725 жыл бұрын
You guys do realize this is Illinois in the fall/winter where we have all four seasons in a week. Everywhere looks dreary this time of year.
@yahinessness56693 жыл бұрын
Right! they always record places at this time of year making everything look so horrifying 🙄🙄
@silversifter62233 жыл бұрын
@@yahinessness5669 you’ve clearly have never been to ESTL
@patrickbush95264 жыл бұрын
Stay out of East Saint Louis there's been an outbreak of Tyroneavirus and the chances of you recovering your personal items are Slim
@donguess4332 Жыл бұрын
Lmao 🤣
@365dailyroutine5 жыл бұрын
We Love This City 💯 move thru ESTL & live to learn to maneuver around the Earth 🌏
@tomypanderas25886 жыл бұрын
Wou nice i never been in Africa. What is it? Congo or so?
@argopunk6 жыл бұрын
That A & S Market looks like a fortress. Man, I'm in Toronto and some people here think we have tough areas. You guys would laugh at our "tough" areas.
@NikhilSharma-ug1rx6 жыл бұрын
argopunk my friend took me to Jane and Finch, as well as Scarborough and told me they were dangerous. Being from Chicago, I just laughed
@argopunk6 жыл бұрын
All those areas are guilty of is being ugly. Well, Scarborough has some nice parts too.
@wilfordbrimleypranks5 жыл бұрын
I'm from upper michigan and i've heard people call green bay tough. There isn't a street in green bay I wouldn't walk down at night. There isn't a street in E stL that I would walk down at night, maybe even during the day
@LuvKayla4ever6 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in E St Louis. 33 years old now and all this still is the same from when I was little.. politicians taking all the money. All we have is liquor stores and churches on every corner that one liquor store he went in I will never forget someone started shooting at me when I was 19 years old trying to steal my car
@chrismartin21235 жыл бұрын
Wow and 33 yrs of how many different presidents promising change for these areas what a load of crap
@WalksandSuch5 жыл бұрын
East St. Louis is sad. I lived in STL for a couple years and I would go sometimes to the Illinois side of the river. It's really part of STL metro, but because it's outside of Missouri, Missouri can't help it. And because it's so far from any of the major Illinois cities, it's also ignored by Illinois state government. Lots of sketchy strip clubs, bars, and abandoned neighborhoods around there. Once you go further east into Illinois, it becomes like nicer suburbs and stuff. But along the river, it's scary.
@KSmall109CAB5 жыл бұрын
The greater St. Louis metro area is a bit like the greater New York City metro area, which includes suburbs that span four states and about two dozen counties. Metro New York has a population of over 20 million people. There is an organization known as the Regional Plan Association (RPA) that seeks to develop policies to support political coordination and infrastructure integration. RPA could be a model for the metro St. Louis area.
@vtoohigh49525 жыл бұрын
When i grew up in estl the street i lived on was like a huge family. Everyone knew each other, huge block parties and everything. The violence was never this bad, its sad.
@andymullarx6365 Жыл бұрын
One thing leads to another.
@DAatDA3 жыл бұрын
East St. Louis has a story similar to many other small cities throughout the U.S. Booming into the mid 20th century. Jobs, culture, low crime and a thriving working class. Then the industry leaves, most likely moving overseas. Then the working class leaves, seeking opportunity elsewhere. This is what's left. This is not a political commentary, just my observation.
@DAatDA3 жыл бұрын
@Xftbllplyr fair enough
@uaujuan3 ай бұрын
I searched the internet for the most dangerous cities in the US and found a ranking that placed St. Louis at number one. From there, I looked for videos to see what it was like. I stopped to think about the number of interesting places in the world that I will never know... Greetings from Madrid, Spain.
@chrislandreth87796 жыл бұрын
At 1 time east st louis was a beautiful city
@terryg9956 жыл бұрын
a damn lie, ESL was never beautiful. It was surrounded by industry that polluted everything in the city. There were pockets of beauty, but don't ever tell that lie again
@georgewashington56756 жыл бұрын
Yeah after all the coloreds moved in and turned it into Africa
@BlissfulBundlesgiftshop6 жыл бұрын
actually it was .
@BlissfulBundlesgiftshop6 жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up coward.
@InspectorSplatter6 жыл бұрын
I think it was actually expensive AF to live there 2 back then
@tonjajackson88936 жыл бұрын
my friend is from St. Louis Mo. I told her we stayed in E. St Louis, IL. When traveling. She told me "you don't know what danger you were in." So much bloodshed there.
@terryg9956 жыл бұрын
Yeah, STL brings a lot of their shit into that poor downtrodden city. 1/2 the murders recorded are STL residents dumped there.
@comedygg98244 жыл бұрын
Don’t talk about it if u never lived it aka white people in the comments
@bookofjohn16236 жыл бұрын
HEY WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE. GREW UP AT THE ROOSEVELT PROJECTS, WENT TO SCHOOL AT HAWTHORNE GRADE SCHOOL. WE MOVED AWAY IN '67, BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE SEEN PICTURES, NOT WHAT I REMEMBER. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.
@lisad94036 жыл бұрын
Book of John My entire family was raised in E.St. Louis...went to John Robinson & East Side High Schools! We moved away when I was a child. It looked MUCH BETTER & SAFER BACK THEN! WOW...I'm glad we moved!!!
@bookofjohn16236 жыл бұрын
HEY LISA D. YES I AGREE, IT WAS SAFER THEN. EVEN THE AREA AROUND WASHINGTON PARK WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED IS ALMOST GONE. THERE IS A LOT OF VACANT LOTS, AND BUILDINGS. FOR A TOWN THAT WAS THE HUB OF INDUSTRY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, IT JUST DON'T LOOK THE SAME. I GUESS THAT HAPPENED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO CITIES SUCH AS E. ST. LOUIS. LOOK AT GARY,IN. DETROIT, MI. PITTSBURG,PA. TAKE INDUSTRY AWAY, AND WITHOUT INJECTED NEW BUISNESS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
@stdfreesteve6 жыл бұрын
5:25 when youre gangster af but still live at home and mom dont let you smoke inside
@TheKishWatson4 жыл бұрын
stdfreesteve or when you’re trying to survive and still have enough respect to not smoke inside
@rrider39464 жыл бұрын
Give the current residents generous relocation allowances and raze what is left of the "city" and allow it to return to its natural state as a nature reserve repopulated with the bison and elk and other plants, birds, mammals, etc that roamed the area before settlement. Since most of the people who currently live there don't have jobs they would be offered first priority for jobs restoring the area to a reserve, a process that could take 30 years or more to complete. Also the reserve would attract visitors and resturants and motels could be built on the edge of the reserve creating employment for former residents.
@carmenmunoz36755 жыл бұрын
Well, I lived there for a time. I was glad to get out. But .... some of the most famous people were born and raised there. World famous musician,Miles Davis, Dancer /actress Katharine Dunham, Olympic athletes Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Hollywood film producers the Hudlin brothers, actress of Sanford and Son fame, basketball players Darius Miles, Brian Cox, Alphonso Ellis,
@tastyflakycod5 жыл бұрын
Carmen Munoz that’s the beauty of my black brothers and sisters. In the face of insurmountable odds, so much beauty and excellence has and will continue to come from the darkest places. One love
@brianglade8485 жыл бұрын
Good place to get tater tots
@forevershampoo5 жыл бұрын
Forgot NELLY hahaha
@mariowelch33225 жыл бұрын
Cedric da entertainer
@KSmall109CAB5 жыл бұрын
Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois, not East St. Louis.
@corybaker15275 жыл бұрын
Hey I was in St. Louis for the first time and I wanted to cross the Mississippi River so I did. I had no idea what was on the other side. About 3 or 4 minutes into ESL I said I have to get out of here. This looks like the area right off where you get off from crossing the river......can anyone confirm it is???
@packman96115 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is but he only showed a couple blocks its way more nicer places than bad ones on the eastside
@sashawasha23386 жыл бұрын
I’m trying to figure out why y’all talking abt estl when you don’t even know where it’s located it’s in ILLINOIS NOT STL
@coldsummer28965 жыл бұрын
No one really needs a geography lesson. Just enjoy the vids... thank you!!!
@Miguel1952112 жыл бұрын
There is a common denominator in these abandoned neighborhoods in different cities in US.
@lorishaf5 жыл бұрын
Trying to understand the motive/point behind this video. Hopefully it isn't intended to denigrate or humiliate the humans living there. East St. Louis has it's struggles, but it's home to people of dignity doing the best they can with the cards they've been dealt. They are a compassionate bunch. I work in Olivette Park, so I head to the east side from the MO side every day. Systemic change is complicated, but many of the residents want that and are working for that.
@yvngjoint5 жыл бұрын
Compassionate bunch huh? Met quite a few down there with zero morals or respect and who ive watched do some heinous things. But alright.
@mikedevyatov32133 жыл бұрын
This whole channel is dedicated to showing driving footage of the different hoods in America, I seriously doubt it’s meant with the intention of denigrating any of those places.
@jonnyhqwest85062 жыл бұрын
@@yvngjoint its us blackies according to the whities,
@megan90135 жыл бұрын
St.Louis Missouri gets mixed up with EAST St.Louis Illinois, this is in Illinois not Missouri!!
@butchvito5 жыл бұрын
Parts of St. Louis, MO are just as bad if not worse, especially North STL. Too different to compare because of the difference in population.
@carlaiello19935 жыл бұрын
Only by dumb fucks
@philliprosas58076 жыл бұрын
dude your videos make me glad to live in North End Michigan
@st33pd876 жыл бұрын
Those dark brick places around the 7:00 mark look like barracks; nice to have a roof over your head but kind of depressing.
@dalemcnamee24276 жыл бұрын
H. Dumpty Esq. Government housing ( aka "The Projects" ) at its finest... Our taxpayers money at work...
@Philip_smith886 жыл бұрын
Cool video bro.
@ShellymanStudios6 жыл бұрын
Damn, it looks outdated and run downed.
@IntellectuallyAstute6 жыл бұрын
Right! LOL
@thomasschreiber95596 жыл бұрын
Watch the vids about Detroit, there's a real mess.
@ShellymanStudios6 жыл бұрын
David E Link broken
@anthonysopran43426 жыл бұрын
Shellyman Studios Like most Cities in the U.S
@seheadhunter506 жыл бұрын
city of empty buildings it's sad driving by
@Micvic795 жыл бұрын
Imma just stay my ass north.......in Chicago 😎🤘
@shundaG6 жыл бұрын
This allowed me to look at my old hood from an objective perspective and I have to say it’s an eye opener
@Blujonny116 жыл бұрын
I remember driving through St. Louis many years ago. Got turned around in the daytime trying to get back from the outskirts and ended up driving down the same neighborhood back road for like 15-20 minutes towards downtown again. Nothing but boarded up homes the entire way.
@tammybunting40346 жыл бұрын
Congrats 70k awesome other people do these but yours are the best . Keep on truckin.
@CharlieBo3136 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@christinabrionbaileyfhh59425 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I don't live in East Saint Louis but it's trifling everywhere though I stayed on the outskirts of East st. Louis all my life but as an adult I got the move wherever I wanted to!!!
@charlesettamccartney19335 жыл бұрын
Thats my home town. Im glad im somewear eles.
@magnaballgin6865 Жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Chicago and have been to the roughest neighborhoods here on the Southside and Westside. That said, I got lost in East St.Louis at night around twenty years ago and can honestly say that hood was far more scary than Chicago's. Thankfully I found my way out of there but man I was scared...
@RepubliKING Жыл бұрын
I'm from Milwaukee and have been to; what I thought were the worst neighborhoods, and 2 months ago my daughter graduated from boot camp down in Oklahoma. Naturally I had to drive home and I went through st Louis & east st Louis at like 2am.. As I was going over the bridge from st. Louis downtown area to east st.louis I couldn't really see as NO LIGHTS were on... Found out real quick that I was in a 3rd world country! That place was on another level of "what the f*CK"!
@thedarklord61304 жыл бұрын
That's a scary fkin place. It's even scarier at night. It's quiet but you know they're watching you
@dennisreid90396 жыл бұрын
There is a store like that in every hood🤣😂
@ticnatz4 жыл бұрын
That was fucking depressing man. How America can tolerate the real life in places like this is unbelievable. America is supposed to be better than that. But it's not, is it.
@taennoyisspudnambffiwoyommumm4 жыл бұрын
Looks like any place in the Midwest I'm from Columbus Ohio: I love it
@miker41474 жыл бұрын
You know the place is dangerous if the storefront has plexiglass protecting the cashier and also the door is fenced off.
@tmclifestyle17805 жыл бұрын
“ST LOUIS NIGGAS WANT THEY CORNER BACC”
@kyoakland5 жыл бұрын
Ice cube
@tmclifestyle17805 жыл бұрын
😂
@nuckymancini70134 жыл бұрын
Trouble was right there on that corner staring @charlie
@acalhoun6284 жыл бұрын
Where are the people? It's like a ghost town.
@Wulfzz6 жыл бұрын
It's like a whole city without hope and opportunity
@davidwhitten13504 жыл бұрын
Gary Indiana reminds me of
@sKid-zy1ss4 жыл бұрын
Blacks made it that way
@FoxFox-lx3cv4 жыл бұрын
@@sKid-zy1ss No pink people how Stoll IRAQ oil and gold😆
@sKid-zy1ss4 жыл бұрын
Fox 400 Fox 400 what
@donnaallenministries2 жыл бұрын
I grew up there and thank God he delivered me! I will never go back there to live! Never in life!
@Paaka6 жыл бұрын
These are the neighborhoods you heard about in old 1960s soul real history here
@LuisCarruthers6 жыл бұрын
Patrick King I read Chuck Berry's book and back then it sounds like East St Louis was better than St Louis.
@terryg9956 жыл бұрын
1896yeah, No ESL just had the club scene. STL still had all the money and power. Jazz was big in STL, but more on point with ESL citizens like Alton's Miles Davis who grew up and played the clubs there or Ike and Tina and Chuck Berry. The average black family was still struggling in ESL as they were in STL.
@akidim136 жыл бұрын
I fall sleep to your videos , this is a type of ASMR for me
@theblacksheep52265 жыл бұрын
Washington Park I 64 Hwy 111 exit north right out on edge of East Saint, once you see all those ratty strip clubs youre there. Most ghetto town on the planet. Esp bad down in the 40s, looks like east side Detroit. Anything you want down in there. Dangerous as hell. Absolutely a must do video.
@Sir-IKON6 жыл бұрын
me and my wife had to get gas passing through east st Louis . the gas station lady came out to tell us to leave and it wasn't safe for our 6 month old baby. it had a car wash right beside it which seemed to be the local hangout. was scary if im honest. not for me but for my wife and child .
@juanitacooper92963 жыл бұрын
No matter what I will always love my hometown ESTL