Exploring the narrow and dense streets of Upper Darby; known for the 69th St terminal and 69th St shopping; located directly across the border of West Philadelphia.
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@janedougherty33272 жыл бұрын
Upper Darby is a very big area. There are several different sections. It's a shame that they only showed a small area. Next time go to Kirklyn and Highland Park!!! A lot of good honest hardworking people make up Upper Darby. ❤️❤️
@JohnSmith-ct5jd Жыл бұрын
True. Only showed the dumpy areas. It is a little like saying North Philadelphia represents the entire city.
@Zarrakon Жыл бұрын
nobody asked for a white opinion 👍
@danclark13482 жыл бұрын
It was my home town. Lived there in the 1960s. Way different then. Safe, quiet, homes maintained, no trash. Now it's all those things.
@JohnSmith-ct5jd Жыл бұрын
Demographic change, if you get my drift. Same story, different community.
@lordbraithwaite49197 ай бұрын
@@JohnSmith-ct5jdI’m not trying to be racist but it’s the African Americans
@JohnSmith-ct5jd7 ай бұрын
@@lordbraithwaite4919Didn't want to say it. It is not about race really, but a dysfunctional culture. Read Thomas Sowell. He goes into more detail. Peace.
@lordbraithwaite49197 ай бұрын
@@JohnSmith-ct5jd I’d say Africans are more polite, respectful and hard working compared to the African Americans
@theendurance6 ай бұрын
its purely culture. if some west africans settled there it wouldnt be so dangerous. @@JohnSmith-ct5jd
@TheHippieWithinUs3 жыл бұрын
That’s why I moved. it has become an eye sore. I have live in upper darby since 1989 and just moved. It’s becoming a Philadelphia suburb. a whole hood. A cop stated last year just before the pandemic that upper darby is becoming another Chester. That was my sign to get out.the crime has become so bad. trash everywhere. People not caring about where they live, and the cops don’t do anything anymore since the pandemic.
@jaredthompson5533 жыл бұрын
It’s bad definitely. Don’t walk there at night was raised there since 1997. I recognize all the areas been walking and riding through them for years.
@autumn_b9052 жыл бұрын
Is there a "good" part and a "bad" part of Upper darby? I visited there this weekend and it looked nice. The houses were well maintained
@robbyx68462 жыл бұрын
Is eye sore mean good or bad ? Why are house prices so low there ?
@robbyx68462 жыл бұрын
@@jaredthompson553 why jared? Which ethnicities ?
@lordbraithwaite49197 ай бұрын
@@autumn_b905highland park and kirklyn are the only good parts as well as Drexel hill
@nancywysemen71963 жыл бұрын
a long time ago.... more cars,bigger...some of the housing was 25 years old back in 1950. families with lots of children. lots of irish bars. quiet and safe... well, crime wasn't on first few newspaper pages...thank-you.
@goodjawn6103 жыл бұрын
Quite a picture to imagine, especially thinking of the houses being newer , I heard people would travel from all over the tristate to shop at 69th St.
@IlLAD3LPH1A2153 жыл бұрын
@@goodjawn610 I use to live in Richfield right next to 69th could literally cut thru right onto it
@bustedupgrunt11774 күн бұрын
OG - 1965 into the late 70's. Dances at the Chez Vous ballroom, St Alice and Bonner mixers, White Castle sliders, Hot Shoppe cruisin, Gino's burgers, Tower theater for dates, then concerts later on. 69th St shoppin up and down the hill .... last minute for Christmas stuff, gettin in fights with a local crew 'Little Europeans" or the Stonehurst guys, Jives and 'serves. Buses, trolleys, the El, and the P&W's outta the terminal.. The Bonner Fair. Great years and memories.
@goodjawn6103 күн бұрын
@@bustedupgrunt1177 Thank you for this comment. I love hearin the stories from the OG's about back in the day. I been wanting to do a documentary about the Irish and Italian gangs back in the day and fhis comment helps a lot. Where there Black gangs too? Id include them too. I want to paint an accurate picture of those days. I used to live on Sunshine Rd in the mid 2000's... 05, 06, around then..I drank at Callahans on the corner of Sunshine and Rt 3. The bartender and most of the patrons were from Ireland and still had the accents. Some of em were born and raised in SWP but also had Irish accents, which was interesting me as my family came from Northern Ireland too. The old Irish guys, told me about the old days said it was a Irish gang called the Sunshine Rd Gang back there and they would have brawls with the Long Lane Gang which I think was Italian.. This is all 3rd party information so Im just repeating what they told me. You ever heard of any of this? I have to delete my comment soon cause other KZbinrs in the area have stolen my ideas before.. You can also hit my email at goodjawn610@gmail.com.. Thanks in advance if your able to put me onto some of street history from back fhen 🙏💯
@Samiifemboy963 жыл бұрын
I don't even know why this is considered the suburbs this is pretty much just Philadelphia It should be considered Philadelphia like maybe East Philadelphia
@mr.noprobz34123 жыл бұрын
Well, it's Westward... So, I guess it's agreed that that will be part of West Philly, Darby can be Southwest, and Camden can be East Philly. 👍🏾
@ngngwhodat69133 жыл бұрын
This is as far west as you can get lmao
@Tomorrison283 жыл бұрын
There is no East Philly
@Lerf82 жыл бұрын
Too bad it's West of Philadelphia
@majthegamer79462 жыл бұрын
Way safer than Philly
@petercaracilio11923 жыл бұрын
My cousin owned the Balcony and just wrote a book. Search Amazon for Mike Smith “my view from the Balcony “
@goodjawn6103 жыл бұрын
Dope I will!
@lisaheisey61682 жыл бұрын
I used to shop at The Balcony, back in the 70's and 80's. I used to get my rock band posters & tee shirts, my coke spoon tee shirt (which confused the hell out of my nan) and bottles of Locker Room to sniff during boring junior high classes to get high with. Lol.
@williammcgeehan34243 жыл бұрын
Stonehurst Hills. Penn Central ran freight trains on the Cardington branch from East Lansdowne between Guilford Rd. & Ruskin Lane in a heavily wooded 3/4 mile long cut between Long Lane and Church Lane ( 69th St.) until 1974.
@goodjawn6103 жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting, I love hearing about how it was back in the day! Please feel free to leave any local history you have on my other Delco videos, or any others your familiar with.
@markburton-7062 Жыл бұрын
I grew up on Clover Lane and the short cut to get to Stonehurst Hills Elementary School took us right across those railroad tracks. When we were not in school or after school we were always playing and following the 'trails' on the school side of the tracks. As we grew older and more daring we would 'jump' that train as it went by and ride it as far as we felt like walking back. The kid from next door to me lost a leg try to 'jump' that train.
@richt59862 жыл бұрын
Moved out in 04. It's sad how bad the area has gotten
@jonathancruz23233 жыл бұрын
on god the industrial looking area looks horrible
@PhillyBagel Жыл бұрын
I know everything east of Lansdowne Avenue is a lost cause. Is Drexel Hill or anywhere else in Upper Darby still decent? Or are they going down the tubes too?
@goodjawn610 Жыл бұрын
Far as I know Drexel Hill hasn't changed that much, good place for the most part. Crime is just up everywhere. There was actually a shooting in Media two weeks ago ( which is unheard of ) and the news barely reported it. Same in Drexel Hill, bout a month or two ago someone got shot at the trolly stop on Edmonds. For the most part these towns are the same on day to day basis but the threat of random violence is up everywhere all the way to Delaware ( which has also seen a big spike in crime ). Upper Darby across from Picas is really nice and Kirklyn as well. Rest of it is pretty bad and has gotten worse.
@paulbarone43293 жыл бұрын
Like a good neighbor, we are taking back our community!
@jaredthompson5533 жыл бұрын
Lol yes 🙌 🙌 🙌 so true buy up the neighborhood with all the money people have make it better fix it up.
@JamesCH083 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's trash there now, I moved to Upper Darby around 2004-05 or so. I loved it there, most of Upper Darby was safe then, except for the Stonehurst Area. But fast forward around 2010 and I began noticing a change and decline. By the time 2016 came around I decided to move, Upper Darby had changed dramatically, I've been in South Jersey ever since 2017. I still go there every now and then, but I would never move back it's horrible now.
@IlLAD3LPH1A2153 жыл бұрын
Funny I thought it was bad in 05 I live there back in 89
@JamesCH083 жыл бұрын
@@IlLAD3LPH1A215 I can understand that it probably was bad in 05 considering what neighborhood you moved into in 89. Overall it's just been a steady decline in the area and still is declining. Ride through there now you'll definitely see a totally different neighborhood.
@IlLAD3LPH1A2153 жыл бұрын
@@JamesCH08 yeah for sure I most definitely agree I guess it was just a matter of perspective…when I was a kid people actually wanted to still move there
@keldabigdog98592 жыл бұрын
I lost friends in upper Darby rip Chris
@traviscoates68783 жыл бұрын
Bill Burr sent me...
@goodjawn6103 жыл бұрын
the legendary Philadelphia rant?
@Lisa-di1wi2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Upper Darby for 20 years. Unfortunately, because of health and safety reasons, I had to move out of there. (I moved out in late 2019.)
@majthegamer79462 жыл бұрын
It’s not safe no more u think?
@lisaheisey61682 жыл бұрын
This brought back lots of memories. I was born in Upper Darby, and lived in first the Stonehurst section, then much later the Highland Park section. Stonehurst is pretty bad now, but from when my grandparents moved there in 1950 until the mid 1980's it was great. It was very clean & very safe. In the late 70's, when I was only 12 years old and living in Fernwood, my mom would let me & my best friend walk from Fernwood to the 69th Terminal even around midnight, with no worries, because it was just safe. I doubt, that I'd do that now. But, even into the 90's, I'd walk late at night alone sometimes around 69th St. and never had a problem.
@goodjawn6102 жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine, it's been bad as long as I can remember. I used to live on sunshine rd off rt 3 and state rd
@goodjawn6102 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments I love hearing about how these towns used to be
@lisaheisey61682 жыл бұрын
@@goodjawn610 My mom's best friend used to live on Sunshine Rd, in the 70's. So, I spent a lot of time there, when I was a kid. Delaware County was always safe, up until the later 80's. But, when I was a little kid, as young as 9 years old living in southwest Philly, off of 56th & Chester Ave, that area was so safe, that I'd walk blocks down Chester Ave, sometimes as late as 11pm by myself to get a pizza, and there was no thought of anything bad happening. That changed fast though, in 1977. Bad enough to make my dad move us to Fernwood to get away from it.
@goodjawn6102 жыл бұрын
@@lisaheisey6168 Did you ever hear of the Sunshine Rd gang? I've heard stories about an Irish gang that used to live back there and hang out at Callahans. I used to drink at Callahans and it's mostly Irish patrons. Even the bartenders were from Ireland. There's other groups that pass thru there too that I won't name.
@dvnxyy3 жыл бұрын
Interesting🔥🔥New Sub
@goodjawn6103 жыл бұрын
thank you!!
@johnpulaski6725 Жыл бұрын
On our way to Havertown!
@fredhesek8840 Жыл бұрын
tunes got that "wide view" but your vids rock enjoyed ridin with _7 miles to DARbY @ MacDade drivein.. some movie huh?😊
@Magnum36363 Жыл бұрын
I find it hard to believe this is upper Darby
@walker_nation38923 жыл бұрын
Bond and Barclay Square are the only nice parts of Upper Darby,
@MrDelco-jw2mj3 жыл бұрын
Lol. No
@mr.everything9120 Жыл бұрын
It's clean and it really doesn't seem to be that bad. I remember going to see the movie blaclula at the tower movie theater. Funkadelic did a concert there also.
@goodjawn610 Жыл бұрын
Still lots of great acts come thru tower. The town itself been pretty rough since I lived there.
@mr.everything9120 Жыл бұрын
@@goodjawn610 That's too bad. I've always felt safe in upper Darby when I was growing up.
@tinawilson11392 жыл бұрын
Just purchased a house out here. Love it’s d y neighbors.
@Know26874 Жыл бұрын
Do you got a sister name Sheena in Michigan?
@Anthony-tw3oi Жыл бұрын
I’m thinking of buying a house there too
@markburton-7062 Жыл бұрын
For Stonehurst Hills, Cardington-Stonehurst and pre-69th shopping area escapades and nostalgia read a book that was made into a movie. 'Birdy' by William Wharton who grew up on Clover Lane in Stonehurst Hills
@goodjawn610 Жыл бұрын
So was the movie shot in Upper Darby? And how long ago was this? I'm really interested
@RamikPinchback-t9cАй бұрын
Wynnewood Pennsylvania Could Become My Very Okay Area
@pele21573 жыл бұрын
Almost went by my block lol
@goodjawn6103 жыл бұрын
thanks for watching dog, stay tuned Im in Upper Darby a lot, I passed my old house in this one too
@jaredthompson5533 жыл бұрын
I used to live on Sansom lol. 245 Apartment A. Terrible block bunch of assholes and wannabe tough guys.
@fredhesek8840 Жыл бұрын
shoutout to Directioms Mens Store Don't miss Cauleys Tavern🎉
@vernoncephascephas54442 жыл бұрын
I had family living on Tiibett Ave my nephew still lives there
@byakunen3 ай бұрын
its not really a hood
@RamikPinchback-t9cАй бұрын
Drive By Wynnewood Pennsylvania
@master-n-teachvirgo85573 жыл бұрын
👍
@philosopher1a Жыл бұрын
Upper Darby is a home rule charter town, when they allowed section 8 , that began the immediate decline . Sad It use to be so beautiful, CLEAN and SAFE .. thought nothing about walking at 3am after the bars let out
@673AWSF Жыл бұрын
Gotta go out down here on a hot summer day.
@goodjawn610 Жыл бұрын
Yeah im gonna do a few more this summer. I got a few vids tho from last summer if you scroll thru my older vids