DRIVE THRU UPPER DARBY PA HOODS

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.

[@janedougherty3327]

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]

True. Only showed the dumpy areas. It is a little like saying North Philadelphia represents the entire city.

[@Zarrakon]

nobody asked for a white opinion 👍

[@danclark1348]

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]

Demographic change, if you get my drift. Same story, different community.

[@lordbraithwaite4919]

@@JohnSmith-ct5jdI’m not trying to be racist but it’s the African Americans

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

@@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.

[@lordbraithwaite4919]

@@JohnSmith-ct5jd I’d say Africans are more polite, respectful and hard working compared to the African Americans

[@theendurance]

its purely culture. if some west africans settled there it wouldnt be so dangerous. @@JohnSmith-ct5jd

[@TheHippieWithinUs]

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.

[@jaredthompson553]

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_b905]

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

[@robbyx6846]

Is eye sore mean good or bad ? Why are house prices so low there ?

[@robbyx6846]

@@jaredthompson553 why jared? Which ethnicities ?

[@lordbraithwaite4919]

@@autumn_b905highland park and kirklyn are the only good parts as well as Drexel hill

[@nancywysemen7196]

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.

[@goodjawn610]

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.

[@IlLAD3LPH1A215]

@@goodjawn610 I use to live in Richfield right next to 69th could literally cut thru right onto it

[@bustedupgrunt1177]

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.

[@goodjawn610]

@@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 [e-mail].. Thanks in advance if your able to put me onto some of street history from back fhen 🙏💯

[@Samiifemboy96]

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.noprobz3412]

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. 👍🏾

[@ngngwhodat6913]

This is as far west as you can get lmao

[@Tomorrison28]

There is no East Philly

[@Lerf8]

Too bad it's West of Philadelphia

[@majthegamer7946]

Way safer than Philly

[@petercaracilio1192]

My cousin owned the Balcony and just wrote a book. Search Amazon for Mike Smith “my view from the Balcony “

[@goodjawn610]

Dope I will!

[@lisaheisey6168]

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.

[@williammcgeehan3424]

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.

[@goodjawn610]

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]

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.

[@richt5986]

Moved out in 04. It's sad how bad the area has gotten

[@jonathancruz2323]

on god the industrial looking area looks horrible

[@PhillyBagel]

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]

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.

[@paulbarone4329]

Like a good neighbor, we are taking back our community!

[@jaredthompson553]

Lol yes 🙌 🙌 🙌 so true buy up the neighborhood with all the money people have make it better fix it up.

[@JamesCH08]

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.

[@IlLAD3LPH1A215]

Funny I thought it was bad in 05 I live there back in 89

[@JamesCH08]

@@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.

[@IlLAD3LPH1A215]

@@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

[@keldabigdog9859]

I lost friends in upper Darby rip Chris

[@traviscoates6878]

Bill Burr sent me...

[@goodjawn610]

the legendary Philadelphia rant?

[@Lisa-di1wi]

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.)

[@majthegamer7946]

It’s not safe no more u think?

[@lisaheisey6168]

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.

[@goodjawn610]

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

[@goodjawn610]

Thanks for your comments I love hearing about how these towns used to be

[@lisaheisey6168]

@@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.

[@goodjawn610]

@@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.

[@dvnxyy]

Interesting🔥🔥New Sub

[@goodjawn610]

thank you!!

[@johnpulaski6725]

On our way to Havertown!

[@fredhesek8840]

tunes got that "wide view" but your vids rock enjoyed ridin with _7 miles to DARbY @ MacDade drivein.. some movie huh?😊

[@Magnum36363]

I find it hard to believe this is upper Darby

[@walker_nation3892]

Bond and Barclay Square are the only nice parts of Upper Darby,

[@MrDelco-jw2mj]

Lol. No

[@mr.everything9120]

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]

Still lots of great acts come thru tower. The town itself been pretty rough since I lived there.

[@mr.everything9120]

@@goodjawn610 That's too bad. I've always felt safe in upper Darby when I was growing up.

[@tinawilson1139]

Just purchased a house out here. Love it’s d y neighbors.

[@Know26874]

Do you got a sister name Sheena in Michigan?

[@Anthony-tw3oi]

I’m thinking of buying a house there too

[@markburton-7062]

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]

So was the movie shot in Upper Darby? And how long ago was this? I'm really interested

[@RamikPinchback-t9c]

Wynnewood Pennsylvania Could Become My Very Okay Area

[@pele2157]

Almost went by my block lol

[@goodjawn610]

thanks for watching dog, stay tuned Im in Upper Darby a lot, I passed my old house in this one too

[@jaredthompson553]

I used to live on Sansom lol. 245 Apartment A. Terrible block bunch of assholes and wannabe tough guys.

[@fredhesek8840]

shoutout to Directioms Mens Store Don't miss Cauleys Tavern🎉

[@vernoncephascephas5444]

I had family living on Tiibett Ave my nephew still lives there

[@byakunen]

its not really a hood

[@RamikPinchback-t9c]

Drive By Wynnewood Pennsylvania

[@master-n-teachvirgo8557]

👍

[@philosopher1a]

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]

Gotta go out down here on a hot summer day.

[@goodjawn610]

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