Driving Thru Dangerous West Memphis Arkansas

This area can be very wild.

[@timdillon3344]

Every city has it's bad parts. I lived there for 6 years with no issues.

[@davidgore8311]

I went to visit some family there haven't lived there in 10 years but I heard submachine guns full auto gunfire down Avalon and watching cars doing 90 down Broadway shooting at each other fully automatic weapons look like Mad Max The Road Warrior complete with dude in the hockey mask go and give us the gas and we'll let you go during the middle of the day only got worse at night. West Memphis was a s*** hole that smell like a turd was having sex with a dead fish which is what failure smells like with 250 registered sex offenders in Lake Shore alone killers and rapists escaping 350 AFCO Road while the ones that remained at Crittenden County Detention Center kept shooting each other with a 9 mm that they would hide in the shower drain it would get confiscated and another one would be found the next week every week. Municipal Court Judge William Pal Rainey used to smoke crack every Wednesday in broad daylight after court right across the street from my mama's house on Roselawn, ran over a little kid in a DUI over in Memphis and was still on the bench. Ed Paxton's gator farm got more bodies in it that I've had good days in that town. the cops blew a guy named little chief's face off in broad daylight at A1 Liquor on Broadway just to make sure everybody saw it and prove a point you don't pay you don't play and that's before it went downhill. you lived there for 6 years with no issues I live there for 37 with nothing but issues cuz I was ducking gunfire when I was six years old sleeping in the bathtub trying to keep from getting hit with stray bullets before walking through the worst Warzone ever to get to school. they need to put a wall around that place and nobody who enters is allowed to leave like it was Escape From New York or some s***.

[@dewaynejay1032]

I'm from here and your absolutely right it's how you carry yourself.

[@ramencurry6672]

I’m sure there has been a lot of crime in the past but the chances of being a victim of a crime in any city in America is extremely low especially if you’re in a car and avoiding pedestrian traffic or pedestrian interactions

[@dillardmartin3907]

Yeah, he started in the good side trashing it, but only went through the neighborhood on the bad side. If you’re going to talk about a place, go through the whole place and judge it fairly.

[@blessedjoy318]

I'm 14 and I can honestly say I never felt threatens and I been everywhere in west memephis

[@darnellhicks9298]

Ain't YBT FATT from there ??

[@Moedy101]

I think it is different for people who wasn’t raised there but I was and I don’t see it as bad as outsiders do, because they don’t know anyone/no family members, but I have family out there, now I live in Oklahoma City

[@davidgore8311]

dude what the hell are you talkin about don't you remember when that one doctor in Earl blew up the other doctor on Avalon and the FBI got involved in the only reason the doctor went Charles because the one that he blew up was selling narcotics to the West Memphis Police Department and cutting in on his business so he just up and move the Earl and his blew up his car like two blocks from William Pal Raney's watch BFB I figured out that the cops were involved they went and got that terrorist over on Broadway across the street from Big Star at the bullseye Market because he was selling hand grenades and surface-to-air missiles to the gangs in town and it says right there your name is dr. Monesha MD you trying to tell me a place where doctors are Car Bomb and each other is a cool place to live and you're a doctor f*** it move back to West Memphis go open up a practice let's see how long that lasts there's plenty of dead bodies for you to be the corner because they're killing each other left and right up and down Avalonyou trying to tell me a place where doctors are car bombing each other is a cool place to live and you're a doctor bucket move back to West Memphis go open up a practice let's see how long that lasts there's plenty of dead bodies for you to be the corner because they're killing each other left and right up and down Avalon

[@londonwalker8638]

You have no idea what your talking about I’ve lived in west Memphis my entire life and we don’t even have gangs just cause it looks ruff don’t mean it is don’t judge a book before you read and it’s not dangerous to an outsider and honestly it’s rarely crime and everyone is nice even if we don’t know each other I’m sorry but you really need to do better ❣️😭

[@cjcj2364]

And I can't afford anything anymore looking for cheap rent in west Memphis Arkansas or cheap hotel social security is all I get I'll probably sleep on the streets this guy in the video says they kill outsiders hell they do me a favor I'm tired of life I'm just a ghost forgotten about dead to everyone when you are poor no one cares 💔😭

[@cjcj2364]

Yes that happens all the time people judge others for being different handicap poor different cultures race religion my whole life has been hell I'm moving to west Memphis Arkansas I'm disabled old woman fixed income multiple health promblems nothing but a suitcase few clothes at least poor people will speak to you stuck up rich people just judge and discarament

[@italiansister8069]

Thank you Joseph and Katie for going to West Memphis Arkansas.. I have family there

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

✌️

[@NewEraChi]

I have family that lives there and I’ve visited plenty of times and never felt scared. My aunt, Dr. Marion Barr, lived in the subdivision near the golf course. West Memphis, Arkansas is a nice friendly town.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

memphis top 5 deadliest towns in USA of all times

[@NewEraChi]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS this was in Arkansas not Memphis. Every city/town has crime. I’ve never had any bad experiences visiting both places.

[@Bababui69]

Please drive trough residential areas and not just strip malls.

[@stephr8345]

People will do and say anything for likes. It would help if you got the facts right before speaking on a topic you have no clue about.

[@yungKOM]

This a joke west Memphis ain’t shit, nice ass town damn near everybody kinfolk

[@CowboyBob531]

You came right close to my house! I live behind the Sherwin Williams paint store on Missouri Street, and I attend church at First Baptist Church, that big church on the right just before Broadway.

[@claybrown7995]

I am from west Memphis you don’t know nun about west Memphis so you need to be careful on what you say

[@kimishalp]

My guy rode past a park where it was about 10 people shooting hoops and said this is the hang out spot 🤣🤣🤣

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

People been shot there.. i know it

[@tdavis516]

I grew up here and Helena-West Helena. Once you turned left on to Broadway you headed into the rough part of town. You may not see anything too bad during the day, Come back after dark,remember your sidearm. My dad was a cop here for sometime.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Wow thats crazy! The south can be scary

[@tyrashine886]

The Guy In This Video Sound So Sad. Like I’ve Lived Here For 18 Years And Never Had A Very Bad Encounter The Cameras, Are Not Crime Watching Hell They Don’t Work. 🙄 It’s A Small Town It’s Not Hollywood. Y’all Called A Park A Hangout Spot 😂☠️ Most Gone Happen Is You Get Yo Car Took If You Leave It Running. Like You Never Did A U Turn Or Speeding A Little

[@joansmall9019]

My husband grew up in Blythesville AR & my sisternlaws live in West Memphis. I've seen worst places, you need to be alert anywhere these days, but I like W Memphis.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Blytheville seams really hood would love to see it

[@Retired2021]

So why did you come here if it is so dangerous? what was the criminal activities you encounter Durning your drive through🤔

[@blairbrownie1223]

Good tour. I’m not particularly street-smart, so I appreciate your insight and little ad libs. I feel more informed after watching this. God bless

[@jKLa]

The northwest side is supposed to be the better off (but by no means upscale) part of town. Most people have probably heard about West Memphis from the story of the West Memphis 3 but that's it.

[@Capking38]

Im from north its cool but they shoot alot over here to its they stay deep outside plus u just seen a rapper made a music video with guns in stuff on north side

[@christinaschuster2614]

Just depends on what street ya go down

[@dreascornelias7021]

Memphis is 3 states Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas just as Nashville is now considered Tennessee kentucky and southern Illinois

[@ellacomfort3042]

I'm from wm its not bad u just got to know where u goin n was part to go n to stay out of

[@shopcrate5687]

You cute

[@Audrianascullark123]

I still live here and no issues they doing to much

[@mythicalcollections7253]

I live here, its not as bad as you think. Gang activity isn’t as prevalent as you made it out to be either. There’s also another side of town that you didn’t visit, the “good” side of town. Come back some time and tour the innards of the rest of the city. No need to rush through, really, just observe the culture

[@aydenshirley6430]

Same

[@blondemallard]

I didn’t see one cop except for when he passed by the station

[@chriswalls5831]

Knew guy said brooksville reminded him of west Memphis about 15 yrs ago

[@infamoustoker765]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much danger did you encounter while driving through this dangerous city?

[@thee_boss6504]

Only fa 12 minutes 💀

[@thee_boss6504]

Stay here long enough 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@rudirey569]

As guy who spent most of his life around the Alps, I begin to understand why some people in the Southern US believe the earth is flat ;) BTW I watched this vid because of Sycho Sid. I was always curious why there's a second "Memphis"

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

interesting did he mention me?

[@apratedr8290]

Never a second memphis

[@aidanlittle1156]

You missed a lot of the city it’s only dangerous in certain parts and we also have a great history in things such as radio not just gangs

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

I agree lots of gangs

[@Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee22]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS maybe you should drive around the whole city, you started off in the good part and drove right into the bad parts

[@jasmic38134]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS You're about 10 years late! I'm 29, I lived and grew up in West Memphis, Ar and have never felt threatened. True, some of the guys did so call "gang bang" and I say so call bc they wouldn't survive against any Memphis gangs or Chicago gangs. About 10 years ago, they were taking each other out, so many young ones lost their lives. Surprising bc everyone grew up together. It was more so, you live by the sword, you die by the sword. West Memphis Mayor, Marco McClendon has been doing a great job! RILove to Deaunta Farrow, he was 12 yrs old when he was murdered by a former WM police officer. The city has gotten much better, crime rate has went down significantly. And this is not all to the city

[@edifymytemple]

You are just afraid of everything and everybody because you watch too much tv. I suggest you lay off the tv.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

I dont watch tv.. i live in alabama as a latino i am paranoid.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Sadly sir, i live in a bad place and seen too much makes you like that 😓

[@nnmmjjkk53]

Hell naw shit I been deployed and it doesn’t make me like that 🤣🤣 stop being so afraid man get some balls WM is not a bad place. You sound white and racist. Your Hispanic you are our brother not enemy

[@anatampanna198]

There are some really kind, remarkable people in West Memphis. It's a small, Southern town, but you can find visionaries, philanthropy, and committed non-profits there like anywhere. There is also a history of racism and poverty like one finds in most Southern towns. That in itself breeds gangs. Lets look at what we can do to eliminate racism and poverty!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Move out of the south, problem fixed. Poverty is a lie they are all lazy and racism aggravating the problem.. best thing to do is leave

[@lifeisgood5162]

What about a 16th Street

[@moniquelewis4889]

It's not really bad I live here and I don't have problems

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

whats the murder rate like out there? i am sure as a local you would know this stat

[@1ManBandMan479]

Arkansas is surrounded by 8 states. Louisiana, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Kentucky.

[@infamoustoker765]

You mentioned "gangs" over 100 times in your video. Where are they? I didn't see all the "gangsters" you spoke of. Was that day a "gangster holiday"? I guess they took the day off.

[@infamoustoker765]

I think the biggest and oldest gang in West Memphis is the police

[@robertreaves7462]

Yall do Biltmore Maryland

[@Haven2U]

Man does a U-turn in West Memphis, obviously a crime wave.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

One of the realest behind the wheel bay bae

[@kimishalp]

This gas station has a little activity, people are hanging out 🤔 how else are they supposed to get gas 😂

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Not like dem is. Some other way

[@dreypate1619]

🤣🤣 it's just another place w ppl trying to make a living just like everyone else

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

no its not, the murder rate here is warzone

[@londonwalker8638]

And you didn’t even look for the good parts it’s great houses you just giving out the bad parts to make us look poor and that’s rude and if you really look deep into west Memphis you would see all types of art that’s beautiful and creative but I’m not going to explain myself to someone who sees only what they want to see cause Ik I can’t change your mind just before you get on the internet talking about how poor a place is or it’s a bad place to grow up just think abt how you would feel if someone said your city looks run down and it’s a bad environment and it’s gangs and stuff without even looking deep into it.... and the people here has so much love just cause most of us can’t really afford to live in big houses and a nice city don’t mean we’re bad people it just means we have to work harder than some people

[@davidgore8311]

It won't let me add a comment for some reason cuz I was going to tell him that they didn't go to the bad part of town at all driving down Missouri and Broadway and s*** it's just a walk in the park they should have went down to Foxwood or hit up over there between 18th Street and 14th where Wonder is see the school went to when I grew up I mean it would have been funny the second day got off of Jackson cross them tracks hit 7th and then two blocks later at the store they found out what really going on😆 then they could have went over there on the south roselawn where William Pal Rainey smokes crack and saw the former municipal Court judge in all his glory while showcasing the nicer part of town. They just didn't know where they were looking for if they wanted to show the bad parts because Mayfair apartments was just a left away from those cameras at that red light on Missouri

[@lifeisgood5162]

David and London, what do you tell me about this address/ neighborhood 409 S 16th St, West Memphis, AR 72301 Am thinking on buying this home and moving into it from California Am a quiet, respectful, honest person. Please help 🆘 I need info fast to make a decision

[@lifeisgood5162]

Am Hispanic white Highly educated and great respectful personality

[@lifeisgood5162]

Am high middle class

[@davidgore8311]

if it's got a number or the S meaning South DON"T GO THERE AFTER DARK 100% guaranteed you'll hear gun shots and see drug dealers in every corner

[@HonkeyMane870]

born and raised in West Memphis...you didn't make it to the projects

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Sorry sir. Maybe next time

[@1Keba]

Loud and Wrong.

[@darnellhicks9298]

This dude scary as hell 😂😂😭😭😭

[@darnellhicks9298]

The man say he did a UTURN .. yup it's dangerous here .. wtf 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@1ManBandMan479]

Man shout out the gang bruh…. Be careful out there mane

[@myraclebarnes1472]

You do realize you were in WEST Memphis as in Arkansas, not Memphis, TN. Two totally different places.

[@soaari]

I’m being dead serious, American ghettos look better than British Ghettos. I’m not talking about the danger aspects because that’s a whole other topic on its own, just how it looks.

[@yungKOM]

Go across the bridge to the actual city Memphis

[@jasonispunk]

West Memphis don't have gangs .. anybody can get it .

[@Solidsnake1147]

Got so many stories about those streets

[@thecinderellaman614]

Memphis and West Memphis are two different places. Memphis, Tennessee problems are not necessarily West Memphis, Arkansas problems. It may be close to each other, but it's a world away. It's like you mentioning West Memphis as a whole of Memphis and it's not. West Memphis is West Memphis, Memphis is Memphis. There may not be a big difference in the name, but the environments are very different.

[@deeplyk506]

I moved from Milwaukee, Wi to horseshoe lake, Ar (20 mins away from west Memphis) and I haven’t seen anything bad in west Memphis. It’s super quiet! You barely see people hanging out. You can leave things on your porch.. in your cars and nobody touches it. You don’t see/hear people playing loud music in their cars. The police got west Memphis on lock! If/when they pull you over.. It doesn’t matter what for…. Who you are… they call like 2-3 more cars for backup. The only issue I’ve had down here is rude women. The men are ok. The women keep their noses in the air and have f’d up attitudes.

[@Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee22]

I agree with everything you said but the people playing loud music part, almost every night around 8-10 i hear someone playing music loud enough to make my house just about vibrate 😂😂

[@dakiyahgatewod355]

I saw my grandma house an my uncle house😂

[@peterhiggins4212]

People need to start new business

[@jamiesonmatthews2190]

I'm a little late to the comment train...But here goes... There is a horrible stigma that WM (at least in part) has never recovered from, and never will. That stigma was May 5th, 1993, and I'll say no more about that. If you know, you know. As far as daily violence, gun play, shady cats, trailer parks, crime rates, and everything else...Welcome to the Delta. In fact, welcome to Arkansas in general. In the early 90s, WM had it's share of Crips, Bloods, Folks, Hoovers...Everything. Also, WM intersects 3 states and major freeways, meaning dope flows freely through the city via interstates. That's why they have a ton of state troopers there. I was raised in North Little Rock, and I can tell you that it is far more terrifying, to me at least, in Central Arkansas. And a little further south, the Pine Bluff/Dollerway area is absolutely NO JOKE! I digress...Would I stroll through the older parts of WM at 11PM on a Saturday? Hell no, because I don't belong. I am an obvious outsider. But I live in Southern California now, and we have some REAL sketchy spots out here, too. I've also lived in SF and Chicago throughout my military career. Both of which are WAY worse than WM. Crime rates are typically calculated 'per capita', so on paper, places like WM can seem worse than they really are. I treat WM the way I treat any Arkansas town. I treat the locals with respect, mind my own business, and I stay humble. I have never had an issue there. On the flip side...There are some HUGE and nice houses in WM. Problem is, lack of high paying jobs limits the cats that can afford pads like that. Stay safe, Arkansas peeps, I miss you.

[@Capking38]

That basketball court u seen 3 people died by a drive by

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

So sad. You can tell there is environment

[@dewaynejay1032]

Man you went to the bad part and this my area the city have had its share of crime like most other cities. Its not bad as you claim it to be you have to live there to know it.

[@leomontgomery8257]

Should’ve went on the south side through the hood 😅

[@leomontgomery8257]

Go down Broadway and Missouri street

[@godsgrace6351]

You keep repeating yourself your driving not towards the bridge towards memphis

[@breadmanjesus]

home

[@peterhiggins4212]

Some groups cannot do that

[@godsgrace6351]

They do that everywhere !!! Here inside San Diego looks the same your to scared dude you mentioned gangs like if we don’t have that everywhere . My 23 year old just bought a house there .he said none of this video is accurate

[@godsgrace6351]

Your scary 😭

[@kingstonbleek5864]

West Memphis Arkansas is way better im from Memphis drive threw there thats were you dont want to drive threw go threw South Memphis, Orange Mound or North Memphis

[@arseniohaggs2158]

You are lieing seems like your trying to keep it from growing that's not going work

[@irineballentine7315]

Child please...West Memphis is far from the worst.😂 grew up there visit often and I have never been approached by gangs or felt fear of riding around. Not to say gangs are not there and crime is t there but don’t over exaggerate. You better be scared when you cross that bridge..😂😂

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

you THINK that because you FIT IN .. stand out and find out

[@brettbaxter3143]

May be the most Bush league video ever! There's good and bad parts of every city and this video, they conveniently don't show the nice parts

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

What nice parts? 😅😅😅😅 this city has the worst murder rate of anywhere in usa it aint no “nice parts” 😅😅😅

[@brettbaxter3143]

I notice when you got to the red light on Broadway/H70, you took a left, when if you would have taken a right and gone through the northwest part and west part of town as extensively as you went East, you would have seen it for yourself but you did achieve your goal of making a video and getting people to respond which might have been the goal all along.

[@sharongraves6130]

It's dangerous to you cause you lying about West Memphis, Arkansas cause I'm from there. 😊

[@davidgore8311]

just go look at my response to some of the comments on here ya'll must be out of your mind, how did you go through West Memphis and didn't catch no gunshots in the video? I mean he'll there's somebody dying every five minutes on Avalon and Missouri Street

[@She_sSincere]

Dangerous lol

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Look it up 🤦

[@She_sSincere]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS I’ve lived in Memphis tn so I am well aware of west Memphis Arkansas lol but I’ve also grew up in Los Angeles County California during the 90’s before it was gentrified so I’ve lived enough places to know every is dangerous to some people and every where can be safe to the right person

[@scottmangan6494]

"Dangerous to outsiders because there are gangs" 🙄. Really???

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Umm yeah..

[@scottmangan6494]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS I would argue outsiders have nothing to worry about.... nobody is going to harm you for driving down their street...

[@jasmic38134]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS You're a liar!

[@oliviaceaser8361]

Y’all lieing

[@deeexcalibur8713]

Wow! I am currently here in West Memphis visiting. My aunt's funeral was yesterday morning. After the funeral my family and I stopped in that very same area to eat at a Chinese buffet. The buffet was terrible, the service was terrible, and the cooks didn't cook any food for the customers. We literally sat there for over an hour waiting to eat different dishes but they never cooked anything. The waitress was very upset complaining to me abt a yte couple leaving her a .50c tip. I felt so bad for her. There's a famous BBQ joint (Rays Famous BBQ) around there..paid over $20 for a large rib tip dinner, they put around 10 small pieces of rib tips in my plate + small amount of disgusting bbq spaghetti, the Mac and cheese was disgusting also. Total ripoff. Drove around West Memphis AR, then drove to downtown Memphis TN then back to West Memphis to get some rest. Man I can't wait to leave this filthy town and head to back to Illinois where the grass is greener, and clean. If you want better quality of life + amenities come to Illinois.

[@alexcoffman4837]

@ Dee Excalibur-No offence to you but not from what I hear about Illinois. I hear that people are leaving there in droves, especially due to high taxes & a high cost of living as well.

[@scottmangan6494]

And live among Bear's fans?? No way!! 😂

[@skytombs253]

This was not a good review. Very little factual information. Felt like you just made it up as you went.

[@ezralopez9922]

Bro talks to much

[@rc_farmer4866]

To Jose and Katie, I believe, this video is an absolute insult to the good citizens of this town. Before you report on something, do your do-diligence and research what you are reporting on. First of all, you are not in Memphis, TN, you are in West Memphis, Arkansas. West Memphis is so named because of its proximity to the West side of the Mississippi River. People went West of the river, from Memphis, Tn., to this small town, to do business with the lumber mills back in the , which established residence on the West side of the mighty Sip. That is the basic history of West Memphis. Now to your position of West Memphis being a dangerous town: We have our issues but I have never felt threaten since buying a home in '89. West Memphis is not a Traffic trap town. You only showed one side of town. Where did you ascertain your 'Gang' information? You are very misinformed. It is very easy to show the downside of any town. It clearly shows that you didn't know where you were. You keep referring to our town as Memphis! You ae not in Memphis. Report accurately where you are and people will be better informed. You were first on the service rd., then turned right onto south Missouri, then Easy on Broadway.....check your FACTS next time you visit a "Dangerous" city. ------Robert

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

So your gonna sit here and tell me that west memphis doesn’t have one of the highest murder rates in USA?

[@rc_farmer4866]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Yes, I'm gonna sit here and tell you that....You are talking about Memphis, Tn. Two different places.

[@Jujutsu12345]

You don’t have no right to call my city dangerous Every persons city has crimes so that dangerous part should be changed to peaceful

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Sure, its a fake body count there.