🇬🇧 I FINALLY went HOME after 6 YEARS (I'll NEVER go back again!) | Mexico to Serbia to.... FELTHAM?

[@davidostrowski679]

Hi everyone! I have been incredibly sick with Covid for the last week therefore I just didn't have the energy or interest to do anything special with this video editing-wise. The camera issue is 95% fixed in the next video, thankfully. People have been asking for years about my hometown. Hopefully this answers the question as to why I've preferred to stay in 'average' or 'slightly rough' cities over the years like Torreon, Ciudad Obregon or Uzice. I was subconsciously looking for a home I was used to. DEEP. Also, this video raises bigger questions about Travel KZbinrs. I've always wondered... why did they start doing it in the first place? Was there anything traumatic about their previous life? What is their hometown like? It's pretty obvious that my time in Hounslow particularly was full of Gen-Z style trauma I'm not even able to address. It might be a good idea for a KZbinr character study LOL

[@matrix_x_]

Where is your family? Why did you sleep in a hostel?

[@jayne16]

I'd have a field day with that study! Take a seat on my couch. 🤣 Really loved this video for so many reasons. Thanks David. ❤

[@davidostrowski679]

@@matrix_x_ my mum lives in South West England, I don't have any family in London

[@matrix_x_]

@@davidostrowski679 Ok.. I didnt know...

[@tinglestingles]

Looks horrendous... we live in Portugal now permanently - I'm in no hurry to go back to Luton Airport!! Sh*t ole!

[@MariaMarquez-ok4hf]

Wish I could hit ‘like’ 100 times! Your feelings were palpable. I could feel your anguish, anxiety, and intensely mixed emotions. Huge appreciation of you and your willingness to share your hometown with us. Must have been quite draining to film. And in spite of your editing it during your sickness, the results are fantastic. Much love and appreciation. ❤️

[@davidostrowski679]

I even cut quite a lot out when editing, in reality I was a bit more scathing lol. Definitely draining! This video is major foreshadowing for my final episode!

[@nicob7492]

As somebody who lives in London I am watching this and LOLing so hard😂😂 please more vids like this!

[@davidostrowski679]

COLLAPSED! Another one from London is up next

[@ianrichardson568]

Born in Feltham 1969. Emigrated to Canada with my Mum, Dad and brothers in 1981. Went to Feltham hill. I have been back a couple of times but you are so right in your description of the place and people.

[@carrielamarr2845]

OMG.. no idea how this video came up on my timeline but glad it did. Smiling because this was such a trip down memory lane. Yep, I grew up in Feltham right near you mate (Harvest Road) and went to Feltham Hill, followed by surviving Feltham Comprehensive (now Springwest Academy). My mum and dad are buried across the street from our old primary school in Feltham cemetery. As for Feltham, I don't recognise it now. As a teenager I used to work in that Boots the Chemist on Hounslow High street as a Saturday Girl and that place has REALLY changed, too. I've lived in America since 1998 but as soon as I get off the plane at Heathrow, those Feltham "dulcet tones" come right back. I guess we can be grateful that growing up where we did made us what we are today because it really did make us kids want to explore the world outside of TW13 and somehow living next door to an airport just reinforced that desire to travel. Cheers David.

[@davidostrowski679]

Harvest Road! No way! This comment is everything! Totally get the point about the airport and the goddamn TW13 postcode!

[@carrielamarr2845]

@@davidostrowski679 Yep, small world. Cheers. xo

[@alperez8030]

Hello David, it is good to hear from you again. I really appreciate you sharing all this sights of your hometown. Thank you for sharing Al those memories from your hometown.

[@davidostrowski679]

Hey Al I deliberately put Mexico in the title so the algorithm might recommend to Mexico viewers who usually disappear into oblivion if it's not about Mexico... but it was always the Mexicans asking for this video lol

[@LailandiAdventures]

I went back to Scotland and ,more specifically, my hometown for the first time in years during the summer and the reverse culture shock was palpable, eating small lunches and huge dinners was the most difficult for me. It took a bit of getting used to the night culture too, finishing at midnight when I was just getting started was a pain. Also when I left everyone drank terrible instant coffee and now everyone seems to have a grinder and espresso machine. The accessibility cosmetic injections was painfully apparent as a good proportion of the young ladies looked like they'd had a confrontation with a wasp nest. All in all though I had a great time.

[@davidostrowski679]

Wasp nest! Lol. The reverse culture shock is real!

[@awilsonatl]

Wow. Really interesting and relatable video.

[@Aotruba]

Thank you for sharing your hometown. Treasure every single moment of your life. 💕🥰💗

[@silvanabreur]

Oh, i love this video David! ❤Nice to see your hometown and sharing this with us. Me as a big Queen fan, i completely forgot that Freddie's old house was in this area.

[@davidostrowski679]

I went there once but just walked past the sign, it wasn't anything special but good if you're a Queen fan I guess. I think he lived there in the 60s or 70s so before my time!

[@brilliantbutblue]

This was absolutely TOP TIER 👌 Your honesty and reflection shone through in this video Thanks for taking us along David 👍

[@davidostrowski679]

Truly SHOCKED!! Emotional rollercoaster of GEN Z style TRAUMA!!

[@leelance146]

❤❤❤

[@thejectorproject]

Thank you friend for sharing and being so real and vulnerable to such an emotionally draining experience. I really enjoyed this video. Now go to starbies and deal with that trauma hun.x

[@davidostrowski679]

EMOTIONALLY DRAINING TRAUMA where's my Starbs x

[@frostflower5555]

Home is where the heart is. I am sure your mom missed you! ♥Thank you for showing a bit of London. The residential areas seem to be nice.

[@davidostrowski679]

haha I didn't see my Mum. My whole family moved down to Devon in 2009 about 6 months after I bought that flat. It was the start of my downward spiral into oblivion. It'll be like a season of the Crown in my book! 2008-2015!

[@marie.naturallysims2179]

I understand how you feel. Used to go to the UK every summer before covid. Last time I visited my home town was in 2019, I didn't like it. Thought it went down hill. Funny enough, after years of not being in the UK since Covid, I finally did go back to my hometown in the UK, and I honestly had a different feeling compared to before. I definitely appreciated the UK a lot more than I did before covid and plan to move back.

[@davidostrowski679]

Interesting! I had the totally opposite view. I now see the UK as a third world country that has a first world cost of living! It's a complex topic though. I could say I have a better quality of life in Bulgaria or Serbia but it's a different matter when I earn in USD or GBP!

[@Zogbee]

Loved the video! Great charisma and banter. Really took me back and the nostalgia hit me! Grew up in Feltham, down bedfont lane area. Moved to Tokyo and been here for 5 years already. Always visit Feltham once a year and the experiences and feelings you felt I can relate to.

[@davidostrowski679]

Love this! And I love Tokyo! So glad that you got out!

[@bojanpalink5471]

It doesn't sound like just bad memories..... it sounds more like some kind of trauma that needs to be processed........... but anyway, hats off to you....for heading out into the world...ready to explore places like this...where god said Goodnight...like Užice.I suspect you....even though you were brought up and grew up in England....you still have a Slavic soul in there....liberating, unencumbered, free-spirited......which only pulls you forward

[@davidostrowski679]

You got the hidden meaning exactly... unprocessed trauma! I'll touch on some of it in my final video... Slavic soul for life!

[@totallytony]

Been so excited for this video!!

[@davidostrowski679]

I wasn't! Lol

[@mariapalacios2195]

Thank you David.Waiting for the next one.😊

[@davidostrowski679]

it's up!

[@simonlepilot6465]

Ah thats a funny little video.. really.enjoyed it.. I live in Feltham myself, the Posh bit..🤣🤣🤣.. (if only).. Can you believe £90 Million was spent on the High Street and Train station and surrounding areas in Feltham for upgrade developments. 🤔 Thanks for sharing your past times of Feltham.

[@davidostrowski679]

there's a posh bit? when was this built? LOL. Before Spring Road I lived down Ellington Road (you know the estate with Denison and Hamilton Rds) but only until I was 2 because the house was too small for 2 adults and 3 kids. I always saw that area as remotely more posh than Spring Road lol

[@rayblade6383]

Fantastic video, I also grew up in Feltham...Watching your video evokes a sense of nostalgia for me too. Thanks for sharing.

[@brodyu.s.2254]

Your channel is awesome David. I find the narration hilarious. It sounds like Robin Leach meets John Lydon.

[@davidostrowski679]

John Lydon what a bloody legend!

[@brodyu.s.2254]

@@davidostrowski679 Would you say Lydon is "top tier"? LOL!

[@maremagnus]

*Hola hola David* *Welcome home, welcome back* *Glad you're back in your hometown with mixed emotions it's totally understandable how you feel, I'd say I would feel the same after 6 years, although never been there, it's familiar to see some places like Boost and others (I was in Dover and some other places that can't remember right now), hope you feel more settled in the next days to come, and hopefully you're feeling better too after being sick, take good care and welcome back, hasta pronto in another video*

[@davidostrowski679]

I was only there for the day, I left the UK a few weeks ago! There's no way on Earth I'd move back there lol!

[@maremagnus]

@@davidostrowski679 Fair enough, for sure it brought good memories as well Wow, you're on the road once again take it easy and take good care David wherever you may be 👍

[@Bankside1997]

Ok, nice part of town where you are from David. Here is my Deep Thought of the day. What makes one like a place is not its physical aspect or weather, it is the memories associated with it.

[@davidostrowski679]

You're right there mate

[@leigh9393]

Interesting to see your home town. Greggs, Wetherspoons and a betting shop seems to be in every town.

[@davidostrowski679]

Icons lol. I used to go to a 'Wevvaspoons' in Kingston all the time in my early 20s!

[@royalanethridge333]

Had a few drinks in the Airman 50 yrs ago

[@davidostrowski679]

My mate got hit by a van and killed outside the Airman FFS

[@deniseblake6214]

Very strange to see your video! I lived there for many years … left 1970😮 I went to Feltham Hill school (I was a prefect😂) … I know the little alley next to St Dunstans which was near to the house I lived in, which was opposite the park… I was christened in St Catherine’s church at the top of Feltham high street, yes it was a church once … my mum worked in the row of shops opposite Spring corner and lived in Vernon Road…my Grandad frequented Three Horseshoes and I remember the off licence attached at the back of the pub, through the gate into the garden … I went to school in Isleworth and used to catch the 117 bus opposite the pub (there was a police box there then)… the bus to Sunbury was a 237 then and I still have relatives living there … I know the green and the Rose and Crown but mostly I remember the planes flying over really low from Heathrow, deafening!… I definitely don’t want to go back there but I was full of nostalgia watching your video … thank you

[@davidostrowski679]

Denise! Great to hear from a fellow original Feltham resident!! Yes the bus was still a 237 when I was going to school in the 90s (at St Pauls in Sunbury). It changed to the 235 in the mid-90s. I think the 237 still runs around Shephard's Bush area. Can't believe you were at Feltham Hill. I remember we did a project on the history of the school (this would have been around 1990), and I remember looking at photos from the 70s. My oldest sister would've started there around 1977. I used to go over Circle K for a Slush Puppie (before it was Londis) and can still remember the doctors surgery on the corner (or clinic as my Mum used to call it), I think she took me there for my injections when I was a toddler. I actually lived down Ellington Road from 82-84 but my parents decided to move because it was only a 2-bed semi-detached and there were 5 of us by then! I have a scar on my forehead, this comes from when I fell down the stairs in 1984 at that house and smashed my head against the door frame. I guess that's where the brains went! Memories!

[@keithmock7866]

Hi David just want to say you video is spot on , i too call Feltham and Bedfont my home towns , i left there in 1979and moved to Canada and have been back a few times, family and all that , like you i was gob smacked to see what a s--t hole it had become, thoroughly enjoyed this video

[@patriciarowe6685]

I loved your video. I moved to Canada in 2005. I haven't been home since 2018 then covid hit. Every time I have been hone to London it gets more and more filthy. Subscribed to your channel. 😊

[@AverlonToussaint]

Loved it David ❤

[@devugendra85]

Nice to see my local town . Welcome Mike.

[@christoph1246]

Did you go Sunbury Manor?

[@DarrylCarey]

Hi David, I wanted to move back home next year!.. But after seeing this video F**K that😂. I have missed so many of your videos, spending the afternoon catching up.

[@davidostrowski679]

Don't do it man! We made the right move getting out!

[@DarrylCarey]

@@davidostrowski679 🤣

[@fredericktmiller]

May you have a complete recovery from Covid soon, if not done already! Feltham was pleasanter than I expected. Of course having some negative associations with a place affects things. You grew up on an attractive block with gardens front and back and shops and a church nearby. And cozy weather! As some people who have done so tell me, it was a smart to buy a home - even if the rest of that time wasn't as smart. I wasn't even smart enough to do that. Sure, chances are you wouldn't say the old neighborhood is just like Ciudad Obregon, but it makes sense to gravitate toward places that are down to earth. Maybe it's the memory of home. It can be moving target but is also fixed in our hearts, possibly from birth. If home is where the heart is, it might be nice to include a cat and a place to write a book. I hope your family is well. Enjoy your visit in spite of everything - You're still a local!

[@davidostrowski679]

Thanks Fred I'm all better now. Hopefully immune again for the next 6 months!

[@farmerboy8659]

I get that same feeling here in Ohio . You can't put your finger on it but something is not right . After being in all of those different places you can easily compare . That is one of the hazards of traveling . If a place is not growing it may be ? , all be it a slow death . Thanks David , nice to watch .

[@davidostrowski679]

I know what you mean!

[@jamesjameson4566]

You can put your finger on it, here in the UK, we're being replaced

[@Magdajordani]

Hi I love your videos 💕👍 I have one question which is your favorite city to visit? and which town in Mexico you like the most? thanks

[@alpehyl]

I think you are not only projecting. Places like this have become really depressing. Economic uncertainty, not much feeling of community anymore. I lived in London for a while and felt this strongly. However, if you grow up there it might be different, you might feel at home and feel that there is a local spirit. But as an outsider I felt very alienated. At the same time London is very fascinating just because of the size of it, all the areas and streets you will never visit, the sense of being anonymous.

[@davidostrowski679]

What you say about feeling alienated is something I've heard from many. In cities I have spent a lot of time, like Mexico City, I never felt that. I think because there there's more of an overwhelming community feeling, which in London is just non existant and has been like that since post WW2 really. Growing up in the 80s in that house I wouldn't dare even speak to my neighbours!

[@devsehgal7432]

Grew up in Feltham (Bedfont) in the early 2000s, its changed so much (for the worse)

[@Mister_Massar]

My parents came from sunbury and hanworth air park, still have an uncle who lives down from the crossroads where the horseshoes pub is. It’s still better than Boston Lincolnshire.

[@andrewbillington2337]

What school in Sunbury? I lived in Hanworth and went to school in Feltham and then Sunbury. I haven’t been back since 1983! So I don’t think I would recognise much at all……but that’s not a problem because I have no plans or desire to go back 😂

[@davidostrowski679]

St Paul's!

[@gerardovasquez7535]

Greetings 🖖 my friend!!

[@Debs53151]

Glad yr OK really should have gone to Tesco Sunbury and filmed were you worked. Welcome home.

[@davidostrowski679]

Haha I only stayed for 2 days hun! If I do come back I'll deffo have to come to Sunbury. See you down the Magpie! (does that still exist?)

[@christinephillips3435]

I live in hanworth near feltham I feel the same as you but can't move .

[@davidostrowski679]

glad i wasn't going crazy. Feltham for life!

[@jayne16]

Christ alive! This is so relatable. Loved every minute of witnessing your mixed bag of emotions. Appreciate you making the pilgrimage 'home' and sharing that with us. Thanks David. ❤ P.S. I swear you used to be able to get a bag of Gregg's sausage rolls for a quid not that long ago. They're like best part of a fiver now. 🤣

[@davidostrowski679]

Yes! Sausage rolls for a quid! FFS!! That used to be my coke-comedown meal LOL those were the days x

[@oliviarose2709]

Lol. U think that walk near St Dunstans was an historic memory..try 50s/69s on bike from Bedfont. If u went to Sunbiry Grammar my recall is a more purple colour, rather than maroon. The walk around was ok.

[@royalanethridge333]

Boundaries rd had family living there in 70s /80s

[@HaniTheLegend]

Sunbury Manor or Bishop Wand? Good times!

[@davidostrowski679]

Neither! St Pauls! And I'm an atheist! Lol

[@travelbug4536]

So brave! Don't know if I could do it! Hello from Vietnam!

[@davidostrowski679]

haha you're better off staying where you are for sure ! lol

[@mrluckyuncle]

It looks a lot more prosperous than Torreón. I’m sure it is in fact. The way people live in Torreón might be better, though, in the sense of family relationships. I’m just judging from the way my husband’s family welcomed me.

[@davidostrowski679]

You're totally right there. I was surprised actually that many of the shops were actually operating. Go back 10 years and a lot of those were closed. I think that new fancy development has brought some much needed investment

[@jovicadimitrijevic7346]

There are no bad cities David, only bad memories... You didn't show us the concrete🤣 all the best...

[@davidostrowski679]

That's in the next one

[@jamesjameson4566]

The first 4 letters of your video title 👍🏻👆🏻10/10 I wish more were doing it

[@thefinalsaddiction]

Oh wow! I lived really close to you :) I live on Parkfield Road

[@Vancouver_Dan]

OK, now I understand. Actually - JK. I hate to argue but it doesn't look that bad - just your average semi suburban, middle classish wasteland. It reminds me of some of the older residential areas of Toronto and Montreal. And the drone view looks pretty nice. Mind you - I can relate to the idea that not so great memories of a place can impact one's perception. Thanks for taking us along on this and all your journeys.

[@davidostrowski679]

YES! Montreal! This is exactly what I meant when I was there, I think I mentioned Horchelaga-Maisoneuve reminded me of Feltham in the 90s!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

David .! It could have been worse ? Your hometown might have been Slough ??

[@davidostrowski679]

I worked in Slough for 2 years lol

[@Sandra-ud8ge]

This is the key video for your trips and vlogs man I could write a lot but it is not easy to explain that in English or to write as a comment it is very complex and deep I think many of us have that sort of connection with home town for me it is even more difficult because of war and that's why I don't live there anymore hate and love are mixed it is impossible to handle it so it's better to escape and never come back there again what a shit,but some people made poetry about their home places I'm jealous but maybe they are crazy liars.

[@davidostrowski679]

Yes! I don't understand how some people can be overly-romantic about their hometowns! Definitely a key video for character development!

[@Goit_Goit]

I worked in Feltham 20 odd years ago. It was an utter hole even then.

[@milenailic1437]

Every city has nice and ugly parts.

[@deejaye2647]

U N Smart Cities are being built everywhere

[@armandom3559]

Hi David. So... Eliges Londres o el Norte de México? xD Saludos desde Durango

[@davidostrowski679]

Mexico Norte siempre carnal!

[@awilsonatl]

As a school boy, you were 'forced to dance around a pole"?....may explain a few things.

[@davidostrowski679]

When other people quote me, I usually collapse when I realise what I said. This was one of those cases LOL

[@brexas1293]

Omg soooooo cool.

[@aguajugo3461]

Saludos desde Mexico

[@davidostrowski679]

Saludos!

[@philmonty7916]

Need to know more about the two death faking!

[@davidostrowski679]

Drug dealers. I had to pretend I died in a car crash. Twice lol

[@jonholmes1845]

I know how you felt in this video, im glad I moved to Mexico from England. Mexico is the best England going downhill fast.

[@gabrieladoran6270]

I love this David, I’m an expat based in dubai now but used to live in Tooting and remember the bleak commute to central on the northern line every day! It resonates 😂 It’s a weird one going back home, but I always make sure to visit a greggs when I do go back to see family. It’s weird the things that stick!

[@deejaye2647]

Dubai is a fake town.

[@davidostrowski679]

Thanks Gabriela! It cracks me up that Dubai and Greggs are mentioned in the same comment. LOL. Bleak is the word. I used to finish work late and at a certain time the Piccadilly line would stop at Northfields and I'd have to wait another 10 minutes for another train to Hounslow. After travelling from East London I was ready to jump in front of a train lol. An old mate of mine (he's a teacher) has recently moved to Dubai and loves it!

[@gorantomic7150]

Did you dream about Balkan food already 😁

[@davidostrowski679]

Haha I've been in Sofia for a few weeks but so far I feel like it's too much bread, not enough cheese when I compare with Serbia. I was in the supermarket the other day and the selection is generally great but with some things I'm like ARGHGH I just want some Clipsy!! Lol

[@102GAMERGIRL1O3]

I live inn feltham

[@Brave2standalone]

It looks like a decent working-class neighborhood. If you have a family and a couple of good friends you could be happy there. Come to LA and you'll see some 'neighborhoods from hell' - and there are some so fancy that actually resemble Buckingham Palace.

[@Stephen_Nicholson]

Feltham is not as bad as some places in London, it’s actually nicer than most. I’d definitely say Hounslow is one of the worst 😂

[@exposah4]

@@Stephen_Nicholson it is not nicer than most buddy 😭

[@Stephen_Nicholson]

@@exposah4 oh it is, go around other parts of London then come back to this

[@ezcambranis702]

It reminded me when Harry Potter returned to his hometown (insert maniacal laugh here)

[@davidostrowski679]

Who's he? An expat in Guanajuato?

[@Axeldiedtimeago]

I’m just happy Feltham not a National Frontier area anymore, those racists been pushed to Sunbury.

[@davidostrowski679]

no way! Sunbury was always a bit like red shoes no knickers. People down The Avenue be like oh look at us we're so posh, but under the surface, it's just Feltham mark 2 (I went to St Pauls Catholic School)

[@RAYY0925]

@@davidostrowski679 no wayyy you went to St pauls😳

[@RayDeLaCroix]

Come on! I would never be able to tell if you are speaking with a local or nonlocal accent. You just speak British to me, hahaha. Thank you for taking us to memory lane. I read you fixed comment... So you got Covid as soon as you arrived to London? I hope you get well soon. You have no idea how many people call their own home places shitholes and look at other places where locals call them also shitholes and for them (nonlocals)... it's just a more higher and advanced place to live. I definitely see myself vising London in 5 years. Just for vacationing.

[@davidostrowski679]

One person's shithole is another person's gem! This was filmed around October 20th and I started getting sick around 1st Nov in Sofia... finally better now To a non-Brit it can be very difficult to distinguish between accents. There was a bit near the end which I cut when talking to an old guy (he didn't want to be on camera) where it completely came back. Basically like Cockney with a slight difference but it was more about the vocabulary I was using. I sounded like my dad lol

[@chamkaur1160]

Few natives feel comfortable in Brownslow anymore. Felthamabad is abit better but has underclass chavs everywhere.

[@kieran1990able]

Oh look a brown being racist. No matter where you go, this runs in asian genes deep down isn't it

[@davidostrowski679]

totally, I was one of them LOL. Glad I got out!

[@dianehinton4225]

I got married at St Dunstans Church, before you were born 😂

[@davidmag808]

love your town man it looks fucken interesting and historical i love places like that.i know most of us have negative feelings of where we lived in the past for one reason or another but i like your town.thanks for sharing

[@nevittwoods1730]

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[@shiroumxm2052]

2:47 I bet there a lot of fun at night in that street jajaajja. Maybe I´m wrong but seems like there ara many homeless people! Greetings from Acapulgore

[@davidostrowski679]

You're right about the homeless! This has always been a problem for as long as I can remember. Across London actually. One of the major governmental issues actually. That street at night jaja, basically you'd just go down there to buy drugs or murder someone. Is THIS Acapulco?! jaja

[@christophersavill4785]

I was born in feltham craigwell ave in 63 then spent till 2014 on sparrow farm estate. Feltham was a nice place till around the late 80s. Total.shithole now. I get depressed everytime i pop back to see family

[@davidostrowski679]

Craigwell avenue! Iconic!

[@rdgrdg1632]

Oh my god do people like this really exist

[@rdgrdg1632]

Oh my god alan carrs wierd child

[@davidostrowski679]

I take as a compliment although I don't really like cock. Only when I'm high 😂

[@rdgrdg1632]

Drama queen