Miami's WORST Neighborhoods (High Crime, Poverty)

Holy crap! These Miami hoods sure are changing fast!
Back in the 1980s, Miami was the murder capital of the nation. There were more than 600 murders here one year, and this place was so bad they ran out of room to stick all of the bodies.
Today, Miami is far less dangerous, and most of its former crime hotspots are far less dangerous, but still very poor. The 'dangerous areas of Miami' have earned their reputation, and there are pockets here that are just scary, but it’s still far better here now than it once was.
On today’s Florida tour stop, I’m going to look at five of the worst places in the Miami area these days - Opa Locka, Liberty City, Overtown, Little Haiti and Hialeah. As we’ll see, there’s a pretty good chance these neighborhoods won’t even exist in their current state one day. Miami is growing fast, and there’s a lot of developers putting pressure on these poverty stricken places.
And even though these areas do have a lot of crime, and many people here live in poverty, you’d get more love and hospitality in these neighborhoods than anywhere else in Miami.
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[@NickJohnson]

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[@fixieboy3052]

This guys keeps repeating the same LIE in several videos. The reality is that South florida (from palm beach to miami) DID NOT VOTED FROM TRUMP! Get your facts right!

[@clearyourmind5043]

A part needs to be done on the sw dade areas like Goulds,perrine,naranja.

[@dG-hy6ux]

Nick, I was born in miami and am a retired firefighter and medic who worked in all those areas over a thirty year career. I know those streets and places well. You cannot get any kind of realistic feel for those areas while riding around in the daytime. We referred to them collectively as The Zone. And the Zonites don't wake up till two or three or even five in the afternoon. Those streets come alive after dark. Once up, they are on the streets all night. Cruise those hoods at midnight, and you will think you have landed on a different planet. Of course, the risk to your person and property will increase exponentially. You may even get a personal invite to The Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club. I recommend a three person team; a driver, a videographer and a lookout. You can't do all three at once.

[@joetheconch]

Wich agency Miami or MDFR? Did you work McDuffie in 1980?

[@brandonofthedead]

@KLo or family matters, Cosby, or Good Times folks either.

[@YunaOrganics]

that 11 to 2 pm sun is too much! lol. in the caribbean nobody comes out at noon if the sun is out

[@Zambineaux305]

Tell that to Charliebo313. He even got out the car in Overtown after midnight. No local would even think of that. They’ll be at Wynwood down the street though 😂

[@YzeGuyVex]

💯

[@Albex26D]

I’m from Miami liberty city. Wish I could have told you why blacks are more violent than others in Miami. The answer is simple. Like you said before these was designated black communities. Before the 80s you had two parent house holds. After the crack epidemic parents was dying left and right. Families torn apart to a drug. the gangs and police was eliminating fathers. By the time the 90s came around most kids was raised by a grandparent far past their prime. Kids just like today out all times of the night trying to get the new shoes clothes to feel like they were somebody. By then the only option most teens had was the streets, sports, rapping or working in the other Neighborhoods to get by. The gentrification started to happen at the hurricane Wilma. Some ppl moved down to FL city and other locations down there. New buildings being built for most people over 55 which is changing the area. Also the price of them homes shooting up 200k in less than A decade, it’s easy to move away with 300k in hand. The best way to get out the hood is to know other opportunities! When you live in the hood you are highly influenced by being safe. Kids catching bodies by the time there 10 for 5k will change the way u think about making money. Also telling kids to go to college is not the answer. Pick up a trade stay busy and stay outta trouble in Paradise.

[@YunaOrganics]

you left out the main thing - The entertainment industry (movies, music, reality tv, don diva) using black stars to promote filth. im hispanic raised in NYC ive seen first hand the influence rap culture creates. dominicans and puerto ricans raised on rap act, dress and talk same as blacks

[@njv1234]

1000%. And the majority of the time, those mothers have no fathers for their children because they made poor choices, including pushing the dad out of the home and replacing them with a government program

[@SignedOff402]

Welfare benefits made fathers optional.

[@ceezee9179]

Beautiful response! 😍

[@lyndonfair9850]

@@SignedOff402 all part of the plan

[@Zambineaux305]

Hialeah is far from dangerous. Worst areas of Miami (as in the city) are like you mentioned: Overtown, Liberty City, Little Haiti. You could’ve mentioned Allapattah, Little Havana, Brownsville, instead of Hialeah. Miami Gardens, which is its own city, is worse than Hialeah. The only dangerous thing in Hialeah are the drivers. 😂🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@isar7525]

Hialeah drivers are definitely dangerous and uninsured. 😂

[@njv1234]

this 100%. The only bad part of Hialeah is 32nd and 79th where it borders Brownsville

[@Zambineaux305]

@@njv1234 Pretty much. Or the eastern borders that are right next door to unincorporated Miami-Dade right off NW 103rd/E 49th St. Also borders Opa-Locka up by the Amelia Earhart park.

[@mpwarrior850]

Allapattah?😆have you been there lately ?.............I lived there in the 90s and that area was bad ........Now!!! new Allapattah is not even close to what it used to be .

[@humblePresidents]

Bro over town is 97% gentrified

[@maninthehills7134]

19:20 Q: "Why is the black population more dangerous than the hispanic population? A: Single motherhood is not only normal, but incentivized and celebrated in the black community. Broken families can't make healthy communities.

[@Cocoatreat]

How about opportunities are given freely more to the latin community rather than ones of darker persuasions… when latins come together….they hire & help each other. I work at the airport…and there are companies there that hire almost entirely latinos……& most do not even speak English….i find this pretty unbelievable! What i find ridiculous is how many Latinos do vote GOP! I am originally from a RED state…..what they do not understand….to them…..they will take your vote….but anyone Latino to them will always be Mexican……. To me being Mexican is NOT a bad thing!

[@amenselah]

@@Cocoatreat Maybe Latins make better employees

[@Snowboy2015]

@@Cocoatreat wow, africans deal with "brown privilege" there..reminds me of the black privilege that outside of TX/FL the rest of us have to deal with!

[@Snowboy2015]

the guy getting interviewed couldn't reveal the truth though. he had to give a nice guy, PC answer..

[@arbrianna672]

@@Snowboy2015 what black privilege??

[@crazycolombian305]

I remember moving to Miami in 94' because it was safer then Bogota Colombia 😂✌🏼

[@aryanprivilege9651]

Rather be in Locombia, er Colombia than Weimerica

[@njv1234]

Hey Nick! Miami-Dade resident here. You left out Brownsville. Our problem areas are going to be NW Miami-Dade, South Dade, and Miami Beach. We have our problems, but we are not Baltimore or St Louis. Miami-Dade had less murders than both Broward and Palm Beach Counties last year. Miami-Dade has 2.7 million people, and had 93 murders in 2021. Baltimore City has under 600k people, and had over 330 murders last year. I am very very proud of Miami Dade today due to our history and where we came from to now. Very proud to live here even though it’s expensive 😂

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Because there's way more poverty in Baltimore and St. Louis. Also, you are 100% incorrect. Miami-Dade county had 249 murders in 2021. City of Miami had 93 murders in 2021 but the City of Miami only has 450k people. You are comparing apples with oranges. Still, 93 murders is relatively low compared to other cities the size of Miami. In Cleveland, OH for example (which has roughly 383k population), they had 170 homicides in 2021 and 193 in 2020.

[@zookeeper4664]

No, in a matter of fact maybe incorporated Dade county has around 100 murders. Miami Dade county, 250 murder more or less. Incorporated Dade has about 1.5 millions people.

[@LLO227]

Well said

[@fearmepleasez9103]

This is false cuz a quick google search will tell you miami dade had 300+ homicides in 2021. It was the city of miami that had over 90 murders. Even tho thats one of the lowest amounts its had in the past 3-4 years

[@Mike-jr1vw]

Pbc was a beautiful place I born and raised we would go to Miami Beach twice a month to party fk Miami is just a democrat shit hole want everything free

[@stephenbacks3100]

I use to deliver donated Thanksgiving dinners in the “pork and beans” neighborhood. My students (mostly black) told me I was crazy (I’m white), but I never had a problem. The condition of the apartments was jarring. Some had no electricity. Roofs were leaky. Paint was pealing. The “triangle” has had shootouts that were so bad, the police wouldn’t even enter the neighborhood for days. I’ve been to the MLK parade in Liberty City. It’s during the day, and was quite safe. The street food was amazing! I work in Hialeah Gardens (you pronounced Hialeah wrong). East Hialeah is full of gangs, but further west, it’s rather calm. Opa Locka and Hialeah were both founded by WWI flying ace, Glenn Curtis. Opa Locka comes from the Seminole word for dry hammock (islands in the Everglades). The original name was Opatishaworkalocka. Hialeah means pretty prairie. There use to be a Seminole Indian post on the river, and that’s where Curtis got the names. Opa Locka was supposed to be the “Baghdad of the West,” and you can see it in some of the architectural details and street names. They never finished, as the Great Depression arguably started in South Florida first, in 1926.

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Fascinating

[@brittenyevans1101]

I use to live in opa-locka and I’m pissed that they are shutting down the Hialeah-Opa locka flea market . (If they haven’t already) Good food, good prices, and good people. And yes , not many of the residents know the history . Which is sad.

[@Cocoatreat]

Thank you for giving back to others…..that is truly commendable…. To see people living in conditions like that…..and yet you continue -shows that you have a lot of empathy for others…..most would definitely be afraid! I’m black & sometimes i can get somewhat squeamish in those areas….. you are a wealth of information…& thank you very much for sharing!

[@potterwalker4823]

Any place these people live they destroy. I lived in a beautiful neighborhood in Chicago which is now a war zone and I lived in a very nice cul-de-sac neighborhood in East Columbus Ohio which is another war zone.I lived on and off for 58 years in Miami and can say truthfully it’s a beautiful city full of rotten people. I tell people every day “don’t ever consider going to Miami you will regret it”. I seem to have convinced quite a few people of that.

[@yk007beats8]

amazing! thanks for the history lesson, I've always wondered why that part of Opa Locka looked like a middle eastern city. i like it though its rather unique, I'm originally from North Miami but left in 2000.

[@littleflower8915]

During his drive Nick missed Opa-locka's old, mosque-inspired city hall. Opa-locka was developed on a 1001 Nights theme. It has the most Moorish revival architecture in the Western hemisphere. Some of its streets are Ali Baba Ave., Shahrazad Blvd. and Sesame St. Imagine telling people and filling in forms saying you live on Sesame St.

[@riomontana305]

That’s because when he was talking about opalocka he wasn’t there 🤣🤣🤣

[@l.a.beltranmusic4554]

I used to live on Sesame st. lol

[@LLO227]

Legit

[@aaronhow3932]

Lol so hard about Sesame Street on an official form! 😀

[@moelr_]

Man as a German I really like your videos! Especially you interviewing locals. Keep it up! Btw what a perfect part two to your first Miami video. Watched them back to back

[@joetheconch]

Brave move pulling into Liberty Square (Pork-n-Beans)! I worked for an ambulance service in 1980 and was caught up in the McDuffie riots of 1980 @ 62 & 12Ave. That's very close to where you pulled into.

[@robertpace901]

I'm staying where I am in the Midwest. Yes we have snow and crime but I've lived in a City that grew like Miami and much of Florida is and it's no fun. Crowded freeways, lots of traffic all hours, super arrogant bicyclist, crowded grocery stores, lines to get into restaurants, unaffordable rents... No, I'm staying where I am. And there's Crime everywhere these days.

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Thanks for letting us know about the arrogant cyclists and that you’ll be staying where you are. Excellent.

[@evns7142]

Arrogant cyclists are hardly a negative against an entire city...I live in downtown Miami and don't see that many cyclists in the first place. Lol. I've been here for 3 years and love it. Crime isn't high, the weather's great, and very international. Idk where you're waiting in line to go to a restaurant...I've never waited more than 10 minutes. Also, maybe just...make a reservation? Also, grocery stores aren't crowded. Lastly, I have a lot of college friends living in Miami, and they make less than 50k. So most of your skepticisms are inaccurate. Lol

[@robertpace901]

@@evns7142 give it 5-7 years. I never said Miami is that way......yet. Go re-read my comment

[@evns7142]

@@robertpace901 So because somewhere that you lived is like that, you assume Miami is like that and/or will be in 7 years. Weirdest criticism I've ever heard and it's based off of no factual information. Lmfao

[@fishingaddicts4739]

As a 14 yr old Southern Miami is safe just look at South Miami, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, or Kendall. As a Cuban Miami is the best fishing in the world and that’s where a lot of the food I eat comes from.

[@bubblegumm8114]

I went to Hialeah high and used to take the bus/walk to MDC north in opa locka and going to my best friends house in overtown. I would never in a million years call Hialeah “hood” or dangerous..

[@Merlinfoop]

Yeah, it’s just kinda dirty

[@juliabarone8852]

@@Merlinfoop well I've seen alot places miami dirty

[@bubblegumm8114]

It’s Miami of course everywhere it’s mostly dirty 🤣 only maybe parts of brickell/north miami, maybe some parts of doral, downtown west palm and those fancy places are well kept

[@EASTSIDE33161]

Hialeah should be off the list

[@tonyjunior83]

Remove Hialeah and Add Miami Gardens

[@peterb1277]

I have friends in Little Haiti area and there’s a lot of new high end construction planned. Even now it’s a lot better than it was 10-20 years ago.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

How is it better?

[@Poop_Scoop71]

@@thedirtybubble9613 a lot of gentrification, big developers buy out neighborhoods for above market value, residents move out and developers build new modern buildings/ shopping malls and etc. This brings the value of the area up and therefore different kinds of people now live in the area. Can be seen as a good or bad things depending on how you look at it 🤷‍♂️

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@Poop_Scoop71 How is that necessarily a good thing?

[@trippsmclovin]

Facts. Homestead/ FL city in South dade has gotten better too.

[@SamSingh-df6px]

@@thedirtybubble9613 Because Little Haiti was one of the most dangerous areas in FL. Why would you willingly keep a crime ridden area the same?

[@oscarmadison8530]

Miami is a nice city but like so many others, gentrification will see to it that most people can't afford to live there.

[@smebl0]

Who cares. The blacks have made Miami a hell for way to long.

[@thehonestdoctor3590]

@Reverend Boaz jeeze just stop being a troll!🤦🤦🤦😡 Miami is on the east coast. Stop repeating the same bullshit! Miami is the most diverse metro inthe country! 😉

[@kippaseo8027]

I was born and raised in South Florida and have lived here almost my entire life. Most of Miami at least those that were not already black were decimated 30 years ago this month by Hurricane Andrew. Our neighborhood in South Miami ( Country Walk) never came back because all the good ones moved up to West Broward and Boca like us. Also Homestead had the big Air Force Base was to Homestead what the Auto industry was to Detroit. Once Andrew destroyed it it killed the rest of the town.

[@junkiexl86]

Born and raised in Deerfield Beach myself. Moved out of the state entirely several years after Andrew

[@Calvibike]

I grew up in Hialeah, 1950 to 1971. Our family was probably one of the first Cuban families there. My parents were Cuban but all four kids were born in the U.S. I didn’t realize how weird it was there until I moved away.

[@juliabarone8852]

My cuban family came in the 60s and lived in hialeah

[@Notpublic4719]

@@juliabarone8852 that's wonderful. my colombian family came in the 1990s and since moved to fort lauderdale (weston). life is much better here, but we always visit hialeah for the delicious cuban food.

[@juliabarone8852]

@@Notpublic4719 that's right hialeah good cuban food

[@drrobertdawson1899]

You do A Great Job Nick.........Showing What South Florida Looks Like today....Been Years Since I've Been That far south....My Very Close Friend Grew Up there In The 60s and 70s.I Used To Haul Tractor Trailer loads For Export Through The Port Of Miami back in the 90s....So Glad I Don't Have To make That Run Anymore.

[@potterwalker4823]

I lived in Miami on and off for 58 years. I now live 200 miles up the coast on the water and everybody I encounter finds out I’m from Miami gets the “Miami is a horrible place to live“. Nobody goes to Miami they land there and go somewhere else like the keys , The Bahamas, Naples, South Beach. Miami is a gleaming beautiful city visually and quite the opposite in terms of the people and the quality of life, a real horror story.

[@NelsonS92]

I grew up Hialeah and live in Hialeah it definitely isn’t anywhere near as dangerous as the other cities mentioned here.

[@AndrewLaMonica1]

It's actually safer than the us average

[@mpwarrior850]

@@AndrewLaMonica1 nope ,specially not lately .

[@juliabarone8852]

Thank you alot of Miami people act like hialeah is a war zone I was born hialeah lived 57 years and this guy is exaggerating.

[@juliabarone8852]

@@mpwarrior850 what Part hialeah yu talking about

[@mpwarrior850]

@@juliabarone8852 the whole city ,even good areas like hialeah gardens

[@marylalane9457]

Great video as usual! I agree with your list, but I would add Miami Gardens,too.

[@lambdee7006]

I am a miami native been here for over 40 years, this place has declined big time, unaffordable now, a lot of poor people and a lot of rich, very low middle class. Long lines everywhere, bumper to bumper traffic, and very rude people including myself. Very overrated place.

[@fishingaddicts4739]

Kendall is middle class

[@thomasjefferson4662]

Nick you should have dressed like Don Johnson for the video rented a ferrari

[@conservativehippie9736]

That would've been perfect!

[@Snowboy2015]

😎🏙

[@thedirtybubble9613]

The black population in Miami is declining. In 1990 it was 27% black, 2000 it was 22%, 2010 19% and now in 2020 when the last census was taken it was approximately 16%. The city of Miami is trying to run the blacks out and it's been happening for the last 20 years. A lot of Miami's black population has moved into Broward county over the last 30 years.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@Traveling_Trefs that's beyond my point. Miami's black population started declining in the 90s after Hurricane Andrew and that was before gentrification started in Miami. Miami started gentrifying in the 2000s.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@Traveling_Trefs Precisely.

[@Cocoatreat]

I’m black…….i live in miami……i ain’t going nowhere!! But yes…i see this happening!

[@arbrianna672]

@Reverend Boaz Your point??

[@arbrianna672]

@Reverend Boaz Okay, You're telling the truth. What is your point in telling it. Do you want more Asians to move to these areas?

[@elizabethbahamonde5908]

It’s also important to highlight that Little Haiti is one of the highest (if not, THE highest) points above sea level in Miami. Rich folk from the brickell and Miami Beach areas are developing Little Haiti so when they’re tired of replacing their cars due to water damage from the severe flooding, they can move into their gentrified neighborhood of cube shaped homes

[@cripcy]

I don’t get the cube architecture so ugly

[@AM-pp5rl]

I grew up in East Hialeah, and never saw any violent crimes in the early 2000's. Later as a paramedic I got to see the darkest side of Hialeah, and still crimes were very rare.

[@conservativehippie9736]

I found me a place in Florida. Up in Interlochen ... Just shy of a quarter acre corner lot in a newly formed residential area that's gonna be turned into having small homes and tiny houses. Solar powered with battery backup septic and I love it...land $2,700

[@levanahyll5884]

Wait...are you saying you paid $2,700 for a piece of land? No way 😳

[@richb.4374]

The only reason Miami is better now is all of the gang bangers and criminals either got killed or left.

[@Notpublic4719]

and the wealthy latinos coming in and fixing these areas.

[@yungactivist]

My dad was right Miami one day is going to be an expensive place to live . Neighbors got worsened as time passes by I glad my parents didn’t sell their house

[@thehonestdoctor3590]

@Reverend Boaz @Reverend Boaz jeeze just stop being a troll!🤦🤦🤦😡 Miami is on the east coast. Stop repeating the same bullshit! Miami is the most diverse metro inthe country! 😉

[@fishingaddicts4739]

@Reverend Boaz We’re more Hispanic tho and why do we need to be like California

[@AvenueD417]

Living in Miami from 95 to 2007, the change I saw was pretty quick. The 90’s Miami had a big gang culture but in the later years before I left that started dying down and drug crews which are smaller groups were popping up. It’s a whole different place now, the elites invaded that city and it shows. A lot of people I went to school with left Miami to other parts of the country.

[@NickJohnson]

It's crazy how fast it changed

[@anarky305]

Avenue, first and foremost nice Cru logo for your avatar. I moved down in late 95 and agree. Gang culture was rampant at that time and dwindled down greatly. Drug culture never left, just became endemic and commercialized (you can now purchase drugs thru "private events" openly. The elites just moved into bigger pockets of the city and continue to push into previous sketchy areas.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Yes Miami is ruined now.

[@fictionindianspaceprogram-222]

@@thedirtybubble9613 how?

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@fictionindianspaceprogram-222 Read what the OP said.

[@southfloridaslayer]

yeah I live in Miami Beach, Hialeah is really not that bad, Brownsville definitely seems way more dangerous

[@danielvalentino3334]

Thats bc Brownsville is dangerous its part of liberty city I was born in Brownsville liberty city I used to lived in the flat tops and its dangerous then Hialeah to me

[@mariahrodriguez5203]

Local Miamian here, these neighborhoods have been pushed out in the last 20 years, or more. Coconut grove is an example of that.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Annndd it hasn't necessarily made Miami a better place either. I actually miss the old Miami because it had more character.

[@Nika_Scott]

@@thedirtybubble9613 😂

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Those neighborhoods are cleaned up compared to what they looked like 20 or 30 years ago. Miami is the most gentrified city in the south by far.

[@VikCalo]

I am a native from the 80/90s . Today the Miami I knew is long gone. Gentrification is wiping out communities and driving people out of the city. I left after 25+ years.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Yeah man it's actually kind of sad. I miss the old Miami despite it being cruddy and dangerous. At least it was affordable.

[@AJPrieto444]

Great video Nick! Thank you for having me :-)

[@NickJohnson]

Alex!!! You're awesome!! Keep in touch!!

[@accordv6er]

Used to go through Hialeah all the time from Doral. Of course there's crime, mostly gang and drugs. One thing I noticed, I never felt super worried or in danger minding my own. Don't be stupid, generally you'll be fine. There's a few bad areas for sure, and petty crime is super high. Great video as always

[@smebl0]

Most of the crime in Hialeah comes from Opa Locka

[@anarky305]

Hialeah is a working blue collar hub for Cuban refugees. If you do not know Spanish you will have a difficult time adjusting. Crime is not from Opa Locka, it's usually internal. It's the closest feel to a third world you will get in the US. Any store, restaurant or any business you will encounter is Spanish speaking only, even chain establishments. Rents are extremely high because it's the only city a Latino can move to without the need to ever assimilate to American culture.

[@plutosmoon8349]

Bravo Nick! As always you presented an honest, fair, assessment of a Major city of my state Florida & of my country America. Miami's growth & development plans seem to have much in common with what we do here in my life long home of Orlando, FL "America's Favorite Tourist Trap". We also bull doz ghettos & trailer parks & rebuild with neighborhoods with HOA's that Manage who is approved to move in & who is "politely asked to move to an are more accomodating to their way of life" or "find an area where other people of their Subset enjoy life in Orlando". The thing that always amazes me is going downtown to Division St. Orlando which was named so due to it being an official line of segregation decades ago & finding not much has changed. Sure West Church, SoDo, Hannibal Square Have become revitalized areas full of lighter pigments but areas like Metro West, Old Cheney/Semoran, Pine Hills continue to be forgotten more & more the darker their pigment becomes. I know you've done Orlando in the Past. Hopefully you visit again soon. Things they are a changing fast. Thanks, Chris Orlando

[@cindyrolle6476]

I was born in overtown, florida, Christian Hospital where black babies were born. My mother and father are buried in Opa Locka. Again, a segregated black neighborhood. DeSantis doesn’t want our history told. But, every Floridian should read or listen to the book/audiobook: DEVIL IN THE GROVE. It is a history of how Floridia was the most dangerous lynching state in the South. It’s a true heartbreaking history of why these black areas exist in the state of Florida.

[@jmjfanss]

Bullshit and you know it

[@Flap999]

Opalocka isn’t going anywhere. CIA station at the airport still being used today. Personally, I try to never go south of Charlotte County. When I come into a neighborhood and see bars on the windows, I know I’ve made a wrong turn.

[@FelixRealty]

i lived in liberty city for decades. from what I know is that they moved all the people who lived in section 8 (government housing) out. they are now commencing the tear downs and rebuilding. they are rennovating the old housing into modern two story apartment buildings which are still going to be government housing. most of the past tenants have move to homestead. they are taking liberty city and changing it into an art center in the near future.

[@NewHaven203]

Props to you Nick for spending more than 2 weeks in Florida to educate us on the state and what’s going on there!

[@xoxxobob61]

Miami is gentrifying very quickly. I predicted 20 years ago that Overtown would eventually disappear as the wave of new Skyscrapers downtown moved in their direction. Liberty City is facing gentrification too as real estate prices have skyrocketed there. Who knew the Ghetto would become "chic" one day? I have a friend who inherited a small house there in the 90's & Realtors call him everyday now asking him to sell.

[@autumn_b905]

Latinos are extremely hard-working and non-violent community. Although some experience poverty, unlike the black community, they do not reward violence and promiscuity in their music and culture. Latino men are great fathers and providers for their families, and these values are past down from generations. It was determined in the early 2000s that Latinos would surpass the black community due to their values, diligence, education level, and strong work ethic.

[@vcof2005]

Every culture has a version of “drill” or narco-corrido. It’s not just blacks

[@Cocoatreat]

As a black person….i will tell you now we have just as many hardworking non violent people in our community! I am NOT from miami…..but i have lived here 27 years. In my family education is a priority and most in my family have several degrees…. What you speak of happens to Latinos just as much as blacks….so please do not demonize people you do not know! I had a great father….in fact when grew up…..everyone had a father & mother. What i will tell you is all people of color are destroyed in the eyes of the media…. Before i moved to miami….i was told that Cubans were going to beat us up…& Puerto Ricans would be stabbing us with their knives….was it true? No…. I don’t believe what i hear……i go & find out! Its easy to say those things when opportunities go to Latinos rather than black folks.. & thats what i see here in miami. They are the ones given the breaks while the darker skinned ones are ignored….& in order to survive….they have to do what they do….. i was told by one father….there were job openings at a car dealership for teens……when the black youth applied for the job he was told that the jobs had been filled…..his best friend (who was Latino) applied afterwards and got that job! People always want to blame black people for these situations and they never talk about the truth of the matter…. Let’s look at the movie “Scarface” of which many Latinos are proud…..this is how Hollywood portrayed Cubans…….as uncouth, uneducated schemers & thugs….. i was pretty fearful when i first came here…..thank God…i was surrounded by good people of all colors who showed me….there are good people in every race. Wish you could see the same!

[@autumn_b905]

@@Cocoatreat is your family from the Caribbean? Yes I know many black people who are educated mostly the women. Black women are hard workers.

[@Snowboy2015]

@@vcof2005 okay, cornball..keep making excuses till they rob you

[@Snowboy2015]

@@Cocoatreat you seem to have a rebuttal for everyone who speaks the truth about africans. although I agree w/ your defense of the law-abiding and productive members of your community, you are missing the point here. the commenter of this post is just pointing out the truth about Brown people and exposing many africans who they rightfully are. have u listened to rap music? have u visited ghettos and compared them to barrios? scarface also succeeded as a capitalist, plain & simple. Browns don't have many movies to inspire them. africans have monopolized the media because they benefit from black privilege & white guilt. so, it makes sense why they latch onto a movie from the 80s.

[@seanoreilly9950]

this is getting me hyped for gta 6

[@__charles__]

Liberty City - home of the Miami Bass! 2 Live Crew

[@Peachcreekmedia]

This man has yet to meet a stop sign that he actually stops for!!

[@Albex26D]

And you really be in the hood of hoods lol 😂 PSU, Lincoln field, the blues, Pork and beans. You hit all the spots!

[@IndianaCrane]

Miami’s worst neighborhoods have nothing on places that I’ve seen in Illinois and New Jersey….

[@matthewhernandez8342]

Have you seen how beautiful Trenton and Newark are?

[@loisaustin6200]

Baltimore too. To me, that is the worst city I have ever visited.

[@miamigladiator9545]

Says the guy who’s never been here! There’s good places and bad places throughout the country.

[@brittenyevans1101]

Gentrification has been taking over a bulk of the miami neighborhoods for the last nine years now, but went into full effect during the pandemic. It’s nice to see people finally clean up some areas, but to raise the rent to a ridiculous amount, (house insurance no longer serves most residents in the region) and kick people out. Destroying the culture and the descendants of the founding leaders of the city. ( coconut grove) to be exact, is terrible.

[@danielvalentino3334]

🤣🤣 we used to be worst but we good ova here 🤣

[@rogueviking9268]

If they make a Grand Theft Auto game about your neighborhood, it's kinda universally accepted your hood is rough.

[@danielvasquez3758]

Yes sir!! Keep them coming Nick!! Especially in my hometown!! Lord knows I don’t go out much so you showing a couple of blocks away from me is a refresher!!

[@valeriefuller5465]

I was born In Miami and left there in 1988, it was horrible then. I have no desire to return. I now live in Tampa.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

It's worse now.

[@outtacloud80]

@@thedirtybubble9613 I think so too. Cost of living has put the squeeze on alot of people barely making it paycheck to pay check. Nothing changed aside from the window dressing . Great food in some of them areas . Alot of what he mentioned happening to the poor is happening to the middle class also . Pushed out with decent jobs for wealth & greed. Middle class gone soon possibly . FL is outta control .

[@networth00]

Tampa is too cold in winter.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@networth00 what 😂🤣

[@networth00]

@@thedirtybubble9613 I want to swim in the winter. Tampa is 60 degrees, not swimming weather.

[@smebl0]

The federal govt statistics claim Hialeah is poor because a lot of economic activity in Hialeah is in cash and not reported.

[@kevinr175]

Yup, my dad gets paid under the table but reports an income of $13K.

[@dd60622]

I've watched you for years and never thanked you Nick. Thank you ❤️

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Miami is a ruined city too. The development wiped way any resemblance of character it still had left.

[@willjam465]

To me, you will not see neighborhood improvement if the residents have no self-respect, respect for others, or respect for property. This all begins with a strong family culture. Develop this type of culture, where you take care of yourself and others, be responsible, you will find change for the better.

[@redofspades]

The US is in bad shape in many areas now, Tijuana and San Diego don't look that different anymore. A difference is the type of crimes, US is more sexually depraved, LGBT, liberal while Mexico is more violent.

[@MrHarrisinc]

Are you heading to St. Augustine or Jacksonville soon?

[@aasheedskipper]

It's crazy the police station like two blocks away from the beans but they would never show up on time 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@BettyFL]

Is it too few police to handle the area?

[@aasheedskipper]

@@BettyFL I don't believe so but the area has been rebuilt so things are probably different now

[@BettyFL]

@@aasheedskipper Thank you. Good to hear of the improvements.

[@Mountainrock70]

Nick please do something in Maine

[@festerofest4374]

I think he HAS done Maine IIRC (and New Hampshire and VT). Search his page and you will find his videos on those states.

[@youtubeblows326]

Miami and Broward will always be dangerous worst areas to live in it will never become safe.

[@heather957]

I'm very excited to hear about Palm Beach County! I had NO idea the haves and have nots were that extreme there. Very interesting.

[@anarky305]

I'm glad someone pointed this out. I've never liked Palm Beach because you can have pockets of deep 3rd world neighborhoods bordering ultra lux.

[@caryfuentes754]

I live in Hialeah and yes we do have our crime once I a while. But never bad as you mentioned Hialeah . This is a middle class city but not a high crime area we do have our problems but crime is not one of then.

[@jonnygrowlately]

Freaking love the 80s tv show theme songs dude

[@dannyr2631]

Choppa locka

[@miamigladiator9545]

Those who really know. Know.

[@DrMatey215]

Miami Jai Alai was where the cocaine cowboys would lay down $500 bets on their girlfriends favorite player!

[@indycharlie]

Very nice video , and . It is very apparent , that Alex is very intelligent !!

[@katebarker8410]

Hi Nick! Wonderful video! I deeply enjoy your work! Thank you! ✨🫂

[@MrJamesVanEngen]

Until 9/11, Montana state was considered the 3rd poorest state in the nation, and almost completely over-looked in terms of poverty and crime. After 9/11, Montana state quickly rose further up the list of wealthy states. Enron much? Florida state is commonly thought as a state of wealth. Fewer ideas have been further from the truth. Thank you, Nick Johnson!

[@fishingaddicts4739]

Floridas paradise

[@revisionist5622]

Great video, great series, very informative.

[@asullivan4047]

What brought Miami down was the cocaine epidemic of the 70's.

[@mrbiggrin6261]

Pretty cool video. I am born and raised in North Miami. At 5:08 is right by my house 125th st. LOL I am 41 now, graduated in 1999 at North Miami senior high. Most of those houses around there are from 1945 when Miami was developed. A lot of nice areas, moderately safe. West side of Miami was always a bit worse. Miami Gardens,. Carol City, then going south to liberty city, over town, wynwood, and a lot of parts of opa-locka. In the early 90's there were the zoe pound gangs and a lot of neighborhood gangs. But just like everywhere they die, disappear, or go to jail. Neighborhoods look the same but slightly safer in some areas.

[@donaldsawyer2618]

I just went to Wynwood. Wasn’t that a rough area at one time?

[@emilionarvaez1415]

Hialeah isn't bad at all, just have to make sure your car isn't stolen or broken into but not much violence honestly.

[@eduardoroquem]

Why the majority of bad neighborhoods have a high population of black people? I found it crazy to believe.

[@Tikitackfouls]

Generational poverty

[@SuperBoomshack]

I wouldn't put Hialeah in this list

[@xoxxobob61]

Agreed !

[@walkingmiracles9706]

no way a 500$ apartment happens in FL

[@thehonestdoctor3590]

Florida is booming! More than any other state!🤦 But the problem we have is supply and demand on housing as people are fleeing Democrat states!😉 As a 12 year resident in Palm Beach i hate the new traffic increase but it is what it is!

[@Cocoatreat]

You mean they are fleeing the maker states to the taker states? I’ve been a resident of south florida for 27 yrs….hmmmmm & you sitting right in the middle of the democrat base of the state!

[@Miamistreetinterviews]

These places you deem as the hood are places with cultural significance to those that reside there. Most of these "hoods" were vibrant, wholesome communities decades ago. Its ironic how many people are flocking to these "hoods". Fyi. blacks weren't allowed on South beach therefore we remained near Overtown, Liberty city, etc. Now that the beach is suffering from high rise sea levels, everyone is flocking to the "hood" because the land is better.

[@bradklingensmith]

This is a paraphrase from a retired director of housing in Pittsburgh. It's not really tenants that cause the problems in the housing, it's the boyfriends that come and go, deal drugs, then get into a shooting with a different woman's boyfriend as he is in a rival gang. They've been tearing down an building new places and doing more screening.

[@jmizzyfromthacity6787]

ill never forget running from bullets in that area at the age of 16 God spared me that night @0:49

[@AJPrieto444]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@heisrisen6898]

I used to live in Homestead South of Miami for 35 years moved out a couple years ago it was the best thing we did Miami and all the East Coast area from Broward heading south is nothing but junk pure junk it is not worth living out there

[@fishingaddicts4739]

The Keys are nice

[@jimmyhawkins5357]

@@fishingaddicts4739 getting very crowded in the keys. Building is destroying the beauty of the quaint Keys. More crime happening. I have lived here 40 years.

[@williamgullett8071]

First...you get the money....

[@tanman7627]

Gentrification

[@danielvasquez3758]

Nick!! Did you visit the pork and beans area?? I know the First 48 visits there quite often!!

[@danielvasquez3758]

Never mind lol.

[@blackdiamond306]

You really did your home work 💯

[@bluetickch2166]

Shout out Jean from Little Haiti! Was a Comcast worker with him out here in Northern California before he moved back to Florida

[@Mic636]

Back then? In the 90's? Dude you couldn't find an older individual who knows what the multiple transition periods of this shit hole?

[@EliDaDogman]

Should have went up North Miami 6 ave or Miami Gardens Drive

[@James-nv1wf]

How is anyone going to find a place to live making minimum wage if rent is 3000 a month, this just breeds more crime.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Nick ,do a nighttime video of the worst part of Baltimore.

[@tonyaduvall49]

My family went from S Florida back to Central Florida to escape the crime in the late 80's it's very much still the same in those places. I went to Carol City high school ya..My grand parents lived on Opa Loka for decades since the 40's it was nice then and now it's disgusting! I have vowed to never return to S Florida in my lifetime. I lived in Hialeah with my sister for the last years there and they're just better at hiding their crime.

[@asielmilian38]

Hialeah is the city that progress.

[@tonyaduvall49]

@@asielmilian38 they progressed but for the Huspanic speaking community but if you were not a Spanish speaker there was no Jon's for you this is why many left the city. If you weren't bilingual good luck finding a job. It's a great place but again depends on who you are.

[@Carlos-s9j]

You interviewed the wrong person, he didn't know nothing about Miami, Hialeah, or Cubans.

[@alonsolaw8380]

Nick you should use a bullet proof vest to visit here lol lol 😂

[@irmakalember9403]

Hey Nick u been in FL for a while now. Ahahha thanks for reporting. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@carolannmoore989]

350k. You have no clue There are no low income developments The Cubans who got funding to build the money was stolen.

[@SetheMan]

Technically, GTA 3 which takes place in Liberty City (and not part of the main title) is based on New York City in New York, not Liberty City in Miami. You might be thinking about GTA: Vice City which refers to the whole Miami area.

[@francisemanuelrosa7388]

also GTA 6 hahah

[@bnwo]

That's for damn sure

[@jbrown0523]

Little Haiti is NOT a nice place?? How disappointing..

[@jenniferandrade6441]

That looks a lot with some neighborhoods in LA county.

[@Snowboy2015]

minus the homosexuals/circus freaks/homelessness..

[@HombreWithAnOmbre]

Does anyone have any affordable living suggestions in Hollywood or hialeah or miami dade/ft Lauderdale?

[@jbar_85]

Dania Beach seems pretty affordable. It’s right next to Fort Lauderdale and isn’t Hollywood (that’s a good thing, lol)!

[@HombreWithAnOmbre]

@@jbar_85 thanks so much! I'll keep that in mind!

[@jasminegonzalez3793]

Could’ve said Allapattah lmao