Most Dangerous City (East St. Louis, IL) Public Housing Projects, Documentary Film

Most Dangerous City (East St. Louis, IL) Public Housing Projects, Documentary Film
In-depth look into the streets of East St. Louis, IL
Journey through every hood in the "Most Dangerous City"
"highest homicide rate of any city in the United States"
Shot & Edited by @ArtisticReign & @DevoAntwon
www.ArtisticReign.com
Music by @DevoAntwon Links Here / devo-antwon
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[@mittiemoorecollins4303]

U can really feel the bad vibes coming out the phone. Just the depression, no hope, just the feeling of anxiety, fear, anger, sadness.

[@jaybone2189]

Frfr and that beat! Is super demonic

[@kevinkollmann5404]

I'm a middle aged white man from Southern Illinois, but E. St. was my home three times in my life, from 12 to 30, 1990, 1994, and 2010. I've walked the steets, I've ran in the projects, I've broken bread with the people who still call this home..... There is only sadness left in E. Boogie, sadness, pain, and a memory of hope that is long, long gone..... She will forever be a part of who I am, yet watching this, I only feel sadness.....

[@coolkid-gl9zs]

How different was it in 1990 and 2010

[@GEVINCHYGAMEZ]

It's not thst bad there...I went there plenty of tines no problems at all...not 1....not 1...1...quiet and country nothing scary

[@griselda3736]

​@LOSTGAMESONSNAKEISLA ok you got lucky 🤣. Why don't you live there?

[@derekwilson7453]

I'm from east St Louis and they told me a lot growing up I'm 63 years old and was fortunate enough to come out of the place but I still have nothing but love for the place

[@derekwilson7453]

@Donnell Okafor nice to meet you

[@derekwilson7453]

Lincoln or east side

[@derekwilson7453]

@Donnell Okafor Eastside class of '77

[@JcMacSwagTV]

who told you a lot?

[@brycehummel796]

Nobody from their calls at East St. Louis😂

[@JazmineHiill]

My hometown 😢 wow I used to live in the Gompers & grew up in the holes. This video brings back so many memories I had family in nearly every housing project in this video. Praying for my city. I’ve definitely come a long way 🙏🏾

[@raycrockett3479]

Mine to born in Christian welfare hospital 75

[@KYSE3]

Bless you sistah

[@thefolks5199]

I’m from the holes too I stayed out there from 99-2014

[@kingmetatron1922]

That's a Illy feeling huh Bae....it's always good to go.back sometimes an visit

[@chunkymonkeysteadyfunky]

you should come a longer way right over to my crib beautiful

[@michaelm3345]

I visited ESL for the first time recently. I’ve driven through Gary, Camden, Cairo, Mississippi Delta, everywhere. ESL felt the most creepy.

[@justindurham7643]

What you mean by feeling creepy?

[@ryanmuldoon7864]

for the people saying its not that bad...a few years ago the murder rate was so high that if it was the same size as nyc there would be 8,000 murders...yall are some sad souls tryna downplay an awful scene.

[@keisharice2392]

I’ve seen worse in other cities. You must not be from east Saint louis. I look at tons of these videos and they only show the bad parts of some blocks but skip the hood neighborhoods and some are the next block over. I’m for sure wherever you are there are parts of your city that may look unpleasant to the eye.

[@keisharice2392]

I’ve seen worse in other cities. You must not be from east Saint louis. I look at tons of these videos and they only show the bad parts of some blocks but skip the hood neighborhoods and some are the next block over. I’m for sure wherever you are there are parts of your city that may look unpleasant to the eye.

[@lana_6336]

@@keisharice2392 nah, East St. Louis is easily one of the most depressing places in the country. I’d give it as bad as Baltimore and Philadelphia. The sense of dread and hopelessness alone is enough to rupture the soul. I’m from stl county and I always felt overwhelming blessed my parent’s never let my eyes witness such heinous violence and hardship. The whole city is a hood.

[@nostudion1037]

9 murders in 19 years ain't bad😂😂

[@MannyMusa638]

Jackson Ms 🤣

[@zachshelton8321]

To me, as a child. I couldn't help myself but to explore these rundown places. To a kid, these just looked like potential forts lol.

[@lana_6336]

God be with any child who sadly had to call those places home. Raised in hell.

[@FrEDo507]

….I’m driving through here next week and want to explore da hole abandoned buildings 😂

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

9:00.. Damn you can feel the bad energy through the screen. You could tell that place is abandoned for good reasons.

[@thefolks5199]

I’m from those exact projects too bro 💯

[@mcfrisko834]

@@thefolks5199What were they like?

[@thefolks5199]

@@mcfrisko834 to say the least, it was a hell of an experience. Good bad an everything in between. I wouldn’t trade those memories for nun tho 💯. I have ppl I met while staying out there who are still like family til this day💯.

[@CrimsonDeathBed]

I grew up in Cahokia, then moved to Granite City, then to Collinsville before moving to Florida in 2010. I spent a lot of time driving through and around the East St. Louis area, this video does the best at really conveying the "Vibe" there, it's hard to explain, but it feels different there, you know you're in a scary place.

[@paullopezopaclinicman2127]

I lived in the nearby area, Cahokia and Belleville for over 20 years. My wife worked for Hudlin’s insurance and I worked at St. Mary’s hospital, then Kenneth Hall until it shut down for good. Then I worked at Touchette Regional. It is truly very sad to see a community of very good people being run down by corruption and crime.

[@gfexc]

St. Mary´s rocked! Never a dull moment

[@ronniesmith7540]

I worked @ St.Mary’s icu in 1991 after my Army career! I still have relatives in the area. Edwardsville, ESL and Godfrey.

[@mauricekiner1835]

It goes down on the East Side, used to cross the bridge from the Lou, goin to the PINK SLIP😮

[@OLTLSuperfan]

When I was a kid, I'm 31 now, everyone I know called St. Mary's Hospital St. Murders because the staff would literally let people die in the emergency room from gun shots, stab wounds, and excruciating chest pain while waiting to get seen by doctors. My mom's first husband died in the waiting area of the emergency room at St. Mary's after being shot and dragging himself in from off the streets into the ER. And I myself, remember vividly being violently ill on so many occasions as a child and having to wait for sometimes up to eight hours in the emergency room to be seen by a doctor. St. Mary's was a horrible hospital.

[@MartyGoatOfficial]

@@OLTLSuperfandamn that’s wild

[@kaylamarga2636]

I grew up here (Im 23) and it's like many hoods. It's to the point of no return financially, the corruption is off the charts and most young people don't really have a vision of life outside of the ESTL. But the crazy thing is, most of us from here feel at home, mainly because we know when and how to move around ESTL. However, the crime is not as bad as one might assume, it's actually dying down, the murders and shootings that is. And most people are too poor to steal from. Its just a typical slum. So crazy it is between St Louis and the Metro East, meaning many people commute through or past the city every single day. I also drive through omw to work and just fantasize about what it used to be and could become. Never will be the bustling city it was, but if the people come together it could be a beautiful place again. Lots of cheap land, lots of potential for jobs/companies to come in, it could be a Pontoon Beach of sorts. But there's just no real sense of community there yet. I want to change that.

[@MSSHARIII]

Thank you for sharing, hopefully things change for the better some day.💛

[@douglasmacrae8947]

The music in this video gave me the chills. Liked. 👍

[@darkness9093]

The first one did..

[@ofbglokk608]

This needs more attention

[@raccoon2058]

it will never get it man 😐😕 it’s a sad reality everyday it just gets worse

[@vincentwesterfield6054]

Some of the dumping of trash people from Belleville and surrounding areas come to dump trash, i grew up on the river which was called the bottoms, until they built the highway over our property. And moved us to the Robinson's, they gave us lawnmowers to keep our yards up and grass seeds to plant, we had flowers and everyone respect each other

[@dannonheidelberg7542]

You did that fam. A real tour of East St Louis.

[@missymasucci4070]

I’m “talking” to a guy who’s from here.. I really have no words after researching and stumbling upon this video. I know I was extremely fortunate not to fully comprehend what growing up here was like but damn.. it makes sense why this man is so humble and hardworking.. I just can’t believe it. Nothing but respect.

[@noah_ac9985]

This is some VERY captivating music! Really goes with the video!

[@kevinpierson2057]

I left E. St. louis in 1981 I am 64 now glad to say I've never been back

[@jettechdonatkins]

I grew up there,born in '56 and moved out in '75.Went to St.Phillips grade school and Assumption High.Lived in Loisel Village area and worked at grocery store there in mid '70's.Last time there was '99.

[@ronniesmith7540]

​@@jettechdonatkins I went to Assumption High from 68-71 then to Eastside , graduated in 73! Moved away for a while in the military! Still have family in the area! I go back at least 3 times a year!. Love my midwest. ESL has changed but it will always be home and I am not ashamed of it. It is a small beat down city with politcal corruption and yes there's violence there just like you larger cities with thier sections that people are afraid to venture off into. ESL is just a small city with no growth, no industries! People from ESL go to Belleville, St. Louis, Granite city, Fairview heights, and other areas for employment, so that tell you how small it is! It only has liquor stores and gas sations now owned by foreigners who get more loans and assistance from the government more so than the people born and raised there! Another way to keep the people of the city poorer.

[@durandjohnson1321]

I was there five years '68-'73 never again!

[@kalbomataba759]

I am a white guy. In 2020 I worked for the Census Bureau and I did census in Gompers and the big apartment buildings on Missouri Ave as well as the other apartments going down towards Centerville. I never really was scared and never got threatened or anything. Maybe I was dumb and didn’t know it.

[@keisharice2392]

Because it’s not bad as people think. Yes we have murders but it’s mostly teenage beef about nothing really. The worst thing that happened to east Saint louis was Facebook because that’s where the beef starts then people go live letting the opps know where their at.

[@willbygosh4887]

The population of East St. Louis from the 2020 Census around 18,400 down from it's peak in 1950 of around 82,000.

[@durandjohnson1321]

Just over 17,000 now 2024! .. declining

[@oscarcatx]

I was married and lived in ESL in 1966...We lived in an apartment on Collinsville ave. near the old 400 club...The week after we moved, someone kicked in the door of our former apartment and shotgunned a man and woman who had moved in there...Nuff said...

[@durandjohnson1321]

Wow.. I existed for five years, enough for me!

[@styertowneblog111]

That is a ton of housing projects for a city with only 26,000 residents! Must be a high number of people living in public housing

[@theblacksheep5226]

Back when they built most of those projects it was city of 81,000. About the right ratio to residents. Now maybe a quarter of the residents live in the projects.

[@styertowneblog111]

@@theblacksheep5226 good point! Thanks for that. I guess most people left the city during the 70’s and 80’s?

[@williekent1898]

I'm from saint louis can't lie on the east st.louis it's rough as well you just gotta keep to yourself keep a blick on you all time both sides it's still some good people over there 💯

[@alyssaley6003]

My husband was born and raised here.. been through the city multiple times & have been in random shootouts more than twice, seen bodies, abandoned building everywhere, trash dumped in huge mounds, burnt up cars and houses.. buildings. So much more. Shits really real out there. There no money running through there legally to help these people. It’s so heartbreaking. This city is proof that you are a product of your environment.

[@daviontaystraughter8670]

It that bad

[@xoxonaisia7233]

@@daviontaystraughter8670 no

[@xoxonaisia7233]

@@daviontaystraughter8670 man I love down the street from the velts they rebuilding them velts and stuff she tryna make It seem sooo bad she needa sit her ugly tail self down

[@ryanmuldoon7864]

@@xoxonaisia7233 man that city is a dump...its main revenue is strip clubs and liquor stores. its also next to the most dangerous major city in america. dont get use to that living and just accept it.

[@sticksnstonespatriot1728]

It's proof that the ENVIRONMENT is a product of the PEOPLE.

[@lashanelllattin4094]

Class of 2001 East Saint Louis Senior High. My Sophomore year was the both high schools merged. I studied got my education mind my own business my senior graduation had any where from 900-1000 kids. I was never bothered fought apart of any gangs or anything else that people paint out East Saint Louis to be.

[@durandjohnson1321]

Class of 1972 Eastside.. left East. St. Louis the next year never been back!

[@PJBovio]

Boy oh boy!!! This film was extremely well-filmed, really giving an up-close-and-personal view of not only the rundown projects but the sad, barron, burned out property they stand on. Imagine being a child growing up in such a godawful environment? The violence, crime, destruction and substance abuse that results from the anger, depression and sense of hopelessness that comes from being poor and dissed by society is enough to traumatize any child. When I think of children residing at the Robinson and DeShields homes playing in their yards with the abandoned Nester (?) glass factory looming over them like a sentinal of doom, it sends a chill through me. Symbolically, it's as though the projects are a cracked, dusty, empty bottle and the old, ruined factory is its cap.

[@xhir2012]

There is a widely known problem in our City and a solution is what we are seeking. Are you willing to help us revitalize ESTL? We need you ❤💙💜

[@mattyicicles1608]

so true. that must be so scary for kids to look at ...

[@xhir2012]

Pj.....You must have been bullied as a child. Question: You pointed out what you think the problem is but you never followed up with a solution 🤔

[@xhir2012]

@@mattyicicles1608 I live in Fairview Heights, IL.....and there are some runned down neighborhoods here too....every City in America have its good and bad, wouldn't you agree?

[@mattyicicles1608]

@@xhir2012 i agree, but that building is ugly looking man. kids shouldn’t have to look at that depressing old pile of bricks.

[@26029214]

Listen people EAST SAINT LOUIS is NOT the same as St.Louis...Estl is in ILLINOIS Stl is in Missouri altho very close the cities are in 2 different states

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

Its like the 2 kansas cities one is in kansas and the other in missouri

[@madelinehawkins6717]

I grew up in East St Louis & Cahokia IL born in st louis hospital I spent most of my childhood in East St Louis went to grade school in Cahokia intended junior high then to east side class of 99 went to college in Edwardsville siue got my Ged came back home two years later nothing has changed much but I remember back in the day when everyone was chill our city always had a few problems but not as bad as it is now I grew up in the hole HOUSEING projects coming from Cahokia back then everybody was chill no fights no killing each other no robbing just happiness pray for my city and the people that's in it we need to do better for our kids lives and our lives but never forget the few good times and people we always had my city forever 😉😜

[@Rahshu]

Man, that was amazing! The word that keeps coming to my mind is "gothic." This whole video kinda has a really gothic feeling: the music is a fusion of hip beats with music that sounds like it's from the film "Halloween," the overcast skies and barren trees, the empty places with buildings, buildings in various states of repair or abandonment, the overwhelming sense of sadness and dread. I admit I'd never imagined that ghetto and goth could go so well together, but it actually makes a lot of sense. I think there's a of potential for really good gothic stories in an environment like this. I know this probably sounds kind of tone deaf and insensitive given what's being documented, and I apologize for that. It's the artist in me, though! I can't help help it. This was beautiful. I"m glad I came across it. I hadn't seen some of these places before when I'd explored East St. Louis.

[@beechnut79]

East St. Lois is one part of a decay trifecta. The others being Gary, IN and Camden, NJ outside Chicago and Philadelphia respectively.

[@durandjohnson1321]

Don't forget Cairo Ill.

[@ravisriram6746]

And they portray NYC as crime-ridden and hopeless. Well, I doubt it's anywhere near as bad as this place. I just feel so badly for the law-abiding residents who're caught in the maelstrom of violence and mayhem.

[@rileyperez6091]

As a person from nyc it’s really not that bad you can walk through any hood and your good you just gotta mind your business and keep your head up and chest out and don’t let no one sense fr Ion really know how east saint louis gets but this shit just gives me anxiety

[@kdyy3]

Who portrays NYC as hopeless?

[@mattyicicles1608]

this is so cool and sad... lotta untold stories behind these murders and why they happened ... i’m sure not all of them were bad people . pray for ESTL

[@bbyzoia6958]

No they usually aren't bad people. It's young people getting killed mostly. 20 somethings. My good friend my neighbor was shot and killed in a drive by on Goodfellow and yesterday there was another shooting tht left a mother and daughter dead 💯. Stl is a horrible place to be in. Especially in The Pit

[@mattyicicles1608]

@@bbyzoia6958 i’m sorry for ur loss, i know how it feels believe me. and i understand what brings people to this point now, i’ve almost been there myself after i lost my brother. we need more guidance these days!!! tf 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@conorhoney7776]

@@bbyzoia6958 what's the pit

[@rickymakebeats2897]

I love videos like this

[@RogueExploration]

Great video I've been in several Abandoned buildings there the Spivey building the Majestic theater cant remember the name of the abandoned housing Projects you record here I made a video walking through it as well as several videos down there. New subscriber here and again great looking video 👍

[@asimhusain8087]

Rogue exploration, are you doing more East st Louis videos I liked them.

[@realvealt.v.883]

Don't get me wrong, i love my city, but you couldn't pay me to move back in the hood! I'm from the South End 17:00 stayed on Central Street, and went to Lucas elementy out there. I went to Harding, Clark, and Eastside when i stayed in Edgemont. My mama stayed in the Orr Weathers 11:00 before i was born, and told me how somebody broke in and tried to steal her tv. I also remember doing rap shows with my group at the Pharos M.C., and Blackmans Plaza on Old Collinsville Ave 6:00. I've chilled in some of these projects with friends back in the day. I still drive through State Street every once and in a while.

[@kingdomkidsmedia6395]

Dope fam!

[@paulatyson3423]

Very thought provoking

[@msdecemberloveangel8236]

I live in Los Angeles. L A is pretty shady too but nothing as bad as this place. I met a friend that lives in St Louis he told me that he lost his whole family mostly they were murdered.

[@bignoseweirdo4317]

La is way worse

[@bignoseweirdo4317]

LA is the biggest dump in America

[@stephenbrand5661]

Lol yeah right, LA is only bad because it's too expensive and loaded with rich people.

[@lana_6336]

@@bignoseweirdo4317 there’s more ppl in LA. the ratio if there was the same population would be nearing 7,000 murders a year if based off population ratio. EastSt. Louis is worse and gloomier in so many ways.

[@kevin4Xajstribling]

The hole reminds me of a neighborhood I used to live in. And that one look the roughest to me because I understand destruction is the structure

[@thefolks5199]

I Grew up ina Holes it definitely was that

[@squishiehunter693]

Good vid. Great photography.

[@williammoseley17]

Lansdowne Towers were residences for senior citizens. Never much of a problem. Problems in that area were over in the Villa Griffins and around 40th and Waverly.

[@briannebarry6071]

Love it.

[@MrJudo2go]

Why are two new dumpsters behind a abandoned building? I walked Collinsville many day in my life. Al's2 3 4 shop, Unions clothing, Modern Mens clothing stores and some half decent stores were there. At least decent for the time period. I could see the direction that E. St. Louis was heading when I volunteered for river boat duty in Vietnam. It was just as dangerous at home as Hai Phong Vietnam. Time has just taken a toll on it. How many times have I heard people say, it just needs investments and it will turn around. It will never happen. This was allowed to take place for a reason and the powers that be did a damn good job.

[@raccoon2058]

yeah it sucks it will never change i wish one day it will but like they barley got any stores over der frl frl it’s all mom n pops so like they do have a point as well but it’s just so dangerous one day gov gone see what they did here

[@xhir2012]

Thank you for pointing out the 2 dumpsters. I'm heading there now, and if they are still there, I will add it to my report and reach out to the provider to relocate or retrieve. Thank you! Have a blessed and productive day!

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

mayor Fields let it happen it started with Fields truth

[@doneown503]

Wow, bet u have stories about some them riverboat cruises! Some of these public housing messes needs to go, I'm afraid.

[@angellamyers9758]

I say it started with mayor Carl officier in the 70's

[@lordpetty3386]

Im from E.St.Louis so I am very familiar with this lifestyle

[@alicewolfson4423]

Really good music and perfect for this video.

[@lydieluck7753]

Could you do a video on Granite City please? I think it deserves a good look as it is pretty run down and sad lately.

[@joegarcia9742]

Da Hole at 9:20 in seems fairly "new" compared to the other places. We have a few buildings here and there that are vacant in Fresno, CA (500,000 pop) but nothing like this. These rust belt videos of abandoned/vacant buildings and neighborhood are fascinating (but also sad).

[@really5453]

Good music!

[@gewaynecoppedge3947]

618 St Clair County 🚬🙏🏿

[@ripplechips5391]

Creepy music

[@stargotti1527]

It's a creepy place

[@taters7359]

Hell ya

[@michaelshields7777]

@@stargotti1527 Pure evil.

[@darnayblue3081]

@@michaelshields7777 No it’s not. My Grandma and Aunt lived in those orange sky rises and I lived in the Rosevelt Apartment complex as a kid and my other grandma lives in my great grandfather’s family home in ESTL still today. Most people just leave and move to the surrounding cities like Belleville, Fairview Heights, and O’fallon. You’d probably find some old people drinking, smoking, and hanging out near the front entrance at those sky rises. When I was a kid, the people around the apartment complex would host barbecues and birthday parties, and the kids would all hang out in the summer and after school. Don’t get me wrong; crime and the lack of jobs and funding is why people are leaving, but my family still owns a great deal of land in ESTL, and most people you come across are cool people for the most part.

[@kennethyoung9560]

Good video.id like to see Galvestonn,Texas also 409

[@getonlinepresence3046]

Where are the people? no kids, no one walking a dog nothing?

[@bigmacsauce7257]

They all got shot

[@midwestgrammar2941]

They all at the chub

[@trollmagnet8265]

You have to come back at night.😆🤣. Then you will see everybody walking.

[@bayking9916]

Night city devils play ground frr

[@xoxonaisia7233]

@@bigmacsauce7257 stop tbc

[@AlexandeRrrAllReD]

Pray for East St

[@yanetenriquez6641]

Yea

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and visited E. St Louis 2 or 3 times a year because I have family there. Yeah, ESL is kinda rough but name a city in the world that isn't. I've been all over that city... AT NIGHT and NEVER had any problems and I'm not even a street cat. It's mostly people who have some type of beef with each other or go around stuntin' that get got there.

[@styertowneblog111]

Werd

[@mr.notajoke1647]

Agreed

[@nochey78]

Kinda rough??? I have folks who live there too, and I can honestly say that ESL is TRASH!!!

[@keisharice2392]

We welcome everyone but those that thinks it’s trash stay In your own trashy city. I’m from here and I’ve been to other states and were scared as hell to be there. There’s a ghetto in every neighborhood 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@lana_6336]

@@keisharice2392 there’s literally trash everywhere tho. Just because you’re from somewhere doesn’t mean you can’t do better...

[@JayMiller1976]

I Lived In The Samuel Gompers Homes For Five years. NEVER AGAIN!!! #4

[@LisaNC832]

🎵🎵Even though I know - I suppose I’ll show.. All my cool and cold-like old job Despite all my rage I’m still just a rat in a cage. Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved Despite all my rage I’m still just a rat in a cage🎵🎵 Feeling trapped will make you do crazy things.

[@musclecarfan74]

This place sucks, the video says it all. Didn't see a single person, or hear a single gun shot. Everybody must be inside on house arrest, or busy doing something illegal.

[@gunut4680]

Idgaf born nd raised in da boogie I luv dat mf....facts!!

[@thefolks5199]

Indeed

[@carterslade3109]

I used to deliver beverages over there I swear all of the store owners were foreigners not sure from where but definitely not American. But on a different note East Saint maybe whatever but how about them flyers though DAM good football program I swear they win state every year and if they ain’t winning it there causing serious problems in the playoffs.

[@showmestatefinest5412]

Roosevelts bot in Washington park they're in east st louis. Go over a block or 2 then you'll be in Washington park

[@fishinginindiana1904]

Lived here in loiselle hills as a child. Then north 84th street. Yeah, it’s dangerous.I witnessed shootings and bloody fist fights as a young boy at edgemont elementary school.

[@durandjohnson1321]

We lived in Parkside East St. Louis.. not like it use to be !

[@datawhack]

U earned a sub just off of the instrumentals sheeeeeeesh

[@datawhack]

Fr tho dawg get back on the grind your work is _hella_ underrated you will blow up

[@markeywestskies6503]

Ominous music for an ominous landscape...some of it could be scenes from an Eastern Bloc country.

[@markhayden1]

I've never seen scapes like this. I am Australian, and we have 'bad' areas. But this!?!

[@jessicar4873]

The thumbnail looks like one of the save points from a GTA game, liberty city I think

[@dreadknot2238]

Honey, kids, we're moving here what a cozy city

[@timjennmitchell6234]

Born and raised here I went to Clark& and east side high school. Down hill since I left.

[@christinaengland3026]

Are people too scared to venture out? Amazing - not one person appearing anywhere...

[@maryyung1994]

Right ? I wondered about that too.

[@terryg995]

That's the way it is. Not too many people, except in morning and afernoon. Try State street.

[@taters7359]

Yup weird gots to be early feel me

[@darnayblue3081]

The population isn’t as big in ESTL, so there’s a lot of abandoned and vacated space. He is there at a odd time, because there are normally people posted up at gas stations and stores. It honestly depends on where you at; he’s near vacated apartment complexes and he is also traveling on a lot of back roads. People still have barbecues and go partying like anywhere else.

[@26029214]

It was either cold out or early morning although the population is small people does post up in all of the areas shown in the video

[@songforseptember4697]

Botn at St. Mary's grew up in Cahokia. Left in 78. It is a nasty, pigstye now. Cahokia was once a beautiful place to grow up. Now it looks like East St. Louis. Hell my dad was shot in 1970 after ruñing out of gas there. It has been like this for decades.

[@feleciachance8987]

People need to really realize how pitiful this is. I know people who are natives of this city. They chose to relocate to Illinois City or the state of Missouri. Of course like most cities, I'm sure there are some nicer areas.

[@xoxonaisia7233]

Ion know why they tryna make it seem like East Saint Louis that bad it’s some good ole houses out here they tweaking

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

This old public housing. Its not an easy life.

[@theblacksheep5226]

No there aren't really any nice areas in East St Louis although some safer than others. Problem is the very poor need places to live too. Many there because it is somewhat affordable.

[@jerseygetsherwetter345]

nah cuh it ain’t no nice places in estl it’s places a lil safer than others but nun nice

[@lana_6336]

East st is poor and desolate af

[@bobbydouglas7909]

Nice not bad😂😂😂✌😎

[@briannebarry6071]

I love st. Louis. Maybe someday.

[@dinkyb2000]

All is well

[@melg7193]

Truely

[@michaellee3680]

Stones Run It!!

[@gdmofo]

Parts of Saint Louis Missouri no go zone! Ain't no joke! I spent time in the 3rd world East Saint Louis Illinois And Saint Louis Missouri much worse

[@breastmeatonly]

I want to move here.

[@rickjohnson8966]

Shocking....

[@marioboyd4259]

Whoever put this documentary together obviously is not from east st.louis. It's only dangerous to you because you're not from there.

[@karenthomas4849]

I thought E. Oakland .ca was bad.

[@baglifemike1535]

East Oakland is bad 😂 but San Francisco’s projects are worse than this

[@authumngrant3030]

Do you know what happened to those houses at the beginning of the film they look like they burned down? Its strange ot was so many of them in one area.

[@BrandonGidron]

Take us thru the trenches then 💯 no words even have to be said

[@edwinb9329]

The movie trespass with ice t and ice cube they film the hood there

[@jbverges22]

Spooky

[@thebraininsideahead]

the nature channel

[@coasternerd6978]

Certain parts of St Louis are nice and some are thriving. Still I really don’t have much hope for East St Louis unfortunately.

[@johncrawford4320]

I find it real interesting how people do documentaries on how bad East St. Louis, Il os/was. While sure, this gets clicks and comments; why is no-one asking how/why such a prominent city got this way? I grew up in East St. Louis and I'm Proud to say, even this day, that I'm from there! I graduated from E. St. Louis Lincoln Sr. H. S. "Class of Too Live '85". Our city was known as "City of Champions". S/O please explain to me how a city is supposed to thrive when all the Economic opportunities have been removed and never replaced? Our city has long been the dumping ground for surrounding cities and communities to drop off their bad baggage and we take the bad reputation. So, someone please petition for Economic grants, stimulus and opportunities for the residents of East St. Louis, IL before you do a disgraceful documentary about its residents, as if the is the lifestyle that they choose to live!!

[@ronniesmith7540]

What you're saying is nothing but the truth! I wonder whoever shot this video, did he ever speak to a single person while he was driving around or has he accomplished his agenda to get reactions on KZbin! As I said I'm from ESL and proud of it! what's going to happen is as usual gentrification will happen in about 10yrs! they have started demolishing the old buildings downtown, repaving the streets in the areas where vacant lots are now. it won't be long before the residents living there now will be moving ares like Belleville, Fairview Hgts, Shilol, Lebanon, to escape the so called slums!

[@alicewolfson4423]

Just utter bleakness.

[@jerseygetsherwetter345]

crazy part is they tore these down bout a year ago

[@lilBoozeFrm2900]

Benji brother's

[@26029214]

Benji bros aren't from this city they are from St.Louis

[@rashadali5857]

You can see the arch in Illinois? I’m not familiar with the area

[@mob5087]

Thats st Louis..this east st Louis Illinois not Missouri

[@theblacksheep5226]

The St Louis Arch is only two miles away from some of these projects. Mississippi River runs between East St Louis IL and St Louis MO. When arch illuminated some nights, you can see it up to ten miles away. Beautiful sight.

[@furthereast6775]

Nice music! Many Appalachian towns are similarly desolate looking and similar income levels, but the people don't kill each other. Whats the variable?

[@mamaharper8883]

This is fake news

[@furthereast6775]

@@mamaharper8883 in what way? Its objectively fact.

[@adammartin5056]

If you look it up its apparently high lead poison levels in the air quality which somehow effects the violence crime levels

[@yungsammysosa6201]

Maybe because they are ALL RELATED

[@bmeeseeks2881]

@@yungsammysosa6201 😂

[@tSxO44]

Throughout the video tour of this haunted looking ghost town i didnt see a single soul very depressing & sad if those abandoned buildings were down south cops would be searching arresting & kicking out homeless squatters & drug addicts by the dozens

[@pablotupone4190]

Question....is it there any normal hood? I mean, with normal houses, stores to buy food , clothes, any school? Any hospital?

[@jeremyanger5143]

Where the rest of the videos go

[@MS-st1zb]

I grew up there. Twenty third Street.

[@aliceloyd771]

I grow up in the Lansdowne towers area

[@paul06660]

17:24 are those bullet holes in that Dodge Charger?

[@teriking2237]

Yup! U can tell !

[@jordiantube1445]

Orr weathers where i lived until i was 11 years old

[@bigman9755]

618 25th st

[@bigdog8882]

Da.. Did they evacuate the entire city? I don't see nobody and no cars outside. Very Depressing place to live.