I Ventured Into The WORST Neighborhood In Montgomery, Alabama

This part of Montgomery might be the worst place I've seen in a long time!
For this drive, I left downtown Montgomery, the capital of Alabama and headed south into a neighborhood that I had heard was beyond repair. The goal was to document and show one of the worst areas in Montgomery. As it turns out, this is one of the worst areas I’ve ever seen. The day was Thursday, December 7, 2021 at 10 am, and the rainy day created a gloom over this part of town which made it look even more dreadful.
This particular pocket of town is only a two minute drive south of downtown, in a neighborhood called Washington Park. Now Montgomery isn’t a very dangerous place overall - it’s about average crime wise, and ranks as one of the safest of Alabama’s big cities. But down here has shootings and robberies and it looks like it’s been completely forgotten about.
The poverty in this state is beyond belief - this is the fifth poorest state in the country. In Montgomery proper, about 1 in 5 people lives below the poverty line, but in this part of town, it’s likely closer to 80%.
In today’s modern America, this is stunning and this is deplorable. How we allow a community to exist like this is a disgrace. Our nation - the richest of all nations, which gave $10 million dollars - no joke to Pakistan for gender studies, and we can’t fix our cities? We literally give other countries so much money for the dumbest crap and yet here we are, with our own rotting communities filled with good decent people. What is going on in America? Call your congressmen and get things fixed Montgomery.
Here is the worst part of Montgomery, Alabama.
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[@NickJohnson]

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[@davidmccullough3278]

As a person who lives here, all I can say is were trying...

[@kerrynight3271]

I'm sure you are. Wishing you the best.

[@micmc7725]

David. What impact has the Housing Authority and subsidized housing had on the neighborhood?

[@jasonfifi]

@@micmc7725 HA and subs have mostly impacted other neighborhoods, but you can see the hulls of absentee landlordism all over town. generally the victims of HA are the renters, and the homeowners and residents nearby, it's a giant handout to slumlords. they get a house able to pass inspection a few times, get a resident qualified for subs, make the resident(and taxpayers) pay for their entire mortgage in a few years... repeat until the owner has no interest in maintaining the property, at which point, they can't find another sucker, so they leave the property to rot and generally stop paying even the extremely low property taxes on it.

[@derekhall2079]

You have the Biscuits and the zoo. Other than that definitely not a travel destination.

[@denisearmandinc5659]

Gump Town West Side

[@martincarroll7470]

Even in that hell hole, some people take care of their property's.

[@Charles-cb3lo]

Because America is the Greatest

[@jasonfifi]

there are really wonderful blocks in that neighborhood. one of my music students pre-covid was a very nice old preacher, his wife was a carpenter, and their house was a block off rosa parks down really close to that bright red cinder block building. they mow the lawns on their entire block every saturday morning. a good indicator of if a block is going to "come back" is if the people owning the property live in it. a great way to instantly bring the area back would be to mandate local ownership.

[@mateo801]

Very few and they tend to be older people that have better values and take pride in their property and family. Their children are more likely to care about their belongings and their children. You're a product if your parents. Unfortunately the number of crappy parents are growing. This is what creates dilapidated neighborhoods and crime. Lot's of fatherless homes.

[@truthhurts...6574]

​@@jasonfifi that's a good idea. Instead it seems they let these property investors from out of state buy the homes up. They either or are sitting empty or they are renting them out. Nowadays depending on where you live renters don't take any pride in where they live by keeping it tidy and clean inside and outside.

[@truthhurts...6574]

​@@mateo801 but yet the message is to have kids you can't afford or have any idea of how they will be provided for. A lot of people had kids when they shouldn't because they're unfit. Everybody is not meant to be a parent and it should normalized more. It would cut down on these wayward kids lost out here committing crimes.

[@craythachef7774]

I grew up on this side of town. I'm 35. I tell you one thing a lot of us grew up in 2-parent homes. Over half of us. We had mom & pops in the house. A lot of elderly people also. Our house was fixed up because my dad was a mechanic, painter, roofer, etc lol. I'm in Old Cloverdale now. Its not where you start. Our strong foundation in God made the difference.🙌

[@n_a3522]

Cap

[@CodyCole80]

Ridgecrest Native here; I concur.

[@meganstokes88]

Im 36. Raised in Montgomery. This video was shared today in a mtg group and I was appalled with the comments. My Memaw helped raise me and she lived on south Lawrence street. Her home was well kept and she had a beautiful yard.

[@brandyanderson276]

This is the area that I was born in. This is the WEST SIDE of Montgomery, AL. Our city knows that this side is never upgraded/updated or even cared for. Now, there are parts that HAVE been given nice touches and that would be work from the residents. So far in this video, you've driven past my childhood home, childhood friends' homes, a library and YMCA that I frequented and a school that I attended. It hurts my heart to see it being showcased this way, knowing that our city doesn't give a damn about this side of town. This is a predominately Black neighborhood. Again, we don't need you to tell us to reach out to our Congressmen and Congresswomen, they know and either have attempted to make changes and were completely ignored or there are some that simply DO NOT CARE. The East Side and Downtown is being built up for attractions. Oh and Gov. Ivey just spent $3 BILLION on new prisons here. TERRIBLE!!!

[@saradeyo9434]

My kids went to the y too!

[@kevinlong1942]

When the state comes in to rebuild, the residents destroy it within a few months.

[@ritahipps724]

If everyone would keep their homes up the neighborhood would not look bad and if the the younger people would help take care of their parents and grandparents homes it would help to some older people don't have family and it helps if their neighbors can help them out to it is sad that peoples homes are run down because people don't help others out in a neighborhood I always helped my older neighbors out with things that they could not do I really miss my neighbor that passed away last year she had no family and I helped her as much as I could 😢 I pray that we all can work together and help each other and make Montgomery Al a better place for everyone 🙏

[@curtiswilson4737]

Here's your answer Nick, go on the east side of Montgomery, and you'll see where all the money's going. One reason why I left Montgomery in'96, and joined the military, to get away from all that poverty. I'm in Colorado now, and will never live in Alabama again

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Very smart move.

[@derekhall2079]

Bob Riley was the best governor this state has seen in many years. If we could get someone like him again the state will improve. Also this state needs the lottery to help fund schools and law enforcement, unless some corrupt politicians steal from the pot it is worth a try.

[@ZyKingZionSmith]

East Montgomery isn’t good anymore. Especially around Eastdale Mall. Everybody’s moving to Pike Rd, Prattville and Millbrook now

[@ddcheckchaser2014]

@@ZyKingZionSmith facts East montgomery has been getting alot of shootings on the blvd

[@michaelvictor1401]

@@derekhall2079 You are crazy, he was the most corrupt politician, he makes Singleman look like choir boy.

[@honeybfly2010]

It’s sad that some communities get so bad. Makes you wonder how some places get this way when I’m sure that at first it started out as a decent community.

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

The fourth industrial is very old plan.

[@curtiswilson4737]

That's how it is for real, but go on the east side of Montgomery, and you will see a total different side. They even moved Montgomery Mall from the black community to the white community. The messed up part of this, Eastdale Mall is a few miles from there. Now tell me that wasn't intentional.

[@NickJohnson]

It is sad and it's everywhere

[@crespengrecohear4486]

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[@AlonsoRules]

drugs

[@thornbird6768]

If I were a gambling woman I’d put money down there was once a factory not far away where the people of this town worked and the jobs were sent abroad !! This is happening all over the UK also ! Once thriving towns and cities reduced to nothing as the blue collar workers jobs disappeared and welfare / social security payments took there place !! These are sweet little houses with front porches that didn’t always look this way !!

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

Your right

[@michaelciccone2194]

Same thing in ELIZABETH CITY, NC!! a big cotton mill near great grandfather's house ..closed years ago...area on downside indeed.

[@Selmarya]

Yeah, there are coal plants and cotton fields outside the Montgomery metro area and Birmingham about a hour and a half north was a major coal and iron city before the industry went cold and the city had its major downfall

[@ddcheckchaser2014]

@Shaun Rupert yeah we're thriving it's growing faster than ever

[@dannypgrizzle]

You might be surprised how, if the tables are turned, the “good people in our own rotting communities” would like to reorder the lives of helicoptering do-gooders who judge their lives as outsiders looking in. However, thanks for sharing the hand painted sign addressed to youth. There are neighborhoods in my city that look like this. I grew up in one.

[@juanitaarrington3209]

Sir, as a woman who was born and still lives in montgomery i assure you that all towns in all america have bad and rundown areas. Montgomery is beautiful !! Great history, buildings, art, culture, and beautiful people! We're not called Alabama the beautiful for nothing. Stop giving people the wrong idea of montgomery by only showing the ghettos and messed up parts. which everyone has. I love my city! # sweet home alabama

[@RELubber]

Thank you for writing this. I am considering moving to Montgomery and this video was giving me 2nd thoughts.

[@Oranggee]

But I grew up and still live in Alabama it does suck

[@carolyndavis6657]

Just wondering what you use to determine how poor a state is? Alabama is considered 5th poorest in the nation but has very few homeless. If you only use income and it's not adjusted for the cost of living then you aren't showing the real proverty. Some of the states with the highest incomes also have the highest cost of living and the most homeless. Yes Alabama has problems but the starting pay for most jobs here is 11 to 15 per hour yet rent and mortgages are very cheap. Our unemployment rate is 3.8 which is one of the lowest in the country. We do need to fix our own country and stop sending money to other countries especially those who hate us.

[@lorelailaval7676]

Dec 2021? Travel machine? XO Johnson.

[@Slitprinces]

I was thinking the same thing

[@rogermoore27]

😨😨😨😨he is Dr Who

[@harryhoegen7448]

Same

[@cerese1974]

No education, jobs, mental health issues just to name a few.

[@SLaGrone1972]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@tgking6520]

It's crazy. I've lived here my entire life and all I want to do is get out. Everyone is leaving now because everything is in ruins. Everyone is moving to the Prattville, Millbrook, Pike road area now. I've never seen our city look so terrible and fallen apart. Most places you can't even go anymore due to crimes. And God hope you don't venture outside your house at night. I've gotten woken up many a nights to gunshots. Get your shot together Montgomery....

[@chopparaces6637]

Hey I've grown up on Wade Street. Yeah the houses are old, a lot of them boarded up but the people around are super nice

[@curtiswilson4737]

You're right, but it's sad the white people are letting the black side of Montgomery rot before our eyes. When I went home in '14, when my mom passed, I was in disbelief on how Ridgecrest looked. It is destroyed.

[@joanmccreless5979]

Further more..there is nothing wrong with those houses..they might need a little paint..they were built almost a hundred years ago....

[@brandyanderson276]

Montgomery has ALWAYS disregarded the West side since I was a child. These people have no money to fix up these houses. My childhood house and grandma's house looks the SAME from when I was growing up in the 80s. Same good people but sadly, same ol houses.

[@craythachef7774]

I kno Wade st. I grew up on Carlo st by loveless elem. Neighbors were always nice and will share anything with you. Houses just need sprucing up.

[@johnnyjohnson205]

My mother still lives on first street he turns on in that video (Clinton St). I grew up in Montgomery and poverty is soul crushing. Filming in the rain was really appropriate, the sky is pretty grey and rainy during the winter in Montgomery. Thanks for posting.

[@susieblanco2722]

Lmao the sign for crackheads had me weak .. goodness 😫

[@susieblanco2722]

But some are motivational

[@taters7359]

🤣🤣

[@ddham2452]

I LIVE IN THAT EREA AND I'M NOT A CRACK-HEAD AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS VIDEO IS CALLED "THE WEST SIDE" WASHINGTON PARK STOPS WHERE EARLY STREET START PLUS DEC. 7, 2021 IS NOT HERE YET I KNOW IT'S A TYPEO AND THERE'S PLENTY MORE PLACES WORSE

[@susieblanco2722]

@@ddham2452 did you make the signs?

[@Vince-md8gj]

When you have yazael living there, you need signs like that

[@mlynn2161]

Sometimes I feel like I need to chug a bucket of Prozac before I look at the devastation in some of these areas.

[@davidg5629]

At least they have backyards. I'd lose my mind in a luxury high rise condo.

[@davidg5629]

@William Mulvaney I was thinking more along the lines of bbq, Sinatra and whisky while looking at the stars.

[@smallpicture]

It doesn’t look that good but it doesn’t look that bad, either?

[@davidburke2697]

Small homes with cars in front. OMG, how tragic.

[@MadcowMania]

As someone who recently moved here, I can tell you the neighborhoods are very deceptive. I drove around thinking "It's not that bad", but the city has a higher gun violence rate than Chicago! It's such a small city, yet there are multiple shootings almost daily. The city has one "good part," where I've almost been robbed twice. The rest of the city is lawless, with deceptively ok looking neighborhoods.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@MadcowMania Interesting, been here since 2013 and habe never had that happen. While I often hear gunshots, they're usually targeted attacks and not random to just anyone in the vicinity, so I'm not too worried. Still best to stay indoors at night but I don't fear running to the store if need be, I just check around me and never zone out of my surroundings. But I don't say that to negate your experiences, just odd that you've had such misfortune happen to you.

[@MadcowMania]

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley yeah, most are targeted attacks, and noones tried to rob me anywhere else but Eastchase, late at night. The Gamestop in Eastchase was robbed at gunpoint last month in broad daylight. Craziness.

[@apriljohnson1243]

​@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley I have been in Montgomery since 96 and have never had that happen either. I have no problem going out at night even as a female alone. I go shopping primarily at night alone. You are absolutely right you very rarely hear about random people being attacked or shot at. Majority of murders are personal and are committed by someone the victim knew. I won't say all are personal because we do have the rare ones that are random because someone got pissed off about something. I had a friend robbed of his truck on Ann Street several years ago and I've had my car broken into but that happens EVERYWHERE. Now I do live on the East side closer to the Chantilly area now which I know is better than some other areas. I grew up off of N Burbank which I know is also better than some areas but not the best either. I mean come on it was known as "Polane". lol

[@job999]

. Yeah and look how much money they give to Israel

[@thornbird6768]

Yep , looks like they have just funded a war over there ! The foreign aid budget doesn’t get used for good stuff , it’s used to destabilise countries all the while our own countries are being destabilised because of it !! Politicians are crooks and thieves !

[@ponysoldier6770]

And palestine too

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

Nick, The root of the problem is when many, many jobs go to communist China and there are few jobs this might be the reason why... American jobs need to come back to the States once and for all.. The sooner the better..

[@spacedandy7555]

@William Mulvaney There's nothing "Communist" about a hyper-capitalist economy like China's. And form of government and form of economy are two separate things. But you also got China's form of government wrong. Technically, China's form of government is called a technocracy. Politicians are evaluated quarterly for the area they're put in charge, from township all the way up to nationwide, on criteria including economic development, living standing improvement, environmental protection, social stability, and the latest addition was healthcare. Successful ones are promoted, unsuccessful ones are demoted. Over time, this process of unnatural selection produced a strange effect: ~80% of higher Chinese politicians have engineering backgrounds. Xi himself has a master's degree of chemical engineering. Bizarrely, it was found that economists aren't actually good at developing the economy when put in charge of an area. Engineers, doesn't matter which field, get the job done in every field. Some speculated that it's a certain problem solving thought process that's responsible. But ultimately, results are more important than rationale. Over time, the country developed into one governed and ran by engineers - a technocracy. Some people call it meritocracy. That's a too loaded word for me personally - who's to judge what deserves merit? Morality? The Chinese leadership isn't necessarily more or less moral, but it had proven to be far more effective than our own, as evidenced by the reality we see today.

[@jacquir8331]

Thank you China for Covid 19 👏! We have had enough of you.

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

@@jacquir8331 Yes, You Got That Right. People Are Sick And Tried Of Communist China. Enough Is Enough Eh?

[@stephenk.5839]

@@spacedandy7555 There might be some truth to your explanation, but you did not take note of what I consider the primary reasons why China is doing so well. They have a culture that tends to encourage any form of corruption that will benefit their economic progress. They will bribe, threaten, or just flat out buy or even steal the resources of other countries. They pay off whoever is in charge and do whatever they can get away with to increase their money or power. They infiltrate and populate these places with their own minions, even in America. The Bidens are an example of the sort of people they have control of. Like any cartel, they do not just blackmail and threaten those minions. They will take you out or pay someone to do so if that is their only option. They are effectively what I consider to be a criminal government, although our own government admittedly seems to have many of the same qualities about it today. China did not get so powerful without the deliberate help of traitors and fools from our own country.

[@joshct9426]

I'd like to put the STOP BEING CRACKHEADS sign up in my yard here in Waterbury, CT.

[@camknight2411]

Lol crazy i live in Montgomery but I’m from Waterbury 😂

[@joshct9426]

@@camknight2411 Seriously? I never thought waterbury people moved anywhere never mind to Montgomery. He can do a whole video about you're two cities and which is worse lol

[@jacquir8331]

You should, it's your right!

[@wigtea5620]

Let me know I can make it happen.

[@saradeyo9434]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@crollwtide9452]

Also, it amuses me that people "wonder" why there is so much poverty in this country. In this case, look to the west and north of where the drive was going - you'll see two interstates. These played a significant role in ruining formerly affluent black neighborhoods (yes, you heard that right - there actually used to be good inner-city black neighborhoods). This is also why you may have heard of efforts to scrap or cap existing freeways in certain cities. Many black neighborhoods were cleaved in twos or threes when those were built, and it drove out a lot of wealth that would have otherwise existed without this.

[@JoviusVonGlorium]

Here's me, being from Montgomery, realizing the rest of the US isnt like this.

[@danteinferno3097]

That's so sad the entire place is so rundown. The richest country in the world and we can never take care of our own first

[@blk_thor9438]

18:45 you past the church that Martin Luther King Preached at and had meetings at during the Civil rights era. My Grand father Walter Thomas was also apart of those meetings.

[@stormsandweather2713]

I live in a very rough part of Montgomery but so far I haven't had to many problems I've been broken into once but I wasn't home and I usually just mind my own business and I have no problems .

[@jasonbattles9477]

Chris’s hotdogs is the best. No one can beat it

[@tracyfrederick5606]

Same. Just gun play . Stay in your lane. I just saw a video of someone driving the west side at night. Had no clue and freaked out when they started shooting. Hit the interstate real fast. I almost laughed.

[@truthhurts...6574]

Do you have a security alarm and a pistol to protect yourself in your home? Maybe even a dog too.

[@aufan7134]

With all this poverty, I notice a lot of nice cars in the yards.

[@tomstovall9982]

I was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. The problem is that the government needs to stop enabling citizens' helplessness. Pride in hard work and education is the solution. Less government, more self-esteem.

[@afnDavid]

Take pride in yourself and your family. Pick up the litter in your yard. Pick it up all the way to the pavement edge! And teach your children not to litter. It takes ZERO money to pick up the trash in your yard! Many of these homes could of been saved had someone took time to do the little repairs, that all homes need, before they became big problems.

[@ddham2452]

WE DO NOT OWN THESE HOUSES TELL IT TO THE OWNER

[@truthhurts...6574]

​@@ddham2452 I believe he means if you live in them as a owner or a renter to take pride by keeping where you live neat and tidy. You know what they meant. They are correct too. No matter where you live you should take pride in the appearance of it by cutting the grass and keeping the litter picked up. It's called being being a good steward.

[@ddham2452]

@@truthhurts...6574THESE HOUSES ARE OLD AND IN NEED OF REPAIR. WHERE IS THE TRASH? IT'S THE OWNERS PART TO FIX THEIR OWN HOME NOT THE RENTERS. I LIVE HERE AND ALL THE STREETS HE WENT ON I KNOW WELL AND ONE OF THESE HOUSES I LIVE IN. DID YOU WATCH THE VIDEO?

[@sabarlow80]

Gary looked worse

[@jimtalbott2894]

Detroit looks bad too

[@BlazingLaser]

It looks a lot gloomier in the rain. Many of the houses look unoccupied. I checked the neighborhood out on Zillow. You can buy a lot of these houses in the $20k-30k range. Imaging paying $125/yr in property taxes!

[@ddham2452]

THE HOUSES HE SHOWED NONE IS WORTH THAT MUCH. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: ROOF FLOORS WIRERING PIPES HOLES

[@BlazingLaser]

@@ddham2452 The houses I saw on Zillow may not have been on those exact streets. They looked like the houses we saw in the video but they were intact and looked at least habitable if not luxurious.

[@ddham2452]

@@BlazingLaser THOSE HOUSES ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE ALL THE WHITE LIVE AND A HAND FULL OF BLACKS

[@allenmorgan4309]

If you want to see really bad go to Gate City in Birmingham, Alabama and a step beyond even that is Bessemer.

[@richarddavis1646]

Looks like Beverly Hills compared to the south and west sides of Chicago and Gary, IN.

[@KaliefMartin]

Maybe so but Montgomery destroyed or redone most of their projects (at least 10) by in 2000's, and to be honest Chi did too. As far as looks Chi not that bad its the residents in certain areas. Compare to the 90's and 80's not nearly as bad. Gary is basically abandoned.

[@Nate-qj3uy]

I live on the east side of Montgomery and there is a huge difference between the East side of Montgomery and the west side. East side has a shopping district, stores, two story houses, somewhat decent school systems, etc. But around the University? Complete and utter poverty it’s really overwhelming to look at. Only thing even slightly close to a shopping district there is a laundromat, a dollar general, and a metro PCS. And the schools around there are some of the worst ones in the city, state even. Some of these people have turned these houses into small businesses and I see that as some progress, but since everyone is moving to the east side of Montgomery, communities like these are being left behind.

[@geowilliams8915]

Having lived here, and now living in a bigger city, I notice the nice wide streets through these neighborhoods. These were nice areas when I lived there, many years ago. There was an even more desolate part of town a little north of here called Clayton Alley. When I moved, the streets in that area were still unpaved.

[@jasonbattles9477]

They’re about to shut down Chris’s hotdogs downtown man

[@geowilliams8915]

@@jasonbattles9477 Nooo! Seriously?

[@jasonbattles9477]

@@geowilliams8915 Yes it’s in the talks and they’re heavily considering it. I hope they don’t though, the pandemic put a lot of businesses out here.

[@douglasmedcalf1052]

I have been a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels in Montgomery for several years. Almost all of my clients do a good job of keeping their property neat and orderly, even the ones who rent. This city has a lot of good people.

[@hardcorejab]

Bronx projects scariest places on Earth.

[@NickJohnson]

I know I have a video on it soon

[@hardcorejab]

@@NickJohnson For the love of GOD don't go there!!

[@ashleyl5794]

Dang, 2021, lol! Way to be ahead of the game Nick!

[@dawndavis4518]

I was going to say the same thing. "What thuuuu, whatthe?"

[@evalinewall7105]

Lol!!!?

[@forever27jakesmom52]

That's what I just came to post. :16

[@brettusmcvet777]

I was like huh? I had to listen to it 3 or 4 times

[@moosemunch7721]

If this is the worst neighborhood you have ever seen, clearly you have never been to Detroit, MI.

[@glennmcgee1729]

I did volunteer work for groups like Habitat For Humanity and surmised as much as you would like to help, people in despair see home maintenance , even on a very low budget, far down their priority list.

[@Bigg-Edd352]

Damn my own hometown... you passed by some homes I used to stay at! Especially on adline and Holt street

[@brandyanderson276]

S. Holt street for me too!

[@craythachef7774]

I grew up on Holt st. until I was about 5 then we moved to Carlo st.

[@snowywolf1376]

Love your content! It is very sad, makes me wanna flip houses, bring the communities back to life, open places to work. I have ideas just don't know how to put them into play. Anyways Keep up the great work! You do an amazing job!

[@kathrynnard2133]

As a Montgomery resident of 63 years let me invite you to come do that. in my neighborhood Highland Park that has gone down in the last 20 years people are doing what you're talkin about and the neighborhood is improving.

[@ddham2452]

THEY REATHER TARE THEM DOWN THAN TO SELL THEM CHEAP AND HELP A PERSON FIX UP "NO" BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE REST

[@thooks1234]

Grab your checkbook and a hammer. You can start today, head to Montgomery and start buying these crack shacks. You can buy them for $15k, put $100k in them and the fair market value will be $35k.....because of location, location, location. Your $125k fixed-up crack shack will be next to 19 other $15k crack shacks, full of thugs, crackheads, shootings, loud music, hollering, fighting, cussing, drug use and more.

[@mattmasters4495]

If they were "good people" there neighborhood would not be a crap hole.

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[@alaashallal]

I mean, I have seen worse

[@Desmuu]

Having grown up in a trailer park in rural Alabama this doesn't even look that bad to me.

[@Barbara-xh3ox]

Nick, LOVE your channel and all the videos. I really find Nappy though annoying and fast forward when that is on. Do you really need to have them on your videos?

[@GeminieCricket]

Comic relief but also truth being told through the cartoon by Nick himself to himself to us.

[@david-lt9wj]

The beauty of these neighbourhoods is the size of the lots....when the upswing comes these places will be in demand big bucks..

[@chrisrob3854]

YOU KNOW WHAT TO SAY!!! I live in Montgomery believe me that property is gold!!!

[@maril1379]

We have money for illegals but do not provide decent housing for our own people - this is really screwed. As I once heard a woman in Baltimore say -We need help here -why are people running down to the border (Mexico) instead of helping people here (US)

[@vitoguido3258]

The thing I always marvel at, living in this surrounding area, is the cars these places will own. The house is shit, and they may not have much for food on the table and the inside of the house may be a reflection of the outside, but their rides are always clean.

[@vitoguido3258]

Also, I could show you worse than that.

[@sweetiesquad4lyfe582]

Now, this is true, of course. You see it everywhere. The reason is that cars to Americans are like water to fish. You simply must have a car, because you cannot drive a house to work or the stores.

[@degreco4199]

The economy got sooo baaad that even "Clip-Uz" went outa business.

[@NickJohnson]

Damn!!! Nooooo

[@ColossalMcBuzz]

Whoa, the day was December 7, 2021??? Nick, share that time traveling with the rest of us!

[@NickJohnson]

I am!!

[@davidfromdownunder400]

At least there was not the seemingly endless piles of rubbish and street people like I saw in LA a few years ago.

[@jameswatts9814]

You have made many points in this video I live in montgomery born and raised we lived close to downtown back then these neighborhoods where in better shape its sad to see the state of them now they put so much money in building condos downtown it would be nice them work on the neighborhoods

[@angelus8942]

How were u there december 2021 if its currently May 2021???

[@scottharm3932]

Clearly he means 2020

[@barlowmcmaster9771]

December 7th 2021 is on a Tuesday and and it hasn't happened yet at least where I live anyway

[@albertsancho5909]

That's my birthday!

[@barlowmcmaster9771]

@@albertsancho5909 well Happy 🎂 🎁 birthday, mine is may -18

[@albertsancho5909]

@@barlowmcmaster9771 happy pre-birthday

[@derekbuxton6626]

Wrong date and I would not feel safe walking or driving around that neighborhood. I wonder what goes on at night.

[@treythegod38]

Nothing I'm from Montgomery people pretty much be chilling out here

[@watsonpaddy]

the place is paradise compared to Detroit and the slums of L.A

[@drecoles7600]

Lol. When you consider how much bigger detroit is, your statement is false. Montgomery is 10 times smaller with the same amount of crime. Come down here and spend a night in that neighborhood

[@jordancastaneda9677]

I live in Brookhaven, although alot of people call it Ridgecrest. I bought a plantation that once encompassed the entire neighborhood for 35k three years ago. Alot of the people here are very nice, but at the same time the bad Ones are so overwhelmingly bad that it brings everyone down as a whole. The good thing is that most of the homes were built so well that it wouldn't take much to fix them, and they're dirt cheap. They're passing alot of infrastructure plans, and since the pandemic alot of people have been coming in and buying up these dilapidated homes to fix. There is an upswing happening. It's up to the bad lifelong residents to decide to quit littering, shooting guns nonstop, and playing into every negative stereotype, otherwise they're going to get left behind or put away in a corner somewhere in town. The good residents are brilliant, hardworking, and there's a true sense of entrepreneurship when you drive around.

[@markstanfield207]

This was sad. So many boarded up houses. Kind of eerie too, there was hardly any traffic or people outside (I know, weather was crap). Thanks for sharing.

[@NickJohnson]

The weather was crap 🌧

[@marct7905]

He sees six dudes walking... Does a U-turn.

[@scottharm3932]

Is it really that bad? I mean, yeah, there's some rough spots for sure. The homes are older, and there a certainly more boarded up houses than there should be but other than that, it looks fairly normal. The yards look well kept. A lot of the houses have decent cars. The trash on the side of the road is minimal for the most part. You don't see a lot of shady people loitering around. It's nothing compared to the bad parts of Detroit or Baltimore, or some place like that. It could use a make over for sure, but it's not even in the same ball park as many places.

[@denisemarcus5633]

People if you are "Redlined" districts, go and try to get a loan, see what you house is worth.... Even if you want to fix it and you making $7.50 and your light bill, gas bill, car insurance, car payment and miscellaneous come into play....People, when given the chance and no excessive money worries, will do those fixes in timely manner.

[@jeffperson1184]

Got depressed all over again I'm glad I moved away from my Montgomery 6 years ago. I put so many applications in and nobody would call me back. Today me and my family live in Nashville and I have never had a problem finding a job here. I currently have a good job making 22 dollars an hour . I'll always go back home to visit but never to live again.

[@MusicLover-ui9sm]

Living in poverty causes depression and stress and high Anxiety Suffering from the effects of poverty causes mental illness And children suffer from the Inability to focus and learn which hinders their ability to mentally develop their brains The lack of proper food with the constant depression, stress and anxiety Causes their brain and bodies to not develop properly So the cycle continues And only gets worse with each generation

[@NickJohnson]

I know it's terrible

[@chopparaces6637]

Hey it's definitely a rough neighborhood but I have faith that one day a Montgomery will be a completely different city

[@NickJohnson]

Hope so!

[@jasonfifi]

yeah 20 years ago there was a neighborhood just north of 85 from where this video was shot that was not *all* bad but some blocks were WAY worse. all 4 corners of the 85/65 interchange were bad bad for a long time. folks started buying lots and got loans against land value to build or fix derelict homes, and now it's one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city. so much so that a large real estate developer swooped in and got most of a block at the northernmost end of the neighborhood and made overpriced ticky tacky apartments across the street from the park overlooking the river.

[@Selmarya]

Itll probably be atleast 25-30 years before Montgomery becomes Huntsville today

[@chopparaces6637]

@@Selmarya I don't know about that long but it will definitely take some time

[@skittykitty1000]

@@jasonfifi I can't stand that riverfront apartment building. Doesn't look like it belongs there at all. Looks exactly like it was built by someone who has no clue about Montgomery and trying to make it like somewhere else.

[@michaelsix9684]

a lot of planning, urban homesteading, and private development could renew and rebuild this area, we did this in Houston Heights, anything close to downtown in major cities is ripe for development and renewal

[@GeminieCricket]

IF THEY OWN HOMES AND PROPERTY THEY ARE BETTER OFF THAN THE HOMELESS.

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

Despite of what I seen in the video, I would definitely rather live in ALABAMA than MISSISSIPPI If I had to choose between both.

[@Dangic23]

At least the weather looks nice for December.

[@charlesdixon9554]

He said December 2021. ???????

[@forever27jakesmom52]

@@charlesdixon9554 at :16

[@Sammykyt]

It seems like most of the worst areas of most cities are on the south side of the city

[@JoeZyzyx]

Anytime you see a major road named "Martin Luther King Jr", that's a clue to avoid the area, till it crosses another major road and the name changes, LOL. Same in every city I've visited. If you want to know the worst drug and crime infested area in any city, just look for the road they gave that name to. Some will say that's biased, but truth speaks for itself.

[@dotsonms]

That's true!

[@looking511]

There are no ears in Washington to listen anymore so we continue to move backwards in time I live in North Carolina unless your giving to there cause it’s a waste of time

[@NickJohnson]

I know ;)

[@behringerm]

I am sure you have received this before, but go to Selma and Lowndes County AL. Lowndes does not have sewer services. Many people in Selma have water spigots sticking up in the front yard to supply their water The people have health department approved septic tanks (if they are lucky). Many still have outhouses

[@gregrhodes2171]

"Call your congressman and get things fixed Montgomery!" I wish poverty were that simple.

[@TheFruitMugger]

"Excuse me, Mr. Congressman? Could you pass a bill that fixes the poverty when you get a moment?"

[@snowywolf1376]

Beautiful homes if they were fixed up.

[@jimtalbott2894]

It would be nice if they had the money.

[@snowywolf1376]

@@jimtalbott2894 That as well.

[@apriljohnson1243]

Oh, if they had the money to put into the houses the houses have so much potential.

[@FeliceChiapperini]

"Thursday, Dec.7, 2021". Back to the future? LOL

[@colleenwalton6585]

Most of these homes look like someone lives in them. It’s really not as bad as some areas with boarded up, falling apart vacant homes.

[@kimmom7785]

This looks like so many neighborhoods in North Carolina too

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

And the 3rd and 5th ward neighborhoods in Houston. Gary, Indiana is definitely worse than these neighborhoods in the video.

[@itshannahbeechh]

As someone from Montgomery, this is not the worst part lol

[@Charles-cb3lo]

You're living the real life. Subbed since Nov 2020!

[@NickJohnson]

Hey John! ❤️

[@nevadatindall2471]

That place looks cheap as hell, I'm moving

[@prairie1565]

You are so right Nick, American taxes being sent to other countries for frivolous crap! It's sinful‼️These neighborhoods need some help, some TLC, some compassion. I can't imagine waking up everyday seeing the crumbling houses, the boarded up houses of old neighbors. These homes have stories! Wish I was a billionaire!!!!! ❤️

[@NickJohnson]

Me too

[@ddham2452]

SOME OF THESE HOUSES BELONG TO RICH AND WELL-TO-DO YOU FIGURE IT OUT

[@mooneyrj76]

Its not a place thing its a mentallity thing.

[@keishamurrell3095]

Thanks for showing this area 👍

[@NickJohnson]

Ok keisha

[@skyangel6336]

Drugs destroy communities!

[@Rvalencia07]

I grew up in a small town in northern Michigan and this is pretty similar to what I grew up with.

[@albertsancho5909]

When you'll post videos of Mobile and New Orleans?

[@Techtrademarks]

Was thinking that too.

[@FluxNomad678]

The Montgomery neighbor looks patchwork with some houses a little rough and others really bad, boarded up, or maybe condemned. What is more striking is the condition of the nearby storefronts. I wondered if Nick gets to Mobile, AL. It has a decent downtown, some tourism, business from the ports, and yet crazy crime issues with Pritchard. Across the bay, Spanish Fort and Daphne is nice.

[@latoyanelson2960]

He’s right why give money away to countries when America has to many damaged neighborhoods need fixing up these kind of parts exist in every state it doesn’t get attention an help because it’s african American neighborhoods in every state they don’t care to much about these areas.....we all can see it

[@patsfixxin3916]

You should have let me show you around .. That is not the worst part of Montgomery ..

[@emily0071000]

I’m from Scotland but my dad is from a small town near Muncie Indiana. Parts of Muncie are worse than this (and worse than many other places you’ve filmed). But i’ve never been led to believe that Muncie’s problems are uncommon

[@bmace7665]

Wow i knew muncie was bad. But that bad. As far as a visual look

[@emily0071000]

@@bmace7665 yeah i specifically remember the area near the social security office, just north of downtown, being very rundown when i was last there in 2019. I think many properties have been demolished in recent years so maybe it will get better. The neighbourhood is walking distance from downtown & you can get a house for like $30,000

[@annehedonia156]

I can't stop laughing about that thumbnail!! 😂

[@TrekRidley]

When i saw that blue pimped-out car.. I know something is going on in this neighborhood

[@crollwtide9452]

Early on in the video, you rode by a vacant fenced-in lot where my late grandmother's house used to be (she died earlier this year). It was destroyed by a fire in 1987.

[@shawnnacoley3609]

As someone who lives here I wish there was a way to help make their lives easier and to help fix up the houses and stuff. I feel like if you could improve their quality of living at their home by renovating it, the ones with boarded windows, cracked paint , etc and help the houses and yards look better it could help the community. I think it would be amazing to some how get the money saved up to start working on the houses and businesses to help make it look better and hopefully bring the community together by helping each other out with the renovations.

[@debbiescott6337]

I’ve lived in Montgomery for over 35 years. Anything that’s given to people for free will be destroyed. Unless you work for it yourself people won’t take care of it. Sorry but it’s true. Look at all the public housing. The people that live there trash it. They take no pride in something that’s given to them.

[@ritahipps724]

Amen people just need help the older ones that can't do it by themselves ❤

[@paulamensing1664]

Hello from California, look at those nice big lots and nifty homes

[@honeybfly2010]

I’m in California too. Those homes would go for $600,000 over here. 🤦‍♀️

[@honeybfly2010]

@William Mulvaney wha?! 😮

[@cathrinewhite7629]

This looks exactly like where I'm from; Yakima WA😂🤣

[@tonyortiz940]

Is Yakima really bad I used to live in Seattle need a cheaper place to live in Washington state

[@cathrinewhite7629]

@@tonyortiz940 yeah it's got 2 huge gangs. And so many H* addicts. At least the city has an open, regular needle exchange in the parks. Big homeless population. But it is cheaper than Seattle. However the salaries are also considerably lower.

[@jordanroberts7931]

You mean Yuckima?

[@cathrinewhite7629]

@@jordanroberts7931 haha!!🤣

[@alllawn7625]

I love that sign 😂