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🇬🇧 Britain; the world's sixth biggest economy. But what is life like for the average Brit outside of the capital city? Well, I went to investigate and what I found wasn't too promising. Join me on a journey into the provinces of this once great country for what might be my most brutal adventure yet...
Thanks to ‪@BackpackerBen‬ for driving me around and please check his channel for his version of the trip.

[@thecabooseattheendofthetra9260]

I remember when Bald was in the capital of Moldova and showed a wrecked pathway leading up some broken steps that had been there for years (right in the centre) and within a week the government had fixed it. If there's one thing governments hate, it's being shown up or embarrassed publicly. Videos like this are more powerful than you might ever believe.

[@mudra5114]

Sadly the British Government is shameless, unlike the Moldovian Government.

[@RZPPAA]

Not a chance it'll be fixed.

[@Daftymarra]

Unfortunately the British government have no shame whatsoever. They don’t care in the slightest bit about the people.

[@ClassicCinemaSerialsMovies]

first video of balds i watched and addicted ever since.

[@thegreathoffman16]

Not in Britian it wont be

[@AllyLaws]

Train tickets in england are actually a piss take

[@gordonlawrence1448]

Yep especially compared to France and Germany. Spain is way cheaper too but not as cheap relative to average income.

[@MaitreSpader]

Yeah ? In Geneva, Switzerland, I pay about 20$ for a 30min train ride

[@sausagembape677]

Japan, a fraction of the cost

[@deancrouch5267]

Everything thing is a piss take. All the money flies up, no trickle down

[@JohanFredenstam]

Hockers are cheap tho - 10 pounds! Sign me up

[@YesSir-pm8vc]

This whole video felt like a documentary of a civilization collapsing

[@HIGHHOPES]

It is at this point. Almost every western country has been captured by entities bent on destroying them

[@Monaghan]

Some will blame brexit or some other nonsense but the same level of decay is common in a lot of western countries. Planned deindustrialisation, etc.

[@AsalKh1]

Very sad to see how so much culture, history and architecture left to rot 😢. I would choose any city to live in Pakistan over Plymouth, western super, yorkshire and bradford. ✌️ 🙏. Thanks bald for showing, ppl don't forget he is just a messenger.

[@Monaghan]

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 based fellow noticer. Keep noticing.

[@rufusklompenheimer]

Welcome to bald and bankrupt

[@johng873]

All our politicians should be forced to watch videos like this and get a glimpse of the reality that so many people are living.

[@RickyEaton-f3m]

They know - They planned it!!!!

[@thenugwhisperer]

Who's electing these awful politicians?

[@AguysoCool]

They want to bring back the Victorian times. They know and plan it very accordingly.

[@db0800]

Too busy celebrating a job well done.

[@K1forMVP]

I cannot believe how far the UK Gov has let the country fall, they’ve betrayed their people allowing and importing so much of the 3rd world a lot of the UK has now become the third world. Filthy streets resembling the filthy streets of Pakistan just paved over instead of dirt. I’ll never forget being in the airport in London and the MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER coming over the PA system, UK is hardly British anymore. The people there need to wake up and take their country back before the crooked politicians sell you all the way out which they’ve close to accomplished already. The UK has seriously declined over the last 20YRs and I don’t know how leadership sleeps at night with what they’ve done n allowed to happen.

[@djjsimpson]

Who needs the ruins of Greece when you have the ruins of Britain

[@gorathegreatest]

😂😂😂hah

[@roiqk]

Wait he deleted the video??

[@absfinal]

When did he go to Greece

[@fystikogiannopoulos]

Almost watched the entire video then proceeds to delete it 😭

[@AwesomeFish12]

Almost as good as a bunch of yellow rocks

[@cjh0751]

The way the council paints doors and windows onto empty houses to make them look like they're lived in reminds me of the Truman Show with Jim Carey. We truly are in the the last decades of decay in the UK.

[@raulmontes4020]

North Korea does the same thing.

[@namenameson9065]

Very Soviet. Vote for Socialism, get Socialist results. All the cash goes to the political elite. Just like in China.

[@SignorNessuno65]

A Potemkin Village.

[@baldandbankrupt]

Yep I can't believe I didn't think of that term whilst there@@SignorNessuno65

[@vasily8049]

​​​@@SignorNessuno65, Potemkin villages had great future. But that place has no future

[@skaterpulse6746]

Bald dosen't need to visit Eastern Europe anymore. His homeland is slowly resembling post-soviet states. I'm a welshman and every time I walk through the town centre of Port Talbot I look around see it resembling stuff I saw in Balds classic vids of him trekking across Belarus and Moldova. Sad times to be British are ahead I'm afraid and don't even get me started on the state of Swansea

[@stevetaffy8780]

Oi oi mush! Cardigan boy here butt. If port toilet is bad now... id hate to see it once tata steel goes. Nightmare for the area. Lived in swansea for 10yrs, left 13yrs ago. It was bangin when i was there. Now its proper fucked. Empty. Soul less. I miss escape club that's for sure. 😊

[@saintfiacre8712]

I don’t know which Eastern European states you mean, but in Russia, where I live by the grace of God, there is no such decline or very little.

[@bobfruit7400]

@@saintfiacre8712 kremlin propaganda reeeeeeeeeee

[@saintfiacre8712]

@@bobfruit7400 Why do you think so? Western people do not have their own point of view. The ruling class tells them what to think and what to say.

[@bobfruit7400]

@@saintfiacre8712 im being sarcastic, but it doesnt translate well in text. I 100% agree with you

[@youtubehodol3989]

4:27 the blur was indeed very helpful

[@sammeh6806]

ive been trying to find this comment for ages 🤣

[@kinbolluck476]

All it takes is 1 frame

[@dolani65]

She should've stayed put and not moved so damn much!

[@maxmusterman3371]

If she asked not to be show, he is violating her rights. Very concerning since he propably makes quite some money on this video.

[@MarcinHopa8]

Yeah wtf hahah 😂😂😂

[@andrewgould9395]

Watched all of Bald’s videos and thought Eastern Europe was depressing and grey….then we get a video of our home country and my god it really has become a depressing shitshow.

[@eriklarson9137]

It is 100% exactly the same in the US. Hmm. Anything that ties the two together? Progressive ideology run amok maybe?

[@тыкдым-тыкдым]

нормально все. Главное для британцев - поддерживать войну на украине и гадить русским. Остальное неважно

[@darren6076]

Plymouth is amazing compared to the places bald goes to. The problem is you are comparing places like Plymouth Blackpool hull the most run down poor towns in the uk to places like London, Manchester etc.

[@nesvarbu6964]

К сожалению по всей Европе много таких запущенных городов​@@тыкдым-тыкдым

[@mickymouze1224]

As a Janner I can say he showed the absolute worst of Plymouth. Firstly the parts he shown (Union Street) is not the city centre. Secondly yes it's run down and sadly left to rot but it has been earmarked as part of the Millbay regeneration program which is still ongoing (albeit taking forever). Plymouth as a whole is a great place to live with great sea views, parks, woodland, many restaurants, not a bad nightlife and is central to many little known beaches a short drive away. Even the the football team ain't too shabby these days :)

[@Belfast-Biccy]

This video should be screened in The Houses of Parliament, a must watch for all the politicians.

[@MrMeriloto]

They don’t give a rat's arse, less so about Belfast.

[@1adamuk]

Like they give a shit. Too busy talking about the latest scandal or Gaza to actually do anything useful here.

[@planetchubby]

turns out royal family likes to spend their income on something other than the peops

[@ahkira1041]

You dont understand........ It takes A LOT of money to do something about this. plus the comission everyone involved would get to even move their arse.... It'd be so much money that would never just appear out of nowhere.

[@user-gx5ku]

turns out royal families like to spend their income on something else

[@Anshuman566]

I as an Indian admire baldy for exposing countries including his own and mine (india) .. different worlds different issues but baldy makes sure issues are highlighted to be addressed . You are not bankrupt when it comes to honesty ..

[@bardo0007]

UK died years ago. I studied in England back in the 1980's (I'm Norwegian). And it was like living in a proper British world. The pubs had soul, the people were proud and hard working. The buildings were amazing, now all gone.

[@tonybaloney8401]

That was when England was still English

[@carlharrison62]

The 1980's was the last time England was recognisable as having it's own unique identity!

[@simun7684]

What happend? Massive islamic immigration ?

[@777dragonborn]

As an empire builds roads the roads work both ways . London now looks like India and Pakistan .

[@dingus6317]

@@777dragonborn their compassion has stabbed them in the back

[@bera0014]

I almost choked on my coffee when the woman said the ticket was 50 pounds for a ONE way trip, ($96 AUD) for less than 2 hour trip. I checked a similar trip (Melbourne to Bendigo) approx 2 hours and the full fare is 5 quid ($10AUD) one way. The UK is broken...

[@efahad91]

Plus the train gets delayed, slow, old stations, its basically a rip off

[@Houthiandtheblowfish]

Privatization works really welll thank you thatcher and friends co.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@Houthiandtheblowfish It worked really well for Thatcher's friends in the CIty; not so well for the rest of us.

[@rogink]

It's a 100 mile trip. For me to get to London it's £75 return for a 70 mile trip, so 50 quid looks reasonable!

[@01gsr510]

Then you’d literally suffocate in the USA. lol. $150 for a 1.5 hour flight

[@Chiichiiwahwah]

That guy showing him around was a legend

[@Sir-Worthington]

​@Chiichiiwahwah You just missed his worse video ever. He posted it yesterday then I realized he deleted and posted this video. Everyone was saying the vibe was off, it was really weird.

[@gabi.3702]

@@Sir-Worthington wait wym the vibe was off? explain

[@bobsnow6242]

I felt kind of bad for him. He was extremely friendly and knowledgeable and eager to show them around his town and Bald spent the whole time just openly mocking it and shitting on it to the camera. I know Bald does that in all his videos but at least usually the friendly locals in most places don't understand English or at least can't really grasp the implied condescension or understand that he's taking the piss.

[@cthulhurising4860]

Better than a legend, he was erudite

[@alexashman5183]

​@bobsnow6242 I know what you're saying but at the same time the place really IS horrendous, why pretend it's not just because someone lives there? I live in nottingham and friends/family visit and tell me it's a dump. I don't get offended, I just admit it's horrid and want to leave.

[@victoriandave4823]

The first interaction with someone in Birmingham just sums our country up

[@fluffy-puffy-puppy]

That was weird. 😳 Don't they need to prove basic English skills to get a visa in the first place. 👁👁

[@victoriandave4823]

@@fluffy-puffy-puppy No, unfortunately, they're all welcome. In fact, the taxpayers have to pay for translators for them when they claim benefits (which is also at the taxpayers expense)

[@michaelnunn3669]

@@victoriandave4823 Apathy personified!

[@RyanSubhan-pz1wm]

AHH yes Soho road beautiful as ever I was asked for work down their last week such sweet people 😂

[@Thanoswasright]

What sums our country up even more is the girl offering business

[@Raasclarke_14]

Genuinely upsetting to see the decline of my country. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the masses.

[@Hp.597]

💯 government are to blame and we all sit back and do nothing

[@AsalKh1]

Exactly what bald said, don't get upset on me, I am just a messenger showing you. However I still don't get it that there are unfilled jobs there, that they need to bring hundreds of thousand of workers from India. Visa program!

[@oddunb6190]

As you can see from the boarded up houses, the western nations “housing crisis” is completely MANUFACTURED to inflate house prices and falsify the wealth of the nations on paper.

[@hansblitz7770]

Huwhy R u geyh?

[@Yodaspirit45]

@@AsalKh1Problem is these so called Visa programs government create to try fill all these low paid jobs native Brits justifiably can’t accept come at a big price what piss poor workers from India, Ghana etc are going to be able to afford these working visas and the high cost of living to stay in this rotten to the core stinkin corrupt shite expensive country ?

[@JWR-U]

All our MP’s need to watch this

[@Super-lucky-7777]

too busy corrupting

[@sulyokpeter3941]

Agreed, but they are NPCs... They wont understand it.

[@entropybear5847]

They know, they;re causing this on purpose. Vultures picking a corpse clean.

[@joaquimioakim229]

What? You think they don’t know?

[@curtismaize]

Wake up please. It's a pantomime for crying out loud, they don't care about you and in my humble opinion it's completely orchestrated to fulfill their nefarious agendas.

[@XDontConformX]

The fact we've allowed to government to neglect the entire country like this is criminal.

[@updog4L]

You should do something about it

[@WarNinjaZak]

Problem is that we think the government is God. We need the ability for people to buy land and then improve on it without someone else complaining about it and blocking it.

[@CommonG]

need guy fawkes back

[@fasthracing]

Governments

[@jamesbael6255]

Free Ireland, then fix yourself or you're going to find yourselves without a choice.

[@meorgegoran]

the most tragic thing is that at 19:02, in the backgrouns you can see a big white house at the far right of the screen-that is Soho House, the home of Matthew Boulton- one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution. In that house he and James Watt (the person whom the Watt measurement of electricity was named for) were working towards making the modern world what it is today. Benjamin Franklin even visited, so impressed was he of the technological innovations these men were working towards. Now look at this area, a husk of what our great country once was. Genuinely heartbreaking.

[@michaelroy7093]

god damn it thats depressing .

[@JimBob652]

Please show more of the UK, we need to show people how ruined the country is

[@honiahakaa]

Thanks to who? Leaders?

[@skefsongames]

@@honiahakaa Depends where you go tbh, local councils, the tories, economy in the shitter small businesses being driven to ruin and replaced only by shitty franchises

[@adamholmes91]

Tony Blair for one

[@Geometric-Rate]

Bald needs to tag the MP's for every single place he visits. We must at least shame them into doing something! 😔

[@mikefraser4513]

@@skefsongames Yeh, but also the people who allow this to happen. I've seen a documentary in Walsall where sofas and shit were lying around in peoples gardens.

[@harrr53]

Homeless people in a place full of empty buildings. The sad irony.

[@pachin8591]

Unless you're Pakistani

[@kinbolluck476]

*Decorated empty buildings

[@bernardlandman1]

The third world came and is still coming to “hand out” Britain, and has turned it into a third world dump

[@iskindersam7834]

Touché

[@RoofLight00]

Owned by foreign companies, the royals, hedge fund managers and Tory donors….

[@wattbenj]

More Britain content please. It's the issue of our time & you have the platform to show it.

[@alexwilkinson8672]

100% back this comment.

[@needsmetal]

Looked more like India than Britain

[@danieljones7965]

Here here!

[@SiGa-i1r]

See "The British Empire Was NOT The Biggest!" Hypocrites count wastelands but not waves Brits still boast of having ruled. Spain had the biggest empire. They lied.

[@etreni]

Sunak noticed this video actually especially in housing part.

[@oggie7672]

Walking around towns full of boarded up and abandoned buildings, then you hear the lovely homeless chap tell us the council "are still looking for somewhere" for him to live. Shelter is shelter, councils must find a way to get people off the streets and make use of these. Well done for highlighting this Ben!

[@RareTS]

the buildings are probably unsafe structurally i mean look at them it would probably cost more to fix them than to just build new buildings

[@hakarthemage]

They'd put him in a hotel but it's probably filled up with "Asylum seekers"

[@stevecarroll6760]

What’s annoying is that you read about a family of immigrants arriving two weeks prior receiving a four bedroom house, with that poor guy living on street.

[@zeeafraud7898]

who introduced right to buy and how’s it going?

[@andrewkerr5296]

Why is it the Governments responsibility? This is why England has turned into a shole, you all voted your Responsibilities away to the Government

[@654jimbob654]

Britain has been let down by decades of successive Tory and Labour governments that have driven our public services to be operated like businesses, where the only thing that matters is the bottom line. Public transport, housing and healthcare now costs more and offer so much less than they did previously because profits have been deemed to be more important than the harder-to-quantify ways in which these things improve society. A very small group of people have made very large sums of money from swindling British taxpayers. After WW2, the country was skint and still managed to build motorways, electrical grids, sanitation facilities, create the NHS, massive public housing projects. That's why I don't accept the "things are bad because we've got no money" argument. Politicians are always thinking about short-term wins that will help them in the next election instead of considering things in the longer term.

[@ctiradperunovic]

I'm from the Czech Republic and I can say that in big cities like Prague, Brno, Plzeň or Olomouc, a lot of old buildings are restored, but in smaller cities, especially in poorer regions, old buildings are often very damaged and neglected, just like in Plymouth. But I think it's like that everywhere in the Europe.

[@GoonerGM11]

Not in Germany so far..

[@scv909]

It's like that everywhere in the world.

[@JoolsUK]

Spot on, thanks for confirming. Czech Republic has spent a fortune on Prague as its a tourist city. Plymouth is not anything in relation to Prague. A small Czech city would compare.

[@piercerichards9726]

Just come back from Prague beautiful city with yes, well kept historic buildings

[@ziplin5412]

There are laws in germany to prevent that from happening. There are some exceptions though, for example one of the most occuring reasons for a house to rot in germany is when the owner is incapable to renovate the estate because of dementia

[@jokerbear169]

A sobering reminder of how politicians betray their people😢

[@charleslindbergh8222]

With jevvs you lose

[@exohio]

Sobering reminder of how similar life is across the West, from America to Europe, we're all suffering from many of the same issues. Going there, talking to friends, watching the news, it's like a parallel universe... Makes you wonder, who's running the show? Why is it the same story? Surely, we are thousands of miles apart, life has to be different... Nope, not really.

[@バルガ]

It's easy to pin it all on politicians, but none of this would've been possible without a complacent majority. The old Britain wasn't really taken away, people gave it up.

[@jokerbear169]

@@バルガ Fair call, you get what you vote for or what you can’t be bothered to do in some cases.

[@thechosenone729]

Politicians were always traitors and they stabbed people for money without even thinking. You never trust politicians you check on them and you do it constantly. Thing is that people were quiet because they were too afraid to talk because they could get marked as nazi by communists. People stop giving a damn about other countryman and what's worse they let media be and so they attacked on feeling of people to accept invaders into their country.

[@santoshsco]

I'm saying this again , thanks for never quitting youtube and this is one of your best videos.

[@Ricky-tr2hd]

17:00 the view we've all been waiting for! 😂

[@57PinkMoon]

Agreed...one of his best. More, please!

[@dougdownunder5622]

Why?

[@Pugopugo]

I have been many times in the former GDR city Leipzig during last 20 years. First times many buildings looked like the damaged and boarded up ones that you show here. Then, each year I saw more and more houses being renovated completely to get back their former beauty. Now the city is completely wonderful and full of life. It is definitely possible to bring back old houses and cities, but it requires hope and money. I can't see any of that in this video.

[@edlawn5481]

Ditto for Poland. It's amazing how good their cities look today compared to the Communist era.

[@Szaboo92]

Visited Leipzig a year ago, was very nice indeed

[@AnerLucero]

The local guide was great. Nice you included him

[@iamgermane]

This is a TASTE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA! Detroit is worse! They knock down buildings when they start falling down there and leave empty lots.

[@bboosss1065]

Dude is a gem

[@DT-rb7ro]

Joe works off tips but Bald just left him there standing haha

[@bigol9223]

Wonder where he was rushing off to when he decided to become a super-mare sherpa.

[@rogink]

Looked a bit of a set-up, like Bald 'bumping' into Backpacker Ben. But it was good to get a local's perspective.

[@MrSt1138]

Mr Bald god bless you for this one. Shining a light on the disgrace that is modern Britain. Your interaction with that girl with the black eye in Birmingham made me deeply sad.

[@codenamemilo7398]

Don't get why he kept blaming New Labour and Blair for it mind. No mention of tory austerity.

[@5uper5kill3rz]

@@codenamemilo7398he didn’t blame them at all imo & I hate the tories

[@alfiesolomons434]

He's not blaming Blair... Blair was in power when he left the UK, did you watch the start?

[@janetbarkwith]

@@codenamemilo7398 Blair started the rot, and the subsequent govts have continued the good work ...

[@OneTwoMark]

@@codenamemilo7398Typical leftie not being able to critically think.

[@lukemurphy9355]

Joe seemed like a very intelligent and genuine lad. Would be great to see him on another trip with you!

[@flashback1123]

Cute too ❤😊

[@westonmickey3890]

Why would Benjamin do something logical like that...

[@Super-lucky-7777]

He should make yt channel and travel Britain

[@wisher21uk]

@@Super-lucky-7777he has he is joefish on KZbin 😊

[@stevenhull5025]

Maybe Joe should become a full time local guide for tourists.

[@dullahan8191]

When Ben talks about architectural buildings and letting them so to s**t , we have the same issue in Detroit. Thankfully they restored the old train station but alot of the buildings and homes were just left to ruin.

[@ducis3446]

And even then it’s because Ford wanted to turn it into their new plaything. Not even the city government wanted anything to do with that station.

[@Saint2CB]

this is the first time that I ever could not finish one of your videos. Seeing the UK like this is genuinely painful.

[@deenzmartin6695]

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

[@Saint2CB]

@@A14M04I19A95 I agree with you, however I don’t think any first world country should have regions like this. Imagine how 100 years ago those places would have looked like..

[@andrewwigham3026]

@@A14M04I19A95Finally, somebody with brain cells. You’re 100% right, I live near horden like 5 mins away and it’s nothing like portrayed here. The houses they focus on are abandoned mining houses in the numbered streets, which is now a relatively small portion of the area - they’re also in talks of being demolished / replaced with newer builds. They ignored any new investment - why not to 5 minutes up the road into Peterlee and have a look around? See how people around here actually live.

[@andrewwigham3026]

@@Saint2CB100 years ago Horden was just rows of pit houses (the same as you see now) but people lived in them. These are in talks to be removed, demolished and replaced. The area has had much investment - I could walk around the nice area of Horden / Peterlee and cherry pick, saying ‘look how nice it is up here in the north east’ which is exactly what’s been done here but in the opposite direction. The main problem with Horden isn’t the location, it’s the lack of decent people who care about their area, many of whom are dole scrounging eejits that ride around on illegal bikes and think they’re above the law or have special privileges (like you get anywhere)

[@austinbux]

Go watch some tours of The Lake District with its beautiful slate stone picture-postcard villages and its stunning scenery. Maybe that will cheer you up. Bald does have a knack for showing the ugliest parts of the country.

[@jonnyd9351]

You telling that girl "10 years? you're not getting out of here." was probably a huge wake up call. Hope she makes it.

[@bunb8541]

He failed miserably censoring her face. jfl

[@barrychuckle5565]

​@@bunb8541It's a public place. Learn your law.

[@bunb8541]

@@barrychuckle5565 Watch the video... He tried to censor her face but you can see it clearly for a brief moment

[@barrychuckle5565]

@@bunb8541 jail for life?

[@paulwilliams2024]

@@bunb8541 that was on purpose lmao

[@viewfromtheanglo4334]

I think that German woman summed it up quite well: unless you have a little bit more money than average to compensate, you’re going to struggle. As someone that has done a bit of travelling to a few European countries recently, especially to countries that on the face of it we as Brits would probably looked down our noses at, the quality of life, the infrastructure, the culture, the cost of various different things from rail travel to pints of beer, are miles ahead of the UK and as someone who has become very disillusioned with the UK and concerned about how some certain things are going and how this will impact the future UK society, I have been exploring my “escape routes” so to speak. I don’t think the UK is the only country experiencing this decline; I would also argue that some our nearest neighbours are also going through it. However, I think the difference between us and our neighbours is that our neighbours are prepared to do something about it because they still have unwavering pride in their country. Unfortunately, I see very little evidence of this pride and willingness to do something about it in the UK. We have instead adopted this fatalistic attitude of the damage being already done and that there is very little chance of anything changing so we may as well focus on other things and whatever will be will be. It’s incredibly sad.

[@electron8262]

That is a very good description of the attitude I feel people have. It is truly sad how resigned they have become and I am willing to do anything I can to put things on a better course

[@jakkk5551]

France does seem to be in a similar situation. But there's still way less litter scattered around. On the last couple of self drive trips to the alps it seems the roads and countryside in France are in a much better condition but some of their towns look very run down on the outskirts, more so than places I've visited in England I would say. Obviously I'm not a massive expert from my two recent road trips mind. I was also lucky enough to do a small ski trip to Norway at Christmas, and what a amazingly beautiful place that is. I would move there in a heartbeat even with the minus 20 winters. That said a country 3x larger than Britain with a population the same as Scotland isn't going to be litteted mess like overcrowded England 😩

[@lordbezzington8435]

The indigenous population have been gaslit to despise themselves.

[@Martin-zm8gq]

Which neighbors are you specifically talking about? Apart from Denmark and Norway, pretty much every country the UK shares a maritime border with is in a similar situation

[@viewfromtheanglo4334]

@@Martin-zm8gq You said it. Apart from the Nordic countries, our neighbours across the channel are going through similar problems. But as I said in my comment, I sense that people there want to do something about it and I don't get that from people in the UK. I could be wrong and I'm happy to be proved otherwise

[@hd4100]

As an American, I love your channel and love most of all your visits to the different British towns

[@SLR01274]

I'm from the UK and now live in Switzerland. I can tell you, going home is like being hit with a hammer. The UK (outside the centre of London) is barely scraping along as a first world country these days.

[@Yamyamwer]

Me too,it hits hard.

[@Lerxstification]

Only true to a certain extent. The University towns are doing very well.

[@Марк.Фетнов]

I was in the Baltic states for just a week and when I came back it was a reality check🤣

[@jamesanthony3072]

Really? Soho road isn’t my favourite part of Birmingham, but the city is beautiful and very cosmopolitan, many great suburbs to live in and the city centre is looking great with massive redevelopment and building projects, a very friendly and welcoming people with lots to do and see with some of the best restaurants and street food in Europe let alone the uk…

[@AeonMW2]

I live in Serbia and traveling to UK regularly just for my mental health. you have no idea how much better even current state of UK compared to real poor countries

[@richardwall2692]

What a beautiful smile that lady had. Kudos to you for treating her with respect and dignity, I suspect she doesn't see that happen often.

[@thejoelrooganexplosion2400]

he used her youtube views

[@tengudown5968]

she doesnt respect her self mate trust me ,

[@m3ount973]

Imagine being all over KZbin comments sections kicking someone whilst they're down and troubled, she can get help for her troubled and live with dignity again but you have absolutely no humanity and I don't think that's as easily fixed as a drug addiction

[@tengudown5968]

As you said...She CAN get help , but chooses not to and doesnt want to take the next step, Ive suffered with addiction for most my adult life, I've done things im ashamed and not proud of, I've done things which i wont say on here but ive drove all around handsworth and the surrounding areas daily, I know who she is, i know what road she lives on and what she does, She could get help but she dont want to, Most drug addicts will admit they like getting high and dont want to move on, or theres a deep fear of living life clean without that high , She could easily move away from handsworth and stay stable on a methadone script and not smoke stone, but she chooses to stay in the chaos, And just because someone uses drugs doesnt mean they have to give up there dignity, I know many addicts who are clean clothed ,presentable and still have there morals, And how do i not have no humanity? Dont assume or label me as someone whos cold hearted and lacks empathy, You can only help those who want the help and trust me she dont want it atm @973

[@ladulaser]

Considering how many ppl have seen this video... Purely based on statistics, he's found her a lot of new customers as well. Good luck not thinking about that now.

[@Drooopyy]

Please keep doing these England episodes! most of us in North America only really ever get to see London so it's cool to see how real Brits live and that England is not just central London.

[@entropy5431]

In fairness, he's picking the worst parts of the country. Outside London is generally much nicer than inside it. The UK is mostly very nice.

[@Drooopyy]

@@entropy5431 not saying the UK isnt nice, just nice to see areas that wouldn’t normally be shown to a wide audience.

[@entropy5431]

@@Drooopyy Fair enough but you said the way 'real Brits' live. A lot of the people weren't British and the areas were the worst you can find. Not really a fair representation of the UK in general.

[@Drooopyy]

@@entropy5431 okay? Don’t really know what you want me to say? You win I guess?? Good job ⭐️

[@Sukhumvit1]

I left London 10 years ago but last year I returned for a friends wedding. Away from the tourist spots It was like downtown Mogadishu 😂

[@staggabob]

British people used to be proud and have dignity, even if they were poor. Communities helped each other, looked after their neighbourhood.... I remember my nan telling me how the whole street would be out cleaning their doorsteps and anyone who didn't would be held to account (at least by the gossipers). Now it seems like the industries have gone, the communities have gone and the pride is forgotten. Coupled with the vast numbers of people from overseas who perhaps never cared for what used to be "British Values" and now you see rubbish in the streets and endless decline. I don't know if it can ever be done now but somehow we have to try to restore some of that lost pride and togetherness.

[@samuelknight957]

Yep. We are told diversity is our strength, when in fact, only homogeneity has lead to the success of civilisation. I'm not saying people can't differ, but there needs to be common ground (shared principles and values). "We're all humans" just won't cut it, and it never has historically either.

[@andrewnbrown]

£50 from Plymouth to Weston by train? That is a disgrace.

[@desdicadoric]

That’s Britain, cold, expensive and broken

[@liukin95]

Yep! Train prices here are a joke!

[@derbigpr500]

I can fly (FLY ON AN AIRPLANE) from any place to any place in EU, and then back again, for that money.

[@clipdump]

it really is. where is all the money going ffs

[@gecila1]

@@derbigpr500 Train fares are expensive... but come on, that's just complete and utter bollocks.

[@GordonEngels]

the irony of people living in the streets outside closed-down buildings

[@Houthiandtheblowfish]

everything is in its right place darling

[@ninobrown4516]

dead civilisation

[@renslicevideo]

it's deliberately cruel

[@Billy97ify]

There are more reasons why he lives outside. Not just housing.

[@moeh1056]

i hate to see things like that 🤮

[@willgirvan2491]

As a soldier in the British army, the war memorial bit made me sad beyond words. I have zero faith in this country anymore compared to just 4 years ago. How far we have fallen

[@astroboirap]

that the torys for ya

[@ragnarjakobsen7722]

Same

[@ragnarjakobsen7722]

​@astroboirap would of been worse if Labour was in. 2 wings on the same bird. We need a complete reform and the public need to wake up to politics instead of worrying what on Netflix and football drama.. too distracted.

[@robmarshall9026]

No it wouldn't. Labour has a way better track record and you know it. @@ragnarjakobsen7722

[@Synystr7]

In Canada, people don't even wear the poppy anymore. And the government has taken most of our budget away. It was making me so depressed that I had to leave or else I probably would have drank myself into the ground.

[@adina2419]

21:28 😢 she is beautiful. Oh dear. I’m so sorry 😔.

[@ryan.1990]

She actually is under all the bruises. Hope she sorts things out

[@panip6082]

I’m glad you’re showing real Britain. People who don’t actually live here only see London (which has also gone downhill) but truth is much worse.

[@BassandoForte]

This is what happens when you let Conservatives run things - Don't make the same mistake...

[@vista9434]

@@BassandoForte Like Labour are any better, the UK needs reforms and a new party that isn't just Tory-lite Red edition.

[@BassandoForte]

@@vista9434 - They're trying to poach Tory MP Lee Anderson - How are they different..?? The last sustained period of growth was under Labour, that's how they're different, Toryboy... 😛🤣

[@vista9434]

@doForte Apart from the fact that they left government with nothing in the bank. Just FYI, I've voided my vote in the last few local elections and intend to do the same in this general election so I'm hardly a Toryboy.

[@j.harrison6744]

​@@BassandoForte You have a short memory. Growth under Labour was brief, less than five years, fuelled mostly by cheap imported labour from Europe. The economic slowdown started in 2008, with manufacturing output decling by 7% and unemployment rising by 8.3% with Q4: −2.2%. The Tories weren't elected until 2010. The Blair/Brown years were just a giant ponzi scheme that crashed.

[@thehammer3340]

Felt very bad seeing the state that girl was in, I hope she gets cleaned up and turns her life around.

[@MrCarGuy]

And the guy at 13:03 who is being lied to by the government to avoid helping him

[@novakgoatovic]

Its good taste ​@@Superman_.

[@VoIatileViolet]

@@Superman_.he’s bad taste. That goes for both the ‘Benjamins’

[@user-op1tq9ur3t]

So nice of this “man” to put her photo and her embarrassment all on the internet. And to use it as the title and main photo, cherry on top.

[@raysissum]

@@michaelprice6776 She's too far gone to care about anything other than the next pipe or pin. She's almost certainly too far gone to turn it around and on the current course she won't, so having her face on a thumbnail will make little to no difference but if she does feel embarassed then it might just be the thing to make her try again. But I get where you're coming from and we both want the best for her.

[@ExileOnMainStreet]

I live in Horden, cannot believe it! Can't imagine seeing Bald walk around the streets here! For context these houses, First Street - Thirteenth Street were once for pit workers who received them as part of their job. These streets were very desirable to live once upon a time. When the mines closed, a lot of them were bought by private landlords, on the cheap, who rented them out and simply do not care for the upkeep - a lot of locals then left for neighbouring towns as Horden started to become rundown. These streets are now derelict because the council wants to knock them down and replace with new housing. The rest of Horden isn't too bad, it's just become a hotbed for petty crime, theft and drug use as it's felt the effects of austerity with little investment and opportunity here. Most of the villages around here are the same unfortunately. You couldn't wish to meet a friendlier bunch of people though!

[@mmuller2402]

Maybe brexit takes a toll? Isolation is no good way to do business as every other land apart from north Korea is looking to lower border hurdles 😂

[@BritishJuche]

​@@mmuller2402yawn. Brexit happened precisely because lots of people live in places like this - deindustrialised wastelands - and they hoped that by taking back control, things might change for the better. They didn't just turn to crap overnight in 2016. How do you lot still not understand what it was about?

[@nopeoppeln]

@@BritishJuche yet I am almost certain they regret it now, had they voted Leave (unless you're from Boston, then you don't)

[@HisDudeness_69]

@@BritishJuchefalse, that is not why brexit happened 😂 Brexit happened because the EU was overstepping its boundaries and tried to tell the British courts what they could and couldn’t do. That’s the main reason why Brexit happened.

[@S4FC100]

I grew up in Houghton Le Spring but live in Florida now, been watching Bald for years and to see him pop in Sunderland then Horden is crazy..🙈🤣

[@richiefingers1]

Importing things from other countries and closing down our manufacturing industries has caused the decline.

[@tired365]

Everyone is sick of what's happening to the country

[@jaam1667]

and yet we do nothing cause we're too busy surviving...

[@Sum_Ting_Wong]

Blame politicians.

[@user-lm9oq6yw6n]

And yet you keep on voting on the tories

[@illiniarmory3142]

Left wing and mass migration. You destroyed yourselves. Why?

[@UmbertoDavidPanda]

​@@leedavies76the theme is cuts from central government.

[@vestavind]

England is like seeing your old friend from high school. Your old high school friend was the brightest in class, and very funny, social, popular, creative and just a joy to be around. Expect now, you see your old friend on the street - homeless and broke and broken. You try to talk some sense into your old friend, but there nothing of that person left anymore. Gone. That's England.

[@babaentertainment6615]

That's a lot of places in europe tbh

[@vestavind]

@@babaentertainment6615Yes a lot of places, but still not everywhere. My comment is pretty bleak I know, but I still have hope for a good future

[@WeMuckAround]

Do you think Britain has gotten poorer? Really?

[@JustLaughs2024]

@@WeMuckAround do you think central bank issued usurious fiat money means richer? Really?

[@J.S-762]

@@WeMuckAroundThe news is a good start bud, then read

[@deemcevoy353]

£50 gets me from Belfast to London on the plane. Train prices in GB are outrageous!

[@LuDel95]

The train companies and train network should never have been privatised.

[@paulclarke245]

same over here in new zealand. the rails themselves are badly maintained. its $300 to go across the south island return on a "scenic train" which is pretty rough. rail is mostly used for freight predominantly coal which we export ( we sell the good stuff then import the bad coal). as a student in the 80's the carriages were 1960's models and never got updated they just made train travel useless. i knew a driver who let me sit in the cab once, we went thru a tunnel and it looked like most of the bricks were held in by spider webs and soot.

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

I paid like that ammount to take a plane from Sweden to England lol couple of years back

[@randomoldguy3967]

And people giving the US shit for not utilizing rail.

[@TheAlexdx7]

That lad was such a kind person to show you around.

[@nana73carol46]

The best days are behind us.....EVERYWHERE!

[@stevenhull5025]

People might not want to know the truth. Prior and during the Victorian era this country was built on the blood, treasure and suffering of peoples of the third world. Maybe we are now reaping the seeds of what we have sown.

[@ohherewegoagain]

not everywhere

[@nagylalikama8730]

make it better? it's all about selective perception. There are amazing parts of the UK with lovely people.

[@zdemolowanyrabin]

To samo jest w Polsce. Cudowne lata minęły. Jeszcze w wielkich miastach może tego tak nie widać, ale wystarczy pojechać dalej żeby zobaczyć prawdziwą biede...

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

@@stevenhull5025 Absolutely. Nobody can remain on the top forever. Glory fades

[@mattp1680]

What a sad state of affairs seeing thousands of abandoned, derelict houses accross multiple towns and cities in the UK, while thousands of people sleep on the streets, it will never make sense to me

[@nebhalabir1201]

Capitalism

[@RishPanjeetJr]

@@nebhalabir1201anything but. “Capitalism” with non-stop State intervention, regulation, fines, penalties, while money is sent overseas & foreigners cram in by the millions? You’re a joke.

[@bestguest11]

@@nebhalabir1201lack of it.

[@srji489]

​@@nebhalabir1201feel free to move to North Korea

[@strinat0]

Jokes on you, at least there are no homeless there

[@tylerskitt]

I must admit, seeing Ben explore England in the way he would usually explore what we perceive as ‘decrepit’ foreign land is so eye opening. Without taking a step out of our comfort zone, I would have never had seen this side of the UK. You see and hear it on the news but Ben’s unbiased exploration truly shows the real world.

[@MarcusDrivesZxr]

Unfortunately you're completely wrong about it being unbiased. He's deliberately visited the worse parts of Plymouth to make it look as bad as possible when its actually a beautiful place to live with lots going on.

[@kramer26]

Perhaps you need to take a step outside your own comfort zone to see the real world...

[@kramer26]

@@MarcusDrivesZxr yes, the point is to deliver shock factor. There are still some nice places in the UK. But for how long...?

[@countpicula]

Yeah England’s fallen. Labor destroyed the nation. And the tempest immigration to welfare situations making it a pure Muslim nation. And wat h you’ll see massive cope comments about how great it is that the pubs are gone and it’s all kabobs.

[@countpicula]

@@MarcusDrivesZxrmost of Britain looks this way buddy. Also native Brit’s are being replaced by Muslims.

[@TheDaurats]

I think if you visit Sunderland today compared to when you recorded this you would be surprised. Been a huge push to develop the city. New bars, restaurants, office buildings. New bridge to connect people to both sides of the river and the stadium of light. Exciting times in Sunderland

[@DBC316]

Funny how that homeless guy was a lot more hospitable than the "new resident" of Birmingham.

[@josephbrennan9712]

i know him well, he's a decent man but like a lot of our homeless he's stuck on waiting lists that abandon people to years of limbo

[@dc56789]

​@@josephbrennan9712yet there seems to be enough accommodation for our friends who arrive on rubber boats.

[@bandits99]

​@@dc56789those two things aren't linked.

[@kaarislakrim6604]

@@bandits99yea sure buddy

[@floriantipotsch6042]

@@kaarislakrim6604 yes one is an actual home and the other is a tent somewhere in the middle of nowhere or some rundown building that has 4 people in one room at least

[@E_L1000]

Thanks for showing what Britain looks like for a very large part of the population. Most people in other countries don’t have a clue how bad it can be.

[@E_L1000]

The UK is so good at showing a healthy facade with all its tv series about a romantic country life, antiques, history, stylish home renovations, police drama in picturesque villages, the war effort, upstairs and downstairs, etc etc. Almost never how grim modern life in the UK can be today.

[@abbotsford85]

There's loads of programmes showing the grim side of life what are you talking about? You just probably haven't watched them

[@E_L1000]

@@abbotsford85 yes there are many videos on KZbin showing the grim side, but most people in other countries don’t have a clue how bad the situation in UK really is. This even goes for UK's shrinking middle class.

[@Jim90117]

@@E_L1000There's still loads of countryside places like that in modern Britain, but everyone wants to live there. They're usually very white and they're not cheap, especially if they have a good commute. I live in the countryside 20/25 minutes away from Liverpool and Manchester, it's gorgeous and affluent. The state of places like brum in this video have always existed, especially inner city areas.

[@E_L1000]

@@Jim90117 UK has some of the most beautiful country side in the world. But it’s almost impossible for common people to buy a property in the popular areas. And if you find cheap land, you are often hindered to build, due to archaic laws and powerful old landowners.

[@rm_con]

I left the UK 12 years ago and couldn’t think of anything worse than going back. I grew up in the 90’s and thought it was an amazing place but over a very short period it turned drastically! Now Britain is unrecognisable and the people of Britain deserve so much more. It is going to take a working class man/woman with pride to lead a revolution and rip down that horrendous government and rebuild.

[@naturalbornchiller158]

We need a sense of national pride and respect for ourselves.We wont revolt though, we haven't in a thousand years. I sense of national pride is what binds people together and forms a cohesive society.

[@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر]

Where’d you go?

[@BritishJuche]

​@@naturalbornchiller158We had a republican revolution and a civil war around 360 years ago. There are many uprisings throughout our history, from the Peasants' Revolt to the Diggers.

[@aligindahouse7777]

Brexit wasn't a very good idea

[@cxar71]

@@naturalbornchiller158National pride was what drove the last nail in the coffin: Brexit. A little less pride, a lot less whining, and a little bit more of rolling up your sleeves and hard work. The only ones left working for real in the UK are south Asian immigrants.

[@duanetrivett750]

I am from Bristol Tennessee and have always wanted to come to England. There are so much history in the UK and being American I feel like we are Cousins. I have been watching about Leeds and the Roma gypsy burning it down. It's very sad for me . And the last two days I have learned about the Roma and getting benefits and not trying to work ! So sad . Good video.

[@MiaogisTeas]

I'm not sad or horrified; I'm seething mad. What an absolute f'ing disgrace.

[@Hashterix]

It's time for Reform. Lib/Lab/Con are all the same WEF in disguise.

[@andrewkerr5296]

@@MrAn0n Turn it up It's called Parasites voting for Parasite Politicians that are mirror image of themselves

[@jamessones4044]

Absolute squalor whilst the MP class lord it up selling us out.

[@watdeneuk]

Well, you're on the internet, the perfect place for that.

[@Threemore650]

@@jamessones4044 No… Not absolute squalor - those streets looked safe and quiet in the daytime. Just such great people, friendly and light hearted. I love them.

[@turnip9367]

Thank you so much for shining a light on some of these forgotten communities, Bald. The state of decline is ubiquitious in the country. It doesn't matter where you go - north, south, east, west - you'll be met with boarded up shops, derelict pubs and closed-off public spaces. A crying shame and a stain on the government.

[@iamgermane]

I was in the US Military over there and I thought it was terrible! The SW coast of England is supposed to be nice from the warm waters of the Carribean.

[@garyburchgb]

We know now that the government is a corporation that's in business to siphon the wealth from the many to the few, and it has largely succeeded thus far.

[@TheDude1980]

We know what kind of video he’s trying to produce when he’s purposely booking 3 star hotels that cost £28/night.

[@jahwobble5214]

As a Brit who does not live there now I cant believe there has been no revolution in Britain given the way the current government is behaving. Because people are too apathetic.

[@jdotm123]

Or they left like you.

[@jackblackwell2238]

Revolutions happen when people can’t eat. People are being kept in a state of flux. The young rejected their countries traditions and this is the result.

[@CircumlunarFeasibility]

I feel the same in the US

[@ramborambokitchenkitchen6357]

There were riots in early August in a lot of towns and cities. I imagine it will just get worse and the rioters will come out again. Government decided to just throw everyone in prison to try and silence the problem.

[@Funlu]

It happened by the government's design!

[@scottturner8367]

I haven’t been to Britain in 20ish years and to see what’s happening to some of the smaller villages is heartbreaking.

[@saminuyasha123]

Ooof when he asked the homeless woman in Birmingham 'Are you alright?' - 'Not really love, you?' That fucking shook me. What the fuck England.

[@saneman7177]

That shook you? She had a black eye obviously things aren’t going great for her

[@WraithTheSlayer]

Once an empire now a shit hole. literally ...

[@High_Bridge]

They're known as curb crawlers.

[@Ebra-l9j]

She needs help to stop drugs and prostitution

[@religdeb]

​@@WraithTheSlayerwhen we had the empire people lived in even worse poverty

[@OutdoorDudez]

I think the weather would make anyone feel worse. It adds 80% more depression to an already depressed country.

[@TricksyBix]

Agreed, which is why I moved to Australia

[@j.harrison6744]

The weather has always been like that and people were poorer in the past. But back them the country was more homogenous and we had communities that supported each other. Diversity and mass migration has destroyed that.

[@Who_am_i_55]

Yupp depressing

[@adamburton5184]

It's depressing when you believe it is... Ultimately it's just weather. It drains me when people keep talking about it. Buy some waterproof clothes and you'll be alright. There are tonnes of things that are better in the rain, running, walking, camping etc. not like belting it down rain though. It torrentially downpours in Australia for example leading to flooding we never experience but I guess we ignore that. We don't get hurricanes or storm surges that frequently, again ignored. This is one thing I reckon the English should get over and then we'll be alright.

[@taivalmaa2251]

​@@adamburton5184 running, walking, and camping are better in the rain?? come on now..

[@prasssri]

We can fund wars but not help historic towns and the homeless

[@3dashooters]

He hearted this.

[@fatalf4t4l]

"we"

[@onesong2001]

@@fatalf4t4l we, the people

[@alexandernovikov5963]

This is how capitalism works

[@onesong2001]

@@alexandernovikov5963 it's not the only way capitalism can work.

[@PowellFam-r2g]

I’ve been watching your videos for years, and this has to be one of the most interesting. Haunting and sad. As a tourist, I’ve only seen London and Bath, and now it is clear those are bubbles of a sort. 😢

[@user-tx7ne8zw2u]

It's heartbreaking to see what's happening outside if London. Britain needs some serious changes, thank you Ben for shedding some light on this

[@charleslindbergh8222]

What is happening inside London is worse.

[@deenzmartin6695]

London is worse off

[@Design_no]

What do you mean OUTSIDE OF LONDON? London has turned into a sh$t hole.

[@John-wf5if]

Heartbreaking to see what's happened to London as well

[@davidinmossy]

Yeah coz Londanistan is a bastion of morality 😂

[@Manc-fh5we]

I feel sorry for the street girl. She’s someones child or even mother at the end of the day. Anyone would be heartbroken if she was one theres, seeing her like that with a black eye knowing she’d been beaten and abused. Who knows what issues people have in their lives that lead them down a wayward path 😢

[@katlicks]

Felt the same. A real living example of the consequences of how we've slipped. It's easy enough to see trash or boarded up buildings and only feel a twinge of remorse, but seeing someone beaten and abused like that, that's the face of the nation when we let things slip.

[@janseyfarth9489]

Absolutely heartbreaking, the girl and this whole video

[@casinowilhelm]

Does this youtube guy get release forms for putting people on the internet like this?

[@kriscotw9]

May want to have a further look into this guy and his seedy past

[@bensmokes9677]

@@casinowilhelm filming the public, in public is not against the law? Why would he need release forms 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Anthony-w7i5g]

The guy that greeted you at the hotel is actually proud of his hotel. That is the problem, they think it is alright and have no idea that decent people would find it disgusting.

[@MarduksonofEa]

When he said the view is nice, and it's all trash was eye-opening. I am from Mumbai and I want to address the elephant in the room but I'm not sure how.

[@henrymichael13]

@@MarduksonofEaplease go ahead and

[@MarduksonofEa]

As the saying goes "Import the third world, and you become the third world" It's kind of sad tbh.

[@Anthony-w7i5g]

Education is the main problem, some people know no better. Instead of importing some of the best minds in the world we are getting the worst, we have enough of those already.@@MarduksonofEa

[@Jomchen]

@@MarduksonofEa More like "import the third world, put them in third world conditions, and impose austerity on everybody else, and you get the third world".

[@JustinFuller-y8d]

I left the UK 17 years ago and haven’t been back since, good to see I’m not missing anything.

[@donovan5656]

Britain starting to look like a post-Soviet republic these days.

[@mcresearch]

If only it looked that good!

[@kittyroo-x4p]

It looks like a third world sh&thole actually.

[@ramborambokitchenkitchen6357]

Eastern Europe looks better than Britain lol

[@Jimbobrasil]

@@kittyroo-x4pYou’re confusing cities and the countryside…

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

no, britain has way more immigration. no identity unlike post USSR states.

[@petersmith5199]

I'm even more depressed about what's going on in my country after watching this. Thanks Ben!

[@talhaahsanlondon]

Utterly dispiriting tour of our country redeemed only by the chirpiness of the people. This is B&B at his best: holding his own camera, pride for former glories and compassion with the local folk.

[@Water.9316]

“Our country” - “Talha Ahsan” 🤨

[@TimtheEnchanter25]

@@Water.9316 Yeah clearly he`s not one of those "local" British folks...

[@drop830]

The irony of a man needing a place to live, to get him iff the street, in a town full of empty homes, is kinda ridiculous

[@TobiasScheer]

The guy showing them around West-super-Mare is a bloody legend!

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Should start his own channel

[@Mickman007]

I reckon he was someone he knew.

[@AK-gs6wr]

I would watch a channel with that guy 100%. What a lovely gentleman

[@WoodyWanderer]

@@Mickman007yeah he seemed a bit way to confident . What randomer would just start walking around with them 😂

[@oiyecant720]

@@WoodyWanderer Ben had already made contact with him prior to Bald arriving, they were just making a little bit of it.

[@LorSTApunk07]

This episode reminded me a lot of the depressed areas of Appalachia. Parts of Kentucky and West Virginia are a lot like those places. Sure, the scenery is different but, the hardships are the same.

[@DoggfatherUK]

The working class, especially in industrial/ex-industrial towns, are forgotten about no matter where you go.

[@dingobonza]

​​@@DoggfatherUK exactly. Though Australia is generally a lot better than the US and UK with this, I definitely grew up in post-industrial areas like this a kid. The only difference Australia has is a rapidly growing population resulting in extremely rapid gentrification even reaching into the Outback. It's the reverse of the UK and US and I find that fascinating.

[@carltonmuk]

Globalism is spoken universally

[@pewpewTN]

The part of Appalachia I live in is beautiful, clean & safe.

[@uzx151]

@@dingobonzahave you left the clutches of a capital city recently?

[@murphyslaw5150]

As a North Yorkshireman, I realise how fortunate I was to grow up in the dales and the fells. Heartbreaking - that lady with the black eye is pretty. God knows what her life could have been like.

[@AlexGTAgamer]

I could tell you some stories about what “New Labour” did for my neighbourhood here in Bristol. In short, it was classed as being economically impoverished then, and it’s still classed as so to this day. Much of the money that was given to my community to spend on new infrastructure conveniently disappeared when it was given to an organisation that was set up to be responsible for spending the money in the neighbourhood, and it still has not been taken account of what exactly happened to those missing funds even to this day. Course everyone in the neighbourhood knows exactly where those missing funds went to. Some folks in that organisation had some mighty nice holidays during the days of New Labour. But seeing the building with the mosaic of the Spanish Armada now standing derelict, reminds me of a pub here in my neighbourhood all linked to the Battle of Trafalgar. Pub was once called the Lord Nelson and it had (still has) a wonderful bust of Horatio Lord Nelson on the corner of the building. It is now flats after standing abandoned for a number of years. But if it wasn’t enough that ol’ Nelson lost his arm in real life, during the renovation of the pub, his bust had his nose knocked-off as well by one of the builders. Guy just can’t catch a break.

[@user-sk4ds1rg1z]

This is eye opening from a Welsh village. I don't consider us to be wealthy here, but people can get on. The nearby town center is considered "run down" but it's NOTHING like this... What our politicians have done is criminal.

[@kylehurley214]

Same sort of feeling I have living in a little village in Suffolk!

[@LizardYup]

I live near Bangor, north Wales and feel the same. So many British towns which were once great are now in a sorry state.

[@andre19879]

Politicians, politicians, always bad politicians...You did it to yourselves, whole nation, each of you. I am a foreigner living in the UK, and I look at these things with a sadness...

[@LizardYup]

@@andre19879 hmm politicians. Looking at your username I guess you are Polish? My wife is Polish and Poles have a huge part in British society. Good people. Anyway, the main problem at hand in the UK is low productivity. Low investment in capital and business development. Too much money wasted on the wrong things. Polarised society

[@DR-M-K]

its not your politicians, its your bankers. get some education for f sake. blaming everything on other people doesnt help.

[@Sm1l3k1ll3r]

As someone who lived in Birmingham for 5 years you barely scraped the surface :D

[@FarObserver]

Pretty insane that Bald can tackle the Darién Gap, but gets tilted by Birmingham 🙃

[@larsstougaard7097]

Home sweet home

[@steveshot81]

I was just about to post the same thing.All those crazy adventures and he doesn't feel safe in his own country.

[@alabama2uz]

Our Birmingham makes your Birmingham appear safe and tidy.

[@theweakestlink2278]

​@@alabama2uzunfortunately you are correct. The Alabama version isn't all that bad but there are neighborhoods you don't go to at night because of all the gun/gang violence. It gets pretty sketchy.

[@kylesmith6515]

Come to Kingston in Philly literally land of the dead

[@Whitelegs-S-U-W]

"We're lost in Birmingham" the start of any good horror story.

[@seattlebeard]

Joe was delightful! ❤ I would love it if you kept in touch with him.

[@Kevin-xp9ly]

joe has a channel , joefish on youtube

[@stlouisix3]

@@Kevin-xp9ly cheers, mate!

[@guinnessenjoyer]

Great video. Utterly, utterly soul destroying to see what has happened to my country.

[@rachelbaziak4159]

America is collapsing also mate.

[@twogermanys]

@@rachelbaziak4159yeah and England is collapsing because of America. Don't think that the English don't know who's at fault.

[@tonybaloney8401]

​@@twogermanysit's because of people like Tony Blair opening the flood gates of mass foreign immigration, what are you talking about?

[@orgabaa]

@@twogermanys As an American, I can’t see how we destroyed the UK - our greatest ally. The Empire, in fact many Colonial empires, were severely weakened by WW1. The results of WW2 finally pushing the colonial era to an end. What you’re seeing in this video is happening not just in the UK, but in much of the West, including many cities in the USA.

[@andrewkerr5296]

You all voted for it

[@Bobafe77a]

Not a subscriber, but you have my respect for speaking up and showing things like they really are. KZbinrs are the vanguard of real journalism now. The Murdoch media wont show you this stuff. Cheers brother. 🇹🇭🇮🇪🇳🇿🍀

[@steven9541]

I'm curious you call Bald brother and you like his content but you don't subscribe which costs you nothing, just wondering out loud, sorry

[@3373just]

Exactly! Subscribe to everyone who brings value!? 🤷🏻‍♀️​@@steven9541

[@aalytoks9755]

Trust me he is not a good person. Read about his past and his essays on how to meet women from third world countries. I also used to be a fan, but after finding out who he actually was behind the camera, I felt disgusted

[@aleco678]

@@aalytoks9755who cares? LMFAO you’re lying

[@SiGa-i1r]

​@@aleco678 He's British, and you can't trust those pirates. Ask Poland in WW2.

[@Danphiroud]

Thanks for visiting Englanistan!

[@Chronomatrix]

This is why I love your videos, you always show the reality of these places. What an absolute shame to see what Britain has become.

[@Giovanniditessitore]

It's one perspective

[@Giovanniditessitore]

I love your video really interesting perspective. One of the points of a lot of these buildings is they were built in a time of Empire, Imperialism philanthropy and to a great degree on the spoils of overseas trade and the stain of the transatlantic slave trade. When this ended then the money went too. Inequality has always existed on this country and the difference between the past and now is it has tended to be less overt. The system now is run by bankers for bankers. They have no desire to invest in anything outside of what interests them. Travel the country to towns and cities with say garden cities and other social model sets ups like Port Sunlight and Bournville and you will notice lots of the former houses of workers are owned by people with a hell of a lot more money aka the asset class. I love that you are showing the effects of actual 14 years of consistent cuts to the social contract and see what happens. Brilliant 👏.

[@clearlisted]

@@Giovanniditessitore you accidentally post this as a reply?

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

He's showing the worst parts. There are lots of really nice places still. Britain has always had rundown areas.

[@christopherwright978]

One of the best videos I have seen showing the sad reality of many towns and cities in the UK. Many thanks

[@andrewwigham3026]

It’s not really reality. It’s actually very cherry picked to ‘prove a point’ or get views. I know, I live around 4-5 minutes from Horden where they filmed (maybe 15 mins walk) and they ignore the populated areas, new buildings and modern investment and just focus on the old abandoned miners houses (numbered streets) that are in plans of being demolished and replaced. I’d rather be here than ANY city centre.

[@NeonNoodleNexus]

Train ticket prices are criminal in the UK. When I was a student, had to shop around weeks in advance like its an airline ticket.

[@bobsnow6242]

The wonders of privatisation.

[@thomashassall96]

It's the same price to fly to Medellin as a train to London from Birmingham 😂

[@parallel23s]

I'm a bald brazilian 41yo man. Been to London two years ago and after travelling by train, when I left the city I was bald and bankrupt.

[@mineralt]

@@bobsnow6242hard to blame that…I am flying in the US today from SF to Tucson for $200, on a private airline

[@Sean_Shaun_Shawn]

I genuinely can't remember the last time I took a train and I can't understand why some people still do. There're very few places where an ebike, bus, car or other option aren't only marginally slower but 10x cheaper or longer distances where again, air travel is usually cheaper.

[@askevl]

I Want to see more of England, this is genuinely so interesting.

[@alexanderfisher9132]

Bald is truly so much more than a youtube vlogger. This is hard hitting journalism at its finest in an age when that's a dying art. Thank you and please keep doing what you do

[@edsloan]

Half the buildings are empty and yet there's still people living on the street literally right outside. Britain summed up.

[@wft15]

They’re for illegals only I’m afraid.

[@ocnb]

You know legislation was brought in 2002/2003 ish that allows local authorities to compulsory purchase long-term empty properties - amazed they don't use this to create housing.

[@booster330]

​@@ocnb because of labour councillors. Left towns to rot yet still wasted multi millions of tax payer money. More labour council in Birmingham than any other city

[@xsandpathx]

Homeless people wouldnt maintain the buildings and look after them, its easier for them to be left alone then deal with the fallout

[@ocnb]

@@booster330 Ugh I'm apolitical tbf - to me it looks like failures of councils at an officer level and a lack of political will in all parties to do anything.

[@Samuel_J_Russell]

My wife and I left the UK 15 months ago because we couldn't bear it any longer. Watching this video confirms that we made the right decision.

[@holyn8]

where did you go?

[@Samuel_J_Russell]

Thailand

[@Samuel_J_Russell]

@@holyn8 Thailand

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

​@@Samuel_J_Russellis it better in Thailand?! How are you coping with the heat?! Thanks

[@benny6124]

I just arrived back from a stop gap from travelling for 11 months around SEA, New Zealand and living in Australia. Can confirm that everything has gotten worse and the people haven't changed (except everyone is more unhappy).

[@anikinhop]

i used to follow my mum to a place in Singapore to play Bingo too, was fun. Love it, especially when she won something, we got to get something too. Cheers for the great videos!

[@kenthall319]

Aged 15, in 1955, living in Birmingham, I didn’t need a weatherman to see which way the wind was blowing. I stuck it out for 20 years, then gave up on the UK. Left n returned. Best move I ever made.

[@donzabonanza]

so you became an immigrant to get away from immigrants ? makes sense.

[@chrisikaris5891]

Not wanting to be nosy, but what greener place did you find? And how much greener is it?

[@mightymoeish]

Typo? Did u mean left and never returned?

[@thebladonator]

1995? My parents got us out of there in 1990. Thank god.

[@britflik]

Cabot wasn't a slave trader, he was an explorer - hence why his name is still everywhere. You may be thinking of Colston?

[@char377]

Yeah I noticed that. Colston was another philanthropist who they named streets and buildings after, and the man whose statue was toppled and rolled into the river during government ordered lockdowns…

[@raevskii]

Bald misses the depressive Russian countryside so desperately that he went to Britain's worst rated town and it's still not the same... We miss you too, Mr. Bald

[@AlexA-jv6ul]

Plymouth is quite nice. Grimsby, Luton, Peterborough etc are bad. Then there are ethnic ghettos in the cities

[@larsstougaard7097]

Ha ha so true

[@canchero724]

The Soviet places had an air of exoticism about it. Britain is just straight up depressing

[@davea6314]

Bald is one of my favorite (no offensive letter "u" in favorite) Limeys. -Dave the Bloody Yank

[@anirbanbhattacharya2146]

Who can forget the old Soviet Kolya of Belarus?

[@kjss4345]

Why is everyone in England looking like they just woke up after a day drinking session😂

[@MarkSavage-s9w]

Because we did

[@Jjjjhhhjjj-sd9hm]

​@@MarkSavage-s9w Ok I have one question ❓ where does all looted money goes british have looted trillion dollars of wealth around the globe and still there are homeless poor british people 😂 then you can imagine situation of other colonies countries

[@robertpavey5615]

The yellow thing in the sky doesnt make many appearances round here.