Pahokee - The Worst Town In Florida

Multiple sites cited Pahokee Florida as the worst place to live in the state. We needed to see why.
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[@BrightSunFilms]

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[@Allocated_Brain]

ok this looks nice compared to Cleveland. I also spent five years living within spitting distance of Rolling Acres Mall and boy I can share some stories but I am not a snitch. Edit to add: You got balls walking through there man.

[@paulgreen5638]

Bright Sun Films

[@kylel7926]

Dude Miami IS the dark side of florida

[@daltonbedore8396]

the racism is rapent in these comments on this one. yikes

[@Martmns]

It was particularly distressing and depressing to see the ruins of the gutted and abandoned hospital. Pity the residents of Pahokee who are now deprived of a hospital and decent and needed medical care. Ain't the U.S.A.s 'private and solely for profit' medical system - and capitalism in general for that matter - grand? This and the rest of the rot, decay and destruction in places like Pahokee is the result.

[@maddiemiele1773]

A lot of people don’t realize how poor parts of Florida are. If you get away from the coasts and go into central Florida, there are many towns like Pahokee

[@susanmassey4158]

You can say that again!

[@susanmassey4158]

That reply was for Maddie I was agreeing with her?

[@jeremynelson3752]

ASG66 facts

[@johnjames8886]

Sanford

[@catclaws1847]

@ASG66 fort mede homeland bartow grapesprings plant city. Lithia mulberry i can literally go on.... Central Florida is a dump where meth addiction is king. Meth use is high in these areas steer clear. The only city i listed that is doing better is plant city. Their are a lot of shithole towns in polk county too.

[@lostmagicofdisney]

Having lived in FL my entire life, I can tell you there's a little bit of Pahokee in every city in the state.

[@just_food_plz9500]

Same

[@just_food_plz9500]

Its not really that bad we do have good phones we arent poor and i actually have a house that is in good shape

[@dabzprincess92]

I know that's right. I second that statement.🙀

[@just_food_plz9500]

Pahokee actually built up since this video if you go there now you will see its not as bad as this vid

[@dabzprincess92]

@@just_food_plz9500 I'm aware I have to unfortunately drive through there every month. Sadly.

[@josephwatts2904]

I was hoping for a little more history of the town and maybe some insight into why it fell into decline

[@jessicaaudate]

@Gazmeister Wongatron yep

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

It was never much of anything to begin with. It was just a sugarcane farming area. Lake Okeechobee overflowed its banks a few times and deep sixed hundreds of people around that area back in like the 1920s through the 1960s. That's one of the things that has reduced its population and kept it small.

[@materialboy1972]

Born and raised in Pahokee, it's completely heartbreaking to see the condition of the city. I left in 1992 for a better life! My first job was at the hospital and I would of never imagined that that would become the reality of Everglades Memorial Hospital. Lord please restore Pahokee to some kind of glory.

[@MissNyPeachJerseyAppleBottom]

Atleast some someone has hope. Do you what happened to the city why its like this

[@poopshoes7579]

As long as it’s demographics remain similar to what they are today it’ll remain in a similar state

[@jusadude7162]

But at least Pahokee had an obstetrician. Women in Okeechobee would have to travel there or Ft Pierce to give birth🤷‍♂️

[@VinnieSausagePizzaHead69]

You do the hokey pahokee and you turn yourself around and get out of town, that's what it's all about

[@kellyweingart3692]

LOL

[@GenShark-gh8en]

Funny and a crit shot to the city damn

[@analiecastaneda6653]

N.Y. Jasper Hayes no not really lamo

[@rwaggs81]

You put your right stub in you take your right stub out You put your right stub in....

[@readingrambo3058]

Just saw this said the same thing LOL 😂

[@nnyz3819]

I think this is where Florida Man lives

[@user-nc7od1rl2y]

Florida Man? There's so many "Florida Men"

[@snflwrchan8019]

@@user-nc7od1rl2y theyre one entity. Just different forms

[@bxmbi3828]

@@snflwrchan8019 couldn't be said better

[@BruhBruh-nt1xl]

Compare Hassan the Third

[@yaboigolden7252]

Εժωιո Տօեօ has p

[@bayshorelaw6970]

*Strange Fact:* About 1 in every 30 residents is a registered s-x offender (the average town in America has about 1 registered offender per 2500 people). A ministry group set up a community called Miracle Village nearby, which provides rehabilitation and housing for offenders. It became so popular that there are rarely openings, so offenders hoping to get in began to move and settle in the closest community to Miracle Village, which is Pahokee.

[@tconlon251]

“The unemployment rate is between 16 & 30%} Coronavirus: “Hold my orange juice.”

[@MunchkinWheels]

"Hold my bat soup." I'm sorry, I'll see myself out.

[@FliVids]

@@MunchkinWheels :,) you tried missy

[@1assassyn]

@@FliVids damn we got a comedian over here

[@quentinvalentine7752]

Dude is trying so hard to get laid smh.

[@Lagonas_]

@@FliVids You are on KZbin, not Tinder.

[@wumbolombardi]

A "worst town in this state" actually sounds like a good series that ppl would watch

[@wumbolombardi]

yeah

[@Cubeeeeeeeee]

50 videos could last this channel over a year at its normal rate and they would be good too

[@WizardMouth]

Yeah, but then he’d have to travel to every state, which isn’t cheap

[@mfchimichanga]

Benjamin Higgs patreon can't cover his funeral costs.

[@AndrewL209]

Agreed!

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

What happened to the “Worst Town in Florida!” I wanted to hear about the economy and down fall there, not a hospital tour!

[@JamesCAsphalt8]

Thanks for showing us what an abandoned building looks like in detail seemingly forever. What is the point of the ominous music? Is this a haunted hospital? Seriously friend, get a life.

[@larryyeadeke7409]

And he says "let's get out of here this is really creepy", after they have been in there for an hour.

[@inthevault9603]

Mango Steel It was a really ill conceived video.

[@JamesCAsphalt8]

@@inthevault9603 Judi, you are correct! I think I love you.

[@hoosierhiver]

I thought the streets looked clean, I didn't see any trash laying around.

[@rockwhitney1819]

I've been in this town many times and it is not that bad at all. The people are farmers for the most part.

[@venuasaur560]

@Harry AV Spruce ya its surrounded by sugercane farms it said that in the video

[@hoosierhiver]

So it's economically depressed, the streets look clean, no litter.

[@robertkinney1480]

Compared to the west coast Florida seemed very clean to me as far as graffiti and trash and clutter sitting around

[@ferchobihh6585]

Robert Kinney all that is only in the abandoned places besides that it’s really not that bad like their not all poor.

[@sha-naynay18]

@@ferchobihh6585 yes, they are all poor! And there is trash almost everywhere! Its gross!

[@ferchobihh6585]

Sha-nay Nay they literally only showed the abandoned places, if you don’t live there or near it like me then shut your mouth!

[@sha-naynay18]

@@ferchobihh6585 I worked in BG & Pahokee, so I am VERY familiar with both towns. I have lived in FL my entire life, so I think I know wtf I'm talking about🙄

[@John-ys7zz]

You should rename this video Abandoned Hospital. No information about Pahokee.

[@brooklynrocks2396]

I don't understand why they spent so much time at the abandoned hosp. What was there to see? Only room after room of debris and graffiti. As for going to the second floor; did they think it was going to look any better than the first? Never been there, after seeing this video wouldn't want to go there, especially with the crime rate and it looking like there's absolutely nothing happening there. I must admit the streets looked clean and grass mowed. Too bad the state can't do more for this town.

[@Dead_By_Dinner]

Totally agree 💯

[@Kylefassbinderful]

@Bethany Bouziden agreed. I mean, how much information do people expect him to give about a small, poor Florida town

[@georgemckenna462]

Why would they spend so much time at the abandoned hospital? Please, allow me to clarify; It's because this community / town needs finishing off. With NAFTA and the TPP, Big Sugar is moving out of Florida. There are "better places" with slave wages and no environmental protection over seas. The sugar industry has been choking out Lake Okeechobee with algee blooms for decades. Wealthy locals are good and sick of it. 1,000 people a day move into Florida, many are retirees flush with cash. Many of theses same retirees do NOT care to live too close to the coast with it's traffic, crime and hurricanes!!! Instead, it would be nice to live by a giant inland fresh water lake, in a big new house inside a gated community, with a 36 hole golf course ...I think you're getting the picture. It is not as well known but a number of working class folks are moving out of Florida and California for more affordable living, or just to survive. Just listen to Jose, on Florida Hood Vlogs. This quiet video will help depress the real estate prices and drive out the remaining diehard residents. This way the developers can swoop into an ideal location that already has established utilities and infrastructure.

[@gabrielpalma1687]

@@georgemckenna462 Sure bud

[@CadillacM]

Kids pack your bags, we going on vacation

[@amberbranks4209]

Lionel yeah! Dad's gonna take a short cut! *groans from rest of fam

[@heraldomedrano6993]

Lionel you're going to beautiful Palm beach florida.

[@sakuraknight9274]

Yay! 😁

[@static_Tricolor_camry]

LMAO funny

[@newyorkapple118]

Lionel, 😂😂😂

[@Veganwill]

I lived in Pahokee for about 2 months I'm not even going to lie it was kind of peaceful people are very friendly it is a little rough but other than that it's a good place and Im from Lake Worth

[@redfoe77]

How do people make a living? Or pay bills with such a high rate of unemployment there? Even unemployment insurance only lasts a short while.

[@mohamedyousif6660]

redfoe77 you work outside of the town. Many people drive 45 minutes to a more populated area and work.

[@Veganwill]

@@redfoe77 yea that sounds about right, I definitely used to drive about 40 to 45 minutes to get to work

[@kenyablack9224]

N people help each other there there was never a homeless issue when I grew up

[@venuasaur560]

Around the south people help eachother more so homeless isnt much of an issue

[@BrasspineappleProductions]

I just want to get a big ass loan, hire dozens of people who are skilled laborers and rebuild the whole place into something beneficial for the community.

[@beyonbrown1632]

Brasspineapple Productions that’s what I’m planning for the future I myself live I. Pahokee

[@BrasspineappleProductions]

@@beyonbrown1632 You can do IT.

[@bababababababa6124]

Brasspineapple Productions nigga do that shit in Africa instead or something

[@beeftestosterone4355]

They would just have it wrecked again in no time

[@Veganwill]

It's funny how the muck produces so many athletes but none of them have came back to fix up their hometown why?

[@Racso88e]

Perhaps elaborating more on the history of the town

[@knowdaqueen177]

Yea I thought that was gonna happen.

[@artiste1954]

Was a world class bass fishing resort in the 1920s, hence the Royal palm lined streets. The Prince theater from the 1930s was purchased a few years ago, the owner began to restore it and the town council said no. There's an abandoned circus ride area near the levee.

[@mando482]

Not much history to it.

[@testfortester7131]

A retardedly small town on lake okechobee, just north of belle glade it’s like the worst city “south of lake okechobee” it’s like 90% project housing or low income..... but they have a “Barack Obama blvd” so that explains a lot. Did I mention this is like the smallest city ever and it’s on the biggest lake in fl...how is that even possible

[@shenika77]

@@artiste1954 my grandpa helped plant alot of those palm trees. He used to tell us alot of stories of Pahokee and Belle Glade. I was born there too.

[@tayzonday]

This one had a lot of artwork. It makes me wonder -- who is J-O-N-E-S? How is their "outlet" spray-painting their name in an abandoned hospital? If JONES wrote their name in 8-foot-tall letters on the outside, would the police stop them? Wouldn't it be ironic if THAT was the only public investment the building received? Who does JONES expect to see their name? Are they alive? Is Bright Sun Films the only reason JONES's name is spoken?

[@BrightSunFilms]

+TayZonday This is way too deep Tay

[@Neek0n]

Whats Jones full name?

[@sarips841]

Ayyy Tay

[@thepugman6398]

wazzzup tay

[@rzrctn5373]

Tay oh my god can you like sing that song you know the one about the rain, in comment form?

[@mikeyjohnson9596]

Anyone that lives here knows that Florida is its very own worst town

[@lunarequine7734]

South Floridian I can confirm.

[@terrijohnston8803]

Agreed! I keep scratching my head trying to figure out why everyone wants to move here 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@mback7558]

@@terrijohnston8803 I’m from Louisiana,can’t speak for others but…the smell of the ocean,the beautiful breeze,Breath taking sunsets..the list goes on & on❤️

[@terrijohnston8803]

@@mback7558 I would live in La again in a hot minute just for the incredible food! People not so much lol

[@terrijohnston8803]

@@mback7558 all I feel is my temp rise just thinking about going outside in this heat plus OMG so many idiots who can NOT drive or carry insurance 😩

[@jgdrumz15]

That's funny way to spell, "Tour of an Abandoned Hospital."

[@lindacoleman4657]

You can find places like this in every state in this country.

[@joerepoman1]

Yes, but the title of the video clearly states that it’s the worst town in Florida.🙄🙄🙄 try reading and comprehension.🙄🙄🙄

[@TheDroneRookie4]

Norse Raven every single state

[@lrn_news9171]

Linda coleman Same in Canada minus the super high crime rates, there are many poor little towns here too

[@brandonwilliams8003]

Be hard pressed to find one in Rhode Island, that place is so small that there probably isn’t one like this

[@SGhosht]

I dunno bout that comment ... I don’t think there’s anything like this in Massachusetts ... some podunk towns maybe come close I guess but a barren wasteland like this not really ... Mass has some dangerous cities but they are cities ... this looks like a post apocalyptic wasteland town.

[@Mom_sBasement]

I thought this was supposed to be about a town, not video of abandoned buildings. That could have been anywhere in the world.

[@beyonce385]

Mom's Basement David Hunt They didn’t show the good things about my city they didn’t show the in learner world class elementary middle and high school if you graduate with in on your certificate you can go to any college you want they didn’t show the beautiful house on the railroad street and they didn’t show the restaurants I drive 20min for because I live in the city next to Pahokee (Belle Glade) and I go to school there we also have a marina where you can go fishing or you can just look at the water

[@deedee6064]

I lived in Jacksonville for about 10 years, and during that time I had visited many places in Florida. Honestly, after St. Augustine I saw a town like this every 25-50 miles. People don’t realize that Florida is not all beaches and vacation time. However Florida projects this image and lets towns like this fall into despair.

[@Cjf-lh8op]

Exactly I am from Tallahassee born and raised I live on the road across America because of my job I tell everyone this.

[@josebottom5211]

Imagine winning a vacation to Florida and ending up in pahokee

[@onceuponatimeintoronto891]

Bundys did, Poppies By The Sea episode.

[@ramseydoon8277]

That's a wonderful horror movie idea. Thank you.

[@Rakshasa1986]

WTF?! Graffiti actually made that building look better.

[@dabzprincess92]

I take it ur one of the lucky ones whom has never had the pleasure 😂😂 it's horrific there.

[@user-nc7od1rl2y]

Sometimes... Grafittis can be scary...

[@Tatygamer76]

@@user-nc7od1rl2y no theyre not. grafitis are cool 😁

[@anonomuse9094]

Not that graffiti, racist rioting little fucks.

[@mback7558]

Graffiti “artist” could careless about history,have zero respect…quite sad realllly

[@Muscle_Chan]

I was born in that hospital like a week before it shut down.

[@fernandoceniceros2131]

Jack Swallows you're so ugly they shut it down

[@sixtocortescastaneda4169]

@@fernandoceniceros2131 Was that really necessary?

[@galv.aron1]

Did they run out of money

[@illusionismm]

nice

[@dcrowdyh]

I was born there too.

[@akronred648]

Sees staircase labeled "Hell" Heads up it. Me: Neat.

[@gddatfatrat2390]

Lol

[@manwithaporpoiseYTsucksD]

You're very right about what you say at the end about people having no idea what's out there. I was a Florida surveyor who spent years out in Pahokee, Belle Glade, and Port Myakka and people have absolutely no idea what's out there. Pahokee actually looks a thousand times better than when I was there in the late '90s early 2000s. There's also a time when they burn the sugarcane fields which turns the place into a surreal hellish environment. Smoke everywhere, Ash falling from the sky, and black dust kicked up from hundreds of sugarcane trucks. Scrawny little rabbits used to run out of the fields when they were burning them and hit the canals where the Gators would go nuts engorging themselves on them along with beat up trucks owned mostly by Haitians also harvesting these rabbits for free protein. And I'm sincere when I tell you late 90s downtown Pahokeei was something people would not even believe. Open murders right in front of the liquor store hang out. Shanties with blankets for doors. No trash pickup. Pahokee looks a hell of a lot better than what it did if you can believe it or not. Sugar cane fields and prisons. That's the only other thing out there other than those towns. I think people think I exaggerate when I used to tell them stories about these areas. In reality it was worse than I could possibly explain.

[@TheDoug2103]

should have just called it, tour of an abandoned hospital. you didnt explain shit about what happened to the town

[@DanafoxyVixen]

Did he have to explain shit or is googling hard. ether way, you sound triggered ;)

[@mirangermanll]

He must've missed the part, where Dan mentioned it was tied to the sugar cane industry, lol

[@SHURIKENRCN]

Carsten Hahn true true lol

[@allencrider]

They just hate poor folks.

[@bluepandaman]

Yeah it was like 80% hospital footage.

[@blakris9382]

I will buy a house for my mother-in-law here

[@ilaurboo]

Dont like her much, do you? ; )

[@billding7073]

You get the hammer/I'll get the saw/ we'll both cut the legs off/ my mother-in-law.

[@fluffyfour]

She may already have bought one for you!

[@royflacko6531]

MULTIFAMILY? im in palm beach, I was looking into buy that apartment building in the intro haha

[@bluecollarlit]

You're funny.

[@toughntiny]

I keep reading people saying this is central florida... but this is in South Florida

[@tyavalos]

“The worst town in Florida” is like saying “The smelliest part of the dumpster fire”

[@tyavalos]

kingofallcrypto I’m from St Louis brother. Literally the worst, most dilapidated, most working class city in the entire country. Don’t talk to me like I’m some New York yuppie.

[@tyavalos]

kingofallcrypto Come to STL and take a look. Don’t go too far away from downtown if you know what’s good for ya though😬. There aren’t ANY yuppies in this city. We’re all working class, we’re all a little rough, and we’re all more proud of where we come from than any other place in the country. Also don’t bring politics into this, we don’t have time for that where I’m from. Both sides have failed to deliver for us so we’ve given up on politicians and adopted a mentality where everyone helps each other.

[@kwamedavis7634]

right u here tho lol

[@RochellBarbara4690]

kingofallcrypto New Yorkers are the ones destroying Florida too

[@Charliefox71]

kingofallcrypto "Red States" tend to lead the nation when it comes to addiction, especially to prescription drugs like OxyContin. Sorry.

[@G8tr1522]

"Pahokee is the worst town in florida" proceeds to show an abandoned hospital for 10 minutes

[@nodnoc]

radiohead4everrrrr ffs, right?

[@juliejennings6998]

yeah, why is it the worst town? Awful video.

[@preyemno]

it isnt bad. i pass through it every few weeks and its a great small town. Hes just showing the bad buildings that were like that and every small town has at least one abandoned building.

[@normanbuchanan6]

Julie Jennings worse video

[@del_boy_trotter]

@ Julie Jennings Maybe it's because of the horrendous violent crime statistics? I don't think I'd take a walk around at night there. In fact, I don't think I'd walk around anytime there!!

[@grandmasfavorites]

The hospital got too boring. Would have liked to see more of the town and learn why you thought it is the worst town in FL

[@BrownEyePinch]

Carol Mary cause it's Florida

[@itiswhatitis2671]

Dave G LoL 😂

[@altha-rf1et]

live in Lutz Florida, not every place is bad, There are bad places in every state

[@justinkassel4000]

Carol Mary why he thinks it’s the worst town? Did you even watch the video?

[@fixherup_ag7504]

BOSS MAN It’s fucking 2018, and we are still blaming things like this on a certain skin tone? There are several places in the world like this, and whether the majority of people have a slightly darker skin tone or not has nothing to do with it. Are you fucking six? Get a life.

[@Rated1804]

It's quiet & no one's around. Looks like the perfect place for me

[@deesul4134]

You characterize these towns based on the poor. you make is so that the worse a town is is because of the amount of poor people....

[@darthdrake3095]

Would you like to be poor? Its not a good place to be because of what poverty does to people. Drugs, gangs, violence, starvation, etc are all undesirable.

[@Prep_Time_God]

This video could also be titled Sneak peak at New set for Walking Dead Or Fallout: New Florida E3 2018 trailer

[@BLasherman]

More like Last of Us 2

[@lds_drive]

They could have shot it here if not for the Georgia tax cut.

[@davo1822]

LDS Drive they shoot it right down the street from me, Alexandria and Woodbury are about 300 feet from each other.

[@703c]

Davus shot it*

[@davo1822]

Christian Costa no, they shoot it. It's being shot right now.

[@ColinBloodworth]

Beginning of video Me: "It can't be that bad." End of video Me: "Is this from fallout?"

[@darthXreven]

blood bugs patrolling the outside of an abandoned hospital?? definitely Fallout lolz

[@zedramer]

oh, sup Colin

[@thema1998]

Colin Bloodworth Part of Pahokee is like a war zone.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

No Colin this is because of a failed economic policy & endemic racism in this country. The area is basically nothing but poor people, condemned to live their loves in these conditions, unless they can play a sport, mainly football. There are at least 15 current players on an NFL roster from that one town.

[@mrgreytea2598]

Colin Bloodworth Can't be, there were no nightkin trying to sell cheap and affordable wind brahmin

[@iiammjordan]

I live in Pahokee and it’s really nice and everyone is really close and some nfl players came from Pahokee

[@iamtheman7018]

I just watched a film about your town . I think there are many good things to say about Pahokee.

[@kenyablack9224]

I was born there I miss the drawbridge in canal point kids used to swim in lake okachobee

[@bradmonkiewicz8375]

I spent some time in pahokee as a kid. I had some good times on the lake. The local Highschool football coach was an awesome man that would allow the players to come hangout at his house where he had a pool table and other fun activities.

[@mikeworkman3593]

Di he touch them in their no no spots?

[@openyoureyes4799]

Look how beautiful the sky looks though?

[@REXXSEVEN]

Because of less air pollution from cars, Im thinking.

[@freddy7304]

@@REXXSEVEN that's just Florida. Sky is always blue here.

[@thomasbarlow4223]

Not when its 100°and 100% humidity

[@conduit242]

@@thomasbarlow4223 Especially when it's like that ;). It's called "living on a peninsula"

[@ev1558]

Looks like a good place to invest.

[@daveh2612]

I love how polite Dan Bell is to the killer hornets. “Ehh, no thank you!”

[@yafois988]

The wisest thing he did was wear a mask in these mold mildew infested places. That get into a human lung is disastrous problems.

[@DaMaGinGWaRLorD]

As a resident of Florida I appreciate you talking shit about some hospital they close 20 years ago and not anything about an actual town. I was with you for the first two minutes and then nothing factual was actually offered

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

Hard to get any video of the rest of the area when the locals were chasing and insulting them

[@syntheticderangement]

I feel like selling meth just looking at this town.

[@terrycoyle6864]

I feel like I've been sold meth by looking at this town.

[@Nicki17321]

Lol

[@emilianozapata6756]

I feel like I am meth in this town

[@hermaeusmora345]

Dirty Kei the Town is 100% African American. and from what I understand, they don't dig meth too much

[@syntheticderangement]

Hermaeus Mora DAMN IT! Guess I'll have to try weed and crack/cocaine then.

[@worriorjack]

Basically any town that's not boasting tourism of any kind is a shit hole down here.

[@TXnine7nine]

warrior jack I mean Orlando is still garbage...

[@VeeFL]

warrior jack Bradenton Florida would like to have a word with you

[@TheRedCap]

As a fellow Floridian, I agree

[@syads.5738]

Pretty much, other than maybe Tallahassee, and even then.

[@Lkendrick]

Jacksonville is alright

[@mikeglizzleytv254]

Him breathing that hard scares me more than the video and this actual place

[@naomiweaver1855]

This is so sad. When I see the hospital, it’s easy to imagine the nurses and doctors stations and the bustle of the hospital. I found this to be the less upsetting or frightening of the places you’ve visited. There’s a holiness of care still there.

[@iVolkswagen]

Some more commentary about the city and its history would’ve been nice.

[@bombin1181]

Delboy Trotter d

[@samhass1879]

The neighboring city Belle Glade is arguably worse

[@buddyanddaisy123]

Belle Glade did have the highest AIDs infection rate in the world.

[@donluego9448]

castletriglav , yes I read a article about it in the mid-1980's. On of the first towns to have the problem. They claimed they didn't know how people were getting it. There was a misquito theory.

[@susanmassey4158]

The most wonderful people live in this area.

[@userdeleted8825]

11:22 I'm so glad that I am not the only person who goes "HMMMM NO THANK YOU" whenever I see a wasp.

[@pantslizard]

This is was mostly about THE HOSPITAL...wtf...

[@Rainmotorsports]

You know if people weren't trying to run them out of town maybe they would have gotten a better look. Every video someone makes is comprised of the footage they were able to get. When people actively work against that its hard to complain about what they didn't see.

[@pantslizard]

@@Rainmotorsports - WELL...Thank You Captain Obvious...🙄

[@nyanocloud]

Threatened and followed by several people? Jeez, what the hell.

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

those damned wasp people

[@perxarmbot2886]

Must be the hood then

[@gladitsnotme]

I bet they were homeless/addict beggars. Normal poor people don't bother anybody.

[@mfchimichanga]

gladitsnotme you ain't seen what lives in pahokee

[@darktrooperdalek7991]

It happens a lot in small communities, especially in the south.

[@Digephil]

Pahokee isn't all run-down hospitals, there are some amazing trails by the lake! Places get abandoned all the time, but the state of Florida is putting a lot of effort into that area making it a nice spot for bird watching, hiking and biking. I had a great time stopping thru there on my way from Melbourne to Miami.

[@bradygiltz5160]

Bike trails don't build an economy lmao

[@machelsmith2315]

They just say that because they want to take over

[@meekimeek3275]

This was the only hospital for this town...The ppl have to travel for medical care and buses don't run in this town

[@shannonguy2702]

Daaaang Jake I'm glad you had Dan Bell with you on this trip for back up!! I got chills just from what you showed here, I can't imagine what you didn't show on camera

[@KA5Hx]

I was questioning what to do with my life, then a sign 11:53

[@TheRealNormanBates]

The Bike of The Morning I’m a Pepsi man myself

[@user-vl1pg5yi6h]

90% of this video is just an abandoned building, but if you google the city its actually not that bad lmao, its progressing

[@dcrowdyh]

Yeah I googled it and it looks better than it did 10 years ago

[@Legacy4magic]

Like Detroit?

[@amandasaunders3493]

I was hoping to see the town

[@vincentvega6932]

Nah this town is a dump and has a big child molester population. But yeah terrible job actually showing Pahokee, like seriously, just roaming a abandoned building

[@tishreni5183]

@@vincentvega6932 Actually that's how I found out about this place.I was reading on Newsbreak they released one into that area.Any reason why they're putting them in this area?

[@pessimisticcommenter5719]

Pahokee - Florida's Florida.

[@banstaman]

Underrated comment.

[@DJl3iohazord]

Person: “there are wasps everywhere” Me: “yup, sounds like Florida, I miss it”

[@JH-do7zi]

I saw the Black Lives matter and questioned when this was released and realized this was made in 2017

[@jeffgreen3376]

Black Lives Matter has been around for several years already. They didn't start harassing people every day until recently though.

[@JH-do7zi]

Jeff Green well people have been harassed like that way before this era back to when people of color were slaves, the media tends to hide things and many things regarding police brutality and racism, unless it gets attention by someone and then it will become a fad and is short lived. Many in people are still working to get people of color the equal rights that white people have. This isn’t something new, and has never been and justice must be served! The media shouldn’t be hiding this but it is run my white supremacies who don’t want to show how bad the world really is.

[@brittanyroselove]

I like this sort of video but I would like more details. I like the voice over parts better than the quiet parts. I just think there is too much dead air to keep my attention.

[@ashleymacaroni_]

I live near Orlando and had to make a drive down to Miami recently. I got about halfway down the highway and decided to take the “scenic route” because I noticed I was running super early. I ended up driving through Pahokee and it was so eerie and intriguing.

[@missykowalewski]

There have been several videos of the old Everglades Hospital through. I watched most all of them. It’s crazy to see the inside of the facility 9 years ago and now. The deterioration is enormous. In fact dangerous. There were once lives saved in that hospital. Hard to imagine huh???

[@bigcityventuresllc1796]

Wow...the darker side of Florida! I have just recently moved to this town to recover from Cancer and it is filled with the most joyful, honest welcoming and sweet people I have ever come across. Yes the infrastructure is in bad shape and it is a town in sever economic decline but that is overshadowed by the peacefulness of the area, and the warmth and history of the people I've met. White, Black, Latin, Middle East...etc., it makes no matter, they open their hearts willfully to their neighbors old and new. This is a place where people see only you...not your house, your car, your dress, your possessions. Be you rich or poor, you are first a neighbor. This is a community that comes together and helps each other...old values are maintained while welcoming in the modern world for the benefit of it's citizens. It's an old town and it wants to stay that way because, the alternative isn't always better. There is love and joy here. Sure there are issues....but what city or town doesn't have them. As far as it being the next real estate boom....you don't know much about the Muck that made this farming community that it is. Visit again and visit with the people....rather than the bricks and bees.

[@st33pd87]

@Cate Davis M - oh, Cate, you do go on! I think you simply had a dream (after a meal of spicy food) - Xanadu!?!

[@SHURIKENRCN]

I agree Cate

[@guestkid9976]

It's cool how people were nice for you, to me i have a completely different experience, the people of florida are the most hateful arrogant greedy heartless close-minded people i have meet.

[@christopheralthouse6378]

A great case in point of how small, seemingly dead towns can in fact be wonderful places... Sopchoppy, FL (I feel like I spelled that wrong... :s) Anyway... Sopchoppy is up in the Panhandle near Tallahasee. Their school moved to Medart due to lack of population... Yes, it is THAT small. The actual town itself consists of around 9-10 businesses all grouped together in what would normally be considered the downtown district... Except that's pretty much all there IS to Sopchoppy and I don't think it has changed significantly since around 1950. All this said, however, you will never meet a friendlier group of folks in your life. My great aunt and one of my first cousins used to live there (sadly, both have since passed away) and I have not only had great childhood memories of the town, going there in recent years have simply affirmed my wonderful experiences. It's quiet, yes... And there aren't too many young folks around due to it being VERY economically depressed... But... When I need a break and want to just relax, a trip to Sopchoppy does the trick EVERY time! 😊

[@jimjones8268]

lots of drug addicts too

[@lordapophis7438]

You wanna know what really happened to this town?! The government and those damn developers lured a bunch of people to that area with a bunch of grandeur promises. When the people realized there was no intrinsic value to the place most of them left. The ones left behind probably had no where else to go.

[@PUBNave]

What we don't realize is this is all around us, we just don't see it.

[@moonscript4675]

So... tropical Detroit?

[@Rapture582]

so, you lack brian cells?

[@moonscript4675]

Rapture582 what kind of come back is that?

[@mhcollectors13]

Never been to Detroit, I'm assuming.

[@jytxs313]

Kelly G I'm from Detroit, Downtown is beautiful and has made a huge comeback. Yeah some outside cities from downtown are bad but most major cities have bad areas surrounding them.

[@eldritch_wh1sp3rs]

>democrat run state boi

[@teddybearfriend1974]

I'm sorry but Belle Glade is worse. It's also a town built by the sugar industry. It has the highest concentration of people with AIDS in the state.

[@electralux007]

Yeah I live near Clewiston and I can confirm Belle Glade is terrifying

[@Kdog4660]

TeddyBear Friend I remember heading back to west palm area at 2am once coming through belle glade from the west coast, after what I witnessed while at one traffic light I treated the next red light like a 4 way stop lol.

[@thema1998]

TeddyBear Friend I didn't know that Pahokee existed until I watched this video. I didn't know that Belle Glade existed until you mentioned it. How big is the population? Is it a small town?

[@gallyun1]

I thought that was Quincy?

[@teddybearfriend1974]

Belle Glade has a population of about 17,000.

[@dailytakesandbreaks9249]

It’s sad.I know all too well Pahokee.I was born and raised in Immokalee.I remember times going to Pahokee for high school games and it was dangerous.The list goes on and on.Pahokee is just one of many underdeveloped areas in Florida.

[@matthewt1339]

Most cities I've visited in the US that were like this grew attached to what they once were and never realized or never try to somehow embrace change. My little town was once full of factories but as factories moved and the building started getting abandoned and the amount of money they used to receive was no longer coming, the city hall started charging more on the residents which started to move. A couple years ago the river side of town, where most factories were got flooded really bad to the point that 90% of the houses and buildings were not recoverable. So, now the city does not have money to fix that part of town and left to the abandonment. In recent years a couple of people tried to get the city to transform that part of town into a "urban farm" kind thing but the city blocked them and told that this city is industry friendly(but no industry coming back). That part of town remain abandoned and the city owns the land and do not have the money to do anything.

[@bigdan6653]

As a Floridian, I absolutely agree. Pahokee is part of my commute to work, and every time I drive past this, I feel like crying. It's like driving through a mini Gary, Indiana and is what many people think of when thinking "gross parts of Florida".

[@acoustic404]

You know shit was getting too real when you heard a rooster in the background

[@yourfabuloushappymann5154]

acoustic404 the rooster is for the Santeria...

[@carenlook7902]

acoustic404 Idk why this comment made me laugh so hard. Rooster used to wake me up for school in jamacia in the 90s.

[@AKUNJIG]

Caren Look lol. I remember hearing roosters waking me up when I was in Key West, FL!

[@nycpolo5554]

I was reading your post when I heard the rooster

[@shabear1000]

IT WAS NOT A ROOSTER,,,,,it was thescreaming banchee Lola. Great vid, showing how America has diminished. In the day people lived in make shift cabins to survive, now look what has happened, thanks for the upload

[@royward4045]

7:07 upper left.. what a cute painting 🤣

[@brandonshaw2978]

Was there once about 10 years ago , we stayed in the koa there on the lake for a boat race , a cop told us we would’ve never made it out of there if he wasn’t there , the cops dog had a bulletproof vest on and there were bars on the window

[@superapple4ever]

It would have been cool if you would have went into more detail about why the town is in the shape it's in and why people left.

[@quest4truthbear113]

superapple4ever it was built for migrant workers working on the sugar plantations.

[@superapple4ever]

Isadora Fidalgo Thanks, I appreciate the insight.

[@KingKongKahok]

10 years ago my father owned the only supermarket that provided jobs and groceries to pahokee. after we sold the supermarket and left pahokee started to crumble.

[@w2504x4]

Went through there last week, I thought I was going to break the front axle out from under my truck. The roads are actually collapsing by 4-6 inches in areas. I could go about 20 mph max. The sad part is, it could be a great retirement community being it sits on the Lake Okeechobee.

[@Gingerroadrage]

Roads collapsing by 4-6 inches? That would probably be an improvement from what we have in Chicagoland! ;)

[@writerconsidered]

Check out the pollution on lake Okeechobee.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

@@writerconsidered how bad is it

[@uprightfossil6673]

Can't do it... Burning sugar cane fields every year.... Maybe if we stop being such dics to Cuba we can get our sugar from there and retire Florida to a vacation paradise.

[@connorlaine3964]

As I write this... the hospital has been torn down, but most other abandoned structures like the school still remain. The town looks possibly even rougher than it did 3 years on. The whole lake Okeechobee region of Florida, especially where the sugar industry dominates, is in really sad shape. As a Floridian it’s painful to see your fellow citizens living in such squalor. It’s a stark contrast from eastern palm beach county, where I’m from. A different world with just an hour drive west.

[@MarshallDT]

what happened at 11:21? I can't see it and I can't hear him acoustically... can anyone help?

[@yulewave1]

This town is an absolute football factory. They have produced a lot of NFL players.

[@6StrngWzrd]

Pahokee, Immokalee and Belle Glade areas have produced more NFL Players than any other area in the State.

[@uprightfossil6673]

Yup swamp rabbit catchers.... Well known fact

[@titsmcghee1086]

Robert Palmer coincidentally, Janoris Jenkins who plays corner back is nicknamed “Jack Rabbit”

[@ofyhwh-0076]

Tits Mcghee There’s no coincidence there.

[@mbtadhl]

I just looked that up, that is an unbelievable stat, holy crap !

[@azn1011]

Florida is the worst place in Florida.

[@barelyfresh1085]

and the best

[@mfchimichanga]

At least we're not Michigan.

[@lizmariediaz8062]

At least we aren’t North Carolina

[@arielmarquez6039]

azn1011 I can confirm this as a Floridian

[@Karmy.]

mfchimichanga yeah because Michigan is way better

[@financemadesimple]

Whats that on 9:44? ´m from germany and dont know it

[@rpeterson1989]

I was actually born in that hospital and yes, Pahokee is a dump that I'd recommend everyone to avoid unless you hate your life.

[@TheZozz999]

So I'm cruising though Pahokee on Google and yea, the town is run down a bit but for the most part, people keep their home's clean and nice.

[@beyonce385]

TheZozz999 They didn’t show the good things about my city they didn’t show the in learner world class elementary middle and high school if you graduate with in on your certificate you can go to any college you want they didn’t show the beautiful house on the railroad street and they didn’t show the restaurants I drive 20min for because I live in the city next to Pahokee (Belle Glade) and I go to school there

[@deniskanos2043]

You have your auto update off you are browsing google circa 2001

[@kenyablack9224]

@@beyonce385 I went to Eastlake middle

[@dalovelyroz4960]

I am from the muck I was born in this hospital raise in Belle glade as a child and moved to pahokee and lived there for 8 years before leaving. A lot of great peoples that supports one another. Talented and gifted good folks. Yes it's poor not many opportunities but the city hasn't always been this way. Belle glade is about 11 minutes away and has more shopping spots and other things but has a higher crime rate. Pahokee need people's who are willing to invest in the town to build it back up. I do not ever want to live there cause it is nothing to do very depressing place. a lot of church gathering is what people here do the most.

[@verticallogic5909]

i lived in belle glade in 1957 and 1958........

[@dabratt_riyaperez8166]

Da lovely roz me to

[@joebrown9895]

Originally Belle Glade and Pahookee had a lot of poor black picked crops for a dollar a day and rich white farmers

[@verticallogic5909]

@@joebrown9895 ....and rich black farmers.....

[@joebrown9895]

@@verticallogic5909 name one black owned grower

[@papanurgle8393]

This is where Florida Men spawn. They emerge from eggs hidden in underground chambers depending on the meth in the air.

[@A42yearoldARAB]

I definitely think of Orlando when I hear Florida, perfect message at the end.

[@gregorymac7662]

Mechanization eliminated many farm labor jobs and the residents killed their small businesses by driving miles to Walmart.

[@dcrowdyh]

Lol 37 miles to be exact, I worked there.

[@Toastybees]

Florida native here who used to visit Pahokee for work. It's truly a desolate and hopeless place. I've never felt scared for my life working before having to visit some of the housing projects there. These people are desperate and poor. And in a state with as much money as Florida that is a bad combination. It's a ghost town that doesn't know it's dead yet.

[@MakoClover]

Big Surge what kind of work did you do there?

[@flatlandrory]

Big Surge think that sums it up, 'A ghost town that doesn't know it's dead yet.'

[@muckboiboxx227]

@ Big Surge bro this is my home town and for a person who is not from PAHOKEE you will never understand it we been making it so far so what else can you racist throw at us I was born and raised there yea all of us may not have a 100,000 house or car I bet we make the best out of what we have so don't get it twisted bro you and all the others on here with your remarks thinking its a joke or something. You guys will never understand how we feel an how we came up.

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

MuckBoi Boxx wew lad, calm down peasant

[@muckboiboxx227]

+Christian Quiles How could I when someone is degrading where I am born and raised an they have not one inch of a clue about PAHOKEE!! We have some of the best talent on the Muck both PAHOKEE an BELLE GLADE have some of the best talent in the NFL also we have an W.N.B.A also we have rappers, news reporter's, etc

[@peanutbutterjeff5364]

I’ve always wondered how hospitals become abandoned. I get it if a newer one opens nearby and the old one is torn down, but some go bankrupt. How does that even happen?

[@wileyhumphrey6930]

You nailed it! Thank you for showing

[@antonnym214]

The buildings are in bad shape now, but Pahokee is really, in terms of location, not bad at all. Super nice climate, right on Lake Okeechobee, and only 35-40 miles from West Palm Beach or Jupiter. I bet real estate is an absolute bargain right now, and you can build or rebuild quite cheaply, especially if you DIY. This place has a lot of potential.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Anton Nym Problem is the property taxes are probably outrageous since just like all cities it's ran by Democrats

[@antonnym214]

Good point, Adam. I gave you a thumbs-up. All good wishes.

[@buddyanddaisy123]

You are right-when an area becomes desirable (and affluent people start buying property); all of a sudden, things happen-roads get fixed, services improve, etc. this is exactly what happened in the South End of Boston-since about 1960, the area was in decline..abandoned buildings, trash filled streets, heavy crime and drug dealing. You could buy a 3 story brownstone building for $50,000 (now worth over $2 million).. The transformation was amazing.

[@barb0za0]

there is ash in the air constantly from the sugar farms nearby

[@Beachbug1vw]

I doubt the residents pay them and I doubt they are high at all since it is almost all section 8 housing and the landlords are no where near this ghetto town!!

[@bforseth]

You should rename this video to "tour of an abandoned hospital" considering it makes up 3/ 4 of the video. Not to much else about why it's the worse town.

[@pdrohrtdo9756]

7:20 HOLY SHT! The ad scared the hell of me 😂😂😂

[@oddjuice404]

people move to florida and expect a luxury place, but then you realize it looks a lot like this, outside of the giant liminal space suburbian neighborhoods and endless freeways. its a strange state to live in.

[@mfchimichanga]

Tropical Detroit.

[@sleeplessbeauty86]

mfchimichanga lmao that's so true.

[@Rapture582]

you're a fucking idiot, cities all over America have abandonment, it's not some Detroit thing, go fuck yourself. Detroit is a big city, this is a small fucking town.

[@Rapture582]

more like tropical St. Louis or Baltimore.

[@Rapture582]

lmao ur so dumb.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

Rapture582 we know but Detroit is the worst of them, it's the only city in the us to declare bankruptcy and had a felon as a mayor, we all know every other city sucks but Detroit has the most problems so it's the whipping boy, at least it's apparently getting better

[@yungjc2]

*dont dead, open inside*

[@bhzaddybhzolby1705]

Everybody talks about how bad Pahokee is without even setting foot in Belle Glade

[@burningisis]

Its so strange when I was looking at this video I was like "this looks like Dan Bell's work" and there he was.

[@muckboyvc]

I'm from here! Our town was once a lovely place of black owned businesses and homes. After the storm of '28 the pretty much kept people from rebuilding the city up to it's former glory...The soil is very fertile ( hence the moniker " The Muck" ) corporations only care about the cash corps there ...not the people

[@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub]

When was it lovely? Before the storm?

[@stubdteauzgautugaux]

That's really interesting...

[@Andrewsafb71]

I LOVE your COMMENT Vonshaun! My town is a lovely place too of white owned businesses and homes and the soil is very fertile and the people are very rich and beautiful too :)! Some people come here from other places, they're only interested in the wealth and not the people or the culture. You racist.

[@MySupereasylife333]

How cruel is dat that they do not think abt ppl there

[@dcrowdyh]

I always thought it was pretty cool when they burned the fields