Springvale Melbourne: Is It Still a Dump? Let’s Find Out!

[@ahcrx]

Just found your videos.great content. Will be watching all and catching up. Is your background Vietnamese? Can relate to your content especially growing up in 90s 👍

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Hey brother, yes I’m viet.. this is an old video, but thanks for stopping by

[@DodgerMohr]

Great video! Heading there this weekend for a feed. Love Asian cooking. Thanks for sharing your insights of Springvale.👍

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Thanks for checking out the video

[@gudbifariinta3958]

Yeah memory lane here. I did my last Taxi job from the airport to this market before flying out back to Eritrea in 2019. I don't know when i am coming back. It was very Asian and clean too. Thanks for uploading.

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Thank you for watching!

[@simileydaisy]

thanks for visiting my hometown and definitely its the food town . great video 👍

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Thank you for stopping by

[@steveo2333]

Springvale Is A Cool Place Hanged Around Many Weekends There For Over A Decade

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

I like Springvale

[@tom3844]

Disgraceful public toilets. Sure, some restaurants may have their own usable toilets, but not all do. Many horrendous experiences here from over the years... but the latest one from just 2 days ago will take some beating. Encountered a group of males while using the car park male toilet (disabled out of order btw) who, in broad daylight (approx 11.30am) engaged in "shooting up" right there. I was in a locked cubicle before the gathering started so when finished had to walk through the throng to exit the toilet. Two of the group were sprawled on the floor actively engaged in self-injecting while another three kept watch at the entrance. Thankfully they did not bother me in any way as I made my exit.

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Damn bro that’s crazy

[@danedgar1539]

I'm glad it's changed, Springvale in the late 90s early 2000s was a result of our government's disastrous immigration policy....that policy was there wasn't one! No community spirit, dangerous and the residents were hostile. It was a suburb lost. It looks nice now, good video bro! Your from the same streets as me man. Flemmington flats, Moonee ponds, glenroy, broady

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

90s was rough as man. I remember Springvale being extremely ghetto back in the day. We’re practically neighbours!

[@danedgar1539]

Jacana, footsgray, broadmeadows and Flemington were the roughest, I surprised we survived bro! Just to to it off I lived near Frankston once too😅

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

@@danedgar1539 oh man.. I gotta do a video at Frankston .. but I’m scared I’ll get stabbed lol

[@danedgar1539]

Still bad?​@@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB

[@JohnNguyễn-u3j]

You should do one in Richmond as its still a dump at times

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Will do man ..

[@antoneho953]

Pho and bánh mì I love them both

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Both the GOATS

[@evokies]

Nice video but the music is too loud! Can't hear what you're saying sometimes 😂

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Sorry bro, early days of editing

[@TKS-dc8xv]

The biggest crime in Springvale now is it has become unaffordable to ordinary people after its so-called gentrification. Just visited St Albans the other day and felt like Springvale back in the days.

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

So true man!

[@jenl6686]

T.J = truly, I and other ppl I know truly do wan't to watch your in depth or not so in depth video's that look at certain areas. I pressed play on the Springvale episode. And I hate saying this = but trust us, as soon as that high pitched all jazzed up 'happy music' came on. It's impossible to hear and watch and actually sense the feeling of the drive around Springvale. Like you should want it to feel as if we are with you in that area. I don't think personally, that there's anything wrong with music. Yet man, the type of music can make or break a video. Don't you want your viewers = like in suspense ? and to have them feel like they are walking the streets with you ? Truly ? Bc the height pitch "all happy" so high pitched music doesn't gel. As I wrote, I do not like to criticize. Yet, I'm guessing ??? your aim is to have ppl want to feel that area. Let's be for real ? And I mean this with no shade. When you walk down Springvale = the last thing you would hear is that type of music. Look, I know where your coming from. But you know when you watch something = you like to be drawn in. Suspense wise ? keeps ppl on edge. We all know this. If you must play that type of music = play it at the end of the video. I swear = you know ppl want to see the Curtin pulled back on how a suburb truly is. They don't just want you in a car with that music playing = while you try and talk over the music, some ppl stop paying attention. I hope you know what I'm trying to say = I'm trying to give you for real feed back. Please = your channel could be booming. But it needs some structure. Personally, I would show the crime rate statistics too, I would take the viewers to places in the area's = like I mean where certain "thing's" have happened. I would do my homework on the area, and take the viewers to a few sights where some "stuffed" happened. It could be a 10 year anniversary of where something had happened or a house that for example has a cold case still linked to it. As in to show what use to go on in the suburb your exploring, compared to now 2024. Like a couple of news stories that have happened in a suburb and show the street or house in which certain thing's may of happened. Your channel has heaps of potential, but truly = And this is meant with no shade = it's like you point at something and say oh this use to be so different? When you point and show the ppl. Take them back from then, to now. Explain to ppl watching why this and that happened to the best of your ability = meaning in certain areas. T.J I hope you know I mean this comment with full support for you. And lastly I do want to apologise bc =I mean this with care. I don't want to sound like I'm saying do this and do that. But ppl watch those and these types of video's for a bit of suspense and intrigue. Man, you have so much promise. And it doesn't have to feel overwhelming. Even a bit at a time. Anyway, I truly hope you can in your own time = one step at a time = just maybe change a couple of thing's here and ther. Kind regard's

[@TJ_OFFICIAL_MELB]

Thanks heaps.. noted, less music and more research, I just go hot and go in blind.. and try to experience the rawness of it