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[@LarryHatch]

The problem with many US neighborhoods is that the people are poor, rent, and have no owners pride. The property owners only collect a small rent and never fix anything. Once the front lawns, shrubs, and plumbing go, they are no longer attractive to investors. My mother had neighbors who used the toilet bowl to wash clothes because the sinks did not have running water. There was no bath or shower either. They drank from the outdoor hose!

[@jessicajohnson663]

I’m from Cincinnati and most of the people who live in these hoods can’t get out of it. Not everyone is bad who live in these parts.

[@aria4830]

Agreed. My boyfriend's family was able to. I've out of a bad area, but a lot of people won't have the same opportunity or they can't due to their reasons. Good and bad people are everywhere and being from a bad neighborhood doesn't mean someone is automatically a bad person.

[@rg20322]

Yes totally agree - however the filth of these low lives controlling the neighborhood is what has to go. They are what prey on the neighborhood and cause such disfunction. Politicians won't correct this because you keep voting Democrat!!!

[@unclejune2839]

They have all the resources to get out. Free everything for these people. They choose to live in terrible hoods.

[@kevinprzy4539]

Depends, a lot of these areas have a lot of social welfare and programs to get out but a lot choose to stay there and just keep collecting on it because they’re comfortable.

[@grilledlettuce1845]

@@unclejune2839 based uncle junior being real with the mullies

[@Ivielynn123]

My mother was the Terrible parent. She was and is still a very bad addict. My father was the one who raised me and nurtured me to adulthood. He's a wonderful man, and yes the courts gave him full custody when I was 6yrs old. As I got older I saw why.

[@JKM395]

Holy crap did Dave nail this one. Look after your freakin kids. I've got three biological and two adopted. If I can keep them all off drugs and out of jail, I win. So far, so good.

[@LiLxReAPeR101]

So you have 5 kids .

[@cjames4478]

Office bloke Mike is Anthony Hopkins from another dimension. Office blokes Dave and Daz are the type you want to get drunk with. 🤣

[@johnathan5291]

Pints at the Pub with the Office blokes would be legendary.

[@pauldupre7532]

I think if you don't want to drunk OB Mike, you're from another dimension. I live in New Orleans, USA, as a city whose culture is based off of getting drunk, all 3 blokes would fit right in

[@hanaj]

Detroit lost a ton of good paying car factory jobs (and supporting industries). That’s why Detroit looks like that.

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

Yeah, the auto industry sent the jobs overseas so they could maximize profit for their shareholders and avoid regulations and unions. Greed destroyed Detroit.

[@R.B.90]

"Why isn't my area in it, it's shyyte" This comment is for Office Bloke Mike.

[@Hearingscroll80]

Wow didn't know they would ever mention Rockford, we never get mentioned in anything lol

[@Peatingtune]

You get mentioned in police reports, at least!

[@ragnarlothbrok936]

Congratulations

[@Bossko.Mafana]

Lol... The hell. Congrats...I guess lol.

[@damienlu7318]

Rockford, Kankakee, Alton, Danville, once prominent suburbs all turned to doo Doo.

[@Hearingscroll80]

Crime here is terrible a car got shot up next to money a week ago, 2nd worst place in illinois behind south chicago

[@cjames4478]

@Daz I live in Baltimore and it is number one for a reason. Where you were downtown is beautiful... if you go a few miles away is pretty much a war zone. Absolutely terrifying at night and you never know what you’re going to see.

[@ronsmac]

Two people got shot on pratt st downtown on Friday.

[@cjames4478]

@@ronsmac not far from where I work.

[@barryrims9098]

just move brah

[@cjames4478]

@@barryrims9098 who says I didn’t?

[@rg20322]

Keep voting Democrat!!!! You get what you deserve. You had a candidate that showed this blight but yet you voted against her last election.

[@brandijoy1]

Just in case it wasn’t mentioned before East St. Louis, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri are two different places. I live in St. Louis, MO and East St. Louis is right across the Mississippi River. I’m not saying that St. Louis doesn’t have its problems, it does. I lived in St. Louis all my life and only been to East St. Louis twice. Don’t ever plan to go back or pass through it.

[@23chdavis]

Exactly! I think the reason why the video showed so much of Downtown St. Louis, is because no one wants to go to East St. Louis to film....

[@suzC7]

Two of my friends and I made a wrong turn and wound up in East St. Louis at night in the 90s. The police actually pulled us over and said you girls are obviously in the wrong place and asked us to follow them out. Haven't been to East St. Louis ever again and I'm okay with that.

[@briankirchhoefer]

I remember having to drive through E. St. Louis to get home from a baseball game or concert in St Louis. I always left myself an out in case I had to run a stoplight instead of being car jacked. Lots of gang shootings. And that was the 80s , it's worse now.

[@zerothehero1982]

@@23chdavis My now ex-wife and I, back when we were married wanted to take her parents with us on a trip to St Louis to see the Arch and other things, so we rented a brand new Jeep Liberty and headed out from Kentucky. When we got close to the city did the freakin gps take us across that nice big bridge near the Arch? NO, it routed us through the east side and us, in all our ignorance went right along. We didn't realize our mistake until we were sitting at a traffic light in the heart of the east side and were staring straight at a group of dudes standing on a corner that were very color coordinated fashion wise. There was no interaction. We just stared at each other for a bit until the light changed and we turned and went down the street, but that was when we decided we needed to get our asses to the other side of the river asap. lol

[@Zhiperser]

Everyone in that conversation is slightly right, there will always be these places, it's the people that make the problems, but Dave is right in that leaving abandoned buildings actually increases crime opportunities. It's easier to leave when you're young. At some point having no capital means you can't get out even if you want to.

[@jayanthony2414]

Saying the people make the problems is kinda misleading the conditions had to be created

[@pieceoflintifoundonthefloo554]

Mike is my favorite Office Bloke!

[@mverick5444]

Which one ? The ginger?

[@pearlady22]

@@mverick5444 Mike is the one in the middle.

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

@@mverick5444 left to right, Dave, Mike, Daz

[@adventureswithjonny87]

Daz seems like the most fun. But I like them all.

[@mverick5444]

Thank you all for responses

[@jfsb9531]

Office Bloke Daz with the Hassan Bar Bar intro (Don't fully know how to spell their name/YT name).... as soon as he said it, Caspersight/CasperVision came to mind. 'Look at the state of you!'. Always has me in stitches

[@dahink2593]

I agree with East St Louis being the worst. Got off the interstate to fill gas tank and was afraid to get out of my car. West side Cincy is not as bad as other areas. $200,000 homes in area. Check Zillow. Loved your reaction.

[@a.d.prayer1779]

Ok so I'm from E. St. Louis and his assessment wasn't correct..... It's worse. But the thing is a lot of good ppl live there with zero opportunity to work, or leave which leads to a culture of drugs and violence

[@metalmonk3775]

Every drive in detroit shows what you guys are saying is true. I love michigan, and even the city of detroit, but one street can make the difference between a third world gang territory and the nice kept up areas. Its really a shame but the number of people we have here isnt high enough for anyone to help us or care, like in the big cities

[@willvr4]

It all comes down to opportunity. Detroit was a bustling city when there were still a ton of manufacturing jobs to be had. Areas don't usually become shitty for no reason. It annoys me when people just generalize and say "why don't these people get jobs?" What jobs?

[@metalmonk3775]

@@willvr4 fully agreed, the lack of jobs is significant. But in all honesty there are many solutions that would help, its just that we dont have anyone who wants to help us. The country would rather continue using us as a joke than give us street lights where we need them. Its sad, but the city is still going, the people are strong and always building. I have hope for us still

[@willvr4]

@@metalmonk3775 Well with no jobs, there's less income taxed that can be used. And that affects everything from infrastructure, to police/fire departments, to public schools.

[@mumuspain2086]

@@willvr4 a lot of it is fear and complacency to be fair. When I see these people, I don't think "Why don't these people get jobs" I think "Why don't they just go somewhere else?". A greyhound ticket to somewhere better is maybe $100 tops unless you are trying to move to a different state entirely for some reason or somewhere really far away. There are homeless shelters most places, and day labor jobs you can get even while homeless. I used to work at walmart and there was homeless man that worked there that made just a tad more than me. I made $13 per hour. Safe to say he was making about a grand every two weeks, and a decent apartment is under $600 a month here. Utilities can be easily kept under $200 a month. So if you make $2,000 a month, subtract 15% for tax so you have $1768. Subtract $600 for rent, $200 for utilities, let's go big ballin' and say $400 for food, well that still leaves you $568 to play with for getting whatever else you think you need or want. Every month. He was homeless by choice through his own admission. You don't have to be. You could have your own apartment, be well fed, have clothes, internet, a phone, whatever. Save up $1200 and you can get an old beater car to get you to work and back. This is all possible in most small to mid-sized towns in the US. Just get on a bus and go.

[@eileenflora]

@@mumuspain2086 You don't have a chance in some of these neighborhoods. There are not even enough books to go around in the elementary schools. Unless you experience that kind of poverty, you don't understand.

[@Madison.Cruz.ShooterTwo]

I lived 2 miles away from 1st St & James Buchanan Dr. in Jackson TN when my daughter was born. We spent 2 years there.

[@StackRunItUp]

I wonder if my old neighborhood is gonna be on here 😭😭. It was named the worse neighborhood in America in 2015 and I drive past there sometimes and they STILL haven’t knocked down the neighborhood. It’s an eye sore

[@ewrekzz7360]

Detroit is a prime example of a big city, with big employers. Tax revenue is high, employment is high, wages are high... and then the big company moves away. No employment or tax revenue, and the rich people can move to a different place.

[@Same_Ole_Soup_Just_Reheated]

Every time they talk about detroit, they only show you the abandoned Packer plant, which is the root cause of the issues in that neighborhood. So billionaires are at the root of the problem, the Packer auto plant closed in 1956, and every year someone says they're going to buy/develop, and it's still there with more promises by billionaires to do something about it.

[@Zevalent]

Just moved to Rochester from one of the richest counties in the US in Maryland. He's not wrong about it being nice, the suburbs are on par, however all of the nicer pubs downtown are "repurposed abandoned factory chic". And if a guy on the street starts talking to you and telling you some actually pretty solid jokes for $5, don't stop to pay him unless you're in a group during the daylight

[@Nichole2228]

I'm sorry that you had to move there. I was born and raised there, and I left as soon as I could...lol

[@atcnation2561]

You can blame most of the fatherless homes to the Welfare system here. They incentivise a fatherless home. Sad, but true. Been on both sides of the issue, same results.

[@MrQuaiven]

The instant I saw the title of the video I said "Camden better be on this".

[@YungKashewz]

TBH I work in Camden and its far better than even 10 years ago. Not great but its slowly getting better.

[@GamingWolvZ12]

You blokes are really on the rise!!

[@johng38]

Most of the footage they used for East St. Louis, IL was actually of downtown St. Louis, MO. I worked in downtown STL for a decade with no issues. Don’t go north of Washington Ave and don’t walk alone south of Busch Stadium. Those rules will help you avoid 95% of issues. But once you cross the Mississippi River into East St. Louis, IL it’s like a third world country. I’ve had two different police officers advise me to just run stop lights/signs to get out ASAP. “Remind me not to go within 100 miles of East St. Louis.” See: St. Louis suburbs/Greater St. Louis area. The sprawl has been spreading westward for decades to avoid those high crime areas.

[@suzC7]

A couple of my friends and I ended up in East St. Louis at night in the 90s (my friend who lived in St. Louis that we were visiting was bad at directions and got us lost several times). The police pulled us over and said they knew we were lost and didn't belong and had us follow them to get back out of the area.

[@dekuteagues]

East st. louis and st.louis are two different places.

[@pepperbuster65]

True

[@jeffreycummings2769]

I used to live closer than I liked to some really dangerous places in both Chicago and Baltimore. I'm surprised none of them made it but that area of Rochester did, which I also used to live close to. However, like the guy said, I was there 20ish years ago and haven't really gone back since.

[@VivaCohen]

My mom used to work at a school in one of those neighborhoods ... the cops won't even go there

[@jamesallen5591]

I am subscribed to World According to Briggs. Good content!

[@jamesjackson4792]

one of those pictures were taken at the spot where the 20 million dollar stadium sits in westend Cincinnati now

[@eileenflora]

My friend lives on Seebolt street in Detroit, she was being broken into one time and she called the cops, they asked if her life was being threatened and she said not yet and they told her to call back if it was and never showed up. True story. She still lives there.

[@controlZchannel]

Detroit's deal with those houses is that you must live in the house, can't just buy them all up. No one is willing to live there.

[@cckmanofsteel2393]

"Camden is in New Jersey" is an excellent way to say exactly how shitty camden is. Super surprised Kensington didn't make it - largest open air drug market in the US

[@notarobot8013]

NJ Native you will be pulled over and turned around if you are white upon entrance to Camden. Even the entrance to the awesome aquarium bypasses literally everything and goes straight there and nowhere else. I'm sure people will take offense to this but its reality.

[@catherineounan6516]

As someone that has lived in Kensington from birth and hopefully not to death I'm genuinely shocked, this place is legit vaccum of human opportunity thank fuck my grandfather parents and dad were around to learn me up about the place

[@TheRealAb216]

this guy saying numbers don't lie but they do. stats can be twisted almost any way you want.

[@jairosoto3445]

Numbers can show that numbers can be manipulated so numbers don’t lie. Wait

[@davebcf1231]

No, the numbers don't lie. People who have no idea how to interpret those numbers and claim they mean things they don't do, though. I mean, you said it yourself. "Stats can be twisted." That's not the numbers lying, that's people lying about the numbers.

[@darnarxz]

@@davebcf1231 it's more like numbers don't tell the whole story

[@vickyblue8574]

Once got lost in that area of Cincy on a trip for my college, yikes! My professor lived there and had to replace his car windshield twice cause it got shot.

[@Aboleo80]

I am from Detroit. It's true what he said about those areas but Detroit is really big area wise that literally you have places that are different from each other as night and day. Most of Detroit is really not that bad. Area around I-96 had a major FBI operation where bunch of gangs got damaged pretty good recently too. I still wouldn't go east between 6 and 9 mile at night

[@Mexishark909]

There is a UK Grime Rapper Named Dizzee Rascal. He did a few songs with UGK in Houston, which were pretty good. But later on he did an interview and they asked how was the ghetto of Houston compared to UK. As diplomatically as he could he said "Ghetto is all determined from your point of view, what I thought was ghetto in UK is really nice for the U.S. So much so in the bad parts of the Houston I often thought I wasnt even in America anymore." To me that said a lot lol You think youre hardcore until you go somewhere Hardcore haha

[@OGS2099]

I've been to East Cleveland. I'm writing this before I've seen what the list is. That's a horrible, horrible neighbourhood. Southside of Chicago also.

[@serpentisma]

I knew Rochester was going to be here. A friend of mine lived there for 10 years. One day, he got mugged and stabbed. Not by one person. He got mugged, and then an hour later he was stabbed on his way back to his apartment. He went to the hospital, got stitches, and stayed the night for observation. The next day, he was released, and got stabbed again just 20 feet from the entrance of the hospital. I can only imagine the staff's surprise (or maybe even LACK of it) when he walked back in with a new stab wound.

[@lisahumphries3898]

You guys have done worst cities in England. Thanks blokes!

[@oldschool72]

OMG I went on a road trip in the lower 48 and part of that trip was driving through St. Louis to get to MI then on into Canada. I had to take back roads for an extra 24 hours so wouldn't have to drive through St.Louis. Everyone told me if I broke down I probably would be robbed of my rig, all possessions and even murdered because the police won't even go there.

[@DopeSauceBenevolence]

When I was in the Army, we were practicing our patrolling with wooden rifles, along the fence line of our little army base (in the USA). The neighborhood on the other side of the fence was one of these shitty neighborhoods. We started hearing gunshots coming from one of the houses. My 1SG told us to get ready to throw our wooden guns or use them as batons. Fun times.

[@1964yaqui]

East St. Louis is no joke. For a time they had the highest murder rate in the world. Well, at least according to a documentary called, "Give Us This Day". It was an informative and heartbreaking film to watch.

[@kimson305]

Never

[@joeyc5879]

I grew up in Ohio but moved to Florida young. I forgot about west end until this video but I started laughing as soon as I saw the name

[@dj-um7el]

Love how they're playing a cover of I Wanna Be Your Dog in the background by Iggy Pop lol. You guys should react to it!

[@fcbaker65]

Cool stuff ,to some people ,they think this dont exist ,those types of people live in a bubble!..🤣 Great review Fella's about heaven on earth!...👍....😎 Now I am going to resume to listening to some more TOOL ,Enema!...👍

[@gregcable3250]

Vast wealth inequality, loss of manufacturing employment, endemic violence and drug problems..at least one section of every US city.

[@utilitarian]

Some people also don't care because the well to do areas normally involve people looking down their noses at you and you're wondering what the neighbours think. I loved living in Wythenshawe....hated Sale.

[@alecia175]

I am a lifelong Detroiter and that was 100% accurate of those neighborhoods. I am born and raised here and I wouldn't take my ass to Russell Woods after dark.

[@xCenturion183]

As someone who lives in NWI, im surprised Gary Indiana didnt make it onto any of these lists so far.

[@stevenm.6886]

Gary is always on these lists! A perineal shithole 😂

[@Drollpanther]

#1 East St. Louis Illinois - shows all stock footage of St. Louis Missouri

[@ExTiNkT91]

I'm from number 10. (Rockford Illinois) and have lived here for 29 years (my whole life) and while I've never witnessed any crimes myself, you hear about a shooting or robbery or whatever nearly every day. But it's always the same areas of the city. Everyone knows to avoid those certain streets/neighborhoods. Other than those few areas, it's an alright city.

[@theemptyatom]

I grew up around the number 10 city, namely Rockford, in the '60s and '70s. Most of the crime is on the Westside of Rockford and is gang-related. They moved a particular element of people from Chicago into some projects they built on that side of town. Over time it got worse, starting in the late '70s to '80s when they started the mass exodus of factories to Mexico and China. By the time you got to the '90s with Clinton signing NAFTA, it shortly became a shelled-out city, and the gang and drug violence has gone through the roof.

[@lisas572]

I live 30 minutes from Rochester NY. I don't know my way around there cause I'm from Syracuse NY. Rochester is a big area.

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

I watch a show called nightwatch, its about 911 calls n different cities, it says that n New Orleans there r on average 1000 911 calls per night... thats insane to think about, I live n a tiny town of like 2k ppl, I don't think we hit 1k emergency calls n a year and they get that n 1 night

[@thecoon3193]

Used to live not too far from East STL. On just about every corner, you'll see a gangster with an AK. The cops outright tell you if you get lost in that area, don't stop at stop signs, don't stop at stop lights, just get the fuck out.

[@33rdegree112]

Gotta go to every city’s suburbs is where the hood is

[@MIGUZI]

Im from Memphis yes things be happening

[@stephenpavia620]

I used to cop on Orange and Broad...and even spend large parts of my day no further than 2 blocks from there...there are way worse places than that block.

[@mock61921]

I'd like to see reaction videos made by politicians and police chiefs who represent those neighborhoods.

[@controlZchannel]

Former daytime talkshow host Montel Williams lives in Jackson, TN.

[@sodasaintcommentaries4054]

Can confirm that Camden is not a friendly place to go (source: NJ resident and account from folks going through). Was not that long ago that it was considered the most dangerous city in America before being overtaken by Detroit. One of my teachers in High School described an incident where she was stopped at a light and a band of thugs literally walked up to her car and took the hubcaps off of it in broad daylight, with the engine running. They were so bold that they didn't care people saw them. Things have gotten better, but it's still pretty rough. Definitely a far cry from its industrial heyday. Atlantic City isn't that great either; in its worst days, it was a hotbed for gang activity, and to this day there is still drugs and mayhem in the streets at night. Funny enough... did you know that Batman's Gotham City is actually based on Atlantic City, historically and geographically? Kind of fitting.

[@jeffburdick869]

1:10 when I first signed up for the facebook, it was thefacebook.com. facebook.com didn't work. There was less than 10,000 members total. And you could message Mark Zuckerberg directly, and he'd reply to you. I had a few conversations with him in 2004.

[@controlZchannel]

Funny enough, Escape from New York was filmed in St. Louis.

[@mrc5yc]

HAHAHHAHAHA i'm in St.Louis. I forgot we made the list

[@brandijoy1]

Correction East St. Louis made the list not St. Louis. But for real I thought for a minute St. Louis, MO would have been on it. Glad it’s not.

[@blakerh]

The neighborhood near where the Chicago White Sox play has more shootings than most places in the country. After the game is over you get the heck out of there.

[@loneponderer495]

Rochester, NY is the closest major city to where I live. Don't really think of it being bad, but there is almost always daily news stories about a violent crime happening there.

[@pdc9093]

I live in Pittsford, a suburb. You're right, as a metro area, it's not bad. The city itself, is rough. Poverty is high, as is crime and getting worse. The city school district is one of the worst in the country. However, Brighton and Pittsford are two of the best. The city needs newe leadership to clean things up.

[@atcnation2561]

YES UK version

[@andrewilliams2139]

jackson tn made the list i live near there lol .

[@devin3955]

Redlining is a big reason why a lot of these neighborhoods exist.

[@debbieholoquist2059]

While visiting family living near Detroit, we all decided to go to the Detroit Zoo. Oh, my! The neighborhoods we drove through did look like war zones. (But the zoo was fantastic!)

[@timhefty504]

One could say the entire city is a zoo

[@othiq1077]

Detroit zoo isn't even in Detroit.

[@thebk247]

No mention of Portland, LA, NYC, Oakland, Baltimore, Philly?

[@jahnj2523]

Portland lol. You must be joking

[@emiliebranstetter4607]

Actually they filmed "Escape from New York" in North St. Louis City. Apparently East St. Louis was just a bit too bad for them.

[@MrMosby-hy3te]

Im very close to east St and ya highly recommend to avoid

[@KB_-_]

Detroit does have a massive blight removal project. The process is more complex than you might think and has had political and corruption issues along the way. One article about it: www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/3349213001

[@joeforte7829]

I'm from the West End of Cincinnati it's a s*******

[@brandennoetzold5429]

As someone from Detroit, I can confirm that it is both nice and awful in certain spots. I think it's.....not as bad as people make it seem, but it's still pretty awful 😅

[@Allaiya.]

Absolutely, studies show a two parent household makes a huge difference in the outcome of a child's well being and success. Doesn't mean it can't happen in single households but it is just much more unlikely based off the statistics.

[@mylesgerson]

Bruh people leave after they get shot cuz they were doing sus shit 😂

[@theoyancey]

came here expecting St Louis and wasnt disappointed. My grandmother was born in East St.Louis in the 1920s lets just say it was much nicer lol. I live 15-20 minutes from Downtown East Saint and its does look like a war zone.

[@viper1x2]

What you have to understand about Detroit it wasn’t the original owners who made those areas shit. When the local economy crashed individuals lost their homes and the remaining ppl had to deal with being surrounding by vacant homes etc. they attempted to sale their homes but due to all the vacant homes around the market value crashed. So eventually the remaining residents just abandoned the homes since they couldn’t sell them and went to better areas. Then crack heads etc came into the area.

[@jamesjackson4792]

this video is old west side Cincinnati is flourishing property values has never been higher this is at least -7 years old

[@willrobinson4976]

Hey guy great reaction. Can you do a reaction to, United States: 50 Largest Metro Areas (2019). The video is by Dylan DFW and only 7 minutes long.

[@TRZN91]

I really can't stand this guy. As someone from a really bad neighborhood who was lucky enough to make it out, his condescending tone is so frustrating. His little explanation in the intro says it all. The thing is the people who say "you're not from there you wouldn't understand" are 100% correct. He presents it in such a way as to suggest the blame is completely on the residents, who completely out of their control were born into that environment. His presented solution "just be a better neighborhood" damn dude nobody ever thought of that. We will just break the cycle of violence, educate everyone over night, repair all the broken homes, get everyone good paying jobs, ect. Like I said I made it out, I know that ultimately we are responsible for our actions, and our situations. But some of us just so happened to start waaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind the normal starting line.

[@matthewsharp4687]

Thank you. I thought the dude seemed like a sanctimonious prick.

[@TRZN91]

@@matthewsharp4687 sanctimonious is a good word for how he comes off......and prick, prick was an equally good descriptor!

[@damienlu7318]

Finally somebody said it And articulated it in a way I couldn't.

[@procommunistdestruction2318]

Nothing like having ptsd and needing to be close to va for medical reasons and falling asleep to gun shots every night in my neighborhood it is shit🤣

[@Objectified]

Leaving aside that most of these aren't neighborhoods but are actually just high-crime blocks or streets within larger neighborhoods, towns, or cities, this is pretty well a description the large majority of gun violence and violent crime in the U.S. - small areas with high crime due to gangs, drugs, and poverty.

[@bioticgod4940]

montbello in denver, colorado

[@citisoccer]

"America has a bunch of billionaires. Why doesn't one just flatten it all and build it up, help these people out?". A billionaire buying up all that land, and rebuilding the infrastructure, homes, and environment would do exactly the opposite. Property taxes would shoot through the roof, and all the locals would have to find the closest hood to relocate themselves. It's happened since urban planning in America began. The system is designed to rebuild areas, drive out the less fortunate, bring in new business and residents, and push the have nots further into squalor.

[@jackthelad9933]

No Kensington? :-(

[@trentoncrew3985]

The reason people who get shot don't stick around is because they probably have a record for some petty drug charge and if they come in contact with police for any reason they get arrested, and thrown in jail even if they did nothing wrong once you have a record of any kind you are considered a criminal and have almost no rights

[@williammitchell1837]

What there's no Flint, Michigan?

[@Gravyballs2011]

Hasn't it been through enough since the entire population was poisoned with lead tainted drinking water? That's the ultimate crime right there.

[@williammitchell1837]

@@Gravyballs2011 I agree but the statistics don't lie.

[@Gravyballs2011]

@@williammitchell1837 I agree with you William. Nevertheless, it is to be expected when a company town known for making one thing for the past 100 years in the rust belt loses 75K jobs not to mention the tax-base that went along with those jobs. General Motors was making record profits at the time. Blight & Violent crime rises, as does spousal, drug and alcohol abuse. Just my 2 cents.

[@N.A525]

Theirs no flowers either 😔

[@rich7447]

East St Louis is extra bad because it falls under Illinois state gun laws. You can carry a gun without a permit in the rest of St Louis (Missouri side), but not in East St Louis.

[@jeffburdick869]

1:22 whoa Dave. Whats with the Chicago hate?! Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the World. If you blokes come visit, I'll treat you to deep dish at Lou Malnati's.

[@ezelldaniels6064]

I knew Detroit would be in there lol that's where I'm from.

[@darkomtobia]

West or East, I avoid St Louis. I actually live about an hour south of KCMO and I don't go there, either, lol. I felt safer in the army than when going through KC or St Louis. Memphis....ya, it's rough, But A&R BBQ is worth the risk, lol. (1802 Elvis Presley BLVD)

[@Drollpanther]

You’re going to the wrong parts of st. Louis Missouri then

[@XxAzureNekoxX]

Who keeps asking you guys to react to violent neighborhoods?

[@TheCosmicGenius]

I'm amazed that nothing in Kansas City is on this list. There are several KC neighbourhoods listed on most dangerous lists on websites such as neighborhoodscout.com & forbes.com. I'm not bragging about my home town - just the opposite. I'm just saying that if any of you decide to come & visit here, be sure to avoid certain parts of town. Overall, it's not a bad place to live, but there are a few areas that are very dodgy.

[@HTxGhost24]

Daz knows about 3rd Ward...

[@bananas1318]

lol under $30,000 is more than reasonable.. in toronto houses smaller than that and as just beat up start at around 1.2million