I Went to The 5 WORST AREAS to LIVE in CARDIFF (According to Locals!)

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[@Thepearguy1]

Overall cardiff Is lovely

[@djohn1671]

ONLY 5?????????????????.

[@suzannegale1152]

Do Coventry I lived in cov back in 1996 for while in hillfields and im from Cardiff ely area

[@suzannegale1152]

On that note I seen u did cov in the next video lol cheers

[@CriticalYeti003]

Welsh People take care of their country. look after the community. Cardiff is a crap hole because of English Migration. we Dont want wales Looking like England 100 percent. Leave us alone. A crime against a welsh person is Blasphemy Lad and the welsh lads will straighten you out Boyo Bach.

[@TheLambLive]

The appalling state of the place is largely down to Cardiff City Council who seem to be able to vanish our money into black holes.. Despite huge tax hikes, they've cut, cut and cut services over the last few years. Although seemingly having 5 and sometimes 6 figure budgets for pointless vanity projects, or imposing infrastructure changes nobody ever approved of.,, almost everything is now sub-contracted, and run on a shoestring. Refuse collection and things like cutting hedgerows and green spaces, cleaning signs, painting public metalwork etc,,,, it just doesn't happen.... and the arrogance that comes back from them is staggering to beyond belief. We didn't have bins collected for weeks and weeks over the summer, and they blamed striking action by a workforce being offered a below inflation pay increase,, after councillors handing themselves a 13%+ increase for , what they say,, is a job well done.. 🤮🤮

[@martynlloyd4194]

The money wasted on opening up the old canal at the top of Churchill way for a start. The "bus" station. Love to know where the money went from the land sold to the BBC by Central Station. Cardiff Council gave a lot to answer for

[@stephanieboond1564]

If your council refuse to take your rubbish then put it in cars vans and take it to your nearest tip that's all you can do surely your kids deserve a better place to live in instead of having to play near your rubbish ..or withold your rent until the council do decide to remove your rubbish..you will end up getting viles disease off rats their riddled with the most vilest of diseases..v

[@lemsip207]

@@TheLambLive On Next Door people are complaining that their wheelie bins, food caddies and reusable recycling bags aren't put back where they were collected from after being emptied into the refuse lorries. If you live in a block of flats there are communal bins that are supposed to be collected from the bin enclosure and put back but instead they are shoved back.

[@lemsip207]

@@stephanieboond1564 Not everyone has a car and the one amenity site on a bus route was at Waungron Road which was closed. You didn't have to have a car to go there.

[@stephanieboond1564]

@@lemsip207 i can understand that but you'd think the council would stand up for once and help all their tenants they say that they have a duty of care to help all the needy tennants , therefore they should pull their fingers out and start doing as they always state to people.bloody useless ide say..waste of oxygen even their soon on tennants backs if ever any rent or council tax is owed though,you'd think they would help with the amount of rubbish left outside because it's causing rats and if they bite a human being folk will get Limes disease and it kills too..

[@PaulinWales]

And amongst all that poverty, you'll find some of the nicest, kindest people on God's Earth.

[@lemsip207]

Not anymore. There was more money spent on public events that brought people together. The parks department used to organise guided walks in summer and wreath making and log decorating in December sessions. There used to be a summer street festival. Now people have withdrawn into their homes if they aren't the ones causing trouble.

[@roberts82053]

Well said

[@philuin9594]

Years ago cardiff council used to put on community skips for people to get rid of bulky items. At the tip over Bessemer close its free to tip in a car but if you drive a van it's commercial waste and your charged up to the tonne. You can pay the council to pick up the bulky waste. But it costs. People can't afford it so they just dump stuff. Everyone puts metal out for scrap men but they can't take the fridge freezers.

[@lemsip207]

There was an accessible utility site at Waungron Road that was on two bus routes, unlike the Bessemer Close one. I remember the large skips that went around the city. Even the better parts of Cardiff now look run down with litter, rotted leaves, fading road markings, and blocked drain grills. Former council housing estates now look as derelict as they used to look just before the Right To Buy was brought in as private landlords neglect their properties. The worse parts now look third world. That's because the council still wastes money and blames Central Government for reduced funding. But that was closed for a bus interchange but instead another apartment building thrown up. People living in Grangetown no longer have a view of the River Taff and the Bay as they are lined with these monstrosities that few people live in.

[@Red-Revolution708]

What the tenant or home owner does is telephone the local authorities, and then one has to pay for your item of furniture to be picked up outside one’s address, that’s why there are unwanted furniture outside people’s homes.

[@MartinMilnerUK]

OMG Once upon a time St. Mellons was a pretty, leafy suburb with a new primary school that I taught at for one week. In 1980 it was lovely; it must have changed somewhat. I once was grabbed on Newport Road, Splott so I will agree with you there.

[@liannebartlett5996]

I lived in Llanedeyrn until last year. Could not wait to leave. Got rudely awoken Easter Sunday at 5:30 am to the police bashing down my neighbours front door. The neighbour escaped through a window into our garden brandishing a knife and charged at a policeman who tased him. Amazingly he managed to get past all the coppers and was on the run. Smell of weed just follows you around everywhere and it’s a scary place to walk as there’s so many subways and paths next to large wooded areas. Once it got dark I didn’t leave the house. So glad to have left. I was really surprised when it didn’t make the top 5 in your original video.

[@lemsip207]

@liannebartlett5996 I noticed it even in Birchgrove, Heath, and Whitchurch. In Summerfield Place, there was a party flat where there was a party every Saturday night. The official tenants weren't there most of the time. Walking past thar ground floor flat, I noticed it looked almost empty with no curtains. There are people pretending to be homeless to get a flat when, most of the time, they are living with relatives. There were regular parties in a ground floor flat in the building I lived in, but I regret not reporting them then. The guests turned up in a crowd at around 11 pm and stayed until 3 or 4 pm. Then I heard about County Lines. If someone is holding regular late night noisy parties, they are usually held to buy and sell illegal drugs. This is why they need to be reported. There was another tenant who would go away for the weekend now and then, and her brother, who had a spare key, invited 'friends' round for weekend long wild parties. As soon as a young person gets one of these flats, homeless people and drug dealers soon come sniffing around as they want to use the flat. Young people are usually more naive and vulnerable. It starts with fake befriending, and soon, someone involved with County Lines has moved in.

[@whimpychicken3104]

St Mellons is an odd one, as a current resident i can say that trowbridge is a pretty dangerous area, far worse at night. Yet you can walk 5 minutes to old St Mellons and be surrounded by mansions with pools and gated driveways. The crime rates are combined for trowbridge, St Mellons and Old St Mellons all completely different places so the stats are not a true picture. Sadly the labour run city council caused most of the problems with constant cuts to services and would rather invest in vanity projects in the rich areas so they can look good in the wider publics eye.

[@stephendavies-hale6348]

Hmmm.. Coleford Drive from 96-06 was no picnic….. Old St. Mellons and St. Mellons are worlds apart even though they are a stone’s throw away.:.

[@catherinehaywood7092]

Broke my heart to see Ely. My aunty and uncle used to live there. I’m 66 years old now and I used to go there from Barry when I was about 6 or 7 to play with my cousins. It was a lovely place then and all the neighbours looked out for each other. Even though it was a council estate even back then they all took a pride in their homes. I’m taking 1960’s We played there without fear. They did move away from there in about 1976 so I haven’t seen it since then. What a sad state to see it like this. 😢😢😢😢

[@museonfilm8919]

Being poor is no excuse for dumping old shit everywhere. Anyway, if things are that bad why are so called 'poor families' constantly upscaling their furniture and white goods? The biggest, newest flat screen TV's and American style fridge freezers and water coolers......... Doesn't it pay to work any more in the UK?

[@montybrewster7]

I was born in ely (highbury road) in 1971. My parents moved us out when i was 7 because it was going bad at that point but it was a genuinely a lovely place to live up until then. My mother was born & bred there as were most of the families on our road. However as those families left or died a different type of people started to move in. I have no idea why but it is heart breaking to see what it is like now. I drove past our old house about 20 years ago & it bore no resemblance to the place i grew up in. The beautiful front garden with the privet hedge all ripped out with just flattened dirt & an abandoned car on bricks in the very spot we used to play as children. Now when i tell people i'm from ely, which i have always been proud of, i can see people who know what it's like now look a bit shocked & probably weary. It's such a shame.

[@lemsip207]

@montybrewster7 I remember in the 90s cycling through there one summer's night after a cycle ride out to the countryside on the west side of Cardiff and it not looking bad on the surface even though there were problems there. Nobody was around, so we couldn't see people. That was the infamous Grand Avenue. I turned down places to rent there in the 90s and was thought of as fussy. I'm glad I didn't move there. At least there wasn't rubbish everywhere as the council picked up bulky waste for free and repaired the housing stock. Now it looks decayed and derelict. The X2 bus was rerouted along the Ely Spur because yobs threw stones at passing X2 buses on Cowbridge Road West. Cardiff Bus stopped giving change on buses because drivers in Ely were robbed for the money they had access to on buses, so after that, they took money for fares but had no access to the containers with cash. But there was no need to do that on all of the buses in Cardiff. There were problems there in the 80s and 90s but are far worse now. There are people living there who are afraid to go out at all even in the mornings because of all the crime and anti social behaviour. There is an estate between Pentrebane and Danescourt that now looks as run down as estates looked just before the Right To Buy was introduced in the 80s because councils didn't have the funding then to maintain all the housing stock. The houses bought by occupiers were later bought by private landlords and not maintained. The owner occupiers can't afford to maintain them either.

[@lemsip207]

@montybrewster7 It really is far worse now. The last but one time I went there was in December 2018 and returned home feeling very depressed. This was in one of the worst parts at the top of Grand Avenue. Then, two years ago, I cycled there and found that Plymouth Woods was overgrown even at the entrance at Frank Road. All of Cardiff is neglected now even the 'nicer' parts. Grass verges arent being scraped back. Hedges are growing so thick there is no room in the pavement to walk in some places. There is flooding in Whitchurch on Merthyr Road every time there is heavy rain as the stream there that runs under the road needs dredging. But the eco groups rather blame climate change than neglected infrastructure. Because they want is to suffer. If the Thames flood barriers were being built now instead of in the early 80s, they would be protesting to stop that. They were built then because of huge tidal surges in the North Sea near the mouth of the River Thames.

[@lemsip207]

@montybrewster7 It's all about creating a 'world class' city, but visitors don't want to come to a building site or one that looks very different to several years ago when they last visited and the street layout and buildings are very different. I saw that attitude in Plymouth where they were only building for visitors forgetting about the local people. The streets were never cleaned on the outskirts. The councillors wanted to close every small facility that the locals used.

[@blackedoutkillagaming8210]

My grandmother lived on Grand Avenue from 1967 until she passed in 2019. I agree with everything you say, Ely is not the place it was back in the 80s early 90s.

[@montybrewster7]

@@blackedoutkillagaming8210 It's people like that who have lived there through all that change i really feel sorry for. It must be heartbreaking. My nan lived on wilson road with my dad's youngest brother & they too stayed in ely through all that change. They didn't seem to notice it as much as we did having moved away but it was a very, very different plave to the one i remebered as a kid.

[@microwaveoven2]

Man that Nitrous gas abuse is becoming real commonplace everywhere.

[@RR-ut3xl]

had a housemate who spent 5k on them and ended getting comitted in barry

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Get in!!!! I’ve missed these videos! Will watch later after work. Hope your well mate ….Smithy

[@IndieKeeko]

Unfortunately most people living in these areas have no respect for anything let alone themselves. You can live in poverty but still be clean. But most of these places live in a rubbish tip caused by the residents that live there. As you said alot of people can afford drugs and electric bikes but aren't able to get a job and be a respectable member of society

[@bannaubrycheiniog1329]

My top 20 nicest places in Cardiff 1) Radyr 2) Lisvane 3) Cyncoed 4) Penarth 5) Lakeside 6) Rhiwbina 7) Llanishen village 8) Llandaff 9) Pontcanna 10) Birchgrove 11) Creigiau 12) Pentyrch 13) Penylan 14) St Fagans 15) Whitchurch 16) Gwaelod y Garth 17) Thornhill 18) Morganstown 19) Old St Mellon's 20) Tongwynlais

[@owangutan82]

half of them aren't even in cardiff lol

[@jungatheart6359]

@@owangutan82 A few aren't. But to narrow it down to the city area: Pontcanna, Waterloo, Whitchurch, Llandaff, Penylan/Roath Park and Rhiwbina. Lisvane, Cyncoed and Lakeside are too snobbish and Thornhill is just dull. parts of Birchgrove are nice enough but the area being sliced up by major roads is a downer.

[@bannaubrycheiniog1329]

@@jungatheart6359 I was actually thinking long and hard about Thornhill myself, it's not brill but it's not the worst, just a bit bang average, a few iffy parts too, might swap it out for the new Garden City in Plasdwr. A few of the people in Lisvane can be snobby, but I do find the people of Cyncoed very nice, and indeed Lakeside on the whole. Always gonna get a few snobs about.

[@J69er]

@@owangutan82 They actually come under the Cardiff ( well expanded over time ) postcodes!

[@lemsip207]

I live in Birchgrove. It has started to look run down because of council neglect.

[@MP-mr8rj]

Both Cardiff and Newport are completely out of control, some of the things you see in those cities on a daily basis is unbelievable!😳

[@lemsip207]

I bet if you go to some of the worst estates it would be full of men over 40 riding around on mobility scooters when they don't need them. It gets them more disability benefits if they are out of work and on basic disability benefits. Like Glyn Tucker in the Tuckers who rides his from outside his house to next door to his son, daughter in law and niece. Yet he can climb over the back wall of his garden. Then at home they are dancing around with very young grandchildren and climbing up ladders. I can see them all riding then to the gym for their boxing training.

[@roberthudson3386]

2:47 looks like the road sign says "Nowa Polska", which I would guess means "New Poland". There are quite a lot of Poles in Cardiff.

[@rebornitsybitsy7515]

This place looks like Hollywood compared to living at the graham park estate north west london during the late 70's

[@ministryoflies1344]

@rebornitsybitsy7515 Wales always took a few decades to catch up 😄 There was a time when it was quaint, clean and 'olde worlde'. Those days have long since been destroyed by immigration.

[@JTvlogs984]

Strangetown aint rough .. I'd say Clifton street and city road is like a hellhole in the evenings

[@froggin-zp4nr]

City road is perfectly fine students walk up and down it all day 😂

[@jjc7735]

Being poor is not a free pass to be filthy. If that's how it looks on the outside, what the hell does it look like on the inside. I do blame councils in part. they need rules in place, not another new statute.

[@Xcraigy85X]

This is the problem when you import filthy immigrants from filthy countries… even the ones born here are brought up with a completely different culture and values than the natives, makes me sick

[@CHALICEinBLOOM]

Thanks so much for raising awareness.

[@add3to6]

Overlooked point made at 7:21 about places of worship getting vandalised. I've only seen this affect Christian churches, often as a method of intimidation, with the end goal of getting the building demolished or converted. Interested to know if you've noticed this pattern on your travels as it seems to happen all over the UK, particularly in more 'vibrant' areas.

[@robertjarman4261]

If church in wales Anglican they are Satanic not Christian.

[@ShelleyBright-b9w]

Im 52. Born and raised in Llanedeyrn. You are who you choose to be. Not everyone here keeps a sofa and fridge in the front garden or speaks as though they've never been inside a classroom. Many OG's still here living peacefully with the same good morals they were raised with

[@TheFlenen]

Remember guys, theres trouble EVERYWHERE even if its uncommon. As a general rule if you keep to yourself and arent getting involved in gang/drug/booze related things then you SHOULD be ok. I lived in a dodgy area of newport for many years and while its not nice you CAN survive.

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

I always find it interesting that they are living in poverty but can throw out furniture like there is no tomorrow...

[@electronicearnings]

I suppose that's good if you've just moved in somewhere and need to furnish your flat/house

[@ramitsharma3773]

It's broken furniture, and the cost of disposing it with the council is very high.

[@stevenstarfield2.077]

That's because you're stupid. Start with 'River's and Koch's postulates'

[@sommesoul33]

@@ramitsharma3773its not always broken. People throw out lots of good furniture into the street, just so they can buy a new item of furniture.

[@Red-Revolution708]

What it is, you must put out an item of furniture, after paying a charge for the council to come and dispose up of the item of furniture to dispose of, on a certain day, that’s why there are different laws in Wales to England.

[@JessicaFuller-t2x]

Happy to see you guys are back!

[@jungatheart6359]

Most of these were doomed at the planning stage. I bet Ely looked great on paper. As you can see, the houses are quite spacious and there are lots of green areas. But being hung out on a limb miles from the city centre with only buses and no real local economy was never a great plan for social housing. Llanedeyrn is a kind of 15 minute city cage concept, Trowbridge, St.Mellons and Tremorfa (most of what you showed as Splott was in fact Tremorfa) more ill-conceived dumping grounds. Only Grangetown - once a decent area with a strong community and a deep history - is a tale of rapid decline. And everyone knows what caused that.

[@xboxblakeyjnr8280]

Honest question: what caused the decline in grangetown?

[@illsaveyes]

@@xboxblakeyjnr8280somalians👍

[@lemsip207]

@xboxblakeyjnr8280 Dirty people dropping litter everywhere and putting bins out on the wrong door despite notices on lamp posts telling them when to. If you clear a path of litter there and then walk back along it, there would be more litter dropped. If you did that in north Cardiff, it would take a few weeks to get like that again.

[@lemsip207]

If I lived in Llanederyn, I would want to get out of there often. There actually isn't much there. It was built to look like a New Town suburb all ring roads around it instead of straight roads through it and by passing it. People have never lived 15 minutes walk from all the facilities they use even though there were more corner shops decades ago. As a child, I didn't travel much, but that was because I was a child. As I got older I often caught the bus to town for dancing lessons, to the cinema and to the swimming pool. There was no swimming pool, cinema or library near where I lived, then only a once the week mobile library. My mother would do the weekly big grocery shop in the town centre and shopped often a quarter of a mile away.

[@wills4794]

I lived in Grangetown for 17 years, it gradually improved. The cost of houses was very high and a lot of young professionals were, and still are, moving in. It was a great place to live. You're just a small-minded racist talking nonsense on the internet.

[@westham6999]

I've lived in grangetown 55 years. It's definitely not as nice as in the 70s 80s. Would take to long to touch on why. Still some lovely streets. Houses well.over £300K ...Avoidable crescent Merches gardens. Location wise its brilliant. Shopping centre. Cardiff bay. M4. Main post office. Train station. Next to central town . Main train station and big bus station can be walked to. Investment has not been great. Kids centres boxing clubs all closed down. McDonald's usually got vacancies

[@christinecanning5972]

Hi westie 😜

[@westham6999]

Yo wass up

[@leerolfe5332]

The UK is the 6th largest world economy but isn't that because of our finance meaning that most of that wealth is in and around London? The rest of the grass roots part of the country is in a piss poor state and it's getting worse. I'm fairly local to Cardiff so know all of these areas very well. Some lovely people I know come from all 5 of these areas so it's not all bad.

[@phils4634]

Whilst the UK "might" be ranked in the top 10 of wealthy Countries, how much of that wealth is in the pockets of traditionally powerful families (many dating back to the Norman Conquest), and of course the vast concentration of wealth in London, especially in the "Square Mile" financial district? Wales has always been a relatively poor area, along with the North of England, and it's obviously still the case.

[@linkypoo4444]

One thing that always shocks me about Cardiff is how you'll see places like these, then walk 20 mins and you'll be in an area surrounded by wealth. I grew up in Canton. Right next to Pontcanna, very posh and a desirable place to live. Also right next to Grangetown, shithole. Canton itself used to be a nice place to live, but it's gone so downhill in recent years. Such a shame. While the council are spending money on building luxury flats, there are many homeless people down the high street.

[@DrPoth]

Finally someone who doesn't think Canton is nice. It's shit.

[@MrSabfunk]

You missed st mellons Trowbridge is a totally different place

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

That was Trowbridge in the film not St Mellons!

[@alexjames4064]

I used to live in Cardiff working for a homelessness charity, can vouch for some areas being pretty intimidating (including Grangetown, Ely and Riverside). A video on Northampton would be interesting, plenty of tough areas around there and one of the largest towns in England.

[@welshcauldron]

I always find interesting, that they concentrate the centre around middle of Grand Ave/Wilson Road, area, and never film the lower part, ie Vincent Road, Heol y Felin, Mill Rd Cherrydale Rd, Hollycroft Close etc.. and not all parts of Ely have fly tipping...

[@waynekieft4952]

Things have changed so much! Growing up in the 70s we didn't have much, but my parents were house proud and the best of things,we even had a beautiful garden that was tended to daily by my Dad and his health was very poor! No excuse to live on such conditions!!!

[@thabozzofficial]

Should have checked out the Channel View area in Grangetown as well.

[@WamBamThankyouMam86]

Born and bred in cardiff. Left 10 years ago to move to london. Grew up in around Grangetown, Canton, Riverside and Butetown. I went back recently and pretty shocked at the state of it. Nothing much has changed apart from near the principaility stadium. Just surprised at the poverty levels. I'd love to move back but most likely in the nicer part of Roath and Pen-y-Lan

[@leighcanham763]

I think it would be a good idea for you to revisit Bristol and show us the really dangerous areas, statistically the most dangerous on the island of Great Britain and not show us areas where the unemployment rate is lower. The area around Easton, very close to the city centre, is not just dangerous as in the high incidences of violence and muggings and murders, but environmental hazards. Walking around that area, discarded hyperdermic needles are commonplace. Last time I walked up Stapleton Road I saw more rats than cats and dogs. And Easton isn't the only area in inner city Bristol with similar problems.

[@lemsip207]

Stapleton Road is scary even at 9 am. I cycled along it from Temple Meads station to Narroways near IKEA one weekend each day. I nearly got knocked off my bicycle by those flashy car drivers who all looked very seedy. I found out later they were pimps and drug dealers selling to small time drug dealers who sell onto the end users.

[@OneSixSuspect]

He already has a video on easton and a video on st paul's

[@OneSixSuspect]

It's really not the only area in inner city brisrol the same goes for St Pauls Barton hill Stokes croft Lawrence hill St Judes Eastville St werburghs Redcliffe ect

[@lemsip207]

@@OneSixSuspect Stokes Croft is interesting because one street is derelict and then the next is gentrified. There is a former railway station near the Cube Cinema that looks very derelict. It reminds me of parts of inner London. Then there is the outer sprawl to the north, east and south.

[@joyceowen6495]

If this is Cardiff I am disgusted it used to be so nice,I have lived all my 86yrs in Cardiff And this is the worst I have seen it.

[@westy8065]

Yep its cardiff

[@roberts82053]

For goodness sake! This is HIS opinion, it's not this bad, do you believe everything presented to you?

[@westy8065]

@@roberts82053 I was answering the question 'is it Cardiff' I was just confirming it was! But in answer to your statement, Ely is quite bad, I worked there during the Wilson rd riots and it was dangerous to leave your house, cars were not safe either! Luckily I had retired and did not work there during the latest riots!

[@j8hnyBrav8]

Never see an old car anymore on these videos. Growing up through the 80's and 90s, plenty of people drove old cars, including my parents. Most of the cars on these videos are also capable of squeezing old furniture in the back.

[@richardlewis9868]

I lived in Splot when my partner and I graduated, yes the area was somwhat run down but no crime was witnessed and we felt safe there, from Splot we moved to ST. Mellons, I must mention the the area you covered was Trowbrige not St Mellons, two different areas ( Old St Mellons is a completey different area with house prises around the £500000- £900000 range., however on the estates in St Mellons nobody bothered us and no crime was suffered. In all areas of the UK it can take one family to bring misery to a whole area, I believe on the whole Cardiff is a multi cultural safe plce to live. Thanks for thr video.

[@MeddygonMyddfai]

You said places of worship have barbed wire in Grangetown and showed the St Dyfrig and St Samsom Church in Wales church. The many mosques in Cardiff do not have barbed wire. The Orthodox synagogue has a metal fence all around and always has security guards. You can tell who is really free.

[@BillyWales-wx6sc]

Since the Welsh Assembly was formed Cardiff has gone downhill. Take it from someone born and bred in Lannrumney nearly 50 years ago.

[@RR-ut3xl]

i come from originally llanishen/Whitchurch area. lived in caerau for a year, a women was killed by a dog near where i moved in on day 1, walked birdies lane and grand avenue on a friday night for funsies and it was pretty rough crazy drunk people starting on me. Lived in grange to and had crack dealing neighbours and woke up to armed police raiding the building which included my little studio at the time, interesting waking up to a gun in your face. Now in Roath just off Albany road and its clear the council dont give a shit about the area

[@christinemorgan9431]

Sadly, when these estates were first built, post WW2, they were proper communities. Ppl had well-paid work, knew all their neighbours, had a community policeman & the schools were good. Thatcher ruined everything. You need to do a compare & contrast video in areas that receive the best service - Lisvane, Whitchurch, Cyncoed, Penylan, etc. For balance & to see where the money goes.

[@fraseringram9827]

You've blamed central government for council controlled services.

[@christinemorgan9431]

@@fraseringram9827 where do Councils get their funding?

[@froggin-zp4nr]

@fraseringram9827 if the funding and jobs go what is left? The estates were made by central government in mind to house work forces for industrial jobs

[@fraseringram9827]

@@christinemorgan9431 Welsh assembly 😉

[@TheMiniMaestroMan]

Could you please do Dundee in Scotland next? Plenty of rough areas: Linlathen, Fintry, Douglas, Charleston, Lochee - to name a few.

[@michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz]

All these places have good and bad parts, like any area I suppose. Some of those areas you have more chance of something happening than in say Lisvane in Cardiff, which many would class as mostly posh. Also, going in and out of an estate Is hard to feel what it's like day to day as with any estate you have good and bad days, even good and bad years. Llanederyn and Pentwyn in Cardiff used to have some tough parts years ago and as i said not the whole area, just parts. Same as Llanrumney in Cardiff, used to be very bad when I came here 32 years ago but has calmed a lot since then. And like any City we do have posh parts as well

[@WarwickHunt-v9v]

Wherever we have supposed unemployment and deprivation ,there is always piles of litter ,can people with nothing to do all day , myself and other residents keep our area tidy, doesnt take long .really !.

[@GarethJames-k1u]

If you Google house prices in Old St.Mellons you’ll see you’ve got them the wrong way round, you get million pound houses in Old St Mellons. Your also only walking down the worst streets, there are nice streets in each area. The council are crap so they don’t help keep areas looking tidy, it’s a nightmare trying to get rid of white good with 12 week wait for collection The crime rates are probably higher but people from these areas don’t bother reporting a lot of things.

[@esquivel1]

Houses in those areas should cost no more than £20,000. Most properties looked rotten with damp and trash everywhere. It is audacious from sellers to ask for >£200,000 for a stinking shed that will most likely collapse in a few years. I am not even taking into account the general state of the area with high crime rates etc.

[@Niko-xz5lk]

I'd say those are all pretty accurate descriptions. Out of all of them, I'd St Mellons is probably one of the least dangerous places to be walking around. And Splott isn't bad during the day at all. I've walked all the way around Splott many times alone and never had an issue once. I definitely wouldn't want to live there, but there's no shortage of good people in all these places.

[@jamesdavies1179]

I lived in Ely for 30 years in vachell rd. I haven't lived there for a couple of years I now, live in Penylan which is much posher and I have to say I miss Ely. You tend to find with deprived areas there's a great sense of community because everyone's in the same boat. Ely can be rough but to be honest, it seems like you went to the roughest part at the top. If you were to come down closer to where I lived, I think you'd be surprised. The strange thing is and the reason I kind of looked Ely was it was a melting pot. You can walk into a street and it'll be really rough. You can walk free streets down and it's a mostly private area that is really well kept and tidy.

[@MalcolmXpat]

The UK being "the 6th biggest economy in the world" is all relative. Per capita it's nowhere near that figure. As far as GDP goes India has a bigger economy however the majority of Indians live in destitution due the GDP per capita where they ranks one of the poorest... Great upload by the way. Subscribed.

[@gavinthomas7375]

I was driving past the police station in Ely and there was a guy outside smoking a joint and it stank my car out.😂

[@lyndenhadley4490]

I lived in Trowbridge as a child and it was a great place to grow up. No trouble at all. Looks a lot different 30 years on. I also lived in st mellons and llanederyn and to be honest not all areas of either of them are bad it’s just a select few estates. Strange town I always gave a wide birth to and as for Ely 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@icyyuna]

i used to live in st mellons but i think in the new st mellons bc i was living in the new apartments that were built in 2021, but there were soo many mentally unstable people in there, i moved to rhiwbina in 2022. it’s kinda a shame because the apartment was very modern and it was really nice when it was built, i was on the top floor, number 50 something, it had 4-5 floors, and 2 different ways to exit the apartment, the staircase area was so nice, it was massive and all the walls were windows, i miss the apartment but not the area nor the people who lived inside

[@andytabor3829]

Lived in new St Mellons fot 6 years and it was generally OK but it certainly had it's moments, moved to a town outside Cardiff and it so luch nicer/quieter

[@LeeBaldwin84]

Better than the last vid... Good effort!

[@paulcampbell85]

This Hello Fresh Deal soundS good I noticed the brand is growing fast. Looking forwoerd to seeing the towns grow.

[@beveasley171]

The reason why people fly tip is because the council charges so much to collect big items so what are they gonna do...

[@froggin-zp4nr]

Take it in your car to the tip or rent a van? You bought the junk so you are responsible for disposing of it

[@siobhanwright3078]

Just wanted to clarify, the missing body found after 3 years in llanedeyrn wasn’t a crime. He was found by a community search being put together & Rochelle a psychic from Australia drew a map to where Jamie was. - the rest is accurate but didn’t like seeing that story placed there as a crime related story ❤

[@rogerellis7939]

Ely was a deliberate social experiment in the 60s. A lot of iffy families were moved there. Very bad idea as it turned out. When I was a kid in Cardiff it was infamous with Grande Avenue as a no go area. Ironic name. The Welsh government has been a failure. Nothing has improved, its a very divided City. The rich are ok and the poor sray. The answer, meaningful jobs and a change in mind set. Its mirrored across Wales and the rest of the UK. Ghettos in fact but the name is avoided.

[@roberts82053]

Can you send a link to that fact please, the experiment? And not a mate in the pub who read it somewhere 😂

[@rogerellis7939]

@roberts82053 Hi I worked in the DHSS in Westgate street in 1966 filing the case studies. It was obvious common knowledge. Maybe not as common outside the DHSS ( official secrets act)

[@DOCTORDROTT]

I blame the Labour run councils in Wales. I worked in the Splott area for a while, we complained to the companies management and we moved back to Newport, it was that bad. Cardiff has gone down hill over the last 40 years. Video very accurate by the way. Canton area is living in Africa .

[@DuncanLeslie-nv3wu]

Soon as you say diverse area you know there nothing positive happening there

[@froggin-zp4nr]

The only 'diverse' place he listed was Grangetown, and they have more variety of shops and economic activity than any of these other areas

[@striderwhiston9897]

7:40 That car has been there as long as I can remember, a good 7-8 years at the very least.

[@welshcauldron]

@striderwhiston9897 I'm surprised it not been removed for health and safety purposes.. let alone probably non tax on a street Rd.

[@ruthdavies7762]

Trowbridge is NOT the same as St Mellons

[@goose-xp2ub]

splott is'nt too bad (compared to the others) its a massive area for first home buyers and such and students though it isnt a safe area in the slightest. funnily enough i know someone who saw the fight in tescos in saint mellons they said it came from nowhere like completly random

[@littlemisssunshine3338]

Great video, but I dont agree with the Llanedeyrn segment. Yes, Llanedeyrn may look grey , but there is beautiful greenery, woodland separating every estate. There are also childrens parks and nice places to walk your dog in every estate. There are convenience shops and good public transport to the rest Cardiff. There are also subways underneath every road, so when you walk from estate to estate, you don't have to cross any road. You just go through the short subway. Most of the trouble is from the flats. The people that live in most of the houses are just normal working class people that take care of their estate and houses. The area was built in the late 60s, so it still has that deco and has clearly seen better days, but on a whole, Llanedeyrn is just mostly full with working people just getting through life. Like I said, when I've seen any trouble, it's always been from the ppls that live in the small flats. The larger flat tower block in the middle of Llanedeyrn has very nice ppls living there that work and look after their space. I enjoyed your video. Llanedeyrn is just a normal working class area. Thanks

[@juliansadler6263]

The whole cars-guns-drugs culture is something I shall never understand. There are far too many of them driving into Cardiff every day and nothing is done about it.

[@PhilJones-f5q]

Lived in llanedeyrn all my life 46. It's not as bad as people think no riots or cars being burnt out in the middle of the day.

[@Adrian-o2q7h]

I knew Merthyr would be top. I was a lorry driver years ago and I came into Wales twice a week and one of my stops was a small industrial estate in Merthyr. The first time I went there. It was 4 pm and the shutters were down on all the shops except for the entrances. I was supposed to stop there overnight. I took one look at the area and said to myself fuck staying here overnight. So I drove all the way back home and accidentally dropped my tachograph disc in a puddle and trod on it. I now live in Wales not far from Pontardawe and I have seen some of the rough areas around Swansea Neath and Port Talbot. But to tell you the truth. The areas I have lived and drank around in West London had places just like these area's. Unfortunately the working and working poor classes bare the brunt of everything. It's time for a revolution in the UK.

[@redmuttly75]

if you can afford a new mattress wich seems to be most of them,then you can afford to get old one uplited.honestly what is it with some people who like living in filth.

[@lemsip207]

I used the same mattress for 23 years. It needed throwing out when it was 20 years old. Mattresses only last 7 to 20 years depending on quality.

[@redmuttly75]

@@lemsip207 i bet you didnt dump your old one in the street though.

[@lemsip207]

@@redmuttly75 No, I had to pay the council to collect it. They used to do it for free but there was a limitation on how many times each year they picked up for free. If that was reintroduced there would be a lot less mess on the streets and in front gardens. I won't buy a new fridge or washing machine now unless the supplier takes the old ones away for scrap. But the suppliers might be paying dodgy house clearance firms to take them away instead of taking them to scrap metal yards. Also people are throwing textiles into the street now the council won't allow them in the green bags and the black wheelie bins are slimmer unless there are six or more in the household. A couple with two or three children deserve a normal sized black wheelie bin.

[@FlabbyAbi]

Always bugs me that a single person in a property will have the same binspace as a family/multiple people ​@@lemsip207 It's not enough and flytipping has increased.

[@lisafarr2771]

Most of Newport looks like that. Cultural enrichment.

[@karendandy]

Thank you, I really enjoy watching these videos 👍

[@chairmanlmao4482]

Ely looks pretty terrible, but I was shocked to find it 'only' has a crime rate of 133 crimes per 1,000 residents. There's a place in Sydney called Mount Druitt where the crime rate is 511 crimes per 1,000 residents, but Ely manages to look so much more dilapidated and poverty stricken than Mount Druitt despite not being nearly as dangerous.

[@roberts82053]

You believe the shit he's saying? My research shows lowest poverty rate in Europe and aliens landed iltbere in 1965 FFS

[@lucyparsons8082]

During Splott you showed more if Tremorfa than Splott.

[@jungatheart6359]

Yes, the older terraced 'real' Splott is pretty sought after.

[@Dupertron-lo9pz]

And Adamsdown

[@lucyparsons8082]

@@jungatheart6359 I grew up there.

[@neilwalters4571]

Poverty my ass, if people dont care about the place they live in it turns into a cess pit

[@TheFlenen]

I think that's the thing isnt it, as another commenter said, just because you're poor doesn't mean you have to be a pig. Very few people in the UK are THAT poor that they can't afford a broom, a shower, and whatever else. If you notice though, a lot of these "poor" families have no problem getting big TVs, smart phones, games consoles, etc etc It's all about healthy priorities

[@kathrynnorman4259]

Lived in Llanderyn back in the 1970 moved away in 1974

[@samuellewis9617]

I lived in ely last year was there for 2 years always had a bad name but I loved it there would happily go back

[@richardmiller-williams8489]

Lets lay it out there! Every community as bad areas, being from Ely/Caerau there has and will Always be something wrong when you have that many people struggling but stereotypes dont take into account everyone ! council estates have traditionally been close-knit communities whose residents are ready to help each other when times are tough.

[@BlackCatNinja]

Sure, Ely is such a "close-knit" community that they all rioted and destroyed the property of their neighbours! So much for community spirit 🤣

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

I used to be ward councillor for Grangetown - 2018 to 2012. the litter - despite the recycling & collection initiatives - is still very bad - in fact I think it's worse. I've been living here, just south of the City stadium, for 23 years - and we wouldn't want to live anywhere else. most of the time, the neighbours are great. The hindu temple is beautiful and they built it themselves. My neighbours attend. yes, it's busy if there's a match on in town AND at the city stadium, but never mind. you can't go wrong for global food here - indian resataurants, chinese food, pizza, polish - it's great. incidentally, Cardiff never really has problems with 'race riots'.

[@bobbjorkner7140]

I love your channel! in my humble opinion as someone that is not fond of police harassment, the riot reasoning is ludicrous, there is nothing that the police could have done to make sure they werent fleeing arrest probably both without protective gear and helmets, like that is what is going to happen at 45 MPH with no proper moto jacket, only a helmet or no gear at all, that is the inevitable consequence, as someone who rides a very fast electric bike myself and crashed hard. in the us, we would just say that is a consequence of those two factors. if you run from the police, most of the time you will crash.

[@PERKIODURKIO]

You should to see Penrhys about 20/30 minutes away from Cardiff. A lot more deprived than anywhere in Cardiff. Sad.

[@JasonGall-o8s]

It's the same everywhere Birmingham is rougher

[@deciplethefloet8638]

The VT for ST.Mellons was misleading he showed Trowbridge not St Mellons, st Mellons has become one of the nicest social housing suburbs in Britain, it's lovely and green,the housing is modern and the old village of which it takes its name is a listed preservation site..

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

That was Trowbridge Green they filmed not St Mellons!

[@deciplethefloet8638]

@@joannesaltfleet2071 if I do recall it was during the council strike, hence why there is so much rubbish...

[@josholeary1796]

Would love you to visit the poorest areas in Leeds sometime

[@paulcampbell85]

Grate video looking forwared to seeing Ely Develop over the next few years, as the big investment money comes in.

[@BlackCatNinja]

It'll be a waste of money and resources thanks to the degenerates that live there who will only wreck things and vandalise

[@reginaldd.paperstacks194]

Used to live in splott in 2015 walking back from work late one night saw a dude shooting up in a phone box belt around his arm and everything was quite the site for a 19 year old 😂

[@Wingspans84]

We got a corrupt Cardiff council brown envelopes fly everywhere I used to work with contract managers it’s shocking !

[@Eggo1221]

I’ve never heard Grangetown called ‘Strangetown’ in my life

[@Akzzino]

Then you're not from cardiff

[@richard9444]

Labour run Wales 😂

[@ClaireJ7]

I should imagine you got to be from there to fit in there it’s like where I’m from there are areas like that & if people see you there you get strange looks thanks for the video though

[@DisAstra-qx9gq]

The issue isnt the area. It is some of the locals mentality. Ive seen crac dealers sell to a user, then phone the police for complaining about the size of the deal. The police know who the main suppliers are, they just dnt act on it. I get pulled for a dirty licence plate or a break light not working yet class -A suppliers roam round care free

[@Eggo1221]

You mean the person buying the crack called the feds ?? Cuz if not idk what u smokin but it stronger than crack

[@shoudd]

What street in Grangetown is that where the disgruntled homeowner wasnt happy with his neighbour?

[@Red-Revolution708]

Real Bretons are the Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@adambooth4993]

I believe that people give Grangetown the rep it has because of its population diversity. All the folks I've met there are lovely

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

i've been here since 2001 and I've always found the people lovely. but the bl**dy litter gets me down.

[@DaazzzTassu]

Grangetown was very bad about 15 to 20 years ago there was a few murders a few years ago plus back then antisocial behavior was such a huge problem then

[@llamedosr7843]

I don't think Splott will improve because its called Splott

[@howareyou857]

GODS PLOT

[@llamedosr7843]

More sofas than DFS

[@phyllisbennett9950]

Maybe, the reason, the Council don't clean up the Estate area,s ,is, that, it is mostly a waste of money. now, because a lot of people renting now, just keep on continuing to throw out ,not just food thst wastes away in their front and back garden's, but, also childrens broken toys, housholp furnture, rusty parts of Vars and worn tyres, etc, etc. what sort of people do this ?. Who are the Council letting move into these once cared for, with pride, Properties?. To think that, Just down the Road, Royalty come and visit the Cathedral and Churches, its a disgrace. I would never visit Cardiff by car, because,unless your Vehicle is in a CTT area, you could come back to your wheel's missing, etc etc. I have been told yhat, in the Summer, the stench from the overflowing rubbish from, mostly, uncared for rented property and the High Rise Flats Properties,hit you, before you come out of the nicer Private Houses and Bungalows!. I feel so sorry for the residents of these well. Cared for buildings, plus, the ,maybe ,bored teenagers damage and steal from the Residents, in the Privately owned places. They, also have electric etc bikes, Scooters being ridden by teenager,s without Crash Helmets on, screaming up and down the Roads, leading to many injuries, and, sometimes worse injuries , especially to their Fragile Sculls. Police have to patrole these good and filthy area,s as countless phone calls are made each day,by people who do rent their houses etc, and, try and keep their places clean and tidy. In the end, these respectful people move out of their nicer properties, and, these Properties are rented out, to larger families, etc etc. Cardiff except from the richer area's, seem to become the Dumping grounds of a once respected area, it's like a Dragon or more like a poisonous Snake eating its own tail !.😮.

[@AaronTelfordUK]

This is a good, interesting video. If it happens you visit Shropshire and the West Midlands then I've made videos exploring my hometown of Telford if you're interested 😀