What the Hell Happened to Pennsylvania? Episode 3 - Harrisburg, PA

[@NickJohnson]

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[@aprilmayo2465]

You really shouldn't talk bad about Harrisburg. It was people that moved there from other states that made it look the way it does now.

[@alex_1036]

Harrisburg born and raised here. I recognize all these different spots around the city. Honestly despite all the flaws Harrisburg has I love the city and it’s people, most people are very friendly. Feel free to ask any questions about Harrisburg if you have any. I also agree with the comments that say they’re only showing the worst parts of the city and it gives a false image

[@armanditoperez3398]

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[@meenakshisavita7240]

hey . hii. i m from indian. i am staying here for one month in Allison hill, de street with my husband.people said that its not a safe place.Isn't.shoild be leave this place.

[@alex_1036]

@@meenakshisavita7240 Hello Meenakshi, welcome to the United States and to Harrisburg. Allison Hill is the most unsafe part of the city, but also the part with the cheapest rent. There are a lot of other parts of the city that are better, I would move off Allison hill and into downtown, midtown, or uptown. If you have kids, I would move outside of the city because the schools in the city are not good and the ones outside are much better.

[@lifeingeneral9111]

really, i moved out in 76 when the population was about 79,000, today its about 45,000.. da ya think its workin'?

[@Coop1250]

I’m from Harrisburg too. Went to college in Philadelphia and frankly stayed there and never thought about coming back to Harrisburg

[@markpreston6676]

1 - Welcome to Harrisburg, it's nice to have you. 2 - That's not Camp Curtain, that's Allison Hill. 3 - Selective attention changes the way you perceive a place. If you seek out a steaming turd, you're probably going to find a steaming turd. It seems you already decided the narrative of Harrisburg before you arrived. You missed many wonderful places and people. 4 - We have many challenges and it's not paradise. 5 - Grass is always greener. 6 - I have a cat 😺 7 - I will now like my own comment.

[@sinc3re1ydan]

Thank you! The person who posted this video clearly just wanted to find blight which we have but the city is very safe. Just because someone can't afford to fix up their house doesn't mean they are bad 🙄

[@yourlandlord5828]

Yes, this is the same neighborhood as the first video. It's not camp curtin. It's still 80% Allison Hill. Not bad considering they redlined this city for decades. Heck back in 2006 I was told by Commerce Bank that they didn't lend in the city of Harrisburg due to their Incinerator Problem. How could people refinance their mortgage if the local banks weren't investing in the area? It's sad but this happened by design not by accident.

[@pallyn23]

@@sinc3re1ydan or doesn't live anywhere near the property and takes the loss as a deduction every year.

[@leeroyjenkins2528]

And I at age 41 can tell you the decline from the early 80's to today is unbelievably depressing and drastic Any Capital city of any State or Commonwealth that is as bad across the board as Harrisburg should seriously be reconsidering what they believe is an acceptable level of corruption in government because they show up to this disgrace daily and it doesn't bother them one bit that it's a hellhole face the facts

[@leeroyjenkins2528]

@@bigvalley4987 uhm not so quick it's not safe at all and no one is making judgements about people not being able to fix their homes Harrisburg is dangerous and it's only getting worse

[@OldSchoolMARINE]

Born and raised in Harrisburg. 63 years old, and I find that its not WHERE you live and walk, it is HOW you live and walk. 1:: Mind your business and handle your business. 2:: Show respect. 3:: Dont act like a victim... street survival where ever you live.

[@68badazzh61]

First of all, please know what you're talking about when, posting such things. You were NOT in the "Camp Curtin area of Harrisburg. You were in the Allison Hill section. Yes, I agree that, certain parts Harrisburg look AWFUL & the crime is RIDICULOUS. I grew up in Harrisburg, was raised on 2400 block of Reel Street. We had a beautiful tree lined street. There were pretty lawns & some yards like, ours had pretty hydrangea bushes. Mostly all of the residents were homeowners & two parent families. Harrisburg didn't start to go downhill until the drug scene took over. For outsiders looking in, Harrisburg isn't as bad as it's being made out to be. There are great people here trying to make our city better instead of looking for, everything that's wrong. There are beautiful neighborhoods here. You don't have to leave the city to, find a great place to, live here. Yes, Harrisburg desperately needs help. It also meeds to be loved back to make it a better city. We need people in office that, actually care about the WHOLE city & not the affluent & influential.

[@CindieLee1953]

@@HansTyndale It's the same all over PA. I worked for 10 years for a state representative from Pittsburgh, and 15 years for state representatives and a state Senator from Philly, and I've lived in Harrisburg all my life.

[@deejackson7894]

Perfectly said

[@lifeingeneral9111]

really, it wasn't drugs darlin' i moved to harrisburg in 1976 and it was a shithole then and its only gotten three times worse. keep pretending and bullshitting yourselves as to the real reason

[@brendajeannewyche]

Perfectly stated. To me, it looks like a decent residential neighborhood that needs a compassionate economic infusion by way of jobs, trade schools & small business assistance. ❤😊

[@tamarahillhouse507]

This is my hometown born and raised. Like any city it has it's goods and its bad parts. I can say it's very rundown in the city. But in the burbs you will find more beautiful tree lined area's. This video is very deceptive because he is not driving on major streets. He's in alleys and side streets. The city has very large and affordable homes. The crime is high but you can get a job and be on your feet rather quickly. This also looks like a very dreary day. It looks and feels very different in the summer months. Bottom line it needs some work but hey what city doesn't.

[@CindieLee1953]

Thank you for saying this, Ms. Hillhouse. I am 68 years old and have lived in Harrisburg all my life, and Bellevue Park surely doesn't look like this.

[@jeancadet5862]

The crime is high thas not good

[@CindieLee1953]

@@traincore1955 With all the almost daily shootings in York, PA......the folks there have NO ROOM to comment on Harrisburg. York isn't even as large as Harrisburg is, population wise.

[@traincore1955]

@@CindieLee1953 I'm not saying York isn't comparable to Harrisburg but it's a lot worse there compared to York despite the population... not that for a capital city that Harrisburg is big by any means. That being said, I've left Pennsylvania years ago. I only go back to see my mom and that's it. I could never live my life there.

[@TristanSmith99]

People like to drag harrisburg, but I love harrisburg, I do not like what's happening to it now

[@cherylcampbell7495]

I do love the old homes. They have so much character. Not like the cookie cutter homes in the west.

[@kathleenking47]

Unless spanish styled

[@Shazzyhtown]

San Francisco and Santa Fe have cookies cutter homes? Oh really 🤔😆

[@stephaniesihpol8553]

Cookie cutter homes are everywhere, mostly HOA communities. I’ve lived in the east and the west, it’s all the same.

[@manueltapia1859]

For some reason, the west houses are made with wood, in the east some are made of bricks wich are more durable and no too many problems with termites or wasps

[@timothyheinz5693]

Character... and roaches, and bed bugs.

[@michaelwhiting668]

It seems like about 3 mile outside of every center city is blighted . All the cities are rotting and decomposing and it like no one in power in any city cares. America is dying a steady slow death. Since nonthing is made in America anymore there are fewer jobs. With education on a steady decline and city crime on a rapid increase. America can’t last many more years. God Bless America because we need it.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Very sad

[@michaelwhiting668]

My father use to say, you made your bed now sleep in it.

[@veeru_85]

USA has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Shows where the priority for the government is placed.

[@charlesstone9000]

BS. He had do his best to find bad areas. I can take you around the same general areas and you'll see nice houses, yards and clean streets. It's easy to find ugly when you are looking for it and have an audience who needs to have something to look down on.

[@timothyheinz5693]

BS. Allison Hill and Camp Curtin are for the animals.

[@andrewsmith5159]

I think what he's trying to say is if he would of went 2 streets down in the camp curtain neighborhood it looks totally different uptown area actually has more clean area then dirty and run down I live there so I know

[@Skiis44]

@@andrewsmith5159 I noticed he did a lot of alley crawling to avoid the nicer blocks. He also opened on the hill at the horse trough and took the worst route to get uptown

[@andrewsmith5159]

@@Skiis44 he definitely did avoid the more eye popping neighborhoods I'm from uptown grew up a block away from the governors mansion

[@ifeawosika966]

It is the purpose of the video to find the worst part. You guys dumb or something?

[@cailwi9]

There are quite a few areas that look just like you show, but there are of course also many others, and noteably there are a few who are slowly coming back a bit. The city is totally bankrupt (mis-management mostly), but also all the corporations moving out to the suburbs, draining the city of much needed capital. So they cannot do much. They invested a bit into improvements on Third street, and I hope they continue by turning the square in front of Midtown bookstore into a much needed downtown square area, instead of the forelorn area it is now. It looks like that is the direction they are going, and that would be really good for this city. Put a few restaurants, etc on the two sides that have nothing useful, and you can make that a downtown hangout. But yes, there are a lot of rundown areas to go still in Harrisburg. But finally, I do feel that it is at least moving in the right direction again. Hope it continues.

[@marciaprezioso7054]

I hope so too

[@sinc3re1ydan]

The biggest drain on Harrisburg is the State Capitol. They have so much land downtown but pay no taxes to the city. So all that space taken up by State buildings can't be other business or homes that pay taxes. And all those commuters that drive on city streets to work at the Capitol don't pay any taxes to the city.

[@cailwi9]

@@sinc3re1ydan yup, good points.

[@lifeingeneral9111]

they moved out to stay alive so stop sugar coating it. how for can you move, soon you'll be in jersey, another democratic shithole

[@frederickkleinbeck7237]

Democrat run city. Say no more.

[@HemlockRidge]

NOT Camp Curtain in the pix. There was even a banner that said "Allison Hill". ALSO, I'm quite sure that if you go into declining neighborhoods, and drive down back alleys, any city will look like this.

[@jonathangomez7324]

I mean he did say he was looking for the worst hoods of Harrisburg Pa soooo……….. the point of the video is to show the worst parts of Harrisburg

[@martinasmolka2144]

I live in another part of PA, near Philly. You think Harrisburg is bad. You should see Trenton the Captial of NJ across the river from Philly. This would be perfect for an episode of dashboard tours.

[@larryn1929]

Kensington!

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Trenton is a bona fide ghetto sadly.

[@lornakim5706]

South Philly is Very interesting, but the smell of Garbage in May near the Wal-Mart was horrible and we didn't go out at night as my forever friend since we were Military Wives during the Viet Nam War didn't think it Good and she had grown up in West Philadelphia with her Dad was in the US Navy ⚓😇🎆✨

[@lornakim5706]

Would Love to see the City at night sometime later on; i did see an omnious-looking Night Club off to the big parking lot? way left & before the Wal-Mart with Gangster cars right out of The Godfather 😎

[@squaregrouperx]

Baltimore here. Nuff said.

[@dexmcgee6872]

All in all Harrisburg the river the bridges are beautiful. It is a beautiful quaint friendly city. I love it here.

[@thecherrypieshow2748]

And now I'm even more depressed... I was born in Harrisburg hospital and lived there and around there most of my 36 years of life. 13th street and Hall Manor are really garbage. Now, I live in Lancaster Pennsylvania which is another pile of poop... Love your content, thanks for at least putting the truth out of how the place really is. By the way, make sure you drive with your doors locked. Thanks Nick ❤️ Be safe and whoop whoop from Pennsylvania.

[@NickJohnson]

Whoop whoop

[@DonArmandoRobles]

Wait Lancaster is worse I thought it was no crime cause of the Amish?

[@Shazzyhtown]

@@DonArmandoRobles The Amish don't live in all of Lancaster. There is a part for the "English people", meaning non-Amish 😎

[@alphaomega1351]

@@Shazzyhtown Was electricity discovered there yet? 😳 😶

[@codyannvaughan5262]

I have lived in Pennsylvania, for 7 years now moving from Jersey . They only good thing about pa is you are not in constant traffic . It is like no one cares about how their state looks .

[@robertwhaley1776]

It's a real shame what has happened to Harrisburg in the last couple of decades. I've lived there since '84 and my family has lived there all my life. I remember what it was like in the '70s when the steel mill was still running. Night and day.

[@marcussantos8709]

Steven Reed is what happened to Harrisburg! 30 yrs of him robbing the city left it in shambles!

[@katwat6983]

@@HansTyndale that’s like during mass shootings how gun stores take advantage. Hmm

[@katwat6983]

@@HansTyndale it’s not apples to oranges but whatever. That bill won’t get through.

[@katwat6983]

@@HansTyndale I didn’t hear that, and I work at the capital.

[@katwat6983]

@@HansTyndale no, but I normally hear about it. I do know that PENNDOT has a serious budget shortfall because of the lack of gas tax collected during Covid. I also heard registration and fees are going up, again. Regardless, if it passed I would think the news would have gotten ahold of it and it would be out.

[@donaldprice9230]

Thanks Nick, Harrisburg has been subpar for a few years. They do seem to be trying to pick it up. I am very fortunate to live in Lancaster. It's beautiful here with great people and long history!!! Keep these great videos coming. Hope you have a wonderful day!!!

[@NickJohnson]

I was just in Lancaster this morning Don. Went to Lititz and Manheim!

[@donaldprice9230]

@@NickJohnson I would've treated you to lunch!!! Where are you now?

[@PARodandReel]

There are areas of Lancaster that are just as bad as Harrisburg

[@knucklehoagies]

@@PARodandReel Lancaster has culture and tourism that helps them. Harrisburg doesn't have much going on for it other than it being the capital.

[@lcinflorida8728]

Egads some of that was sad to see. Thank you for the show, sir Nick!!

[@ameliarhodes5000]

So sad! I love the character of the neighborhood. But the neglect is clear. As is the amateurish repairs, to say nothing of boarded windows and abandoned buildings. Those are/were basically historic homes that would have been beautiful if maintained. I'm sure it's the same old story, loss of manufacturing and other jobs, taxes being raised beyond reason, loss of a workforce population, and everything falls to entitlement culture and people blind to decay because in many cases they don't know better (and never will).

[@fuzzylop9164]

Yep you right on.

[@jeancadet5862]

Yessir

[@the_derpler]

I used to live in Lemoyne which borders Harrisburg. I actually liked living there. Would do my morning runs along the park that follows the river. Was kind of nice in that way.

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

Great running along the susquehanna!

[@robertb5465]

@@ForeverYoungKickboxer All the way to 3 mile island.

[@leeroyjenkins2528]

Absolutely Lemoyne, Camp Hill there's a few nice area's that border Harrisburg but it's sad for the Capital to be like this it used to be beautiful and could be again

[@stephanie3848]

I live 2 miles from Lemoyne now. Sometimes go to the Lemoyne pool

[@rodolfobeans3531]

I also lived on front st lemoyne great scenery but the train would piss me off.

[@ymdn9902]

My girlfriend and I stayed in an Airbnb on Penn Street a couple months back. Driving through the city I really had no idea how crappy parts of it were until I saw it. We stayed in a relatively safe area but taking our dog out at night had me feeling very uneasy. Overall I thought parts of the city were beautiful and parts that were... less than ideal

[@astrahcat1212]

I wouldn't take MYSELF out in Harrisburg at night!

[@ymdn9902]

@@astrahcat1212 yeah we brought our dog so I kinda had to. My area during the day looked super pretty especially with the snow on the ground but after dark, it was very eerie, quiet and just left me with a very uneasy and scared feeling

[@MultiLisa10]

Penn street a BNB!?😕 I lived on the block of 2000 block of Penn Street in the 80s and I wouldn't step foot in there today!

[@southpaw578]

Y’all are tripping. Lived here all my life. Your not gonna find trouble unless you go looking for it.

[@sunnyla2835]

@@southpaw578that’s BS! Remember the guy who was shot and murdered walking home from a wedding at night near VERBEKE? Remember gunfire at 5 PM at a playground on Emerald where kids were playing? Just look on CrimeWatch and robberies and assaults occur at all hours in Midtown and just north and near Camp Curtain. I know, I used to volunteer in that area.

[@my_screenname007]

I was just in Salamanca NY and looks the same, I was driving around the checking out the local dispensarys wondering what happened because there's was once nice beautiful homes and it's gorgeous there imho. Has Salamanca NY been featured on here yet?

[@pamelapalmer9024]

Lots and Lots of Slumlords have properties in Harrisburg. If they would crack down of theses slumlords, then just maybe HBG might stand a chance.

[@deejackson7894]

This the one right here!!

[@willasage23240]

I recommend your channel to everyone because it’s so good!

[@bradklingensmith]

It's like any old industrial area, the decent jobs that people came for where sent to Mexico or the cheapest Asian country of the day and the people are left behind.

[@andrewsmith5159]

There are actually a load of jobs in the area and very nice clean upscale neighborhoods in the uptown midtown area he just didn't drive through it also you can get a job paying 20 hourly just going to a temp agency you just have to want more for yourself

[@waltglow6396]

I moved out of Taxavania 4 years ago moved to Tennessee, my property tax went from 7,500.00 a year to 961.00 gasoline is about 50. cheaper here 👍👍👍👍👍

[@FD-xr5qw]

You guys will ruin Tennessee. I see it coming

[@waltglow6396]

@@FD-xr5qw FD no I vote Republican,and support the area I'm in 👍👍👍👍👍

[@rl2023te]

@@waltglow6396 it's not just about voting.. it's upholding southern tradition and beliefs. Politics is one part of what makes Southern people who we are.

[@Marrifikc]

@@FD-xr5qw Tennessee is no place to go for safety, comfort or amusement 😂 unless you’re going to a cabin

[@knucklehoagies]

@@rl2023te People are free to move where ever they want. Enough with this dumb provincialism.

[@Shazzyhtown]

Nick, you need to highlight the Texas city of Brownsville. It's a border town with Mexico. Unfortunately, poverty is high. Surprisingly, there is also a high HIV rate among Latinos there too. I don't know if you want to drive through there, but it's worth looking into.

[@georgefox1055]

Surprisingly Harrisburg has some really nice affordable neighborhoods. And the Hershey/Lebanon area to the east and the West shore communities of Camp Hill to Carlisle offer not only clean and safe areas, but easy commute times to anywhere in the Harrisburg Metro area, which if you include neighboring York has a population of over 1.2 million people. They must be doing something right.

[@andrewsmith5159]

U definitely were driving in the worst parts but there are really nice neighborhoods where people take pride in there property's I definitely like the video 👍

[@flitetym]

I’ll tell you what’s happened to Harrisburg (and countless other cities like it): the mass exodus of city planners, and their replacement by “community organizers.” If you strip away the add-on structures and cheap façades, you’ll find a metropolis that people were once proud of. Beneath the spray paint and plywood, you’ll find ornate building structures which show that they were designed and constructed by skilled artisans for a proud people that took “ownership” of their neighborhoods. If a neighborhood displays a decline, it’s reflective of the human decline behind it. One more thing that I’ve mentioned before: the clearest sign of a declining culture is the absence of mothers with their infants. If you don’t see them, you’re in a death trap … get the hell out of there ASAP.

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

YOU ARE SPOT-ON!! GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING WELFARE INSTEAD OF WORKING!! IT'S A DARN SHAME! BUT, IT'S WAY TOO LATE IN THE GAME! THESE PLACES ARE GONE AND THEY'RE NEVER COMING BACK UNLESS MANUFACTURING KOBS ARE CREATED! AND, WILL ANYONE EVEN WORK THOSE JOBS IF THEY WERE TO BE?

[@22manykatz86]

Amen!

[@22manykatz86]

@@REMBRANTTUBE 👌👌👌👌

[@victoriagore470]

Never understood how all the blame is put on the people who don't even own the property. I bet majority of the people who lives in this neighborhood are renters. What does welfare have to do with a landlord keeping up there property?

[@chameleonGemini8263]

I frequent Harrisburg often, and I traveled Pennsylvania, Oregon, Maryland, Idaho, California, Washington, and almost every else in the Us I can tell u Harrisburg is the Most safest out of anywhere , 👀 if think otherwise u might just be soft and sheltered..

[@Ghoulishscream]

This!

[@wyntresorrow403]

You do know there were 7 shootings in one day in allison hill. Or do you dent reality?

[@chameleonGemini8263]

7 shootings in one day for that whole year... I ve been in places where they get 20 shootings a day for a year ... 2 hrs away in Baltimore.... All in all I'll rather be right here in Harrisburg where it's safe

[@wyntresorrow403]

@@chameleonGemini8263 it was just one incident. And it wasnt in one year it was 7 shootings in 1 day in 2 weeks. Baltimore is even worse as is Chicago. You refuse to notice all they have in common and it's not poverty, because Appalachia has more poverty and no shootings

[@chameleonGemini8263]

I'm only pointing out the fact Harrisburg is Pleasantville next to other places, I can almost guarantee those shootings were isolated and more importantly related to each other I say this because? ..in those other city's the crime rate is so high and anyone ( innocent,and random) could catch the grim reaper just by looking at someone wrong.. Harrisburg just does not carry that type of vibe,and the majority of the citizens are safe and they know it

[@jfgreen1959]

I’m from New York, I’ve lived outside of Harrisburg since 1991. It’s gotten better overall over the years. Much more to do, racially integrated, restaurants, bars, farmers market, etcetera, and way more affordable than New York City, or most cities.

[@lifeingeneral9111]

another person who believes getting away from blacksis the answer. what are you going to do when you run out of room to run

[@deadmanprodinc]

This channel should be named "I've locked my doors because I'm too afraid to get out of my car"

[@denisechristiansen4633]

It’s a shame. You can see what a beautiful city it once was.

[@goishikaiganmademou]

Mystery objects spotted at 1:57 on the pavement/(sidewalk). WHAT IS THAT??

[@viruscmd1]

The motorcycles with slip covers?

[@glenngtx7259]

Looks 100x's better than Baltimore lol Love your content Nick, especially with the interviews playing in the background. Keep up the good work!

[@lornakim5706]

Baltimore is Not all negative except from Virginian view points: they have Johns Hopkins Medical School & Medical Center including The Eye Center and The Peabody Conservatory School of Music & Chesapeake Scallops and More^^ 🎶🎵🥳😇🌞⚓✨

[@PENNYLEE0649]

I've spent many years in Harrisburg and Baltimore, both as a resident and homeowner in both states. I would recommend visiting both as a day trip, but living in neither. Consider this comment fair warning.

[@JcLazy1]

@@PENNYLEE0649 depends. What's your background?

[@josedosanjos2200]

So interesting video ! Thanks for sharing this.

[@fuzzylop9164]

I live close to Harrisburg and worked on the ambulance there. Camp curtin is not a real bad part of town . The worst is what they call on the hill. Cresent and 12th.

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

To learn what happened to PA, listen to Allentown by Billy Joel

[@astrahcat1212]

Across the river in Camp Hill, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, Gettysburg, Carlisle, all great places to live. Also east in or around Hershey. There's also great hiking in the area. There are some REALLY depressing little run down small towns though scattered around, and there really isn't a big university anywhere. You can get to Baltimore north nicer side or northwestern Washington DC in about an hour or so though.

[@davidgno]

Fairfield / Carroll Valley, PA (which is just a few miles south of Gettysburg) almost has zero crime!

[@astrahcat1212]

@@davidgno yes there are some great places and beautiful scenery in this area, you just gotta stay away from Harrisburg and your good, but to me in a way that makes it an easier place to live. It's not like there's this and that specific street, it's literally just once you're across that bridge you're better off

[@tehamill1]

Lititz and Mannheim are also nice

[@cierraaaaaaaas]

I’m looking to move to PA next year. Is there any good cities? I know typically cities aren’t the best to live but I’d like more of a city. But a small city if that makes sense. I’m probably looking for something unrealistic lol.

[@astrahcat1212]

@@cierraaaaaaaas The central area of Harrisburg between the bridges where it’s more gentrified is okay as far as city urban living. There are shootings in Harrisburg all the time though.

[@sabrinarector5028]

You started this video on the Allison Hill Section Then the Uptown Camp Curtin area.

[@rachelo3548]

Worst places in Harrisburg are located at 2035 N Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17102 and 501 N 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17120. It really is the population of people who frequent these places that make the area intolerable.

[@DonArmandoRobles]

Why mad places called Front street have a bad rep?

[@rachelo3548]

@@DonArmandoRobles These are the addresses for the Governor's House and the Capital Building. 😂 I am actually not super familiar with Harrisburg. I have only been there a few times (under 5 times).

[@DonArmandoRobles]

@@rachelo3548 I'm just saying cause I reside in north Philadelphia and it has a street called Front Street.

[@PENNYLEE0649]

Careful. Your privilege is showing. Your opinion is based very minimal exposure to the area. So typical.

[@rachelo3548]

@@PENNYLEE0649 that's the address to the capital building, I believe. Where the privilege meets and resides. It was meant as a joke.

[@Theebrandagency]

DASHBOARD TOURS!!!! Lol 😂 I LOVE IT MY FRIEND! 💖💚💖💚

[@NickJohnson]

Hi Elle! ❤️❤️

[@sinc3re1ydan]

This is not Camp Curtain. This isn't uptown Harrisburg. This is Allison Hill. I'm confused by your bad reporting.

[@JohnSmith-nz9po]

can you do a show like this for altoona pa? it's really bad. I like you channel. Appreciate the work you put into it

[@allenmarshall9307]

Altoona pa 😂😆 small town with majority being white meth, crack, heroin addicts. Worse smaller towns I been to in pa in I been to all them was York pa, Scranton pa, hbg pa, and by far the worse Williamsport pa or reading pa for smaller cities Lancaster ain't nothin but Amish filled with a couple wanna be gangsters from other areas

[@bichela]

Want to see sad? Drive through Winsted Connecticut. City is so dull. I know, I live there. I would even sit for an interview with you to discuss it.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Michele!

[@catharinefreeman5940]

I'd love to be part of that discussion

[@tpsu129]

You talk about being in Uptown, but you spend the first few minutes showing Allison Hill.

[@eurodoc6343]

The last time I drove by Harrisburg a few years ago, looking from a road that was either PA 22, I-81 or I-83 (don't remember which), there seemed to be a whole neighborhood of not-particuarly-old homes that were boarded up. Looked like they were condemned. Does this sound familiar to anyone who knows Harrisburg far better than I do? What was going on with these homes?

[@darrellmiller764]

Neglect.

[@PARodandReel]

On 22 head toward colonial Park and union deposit those homes were boarded up because they were being demolished to widen the highway.

[@yourlandlord5828]

They widened the highway. The government took them from the owners.

[@andrewsmith5159]

Im pretty sure you were on 83 and yes I know what's going on that is south Allison hill the worst part of Harrisburg drugs homicides lack of motivation people just stop investing in that neighborhood the city is mainly focused uptown and midtown which is becoming very vibrant

[@dexmcgee6872]

That is not the worse area in Harrisburg. You should check out Allison Hill anywhere around 15th - 17th ave between State & Derry.... also 1 blk above Cameron St off Market St ...

[@williamgiamerese2673]

99% sure most of this video WAS the hill. Pretty sure this guy didn't ask a single local about the area before he filmed, either that or he just doesn't care lol

[@christophers2959]

I am unfortunately from this area and I personally think that York is just as bad

[@kelleyr3238]

Worse in some areas.

[@timothyheinz5693]

York is has a larger square mileage of worse. The animals need a place to live too.

[@timothyheinz5693]

I live in Harrisburg and work in York

[@katwat6983]

@@timothyheinz5693 dude, your comments. Wtf

[@anngayle653]

I lived in Harrisburg for 3 years..definitely rundown because of poor government management. Crime ridden? I don't think so..never had a problem with crime.

[@fuzzylop9164]

There were a lot of homicides on the hill when there were tearatory fights and runners from Philadelphia were cleaning house before that.

[@jamesdrobinski265]

Lots of brick structures, homes, charming, cozy. I wouldn't mind living there.

[@AZJYouCantAfford]

Harrisburg is the ghetto. Try Lancaster

[@annathorne7714]

Hahaha wow you clearly aren’t a local

[@thejuiceisloose415]

I promise you, You don’t. Its Boring & Shitty & so are the people lol.

[@Bigaloa]

Yeah, no...

[@Woketard]

​@@AZJYouCantAffordLancaster is a ghetto from all the newcomers from different states/countries.

[@Granddaddyorca]

The CC area of the video didn't start until 8:34 he was in a different part of the city in the first and at the end of the video

[@crystalnewkirk3390]

You need to know what territory you talking bout..First off this is Not uptown. This is considered Allison Hill abd South side...This is The Hill Not Uptown...Talk facts which this is Not. Better know what your talking bout..Territory.

[@tiaunnabanks]

This is not the uptown area of Harrisburg 🤦🏽‍♀️ if you are going to do a video please be sure you are stating the correct information. This video in taking place on the hill, Allison Hill area.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

"worst" parts of this city are place where majority of humanity would dream to be living. Ask people in india or africa.

[@alexusdennis1]

It's kinda crazy watching a video of Harrisburg lol I moved away at 18 and now live in NYC. I couldn't stand living in Harrisburg growing up, bc it was sooo boring. But, I visit probably once a month and it honestly isn't as bad as the video makes it look lol. I think you just showed the super run down parts no one ever goes to in the city. Uptown is getting better, but where you're at is on the hill. Thats the crazy part of town people avoid lol

[@FattiesG0neWild]

You should go to my hometown of Mount Carmel PA. I grew up there for 22 years and left with my family and we have never looked back.

[@taniamussupapo]

Can you explan why there’s a lot of good cars in the streets where the houses are destroyed?

[@theseasonedteacher3574]

That’s my question, too

[@stabbstabb7695]

The house make over vs a car big price difference… maybe those cars are from people out of the city visiting family ..maybe there sons or daughter work and can afford a nice car smh

[@johnnycastagneto8858]

Good cars and destroyed houses mean good people having to deal with slumlords. I hope this answered your question.

[@lanijahmarie7801]

It’s definitely giving New Bedford Massachusetts vibes out there you should consider showing different ghettos in Massachusetts it’s a lot similar to this

[@searchingfortruth5995]

Are there safe and affordable places to live in harrisburg?

[@marlenesimpson5336]

You do realize you were in Allison Hill not Camp Curtin area.

[@dionysus1016]

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Jersey even though rusted, and sometimes boarded-up, have history and that means a lot. It's the juxtaposition of charm and melancholy that makes it sad but interesting. Grey skies always add to the gloom. Hmmm, Trenton and Harrisburg, both capitals, both beaten up. Even though depressing, these places have way more charm than say the towns-cities of California's Central Valley.

[@darrellmiller764]

Still not a place you wanna be walking around at midnight without a swivel on ur head and some kinda weapon in your pocket

[@midcenturymodern9330]

Not to be mean or anything, but history doesn't provide jobs and it doesn't pay the bills. These places may have rich history, but they also might be past the point of no return. Those jobs are probably now in china, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, and who knows where else. If there is one thing we know how to do, it's exporting our jobs to other countries. Take that, china! Oh, wait.

[@dionysus1016]

@@midcenturymodern9330 You are not being mean, when you don't have a job and you live in an urban slum, well history doesn't mean food on the table. But that's the tragedy, you look at these places and all of them had better days. In fact, in their heyday, would have been just the picture.

[@paulakasteran9794]

You can keep the so-called "charm". It's dangerous to live/walk here!

[@manueltapia1859]

Truth the city of Philadelphia is historic thats where the beli was played!!!

[@anagamin.duhkha]

Just read an article today listing Harrisburg as one of the top ten happiest places to live in the US. I always assumed it was like Scranton or Wilkesbarre...but maybe not???

[@jasonmau6564]

Probably because its affordable still compared to other cities and w alot of state jobs available w pretty good pay is my guess

[@georgefox1055]

All the folks who moved here from South Carolina in the 20's and 30's changed Harrisburg into what it is today, at one time it was an incredible city.

[@Jacious]

I’m a native of HBG. I agree. In the 1950’s the population was over 100K. White flight in the 60/70’s made a big impact. Now it like 40k still live there. I moved away 25 yrs ago.

[@CindieLee1953]

@@Jacious I am a native, too, except my BLACK family didn't come from South Carolina.......my grandfather came to Steelton in the 1920's to work in the steel mill. From Virginia. In fact, I know very few BLACK people who live here who are originally from South Carolina. Where do you people get your information? And there are more than 40K people living in the city. If you are going to give out statistical information, could you PLEASE give out accurate information?

[@georgefox1055]

@@CindieLee1953 my point was the Great migration was from the south, Virginia, Georgia, etc. South Carolina was mentioned because the new Great migration is back to the south where the cities are new, the weather is better and there are lots of opportunities for better housing and employment. Just take a look at Greenville, what a great place for the new migration, and close to Atlanta.

[@lifeingeneral9111]

@@CindieLee1953 it is accurate darlin'

[@jorgecarrillo2]

being poor should never be a felony or a crime.

[@trish7080]

It's not bout being poor , it's the total lack of cleanliness . Being poor has nothing to do with throwing trash around, destroying buildings, or being filthy. I am poor and I live in the ghetto, but my yard and apartment is clean

[@donnacarter2617]

You think Harrisburg is bad, try driving in downtown Allentown, Pa. I actually live outside of Allentown, but I avoid downtown area if possible. It has the PPL Center for events which I go to. But I will Uber there instead of driving through. Don't get me wrong, I love the area I live. Lehigh Valley has so much to offer for everyone. Great location .

[@litoreggie]

I’m from Allentown. It’s horrible for sure

[@gijanetexas5770]

Or Reading…

[@fluxmisdemeanor829]

I live five minutes away from Allentown. Downtown is bad but it’s at least... like alive. Try driving through Trenton. That’s like if Allentown had died and all that’s left is stragglers.

[@donnacarter2617]

@@fluxmisdemeanor829 I agree, living 5 minutes away from Allentown ( by airport). It's not as bad as it was years ago, but walking through certain neighborhoods are very sketchy. But I still love the area.

[@DoinDirtPt2]

Allentown is not worse than harrisburg it has a higher population yet harrisburg has more murders

[@mattdemey9324]

Can't believe Nick came to my corner of the world. I live about 15 to 20 minutes from the area toured, but haven't been through that part of the city in years. Harrisburg has a lot of problems, but they are trying to gentrify it. But most people like myself who live in the suburbs of Harrisburg have no reason to go into the city unless that is where you work. Parking is a mess, and it's much easier to go to restaurants where parking is abundant. Except for going to baseball games, I can't tell you when was the last time I went into the city.

[@milenaosole3799]

It looks like getto

[@dasociablereject7982]

@@milenaosole3799 he's only showing you the bullshit

[@timothyheinz5693]

Around the capitol is gentrifying. Allison Hill is for the animals. Animals need to live somewhere.

[@katwat6983]

@@timothyheinz5693 animals? What is wrong with you? There’s a great church there in the thick of it that does wonderful things for the neighborhood. People aren’t animals. They are poor and trying to do better for themselves, they may be domestic violence survivors. They may be down on their luck.

[@CindieLee1953]

@@timothyheinz5693 I am not an animal, and I live in Melrose Gardens, next to Bellevue Park, on ALLISON HILL!

[@Ncapp-j7p]

Ummm… according to every list Harrisburg is the best place to live in PA AND… it ranks as the best US city to retire in and the best US city for school field trips

[@Ncapp-j7p]

Also, don’t confuse your ghettos, that’s Allison hill, not camp curtains

[@Ncapp-j7p]

@nickjohnson you were also going the wrong way down a one way street

[@DShawEntertainment]

Moved away from southwest PA a few years ago saw a video on here recently of my home town most of the stores in the plaza i grew up next to are abandoned. Alot changed in 6 years.

[@lornakim5706]

Downtown Seattle was Pristine and a Huge shift after 2012 and shockingly Bad by 2017 and only more so now because of Toxic synthetics.. Meth, Fentanyl etc. Manufacturing and Trafficking by NWO Nazis and theirs in Collusion north korea, etc. To Destroy from within😸 & by Extremely Predatory Orwellian Electronic kkk-Nazism Stalinist Stasi replications of insidiously diabolical Organized Electronic Gang Stalking Senate Hearings Ron Wyden, Marco Rubio_Mark Warner is the new Chair_ and Richard Burr, Chair before stepped down because the previous Administration went after him like they did John McCain and Mitt Romney 😎_ et al of the bi-partisan intelligence Committee (of now 18 US Senators including Mitch Mcconnell sitting in) on Gang Stalking Stasi Stalinist kkk-Nazism Gestapo SS Josef Mengala Auchswitz inventions others under Hitler and related & All of which includes Reichstag Fire tactics and Stasi smear campaigns and surreptitious entries and extreme Thievery and Vandalism and Cyber-Torture and Cyber Thievery and Cyber Attacks relentlessly Violent and Continually Victimizing Americans and Others at will to herd ordinary Citizens USA and Globally into 'The System' and kicked off of Planes, etc by causing them to act out in Airlines... Unthinkable just short years ago/unedited/

[@bradklingensmith]

Where did you live in SW PA? I appraise in 11 counties here.

[@georgefox1055]

Southwest Pennsylvania is like West Virginia, nothing like the east where you have Lancaster, York and Adams counties, the mix of farmlands and woodlands are incredible and the Amish have turned Lancaster into their own Paradise here on earth, plus there was never any coal mines, just miles and miles of manicured orchards and farms.

[@MrFulvi]

Video says he's in camp curtain area "uptown" all I saw was Allison Hill. If you're going to make negative videos of a city maybe you should be accurate.

[@robinmiller5256]

Used to go ski at seven springs, and party in Harrisburg! Ouch!

[@CharChar876]

Thats the Allison Hill area. The city renamed it Mount Pleasant. 😅 you drove up Crescent Street onto Swatara Street but didnt show your turning. Why? Just curious. Because you drove past the house I grew up in but it was clipped out.

[@timothymacdonnell9079]

I like the old row houses.

[@sappallow]

Hey you Penn people: How is State College for a place to live? I'm retired now and am considering relocating. Miami has become too hectic and too expensive.

[@NickJohnson]

It is a nice place yes

[@Luka23567]

I live 5 minutes from this city and this video is spot on! It has only gotten worse and worse over the last 20 years. Lived here since 99

[@janjohnson97]

Just looks very old to me. when was it last re vamped

[@timothyheinz5693]

Never revamped. Built once in the mid 20th century for people with high paying steel jobs. Never to be again. Now every brick of every house needs reappointing and nobody makes any money.

[@cyndigirl418]

Nick, why are you driving the wrong way down a one way street?? 🤣🤣🤣 I lived in Harrisburg for 13 years, but never within the city limits. I lived in the nicer and safer burbs. Now, I'm about 35-45 minutes South of Harrisburg in the suburbs of York, PA. That neighborhood still looks sad and depressing. They are in desperate need of revitalisation, but not at the expense of displacing current residents.

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

I work in the City now, used to work there in the 90's at Club Met, Metropolis( old Metron) things were different then. Old Metro is a run down Dollar Store, Mulberry Street Bridge is now sprawling homeless camp. Some of the homeless seem different too, angrier, more confrontational. I used to know a couple of the guys, would bring them turkey burgers I made. Today when I offered a guy a banana he cursed me out. I'm outside of York too.

[@fruitygal2236]

@@ForeverYoungKickboxer I have found memories of that club. I miss those days!!!

[@cyndigirl418]

@@ForeverYoungKickboxer I also drive through some of the neighborhoods in York City regularly, and they don't even look as bad as this run down area of Harrisburg. Just terrible.

[@Ms1Diamond1]

York is horrible to.... I will live in Harrisburg before I live in York!

[@cyndigirl418]

@@Ms1Diamond1 It's not horrible where I am. I live in the suburbs where it's nice, just like how the Harrisburg suburbs were when I lived there! Not run down and ratchet.

[@commonsensewisdom625]

No job no dignity. But drug and welfare (probably unions) make middles class jobs disappeared quickly.

[@rockon8174]

4:55 you can find this in ANY city on the planet!!!

[@williamgiamerese2673]

Lmao did you ask a single local, or look anywhere else in the city? I live a few blocks from camp curtain, and I can tell you 100% that that was mostly Allison hill you talked about and showed us, it's literally the only part part of HB I feel unsafe in, and the farther you get from the hill the nicer it gets. I'd say 90% of the city is about as safe as a city can get, and there's tons of beautiful buildings and parks and tons of businesses and shops. That's not to say HB doesn't have problems, far far from it, but you literally cherry picked the WORST spot of HB, said it was a different spot and then drew conclusions based on the one place you looked. Even if you were in camp curtain, go literally 5 blocks down division st and it's a night and day difference, 5 more and you're in Italian lake area which is even nicer. 10 minutes of driving and you're in the suburbs and outer city areas and it's nothing but quiet money and nice homes and nice cars. A guy I know in Forest Hills, kind of at the border of linglestown/HB, owns a McLaren, a Lambo and a Ferrari, and that whole community is insanely wealthy. I haven't watched any of your other videos but I've seen enough to ignore the rest of them. You're just some dude who does 20 minutes of googling, drives a few blocks and then talks like he knows what the hell he's talking about You also purposely picked the dreariest, gloomiest day to film this, that kind of weather makes ANYWHERE look automatically terrible

[@armanditoperez3398]

🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@docfax]

My Aunt & Uncle lived in Harrisburg one year back in the 70s

[@manicpanicanimallove4327]

This is the hill ain't no camp curtain uptown. This Derry mulberry split to humel st... The fook you say uptown lol...

[@timothyheinz5693]

He has both going on here. N 6th is involved.

[@thewhopper411]

All the bad neighborhoods you've mentioned, I looked them up and they are indeed really bad. I also see a direct correlation between that and the demographics.

[@hellbythedashboardlight1730]

Stop noticing things!

[@robm8746]

They get what they vote for.

[@craighedrington5365]

Well when you enslave a people for 400 yrs then segregate then for another 100 yrs oh and after all that you redline them from fair housing and then create ghettos and projects what do you expect to happen, I guess that's all apart of ya get what you vote for right?

[@frankwhite2230]

@@craighedrington5365 Is that an excuse for not picking up the trash on the streets? The government is not their Daddy, take care of where you live, nobody is coming to save you from yourself.

[@craighedrington5365]

@@frankwhite2230 Your absolutely right, however there are groups like the YMCA that are in these neighborhoods, even people that don't live in the neighborhood making efforts to clean the streets

[@supinthiam5741]

Was this filmed Mid March 2022?

[@barbarachenault6519]

THIS IS NOT THE UPTOWN !!! THIS IS THE SOUTH HILL DISTRICT

[@timothyheinz5693]

Some of it is N 6th

[@Qancir]

isn’t that Allison hill?

[@ladybug3380]

I see new buildings though, is it getting gentrified ?

[@timothyheinz5693]

Around the capital itself and some other neighborhoods are improving. But Allison Hill, which he starts in, and Camp Curtin are both rough. Harrisburg has increased it's population is on the up and up in general though.

[@CHELOF9]

What majority is this ride you’re on?

[@MusicLover-ui9sm]

Rich people once lived in those big homes and row homes So sad to see the severe poverty in so many states The richest people got so greedy they took their companies over seas to pay way less wages and they can pollute all they want to And make billions of dollars in profit That left hundreds of thousands of cities without a decent place for the people to work

[@andrewsmith5159]

There are actually lots of jobs in and around the city if you can't get a job here you just don't want one

[@jannettsnow2856]

Not all rich people stop categorizing

[@jannettsnow2856]

@@andrewsmith5159 look and the employees with help wanted sign say they only hiring so many people you're something else maybe the freaking employers should stop being so choosey and going by looks

[@JustOneSue]

As others have stated this is Allison Hill. I was born and raised in this section of the city from the 1960’s through the 1990’s. My father worked at the Bethlehem Steel Mill in Steelton and walked to and from his job. Every once in a while he would get a ride with a co worker. We walked everywhere even after public transportation came into being in the 1970’s. We were close enough to the downtown area where there were places to shop, eat and see movies.

[@ZGC-k2v]

I was born I Pennsylvania but looking at this I don't think I will go back.

[@aaronhow1932]

Great vid Nick! :) That cyclist had a deathwish though near the end of the vid. :)

[@erikmorrison6350]

grew up there now in phoenix..i’m thankful 2 b out of there ..SO SAD ..such a cool place @ one point (long time ago )

[@aureliusnonotmarcus4038]

Same I moved to Arizona, never had the urge to venture back there

[@shealynnwalker9594]

So you do realize your on Allison hill area. Not camp curtain uptown like the whole first half of this video in the wrong area. Please honey stop

[@terraincognita9614]

Have lived in or around Harrisburg for a total of about 3-4 years of my life; born and raised in PA (and MD) before I moved to the west coast. I’m an addict and I have horrible memories of all my affairs in and around York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg. Infested with heroin, fentanyl, and drug overdoses. I can tell you from extensive amounts of personal experience. Absolutely desolate, dark, sad and grey places…you couldn’t pay me to move back to those cities. And btw Allison Hill or “the Hill” as we called it is by far the worst hood in HBG. I’m lucky I never got shot, stabbed, or robbed walking and driving around that god awful shithole at night. Also, idk why but ppl from this area always talk shit on it, until someone else does, and then they defend it?? Pennsylvanians are so weird. Glad I got out lol

[@angela-ti1np]

Weird. I've lived ands worked in and around Harrisburg for over 25 years and I haven't taken any drugs. That's probably why I never felt the need to walk around Allison Hill or any other drug infested areas at night. I can understand your having bad memories here but don't blame the area. I don't mean to scare you but I heard there are drugs on the west coast too so be careful out there.

[@EllieM_Travels]

If you’re into drugs, Little House on the Prairie would create bad memories. Sorry you went through that, but it’s not the place, it’s the lifestyle.

[@Green_User5603]

You should go to Steelton just 10-15 minutes south on PA-230

[@LukeO-1234]

Nice going the wrong way on a 1 way 🤣

[@John-vx2fq]

That's just pa. The streets and parking are screwed. I'm willing to bet that if it was a one way that sign hasn't been obeyed in decades.

[@ProSlacKerz]

Allison Hill area is also bad.i used to be there alot in my teens. One night, my one friends' best friend we had just dropped off was shot and killed on porch moments later after we left. But there's a dispensary there right in the middle of it all now. Went there twice and feels like a odd location.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

i dont know what it was about harrisburg, but its the one place ive been to and you could just feel how depressing it was

[@billlantzy4489]

Maybe it's you.

[@Leo-ws1id]

I have traveled around AMERICA, watching Nick's travel channel. THANK-YOU

[@marlenesimpson5336]

Nick needs to do a little more research. He doesn't even know what part of the city he is in.

[@GarthGoldberg]

Spent almost three years in PA. Wouldn't live anywhere but the Main Line or Bucks County. Harrisburg is a dump. All the coal towns are dead. Centralia is on fire, literally.

[@lornakim5706]

Thanks for the info. How about Pittsburgh?^^