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- In the tiny city of Escobares, Texas, 62% of residents live below the poverty line.
That's the highest rate of any US city with more than 1,000 people, according to the 2016 US Census Bureau survey.
Directly on the US-Mexico border, the city struggles with crime and unemployment.
But local officials say they're trying hard to lift Escobares out of the cycle of poverty.
Video produced by: Cecilia Barria and Mohamed Madi
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I live near this town, and to be honest I forgot it even existed. I never hear anything about it
" 1188 at the 2010 census"
that isn't a city
@@Demondude321 each state has it’s own shitty definition of a “city”
It’s a village!
Actual "towns" are a bit of a rarity in the U.S.
They need to give up their city status and merge with the nearest city to help rid themselves of crime.
@@Hysteria2003 it’s a city
Dear God, Make healthy & peaceful life to these people.
"faith without works is dead" - "shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works"
No good sitting back and thinking God will do it all for you.
When people in the poorest city in the US still live better than I do 😭 I dont have a yard to put a trampoline in and less living space too
I hope you have great life in future and have a big house 🏠.my father went to bankruptcy when Iam at 5 , stopped education for 2 years and later my father worked hard and we had purchased land building , everything will happen ,be patient
You put mormons here, they grow a town in 5 years
who are mormons my God,Vikinga or ?
Well yeah use Mexican labor to fund and build their compounds
Do you know how they are soo good in business?
Stop the war and help your people .
These migrants are not our people
We're trying the best we can. The problem is with the ones that refuse to help.
@@kiDkiDkiD12 don't forget that it is migrants and immigrants that help build America. The whites didn't appear in America magically. Their ancestors came from Europe. If it weren't for these white migrants and immigrants, you won't be living the life you r living now
@@Anonymous-zb8lv Basically everyone that came to America was from Asia.
@@kiDkiDkiD12 fair, human right
The poorest city in America looks like a cool place for me.. :) Clean air and blue sky
@Yacobus Fitri sadly yes..
Cool place?!!!
C caymer how the fuck do you move when you don’t have money? How are you well taken care of on $400 and a trailer home? That’s sub-class citizenships. If you told someone you live in a mobile home they would mock you, or at least in their head. $400 a month is NOTHING. I hope they account children in that equation and give more if they have kids.
@Brian Smith this is in Texas
Starve to death? Die from disease you can't afford to pay for medicine?
When I look at this, I'm reminded of my childhood village of Carrizo Springs of the late 70s/early 80s. Things went bad after 1985/86.
Ronald Reagan?
I didn't know about it I hope you will get well love from South Korea
how is someone 40 pounds over weight claiming they don't have food to eat?
One can be overweight and hungry due to poverty. Not everything is so black-and-white or simple.
@@damienholland8103 So either they're too stupid to ration, or they have enough food. You choose. I'm guessing there's enough food.
The processing food they consumed make them overweighted, less nutrition, much more fat.
Your body can gain and hold onto weight because it doesn't know when it's going to be fed next. So it keeps fat as energy reserves. You can also bloat when hungry which might make someone look fatter. But then there's variables, you don't know what that persons life is truly like.
@@laurenb7185 Your stomach bloats and the rest of your body looks skinny and you aren't starving if you're able to "hold onto weight"
What seems to be the poorest part of US is a fairytale land for many Indians 🇮🇳 considering the seclusion, less noise and less population with the basic amenities all provided. Definition of poverty sometimes can be ironic for Alabama vs Burundi vs Belarus or the poorest part of my country. Love from India guys 🇮🇳❤️🇺🇲
that true even Mexico is rich compared to India.
There's a Lot of violence and shootings tho
That's your government's fault. There are two countries with over a billion people on Earth, one has lifted 300 MILLION people from poverty and the other has a PSA telling people to use toilets
Exactly what I think
Then you must have not seen rural India, even villages of bihar looks better than this
98% Hispanic. Maybe they should invite more minority’s in to help build a diverse community!
@Chris Ruiz i can confirm that many whites in kentucky on welfare continue to be shit bags while on welfare. much of the money goes to drugs, alcohol, personal interests, etc. a lot of people lack purpose and responsibility, as well as safety, and other essentials for a thriving community. pretty much applies here too.
Biden will add more
Seems like you haven’t been to third world shit hole Alabama
This isn't even a real city...Its more like a town..It isn't surprising it has 98% Hispanic population as it has a few people
Hoping things will improve there...
I say yes that big companies need to grow and plant new buildings elsewhere in the US. That's how we can balance the system out. Big companies will still gain living in Escobar location. And new residential can flourish. People will move to have a good job and experience.
If they don't get their crime under control no company will ever want to take a chance on moving there and losing it all. Their law enforcement and citizens need to control it before anything will happen.
They are poor but still they are richer because their city is very beautiful ...
Great they can just sent postcards of their city to the bank in exchange for money!
Nothing more beautiful than poverty and high crime rates.
Wtf
Dude its not even that bad not all of us live on trailers, they choose specific spots for the video.
No wonder ! You are an indian. that city is better than your most beautiful city.
'Rio Grande river'
You guys do know that Rio literally means river and you just said river twice right?
Zanzibar Haberdasher
This is A British channel and the Brits are even less likely to speak a second language than us Americans.
The name of the river is The Rio Grande... so what are you on about?
Carne asada steak.
@@NeverBelieveGovernment and it means The Big River. Yup, learn a second language
It is enriching
i love that it literally means "River Big"
I lived in conditions like that might not be the greatest but there’s clothes on our back even if it was used, electricity, food and shelter. The poverty in this area looks luxurious to many other areas in the world where even clean water is sacred.
Hollywood won't show it.
Explore a community project raising dairy goats. Artisan goat milk products are easy to make and sell well. Soaps, lotions are always in demand.
Exactly - why aren't they doing anything except "hoping" someone will help?
This is the answer of someone who doesn't understand what the word "poverty" means. Your suggestion for not having money is to use money to buy a goat herd? Each goat costs 2 grand a year to raise, not including the price of fencing pens or the price to buy them in the first place, and that's paying workers minimum wage. Someone has to come up with that money first, and people in poverty can't do that.
@@oggyreidmore They suggested a "Community Herd". There is a richer city close to them, what's wrong with working there to get enough money for that kind of business venture? Things are only going to get more expensive so by doing nothing they are only going to get more poverty stricken. If they did not receive food stamps and medicaid I bet they would find a way to make some $$ to feed ther families.
@@ohioitis200 The problem is not thinking up ideas to make money. The problem is startup capital. Goats aren't free, and they don't produce artisanal soap and lotion on their own without further equipment that also isn't free. They are literally the poorest city in America. What part of this is not registering? If they could afford to start up a community goat herd they would have.
The "richer city near there" is where everyone who lives here already works. They said in the video there's no jobs in town, they have to go out of town to work. They already tried your suggestion to "get money from there". They are still the poorest city in the country. You are assuming that since they are poor, they aren't working. They spend a quarter of their paychecks on gas getting to and from work and another quarter fixing up the only beat up used POS vehicle they could afford. The rest is spent on duct tape holding together the POS trailer home they live in. Where's this "extra" money supposed to come from?
@@oggyreidmore there are towns within 30 mi utes of them. What's wrong with mowing grass, yard work, cleaning houses, babysitting? I've done all these things when I needed money. what about selling some of those old cars that are sitting around? If you chip in and get 3 goats that's all you need to start your herd. Come on, all they're doing is sitting around all day. And don't try to tell me they don't spend money on cigarettes and alcohol because I won't believe that. I'm sorry if you don't understand, but desperate times call for desperate measures. They are going to die there are n the same situation they are living if they don't try other things. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting to get a different result.
Give them the contract for building the wall.
That happens when people stop trying and start blaming
You all talk alot of smack but can't live 6 months here without reaching out for help or complain about something.
South Texas has always been like this tbh . Poverty and racism your typical story here in the US
If they are not in debt, they are better off than us all
Poverty is usually measured by comparing individual income to the average income - totally ignoring accumulated wealth or debt.
Given the American love for their credit card debt, I agree this should be reconsidered.
@@notroll1279 There is happiness in poverty
@@GuitarZombie For the poor themselves?
@@notroll1279 Yes. The unhappiness is in wanting
@@GuitarZombie
I prefer to be wealthy and satisfied to being poor and satisfied.
Things like illness or bad luck hit you a lot harder when you're poor to start with...
Import Mexico become Mexico
Peter Calhoun Most of the Mexicans in South Texas never crossed the border. The border crossed THEM.
stfu
They may be even broker than me but they have some killer harmonicas. 🔥
the place is typically richer than here in Africa😀🤣
Many places I've been to in Africa are richer than this actually.
@@Brian-ul2mw coz u went to major cities not suburbans you could run healthless slumed areas
Also richer than many places in the Philippines
Johnhaneberg bro
looks like a good place to retire. South Texas is full of "winter Texans".
Life seems slow and mundane. This could be way worse
A river and places to actually be able to plant food? You should see where I live. That's paradise to me.
Michigan USA.
Why work hard for growth your own food when you can buy crapy processed food with food stamps?
Eluwenie Stargazer Sadly the soil is not suited for growing. It’s mostly clay and sand and extremely compacted. Even if you got some sort of vegetation to grow the scorching heat would burn it even if watered. Know partly from experience ^
@Faizan A english is not my first language smartass...
@@wowza7833 Raised garden beds work everywhere. Resourceful people all over the world find a way to grow even in the heat (think sunshades or planting on the side of the house that gets blocked from the sun the most). A lot of spices love the heat to grow in and can be sold. Where there's a will, there's a way. And what else do they have to do?
@@wowza7833 The permaculture movement can grow food in difficult locations.
I would have thought built up well mulched beds and semi shade would help.
They may be poor, but there are poor places like this all over the world. Places like this need to work together as communities to improve their city because no Mr Big Shot will do it. Community gardens and farms to start to become more self sufficient for food, for example. Community clean up teams, children and teens activity volunteers. They need help to get started, but small steps like this as part of a long-term regeneration programmer can start with community coming together.
@Hello Darren Strange, How are you doing?
Bro that's not even a city, what the hell is this?
This isn't a city. It's a village.
*Well, they are still better than some people in some parts of the world.*
The Other Side Like your ass
Seems nice chill place to live
Definitely want to visit there
No one crossing. Very peaceful.
They complain so why don't they just MOVE?
If the is the poorest city in America I freaking want to move there! This is luxury in my third world shit.
which country are form?
Education is the key to open happy door
To anyone living outside of the United States of America this is hard to believe because most non-Americans think of America as being this land of milk and honey. Well, tbh America is still the richest nation in the world and millions have changed their lives for the better after moving to the USA but at the same time there are millions who languish in poverty in the USA as well. It's just that their stories aren't as well documented as others.
This city looks like a good warm place from here in southamerica
The climate seems nice and sunny..
make native americans great again
@@devilscrotch321 Just like europeans...
@@trafalgar3853 nah Europeans actually did something with their spoils of war. They put whatever they won back into the country. Hence why Europe(also USA) boomed into the most prosperous societies seen yet.
@@trafalgar3853 meanwhile natives slaughtered eachother with no other goal then to wipeout the other tribe.
Bashar al-Assad have you ever been to Mexico or the cities that were established before the Spanish conquistadores arrived?
Mexico City was one of the largest and richest cities in the 14th century by a great margin. It had a population of about 200,000.
In Europe, by contrast, London only had a population of 40,000 in the 1300s. It was so dirty that half of its population died from the Black Death then.
While Europe had boats to get to the supposed “new world”, the Aztec empire was economically, infrastructurally and academically much more advanced than Europe was. If you are interested, you can find out more here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mexico_City
@@Mccarrickjohn, That's a ridiculous attempt to rewrite history. The Aztec empire was a big fish in a small pond. They were trivial compared to the Europeans. That's why the Europeans "discovered" America and the Aztecs didn't "discover" Europe. It's why the Aztecs were conquered with barely a fight.
It's sad that this is happening in America and ignored at the same time.
Well poor uneducated migrants who don't want to move or work, what can the government do with these kind of people?
@@kiDkiDkiD12 I wonder how many of them are illegal alliens
@@kiDkiDkiD12 And what about the white poor towns in rural America? Who do we blame then, because poor whites are never blamed, it’s always someone else’s fault.
The environment and the music in this video remind me of RDR 2
@arturo smith RDR1 map is a part of RDR2 anyway
Don't depend on outside companies to come in start a farm or something ...
I'm praying for the best for your prosperity. 🙏Amen. God bless you with abundance and happiness. 🙏 ❤
You cant pray from internet + no one cares
So it's not taxes killing them.
Sad
He could sell that 69 charger body for like $8k!
I wish I had a large company to being there.
Why dont they show the other side of escobares, tx? Big houses and good cars & trucks??? I live like 3 minutes away🤦🏼♀️
The rich of that city sell drugs.
they need tech industry to move in like Google and Facebook
CaliforniaMISC they should just learn coding :)
why would any company go there when they know that their taxes will be so high that they have to feed a whole City just by themselves?? A Company would rather go to a "City" that has 0 unemployed people, 0 Taxes and only the employees live there.
Trying to figure this out - why would taxes be high?
Well, peaceful place with birds chirping along the River 38% above the poverty line, relaxed planning rules about caravans, they should explore potential as a holiday destiny!
Wow nice
why america love war so much , i never understand why americans prefer strong military than a good system education , it so ridiculous spent a lot of money in military but not in important things
They say america is the rich, not for americans
I say it's time to move
There is enough food. I can tell there's enough food...
Rio grande river sounds ridiculous
Looks like they need to raise taxes. That will fix it. (Sarc)
"Hot Dog's" bless your heart.
@Wayne How are you doing
Hope we get to know each other with time and patience?
Detroit looks different 👀
The city is called, Escobar? Like Pablo?
Grow organic vegetable gardens. Eat pigeons.
there was no mention of gardening, so we dunno if they do much of that or not. The produce of a small lot would help with groceries, but produce little income. And in that part of TX, everything would have to be irrigated with well water.
Turn back now its not worth it going into these comments. The ignorance is strong here
Just Like old days!!
It's a Mexican city in US soil.
teen girl ''theres not much of a future here Chihuahua dog ''YELP ''NO
He should take a little bit of whatever taxes they have and send the top 10 high school graduates to business school with a contract to come back for 5 years. (or agricultural school if the land is right/available.)
Texas and Central US seems more depressing than anywhere in Mexico, Russia, or almost anywhere I’ve seen.
It’s definitely not
Look up the slums in Mexico and Russia. This is one small town. US poverty rate as a whole site at 10.5%, Mexico is 44%
Why not create a nudist camp to generate income, lovely hot weather and you can incorporate the river so families can cool off...
Nude sunbathing inbetween gunshots. Lovely.
Citizens aren’t exactly allowed to enter the river considering that it’s deep, is a safety hazard, and is illegal because it is right on the border and neighboring Mexico
There's libraries internet so getting an education is easier than ever.
That sad , blessing from Malaysia
Just take it one day at a time. Be happy.
this city can be changed through gig economy
This is not a City. City need to be over 100,000 or above 40,000 population to be called as City. It is more like a village.
one question why
The border crossed them.
Damn was that a 69 Dodge charger.
It does not make sense. We can find poverty in USA, what hard life..
Probably lowest murder rate....they seem humble
“America’s already great” boy do I have a video for you
I never new we were that poor Jesus...
This is poor to us but rich to africa and some parts of china yeah ik weird
yo me encanto el pueblo escobares mas pobreza en el estados unidos
Retirement community?
First man in this video looks like ben's grandpa
Dont wait for business to come in. Create the business. Go outside and find someone who will pay for certain goods to be made in America. Get the community to use the townhall or something to create the products. Become known as a community supplier. Another way is teach people how to farm. No land? No problem. Reuse plaatics, cut in half, add soil, and seed:and plant herbs, vegetables. Grow big enough and you can create a community selling fresh goods.
Salgan de este lugar lo más pronto posible. Si tienes más de 50 años, si te sales, quizá no encuentres bien trabajo, pero tus hijos tendrán la oportunidad. Si te quedas en Escobares, tus hijos NUNCA tendrán la oportunidad de algo mejor.
Did some one say build the wall?
What about life in the poorest city in the UK?
Its way better and is next to the sea. There was a small documentary on youtube
Ok, so I'm confused. Is this an American city? Are these people US citizens? Is there a big city near them? What is their main form of income in that city? Why do they not have food - don't they qualify for food stamps? If they do qualify for food stamps, why hasn't a grocery store taken up residence there? Why aren't there any vegetables planted? Food will grow almost anywhere in raised gardens and pots. And they should never run out of water with the river there. Why do they have old cars sitting around instead of selling them for junk? Is the entire city like this? Why don't they grow or make things they can sell in a neighboring area, even if it's at a farmer's market? If they are a city, where is their law enforcement? Why is crime so high? Why are they "hoping" a company comes to them instead of making their city enticing so companies want to come? So many questions have to be asked before there can be an answer to their problems. In the meantime it looks as if they don't have much to do so get busy and clean your place up, plant vegetables and flowers. Go to the library and get ideas and answers. I feel like there's more to this story than we're being told.
1:59 *Looks like the PABLOS ("Escobars") run that sleepy town*
Look likes a mini mexico
Nothing to eat? She looks well fed. Maybe not fancy meals, but, she eating!
Better than Venezuela then?
I live in Venezuela actually.
yep but not better than some Mexican cities. this city has lower median income than Monterrey Mexico.
In this particular case it is perhaps not their culture/mindset that is bringing down the structure and wellfare of the city.. but in general it always works like that. If the western world continues to bring in cultures from the second and third world, they will become it.. This is just a preview of what america will become if we do not stick to western culture which builds upon rule, trust and equality!
Their mindset of needing help and "hoping" a business will come to them is harmful. They need a type of re-education to teach them to do more for themselves and to start their own businesses.
China and Russia doesn't have Western values yet they are prospering. Western values are not "equal" to success. If that was the case USA shouldn't have wasted all its time looting resources of other countries if it's "values" where enough to sustain themselves.