I Drove Through The Worst Parts Of Charlotte. This Is What I Saw.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2020
- Dang Charlotte has some bad areas, but they are way better than they used to be.
For this drive, I took highway 321 from the mountains of North Carolina into Charlotte. My goal was to visit the worst neighborhoods in Charlotte. As we’d see, these worst areas weren’t actually as bad as they used to be, nor are they that bad, compared to most of America’s largest cities. The day was Friday, October 16, 2020 and it was high noon.
After extensive research, it was determined that there are two different bad areas in the Charlotte metro area, and both are on the city’s northwest side. The first area I would visit is a neighborhood that ranks as the poorest and with the most rundown homes. This area is called the Thomasboro-Hoskins neighborhood. Most of the buildings are industrial type places and much of the retail is discount outlets like Boost Mobiles, Dollar Stores and liquor stores.
This part of town is about four miles outside of downtown proper, and a 10 minute drive from Charlotte’s main city center, filled with banking and tech and healthcare companies.
Now, Charlotte has been undergoing a lot of gentrification, and many of the worst parts of town have been cleaned up or torn down completely, to make room for newer model homes, condos and retail. In addition, Charlotte never really had any really TRUE ghetto hoods - outside of some housing projects, and certain pockets on the north end, it’s not THAT bad. Sure, Charlotte has issues with gangs and shootings, but there aren’t any really large terrible areas here, considering that this is the 15th largest city in the country. Charlotte doesn’t even rank in the top 100 in terms of dangerous US cities. That’s quite impressive.
Homes in this neighborhood average about $100k.
The second neighborhood we’ll visit is the most dangerous section of Charlotte, an area called Tryon Hills. This is the undisputed most dangerous part of Charlotte, and actually ranks as the 11th most dangerous neighborhood in the US. The area is only a mile north of downtown, and is between the streets of Tryon, Graham, Atando and Dalton. Again, like the other neighborhood we visited, this is tame compared to the massive ghetto areas I’ve seen in the past.
And we head into downtown from the worst neighborhood in this city. And it wasn’t even that bad, was it?
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This is not bad parts of charlotte. I live here born and raised. After dark everything changes
Exactly like we should get this guy to pull up to Any gas station of east sugar creek after dark
@@dylbo420sugar creek can jump off at noon. Lol
I live in Cornelius, a very wealthy town near Lake Norman. I live in a small neighborhood that has regular drive by shootings. But it is not shared in the media, I am not sure why. People who live outside this neighborhood have no idea what is happening in their town. Brandon is right, no one is out when it gets dark.
@@polola9772 I know where you are talking about exactly. It's coming that way sadly
Tuckaseegee and Bradford Dr are bad parts of Charlotte.
I'm from Charlotte and was raised in the Hoskins community. My parents stayed there for over 40 yrs. You're off base. This is a poor working class community but not the worst of Charlotte as you're portraying. Many of those I grew up with are now in respected professions and/or went on to college and graduate schools, me included. We didnt have a lot but we were proud of what we had and it was a true sense of community and for the most part it still is. You cant be from here. This is not "the ghetto". Its like every other minority community that receives very little resources and improvement investments from bonds or private investments.
He totally didn't look at the bad neighborhoods at all. There's no video of the Eastland area, or Kannapolis.
Sugar Creek area was not mentioned yet they were always on the news. Central Ave not good either. I lived in the University City area for four years beginning in 2006 and then Steele Creek for 3. I won't live in a city again but at least Steele Creek was fairly nice. University City was rough for me to get used to although I know other cities are worse.
Did you even watch beyond the first minute? I get there eventually
We've got apostates, christendom "the great Babylon" and narcissist and TriCity that's all the gangs behind desk to thank for every bad thing that go on in Charlotte ,they run Jehovah's witnesses out of rightfully were ran by them which is CRISIS MINISTRIES,yes I got names,I'm from,born and raised in Charlotte NC!
@@NickJohnson what's up with your music choice, LOL, in the second part.
I lived in Charlotte there is NO DOWNTOWN EVERYBODY KNOWS Charlotte is always referred to as UPTOWN. Also if theese are the worst neighborhoods why didn't you go to hidden valley or beatties Ford????
🤣 I was gonna say. Hidden valley is no joke.
Hidden Valley is a nice community
I get there eventually just watch more than 2 min would ya?
I live in this neighborhood its not the worse in Charlotte. Beatties Ford is. In its a small area..because most of the Ford us quiet in peaceful. This made me angry.i love my neighborhood..and Im the only one still paying 550 for rent..the rents are going up to high because its a nice neighborhood and they want us out..its also close to uptown so tgey definitely want us out. Smdh
@@eunicepaynethomas1858 I still pay 500 where I live how long u been there?
I'm a native, lived here all of my life 31 years....It's not a bad place to live, our hoods are much better than others in different cities.
Agreed 😉
Hi Bella! I’m 35 single , no kids yet live in Charlotte. Can I take you out sometime?
@@jeff2theleft628 This is not the dating game.
@@jeff2theleft628 bro I give you props because thats a bold move.....but I respect it
I don't want to live anywhere that's "not a bad place to live".
If that's the worst - I'm moving to Charlotte.
Howdy then lol
me too
It's a very cloudy foggy City so if you're depressed kind of person don't move here even the exit signs have a light on them that's how dark the city gets
@@sitdowndogbreath That is not why the signs have lights on them. I should know. That's part of my job building infrastructure in Charlotte North Carolina. You don't live in Charlotte. if you think Charlotte is gloomy and dark you don't know what Carolina blue is. You can easily look up average amount of sunny days in Charlotte.
@@stevemcraemanager7119 yeah okay maybe the summertime Raleigh is more sunny than Charlotte nice try it was cloudy the entire time I was there I could never tell if it was time to wake up or time to go back to sleep yeah that's depressing bro
Sitting in California wondering if this is this a joke 🤨
Come visit Charlotte!!
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@@jackelinelopez6566 you can come visit too, escape the heat!
I lived in California for many many many years and I'm so sad as to what's been going on with the fires and the homeless. So much suffering. I moved to Charlotte 17 years ago just before property values skyrocketed. It's insane how expensive homes are there now. It used to be affordable not too terribly long ago. The world as we know it has changed a lot. I don't think the young people would realize because they haven't lived through a lot of different changes as elders have. You all take care , stay safe
I'm from Charlotte and also lived in California. This is not any true
I don’t think Charlotte is as bad as places like St. Louis, Detroit or Cleveland
I live in nc and it is not that bad
But its not so picture perfect either. Lots of transplants too.
If you're not into the streets you pretty much don't have anything to worry about. You can live in the worst neighborhood in Charlotte. And if you're not involved with drugs or crime people will just leave you alone.
Is Cleveland that bad
Not even close
These definitely AREN'T the worst neighborhoods in Charlotte! He should've went to up Sugar Creek rd! Or took a trip to 'The Ford', or to the East side.
What's wrong with sugar creek?
I have friends that live in Sugar Creek and it's cool to me... I haven't finished watching the video but he should have went to Hidden Valley...
The plaza
Right!
@@SundaysHealing I used to live in Hidden Valley, my apartment was broken into while I was away at work.
I remember when I moved here to Charlotte 8yrs ago from Brownsville Brooklyn NY and friends were showing me around. They would point out the “hood” or “ghettos” and I was like this is mad dope. These hoods are fancy. They’d look at me confused. Then I finally brought them to Brooklyn to my hood and other hoods and ghettos. They were shook and scared. 😂😂😂.
I came from Hempstead NY on Long Island. My friends didn't believe me when I said I felt safe walking around the hoods of Charlotte at night than walking down a street in Hempstead. They learned quickly by what I meant.
Exactly im in NY now and when I was in Charlotte I thought WOW THIS PLACE IS NICEEE
@@jesicamurphy2280 Brooklyn's a whole nother matter all together this video it looks like the upstate New York town
LOLOLOL!
Grew up in NJ, taught in Baltimore for 11 years then moved to Charlotte. I don't recognize a community as a "housing project" unless it has a sign on it here. Looks so different. But affordable housing in Charlotte a out of control, basically non-existent for a middle-income single person with ONE career.
Everyone in the thrid world: "that's the worst?????? That would be a country club in my city!"
Truth, lol!
Yeah, US doesn't really understand what poor is. Most are broke, poor is a state of mind. Thou there are a few cities that are truly poor and run down.
You sadly mistaking revisit the pass from the 70s-2012 The Whole westside from top to bottom of west Blvd, the Ford, Belvedere/Smallwood, Earl village, Piedmont courts, Fairview homes, dinglewood,pinevalley,brookhill,Firestone. Man I can go for days. My City Real believe that dont get it twisted.RobT
Charlotte isn’t as bad or looks as bad as a lot of other US cities
@@nauticat1949 bruh you forgot Dalton
Hey there! I am born and raised in Charlotte NC! I am humbled to see how many people love my city and even the working class areas still have their charm!
Yay!
Charlotte, North Carolina: It’s not that bad
thats what u think go to graham st or tuck nd say wats crakkin youll see
@@gloccnc-9227 facts people just don’t know
Ha. I see what you did here. Good job
I’m from Philadelphia dis ain’t nothing to me
@@khajes3326 bro tell them they ain’t seen noting I lived in Philadelphia for a couple of months
You must not of found where all the homeless were living on a patch of land.
North Tryon near uptown. I hate to see it.
Yeah maybe one acre of land next to the highway near uptown. I have checked recently but I read the police were moving everyone out a few weeks ago. Compare that to Los Angeles.
Please tellem again they sitting around the homeless shelter with kids with them
Pray for them🙏🏾
Yeah, scarry when cutting hay or cleaning rental house in family & they cut gas line
That’s the thing in Charlotte... it’s not about what it looks like anymore with so much revamping going on.. you can be in brand new subdivisions and neighborhoods but it’s super hood ... a lot of the worst spots don’t look bad to most people
Oh yeah!!
100% correct. Gentrification has the bad parts looking good, but the crime is still there.
On god
@@satob7690 which areas would that be? Asking for a friend…🥲
@@114avataraang lol the NODA area. Formally known as North Charlotte to us natives. The hood is literally a block away from there. Also Central Avenue area which is now called Plaza Midwood
In my city that neighborhood would b considered fancy... Must be nice
Ong
Name your city plz
Compared to the rustbelt cities in the midwest and northeast, those two neighborhoods are like a middleclass area. I was expecting to see blocks of abandoned dilapidated houses and commercial buildings
@@charlesgrayson1510 yeah but it might be violent drive by shootings South Central has its problem look at the neighborhood if there are bars on the windows
@@Ruanisma philly
Its Charlotte, you go 2 to 3 blocks in any direction and it could be a rough area, but generally there is nice spots all over, and all the mill Town community like Hoskins are starting to feel the gentrification.
Looks are deceiving. You’re driving through, not living there.
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On god
i would love to live there fym
...thank you,........my point exactly.
I use to make 3 trips a week from northern NJ to Charlotte when I use to run line haul for CT, one of my favorite jobs, never had any problems in Charlotte !
The “worts” parts of Charlotte?
edukahshun in NC....😂🤣
@@SafetyProMalta Yeah Nick. You should of used your spell check before posted. 😄😄😄
Well there are parts in Charlotte that are worts!
Yeah, looks like you missed some of the garden spots. Wilkinson Blvd., Freedom Drive, West Blvd., Camp Green, Dalton Village
Ha! Central Av and Eastway down by Shamrock
Tuckaseegee
@@Rell1984 Beatties Ford too
You didn't watch long enough
Dalton village doesn't even exist anymore. Long gone
Hey Nick, I used to live near Charlotte recently and I will tell you that nighttime is the most dangerous time to visit there. Uptown though is “safer” overall, but still wouldn’t recommend hanging out there that time if you can help it.
Beatties Ford and South Tryon area is the “ghetto” and the dangerous part of Charlotte. Good chunk of shootings and drug related crimes took place in those areas.
Freedom Drive, Beatties Ford, and Hidden Valley are some of the "worst neighborhoods."
Yep. Enderly Park is kinda rough too
Somebody do something about the drugs,. They are giving drugs to the Children. , Shame, Shame.
West Blvd too.
yessir freedom drive
@@lex172 hemphill st we got crackheads next door to us
They cleaned a lot of Charlotte off over the past 15 years you couldn’t ride around with a camera in your car filming
What would happen if you did ?
@@xxsilver_gamingxx389 ..your ride and camera would probably get filched at gunpoint
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Big facts😂😂😂😂
Susie Badatti lol
I am from Charlotte NC. 39 years to be exact. People that aren’t even from here want to judge our city. Thomasboro isn’t a bad area nor is it ghetto. Please do not automatically classify low income areas as ghetto. There are people living in these areas you called “Ghetto” that are educated with degrees! Stop with your blind stereotyping!
Bro I live in Charlotte I'm from nc everything u saying is cap
Thank you
Big cap I'm from the West and ik he would not have a chance at night
This is nothing compared to california bay area hoods
I love these videos. Great stuff.
I love Charlotte, been here for about a year. It's a very clean and happening city, filled with hard working people that work hard and play hard. I just don't like the homeless encampment on North Tryon near uptown.
It’s overcrowded
Well vote the Mayor out next year, she is not controlling homelessness in our city.
@@ronaldorr9567 yeah but that’s the thing that’s like one of the only issues if we vote her out then we might get rid of a lot of good things that she does
The homeless don't like it either.
I see you stayed away from Sugar Creek Rd and Hidden Valley
Right?
Sugar creek and hidden valley are still bad but its nowhere near as bar as it used to be. I wouldn't rank those as the worst anymore
Dude stayed away from all the real hoods
loool fax tho
University Area is worse than Sugar Creek/ Hidden Valley
Charlotte has little pockets of sketchy areas and some establishments known for getting nasty. I hope it doesn’t get any worse. Charlotte is a beautiful place
9:57 - Statesville Ave - technically it can be considered bad. The strip club on your right, next to the Pilot station, featured the murder of a young woman caught in the crossfire of a shootout and was featured on The First 48. However, a ride towards Uptown on that same street will run you into new houses starting around $350K+, so I don’t consider it a very “bad” neighborhood any longer.
Keep it up Nick these videos are cool.
Never had any TRUE ghettos? Bro... Youre going by statistics on a paper. You went to the wrong places. beatties ford rd, nations ford rd, henderson circle, sunset rd. Oakdale... And of course hidden valley .... You missed the mark completely
Did you even watch the whole thing? I get to those areas eventually
Madman you are super cute . I an one of the those stats working as an educator I believe in god, country and willing to give a man a second chance . I read your story about being an inmate and yes I am a proud Black Woman 37 and would like a decent man, to marry.
@@NickJohnson Nah Boo, you didn't.
Happy Sunday Nick & Mappy Family!!! All the best to Your Fam Nick...
So relaxing. Thank you.
Charlotte is gentrification on steroids what at one time was dangerous inner city neighborhoods are gone. Earl village Belmont and Pegram , Oaklawn Gibbs and Kenny st as dangerous as any street in America doing the Seventies, Piedmont Courts ,Brookhill Southside homes. Of all those areas Southside homes is the only survivor . All those areas have been gentrified or razed and the people was forced to the areas you see at the beginning of the video which is outside of the inner city. I was raised on what is now the most dangerous and delipidated area in Charlotte Cummings Ave they changed the name to Catherine Simmons but it has not stopped the killing. Take slow ride down it and some of the side streets guaranteed to make your heart pump a little faster.
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I have two very good friends who grew up in these neighborhoods. We graduated from college together and I visited these neighborhoods many times. They aren't bad neighborhoods. People come to these areas to cause problems.
I live in charlotte, I'm from this city and I love my city. #TeamCharlotte
Hmm. Not sure where your stats are from but take a nice slow drive through hidden valley. I've lived in charlotte 34 years I'll go 20 min out of the way to avoid that area.
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Yay!! I have another Charlotte video coming out next week too :) I love NC and I hope you do too!
I live in Waxhaw & absolutely love it. Such a beautiful place to live
I can tell you that if this was San Diego, this area would be totally gentrified. The ONLY thing I see in these houses that would be a problem is hardly any of them have garages. Gotta have a garage!! I know the crime is still relatively high here but I also notice nobody has bars on their windows and doors. Can't be that bad. ???? What gives?
Southern NC doesn't get much snow so no need for a garage. Most just have carports and sheds. That's how most of the south is.
I live here, I have a garage and the roughest areas do have bars, sometimes, but yeah crime is much more targeted here. A lot of times it's gang member vs gang member.
@@PAULY-P with the heat are you kidding me you need a garage especially with electric cars coming out now
@@sitdowndogbreath
That's why carports provide shade and protection from hail. No need for a garage. Also it will be alot hotter in a garage unless you have the ac on all the time. It's only southern NC, not southern TX, GA, or FL so it doesn't get that hot. There are only Priuses and small amount of Teslas for electric. Very few people have them. It won't be a hit unless someone gets rid of our oil. That means electric Harleys too 🤣. Not many people will buy into electric vehicles unless forced by communism. And hopefully that will never happen. Take care 👊
Great video again Nick....Thank you
Who told you those two were the worst?? I bet they're laughing.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
this ain’t bad... looks amazing compared to the worst areas of columbus *west side*
Columbus is way better tho tbh
@@natem6873 Yeah columbus ohio is pretty nice.
@@keirengaming yup but love the city as a whole, In my opinion Charlotte cant compare to Columbus its just a very bland boring city it has no real character
Columbus is a good city but I can agree that westside is a dump.
@@natem6873 honestly both are pretty boring. i have family around charlotte, i live about 30 minutes from downtown columbus. seems like the charlotte area has so much more sprawl than columbus
Lived here all my life 704 folks kno that weve been dealing with pushouts for a clean decade. Most xomments are correct u didnt hit the west side you didnt go through hidden valley.. At the end you were on graham which is my home use to b on keswick and i watch peoples home one by one have there things on the curb. Few months later not 2 but 3 story homes built in its place... It hit DIFFERENT when you watch it happen.
I moved to Charlotte homeless by way of greyhound six years ago. I lived through the homeless shelter at 1210 N. Tryon, had my own place, went through the Charlotte Rescue Mission twice, Salvation Army twice, moved to Myrtle Beach a month ago because my now wife has a home here. I drove rideshare 60+ hours a week for two years in Charlotte, this city shuts down at night, except for a couple of areas. Safest somewhat large city I know of.
I agree. And Jon stay strong man you're gonna get a break soon 😉
Thanks!
I wish you only the best. You show that a person can’t stop homelessness.
@@beckymigdal3140 Willingness, action, and faith in God are all I know that one needs
Nick accepts NC tourist board CEO position ....🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Drive down Albemarle Rd.
I frequently drive there as I'm a Lyft driver. Some parts of Ablemarle Rd are quite rough.
I Live on Albermarle rd what part you talking about?
@@stimeymcslimey7302 from Sharon Amity and south for a few miles
If that’s your idea of ghetto it ain’t that bad compared to most cities this size. Not saying I would want to live in that area but don’t really feel unsafe during the day.
And Independence... if you do, gotta go by South 21.
Charlotte has changed a lot I was born and raised here !! gentrification is causing a lot of homelessness in our city! Building new properties but not enough affordable housing! Violence is getting bad but I’ve seen worse in other cities! Murdered are on the rise all over the world! My son was killed at a protest here in Charlotte 2016. Keith Scott was killed by police. That’s What the protest was about! I started my channel to keep my sons name alive! Nice video
I never seen any where exactly like this before. So this was very interesting to watch. Thanks! Seems like it would be ok to live there ifyou needed something cheap to get into quick
@Nick Johnson- I’ve been to Charlotte many times but, I’ve never lived there or been in these areas. In the daytime , the neighborhood looks lower middle class “southern style”. But, at night may be when it becomes unsafe.
True :) it's not that bad at all for a big city I tell ya!
As someone whose family moved to Charlotte over SIXTY years ago l have to say you missed some of the worst parts of town! The entire Freedom Dr. Area for one! Particularly the Camp Green area. That is within shouting distance of downtown. You mentioned " projects which can still be seen all over town. Charlotte is moving towards the San Francisco model, and has been doing so for decades, starting with the 4th Ward area of downtown. Old neighborhoods torn down by developers who put up fancy expensive neighborhoods to replace them. Old public housing torn down and leveled with nothing to replace them. The poor are being, and have been, run out of town. The homeless are growing in number every day. Like San Francisco the tech industry is growing along with the banking industry. The government of Charlotte is largly to blame for this. They have forgotten to care for those displaced by all that comes from gentrification. I suggest that you take another look at Charlotte and it's surrounding areas, say Gaston county. These are Charlotte's bad neighborhoods. Welcome to Charlotte, the San Francisco of the east coast. Just Saying.
The entire freedom drive area. Get off your high house. Nothing ghetto about freedom drive. Maybe the end of Charlotte and the start of gastonia. Even that's not ghetto just poor. Just because you see black families that live in those neighborhoods doesn't mean it's ghetto. Good fing grief. There's a rough part that is ghetto over on 16, but that's not even close to freedom.
Charlotte is nowhere near San Fran, the east coast san Fran would be disgusting NYC. We have homeless and poor in Charlotte but plenty of homeless shelters and the poor are being displaced. Atlanta has a ton more hobos than Charlotte as well, you must not get out much.
@@albertocabrera6614 ok I live in CLT and freedom drive us ghetto, they receipt check in dollar tree but this person is way over reacting
@@myrtlebeachsara I live 10 blocks from freedom and ashley where the dollar tree is at. I workout at that planet fitness and even do laundry at that laundry mat at times. That ain't ghetto and if you know Charlotte you would actually know where the ghetto part of that section of town. It's 85 and exit 36.
@@albertocabrera6614 it is ghetto, and sketchy but I'm glad you feel safe there. I never felt safe in the area and moved. People would rob things from my apartment constantly. I lived behind Pinky's five years ago. I live near prosperity village now, world of difference, much nicer. The Aldi's off freedom had hobo's that would follow you in store to beg for money. There's road connections near dollar tree to the highways but moorhead leads right to 77. Don't lie, freedom is not a nice part of town.
Well..... we know that funding does not go into those neighborhoods who are predominantly Black occupied sooooooooooo
CLEARLYYY you're not from nor live in Charlotte because Hidden Valley is the worst neighborhood. However, the powers that be will manage to gentrify it in a few more years...Just like they did Double Oaks and NoDa. One thing for sure the worst neighorhoods are quite clean.
As a native Charlottean I just want to thank you for calling it Downtown, not Uptown. Every city has its bad spots. The only good thing about Charlotte’s is that they don’t last long as far as blocks. Also some areas have been gentrified and it makes me say really? that people want to live in what was once a really unsafe area and pay 500k plus for a condo. I guess everything changes over time.
You definitely missed the hood 😂🤣😂 Beatties Ford pimp but maybe next time
Pimpin is easy
Should've gone to the Sugarcreek area if you wanted to visit one of the worst
Sugar Creek really is only bad near 85 through Tryon though
@@myrtlebeachsara Yeah that's Hidden Valley and that's a pretty good size area. I lived in that area for almost 8 yrs its bad
@@milesbei80 yeah that's a rough spot for sure! Further north sugar turns to brown ferry and it's very nice IMO. I used to live off of freedom and that was rough too lol
@@myrtlebeachsara Definitely! That's a rough area as well. Hope you've had a great weekend Sara 🙏❤😁
It was always in the news in a bad way when I was in the University City area. Break ins were bad in all of University City. Couldn't wait to move although it looked nice when I moved there.
Compared to a majority of larger to largest cities in the US, Charlotte surely is 1 of the most well kept, peaceful and beautiful
Hey nick
Happy sunday 👍
Off the top of my head. Parts of South Blvd, Independence blvd and parts of Tryon as seen. As someone who was moved out of Sec 8 housing by Billy Graham told me years ago. You can take a person out the hood but you can't take the hood out the person.
I grew up in Hoskins (Linwood Ave), you showed my church on Freedom Drive, why didn't you go down Rozzelles Ferry? Charlotte is close living, you can be poor as all in a house that is falling down, 5 minutes away in Oakdale they're riding horses (this was back in the 20th, before all those neighborhoods were built up). You drove past Hoskins Mills then jumped to the other neighborhood, that was my neighborhood. Bad in Charlotte tends to mean poor, not violent.
If you are not from Charlotte don't speak on it...I grew up in one of the worst hoods in charlotte. Yea it's not like it used to be but gain a little more knowledge before you go off
Sounds like Nick never went outside Charlotte. He don’t know what hood looks like lol
yes nick did liz
The areas that you all are talking about are, as I type, going thru gentrification. Right off Tuckaseegee Road, the "bad" side as locals call it, are new townhomes selling for $300,000. Charlotte, as many outsiders have mentioned, is a beautiful city compared to others.
All Lies!!!!...made- born- raised! I grow up in UNC CHARLOTTE! THAT WAS A LOWER AREA, not all u say it was...👎
Hey Dee. My name is Jeff. I also live her in Charlotte. Can I take you out sometime?
U rode down my block twice u a real 1 💯
So, Low income, working class and the poor are labeled the "Worst".
As someone whose lived in the charlotte area my whole life, I can tell you that charlotte has not seen the worst if things!! There are always going to be some sort of crime in any area you live in! But I can say that charlotte isn't chicago!
Late one night, they were playing local Chicago news in Charlotte, maybe it was some kind of mix up. But I was like omg what happened, the purge???? then I realized all the events had happened in Chicago not charlotte. Yeah Chicago is definitely worse.
I’m from Chicago and I live in Charlotte. Like buggy and day! I’m never going back there
I grow up in Charlotte it sucks
I lived in Charlotte for a few years. Overall nice city to live in. Hidden Valley, Beatties Ford, West Blvd equals thumbs down.
You’re driving through at the wrong time of day. And how do you not hit Sugar Creek and N Tryon?
Good Afternoon, Nick.
Don't let the palm trees fool you. Do another video at night go through the same areas. Its about the people. 😆
4:07 I drive past this corner store about a quarter of a mile to get my weed once or twice a month. I only like to go in the morning though. I went a couple times after the sun went down and that's when this area starts looking bad. Had no idea it was the worst of Charlotte LOL.
Listen, I'm someone who grew up as a functional minority in my neighborhoods as a white girl moving in and out of some of the iffiest parts of the CA Bay Area in the 90's, ok. You wanna talk about hoods and being genuinely worried about walking out of your door at times, you talk to me. Yet even there, I just learned how to carry myself, be civil with everyone and keep my nose clean and it's pretty much fine. Then my family and I moved to the Charlotte area in 2005 (not right in the city, but Gaston Co, and we'd venture into the city often) and I was shocked in the most positive way that this is actually an amazingly safe and friendly city with comparatively low crime and homeless rates to a lot of other cities of its population! Although just like every cityscape it's gonna have some old run-down poor neighborhoods and of course some unavoidable level of crime, if you're just borderline intelligent enough to keep your head on a swivel as you go about your business and treat those around you with respect instead of acting too anxious or gawking, you'll be just fine. It's not that deep, this is Dealing With Strangers 101. The fact that uppity middle class scaredy cat white people like to roll into areas with people and circumstance they don't understand and make zero attempt to, and boldly and judgmentally treat it like a zoo or a sideshow exhibit is more disgusting than anything you'll actually see there. Just go back home to your plush armchair and watch Fox News and shake your head in your own living room if you're gonna be like that, stfu and leave people alone 🙄😤
Edit: And for added clarity, I have been a full time Door Dasher alllllll over the CharMeck area from Uptown to Myers Park / Montclaire South to University to Northlake to Matthews, and usually from sundown to sunup as temperatures and traffic are low as is competition from other Dashers. So I am very at home in these streets now, and again I say I have never felt truly unsafe at any time. There have been some moments where I felt a tone shift and knew it would be wise to keep moving, keep quiet, and stay calmly alert, but that can happen anywhere. Don't cause or go looking for trouble and there won't be trouble. Simple as that. 🤷♀ Ok rant over lol
That area isn’t the hood that is a working class neighborhood .
Thank you
How was the Wedding & your Halloween hopefully you had enough candy so the Trick or treaters don't use your door for egg Target practice last night Nick. 🎃😉😀
Take a trip to little village chicago il. I can guarantee you'll get great footage lol. Or rockford il. The dumpster city Lol. I appreciate your videos they need to use them in schools honestly lol.. maybe a little parental advisory lol. Stay save!! Im from northwest Illinois. Wish you could give some more details lot of history actually. No one really thinks of northwest ill. With chicago to the east. Have a good day!
As someone who lived in Charlotte from 1989 to 2006, we did have some rough areas. It has absolutely improved. I remember when west blvd was unsafe, tuckaseegee road was bad, and basically anything west of uptown was unsafe. I used to live off ideal way, near south and East blvd, and there was a crack house on the corner. Not anymore.
That area is high end now
Honey you ain't even the worse parts of Charlotte NC! We have one of the worst unemployment systems in USA, we have a screwed up court system that's worse than I've seen from the places I've been! A drug dealer will go to prison for saling drugs for 25 to life, but a rapist or a killer will get 20 years and sat free! You my dear clearly aren't from around here. You're in the okay parts of Charlotte I'm sure there's a bunch of us NC folks that can show people the real bad parts of Charlotte or any other city in NC
tbh I also live in NC and on minute your in a nice neighborhood and in the blink of an eye your in the hood so yes I can show him a terrible place
also my brothers friend lives in the hood and he has gun marks on his wall and he sees a new one every week also his dad is a drug dealer
Charlotte is really a great place to live...no wonder why it is growing so fast!
Didn't Juan clean pools in the Charlotte megalopolis back in the double zeros Ms Mappy?
I have lived in Charlotte over 20 years. There really isn't a ghetto here. There are some run down neighborhoods and West Charlotte has more crime but it is NOTHING compared to cities anywhere near its size.
Beattie Ford, Sugar Creek, Tuckaseegee, Grier Heights are the most sketch parts of town. If you're looking for trouble in Charlotte, you can find it, but generally we have a "don't start nothing, won't be nothing " attitude.
It's chronological. Used to be, you couldn't talk about the hood, without mentioning Pine Valley. Which was only a small, normal black community, until Crack came 86ish. Best thing about Charlotte was the people. Mostly good racial harmony too. Now it's REALLY international, and the southern accent is disappearing.
1986 is when crack came to my old hood too 💯
Hahaha it's Uptown not downtown 🤦🤦 didn't see you on Farm Pond.. or Sugar Creek...or Nation's Ford this is lies 🤣🤣🤣🤣
No
He didn't drive through the worst looking spots.. he went through the worst ones for crime over time maybe.. which in charlotte can be the suburbs to be honest you never know here.. Charlotte isn't a bad looking city. Nor is it a real bad city. It has it's spots like all cities. Most people come move here and are shocked by how clean it is. Unlike other decent sized cities that have terrible looking areas Charlotte actually does a great job with keeping the city look clean regardless of where you are for the most part. But like I tell everyone.. don't let a clean street or neighborhood fool you.. think about LA. A lot of neighborhoods there never looked too bad either. Don't be surprised that a clean neighborhood in charlotte is more dangerous than a filthy neighborhood in another city.. You can't base things off of what you see in charlotte, this is just not that type of city.
Can you do a drive thrue on Jersey City where you go to liberty state park and downtown
Compare to the worst hoods in Baltimore these Charlotte hoods looks like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
I know
Because not one scene was from any actual Charlotte hood.
You must be not from here because you didnt go to west Boulevard! 🤦🏼♂️ we see that story change then...
Lol I was thinking the same, West Blvd at night isn't a place you want to be..
@@myrtlebeachsara 😂 I know he be locking his door... I'm from the hood and I lock my doors coming through there...
@@himandI0103 I lock my doors too haha!! Yes, I don't play with West Blvd, or North part of Tryon, just keep on driving lol
@@myrtlebeachsara 😂
@@himandI0103 🤣😂🤪
Traffic sucks. Charlotte wasn't so bad in the 60s and 70s. But pretty well sucks now. Midwood area in the 60s. Could actually play outside after dark with everybody without any problems. Then I lived on hickory grove road when Eastland mall opened and when it was torn down.. working at the airport fighting that traffic daily. I finally left. Hopefully I'll never have to come back. Y'all can have the orange barrel city.
Charlotte wasn’t a bad place for me and my family to live 15 years ago it was all of the dirty landlords that made us leave the place.
I love my city and if you from Charlotte everybody know where it goes down at you gotta stop and hang for bout 10 15 minutes... it says worse part of Charlotte should have took that drive in the 80's when belvedere, Piedmont Courts, Fairview homes, E.V. projects was thumping
Dalton Village?
Why can’t anyone in the comments spell “worst” correctly
Definitely not the hood. Born as raised in the QC, left for school came back and only being away for 4 years CHARLOTTE LOOKED WAYYYYY DIFFERENT.
One thing you are correct about is the serious gentrification that’s going on…. Small little history lesson about Charlotte……
Bettis Ford use to be a street swarming with black owned businesses.
Now they are putting a Chase bank at the corner of LaSalle and Bettis Ford, then remodeled Dub-C after years of that school pleading for renovations, houses are getting brought and remodeled by a lot of people who would have never even imagined living off of Bettis Ford Road and now there’s a light rail by JCSU….🤔🤔🧐🧐
It's funny how Piedmont Courts was renamed Seigle Point and Earle Village became First Ward. Back in the day those were rough areas especially if you weren't supposed to be there. All of those neighborhoods close to uptown have seen gentrification over the decades and the ghetto has been diluted and spread out in Charlotte. Still some rough areas but money talks loud and clear along with location, location, location.
I'll be moving to Charlotte in the spring so this is helpful.
me too :)
If you move here Rent is very high unless u buying a home.
Do a LOT OF RESEARCH before committing to a place..looks are deceiving here. Ask a lot of questions like why is the rent so high? It doesn't justify the lower wages you'll earn
I agree looks are very deceiving
Welcome, I say if you know where work is located definitely try to live close ish lol! Drive through at night as well! Read all reviews and have fun! Carowinds is great if you like rides and we have some great parks
Love your videos!!! Greetings from Brazil 😁
I’ll tell you what…looks a whole lot better than Oakland CA where I’m currently living. My house is on the market. As soon as it sells I’m moving to Charlotte. People ask if I know anyone? Nope. Every time I’ve been there I’ve had no problems meeting wonderful wonderful people. I’ll miss my friends but looking to get out of the Bay Area.
Did you move? Welcome from a Charlotte resident.
Im from Charlotte. Born and raised. The worst parts are the Sugar Creek/Hidden Valley area and the Lincoln Heights/JT Williams area. Other than that, it’s a great place to live
Did you say Thomas Bro? I can’t!