Definitely. They not letting the bad circumstances around them affect them. I'm sure it does get to them at times, but at least they keep moving forward.
EXACTLY!! I you read my mind. I always say that, in the most shittiest areas the houses are done up or people try their best to take pride in them. Making a good deal out of a bad deal
You'll get there just keep grinding. But yeah I love the Magic City it's still a beautiful place. Just like Chicago its a beautiful city as well but I had to get out also. Now I'm in Central Illinois a lot slower but safer. Stay safe be blessed
@@SuperTamig You're absolutely right, however it's still home... Not to tell my age, lol... I grew up near the area he was filming.. Inner City Birmingham... Right around the corner from where Region Field now sits... Film or recordings seems to make the area look just that much worse...
No matter where life takes me I will never forget my City (205) Birmingham Al. I still call it the city of hope we gone get there one day🙏🏽 RIP Larry Langford🙏🏽
Funny thing is, I can take a video of white neighborhoods in West Virginia and Pennsylvania and they look exactly the same. This is not a "black" problem. Poor people all over have this blight problem. No hope, no future, no interest in making it better.
Oh yeah, and poor whites don't run around shooting each other every day over absolutely fucking nothing, while you people trying to say whites do it to,
I’m about to tell you what happened to Birmingham, Alabama from my own view and some from research. I was born in B’ham in 1981. During the ‘80’s and early 2000’s, those neighborhoods you seen was beautiful and well-kept because the older blacks and some whites who lived in the neighborhood kept their homes and the street clean and tidy. Birmingham is a blue collar city and at that time you had good factory jobs around like, McWayne, US steel Fairfield works, and stockham. My cousin use to work for stockham for over 33 years. My cousin lived an upper middle class life in Pratt City and many of his colleagues lived in Ensley, Fairfield, Powderly and other parts of the area that was filmed. Once the factory closed a lot of them seen their income cut in half and had to live off retirement, pensions, or savings. One of the major employers in the city is UAB. If you had a background in nursing you was good. When the recession hit in early 1990-s those jobs started to slowly phase out, the city of Birmingham was starting to slide,you couldn’t really see it but it was barely becoming noticeable, so a lot of educated black residence left the city and moved to Atlanta, Ga, Houston, Dallas, and other major cities. As you can, a lot of brain drain took place and the elite blacks moved to Shelby County along highway 280. On the west side of town where CharlieBoi shot the scenes, there are no major employers on that side of town, mostly fast-food restaurants, wings joints, etc. During the late 1990’s a lot of the older black residence was starting to die out and left their houses to younger generation and that where the decline came in. There was an increase in single motherhood, drugs and alcohol came into place. A lot of people on social security, those older people who have passed and left their homes to the children, never got the deeds or title updated and by the house still in their parents’ name, the city is missing out on a lot of tax base revenue. Everybody know that you can’t operate with tax, you need some kind of revenue to come in. during the early 2000’s recession - dot com bubble, Birmingham didn’t really hit that hard from what I could see, but it was the beginning to an spiral downfall for the city. The great recession came and finish it out and the city by being a blue collar city began to lose major jobs 64,000 jobs has been loss in 2007 according to Roy L. Williams -- The Birmingham News According to AL.com article 19,000 was lost last year. As you can see the city was not only cripple but laid flat, smashed. What you see is what going on really across America. Shrinkage. A lot of white collar jobs left there was two major call centers, Teletech (use to work there 2004-2008) and SITEL. Both provided good jobs and both moved overseas. Left a lot of young people unemployed. Wells Fargo home mortgage where I used to work- moved to Charlotte, NC. Alabama is one of the poorest states in the USA and Birmingham is known as fast-food capital. So there are not a lot of opportunity to succeed in the city, AT&T building downtown Birmingham is vacant. The city only have 1 major indoor mall, Riverchase Galleria which is starting fade. Western Hills Mall and Brookwood Mall are basically vacant. Century Plaza and Eastwood Mall are distant memories. Those apartment at the end, Central Gardens, when I stayed there the units were 90% occupied, what happened was the owner of the property Hubbard reality, sold the units to the guy from Mississippi, then they went down fast, first he got rid of the trash pickup from 2 times a week to 1 time a week, and then he started to hire the tenants to due to lawn care. Birmingham is in bad shape from what I can see and I wish it the best. Birmingham will always be in my heart. Again this is my personal opinion of the city, please comment with yours. the Birmingham News on February 28, 2010 at 5:30 AM, updated February 28, 2010 at 6:11 AM. According to AL.com article 19,000 was lost last year. As you can see the city was not only cripple but laid flat, smashed. What you see is what going on really across America. Shrinkage. A lot of white collar jobs left there was two major call centers, Teletech (use to work there 2004-2008) and SITEL. Both provided good jobs and both moved overseas. Left a lot of young people unemployed. Wells Fargo home mortgage where I used to work- moved to Charlotte, NC. Alabama is one of the poorest states in the USA and Birmingham is known as fast-food capital. So there are not a lot of opportunity to succeed in the city, AT&T building downtown Birmingham is vacant. The city only have 1 major indoor mall, Riverchase Galleria which is starting fade. Western Hills Mall and Brookwood Mall are basically vacant. Century Plaza and Eastwood Mall are distant memories. Those apartment at the end, Central Gardens, when I stayed there the units were 90% occupied, what happened was the owner of the property Hubbard reality, sold the units to the guy from Mississippi, then they went down fast, first he got rid of the trash pickup from 2 times a week to 1 time a week, and then he started to hire the tenants to due to lawn care. Birmingham is in bad shape from what I can see and I wish it the best. Birmingham will always be in my heart. Again this is my personal opinion of the city, please comment with your
I agree with you. I've lived here all my life and was born in 83. I never lived downtown, but grew up in suburbs like Center Point (which has only gotten worse over time) I've seen a lot of what you mentioned. Where do you stay now?
Good morning everyone, I want to thank everyone who read my comment about the Birmingham decline. I personally think that Birmingham could have been a great place if Larry Langford (RIP) would have been left as the mayor. According to my research, Birmingham is on the same decline as Cleveland, OH; Gary, IN; Detroit, and Trenton, NJ. Any time you get a young black male major in office, the city goes down. Investors come in, pitch an idea, revamp downtown, and leave with all the money, tax incentives, and leave the rest of the residents with empty promises. All that is left is the poor and the hopeless in the city.
They would rather play victim because they weren't born into royalty. They get dressed and walk out the house and stand on a corner with five other victims. Im black and used to do it until I said to myself, this aint working. Marine Corps, Wife, Two Kids, and many American Akitas later, I live the life I want, not the one that was given.
next you should do Alabamas worst hillbilly towns, Bibb County has gotten real nasty over the last 20 years, if you go down this one road there's nothing but trash lining both sides of the shoulder down the entire road. the sad part is they claim to love their town but yet they can't take care of it. smdh
Our communities use to not be so bad. I grew up in most of these areas and it’s so sad how things have changed. I saw Powderly, Titusville, loveman village, westend, and many more ran down communities. Our communities are not going to take care of themselves. The people living in them must do so.
@Brian Murphy the hoods in the Ham just look country af, downtown there’s always something to do. I stay 45 minutes away and when we wana step out, we make that drive 👌🏽
@@brianmurphy7761 I live in Huntsville AL, it's about an hour from Birmingham, 3 hours from Atlanta, 6 hours from New Orleans, hour & a half from Nashville & it's the perfect place to live & be able to enjoy all the events in those cities!! It's clean, cost of living is good, plenty of jobs & safe!! There's plenty of stuff do in Alabama, being centrally located to all the well known cities in the south is the only way to go!!!
@supa doopa this video does this area no justice. I’m from this very hood and surrounding area. This is near Legion Field every project is under major revitalization. This video gives me another prospective of how I look at what is put out and what people buy into. Trust me, people in this area are doing as good as they want to. Too many opportunities out here with the growth of the city. If you want to see what it really is like, let me know and I will point you in the right direction
welcome to my hometown. those apartments at the end, I used to stay in them, central gardens,2008-2011. it was 90% occupied, rent for 1 bedroom 315, 2 bedroom was 335.. new year's and fourth of July, sounded like Iraq.
This is a great example to show how easy it would be for the government to spy on black neighborhoods without any suspicion, just use a black driver in a regular vehicle
A lot of people talk about Birmingham not being the greatest City to live in I like Birmingham because it's so cheap to live hear and they're always willing to help and there are a lot of resources anybody can make it living in Birmingham Alabama I'm representing the 205 city Alabama has a strength like no other .
I'm from the west and i believe i seen those apartments in the thumbnail on the first 48 ... Birmingham is one of my favorite Cities to watch when it's on the First 48 !
I saw it too on first48. There were those red brick housing projects. One of the cops used to grow up there and said the name of the projects. Somebody know the name?
Then poverty is a relative thing. Many things I see here signify a much higher standard of living than in Moldova, for example. Some nice cars and houses.
Strolling the hood Birmingham Alabama They rebuilding those neighborhoods I grew up in Fairfield projects And grew up to move my babies to a beautiful subdivision love the video
Use to live in Birmingham in 2005 after my mother died to live with my auntie right on 1st pl s and 18th street. I went to center street middle school and my aunt use to always tell me don't roam around the neighborhood and I never understood. They had 105 murders that year so I understand now
All I see are homes on the grassy knoll that need a slight weeding and some kind gents hanging out on the corner. I missed where you made the exit for the local country club?
5:56 a small example of people that don't give a shit about what their neighborhood looks like.. a basketball rim laying on its side. Why does nobody stand it up or dismantle it? Just leave it there like who gives a fuck ... Smh
I lived in California for a while then moved back home to Huntsville, West coast don't know 💩 about soul food!!! It may be slow pace down here, but it's where I'd rather be all damn day long!!!!
This video is the biggest lie!!! I live in Birmingham. You are just riding around showing abandoned neighborhoods on the westside! The hood is considered neighborhoods where people live that are run down. Not one person in sight! Don’t do us like that.....next you decide to do a documentary do your research first. Thank you 🙏🏽
.. nobody even lives on some of these back streets he’s driving on .. lol .. but not being from here it is crazy to me how the city just leaves these abandon houses and apts to rot and cave in to the ground .. it’s an eye sore and it makes the city look 100 times worse than it actually is ..
They all got nice cars and clothes tho and probably a few fun things that cost money hiding in those clothes cause everyone's holding something if ya know what i mean
Left Tacoma Washington at 17 back in 2005 hit the road ended up in Birmingham. I ended up staying there for over a year I miss all the homies I met out there it’s breed out there fa real. Showed me that loyalty and love is real. Real solid niggas is in Alabama fa real miss everyone I met wish we could get back in touch
I can not believe it is America. The truth is, such places are everywhere. I live in Europe, many places are similar. The only exception is that there are no blacks. Good Job Charlie. Greetings from Poland;)
The state rather spend it on non-important necessities that isnt even important compared to what really needs to be done.and calling it the wirst neighborhoods we can do something about it but its not the people people are going to be the same no matter where u go because the same things happen in both rich and poor neighborhoods so whats really bad in your eyes
Nothing unusual I can’t tell you how many hoods, ghettos, & section 8 projects I’ve been to and see a good chunk of people driving cars no more than eight years old and anything older than that likely has some customizations of the car that often end up being more pricier than the car itself, yikes!
I use to have to go to gate City to get my uncle's medicine at the pharmacy/store. Needless to say, my .44 stayed stuffed inside my waist band every single time. I still live in Alabama. Trussville to be exact. Always will love it for some reason.
Our neighborhood was a good community they tore down the projects and put them in our community and now our community have become the hood I stay in my house and do nothing
The way we live our lives on this earth determines where we going when we die, either heaven or hell there is no in between. We can't be down here on earth living like the devil and expect to make it to heaven
It always amazes me......what ever hardship these neighborhoods have to suffer from....they mostly take great care of their lawns....Your videos are always interesting and educational -thanks a lot !Have a nice weekend!
I live in Birmingham relocated from NY. In the late 90's NY had places that was just as neglected. For the record whoever's filming only showing the most neglected parts. In some of the roughest parts there is nice homes and people keep their yards cut. I rarely see people just hanging on the corners. Not saying its peaches and cream but its not as bad as it looks on this video.
Alabama is VERY VERY OPPRESSED THEY DONT WANT TO GROW OR CHANGE FOR THE BETTER INCLUDING THE HIGH END AREAS TO NOT JUST THE HOOD COLLECTIVELY AS A WHOLE STATE
Ayeee I’m from Anniston but I’m in Bham everyday. It’s definitely a serious place. Other areas to visit are the north side, Woodlawn, Smithfield, Inglenook, Gate City, etc. Other than that, I have much love for the city, it’s people and my state!
Aye no cap I'm from Fairfield and I can say Birmingham gotten crazy I moved to Jacksonville fl for welding school cuz if I didn't I'd prob end up in a bad position
This is where I stay ....I wish you would have holla at me when you roll thru but I imagine you probably wouldn't want to ... 09:32 --- Elyton projects near Legion Field ... UGLY stomping grounds ...
Elyton Village is nothing at all what it used to be. Well most of the spot aren't. I remember when Elijah got killed in the 90s there. That was a big murder. He was killed with a birmingham police department vest on. So many memories. i miss the old birmingham.
I think it's more about documentation. Because the majority of housing projects are being torn down and hoods getting gentrified. But, I could be 100% wrong 😁. Who knows. Entertaining to say the least.
20th Street(Ensley), Goldwire, Avondale(Munchies), The North side were commonplace during my homeless junkie days May 03' Jan 09'. Got Clean 6/5/2010 and met lots of really good hearted people in "The Ham". I Live about an hour away now and visit occasionally. Birmingham will always occupy a special place in my heart and really is a cool city. Hate to see such a lack of restoration to these areas.
My family used to live in Center Point growing up. Real shithole but when you're a kid you don't see it that way. I found a bigass knife and it was awesome ;D Always some shady people around. Playground right next to a dumpster. It wasn't scary though. i think most kids don't get scared. Later in life though you learn how close you were to real danger.
Center point was never ever a shithole till around 15 plus years ago. Through the eighties and nineties Centerpoint was middle class all up through their, Roebuck and Huffman. You must be really young.
@@sheperdjohnson1185 at least in the neighborhood i was in. It was in an apartment complex near between McDonalds and a grocery store and near a Karate place. Don't know what you mean by really young. Mid-thirites isn't that young, unless you' both are you in your sixties, then yeah, it's young.
I work in bham, even though only a small part of the city looks like this, a lot of things happen when the sun goes down. The same night a police officer got shot, I heard a shoot out from about 3 blocks down ring out while I was on break. Crazy shit happens down there every night.
This appears to been recorded over a year ago...Many of these areas, I've seen and know have been / are being revitalized and updated. Especially with many real estate investors arising....areas have drastically improved here. Some who have moved away are making their way back into the city.
Where there's a will there's a way God see's beyond all things so we never forget where we came from but we do know where we're going to we sometimes have to live where we can afford not because we have to it's because WE all our going threw The Struggle of LIFE and it's War" Pain, Disappointment ". AMEN WE'RE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN IN NEED OF HELP!!😢😭😭
You tripping. This shit like crabs in a bucket. Everybody hate on each other so niggas plotting. Nigga I lost my daddy and both of my brothers. Ain't shit sweet. This nigga said nice. Goofy ass dude
It looks different, much better not even a mile away from some of these neighborhoods, BUT! THE SOUTH SIDE IS SOMEWHAT DRENCHED WITH HOMELESSNESS AND WITH DRUG ADDICTS.
Birmingham is a nice city but most Black areas are horrendous-the difference between social classes(Whites and Blacks) is mind blowing. If you go to Mountain Brook or Homewood, some of the nicest suburbs in the South.
Man stop it but u know I'm going to let y'all stay sleep nobody says anything when people come get all these good jobs like UAB,MERCEDES BENZ,HONDA,just too name a few then they putting a whole new up lift on the city but hey what do I know but yall stay sleep then you only road on the west side of town if u gone ride,ride man as a state ALABAMA has much to offer but stay sleep I ain't waking u up either
smitten kitten Are you? Go watch his videos driving through Camden or Newark, NJ where the buildings are literally crumbling. These are mansions in comparison.
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@@craigbarka7480 That doesn't matter...What CB313 is driving does...
@@craigbarka7480 A Nissian Altima, all white, good luck...
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Fam you should of put the names of the neighborhoods not criticizing but good video 💯
You can see some houses who still have pride and try and make the best of a bad situation by maintaining their homes and gardens. Love that!
Definitely. They not letting the bad circumstances around them affect them. I'm sure it does get to them at times, but at least they keep moving forward.
What's the bad situation? Plenty of jobs in the ham
@@spinalcompression1603 DRUGS
Yeah those are the preachers and church owners etc...lol
EXACTLY!! I you read my mind. I always say that, in the most shittiest areas the houses are done up or people try their best to take pride in them. Making a good deal out of a bad deal
Can wait to get outta here😔😔😔but I’ll never forget where I came from
last of a dying breed thanks🥰
Right on my father is from Birmingham and we used to visit ever other summer from Chicago. I still remember good times and a not so safe place
GoTime74 I’m look for a way out soon ass I get TH-cam famous I’m out 😂 but it’s not all bad
You'll get there just keep grinding. But yeah I love the Magic City it's still a beautiful place. Just like Chicago its a beautiful city as well but I had to get out also. Now I'm in Central Illinois a lot slower but safer. Stay safe be blessed
@@thewilliamsfamily1571 yeah I know what you mean I left 25 years ago but I never forgot where I came from good luck on your yourube career
If you look for it, you'll find it... What one calls hood, another calls home...
Satonious Hardwick people who live there call it the hood not those who don’t 😂
@@SuperTamig You're absolutely right, however it's still home... Not to tell my age, lol... I grew up near the area he was filming..
Inner City Birmingham... Right around the corner from where Region Field now sits... Film or recordings seems to make the area look just that much worse...
I work in Fairfield/Ensley which is a suburb of Birmingham. It’s not a nice place to be
Whoosh Boosh I don’t live there, I live in Forestdale
Bluue._. Aye Forestdale! My cousin used to live there. I really miss being in Forestdale it gives me so much nostalgia.
No matter where life takes me I will never forget my City (205) Birmingham Al. I still call it the city of hope we gone get there one day🙏🏽 RIP Larry Langford🙏🏽
Lashawn Brown cute pic
All day from Smithfield graymont, elyton it might look ghetto but I'll never forget my neighborhood and that's on boo
ybk lamar January 8,2019
Ensley cathy ln westside baby!!!!
@ybk lamar right before they released him from prison coincidentally
Birmingham Alabama in the house👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽
Represent!
Same! Well Hueytown 😂🖐
@@Huntthewoods you look like this female name Kaylee from hueytown
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@@Huntthewoods I'm from hueytown too and my name is crystal. ❤
Funny thing is, I can take a video of white neighborhoods in West Virginia and Pennsylvania and they look exactly the same. This is not a "black" problem. Poor people all over have this blight problem. No hope, no future, no interest in making it better.
@@bryartxe6286 Just redpilled them bro
But the white neighbor hoods in W.V. ain't going around shooting each other every day and night.
Who said anything about race
This video doesn't say anything about race.
Oh yeah, and poor whites don't run around shooting each other every day over absolutely fucking nothing, while you people trying to say whites do it to,
Yes sir go threw there at nite 😂😂😂shit real out here in ham
Blocks bout dry
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I’m about to tell you what happened to Birmingham, Alabama from my own view and some from
research. I was born in B’ham in 1981. During the ‘80’s and early 2000’s, those
neighborhoods you seen was beautiful and well-kept because the older blacks and
some whites who lived in the neighborhood kept their homes and the street clean
and tidy. Birmingham is a blue collar city and at that time you had good factory jobs around like, McWayne, US steel Fairfield works, and stockham. My cousin use to work for stockham for over 33 years. My cousin lived an upper middle class life in Pratt City and many of his colleagues lived in Ensley, Fairfield, Powderly and other parts of the area that was filmed. Once the factory closed a lot of them seen their income cut in half and had to live off retirement, pensions, or savings. One of the major employers in the city is UAB. If you had a background in nursing you was good. When the recession hit in early 1990-s those jobs started to slowly phase out, the
city of Birmingham was starting to slide,you couldn’t really see it but it was barely
becoming noticeable, so a lot of educated black residence left the city and
moved to Atlanta, Ga, Houston, Dallas, and other major cities. As you can, a
lot of brain drain took place and the elite blacks moved to Shelby County along
highway 280. On the west side of town where CharlieBoi shot the scenes, there
are no major employers on that side of town, mostly fast-food restaurants,
wings joints, etc. During the late 1990’s a lot of the older black residence
was starting to die out and left their houses to younger generation and that
where the decline came in. There was an increase in single motherhood, drugs
and alcohol came into place. A lot of people on social security, those older
people who have passed and left their homes to the children, never got the
deeds or title updated and by the house still in their parents’ name, the city
is missing out on a lot of tax base revenue. Everybody know that you can’t
operate with tax, you need some kind of revenue to come in. during the early
2000’s recession - dot com bubble, Birmingham didn’t really hit that hard from
what I could see, but it was the beginning
to an spiral downfall for the city. The great recession came and finish it out
and the city by being a blue collar city began to lose major jobs 64,000 jobs
has been loss in 2007 according to Roy L. Williams
-- The Birmingham News
According to AL.com article 19,000 was lost last
year. As you can see the city was not
only cripple but laid flat, smashed. What you see is what going on really across
America. Shrinkage. A lot of white collar jobs left there was two major call
centers, Teletech (use to work there 2004-2008) and SITEL. Both provided good
jobs and both moved overseas. Left a lot of young people unemployed. Wells
Fargo home mortgage where I used to work- moved to Charlotte, NC. Alabama is
one of the poorest states in the USA and Birmingham is known as fast-food
capital. So there are not a lot of opportunity to succeed in the city, AT&T
building downtown Birmingham is vacant. The city only have 1 major indoor mall,
Riverchase Galleria which is starting fade. Western Hills Mall and Brookwood
Mall are basically vacant. Century Plaza and Eastwood Mall are distant
memories. Those apartment at the end, Central Gardens, when I stayed there the
units were 90% occupied, what happened was the owner of the property Hubbard
reality, sold the units to the guy from Mississippi, then they went down fast,
first he got rid of the trash pickup from 2 times a week to 1 time a week, and
then he started to hire the tenants to due to lawn care. Birmingham is in bad
shape from what I can see and I wish it the best. Birmingham will always be in
my heart. Again this is my personal opinion of the city, please comment with
yours.
the Birmingham News on February 28, 2010 at
5:30 AM, updated February 28, 2010 at 6:11 AM.
According to AL.com article 19,000 was lost last year. As you can see the city was not only cripple
but laid flat, smashed. What you see is what going on really across America. Shrinkage.
A lot of white collar jobs left there was two major call centers, Teletech (use
to work there 2004-2008) and SITEL. Both provided good jobs and both moved
overseas. Left a lot of young people unemployed. Wells Fargo home mortgage
where I used to work- moved to Charlotte, NC. Alabama is one of the poorest
states in the USA and Birmingham is known as fast-food capital. So there are
not a lot of opportunity to succeed in the city, AT&T building downtown Birmingham
is vacant. The city only have 1 major indoor mall, Riverchase Galleria which is
starting fade. Western Hills Mall and Brookwood Mall are basically vacant. Century
Plaza and Eastwood Mall are distant memories. Those apartment at the end,
Central Gardens, when I stayed there the units were 90% occupied, what happened
was the owner of the property Hubbard reality, sold the units to the guy from Mississippi,
then they went down fast, first he got rid of the trash pickup from 2 times a
week to 1 time a week, and then he started to hire the tenants to due to lawn
care. Birmingham is in bad shape from what I can see and I wish it the best.
Birmingham will always be in my heart. Again this is my personal opinion of the
city, please comment with your
I agree with you. I've lived here all my life and was born in 83. I never lived downtown, but grew up in suburbs like Center Point (which has only gotten worse over time) I've seen a lot of what you mentioned. Where do you stay now?
@@lowmofo , I live in Atlanta now. Thanks for your comments 👍
Good morning everyone, I want to thank everyone who read my comment about the Birmingham decline. I personally think that Birmingham could have been a great place if Larry Langford (RIP) would have been left as the mayor. According to my research, Birmingham is on the same decline as Cleveland, OH; Gary, IN; Detroit, and Trenton, NJ. Any time you get a young black male major in office, the city goes down. Investors come in, pitch an idea, revamp downtown, and leave with all the money, tax incentives, and leave the rest of the residents with empty promises. All that is left is the poor and the hopeless in the city.
We're bouncing back
So true I know what you talking about because I was born in rised up in Birmingham I'm from IOTA avenue in tittusville
It doesn’t matter if you are poor we can still cut our grass, wash the windows.
I’m with you when you’re right. People are really depressed though. When your neighbors don’t take care of theirs, one becomes climatized to it.
Individuals need to come together and start rebuilding.
Start with a D9 Caterpillar bulldozer and some gasoline and a lighter
Carmelita Carter especially on west side of Ensley cuzz
They have...Habitat For Humanity used to come here and rebuild etc all the time...No one keeps it up.....They like it
They would rather play victim because they weren't born into royalty. They get dressed and walk out the house and stand on a corner with five other victims. Im black and used to do it until I said to myself, this aint working. Marine Corps, Wife, Two Kids, and many American Akitas later, I live the life I want, not the one that was given.
This looks like one of those places in gta san andreas
Yooooo ! You just passed by my grandma house ! I got to show her this the next time I'm in the Ham
what streets are we on? or town?
I'm from bham💪💪💪💪
@@sylviehorgan9976 ensley
I live not far from there, if you don't live there it's best not to go there...Shout out to First 48...
Yea all u see is niggas telling on eachother lol
Facts!!!!
Stop putting so many dots it's not necessary.
@@dtb205 TY guy with III's O.o, it's an ellipsis that I can go on and on.. TY appreciate it, ty(...)
Damn there's no way you can go to the store without a car in some of those areas. Walking don't seem like a good idea. Imagine at night!!
😂😂😂dude weird asl
Gaaaay!
@itzsykez was that in Alabama or ATL?
@itzsykez officer Hitchcock sounds sp familiar... I think he was a school resources officer also...
@itzsykez for what city or school system? Shelby county? Alabaster?
next you should do Alabamas worst hillbilly towns, Bibb County has gotten real nasty over the last 20 years, if you go down this one road there's nothing but trash lining both sides of the shoulder down the entire road. the sad part is they claim to love their town but yet they can't take care of it. smdh
@@djackson1441 I'm white and I won't. It's hard to believe that I once had a job in Bham and would cut through some of these places. Now way now
He'll yeah! 😁😁
The grandeur of what was, and the condition of what is; so sad.
Ya channel has me wanting to buy Property out of these hoods I see a lot of $’s
You can buy them for around 5 k in the areas he recorded in
Yeen gone make no money down here bit they gone vandalize yo shit
I wish I can go on all these trips with you bro. My damn girlfriend is driving me nuts im ready to split
Kmsl
@@keonbrown7093 She prolly gross... Then again you prolly don't care
Dont leave your girl to go driving thru the projects man lol
Cuzz this shit ain’t fo you nigga, 205 ain’t shit to be played with
Joe Lewis 😂 lol he’s right
I saw a couple Alexander Shunnarah signs
Call me Alabama 🙄
Alexander Shunnarah got my mama PAID💯💯💯🙌🏽from a car accident this year👍🏾.
SW Productions that’s the only thing we got down here 😂😂
Call me Alabama, I'm the Alabama hammer
Call me right now!
ENSLEY 22ND ST BRICKYARD BOND HOME OF THE (B.Y.P) CHECKIN IN 💪🏿💯💪🏿
Our communities use to not be so bad. I grew up in most of these areas and it’s so sad how things have changed. I saw Powderly, Titusville, loveman village, westend, and many more ran down communities. Our communities are not going to take care of themselves. The people living in them must do so.
I visited Birmingham back in 2015, this city is hood asf
datboiwes333, and you are a stupid Bitch
@@lashoncoleman4924 OK...
Lol
@@lashoncoleman4924 lol
Shit I am from here born and raised
I'm from Birmingham, and 13:22 is the only place I recognize.
Hi Charlie! Do you always use the same car or do you exchange it? every place you go is far.👍
I think he drives a buick
The one I have been waiting for! Birmingham my home town.
A few short interviews in each city will really make these videos interesting.
You head out there and give it a go.
Y'all be so scared of people it's ridiculous. These are people. They aren't gonna kill you and go to jail for life for nothing.
Oh yeah I forgot. I stay in the hood and y'all probably stay in the suburbs so this is nothing to me.
And just play the folks talking the whole time with the drive through footage in the background
@@unconquerablepresence4360 except yeah some people do
This doesn’t look that bad, just some starter ranch homes that are a little run down
That was GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
@Bob Boon dah HAHAHA! Yeah tell her homie!✌! But they are gentrifying a lot of areas in the hoods of bham
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I love BHam lives there for over 10 years when I was married 💪🏽 Centerpoint and Bessemer what it do 😎
Centerpoint proud.
Hope all is going well I’m from the Birmingham across the water in the uk 💪🏾
Born and raised 205 much love to the Ham
The dirty south. Birmingham, Atlanta, Miami, NOLA, and Memphis mane.
I feel like at least atl, Miami and Nola have vibrant downtowns and things to do I’ve never been to Alabama but it looks like there’s nothing going on
I'm from ATLANTA
@Brian Murphy the hoods in the Ham just look country af, downtown there’s always something to do. I stay 45 minutes away and when we wana step out, we make that drive 👌🏽
@@brianmurphy7761
I live in Huntsville AL, it's about an hour from Birmingham, 3 hours from Atlanta, 6 hours from New Orleans, hour & a half from Nashville & it's the perfect place to live & be able to enjoy all the events in those cities!! It's clean, cost of living is good, plenty of jobs & safe!! There's plenty of stuff do in Alabama, being centrally located to all the well known cities in the south is the only way to go!!!
Yesss I love being from the south
Damn, looks like a third world country. Even though I've seen it many times, it still amazes me there are people living like this in our country.
Inequality. The U.S. is among the most unequal of the major industrialised countries in the world. And here we see the result.
brought to you by neoliberal unregulated capitalism!
That hood is better than most middle class States in africa
@supa doopa this video does this area no justice. I’m from this very hood and surrounding area. This is near Legion Field every project is under major revitalization. This video gives me another prospective of how I look at what is put out and what people buy into. Trust me, people in this area are doing as good as they want to. Too many opportunities out here with the growth of the city. If you want to see what it really is like, let me know and I will point you in the right direction
@@888_OM I know what I'm talking about, I'm in Nairobi Kenya, which I still betta than congo
welcome to my hometown. those apartments at the end, I used to stay in them, central gardens,2008-2011. it was 90% occupied, rent for 1 bedroom 315, 2 bedroom was 335.. new year's and fourth of July, sounded like Iraq.
Glad you made it out alive.
@@Ed-iz4wm thanks man
I want to live in the USA, my country is like the house of a Demon!
How much does the penthouse suite rent for! ...
@@jamesbenedict7206 priceless and you get a free supply of rats and roaches.
MurdaHam,AL I love my city only the strong survive,concrete jungle,ask them rappers why they scared to do shows in da Ham
Ain't nobody scared of Alabama 😂😂
@@newarkyoungboy3552 do your homework first 48
The problem is you're acting like that's a good thing... smfh
@@Prod.Likidd4L Exactly my point 🖒
@@djackson1441 whatever bruh
This is a great example to show how easy it would be for the government to spy on black neighborhoods without any suspicion, just use a black driver in a regular vehicle
Yup
A lot of people talk about Birmingham not being the greatest City to live in I like Birmingham because it's so cheap to live hear and they're always willing to help and there are a lot of resources anybody can make it living in Birmingham Alabama I'm representing the 205 city Alabama has a strength like no other .
Facts
I'm from the west and i believe i seen those apartments in the thumbnail on the first 48 ... Birmingham is one of my favorite Cities to watch when it's on the First 48 !
I saw it too on first48. There were those red brick housing projects. One of the cops used to grow up there and said the name of the projects. Somebody know the name?
Thanks man!
I pray for u 🙏
It makes me so nervous how the people you drive by in these videos almost always stare you down.
EpicSC I have anxiety but growing up in the hood you get used to it.Sometimes you will have to be agresive
I mean he is filming the, get a grip 🙄
Lol now go through mountain brook. And see the crazy difference
Facts
@Fitness Elite hommie i live in mountain brook lol
And my mortgage is not cheap
Deerreading thats where im from
@Fitness Elite why you so mad bitch lmfao..
Gotta be one of the worst hoods. You get confronted with poverty every few seconds
Then poverty is a relative thing. Many things I see here signify a much higher standard of living than in Moldova, for example. Some nice cars and houses.
Them hoods aint bad u jus scared
All the hoods look a like from state too state... Smh
Strolling the hood Birmingham Alabama
They rebuilding those neighborhoods
I grew up in Fairfield projects
And grew up to move my babies to a beautiful subdivision love the video
right now Fairfield is ghost town now
Their not rebuilding shit in those neighborhoods.
I lives in bham ...this is some part of westend.....the hold city dont look like this.....
Edwina Thomas Hey girl!
You just made the "hold" city look remedial af...
@@kaydoe4858 af
@@kaydoe4858 🤣🤣🤣
Love man village at the beginning
Anyone else notice the complete lack of police cruisers? Lol yep, this where I live, the great 205
Sameee
9:10. Right off Third Avenue West.
@@3M5172 and get yo dumbass robbed..
@@countryboybama2126 😆😆😂😂😂
Why because they are all posted up in Homewood. Rolling 4 or 5 deep, not patrolling but trolling at Wells Fargo & the Circle K on Green Springs.
I have family members that live over there in Alabama n Phoenix some of them does not called it hood they call it home for them
Use to live in Birmingham in 2005 after my mother died to live with my auntie right on 1st pl s and 18th street. I went to center street middle school and my aunt use to always tell me don't roam around the neighborhood and I never understood. They had 105 murders that year so I understand now
Young Lo I’m from west Birmingham myself bro and I went to center street myself👌🏾
Is your aunt safe there
@@chrismartin2123 well she don't stay there anymore but yeah she was fine ...she from Newark nj anyway
@@gnitti59 im from the Eastside of Birmingham I went to Banks
I went to Center Street and Washigton. My grandma still lives in Titusville
All I see are homes on the grassy knoll that need a slight weeding and some kind gents hanging out on the corner. I missed where you made the exit for the local country club?
I didn't know hoods could be so green. That's what I get for being a northeasterner.
This place has so much potential, once you bulldoze the whole thing to the ground.
@@RR-hb7nj You can't tear us down. We Wuz Kangs!!!
5:56 a small example of people that don't give a shit about what their neighborhood looks like.. a basketball rim laying on its side. Why does nobody stand it up or dismantle it? Just leave it there like who gives a fuck ... Smh
You really dont know how southern hoods look then.
BIRMINGHAM REPRESENT WHERE MY BHAM FAM #205 💯💯💯💯
West End right here
Cold Hearted 205 WESTSIDE 💯
I’m from Hoover 205. I’m sorry you all have to live in those conditions and I’m praying my fellow bham people will succeed
Pray for the hood 🙏🏾
Tray Little....Don't waste your breath, Demo'craps destroyed them for votes...
nah
I always think how would my life be different growing up in the South instead of up here 😂 it is what it is though
Me too
Tontyanna ?
I lived in California for a while then moved back home to Huntsville, West coast don't know 💩 about soul food!!! It may be slow pace down here, but it's where I'd rather be all damn day long!!!!
You a Yankee 😂😂😂🤣
This video is the biggest lie!!! I live in Birmingham. You are just riding around showing abandoned neighborhoods on the westside! The hood is considered neighborhoods where people live that are run down. Not one person in sight! Don’t do us like that.....next you decide to do a documentary do your research first. Thank you 🙏🏽
.. nobody even lives on some of these back streets he’s driving on .. lol .. but not being from here it is crazy to me how the city just leaves these abandon houses and apts to rot and cave in to the ground .. it’s an eye sore and it makes the city look 100 times worse than it actually is ..
They all got nice cars and clothes tho and probably a few fun things that cost money hiding in those clothes cause everyone's holding something if ya know what i mean
205 where it's at gotta still love it! Where my 205 people at lol
Westside
I used to be a part of the 205. From Central City and Elyton Village. Now i'm a 615 Cashville all the way live here too!!
Westside Ensley
Left Tacoma Washington at 17 back in 2005 hit the road ended up in Birmingham. I ended up staying there for over a year I miss all the homies I met out there it’s breed out there fa real. Showed me that loyalty and love is real. Real solid niggas is in Alabama fa real miss everyone I met wish we could get back in touch
I can not believe it is America. The truth is, such places are everywhere. I live in Europe, many places are similar. The only exception is that there are no blacks. Good Job Charlie. Greetings from Poland;)
Love Poland! The last stand!!
Darecki wtf where in Europe is this? No blacks? Is this Brighton are something
it would be nice if there was some sort of commentary on where exactly in Birmingham you're driving through.
That's the westside ensley
Rachel Thomas Sometimes silence SPEAKS VOLUMES! Pay attention.
@@privatelifejust_4me I like it....This channel is awesome.
KINGS AND QUEENS Agreed!
Rachel Thomas, Right. Then we will all know which parts to avoid if ever on a road trip.
The hood is everywhere not just in Al, so yes you've seen it in your city where ever you are.
I’m from west end near Baptist’s hospital on Princeton Ave.
Mustang Guru Tuscaloosa ave 🙌
Love that Mcdonalds across the street. Never had a messed up order from there.
The state rather spend it on non-important necessities that isnt even important compared to what really needs to be done.and calling it the wirst neighborhoods we can do something about it but its not the people people are going to be the same no matter where u go because the same things happen in both rich and poor neighborhoods so whats really bad in your eyes
Democratic cities look a mess
Budgets mostly goes into turning downtown into an expensive hipster yuppie town.
$500 houses. $50,000 vehicles.
Jeremy Tate people priorities messed up
Yep. It's nothing to see a 19' Charger or Challenger in front of a shotgun rent home lol
That's how they do it down south
Backwards
Nothing unusual I can’t tell you how many hoods, ghettos, & section 8 projects I’ve been to and see a good chunk of people driving cars no more than eight years old and anything older than that likely has some customizations of the car that often end up being more pricier than the car itself, yikes!
Couldn't go thru the Brickyard projects they are gone...my city is very rough but the realist much love for the 205
Bethel Baptist church
Budgets mostly goes into turning downtown into an expensive hipster yuppie town.
THANK "GOD" I ESCAPED "BIRMINGHAM"!
Tornado did a lot of that
Go to Huntsville and you’ll see what’s the real deal
Clean as hell all over the place
Huntsville boy stop
I use to have to go to gate City to get my uncle's medicine at the pharmacy/store. Needless to say, my .44 stayed stuffed inside my waist band every single time. I still live in Alabama. Trussville to be exact. Always will love it for some reason.
Our neighborhood was a good community they tore down the projects and put them in our community and now our community have become the hood I stay in my house and do nothing
This video cool but it's a lot of area he didn't ride thru Birmingham is the slum im from the NawfSide but shit popping all over the city
Fla boy but I fucs with the Ham, some of my ppls from Birmingham
Come to Richmond VA. Lynhaven ave, Jeff Davis, Whitcomb Court, Creighton Court, Mosby Court, Fairfield
Souff onee they not on shit
Souff onee to
he already did richmond but he didnt go to all those spots you named
BLOODY Bay you smoking rocks
The way we live our lives on this earth determines where we going when we die, either heaven or hell there is no in between. We can't be down here on earth living like the devil and expect to make it to heaven
Amen
It always amazes me......what ever hardship these neighborhoods have to suffer from....they mostly take great care of their lawns....Your videos are always interesting and educational -thanks a lot !Have a nice weekend!
I live in Birmingham relocated from NY. In the late 90's NY had places that was just as neglected. For the record whoever's filming only showing the most neglected parts. In some of the roughest parts there is nice homes and people keep their yards cut. I rarely see people just hanging on the corners. Not saying its peaches and cream but its not as bad as it looks on this video.
Alabama is VERY VERY OPPRESSED THEY DONT WANT TO GROW OR CHANGE FOR THE BETTER INCLUDING THE HIGH END AREAS TO NOT JUST THE HOOD COLLECTIVELY AS A WHOLE STATE
So right
Ensley. Woodlawn. Tarrant. Some areas of Centerpoint. Brookside projects (I use to live there) just some of the areas I know of
15th Terrace NE Center Point, what's happening! 205!
Love the rural hoods,never know who will pop out. Roll tide
Ricgard Smith Roll Tide!!
RMFT 🐘🏈
How do you consider any of this rural?
Ayeee I’m from Anniston but I’m in Bham everyday. It’s definitely a serious place. Other areas to visit are the north side, Woodlawn, Smithfield, Inglenook, Gate City, etc. Other than that, I have much love for the city, it’s people and my state!
Man you put miles on the whip.
😂😂 i like this comment
Sweet home Alabama
Oh, sorry. I didn't scroll down and now I see that TH-cam has put my comment next to yours. Anyone, just wanted to say the same :)
more like sweet hell alabama.
Must be nice living there
I know that he's showing goods. But Alabama has some very exclusive neighborhoods.
I was born and raised in near Birmingham Birmingham sucks but the rest of Alabama is great
Ironic, I’m literally flying out of lax in 6 hours to Birmingham lol.
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Aye no cap I'm from Fairfield and I can say Birmingham gotten crazy I moved to Jacksonville fl for welding school cuz if I didn't I'd prob end up in a bad position
This is where I stay ....I wish you would have holla at me when you roll thru but I imagine you probably wouldn't want to ... 09:32 --- Elyton projects near Legion Field ... UGLY stomping grounds ...
Yo isn't Elyton a Crip hood?
RMFT🐘🏈
From the Ville🙋
Elyton Village is nothing at all what it used to be. Well most of the spot aren't. I remember when Elijah got killed in the 90s there. That was a big murder. He was killed with a birmingham police department vest on. So many memories. i miss the old birmingham.
@@Humanesocietee wasn't Elyton Village a Crip Hood?
@@Humanesocietee I know Smithfield is a Crip Hood
Lived here most of my life, recognize a few of those places.
I recognize them all. I also remember when they didn't look like this.
Showing developers / Gentrifiers where to start next... What's your goal here?
Right
TH-cam dude thirsty for views.
True . He’s making money/views off showing others struggles. Further oppressing the already oppressed, his own ppl .There is no goal but $$.
@Glamorous Taee shut the fuck up..
I think it's more about documentation. Because the majority of housing projects are being torn down and hoods getting gentrified. But, I could be 100% wrong 😁. Who knows. Entertaining to say the least.
20th Street(Ensley), Goldwire, Avondale(Munchies), The North side were commonplace during my homeless junkie days May 03' Jan 09'. Got Clean 6/5/2010 and met lots of really good hearted people in "The Ham". I Live about an hour away now and visit occasionally. Birmingham will always occupy a special place in my heart and really is a cool city. Hate to see such a lack of restoration to these areas.
Robert Taylor congratulations on getting clean
@@TaiwanBritnee Thanks but really just got sick and tired of being sick and tired. Have a most Blessed Day😇😇
Robert Taylor You too! Many Blessings to you!!😘
@@TaiwanBritnee 😁
My family used to live in Center Point growing up. Real shithole but when you're a kid you don't see it that way. I found a bigass knife and it was awesome ;D Always some shady people around. Playground right next to a dumpster. It wasn't scary though. i think most kids don't get scared. Later in life though you learn how close you were to real danger.
Center point was never ever a shithole till around 15 plus years ago. Through the eighties and nineties Centerpoint was middle class all up through their, Roebuck and Huffman. You must be really young.
@@johnhollis2253 my family left in '96
It hasn't been quite 20years when center point was mostly white
@@johnhollis2253 he is. Huffman high used to be all white during the late 90's
@@sheperdjohnson1185 at least in the neighborhood i was in. It was in an apartment complex near between McDonalds and a grocery store and near a Karate place. Don't know what you mean by really young. Mid-thirites isn't that young, unless you' both are you in your sixties, then yeah, it's young.
I work in bham, even though only a small part of the city looks like this, a lot of things happen when the sun goes down. The same night a police officer got shot, I heard a shoot out from about 3 blocks down ring out while I was on break. Crazy shit happens down there every night.
This appears to been recorded over a year ago...Many of these areas, I've seen and know have been / are being revitalized and updated. Especially with many real estate investors arising....areas have drastically improved here. Some who have moved away are making their way back into the city.
2:46 that place is loveman village
Where there's a will there's a way God see's beyond all things so we never forget where we came from but we do know where we're going to we sometimes have to live where we can afford not because we have to it's because WE all our going threw The Struggle of LIFE and it's War" Pain, Disappointment ". AMEN WE'RE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN IN NEED OF HELP!!😢😭😭
It's poverty stricken but I bet the people there are probably very nice compared to people in the ghettos on the West or East Coast.
Come find out and end up on first 48
You tripping. This shit like crabs in a bucket. Everybody hate on each other so niggas plotting. Nigga I lost my daddy and both of my brothers. Ain't shit sweet. This nigga said nice. Goofy ass dude
this is one of the most dangerous place in the US it looks rough.
And yet you go South Side around UAB hospital, college and Children's Hospital people would feel different
Not really. Campus alerts weekly. Criminals all over. Homeless people everywhere. Looks like San Francisco.
It looks different, much better not even a mile away from some of these neighborhoods, BUT! THE SOUTH SIDE IS SOMEWHAT DRENCHED WITH HOMELESSNESS AND WITH DRUG ADDICTS.
You my man have some serious balls love the videos though keep it up and be safe 🙏🙏💯💯
Birmingham is a nice city but most Black areas are horrendous-the difference between social classes(Whites and Blacks) is mind blowing. If you go to Mountain Brook or Homewood, some of the nicest suburbs in the South.
That is LOVE MANS VILLAGE at the beginning of the video it's a notorious project where shootings happen regularly
It is being torn down. Half of it has been completed and constructed as mixed income housing as a HOPE VI development.
Man stop it but u know I'm going to let y'all stay sleep nobody says anything when people come get all these good jobs like UAB,MERCEDES BENZ,HONDA,just too name a few then they putting a whole new up lift on the city but hey what do I know but yall stay sleep then you only road on the west side of town if u gone ride,ride man as a state ALABAMA has much to offer but stay sleep I ain't waking u up either
I noticed these neighborhoods are in much better shape than a lot of ones you drive through
Are. You blind
smitten kitten Are you? Go watch his videos driving through Camden or Newark, NJ where the buildings are literally crumbling. These are mansions in comparison.
@@brandonb.5304 you'll still get you're goofy ass robbed in broad day light tho...
No I've been watching Charlie for long enough to tell the difference
I like your videos, it helps me to explore the areas that i want to go but afraid to. Be careful for recording these videos.
Looks like Bessemer.