Walking through or living in reading isn’t that bad. Cotton st isn’t bad, skuykhill ave isn’t bad, and neither is 9th & spring or 13th st ect. Bro I lived here my ENTIRE life and when your walking through these different parts of the city you don’t have to worry about anything if your not involved with BS and staying out the way. The hood is the hood but I have to say no one has to be scared to live here. This isn’t Philly multiple people aren’t getting shot everyday and we don’t have a huge population of homeless like Kensington the worse we have is Lancaster ave people holding up signs all day playing in traffic. There are hood everywhere, and reading is a hood but there are a lot of good people here.
Been here 60 + years. Seen it all. Gunfights, od's, stepping around dead guys, sex slaves and the like. But I've also lived amongst the most gracious and loving people. Stay humble and life can be rich. I pretty much don't give a shit when people raise an eye when they hear where I live. For me, its a sense of pride.
There are good people in Reading. It's not their fault that it's a hell on earth, but it is. Pretty much all of Reading is like the worst areas of Philly, & people get shot & turn up floating in the river all the time. & Yes, you can get jumped just because.
@@Rfighter7 nah I’m not trying to make it sound like bullets are flying everywhere in Philly. I apologize for making that seem like the case all the time but philly is way more aggressive than reading. Philly is big as hell but shit happens so often in the smaller sections of the city constantly, not a week goes by without a shooting somewhere within the same areas. I actually spend a lot of time in Olney and close to the 24 tire shop around Hunting Park park the energy is just different there. Reading can be dangerous but it’s even riskier there that’s something you can’t deny.
@@matthewatwood8641 yes for some people I can say yes because I had a friend randomly get shot at on Penn st but had nothing to do with anything. I had a friend jumped in city park for nothing. As someone who lives in this city you should know where not to go at certain times. If you want to walk Cotton st or through City Park at 2am then you run that risk. but as long as you mind your business you will be good. In fact i found from living in this city you just have to be very low key. Don’t talk too much, just mind your own business. In Philly you run a way higher risk of being murdered or injured even if your just minding your own business due to block beef or your association with a person or people. Back then Philly was BAD but live-able now a days Philly is a war zone I think it has something to do with the drill scene there now. I have 4 homies that moved out here to reading from Juniata just to get away from that.
Some tips for driving in reading 1. We have a lot of really tight one ways so being spacially aware is a must 2.the potholes are everywhere and some can and will destroy your suspension (happened to me the other month) and 3. People double park EVERYWHERE, even on one ways and lastly always watch for someone doing a u turn in an intersection. We do this a lot (it's to the point that it's a natural reflex for me)
Thank you for the video. I'm from Reading, PA and had moved away in 1996. I was wondering if there was any video showing this city in it's current state when I came across your video. Thanks again.
The houses are so close together! I grew up in Mount Vernon NY where i live the houses was close together, I grew up when Mount Vernon was nice in the 50s !
Born and raised in Reading . You past my block at 1:30 . S 12th street . South Side Reading all day . I’m unaffiliated but will rep my city to my grave . 610 all day ya heard
I lived on Ninth St back in the 1950s when Reading was pretty nice. A sub shop every other block, pretzel bakeries all over, mom and pop groceries. Hampden Park was kept really nice, we used to slide down the terraces on big sheets of cardboard. At 8 years old I would ride my bike all over town and no one ever bothered me.
Grew up in that neighborhood. Sth 10th st to be exact. Seen several tragic accidents at Diamond Brothers factory on the corner you passed. I wonder if kids still sled that hill on cancellation days. Used to play behind Amanda E Stout school. That neighborhood has a lot of hidden alleyways that people used to run from the cops. Tough place to grow up but if people know you it was all good.
Same here 11th Franklin st 1995-2014 and just move out it got too much that i was in the middle of a gun fight for the 4th time outside my place cleaning my front steps or other place i miss the back of days the drugs and gun's needs too stop but like always the dirty cop's but they really trying now though i will be happy for no killing for 2 weeks or a mouth idk if u still live reading but been killings almost everyday for mouth's💔
delusional in no way is Reading worse I lived in Philly and you're likely to get carjacked in the wrong neighborhood reading is chill Dr and pr and poor white mainly
It’s always the small towns either is upstate New York or in PA , Delaware most of the houses are all old rundown abandoned ..the mayors for both states need to fix it and make it a better place for people to live in and affordable
I live here 😅 the people are extremely friendly. Ppl just live hood asf thats all. Don't start none, won't be none. Stay to yourself and respect the hoods. You won't have any problems.
@@MrJoel125 yeah its nice out 😎 Spanish music 🎶 playing and beautiful woman walking around everywhere. It's a vibe. Reading will make you feel like your in PR/DR for a moment haha
It's the people that makes reading a vibe. NOT how the city looks. If reading was truly dangerous.. nobody would be outside. But you go outside right now, you see children playing, men fixing houses, teens at the basketball courts and woman enjoying the weather....just pick and choose who you befriend. I wouldn't say there isn't bad apples BUT you seriously gotta pay them attention to even end up in a bad situation. You can simply walk pass anybody you think is iffy... if your a follower and not a leader then yeah reading will eat you alive.. *if you have a decent understanding of how to carry yourself in a street environment* you will be fine.
@Jarrod Lamp Dude dont be racist i get what your saying but if you think about it if we kick them out there gonna move into the more nice places its really damp down ther eto
The architecture and layout of this city definitely has Baltimorean and Philadelphian influences, yet I've never seen a place so claustrophobic. Reading PA is definitely a candidate for the worst town in the US and IMHO it gets first place!
That's very true about Balto and Philly influences. At the beginning we see old, burned out, gutted brick buildings which also reminds me of the grimy, eastern suburban steel towns outside "The Burgh." (Pittsburgh)
I'm DEAD. I tell everyone I know that they don't know what it's like where I grew up... I click this video... I haven't lived here in 25 yers... but as soon as you turned at the start of the video I knew it was spring garden street. As you came down the street and I saw it merge with that alley way I knew where we were. I used to play there as a kid, up and down culvert street, 9th st, cotton st, orange st... the video titled "READING PENNSYLVANIA HOODS" starts in my neighborhood. I am dead LOL
I lived in Reading in 2003. And whilst it wasn't great back then it seems like the area has gotten way more run down since then. Been a long time though and I guess things can change in 21 years!
My hometown, the video started on Spring Garden street, definitely one of the worst areas. It’s a shitty place but I love everything about it. I’ve been out of the country a few times and I currently live in North Carolina, but there’s no place like home. South Side Red City ⛩
@@Rfighter7 theres no more outlets in west reading, they built some offices and luxury apartments there. Theres also berkshire mall in wyomissing which is slowly dying too
Had a friend that lived at the church at 10th and Cotton, His dad was the pastor of the church. We used to walk the whole area and never had a problem. That was the early 1980s.
((Franklin Street, Reading, United States, Reading, US)). _____ _________ ___________ _____ Please, is this area considered safe and there are Amish in it? Is this area north of Reading or in the south?
Im from brooklyn but i lived there 16 yrs my kids there to this day i go bacc and forth to see my kids and my home boys all the time that place made me the man i am ty rdg the 6 ward north 2nd hudson st 610 is always in my heart fanees barber shop is where i started my career !!! Shout outs to the real ones !!
Reading PA born and raised their majority of my life that place maybe the man that I am I wouldn't trade that for nothing growing up there we can blend anywhere people are built differently from there 200 block of West Windsor
I know most people get a kick out of these drives throughs of poor inner city neighborhoods, but I said it before and I'll say it again, the biggest hoods have collars. They just look different. Happy driving.
I don't don't miss the sound of suped up Toyotas and Hondas. On every block there's a stop sign or traffic light. These fools would speed off from a dead stop, tires screeching... Only to have to hit the breaks a block up. I saw this constantly, especially on 5th street. Speed stop speed stop...it's ridiculous. I never could figure out what they were trying to prove, other than beating the hell outta their cars. Though in Reading, they get these cars for a cpl hundred then deck them out in thousands of dollars of add ons. AND those super low profile tires...that will pop if you drive through a pot hole which readings streets are filled with. And let's not forget the cherry bomb exhaust tips. Oh god 🤦♀️😆
Is it just me or are the streets really narrow ? I used to live with a guy who was from here, not a bad guy, just kind of strange. He bought tons of sand and i helped him turn his front yard into a beach , it was a wierd summer
@@nC_DUKE_ my bad brother I didn’t mean to come off like that. I thought you were talking about North Reading. North reading looks just as bad or worse in some parts. I had no idea you were talking about north Philly. I can see the similarities tho. I chilled in North Philly a lot and for sure it goes hard
Reading is one of the worst places to live in PA, York PA isn't much better. This whole state sucks minus a few areas. But when was this video filmed? It's February, almost March and someone has their Christmas stuff up still.
meh. just another day. I used to live on cotton st. it wasn't that bad tho. and considering you didn't even go up franklin street shows that neighborhood at least improved. got rid of the prostitutes too lmao
Lol if u think this is hood then u definitely didnt get out much. This is clean compair to NY n how hood it is there. I wouldnt consider it dangerous all cause Hispanic men are on corners chilling. Like I said if he came down to NY hell need an escort with him so he dont hit the wrong block 😂. Good video though
He only drove through certain parts of the south side he didn’t even drive through all the hoods on the south side let alone the whole Reading he must be from Exeter or something lol
This is supposed to be the ghetto? Heh. Lived in South Philly for years and it looks just like it. People standing around shootin the shit. Yeah some of the streets are tight and the alleys are grubby but they’re alleys. Take a drive thru Kensington..then we talk.
This is a good Job, Thank you. The town is not what I was expecting, at 2:42 I heard the annoying urban music from the Caribbean. and the whole place is dilapidated.
I grew up in Reading in the 80s and 90s. It was a great place to grow up. I moved away in the year 2000. The city in this video for me is unrecognizable. It looks like a 3rd world country. No one wants to or deserves to live like this. The people in charge should be ashamed of themselves. If you want to see what this city used to look like there is a video on TH-cam called Portrait of a City 1974. That video is the true representation of Reading, PA. The city in this video represnts a city that has been left to decay. Why has this happened? How has this happened? Someone must find a solution. It is said with ownership comes pride. I would like to understand how many people in Reading own their home vs rent their home. Perhaps home ownership is a pathway to pride and integrity for the city. Offer incentives to outsiders like free rent if they move in and open businesses. Any solution whether radical or ordinary should be explored to course correct this pathway to destruction.
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Walking through or living in reading isn’t that bad. Cotton st isn’t bad, skuykhill ave isn’t bad, and neither is 9th & spring or 13th st ect. Bro I lived here my ENTIRE life and when your walking through these different parts of the city you don’t have to worry about anything if your not involved with BS and staying out the way. The hood is the hood but I have to say no one has to be scared to live here. This isn’t Philly multiple people aren’t getting shot everyday and we don’t have a huge population of homeless like Kensington the worse we have is Lancaster ave people holding up signs all day playing in traffic. There are hood everywhere, and reading is a hood but there are a lot of good people here.
Been here 60 + years. Seen it all. Gunfights, od's, stepping around dead guys, sex slaves and the like. But I've also lived amongst the most gracious and loving people. Stay humble and life can be rich. I pretty much don't give a shit when people raise an eye when they hear where I live. For me, its a sense of pride.
There are good people in Reading. It's not their fault that it's a hell on earth, but it is. Pretty much all of Reading is like the worst areas of Philly, & people get shot & turn up floating in the river all the time. & Yes, you can get jumped just because.
@@Rfighter7 nah I’m not trying to make it sound like bullets are flying everywhere in Philly. I apologize for making that seem like the case all the time but philly is way more aggressive than reading. Philly is big as hell but shit happens so often in the smaller sections of the city constantly, not a week goes by without a shooting somewhere within the same areas. I actually spend a lot of time in Olney and close to the 24 tire shop around Hunting Park park the energy is just different there. Reading can be dangerous but it’s even riskier there that’s something you can’t deny.
@@matthewatwood8641 yes for some people I can say yes because I had a friend randomly get shot at on Penn st but had nothing to do with anything. I had a friend jumped in city park for nothing. As someone who lives in this city you should know where not to go at certain times. If you want to walk Cotton st or through City Park at 2am then you run that risk. but as long as you mind your business you will be good. In fact i found from living in this city you just have to be very low key. Don’t talk too much, just mind your own business. In Philly you run a way higher risk of being murdered or injured even if your just minding your own business due to block beef or your association with a person or people. Back then Philly was BAD but live-able now a days Philly is a war zone I think it has something to do with the drill scene there now. I have 4 homies that moved out here to reading from Juniata just to get away from that.
@@Rfighter7 but yes as long as you mind your business and stay out of the way you are going to be at your safest.
*Looks up on Zillow* :”Wow! Houses are cheap here!
*Watches this video* : “That explains it…”
Lancaster is probably the most decent city with similar housing costs in PA
Some tips for driving in reading 1. We have a lot of really tight one ways so being spacially aware is a must 2.the potholes are everywhere and some can and will destroy your suspension (happened to me the other month) and 3. People double park EVERYWHERE, even on one ways and lastly always watch for someone doing a u turn in an intersection. We do this a lot (it's to the point that it's a natural reflex for me)
Thank you for the video. I'm from Reading, PA and had moved away in 1996. I was wondering if there was any video showing this city in it's current state when I came across your video. Thanks again.
The houses are so close together! I grew up in Mount Vernon NY where i live the houses was close together, I grew up when Mount Vernon was nice in the 50s !
Born and raised in Reading . You past my block at 1:30 . S 12th street . South Side Reading all day . I’m unaffiliated but will rep my city to my grave . 610 all day ya heard
I lived on Ninth St back in the 1950s when Reading was pretty nice. A sub shop every other block, pretzel bakeries all over, mom and pop groceries. Hampden Park was kept really nice, we used to slide down the terraces on big sheets of cardboard. At 8 years old I would ride my bike all over town and no one ever bothered me.
9th and Franklin myself
It’s changed drastically since that time I’m sure.
Grew up in that neighborhood. Sth 10th st to be exact. Seen several tragic accidents at Diamond Brothers factory on the corner you passed. I wonder if kids still sled that hill on cancellation days.
Used to play behind Amanda E Stout school. That neighborhood has a lot of hidden alleyways that people used to run from the cops. Tough place to grow up but if people know you it was all good.
Same here 11th Franklin st 1995-2014 and just move out it got too much that i was in the middle of a gun fight for the 4th time outside my place cleaning my front steps or other place i miss the back of days the drugs and gun's needs too stop but like always the dirty cop's but they really trying now though i will be happy for no killing for 2 weeks or a mouth idk if u still live reading but been killings almost everyday for mouth's💔
Living on s 9th
Typical Reading.. cars cutting you off.
Lol yep!!
Great video!
That’s Uncle Joe at 6:15 standing in front of 22 Orange Street. He was in a few movies in the 90’s and ran for mayor of Reading in 1996.
I've lived in 17 states and Reading, hands down, was the worst place I've ever lived. And I lived in Detroit for 6yrs.
Its a lil New York East Harlem or lil Purtto Rico...alotta riff raff moved in
Damn lol Ik reading was bad but when you put it like that lol.
delusional in no way is Reading worse I lived in Philly and you're likely to get carjacked in the wrong neighborhood reading is chill Dr and pr and poor white mainly
@@fanda6122 But Philly is a bigger area and city. A larger Population . Reading is small but has too much crime per capita...Understand?
@@fanda6122 Also hate to say this when the Demographics changed in Reading so did the quality of life.
Grew up on the south side of reading. Took me back. Thanks, still looks crappy as always
It’s always the small towns either is upstate New York or in PA , Delaware most of the houses are all old rundown abandoned ..the mayors for both states need to fix it and make it a better place for people to live in and affordable
Harrisburg looks way worse than this burg is a horrible little city
I live here 😅 the people are extremely friendly. Ppl just live hood asf thats all.
Don't start none, won't be none. Stay to yourself and respect the hoods. You won't have any problems.
Same here lol
@@MrJoel125 yeah its nice out 😎 Spanish music 🎶 playing and beautiful woman walking around everywhere. It's a vibe. Reading will make you feel like your in PR/DR for a moment haha
It's the people that makes reading a vibe. NOT how the city looks. If reading was truly dangerous.. nobody would be outside. But you go outside right now, you see children playing, men fixing houses, teens at the basketball courts and woman enjoying the weather....just pick and choose who you befriend. I wouldn't say there isn't bad apples BUT you seriously gotta pay them attention to even end up in a bad situation. You can simply walk pass anybody you think is iffy... if your a follower and not a leader then yeah reading will eat you alive.. *if you have a decent understanding of how to carry yourself in a street environment* you will be fine.
@Jarrod Lamp Dude dont be racist i get what your saying but if you think about it if we kick them out there gonna move into the more nice places its really damp down ther eto
@@steeltown2946 Yeah, keep soaking up the vibe, homeboy.
The architecture and layout of this city definitely has Baltimorean and Philadelphian influences, yet I've never seen a place so claustrophobic. Reading PA is definitely a candidate for the worst town in the US and IMHO it gets first place!
That's very true about Balto and Philly influences. At the beginning we see old, burned out, gutted brick buildings which also reminds me of the grimy, eastern suburban steel towns outside "The Burgh." (Pittsburgh)
it looks bad
I lived on spring garden first block he went down it not as bad as people think just mind your own business
I lived in reading for 3 years and it seems ok. Just too many shoot outs and too many abandon homes and old buildings.
You really haven't been to Philly then not even close place is a dump makes reading look nice
I'm DEAD. I tell everyone I know that they don't know what it's like where I grew up... I click this video... I haven't lived here in 25 yers... but as soon as you turned at the start of the video I knew it was spring garden street. As you came down the street and I saw it merge with that alley way I knew where we were. I used to play there as a kid, up and down culvert street, 9th st, cotton st, orange st... the video titled "READING PENNSYLVANIA HOODS" starts in my neighborhood. I am dead LOL
Where u live now?
@@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572 Some place a lot better.
Lol definitely spring garden off Muhlenberg st
I lived in Reading in 2003. And whilst it wasn't great back then it seems like the area has gotten way more run down since then. Been a long time though and I guess things can change in 21 years!
EAST READING to be exact !
You ended at my laundry mat...
I lived in Reading from 1993 to 2020 raised my kids there I worked there and retired from there I have much love for the people and the city ✊🏾👍🏽❤️💯😎
Is the weather in Pennsylvania in September sunny, rainy or sno
Got some of the best Spanish food ive ever had on Sixth St
My hometown, the video started on Spring Garden street, definitely one of the worst areas. It’s a shitty place but I love everything about it. I’ve been out of the country a few times and I currently live in North Carolina, but there’s no place like home. South Side Red City ⛩
born and raised here had my kids here my grandson was also born here left it in 2021 couldn’t take the violence anymore
Im currently living in Philly and this looks nice and laid back in comparison....🇵🇷🇵🇷
I was born and raised in Reading, moved to Philly, moved back bc I couldn't deal with the traffic, noise, and amount of ppl.
Damn reading look like that...i remember back in the day I use to go too reading outlet..idk it looked like that
@@Rfighter7 theres no more outlets in west reading, they built some offices and luxury apartments there. Theres also berkshire mall in wyomissing which is slowly dying too
I grew up on cotton street pretty rough area from what I remember.
Had a friend that lived at the church at 10th and Cotton, His dad was the pastor of the church. We used to walk the whole area and never had a problem. That was the early 1980s.
((Franklin Street, Reading, United States, Reading, US)).
_____ _________ ___________ _____
Please, is this area considered safe and there are Amish in it? Is this area north of Reading or in the south?
It's crazy cuz i used to stay in one of them houses now I stay near the apartment buildins in reading
I grew up on the 600 block of Salem ave in york pa.
This is what happens. And in a society where everyone is a self proclaimed philosopher and religious preacher.. no one can call a spade a spade
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Little did people know, Great artifacts were found in the creeks of Reading Pa.
Im a metal detector it’s and live right outside of reading. What are you referring too if I may ask?
@@papennypincher7287 Look up Reading Pa artifacts, Focus Sparring.
Im from brooklyn but i lived there 16 yrs my kids there to this day i go bacc and forth to see my kids and my home boys all the time that place made me the man i am ty rdg the 6 ward north 2nd hudson st 610 is always in my heart fanees barber shop is where i started my career !!! Shout outs to the real ones !!
Aye Fanees thats my fam
@@clintevans8821 ask her and big dre about lil johnny thats the crib im in bklyn doing it cuz of them
Notice u made sure u got the burned house on Muhlenberg st smh.
LMFAO opens the video with Spring Garden. And this is just the South Side.
I’m from Reading, England. Looks completely different😂😂
Man I grew up here coming from Bronx New York riding was great in the 80s the 90s was wild though now it's not so bad as people think
My Family still lives here, Baer park..Use to live on Tupahoneck I think thats how you spell it lol
Reading PA born and raised their majority of my life that place maybe the man that I am I wouldn't trade that for nothing growing up there we can blend anywhere people are built differently from there 200 block of West Windsor
Reading aint that bad my boy picked cotton st and spring garden to drive down...but on northeast reading and northwest it's actually decent
Me gustarias saber si esas calles o areas son buenas para vivir, quiero rentar con seccion 8 dos habitacion
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I know most people get a kick out of these drives throughs of poor inner city neighborhoods, but I said it before and I'll say it again, the biggest hoods have collars. They just look different. Happy driving.
Eddie Morans town🤣🤣🤣🤣
Born and raised and still live here! 💖
Next time go to Hudson st in the north or just go around the north in the half streets
I don't don't miss the sound of suped up Toyotas and Hondas. On every block there's a stop sign or traffic light. These fools would speed off from a dead stop, tires screeching... Only to have to hit the breaks a block up. I saw this constantly, especially on 5th street. Speed stop speed stop...it's ridiculous. I never could figure out what they were trying to prove, other than beating the hell outta their cars. Though in Reading, they get these cars for a cpl hundred then deck them out in thousands of dollars of add ons. AND those super low profile tires...that will pop if you drive through a pot hole which readings streets are filled with. And let's not forget the cherry bomb exhaust tips. Oh god 🤦♀️😆
3:15 tight ass streets like Philly
My old crib is on Spruce St.. I don't miss it.. 😆
Is it just me or are the streets really narrow ?
I used to live with a guy who was from here, not a bad guy, just kind of strange. He bought tons of sand and i helped him turn his front yard into a beach , it was a wierd summer
Yeah some streets in Philly are like that too. Narrow streets and row houses.
Wait out of curiosity was it the guy who has a tiki themed house right outside of reading on 5th St highway
My hometown, haven't been here since 2006.
Your car needs Vaseline to get through those streets 😁
I use to buy green nickelbags of weed right on that bend !
This is way I’m trying to move out the city
Neighborhood guy, You are like George Washington. You have been everywhere!
George Washington went everywhere in the 1700's???
@@nelixsulu6201 funny how he knew to stay away from reading
How do people live like this???
Now Kensington is where the real disparity is. This isn’t that bad- just needs a cleanup
In the beginning I thought you was on a back street down North
@@Rfighter7 easy cannon just pointing out some similarities of Reading n North Philly
@@nC_DUKE_ my bad brother I didn’t mean to come off like that. I thought you were talking about North Reading. North reading looks just as bad or worse in some parts. I had no idea you were talking about north Philly. I can see the similarities tho. I chilled in North Philly a lot and for sure it goes hard
Reading is one of the worst places to live in PA, York PA isn't much better. This whole state sucks minus a few areas. But when was this video filmed? It's February, almost March and someone has their Christmas stuff up still.
People lazy here, I still have my stuff up too lol
I have family in York and it look just look me this
i walked down these streets before holy shit☠️
Is that Gilson Alley
Do the Amish people live in or near this city...and what are the places I can visit in this city?
The Amish mostly live around Lancaster. As for places to visit, I would suggest either Santander Arena or FirstEnergy Stadium if you like sports.
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Cotton St
Let's keep sending money to aid other countries instead of helping our own, smh!!
There's no profit in helping our own. It's quite the shame.
@Frank Sobotka you do have a point. Best wishes from upstate NY!!
@Aspen Two One but let's go deeper tho, so y better yet when did these people become this way??? 😒🤨
Past my grandparents house on Franklin Street
my grandmother lived in Philadelphia
Use to live on the corner of n.10th and perkiomen ave
A little narration would be helpful. Seems like you would need to live there already to have a clue where and what you see.
Straight poppy land
Naw that's the badlands in philly lol
meh. just another day. I used to live on cotton st. it wasn't that bad tho. and considering you didn't even go up franklin street shows that neighborhood at least improved. got rid of the prostitutes too lmao
In the beginning it looks like Kensington...
I think you're being a little dramatic... The beginning looks better than most parts of North Philly. Kensington is 100x worse than that.
Shout out to Pennsylvania Station and ♐♐♐♐♐♐♐♐♐
I lived on spring garden it not as bad as you think if you mind your own business the first block he went down with the people outb
Lol if u think this is hood then u definitely didnt get out much. This is clean compair to NY n how hood it is there. I wouldnt consider it dangerous all cause Hispanic men are on corners chilling. Like I said if he came down to NY hell need an escort with him so he dont hit the wrong block 😂. Good video though
Born raised and still live in one of the worst parts of the Bronx
dude for real? i grew up on south 16th ,all the places you went thru werent that bad
You definitely were not involved in any of the bad stuff then obviously lol
S.16th and East Reading is nice. That ain't hood.
when I flush my toilet I always wondered where it went...now I know
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😆 🤣 😂 Lol
I live in Reading. I can absolutely say that you're right.
The first set of houses down the street you turned is spring garden street. I grew up around corner from there. Wow times changed.
Do you know tank?
I lived on the corner of n.10th and perkiomen ave
I know tank. Black guy with a cane dated a girl named destiny..I think he moved away tho
What about nith street and chesnut
Yep, nicer area!!
Cotton street make sure you have life insurance
He only drove through certain parts of the south side he didn’t even drive through all the hoods on the south side let alone the whole Reading he must be from Exeter or something lol
From the Bronx never heard of Exeter
My city📍
I rather be a little punk house than a big one
Maybe I should visit?
This is supposed to be the ghetto? Heh. Lived in South Philly for years and it looks just like it. People standing around shootin the shit.
Yeah some of the streets are tight and the alleys are grubby but they’re alleys.
Take a drive thru Kensington..then we talk.
Maybe look at my page plenty of Kensington videos not many places compare to Kensington
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This is a good Job, Thank you. The town is not what I was expecting, at 2:42 I heard the annoying urban music from the Caribbean. and the whole place is dilapidated.
That place is broke...old cars who would want to live there...16 year olds in my city have nicer car then people in reading,,that's sad
You only toured the southside
I live in western Pa and it looks just the same in our neighborhoods
Pittsburgh
Cotton
I grew up in Reading in the 80s and 90s. It was a great place to grow up. I moved away in the year 2000. The city in this video for me is unrecognizable. It looks like a 3rd world country. No one wants to or deserves to live like this. The people in charge should be ashamed of themselves. If you want to see what this city used to look like there is a video on TH-cam called Portrait of a City 1974. That video is the true representation of Reading, PA. The city in this video represnts a city that has been left to decay. Why has this happened? How has this happened? Someone must find a solution. It is said with ownership comes pride. I would like to understand how many people in Reading own their home vs rent their home. Perhaps home ownership is a pathway to pride and integrity for the city. Offer incentives to outsiders like free rent if they move in and open businesses. Any solution whether radical or ordinary should be explored to course correct this pathway to destruction.
10th and Fire. If you know you know.
I do not live here
Reading pa here
Cesspool of PA
There r a lot of reading area r hoods lol
American dream
What place in Pennsylvania is this in.
Southern PA
Southeastern PA
Hour North of Philly
NY Naga's get bodied everywhere. Tbh, this look like every other city cut in this demo-cratic state.
Spring garden st that's not a st to be on smh
I lived there 8 years never had a problem however have not been there in a while