I Drove Through Durham, North Carolina. This Is What I Saw.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Durham has a lot of bad and dangerous areas, but it's improving in the downtown area.
In this video we tour downtown Durham, and check out the Durham Bulls Athletic Park (DPAP), the American Tobacco Campus and the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC).
We drive through downtown Durham, and then check out the old Durham Bulls Athletic Park, where they filmed the movie, "Bull Durham".
Then we head to the Duke campus and check out the Duke Chapel and Cameron Indoor Stadium where the Duke Blue Devils play.
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I can't believe I just sat here and watched this for 20 minutes. I drive through Durham all the time.
did you see how empty it was there on a saturday afternoon? also, how do you feel about how durham is changing Fred?
I'm always a little surprised at how sparse downtown Durham can be during the day on the weekend compared to Raleigh. Urban development has definitely helped clean up the downtown, especially in the past 5 years or so. That said, there has always been a wider economic gap in Durham, and it seems to be getting more concentrated now due to rapid population growth and increased cost of living. Good thing is, with this kind of growth, there are a lot of opportunities in the area for people to capitalize on. I work in consulting within the construction industry, so it's interesting to see this stuff first hand.
Lol me too, everyday. I just wanted to see what his targeting message was 🤷🏽♀️
Fred Bulkley I said the same thing 😂😂😂 I've lived in Durham ten years why did I just sit and watch this but truthfully I've been in Burlington for a year and I didn't recognize some streets he is on😳 everything is growing fast
Oh really, I bet you haven't drove through Research Triangle Park, or Duke University Campus. In case you haven't know, Durham is becoming a tech hub, for companies like Amazon, Google, etc. Not only that, we have Government Agencies like the EPA, Cisco, GSK, NIEHS, & so much more. Also we have an Amazon Distribution Center, in Durham. How many towns have you drove through that has an Amazon Distribution Center, & lots of government agencies like the EPA.
I recently moved from Durham after living there about 7 years. I loved it there! It's family oriented, full of hard working good and kind people. There's lots of jobs and education opportunities. Most of the many available jobs there pay well and the cost of living is reasonable. It's multicultural and diverse, with people living there from all different parts of the world. There's lots of beautiful outdoor areas, parks and nature to enjoy. There's sports stadiums, museums, broadway shows, musicals and concerts at DPAC. In my opinion Durham, North Carolina is a great place to live.
why did u move out?
What about the crime he mentioned? This was a city on our short list to relocate to this year
Agreed. I also enjoy how much people shit on Durham, only to have it host one of the best college's on earth. People come to Duke from all over the planet and do fine. Smart people don't get in trouble.
Myrtle Beach at night is a no no, plus they have Mujahideen in Myrtle Beach
As a NC native, Durham is one of the most gentrified cities in the entire state.
yes. is charlotte heading that way too?
Winston-Salem too
And that's saying a lot because all of NC's bigger cities are quickly being gentrified.
NC native here too. Don't forget Chapel Hill and Carrboro. So much out of state money buying up what they consider to be cheap land driving away families of generations that can't afford to live around here anymore.
@@alicewiley9469 looks like its becoming like Portland now. Not good.
You only showed one side of Durham. You missed Magnum street and the historic Black Wall st. Where they can get a full glimpse of downtown and seen that it is inhabited by living people...lol the crime stat was definitely real. I'm originally from Boston,Ma and I spent every summer and Christmas break in Durham. I moved to Durham in 08 and now live in Raleigh. It was a "nice" video. But you left out some key visuals of downtown that helps shape the full view of downtown Durham
Roxboro st and others I didn't see either
As a current Boston resident looking to move would you recommend Raleigh over Durham?
@@NICK15NAH I’d Recommend Raleigh There’s More To Do Especially If You Have Kids
I love my city born and raised in Durham every state you go to is going to have a bad part somewhere I can say Durham have made a lot of changes
yes! i didnt show the bad parts of durham but people are asking me to. should i?
@@NickJohnson no... unless that's the premise of your video
@@NickJohnson I would like to the bad parts of Durham. I am considering to move to Durham NC from Chicago IL.
Michelle Forte not that many bad parts just avoid Holloway streets, anywhere near NCCU, Cornwallis rd near downtown and the area called Braggtown
I agree Alesha...
I don't even know where to begin with this video. All I know is it puts me in tears. Is so frustrating. It breaks my heart. And I don't even have the energy. As a Durmite that's lived here all my life you'll never know how it feels to have someone talk down on the city that you love. And encouraged the changes that pushed the people out who lived here all your life.
The gentrification is rampid here. They are instituting more affordable housing options but they are pushing out 100s of people and families like you that have lived here for decades for these new high rise apartments that cost nearly $2000 for a studio, yoga studios, and coffee shops. I love Durham but thats a real issue
Also a lifelong Durmite, couldn't agree with you more. It's extremely sad to see.
It's your fault for not moving. You think your landlord really cares about you? They're all in it to put food on their families plates at night just like you are.
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I’m okay with the improvements but Durham is not a bad place to live. It is full of culture without gentrification. Every place has bad neighborhood but Durham has always been amazing. This is the point of view from someone who isn’t true to Durham. Born and raised.
I visited both Raleigh and Durham in April of this year. I liked both but I actually liked how Durham feels like it still has some character left in it, how it’s still not overly developed and overly expensive to enjoy a restaurant. I feel as though it’s improving and I hope developers stop the “luxury” rentals. It’s in every city and it’s played out.
Raleigh has a rising crime rate. Much more congested, too. People don't realize that most cities are the same. If you aren't walking around at midnight waving money around, you'll be fine.
What do you mean by character? Bums panhandling?
I grew up in downtown Durham for the first 23 years of my life. Watching this in California almost a year after leaving home for the first time hits hard, especially after graduating from DSA. This city was the bane of my existence for years.. and now all I wanna do is get tacos from La Superior and go to West Point on the Eno. This place will always have my heart.
i too was born and raised in Durham until 18 and then joined the Army in 78
I'm so glad your channel showed up in my suggestions. Your channel is my new favorite place on TH-cam. You are very funny.
oh wow im glad you found it too! you have a LOT of old videos to binge :) but in small doses or you'll get sick of hearing me talk like my wife does.
Thanks for responding! Yes, I've watched a lot of your videos and they are great. Please keep posting, I won't get sick of hearing you talk.
It’s like a smaller downtown of Greensboro with less traffic and people, I love Durham. It’s awesome to see it transforming so rapidly, especially residential, and mixed use projects like Durham city center tower.
and not as ghetto as greensboro, which is BAD. like winston!
Nick Johnson woah now, Greensboros crime has been drastically declining as the city continues to grow and more money is pumped into the local police departments and other civil services, it was also named the 18th fastest growing city for millennials in the USA, outpacing Raleigh and Austin TX in net millennial migration in 2017 and 2018, you would be shocked if you drove through downtown these days, there are so many large construction projects and high rises under development, it’s quite impressive to see, I also appreciate the city beautification projects with two very large urban parks In the city center with cafes and eateries, more planted trees and ease of access with the digital kiosk navigators.
This city has undergone a complete 180 since the early 2000s. However the other side of the equation is, people feel the downtown area has been completely gentrified, especially the ball park area which is a booming development hot spot with the tanger center (GPAC) being built up the street around the current office towers, or a couple office towers going up around the ball feild, alot of homeless people are being kicked out of the downtowns urban green spaces, so it’s not all roses, however Greensboro proper is exploding wth growth at the moment and would make an excellent content for this channel. Only issue is, traffic sucks and there is Construction *everywhere* but it’s interesting to see this once spare city transform so damn quickly within 3 years.
I used to hate this city back in the early 2000s, but I’m glad it was able to make a complete 180. Downtown was literally being borded up and shops closing left and right with the homeless running rampant, it was insane.
Every that’s comments. I want to start off saying I’m from Durham still currently beautiful place it is now probably more affordable than a lot other states & counties right now we’re continuous growing. It’s truly still dangerous in areas like any other town of course but great place to grow,build& development. So stop by some time. An fo da ones who might know me 🗣SQUAD🤘🏾🤘🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾GANG GANG 🤣😂🤣😂
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I commute a hour to durham. I could never afford to live there.
I Got 2 Visit Durham
It is not affordable for regular working ppl. That’s why a lot of people moving to Mebane. Burlington etc
I am considering to move to Durham NC from Chicago IL. Where are the bad parts of Durham. I will have to visit there and look around with a relative.
I’m from Durham but I moved away and I haven’t been there in a couple months and this is really awesome to see and I saw in the thumbnail that you were driving down N. Duke St. and I’m excited to see how the rebuilding is going after the coffee shop exploded while I was in high school just a block away
Edit my high school is at 5:00
I also went to Durham High % blocks long and 3 blocks wide
Nick by showing this video I learn alot about this city. Driving through the city or country road recording the video gives you more knowledge than simply by saying it. Thanks alot Nick please make more videos like this of different cities and towns.👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for the video! I spent one year and a half in Duke university, Durham. I had a car but was too busy to have a chance driving around. I do miss the Durham. I'll never forget everything I've experienced in the city and every people I met.
Great job on the tour of Durham. I haven’t been back since 2019. I saw some new updates on the tour. That’s my hometown i grew up in. So many memories comeback to me. Thank you for making this.
I too haven't visited my hometown since 2019. When I was there in May and July 2019 to attend my last 2 aunts funerals, Alston Avenue was under construction and blocked off at Holloway Street. I heard it is now opened and looks nice with several lanes going past North Carolina Central University.
Bull City born and raised!!! Durhamite in da bldg!
Man i remember when that building exploded at 4:42 because of a gas leak
That was funny 😂
Scooby Boo 00 um...😬it wasn’t at all
Scooby Boo 00 yeah, totally funny! I remember the guy who owned it went back inside to make a sign saying “don’t enter” for his customers and employees who were about to come in. Some of which were his own kids. He was in there for a just few seconds before it blew, even tho they just learned about the leak. He died inside. SUPER funny. But I guess not as funny as your fragile ego 😬 There must be a lot of hurt in your heart. Want to talk about it?
In case you can’t tell, that’s sarcasm. Not a lot of simple folks can tell now a days.
I actually was one of the many people injured
Thanks for explaining everything that you were driving by. I'm thinking of moving to N.C and having a tour with explanation is so incredibly helpful and fun to watch.
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I come from the projects that used to be on Fayetteville street. Durham will always be home. It’s a very interesting place to see top universities and gentrification and yet still a lot of violence.
Very relaxing video and nice scenery too. The crime statistics years ago were surprising to me for Durham, but I can tell that by the newer architecture that parts of the city went through a revitalization program.
Definitely inland NC is on my bucket list for a vacation. Wilmington and several of the shore points were the areas I have visited. Same holds true for me in SC, where I have only been to Garden City and the Myrtle Beaches. In Virginia, I have seen the majority of the state, mostly by bicycle.
Great video Nick, hope you can get to Asheville which I have never visited.
Hi, this is my hometown! But I don't live downtown, I live a good 6-8 miles north. That building at 4:39 in the background with the blue awning, my dad used to work there when it was owned by a different group. He had to leave after the business shut down, but now he's a bit too old to be working there, even though the new place serves the same purpose
All right you did Raleigh and Durham North Carolina. Now you got to do Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Asheville North Carolina.
i will eventually. winston and greensboro are sadly ghetto
@@NickJohnson I've been both of them cities. Both of them downtown is nice. Also Winston-Salem help build Charlotte too because wachovia headquarters in Winston-Salem before merge to First Union and move their to Charlotte and also BB&T Bank was headquarters in Winston-Salem. And now they merged with SunTrust in Atlanta. And now they are moving their headquarters Charlotte and changing a name.
How about Greenville, NC? I hear mixed things about that area.
Jarvis Stradford I’ve been to both as well both do have some really nice downtown areas. Sure there is some bad parts but every town has its bad parts.
@@christophercarter129 I will put Greenville one day. I'm waiting when you get a hundred thousand. That will be will soon. Greenville North Carolina don't got no skyline. Sometimes people will confuse Greenville North Carolina to Greenville South Carolina. Greenville South Carolina do have a skyline, but Greenville North Carolina got more population than Greenville South Carolina do of the annex city limits laws in South Carolina.
I've lived in Durham for 54 yrs but haven't been Downtown in over 3 yrs and a LOT has changed according to this video - wow ...
You may want to plan around a live event at either DPAC or the Durham Bulls, including dining at a nearby restaurant.
This a nice video of the Bull City. Its been 49 years since I've lived in my native Durham, North Carolina. Durham has been gentrified like many large and small cities. Many of the neighborhoods in the Bull City are still without street lights and sidewalks and it is still a segregated city between blacks and whites as it was 66 years ago when I was born. There were no Mexicans or Central Americans living in the Bull City when I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Many traditional black middle class Durham neighborhoods are now barrios displacing native black Durhamites.
Sending a shout out to the Durham High and Hillside classes of 1973. I attended Whitted Junior High school with many classmates at those schools in the late 60's up into 1970. I am now a resident living in New York City (Manhattan) for almost 50 years. I no longer recognize my native Durham when I come home. Many of my childhood friends and classmates are dead or have moved away like me over the years. 😢 😭
Nick, I lived in Edgemont in East Durham as a boy. I left Durham and the state in 1957. They tell me that I would not recognize the area now. Thanks for the video. I subscribed.
I am sorry to hear that it is dangerous to be downtown at night now.
It's up and down Bill. Durham has really improved a lot!
I’ve been using these driving videos to help me fall asleep. Works so well
Cool!
Im from Winston-Salem, NC Aka TRE 4 but i love Durham, NC BULL CITY love the video.
great! i should come to winston but i have to say outside of downtown its kinda rough there.
Dang you drove right past the gas explosion site. I moved to Burlington a year ago and downtown looks so different! My kids played little league at the old bulls stadium. Makes want to move back to Durham!!!
Oh I did? I think it was further west from where I was maybe not. Anyways glad you enjoyed it Bree 😊
I think you should do these videos on the native folks in these cities to truly highlight what the town at least use to be like. The historical foundation and character of these places not the 90% transplant heavy influence.
huh good idea.
Shout me out if you do the video! Lol
Every major city is full of transplants. Durham isn’t special
Thank you for doing this, it's super helpful to see the streets. The music loop is crazy making, would love it if that were eliminated.
I've been in quarantine for 9 months so I really needed to watch this lmao
9 months 😮😮😮😮😮Never heard somebody doing that long!?You had been going crazy😂
@@Lorena-vq7jy lmaoo yeah it lasted almost a year ngl. After a year I was at least allowed to go to dance but I got my second shot today so hopefully I'll be able to go out without a mask and try to get back to normal
@@lasshapafford amen sis🙏🏻♥️
I used to live here watching this was so nostalgic.
cool. it's changed a lot!
Lived in Durham for 3 months and loved it so much
I love how he doesn't mention the blown up building on Duke Street. Just blows right by it.
It wasn't "blown up" (your implication being sabotage). It was a gas leak. Very sad, a well-liked businessman was killed.
@@jillcnc Don't be silly. It nothing of the kind. It's perfectly good description of the state of the building..
Collector thank you for these videos keep up the good work
It’s interesting to see the city this way. I’ve been to Durham more times than I know. I live about an hour north, near the Virginia border. My dad got his MDiv from Duke.
I haven't stopped in a lot of places in North Carolina, but I did enjoy Franklin. They have a number of ruby mines to test your luck at. Durham looks nice, too.
Franklin! I see the billboards for that ruby mining place. i want to go. Is it fun or even worth it? can i really maybe find a big real ruby??
@@NickJohnson Yes, I think it's fun. A messy experience due to the dirt, water trough, and all the scrubbing and sifting you do, but when you find a ruby amongst a bunch of pebbles and mud, you get immediate satisfaction. If big enough, they'll cut and polish the stone to be set in jewelry. Hard to get truly large ones, but you never know...
I hate that people use the homeless population as a downside of a city. There’s still people and shouldn’t be looked at as a burden. LA has one of the biggest homeless populations in the world and people still love moving there.
The "regular" street people one encounters in Downtown Durham aren't homeless. They live in the nearby projects and walk to downtown. They receive public assistance. As far as panhandling goes Downtown, while annoying, the regulars are pretty tame. I've seen much much worse and more aggressiveness in other cities. The area can be dangerous after midnight. You will hear gunshots several times a week.
Nick your car must have pretty good suspension...smooth ride made it easy to watch your video
Bro' it's all about a place with low crime, morals, great places to raise a family and where people don't judge you by your skin color..White or Black and definitely not on your politics even if you voted Trump or Obama, because those people that hate another over that are mental..
good to know do you live there?
Agreed! Unfortunately, very few towns like you described exist.
Can't find it Man.. Frustrating..😂
Seriously! This is the South. As a whole Durham mites don't talk about those types of things in polite company. But it's still there. If it wasn't he wouldn't have had to make a fact about the fact that you used to be bad places in Durham and but it's now getting better. And termites who lived here forever wouldn't have problems with gentrification right now.
It's some nice scenery, no doubt!
So, where are you going to take the Nickmobile next? I hope it's my hometown of Indianapolis ;)
ill be passing through there in mid dec. i actually wanted to watch live PD in Lawrence on a Friday night. Do you ever go up there? Ive only been near zionsville area not that far east.
@@NickJohnson I go up to Lawrence all the time. I have family there.
is it as bad as the show makes it look? indy has some rough areas.
@@NickJohnson Not from Indy, but it's a city with multiple personalities. There are areas in the heart of the city that are stunning to see and be a part of, then there are places that seem almost foreign by comparison.
@@NickJohnson It does have rough areas, and the usual issues a big city has, but overall it's a nice place.
I can’t believe that I just saw Durham all the time!
Why can't you believe it?
I've lived in the Bull City for 30 years. We raised our daughters there and we moved to Orange County NC. The Bull City was getting to crowded! I loved it but where we live now is very lo key! We lived on Rocky Roxboro Rd!
Thanks for this cool Video. 👍
great! are you local here in NC?
Lived in Durham all my life not as bad as you say!
I really enjoyed my time in Durham, I'd like to live there.
most peoole when they hear durham nc they think "oh that's in the country" "they dont know if they want to be like the city or the country" but when u live here (like me) its all the same and we are jot country we just have the stereotype but we love it down here and the weather might get u sometimes and the accent but thats what makes us North Carolinian
born and raised in Durham I work for the city of Durham it's a great city I love living here
I got 6 kids and my wife and I'm planing on moving out there ive been working in security field down in ct any tips on jobs?
@@TheRADITOelPADRINO It seems most people in Durham work at Duke Hospital the largest employer in the Bull City. My mother use to say, Duke didn't pay much.
@@daddygrace253 I worked there. They fired me. I hate Duke.
He managed to avoid that huge jail right in the center of downtown
Perhaps I think it’s more complex than that he just like every developer and political hack they want a perfect picture of Durham I mean hell let’s face it Durham is a vacant desert with a substantial number of people thriving in it and simply put they want to turn it into a bigger place where more “money” can be made and we all know more money more problems if it’s more problems for people that make more money what does that mean for my little hometown of Durham
I live in Durham. It started calming down about fifteen years ago. The shootings started back three years ago. Six people were shot in this town, week before last.
I used to think that gentrification was a good thing. Then I went to these historic areas and saw stores that are in every mall and every crappy sprawling city in America. A Starbucks on every corner. A North Face store. An Aeropostale, Lulu Lemon, Anthropologie, Sunglass Hut, California Pizza Kitchen, Bass Pro Shop.....
It's almost as if these corporations are pushing out small business.
WHATS WRONG WITH LULU LEMON????????????
" ... Poverty Of Riches...." www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/2344/the-poverty-of-riches-the-riches-of-poverty
Thank you for that statement I really appreciate it as someone who lived in Durham all of her life.
The immense amount of small businesses in Durham is what makes it feel like home to me because I know so many of the owners because I lived there for 18 years and went to middle school and high school in downtown and used to walk all over
Wait, where was the "bad neighborhood" lol? Couldn't find it.
From Durham here. If he went north/east and around the 85/70 highways you’d cross into some less fortunate areas.
You should do Chicago next!
He should do Charlotte
I should do both!
Nick Johnson Please be careful if you’re gonna be in Chicago. Some parts are very dangerous.
I'm a native Chicagoan. It's too expensive. High taxes (you will be taxed to death). It's very crowded, corrupted and segregated. Plus we have high crime and homelessness and high cases of Covid-19. Just warning you.
Nice area. Good to see people running for their health and not running for their lives
It is
@@NickJohnson Thanks for the virtual tours Nick. I used to enjoy driving all over hell's half acres, but haven't been able to, lately.
What a pretty little town! I love your videos,!! Thanks
Welcome to Durham NC, "Home of the entrance wound". No one knows how bad the crime rate is because Durham doesn't release its statistics....that means that it's crime free...….right?...….right?
What are you talkin about the talk about the crime in Durham all the time. Definitely more than they talk about any other City.
What kind of camera do you use Nick? .. Seems to pan good without blurring out.. you have it on dash or on the outside?
iPhone 10 outside window
To all the people stay in the nice part dont go playing i love my city
i literally watched this just to see what he was gonna say about my school lmao
I tried to convince my fiancé to move from IL to Durham. She thought it was a complete POS. We settled for apex. Still visit Durham every so often
If he would've just went another 2 blocks past liberty, yall would've seen a different world.
Facts
Hey Nick!! Can you do a video tour of Mansfield, OH next? I want to know what you think when you see it.
Hey Ryan. Maybe one day if I'm passing through the area.
Can you do a video of Edmonton Canada
Im thinking moving there !!!!Thank you !!!!!
its pretty cool. its growing. if you watch the durham bulls baseball game, sit out on the deck at tobocco road cafe and you can watch the game for free. get there at 5:30 at the latest and you have a front row view of batting practice and the game. you can catch balls too and they bring you drinks WAY cheaper than at the game. plus, on saturday nights, the fireworks in the outfield are so close the ashes land in your beer!
This the type of America town he likes, lol.
Dont
@@khaliagraves4912 why
SK Animations because they made it look peaceful I lived here my hole life and I’m telling u not even downtown Durham Looks peacefull all the time like that and Durham is just a very dirty city😐
Holy smokes! That green light lasted HALF A SECOND at 8:01😂 I can’t wait to move there, I know there’s some crime ridden-parts but Mother Nature there is a huuuge upside, supposedly people there are nice too.
Stay safe And don't get caught And don't get angry And don't get arrested And put in jail or prison because of course that would not be a Good thing for you to do at all And thats The Truth of The matter of fact Man of adventure.
Good job,Thanks for sharing.
I just ate at Cosmic Cantina. Super burrito to my face. I love the RTP area I’m going to move there. Just trying to figure out where in the heck to live. I want to do East Durham near RTP because I’ll be working in Cary if not from home a lot.
That place is cool!
Nice video Nick, a lot different than LA
I saw Doris Duke's ghost at the 11'8" bridge on Gregson Street.
what happened?
That VW Beetle was sweet!
4:50 to the left is the scene of that deadly gas explosion in April 2019 :(
Durham is always having gas problems
I never heard of that here
That's the Carolina Theater @ 10:00, on the left.
It’s truly a travesty 🥺It’s something I’ve never seen in my 56 years of life!Truly sad I’m sure a percentage of these people had no choice due to covid...However I don’t get how the government can turn a blind eye to all this madness!!...They put Porta potty‘s every few blocks etc!That whole place needs an intervention and more mental health professionals to the equation as well! I pray for these lost souls as of the end of the day they are all gods children and we really can’t say one way or another what really drove them to do what they do! There has to be the root too the problem somewhere in their lives history to have to live like this!! I do believe you’re right it’s been decades of this going on all along on the watch of the government!! And they would rather send money overseas than to help our people here in the United States that truly want and need the help🙏🏻...Great video 🙏🏻God bless be safe on your journeys..
You should do an unboxing North Carolina. Good video.
i am soon. thanks! what part of the state are you in?
@@NickJohnson Durham actually! LOL, I actually looked to see if you had any North Carolina videos before moving here 🙏🏼😆
Durham downtown is doing good demolishing the old houses and building new ones and bringing nice people to the area, before all that changes was scary to even walk there
This guy doesnt live here. Durham is not VERY DANGEROUS. Its annoying when people say that. Ive lived here for 10 years and have seen the transition gentrification has done to the city. There are bad areas just like anywhere else, but Durham isn't dangerous at all. People walk the streets at 1am with no problem. Stay on guard and be safe, dont be foolish, but there are many more places far more dangerous than Durham is
no. wrong dude.
@@NickJohnson so you live in Durham? Im not gonna argue with someone who doesn't even live in the city
@@NickJohnson dont lie to these people saying the city of Durham is "very dangerous" when its not. I live here. I know what its like. Ill discredit your content all day if you're putting content on your channel thats not true.
Aaron Brown well said!
I agree 100%. No matter what city you live, in know your environment.
Durham!... where I live. I’ve done a few shots there too. It’s beautiful. Yes we are growing and a lot more beauty to see as well.
It's sooo many homicides & gangs
Lakesha Wilson , true but so is everywhere. Don’t know of any gangs. Depends on the eye and what you are looking for.
@@sntntrangelaarmstrong8711 Well I googled Durham news and the article read there was a gang war going on in that city & also a 9 year old was killed a couple of weeks ago & a 17 year old that was at a bus stop with other ppl waiting on the bus when a car drove pass and started shooting & oh by the way I live in Norfolk ,VA the Commonwealth don't play & it's nothing compared to Durham if I had choose between Raleigh or Durham it would be Raleigh sorry not sorry have a blessed day & Happy holidays to you & your family be safe🕯️🙏🕯️
@@pisceanempress5060 and what was the point of you commenting sweetie? Norfolk? Are you kidding me? The crime in that city is just as bad as Durham so don't try it.
@@leonation89 First of all I commented because I can Secondly I know the crime is bad in Norfolk I was born & raised here and no the crime here isn't worst than the crime in Durham I said what I said PERIODTTTT
I've been downtown so many times we usually pass by the bank or cityhall
You should walk around Holloway street, Nick Johnson.
Where near North Hyde Park Avenue?
Can I get a shout out in the next video I was first luv u ❤️😍
Google: basketball ranking for 2019 - 2020: (1)Michigan State (2)Kentucky (3)Duke (4)Kansas (5) Villanova. Coach K seems to be so nice and cool, even in the pass Kobe Bryant would asked for his advise. Me, I`m a Jayhawk fan.
Kansas is cool with me. Just not Duke. UNC all the way.
Nothing like the smell of gun fire in the morning..Durham
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Isn't Durham where Homesnacks is?
Used to be. We moved :)
They are now in Cary!
I think Cary is the safest city in America. North Carolina in general seems pretty awesome
Thanks for being honest about the crime in Durham. I appreciate your input 😁
I mean they just had 6 shootings and 2 dead like three days ago. It's rough for sure, but like most bad areas, it's improving. They're trying hard.
Its fine... it's like any other city.. you'll be fine if you mind your business.... you look for trouble you'll find it... easily a good place to live
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What was your purpose for this video, the only point you made that would that would remain in one's mind is the high crime. You made no mention of of true history of Durham and it's major changes. WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOUR MOTIVES? Surely this was not in Durham's best interest.
jeannie i was actually NICE to durham. i could have showed its BAD sides like i usually do.
@@NickJohnson you wouldn't dare lol
We are doing a conference there later this year and I hoped to use this video as part of the promotion, nope.
There's a Really good Indian resteraunt in Durham it's called Tandoori Bites I'm not sure the exact address but it's hella good and It just opened and how do I know this? Cuz mah parents own it OwO
so why dont you post the address then? :) ive heard of it. can i get a friend discount?
Nick Johnson I'll see if I can convince my parents to do so also the address is 5318 New Hope Commons Dr Unit 201 A, Durham
Lol
I miss tandoori!!!!!!
Sam S-B oh you've heard of it?
@21:56 You misspelled Krzyzewskiville. 😜
I'm sorry Durham, Winston, and Greensboro's downtowns are not white and affluent enough for your taste. We all know what the term 'ghetto' is code for. You clarified this when you gleefully stated that Durham is not as dangerous now because it is more gentrified. Don't you understand that most of the crime you claim to be fearful of is not centered in the areas where the typical middle income person lives? If you avoid certain pockets of impoverish areas, you will never know crime exists, except for what you see on the local news. I live in Greensboro and we have very little, slum, rundown and vacant buildings in the center city. The only thing I can figure is that you came to town during A&T's homecoming and saw too many black faces in the streets, and your mind equated that as being 'ghetto'. That is the same thing others do when they pass through Charlotte during Ciaa tournament week. Before you make blanket statements about a city and it's culture you should first educate yourself about why things are, and the long process it took for it to get that way. If you are going to ride through a city, show the entire city and not a white washed version. What you see as ghetto, other might see as culture and diversity. Taking us to Duke and driving around campus does nothing for us, -considering riding around Duke is all 99% of us will ever be able to do. We can't get in, and if we did, we could not afford the tuition.
Thanks.
Where are the people? From a NJ perspective I can’t image such empty streets.
oh trust me as a person who lives in durham i know that the people are always outside but somedays they are inside or under a bridge it all depends on the weather
As someone from the UK it looks like your run of a mill American city. Looks good though.
Born and raise in Durham and love it.
Is Durham conservative or liberal
Durham is a nice city
its getting better.
I’m from durham and I love my city. Not all areas are bad. Everywhere has lower income areas. And every where has some kind of gentrification too.
yes i was nice to durham ive seen the worst parts and i stayed away this day
It wouldn't bother me if it was just some kind of certification but my entire city of Durham has become gentrified.
Should’ve gone to the “wall” through the “bridge” from East campus to West Campus.
It’s more of a tunnel… 🤔
First I thought it will be a view from the back of Subaru from a dron like it was in games
huh?
😂😂😂😂😂😂I’m lost on that one too?😮
Which downtown is bigger between Macon GA Augusta GA and Durham NC? 🤔
Durham is not "really bad." Yes, there is poverty and gang activity but it is not widespread. Yes, it's a good idea to have a security system. Durham is also much larger than what you see here. I live in SW Durham near Southpoint, and it's very safe, with most crime limited to "property crime" -- car break-ins and a few house break-ins. But they are VERY few and far between. It's a great place to live in non-COVID times -- lots of live music, farmers markets, good restaurants; it's a diverse city with a commitment to social justice. Trumpazoids are not going to be happy here; it is a liberal enclave, as is much of the Triangle, nestled in between a lot of red areas. I moved here from up north 5 years ago and hope to be able to stay forever.
Lived in Durham all my life, we had over 900 shootings last year in this city, and now they’ve started it up again
@@pillcosby2469 I was born in Durham in 1955. Although I've lived in New York City for the last 49 years, Durham is a violent city according to my family members living all over Durham as 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation Durhamites. By the way a friend of the family moved back to Durham from Washington, D.C. purchasing a home out near Southpoint and crime has entered that area as well. There is no safe neighborhoods anymore.