As someone who lives in Georgia, i will tell you that the Homeless population in Atlanta is small compared to portland, los Angeles, or Seattle's, homeless population
Let me say that I've been in Atlanta 30 years and I've learned a few things. One, Buckhead isn't all that. Yes, it's a wealthy community within the city yet a lot of those individuals work downtown then commute back to their fancy homes. It's relatively recent that they've begun to build up that area beyond residential but also there are better hotels further South that won't break the bank. When I arrived here in the mid 90s there was a homeless population yet it wasn't as stark. The city had a lot of homeless shelters that are now closed which as a result put people on the streets but there was also Katrina so many of the people who were displaced in New Orleans from that hurricane ended up here. Some were able to bounce back quite a few weren't and they too ended up homeless so all of that contributed to the increase in the homeless population. Crime in Atlanta is no different than any other large metropolitan area than I've lived in and I lived in five from LA to NYC. I live in Southwest Atlanta where one might be surprised are many well to do people and retirees who live in homes valued in the upper 200K or more. My neighborhood is one of those areas and I have no problem walking about it at night or any other time and as someone pointed out that section of the city and Atlanta in general is hot right now in terms of real estate. People are trying to get here, neighborhoods are gentrifying because of access to certain amenities. The South end for instance; The Benz, State Farm Arena, Georgia State U Stadium which used to be the Atlanta Braves Stadium as well as easy access to the airport just to name a few. And because of that people are flocking to this side of town. Atlanta isn't as bad as some make it out to be but it may not be your cup of tea if you're not into urban living. I'm originally from NYC and so Atlanta, even though not the biggest city on the map and certainly not NY, I'm comfortable with it and all its flaws because I understand the nature of cities.
At 0:50 you’re on I20 riding through Covington. Should’ve rode through. A lot of beautiful antebellum homes off of the square. Sherman came through on his march to the sea and stayed at the Patterson house. He didn’t burn the town because of the beauty supposedly.
Atlanta is where we grew up, such a crime ridden place but areas around Emory Univ. Campus are lovely! We went to school when it was safe for children to walk to school. Oh for those days again. RB&DB, conyers, ga
That breakfast was definitely apart of Covid precautions. I imagine that was a weird time to travel. That is a really nice area you were in. I came across your Lexington KY (where I live now) video today, and have stayed to watch your Charleston, WV (where my wife is from) and now your ATL video (where I am from). I look forward to checking out some future videos
Yes, I was gonna say the same thing when they were in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina because some places wouldn’t even serve breakfast so you’re lucky that you’ve got a little bite to eat.
I feel bad that y’all are giving these breakfast situations a bad wrap in these hotels because it was right after Covid states like Georgia were very strict. They pushed vaccinations for Covid and all that. I’m from South Carolina I and my family we didn’t get any vaccinations. we don’t believe in vaccinations we didn’t wear masks and even we understood when we went to these places that the situation s were different. But the pillow situation during Covid, they were shortstaffed in places even two years after and the pillows have to be washed and dried and sanitized so they probably didn’t have any extras because they didn’t have any extra bodies to clean the extra pillows so I mean it’s 2024 now you probably don’t feel the same way as you did in that moment but because now I’m in 2024 just now watching all these videos, I’m gonna make that comment because at the time that’s what was going on.
Jimmy Carter is one of the greatest humanitarian presidents we've ever had. He continued working for the good of humanity long after his presidency, instead of gobbling up goodies for being a big shot like so many other ex presidents do. I admire and love the man and his work. He is still fighting for his life. God bless him.
Yep. We went when I was around 13 and Clinton was in office. Homeless all around the White House. Funny thing was when he got home, the Lewinsky scandal broke 2-3 days later.
I live a couple of hours north-east of ATL ... I avoid that place like the plague. Have had to drive through it a few times & couldn't wait to get away from there. ~ I see you went right thru Orangeburg, SC ... should have stopped & toured that place ... it has much in common with your tour of Cairo, IL.
On the steeple of Ebenezer there was a neon sign in the 60s and 70s in purple that said "Jesus Saves." This was before unleaded gas and the air quality was bad.
I feel like the Capitol building is actually the best place for the unhoused, a perfect example statement of government blithely ignoring the needs of the citizenry it supposedly serves.
Atlanta, one of greatest and historic southern cities, is burning itself into the ground. Crime and homelessness is out of control. City leaders are uninterested in doing anything about it. Such a shame. The chaos is getting so bad there, that Buckhead (a very wealthy neighborhood) is fighting to break away so they can form their own police force. Of course Atlanta is begging them not to go, but I think Buckhead isn't listening. I'm on Buckhead's side here. 4
Yeah, I read that about Buckhead. The hotel we were in was near there. I’ve been to Atlanta several times and I really don’t care for it. It’s like Houston - crammed with people, horrible traffic all the time, everywhere in the city.
Last time I checked the governor of Georgia is Kemp. Stop deflecting the blame. Republicans have been running this state for years. They don't put money in the poor democratic areas because that's not their voting base. The rich republican voting base is in buckhead and the northern suburbs
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip ignore the fool, he probably watches sensationalist TV too much. Atlanta has the hottest real estate market in the country, it's not burning to the ground. The homeless area by the capital has been cleaned up. Most people hangout and walk in Midtown, north of Downtown. You visited some pretty ghetto areas compared to the rest of the city. Midtown with Piedmont Park is some of the best & most walkable city areas in the Southeast.
@@chuck2453 I see. That makes sense. It’s a grand, beautiful building. That one and the Texas Capitol are easily the best two I’ve seen. So far, anyway.
In Savannah, our church supports a homeless ministry. The three biggest groups are the mentally ill, substance abusers, and content to be homeless. Those who want to get off the streets are a very small percentage. Bottom line is that calling this a "homeless problem" is diverting attention from the real issues.
When you are homeless you have no one or place to go. The despair must be an abyss of desperation. Probably leading to insanity. If you die, no one will know or care. So, you may as well camp be in a visible spot because they will have to move your body lest the vultures show up.
Born and raised in Metro Atlanta, the heart of the city WAS vibrant with huge department stores , restaurants, 1st Class retail and stunning hotels and theaters, the RABLE and LOWEST classes ( sorry) have dominated the central city for decades now bringing a sense of fear and paranoia to the streets , I understand you can't buy a shirt or roll of tape downtown anymore , the last time I was in downtown taking MARTA rail the stations were terrifying especially with luggage , pan handlers and dazed aggressive bums everywhere , a RUINED city where fear reins , the privileged suburbanites despise it, even though it is the reason they can live there , everybody there is a victim of racism a main topic of daily conversation with all segments of the population.... TRAGIC
It’s a Georgia thing. People here are paranoid. I am from Florida born and bred but living in Georgia now for the past ten years and if my children and grandchildren were not here I would still be in Florida. I miss my home.
Problem with Atlanta ( and just other US cities) is good dead they are. Not many people are walking since walk-ability makes a city alive, everything feels dead. Zoning laws are bad as well.
All this homeless is a travesty. I built my house 10 years ago and I couldn't afford it today. Something needs to be done. Our government created this mess with this constant money printing and inflation.
Crime is skyrocketing in Atlanta (including its suburbs). A bunch of criminals live there with zero respect for anyone. That's why they put a fence around the capitol... the thugs would completely trash it otherwise. Be smart... Move on and don't ever return.
Jimmy Carter was one of the great Presidents. God bless him.
As someone who lives in Georgia, i will tell you that the Homeless population in Atlanta is small compared to portland, los Angeles, or Seattle's, homeless population
I was in the Navy when Carter was President. At the time I was making about $79 dollars a week. He doubled our wages. Much needed at the time.
Let me say that I've been in Atlanta 30 years and I've learned a few things. One, Buckhead isn't all that. Yes, it's a wealthy community within the city yet a lot of those individuals work downtown then commute back to their fancy homes. It's relatively recent that they've begun to build up that area beyond residential but also there are better hotels further South that won't break the bank.
When I arrived here in the mid 90s there was a homeless population yet it wasn't as stark. The city had a lot of homeless shelters that are now closed which as a result put people on the streets but there was also Katrina so many of the people who were displaced in New Orleans from that hurricane ended up here. Some were able to bounce back quite a few weren't and they too ended up homeless so all of that contributed to the increase in the homeless population.
Crime in Atlanta is no different than any other large metropolitan area than I've lived in and I lived in five from LA to NYC. I live in Southwest Atlanta where one might be surprised are many well to do people and retirees who live in homes valued in the upper 200K or more. My neighborhood is one of those areas and I have no problem walking about it at night or any other time and as someone pointed out that section of the city and Atlanta in general is hot right now in terms of real estate. People are trying to get here, neighborhoods are gentrifying because of access to certain amenities. The South end for instance; The Benz, State Farm Arena, Georgia State U Stadium which used to be the Atlanta Braves Stadium as well as easy access to the airport just to name a few. And because of that people are flocking to this side of town.
Atlanta isn't as bad as some make it out to be but it may not be your cup of tea if you're not into urban living. I'm originally from NYC and so Atlanta, even though not the biggest city on the map and certainly not NY, I'm comfortable with it and all its flaws because I understand the nature of cities.
That statue of Kunta Kinte holding up Kizze has always been etched in my mind from watching Roots when I was a kid. What a powerful movie that was.
Thank you very much
Thank you Nicole for rating the hotels you stay at it helps me going out there God bless
At 0:50 you’re on I20 riding through Covington. Should’ve rode through. A lot of beautiful antebellum homes off of the square. Sherman came through on his march to the sea and stayed at the Patterson house. He didn’t burn the town because of the beauty supposedly.
Atlanta is where we grew up, such a crime ridden place but areas around Emory Univ. Campus are lovely! We went to school when it was safe for children to walk to school. Oh for those days again. RB&DB, conyers, ga
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That breakfast was definitely apart of Covid precautions. I imagine that was a weird time to travel. That is a really nice area you were in. I came across your Lexington KY (where I live now) video today, and have stayed to watch your Charleston, WV (where my wife is from) and now your ATL video (where I am from). I look forward to checking out some future videos
I'm glad your watching, William! :)
Yes, I was gonna say the same thing when they were in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina because some places wouldn’t even serve breakfast so you’re lucky that you’ve got a little bite to eat.
Hostage crisis in Iran-> Jimmy Carter and that’s what you’re gonna get if Kamala Harris becomes president incompetence.
I feel bad that y’all are giving these breakfast situations a bad wrap in these hotels because it was right after Covid states like Georgia were very strict. They pushed vaccinations for Covid and all that. I’m from South Carolina I and my family we didn’t get any vaccinations. we don’t believe in vaccinations we didn’t wear masks and even we understood when we went to these places that the situation s were different. But the pillow situation during Covid, they were shortstaffed in places even two years after and the pillows have to be washed and dried and sanitized so they probably didn’t have any extras because they didn’t have any extra bodies to clean the extra pillows so I mean it’s 2024 now you probably don’t feel the same way as you did in that moment but because now I’m in 2024 just now watching all these videos, I’m gonna make that comment because at the time that’s what was going on.
Enjoyed seeing Martin Luther king Jr's birthplace. Thanks
Jimmy Carter is one of the greatest humanitarian presidents we've ever had. He continued working for the good of humanity long after his presidency, instead of gobbling up goodies for being a big shot like so many other ex presidents do. I admire and love the man and his work. He is still fighting for his life. God bless him.
Good man but lousy weak president
Jimmy Carter was the worst President our country has ever had....except for our current loser LOSER President.
LOL! The White House has homeless staying like a block away as well! But, I guess that's not the same thing. 🙄
Yep. We went when I was around 13 and Clinton was in office. Homeless all around the White House. Funny thing was when he got home, the Lewinsky scandal broke 2-3 days later.
Nice what a house MLK
The West Virginia capitol dome is gold flake covered as well
Beautiful capital building
I live a couple of hours north-east of ATL ... I avoid that place like the plague. Have had to drive through it a few times & couldn't wait to get away from there. ~ I see you went right thru Orangeburg, SC ... should have stopped & toured that place ... it has much in common with your tour of Cairo, IL.
They traveled at the worst time possible in American history, no pun intended
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On the steeple of Ebenezer there was a neon sign in the 60s and 70s in purple that said "Jesus Saves." This was before unleaded gas and the air quality was bad.
Ya'll crack me up.🤣🤣🤣🤣
UPDATE: The city cleared out that whole area of tents just the other day.
Atlanta has some terrific old in-city neighborhoods. Downtown is meh, there's very little reason to go there except to work.
U drove thru were I was born Augusta GA!
I feel like the Capitol building is actually the best place for the unhoused, a perfect example statement of government blithely ignoring the needs of the citizenry it supposedly serves.
Atlanta, one of greatest and historic southern cities, is burning itself into the ground. Crime and homelessness is out of control. City leaders are uninterested in doing anything about it. Such a shame.
The chaos is getting so bad there, that Buckhead (a very wealthy neighborhood) is fighting to break away so they can form their own police force. Of course Atlanta is begging them not to go, but I think Buckhead isn't listening. I'm on Buckhead's side here.
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Yeah, I read that about Buckhead. The hotel we were in was near there. I’ve been to Atlanta several times and I really don’t care for it. It’s like Houston - crammed with people, horrible traffic all the time, everywhere in the city.
Atlanta isn't begging Buckhead to say.
Last time I checked the governor of Georgia is Kemp. Stop deflecting the blame. Republicans have been running this state for years. They don't put money in the poor democratic areas because that's not their voting base. The rich republican voting base is in buckhead and the northern suburbs
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip ignore the fool, he probably watches sensationalist TV too much. Atlanta has the hottest real estate market in the country, it's not burning to the ground. The homeless area by the capital has been cleaned up. Most people hangout and walk in Midtown, north of Downtown. You visited some pretty ghetto areas compared to the rest of the city. Midtown with Piedmont Park is some of the best & most walkable city areas in the Southeast.
Atlanta sucks!
Don't expect breakfast to be any good in any of these inexpensive hotels
FYI the state just spent $5M to put that fence up this year
Wow. That’s crazy. I’ve been to 12 state capitols, and this was the first one with a fence. There must be some a lot of crime in the area.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip they put it up in response to the protests last summer. Definitely gives off a dystopian vibe to the area.
@@chuck2453 I see. That makes sense. It’s a grand, beautiful building. That one and the Texas Capitol are easily the best two I’ve seen. So far, anyway.
In Savannah, our church supports a homeless ministry. The three biggest groups are the mentally ill, substance abusers, and content to be homeless. Those who want to get off the streets are a very small percentage. Bottom line is that calling this a "homeless problem" is diverting attention from the real issues.
Should have visited the Olympic Park and the Coca-Cola plant and museum
Will be on the next run through.
When you are homeless you have no one or place to go. The despair must be an abyss of desperation. Probably leading to insanity. If you die, no one will know or care. So, you may as well camp be in a visible spot because they will have to move your body lest the vultures show up.
The hotel worker sounds like the new woman at my local servo. Bloody unhelpful. 🤨
Hey guys ❤👍
How are you doing, Tasos? 😃
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip not too bad thanks hope u r well also
I am. We just got in the Bronco and are heading to Birmingham, Alabama. See what’s going on there. 😀
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip sounds great enjoy your day
Sad,you have the 1.8 billion dollar Mercedes Benz Stadium in the midst of the homeless camping out in tents.
They have shelter but sometimes they don’t want to stay.
Born and raised in Metro Atlanta, the heart of the city WAS vibrant with huge department stores , restaurants, 1st Class retail and stunning hotels and theaters, the RABLE and LOWEST classes ( sorry) have dominated the central city for decades now bringing a sense of fear and paranoia to the streets , I understand you can't buy a shirt or roll of tape downtown anymore , the last time I was in downtown taking MARTA rail the stations were terrifying especially with luggage , pan handlers and dazed aggressive bums everywhere , a RUINED city where fear reins , the privileged suburbanites despise it, even though it is the reason they can live there , everybody there is a victim of racism a main topic of daily conversation with all segments of the population.... TRAGIC
MLK was an evil man
It’s a Georgia thing. People here are paranoid. I am from Florida born and bred but living in Georgia now for the past ten years and if my children and grandchildren were not here I would still be in Florida. I miss my home.
Closed for Covid. How utterly inconvenient.
Problem with Atlanta ( and just other US cities) is good dead they are. Not many people are walking since walk-ability makes a city alive, everything feels dead. Zoning laws are bad as well.
All this homeless is a travesty. I built my house 10 years ago and I couldn't afford it today. Something needs to be done. Our government created this mess with this constant money printing and inflation.
Those homeless are not the responsibility of the government. They are responsible for the outcome of their own lives.
The democratic leadership is wholly responsible for homelessness. Bad policy and high cost of living. I hope you never fall on hard times.
Agree
His mama was killed in that church
That’s cheap they could have done better. That’s where the discount should have came in.
Crime is skyrocketing in Atlanta (including its suburbs). A bunch of criminals live there with zero respect for anyone. That's why they put a fence around the capitol... the thugs would completely trash it otherwise. Be smart... Move on and don't ever return.
A bunch of criminals operate Wall Street and U.S. banks. Any thoughts?
Welcome to the South’s MOST woke city! All closed for Covid….
This was recorded 2 years ago
If only being "woke" could reduce crime and violence. smh
You do much better without the loose luggage,,,,