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  • 🇬🇧 Britain; the world's sixth biggest economy. But what is life like for the average Brit outside of the capital city? Well, I went to investigate and what I found wasn't too promising. Join me on a journey into the provinces of this once great country for what might be my most brutal adventure yet...
    Thanks to @BackpackerBen for driving me around and please check his channel for his version of the trip.

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  • @djjsimpson
    @djjsimpson 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2674

    Who needs the ruins of Greece when you have the ruins of Britain

    • @gorathegreatest
      @gorathegreatest 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      😂😂😂hah

    • @roiqk
      @roiqk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

      Wait he deleted the video??

    • @absfinal
      @absfinal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      When did he go to Greece

    • @fystikogiannopoulos
      @fystikogiannopoulos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Almost watched the entire video then proceeds to delete it 😭

    • @AwesomeFish12
      @AwesomeFish12 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Almost as good as a bunch of yellow rocks

  • @YesSir-pm8vc
    @YesSir-pm8vc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3873

    This whole video felt like a documentary of a civilization collapsing

    • @HIGHHOPES
      @HIGHHOPES 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is at this point. Almost every western country has been captured by entities bent on destroying them

    • @Monaghan
      @Monaghan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +315

      Some will blame brexit or some other nonsense but the same level of decay is common in a lot of western countries. Planned deindustrialisation, etc.

    • @AsalKh1
      @AsalKh1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Very sad to see how so much culture, history and architecture left to rot 😢. I would choose any city to live in Pakistan over Plymouth, western super, yorkshire and bradford. ✌️ 🙏. Thanks bald for showing, ppl don't forget he is just a messenger.

    • @Monaghan
      @Monaghan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

      @@sparklesparklesparkle6318 based fellow noticer. Keep noticing.

    • @rufusklompenheimer
      @rufusklompenheimer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Welcome to bald and bankrupt

  • @jonnyd9351
    @jonnyd9351 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +105

    You telling that girl "10 years? you're not getting out of here." was probably a huge wake up call. Hope she makes it.

    • @bunb8541
      @bunb8541 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      He failed miserably censoring her face. jfl

  • @kevinlast7051
    @kevinlast7051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +339

    When a young Romanian lad says it can dangerous it’s time to get out of town

    • @piotr5338
      @piotr5338 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      ROMANIAN ARE NOT .GYPSYS

    • @timmieboy37
      @timmieboy37 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Grow up. 😆

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@piotr5338 no one said anything about gypsies.... romanians have bad reputation around europe too, not just gypsies. also many gypsies are romanians. so chill.

    • @andrewwigham3026
      @andrewwigham3026 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It’s not even that bad, I’ve lived like 4-5 mins away from Horden all of my life and I’ve never had issues. It’s all about who you associate with. The area has its idiots the same as everywhere.

    • @Firespirit233
      @Firespirit233 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s funny to hear this cause in Romania it’s very safe) all gypsies left in 2003, and only 300k of them remained. Meanwhile there are 1 mill of Romanian gypsies in France. So I don’t get it when you think it’s dangerous in Romania.

  • @andrewgould9395
    @andrewgould9395 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2044

    Watched all of Bald’s videos and thought Eastern Europe was depressing and grey….then we get a video of our home country and my god it really has become a depressing shitshow.

    • @eriklarson9137
      @eriklarson9137 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is 100% exactly the same in the US. Hmm. Anything that ties the two together? Progressive ideology run amok maybe?

    • @ne_skazhu_nikomu
      @ne_skazhu_nikomu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

      нормально все. Главное для британцев - поддерживать войну на украине и гадить русским. Остальное неважно

    • @darren6076
      @darren6076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      Plymouth is amazing compared to the places bald goes to. The problem is you are comparing places like Plymouth Blackpool hull the most run down poor towns in the uk to places like London, Manchester etc.

    • @nesvarbu6964
      @nesvarbu6964 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      К сожалению по всей Европе много таких запущенных городов​@@ne_skazhu_nikomu

    • @mickymouze1224
      @mickymouze1224 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      As a Janner I can say he showed the absolute worst of Plymouth. Firstly the parts he shown (Union Street) is not the city centre. Secondly yes it's run down and sadly left to rot but it has been earmarked as part of the Millbay regeneration program which is still ongoing (albeit taking forever). Plymouth as a whole is a great place to live with great sea views, parks, woodland, many restaurants, not a bad nightlife and is central to many little known beaches a short drive away. Even the the football team ain't too shabby these days :)

  • @alexanderfisher9132
    @alexanderfisher9132 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    Bald is truly so much more than a youtube vlogger. This is hard hitting journalism at its finest in an age when that's a dying art. Thank you and please keep doing what you do

  • @Your.Mum24
    @Your.Mum24 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +68

    I know that woman with the black eye. I used to live with her in a hostel when I was 18 and 19. She got pregnant, gave birth and socials took her child away. She said she wanted to get clean, move to brighton and fight for her child.... that was in January 2023. Sad to see her still on soho now
    Im 21 now , I dont live in brum and I work in cars, that's why its even sadder to know I'm the only one out of the 200+ in that hostel that turned his life around.

    • @guy990
      @guy990 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Comparison is always the thief of joy, you had the drive to actually make your life better, like Bald and Bankrupt said to the lady with a poor blurry face she had 10 years and is still stuck in the same spot

    • @thefishboiler
      @thefishboiler 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Got her number?

    • @timothyodeyale6565
      @timothyodeyale6565 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@thefishboiler?
      Better be asking for the number of prayers ..

    • @Jimmyjames738
      @Jimmyjames738 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Legend 👍

  • @thecabooseattheendofthetra9260
    @thecabooseattheendofthetra9260 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1651

    I remember when Bald was in the capital of Moldova and showed a wrecked pathway leading up some broken steps that had been there for years (right in the centre) and within a week the government had fixed it. If there's one thing governments hate, it's being shown up or embarrassed publicly. Videos like this are more powerful than you might ever believe.

    • @mudra5114
      @mudra5114 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly the British Government is shameless, unlike the Moldovian Government.

    • @RZPPAA
      @RZPPAA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

      Not a chance it'll be fixed.

    • @user-ki2jp1cp3o
      @user-ki2jp1cp3o 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately the British government have no shame whatsoever. They don’t care in the slightest bit about the people.

    • @ClassicCinemaSerialsMovies
      @ClassicCinemaSerialsMovies 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      first video of balds i watched and addicted ever since.

    • @thegreathoffman16
      @thegreathoffman16 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

      Not in Britian it wont be

  • @bera0014
    @bera0014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +974

    I almost choked on my coffee when the woman said the ticket was 50 pounds for a ONE way trip, ($96 AUD) for less than 2 hour trip. I checked a similar trip (Melbourne to Bendigo) approx 2 hours and the full fare is 5 quid ($10AUD) one way. The UK is broken...

    • @efahad91
      @efahad91 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      Plus the train gets delayed, slow, old stations, its basically a rip off

    • @Houthiandtheblowfish
      @Houthiandtheblowfish 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +130

      Privatization works really welll thank you thatcher and friends co.

    • @Khayyam-vg9fw
      @Khayyam-vg9fw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      @@Houthiandtheblowfish It worked really well for Thatcher's friends in the CIty; not so well for the rest of us.

    • @rogink
      @rogink 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a 100 mile trip. For me to get to London it's £75 return for a 70 mile trip, so 50 quid looks reasonable!

    • @01gsr510
      @01gsr510 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Then you’d literally suffocate in the USA. lol. $150 for a 1.5 hour flight

  • @JimBob652
    @JimBob652 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1113

    Please show more of the UK, we need to show people how ruined the country is

    • @honiahakaa
      @honiahakaa 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Thanks to who? Leaders?

    • @skefsongames
      @skefsongames 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      @@honiahakaa Depends where you go tbh, local councils, the tories, economy in the shitter small businesses being driven to ruin and replaced only by shitty franchises

    • @adamholmes740
      @adamholmes740 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Tony Blair for one

    • @Geometric-Rate
      @Geometric-Rate 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Bald needs to tag the MP's for every single place he visits. We must at least shame them into doing something! 😔

    • @mikefraser4513
      @mikefraser4513 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@skefsongames Yeh, but also the people who allow this to happen. I've seen a documentary in Walsall where sofas and shit were lying around in peoples gardens.

  • @kenthall319
    @kenthall319 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Aged 15, in 1955, living in Birmingham, I didn’t need a weatherman to see which way the wind was blowing. I stuck it out for 20 years, then gave up on the UK. Left n returned. Best move I ever made.

  • @Vibrant_Frequencies
    @Vibrant_Frequencies หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Our country is truly on its knees. I travel all over for work and see first hand that the struggle is real

  • @AllyLaws
    @AllyLaws 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1027

    Train tickets in england are actually a piss take

    • @gordonlawrence1448
      @gordonlawrence1448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yep especially compared to France and Germany. Spain is way cheaper too but not as cheap relative to average income.

    • @MaitreSpader
      @MaitreSpader 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah ? In Geneva, Switzerland, I pay about 20$ for a 30min train ride

    • @sausagembape677
      @sausagembape677 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Japan, a fraction of the cost

    • @deancrouch5267
      @deancrouch5267 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Everything thing is a piss take. All the money flies up, no trickle down

    • @user-nq2wc9sg8l
      @user-nq2wc9sg8l 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Hockers are cheap tho - 10 pounds! Sign me up

  • @jokerbear169
    @jokerbear169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +473

    A sobering reminder of how politicians betray their people😢

    • @charleslindbergh8222
      @charleslindbergh8222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With jevvs you lose

    • @exohio
      @exohio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Sobering reminder of how similar life is across the West, from America to Europe, we're all suffering from many of the same issues. Going there, talking to friends, watching the news, it's like a parallel universe... Makes you wonder, who's running the show? Why is it the same story? Surely, we are thousands of miles apart, life has to be different... Nope, not really.

    • @user-tf8vh8uw9f
      @user-tf8vh8uw9f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      It's easy to pin it all on politicians, but none of this would've been possible without a complacent majority. The old Britain wasn't really taken away, people gave it up.

    • @jokerbear169
      @jokerbear169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@user-tf8vh8uw9f Fair call, you get what you vote for or what you can’t be bothered to do in some cases.

    • @thechosenone729
      @thechosenone729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Politicians were always traitors and they stabbed people for money without even thinking. You never trust politicians you check on them and you do it constantly.
      Thing is that people were quiet because they were too afraid to talk because they could get marked as nazi by communists. People stop giving a damn about other countryman and what's worse they let media be and so they attacked on feeling of people to accept invaders into their country.

  • @f1james629
    @f1james629 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Hey bald. I am from Plymouth myself. the places you saw are not even the worse we have to offer! Despite this we do have some really nice spots in the city and it is 100% worth coming back in the summer and seeing our best parts. I'd be happy to show you!

    • @tokomarwina9964
      @tokomarwina9964 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Hi James, I'm from holland and made a good friend from plymouth, we lost contact.
      His favorite pub was "the odd wheel" is that pub still open?
      My friends name is Mike Howe, he's probably 50 now.

    • @f1james629
      @f1james629 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@tokomarwina9964 Hi! Yes it is still open, I’ve never been in there myself but it is open

  • @scottrobinson9752
    @scottrobinson9752 หลายเดือนก่อน +262

    I am an American...or Texan to be more specific. I have been a sound engineer for 34 years. I spent 24 of those years touring the world with bands. I've been to the UK many times. I saw the this happening from the beginning. To watch the slow decay of the UK and Europe is really sad. The same is happening in America. The western world is dying, and it seems to be by design.

    • @richardmartink679
      @richardmartink679 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      So, who is designing this decline? Or is it places like China taking the jobs they used to have there?

    • @scottrobinson9752
      @scottrobinson9752 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richardmartink679 ... Seems to me a group of powerful globalists decide who gets to be a super power. And when that super power is bled dry...they bestow that power on another nation, via war. And do 8t all over again.

    • @ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheQuestion
      @ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheQuestion หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Empires rise and fall in cycles. Many empires have come and gone.

    • @countpicula
      @countpicula หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s from voting for foolish liberal policies. We could reverse this now if we just all shut our boarders and cut all the bullshit spending.
      But that would be hard.

    • @tomtravis3077
      @tomtravis3077 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      ​@@richardmartink679 to tell you would be considered antisemitic.

  • @cjheeley
    @cjheeley 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1025

    The way the council paints doors and windows onto empty houses to make them look like they're lived in reminds me of the Truman Show with Jim Carey. We truly are in the the last decades of decay in the UK.

    • @raulmontes4020
      @raulmontes4020 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      North Korea does the same thing.

    • @namenameson9065
      @namenameson9065 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very Soviet. Vote for Socialism, get Socialist results. All the cash goes to the political elite. Just like in China.

    • @SignorNessuno65
      @SignorNessuno65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

      A Potemkin Village.

    • @baldandbankrupt
      @baldandbankrupt  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      Yep I can't believe I didn't think of that term whilst there@@SignorNessuno65

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A population will always grow to fill the space and resources available why would empty houses be a sign of the end no man it’s the opposite

  • @XDontConformX
    @XDontConformX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1372

    The fact we've allowed to government to neglect the entire country like this is criminal.

    • @updog4L
      @updog4L 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      You should do something about it

    • @WarNinjaZak
      @WarNinjaZak 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Problem is that we think the government is God. We need the ability for people to buy land and then improve on it without someone else complaining about it and blocking it.

    • @CommonG
      @CommonG 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      need guy fawkes back

    • @fasthracing
      @fasthracing 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Governments

    • @jamesbael6255
      @jamesbael6255 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Free Ireland, then fix yourself or you're going to find yourselves without a choice.

  • @blondublonduletzu1660
    @blondublonduletzu1660 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I’m live in UK for my last 10 years and I see this country going worse and worst every year and I’m scared about my future in this country, but now when I see you are video about this towns I’m getting more preoccupied about my future in UK. This is sad

  • @kalevala29
    @kalevala29 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    That was really depressing, and I'm not even British.

  • @GordonEngels
    @GordonEngels 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +309

    the irony of people living in the streets outside closed-down buildings

    • @Houthiandtheblowfish
      @Houthiandtheblowfish 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      everything is in its right place darling

    • @ninobrown4516
      @ninobrown4516 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      dead civilisation

    • @Kirkinatorr
      @Kirkinatorr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      it's deliberately cruel

    • @Billy97ify
      @Billy97ify 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      There are more reasons why he lives outside. Not just housing.

    • @moeh1056
      @moeh1056 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      i hate to see things like that 🤮

  • @skaterpulse6746
    @skaterpulse6746 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1358

    Bald dosen't need to visit Eastern Europe anymore. His homeland is slowly resembling post-soviet states. I'm a welshman and every time I walk through the town centre of Port Talbot I look around see it resembling stuff I saw in Balds classic vids of him trekking across Belarus and Moldova. Sad times to be British are ahead I'm afraid and don't even get me started on the state of Swansea

    • @stevetaffy8780
      @stevetaffy8780 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Oi oi mush! Cardigan boy here butt. If port toilet is bad now... id hate to see it once tata steel goes. Nightmare for the area. Lived in swansea for 10yrs, left 13yrs ago. It was bangin when i was there. Now its proper fucked. Empty. Soul less. I miss escape club that's for sure. 😊

    • @saintfiacre8712
      @saintfiacre8712 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      I don’t know which Eastern European states you mean, but in Russia, where I live by the grace of God, there is no such decline or very little.

    • @bobfruit7400
      @bobfruit7400 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      @@saintfiacre8712 kremlin propaganda reeeeeeeeeee

    • @saintfiacre8712
      @saintfiacre8712 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      @@bobfruit7400 Why do you think so? Western people do not have their own point of view. The ruling class tells them what to think and what to say.

    • @bobfruit7400
      @bobfruit7400 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@saintfiacre8712 im being sarcastic, but it doesnt translate well in text. I 100% agree with you

  • @rcdenholm
    @rcdenholm 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    I'm never gonna complain about living in New Zealand ever again

    • @user-nl1sw7dc6p
      @user-nl1sw7dc6p 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I m trying to shift New Zealand from India what u say

  • @stevemcilroy9518
    @stevemcilroy9518 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I lived in Corby Northants for years, but had to move to Beirut for some piece and quiet .

  • @bardo0007
    @bardo0007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1155

    UK died years ago. I studied in England back in the 1980's (I'm Norwegian). And it was like living in a proper British world. The pubs had soul, the people were proud and hard working. The buildings were amazing, now all gone.

    • @tonybaloney8401
      @tonybaloney8401 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +365

      That was when England was still English

    • @carlharrison62
      @carlharrison62 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

      The 1980's was the last time England was recognisable as having it's own unique identity!

    • @simun7684
      @simun7684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What happend? Massive islamic immigration ?

    • @777dragonborn
      @777dragonborn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

      As an empire builds roads the roads work both ways . London now looks like India and Pakistan .

    • @dingus6317
      @dingus6317 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

      @@777dragonborn their compassion has stabbed them in the back

  • @tired365
    @tired365 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +356

    Everyone is sick of what's happening to the country

    • @janivkk
      @janivkk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      and yet we do nothing cause we're too busy surviving...

    • @phYT01
      @phYT01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except the treasonous government.

    • @Sum_Ting_Wong
      @Sum_Ting_Wong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Blame politicians.

    • @user-lm9oq6yw6n
      @user-lm9oq6yw6n 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      And yet you keep on voting on the tories

    • @leedavies76
      @leedavies76 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@user-lm9oq6yw6n And yet it is Labour run councils that tend to me the most run down and have one very common theme

  • @TheGarethLusk
    @TheGarethLusk หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Here watching due to podcast of the lotus eaters. Very well put together video and shocking really when you think about it.

  • @substance1
    @substance1 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thanks for doing the England stuff. I always wanted you to do it.

  • @Chiichiiwahwah
    @Chiichiiwahwah 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +477

    That guy showing him around was a legend

    • @Chiichiiwahwah
      @Chiichiiwahwah 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@anotherelvisthat’s cool as. Thanks. I will subscribe

    • @Sir-Worthington
      @Sir-Worthington 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@Chiichiiwahwah You just missed his worse video ever. He posted it yesterday then I realized he deleted and posted this video. Everyone was saying the vibe was off, it was really weird.

    • @gabi.3702
      @gabi.3702 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Sir-Worthington wait wym the vibe was off? explain

    • @bobsnow6242
      @bobsnow6242 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I felt kind of bad for him. He was extremely friendly and knowledgeable and eager to show them around his town and Bald spent the whole time just openly mocking it and shitting on it to the camera.
      I know Bald does that in all his videos but at least usually the friendly locals in most places don't understand English or at least can't really grasp the implied condescension or understand that he's taking the piss.

    • @cthulhurising4860
      @cthulhurising4860 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Better than a legend, he was erudite

  • @wattbenj
    @wattbenj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +750

    More Britain content please. It's the issue of our time & you have the platform to show it.

    • @alexwilkinson8672
      @alexwilkinson8672 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      100% back this comment.

    • @needsmetal
      @needsmetal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Looked more like India than Britain

    • @danieljones7965
      @danieljones7965 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Here here!

    • @user-qd4td7yb8e
      @user-qd4td7yb8e 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      See "The British Empire Was NOT The Biggest!"
      Hypocrites count wastelands but not waves Brits still boast of having ruled. Spain had the biggest empire. They lied.

    • @e14ph
      @e14ph 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sunak noticed this video actually especially in housing part.

  • @Herebrand
    @Herebrand 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I just spent the past month traveling with a friend, and we had conversations about architecture. Even 100 years ago we were still building beautiful buildings and at some point we seemed to forget how to do it. Anything modern is ugly and not built to last. We even struggle to upkeep the old places we still have. It's like all of society has developed this diffusion of responsibility, where we constantly expect someone else to take care of these problems, but we end up with nothing getting done. Everything's going to shit because no one takes pride in where they live and no one takes pride because everything's going to shit. The vicious cycle of an unmotivated society.

  • @user-lw2ng1jb1m
    @user-lw2ng1jb1m 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This video made me realize that future TH-cam will be Chinese and Indian vloggers touring smalltown UK looking at ruins and saying stuff like 'look at that Victorian monument, try to imagine these streets with smiling people..' etc

  • @mightymqb4800
    @mightymqb4800 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +189

    After years of being robbed blind by politicians, this is it.

    • @daverose2012
      @daverose2012 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      And it's only going to get worse

    • @paulbaker8003
      @paulbaker8003 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Just like the former soviet countries bald visited , part abandoned and lack of investment! Holden could be great.

    • @michaelatkinson7577
      @michaelatkinson7577 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      of perhaps better - 14 years of scraping along the bottom..
      @@daverose2012

    • @user-si5sk2hm2n
      @user-si5sk2hm2n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@daverose2012 Yes but if you vote once again for Rishi fellas just dont do it!

    • @HEATSEEKER00
      @HEATSEEKER00 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      do you actually believe a labour party Government will make things better ?@@user-si5sk2hm2n

  • @ctiradperunovic
    @ctiradperunovic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +479

    I'm from the Czech Republic and I can say that in big cities like Prague, Brno, Plzeň or Olomouc, a lot of old buildings are restored, but in smaller cities, especially in poorer regions, old buildings are often very damaged and neglected, just like in Plymouth. But I think it's like that everywhere in the Europe.

    • @GoonerGM11
      @GoonerGM11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Not in Germany so far..

    • @scv909
      @scv909 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      It's like that everywhere in the world.

    • @JoolsUK
      @JoolsUK 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Spot on, thanks for confirming. Czech Republic has spent a fortune on Prague as its a tourist city. Plymouth is not anything in relation to Prague. A small Czech city would compare.

    • @piercerichards9726
      @piercerichards9726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Just come back from Prague beautiful city with yes, well kept historic buildings

    • @ziplin5412
      @ziplin5412 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      There are laws in germany to prevent that from happening. There are some exceptions though, for example one of the most occuring reasons for a house to rot in germany is when the owner is incapable to renovate the estate because of dementia

  • @fearlesspromotions759
    @fearlesspromotions759 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There's lots of great places in Plymouth (my home city) Royal William Yard, the Barbican, West Hoe, but yes a lot of it is run down. Mad to see Bald here.

  • @oneworldoneworld7013
    @oneworldoneworld7013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Welcome to GB! It can only get better. Very revealing and scary

  • @Saint2CB
    @Saint2CB 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +589

    this is the first time that I ever could not finish one of your videos. Seeing the UK like this is genuinely painful.

    • @A14M04I19A95
      @A14M04I19A95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      Lol he is clearly pushing a certain angle, every city in the world has its rough parts, it’s definitely nothing new

    • @deenzmartin6695
      @deenzmartin6695 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

    • @Saint2CB
      @Saint2CB 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@A14M04I19A95 I agree with you, however I don’t think any first world country should have regions like this. Imagine how 100 years ago those places would have looked like..

    • @andrewwigham3026
      @andrewwigham3026 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@A14M04I19A95Finally, somebody with brain cells.
      You’re 100% right, I live near horden like 5 mins away and it’s nothing like portrayed here.
      The houses they focus on are abandoned mining houses in the numbered streets, which is now a relatively small portion of the area - they’re also in talks of being demolished / replaced with newer builds.
      They ignored any new investment - why not to 5 minutes up the road into Peterlee and have a look around? See how people around here actually live.

    • @andrewwigham3026
      @andrewwigham3026 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@Saint2CB100 years ago Horden was just rows of pit houses (the same as you see now) but people lived in them.
      These are in talks to be removed, demolished and replaced.
      The area has had much investment - I could walk around the nice area of Horden / Peterlee and cherry pick, saying ‘look how nice it is up here in the north east’ which is exactly what’s been done here but in the opposite direction.
      The main problem with Horden isn’t the location, it’s the lack of decent people who care about their area, many of whom are dole scrounging eejits that ride around on illegal bikes and think they’re above the law or have special privileges (like you get anywhere)

  • @willgirvan2491
    @willgirvan2491 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +481

    As a soldier in the British army, the war memorial bit made me sad beyond words. I have zero faith in this country anymore compared to just 4 years ago. How far we have fallen

    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      that the torys for ya

    • @ragnarjakobsen7722
      @ragnarjakobsen7722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same

    • @ragnarjakobsen7722
      @ragnarjakobsen7722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      ​@astroboirap would of been worse if Labour was in. 2 wings on the same bird. We need a complete reform and the public need to wake up to politics instead of worrying what on Netflix and football drama.. too distracted.

    • @robmarshall9026
      @robmarshall9026 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No it wouldn't. Labour has a way better track record and you know it. @@ragnarjakobsen7722

    • @Synystr7
      @Synystr7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      In Canada, people don't even wear the poppy anymore. And the government has taken most of our budget away. It was making me so depressed that I had to leave or else I probably would have drank myself into the ground.

  • @shanejoseph1700
    @shanejoseph1700 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This reminded me of some of your trips to Russia the UK has fallen off

  • @jelledevries1201
    @jelledevries1201 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very on point to throw at least a bit of light on these dusky corners Benj.!

  • @Drooopyy
    @Drooopyy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +540

    Please keep doing these England episodes! most of us in North America only really ever get to see London so it's cool to see how real Brits live and that England is not just central London.

    • @entropy5431
      @entropy5431 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      In fairness, he's picking the worst parts of the country. Outside London is generally much nicer than inside it. The UK is mostly very nice.

    • @Drooopyy
      @Drooopyy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@entropy5431 not saying the UK isnt nice, just nice to see areas that wouldn’t normally be shown to a wide audience.

    • @entropy5431
      @entropy5431 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      @@Drooopyy Fair enough but you said the way 'real Brits' live. A lot of the people weren't British and the areas were the worst you can find. Not really a fair representation of the UK in general.

    • @Drooopyy
      @Drooopyy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      @@entropy5431 okay? Don’t really know what you want me to say? You win I guess?? Good job ⭐️

    • @Sukhumvit1
      @Sukhumvit1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      I left London 10 years ago but last year I returned for a friends wedding. Away from the tourist spots It was like downtown Mogadishu 😂

  • @lukemurphy9355
    @lukemurphy9355 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +658

    Joe seemed like a very intelligent and genuine lad. Would be great to see him on another trip with you!

    • @flashback1123
      @flashback1123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Cute too ❤😊

    • @westonmickey3890
      @westonmickey3890 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Why would Benjamin do something logical like that...

    • @pure_awareness
      @pure_awareness 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He should make yt channel and travel Britain

    • @wisher21uk
      @wisher21uk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pure_awarenesshe has he is joefish on TH-cam 😊

    • @stevenhull5025
      @stevenhull5025 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Maybe Joe should become a full time local guide for tourists.

  • @guytaylor4238
    @guytaylor4238 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love it, bloody can’t stop watching your videos

  • @DonaldTruss
    @DonaldTruss 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ben, I enjoy your work so much! Please keep going!

  • @santoshsco
    @santoshsco 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +822

    I'm saying this again , thanks for never quitting youtube and this is one of your best videos.

    • @Ricky-tr2hd
      @Ricky-tr2hd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      17:00 the view we've all been waiting for! 😂

    • @57PinkMoon
      @57PinkMoon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agreed...one of his best. More, please!

    • @dougdownunder5622
      @dougdownunder5622 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Why?

  • @MrSt1138
    @MrSt1138 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +456

    Mr Bald god bless you for this one. Shining a light on the disgrace that is modern Britain. Your interaction with that girl with the black eye in Birmingham made me deeply sad.

    • @codenamemilo7398
      @codenamemilo7398 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Don't get why he kept blaming New Labour and Blair for it mind. No mention of tory austerity.

    • @5uper5kill3rz
      @5uper5kill3rz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@codenamemilo7398he didn’t blame them at all imo & I hate the tories

    • @alfiesolomons434
      @alfiesolomons434 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      He's not blaming Blair... Blair was in power when he left the UK, did you watch the start?

    • @janetbarkwith
      @janetbarkwith 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@codenamemilo7398 Blair started the rot, and the subsequent govts have continued the good work ...

    • @OneTwoMark
      @OneTwoMark 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@codenamemilo7398Typical leftie not being able to critically think.

  • @CyberSphynxVisions
    @CyberSphynxVisions หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    So cool getting a glimpse of something you would never seen elsewhere!

  • @kieranmiller6742
    @kieranmiller6742 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    “I’m okay for jiggy jiggy today, but thank you for the offer” 😂😂😂

  • @AnerLucero
    @AnerLucero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +400

    The local guide was great. Nice you included him

    • @iamgermane
      @iamgermane 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a TASTE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA! Detroit is worse! They knock down buildings when they start falling down there and leave empty lots.

    • @bboosss1065
      @bboosss1065 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Dude is a gem

    • @DT-rb7ro
      @DT-rb7ro 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Joe works off tips but Bald just left him there standing haha

    • @bigol9223
      @bigol9223 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wonder where he was rushing off to when he decided to become a super-mare sherpa.

    • @rogink
      @rogink 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looked a bit of a set-up, like Bald 'bumping' into Backpacker Ben. But it was good to get a local's perspective.

  • @SLR01274
    @SLR01274 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +517

    I'm from the UK and now live in Switzerland. I can tell you, going home is like being hit with a hammer. The UK (outside the centre of London) is barely scraping along as a first world country these days.

    • @Yamyamwer
      @Yamyamwer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Me too,it hits hard.

    • @Lerxstification
      @Lerxstification 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Only true to a certain extent. The University towns are doing very well.

    • @imarcus1973
      @imarcus1973 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I was in the Baltic states for just a week and when I came back it was a reality check🤣

    • @jamesanthony3072
      @jamesanthony3072 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Really? Soho road isn’t my favourite part of Birmingham, but the city is beautiful and very cosmopolitan, many great suburbs to live in and the city centre is looking great with massive redevelopment and building projects, a very friendly and welcoming people with lots to do and see with some of the best restaurants and street food in Europe let alone the uk…

    • @AeonMW2
      @AeonMW2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      I live in Serbia and traveling to UK regularly just for my mental health. you have no idea how much better even current state of UK compared to real poor countries

  • @Abdulkarim77777
    @Abdulkarim77777 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    this channel blew up so much and very much deserving ..i remember his first videos in india always captivating and entertaining as always since day 1...best travel blogger

  • @yes.2913
    @yes.2913 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I lost it when you showed the view of the back of the hotel 😂

  • @vestavind
    @vestavind 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +516

    England is like seeing your old friend from high school. Your old high school friend was the brightest in class, and very funny, social, popular, creative and just a joy to be around. Expect now, you see your old friend on the street - homeless and broke and broken. You try to talk some sense into your old friend, but there nothing of that person left anymore. Gone. That's England.

    • @babaentertainment6615
      @babaentertainment6615 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      That's a lot of places in europe tbh

    • @vestavind
      @vestavind 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@babaentertainment6615Yes a lot of places, but still not everywhere. My comment is pretty bleak I know, but I still have hope for a good future

    • @WeMuckAround
      @WeMuckAround 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Do you think Britain has gotten poorer? Really?

    • @JustLaughs2024
      @JustLaughs2024 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@WeMuckAround do you think central bank issued usurious fiat money means richer? Really?

    • @J.S-762
      @J.S-762 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@WeMuckAroundThe news is a good start bud, then read

  • @richardwall2692
    @richardwall2692 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +289

    What a beautiful smile that lady had. Kudos to you for treating her with respect and dignity, I suspect she doesn't see that happen often.

    • @thejoelrooganexplosion2400
      @thejoelrooganexplosion2400 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      he used her youtube views

    • @tengudown5968
      @tengudown5968 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      she doesnt respect her self mate trust me ,

    • @m3ount973
      @m3ount973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Imagine being all over TH-cam comments sections kicking someone whilst they're down and troubled, she can get help for her troubled and live with dignity again but you have absolutely no humanity and I don't think that's as easily fixed as a drug addiction

    • @tengudown5968
      @tengudown5968 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As you said...She CAN get help , but chooses not to and doesnt want to take the next step, Ive suffered with addiction for most my adult life, I've done things im ashamed and not proud of, I've done things which i wont say on here but ive drove all around handsworth and the surrounding areas daily, I know who she is, i know what road she lives on and what she does, She could get help but she dont want to, Most drug addicts will admit they like getting high and dont want to move on, or theres a deep fear of living life clean without that high , She could easily move away from handsworth and stay stable on a methadone script and not smoke stone, but she chooses to stay in the chaos, And just because someone uses drugs doesnt mean they have to give up there dignity, I know many addicts who are clean clothed ,presentable and still have there morals, And how do i not have no humanity? Dont assume or label me as someone whos cold hearted and lacks empathy, You can only help those who want the help and trust me she dont want it atm @973

    • @ladulaser
      @ladulaser 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Considering how many ppl have seen this video... Purely based on statistics, he's found her a lot of new customers as well. Good luck not thinking about that now.

  • @AnjaKestrel
    @AnjaKestrel หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yeah! This is the first video that got forwarded to me since you "quit" after being thrown out of Russia. Good to have your content back on my map, mate.

  • @SFLMedia
    @SFLMedia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What’s crazy about this video is how none of this is a shock, every place I’ve moved to in England has parts that look like this.. villages, towns, cities.. they all have been rundown at some stage. Can’t even imagine what England used to be like because this is all I have seen my 20+ years of living here.

  • @prasssri
    @prasssri 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +311

    We can fund wars but not help historic towns and the homeless

    • @3dashooters
      @3dashooters 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He hearted this.

    • @fatalf4t4l
      @fatalf4t4l 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      "we"

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@fatalf4t4l we, the people

    • @alexandernovikov5963
      @alexandernovikov5963 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is how capitalism works

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alexandernovikov5963 it's not the only way capitalism can work.

  • @oggie7672
    @oggie7672 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +616

    Walking around towns full of boarded up and abandoned buildings, then you hear the lovely homeless chap tell us the council "are still looking for somewhere" for him to live. Shelter is shelter, councils must find a way to get people off the streets and make use of these. Well done for highlighting this Ben!

    • @RareTS
      @RareTS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      the buildings are probably unsafe structurally i mean look at them it would probably cost more to fix them than to just build new buildings

    • @hakarthemage
      @hakarthemage 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

      They'd put him in a hotel but it's probably filled up with "Asylum seekers"

    • @stevecarroll6760
      @stevecarroll6760 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      What’s annoying is that you read about a family of immigrants arriving two weeks prior receiving a four bedroom house, with that poor guy living on street.

    • @zeeafraud7898
      @zeeafraud7898 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      who introduced right to buy and how’s it going?

    • @andrewkerr5296
      @andrewkerr5296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why is it the Governments responsibility?
      This is why England has turned into a shole, you all voted your Responsibilities away to the Government

  • @cuppaht161
    @cuppaht161 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    “Do something about it, speak to your local councillor, get your towns tidied up” 😂 Unfortunately there’s a bit more too it I live in a rough town. Even with many people reporting the state of the roads we can’t even get pot holes sorted let alone do anything about the state of the town center.

  • @VOOODOOO37
    @VOOODOOO37 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video, long time follower, love your travels and adventures. The British accent and your command of Russian is amazing. Always a Babushka or Gopnik lol

    • @xxxyyy8779
      @xxxyyy8779 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      His "command" of Russian is close to non-existent.😊

    • @VOOODOOO37
      @VOOODOOO37 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@xxxyyy8779 lol, well he gets by, like an average tourist.. fun to watch

  • @user-vv9dn1dk2u
    @user-vv9dn1dk2u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +709

    The guy that greeted you at the hotel is actually proud of his hotel. That is the problem, they think it is alright and have no idea that decent people would find it disgusting.

    • @MarduksonofEa
      @MarduksonofEa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

      When he said the view is nice, and it's all trash was eye-opening. I am from Mumbai and I want to address the elephant in the room but I'm not sure how.

    • @henrymichael13
      @henrymichael13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@MarduksonofEaplease go ahead and

    • @MarduksonofEa
      @MarduksonofEa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +232

      As the saying goes "Import the third world, and you become the third world" It's kind of sad tbh.

    • @user-vv9dn1dk2u
      @user-vv9dn1dk2u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Education is the main problem, some people know no better. Instead of importing some of the best minds in the world we are getting the worst, we have enough of those already.@@MarduksonofEa

    • @Jomchen
      @Jomchen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@MarduksonofEa More like "import the third world, put them in third world conditions, and impose austerity on everybody else, and you get the third world".

  • @snicketysnickets
    @snicketysnickets 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +570

    I think the weather would make anyone feel worse. It adds 80% more depression to an already depressed country.

    • @TricksyBix
      @TricksyBix 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Agreed, which is why I moved to Australia

    • @j.harrison6744
      @j.harrison6744 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      The weather has always been like that and people were poorer in the past. But back them the country was more homogenous and we had communities that supported each other. Diversity and mass migration has destroyed that.

    • @Beno_nolove
      @Beno_nolove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yupp depressing

    • @adamburton5184
      @adamburton5184 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      It's depressing when you believe it is... Ultimately it's just weather. It drains me when people keep talking about it. Buy some waterproof clothes and you'll be alright. There are tonnes of things that are better in the rain, running, walking, camping etc. not like belting it down rain though. It torrentially downpours in Australia for example leading to flooding we never experience but I guess we ignore that. We don't get hurricanes or storm surges that frequently, again ignored. This is one thing I reckon the English should get over and then we'll be alright.

    • @taivalmaa2251
      @taivalmaa2251 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      ​@@adamburton5184 running, walking, and camping are better in the rain?? come on now..

  • @dorupopa
    @dorupopa 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    England is one of the most depressing countries I have ever visited

  • @countpicula
    @countpicula หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Keep doing the UK. People need to realize how bad everything is getting. People are in absolute denial about the reality of the worlds decline at the hands of progressive liberalism.

    • @user-fv2oz2qj3y
      @user-fv2oz2qj3y หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      1%= 75% wealth

    • @troydeeney9
      @troydeeney9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      New,,,,,world,,,,,..order

    • @blood_rayven3253
      @blood_rayven3253 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It blows me away how brainwashed some of the old people are to say they think it was the same, “just hidden” typical liberal mental gymnastics. Nobody can just admit, “yeah things are shit, and it’s because of liberal politics”

    • @RCCarDude
      @RCCarDude หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Progressive in the way that Cancer is progressive.

    • @codepudding5464
      @codepudding5464 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Neo liberals perhaps?

  • @Raasclarke_14
    @Raasclarke_14 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +261

    Genuinely upsetting to see the decline of my country. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the masses.

    • @Hp.597
      @Hp.597 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💯 government are to blame and we all sit back and do nothing

    • @AsalKh1
      @AsalKh1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly what bald said, don't get upset on me, I am just a messenger showing you. However I still don't get it that there are unfilled jobs there, that they need to bring hundreds of thousand of workers from India. Visa program!

    • @oddunb6190
      @oddunb6190 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As you can see from the boarded up houses, the western nations “housing crisis” is completely MANUFACTURED to inflate house prices and falsify the wealth of the nations on paper.

    • @hansblitz7770
      @hansblitz7770 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Huwhy R u geyh?

    • @Yodaspirit45
      @Yodaspirit45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AsalKh1Problem is these so called Visa programs government create to try fill all these low paid jobs native Brits justifiably can’t accept come at a big price what piss poor workers from India, Ghana etc are going to be able to afford these working visas and the high cost of living to stay in this rotten to the core stinkin corrupt shite expensive country ?

  • @glaurennorthern369
    @glaurennorthern369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +508

    Funny how that homeless guy was a lot more hospitable than the "new resident" of Birmingham.

    • @josephbrennan9712
      @josephbrennan9712 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      i know him well, he's a decent man but like a lot of our homeless he's stuck on waiting lists that abandon people to years of limbo

    • @dc56789
      @dc56789 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

      ​@@josephbrennan9712yet there seems to be enough accommodation for our friends who arrive on rubber boats.

    • @bandits99
      @bandits99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      ​@@dc56789those two things aren't linked.

    • @kaarislakrim6604
      @kaarislakrim6604 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      @@bandits99yea sure buddy

    • @floriantipotsch6042
      @floriantipotsch6042 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@kaarislakrim6604 yes one is an actual home and the other is a tent somewhere in the middle of nowhere or some rundown building that has 4 people in one room at least

  • @GermanYankeeFan1
    @GermanYankeeFan1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i realy enjoyed this video way more then i thought i would :D

    • @NoName-vu6bt
      @NoName-vu6bt หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't worry your country is next first was France now uk Germany will look same

    • @GermanYankeeFan1
      @GermanYankeeFan1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What are you talking about?@@NoName-vu6bt

  • @PrettyGJulio
    @PrettyGJulio หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    To be fair he chose to only show the grittiest places he could find to represent Britain

  • @mattp1680
    @mattp1680 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +342

    What a sad state of affairs seeing thousands of abandoned, derelict houses accross multiple towns and cities in the UK, while thousands of people sleep on the streets, it will never make sense to me

    • @nebhalabir1201
      @nebhalabir1201 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      Capitalism

    • @RishPanjeetJr
      @RishPanjeetJr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nebhalabir1201anything but. “Capitalism” with non-stop State intervention, regulation, fines, penalties, while money is sent overseas & foreigners cram in by the millions? You’re a joke.

    • @athelweardthenoble4254
      @athelweardthenoble4254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jewish Bolshvikism take over of Britain since 1945

    • @bestguest11
      @bestguest11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@nebhalabir1201lack of it.

    • @srji489
      @srji489 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      ​@@nebhalabir1201feel free to move to North Korea

  • @ExileOnMainStreet
    @ExileOnMainStreet 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +602

    I live in Horden, cannot believe it! Can't imagine seeing Bald walk around the streets here! For context these houses, First Street - Thirteenth Street were once for pit workers who received them as part of their job. These streets were very desirable to live once upon a time. When the mines closed, a lot of them were bought by private landlords, on the cheap, who rented them out and simply do not care for the upkeep - a lot of locals then left for neighbouring towns as Horden started to become rundown. These streets are now derelict because the council wants to knock them down and replace with new housing. The rest of Horden isn't too bad, it's just become a hotbed for petty crime, theft and drug use as it's felt the effects of austerity with little investment and opportunity here. Most of the villages around here are the same unfortunately. You couldn't wish to meet a friendlier bunch of people though!

    • @mmuller2402
      @mmuller2402 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Maybe brexit takes a toll? Isolation is no good way to do business as every other land apart from north Korea is looking to lower border hurdles 😂

    • @BritishJuche
      @BritishJuche 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      ​@@mmuller2402yawn. Brexit happened precisely because lots of people live in places like this - deindustrialised wastelands - and they hoped that by taking back control, things might change for the better. They didn't just turn to crap overnight in 2016. How do you lot still not understand what it was about?

    • @nopeoppeln
      @nopeoppeln 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@BritishJuche yet I am almost certain they regret it now, had they voted Leave (unless you're from Boston, then you don't)

    • @HisDudeness_69
      @HisDudeness_69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@BritishJuchefalse, that is not why brexit happened 😂 Brexit happened because the EU was overstepping its boundaries and tried to tell the British courts what they could and couldn’t do. That’s the main reason why Brexit happened.

    • @S4FC100
      @S4FC100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I grew up in Houghton Le Spring but live in Florida now, been watching Bald for years and to see him pop in Sunderland then Horden is crazy..🙈🤣

  • @damesdamo
    @damesdamo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the summer you should come down to the english rivera torbay and visit, torquay, paignton and brixham. Alot better than the places you've gone to in this video! Great stuff m8

  • @jorgehurford1742
    @jorgehurford1742 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    amazing! the places and situations I have seen you in all over eastern europe, and you are intimidated in Birmingham!!

  • @saminuyasha123
    @saminuyasha123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +245

    Ooof when he asked the homeless woman in Birmingham 'Are you alright?' - 'Not really love, you?' That fucking shook me. What the fuck England.

    • @saneman7177
      @saneman7177 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      That shook you? She had a black eye obviously things aren’t going great for her

    • @WraithTheSlayer
      @WraithTheSlayer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Once an empire now a shit hole. literally ...

    • @High_Bridge
      @High_Bridge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They're known as curb crawlers.

    • @user-gz8hx5tp1l
      @user-gz8hx5tp1l 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      She needs help to stop drugs and prostitution

    • @religdeb
      @religdeb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@WraithTheSlayerwhen we had the empire people lived in even worse poverty

  • @andrewnbrown
    @andrewnbrown 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +286

    £50 from Plymouth to Weston by train? That is a disgrace.

    • @desdicadoric
      @desdicadoric 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      That’s Britain, cold, expensive and broken

    • @liukin95
      @liukin95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Yep! Train prices here are a joke!

    • @dansimpson4667
      @dansimpson4667 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      That’s Tory privatisation for you.

    • @derbigpr500
      @derbigpr500 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I can fly (FLY ON AN AIRPLANE) from any place to any place in EU, and then back again, for that money.

    • @clipdump
      @clipdump 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      it really is. where is all the money going ffs

  • @Tottenham-Lew
    @Tottenham-Lew หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fairplay for sorting that brass out an aryton senna, hope she bought some hot food instead of a rock, good vid mate, proper eye opener

  • @BadAssBradders
    @BadAssBradders หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    You've walked around the roughest part of easily one of the best places in the UK to live. Where is the Barbican in your video? The Royal William Yard? The large Victorian houses surrounding the area around the University? The Hoe? West Hoe? The river Plym? Plymstock, Plympton, Wembury? The new village of Sherford? Anyone can go to a Mosside equivalent of any town and call it all the names you did. As a previous resident I've been longing to go back to this great town for decades. It's suffered since the airport closed but most non commuter cities have in their own way declined, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Plymouth is big, beautiful and packed with awesome people. The city has sooo much to offer, anyone considering visiting this place should ignore your video and go and see it for themselves. It also has arguably one of the best pubs in the country The Dolphin Inn, which sits on an historic road facing the Mayflower Steps. There's so much there for all, don't write it off.

    • @mikecharlie794
      @mikecharlie794 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Exactly. Union street is well known for being awful. But there are gentrified areas that have improved it. Lots of building going on around the Barbican and Millbay.

    • @andrewkaminskas7721
      @andrewkaminskas7721 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You are literally the meme of a Dog sitting at a table while his house burns saying to himself, "this is fine, im ok with this"

    • @thecivitasuniverse
      @thecivitasuniverse หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andrewkaminskas7721 Where do you live?

    • @jahwobble5214
      @jahwobble5214 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It is very easy to go to the rough parts of anywhere and slag it off

    • @alafsalfena6087
      @alafsalfena6087 หลายเดือนก่อน

      blad is an agent of Russia who gets funding from the east to make the Eastern bloc romantic and make the west look like crap.

  • @MiaogisTeas
    @MiaogisTeas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +268

    I'm not sad or horrified; I'm seething mad. What an absolute f'ing disgrace.

    • @Hashterix
      @Hashterix 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's time for Reform. Lib/Lab/Con are all the same WEF in disguise.

    • @andrewkerr5296
      @andrewkerr5296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MrAn0n
      Turn it up
      It's called Parasites voting for Parasite Politicians that are mirror image of themselves

    • @jamessones4044
      @jamessones4044 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Absolute squalor whilst the MP class lord it up selling us out.

    • @watdeneuk
      @watdeneuk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well, you're on the internet, the perfect place for that.

    • @Threemore650
      @Threemore650 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamessones4044
      No…
      Not absolute squalor - those streets looked safe and quiet in the daytime.
      Just such great people, friendly and light hearted.
      I love them.

  • @sumitrousyk8188
    @sumitrousyk8188 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +322

    I left the UK 12 years ago and couldn’t think of anything worse than going back. I grew up in the 90’s and thought it was an amazing place but over a very short period it turned drastically! Now Britain is unrecognisable and the people of Britain deserve so much more. It is going to take a working class man/woman with pride to lead a revolution and rip down that horrendous government and rebuild.

    • @naturalbornchiller158
      @naturalbornchiller158 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      We need a sense of national pride and respect for ourselves.We wont revolt though, we haven't in a thousand years. I sense of national pride is what binds people together and forms a cohesive society.

    • @IbrahimMuhammad_114
      @IbrahimMuhammad_114 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Where’d you go?

    • @BritishJuche
      @BritishJuche 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@naturalbornchiller158We had a republican revolution and a civil war around 360 years ago. There are many uprisings throughout our history, from the Peasants' Revolt to the Diggers.

    • @aligindahouse7777
      @aligindahouse7777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Brexit wasn't a very good idea

    • @cxar71
      @cxar71 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@naturalbornchiller158National pride was what drove the last nail in the coffin: Brexit. A little less pride, a lot less whining, and a little bit more of rolling up your sleeves and hard work. The only ones left working for real in the UK are south Asian immigrants.

  • @MarkWaldner-sb9qv
    @MarkWaldner-sb9qv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Just found this guy and he's the real deal. Love, love these videos. "Subscribed" yes sir

  • @marcuspage384
    @marcuspage384 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So very.. very enjoyable. I'm new to the channel.. Ben (+ cohorts) iI salute you. Charisma counts!

  • @eriklundberg4394
    @eriklundberg4394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +291

    Thanks for showing what Britain looks like for a very large part of the population. Most people in other countries don’t have a clue how bad it can be.

    • @eriklundberg4394
      @eriklundberg4394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      The UK is so good at showing a healthy facade with all its tv series about a romantic country life, antiques, history, stylish home renovations, police drama in picturesque villages, the war effort, upstairs and downstairs, etc etc. Almost never how grim modern life in the UK can be today.

    • @abbotsford85
      @abbotsford85 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      There's loads of programmes showing the grim side of life what are you talking about? You just probably haven't watched them

    • @eriklundberg4394
      @eriklundberg4394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@abbotsford85 yes there are many videos on TH-cam showing the grim side, but most people in other countries don’t have a clue how bad the situation in UK really is. This even goes for UK's shrinking middle class.

    • @Dragonaut111
      @Dragonaut111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@eriklundberg4394There's still loads of countryside places like that in modern Britain, but everyone wants to live there. They're usually very white and they're not cheap, especially if they have a good commute. I live in the countryside 20/25 minutes away from Liverpool and Manchester, it's gorgeous and affluent. The state of places like brum in this video have always existed, especially inner city areas.

    • @eriklundberg4394
      @eriklundberg4394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Dragonaut111 UK has some of the most beautiful country side in the world. But it’s almost impossible for common people to buy a property in the popular areas.
      And if you find cheap land, you are often hindered to build, due to archaic laws and powerful old landowners.

  • @citizenofterra
    @citizenofterra 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +326

    Holy shit, that Birmingham scene just got increasingly intense. It's wild seeing Bald actually get spooked, especially since he took a stand-off with Peruvian drug goons much more cool-headed... It's ironically Britian that breaks him... I feel ya, Ben

    • @cornpop-hr2td
      @cornpop-hr2td 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      its sad seeing the UK/Britain fall apart like it is and ive watched Bald thru many adventures including that peru one and coming from the US seeing Britain fall apart makes me worry we are not far behind if not already going down that path

    • @frankbergmanII
      @frankbergmanII 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course we are @@cornpop-hr2td

    • @xcf5587
      @xcf5587 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Thing about Britain and the criminal behaviour is that there is no fear. The police are generally useless at dealing with anything perceived as ‘low-level.’ We are though however relatively successful at preventing large scale gangs. Obviously drug gangs exist, but (fortunately in many ways) they don’t really control all aspects of large regions of the country like the mafia or some gangs do like in Peru. Whilst that system is worse in many ways, it does kind of keep down petty crime to some degree in that the petty criminals are scared of someone. Obviously not just Britain but much of the west, the situation is that these small time petty crims basically run the place and get away with anything with impunity.

    • @__Studio__
      @__Studio__ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      effect of mass immigration and Birmingham has 50% muslim population, city recently went bankrupt, connect the dots, now i leave this here, imagine the rest

    • @chimpana
      @chimpana 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      FFS Birmingham has lots of nice areas and is a very successful city in many ways (putting aside the way the council has run it's finances!). Showing the most shit areas and some very poor people as if it's representative... can't help but feel Bald has an agenda with this one.

  • @1990sBreakbeatjunkie
    @1990sBreakbeatjunkie หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That brass started moving double quick when you gave her that tenner off to get her brown.

  • @johntaylor1653
    @johntaylor1653 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Totally brilliant, love your work thanks

  • @user-ox2mz8ds7g
    @user-ox2mz8ds7g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    Money doesn't trickle down. It flows to the top, to the people that make and enforce the rules.

    • @kidflersh7807
      @kidflersh7807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      immigration is bad

    • @TheOrthodoxPunjabi
      @TheOrthodoxPunjabi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's no money at the top to trickle down, it's all printed out of thin air!

    • @KookaburraLove
      @KookaburraLove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Happening all over the world. It’s screwed.

    • @bretttobin9632
      @bretttobin9632 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The only thing that trickles down is shit

    • @skaaaaaaa
      @skaaaaaaa 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Capitalism + antitrust enforcement is what we need, imo

  • @nana73carol46
    @nana73carol46 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +298

    The best days are behind us.....EVERYWHERE!

    • @stevenhull5025
      @stevenhull5025 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      People might not want to know the truth. Prior and during the Victorian era this country was built on the blood, treasure and suffering of peoples of the third world. Maybe we are now reaping the seeds of what we have sown.

    • @ohherewegoagain
      @ohherewegoagain 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      not everywhere

    • @nagylalikama8730
      @nagylalikama8730 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      make it better? it's all about selective perception. There are amazing parts of the UK with lovely people.

    • @zdemolowanyrabin
      @zdemolowanyrabin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To samo jest w Polsce. Cudowne lata minęły. Jeszcze w wielkich miastach może tego tak nie widać, ale wystarczy pojechać dalej żeby zobaczyć prawdziwą biede...

    • @jabrokneetoeknee6448
      @jabrokneetoeknee6448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stevenhull5025 Absolutely. Nobody can remain on the top forever. Glory fades

  • @Leelee-eu7je
    @Leelee-eu7je หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dear Bald, as always a great informative video.
    May I suggest you come here to Gibraltar and see for yourself is it really "Britain in the sun" or is there more, much more to Gibraltar?
    There is a big contrast between Gibraltar and the surrounding towns in the Campo.
    Cheers!

  • @leecaine6700
    @leecaine6700 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Come to Stoke. It depresses me how bad it has become. When I was younger in the nineties, I used to be proud to be a 'Stokie' Now there is nothing here :(

  • @YeeLeeHaw
    @YeeLeeHaw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +210

    Nice blur edit lol, face not at all visible.

    • @foysalratul
      @foysalratul หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Exactly 😂😂😂

    • @DerekSmit
      @DerekSmit 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      I was laughing so hard on the A+ censor job

    • @Fulkumnuts
      @Fulkumnuts 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I wouldn't call it super

  • @user-tx7ne8zw2u
    @user-tx7ne8zw2u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +376

    It's heartbreaking to see what's happening outside if London. Britain needs some serious changes, thank you Ben for shedding some light on this

    • @charleslindbergh8222
      @charleslindbergh8222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      What is happening inside London is worse.

    • @deenzmartin6695
      @deenzmartin6695 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      London is worse off

    • @Design_no
      @Design_no 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What do you mean OUTSIDE OF LONDON? London has turned into a sh$t hole.

    • @John-wf5if
      @John-wf5if 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Heartbreaking to see what's happened to London as well

    • @davidinmossy
      @davidinmossy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Yeah coz Londanistan is a bastion of morality 😂

  • @christopherhayes5238
    @christopherhayes5238 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of my ancestors -- John Alden -- was on that ship of which you spoke that left Plymouth, England to sail across the pond to establish Plimouth Plantation in what is today Massachusetts.

  • @user-lf2ov1eu9y
    @user-lf2ov1eu9y 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Horden appears really fascinating, I am off to see it!

  • @Apoll022
    @Apoll022 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +238

    Jesus that poor woman...... so so sad 😢

    • @afroninjadeluxe
      @afroninjadeluxe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Reminded me of the movie Nil By Mouth

    • @Nellsbells79
      @Nellsbells79 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Hurts my heart to know someone is so lost.

    • @_marlene
      @_marlene 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      christ yeah

    • @MrBlabax
      @MrBlabax 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      One of the reasons why the peddling/smuggling of narcotics is a crime punishable by death in many countries

    • @IlmarBeekman
      @IlmarBeekman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Infuriating. And I’m not even English. Wtf is going on in England?!

  • @thehammer3340
    @thehammer3340 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +249

    Felt very bad seeing the state that girl was in, I hope she gets cleaned up and turns her life around.

    • @michaelprice6776
      @michaelprice6776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      Probably won’t help the poor girl having her face on the thumbnail of the video either….

    • @Superman_.
      @Superman_. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

      Enjoy balds videos but posting her on the image is bad taste.

    • @piercybear7336
      @piercybear7336 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      @@Superman_. Do a deep dive on Baldy, he probably took her up the offer.

    • @MrCarGuy
      @MrCarGuy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And the guy at 13:03 who is being lied to by the government to avoid helping him

    • @novakgoatovic
      @novakgoatovic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its good taste ​@@Superman_.

  • @donovan5656
    @donovan5656 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Britain starting to look like a post-Soviet republic these days.

  • @kevintaylor1928
    @kevintaylor1928 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Flippin heck dude! That was depressing!

  • @omalleyelley12
    @omalleyelley12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +263

    That first guy in Birmingham SUMS UP the situation rn

    • @dontcaroline
      @dontcaroline 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      😂😂😂

    • @K47Hope
      @K47Hope 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      💯

    • @FranzFerdinand55
      @FranzFerdinand55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      what the kid who didn't know anything and ignored all the questions?

    • @H3XME
      @H3XME 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@FranzFerdinand55 The guy who didn't speak english

    • @K0LBIE
      @K0LBIE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      YEAH AND THE FIRST GIRL IN THE VIDEO SUMS UP HIS EDITIING SKILLS IF YOU SLOW THE VIDEO TO .25 YOU CAN PAUSE THE VIDEO ON A FRAME WHERE HER FACE ISNT BLURRED AT ALL... nice job protecting her privacy mr. bald...

  • @guinnessenjoyer
    @guinnessenjoyer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +325

    Great video. Utterly, utterly soul destroying to see what has happened to my country.

    • @rachelbaziak4159
      @rachelbaziak4159 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      America is collapsing also mate.

    • @twogermanys
      @twogermanys 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@rachelbaziak4159yeah and England is collapsing because of America. Don't think that the English don't know who's at fault.

    • @tonybaloney8401
      @tonybaloney8401 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@twogermanysit's because of people like Tony Blair opening the flood gates of mass foreign immigration, what are you talking about?

    • @orgabaa
      @orgabaa 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@twogermanys As an American, I can’t see how we destroyed the UK - our greatest ally.
      The Empire, in fact many Colonial empires, were severely weakened by WW1. The results of WW2 finally pushing the colonial era to an end.
      What you’re seeing in this video is happening not just in the UK, but in much of the West, including many cities in the USA.

    • @andrewkerr5296
      @andrewkerr5296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      You all voted for it

  • @ryanmccarthy2033
    @ryanmccarthy2033 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BACKPACKER BEN! what a complete surprise

  • @justsayin2548
    @justsayin2548 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Most annoying thing is we are in a housing crisis, the government should restore some if not all tbe abondond building to help those less fortunate get a place to stay

    • @countpicula
      @countpicula หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mate they have immigrants to care for