What the Hell Happened to Massachusetts? Episode 1 - Brockton, MA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2022
- Brockton is notorious among Massachusetts residents as being a terrible place full of crime. Here it is.
For this edition of dashboard tours, I wanted to check out the absolute worst place in the state of Massachusetts that I could find. It wasn’t hard to figure it out - every ranking website claims the worst place in the state is Brockton, a smallish city about 20 miles south of Boston. So that’s where I would head. It was a really pretty day in early spring, putting a shine on a community that usually doesn’t...well shine. It was Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11 am.
On the drive, we’ll be taking Main Street for a while and then ducking into a few neighborhoods. This is the exact route we’ll be taking.
If you ask people from Brockton what it’s like to live there, they will tell you about all the crime and shootings and drug use, poverty, gangs, prostitution and depravation. This is certainly not a good place to live, as you’ll see. If you’re curious, though, a home here would set you back about $360k on average. That’s a very telling sign of how crazy the real estate market has become. Can you imagine? $360k to live in a place like this?
By the way, when I go into hoods like this, I put this magnet on my car so that I look like I’m supposed to be there. People usually just wave me through this way.
Here’s the rest of the worst place in the state of Massachusetts.
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I think Dorchester ,were I'm from lol
If this is a hellhole, I'd like to see the more fortunate places in Massachusetts, they must be heavenly.
Fix up the roads and this place will look great.
Visit Andover Massachusetts. Its a nice place that has restaurants voted best this and that and had Americas best high school supposedly.
They are, tbh. The well-to-do or even middle class parts of Massachusetts are probably the best places to live in the country.
It's generally a great state to live in, if you can afford it. The only really bad part is around Springfield in the western part of the state.
@@bobdroll6381 But there are good and bad people everywhere. The worst neighborh I ever had was in a nice suburban development. A lot of the nicest people I know come from very humble environments.
@@markrichards6863 I couldn't disagree more. Yeah, those are bad areas for sure. Have you been to Lawrence lately? Go to Lynn and see how nice it has become.
I grew up on the north shore and you can see what urban sprawl and open national borders does to communities longterm. Lynn has become Chelsea, Peabody has become Lynn. Beverly is becoming Peabody, and on and on. It trickles into places like Gloucester, and even some of the smaller coastal communities. I see it daily. Slowly but surely each community becomes overwhelmed with too many people. There is a one common denominator in the decline of all these places. Working class, American families suffer the consequences. Our communities decline, our wages undercut, our neighbors we no longer know. We don't even speak the same language. Respect for your city, neighbors, etc. declines. Fentanyl keeps pouring in unimpeded. Families continue to be devastated by all of this decline. Resources are spread thin and corporate America gets more consumers.
Then the N.I.M.B.Y's come out. They vote for the people putting these policies in place. They vote for the people whom are beholden to corporate America. They vote for the people the press told them to vote for, BUT as soon as it hits their neighborhood they suddenly forget the culture approved moral compass they were told is virtuous. They toss it aside and start resisting public housing projects, 40B plans, etc.
I apologize for the rant. It is just fascinating to watch the cognitive dissonance of limousine liberals play out. Fascinating yet infuriating, as they don't realize that their current complaints are a direct result of policies they support, shouting to the heavens with virtue for all to hear.
They have "We are all in this together" signs on their lawns. "COEXIST" bumper stickers next to the "RESIST" stickers on their cars. BLM signs in their windows. AND next to their various, and oh so virtuous lawn signs, is a "Keep -name town here- small". "VOTE NO on -name proposal which changes their community-, and suddenly these people become less "virtuous" without realizing they never were in the first place. They were just parroting the line they've been fed while corporate America changes the face of their communities in the name of consumerism, and of course greed! I could ramble on but I'll refrain.
I'm just a working class family man (crushed by mass migration flooding my job market) in a beautiful community surrounded by out of touch buffoons with a lot of expendable income and absolutely zero self-awarenes.
*rant over*
Massachusetts native here. Although Brockton has taken a downturn, there are definitely worse cities in Massachusetts.
Fallriver
I have a friend living in Worcester MA. She says it's a dump there.
Yeah Lowell where we live. Absolute shit hole
@@JustinSmithPYRO I live in Somerville. Was a dump hole in the 90s but things have taken a turn
Lawrence sucks to
I spent the first twenty five years of my life in mostly this area. I don't even know what to say. Literally nothing has changed at first glance in the mire than a decade I've been gone. Thanks for repping us and for a virtual cruise through the spots I used to wheelie bikes at and shit. The nostalgia hit hard. Peace ✌
My Dude same here. I was 25 when I left in 04. It just gets worse everyrime I go back too. Whatever I love that mf place. Lol
Hey same here I went to Huntington elementary and went to south jr high and Brockton high then moved in 05 my whole life was Brockton
Same here I Went to Huntington School! It was an amazing time back then, around end of school year, we would have fun day, and awesome field trips. Those were the days😊
I'm old school and well before you guys. Born and raised there for 19 years. Left in 84...Went to Keith school and South Jr High. Then went to South Easton Votech for high school. Lived on the south side all the time I was there.
Massachusetts is the most developed state in US. It doesn't have even close to the worst hoods.
Lynn, Lynn, city of sin. You don't come out the same way you came in
Just wait and see. It's already being destroyed.
Worst hoods for that city and state not worst hood in country. Comprehend
Obviously you've never lived in Massachusetts
Agreed...I've traveled and lived around the country and Massachusetts is such a successful state that it's bad parts really aren't that bad compared to most other states bad areas.
He should’ve drove through the Westside with all of the big beautiful houses. Beautiful neighborhoods. You drove through the hood which is actually not as bad as other cities in the country. Drugs and crimes are everywhere. No matter where you live.
We need a rebuttal video!
Are you nuts Brockton is the worst in MA
@@GiggleFits bruh this "hood" isnt even bad. there is some crime but i literally bike down this place every day mornings and nights for the ymca. ive never had anything stolen and ive only ever seen something happen once
Exactly
Exactly they actually have some really nice suburbs and homes in the area too. its not nearly as run down compared to Fitchburg.
Definitely worse parts of Massachusetts than Brockton. We have Pittsfield, Holyoke, Fall River and numerous other dumps. Never really thought of Brockton as being that bad.
@@athompson8976 I grew up on the west side of the state Springfield to be exact. And it has turned into a sh!thole. Although it was never the greatest.
I definitely agree with that. I live in Mass. I know Brockton isn't great but as far as it being the worst - Nahhh
And it’s not
Lawrence is pretty rough despite the local government trying to make it attractive to folk's in Boston.
Fall River is just full of junkies and petty crime.
I used to own a home in the quiet side of that city until they decided to put a half-way house in front of me. Suddenly my car's windshield was broken like 4 times within a month. That's when I decided to move out and I have never looked back! This was like 16 years ago.
wow
Someone kept slashing my tires and the cops are corrupt 🚔🚓
@@joshuaroberts675 all over America
@@Hello-zf5lq Same could be said about the world, but in this case the topic is "Brockton"
So where did you move to Cape Cod ???
Boston priced out a lot of the bad people so a lot of them moved to Brockton and brought they old ways with them. It used to be a whole lot worse than what you are showing. Don't get me wrong it is bad but they've cleaned it up a lot. Now Springfield, Fitchburg, Lawrence and Holyoke that another story.
as a Lawrence native for 13 years before moving, pretty much!
i always wondered why the majority of american houses are just built with wood, basically big overpriced sheds,
Holyoke used to be a real nice place
That’s what New England is doing charge you until they like you
Fitchburg is pretty much cleaned up
From the street view perspective，it looks calm and normal
It is, I am from Brockton born and raised. People like to consider it a dump full of "gang activity" and violence, but that is because the towns around it are mostly upper-middle class snoby white people who assume the high population of POC makes it a trash hole of a town. It is a beautiful place full of wonderful people, racial profiling is real.
Because it is
in my point of view it looks better somehow than any hood in the bronx, ny
Hometown of Francis Rocco Marchegiano aka Rocky Marciano
rocco dimeo was the toughest guy in essex county
Been a community nurse in Brockton over 25 years. The dangerous area is by the homeless shelter near downtown. You went thru Campello area. Never felt unsafe there.
But Brockton is where the brown people live don’t you know? All this dude did was look at a “dangerous cities” list and go to it in broad daylight. He even had to put intense music to make it “scary” lol
@@tormentorox1 Dude I lived in Brockton and we had bullet holes in the school windows. A fat chick got stabbed in the face over a cupcake at lunch. No one brought up race but you.
@@jimmyp.6180 LMAO I guessing this school was Brockton high 😭😭😭
Exactly...he didn't even drive on the worst
@@jimmyp.6180 I remember the stabbing at high-school, it was right outside the cafeteria doors
I guess it depends on who participated in that survey for "worst" or "best". Its all opinions, and Brockton doesn't look bad at all. Maybe the people who participated in the survey looked at "white picket fence", 2.3 kids, etc. There's no rubbish on the street, no "blue tarp" homes, no abandoned cars on the street. It might look drab, but looks ok.
I'm very surprised you didn't see all the rubbish on the street and in the yards in the video... it looks like snow, but trust me, it's not.
@@UTAU53Yui if you'd seen his videos of Southern Cal and their homeless problem, Brockton is PRISTINE.
@@UTAU53Yui brockton is not that bad bro, I live in brockton.
@@UTAU53Yui Is it cocaine?
It's bad.
Holyoke is the worst city in mass. Springfield also is a run down old mess too
Don''t forget Lawrence (Lawtown).
Yeah, I think these places are much worse than Brockton despite it's reputation and similarities, it's still in Plymouth county after all, and not too far outside of Boston, all better selling points than the aforementioned cities
I agree. At least Springfield has an art museum and performing arts venues. But you don't want to hang out after the show. It's hard fir Springfield and Hartford. Being halfway between NYC and Boston really works to their disadvantage. The best thing that could happen to Springfield would be if the MTA decided to invest in high speed rail from Boston, Worcester and Springfield. Worcester is starting to come in to its own.
I agree. I think Holyoke is worse than Spfld though.
@@markrichards6863 There has never been, isn't, and will never be major interest in Springfield market (Hartford maybe a bit better tho). Being almost 2 hours away from Boston and 3 from New York means NOBODY cares about Springfield, not even the NBA Hall of Fame induction was held at Mohegan Sun in CT instead of Symphony Hall across the Hall of Fame here in SPFLD. It's my birthplace and my home and there's never been a reason to be proud about where I'm from.
Cool, Nick driving around Brockton 5 minutes from my childhood home! Definitely a dump, but a lot of culture and good food. It's the hood but if you're from the area there's a lot to love too.
i always wondered why the majority of american houses are just built with wood, basically big overpriced sheds,
ghetto alright
What I'd do for some Christo's just one more time...
Right lol
Sounds like Modesto, CA, where the taco trucks have become the celebrated quisine.
@@athompson8976 ditto 40 years ago
There are so many great places in MA though!! Just avoid Boston and Fall River area and you're good! Trust me, New England is the BEST place to live in this country, nice beautiful snowy winters calm everybody down, it's the safest area in the country, beautiful mountains and rolling valleys, I'm talking about Vermont, New Hampshire, MA and Maine. Vermont in particular where I 'basically' grew up....I'm in the south now and can't wait to get back up there with the smell of the emerald green grass, black soil, maple trees..you don't understand until you go to a lake in New England on a breezy 75 degree day, or stand out in a snowy field overlooking those quiet rolling hills, it's the most peaceful place in the USA no doubt, no place in the country like it, anyone could take a visit to a place like Burlington VT in the summer, stand out over lake Champlain, and feel it for themselves. Most of the country feels like a wasteland in comparison.
New England best place ide disagree the midwest seems better
You cant compare Boston to Fall River. Lol have you seen Boston lately? Nothing but young professionals now. They cleaned up big time.
Bro I live in new england in the heart Pittsfield and it suxs
I just moved from Virginia to Massachusetts and I couldn't agree more. I can't imagine myself moving back south in my lifetime.
@@jameshanna2287 You gotta get outside and around, youre surrounded by rolling hills, Western MA is beautiful, visit Vermont often, urban America sucks most everywhere but still Pittsfield isn't bad compared to say Schenectady NY
I Would Disagree With Brockton Mass Being The Worst Town In Massachusetts!
Back In The 1970's And 1980's ...Boston And Brockton Was Unliverable ! Massachusetts...Is A Very Expensive Ghetto To Live In. The Problems...In Every City In Mass Is Gangs , Turf And Drugs! Boston....Has Recovered And Brockton Is A Work In Progress. You...Did Not See Run Down Buildings, Because ...Many Laws Want Only Owner Occupied People Here. This...Moves Out Alot Of Poor People, Causing Problems In The Cities Here! Housing And Welfare, Is Scare And Does Not Get You Much!
The Motto Is....YOU ABUSE IT! YOU....LOSE IT!
So....Drug Addicts And Crime Only Starts After 6pm Or Darkness. In My Opinion....Worcester , Holyoke And Springfield Mass Are Worst! There Are ...More Drug Use , Murders, Gangs, Homeless And Violent Crimes There! Great... Video!
Massachusetts has one of the best education and Healthcare systems in the world, definitly in the United States...thats why its expensive
Doesn’t look very bad. Isn’t Springfield the worst? At least according to reputation
Yes , Springfield is waited but it’s apples to oranges cause of population alone
I think Holyoke is worse than Spfld.
Yeah, Holyoke too
1980, early 90s, yes
You’re being deceived . Springfield has nothing on Brocky
Nothing in this video is a “bad neighborhood” or “the hood”. It was clean, no trash, quiet, no one outside, beautiful architecture. It just looks stuck in time.
That's Mass in a nutshell.
Did deliveries to towns like this for 10 years, we had nicknames for some of them, Brockton was Crackton.... still I thought New Bedford, Lawrence and Holyoke were wayyy worse.
You can add Lowell to that list especially after dark downtown.
I think that NB is the worst. Maybe Lawrence is, but I have never been there.
Wayyy worst? look at the stats from the fbi... it's gotten way better since 2007- 08 that's for sure
Looks real purdey to me..those houses with the tiered porches are lovely...
Three Deckers are what Massachusetts had instead of trailer parks. They date back to the industrial revolution. I grew up in one, but not in another city. It was great because there were lots of other kids around. We were lower middle class. But so was everyone else. Massachusetts traditionally funds it's schools very well and offers great vocational education, for the non-college bound. But I don't want to live there again. It's q good place to be from.
@@markrichards6863 well I think it would be a good place to go to...so trailer parks and three deckers are where the LMCs live....that’s funky man...
@@markrichards6863 to me in Europe the three tier building looks like a posh persons house....
I didn’t realise it was a tenement block...
It’s so funny seeing what I remembered as decent as a child lol. Brockton still isn’t all that bad compared to murderpa..I mean Mattapan. Still nostalgic nonetheless 🤧
You have to visit Springfield MA it’s way worse than Brockton
And Fall River I've heard
No it isn’t
I had friends in Brockton back in the mid 70's, and it was a nice town then.
I was raised in Massachusetts-Brockton is pretty bad but doesn’t hold a candle to Fall River or New Bedford. Really sketchy areas. But by the nation’s standards, they’re relatively safe lol. Now Miami, where I’m originally from, is a whole different story…😮
He apparently hasn’t been to Lynn , Worcester, New Bedford… although Brockton isn’t the greatest, it isn’t as bad as he makes it. A lot of the activities he mentions takes place in different areas and are way worse. Brockton is actually trying to be apart of the up and coming areas and I feel this video is to discourage some people to buy into it if you get my drift.
You’re 100% right. Whatever happens in Brockton happens in every similar town!
@DIRECTmessage ➕①②③④②②⑧⓪⑥⑥⑤ Lynn is a lot better than it used to be.
Right homeboy is just chatting
This is only the first episode. I hope we see those gems too, maybe Taunton?
@@bskitchenriffs6522
There was a list of the “top 10” worse cities of MA and Brockton came in as #1
I’m getting sick of overcrowded sprawling Sunbelt cities. Interested in moving back to the Northeast. Massachusetts is one of the top states on my list. I just wish the politics weren’t so blue...
just choose New Hampshire then
@@skurinski Maine and New Hampshire are tied for #1. Mass just after, thought it might be better to stay closeish to Boston. Upstate New York is another consideration. Hope to visit all this summer.
@@skurinski Watch out for those NH property taxes, though. With no sales or income tax, they have to get you some way.
Exactly same situation, CA said a bill might require vax for all workers and I'm like....welp SC is 30 mins from me, but I want to go back up northeast, so much better living up there
@@redcomic619 Western MA like Lee MA is the best place in the state imo
This video reveals more about Nick Johnson than it does about Brockton. LOL
Facts
bot account
judging by your empty account, i beg to differ
I grew up in Taunton, I remember going to the Brockton Fair every year as a kid. It looked huge a s a kid. When I got a little older I realized just about every night of the fair someone was stabbed, that changed my mind about going to the fair after that lol. Brockton also dubbed the city of champions lol bcause of Marvin Hagler and one other Brocktonian maybe Rocky Marciano?
Yes! Rocky was born in Brockcton and Marvin just used to live there during winter time for very hard training sessions
Remember, we had kiddies day at the high school, and the rehobeth fair before the auto auction bought the land?
I still drive down as my parents and sister still live there. We still do lights on.
There's a couple other honorable mentionables for the worst Mass cities: Holyoke, Fall River, Springfield, Worcester 😬
Fall River! My grandma lived there, it's all Portuguese, she was the only white lady on the street. I hear it's faaaaar worse than in the 90s today
@@bobdroll6381 No like from Portugal Portuguese. Where I live in Hudson, MA we have a ton of Portuguese here. More specifically Azores Portuguese (or islanders). Really nice people with a rich European/Spanish like culture.
And while I am here, Worcester has cleaned up immensely and is a good bet for real estate.
@@bobdroll6381 yeah, but I think she was saying, they aren't considered "white" by most Europeans
@@Ryanc267 Worcester has cleaned up, since when?
Damn Worcester
I grew up in Brockton. Hearing you talk about the city makes my skin crawl. It's a shame you make a career out of reviewing communities about which you actually know very little.
I live near Brockton. I can assure you he’s sadly right. Really cool boxing history though with Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler but other than that it’s pretty sad. I was always thankful for my life driving through here.
I used to work and lived in Brockton from 2010-18. Nothing happened to me until I moved to PA when I was attacked working at an overnight convenience store. I never had to worry about walking home at night in Brockton, and it was easy to get to Boston. You could go from Brockton to Boston by bus for not even $5.00 round trip.
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BAT Bus 12 lol
Bring you right to the redline. Believe it was ashmont station in Braintree?..@@FIVESTRZ
There are definilty worst places in MA, take Fitchburg, Lawrence, parts of Dorchester, Mattapan, Holyolke, Springfield probably worst than Brockton, but Brockton is pretty sketch.
And Roxbury
Brockton in the summer is the wild Wild West! These comments about Fitchburg Lynn Fall River ect.. got nothing on Brockton for real this isn’t the hood he’s showing lol city center farrington street area. Fitchburg 😂
my friend actually lives in that city in the northeast corner right on the abington line. It is super sketchy in the south end but the northern parts actually arent too too bad
Cool now where do you live so I can tell the whole world
brockton is disgusting...... ppl that say its not clearly love living in filth ..... the crime rate is crazy... stay far away and keep your kids away
It's close to Boston. It's just a matter of time before the gentrification starts. It honestly doesn't look that bad compared to bad areas of Philly or Chicago. The urban pioneers will be moving in any day now.
Yes
It’s been happening the last 10 years tbh supposedly, population up by like 15kish since 2010 living here though it’s hard to notice really
It’s already started and is happening
Am a resident and hope it comes soon, fingers crossed the bad people will be out and we will get our city back😊
I used to work for a convenience store chain. We had a location in Brockton (closed now) that had the ATM stolen out of it (The WHOLE ATM) four times in five weeks. They threw a brick through the window, wrapped a chain around the ATM, and towed it away with a van. They were never caught. I set up security cams, and the store clerk got robbed at gunpoint at around 8PM, when it was still not dark out. Glad I quit! Screw Brockton.
I lived in Brockton when i was younger. Many of my friends still live there. Its still home in my heart.
Honesty? Looks like a beautiful Historical Area
Just like a woman that looks pretty until you get to meet them and you get to find out....
@@paladin3116 same for a man
Silly question from a man across the pond; Are all those beautiful big houses' carved up into smaller units?
I believe I saw an external stairway going up the front of the building to one of the upper floors.
Don't judge a book by it's cover in this case looks nice but who knows.
Of course it's a historical area. They want to destroy history, dummy.
Gotta love those old Victorian homes, though. I went to college in Massachusetts. This is my first time hearing about Brockton.
Ahhh,, hmmm..I think you should have visited Springfield,, and Lawrence as well.. then you would really get a picture of the bad parts of Massachusetts.
For some reason the video made Brockton look nicer than the big dump it is.
I lived in Cambridge Worcester, Dorchester and about 15 other places in Massachusetts as a kid. Wasn't really good in the 90's either.
I grew up in Brockton and in the 90s the town was pretty safe until they started opening up section 8 everywhere. As soon as they opened a condo complex down the street from my house things went to shit. The house got broken into, somebody stole one of our cars, and I got mugged infront of my friends house all within the span of 2 years. We moved to the south side and somebody tried to break into our house twice and there was even a shooting infront of our house. This was also deep in the suburbs, the "nice" parts of town too.
My dad was a firefighter for 25 years and he told me parts of town were basically just infested with drugs because they'd respond to multiple overdoses a day. My entire family, relatives, and friends GTFO of Brockton when we could. Also, Brockton has more pedestrian crossing accidents then any other city in the state because people drive around like maniacs.
The main reason a lot of people live in Brockton is because it's the cheapest town south of Boston that has a rail line connection.
Brockton is definitely not the worst “looking city” in Mass, but I’m pretty sure when it comes to crime it ranks in the top 3-5 in Mass yearly.
#1
I'm struggling to find more than 10 people walking there. No bicycling or walking single dog. 😃 Introverts paradise
Its probably cold.
@@MrSupernova111 the cold doesn’t bother us , people are working / school as they should be :)
Introvert paradise hmmm
It had to be cold.. night time different story
Don’t understand your video. Brockton is inner city but not bad. You showed the streets were clean and properties were well maintained. People are very kind and welcoming.
No Fkn way
I grew up in mass
I would say Springfield too
Lawrence new bedford
New Bedford, yes
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They need to build a highway directly from Brockton to New York City, just for the drug traffickers... That would finally clear up the daily logjam at the I-95 split in Providence.
How dare you! I never thought I'd see the...well, full disclosure: you're actually pretty much right there...(lol)
The movie "Don't Look Up" was partially filmed there. So take that into consideration. There a some really nice parts that you didn't see
i always wondered why the majority of american houses are just built with wood, basically big overpriced sheds,
that movie is woke bullshit
Awesome movie
It look like he took the safest route through Brockton possible, he should have went to the downtown area near the mainspring homeless shelter and the infamous needle Park
Is Needle Park the park they used to call Perkins Park? I grew up right around the corner from there during the '60s-early '70s. It was okay during the day, but you didn't want to be there after dark even then.
What happened to Brockton?
There was a time about 100 years ago when Brockton was voted the best place to live in the United States. Brockton was the shoe manufacturing capital of the world. There were countless factory mills scattered all over the city. Good paying jobs working in these factories were plentiful. It was one of the first cities to have electricity, and Thomas Edison was there to witness it. Brockton was the first city in the county to have stone railroad bridges built so vehicles could drive UNDER them (that was a big deal back then). The world's best bridge builders came to Brockton, Massachusetts to build these bridges. They're still there, and probably will be forever.
What happened?
If you ask the oldest living people in Brockton, they'll tell you it was Democrat Governor Michael Dukakis. He was in office from 1975-1979.
Around the time he was in office, Boston was in the process cleaning up the red light district (a.k.a. “the combat zone). They were leveling run down old apartment buildings and making this seedy area as small and presentable as possible. Legions of hookers, pimps, criminals, and drug addicts had nowhere to go.
Dukakis decided he would send them all to 3 cities. Brockton, Haverill, and Lawrence. These other two once great cities suffered the same ruinous fate. Suddenly, there were low-income and subsidized housing complexes being built all over Brockton to house the element that came crawling out of the Boston red light district. And of course, this element multiplied and spread their "lifestyle" through the once strong and proud city. Everyone who was able to move did. Businesses left.
And THAT is what happened to Brockton.
Liberalism.
Brockton was destroyed by liberalism.
Just like New York City. Just like Portland. Just like Minneapolis. Just like San Francisco.
These things are inescapably political. Like it or not, that's the truth.
Man oh man I wish I had talked to you!
I respect this
I dont think you know what liberalism is
I don't want to split hairs, but I would say it's more neo-liberalism. Yes, the governor during that time was awful.
@@bskitchenriffs6522 for sure, the original commenter had some pretty good point but seemed super biased.
Btw market is 400,000-to a mill in Brockton now 🤦🏻♀️ thanks for the tour
Massachusetts is one of the safest, most educated, and most affluent states in the country. There are very dumpy hoods with old dilapidated 100+ year old buildings that aren't as well-kept as most around the state, but overall the "bad" areas are few and far between while still being much better to live in relative to hoods in this country's other states.
Massachusetts is a libtard state, that's why brockton, meth mile, etc,,. Exist
@@zuze4873 BS chelsea lynn roxbury eastboston dorchester matapan are toliets and dangerous
There's 18 minutes of my life I'll never get back again. It's a poor neighborhood. Just like 1000's of other poor neighborhoods.
Brockton may be the "worst place" to live but I had fun classes especially in high school. I got to try out many different fields thanks to the abundance of elective choices they had. And I believe most of my class (800+) graduated and went on to college so not too bad for such a "terrible place".
My Aunt and Uncle have lived in Brockton for over 25 years and they've had their house broken into too many times to count. My uncle was robbed at gun-point in his own home and my husband was shot at a gas station. If you don't value safety or your personal possessions Brockton is the perfect town for you!
Wow. I live in Brockton. If you don't mind me asking...what part of the city are they from? I've been here over 25 yrs. I am curious as to where your relatives live.
Stop lying 🤣🤣
Stop lying, violence is pretty low in Brockton
Why was ur husband shot? Shady dealings?
Who’s your uncle and father? I never heard of any home invasions either
I grew up in Brockton. Look at the changes in demographics and that will tell you why Brockton became Broketown. Once a thriving city Shoe Capital of the world. It all changed in the late 80s when one demographic hoarded ir from New Bedford and Fall River.
Most of the shoe factories left by the start of the '70s. I think Stacy Adams stuck around a bit longer, but not by much. Victory Shoe was done by the mid-'60s. Randy's in Randolph laid off a bunch in the late '60s (I know that because my dad was one of the layoffs). We moved to Connecticut in September 1973, and except for funerals and visiting relatives we never looked back.
The city where my Dad was born! (It was family tradition for everyone in his family to be born there.) Definitely not the greatest place around--and has been like that for a pretty long time. At least they've got a great Ocean State Job Lot there, though, that my Mom likes to go to. It has rainbow framing around the entrance!
Lol the used to be Toy's R Us
Isn’t Massachusetts number one best state to raise a family according to some recent major survey
Top 3 in Education and Healthcare...freaking expensive tho
The whole U.S. is been going down
Still it looks 10X better than Oakland CA.
Oakland definitely looks shittier then it did a few years ago.
I’m from Oakland and people actually say Oakland is nice looking as well compared to other parts of the states
Oakland is nothing compared to Downtown LA
Born and raised there1966. Went to HS there as well. Sad to see what once was a wonderful place to grow up in, and live, turn into a sad city with no soul. it’s all so very sad.
I live in Brockton 20+ years , don’t judge a city you didn’t live in , Which city doesn’t have crime, drugs, and all the lie that you said. Brockton is City of Champions. Your Lie don’t Define the people that Live here. Always show the Negative , Not the Positive, Your like Brockton Enterprise.
We came from another country try better our lives , it’s not easy because you have to learn the language, we work 2 jobs so our family can have food on the table, and make sure get a better education, and Be respectful to everyone not pointing fingers where they came from, a house can’t never be built from top to bottom , that why we work hard to build a foundation, coming to US from any country in the world it’s not easy at first , But you have to be humble, hard working & wait for your time because everyone will get their Blessings on their own time, Everyday I pray for a Better Brockton and World , Cuz all the families Deserve peace and Love. I Don’t judge Anyone by where they Live because everyone story will be different then the other one, But Always Respect everyone, No matter where They came From. When you see Bad try make a change for Good, don’t bring more Bad energy to it, God Bless Everyone 🙏🏼♥️💯
Clearly you have not been raised here you were not born in Brockton you did not deal with the situations back then if you are a native to Brockton evaluate before you start talkin because you're a little bubble is not just all Brockton
@@normanwyatt8761 because again I'm from Brockton always have them raised in Brockton as I've always seen it there was always shity people Legion Parkway is always shity elmcourt never changes the only thing that does change is the west side of Brockton and the Northside of Rockton those are the only two sides that are worth even getting any type of property
@@normanwyatt8761 on top of that I know friends that do real estate in Brockton and they tell me all the time and it's hard just to sell any houses in Brockton because of the predominant fucked-up areas like Greenstreet and as well as all of pleasant
@@normanwyatt8761 you're probably the Brockton native that has nothing else to do
2:11 - - is that a enclosed graveyard on a public street like that ??? Wtf
We have a few very very old cemeteries here in Brockton. There is a couple on main streets. They have been there forever. Old headstones. Just a historical part of the city.
@@charmed2u2 oh wow
Lololol nick i love you with that magnet line. I am weak. I am gonna try that next time in inglewood
Good Afternoon, Nick Johnson!👍😁
I grew up there in the ‘60s. Had a great childhood. No crime, no violence. We used to walk or ride bikes all over town. Then the losers from Boston started moving in, and it became another Roxbury combat zone. Democrat decay at it’s finest.
Same here, family bought a brand new house on Colgate Road right off of E. Ashland St., remember, riding our bikes uptown to the Center movie theater, going to Bradley‘s and mammoth mart. Also enjoyed swimming at the Montello pool. we’d ride our bikes everywhere and never had any problems enjoyed going by Henry’s and getting 10 cent hamburgers. Those were the days!
Less crime, NOT no crime. I looked up the numbers
Doesn't look that bad to me. Maybe you picked the wrong town.
This is the exact place actually.
Nah it sucks, you likely haven't been there if you're saying that.
MA is a great state overall other than cost of living, so even the worst areas are not that bad relative to some parts of the country!
@@Jjjaaahhnn Obviously one of the low income areas of Massachusetts, but it's not that bad compared to other states. Seems relatively safe and clean.
@@JohanSven42069 Yet it's still expensive af to live there if you're not on welfare.
If the only location this person shows is Main street and the center where businesses and offices are located, he cannot claim for Brockton to be the worst place to live in Massachusetts. It's true there are crimes and homelessness and drugs you will find the in populated cities in Massachusetts such as Springfield, Chelsea, Lawrence, Holyoke. Worcester, and others. Why didn't you ride your car around the west side of Brockton. West of Brockton is part of Brockton where there are mansions, golf courses, malls, restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more. Brockton is NOT what you presented 100%. I thought the same before moving from a good neighborhood in Boston to Brockton. It's true the average homes cost $350,000 and we have homes costing millions. Don't get fooled. The video only shows the Main Street a business district and of course you will find crimes and homelessness and drugs. I suggest for anyone thinking about Brockton as an option and you have family try to look to live here you have the outskirts of the city such as on West or away from the city center. I recently move from Boston to Brockton and I live on West closer to all the restaurants, retails shops, hospital, museums, park with trails to walk. Brockton is a city rich of history known as the City of Champs becsuse is the birth place of Rocky Marciano and Marvelous Marvin Hagler, John Sullivan, and John Ruiz. Brockton was known as the Shoes City due to outnumbered of shoes factories in existence from 1900 until all the companies left to another countries due to outsourcing. The shoes factories left a beautiful history and the upscale mansions and big houses you will find on the West Brockton. As any big cities you will find good and bad neighborhoods. It's people's choices. Brockton again is not the worst cities in Massachusetts. The same is said about Chelsea, Springfield, Worcester, Holyoke, Lawrence and others. I agreed that citizens should get involved to make the city better. Politicians should be make accountable to provide what they promised.
Lived in Brockton since I was 5 years I’m now 21. I also have a home in Brooklyn ny and I will say Brockton is a very different city from others lol. Not much to do out here neither is it the best place to live. Stick to yourself and don’t draw no attention to yourself and you’re pretty much good. Keep your doors locked ! Alot of grand thief goes on till this day also don’t stare at no one for too long.
Go to Lowell
Lynn ,Springfield and Lawrence are also pretty crummy places to live in Massachusetts
My exact reply.. LOL
Brockton has some of the best people you could meet. I was a visiting nurse there in 2001 to 03. It had it's bad pockets for sure. I wondered why city hall had seemed to give up on it.
Of course, you haven't been through the bad parts of brockton. Hope you made it out tho.
The old homes seem to be well kept
Check out the dirtyburg I mean Fitchburg 🙄
This is why we're all leaving. The natives can't afford to stay were all farming families
I live near Fitchburg. I can confirm it sucks.
“No one knows what goes on behind closed doors…”
"RockHardRiffs", eh? And you're quoting Charlie Rich? Not exactly "Cowboys from Hell", is it? (lol)
I live in Fall River and I’ve never felt safe. I’m only 16 and I’m already saving up to leave for good. Would not recommend visiting.
As a Brockton Massachusetts resident, we look at places like Chelsea and Methadone Mile as the worst place. Brockton is all full of kids at this point. We have the Best High School within miles and miles of here. You talk like you need to get waved into Brockton? It's full of nice old people too, all over the place, one of the most populated cities. I really feel as though you did one outdated wiki search about Brockton and that was it. You should've at least contacted some residents or something to speak with about how it actually is to live here. Going on 19 years and was raised here as a child and I played with my buddies outside in the yard and street and had a great time. Nobody ever bothered us once, in fact, people always look out for the kids around here. You have murderers, drugs, and sex every where you go, it just varies on which towns have more money to Hide it better. Brockton is in the middle of Restoration. Every list I just checked says Fitchburg, North Adams, and Springfield as the worst, not Brockton.
I own a house in the Campello area. It is quiet for the most part until they play their loud music in the summer. In my neighborhood it is mostly single houses that people take care of and keep their lawns nice. I pay $4300.00 in property taxes. Yes..you read it correctly. I have lived here for 25 yrs plus. It use to be a lot nicer than it is today. The problem is we became a sanctuary city. A lot of Haitians and Cape Verde. Some are very nice people. It is not as bad as people think. We have lots of places to shop and lots of restaurants/fast food. It's not the best but not the worse. Good and bad places in every city.
$4300 where is did you get this discount, I pay $4,600 on the opposite side of town, very quite working class neighborhood no complain)
There are beautiful and safe places in Massachusetts. There are some safe spots within “dangerous” cities like Springfield. Don’t get me wrong I’ve had many close calls in Springfield while growing up there; just stay vigilant and be aware of your surroundings.
I be missing home but everytime I visited it looks worse and worse I’ve been in NC since 17th are old 2005. Brockton is not the same!
I grew up here but moved by the year 2000. I have fond memories ☺️. I even used to ride the Bat bus..good times! It must have gone down since then..so sad.
Why didn't you drive around the West Side of Brockton or North Side you just went around a circle on the South side which everyone that lives in Brockton knows that's the worst Side. If your saying Brockton is BAD you should show the WHOLE CITY NOT JUST WHAT YOU WANT! I've lived here since 1997 never had an issue so WHY NOT BE REAL IN WHAT YOU ARE PORTRAYING OUR CITY AS!!!!
You're going to have to do a deep dive into the city because I don't see it. Springfield has to be worse from what I've read.
Don’t be deceived . Brockton is the most dangerous
@@infiniteg7852 I will take your word for it because I don't plan to go to either city
@@johndurham6172 yea, you’re not missing anything
@@infiniteg7852 😁
Brockton is rough but downtown Worcester makes Brockton look like a beautiful beach front resort.
This seems typical of most neighborhoods. Cars all over, yet no people. Only cars (majority parked) & maybe some boarded-up windows.
I live near Brockton. It certainly has some bad areas, in particular around the center of the city. But there are other cities in MA and the United States that are just as bad or worse.
Yes Dan
I live in Massachusetts (born and raised here). I agree that real estate prices are crazy here. I’m glad I bought my house in Rowley many years ago. Brockton is nasty, but so are Springfield, Lynn, Lawrence, and Lowell to name a few.
Love Ipswich first period homes.
@@sunnyd4734 Yes, right next door to me. Rowley has a lot of those homes also.
I have a place in merrimac. Was in Newburyport for a little. The darkest years was definitely living in Brockton. Just a depressing place for me.
Didn't look bad to me. No litter, nice sidewalks. Homes were old but in good shape. What's so bad?
You’re being deceived
Compared to most New Jersey cities, Brockton looks clean as a whistle.
Hey Nick all city and town have its good part and it's bad part, even the part of Brockton that you are showing isn't that bad you are trying to make the city look bad when it's not. Next time show the nice part of Brockton because Brockton have a lot of nice parts....sign a concern resident.
City of Champions though. Boston might be the city of professional sports Champions but Brockton is the original city of Champs. It's a shame how far that once great city has fallen.
Here in Massachusetts I see a common theme of cities that were once hard-nosed but respectable and full of working class families turn to absolute shite. People used to take pride in their city, and for all the right reasons. Today is a different story. It's almost as if you invite the 3rd world into your city, your city becomes the 3rd world.
See: Lynn Ma., Lawrence Ma., Lowell Ma., Fall River Ma., New Bedford Ma., Springfield Ma., Hopkinton Ma., Chelsea Ma., Worcester Ma., and of course Brockton Ma.
The decline of these cities is multi-varied and there are many economic changes and reasons they've fallen apart, BUT there is one common denominator in all of them. It also involves ENORMOUS cultural change, which drives everything in the end.
We just aren't allowed to acknowledge it.
It’s all the coke and heroin destroying these city’s.
my brother from Connecticut bought a house in Brockton back in the 80’s , within three months he came home and found it burglarized , he sold it as a loss and left that dump in his rear view mirror .
Specially enjoyed what music I was able to hear, which drew me to an subscription two years ago. One thing I would assume; there's a lot of young people among that neighborhood, seeing the abundance of third storied homes🤣
Ok!
Not from or live in Brockton but very familiar with this city. Just like every city there are good and rough neighborhoods.
Mothers and fathers who terminate their own Children DO NOT TREAT ANYONE ELSE ANY DIFFERENT ❤SURPRISED? NOT ME
At the end of the day, please do your research about a city before you go out and slander it. No town is perfect but not right to say that it’s awful and full of drug addicts, prostitutes when that’s not the case. Like I said good people have come from Brockton, great people live here and this is a good place to live. God Bless
Clearly you haven't lived in Brockton enough 🙄
This town is full of half-assed people vast majority of the town is all CV and Haitians even the cape verdeans don't like hanging out with other cape verdeans
@@wilfredorivera8744 damn you not even lying
I don't appreciate u Nick talking bout my Brockton like that I thought a part of Boston woulda been on the worst list. It's all good 👍🏽though love Brockton & very much miss it. ❤
When I first moved here from Philadelphia I often heard about how bad the town of Linn is, I laughed when I saw it. Not exactly an intimidating place. But then later on I did end up finding out that people fall under there. But for me being from Philadelphia, none of these places look bad at all. Really is an amazing City but it's bad areas are the roughest. I don't see any towns up here that would qualify as rough or bad, LOL
I lived in MA for a few years and worked in Brockton. Moved up from Philly just like you. Brockton really isn't all that bad. Montello St is a dump but the rest of the city varies from run down to boring and suburban. The way it was hyped up I expected something like Chester or Camden - there is nothing in New England like those cities.
@@prushimush I hear ya, I'm in Philly now, looking for an apartment. too quiet for me, no vibe. Take care
@@salahuddinmuhammad3251 don’t sleep on Brockton or let it deceive ya