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- The City of Plymouth on the South West Coast of England, was once one of the most important cities within the British Empire, however now its one of the most deprived and poverty stricken cities in the UK. Having some of the highest rates of homelessness and poverty across the United Kingdom. With shocking statistics like "over 1 in 3 children in Plymouth are growing up below the Poverty line", adding to the cities woes Plymouth this year has been voted as the 2nd dirtiest city in the UK and national tabloids describing Plymouth as "Grim" and one of the worst cities in the UK. I went to 'Ocean City' to see for myself if Plymouth was as grim as they say! What i found on the streets of Plymouth shocked me... countless homeless people living on the streets and an overwhelming number of closed down, abandoned shops. Plymouth City Centre has been hit hard with streets filled with derelict and abandoned buildings right in the heart of the city. It was during Street Interviews that I truly got a grip of the desperation & depression felt by those that feel abandoned on the streets of Plymouth. What has happened to this once great City? Will anything change for the city of Plymouth and those that have been hit hardest?
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Mate, you are doing a great educational service showing these areas. Plymouth? But what really gets me is that these places are just left to rot. And the homeless just left to get sick and die. What are the local councillors doing? Where is all the money going?
Joe, you can go viral nationally if you get a homeless person to put their tent up in the garden of a migrant hotel and film what the police and council thugs do to them. There will be national uproar. Please be the one who starts this stunt to expose the double standards suffered by British homeless people.
Isn't this just a copy of bald and bankrupt. Again he choose to highlight one awful area.
Has the Barbican area gone the same way? I love Plymouth, it's where my family heritage is but, it's in a sorry state of affairs if the rest is like what you've shown.
@@user-ds1nv8qv1e Bit unfair! Bald spent about 5 minutes in Plymouth then buggered off to WSM.
I hope that young man realises that he's not weak. Life sends us these hurdles to make us stronger. Stay strong brother
Absolutely, I really hope he is doing better now some how 🙏👍 thanks for watching
The problem is that hurdling gets very tiring after a time.
@@SpeccyMan I know, it's not easy. Nothing is
Yes life does send these ''hurdles''. However we are in a unique time, never before seen. Largely driven by technology, that's destroying the economic system we have, moving into a new system.
@heaven-dy9lj its predicted that a.i will be taking people s jobs very soon such as factory workers and hgv lorry drivers etc .. not a good outcome in my opinion
Honestly, i was born in Plymouth and live not far now from there. There are so many beautiful places in Plymouth. You literally just went to the only places that have been abandoned. I thought you were very dramatic throughout this. Plymouth is certainly not a deprived Town. As there are everywhere a couple of streets that aren’t as good But everywhere else is beautiful. Of course you wouldn’t show that Because you wouldn’t get the ratings!
While I can't stand Plymouth at all (more the people), you are right it does have beautiful places. I've never been mugged, it's very very safe compared to anywhere else I've lived.
Yeah he went to all shit areas except the Hoe lol
I live in Vista California. My city is cleaner than yours!
That's sad...
Can you keep this same mindset when a British Yob like Fudgepacker Ben (sorry Backpacker Ben) goes to a place like my country, India and describes everything as despicable but never shows the good areas.
That's the place the puritans came from I expected it to be more clean lol
Hint hint: They aren't barber shops
Thanks for watching 🙏
So what are they?
Turk money laundering front facades for drug dealing
They wash Muslim drug profits clean . . nobody normal traffic goes into them , they are drug gang hangouts at best . . all part of the plan to take down the west
@@zhead cash only......money laundry for the drug money....
It’s disgusting our government have let these beautiful historical properties go like this history lost forever
Rishi Sunak said he would undo the investment Labour put into deprived urban areas, remember that speech? Well he obvious kept that promise
This is just so unacceptable Joe, why are we leaving our poor homeless on the streets yet welcoming in thousands of illegal immigrants and housing them?
Cause they stink 🦨
We were neglecting the poor long before immigration was a problem. It’s wiser to see these issues separately.
(Also blame the Tories for immigration, they’ve let in record amounts over the last 14 years. They need to be held accountable for their lies.)
Nah everything is connected. Mass immigration keeps house prices and demand high. It's not happening by accident in every European country and America.
@@thathurt Not happening in countries like the Czech Republic.
@@thathurt everything is connected to the 2008 financial crash caused by the world banks and the Tories austerity which meant local councils lost half their funding. The Tories caused this by their incompetence. Stop blaming migrants.
I once loved a proud, prosperous, contented and safe United Kingdom, i now loathe an unrecognisable, dangerous, impoverished and alien land.
So many people voted for the corporate parties including New (Masonic) Labour. And turned their back on socialism. Only the selfish and deluded vote nowadays.
It’s so sad to see the state this country is in now 😢
It's certainly becoming a more common sight across the country! Thanks for watching, please share the video with any like minded people 🙏
14 years of Tory rule has got us to this point....diverting money into the bank accounts of their rich backers instead of investing it back into this country...
@@olias2716 It goes a lot deeper than the Tory Government. A lot of these places are run by Labour.
@@Globaldave1970 i agree....labour are as bent as the Tories.......the whole country is going to the dogs......
@@Globaldave1970 No they are not...how can you run anything when your arms are tied behind your back due to massive cuts...made so money can be siphoned off by the rich bankers and corporates...
Sad thing is this could be anywhere in the UK now . We have never had a lower caliber of politicians labour Tory all as treacherous they couldn’t give a toss about this country or the people in it as long as their fat pay cheques keep rolling in .
Great reporting mate 👍
Thanks for the kind words and for watching 🙏👍
You’ve summed it up perfectly David
As long as the WEF cheques keep rolling in
@@benwinter2420 So true
Well said and sadly so true. They simply don't care.
Laurel & Hardy did their last show at that theatre back in 1954...😢
Thanks for the information there, I had no idea. Great fact 👍
Oh wow. Those were the days. I cant understand why someone doesnt renovate it. What has replaced it? What is the main theatre in town?
@globaldave it was last in use in the early 2000 s as a nightclub.
@@desendean6488 Should be re-opened. Govt can spend 10 million quid a day putting illegals in hotels while great old buildings are left to rot.
Thanks Barry Norman
Ive lived in and around the Plymouth area since 94.. Its always been a tale of two cities to some extent. The super rich and then the average person getting by but it always had heart. It was also a nice place to spend time.
Now me and my family are just about keeping our heads above water. I never go down the town anymore and i used to go in at least 3 times a week. Theres nothing there anymore the heart and aoul has gone from the place.
Some of those buildings you showed have been empty for decades.. others more recently. The town started to decline when the frigate's where no longer based in Plymouth.
I live in the university area and can only comment that post covid the number of students has never seemed to return to what it was. But still theres student housong everywhere and the average family is struggling to pay the bills.
Theres no prospects in Plymouth im hoping to move up North to be closer to family.
Hey thanks for the comment and for watching! I like hearing from people like yourself to get a true perspective, it mirrors what many of the people in Plymouth that I met said. Please share with any like minded people you know 🙏
Thanks for sharing. England really is in decline. A side you don't get to see on mainstream TV.
@@Globaldave1970 some of it is. it moves with the times. there has always been half of england (at least) down in the dogs. it's very much like being back in the 70s/80s in some areas, but they've moved
I'm from the north (Manchester), and while it's better for me as a tech person, the quality if life in the north is so much worse than it is in Plymouth. It's a lot safer here too, just low opportunity.
My grandparents would be rolling in their graves to see what has become of their home. Please keep reporting 🙏
Thanks I really appreciate that 🙏
I'm pretty sure things were a lot worse in the late 70's, early 80's but, don't let the facts get in the way hey!
I think your grandparents would be saying It is nothing like that at all. Trust me, this video has been very much dramatised. A couple of places Mötley playing and union Street are probably the only bad places in Plymouth due to abandoned buildings. There are not people looking through bins everywhere it’s ridiculous
Cheers Joe, I was at college in Plymouth in the early 1980's, it was vibrant and modern. So sad to see it in such decline.
Hey mate 👍 yeh likewise I last went to Plymouth about 15yrs ago and it was buzzing on Union Street. Thanks for watching and the comment 🙏
Much of Plymouth still is vibrant and modern and has come miles since the 1990s. This guy has just shown one area.
The vastly overpopulated United Kingdom is in such a serious state of decay and decline in so many different areas and this mass invasion of immigrants is contributing so destructively, detrimentally and negatively to the myriad of problems we as a nation are now confronted with, moreover with the real prospect of an anti-British labour party government on the immediate horizon, our collective situation can only become so very, very much worse.
the reason for the decline is the tory party who sold the state assets to their pimps and blinded you mugs with chants of foreign invasion while they filled their pockets and allowed their mates to move their factories to china
Yes Labour is dreadful, because the UK 🇬🇧 is doing so well under the Conservatives.
This kind of thing happens to former empires. Those they ruled or mistreated now go back to their former oppressors to take over.
@@stevemcgowen Do you think that's a good thing ?
@@nbandpinportugal I live in a country which was never a colonial power, so doesn't have these issues. The USA and Uk made their beds...
The inexorable decline of a once great nation. So sad.
nonsense robert
The questions to ask are: Who owns these buildings and why does it benefit them to have them empty and abandoned?
ding ding ding
This is caused by greedy politicians and councillors.
And immigrants. Don’t forget the immigrants.
Greed is one thing, I would say incompetence and negligence.
agenda 2030 and the 15 minute ghettos they want to push us into..
First they have to destroy the old world.
@@somethinglikeanonymous1773 The UK's birthrate has fallen to its lowest rate since the late 1930s, how are we going to fill jobs..? How are we going to get sufficient taxes...? How are we going to go on paying for the previous generation's old age pension..? I'm afraid immigration it has to be if you don't want your economy to seize up. Any better idea..?
@@stephenthomas3085 Why do we have lots of people on benefits that should be working?We do not want anymore people in the country.
there is no way out for a homeless person to own a house even though he is a UK citizen, it is very sad that the government does not take this issue seriously
Very sad indeed! There's very little chance now for the average working person in the UK to be able to own a house. Rent is extortionate as well. A vicious circle! Thanks for watching and the comment
I bought when it was cheap but since mass immigration the prices went up.Blair came in in 97 then within 3 years massimmigration andhouse prices zoomed up.
There's not much chances of most people ever owning a house these days
For a Dutch it is unimaginable/-fathomable the state of those majestic buildings. And the apathetic approach to turn the tide.
Like what you did there
It's just not something you see in Europe, grand historic buildings left to rot! Thanks for watching and the comment
I was born in Plymouth (Freedom Fields Hospital).The building at 3:43 was in my youth The Odeon Cinema. A railway line from Millbay Dock went over the road at end of Union St forming a sort of screen/boundary hiding what was an area of bars/clubs & places of 'sexual release' 😀. I spent many summer holidays at my grandparents in Stonehouse & I found lots of interesting shops in Union St (1960s) in the daytime that is, not the night. It's very sad to see how it's been neglected. I visit most years but stay around the Barbican area.
Hi 👋 thanks for the information there. I like hearing people's stories from the areas I visit. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍
I remember going in the Theatre Royal & seeing Jim Davidson, a grand old building. Plymouth City Council should be ashamed of themselves for letting it get to that state of neglect.
Freedom Fields represent.
bless all the homeless been there myself , nothing worse what a waste do better government
Thanks for watching let's hope things improve 🙏
MEANWHILE ILLEGALS IN 4 STAR HOTELS . SCANDALOUS
Sorry to have to tell you this but government is not (and will never be) the answer because they are so out of touch with the reality for most of us. The answer is people. The answer is society in general. The key problem is we've been spoon fed the "American dream" which is based entirely on selfishness and every man for himself. We need a return to core British values of service to others, responsibility for self and care and commitment to a bright future for every single person, no matter what their personal circumstances.
No government, be it Labour, Tory or Reform UK is going to fix it. Fact!
Another top much video Joe, thanks for the video, keep up the great work!
Thank you for watching and the support 🙏
The opening shot is a walk past what used to be Dance Academy. Went to some mad nights down there in the early 90s. The place was rocking.
It could also be dangerous. I ended up in hospital after being attacked by some random nutcase in there one night. Their CCTV wasn't up to much and they never caught him.
Around 13:10 you mentioned a mall. In North America since WWII, the quickest way to kill downtown retail has been to build a mall. Some of them adjust to become restaurant, bar and club lands. Others become ghost towns. And yeah, I get it's not the only reason, but it's a big one.
Definitely! Totally agree 👍
Another great video mate! Enjoy following you! :)
Thanks for the kind words 🙏
I lived in Devonport and Stoke for a few years as a Wren in the 80's. Loved going out on Union Street at the weekend ~ The Academy, Boobs, Norma Jeans, Avis's, Two Trees... Had many a takeaway from that Chinese near the Octagon.
This is my hometown where I was born and raised since 1979. It used to be so different. I left in my early 20's to London and then live around the world. I now live in Spain and I can say its very sad to see what happened to the place. I honestly dont recognize it anymore accept having all those abandoned building full of life and memories of what they used to be and what was there years ago. This is so sad. I now live in Spain and honestly on the continent places wouldnt be left like this for the most part. I dont know what the British government and regional councils are doing? Something is seriously wrong here.
Long live the guardia civil.. roadside checks. Burkas raised above head to make sure there women.
Hey brother, just want to say I appreciate your humility and genuine kindness to others you encounter. Be safe and be blessed in all you do.
I'm currently living in Plymouth; modern architecture here is brutal and depressing and the road system chaotic. There are some beautiful buildings, but many have been left to rot. Trying to find somewhere to rent was extremely difficult.
Yes I found it to be very dull and depressing to be frank. Thanks for watching and the comment
Par for the course these days. I've lived all over the UK and still not found 'home'. There are some nice pockets and some beautiful old world buildings, but many run down. Our island is on the decline.
I like brutal architecture but it's the care and investment that you put into areas that matters.
@@itsjustaname777I've lived up and down the country and it's easily the worst place for road systems and awful driving.
The 'beautiful church' in the city centre is The Guildhall, not a church. The 'derelict office building' next to the Reel Cinema - closed because we now have two multiplexes in the city - is the Athenaeum Theatre, and is used by amateur companies to stage their work. It's used more in the autumn and winter than the summer. There is a luxury motor yacht builder in Plymouth and once they've had their seatrials they are often tied up alongisde in one of the marinas prior to being delivered to their owners. Tinside pool is a saltwater pool, and is open during the summer.
Plymouth has a lot of poverty, but it's helpful if you can get your facts right when you talk about it.
The Poxy immigrants get looked after better
* criminals
If the uk gets any worse, even they won't want to cone here.
Jealous.
@@somethinglikeanonymous1773 🚨 Lefty alert ⚠
Do they?
Which ones?
I guess it’s the result of online shopping, like most people I can’t remember the last time I used a town centre shop.
I know it’s tempting the conjure a perceived glorious past, but we should remember that Francis Drake kept his crews aboard ship after the battle until many succumbed to disease in order to save him from having to pay them.
Yes it's often far easier and cheaper. I'm guilty of it myself we all are! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍
My lovely city 😅 you’re about 20 feet from my house on that smelly street pal
No way! Mate you weren't wrong about Plymouth! See you soon amigo 👍👊 Ged'on Backpacker!
You a local Ben . . what do you think about the pandemic of Muslim barber shops not only there but all over UK
That bald needs a cold shower , that Arab
@@benwinter2420 nothing stopping you or your mates opening barber shops
@@experiment54 Not everyone can afford the rent on a barber shop with next to no customers, neither do everyone have the same cards to play when/if the authorities come snooping.
Great Job with the video Joe. You tell like it is. City Services in Plymouth cannot pick up garbage? What are the taxpayers paying for? People homeless, Boarded up buildings.
So sad to see Plymouth which I loved and visited in the past sink so low. Thanks Joe, people now know what it's like now. Disgraceful ! All the best mate Jim and Harriet
Hey guys 👋 thanks for watching and the comment! Truly sad scenes in Plymouth, I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was.
Council Tax here is fairly expensive, yet general waste is only collected every other week and the roads are full of pot holes.
The problem with plymouth is the Labour lead Tudor Evans who seems to like to ruin his city and the second reason is most of the property is owned by my Sutton harbour holdings that price the small business out of the market
Yeah, and this isn't even something that can be blamed on Tory Austerity, as SHH and TE have done a massive number on the city for decades.
When you say you've just got back from Europe, we're you seeking out the poorest areas of the poorest towns or just on holiday? I've watched a fair few videos from poorer areas of French / German / Spanish cities and there are some pretty rough places in the 'Heart of the EU'.
YES am also interested in Europe 😊
Plan's to go Europe, escape the British sickness 😊
I lived there for a few years not so long ago and I loved it, I was born and raised in a bad run down area in the north east of England, so anything was better tbh. But some of the shops and theatres that were closed in your video I visited when they were open. I think it was already on the decline as I was leaving(about 6 years ago) but it looks awful now, and so sad as I have some great memories down there.
Thanks for watching and the comment! Yes it seems to have gone downhill fast over the last 10years hasn't it! Hope you enjoy the rest of the content 👍
I lived in Plymouth between 1990 and 1993 and loved it. It had great shops and nightlife but went to visit last year and didn’t recognise the place. All the pubs I used to go to looked like they had been closed for years, a real shame. What the hell has been done to our country
The Tories destroyed it all 😊
Plymouth is a total shit hole a polar opposite of Exeter up the A38 which is thriving. Moving to Plymouth has been the biggest mistake of my entire life and I cannot wait to see the back of the city.
So sad to see 😔 homelessness is rife everywhere in Britain 😢
It really is. Let's hope things improve 🙏 thanks for watching and the comment
@@JoefishJ Dont worry, plenty more immigrants to come
Plymouth may be grim but most towns and cities in Britain have deteriorated in the last twenty or so years.
Many high streets are now boarded up, charity shops or pound shops. Wages don't cover people's expenses quite often if they are working. Violent attacks with knives often happen in some towns..I don't believe British people are lazy, Students turn up for classes at colleges and they have no one appear to teach them. I know that from personal experience. Television has been dumbed down. I find some programmes absolutely insulting by the level of inane stupidity.
I recently travelled and went to a bus station where drug addicts were openly begging in broad daylight. It's accepted as a normal experience.
It's certainly becoming a common sight across the country! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍🙏
God help us, voting ain't going to solve this.
Voting for the tories won't, voting for Labour won't, however, voting Reform will help, not solve entirely, but help a lot.
Something need s to give
@@footballfanar9717If voting worked we wouldn't be allowed.
So just vote Tory again and continue bemoaning 😢... 😊
Well done mate for highlighting the situation. Keep it up .
Thank you, I appreciate it 🙏
Really sad... Great video!👍
It really was! Thanks for watching and the kind words 🙏
The abandoned Mayflower House is where I got my first adult passport in 2015. What a waste of a building. Honestly, I was brought to tears seeing the state of my hometown as you walked up Armada Way. Memories of when it was thriving and sociable in the face of seeing somewhere that looks almost post-apocalyptic. Shocking.
Great video. I played a gig in Plymouth a few years back and we stayed in a hostel opposite that abandoned theatre. I was really taken back at how run down it was. Typical scene in British cities now sadly.
Hey mate! Thanks very much 🙏 last time I was in Plymouth about 15yrs ago Union Street was buzzing now it's the total opposite! Thanks for watching mate 🙏👍
Hey Joe, great video and good job highlighting the areas of Plymouth that need attention especially when it comes to the homeless issue. Might be worth a. Follow up video showing some of the positives such as the homeless charities working to help the problem as well as some of the nicer bits of Plymouth such as the barbican, devils point and royal William yard. If all people see is the negatives on these videos then people won’t be drawn to Plymouth and arguably that adds to the problem! Keep up the good work mate
People are looking in bins for food in pretty much every major city in the world. Hardly a shocker that.
Maybe
Mass immigration
Spot on.
And you think the Govt is spending 10 million a day of our money to put immigrants in hotels while large parts of England are going to shit.
@footballfanar9717 I took my daughter to the Bristol balloon Festival mate it was like Somalia 🇸🇴 we are moving to Portugal in 9 years this country stinks
@@lukeframpton3671 Bristol is truly terrible. Such a depressing place. I'm glad you touched on Somalians. They congregate in gangs in our cities and our govt don't have the balls to do anything about it. But, as I'm sure you've been told many a time, diversity is our strength.
I am glad we have these videos to document for the future kids growing up so they can actually see what it was like back in these times. So the politicians and media can't sugar coat it with their never ending bullshit. Good work Joe.
Thanks for the kind words 🙏 I really appreciate it 👊
@@JoefishJ you’re welcome Joe, I enjoy your content
The decline of the high street happened shortly after the opening of the undercover shopping mall. All the big shops moved and the old high streets were left to rot.
" I've had my wallet stolen....and my lighter stolen.....and they even stole my suit trousers " 😂
I really wonder why big buildings are kept empty, keeping people sleeping on the streets....
Me too! Thanks for watching 🙏
People have got to stop referring to alcoholic drug addicts as “ homeless “ .. these people have the same opportunities as everyone else, 😡
So that means they have a home?
Old mate who had his wallet stolen supposedly was as a high as a kite on opiates
If only was that simple in your black and white statement if only!!!
Don't be stupid no one can afford anything!
The vastly overpopulated United Kingdom is systematically and methodically being destroyed economically, environmentally, militarily, societally, morally, demographically, agriculturally, culturally and ethnically. Absolutely deplorable.
Disgusting how the government and councils let lovely old buildings just waste away happening all over the country
The barbershop supply drugs looks like 😮😢😢😢was an x user 10 years ago after mum given flu jab and gone 😮😮😮 clean now dont do drugs or your finished 😢
Unbelievable the contrast in one city. It's heartbreaking to see the poverty. Thank you again Joe for sharing .
Thanks for watching 👍🙏
Plymouth Athenaeum, located in Plymouth, England, is a society dedicated to the promotion of learning in the fields of science, technology, literature and art. The Athenaeum building, located at Derry's Cross in Plymouth City Centre, includes a 340-seat auditorium and a local interest library. It is still in use. The reel cinema has been closed for years since the arrival of the big cinema at the barcode complex. it is reported that the reel cinema is haunted as is the palace theatre and have both been visited by paranormal teams in the past
The Ferkin Doghouse 😅 you know somewhere going downhill when a new wilko was planned there
What a cracker of a name!
Ugh.... That awful statue. The pooping woman 😮 Every city should have one!
Depressing but necessary video.
Thanks for watching, I hope it brings attention to the situation and in some way it helps those that need it most! 🙏
Another excellent video Joe
Thanks for the kind words and for watching 🙏👍
I think it's Brexit. The decline started in 2016 and it's been downhill from there
Another video Joe nice 1 am seeing parts of country I haven't seen in 20plus years just started watching .I will comment at the end Inverness Scotland
Thanks for the kind words 🙏 I hope you enjoyed the video. See you on the next one 👍
Loving the content Bro don’t know if you remember me but I bumped into you in Morrisons in Newquay a few weeks ago sorry it was a little bit awkward, but i was kind of starstruck and baked 😂
Hahaha yes dude 😎 😂 Get me on Instagram if you fancy a surf 🙏👊 thanks for the support Amigo!
Dance Acadamy & The Warehouse were bangiing on union st in the 90s
Heard there was some good raves back in the day?
@JoefishJ yeah twas good times, 👍 no phones just Acid Techno & hardcore!!
Watching from New Plymouth in New Zealand. We dont have many buildings pre 1890s. Now later buildings are also subject to earthquake risk regulations in the Shakey Isles.
AHH New Plymouth! Did you know there is also a 'Plymouth' in every state in the USA! Thanks for the comment and for watching 🙏👍
@@JoefishJ I did not know that !!
It’s nice to hear a 2nd opinion on my home town and to see an out look of another person
Hey 👋 I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it was if I'm honest. Thanks for watching and the comment 🙏👍
Union Street has never been a high street. It serve the Navy. The city centre has all the good shops, none boarded up. A large very busy Mall. The Barbican has tons of tourists so does the Hoe, 1000,s of people every month. The city is in good order, with massive amount of money modernizing the main shopping streets. Right now. There are four parallel shopping streets, not showing any decay. Many annual events both there and the Barbican and Hoe. No sign of slipping into the decay seen around the country.
Hi Joe - I have subscribed to you - it is very disheartening to see Plymouth - which I had such fond memories when I was at Plymouth College of Art and Design - doing my HND Btech Photography course from 87-89 - Union Street was always a little dangerous primarily of when Royal marine fights and Navy .. but it was thriving ... it really is so sad to follow where you going .. where I used to hang out ... its become a dead corpse or a zombie .. yes there ae little bits like the Barbican and marina ... but you cant cling on to little patches and say Plymouth is alright ... because there is too much thats gone ... I would say prob started with Tony Blair back in the late 90`s when he took over and accelorated with David Cameron ... its complete neglect by the politicians and councillors .... how on earth the town councillors live with themselves ... maybe theyre on the WEF payroll too .. Joe be great to meet up for a cuppa and chat .. not sure that I have all the answers ... and it is a tall order to start to gut the rot of society and kick start the economy and rejuvenation of our towns and cities .. but something has to happen ... otherwise England will look like a third world ! Keep up good work Joe and hopefully chat soon my friend - Best Wishes Will
I got assaulted which led to a streetfight in the town centre last time I was there last year (not alcohol drug or gang related). I didn’t think you’d get those types in a city like that but I guess they’re everywhere.
Unfortunately aggressive behaviour is on the increase as our MH services can't cope. Just the other evening I had someone behind me yelling abuse and brewing for a fight. About a week ago another well known (to the neighbourhood) person with issues set fire to his flat putting the whole block of residents at risk. A friend of mine has had an ongoing issue with a neighbour in the block opposite to him for several years now, the council are fully aware of him but won't do anything, he recently put his own windows through with a hammer. The city is full of people like these.
Hi Joe, great to see you again
Some bad $hit happening in Plymouth 😮
Take care out there.
Thanks for watching mate 🙏👍
VOTE REFORM UK.
That was my hometown until I moved away for work many years ago. That was sad to see.
It was a sad film to make to be honest. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍🙏
I've only moved to Paignton, but going back last summer to see the city centre like it is, was actually heartbreaking.
@knightofcydonia07 used to love going to Paignton for day trips as a kid. Doesn't look like it's doing so well either. It's a shame seeing everything falling apart.
Thanks, Joe for the excellent video. I've only been to Plymouth once - way back in 1997. I was impressed. You ask what has happened? It's like so many places where people used to go but no longer do. They have been "Amazoned" etc. People stay home and buy with phones and tablets. I noticed on your video the almost complete absence of human beings. Does that reflect my point?
Calling an entire city terrible based on Union Street and Mutley Plain feels like you were just going for poverty porn/clickbait. You visited to Cornwall street - why not highlight the many excellent food establishments in the Pannier Market? You were on The Barbican - why not show the thriving independent stores? Every city in the UK is struggling, and we absolutely should recognise and highlight those areas and call on the government to help rejuvenate and support our most vulnerable but don't bash an entire city based on some of its most deprived areas just for views.
Yes, Plymouth is not a bad place at all, I don't get the hate, lived there 4 years and although it has it's poor areas, always felt safe and there are plenty of things to do. People were generally nice. Plenty of worse places to live in the UK.
It was a very small area to cover. And to be honest, that small area was much the same 15 years ago.
Should have gone down there in the evening, bit of blue for the dads 😂😂
Plymouth is a dumb
I get your point, but why allow these areas to decay and rot? And the homeless?
Hi Joe, just a suggestion, when your talking about the town etc dint always look into the camera pan the camera around to show the area and talk at the same time. It looks like your reading off a script which is pinned to the camera
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Try exploring Blackpool slough Luton Bristol Brighton and London it's the same all over even part's of Europe Paris Spain Italy
I certainly will be very soon. Done like 3/4 videos in Bristol on my channel 👍
🎉🎉🎉 Good Morning ☀️ from sunny California, I’m only at minute 5:00 and I just have to ask: What the heck happened here to completely destroy a nice looking area(Well back in the recent past)? Big companies doing business there?
Now around minute 8:00 , The area there is very mixed with old but beautiful buildings and even a lot of positive signs and graffiti, So what really happened? Do you think that there’s any chance of it coming back? Just very sad 😔.
Now around minute 13:00 , Does any of this Real Estate have any value left in it? Do you think that the Drug situation came after the colapse of City? Or was it part of the colapse? So why do so many people still live there? I see lots of traffic in different parts of this video.
15:56 Looks like the city has so much potential, what has happened with all the huge property owners? How can you just walk away from some of these huge investments? This just blows my mind.
18:32 so many people walking around, is there a major city right around the corner?
So many beautiful expensive yachts , where do these people live?
There must be a nice part of Plymouth that you just aren’t covering today.
Anyways… Thank you for this incredible tour of the area. You’re crushing it JoeFish.
Congrats 🎊 on your channel growing.
You know I’ve been here with you from pretty much the beginning and I’m really enjoy watching your content getting better and better.
Like I’ve said before; Keep on filming and I’ll keep on watching.
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The powers that be , that's what's destroying everything. It's happening all over Britain. Destruction of society. We the people get the blame. 😢
Where do those people live who own those expensive yachts? 😂 they are stored there by Princess Yacths before being shipped to customers around the world.
So sad to see 😢 I was born and bought up in Plymouth until I moved to Spain 8 yrs ago
Hey 👋 it was sad to film to be honest. Thanks for watching and the comment
Abandoned buildings, ugly graffiti, rubbish and urine, what does King Charles with his $30 billion dollars think about this?
I live on the west coast of Ireland and there are a couple of Armada wrecks on a local beach. They rescued a cannon and other items and donated them to the Spanish museum. Look up Streedagh in Sligo.
We used to live in Cornwall just across from Devenport and Plymouth, back in the 70s. It was a very different place then. Certainly not the decaying place it has become today. I hardly recognised it from your video. Very sad. Britain is fast taking on the appearance of a third world country. When I see all the filth and rubbish on the streets of so many of our towns and cities I cannot help thinking it is just a matter of time before we experience an outbreak of some awful disease.
It certainly has declined quite rapidly! It's very sad. Thanks for watching and the comment lets hope it improves in some way
@@JoefishJ As you know from your travels, so many of our once attractive, thriving towns and cities have fallen into disrepair and decline. It is as though it is being allowed to happen on purpose.
You're so right about Europe and buildings. Never do they let historical significant buildings fall into disrepair. Especially sad when you mention all the unique rich historical impact the UK has had. Tragic, what is going on?
They do - but just not right in the middle of cities.
Go to France - where there is no equivalent of the National Trust, and you'll see loads of beautiful but abandoned buildings in the countryside. I'm not talking small domestic houses here, but large buildings.
So yea, most European countries make sure their old buildings in their cities are well maintained and cared for. But go out of their cities, and it's a different story.
@@robtyman4281 Central Europe, in my experience look after their buildings and maintain them. Birmingham for example has eradicated most of its old buildings, instead of maintaining them. Sure new buildings in UK city centres, but majority of buildings gone. Prague for example the ratio is the opposite -they've kept their buildings.
As the video points out the levels of degradation (shops closed etc etc) as seen in Plymouth centre, is absent in most Europe cities. IME
It's communism
I’ve lived in Plymouth all my life and I have seen many a change over the years
Great work again.
Thanks for the kind words 🙏 appreciate it 👊
Its all by design, “You will own nothing and be HAPPY”. We are living in the Last Days, get right with JESUS, before its to late!
Jesus is King. The truth, the way, the light!
Back around the late 80s the metal night club was cool in Union Street even a day out in Plymouth was great. Sad to see everything is dying.
a lot of towns and cities are looking this bad now some worse than others! i hate seeing Boarded up Pubs . lots of reasons it's going this way it's too expensive for a night out so people go to the off licences and stay in no respect anymore with people just chucking litter on the streets and the Rat population going up! and Seagulls scavenging for scraps! when are you coming to Liverpool mate? it's got a bad reputation but it's diverse! some areas look run down but we also have rich gated communites and middle class suburbs the city centre is thriving but then you go to some areas in the North end - Clubmoor, Old Swan, Bootle, Everton etc and it's like a war zone but on the other hand Liverpool has fantastic nightlife lots of Students in the South end and lots of Tourists
@Joefish
well that’s conservative government for you take care of the wealthy ignore the poor
Tory austerity has destroyed the UK north to south.
Excellent video. So tragic the decline.
Thanks for the kind words 🙏
At 19:25 I wish you had inspected the Victorian *lido* up close (if there was access at all).
(As English is my 2nd language, I had never heard the expression "lido" before and had to look it up.👍)
Hey buddy! Thanks for watching and the comment! AHH the Lido, many British seaside resorts had them back in the day. Very few are still operating now. Hence my surprise. Thanks again mate 👍
It's still operational, and gets a fresh lick of paint ready for every summer season. Looks bloody grim in mid Winter when the sea has had at it, though!
Japan recently made house prices drop because of cost of living causing a massive drop in birth rates.
I think this is deliberate for us though. They will not change anything because they want us gone.
Some of the result of shopping on-line, no need for shops now. Lots of buildings owned by companies, business who shouldbe made responsible for buildings that they own.
The Internet killed the high Street.
....and so have the Tories - with 'forced austerity', and Brexit.
@@robtyman4281Brexit wasn't implemented.
@@tonyrobinson362 ...yes it was! lol.
Thank you Joe for documenting this devastation that the world may see, so sad 😢
Shame on you for ignoring all of the nice parts of Plymouth- of which there are many. EVERY major city in the uk has areas like this- go to Bristol, Birmingham, Southampton, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Hull ect.ect and you will find the same thing.
Yup i just been portsmouth (im from sussex) and brighton and big cities have bad and good areas. But this poor tour type gets more views
There’s homeless and abandoned buildings and loads of towns and cities.
Yes to the stupid amount of barbers. Absolute money laundering operations.
I spent many a time down union street during my Uni days in the late 90’s!
Some more than others and Plymouth has a lot!! Yes union Street was also thriving when I was last there maybe 15yrs ago. Not now! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍🙏
@@JoefishJ Used to be a nightclub ‘Jaspers’. Or was the fast food van?
It does look glum and depressing now.
Sad times.
I remember when I was at university there in 2009. When I saw that pub "The Firkin Doghouse" it made me laugh 😂