Damn. Seems like there its people have been forgotten, the abandoned, dilapidated old homes. Truly sad. Even the roads are not maintained. Thanks for showing us the other side, through your lens.
Yeah i lived there and many homes have been abandoned or wrecked. I dont live there anymore but i miss it a lot because thats where i was born and raised😭
I think the town REALLY deserves better and it DOES attract tourist. I always see people out and about. And there is a SMALL elite group of people in ties and professional dress always downtown. The town has potential, and deserves better. I will upload another video showing the towns NICE older homes the town has quite a few. LOTS of potential here. STILL WAYYYY better than BELLE GLADE or PAHOKEE in Florida... AT LEAST its got some stores and SOME shopping. I did see hiring signs.. so.. there ARE options. and you CAN commute into Montgomery or PRATTVILLE.. so the "there are no options" people are full of crap. I was very upset to see ONE PERSON cleaning while two houses down someone driving by littered. You got GOOD people TRYING and they gotta deal with a WHOLE BUNCH of crap from those who isn't.
I lived there 45 years ago in a United Methodist Children's Home, rite on Broad Street there is a big white building is in front of it looks like the white house , it's was beautiful there when I was a kid ...but I think a College bought it after the orphanage closed it was almost 150 years old ...it's still there just abandoned now😢😢 I attended Edgewood Elementary School then , Westside Junior highschool...on to Selma Highschool, like I said it was a lively beautiful city at that time this is so sad to see 😢😢
I spent much time at the childrens home in Selma and it was beautiful and wonderful. I remember skating at the skating rink many nights a week! What a grand old great 👍 place!!! Never any crime, and it was kept as beautiful as the Whitehouse! Everything changed around 1966-1967!!! It has never been the same! The churches , Parrish High School, the Methodist Children Home was a place straight out of Mayberry. I rode my bicycle from daylight to dark when the street lights came on! Wow what a wonderful life ,,,,, all destroyed by one event!!! Maybe one day it will return !!!!
I also attended Edgewood elementary school from the 3rd grade until 6th grade!!! It was a beautiful school with great teachers!!!! Parrish High School, ( Selma High after integration) was a great place and a beautiful place!!! So sad our young people could not experience this great way of life!
The problems with Selma are huge. Many have bought the beautiful old homes and tried desperately to repair them....they finally give up and leave them abandoned and empty. It takes a LOT of money. There is much crime in the town. Many disadvantaged citizens feel 'used' by the Civil Rights Movement. 'They promised us and did not deliver. They came and had their marches and left.'' They continue to live in poverty. To be fair, many often want their problems to be solved by others and do not understand that they must be a part of the progress. There is broken-ness and litter everywhere, burned out homes, trash and mattresses left beside the streets in residential areas, crime. Selma was at one time such a beautiful and refined town. Many have just given up and left for brighter futures. I am so hopeful that one day things will be different.
It takes quality people to manage a quality city!!! I will never forget Mayor Joe Smitherman!!! My bicycle got stolen in downtown Selma while I was getting my supply of Selma Times Journal News Papers! My boss the circulation manager called Mayor Smitherman! He told the Police Captain to get me a bicycle or take me on my route!! The entire police Department turned out and found my Bicycle in one hour! They arrested an 18 year old guy who had my bike on the back streets of downtown!!! He served 30 days in Jail for stealing my bicycle!!!
I was just there. I expected to see something like Detroit. What I saw was a very small "hood" area but a reasonably large section of the town that is functional and safe, if a bit dull. You are right. A few key people could get that little town back on its feet. It desperately needs something to do.
Quality of peopke cause this, those houses and neighborhoods use to be first class. That just shows you what not taken care of what is yours will happen. Who would let that happen. Those people expect someone to do it for them. Aint gonna happen.
THIS CITY IS HISTORICAL! SO SAD IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED. THERE SHOULD BE FEDERAL SUPPORT IN REVIVING THIS CITY. SELMA ALABAMA IS KNOWN AROUND THE GLOBE 🌎. THE POLITICAL LEADERS OF ALABAMA SHOULD SOLICIT HELP FOR THIS GREAT CITY.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS WHY NOT??? IF THIS GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE BILLIONS TO AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND UKRAINE!!! WHY NOT??? NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
A lot of areas up north look exactly like this and it’s depressing... I hate the isolation. Something about having people around is comforting to me...I love walking in crowds I love the bustle ...I know some people would have anxiety attacks around crowds 🤔
@@naserian.9789 africas mindset is poor. Look at beggars in Egypt tourist wont even go see the pyramids its so bad. Theres more money in africa but money isnt wealth when it can come and go sits on no foundation.. today your country is standing tomorow its overthrown with you in it.
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Damn. Seems like there its people have been forgotten, the abandoned, dilapidated old homes. Truly sad. Even the roads are not maintained. Thanks for showing us the other side, through your lens.
Yeah i lived there and many homes have been abandoned or wrecked. I dont live there anymore but i miss it a lot because thats where i was born and raised😭
No body working creates no tax dollars. No tax dollars create those roads and living conditions
I think the town REALLY deserves better and it DOES attract tourist. I always see people out and about. And there is a SMALL elite group of people in ties and professional dress always downtown. The town has potential, and deserves better. I will upload another video showing the towns NICE older homes the town has quite a few. LOTS of potential here. STILL WAYYYY better than BELLE GLADE or PAHOKEE in Florida... AT LEAST its got some stores and SOME shopping. I did see hiring signs.. so.. there ARE options. and you CAN commute into Montgomery or PRATTVILLE.. so the "there are no options" people are full of crap. I was very upset to see ONE PERSON cleaning while two houses down someone driving by littered. You got GOOD people TRYING and they gotta deal with a WHOLE BUNCH of crap from those who isn't.
I lived there 45 years ago in a United Methodist Children's Home, rite on Broad Street there is a big white building is in front of it looks like the white house , it's was beautiful there when I was a kid ...but I think a College bought it after the orphanage closed it was almost 150 years old ...it's still there just abandoned now😢😢 I attended Edgewood Elementary School then , Westside Junior highschool...on to Selma Highschool, like I said it was a lively beautiful city at that time this is so sad to see 😢😢
I spent much time at the childrens home in Selma and it was beautiful and wonderful. I remember skating at the skating rink many nights a week! What a grand old great 👍 place!!! Never any crime, and it was kept as beautiful as the Whitehouse! Everything changed around 1966-1967!!! It has never been the same! The churches , Parrish High School, the Methodist Children Home was a place straight out of Mayberry. I rode my bicycle from daylight to dark when the street lights came on! Wow what a wonderful life ,,,,, all destroyed by one event!!! Maybe one day it will return !!!!
I also attended Edgewood elementary school from the 3rd grade until 6th grade!!! It was a beautiful school with great teachers!!!! Parrish High School, ( Selma High after integration) was a great place and a beautiful place!!! So sad our young people could not experience this great way of life!
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One thing I did notice, everyone grass was cut yards look neat
The problems with Selma are huge. Many have bought the beautiful old homes and tried desperately to repair them....they finally give up and leave them abandoned and empty. It takes a LOT of money. There is much crime in the town. Many disadvantaged citizens feel 'used' by the Civil Rights Movement. 'They promised us and did not deliver. They came and had their marches and left.'' They continue to live in poverty. To be fair, many often want their problems to be solved by others and do not understand that they must be a part of the progress. There is broken-ness and litter everywhere, burned out homes, trash and mattresses left beside the streets in residential areas, crime. Selma was at one time such a beautiful and refined town. Many have just given up and left for brighter futures. I am so hopeful that one day things will be different.
It takes quality people to manage a quality city!!! I will never forget Mayor Joe Smitherman!!! My bicycle got stolen in downtown Selma while I was getting my supply of Selma Times Journal News Papers! My boss the circulation manager called Mayor Smitherman! He told the Police Captain to get me a bicycle or take me on my route!! The entire police Department turned out and found my Bicycle in one hour! They arrested an 18 year old guy who had my bike on the back streets of downtown!!! He served 30 days in Jail for stealing my bicycle!!!
Would like to visit there one day thanks for sharing
The potential here is enormous!! And people are slowly realizing it. There is a lot more to Selma than what is being shown.
That’s true! Lots of revitalization is happening in Selma!!! I just moved back from Birmingham and loves it! Love the new growth that’s happening!!!
I was just there. I expected to see something like Detroit. What I saw was a very small "hood" area but a reasonably large section of the town that is functional and safe, if a bit dull.
You are right. A few key people could get that little town back on its feet.
It desperately needs something to do.
It's actually a really nice peaceful neighborhood just the houses are run down for the most part . Take some money in your hand and fix it.
It's really quiet out there I lived there 11years and almost 12years now
Prayers for funds to revitalize this so deserving landmark
Where is the 88BR homes out side Craig Air Force Base I was there in 1969 until 1974 you never show these houses I would love to see these home
could be so beautiful I hope we can all work to redevelop places like this in america bc it could easily look immaculate.
Looks eerily similar to Selma NC in a way
Quality of peopke cause this, those houses and neighborhoods use to be first class. That just shows you what not taken care of what is yours will happen. Who would let that happen. Those people expect someone to do it for them. Aint gonna happen.
THIS CITY IS HISTORICAL! SO SAD IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED. THERE SHOULD BE FEDERAL SUPPORT IN REVIVING THIS CITY. SELMA ALABAMA IS KNOWN AROUND THE GLOBE 🌎. THE POLITICAL LEADERS OF ALABAMA SHOULD SOLICIT HELP FOR THIS GREAT CITY.
🤣🤣🤣 what makes you think an openly racist government is going to protect an African American site?
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS WHY NOT??? IF THIS GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE BILLIONS TO AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND UKRAINE!!! WHY NOT??? NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
A lot of areas up north look exactly like this and it’s depressing... I hate the isolation. Something about having people around is comforting to me...I love walking in crowds I love the bustle ...I know some people would have anxiety attacks around crowds 🤔
I like crowds and i like space as well
That city looks like a "Third World Country!!!" How horrible and depressing. Sad!!!
AND THAN ADD RACISM TO THE MIX
Of course many part of America is 3rd world country. They only show how Africa is poor.
@@naserian.9789 africas mindset is poor. Look at beggars in Egypt tourist wont even go see the pyramids its so bad. Theres more money in africa but money isnt wealth when it can come and go sits on no foundation.. today your country is standing tomorow its overthrown with you in it.
People like the guy running this channel can not understand how quality people make a great difference!!!
It looks so depressing.
It’s not
coming from someone who lives there it isn’t as bad as it looks.
You should head back to Selma and eat at Hancock's Barbecue. You won't be disappointed.
WILL DO..
It’s so sad how my people are treated may God have mercy on our oppressors!
most of the worst treatment in 2023 comes from within.
My house burnt down 🤦🏿😔
Sorry. Selma is just a sad place sometimes
Looks like the people don’t care.
😂🤦Ian see one hood in this video
Looks rough.
It’s not
soooo sad.
Well what can you say👎🏿 shame
This city looks nothing like Detroit
Boii you was no where near the hood 😂☠️
Ong 😂
I did a video south of the bridge too its coming soon
I love in the hood U in the crip
I like selma somehow.. not sure why tho
May you not record my house again 😒
Cameras are everywhere sir, all new cars are REQUIRED to have them.
Where is Obama an Oprah they got millions an billions you think they be helping but keep voting democratic an this is what you get
This is just one of hundreds of dilapidated areas in the US. That was a crazy statement.