Jesus loves us repent and turn from your sins he loves us im not perfect noone is but he stiil loves us all i falll a lot but he picks me back up and forgives me and washes my sins THANK YOU LORD!!
That's kind of the point. If you're trying to score heroin at 3:30 in the morning you might come to a bad end. If you walk around in the daytime there's nothing to be afraid of.
@@61hink no that isn’t the point at all, his videos don’t really show what the‘most dangerous hoods’ are truly like, it’s diluted cos he and others darent go there at night.
@@scubahooduk you can give them new build luxury flats as social tenants - london does - and they will still turn the neighbourhood into a third world shithole. non-europeans create non-european outcomes.
@@JamesSmith-ny2gb obviously not a magical solution... but police actively patrolling areas known to be dangerous would be the right thing to do. Clearly some people want these areas to be controlled by gangs.
We visited Tottenham a few years ago and had no problems, the locals were fine especially the older Caribbean people. Had a drink in the Bricklayers arms near the stadium, great pub, and we did the stadium tour it is a magnificent stadium.
I walked through Tottenham and nothing happened to me, there's a ghetto in every area. If you get court at the wrong time at the wrong place something can happen but Tottenham ain't the worse place to live in London that's bullshit!
I live in South London, but worked for about 4 years in Tottenham. Generally a nice place, people are friendly. For people coming from sleepy areas, like the rural England would find this area very loud. Loud voices may feel pretty intimidating. The real danger is from the gangs. There are a lot of them. Take care not to be caught up in gang fights. Otherwise, you may be pretty ok.
Yeah real talk.all these youtubers are full of shit and plan their journeys as safe as possible.therefore not really showing what these areas are really like.all of London is a toilet
"People doing the wrong thing to do the right thing" makes you sound like a fucking clown. So all the shit that happens in third world London is OK because it's in order to make money? You can make money without ruining the area you live in and making other people's lives a misery. You're a loser.
I was born in Tottenham in 1955 and lived my first 25 years there. I have been married to an Asian for almost 40 years and throughout my life, the majority of my friends have been black or Asian. However, objectively, there is no doubt that the decline in Tottenham is the result of wide-scale immigration. Not the Windrush generation who settled in the Mount Pleasant Road/Black Boy Lane area who were almost without exception law abiding people but it is later generations.
@@JamesSmith-ny2gb Irrespective of whether it's a simple or complex situation, the fact is the decline was brought on by wide-scale immigration. I know you open-borders supporters don't like facts but you should be ashamed that you are making excuses for anti-social behaviour and criminality.
During daytime between 9 am and 6 pm you can walk through many dangerous neighborhoods, even here in the US. The shootings and stabbing occur mostly when it gets dark. In Portland where I am currently, the homeless, the addicted, the mentally disturbed and also the dealers and users take over when darkness falls. Make a video in Hazelwood, Portland, Oregon starting at 11 pm.
also there are different sorts of trouble. you got junkies, she just sort of roam around and are generally harmless, the serious gangsters who you would never ever see or even know what they are doing, and then the hoodlums who are basically those 14 year old kids with facial hair cause their testosterone levels are so high they wonder about in platoon, you happen to meet one of them and they are alone, they are usually really nice and sweet and will even smile, but the moment they are with their mates its all 1000 yard stares with their hood up.
Hey Ben, if you want to absolutely give someone some money, tell them you want to give them a something for their kids, it's a way to get around the pride/hospitality thing. Love that guy from Afghanistan, what a gent!!
Croydon’s rough only place I’ve been in the uk & seen gangs hanging on the streets in the day & I mean real gangs not boys just chilling in numbers. Second time I visited I left my jewellery at home 😂 not worth getting killed over lol
Ben, I live in Tottenham and recognised many of the places that you were taken to by your chaperone. Trust me, Tottenham has its reputation for a reason and it is not getting any better. Have you read the crime stats?
Crime way down in Tottenham. Couldn’t care less about gang crime, wannabe gangsters or drug dealers. They don’t bother me. Just get off RUclips and everywhere feels safe.
As someone whos lived there for 8 years, and im actually the age of all these people committing the crimes, i can confirm that it actually is THAT bad. I see all these videos saying that its all love and positivity when i know from experience its not
Sometimes people just go to work and come back home. They go out for drinks on the weekend and get a cab back home. Teenagers who grow up around there usually have a different perspective.
Its terrible whats happening to England and the rest of the U.K, towns and cities left to rot a decay, councils not given enough money to do the basics, like clean the streets and cut the grass. Its a absolute discrase that the politicians turn a blind eye, and pretend their doing a good job. The whole country needs overhauling and refurbishing, they done it before just after ww2 in a dire financial situation, they done it the 60's and 70's and f'ed it up but atleast they tried. They desperately need to find away to do it again now, because the problem isnt going to go away its going to get worse. This is meant to be G.B, they need to show a lot more pride in their country, from the smallest council estate to the biggest city.
@@Leojw10 Do you mean, but then London and the other decayed cities and towns in G.B, have to revive their high streets after the re development to make the economy of those towns and cities sustainable. The answer is yes, and its not easy, but they have to at least try in my opinion.
The problem is Councils spend money unchecked. Tower Hamlets brings in millions from Canary Wharf alone but there is so much waste on vanity projects that they need to strip it back to basics, focus on essential categories that need Money and deal with the basics of giving good support to life. If there is any money left then go and plant a tree or whatever nonsense wokery sucks cash from the basics. Councils act like small dictator states within a state. It all needs a complete overhaul. £42,855 - £46,053 for an Enforcement officer, this is basically a bod in a Uniform going around fining people for dropping a fag butt. A skilled job for sure paying skilled money, I might apply.
The more of these videos I watch, the more depressed I get. Really feels like this country is in the shit sometimes. Crummy looking streets, run down areas, loads of wannabe gangsters. Glad I have very little reason to go to London.
what I find concerning is that all the people from the area seem to be saying it's a good place to live? I find that strange, do we have any standards these days?
@@annar6294 most people are always gonna have a soft spot for their home town, despite it's flaws. It could also be a coping mechanism, acting like things are better than they truly are.
The grass has likely been left uncut for a month for what's called 'No Mow May' to help bees and insects, I think it looks nicer with flowers and longer grass anyway.
Its not so much no mow may m8 its not pay to mow march to may. Cash saving councils are skint. Notice nobody in the houses will get off there arse and do it. Speaks volumes spend 2000 calories moaning about a 500 calorie job.
@@LiClan when I've lived there, Tooting and Mitcham, got stabbing or rapes in local newspaper multiple times per year. Not as rough as in Thornton Heat and Croydon, but still...
Is it f*ck still dangerous at night. There's nobody about at night. Northumberland park area (where the chicken place was at the end of the video, but a further up a bit), is the only place you might (might, but not really) want to avoid at night. However, even that is pretty safe unless you walk around like an idiot.
I grew up in Tottenham just off white hart lane. Went to school in Edmonton the place was crazy I used to train all the time at Tottenham boxing club on the high road kept me out of trouble. It made me street wise that’s for sure. There was a place called the reck bike track right next to broad water farm. Loved going there in the 90s. Growing up in Tottenham was 1 of my best and most dangerous times of my life.
this place only gets worse to live near, ive seen kids blow up fireworks in buses and try to throw people under buses the shit ive seen here is truly dire and it just gets worse day by day
True! The capital city of Nigeria is Abuja with a population of about 1 million .. I for some reason thought it was Lagos as well.. Lagos is Nigerias and the whole of Africas most populous city with around 21 million inhabitants..
I'd also be willing to stake my entire mortgage on the following: -He hates Donald Trump -He think Just Stop Oil are a force for good, and that Greta Thunberg is a hero and a beacon of wisdowm.... -He's pro-Palestine..... This is all without watching even a second of the video btw.........
@@Palestine_Pakistan There's nothing English about a bunch of Jafaicans, Londinistan is coined as such for a reason. These people are not British- if you went back to Victorian England, and saw people's spin offs of Asia/Middle East/ and South Central LA Gang culture 😂 Before you say I'm racist, you don't go to Japan and see Africans everywhere, you don't go to Mongolia and see Hispanics in their popular culture. This is NOT British culture.
@@Palestine_Pakistan Why don't you f"'k off to G@Za then, and ask them why the 53 UAE countries won't take them in and to free Isre@l'z hostages, Because *you* are jealous of Juicccccce and have an infiority complex.
I was around Tottenham in May 2011 to watch my team (Birmingham City) play. After the game (where there were one or two scuffles) we ended up in some estate nearby where they'd parked our coach. The coach I was on wasn't a normal fans coach but rather one run by the Zulus, the old school hooligans. It was fascinating that even in a high crime area like that, that we still needed what must have been 100 police officers just to guard our coach and keep us contained. What was also fascinating was the reaction of the local especially in the flats, it was like they were amazed at seeing police that weren't looking for THEM.
Haha he actually was there that day but was totally chilled out and enjoying the social gathering. In fact what must have looked like a standoff between the Zulus and the police at one point was simply one bloke explaining that he's a millionaire now and no matter what they think, isn't there for trouble.
Tottenham is a rather depressed poor area with a reputation for crime and gang violence. However having said that let's not exaggerate the problem. People live there , they get by, and some even flourish. It needs investment for sure
I used to hang around Tottenham and Wood Green loads as a kid. Didn’t live too far from there. Lovely people. Haven’t been back in a very long time but have great memories of the place. ❤
Dude, I loved this video. As a londoner you're genuine down to earth interviewing is top notch. You actually uncovered alot of love that is there in London if you dig a but deeper, you do that very well mate. Props to you 👌🙌🫶🙏
Tottenham is, without question, a sh*thole, meaning an area characterised by high crime, high poverty, low levels of property-ownership, and a high rate of dependency on social housing. This is why it was, 21 years ago, cheap enough for me to buy a place in. As a matter of fact, I live a 10-minute walk away from the Broadwater Farm Estate. In the course of his murder during the infamous Broadwater Farm riots of 1985, PC Keith Blakelock was practically decapitated, I understand. Then, one day in August 2011, my flatmate Vicky came to my room and told me that her boyfriend, who lived on Tottenham High Road, had told her that there had just been a shooting there. The morning after, in shops, at bus stops and in supermarket queues everywhere in N17, absolutely everyone was talking about the shocking, local rioting of the previous evening. As you know, the 2011 Tottenham riot sparked about a week of nationwide rioting and looting. Notwithstanding all these ugly facts about my local area, is N17 really "more feared" than any other part of London? Please show me your evidence for saying so and say what you actually mean by "feared". Or you can just ignore my comment, especially if this vid is just a bit of fun, haha! 😆
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what on earth happened to good old England ? I can't believe my eyes . Is this real ? It looks like a mad max film . If I was a poltician I would dig a hole in the ground and disappear !
@@PatrickDeSmet-rg5ff fought two wars in europe & went from richest nation in the world to debt slave of the americans. we will fix it. other nations had centuries of humiliation, then a revolution, then kicked on
Must’ve never been to London or were just born yesterday, the people you’re looking at in this video are 2nd to 3rd generation migrants, they’ve been here ages, it’s not new? Not to say it’s a place I’d ever go to
I live in London, I can leave my door open after midnight and only cats and mosquitos bother me lol. I have black neighbours, no problems. No fear of being burgled by them 😎
I used to live in Walthamstow about 17 years ago and used to go through Tottenham quite a bit, I’ve even walked through the broad water farm estate alone and didn’t experience any problems or trouble.
I'm not a redhead, but his comment got me angry. What sort of person or group thinks that knocking down people is a game? Not the sort that should be living in the UK that's for sure. Disgusting individual.
I lived in the Caribbean for 5 years and the Jamaicans were the friendliest and happiest people I've ever met. Maybe that's because the sun is always shining!
8:10 Mate, why should the government care more about your block than you do? I live in the suburbs. If things don't get done here for whatever reason, locals go out and pick litter or cut the grass themselves. It's even more like that in small villages. The state of a place reflects the people and how much they care. People in the ghettos always talk about how bad the area is, but then they contribute to it by perpetuating the same mindset and taking pride in being hood. Is it good or bad? If you do right and make some effort, don't give people respect for doing shady things, the area will slowly improve.
Yeah the government isn't the ones dumping trash. That's you and your neighbours doing that. Take some collective responsibility for making/keeping your neighbourhood a nice place and maybe it could actually BE a nice place. Always someone elses fault though.
@@anfieldreds_1892 there are plenty of videos of the Victorian era on RUclips, or photographs, and London was undoubtedly a beautiful city. Today it’s a shithole, occupied by foreigners.
Much nicer nowadays. So King’s Cross is a slum now and was good before? One example of dozens. Great area nowadays. So the old Hackney was better and nicer? Even posh kids move to Peckham , Brixton ….. these days. Why. Because they are nicer . You prefer 150 more yearly murders and endless hooligans like the good old days?
I didn't know it had that reputation. When I was in London I walked from Blackhorse Road to White Heart Lane at about 10 pm and didnt really feel scared.
Brit in the States here. Been in Philadelphia, PA for a couple of decades, but am moving back. Was checking out how rough some areas are, and it turns out, Philly is 1041.1 crimes per 100,000. So, as I've only seen as high as 120 per 100,000 in Cleveland/Redcar, or such, I'm pretty sure I'll be all good! Cheers.
@@thomasglover7937 No, sorry I haven't. I actually didn't even know there was a series. Thank you, and I'll be sure to look into it! Actually, finishing watching the movie right now LOL.
@@lewisfruen5648 I really want to. It's on my bucket list. Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Manchester are my top 3 cities to visit so far, if I ever go on tour there.
@@ArmoMan87Absolutely brilliant film. They made two seasons after "this is England 86" and I think "this is England 96". Film was when National Front was still pretty big. (Remember my old man telling me stories of annoying annoying shit out of em haha).
This is nonsense. Tottenham is fine. It's multi-ethnic yes (that already scares some people apparently) and some parts of it are rough but hell if you go on or near a counsel estate you are kinda asking for it (and there are many shady counsel estates all around London). I walked through Tottenham in the middle of the night in a suit for 6 months, nothing ever happened. Some parts you may want to avoid maybe but most of it is totally fine.
Used to live there from 2013 till 2016 , first when I came to UK . Must say I still miss Tottenham, never been hustled , never had problems and as everyone says great community. Ofc if you look for trouble anywhere you will find it but for me that we're my first years in London and I loved it . Big up Tottenham
Eyes not sure Tottenham is the most feared place in London and to why ? Brixton, Harlesden,Hackney also got rep,for being so called Feared. The only Place in Tottenham being notorious is Broadwater Farm.
Great video, grew up in South London (Abbey Wood) myself and it is sad to see many parts of London now neglected to the point they’re forgotten. But being a Tottenham fan myself and going to Tottenham for the last 20 years - I’ll always have a soft spot for the area.
@@Mikke-G when the British took over dozens of countries they too were never asked and consequence was far more than having donner kebab shops at the end of the road.
@@Mikke-G if u got £1.4m u can buy the house next door to mine in battersea sw11. Seems expensive for 3rd world. Welfare made it 3rd world and check ONS to see who more relies on it before the garbbage you spewing it here.
@@allykhan8594 that tired old argument: “your ancestors were better than my ancestors at waging war, so now you should just roll over and let your country be destroyed”
It’s terrible how immigration laws and rules are broken down in Britain as well in the USA, do you have a bunch of people that would not assimilate to these countries, and they just come off to benefit financially benefits, and things that these countries offer. But to me still eastern Europe, is that something that I would look forward to and this side of the world?
Yep especially if you look at the demographics of people living in council housing. Much of these people are being subsidised by the British themselves.
Coming from Scotland my opinion of London is, and likely always will be, well, the opening song of Sweeny Todd - There's No Place Like London. But I have to say, for a rough bit, honestly from that video, Tottenham doesn't look too bad. And major kudos to the Lady at ~ 19:30 for her elucidation on the capital's urban expansion.
@@_Professor_Oak Literally every other country in the EU has armed police officers, except Norway but they have their arms in their patrol cars, they don't have them on their foot
@@_Professor_Oak err it's the civilians with guns that are the problem. Guess who has more guns in the UK than the army and police.....that's right the public. All police should be trained and armed.
"It's great and we have a strong sense of community and if you walk down this road by youself you'll be robbed but it's brilliant around here and there were guys with ak47s chasing each other up and down this road but i's very quiet - a good place - and npk gang runs this area and people are living in tents and cars but it's a great family area and we get together to sort out any problems....." It shows that people will eventually normalize anything.
The infamous Tottenham is one of the areas of London where there truly is a community spirit and people of all backgrounds and from all over the world take care of each other. Go on down Brixton now, that place looks like Philadelphia, "junkies in the alley with a baseball bat", and wouldn't call it dangerous but sad.
9:27 It's a bit ironic saying don't listen to the media, it's not that dangerous, and then claiming that you can easily be intimidated and robbed through walking through what is essentially public ground... I live very close to this area, and have been robbed a few times as young as 12. The media don't talk about Tottenham being dangerous for no reason at all.
😂if a white criminal is killed by police everyone says good riddance, if he’s black he’s a victim, and everyone riots, that’s just the sad reality of Britain today. And will become a big problem in the future. The link between black people and Islam baffles me because nobody has been more cruel to black peoples than Arab Muslims.
Really interesting to watch. London is of course full of all of these diverse neighbouhoods, and I find it hilarious that some of the comments think this is what the whole of London is.
Nice try at polishing a Turd Ben! How can anyone find that acceptable that you can’t walk around these areas without local minders? Trust me as a former North London lad, I would be taking my life in my hands if I walked around there when Spurs weren’t playing in the evening! Never said a racist word in my life, certainly been subjected to racism myself though, some violent, mostly verbal!
Part 2 from the ‘hoods’ of London now out 🇬🇧 link - ruclips.net/video/WC59tdiLYUw/видео.htmlsi=w2QIQiNMx05CTfEJ
Jesus loves us repent and turn from your sins he loves us im not perfect noone is but he stiil loves us all i falll a lot but he picks me back up and forgives me and washes my sins THANK YOU LORD!!
It looked nicer in call the midwife than now lol
What hell is dis n what is a roadman😊
Notice how all these “most dangerous hoods” videos are all in the daytime and nothing ever happens? Go on a Saturday at 1:00am.
That's kind of the point. If you're trying to score heroin at 3:30 in the morning you might come to a bad end. If you walk around in the daytime there's nothing to be afraid of.
@@HavingaSHOCKER He's a poverty tourism, clickbaiter
@@61hink no that isn’t the point at all, his videos don’t really show what the‘most dangerous hoods’ are truly like, it’s diluted cos he and others darent go there at night.
Why would they go out at night?
@@1Eleven_For him to go there at night would be suicidal.
What is it with people from London claiming there are ghettos. A council flat paid for by the government is not a ghetto.
A ghetto is just a poor area filled with mostly minorities.
@@scubahooduk you can give them new build luxury flats as social tenants - london does - and they will still turn the neighbourhood into a third world shithole. non-europeans create non-european outcomes.
What makes it ghetto then?
It turns into one and generally the surrounding area
you don't really know by definition what a ghetto is though.
definition= a poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups
The only reason it is dangerous is because the police lets them get away with it.
You’re dumb
The amount of police won’t fix the problems that lead to crime
@@JamesSmith-ny2gb obviously not a magical solution... but police actively patrolling areas known to be dangerous would be the right thing to do. Clearly some people want these areas to be controlled by gangs.
@JamesSmith-ny2gb and what are those? We all know the truth
💯 facts drive in around passing sweetie packages out off car 🚘 ! And the police 👮♂️ don’t stop them!
We visited Tottenham a few years ago and had no problems, the locals were fine especially the older Caribbean people. Had a drink in the Bricklayers arms near the stadium, great pub, and we did the stadium tour it is a magnificent stadium.
I walked through Tottenham and nothing happened to me, there's a ghetto in every area. If you get court at the wrong time at the wrong place something can happen but Tottenham ain't the worse place to live in London that's bullshit!
I lived in Tottenham in the 90s I had no problem at all!
Is that where tater tot came from
I live in South London, but worked for about 4 years in Tottenham. Generally a nice place, people are friendly. For people coming from sleepy areas, like the rural England would find this area very loud. Loud voices may feel pretty intimidating. The real danger is from the gangs. There are a lot of them. Take care not to be caught up in gang fights. Otherwise, you may be pretty ok.
Why are you discvering feared areas in the morning? Go after 10pm
It’ll be like the Thriller video then, for sure 👍
Yes they all sleep in the daytime after a hectic night 🌙, go out after dark mate
Right? He obviously went so early on purpose, no bad boys about before 6pm lol
@_Professor_Oak true its all knifes out 🔪 after 6
Yeah real talk.all these youtubers are full of shit and plan their journeys as safe as possible.therefore not really showing what these areas are really like.all of London is a toilet
Pleasure working with you mate 🔥🔥
yes Jay!! legend thank you once again
How much did he pay you? He’s a cheap ass you know. Even his girl says so
"People doing the wrong thing to do the right thing" makes you sound like a fucking clown. So all the shit that happens in third world London is OK because it's in order to make money? You can make money without ruining the area you live in and making other people's lives a misery. You're a loser.
Thx for your insight and keeping Ben alive! Lol
@@chad-bf7zi Are you passing judgement on someone for traveling the world on a budget?
I was born in Tottenham in 1955 and lived my first 25 years there. I have been married to an Asian for almost 40 years and throughout my life, the majority of my friends have been black or Asian. However, objectively, there is no doubt that the decline in Tottenham is the result of wide-scale immigration. Not the Windrush generation who settled in the Mount Pleasant Road/Black Boy Lane area who were almost without exception law abiding people but it is later generations.
Blaming immigration is an easy conclusion to a complex issue
@@JamesSmith-ny2gb Irrespective of whether it's a simple or complex situation, the fact is the decline was brought on by wide-scale immigration. I know you open-borders supporters don't like facts but you should be ashamed that you are making excuses for anti-social behaviour and criminality.
correct... The planned invasion type ones
@@JamesSmith-ny2gb 🤣
@@Tony-tourette I did not raise the issue of colour. Some people are obsessed by it.
During daytime between 9 am and 6 pm you can walk through many dangerous neighborhoods, even here in the US. The shootings and stabbing occur mostly when it gets dark. In Portland where I am currently, the homeless, the addicted, the mentally disturbed and also the dealers and users take over when darkness falls. Make a video in Hazelwood, Portland, Oregon starting at 11 pm.
also there are different sorts of trouble. you got junkies, she just sort of roam around and are generally harmless, the serious gangsters who you would never ever see or even know what they are doing, and then the hoodlums who are basically those 14 year old kids with facial hair cause their testosterone levels are so high they wonder about in platoon, you happen to meet one of them and they are alone, they are usually really nice and sweet and will even smile, but the moment they are with their mates its all 1000 yard stares with their hood up.
You're talking about the US you need shit you're racist ass up.. You're not form Europe we do t live like you degenerate Americans
UK have no hoods compared to the US. far from.
@@anfieldreds_1892it's still very dangerous at night
@@SetASpark no doubt but there is no 1-2-1 comparison
I love when the woman said "I'm a historian" with such a proud look on her face
This man talking about Tottenham like it's the wild west absolute fakeness
I genuinely laughed out loud she delivered that line like an Eagle
Or 90s American @@Blacktolite
That vendor from Afghanistan was such a lovely guy. Couldn't have been any nicer.
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I like he saying " Life is Hard, we have to be harder "
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Is he Christian
The nicest Afghans are only to be found in........Afghanistan.
Hey Ben, if you want to absolutely give someone some money, tell them you want to give them a something for their kids, it's a way to get around the pride/hospitality thing. Love that guy from Afghanistan, what a gent!!
wow yes that’s a great piece of advice. will need to try that. thanks
Croydon is probably the roughest part of London now
It is a shit hole
it really isn`t
I'm well travelled and live up North, and Croydon is the most dangerous place i've been to.
A truly vile place.
Yep, a Tuesday afternoon in West Croydon can be quite dangerous.
Croydon’s rough only place I’ve been in the uk & seen gangs hanging on the streets in the day & I mean real gangs not boys just chilling in numbers. Second time I visited I left my jewellery at home 😂 not worth getting killed over lol
Ben, I live in Tottenham and recognised many of the places that you were taken to by your chaperone. Trust me, Tottenham has its reputation for a reason and it is not getting any better. Have you read the crime stats?
Crime way down in Tottenham. Couldn’t care less about gang crime, wannabe gangsters or drug dealers. They don’t bother me. Just get off RUclips and everywhere feels safe.
@@JohnSmith-sm7ezSo just fully ignore the problem? What a stupid thing to say.
@@JohnSmith-sm7ez I guarantee that the likelihood I'll get stabbed will be 0% if I stay where I live in the west country which is 99% white British
I used to work in social housing. The grass isn't cut because nobody want's to work and cut it. Just complain whilst the council pays the rent.
As someone whos lived there for 8 years, and im actually the age of all these people committing the crimes, i can confirm that it actually is THAT bad. I see all these videos saying that its all love and positivity when i know from experience its not
Thanks, some honesty, not all lovey-dovey bs
Sometimes people just go to work and come back home. They go out for drinks on the weekend and get a cab back home. Teenagers who grow up around there usually have a different perspective.
Brixton
Its terrible whats happening to England and the rest of the U.K, towns and cities left to rot a decay, councils not given enough money to
do the basics, like clean the streets and cut the grass. Its a absolute discrase that the politicians turn a blind eye, and pretend their doing
a good job. The whole country needs overhauling and refurbishing, they done it before just after ww2 in a dire financial situation, they done
it the 60's and 70's and f'ed it up but atleast they tried. They desperately need to find away to do it again now, because the problem isnt
going to go away its going to get worse. This is meant to be G.B, they need to show a lot more pride in their country, from the smallest
council estate to the biggest city.
But then London and a few towns revive there high streets
@@Leojw10
Do you mean, but then London and the other decayed cities and towns in G.B, have to revive their high streets after the
re development to make the economy of those towns and cities sustainable. The answer is yes, and its not easy, but they
have to at least try in my opinion.
The problem is Councils spend money unchecked. Tower Hamlets brings in millions from Canary Wharf alone but there is so much waste on vanity projects that they need to strip it back to basics, focus on essential categories that need Money and deal with the basics of giving good support to life. If there is any money left then go and plant a tree or whatever nonsense wokery sucks cash from the basics. Councils act like small dictator states within a state. It all needs a complete overhaul. £42,855 - £46,053 for an Enforcement officer, this is basically a bod in a Uniform going around fining people for dropping a fag butt. A skilled job for sure paying skilled money, I might apply.
It was worse years ago !
The Problem is corruption
The more of these videos I watch, the more depressed I get. Really feels like this country is in the shit sometimes. Crummy looking streets, run down areas, loads of wannabe gangsters. Glad I have very little reason to go to London.
Anybody who lives near a city has at least driven/walked through a place like this before. It's nothing new and nothing exclusive to our country.
Pu$$y like you not welcome in London bruv, stay in your countryside.
what I find concerning is that all the people from the area seem to be saying it's a good place to live? I find that strange, do we have any standards these days?
@@annar6294 most people are always gonna have a soft spot for their home town, despite it's flaws. It could also be a coping mechanism, acting like things are better than they truly are.
no one wants to be a gangster people grow up in estates where theres murders and violence no one wants to be a wanna be
9am on a Saturday morning is possibly the safest time to be out around there! Would love to see you wondering around at 1am on a Thursday!
After 7pm it gets dodgy enough
He would have balls of granite
crap ...whats to be scared of .. ?
@@krishnan-resurrection714 there’s a few things to cautious of in not sure about scared
@@LiClan more like trying to shit up whitey with bullshit ..
The grass has likely been left uncut for a month for what's called 'No Mow May' to help bees and insects, I think it looks nicer with flowers and longer grass anyway.
I noticed the same thing in my council estate. It smells nice.
Its not so much no mow may m8 its not pay to mow march to may. Cash saving councils are skint. Notice nobody in the houses will get off there arse and do it. Speaks volumes spend 2000 calories moaning about a 500 calorie job.
And he lived and grew up there to not know that ha ha. No connection with nature just talking taught at boring blocks
I don’t want to be on camera.
You’re not on camera
Puts him on camera.
Probably on a watchlist too
LOL he wasn't he came over kicking off. So then he was
@@BackpackerBenlegend
@@BackpackerBen i think that was Baldr in disguise
@@BackpackerBenBen you should explore Poland with bald. Go to Gdansk. Sopot and Westerplatte where WW2 started
I've lived in Tottenham and it's place like any other in London. Croydon and Toothing was worse. Nothing crazy nor supper scary.
Tooting? I know Croydon is quite messy sometimes but never heard of Tooting being a rough place
@@LiClan when I've lived there, Tooting and Mitcham, got stabbing or rapes in local newspaper multiple times per year. Not as rough as in Thornton Heat and Croydon, but still...
Tooting is not worse than northumberland heath, or thornton heath
The only rough places in Croydon is Heath and maybe West Croydon. Everywhere else is calm. That being said, Heath and Tottenham are very similar
I live in Tooting it's average for London .
Broadwater Farm ain’t as dangerous as in 80s and 90s when the Jamaicans were running it. Still dangerous especially at night
Is it f*ck still dangerous at night. There's nobody about at night. Northumberland park area (where the chicken place was at the end of the video, but a further up a bit), is the only place you might (might, but not really) want to avoid at night. However, even that is pretty safe unless you walk around like an idiot.
I grew up in Tottenham just off white hart lane. Went to school in Edmonton the place was crazy I used to train all the time at Tottenham boxing club on the high road kept me out of trouble. It made me street wise that’s for sure. There was a place called the reck bike track right next to broad water farm. Loved going there in the 90s. Growing up in Tottenham was 1 of my best and most dangerous times of my life.
this place only gets worse to live near, ive seen kids blow up fireworks in buses and try to throw people under buses
the shit ive seen here is truly dire and it just gets worse day by day
I'm from South Tottenham, live 5 mins from that fruit & veg stall. So proud of how kind and friendly everyone is ❤️💪❤️
Christ, the "Know what I mean" brigade are so boring, they think everything they have to say is of high importance... Know what I mean...
Noam sayin
Yeah..... It's quite unbearable. Funny how the worse an area is, the more self-proclaimed "historians/speakers of wisdom/geniuses" etc there are
Innit " bro"
@Gurra_Gforce they are selling their opinions to get a bit of publicity.
And Mandem too
I'm from London. About 40 years ago, I had a house quite close to Broadwater Farm. It took me back to those days watching this. Thanks for posting.
@2:38, He says Lagos is the capital of Nigeria. This is wrong. Lagos ain't the capital of Nigeria.
True! The capital city of Nigeria is Abuja with a population of about 1 million .. I for some reason thought it was Lagos as well.. Lagos is Nigerias and the whole of Africas most populous city with around 21 million inhabitants..
Walk around Tottenham at night and see if it’s a nice place
You're a Nazi with an infiority complex for hating Jewish people, you should keep walking around at night and Don't stop until we meet.
I'd also be willing to stake my entire mortgage on the following:
-He hates Donald Trump
-He think Just Stop Oil are a force for good, and that Greta Thunberg is a hero and a beacon of wisdowm....
-He's pro-Palestine.....
This is all without watching even a second of the video btw.........
From Bruce Grove to Edmonton Green😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@Palestine_Pakistan There's nothing English about a bunch of Jafaicans, Londinistan is coined as such for a reason.
These people are not British- if you went back to Victorian England, and saw people's spin offs of Asia/Middle East/ and South Central LA Gang culture 😂
Before you say I'm racist, you don't go to Japan and see Africans everywhere, you don't go to Mongolia and see Hispanics in their popular culture.
This is NOT British culture.
@@Palestine_Pakistan Why don't you f"'k off to G@Za then, and ask them why the 53 UAE countries won't take them in and to free Isre@l'z hostages, Because *you* are jealous of Juicccccce and have an infiority complex.
I was around Tottenham in May 2011 to watch my team (Birmingham City) play. After the game (where there were one or two scuffles) we ended up in some estate nearby where they'd parked our coach.
The coach I was on wasn't a normal fans coach but rather one run by the Zulus, the old school hooligans.
It was fascinating that even in a high crime area like that, that we still needed what must have been 100 police officers just to guard our coach and keep us contained.
What was also fascinating was the reaction of the local especially in the flats, it was like they were amazed at seeing police that weren't looking for THEM.
Theyd have needed 100 old Bill to stop 1 eyed baz if things got naughty. 🙏 Rip
Haha he actually was there that day but was totally chilled out and enjoying the social gathering.
In fact what must have looked like a standoff between the Zulus and the police at one point was simply one bloke explaining that he's a millionaire now and no matter what they think, isn't there for trouble.
@@adebolabloke6962 Great memories 👍👍
Great People Stay safe All, Thanks Ben. From Walthamstow My self Now in Yorkshire
"They'll take your glasses, take your camera... but this area's not bad."
Tottenham is a rather depressed poor area with a reputation for crime and gang violence.
However having said that let's not exaggerate the problem. People live there , they get by, and some even flourish.
It needs investment for sure
That afghani man was such kind person, God bless him
I used to hang around Tottenham and Wood Green loads as a kid. Didn’t live too far from there. Lovely people. Haven’t been back in a very long time but have great memories of the place. ❤
Dude, I loved this video. As a londoner you're genuine down to earth interviewing is top notch. You actually uncovered alot of love that is there in London if you dig a but deeper, you do that very well mate. Props to you 👌🙌🫶🙏
Appreciate it pal! Thanks for watching
Tottenham is, without question, a sh*thole, meaning an area characterised by high crime, high poverty, low levels of property-ownership, and a high rate of dependency on social housing. This is why it was, 21 years ago, cheap enough for me to buy a place in. As a matter of fact, I live a 10-minute walk away from the Broadwater Farm Estate. In the course of his murder during the infamous Broadwater Farm riots of 1985, PC Keith Blakelock was practically decapitated, I understand. Then, one day in August 2011, my flatmate Vicky came to my room and told me that her boyfriend, who lived on Tottenham High Road, had told her that there had just been a shooting there. The morning after, in shops, at bus stops and in supermarket queues everywhere in N17, absolutely everyone was talking about the shocking, local rioting of the previous evening. As you know, the 2011 Tottenham riot sparked about a week of nationwide rioting and looting. Notwithstanding all these ugly facts about my local area, is N17 really "more feared" than any other part of London? Please show me your evidence for saying so and say what you actually mean by "feared". Or you can just ignore my comment, especially if this vid is just a bit of fun, haha! 😆
thumbnail is devious mate, you know damn well its not the st-george types in these estates
All the IMMIGRUNTZZ lol
Good
@@JamesSmith-ny2gbNobody asked what you think go back to watching anime
Exactly!!!!!!
hes aware how the algorithm works, more power to him
Lovely video mate ! aswell the soundtrack u put on is a banger !
Quote.. "you left Sunny Spain for this ☔".. 😂 Left me in stitches... We'll done Ben bringing the good vibes everywhere.. 😎
Great video and what an awesome guide you had, bro!! 😎
I know you couldn’t finish all that Jamaican food in one take 😂
Greetings 👋🏽 from
Miami, Florida 🌴💪🏽💯
Seeing you in the hoods of the US with that accent is gonna be something special
😆 imagine
Come down to Liberty City in Miami. The "Pork N'Beans" .
what on earth happened to good old England ? I can't believe my eyes . Is this real ? It looks like a mad max film . If I was a poltician I would dig a hole in the ground and disappear !
Heartbreaking isn’t it
There's ghetto's in nearly every major city across the world you wally... it's nothing new.
@@anthony68 the lunatics have taken over the asylum !
@@PatrickDeSmet-rg5ff fought two wars in europe & went from richest nation in the world to debt slave of the americans. we will fix it. other nations had centuries of humiliation, then a revolution, then kicked on
Must’ve never been to London or were just born yesterday, the people you’re looking at in this video are 2nd to 3rd generation migrants, they’ve been here ages, it’s not new? Not to say it’s a place I’d ever go to
Good lord, looks horrendous. I went to London in the mid 90s as a child. Never going back. Build a wall around it
Good idea. That will help to keep riffraff like u out!
The uk is the most depressing country I’ve ever seen on your channel
...loads of tarts here though... ;)
haha try US cities.
@@MatthewGale-kn2ny now that is good news lol
@@laurastuart3814 fact. Atl is cringe
This area is not representative of the UK. This is a mostly black area.
Wow London has changed a lot I used to go there when I was younger and walk about feeling safe..I’m so glad I don’t live there it looks horrible
It’s fine relax . He just went to the ghettos areas . There’s still a lot of nice areas
@@Alfredosolotravels yeah the places that immigrants havent ruined lol
@@rbb5072the Brits that haven't left London are very liberal, or in other words have no b@lls
I live in London, I can leave my door open after midnight and only cats and mosquitos bother me lol.
I have black neighbours, no problems. No fear of being burgled by them 😎
@@deanosaur808 lol sure, oh sorry its sarcasm?
Another banger Ben thank you
You bet
Parts of Tottenham look like it needs an appointment with a demolition contractor.
I used to live in Walthamstow about 17 years ago and used to go through Tottenham quite a bit, I’ve even walked through the broad water farm estate alone and didn’t experience any problems or trouble.
Some parts of Walthamstow are even worse
As someone who was a redhead kid, I don't think I would have thought the game "Knock down Ginger" would be as fun as old mate says. :P
I'm not a redhead, but his comment got me angry. What sort of person or group thinks that knocking down people is a game? Not the sort that should be living in the UK that's for sure. Disgusting individual.
Redheads don't qualify lol
Gingers are rarely targeted anyway, especially when my ginger friend was doing the knocking 😂
It's ringing doorbells and running away.
great vid and insight to the locals of Tottenham, really enjoyed watching this.
Cheers pal!
I lived in the Caribbean for 5 years and the Jamaicans were the friendliest and happiest people I've ever met. Maybe that's because the sun is always shining!
Yes. So true 😃🇯🇲
Bloody hell which part of Jamaica was this? Tourist spots?
I've been to Jamaica 11 times and all I see is scowls, frowns, anger and paranoia
What baffles me is people going to these areas at 9am. Go to these same areas at 10pm and see if your answer is still the same
8:10 Mate, why should the government care more about your block than you do? I live in the suburbs. If things don't get done here for whatever reason, locals go out and pick litter or cut the grass themselves. It's even more like that in small villages. The state of a place reflects the people and how much they care. People in the ghettos always talk about how bad the area is, but then they contribute to it by perpetuating the same mindset and taking pride in being hood. Is it good or bad? If you do right and make some effort, don't give people respect for doing shady things, the area will slowly improve.
Yeah the government isn't the ones dumping trash. That's you and your neighbours doing that. Take some collective responsibility for making/keeping your neighbourhood a nice place and maybe it could actually BE a nice place. Always someone elses fault though.
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London became such a slum. Sad.
u know of victorian era right? not even developing countries ever got that bad
@@anfieldreds_1892 there are plenty of videos of the Victorian era on RUclips, or photographs, and London was undoubtedly a beautiful city. Today it’s a shithole, occupied by foreigners.
😂 it’s not rio de janero or Cape Town
@@hoonaticbloggs5402 it’s worse
Much nicer nowadays. So King’s Cross is a slum now and was good before? One example of dozens. Great area nowadays. So the old Hackney was better and nicer? Even posh kids move to Peckham , Brixton ….. these days. Why. Because they are nicer . You prefer 150 more yearly murders and endless hooligans like the good old days?
Me and my GF stepped into Seven Sisters one day, we both said can you feel the bad vibe, within an hour, it kicked off!!
I didn't know it had that reputation. When I was in London I walked from Blackhorse Road to White Heart Lane at about 10 pm and didnt really feel scared.
Blackhorse Road is very dangerous after 12 am I’m surprised you made it out in one peace
Brit in the States here. Been in Philadelphia, PA for a couple of decades, but am moving back. Was checking out how rough some areas are, and it turns out, Philly is 1041.1 crimes per 100,000. So, as I've only seen as high as 120 per 100,000 in Cleveland/Redcar, or such, I'm pretty sure I'll be all good! Cheers.
Love it great video. We're not a bad lot here in Tottenham!
Is it wrong that as an American, after watching this. I had the sudden urge to watch the movie "This is England"?
Please tell me you’ve seen the TV series as well?
Visit the UK
@@thomasglover7937 No, sorry I haven't. I actually didn't even know there was a series. Thank you, and I'll be sure to look into it! Actually, finishing watching the movie right now LOL.
@@lewisfruen5648 I really want to. It's on my bucket list. Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Manchester are my top 3 cities to visit so far, if I ever go on tour there.
@@ArmoMan87Absolutely brilliant film. They made two seasons after "this is England 86" and I think "this is England 96". Film was when National Front was still pretty big. (Remember my old man telling me stories of annoying annoying shit out of em haha).
I like how TC said "I'm filming for my community" 👊🏼💙...I feel he genuinely cares & not for views. More power 🔋 brother 💪🏼
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I absolutely love this channel man, the content and the connections with people is truly amazing. Continue the amazing work brother ❤💯
love seeing ben getting recognised by public. How can you not love him
This is nonsense. Tottenham is fine. It's multi-ethnic yes (that already scares some people apparently) and some parts of it are rough but hell if you go on or near a counsel estate you are kinda asking for it (and there are many shady counsel estates all around London). I walked through Tottenham in the middle of the night in a suit for 6 months, nothing ever happened. Some parts you may want to avoid maybe but most of it is totally fine.
Great video ben
Cheers pal!
Used to live there from 2013 till 2016 , first when I came to UK . Must say I still miss Tottenham, never been hustled , never had problems and as everyone says great community. Ofc if you look for trouble anywhere you will find it but for me that we're my first years in London and I loved it . Big up Tottenham
It was so amazing taking you around my community bro
Legend once again Jay thanks bro
Yessir 🫡
well done it was lovely, that chicken place looks amazing
jay is a inspiration always smiling
Eyes not sure Tottenham is the most feared place in London and to why ?
Brixton, Harlesden,Hackney also got rep,for being so called Feared.
The only Place in Tottenham being notorious is Broadwater Farm.
Great video, grew up in South London (Abbey Wood) myself and it is sad to see many parts of London now neglected to the point they’re forgotten.
But being a Tottenham fan myself and going to Tottenham for the last 20 years - I’ll always have a soft spot for the area.
You're a fake never lived in London racist cunt you are
Absolute opposite is happening. Regeneration everywhere.
You got welcomed with open arms by all. Think I’ll head on down there myself after seeing such a welcoming community
u will return with less then you went with and disappointed lol
Very nice people there, very friendly ,an good community spirit 👍
Not many English people there is there . capital of england ?
I used to watch the black British sitcom called the Frontline starring Alan Ignon and Ronny Cush. I loved that show 🌹👏🖤🤎✊
So brave, so diverse, United Kingdom of open borders!!
British colonist made it diverse! Nice innit!
@@allykhan8594they were never asked if they wanted to be a minority in their own city. you must enjoy living in a third world city though.
@@Mikke-G when the British took over dozens of countries they too were never asked and consequence was far more than having donner kebab shops at the end of the road.
@@Mikke-G if u got £1.4m u can buy the house next door to mine in battersea sw11. Seems expensive for 3rd world. Welfare made it 3rd world and check ONS to see who more relies on it before the garbbage you spewing it here.
@@allykhan8594 that tired old argument: “your ancestors were better than my ancestors at waging war, so now you should just roll over and let your country be destroyed”
The government doesn't care about anyone in the UK 😭
It’s terrible how immigration laws and rules are broken down in Britain as well in the USA, do you have a bunch of people that would not assimilate to these countries, and they just come off to benefit financially benefits, and things that these countries offer.
But to me still eastern Europe, is that something that I would look forward to and this side of the world?
Yep especially if you look at the demographics of people living in council housing. Much of these people are being subsidised by the British themselves.
Jay your a good guy much respect to you bro and you ben some great content !
Coming from Scotland my opinion of London is, and likely always will be, well, the opening song of Sweeny Todd - There's No Place Like London.
But I have to say, for a rough bit, honestly from that video, Tottenham doesn't look too bad. And major kudos to the Lady at ~ 19:30 for her elucidation on the capital's urban expansion.
These areas would be good if they were full of English people
they are 😂😂
Thats the price of taking colonies and slaves
@@Jk-oz5qn no price, all benefits. Happy to welcome them
The original English are German and don’t forget this is a island where are you from 😮
@@multicultural2371 Importing a ton of Arabs and Africans into England makes more English? Got it!
Finalllly we been waiting
..they'll take your sunglasses and camera but come to Tottenham lovely place!
That Jamaican food look so fire 🔥
Loving the uk series, i hope you do more!
Lagos is not the capital of Nigeria!!! It’s Abuja!
Well, it wasn't always.
@@MACRONOne Correct
Who cares?
Both wrong. London is now the capital of Nigeria
Think this was my suggestion, love that you actually went there 😂
decent little day out ;)
@@BackpackerBen you should've gone at night, instead of being a wuss. 😂😂
I’m born in Tottenham, AK47 stop gassing
They probably got them make 47 bb guns 😂
@@DamonSlater haha
I love that Highstreet! The community vibe is beautiful to feel from watching ❤ I need to go to that Jamaican Food place!
Just looked through your other videos and subscribed, I'm definitely coming back to this channel to binge and see more!!
Everywhere in the UK is safer than anywhere in the USA. It's all relative. UK Homicide rate has been much the same since WW2.
I KNEW the comment's wouldn't let me down, nice to see more people clued up... Kudo's ❤
The comments are high quality. People who actually know the facts, not getting pulled along by some politicians hidden agenda.
Pretty crazy to me that (most) UK police officers are unarmed, the only exception is in Northern Ireland where they're armed
I guess it seems crazy if you're from the only country in the world where EVERYBODY is armed.
@@_Professor_Oak Nice assumption boss, I'm not from the USA 😅
@@_Professor_Oak Literally every other country in the EU has armed police officers, except Norway but they have their arms in their patrol cars, they don't have them on their foot
@@Kapanol97ok my bad, but I can live with not seeing guns everywhere i go while rest assured theres armed units not far away if its needed.
@@_Professor_Oak err it's the civilians with guns that are the problem. Guess who has more guns in the UK than the army and police.....that's right the public. All police should be trained and armed.
"It's great and we have a strong sense of community and if you walk down this road by youself you'll be robbed but it's brilliant around here and there were guys with ak47s chasing each other up and down this road but i's very quiet - a good place - and npk gang runs this area and people are living in tents and cars but it's a great family area and we get together to sort out any problems....." It shows that people will eventually normalize anything.
The infamous Tottenham is one of the areas of London where there truly is a community spirit and people of all backgrounds and from all over the world take care of each other. Go on down Brixton now, that place looks like Philadelphia, "junkies in the alley with a baseball bat", and wouldn't call it dangerous but sad.
9:27 It's a bit ironic saying don't listen to the media, it's not that dangerous, and then claiming that you can easily be intimidated and robbed through walking through what is essentially public ground... I live very close to this area, and have been robbed a few times as young as 12. The media don't talk about Tottenham being dangerous for no reason at all.
Mark Duggan, lovely lad a pillar of the community.
😂if a white criminal is killed by police everyone says good riddance, if he’s black he’s a victim, and everyone riots, that’s just the sad reality of Britain today. And will become a big problem in the future. The link between black people and Islam baffles me because nobody has been more cruel to black peoples than Arab Muslims.
Really interesting to watch. London is of course full of all of these diverse neighbouhoods, and I find it hilarious that some of the comments think this is what the whole of London is.
Nice try at polishing a Turd Ben! How can anyone find that acceptable that you can’t walk around these areas without local minders? Trust me as a former North London lad, I would be taking my life in my hands if I walked around there when Spurs weren’t playing in the evening! Never said a racist word in my life, certainly been subjected to racism myself though, some violent, mostly verbal!
What a lovely vlog!!!
Was that Daniel Levy working in the Chicken shop ? Trying to scrape a few more quid together