I won't disagree with you. Sadly for the rest of us the voting power is held by the area(s) that all see the worst of this. The rest of us just deal with the fallout. @@faheemabbas3965
As a European It's very surreal to see these situations. I have never seen anything like this here, and can't imagine nothing would be done about it. Here if you'd leave a car somewhere, especially all cut up, it would be gone within hours. Car without a plate? Gone. Similar if its a stolen car/plate. There are also many rules about how your property can look like, especially in neighbourhoods, and just littering it with stuff wouldn't fly.
its because europeans are so poor that even cars without wheels get stolen. People in usa are much wealthier where even the homeless have more than one car so nobody takes these broken cars and they stay around for much longer.
Nog nooit in de Bijlmer geweest, of Kanaleneiland? Wij hebben net zo goed ghetto's in Nederland, maar die zijn gelukkig stukken kleiner. Maar er zijn meerdere wijken waar je beter niet moet komen zonder iemand te kennen.
Yes, I thought this might be a bit dangerous actually. Nothing happened but with the people who keep stolen cars visibly around their houses I wouldn't take any chances. Things can go south pretty quickly and without warning.
@@effspot Please give us more details. Is this unincorporated land? If not, is there code enforcement or parkimg enforcement? Maybe try calling to see if they'll come. In Dalllas, parking enforcement comes within 2 hours sometimes quicker.
That’s where I live 😂😂😂😂. Yes it’s definitely the Wild West over here. Every street and every neighborhood has a couple tweaker houses we have to deal with. A tweaker once left me a pottery gift on my porch before he check to see if my garage door was unlocked 😂. That’s why my car has 5 anti theft devices and I conceal carry. Stay vigilant y’all 🫡.
That roach motel is a couple of blocks from my work. It was burned down a couple months back by meth squatters trying to cook it up in one of the abandoned rooms.
I’ve lived here for last 8 years, the entire state is a massive pick n pull yard - glad to say i’m moving out of the state here permanently this summer. this just highlights the clowns running this place..
I'd stay clear of both the Oregon and Washington coast if any of the stuff in this video bothers you. You can find plenty of decent spots further inland in both states, granted there still run by the same people that are letting what's happening on the coasts, occur.@@JlnJck
I live outside of Tacoma, WA. This is south Tacoma. Yes some areas are bad but Tacoma also has some nice areas. WA state in general can be very trashy along with the nice.
@@effspotif you wanted to see something weird you should of hit Ruston way. Pretty nice part of town but I've seen many cars dumped and people living in RVs. North Tacoma doesn't have many campers. That was pretty much the heart of the trouble though where you where at. Hosmer is a place I would totally avoid if I had no reason to go there. Surprised I didn't see the Lexus. I work close.
I love that you documented this! I live here and always fail to convey to non-locals just how bad it is. It's something more out of Slab Town in BL2 than GTA.
Just visited Washington myself a few months ago, and can confirm it all pretty much looks like this... every block has that one random house with a huge car pile in front. No good cars either. (Flight Museum is really worth it though would go back to that anyday...)
Gordon there are alot of Cartel chop shops in the south end. There was one behind my old shop. Swat raided them several times while I was at work. They built smuggling vehicles.
@@mexicanspecBack in 2014 when I still worked there. We watched Swat bring out 4 green garbage bags of meth, 3 green garbage bags of MDMA/Ecstasy, 10 green bags of Cannabis, 4 green bags of Coke and 6 of Heroine out of this house turned into a shop. That looked just like some of the places in the video. Each time Swat raided they used cellphone signal jammers. Each time they came on to the shops property , let us continue to work while they raided the place next door.. The above mentioned raid was the last one I was there for until I got injured / disabled from work..
Bro there’s so much content for your channel in West WA, Tacoma, Kent, Auburn, Renton, Seattle, SeaTac is just out of control. I live up in Everett and it’s also kinda crazy here but down there is like Fallujah 💀💀💀 Stay safe out there! Glad you’re up here documenting the craziness!
I lived in Seattle from 1996-2020. The city REALLY started going downhill around 2014. Homeless numbers exploded, crime started increasing, garbage piling up. ……I went back to visit (for a minute!) in 2022 and the city was COVERED in graffiti, and the local news said over 300+ businesses had closed, or moved!! (along with almost HALF the police quitting!) …..I’m VERY GLAD I moved away!!!
Glad to here a fellow native got out at a great time. It continues to get worse and worse…sad to see a once beautiful place turn to absolute shit in a short period of time.
@@kylemills3070 …..Yeah, it’s sad to see, but the LOCALS up there keep voting for soft politicians who keep ENABLING the drug addicts, and criminals……RIDICULOUS!! 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Living in Atlanta, you will see older trucks overload with pallets. What is expensive so empty pallets are worth money. Walmart paints their pallets blue so that they are not stolen
100% I've been in WA for most of my life and it's loaded with morons who don't get that you can't solve these problems with outreach and money. @@malooch
These were common sights back in the day around NYC except half of the cars would be fairly new & burned. Seen a number of them dumped along the highway😮 Looks like a good place to buy a classic project car cheap-towing auction?
Gotta understand these are meth heads stealing these cars, their brains are to fizzled and twizzled to think about what kind of engine a particular car has.
@TheReaper42069 I mean, it looks like junk now, obviously sitting on the lot all torn apart. It wasn't looking like this before. In my eyes, It can still be restored. Has a huge part support system. I have the same car in the same color with black interior but with the Turbo I6 engine. Mine is in showroom condition that makes the same power as Hellcats.
Eff , regarding the motor vehicle stealing of lic plates , wouldnt they know which ones have been stolen by simply computer tracking , which ones they cant find that are listed in their system ?
We checked a lot of the "hotspots" and the city cleared a ton of them up after the new year hit. It's like LA, they sweep em up and they come right back.
When I was in Oregon there was a car flipped over on the side of the road that was just left there. They spray painted something on the car to indicate nobody was inside so people wouldn't stop to help. It was on the side of a busy highway and I was shocked between law enforcement, DOT, and just regular citizens they just decided it's okay to just leave there.
Yeah i live in renton WA about 30min away from seattle crime is getting really bad up here some ppl getting shot on the freeway by other motorist for no reason
I know those roads well and you have flashed Tacoma's darker side(s).......actually a pretty cool town when the sun shines and you don't get those days when the old pulp mill sediment emits an odor known around as the "Aroma of Tacoma"
Boarded up houses is the homeowner saving his windows from vandalism until he gets another low-income tenant in the house. As real-estate investors say: You're in a challenging neighborhood.
Certainly not a picture of all of Washington, my parents sold their house 20 min north of Seattle for $1.4mil in 1 day in a bidding war..FOR CASH! Tacoma is a dump
Adopt a Mini Mr Sheep!
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Gordon turns his Tinder date into a stolen car spotting date in Tacoma 😂
Thats his gf
He’s the man
Fellow Washington resident here, anything near Seattle/Tacoma area is fucked. Looks just like LA, but with rain lol.
I mean, most of the area got what it voted for…
I won't disagree with you. Sadly for the rest of us the voting power is held by the area(s) that all see the worst of this. The rest of us just deal with the fallout. @@faheemabbas3965
@@faheemabbas3965 Exactly.
100% agree. I avoid staying too long in those areas and not to mention the crime as well
Wow Washington really did turn into one big shithole.
The funny part about those homes you were showing is they're valued around $400,000. Washington is crazy.
Oh yeah. And homeless have million dollar views living on the waterfront for nothing.
This is the result of Democrat policy making it impossible to build. If you can’t build any new housing, even a crack house can be expensive.
Whaaaat almost half a milli for that pos 😧😵
As a European It's very surreal to see these situations. I have never seen anything like this here, and can't imagine nothing would be done about it. Here if you'd leave a car somewhere, especially all cut up, it would be gone within hours. Car without a plate? Gone. Similar if its a stolen car/plate.
There are also many rules about how your property can look like, especially in neighbourhoods, and just littering it with stuff wouldn't fly.
The pnw and a large part of America is a third world country
I +1 this
I think that's because in Europe we built projects(with underground parking). We don't have single family home "hoods".
its because europeans are so poor that even cars without wheels get stolen. People in usa are much wealthier where even the homeless have more than one car so nobody takes these broken cars and they stay around for much longer.
Nog nooit in de Bijlmer geweest, of Kanaleneiland?
Wij hebben net zo goed ghetto's in Nederland, maar die zijn gelukkig stukken kleiner. Maar er zijn meerdere wijken waar je beter niet moet komen zonder iemand te kennen.
4:13 that's a kit car from the 80s called a Trimuter
Effspot out here risking his life for us
Yes, I thought this might be a bit dangerous actually. Nothing happened but with the people who keep stolen cars visibly around their houses I wouldn't take any chances. Things can go south pretty quickly and without warning.
no hes not Tommy G but this shit is allowed by gov
By driving in his car??
He be packin a heater
He's the real G
Effspot: from supercar spotting to urban exploring
Be careful where you drive, some of those areas don't look safe at all
You're not wrong there, pretty dodgy.
Its fine in the day, after dark, not so much.
@@effspot Please give us more details. Is this unincorporated land? If not, is there code enforcement or parkimg enforcement? Maybe try calling to see if they'll come. In Dalllas, parking enforcement comes within 2 hours sometimes quicker.
You've just described all of Taco-mah.
@@jasonpatterson2143 Taco😆 I got that!
investigative journalism arch for our boy right now. i’m here for it
“ headed back down ho chi min trail” was the funniest line of this video 😂😂😂🏁💀
Mr. Sheep wisely skipped this trip. 😂
That’s where I live 😂😂😂😂. Yes it’s definitely the Wild West over here. Every street and every neighborhood has a couple tweaker houses we have to deal with. A tweaker once left me a pottery gift on my porch before he check to see if my garage door was unlocked 😂. That’s why my car has 5 anti theft devices and I conceal carry. Stay vigilant y’all 🫡.
Dude living there's gotta be hell, hope you can escape from there
@@tovapepeople there got what they voted for. Not this guy though.
You missed out on more gifts because your garage door was locked 😂😢😂 🙏🏾
no you don't have to deal with it, just stop voting democrats
@@faheemabbas3965 ...it was all here during Trump.....what's your point?
This was wildly entertaining. Washington is a straight up GTA server
What's crazy is I can't imagine people buying parts for a Windstar or trailblazer those aren't common or worth money anymore
Most these cars will end up at a scrapyard. You can bring 20% of the car without a title.
@@Livnglrg interesting in Texas it's 50%
depends on where your at, I still see quite a few trailblazers/envoys around, not worth anything tho fr
12:10 mark that is a DODGE CHALLENGER 😮
That roach motel is a couple of blocks from my work. It was burned down a couple months back by meth squatters trying to cook it up in one of the abandoned rooms.
I’ve lived here for last 8 years, the entire state is a massive pick n pull yard - glad to say i’m moving out of the state here permanently this summer. this just highlights the clowns running this place..
I was born up in Tacoma WA. Haven't been back up there since like 2006.
Where do you live now? Really want to move to the PNW. From FL
@@JlnJck I haven't been anywhere near the pacific north west since I left.
@@thepissedoffrobot gee, wonder why?
I'd stay clear of both the Oregon and Washington coast if any of the stuff in this video bothers you. You can find plenty of decent spots further inland in both states, granted there still run by the same people that are letting what's happening on the coasts, occur.@@JlnJck
I live outside of Tacoma, WA. This is south Tacoma. Yes some areas are bad but Tacoma also has some nice areas. WA state in general can be very trashy along with the nice.
It's more trash nowdays, too much bums, crackheads and theifs
It was a lot nicer before the plague of Californians and Texans!!!!!!
The layout is pretty strange. Lot of bad tweaker areas mixed in with nice houses.
@@effspotif you wanted to see something weird you should of hit Ruston way. Pretty nice part of town but I've seen many cars dumped and people living in RVs. North Tacoma doesn't have many campers. That was pretty much the heart of the trouble though where you where at. Hosmer is a place I would totally avoid if I had no reason to go there. Surprised I didn't see the Lexus. I work close.
Damn effspot you could make videos on nearly anything and I'd probably watch it. that 3 wheeler is rad haha
I love that you documented this! I live here and always fail to convey to non-locals just how bad it is. It's something more out of Slab Town in BL2 than GTA.
This is wild. Love the cat spots 😍 Nice work, Agent Effspot 👍✌
I know damn well your GPS did not say you’re in Tacoma in the beginning 😂
Just visited Washington myself a few months ago, and can confirm it all pretty much looks like this... every block has that one random house with a huge car pile in front. No good cars either. (Flight Museum is really worth it though would go back to that anyday...)
i work for a food distributor in Ohio and we are surcharged $15-$20 for a pallet when receiving an order. Lots of money in refurbishing pallets.
Bro is an investigator now
Detective Effspot.😆
Surveillance Gordon is a beautiful thinggggg ♥️🏆🥳
You stay assy, Tacoma.
We stay up with r fellow crack heads 😂
Washington is fucking depressing
They got what they voted for. Oh well.
@@faheemabbas3965So it wasn't like that before???
@@JB-mw7sy Tacoma has always had problems but the last few years it has become lawless caused by the politicians.
What if Washington just has really shit zoning laws for garages and thus everyone has to work outside on jackstands 😂 nahhhh
I kept asking myself this, but....nah lol
Always a good day when The Spotter uploads!
That Lexus has been there for months…Monster Burger was right down the street hope you guys tried it.
I had a neighbor that had his own tow truck. It was his own personal tow truck to steal vehicles... welcome to Washington 😢
Apart from the supercars, Love the abandoned and spooky content you show :) would love to see more!
Gordon there are alot of Cartel chop shops in the south end. There was one behind my old shop. Swat raided them several times while I was at work. They built smuggling vehicles.
What were they smuggling and to where?
@@mexicanspecBack in 2014 when I still worked there. We watched Swat bring out 4 green garbage bags of meth, 3 green garbage bags of MDMA/Ecstasy, 10 green bags of Cannabis, 4 green bags of Coke and 6 of Heroine out of this house turned into a shop. That looked just like some of the places in the video.
Each time Swat raided they used cellphone signal jammers. Each time they came on to the shops property , let us continue to work while they raided the place next door.. The above mentioned raid was the last one I was there for until I got injured / disabled from work..
ah ha, interesting.
Thats the american dream right there lol
Bro there’s so much content for your channel in West WA, Tacoma, Kent, Auburn, Renton, Seattle, SeaTac is just out of control. I live up in Everett and it’s also kinda crazy here but down there is like Fallujah 💀💀💀 Stay safe out there! Glad you’re up here documenting the craziness!
North Lynnwood / south Everett is wild, hella activity.
Need more exploring videos like this, so random but interesting.
yooo i live in Olympia! Crazy to see you in my state man. Hope you enjoyed your time here and love the vids
I live right by where that lexus was parked at, kept seeing less parts on it the more i pass by it 😂
Hey Gordon,if time permits this trip, you should drive up to Vancouver 🇨🇦 to check out the exotic cars here.
I lived in Seattle from 1996-2020. The city REALLY started going downhill around 2014. Homeless numbers exploded, crime started increasing, garbage piling up. ……I went back to visit (for a minute!) in 2022 and the city was COVERED in graffiti, and the local news said over 300+ businesses had closed, or moved!! (along with almost HALF the police quitting!) …..I’m VERY GLAD I moved away!!!
Glad to here a fellow native got out at a great time. It continues to get worse and worse…sad to see a once beautiful place turn to absolute shit in a short period of time.
@@kylemills3070 …..Yeah, it’s sad to see, but the LOCALS up there keep voting for soft politicians who keep ENABLING the drug addicts, and criminals……RIDICULOUS!! 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Wow. Gordon with the cliffhanger :( Looking forward to the next episode!
Me: I should move up to Washington
Effspot: So I'm here in Tacoma...
Wait till the summer heat starts getting to everyone tweaktivity is gonna be level 9000 !
"Tweaktivity" lmao.
Washingtonian here. Tacoma is literally the armpit of this state for anything.
Welcome to the area. Thanks for the tour so I don't have to. It's only going to get worse 😢
Living in Atlanta, you will see older trucks overload with pallets. What is expensive so empty pallets are worth money. Walmart paints their pallets blue so that they are not stolen
“The Washingtonians love a good abandoned car in their front and back yard” 😂😂😂so fuckin true dude
This is why I moved from Washington the homeless issues the cars getting broken into and the prices!
These are democrat policies creating this problem. Hopefully, you don't vote for the same people that create these problems in your new state.
@@LambosOnly they'll never wake up
Where do you live now?
100% I've been in WA for most of my life and it's loaded with morons who don't get that you can't solve these problems with outreach and money. @@malooch
That was my car. DAM IT!!!!!
These were common sights back in the day around NYC except half of the cars would be fairly new & burned.
Seen a number of them dumped along the highway😮
Looks like a good place to buy a classic project car cheap-towing auction?
4:13 Looks like the front of a plane converted into a car
Pretty common to see no plates and temp plates on old hoopties out here!
No way my boy effspot is by my house LOL
16:20 sad to see a JDM classic legend like this.
That was a 01-05 Lexus GS430 in Millennium Silver. Surprised no one took the 4.3 V8 out of it.
Gotta understand these are meth heads stealing these cars, their brains are to fizzled and twizzled to think about what kind of engine a particular car has.
Nobody wants that junk
Petty thieves don’t have the know how-let alone the time to pull a motor lol…this shit is common to see in western Washington.
@lls3070 My thoughts exactly, youtube deleted my comment smh.
@TheReaper42069 I mean, it looks like junk now, obviously sitting on the lot all torn apart. It wasn't looking like this before. In my eyes, It can still be restored. Has a huge part support system.
I have the same car in the same color with black interior but with the Turbo I6 engine. Mine is in showroom condition that makes the same power as Hellcats.
Eff , regarding the motor vehicle stealing of lic plates , wouldnt they know which ones have been stolen by simply computer tracking , which ones they cant find that are listed in their system ?
@4:07 Urba sport trimuter trike
Damn this is crazy i haven't been back home in 12 years this is sad af
My favorite news channel
From Rodeo Drive to Fife man I couldn't believe what I'm seeing. That's cool to see you in town.
How many police did you see during your travels in Tacoma Gordon?
Welcome to my home town. Museum is just south of Seattle. Need to check out downtown tacona. It's crazy.
We checked a lot of the "hotspots" and the city cleared a ton of them up after the new year hit. It's like LA, they sweep em up and they come right back.
When I was in Oregon there was a car flipped over on the side of the road that was just left there. They spray painted something on the car to indicate nobody was inside so people wouldn't stop to help. It was on the side of a busy highway and I was shocked between law enforcement, DOT, and just regular citizens they just decided it's okay to just leave there.
Hard to put any resources towards clean up and safety if that money is being funneled into corruption and programs that don't work.
4:05 It's Snowmobile rocket: 1970 Trimuter
Do more of these investigative pieces! Add a bit more background info as well
@ the 9:55 mark ,It is a buick riviera
@@Kigoz4Life a buddy of mine 😏 lol
The spot by the cricket and Starbucks. It's not the greatest area. But you should have checked pro max out across the street cool cars there.
We meed more of this dystopian content lol
Fellow Tacoma resident lol nothing new here 🤣
Effspot reminds me of the movie Nightcrawler
A classic!
Be careful out their in T-town...
Who's the girl???
WASHINGTON SQUAD WYA‼️‼️‼️
Looks like places where Nathan Karhu would get his next fix and tweak out lol.
Thanks for the real footage. Amazing things happen when laws are not enforced.
Bruh that car been sitting there in front of that cricket now there’s another car😂
That Caprice reminded me of Alex Palmeri’s @ legit street cars PPV cop car.
Is that Geespot in the front seat?😮
That motel in fife someone spray painted “I used to smoke meth here”
Welcome to TaCompton.
So why are you really up here. New whip? Redmond cars and coffee didn’t start yet 🤔
Yeah i live in renton WA about 30min away from seattle crime is getting really bad up here some ppl getting shot on the freeway by other motorist for no reason
WA was at one point the top state for road rage related altercations, so there's that.
Yeah I don't doubt that lol
Dude from LA just driving by poor people saying how suspicious their trash looks lol
9:51 Someone needs to get that car collection from them!!
Hello from Tacoma. Recognized several of these places.
I know those roads well and you have flashed Tacoma's darker side(s).......actually a pretty cool town when the sun shines and you don't get those days when the old pulp mill sediment emits an odor known around as the "Aroma of Tacoma"
You need a police scanner for this line of duty
Dems the nicest houses near the tracks I've ever seen
19:09 this got me xD
Boarded up houses is the homeowner saving his windows from vandalism until he gets another low-income tenant in the house. As real-estate investors say: You're in a challenging neighborhood.
seattle resident, happy to see you here
Who remembers CHAZ in Seattle?
That's how you know WA is out of control.
…..That CHAZ nonsense, and those stupid parades was the reason I MOVED AWAY from Washington!! (Other than the horrible weather!!).
Certainly not a picture of all of Washington, my parents sold their house 20 min north of Seattle for $1.4mil in 1 day in a bidding war..FOR CASH! Tacoma is a dump
Effspot Please come to Audi Bellevue. I'll give you a personal tour!
welcome to my neighborhood, about 20 minutes from Tacoma
Ah yes Washington State = Where the 'Canngar' was invented??
Hosmer street here if you leave your car about a hour or so the window will get smashed
Tacoma wept
LMAOOO
Tacoma wept
At 9:55 it's a 1971 Buick Riviera