@@marcosiificationThose were the days! I stayed on Cherry every Friday and Saturday night! Circling around the doughboy statue. Hanging out on the slab fields under the bridge. Tryna get Messinas to sell us liquor 😂
Some of the best memories of my life were on those very streets. My Father being from West Helena on a farm ( Old Little Rock rd.) not far from Pillows addition. ( pillow hill ). Spent every summer there. Coming from Chicago it was like heaven on earth. It will always have a special place in my heart.
That’s projection. A lot of southern/country towns look like this. The people in these type of small towns are always so colorful and nice. May be run down on the outside, but the insides are usually nice.
A picture is worth a thousand words. I have sadness and fear seeing these poor neighborhoods: sadness for the poverty of the people and fear that our country is sliding downhill.
You'd be amazed how comfortable these residence are with this type of environment? And if they're content with this existence, who are we to complain or put them down?
No matter how bad you think ramshackle country houses look, these kids are living a MUCH safer existence than any kid in Baltimore or inner-Philly. I grew up country poor. We may have had our share of meth heads, crack heads, and losers running around, but you still had to show up for school, had to be respectful to the teachers, and got in big trouble for effing up. None of that is true in the inner city. We had room to roam. So yeah, we didnt have 💩, and we didnt have much supervision, but we were relatively safe and much better off than city ghetto bull 💩.
Charlie finally exploring little towns and venturing further from the populated metro cities. So many ran down little towns across all 50 states. You gotta do Alaska or Hawaii for real.
Funny how I don't see the commenters bashing the Arkansas government for how bad this is like in the NYC and Philly videos- pretending like they care about homelessness and addiction
This is a town that I’ve never been to but I found because it has large homes for sale under $50,000. I found one giant home with 7 bedrooms and beautiful woodwork and historic facade -$200k. It’s unbelievable but obviously a very depressing town
Sad to see boarded up homes Looks like homeowners care for their properties unlike some places USA giving away billions to foreign countries wars while towns & cities decline Infuriating
Please stop the passing false information about my city. Yes, we have problems just like every other city in this country. But this it was just a few minute video, of one part of the city. NOW!!!... I'm not going lie and act like it's the greatest city to live in, BUT it's not the worst either!
@@trenaadams7880 Hwy 49 at Lula MS took me in and Hwy 49 at Lula MS took me out. ... I said Helena is 👨🏻👩🏻White Folk. I said West Helena is 👨🏽👩🏽Black Folk. And West Helena was known for Robbing Strangers, which is 100%true. 🙋🏾♂️Hey Lady either you been AWAY from W Helena for years or you simply live a Sheltered Life and don't know any better. Cause the TRUTH from the mouth of the real "Street" Dudes there is... If you're not from W Helena you better have a certified W Helena Dude with you if you plan to stop anywhere there! Otherwise, you are "On the Menu".
Reading comments here, no one has a clue: There's trash everywhere here, dogs running loose, rampant crime, water pipes leaking everywhere, roads falling in, houses burned out... This video doesnt capture anything but the vibe.
AND CHICAGO HAS NOT BEEN RELEVANT SINCE MICHAEL JORDAN LAST PLAYED 4 THEE BULLS. AND GARY, IN DIANA GOES HARDER THAN CHICAGO TOO, SINCE YOU WANT 2 HATE ON ARK. ON EVERY ARKANSAS VIDEO.
Hey i live in Scotland and i love going in these wee drives with you around the neighbourhoods.
I was born and raised in Helena graduated from Central high school in 87. Helena and West Helena was a great place in its heyday.
Were keyword so not anymore I’m guessing?
dragging cherry st was the funniest thing ever on a friday night
You graduated with my sister Betsy! I graduated in 85! I was in the band! Mr Balch was my band director! Go Cougars! ❤️💙
@@marcosiificationThose were the days! I stayed on Cherry every Friday and Saturday night! Circling around the doughboy statue. Hanging out on the slab fields under the bridge. Tryna get Messinas to sell us liquor 😂
Some of the best memories of my life were on those very streets. My Father being from West Helena on a farm ( Old Little Rock rd.) not far from Pillows addition. ( pillow hill ). Spent every summer there. Coming from Chicago it was like heaven on earth. It will always have a special place in my heart.
My Hometown!!!!! I attended the church shown at the end of the video as a kid!!!!
My hometown too! Go Cougars! 💙❤️ Class of 85
It doesn’t look the same does it? It was a great town to grow up in
@@TeddyLovesAxl Facts. It's sad what has happened to that place. And I'm CHS class of 08. Go Cougars !!!!!
Aww the Christmas Decorations in the square at the end ❤ 🎄
In my city. 💪🏾💯 Shoutout to HELLTOWN, Arkansas. The strong survive🐗🐗 Much love CharlieBo‼️
Seems gloomy there, damn shame how houses are left to rot away.
That’s projection.
A lot of southern/country towns look like this.
The people in these type of small towns are always so colorful and nice.
May be run down on the outside, but the insides are usually nice.
@@hedheiclark6048I doubt that
A picture is worth a thousand words. I have sadness and fear seeing these poor neighborhoods: sadness for the poverty
of the people and fear that our country is sliding downhill.
Wake up, if you want to change it then do something about it.
You'd be amazed how comfortable these residence are with this type of environment? And if they're content with this existence, who are we to complain or put them down?
Wow my dad is from Helena and moved to Flint in the late 50s as a child. The connection is wild!
Helena to Flint?
Yeah, real wild
I lived in Flint and now West Helena.
I think this would be a great place to open a huge mental health hospital because I'm getting depressed just watching.
😅😂😢
Great place to live compared to a big city. Been going there all my life got family over the bridge in Lula, Mississippi.
fico besta, com tantas casas abandonadas e muitas famílias e mendigos sem um teto, cadê os políticos.
They all live in gated communities.
No matter how bad you think ramshackle country houses look, these kids are living a MUCH safer existence than any kid in Baltimore or inner-Philly.
I grew up country poor. We may have had our share of meth heads, crack heads, and losers running around, but you still had to show up for school, had to be respectful to the teachers, and got in big trouble for effing up.
None of that is true in the inner city.
We had room to roam.
So yeah, we didnt have 💩, and we didnt have much supervision, but we were relatively safe and much better off than city ghetto bull 💩.
i will admit you are so right, and i'm a blk woman
i am from there to i Miss it some time
Malaysia 🇲🇾 Japan 🇯🇵
Looks like S Sudan 🇸🇩
No it doesn't lmfao
Do you have videos of Portland, OR? Thanks
Born and raised in West Helena. This breaks my heart
Charlie finally exploring little towns and venturing further from the populated metro cities. So many ran down little towns across all 50 states. You gotta do Alaska or Hawaii for real.
MY NIGGA YOUR RUNNIG OUT OF HOODS💯💯💯💯💯💯
Better Google this town
😂
At least they keep their yards trash free. Probably decent people if you talk to them.
There's a lot of good people here in West Helena. Some assholes but mostly nice decent. We're not big on taking shit either but hey , who is.
Yes it really a shame that we as Americans can give billions of dollars to outher people and we have to see this in America damn
Let's see the hoods in Idaho and Montana 😂😂
streets and yards are clean. never been there but west helenians have pride
My grandparents was born in crawfordsville I got family in Helena
Does it get hot and humid there?
@@donnawentz2221 hell yea it does but when it’s cold bruh that mf be cold 😂
At least it looks peaceful.
muito bom .
Bankroll Freddie hometown
Yep. That's my cousin.
@@Kontroversial84🧢 FREE BANK
Hi dud . It's really beautiful. But i hope you speak anything while you driving like a describe about the city or any other thing 😅
Wow!
In this video, you came within less than a mile from my house. My house looks just like all of the others. 🦅 😎👍 🇺🇸 ✝️ 🗽
😮
Is walmart close by?
That's street I grew up on 😢
I wonder if have hi speed internet three?
They have everything this video shows the worst because people want to see it and gasp.
Yes. I live in one of house like this. We get ATT&T cable internet and I have AT&T wireless cell phone.
@@jimmycain8669There is a lot of "worst" here. His other video is more average of the town.
Funny how I don't see the commenters bashing the Arkansas government for how bad this is like in the NYC and Philly videos- pretending like they care about homelessness and addiction
Funny ain’t it
2:46 that was a pretty damn nice house.Wat ching from da Island of Kauai.🤙🏼
Omg
Thank you
Now that what you call country corn Daaaam
Bro time traveling 🧭
My family the Gilcrest’s from that town
wonder what it looked like in the 1970s
like New York City
I'd say it's heyday was in the 60's. Late 70's / early 80's is when the town started to fail due to loss of industry.
The state of Arkansas has lots of these towns: pine bluff, blytheville, helena…
Should’ve stopped and interviewed me😈
Looks like the jobs all left. 😢
This is a town that I’ve never been to but I found because it has large homes for sale under $50,000. I found one giant home with 7 bedrooms and beautiful woodwork and historic facade -$200k. It’s unbelievable but obviously a very depressing town
Currently, there is one house listed for $16,900 and a house listed for $20,500.
Yoooo broo I wish I would’ve known you was here 💯 I make music we can do a hood vlog
Needs a luxury apartment complex.
2 cities combined. Its Helena West Helena, Arkansas.
VERY-TRUE.
Sad to see boarded up homes Looks like homeowners care for their properties unlike some places USA giving away billions to foreign countries wars while towns & cities decline Infuriating
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🙋🏾♂️Ive been there. "West Helena" is where 👨🏾👩🏽 Black Folk live and is known for 🥷🏾robbing strangers. "Helena" is where👨🏻👩🏼White Folk live.
Is Arkansas really bad as far as racism?
Please stop the passing false information about my city. Yes, we have problems just like every other city in this country. But this it was just a few minute video, of one part of the city. NOW!!!... I'm not going lie and act like it's the greatest city to live in, BUT it's not the worst either!
Aaannddd!!! There some beautiful areas in Helena-West Helena!! And one thing for sure...the same roads that brought you in...take you out!🤷🏾♀️
@@trenaadams7880 Hwy 49 at Lula MS took me in and Hwy 49 at Lula MS took me out. ... I said Helena is 👨🏻👩🏻White Folk. I said West Helena is 👨🏽👩🏽Black Folk. And West Helena was known for Robbing Strangers, which is 100%true. 🙋🏾♂️Hey Lady either you been AWAY from W Helena for years or you simply live a Sheltered Life and don't know any better. Cause the TRUTH from the mouth of the real "Street" Dudes there is... If you're not from W Helena you better have a certified W Helena Dude with you if you plan to stop anywhere there! Otherwise, you are "On the Menu".
@@wwrecords1you must be either blind or ignorant one cause Helena and West Helena are not segregated!
Still look better than philly
Do you think, because of all the empty decaying houses, there will be a lot of vermin such as rats and mice?
Yes ofcourse, not to mention snakes.
@@Nautica_Gibson I would have never thought about snakes.
No. But I have thrown 2 snakes out of my house. 😅🤣😂
Reading comments here, no one has a clue:
There's trash everywhere here, dogs running loose, rampant crime, water pipes leaking everywhere, roads falling in, houses burned out...
This video doesnt capture anything but the vibe.
How much worse could the vibe be?
Don't know what you are talking about. I never seen trash everywhere, roads crumbling, or water pipes leaking.
@@Matthew_Loutneryou are not from west helena thats why
@Chopy18S Oh I am not?
Where am I from?
Place looks deserted. Why don’t they rebuild more houses there
There is no economy after the railroad closed. People cannot rebuild their own house and there are no buyers to sell to.
This isn’t West Helena Ar! This is not Crowley’s Ridge.
It is to West Helena!
@@jlindleywhite nothing I recognized.
Oh...yesss it is!!! Phillips County....not Crowley's Ridge...
??????
Very depressing place
It is a state of mind . . .
Nightmarish.
you chose to ignore all the nice homes and areas. That town is on a major hwy 49; on the mississippi. You selling views not reality
I live in this town and he has his video right.
We have a few nicer houses. But he would not know where to find them.
Arkansas ain't been relevant since Bangin' in Little Rock 🤣
😢😂😂
Chicago ain't been relevant since the Max Headroom incident 😅
@Al_Borland Huh? You lost me gang 😂
AND CHICAGO HAS NOT BEEN RELEVANT SINCE MICHAEL JORDAN LAST PLAYED 4 THEE BULLS. AND GARY, IN DIANA GOES HARDER THAN CHICAGO TOO, SINCE YOU WANT 2 HATE ON ARK. ON EVERY ARKANSAS VIDEO.