I can relate to this a lot, lost my job, depression, dependent on so many others, everyone around me becoming less and less friendly, but i managed to survive these harsh times and that's the most important thing. Even without any money i found out that i was a lot more happier than most others, and it showed me that happiness comes from within one's self, even at my lowest points i had moments of light and i thank God and the few friends and family for supporting me through this tough time. Never give up no matter how hard, the human body is stronger than you think. ❤
@N Fairchid True. But what can we do if we can’t Vaccinate because of some medical conditions. At least in open air I can wear my Shield then my Smile will shine through.😉
@@nevadataylor we can not break such a big global system by our selves. Bu we can do our share in donating 2-3 percent of our income to orphans or those who cannot afford basic needs.
@@shakalbadlalega must be? why must it be? "hmm. Must be-" usually means, no research. There's no law anywhere ever that says you can't donate expired food, and expiration dates are set by the companies that make more money the more than gets thrown away.
I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like having a job, a house and then lose it all and rely on other's help. When I complain about my job I watch these eye opening documentaries and I become appreciative with life 'cause I was able to keep my job in tough times. I really wish those people can get back on their feet soon, my prayers and thoughts go to them hoping that everything works out
@@---un5mt It's New York City, in New York state. The 5 boroughs/NYC is anything & everything, but not for everyone that heads there & decides to stay there. Born/raised NYC/NY'er here. Don't ridicule NYC, when globally, people suffer.
So humbling. Definitely puts things in perspective about the 'difficulties' of boredom or being down about not being able to travel internationally during the pandemic. These are such eye opening docs. Great work, DW.
@@susanmayer6917 1.) NYC is expensive 2.) The cookies are actually really good 3.) There is nothing wrong with Levain's business model as they constantly have lines out the door Most bakeries have unbought goods at the end of every day. They would go stale if they were to wait for the next day to sell them. They can either throw away unbought goods or donate them like Levain is doing.
I really respect people who put in a ton of time and effort to provide tasty foods and desserts to those in need. We have this horrible misconception that poor people don’t deserve any more than the bare minimum it takes to stay alive, but everyone deserves a little something to make getting up in the morning worthwhile. That’s what it really means to take care of each other.
i knew people in USA that lives in USA for 12 and 18 years they didnt get anything, they are poor but they dont want to return to their country because humiliation and shame
As a person who’s struggling because they are sick but who still has a job thank you because I realize it could be worse. Gotta stay humble at all times.
HAHHAHA she can make better life in liberia or in her homeland Africa instead in USA, liberia is homeland of afro american so dont ever come to USA anymore!
@@Alghi451 not necessarily. Liberia has been through a 20 year Civil War, Ebola and now Covid. USA is hard and racist but I have a better chance of making money and providing for my family here.
that lady collecting bottles illegally came here though..and she’s living in new york, one of the most expensive places in the country. with both those factors i don’t have much sympathy for her predicament
@@JP-md8fp I mean yeah...but whats your point? Are you agreeing with him or not? Or you just trying to undermine a persons opinion because of his Skin color? thats not very kosher mate
What they probably missed is the homeless xray technician probably lost his job because of his age, or that keeps him from getting another one. Even professionals are being pushed out of the workforce in their 40s and 50s. They don't say you are old, they just call you over qualified, actually they see you as too expensive.
He sounded kinda stubborn to me, when he said he doesn't want help. I mean humans have been helping each other since we were cavemen. A doctor helps his friends with medical advice, and his friend in IT returns the favor with computer advice etc. We're tribal by nature.
IrishNomad ORourkeGlynn you saying America doesn't have any laws relating to ageism ?? It's a difficult charge to prove I suppose. Employers can say a number of reasons, when it could simply be age.
Poverty is a big problem in large cities like New York and others but this pandemic has just exposed the inequalities between rich and poor that has always existed and governments failure to address it
Inequality exists everywhere in this world. It’s impossible to make everyone equal. There will always be people who don’t play the game of capitalism correctly. It’s a tricky game to win at, but it’s easier than most people think. 💵💵💵
@@werewolfberserker1950 It's called having a cool idea and being lucky, working your ass off and saving as much as possible (while possibly sacrificing your "best" years and maybe your sanity) or being born into a rich family. That's how most rich people get rich to be fair. The point is: equality is inherently utopian and inequality is definitely fine, but it shouldn't be THIS unequal. Making enough to cover your basic necessities shouldn't be this hard, but thanks to greedy CEOs/politicians it is.
As someone who grew up poor in 1990's Lower East Side and worked at the luxury hotel next door to the Bowery Mission this documentary both breaks my heart and infuriates me. Catering to drunk obnoxious yuppies every day and then walking home with people sleeping on the street made my blood boil. I will never go back to working for a company that gentrifies and criminalizes the poor. New York City is absolutely out of control.
@@meeks1201 You are made at the yuppie? not the craven degenerates spreading filth and squalor through out the city? Why is NYC a gross, smelly, cluster F? Is it because of he junior lawyer trying to make it for his family or the inner city degen that just vomited for the third time on the subway. If you can't make it gtfo
This short film nearly brought tears to my eyes. Living in New York is so very hard. I travel frequently and it baffles and even frustrates me to see the number of people, especially young people, oftentimes with no special skills, dreaming of life in New York after buying into the myths peddled by movies and influencers. People get upset with me for highlighting the negatives of New York, but, as this piece highlights, one in five New Yorkers is poor. Cookies can cost $7. Pints can cost $7-12. $100 or $200 is normal for a night out with a date in Manhattan. I was once a recent graduate, paying $1,300+/mo. for a room and living off 79¢ 2-liter bottles of soda and $6 Little Caesar’s and halal food. And I had it lucky. More people need to realize that life in New York is likely to be hell unless you or your parent/spouse is a HNWI. (And if you have to look up what HNWI means, you probably don’t have enough money to consider living in New York, or at least a safe community therein.)
@@SafffOneee The poverty threshold in NY is very high. Also nobody forces anybody to go live in NY. If you think it's too expensive then go elsewhere and take the pay cut. If you're staying it's probably in your own interest. I would love to go live and work there if I could. Rent in Manhattan is about 50% more than my home city (Paris France) but the mean household income in Paris is about half the median household income in New York (which means the average is probably three times higher!) And cookies can cost $7 in Paris too
@@huguesjouffrai9618 same in Dublin. It's outrageous and our homeless numbers at an all time high. Yet people come from all over Europe specifically former eastern block countries, they have to live on top of each other to survive. It's beyond affordable on a normal salary.
@@peppersghosttheater they come because it's better for them in Dublin or NY than at home. It's often better to be the poor guy in NY or Dublin than the rich guy elsewhere: life is expensive but the share of your income that you will save is worth much more (and when you retire you don't have to stay in those expensive cities)
I salute you Maam as I totally understand the feeling of hunger. You are an Angel and your team as well. Thank you for all you and your team are volunteering and helping the poor, and hungry folks. God bless.
not only in newyork, but also big cities in europe like that. Be thankful that you can still eat and be healthy during this pandemic. always helping each other.
@@drunkensailor112 and literally so was new york this documentary highlights how Corona exacerbated the already bad situation. I only commented because you said only the UK is experiencing similar issues, that's not factual.
Moving costs money but when you get the chance MOVE! I went to college in NY and left when I finished. Loved the experience but cost of living too expensive
NYC is probably the best place in the country to be if you’re poor because the city and state welfare programs are so generous. The city spends over $30,000 a year PER homeless person. NYC is only expensive if you’re working and paying market rate rent. If you’re living in a homeless shelter or public housing, it’s much better than the alternative in most other places if you have no or little income. That being said, I was in a similar situation as you moving to NYC for college, but I stayed.
Move??? it costs $10,000 to relocate. Unless you work for a corporation that pays for everything and ships your car and gives you a foot massage because your in the IT field
@@lifeasithappens It has nothing to do with relocation costs; it has to do with the fact that they likely wouldn't get the same quality of free healthcare and nearly free housing in other areas of the country. Costs of living might be lower, but costs of living aren't really costs of living when the government pays them for you.
I lived in NYC my whole life up until this past year. Nobody would believe me when I said everybody in NY is broke. It's not an understatement. I grew up with some people who I thought had great jobs, but they still complained about not being able to afford certain things. I've known plenty of people my own age (in their 20s) who worked endless hours a day at thankless jobs for peanuts... WITH professional degrees. It's a weird thing to be surrounded by. I love NYC, and I miss it like crazy. It's my favorite place in the world. I didn't want to leave, though. I left because I felt that I needed to. I now live in Canada. It's expensive here too, for sure, but I feel like I can actually survive more easily here. Canada is good place to be is you're broke. Good luck out there, fam xoxo
I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
5 kids no job. No english after 34 years. What did she expect? Free money? Cant belive she feels entitled to gov aid when shes not even supposed to be in NYC
well, that's the consequences of overpopulation. and I mean, I'm not basic with just saying it like that because I do know that it's the people that have the system like this. But, when women like to get pregnant without control.. this limited resourced planet will be affected. if people were more equal.. the less problems it'd be. but most people are just senseless, evil and just greedy. but thankfully not all of them. she needs to move out of that city if she feels that she's not making it there. she has that fault too. money doesn't come easy to you, you gotta find it yourself.
This made me realize how lucky I am to have a roof over my head, a job and food on my table. I will NEVER understand food waste, even though I am a food safety specialist and I clearly understand the safety measures that need to be taken to make food edible and safe to eat. BUT throwing away perfectly good veggies or whatever just because they don't "look nice" is pure evil. This is what huge corporations and supermarkets have made us believe - everything needs to be perfect, beautiful, or it's bad. That's not true. Think twice before throwing food away. In my city (I live in Europe) there are foodsharing fridges, where you can leave whatever you don't need or won't eat, so people in need can take it. I think it's a great idea.
My heart goes out to them. Man to be an xray tech and then you're on the streets. That hits hard. Dude shouldn't have been effected but yet here he is. Really sad.
Currently homeless in BRONX. It's no joke... at least someone was wonderful enough to help me with a phone to get started back on my feet. Still can't believe I'm in the situation but Im making the most of it.
It will get better if you just put everything into it. Heart and soul. I was completely broke and in a bad heroin addiction 3,5 years ago in Sweden where am from. Now I have a job which pays me 5,500$ a month and I live in Kenya with my beautiful girlfriend soon to be wife (I work shifts 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off) all year round. So I fly in between Kenya and Norway where I work every month. But am telling you man, I had absolutely nothing just a few years ago. Not even a dollar to my name in my bank account while now I've saved up almost 50k in just 2 years. So take it from me, it gets better if you just work hard enough for it. Praying for you tonight bro.
Just got my own place in the Bronx. Its impoverished yet the minimum rent is $1400 😆 something aint right. Theyre pushing Bronx natives into shelters and on to streets while outsiders are taking over raising rent but not raising wages🤷🏽♀️
Lets not forget the luxury condos theyre building in the South Bronx, but people actual struggling looking for housing have to wait to win an affordable housing lottery 😆 complete bullshit.
@@0ut1and3r That's what happens when housing is treated like a commodity. The slumlords want to keep people from living in proper conditions because the rich people are lining up to purchase and destroy the buildings to create their stainless utopia.
@@0ut1and3r 1,400!! Damn bro! And here I am paying 350-380$ for a large nice one bedroom apartment of 70 square meter on third floor with two large balconies of 15 square meters each (both has roofs and of which one I have made into an extra bedroom by installing walls and put in bed, tv etc for whenever a friend and family member visits me. I have about 100 meters to the Indian ocean. Multiple restaurants nearby, large grocery shop about 70 meters away. Bank/ATM building next to ours. And lastly a small convenience Store in our building. An that's including electricity and wifi. Tap water is free but not drinkable. But 20ltr is 90 cent to buy. They deliver to the door without extra fee. I should also mention we have a cleaning lady coming every Friday to clean the whole house for 10$. Most people pays 5$ for the same service. So seeing you paying 1,400$ makes me feel pretty damn good haha.
What an amazing woman, the lady that collects bottles to help hungry people. These type of people deserve platform and recognition for their work. And not those big famous charity organisations that only enrich themselves.
Those rich people also came from these people. All of them were lured into the big city for easy wealth, like flies to the picnic basket. But, like the Olympic only a small can stand on top of the podium. Our focus must be to improve the live of those at the bottom and not what the rich are doing, that's they're business (which millions of people are earning high salary from those businesses).
Praying for everyone adversely impacted by this pandemic... We shall all rise and be victorious. Take care, brothers and sisters. Love from the Philippines.
There needs to be a law banning food waste, one that forces the hand of so many businesses become more active in assuring items they are no longer going to sell aren't simply thrown out.
Bless these wonderful people that care for their fellow humans and animals too.. I keep imagining if I’d won the lotto or something like that.. so much could be done and nothing would make me happier than to give it all away to these people and animals..if only the ones that have more than enough could be in that frame of mind.
Crazy thing is that alot of people that have won the lotto have given all the money away to their church's & all the pastors have done is put it into their pockets. If I win I would help just like you.
I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
@@juanpedro4083 that is true- And you have a good attitude- do you have a facebook or web page- i would like to get an idea of life In Ecuador - and share some stories of hardship and victory over addiction - here in Australia
Living in NYC makes sense if you work in certain professions (e.g., finance, certain types of entertainment/the arts, etc.) or if you are wealthy. If you are middle class down to homeless without a job that ties you down there, it's an expensive place and you could do better and make your money go much further in many other urban areas in America. That's what I can't figure out: people being in dire straits in cities like NYC and San Francisco but refusing to face reality and go somewhere else.
There is a city in India called Mumbai which is as expensive as New York but has one of the worst standards of living in the world. People who once settle in Mumbai never leave this city no matter how shitty their lives are. Atleast US has so many cities to choose from according to their need and income unlike India which has got handful of third class cities and most of the country is rural
@@onlyeveryone2253 Yeah, it's not that I am unsympathetic to people having serious problems and I understand that some may not be financially able to make a move immediately...but get out once you can.
@@julianhermanubis6800 I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
It's their money and they know the game. If your going to hate someone simply because their rich then that's pathetic. Why didn't you go and make your own billions and get some success?
@@CoreTradingMastery I agree. It's a tough game and rich people usually work or risk more than the average person to achieve their goals. They either make it and become millionaires or fail and end up with nothing. They give up security for money.
If you do not make at least 25 dollars per hr in nyc, its rough. Even at around 45-50 per hr, you are just barely making it. Dont know if its true but apparently to retire comfortably and maintain more or less the same life style, they say you need at least 100,000k a year till you retire. The more of us there are, the less we are worth. Everyone is replaceable.
I know a family of six in Canada who are making 100,000k a year and only just making it. Their credit cards are maxed out and they're renting. I would say 100,000k a year is possible if you're single with no kids or pets:)
@@bluebellrose8 the same is true here in NYC. As a single person, 100k is enough to be comfortable... assuming that you live outside of the "ideal" areas (i.e. FiDi, Soho, West Village, Midtown, UES/UWS, Williamsburg, DUMBO, LIC, etc.)... but factor in a child or two, being a single parent, and you're struggling just like any other working class person in the city.
@@bluebellrose8 how is a family of 6 making only $100,000 in Canada? Your math doesn’t add up. What’s the unemployment rate, like 6%? So even assuming the worst that 5/6 are working, that’s already over $110k.
@@Lybrel 2 parents and four kids living in Vancouver, Canada. There was an article a few years ago about a man who was making $100,000 a year and he was turned down for a mortgage. I often heard people say how little a million dollars buys you in Vancouver. A studio apartment downtown if you're lucky. Still, if you are renting with 2 cars and four kids attending public school, money disappears very fast. Having four kids is rare though. Most couples are stopping at one or deciding to live child-free. Daycare can be really expensive to the point that it's not worth working and that's if you can get a spot:)
I see those type of people in mathan in the upper east side were i live and ugh i dont help cause if they did in school they couild have been doing something better i jjst live good life style withtravaling shooping school and family 😃
She’s so right at about 4:00. If you have experienced starvation-not for a day, a week or a year but yearS-it changes your relationship with food and within yourself. I can not stand throwing out food. It makes me so anxious, feel so wasteful and unworthy to have such richness that I can even afford food. A huge thank you to the people providing sustenance and a big smile and a bigger THANK YOU for those collecting cans and bottles: You are helping the environment as well as yourself. Consider your work a Public Service because it is and please know, you are deeply appreciated. *YOU MATTER.*
I can really say I am happy and contented of what I do have right now, hoping and praying for all of you to be helped, even slowly I know you’ll be okay. People who don’t give up are so amazing!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
it's tragic to see how many people are suffering. i hope that these people in the city receive some help to get back on their feet. hope the best for you all
3:27 "If the team didn't take these baked goods, they'd be thrown away like so much food in the city." Me: Stores everywhere throw away food after a certain time of the day. I worked at a gas station and I had to throw out perfectly good pizza, among other things, because it's company policy to either sell it or throw it away. It should be given to the employees, who work such ridiculous hours for pay that's a joke without food: they either have to pack it from home or buy their own.
It's all about surroundings where you grow. I had never wasted the food in my life because my parents taught me to value the food.I appreciate their kindness to those who need their help.
american tv and movie episodes showing Buffy scraping her plate intot he garbage can like a good girl and then into the dishwasher... if my brothers and i had turfed food like that when we were young our mudder would have turfed us! Leftovers were always better the next day!
How is an x-ray technician not finding work immediately? People need to be willing to travel to wherever the work is, step outside of their comfort zone.
@Jimmy Dean What's "ignorant" about moving to a new location for work? I've done it several times, from Michigan, to Florida, to New Orleans, to San Diego, and finally to Baltimore. Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. I'm a successful person, you're a loser.
@@SoCalFreelance what makes you think that guy isnt exploring his options ? he said himself he wanted to leave NY And good for you if your successful but nobody cares.
Danke Bastian! This was well done. I appreciate you making this and raising awareness of this huge issue. One mistake was the cookies aren't $7. They are $4. And Levain Bakery is a huge contributer. They have 4 locations in NYC that donates 4 times a week. They gave the most during the Pandemic.
No. Even a little bit of research will make it clear that: "the average American family or single person, identified as poor by the Census Bureau, lives in an air-conditioned, centrally heated house or apartment that is in good repair and not overcrowded. They have a car or truck". It is very wrong to consider such people the "poorest people in the world". I hope I don't have to explain why. However, it would be correct to say that there is a fairly large gap between the rich and poor, although this is relative and can be misleading. Income inequality in the U.S. is higher than in most of Europe (according to the World Bank's Gini coefficient) but it is about the same as in the rest of the world. Lastly, NYC is not a good representation of the U.S. at all. It is one of two A++ cities in the world, making it extremely unique from both a social and an economic perspective. The life of the average American is very much unlike the life of the average New Yorker to say the least.
This country is the worlds richest country full of the poorest. Of all developed wealthy countries in the world, America has the widest wealth gap and it's just widening by the day now since pandemic era came about only accelerating her imminent demise.
@@Worldofourown2024 Yes, America does have the widest wealth gap for developed countries, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. What matters is the living conditions of the poor (which are generally and relatively great in the U.S., as mentioned before). In fact, it's not unreasonable to support a gap because it is evidence that the country is an economic leader. To elaborate, you want your country to create Facebook, Google, Amazon, successful airlines, etc. This means that the country is a center for these businesses and will inherently be more stable, but it also means that a wealth gap is created because the founders of such companies will naturally become wealthy (think of how wealthy Gates and Bezos are compared to ordinary Americans). The U.S. is the world's center for business, so it naturally has a large wealth gap, unlike other developed countries (which don't produce large companies to the same extent). Think about it, you fantasize over Scandinavia's small wealth gaps, but other than Ikea, what large companies do you know that are from there? It's only logical to support your compatriots (and therefore your own country) in becoming wealthy and it's disappointing to see that you spout off such misleading information when you cannot even interpret it.
@@mythlej9544 We could had done far better for our majority living paycheck to paycheck in ran down yucky apartments, but the upper crust are greedy. Now go celebrate your wonderful 4th of July in high luxury pretending like this is the world's greatest country. America is hateful, mean, and just downright greedy.
@@jzk2020 She doesn’t say that. The Lady lives within her Means and does jobs you don’t want. And Lives Simply. It’s a Choice. She’s probably got Savings. Gathering Cans is no easy task, anyone want to do that ?
Damn this hit home. My parents have considered leaving already a few times because they dont want to grow old not seeing their parents and working so much for nothing.
It's been close and their parents are old. They have incentive to return. They get to be with their families and what little they have saved can be used support themselves. I highly doubt my parents would allow themselves to miss being by their parent's side when they die. It's already been 20 years. They always wanted to go back eventually, they came here mostly for myself and my siblings. I wouldn't blame them. But it does remind me of just how alone I am in this country the longer nothing changes.
She's a hard worker. I understand. I'm a CNA working in a low income hospital. I am proud to help the people who are struggling. Hispanic women are the highlight of my days, they are always polite and their families tend to be the most helpful.
Finland discovered that giving people appartments cost less than feeding homeless everyday. There is logic in it. Give someone home, this person will find a job and support oneself. There are jobs somewhere in the country, maybe not all but some of homeless will relocate if offered home&job somewhere else.
@@jagdpanther2224 well, not everyone thinks like you, god bless them. I came across that in some places ppl try some ideas, far from perfect, but at least something is done and that's better than nothing. There is this video on yt titled: Can tiny houses save Detroit? or videos about Emerald Village in Oregon. With time when a person doesn't have any money the problems are piling up and things go worse and worse for him/her. But pull a willing person up (and there is plenty of ambitious ppl falling into the trap of homelessness) and instead of a picture of dispair on the sidewalk you avert your eyes from, you have a regular citizen.
its a condition of mind, in canada its illegal to be homeless, police put them in shelter and shelter wants them to work after 2-3 days and these people go back to homeless again.... govt here has govt houses very cheap rent, child care, free education, still most of the people doing wrong things are from these neighbourhoods...and then they blame their upbringing was not good.....
So sad. My heart goes out to all the people in the world who are hurting and suffering right now. Always remember, there are people who care about you.✨💖✨
There are people who collects cans on recycling day at 3am on the city sidewalks. They look like coal miners because they have a light on their forehead and they're very organized. I remember the first time I looked out the window and saw them. It was so sad and dystopian. We need a universal basic income.
Important documentary to illustrate the financially challenged in America. City governments and municipalities involved in the mitigation of homelessness, low income, and business appressed areas, need to take a strong look at how they manage their funds to prevent these dire outcomes. And it stretches from NY to the Pacific.
Good. I say this for the people from any developing countries whether from South America, Africa or Asia. Do NOT IMMIGRATE or DO NOT MOVE to DEVELOPED COUNTRIES to find better opportunities. STAY at your COUNTRY where you can HELP your FAMILIES, RELATIVES and COUNTRY ITSELF for the better. Going abroad and finding work is NOT as blissful for everyone evertime. The pain from losing connection from your roots and families is not worth for penny that you might earn in your home country if you just persevere. Going abroad will just help those developed economies to be rich as brain drain will come to your country if you continuously move. Stay at your home country, either do business or work online, there are many opportunities for you if you will just be dedicated. In that way, you can help your home country to grow. 🏡🙏❤️
Man I love in NYC and this really puts it all into perspective I had a job all throughout the pandemic working from home, while the underclass risks it all for us office jockeys to be comfortable. Never stop being grateful for the things I do have
I agree. I worked from home the entire pandemic and now I work two days from home and three days in the office. I definitely appreciate my job even though I don’t like it all that much. I’m thankful for what I do have including my stressful job lol.
I am in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but it is impossible to find someone who is looking for food, and it is impossible to find someone who has no shelter. In fact, I thought that there was no poor in America or in the West and I thought I was in a bad situation, but after this documentary I knew the value of something I'm in it
After 20 years here in New York City I lived in the Bronx Manhattan now queens. I have a very young family I just got a place in Florida . I give my New York my best years of my life was a life-changing experience now I’m out goodbye New York
Best of luck hope you enjoy Florida. I’ve lived all my life in Queens and I’m thinking of moving to Jersey city or Hoboken. Still have to work in NYC but at least rent will be cheaper
They must be doing something, I've watched dozens of their videos. But they're all so shallow. Five minutes on collecting bottles and 15 seconds on the 30 year old being her youngest child. Plus stock wide shots with heavy bass background music? So what do you know now about the poor in New York that is different about the poor in LA? Or NYC 30 years ago? These videos are German PBS Human interest portraits at best.
@@jimkolfaz7581 They are also very left leaning in some of their videos. They were very critical of Trump going into the election and made sure to outline his negatives. Yet notice during this documentary, there is no mention of DeBalsio or Cuomo in relation to the poverty and unemployment in NY. They have combined to lead New York even pre-pandemic into one of the worst states its been in since the 70's.
@@VeronicaGorositoMusic I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
I totally relate...I live in south Africa lost my way before the pandemic and I've been without a job for 3years now and I'm completely dependent on the kindness of strangers... God help us all.
Genau!!! Fast ueber 10 Jahren lebe ich in der USA und habe gesehen, dass nicht “Alles was glaenzt” Gold ist ! Die Deutschen Mitbuerger koennen stolz auf ihren sozialen Sicherheitsnetz sein (gesundheitsversorgung; arbeitslosen hilfe...etc) , was man hier als Sozialismus ( von Politkern) verschrien wird!
Even coming from a wealthy country like Sweden and having a healthy income i find NY encredibly expensive, its like Hong Kong so i can only imagine how tough it is being poor and actually having to live there.
That lady who collects plastic bottles all day just to pay her rent has got the happiest attitude ever .She seems way more content than the person who has everything they need and more . God bless her . I wish there way a way I could help her out with a cash gift for Christmas .
The homeless were moved to EMPTY hotels in NYC during the height of the pandemic and the people in the neighborhood were outraged. There is a lawsuit to make them leave.
A lawsuit for helping the homeless people you want them to live in the streets and freeze to death what a wicked wicked thing to do with all the billions and billions of dollars this country spends on war and destruction and nuclear bombs and shady deals it's time for people to give a damn about humanity
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Food waste is one of the most pathetic elements of modern life.
True. But there’s nothing modern about this. We are only in the early stages of civilization.
... pathetic elements of capitalism you mean.
@@Imaveryniceguy truuuuuu
Food insecurity is America’s last problem
@Arindam Kar wdym by rich? Not in poverty?
I can relate to this a lot, lost my job, depression, dependent on so many others, everyone around me becoming less and less friendly, but i managed to survive these harsh times and that's the most important thing. Even without any money i found out that i was a lot more happier than most others, and it showed me that happiness comes from within one's self, even at my lowest points i had moments of light and i thank God and the few friends and family for supporting me through this tough time. Never give up no matter how hard, the human body is stronger than you think. ❤
Thanks for taking the time to comment and sharing your experience, we wish you the very best!! :-)
@@DWDocumentary Ah thanks DW... it's not all doom and gloom, we got to have strong will and believe in ourselves always 🏆
Wise words. Thank you brother. Take care!
@N Fairchid True. But what can we do if we can’t Vaccinate because of some medical conditions. At least in open air I can wear my Shield then my Smile will shine through.😉
#GOD bless you brother. Never lose your faith in the Lord.
Let’s always remember guys that when life gets hard, there’s always someone going through something 10 times worse
Tell that to the dead.
@@TheTrueOnyxRose bro?
It is hard sometimes to remember that.
When your life is hard, then it's hard, no need to compare it to others. It's not a competition, it's okay to feel down when it was hard.
@@signumxmagnum not the point but you’re right
I force myself to watch these...to stay humble, thankful, and continue to give back in any way I can.
Wow, I’d just formed a similar thought to myself just b4 reading ur comment!!
I like watching docus about poverty-stricken people! Makes me feel accomplished lol
@@darinbomy8964 If you can leave your comment here, you're lucky..because there are so many people who don't have Internet..
How about start condemning capitalism to everyone you know? That would help much much more.
@@nevadataylor we can not break such a big global system by our selves. Bu we can do our share in donating 2-3 percent of our income to orphans or those who cannot afford basic needs.
I've worked in a supermarket in manhattan. You wouldnt believe how much food they throw away.
How much exactly?🙄
I've seen them throw out several FULL bags of baked goods that werent stale or molded. Just past the sell by date 🤷🏽♀️
@@0ut1and3r hmm. Must be they are afraid of law so they can't give direct to needed, because it's expired
that is happening everywhere in the "1st" world every minute.
@@shakalbadlalega must be? why must it be? "hmm. Must be-" usually means, no research. There's no law anywhere ever that says you can't donate expired food, and expiration dates are set by the companies that make more money the more than gets thrown away.
I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like having a job, a house and then lose it all and rely on other's help. When I complain about my job I watch these eye opening documentaries and I become appreciative with life 'cause I was able to keep my job in tough times. I really wish those people can get back on their feet soon, my prayers and thoughts go to them hoping that everything works out
Kudos to this channel for showing the sadder side of NY. Good responsive reporting
Only a foreign media company will show the true New York, haha.
Whenever I go to New York, that's really all that I see.
@@---un5mt It's New York City, in New York state. The 5 boroughs/NYC is anything & everything, but not for everyone that heads there & decides to stay there. Born/raised NYC/NY'er here. Don't ridicule NYC, when globally, people suffer.
@Alcina Dimitrescu How is giving 2.1 billion to undocumented immigrants not "caring about the people"?
Most of new York is the sadder side
So humbling. Definitely puts things in perspective about the 'difficulties' of boredom or being down about not being able to travel internationally during the pandemic. These are such eye opening docs. Great work, DW.
We're glad you like our content! Thanks for watching. :-)
@@DWDocumentary STUPID LIBERAL
$7 for a cookie is insane
Welcome to NYC
What’s more insane are the people that pay for it without a second thought.
You can't buy a cookie for less, cause doesn't exist in there
What I was thibking..you could make 3 dozen cookies at home for that price.
@@WldFlwrNBrmstks you're absolutely right!
2 mayoral candidates were asked how much they thought the average home price was in Brooklyn, they replied 100k. What a disconnect and sick joke.
Lmao that's just like the "$10 banana" from Arrested Development.
don't trust the politicians, whoever the party. all he said was nonsense for the sake of filling his wallet.
What is it? A million?
@@arolemaprarath6615 wtf
@@surajpatil8670 Not sure, sounds right. Definitely not anywhere near 100k!
7.00 for a cookie? That’s evil. Seriously, no joke, legit evil.
Better be a really good cookie.
Its with weed.
@@susanmayer6917
1.) NYC is expensive
2.) The cookies are actually really good
3.) There is nothing wrong with Levain's business model as they constantly have lines out the door
Most bakeries have unbought goods at the end of every day. They would go stale if they were to wait for the next day to sell them. They can either throw away unbought goods or donate them like Levain is doing.
Unless it’s a pot cookie.
Its new york city, everything cost crazy amounts of money
I really respect people who put in a ton of time and effort to provide tasty foods and desserts to those in need. We have this horrible misconception that poor people don’t deserve any more than the bare minimum it takes to stay alive, but everyone deserves a little something to make getting up in the morning worthwhile. That’s what it really means to take care of each other.
I was so satisfied seeing all of those cookies going to good use, im happy they served them to those in need.
Prayers for that lady who lost her son
The hardest part for the Mexican lady is going back home with nothing to show for after spending half her life in the US
Was thinking the same! Sad indeed.
i knew people in USA that lives in USA for 12 and 18 years they didnt get anything, they are poor but they dont want to return to their country because humiliation and shame
Her children will be the only way she can survive in her old age.
@@jamesfranko1568 That money mostly gets spent instead of saved and invested by their relatives.
how do you even know that ? just because people will take any work they can get doesnt mean they dont have money
As a person who’s struggling because they are sick but who still has a job thank you because I realize it could be worse. Gotta stay humble at all times.
God bless that women from Liberia my heart is with you angel!
@Live Free are you saying god is not real
HAHHAHA she can make better life in liberia or in her homeland Africa instead in USA, liberia is homeland of afro american so dont ever come to USA anymore!
Thanks Benny💙🙋🏾♀️
@@Alghi451 not necessarily. Liberia has been through a 20 year Civil War, Ebola and now Covid. USA is hard and racist but I have a better chance of making money and providing for my family here.
@Sherry i bet you actually migrant too, maybe originally from latin american countries or african
It’s just wonderful there are good people out there trying to help.
Being homeless feels like a curse especially if you are highly educated . I hope they find help in future .
that lady collecting bottles illegally came here though..and she’s living in new york, one of the most expensive places in the country.
with both those factors i don’t have much sympathy for her predicament
@@tobymacdonald5893 says a white middle class male living in his own country
@@JP-md8fp I mean yeah...but whats your point?
Are you agreeing with him or not?
Or you just trying to undermine a persons opinion because of his Skin color?
thats not very kosher mate
@@JP-md8fp you literally know nothing about me. america isn’t my country but i do live there
and technically above the middle class :)
@@NewWorldF00l idek he didn’t have an actual argument so that’s what he said lmao it’s fine just shows he can’t explain how im wrong
What they probably missed is the homeless xray technician probably lost his job because of his age, or that keeps him from getting another one. Even professionals are being pushed out of the workforce in their 40s and 50s. They don't say you are old, they just call you over qualified, actually they see you as too expensive.
true. Sometimes there is true behind it too.
He sounded kinda stubborn to me, when he said he doesn't want help. I mean humans have been helping each other since we were cavemen. A doctor helps his friends with medical advice, and his friend in IT returns the favor with computer advice etc. We're tribal by nature.
@@richardhe5973generally adults don't like to get help from others.(Including me)
Absolutely. This country has allowed that to happen. Other countries have laws against that
IrishNomad ORourkeGlynn you saying America doesn't have any laws relating to ageism ?? It's a difficult charge to prove I suppose. Employers can say a number of reasons, when it could simply be age.
Poverty is a big problem in large cities like New York and others but this pandemic has just exposed the inequalities between rich and poor that has always existed and governments failure to address it
Inequality exists everywhere in this world. It’s impossible to make everyone equal. There will always be people who don’t play the game of capitalism correctly. It’s a tricky game to win at, but it’s easier than most people think. 💵💵💵
Poverty is a BIG PROBLEM where LIBERALs rule....
It’s a libtard city now. Anyone with any common sense fled that city. NYC is the new Detroit.
@@werewolfberserker1950 It's called having a cool idea and being lucky, working your ass off and saving as much as possible (while possibly sacrificing your "best" years and maybe your sanity) or being born into a rich family. That's how most rich people get rich to be fair. The point is: equality is inherently utopian and inequality is definitely fine, but it shouldn't be THIS unequal. Making enough to cover your basic necessities shouldn't be this hard, but thanks to greedy CEOs/politicians it is.
@@niceoppapy I’ve been to Cuba. It’s a shit hole honestly. Don’t believe in the hype of Fast and furious part 8. Cuba is NOT that nice.
Her son died and she’s still out there collecting bottles? I’m ashamed. I would have given up. She’s my hero.
Well immigrating illegally and having 5 kids is not very smart
@@e889. and now we are all responsible for her decisions.
@@shanada2432 she is going home
@@Agungsuprihatin after living many years of living here illegally.
she will come back to new york after a while and live with forty people in one apartment ,her story not new
As someone who grew up poor in 1990's Lower East Side and worked at the luxury hotel next door to the Bowery Mission this documentary both breaks my heart and infuriates me. Catering to drunk obnoxious yuppies every day and then walking home with people sleeping on the street made my blood boil. I will never go back to working for a company that gentrifies and criminalizes the poor. New York City is absolutely out of control.
Its too expensive now
@@meeks1201 You are made at the yuppie? not the craven degenerates spreading filth and squalor through out the city? Why is NYC a gross, smelly, cluster F? Is it because of he junior lawyer trying to make it for his family or the inner city degen that just vomited for the third time on the subway. If you can't make it gtfo
@@ajays9936 bye troll
One good thing of being poor is you have empathy for the struggling people
@Doper Jones.
YES!
This short film nearly brought tears to my eyes. Living in New York is so very hard. I travel frequently and it baffles and even frustrates me to see the number of people, especially young people, oftentimes with no special skills, dreaming of life in New York after buying into the myths peddled by movies and influencers. People get upset with me for highlighting the negatives of New York, but, as this piece highlights, one in five New Yorkers is poor. Cookies can cost $7. Pints can cost $7-12. $100 or $200 is normal for a night out with a date in Manhattan. I was once a recent graduate, paying $1,300+/mo. for a room and living off 79¢ 2-liter bottles of soda and $6 Little Caesar’s and halal food. And I had it lucky. More people need to realize that life in New York is likely to be hell unless you or your parent/spouse is a HNWI. (And if you have to look up what HNWI means, you probably don’t have enough money to consider living in New York, or at least a safe community therein.)
1 in 5...i've just been thinking about that number, it's unbelievable for a major city
@@SafffOneee The poverty threshold in NY is very high.
Also nobody forces anybody to go live in NY.
If you think it's too expensive then go elsewhere and take the pay cut.
If you're staying it's probably in your own interest.
I would love to go live and work there if I could. Rent in Manhattan is about 50% more than my home city (Paris France) but the mean household income in Paris is about half the median household income in New York (which means the average is probably three times higher!)
And cookies can cost $7 in Paris too
@@huguesjouffrai9618 same in Dublin. It's outrageous and our homeless numbers at an all time high. Yet people come from all over Europe specifically former eastern block countries, they have to live on top of each other to survive. It's beyond affordable on a normal salary.
Socialism is not cheap but you deserve it!
@@peppersghosttheater they come because it's better for them in Dublin or NY than at home.
It's often better to be the poor guy in NY or Dublin than the rich guy elsewhere: life is expensive but the share of your income that you will save is worth much more (and when you retire you don't have to stay in those expensive cities)
I salute you Maam as I totally understand the feeling of hunger. You are an Angel and your team as well. Thank you for all you and your team are volunteering and helping the poor, and hungry folks. God bless.
not only in newyork, but also big cities in europe like that. Be thankful that you can still eat and be healthy during this pandemic. always helping each other.
For millions of Indians this is normal
This isn't happening anywhere in Europe except maybe uk
@@drunkensailor112 *laughs in Albanian*
@@WhatsUp20201 Albania was already a mess before Corona and has no large cities anyway
@@drunkensailor112 and literally so was new york this documentary highlights how Corona exacerbated the already bad situation. I only commented because you said only the UK is experiencing similar issues, that's not factual.
Moving costs money but when you get the chance MOVE! I went to college in NY and left when I finished. Loved the experience but cost of living too expensive
This is becoming a worldwide problem not just in NYC.
It's everywhere
NYC is probably the best place in the country to be if you’re poor because the city and state welfare programs are so generous. The city spends over $30,000 a year PER homeless person. NYC is only expensive if you’re working and paying market rate rent. If you’re living in a homeless shelter or public housing, it’s much better than the alternative in most other places if you have no or little income. That being said, I was in a similar situation as you moving to NYC for college, but I stayed.
Move??? it costs $10,000 to relocate. Unless you work for a corporation that pays for everything and ships your car and gives you a foot massage because your in the IT field
@@lifeasithappens It has nothing to do with relocation costs; it has to do with the fact that they likely wouldn't get the same quality of free healthcare and nearly free housing in other areas of the country. Costs of living might be lower, but costs of living aren't really costs of living when the government pays them for you.
I lived in NYC my whole life up until this past year. Nobody would believe me when I said everybody in NY is broke. It's not an understatement. I grew up with some people who I thought had great jobs, but they still complained about not being able to afford certain things. I've known plenty of people my own age (in their 20s) who worked endless hours a day at thankless jobs for peanuts... WITH professional degrees. It's a weird thing to be surrounded by. I love NYC, and I miss it like crazy. It's my favorite place in the world. I didn't want to leave, though. I left because I felt that I needed to. I now live in Canada. It's expensive here too, for sure, but I feel like I can actually survive more easily here. Canada is good place to be is you're broke. Good luck out there, fam xoxo
Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts on the topic.
Great comment on the realities of what it is to survive. Grass is never that much greener
For me it shows how this country is falling apart when the women said she’s going back to Mexico.
I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
@@juanpedro4083 Como friegas
5 kids no job. No english after 34 years. What did she expect? Free money? Cant belive she feels entitled to gov aid when shes not even supposed to be in NYC
@@harys4442 You do realise that over 43 million AMERICAN CITIZENS speak Spanish as a first language right? Or are you just a racist Trumptard
well, that's the consequences of overpopulation. and I mean, I'm not basic with just saying it like that because I do know that it's the people that have the system like this. But, when women like to get pregnant without control.. this limited resourced planet will be affected. if people were more equal.. the less problems it'd be. but most people are just senseless, evil and just greedy. but thankfully not all of them. she needs to move out of that city if she feels that she's not making it there. she has that fault too. money doesn't come easy to you, you gotta find it yourself.
The business that donated food are amazing.
most of it was going in the garbage anyway
This made me realize how lucky I am to have a roof over my head, a job and food on my table. I will NEVER understand food waste, even though I am a food safety specialist and I clearly understand the safety measures that need to be taken to make food edible and safe to eat. BUT throwing away perfectly good veggies or whatever just because they don't "look nice" is pure evil. This is what huge corporations and supermarkets have made us believe - everything needs to be perfect, beautiful, or it's bad. That's not true. Think twice before throwing food away. In my city (I live in Europe) there are foodsharing fridges, where you can leave whatever you don't need or won't eat, so people in need can take it. I think it's a great idea.
Ms.Barrio is the definition of strength and resilience. Omg. She works so hard. Life is so cruel.
My heart goes out to them. Man to be an xray tech and then you're on the streets. That hits hard. Dude shouldn't have been effected but yet here he is. Really sad.
I support his decision to move out of NY. He should probably avoid big cities and try to live in rural areas where I believe it would be cheaper.
@@henrymmene4470 Yes but there's no work in rural areas.
@@alexcarter8807 Yeah Covid made a lot of rural hospitals close unfortunately.
That dinner he had looked so gross. CAbage?
@@Warmfireandtea fried cabbage is delicious
Hats off to the food suppliers and all the helpers..God bless 🙌 🙏 👏
True friend is when you have nothing.
I admire their work. They are keeping the city clean and landfills free of good waste
The x-ray technician made me so sad, because that is a great qualification to have. Just goes to show that any of us can fall on hard times.
x ray tech , bc canada, small town 250k to 300k a year Canadian
@@hxunter4260 Weird flex but ok.
Currently homeless in BRONX. It's no joke... at least someone was wonderful enough to help me with a phone to get started back on my feet. Still can't believe I'm in the situation but Im making the most of it.
It will get better if you just put everything into it. Heart and soul.
I was completely broke and in a bad heroin addiction 3,5 years ago in Sweden where am from.
Now I have a job which pays me 5,500$ a month and I live in Kenya with my beautiful girlfriend soon to be wife (I work shifts 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off) all year round. So I fly in between Kenya and Norway where I work every month.
But am telling you man, I had absolutely nothing just a few years ago. Not even a dollar to my name in my bank account while now I've saved up almost 50k in just 2 years.
So take it from me, it gets better if you just work hard enough for it.
Praying for you tonight bro.
Just got my own place in the Bronx. Its impoverished yet the minimum rent is $1400 😆 something aint right. Theyre pushing Bronx natives into shelters and on to streets while outsiders are taking over raising rent but not raising wages🤷🏽♀️
Lets not forget the luxury condos theyre building in the South Bronx, but people actual struggling looking for housing have to wait to win an affordable housing lottery 😆 complete bullshit.
@@0ut1and3r That's what happens when housing is treated like a commodity. The slumlords want to keep people from living in proper conditions because the rich people are lining up to purchase and destroy the buildings to create their stainless utopia.
@@0ut1and3r 1,400!! Damn bro! And here I am paying 350-380$ for a large nice one bedroom apartment of 70 square meter on third floor with two large balconies of 15 square meters each (both has roofs and of which one I have made into an extra bedroom by installing walls and put in bed, tv etc for whenever a friend and family member visits me. I have about 100 meters to the Indian ocean. Multiple restaurants nearby, large grocery shop about 70 meters away. Bank/ATM building next to ours. And lastly a small convenience Store in our building.
An that's including electricity and wifi. Tap water is free but not drinkable. But 20ltr is 90 cent to buy. They deliver to the door without extra fee. I should also mention we have a cleaning lady coming every Friday to clean the whole house for 10$. Most people pays 5$ for the same service.
So seeing you paying 1,400$ makes me feel pretty damn good haha.
What an amazing woman, the lady that collects bottles to help hungry people.
These type of people deserve platform and recognition for their work. And not those big famous charity organisations that only enrich themselves.
So heartbreaking, and to think the rich prosper and thrive while these people suffer, in the same city.
Those rich people also came from these people. All of them were lured into the big city for easy wealth, like flies to the picnic basket. But, like the Olympic only a small can stand on top of the podium. Our focus must be to improve the live of those at the bottom and not what the rich are doing, that's they're business (which millions of people are earning high salary from those businesses).
Godbless the woman from Liberia and her crew. We need more people like that.
Praying for everyone adversely impacted by this pandemic... We shall all rise and be victorious. Take care, brothers and sisters. Love from the Philippines.
There needs to be a law banning food waste, one that forces the hand of so many businesses become more active in assuring items they are no longer going to sell aren't simply thrown out.
Bless these wonderful people that care for their fellow humans and animals too.. I keep imagining if I’d won the lotto or something like that.. so much could be done and nothing would make me happier than to give it all away to these people and animals..if only the ones that have more than enough could be in that frame of mind.
Crazy thing is that alot of people that have won the lotto have given all the money away to their church's & all the pastors have done is put it into their pockets. If I win I would help just like you.
I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
I have seen u in other video too
@@juanpedro4083 that is true- And you have a good attitude- do you have a facebook or web page- i would like to get an idea of life In Ecuador - and share some stories of hardship and victory over addiction - here in Australia
How do you knock someone up 5times and leave them WTF!! ???
Its called a lack of social cohesion?
@@PhilMccamley No. There’s no damn excuse.
@@MassNonCooperation Not excusing anything.
unfortunately some people are that evil. i don't get it either
@@rekomendasiku207 Catholicism. Lunacy.
Thank you for making this documentary. Teaches me to be more grateful. Thank you so much. God bless🙏🏻❤️
Living in NYC makes sense if you work in certain professions (e.g., finance, certain types of entertainment/the arts, etc.) or if you are wealthy. If you are middle class down to homeless without a job that ties you down there, it's an expensive place and you could do better and make your money go much further in many other urban areas in America. That's what I can't figure out: people being in dire straits in cities like NYC and San Francisco but refusing to face reality and go somewhere else.
I understand if you want to stay in your area of your family has lived there for generations (more that two) but Just mooooove
There is a city in India called Mumbai which is as expensive as New York but has one of the worst standards of living in the world. People who once settle in Mumbai never leave this city no matter how shitty their lives are. Atleast US has so many cities to choose from according to their need and income unlike India which has got handful of third class cities and most of the country is rural
@@onlyeveryone2253 Yeah, it's not that I am unsympathetic to people having serious problems and I understand that some may not be financially able to make a move immediately...but get out once you can.
@@aolanikainoa552 I haven't been to India, but it's kind of similar in the Philippines.
@@julianhermanubis6800 I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
Meanwhile Billionaires wealth increased 55% in 2020. Appalling.
Yes so many filthy rich people in Mexico for example. Google Carlos Slim of Mexico. But I guess that is OK for you.
Send them some of your money....I didn't think so.
It's their money and they know the game. If your going to hate someone simply because their rich then that's pathetic. Why didn't you go and make your own billions and get some success?
@@CoreTradingMastery I agree. It's a tough game and rich people usually work or risk more than the average person to achieve their goals. They either make it and become millionaires or fail and end up with nothing. They give up security for money.
Lex Luther…whoops…Jeff Besos.
Such eye opening facts! One must be grateful for all that he/she has and never give up! Thank you DW keep up the good work!
I can tell from experience that immigrants keep the city afloat and without their hard work businesses wouldn’t survive.
Just because u didn't don't mean other can't
@@animeti6694 only immigrants can do such hard work. They are usually illegial but they use their simple talent to make NYC exist
@@insectbite1714 so you want to tell me ALL immigrants do that u r taking a piss
@DolphinsWIthIgloos Native American looking too. Why would that be?
@Estela Lopez à
If you do not make at least 25 dollars per hr in nyc, its rough. Even at around 45-50 per hr, you are just barely making it. Dont know if its true but apparently to retire comfortably and maintain more or less the same life style, they say you need at least 100,000k a year till you retire. The more of us there are, the less we are worth. Everyone is replaceable.
I know a family of six in Canada who are making 100,000k a year and only just making it. Their credit cards are maxed out and they're renting. I would say 100,000k a year is possible if you're single with no kids or pets:)
@@bluebellrose8 the same is true here in NYC. As a single person, 100k is enough to be comfortable... assuming that you live outside of the "ideal" areas (i.e. FiDi, Soho, West Village, Midtown, UES/UWS, Williamsburg, DUMBO, LIC, etc.)... but factor in a child or two, being a single parent, and you're struggling just like any other working class person in the city.
@@bluebellrose8 my friends in NYC are doing well at 120k per year ofc no kids way too expensive 🤣 idk why ppl r crazy over pets
@@bluebellrose8 how is a family of 6 making only $100,000 in Canada? Your math doesn’t add up. What’s the unemployment rate, like 6%? So even assuming the worst that 5/6 are working, that’s already over $110k.
@@Lybrel 2 parents and four kids living in Vancouver, Canada. There was an article a few years ago about a man who was making $100,000 a year and he was turned down for a mortgage. I often heard people say how little a million dollars buys you in Vancouver. A studio apartment downtown if you're lucky. Still, if you are renting with 2 cars and four kids attending public school, money disappears very fast. Having four kids is rare though. Most couples are stopping at one or deciding to live child-free. Daycare can be really expensive to the point that it's not worth working and that's if you can get a spot:)
Kudos to any one collecting cans. It's extremely hard work for a hustle. I hope they both keep their head up.
I lived in NYC for almost five years in the 1980sh, it wasn't great than, worse know, I couldn't wait to move.
My heart goes out to these people.
I hope more people give back and help those in need
True , and when we overcome from this pandemic we should continue helping those in needs.
Action speaks louder than words. Start volunteering.
Yes I just bought a house this year at 25 and decided to start donating to a few charities close to my chest.
I see those type of people in mathan in the upper east side were i live and ugh i dont help cause if they did in school they couild have been doing something better i jjst live good life style withtravaling shooping school and family 😃
She’s so right at about 4:00. If you have experienced starvation-not for a day, a week or a year but yearS-it changes your relationship with food and within yourself. I can not stand throwing out food. It makes me so anxious, feel so wasteful and unworthy to have such richness that I can even afford food. A huge thank you to the people providing sustenance and a big smile and a bigger THANK YOU for those collecting cans and bottles: You are helping the environment as well as yourself. Consider your work a Public Service because it is and please know, you are deeply appreciated. *YOU MATTER.*
May Lord bless all of them who help the poor and needy. ..from Germany.
@@IIII......
Yes near to my place .where I live
God bless her and so many working class woman and men doing this in big and small ways. These are my heroes.
I can really say I am happy and contented of what I do have right now, hoping and praying for all of you to be helped, even slowly I know you’ll be okay. People who don’t give up are so amazing!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
it's tragic to see how many people are suffering. i hope that these people in the city receive some help to get back on their feet. hope the best for you all
Well at least someone cares and what blessing for those who are being helped🙏🏻.
Respect for that women, she is helping to clean the city, by recycling and helping to keep it clean! She is a beautiful person!
she's struggling to survive homie she's not getting paid to clean the city
She’s doing it for money. Not to be nice.
This is the story for soooooo many people here in NYC including myself. Everyone is ready to leave. The city has literally died.
I understand brother... I just left... God bless you and may He provide for all your needs
It happening around the world.
capitalism equals poverty
Fakeconomics
Im sorry but tha name got me 😂😂😂😂
@@misanthropyunhinged communism is worse
@Tagedieb communism only works on silly imagination
Bridgette you are a beautiful soul, and as a life long NY’er let me say thank you from the bottom of my heart ..!!
3:27 "If the team didn't take these baked goods, they'd be thrown away like so much food in the city."
Me: Stores everywhere throw away food after a certain time of the day. I worked at a gas station and I had to throw out perfectly good pizza, among other things, because it's company policy to either sell it or throw it away. It should be given to the employees, who work such ridiculous hours for pay that's a joke without food: they either have to pack it from home or buy their own.
Blame that on Government regulations and strict food safety and sanitation. Most companies don't want to be fined, loose their license or get sued.
It's all about surroundings where you grow. I had never wasted the food in my life because my parents taught me to value the food.I appreciate their kindness to those who need their help.
american tv and movie episodes showing Buffy scraping her plate intot he garbage can like a good girl and then into the dishwasher... if my brothers and i had turfed food like that when we were young our mudder would have turfed us! Leftovers were always better the next day!
The good Samaritan’s helping save the food waste to get it to the right people. I love you guys ❤️🙏🏼
How is an x-ray technician not finding work immediately? People need to be willing to travel to wherever the work is, step outside of their comfort zone.
It’s not always that simple.
@@disapphire Please, enlighten me with your vast knowledge >_>
@Jimmy Dean What's "ignorant" about moving to a new location for work? I've done it several times, from Michigan, to Florida, to New Orleans, to San Diego, and finally to Baltimore. Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. I'm a successful person, you're a loser.
@@SoCalFreelance what makes you think that guy isnt exploring his options ? he said himself he wanted to leave NY
And good for you if your successful but nobody cares.
it sounds like his problem is more the crippling depression than the labor market itself
Danke Bastian! This was well done. I appreciate you making this and raising awareness of this huge issue. One mistake was the cookies aren't $7. They are $4. And Levain Bakery is a huge contributer. They have 4 locations in NYC that donates 4 times a week. They gave the most during the Pandemic.
Thank you for all that you do. Thank you for sharing your story.
NYC is a pretty good representation of the whole US. This country has the riches and poorest people in the world.
No.
Even a little bit of research will make it clear that: "the average American family or single person, identified as poor by the Census Bureau, lives in an air-conditioned, centrally heated house or apartment that is in good repair and not overcrowded. They have a car or truck". It is very wrong to consider such people the "poorest people in the world". I hope I don't have to explain why.
However, it would be correct to say that there is a fairly large gap between the rich and poor, although this is relative and can be misleading. Income inequality in the U.S. is higher than in most of Europe (according to the World Bank's Gini coefficient) but it is about the same as in the rest of the world.
Lastly, NYC is not a good representation of the U.S. at all. It is one of two A++ cities in the world, making it extremely unique from both a social and an economic perspective. The life of the average American is very much unlike the life of the average New Yorker to say the least.
This country is the worlds richest country full of the poorest. Of all developed wealthy countries in the world, America has the widest wealth gap and it's just widening by the day now since pandemic era came about only accelerating her imminent demise.
@@Worldofourown2024 America gets all the focus so that’s why it seems we have many poor people
@@Worldofourown2024 Yes, America does have the widest wealth gap for developed countries, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. What matters is the living conditions of the poor (which are generally and relatively great in the U.S., as mentioned before). In fact, it's not unreasonable to support a gap because it is evidence that the country is an economic leader. To elaborate, you want your country to create Facebook, Google, Amazon, successful airlines, etc. This means that the country is a center for these businesses and will inherently be more stable, but it also means that a wealth gap is created because the founders of such companies will naturally become wealthy (think of how wealthy Gates and Bezos are compared to ordinary Americans). The U.S. is the world's center for business, so it naturally has a large wealth gap, unlike other developed countries (which don't produce large companies to the same extent). Think about it, you fantasize over Scandinavia's small wealth gaps, but other than Ikea, what large companies do you know that are from there? It's only logical to support your compatriots (and therefore your own country) in becoming wealthy and it's disappointing to see that you spout off such misleading information when you cannot even interpret it.
@@mythlej9544 We could had done far better for our majority living paycheck to paycheck in ran down yucky apartments, but the upper crust are greedy. Now go celebrate your wonderful 4th of July in high luxury pretending like this is the world's greatest country. America is hateful, mean, and just downright greedy.
1:33 I never seen a Mexican person panhandle in NYC. They work hard always.
Good for you. And white Amerikkkans and black Amerikkkans don't work hard, that's why they are homeless, or what?
@@jzk2020 Native American looking hispanic buddy, remember that.
@@jzk2020 She doesn’t say that. The Lady lives within her Means and does jobs you don’t want. And Lives Simply. It’s a Choice. She’s probably got Savings. Gathering Cans is no easy task, anyone want to do that ?
Well you must not be from NYC it's crazy here i see Asians panhandle and every other race it's crazy in my city
@@jzk2020 Roger that
Damn this hit home. My parents have considered leaving already a few times because they dont want to grow old not seeing their parents and working so much for nothing.
It's been close and their parents are old. They have incentive to return. They get to be with their families and what little they have saved can be used support themselves. I highly doubt my parents would allow themselves to miss being by their parent's side when they die. It's already been 20 years. They always wanted to go back eventually, they came here mostly for myself and my siblings. I wouldn't blame them. But it does remind me of just how alone I am in this country the longer nothing changes.
Me and my family are moving. NY is just taking a toll financially and safety wise.
It's thanks to people like Brigitte that I still have high hopes in humanity and helping those in need
She's a hard worker. I understand. I'm a CNA working in a low income hospital. I am proud to help the people who are struggling. Hispanic women are the highlight of my days, they are always polite and their families tend to be the most helpful.
Finland discovered that giving people appartments cost less than feeding homeless everyday. There is logic in it. Give someone home, this person will find a job and support oneself. There are jobs somewhere in the country, maybe not all but some of homeless will relocate if offered home&job somewhere else.
It works in Finland but not USA!
Their not homeless cuz they can’t afford a house, there’s other major issues at hand
@@jagdpanther2224 well, not everyone thinks like you, god bless them. I came across that in some places ppl try some ideas, far from perfect, but at least something is done and that's better than nothing. There is this video on yt titled: Can tiny houses save Detroit? or videos about Emerald Village in Oregon.
With time when a person doesn't have any money the problems are piling up and things go worse and worse for him/her. But pull a willing person up (and there is plenty of ambitious ppl falling into the trap of homelessness) and instead of a picture of dispair on the sidewalk you avert your eyes from, you have a regular citizen.
They would just turn them into drug labs & burn them down the first time a white police officer gives them a parking ticket.
its a condition of mind, in canada its illegal to be homeless, police put them in shelter and shelter wants them to work after 2-3 days and these people go back to homeless again.... govt here has govt houses very cheap rent, child care, free education, still most of the people doing wrong things are from these neighbourhoods...and then they blame their upbringing was not good.....
So sad. My heart goes out to all the people in the world who are hurting and suffering right now. Always remember, there are people who care about you.✨💖✨
If you don't speak English after living many years in the US, of course you are going to be poor. This is self-inflicted economic pain.
There are people who collects cans on recycling day at 3am on the city sidewalks. They look like coal miners because they have a light on their forehead and they're very organized. I remember the first time I looked out the window and saw them. It was so sad and dystopian. We need a universal basic income.
How much do they earn
UBI would just raise prices even more and people would be back to collecting cans. Especially in NYC.
@Magne M yes!
Important documentary to illustrate the financially challenged in America. City governments and municipalities involved in the mitigation of homelessness, low income, and business appressed areas, need to take a strong look at how they manage their funds to prevent these dire outcomes. And it stretches from NY to the Pacific.
Good. I say this for the people from any developing countries whether from South America, Africa or Asia. Do NOT IMMIGRATE or DO NOT MOVE to DEVELOPED COUNTRIES to find better opportunities. STAY at your COUNTRY where you can HELP your FAMILIES, RELATIVES and COUNTRY ITSELF for the better.
Going abroad and finding work is NOT as blissful for everyone evertime. The pain from losing connection from your roots and families is not worth for penny that you might earn in your home country if you just persevere.
Going abroad will just help those developed economies to be rich as brain drain will come to your country if you continuously move. Stay at your home country, either do business or work online, there are many opportunities for you if you will just be dedicated. In that way, you can help your home country to grow. 🏡🙏❤️
HUSTLE HARD!!! If you gotta collect cans and bottles so be it!!!! Honest work!!!!! No excuses!!!!!! I’m proud of her🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 MUCH RESPECT ✊🏾
Man I love in NYC and this really puts it all into perspective I had a job all throughout the pandemic working from home, while the underclass risks it all for us office jockeys to be comfortable.
Never stop being grateful for the things I do have
I agree. I worked from home the entire pandemic and now I work two days from home and three days in the office. I definitely appreciate my job even though I don’t like it all that much. I’m thankful for what I do have including my stressful job lol.
I really appreciated with your documentary. Thank you for reporting us about the world. ♥
@James Mason thank you for ur cmt.
DW! Another amazing eye-opening news documentary again! Thank you 🙏
I am in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but it is impossible to find someone who is looking for food, and it is impossible to find someone who has no shelter. In fact, I thought that there was no poor in America or in the West and I thought I was in a bad situation, but after this documentary I knew the value of something I'm in it
After 20 years here in New York City I lived in the Bronx Manhattan now queens. I have a very young family I just got a place in Florida . I give my New York my best years of my life was a life-changing experience now I’m out goodbye New York
Best of luck hope you enjoy Florida. I’ve lived all my life in Queens and I’m thinking of moving to Jersey city or Hoboken. Still have to work in NYC but at least rent will be cheaper
One horrible place to another.
Love this channel. They do raw documentaries. Great subjects
They must be doing something, I've watched dozens of their videos. But they're all so shallow. Five minutes on collecting bottles and 15 seconds on the 30 year old being her youngest child. Plus stock wide shots with heavy bass background music? So what do you know now about the poor in New York that is different about the poor in LA? Or NYC 30 years ago? These videos are German PBS Human interest portraits at best.
@@jimkolfaz7581 They are also very left leaning in some of their videos. They were very critical of Trump going into the election and made sure to outline his negatives. Yet notice during this documentary, there is no mention of DeBalsio or Cuomo in relation to the poverty and unemployment in NY. They have combined to lead New York even pre-pandemic into one of the worst states its been in since the 70's.
@@tuneman7688 yes, left perspective, subtle but always present. They should be neutral...but....
@@VeronicaGorositoMusic I prefer to stay here in my small town in Ecuador. it’s hot all the time, I have food every day, I have a lot of friends, I’m watching this video with a hot chocolate. there are many happy people in South America.
I totally relate...I live in south Africa lost my way before the pandemic and I've been without a job for 3years now and I'm completely dependent on the kindness of strangers... God help us all.
I love this documentaries about the struggle of life!❤
You probably drive around in your luxury SUV and think thank God its them instead of me.
Great content, speaks of the truth. Heartwrenching for those that are less fortunate.
God bless bridget's team. Thank god for their kindness.
Sorry for your loss.
I don’t think she knows how to read your comment and she had 35 years to do so.
As an ex NY'r: Gott sei Dank bin ich hier in Deutschland.
Genau!!! Fast ueber 10 Jahren lebe ich in der USA und habe gesehen, dass nicht “Alles was glaenzt” Gold ist ! Die Deutschen Mitbuerger koennen stolz auf ihren sozialen Sicherheitsnetz sein (gesundheitsversorgung; arbeitslosen hilfe...etc) , was man hier als Sozialismus ( von Politkern) verschrien wird!
Truly appreciate this channel. Really shows the truth buried under the glamour.
People in america should be taught about financial education like budgeting, saving, money management etc.
I tell people all the time ,it isn't that people in the US do not make enough money to live they spend too much money on useless things.
I'm still lucky to have a simple life 3 times a day or more eating food every day with a home to stay in and most of all with God's compassion.
Thank you for the volunteers and their selfless service!!!
Even coming from a wealthy country like Sweden and having a healthy income i find NY encredibly expensive, its like Hong Kong so i can only imagine how tough it is being poor and actually having to live there.
Surprising to me, lady came from Mexico 34 years ago and still she can't speak in English. Without language life is harder.
Because there's a neighborhood where you can only speak Spanish so you don't need English so they feel lazy yo learn
Most of them don’t.
That lady who collects plastic bottles all day just to pay her rent has got the happiest attitude ever .She seems way more content than the person who has everything they need and more . God bless her . I wish there way a way I could help her out with a cash gift for Christmas .
The homeless were moved to EMPTY hotels in NYC during the height of the pandemic and the people in the neighborhood were outraged. There is a lawsuit to make them leave.
A lawsuit for helping the homeless people you want them to live in the streets and freeze to death what a wicked wicked thing to do with all the billions and billions of dollars this country spends on war and destruction and nuclear bombs and shady deals it's time for people to give a damn about humanity
@@sandtown4638 America only cares about money and war(because war creates money).Not very good at it either.