I live in Bunkie, only real negatives are there isn’t any places to work. Everybody knows everybody. It’s pretty peaceful but some people try to hard to make it seem like a horrible place. It’s just boring coming from a real city.
@@MRwilliamsjw4 yea very sad, i grew up there ten miles away in morrow, its ashame what happened to the whole area being abandoned , lot of businesses left and when that happened it turned into a ghost town
I am from Hessmer (5 mins away) Bunkie is not nearly as bad as you think from the video. People are poor, but rich in character. I've left Louisiana for opportunity years ago at this point, but the place and the people will always have a place in my heart. No place makes better people than Louisiana. I know I can never call it my home again, but I will always cherish the memories I made and hope the rest of the US takes a page out of Louisiana's book. Money ain't everything, and you should never take yourself too seriously to have fun.
They didn’t show the whole Town of Bunkie. It’s not as bad as they making it look. Bunkie is a nice place with friendly people. And there is lots of Love in living in a small town where you pretty much know everyone. Nothing like it. So much better that living in a big over crowded City
sorry but i grew up near it its that bad and its very sad that a lot of businesses abandoned this town and the government forgot about the people there. very sad
@@testfootage1 I understand what you are saying but Bunkie is not that bad of a place to live. We have quite a few new Businesses that have opened up on Main Street. Still a better place to live and safer than a large City. Hope you go visit Bunkie again and see that it has gotten a little better lately.
@@tamilaborde8532 far as people are concerned i agree, the people of bunkie and morrow are friendly. and i agree to an extent that some areas are safe. It definitly is safer, I go there every couple of months because my grandma lived in morrow which is ten miles away which also has a lot of abandoned places and schools. so im very familiar with the area. The hospitals there are just not equipped properly wth monitoring and a lot of things are manual. The medical system, job opportunities, and lack of internet is the number one reason i would not live in bunkie. Im having to try to find internet service there for family and the speeds they offer, i could not do the type of job i have there. I remember what it was like when bunkie was full of life coming up to growing up to be a man in my 40s now and i watched bunkie decline. when i mention what i mention its not to say i havent been there recently, i was just in bunkie 3 months ago, come there yearly because i have family that have property there so i have watched piggly wiggly close down, winn dixie abandon their property, walmart leave, freds took over and then that closed down and now another business. I had family that had a funeral parlor in bunkie, so im very familiar with the area. if you need to work, you have to travel out side the area to make a decent living, and yes property is cheap but bunkie is a place you have to be prepared to travel a lot to other towns with more resources, a lot of younger people have left because its just better opportunities elsewhere, and i say this with no ill will to bunkie, its just what sadly happened to the town. i have had familiy died in the bunkie hospital and hospice there and i saw first hand the systems compared to where i live now are just not equipped.
I’m from Avoyelles Parish in Marksville and have been watching this channel for years. Was surprised to see this pop up in my feed today seeing how I live only 10 minutes away from Bunkie.
Yeah, im wondering why all the outsiders are horrified and full of pity. Its just poor people, old houses, and mostly neatly kept. I think theyre snooty elitists. Theres more to life than riches and nice houses. In many ways, people living in this neighborhood are rich where it really matters.
I live in bunkie it’s not as bad as it seems. In the video, only part of our town was shown. The only bad thing is it’s a very small country town and it not much to do and many jobs available. We have a grocery store and three schools. It's just mainly all of that stuff is across the tracks.
move to texas, it will be a tough move but you will have more opportunities and you will be able to make enough money to where if u want to come back later to Louisiana you can but when you come back you will have money.
No gdzie.. Greetings from Poland as well! It's a shame seeing these abandoned houses.... Higher Taxes, higher cost of living. Pandemic bs, war conflicts = this. Question is: where does it stops?
@@ARWest-bp4yb no not at all. Just got back from Europe back home in Mexico. Even hoods in Mexico are cleaner than this and people actually take care of the community.
Exactly, I’m from West Monroe there’s the “money” side of West Monroe then there is bawcomville (still West Monroe) which has homeless people, run down houses, people living in major poverty. Then there’s Monroe with ALOT of rich people and really nice houses but then you go to the other side of Monroe and it’s just like this video most of the houses over there don’t even look safe for a pack of wolves let alone humans it’s so sad. We have places that say they are hiring but actually aren’t so it’s even worse now. I have a family member who has a masters and bachelors degree that lost her job and was applying to jobs for 2 months over 70 applications and only two calls back (she applied at places that don’t even require GED too) . She finally got a job with a center job that isn’t even based in Louisiana. Times are hard for EVERYONE these days but the government doesn’t care.
Charlie has about as much chance of finding just one of those as he does catching Sasquatch or a unicorn on video. They don't exist. When black people become wealthy, they move to neighborhoods that are mostly non-black for obvious reasons.
Rich black people live in white communities because these white people don't chase them, nor beat them as what black people would do in community if white people move in. This is why the word "racism" on white people is pure nonsense. This isn't 1922, it's 2022.
This is not Hood. This is only poor living. I don't see anyone hanging around , walking up and down the streets. There is a difference. Its actually sad
The homeless problem is really bad in WA state theres camps full of weirdos near schools, and dope labs in plain view. Fentanyl has western washington by the balls
@@verdellh2106 Same here. I retired to Louisiana because of the low cost of living, weather and the culture. Bunkie has it fair share of nice areas because I used to go antiquing in the area. The state can do better to improve the quality of living for its impoverished communities though.
Being from Los Angeles, one of the largest most booming cities in the world, it’s always a culture shock not seeing homeless people anywhere in these videos! Not a one?!?! No tents?! No boxes?! No shopping carts?! So it’s a poor town where everyone is housed?! Unbelievable. Blessed!!! They say these towns are struggling but I feel like we are struggling more where I’m from. I rather wake up to this everyday! Listen to the sounds, the peace! Appreciate what you have if you living like this! Bigger ain’t always better! And “Mo money, Mo problems” is facts. Anybody want to switch??? Lol
I’m from Louisiana and trust me , there are many homeless ppl but they’re usually around stores, bridges, so it’s easy to make money pan handling. Like most states it’s getting a lot worse since Covid. It’s no where as bad as California though.
Well do you want intense economic suffering for everyone where you live or only a visible minority where everyone else is doing well? Your eyes are tricking you. This is far far worse than LA and I've been all over the country. The issues in LA can be fixed through policy. The issues in places like this are generational
@@fuffthebucks7266 I see what you mean. Also I have to take into account that homeless people from all over the world come here to be homeless. So there’s that lol.
@@susanmatherne7508 I want a small town life so badly, especially now that I have a baby boy.. I know it has its pros and cons though, but I have no idea how I would make a living in some of these places for my boy.. it’s tough to think about lol
I'm from Bunkie, and I now live in Texas. I tell my kids we didn't grow up with homeless people in our community. Everyone has somebody to stay with. Even the poorest person in Bunkie has SOMEBODY to stay with.
It kind of makes you think about life and how good some people have it and how lucky some people are I'm not a material type person I worked a blue collar job for 25 years I could care less about updating my 40-year-old house I drive used cars and trucks I never take anything for granted because I know what it's like in this country in certain areas ✌️
The rich arent staying rich by giving away their money they stay rich by not giving, thats the way the world is built, greedy people out there who want everything for themselves and nothing for us…..
@@paulferguson2574 from what I understand. This is a very poor part of Louisiana. Jobs are scare and some have no cars or even a decent education. It’s like modern day slavery.
@@cassandracoles7428 I see what you say, but there are so many programs for people like these , but they MUST take advantage of them. People from all walks of life have risen from poverty to become self sufficient so not to have to rely on Government handouts.
@@paulferguson2574 People always reference nameless programs when the truth is, they dont apply to most modern living people. I remember when you had to have kids to get food stamps. Then that changed but I couldnt get stamps as a student or full time employed or no employment.
@@sierraball444 bro it’s bunkie Louisiana get your facts right u just tryna sound smart and all u gotta do is look it up u just tryna sound like the smart guy when you’re just making yourself look stupid
You only got city culture. (which is great. I love NOLA) I"m cajun country. We don't value big houses and money as much. We value faith, family, food and fun. Usually outdoor fun like hunting, fishing, sports, grilling, etc. You don't need big money for that kind of happiness.
This my home town. I just been there off military leave and sadly it’s crazy to see the city look like this. Still got family there but this place is a “stuck” city. At 3:28 is the lot my family and house used to be at. That was over 15 yrs afo
Cmon fam if you gonna record then go across the tracks and record too. It’s night and day when you cross the tracks. I’m from Bunkie. People just don’t take care of the houses on the east side.
Yeah, every town big and small, from Bunkie to NOLA got really nice swank places AND rundown places where granpa lives. Just cross the tracks. Why is it always the dam rr tracks that makes the difference? Like, somewhere, is it the bayou instead? But that would be deep rural ghetto, which is a weird sort of ghetto, like you respect them because they're tough and know how to do crazy shit to survive. Lol, but I guess urban ghetto is the same way, just really different flavor. I think rural and urban ghetto might understand each other.
Go to covington Louisiana, Either go by cov/abita and turn down 3rd ave off highway 36 and the houses there are ragity and ik in the trailers they had multiple shootouts over drugs, and if not there you gotta go to downtown cov and check out the hoods down florida street and also down filmore over there they got the groves which is like an apartment complex and all that area the hood
Hurricanes got nothing to do with this. Those old houses laugh at hurricanes this far inland, unless a tree falls on them. This is low IQ and poverty, combined. Low IQ makes an inability to delay gratification and plan for the future. You get mad at somebody and do something in the heat of the moment and then you got a criminal record that keeps you out of good jobs, or you steal something just because you want to hock it for fun party favors for the weekend because you want to look big in front of your friends. Or you kill somebody because they insulted you or your mama or your girl, and lose 20 years in prison. Low IQ makes you unable to resist immediate impulse reactions and instinct, and makes it impossible to delay pleasures you want now for the sake of a better future. Call me racist or mean or whatever, i don't care, we all know it's true. These are good people with a heart of gold, and I love them to bits, but they can't delay gratification to think about planning a better future, and that's just the way it is, and we all understand that down here. We don't fault them for it unless it's our loved one they kill, because we know human nature. These people are our classmates, our co-workers, our friends, and increasingly, our in-laws. Don't judge them, especially if they aren't doing anything to hurt you personally. They're just poor because that's the best they can do. Find it in your heart to love them anyway, because they're rich in ways you can't even understand, worth so much more than a sly and fast brain. They're just trying to fit in to a society manufactured for people with a little bit higher IQ, and they keep falling a little bit short of the bar. Love them, befriend them if you can, but don't judge them. It's not their fault. And they do damn well, all things considered. I don't think I could cope half as well, dealt the hand they've been dealt. But it's got nothing to do with hurricanes. My family is working poor. They hard-ass their way through hurricanes and it just makes them tougher. Low IQ is the issue here. Don't judge. It just is. Love them, they're wonderful in their own way, and they can't help it. Rarely will you find a richer culture.
I had to look at a map to see if I had been in Bunkie before. For some reason I could not remember. Yep, been through there several times. I like driving up and down Hwy 71 if I am not in a hurry.
This ridiculous the mayor in governor allowing people to live in these conditions! Where is the money being spent, landscaping needs to be done, some of the wooden houses needs to be torn down!
They don't need to walk anywhere, maybe. Somebody in their friends/family got a car when they need to go to the store. And yeah, maybe it was stinkin hot and nobody wanted to go anywhere but inside.
Minus the diabetes Pecan candy are some of the best treats around. Don’t let the decay fool you u’d find some of the best pecan cakes pies in areas like this.
How do you make money to even afford to have a home here? I think about relocating all the time, but that’s my only concern. Houses can be dirt cheap but that’s still not free. How can I afford a rental payment in these small towns??? I drive doordash in Los Angeles and that’s not even an option in these places. It’s expensive here and homeless people everywhere but I can’t imagine living in a place where I can’t get a job if I wanted to (where do all the homeless people go in these places? I notice I don’t see any lol)
That's an interesting topic, and one worth addressing. The people who live in this neighborhood are one of 3 options... they're either working poor who have several minimum-wage part time workers sharing the rental expenses, OR they're on section 8 housing payments from the government, OR, their ancestor owned the house free and clear, and they only now have to pay the property taxes, which are dirt cheap. I live in the same parish (county) as this town, and I can tell you that if your property is worth less than $75k, which most of these homes are, then you only have to pay $40 per year in property taxes for trash pickup and fire protection. Our property is assessed at a bit over $100k value, and we only have to pay about $125 per year which is the $40, plus a little bit for public services like teacher salaries, etc. Healthcare workers are always in demand. If you can get the basic minimum certification for whatever a low-level nurse is (CNA?), you would be MUCH needed in the local economy to assist with nursing home care, or in any clinic or healthcare setting. You'd work your ass off, but you'd be able to afford basic living in this low-cost area. And you don't have to live in the 'hood like this. You could likely buy a nice little single-wide manufactured home and an acre of land for the same price as rent would be in this run-down old neighborhood. But that would require you to have a decent credit score and a few thousand dollars saved up. It would take some time and planning, but you could do it, if you're serious about improving your home ownership status. Or, you could simply buy a bit nicer older home. In next-door Rapides parish (county), there's not even the $40 property tax for homes under $75k value, if you file for Homestead Exemption. If your home is worth $75k or less, you pay ZERO in property taxes, so nobody can take it away from you for non-payment of taxes, because there is no payment at all required. I know, because I used to live in that parish and my best friend still does. Her house is 4 acres of land and an older doublewide, and she pays NO property taxes. For a person willing to live frugal, it's a good way to own something, get out of the rent cycle, and maybe even live rural away from a run-down neighborhood or dangerous town. But if you live rural, there's 2 MAJOR things you need... a lawnmower and a reliable, fuel-efficient car. Or if you're rich, you can drive a big truck all over the place. I suppose you could get by without the lawnmower if you had goats (but then you would need a good fence to keep your goats out of the road), but you absolutely need the car, if you intend to have a job to pay the bills. Hope this is helpful. PS- there are no homeless people in these places, usually. The homeless people are in the larger towns where there are soup kitchens and shelters and services. I suppose if there was a homeless person, they'd be couch-surfing with relatives/friends or squatting in a boarded up place, and everyone in the neighborhood would know about them and either keep them in line and call the cops on them when they get crazy, or refer them to the local church for services. Nobody wants they own house burning down because Jo-jo so and so was trying to keep warm with a bonfire in the living room of the boarded up place next door. And everybody would know about them because an entitlement/section8/foodstamp/EBT neighborhood of people has all the time to sit on the porch and watch EVERYTHING that comes and goes in the neighborhood, and they know everything happening around them. Unlike rich ppl who are gone to work all day or locked up inside not paying attention to what happens outside. Louisiana is poor and rough in places like this video shows, and downright dangerous in worse places than this, but it can also be a sort of charming paradise out in the jungle-boonies, where you do what you want and nobody bothers you, and it's cheap. If you were to choose Avoyelles Parish, which is where the town of Bunkie is, might i suggest you live closer to Marksville, where Avoyelles Public Charter School is, in case you ever have children? The public schools are truly hellholes, but APCS is a stellar college-prep charter school that Johns Hopkins University wanted to recruit my son from. It's K-12. Avoid Marksville High School like the bubonic plague. It's lethal ghetto for anybody who wants to learn anything. You spend all your time just trying to stay alive, much less learn anything. If you're serious about relocating anywhere near here, reply and we can chat.
@@oneperson5760 I appreciate you taking time to respond with such an informative reply! Very helpful and informative. Much love ❤️ Will reply to this comment in the future with an update because I’m tryna come by you 😂
most people that live there work in another city and commute back, or they have a house handed down, but most of the houses you see, a lot are abandoned, there are not homeless people because its abandoned. when many businesses left like winn dixie , walmart and other small businesses, a lot of people left bunkie and abandoned their stores and homes and went to other cities or states to live. That is why you dont see homeless people in the video, I grew up near Bunkie as a kid and always went there because i had family that lived in bunkie.. almost half of bunkie is a ghost town. my grandma died in this ghost town because resources are very limited, not much they can do for you in Bunkie when death is knocking at your door.
Wrong. This neighborhood votes democrat. All the poverty stricken hellholes vote democrat because they live on entitlement handouts. People who work for a living vote republican because they pay taxes. This is not a working class neighborhood. This is a foodstamp/EBT entitlement neighborhood.
These neighborhoods might be poor but I bet there's some delicious food being made in those kitchens😋.
I like home cooking ❤️.
Ong we all be cooking 😂💙
Real talk🤤
@@Chuck_W59 opossum?and yummy don’t go together
Not like Louisiana tho🐊
I live in Bunkie, only real negatives are there isn’t any places to work. Everybody knows everybody. It’s pretty peaceful but some people try to hard to make it seem like a horrible place. It’s just boring coming from a real city.
My great grandfather died there.
May his soul rest with God.
Willie Fruga
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If Louisiana doesn't make you weep, you don't have a heart. Bless these people who's government has forgotten. We're all headed there soon.
Man I had NO idea it what like this
If I was living there that bicycle would have been gone
They poor but have fun out there
Still better than most countries lol
Thawadah @Patricia Anne. You appear to have a heart of flesh and not a heart of stone. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿Well said👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿.
Spooky... This ain't just a hood, it's practically a ghost town... 😬
thats because a lot of it is a ghost town, many businesses left bunkie
It seems peaceful, but very hopeless…
That's all of rural America for you
Damn, this my hometown. I know who live in most of those houses, or who used to live in the empty lots. It makes me sad everytime I go back.
Who lives in those empty houses and what does the govt do to help just curiios
@@susandumalaon1676 "Who lives in those empty houses"?
It's my hometown too.
@@debraalfred-williams7344 wow, I see your last name is Williams. Who are your people?
@@MRwilliamsjw4 yea very sad, i grew up there ten miles away in morrow, its ashame what happened to the whole area being abandoned , lot of businesses left and when that happened it turned into a ghost town
I am from Hessmer (5 mins away) Bunkie is not nearly as bad as you think from the video. People are poor, but rich in character. I've left Louisiana for opportunity years ago at this point, but the place and the people will always have a place in my heart. No place makes better people than Louisiana. I know I can never call it my home again, but I will always cherish the memories I made and hope the rest of the US takes a page out of Louisiana's book. Money ain't everything, and you should never take yourself too seriously to have fun.
They didn’t show the whole Town of Bunkie. It’s not as bad as they making it look. Bunkie is a nice place with friendly people. And there is lots of Love in living in a small town where you pretty much know everyone. Nothing like it. So much better that living in a big over crowded City
sorry but i grew up near it its that bad and its very sad that a lot of businesses abandoned this town and the government forgot about the people there. very sad
@@testfootage1 I understand what you are saying but Bunkie is not that bad of a place to live. We have quite a few new Businesses that have opened up on Main Street. Still a better place to live and safer than a large City. Hope you go visit Bunkie again and see that it has gotten a little better lately.
@@tamilaborde8532 far as people are concerned i agree, the people of bunkie and morrow are friendly. and i agree to an extent that some areas are safe. It definitly is safer, I go there every couple of months because my grandma lived in morrow which is ten miles away which also has a lot of abandoned places and schools. so im very familiar with the area. The hospitals there are just not equipped properly wth monitoring and a lot of things are manual. The medical system, job opportunities, and lack of internet is the number one reason i would not live in bunkie. Im having to try to find internet service there for family and the speeds they offer, i could not do the type of job i have there. I remember what it was like when bunkie was full of life coming up to growing up to be a man in my 40s now and i watched bunkie decline. when i mention what i mention its not to say i havent been there recently, i was just in bunkie 3 months ago, come there yearly because i have family that have property there so i have watched piggly wiggly close down, winn dixie abandon their property, walmart leave, freds took over and then that closed down and now another business. I had family that had a funeral parlor in bunkie, so im very familiar with the area. if you need to work, you have to travel out side the area to make a decent living, and yes property is cheap but bunkie is a place you have to be prepared to travel a lot to other towns with more resources, a lot of younger people have left because its just better opportunities elsewhere, and i say this with no ill will to bunkie, its just what sadly happened to the town. i have had familiy died in the bunkie hospital and hospice there and i saw first hand the systems compared to where i live now are just not equipped.
I’m from Avoyelles Parish in Marksville and have been watching this channel for years. Was surprised to see this pop up in my feed today seeing how I live only 10 minutes away from Bunkie.
Markleville my family is down there. That's where my dad is from. Wow..
Passed through Bunkie going to New Orleans. I’d pass through there again.
I wish you would have recorded the rest of Bunkie. Not just the worse part of the small town.
They seem to do that with a lot of towns in Louisiana. So many people come for the food.
Who else from bunktown?
I am!
I wish Shreveport ghettos looked this clean. Seems like Bunkie has some pride.
Yeah, im wondering why all the outsiders are horrified and full of pity. Its just poor people, old houses, and mostly neatly kept. I think theyre snooty elitists. Theres more to life than riches and nice houses. In many ways, people living in this neighborhood are rich where it really matters.
I live in bunkie it’s not as bad as it seems. In the video, only part of our town was shown. The only bad thing is it’s a very small country town and it not much to do and many jobs available. We have a grocery store and three schools. It's just mainly all of that stuff is across the tracks.
It sucks here in La.☹️. Yes I would move if I had the money.
move to texas, it will be a tough move but you will have more opportunities and you will be able to make enough money to where if u want to come back later to Louisiana you can but when you come back you will have money.
Looks like our neighborhood in Salem nj it's so sad not even a grocery store, no job's NO NOTHING
yeah, salem NJ is Real hood too
best greetings from POLAND
już myślałem że z pl tylko ja oglądam :D hahah
Do you have places like this there?
No gdzie.. Greetings from Poland as well! It's a shame seeing these abandoned houses.... Higher Taxes, higher cost of living. Pandemic bs, war conflicts = this. Question is: where does it stops?
@@ARWest-bp4yb check out yt chanel "VP". its about walking through polish areas :D
@@ARWest-bp4yb no not at all. Just got back from Europe back home in Mexico. Even hoods in Mexico are cleaner than this and people actually take care of the community.
looks a lil better then most places you've been. bet there are wonderful people and food there.
most of the people there are nice, but most of it is also a ghost town, once businesses left, a lot of places got abandoned
Well, at least they have good food.
I feel like a shrimp poboy
It doesn't look to bad just old houses that can be fixed, it's not dirty like rubbish everywhere in other "hoods" video Ive seen.
Looks beautiful, great weather down there too
Sarcasm detected.
@@Galidorquest absolutely Not
Head to Beaumont, Texas if ya can.
I've only passed through. Alexandria is pretty run down as well. Scary!!!
I have ppl in Bunkie as we speak! R.I.H Nanny Tressie
This is every town in Louisiana... more or less has a secluded part of run down house these really aren't too bad compared
Exactly, I’m from West Monroe there’s the “money” side of West Monroe then there is bawcomville (still West Monroe) which has homeless people, run down houses, people living in major poverty. Then there’s Monroe with ALOT of rich people and really nice houses but then you go to the other side of Monroe and it’s just like this video most of the houses over there don’t even look safe for a pack of wolves let alone humans it’s so sad. We have places that say they are hiring but actually aren’t so it’s even worse now. I have a family member who has a masters and bachelors degree that lost her job and was applying to jobs for 2 months over 70 applications and only two calls back (she applied at places that don’t even require GED too) . She finally got a job with a center job that isn’t even based in Louisiana. Times are hard for EVERYONE these days but the government doesn’t care.
* Gunroe
Can you possibly go to a rich black neighborhood please? Upper middle class? That would be lit.
Charlie has about as much chance of finding just one of those as he does catching Sasquatch or a unicorn on video. They don't exist. When black people become wealthy, they move to neighborhoods that are mostly non-black for obvious reasons.
There is no such thing and if it is its an abomination
Rich black people live in white communities because these white people don't chase them, nor beat them as what black people would do in community if white people move in.
This is why the word "racism" on white people is pure nonsense. This isn't 1922, it's 2022.
@@BlackMan12331 Atlanta has them
He has. He went to East Point. But the point if his videos is to show the areas where poverty exists and make people aware.
This is not Hood. This is only poor living. I don't see anyone hanging around , walking up and down the streets. There is a difference. Its actually sad
Hood is another word for depression area or an area that will never get better.
The homeless problem is really bad in WA state theres camps full of weirdos near schools, and dope labs in plain view. Fentanyl has western washington by the balls
Ppl get shit and killed in that town and robbed. How u gone say what's hood or not if u never even been there
I was born and lived in Louisiana until I was 21 years of age. I visit quite often, I have family there. There is violence everywhere.
@@verdellh2106 Same here. I retired to Louisiana because of the low cost of living, weather and the culture. Bunkie has it fair share of nice areas because I used to go antiquing in the area. The state can do better to improve the quality of living for its impoverished communities though.
Come to Marksville next
Some of the best hoopers I played ball with came from here Morrow LA too
Where are all the stores at?
They have stores, they're just not in that part of town.
Can you come to the deep rural Texas hoods?
I wish other parts of the city were shown. We grew up in a different neighborhood. Not all of Bunkie is represented here.
Rowhouses- Bungalows- Huts- Cottages...Etc
I wonder if you will show the new development that’s about to take place. I’m trying to figure out what your accomplishing?
As a kid I loved coming to bunkie family really stuck together
I don't even see window ac on these houses.
Being from Los Angeles, one of the largest most booming cities in the world, it’s always a culture shock not seeing homeless people anywhere in these videos! Not a one?!?! No tents?! No boxes?! No shopping carts?! So it’s a poor town where everyone is housed?! Unbelievable. Blessed!!! They say these towns are struggling but I feel like we are struggling more where I’m from. I rather wake up to this everyday! Listen to the sounds, the peace! Appreciate what you have if you living like this! Bigger ain’t always better! And “Mo money, Mo problems” is facts. Anybody want to switch??? Lol
I’m from Louisiana and trust me , there are many homeless ppl but they’re usually around stores, bridges, so it’s easy to make money pan handling. Like most states it’s getting a lot worse since Covid. It’s no where as bad as California though.
Well do you want intense economic suffering for everyone where you live or only a visible minority where everyone else is doing well? Your eyes are tricking you. This is far far worse than LA and I've been all over the country. The issues in LA can be fixed through policy. The issues in places like this are generational
@@fuffthebucks7266 I see what you mean. Also I have to take into account that homeless people from all over the world come here to be homeless. So there’s that lol.
@@susanmatherne7508 I want a small town life so badly, especially now that I have a baby boy.. I know it has its pros and cons though, but I have no idea how I would make a living in some of these places for my boy.. it’s tough to think about lol
I'm from Bunkie, and I now live in Texas. I tell my kids we didn't grow up with homeless people in our community. Everyone has somebody to stay with. Even the poorest person in Bunkie has SOMEBODY to stay with.
Actually live in Bunkie and it's so cool trust me
These houses on a lot of these streets look like shanties
It kind of makes you think about life and how good some people have it and how lucky some people are I'm not a material type person I worked a blue collar job for 25 years I could care less about updating my 40-year-old house I drive used cars and trucks I never take anything for granted because I know what it's like in this country in certain areas ✌️
Wow. This was depressing to me.
Where are the schools and businesses and stores?
a lot of businesses left, and abandoned their stores, and some of the schools down. A lot of the town is a ghost town.
It’s a shame that in 2022. In the richest country in the world that people are living like this. Prayers.🙏🏽
The rich arent staying rich by giving away their money they stay rich by not giving, thats the way the world is built, greedy people out there who want everything for themselves and nothing for us…..
they dont have too.
@@paulferguson2574 from what I understand. This is a very poor part of Louisiana. Jobs are scare and some have no cars or even a decent education. It’s like modern day slavery.
@@cassandracoles7428 I see what you say, but there are so many programs for people like these , but they MUST take advantage of them. People from all walks of life have risen from poverty to become self sufficient so not to have to rely on Government handouts.
@@paulferguson2574 People always reference nameless programs when the truth is, they dont apply to most modern living people. I remember when you had to have kids to get food stamps. Then that changed but I couldnt get stamps as a student or full time employed or no employment.
Louisiana has been through a lot but they struggle to keep the area decent. It doesn't look like a trailer park.
This is where the movie “12 years a slave” originated, it was a true story that happened in Bunkie Louisiana
Marksville but not far from here
No it’s bunkie bro stop trying to sound smart just look it up
You're both wrong. It's actually Bayou Boeuf, which is located outside of present day Cheneyville.
@@sierraball444 bro it’s bunkie Louisiana get your facts right u just tryna sound smart and all u gotta do is look it up u just tryna sound like the smart guy when you’re just making yourself look stupid
@@donavonbellard5299 I did look it up, LMFAO!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Still Bayou Boeuf.
This shit depressing I love being from Louisiana cause of our culture but damn outside of New Orleans and Baton Rouge ain’t shit down hea
You only got city culture. (which is great. I love NOLA) I"m cajun country. We don't value big houses and money as much. We value faith, family, food and fun. Usually outdoor fun like hunting, fishing, sports, grilling, etc. You don't need big money for that kind of happiness.
Show us the rich area were people cant pay their mortgage
Poverty in any country looks the same
This my home town. I just been there off military leave and sadly it’s crazy to see the city look like this. Still got family there but this place is a “stuck” city. At 3:28 is the lot my family and house used to be at. That was over 15 yrs afo
What part of Louisiana is this?
Central Louisiana, Avoyelles Parish.
Cmon fam if you gonna record then go across the tracks and record too. It’s night and day when you cross the tracks. I’m from Bunkie. People just don’t take care of the houses on the east side.
Yeah, every town big and small, from Bunkie to NOLA got really nice swank places AND rundown places where granpa lives. Just cross the tracks. Why is it always the dam rr tracks that makes the difference? Like, somewhere, is it the bayou instead? But that would be deep rural ghetto, which is a weird sort of ghetto, like you respect them because they're tough and know how to do crazy shit to survive. Lol, but I guess urban ghetto is the same way, just really different flavor. I think rural and urban ghetto might understand each other.
I miss home, but I can't go back. Cottonwood St was the best!
Now that's some real ghetto of America
Unreal 😦
Go to covington Louisiana, Either go by cov/abita and turn down 3rd ave off highway 36 and the houses there are ragity and ik in the trailers they had multiple shootouts over drugs, and if not there you gotta go to downtown cov and check out the hoods down florida street and also down filmore over there they got the groves which is like an apartment complex and all that area the hood
ima check it out
It’s small town but it’s not nearly as bad compared to Alexandria.
The really only showed the worst parts of the town
Hurricanes have destroyed Louisiana not a good atmosphere. Tough to watch
Hurricanes got nothing to do with this. Those old houses laugh at hurricanes this far inland, unless a tree falls on them. This is low IQ and poverty, combined. Low IQ makes an inability to delay gratification and plan for the future. You get mad at somebody and do something in the heat of the moment and then you got a criminal record that keeps you out of good jobs, or you steal something just because you want to hock it for fun party favors for the weekend because you want to look big in front of your friends. Or you kill somebody because they insulted you or your mama or your girl, and lose 20 years in prison. Low IQ makes you unable to resist immediate impulse reactions and instinct, and makes it impossible to delay pleasures you want now for the sake of a better future. Call me racist or mean or whatever, i don't care, we all know it's true. These are good people with a heart of gold, and I love them to bits, but they can't delay gratification to think about planning a better future, and that's just the way it is, and we all understand that down here. We don't fault them for it unless it's our loved one they kill, because we know human nature. These people are our classmates, our co-workers, our friends, and increasingly, our in-laws. Don't judge them, especially if they aren't doing anything to hurt you personally. They're just poor because that's the best they can do. Find it in your heart to love them anyway, because they're rich in ways you can't even understand, worth so much more than a sly and fast brain. They're just trying to fit in to a society manufactured for people with a little bit higher IQ, and they keep falling a little bit short of the bar. Love them, befriend them if you can, but don't judge them. It's not their fault. And they do damn well, all things considered. I don't think I could cope half as well, dealt the hand they've been dealt. But it's got nothing to do with hurricanes. My family is working poor. They hard-ass their way through hurricanes and it just makes them tougher. Low IQ is the issue here. Don't judge. It just is. Love them, they're wonderful in their own way, and they can't help it. Rarely will you find a richer culture.
What town is this
I had to look at a map to see if I had been in Bunkie before. For some reason I could not remember.
Yep, been through there several times. I like driving up and down Hwy 71 if I am not in a hurry.
Charlie to Ville platte or Eunice you gonna get some good footage then go back to Opelousas at night
Opelousas at night ?!?
@@oneperson5760 , yeah. night time, it be lit
If this beautiful area is the poor one, I wonder how the rich area is?
This ridiculous the mayor in governor allowing people to live in these conditions! Where is the money being spent, landscaping needs to be done, some of the wooden houses needs to be torn down!
Is there a downtown
Since Mali in west Africa 🇲🇱
это блд охуенно! Привет из России!
Привет из Петербурга! Вот кто бы знал что там такие трущобы?!
охуенно что именно
Это кстати штат, который добывает газ😂😂😂южный сургут
Russian meetup
Love the State I’m from 💜Louisiana
What are means of living in that place?
I bet it's some thick cornbread fed women down there. Only thing is I don't eat pork and I know pork is probably in every meal down there.
Please, dont ever say “CRAYfish” in anything related to Louisiana.
@Max Powers
Boa noite Charles Bo e americanos, lugar lindo ❤️👏🏿🇧🇷
Queria que aqui no Brasil fosse assim, lugares tranquilos
howcome noone is walking?
Probably because it was over 100 degrees.
They don't need to walk anywhere, maybe. Somebody in their friends/family got a car when they need to go to the store. And yeah, maybe it was stinkin hot and nobody wanted to go anywhere but inside.
The town that time forgot. The town you travel from, not travel to.
I wanna see Monroe Louisiana Booker T side Parkview appts trishelle appts
then drive there
Dame 1st 30 seconds looks like slaves live in those houses
You think so, huh? Go tell them that.
I want some of them pecans
Minus the diabetes Pecan candy are some of the best treats around. Don’t let the decay fool you u’d find some of the best pecan cakes pies in areas like this.
And if he would’ve continued down the street a bit more and turned right he would have captured a baby mansion
Продолжаем выбирать дом в сша ☝️
Funky Bunkie
It's heartbreaking we let our own neighborhood go down
Louisiana ain't been relevant since Hatchet 3 🤣
How when some of the biggest artist in the rap game from there?? Plus New Orleans is a tourist capital.
Louisiana ain't been relevant since Hurricane Katrina.
Im thankful to not be in ‘relevant.’ Family and faith is whats truly relevant. You can keep your version of relevant and I’ll enjoy mine in peace.
How do you make money to even afford to have a home here? I think about relocating all the time, but that’s my only concern. Houses can be dirt cheap but that’s still not free. How can I afford a rental payment in these small towns??? I drive doordash in Los Angeles and that’s not even an option in these places. It’s expensive here and homeless people everywhere but I can’t imagine living in a place where I can’t get a job if I wanted to (where do all the homeless people go in these places? I notice I don’t see any lol)
That's an interesting topic, and one worth addressing. The people who live in this neighborhood are one of 3 options... they're either working poor who have several minimum-wage part time workers sharing the rental expenses, OR they're on section 8 housing payments from the government, OR, their ancestor owned the house free and clear, and they only now have to pay the property taxes, which are dirt cheap. I live in the same parish (county) as this town, and I can tell you that if your property is worth less than $75k, which most of these homes are, then you only have to pay $40 per year in property taxes for trash pickup and fire protection. Our property is assessed at a bit over $100k value, and we only have to pay about $125 per year which is the $40, plus a little bit for public services like teacher salaries, etc. Healthcare workers are always in demand. If you can get the basic minimum certification for whatever a low-level nurse is (CNA?), you would be MUCH needed in the local economy to assist with nursing home care, or in any clinic or healthcare setting. You'd work your ass off, but you'd be able to afford basic living in this low-cost area. And you don't have to live in the 'hood like this. You could likely buy a nice little single-wide manufactured home and an acre of land for the same price as rent would be in this run-down old neighborhood. But that would require you to have a decent credit score and a few thousand dollars saved up. It would take some time and planning, but you could do it, if you're serious about improving your home ownership status. Or, you could simply buy a bit nicer older home. In next-door Rapides parish (county), there's not even the $40 property tax for homes under $75k value, if you file for Homestead Exemption. If your home is worth $75k or less, you pay ZERO in property taxes, so nobody can take it away from you for non-payment of taxes, because there is no payment at all required. I know, because I used to live in that parish and my best friend still does. Her house is 4 acres of land and an older doublewide, and she pays NO property taxes. For a person willing to live frugal, it's a good way to own something, get out of the rent cycle, and maybe even live rural away from a run-down neighborhood or dangerous town. But if you live rural, there's 2 MAJOR things you need... a lawnmower and a reliable, fuel-efficient car. Or if you're rich, you can drive a big truck all over the place. I suppose you could get by without the lawnmower if you had goats (but then you would need a good fence to keep your goats out of the road), but you absolutely need the car, if you intend to have a job to pay the bills. Hope this is helpful. PS- there are no homeless people in these places, usually. The homeless people are in the larger towns where there are soup kitchens and shelters and services. I suppose if there was a homeless person, they'd be couch-surfing with relatives/friends or squatting in a boarded up place, and everyone in the neighborhood would know about them and either keep them in line and call the cops on them when they get crazy, or refer them to the local church for services. Nobody wants they own house burning down because Jo-jo so and so was trying to keep warm with a bonfire in the living room of the boarded up place next door. And everybody would know about them because an entitlement/section8/foodstamp/EBT neighborhood of people has all the time to sit on the porch and watch EVERYTHING that comes and goes in the neighborhood, and they know everything happening around them. Unlike rich ppl who are gone to work all day or locked up inside not paying attention to what happens outside. Louisiana is poor and rough in places like this video shows, and downright dangerous in worse places than this, but it can also be a sort of charming paradise out in the jungle-boonies, where you do what you want and nobody bothers you, and it's cheap. If you were to choose Avoyelles Parish, which is where the town of Bunkie is, might i suggest you live closer to Marksville, where Avoyelles Public Charter School is, in case you ever have children? The public schools are truly hellholes, but APCS is a stellar college-prep charter school that Johns Hopkins University wanted to recruit my son from. It's K-12. Avoid Marksville High School like the bubonic plague. It's lethal ghetto for anybody who wants to learn anything. You spend all your time just trying to stay alive, much less learn anything. If you're serious about relocating anywhere near here, reply and we can chat.
@@oneperson5760 I appreciate you taking time to respond with such an informative reply! Very helpful and informative. Much love ❤️ Will reply to this comment in the future with an update because I’m tryna come by you 😂
most people that live there work in another city and commute back, or they have a house handed down, but most of the houses you see, a lot are abandoned, there are not homeless people because its abandoned. when many businesses left like winn dixie , walmart and other small businesses, a lot of people left bunkie and abandoned their stores and homes and went to other cities or states to live. That is why you dont see homeless people in the video, I grew up near Bunkie as a kid and always went there because i had family that lived in bunkie.. almost half of bunkie is a ghost town. my grandma died in this ghost town because resources are very limited, not much they can do for you in Bunkie when death is knocking at your door.
I can show y'all a vid if y'all want trust me
Это декорации для снятия фильма Ужасов ??????
Boring is safe I made that up myself
God is in the palm of your hand.
I recommend people also watch dane calloway's channel black americans are the true american Indians, it's time to reclaim this land
Overall, very sad and grim. Hard to understand why people cannot or will not at least keep their places picked up.
If you dont like it, dont look.
с первых минут фильма мы Россияне видим места снятия фильма Помойка года 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks just like Bessmer AL to me
it looks better now days
Don't worry family, the second exodus is coming. We won't be in poverty forever, Yamar is coming.
LA, MS, AR and AL the worlds most shittiest states in the country Idk which is worse
You are the worst, for looking down your nose at others. I’d hang with these good people before i’d ride with you.
With a bit of tlc most of them would be good family homes again there just tired and run down
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What 3rd world country is this?😢😢
Movie farms
70% Republican there. makes sense
Mark, that's where you're wrong. We are blue blue blue and that's why you see what you see. At least in the NW corner of Louisiana.
Wrong. This neighborhood votes democrat. All the poverty stricken hellholes vote democrat because they live on entitlement handouts. People who work for a living vote republican because they pay taxes. This is not a working class neighborhood. This is a foodstamp/EBT entitlement neighborhood.
WAKANDA FOREVER!!!!!
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