I'm not an Alabamian but I live here in Birmingham. You went where I wouldn't go. It's so different on that side you wouldn't believe how awesome and dope Birmingham is by looking at it's hoods...
Nothing sucks more in Alabama or the South than to hear all those bugs at 6:15. That translates to "Man it's going to be humid and hot AF today." I used to cut grass in these areas back in 2015 for foreclosed homes. Birmingham, Ensley, Wylam... Man there were some interesting characters. You start cutting the grass and hear random gunshots out in the distance. Most of the time people left you alone. Sometimes I got weird looks and some would mess with me occasionally. Glad to cut in better areas now.
3:27 I remember going to Mississippi back in September for a football game Birmingham has one of the biggest projects in the south, u can see it from the interstate
So much of bham on first 48. My wife sat on the jury of the guy from first 48 that stabbed a guy then hit him with his mothers car and then tried to blame it on his mother to the cops. Real POS.
I just now realized that I can tell A pretty big difference between Southern Cities & Cities in The Midwest-Northeast. In the south, it seems like the major cities Are more spread out. But in the northeast, I guess it's more Dense and the houses Are right next to each other and not spread out As much. Oh, and there is more Trees down south . and it doesn't seem as urban. more like A suburban feel or sometimes even rural. But that's just my opinion.
Birmingham claims to have more Trees in the city than anywhere in the US. I believe it. And you are correct its much more spread out with no big stacked high rises. Most of these are in housing authority apartments (ie. projects).
True. But Birmingham is probably the most “Midwestern” city in the Deep South… it’s economy used to be Industrial or Manufacturing; it started to decline like Detroit so Birmingham destroyed a LOT of their urban buildings. If you search “Downtown Ensley” you’ll see how old Birmingham used to be. (Ensley is a Birmingham neighborhood on the Westside)
@@QSmittyMedia Yes, I understand , I do not need your comments explained to me. However, what I say is still the truth, pick any large inner city in our nation, and it's pretty much the same fucking thing everywhere.
@@garymorris1856 You responded to me in the first place don’t tell me what to explain. Get off of here. I’ve been around and I can tell you right now, it is NOT the same everywhere. We lack opportunities where others do but don’t take advantage of it.
I remember dropping my brother off in Gate City in 1993 bc his roommate from college lived there. We were from Bessemer so it was different to see red rags instead of blue and black ones. Real recognize Real. Corey, my brother roommate, turned out to be pretty cool dude
I went to Gate city twice in my life... once with my drug dealer boyfriend to deliver crack...I was terrified. I had no idea where we were going or what he was doing until we get into the the kitchen of these people and he pulls out rocks. Just walking from the car to their door was terrifying. It was after dark. I thought at least we can leave after he makes this deal....Oh no he sits down at the kitchen table and is doing crack with them. What the hell?? I had a pint of some kind of whiskey I just sipped on. I thought we'd never leave. He had intended to stand me up that night and I was just determined to go...so I showed up at his house right before he left. I guess he figured to hell with it and took me with him. They were friendly enough and I felt sorta comfortable inside their house but not enough to hang out like he was doing. The 2nd time was to buy meds for my dog. My best friends mother told me that her friend would sell me meds for parvo for my dog. I had my husband drive me all the way to Gate city to buy these pills. I had no idea what they really were but the dog died. A crazy white woman came out to our car and sold them to us. I had bad dreams about that trip. The looks we got from The locals weren't good & I was stupid to go down there.
On the west coast you read neighborhood areas by what's being advertised on the sign boards. Is there any way to know when you need to stay away if you don't know where you are?
You should time stamp your videos so we know where you at, although it's only a few places you can go, Porto Madrid, Ensley, Avondale, Fairfield, midfield, Bessemer, and englenook. Some folks don't know where they Goin, you could save some lives.
That store at 8:30 was featured on the First 48 years ago lol.but that area now isn't that bad just run down on that strip bcuz of those abandoned Apts that had some activity happening when people lived there
Well folks have to have a place yo live . Any place better than nothing . I am grateful to be in Alabama where tbe weather isnt bad and its cheaper to survive . Alot of good people live here💕
I've watched your joints for a year or three. You've covered a lot of States... some of the "hoods" look nice, most do not. Your interviews with some west coast cats are interesting, as well as Detroit, Chicago, etc...even the history of the joints you roll through is worth the price of a ticket. This week, I watched video from another poster, hi-def shots of Kensington Philly that I thought was fake, like a movie scene, because it was 4K. Epic Photography. Everybody was high AF in 4K video. EVERYBODY!. I thought it was staged....couldn't happen. This shit ain't real... Nope, heroine all day long... people that can stand flat-footed, High AF, touch their shoulders to their knees, and stay that way.
So I'm planning a trip to Alabama soon and know nothing about it. I think my friends live in a town or area called Alexander? Do you know anything about that area?
@@moebiddy3072 boring is okay but is it safe for a single retired lady to sit in the front yard under a tree listening to the bumblebees and butterflies and lightning bugs in the evening with the crickets? LOL
It's a nice little peaceful town good place to relax on a mild summer evening sitting on a big country porch watching tha sunset... similar to the little town Jessica Roberts escaped to on sleeping with the enemy lol
@@DrHen-xd3rv nah Fairfield is most definitely hood you tripping hard they don’t even have a police department plus they been named the most dangerous city in Alabama for bout 3 yrs in a row
@@Ikefilmzz now thats the first time im hearing about the most dangerous for 3 years now. Im definitely west side born and raised. But yea i do know about the police department thing. Its actually some nice areas in Fairfield. In my opinion
@@DrHen-xd3rv tell em, I'm from the nice sides of Fairfield (Glen Oaks, Forest Hills), Fairfield is one of the most dangerous cities in the state true enough, but it's not all hood. Same as Midfield. Midfield dont even have projects or hardly if any Apts.
Just because an area looks terrible doesn't mean it's an hood there are alot of people who live in these areas ain't gang related and are kind you see a bunch of black people minding they business and it's instantly an hood
@@ykb04 they didn't come in on some hostile takeover shit, they came and clicked with the locals to make money plenty of L.A. gang members got killed when they ventured to other states
That's what happens when there is a small leak in the shingles, there might not be water getting onto the ceiling and fiving telltale signs, but the roof timbers decay and the roof starts to cave in.
Idk who dis dude is but he definitely ain't from the ham,he went from Kingston to gate city and missed the whole North side,guess they was like he'll no,that's the real slums
Still true... There's 2 trailer plants across the street from my house. I work at a window plant that makes windows for trailers....and school buses.. Mobile homes are a way of life here
These are all over Alabama some in rural areas. My mom lives in a complex but in a farming community that doesn't have gangs & very little crime or drug activity
I believe if non blacks left the US and blacks had to stay here and govern ourselves it would be either the Bloods or GD's governing over the black community ...
Ever so often a street would begin to show signs of hope , manicured lawns , shrubs and no litter, pretty trees, vehicles not strewn about, then you arrive at stop sign and it’s the worst yet …
They can be some bad places in bham but I promise you it all bout RESPECT. Give it n you gon get it, less u just playin stupid then u will get yo ass took. You wan see projects go to west Baltimore or Puerto Rico. I been all over this world but aint no where like 'Alabama The Beautiful', for a reason
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I'm not an Alabamian but I live here in Birmingham. You went where I wouldn't go. It's so different on that side you wouldn't believe how awesome and dope Birmingham is by looking at it's hoods...
Come to Waco shawty
Their showing the hoods. That’s the rough sides of Birmingham. They aren’t interested in the nice good parts
Exactly my uncle lives there
if yu ever get a chance, check out tennessee. nice place wit the mountains. residents are cool too
No lie Birmingham have really built up 100 percent look at downtown
I never get tired of watching your videos keep them coming Charlie🔥🔥🔥
Me too. :O)
Birmingham one of the most underrated cities when it comes to hoods.
Is that a good or bad thing?
All hoods are overrated no one wants to be there
@@Lil-k47 It's a bad thing since the hood is a place you don't want to be.
@@bossshxtonly congratulations?
@@bossshxtonly Yup, usually everyone talks about Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, but Birmingham always been up there in the top 5.
Nothing sucks more in Alabama or the South than to hear all those bugs at 6:15. That translates to "Man it's going to be humid and hot AF today."
I used to cut grass in these areas back in 2015 for foreclosed homes. Birmingham, Ensley, Wylam... Man there were some interesting characters. You start cutting the grass and hear random gunshots out in the distance. Most of the time people left you alone. Sometimes I got weird looks and some would mess with me occasionally. Glad to cut in better areas now.
Before I can say it your post came up..loud as fxck lol.. humidity thick is grits,,but I know they can cook there
Bet you love Stink bugs
true
3:27 I remember going to Mississippi back in September for a football game Birmingham has one of the biggest projects in the south, u can see it from the interstate
💙Birmingham Native. Dope vid, wish I could've gave you a tour. We definitely have hoods and suburbs here. Thanks for sharing!
Same!
Which part of Birmingham are you from?
The first set of projects was featured on The First 48 on A&E.
So much of bham on first 48. My wife sat on the jury of the guy from first 48 that stabbed a guy then hit him with his mothers car and then tried to blame it on his mother to the cops. Real POS.
You chose the right time to ride through that first area. #DAYTIME!
I just now realized that I can tell A pretty big difference between Southern Cities & Cities in The Midwest-Northeast. In the south, it seems like the major cities Are more spread out. But in the northeast, I guess it's more Dense and the houses Are right next to each other and not spread out As much. Oh, and there is more Trees down south . and it doesn't seem as urban. more like A suburban feel or sometimes even rural. But that's just my opinion.
Birmingham claims to have more Trees in the city than anywhere in the US. I believe it. And you are correct its much more spread out with no big stacked high rises. Most of these are in housing authority apartments (ie. projects).
In Alabama Rural basically means what we call " the back woods"
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True. But Birmingham is probably the most “Midwestern” city in the Deep South… it’s economy used to be Industrial or Manufacturing; it started to decline like Detroit so Birmingham destroyed a LOT of their urban buildings. If you search “Downtown Ensley” you’ll see how old Birmingham used to be. (Ensley is a Birmingham neighborhood on the Westside)
Oh and Birmingham’s nickname used to Pittsburgh of the South for a reason.
Even the dog's checking it's not a drive by
that place would look spooky as hell when its dark.
It is.
Used to be on live PD
@@CarlosXPhone i bet, you live here? no wonder you carry. feels like a zombie apocalypse about to break out any time soon, no offence. 🤣
@@bruhbruh2290 Yup. Don't like it. I'm just waiting for the right time to bolt.
@@CarlosXPhone fair enough dude, anywhere planned?
Boy when I tell you the hood is the hood no matter where you go I'm a new subscriber come to Beaumont Texas next fam
Our tour guide is showing what happens if you make the wrong turn. Better travel strategically.💪🤣
Lol. That's so true you make the wrong turn it might be your worst nightmare
@@ronaldcoats5883 I never get out of my car for anything. Stay strapped. Stay ready to run mufuckas over
You were on the "car line", Jones Valley. That old building was every thing.To your right is Jones Valley School and where I live.
Fun Fact: A lot of Detroiters move to Bham. Guess they see the similarity.
What the hell is the difference ? All of our major cities are like this !
@@garymorris1856 I’m not talking about Other Major cities, I just referred to two cities and that’s it.
@@QSmittyMedia Yes, I understand , I do not need your comments explained to me. However, what I say is still the truth, pick any large inner city in our nation, and it's pretty much the same fucking thing everywhere.
@@garymorris1856 You responded to me in the first place don’t tell me what to explain. Get off of here. I’ve been around and I can tell you right now, it is NOT the same everywhere. We lack opportunities where others do but don’t take advantage of it.
That's where they ppls came from..its a connection with detroit an Alabama
When you see projects this size and you don't see any kids at all outside playing you know its bad area
You should go to Mountain Brook to show the other side of the Moon…
Boring
Good one ☝️
So true.
I remember dropping my brother off in Gate City in 1993 bc his roommate from college lived there. We were from Bessemer so it was different to see red rags instead of blue and black ones. Real recognize Real. Corey, my brother roommate, turned out to be pretty cool dude
I went to Gate city twice in my life... once with my drug dealer boyfriend to deliver crack...I was terrified. I had no idea where we were going or what he was doing until we get into the the kitchen of these people and he pulls out rocks. Just walking from the car to their door was terrifying. It was after dark.
I thought at least we can leave after he makes this deal....Oh no he sits down at the kitchen table and is doing crack with them.
What the hell??
I had a pint of some kind of whiskey I just sipped on. I thought we'd never leave.
He had intended to stand me up that night and I was just determined to go...so I showed up at his house right before he left. I guess he figured to hell with it and took me with him.
They were friendly enough and I felt sorta comfortable inside their house but not enough to hang out like he was doing.
The 2nd time was to buy meds for my dog. My best friends mother told me that her friend would sell me meds for parvo for my dog. I had my husband drive me all the way to Gate city to buy these pills. I had no idea what they really were but the dog died.
A crazy white woman came out to our car and sold them to us. I had bad dreams about that trip. The looks we got from The locals weren't good & I was stupid to go down there.
On the west coast you read neighborhood areas by what's being advertised on the sign boards. Is there any way to know when you need to stay away if you don't know where you are?
If the street names are numbers and letters, keep a gun on you
Most town houses and apartments are dangerous, good rule of thumb is just looking at the stores in the area. Food 4 less tends to be in the hood
You look for bars on windows on the west coast
U Should go Gulfport/Biloxi Mississippi
You missed A little more of Ensley and you didn’t go to where Im from PrattCity
You should time stamp your videos so we know where you at, although it's only a few places you can go, Porto Madrid, Ensley, Avondale, Fairfield, midfield, Bessemer, and englenook. Some folks don't know where they Goin, you could save some lives.
When I go to Mexico next month ima make a video for y’all so y’all can see what real hoods look like lol these lil play grounds
Go to one of these places and say that 😂😂😂
Alot of people have died in these "playgrounds"
Yeah and you'll die on that playground too as well as in Mexico 🇲🇽 💀 🤣
Been 2 months wheres the video
This is ignorant. Everybody’s good is different.
Enjoy your videos, no graffiti and streets are clean( mostly) People there have respect for their neighborhood.
That store at 8:30 was featured on the First 48 years ago lol.but that area now isn't that bad just run down on that strip bcuz of those abandoned Apts that had some activity happening when people lived there
They shut the Apts down a few years after those first 48 episodes, but it's still active in South Park and Lam's Convenient Store to this day.
I used to stay with my cousins in Elyton Village when I was a kid.Some of the best times I ever had over there in the summers lol
At 6:13 minutes in U passed a CHURCH
Whats the name or location?
Where's the gds at in b-ham?
Thats definitely hood Birmingham for ya, at night its scary...... I never take my eyes off the window
Well folks have to have a place yo live . Any place better than nothing . I am grateful to be in Alabama where tbe weather isnt bad and its cheaper to survive . Alot of good people live here💕
Where is this? Wenonah, Powderly? Or is this near JO?
I've watched your joints for a year or three. You've covered a lot of States... some of the "hoods" look nice, most do not. Your interviews with some west coast cats are interesting, as well as Detroit, Chicago, etc...even the history of the joints you roll through is worth the price of a ticket.
This week, I watched video from another poster, hi-def shots of Kensington Philly that I thought was fake, like a movie scene, because it was 4K. Epic Photography. Everybody was high AF in 4K video. EVERYBODY!. I thought it was staged....couldn't happen. This shit ain't real... Nope, heroine all day long... people that can stand flat-footed, High AF, touch their shoulders to their knees, and stay that way.
The Dope Fiend Lean, as it's known.
So I'm planning a trip to Alabama soon and know nothing about it. I think my friends live in a town or area called Alexander? Do you know anything about that area?
It's boring lol it's not near Birmingham
@@moebiddy3072 boring is okay but is it safe for a single retired lady to sit in the front yard under a tree listening to the bumblebees and butterflies and lightning bugs in the evening with the crickets? LOL
@@catlady4863 lol have fun
It's a nice little peaceful town good place to relax on a mild summer evening sitting on a big country porch watching tha sunset... similar to the little town Jessica Roberts escaped to on sleeping with the enemy lol
@@moebiddy3072 okay thank you very much 😊
These hoods are a luxury compared to third world countries
Some people are during the best they can so what does this prove
I'm just glad I don't live there. Really the only reason I watch these this kinda stuff often. Whenever I feel depressed I watch.
Thanks for all B'ham videos
GREAT VIDS CHARLIE!!!
where is the stores at?
We need a talk over of the surroundings as you are driving, i love watching your vids from England 👍🏻
You miss a lot on the westside Fairfield midfield etc
Fairfield and midfield is not considered the hood🤷🏽♀️ijs
@@DrHen-xd3rv nah Fairfield is most definitely hood you tripping hard they don’t even have a police department plus they been named the most dangerous city in Alabama for bout 3 yrs in a row
@@Ikefilmzz now thats the first time im hearing about the most dangerous for 3 years now. Im definitely west side born and raised. But yea i do know about the police department thing. Its actually some nice areas in Fairfield. In my opinion
@@Ikefilmzz thanks for the info tho!
@@DrHen-xd3rv tell em, I'm from the nice sides of Fairfield (Glen Oaks, Forest Hills), Fairfield is one of the most dangerous cities in the state true enough, but it's not all hood. Same as Midfield. Midfield dont even have projects or hardly if any Apts.
What part of the city is this?
Just because an area looks terrible doesn't mean it's an hood there are alot of people who live in these areas ain't gang related and are kind you see a bunch of black people minding they business and it's instantly an hood
Gucci Mane is from Birmingham and look at his crazy ass.
YES HES FROM ALABAMA, NOT ATLANTA.
Gucci Mane is not from Birmingham. He lived in Bessemer
He from Bessemer. Worst than Bham frfr.
I live here and you no where to stay away from. Murder's in broad ass daytime and no one saw a thing.
Yesterday I passed by Birmingham on I-20 and I wanted to stop by to eat something. Good thing I didn’t.
From the west side of Birmingham lol. Most crimes here are retaliations people don’t just randomly get killed here
I’m so spoiled by the roads in Phoenix. Even in the ‘hood they’re fairly nice.
I'm from Fairfield,AL its always been bad but it got much worse in the last 10 years.
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💯💯💯😎😎
The Miami boyz failed at setting shop in Birmingham.
The L.A and Chicago boys ran Alabama
@@ykb04 wrong. They had gang influence but didn't run it
@@showmestatefinest5412 The GD’s in mobile was really running it up in the mid 90s when they came down from da raq took that bih by storm
@@ykb04 they didn't come in on some hostile takeover shit, they came and clicked with the locals to make money plenty of L.A. gang members got killed when they ventured to other states
@@ykb04 fucking lie🧢😅
Birmingham is like most cities in the USA. One side looks like this, the other side is very 21st Century.
Which side.?
4:55 what the... is this just people being lazy or is there a reason for this im not aware of.
Is the an anti drive-by defense mechanism?
1:10 Those barriers seem to be anti drive-by defense mechanisms - that's what I thought of when I saw them....
What barriers? I just see old fences
@@joeylawn36111 those are to keep people from driving in those areas & yes even in the grass
I go to Birmingham all the time, but I've never seen that part 😮
You'd probably be safer in an abandoned mine.
Only hood that don't exist in bham is hoover n south 💀
@@bossshxtonly don't forget Center Point, Midfield, Tarrant, Brighton, Lipscomb, Irondale & Forestdale. Our suburbs rough frfr
Our man exploring all the nooks & crannies up in this motherfucker
Light green house with a brick porch on the right side has some strange roof damage. 5:24
That's what happens when there is a small leak in the shingles, there might not be water getting onto the ceiling and fiving telltale signs, but the roof timbers decay and the roof starts to cave in.
Dope Birmingham Alabama hoods video
wheres all the food stores?
Lot of hoods you missed on that west
No doubt I wish he would of rode thru spooksville
*that's* where I left my ladder
Also in Britain we have a different word for picnic supplies - we say *food*
This guy always riding thru the Black community why don't he ride thru some of those trailer parks where the Hills have eyes.
Right it’s getting old
he has, just gotta look, he got a lot of videos, but def been to a few white hoods, trailer park areas
Idk who dis dude is but he definitely ain't from the ham,he went from Kingston to gate city and missed the whole North side,guess they was like he'll no,that's the real slums
5:24 that giant hole in there roof 😳 I hope no one lives in that house. People can die from mold
😂 its along story
In '93 a woman from Alabama told me that there you see trailer homes everywhere. Apparently that's still true.
Still true... There's 2 trailer plants across the street from my house. I work at a window plant that makes windows for trailers....and school buses..
Mobile homes are a way of life here
They got them old school project building out there
These are all over Alabama some in rural areas. My mom lives in a complex but in a farming community that doesn't have gangs & very little crime or drug activity
next time he goes here its going to be gentrified as fuck
You're not showing the good neighborhood
RESPECT Charlie
Wish you had labeled the areas
To me it don't even look that hood it jus looks abandoned and spooky
the hood sure got nice cars
What's the zip code? There's many towns all over our 50 states that you don't ever live in. Always know the zip codes...
Scares the hell out of me Dystopian night Mare 😱 Keep safe ALL
He was passing bye my grandma house 😂😂
Deteriorating infrastructure
This area looks pretty nice is this a dangerous area?
Yes Shootings daily and some of these areas the cops won't even respond to calls until the fight or crime is over
Come to Killeen tx
Most people shot in Bham murders is by accident which idk if that’s sad or hilarious
WTH is wrong with you bruh? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dandaddavi I watch too much First 48 plus did 15 ADOC
83 murders so far this year.
122 last year.
@@jalenbarlow1303 compare that to 80 in Chicago this month
Stop comparing
Nice video
Come to Shreveport Louisiana all HOODS
I've lived in Leeds for a long time I go to bham a lot serten areas are bad not gonna lie
Who in here from Eastlake? I'm Krazy Emmett from Eastlake
Beautiful boss hoggish.
so beautiful
Love watching this vid to remind me of how blessed I am not to live there
Every part doesn't look like this
@@hypkreationz3644maybe they mean that neighborhood and not the city
Charlie back down south 🇺🇲✊🏽
And most of them were in prison and are "down low" gay in limestone prison.
Your no where near where it gets real bad
Bloods run Birmingham, not no glazed donuts.
There's plenty of GD's too.
Do they kill other black people, or do they kill the white racist KKK members who's ancestors enslaved them?
I believe if non blacks left the US and blacks had to stay here and govern ourselves it would be either the Bloods or GD's governing over the black community ...
Crips
The Eastside yes, West and NorthSide No
Ever so often a street would begin to show signs of hope , manicured lawns , shrubs and no litter, pretty trees, vehicles not strewn about, then you arrive at stop sign and it’s the worst yet …
Are those cicadas making that noise 😳loud is shit.
Trump 2024!❤
I fucked with Kingston
Are you making fun of this state?
They can be some bad places in bham but I promise you it all bout RESPECT. Give it n you gon get it, less u just playin stupid then u will get yo ass took. You wan see projects go to west Baltimore or Puerto Rico. I been all over this world but aint no where like 'Alabama The Beautiful', for a reason
The Hood? Ohh wow! On the edge of my seat...
NOT!
Go there yourself and say that
@@FLYDOG101 Lol...okay 🤷🏻♀️
that hoop was ratchet
Over there where those bad projects is.
What is your car?
Man he gots to be driving a Dodge some times u see a matte black sticker on da hood 💯
@@taters9273 Thanks dude, but I can see that you respect Lexus
@@arnold_sebastian yes sirr GS 350 WIT THEM FERRADA WHEELS ✊🏽
Huntsville is officially the largest city in Alabama, we get money up here❗💯🔥 #ROCKETCITY
HUNTSVILLE??? WHO THE HELL LIVES IN HUNTSVILLE... WHITEY?
Birmingham is bigger than Huntsville
@@SW.Productions The metro area is bigger but not the city.
Are you niggas arguing about Alabama? If it’s not about the football team this state isn’t worth mentioning at all…ever one in this thread hold this L
@@KoTM25681 The metro area isn’t bigger either 💀
Looks like the Kingston area