The UK’s Most Dangerous Neighbourhoods 🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- The UK’s most dangerous neighbourhoods 🇬🇧 myself and @baldandbankrupt firstly visited Horden a seaside town in north east England which has been compared to North Korea! The entire town was completely boarded up and derelict!
Then we headed to Birmingham to the notorious streets of Soho Road which has one of the highest crime rates in the UK. This is how it went…
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We suffered hard in horden (like all of the other pit villages up north) after the mines closed. Please don't rinse the area to hard. A lot of us still live here and are trying to survive. We were abandoned by our government when we needed them the most. It's actually very upsetting. A lot of us grew up on these streets and will never be able to let them go.
On the positive side I'm hoping some of this sort of recognition gets the area the help it deserves.
Its very bad to rubbish communities for clicks on RUclips! Negative stuff about others is very fashionable though, and I guess the clickbaiters dont give a shit..............
@humourless682 to true, trying to look at the other side of the coin right now and hope the issue is raised
Never been to Horden, but I recognise what you say from places I know in South Wales. Hope things get better.
why were the mines closed? I would think now would be a great time to increase mining?
@chucksneedmoreland was the government, there's a whole story on it. Very interesting. It fuelled poverty in the UK. Margaret thatcher shafted us all. Everyone celebrated when she died.
the fake doors made my jaw drop. crazy what lengths the council is willing to go to AVOID fixing a problem, rather then just fixing it.
Unbelievable
To me it feels like the council are keeping the money for their own lifestyle..!!
They spend money on Afghans and helping them rather than the people from Britain!!!! I’m a veteran and I’m homeless and jobless why don’t they help people like me and we could live there and fix it up make it a nice place again but no they dont !!!
And then they have the cheek to put up our council tax
It's the same here in Middlesbrough! Corrupt councils aren't bothered about the people..and how they have to live, as long as mp,s and alike can live off expenses, and fill up their off shore accounts! Few the rest of the country 😡💯%
This is why there is a housing shortage. It’s because councils are not maintaining housing supplies.
Firstly. There isn't a housing shortage. Secondly its not the council its the fact people moved away once the jobs were gone
Areas like Horden are the victims of over 50 years of abuse from successive governments, no investment and the closure of the traditional industry's often maliciously like Thatcher with the UK's profitable coal mining industry. Generations of kids that have grown up with no employment and no role models. Towns like Horden deserve better it's easy to forget how the UK's wealth was built on the back of these industrial towns and villages.
For investment to take place their needs to be a return on that investment. This is why money is saturated in specific parts of the country and places like hordan get left behind when the money runs out see ya.
@@peterhoward8727 absolute nonsense it's London based politics that has dragged the wealth from the regions creating the London parasite that has sucked the rest of the country dry.
Also ripped the heart of communities which are now easy prey for large groups of foreigners/migrants..entire neighbourhoods colonised
@peterhoward8727 Absolute nonsense 50 years ago that was a thriving community generating wealth and paying taxes, it was the malicious closing down of the profitable coal industry to break the power of the unions that destroyed it. Then 40 years of no government investment to replace the jobs.
There are parked cars. They must belong to somebody.
If only I had known you were getting on the Train- I'm a Driver on that line, would have loved to have said hello!... Absolute legends, glad you enjoyed Horden.... It's great to see places like these being highlighted as they're in desperate need of investment, forgotten and abandoned by successive governments.
Next time mate! 😅
Hello Ben, not been to Plymouth for years, sad to see it soo run down. What about Birmingham!! All that litter. So sad! I know there's good and bad places everywhere. Keep on doing a grand job. Heather and rich. Devon.
Give him a cab ride!
Especially by the Tories
Sad video this. I had family who lived in Horden. Last time I was in Horden must've been the mid 80's, as the majority of the family lived in Peterlee- the nearest town to Horden, it was never like this. Thatcher screwed the village as well as loads of working class villages and towns up north. #neverforget
The absolute legend of travel vloggers. Cheers Ben for the inspiration to create Drews Travels documenting life in rural Philippines.
I live in Horden in an aged miners bungalow which is in a court and is beautifully landscaped and although a lot of Horden is in need of a massive amount of help, most of the people who live here, are wonderful warm and friendly, they look after each other. I know that the people who go to the Tuesday afternoon club at the Victory club raise around £100 to £150 a month which goes to local charities, in this last year, they have given £300 each to Air Ambulance, Mcmillian nurses, kiddies football team and the local hospice . This afternoon club was started to help combat loneliness and to help support the club.
But don't you think it's sad - that you, a resident of this town, together with your friends and neighbours in Horden, raise money for charity, when governments should be supporting good causes better themselves and not leaving it to people who live in a place that itself needs financial help to reinstate viable businesses, housing, a future for the young.
Should be raising funds to improve the local area not fritter away to the ceo of whatever charity won’t help any of you
@@AI-Records24That's exactly what they did. Did you even bother to read what the OP wrote before rushing to mouth off? Clearly not.
I say good on them. All this RUclips poverty porn has become a cottage industry, pretending to care when in reality it's just rubber by necking entertainment 'content' to monetize.
So much of it on UK TV too depressingly.
I remember Frankie Boyle describing the programme Benefit Street as "just more Human bear baiting for C4 to sandwich in between lager commercials"
@@Debbie-henrithe government is not a charity. You try managing 70 million people. Some areas are bound to be left behind.
Hi, we're east European family and thinking to move close to Horden, because housing prices are more accessible. I saw there are some schools and shops around. My husband is intending to commute to work. I'd like to ask a local, how safe is the neighbourhood? Can secondary sc children walk alone to and from school? Are the schools ok? Thanks:)
Ben I'm making a vlog #2. Was wondering if you'd like to be in it?
No
@BackpackerBen you should!
Bald Ben is hot…definitely got rizz…
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@@BackpackerBenhave you had a tiff 😂
As a person who has lived in horden all his life thank you for showing we are nice people 🙏
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Best bit about the place.
I’m from a mining town that has been abandoned too - the people are amazing but our MP Rees-Mogg doesn’t represent us well.
respectfully ?
You are lovely people.
Bless your heart. 🌹
“We’ve got an Aldi and a train station” life goals in the UK 2024 😂😂
😂 all you need
i live in slovenia,my town of 10K people has Aldi,Lidl,Spar and more
train is fast,new and free for retirees
but it is true taxes are high
He was on about his audi
@@danieleverywhere132 we can't have high taxes in UK, because the government steal it all.
I remember when Netto came to town, and we really thought we had made it! Then after a few years, it closed, and became an Asda Local, and our town became a place where dreams go to die!
We still have a train station though, so at least we can escape.
We can no longer use our cars, as the council has turned our town into an LTN, and has blocked off both ends of the street with two ton concrete blocks, so our cars are just turning to rust where they stand.
So people have resorted to repurposing Asda shopping trollies, fitting them with washing machine motors and battery packs in order to get around, as they fit through the gaps between the road blockages.
Loved the people in the Victory Club. Making the most of what you have. A few drinks, fellowship and a pooled lunch. Good on them. One would think the Shire councils could pick up the rubbish. Job creation. Thanks Ben and Bald great vid once again.
Top people in there
That singer wasn’t too bad actually.
She had a good voice!
The shame is that these people have to make do with this. We deserve more in Britain
There are quite a few channels on YT that now report on the appalling state of towns and cities across the UK. We've had economic downturns in the past but this feels different, almost as if it's paving the way for some sort of reset.
Bingo!
Birmingham is about to get a whole lot poorer now that the council has declared bankruptcy. They're planning to cut services by £367 million, about a third of it coming from children and family services.
Yeah, it's awful. I know you don't want to reward bad councils with free money, but it seems like the conditions are much too strict. Presumably the government are happy that the Commissioners are fixing things, so I don't see the need to hit Birmingham residents quite that hard.
@@chrismanners9091 I think there are a few different reasons Birmingham council got into this state, one being the billions they've had to pay out for equal pay claims. But the cost is going to be paid by the most vulnerable people in the city, who'll lose these vital services.
Among other measures being introduced are changing the rubbish collections to fortnightly rather than weekly, and dimming street lights to save money on energy. I lived in Birmingham for a few years and while there's some nice areas (Moseley and bits of Edgbaston to name two) I do worry about how dirty and unsafe places like Handsworth (featured in the video) will get. I feel for the residents.
@@jamesflynn3278 I was brought up in Handsworth, once considered a posh area in its day, great grammar schools and beautiful library. Then mass third world immigration.
It’s such a shame it’s got so bad
These politicians that have run our country down so far down
Shame shame shambles
Big up for bringing this to light,miners families do matter,bring on the This is Horden TV documentary
What a disgrace. The politicians that run this country should be ashamed of themselves.
This is what happens when Labour runs your council's, waste and take all the money and don't fix anything
Why does it matter that a place that no one lives in is rough anyway?
The local council are responsible. The central government doesn’t police these towns or run their street departments. The Labour councils turn everything to what they’ll turn the UK into.
You know what?…The Victory Club was the most heartwarming thing I’ve seen all year. It shows why, even though this country has always been cold, grey and wet, and the majority of us have always been exploited by the few, you cannot crush the innate toughness and spirit of the people of the UK. However little they have, communities like this care for each other. Thanks Ben, I wasn’t expecting that.
Best comment of the vid 🇬🇧🤝
Agree with you, very heartwarming.
Yes unfortunately you are right. "The have Yachts have always exploited The have Nots".
Casualty bump into Simon hah!
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They are the older generation that were there when things were once good. Its the younger generation that are ones feeling the real impact of the mines closing, as they don't know anything else other than the misery and they see it as "the way it is" which is the most depressing part of the area.
Rundown does not necessarily mean dangerous.
Birmingham reminds me of St. Louis (USA) where you have slum districts with decaying mansions surrounded by lots full of weeds and trash, that once were homes of the very rich in the Victorian years.
St. Louis is a hell of a lot more interesting city than Birmingham. It's better than Birmingham Alabama which itself is better than Birmingham UK lol
Yeah but we have our sovereignty. Kind of…
@gothenmosph5151 how do you work this out? What can't you find to do in Birmingham that you can find in other major cities?
I've been there many times and to other big cities,
There are particularly poor run down areas of Birmingham same as any big city but it also has, well pretty much everything from the good to the bad that, again you find in a big city.
Absolute chaos in a pub at 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon, I love it!!!
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I actually cried when I saw this…where has all the pride gone in our country …and look who are flocking in now…..It is absolutely disgusting….
The problem is that nobody is 'flocking in".
It's the tories who have arranged things the way they are.
@@BrianMcGuirkBMG now it’s been made aware the government will more then likely rehome illegals there… sad but the truth
😂We have a uni party. 🤡 🐑 @@BrianMcGuirkBMG
@@BrianMcGuirkBMGthis is a labour constituency
To us Americans this looks like every inner city community across the Country.
I imagine you Americans have an insane amount of abandoned buildings, streets and even entire settlements, especially in The Midwest.
Probably this is a reason why many Americans fleeing to another countries
yeh it is the same damn thing.....just different country the grass isn't always greener on the other side
I’ve watched a lot of stuff on RUclips and it seems to be really bad in the states and we are not far behind, love from uk. TMW 69🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
@@timwebster6151yes, channels such as TurdTowns and Wandering Turnip have been exposing the appalling state of towns and cities across the UK for some time now.
One of the wealthiest countries in the world, but look at their wealth distribution.
It's the same everywhere sadly.
I mean just look at 'communist" China's gini coefficient - 46.7! That's MUCH higher than both the US and UK which are in the mid/ high 30"s.
Obviously it's something they're well aware of given this recent "common prosperity" initiave. ( i.e. when your cosplay communism is actually more extreme capitalism than the West you probably need to look at that 🙄)
Zeitgeist series - Peter Joseph@@willsmith39
Well said @@willsmith39
Equal wealth distribution isn't necessarily a good thing. You've got no incentives if everyone has the same as you. When you've got people with more you can be inspired to one day achieve that, and when you've got people below it inspires you not to stoop that low
@@samuelpinder1215 “It’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
Most of them shops you walked past on soho road are still running you wouldn't believe it untill you come on a hot day 😂😂
Even a ghost would have some sense not to haunt one of these buildings
that visit at the club was wholesome.
Ben our country is a absolute shit pit wtf has happened to it my grandparents died for this
Your grandparents steal from others countries not work hard to earn . Karma
I reckon we all know the answer to that mate.
The major problem nowadays is that if we dare mention it, we'd get our comments reported and taken down by the snowflakes who encourage the scumbags into the UK.
Hi Ben a Cumbrian glad you are all doing ok we all need too stay together against the Tories god bless take care x
Too many racists
@@dkdebest Yeah, I can't believe some of these comments
That was so funny, the lads in Rhyl getting you to say “dick head” when you asked them how to say “how are you”? 😂
I have to go to work In Birmingham 3 days a week. My mothers side of the family were from the city. Suffice to to say, it breaks my heart to see what Birmgham has become. Bits of it were always rough, it was an old honest working class industrial city, the beating heart of the Midlands.
not now. I hate what Birmingham has become. Its awful. And its only getting worse.
Birmingham is very deprived and an ugly city full of crime depressing places. Lots of poverty and racist locals who hate anyone who is in different areas are segregated by ignorance and choice .
I live in Birmingham and it's nice here where I live
@wardy1461 it's a shithole segregated city Birmingham is full of poverty, drugs and low life people, lazy run council dirty streets and areas are full of divisions and racism locals are rude and miserable Birmingham has never been nice its always given off a bad reputation everyone is miserable and depressed in Birmingham.
@wardy1461 I agree I live in Birmingham and its nice where I live aswell
@@ste-rix I live rubery
The UK, one of the richest countries in the world but saddled with debt.
There have been so many changes in every aspect, over the decades. It's no surprise to me.
wealthiest country by looting the rest of the world, that loot is depleting fast.
Who told you we were a rich country? You then contradict yourself - we can't be rich AND saddled with debt!
@MeMyselfAndEyez Exactly. It is a contradiction. But the facts are out there. End of debate. Bye.
@@ic66 Thanks for highlighting none of them. Why bother posting anything at all. Useless.
You are in financial meltdown on any scale and you country is slipping into the abyss going down faster then a Trans man on a stipper pole.
Deserted, run down and forgotten about doesn't necessarily mean dangerous. Video title is a bit sensationalist imo.
Statistics in Birmingham disagree
More the other towns mate. I don't doubt they're dangerous, but there's not much to really back it up. Shit towns where people seem quite jolly is more the vibe I'm getting.
*All by design this deprivation - You will own nothing and be happy!
Birmingham city council (The BIGGEST in Europe) has gone bankrupt... it shows by the state of the streets and not ONE road sweeper to be seen for miles!! Lack of investment is not the biggest problem - it is that people accept the STATUS QUO THROUGH IGNORANCE*
Let’s be real though it’s their own fault they’ve gone bankrupt look at the bizarre spending patterns and the above inflation wage increases of the councillors simultaneously!!
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Very true !
agenda 21
The "you'll own nothing and be happy" is essentially talking of a world without money, it's a ideal idea of a communist based society.
Btw when I say communist here I mean in the ideal of the system, a utopia not a picture of the Soviet system that it became.
What is seen here is the by product of our capitalist society and is seen in certain areas of almost every major city in the world.
Horden has an Anglo-Saxon name that comes from an old word ‘horu’ meaning ‘dirty’ with the ‘den’ part of the name referring to the dene or valley. Horden is first mentioned in the eleventh century as ‘Horeden’, when there is also mention of a ‘Horetun’ (dirty farm). Its literally in the name
It was named after the tory’s
Sad to see this over and over again all around England yet we have so many homeless and struggling people. Corruption at its finest starting with the government n councils.... And throughout our society sadly.
So true...the kleptocrats rule
Great series mate. Dont stop
🤝 sadly I will be here in 🇬🇧 but will continue in summer
I think these sad run-down towns are further proof what happens when your gov't sends $$ for wars overseas, vs, investing in local towns. So sad.
War makes them money, always has, always will
All these abandoned houses and yet theres a housing crisis in Britian house prices are through the roof meanwhile we have derelict buildings everywhere
Great video Ben. I visited Rhyl many years ago and it wasn't too bad.
Lived in Birmingham all my life and there are many places you try to avoid. Generally in the north part of Birmingham and around the outskirts of the City centre.
The rep in Rhyl is drugs and problem people been dumped there from other areas.
Avoid anywhere that's benefitted from enrichment basically. Lived in the Black Country all my life but don't know how much longer I can suffer feeling a stranger in my own community now. Brexit voters have a lot to answer for causing this mass colonisation that the whole country is suffering from.
The state of that place. It’s an absolute 3rd world tip.
@@moss1066 Have a look at London school results. Lots of non-white kids doing very well, and better than lots of shires.People aren't avoiding these areas- see house prices.
We know lots of non white kids do very well in the UK. And so they should do considering how many of our resources are showered all over them to level them up above the natives who have been left to rot the past 25 years.. Not that they really need to do well in school as they will be above white natives in any job they choose thanks to this anti white woke agenda being forced on us.
And of course people are avoiding those areas. Londonistan is now only 36% white British as nobody wants to live in that sewer anymore. House prices are what they are because the Commieservatives have an open border policy that prices the natives out. 48% of Londonistans social housing is in migrants hands so the native population who have to work to pay taxes to subsidise all these give aways to the 'new Britons' can't even get a place to live in their own city. And Khan is never going to be removed as Muslims don't do democracy. They are tribal so Londonistan will remain a Muslim city until we start the mass deportations@@chrismanners9091
Just when you've seen the worst, another place tops the list. This is shocking 😂
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Well, now I know the UK is not much different from the US.
It’s much much worse!
UK or US?
@@terranceaddison4599 The UK is definitely worse! In the US there’s more economic opportunity to get out of such places if you work hard.
@@beardedbaldie2698don’t think you’ve ever been to the US mate😂 least we get free healthcare
@@FeetRLife I have been to the US and have relatives there. The standard of living is much better and salaries are 2-3x higher than the UK. Our healthcare isn’t free, we pay for it via taxes. The NHS is run-down, backlogged asf and outdated, anyone who can afford to goes private anyway.
Well done Ben for covering this.
You want watch together darling
Do you not tend to watch many RUclips vids like this. Any one could make a vid this esy. Very amateur made.
@@fragster2008Go do it then. Gobby.
Its heart-breaking seeing my native land like this.
Some of the most deprived areas have the nicest people living in them xx Good luck to all the residents of Horden
It is strange how different it can look within the same city, have been to Birmingham and found it clean, beautiful canals amazing architecture! But that was the center.
This video is mental. I used to work with a lad who lived there & he always said how bad it actually was but I never knew it was really that bad. He even mentioned a person running from police went in his garden & he invited him in while the police were looking around the streets😂! The place is absolutely horrendous 😂
which place tho ?
Where you on about what area you idiot
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This is sad to see. Glad there are still people who care.
As a kid I had a couple of friends who lived in those streets in Horden. 1980s - lovely old place back then, full of people who'd have given you the shirt off their back. Tragic to see the way it has fallen.
Come to Grimsby buddy. Lots of areas like that. Massive difference between the haves and have nots. Happy to show you around.
Cool, thanks! Maybe in the summer mate ☀️
Sticky bingo at 1pm what a community , love that. Shortage of housing hotels filled seriously how can they just leave poor Horden like that so sad
New subscriber here. Good to see TFT food reviews. - RUclips Royalty right there 💪. Horden makes good television but the social clubs and rugby clubs in these areas are absolutely pivotal to bringing the community together. Never give up Horden.
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Brilliant YouTubing between you, Mr Bald, Snoring Simon, etc. It's as if the journey starts with Bald's channel with a video from Plymouth, Weston, Birmingham, Horden.
Then packer Ben's channel sort of continues their journey on from Horden to Middlesbrough, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (in Wales), Birmingham.
Great team work on delivering really fascinating and shocking content about parts of the UK!
Chaos mix up 😆 thanks mate
You know what mate, I'm going to join your channel membership. It's my way of buying you a drink as a way of saying thank you for the top content you do and raising awareness in the UK and around the world. Cheers bud 😊👍
Legend mate thank you 🙏🏼
Canada calling here...great channel pal.Here,Vancouver B.C is bad..a much larger version of Soho Rd in Birmingham.We have THOUSANDS of young men n women dying on Hastings St.in Vancouver hooked on meth,heroin,pcp etc...major problems
Our gov't thought if they legalized the cocaine people would stop doing the crystal meth in B.C .
Now in 2024 the streets are overflowing with garbage,tents pitched in all public parks, and dead teens everywhere.😢
You tube has loads of videos of our problems in the downtown Vancouver😢
❤ it's almost a Genocide 👀🤔!.. Helpless an Hopeless to do anything thus allowing it to happen! as we die defeated.
Canada is fucked bro I’d get out if I was you. It’s so woke there it’s like a place run by blue haired teens 😂
I was pretty shocked when I visited Hastings street, literally like a stereotypical scene of a rough area in an 80's movie with junkies strung out and passed out everywhere. However, I loved Vancouver!
Justin trudeau is underrated when it comes to absolutely useless leaders. No one ever brings him up but he seems like a right knob who has a degree in some pointless thing rather than politics or economics
I got to say this has a westmidlander proud of it Birmingham has the second city is slowing run out of time there's a number of city's which are creeping up it won't be long
I find it very sad .These places where once held together by strong communities. Now they look like some back street in Beirut. Shame on these politicians. Who are voted in to improve lifes.Not ruin them.
Yes labour are running these suburban area's labour !!
@ 22,58 a man diede just as you filmed he was uinloading sheets of glass from a truck when it slipped and killed him RIP that bloke
tyburn road?
yes was on local news@@zIridescent
Hey Ben, I'm new to your Channel, I was obsessed with the UK ever since I was a little girl but at the same some of these different parts I thought the States was bad .you know we have certain areas over here that's like crazy ,but 'm really shocked to see this, in the UK. It's so sad. I mean we have a lot of rough spots over here in the states like I said but it just hurt my heart to see that whole town fake windows and doors and it's like a ghost town. Thank you for showing us the realness❤
Just Remember that the vast majority of places in the UK are not likes this. I would recommend rural Wiltshire for some examples like the white horse
Hi Ben. Great video of an area in Birmingham I used to live near. At around the 21-minute mark, you show a building called Bill House, which is actually on Soho Hill, but only locals may notice that minor difference. At the far end of the building from where you were, in December 2023 there was a serious fire, in which one homeless person is said to have died. The part of the adjoining building that had the fire has since been demolished and the site cleared, now just surrounded with fencing. Had that building still been there when did this filming, you would not have been able to see the partially red office block you can now see. It seems ironic that you later mentioned and featured the fire service vehicles being in the area,.
Ì used to ride my bike around there as a kid , its a damn shame whats happened and im not sad to say i left the uk in 96 as i saw what was comming
I love the videos you two make. Also love your spirit of adventure. Keep it up!
yes my friend
Back in Victorian times the Soho Road was second only to Londons Oxford Street as a shopping destination.
Not anymore !
Oxford Street also becoming a dump. Now there‘s only Regent St left!
I recollect the Birmingham has had quite a few Binmen strikes and there was one late last year. It may explain the awful state of rubbish around the area you visited? Plus the city was bankrupted last year. An eye opening vlog Ben. Very sad what this country has become.
The binmen in Birmingham seem to be on strike at least every over year.
It doesn't matter whether refuse collections are running or not, the streets of Birmingham are littered frequently, can thank the actions of the locals for that 😡
Nice content mate, really enjoyed the video.
Pronounced, rill. Rhyle is a dive. It used to be a gorgeous place, a place well worth visiting and tourists flocked there. The streets have been narrowed, building falling apart, and the weekend you just do not touch the city centre.
It is a crying shame what has happened to the north Wales seaside resort.
I could tell you but i'd get my head kicked in 😂
You can't judge how bad a city is based on the morning or mid afternoon in the middle of the week. Go back on a weekend during the night and see if you feel the same way. The encounter with the boys in Wales would have likely been much different if it was a Friday night.
Not really. The Welsh are sound as hell.
Trust me
So they will be done up for Muslim,s j
This is to get the Brits to move out ,,,,,,, and we all know who will take over. Wake up Brits all over UK its all part of the plan ,,,, and we have let it happen ,been fooled .
It buggers the question, why can’t these houses be sold off at £500 each and you have 1 year to do them up or they’re resold on, bring life and love back to those homes and streets and give people homes they can be proud of xx
Excellent idea
Awww , that’s sad , it looks like it could be a nice place !
Send this video to the government and hopefully they'll stop building on green belt and refurb these places. Liverpool is the same and to be fair most council estates are similar. Easier for the local government to keep them running down.
It's probably cheaper to buy a street then a house in the UK
great vid! loving the UK content. Isle of Man would be an interesting place to vlog
That first street is so typical of parts of the uk. Abandoned run down houses, yet newish Mercedes SUV parked outside probably worth more than the house.
This is the closest to an American ghetto in the UK I've ever seen.
It's nothing like an American ghetto, except possibly the Birmingham bit.
Soho Road, I went shopping with my mom here in the 70s when I was a little kid and took the 70 bus up Grove Lane to Antrobus Road where we lived.
Moved out after nearly 20 years. Really sad to see how much of a dump it is now but it wasnt much better back then to be honest. Childhood memories destroyed by the people that live there now.........
Another great video. - I'm flying over from the US next month for a whirlwind weekend to go to a football match... spending most of my time in Birmingham. Looks like a great time!🙃
Have fun mate!! Keep safe 😆
Are you watching The Villa or Blues?
@@Kendoddsdadsdogsdead532 Villa
Birmingham is an amazing city ❤
Go to Brindley Place just off Broad Street and take a 1 hour canal boat trip up and down 'the cut' to see our industrial past.
A walk round the back of the Mailbox is good as well
You could also book a tour of our 'back to back' houses with guide.
Out of the city 'Cadbury World' is a good half day out.
And as for the football......get yourself down the Villa, don't bother with that shower in B9
Enjoy.....stay safe
As an American, watching this is pretty surreal, I don’t live in the city but the closest one to me looks way worse and there’s so much more sketchy activity, I hope things get better worldwide
what a video
Ally law 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 go on
@@klayed hes got another channel which his main because he can't film the videos he used to
Go to Detroit mate!!! Or Cleveland or any major city in New York north of the Bronx especially sites like Rochester Buffalo and Syracuse Rochester and Syracuse since the 1970s have lost half their population upstate New York is a hell hole now but it is so sad to see that in a first world power house like the UK
The litter in this country is heart breaking. The litter in Birmingham was horrific.
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Honestly I never thought it was a problem.. until I went to Birmingham
There is little self-respect left in many areas of Britain--and the Royal Family could care less
@@Whatt787 Hahahah the "Royal Family" of course they dont care, they just need to keep the family going so they can reap massive cash rewards and top influence in the elite rankings.
From all the chavs and benefit claimers. It's not an issue where I am
Ben, I´ve followed you around the world for some time now. Always interesting views from peoples daily lifes, in far away places. But I had no idea places like THIS exists, in that amount, in England! So close to my home, here in Sweden. It gives some perspective, when adressing problems here in my country... it´s just not bad in that way, here. This makes med sad, I want the UK to be so much better, than this! Pleace recover!! :)
Thanks for following mate! Definitely coming Sweden this year 😎
@@BackpackerBen 🤩 You are SO welcome!
Why do I watch these sorts of videos…it really depresses me to see what our country is becoming.
Thanks for this vid I've been looking for a new home 👍🇬🇧
How many billion we given Ukraine? And look how we live, i used to debt collect on Soho Road, mile down the road is jewelry quarter which is actually really nice... Mad really the difference.
How REALLY selfish!! and indifferent to human suffering. Selfishness is what causes places to become like Horden
Now that's really sad, reminds of the depressing late 60s early 70s in South Shields Tyne Dock area very much the same in fact identical ..really depressed, poor, big anti social yobbos, crime, poverty problems, and just completely depressed. I never knew that place would be as bad as that. All that area is pretty rough Murton and Seaham is pretty rough aswell.
Yeah the 70s when the highest tax rate was 83% so even people with decent amounts of money were forced into areas like this as well
😳 "OY! There's a mattress in the street mate!"
😃 lol. Normal stuff shocks you. This looks like my home. I'm in America and my neighborhood looks exactly like this. I found a sofa sitting on the sidewalk this morning.
It's actually quite sad to see these forgotten towns!
One minute in and already disgusted to see homes empty and boarded up when people are on the streets or there are families stuck in B and B...This system we live under is on its arse ...
Allegedly there is "affordable housing" being built but not affordable to those in real need...
These towns were the backbone of Britain at one time and now they are treated appallingly as are their citizens...
We live in a society now where profit and gain for the rich has led to a failing NHS , a failing transport system , foodbanks and homelessness.
Bring hospital cleaning and catering in house .. Give the country our railways and buses back alongside utilities .
Give people fair representation with a fairer voting system ....
Sunaks personal wealth or even an eighth of it could have these homes and hundreds / thousands more fir for habitation ....
People need to start getting angry (non violent) and start a "KInd" revolution......
Of course you think there's a homeless problem. You're from London, no one can afford to live in London. Outside of London it's fine
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I dont live in London....
The point I was trying to make was that if it costs thousands to keep families in B and B and hotels then renovate the empty homes rather than build what is effectively (unaffordable) affordable housing and offer them to the less fortunate although it may be in a different area , surely it would improve their living accomodation and make them feel safer....
@@Glazier-nm4gn ah that makes sense. Didn't expect someone who supported palace to live outside London. Suspected that they have very local support
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Not really apart from Croydon and Bromley .You have to understand that many families moved from south London to Horley , Crawley etc and families would have supported their families teams ......
Redhill , "Posh" Reigate , Caterham , Merstham are a short hop by train to Palace... All in Surrey as was Croydon until inducted into Greater London.....
@@Glazier-nm4gn yeah that makes sense
The weather sucks in the UK. It makes it all look worst.
A friend who once lived up the road in Easington would call that place Beruit.
Peterlee is rough too, a new town but pretty grim.
No one will ever show you this true side of England
Just want to say that i'm really diggin your UK videos. You rock Ben-jammin.
Legend mate cheers
and there are so many homeless in the UK. The Government make some jobs tidy up give these homes over to the homeless I'm sure it would save them the government in the long run
The roads and pavements look pretty clear and nice at the very least 😅
Wasn't Soho road the place where someone was speeding and crashed into another causing a pile up and killing 4
@@unelectedbureaucrat2003 Soho road is Birmingham you melon
Yes it was
And i thought Cornwall was bad this place makes Camborne seem like a paradise.
(Cornwall also had alot of mines in past but like this place they all shut down)
"Broken Britain" 😒
Mate visit Erdington Birmingham
Romanian people put all the rubbish in Birmingham, beds, mattresses, fridge, tables, and home rubbish outside their streets
You show some very depressing views of life in England but we have the same thing going on in the USA, only thing is that it is getting worse for America and we are importing more crime, drugs and poverty everyday?
Speak for your state, Utah is thriving
England is a ghost story.
It’s mad how much money gets spent in London yet the places on the outskirts an beyond are forgotten about😢
Dude I'm a Brummie ... The Soho road is a dive .... You wanna go down Tipton and walk around there
Birmingham is a large city and contains many areas which are really pleasant.
Multi billion pound redevelopment of the city centre is also taking place.
So important to point out that Soho Rd, which is in the inner-city area of Handsworth , is just one aspect of Birmingham.
And at least it's still alive and busy unlike other places.
I agree, Soho Road is one of the bad areas of Birmingham just like Alum Rock, Small Heath, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill all 'no go' areas
Remember these guys are ardent closet racists and white nationalists. They have deliberately shown bad aspects of Birmingham while minimising the bad aspects of the white town and cities.
Also consider that a lot of the areas immigrants moved to were already crappy as they were post war areas that were not regenerated in the first place.
@@nickb5391not really no go areas
White working class areas like Smiths Wood and Chelmsley Wood are no better. Good and bad exist everywhere and Asian areas are actually vibrant and fill of life though not perfect.
The fake doors and windows are so weird.
Feel bad for the people that live next to the derelict places you’ll have your rats damp mold shit etc going into your gaff “Brutal”
Imagine my shock in Birmingham that it's all foreigners....who would have guessed hey.....notice the kids in the Wales place were all actually native, shock horror
Maybe cuz brum is the second biggest city in the uk and Rhyl is a medium sized town
Imagine being a trash nazi
'foreigners'???