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The neighborhood in the very first part of this video is where I grew up. It’s called Baptist Town. It’s also where Morgan Freemon once stayed when he was going to and graduated high school in Greenwood, Mississippi. The city is a shell of its former self. It was a vibrant town until all of the manufacturing jobs that were there went to Mexico and China in the early to mid 90s.
I was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and drifted between Greenwood and Chicago most of my life. Greenwood is what it is, just as Chicago is what it is now. We make our environments by what we allow and accept. We as a people all can do better.
Im from Toledo Ohio and this is my mother and grandmother home Town they moved north during the great migration in the 1950s im a bit of a historian and i always wanted to go visit their hometown both of them has passed but i just want to visit and feel their spirit of where they came from
This is my hometown. Seeing this brought tears to my eyes. Used to be such a beautiful vibrant town before the crack epidemic of the 80's destroyed so many people and families and all the factories left. Now its just a poor spirit less place that needs the grace of God to fix it! 😢
Let's not forget this is where all modern Music comes from: gospel, rock, blues, jazz, country... you name it. Worldwide. All from this basic area. We should all give Mississippians thanks for this.
But the artists have to leave Mississippi to become successful. Even Mississippians will tell you that smart people will leave the state to be successful. No. No thanks to Mississippi, deep red state that thrive on handout from the federal government, then they embezzle the money instead of helping the poor and the impoverished. Please, do not give them credit for the work of art by black people who had to escape the state. Mississippi could do more to uplift the talent of black people in the state.
What is swept under the rug is the fact that it's also a place where there were many lynchings, cross burnings, killings, and a good ole boy system. Education funding is very poor and opportunity is severely limited. Many of these people are stuck.
@@fabfab5450 because they choose to be stuck! You got people dieing everyday at the border trying to come to America for better life! And these hateful evil spirit aZz people right here and refusing to get a job or education and better themselves and their lives! Stop making excuses and blaming the white people it's us!!!!!
@@fabfab5450 Progdems swept that all under the rug. Southern Democrats hated Conservative Christians, white or black, all the same. Conservative Christians were the ones fighting for the abolition of slavery. Meanwhile, progressives were the ones getting rich off of slavery. The idea of 'white trash' came from the progressives of that era, denoting white conservatives who refused to be involved with slavery and refused doing business with slave-owning plantations.
@@EJ-zs8ll No it don't, they're probably paying rent to some old P-wood that only collect the rent and won't fix anything. But if you're Black, which I highly doubt you are, your comment show anyone that read this, your level of ignorance
That place itself would motivate me to have a better life. While my hometown is not to that degree, the mentality is. It's a place stuck in time. I went into the military after high school and that was it. Now a college graduate, professional job, in another state, and a better life. Thank you, Jesus
@@theartistcherrypi6454 now think about that, "made it out" people shouldn't have to make it out, sound like they lived in a disaster zone here in the good old USA, like a lot of small cities and towns across the U.S. they usually have one to three large employers in/near them with support business around and those areas do fine, then things start getting shut down, some people relocate and others believe the rumors of some other company coming it to reopen that business that close that will breath life back into that area, which never happens, which leaves a older population retirees and some hopeful and hopeless young people, and AI is right around the corner about to flip everything on it's head. (and let not forget about the drug waves that hit the country with devastation about every 10 years) So get out and go where? because what a nice area today, could become something different five years from now or what look like an so-called disaster zone today, can/will become the hottest place to live (Gentrification) when you see a Starbucks or a few cafes open up there's a change coming, you might see an art galleries or brewery pop up too, in a warehouse that been empty for years, but don't worry about the neighborhood changing, because you won't be able to afford the high rent and will have to move. What's funny in the city where I live, in the so-called hood (Black areas) the rent is usually lower than other areas, but now with the rent on the rise in those others area, white people are now moving into the so called hood, but here's the problem with that, they're causing the rent in the so called hood, that they complained about for years to go up fast, displacing the people that live there for years, and I heard that it's happening in a few areas on the east coast
These towns are the direct creation of the white supremacists gentrification, I don't know who you are but black people are always in the path of destruction by them folks, so how can you say that you are glad to be out of those conditions, there's no escaping blackness I this country, wherever you In this wicked country, you will be dealing with white supremacy.
Dawggggg you are not lying. That’s my wife’s grandmother hometown. It’s like they’re stuck & can’t leave like the twilight zone. Her cousin took us to see the emmitt till memorial & on the way there he showed us some old slave quarters that was their juke joint. I couldn’t believe tht shi.
I want you people to know that am 72 years old and I don't remember the 60's being anything like it is today, I was raised and born in Alabama on the gulf coast and traveled though Alabama and Mississippi and never seen the things am seeing today. We lived well and we were happy we had everything and lost it all after 1964 because we wanted to be with the white folks, big mistake on our part and we're paying for it today
It's refreshing to see neighborly country towns where most homes have a front porch and neighbors actually have relationships and get together. Kids run around and get together to play without formal parent-arranged play appointments.
GROWN MEN STANDING AROUND IN THE MORNING MIDDAY OR EVENING OUGHT TOO BE WORKING. THE COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK DEFINITELY AIN'T NETWORKING REMOVAL OF GARBAGE AND DEBRIS OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE LIVING AREA'S, HOUSES AND ABANDONED HOMES DECREASED EVERY VALUE OF THE AREA'S ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. DAMIT GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI WHERE'S YA'LL PRIDE IN WHERE Y'ALL RESIDENTS RESIDE IT'S DEFINITELY UNDIGNIFIED AND SO ARE THE GREENWOOD PEOPLE. PLEASE UPDATE AND UPLIFT Y'ALLS NEIGHBORHOOD 🤔
This is where my people were brought from the Bahamas and up the Mississippi River. My ancestors are from Greenwood. I never been there but plan on visiting one day..
Play it safe; I work there… i get in and get on out of there… he’s riding around on a good day, since nobody is shooting. Tuh… 😂 They WILL have a shoot on the interstate with no regards for the rest of traffic.
I’ve driven through many small towns across America and most of them look like this. It’s like they’re stuck in a time portal. It’s almost as if it’s like that on purpose 🤔
Towns that look like this are very common here in the south. The one thing I am noting thats particularly special about this town is all the trash on the ground though. Might do them some good to clean up once or twice. I know its hard to pay attention to that kinda stuff when youre broke as fuck though.
He didn’t make “your city” look like anything but the reality of what it is. If you don’t like it, “you” and the people of “your city” should bring awareness and do something about it.
Gwood. My family from Greenwood. Our family plot is in Money. Memories of great summer vacation. Club scruples was the place to be.Oh how I miss them day. Much love from ya kin in New Orleans
I grew up in Brazil Homes. I left in 2001. I'm in New Orleans now also(Westbank). I just left Gwood yesterday bringing my mom home. Always brings back good memories growing up..And those anticipated Elzy vs Gwood High games.
Change what we don’t have enough jobs nothing in the city fast foods ! That’s all you gone see nothing for kids to do nothing! If we had enough resources we the poorest state for a reason ! They want us to stay poor ! Sip made
😂😂😂I’m from Mississippi as well and it’s another RUclipsr that does this type of reaction/filming and I recall one time I was so pissed… I went on a livestream and talked sh** an hour or so. It’s like only the rough areas are shown like Jackson MS, etc. It’s all for clicks and views
I think a lot of you people that dont know these areas are thinking everything is like this. Some people choose to stay in these areas for various reasons. Most of the people who are doing very well for themselves have move out into the rural areas and built gorgeous homes. If you dont understand it ask questions dont assume
These Towns may be dated and old but these people in some form seem pretty happy. Fresh nature no hustle and bustle everyone knows everyone. If i was able i would just go around and buy these small towns rehab them restructure their downtown areas one by one and bring each town back to life. ❤blessings everyone.
Poorest state in America. They say our country is rich. I ask, why this? Heartbreaking this continue to go on beings we take care of so many other countries.
O lugar em si é bonito, o que falta é o cuidado que as pessoas deveriam ter com suas casas e com as ruas . Não existe necessidade de ter lixo espalhado pelas calçadas se existem recipientes para isso. Vejo muitas árvores e ruas largas. As pessoas deveriam saber valorizar onde moram.
How can you keep up a home with no jobs and resources. We find the same dilapidated homes when you visit white areas with no employment opportunities. Street cleaning is the cities responsibility. This is why Americans pay taxes. The abandoned homes should be knocked down, and the land should be taken care of by the government. These problems aren't the residents' fault. F your uneducated comment.
There is this chick I work with always bragging about Mississippi, this and Mississippi that talking down on us but you’re up here on the West Coast living in the dream smh 🤦🏿 I should’ve sent her this video to remind her. How far have you come so be grateful
My son attended Mississippi Valley State so I been here a couple times.. this place is stuck in time, very depressing to see.. and the food is all extra greasy and the drinking water is brown!! Unbelievable
I’ve been all over the world Spain, London, France, Germany, Portugal, Monte Carlo, Canada, Mexico, Australia but I’ve NEVER seen such poverty like this in my own country
Looks like a place I would want to experience one time for the adrenaline and the mental stimualtion from eveyone being out. I wouldnt live there though.
I love Mississippi it's a lot of rich history here that folks don't know bout. I'm from Marks Mississippi 1 hrs away from Greenwood been there many times.
Hi I’m from Mississippi… moved back here from Texas and it’s been depression on a daily 😂seriously there’s so much that I could say but it’s not that it’s not a good state… it just has terrible leadership and we’re light years behind most other states
I did. Moved away then came back. All of my town is not like this. Most of it is rather nice now. But sometimes I miss the simple times. Now it's all about money and gettn over.
A lot of nice people still reside in such communities. Why would you assume that nice people do not live there? It is the same in predominantly White small towns across America.
@reyandy4851 I think that you misinterpreted my comment. I was born and raised accross the bridge from this place in a rural area that was actually poorer, so my comment was actually a pat on the back to myself.
Well they probably know everyone and have a sense of community . Unlike where I've lived most of my life and don't recognize anyone anymore thanks to all the thousands of houses being built and high land taxes !
I lived in LA back in the late 80s early 90s. Lived in Oakland also. Now I'm next door to Mississippi in Alabama. No offense but if I had to choose. I'll take Mississippi.
@@bobbyanderson8647 its a free country and we all have a right to say where you would prefer to live. I'm sorry but I'll take southern Cal over Mississippi.
Most so cal people would. I got family that moved back to Alabama and I got family that never will they love so cal. Nuttn wrong wit dat. Yall b blessed out there ok. Visit some time. ❤❤
Unfortunately, you see a lot of this in the south, but Amen to what you said. I lived in Windhoek, Namibia in southern Africa. It's one of the cleanest cities I ever been in, more so than many American cities. And the people have pride in their appearance in Namibia. And that's despite all the massive poverty in the country
My grandmother was from Itta Bena, aka "home in the woods" 😂 it was a rite of passage for us as kids to spend the summer down there at least once. I had some of the coolest adventures there coming up. RIP Mrs. Minnie Harris
Lots of people have moved out, half the houses are boarded up. That doesn't help the spirit of those who are left behind. I'm a country girl myself so I don't believe in looking down on poor , country folks. After awhile people just don't see their surroundings anymore.
I rather live in Greenwood than a big city. I live in Canton which is a hour from Greenwood and I was born here. Don’t want to live anywhere else on the planet regardless of what other people think.
@@laprunner352 obviously you’re a young person with zero knowledge of the civil rights era and the people that lost their lives fighting for voting rights. 1964 civil rights act and the 1965 voting rights act. Mississippi wasn’t to broke to give Brett Favre millions of dollars to Brett’s daughter’s school and university. Money that was meant for the poor people..
That's my hometown I forever rep Gwood 662 I moved up north a while ago but my family still down there. I was raised and lived in, Snowden Jones, Long Acres, the Quarters, and Glendale! But damn my city is a ghost town I plan on building it back up though that's my long term goal bring a movie theater back down there, a mall, and all.
and could you add a skating for the young folk 🥰with SO OOO many negative comments -it WARMs my Spirit to hear someone dreams as I do - of Renovating the south - we gotta get back down there to do JUST that!!!
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Who did this video a white or black man ?
U live in America right
@@JeremyWard-z9ook. Enough said
The neighborhood in the very first part of this video is where I grew up. It’s called Baptist Town. It’s also where Morgan Freemon once stayed when he was going to and graduated high school in Greenwood, Mississippi. The city is a shell of its former self. It was a vibrant town until all of the manufacturing jobs that were there went to Mexico and China in the early to mid 90s.
The loss of manufacturing destroyed many black middle class communities.. happened to a similar city where I grew up
Are these types of towns dangerous?
@MrCguy24 Yes the gun violence here is bad! This place has a very bad spirit over it. Used to be so nice right up until the 80's.
I had a homeboy from McLaren
I remember when most of the streets were gravel and I rode horse back then
So many different worlds in the US. It's bizarre to think
I was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and drifted between Greenwood and Chicago most of my life. Greenwood is what it is, just as Chicago is what it is now. We make our environments by what we allow and accept. We as a people all can do better.
Im from Toledo Ohio and this is my mother and grandmother home Town they moved north during the great migration in the 1950s im a bit of a historian and i always wanted to go visit their hometown both of them has passed but i just want to visit and feel their spirit of where they came from
Made me want some Gino's pizza
This is my hometown. Seeing this brought tears to my eyes. Used to be such a beautiful vibrant town before the crack epidemic of the 80's destroyed so many people and families and all the factories left. Now its just a poor spirit less place that needs the grace of God to fix it! 😢
I’m from Sharkey county and it’s the same way…..Sad
Lmao y'all never stood a chance pre crack anyway, that country ass shit 😂😂😂
@@toodieceaser😮
It will 😮plp)lll😊ll
I know what you talking bout my pops was from pickens
Sad 😢
Let's not forget this is where all modern Music comes from: gospel, rock, blues, jazz, country... you name it. Worldwide. All from this basic area.
We should all give Mississippians thanks for this.
But the artists have to leave Mississippi to become successful. Even Mississippians will tell you that smart people will leave the state to be successful. No. No thanks to Mississippi, deep red state that thrive on handout from the federal government, then they embezzle the money instead of helping the poor and the impoverished. Please, do not give them credit for the work of art by black people who had to escape the state. Mississippi could do more to uplift the talent of black people in the state.
What is swept under the rug is the fact that it's also a place where there were many lynchings, cross burnings, killings, and a good ole boy system. Education funding is very poor and opportunity is severely limited. Many of these people are stuck.
I am originally from that same basic area. We got out. I got out..
@@fabfab5450 because they choose to be stuck! You got people dieing everyday at the border trying to come to America for better life! And these hateful evil spirit aZz people right here and refusing to get a job or education and better themselves and their lives! Stop making excuses and blaming the white people it's us!!!!!
@@fabfab5450 Progdems swept that all under the rug. Southern Democrats hated Conservative Christians, white or black, all the same. Conservative Christians were the ones fighting for the abolition of slavery. Meanwhile, progressives were the ones getting rich off of slavery. The idea of 'white trash' came from the progressives of that era, denoting white conservatives who refused to be involved with slavery and refused doing business with slave-owning plantations.
The cars are worth more than the houses and probably are maintained the same.
WoW so they can't have cars?
😂 so true that shows the ignorant of our black people!
Cars cost more than the houses but I’m sure the cars are in poor condition smh 🤦🏿♂️ we need to better
@@EJ-zs8ll No it don't, they're probably paying rent to some old P-wood that only collect the rent and won't fix anything.
But if you're Black, which I highly doubt you are, your comment show anyone that read this, your level of ignorance
Mark Cuban is building his next mansion here!! Sheeeeit
That place itself would motivate me to have a better life.
While my hometown is not to that degree, the mentality is. It's a place stuck in time. I went into the military after high school and that was it.
Now a college graduate, professional job, in another state, and a better life. Thank you, Jesus
Yeah right just get and run right
look at that place on goggle maps, just move a few blocks to the other side of town😏
Glad you made it out!
@@theartistcherrypi6454 now think about that, "made it out" people shouldn't have to make it out, sound like they lived in a disaster zone here in the good old USA, like a lot of small cities and towns across the U.S. they usually have one to three large employers in/near them with support business around and those areas do fine, then things start getting shut down, some people relocate and others believe the rumors of some other company coming it to reopen that business that close that will breath life back into that area, which never happens, which leaves a older population retirees and some hopeful and hopeless young people, and AI is right around the corner about to flip everything on it's head.
(and let not forget about the drug waves that hit the country with devastation about every 10 years)
So get out and go where? because what a nice area today, could become something different five years from now or what look like an so-called disaster zone today, can/will become the hottest place to live (Gentrification) when you see a Starbucks or a few cafes open up there's a change coming, you might see an art galleries or brewery pop up too, in a warehouse that been empty for years, but don't worry about the neighborhood changing, because you won't be able to afford the high rent and will have to move.
What's funny in the city where I live, in the so-called hood (Black areas) the rent is usually lower than other areas, but now with the rent on the rise in those others area, white people are now moving into the so called hood, but here's the problem with that, they're causing the rent in the so called hood, that they complained about for years to go up fast, displacing the people that live there for years, and I heard that it's happening in a few areas on the east coast
@@plutoslikk1404 If you don't run, you stay where you are...that is the problem
The more i watch these kinds of videos, the more grateful i am that Im not in them.
Good bye!
@@zacharywallace2243 I never left
@@zacharywallace2243wannabe
ok?@@zacharywallace2243
These towns are the direct creation of the white supremacists gentrification, I don't know who you are but black people are always in the path of destruction by them folks, so how can you say that you are glad to be out of those conditions, there's no escaping blackness I this country, wherever you In this wicked country, you will be dealing with white supremacy.
Dawggggg you are not lying. That’s my wife’s grandmother hometown. It’s like they’re stuck & can’t leave like the twilight zone. Her cousin took us to see the emmitt till memorial & on the way there he showed us some old slave quarters that was their juke joint. I couldn’t believe tht shi.
I want you people to know that am 72 years old and I don't remember the 60's being anything like it is today, I was raised and born in Alabama on the gulf coast and traveled though Alabama and Mississippi and never seen the things am seeing today. We lived well and we were happy we had everything and lost it all after 1964 because we wanted to be with the white folks, big mistake on our part and we're paying for it today
Exactly
with that mentality who wants you around??
This is the mentality that keeps you folks in the mud, let’s blame everybody except our actions
What did white folks do to you?
@@ufc_fan we need more of that mentality... You can stay with the folks. To each their own.
When you from the hood somebody feel comfortable but improvement is a must in life
My grandfather was killed here in 1957! My family still lives here!! I will be visiting in a few weeks
Hope you made it back
You should be absolutely ashamed you’d let anyone you love live there
How ironic. They don’t seem to have any school buildings
@@ls400s
How much can we put you down for ?
@@ls400sIT'S NONE OF YO BIZZ NESS! WE'RE STILL SMARTER THAN YOU PEOPLE 😅
It's refreshing to see neighborly country towns where most homes have a front porch and neighbors actually have relationships and get together. Kids run around and get together to play without formal parent-arranged play appointments.
It looks like shit there
GROWN MEN STANDING AROUND IN THE MORNING MIDDAY OR EVENING OUGHT TOO BE WORKING. THE COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK DEFINITELY AIN'T NETWORKING REMOVAL OF GARBAGE AND DEBRIS OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE LIVING AREA'S, HOUSES AND ABANDONED HOMES DECREASED EVERY VALUE OF THE AREA'S ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. DAMIT GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI WHERE'S YA'LL PRIDE IN WHERE Y'ALL RESIDENTS RESIDE IT'S DEFINITELY UNDIGNIFIED AND SO ARE THE GREENWOOD PEOPLE. PLEASE UPDATE AND UPLIFT Y'ALLS NEIGHBORHOOD 🤔
That was kind of funny in a nerdy way.😂
❤silver linings✨
You should drop your kids off to play one day. "Have fun Arthur Jr, here's some money for Newports and liquor"
This is where my people were brought from the Bahamas and up the Mississippi River. My ancestors are from Greenwood. I never been there but plan on visiting one day..
Play it safe; I work there… i get in and get on out of there… he’s riding around on a good day, since nobody is shooting. Tuh… 😂 They WILL have a shoot on the interstate with no regards for the rest of traffic.
I just hated being broke in a small town. It was a smothering depression
Our people live poorly because we don't even try to help us win more of us needs to come together financially to be successful
Money ain't the problem
I’ve driven through many small towns across America and most of them look like this. It’s like they’re stuck in a time portal. It’s almost as if it’s like that on purpose 🤔
Or too poor to change the look
By design!
I agree, towns like this is why MS is labeled as a poor state.
Towns that look like this are very common here in the south. The one thing I am noting thats particularly special about this town is all the trash on the ground though. Might do them some good to clean up once or twice. I know its hard to pay attention to that kinda stuff when youre broke as fuck though.
Being Clean don't cost $$$$$$ just some ambition and pride !
@@bextar6365Totally agree!
I remember when he had like 30k subs. Glad to see he’s still at it. He’s had some great interviews
If you went to the north side of the river, it looks like a regular suburb...thanks for making my city look like crap on the internet!!!
He didn’t make “your city” look like anything but the reality of what it is. If you don’t like it, “you” and the people of “your city” should bring awareness and do something about it.
@jazziesgroove lmao! every city has lower income areas...but it seems that is all that was shown here...thanks for your input though!
@@kevinlee7669
That's pretty much the entire point of the channel
Gwood. My family from Greenwood. Our family plot is in Money. Memories of great summer vacation. Club scruples was the place to be.Oh how I miss them day. Much love from ya kin in New Orleans
I grew up in Brazil Homes. I left in 2001. I'm in New Orleans now also(Westbank). I just left Gwood yesterday bringing my mom home. Always brings back good memories growing up..And those anticipated Elzy vs Gwood High games.
@@jaynich9925 that’s where my people lived. U might know them. Tribbit and Westbrook
I’m black but would not want to live here. Too many men loitering and grass not cut, no landscaping and houses half falling apart.
The spirit is wicked over there…
In the 60s that was a really nice neighborhood. It's outside they're stuck in now times living in Squalor..
Let change the name of video to the truth🎉
Dis dat sit on your porch with a rocking chair, with a shotgun type town
You’re gonna need an AR. Fr 😂
I went through greenwood Ms. Once, and that was enough for me!
I can’t believe this is real. Never seen so many shotgun shacks in my life.
It almost looks like Africa. But in America.
What could possibly be the commonality?
The energy in Mississippi is crazy I couldn’t do it it’s like a old movie
It's slow moving as fuck ain't no motion.
This still looks 100 times better than say Kensington Philadelphia or New Orleans.
Amen brother there happy with what they have you can’t force people to change . Degrading people that don’t know you is terrible.
Change what we don’t have enough jobs nothing in the city fast foods ! That’s all you gone see nothing for kids to do nothing! If we had enough resources we the poorest state for a reason ! They want us to stay poor ! Sip made
Thanks! Go to Gulfport,ms and 2 a hood called Turnkey.
Mississippi, has always been a scary state to me 😢😅 feeling sorry for all the evils done there!
I’m from here… it’s a beautiful state with a lot of f****d up true stories of racism, many move away in seek of better tbh
I done traveled all over the world be here my mom family is from Macon, Mississippi the most friendliest people I met.
Simply beautiful- the south has so much culture and history and amazing food 😋
Beautiful?
@@MrCandlewax yeah I find hoods very attractive and beautiful but y’all don’t have to agree with me ✌️
@@josevenancio5008man that shit is terrible lol
Thanks for showing us what politicians are doing with our money's...but yet we're still voting...smh
Mississippi have some of the best cooks in the world
Not really
I’m from there and go back all the time. Now tell him to do a part 3 and show the good part
😂😂😂I’m from Mississippi as well and it’s another RUclipsr that does this type of reaction/filming and I recall one time I was so pissed… I went on a livestream and talked sh** an hour or so.
It’s like only the rough areas are shown like Jackson MS, etc. It’s all for clicks and views
Dam!, however every other small town in every State in America is only one paychek away from experiencing the same.
I think a lot of you people that dont know these areas are thinking everything is like this. Some people choose to stay in these areas for various reasons. Most of the people who are doing very well for themselves have move out into the rural areas and built gorgeous homes. If you dont understand it ask questions dont assume
Some people just content where they are which is sad for their kids. Gotta want better to do better.
Except when one of them tries to do better the community shames them and accuses them of "being white".
These Towns may be dated and old but these people in some form seem pretty happy. Fresh nature no hustle and bustle everyone knows everyone. If i was able i would just go around and buy these small towns rehab them restructure their downtown areas one by one and bring each town back to life. ❤blessings everyone.
That is a noble ideal.
@Charlie thank you for doing this and bringing awareness to the conditions of these towns
There are deep and painful histories to these towns that need to be told. Awareness is not an appropriate word…
Buildings from sixties The rest is just a lazy mess , no pride
I blame the landlord and the city
Never want to visit. I stay in virginia
The buildings are all pre WW2 y’all are idiots
Some parts of the country is 3rd world. And we're worrying about people across the ocean. That's pathetic. 😢
Lol nope it's not you haven't seen the real third world I've been to parts of Africa this is no comparison our poor and their poor is night and day
Poorest state in America. They say our country is rich. I ask, why this? Heartbreaking this continue to go on beings we take care of so many other countries.
Countries that don’t look like people in the video you just watched!🤔
I grew up in greenville. Use to go to greenwood allllll the time. Memories
O lugar em si é bonito, o que falta é o cuidado que as pessoas deveriam ter com suas casas e com as ruas . Não existe necessidade de ter lixo espalhado pelas calçadas se existem recipientes para isso. Vejo muitas árvores e ruas largas. As pessoas deveriam saber valorizar onde moram.
Infelizmente essas pessoas estão presas dentro de uma "mentalidade de gueto"
How can you keep up a home with no jobs and resources. We find the same dilapidated homes when you visit white areas with no employment opportunities. Street cleaning is the cities responsibility. This is why Americans pay taxes. The abandoned homes should be knocked down, and the land should be taken care of by the government. These problems aren't the residents' fault. F your uneducated comment.
In these streets where this was filmed, I've watched people just throw their trash out of the car on the street...this side is very low income...
@@kevinlee7669 o problema é a falta de consciência das pessoas. O lugar é muito bonito!
Trapped inside a ghetto mentality? Even prison mentality has a clean block/cell.
Brandy & RayJ's dad Willie Norwood is from here Greenwood
And his wife SonjaNorwood is from my hometown Mccomb,Ms
And rick ross but forgot what part he from
There is this chick I work with always bragging about Mississippi, this and Mississippi that talking down on us but you’re up here on the West Coast living in the dream smh 🤦🏿 I should’ve sent her this video to remind her. How far have you come so be grateful
It's other parts of Mississippi that looks nothing like this..I live in California but I'm from Mississippi ❤
@@mzparidise3000 Mississippi is top 5 poorest states in America that’s a fact
@@BigBrothaAlmighty OH that's not question sir that's FACTS..But again it's places in Mississippi that looks nothing like that!!!
There are so many different parts of Mississippi. This is only a fraction. I grew up in Mississippi and my area did not look like this.
@@fredac8881 Same here,When I lived in Mississippi it didn't look like this at all ...Still don't to this day lol
The 60's is far better than today. I understand why they might want to turn back time
I grew up in Mississippi got love for Mississippi but I really got to get tf up out of Mississippi
My son attended Mississippi Valley State so I been here a couple times.. this place is stuck in time, very depressing to see.. and the food is all extra greasy and the drinking water is brown!! Unbelievable
Amazon delivery is sorely needed in every little corner of America! And a WaWa and buckeees too!!!!
My hometown. Born and raised. Left years ago and never went back.
That ain't nothing to be proud of... don't forget where you come from 😂
I’ve been all over the world Spain, London, France, Germany, Portugal, Monte Carlo, Canada, Mexico, Australia but I’ve NEVER seen such poverty like this in my own country
Because they lazy and don't want to work or get a education!
You need to travel more within the US. Follow the Appalachian Trail. 😢
I wouldn't stay there if they gave me a house!!!!!
I lived there in 1981 and the town still looks the same except it it worser now in 2023...
Gosto muito de seus vídeos Charlie! Você é top! Abraços do Brasil.
My brother usta visit Greenville...he said he always had a nice time n the people were cool
Looks like a place I would want to experience one time for the adrenaline and the mental stimualtion from eveyone being out. I wouldnt live there though.
I’m from here & still here you should tell him to ride around north Greenwood
For real show them big ass mansions over North Greenwood@@quanj777
I love Mississippi it's a lot of rich history here that folks don't know bout. I'm from Marks Mississippi 1 hrs away from Greenwood been there many times.
Hi I’m from Mississippi… moved back here from Texas and it’s been depression on a daily 😂seriously there’s so much that I could say but it’s not that it’s not a good state… it just has terrible leadership and we’re light years behind most other states
Imagine growing up in an area like this, but still turning out to be a nice person 😊
What 😒
Wtf!?
I did. Moved away then came back. All of my town is not like this. Most of it is rather nice now. But sometimes I miss the simple times. Now it's all about money and gettn over.
A lot of nice people still reside in such communities. Why would you assume that nice people do not live there? It is the same in predominantly White small towns across America.
@reyandy4851 I think that you misinterpreted my comment. I was born and raised accross the bridge from this place in a rural area that was actually poorer, so my comment was actually a pat on the back to myself.
May God see them through 😢🇳🇬
TALK about the "middle of no where!".
Morgan Freeman is from Greenwood!
The neighborhood does look dated , but it also looks like something could pop off quick !!
Lord I'm grateful for my spot bless those who isn't as fortunate
I'm surprised you ain't go to Drew, MS... It's the same way there too...
Well they probably know everyone and have a sense of community . Unlike where I've lived most of my life and don't recognize anyone anymore thanks to all the thousands of houses being built and high land taxes !
This is my state and you’re absolutely correct.
Somethings will never change some people will never change
This is so sad 😢 God Bless all of you
I went to visit here with my Ex, it was mind blowing, it was around 2011, coming from Houston, I felt like it was 1980
How are they stuck in the 60’s again?
the infastructure the homes?
Still voting Democrat.
@techwatch1228 you do know that black people use to vote Republican in the 60’s right? They didn’t start voting Democrat until the 70’s
Im pretty sure a lot of the southern states have neighborhoods or areas that look like this. Texas have a lot of places that still look like this.
That's how it be down south. Southern hoods are way more safer and the people are way more friendlier and respectful than city folk or city hoods.
Being born and raised in Los Angeles Ca. this is mind blowing.🤯🤯🤯🤯
I said the the same thing went I went to Los Angeles and I’m from South Carolina but live in San Diego
I lived in LA back in the late 80s early 90s. Lived in Oakland also. Now I'm next door to Mississippi in Alabama. No offense but if I had to choose. I'll take Mississippi.
@@bobbyanderson8647 its a free country and we all have a right to say where you would prefer to live. I'm sorry but I'll take southern Cal over Mississippi.
Most so cal people would. I got family that moved back to Alabama and I got family that never will they love so cal. Nuttn wrong wit dat. Yall b blessed out there ok. Visit some time. ❤❤
This is my mom's home town grew up visiting and go time to time now.
Mississippi ❤
This is absolutely awful and anyone still raising children in these types of conditions should ashamed.
Some people look for the worst in others
I understand that being poor is not your fault, many people are such all over the world, but there's no excuse for being dirty 😢
Unfortunately, you see a lot of this in the south, but Amen to what you said. I lived in Windhoek, Namibia in southern Africa. It's one of the cleanest cities I ever been in, more so than many American cities. And the people have pride in their appearance in Namibia. And that's despite all the massive poverty in the country
I’m from Florida but I love Mississippi the people are beautiful there stay in the 60’s if you can
4:40. And that green house is home to my cousin Nellie Ray!
My wife is from Itta Bena which is around 10 to 15 miles from Greenwood so I've been there several times.
Wow I haven't been to Itta Bena since 1980 how is it now ❓❓❓✌️✌️💯💯
My grandmother was from Itta Bena, aka "home in the woods" 😂 it was a rite of passage for us as kids to spend the summer down there at least once. I had some of the coolest adventures there coming up. RIP Mrs. Minnie Harris
My granddaughter and her mom, live in Greenwood 😊
People really think poor people spend their days saying "woe is me" That's not the case.
First and only time I seen real cotton fields!! Driving past them gives you an erry feeling
My grandmother is from Greenwood, Mississippi by way of a small town called "Itta Bena" and the neighborhood looks exactly like these.
Lots of people have moved out, half the houses are boarded up. That doesn't help the spirit of those who are left behind.
I'm a country girl myself so I don't believe in looking down on poor , country folks. After awhile people just don't see their surroundings anymore.
Mexicans will soon take over
Ever notice all of the nice cars but awful houses?
I rather live in Greenwood than a big city. I live in Canton which is a hour from Greenwood and I was born here. Don’t want to live anywhere else on the planet regardless of what other people think.
Dunn, NC exit 72-73 youll see some old country just like this
I went to a Church in Dunn NC It looked good about 7 or 8 years ago 🤔🤔✌️✌️💯💯
If theres love joy and piece nothing else matters..
Looks like a section of town from "The Heat of the night" TV show.
This place is like the Holy Land. to those folks, like me, who are interested in early Blues Music
I grew up in the neighborhood in first part of this video. It’s also the same neighborhood that the Blues legend Robert Johnson died in.
Not voting has consequences, if you don’t care they sure don’t…drive across town to the suburbs and it looks nothing like this…
Vote for whom?? A devil?? That’s the poorest state in America for a reason. Voting never helped no black folks in reality
@@laprunner352 obviously you’re a young person with zero knowledge of the civil rights era and the people that lost their lives fighting for voting rights. 1964 civil rights act and the 1965 voting rights act. Mississippi wasn’t to broke to give Brett Favre millions of dollars to Brett’s daughter’s school and university. Money that was meant for the poor people..
That's my hometown I forever rep Gwood 662 I moved up north a while ago but my family still down there. I was raised and lived in, Snowden Jones, Long Acres, the Quarters, and Glendale! But damn my city is a ghost town I plan on building it back up though that's my long term goal bring a movie theater back down there, a mall, and all.
and could you add a skating for the young folk 🥰with SO OOO many negative comments -it WARMs my Spirit to hear someone dreams as I do - of Renovating the south - we gotta get back down there to do JUST that!!!
Was this filmed in Africa?
The tires & wheels are worth more than the houses!
We all have sad areas that look just like this