This was a great neighborhood till mid 70's. I was born and raised here from 1941 thru 1960. It was a great shopping neighborhood and people came from all over to shop. It was a Irish/Polish neighborhood and everyone knew everyone. Breaks my heart to see what has happened here. McPherson Square was our library. Knew neighborhood by parishes. Pitiful it has been let go like this.
I really don’t want to “ like” this video 4 the obvious reasons, but kudos to you both for putting yourselves through this extreme depressing environment to show the world👍🏻Thumbs up for your bravery!
This is addiction - not bad people, but addiction. The solution to addiction isn't just treatment; it is connection. These are not others. They are us.
this narrative is very american, now that the problem took such huge proportions," its never peoples fault", i guess in reality it is as much peoples fault as institutions fault for failing to do their job, that is regulating "pain medecine" and stopping the companies pushing these drugs into the street fro greed with no censequence (pill mills,un regulated "doctors" and "pharmacists"). But there is also a large part of responsibility on the population itself and the american terrible ultra liberal society model.
Honestly I am feeling sick and a little sad, but when Nicole said someone needed to unstick the guy on the corner. I got a much needed good laugh from that. Thanks Nicole! Stay safe on your travels! Love the channel.
Pro tips for cruising in rough neighborhoods : always crack your window and turn your music off so you can hear your surroundings and if there’s two lanes always stick to the inside lane. While driving the inside lane always give yourself enough room behind the car in front of you so if you had to you could whip into oncoming traffic to get away from a bad situation if something happens.
You took the words out of my mouth when you said that you can be poor but still have pride. What a travesty! The trash is just inexcusable. Even if they are “containing” these drug addicts, the government could at least clean up some of the mess. America has really gone down hill in the last 30 years or so. Thank you for showing us what it looks like. I enjoyed Nic’s comments too.
I am from germany. i just found your channel and watched your videos for 2 days now. this is not what we know about the us over here. this is never on any news. I watched baltimore before this video. i am at minute 2 - and i had to take a break and cry. it is so so sad seeing this..
it’s not racism, it’s classism. a lot of the addicts are from the suburbs and end up stuck in kensington. this neighborhood is the poorest of any neighborhood in a large city in america
Lots of people double park where I live right outside of Chicago. They have no concern whatsoever for anybody else and holding up traffic does not bother them. It's amazing. So manufacturing was sent abroad and much of America has been gutted. That is one thing I am seeing from your videos and the extent of it is shocking.
I was born and raised in Tacoma Washington. This city has changed so much. We have areas like Kensington like I imagine other cities have. Trash everywhere and homeless encampments too. They get cleaned up only to move to another place. Drugs is a big reason why but the high cost of living and ever rising taxes are alot of the problem. Government demands are rising faster than incomes can keep up with. Our priorities in this country are truly backwards. Also politicians with deep pockets.
I also live in Tacoma and they've been rousting the bums, (sorry, but I've got no sympathy left for them),fairly regularly lately. I think things are slowly getting better, but some of them are spilling out into the residential areas that never used to have a homeless problem. Murders aren't that unusual these days. We had a teenager murdered at a nearby bus stop a few months ago and there have been several murders near my workplace.
@@dopeMike_ It's mainly the encampments. They started to get bad around six to ten years ago, but during covid they stopped clearing them and things got really bad. They're clearing them out again now and I think that things have gotten a little better, but to a large extent they're just playing whack a mole. I think that any real improvement that we're seeing comes from them deciding to relocate to Seattle or Olympia in order to avoid the sweeps.
@@lrn_news9171 And things have actually changed for the better here in just the last couple of months. The police have been much more aggressive about clearing encampments and have been placing barriers, boulders, fences etc... to keep them from coming back. I'd guess that in just the past couple of months 75% of the homeless have moved on to greener pastures. It's a noticeable change and not one that I thought could happen so quickly. Of course they're probably all in Seattle, Olympia, Portland or are just camped out in less visible locations, but Tacoma seems much cleaner and safer than it did just a few months ago.
I've long since seen the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Art Museum, the Rocky Statue, rode both the Market-Frankford and Broad Street SEPTA rapid transit lines through their entirety - all of this mostly well over 15 years ago... The few people I knew that lived near Kenzy-Ali had been gone from there for about the same amount of time, so if I spend the rest of my life avoiding Philly, that's fine by me! 😁
@Henry Horner - Sounds right... The Northeast Region was the first in the US to unionize as far back as late 19th Century, depending upon the trade, industry, and the area... Much more wound up quite unionized all through WW1, Prohibition, the Depression, and WW2... It was after that when companies first started moving down South to bust the unions and their influence .. That only bought companies 30 more years, depending upon the area and industry, and still the unions found them and returned, right where they left off!... After that, came the massive shift in outsourcing and offshoring to ultra-cheap labor areas such Mexico, Central America, Parts of South America, and need I add - Asia!! --- And here we are - or rather, _AREN'T!_
I live and own a home here in Kensington, Oh yes it's bad out here... The city of Philadelphia has raised property home taxes 31%... recently, though it will go in effect in the fall. A year ago the very streets you driven had no speed bumps, those were put in within the last 6 months to a year ago. Allegheny & Kensington Ave El station train stop is heated with addicted & homeless population destroying the so-called safety we residents see everyday getting on those trains. The El train i catch 5 days a week to my comfortable job in Center City is horrible! I call it the homeless express. I work evening shift.. when I leave work to get on the El back to Kensington, it's like the movie (Escape from NY) literally that horrendous. The addicts do not pay fairs, the hop the pay centers and ride Septa for FREE, while i pay almost 100 buck per month to see these folks smoke do drugs in the trains. Oh to add, those folks below the EL are dipping, High as f@ck... those poor souls are aimlessly in a euphoric sate... you'll see in the train littered and the train stops along the way... it's bad.
The north, east coast cities seems to be a bit depressing. It would be better if someone would just clean up, and service those buildings. Maybe more grass. I'm from the south, I'm use to grass, and a yard.
North from Kensington on Kensington Ave, you first go thru Juniata, then Frankford. I grew up in Frankford. At Kensington and Adams Ave. About a mile north of K&A. I used to work at K&A back in the 80's at a Rite-Aid which was three doors from the corner. Ive seen these videos of what its like now and I'm shocked. K&A was an outdoor shopping mall and people were always walking up and down Kensington Ave. doing their shopping, etc. It was never a great neighborhood but it was never this bad. It's appalling that the city has allowed it to get this bad. I moved to NC back in 1991 and ive been here ever since. I have no reason to go back. I miss the food and there are a few people i mss but otherwise, no reason....
In the seventies and early eighties K and A was an amazing thriving district - furniture stores, textiles etc. so sad. What part of Philly did you grow up, Nicole? I lived close to veterans stadium.
Philly is a big city. There are still some very nice parts. There a still people who take pride in where the live. But like any big city, drugs are a big problem.
This, this is what most people don't but should understand. Prejudices blind very easily, ironically even more so with social media it seems. Like, "because it's on the Internet it's true" type mindset.
Drugs are a big problem in small cities too, its just usually hidden better. People love to come from the sticks into a big city and focus only on the negative things they see and ignore the multitude of great stuff a city has to offer. I chock it up to culture shock from living sheltered lives.
You can't fix apathy, poor morals and self neglect/abuse by throwing more money or programs at the problem. Excusing their behavior is also a red herring. Some people are content being lazy and getting high.
Kensington was not bad before the 1980’s. It started to go down the tubes when Section 8 was implemented. That policy ruined many a good neighborhood all over the city.
I understand that this is an extremely depressed area. Not a neighborhood I would be comfortable living in or near. But laughing and calling them trashy or "Kenso" is a bit condescending. Look at the politicians-for doing a big fat 0 for the living poor-THEY are garbage. If you were born in that unfortunate circumstance with no true help from government programs, would you appreciate being judged? Please refrain from using the term "bleeding heart liberal" to define my opinion as I am not.
Philly people say it like it is. they don’t worry about feelings. I lived there and grew up in the south. I was shocked at first but then became jaded and understood why it is that way. Don’t take it personal.
@@marystewart1125 I have traveled the world and sadly seen more depressed areas then I can list. Admittedly not due to drug use like here. I don't take it personally as I don't have any drug problems. The issue is citizens not fighting to fix the problem instead of laughing as a result of the legislature failing our citizens. It's important for us to see what is happening in these areas. The mocking comments were not necessary. I hope you don't take my comment personally as it's not directed towards people. It's inciting legislation - by the people - to keep all of us safe.
@@Hoxter74 Believe me, I get that they have bigger problems. The reference pissed me off. I was trying not to throw the proverbial stick and stone with my response. At least throw shade at the right people
the palm trees are b/c a majority of the residents of kensington and n. philly are from puerto rico and DR. surprised you didn’t notice all of the puerto rican flags
“Don’t mess with Texas”. I think the Texas plate is a plus 😂 I’m from PA & this was eye opening. I’m NOT a fan of Philly & you’re a brave man driving through zombie land. Thanks for the video 👏🏻
Just to be a voice for Keno ppl They do not want this they are a slave to these addition and usually they want to STOP but don't know how or where to start!!
Not all of them. On Drugs Inc, The Fix several were interviewed. They love the drugs and love that they have no responsibility. They plan on living this way till death. One lady grinned from cheek to cheek. She was as happy as a clam. She bragged about receiving $50 for 3 minutes of work servicing some john. She was in her 40's, heavy set, dirty and had missing teeth. There must be desperate men out there. On old man has been living with his drugs for over 40 years and loves them. He says the government pays him to do nothing and churches feed him and keep him company. He said he uses these groups for food and clothing and said he will listen to the Jesus babble as long as he gets what he wants. He said people are gullible and believe anything he tells them.
It is untrue to state that recovery services are not offered or available to addicts because they are. Ask any Kenzo addict if they can get into recovery and they will say "yes, but im not ready." What the city does not offer is free housing outside of the shelter system and without completion of a recovery program. It is also untrue to suggest Kensington does not have full time residents. Many are new immigrants of Hispanic origin who are hard working homeowners trying to realize the American dream like their European immigrant predecessors. And since Kensington is proximate to I95 it has become a distribution point for drugs attracting addicts from up and down the East Coast, the majority of whom are white working and middle class. Lastly, its Philthadelphia not Philthydelphia.
I lived in Tacony for a while and am familiar with Kensington in it's current state. The only thing it's good for is cheap used tires from Joels on Frankford and Lehigh. Also, Kensington and Harrowgate are traditionally multiracial neighborhoods. The traditionally black neighborhoods in Philadelphia do not have all this going on.
What would you suggest they do about? Your capitalist owners took their industry to cheaper labor countries. The only way to keep profits up is to keep wages down first said by David Ricardo.
I don't think I would walk around there either. I don't think I would drive through there for very long either.. Now Nick Johnson would get out and talk to those people.
I hired in an auto company in Detroit in 1977. They told me to always carry at least 40 dollars in my wallet. If a druggie robbed you at gunpoint and you didn't have enough for him to buy his next hit, they would get mad and shoot you.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I'm with you. Everybody likes to talk about Skid Row in LA, but this is much, much worse. The area is more trashy, the weather is a lot worse, their are train tracks preventing sunlight and making it very noisy, and the people look way more f***ed up than anywhere in the US. Prisons look more pleasant.
If you're saying they deserve to die that is extremely insensitive and heartless thing to say. You should be ashamed to make a statement like that. These people need help not death
Wow. This should not be allowed for Americans at all. Where are our American standards? This is not American. I know who I am voting for… the person who called this a “disgrace” ! And it is!
The tactics have changed soley because smack is affecting white suburban kids now. Government flooded the black neighborhoods with crack years ago and it was lock em all up. Now drug use is seen as a disease and they want to "help".
13:38 hears woman yelling something about “p.ssy” and misses the wife’s remark about the man being stuck there. Thinkin “wha, somebody just offered p.ssy in the middle of the road?"
In California, the DMV changed a question on the 2023 hand book of, when you have an accident what credentials do you show to a Police Officer. And that's insurance, registration and Driver's License to show your address of where you live. Just seeing all your videos on the Homeless Lord Spoda, who owns all those nice cars parked in the side of the streets? Is that why California changed the question? One more question, what's that area between Custer St. and Potter? Is that a No Zone Area to drive? You have cars parked in either directions!!! 🎥🎥🎥
This appears to be the same in all the dumps shown on these videos. They can afford a fancy car but not a pot of paint to smarten-up the shacks they inhabit.
the eastern immigrants were from Lithuania, Poland, and other Baltic states, the Irish came later but they’re more Lower NE Philly, now Kensington has a large hispanic immigration
This is what happens when greedy corporations are allowed to outsource their products to the Far East, Mexico, etc. People lose their jobs and move away and those that stay behind are poor and once prosperous areas slide into decay like Kensington in Philadelphia. As long as the United States corporations operate the business model of buying cheap imports from countries that pay slave wages and exploit their workers this is what more and more areas of the U.S. are going to look like so we better get used to it.
I think Skid Row worst... Im a recovering addict, but I put a lot of blame on the US Government and DEA having drugs and guns so accessible.. Trust me a lot of money and corruption flows from the Cartels north not just the drugs.
Unless you’re looking for drugs, you are not in danger. I think Center City is more dangerous, at night it is. I got mugged in a posh district in a park closer to Front street. I loved living in Philly but I always lived in the Center City area.
This was a great neighborhood till mid 70's. I was born and raised here from 1941 thru 1960. It was a great shopping neighborhood and people came from all over to shop. It was a Irish/Polish neighborhood and everyone knew everyone. Breaks my heart to see what has happened here. McPherson Square was our library. Knew neighborhood by parishes. Pitiful it has been let go like this.
You’d have to be insane to live in a place like this and not spend every waking second plotting how to escape it.
I would just walk out of there and never look back!
Whose cars
@@geniecealexander8455 Exactly! You are 100 % right.
ok conservative
@@anon-r9q1111 has nothing to do with being conservative. Everyone should strive to live better, not live in Sh!t and needle filled streets.
There's so much more to Philadelphia then just Kensington . I'm glad to see you showed other sides of my fair city
I really don’t want to “ like” this video 4 the obvious reasons, but kudos to you both for putting yourselves through this extreme depressing environment to show the world👍🏻Thumbs up for your bravery!
This is addiction - not bad people, but addiction. The solution to addiction isn't just treatment; it is connection. These are not others. They are us.
Agreed, but I would add consequences to the list.
Treatment / connection, consequences if continued.
this narrative is very american, now that the problem took such huge proportions," its never peoples fault", i guess in reality it is as much peoples fault as institutions fault for failing to do their job, that is regulating "pain medecine" and stopping the companies pushing these drugs into the street fro greed with no censequence (pill mills,un regulated "doctors" and "pharmacists"). But there is also a large part of responsibility on the population itself and the american terrible ultra liberal society model.
@@jmupp2876 consequences? see how they're living? those are some pretty serious consequences already don't you think? they're in hell.
DON'T USE ILLEGAL DRUGS! There problem solved. These people are the result of a series of poor life choices.
@@jmupp2876 all they want is to be re-intoxicared by any means ... there's not much value of any consequences
Honestly I am feeling sick and a little sad, but when Nicole said someone needed to unstick the guy on the corner. I got a much needed good laugh from that. Thanks Nicole! Stay safe on your travels! Love the channel.
Cool Video, Nicole very nice video of the otherwise of your Historic Hometown. Good job Joe and Nic.
Pro tips for cruising in rough neighborhoods : always crack your window and turn your music off so you can hear your surroundings and if there’s two lanes always stick to the inside lane. While driving the inside lane always give yourself enough room behind the car in front of you so if you had to you could whip into oncoming traffic to get away from a bad situation if something happens.
Bad advice. Keep your windows shut.
....and don't let ppl see you film. They really dislike that.
You took the words out of my mouth when you said that you can be poor but still have pride. What a travesty! The trash is just inexcusable. Even if they are “containing” these drug addicts, the government could at least clean up some of the mess. America has really gone down hill in the last 30 years or so. Thank you for showing us what it looks like. I enjoyed Nic’s comments too.
Exactly, poor counties and neighborhoods in places like West Virginia are clean with low crime.
@@lrn_news9171 I would love West Virginia, but I get car sick easily and with those winding, switchbacks, I would not do well. 🤢
I am from germany. i just found your channel and watched your videos for 2 days now. this is not what we know about the us over here. this is never on any news. I watched baltimore before this video. i am at minute 2 - and i had to take a break and cry. it is so so sad seeing this..
This is the worst of the worst . Stay safe . Love you guys
it’s not racism, it’s classism. a lot of the addicts are from the suburbs and end up stuck in kensington. this neighborhood is the poorest of any neighborhood in a large city in america
Are you sure it's he poorest? I think Jackson Mississippi and other cities have poorer neighborhoods than this
@@lrn_news9171Jackson isn’t consider large
Lots of people double park where I live right outside of Chicago. They have no concern whatsoever for anybody else and holding up traffic does not bother them. It's amazing. So manufacturing was sent abroad and much of America has been gutted. That is one thing I am seeing from your videos and the extent of it is shocking.
Gotta keep the big guys 10% coming in from China
Top notch travels LordSpoda. Been all over the USA with you lately. Portland was crazy too. Im from Massachusetts,lucky me...
Thanks for sharing. Horrific 😱
Liked the fact that you filmed this video. Have heard about the crime in Philadelphia didn't know a lot of it was in the Kensington district.
My Mom lived in Kensington as a teenager, but she moved out in 1969 when she married my Dad.
What is even worse is lost of the people there are so young.
I was born and raised in Tacoma Washington. This city has changed so much. We have areas like Kensington like I imagine other cities have. Trash everywhere and homeless encampments too. They get cleaned up only to move to another place. Drugs is a big reason why but the high cost of living and ever rising taxes are alot of the problem. Government demands are rising faster than incomes can keep up with. Our priorities in this country are truly backwards. Also politicians with deep pockets.
I also live in Tacoma and they've been rousting the bums, (sorry, but I've got no sympathy left for them),fairly regularly lately. I think things are slowly getting better, but some of them are spilling out into the residential areas that never used to have a homeless problem. Murders aren't that unusual these days. We had a teenager murdered at a nearby bus stop a few months ago and there have been several murders near my workplace.
Wasn't like that in 2004 when I left I wonder what changed? I'm always baffled by the obvious.
@@dopeMike_ It's mainly the encampments. They started to get bad around six to ten years ago, but during covid they stopped clearing them and things got really bad. They're clearing them out again now and I think that things have gotten a little better, but to a large extent they're just playing whack a mole. I think that any real improvement that we're seeing comes from them deciding to relocate to Seattle or Olympia in order to avoid the sweeps.
@@GR-cf4qhYeah they move to cities that are more generous with them.
@@lrn_news9171 And things have actually changed for the better here in just the last couple of months. The police have been much more aggressive about clearing encampments and have been placing barriers, boulders, fences etc... to keep them from coming back. I'd guess that in just the past couple of months 75% of the homeless have moved on to greener pastures. It's a noticeable change and not one that I thought could happen so quickly.
Of course they're probably all in Seattle, Olympia, Portland or are just camped out in less visible locations, but Tacoma seems much cleaner and safer than it did just a few months ago.
I've long since seen the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Art Museum, the Rocky Statue, rode both the Market-Frankford and Broad Street SEPTA rapid transit lines through their entirety - all of this mostly well over 15 years ago... The few people I knew that lived near Kenzy-Ali had been gone from there for about the same amount of time, so if I spend the rest of my life avoiding Philly, that's fine by me! 😁
@Henry Horner - Sounds right... The Northeast Region was the first in the US to unionize as far back as late 19th Century, depending upon the trade, industry, and the area... Much more wound up quite unionized all through WW1, Prohibition, the Depression, and WW2... It was after that when companies first started moving down South to bust the unions and their influence .. That only bought companies 30 more years, depending upon the area and industry, and still the unions found them and returned, right where they left off!... After that, came the massive shift in outsourcing and offshoring to ultra-cheap labor areas such Mexico, Central America, Parts of South America, and need I add - Asia!! --- And here we are - or rather, _AREN'T!_
If you have the money, Philly is actually an above average city and even awesome. If you can’t afford it, it’s a crappy place to live
I live and own a home here in Kensington, Oh yes it's bad out here... The city of Philadelphia has raised property home taxes 31%... recently, though it will go in effect in the fall. A year ago the very streets you driven had no speed bumps, those were put in within the last 6 months to a year ago.
Allegheny & Kensington Ave El station train stop is heated with addicted & homeless population destroying the so-called safety we residents see everyday getting on those trains. The El train i catch 5 days a week to my comfortable job in Center City is horrible! I call it the homeless express. I work evening shift.. when I leave work to get on the El back to Kensington, it's like the movie (Escape from NY) literally that horrendous. The addicts do not pay fairs, the hop the pay centers and ride Septa for FREE, while i pay almost 100 buck per month to see these folks smoke do drugs in the trains.
Oh to add, those folks below the EL are dipping, High as f@ck... those poor souls are aimlessly in a euphoric sate... you'll see in the train littered and the train stops along the way... it's bad.
That’s rough. Thank you for the insight as to what it’s like to live there.
The north, east coast cities seems to be a bit depressing. It would be better if someone would just clean up, and service those buildings. Maybe more grass. I'm from the south, I'm use to grass, and a yard.
BUT, I bet you continue voting Democrats in, right?
Dipping? To me, that means Copenhagen or Skoal.
Sad to hear, all of our major democrat run cities are failing.
You need to go in the summer when it’s 90 degrees outside. That’s when you’ll really see some things.
North from Kensington on Kensington Ave, you first go thru Juniata, then Frankford. I grew up in Frankford. At Kensington and Adams Ave. About a mile north of K&A. I used to work at K&A back in the 80's at a Rite-Aid which was three doors from the corner. Ive seen these videos of what its like now and I'm shocked. K&A was an outdoor shopping mall and people were always walking up and down Kensington Ave. doing their shopping, etc. It was never a great neighborhood but it was never this bad. It's appalling that the city has allowed it to get this bad. I moved to NC back in 1991 and ive been here ever since. I have no reason to go back. I miss the food and there are a few people i mss but otherwise, no reason....
Insane. AML FILMS he out there!🤙
In the seventies and early eighties K and A was an amazing thriving district - furniture stores, textiles etc. so sad.
What part of Philly did you grow up, Nicole? I lived close to veterans stadium.
She grew up where Jeff routinely got thrown out of a house.
Philly is a big city. There are still some very nice parts. There a still people who take pride in where the live. But like any big city, drugs are a big problem.
This, this is what most people don't but should understand. Prejudices blind very easily, ironically even more so with social media it seems. Like, "because it's on the Internet it's true" type mindset.
Drugs are a big problem in small cities too, its just usually hidden better. People love to come from the sticks into a big city and focus only on the negative things they see and ignore the multitude of great stuff a city has to offer. I chock it up to culture shock from living sheltered lives.
You can't fix apathy, poor morals and self neglect/abuse by throwing more money or programs at the problem. Excusing their behavior is also a red herring. Some people are content being lazy and getting high.
Most addicts who reach the point of shooting up drugs they're not happy lol they're kinda stuck
"Poor morals". Lehmann Brothers and Goldman-Sachs. October 2008. New York City.
They are happy with nothing, no bills, mortgages etc
very very nice videos
Thank you, Rhio! 😀
At 16:24 that's why I do not like to travel down narrow , one way streets in rough neighborhoods .
Kensington was not bad before the 1980’s. It started to go down the tubes when Section 8 was implemented. That policy ruined many a good neighborhood all over the city.
I own and live on a very large farm in the free state of TN. and this looks like the gates of Hell to me!
You guys have to make an new video Kensington has gotten at 100 times worse 😢
The elevated train reminds me of one of the Grand Theft Autos… forgot which one 😂
Lol it sure does
gta 3 maybe
GTA IV
Together we stand divided we fall we have to work together. Don’t turn a blind eye 👁.
The USA is a strange mix. It’s an extremely wealthy leading first world nation and yet a 3rd world country at the same time.
govt has no money for this but can send billions overseas
What about the thousands flooding in over the border daily? Democrats do ZILCH.
exactly. Stop sending money to Israel and send it to these inner cities instead. Of course, that'll never happen
Ukraine needs US tax payer money to fight a war we never see any news about! keep sending it!
The consequences of the great divide rich/poor mess U.S.A. Have compassion during the collapse of humans and the planet.
I understand that this is an extremely depressed area. Not a neighborhood I would be comfortable living in or near. But laughing and calling them trashy or "Kenso" is a bit condescending. Look at the politicians-for doing a big fat 0 for the living poor-THEY are garbage. If you were born in that unfortunate circumstance with no true help from government programs, would you appreciate being judged? Please refrain from using the term "bleeding heart liberal" to define my opinion as I am not.
Philly people say it like it is. they don’t worry about feelings. I lived there and grew up in the south. I was shocked at first but then became jaded and understood why it is that way. Don’t take it personal.
@@marystewart1125 I have traveled the world and sadly seen more depressed areas then I can list. Admittedly not due to drug use like here. I don't take it personally as I don't have any drug problems. The issue is citizens not fighting to fix the problem instead of laughing as a result of the legislature failing our citizens. It's important for us to see what is happening in these areas. The mocking comments were not necessary. I hope you don't take my comment personally as it's not directed towards people. It's inciting legislation - by the people - to keep all of us safe.
Sticks and stones... They have bigger worries than a RUclipsr calling them kensos or the like. Believe me.
@@Hoxter74 Believe me, I get that they have bigger problems. The reference pissed me off. I was trying not to throw the proverbial stick and stone with my response. At least throw shade at the right people
Exactly this!
Really disappointed you didn't check out the apartment where Rocky was filmed. It was in Kensington.
the palm trees are b/c a majority of the residents of kensington and n. philly are from puerto rico and DR. surprised you didn’t notice all of the puerto rican flags
I actually sort of dug the metal palm trees!
@@nathant17me too
They have those houses in Toronto and Montreal too.
“Don’t mess with Texas”.
I think the Texas plate is a plus 😂
I’m from PA & this was eye opening. I’m NOT a fan of Philly & you’re a brave man driving through zombie land. Thanks for the video 👏🏻
Why did you cut out those new houses when you were riding on jasper st towards lehigh ave.? SHOW THE CHANGES OF KENSINGTON.
Winter time has to take a toll on these street people
Just to be a voice for Keno ppl They do not want this they are a slave to these addition and usually they want to STOP but don't know how or where to start!!
You’re totally right. It’s sad the city does so little to help.
Not all of them. On Drugs Inc, The Fix several were interviewed. They love the drugs and love that they have no responsibility. They plan on living this way till death. One lady grinned from cheek to cheek. She was as happy as a clam. She bragged about receiving $50 for 3 minutes of work servicing some john. She was in her 40's, heavy set, dirty and had missing teeth. There must be desperate men out there. On old man has been living with his drugs for over 40 years and loves them. He says the government pays him to do nothing and churches feed him and keep him company. He said he uses these groups for food and clothing and said he will listen to the Jesus babble as long as he gets what he wants. He said people are gullible and believe anything he tells them.
I read an article that very similar things.
AML films shows much.
It is untrue to state that recovery services are not offered or available to addicts because they are. Ask any Kenzo addict if they can get into recovery and they will say "yes, but im not ready." What the city does not offer is free housing outside of the shelter system and without completion of a recovery program.
It is also untrue to suggest Kensington does not have full time residents. Many are new immigrants of Hispanic origin who are hard working homeowners trying to realize the American dream like their European immigrant predecessors.
And since Kensington is proximate to I95 it has become a distribution point for drugs attracting addicts from up and down the East Coast, the majority of whom are white working and middle class.
Lastly, its Philthadelphia not Philthydelphia.
I lived in Tacony for a while and am familiar with Kensington in it's current state. The only thing it's good for is cheap used tires from Joels on Frankford and Lehigh. Also, Kensington and Harrowgate are traditionally multiracial neighborhoods. The traditionally black neighborhoods in Philadelphia do not have all this going on.
He took video of it at the beginning of the video
America is so corrupt. The White House needs to take care of its people it’s citizens.
seems to be fun place!
What would you suggest they do about? Your capitalist owners took their industry to cheaper labor countries. The only way to keep profits up is to keep wages down first said by David Ricardo.
i hope yall are strapped going thru these hoods
they got them heaters packed with 9mms
If I listened correctly, I was told that Rocky (1), was filmed in Kensington.
Some of it was.
I don't think I would walk around there either. I don't think I would drive through there for very long either.. Now Nick Johnson would get out and talk to those people.
Philadelphia has a new Mayor. Let's give her a chance.
Another Democrat?
That's just plain sad and getting more common everywhere.
all according to plan......hand rubbing intensifies.
When we gonna see the slums of Houston and Austin?
Correction: there wasn't a fentanyl/ xylezine problem back then. Heroin has been there for decades. It's not THAT different from 20 years ago.
Nothing was boarded up. They're very well protected
11:50, dont be surprised of ambulances in the area
I'm sorry, but that WAS TRULY depressing to watch. No offense to Philadelphians.
I hired in an auto company in Detroit in 1977. They told me to always carry at least 40 dollars in my wallet. If a druggie robbed you at gunpoint and you didn't have enough for him to buy his next hit, they would get mad and shoot you.
You guys be careful driving through places like that. It looks like a good place to get car jacked
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This is horrid seeing that much garbage and homeless people. You where smart to stay in your bronco driving through there.
It is the worst place I've ever seen, keyup. Hard to believe it was in the US.
People who mean the area any good, are not afraid to get out of the car. Watch Morals over Money!
@@wrongfulconvictions1 please rewrite this so people can understand what you’re trying to say.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I'm with you. Everybody likes to talk about Skid Row in LA, but this is much, much worse. The area is more trashy, the weather is a lot worse, their are train tracks preventing sunlight and making it very noisy, and the people look way more f***ed up than anywhere in the US. Prisons look more pleasant.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Hard to believe that this was once the capital of the United States
Kensington was indeed heavily Irish long ago.
I don’t think the mayor cares but the people should pressure them to clean up the city.
I see a lot of cars parked on the sides just wondering about their business and state of mind of those. Surely they can't be peaceful!
givem all 10x potency fentanyl and let the problem fix itself
If you're saying they deserve to die that is extremely insensitive and heartless thing to say. You should be ashamed to make a statement like that. These people need help not death
Kensington is the worst example of classism you'll see in America
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Wow. This should not be allowed for Americans at all. Where are our American standards? This is not American. I know who I am voting for… the person who called this a “disgrace” ! And it is!
We finally left Manayunk after 15 years. The city went to hell the last five years. It used to be nice.
It's definitely not racism. By varying degrees every major city in the country has the same issues, regardless of racial composition.
There’s plenty of whites black and Latinos all strung out in Kensington
The tactics have changed soley because smack is affecting white suburban kids now. Government flooded the black neighborhoods with crack years ago and it was lock em all up. Now drug use is seen as a disease and they want to "help".
That's why there's so many people in Kensington...one way dead end street.
13:38 hears woman yelling something about “p.ssy” and misses the wife’s remark about the man being stuck there.
Thinkin “wha, somebody just offered p.ssy in the middle of the road?"
In California, the DMV changed a question on the 2023 hand book of, when you have an accident what credentials do you show to a Police Officer. And that's insurance, registration and Driver's License to show your address of where you live. Just seeing all your videos on the Homeless Lord Spoda, who owns all those nice cars parked in the side of the streets? Is that why California changed the question? One more question, what's that area between Custer St. and Potter? Is that a No Zone Area to drive? You have cars parked in either directions!!! 🎥🎥🎥
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Its better when you drive alone without Nic talking. Youre good at narrating alone.
What are you talking about her quick quips always land.
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I find it sad here
12:50 what’s so funny? Smh. Laughing and talking down on people’s homes. Not cool at all.
Your comment is stupid.
I agree. Seemed kind of insensitive
Who is going to fix all this
One thing I noticed is that people drive nice cars, lots of suv's for such a poor place.
This appears to be the same in all the dumps shown on these videos. They can afford a fancy car but not a pot of paint to smarten-up the shacks they inhabit.
They have a term for that but this website like to keep things safe.
Jasper they took over with one horrific act after the other
the eastern immigrants were from Lithuania, Poland, and other Baltic states, the Irish came later but they’re more Lower NE Philly, now Kensington has a large hispanic immigration
Iam wondering who Owen's all the cars parked in this area ?
This is what happens when greedy corporations are allowed to outsource their products to the Far East, Mexico, etc. People lose their jobs and move away and those that stay behind are poor and once prosperous areas slide into decay like Kensington in Philadelphia.
As long as the United States corporations operate the business model of buying cheap imports from countries that pay slave wages and exploit their workers this is what more and more areas of the U.S. are going to look like so we better get used to it.
Philly looking like a 3rd world country. I agree with you Joe. Double parking is assholey.😂
Whew...I thank GOD I live in Chicago not Kensington.
Chicago isn't that much better lol
I am glad I live in small town Iowa
That’s just as bad
@@briancalifornia1 neither is California where I'm from before moving to dear old home sweet home Chicago. Shame that my hometown SF is a dump.
I think Skid Row worst... Im a recovering addict, but I put a lot of blame on the US Government and DEA having drugs and guns so accessible.. Trust me a lot of money and corruption flows from the Cartels north not just the drugs.
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Omg, i can't believe this is in America, looks like India or Pakistan..
Seems like everyone goes there to make videos.
Be careful not to hit those guys stealing those wheels.
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The difference with third world countries, is that although the housing and neighborhood are very poor, people are nice and having fun.
Go to the hood in Bogota it's the same damn thing but way worse... no fun being had.
Now it's a sweep
Those palm trees are like putting lipstick on a pig!
Much cheaper to build an EL.
Unless you’re looking for drugs, you are not in danger. I think Center City is more dangerous, at night it is. I got mugged in a posh district in a park closer to Front street. I loved living in Philly but I always lived in the Center City area.