If you want to shame someone Briggs, talk about Federal government employees, not people who do real work to add value to society. Got it? Get it? Good!
@@chuckinhouston9952Whether you like it or not, too many of those types of jobs DO give a bad reputation. Look at Detroit, as an example. You couldn't pay me enough to live there, or any other place like it.
@@timcombs2730 In ‘93 I had an idealized view of Portland. I missed my intend exit driving in. Scary, and I once rode a public bus through Detroit’s “Donut.” I don’t scare easy. Idealized view busted, I drove on to Astoria.
@@99999myk Marysville, 30 or so miles to the north of Seattle, has an interesting way of dealing with homeless people. They have a choice -- sleep in a shelter OR get outta town. Marysville has no problem with the homeless as a result.
Have a guy at work from Chicago that had multiple problems living there. And now his wife wants to move to Memphis, I told him don’t do it, and he agrees with me. Love your videos ❤
Used to live in Baton Rouge, yes it has a bad reputation because of its crime rates, but there do exist genuine reasons to live there and there are nice parts of town. If you're going to LSU or Southern, or have some involvement with the state government and/or its varies agencies, you'll want to be near or in Baton Rouge for that. If you're going to live in Baton Rouge, the southern half of town is actually quite nice, Perkins Rowe comes to mind, but it's far from the only nice place in town.
Michigander here. Flint is waaaayyyy worse than Detroit. Folks from out of town still think of the 80s and 90s Detroit, but it's gotten so much better. Of course, there are still areas where you want to stay away, but those areas are dwindling.
Born in Hamtramck in the 70s.. Lived there until 92.. I have been going back to Detroit to see family for the last 20 years, and Love how the City is turning around
My friend says Kalamazoo is "little Detroit ". Sounds like a sad place he said drugs are everywhere there . I still love Michigan ❤️ though, I want to retire there 😊.
@DJF177 do you live there? I've only been to New Buffalo area and east to Three Rivers to snowmobile. I like that I could basically sled through town to regular gas stations to fill up and no one gives a crap about it. Locals were kind enough to get us back to the tail head . 👍Same vibe up in north woods wisco 👍. A couple of bars off trail had parking areas for snowmobiles 👍 . All that isn't happening in, for example, in Colorado or Idaho ect.
The largest amount of homeless are the ones you don't see; transitional homeless. Those between jobs, couldn't find a place before losing the last one. These are all working people who had bad timing and/or didn't have enough for first and deposit. They almost always solve their situations on their own so you don't hear about them but they are the largest. Yes mentally challenged and/or chemically dependant are huge but we(I have mental illness) are almost always financially challenged. Most people don't realize that almost all homeless are victims of the economy, as well as other things but the cost of living is always an issue with lack of access to affordable and proper healthcare a sad sibling. I've been homeless since 2012 and while on occasion I've gotten mental healthcare, I've NEVER gotten help with housing I can continue to afford after moving in. The ones you see in tent cities gave up and don't trust anything offered anymore.
My cousins son has been a police officer forever in Memphis and getting ready to retire. He said, ya just can't believe how downhill it's went and don't even go near Graceland after dark.
Correct. Pretty much every city with major problems is run by leftist Democrats and by leftist, I mean _Marxist._ Not 'liberal' - Ben Franklin was a liberal. Karl Marx was most definitely not.
I went to lisbon recently and I can’t help but think that if SanFran kept it’s head straight it could be as great as the Portuguese capital as they are pretty similar looking cities
@@Entername-md1ev All drugs legal in Portugal, just like in Portland. So why is Portugal simply a great country and Portland a mess? After they legalized everything in 2002 in Portugal, all crime went down, and even addiction went down. Let people be free, a la "my body my choice," and people for the most part do a few drugs for a while, then the thrill wears off, then they slow down or quit doing drugs altogether.
Pine Bluff is less than 50,000 People - 80% of whom are the demographic which cannot be called out🤦🏼♂️!! Bit of a stretch calling it a “City” compared to all these other places!! Yes - it is a true Shithole💩🚽👎!! Just stay away, as the rest of us here in Arkansas do!!
Most of these cities have these problems because they lost jobs. Detroit was motor city. The auto makers left and the other jobs and the city fell apart. Bring back the jobs and you stop the bleeding.
Then they should get off their ass and go where the jobs are. I have crossed numerous state lines to work and lived in foreign countries for work 15 years. I'm not interested in hearing the whining and bitching.
As a Marylander, Baltimore is getting worse and worse. There's about 3 neighborhoods that are safe, and they're getting worse. The only time there's some sort of peace and happiness is when the Raven's play. The whole city gets behind that
I was in ft Meade in the early 90s and it was rough then.. the block, LOL!! last I heard the inner harbor is now akin to a dead mall, haven't seen it in 30 years.
When I was gradu from Marine corp boot camp, I learned my senior was from springfield, Massachusetts, and I then I understood why he joined the marine corps
Oakland is a tale of two cities. Crime is bad there and has been forever. But, Oakland has some beautiful areas and it is no longer affordable. You can live your best life in some parts of Oakland like the hills, Rockridge and Piedmont Avenue so long as you don’t become a crime victim. Oakland is gentrified and has great restaurants, parks, stores, cafes and natural beauty.
As someone who has spent most of their life in the greater Cleveland area I’m kinda surprised that we didn’t make the list. In the early 2000s someone stole my mom’s beater Saturn station wagon in broad daylight. On another note Gary Indiana would have made this list if more people knew about it, it’s all burned out and smells like sulfur
I was stationed about 12 miles north of Memphis at the then Naval Air Technical Training Center in Millington, Tenn. in 1971-1972. Memphis SUCKED even back then.
Ok. I lived in both Little Rock and Shreveport. I was on HIGH alert at all times even when grocery shopping in broad daylight. Now on west coast. My anxiety titer has dropped significantly.
On a Detroit-centric site it was mentioned that you could fit the whole city of Boston or San Francisco in just the vacant land in the city of Detroit. Gary, IN?
Cool video as usual Briggs....but a slight spell check needed for your episode cover. "Reputation". Ask me if it prevented me from watching your video,..of course not!!! Briggs rocks!
NYC is definitely on this one.. I lived there during the Giuliani and Bloomberg years and now live in Nassau County on Long Island but still go often. We deserve to be on this list, especially since it was so safe back when I lived in Manhattan in the Bloomberg years, it wasn’t all that long ago
I lived in the NYC area from birth to 1979. The best I've seen the city was when my wife and I visited in 2004. Go figure, New York didn't make the list.
@@delroywilson9588 in the mid 1990s projects like cleaning up Times Square were started and it became a shopping, dining, etc area like it is now. Used to be a place of strip clubs, prostitution, etc. The Civic Cleanup program went on in the 1990s under Commissioner Bratton. The NYPD took crime more seriously. The effects were realized after 9/11 and during Bloomberg’s administration. You can look up stats. In terms of political leanings, you can look up maps. Nassau County has more registered Republicans but Democrats do win the county. Suffolk County (more east than Nassau or further from the NYC if you aren’t familiar) and Nassau County both have Republican County Executives right now and prior to that they were both Democrats. You can look all this up
@@TheItalianTrash I explained when someone questioned, he initiated the cleaning up of Times Square and those programs but they didn’t take effect until after 9/11 under Bloomberg. Giuliani initiated some of the changes that helped lead to the low crime and more prosperity in the Bloomberg era of NYC Under Mayor Bloomberg’s leadership, New York City cut crime by more than 32% between 2001 and 2013. Due to that, new residents and businesses flocked to areas that were once considered highly dangerous and it was generally prosperous and safe to live in. Also the crack epidemic ended in the late 90s which was also a major crime driver. Between 2021 and 2022, violent crime increased by 39.2% and has slightly improved but not compared to the 00s. Also I forgot which, but either 2017 or 2018 actually had a very low crime rate even better than the Bloomberg years Things are definitely not as bad as the 70s and 80s, but we should make sure that we don’t go back to that insanity since we were almost there in 2020-2022 The 1990s though were definitely great years for nightlife 😃 sadly the old super clubs ended in the end of the 1990s. Great times, sadly no more China Club, Limelight, Tunnel, Twilo, Soundfactory, CBGB..all done
Grew up in 60s and 70s in Hartford area (Glastonbury) and Springfield (East Longmeadow) used to be a great place but haven't been back since 1975 went in Military then moved to Denver
I was thinking bad reputation and then I remembered Joan Jett had a song called "Bad Reputation". So I thought Joan Jett wears leather, lets find a girl in leather.
Agreed about Chicago. I've always been told it is super dangerous and people were worried about me moving there. But it was totally fine and safe. Would I walk on the Southside by myself? Hell no. But it's generally a safe place. The crime is quite segregated, sadly.
Baltimore recently started a program that lets people buy houses for $1.00 under certain conditions. That’s how bad the urban decay and living conditions are in certain areas.
Been researching this topic: The pandemic and eviction moratoriums (for good and bad) had huge impacts. The homelessness issue here in AZ is without doubt due to pricing. Opportunistic investors have priced thousands of individuals and families out of their rented spaces. I would barely afford to rent in my own neighbor where I own and still get calls to sell almost daily. Lose your home and any MH issue will most certainly be exacerbated. I love Portland too, It's heartbreaking to see. We Americans will turn it around
It is sad thay so many corporations are being allowed to buy up all the single family houses and apartments are being built everywhere. Only 1 person running for president has even mentioned thus problem and it should be banned. The single buyer can't compete and all the boomers that are selling make so much more. The young people have no chance of owning homes if we keep going this route. I believe that is the goal but it is sad.
@@Denise_2262 "Attorney General Mayes Sues RealPage and Residential Landlords for Illegal Price-Fixing Conspiracy" Someone is working on it to what effect remains to be seen.
Not all of them. I happen to know a few people who were so badly abused by family members, as in more than 1 or even just 3. Then, when they married, it is the same thing all over again. Even the police are abusive to people who need help. Sometimes they even kill themselves because of all the abuse. Others work hard to get the help they need.
I think the drugs are more a symptom than the cause. It looks to me like they’re suffering from traumas that can go back to their childhood. And out of desperation they turn to drugs for some relief from the suffering and then they inevitably get addicted to drugs. I think it’s mostly to do with trauma and not having enough support from family and friends
I really hate to oversimplify the cities on this list, but there is a trend worth mentioning. Every single one of these cities has a history of consecutive Democrat mayors for the last 40+ years, with the exception of Anchorage flipping between Dems and Reps. There's 1 or 2 that had an Independent here and there, but historical evidence from DC shows Independents vote along Democrat Party lines in most cases. There was a shift around the 80s where Republicans stopped being elected in these cities, and now they're all here on this list by World According to Briggs. Before I posted this comment I did take the time to look up the history of these cities before saying anything.
Detroit is one of the best cities in the world. The NFL draft showed that visitors are safe and the foods are amazing. Come visit Briggs! I wanna show you around. 😄
I have lived in Michigan for over 50 years, Detroit has a bad reputation because the people who live there are horrible people! Not because of poverty.
I'm quite familiar with Springfield MA. It has some bad sections that are ugly and have gang activity which ruins the city's stats, but there are plenty of decent neighborhoods within the city limits (particularly on the eastern side of the city) as well as some genuinely nice towns nearby.
I was never a big fan of San Francisco or any big city for that matter. We had gone to SF back in 2004 and it was pretty nice. Then we went back in 2017 and it was already into it's big slide. "I stepped in human fecal matter and that was the highlight of my trip." There is another RU-vidr posting content on SF and it looks much-much worse since 2017.
"The more you suffer the more you are in GOD'S grace." I could never believe this but a lot of folks I know actually do believe this stuff. GOD never wants us to suffer but we humans are good at causing each other problems. Nice show, Briggs.
Like your message. We do cause most of our own problems. My pastor talked one Sunday about people we know that everything they touch turns to gold, everything just works out for them. He said, the reason is God puts no stumbling blocks before them as it wouldn't do any good. They don't need him.
Pittsburgh gets no love. Everyone still thinks it is a smoky steel town. These days it is a high tech medical, robotics, space research city. That also is home to a world class symphony orchestra, many wonderful museums a fabulous zoo and so much more. A very clean city as well.
I guess one benefit of Chicago having a bad reputation is that housing is affordable. The snow is bad, but if a mayor wants to remain in office, the streets must be plowed quickly.
@entropyfan5714 depends on the neighborhood. There are plenty of places in Andersonville, Rogers Park and thereabouts that are deals. And those neighborhoods are safer than average. Yeah, Streeterville, Gold Coast, and Printers Row are steep.
@@olafharoldsonnii4713 4 years ago the powers to be deemed it bad to lock criminals up for nonviolent crimes. The criminals that committed these types of crimes have just moved on to bigger crimes.
I think that you are ignoring the key issue - crime, gangs, homeless camping on the streets are symptoms of a failed judicial/policing systems. Digging deeper is that you get local governments that fail to address the issues, and electoral situations where they are not replaced for their failures. Pretty much all of these cities have been dominated by Democratic administrations for decades. Some of this is racial - Detroit and Baltimore for example. But in Portland and San Francisco it is ideological.
I couldn’t find a place for topic suggestions so here you go: Assuming Manhattan is flooded permanently, which cities would make a good replacement? I mean a huge chunk of our economy is based there so all those company headquarters/banks/Wall Street has to go somewhere.
YAAASSS! Some love for western Mass! Your description of Springfield is very true. The crumbling infrastructure is a big problem; also substance abuse, corruption within the city, and tons of structure fires.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Truthfully, she was right. In that part of Lake Merritt there are places where you are allowed to BBQ and places where you aren't allowed. The offending chef was not in the designated BBQ area. However, she made such a stink about it that she got the wrong kind of attention. Kind of a variant of Streisand effect. The next day about 25 people went to that area and setup their grills. Kind of funny really. BTW--I grew up in Oakland and I love the town, but hate what it's become. It's a result of ranked choice voting. But, I digress...
Ive been to Boston because of extended family. Springfield is a bit of a surprise to me because I've been there a couple of times to visit the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Add Newark (Crime), Birmingham (Crime, Poverty), New Orleans (Everything but the Kitchen Sink), Albequerque (Everything INCLUDING the Kitchen Sink), and Houston (Crime, Traffic) to that list and you will have the top 15 worst cities to live in the United States. lol Thanks for a great video!
When I first started talking to my wife online from the Philippines she asked where i was from. I said Michigan she had no clue what i was saying. I said Detroit was close by. She replied Riot Town. Even the Philippines know Detroit reputation.
I really enjoy your content. I’m not sure if this can is the best place to give my 2 cents. I’ve always lived in the chi suburbs. In the 80s & 90s I worked and dated in the city. My daughter recently graduated college and was offered a job in chi or MKE. She picked Milwaukee. I love Milwaukee. I visit her often. I’m kinda din ne with chi.
Honestly I was expecting to find a lot of other cities to be on here… St. Louis (because of high crime), Jacksonville FL (A giant urban sprawl with no identity), Corpus Christi (Sad run down beach city), Compton CA (The rise of West coast rap), Flint MI (All of the issues with water and the economy). I don’t have any grudges against these cities but just would’ve thought they were more frowned upon than some of the ones chosen for the video…
@@Imintune...Separate city. Proposed merger in 2016 failed because EC city officials “demanded” that they get to keep their jobs and run their sub-city while Cleveland paid their bills.
I've never heard anything bad about Springfield and I live in Upstate NY 30 miles from the western Mass border. I've always heard bad things about Lowell, Lawrence, and Lynn as being the worst cities in Mass.
@@davidlandry3487 I totally believe it considering I'm using purely anecdotal evidence and not any actual criminal statistics. I'm just basing this on what I heard from word of mouth.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Many Midwestern and Northeastern cities were great until the 1970s when mass deindustrialization occurred. I still plan to go to Springfield this year or next to visit the Basketball Hall of Fame and maybe the MGM casino for some poker.
Over regulation (no middle ground allowed) and Excessive Union demands (there is a difference between Wanting and reasonable). All those drove jobs away (mostly off shore, where it was easier to do business. Now the whole country now loses taxes and jobs.) We now have the same with our Political parties:No middle ground on anything that matters (to the public)
No one goes to the crappy red cities. The cities on this list may have a bad reputation, but they're not flyover cities. Shreveport, Birmingham, the entire state of Mississippi, and so on
@@radchismo7908 Exactly, theyll criticize blue cities and ignore anything positive, red areas generally have the worst poverty, drug abuse, life span, healthcare, education.
Born and raised in central Maryland - Baltimore is and will be the last place I will ever enter. I always tell people I’d rather walk around SE DC than any area in Baltimore.
The homeless are made up of a lot of different groups. The drug addicts, and alcoholics, do have many with a mental diagnosis but that is not the reason they are homeless. It is the addiction. Those with a severe mental illness that are living like this are most likely receiving a government check. Years ago, the Social Security Administration did have a system established to handle the payments and reviews. Do not know about today.
