Man I remember being strung out on herion in the bluff walking those blocks like a zombie 🧟♂️ man thank god I beat my addicton man I pray for those addicts and people that live in that community I’m sure in 10 20 years it will be beautiful down there that is prime real estate man..the only time I seen a person killed was in the bluff I wAtched addicts take their last breath in the bluff
Around '99 I was 18 and I was on heroin and I found the bluff and it was so amazing out there I would take people with me on Friday evenings when I went to get dope just because I knew they wouldn't believe me if I told them how many dudes was standing in the roads with heroin for sale. It was like an antbed that had been stepped on. Every 4 way would have hundreds of people in the streets and the yards shoulder to shoulder. They would jump in your car if you had a window down or a door unlocked. They would surround your car and it felt like they were gonna pick it up off the street. It was insane and if you had money you would get some really good dope every time. There was nobody selling weak dope or ripping people off, every man, woman, or child had heroin and they would hook you up. I had a15 year old boy who I would always buy from and he was my buddy. Once I bought $150.00 worth of heroin from him and I saw him walk up to his mother and pull a wad of money so big you couldn't fold it from each pocket and give it to her as I was driving off. A few months late I lost my job and I started snatching dope. I would have a $20 bill wrapped around a bunch of ones and I would say I had $200.00 and I would get the dope and hand them $28 dollars or so and ride off. I did that for about 6 months every day, to a new guy each time and never got shot. I finally went to jail and that was the end of it. I should have died in the bluff. I still look at it as a sign that God had plans for me because I for away so many times with snatching dope from those guys and they were hard. I was just a white boy from covington ga in over his head but I lived through it.
That is a lie dude . nobody would stand in the streets 100 deep or even 20 deep for that matter either the police would come or someone who had beef with them would take that as the perfect target you idiot . the bluff stands for better leave you fucken fool! So stop it man stop trying to make it seem as if black people don't have self preservation or the sense the most high gave them . you are an idiot man . wow lol
Now 67 years old I can honestly say during the 60-70, if you lived on the West side of Atlanta, you had Status, I wish there were videos during that era? Where homes were kept up, you had neighborhood pride. I still own home in my thumb nail, Southfulton, I recently moved 2020, people dying off their homes now rental home, what was once well kept lawns and minimum violence, is not out of control my house took a stray bullet after 36 years without incident? So now my daughter who needed a place to stay, now lives there, here nerves are better than mine, I kept my pistol on me every where I went store, bank, funeral home, church, backyard and front, as a ex Vietnam veteran I was always ready for the unexpected, the gang member knew me 36 years in the same spot they were kids and gave me respect, but now people's from all over live in the neighborhood, and younger than me with their own outlook in life? And that's Good, but I now sleep better around my generation age group, I still pack 24/7 now living on the lake. Just don't trust people's.
My grandparents owned a beautiful house in close knit community off Burton Rd right off 1-20 behind Hightower train station. The community is still nice but the immediate surroundings are not so nice. They bought their home in the 60s.
I've seen a few documentaries on this area and honestly it makes me feel really sad. I feel sad for the people who unfortunately cannot afford to live anywhere else but want a better neighborhood along with a better life. Then you hear of the innocent people who are shot & killed by a stray bullet who are just minding their own business. I really really wish I could do something to make a difference in these areas to help them. The area I grew up in here if Florida used to be a great area and has turned into a war zone with drugs & senseless shootings with innocent victims including kids. It has to stop = (
We as Black people NEED to UNITE and live up to the word STRONG. The Strength we use are in the Negative. My people aren't you me and our brothers and sisters tired of the STRUGGLE?!?!
that has been a notorious drug area since the 70s. that's why the houses are empty, not vice versa. not blaming any body but let it go, its gone. its been a warzone
Everywhere blacks are the majority. Any other culture, when a family buys a home or rents a home, they leave it in better condition than when they moved in. Paint, remodle, renovate. Unfortunately 9 times out of 10, when black ppl move into a home, the home is ruined by the time they move out leaving no other option than to condem the home. Look at detroit, baltimore, Youngstown oh, Gary indiana, cleveland, etc. They will be some victims who claims this is racist bc they have a hard time being accountable and excepting reality. It's not even all blacks but a particular culture that ruins everything they touch. Why, I don't have the answer but its not hard to see the trend. Most of those cities I named went down hill when factories and steel mills closed down forcing the working families to relocate for work, and what's left is the people who don't work and unable to provide for themselves, let alone their own family. 77 percent of blacks grow up in single parent households. That's sickening. These boys don't raise their kids and never grow up...not all but again it's the trend in tgat culture.
I inherited property in a similar neighborhood in Atlanta and for years tried to maintain it. It's unbelievable what you have to deal with. I have been shot at while mowing the lawn. Forced to negotiate with gangs to stop breaking into the home, illegal dumping. It's a fucking nightmare believe me.
Its too much money in ATL. There shouldn't be any ereas like this not in 2018. I'm ashamed of us as a people. The new mayor should stand up since the old one didn't. This is how others take over communities
This is by design, let the neighborhood fall apart, move em out, rename it, and change the demographics. But at the same time we gotta do better. One the 1st lessons i learned as a kid was take care of what u have or lose it. We have really hurt our kids and left them nothing but bs. We love to complain dont wanna participate in local government, its a direct reflection on the participation of the people who live there, speak up, do something, make some noise, dont just lay there and except it, its up to us to preserve our communities and history, if not dont complain. Just keep getting high n drunk and partying as usual. Feeding on our babies and hating each other. 😠 one way or another something gone change.
Those poor black kids carry themselves like full grown adults. They’ve seen it all and have grown up way too fast and you can see it in their eyes and face. This is so sad.
The city will rescue it alright they will come through there and clear all this out and make it prime real estate, a place you won't be able to afford to live.
Having the real estate market come through would be the worst thing for these people. They will gentrify the hell out of it because its in downtown atlanta. The people will be out bought and won’t be able to afford to live there anymore.
Heroin is easy af to get there. The last time I was there was 2019 I believe. My partner, my dog, and myself squated there and bought our dope and slept in abandoned houses. We would walk into downtown and take the tram to go make money and come back to buy our shit and sleep.
This is like Hamsterdam on The Wire. If that's the case, then there is something bigger going on to explain why an entire block of neighborhood is left to dwindle. As they say on The Wire... "Follow the Money". Who is profiting from this mess? Politicians? Landlords? Businessmen?
When the average person tolerates crime and gang activity this is what happens. People in this neighborhood glorify that “hood life” they say they are sad their neighborhood is in shambles but when the ignorant music is played they dance right along to it. When they dress themselves they mimic that “thug life” by sagging their pants etc. It’s a culture problem. Don’t get tattoos, dress like a decent person, speak like an educated person, don’t do drugs. It’s really simple. Be the change you want to see. Don’t glorify the “hood”. Do yard work. Fix up your house. Go to work.
Yea a lot of times the same people acting like poor us were good people in all this bad are the ones who look the other way and allow that shit to go on on their street when cameras not around
ATLbench this is my neighborhood do you live over here??? It’s not glorified and it’s not violent...a lot of people over here have lived here for years...a lot are trying to make it out... it don’t look the best but you mind ur business... your fine
Seems like with blacks it is always "Once Upon a Time", "Used to Be", etc. when speaking of prosperity. We always seem to be looking for some sort of help/handout, but have little desire to commit to investing in our future. We put value in cars, cloths, sneaker ... disposable goods and will laugh at others who are not wearing name brand items. We have little to no insight when it comes to obtaining assets. We go to church, but act like lazy morons and believe God will deliver us (in spite of the skewed mindset we have) from our own mess.It does not matter where you go, blacks as a whole think the same way. Sure, not all of us think like this, but many of us do. The guy talking about the people in the neighborhood being his daughter's role models is a lame father and a disgrace. He is too stupid to realize that he is the role model and can have the most impact on his daughter's future. He is 1 of many lame black men throughout this country. The excuses never stop with us ... sad. I wish the best to these and others in neighborhood like this around the country praying and waiting for their handouts.
The right approach is imminent domain and flatten every deadbeat landlord property, clean up the space and take back the neighborhood one block at a time. The city needs to get really tough on the criminals. These could be the best locations for call centers, fulfillment centers for the eCommerce driven online retail marketplace if only blocks of horrible, crime ridden, drug infested streets in town could be turned over, job creating business injected and those who are invested in their homes in the area willing to take those jobs and support local police.
Eminent domain? Sounds like the Beginning of Gentrification. Too any Black People with money interested in Real Estate. Should get in on this right now. Or else the hipsters will.
Tryin to get together some money for that very thing. You're absolutely right, it's gentrification in it's beginning stages. The city stops taking care of it's people, the property value drops. White businessman come through, clean up the area, raise the property value, open up Starbucks, Zaxbies, etc to attract the kind of people they want around and all the cheap grocery stores and other places that were once where the people of the neighborhood shopped are gone. They can no longer afford to live there and are forced to leave their homes. Sad to here but the drug dealers and "weed smokers, as the man aptly puts it aren't the most important issue. The mayor that turns a blind eye to it is, the people who buy the property and use it to get rid of the good people who live modest lives in those buildings like my grandmother are the problem. Establishments like Starbucks and others meant to draw in tourists and rich outsiders to move in the area are the problem. Your mind is in the right place, leave me your email and respond. I'll give you my contact info.
these men are correct, eventually the city may reconstruct these area, but when they do it will not be affordable for the people that currently live their. This is happening all over the country. But I agree with one of the men , people that can afford the new houses, still will not buy those new homes, because no matter what you do, you can't shake the reputation that these areas carry, the worst crime riddled areas in the city, no one wants to be associated with that stigma. I wonder what will they do, allow section 8 people back in, to make some type of money back for the reconstruction, which in time will be destruction all over again.
they are purposely cutting of what these people are saying because twice this happened . to the girl in the beginning and this guy at the end of the show . its obvious why they did that
The city is going to continue to build new "luxury" apartments until the city density pushes out those who can't afford new homes to the metro area and they might continue to build upward. Sometime in the future the metro area will expand too, I see lots of forested land in metro Atlanta that looks like companies can't wait to use in order to accommodate new comers. Im guessing Atlanta will grow like a quarter larger and in time become a mini NYC as far as scale.
Really though it's sad but most town or communities that have been around since The Civil Rights movement are becoming abandoned.. drive through W.Virgina or Kentucky you'll see a whole town with only a post office and a gas station the rest are run down houses
I was stuck in Alabama and I was hella dope sick so I drove to East Atlanta to English Ave and scored some dope in 30 seconds...there was people shitting in the street and tons of vacant and burnt buildings
I cant believe the people of that community and the city wont do something about that neighborhood. Alllll the stars and celebrities and people of status in Atlanta Georgia ought to be ashamed of themselves. They could each take one house to be responsible for. Smh.
Ok this is basically a small three block area . The other five blocks have been renovated . Atlanta is no where near high crime as Detroit, Chicago etc etc people always want to make a dam video today
The mayor and governor are responsible for the betterment of any neighborhood like this. I'm from a far worse place and it's been proven. Shame on the Mayor and the Governor.
They blame the landlords instead of the criminals who've taken over the streets the city should move in and round up the criminal society that's stolen these people's freedom!
Its not hard to figure out..They couldve been came through and shut the bluff down but they wont..They need heroin addicts to stay in 1 place "THE BLUFF"..They dont want heroin addicts spreaded out all over atl..
