Gotta agree. I was kinda scared first time i was there at night time. Well, i went out very late and actually people were cool. No shady business. Of course there were people who looked shady, but they didn't do anything. Even said hi. Charlie is doing a very important job. The hoods isn't always dangerous.
@@mattezhackblip agreed this ain't the 80's and 90's where niggas would Rob folks just cause no adays as long as you mind your business and carry urself correct you b fine in just about any hood
I feel for the guy in the interview. He's like a lot of people in these situations. They kinda fell into the hood life but he's trying to better himself and actually trying to warn the younger generation. I hope the dude can make it.
This guy seems like a good ,dude .....just needs some guidance to become successful! A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by actions becomes a Reality.
Ahhhh seeing these streets bring back crazy memories. Anyone from down there knows that in the summer it gets crazy out there. It’s a whole different world out there.
I knew nothing about JC was out like 1 in the morning tryna get some water n snacks a couple days ago I’m from NY BOY was deff on my ps and qs shit was sketchy af 😭😭😭 I’m no stranger to danger but still I know the vibes can tell shit gets crazy where I was at on Monticello to be exact
Charlie, I love your vids, Sir. You have an empathetic, and respectful way of interviewing the folks on these streets, being mindful not to exploit them, but giving them a voice. Thank you. 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏿
Charlie, recently I was in Copenhagen talking to a girl and we randomly discovered that we both watch and love your videos! You're doing big things and your amazing work is reaching international audiences!!
@C caymer ultimately the main problem with gentrification is once these dudes are forced out of the city they usually just start doin dirt somewhere else
reckless Crime in Jersey City has gone down considerably since 2005. J.C. is actually safer now than Paterson is currently. If you want to mention cities that have stubbornly high crime rates talk about Newark, Trenton, or Camden. Those cities to this day still have worse crime and poverty rates than Jersey City. Newark's unemployment rate is also worse than J.C., in fact Newark has one of the highest unemployment rates I've seen out of any U.S. city.
Clark Davis Thank You for saying that it’s so good to hear someone say something positive I think this young man truly deserves to have a good fulfilling life!
I really liked him .....every place has its issues i guess but Jersey city is actually looking better than it used to ....I noticed a trend that in every interview lately..... the interviewee is not happy with the local govt or the programs offered ......its showing that the current state of affairs is not working for anyone .....great work you are doing here ...documentation of real america thank you !!
I know Jersey City very well. MLK Blvd. used to be Jackson Ave. At 08:33 you drive right past the apartment bldg. (on the right) we moved out of back in 1965. 54 years later......it has-not-improved-at-all. Jackson Ave. used to get a LOT of foot-traffic, as there were plenty of stores up-and-down that area. Banks, post office, toy stores, supermarkets, furniture stores, clothing stores, pizza parlors............everything was right there on that strip. 15:02 there was a Thom McCann shoe store on the left-corner (where the red brick apt. bldg. is). (15:16....there was a Woolworth - 5&10 store where Pioneer Supermarket is.) One Sunday night Thom McCann's front window was smashed and the place was looted. They shut-down shortly after. Soon, businesses began leaving the area. And then people began leaving. When the riots broke-out in the early 1960's, us kids (and mom) were shuttled-off to grandma's.....many miles away. My dad would come home from work, lock all windows and doors, and sit in complete darkness.......waiting for shit to go down. What you're seeing is not the result of whites (and non-blacks) going into these areas and trashing them in the dead-of-night. What you're seeing is the result of EBT, food stamps, govt. assistance as a way-of-life. Cradle-to-grave handouts, coupled with the candy-ass politicians who are too damn afraid to tell urban blacks to get their shit together. Put and end to taxpayer-funded govt. assistance, and you'll put an end to neighborhoods going to hell.
That doesn't make any sense. By that reasoning, countries with less government assistance would have less poverty and no bad neighborhoods, but it's simply not true. Quite the opposite.
@@robertd4100 No. Re-read what I said: 'Put and end to taxpayer-funded govt. assistance.' Welfare/assistance programs should NOT be funded by the taxpayers. They should be funded by donations & charitable organizations. Why should my hard-earned tax $$$ provide assistance to those who have no intention or desire to improve themselves? Hard working, educated people have to plan/budget their earnings when deciding to start a family. Welfare recipients just pop 'em out........and hard-working, educated people are forced to pay for it.
@@tgnyc13 Exactly my point. The more govt. assistance, the more poor poverty you have. So you agree with me. And the poor neighborhoods are the result of those who live in them having no responsibility for them. Someone else (taxpayers) is paying their rent/expenses, so there's no real concern for the damage done. Again, those neighborhoods are destroyed by those who live in them. Outsiders are not coming in during the dead-of-night and vandalizing those properties.
Jersey city looks busy and vibrant compared to some of the dead zones in Baltimore. I expected to see more boarded up houses and less actually renovation, but they seem to be doing something right here.
JC is much better than Baltimore. I lived in both places and parts of Baltimore were some of the scariest places I have ever see/been in and I have been in the hoodest of hoods.
@@mstyles2667 depends where you go in Jersey City - there's a lot of boarded-up places in jersey city, that you wouldn't want to walk at night, this guy in the video didn't even go to the hill, where most of the murders happen. Also, he didn't even go to 1 project complex
there's a lot of boarded-up places in jersey city, and this video didn't show many of the hoods in jersey city like the hill, marion projects, curries woods, down the hill, etc (he basically stayed in one area, and in the beginning he showed the beacon towers, which is a old hospital they converted to a luxury building - shows what the director knows of the area). Granted, the central area he went into is one of the hoods, but this specific area was deemed a high impact area the local government wanted to start their poverty revitalizing efforts in, hence all the renovation. Jersey City is 15 minutes from Manhatten, so a lot of money has moved in from there from NYC and continues to move in from there for the last 10-12 years. Naturally, that money is slowly going to trickle into the hoods
201 in the comments wassup 😎✊💯 Linden And Princeton born and raised PS.40 grad Went to Snyder Attended CREATE Charter School And County Prep high schools . And FYI it's not Martin Luther King Drive It's Jackson Ave .....let's be real
I grew up on Dwight and Bergen, on the hill. One of the best things about JC, for me, is that millionaires and poor people mingle...and sometimes you can't tell them apart.
@bluerfoot @jimmy the gent conway if your basing this off 'looks' charlie didn't go to the 'dangerous looking' hoods in Jersey City like the Hill, Curries Woods, Marion Projects, etc. The place Charlie went to is the center of the Jersey City government effort to renovate the hood (The Hub & McGinley Square)
@@201chillguy2 wat are you talking about he was on bramhall dats da most dangerous area in jersey city n he said look jerseycity dose not look like Baltimore n Detroit might act like it but it don't nobody saying its not tough we all know it's fucked up here but it don't look as fucked up as other cities do
Dang. JC has really gentrified sine I was there in in 2001. Looks like they've torn down a lot of the abandoned homes and built a bunch of urban pioneer houses. Many of the apartment buildings that were abandoned in 2001 have been rehabbed and actually look pretty good. They must be doing something right there.
Sar Jim ~correct, lots of gentrification. JC is on the up. Especially w NYC and the boroughs of NY overwhelmed by population and cost of living. JC is def not as dangerous or impoverished as most of the areas that I’ve noted Charlie has visited. Learned from this drop that Charlie is a Paterson native! Very cool- maybe he’ll visit his old home grounds.
Sar Jim its not right. Because they will displace all the poor people from the neighborhood and then there will become even more of a shortage of affordable housing and more people will become homeless
@@silversword4428 Well, I knew someone like you would show up. You call squatting in burned out houses or ones with no paint, no electricity and infested with rats and other vermin "affordable housing"? I'm certain there are subsidized rents for some the poor people still there. The working poor can get by with that safety net. People who are disabled for some reason and can't work also have social programs to house them. When it comes to those who refuse to work, rob, steal, deal drugs, mug people, do home invasions, and make responsible people feel so afraid they leave then, yeah, they can become homeless. Maybe some time on the street will help reorient their way of thinking to become less predatory.
Sar Jim theres a long waiting list for affordable housing in the city where I live .and people have to wait because the demand is greater than the supply. When gentrification happens rents will go up and property taxes, will go up too. People, will be forced out of thier homes
@@silversword4428 Since when was anyone guaranteed an "affordable" home? Even worse, when were they assured they'd never have to wait for something in high demand? You either qualify for government programs like Sections 8, get a job that pays more money so you afford to buy or rent your "affordable" home, or move to a place where housing is less expensive. The vast majority of the working poor are in low skill jobs that are available in most parts of the country that are a lot less expensive to live in than places across the river from NYC. Gentrification saves cities from the fate we've already seen in Detroit. Is that your preferred alternative to gentrification?
I was born in Jersey City, and always live in the area, and I work in Jersey City. And I have to say that that's the worst, and most dangerous part of Jersey City. Most of the crimes and shootings are from that area, and it's called Bergen/Lafayette and Greenville section of Jersey City.
@@DjTemptation The area of the waterfront its safe. Of course, anything can happen in anywhere, but that area its pretty safe. Now, Journal Square its relatively safe, meaning that you can walk there with no problem, but sometimes things happens, but not frequently. I have walk there in the day and late in the night, and i feel safe. But, I have heard in the news of some isolated crimes there, such as assault and robbery, but again, its not too often. You see a lot of people traffic there, although some streets are a little desserted in the night. But, the Waterfront area is much safer. Its very rare to heard of a crime there.
@@alexjavier664 yes, that area it's pretty safe, but it's too close to bad areas. Just about half a mile east, it's not safe. When you cross JFK Blvd, and you go east toward Bergen Ave, it's not safe. And if you keep going east, it's dangerous, that's MLK drive, where there are gangs and sometimes shootings. But if you stay west of the boulevard, by westside Avenue, it's a pretty safe area. But things can change rapidly, cuz it's too close to the hood, but that's not usual in that Westside Ave area, so you gonna be allright.
I remember at night when i comeback from work i kept walking MLK to Montgomery down to mail to get the lightrail, had to be a little careful walking around there.
Wow! Great video CharlieBo313! Looks like a lot of life in Jersey City. People walking on the streets, moms with their kids, etc. Stores open, lights on, amazing. Not a lot of boarded-up, burned up houses and rubble. Public transit, too! School busses. Life. I liked it, Charlie.
Ttrue but they know what projects to walk around not all projects are gangster and active ..Lincoln projects on 135th just indicted 16 gang members L.o.E (Lincoln Over Everybody) its cold by the river only scared niggas shiver
+CharlieBo313 They've been demonetizing many original content creators, like yourself. They come up with the flimsiest of excuses, too. My prediction is that five years from now, RU-vid will look worse than Jersey City. I sure hope I'm wrong, though.
They constantly change what they allow you to be able to monetize. I constantly have to make little changes to stay ahead of the game. They recently made changes that caused a revenue drop for me, but now it's rebounding.
This is part of the areas I'm from, Newark/ Jersey City/ THE Oranges in NJ.....MURDER capital for 20+ year's, and still high office criminality and corruption today! As a trucker, I dislike going in a big rig in NJ, NYC, PA is all right, BUT certain parts of NJ and NYC try to eat off of the truck drivers! Some whole STATES are like that.... PEACE, POWER AND PROSPERITY BROTHER!
I accidentally took the bus onto the edge of Jersey City one time when I meant to go to Weehawken. It’s funny, because the first thing I saw was a rundown CVS, a shabby liquor store across the street, and a lot of crackheads, which was enough to tell me that I was entering into bad territory. I got out before I got _real_ deep into the city and just decided to walk all the way to where I was meant to go. Newark and Jersey City, for people who’ve grown up in the Hudson or Essex area, is notorious for being very ghetto neighborhoods. It’s always funny talking to people who are not from this part of Jersey. “It’s upcoming!” they say specifically about Jersey City. “It’s not _that_ dangerous to live in! There are lots of businesses, a nice view of the city, and some neighborhoods are really neat!” There are one or two parts that are either a bit nicer than some other parts or just flat out gentrified because of how conveniently close it is to New York. In Jersey City you could have one street that’s filled with nice and expensive homes, white yuppies, and office buildings, while just a quick walk to another street and you’ll find a bunch of crackheads and drug dealers, rundown buildings covered in graffiti, and liquor store after liquor store. I can attest, since I looked into Jersey City while moving. Maybe one day it’ll be nicer. While it is true that it is currently in the process of being gentrified, kind of like how Hoboken used to be a dump and now it’s the nicest place to hangout in Hudson county, it is still a place that most people should be a bit weary of. People should really look more into what “upcoming” truly means.
Why does it always seem like in the worst areas there are always so many people just hanging around the streets? Don’t they have some better to do like work, or clean up something
This is where I am from. Certain areas are going through gentrification. Some of the projects are still up though, like booker T and what not. Did you go by the old Duncan avenue projects by Lincoln park? That area has gone through a huge transformation. Jersey City as a whole, has gotten much better though from what it was back in the 2000s when I was there.
Moved to one block away from Duncan Ave. in 2001 and I can definitely say that I got jumped a couple of times during that period. Lol. This neighborhood is a lot safer now- I see a bunch of White people walking around all willy nilly.
It also depends where you live in Jersey City, the area Charlie drove through is bad but if he went to downtown area he would see a whole different world.
It already has. Jersey City is a HUGE city landwise and the ghetto parts shrink by day. All the projects were imploded in the past 10-15 years and it's all getting expensive now. But like Newark and Brooklyn there will always be a hood part.
I hope they dont gentrify this neighborhood like they did in Washington dc. The world doesnt need more luxury homes and shops for the rich, but there is an extreme shortage of affordable housing in most cities. Plus gentrified neighborhoods are boring to look at
I left Jersey City in 1975, went to the virgin islands where my pop's and stepmother moved to. Then I joined the Army in "76, the last time I went back to Jersey City was in 2010 to bury my brother Reinaldo Jr.
As a white man who use to work in that area most of the people that live there are hard working,law abiding citizens who love their neighborhood. They feel powerless because they know if they say anything about what goes on it could cause problems for them and their loved ones
I am a resident of jc now for over 20 years. Relocated from bklyn. Only issue is , some areas are so dirty. Folks be hanging out in shifts. Why don't they give them some brooms and shovels to police there streets. Big up to jc though.
Good interview Sounds like he is trying to do the right thing now. Good advice but no one wants to hire someone with 1 conviction let alone 3. Wish he learned what he knows now before he got the convictions. Good luck. Spread the advice to others that need it. Thanks for sharing.
I’m from Jersey City, what he said was facts you didn’t really get into the hood parts you was at the beginning part of it. Like he said once you go uptop to the hill then you’ll see what’s going on gotta come back in the summer time at night lol gotta go to the projects too
I been to Jersey City but never been around the southern parts by Greenville, Bergen or West Bergen. Was looking to move. Very informative for me to stay away from that area.
they Knocked down all the high rise projects over here now u got everyone bunched in together enemies on top of enemies theses young cats got no respect for life it goes down in my city .....2 Gunz up D block 3fifty4......🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯
Lets talk about how they are now knocking down another high rise project ( holland gardens) because that neighborhood is in the midst of development and they don’t want those projects to make the neighborhood look a certain way.
