Life in the City of Zombies | Kensington Philadelphia 

True. It will be Hella hard but we all hope it happens. Love your content btw.

Free RIO

I agree, Pat seems like a dope guy.

Big dogs gotta lead @TommyGMcGee

Cherrelle Parker enters the chat. (And booed)

Good for you man. You don't need any of that stuff.

Good on you man I hope life keeps moving forward in a good way for ya All the best to you

Follow your passions and help someone to make his life better: these are two very important things for having an happy life you too. You are going to be fine, it takes time. Greetings from Italy 😊

Proud of you, Pat! Keep it up.

Happy to hear you’re succeeding Pat, I too went through opiate addiction, from a knee injury. Addicted for 14 years. I slipped a couple times years ago but have been sober since. You can do it too man, and stay that way.

thank goodness for that landlord. im glad you're back man. no one deserves to live like this stay strong my man

Thanks for sharing, awsum to read your story, I wish you all the best.

thanks for sharing. God bless you

Mike sounded like a bad ass on the right mission. Wish you the best dude.

Let's hear it for all the Mikes out there....hip hip hooray!!!🎉 Seriously, your story touched me ❤❤❤ I thank God for humans like him 💖

Very nice of u 2 say. U obviously mean it and know the guy. I hope ur well 2. I'm in England and fentanyl is slowly creeping in over here. God knows what the next 5-10yrs will bring.

He genuinely seems just like a normal intelligent guy who has been struck bad by life's fate. All drugs are demons. If you let them control you, they own you. And it's really hard to stop when one minute you're here and the next you're possessed. Hoping for the best for the man!

He (Pat) actually just commented like 2 above this one saying he's 5mo clean now!! It was about a month ago he Said that

​@@Mongieboy stuff like this make me feel happy that I live in Africa where we're too poor to afford drugs.

​@@Regal23_Yeah so broke that folks in Sierra Leone are digging up skeletons bones just to make synthetics drugs. Damn, yall gotta stoop THAT low(no pun intended) just to get a lil buzz or make a lil cash? Go somewhere wit'cho lyin ass.

100% agree., I am so sad watching this. People selling this are horrible.

Super unfortunate that the city guy said exactly the help he already was a part of.

@@aarnold2884 unfortunately, its very likely more elaborate than that

Pat is sober now and living good

You❤ are great mother ❤ Very encouraging ❤

That’s amazing!! I love success stories. I know it’s difficult, but you have done an excellent job

@@clementineforever Thank you!

@@EddyG0rdo Awww…. Thanks!

Stay supportive whatever happens and get some support yourself.

Have you ever watched the RU-vid channel Soft White Underbelly? My buddy does that channel, he travels everywhere and shows the many suffering from drug abuse etc... yet other topics such as just bad raps in life. I'm addicted to his page. I've personally fell in love with an illegal, Tran, drug addict, and is being helped by my buddy in attain lawyers to make him a legal U.S citizen, and much more. It's so easy to feel deeply for some of the characters he interviews. And he helps out everyone he does interview ( food, clothes, nar kits, notes rooms for a few days , $100 for doing the interview. Check it out

How do these guys survive financially?? Obviously they don't work, so how can they afford food and sometimes shelter ?

@@rauberhotzenplotz6657 Just a wild guess, selling the same drugs they use. Sad sad sad.

@@lhanvy7258 No, they're not selling the drugs, they're not part of the dealers. And they wouldn't use them as couriers or sellers, this makes no sense. So, there is no obvious reason, why they should be able to buy drugs and food. That's strange.... Anybody else who knows better ??

Thats an option, one of my friends lived there before he came to the middle east, he would normally just barge into any super market or market around take whatever he wants and leave, they would sometimes exchange stuff like meth for a steak and so on@@lhanvy7258

"Poverty porn" I loved that and you are totally right

Me too…could you imagine his 2 kids seeing this video in the future? Gut wrenching

@@nathanjansen4523 thats the exact reason i don't feel bad for him actually people like him disgust me you can only blame fucked up childhood for so much and now hes making his kids go through it too

I was so abused by my own parents, I developed PTSD, and worked all my life from 17 to 75, been married for one woman for fifty years, and have never been in a jail,,,they are just weak and cowards to face hell...it took 13 years of therapy, and God,,,I won, and satan lost...

I agree with you. Heck I had shit happen to me too as a child but I did not turn to drugs to deal with it. You have to let it go and move on and NOT let it define who you are. It's not easy, the struggle is real (I still want to know why they did what they did to me and why no other adults around at the time did anything). But dealing with the mental aspect as hard as it is, is easier then what these people are going through. @@chrome354

​@@chrome354Yikes.

When you’re in the throws of addiction it’s all you think about every waking second of every day. There isn’t any room for thoughts of self improvement or even self care. It completely envelops your mind and body. You’ll spend every dollar and steal every penny you can find. It’s literally hell on earth. The farther you go into the hole the worse it gets. How can you expect to hold a job or have a relationship or develop ambitions when the only thing you care about is getting high? Not only that, when you try to stop, you realize how far you’ve dug yourself in and how much you need to do to get yourself out. It feels completely hopeless. These people got the way they were from a combination of circumstance and mentality. Escaping means turning 180° around and staying that way forever. It’s borderline impossible.

@@mrburns805 Heroin addict, clean of all drugs for almost 10 years here. This is one of the best comments I have read on the true circumstances of addiction. It truly is a prison that you so desperately want to escape, but you really see no way out. Quitting isn't just as easy as, "ah... what a great day, you know what? I don't need to use today, everythings great!". When you quit, you are going to become VIOLENTLY ill for upwards of a month depending upon what you use, and how much/how long you've used. And when you're in withdrawal, every fucking second feels like an hour, and you know all you need is 1 fucking hit, to feel not only no longer sick, but completely normal and better again. I tried to quit, no joke, probably 40+ times, before I finally was successful. I spent the last 3 years of my addiction, repeatedly going thru withdrawal just because I was constantly trying to abstain. Then when you make it thru your first real withdrawal, you realize, the hardship has only begun. You are now going to be in hardcore craving mode, thinking about it just as much as you did when you were high, being flooded with all the emotions you numbed for years with drugs. You will be a complete emotional wreck, you will feel like killing yourself is a much easier option than what you are enduring. That said.... IF YOU HAVE THE FORTITUDE. you CAN quit. I believe everyone possesses the fortitude, because if a person in my predicament could quit, anybody could. It's just, the roughest fucking ride of your life. It will take you upwards of 3-4 years to finally stop letting it consume your thoughts, and finally start to become a normal guy again. Now that its been a decade, I no longer think about it, and now I try to help anyone I used to know, or come across, get into some kind of recovery, before they become simply another body. I have lost around 28 friends and acquaintances to overdose death since I stopped using. What keeps me from going back is knowing ill be one of those bodies, and my children will lose their father. I am thankful to have a second chance at life, thanks for listening, any who read this.

There is no helping these people. Everyone needs to stop trying to save them and let nature take its course

I've been an addict for the biggest part of my life and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Its called addiction

Thank you for trying to make a difference in this cruel world! ❤

*stopped, *you're

It is pretty decent compared to others, like Tommy, but it's milking nonetheless.

Yeah it's sad making fun of junkies for views but like what else can we do helping them out ain't making them stop they even say themsleves they gotta make tht choice to stop and if having children doesn't snap you out of it there probably nothing else that will sadly. I mean dude was Ina. Recovery house still using not giving a fuck and then blaming someone else lol its insanity

That and Skid Row, we gotta start branching out. Vancouver is the up and coming junky land as of late, but there are others.

Watch channel 5 with andrew Callaghan for the BEST coverage of this place

@@lollol542 I've been told it's good, and I like Channel 5, still gotta watch that one.

Sincerely hope he gets help, but he's clearly not ready yet. If it was his time, he would have snatched that rehab opportunity from the gentleman in the hoody with both hands. Hopefully he gets another chance.

Lol. He had help. He wanted to do drugs.

​@@user-br6yf7pe4x There's no Lol about this. These people suffer from the disease of addiction. I hope this never happens to one of your kids or loved ones.

​@@user-br6yf7pe4xAnd this, folks, is how to say "I'm an ignorant dumbass that doesn't understand addiction," without saying "I'm an ignorant dumbass that doesn't understand addiction."

No He wants to do drugs

Great!!!

thats amazing!

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Don't forget Somerset..... although gentrification is really moving shit. A year ago it was more insane

Still better than Europe...

@@ralfzacherl9942 uhhh you took a L with that comment. What part of Europe and you obviously never been out here. I've been to Europe

​​@@ralfzacherl9942ehm... where in Europe are you talking about?

Good job!!

um...sweet, sweet, flavor country

I’m glad you’ve been able to recover. Keep doing what you’re doing!

Proud of you :) - approaching 2 years out after 20 years in, myself. Keep at it - what’s been helpful for you in terms of staying away?

@@iterativegrowth well change of scenery really helped me out. My girlfriend got pregnant a few months after I overdosed and I moved to where she lives at the jersey shore. I got away from some bad influences. Changed my phone number. Then I really got into AA meetings on zoom when the pandemic was going on and it really just stuck. I connected with some great people all over the country and even in other parts of the world as well. I don’t do as many meetings as I would like to as of late but I still hold onto things I’ve been taught along the way. Recovery is an every day battle. Just have to wake up and tell yourself that just for today I will not use drugs or alcohol. I’m just going on now lol I got a great support system around me and my son is also a great motivator. I don’t want to miss out on him growing up because I’m off getting loaded, in jail or possibly dead. Reach out to me if you would like to any time

what happens to that guy?

biochemically or historically speaking? Because the mans said he does straight tranq without adding anything so hes pretty fucked either way@@ChicagoEpic

Tyler olivara did tho

​@@ChicagoEpicwhat are you even asking?

I'm going on 4 years clean and watching Pat made me feel ill. I got intense cravings out of nowhere and am self aware enough to realize that is sick. That watching someone use and fall apart makes me want to join them.

He said the lady they saved were pissed, just for who doesn't understand why she was really pissed.. So when someone overdose and get revived by narcan it gives them a crazy ass withdrawal and it will makes your body so confused you'll get hot flashes cold flashes diarrhea it's literally the same feeling when you're at the peak of withdrawal and you will feel sick for at least the following 24-48 hrs even if you get another hit you won't feel anything and you'll still feel sick no matter how many hits you take and that's the most dangerous time bcz you keep taking thinking you might get better and lots of ppl will overdose and don't make it.. Really sad I really hope ppl gets the help and the love they need to get thier lives back

Hell yeah!!!!

It's fucking horrible Vicious cruel stinging words subconsciously Programmed and affected my life. A severe addict but clean By the grace of God I've never been homeless but was once a millimeter away I can't imagine the pain of this wounded man who may not have the same issues as me but also has suffered much worse than me

yeah man!! went to school with a friend who was a track star athlete, fighter and all round top bloke. i went home last year and saw him wondering the streets and smoking crack. turned out afew years ago, he found out that when he was little. his own grandfather use to molest him 😢 thats why we need to protect our kids by all means 💯

It’s a crutch no matter what. Abuse doesn’t equal addiction to hard drugs

Correct. I agree that it is a coping mechanism/crutch, but I have known several people in my life personally that have been molested as children and they have turned to hard drugs/alcohol to cope with something their mind can just not reconcile. If they had only gotten counseling early on it may have helped greatly. In one of these instances the young girl came forward and told the mother what the father was doing. She told her to, "Stop making up lies." The mother did not want to lose the stability of a home and income so she decided to believe the father at the cost of the children's safety, security and future. I'm sure this is not an isolated incident. I can not fathom harming a child but there are many who don't think like you or I. I am grateful that I was given a decent childhood.@@Cstmade

​@@Cstmadeit's ben documented that molestation can change brain chemistry. Do all molested individuals become addicts absolutely not, but it cannot be refuted that those subjected to molestation are at much higher risk of becoming dependent.

Incredibly sad.

The worst part of being an addict! I went for 8 years feeling like I was 2 people and the selfish drug addict side was holding the good side of me hostage. It's horrible, to know that you could be free but the other side of yourself makes every excuse not to go or fight for it. You just give up in a way and getting high just takes the wheel even though you wish it wouldn't. It's a crazy dichotomy. Hard to explain to yourself that you would be better off without the drugs when you panicked trying to avoid withdrawal. I believe that's where most people get stuck. When you finally realize you can't really get high anymore, because your tolerance is built up, then it's about feeling "normal" or functional. When I finally got there and had a great psychiatrist that helped. Got on Suboxone and stayed. Now I help others as much as I can.

Sorry

🌹 awww that's so sad to hear...poor girl 😢 So sorry

Missing is NOT reported in the Media enough . I have Seen silent Evil Beings.

Wow just searched online this is true. I am really sorry for your friend.

I personally know a few people myself that are missing, don't know if they got robbed and killed then left for dead in a bando somewhere or overdose in one but yeah it's crazy, People definitely do go randomly missing in Kensington, I lived there my whole life just recently moved a few years back afew neighborhoods down but almost all my family are still there, police got so much going on already it's basically up to the friends and family to investigate themselves 💯

I'm glad there's still some like yourself that look deeper than the outward appearance. I have been a addict since 20 years old. I'm 55 now. I take Suboxone. And have for about 15 years. It literally saved my life. If people would just remember. There has never been a human regardless of color creed nationality or wealth ever once said when I grow up I want to be an addict.

@@chucklee347 life is heavy. every individual has their own story. im so tired of the dehumanization of others who have different struggles than our own. we need to truly learn compassion. im really glad you commented, and you opened up about your struggles. you saved your life, and that is something to be so proud of. im so happy you realized you’re worth it, you’re worth fighting for.

@@Jjjjjko absolutely correct. My son and I have a saying. We can't stand people that criticize a life they never had to live. I've also always said. You can put a good honest moral citizen in a desperate situation keep him there long enough he will do desperate things.

Sometimes it stems from that ,other times it starts with trying . It’s a damaging coping mechanism that becomes an addiction they continue to feed into

Reminds you that empathy can bring you to some real dark places when you realise how low people can sink

That’s all they are is npc’s. There’s not as lot of coming back from these new drugs

What’s ncp

But they're not NPCs, these are real people with real lives with real families and kids who are dying. There's nothing artificial or simulated about that, separating and isolating people into being artificial or not real is not a good habit. Many of these people are dying because they don't know who they are and don't feel real. Life is not a video game

Life is when video games.

I like the mix, making only these would give the channel a bit of a depressing undertone imo

he should do both to keep his sanity and not fall into this

I think he shines the most in his furry videos 😂

Yep it's wild! But this has been going on here since the late 80s in Kensington with the open air dealing! It's just finally getting the attention mainstream and world wide since 2009

Current administration ACTIVELY WANT THIS TO KEEP GOING AND SPREADING! NOT SECURING THE BORDER MAKES DRUGS SHIT COMING IN ALONG WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND EVEN CANNIBALS FROM HAITI NOW.

So why didn’t the Trump administration intervene. Between 2016 and 2020 Asking for a friend

Foreign aid spending isn’t remotely close to military spending but sure, the problem is helping starving kids in other countries.

And seriously dude, do you think tRump is going to increase funding to drug programs? Ha ha ha ha

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@@karlwithak. because it’s important to have real people like Brandon show what people are going through in these dark places. They’re stories are worth hearing I think.

@@shaderader4167 I think that you are absolutely right about this. These people have a story. They are not just "zombies". They deserve some respect and are in dire need of professional help..

@karlwithak. I guess he just means help in general..

@@karlwithak. 👍

is there anywhere im American as insane? skid row is the only place i’ve seen come close

@@BrandonBuckingham It's the wildest place I've see in America. I honestly felt safer in Fallujah and Baghdad.

​@BrandonBuckingham East Hastings in Vancouver, Canada is pretty wild

​@cianohanlon9599 My man nothing and I mean nothing compares to this area ....I'm sure east hastings is bad but you have never seen anything like this ...life means zero here

​@@Sean-me3nhkensington is 100% worse but Vancouver is trash aswell

Pat commented and Said he's 5mo sober actually!! And that was a month ago so it'd be 6mo if he kept it up!

That’s the saddest part these people can be some of the smartest people and addiction has don’t care

reminded me of a friend who owns his own trucking company. They looked like twins

Ikr?!?! I felt he spoke so well too

fr I didn't even think he was an addict until they mentioned it

He was articulate and honest. I hope he’s doing ok.

I thought the cat looked quite clean and well fed, so that's a hopeful sign

Cats are smart. He probably goes around eating food left out by the people while they're all nodded out. I'm sure they collectively make sure the cat's okay to some degree or another. He looks ok.

That cat looked pretty damn healthy. They can survive pretty well.

Animals have this crazy ability to hunt and survive, I know, mind blowing stuff.

​​@@jsivna 😂 Even the tiniest lap dog can hunt and kill smaller prey like a smaller pet. I have seen it myself. There is also a reason why hunters in my country have the job to shoot dogs running in the wild, because the hunter has the duty to protect the wildlife. So, you are wrong. Pet dogs do have a hunting instinct. You can google yourself how pet dogs out of nowhere killed anything from the little kid in their family to the grown owner to being taken on a walk and suddenly killing a jogger. Lots of cases out there proving you wrong. Our well fed pets kill for fun. If they were humans, people would call them dangerous psychos instead of cute best fwend of human. Of course some will defend a human. But even there, most dogs are absolute cowards who will rather watch or run when they perceive a threat to their owner and get brave only when showing dominance over human family.

recently Biggie eluded to a lot of 90's gangster rap being an intentional government psy op, really makes you think what roles are being played by whom

Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, fentanyl, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.

Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.

YES very sure of Dr.benshrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

I'm really happy for you that your wife decided to help you...I hear about alot of family members or so called friends shutting an addict out of their life, which since most addicts do it to mask emotions to me is the worse thing someone can do to an addict.

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

I am sorry....I hope your father finds healing! It is possible....never say never....much love and many blessings to you!!!

Sorry that you have to go through that but as an addict in recovery myself, it’s never too late. I’ve seen the worst of the worst change their lives and become successful long term with the right support and care behind them anything is possible and that’s a fact

@@GTinHisBagg this is true.... I've done it.... My loved ones were convinced I was going to die at any time and I didn't even care.... I was out there BAD BAD.... And you can heal and learn to love and respect and accept yourself, all of yourself, even the unspeakable things you did while in the throws of addiction....

Sure would be nice if the people would figure out how to respect themselves too though, eh?

Glad this is the major concern

its the people in penthouses who failed them

@@mikewilson0 Humble yourself

He literally degraded these people in the title...

grew up round here and your right it was always rough but nowadays compared to what it was 20 years ago is day and night. kensington has become its own falied state. twenty years ago there was improper limited support but now there is nothing it feels like its been fully abandoned at a state county and fed level.

@@blae3162 I couldn't agree more with you. As you're 100% rite about what you said.

This drug Tranq hasn't made it to where I live in NZ yet, it's mainly Meth and Crack, I dred my grandkids ever seeing addicts in this state. I'm a recovering addict myself of many years and this scares the shites outa me.... but I'm guessing it's only a time away before it reaches our shores sadly

Yeah City has been like this for awhile but social media has made it worse you got junkies from all over the world Goin there now lol awareness did the complete opposite

@@linsfisher5448 I'm in France, there is no meth, fentanyl, or trank. I don't know how they do it, but I feel like you do, it will get here eventually.

it was a really dark video

democratic policies in action

I was just here. I went with a group to a place nicknamed Needle Park. Seeing that place... talking to all the people... it broke me. We passed out warm clothing and talked to people, its the saddest thing I've ever seen. Each and every person we talked to is well aware that they have an addiction but they just can't stop. In the group the went, I didn't even see the worst of it. It was an awful experience, but one that I will never regret having.

You can blame china and mexico for this and our government for doing nothing about it and exacerbating the issue by using government funding for these state funded programs that embezzle the funds for themselves with impunity.

That's the nature of Kensington. When I was doing Heroin I'd go down there and walk around, and coming from the quiet neighborhoods on the skirts on Philly..... Bro, it's like a whole different universe. It's honestly like a 3rd world country. This was back around 2011-2012. Luckily I got out of it before Fent&Tranq started being pushed into the streets

Incredibly well spoken

Articulate

Yes I thought the same thing I bet he was top student possible college and drugs took him down

It’s a choice sadly

lol, more of a loser now than you were before. atleast you thought for yourself. now your apart of a cult. loooooserrr

I’m happy for you, praise be to God!

Praise God! ❤️

Did you choose your religion or was the programs religion based? But remember you saved yourself in the end

@@coreypalmer5763 the program wasn't religious. I was brought up in a church and was more spiritual than religious growing up. When I was in jail locked up alone in a cell 21 hours a day I found the only way I was at peace was reading the Bible and praying. It changed me. I decided to do things God's way and not my own. Ive had several people tell me to give myself more credit but the thing about that is... I tried things my way so many times hundreds or thousands maybe. Nothing worked. Until I gave my life to God and tried to align my life with the Bible. I listened to the people that wanted the best for me (my dad and my child's father who eventually would be my husband). God gets all the glory. Without him I could never be where I'm at. I guess it's hard to explain without living it. Seeing all the miracles and experiencing the blessings he's given us. It's breathtaking

Sounds like Florida recovering ( former dealers )homes are in Pennsylvania, now . Scams . At least it's a roof, getting high is a symptom of a far more serious issue. Why tranq if it's not even Fetenyl, from wat I gather tranc is a nasty cheap version of a benzodiazpin, the skin thing is horrible.

Lol and he had the audacity to procreate

@@constantthought6082Well pussy feels good so.

agreed, I was hoping someone said something about him ❤ I hope he finds peace in himself before it's too late

You could tell he was an intelligent man, just addicted. Hope he makes it out. 🙏

@@everythingallin4905unfortunatley 99 percent of people in this deep will never climb out of it. They will die with this disorder

A very smart, articulate person. Really, truly, I hope he can get off the drugs 😢❤

Many people don't want to admit that addicts are people too. They have hopes and dreams and are capable of great kindness and care for others. They know what's happening and what they're doing to themselves, and they know it's bad - they just don't have hope their lives will improve. That's why they take these drugs. Opiates are painkillers.

Absolutely 💯

Get aim. You describe the cycle 10/10. Take on little tasks at first and watch it snowball.

needing something for life to be bearable That’s real I’ve been there I’m sorry you feel this way The only way life is bearable for me Is the only hope I have The Lord God It’s crazy how much better life is When you have someone to lean on Someone to run to Someone who cares Who listens Who helps I’m praying for you today May you know the Lord See’s you And thats he there to help He’s just a call away ”The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭145‬:‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Always putting the responsibility on other people but yourself.....what a disgrace

What?@@sl-te2xh

@@sl-te2xh What the fuck do you know about escaping that black hole

​@@sl-te2xh theyre not "putting the responsibility on other people", its literally those people's job to help, thats the career they chose. its well known that a lot of people in care jobs dont take proper care of their clients...

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Respectfully, the way he documented how people were reacting to the Israel/Palestine conflict is way more relevant and bears more significance on an international scale than the drug epidemic that has been ravaging through America since the 80's. These people deserve to be treated and reintroduced into society as functioning human beings, but the US government would rather send billions of dollars to isn'treal than help repair their crumbling inner city infrastructure. America needs to wakeup.

Not B Rad that’s what everyone calls me at work 💀 n if anyone knows the movie they’re referencing is please tell me they won’t

So but it will get him the most views, asshole

@@bajkicks6808 Malibu most wanted

@@bajkicks6808there’s a down syndrome guy in Workaholics they call B Rad

proud of your sobriety bro!

atta boi. you're doing the damn thing

Smart move Hopefully you are rural.now

Good work stranger

@@SCREAMINGinCAPS I know there is drugs everywhere. Arkansas is a METH state. Meth isn’t my thing

I hope that you are safe during your travels, adventures, vacations and filming.

You are real AF for showing this

i promise i try my best

@@BrandonBuckinghamit shows and is appreciated

@@o_dubski I agree for the most part but I don't think using phrases like "zombies" helps. It's dehumanising and designed to gain clicks. Also the "suppository outtake" was unnecessary and takes away from the seriousness of the situation even if you did find it funny it detracts from the human story but otherwise I think you gave the residents of Kensington a good platform to share their stories.

You gotta have a sense of humor about these things

I agree 💯

You can hear how he knows what he is doing is wrong and wants to change, he just can't on his own.

u cant be close to being raped now that ur a man. U escaped boyhood like most males without being sxlly abused so

Yep lol he wss like its fine im recording ill re listen when editing

not really a funny thing though is it?? ,

Nothing wrong with you though

usa is indeed corrupt profoundly

religions and spirituality give to those people those drugs and science make experiements on them as well

Philadelphia is only 100 miles from NYC and both places have the same style of rowhomes. Not surprising that it looks similar to Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Blacks

And it’s mostly Blacks , Puerto Ricans and Dominicans

Why do you think it's easy to find dope in Kensington and not in Chicago? You would think it would be easier to find in Chicago. What's the difference between the 2 places as far as ease of finding dope?

@@olliefoxx7165 I thought the same thing when i first got here to Chicago. How different can it be? Well, it is like night and day different. If you look up videos of kensington under the El train, you see people like zombies, you see trash, hookers, and literal dead bodies from overdosing. Then you go away from kensington ave and that is where the majority of the dope is sold. Also, if you get off the el and kensington and somerset and you walk downstairs there are people selling suboxone among other shit out in the open with cops right there. Chicago has NOTHING like that. I've been all over the place here in chicago and i haven't seen anything like i've seen growing up in philly. In philly, if you want dope, all you gotta do is walk a block down from kensington and somerset and its right there, and they sell if openly. But in chicago, you can't find dope like that. When i first got here, i did try to find some but i couldn't, and i 'm happy that i couldn't. Kensington is a true open air drug dealing area while chicago you have to know people. Kensington philadelphia is one of the worst places i have ever seen in my entire life.

I can respect not wanting to put his business out there. But when someone is shooting up for the camera, I don't think it'd matter to them. You sound like a good person.

@@Dead_Again1313 thanks. It’s really tough seeing him this bad off. Willing to poke himself on camera for God knows what reason. That’s not the Pat that Barb raised. Hope the best for you if you every see this, Pat -Chris

I suppose she "has a plan"...liked ours said...yeah ...right .😢

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@@catface3473 I don't know if she has. Prohibition didn't work. Neither has the War On Drugs. But at least acknowledging it is a start. My understanding is she'll talk to the people who are currently trying to help there, which is a change from just throwing money at it.

@@NitaNiceville Glad you find this such a great source of humour.

Another democRAT mayor who will do nothing lol.

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Yeah these stories are just amazing I feel I could spend all day long hanging out with these super interesting people and listen to their stories all the time. Cause these are the most interesting people in the world, far more interesting than scholars or business professionals, or even just sober people. So interseting to hear about how they spend their time and their days on this earth it's just amazing, it just blows my mind, how interesting.

@@tienglongmyI agree a little bit but really? Scholars dedicate their entire life to science and knowledge… I think they should be admired…. 😢

They "don't deserve this", yet are doing this to themselves. We are not the same.

much love my man. i try to hear there story without being exploitative. during the shooting up scenes i felt very conflicted

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its ugly shit but people need to see it sadly in them circles you forget how foul it is, you did good walkin the line in the middle, hes a good soul and kept it thorough. no addict dont want that life for no one. keep on cold ass ridin g@@BrandonBuckingham

@@BrandonBuckingham Once I saw people going to plac and interviewing people I knew you would be coming through with a video like this and I'm happy you did. It's sad that you have to get on RU-vid and watch people like you (no disrespect by any means) to see the real issues our society is facing. You don't see this stuff on the news or social media, they're to busy talking about black vs white and who can and can't use the bathrooms in a Target. When we were kids we would have looked at this type of stuff as a dystopian end of the world type scenario. Unfourtantly it is now a very true reality that is only getting worse. I live in a small hick town in PA and even here we have a small homeless camp of about 15 people.... We as Americans need to quit arguing with each other over stupid petty problems and come together and start solving this housing/drug crisis that is only getting worse.