This guys keeps repeating the same LIE in several videos. The reality is that South florida (from palm beach to miami) DID NOT VOTED FROM TRUMP! Get your facts right!
Nick, I was born in miami and am a retired firefighter and medic who worked in all those areas over a thirty year career. I know those streets and places well. You cannot get any kind of realistic feel for those areas while riding around in the daytime. We referred to them collectively as The Zone. And the Zonites don't wake up till two or three or even five in the afternoon. Those streets come alive after dark. Once up, they are on the streets all night. Cruise those hoods at midnight, and you will think you have landed on a different planet. Of course, the risk to your person and property will increase exponentially. You may even get a personal invite to The Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club. I recommend a three person team; a driver, a videographer and a lookout. You can't do all three at once.
Tell that to Charliebo313. He even got out the car in Overtown after midnight. No local would even think of that. They’ll be at Wynwood down the street though 😂
Hialeah is far from dangerous. Worst areas of Miami (as in the city) are like you mentioned: Overtown, Liberty City, Little Haiti. You could’ve mentioned Allapattah, Little Havana, Brownsville, instead of Hialeah. Miami Gardens, which is its own city, is worse than Hialeah. The only dangerous thing in Hialeah are the drivers. 😂🤦🏽♂️😂
@@njv1234 Pretty much. Or the eastern borders that are right next door to unincorporated Miami-Dade right off NW 103rd/E 49th St. Also borders Opa-Locka up by the Amelia Earhart park.
Allapattah?😆have you been there lately ?.............I lived there in the 90s and that area was bad ........Now!!! new Allapattah is not even close to what it used to be .
I’m from Miami liberty city. Wish I could have told you why blacks are more violent than others in Miami. The answer is simple. Like you said before these was designated black communities. Before the 80s you had two parent house holds. After the crack epidemic parents was dying left and right. Families torn apart to a drug. the gangs and police was eliminating fathers. By the time the 90s came around most kids was raised by a grandparent far past their prime. Kids just like today out all times of the night trying to get the new shoes clothes to feel like they were somebody. By then the only option most teens had was the streets, sports, rapping or working in the other Neighborhoods to get by. The gentrification started to happen at the hurricane Wilma. Some ppl moved down to FL city and other locations down there. New buildings being built for most people over 55 which is changing the area. Also the price of them homes shooting up 200k in less than A decade, it’s easy to move away with 300k in hand. The best way to get out the hood is to know other opportunities! When you live in the hood you are highly influenced by being safe. Kids catching bodies by the time there 10 for 5k will change the way u think about making money. Also telling kids to go to college is not the answer. Pick up a trade stay busy and stay outta trouble in Paradise.
you left out the main thing - The entertainment industry (movies, music, reality tv, don diva) using black stars to promote filth. im hispanic raised in NYC ive seen first hand the influence rap culture creates. dominicans and puerto ricans raised on rap act, dress and talk same as blacks
1000%. And the majority of the time, those mothers have no fathers for their children because they made poor choices, including pushing the dad out of the home and replacing them with a government program
Hey Nick! Miami-Dade resident here. You left out Brownsville. Our problem areas are going to be NW Miami-Dade, South Dade, and Miami Beach. We have our problems, but we are not Baltimore or St Louis. Miami-Dade had less murders than both Broward and Palm Beach Counties last year. Miami-Dade has 2.7 million people, and had 93 murders in 2021. Baltimore City has under 600k people, and had over 330 murders last year. I am very very proud of Miami Dade today due to our history and where we came from to now. Very proud to live here even though it’s expensive 😂
Because there's way more poverty in Baltimore and St. Louis. Also, you are 100% incorrect. Miami-Dade county had 249 murders in 2021. City of Miami had 93 murders in 2021 but the City of Miami only has 450k people. You are comparing apples with oranges. Still, 93 murders is relatively low compared to other cities the size of Miami. In Cleveland, OH for example (which has roughly 383k population), they had 170 homicides in 2021 and 193 in 2020.
No, in a matter of fact maybe incorporated Dade county has around 100 murders. Miami Dade county, 250 murder more or less. Incorporated Dade has about 1.5 millions people.
This is false cuz a quick google search will tell you miami dade had 300+ homicides in 2021. It was the city of miami that had over 90 murders. Even tho thats one of the lowest amounts its had in the past 3-4 years
Pbc was a beautiful place I born and raised we would go to Miami Beach twice a month to party fk Miami is just a democrat shit hole want everything free
Man as a German I really like your videos! Especially you interviewing locals. Keep it up! Btw what a perfect part two to your first Miami video. Watched them back to back
During his drive Nick missed Opa-locka's old, mosque-inspired city hall. Opa-locka was developed on a 1001 Nights theme. It has the most Moorish revival architecture in the Western hemisphere. Some of its streets are Ali Baba Ave., Shahrazad Blvd. and Sesame St. Imagine telling people and filling in forms saying you live on Sesame St.
19:20 Q: "Why is the black population more dangerous than the hispanic population? A: Single motherhood is not only normal, but incentivized and celebrated in the black community. Broken families can't make healthy communities.
How about opportunities are given freely more to the latin community rather than ones of darker persuasions… when latins come together….they hire & help each other. I work at the airport…and there are companies there that hire almost entirely latinos……& most do not even speak English….i find this pretty unbelievable! What i find ridiculous is how many Latinos do vote GOP! I am originally from a RED state…..what they do not understand….to them…..they will take your vote….but anyone Latino to them will always be Mexican……. To me being Mexican is NOT a bad thing!
@@Cocoatreat wow, africans deal with "brown privilege" there..reminds me of the black privilege that outside of TX/FL the rest of us have to deal with!
I use to deliver donated Thanksgiving dinners in the “pork and beans” neighborhood. My students (mostly black) told me I was crazy (I’m white), but I never had a problem. The condition of the apartments was jarring. Some had no electricity. Roofs were leaky. Paint was pealing. The “triangle” has had shootouts that were so bad, the police wouldn’t even enter the neighborhood for days. I’ve been to the MLK parade in Liberty City. It’s during the day, and was quite safe. The street food was amazing! I work in Hialeah Gardens (you pronounced Hialeah wrong). East Hialeah is full of gangs, but further west, it’s rather calm. Opa Locka and Hialeah were both founded by WWI flying ace, Glenn Curtis. Opa Locka comes from the Seminole word for dry hammock (islands in the Everglades). The original name was Opatishaworkalocka. Hialeah means pretty prairie. There use to be a Seminole Indian post on the river, and that’s where Curtis got the names. Opa Locka was supposed to be the “Baghdad of the West,” and you can see it in some of the architectural details and street names. They never finished, as the Great Depression arguably started in South Florida first, in 1926.
I use to live in opa-locka and I’m pissed that they are shutting down the Hialeah-Opa locka flea market . (If they haven’t already) Good food, good prices, and good people. And yes , not many of the residents know the history . Which is sad.
Thank you for giving back to others…..that is truly commendable…. To see people living in conditions like that…..and yet you continue -shows that you have a lot of empathy for others…..most would definitely be afraid! I’m black & sometimes i can get somewhat squeamish in those areas….. you are a wealth of information…& thank you very much for sharing!
Any place these people live they destroy. I lived in a beautiful neighborhood in Chicago which is now a war zone and I lived in a very nice cul-de-sac neighborhood in East Columbus Ohio which is another war zone.I lived on and off for 58 years in Miami and can say truthfully it’s a beautiful city full of rotten people. I tell people every day “don’t ever consider going to Miami you will regret it”. I seem to have convinced quite a few people of that.
amazing! thanks for the history lesson, I've always wondered why that part of Opa Locka looked like a middle eastern city. i like it though its rather unique, I'm originally from North Miami but left in 2000.
You do A Great Job Nick.........Showing What South Florida Looks Like today....Been Years Since I've Been That far south....My Very Close Friend Grew Up there In The 60s and 70s.I Used To Haul Tractor Trailer loads For Export Through The Port Of Miami back in the 90s....So Glad I Don't Have To make That Run Anymore.
Brave move pulling into Liberty Square (Pork-n-Beans)! I worked for an ambulance service in 1980 and was caught up in the McDuffie riots of 1980 @ 62 & 12Ave. That's very close to where you pulled into.
I lived in Miami on and off for 58 years. I now live 200 miles up the coast on the water and everybody I encounter finds out I’m from Miami gets the “Miami is a horrible place to live“. Nobody goes to Miami they land there and go somewhere else like the keys , The Bahamas, Naples, South Beach. Miami is a gleaming beautiful city visually and quite the opposite in terms of the people and the quality of life, a real horror story.
@@thedirtybubble9613 a lot of gentrification, big developers buy out neighborhoods for above market value, residents move out and developers build new modern buildings/ shopping malls and etc. This brings the value of the area up and therefore different kinds of people now live in the area. Can be seen as a good or bad things depending on how you look at it 🤷♂️
I'm staying where I am in the Midwest. Yes we have snow and crime but I've lived in a City that grew like Miami and much of Florida is and it's no fun. Crowded freeways, lots of traffic all hours, super arrogant bicyclist, crowded grocery stores, lines to get into restaurants, unaffordable rents... No, I'm staying where I am. And there's Crime everywhere these days.
Arrogant cyclists are hardly a negative against an entire city...I live in downtown Miami and don't see that many cyclists in the first place. Lol. I've been here for 3 years and love it. Crime isn't high, the weather's great, and very international. Idk where you're waiting in line to go to a restaurant...I've never waited more than 10 minutes. Also, maybe just...make a reservation? Also, grocery stores aren't crowded. Lastly, I have a lot of college friends living in Miami, and they make less than 50k. So most of your skepticisms are inaccurate. Lol
@@robertpace901 So because somewhere that you lived is like that, you assume Miami is like that and/or will be in 7 years. Weirdest criticism I've ever heard and it's based off of no factual information. Lmfao
As a 14 yr old Southern Miami is safe just look at South Miami, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, or Kendall. As a Cuban Miami is the best fishing in the world and that’s where a lot of the food I eat comes from.
I went to Hialeah high and used to take the bus/walk to MDC north in opa locka and going to my best friends house in overtown. I would never in a million years call Hialeah “hood” or dangerous..
It’s Miami of course everywhere it’s mostly dirty 🤣 only maybe parts of brickell/north miami, maybe some parts of doral, downtown west palm and those fancy places are well kept
I was born and raised in South Florida and have lived here almost my entire life. Most of Miami at least those that were not already black were decimated 30 years ago this month by Hurricane Andrew. Our neighborhood in South Miami ( Country Walk) never came back because all the good ones moved up to West Broward and Boca like us. Also Homestead had the big Air Force Base was to Homestead what the Auto industry was to Detroit. Once Andrew destroyed it it killed the rest of the town.
I grew up in Hialeah, 1950 to 1971. Our family was probably one of the first Cuban families there. My parents were Cuban but all four kids were born in the U.S. I didn’t realize how weird it was there until I moved away.
@@juliabarone8852 that's wonderful. my colombian family came in the 1990s and since moved to fort lauderdale (weston). life is much better here, but we always visit hialeah for the delicious cuban food.
I am a miami native been here for over 40 years, this place has declined big time, unaffordable now, a lot of poor people and a lot of rich, very low middle class. Long lines everywhere, bumper to bumper traffic, and very rude people including myself. Very overrated place.
I grew up in East Hialeah, and never saw any violent crimes in the early 2000's. Later as a paramedic I got to see the darkest side of Hialeah, and still crimes were very rare.
@Reverend Boaz jeeze just stop being a troll!🤦🤦🤦😡 Miami is on the east coast. Stop repeating the same bullshit! Miami is the most diverse metro inthe country! 😉
It’s also important to highlight that Little Haiti is one of the highest (if not, THE highest) points above sea level in Miami. Rich folk from the brickell and Miami Beach areas are developing Little Haiti so when they’re tired of replacing their cars due to water damage from the severe flooding, they can move into their gentrified neighborhood of cube shaped homes
Bravo Nick! As always you presented an honest, fair, assessment of a Major city of my state Florida & of my country America. Miami's growth & development plans seem to have much in common with what we do here in my life long home of Orlando, FL "America's Favorite Tourist Trap". We also bull doz ghettos & trailer parks & rebuild with neighborhoods with HOA's that Manage who is approved to move in & who is "politely asked to move to an are more accomodating to their way of life" or "find an area where other people of their Subset enjoy life in Orlando". The thing that always amazes me is going downtown to Division St. Orlando which was named so due to it being an official line of segregation decades ago & finding not much has changed. Sure West Church, SoDo, Hannibal Square Have become revitalized areas full of lighter pigments but areas like Metro West, Old Cheney/Semoran, Pine Hills continue to be forgotten more & more the darker their pigment becomes. I know you've done Orlando in the Past. Hopefully you visit again soon. Things they are a changing fast. Thanks, Chris Orlando
Used to go through Hialeah all the time from Doral. Of course there's crime, mostly gang and drugs. One thing I noticed, I never felt super worried or in danger minding my own. Don't be stupid, generally you'll be fine. There's a few bad areas for sure, and petty crime is super high. Great video as always
Hialeah is a working blue collar hub for Cuban refugees. If you do not know Spanish you will have a difficult time adjusting. Crime is not from Opa Locka, it's usually internal. It's the closest feel to a third world you will get in the US. Any store, restaurant or any business you will encounter is Spanish speaking only, even chain establishments. Rents are extremely high because it's the only city a Latino can move to without the need to ever assimilate to American culture.
My dad was right Miami one day is going to be an expensive place to live . Neighbors got worsened as time passes by I glad my parents didn’t sell their house
@Reverend Boaz @Reverend Boaz jeeze just stop being a troll!🤦🤦🤦😡 Miami is on the east coast. Stop repeating the same bullshit! Miami is the most diverse metro inthe country! 😉
I found me a place in Florida. Up in Interlochen ... Just shy of a quarter acre corner lot in a newly formed residential area that's gonna be turned into having small homes and tiny houses. Solar powered with battery backup septic and I love it...land $2,700
Thats bc Brownsville is dangerous its part of liberty city I was born in Brownsville liberty city I used to lived in the flat tops and its dangerous then Hialeah to me
Yes sir!! Keep them coming Nick!! Especially in my hometown!! Lord knows I don’t go out much so you showing a couple of blocks away from me is a refresher!!
The black population in Miami is declining. In 1990 it was 27% black, 2000 it was 22%, 2010 19% and now in 2020 when the last census was taken it was approximately 16%. The city of Miami is trying to run the blacks out and it's been happening for the last 20 years. A lot of Miami's black population has moved into Broward county over the last 30 years.
@@Traveling_Trefs that's beyond my point. Miami's black population started declining in the 90s after Hurricane Andrew and that was before gentrification started in Miami. Miami started gentrifying in the 2000s.
Living in Miami from 95 to 2007, the change I saw was pretty quick. The 90’s Miami had a big gang culture but in the later years before I left that started dying down and drug crews which are smaller groups were popping up. It’s a whole different place now, the elites invaded that city and it shows. A lot of people I went to school with left Miami to other parts of the country.
Avenue, first and foremost nice Cru logo for your avatar. I moved down in late 95 and agree. Gang culture was rampant at that time and dwindled down greatly. Drug culture never left, just became endemic and commercialized (you can now purchase drugs thru "private events" openly. The elites just moved into bigger pockets of the city and continue to push into previous sketchy areas.
i lived in liberty city for decades. from what I know is that they moved all the people who lived in section 8 (government housing) out. they are now commencing the tear downs and rebuilding. they are rennovating the old housing into modern two story apartment buildings which are still going to be government housing. most of the past tenants have move to homestead. they are taking liberty city and changing it into an art center in the near future.
Hey Nick, white girl here from Opa-Locka. Raised there in the 90s and 2000s. I was able to escape by getting married to someone joining the military. Otherwise I doubt I would have gotten out. No jobs, no opportunities, I probably would have gone I to prostitution, drugs. Or been killed.
I was born in overtown, florida, Christian Hospital where black babies were born. My mother and father are buried in Opa Locka. Again, a segregated black neighborhood. DeSantis doesn’t want our history told. But, every Floridian should read or listen to the book/audiobook: DEVIL IN THE GROVE. It is a history of how Floridia was the most dangerous lynching state in the South. It’s a true heartbreaking history of why these black areas exist in the state of Florida.
I live in Hialeah and yes we do have our crime once I a while. But never bad as you mentioned Hialeah . This is a middle class city but not a high crime area we do have our problems but crime is not one of then.
Pretty cool video. I am born and raised in North Miami. At 5:08 is right by my house 125th st. LOL I am 41 now, graduated in 1999 at North Miami senior high. Most of those houses around there are from 1945 when Miami was developed. A lot of nice areas, moderately safe. West side of Miami was always a bit worse. Miami Gardens,. Carol City, then going south to liberty city, over town, wynwood, and a lot of parts of opa-locka. In the early 90's there were the zoe pound gangs and a lot of neighborhood gangs. But just like everywhere they die, disappear, or go to jail. Neighborhoods look the same but slightly safer in some areas.
Opalocka isn’t going anywhere. CIA station at the airport still being used today. Personally, I try to never go south of Charlotte County. When I come into a neighborhood and see bars on the windows, I know I’ve made a wrong turn.
I am a native from the 80/90s . Today the Miami I knew is long gone. Gentrification is wiping out communities and driving people out of the city. I left after 25+ years.
Miami is gentrifying very quickly. I predicted 20 years ago that Overtown would eventually disappear as the wave of new Skyscrapers downtown moved in their direction. Liberty City is facing gentrification too as real estate prices have skyrocketed there. Who knew the Ghetto would become "chic" one day? I have a friend who inherited a small house there in the 90's & Realtors call him everyday now asking him to sell.
To me, you will not see neighborhood improvement if the residents have no self-respect, respect for others, or respect for property. This all begins with a strong family culture. Develop this type of culture, where you take care of yourself and others, be responsible, you will find change for the better.
Until 9/11, Montana state was considered the 3rd poorest state in the nation, and almost completely over-looked in terms of poverty and crime. After 9/11, Montana state quickly rose further up the list of wealthy states. Enron much? Florida state is commonly thought as a state of wealth. Fewer ideas have been further from the truth. Thank you, Nick Johnson!
@@thedirtybubble9613 I think so too. Cost of living has put the squeeze on alot of people barely making it paycheck to pay check. Nothing changed aside from the window dressing . Great food in some of them areas . Alot of what he mentioned happening to the poor is happening to the middle class also . Pushed out with decent jobs for wealth & greed. Middle class gone soon possibly . FL is outta control .
Gentrification has been taking over a bulk of the miami neighborhoods for the last nine years now, but went into full effect during the pandemic. It’s nice to see people finally clean up some areas, but to raise the rent to a ridiculous amount, (house insurance no longer serves most residents in the region) and kick people out. Destroying the culture and the descendants of the founding leaders of the city. ( coconut grove) to be exact, is terrible.
Latinos are extremely hard-working and non-violent community. Although some experience poverty, unlike the black community, they do not reward violence and promiscuity in their music and culture. Latino men are great fathers and providers for their families, and these values are past down from generations. It was determined in the early 2000s that Latinos would surpass the black community due to their values, diligence, education level, and strong work ethic.
As a black person….i will tell you now we have just as many hardworking non violent people in our community! I am NOT from miami…..but i have lived here 27 years. In my family education is a priority and most in my family have several degrees…. What you speak of happens to Latinos just as much as blacks….so please do not demonize people you do not know! I had a great father….in fact when grew up…..everyone had a father & mother. What i will tell you is all people of color are destroyed in the eyes of the media…. Before i moved to miami….i was told that Cubans were going to beat us up…& Puerto Ricans would be stabbing us with their knives….was it true? No…. I don’t believe what i hear……i go & find out! Its easy to say those things when opportunities go to Latinos rather than black folks.. & thats what i see here in miami. They are the ones given the breaks while the darker skinned ones are ignored….& in order to survive….they have to do what they do….. i was told by one father….there were job openings at a car dealership for teens……when the black youth applied for the job he was told that the jobs had been filled…..his best friend (who was Latino) applied afterwards and got that job! People always want to blame black people for these situations and they never talk about the truth of the matter…. Let’s look at the movie “Scarface” of which many Latinos are proud…..this is how Hollywood portrayed Cubans…….as uncouth, uneducated schemers & thugs….. i was pretty fearful when i first came here…..thank God…i was surrounded by good people of all colors who showed me….there are good people in every race. Wish you could see the same!
@@Cocoatreat you seem to have a rebuttal for everyone who speaks the truth about africans. although I agree w/ your defense of the law-abiding and productive members of your community, you are missing the point here. the commenter of this post is just pointing out the truth about Brown people and exposing many africans who they rightfully are. have u listened to rap music? have u visited ghettos and compared them to barrios? scarface also succeeded as a capitalist, plain & simple. Browns don't have many movies to inspire them. africans have monopolized the media because they benefit from black privilege & white guilt. so, it makes sense why they latch onto a movie from the 80s.
Fascinating presentation, a lot of hard truths were presented but then again I live outside of these areas. I wonder if you'll make a video on the uptown areas of Miami. Like Biscayne Park, Miami Shores, North Miami Beach, San Souci, Aventura and etc etc. (Hint: does Aventura really have a high Russian population or is that a fibb.)
These places you deem as the hood are places with cultural significance to those that reside there. Most of these "hoods" were vibrant, wholesome communities decades ago. Its ironic how many people are flocking to these "hoods". Fyi. blacks weren't allowed on South beach therefore we remained near Overtown, Liberty city, etc. Now that the beach is suffering from high rise sea levels, everyone is flocking to the "hood" because the land is better.
This is a paraphrase from a retired director of housing in Pittsburgh. It's not really tenants that cause the problems in the housing, it's the boyfriends that come and go, deal drugs, then get into a shooting with a different woman's boyfriend as he is in a rival gang. They've been tearing down an building new places and doing more screening.
Hey Nick ‘ i am from Boston Ma area ! Salem MA ! Growing up my parents owned a condo in Melbourne there was nothing there way back when ! But we used to go to Miami Beach every year and i was about 7 when we started going , so I never noticed any of this.
The US is in bad shape in many areas now, Tijuana and San Diego don't look that different anymore. A difference is the type of crimes, US is more sexually depraved, LGBT, liberal while Mexico is more violent.
I used to live in Homestead South of Miami for 35 years moved out a couple years ago it was the best thing we did Miami and all the East Coast area from Broward heading south is nothing but junk pure junk it is not worth living out there
@@fishingaddicts4739 getting very crowded in the keys. Building is destroying the beauty of the quaint Keys. More crime happening. I have lived here 40 years.
Nick you seem to like Florida. Is there a Jacksonville video? I love Miami. The culture, weather and food. Also the fact of the numerous conventions. It’s like The Bronx with Better weather.
Alot of FL is out of control. Greed . It's hard on the working class in a different manner . Everyone is feeling the squeeze of drastic inflation. FL ain't changed
Technically, GTA 3 which takes place in Liberty City (and not part of the main title) is based on New York City in New York, not Liberty City in Miami. You might be thinking about GTA: Vice City which refers to the whole Miami area.
Nick, I just found out about you. You have some great content! The guy at the end did have me on the floor though. It's definitely not weird for the Latino population "Many from Cuba and Venezuela" in SF to be voting conservative. He seems like a nice guy, but he's obviously a young and uninformed voter.
