I went to the most dangerous neighbourhoods of Paris. Porte de la Chapelle, Place de la Chapelle, Stalingrad, Barbes-Rochechouart, Chateau-Rouge, Goutte d'Or, Porte de Clignancourt #Paris #parisbanlieue #banlieue #dangeroushood #hood
It seems like no matter which "dangerous" neighborhood you visit, no matter the country or region, you are sure to find majority of black folk there. This truly breaks my heart. Us black people have to change the way we live and stop making our neighborhoods hell-holes to live in.
Hey, I've worked in La Goutte d'Or and La Chapelle for quite a few years, and I'd like to say a few words about this neighborhood. I'm not going to lie and say that I've never seen someone highly drugged in this area, that a pickpocket has never discreetly opened the back pocket of my backpack, that I've never seen two guys fighting, that I've never seen a dealer, etc. But I have to say that's about it. I grew up in the neighboring district, the 19th, which is also a rather poor neighborhood, so maybe I have less perspective, but I never really felt in danger in this area, even at night. And I'm saying this as someone who's not a muscular giant with a dog, just a random guy with glasses. And what I'd like to add is that beyond the misery and poverty that exist here, there's also a lot of solidarity. It's a very lively neighborhood, with a lot of associations that keep it active with concerts, sports events, food distributions. It's also a very politicized area. I worked in one of these associations, and I quickly learned that people here are kind-hearted. How many times, while transporting materials on a dolly, did I drop everything on a broken sidewalk and passersby immediately came to help me pick it all up? How many times, on difficult and rainy days, did local shopkeepers offer me tea or coffee? That doesn't happen in the rich and touristy neighborhoods of Paris. I worked next to a retirement home, and how many times did I see those guys in hoodies, who seem suspicious at first glance, spontaneously help an old lady cross the street? And by working with the residents of these neighborhoods, I also discovered a population with a lot of heart. Yes, it's a tough neighborhood, it's not beautiful, there are a lot of homeless people, sometimes you see needles on the ground, and I kept an eye on my backpack when taking the metro. But there's also this other reality that you learn to see when living in this area. To me, the people here are much more human than the coldness of the posh neighborhoods of Paris. So I wouldn't recommend tourists to go there, because it wouldn't be very interesting anyway, it's not particularly beautiful, and I think they wouldn't feel comfortable, just like you. But I wouldn't qualify this neighborhood as dangerous either. It's a poor neighborhood, it's not the image one has of Paris, but in the end, you can feel at home here with time.
Thanks for your comment. I do not disagree with you at all. It is in these kinds of neighborhoods where you can usually still find communities, something that has long dissapeared in other parts of town, so I get your perspective. But for outsiders its usually a different story. In any case, everything is relative. Peace.
I lived at Marx Dormoy and I totally agree with you. I have spend much time in this whole area. Despite it's not the most beautiful, poverty van be quite visible and people can be shady and a bit ghetto. But I experienced also a lot of friendly people from different cultures, yes coming to my aid multiple times even giving me a free metro ticket and I enjoyed the local African shops and restaurants. Streets can be very lively filled with different cultures dressed in traditional cloths, people hang out on the street at night. I loved it, like a little piece of Africa
its not because they didnt witness anything that its a good area. Its dangerous for a girl. And at night you really need to avoid some people if you want stay safe. Even for a men at night its not safe. The comments were smart enough to avoid getting in the wrong street and wrong square thats why they didnt witness anything.
I uaed to live in Paris . Paris in the 90s wasn't perfect, but it still felt French. Paris in 1999 and Paris iafter 2000 was night and day. In 2005, I was attacked by 2 'teenagers' trying to steal my camcorder. It was close call. I escaped, but it was terrible. Paris used to be beautiful. Now it is a ghetto, a slum. Europe and North America have become 3rd world slums. And every day it gets worse. The media pretends that it is like 1955, bit everyone knows the violent reality
You have the start of a great RU-vid channel! You should put more work into developing your channel because you are providing helpful information that a wide range of people can use. Stick with it. Good luck...
There are no no-go zones in Paris, it's a fairly safe city all over if you don't look for trouble. Some parts of the suburbs are very sketchy but none compare with the north american hoods for the good reason that people usually don't pack. And those sketchy parts of the suburbs you wouldn't go to anyway cause they're sad as hell, and there's absolutely nothing to do or see there.
Safer than US cities, no shit. Was anyone making a comparison? Not safer than London, even though, again, no one was making a comparison. Btw, NYC is safer than Rio. And?
The architecture is mostly attractive (especially for a slum). If you dropped this neighborhood in America the billionaires would buy it all in five seconds.
Its completly false..the real hood in paris its not in the city but around the city.. And bieleve me bro the building are not the same at all lol. Look some hood in the 93 or the 78 in paris and u will see.
duh! It’s saint denis 💀 like if you go to a deal point and expect to see a garden of roses. The danger is inevitable, you can easily tell when a dude is looking weird. There are better places in Paris and france tho, don’t let these people affect u im so sorry for their actions, I still hope u enjoyed ur visit💕
My Metro train terminated at 11.30pm at night at Porte de Clignancourt without me knowing when I was visiting Paris last year and staying in La Plaine Saint Denis... Unknowingly, I opted to walk from Porte de Clignancourt, likely through La Chapelle, to get back to my AirBnb..... Seems like a bit of a silly thing to do after watching this hahahahaha
You walked right past the door where I lived for half a year in 2020/2021 at 19:34 next to Planet Food. The people living there were super cool. It was a complicated area though. I got sucker punched in Place Stalingrad one evening.
Oh my gosh..thats the bad area?? Ha! You need to see downtown L.A in California. I can see the difference from the tourist city of Paris which is amazing but its still so clean. Love your channel!
@@patrickurmum6315 This is NOT the center of Paris! Look on a map before you comment. Yes, there are other areas that are also bad, like Clichy sus bois, but those are isolated. And yeah, I went in the morning on the first of jan, meaning it is way worse at night on an active day
Illegal immigrants, economic migrants posing as refugees. Forced immigration by governments to plea e their European sla e masters. The same is happening all o er Europe and the UK. these people have no intention of assimilating to western culture. They have no value for the countries culture. They are not wanted by the indigenous.
I understand that each country has its own reality. But for those who find that dangerous, I invite everyone to visit Morro do Chapadão in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This neighborhood resembles an expensive neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (the two major metropolises).
Northern Italy looks like the same, beautiful architecture, graffiti, immigrants, dirty on the streets, no police, I am Italian who lives near the French border, if you want to check it out go to Turin (Barriera di Milano or Porta Palazzo), Milan (Corvetto), or Mestre near Venice, it is sad but it is the reality
One little bit of info here cigarettes are big money for french authorities because they are heavily taxed and some migrants are just trying to make some money selling smugled cigarettes.
if you want some dangerous zone it is not here because here you have people with no paper for identity, you shoud go to sevran, sarcelles, vlb, saint denis you will have what you want
The people who make these videos clearly have never lived in a big city. I walk this area with my child - there is no need to walk into the projects 😂😂😂 no wonder people look at you funny! Hahaha
Not all of it! Its mostly nice actually, its just certain areas. I have another video on the hidden gems of Paris, filmed during the same period. It will give you a different feel to the city.
Chateau rouge is the African neighborood in Paris like Olympia is the Chinese neighborhood in Paris or like chinatown in NYC so stop say "Ooh la la in France we are in Africa" its just normal when you look for go in a neighborhood especially dedicated to this continent
There is no no-go zone in Paris it can look bad and a bit dirty but its safe most people dont even look at you and mind their own buisiness if you want to see real no-go zone in France you need to go in Marseille its the only city in France with no-go zone
@@dededidi1875Tu connais rien frr Marseille c’est la seule ville en France qui est limite considérée comme une mini narco-ville c’est la seule ville en France où le trafic de drogue est autant implémenter, c’est la ville la plus criminogènes de France donc oui Marseille n’est pas de la même cours que les autres villes de France même si ya d’autres ville également dangereuse mais la c un autre niveau
You visited the places in the morning and on a holiday, so there were only a few people there. If you had done the same thing on a weekday and in the afternoon, it would have been crowded. The area of porte de la Chapelle (not the place, but "porte") in the afternoon and evening is tense, drug activities, begging for money, prostitution. What the guy in the little park said to you ("cigarettes") - the cops were probably looking for counterfeit cigarettes. They are sold at the entrance/exit of the metro stations Barbès, Stalingrad and La Chapelle for half the price of the official cigarettes. (Fake Malborough for 5 euros for example). The sellers have only some packs of cigarettes in their pockets and hide the most of their merchandise somewhere else (for example in the park), so if they get checked by cops they tell it's their personal cigarettes and they don't sell. Thank you for the video. It's always interesting to see the perspective of somebody who comes from another country.
¿Por qué si la infraestructura esta bien, las calles están bien, las calles están limpias, hay parques, hay arboles, pero se ve feo, eso también pasa en algunos lugares de USA?
None of those places are no go zones, they aren't dangerous either, the addicts don't attack people, most of them are in the most popular neighbourhoods.
@@LasIsLike If you didn't understand your own title, what I wrote in my comment, simply ask someone to explain it to you instead of inventing things nobody ever talked about and pretend that someone told you this. Oh? And for your information the most dangerous areas in Paris aren't even in those neighbourhoods, but in the central arrondissements which happen to be the most exclusive arrondissements filled with tourists and wealthy people. There are drug addicts as well but they have money. Source :the French police database.
First of all, calm down. Second, maybe you need to re-read what YOU wrote yourself. If you think that La Chappele and all these areas are safe, good for you, but it doesnt change the simple fact thay they are NOT.
@@LasIsLike The French police and the people actually living there know better than you where is safe or not. La Chapelle is less dangerous than Quartier Latin and people including families with young children keep moving there despite the drug addicts who stay on very restricted and limited locations anyway. Even a tourist who went there by night told you he didn't notice anything until watching your video.
I see that you are taking all of this very personally. Are you here to start stirring up shit or what? Just relax and accept reality. If your argument is that there are more dangerous areas than La Chappelle, the god bless you. If you are saying that it is not at all dangerous and super safe, then you are a fool
Not saying it's glamorous but this does not show anything tremendously terrible. Many of the comments seem just racist/xenophobic. I understand the feeling of wanting to preserve a city's and country's identity but you can't be a world class city and not embrace the outside world. who ever said that looks like Detroit or Baltimore has never been to either. And we'll just what are you saying anyway. how about we come up with solutions for worldwide poverty instead of judging from the illusion of the ivory tower.
There are two main camps here: ppl who insist that these places are absolutely fine and assume that I have some kind of agenda and then u got the other side that think this is hell on earth and is a sure sign that europe is finished. I never meant to ignite either of those feelings, i simply filmed what i saw in a city that I love, to show smthg other than the tourist areas. Paris is much, much more than these neighborhoods
Most dangerous place are not where they live 😂 most dangerous is where rich people are or tourists. Thats why there is so few police in these place and a lot in eifel tower, 8 and 16th arr, etc ... Don't poo where you eat is the key.
@@LasIsLike you can be an outsider and nothing will happen to you. Nobody will know you but if someone aggress you, he will be knowned by all. You could be, somebody's friend or family of the area. Nobody will bet for a hit and face to unnecesary trouble
Its all relative. Im not saying its super dangerous, but ppl do get robbed. It depends on who you are, how you behave, who you bump into, etc.
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Ces quartiers de Paris ne valent certainement pas la peine d’être visités ! Trop de crime, de personnages peu recommandables et de saletés pures et simples partout dans les rues.
As someone who has lived in Paris for 15 years and owns 2 properties in Chatou Rouge and I live in Montmartre this video is insanely ridiculous. First, you don’t speak french yet you are assessing an area. Two, to say the area looks like Africa not France is funny since the people of Senegal and Mali have lived in ‘little Africa’ for 70 years. Third, Montmartre has some of the most expensive properties in Paris and is one of the most visited places in the world. Lastly, all cities have poverty, instead of making horrible videos criticising poor people and calling them crackheads learn the language and talk with locals.
Are you retarded? 1. I dont need to speak French to see with my eyes 2. It looks like Africa when everyone is African 3. I never said that paris is a bad city nor did i even make any general comment on these areas other than what i see 4. A crackhead is a crackhead whether you like it or not 5. I love Paris and I go there at least 3 times a year for the past 10 years 6. You are a moron that is reading things into this video that are not there, only in your empty head
@@LasIsLike funny how others have commented on the same thing I did. You can’t speak the language make generalizations about black people being African and not french and call homeless people crackhead when you have no idea. You’ve been there three times per year and can’t speak the language. lol
You are too stupid to even understand the basics of what im saying to you. You think African is a negative thing? What does that say about you? Idiot. Do us all a favor and keep your supremacist, malicious, miserable and retarded british energy to yourself
@@LasIsLikeb-b-but the posh prick owns 2 apartments so surely he doesn’t have a sheltered view of Paris! Lol he sounds like the type of clown to say that he’s not racust because he has black friends 😂
@@LasIsLike it's a shithole and the people who deny it are far left propagandist that actually love spreading chaos . my family lives there since many generations and it became worse and worse since the 80's
Rubbish. I've lived here in Paris for 4 years, and have never had a problem. Sure, if you go to the slum districts in any city, it is not safe. To say Galleries LaFayette is closed, it must have been early morning, because it is a thriving store. Paris is lovely.
Have you watched the video at all? I said its january 1st in the morning! Thats why galleries de lafayette was closed! And i never said that paris is unsafe, its a particular area. Your comment is unbelievable in its lack of awareness.
So you went to an area that is notoriously dangerous, you don’t speak the language or know the customs (you walked in and out of an establishment without first acknowledging the workers), and you started filming BEFORE you asked if it was ok? That’s a recipe for disaster, my friend.
@@LasIsLike if you want to insult people furthermore in your comment section go ahead, racism is a spectrum, you don't seem like a white supremacist, but look at the reactions your getting, who you were pointing the camera on as well, I know these neighborhoods pretty well, and while they can be dangerous and shady that's not all that they are, and your depiction of them feels very one sided, now if you don't like to hear peoples. opinions either post your videos privately or disable the comments, but France is a democracy, we should be able to have these discussions
Most of it is very nice. Its just some parts that are "like Detroit". I have another video on hidden locations in Paris that will show you the nicer side of the city
