So our last video was about cities I thought should be bulldozed and started over basically
cities that have just sucked for so long they just need a refresh you know restart whatever you
want to call it well as you can imagine this set the comment section of Blake not with the normal
comments I get of people defending the cities that I'd mentioned but people disagreeing with
the cities I had picked people had strong opinions on what cities need to do over so today we're
looking at the cities that our subscribers felt should have been on that list we aren't ranking
these by any one stat just by how often people left comments saying the city should have been
bulldozed now I also looked at the ones that are hidden because of profanity and things like that
yes I have profanity at least most profanity blocked from the comment section so if you
ever want a comment to be seen make sure you don't add any extra profanity or racial slurs or things
like that we'll also be doing neighborhoods in major cities that need to be bulldozed so leave a
comment and tell me which ones you think should be on that list got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 Portland Oregon now this one I really don't agree with Portland is not that great right
now I mean serious homeless problem crimes on the rise we had riots a few years ago like every
single night for like 90 days that was a hoot I did get some good footage of that so if you ever
want to see that go over to my vlogging Channel I went down there during that and just filmed it
was amazing not in a good way but Portland right now is going through a rough patch and it has been
for about five or six years I'm not denying that I just don't think it ranks up there with some
of the worst in the country that being said the total crime rate in Portland right now is 124
above the national average the violent crime rate is only 35 percent above the national average now
if you don't watch these all the time you might think 35 is pretty high no there's some cities
in this country that are over 200 and 300 above the national average so keep that in mind where
we do have a problem is property crime there's a lot of people down on their luck in Portland
Oregon and they still stuff to get by and just not have a job I don't know I'm not going to
get into why they do it we just have a lot of property crime nothing like coming out to your
car in the morning your catalytic converter is gone you know crime rate normally goes down in
bad weather and almost every single city in the United States except for Seattle and Portland
it actually picks up I think a good 20 of Portland could be mowed down and we really wouldn't miss it
number nine Oakland California Oakland California has had a bad reputation for a lot of years when
you look at their stats the only thing that is good is the amenities like the things they have
to do there they got plenty to do their housing is expensive their cost living is through the
roof their employment numbers aren't great their schools don't get good numbers and their crime
rate is pretty bad so I could see this one going on the list so you see where they stand
their total crime rate is 175 percent above the national average and their violent crime rate
is 233 percent above the national average with property crime being about 164 percent above
Oakland does have some pretty scary parts there's some neighborhoods there that you really have no
business being in if you're a tourist and end up in this neighborhood driving or walking or
whatever you might as well change your title from tourist to Victim Because you're going
to be one but the stats suck and they still got a high cost living their cost of living
is actually sixty percent above the national average I think you need to bulldoze about 25
five percent of Oakland and it might be an okay place just start from scratch
number eight Camden New Jersey Camden New Jersey five years ago would have been the top of this
list as the absolute worst I mean their crime was out of control their poverty is through the roof
they had no jobs serious drug issues throughout the city stats still suck but they're not as bad
as they were five years ago years ago when I did a list on this like one of the first
ones I did I was written an article about a guy who was beat into a coma by three women one of
them was hitting him with a Target bag I guess it was one of those cloth ones but she had sodas in
it she was hitting him with it because I guess this guy was married to all three of them good
times in Camden New Jersey almost 40 percent of the population of Camden New Jersey lives below
the poverty line the rest in New Jersey it's almost 11 percent 10.9 but if you want to look
at their crime it really stands out their total crime rate is 60 above the national average which
is respectable their property crime is only 10 percent above the national average which isn't
terrible where they shine is the violent crime 313 18 percent above the national average they don't
have a bunch of Thieves getting ahead they got a bunch of dudes out for Revenge I think I think
about 30 percent of Camden New Jersey could stand a good bulldozing you know start from
scratch there's still an argument that it's more like 70 percent could you really use a bulldozing
number seven Rockford Illinois Rockford Illinois is a little over an hour Northwest of downtown
Chicago and in the last few years it's showed up more often on these negative lists you're talking
about a place that has a quality of life score that's around 51. in my opinion if you're under
70 you're not doing great anything above 80 is a really nice place to live in the 90s perfect
place to live almost but when you're in the 50s and almost dropping into the 40s you suck and
Rockford Illinois sucks their total crime rate is 92 percent above the national average their
property crime 70 above the national average their violent crime rate again another place that's
excelling in violent crime 203 percent above the national average good news is it doesn't cost
much to live here the question is how long can you live there before becoming the victim of a
violent crime the thing about Rockford Illinois is it doesn't look that bad downtown their downtown
area is actually pretty nice very clean not bad it's when you start getting into the neighborhood
you're like oh my God what's going on here why are so many blocks missing homes why does that
dog have an eye patch in one leg and why is that man burning tires those are normally the thoughts
that go through your head when you get out into the neighborhoods of Rockford Illinois so much
for City Services in this place look at that's like a cable line or I don't I doubt it's an
electrical line but it's got Vines growing on it so much so it's hanging down who who's in charge
of this neighborhood I think bulldozing about 25 26 percent of Rockford Illinois would be a step
in the right direction the good news is they have so many vacant Lots it really won't be that hard
number six Baltimore Maryland Baltimore Maryland now we're getting into the ones that showed up
a whole bunch Baltimore Maryland showed up a whole bunch in recent years Baltimore starting
to develop a good tech industry which I've said before but I think in the future this
will help Baltimore maybe turn it around one of Baltimore's biggest problems is the crime rate
it is ridiculous I mean there are no slouches in any of the crime categories they go all out
for all of them there are some neighborhoods in Baltimore Maryland that you should not go down
unless you have an armored car and then maybe their total crime rate is 163 percent above the
national average their violent crime rate is 379 above the national average property crime
is about 120 above oddly they're not doing as bad in poverty level it's actually it's only 23
percent above the national average which compared to the rest of Maryland which is 9.9 so they're
not doing terrible not good but not terrible I think Baltimore could stand and to lose quite
a few entire blocks just put them to the ground probably about 35 36 percent of this city could
go away and I mean Puri locate everyone not many people would miss these neighborhoods
number five Flint Michigan Flint Michigan is our first Michigan City of two planned Michigan
cities on this list people feel very strongly about Michigan cities and the need for them to
be bulldozed or dynamited in some cases I saw a lot of requests for that I had one person in the
comment section of the last video going on about bulldozing people's homes like I can't believe
someone would actually want to bulldoze someone's home and it's a figure of speech nobody's really
advocating to go bulldoze neighborhoods I mean some of them are in such bad shape there's
almost no fixing them so that might be the end result but we're not saying relocate everyone
and actually bulldoze their homes Breathe In Breathe Out relax remember being offended is
not a skill Flint made national headlines some years back when they decided to switch
their water system and they showed videos of the water coming out of the people's Taps and it was
like pretty much Brown it looked like raw sewage coming out of people's sinks and that wasn't their
biggest problem problem I mean it's a horrible situation but their crime has always been their
biggest problem these days their crime's a little weird and I'm gonna explain some things to you on
this one and it's kind of unique first of all you should know that about 44 of Flint Michigan
lives below the poverty line okay so keep that in mind that's like the highest I've ever seen of a
percentage of people living below the poverty line when you look at their crime rate their
total crime rate is only 17 percent above the national average that's not bad their violent
crime rate is 181 percent above the national average that's bad their property crime is 13
below the national average the reason for that is everyone's so broke there's nothing to steal
now this one probably could stand to lose about 40 percent now the reason I keep giving this
percentage is I look where most the crime and most the poverty is and where most The Rundown
buildings are and I kind of estimate how much of the town that actually is and Flint could
stand to lose about 40 percent of down get a bulldozer Dynamite giant eraser who knows
number four Chicago Chicago Illinois isn't as bad as love
as a lot of think sure they lead the country in murders okay now we've explained this before I
even had Bry the math guy make an explanation on why this is they have more people than the
next one in line so when you go by the per capita Chicago's not that bad when
you got some place like East St Louis Illinois which has like 600 violent crimes for every 10
000 residents then you look at Chicago and it's actually like 300 violent crimes for every 10
000 residents there's a big disconnect there but most people think that Chicago is this horrible
place now here's the thing part of it is south side Chicago is a freaking nightmare and if you
don't know that already welcome to the channel because I talk about it all the time the rest
of the city for the most part is in pretty good shape for a major city major cities rarely look
like downtown Mayberry but a lot of people did bring up Chicago so here it is on the list now
I'm gonna give you these percentages and you're gonna see that Chicago isn't as bad as they tell
you on certain news outlets they're not lying to you they're just not given you the whole
story their total crime rate is 67 percent above the national average not good but not as bad as
they make it sound their violent crime rate is only 143 percent above the national average now
if you follow along with different news outlets and stuff like that you would have sworn that was
going to be about 850 percent above the national average no it's only 143 percent above not great
but is not as bad as people make you think and their property crime is only 52 percent above
the national average South Side Chicago takes up about a quarter of Chicago and I would say they
could really do without that so I would bulldoze South Side Chicago to make the city a better place
number three Jackson Mississippi the poverty in Jackson Mississippi since I don't know before
the Civil War has always been really high right now the poverty level in Jackson is 30.7 and
that's a little bit better than they've been in recentdecades Mississippi overall is 22.3
above now there's a few different things that go into why Jackson Mississippi always shows up
on people's radar as a horrible place to live it's the poverty the infrastructure employment
numbers are horrible and even the people who do have jobs they are severely underpaid their
housing is horrible their schools area Vibe gives an f and their quality of life is 55.
good news is the cost living is pretty low but their total crime rate is 126 percent
above the national average violent crime rate isn't terrible it's only 94 above the national
average and property crime is 132 percent above the national average now 94 is pretty high but
I'm talking about compared to the other ones on this list 94 is not terrible compare that to
Malibu California and it's pretty bad Malibu's 12 percent below the national average Jackson
Mississippi probably be in better shape if they bulldozed about 39 of the Town sadly
that was almost taken care of for them they had major flooding uh this year it was pretty bad
number two Detroit Michigan now we get into the two cities that showed up the absolute
most I mean these two blew the rest out of the water everybody knows Detroit is in bad shape it
has been since I don't know the 60s probably but it really picked up steam in the suckage
department in the 1980s Detroit's another one of those places that's revamping their downtown and
it looks pretty good and things are looking bright downtown it's when you get out into
the neighborhoods you're all this is a hellscape some areas are still livable but a lot of areas
are not fit for human consumption the total crime in Detroit Michigan right now is 130
above the national average their violent crime rate is 462 percent above the national average
with their property crime only being 64 above the national average again they have so many
people that are dead broke there's nothing to steal I mean all the copper plumbing was torn
out of the abandoned homes years ago Detroit could probably stand to lose I would say 50
percent of their neighborhoods and their stats would jump up like they sat on an electric fence
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and number one Gary Indiana Gary Indiana was by far the most suggested City on this list
people got a Jones for talking trash about Gary Indiana sadly I had an army buddy that was from
Gary Indiana he just passed away last week from cancer Gerald Bynum he was a good guy but he was
from Gary Indiana and he got out when he could like the mid 80s Gary Indiana is another one of
those places that has a lot of vacant lots and it's been going downhill for quite some time
I mean beyond the 80s I mean much earlier than the 80s I would say Gary's Heyday was somewhere
around 1950. it's like 70 years of suckage right there now we're going by how often it
was suggested and it was suggested far more often than any other city but their stats aren't as bad
especially when it comes to Crime their total crime rate's only 75 above the national average
violent crime rates only 43 percent above the national average that's not terrible property
crimes 82 percent above the national average again not terrible their poverty though is
39.8 percent above the national average that's horrible the jobs they do have which they don't
have many of they are very low paying jobs their housing sucks area Vibes gives their schools an
F just not a great place to live I think Gary Indiana could stand to lose about 45 percent
of the city more manageable less run-down neighborhoods they'd be doing good then
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
information out of it now go out have a productive day and be nice to each other