St Louis: The MOST Dangerous City In The United States / Journey To The Top Of The Gateway Arch
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Date: 2024-01-28
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Aajaaha
White flight took so much money away from the city and many nearby communities. These abandoned buildings are still owned though so unfortunately I'm sure in 20 years the rich will come back to gentrify the areas they left and push the poor black folks somewhere else. (Instead of helping these people of course because they are almost as racist as their rich grandfathers) I wish St. Louis did not have such a dark racist history, with the race riots and human zoos. But I always will believe in humanity, I know that racial harmony will come again and then hopefully classism will dissolve too. St. Louis could be even greater than it ever was if it's leaders weren't so cruel, ignorant, and stubborn.
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White flight took so much money away from the city and many nearby communities. These abandoned buildings are still owned though so unfortunately I'm sure in 20 years the rich will come back to gentrify the areas they left and push the poor black folks somewhere else. (Instead of helping these people of course because they are almost as racist as their rich grandfathers) I wish St. Louis did not have such a dark racist history, with the race riots and human zoos. But I always will believe in humanity, I know that racial harmony will come again and then hopefully classism will dissolve too. St. Louis could be even greater than it ever was if it's leaders weren't so cruel, ignorant, and stubborn.
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Susan-ms1wm
Cities are like the internet there are good places and sites but if you want you can also find really bad places and sites it all depends on where you go and how you use it. I am from a very small town in Missouri and in Missouri there are some big cities at least there big to me Springfield is good sized, Kansas City is pretty large and Saint Louis is really big but they all have good places and bad places it all depends on how you want to spend your time visiting them. Where i live we have the best fishing and nature love but even being a very small town in the country we also have bad places you just don't want to go to because it is not good so we stay away we have no reason to engage.
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Cities are like the internet there are good places and sites but if you want you can also find really bad places and sites it all depends on where you go and how you use it. I am from a very small town in Missouri and in Missouri there are some big cities at least there big to me Springfield is good sized, Kansas City is pretty large and Saint Louis is really big but they all have good places and bad places it all depends on how you want to spend your time visiting them. Where i live we have the best fishing and nature love but even being a very small town in the country we also have bad places you just don't want to go to because it is not good so we stay away we have no reason to engage.
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CarlFanning
Mr Montgomery 63 your travel tours are enjoyable I have to admit, but your commentary on urban areas is quiet telling in terms of lived experience. lets be clear the reasons those urban looks the way they do is because of a lack of resources white flight redlining and deindustrialization and a whose of other reasons. furthermore Mike brown situation is very similar to Eric Garner, Sandra bland etc. al. its really no difference than all the non news stories that go unreported in the suburbs exurbs
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Mr Montgomery 63 your travel tours are enjoyable I have to admit, but your commentary on urban areas is quiet telling in terms of lived experience. lets be clear the reasons those urban looks the way they do is because of a lack of resources white flight redlining and deindustrialization and a whose of other reasons. furthermore Mike brown situation is very similar to Eric Garner, Sandra bland etc. al. its really no difference than all the non news stories that go unreported in the suburbs exurbs
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vickijohnson9367
You are on the north side, once industrial housing created for workers for industries that are long gone. The empty lots are where the city torn down housing. These buildings, very old, are crumbling due to age where no investment could save them. You should also profile south St. Louis, where Bosnian immigrants settled to renew the south where people were also leaving. No jobs, no people. That’s the connection, nation wide, no jobs, no people. A lot of elderly left behind.
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You are on the north side, once industrial housing created for workers for industries that are long gone. The empty lots are where the city torn down housing. These buildings, very old, are crumbling due to age where no investment could save them. You should also profile south St. Louis, where Bosnian immigrants settled to renew the south where people were also leaving. No jobs, no people. That’s the connection, nation wide, no jobs, no people. A lot of elderly left behind.
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michellec. 9852
At dusk you better get your tush off the streets or bad things gonna happen. As tourists we did not know this and thought we would hit the town for some food. Most of the restaurants were shut up tight and this was around 9 pm. Lots of interesting people out on the streets on scooters. We briskly ran/walked back to the hotel. Felt extremely unsafe. This was in 2019. Thanks for showing the arch. I wanted to go there but my family wanted to get home and I missed it.
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At dusk you better get your tush off the streets or bad things gonna happen. As tourists we did not know this and thought we would hit the town for some food. Most of the restaurants were shut up tight and this was around 9 pm. Lots of interesting people out on the streets on scooters. We briskly ran/walked back to the hotel. Felt extremely unsafe. This was in 2019. Thanks for showing the arch. I wanted to go there but my family wanted to get home and I missed it.
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geraldmiller8973
teenagers walk downtown with rifles. st louis has a new police chief (not from st louis) maybe he can turn around the most dangerous city in the usa. i watch the news every night and see who has been murdered downtown every night. st louis and a lot of big us cities have democratic mayors. you know the kind who take pity on minorities even though they get a lot of welfare money from the taxpayer. let's hear it for welfare and lazy people. the backbone of our country.
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teenagers walk downtown with rifles. st louis has a new police chief (not from st louis) maybe he can turn around the most dangerous city in the usa. i watch the news every night and see who has been murdered downtown every night. st louis and a lot of big us cities have democratic mayors. you know the kind who take pity on minorities even though they get a lot of welfare money from the taxpayer. let's hear it for welfare and lazy people. the backbone of our country.
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tinstl6602
Like most cities, St Louis has some bad areas, but most of those are in a specific geographic area. This video was very specifically trying to avoid any of the nicer areas. With the title on the video, with the editing out of the best 75% of the city, and without interacting with a single person you have clearly set out to portray the city in the most negative manner. (Also, how did you manage to enter the city from across the river when you drove up from Dallas)
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Like most cities, St Louis has some bad areas, but most of those are in a specific geographic area. This video was very specifically trying to avoid any of the nicer areas. With the title on the video, with the editing out of the best 75% of the city, and without interacting with a single person you have clearly set out to portray the city in the most negative manner. (Also, how did you manage to enter the city from across the river when you drove up from Dallas)
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glennbourque111
I attended college in St. Louis in the 60's, loved it. Returned for a short visit in '71 and visited the Arch. Living in St. Louis certainly left a positive influence on my life since: culturally, great restaurants (especially Italian, pizza. I'm planning an extended return vacation soon to hopefully relive and revive memories. For now I'm trying to understand The MOST Dangerous City in the United States. That escapes me.
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I attended college in St. Louis in the 60's, loved it. Returned for a short visit in '71 and visited the Arch. Living in St. Louis certainly left a positive influence on my life since: culturally, great restaurants (especially Italian, pizza. I'm planning an extended return vacation soon to hopefully relive and revive memories. For now I'm trying to understand The MOST Dangerous City in the United States. That escapes me.
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lw3764
I grew up in a small farming town in Illinois, it's funny to me how people from places like my hometown will talk about how trashy St. Louis looks when you can find small towns all over the place in the Midwest that look just as bad. A lot of small towns look like they were hit by bombs too, full of abandoned old historic buildings, abandoned schools, abandoned banks, but they don't get the attention.
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I grew up in a small farming town in Illinois, it's funny to me how people from places like my hometown will talk about how trashy St. Louis looks when you can find small towns all over the place in the Midwest that look just as bad. A lot of small towns look like they were hit by bombs too, full of abandoned old historic buildings, abandoned schools, abandoned banks, but they don't get the attention.
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cynthiaconnors183
23 years ago I spent a week in St. Louis for a convention. The hotel wasn't cheap, was cockroach infested and food was seriously lacking. But, the architecture of the old buildings was fantastic and I did get to take advantage of some awesome restaurants in the city. There was a huge breakfast place near the convention center that had all you could eat breakfast. It was do good!
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23 years ago I spent a week in St. Louis for a convention. The hotel wasn't cheap, was cockroach infested and food was seriously lacking. But, the architecture of the old buildings was fantastic and I did get to take advantage of some awesome restaurants in the city. There was a huge breakfast place near the convention center that had all you could eat breakfast. It was do good!
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TheLemur1
wanted to say, technically the 800, 000 to 300, 000 isn’t very accurate because of the way the metro is set up, most of those people just left the actual city and moved into the counties (thanks to redlining and racism) so as you said it’s more like 1. 2 million population if our cities were set up the same way as chicago or denver we would be a much bigger city.
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wanted to say, technically the 800, 000 to 300, 000 isn’t very accurate because of the way the metro is set up, most of those people just left the actual city and moved into the counties (thanks to redlining and racism) so as you said it’s more like 1. 2 million population if our cities were set up the same way as chicago or denver we would be a much bigger city.
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The_Real_Frisbee
Man, so many butthurt comments on here. Yes people, St Louis is in a state of decay, and yes, it is a dangerous city. It's a beautiful city and I love living outside of it, but OUTSIDE of it is the key word. I've lived both around Charlotte and St Louis, and the dangerous parts of Charlotte are a cakewalk in comparison to St Louis.
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Man, so many butthurt comments on here. Yes people, St Louis is in a state of decay, and yes, it is a dangerous city. It's a beautiful city and I love living outside of it, but OUTSIDE of it is the key word. I've lived both around Charlotte and St Louis, and the dangerous parts of Charlotte are a cakewalk in comparison to St Louis.
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richards5843
I live in St. Louis County and the last time I went downtown is when the arch open up for the first time and the reason I was their because my uncle help build the arch and I got tickets to the grand opening of the arch. But I have never been up in the arch and I have no interest to visiting the city and I have not been back since.
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I live in St. Louis County and the last time I went downtown is when the arch open up for the first time and the reason I was their because my uncle help build the arch and I got tickets to the grand opening of the arch. But I have never been up in the arch and I have no interest to visiting the city and I have not been back since.
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fredgardner2870
Car got totaled. like 1992. . ended up in a bus station in east st. Louis. To get back to New jersey. I was starving. the people in the bus depot told me not to leave the depot. I would get killed. I looked outside. n literally there was like 10 guys looking like they would kill u for $4 dollars
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Car got totaled. like 1992. . ended up in a bus station in east st. Louis. To get back to New jersey. I was starving. the people in the bus depot told me not to leave the depot. I would get killed. I looked outside. n literally there was like 10 guys looking like they would kill u for $4 dollars
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joeblow2069
Why is it we as a country have not done enough about our infrastructure problem in these cities We have passed massive spending bills but it seems to have no benefit to places like this. Can we repair these crappy streets, tear down and rebuild these dilapidated buildings and get rid of the garbage
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Why is it we as a country have not done enough about our infrastructure problem in these cities We have passed massive spending bills but it seems to have no benefit to places like this. Can we repair these crappy streets, tear down and rebuild these dilapidated buildings and get rid of the garbage
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riverlady7023
I go to St. Louis many times my son lives here. I’m here now. there’s so many great places to go. the zoo and the museums are free. just depends on where you go. I drove all the way from the Pacific Northwest up at the very top corner of Washington took 34 Hour Drive.
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I go to St. Louis many times my son lives here. I’m here now. there’s so many great places to go. the zoo and the museums are free. just depends on where you go. I drove all the way from the Pacific Northwest up at the very top corner of Washington took 34 Hour Drive.
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Limux556
David and Randy-a very modern inscription. That made me chuckle. Love the tour of St Louis (I always thought it was pronounced Louee. Love how you talk about the history and how awful that it’s the home of an infamous killing. Thanks for the content, always fascinating.
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David and Randy-a very modern inscription. That made me chuckle. Love the tour of St Louis (I always thought it was pronounced Louee. Love how you talk about the history and how awful that it’s the home of an infamous killing. Thanks for the content, always fascinating.
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vickijohnson9367
You should have done the westward expansion museum, actually gives an in-depth look at the role of St. Louis. But you did go through the area with significant gang violence, and you could why the area struggles, been that way for decades.
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You should have done the westward expansion museum, actually gives an in-depth look at the role of St. Louis. But you did go through the area with significant gang violence, and you could why the area struggles, been that way for decades.
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terrancemoore496
For further insight the killing of Mike Brown did not actually start the BLM movement. The concept came previously from the Trayvon Martin killing outside of Orlando Florida. I like your videos hopefully, you and Mrs. Nic keep doing them.
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For further insight the killing of Mike Brown did not actually start the BLM movement. The concept came previously from the Trayvon Martin killing outside of Orlando Florida. I like your videos hopefully, you and Mrs. Nic keep doing them.
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paulakpacente
It may have been cold when you were there, but it gets damned hot in St. Louis. I've been there many times. You were smart to go when it was cold, because generally there is less crime during the colder months.
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It may have been cold when you were there, but it gets damned hot in St. Louis. I've been there many times. You were smart to go when it was cold, because generally there is less crime during the colder months.
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KASSOR0123
Saludos desde Argentina. Dssde que miro tus videos, he notado que Estados Unidos, tiene lugares muy bonitos. Pero me sorprende la pobreza que hay.
Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes. Me gusto el video.
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Saludos desde Argentina. Dssde que miro tus videos, he notado que Estados Unidos, tiene lugares muy bonitos. Pero me sorprende la pobreza que hay.
Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes. Me gusto el video.
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ichironca
We all know BLM was formed/perpetrated based on a lie. The hands up don’t shoot narrative was got the Left riled up, even got Obama and Biden weighing in. Black Lies Matter is the more appropriate term
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We all know BLM was formed/perpetrated based on a lie. The hands up don’t shoot narrative was got the Left riled up, even got Obama and Biden weighing in. Black Lies Matter is the more appropriate term
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demetriusbanks1199
Hey Ive become a big fan of your videos. I want to thank you for showing Ferguson. I really appreciate you going to the neighborhood and showing where the he was shoot. Thank you for that!
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Hey Ive become a big fan of your videos. I want to thank you for showing Ferguson. I really appreciate you going to the neighborhood and showing where the he was shoot. Thank you for that!
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felionrobinson698
As you can see in Ferguson it's not burned down and you got the Mike brown story twisted. This did not start the black lives matter movement. There is No BLM in saint louis at all
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As you can see in Ferguson it's not burned down and you got the Mike brown story twisted. This did not start the black lives matter movement. There is No BLM in saint louis at all
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rickciceran3181
Lol. everywhere you go is the Murder capitol.
When you were in Gary indiana it was the murder capital.
Can you not get it right or are you just embellishing your stories
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Lol. everywhere you go is the Murder capitol.
When you were in Gary indiana it was the murder capital.
Can you not get it right or are you just embellishing your stories
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whygohome172
I was in the arch on a very windy day and you can feel it swaying. I think a couple if people died and were intombed making it. You can watch a movie about it in the museum.
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I was in the arch on a very windy day and you can feel it swaying. I think a couple if people died and were intombed making it. You can watch a movie about it in the museum.
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rheahoover7004
42 years ago, my class went to Saint Louis on are class trip senior. We went up in the Arch. It was fun. We had pizza in an old building and went to several museums.
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42 years ago, my class went to Saint Louis on are class trip senior. We went up in the Arch. It was fun. We had pizza in an old building and went to several museums.
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Toddis
If you visit St Louis i recommend going to Forest Park and seeing the zoo and other stuff, and also the Missouri Botanical gardens downtown as well
Both are world class
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If you visit St Louis i recommend going to Forest Park and seeing the zoo and other stuff, and also the Missouri Botanical gardens downtown as well
Both are world class
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JJJBRICE
At 13: 15, the man standing in the middle of the street. In this day and time in that type of neighborhood there are people willing to run him down and keep it moving.
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At 13: 15, the man standing in the middle of the street. In this day and time in that type of neighborhood there are people willing to run him down and keep it moving.
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richards5843
This person went into a store own by a old man from India trying to make a living a stuck cigars in his pocket and when the owner confronted him he beat up the owner.
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This person went into a store own by a old man from India trying to make a living a stuck cigars in his pocket and when the owner confronted him he beat up the owner.
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AaronWilbers
Born and raised in STL. Sadly that city will never really recover as the averge voter seems to want the same old same old. But no longer my issue to worry about.
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Born and raised in STL. Sadly that city will never really recover as the averge voter seems to want the same old same old. But no longer my issue to worry about.
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solofalcon
its nice that the worst cities are listed for potential residents, but i think safest cities in America shouldnt be public info in order to keep them that way
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its nice that the worst cities are listed for potential residents, but i think safest cities in America shouldnt be public info in order to keep them that way
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prophetmargin7497
Is East St Louis considered part of St Louis It might explain why St Louis is always near the top of the list when it comes to homicide rates!
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Is East St Louis considered part of St Louis It might explain why St Louis is always near the top of the list when it comes to homicide rates!
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usa-by-car
You might as well not visit no urban areas bc in that one spot in St. Louis you seemed very nervous and scared it’s ok Joe no one when harm you
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You might as well not visit no urban areas bc in that one spot in St. Louis you seemed very nervous and scared it’s ok Joe no one when harm you
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