The Poverty in Palm Beach County, Florida Is Mind Blowing
There are places in Florida that you never knew existed. And it's tragic.
There’s a place you probably haven’t heard about before that’s known for three things - extreme poverty, violence and football players. It’s called the Muck - and it lies on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee - a long forgotten about former agriculture hub in the middle of nowhere Florida. There’s nothing out here except for some housing communities, projects and farmland. There are about 8,000 homes here.
And only 40 miles away, within the same county, is this. Palm Beach is practically the wealthiest place you can live in America. It’s filled with millionaires and more billionaires per capita than any other place in the country. It has about 8,000 people.
These two places don’t really know much about one another. But comparing their completely opposite fortunes will put into perspective just how divided our population has grown.
Palm Beach, Florida. Home to country clubs and yachts. There isn’t a home here worth under a million bucks. It’s an island off of the Atlantic Coast - just a short bridge away from West Palm Beach. The amount of wealth here is staggering. It’s the kind of place where people shop at boutique outlets with their little dogs that wear $35,000 diamond dog collars.
Just one of the billionaires in Palm Beach could buy up every single home over here on the shores of Lake Okeechobee - home to about 8,000 households.
There are a handful of communities on the banks of this muddy lake, but we’ll spend our time in two of them - Belle Glade and Pahokee. If you live in Florida, you’ve probably heard of these places before, but you probably don’t know what they look like. And I think you’ll be kinda shocked.
We’ll begin in Belle Glade. There’s about 20,000 people out here in no man’s land Florida. 4 in 10 of them live on government assistance, where the average entire household brings in about $2,000 a month. One in every four households bring in about 800 dollars a month.
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ANYWHERE in this country, where there is absolute poverty, is a democrat area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nick you should do a video in Kensington Philly 👍👍
Just a note about 3D printed housing, they are as much of a con as "container homes", They are simply no cheaper to build than conventional houses per square foot where much the of the labor costs are pluming, electrical, inner walling's and finishing's etc.
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Broken homes with single moms are by far the biggest indicator of poverty today, no matter the race. Talking about poverty while ignoring single parenthood is like talking about carbon emissions and ignoring how China emits more than the rest of the world combined
Women keep men in line (socially, emotionally) - Men keep women in line (financially, physically, socially). US is fat and broke - eliminating father impact can be seen all across nation.
false, race is the biggest indicator.
Exactly 💯... I'm a Social worker...statistics states that the true face of poverty in America 🇺🇸 is white men. White women, and white children to be exact 💯 🙄. So what does race have to do with Poverty. Every race face the same obstacles in life... just survive!!!
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What’s new bro thanks for waking up
Born in South Florida here in 1978 and raised there. This doesn't shock me. I don't know why most people think that South Florida is full of rich people, mansions, beautiful women, and $200,000 cars. For those of us who grew up there this ideology is laughable. South Florida has some of the poorest and most crime-ridden communities in the country. When people visit they only go to the touristy areas that are prosperous and nice. Then back to the airport. They don't see the real South Florida. I'm from Miami. Most people think everyone there is rich. LOL. Yeah go to Northwest Miami and let me know what you think.
Fax...78 miami baby as well
84 here born n raised
85, born and raised in the county of Dade
1990 est. Yo Hialeah is thugged out lemme tell ya. Ap ain't no joke. Wynwood poor af.. I spent my house arrest in opa locka (by the back blues apartments) that sht was a nightmare But the hoods down south are bout it too like Perrine Goulds s Miami heights naranja. Im from cutler ridge (newly known as cutler bay), and homestead (dad house, moms house) Believe it or not kendall had alot of gangsta shit going down but not poverty just young people doing thug sht. But down south more you got florida city. That place ain't no joke. Just listen to any trick daddy song. he'll tell you where they got them yoppas on deck.
But wait this is a Republicans led state, we are a state of the free, and led by the great Governor desantis, you know the man who’s been trying to redistrict A.A. Communities, where are our elected leaders that we vote for not doing a darn thing for these communities.
I grew up here, and I left in 1986. I knew it was bad, but I just didn’t realize how bad it was. Football isn’t the only way out. You have to want more for yourself than people want for you!
it definitely isn't the only way out. I grew up there as well and I left in 2008. Growing up, we never realized how bad it was due to us being kids and carefree. If I had to give any advice to anyone still there, it would be to take a leap of faith and leave. There is no help in sight for the Muck.
@@babyimastunna I left there in 2010. Two years after you left
@@daphneepaul3737 You were very smart. The future just doesn't seem very bright out there.
I too grew up here and there’s a WHOLE LOT MORE Behind what the eyes can see … It’s the love… the unity and family… that’s the true beauty!!!
@@SC-bc3eh That's true.....
Extreme luxury and extreme poverty are never far apart. Where you have one, you ALWAYS have the other.
They are on opposite sides of the same county, too! Both Belle Glade and Palm Beach are in Palm Beach County, Florida.
@@anyone150Florida areas can vary greatly as you cross a boulevard, never mind a city or county line. There are plenty of awful places that are far closer to Palm Beach than Belle Glade.
The pay in Florida is CRAP! Doesn’t match the cost of living whatsoever. Lived in Palm beach county almost all of my life (not belle glade) struggle is real
Sad part is, this is how states with no income tax work. If one has to go where it snows and gets cold for a few months of the year to have a higher income and get a state refund during tax filings. I'd rather be there. I'm talking the Midwest, now New Englad or western states.
@@BrandonHanson once my son graduates HS, I've been thinking of getting tf out of dodge. I don't have to go too north, maybe somewhere in the MW something different than this hot swamp.
Every time someone wants to get out of Florida, you’ll be replaced by 1000 people lol
@@JovansLorquet yup but it will no longer be my problem 😝
@@BrandonHanson a state income tax would make these people poorer..., that's how taxes work
Raising the minimum wage won't solve the poverty issue. You can keep raising the minimum wage but there is nothing keeping landlords from raising the rent or companies from raising their prices for goods.
Investing in children WILL... Lack of parenting is creating this
People are never going to rise out of poverty without taking personal responsibility for their own actions and lifestyles and concentrating on education. You can not depend on the government for health benefits and a monthly stipend and expect to rise up. That is modern day slavery.
Thank you!!! Exactly what I said I don’t know why more people can’t comprehend that
@@TheRusschannel We can change incentives and address issues at the margins but there is no way to "fix" parenting. Once you break the family structure good luck putting it back together through government action (and since government had a lot to do with breaking it in the first place I wouldn't hold my breath they'd even try). However, we have some amazing educators and education administrators working outside the union establishment. They are succeeding. Disadvantaged kids are thriving in those environments.
That's exactly whats happening right now!
I live in PBC and went to school with a bunch of people from BG. What a lot of people don’t understand is that when you don’t know what resources are out there to help you or that you can have the ability to make change then you don’t do it. A lot of people are just getting through the day. People are trying to feed their kids and pay their rent, not focusing on bigger goals because they are exhausted and just trying to get by. When u have a beater car that might not make it, or your on empty and can’t afford to get gas, or can’t pay for the registration…. It’s the little things that build up and get you beat down and stuck.
Our public schools used to help with that, now they’ve lowered standards to the level of teaching learned helplessness. But then our government used to not pride itself in shipping jobs and manufacturing overseas.
I get it but then again most of these people don't work and get paid by the govt to not work...if you don't have a job you have all the time in the world to learn new skills to better yourself, but most these people would rather do/sell drugs, steal, and rob to get by.
I get your point(s) and they are valid. My only advice is that people in this poverty condition should NOT have children. Any chance of upward mobility is severely hampered when you have the albatross of additional mouths to feed, etc,
Don't I know it.
@@walkerb1734 that’s why places like Planned Parenthood are important. Lots of people focus on the abortion issues but if you can get free condoms or affordable Birth control and women’s health care and screenings it takes the pressure off for having kids under the poverty level. You don’t need an abortion if you don’t get pregnant.
The cycle of generational poverty is very hard to break out of, no matter your color. I’m white, but my great great grandma was a sharecropper in NC. My grandma was a widow and raised a child alone in the 1940’s. None of this set the next generation up for success. Each generation has done better than the last. But our family still hasn’t experienced wealth, but have reached middle class (if that even exists anymore). Maybe the generations coming up will.
Single parent situation is a great way to keep you poor too.
@@WiseOwl_1408 Not at all its all excuses. Its all about willpower and being a go getter.
education is a way to get you out of poverty. in this country if you have a 4 year college degree, and if you are willing to work, companies have to pay you a certain amount and not pay you minimum wage. so education does not guarantee you success but it will give you opportunities to be successful.
@@minavamp2811 Actually you are somehow wrong. Many people get a college education 4 year college and get something that's called debt and many after graduating dont find employment in the field they choose and they are left with the debt and end up working in low paying jobs for the rest of their lives just to pay that debt and they are poor all their lives. So college education for many people ruined their lives and keep them poor.
@@astrolady641 you are wrong. beach town stitchie was discussing about breaking the cycle of generational poverty. if you are born into poverty that means your parents don't make enough money, that means their children can go to college for free, with pell grant (federal free money) state grant (state free money), work study program (working part time while in college), etc. i came from a poor family i went to college for free because my parent don't make enough money, i got federal grant, state grant, work study. all of those 3 sources were enough to allow me to get a 4 year degree for free. when i graduated with a bachelor degree i was debt free. that is for going to a public university. if you decide to go to private university, then it costs more, and you might have to borrow loan.
This dude is making every excuse in the book. I didn't hear him say that Black people need to do better, then the situation will change. Everything is everyone else's fault, and all the failures of the Black community need to be fixed by someone else. Nah F that! We need to stop killing each other, take school more seriously, get fathers back in the home and hold ourselves accountable for our own actions. No White man has more rights than I do these days, so there's nothing stopping me from achieving any goal I set my mind on. This "it's the White man's fault" BS needs to stop!! I'm sick of it.
Well said
Agreed been a minute now. Things are getting better and we need to do better. Enough with rap, video games etc and basketball how about a book, play piano or a degree.
The situation needs to change so that all people can do better. Just do better just is not going to work without the infrastructure. You're killing each other because of the circumstances. It can be fixed but you have to insist on it. School choice or wishful thinking. There is plenty of fault to go around. We need great leaders regardless of skin color. We're all in this together.
yes you are the problem
Agreed with you
The story of how the Haitians wound up in Belle Glade is pretty sad. Essentially, the sugar companies had imported these Haitians to do the harvest. Eventually, the feds realized the sugar companies were paying them less than minimum wage and fined them, so the sugar companies fired everyone and mechanized the harvest. All these Haitians essentially got dumped in Belle Glade with no money and no English language skills.
Can't we help them find a way back to Haiti? Or, any home town if that is where they want to go? Maybe GoFundMe?
@@dandevito5521 After using them like that, you just want them back to HAITI? Well, as an African, I can’t stop seeing these vids portraying America as a real shithole. See kensington st in Philadelphia, it’s full of Europeans high on some shit HAHAHA
@@dandevito5521 Uh... you might want to check out the current social and political situation in Haiti, and consider that this is the 3rd generation of those Haitian laborers. They have no connection to Haiti other than distant relatives.
@@dandevito5521 😂
Not true
There is still a strong tendency to regard poverty as a character flaw, you're poor because of something you did or didn't do. No one talks about the shame of being poor or the chaos that comes from living in a materialistic society and having nothing. In our culture you only exist if you consume, shop and invest. Even home ownership has been perverted, a home is no longer a place to live but an asset - where does that leave renters?
No shame in being poor, but there is a shame in not working at all and being poor. No one likes moochers
@@jimbojones9118 Do you have the same opinion of people born rich who don't work?
@@taylor7326 not necessarily, if they are "born" rich then they likely aren't mooching off the tax payers and abusing the system. It's OK to be on welfare during hard times, but not a welfare-lifer
@@jimbojones9118 So you don't have a problem with people being lazy, just people living off of tax money?
@@taylor7326 yep. It's really none of my business if people I don't rely on for something are lazy, unless it effects me - in this instance my pocket. Got a problem with that?
I honestly think people need to stop having kids, especially if they can't even afford to take care of themselves. It will continually create the same cycle over and over again.
You not the god of the land.
@@outlyfe7570 Natalia isn't wrong and it's advice people should heed.
I guess u support abortions right
@@outlyfe7570 Could be god of the sea
@@ningi5102 😉
I can’t think of a worse strategy for success than waiting around for the Government to improve your life. It will never happen.
Everything has something to do with the government in this system. Don't play that!
@@kat64470 what do you suggest?
@@kat64470 You will stay poor with that mindset.
I get what your saying, but this place lacks opportunities. like training school's, to get most of them opportunities to get out. Transportation is poor and most can't afford to even afford a car. So you need to bring educational training to them.
So what
My dad (Puerto Rican) was born (1965) and raised in Belle Glade. He joined the military when he was 18. He said that was his only way out of Belle Glade. If he stayed, he feared that he would end up dead or in jail. Many years after he retired from the military, I asked him if that was the best decision he made in his life and he said yes without a doubt. Side note: he married my mom (black woman) and most of my dad’s friends were black too. He also told me that kids would go chase rabbits in the sugar cane fields and that’s how they became really good at footwork for football. There’s also the Muck Bowl (Belle Glade and Pahokee were rivals) and many football players came from one of those schools. That honestly surprised me as a child given the poverty rates and such.
Dimi M. I know you! Your dad , ( my brother) joined the Air Force Right out of High School and yes the Best Decision he Ever made.👏
@@judithmcbride4507 Judy?!?!?!
@@dimi3391 yesssss
@@judithmcbride4507 no wayyyy!!!! I hope all is well with you!
Wow! How inspiring!
Mr. Laroche, I'm white and most of my ancestors came to America with nothing. There were no food stamps or affordable housing and no excuses! One came from Ireland fleeing the Irish famine in the 1850s and worked as a servant and laborer on a farm. Within a few years he bought his own land and started his family. Hard work is how you escape poverty. Period.
When your ancestors came here Africans were enslaved for 200 years (1619) up until the 1960’s in some states we still had difficulty in obtaining property. You must realize that America was attractive to European immigrants because there was hundreds of years of free labor creating an agricultural superpower. It would be impossible to have the America you know without slavery. Millions of people worked hard for free for generations. Part of the problem is that we will not discuss this rationally.
@@1211home You're thinking of those who settled in the south. Those were for opportunity. Mine came in the 1600s to the northeast, as pilgrims fleeing religious persecution. They had no slaves and they fought for the Union during the Civil War to put an end to it anyway. Stereotyping is dangerous!
@@photodumper Did you know that there was slavery in the north too? Almost no one who fought in the civil war (north and south!) owned slaves. Yes Pilgrims and Quakers were abolitionists. Did you know that the Aetna insurance company was underwriting slave ships until the 1860’s. There is a very tenuous web to American history. You should check it out.
@@1211home I'm an avid genealogist and well aware of who my ancestors were and they were in the north and out of over 400 of my ancestors, none had slaves. There was one in the south who freed the slaves he had inherited and then he had to move west because the demonrats in that area didn't approve of him freeing them. Fact check that Mr Know It All. Most white people couldn't even afford slaves. It was the ELITE who were the problem, just as they are today.
@@1211home Why don't you read about how democrats in the south used severe intimidation methods to keep blacks from voting Republican. If they found out they were leaning Republican, they burned their houses down, beat them and their wives, and even killed some of them. There are plenty of articles about it in old historic newspapers. They had no shame about it.
Man I’m so happy you made a video about Belle Glade, Nick!! I saw a video from CharlieBo313 a couple years ago and was always so fascinated by the town. I drove through there on the way back from Miami to Orlando in May and it is exactly as your video shows. Nothing changes in that town. I remember in Charlie’s video (which is several years old at this point) there were a couple old guys sitting out in front of an apartment complex at a card table…and when I drove past that exact same complex years later, the same guys were sitting in the exact same spot at the same card table!! I drove up and down most of the streets and it’s so sad to see a city in Florida this neglected. Thanks for having such a thorough series on different places in Florida :)
I see so good low price property . That writer said 15.00 minimum wage , the inflation makes that 4.00 and hour.
"When I drove past that exact same complex years later, the same guys were sitting in the exact same spot at the same card table" That is why they are poor and will always be-------------------------------!
Yes, drove thru Belle Glade, and was reminded of a ghost town. Perhaps as coastal communities are flooded these areas will come alive. Be reminded there is almost total isolation.
@@clisediagonzalez5010 it's NOT a ghost town... He just kept riding in circles. Not many out cause it was HOT, OR THEY WERE AT WORK! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Those men were most likely retired or at their favorite same hangout after work. Funds are being misappropriated, and yes, lots of things don't change. Ppl hold on to what little they have, or just go to school, move away/come back, and help build up their communities.
Why don't all these rich NFL players go back and help fix communities???? The governments sure as hell won't!
They move or get shot lol
they end up broke. They hire them from these communites to take advantage as these youth arent taught value and what to do with their money
@@datingandlifeadvicechannel7534 unless something makes money, money is never invested (not without motive anyway!). Let alone on poor or marginalized people of color. Life 101.
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I was over on the SE Coast once in Palm Beach County. I was surprised that there were more Yacht dealers on State Road A1A than there were Car dealers.
more ocean than roads!
I lived down there started at pal. Beach gardens the moved a bit more south about 4 time ending in Lake Worth. I lived in the hood I think it's all hooded out then you cross the little bridge to the Island.
Viewer from India here. One thing that strikes me is the number of big cars, SUVs and pickups. And not some beat-up old vehicles, but pretty new looking ones. This is a bit puzzling.
Most of these people with nice cars are running scams, like selling food stamps. Or they will literally save all their money to look like they have money by buying a nice car, yet they have no savings, investments, etc.
I thought the same thing.
They can get financing for long periods so the repayments are lower.
Nick you are so awesome!!! Thank you for this eye opening documentary.
I thought this series would be over after day 14 and there’s still videos! Thank you Nick for covering damn near the whole state of Florida! 👏
Is this where the island boys are from
I'm learning Nick 😊
@@bostongorge3507 no they from Miami the melting pot .Dade County got 💰
@@bostongorge3507 no no and no!! Don’t play with my city like that
Can't believe all those football players that came out of there don't even look back to their community and give some of their blessings.
I said the same thing. 60 Players that made the league and these communities still look like this. That’s a shame.
They all date and impregnate white women and forget where they come from
Because those people never cared about them. You think they wanna go back?
It is about HOW one goes back. On the one hand, it would be unsafe to go back because folks will just want what you have, "the easy way". "Going back" needs to be in a manner that helps and shows the community how to build wealth, wealth that perpetuates itself and continuously puts back into itself. It comes through providing and valuing good local education, building pride in the community by its members, and wisdom and ability in wrestleng with "the powers that be".
It takes a lot more money than you think. They said they built only 60 homes for $30 million. The area may have produced 60 NFL players, but how many of those players made 8 figures a year consistently over the course of their career? Let's say all 60 of the players donated $1 million...that's still only $60 million, not enough to make big enough dent in the problem.
Excellent interview. Thank you for posting.
Thank you for sharing this,
I would love to see a mini documentary on Milton, Florida. That's where I live and work. I'm homeless and overcame it by becoming a volunteer and living a camper. I get my ss retirement but still have to work. I have been here a year and know there are lots of homeless people here. Thanks for the videos.
@Craig Dendy you are correct. The method they use to calculate a person's payout is so bogus!
I used to live in Milton and my best friend still does. I really like Milton. It’s close Pensacola which I lived there in the 80s. It was one of the best times for me. I’m glad you found a place to live. I used to live in a camper too. It was big though. Camper living isn’t the worst that’s for sure. I hope there is a pool there.
Oh please, give me a break. Milton is full of meth heads.
Ahhh tweakers in the pan handle.
@Craig Dendy people who are homeless may also be working too, dck
I wish you would have interviewed me about condominium and apartment laws that just passed as a Floridian. The gentrification and the rich have destroyed our opportunity to buy a home. And they've been using slave labor on the farms for decades.
slave labor ? i thught slavery was banned a long time ago guess i was wrong
yea thanks desantis
@@billloomis7572 Yet you will probably vote for Crist, even tho he made it worse than what you blame Desantis for... Using race simply to justify your agenda is wrong.
What condo and apartment laws? I lived in Central Florida for 30 years before I moved out of state. I would love to know what these laws are.
There is no slave labor on the farms lmao
It’s also important to remember that this is an agriculture area so there’s a lot of migrant workers and they can’t just called the housing department if they live in horrible conditions. I saw a dude walking his daughter to the bus to go to school and the trailer that they walked out of is some thing that most of us wouldn’t even keep our dogs in
I lived in Belle Glade (Prewitt Village) until... around 1990. I love my hometown, and I miss it. I try to go home as often as I can. So yeah, it hurts me seeing the city that I love deteriorate as it has. Still, regardless of what you see, or how Belle Glade is shown on the internet, in real life, Belle Glade is a wonderful little city, whose residents are proud and hard working. Plus there are so many beautiful places in Belle Glade, that are never shown...but trust me, it's there. I remember, as a child, there was no place like Belle Glade; the clubs, the football games, the people, the hanging out hot spots, the bass cars, the culture, and definitely, the big booty girls. I had so much fun growing up there, and I will never abandon those memories. I even remember, some schools and some parents, from other cities, not wanting there students, or children coming to Belle Glade for football/basketball games, because they were afraid that their students, or children would contract Aids. I went to Glade Central, till the principal suspended me in the 9th grade, so I said, forget it, and I went to School of Choice in Pahokee for the rest of the time. (Rest in peace, Mr. Russell) So I've seen both cities deteriorate to where they are today...and it saddens me, but in my mind, Belle Glade, will always be my hometown ...and Pahokee will always be my second home. But, you know what......I suppose, with all the struggles of these two wonderful cities,this is the reason why, most of residents there, are such wonderful, loving, caring, and hard working people. The truth is, not everyone in the world, who goes there, will make it in Belle Glade. But the facts are, anyone from Belle Glade, can go anywhere in the world, and make it.... we're build that way. Love you, Belle Glade...Muck City forever.
MUCK CITY FOREVER BABY!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Some of the most hard working ppl in the world! So what you see is by DESIGN! WHY OUR COMMUNITIES DONT HAVE THE AMENITIES OF OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS? OUR DOLLARS SUPPORTS OTHER COMMUNITIES WITH SHOPS..AND GROCERY STORES!
I asked for an unboxing Florida video years ago and you replied back NO. This tour of Florida is more then enough appreciate you my man ✊
This is a great video! Wow, Palm Beach county. Nick keep em coming good videos
The reality is hard to comprehend unless you've seen it with your eye. Thank you for all the great contents.
As a south Floridan im glad you brought this to a national level. That area is so sad
This was very insightful! Thank you Nick and Dr. Laroche!
He's an eye doctor. I have two of those in my family. Not impressed
Great video Nick.I think that you said you had a hard time finding someone to interview.I feel your pain on this one.I like your intense questioning.This man explained everything, only not about the video content.Good job though.✌
Yes, going by the title of his book, I thought he was going to have some interesting solutions.
Great interview, this blew my mind and vital information. ♥♥♥
Great research here Nick! 😀 I lost my phone a few weeks ago and lost all the data so I have to resubscribe to everyone! Great to see your still uploading vids! 😀
I once drove down to Fort Lauderdale only to have to go to Naples on the opposite coast. I have driven through Belle Glade. It’s really weird that you said ‘a lot of people standing around’. That is very accurate from my memory too. I remember there was a ‘car show’ in what looked like an abandoned Kmart parking lot. Also I had no idea about the muck. When I was driving through it I thought maybe they were growing sugar cane and it made the soil look like mud. Interesting video!
@@mosessupposes2571 degenerates
None of what that slightly black fellow said was accurate or a good idea. ALL his ideas have been tried and they had zero improvement for blacks and mostly negative effects for anyone who was on the receiving end.
your races are so mixed up that no one knows who is black, brown or white. No one is white as a sheet of paper.he is right there. There was a time when people bred with their own race.
They need more gibs from whitey, when they fail…. Turn around… and blame whitey. Rinse and repeat.
I agree 💯 it was political liberal .climate change we are struggling with inflation.he act like we never got out of the old days .wr had a black president for 8 years an college I see tons of black people at our university college plus white an black people live here mixed
Yep, he's a fraud and liar. And actually a danger to anyone with a low IQ
@Sunrise The statistics prove otherwise.
had to pause and go watch Harvest of Shame, thank you for mentioning it.
Love your commentary bro. Keep up the Great work. I'm a Floridian born and raised and I would love to add some insight to your contributions. I'm from pine/ crime hills Orlando and I grew up in the 80s.
Nice thank you I really enjoyed your video. I have been the fed ex delivery driver for those community's mentioned for over 15 years. My wife is from Cuba but has lived in belle glade since 1971 she graduated from glades central back in 78 and still works the same job she got after graduating from Florida state. We don't live in belle glade anymore we moved to loxahatchee. The people of those 4 communities belle glade, south bay, pahokee, canal point, are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Now there are some people out there that are very dangerous and ot is for the most part do to poverty and desperation. Palm Beach county is growing very fast and it won't be long before these developers start looking into belle glade as a viable option to the needs for undeveloped lands. Hopefully the means jobs and a major clean up for some of the part of those communities could really use right about now..
Florida's economy is based on low paying unskilled labor. That contributes to poverty. Things have improved in the decades since I left but not enough.
You nailed that on the head
@@Sofr3shsoclean305 Thank you
Im from Jamaica and i couldnt believe you guys have a place like this. Damn its a crime to have that much poverty.
America has lots of these places in every State
❤❤❤ very real! Thank you! Sending blessings
First thing black people need to do is not listen to this guy. Go to school, learn how to do something that people are willing to pay you to do, don't have kids early, don't get a criminal record, learn personal finance, etc. This man said nothing that will help your personal situation.
Keep them coming Nick!! You’re doing us a great service!!
Mr Nick Johnson: I have been watching your videos for at least 2 years. I like what you do. You are a good journalist. You show real concern for our society , issues and problems. You are not just touring all these places for your benefit or our entertainment. You are quite a good teacher, a balanced and genuine reporter in your process of journaling.. It seems you really care about our F'd up American society. Still looking forward to one of folks tunes to become a Top Hit in music. I'm a good guitar player. I could accompany you perfectly in your off-key, outta tune songs. Bottom line, I appreciate your work, and believe it's a service to our country! You are a really decent person and American.
Ditto, except for the guitar accompanying part.
I live by Coral Springs and always wanted to drive by here just to explore, thank you for the video
I live here in Belle Glade, FL. There is pride in our home city. This area is the richest most wealthiest of Palm Beach County, FL
Sure is the land there is worth millions. Can grow anything in Belle Glade?
I love Belle glade. Richest Black American town in Florida
Rich in FAITH
In Belle glade I see 2021-2022 chargers,challengers,Escalades
How much 'faith' does food cost?
That doctor is a prime example of why the people will never move forward because people like him are stuck in the past but that's fine by him because he's getting paid no matter what 😂💯
Meanwhile Hispanics and Asians immigrants are flourishing ,working hard and finishing school.
He worked to get paid.
Your videos are great and the real deal.
I am very satisfied with this man's responses to all Nick's questions. Spread knowledge, brother.
I was born & raised in Belle Glade. Back in the 80/90's. It wasn't that bad back then. It's really heartbreaking to see the conditions now. Almost unrecognizable.
30 million for 60 homes? That's 1/2 million per home. It seems that if you have a large contract to build homes you should be getting a discount. Especially if these homes are the small ones that were mentioned. You cannot make the poor wealthy by making the wealthy poor. You can only try to improve the education and job skills of those who want to work and achieve better.
Its run by Democrats. This is their design. Chicago by the Sea. Do you like it?
Its an evil truth that 'low income housing' is incredibly expensive - and incompetence and corruption are at play too. There's a good piece on this in Nick's video on Berkeley California.
That's because the state is run by Republicans and one of the most corrupt Governors Florida has ever had.
School Choice for the Win. Capitalism. Don't try just do it.
We are where we come from:-
This was your best interview. The good doctor really made many good points. Kudos.
I really like the guest you had on very interesting conversation
I appreciate him documenting this. I lived in a small city in Palm Beach County called Lantana. Always worked in Boynton and Boca and never knew this place was right around the corner.
Love Lantana, small town feel.
Thassa shame.
He doesn’t answer questions.
He keep rambling. I’m black and Mexican. Your guest makes us look bad.
@@alejandrostewartsr2053 He kept steering off on a historical victomhood speech instead of giving current relevant answers and solutions. How many times did he mention reparations? I heard it at least twice. That's part of the problem. Giving people something for nothing. The home life situation for ALL races and areas needs to be examined and shifted to make true large societal changes. Mental health of parents and children needs to be learned, understood and taught. Children need to be taught academics, and the teaching of academics should be mainly from the school system. But parents cannot slack on home teaching of basic common knowledge of self, appropriate behavior, coping and common sense at home and then expect teachers to be able to teach academics when they're just constantly babysitting screamers with no coping skills. It needs to be a full circle approach to raise a community and its individuals within.
Thanks you for the video
This is great Nick going out in the field
Thanks for covering south Florida! I’m from miami. ♥️
There are many low paying jobs that will cost you way more in eventual medical bills because of them than you ever earned at the job. So they are losing bargains to take. Pesticides, herbicides, back breaking work, occupational hazards, back pain, etc. If you refuse a job painting radioactive glow in the dark watch dials that will kill you, does that make you lazy? I think not.
What other choice do they have? Why not do that work and make a little bit of money and save it up to maybe get an education move up to a higher paying career? Just sitting around lazilynot doing anything is not gonna help any of these people.
Coming from palm beach..I needed this💪🏾
We drove through beautiful Palm Beach couple months ago, never realized how poor Palm Beach County is. Thank you for sharing!
Would've been better if the producer didn't just drive around in circles filming different angles of the same couple blocks lol
He definitely didn't show all of Belle Glade
I live on Palm Beach Island not too far away from Belle Glade and I do volunteer work and charity work out there every so often. I’m reminded of a trip I took to the Amazon on a medical mission trip and the poor neighborhoods on the outskirts of Manauas make Belle Glade look like Beverly Hills. I just feel so awful whenever I come back to America and see entitled people compared to the humbleness that I saw in Brazil and a lot of people just really don’t know how good they have it.
I have a friend from Pehokee and I'm always surprised by his stories of growing up. I remember telling my sister a story and she asked "did he grow up in the US."
Great video!
I'm a born and raised Floridian, from Clearwater. I watch all your videos. Much love!
I used to live on Drew street! Did you go to Clearwater high School too?
@@gabrielleangelica1977 I went to Dunedin high 😊
@@vcl1982 We played your sports teams...Go 🌪️ tornados, dump Dunedin! Sorry...
This looks like paradise compared to skid row in Los Angeles Ca
Not playing the CBS MOVIE THEME from back in the day...LOL.... Great eye opening video
I grew up in The Muck…..born in Pahokee and raised in Belle Glade….loved every minute of it
I used to work out in clewiston on the farms and drive daily through belle glade from delray for a few years. Have lived in west palm for 30 years. Now I work on palm beach island. It’s a crazy the differences and disparity of people and how they live. Met and been in some of the craziest mansions of some powerful people. But I miss my time working out in the fields and the people I met in the middle of nowhere. People knew who they were and there was little outside of that. Contrast this now and I’m just referred to as the help or even get some of these people to treat me like a human. It’s a crazy ass county to be in.
The interviewee seemed to leave out the fact that after government assistance was introduced, the entire family dynamic began to change, leading to an insane drop in two parent households (mostly single mothers), especially in the black community. This level of poverty and crime in the black community did not even exist 60-70 years ago. And unfortunately communities like Belle Glade continue to vote in (locally) the same people that keep making sure nothing changes.
Single mothers on welfare seem to be the standard household for poor blacks. Dad likely either deserted family, in prison or dead. It's a cultural issue that won't go away. Being responsible means having children when you can afford them in a stable family environment. Alot of people in the US need to be taught this very basic fact. Don't offer assistance to irresponsible people.
You people should lay off opioids 🤣
He prolly just didn't have enough time to break that down, or forgot to mention it. Maybe.
@@23727bgk Ayeee....I wonder who designed this SYSTEM?!?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ThaRealOC423 it's a fact. Single mums create poverty and crime.
Wow thank you for the history
Very informative video. Great work.... Small towns like are like this throughout the states....
Always wonder why these homes in poor areas always have nice cars parked in front
get over it
Cause people would rather have cheap rent and have a nice ride
The only way I see the Poor Black communities bettering themselves and their life situation is by divesting themselves from the system and creating their own self sufficient local alternative economies, demand the creation of Public Banks to fund affordable housing and other community projects, and use goldbacks as currency. Like the successful Black Wall Street that they created on their own a hundred years ago. Given the right opportunities and resources, they always make the most of what they have. The family unit needs to be strengthened once more too. Where the mother and father both raise the children together. I really wish this for the Black community and every other disenfranchised minority group.
The same community that caucasions pillaged and bombed in fear that these communities would pop up all over america
Yahuah has an answer for this in Gen. 15:13-14. Trust has to be placed in TMH and returning to the laws, statutes and commandments of TMH, in order to partake in this blessing. Deut. 28:68 asserts that TMH placed us in bondage (spiritual Mizraim/Egypt) and He is the only one who can deliver us from it. We were sold for nothing and will be redeemed at no cost. APTTMH!
@@awakeneddaughter3001 What??
@Sunrise You’re unequivocally wrong. After 500 years of trauma at the hands of the WM, this is done on purpose. In a Neoliberal Colonial system, someone has to be on the bottom for others to be on top…
@@ubuntuiqinisoofuna7852 Regardless, having a victim mindset will never grow anyone individually....
As a Black man, I appreciate you Nick. This is a tough discussion that needs to be had. I as well as you, want to see America, the greatest country in the world win. We should be American brothers and sisters first, and all that other stuff should be secondary. I say that fully realizing that we have quite a ways to go to realize that type of national mindset.......
Yes we should be brother and sisters. Not going to ever happen when the first thing that comes out of someone's mouth is Im black. Smh it's only black people that live and grow up like this. One of my first memories is having to take showers in neighbors hose and us that same hose to fill buckets to flush our toilet. That's the easy stuff to talk about. And I'm white.
@@lvr8429 you make zero sense. I’m a life long Floridian and Florida votes Republican. So, it’s Republicans dropping the ball on these communities. How clueless can you be?
@@Mexicobeanpole because the cities are mostly democrat still. Politics in your local town/city mean way more than what the state color is. If you want change it has to start on a local level
Hey I enjoy your videos. You should check out Brevard county in Cocoa Beach and Rockledge.
Laroche is wrong, more funding is sent into the glades for education, poverty improvement,an entire health care district with a brand new hospital has been setup exclusively for the glades, along with countless other programs!!! It all boils down to personal responsibility!!!! No one ever became a nfl star in the glades without personally taking responsibility and putting in the time and hard work!!!
Yep, I just said the same thing. This guy pushes victimhood, which is all about handouts. Nothing will change with the gimme mentality.
@@ossoduro7794 +1 American blacks are so insecure and love their faux history
Yay. A new hospital. 😐 Ain't that normal? What about everything else?
Great video. Finally a guest who din’t jump on the bandwagon and can actually engage in a high level understanding. As mentioned there has to be some accountability. It’s easily quick to blame structural roots along with general stereotypes outside the community. What is prevalent will continue to be the conditions that has been set in the past.
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Thanks Nick for your amazing documentaries on America. I appreciate you showing the real side of America: huge wealth gaps, declining infrastructure, and divided politics in America.
Belle Glade is my home, can't ever forget where I came from‼️💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
15 dollar minimum wage and universal health care? Lol
Canadian here, we have both $15 dollar min wage and universal healthcare, and we don't have neighbourhoods this poor rampant all over the country where people are struggling this hard. Just sayin'.
@@sharkzgaming983 yes you do. Also it's too cold....
I'm so happy that you're here in Palm Beach County. If you're still here, you can take a tour of The Arc of Palm Beach County North Campus in Riviera Beach, formerly Seagull Services, it's really nice. Are you going to do any videos in other communities of Palm Beach County like Jupiter, Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Loxahatchee, Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Lantana, Lake Worth, Boca Raton or even Delray Beach. Thank You for Showing us what different sides of Palm Beach County. Love your videos as always!
Nope David that was it. Trips almost over!
Nice vdo. Pls make a vdo on the richest cities and suburbs of US explaining the reasons for their growth and wealth. The vdo can become lessons for urban/city planners. 😎😎😎
I did
I lived in Ft Lauderdale for 3 years during the mid 70s. Because of family I would spend a week out of every year in Ft Lauderdale every year until recently. My observation, in general, is that all communities close to the lntracoastal waterway are very nice and expensive. As you go west from the beaches things go down. There are some exceptions with some very nice suburban communities . My experience is limited to Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties.
Hi Nick, I just came across your channel since I’m worried about moving to Seattle next month from Orange County, CA. Do you know how the Fremont/Wallingford area compares to the rest of the city? Ideally I would live in the east side but it is too expensive and I found a place in Fremont/Wallingford. Is it safe and clean? I’ve lived in OC my entire life and when I travel I go to the Midwest so I’m not used to living somewhere where you’re constantly feeling danger.
The Fremont/Wallingford area used to be very good. Sorry, that was 35 years ago. I don't know now, but the houses and neighborhoods were nice and probably still are. I hope you enjoy the rain though.
Lol Fremont is hella safe, there is really no "bad" neighborhood in Seattle proper. You'd have to move to White Center or south to Tukwila or further south to Kent or Auburn or other South King County towns to find a "dangerous" neighborhood.
One thing I've noticed in your videos of poorer communities in the US is that most houses seem to have one or more newish looking cars out the front. In Australia poor communities tend to have much older, rundown cars on the streets. Not sure if cars are cheaper in America, it's just an observation.
Priorities
@@NickJohnson excess supply of autos being built every year resulting in huge secondary market of discounted vehicles
Definitely a lot of misplaced priorities, cars are expensive and a depreciating asset. In a lot of these communities people consider the car more important than the place they live because they can drive it and show it off and pretend to be something they're not. I work in some poor parts of town and is not uncommon to see high end cars parked outside the crappiest apartments, they also own the latest phones, gaming consoles, and all kinds of gadgets. The apartments are often dirty, not well furnished, mattresses on the floor, no sheets and little food in the fridge.
That’s something that’s quite common in the US. One would think poor people would be skinny but not in the US. We actually don’t have poor people in the US compared to say the Philippines. Our poor people have automobiles, air conditioners and ever refrigerators. Not so much in other poor countries.
No you nailed it. It’s a choice. Being poor does not excuse humans from being sloppy.
Traveling from West Palm toward Palm Beach just b4 the bridge were neighborhoods that looked very similar to the ones depicted in ur vid. Contrast was stark.
Last time I walked these streets was in January, I have a lot of family that still live there! My mom was born here and my granddad, aunt's and uncles and cousins are still there! And the food is amazing
This reflects the state of the country as a whole. We have the haves and have nots. Happy Friday Johnson;)
We're blessed if we're a have.
@@NickJohnson So why are you spending so much time in DeSantisland? Tell your fans!
A lot of people ,fish and go to Belle Glade, don't let yourself get caught up in what you call poverty,some of the nicest people live in that small place,and if you are lucky enough to find a lil shop that has baked goods you are in for a treat. What is wealth?? Maybe it's kindness,you can't buy that with all the money in palm beach. family fished Red Man for years,so please speak gentler of resident's,government assistance in these days is not uncommon,have a great day!! And stop and spend a little money there, we always did
Wow, this guy does not think his community is responsible for any of their strife on any level. Wow... And that is the difference.
Lived in South Florida for a while so I have definitely heard of the extreme poverty in places like Belle Glades 'especially at the height of the AIDS epidemic". Places like Liberty City however are right in the heart of luxury yachts and million dollar cars Miami is just as bad and you can just catch a bus across town from one place to the other. The solution IMO is not just to raise the wage to around $15 hour but also include some sort of commission to harder working employees that really want to make it so they can do so. If a company was to go in and start paying higher wages then all of those slum landlords would just start charging higher rent prices but still do nothing to improve living conditions. That's kinda of what's going on in all of South Florida right now as landlords are running up rent prices so that people with halfway decent jobs are still struggling to make ends meet and thus either moving out of the area or to lower priced "and possibly lower standards" apartments.
i think you have the wrong idea regarding wage in florida, and overall the US. though i get your point, it's important to know that the minimum wage in all the US has not changed significantly while other factors such as inflation keep driving prices up in almost every way. Right now, you can find jobs such as mcdonalds, not willing to pay their workers any more than 12 dollars an hour even though inflation and other factors keep driving prices up (such as the exploding market prices and people airbnb-ing). if you're worried about pay driving rent prices up then perhaps the easiest solution is to simply introduce rent control as one is paying for a roof over their head, yet obtaining no sort of ownership from it while simultaneously driving prices considerably higher.
You wouldn't know it by the way the city looks, poverty, dilapidated buildings and structures. At this point this is by design. The Glades and the Glades area as we are referred as... is mostly agriculture... "THE WINTER VEGETABLES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ".
I suggest they put that on a billboard somewhere or paint it on the side of buildings and use that as a source of something to be proud of . There should be farmers markets and retail shops. People should come together over those ideas and that way of life and be proud of their accomplishments as a whole in feeding themselves and others in humanity.
@@Angryoldman50 no one wants to work for a better world because everyone thinks someone else should fix their issues, so itll stay the same while those same people stay complaining that the area won't change
@@Angryoldman50 The city knocks down ideas and doesn't approve of a lot...and their pockets get bigger.
the narrator said they USED to be known as the winter vegetable capital of the world. But mechanization changed the agriculture industry and threw many farm laborers out of work.
@@danielcarter5579 You have a pretty limited understanding of structural oppression and intergenerational poverty.
Good video Nick, Yes it goes to show the huge divide. For what it's worth each place could be in different Planets for the grade of difference to put it mildly. These also could be applied for the rest of our society. It's a very cruel and unforgiving life, humankind has yet to conquer a more since of equality. The irony of irony's that many NFL Stars have come out of this area, and now they've become millionaires. Our Planet it's a place of difficult contrasts to assimilate which makes for a rather sad, and frustrating experience, well for us that actually give a hoot. But good video about how contrasting our world really profoundly hard or easy can be depending on what side of the railroad tracks you reside if you will. Thanks Again Nick.
Great comment
Wow, I never knew that you would show my hometown.