After living in Manhattan NYC for 20 out of 33 years of my life, I’m finally leaving. It’s where I grew up but I’m just done with it. It’s still one of the greatest cities in the world but the NY city and state government has utterly abused my trust and money, and public safety and infrastructure and the subway have gotten worse and worse, as has the government's handling of crime and the migrant crisis. It’s time to leave.
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Taxes in NYC
2:05 Public safety
3:55 The subway
7:17 International comparisons
7:44 Pre-K in NYC
8:34 Migration in NYC
10:00 Other issues
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No explanation needed. New York is a disaster of incompetence.
Especially when they put illegal immigrants first before it's citizens.
Lol
#BLM
I beg to differ. While NY is bad, LA is on a new level of incompetence.
Not incompetence. It is AS INTENDED. Keep voting Democrat and it will continue.
I’m from Australia and I was in New York recently. It was absolutely horrible. Subway was absolutely disgusting. Felt like a third world city
This is the magic of NYC. As if it was aseptic everywhere then there would be no point in traveling. NYC in the 1980s was even more "wild" and unpredictable. It was dangerous alby through it until it breathed freedom. And it was never a city for family people. That's what the other 99% of cities in the US are for. What sets NYC apart from other cities is, so to speak, the spirit of the old, free and crazy times (the 1970s and 1980s).
@@ashwilliams4989 There is no magic in NYC. All I saw were overrated landmarks and homeless naked people constantly in my face asking for money. I’ve been through 3rd world cities much better than there.
Hey! Show some respect for third-world cities.
HEY MAN ITS AN ASTHETIC YOU DONT GET IT. ITS SIMPLY STUCK IN TIME AND ALL THIS CRIME AND TERRIBLE DEOMCRAT POLICY IS SIMPLY SPIRIT OF THE OLD.@@ashwilliams4989
You want Migrants ? We got bunch of them looking for a change of scene.
I have an engineering degree and I have to think for hours before I make a decision to spend on a ~$500 product but new york gives people $500 a night hotel? Are you kidding me.... I can't even afford a house.... unbelievable...
Losing weight, cutting back internet, moving from the dangerous city-welcome to middle age! You’re slaying it so far!
Yep, I left London and moved to Scotland. I hike a lot more, so I lost weight and I now eat blueberries twice a day. Middle-aged baby!
Most tend to gain weight not lose weight as they age.
@@TheLoneCamper yep, just like Ari did.
hahaha so true!! I moved away from Berlin to the countryside. The 30s are IT!!
Another major crime problem is if you decide to defend yourself then they arrest YOU!
And arresting homeowners instead of squatters 😆
Sounds like something you would see in a game like Grand Theft Auto, where real life is parodied. But victims getting arrested for defending themselves, and homeowners getting arrested for evicting squatters, is really happening. When parody becomes reality.
@@novachikun Bad is good Up is down. It's a Satanic ritual thing. Bc that's who is in charge right. Wait until you learn about Lessor black magic
let the victimization flow through you
@@cybererik1 👈 classic liberal victim shaming. Same as blaming law abiding gun owners for gun violence and Police for shooting criminals. Nothing new here.
We’re all here because we love Xiaoma for his language skills, insight on life, and generosity. But here he is showing what a real husband and father is. Making hard choices and work to do what’s best for his family
Real man is on point
Love is a strong word…. And generosity?
I'd say he just learned what happens when you make some big money but not REAL big money in a place like NY City. How much did you pay in corporation taxes last year?
@@shitshow09 Are you the crazy no-shirt guy who shouted at him in the park then?
@@johnsimth6587 not sure what you’re upset about but I was purely referring to the safety and protection he feels over his wife and child and wanting a safer environment for them and to give his wife peace of mind. Not all husbands and fathers would leave the city they’ve spent their entire life in for that
Lived in NY from the time I was born through 23 years of age (1988-2011). I visited every year after I moved to FL (now reside in NC). It is tragic what they’ve done to Manhattan and criminal what they’ve done to the boroughs.
still seeing too narrowly
didn't like FL
Hope you didn't bring the awful leftist voting tendencies of NYC to NC.
Huh, so you like Florida and North Carolina. Interesting.
I live in Brooklyn. It's fine. The less people here the better so I hope more leave.
This is unimaginable in Poland. I'm so glad I live here. I go for long walks with my dog in the middle of the night every day. I haven't had a single uncomfortable situation in like 10 years. I could literally sleep calmly on a random bench in a park. If you get paid working remotely in the US while living in Poland, you won.
Poland sounds awesome. I must visit one day
poland? ugh
agree, poland is doing great
Poland is doing great. It has tight restrictions on immigration. It cares about public safety. Not like America.
Poland is not only safe but also very clean. Citicies- small and big - very walkable, live concerts, nice resturants, playgrounds for kids. Countryside- very nice - healthy foo and nice homes.
Out of all the languages he could've spoken, he chose to speak facts
Eh, lol. He lives on the other side of the river. He still fully uses the city to his advantage, just gets to keep more of his money. He’s just been demoted to pretend New Yorker, lol
@@livefrom201 Its not a badge of honour to be a new yorker... quite the contrary internationally.
@@livefrom201 Makes no sense. There are many other 2 state commutable areas if you actually know anything about anything have yaknow, have a job and pay taxes like a functioning member of society
@@mattvanemden7573 he’s still one 🤷🏻♂️
@@IndianaJake I know. What you’re saying changes nothing about my statement 😅
NYC became a glorified shopping mall. Besides luxury, the organic culture of NYC was drained.
its still there in places like Bushwick.
Yeah, the infrastructure and services that the government are supposed to provide really are trash, for the amount you pay.
capitalism
Like Tim Dillon said, "Its become a vacation spot for billionaires."
@@LilRedRastayou been to bushwick lately?
With how many languages this man knows, he can get started almost anywhere. Wishing you the best.
yellow fever jew
7:15 - I live in Singapore. You'll be lucky if you see someone so much as accidentally drop a piece of paper on the subway. There are no crazy people yelling and screaming. There are no disruptions. There are no fights. There are no murders. There is no National Guard equivalent. People are nice to each other, behave themselves, and have self-respect in equal measure. And yes, we do it all with some of the lowest tax rates I've ever seen.
Singapore is mostly East and South Asian. Those groups value hard work rules and discipline. The white ruling class in NYC is mostly leftist ex hippie boomers surrounded by minorities.
Singapore under Lee Kuan yew enforced harsh cultural rules most importantly English usage and proficiency. The USA has allowed itself to be watered row by diversity multiculturalism nonsense. And that explains New York City, current cultural, social, economic, and environmental disaster
I lived in NYC from mid-90s to 2022, now live in Singapore, and I think you are both missing some key points. It is true that Singapore is very clean, generally very safe (though they get their occasional crazies as well), and hyper-efficient (the MRT and the airport are stellar). Yet a recent poll showed that most Singaporeans would rather escape and live outside of Singapore, mostly due to the high cost of living and very narrow expectations and options. And despite ostensibly being multicultural Singapore is increasingly becoming homogeneous around Chinese culture. In contrast I found NYC's unabashed multiculturalism and acceptance to be its greatest strength, and what made it so much better than any other city. To live in NYC was always a challenge, even more so for immigrants and artists and entrepreneurs and dreamers - but that was a crucible that was common to everyone, and there was a pride and shared experience that I never detected in any other major city. I don't blame so-called "multiculturalism nonsense" (which reeks of the Midwest or South). Rather I blame the politicians and Democratic machine - not that I am anti-Democrat (Biden over Trump forever), but when one party becomes too entrenched then inefficiencies and corruption tend to follow. Guiliani is a madman now, but back in the 1990s he was the right person, as was Bloomberg after 9/11. NYC arguably needs a center-right mayor now.
Yes, and a beer in a mid-tier restaurant costs $18 SGD. Only rich people have privilege and enjoy life in Singapore. No place else on earth better demonstrates the negatives of late-stage capitalism than Singapore. It is a completely soulless place, worshipping money above all else.
I disagree. I've lived in both cities and SG is definitely not just for the rich. I have never seens homelessness in SG, I've never seen a drug addict here. Almost everyone lives in government housing and the social net for the poor is huge. The idea that SG is hyper capitalist is stupid, most firms are largley owned by the SWF and the state controls the econony waaaay more than its comparators. Alcohol prices are about the same as london due to taxes but food is waaaay cheaper! It is easy to eat healthy here. You don't ever see morbidly obese people who can't afford vegetables for instance
Watching from Manhattan KS! Thanks for the shoutout!!
Please NY’ers please don’t move to Manhattan Kansas…especially if you vote…
I grew up in Kansas. As a child I had no understanding or appreciation of the low cost of living.
Watching from Wichita!
I live in Kansas and I'm homeless and unemployed due to the quantity of immigrants
@@beavis_loves_you That's awful. I'm next door. It isn't bad here. Yet
You're the second major NYC KZheadr I've noticed has made video(s) about NYC issues rather than their usual content. The other is Cash Jordan who used to post about real estate and finding a good apartment, but lately has gone into detail about the very problems you mention, and more, like the large number of stores that were driven to close by excessive shoplifting.
He's a Zionist that the real reason and upset about the massive protests new York
Yeah the near daily uploads from cash are super informative
Louis Rossman was another big one mostly on the business side. He moved his business to Texas and still gets bothered by NYC and NYS governments.
Cash is a little more diplomatic with his approach and is very informative, the best . I do like the brazenness of this video here.
Louis Rossman says hi!
I left NYC in 2007 at the age of 22 and moved to Florida. I have never regretted it even once.
FL is #1
@@300Walk #1 in transphobia maybe.
@@tomato-ir9xs Not listening to the metally ill who add the word "phobia" behind everything is precisely why they are #1.
maybe you should regret your life
@@tomato-ir9xs Good
You are both a smart but also thoughtful person, blessed travels and please keep these vids coming
I’m crying because you touched everything that has run NYC down to such an embarrassing and pathetic state. I’m surprised people are not protesting how dysfunctional, corrupt the NYC public agency and MTA system is. Little to poor accountability, unnecessary construction….
Nope. They just keep voting Democrat.
NYC was a great city but policies have driven it into the ground. NYC is now a cesspool. Smh.
Vote for Trump. Then put Giuliani back in charge of NYC
Racist
@@Superabound2 Racist
I live in Connecticut. When our kids were little, my wife and I would take them frequently to Manhattan. We saw Broadway shows, the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, ate at nice restaurants, did some shopping, went to the Westminster dog show at Madison Square Garden, and saw the sights from the top of the Empire State Building. We always felt safe walking around and rarely encountered any problems. Then something changed. Now, I have no desire to go back at all. People are randomly attacked in broad daylight and you have to be constantly on alert. No thank you. You made the right decision.
It was mayor DeBlasio, plus Covid, plus Adams
+LJames +Horchul +AOC
I hope then that you will vote red at least in local elections in CT, so the same problems don't come to you. We know exactly how NY has gotten this way.
We all know what changed in the 80s. They’ll never change out of it now. Every 4 years they have their chance yet continue to chose squaller.
@@WesleyAPEX "we know" "we all know" why talk in code? what's the issue?
I lived in Chicago as an adult for 27 years. I've also traveled to several parts of the world. A few years ago I moved to Seoul....mind blowing. My experiences and feelings resonate with you completely. Good luck in the Garden State.
So much truth! I wish more people spoke out about this.
People should vote differently in NYC but they don’t and they expect things to get better which is insane
The definition of insanity
Not only do they not change the way they vote, they instead move away, and bring the same policy to the new place.
He's pro migrants but doesn't like them when they move to his state 😂
people like you who still think voting matters lol. The corrupt system literally controls EVERY level of government, from top to the absolute lowest clerk and dmv employee. From prosecutor to the judge, Trump trial and illegal prosecutions (in NEW YORK lol) is perfect example of that. From police departments, to park and rec, to literally every single department and agency, new york, just like most large cities in US are ran by several government cartels, stealing 100s of billions from citizens.
"But but but republicans are a threat to our democracy........." LOL!!! The re-pilling going on right now is kinda nuts. There is NO way the dems win in Nov.
I opened a startup business in NYC - worst decision I ever made. Despite the fact I didn't have a single employee, the government sent me a 30k bill for not having workman compensation insurance. Having to resolve that took hours on end and thousands of dollars in lawyer fees. Then to simply close that business was even more of a hassle.
Ouch. That super sux. Hope it’s all remedied.
😢😢😢
I struggle with the term “their fair share”. Who determines what fair is?
@@iamawelder for the government "fair" means all the money they need to buy votes and keep themselves in power...
Live and Learn. Really should have cased the place over thoroughly. ¿What in your head wanted you to try something there? You couldn't give me a Million dollars to try and do business there at this time.
Woah I haven’t visited this channel for a long time and to my surprise, you look really good! Well done on your weight loss!! 🤙🏽
I'm glad I went to NYC in the 90s... before the charm was lost! I'll come back some day once things get better
I saw a woman in NYC that chains herself to a pole in the subway then unlocks herself when the train comes so she doesn't get pushed on the train tracks.
WOW. Simultaneously smart and incredibly sad...
Sad that she has had to resort to such measures. However, I’d avoid doing this as it has made her unable to get away should someone decide to attack her or if there was some kind of emergency she could get crushed/trapped. Would advise against this.
She got what she voted for
@@Hashiramashultz and you know what she voted for yeah? (also crimes like these happen since quite a while already, dont just act like NY was the best place on earth until 2+ years ago)
RIP Michelle Go
I’m 35 years old, born and raised in Queens and everything u said is 100% accurate… moving to another state by end of year and can’t wait
That's wonderful, but keep in mind to not vote for the same thing you're running from in your new state. Incase you are a dem...that would be insanity.
What state have you chosen?
what state?
@@baandoptager PA… the northeast is just too beautiful to say goodbye to
@@livingwell5892 ohh no problem there lol
In the 1950s and 1960s it was possible for a gifted artist to live in the city and to have a studio space. There were many small shops throughout the city where they could find the art materials (and all kinds of odds and ends) to create original work. Artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Nevelson, Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns were able to take advantage of that affordable climate. Today's NYC is a constant stimulus but the highly creative atmosphere of earlier decades is completely gone. Even by the time that Basquiat and Keith Haring were doing their thing the city was becoming a difficult place.
Austrian here. Visiting New York City. It was very not comfortable. I had to use the metro. The metro was not comfortable. It was like a bathroom. A lot of crazy people.
Was in New York City last year. I saw somebody get robbed, I was assaulted, and witnessed a kidnapping. Yup, literally chewed up and spit out. Never going back.
Sorry that happened to you
All the same skin color too huh
You should watch the movie, "Death Wish" starring Charles Bronson.
You weren't "literally" chewed up and spit out. You were figuratively chewed up and spit out. You literally used the word "literally" incorrectly. Also, where the hell were you that all 3 of those things happened to you? NYC may be wild, but the crime statistics don't even come close to supporting the picture you're attempting to paint.
Can we all agree Ari fans but he needs to stop saying “frankly” in these walk and share vids???!
You are looking very healthy and fit. Good job.
yeah! I was getting worried about his weight
You can’t see someone’s health. Weightloss is not the same as health, gaining weight is not the same as unhealthy
Why😂@@josealexi5141
@@passaro1791the exception to the rule does not negate the rule. The opposite of what you said is generally true.
@@passaro1791 yeah fatty body with fat accumulating in the blood and body is totally not causing health issues.
Xiaoma, you are awesome, and you continue to be awesome, making the decision that is best for you and your family. As a South Jersey native, as well as an anthropologist from Stockton University, if you ever want to come down and check out the area around my university (15 mins from AC), which has a large and diverse population made up of people from many different regions of the world who speak many different languages, please feel free to drop by! Not to mention, some really good food joints I can show you! Buena Suerte!😊
A lot of people don’t remember this, but New York has closed a lot of mental health facilities, which were residences to people who needed a little bit more attention. Then they went and they put them into what’s called group homes and all the different neighborhoods so they can come and go and be as crazy as they want right in every community, thank you New York
I think they got this idea from Reagan (who closed the majority of MH facilities when Gov of CA). It worked so well...😱
@@elizabethbrauer1118, So, NY and every other majority Democrat run city have learned nothing since Reagan. Got it. Keep voting Democrat.
kzhead.info/sun/eMiKpNKQiKeFo5E/bejne.html 30 Washington Street in DUMBO Brooklyn was always one of those places. I walked dogs there years ago and every time I passed by, one woman would yell "Top choice!!!" when she saw them. I'm sure she saw that commercial in that same building in 1974. Now, it's condos for rent, starting at $3500 a month.
it's literally the joker movie
Yeah group homes are all over the USA from small towns to cities it's not just New York so blaming it all on that is just ignorant
I'm so glad you're addressing this. Everyone speaking out is the only way it changes.
Not if they keep voting for the same old nonsense and drinking the PC kool-aid.
Yes but we need to agree on the fundamental problems.
Hopefully, I'm Dutch but this is sad..
The main change needed is to stop the constant voting for dems. They have ruined several big cities.
or vote differently!
My aunt is a lifelong New Yorker. Lived in Manhattan until 60 years old. A couple years ago she left - forced out by extreme rent increases, safety issues and overall lack of quality of life. She was so sad to leave, but it had to be done. Shes now in NJ and honestly doesnt even miss it that much anymore. It just breaks her heart to see what the city has become. I hope she sees it improve in her lifetime 😢
Violent crimes has been declining in New York. If your aunt lived in NY early 80s, then it was absurdly rough, I know as I was there.
@@yikwanwong8267 you are partially correct. But after Obama and Deblasio the crime has been sky rocketing. The reason you may not see it is because they are playing with the numbers. These DAs are not convicting felonies and are actually downgrading them to misdemeanors, or throwing the case out all together.
If she lived there in the 70s and 80s and didn’t think the city had be written off as dead back then if not for a show called Sex and the City, and its depiction of city life for singles which created a boom town out of NYC and with boom town comes higher costs, so finding the right balance is necessary and needed, but attacking America’s Flagship City for political attacks is just sad, especially when statistics show that GOP states in the south, you have a greater chance of being involved in a violent attack there than in NYC. Fox News doesn’t show videos about crime in Mississippi because it’s not politically beneficial.. so you are unaware to be fearful.
Americans vs Democrats.
@@sillyrukus we are all Americans, and it’s a 50% split, so making 50% of the country your mortal enemy is not going to end how you expect. Trump’s lasting legacy will be sewing division in his own country, because the level of hatred was forever turned to 10, thanks to his rhetoric. Pray for your country bro,
Glad to see you moved here to Jersey, we struggle with the same problems as nyc but we’re more spread out so it’s less noticeable. Sometimes I wanna leave Jersey and it sucks because this is my home I know every street every corner every crevice. I love walking the waterfront in weehawken to Hoboken with my son with no fears and sadly if I don’t find I way to make more money eventually I won’t be able to live here anymore… shout out to all of my east coast strugglers and good for you making your families safety your #1 priority!
Exactly! Come on step up! There has to be someone that can take initiative and don’t worry about what everyone else thinks of them and just do it make your city great again!
Don't worry O'Biden wants to import all of hamas there... bet that will turn things around....
Poor guy. NYC is such a hell hole that he actually thinks New Jersey is a nice place to live.
"Im leaving NYC" Moves accross the river🤣
New jersey is unironically one of the best places to live in the country, in some places
@@mattbradley408I’m guessing it’s the same places where houses go for 7 figures
@@tony_5156 Yes. As someone who lived in NYC and currently NJ - I'm assuming most people dont know that if you can afford to live in, and then move out of Manhattan you are in the top 1%. Lil homie didnt move to PA or somewhere cheap, he's a regular scumbag.
goes to the Sopranos territory
I didn't expect Xiaoma to talk about this issue, but I'm glad he did. I live in Canada and we're experiencing a lot of the same problems, especially Toronto, Vancouver, all the largely developed cities. I think this was really well put together and said in a way that will make sure everyone understands without trying to outright blame one thing in particular. It's a collection of problems, but things are going downhill fast. Thanks for your amazing content Xiaoma, good luck in New Jersey.
you have trudeau he cant do anny thing good
LOL If he thinks the Subway is bad, wait till he has to deal with the horrors of Jersey Transit.
There's a common denominator here, check what party your current politicians are for those cities... I live in NYC btw
@@johng3029 Oh I'm aware
It’s not even limited to big cities. I live in a city of less than 40,000 people and we have multiple screamers downtown, people who randomly lie down in the middle of the street, people who will run up to your car at a stop sign and try to vandalize your vehicle, used needles in public parks, weekly building fires started by addicts breaking in and getting high, etc.
Well done video. Welcome to Jersey! Come check out Somerset County!
I am born and raised in NYC. After 53 years I just couldn't do it anymore. I hope NYC gets its act together, but I don't see that happening for at minimum another decade or two. Great video and thank you for speaking facts!
My son was born in 2018, the minute my wife became pregnant I started looking to leave Brooklyn. Bought a house in Toms River, NJ in 2019 and it was the best thing i ever did.
My friends live in Toms River.
Yeah, and now all the NY North Jersey are invading South Jersey. Tell your friends to stay up there and stop taking over Lakewood.
One dump to another dump
The same day an nypd officer was killed, a man was pushed infront of the train and killed, that same day mayor adams spoke about how the crime in the subways is at an all time low…..
He and all who vote blue here have the blood on their hands.
Crime everywhere appears much higher than it is, compared to the past, because everybody now has a video recording device in their pocket today, in the form of a smartphone. This wasn't the case 10, 20, 30, 50 years ago. That is, the chances of a crime being recorded is nearly 100% today, vs 1% or lower in the past. So it seems like crime is super high now when it really is much lower than 1975 thru 2000, nationwide. This includes NYC and other major cities.
They can't report crimes they can't show up to. NYPD has been gutted and they aren't even enforcing laws unless there is an immediate threat
@@Geotpf: No, they just aren't recording them the same as before. The prime example is from California, wherein they won't arrest anyone for shoplifting less than $900 in value. The thefts are still happening, now more than ever, and businesses are being forced to shut down as a result, yet officials will claim crime is down because of such manipulations. No arrests or charges means those incidents are not counted in the stats. NYC is engaged in similar, slimy tactics to try to sway people into not believing the evidence of their eyes and ears.
They literally had to deploy the national guard to stand watch over the subways how is that not proof of crime@@Geotpf
@xiaomanyc I’m so sorry to hear that the once beautiful and so multi-cultural city of New York has come to this. It is truly a sad state of affairs. Our family hails from Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia,Canada and unfortunately we are experiencing the same things here. Our provincial government years ago decided that our mental institutions were costing too much to maintain, thus sending many people with mental issues to the streets making it unsafe for them and us as well to live in a normal society. And to add to the pot, our Federal government also decide that decriminalizing hard drugs would help all the people with substance abuse. To me, it just escalated the problem. It is sad to say that for a young family like yours, trying to find that fun loving childhood that you once experienced is getting harder and harder to come by. Our own son who lives in the picturesque city of Victoria says he has to scope the area of the playground to make sure there are no needles or drug paraphernalia scattered about before he will allow his 4 year old and 17month old to play on it. Like how has it come down to this? My hope is to see that they will bring back the institutions to help these people who can no longer survive without assistance and make the streets more safe. One day…. On a side note, thank you for the very educational and entertaining videos that you put out. We love your work. All the best to your new home! God bless you and your family and always keep you safe❤
You bought up a concerning issue on your behalf regarding those who require extra assistance. Why don't you step up and help them? I think you would be the perfect fit for the task 😊
I feel the same way. The culture here in America, is that when it's not "your" money, you can spend it however you want. And this is exactly what the government does, spending recklessly, with almost no discretion. And they are not held accountable.
As a Kansas resident, having you put in quotes "Yes this is a real place" when referring to Manhattan KS is such a trip! (Oh, and for the record- I've been there! It is in fact a nice town.)
lol same
Love the little apple 😅
College town, go wildcats baby😂
Nah. Rockchalk Jayhawk.
except for the wuhan level 4 type biohazard lab there.
You look great! Here’s to new beginning 🎉🎉 Best of luck on your new journey ✌️
he acutally looks terrible, but i do wish him well.
Moving from NYC to NJ is very common.
@@TheWimmseHave you seen his older videos. Dude definitely lost some weight.
8:45 this is why tyrone needs to diversify him more
@TheWimmse jealous that he lost weight ? I am too it's okay lol
Thank you for making this video!! The decline of NYC is something that's largely ignored, I hope that as many people as possible see this video and hear what living there is really like.
In NYC, self-defense is now an offense 😟
It's almost as if people voted all their rights away....
I lived in SF and NYC. Then I visited Singapore. So clean, so safe. Parents let their 12-year old kids walk and ride the (super-clean & safe) public transportation to/from school! We have so much potential for greatness, safety and prosperity...
Singapore is probably one of those countries that has a 99 percent conviction rate and the dp for drug dealing
It's like this in every country that has a homogenous population. They all speak the same language, have the same culture, same history, same expectations, etc.. Anytime you mix multiple societies together across religious, racial, cultural lines; you get violence and instability.
That’s how it was growing up in SF in 90s. I was out all day with friends in middle school, cruising the city and skateboarding.
@@zdrux its just bk ppl
@@zdrux Singapore is literally one of the most multicultural nations in the world with 4 official languages:- Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English and has an equal distribution of many ethnic groups. Please tell me you have never visited Singapore before you made this comment. America's problems are the fact that there are university and critical social inquiry academic theories prevalent amongst lawmakers and people holding public office whom have made the problems of America worse by implementing laws that do not make sense even for legal migrants and are simply advocating for a complete Marxist shift in politics. Even Dubai is only 13% Emirati the rest are all migrants and yet it has one of the safest, most prosperous and clean city states in the world.
As someone who has been here over 10+ years, this hit so home for me. Myself (and many others in my network) couldn’t agree more with you here. Great video and really well put together with all the stats + facts.
just curious, trump or biden
congratulations, you voted for this
The funny thing is all the people I know who live in New York say this, and then when you ask them who they voted for, it's the people that are currently there. So in all fairness, they really have themselves to blame for the situation that they spend so much time complaining about.
Sadly everything you’ve said is true and there’s much more you could have added. For reasons I will never understand, many of my fellow New Yorkers make no connection between the abysmal slide into anarchy we are experiencing and the elected officials presiding over this catastrophe. From the mayor and city council to the governor and legislature, we have no real leadership but instead a superabundance of social engineers. I’m third generation New Yorker and come September, we’re leaving. And it breaks my heart.
We moved out of NYC in 2017 and in the beginning I was homesick. I went back in Dec 2023 to visit family and the shock to see how absolutely miserable everything is just made me realized I was fortunate to leave when I could. No one is taking care of their homes anymore. Everything is fall apart. Businesses are falling apart. Crime is up when before I move it was actually lower compared to my childhood. I feel for the people who can move out. It’s expensive to move and without help or connections, you can be stuck. 😢
I love living in NYC as a guy, but my girlfriend is constantly uncomfortable having to be hyper alert and avoids going anywhere alone. We’re leaving the city strictly due to safety. Hopefully one day they figure it out so we can move back.
What part of it do you love? I was born and raised in Brooklyn, and it became so horrible leading up to and during Covid, I couldn’t stand living in New York anymore. Everything I loved about it was gone.
It's been that way many more years than it hasn't. Compared to the 1970s today is cake. Best to search places you may potentially afford to retire in for as many years as practical. The best way is to live there so I did.
they wont figure it out in fact itll get worse. i live about 20 minutes from NYC and havent been there in like 8 years
leave your voting habits behind....
@@bobdenalio2074 they dont, thats the problem. they think problems in these places have nothing to do with how they voted
My neighborhood declined like so many other places in the US. Growing up, you're just used to the idea that the park, is not for use by families or regular people. It's pretty much seen as wilderness, with hostile human-animals. Schools are hostile environments. Walking home from school was hazardous and potentially dangerous. I got the full experience, because we stayed living there long after most everyone else we knew early on, moved away.
bro I doubt ur even native lmao
Americans vs Democrats.
@@sillyrukus It doesn't matter which party is in charge. They all lick the same corporate boots. They are all on the same team ultimately, equally corrupt and useless. The only thing that changes is the rhetoric they pay lip service to.
*Like so many other democratic states
@@j.w.213tf does that even mean?
this week was a new record of me having to share a train cart at 5am with a screaming fentanyl addict 5 days in a row every single morning this week
Leave your kids at home
Born and bred NYer here as well. It's a sad state of affairs. People like to say "everything is fine" but we're heading for a situation like the 70s/80s all over again. I packed up and left, not going to wait for it to get sorted out
Glad you left....real New Yorkers know it's the greatest city in the world!! Go Knicks and Rangers!!!!
@@100timessquare I used to feel the same way, but eventually opened my eyes. Unfortunate what's going on, eventually it will turn around
As a native New Yorker many of the reasons you stated are exactly why I left many years ago! Good for you and your family. Everyone deserves to live in much better environments than NYC which has become absolutely embarrassing in every sense of the word!
Same here and I hate it because I'll always love the idea of NYC. There was a short time where it seemed to turn around. But, I don't remember it being this bad in the early 90's when I commuted back and forth from the Bronx for work.
Where did you move to?
We moved from Brooklyn to Queens and figured out how to finagle free shawarmas.
@@maldo1969 thats bc early 90s the crime went way down and was beginning of great 30 year period which has ended
Damn 😢😢 so there’s no hope for this place huh ? I’m about to start packing.
I left 20 years ago. People thought I was crazy. Turns out, I was just ahead of the curve.
I left in 2019. I feel ya.
Yup. 2003 I was out.
Great foresight!
lol, he "left" across the river. 10 minute path train ride. gtfo
Not really. NYC was still pretty great til about 2020. Especially during the Guiliani & Bloomberg eras. I was sure I'd be spending the rest of my life there. It's only after COVID/BLM/DiBlasio & Adams that NYC went to complete sh*t and stopped recognizing the city I used to love. By 2023, I was outta there.
Same in London (UK). The regulation and wayleaves needed to even put up a lamp post 10x's the cost of any construction
so exciting for a new chapter!
Being from NYC myself, I didnt realize how bad things were until I joined the army and had the opportunity to travel and live in other places. It really opened my eyes to how unacceptable the living standards have deteriorated there. I have been living in a different state now for almost 4 years and it is one of the best decisions I have made. I am so much happier and healthier now. It is sad but as things are now I dread going to New York and I really do not want to return there anytime soon.
Idk how people do it man. Pay 4x the cost of absolutely everything to move around in that dystopian hellscape. There’s no good reason to live there for anybody. Rich or not.
Corruption and incompetence.. Change your voting habits and maybe it'll change. Its been solidly blue for decades.
@@ThatDudeDeven💯
What state u livin in?
@@ThatDudeDeven Well said!! 👍👍
I really appreciate how well thought out and level-headed your commentary on NYC was. And how articulate you were at clarifying your precise issues and viewpoints. 🙏
You get what you vote for...
8:45 this is why tyrone needs to diversify him more
He needs a one way trip to the Congo in Africa for his diversity needs...
Welcome to New Jersey! I've lived here my whole life and it's certainly not perfect but we are proudly diverse and go far in helping our most vulnerable. Hope you love it!!
You make many excellent points. The problem is that officials are getting ridiculous salaries for doing nothing or, like you said, for being incompetent. Also, MTA workers are not the most efficient.
Grew up in Brooklyn, frequented in Manhattan, even dirty old Times Square,playing pinball with my niece and nephew in the '70's, riding subways to almost every neighborhood. The biggest difference between now and then is their weren't as many mentally ill people. Never saw a gun,nobody was naked. Took the subways by myself to the beach, shopped with mother at Macys. My mother worked in Manhattan and took the subway every day. Miss the old shops,coffee shops ,delis,bookstores. It's a shame. You made the right move.
NYC and the whole country! had public mental hospitals. They weren't great, they had their problems, and it's easy to cheer for Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but so many of those people can't care for themselves and needed to be in hospitals for their own safety, for everyone's safety (and hygiene). There were always many mentally ill people (maybe ore than most cities!), but when things got bad they got help.
Even though you said “macys” , I heard the jingle “every day’s a sales day at mays”
By every metric NYC in the 70s had multiple times more crime than it does now.
You can thank capitalism for that. It's only going to get worse from here.
@@porkcutlet3920 yeah fuck this comment, it is *not* capitalism lol. This is a very US-centric issue right now, not capitalism of all things. What, do the pristine cities of japan, korea, various countries in western europe/nordic countries somehow get forgotten here? There are plenty of landmark cities in the capitalist world (so basically the vassssttt majority countries in the world) with cities well planned, liveable, and clean. This is a US issue as a whole. Not capitalism.
I love the candid walk through the park video style you've been producing lately!
yes the lack of editting makes it feel more natural and real
Vote Trump to save America 🇺🇸 and get out of sh*thole Democrat run cities. 🙏
@JimboJones99 NYC has enough criminals, you can keep Putin's puppet
I moved to Jersey City last August and I love it! You’re actually walking a few blocks from where I work 😁
You can thank Uncle Joey and Auntie K for the broken policies.
It's all about leadership (or the lack thereof). I grew up in NYC and left in the early 1990s right after college and moved to South Carolina. My brother is now in Colorado. The rest of my family is in Florida. My wife's family is now in Indiana and North Carolina. Our families lived in NYC for generations, and one by one, we left. None of us regret that decision..... GREAT video! Haven't been in NYC since 2017 and it sounds like things have been in a complete freefall since then.
aMAZING THAT 80 PERCENT OF YOUR FAMILY MOVED TO RED STATES
Hey Mike, my story is similar to yours. Left Queens in 1993 and moved to Colorado. Good move for me because I could not afford to buy a house here now. That being said, Colorado (Denver) is starting to have its fair share of problems. I think the entire United States is in decline. Really nowhere left to run except maybe out of the country.
There’s nowhere on earth to run except to the Lord Jesus. Read one of the Gospels today, Sir! God bless. 🙏
@@silkscreenart5515 CO was great when it was a Republican state. The woke virus destroys everything it touches
@@israelisjeshuas7009 You can run to cold rural places... Africans and Arabs don't like it there.
As a German I can understand your grief with slow and expensive government projects. I wish you and your family all the best in your new living environment.
Americans vs Democrats.
and declining public safety cause of mass immigration.
germany is rotting, no more cheap oil, all the brands get out the country
@@VostockR😂
I am a native New Yorker Brooklynite. I left to the midwest in 2021. I miss some things like the musuems and prospect park etc. Overall happy to be away for it all.
Go someplace hot and warm with happier people and extreme outdoor sports! NYC will never change and always be there
My grandfather once told me that you can find anything there, but nyc is not fit to live in. I learned that myself the hard way. As a woman, I had to be on constant high alert, especially on the train. I adopted the RBF and never used headphones to be aware of my surroundings. mentally disturbed people screamed in my face multiple times. I felt threatened on a crowded train by a man who was aggressively murmuring under his breath. I moved away and never looked back
Keyed Grandpa
Just some dude talking to himself freaked you out?
@@briansounalathdon’t be shocked bro that man can escalate a situation in a matter of seconds. Those people r unpredictable.
What do you mean as a women, you think it’s that much easier for men there. Who do you think are the people getting stabbed and shot and your talking about a guy talking to himself scaring you away?! I lived in Chicago and hearing this excuse is absurd to me
@@briansounalathWhy would you reply with a statement that clearly identifies you didn't read her entire comment. Like seriously, man. Just such a rude thing to do. She obviously said it was more than just that incident, with multiple people screaming in their face. Read and respond to the entire statements people make. Don't disingenuously act like they only said one tiny little sentence and then reply to them rudely. Fuck I get tired of reading crap like that
It’s a story as old as New York City, single guy comes to the city, works, finds a wife and has kids and moves to the suburbs
And When he gets to retirement age he will move to Florida and complain about life in the North East like people have done for the last 40 years
Suburbs arent safe either now. You gotta go to small towns.
@@ur-inannak9565soon those will be flooded with relocated migrants.
Right?! Youth move for the excitement and then when they get some money grow to hate it. He’s way overplaying it. I’ve been here three years and it’s not that bad. Yes you will have unsavory interactions and see a lot of insanity, but that just comes along with living in super populated city. With all the people, you see a lot of cool stuff just by walking around too.
@@ur-inannak9565 How can it be that the violent crime rate in New York is rather low, especially when compared with the 70s and 80s?
I am from New Jersey and this has always been a thing. Many people live in New Jersey and would commute to NYC for work. New Jersey is less expensive and not as fast paced. Growing up, we would visit NYC sometimes for plays or go to the harbor or shopping, but that was about it.
I feel like Diane from Bojack Horseman talking about her time in LA when thinking about my time in NYC. "I'm glad I lived there. But I'm not nostalgic for it at all"
I'm so happy to hear someone with your platform talk about this
As an American currently living in Singapore, I can attest that the Singapore MRT system is a model example of how metro systems should be. Part of the problem is that New York has no desire to do what is necessary to solve the problem, which is to basically remove those who cannot or will not be good cogs in the system from the system.
This was a really well-argued video. I've been frustrated to see some NYC-based creators recently posting a ton of click-bait style videos about the decline of the city. But this was all explained and discussed in a fair and reasonable way. These are real issues and it's becoming more and more difficult to raise a family here in the city. Wishing you the best as you settle into NJ life!
Xiaomanyc for president 😁📸
I agree with this guy 100%. You pay crazy amount of tax and you get nothing in return. Probably you need to send your kids to private school. I have been living in NYC for 15+ years and it's gotten worse especially in the last 4 years. The same crazy people yell at 4am waking you up from your sleep. I was in Jersey City today, exploring the neighborhood ;)
How is it clickbait if they’re right?
@@Deciverse They use wildly exaggerated headlines and thumbnails. That is clickbait.
"NYC-based creators recently posting a ton of click-bait style videos about the decline of the city..." I think I know some of the videos you're referring to. This one was refreshing.
I used to travel to NYC every two weeks for about two years straight in 2006-2007, then monthly from 2008-2012. It was an amazing place, never had to really worry about safety in the areas I was in (Murray Hill, Midtown, etc.). Now I have two daughters & I've often told them how much I would love to take them to NYC, but in its current state, there's no way I'm gonna do it. So sad to see such an awesome city get ruined by the greed, corruption & incompetence of its leaders.
This is quite common in the US -- it's citizens (regardless of which party is in charge), have no idea where their taxes are applied to. The US Media always harps on us Europeans (UK/GM) paying up to 40% of our taxes to the Government - this is true. What isn't reported to the American Public, is that we SEE where our tax dollars go to. The London Subway (Tube) is constantly being upgraded and is far more cleaner than NYC's by any means. Our crime rate is far lower than the US and our social systems do provide for medical, shelters, welfare requirements. We, just like the US have many immigrants arriving and difficulties, but for whatever reason, I don't understand why American Citizens aren't informed by their local, state, and federal agencies to exactly how their tax dollars are being spent and to whose pockets it is going. There is NO reason for NYC to be paying that exorbant amount of money for ONE new subway station -- impossible. I hope the US Citizens get a better opportunity to hold it's leaders (in both parties and levels) accountable for spending issues as the current state appears unacceptable. With much love to the USA from Europe.
I was born and raised in Queens. At 34 years old I had enough. After Covid NYC just wasn’t the same. I’m sad for what NY has become and its politics that have caused it to be the city it is. I now live in Texas and although it’s not NY I feel a lot safer here for me and my family.
Welcome to Texas✌️
The lack of law enforcement has almost everything to do with the the BLM riots of 2020
I was born and raised in Brooklyn. My mom was born and raised in queens. We left for Florida during Covid. I still have family in New York, and as bad as it was when we left, it’s so much worse now they say. It makes me so sad. I grew up in the 90s and 2000s and New York was amazing at that time.
@@estherruth4692 NY was fire before Covid. I never thought I was leaving yet here we are.
Texas isn’t safe either so that’s funny
I have followed this guy for years. One of the most innocuous people that I follow too. He’s brilliant when it comes to language and is really just spreading joy and positivity through real communication. But even he is done with NYC. I couldn’t relate more. Moved out of NYC a few years ago for the same reasons and I won’t be back. The top 1 percent and the criminals are the only ones who benefit from these policies in NYC and it’s just really sad. I had worked and lived in NYC for over a decade. No more.
Well said. I Left NYC for Arizona last July. Couldn't be happier. Even made a video about it. Hope you've moved to The Ellipse ;)
I guess you like to follow 150 year old laws. Great state there.
So Xiaoma is 33? He came of age mostly in the sanitized Manhattan of the 2000s/2010s. I'm also lifelong New Yorker (albeit Staten Island, but the North Shore, the more "urban" part, and commuted to school in Brooklyn/Manhattan as a teen/early 20s), so I came of age in NYC in the 1970s and 1980s/early 1990s, it was much worse in those days than it is now. It has been sliding back a little since the pandemic, but I think it is getting better. I ride the subways, and feel comfortable riding my bicycle/walking around Manhattan. Up to the early 1990s, there was always a palpable sense of risk, threat doing that, especially after dark, but I don't feel that way now. Of course I mostly work from home (hybrid schedule, only one day a week in the office) and I am out on Staten Island, but like I said, not all of Staten Island is super-suburban, I am in a more urban part, and I still ride the subways and venture into Manhattan and Brooklyn by public transportation frequently enough. Re the subway, yes, there's a lot of waste and high fares and costs, but remember also it is much older than the system in Singapore (built in 1987) and, while other systems like the London Underground are even older than the NYC system, only our subways run 24/7. So yes, lots of problems and room to improve but it is over a century old and runs around the clock, which makes maintenance more difficult. And again, you have to have lived here in the 1970s through early 1990s (I guess you were born in the late 1980s, but you're too young to remember) to appreciate how much it has improved compared to how bad it was then.
Nice to read a sane comment. Not saying nothing anybody else is saying doesn't have merit, but there are SO many reactionary comments on all topics these days without taking history or a million other variables into account.
@@forthebirds4 I mean, I am not saying that there are not many problems that need to be addressed, but I have been seeing lots of hysteria in the media (New York Post) that seems to be getting people worked up. Crime is worse than it was before the pandemic, but NYC has seen a lot worse. Someone who grew up here or moved here or visited here only since the late 1990s or 2000s doesn't remember how bad it used to be for over two decades, from the early 1970s to mid-1990s. The problem, though, is at least in the bad old days of crime and chaos and decrepitude, the "Bronx is burning!",squatters, 1 out of 10 chance you'd be mugged after dark anywhere in the city, at least the city was affordable. My siblings rented in Manhattan for $300 in the 1980s, after college. (I myself paid less than a $1000 to live in Park Slope in the late 1990s and early 2000s.) Even adjusted for inflation in 2024 dollars, you could never find anything that cheap nowadays. So we have a bit of the crime of the old days (exaggerated as I think it is) plus the over-inflated gentrification prices of the 2010s/2020s.
Yeah, this is the one thing that’s always been in the back of my mind when they’re talking about how dangerous New York is now. I used to go to New York City from Springfield Massachusetts on the train to go skateboarding all the time. This was in mid 90s and let me tell you there was a lot less cops and a lot more crazies around back then. The subway was really intimidating back then too.
@@bsr6823 Yeah, people got spoiled. Of course we need safety and affordability and we don't want to go back to the bad old days, in the early 1990s there were like 2,000 homicides in one year. Of course the city was much more interesting then. But the people talking about how dangerous and threatening and bad it is now and that's why they have to leave are young or only moved here since the early 2000s. Of course it wasn't the absolute worst in those days either. They have to watch movies like "Fort Apache, the Bronx" or "Serpico" or "Midnight Cowboy" or "Kids" (that's about the skateboarding scene in the 1990s) to get a feel for it. NYC was danger/sleazetown then. Then it became all Disneyworld. It's not back to how bad it used to be, but it's gotten a little less Disney lately.
Damn son! Same reason I left NY 15 years ago. I live in OH now, and I’m very happy. Have a great career as interior carpenter, have my own family, my own house, 3 cars etc. But the best of all is that I actually feel safe. I got assaulted in Roosevelt avenue once after visiting my wife. They took my money, my phone. It was the last strike for me. I’m glad I left.
We have a mayor in Columbus who is working on turning this city into NYC. I mean NYC in all the bad ways, not the good parts of it. We did get a lot of house for our money, we were lucky enough to have bought it back in 2009 and the value has literally doubled.
Ew you are in denial. You do realize we're in a runaway trajectory of climate catastrophe that's about to send food prices and cost of good spiraling out of control? You aren't any safer in Ohio.
@@TheDoomWizard You are being scammed. You are very eager to have the governments and corporations steal even more of your money. This planet was supposed to be uninhabitable over 20+ years ago. The planet was doomed in 10 years for the last 60 years. Do you think they're telling the truth this time? Why?
Was literally just in NYC and it's beyond sad what it's turned into. Amazed you didn't leave awhile ago.
sure
This guy is so brainwashed he still has to have a disclaimer that he loves immigration lol
Relocating to Jersey instead of staying in NYC is interesting. Even though it's technically part of the NYC metro area, Jersey offers some distance from the city's jurisdiction. You're still close enough to see Manhattan and remain in the cultural hub, but with potentially more favorable policies and a lower cost of living. Some people are put off by the high taxes in NYC, feeling that paying over 50% is excessive. This ties into the broader debates around government financial policies and how the Democratic party has shifted further left compared to the centrist, pragmatic approach of the 90s. Both parties used to be more moderate, but now there's increased polarization. Because of this, some families are prioritizing their wellbeing by moving to red states with policies they see as more pro-business, lower taxes, and leaning 'hard right' rather than 'hard left'. Of course, red states also come with their own trade-offs like strong religious values, opposition to abortion, a tough-on-crime stance, support for the second amendment, and pushback against 'woke' culture. If you're considering such a move, just be aware you'd be exchanging one set of policies for another. Some would advise really reflecting on your personal values and voting preferences to avoid ending up somewhere you're still dissatisfied with the governance. It's a complex decision with pros and cons to weigh up. But getting a bit of distance from NYC while staying nearby could be a good middle ground for your content creation. Just something to think about... I love your videos!
By the facts that people tell me about NYC, I can tell that in my country, which is in fact the wallet country Romania, drugs are decreasing, crimes also decreasing, the subway is quite worse (I think), but on the outside, Bucharest and Cluj Napoca just change the image, and give a normal life not like it's extraordinary, but good. And yeah, Bucharest is a nice place to grow a family.
I left 1.5 years ago for all the reasons you mentioned. It financially didn’t make sense for me. I now own a home in Utah where as I would still be living paycheck to paycheck in NYC.
Well, that's nice, but you're in UTAH. I know, I know... "nothing wrong with Utah!". But then again, you're in Utah!
Vote republican
Thanks for bumping our home prices up to unreasonable prices.
Don’t go over there and vote blue
Welcome to Utah! As someone born and raised in the state, I hope it’s treated you well
Good on you xioma. We need more people like you speaking out. Glad to have you here. Welcome to New Jersey.
Welcome to NJ, Xiaoma
😂😂😂 NJ and NYC have the same politics 😅😅😅
@@dimase86 Similar but not same.
"fair share" democrat policies crippled NYC. Now you flee to NJ and vote the same people into government. It's a cancer.
@SopranoPizzaJMFNJ Similar is exactly the same. Same dumbdowned politcs all fall under a socialist regime.Your utopia stay there please.
Very sad but true story. I am happy you can get out of here ! I am your fans. Bro, New Yorkers😢❤
It's not about whether social services can work, it's about the fact that in too many American cities they don't work. The reason for that is corruption.
I totally expected the title to be clickbait (like, “I'm leaving NYC on a trip and then coming back”) but I'm grateful that this was a more-serious take than that.
Me 2!!! I am quitting KZhead, I am moving, ect…. This is def. Not clickbait
Ha ha me too.
Totally agree. I started a job in NYC last August, live in NJ. I avoid the MTA like a plague. Horrific conditions in the city.
We used to have mental institutions, but then it was decided that they were cruel. So now, they live on the streets. There's a middle ground, but we as a society can't seem to figure it out.
Nearly every city upstate has an abandon high rise 'state hospital'. Large buildings and think of all the crazy people they held at one time. Now the crazy people just wonder around, and scream at people, I didn't know why they were all closed, but you probably right, society thought it was cruel.
It’s more cruel to not care for these people, it was frankly far more cruel and idiotic to just let them live on the streets
Agreed. Its more cruel IMO to let people who NEED institutional care to just fend for themselves on the streets. Meanwhile the rest of us have to deal with them. It’s unacceptable.
It's not society it's our politicians....
If you watch old movies & cartoons, they often had memes about "calling the men in white coats" when someone was acting crazy. That came from the fact that we used to have an entire infrastructure for mental health care, including dedicated staff who would respond to mental health emergencies (rather than police), and facilities where the patients could be brought. (Those big state hospitals & asylums.) Unfortunately the care administered at such institutions ranged from "indifferent" to "sadistic". We had the infrastructure, but the techniques and understanding of mental disorders were lacking. Regardless, the Federal funding for such programs was cut bit by bit until it was finally ended entirely during the Reagan administration. That is why the mentally ill homeless population exploded in the 1980s and hasn't gone down since, and why there are so many abandoned mental institutions in every state. I've always wondered what we could accomplish if we had a mid-20th Century level of funding and dedicated infrastructure for mental health, combined with modern-day understanding of treatment. It wouldn't be perfect, but I'll bet it would be one hell of an improvement over our current strategy of "there is no strategy".
There is a saying I was told when I was younger, " you have to help yourself before you can help others ". America needs to take a step and we need to help ourselves for the next decade.
Absolutely !
Yup. Vote Republican down ballot. Theyre awful, but modern day (D)s are completely deranged.
@@LibertarianLatinaYeah the Republicans have bankrupted my state so how does that help 😅
Decade? That’s nothing. Better be planning for the next 25 years.
As if America has ever done anything except help itself 😂😂😂
I was born in New York. I was raised in Long Island and I still live here. It is too expensive for what you are paying for… For a family I wouldn’t even stay close I would rather go to Florida, Texas, North Carolina… New York hasn’t been the same since before I was born lol. I saw videos of NYC in the 90’s and it looked like the movies. I think NYC is reflecting the state of our country right now… Scared for the future tbh.
I am so glad you are talking about this. Loved your channel before, but now I’m a bonafide fan of your ways.
Wow great video Xiama. I knew about these issues but you've really shown how extreme they are. London is essentially facing the same problem.
Yep London's Mayor has absolutely decimated our dear capital. We can criticise the hell out of Boris as a PM, but he wasn't too bad as mayor of London.
I have to say your tube system worked well and I think I only saw one or two homeless people on our 10 day stay in Scotland and London. We waited about 5 minutes or less on the platform.
Yeah that’s true about London. Only problem is there are less places to go in the UK. I feel the UK as a whole is getting worse and worse though.
@@georgemulford2910Mass immigration, woke politics and a useless establishment
Seems like theres some smart Londoners here who feel the same way. Sadiq Khan took less than 10 years to ruin this city. And he looks likely to get a 3rd term. It’s so over.
Here in California, nobody seems to know where the $24 billion dollars that was supposed to go to cover the homelessness issues went. Nobody can track it down...just poof "gone"
We all know where it went.
"We must keep voting left, though!" - Democrats
Israel
Yea remember when winnie the pooh went to san fran and almost overnight all the homeless just POOF disappeared and they cleaned the entire city? Why do that for the reds? Why aren't we helping our own people? The hell happened to all those people?
It went to Hogwarts