I’m 5 seconds in and I see a toilet on the pavement

Born and raised in Paterson, the people are cool but the mentality is twisted. I left and never returned. I moved to North Carolina, it’s country but better quality of life.

In all poor neighborhoods Liquor store always thriving 🤔☹️

I’m Peruvian and my parents and grandparents are Paterson OGs. They’ve been living there since the 70s. Despite the high crime rates, there are a lot of humble people with morals and family values. However, due to the environment, my family decided to move to Florida. However, there memories of Paterson will forever be in their hearts as it is their first city in America. Btw I was born in St. Joseph hospital.

Paterson is chill af during the day time.. just don't let the sunset on you in the wrong area..

I was born in Paterson, I know every single street you drove on

The main problem - corruption -

There are still good people in Paterson

Surprised, only saw about 200 drug deals going on.

If you got time to lean, you got time to clean. Unique uploads man, thanks

Born & Raised for part of my life in Paterson & proud but its SO freaking sad to know that We had so much history in this beautiful city and its all gone downhill as years pass by. Its getting worse by the minute. I drive these streets everyday thankfully nothing has happened but don't think its weird if you see a fight break. My people need guidance from the community. WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

In Ny we have welfare recipients who clean our streets and its mandatory for them. if they wanna keep their benefits

Where's Joe Clark when you need him?

I would feel stressed out driving around those neighborhoods, especially if I'm lost, but at home watching it I feel grateful that I never have to go there.

Your car sounds like its on its last leg..

Eastside high school in Paterson NJ movie lean on me

And to think that property taxes here are just as high if not higher than some really decent towns in Bergen county.

I went to Fenwick house in Paterson on market street. Crazy days , was way better then being in prison, we saw a lot just looking out the windows. As a matter of fact we always use to watch everyone from the windows...it was the closest thing to being a part of society again. Thank you for this video. Keep up the amazing work.

😂😂😂😂 he drove down the hood of PATERSON of course this is what u would see y didn't he drive past the Eastside , upper Northside, Southside I'm from PATERSON never had a problem and never been poor every city and suburb has what some may call a rough side in it

I WAS IN THE VID!!!🤣🤣 2:40 I was outside the store but i know every street you drove down, my family lived on a lot of those streets

Only 37 kilometers to Wall St.

I was born in Paterson and grew up there until I was 15 and moved to SC. Shoutout to my peeps on East 19th by the Building. Ptown always been rough but it has some good peeps out there

Great video. Haven't been in Paterson (my home town) if your ever near 270 Madison Ave send a short video. My house growing up! Mad love for a cool video!

4:57 pothole the size Rhode Island.

Good To See A Lot Of Kid's Going To School or Getting Out🎒👌👍

Breaks my heart... left Paterson over 50 years ago. Went to Central H.S. , half a dozen or more movie theaters, parades, planters peanut man on main and Broadway giving free samples, Libby's Lunch, Falls View, the stadium, graduated P.S. #5 in 1960... You know what... even after viewing this video, I still miss the old Paterson...Even more now. It WAS a great city. Of course I lived in Hillcrest section, but also on Benson St. (long gone to the projects) and West Broadway. You can't shock a Jersey guy. :-) To think... Hamilton, George Washington and General Lafayette had a picnic on top of the falls way back then and came up with the idea to make Paterson the place to start of the Industrial Revolution... "Silk City" forever! (Live in Florida now... very little "history")

Lived in paterson during the late 70s,80s,and left sometime late 80s because it was getting rough . I remember going to eastside park and they actually had goats and deer that you could feed and pet the animals . they had water fountains,families having picnics , it was very nice then . I can't believe what i saw in this video so sad .

I’m CRYING CAUSE WHY NORTH 6 the first block tho 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The church y'all see at 6:54 is the church M.L.K JR gave his last speech.before being assignated.. I was born and raised there..to outsiders it's night are on Elm Street.. for Me it's Bel-Air And who ever filmed this..ain't take you through the hood.he just driving through the dirtiest areas

Every he was finna drive up to my house he kept turning the wrong way:(

When it comes down to it it's not big buildings that make a great city it's quality of the ppl that have respect for others and themselves to live a decent life of working,taking care of their families not living the gangster lifestyle...

It seems that people here are too poor to buy some brooms.

Dam bro u right by my mothers house she by down the hill on east main and Amity we live right by section 8 towers but hey Paterson ain’t that bad there’s opportunity to leave u just gotta apply ya self and tbh these hoods ain’t that bad once u live in them cuz u get used to them but I moved out tho recently I live in Cali now but God Bless to all who still wanna make it out the hood there’s a chance 🙏❤️✅💯

Born and raised in Paterson and I moved away when life moved me on , Came back to see the old house and neighborhood and not one person could tell me when the earth quake hit! What a shame.

Long time viewer, crazy to see my city on here!! Time to move. I see you in the 4th ward and north side. Gov, carrol st, 12th ave auburn...

8:27 when Kodak Black beat pops up in your head

I was born and raised here I will never put down the place where I came from because greatness has come from here a graduate of Eastside high school and a nurse, raised my family here. It's sad to see that people dont care about where they live but I do care and no matter where you go there is a "Paterson " somewhere. Again I will never put down where I live you just have to want to do better.

At 14:00 I started craving a cheesesteak from the Torpedo Base but you turned right. 🤣

I would pick Paterson over Camden all day!!!

I used to live in paterson for 10 years ,and i was afraid of the streets ,now i se that this is heaven ,compare to mexico were i live now

People need to take pride in their neighborhood. There is nothing honorable about being trashy or thugged out.

People have no pride, trash and garbage everywhere. The city should get tough on these neighborhoods.

I'm from philly and I commented this on one of those videos but it's probably the same in this place. Homeless people often go out on trash day and rip up all of the trash bags looking for metal to sell (you hear them pushing their shopping carts like 2 or 3 in the morning when there's no activity outside). It happens like every week so everyone is beyond used to it/annoyed by it but won't do anything. It's not even good money either which is the annoying part.

Yep that's about what I saw when I drove through Paterson: bunch of able-bodied adults standing in their own garbage in the middle of the day. I saw groups literally standing in garbage on the curb

The streets and houses are dirty, but most of them seem to have nice clean cars. 🤔

This is the jungle for real!!😢😢

Just find your ch i love what you do amazing

The streets are so dirty :c

The home of Lou Costello.

Love your videos. Have you considered merchandising? I would wear a t-shirt advertising your channel.

Love those big Victorian Italian homes. I picture lots of pastas and good times

Grew up all around those parts and all my family live there and I still fucking love the city of Paterson

I currently live in Paterson and sadly it is filled with trash all around the city and there are very few amount of areas that are clean and sanitary for the public.

I can't wait to not live there.

A walk down memory lane, thanks, I was just bought up in Paterson, went to Eastside high school

Thanks for reminding me why I moved to Vermont.

Workin ur way to the Massachusetts hoods ✊🏿only 3 states away 💯 I rlly hope u do that’d be litt 🔥

Don't worry. Democrats will save them!

As a Jersey cat, I think you could just as well made the title Paterson New Jersey.

This video for some reason makes me want to stop at the corner store and play a lottery number for the Daily Lotto

That was depressing.

Ayeee Jersey in the house.. lived in Silk City for a few years .. now I’m down bottom here in Newark

Wow!! A trip down memory lane...Born & raised in Paterson's 4th Ward went to school #10 & J.F.K High School now living in NC. I love the South & would never move back! But.... Make no mistake I love my City ❤️ Growing up in Paterson builds character you learn as a kid not to take nobody shit🥊 You had to adapt to what's around! And I wouldn't change that for the world 💯 #justakidfrompaterson

Bums me out to see that guy towards the end of the video, texting and walking. He has all brand new clothes on including brand new Tims. I get it.. the impulse to look rich when you’re poor. I grew up valuing that too. It’s a dead end culture and it keeps poor people poor. When you’re that guy’s age, $200 worth of clothing could be a $180 car payment or a savings account deposit and a $20 trip to goodwill. But Goodwill will get you laughed at in a hood like this. Shame.

I was there many years ago.. Still looks the same... Rough stop. Be ez bro 😎

I was focusing to see if I saw myself walking around in the video lmao

Thanks for video. Live in Florida now. Miss P-Town...

I was born in Paterson it used to be really nice.I remember Johnny and Hangies,best chili dogs in the country

Some of those old homes are just beautiful.

Kinda like this neighborhood. Not the current state but the overall looks. Im sure it was nice some time ago.

omfg dude, i'm on the east coast of Canada and if i drive around and show you my city you wouldn't believe it isn't yours. the houses the streets everything looks identical.

At one point he passed the public library a very dangerous place to be at night . I was born and raised in Paterson glad I got out

My boy driving down Jefferson like he scared 😂

Not one cop car!

I enjoy it cause I'm home all the time I can't get around like I use to cause of my back problems but I certainly would not mind going state to state and paying my share of the gas etc,i ride my mobility scooters and Wheelchair around but it's not enough I raised my kids and helped raise my grandkids I helped the homeless in tent city New HAVEN CT AND ENDED IN THE NEWS PAPER BACK IN SEPT 2002 I JUST WISH I COULD GET AROUND TO SEE CITIES I NEVER BEEN TO BAD I DON'T HAVE A CAR I WOULD BE DOING THE SAME AGAIN I LOVE THESE VIDEOS AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS

you drive past my friends house 😂

People that didn’t realize their worth yet, but when they wake up. Paterson would be close to NY

Less than 5 mins in was basically my exact route when I had a drug problem and would walk thru there to meet my dealer. Not proud of it at all but I will say that as a hispanic kid that looks like and often gets confused for a white person, for the most part I was left alone and I would go from all times of day from really early in the morning to 10pm at night, but never later than that. Only common thing that would happen to me was constant homeless people and crackheads begging for money. The homeless/drug addict problem over there has gotten so much worse over the years. I am a lucky son of a Bitch I never got robbed or my ass kicked or arrested. So very lucky. Nothing bothered me more than the crackheads that would post up outside my bank or anyone else's bank. Legit thinking someone is gonna hand them money from an ATM that only dishes out 20s & 100s. I never understood that.

born and raised in paterson, my momma don't let me outside the house my area really bad.

The state of these roads, no excuse for a government that has the wealth of the USA and the economic might of the dollar behind it to let any roads in any corner of the country get this bad.

Growing up i used to think i couldnt wait to get outta here. Watching this reminds me how proud i am to be from here. Its not for everyone but if you can make it here you can make it anywhere!!! Hey from California✋✋✋ ps Broadway pizza still the best pizza ever!!! Aint gonna find that in Wayne 😂😂😂

In your opinion Charlie, where's the worse place you've visited so far?

I drove in there for the first time about two months ago. I couldn’t believe the amount of garbage on the streets.

Man! I had coworker that was from there and that’s all he would talk about growing up in Paterson, NJ. Ol Mac

I aint gonna front though,they live in a house that looks like something you would find on the "Addams Family" block😂🤣🤣🤷🏾‍♂️

I've been around in Paterson sometimes but trying to minding my damn business without no lames get at me... Smh

The sad thing about Paterson is that its pretty much completely hopeless. At least Newark, East Orange, JC and even Camden have a FIGHTING CHANCE of improving since they're very close to major cities; this place will never gentrify. When those other hoods start to gentrify; they're gonna push most of their poor into the far out hoods like Paterson and Trenton making them even worse.

I'm born and raised in Paterson New Jersey, Michigan Avenue my grandparents used to own a sweet shop on Trenton Avenue I now live in Clifton I know every street you were on, it used to be a very beautiful place Italian families in Irish families when I hit High School about 15-20 years ago maybe it took a drastic change nothing but drugs and alcohol feel the streets even on the nice area where my grandparents still live to this day their house is still there they will not sell it they are 98 years old and they still live in Paterson they refuse to move

U ever gonna do a hood interview in Paterson?

I've lived in New Jersey my entire life and have never been anywhere but Newark and Elizebeth lol...

This could be a historic district with all of those huge older homes....too bad it's gotten to this sad state.. hope it turns around into an up and coming community.

Went to see a 1 bedroom for rent and just put it this way I was concerned about leaving my car parked as I went upstairs..so I Never viewed the place and wasted about 4 hours total plus tolls gas and energy 🤦

Future of America if Corey Booker is elected..

Paterson’s not all that bad You just need to find the right area like hillcrest or lakeview

The winter time don't show the true texture to these neighborhoods

I love the east coast but something about it also depresses me 😢 sad because it seems like such a cool place to live in

Those would be some nice houses if they was maintained.

Haha! That hill you drove down in the beginning is Clinton. Clinton and like North 5th and 4th. Down the Hill represent..

Reminder that diversity is our strength

You should see some of the potholes where I live. Small cars fall into them, never to be seen again.