Chinese immigrants live for decades in tiny tenement housing in New York's Chinatown. Poppy Harlow reports. For more CNN videos, visit our site at www.cnn.com/video/
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@commonman8011 жыл бұрын
If they're struggling to pay $200 dollars a month for rent, and No Utilities, There's a Bigger story here. That means because of their status, they're more than likely being paid LESS THAN Minimum Wage. If they're making $7.35 and hour. They should be Netting about $223 Dollars a week. AFTER TAXES. That would be about $892.00 a month. She may have stumbled on a slave type Labor Environment. Those people are being taken advantage of. The Numbers clearly state that. They need help...
@valeriepaulsen52366 жыл бұрын
commonman80 I think you have the truth there. It makes no sense unless they believe they are slaves. Stockholmes partly, seperation from the world also a factor. Isolation can convince you of most anything.
@YoshiAmakusa3 жыл бұрын
That is false! They are employed by restaurants where they are paid by slave drivers who do not impose taxes on their salaries. They make more than minimum wage and monthly salaries ranges from $2800-$3500 (non taxed!!!) they send all of that money to China!
@helloandgoodbye25463 жыл бұрын
they dont pay them they are trafficked
@Juliousthebassplayer8 жыл бұрын
it's more safer then a city shelter.
@username61355 жыл бұрын
No, it's not. City has laws and health code.
@username61355 жыл бұрын
Well, maybe safer because there are thug gangs in the shelter that will try to kick you out.
@sangjeongkimcho2934 жыл бұрын
cho darl~ ho seul~
@YoshiAmakusa3 жыл бұрын
*than you fuck wit.
@flip1sba11 жыл бұрын
Those tenements in Lower Manhattan are no different from the cage / cubicle homes in HK especially around Mong Kok. Yes, the conditions here are not as great but better compared to their HK counterparts.
@sangjeongkimcho2934 жыл бұрын
MAC!DONG!NOWNG! BAT FRY RI? SKUNK FRY RI? PUPPY FRY RI CHEF SPECIAW? WHICH ONE BOIRED ARIVE PUPPY OH SKEWERED PUPPY SPECIAW!
@123RADIOactive4 жыл бұрын
sangjeong kimcho ........ please don’t take up a ventilator if you had caught covid19 and is in need of medical help.
@MsGorteck Жыл бұрын
That was my first thought too. There is another KZfaq video talking about a LL who made illegal apartments with doors 3ft tall. The tenants had to literally crawl on the floor to get through the door to their own apartment. This was in the Brooklyn/Queens China Town, iirc. You should look it up.
@caramalise61195 жыл бұрын
'Is this your kitchen?' She sees him cooking...maybe she should have "parsed" her questions. Yet on another note...this makes me sad...
@dearbulls11 жыл бұрын
You don't need to learn English if you only live in NYC Chinatown. I've been there before.
@yeoj19253 жыл бұрын
if you work only inside the kitchen w/ co chinese you will never learn to speak english
@ldchappell111 жыл бұрын
I lived in a tiny room like that in San Francisco for about a year. I hated it. My place was 9 x 7. There was a window but the air well was only 5 inches deep. You couldn't tell if it was day or night. I also had to get my water from the bathroom. The place was just big enough for a bed, a small nightstand and a kitchen chair. The rent was $218 per month. You live in a place like that for a while and you REALLY appreciate space. lol
@vickypan597210 жыл бұрын
The living condition in some areas in Hong Kong is even worse!!!
@kenyup54246 жыл бұрын
Vicky Pan his room definitely cost at least $6000 hkd monthly in Hong Kong
@username61355 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your opportunities and freedom.
@ethanbarnes71734 жыл бұрын
I know it doesn’t exist anymore but for example, Kowloon walled city
@123RADIOactive3 жыл бұрын
What’s sad is that some places in Hong Kong and China, you’ll find places worse than this.
@ardinsalim90482 жыл бұрын
how can you still not learn english if you live there from the 70s?
@kde43910 жыл бұрын
Those standards are below Americans average but still much better than many places in china, much cleaner for sure.
@ruzzelladrian9073 жыл бұрын
This puts those homeless centers by the city government to shame.
@dexterspeightsii95718 жыл бұрын
One man's misfortune is a another man's good fortune.
@fh34866 жыл бұрын
Walked through Chinatown Philadelphia and noticed a door between stores propped open. I proceeded to go inside. I walked up 3 flight of stairs and there were doors on each narrow floor, the carpeting was peeling off and it was fixed by duck tapes. It was horrible.
@idansolon47159 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this doesn't seem that bad. & it's a bargain for $200/mo in that area.
@Offensive_Username9 жыл бұрын
Idan Solon Plus, you get free mould and unhygienic conditions to get ill!
@allieb85857 жыл бұрын
Or you can rent a room in the Bronx for the same price and get more well adjusted because there is privacy to use the apartment bathroom, your own room and closet, and you have clean filtered running water.
@Tyler-ug1hs3 жыл бұрын
@@allieb8585 You cant rent a room for under 300 per month? Now you gotta explain that further if its true
@Hehe-tg3xk3 жыл бұрын
@@Tyler-ug1hs for about 400 dollars you can rent a room in jersey
@Tyler-ug1hs3 жыл бұрын
@@Hehe-tg3xk not in Jersey City anymore 🤣
@adrianajimenez43426 жыл бұрын
Prayers for everyone
@susiemcd39418 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the shoebox cubicles in Hong Kong.
@AstroidSizeZit11 жыл бұрын
uhhh what do you expect for $100-$200 a month.
@dovrose51553 жыл бұрын
Sad that after this report, they shut down the place. Where are these people going to live now?
@thomasjung6660 Жыл бұрын
So they allowed these reporters in and then got their source of income terminated
@natalies47857 жыл бұрын
My grandparents lived in tenements, so did my mom. According to my mom tenements were one big loud happy family. To her this is shangrila. She saws Americans are ungrateful and be glad to have a roof over your head. Dont put people down. Someones home is there castle. Perhaps the city should fix them up a little. Perhaps CNN should do a report on homeless people. At least these folks have a place to live.
@peppermint237 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone WANTS to live in a tenement...they are dirty and dangerous places. I do think people make the best of what they have, but if offered a roomier place with more privacy and a better quality of life for the same price or lower, I have a feeling most or all people would go for it. The other part of it is, NYC is a city of millionaires. Having a roof over your head isn't really the question; it's a question of exploitation.
@raderanthony6 жыл бұрын
Fucking Hilarious! I mean...I understand and agree with your mental reasoning
@lalakuma96 жыл бұрын
I think you didn't watch the whole video. Many of the tenants are happy about where they live despite the place being a fire hazard, but they're afraid of getting evicted due to gentrification, and thus becoming homeless. So they were doing a report about one cause of homelessness.
@raderanthony6 жыл бұрын
Hummmmm
@user-dz4pb2ll3k5 жыл бұрын
@@kennyholeater2494 what about white immigrnats? (like me)
@binqing11 жыл бұрын
Actually some of them could go back home but they probably afraid to "loss face" in their hometown. Thus, they waste many years of their life by achieving unrealistic "American dream." It also shows illegal immigrants' lives are hard and unlike someone describe as free loaders.
@LIVExLEARNxLOVE9 жыл бұрын
at least you can smoke inside
@nuniezjorge11 жыл бұрын
Immigration to that country is every day less worthy than before
@cynthiagonzalez6582 жыл бұрын
See, I told ya NYC is a third world country.
@Mralex27967 жыл бұрын
these poor people i hope the best for them
@gingginglong89875 жыл бұрын
waaaaaa
@gingginglong89875 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭
@techcafe20942 жыл бұрын
What ???
@AGStylZ11 жыл бұрын
It's kind of sad how most of these prelaw tenements in the LES have barely changed even after the newest tenement law was passed. Sheesh.
@bcsdctve11 жыл бұрын
4:29 he is lying. i am Chinese, if you have more than 1 child in China, Chinese government would just fine you.(In some small towns, they don't even care if you have 100 or 1000 children.) The guy just wants to continue to stay in the US illegally, so he makes up this ridiculous excuses.
@TOHPHAYT14 жыл бұрын
To think Nick Mullen lived there
@zhiyuann11 жыл бұрын
you are too naive. they probably have similar living conditions back in China. life for the poor in China is much harder than that in the U.S. also, if you take a look at the immigrant laws, you will surely know these people have no chance to move here, unless they marry an American.
@caramalise61195 жыл бұрын
But WHOA....I've always heard MISSISSIPPI is the most impoverished place on earth in which a humam beings occupy!! I thought NY is suppose to be heaven on earth....the place to be!
@calaragazza35563 жыл бұрын
Most of NY is a shithole
@MattSezer10 жыл бұрын
I'm not saying that this is ideal situation, but to live in lower Manhattan for $100-$250 is an amazing deal. It always surprises me when you look at the condition of Chinatown and LES and realize how they're still some of the most expensive places in the country to live.
@kwonglie58 жыл бұрын
NEVER GIVE UP.....................................FROM BOISE IDAHO USA
@calaragazza35563 жыл бұрын
This is depressing
@kkequd11 жыл бұрын
Both middle class and poor Chinese people 's living style in China is different from this. It's interesting to watch and to know.
@jzf1j11 жыл бұрын
so many people said "fake" , but this is real, i have seen other place that is more packed than this one, but he should not be blame , you have big money you live big house , he like small place that is his life style, he didnt bring other people brouble, and he dont abuse gun , he dont drug, he is nice to cnn to guide his house . so ?
@RaunchyCommentor5 жыл бұрын
Great journalism Pewdiepie!
@hidethesaucex39786 жыл бұрын
Most hipsters nowadays would kill to live in one of these.
@pastelpurpledeathbed2 жыл бұрын
And this is allowed?
@ldchappell111 жыл бұрын
You make a good point but getting welfare is not robbing people. Robbery is using force to get what you want. Welfare is something like $350 to $400 a month, but that's not enough for a place to live. Not in my city. You can't rent any place for less than $800 a month here in San Francisco.
@ldchappell12 жыл бұрын
@Barry Wardell We love you too Barry. Have a nice weekend. 😁
@nerofred56787 жыл бұрын
god bless him, for find solution
@lorettatayor58406 жыл бұрын
it's tiny but at least they're out of the weather, & not on the street. god bless them. and they have a lock on their front door. terrible that they don't have a roof on their apartment, or cage if you prefer. someone could climb over & get in, no safety, no privacy. so sad. i'll pray for them. maybe someone could make a "roof over the top of the room to keep heat in & provide safety & privacy.
@MsGorteck Жыл бұрын
This was really good. Thank you. Watching this and watching some of the places Cash and Eric have shown on their channels is really interesting. The lack of a ceiling is what would bother me. Not the size, I have lived in SRO's before and think they serve a great purpose. It is too bad that the city has effectively banned them from existence. They allow for people to live off the street and in not bad conditions. However, with rent what it is in NYC now, I would like to see a follow-up by Poppy. Thank you for this.
@summerraines8046 жыл бұрын
Looks like a typical dorm room. Could save lots of $$ with $200/mo. rent.
@superfly81586 жыл бұрын
you guys should move to Detroit.alot of living space.maybe the place will improve.
@zhiyuann11 жыл бұрын
as far as I know, their salaries are around 5 dollars per hour
@Tyler-ug1hs3 жыл бұрын
How do you know that ?
@scooterahlers96668 жыл бұрын
These tenements with 40+ Chinese living on one floor are still a LOT SAFER than ANY housing in a BLACK part of NYC!!
@Rueyful8 жыл бұрын
+Scooter Ahlers why is that?
@whatsonhermind17687 жыл бұрын
Scooter Ahlers wow you're really sad. You had nothing better to do but bring black people up? Why are people always trying to tear black people down and compare us to other minorities.. The black neighborhoods of NYC feel just as homey to black people as Chinatown feels for Chinese people obviously.... We have businesses and community as well.
@PaulReinhard7 жыл бұрын
Shortythepresident You seem unhappy. I have a suggestion. I will pay for a trip for you to visit Africa for a few weeks so you can hook up with your people. After that we can talk about how mean and bad white people are and how disadvantaged you are to be living in a civilized country. Sound good?
@jakcarn41846 жыл бұрын
i rather live with chinese than blacks. chinese are hard working and like their privacy and dont annoy or irritate others whereas blacks dont want to work and smoke and take drugs all the time and blast their ghetto music 24/7.They have no respect for anyone.
@3John-Bishop6 жыл бұрын
Too many people, too many problems can't solve them all.
@selfrule7017 жыл бұрын
U don't know what these people go thru or their reasons ....stop bad mouthing them dang ... If u got it good for you don't judge other people because they don't have what u have....
@vitodanelli6 жыл бұрын
So there isn't any enforcement of occupancy codes on the building owner(s) by authorities? Poppy, you're such a horse's rear end as a reporter.
@thomasjung6660 Жыл бұрын
No need to insult anybody?
@vitodanelli Жыл бұрын
@@thomasjung6660 ha ha ha!!! Obviously you didn't comprehend my point about occupancy codes. You're more focused on what I said about Poppy's reporting.
@thomasjung6660 Жыл бұрын
@@vitodanelli the landlord is lying. Nobody runs a business if he is losing money. I lived in Chinatown. I use to pass that building many times without realizing who or what the inside looks like. The landlord should compensate those who had to live under those conditions.
@kiewies11 жыл бұрын
I don't necessarily like the way the woman speaks to these people. It gives me a feeling as if she's speaking to animals or a small child. While I appreciate this report and how it puts things into perspective, this woman makes me feel as if she's speaking to animals.
@krisb-travel Жыл бұрын
Jeez US, give those guys legal residency status already
@ThePagoy4 жыл бұрын
They never heard of places like North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming or New Mexico. 👍🏻
@NickFunHunter11 жыл бұрын
This is real. But think it in a different way. He is working and contributing to the society. Instead of robb other people by getting welfare or and go to prison and let tax payer pay for him for everything.
@vbofe11 жыл бұрын
The father of 3 children was lying.
@magicworld32423 жыл бұрын
True
@admayn7711 жыл бұрын
Good job Poppy. Keep it up sweetie.
@ciel22211 жыл бұрын
VERY SAD Iam a New Yorker ,and Iam schock to see this
@eddienaranjo19075 жыл бұрын
my cell in the state was bigger than that
@dexterspeightsii95718 жыл бұрын
Person Prison without bars!
@2KGrind0911 жыл бұрын
duh, he lives in chinatown not Harlem
@LibertyTreeBud11 жыл бұрын
If the Chinese tenets are willing to live in 54 square feet then why not construct living spaces above these buildings properly to include all the necessary spaces for cooking/living/bathing/washing and do it right with gardens on the roof and solar power use. They didn't seem to mind sharing space so what is the problem? Where are the designers and architects designing not just for Chinese but for all the people in the near future who will run to get 54 sq.' and 84 sq. ' dwellings?
@MsGorteck Жыл бұрын
Because the city government, at the behest of property owners got the rules changed. Now, because wealthy, predominantly white people, feel that if you don't have 300sqft+ it is immoral, and cruel to live in. This by the way is not just an NYC problem.
@thomasjung6660 Жыл бұрын
Are these rooms legal?
@November4413 жыл бұрын
You might be surprised that some of these guys own houses and land back in China.
@jzf1j11 жыл бұрын
how come he live such small place 1 he like save money (most immigrant chinese do , that is why bank in eastbroad way have lot cash saved by resident 2 they get used to. most people in asia they cant offered to pay highprice house ( 300 dolla salary meanwhile more than 300k dolla for 130 square metter apartment, that is my hometown city , shanhai , beijin pice will be triple at least)
@baemmahmud693411 жыл бұрын
why can't the old man speaks english?? He's been living there since the 70's
@benalexender30466 жыл бұрын
baem mahmud because he's surrounding by his Chinese community always speaks there own language
@hodoprime11 жыл бұрын
Dont let Bloomberg see this. He'll kick them out.
@163pete5 жыл бұрын
They move out from there and into Maryland!
@chunksinfante17893 жыл бұрын
“Chaka. I’m dr Rick marshal, Chaka . Rick marshal”
@Mindsaw7 жыл бұрын
as a NY native, sad to see this..
@zaybx34855 жыл бұрын
I rather live here than DHS shelter
@AgainstAllOddz5 жыл бұрын
I wish I could live like that. And I am American
@chris101ward6 жыл бұрын
So you mean it's kind of like living in china? Only better?
@dandy30826 жыл бұрын
Go to a Midwestern small town and you can buy a mansion with the amount you're spending on these places in NY. It's not like anyone is lying about the rent, I've never stepped foot in NY and I'm well aware that it's an expensive place to live in.
@akbrimnyc4 жыл бұрын
nobody wants to live in a midwestern small town
@dandy30824 жыл бұрын
@@akbrimnyc I do
@MsGorteck Жыл бұрын
But can you get a job?
@slumpedxx10306 жыл бұрын
She talks to them like they’re stupid. She’s obnoxious as hell.
@bernedettrose11 жыл бұрын
Poor guys
@stevetaxpayer66645 жыл бұрын
Over immigration has really driven up rents to such un-affordable levels.
@cynthiagonzalez6582 жыл бұрын
It's common knowledge.
@manlokcstc11 жыл бұрын
This is called a luxury home in Hong Kong which may command rents in the range of US$700 a month.
@jakcarn41846 жыл бұрын
true
@alexanderrahl4829 жыл бұрын
the american dream baby, livin it up!
@beefnoodles49813 жыл бұрын
see philippines tenements its a bunch of determined people to work or make trouble such a cluster fudge
@felixanderson933711 жыл бұрын
yeah I had heard that some chinesse people work for 5 dollars a hour but they work like 12 to 14 hours a day so the only clever thing about it in like 4 to 5 years of hard work they make enought money to buy there own litle restaurants.
@youngnurse99942 жыл бұрын
The same thing is happening all around the world!! I seen it and almost fainted at how many people were living in such places , some worse then this !! 😳 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐 So sad 😞😥.
@dottiesmith24396 жыл бұрын
At lease they have a roof over their heads... What does people think, that they should live like rich people when they get here, really....? Give me a dame break....
@mariekatherine52382 жыл бұрын
These are same as conditions in much of China.
@gameVStruth11 жыл бұрын
Well I was in the army, and we lived 60 in the room with group showers. During missions I often didn't bathe for weeks at a time, slept on dirt and sand (when I did sleep). And that was just the way it was. Liberals always looking for a victim where there is none. Having a 9-5 and having my own little clean apartment would have been pretty much amazing at that point. end rant....
@TripleThreatKris11 жыл бұрын
They shouldnt've settled in New York City. Prices are so high there they will be stuck in the poverty cycle forever.
@calaragazza35563 жыл бұрын
They don’t speak English. They have to go to an American city where a big population speaks their language
@bajorjor111 жыл бұрын
check out hong kong's cage apartments, it makes this place a seems like a 5 star hotel.
@kenyup54246 жыл бұрын
bajorjor1 exactly
@kenneth93436 жыл бұрын
bajorjor1 true.
@MusicforMe12310 жыл бұрын
The haves and have nots.
@ethellws6 жыл бұрын
MusicforMe123 . The legals and the illegals.
@65305176 жыл бұрын
They work construction jobs? Chinese. LOL
@djaloshi695 жыл бұрын
1977 can't speak a word of English, interesting.
@Gluluman5 жыл бұрын
you should come to California San Gabriel valley
@dearbulls11 жыл бұрын
I am from China, and I DO NOT approve this message. And I support the 2nd Amendment!
@jamescaterina16028 жыл бұрын
Poppy Harlow ,I respect you for what your doing with the people in chinatown,Your a nice looking woman.
@Mr1958louief11 жыл бұрын
Great reporter!!
@dearbulls11 жыл бұрын
Yes, you have the point. +1 Most Americans have more compassion than discernment. Too naive that can be fooled by "Big Sam" easily. Just like what they did to the law abiding gun owners.
@Eidelmania11 жыл бұрын
Chinese like to live that way, it makes them feel comfortable.
@desirefirst11 жыл бұрын
2 words, Firefox, AdBlock.
@desirefirst11 жыл бұрын
Wtf is wrong with cnn's tech people? You shoot a vid in 4:3, you should post it in 4:3, boneheads.
@AlexanderMccarthey8711 жыл бұрын
Most everyone has worse quarters in china.
@HikikomoriDev Жыл бұрын
lol people in the Mainland live better.
@jenniferashley9911 жыл бұрын
these commericals are getting longer and longer..zzzzz
@Loyaldark11 жыл бұрын
if you are a Chinese then you, obviously, are the one who was living in city(where all resources go),as considered a rich compare to people in small town and country side. in country side, when they are having second children, many mothers have to run away from their home and get the baby out in place where their local governments don't know or no authority. then when they got home with baby, they either have money to pay FINE or forced to get ligation. he might used it as excuse, or might not
@Iam-me6 жыл бұрын
Look like in hong kong. Small houses.....also who occupied gov. Houses now. ?