You really shouldn't talk bad about Harrisburg. It was people that moved there from other states that made it look the way it does now.

Thank you! The person who posted this video clearly just wanted to find blight which we have but the city is very safe. Just because someone can't afford to fix up their house doesn't mean they are bad 🙄

Yes, this is the same neighborhood as the first video. It's not camp curtin. It's still 80% Allison Hill. Not bad considering they redlined this city for decades. Heck back in 2006 I was told by Commerce Bank that they didn't lend in the city of Harrisburg due to their Incinerator Problem. How could people refinance their mortgage if the local banks weren't investing in the area? It's sad but this happened by design not by accident.

@@sinc3re1ydan or doesn't live anywhere near the property and takes the loss as a deduction every year.

And I at age 41 can tell you the decline from the early 80's to today is unbelievably depressing and drastic Any Capital city of any State or Commonwealth that is as bad across the board as Harrisburg should seriously be reconsidering what they believe is an acceptable level of corruption in government because they show up to this disgrace daily and it doesn't bother them one bit that it's a hellhole face the facts

@@bigvalley4987 uhm not so quick it's not safe at all and no one is making judgements about people not being able to fix their homes Harrisburg is dangerous and it's only getting worse

@@HansTyndale It's the same all over PA. I worked for 10 years for a state representative from Pittsburgh, and 15 years for state representatives and a state Senator from Philly, and I've lived in Harrisburg all my life.

Perfectly said

really, it wasn't drugs darlin' i moved to harrisburg in 1976 and it was a shithole then and its only gotten three times worse. keep pretending and bullshitting yourselves as to the real reason

Perfectly stated. To me, it looks like a decent residential neighborhood that needs a compassionate economic infusion by way of jobs, trade schools & small business assistance. ❤😊

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hey . hii. i m from indian. i am staying here for one month in Allison hill, de street with my husband.people said that its not a safe place.Isn't.shoild be leave this place.

@@meenakshisavita7240 Hello Meenakshi, welcome to the United States and to Harrisburg. Allison Hill is the most unsafe part of the city, but also the part with the cheapest rent. There are a lot of other parts of the city that are better, I would move off Allison hill and into downtown, midtown, or uptown. If you have kids, I would move outside of the city because the schools in the city are not good and the ones outside are much better.

really, i moved out in 76 when the population was about 79,000, today its about 45,000.. da ya think its workin'?

I’m from Harrisburg too. Went to college in Philadelphia and frankly stayed there and never thought about coming back to Harrisburg

Thank you for saying this, Ms. Hillhouse. I am 68 years old and have lived in Harrisburg all my life, and Bellevue Park surely doesn't look like this.

The crime is high thas not good

@@traincore1955 With all the almost daily shootings in York, PA......the folks there have NO ROOM to comment on Harrisburg. York isn't even as large as Harrisburg is, population wise.

@@CindieLee1953 I'm not saying York isn't comparable to Harrisburg but it's a lot worse there compared to York despite the population... not that for a capital city that Harrisburg is big by any means. That being said, I've left Pennsylvania years ago. I only go back to see my mom and that's it. I could never live my life there.

People like to drag harrisburg, but I love harrisburg, I do not like what's happening to it now

Unless spanish styled

San Francisco and Santa Fe have cookies cutter homes? Oh really 🤔😆

Cookie cutter homes are everywhere, mostly HOA communities. I’ve lived in the east and the west, it’s all the same.

For some reason, the west houses are made with wood, in the east some are made of bricks wich are more durable and no too many problems with termites or wasps

Character... and roaches, and bed bugs.

Very sad

My father use to say, you made your bed now sleep in it.

USA has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Shows where the priority for the government is placed.

I mean he did say he was looking for the worst hoods of Harrisburg Pa soooo……….. the point of the video is to show the worst parts of Harrisburg

I hope so too

The biggest drain on Harrisburg is the State Capitol. They have so much land downtown but pay no taxes to the city. So all that space taken up by State buildings can't be other business or homes that pay taxes. And all those commuters that drive on city streets to work at the Capitol don't pay any taxes to the city.

@@sinc3re1ydan yup, good points.

they moved out to stay alive so stop sugar coating it. how for can you move, soon you'll be in jersey, another democratic shithole

Democrat run city. Say no more.

BS. Allison Hill and Camp Curtin are for the animals.

I think what he's trying to say is if he would of went 2 streets down in the camp curtain neighborhood it looks totally different uptown area actually has more clean area then dirty and run down I live there so I know

@@andrewsmith5159 I noticed he did a lot of alley crawling to avoid the nicer blocks. He also opened on the hill at the horse trough and took the worst route to get uptown

@@Skiis44 he definitely did avoid the more eye popping neighborhoods I'm from uptown grew up a block away from the governors mansion

It is the purpose of the video to find the worst part. You guys dumb or something?

Kensington!

Trenton is a bona fide ghetto sadly.

South Philly is Very interesting, but the smell of Garbage in May near the Wal-Mart was horrible and we didn't go out at night as my forever friend since we were Military Wives during the Viet Nam War didn't think it Good and she had grown up in West Philadelphia with her Dad was in the US Navy ⚓😇🎆✨

Would Love to see the City at night sometime later on; i did see an omnious-looking Night Club off to the big parking lot? way left & before the Wal-Mart with Gangster cars right out of The Godfather 😎

Baltimore here. Nuff said.

Steven Reed is what happened to Harrisburg! 30 yrs of him robbing the city left it in shambles!

@@HansTyndale that’s like during mass shootings how gun stores take advantage. Hmm

@@HansTyndale it’s not apples to oranges but whatever. That bill won’t get through.

@@HansTyndale I didn’t hear that, and I work at the capital.

@@HansTyndale no, but I normally hear about it. I do know that PENNDOT has a serious budget shortfall because of the lack of gas tax collected during Covid. I also heard registration and fees are going up, again. Regardless, if it passed I would think the news would have gotten ahold of it and it would be out.

This the one right here!!

Whoop whoop

Wait Lancaster is worse I thought it was no crime cause of the Amish?

@@DonArmandoRobles The Amish don't live in all of Lancaster. There is a part for the "English people", meaning non-Amish 😎

@@Shazzyhtown Was electricity discovered there yet? 😳 😶

I have lived in Pennsylvania, for 7 years now moving from Jersey . They only good thing about pa is you are not in constant traffic . It is like no one cares about how their state looks .

Great running along the susquehanna!

@@ForeverYoungKickboxer All the way to 3 mile island.

Absolutely Lemoyne, Camp Hill there's a few nice area's that border Harrisburg but it's sad for the Capital to be like this it used to be beautiful and could be again

I live 2 miles from Lemoyne now. Sometimes go to the Lemoyne pool

I also lived on front st lemoyne great scenery but the train would piss me off.

Why mad places called Front street have a bad rep?

@@DonArmandoRobles These are the addresses for the Governor's House and the Capital Building. 😂 I am actually not super familiar with Harrisburg. I have only been there a few times (under 5 times).

@@rachelo3548 I'm just saying cause I reside in north Philadelphia and it has a street called Front Street.

Careful. Your privilege is showing. Your opinion is based very minimal exposure to the area. So typical.

@@PENNYLEE0649 that's the address to the capital building, I believe. Where the privilege meets and resides. It was meant as a joke.

You guys will ruin Tennessee. I see it coming

@@FD-xr5qw FD no I vote Republican,and support the area I'm in 👍👍👍👍👍

@@waltglow6396 it's not just about voting.. it's upholding southern tradition and beliefs. Politics is one part of what makes Southern people who we are.

@@FD-xr5qw Tennessee is no place to go for safety, comfort or amusement 😂 unless you’re going to a cabin

@@rl2023te People are free to move where ever they want. Enough with this dumb provincialism.

Yep you right on.

Yessir

There are actually a load of jobs in the area and very nice clean upscale neighborhoods in the uptown midtown area he just didn't drive through it also you can get a job paying 20 hourly just going to a temp agency you just have to want more for yourself

This!

You do know there were 7 shootings in one day in allison hill. Or do you dent reality?

7 shootings in one day for that whole year... I ve been in places where they get 20 shootings a day for a year ... 2 hrs away in Baltimore.... All in all I'll rather be right here in Harrisburg where it's safe

@@chameleonGemini8263 it was just one incident. And it wasnt in one year it was 7 shootings in 1 day in 2 weeks. Baltimore is even worse as is Chicago. You refuse to notice all they have in common and it's not poverty, because Appalachia has more poverty and no shootings

I'm only pointing out the fact Harrisburg is Pleasantville next to other places, I can almost guarantee those shootings were isolated and more importantly related to each other I say this because? ..in those other city's the crime rate is so high and anyone ( innocent,and random) could catch the grim reaper just by looking at someone wrong.. Harrisburg just does not carry that type of vibe,and the majority of the citizens are safe and they know it

I wouldn't take MYSELF out in Harrisburg at night!

@@astrahcat1212 yeah we brought our dog so I kinda had to. My area during the day looked super pretty especially with the snow on the ground but after dark, it was very eerie, quiet and just left me with a very uneasy and scared feeling

Penn street a BNB!?😕 I lived on the block of 2000 block of Penn Street in the 80s and I wouldn't step foot in there today!

Y’all are tripping. Lived here all my life. Your not gonna find trouble unless you go looking for it.

@@southpaw578that’s BS! Remember the guy who was shot and murdered walking home from a wedding at night near VERBEKE? Remember gunfire at 5 PM at a playground on Emerald where kids were playing? Just look on CrimeWatch and robberies and assaults occur at all hours in Midtown and just north and near Camp Curtain. I know, I used to volunteer in that area.

YOU ARE SPOT-ON!! GENERATIONS OF COLLECTING WELFARE INSTEAD OF WORKING!! IT'S A DARN SHAME! BUT, IT'S WAY TOO LATE IN THE GAME! THESE PLACES ARE GONE AND THEY'RE NEVER COMING BACK UNLESS MANUFACTURING KOBS ARE CREATED! AND, WILL ANYONE EVEN WORK THOSE JOBS IF THEY WERE TO BE?

Amen!

@@REMBRANTTUBE 👌👌👌👌

Never understood how all the blame is put on the people who don't even own the property. I bet majority of the people who lives in this neighborhood are renters. What does welfare have to do with a landlord keeping up there property?

Fairfield / Carroll Valley, PA (which is just a few miles south of Gettysburg) almost has zero crime!

@@davidgno yes there are some great places and beautiful scenery in this area, you just gotta stay away from Harrisburg and your good, but to me in a way that makes it an easier place to live. It's not like there's this and that specific street, it's literally just once you're across that bridge you're better off

Lititz and Mannheim are also nice

I’m looking to move to PA next year. Is there any good cities? I know typically cities aren’t the best to live but I’d like more of a city. But a small city if that makes sense. I’m probably looking for something unrealistic lol.

@@cierraaaaaaaas The central area of Harrisburg between the bridges where it’s more gentrified is okay as far as city urban living. There are shootings in Harrisburg all the time though.

Surprisingly Harrisburg has some really nice affordable neighborhoods. And the Hershey/Lebanon area to the east and the West shore communities of Camp Hill to Carlisle offer not only clean and safe areas, but easy commute times to anywhere in the Harrisburg Metro area, which if you include neighboring York has a population of over 1.2 million people. They must be doing something right.

I was just in Lancaster this morning Don. Went to Lititz and Manheim!

@@NickJohnson I would've treated you to lunch!!! Where are you now?

There are areas of Lancaster that are just as bad as Harrisburg

@@PARodandReel Lancaster has culture and tourism that helps them. Harrisburg doesn't have much going on for it other than it being the capital.

another person who believes getting away from blacksis the answer. what are you going to do when you run out of room to run

Baltimore is Not all negative except from Virginian view points: they have Johns Hopkins Medical School & Medical Center including The Eye Center and The Peabody Conservatory School of Music & Chesapeake Scallops and More^^ 🎶🎵🥳😇🌞⚓✨

I've spent many years in Harrisburg and Baltimore, both as a resident and homeowner in both states. I would recommend visiting both as a day trip, but living in neither. Consider this comment fair warning.

@@PENNYLEE0649 depends. What's your background?

Worse in some areas.

York is has a larger square mileage of worse. The animals need a place to live too.

I live in Harrisburg and work in York

@@timothyheinz5693 dude, your comments. Wtf

Ok Michele!

I'd love to be part of that discussion

Hi Elle! ❤️❤️

I’m a native of HBG. I agree. In the 1950’s the population was over 100K. White flight in the 60/70’s made a big impact. Now it like 40k still live there. I moved away 25 yrs ago.

@@Jacious I am a native, too, except my BLACK family didn't come from South Carolina.......my grandfather came to Steelton in the 1920's to work in the steel mill. From Virginia. In fact, I know very few BLACK people who live here who are originally from South Carolina. Where do you people get your information? And there are more than 40K people living in the city. If you are going to give out statistical information, could you PLEASE give out accurate information?

@@CindieLee1953 my point was the Great migration was from the south, Virginia, Georgia, etc. South Carolina was mentioned because the new Great migration is back to the south where the cities are new, the weather is better and there are lots of opportunities for better housing and employment. Just take a look at Greenville, what a great place for the new migration, and close to Atlanta.

@@CindieLee1953 it is accurate darlin'

99% sure most of this video WAS the hill. Pretty sure this guy didn't ask a single local about the area before he filmed, either that or he just doesn't care lol

There were a lot of homicides on the hill when there were tearatory fights and runners from Philadelphia were cleaning house before that.

Some of it is N 6th

Harrisburg is the ghetto. Try Lancaster

Hahaha wow you clearly aren’t a local

I promise you, You don’t. Its Boring & Shitty & so are the people lol.

Yeah, no...

​@@AZJYouCantAffordLancaster is a ghetto from all the newcomers from different states/countries.

Altoona pa 😂😆 small town with majority being white meth, crack, heroin addicts. Worse smaller towns I been to in pa in I been to all them was York pa, Scranton pa, hbg pa, and by far the worse Williamsport pa or reading pa for smaller cities Lancaster ain't nothin but Amish filled with a couple wanna be gangsters from other areas

Probably because its affordable still compared to other cities and w alot of state jobs available w pretty good pay is my guess

That's just pa. The streets and parking are screwed. I'm willing to bet that if it was a one way that sign hasn't been obeyed in decades.

Neglect.

On 22 head toward colonial Park and union deposit those homes were boarded up because they were being demolished to widen the highway.

They widened the highway. The government took them from the owners.

Im pretty sure you were on 83 and yes I know what's going on that is south Allison hill the worst part of Harrisburg drugs homicides lack of motivation people just stop investing in that neighborhood the city is mainly focused uptown and midtown which is becoming very vibrant

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Where did you live in SW PA? I appraise in 11 counties here.

Southwest Pennsylvania is like West Virginia, nothing like the east where you have Lancaster, York and Adams counties, the mix of farmlands and woodlands are incredible and the Amish have turned Lancaster into their own Paradise here on earth, plus there was never any coal mines, just miles and miles of manicured orchards and farms.

Same I moved to Arizona, never had the urge to venture back there

Spent summers in Phoenixville in 88-90, grandma lived there while I was in college. Nice little town.

I work in the City now, used to work there in the 90's at Club Met, Metropolis( old Metron) things were different then. Old Metro is a run down Dollar Store, Mulberry Street Bridge is now sprawling homeless camp. Some of the homeless seem different too, angrier, more confrontational. I used to know a couple of the guys, would bring them turkey burgers I made. Today when I offered a guy a banana he cursed me out. I'm outside of York too.

@@ForeverYoungKickboxer I have found memories of that club. I miss those days!!!

@@ForeverYoungKickboxer I also drive through some of the neighborhoods in York City regularly, and they don't even look as bad as this run down area of Harrisburg. Just terrible.

York is horrible to.... I will live in Harrisburg before I live in York!

@@Ms1Diamond1 It's not horrible where I am. I live in the suburbs where it's nice, just like how the Harrisburg suburbs were when I lived there! Not run down and ratchet.

It looks like getto

@@milenaosole3799 he's only showing you the bullshit

Around the capitol is gentrifying. Allison Hill is for the animals. Animals need to live somewhere.

@@timothyheinz5693 animals? What is wrong with you? There’s a great church there in the thick of it that does wonderful things for the neighborhood. People aren’t animals. They are poor and trying to do better for themselves, they may be domestic violence survivors. They may be down on their luck.

@@timothyheinz5693 I am not an animal, and I live in Melrose Gardens, next to Bellevue Park, on ALLISON HILL!

Nick needs to do a little more research. He doesn't even know what part of the city he is in.

He does them on Sunday mornings at daybreak.

Damn lol wut

Stop noticing things!

They get what they vote for.

Well when you enslave a people for 400 yrs then segregate then for another 100 yrs oh and after all that you redline them from fair housing and then create ghettos and projects what do you expect to happen, I guess that's all apart of ya get what you vote for right?

@@craighedrington5365 Is that an excuse for not picking up the trash on the streets? The government is not their Daddy, take care of where you live, nobody is coming to save you from yourself.

@@frankwhite2230 Your absolutely right, however there are groups like the YMCA that are in these neighborhoods, even people that don't live in the neighborhood making efforts to clean the streets

Maybe it's you.

Weird. I've lived ands worked in and around Harrisburg for over 25 years and I haven't taken any drugs. That's probably why I never felt the need to walk around Allison Hill or any other drug infested areas at night. I can understand your having bad memories here but don't blame the area. I don't mean to scare you but I heard there are drugs on the west coast too so be careful out there.

If you’re into drugs, Little House on the Prairie would create bad memories. Sorry you went through that, but it’s not the place, it’s the lifestyle.

I’m from Allentown. It’s horrible for sure

Or Reading…

I live five minutes away from Allentown. Downtown is bad but it’s at least... like alive. Try driving through Trenton. That’s like if Allentown had died and all that’s left is stragglers.

@@fluxmisdemeanor829 I agree, living 5 minutes away from Allentown ( by airport). It's not as bad as it was years ago, but walking through certain neighborhoods are very sketchy. But I still love the area.

Allentown is not worse than harrisburg it has a higher population yet harrisburg has more murders

Thanks for the info. How about Pittsburgh?^^

every fucking city run by democrats so everyone stop bullshitting yourselves

Still not a place you wanna be walking around at midnight without a swivel on ur head and some kinda weapon in your pocket

Not to be mean or anything, but history doesn't provide jobs and it doesn't pay the bills. These places may have rich history, but they also might be past the point of no return. Those jobs are probably now in china, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, and who knows where else. If there is one thing we know how to do, it's exporting our jobs to other countries. Take that, china! Oh, wait.

@@midcenturymodern9330 You are not being mean, when you don't have a job and you live in an urban slum, well history doesn't mean food on the table. But that's the tragedy, you look at these places and all of them had better days. In fact, in their heyday, would have been just the picture.

You can keep the so-called "charm". It's dangerous to live/walk here!

Truth the city of Philadelphia is historic thats where the beli was played!!!