I moved to bama about 5 years ago I work in the coal mines the first night I stayed in Bessemer at the woodspring suites a lady got killed a couple miles from the hotel. A couple months later I started doin hard drugs in '19 I lost everything due to my addiction I moved in with my dope dealer for two months that's when I started seeing the bad I mean really bad parts of town I've been around dudes that shot people and other stuff Im not gonna say but these dudes believe it or not we're cool as shit with me cause I showed respect first then kept my nose in my business unless asked for my thoughts or opinions on dec 3rd '19 I asked my dealer to take me somewhere that I was done with all the bullshit so he did took me to Jimmy hale mission for men he told me he wished me luck and drove off I've been clean for over 2 years now.

The Center Point/Roebuck/Huffman area has become exceedingly dangerous. There is a shooting in East Birmingham nearly daily, very dangerous.

I’m from Birmingham, and I’ve never had any problems in these neighborhoods. I’m not saying crime doesn’t exist, it surely does, but to say they are extremely dangerous and make it sound like you could definitely be robbed is not accurate. Avondale has actually become a pricey, gentrified neighborhood, and it shouldn’t be on the list. Many houses in Avondale sell for 300k to 600 k. Avondale now has craft breweries and lots of nice restaurants. Birmingham itself has award winning restaurants (Beard awards) like “The Highlands” and “Hot and Hot Fish Club.” We also have Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican restaurants, etc. I’ve lived here all my life, for 67 years. We also have a Symphony Orchestra, a Civil Rights Museum, and many other attractions. I invite you to come stay a while longer, and you might see that Birmingham is just like any other city, yes, with crime and poverty, but so much to offer as well. And most of the heart of the city is clean and well kept, much more so than San Francisco when I visited there.

Sad thing is there are very good hearted people also living in these neighborhoods.

Avondale is becoming more gentrified they have added more restaurants, entertainment, and breweries. Centerpoint should have definitely been on the list.

U not allowed back in Birmingham, u got us fucked up in these comments ON GOD💯

Center Point should have definitely been on this list. It is quickly becoming the most dangerous area in Birmingham.

I lived in Birmingham for a while, but as soon I started making $65k, I got the "f" up outta there.

It's funny you mention north Birmingham. Not too long ago before I-22 connected into I-65, you had to drive through North Birmingham to make that connection. I had to do that for work and had to stop there. It was pretty scary in broad daylight. Also interesting how some of the areas are pretty close to some nice or up and coming areas like Mountain Brook or Trussville.

As an Uber driver in Alabama, you’re right but at least it’s dangerous in the “dont screw with nobody and you’ll be straight” way instead of the “we want smoke don’t give no damn if you don’t”

I’m from Pratt City and Birmingham is a typical city. I love my City of Magic!

I agree mostly, However Avondale is not that bad of a place. There may still be some streets that you may not need to venture down, but for the most part, it has changed a lot over the years

Grew up in Grasselli Heights, went to Huffman High School in the 80’s. East Lake, Centerpoint etc was wonderful back then. West End used to be a beautiful neighborhood, same for Ensley and Fairfield. Smithfield had good and bad. It’s heartbreaking to see the great erosion of properties and communities. Places where African American families just one or two generations ago, worked hard to purchase homes and keep communities going.

Nice video Jose been there driving myself it was terrlfying.Still i would go again but only daytime of course

Born and raised in Bham here and you got them right but you missed Center Point. I used to love my city and my state but people are different now. Hoping to move soon. LOve the vid and be safe.

I think you NAILED it. I use to live in East Lake it was rough then.

It was a gem in this states crown. When I was a kid.... we would park on Pike Road in Ensley, and walk up to the "juke joints" because that's the only place we could sneak in and listen and dance to R &B and Jazz. We would walk up Ensley Avenue and people would join us as we walked. Bunch of black and white kids, all going to dance 🕺 💃. Nobody got killed. Nobody got in an argument. We used to have A GREAT time . My Mother grew up in East Lake. One of The owners of the Dodgers lived next door. There were Dr's and lawyers living in East Lake then. It's a shame shame shame what has happened to Birmingham. Greedy people and section 8 , has taken a beautiful place and turned it into a hellhole. (There are still some GOOD folks living here though). AND WE HAVE UAB. it's always in the top 10 medical school and hospital in THE WORLD.

I’ve lived in bham my whole life and I deliver oxygen to patients in all of these areas u mentioned as well as all of Bessemer,hueytown,Fairfield etc and have never had one single issue out of anyone from any of these spots. I literally go to the government housing u showed as well. There’s good people in these places. Not saying crime is non existent but it’s not quite as you’ve made it out to be. Oh and I’m as white as they come. Bham needs to rehab these places somehow. I don’t know the fix but we need to do better for sure.

I graduated from Ensley High. But grew up in Smithfield and West End. I live in Maryland. Its no different than any other democratic run cities (i.e. Baltimore) However, I will ALWAYS love my city. ROLLTIDE! Brother stop blaming guns for everything.

I live here in Birmingham and its just like any other city, you have some really nice areas and unfortunately we have some hoods too. I will say this black people we need to do better. Every area that is mentioned is a predominantly black neighborhood. Some of these areas were very nice in the 90s for example Eastlake was a mixed community, Smithfield and Fairfield is were a lot of retired black teachers resided. Our community needs to revamp we are definitely declining and making ourselves look bad

Maybe we need a video of the safest places to go there . Thanks for the hard work and praying for your safety. It’s good to know where not to go .

When I was in high school in 1961, population 340,000. In 2023 is 200,000. Lots of flight out. Lots of good people. ❤

This entire video is a joke...just because you may not see housing projects and boarded up houses in the nicer parts of Birmingham, that doesn't mean that they don't have issues and problems....

I live right on the Center Point/Pinson line and this neighborhood is quiet, and a great place to live.

Dude, there's NO reason for anyone coming from the airport that's just visiting the city to venture off into these places you're speaking of! None at all. You're over-exaggerating. There's ONE road out of the airport and in 2 minutes, if you don't turn right or left, you'll come to the interstate going east or west. You'll have even more people scared to come here for no valid reason! Yes, the areas around the airport are bad (I would advise NOT stopping at the gas stations PAST the INTERSTATE unless absolutely necessary), but there's no reason for a visitor to have to even stop before they get on the interstate going to their destination or better parts of town! This part of the video and others should be amended.

I'm from ensley, if you stay out the mix and stay in ur lane ur good, but when u make urself known for the wrong reasons, ull definitely find what ur looking 4.. Stay out of drama and illegal shit u cool, but it is ensley stay on ur pivot avoid crowded gas stations if u can..

List should have been 1. Bessemer/Brighton/Lipscomb 2. Five Points West/Ensley 3. Center Point/Roebuck 4. Fairfield/Midfield 5. West End/Wenonah 6. East Lake/Gate City 7. North Avondale/Kingston/Chep 8. North B’ham/Northside/Central 9. Tarrant/Inglenook/Airport 10. Pratt City/Forestdale Smithfield rough, but shouldn’t have even been anywhere near #1 on this list. Bessemer had 30 homicides in 2021 alone and they were left off. (Us BHAM locals don’t like to claim Bessemer, so u might have gained some points there leaving them off lmao) PS no one really bothers latinos/Hispanics in the west because they’ve kind have always lived there. Majority of my neighbors in Central Park were latino/Hispanic. It’s bad on the west but as long as you’re not into shit, u should be good. But that’s home tho “Westside the best side”, “West up or vest up”

Have you done any videos including Woodlawn? I have friend in their 80's that remember when it was a nice part of town and the west end was safe. I can remember when there was still downtown department stores in Birmingham.

I'm from North Birmingham and I'm used to this...it's been fit for the strong to survive since I remember in the 90s

Hello Beautiful People. The 1st Area you talked about is not Smithfield but Elyton Village. Smithfield is a couple of blocks over. Need you to get your facts straight

For everyone saying Bessemer should have been number 1, I agree. However he specifically says in the beginning of the video that this what cities within Bham city limits only. I lived in Bessemer for 6 months right off eastern valley road in a “nicer” neighborhood and would hear gunshots 3-4 times a week within a 5 mile radius, sometimes late at night, sometimes early morning like 5 am. In the time I lived there I know of at least 5 shootings were someone was killed within 2 miles of my house. Thankfully I only stayed on the main roads, never took any back ways home, didn’t go out past 8 pm. I minded my business and stayed in the McCalla area with no issues.

I was born and raised and educated here in Birmingham! I have had the honor of living in other states. Despite what this video says, I love Birmingham! The city, county, and state politics sucks tremendously and have a lot to do with the situation.

And what's the common factor in all of these places?

Oh my God, East Lake! I know EXACTLY where these areas are in this video. East Lake used to be a sought-after section of town. People still bought homes there up into the 1990s! It was safe and still a pretty nice area. In the 21st Century, businesses, homes, and surrounding communities just got more and more rundown. It's been really depressing over the past 30 years, watching this city descend into damn near nothing.

I grew up in Pleasant Grove and and left after the tornadoes of 4/27/11. It was a quiet peaceful upper middle class community. According to friends that still live there the sound of gun fire is frequent. And crime common. So happy to live in a tiny little rural town.

This is what your explanation of Birmingham sounds like to me "is this Hell "

I lived in Inglenook in 1974 as an eight year old child. I walked perhaps three blocks downhill to the elementary school, I used to play Tarzan by swinging on the vines or the hill down the street from my house and explore the old multi acre dump that had an entrance at the end of my road. Though just a child, I had a sense of the once lovely and safe area that Inglenook once was. I often walked to a little white neighborhood store building ( just over the hill from my house. I enjoyed my time there.

I'm from Birmingham, grew up in North Birmingham

I lived in most of these neighborhoods growing up; Pratt/cherry ave, center point, wylam, gate city, and collegeville. Is collegeville gentrified now?

I told my wife to stay on the interstate at all costs if she’s anywhere near north Birmingham…

One comment. Don’t blame guns and gun laws. Outlaws with guns don’t obey any laws including gun laws.

It's not that BAD , BIRMINGHAM JUST NEEDS TO EVOLVE AND GROW

Really good vlog!

One of the reasons why I'm glad that I'm introverted and mind my own business when I'm out and about. And I live in West End.

lifestyles of the rich & famous HOOD EDITION 😂

To say Birmingham is a shell of its former self is a bit much. Ive lived here my whole life and have seen the city grow rapidly over the past 10 to 15 yrs. Our food scene is one of the best in the south! Anyone that lives here knows not to drive thru the projects at night.Also most of the crime here is beefs between people that know each other.

It's weird how much this looks like downtown Knoxville. Why do the bad parts of cities always look the same. Abandoned nice homes from the 20s same old brick projects same businesses. It's almost like someone intentionally designed these places to trap folks in crime and poverty.

The wealth gap in Birmingham is huge. Birmingham and Jefferson County are home to some of the wealthiest communities in the southeast with Mountain Brook, Homewood, and Vestavia. While also having some of the poorest and most dangerous communities with the ones you mentioned in the video.

The SYSTEM IS CORRUPTED

I've done auto repossession in Birmingham Alabama 4 26 years. This video is dead on. I literally recognized every store and street. Grim look in my hood..

Who gives you the right to go through these neighborhoods judging where people live or how people are living. Shame on you!

So you go from Birmingham to Atlanta in an hour and a half? You drive 100mph+ all the way?

Regarding Avondale,there are two sections, north and south, with the north being most dangerous. Stay south of1st avenue North. South Avondale is a thriving environment.

I live 20 miles west of bessemer Alabama.....painted for Birmingham housing authority for 5 years.... never had a problem with anyone. Of course it was daytime work...night time in the hoods is a different world.

Do you have any vids touring midtown20 or 7th Ave south? Wanting to move around that area or anyone have any thoughts?

I lived in Ensley and loved it. I love the vibrant 5 points West.

1. How was Centerpoint not included? 2. Avondale isn’t dangerous. Most of the neighborhood is gentrified with white occupants paying very expensive housing rates. 3. This list is not in order. Eastlake could have been no. 10. Nothing rarely happens over there. Additionally, Birmingham is growing. Yes, the city still carries the dust of old industries, but new industries are here & continuing to come. The USFL will have most of its games here. The World Games are coming. Birmingham is on its way to being a high tier city in the country!

I believe if more Alabamians cared as much about voting out corrupt politicians as they do shouting Roll Tide, Alabama would dramatically improve. Great video.

All of these affordable housing areas needs to be torn down and rebuilt like the Titusville affordable housing area that is now a beautiful affordable area housing facility

I grew up near Legion Field on the west side in the 60's/70's... was a wonderful working class neighborhood back then.

Well, I live in Homewood AL. It's not bad over here. The worst thing that probably would happen is somebody side swiping your car while your Street Parked. Other than that, its pretty quiet

Birmingham is not a shell of what it once was. We’re now dominated by the medical field, thanks to UAB. The murder rate is no joke tho, mfs wild out here.

Moving out of Birmingham was the best thing I ever did. I miss my family there, but I would never go back.

Imagine going to people’s neighborhoods, trashing it, and driving your ass back home to gloat. Just stay wherever you are unless you can help.

I have been in all of these neighborhoods and have never had a problem. I have friends in many of these neighborhoods that I visit. I have done door to door work for political campaigns and the Census in Kingston, Smithfield, Avondale, Eastlake, and other areas, often alone. I have ridden my bike through West End, North Birmingham, Smithfield, Eastlake, all over. If you pay attention to the situations resulting in murders here in Birmingham, they are almost always between people that know each other. They are not random violence. If you mind your own business and don't hang out with folks who solve their problems with guns, you'll be fine.

Have you done or will you do a report on the White suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama good or bad, because I would like to see this video, and I am not against this video of the worst neighborhoods of Birmingham, Alabama, I just enjoy learning. And thank you for this video.

I grew up in Birmingham and never had an issue. I love my hometown and my childhood neighborhood, Smithfield.

Great video as always.👍

This video is not accurate and is in general an extreme exaggeration of the violence. You are referencing huge geographic areas when in reality the bad sections encompass just a small section of each mentioned neighborhood, whichever city it may be, you name so many. The East lake comunity is turning around , housing values have doubled and tripled in just the last decade . Amazon just built a huge warehouse facility nearby. $18/hr jobs. Flippers have moved in and are making a fortune. Same wth the Northside, lots of activity, new football stadium, tons of investment money , housing prices skyrocketing. New construction projects in the Downtown area are everywhere. Birmingham is booming, . Yes there are pockets that still very bad, but it is not as you say.

I live in a town not far from Birmingham--less than 30 miles away. and you are correct. It is crime ridden. But I think that you are wrong about it being because of gun laws. These criminals do not get their guns the legal way. Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the country and still their murder rate has always been high. I have also lived there ! The problem is the poverty rate. And the drugs that are facilitated into these places by important hidden people. And more than likely, the skimming off the top of any $$$ that comes into the City to help. And I believe that this is true for many big cities. I don't go to Birmingham anymore ! My Specialist Drs are there. That's how bad I think that that place is ! My daughter is half Hispanic. We do not have any problems about that where we live--outside of Birmingham.

East Side of Birmingham beyond Eastlake is bad. Huffman, Roebuck, Center Point are all bad places. I had a house in between Huffman and Center Point for 15 yrs. Apartment complex down the street there was always shooting. Scary environment! And I was born in Detroit.

Oh gosh, Gate City. On the Monday after my mom passed away, it was a sunny, beautiful spring day. It was March 25th, my aunt and two of my uncles went with me to arrange my mom's Memorial service. We had to go through Gate City to get to the funeral home. People were outside in the projects chillin', barbecuing, and just having a good time. When we drove back through two yours later, there were police cars, firetrucks, and an ambulance. My aunt's husband called a girl over and asked her what happened, she said, "That lady got shot." Two hours! Broad freakin' daylight in the middle of the day! Gate City is pretty damn rough and always has been! But Harris Homes, not too far away from Gate City, seems to be safer. My mom and aunt used to live in Smithfield. Nothing much happened there while they were there. I even lived there with them for about two months with my two kids back in 2005. In fact, Southtown (where I lived after that) was much worse than Smithfield. Shootings were so commonplace there, I stopped responding when I heard gunshots, unless they were nearby. My mom decided to move me and my kids into an apartment in a safer environment when I told her that a guy was killed directly across the street from me, and the girl next door had gunshots in her screen door. It took a year, but we got out. They're rebuilding Southtown now, though. Gentrifying it with the rest of the Southside/Avondale area.

Good list overall, by the way the gun law here is good, but we just sometimes have idiots using them for the wrong reasons.

Pretty dead on list, I used to be a social worker working in every area you mentioned. I liked your characterization of "the fields." the only one I would disagree with is avondale. it's got a craft brewer, restaurants, and a live music scene. I don't think it should have made the list even, but everything else is pretty dead on . There was a kidnapping and I believe murder of a infant that took place prior to covid in kingston. it was aweful

The projects you was showing as Nort Birmingham are actually Avondale Projects, aka Tom Brown, the North Birmingham projects are Vice Hill.

Avondale is one of the big up and coming neighborhoods. House prices have skyrocketed there in recent years, it's gentrifying pretty quickly.

Iv been through most all these neighborhoods, never felt threatened. Show respect you get respect

They drove around and found all the run down houses

Yooo I gotta give you more info onna hoods

I used to live in the Princeton area in the west end, and like you said, if you mind your own business you won't have a problem. I like the area myself. Housing is cheap and there are good people there if you seek them out.

Gucci doesn’t claim Bessemer because there was little support for his artistry there. Atlanta welcomed him and supported him. If you notice, there are almost zero famous rap artists that claim Alabama roots.

I lived in collegeville, vicehill, Norwood, inglenook, west end, Kingston, center point. I love da ham. I got a lot of homies.

Huntsville is now the largest city in Alabama. I remember back in the 1960s hearing that prediction, during NASA's heyday. Now it is true.

I lived in Birmingham all my Life Its what you make it Fuck with Real Fokes much love and Respect love my home town 50 years strong 💪

I grew up in Kingston projects

I live in birmingham currently. All of this is true. When i turn 18 im moving to new york. Alabama sucks.

How about a video about the best places to live in the suburbs of Birmingham

The area coming off 3rd Avenue West is not Smithfield but Elyton Village affordable housing area

Bham, has become a very bad place. The murder rate is high, they try to hide it. This isn't a place to move and raise a family. Don't move here. Pray and ask God first .

Westfield? Did u mean Westend?

I’m from Bham westside agree with this video. But they left off Central Park on west side but that hood could b considered west end tho. Gate city and ensley should be higher

I'm from Eastlake (Rugby Avenue and 87th Street South). Moved from that area when I was a child. It was bad back then in the early 90s.

This guy doesn’t really know what he is talking about especially the gun laws

I moved from Las Vegas to Birmingham well actually Hoover I love it here I have been here for a year next month, but I will be moving to Nashville next year but I really LOVE it here

Grew up in West End in the 60's, day and night difference. Stay away from Birmingham, there is no safe place in the city.

I’ve worked in Birmingham for 6 years but I try to stay in the area where UAB is at. I worked at a bank in ensley but I got out late one night then I noticed 15 cars and hella people hanging outside which made me nervous because they kept staring at me.

I lived in Birmingham AL for 25 years and from what I experienced it's very shameful disgusting and embarrassed to even mention the city population failing growth

I grew up in Westend and never had any problems lol

Didn’t know that there were that many projects in Birmingham.

Take a shot every time my dude says “ Birmingham “