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Even the trees are strugglin

I was born and raised in Oakland. It’s always been rough, however the homeless population is out of control. My guess is that, in addition to skyrocketing rents, a large percentage are either mentally ill, addicted to drugs, or former inmates (or a combination of all three), with severely limited resources. What happened to all the men (and women) who got caught up in the crack epidemic of the 80’s and 90’s? They didn’t just disappear. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Oakland is changing though, because its close to San Jose and San Francisco. Youre either poor or rich, theirs no middle class, unless you bought your house in 1989

Rents over 4000 Dollars making 20 an hour is nothing

OAKLAND looks way more hood then L.A.

It gets worse on the railroad tracks , what he’s showing ain’t nothing

Smh I love my city but the homeless crisis is out of control.

It hurts my heart to see my city like this

Wow. As someone who grew up in NYC and currently lives in Baltimore, I've always felt that east coast hoods are indefinitely some of the grimiest in the country, at least by looks. West coast hoods tend to not *look* that bad usually, even though crime and drugs may be rampant. But man, this video just changed that perception for me. The fucking tent cities and endless dumping of garbage.. just fucking wow. Never seen Cali looking like this.

Maaaan...i live in a third world country but i never thought i could find something so similar in North America.

I've been homeless I've been homeless and strung out on drugs but I never lived like a f****** pig and left trash for someone else to pick up!..

Seeing all the tents under the bridges was just crazy to see it look like a third world country

Wow, homelessness in Cali is out of control

I'm so happy to see this channel grow like it has. I've been subbed for 3yrs now in September. Good job Charlie and be safe

He should do a follow up video of richest neighborhoods in oakland and drive around the hills.

Even if your homeless clean up after your self no excuse for that mess

My city! Your driving through West Oakland wich may look "hood" but the area is hella gentrified. I saw a fool riding a unicycle on San Pablo

What an eye opener.. makes me appreciate my life and what i thought was sad

Unfortunately this is why the Warriors and Raiders leaving. Oakland, such a diverse, beautiful and historically powerful community but in so much pain. I have so love and hate for this city honestly. Mix of emotions. I've seen and met some of the most beautiful souls here, but have also seen and experienced the worst of humanity here. May those that want better for themselves and their families find happiness and peace amongst so much hurt, turmoil, chaos, oppression and helpless situations.

I wish Charlie couldve rode up MacArthur and Bancroft when he was in the east.

I lived there for six years, including when you filmed this. Recently relocated to TX. I had many rehearsals with jazz groups in these neighborhoods you're showing. When people say the city should clean this up (they are right), what they don't understand is the problem isn't the garbage or the shabby paint jobs. It's the people who are there. You can clean these neighborhoods up, knock down the slums and put in condos that cost $4000/mo to rent, which is what has already happened, but the characters that leave the garbage, break into cars and do the graffiti don't disappear and it just ends up being a super expensive ghetto. Some of it is mental illness, some addiction, some ex-gang members who spent their life in crime and now don't know anything else. The saddest part is when you meet someone with a college degree living in those tents, because they did it right and the system still failed them. I saw homeless guys watching an iPad under a bridge, laying on cardboard, and thought they stole it, but then realized a used iPad is $150 which doesn't even cover rent for a week in the worst part of Oakland. The real question is, why don't these people leave and go start a life somewhere more affordable? I eventually did. There's a gravity that keeps people in the city, for fear of missing out or thinking that's the place to be. Clearly it's not, but you're hypnotized when you're there, and I think homeless zombies, wealthy tech workers and artists all feel that.

Politicians in Oakland ought to be in jail for allowing this.

in 1975 you would not dare go into that neighborhood, it's vastly improved now.

Oakland has a history. A lot of people have claimed Oakland with pride. However, it needs a new attitude in those parts today. You don't leave a city, or neighborhood you love looking like that.

California is the only state I been to where because the city is building new homes across the street from the projects they will repaint the projects so they blend in and shit lol....insane!

Thank you for driving through my hometown. I moved from east oakland when i was 15. Im 33 now and I've been back to the east and west a few times but it's so sad to see all of the homeless people and all the trashy streets.

I’m from Australia and I enjoyed watching this video! I can’t believe how many homeless people there are, it truely is really sad to see ): God bless them and thanks for the upload!!

You know you're in the wrong neighborhood when the rod iron fencing and window business is doing great.

"I come from the city of dope It couldn't be saved by John the Pope" -Too $hort

East Oakland starts @ 6:37

Finally you did a vid of oakland good stuff 💯

Median price home in Oakland? $750,000. The rich in Northern California is skyrocketing. Blue collar workers making $100,000 can't afford to live in the area. They often travel two hours to work because homes 70 miles away are the only ones they can afford. Wealth disparity is increasing. The middle class where the economy is booming is being driven away. Keeping minimum wage down keeps the prices of burgers down. Giving the wealthy tax breaks, shoots home prices sky high, leaving middle class and working class out of the housing market. Affordable homes or affordable burgers? 🤦🏻‍♂️

I appreciate this drive bro. I'm in Chicago hella home sick. This was right on time.

This is so scary I live in Oakland around Fruitvale and at night my mom has to go to work at bay fair cleaning houses and she works at night which leaves me talking care of my siblings it’s like 5 AM and we hear gun shots it scars me that it will come to my house one day 😢😢. Luckily we have security in area

It's so crazy when you're used to seeing something a certain way and then someone from out of the bay comes and they see something completely different

The rents now are crazy my apt in rockridge was 11 hundred now 3.500. One bed room it's 47 % homeless in Oakland now I got out in 2016 . This is crazy. But it's the plan . Higher then San Francisco an Berkeley

It's like they built a city of rubbish then added houses etc.

Being from NY & after living in Cali for 30 plus yrs 15 in Oakland I tell you this...only the Techies can afford to live in areas once considered ghetto. I see Charlie was mainly in East Oakland the last strong hold for low income. This city is in the middle of major transformation. I am witness to that. Come to the Nothside while you can because once the 25 current housing construction is complete the traffic will be like a little Manhattan.

I was part of a youth group that gave out food in these parts every few months. We met a couple people that lost their tents in a fire, making them lose the very little 'everything' they had. I also remember seeing a homeless toddler playing with his toys in the street. Its a crazy place with good people stuck in an awful situation

Oakland has poor leadership,this been happening for years.

Oakland is filled with beautiful victorian homes. U can tell it would look nice if cleaned up a bit. Its really shouldnt be a ghetto. It dont really look bad. People are exagerrating here.

America shouldn't look like this! Wheres the mayor & governor! Collecting a check & doing nothing. Dang shame California look like! this!

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It looks crazzy different than so-cal that’s crazzy shout out Oakland from SD

Go to the tenderloin in SF during the day and the night.

Charlie (who's from Detroit) probably came to Oakland, saw the condition it's in, and went, "damn...."

Damnn Oakland looks rough asf mayne, blessings to all the hustlas n G's over there, much love from Houston, TX y'all stay safe🙏🏽💯

I've seen more homeless people and street trash in a few minutes of this video of a city in the most powerful nation on earth than I have seen my entire life living in Belgium.

I have been watching your channel for some time now. Love your work. I have a question though; how many keys do you have on your keychain cause DAMN they're loud when you hit a bump! Lol.

Great video of Oakland... absolutely crazy living conditions.

14:00 I used to go to that head start on 92nd 😂😂

You just made my day... I requested this

I never realized just how beautiful California is.

West Oakland and deep East Oakland y'all happy now 😂

Canadian kid here. When I was 18, my grandmother decided it would be fantastic to visit San Francisco for a week, joining the throngs of tourists that mob the central portion of the world-class city while my aunt took part in a philosophical scholar conference. Granny loves to save money and we ended up in a low budget motel in Oakland, next to a Mary Brown's and a freeway bridge. We arrived to our motel on the last city bus of the night, first thing we noticed was a white dude pissing all over the bus stop next to the corner hustler. I've done an unfair amount of drugs at this point, and was excited to score chiva(?) black tar heroin. That I did, only a few steps into the Tenderloin while wandering on my own. Walking around during the daylight was fine. Got myself some aluminum foil, a lighter and cigarettes, somehow. Being so excited for this tempting bliss I went straight to work before the folks came back home. That little tied up plastic bag was burning a hole in my pocket during the way back to the motel. Upon getting the chance; I headed out at night with my newfound gear to find a suitable crook to chase the dragon. Trying it in the washroom led to hastily stuffed pockets due to unfortunate timing. I approach the freeway bridge. If I thought the other side was sketchy, this nailed it. First thing I walk past beyond the bridge was a gentleman breaking into a car. A rough fellow asking for a smoke. Thugs on the curb drinking from brown paper bags. Lots of shouting, garbage and sweet graffiti. Not wanting to venture any farther, I decide a little nook space behind a couple car shop dumpsters would suffice. I tried getting high. Not really knowing was I was doing; it didn't deliver the promised effect. Sucked. But the funny part was having a concerned thug pull up to a homie on the other side of my dumpster protection to ream him out on his usage of smack. Went for years without trying heroin again. Having scored an oz and a half of brown brick early this year sent me into a spiral that led to smoking fentanyl, kicking it, entering rehab tomorrow. This post barely has to do with the video but damn such good memories of beyond-the-bridge Oakland. Cheers

Dang...I've been to SF - I had no idea Oakland looked like that

Respect big dawg he really slid thru the East

Yo Charlie313, you have put quite a few thousand miles on that truck!

Practically the whole city is one giant hood. Only the wealthy living up in the foothills are free from the misery.

I took my son out to San Fran this summer. We went out to see Oakland and drove through these same neighborhoods. It was like seeing a third world country.

Blow the Whistle (on this dysfunction)

Should drive through east side san jose. Start off at the top of the hill with the mansions, then make your way down to story and mclaughlin with the tents.

My boy really came to da town Oakland lol love u bruh thanks for showing out trenches but u missed a lot thoe lol

I grew up in the 90s walked to school everyday at Garfield Elementary. No homeless people at that time. Heck the streets were alot cleaner then. Too bad times change.

Happy to see you’re in CALI charlie!! My FAV scene @12:50 !! Beautiful Lowrida 🤩 Pass thru the ghettos of eastsidefresno & selma

So much for California: "Land of Dreams"...

My wife and I used to teach classes for the Fisher Foundation in a little place in that Shopping Center. It only had one other place in use in the whole place at the time.

Rent is $2000-4000 for an ordinary small apartment. Please think about that before you blame the people living in tents.

I'm dying to know what kind of vehicle Charlie be driving

And in the biggest economy within the country with the world's biggest economy...

I've been to Oakland before to meet my family, I was 7-8 years old around the time, my whole family started a party. Later in the day, me and my parents decided that we should leave because It's getting late, It was around 1AM or so, I felt tired and exhausted. We walked out of the building and started walking In this dangerous block we were heading to, I spotted a dog barking at me but I was too scared to even make eye contact with a pit bull, we kept walking around in the late night block, and In the distance I hear a loud gun fire near us. My family didn't care because they were used to the environment they were back In Mexico, I was young so I didn't really understand the Struggle yet until I became 10 years old.

I like how u drive 2da "citi-style " in each city ur in, it shows your professionalbility and driving appropriateness.

Crazy to think about how many live in third world conditions within the wealthiest country on earth. Makes me feel very fortunate for my circumstances, I hope everybody can achieve happiness someday

Sad situation to be going through. Being homeless. Nowhere to call home no friends no family. That don't give a damn about you. You never want to burn your Bridges

Looks like the entire city is the hood,Hey charlie,I love what do,TRULY AMAZING,Thanks😊

This WestOakland I see you slid thru the east 💯

My section Deep East Oakland its really real ! right on for making your way to The Town Cbo.

For everyone comparing Oakland to La Oakland has 20 murders for every 100k while la only has 7.3 for every 100k

I love my city Oakland, Ca but it’s getting worse out there it’s crazy.

What trips me out is how you always hear about LA hoods but I've been to both the Bay Area and LA and the hoods in the Bay Area definitely were worse than LA...

So much trash

All I see is the birth place of the Black Panther Party For Self-Defense & it's rebirth

Good job, bro. I like your video!

I really miss my city but this just saddens me seems like nothing’s really changed..

Man, no wonder the Raiders left!!

Keep up it Charlie! You are exposing the cesspit that has become the USA.

This is so sad to see people living like this. But if doesn’t bother them oh well. But I really feel sorry for the kids to have to grow up in the hood like this.☹️

I haven't worked in Oakland for about 12 years now. Sad to see how much worse the homeless situation is.

At least the sky looks clean :)

lmao Imagine being a delivery driver and having to deliver to one of these apartments

Charlie u a Don my bro . Thanks for the ride along

UK: payed less, cheaper living Australia: payed more, expensive living USA: payed less, expensive living

Slide through North Richmond while you up this way homie

Let's do this C Bo 😎👍

Love where I’m from! You in my hood... Deep East O-A-K. 900 block. Love. You really up in there haha

Drive through E 17th & $eminary yeee!

Wow, I think this is the visually scariest city Charlie has ever driven through.

Why does nobody ever talk about the fact that the homeless encampments increased when SF forced em out because they were hosting the Super Bowl? I watched it happen with my own eyes and we all talked it about it while it was happening. Now everybody acts like this is/was a homegrown problem.

When your streets makes the cut 🙌🏾👏🏽😂