London City What It’s Like Now ( Is Britain Broken!!! )

London City What It’s Like Now ( Is Britain Broken!!! )

Guys, when you think about London, what comes to your head? Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, 10 Down the Street, the London Eye, the River Tames, or Regent Street? Forget about that, guys. This video I’m going to show you guys what life is like in London from a fellow Londoner. I’m born and raised in East London, a place called Newm, home to the Olympics in 2012. But unfortunately, Newm is going through a bit of a change. It’s going through genification. It’s got high crime rate, unemployment rate, gang culture, and also some crazy things that happen around there in East London. In this video, I’m going to show you guys what life is like for fellow Londoners that live there. Is it really expensive? I’ll meet up with one of my friends who is an up andcoming photographer based in East London in Europe precise. And I’m going to show you guys my experience coming back to this mega city. London is one of the most touristic viewed cities around the world. It is one of the most richest cities in the world. And also London is home to about 9 to 8 million people. After watching this vlog, would you decide to visit the city called London or would you give it a skip? Nowadays, a lot of people are trying to avoid London cuz apparently it’s very dangerous with it high crime rate, a lot of stabbings, a lot of people getting robbed. But you know what guys, it is what it is. I hope you guys are going to enjoy this vlog. Welcome to London City, one of the most viewed cities around the world. Let’s go. What’s going on guys? You ever wondered why so many people are leaving London? Now, I don’t know. I really don’t know why people want to leave this city. I’m just curious about why London is going backwards. And uh in this vlog today, I’m going to be showing you guys what life is like in London. Hopefully, it’s going to be worth it. I’m going to show you from my perspective of what London means to me. So, I’m going to meet up with one of my friends who’s a photographer. I’m going to explore the city. It is great. London is always depressing for some reason. You know, they call it one of the most depressing cities in the world, but it’s still one of the best cities in the world. I want to get some food. Might get a local chicken and chips. I’m not too sure. So, this is Maryland where I am right now. I grew up around here when I was a child. There’s a lot of memories around this area. We used to be very naughty. Maryland’s located in Newm, north side of Newm as they call It’s divided southside, north side [ __ ] So, I’m hungry and I need to get something to eat, but I don’t know what I’m going to eat. I’m not I’m not too sure. Right, boss, man. You okay? But I’m not too sure. This is the best barber shop on camera. In the building. Tell them. Ear swag to the world. Tell the world. Ear swag to the world. Tell the boys and tell the girl whether you want your ear cut or you want it curled. Yes. Even though black man cutting hair. Yeah. done. Hey, listen. The best barber man. Yeah. That I’ve been to. Big ups. Blessings, Alex. Yeah. Appreciate it. Yes, brother. You good? You showing around? Hey, you want to get on camera? What? What’s What you doing? What you recording? Do a little vlog, bro. What’s going on, bro? Talking talk to them. Talk to them. Let them know what you do. Chilling right now. Not near just chilling around in it. Where you from originally? What country? I’m Bengali. Hey, big up the Bangladesh people. Where you from? Bangladesh. Big up Bangladesh. Nice to meet you, brother. Afghanistan. Zindabad. Jamaican. How would you describe this area right now? Do you think it’s changed or like do you think it’s gone bad? I think it’s gone better. You think so? Slightly. Slightly, but still it’s still a bit scummy. I think it’s a bit like rough. You get you you get it ups and downs in it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with that. I agree with that. Okay. But yeah, there’s not much. Not much to do. What about you? How would you describe this area? No, I’m not really into camera, you know. I apologize, but forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me. You man, look after yourself. Yeah, you got Westfield. You got West? I’m getting Westford. I might I might do a little vlog there. Right. Take care, bro. lessons. Right. So, I’m starving. I need to get something to eat. But this is it’s clean over here. I’m not going to lie to you. Back in the day over here, it used to be bad. Drugs, a lot of gang crime, you know, a lot of poverty. But right now, as we speak, it’s all right. I mean, I don’t know why people leave London. I understand the weather’s bad. Yeah, of course. Look at it. It’s summer time. Look how great it is, man. There’s no sun. You know, the crime has gone up. I’m not going to lie to you. and the povertyy’s gone up. But one thing I can say, there’s no place like home. You know, you can always come back to England and feel like home. Now, I’ve seen something over here that’s caught my attention. Yeah, this church has been here for many years. But look what it says. It says, “Have faith in God. It never fails.” That’s very interesting. That definitely caught my attention. So, for anyone that’s struggling in life and that’s going through personal issues or going through anything, that’s a very positive sign over there. I’m not going to lie to you. Have faith in God. He never fails. So when you’re going through your trials and tribulations, just keep focused and keep pushing. But anyway, let’s carry on the vlog. What you telling me, brother? Good. Chilling. I’m about seeing you on YouTube. I had to hell you up one time. Enjoy the vlogs, my brother. Where you from? Stratford. Stratford. Listen, big up all the Stratford guys, man. But how would you describe Stratford right now? You know what? Let’s come off the road in it cuz we don’t have travel insurance. You know what I mean? Medical insurance and that, bro. Like, how would you describe Stratford, my bro? Do you think it’s changed, my brother? A lot. I can’t lie, honestly. And truthfully, it’s got better over the years, but it’s still a bit of a up and cominging area, isn’t it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it’s it’s getting there. Thing is getting there. Yeah. Yeah. It’s a nice area though. What do you do for yourself? What do you do at the moment? Currently self-employed. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That’s good. That’s good. Trying to get back to actual work, though. Okay. Where you from? Ethnicity wise. Jamaica. Jamaica. Listen. Big up to Jamaica man, bro. What’s your name? Kirin. Kirin, bro. Blessings. Yeah. Have a good week. Mind respect, brother. God bless. You too, bro. I need to get something tasty, but I don’t know where I’m going to get my food. It needs to be tasty with some nice flavor. Let’s go. Right, let’s get some food. I heard there’s a nice Caribbean or South American restaurant over here that sells some amazing food. So, let’s check it out, man. We got to support the local businesses. I hope it’s tasty. But guys, as you know, I’m a travel content creator and I’ve traveled around the world for the last 3 years and I definitely needed travel insurance. And this video is sponsored by Visitors Coverage. Visitors coverage is a gaming changing travel insurance marketplace designed by the way we travel. Visitors coverage makes it super easy to find, compare, and purchase the right travel insurance all online in minutes. No more back and forth emails or confusing policies. And here’s why I love it. There are three simple steps, guys. Step number one, one-stop fast, simple, get quotes, compare side by side and buy continually online. Step number two, customer coverage for your needs. Need to cancel for any reason? 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All right. I trust him. I trust him. I trust him. Guyana. This is This is Gian. Look, this is Gy Gy restaurant, guys. They got the Caribbean there, right? What’ you guys get? Lamb patty. Lamb patty. What’ you get? Lamb patty. Is it good? Chicken. Chicken patty. Lamb patty. Yeah. What’s the best one, though? Both of them are good. All right. Cool. Get to get two patties. I’ll try one of that, man. I don’t know. I don’t know, man. You guys come here quite often. First time. It’s your first time. You guys local? Yeah. Local. You’re local. You’re from New? Yeah. Yeah. How would you describe Newm? I saw that same [ __ ] anyway. East London from Forest. You Enfield. Enfield. You came Enfield just to get a patty, bro. Oh. Oh, yeah. Leon. All right. Big him up. Oh, how old are you? 18. You’re 18. And you want to be a footballer? Yes, of course. What’s your position? What’s your position? Center back. Center back. Yeah. Where you originally from? So Leon. Play for Sir Leong, bro. Go play for England. You get me? You don’t know what’s there. What’s your what’s your what’s your message here for the mandom that are still trapped in a cycle and what is your message for people that basically that want to get into football always always achieve your dreams no matter what always prove the people wrong team sport talk to me darling h so this is I’m the director for GT Spice Caribbean takeaway lessons and we’re based in unit 13 Stratford Market Village and that’s the in shops for those that don’t know where that is. And we provide um Chinese style Caribbean food. So we do um things like roties, curry, we also do jerk chicken. Um we do fries, good variety. Um we do lunchtime deals Monday to Friday. So if you come down between 12:00 and 2, you get um anything on the main menu for £9. And then every two weeks we do all you can eat buffet where we have everything out on display and you can eat as much as you can. Refill as many times as you want for £18. And that’s on a Saturday and a Sunday. Let me take a card. Thank you. And I’m going to try this tasty lovely thing. One’s jerk chicken and one’s lamb. Yeah, lamb. And we’re halal. And you’re halal as well. Yeah. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Right. I’m going to try this. Try this thing over here. Let me sit down. And these patties are quite big in it. [ __ ] you hell, mate. I don’t know which one’s which. Wait, how can you tell? You can’t tell which one’s which in it. It is what it is. Uncut it. [ __ ] it. All right, guys. Try this. [Music] Lamb. Good. M feels good to try some good food, man. It’s been a minute. Not too sure about this, man. This has probably been sitting here for hours. Not too sure about that, brother. Food that I had was absolutely bro. Food was had that was absolutely tasty, man. What is this? It’s like a perfume shop we got over here. Longlasting fragrances. Oh, you do perfumes? Is it per is it? What is that? Men or women? Both. Both. Thank you. You got a Colombian restaurant here. That’s what I’m saying. See how diverse London is. And they say London is uh they say London is bad. They say London’s a shitto, but it’s still one of the greatest countries in the world. Now food is done. The few checklist is done and we got to take a train to meet up with my friend Benny. But you know how it is with black people. Black timing. I mean, we never get on time. But it’s the problem with us. Now, let me call Benny and see if he’s going to pick up the phone. He’s got a studio that I want to show you guys. And hopefully he’s um he’s going to Yo, Belly, where are you, bro? I’m literally left already. You just left now? Yeah. Yeah. All right. I’m in Stratford right now. Yeah. I’m walking my brother. Cool. Are you are you getting a train? Yeah. Yeah, I’m going to get the train, my bro. Cool. See you soon in a bit then. All right, bro. Bro, you’re live on camera. Please do not swear. Yeah. For kids under the age of 18. I’m joking. I’m joking. See you soon, Bennett. All right. Bless. Bless. Bless. But that’s done. Benny’s late. I’m late. How are you? You okay? Appreciate Pakistani. Afghanistani. Afghanistan. Send the bad. You where you from? India. India. We got India. Business good. Everything. Okay. Yeah, it’s okay. Brother, I want to ask you a I need to get a phone case. How much you charge for a brand new phone case? £10. £10. Which ones do you have? Let’s get a phone case, man. Been to Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Very good. on YouTube. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Afghanistan. Good country. Very good country. I know you went to Pakistan as well. Pakistan. Good as well. Oh, yes. Okay. £10. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What’s the best one you have? This is This is iPhone 11. iPhone 11. These are all iPhone 11. See? Oh, yeah. Yeah. This left Let me try. I’ll get this one. This one’s good for £10. Yeah, I’ll pay. Man, guys, you got to support the local businesses over here. I’m traveling so much. These are all the dodgy SIM cards I’ve got in dodgy countries. Thank you. I’ll pay right now, my brother. What’s your name? Hayak. Hayak. Hayat. Hayat. Hayat. H. Hayat. Hayat. Hayat. Yeah. What’s your name? Muhammad. Muhammad. Yeah. Babalam. Yeah. Take care. Just one. No problem. Thank you. Cheers. Look at that. I just got myself a new s got myself a new phone case. But look at that. Looking crispy. Yeah. 10 quid. You can’t go wrong. 10 quid. This is the market area. Hustle and bustle, man. The one is hustling man in Stratford. You get me? Look at that. That’s king size. 6 quid. Yes, brother. £15 for a pillow. Two pillows. Yes. For £15. Wa. That’s a good price. Thank you, brother. You all right, bro? Electronics, everything over here, man. 50 quid for a carpet. It’s expensive. £1.75 for bin bags. It’s quite good. It’s very good. And over here, this is the market where people get their food. Get your pound a bowl. Look at that, man. All of these things over here. Veg, Arabic perfumes over here. It’s very traditional here in the UK. You get your pound a bowl. You get your fruit and veg for £1. Or you go to the supermarkets over there and lidle and you pay a reasonable price. But anyway, let’s get this train. Let’s go meet Benny. Let’s leave Stratford and let’s go to area called Shordish. I think I think that’s where I’m going. Let’s get this bloody train. Free SIM card. Is it free? Yeah. Where’s the SIM card? It’s not a SIM card. It’s not a SIM card. What is it? You can download the application from here. Oh, okay. Scan the QR code. Okay. I thought it was a SIM card. Please. But I don’t. You want a drink? There’s no coke. Huh? Coke. Do you want to come with me over here? I’ll get you a drink. Can Can you move? Yeah. There you go. Can you move? Yeah. What’s your name? Eddie. Who? Eddie. Eddie. That’s me, Eddie. Get Eddie. Get Eddie. Just back from I’m just back from my my cat getting euthanized. Your cat? Yeah. Got euthanized. What do you mean euthanized? What’s that? Killed dead. Oh, I’m so sorry. Rest in peace to your cat. And how did your cat die? Uh, no. It was in a last night. He got run on the road. You got a lot of newspapers, mate. Yeah. Run on the road. It got run on the road. And hit by a van. You got hit by a van. Yeah. And they got where? But we took it to the vet. Yeah. And um in Romford. Okay. They kept it overnight. Yeah. And uh my wife had to go and pick him up this morning and take him to B because it was What do you do for a living, mate? This selling newspapers. How long you been doing that for? Um 2 three years. Two three years. Should you make a good income or no? It’s okay. Get by. All right. Do something for nothing. That’s true. You’re not homeless now. Are you homeless? No. It don’t matter. Home. If you are or not, it don’t bother me. Uh, hello Eddie. What do you want? Bottle of Coke. Are you sure? Can I get a bottle of Coke for Eddie? Yeah. And um, do you want something to eat? Um, not too expensive. I’m joking. A cheeseburger. What? Can I get a cheeseburger, please? All right. There’s your co, bro. Oh, man. [ __ ] Daddy, bro. Yo, you’re clumsy. You got chocolate. as well. Right. Get one one of those. Yeah. We took it to B. Yeah. And um they x-rayed him. He broke it. Shattered his pelvis. Not in that many places. How old was your cat? 17. We had them for 5 weeks old. 5 weeks. Rest in peace. I apologize. No, no, no. He’s not suffering anymore. You know what I mean? So that’s that’s the good thing. Well, I’m going to get Eddie a um What’ you order? A cheeseburger. Hamburger. Cheeseburger. Oh, cheeseburger. Cheeseburger. Got him a bottle of Coke. I want to ask you a question. Yeah. Anyone that wants to sell newspapers, what’s your advice? Anybody wants to sell newspapers, what’s your advice? Go and get them. Go and get them. How long you How long you Do you live in Stratford? Yeah. No. Where do you live? Glasco. Plasco? Oh, you’re local. You’re born and raised from East London. No, no, no. I was born in Born in Glasgow. Oh, so you’re from Scotland? Yeah. What’s Scotland like? What is it like around there? Um, I’ve not lived here. Yeah. Since I was 17. Yeah. I’ll be 59 this year. 59? Man, guess what? You’re still young. Age is nothing but a number. You don’t think so? Age is nothing but a number. I’m 31. Some people say I look like I’m 39, but I don’t care. Age is nothing but a number, brother. We’re still young. Still going. Right, guys. I’m going to carry on the video once these um his burger is ready. Is that Is that Eddie’s burger? Thank you very much. Do you want any ketchup or any salad or mayonnaise? Mayonnaise. There you go. Mayonnaise. Right, guys. Carry on the vlog. Come down on Saturday. Saturday night in Stratford. No, not on a Saturday. Junior day. Junior day and Saturday in Stratford. Yeah. Different religions. Oh, giving it. Yeah. Everyone’s preaching. Yes. Yes. Right. I need to go. I’m going jump on the train. So, that’s his burger. Yeah. Thank you very much, brother. Have a good day. Where are you from? Where you guys from? Nepal. Nepal. One day I’m going to go to Catmandu. I promise you I’ll go there. Eddie, say bless. Be a good man. All right. Look after yourself. And listen, say about your cat. All right. All right. Take care. All right. Eddie’s cat started, man. So, he’s got something to eat. Good karma. Better than no good karma. Better than no karma. Strap. Look at the homelessness over here, guys. [ __ ] This is crazy, man. All these people here. Face the camera towards me. All right. Can I ask a question? One. The camera’s facing me. Yeah. One question. How long you been here? 9 months you’ve been here. One. One month. Nine months. Nine. Nine. Are you camera shy? No. All right, cool. What’s your name? Smiley. Smiley. Your name? Road name or whatever you want to call yourself? Steve. Steve. So, you’ve been here for 9 months. Um, and you? I’m the homeless. I come here and stay here because of him. Why’ you stay here because of him? That’s my uncle. My uncle’s falling on his face. I can’t handle it. I used to work for these people for the for the TFL. Why did you do this? No, this is for YouTube. Just showing people reality of life about about London. I’m not homeless, man. Oh yeah. I just come and bring myself here every day. Yeah. Stupid old man. So do you think he needs to change his life or or what? Hope you enjoy the videos, my brother. I do, man. Thank you. You went to my country as well. He’s in the bag. I’m just literally documenting life around around the UK. No, bro. You’re doing Wait, watch out. Watch out. Take care. Take care. So change, but you don’t care. But why is that? What do you think that is? Do you I want I want to ask you a question. In the UK, do you think there’s a lot of homelessness right now? Of course there is. Yeah. Do you think Do you think there’s a lot of homeless in in the UK at the moment? There’s homelessness everywhere you go. Yeah. All it says just all over the world. It’s all over the world. Take care. It’s crazy, huh? Homeless people meeting some random dude, buying him some food. [ __ ] hell, mate. How bad has the UK gone? Is it really going backwards? Or is it going forward? I need this. I need to go to shortage. Baba, how can I go to shortage? It’s the overground, isn’t it? Overground. Yeah. Yeah. From if you go I believe it’s Windrush line. Let me double check for you. All right. Thank you. Yeah. If you go White Chapel 5 to White Chapel and grab the ground from there. So central line. Yeah. No, no, Elizabeth. White Chapel. Okay. It’s white. Okay. What platform? Five. Five. Yeah. Thank you, bro. We got to go there. Sorry. Elizabeth line platform 5. Now that was a very interesting encounter with the homeless person. He said he wasn’t homeless, but he just sleeps there because his uncle sleeps on the street. How does that make sense? Not being rude. Anyway, I’m not here to judge. I just hope they um I can work better without you. I just hope that they I just hope they change their their life. White. What we got to do? Got to take the Elizabeth line go to White Chap. So, we’re in Strapford right now. That’s where I need to go. So, hopefully I haven’t missed my train and the train’s going to come. 4 minutes. Right. Perfect. This trainington station is white. One stop. One stop on the train. It’s a packed train. But look at that. There’s quite a lot of people on this train. Elizabeth L. R. Lizzy. Elizabeth passed away a couple years ago. I think two years ago. I’m not too sure. The next station is White Chapel. White Chapel. Change. Ah, high five. I want to high five. Right over here. It says 8 minutes from my location. So, I’m not far from my location. Oh, things have changed back in the back in the day here in Shorich. I remember this this that’s a new place. There used to be a train on top of that thing. But anyway, let’s go and meet Benny and let’s see what um let’s see what Benny’s doing. He’s a photographer, videographer/musician. I think that’s what he does. Like Benny going about old school. And then I might go central London. I’m pretty sure I might go central London. You know, I heard that there was people in central London in London Bridge in Trava Square and they do scams, you know, like they move those cups around. So, I want to try to document that, but I don’t know if they’re going to be camera friendly. I’m not too sure. Anyway, let’s see. All right. There he is. Mr. Benny. Yes, man. Long time, man. Long time. This is the guy that guys when you gone big, bro. Him crying. I’m crying. That congalles food he’s eating, bro. Eating at Pondu. Hey, dancing at Lingala. No, sneaking at Lingala. What are you saying, man? Brother, talk to me, bro. Like, so tell them what you do. Like, what do you do, bro? So, I’m a photographer, film director. Okay. You know, this is my studio up here. And how long you been doing this for? I’ve been doing this now 10 years. 10 years. Wow. You look healthy. Yeah. No, thank you, man. Hey, you see the congallesia? The wall swagging out, bro. Look at that, bro. Different colors already, bro. Yeah. Thank you. Now, speak to the people. What got you like how did you get inside this? Um, I’d say like just pure interest at first and it became a hobby. Hobby to career, you know, and now full-blown photographer. Yeah, full-blown photographer. I’ve direct films and stuff for adverts and that sort of thing as well. Yeah, I remember I swear you helped me like directing something back in the day. We done something as well. We done a film. Well, one way out or those are like the first bits that I did, you know. I was about 16 at the time. Yeah. Yeah. I’m 29 now, so that was a long time ago. Nearly nearly 15 years. Oh, wow. Need 15. It’s been a minute. It’s been a minute. Let’s go inside, boys. Let’s go inside. Benny’s going to show us what he does, right? What did he just say? Someone calls it chaos. We call it chaos. I I didn’t get that part. I’m very slow sometimes, you know, bro. I don’t get that. It’s all about upstairs, bro. No problem, bro. I got to lose weight, bro. Let’s go. Let’s go. We made it. Cool. Blind me, man. Oh, what’s in here? What is this? Another office. Hello. This is a studio space. Yes. Yes. It’s looking nice. How long you had a studio space for? We just moved here like literally 3 weeks ago. 3 weeks ago. So, kind of just getting a place set up and stuff. And what you have before? I’m loving the art, man. Yeah. This is our place. My friend’s art. Oh, he’s artist. It’s cool, bro. Get me. I’m loving it. It’s different. I’ve not been to a studio in a minute. What is this? A Louis Vuitton football. Is this real? Yeah, it’s real. What? Can I take it? No. No. This one’s from Morocco. It’s real. It would be a lot of money, bro. Ah, Morocco. A big up Art Ads in it. Shout out Art Ads. I just realized this place is hard. It’s hard. So, photography. What’s the end game? What’s the end game, my brother? Like photography. Yeah. Directing for me. Yeah. I’d want to like make films, TV series. Yeah. Just tell stories cuz I love like telling stories. That’s my thing. Yeah. You know, telling stories is something I like to do because you get to show someone’s history, message through your lens. Yeah. You know, and your style. And if you got a good style, then it’s a it’s a even really better story, you know, cuz it’s like you get to see it in another life. And I think photography, film making is what keeps history going. You know, it’s kind of like painting. You know, how we go to galleries, we see paintings and stuff like that. It kind of makes us feel like this is what things would have looked like to this time or how people thought, you know, like people’s progression in human thinking, you know, comes from art as well. So, it’s a part. This guy speaking be different, bro. This is not the Benny that I knew back in the day, man. Like, I love it. I love it. Bro, what made you want to change your life? You know what? I think what made me want to change my life was just a change of feeling. Yeah. I wanted to feel something different and I feel like as soon as I started making art and stuff like that just felt different and like I like this feeling so I’m just going to keep doing this. And over time you just you’re submerged now you’re like in it. You know you’re like plus I think the people that surround you like your peer friends like your groups if they have a positive mindset your mindset’s also going to be positive. Exactly. Yeah. What we knew guys that we came from from Newiman, you know what I mean? From our jungle, bro. Jungle. We came We came from the jungle, you know, and I feel like I’m I’m happy of the way I was raised, you know, cuz I couldn’t be who I am. It taught you like you learned a lot. And shoot, you’re saying that you wouldn’t be the person who you are. And I’m very confident in myself cuz I know who I am and where I come from. I love that. I love that. Someone someone else couldn’t tell me who I am cuz I know where I come from. Love that. And that’s the power I hold. You know, being from where I’m from, knowledge is power plus self education is very important. We make photo the way we need her photo. Okay. After you come back here, everything is photo. Photo. Yeah. Stock photo. Everybody’s the same price or not? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. One second. Let me check how much he’s charged. Wait, wait. Let me see how same same. Please, please, please. One second, guys. What is this? always want to get. And you play music. You play music. Music. You got speaker? Yeah. You You Bluetooth? You Bluetooth? Oh, my Bluetooth. Your Bluetooth? No. Off to you? Me? Your Bluetooth? Yes. All right. Hold up. So, Buckingham Palace. 25 quid. That’s expensive. Give me £15. 20. It’s okay. 20? Yeah. Let’s go. Hold a minute. Buckingham Palace. Let’s go. Buckingham Palace. Let’s go. What’s your name? Huh? Sin. Romania. Look at this. No problem. It’s all the same. Yeah. Let’s go. You take cards. Yeah. All right, guys. In one of these, man. Welcome to London part number two. Open the music. Open the music. Yeah. Going to pump up the music. So, guys, I’m going to be in one of these. I’ve always wanted to be Jesus. Jesus, come. You want to sit down? Are you sure? Take care, Jesus. Big up Jesus. Let’s go sign says Jesus. White guys, we’re going to be exploring the streets of London. Music. Romania. Play Romanian music. No problem. Salam. No problem. Romania. Let’s go, brother. It’s Black Man a Traveler. Part number two in this video. We’re going to drive around the streets of London. Take me to Buckingham Palace. We’re going to go Buckingham Palace for 20 quid. You always see the street vendors around here. I mean, these these cyclists. So, let’s go Buckingham Palace. How far is Buckingham Palace from here? Yeah, for Buckingham is 10 12 minutes. Let’s go. No problem. 20 12 12 minutes. That’s expensive, eh? 20. Let’s go. Oh, crack. Oh, mate. Night. Hello. Welcome to London. And the music. Yeah. Yeah. Lovely jobly. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] Looks like I paid 20 quid. And he said it’s not working. Is it a scam? Or maybe not. What happened? No work. There’s no work. Yeah, it does work, mate. No problem. You can’t scam me off, brother. Of course it works. What doesn’t work? Hey. Oh, right. Let’s see what he’s doing. What are you doing? Oh, yeah. It’s definitely a scam. Leave it. Leave it. Leave it. Wait. Stop. Stop. One second. Get up, brother. Leave. No. No. No. You stand up. Stand up. One second. Yo. Yeah. Stand up. You stand up. You stand up. Yeah. Get up. You up. No. No. No. No. No. No. You leave. Oh, this works. Wait. Hold the camera. You can’t. No. No. Yes. Yes. No. Please, brother. Yeah. Leave it. Leave it. Okay. You fix it. You little bit down. I lift up. Yeah. Okay. I’m definitely going Buckingham Palace. I pay it. I pay. All right. Leave it. No. Leave it. I paid 20 quid for this. I got to get my 20 quid worth of money. There’s no way this guy’s telling me it’s not working, bro. You can’t scam someone like that. Yeah. Slowly. Slowly. Slowly. Uhhuh. Yeah, let’s go. Maybe I was wrong. Buckingham Palace. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Right. [Music] Big him up. That was hilarious. Guess I thought I was going to get scammed for a second. He’s like, “Oh, my bike doesn’t work.” Thinking coming, bro. I’ve been Romania before. I know what it’s like. Definitely been scammed before by people in Romania. He’s all right. He was a decent guy. Anyway, guys, we made it to Buckingham Palace. Wow. I’ve been here before, but to be honest with you, it’s not really my thing. Touristic things, Buckingham Palace. So, let me just show you guys what Buckingham Palace looks like from the outside. Look at all these people here. Right. So, on my left hand side of my corner, it’s Buckingham Palace over here. This used to be the house of the queen, but she passed away, Elizabeth. So, she passed away about I think 3 years ago. So, this is where she used to stay. And this was rebuilt, I think, after World War II. Correct me if I’m wrong. World War I. The Germans were bombarding it, bombarding it, bombarding it. Now it’s a tourist attraction. You see all these people here. 90% of the people here are foreigners. And obviously when there’s foreigners, the content is not going to be as juicy as it is. But the majority of people that come here just come here to pay the respect and take their pictures outside the famous Buckingham Palace. And right now we don’t have a queen, but we have a king. That’s me, mate. We have a king. Uh I think King Charles or Prince no Prince William I think is the king right right now. He’s the king of the UK. So where we are we’re in Buckingham Palace. There’s not much going on apart from foreigners around here. So what we going to do? We’re going to leave this area and go to another part of London and after we’re going to explore and I hope it’s going to be worth it. Let me ask the copper if they have some knowledge about this Buckingham Palace. So, it would be interesting to get them on camera and see what they say. Right, officer. Nice to meet you. All right. Can I ask you a question? Do you guys have any knowledge about Buckingham Palace for the audience? Please tell me you do. Is it Is it for Instagram? Oh, it’s for YouTube. I make this on YouTube. You filming us now? Yeah, but it’s facing me. Look, look, you can see it. The camera’s facing me. Can I film you or no? I mean, the capot can prefer not to. No problem if you want to. Um, sorry. Oh, [ __ ] No, no, I’m lost. Buckingham Palace, right? Buckingham Palace. Give me the history about this Buckingham Palace. Anything that you know? All what I said in the video is it was bombed in World War I, World War II, and then it was rebuilt. Correct me if I’m wrong. I’ll be honest with you, you ask. I don’t know that much. I’m not going to lie to you. Sorry, mate. We’re based out of North London. Probably we get brought down here as a bit of extra presence. So, if I was based here, I would have probably made the effort to learn. At the moment, there is no one in the house cuz the queen’s passed away. There’s a there’s a member of the royal family. Oh, so there’s me on the stage. Oh, we have a king right now. No. Yeah. Charles. No, William. William’s the king. Charles is the king. Comment in the video. Thank you. Black man the traveler. Don’t Don’t judge me. Black man the traveler. That was interesting speaking behind the cameras over there. Very interesting. Guys, comment on the video. Please let me know. Uh what I said was was all right. I I mean, I didn’t know any knowledge about the Buckingham Palace, guys. I’m just People keep commenting in the videos. I mean, you need to add more history. You need to add more of this. Listen, mate. I’m just I like my videos more and and and unfiltered. But definitely going to try my best to add more history and to add more knowledge into this video. But comment in the video about Buckingham Palace, the year that it was built and the year that it was bombed because I think I think the audience itself, they want to know really more history about about Buckingham Palace. Anyway, let me not keep you bored. Let’s go for a wonder. Never never. All right, guys. I stopped to random pub getting the J2. Sorry. Thank you very much, mate. Is anyone sitting here? Cheers. Is that yours? No. No. No. Is that yours? Oh, no problem. Oh, man. What a day. Cheers, man. Right. Let’s do a little vlog. A little vlog. It’s a camera. I’m just documenting my experience. Cheers, bro. Cheers. Nice to meet you. Cheers. Cheers. What’s your name? Michelle. Michelle. Guys, I’m with Michelle. We got Michelle. Give a high five. High five. London. Cheers, Michelle. So, I hope you guys have enjoyed today’s video today. Um, it’s a very spontaneous vlog that I made today. And, um, yeah, this is just my experience in London. I’m just sat with Michelle. Never met you before, but you’re good. Who you drinking? Guinness. Huh? Guinness. Guinness. We from London. From London. Are you here? Yeah. Oh, nice. Nice to meet you. Thank you. It’s quite busy, eh? Oh, yeah. It’s always busy. It’s always busy. Oh, yeah. How would you describe it? How would you describe it over here? Busy. What else? Do you reckon? What? Is there always people fighting around here or Yeah. Fighting or It’s very calm. Yeah. No fighting. No fighting. So guys, please guys comment, like, and subscribe. Put a thumbs up in this video. And yeah, it’s back on the channel. I will be making more videos over here in the UK. Hopefully, I’ll be going to other cities. Yeah, it is what it is. So, take care and uh give it a thumbs up. I need that 1,000 likes, please. Say bye-bye. See you. Bye-bye. I am.

London City What It’s Like Now ( Is Britain Broken!!! )

London has changed… and you won’t believe what it looks like now!, in this travel vlog i show you my experience going back to a city i grew up on London a place once i called home , a place where i used to have fun but now London has a negative image high crime rate drugs The unemployment rate in the uk is increasing so i decided to see what life is like now and if this place called London home to 8 million Is Worth Visiting , this video will give you an insight how daily people live their lifes in The Capital of the United Kingdom and if life has become hard for the daily people living in London City Is Britain Really Broken and is life really Hard In Great Britain.

This isn’t just another travel vlog. This is a raw, unfiltered look at how London has transformed — for better or worse London has always been a city of change — but what’s happening now is different. In this deep dive, i explore the new face of London in 2025, and why many are saying it’s no longer the city they once knew.

London isn’t just a tourist destination — it’s a living, breathing city full of history, struggle, creativity, and reinvention. But something feels… off. i wanted to capture the mood, the visuals, and the voices that tell the real story of London today.

Whether you’re a Londoner, a former resident, or someone who’s always dreamed of visiting — this is a perspective you won’t want to miss.

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