Is SOUTHAMPTON the WORST place to live in the UK? 🤔🇬🇧

In our 140th video, we continue our ‘Worst Places to Live in the UK’ series by visiting Southampton, located in Hampshire on the south coast. The fact the visit was overshadowed by a gloomy day didn’t Southampton many favours, however there were some redeeming features. We met some positive business owners selling baklava, a veteran that’s still smiling despite being homeless for 8.5 years and found a city that dreams of a better yesterday.

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who this car is not allowed look at this all of these are probably worth more than the car itself ancient Chinese Proverbs say water stones and they become books true story they come here and they put me up in five star hotels yeah I’m an English citizen this is where I sleep yeah [Music] you joined us on a miserable day in sampton but we’re asking the question is it the worst place to live in the UK join us as we have a look been men doing their thing I know a lot of you going to have a go at me for starting an ocean Village but you know you got to start off with the good with the new with the fresh and then uh move on to some of the crap we’ve only been rolling for less than what 2 minutes and already I’ve discovered an empty alcohol bottle I think that beats Portsmouth if you weren’t aware sampton is the capital of the zombie billboard so if you don’t want your business advertised come here [Applause] huh careless driver what is all this smashed up yeah caress driver oh and another bottle of alcohol this beats this beats ports smouth now guys look that’s two we’ve seen and then contrasted there a that and if you know Manchester what building does that remind you of it’s very noisy down here right in the Posh area of Oxford Street you can get yourself a free whatever that is fridge freezer no idea then you come to Oxford Street no not the one in London look you may have seen this on the live stream I did but here they’ve got a number of old places look at that old G Pub and then the rest of it is just failed businesses that have never recovered wonderful look at the state of Britain bit of history for you though the white star 10 points to whoever can tell me the history and significance of the name go I will say though this barers is excellent look at that that’s Lush that’s so cool I love that so there’s Hollywood house not Hollywood Hollywood and just up there is where the church that got absolutely blitzed in the blitz cre got blitzed in the blitz cre this is one of the Estates of sampton take it all in Marvel enjoy now there’s a mural here the Titanic stor cool bit of History stop and learn just look at the contrast what has happened then and now looks like a sight for a burger van just before you go to the football one cheeseburger please here you go series of businesses fish and chips Salon Gourmet kebabs interesting excuse me Madam excuse me no probably not can’t hear me don’t want to talk it’s all right we’ll find our first person interview pigeon what do you think is a hton no don’t want to talk to me either okay that’s pretty cool vanilla record W store that’s nice and then you got Romanian and Eastern European store fresh fruit and veg that’s cracking hello cheers mate oh look at all that there you go Kia Romanian and Eastern European stuff deams is no longer style in the nation what was once a store an icon of sampton left in Ruins also if you go down that way there used to be another uh shopping center called East Street I believe and then they’re throwing up more buildings more and more and more and more yeah we still can’t hose enough people interesting a sneak peek of the construction site I might have to take the drone over to see the development there you go the creative industry need you oh Jaffer cak SPO my shot this is really weird coming down this way because when I was in university here I remember I went to this shopping center and it was the first and last time I ever got a fake tan done and when I tell you I came out looking like somebody that would be cancelled nowadays for having a certain face honestly it was embarrassing but yeah this is going to be massive this place to local residents will know that it got delayed for a few years thanks to funding but also here’s some history York gate pause to read and if you’ve used a trolley from your local supermarket don’t bring it back just leave it here and they’ll pick it up for you that was a joke by the way the mind wokery has finally got everybody this guy thinks he can fly he identifies as a bird why look after your city when you can just Chuck everything on the floor no care in the world love that and opposite the bargate who some of you may recall made an appearance in my recent live stream with The Nutters and ukip and everyone else trying to save kids it’s not just Manchester that has the car rying barriers of peace and next to spec Savers we have someone’s home with a pram wellow hello sampton what’s the issue that you’re having at the moment in sampton cuz we’re trying to make changes to help people like you so the government stops turning its back on our own people just they’ve cut all the homeless funding okay when did it start affecting you 3 and 1/ half years ago so you’ve been like this for 3 and 1/ half years I’ve been like this for 8 and 1 half years Jesus what happened before the 3 and a half years and with the funding cut um well you could get into a hostal for 6 months and you’re out again really yeah and they didn’t provide any support after that to help you get back no you have to then you have to go 6 months homeless and then you get another six months yeah and then you’re out 6 months homeless and then you get another 6 months and it’s just a revolving door it’s you know what do what would you like to see that would really help you then to get back on your feet um what would you think that could help you know like in Japan they have like these little sleep pods y something like that here yeah you know you could pay £8 a night yeah or I don’t know what it is in Japan I I just 8 off the top of my head I don’t know yeah so you got a warm place to sleep facilities help you get back your I mean they did say in Southampton they were going to turn a load of um cargo pods oh yeah you know them transport of containers yeah they were going to turn a load of them into self-contained flats that all fell through bet they said there was no funding no funding but they could spend a quarter of a billion on a migr processing sale yeah and 5 billion a year on their hotels yeah and S I’m I’m not racist no not racist in the slightest I get that I know the people that have come in from other countries they they’re fleeing death every day they leave their homes but they come here and they put them up in five star hotels yeah I’m an English citizen this is where I sleep yeah you know it’s disgusting mate and that’s what people are angry about okay well I’ll go and get you your drink mate and come back um but I’m planning on trying to do these sort of things with the pods because if it can help you get back on your feet then abolutely good if I if I had somebody to sleep and somebody to clean myself I could get a job yeah you know try trying to go for an interview having just scraped myself up off the pavement and that’s the first people thing people judge as well they exactly they don’t listen to your story no first thing they say is have you got an address no have you got a bank account no where’ you sleep last night on the pavement out the door it’s awful Isn’t it yeah I’m a fully qualified raw electrical mechanical engineer you’re a vet as well yeah thanks for your service sorry this has happened to you we’re going to sort it out I know you probably heard that loads of times but I think change is happening now good all right let’s get our vet of Gregs just on the way to get this hot chocolate and already look we’ve seen few more places people staying terrible there you go mate that’ll go down well with that would it thank you very much worries no worries you take care of yourself have a good day yeah you well as best you can mate but keep smiling it’ll change cheers M and in a start contrast with what you just saw capitalism we need a a fine blend between the two does anyone else think that she’s just looking a bit creepy at the moment if it actually shows her I know she looks healthy in that one never mind I don’t know what that is but it’s giving me Starship Galactica be faceless don’t be unique ooh this looks scrummy what’s your best one what’s your best selling one one or M Star oh okay is this oh B lava I love bat lava that’s really nice cool how long have you been in business good a year it’s been a year been a year yeah it’s a lovely looking shop all the best guys ancient Chinese Proverbs say water stones and they become books true story wonder what all this is Ironside rubbish hope they clean it up lovely you’ll all recognize this hotel wa a DJ media got attacked by that psychotic migrant lovely and I’ll P the this life-size model of Karm get the joke is Hollywood church this is the one I was talking to you about earlier not Hollywood but Hollywood absolutely battered by the luer still beautiful though opposite a Japanese restaurant that I used to go to a lot also another victim of the UK stagnation and next that beautiful structure is the awful brutalism of the job center what a dump there’s a Greek Orthodox Church looks like it’s being done up it’s beautiful inside have a quick look stunning wow look at that beautiful oh the waspy women are angry W this car is not allowed look at this all of these are probably worth more than the car itself I love it when they build little workshops and things inside the bridge it’s amazing it’s like Hobbits and caves but could a smarter individual tell me what that is is that some sort of generator looks like it or a sub station oh here we go Transformers no worries Optimus Prime so there’s finally some cop action woo yes I am the crazy person that’s walking over the itching Bridge just to give you this amazing content of me getting very wet [Applause] well there you go guys the more astute of you will probably noticed that the weather is 100% more improved than it was on the last scene that you just saw that’s because it’s a different day but I got busy the other day so I uh had to wrap it up quickly but I just wanted to give you this final Cena samton let me know in the comments what you think of the place what did I miss what should I see next cuz I know there’s a lot of lot of places I didn’t go to but I didn’t have the time so leave in the comments share this with people if you’re annoyed with what’s going on at the moment you want more unfiltered UK exposing the truth do subscribe to the channel share with your network and we’ll see you on the next one bye for now

36 Comments

  1. Southampton is a nightmare if you live new forest with kids they can’t get a job if you know someone in the docks you might get lucky if you know someone in esso refinery and don’t mind giving your every bank holiday Xmas and everything else you will earn well and may get lucky but then die at retirement if you look on indeed looks like lots a work but then you will find the jobs your applying for 300 to 1000 applying for 1 job so yes Southampton is a very difficult place to live .very expensive houses over priced and the wages do not Mach the bills

  2. I'm a Scummer, born and bred, and a Vet. What the f*** is happening in Soton and the UK? I now live in Cyprus. I can't afford to live in the UK! If I returned I will have to rely on the British Legion, or other Vet 'charities'. Why the fu** did I serve?

  3. How did this decent very skilled guy became homeless? Electrical mechanical engineer sleeping on the street? How did that happen? Someone should take care of him ASAP he's a valuable asset!

  4. I am a uk born and bred, but I truly believe that if one becomes homeless through whatever reason,if you have the capacity and desire to make something better happen you will. The majority of homeless on the streets don’t have this desire or drive to rise up and make a better life for themselves. PEACE

  5. I'm sure that "vet" would have said REME, RATHER THAN THE FULL THING….. its just a bit odd to not say Reme, as he would have been calling it through his career. Not judging, just curious being a veteran myself.

  6. If the homeless guy is a qualified electrical mechanical engineer, why couldn't he get a job and pull his life together in the six months he was in a hostel?

  7. There's nothing wrong with the city. I've been to worse places. You only showed the worst places. You need to go just a bit more to the east. Also how come the house prices are pretty high. Would people want to pay a lot if its that bad. Have you seen Blackpool. Even before the economy being bad it was awful. I last went there 16 years ago and thought it was awful and people I know have been since and say its got worse. At least Southampton has a lot of green places to visit. You get good and bad wherever you go in the country . Even the posh places have area's that are bad. I actually saw a video that said Southampton was in the top 10 places to live in the UK.

  8. damn… currently working in the netherlands, and im about to go to the U ofS there…. and boy oh boy, a very strong comparison to Leiden or Rotterdam or Amstersam, you name it..

  9. The only significance I can think of the name White Star is that the Titanic was part of the White Star fleet and it sailed out of Southampton and sank a few days later.

  10. I live in Southampton and it's nothing compared to some of the places Billy Moore visits. I was shocked when I went to Wolverhampton and Newport South Wales is on another level of shitholes.

  11. If you're going to talk about why we are like this in this country. Then tell people the truth, it all started with Thatcher Tory Government and her hatred of the working class, the destruction of industry the implication of Austerity, stopping council from building council homes. Turning this country from a well paid workforce to cheap, under paid and overwork service jobs.
    I can remember a time when places like Southampton had more jobs than people, and now it's the other way round

  12. In my honest opinion, you were looking for grot – and you found some. It could be anywhere in the UK. I was born and grew up in
    Southampton, went to good schools and liked my City. We were proud of it. Yes, it’s changed, but not that much. What’s different
    is new buildings everywhere and quite a few shops gone out of business. Homelessness was practically unknown in my youth.
    Less officialdom. Not many had a car. Not many had TV, no colour. NHS was up & running OK but you knew you’d have to wait a
    long time at any appt. Gone are the Ocean Liners, in are containers +++. Life and times move on.

  13. I recently moved to Southampton having lived in the new forest most of my life and can honestly say yes Southampton has become a shit hole 😮😮😮 when I retire I'm definitely moving back to the new forest 😊😊😊

  14. "I think Change is happening now" … You mean the continuing cutting of Public Services and the continued crippoijng of the Economy?
    Do yopu thinkl this government is going to finally reverse the last 45 years of Monatartism and actually return to taxcing the peopel with the money instead of taxing the Poor?
    Except… that's the OPPOSITE of what the Tories or (oprivately owned company) 'Reform' have as Policies -0 they want to stiop taxing the Offshore rich entirely … and Wannabe Tories StarmerLabour aren't planing on doing ahnytghign very different.
    Where's your imaginary Magic Money Tree? Taking money off Refugees and more of the Poorer?
    Yeah way to go…
    Do we need any more proof that 15 years of DisasterTory rule have destroyed our economy?

    God those squatt little flats are depressing aren't they!
    Al;as, no, refugees aren't 'put up in 5-star hotels' but the public finance that labour put into the country from '45 to '79 was given away to Tory Donors ever since and now the countrty'as run merely to make the rich richer…
    Of course, if people HAD voted for somethign other than the Right since 2010, this wouldn't be happening but here we are. Keep blaming Labour for not being in power for the last 14 ywears and now blame "KLabopur" now it's been turned into a Tory Tribute Act because the public didn't vote for Labour.

  15. This is the way UK treats its vets? Shame on this country. Shame on every single one of its politicians. And shame on every single one of us for letting a vet rough it out on the streets. Bet if there's a war pronounced tomorrow, you and I will find foot spurs to run away from going to the frontline but this man will go right up and be among the first 50 in line. We are a country of hypocrites.

  16. What has been allowed to happen to The Dolphin Hotel is shameful, one of the most historic buildings in Southampton. First severely neglected by owners, then trashed by asylum seekers and now being converted to student accommodation. Was working there as a receptionist when they brought in the asylum seekers it was heart breaking!

  17. I went to Birmingham the other week, when i say it was like a third world country im not exaggerating. The place is disgusting, Southampton is going down hill but its still alot better than many other cities

  18. A massive improvement on your last attempt to portray sunny Southampton. That effort was filmed from the knees down, whilst in this one we get the odd upper story and even the occasional roof. Wow! New Yorkers eat your hearts out.
    I can only assuming the locations you selected were chosen on your constant need to find a discrete place to piss without recourse to trees or bushes. Weird, they are plentiful in the city centre. Can't imagine how you missed them.

  19. I was born and brought up in totton and I joined the army .if you think Southampton is rough you should go to some of the countries I've been to .I l9ve Southampton. I now live in kent and I go back to Southampton when ever I can .London is far far worse than Southampton

  20. Theres a lot of criticism of homeless people on here and its not right. In fact it shows the ignorance of people. Many of the people on the street are people with severe mental illness or something really bad, beyond their control, has happened in their lives. Nor are all of them alcoholics or druggies. I have worked in food banks and different charities that work with the homeless and if you actually sit down and talk to these people you will learn a thing or two. It is a very hard situation to get out of once your on the street. Dont judge , and get your facts straight first.

  21. shame ocean village went, the only seafront, albeit loosly, place. was too far out from the city centre, but on a nice day inn summer it was a nice place to be…..

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