Comments by "Deathscythe Hell" (@deathscythehell7937) on "World According To Briggs" channel.

  1. As a black man and a trucker before I started my transportation company I've been to all these states many times. I can totally agree, but it wasn't what I expected. The people were nice fun and very cool, none of the things I expected at all. (I don't see color just people) I'd love to go back to some of those places to visit, but I can't go in the winter they get too cold for me. The cold and I don't get along very well, plus my wife loves tropical islands. Happy wife, happy life.
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  2. I knew it, I knew it Alabama and Mississippi would be the top 2. As a black truck driver I've had problems in all the states on the list, but Mississippi and Alabama leads the list by far. I've owned my trucking company since 96, one state trooper in Mississippi just couldn't believe it. (this was in 2005) A couple small towns in Alabama the local sheriff told me I wasn't welcome in the town after dark. (2004 & 2008) That's just the tip of the iceberg I own 50 trucks now because of my experiences and the fact that most of my drivers are ethnic. I refuse to accept any loads to 6 of the states on your list in the last 20yrs. The one's I do are only the major cities, no small backwood towns. I know Kentucky would've been on the list but didn't make the top 10.
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  3.  @LawrenceRoss1906  I was taught by a strong independent black women, my mom. Not to judge people by what they look like but by their actions, and treat people w/ respect as long as they respect you and who you are. So color is taken out of the equation. Now if they choose to disrespect me respond in king within reason, this is how I was raised.
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  4.  @LawrenceRoss1906  I grew up on St Louis Missouri during the 70s and 80s one of the most racist and segregated cities at the time. I was a 6'3", 230lbs 16yr, between the cops and the racism I experienced I refuse to let that effect me. I've had more people of my own race do worse to me than call me the n-word. At 16 a black cop his gun in my face cause he thought I was lying about not being on parole or probation. Just because he was scared cause I was bigger and taller than he was, his white partner calmed him down. Oh yeah that's just the tip of the iceberg in my 56yrs. I've experienced it from both sides but I refuse to to let that cloud my judgement and seeing the good and also the bad in people. When you look at it logically there's only one race the human race with all our differences.
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  5. I'm surprised that Walmart is the #1 employer in Florida, I figured it would be Publix. You can't sneeze without running in to a Publix down here.
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  6. Miami FL, what else is there to say about it, you covered it all. When I first moved to Florida I lived in Miami less than a year later I moved to Coral springs. I was born and raised in St Louis, my hatred of that city has no bounds. Far as I'm concerned St Louis doesn't exist, I'd live homeless in a park in downtown Baltimore before I'd ever move back to St Louis. Oh Detroit, I have nothing but fond memories of Detroit. I don't have any problems when I went there, I had a hell of a lot of fun there.😉 Almost moved there for a woman but came to my senses, dodged that bullet.
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  7. I'm atheist, but I respect everyone's beliefs. You do you and I'll do me, to each his own.
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  8. There was a time when the Tampa metro area was a state gem, that only Floridians only knew about. But it's safe to say that our secret is out, more and more people are moving to Tampa and the surrounding areas. Tampa, Clearwater, St Pete and the Sarasota areas have become very popular in the last 5 or 6yrs. Cities all around the bay area is seeing a population increase. I've been living in Florida for 32yrs, I moved from south Florida to the Tampa metro area 12yrs ago. It's just cheaper than south Florida, and it's got more to offer I think. A lot of new shops and businesses have opened, the whole metro area is becoming more diverse. Matter of fact the entire west coast of Florida is seeing a population boom lately. In the last few years a lot of tech companies have been moving in, great night life and craft brewery scene. It's a lot cheaper than Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the southeast coast where I used to live. Plus it's more laid back and relaxing too. To anyone thinking of or planning a move to the Tampa area I welcome you and I look forward to seeing you.
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  9. As a Floridian I know the problems, certain parts of the state and cities are in serious trouble. A lot of it can be solved or at least improved if state leaders focused on the people. Instead trying to promote archaic ideals and eliminating programs that were actually working.
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  10.  @himhim3344  Not what I'm saying, look at people for who they are and their actions. Not because they look different or believe differently. It's time to put racism to bed if not now for the next generation.
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  11. I've stepped away from social media for a while, coming out of quarantine has given my wife and I a new zest for life. But I had to make a comment on this video. We've traveled throughout Europe many times, but we prefer to travel within the U.S.. But the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands hold a special place in or hearts. There's so many old buildings, paintings you can look at before they all become a blur after awhile. We have a big beautiful country that most all of the European countries can fit in several times over put together. Yes we have our problems no doubt go's without question. But what we do have is great country, a few people want to regress it back into the 50s. Trying to take away or limit freedom from the majority of the people who don't believe as they do. All and all there's a lot more good people who want our country to move forward not regress to the past. Gotta go, my wife and I are going to Clearwater beach to have a dinner a few drinks and watch the sunset. Damn I love this country, go USA! 🥳 Screw the politicians, the right, left, back, front, up, down and any other ones you can think of. We can't keep doing the same thing expecting a different results, remember the saying. "Government of the people, for the people, by the people," it says nothing about special interest groups.
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  12. I loved the video, not surprised at all. I figured St Louis would've been higher on the list. I was born and raised in that craphole, at 18 I joined the Marines to get away from that hell hole. It was the lesser of two evils, if I'm going to die I might as well do it fighting for my country instead of walking out the door to go to the grocery store. Here's a funny story. Last week my cousin called me from St Louis and ask me if he could come to Tampa and live with me until he get on his feet. Now mind you this is my cousin that just got out of jail after serving 23 years for murder. He said St Louis had gotten too violent, after laughing my ass off until my stomach hurt. I told him no, my wife wasn't going to go for it, I hung up.(saved by the wedding ring) Now when a covicted murderer says the city has gotten too violent something is seriously wrong.
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  13. Some of the most friendliest people I've met were in Louisiana. The food, music in New Orleans is one of a kind. My wife and I use to go to Mardi gras every year until Katrina. We like it very much and wouldn't mind living there. But neither me nor my wife would be able to make a decent living there.
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  14. I was born and raised in St Louis Missouri, fortunately I escaped in 1992. There's so much wrong with the county my comment would read like a book. They've been trying to straighten the place out since I was a kid, I turned 56 this past Sunday. It's only gotten worse since I left, so bad that my sister moved down to Sarasota FL earlier this year. She was one of those, I was born here and I'm gonna die here people. Not anymore, she came to Tampa for my birthday this weekend when she made the statement. "She should've moved a long time ago" I LMAO!
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  15. I traveled as a career and been to all of these places. I've seen personally why they're on this list, there's just not that much to do in these cities. Watching a bug zapper would be more exciting. Keep up the good work.
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  16. Like I've said before I escaped St Louis in the early 90s, it was a crap hole then just gotten worse since then. I have an uncle who lives in Toledo, he's in his 90s so I don't see him leaving, well not moving anyway. Had family in Detroit but they've all left for greener pastures about 10yrs ago.
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  17. St Louis was my hometown, I was born and raised the though the late 60s, 70s and 80s. Anyone who disagrees w/ anything you said is oblivious to what's actually going on there. I moved out to Florida at 26yrs old in 92, I couldn't see a future there. Working a dead end job w/o any foreseeable future wasn't worth staying there. (I own 2 businesses now) Then on top of that you had crime, carjacking, drive-by's people using drugs on the bus and so on. There was a murder on the local news almost every night, I couldn't live like that anymore. I can't remember a time when the murder rate was under 200 annually. You had corrupt politicians and police officers, who I know from first hand knowledge had drug houses in the inner-city. They stole money ment for schools and community development programs. I still have friends and family who love the city and have no plans on moving. Lying to themselves that the city will rejuvenate itself soon. Then on the other hand I've got friends and family who has left and refused to return like me, 5 this year alone. The city is just like a prison, the longer you stay the harder it is to got out. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You don't leave or move out of St Louis, you escape from St Louis. Anyplace is better than St Louis, I haven't been back since 2016 when I moved mom in w/ my wife and I. (She's 99yrs on her way to triple digits this fall)
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  18. Yes there's some affordable places to live in Florida. The closer to the coast the more you're going to have to pay. Sarasota has some nice affordable areas as well, when I was moving from Coral Springs I researched a lot of these areas. Before my wife and I settled on Lutz FL, (a Tampa suburb) There's also affordable places around Tampa too. It's when you start looking at southeast Florida you'll get price shock. Some of the crappiest places in south Florida are overrated and over priced. Coral Springs is a nice area but was getting over ran with pretentious a-holes is why I left. Made a killing on the sale of my old house though, twice the price than what it cost me.
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  19. Florida isn't likely to be a conservative state. We're not into a lot of things conservatives are. We love our freedom to do as we please. We're not a poor are religious state, we're a swing state we'll go either way. We don't blindly follow anyone or any party and that's the way we like it.
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  20. My wife, kids and I aren't vegetarians, but we are atheists. We love Sunday's with cookouts and guilt free. Oh I remember the Hong Kong Phooey cartoon too. 🤣🤣🤣 Loved the video.
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  21. I agree with the small town feel but being close to the city. Sometimes it's best to be outside the city limits. There's about 23,000 people here in Lutz FL, but we're only 20 minutes from downtown Tampa. It's quite and safe and we have great neighbors, great schools, we love it.
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  22. My mom and I were on welfare for about 3yrs from 6 to 9yrs old.(mom hated it an haven't been on it since) My parents got a divorce and we needed it until mom got a decent job. If more people used it as it was intended instead of a free hand out there wouldn't be an issue.
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  23. As a Floridian we've known about Miami for years since the mid 90s before they mentioned it to everyone else. They've been searching for solutions for years, it's kinda been kept pretty much hush, hush outside of the state. That's why it's hard for you to find any information on it. On a second note, my wife and I went to Italy for a month traveling the country in 2014. We visited Venice and loved it, great people great food and museums. (The whole country is very nice, oh throw your diet out the window when you go) To anyone who hasn't been I suggest you do if you can afford too you'll love it.
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  24. My wife and I went to Australia a few years back and we had a great time. But there's one thing that wore us out, we spent almost 22 hrs to fly there. And another 22hrs to fly back, almost 2 days of our trip was spent on planes. My butt was numb, took me almost a week to get the feeling back. Lol
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  25. When my wife and I was looking to move from Coral Springs FL in 2016. We looked at Sarasota FL, but it was right on the coast, we wanted something a bit more inland. We settled on Lutz, got a good deal on a foreclosure on 2.1 acres, (paid for lump sum) and totally remodeled updating it. The solar panels, battery and generator backup, geothermal heating and cooling and rain water collection, (for irrigation) bumped the remodel cost a bit but it was worth it. (extremely low monthly cost) Great health care, plus we're close to Tampa, Clearwater, St Petersburg, Sarasota beaches. We're in our 50's but planning on retiring in our home.
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  26. A childhood friend of mine lives in Portland, she loves it. She a artist type she said she finally found a place we're she fits in. Where we grew up is a stifling city, (St Louis) creativity and individuality is hindered big time. Everyone of my friends and family who has left St Louis has prospered, and won't go back. As for the friends and family who's still there, good luck you're on your own. So if there's any city that needs to be burned beyond recognition, exploded into a trillion pieces, flooded by the Mississippi river until there's nothing left. Wait a minute I'm not done swallowed up by the New Madrid fault is St Louis and east St Louis. If you wanted to give the U.S. an enema that's where you'd stick the tube. Growing up there you got a eerie feeling of despair and depression. I've said this before, you don't leave St Louis, you escape from St Louis. Fun fact: The movie Escape from New York with Kurt Russell was filmed there, how fitting.
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  27. I agree with you totally on moving wherever you want. Now on the African American thing I'm not into labels or being placed in a box. I've never got into the African American label, yes I'm of African decent. I prefer to look at it is I'm first an American who is black that's it. I know who I am, where I come from and I'm not sensitive about it. Just don't call me the bad word, I'm good. As a Floridian I love Orlando, the people who hate it is full of you know. I bet they don't hate it when their kids want to go to Disney world and they get a discount for being a Florida resident. 😁
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  28. I was born and raised in St Louis and left in 92, I saw the future coming and I didn't want to be part of it. I have friends and family who still live there and we talk on regular basis. (Actually talk, not text or IM) Yeah you have a few new bobbles and trinkets but what I hear is that the downtown area has become a war zone. Almost every night there's a murder somewhere in the city even more on the weekends. Hell, there wasn't a year that the murder rate wasn't under 200 when I was living there. By the way the record was set I 1970 if I recall correctly 294. Yes I know the cities history all too well, it was the future that worried me. Most of the Ville neighborhood (first an oldest black neighborhood west of the Mississippi) is a bunch of vacant lots and abandoned houses, w/ very few people and businesses there. (The Jeff Vanderlou neighborhood isn't too far behind) Last year they tried to close Sumner down, (the first an oldest all black high school west of the Mississippi) my old high school. So what's so great about it? From what I see and hear it's a dieing city. It's a wonder why the New Madrid fault hasn't wiped it off the map yet, I'm so glad I'm gone. Love your enthusiasm for a lost cause though.
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  29. Yes finally I'm shocked Tampa is on one of your list. We're the forgotten Florida city, you're right the last time you mentioned Tampa was top ten reasons not to move to here. We've been over looked for too long to be one of the oldest cities in Florida.(even older than Miami) You might want to revise your list a lot of things you mentioned have been fix. The traffic is still crap during tourist season too many sightseers. There's great culture and food scene, wonderful sunsets especially on Clearwater beach. The people are nice but laid-back, plus we've got a great craft beer scene, not to mention the daiquiris. There's always something to do, festivals almost every month of the year. St Petersburg is just across the bay and it's a nice place to live too. The only thing people have a problem with is the summer heat, you have about five months when it's hot as hell. But for the rest of the year it's comfortable. We only have two seasons hot and not as hot if you're looking for the leaves to change your out of luck. The only other thing is Tampa and Clearwater was the lightening capital of the U.S. for a long time I don't know where it is now.
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  30. Decatur Alabama is number two, wow I'm surprised! Last time I was in Decatur Alabama it was 1993 I was in my early 20s. I'd just started my trucking company, had a delivery at the Winn-Dixie warehouse. I was the only black owner/operator there. The local sheriffs saw at the warehouse and asked me ask me what was my business in Decatur, I told him I had a delivery. He told me they didn't care for my kind down there, and rushed them to unload me ahead of other drivers that have been there before I was. Then he proceeded to sit there and wait until I made my delivery and gave me an escort out of town. Which was fine by me cause I didn't want to be anywhere where me and my race isn't wanted. Drove up to I-20 headed to Atlanta and I haven't been back since. I haven't even thought about Decatur until I saw it on this list. In the early 90s there were a lot of places down south had issues with my race(some still do) and those were places I avoided like the plague. Like I said I'm surprised and made it on this list maybe it's changed but I have no desire to go back and see. Besides I'm retired now running my business from my den. The only traveling I do now is when my wife and I go to some Caribbean or Polynesian island or the Keys.(if we ever get out of this quarantine)
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  31.  @andrewalsoblack  Yeah it's a big fantasy, America hates updating infrastructure as you see. The roads suck, bridges barley standing. So many countries with less population have high speed trains and roadways we're stuck with Amtrak and antiquated highways. Yet we're supposed to be a first world country we're way behind.
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  32. I agree but it's up to the city leaders to come up with alternative ideas to make the city prosper. Instead of ignoring the problem and lining their pockets with the residents taxes. In the last 30yrs I've seen companies moved overseas to increase their bottom line.
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  33. I wasn't shocked by any of the states on this list. I'm sure there was a few that qualifies for honorable mention. My wife and I workout everyday 2 to 3 hours every morning 5 days a week, we're in our mid 50s but look younger. Due to the last couple of years of quarantine we're in the best shape since our 30s. Living in Florida we feel you have to stay in shape, walking, biking, swimming on top of our workouts just to name a few. There's too many beaches and I'm not going to be that fat guy in a speedo on the beach you always see, tourist. (No I don't wear a speedo) We eat healthy during the week but on the weekends we like to let loose and eat whatever we want. We're pretty healthy, but we do like a glass of cognac and a cigar 😉, wine in my wife's case every night to unwind.
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  34. I've lived in Florida for 32yrs and don't plan on going anywhere else. There's only two problems as far as I can see in the state. #1 Our fascist Florida-man governor. (Should be rectified next election) #2 The insurance issue and cost that was bought about by none other than our fascist governor. So basically it just one big a-hole messing things up here. (The mouse is on our side now, he's gotta go) The other eight are just part of living in Florida. You either deal with it or leave, it's just that simple. Don't walk Fluffy by the lake, he's an appetizer. 🐊
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  35. Yes beautiful city, low key not so much. It's been a go to city for decades.
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  36. My wife has family from there and we've been there a few times. For the most part the people are great but the corrupt politicians are killing that city.
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  37. I was making a pickup at a produce warehouse off Alameda AV when the Rodney King verdict came in. The riots broke out all mostly immediately, I has right around the corner from some of the riots. The warehouse shut down and I had to make it to Bakersfield to get my second part of my load. It was crazy they threw bricks at my truck, I made it through and up to Bakersfield by nightfall. Watched the riot on TV at the truckstop.
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  38. I agree on church and state should be separate. Racial activism is not a religion on that I have to respectfully disagree. As a black man I've seen discrimination up close first hand. I've been pulled over and questioned just for driving a nice car for no other reason other than being black. (More times than I can count since I was a teenager, I'm 55 now) I've been followed around the store by security guards thinking I'm going to steal something. I've been called out of my name for no reason other than I'm black. (My name isn't the n-word or boy) I've been told by a sheriff in Alabama that people don't care for my kind around there. What kind is that human? A small town in Georgia in the early 2000s that was flooded I drove my truck into there with supplies. I was told, normally we don't appreciate your kind around here but since you're helping out we'll welcome you this time. Any black person can tell you simular stories. I'm as successful black entrepreneur I look at everyone the same way no matter what race or religion. I tried to give everyone the respect that I wish I can be given. But it's not that always the case, I've been in parts of the country where people look at me as if I'm an alien. Racial activism I repeat is not a religion,(I'm an atheist) it's about being treated as a human being an equal.
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  39. #4 St Louis, where I was born and raised. St Louis has been going down since the 70s when I was a kid. At one point it had a population of over 700,000, by the early 90s when I decided to escape it was just over 400,000. Now as of 2021 stats the population is down to 287,000, down from the 2020 census of 315,000. I still have family living there who actually think the city is going to make a big turn around. Ha, ha I have a better chance of having a snowball fight here in Florida than they have of turning that city around. The writing has been on the wall since the 80s, it's only a matter of time before it dies. Man Briggs the stories I tell you from just growing up there would make your hair stand on end, an you're bald like me. I went bald at 22yrs old before I even moved, I contributed it to growing up in St Louis This is why I left 32yrs ago, there's no future living there, I saw the iceberg coming and jumped ship before it hit. I had to work twice as hard just to struggle to make ends meet. When you choose a career in St Louis and you can make almost twice as much by moving somewhere else it's time to go. That was the early 90s for me, long before I started my own business I can't imagine how much of a difference it is now.
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  40. My in-laws just moved from Jacksonville to a senior community in St Petersburg. They live there for years, my wife, sisters and brother were born there. They moved due to crime, they lived in a nice suburb, but in the last couple years two meth labs were busted within a mile of their home.
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  41.  B.F.V  Everything isn't about politics. Can you sit back and enjoy life without putting a politics on everything? I solely doubt it, people like you need something to complain about. Look around you we're living in Paradise, you're not freezing your a** off in the winter, there's over 900 miles of beaches to enjoy. And just about everyone I've met have been very nice laid-back relaxed people who enjoy life, no matter what political party they are from. Grow up man, life is short get out and enjoy yourself and smell the roses.
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  42. Yeah we do. I've been semi-retired for the last 6yrs since I was 50. I've been my own boss since I was 25. I have an issue w/ authority got fired a lot, I mean a lot, too many times. Apparently calling my bosses an a.... hole and telling them what and where to kiss is terminal offense. Who knew? Lol. So I figured out in order to live I needed to work for myself. Started my own company and never looked back. There's still times I call my boss an a....hole, but that's when I deserve it. Besides old habits die hard. Lol.
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  43. Things are looking up for Memphis. As for my hometown St Louis I don't think they have a clue how to turn it around.
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  44. The video was great, you missed a lot of high points. But if you listed all of them the video would've been hours long. Miami has a very rich history, great people, great food. You also forgot about the colleges the night life, and the famous people. Too much to list too little time, I still enjoyed the video. When I first moved to Florida I lived in Pompano Beach Florida, spent a lot of time in Miami, got a crash course in spanish. Nice try with the names, that was close enough.
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  45. It all depends on where you live, I live in Tampa well a suburb of Tampa Lutz. Now downtown Tampa the prices are getting higher than it used to be. In the suburbs it's a bit cheaper, depending on the sqft. If you're expecting a cheap 5000sqft a pool on a quarter acre, don't hold your breath that ain't gonna happen. You can find a modest 2000sqft 2 bedroom in a decent area at a good price. There's. 2 keys to live well in Florida is. One: The farther from the coast the cheaper it becomes. Two: Live within your means, don't compete with the Jones's. (Example) Don't buy a BMW when you can only afford a Toyota.
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  46. I always enjoy your post Briggs, but I'd rather pay a half a million to stay away from these places and states. I've been to all these states, I'm not impressed. There's other options to find a house at a decent price where you want to live. We bought our house through a foreclosure paid less than a 35% of it's true value. We took a bit over half of what I saved gutted it and had it rebuilt the way we wanted it. We still came out cheaper than market value for our area. Where there's a will there's a way.
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  47. Yep, that about right, they did you a favor.(hope you left them a big tip) When people who live there are telling you to keep driving you know it's bad. That's why I haven't visited my family there in over a decade.
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  48. I have relatives in Jackson and Tupelo Mississippi, been there done that not impressed. The best part of my trips to visit was when I was leaving.
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  49. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You just said the truth, religious zealots do tend to act like zombies. 🤣🤣🤣
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  50. My sister-in-law lives there, we're there once or twice a month. We live in Lutz FL, I'm with you. Please stop moving here on the west coast of Florida. Try Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, Palm springs, Daytona if you're feeling brave. Leave the west coast alone we like it the way it is.
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