My Hood: Humboldt Park

[LukeTSManager]

I am white and I have been living in Humboldt for the last 6 months.  I guess everyone hates me?

Also Sports Kutz gives great haircuts!

[gwgegr]

IM STILL LIVING IN HUMBOLDT PARk

-27YRZ NOW

-Evergreen!!

[Blackout9193]

Theres no place like Chicago..I love Humboldt Park especially in winter time...O yea Ima southside nigga 2...

[zecrombetterthanregi]

Yea bro damn I miss all my mi hente borica ppl out there in ny miami and chicago im half mexican too but was raised more puerto rican im out in cali now but damn I miss the tostones peniene and renello de papas adios mi hermano

[500blkMonst4]

14 norte

[ladiinotoriousz]

chi town

[ALMIGHTYSUPERSTAR]

@1977Tomasito You're welcome.....

[6179623]

KINGS run humboldt park idgaf!

[Celsourbn]

K\\5//Cst CHUKY DAWG

[ThunderBroomPilot]

I have lived in Humboldt Park on Richmond since 1977, most of my life. The area was very tough. Now, it is super nice compared to then. Not being Spanish or minority, people told me that I was crazy to move to Humboldt Park. I loved every moment all those years, and learned a lot from Puerto Rican people, and have many friends who are PR. I would not want to live anywhere else. I hope that PR do NOT leave Humboldt Park. Please don't move to suburbs. Oh, I am Polish.

[deniatus]

@ThunderBroomPilot

"Super nice"? Uh...I disagree entirely. I lived there for one month (between Kedzie and Evergreen) in 06 and it was ridiculous what I saw. One day, while my family (mom, bro, and I) were going towards that nice park about 2 miles over (past Walgreens + that nice gym), we saw a Latino male running (SPRINTING) towards Humboldt. Weird, but OK...however ten seconds later, a SUV with 3 Latinos just stops in the middle of the road, they jump out and start chasing him w/ knife.

[deniatus]

@ThunderBroomPilot

"White" myself...went to Roberto Clemente HS during that month long period and don't think I saw one white person in school... :P

[ALMIGHTYSUPERSTAR]

@1977Tomasito Your such a fuckkin lame!

[southbr28]

Puerto Rican is a nationality, not a race. I hate when people say latino and blacks.

Go to Loiza, Puerto Rico and the population is pretty much black. There are white puerto ricans and black puerto ricans. There are also asian puerto ricans.

[machetezone]

@southbr28 shut the fuck up puerto rican is a culture. you dont have to be born thar to be puerto rican just shut the fuck up realy. you people ho think that culture or heritage comes from what country you came out of your moms vigina in is just so fucking stupid

[southbr28]

@machetezone Yes your right you don't have to be born in puerto rico, to be puerto rican or have puerto rican culture, what I commented on has nothing to do with what your getting all heated up by. If their is puerto ricans in your family heritage then yes you are puerto rican and have puerto rican heritage.

Dont get mad at me, if I believe the same thing your saying, its all love with me playa

[BoyChibi]

@southbr28 100% true. although there are more euro-ricans, there are allot of afro-ricans in chicago. and allot of puerto ricans friends say their race is puerto rican

[XxZVIONxX]

Man I miss living in Humboldt park.When by last year and seen a lot of changes.I was born and raised in that area until 5 years ago.Never had no problem with the men/woman gangs.There's always been more good times than bad.Which had made me the person I am today.

[lucky21708]

WAZZ UP NIKKA FOLKZ HOODz FUKK DA MOFUKKIN KKROWNKK NIKKA KKINGKK MO FUKKIN KILLA MANIAC WORLDz GET CHU SUM WE OUT HERE BUSTKK OUT

[locotes773]

whites trying to get black people n boricuas to ride out humboldt park

[jessicatuty]

ok first of i love humboldt park i grew up there yea it might be bad but its not lame so yall could change that!!!!! boricua for life!!!!!

[snk2010r]

Its borin n full of dicease out ther stupid neighbor hood

[snk2010r]

Lame ass hood n speech

[Tyreak131]

men i just love puerto rican culture may be black but u guys r great

[jesumele]

@Tyreak131 Maybe because Puerto Rican culture is big time African

[speedy14ful]

♦

fuck all yall lame as king.. que me lo mamas...

[pimp1ecker]

man in little village they should get a mexican flag and this nigga a fagg

[MTOWNZFINNEST]

chi townz my city

[LokimonWasHere]

who cares about this piece of shit park.

[sasukefallen]

@LokimonWasHere lmao my family lives around this park and this park is not beutiful, maybe the music but too many gang fights with kings and maniacs i think its called lol 

[ramirezkey]

u snapped king! haha fuck diss lame ass ni99v!

[lil6pack]

get the fuck out humboldt then bitch!!!!!!!!

king love

[shasta69]

Puerto Ricans are Americans, can't we all just get along?

[MegaMecla]

Yeh I live on Augusta and Rockwell, the neiborhood is becoming whiter every day it seems. Alot of hipsters and other people are moving in, alot of Boricuas are moving out.

[PURO5X5LK]

East Humboldt is almost 30% white now... the white people took the island, and they will soon take your nieborhood.

[PURO5X5LK]

@Kalakekepr What why are u hating?? on me ur Puerto Rican too.. wtf... im saying that Gentrification is killing our nieborhood im from Humboldt Park too.. i went to live in P.R. for 5 years i came back and the nieborhood has changed alot there is so many new development and hipsters.. now

[Kalakekepr]

@PURO5X5LK  stop talking out your ass dude

[MegaMecla]

@Kalakekepr Are you a self hating Puerto Rican? Anyways PUR05X5LK is right, gentrification is killing the Puerto Rican Community in Humboldt Park, its a shame because its one of our most well defined nieghborhoods in the states. Let me refrase that it "was" one of our most well defined nieghborhoods. Every year hundreds of Puerto Rican are leaving. My family left years ago but I came back after college and bought a house on Rockwell.

[Kalakekepr]

@MegaMecla self hating puerto rican? lol am pr born and raise so we don't use those terms sir. and by the way sir i wasn't talking about your little neigborhood in states. i was addressing him on sanother topic sir.

[cronicjointpain]

@PURO5X5LK yes they will, because the key is racial diversity, only idiots are racist, anybody who is racist is actually being manipulated and controlled like a fucking puppet proves how dumb these people are, every race on this planet is directly related it has been proven time and time again, and anybody who doesn't or can't realize that we are all humans does not have half a brain in their fucking head.

[TheRico590]

lame ass white dude thinks hes rican, get off the blacks nuts the boricuas never wanted blacks in humbolt park they just couldnt stop it , the same way they couldnt stop the mexicans

[cronicjointpain]

@TheRico590 stop being racist idiot!!! who fucking gives a shit what races live in what neighborhoods, grow the fuck up, i'm about ready to go on a racism killing spree, anybody whos racist gets capped!!!

[jllorente83]

(continued...)... ------> People who live in the area should be happy and move with the changes instead of trying to stop it because its not going to. My humboldt park latinos and blacks and whites who went through it too. Dont resist the change, embrace it and use it to our advantage. Humboldt park can be better then it ever was but still with the fire that its always had. Be better, live better! That is all i have to say. Enjoy life and represent!!!!!

[jllorente83]

(continued...) ----> Its known for its culture and heavy amount of puerto rican population. The flags cost $1million a piece to be put up as a result of the puerto rican population. Though it is heavy in puerto ricans you will find many different latin cultures as well (mexicans/ colombians/ cubans...just to name a few). Latinos will stick together when really needed even if they dont know each other. Its the way they were raised or as some consider a "product of their enviroment". (continued)..

[jllorente83]

(continued...) --->Those are just sum things that can be considered as a flaw for the surrounding neiborhoods. The positives are that everyone usually sticks together. Humboldt park is surrounded by latinos and blacks but still mainly latinos. There are alot of ethnic groups and is very diversified with culture. The park is big and beautiful when its taken care of. You will find food that is hard to find elsewhere. (continued...).....

[jllorente83]

So what happens is since you were going to be beat up or shot at because you lived where you lived kids start turning to those gangs and become one. Yea there's an option to move but mothers and fathers cant afford to in most cases. Gangs from your neiborhood become friends as long as you mind your buisness when things that dont have anything to do with you dirrectly happens. Some will fight for you and help you when things get tough. (continued....).....

[jllorente83]

(continued...) ---> If you were in a different part of the city and were approached by a gang member and they asked you where you lived and if you tell em a certain area in humboldt park they would say you were that gang in that hood no matter if you weren't (example: Francisco and Wabansia= YLO-D or Whipple and Wabansia = Latin Kings).....(continued...)....

[jllorente83]

I was raised in Humboldt Park. I went to Von Humboldt and to Roberto Clemente. Here's my opinion on the area. Humboldt park area is known for gangs. Every few blocks there are gangs. If you were raised there and hung out you either turned banger or were confused as 1 or had a family member that was 1. (continued....)

[MCnejjj23]

fuck this guy if he shaved his fucking brows. kinda gay isn't it ?

[BigDaddyKo]

DAT LIL NIGGA IS A BITCH........HE DONT REP HUMBOLDT PARK................HE'S SOFT. ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE IIN THE WORLD CAN MOVE INTO THE PARK AND IT'LL STILL BE HUMBOLDT PARK................BORICUAS RUN THAT SHIT.

[grndma2be2009]

hushg u r so wrong get ur facts corrected...and if u dnt got papers u dnt belong here..the ppl who complain about chicago get the fuck out..and the change humboldt pk needs is to get rid of all gangbangers but than again gangbangers mess up everything dnt confuse it

[airkobealday]

yes there will there will always be a change in life my brother

[condiersea]

white people get the most discrimination. especially at my school. even though i go to taft on the north side in an almost all white neighborhood we have a lot of blacks and Hispanics. we got a few kids from the west side and Humboldt park. and white kids get the most hate.

[ChrisSchwanrez]

shut up

[JHook2dafullest]

HEY I KNOW HIM HIS NAME IS LUIS I USED TO WORK WITH HIM AT MY JOB....HE'S COOL PEEPS MAN...BUT I LIKE THE VIDEO.....BUT U CAINT GET MAD AT HIM I MEAN HE IS JUST SAYING IT FROM HOW HE SEES THINGS AROUND HUMBOLDT PARK..

[illa1990]

me being mix it crazy cuz i caint even walk through ther no more cuz i look like sum gang when im not even in one they just dnt care some time but i still love hb

[hushg2000]

Funny how latinos whine all the time about descrimination but yet they don't want middle class Americans to move in. WTF? U have new developers wanting to fix the economy of Humboldt, yet they are people who are opposed to it. There's a high rate of GOVT assistance in HP, yet when real Americans want to get rid of it and improve the hood overall, people in HP refuse it. They want tax dollar, but they don't want change. You live in AMERICA, learn to RESPECT IT! They are worse than the Mexicans!

[MsProjectz]

use kid,s are not the problem and the teacher,s do help use they and i mean us kid,s dont lessen the kid,s just want to be like ya'll!@

[perrucha09]

ew potorros

[fnes13]

No bro. we dont need more police. the gangs just need to stop fighting each other. kids need to stay in school. and we need to stop moving out of humboldt once we become successful and come back and bring new businesses to the community.

[MsProjectz]

@fnes13 tis will never happen humbolt park will alway,s be the some no matter what and this is coming from a lil 12 year old girl that goes lowell

[bmetoyer94]

how come blacks cant hang in hispanic neighborhoods but hispanics can hang in black neighborhoods?

[ChicaGOrilla4CHN]

@bmetoyer94 i use to do it as a youngin... but of course i'm mixed and most importantly, i had my plugs.... over time you open your eyes though. but it's all love

[illa1990]

feel the same way 

[OriginalVis1]

This dood sounds like he jus came fresh out the island

[silentsteve63]

Brother I'm from NY all I hear about Humboldt park is the negative. But truly its giving Latinos bad name. I praise the fact that you expose the positive side of living in a Latino community. Why can't we just show the positive side of our way of life? So thanks for posting the positive brother.

SilentSteve63 I bee...

[krazynena18]

shit i grew up in humboldt park aint shit da fukin same mutha fukas on both sides b actin dumb as hell neway grew up on homan 1 luv

[CHITOWNBANGN]

LEMOYNE & SPAULDING NIGKA ALL DAY AMOR

[darealdjjumpoff]

@CHITOWNBANGN a u kno my nigga nelson? lol...tito brother

[dannyfolkks]

a school could be bad, a teahcer could sell u drugs, its on u to decide ta buy em, ta decide ta be with the majortiy and bang slang and hang, choose peer pressure or maintain, cuz crime n violence will always remain like a shitstain, a strong minded person will maintain and feel no pain, or disgrace, or no worries at all, hell put his game face on and stand tall, organizations can make you ball or make you fall, everybodys ears are listening to so many different calls, u choose ure destiny. grow

[blackblanco15]

hell naw 2:33 is not humboldt park hell naw dats my area

[elgranbejuco]

keep up the good work louis,I lived on augustA ANd california in early 80to late 80s, now 2009 its looking more good then everkeep us up dated man live in melrosepark now but i would love to go back to humboldt tomany tacos were im at but is all good , with all respect hermano peace

[bobbyfiala]

Ponte a Rebajar mijo!!!!!!!!

[DesiMinaj]

clemente is the worst school, frankly the teachers there don't do anything. i'm not sure how it is now but people used to smoke weed in the back and have sex in the bment. wow what a school.

[enamal1]

ha and teachers used to get beat up

[empathyunderstood]

This racism shit vs white or vs black or vs whothefuckever is really old.

[gap729]

it look like the south bronx

[issella]

uh you need to learn more about where you live, the flags wert put up 4 or 5 years ago, they have been there for about ten years papa!

[hardcoverchicago]

this video is years old. thank you though for keeping us honest

[hushg2000]

@hardcoverchicago actually they been there for 15 years, PAPA!

[moijoke13]

good vid

[pacmands]

The Best Neighborhood

[RyanSet]

gotta love tha HP!!!

[upabittoolate]

not exactly. but it's okay

[pacmands]

ya i know

[ddcjones]

i know this dude

[dabrooksux]

=]

trueeee