 TLO what's poppin we are on twitch. We are not live, but you can leave it like comment subscribe turn on your post notification Bills, let's continue to grow the family from Chicago to the UK man My apologies man, they doing construction on the building Doesn't stop the grind merch Patreon Link in the description below. This is from Windows channel. It's called surviving the danger sheets of Birmingham Homeless in Britain. Let's get into it There you go folks Sorry, that was one of the littlest intro that I have come across that was that was a vibe window. That was a good intro I'm sorry. I don't mean to laugh at a girl cussing out the monitor, but the way he came in the screen was legendary I Had a Birmingham. They don't want you to see you know God day Welcome to bankrupt Birmingham the second largest city in the UK and the largest local authority in Europe is indeed Bankrupt you may ask yourself. How the hell did this happen? How did a city wait? Is it really men cleaning buildings? How did it end up? Declare in its own bankruptcy this month September 2023 Well a mismanagement of local council funds Settlements for historical pay disputes. It's an absolute mess, but it's led to a unsustainable deficit and consequently We will without doubt see local And as always it won't be the people at the top of these gleaming Skyscrapers at the top of the higher Regency. They won't be the people skyscrapers are stretched. They're nice They're tall buildings skyscraper was I don't think so Well, let's suffer it will be the people of the bottom the very bottom of the poverty ladder and of course Birmingham has huge problems with poverty now The people at the very bottom of this poverty ladder They are without doubt the homeless and as with most towns in the UK Big homeless problems in Birmingham acute problems one would say not even a lot I think the homeless won't even be affected. They will not care They will continue to be homeless continue to make it happen as far as they need to make it happen and That's it Now any outreach programs might be stopped, but like They're gonna find a way regardless Now there are Some real problems with violent crime as well in Birmingham It's a next level problem compared to the seaside towns that film recently So the people that live on the streets here they encounter genuine Danger and crime every day So we're gonna walk around the streets of Birmingham today We're gonna meet some of the homeless people and ask them how dangerous is it living on the streets of Birmingham? Let's go This is needed to be done. I like this So what's your name my friend? My name is essentially giving people a voice that normally don't have a voice. I like this As if and how long have you been in the streets here in Birmingham? Even the streets in Birmingham I've been about three or four months because I had a flat before but I was taken over by junkies They were in my flat They robbed me of everything Destroyed everything and the council said all I could do was give up the flat I've just got a new place. Maybe tomorrow. I mean in a new flat. That's all. Thank you God When did you learn to do this? Okay, so you should be an expert by now I'm gonna step back in case I get set on fire So how dangerous is it? It's fucking dangerous to leave me. It's not that you got to be careful I always sleep with the cameras and things. Yeah, and that's in the town's city centre Yeah, yeah, because if people do do anything to me at least they get caught then you know Yeah, and what sort of things do people fall victim to homeless people? Well, like getting kicked when they're sleeping Getting beaten up getting the money taken off and all kinds of things like that And is that by other homeless people? Most people, you know, who are desperate. Yeah, you know, so you can understand that the other problem, you know, it's not Yeah, well, it's not so nice when they take your money off you And this is your little dog. This is your little dog. Yeah, what's your dog's name? Hello, Tar. Hello, sweetheart and Tar can go into your accommodation with you. Yeah, of course Yeah, brilliant. I wouldn't go without my dog. No, no, your best friend That's for money shots Yeah, I'm not gonna lie like I ain't never been walking down the streets of Chicago and seen a homeless person juggling fire But ain't that never happened in my life thought Like this is the most talent that I've ever seen from a homeless man. No offense, but like I ain't never seen Never seen it Not gonna lie he deserves people like y'all got to stop watching drop coinage like this is this is lit literally Before I was here on the streets. I was I was 45 years On the streets completely all over Europe all over found well, not just your America also all over France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland Oh, hey, how was he getting around? Oh, hey, Belgium, America. Hey Do not love yourself. I'm sorry. I'll start with you, Tar. The dog is a bitch. Looking after you mate. Hey, looking after you. Every dog that passes she goes crazy. She's looking after her dad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She doesn't like dogs and people with sticks. No, why don't blame her? Well dogs aren't to be scared of and obviously I'm all right Honestly, sir. Please. No, I don't. Unwavering concentration Yeah. Well, it's concentration on the people, so not just on what I'm doing. Yeah. So do you manage to get some donations from the flyer? Yeah, not it's not brilliant, but I can live from it You know what I mean? So how much can you make a day from people don't be listening? It really depends. Some I'm not joking. I've come out some days and made like three or four pounds and I've come out other days and made 30 40 pounds So you never know what's the main danger for I'm not gonna lie Like I would drop a five like this is that that is a good trick. That's crazy I would go play for Cirque du Soleil. So shoot I get it for five dollars in the streets. I'm watching I am watching Oh, yeah, like being that these lunatics who come along and they're completely drunk and Crazy you get some very bad people. They you know very aggressive and Yeah, sweetheart, you've been ever so good. You're just looking after your dad, aren't you? Hey, you're gonna be okay soon You're a good dog. You're a good dog. I Always feel bad for the dogs every time Be gone up. Oh No more construction. How convenient. Thank God Like take a lunch break. Dang This is a different type of street life to the life that people have in the seaside towns of Britain that I filmed so far I'm not saying that the people that live in the seaside towns on the streets. Don't this is the first time I ever watched it This is W. This is W stuff So for they don't have it hard But the the violent crime rate Man's doing a service because otherwise than this I would have no idea. It's so much higher In the city of Birmingham, especially for people who have nowhere to Rest their head in safety for the night So let's walk around the fringes of the city centre and see if anyone's willing to talk to us about Their life on the streets here. What's your name? Laura Taylor. Nice to meet you What is life like on the streets? How dangerous is it outside for me being on the streets, man? I'm very experienced been 14 years Very very dangerous being out here in a nobody's situation It doesn't matter whether you're a man or a woman. It can happen to a woman. It can happen to a man And what happens very you could be physically abused because it's actually abused you could be attacked So what's going on here? I Don't want to be disrespectful, but I do want I'm I'm curious to know what that like When you sleep And if you could happen, you don't know what could happen when you sleep out here on the streets, right? You're gonna be just walking by It's gonna be shot I've been sexually abused within the last three months three years been in London turns around I've been physically abused. I've been attacked by males And what do you do to protect yourself? What measures do you take? I have to stay in I have to stay with groups Yeah, I feel safe being with this man. Yeah, I don't approach anybody You stick together Yeah, and is there any help from the local authority Yeah, and is there any help from the local authorities and he's okay with that you just you you hear for the moment Not forever. That's tough Listen, they're raised but they're not very supportive, mate. If somebody made a reality tv show with homeless people Do you know how tuned in I would be? Like they be having drama within their own little like community, but it'd be like It'd be crazier drama like that somebody please pay them of course with like After you film Not during you filming like after you film like, you know, I'm saying try to get their lives on Like just making a continued show like Like jersey shore was how they had one cast And then they brought up with them slowly but surely and then they would like like Change something like take like eight of them and put them all in one like area The first the first series got to be on the street though Then the second series you got to see where like give them a little shack, you know what I'm saying put them all together Not a shack, but like Somewhere like, you know, I'm saying like they got to be progressively making their life better But like start at the bottom though. They want to stick with the hmo's for the junk. That's bogus I want to see them for my entertainment. That's my stuff for me to say, but hey, listen No, they're not supporting us, mate. They're taking our money away That's why they're doing to stick with the aim at hmo's for the addicts We're stable. We don't do classic drugs, mate I don't want to be poor in that stable condition if I win that could lead me to doing it Would you prefer to be on the streets than in one of those hma situations? Yes, I would. I have learned a lot about street vlogging today. I've learned that Delving into the underbelly of a huge city as opposed to a seaside town is different gravy. You've got to have completely different tactics to approaching people. Look at how many people are watching them. There's more organization to the streets and to the homeless community In um in these big cities. Every day. It's uh, it's definitely Harder to get interview subjects. People are less approachable and I think they're more worried about their opinions Turning up on the internet. I'm making youtube videos at the moment. Don't do that. No So yeah Every day in every way We learn to grow and we refine what we do Sir can I ask you, where are you going when you die? Where am I going? Yes, sir. Can I enter the cosmos my friend? Enter the cosmos. Yes, sir I'm afraid that's not an option. I am becoming the molecules and particles that I've always been sir I'm afraid that's not an option. Why is that not an option? Because you have one of two eternal destinations You can either go to heaven or you can go to hell. So where do the homeless people sit in this whole Um narrative that you have The homeless people are this is the same as us. You know the god is not a respecter of persons So the homeless people stand too and whether they can accept salvation just the same as that you and I can The way cigarettes is pointing that wee wee at that mad lady Across that lady face Birmingham has changed a lot since I was a child. I grew up Not a million miles from here and I used to visit the city For a sort of big day out to the big smoke And none of this was here none of these Huge skyscrapers a very modern city now But the city's always been it is not a skyscraper Quite a rough and ready city It is a taller building but skyscraper no Its roots are firmly entrenched in the industrial revolution and the industry that Followed in this part of the world. I like Birmingham and it kind of looked like a Chicago look he Was shorter buildings Consequently It's real down to a rough and ready place good people good sense of humor But life on the streets Must be incredibly dangerous Every time somebody see a camera like you just got to do something And incredible just be normal be hard for those that suffer from it. My name's Stephen Ellis Yeah, and how how is your life on the streets? My life the minute in Birmingham is tough at the minutes. It is tough on the street. Oh man, hold on Dang, I'm gonna edit this out. I forgot I put something in the oven. I'm gonna burn that Burn the crib down My bad But y'all not even gonna see that it's gonna be like a quick little Flash on the screen and I'm gonna be back So W editing skills of mine. You feel me? My life the minute in Birmingham is tough at the minutes. It is tough on the streets At night it is scary being on your own, you know, and it's hard to get money now food and drink Count people carrying knives range at night. A lot of knife crime. Yeah knife crime And is that the homeless or is that the that's for homeless people and people in general? Yeah, yeah People are drunk, you know, they want to start on the homeless people and dying there in the streets when you're sleeping bag Yeah, give you a kick in something like that. So do you find like Places outside the city centre that are safe and safe to sleep at night. Definitely. Yeah, definitely So what find out outside the city centre? So do you find that the city centre is the dangerous place at night at night? Yeah, you have to find like a quiet place. Yeah, quite a street like yeah And how far out do you have to Half a mile. Okay. Yeah, obviously you've you've got your little secret spots. Yeah. Yeah, I got a little spot. Yeah Do you have people that like um that you trust on the streets like others that you can call friends that yeah Yeah, you know you you group up with the safety. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I've got a couple of friends. Yeah, they'll stay for safety Yeah, definitely. Yeah, and how long have you been on the streets? I've been on the streets about eight months now Okay, dare I ask if you don't feel like I've been here like This is how familiar it is to me. Yeah, what led to that? What led to that was my ex-missis sleeping behind my back I've had three four three kids with that and she slept behind my back and I ended up hitting the bottle drinking You know and it led to drink, you know, and I lost my house. It's ill wife. It's ill commitment It's my job and everything. Yeah Like some people they just ignore you they just want to That's crazy because you don't really even know these people's stories Like that's three people he didn't come across that had unique like different like stories And you just like us in our everyday day like man, I'm not you did that to yourself. Like we don't know what you like Like we assume all homeless people a lot of us assume all homeless people are Nitties, but that's just not the the truth. It appears to seem Well, you know, we're all you when it happens to anyone, you know, so Yeah, it is ours. You get moved on a lot as well. Yeah, we do. Yeah by the boardings and stuff I generally have made these videos in like seaside towns like I live in more All right friend Devon places like that. I'm up to Yorkshire in a few days And it's been quite a hard to sort of like nail down the areas to sit and talk to people Yeah, because it seems that the authorities are moving you on. Yeah, yeah, they are all the while They want to keep the town centre all the obviously this is worth millions and millions every day And they want to keep the town centre Like three of these like visual, you know blights one would call it. Yeah So like how does it make you feel like when they move you on like frustrating if you find a good Very frustrating. Yeah, what are the drugs at the moment that are the big problems? Yeah, the Mamba. The Mamba is the big problem. Is that like six still? Synthetic marijuana is it? Yeah, synthetic marijuana that's ruining it for all the homeless people That's why no one wants to give you any change or anything or yeah, I hope you like the time It's all the same brush, you know That's what see that. That's see it's like a few ruining it for everybody. It's how like Candy and liquor that's that's that's tough Today's video has been a tough one to make some of the stories I've heard from the people on the streets the uh The life that they have to live and the situation is crazy patients that they have to live through It's hard to hear and it's hard to understand what they go through and I can now see Why people from the big cities people from London, Birmingham, Manchester Why the homeless migrate towards the seaside because it definitely is safer Still not safe, but much safer than the big city No cap man appreciate you for even making this man till I leave a like comment subscribe turn your post let me go