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Killwaukee, Wisconsin. That’s what people here call it. I’m in the part of town that EVERYone told me is the worst place of this place. It was about 10 in the morning on a Sunday on an unusually warm day in late February. Usually in hoods like this, there aren’t too many people up and moving around this early in the day. I came across a lot of people in here that morning. But it didn’t feel sketch. Took me a half a day in here before I let my guard down. I mean everything you hear about this part of town is bad bad bad. It’s famously bad. Now unless you live in this area, you probably don’t know too much about Milwaukee. You might know about their sports teams and their drinking habits. I’m not here for that stuff though. Not this episode. Depending on what site you read and which stats you believe, Milwaukee, Wisconsin is somewhere in the top 10 in the country for crime right now. And the trend is getting worse. And you people love watching this stuff. So I came here as part of a winter road trip in 2024. A lot of people don’t know this, but in the early 70s Milwaukee had the highest wages and highest quality of life for black folks out of any large city in the country. I know. All these black families had moved up here from the south for work and they sure were glad they did. There were all sorts of jobs here, and the livin was good. Almost half of black Milwaukeans earned their living as industrial laborers. They worked at steel mills, they built ships, assembled parts for cars and airplanes. They turned wheat into beer and cattle into steaks. It wasn’t glamorous work but it paid well and homes were cheap. Back then, only Detroit rivaled Milwaukee for black family success. This was the promised land for black laborers. Middle class utopia. Except for the cold. But the ship that was steamrolling forward suddenly began to sink. In the mid 70s, industries here began to collapse. They lost a lot of factory jobs, and all that prosperity came crashing down. And Milwaukee didn’t do anything to diversify for a long time. And here is the link to the 15% discount at the Kinn Guesthouse: #promo=Mappy&checkin=2024-03-26&checkout=2024-03-27 Email me: NickJohnsonNC18@ I can help you find a real estate agent! Email me! My Instagram: Nick Johnson YouTube- I have a Patreon if you love it so much! Here's the link to donate to the channel: You can buy my music here: iTunes: This channel is about America! The best video on this topic!
