Is America A Third-World Country? | My Visit Back To USA. People Live In Storage!

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]So, I am back back home in the Netherlands, back with my buck feast.

[00:00:05]Actually, I don't even think I'm supposed to park right there. I was back in the States and I really enjoyed myself until the last two days when I had one of the biggest realizations about America I've ever had in my life.

[00:00:16]So, look, let's go ahead and take a walk because I want to tell you guys about it and stick around to the end because I might need some help because look, it might be me. I might just be tripping.

[00:00:32]Oh man, I am back in the Netherlands. It feels pretty good, man. I mean, don't get me wrong, I had a great time in Atlanta, back to the States. I had an amazing time. It was really cool, man. I got to see a lot of my best friends. Got to shoot a lot of fun videos as well as just be there back in the States, see what it's like. I hug the block in a car for a bit, even though I can't really say that that was a highlight. Overall, it was a pretty good trip. But I would be lying just if I didn't say that I didn't miss being home, you know, cuz I do consider the Netherlands home. Like, I miss the little cars, man. Come on, man. They ain't have no little cars in the States, just not one, which did suck. But they did have a bunch of bikes. I saw a bunch of people roller skating and I even saw a couple of box feet this time. But yeah, man. Honestly, it was a really cool trip. And every time I leave the stage and come back home, I do look forward to my next trip back. But then this trip, just like all my other trips, I always learn something just a little different. And I think this one had to be probably this was the hardest thing to learn about the States.

[00:01:41]And so now look, before I get into this really sad reality check, I want to state that this is not a diss track because it's going to sound harsh, but look, I love America. I love going to visit and I really really enjoy my time there, but I am gonna have to go ahead and super sad and be harsh for just a second. So look, if you want to come at me, come at me in the comments below after you subscribe.

[00:02:07]But yeah, this sad reality check that's really hard for me to admit is that I think the United States might actually be like a third world country.

[00:02:21]>> Hold on. So >> Charlie likes the Netherlands, Charlie.

[00:02:23]So I'm going to ask the million-dollar question. When are you moving?

[00:02:27]>> Everybody's been asking. I would love to.

[00:02:29]>> Realistically, like we're thinking like maybe like within like maybe to like 10 years.

[00:02:33]>> So they say the United States >> I got you.

[00:02:36]>> Is a third world country wrapped up in a Gucci belt.

[00:02:40]>> I'm going go ahead and say you heard it here folks.

[00:02:44]>> Charlie putting me on.

[00:02:49]And now look, man, I know that sounds crazy. I know y'all over there like, "What? Sky Money Yak?" No, you're crazy.

[00:02:54]And look, man, I completely understand where y'all are coming from. Look, I was there my whole life and I just found, even though I visit almost every year, this something I just noticed this last trip. And yeah, it's a bit weird because all the signs were there the whole time.

[00:03:09]It's like I couldn't see the light until I paid the bill, then I saw the light.

[00:03:15]And yeah, man, it's weird. Like seriously, it's so strange because when you're there, the like there's so many amazing things. The people are freaking amazing, super nice, work extremely hard. Seriously, just some amazing amazing people, man. Also, too, the nature and greenery. Incredible. And I've gotten so many comments just how beautiful it was back in Georgia. Look how nice this is, though. Dang, look how nice that is. Animals, snakes, squirrels, lizards everywhere. Something else I also got to admit is the walking towns that are like just starting to pop up all over the place, especially in Atlanta and just in Georgia in general.

[00:03:54]Also too, not to mention they're doing the biking infrastructure. They're like getting there. Like it's a lot of different variations of it. Not like how it is here where it's kind of cohesive and kind of makes sense over there. It's kind of up in the air, but they're at least trying. And then I'm going even have to say that the tech is pretty cool. And matter of fact, I'm going to go ahead and super say it right now.

[00:04:10]Saying all these amazing things about over there actually makes it even worse.

[00:04:24]People there are amazing, right? But they are getting scammed like crazy.

[00:04:29]They're so mistreated. And I don't even think they realize. They don't even know it. I actually mentioned this to my best friend Danny and he was just like, "Huh, I never I didn't really think about it that But yeah, we are getting screwed.

[00:04:41]Man, it is so sad to see just how mistreated these people really are over there. How just how mistreated Americans are. For example, this stuff, the food c the cost of food is outrageous. Cuz man, we're talking about going to a grocery store like Kroger, buying some bottled water, a sparkling bottle water, and some chips, and it's like $12. I mean, there was literally nothing special about the waters I bought. They were normal waters, not even like Smart Waters, nothing like that. regular sparkling water, regular bottled water, and then some chips. Like $12 for this.

[00:05:13]Like, what are we doing, man? This used to be like total this used to cost like maybe five bucks. And when I say like maybe five bucks, I'm talking like when I was living there. This thing, these things would have maybe cost like $5 allgether. $12 though now. And this right here seems to be a thing because everything is crazy high for no reason.

[00:05:35]Like seriously, no reason at all. It is stupidly high. And then to make matters even worse, they throw in all these extra fees on top of these prices. Like I have never seen so many convenience fees, taxes, and and tip. And this was actually something that someone in the comments actually asked me about of how expensive it is. And look, I actually have a great example because I saved a receipt because it blew my mind. So this is a receipt of me getting a glass of rosé at a place. And I'm going to tell you what it says. The glass of rosé alone, just one glass, was $13. Then they added a gratuitity fee, like auto gratuitity of 18%, which came out to $2.34.

[00:06:16]Then on top of that, they added the tax, which was another $14.

[00:06:21]And then I went ahead and tipped 65. So a glass of rosé came out to being $17.3 for one freaking glass of rosé. And look, man, I was prepared for this.

[00:06:35]Like, I tried to prepare myself the best I could for this cuz I knew it was coming, but I just didn't realize the magnitude of it. Like, it just kept happening and happening and happening.

[00:06:44]Like, the last time I was in Atlanta, I talked about trying to ride the ferris wheel and it was already $20. And then they add a convenience fee. And then, like I said, there were a bunch of comments mentioning how beautiful the nature was, how green everything was, right? But within those same comments, you would see, "But why is it like a ghost town or there's like no people?

[00:07:04]Where where is everybody?" And these are honestly these are good questions. Like I don't know why people just don't go outside anymore over there. It's the It like blows my mind. Like everywhere I've gone except for the belt line and Pedmont Park. Other than that, downtown, Midtown, there were like nobody outside.

[00:07:23]There were sprinkles of people, but rarely anybody outside. And look, I understand that this is not all the states. Like I understand that Georgia doesn't represent like America like America America like that. But I've been going to Michigan, Chicago, Florida, Georgia, and then even when I visited Texas, San Francisco, all these places, even in LA, all of these places, a lot of people just don't go outside anymore like that. Like literally, the thing about America is that you have to get in your car to go somewhere popular. That's why you can go to like a Petemont Park or go to the belt line and there'll be tons of people over there hugging the block, running, skating, freaking biking. You'll see it all over there.

[00:08:07]But like you in your neighborhood, nobody's outside versus here and all across Europe. I got to like fight to get like people out of the way. I got to go like this and then I got to like drop the camera down and then pick it back up and then cut that out. And then what tripped a lot of people out was the first video and what happened in that video which was I trying to sit on the bench to wait and I filmed a bit, right?

[00:08:29]I ended up like finished filming and I standed up and I was kind of just walking and someone literally told me that I had to leave. Like I could not sit and wait for this place to open. I got there 30 minutes early and I was waiting. The place opened at like 10 and I was there at 9:30. And literally police pulled up and told me I wasn't supposed to be there. And I wasn't rude or anything. I was like, "Oh, I'm just waiting. It says it's open at 10:00."

[00:08:53]And they're like, "Nah, pimp." So I just I bounce, man. I ain't going to like come on. I ain't Come on. I don't want no smoke.

[00:09:07]And then we also had the food situation cuz the food situation also was a bit sad because the food is just it is not that good. I don't know, man. I I just couldn't like I went out to eat with a friend, right? Haven't seen her in years. We went out to eat, man. And I got I don't know why I got this, but I ordered chicken and waffles. I mean, it just sounded good at the time. So, I get these chicken and waffles, and these waffles smell so bad. I I could not eat them. I I just gave them to her and she took them home to her kids. Same thing with tomatoes. I had bought some tomatoes at Kroger another day. Yeah. I I couldn't eat them. I just couldn't eat them like that, man. I just It just It was not good. Now, I did get some fruits like grapes and bananas, and those were actually pretty good. Like, those were cool. Not going to lie about that. They they were good, but dang. Like, the food in general was rough, man. I It was That was a tough one. And I was extra careful this time. Like this time going, I was extremely careful about what I ate because of what happened last time with me and because of what happened with my kids about like how they threw up when they ate when they ate some stuff over there. And now just to be clear, when I bought these grapes, they were organic and they were like $9. Freaking crazy.

[00:10:23]Look, but you know what's not expensive?

[00:10:26]This cookie right here. Go ahead. Look.

[00:10:27]Look. I miss I miss this, right? You I missed this. So go ahead and get on that cookie. Go ahead. And man, this whole thing with the food is outrageous because of the simple fact that in America, everyone's so gungho about working out and doing all this other stuff. But yet, America has some of the most unhealthy people over there. Like, they have a large amount of just unhealthy people and unhealthy drug use.

[00:10:52]Oo, that sun is hot. Dang, I felt it like beam. Dang, that's hot. Yeah, man.

[00:10:57]It's like it's like they're just poisoning their people over there, man.

[00:11:00]I'm like, it's it's so bad. Oh man, the inner city is here, but it's so packed that I can't even get in there. There's people hanging out the door. So now I'm going just I'm going to go ahead and just take this sprinter. Everybody's getting off. I'm going to go ahead and just get on this printer. Look at all these people getting off. Look. Watch.

[00:11:18]Look at all these people.

[00:11:25]And now you remember how I said that all these amazing things make the whole like my whole case for America being a third world country even worse. Well, one of the things I mentioned was going to see like good friends, right? And one of my friends was the friend that actually had the stroke a while back. And man, that right there just kind of everything that happened to him really really bites the cake on this episode. Like it it man, it was extremely sad. Like Danny and I both went to go see him because we've known him since like you know the elementary school that I took you guys to. We've known him ever since then. He was one of the group of people that we've known.

[00:12:08]He's also he was also in my wedding.

[00:12:11]Like I've known this dude for a long long time. Yeah, man. We went to go visit my friend who had the stroke and man, it was probably the saddest thing.

[00:12:20]I don't know, man. It It was really hard. It was extremely hard. I mean, this guy lost everything. And his family's trying to take care of him. And but yeah, he filed for bankruptcy. Him and his wife lost like their car, lost their apartment, like pretty much just lost everything, which is unreal considering he was doing pretty okay.

[00:12:40]like he worked really hard, his wife worked really hard, they have a daughter, and just this one thing, the stroke just ruined them. And it's already hard enough that he had a stroke, but what's crazy is that he's he's trying to get help. His wife is trying to get help for him, but it's taken so long that he can't get any kind of help. Like, he can't get disability yet. Like, it's still it's just it's just a long process. And when I was talking with my friend Danny, he was even saying that it can take up to like 3 years to get disability just like some form of disability. Meanwhile, they're just losing everything like and they really can't afford to live. Like it is man it is mindblowing to me because with the stroke being so bad he ended up losing his job which then he lost his healthc care and it was just a spiral down from there along with like all these random bills coming in and it is something that I spoke about before on the channel. I spoke about this a lot before cuz it's happened to me when I ruptured my my Achilles tendon where you have insurance and yet you're still being sent like a $10,000 bill or for me I think it was like 15 plus,000 extra that I had to pay. And I don't care what anybody says, man, but this makes no sense to me. Like I just I will never understand this. But this could happen to anybody. Matter of fact, something else that I have seen is just a lot of people like living in their cars and living in storage units. Like this is a whole like new phenomenon.

[00:14:12]Like it is it it's crazy to me. I mean, everybody knows about like people living in tents and and living on the street.

[00:14:18]But this is different. People living in storage units and in their cars, that's a whole different story because these are people that are actually working.

[00:14:26]Like they're actually there's nothing wrong with these people. they just came up on hard times or things got too expensive and this is what they have to do. And it blows my mind that it's like this because it doesn't have to be like this. And this is something that I was talking with my friends about. I'm like, "Yo, man, like it don't have to be like this. It makes no sense for it to be like this. You're living in America.

[00:14:48]This makes no sense." And it's just so in your face, man. Like I went to a like I would go get gas at a quick trip and right at the quick trip there would be people parked at the bank across the street that just live at the bank across street in their car. And I think in the last video I made the reason I said like America just kind of makes me sad was because I had this realization of dang this is legit a third world country.

[00:15:14]It's literally like a third world country. I mean, even when it comes to the technology, right? Like the Whimo cars, that was really cool to see. And just all the things that Americans has brought to the table when it comes to tech is amazing until you're in one of these driverless Whimo cars and you're rolling past like homeless tips. And then you're also speaking to friends and just people that you're meeting about their financial situation and it's really hard for them. as well as like I have my friend that still lives in Atlanta who I spoke about years ago that lives in a storage unit. She still lives in a storage unit and I'm so torn with the states, especially at the moment because I really enjoyed my time there.

[00:15:57]Like for real, I really enjoyed it. But literally my last day I was just like wow this is this is actually a bit sad just seeing so many people that are homeless hidden homeless then no one's outside and then reading your comments are like you guys seen it too where's all the people why is it a ghost town like where are the people and the answer to that is people are working they are working so much because they have to if I get a dude I got to get a shot of us real quick cuz I was just talking about Atlanta and he was my boss in at Patchwork.

[00:16:33]>> Crazy, huh?

[00:16:34]>> Yeah. And he lives in Harlem, too. Dude, so good to see you, man. I But now to wrap all of this up, cuz I don't I hate that I had to I hate that this is kind of a negative video. We hot, man. It really does make me feel some type of way. And it really really opened my eyes this time around back to the States.

[00:16:52]It's funny. I never really thought about it until this trip. Like, it just like really really hit me. And I look, I could be totally wrong, but I think the reason it gets to me so much is because I really like the US. Like for real, I I love the States. I love going back to especially Atlanta. I love going back to Atlanta, Georgia. Love going to Georgia period. I really always enjoy my time over there and being there and seeing these and just seeing all this stuff, man. It just really does kind of h man.

[00:17:24]It's like what what are we doing knowing like especially knowing it does not have to be like this. But with that said, let me know what I got wrong. Let me know what I got right. Let me know if I could have seen any of this differently. I would love to know. I mean, seriously, somebody convince me that I'm wrong because man, it's a it it is actually really sad. And it was so hard for me to see my friend like the way he is knowing everything he's been through. And I don't know. I I don't want to I don't want to beat it up, but let me know. I hope you guys enjoyed the video cuz I enjoyed making it. Huge shout out to all the member producers and I will see you guys in the next one. It feels good to be back in the Netherlands, but also too, I just wish, man, and I hope I'm hoping I'm hoping holding out for hope that everything gets better back in the States. So, yeah, I will see you guys in the next one. Charlie, it was great meeting you, man. Dang, that was cool.

[00:18:16]And we chopped it up a lot, too. Too bad I couldn't stay. I had to actually go and see my kids. So yeah, Charlie, I hope you enjoy your time in Netherlands, man. Cuz man, this is my home and I hope you like it.