Those are not huge houses. Those are rooms rented to most people its not one big home. Plus most of them are used. It just look like there not because of the area its in
@@reaganwild2809 back when those houses were built they would've been single family homes. They most recently probably were split up and rented by multiple families but those multi family dwellings can always converted back. They probably will rot into homes that need to be condemned and knock down. It's a shame regardless of how many people were living in them.
For most of my growing up years, the five of us in my family were crammed into a two bedroom apartment on the westside of Baltimore. I would have loved for us to have been able to afford one of these older individual homes, having a whole house and yard to ourselves. It is a shame...these would have been beautiful neighborhoods back in the day and the houses are no doubt built with much higher quality materials than many of the high priced, disposable homes being built today that burn up quickly if they catch fire.
@@shortliner68 Absolutely true. Ive sen many of those houses in may cities in the usa from that Era. Absolutely goegeous insides with huga spacious rooms and high ceiling. Many windows and lots of internal light. The materials used last for centuries. Slate roofs and thick walls. Absolute mansions by today's standards. Many people are moving back into them and renovating here in Trenton NJ. Absolute Gems.
I’m from Venezuela, and usually the poor hood have houses made with raw materials, but in Detroit you can see there are big houses abandoned or bad preserved, this shows the decadence of the city which once was the heart of the American dream
My unpopular opinion: Detroit looks better now than when I lived there 20 years ago when all the dilapidated houses were still standing. The green space is better.
Downtown it does. Some neighborhoods around downtown have been worked on a bit, but most of them are still shitholes. The city as a whole is just too big to be financed these days.
It’s be nice to buy a beautiful large home, restore it, and purchase the surrounding empty lots and turn it into a large estate or villa. But it’s the surrounding area that would concern me.
Yea I agree. I have been traveling around during the pandemic, I really feel compare to downtown LA, SF, Seattle, where a lot of homeless camp on the street, Detroit is better in someway. At lease in downtown Detroit,there is not that many homeless.
Pretty much. Downtown made a lot of advances in the 2010s and in the 2000s a lot of the abandoned houses started to burn down or decay to grassland and trees. Sad to see? Sure. But that's removing a lot of problem areas for squatters, so it helps.
It's so amazing how a place is instantly beautified when people leave. Look at the greenery... the wildlife is back. Look at those beautiful houses... I would love to live here if job and security weren't issues. I'm rooting for you, Detroit! Love from, Rojava.
Losing population is a hard knock for some cities, but the loss can be a blessing in disguise: When population goes down in some cities, the crime rates fall as well. Traffic jams are less intense, and public transit can be made more efficient. There is more opportunity to make those cities better spaces in the interims between population declines and future increases.
Abandoned houses are in most major cities now and if the city knocks them down and doesn't replace them with anything you have open space. Oh and by the way Latinos will eventually replace blacks as the largest populations in these places in the next few decades watch
A lot of Detroit neighborhoods give me the "small town blues" vibe. A lot of these places had utterly beautiful homes back in the 50's and 60's, but they've just been left to sit for the past couple decades. It's sad, really.
@@donrutter6765 That's not accurate. Detroit had a Republican Mayor, Mariani until 1961 And don't blame Democrats when the prosperous era was under them. But the alleged "riot" of 1967 did a disservice to the reputation of Mayor Kavanah, the Democratic Mayor who was blamed for what was really a staged event promoted by real estate agents and outsider agitators designed to create fear of declining property values and promote real estate sales in Oakland County. In the process the Middle Class left the city and along with them went the tax base. Likewise corporations moved out as well and ceased paying taxes to Detroit . THAT in short is what caused the dramatic decline of the city.
@Lori Hanks I know what u mean; I live on Grayfield (Grand River btwn Shiawassee & Berg; E of Telegraph) & the house that I live in has numerous pieces of broken glass on the property. Also; the property nxt door 2 where I reside has 2 houses on the same property (bizarre; eh?). Nvrthlss, luv the relative peace & quiet of my neighborhood.
Can you please come back and drive through the NICE parts of the city? People who have never been here just assume the entire city is bad and run down, it's not. I've lived in downtown for five years and have seen major improvements and development. Take a drive around downtown, midtown, New Center, Corktown, Eastern Market, and Rivertown. Those are all nice spots. There are still a lot of old historic residential neighborhoods that have beautiful homes. Belle Isle is a beautiful spot with nature and great views of the skyline. Yes I know Detroit has many bad areas and I've driven through a lot of them, but the constant negative outlook on the city gets really old. I've had a lot of guests at the hotel I work at mention how great downtown looks and had no idea the city core had improved so much. The city as a whole has a long way to go, but it's definitely gotten better.
I was just thinking about how close this guy was to the Boston-Edison area with its enormous, grand old homes and tree-lined boulevards. And that's Detroit, a study in extreme contrasts for decades now.
Actually used to be much much worse! The city has been cleaned up substantially. Over 16000 homes and old structures have been torn down in the last 5 years . A long way to go still but a vast improvement nonetheless.
It's really sad. Those homes were craftsman homes in their heyday. They had some nice woodwork in them. I remember seeing them in the 60s when I was a kid before the riots. We would go to Detroit once in a while---had relatives that lived there. We lived in Dearborn Heights until 1970 when we moved to AZ. (Jan Griffiths).
@@creativedream7395 Government closed down the automotive and associated industries. Moved them to other countries like Mexico, and the sales of foreign cars overtook the market. And "white flight"---the movement of white people to the suburbs. No jobs, so the homes and neighborhoods fell into disrepair. There's other reasons too, but I won't touch on them here. (Jan Griffiths).
@@douglasgriffiths3534 yeah pink people did not want to be around blacks and other minorities because they were an are considered subhuman of a course the government brain washing work all to well in all Hollywood weird movies, portraying all minorities as evil an drug dealers.
@@douglasgriffiths3534 You mean, the problem with Detroit were and are the idiots who voted for Coleman Young and who keep voting for the current city council...
60 years ago, I was born in Royal Oak and lived in Clawson until my family moved when I was a teenager. It makes me sad to see this, imagine if that area was safe? The housed would be incredibly valuable with all the open space. Good luck Detroit, I hope you come back better then ever.
This is the most peaceful video ever... I live in metro Detroit, I used to drive through there while it was snowing and listen to calm music like this. One of the best experiences of my life.. lol
To have seen Detroit when it was the heart of our nations economic and manufacturing core would have been such a awe inspiring thing to witness first hand.
Richard Long I did. Even worked an afternoon shift at GM in my college years. It was an awesome place to grow up. I think the new mayor has things moving in a better direction.
My grandma moved there in the late fifties it's amazing how beautiful she said it used to be. Where everyone knew each other. You could Chuck her treat without getting ran over by a car. People didn't shoot People. Everybody had jobs and homes actually had value.
God, I wish that you will help Detroit Michigan to overcome it's problem's with poverty and high crime. Lord God, please lift the curse off of this state. Amen,
God has solved this problem ions ago at calvary. Jesus's blood comes with an economic forever long stimulis package. The body of Christ can overnite reform Detroit if it believed that the Lord had to work through them to do it. But the folks have no belief in the Lords economic covenant.
So sad. Beautiful place with lots of potential. This is about government and politics that clearly shows that don’t care about people of Detroit. Hello , is anybody that cares ? God loves all of us but, he will not do the job for us. Do something about it and God will multiply!!!!
Those urban prairies are incredible. It's almost impossible to imagine all of those green spaces had beautiful homes on them in the not so distant past. It would be stunning if video existed and be able to do a then and now montage. The remaining structures are still gorgeous examples of architecture though. I hope Detroit continues to heal.
Here's a tidbit of info. for Mappy. Detroit is the only place in the continental United States that Canada actually is crossed going south! That's right! To get from Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, you actually go south.
They were! Detroit used to be a great city back when all the big American car brands were running properly! Unfortunately, after the 1973 oil crisis, people started buying the more fuel friendly Japanese cars and American car brands had to fire a lot of people and close down a lot of factories. This is one of the main reasons why Detroit fell so hard.
How grand those big house must have been back in the day. I'm sure Detroit was beautiful place when the auto industry provided so many jobs. People did take pride in their home. With out a decent job it's hard to maintain a life a home and all that one use to have. I love the Eastern Market area and other areas of Detriot. There is still alot of good to be said about the city. 😄💕
I worked downtown until about 2010. When I left, there were empty 10 or 20 story buildings. A big residential or maybe hotel building down the street from the hospital where I worked was abandoned. There were still rags of filthy curtains blowing in the wind in some of the upper story broken windows. It reminds me of New Orleans after Katrina. I guess I'm used to the empty spaces now. It was worse when the decrepit buildings were there. The woodwork inside some of the old buildings is astounding. Early 1900s craftsmanship.
@@donjon5704 you're right re downtown. And midtown. The area around Wayne State to me is kind of unrecognizable. It used to be so much more decrepit! The old houses around 2nd are spiffed up, the mud lot where you could park for classes and walk thru the hood is gone (I think). It's a completely different vibe.
@@donjon5704 I was last downtown in 2017 and I was shocked when I watched a video tour of what it looks like now. If covid didn't slow it down it would be even further. It really looks great.
My hometown, Middleburg, Florida, makes Detroit look like the Hamptons. It's so bad that the nicest restaurant is Popeye's. The richest guy in town actually paid cash for his chrome rims.
Haha @john daker I saw a guy in Danville Illinois with the shittiest 2004 sedan with suicide doors on it. And he went in to the gas station to get swisher sweets and left both doors up when he went inside. He thought he was so pimpin
As bad as Detroit is, I'll take it any day over Baltimore, Chicago, St Louis, DC, LA, New York and and a bunch of others I can't think of at the moment. Detroit seems to get a lot of shit in the media but those other cities I mentioned seem to get a lot more attention lately. The neighborhoods arent that good but it's has a really cool downtown. It's slowly making a turnaround .....slowly. I'm a mile outside the city limit, about 50-50 black/white and it's business as usual. I dont feel unsafe, crime isnt that bad..
Some parts of Detroit are really cool and iconic. I like it regardless of what anyone says. They just need jobs to return and it could flourish once again!
@Daniel Larson And with Biden going to be president, nothing will change. Same old, same old. I grew up in Dearborn Heights, MI, and used to go into Detroit every now and then. It wasn't so bad in the 60s until the riots. I was a little kid then. (Jan Griffiths).
@Daniel Larson Yes it was nice. Some areas were getting run down in the 60s, even before the riots. Yep, the Dems really ruined it all. I won't argue about that at all. (Jan Griffiths).
@Kaylee Roberts Learn to spell and speak English. And Trump did nothing for the present condition Detroit is in. It was that way long before him. It was the corrupt Democraps that ruined Detroit. All they think about are themselves. They don't give a damn about the average person. (Jan Griffiths).
I've driven through east Cleveland. People roll through stop signs, I've had kids chuck rocks at cars, entire streets are abandoned. Anthony Sowell prowled the streets of east Cleveland without fear, even when the woman escaped and screamed, no one called the cops. Gunshots are common, as is gang violence.
I am from Detroit - currently living in SW .One thing I try to do is get a balance of complaints coming in about how black people destroy cites .I see people on other web pages complaining about how parts of California are bad - especially the problems in San Fran bay area and other areas there .With greed out of control and Real Estate exploding - the homeless is at a climax .People with professional salaries still ending up losing there properties , with rent out of control .And homeless people living in the streets like an epidemic .People living on top of each other and using restroom in the streets right in front of cameras .With real estate at a premium - it will get worse . Property owners are unregulated . People treat monthly rent as a bid process . Average rent is 4 - 5 thousand monthly . Towns south west of LA are trying to fight with planners in that county for land which is there land by right .This problem will roll slowly across the Western States and across US .
@@l.a.crenshaw5952 I'm sure the land looked better before the first building was constructed. What goes up must come down. Time changes everything and we mortals witness just a small glimpse within our lifetime.
Land returning to nature. Yards in desperate need of mowing. Trees suffering amateurish pruning. Unsubstantiated rumors of wild dog packs. Ominous music playing in the video. Oh the horrors! I never knew that Detroit was this nice.
The dog pack thing is not unsubstantiated. They are a huge problem. I've seen video of those packs roaming the streets like they do in India, Russia and the Middle East. Only difference is the street dogs of other countries are all feral looking mutts. The street packs in Detroit are pit bulls and pit types.
These homes were so big, I can't imagine the cost of maintenance. Especially as jobs left the area. The City has been working hard to get rid of the evacuated homes, leaving greenspace, albeit poorly mainttained. I'm guessing there are areas worse than this. And other areas where community gardens are plentiful, in the now available land.
@@DoubleDogDare54 - It is something .They somehow decide who is the leader .So this massive collection of dogs wander around like cattle .Except they sometimes run .They will stay clear of the chestnuts - because those hurt that sponge surface under there feet . Don't know if those trees are still around - been 1996 since I was there for my mother's funeral .
@@marybrown7203 Thanks for mentioning that, it's good to hear; watching the video I was thinking "wow, there's lots of space for community gardens...".
@@michaelclayton3114 The dogs will revert back to pack mentality. They are descended from wolves, after all. Their behavior naturally would be similar. They are no longer a domesticated animal. (Jan Griffiths).
I'd sleep in a bush and hide there until early morning like 7AM then at least try to get someone to help me find my way out... no way I'd ask for help at night
I did once. I got lost at 10pm during a bus trip. It doesn’t help that I’m a small, 5’0” young woman. I found my way back in one piece, believe it or not. Thank God for cellphones 🙏.
People have their priorities. I'll bet those neglected homes all have big screen TVs and the residents all have the latest iPhones so they can complete their drug deals in a timely manner.
I noted that, too. No pimpmobiles, now, just working-class commuting cars/Nipponboxes, in in none too bad shape at that. Also note: virtually no burned-out or stripped vehicles -- guess the city cleared them away. There's been a winnowing -- the roaches have been deprived of cover by the demolition program, leaving only homeowners and tenants with decent cars.
I saw quite a few K-cars roaming around or on the side in this video. Also if you go on street view you can find a couple Chevy Caprice Classics still around lol
@@DoubleDogDare54 Big screen TVs? LOL. Big screen TVs have been extremely inexpensive the last five years. One week's food for a man and his wife is more expensive than a big screen TV.
I'm happy to see so many people say good things about Detroit. Every city has it's good and bad area's but every city didn't start off with the first AUTOMOBILE ! Detroit was an economic beast from 1900 until the 1970's and them big o abandoned houses were really baby mansions back then. Great Videos thank you 👍
Back in 1975, many of these homes were sold for a nominal price with the new owners given five (5) years to renovate and restore. The problem, the City of Detroit never checked back to see if the new owners were doing the repairs and restorations. Many owners were just holding onto the property for the land value. Thus, after twenty (20) years, the City of Detroit took back these homes and buildings because the owners did not honor the contract. Too late many of these homes and buildings had caved in roofs or the roofs were completely gone nothing to save and fast forward to 2020.
Detroit has many problems, but the reason why you see so many empty homes is actually opportunity. We have the high paying auto jobs that give it's workers the ability to purchase larger homes or move to nicer areas. Whereas Cities like Cleveland, NYC, Philadelphia, and most small cities don't offer high paying non skilled jobs. Therefore citizens are stuck with old small homes. Look at Brooklyn or Philly, they still live in row houses. This is the true story.
Good observation. Also for Nick Johnson to mention black and white statistics was really why he made this video. It shouldn't be about color, but about human worth and opportunity.
The Row Houses in Brooklyn, NYC are incredible. My son is an architect, worked as an urban planner while an undergrad in college and obtained his masters in RE Development at NYU. The old brownstones are pricey.
Row homes in mediocre neighborhoods in Philly go for about $200k. South Philly row homes go for about $500k. Brownstones in center city are 1 million and more. The small row homes that you mention in Philly in the worst neighborhoods are not cheap. Oh and the jobs pay very well here.
I noticed that about the houses. So many beautiful old homes in that city now in ruins. I would love to see them refurbish. They don't build them like this anymore.
As I watched I imagined what it must have looked like 70 years ago. Not only would there be tidy houses on every lot, but there would have been children playing everywhere. The families that built and lived in Detroit had no idea they would have to upend their lives and flee the city in the coming decades. Clearly, populations aren't interchangeable.
@@NickJohnson good point. I'm a huge fan of your channel and also a resident of Detroit. It just intrigues me how my city has this awful reputation(I know statistics) and it's really not that bad. In any event much success to you and the channel
Great video guys, it really breaks my heart to see what has happened to this once great city. My Grandparents once had a very thriving grocery business on W. Jefferson, from the 1920's through 1969. They closed it up after the 67' riots made the area too dangerous. People forget with diminished tax base and a ciry larger than Philadelphia ( Country's 6th largest ) Detroit, unfortunately will remain a continuous city of plight and poverty.
Nick that's not Clippaz barber shop. It's Whittlows barber shop. Blacked owed for 40 something years. He has community bike give aways every year 3rd Sunday in July. Also community breakfast 3rd Sunday in October. Free food is provided to the people of the community.
I'm halfway through, and for the most part, it doesn't look all that bad. Some of those houses are really really nice, in fact. I live in So Cal, and a lot of those houses would go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pomona has architecture like this, on very scenic streets, and those houses sell for a lot....up to the millions. This is crazy!! The only thing is that many of those houses are spread so far apart -- why is that? Who owns the land? The scenery is beautiful. I live in a concrete jungle so I can really appreciate that.
I wish someone would start a project to just move them all together inside the city limits and maybe have a green belt circling a smaller but urban new Detroit.
Truth. My Grandparents moved to Detroit in 1955 from east Tennessee. They said you could be out and about at night and be safe. They moved to Ferndale in 1959. But yes what you said about the race riots is what a lot of us think was the catalyst that began the demise of Detroit. Then Coleman Young as mayor really put a good screwing to the city, the Auto Industry leaving really hurt it too.
This has got to one of the best Detroit video's. I like the way that you clarify the locations on the map and give interesting information. Keep these types of Videos coming please. Very interesting.
Pretty much this. Unless you're from the suburbs and shouldn't be here. The criminals can smell suburbanite fear a mile away and will attack like those packs of feral dogs.
@J Moore and along the west side along telegraph. Brightmoor becomes a warzone once the warm weather comes. I'm looking to move, because my kids can't play out front without worry of speeding cars, shootouts, or finding fkng syringes by the sidewalk. Ive had both a bullet come through my house (was actually on ch 2 and 4) and the syringes found. This neighborhood was so nice 20 years ago. Then the city said cops and firefighters don't have to live within city limits.
Thank You Nick for going where most would never dare to. Very sad. Makes me think of how terrible my hometown of Middletown,Ohio is. Moved out of Middletown 7 years ago. Very similar to Detroit.....but on a smaller scale. Love your videos.
This type of videos get me kind of emotional! I spent many years from my childhood in Ferndale (across 8 mile) my whole family is from Detroit. We used to go to visit family all over the city (well the west side)spent much of my time at Adams Butzel rec center and at Hartford Memorial ❤️ It didn’t look like this during my time there (90’s) went back in 2014 and it looked so abandoned 😞 so much of my family’s history is in this city. I will always have a special place in my heart for Detroit ❤️
I live in Windsor right across the river from Detroit. It's been sad to see the city fall apart over the years. I know some areas are trying to make a come back. Hopefully the whole thing will once again spring up out of the ashes. Those big homes were well built,not like the waffle board crap they put up today.
@@PraveenSrJ01 Windsor is in Canada and Detroit is in America. I don't want to get into a who's better or got more $. Don't kick em when they're already down. Detroit does still have a very nice skyline with buildings like the GM headquarters . When you look across the river from side to side you notice how much taller the US side is in regards to the buildings. Just like Detroit, Windsor has lost a lot of jobs in the auto sector but I'd have to say I don't think we were hit quite as hard as the Motor City. Hope that helps.
@@jimsquire9048 I used to live in Pontiac and travel to Canada a lot, loved it there. Windsor was a very nice place to visit, great stores and restaurant. Unfortunately I now live in Florida. Miss going to Windsor, Stratford, Toronto, etc. If I lived anywhere else it would be Canada. Do have a lot of Canadian snowbirds in my current town though.
@@jimsquire9048 I visit both Windsor and Detroit a couple times a year, and they're both beautiful along the river. Belle Isle is really going through a beautification process and is jumpin' with visitors. Then it's 1400 miles South for the winter months.
Wait until the rest of the US is like this, that will be really sad, I hope that new president will truly give us that extra $1,000 a month, maybe that will help some.
You didn’t show downtown Detroit. It’s beautiful. Not all of Detroit is downtrodden. It needs big business to come in and offer jobs and hope to people. Same with Saginaw, where I’m from. Breaks my heart to see some of the really downtrodden areas. People need jobs. Where are these politicians that offer empty promises most of the time? Michigan has a lot to offer! We just need to be given the chance again.
If you didn't let your Governor and the Democrat party cheat the best President this nation has had in over 40 years , it would have come back like you have never seen before. JAO BAI DIN WILL NEVER BE MY PRESIDENT * !
@@jillspangler5139 Can't disagree with that.... Even so, one needs the tools and skills to do the fixing... This is where you, I... and everyone comes in, by putting our money where our mouth is.... Furthermore, who and where are the politicians, local and federal, these folks voted for.
@@raymondparsley7442 part of the trouble as I understand is who owns a lot of the properties. WIth so many rentals owned by people who don't live in the city, you don't have the sense of city pride you had when the owners were actual home owners who lived in the neighborhoods.
@@RayPointerChannel That's what needs to happen again---people actually need to OWN the homes. They take pride in something that belongs to them, and will keep it maintained. If it belongs to someone else, why should they care? That's really what's wrong with our whole country---too many rentals. I own my home, and I'm always doing some kind of improvement. Makes the house better, and I feel good having done it. (Jan Griffiths).
I spent 3 weeks in Detroit with my friend who was born and raised there. I noticed the families didn’t come outside until just before dark. During the day it seemed abandoned but after dark it came to life. Thanks for the tour and good info.
Your videos are absolutely great! Thank You for providing these views of America, the good. bad, ugly, and beautiful. I love the fact that you let the camera do most of the talking while you interject interesting information about the locations. The music is always perfect. Great work !
We did too---had family there. They moved to Dearborn after the riots. Then we never went back because we had no reason to. Moved to AZ in 1970. (Jan Griffiths).
Detroit was once one of the world's great cities. It was the 4th largest metropolis in America, jobs were plentiful because of the auto industry, and Motown even kept it on the cutting edge musically.Unfortunately, from 1962 until the present day, the mayor of Detroit has been a Democrat. The result? Detroit's population has dropped from 1.8 million to just over 700,000, the unemployment rate is over 50% if you count the people who've given up on finding jobs, property values have dropped so much you can buy homes in the crime-ridden city for $500, and Detroit has gone bankrupt. How did Democrats kill one of the most prosperous cities in America? With the same sort of unfettered liberalism that Democrats like Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi want to foist on the rest of the nation. 1) Unions crippled the auto industry: The Big 3 automakers could afford unions when they practically had a monopoly on auto production in the United States. However, once they started facing real competition from overseas, the unions made them less and less competitive. The unions forced the companies to pay out more than market value for their workers, put stifling work rules in place that made flexibility and innovation difficult, and created generous pension plans that are proving to be unsustainable. This wouldn't have been possible without a symbiotic relationship between the unions and the Democrats in government who tied the hands of the Big 3 automakers and simply wouldn't allow them to get rid of the unions that were slowly strangling them to death. Eventually because of the unions, the Big 3 automakers had to deal with significantly larger costs per car than their overseas competitors and they took it out of the only place they could: the cars. As the quality of their products dropped, their competitors took an ever larger share of their market, and there were fewer jobs to go around. If you want to know why the "Motor City" is up on cinder blocks in Michigan's front yard, this is where it started. 2) White citizens were demonized until they left: Detroit was a heavily segregated city and in 1967, there were black riots. After that, white flight to the suburbs began. This was dramatically exacerbated when Coleman Young became Detroit's first black mayor in 1972. Young was cut from the same cloth as men like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, but unlike the two of them, he actually had power. Young systematically drove white government employees out of their jobs so they could be replaced by blacks, was hostile to the white suburbs, and was generally perceived as anti-white. Naturally, a lot of white people just left, which reduced the population and significantly cut into the tax base. Today, Detroit is a 7.9% white city, and if he were alive and kicking, that would probably suit Coleman Young just fine. 3) Out-of-control crime helped drive much of the black middle class out of the city: Ever heard of "Devil's Night?" It's the night before Halloween and in Detroit, fires are set all over the city. Combine the sort of criminal mentality that produces an unofficial "holiday" like that with a sky high unemployment rate and Draconian laws designed to make it difficult for law abiding citizens to arm themselves, and it's not a surprise that crime is a problem in Detroit. However, the issue goes much deeper than that. In case you haven't noticed, in a conflict between a cop and a criminal, the hearts of liberals almost always seem to bleed for the thug. Combine that with the liberal tendency, when money gets tight, to cut essential programs instead of their perks and the goodies they hand out to their supporters, and you end up with a police department that is both dramatically underfunded and completely incompetent. How bad has it gotten? "The size of the police force in Detroit has been cut by about 40 percent over the past decade," "it takes (the police) an average of 58 minutes to respond" to a call and the "police solve less than 10 percent of the crimes that are committed in Detroit." 4) Reckless government spending bankrupted the city: Detroit's tax base has been plunging like an anvil dropped into the Marianas Trench and so, in true liberal fashion, liberals have raised taxes to make up for it instead of cutting spending. "The city's per-capita tax burden is the highest in Michigan. Detroit has the country's highest property taxes on homes, the top commercial property tax and the second-highest industrial property tax." Unfortunately for Detroit, you can't get blood from a stone. As jobs and wealth fled the city, there was simply less cash available for big government programs, pensions, and the incredibly generous, but almost completely unfunded union health care program. It's fantastic that the city paid "80 percent to 100 percent of retirees' medical costs," but 99.6% of those costs were unfunded. As Obamacare supporters should have learned by now, it's a lot easier for politicians to make big promises about what they’re going to give you than it is to back them up in the real world. 5) The government is completely incompetent: Ever notice that the bigger government seems to get, the less it does anything well? Citizens of Detroit could tell you all about that. The school system is horrible, which explains why a staggering 47% of the population is illiterate. In addition, 40% of the street lights don't work, only about 1/3 of the ambulances are running, and 2/3 of the parks have been closed since 2008. Just to give you an idea of its priorities, an independent report in 2012 suggested the city fire 80% of the Water and Sewage Department including a horseshoer" that it has on staff even though it has NO HORSES.. How did the union respond to that report? "They don’t have enough people as it is right now. They are just dreaming to think they can operate that plant with less." Detroit may not have enough police, ambulances, or competent teachers, but if you ever need a horseshoe in the Motor City, they've got you covered.
Too bad the abandoned houses can't be torn down and that lovely red brick could be resold. They are in high demand for Yuppie building materials. Sure is a waste, in the west we love red bricks. Sure is a lot of lost dreams from a previous time. Sad.
Brick houses that have had a fire in it ruin the bricks because they get too hot and won't hold up. Used brick is ok but house fire bricks are garbage fill. From what I saw, there's enough land there to farm! Where's your gardens? Your orchards?
Yes, we should pick a state and shoehorn all the urban democrat cities into one state so the rest of us can live properly. Than maybe call Russia to nuke that state with the uranium Obama/Hillary sold them.
I'm a little confused about the statement, "Of the top 12 employers in Detroit, all but two are government jobs." #1 The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) is a for-profit alliance of hospitals #3 Quicken Loans LLC. is a mortgage lending company #4 Henry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation #8 Chrysler is a private corp. #9 Blue Cross Blue Shield is a non profit #10 GM is a private corp. #12 DTE Energy is also not a government organization
As a born and raised Detroiter who is really proud of how Detroit is fighting to turn things around and I am impressed by the changes I have seen in the last decade
Yeah, NJ's got 4 of the poorest cities in U.S., with almost no hype! The discussion needs to switch from urban blighting to the truth abt U.S. poverty.
Nick Johnson Some Of The most dangerous parts of NYC are the eastern parts of Brooklyn. When I was a kid growing up in the metro NY area, I was amazed with how expansive the projects were near the Belt Parkway, but then again NYC as a whole was more dangerous. My grandmother lived in Coney Island back in the seventies to the early eighties and there were projects within a quarter of a mile from her apartment. Coney Island might be ok now overall, but further east is more crime ridden. In fact, Brownsville made national news last month, which is further out. If you are venturing out to or researching crime ridden areas, then I know of the following: Bridgeport, CT, East Hartford, CT, and Newburgh, NY. Bridgeport is bizarre in the sense that it is adjacent to some of the most wealthiest towns in the USA. In other words, you can drive 5 miles away from some of the worst sections and be within a slew of multimillion dollar houses. Another area I found interesting was Newark, NJ and Plainfield, NJ when I lived back east in northern NJ. Both of those towns had multiple sketchy areas, with the former being worse. Not sure if that still stands as much today as it did years ago. However, both cities are very close to places like Short Hills, Summit, Warren etc., which all have houses in excess of 1000000. Back in the early 90s, I vividly recall driving down South Orange Avenue en route to Newark and seeing huge Tudor houses in South Orange literally minutes away from urban decay once I entered the city limits of Newark. However, the aforementioned cities in both Connecticut and New Jersey were a far cry from the Eastern part of Brooklyn (i.e., Brownsville and East NY)
Glad to see Henry Ford Hospital. Witnessed one of God's miracles in the ICU when they couldn't find a lung for my dad last year and after we prayed, they found a lung. He survived 2 lung transplant surgeries last summer and he was doing great until he was diagnosed with chronic rejection of the new lungs and he passed away 2 months ago. Henry Ford Hospital was the best choice to make to have him around for an extra year.
Last week on my mom's birthday, I had a dream that him and I were on our way to a bar to watch Michigan vs Michigan state game because he was a huge Michigan fan. I was driving the van while he was in the passenger seat talking. Normally I never remember what he says in my dreams but last thing he said in the dream: "Yep Joe, you're won't believe how amazing Heaven is." Good thing is, I know he's safe and having good time up there.
looking at everything around the 6:15 mark it makes me smile thinking of how beautiful it could be if it all just became nature again, except for the road.
wowser......I remember when detroit , was a happenin' place.............you can still see the bones , of what was once really nice homes............sad............great share...............
I've left the same comment on other Detroit videos, but . . . I grew up in rural Ohio. As a child I often saw flocks of pheasants. I had not seen a pheasant in decades until I visited the ghettos of Detroit. It was so weird to see these beautiful birds all over an urban wasteland.
You should drive through the good parts of Detroit. Palmer Park, Detroit golf club (where the Rocket Mortgage Classic took place) Sherwood Forest, Indian Village, Midtown etc. Your like most people, just focusing on the negative that all cities have. You just want some likes
I just got back from staying in Detroit for a week and I couldn't agree more. Detroit is an amazing city with some amazing people. Even some of the areas he drove through are perfectly fine neighborhoods doing everything they can in light of an entire country's negligence. I loved Detroit and its people. I will definitely be back.
At 69.625 mills, Detroit has one of the highest millage rates in the metro area. Whatever is taxed (housing) you will get less of. The city has lost middle class residents who can simply "vote with their feet" and move to the suburbs where property taxes are lower, schools better, and city services better. Then there are the high costs of property insurance and auto insurance. A resident may have to drive to an adjacent suburb to find a Kroger. Crime has been heading down for decades, although it is still a problem.
We need more ppl like you who actually know what there are talking about! Dealing with drugs and junkies is unfortunately just a part of something called life
I visited Detroit for a whole month. I luv it dearly. Made me feel like home. I’m from South Carolina. Detroit reminded me of the easy life I had as a child
Just subscribed! So sad to see all these empty and desolate areas of Detroit, it's hard to believe that it was once one of the best states in the U.S. I had neighbours up here in Canada who moved to Detroit in the 1940. He went to work for the Detroit Free Press. When all the riots broke out they returned to Winnipeg. They had so many great things to say about Detroit in its heyday. We used to get the Detroit News up here on our televisions with a subscription, but they took the station away as they said the news was to violent. Not sure what they meant by that as Winnipeg is one of the highest crime cities in Canada. At one time it was the highest even above Vancouver and Toronto. Thanks for showing this video.
Would love to visit Detroit, even the "bad parts". I live somewhere that's pretty run down and has a lot of problems, but then there are parts that are beautiful, spacious and green - it's all home, the good and the bad. That's where there are decent people who still have a sense of community and don't look down their noses at other people. Much love from the UK 🇬🇧
@@crowbird213 Yes. One of my friends said his dad was making $35 an hour on the assembly line in Detroit. Bloody unbelievable if you ask me. That job does not txst anymore.
I've lived in Mid Michigan my whole life (36 years) been to Detriot for some events but never seen the outskirts of the city. Thanks Nick! Definitely an eye-opener.
A lot of those areas can’t even be classified as “urban” anymore, since they look like just fields bisected by a street grid. They might as well be farms, gardens, or forest areas.
The decline of Detroit is blamed on white families moving out and black people moving in which is disrespectful and insulting. I lived in Detroit most of my life and many black families took care of their properties. Many racists would look no further than blaming the decline on race because their hatred does not want to look any further. May it also be made known that there has been a White Mayor in office for a few decades now and there has been no improvements. Many over look that other large cities are suffering the same fate. When many factories moved out of Detroit many loss their jobs and homes. GREEDY, UNDERMINING politicians and members of corporations pulled out and moved jobs out of the country where there were no labor unions. Many cities have tax breaks and encourage businesses to grow but not many for Detroit. Donald Trump had to lay down the law with the Big Three and threatened them with increasing the tariff on each car made in Mexico before the Big Three reopened factories back in the Manufacturing cities which included Detroit. I do not appreciate your insults during your post about people being afraid to be on the streets because of the type of car you were driving. Some citizens work 6 days a week, some are in church , there are many personal reasons. You also only focused on the debilitating area. Very biased.
Detroit doesn't look bad. Most of the houses that I've just watched are large spacious homes. In England they'd cost about half a million pounds or more each. Also there is lots of lush vegetation. All in all it looks a desirable place to live. What I don't get is where are the people? Why aren't kids playing on the street, and people walking about?
All that vegetarian are empty building lots . Houses here were all close together. So much trash is buried under that greenery. I got lost on foot after a concert about 10 years ago. 2a.m. wandering the back streets was the only time in my life I truly feared for my safety. From darkened burned out buildings and street corners panhandlers and hustlers were asking for something, or offering to sell me something . All of them gave me one piece of advice. They all told me I shouldn't be there. Let's just say I look like I'm from out of town.....
@@knos360 you feel that way because you are self conscious and think poorly about white people. Yes irrational and toxic. You are projecting your feelings about yourself on to others.
Love your channel. This is one of the first I heard with background music. GLAD YOU GOT RID OF IT. I like your new ones WITHOUT the music much better! We want to hear you! ❤️
Nick, to give you a little history on two Michigan cities that self distructed, Pontiac and Detriot, one major reason was forced school busing. In the late 1960's and 70's this was the great panasia that would improve black lives and schools. First city, Pontiac, in 1971 started busing in all but the two high schools, because they were pretty much integrated. I lived in Pontiac at the time, where my sister had to go to three different what were called then junior high schools, one in a real charm part of town, vs three years to a school she could have walked to. A federal judge, Damon Keith instituted this "mandate". There were bombings and fires, aimed at bus depot yards and a great deal of property damage and anger. In the end the taxe base simply moved out of Pontiac to suburbs near Pontiac. The tax base was all the whites that could afford to move. Thus leaving a majority to this day of very poor blacks and some Mexicans to still be bused. Move on to Detriot, in 1973 the people of Detiot elected their first black mayor, Coleman Young, and frankly a very devisive person, one of the first things he did when taking office was to close the city run hockey rinks, he said in response "blacks don't play hockey". Even he knew unless something happened he would not be reelected. There were still over two hundred thousand whites in the city at the time. Damon Keith was a friend and what do you know Detiot was going to have a busing program starting in 1975. By the reelection of 1977 many of his problems had taken steps to move out of the city. Detriot as a percentage is the blackest city in the nation and as so so many of yours and Briggs World video's point out, is at the bottom in every negative category in the book. Would these cities have been better if busing had not happened, I think so. You will hear references to busing going back to Joe Biden quotes in that time period, and his current V.P. called him out on this issue during the debates. Busing was a very heated topic at that time and the big proposed savior 50 years ago for blacks because the schools would be better because whites would go to those schools and they would not tolerate bad schools. Wrong, the white population just moved away, the ones that could afford it. Your videos are very informative, and frankly darn funny, I always look forward to the whole Mappy family and his "friendly" wife. What you are able to do with a smile or frown on their little square faces, is classic. Keep up the good work!
Those maps are really helpful. My big complaint about other videos is that I can't tell exactly where the driver is located at any point in the video. Good job for adding the map feature.
Here are all of my videos about Michigan: ua-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yoc2qf-u4opIzKMq1XChGr7.html
It's a shame. Those huge houses were probably something else in their day.
So sad. They're so beautiful.
Those are not huge houses. Those are rooms rented to most people its not one big home. Plus most of them are used. It just look like there not because of the area its in
@@reaganwild2809 back when those houses were built they would've been single family homes. They most recently probably were split up and rented by multiple families but those multi family dwellings can always converted back. They probably will rot into homes that need to be condemned and knock down. It's a shame regardless of how many people were living in them.
For most of my growing up years, the five of us in my family were crammed into a two bedroom apartment on the westside of Baltimore. I would have loved for us to have been able to afford one of these older individual homes, having a whole house and yard to ourselves. It is a shame...these would have been beautiful neighborhoods back in the day and the houses are no doubt built with much higher quality materials than many of the high priced, disposable homes being built today that burn up quickly if they catch fire.
@@shortliner68 Absolutely true. Ive sen many of those houses in may cities in the usa from that Era. Absolutely goegeous insides with huga spacious rooms and high ceiling. Many windows and lots of internal light. The materials used last for centuries. Slate roofs and thick walls. Absolute mansions by today's standards. Many people are moving back into them and renovating here in Trenton NJ. Absolute Gems.
I’m from Venezuela, and usually the poor hood have houses made with raw materials, but in Detroit you can see there are big houses abandoned or bad preserved, this shows the decadence of the city which once was the heart of the American dream
used to be the automobile capital of the world
Can you drive thru hamtramack ?
i'm half venezuelan, I live in Aruba
@@tinak7235 You will be fine there.
@@iusedtoliveinmymothergary9827 some parts are still kinda sketchy especially when you're as white as I am I stick out like a sore thumb haha
My unpopular opinion: Detroit looks better now than when I lived there 20 years ago when all the dilapidated houses were still standing. The green space is better.
Downtown it does. Some neighborhoods around downtown have been worked on a bit, but most of them are still shitholes. The city as a whole is just too big to be financed these days.
It’s be nice to buy a beautiful large home, restore it, and purchase the surrounding empty lots and turn it into a large estate or villa. But it’s the surrounding area that would concern me.
I grew up there and I left, no jobs, crime, roads are horrible, cars stolen, robbed. Those aren’t the worst areas🤦🏻♂️👏🏻👏🏻
Yea I agree. I have been traveling around during the pandemic, I really feel compare to downtown LA, SF, Seattle, where a lot of homeless camp on the street, Detroit is better in someway. At lease in downtown Detroit,there is not that many homeless.
Pretty much. Downtown made a lot of advances in the 2010s and in the 2000s a lot of the abandoned houses started to burn down or decay to grassland and trees. Sad to see? Sure. But that's removing a lot of problem areas for squatters, so it helps.
It's so amazing how a place is instantly beautified when people leave. Look at the greenery... the wildlife is back. Look at those beautiful houses... I would love to live here if job and security weren't issues. I'm rooting for you, Detroit!
Love from, Rojava.
That's sweet ❤️
Sparsely populated now nature healing the city to many people ruin everything.
Lmaaaaaoooooooo
Take a look at the rural areas of Southwest Wayne County or Monroe County. Plenty of green space.
Losing population is a hard knock for some cities, but the loss can be a blessing in disguise: When population goes down in some cities, the crime rates fall as well. Traffic jams are less intense, and public transit can be made more efficient. There is more opportunity to make those cities better spaces in the interims between population declines and future increases.
I've been living in Detroit my whole life and it's a pretty peaceful place except for all the abandoned houses and never walk at night in Detroit
I have only lived in detroit you cant even walk in the day especially not where i live
CorruptDemon ~ Greek town , the river walks nice, The bike paths & Eastern Market are great. They need to show more positivity geez
Eco Man ~ u can get most houses for back taxes or a few hundred & idk what time of day this is, mostly people r outside. I’ve never had any problems
Small stuff. Roaches, drunk neighbors backing into your car, drunk shooting the streetlight outside your window.
Abandoned houses are in most major cities now and if the city knocks them down and doesn't replace them with anything you have open space. Oh and by the way Latinos will eventually replace blacks as the largest populations in these places in the next few decades watch
I'm from Russia, and Detroit looks like home to me. Poor and abandoned.
What part of Russia?
Nick Johnson pretty much anywhere apart from Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Even other big cities look like trash.
Mister S. Mother Russia!!! ✊
Is that a sales pitch as to why America should adopt Socialism?
John Peymann socialism never works
A lot of Detroit neighborhoods give me the "small town blues" vibe. A lot of these places had utterly beautiful homes back in the 50's and 60's, but they've just been left to sit for the past couple decades. It's sad, really.
Well, Detroit has been democrat government since 1957. Go figure.
@@donrutter6765 Please shut up.
@@CeeJay____ He isn't wrong though. lmao
@@Heroinexoxo He's not wrong, but my comment isn't political and I want it to stay that way.
@@donrutter6765 That's not accurate. Detroit had a Republican Mayor, Mariani until 1961 And don't blame Democrats when the prosperous era was under them. But the alleged "riot" of 1967 did a disservice to the reputation of Mayor Kavanah, the Democratic Mayor who was blamed for what was really a staged event promoted by real estate agents and outsider agitators designed to create fear of declining property values and promote real estate sales in Oakland County. In the process the Middle Class left the city and along with them went the tax base. Likewise corporations moved out as well and ceased paying taxes to Detroit . THAT in short is what caused the dramatic decline of the city.
It’s such a shame because a lot of those houses are beautiful
Thought the same thing
Your cute
@@davideluciano7761 You’re illiterate.
The abandoned area actually looks beautiful with all the trees and grass
Funny Lori, the video did not show one broken piece of glass and no trash any where🤔
Also you never know if there is a body in the overgrowth of the grass or trees
Noli Pugh trust me its in there it’s mainly from there homeless drunk ppl living in the homes.
@@oceanbreeze6589 O it's there..
@Lori Hanks I know what u mean; I live on Grayfield (Grand River btwn Shiawassee & Berg; E of Telegraph) & the house that I live in has numerous pieces of broken glass on the property. Also; the property nxt door 2 where I reside has 2 houses on the same property (bizarre; eh?). Nvrthlss, luv the relative peace & quiet of my neighborhood.
Lol ... The hood sleeps during the day and is up all night
yes they were definitely asleep
not in this day & age....drive thru at night & it's the same as the day....very desolate.
@American Infidel How have you, are you some wacked out taxi driver like Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver?
Nampires?
@@healthyamerican u have reason!!!!!!!!!!
Can you please come back and drive through the NICE parts of the city? People who have never been here just assume the entire city is bad and run down, it's not. I've lived in downtown for five years and have seen major improvements and development. Take a drive around downtown, midtown, New Center, Corktown, Eastern Market, and Rivertown. Those are all nice spots. There are still a lot of old historic residential neighborhoods that have beautiful homes. Belle Isle is a beautiful spot with nature and great views of the skyline. Yes I know Detroit has many bad areas and I've driven through a lot of them, but the constant negative outlook on the city gets really old. I've had a lot of guests at the hotel I work at mention how great downtown looks and had no idea the city core had improved so much. The city as a whole has a long way to go, but it's definitely gotten better.
I was just thinking about how close this guy was to the Boston-Edison area with its enormous, grand old homes and tree-lined boulevards. And that's Detroit, a study in extreme contrasts for decades now.
Thank you!!!
You got it 👍 Exactly ‼️
Dearborn
Are there any nice areas of Detroit?
You can still tell that some of those old homes must have been quite beautiful and impressive. Very sad.
Next time take a ride down there between 11 p.m. and 4 am
MAC THE SLOVAC If he did that he wouldn’t be able to make these UA-cam videos because he would be dead.
Wait until dark!!!
MAC THE SLOVAC just come out at dark!!!
PERHAPS A VICTIM OF GLOBAL WARMING,LIBERAL POLITITIANS.
If he did that, you wouldn't see much because it would be so dark.
Actually used to be much much worse! The city has been cleaned up substantially. Over 16000 homes and old structures have been torn down in the last 5 years . A long way to go still but a vast improvement nonetheless.
It's really sad. Those homes were craftsman homes in their heyday. They had some nice woodwork in them. I remember seeing them in the 60s when I was a kid before the riots. We would go to Detroit once in a while---had relatives that lived there. We lived in Dearborn Heights until 1970 when we moved to AZ. (Jan Griffiths).
Can you please explain to me, what happened to Detroit Michigan I heard it was once beautiful what happened?
@@creativedream7395 Government closed down the automotive and associated industries. Moved them to other countries like Mexico, and the sales of foreign cars overtook the market. And "white flight"---the movement of white people to the suburbs. No jobs, so the homes and neighborhoods fell into disrepair. There's other reasons too, but I won't touch on them here. (Jan Griffiths).
@@douglasgriffiths3534 yeah pink people did not want to be around blacks and other minorities because they were an are considered subhuman of a course the government brain washing work all to well in all Hollywood weird movies, portraying all minorities as evil an drug dealers.
@@douglasgriffiths3534 That's messed up.
@@douglasgriffiths3534 You mean, the problem with Detroit were and are the idiots who voted for Coleman Young and who keep voting for the current city council...
60 years ago, I was born in Royal Oak and lived in Clawson until my family moved when I was a teenager. It makes me sad to see this, imagine if that area was safe? The housed would be incredibly valuable with all the open space. Good luck Detroit, I hope you come back better then ever.
Sad to see I wish everyone could see what that place looked like in the 40s and early 50s some of the most beautiful neighborhoods
There's some beautiful older style houses in Detroit.... It's so sad to see it going to ruin
This is the most peaceful video ever... I live in metro Detroit, I used to drive through there while it was snowing and listen to calm music like this. One of the best experiences of my life.. lol
Nick the shooters don't wake up til arnott 12 noon. So mornings are typically slow.
I know that's why went when I did Raynell. Do you like it there?
@@NickJohnson I bet you he does maybe he's part of the shooting pack
I was thinking everyone was at work
@@chairmanmeow3693 you're a funny guy
@@sitdowndogbreath Just trying to keep it real.........................funny
To have seen Detroit when it was the heart of our nations economic and manufacturing core would have been such a awe inspiring thing to witness first hand.
They all turned their backs now money is invested they want to come back!
Richard Long I did. Even worked an afternoon shift at GM in my college years. It was an awesome place to grow up. I think the new mayor has things moving in a better direction.
@LAFOLLETTER to bad, they are coming back and it will help your economy
I read it was getting better. But I don't know. Commifornia is getting there like Michigan.
My grandma moved there in the late fifties it's amazing how beautiful she said it used to be. Where everyone knew each other. You could Chuck her treat without getting ran over by a car. People didn't shoot People. Everybody had jobs and homes actually had value.
God, I wish that you will help Detroit Michigan to overcome it's problem's with poverty and high crime. Lord God, please lift the curse off of this state. Amen,
God knows it's on his list 😉
God has solved this problem ions ago at calvary.
Jesus's blood comes with an economic forever long stimulis package.
The body of Christ can overnite reform Detroit if it believed that the Lord had to work through them to do it.
But the folks have no belief in the Lords economic covenant.
So sad. Beautiful place with lots of potential. This is about government and politics that clearly shows that don’t care about people of Detroit. Hello , is anybody that cares ? God loves all of us but, he will not do the job for us. Do something about it and God will multiply!!!!
I'm only praying that this city will become prosperous (or at least close to it) like it once was
this city is doomed, it's not worth praying for
Those urban prairies are incredible. It's almost impossible to imagine all of those green spaces had beautiful homes on them in the not so distant past. It would be stunning if video existed and be able to do a then and now montage. The remaining structures are still gorgeous examples of architecture though. I hope Detroit continues to heal.
We agree!
Here's a tidbit of info. for Mappy. Detroit is the only place in the continental United States that Canada actually is crossed going south! That's right! To get from Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, you actually go south.
I saw that!
It's funny as hell being I'm ftom California and I was up there
As a Canadian I knew that.
Big flippen deal.
Ya, and its pretty funky over there too, but amazing view of D. city without actually being there!
It’s sad they look like they would have been such nice neighbourhoods back in the day.
@Frank B Parker It is all by design, and not limited to one political party. Part of the master design, was /is to keep you believing as you do.
Juste take out black people and U will see !!!!!!!! 😅
They were! Detroit used to be a great city back when all the big American car brands were running properly! Unfortunately, after the 1973 oil crisis, people started buying the more fuel friendly Japanese cars and American car brands had to fire a lot of people and close down a lot of factories. This is one of the main reasons why Detroit fell so hard.
@Frank B Parker New York isn't run by blacks, what's your excuse for that?
They WERE nice back in the day. Car industry left, drugs, murders, AIDS, the welfare system all played a part.
How grand those big house must have been back in the day. I'm sure Detroit was beautiful place when the auto industry provided so many jobs. People did take pride in their home. With out a decent job it's hard to maintain a life a home and all that one use to have. I love the Eastern Market area and other areas of Detriot. There is still alot of good to be said about the city. 😄💕
Yes Mary!
Correct.
I worked downtown until about 2010. When I left, there were empty 10 or 20 story buildings. A big residential or maybe hotel building down the street from the hospital where I worked was abandoned. There were still rags of filthy curtains blowing in the wind in some of the upper story broken windows. It reminds me of New Orleans after Katrina. I guess I'm used to the empty spaces now. It was worse when the decrepit buildings were there. The woodwork inside some of the old buildings is astounding. Early 1900s craftsmanship.
@@donjon5704 you're right re downtown. And midtown. The area around Wayne State to me is kind of unrecognizable. It used to be so much more decrepit! The old houses around 2nd are spiffed up, the mud lot where you could park for classes and walk thru the hood is gone (I think). It's a completely different vibe.
@@donjon5704 I was last downtown in 2017 and I was shocked when I watched a video tour of what it looks like now. If covid didn't slow it down it would be even further. It really looks great.
My hometown, Middleburg, Florida, makes Detroit look like the Hamptons. It's so bad that the nicest restaurant is Popeye's. The richest guy in town actually paid cash for his chrome rims.
How much are chrome rims?
@@NickJohnson These are some pretty sweet rims, Nick. Must be at least $150.
@@bextar6365 Because I fit in.
@@AuroraBoarder1 It's between Northburgh and Southburgh, FL.
Haha @john daker I saw a guy in Danville Illinois with the shittiest 2004 sedan with suicide doors on it. And he went in to the gas station to get swisher sweets and left both doors up when he went inside. He thought he was so pimpin
As bad as Detroit is, I'll take it any day over Baltimore, Chicago, St Louis, DC, LA, New York and and a bunch of others I can't think of at the moment. Detroit seems to get a lot of shit in the media but those other cities I mentioned seem to get a lot more attention lately. The neighborhoods arent that good but it's has a really cool downtown. It's slowly making a turnaround .....slowly. I'm a mile outside the city limit, about 50-50 black/white and it's business as usual. I dont feel unsafe, crime isnt that bad..
Some parts of Detroit are really cool and iconic. I like it regardless of what anyone says. They just need jobs to return and it could flourish once again!
@Daniel Larson And with Biden going to be president, nothing will change. Same old, same old. I grew up in Dearborn Heights, MI, and used to go into Detroit every now and then. It wasn't so bad in the 60s until the riots. I was a little kid then. (Jan Griffiths).
@Daniel Larson Yes it was nice. Some areas were getting run down in the 60s, even before the riots. Yep, the Dems really ruined it all. I won't argue about that at all. (Jan Griffiths).
We had a chance for actual change in this city but it’s long gone now with Biden getting “elected”
@Kaylee Roberts Learn to spell and speak English. And Trump did nothing for the present condition Detroit is in. It was that way long before him. It was the corrupt Democraps that ruined Detroit. All they think about are themselves. They don't give a damn about the average person. (Jan Griffiths).
You need good Union jobs. The problem now Joe Biden is not a business person and has no ideal how to jumpstart the Economy.
Ah, East Cleveland. We warn travelers that it's like a warzone. It's not recommended to go if you value your life.
Tell me more
Please tell us some stories. Did you or someone you know had a bad experience?
I've driven through east Cleveland. People roll through stop signs, I've had kids chuck rocks at cars, entire streets are abandoned. Anthony Sowell prowled the streets of east Cleveland without fear, even when the woman escaped and screamed, no one called the cops. Gunshots are common, as is gang violence.
@@FullyCharged22 I've lived on east 99. For 14 years. It's not as bad as you're making it out to be. Especially during the day. Def not a warzone.
This can happen anywhere USA when work disappears and resources are redirected to more affluent areas.
Or when democrats run your city since 1957 and Bill Clinton signs NAFTA and TPP.
I am from Detroit - currently living in SW .One thing I try to do is get a balance of complaints coming in about how black people destroy cites .I see people on other web pages complaining about how parts of California are bad - especially the problems in San Fran bay area and other areas there .With greed out of control and Real Estate exploding - the homeless is at a climax .People with professional salaries still ending up losing there properties , with rent out of control .And homeless people living in the streets like an epidemic .People living on top of each other and using restroom in the streets right in front of cameras .With real estate at a premium - it will get worse . Property owners are unregulated . People treat monthly rent as a bid process . Average rent is 4 - 5 thousand monthly . Towns south west of LA are trying to fight with planners in that county for land which is there land by right .This problem will roll slowly across the Western States and across US .
Bout to happen in Minnesota LA and New York!!
This happens when Communists start running things
💯 true
I Love how much grass and trees they have at least c:
Are you crazy!!!!!! The grass and trees trying to stay alive, they struggle!!!!!!!!😰
Oh yea the thugs like it too. Good place for them to hide their murder victims
i thought i am the only one finding this city beautiful
thats what i like about detroit ,nature is taking over, so romantic
@@l.a.crenshaw5952 I'm sure the land looked better before the first building was constructed. What goes up must come down. Time changes everything and we mortals witness just a small glimpse within our lifetime.
Land returning to nature. Yards in desperate need of mowing. Trees suffering amateurish pruning. Unsubstantiated rumors of wild dog packs. Ominous music playing in the video. Oh the horrors! I never knew that Detroit was this nice.
The dog pack thing is not unsubstantiated. They are a huge problem. I've seen video of those packs roaming the streets like they do in India, Russia and the Middle East. Only difference is the street dogs of other countries are all feral looking mutts. The street packs in Detroit are pit bulls and pit types.
These homes were so big, I can't imagine the cost of maintenance. Especially as jobs left the area. The City has been working hard to get rid of the evacuated homes, leaving greenspace, albeit poorly mainttained. I'm guessing there are areas worse than this. And other areas where community gardens are plentiful, in the now available land.
@@DoubleDogDare54 - It is something .They somehow decide who is the leader .So this massive collection of dogs wander around like cattle .Except they sometimes run .They will stay clear of the chestnuts - because those hurt that sponge surface under there feet . Don't know if those trees are still around - been 1996 since I was there for my mother's funeral .
@@marybrown7203 Thanks for mentioning that, it's good to hear; watching the video I was thinking "wow, there's lots of space for community gardens...".
@@michaelclayton3114 The dogs will revert back to pack mentality. They are descended from wolves, after all. Their behavior naturally would be similar. They are no longer a domesticated animal. (Jan Griffiths).
nature is starting to take over it's unfortunate but also cool and captivating in a weird way. I hope for the best for this place.
Can you imagine getting lost in the dark around here?
Dead.
Rest in peace 🙏. No one is helping you for Jack. They'll most likely Rob you, if you're Unlucky enough...dead.
I'd sleep in a bush and hide there until early morning like 7AM then at least try to get someone to help me find my way out... no way I'd ask for help at night
current mission- *survive*
I did once. I got lost at 10pm during a bus trip. It doesn’t help that I’m a small, 5’0” young woman. I found my way back in one piece, believe it or not. Thank God for cellphones 🙏.
Lots of neglected homes, but not a single decrepit car. If anything the cars I see are all recent types.
People have their priorities. I'll bet those neglected homes all have big screen TVs and the residents all have the latest iPhones so they can complete their drug deals in a timely manner.
I noted that, too. No pimpmobiles, now, just working-class commuting cars/Nipponboxes, in in none too bad shape at that. Also note: virtually no burned-out or stripped vehicles -- guess the city cleared them away. There's been a winnowing -- the roaches have been deprived of cover by the demolition program, leaving only homeowners and tenants with decent cars.
I saw quite a few K-cars roaming around or on the side in this video. Also if you go on street view you can find a couple Chevy Caprice Classics still around lol
Motor City Baby!
@@DoubleDogDare54
Big screen TVs?
LOL. Big screen TVs have been extremely inexpensive the last five years.
One week's food for a man and his wife is more expensive than a big screen TV.
I'm happy to see so many people say good things about Detroit. Every city has it's good and bad area's but every city didn't start off with the first AUTOMOBILE !
Detroit was an economic beast from 1900
until the 1970's and them big o abandoned
houses were really baby mansions back then. Great Videos thank you 👍
Back in 1975, many of these homes were sold for a nominal price with the new owners given five (5) years to renovate and restore. The problem, the City of Detroit never checked back to see if the new owners were doing the repairs and restorations. Many owners were just holding onto the property for the land value. Thus, after twenty (20) years, the City of Detroit took back these homes and buildings because the owners did not honor the contract. Too late many of these homes and buildings had caved in roofs or the roofs were completely gone nothing to save and fast forward to 2020.
When I was working there (early 2000s) they were auctioning off houses dirt cheap, like less than 1K for many of them.
Detroit has many problems, but the reason why you see so many empty homes is actually opportunity. We have the high paying auto jobs that give it's workers the ability to purchase larger homes or move to nicer areas. Whereas Cities like Cleveland, NYC, Philadelphia, and most small cities don't offer high paying non skilled jobs. Therefore citizens are stuck with old small homes. Look at Brooklyn or Philly, they still live in row houses. This is the true story.
Good observation. Also for Nick Johnson to mention black and white statistics was really why he made this video. It shouldn't be about color, but about human worth and opportunity.
@@timothywilliams2601
Any large city such as Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston...eventually sinks to lowest levels of living standards.
The Row Houses in Brooklyn, NYC are incredible. My son is an architect, worked as an urban planner while an undergrad in college and obtained his masters in RE Development at NYU. The old brownstones are pricey.
Row homes in mediocre neighborhoods in Philly go for about $200k. South Philly row homes go for about $500k. Brownstones in center city are 1 million and more. The small row homes that you mention in Philly in the worst neighborhoods are not cheap. Oh and the jobs pay very well here.
@@timothywilliams2601 what happens when one group is the reason for 80% of the problem? equality means equal accountability
The old houses are so beautiful. Detroit is going through a rebirth, thankfully.
Yeah, I was just about to say the same thing :)
Just like the rebirth in the 80s, and the rebirth in the 90s. I had enough in the 2000s and moved to Florida.
A lot of areas have had some improvement - even new houses in areas , they don't show on here . Only same old video they borrowed from others .
no it's not...... or if it does it will be taken over by muslims
I noticed that about the houses. So many beautiful old homes in that city now in ruins. I would love to see them refurbish. They don't build them like this anymore.
As I watched I imagined what it must have looked like 70 years ago. Not only would there be tidy houses on every lot, but there would have been children playing everywhere. The families that built and lived in Detroit had no idea they would have to upend their lives and flee the city in the coming decades. Clearly, populations aren't interchangeable.
I’m appreciative of the people who keep there houses up! Looks good!
Do the best parts next. Detroit has some beautiful areas too
I should but is that interesting?
@@NickJohnson good point. I'm a huge fan of your channel and also a resident of Detroit. It just intrigues me how my city has this awful reputation(I know statistics) and it's really not that bad. In any event much success to you and the channel
Ken Moe I agree
Right
Nick Johnson yes. If you do the bad, why not the good unless you wanna focus on the bad
Great video guys, it really breaks my heart to see what has happened to this once great city. My Grandparents once had a very thriving grocery business on W. Jefferson, from the 1920's through 1969. They closed it up after the 67' riots made the area too dangerous. People forget with diminished tax base and a ciry larger than Philadelphia ( Country's 6th largest ) Detroit, unfortunately will remain a continuous city of plight and poverty.
Detroit looks heavenly compared to Camden NJ. Only time u drive there is when you are going from Philly to Jersey or going to the aquarium at day time
@Truth Reigns Forever em....
You ain't never lied! The Aquarium is the ONLY reason to venture into Camden, NJ.
Yes I agree. Very similar, except Camden has people walking around
People go to Camden to look at starfish?
Trust me, he didn't even touch the worst parts
I think it's weird how these poor areas are huge brick homes. It's obvious that these areas weren't always bad.
Most were beautiful inside...plaster with coped ceilings, lost of hardwood flooring and nice molding. A lot of the sears houses were pretty ornate
I just dont think some of the neighborhoods have been tou hed or "updated" in song time. That's why some of the houses look dated
Nick that's not Clippaz barber shop. It's Whittlows barber shop. Blacked owed for 40 something years. He has community bike give aways every year 3rd Sunday in July. Also community breakfast 3rd Sunday in October. Free food is provided to the people of the community.
Latisha I know it's an inside joke with my fans ;) dude sounds cool good for him!
What a great person!!! Bless him. (Jan Griffiths).
I'm halfway through, and for the most part, it doesn't look all that bad. Some of those houses are really really nice, in fact. I live in So Cal, and a lot of those houses would go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pomona has architecture like this, on very scenic streets, and those houses sell for a lot....up to the millions. This is crazy!! The only thing is that many of those houses are spread so far apart -- why is that? Who owns the land? The scenery is beautiful. I live in a concrete jungle so I can really appreciate that.
I wish someone would start a project to just move them all together inside the city limits and maybe have a green belt circling a smaller but urban new Detroit.
You serious lol ? There were houses that got torn down In between those other homes
a damn shame for detroit these days. i think the city started dying in the 1967 riots and never recovered from that.
Truth. My Grandparents moved to Detroit in 1955 from east Tennessee. They said you could be out and about at night and be safe. They moved to Ferndale in 1959. But yes what you said about the race riots is what a lot of us think was the catalyst that began the demise of Detroit. Then Coleman Young as mayor really put a good screwing to the city, the Auto Industry leaving really hurt it too.
Detroit is full of lazy good for nothing people
@@artaxerxes2363 Mack and alter
They say that was the cause in many cities in the 60s. More black and angry behavior.
@@artaxerxes2363 I assume you live there , right?
This has got to one of the best Detroit video's.
I like the way that you clarify the locations on the map and give interesting information.
Keep these types of Videos coming please. Very interesting.
Theres really noting to be afraid of ... except for the liquor stores at night
Melanie V right 😂
Pretty much this. Unless you're from the suburbs and shouldn't be here. The criminals can smell suburbanite fear a mile away and will attack like those packs of feral dogs.
@Amy D You never seen the giant rats downtown, have you?
@Amy D freaking rats the size of a 10lb Chihuahua ....lmfao! Haven't lived in the D until you've seen a rat the size of a cat.
@J Moore and along the west side along telegraph. Brightmoor becomes a warzone once the warm weather comes. I'm looking to move, because my kids can't play out front without worry of speeding cars, shootouts, or finding fkng syringes by the sidewalk. Ive had both a bullet come through my house (was actually on ch 2 and 4) and the syringes found. This neighborhood was so nice 20 years ago. Then the city said cops and firefighters don't have to live within city limits.
Thank You Nick for going where most would never dare to. Very sad. Makes me think of how terrible my hometown of Middletown,Ohio is. Moved out of Middletown 7 years ago. Very similar to Detroit.....but on a smaller scale. Love your videos.
Thanks Dave ❤️. It wasnt even that bad. I hope you like my complete reversal from this next week;)
Right, looks silimar to the neighborhoods where I stayed for 2 years in Ohio. But I didn't feel terrible while I was there 😂😂😂😂, should I ??
Some of those old Brown Stone Buildings had to be Beautiful back in the day
i know! so sad. now theyre ruined forever.
Nick Johnson can’t say forever! Slowly but surly the city is making its way back up, and many of these homes are being restored
This type of videos get me kind of emotional! I spent many years from my childhood in Ferndale (across 8 mile) my whole family is from Detroit. We used to go to visit family all over the city (well the west side)spent much of my time at Adams Butzel rec center and at Hartford Memorial ❤️ It didn’t look like this during my time there (90’s) went back in 2014 and it looked so abandoned 😞 so much of my family’s history is in this city. I will always have a special place in my heart for Detroit ❤️
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I live in Windsor right across the river from Detroit. It's been sad to see the city fall apart over the years. I know some areas are trying to make a come back. Hopefully the whole thing will once again spring up out of the ashes. Those big homes were well built,not like the waffle board crap they put up today.
@@PraveenSrJ01 Windsor is in Canada and Detroit is in America. I don't want to get into a who's better or got more $. Don't kick em when they're already down. Detroit does still have a very nice skyline with buildings like the GM headquarters . When you look across the river from side to side you notice how much taller the US side is in regards to the buildings. Just like Detroit, Windsor has lost a lot of jobs in the auto sector but I'd have to say I don't think we were hit quite as hard as the Motor City. Hope that helps.
@@jimsquire9048 I used to live in Pontiac and travel to Canada a lot, loved it there. Windsor was a very nice place to visit, great stores and restaurant. Unfortunately I now live in Florida. Miss going to Windsor, Stratford, Toronto, etc. If I lived anywhere else it would be Canada. Do have a lot of Canadian snowbirds in my current town though.
@@jimsquire9048 I appreciate your attitude.
@@jimsquire9048 I visit both Windsor and Detroit a couple times a year, and they're both beautiful along the river. Belle Isle is really going through a beautification process and is jumpin' with visitors. Then it's 1400 miles South for the winter months.
I was born in Wndsor. Raised in Dearborn Heights. Now live in northern AZ near Prescott. (Jan Griffiths).
6:53 I love how he says he’s safe because all the druggies and criminals are too lazy to wake up in the morning.
Not Me Not Me they be up the earliest lol
Yeah cuz he on the west side... no disrespect to east side or west side ..
DAMN, IT'S LIKE A FREAKIN' GHOST TOWN.
Just wait til’ the shooters wake up in the noon
@@essem5143 lol
It wont if U VIST
Wait until the rest of the US is like this, that will be really sad, I hope that new president will truly give us that extra $1,000 a month, maybe that will help some.
Brian Brantley why?
You didn’t show downtown Detroit. It’s beautiful. Not all of Detroit is downtrodden. It needs big business to come in and offer jobs and hope to people. Same with Saginaw, where I’m from. Breaks my heart to see some of the really downtrodden areas. People need jobs. Where are these politicians that offer empty promises most of the time? Michigan has a lot to offer! We just need to be given the chance again.
If you didn't let your Governor and the Democrat party cheat the best President this nation has had in over 40 years , it would have come back like you have never seen before.
JAO BAI DIN WILL NEVER BE MY PRESIDENT * !
Now I want You to drive through the beautiful neighborhoods of Detroit, and film that.
where should i go? do you know the areas Ivan?
They never show the better areas only the bad - grew up there I i have never seen such beautiful places like they have on average .
What would that be, a 2 minute video?
@@lowbll1 WRONG !
Nick Johnson Palmer woods and the 8 mile Southfield area
The shadows of a once prosperous city... One can only... try to imagine the hopelessness felt by those who remain.
i think they kinda embrace it in a way.
Yes, just as Cali residents should do. You love your state,your cities? Stay and fix them!!!
@@jillspangler5139
Can't disagree with that.... Even so, one needs the tools and skills to do the fixing... This is where you, I... and everyone comes in, by putting our money where our mouth is.... Furthermore, who and where are the politicians, local and federal, these folks voted for.
@@raymondparsley7442 part of the trouble as I understand is who owns a lot of the properties. WIth so many rentals owned by people who don't live in the city, you don't have the sense of city pride you had when the owners were actual home owners who lived in the neighborhoods.
@@RayPointerChannel That's what needs to happen again---people actually need to OWN the homes. They take pride in something that belongs to them, and will keep it maintained. If it belongs to someone else, why should they care? That's really what's wrong with our whole country---too many rentals. I own my home, and I'm always doing some kind of improvement. Makes the house better, and I feel good having done it. (Jan Griffiths).
I spent 3 weeks in Detroit with my friend who was born and raised there. I noticed the families didn’t come outside until just before dark. During the day it seemed abandoned but after dark it came to life. Thanks for the tour and good info.
People tried to say they were at church at 11am I feel like they were asleep
Black people don’t get up until 5:00 pm
Your videos are absolutely great! Thank You for providing these views of America, the good. bad, ugly, and beautiful. I love the fact that you let the camera do most of the talking while you interject interesting information about the locations. The music is always perfect. Great work !
Imagine being a landlord and trying to collect the rent in some of those areas.
We used to love to go to Detroit until the '67 riots. After that, we found other places to go.
We did too---had family there. They moved to Dearborn after the riots. Then we never went back because we had no reason to. Moved to AZ in 1970. (Jan Griffiths).
Just left a Detroit game when those broke out, i was 10...
Detroit was once one of the world's great cities. It was the 4th largest metropolis in America, jobs were plentiful because of the auto industry, and Motown even kept it on the cutting edge musically.Unfortunately, from 1962 until the present day, the mayor of Detroit has been a Democrat. The result?
Detroit's population has dropped from 1.8 million to just over 700,000, the unemployment rate is over 50% if you count the people who've given up on finding jobs, property values have dropped so much you can buy homes in the crime-ridden city for $500, and Detroit has gone bankrupt. How did Democrats kill one of the most prosperous cities in America? With the same sort of unfettered liberalism that Democrats like Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi want to foist on the rest of the nation. 1) Unions crippled the auto industry: The Big 3 automakers could afford unions when they practically had a monopoly on auto production in the United States. However, once they started facing real competition from overseas, the unions made them less and less competitive. The unions forced the companies to pay out more than market value for their workers, put stifling work rules in place that made flexibility and innovation difficult, and created generous pension plans that are proving to be unsustainable. This wouldn't have been possible without a symbiotic relationship between the unions and the Democrats in government who tied the hands of the Big 3 automakers and simply wouldn't allow them to get rid of the unions that were slowly strangling them to death. Eventually because of the unions, the Big 3 automakers had to deal with significantly larger costs per car than their overseas competitors and they took it out of the only place they could: the cars. As the quality of their products dropped, their competitors took an ever larger share of their market, and there were fewer jobs to go around. If you want to know why the "Motor City" is up on cinder blocks in Michigan's front yard, this is where it started. 2) White citizens were demonized until they left: Detroit was a heavily segregated city and in 1967, there were black riots. After that, white flight to the suburbs began. This was dramatically exacerbated when Coleman Young became Detroit's first black mayor in 1972. Young was cut from the same cloth as men like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, but unlike the two of them, he actually had power. Young systematically drove white government employees out of their jobs so they could be replaced by blacks, was hostile to the white suburbs, and was generally perceived as anti-white. Naturally, a lot of white people just left, which reduced the population and significantly cut into the tax base. Today, Detroit is a 7.9% white city, and if he were alive and kicking, that would probably suit Coleman Young just fine. 3) Out-of-control crime helped drive much of the black middle class out of the city: Ever heard of "Devil's Night?" It's the night before Halloween and in Detroit, fires are set all over the city. Combine the sort of criminal mentality that produces an unofficial "holiday" like that with a sky high unemployment rate and Draconian laws designed to make it difficult for law abiding citizens to arm themselves, and it's not a surprise that crime is a problem in Detroit. However, the issue goes much deeper than that. In case you haven't noticed, in a conflict between a cop and a criminal, the hearts of liberals almost always seem to bleed for the thug. Combine that with the liberal tendency, when money gets tight, to cut essential programs instead of their perks and the goodies they hand out to their supporters, and you end up with a police department that is both dramatically underfunded and completely incompetent. How bad has it gotten?
"The size of the police force in Detroit has been cut by about 40 percent over the past decade," "it takes (the police) an average of 58 minutes to respond" to a call and the "police solve less than 10 percent of the crimes that are committed in Detroit." 4) Reckless government spending bankrupted the city: Detroit's tax base has been plunging like an anvil dropped into the Marianas Trench and so, in true liberal fashion, liberals have raised taxes to make up for it instead of cutting spending. "The city's per-capita tax burden is the highest in Michigan. Detroit has the country's highest property taxes on homes, the top commercial property tax and the second-highest industrial property tax." Unfortunately for Detroit, you can't get blood from a stone. As jobs and wealth fled the city, there was simply less cash available for big government programs, pensions, and the incredibly generous, but almost completely unfunded union health care program. It's fantastic that the city paid "80 percent to 100 percent of retirees' medical costs," but 99.6% of those costs were unfunded. As Obamacare supporters should have learned by now, it's a lot easier for politicians to make big promises about what they’re going to give you than it is to back them up in the real world. 5) The government is completely incompetent: Ever notice that the bigger government seems to get, the less it does anything well? Citizens of Detroit could tell you all about that. The school system is horrible, which explains why a staggering 47% of the population is illiterate. In addition, 40% of the street lights don't work, only about 1/3 of the ambulances are running, and 2/3 of the parks have been closed since 2008. Just to give you an idea of its priorities, an independent report in 2012 suggested the city fire 80% of the Water and Sewage Department including a horseshoer" that it has on staff even though it has NO HORSES.. How did the union respond to that report? "They don’t have enough people as it is right now. They are just dreaming to think they can operate that plant with less." Detroit may not have enough police, ambulances, or competent teachers, but if you ever need a horseshoe in the Motor City, they've got you covered.
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bravo!!!!
I would have loved to see Detroit at its peak. I can't imagine how awesome it would have been
Too bad the abandoned houses can't be torn down and that lovely red brick could be resold. They are in high demand for Yuppie building materials. Sure is a waste, in the west we love red bricks.
Sure is a lot of lost dreams from a previous time. Sad.
Brick houses that have had a fire in it ruin the bricks because they get too hot and won't hold up. Used brick is ok but house fire bricks are garbage fill. From what I saw, there's enough land there to farm! Where's your gardens? Your orchards?
Every homeless person in America could fit in Detroit.
You may be on to something. Let's ship all of them there. Get them out of my city lol
Yes, we should pick a state and shoehorn all the urban democrat cities into one state so the rest of us can live properly. Than maybe call Russia to nuke that state with the uranium Obama/Hillary sold them.
At least now, they can have a home.
Don Rutter bruh stfu I live here 😂
Vgp 1982 SCREAMING💀💀💀
I'm a little confused about the statement, "Of the top 12 employers in Detroit, all but two are government jobs."
#1 The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) is a for-profit alliance of hospitals
#3 Quicken Loans LLC. is a mortgage lending company
#4 Henry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation
#8 Chrysler is a private corp.
#9 Blue Cross Blue Shield is a non profit
#10 GM is a private corp.
#12 DTE Energy is also not a government organization
As a born and raised Detroiter who is really proud of how Detroit is fighting to turn things around and I am impressed by the changes I have seen in the last decade
6:30 - The dead trees. Detroit lost about half of its trees to the Emerald Ash Borer (after losing all its elms thirty years prior).
So sad to see those two story homes empty !!!!!
I know
Yeah, NJ's got 4 of the poorest cities in U.S., with almost no hype! The discussion needs to switch from urban blighting to the truth abt U.S. poverty.
Much better but those places look so boring and depressing can’t believe it Thanks again Nick
Thanks I like doing these but feel I need to really see the worst worst places to justify them
Nick Johnson Some Of The most dangerous parts of NYC are the eastern parts of Brooklyn. When I was a kid growing up in the metro NY area, I was amazed with how expansive the projects were near the Belt Parkway, but then again NYC as a whole was more dangerous. My grandmother lived in Coney Island back in the seventies to the early eighties and there were projects within a quarter of a mile from her apartment. Coney Island might be ok now overall, but further east is more crime ridden. In fact, Brownsville made national news last month, which is further out.
If you are venturing out to or researching crime ridden areas, then I know of the following: Bridgeport, CT, East Hartford, CT, and Newburgh, NY.
Bridgeport is bizarre in the sense that it is adjacent to some of the most wealthiest towns in the USA. In other words, you can drive 5 miles away from some of the worst sections and be within a slew of multimillion dollar houses.
Another area I found interesting was Newark, NJ and Plainfield, NJ when I lived back east in northern NJ. Both of those towns had multiple sketchy areas, with the former being worse. Not sure if that still stands as much today as it did years ago. However, both cities are very close to places like Short Hills, Summit, Warren etc., which all have houses in excess of 1000000.
Back in the early 90s, I vividly recall driving down South Orange Avenue en route to Newark and seeing huge Tudor houses in South Orange literally minutes away from urban decay once I entered the city limits of Newark.
However, the aforementioned cities in both Connecticut and New Jersey were a far cry from the Eastern part of Brooklyn (i.e., Brownsville and East NY)
I like Detroit. The best tacos iv ever had in my life came from a gas station on Michigan Avenue and Livernoise.
Yum!!!
@@NickJohnson visit livernois lmao
Glad to see Henry Ford Hospital. Witnessed one of God's miracles in the ICU when they couldn't find a lung for my dad last year and after we prayed, they found a lung. He survived 2 lung transplant surgeries last summer and he was doing great until he was diagnosed with chronic rejection of the new lungs and he passed away 2 months ago. Henry Ford Hospital was the best choice to make to have him around for an extra year.
Aww Joe great story I hope your dad is looking down on you with a smile right now. Bless you man. 😇 🙏
Last week on my mom's birthday, I had a dream that him and I were on our way to a bar to watch Michigan vs Michigan state game because he was a huge Michigan fan. I was driving the van while he was in the passenger seat talking. Normally I never remember what he says in my dreams but last thing he said in the dream: "Yep Joe, you're won't believe how amazing Heaven is." Good thing is, I know he's safe and having good time up there.
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looking at everything around the 6:15 mark it makes me smile thinking of how beautiful it could be if it all just became nature again, except for the road.
They can convert the road into a hiking trail. Maybe creating a few parks will boost the economy of Detroit.
wowser......I remember when detroit , was a happenin' place.............you can still see the bones , of what was once really nice homes............sad............great share...............
It is a nice place. Would be nice if he had driven through the thriving hoods and downtown area.
Yes
@Klaus Van Heusen Never been there, I take it.
@Klaus Van Heusen www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/travel/detroit-michigan-downtown.amp.html
@Klaus Van Heusen .........SUCKER........HOPE YOU GET TO BE OLD............
I've left the same comment on other Detroit videos, but . . . I grew up in rural Ohio. As a child I often saw flocks of pheasants. I had not seen a pheasant in decades until I visited the ghettos of Detroit. It was so weird to see these beautiful birds all over an urban wasteland.
You should drive through the good parts of Detroit. Palmer Park, Detroit golf club (where the Rocket Mortgage Classic took place) Sherwood Forest, Indian Village, Midtown etc. Your like most people, just focusing on the negative that all cities have. You just want some likes
I just got back from staying in Detroit for a week and I couldn't agree more. Detroit is an amazing city with some amazing people. Even some of the areas he drove through are perfectly fine neighborhoods doing everything they can in light of an entire country's negligence. I loved Detroit and its people. I will definitely be back.
The thing is literally nobody wants to hear about that
I think the point of the video is to bring attention to the city and how bad the bad actually is in hopes to make it better..I could be wrong but
Zyplex Some things are far far better left unsaid. DJG, shhh!
At 69.625 mills, Detroit has one of the highest millage rates in the metro area. Whatever is taxed (housing) you will get less of. The city has lost middle class residents who can simply "vote with their feet" and move to the suburbs where property taxes are lower, schools better, and city services better. Then there are the high costs of property insurance and auto insurance. A resident may have to drive to an adjacent suburb to find a Kroger. Crime has been heading down for decades, although it is still a problem.
We need more ppl like you who actually know what there are talking about! Dealing with drugs and junkies is unfortunately just a part of something called life
I visited Detroit for a whole month. I luv it dearly. Made me feel like home. I’m from South Carolina. Detroit reminded me of the easy life I had as a child
Huh interesting. It reminded you of SC?
you from north charleston
Just subscribed! So sad to see all these empty and desolate areas of Detroit, it's hard to believe that it was once one of the best states in the U.S. I had neighbours up here in Canada who moved to Detroit in the 1940. He went to work for the Detroit Free Press. When all the riots broke out they returned to Winnipeg. They had so many great things to say about Detroit in its heyday. We used to get the Detroit News up here on our televisions with a subscription, but they took the station away as they said the news was to violent. Not sure what they meant by that as Winnipeg is one of the highest crime cities in Canada. At one time it was the highest even above Vancouver and Toronto. Thanks for showing this video.
It's good to see that they have cleared out the old dilapidated houses. The remaining homes surrounded by all the fields look stately.
Looks much cleaner than Gary Indiana
He showed the tamed parts of Detroit.
Would love to visit Detroit, even the "bad parts". I live somewhere that's pretty run down and has a lot of problems, but then there are parts that are beautiful, spacious and green - it's all home, the good and the bad. That's where there are decent people who still have a sense of community and don't look down their noses at other people.
Much love from the UK 🇬🇧
the houses in detroit are so nice, (compared to the ones here in britain). it’s a shame they get destroyed so quickly
Goering had something to say about that unfortunately.
Detroit was silicone valley in the early 20th century. One of the richest places on earth. It shows.
@@crowbird213 Yes. One of my friends said his dad was making $35 an hour on the assembly line in Detroit. Bloody unbelievable if you ask me. That job does not txst anymore.
Imagine landing on earth from another planet and seeing this as the richest country on earth!
It's not, that's a myth.
It is 21 trillion gdp
You are told that so you believe it.
@@IZenI00 with huge amounts of debt too
if i were an alien id pack up and leave before i get the rims on my ufo stolen
I've lived in Mid Michigan my whole life (36 years) been to Detriot for some events but never seen the outskirts of the city. Thanks Nick! Definitely an eye-opener.
That's what the ppl wanted you to see to hide the blight and not have a bad name!
A lot of those areas can’t even be classified as “urban” anymore, since they look like just fields bisected by a street grid. They might as well be farms, gardens, or forest areas.
The decline of Detroit is blamed on white families moving out and black people moving in which is disrespectful and insulting. I lived in Detroit most of my life and many black families took care of their properties. Many racists would look no further than blaming the decline on race because their hatred does not want to look any further. May it also be made known that there has been a White Mayor in office for a few decades now and there has been no improvements. Many over look that other large cities are suffering the same fate. When many factories moved out of Detroit many loss their jobs and homes. GREEDY, UNDERMINING politicians and members of corporations pulled out and moved jobs out of the country where there were no labor unions. Many cities have tax breaks and encourage businesses to grow but not many for Detroit. Donald Trump had to lay down the law with the Big Three and threatened them with increasing the tariff on each car made in Mexico before the Big Three reopened factories back in the Manufacturing cities which included Detroit. I do not appreciate your insults during your post about people being afraid to be on the streets because of the type of car you were driving. Some citizens work 6 days a week, some are in church , there are many personal reasons. You also only focused on the debilitating area. Very biased.
Detroit doesn't look bad. Most of the houses that I've just watched are large spacious homes. In England they'd cost about half a million pounds or more each. Also there is lots of lush vegetation. All in all it looks a desirable place to live. What I don't get is where are the people? Why aren't kids playing on the street, and people walking about?
It's not England, that's why. Isn't it obvious?
All that vegetarian are empty building lots . Houses here were all close together. So much trash is buried under that greenery. I got lost on foot after a concert about 10 years ago. 2a.m. wandering the back streets was the only time in my life I truly feared for my safety. From darkened burned out buildings and street corners panhandlers and hustlers were asking for something, or offering to sell me something . All of them gave me one piece of advice. They all told me I shouldn't be there. Let's just say I look like I'm from out of town.....
they don't want to be shot
Why you keep riding in the same area though? Show the nice blocks cause its plenty of them.
He specifically said in the title that he is riding through the worst areas. People want to see how bad it is.
@@knos360 you feel that way because you are self conscious and think poorly about white people. Yes irrational and toxic. You are projecting your feelings about yourself on to others.
You're the only person who stops at a stop sign or light in the D. Lol
Especially on roads that arent main drags.
Love your channel. This is one of the first I heard with background music.
GLAD YOU GOT RID OF IT.
I like your new ones WITHOUT the music much better!
We want to hear you! ❤️
You should try Camden or North Philly it makes that look like a paradise
Nick, to give you a little history on two Michigan cities that self distructed, Pontiac and Detriot, one major reason was forced school busing. In the late 1960's and 70's this was the great panasia that would improve black lives and schools. First city, Pontiac, in 1971 started busing in all but the two high schools, because they were pretty much integrated. I lived in Pontiac at the time, where my sister had to go to three different what were called then junior high schools, one in a real charm part of town, vs three years to a school she could have walked to. A federal judge, Damon Keith instituted this "mandate". There were bombings and fires, aimed at bus depot yards and a great deal of property damage and anger. In the end the taxe base simply moved out of Pontiac to suburbs near Pontiac. The tax base was all the whites that could afford to move. Thus leaving a majority to this day of very poor blacks and some Mexicans to still be bused. Move on to Detriot, in 1973 the people of Detiot elected their first black mayor, Coleman Young, and frankly a very devisive person, one of the first things he did when taking office was to close the city run hockey rinks, he said in response "blacks don't play hockey". Even he knew unless something happened he would not be reelected. There were still over two hundred thousand whites in the city at the time. Damon Keith was a friend and what do you know Detiot was going to have a busing program starting in 1975. By the reelection of 1977 many of his problems had taken steps to move out of the city. Detriot as a percentage is the blackest city in the nation and as so so many of yours and Briggs World video's point out, is at the bottom in every negative category in the book. Would these cities have been better if busing had not happened, I think so. You will hear references to busing going back to Joe Biden quotes in that time period, and his current V.P. called him out on this issue during the debates. Busing was a very heated topic at that time and the big proposed savior 50 years ago for blacks because the schools would be better because whites would go to those schools and they would not tolerate bad schools. Wrong, the white population just moved away, the ones that could afford it. Your videos are very informative, and frankly darn funny, I always look forward to the whole Mappy family and his "friendly" wife. What you are able to do with a smile or frown on their little square faces, is classic. Keep up the good work!
Detroit is like the movie *"I AM LEGEND"* there's no one outside in the day but when it becomes night...
They all come out......like cockroaches. (Jan Griffiths).
Those maps are really helpful. My big complaint about other videos is that I can't tell exactly where the driver is located at any point in the video. Good job for adding the map feature.