I'm a former Toledo resident from the 60s, 70s and early 80s. Toledo never recovered from the depression and recession of the early 80s and the competition from the foreign automobile makers. It's too bad because Toledo had some of the friendliest residents, a world class Art Museum, a well respected opera company, a decent university and medical college, good restaurants, decent public parks, the Zoo, and so on. But in many ways it was Detroit's little sister and was too dependent on the auto industry. Watching this video, I'm not hearing what the big vision or big plan is. I hear a call for help, but what is the vision?
Charles Darnay 😯 " Often, former ' Rust Belt ' cities must shed their foregone industrial mindset and embrace Other pre-existing ventures and emerging innovation (ex: Healthcare, Biotechnology, Small Tech, Etc.). I'm from Peoria, IL. Which, although smaller than Toledo, has much in common with It's manufacturing history. If not already doing so, I have no doubt that Toledo will thrive again. Like my hometown, It's an impressive community that must continue refocusing in order to broaden it's horizons. "
@Tony Edwards No, he's right. The "Reagan Revolution" was brutal for the entire Rust Belt, not just Detroit and Toledo. That's how we got all these "McJobs" at Wal-Mart and Home Depot where the first thing new hires do is watch a bunch of ridiculous anti-union propaganda. In 1977 the average American CEO made 35 times as much as the average American worker. Now the average CEO makes 3 to 4 HUNDRED times as much as the average American worker and the tax cuts signed into law by George W. Bush and Trump just made that inequality explode.
@@stephenbrand5661 l 3 years ago My father was a Teamsters Rep in the 90’s. I can remember him getting calls from members who were upset that they had to work. He would get so angry at these guys. He would fight to get them work and they would complain about it. The stress of having to deal with people like that probably led to his early death.
When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, my mom was a waitress at downtown restaurants ...i would go with her on days I was off school , we rode the tarta bus..id walk around downtown and remember lots of bordered up buildings ...tons of them. When I visited Toledo many years later , it was much better and downtown seemed to be coming back to life.
CoOLz....I went to UT💙....& LIVED IN TOLEDO, OH, for many years....I'm from Canton, Oh, .....Toledo has a Place in ma' 💙💥👊Heart....Bigg-butt-White-Galz/Ladiez💋🍑🍑!!!
Im from Chicago, and while my heart will always lie there, I have my Toledo Pride. I moved here when I was 22. I have lived here for 26 years, longer than my life in Chicago. I truly believe Toledo is worth investing in and revitalizing. There is so much incredible architecture that has been left to rot. Especially in the Old West End. I wish we could get some rich benefactors to really build this city back up to its magnificent past
I was born downtown of Toledo and been here my whole life. My Great Grandfather helped build the High Level Bridge. I Love Toledo and the people here, but I struggle with finding work here it's always been like this. I think if Toledo is going to survive it needs to keep it's Art Scene and many other great things like our new Casino. We also have to start rebuilding our roads and bringing the downtown area back to life. You would not catch me downtown now because it's not really a safe place too be. I think if Toledo can learn from cities like Ann Arbor I think it would help with rebuilding Downtown Toledo.
I think Toledos beautiful. Jeep fest, mud hen games, walleye games, concerts, Disney on ice. I know every walleye game the streets are packed with people. Everyone’s laughing, drinking, talking, live bands, it’s fun man
I moved here from California in 2011 it was an instant love of this community great Neighbors. Others don't have the same feeling that I do when they come to visit and I understand that because they are just visiting didn't think of making Toledo their home as I have
What a well produced video. I left Toledo over 20 years ago and I’ve visited a couple times recently since. Not going to lie, was shocked at the state of downtown but I also saw many super hip green shoots demonstrating bringing back the ethos of a quality downtown. Nice to see this honest rendition of the state of affairs in Toledo’s core. Really makes me itch to return and disprove the idea “you can’t go home again”.
I love Toledo, and I always will. Grew up there, my mom used to manage all the Don’s drive-in’s in the area, downtown on St. Clair Street, Maumee, Sylvania, very special place to me. Went to Oakdale elementary school on Broadway. The police officer that used to help us we called him officer Broadway. Obviously not his name, but just a term of endearment from us children. Wonderful man helped me when I didn’t have bus money a couple times. And our lovely teacher, Miss Summers. What a beautiful lady, had all the girls over for a sleepover one night, then all the boys, another week or two later. I will never forget that year. And… Franklin J. I Will never forget you. I won’t use his last name. Just a memorable young man. I could go on, I love Toledo. I will say it is sad to see what it has gone through, but I do believe it will make it. Thank you for this video.
Hey I’m moving to Toledo from California, a random choice for new beginnings. I wanted to do research before the move and a came across your doc. Love your perspective and capture the spirit of the city.
I lived in North Toledo almost 30 years page st. Peck st Yates st. Lagrange stickney. It’s home I moved to Indianapolis in. For a year couldn’t believe I got homesick moved back.
Carty and the other bastard mayors couldn't make a good deal if it hit em . For example southwyck they should of turned it over too someone else put money into it fix the roof and what not and go on now we have a vacant lot that's never going to be fully developed again. Poor leadership in Toledo
I remember downtown flourished in the 70s lions Lamsons Woolworths tiedkes were downtown Macy's . Used to watch the Christmas parades from my dad's restaurant downtown . It was like another time era tarta buses going by hustling by with people
@Joe Smith I can remember even further back than that! As a kid growing up in the 60s, I remember the Christmas shows at the Sports Arena, the circuses, etc. The movie theaters like the Rivoli, the Pantheon, the Valentine, the Princess, the Esquire (before it turned into an adult theater) and few others I can't remember at the time. There was LaSalles, Bakers, Karps, Jacks Mens Store. Before Tarta, there was Community Traction and their Red and White buses and Green and White buses. Adams Street was a pedestrian mall in the summer. It was a downtown for everyone kids, adults, families. It was like a mini-New York (where I now live.) Donna Owens and Urban Renewal drove the last stake into the heart of Downtown Toledo.
If allowed to continue working from home for my job (in a West Coast state), I'm seriously thinking about moving to Toledo. The warehouse district looks really cool.
I am currently busting toledo and seeing the downtown saddened me, I am from Kentucky just south of Cincinnati and seeing how Cincinnati has recovered, I wonder how this place hasnt.
I lived in downtown Toledo for a while in the late 90s (on Adams St., above Murphy's pub) and my car was literally broken into at least once per week. I hope the amount of crime in Toledo has changed since then. Every time I go back there now to visit family, the city just looks so devastated... almost post-apocalyptic. It's so sad.
I have lived down town for 12 years and love it. I worked down town for 30 years. There isn't a town in America that is without problems. We are a work in progress. NOTHING IS FOR FREE.
I left Toledo in 1987 - some of the same abandoned buildings then are the same abandoned building now in 2021. Blighted neighborhoods and no jobs... tell me why I want to come back??
Reminds me of Buffalo, NY twenty years ago. The city was "so poor they couldn't afford to tear things down." The city is now well along in it's rebirth and the downtown area is the hottest place to live now. The small business owners and financial incentives by the city, county and state have been a catalyst.
Born in 54', Toledo Hospital, grew up on Northwood Ave right around the corner from Tol Hosp. Been living in Danmark since 2006 and miss my hometown every day. Toledo is my home and my heart and always will be.
I have a soft spot for Toledo...I dated a young lady from Oregon and for a while worked for Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company in Stockton, CA in the mid to late 90s. Toledo and Stockton were mid town cities but Toledo a tad bigger at the time. Traveling to the city and Detroit was fun and as well I lived near Findlay working in the automotive industry. Too much fun at Frankie's, Tony Packo's, Concerts near the Smoke Stack and Brenda's Body Shop! We used to stay near Rossford many times for travel and work.
Yeah let's not forget the John Denver song... "Toledo... Where they roll the sidewalks up at 6:00."... Is anyone remember the Donna Owens administration.... Portside was to be the great anchor point for the revitalization of Toledo in 1984... Whatever happened to the deal for Jimmy Jackson to buy up The Old Edison steam plant, does anybody remember that. For the Chinese conglomerate that was to purchase the Marina district, only to leave it fallow and undeveloped. You can remember going down to the waterfront to watch the fireworks, in minutes before the finale, droves of vehicles hurrying to be the first to leave because they just didn't want to be caught downtown after hours, but yet there's so much to be proud of in this town. Lived here my whole life. And it's true when they say..."if God were to give the Earth an enema... Toledo is where he would stick it." you'll do better in Toledo. Know who's interested in buying some oceanfront property in New Mexico?
I think Toledo is like many cities: if you are from there and have good memories, you might think it is okay. If you are from out of town and have no bias coming in, you might think it is in decline. The city has been hurt by the exit of industry, like so many rust belt cities.
I'm surprised no one mentioned the horrible weather. Maybe that is why no one wants to walk anywhere? I can't believe they managed to film this documentary on a sunny day. The sun almost never shines in Toledo. They should offer new residents a year's supply of Vitamin D supplements as a bonus for moving there.
you're both wrong. you imply that humid weather is somehow isolated to toledo. Hot ,humid summers are common throughout the midwest...which includes many states. Probably at least half the states in the country. Oh its so humid in atoledo, as well as NYC, PA, WV, MI, KY, ETC, ETC, ETC. Would you say, "Don't move to NY state it's just too humid. It is impossible for humidity to isolate itself in any city......Doc Doug
I lived in Adrian Michigan from 1998-2003 and spent every weekend in Toledo. I was originally from LA California and we loved Toledo (minus the racism). We moved back to CA but here home prices are close to a million for LA and $500,000 for the hot dry areas outside of LA where many people are forced to live due to finances. I pay 1,500 a month for a tiny 2 bedroom apartment. It’s hot and dry like 6 mths out of the year and I hate it. There are no seasons. I would gladly consider moving to Toledo. Ohio is the second cheapest state in the country for housing! Maybe I’d open a shop and contribute to the positive vibes. All the negative people aren’t helping. Stop complaining and start doing.
I was born and raised there. I moved away 6 Yrs ago, I visited last month. I think alot of this documentary is false. In they 80's we were doing great in the 90's we started going down hill and now why even bother. I took a friend back home with me and I asked his opinion. His reply was " It is ugly and depressing". The government there just takes without care. My son joined a gang out of boredom, poverty and depression. We moved to a place where people in high place's actually care. My son went from gang banger to being a published author, a motivational speaker, and a mentor all before he ever graduated High School.
First of all a city doesnt raise your child .... parents raise kids not cities... i live in cali where 90% of cities are crime ridden and we werr raised well enough to not go and ruin our lives... my town is boring as hell as well and many of us didnt choose gang banging just cause we were bored... we were taught better then that .... and i dont see howthe people in this video lied, they plainly stated that the city needs work! And some business owners dont want to give up hope on it , but of course a few business cant fix an entire city... not even government can do that..... it takes a whole lot of business owners and community unity to change things in a city .... PEOPLE , RESIDENTS .... everyone needs to play a part .....
That's a "chicken or the egg" argument, no? People won't move to a place if there aren't any jobs or recreational activities, and those places won't open if they're aren't enough people. The problem is also the solution.
I agree with you, I was born and raised in Toledo. I moved away for 5 years and went back to visit family. It’s horribly depressing, like going to a third world country. I took my fiancé to show her where I came from, was honestly embarrassed at how bad it’s gotten.
This past summer, I visited Toledo, as well as Akron, Cleveland, Dayton, and Columbus, for the first time in my life (I've been to Cincinnati a few times over the past few years). Out of all the cities I just mentioned, Toledo was the most disheartening, with Akron and Dayton not too far behind. I was driving through downtown Toledo at like 3 or 4 in the afternoon, and it was a ghost town. I also couldn't help but notice numerous vacant store fronts. I just kept thinking, 'What the hell happened here?' I'm not trying to insult your city; I'm just giving you my first impression as an out-of-stater. But, by the looks of the urban renewal that I saw in Cleveland and Columbus, maybe there's still hope for Toledo.
Jason Meadows Hope has deteriorated through the years. I live in Toledo and I've gotten so used to children living out of their luggages and constant pickpocketors. It's gotten so difficult to distinguish who is actual homeless and who is lying for some drug money. This is not the Toledo that I grew up with.
I cried when I went back to Toledo to see the homes are family grew up in, my parents work hard for those home which they bought they were all torn down
That is so frustrating at 12:19. You can’t beg people to start businesses in Toledo and then be a pain in the butt every step of the way. Help people get started downtown, unleash them, and get out of the way! No friction!
I was born there at Riverside hospital in 1957. I left in 1978. I have never returned . I see and hear that everything that I loved growing up is all gone. The city is obviously dead. Shame.
Aw Mr. Pineapple, you have your generations mixed up. I'm not of the baby boomer group. How you equate a positive attitude with being a "boomer" is fascinating, though.
@@logang3230 let me help you out, here. If you use your Google search engine, you will learn that baby boomers were born before 1965. Using basic math skills, 2020-50=1969. Wella! I was born in 1969. Furthermore, basic reading skills will show there is no use of the word "kids" in what I wrote. But keep trolling, though.
i was born and raised in the area, downtown has always had two problems One no place to park, Two thugs and hooligans you'll have to deal with. People voted with their wallets and said to hell with this noise. While they try to encourage people to live downtown no gas stations, no grocery nearby and the ones that are nearby are too dangerous .
The only way the blighted neighborhoods will see a come back,is for the residents to actually give a crap..by coming together and fixing up their own homes and working as a community to drive out the criminal element.
I see alot of people talking down toledo but LA is literally exactly the same except for one difference... LA is packed lol but 70% of LA is trash and everyone claims its the best city ever.... and alot of cities in cali are just like this .... ghetto but super expensive just because its in Cali...... wanna see real ghetto? Go to downtown LA.... go to San Francisco.... yea theres some nice places but 70% of it is ghetto and congested and crime ridden ....and as far as the nice places is cali ....unless your a millionaire yiu cant afford to live in it so you end up in the shitty cities which i can say is most of California.... I’ve lived here my whole life .... everyone wants to come and be something but truth is only 1% of people who come here actually make it .... mostly everyone just ends up more broke then when they first got here .....
Very true ...you know what you're talking about... I live in Los Angeles and can't wait to leave...I'm thinking of moving to Toledo ...so I'm trying to get info on the city etc.. Etc ...
@@msfinetuned I lived in L.A, in 89 till about 91 an came back myself..Man, this is my home , i can make music here ,just as easy as there Are you from here Darling Dragon ? if not, come on to yer second home!! I bet you'll like it here
Downtown Toledo needs: Kroger Fresh Thyme and/or Whole Foods Target Macy's Dillards Best Buy Footlocker A movie theater A mall or storefronts Lots of retail shopping like NYC, Chicago!! Convert some of the parking lots into parks like Central Park in NYC or Grant Park in Chicago. Add more greenspace to the landscape of downtown! A strip like the Magnificent Mile where people can shop is what downtown needs to give it the life it needs.
And Then Covid-19 hit...Toledo is a sad place. I spent 50 years of my life in and around Toledo. When Detroit Died Toledo followed as well. Industry died out. My home then and now East Texas is my Home.
Its like amazon they will say they will come create 10k-20k jobs to a area not telling you that in 5yrs they will be laying iff most these people going fully automated
I've lived here my entire life of 56 years I've seen downtown change several times but the neighborhood around it deteriorate until we invest in the them no matter what local government does to downtown it will be a detriment of it's self bring pride to the neighborhoods around it then Toledo will be a great place to live i remember back in the 60s and 70s it was the East side was primarily working class families this is bigger than we think it's started back in the years Ronald Reagan was President and started giving tax breaks to manufacturing factories to send job's overseas and Everytime a republican president was in charge they increased those tax breaks go figure the people don't have a good outlook on their future PS I really enjoyed seeing Phill Copland first campaign manager on this video you have your heart invested in Toledo still I see
I saw a lot of promise in Toledo when I visited in 2019. I see a town that's about to turn around. I was in the process of starting a franchise in NW Indiana but instantly decided I was going to try this in Toledo and it's outlying neighborhoods. BTW I'm in the Deck Restoration business so if you're looking to get work done on your deck check out DeckMedicTol.com
Even in this "pro re-development" video, all I see are potholes, overgrown weeds, empty buildings, and very little overall reclamation. Face it - Toledo peaked in the early 20th century, and has been in decline ever since (at least the downtown area). What's left is quite depressing; while there ARE some attempts to "reclaim some spaces" as the title suggests, it's really too far gone to be the vibrant city center it was, or what the hopeful desire. Once can (rightly) blame the politics, the industries that made it (once) vibrant ultimately caused it's demise (specifically the auto, decline and removal of the streetcars, vast swaths of neighborhoods being removed for the sake of freeways, and the prospects of much better life in the burbs....). How many new high rises have been built there since the 80's? How many of your shopping malls have been not only closed, but bulldozed? What have you replaced those with? Honestly, all good intentions aside, a few artists seeking cheap rents isn't going to save this hot mess of a town. The Econcat88 guy was totally correct in his frank assessments - yet he was silenced.
Please explain what you meant by Econcat88 being "silenced". Was he threatened by a lawsuit from a person or group? I have always wondered why the videos stopped. I heard there was a deleted video that explained what happened. It would make my year to get a reply. Thank you.
You're soo right..I mean Huntington Center,Mud Hens stadium and all the new businesses that sprung up because of those things did absolutely nothing for the city. Not to mention our zoo,one of the top ten in the country..a world class museum..the revitalizing happening on the East side because of the success of the restaurants on the docks..🙄
The leadership failed this city. I still have some family in Toledo, and have also laid some family to rest there. My folks lived there mid 80s until 1992. They always talk about how Toledo used to boom!! We moved to Atlanta, so thats what I know more.... Only lived in TOL until I was 5... Don't see how a city on the lake and with a port failed. I guess the trickle of Detroit affected Toledo too, but what are they doing to transform the city still? Last time I was in Toledo was 2014. Suburb areas aren't too bad but damn one turn from Franklin park and its hood. The area my uncle lived by Ottawa park used to be so nice.... Now its so run down.
It's because of Toledo's democratic government and the unions is what killed booming cities in the Midwest like Toledo Milwaukee Green Bay Detroit Flint Pittsburgh Akron Cleveland all once booming cities and now dead zones they're all democratic ran cities is the common denominator in them
@@matthewvanderhorst4862 that’s not true at all. And your 2 cent opinion on the demise of America’s manufacturing backbone shows how stupid you are Losing the jobs in general is what doomed the industrial boom northern cities 🤡
@@matthewvanderhorst4862 Actually it’s because of the GOP agendas to outsource manufacturing beginning in the 60s with Nixon is really what killed all the communities/cities in the northern United States. Americans with your mentality chose cheap products and throw away Chinese goods over good American jobs. And now it’s been so long that simpletons like you can’t decipher what was the real problem that led to the demise of the northern cities Watch Roger and Me and see what happened with GM Flint. That was the peak of the turn, and it’s never really gotten better since that day. People were making $25 an hour even in the 80s. Now you get $10 hr Amazon jobs lol
I maybe moving to Toledo. Where is a good place to work? I've been in retail and now a supervisor. I'm looking to get out of retail, but wouldn't mind working in book store. Full time would be perfered, entry level, and if possible Monday thru Friday.
Home Depot distribution center, wall greens distribution center, new and used cars sales, Toledo Library, Barnes and Nobles, Amazon distribution center, Jeep, and the list goes on. People are poor because there minds are poor. I live in Toledo for 45 years now. I have plenty of money
I grew up in Toledo and then I left to Arizona and lived there for eight years. I couldn’t wait to get back home. You think Toledo is bad? Go live in a right to work state and try to make it. Most people can’t and have to returning home because they can’t find a good paying job.
The downtown has improved with the City’s restructuring. But all the surrounding communities are continuing to struggle and collapse. No real industry has replaced the 1000s of jobs hemorrhaged. Arrowhead now employs more than the downtown area.
Nick Corbin Sooo great to hear! Can't wait! Part 1 is very inspiring and has played a huge part in drastically shifting my perception of my hometown. It's motivated me to take action and contribute.
The problem started with "Toledo Tomorrow" they tore everything down and the Blade helped to kill downtown,,,,,,,I was born and raised in Toledo it has gone down since the 70's even the Malls have gone --
what a grrand view, nice cinematic shots, that's great information you shared ,i am from India going to marry with toledo girl,, its nice culture n looking so piece full.nice street big roads...
Toledo’s time is gone. The city is dirty and decaying which is what you’d expect from a city that has been as decimated from the job losses this city has endured. Now it has to allow corporate locusts to steal land and pay no taxes to locate here. Drive around on any day and it reminds me of a city that had to evacuate.
Toledo just changed the parking laws again. No more free lunch time parking and extended the street pay parking until 6pm M-F. They won't stop until Toledo is completely destroyed. It's terrible.
We need to bring a drive in back to downtown toledo a bowling alley a rollerskating rink an indoor strip mall an arcade store to play arcade games curfew hours for the hood factor violence ect make it a safe place scan folks before entering stores events ect.
I sure hope Toledo doesn’t sell it’s soul to big business like a lot of cities do. Downtown st. Pete Florida has grown rapidly in recent years, with big business, but the jobs they provide are crap.
I’ve been familiar with the Tampa and Saint Pete growth for 20 years, there is no industry there that even comes close to anything toledo had (working class wise) Certain parts of Florida have geographical advantage due to the climate and international appeal. But it is definitely 1% wealthy and 99% poor. Millennials love it because they’re goofy and none of them are going to have retirements anyway
Oh I bet. I will say I miss the mall they had downtown though (I went to Columbus back in '95 for a governor's inauguration ceremony and hanged out at the Columbus City Center).
@@ChristopherSobieniak City center was a fantastic mall, it should have been turned into a Casino/retail complex placing the casinos in where the anchors once were (you'd have two or 3 casinos) and still having in line retail in the mall corridor portions keeping people in the downtown. Winners spending money in the mall portion. .
Toledo is just ok nothing special compared to other cities I been here all my life grew up by university of Toledo but lived in east Toledo by the docks for several years as far as downtown there are cool things to do here and a fair amount of businesses I think there is more to come something BIG is gonna happen here in the near future downtown a major player will move in watch just watch 🤔🤔🤔
Toledo would be much better if the people weren't debbie downers about everything. The people that have pride and want to city to do better are good people.
Honey ure little store doesn't earn a decent living wage worrkin at a art store. These little restaurants and shops don't benefit workers they don't pay enough
Toledo is my city for life no matter we're I go. Toeldo will always be a part of me.
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It's were I was born but I'm still there hoping it will get better
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Same. Love where you live even if you leave.
I'm a former Toledo resident from the 60s, 70s and early 80s. Toledo never recovered from the depression and recession of the early 80s and the competition from the foreign automobile makers. It's too bad because Toledo had some of the friendliest residents, a world class Art Museum, a well respected opera company, a decent university and medical college, good restaurants, decent public parks, the Zoo, and so on. But in many ways it was Detroit's little sister and was too dependent on the auto industry. Watching this video, I'm not hearing what the big vision or big plan is. I hear a call for help, but what is the vision?
yer wrong
Charles Darnay 😯 " Often, former ' Rust Belt ' cities must shed their foregone industrial mindset and embrace Other pre-existing ventures and emerging innovation (ex: Healthcare, Biotechnology, Small Tech, Etc.). I'm from Peoria, IL. Which, although smaller than Toledo, has much in common with It's manufacturing history. If not already doing so, I have no doubt that Toledo will thrive again. Like my hometown, It's an impressive community that must continue refocusing in order to broaden it's horizons. "
@@tonyedwards2064 nah, he's not wrong
@Tony Edwards No, he's right. The "Reagan Revolution" was brutal for the entire Rust Belt, not just Detroit and Toledo. That's how we got all these "McJobs" at Wal-Mart and Home Depot where the first thing new hires do is watch a bunch of ridiculous anti-union propaganda. In 1977 the average American CEO made 35 times as much as the average American worker. Now the average CEO makes 3 to 4 HUNDRED times as much as the average American worker and the tax cuts signed into law by George W. Bush and Trump just made that inequality explode.
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My father was a Teamsters Rep in the 90’s. I can remember him getting calls from members who were upset that they had to work. He would get so angry at these guys. He would fight to get them work and they would complain about it. The stress of having to deal with people like that probably led to his early death.
When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, my mom was a waitress at downtown restaurants ...i would go with her on days I was off school , we rode the tarta bus..id walk around downtown and remember lots of bordered up buildings ...tons of them. When I visited Toledo many years later , it was much better and downtown seemed to be coming back to life.
CoOLz....I went to UT💙....& LIVED IN TOLEDO, OH, for many years....I'm from Canton, Oh, .....Toledo has a Place in ma' 💙💥👊Heart....Bigg-butt-White-Galz/Ladiez💋🍑🍑!!!
I grew up here for half of my life, I live here now. Toledo is my home. Whether it's full of drugs and shitty buildings, Toledo is my home.
Jordyn Miles same except I live in suburbs
Whats da best side of town to live on?
STOPLOOKIN ENT definitely the suburbs or maybe south Toledo. It can be a little sketchy
Lived in west toledo from ages 1-9 , i miss it
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@ 85 yrs. you have given me back my youth. So grateful ! Last 40 yrs. in the S.W.Desert; Tucson Az.
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Im from Chicago, and while my heart will always lie there, I have my Toledo Pride. I moved here when I was 22. I have lived here for 26 years, longer than my life in Chicago. I truly believe Toledo is worth investing in and revitalizing. There is so much incredible architecture that has been left to rot. Especially in the Old West End. I wish we could get some rich benefactors to really build this city back up to its magnificent past
I was born downtown of Toledo and been here my whole life. My Great Grandfather helped build the High Level Bridge. I Love Toledo and the people here, but I struggle with finding work here it's always been like this. I think if Toledo is going to survive it needs to keep it's Art Scene and many other great things like our new Casino. We also have to start rebuilding our roads and bringing the downtown area back to life. You would not catch me downtown now because it's not really a safe place too be. I think if Toledo can learn from cities like Ann Arbor I think it would help with rebuilding Downtown Toledo.
TEKTHRASH Toledo could also learn from cities like Pittsburgh and Louisville on how to pursue successful downtown revitalization.
TEKTHRASH I understand. I live in Toledo and we'll start road work and shit, but then move to another project. Like what!?
Downtown has changed a lot in the past year or two. There's more businesses and The Promedica concert series has brought big crowds down there.
Need better wages!
This idea that downtown is not safe is a bit of a myth, methinks. I've spent a fair bit of time downtown and have never had a problem.
I think Toledos beautiful. Jeep fest, mud hen games, walleye games, concerts, Disney on ice. I know every walleye game the streets are packed with people. Everyone’s laughing, drinking, talking, live bands, it’s fun man
I moved here from California in 2011 it was an instant love of this community great Neighbors. Others don't have the same feeling that I do when they come to visit and I understand that because they are just visiting didn't think of making Toledo their home as I have
Yo estoy pensando irme para allá ... me lo recomienda ??
Are you recommend move to Toledo?
What a well produced video. I left Toledo over 20 years ago and I’ve visited a couple times recently since. Not going to lie, was shocked at the state of downtown but I also saw many super hip green shoots demonstrating bringing back the ethos of a quality downtown. Nice to see this honest rendition of the state of affairs in Toledo’s core. Really makes me itch to return and disprove the idea “you can’t go home again”.
I love Toledo, and I always will. Grew up there, my mom used to manage all the Don’s drive-in’s in the area, downtown on St. Clair Street, Maumee, Sylvania, very special place to me. Went to Oakdale elementary school on Broadway. The police officer that used to help us we called him officer Broadway. Obviously not his name, but just a term of endearment from us children. Wonderful man helped me when I didn’t have bus money a couple times. And our lovely teacher, Miss Summers. What a beautiful lady, had all the girls over for a sleepover one night, then all the boys, another week or two later. I will never forget that year. And… Franklin J. I Will never forget you. I won’t use his last name. Just a memorable young man. I could go on, I love Toledo. I will say it is sad to see what it has gone through, but I do believe it will make it. Thank you for this video.
Hey I’m moving to Toledo from California, a random choice for new beginnings. I wanted to do research before the move and a came across your doc. Love your perspective and capture the spirit of the city.
I lived in North Toledo almost 30 years page st. Peck st Yates st. Lagrange stickney. It’s home I moved to Indianapolis in. For a year couldn’t believe I got homesick moved back.
The hood
Toledos building back, It's gonna be beautiful when it all comes together! Kudos to everyone evolved.
hopefully!
No it’s not and it didn’t
@@wilstjohn YOU WILL DO BETTER IN TOLEDO!
Their casino should have been downtown by the way.
Toledo didnt want to give up the land thats why no big company comes here
@Joe Smith Exactly! I wished someone would explain that to the people in Toledo.
Carty and the other bastard mayors couldn't make a good deal if it hit em . For example southwyck they should of turned it over too someone else put money into it fix the roof and what not and go on now we have a vacant lot that's never going to be fully developed again. Poor leadership in Toledo
I remember downtown flourished in the 70s lions Lamsons Woolworths tiedkes were downtown Macy's . Used to watch the Christmas parades from my dad's restaurant downtown . It was like another time era tarta buses going by hustling by with people
@Joe Smith I can remember even further back than that! As a kid growing up in the 60s, I remember the Christmas shows at the Sports Arena, the circuses, etc. The movie theaters like the Rivoli, the Pantheon, the Valentine, the Princess, the Esquire (before it turned into an adult theater) and few others I can't remember at the time. There was LaSalles, Bakers, Karps, Jacks Mens Store. Before Tarta, there was Community Traction and their Red and White buses and Green and White buses. Adams Street was a pedestrian mall in the summer. It was a downtown for everyone kids, adults, families. It was like a mini-New York (where I now live.) Donna Owens and Urban Renewal drove the last stake into the heart of Downtown Toledo.
If allowed to continue working from home for my job (in a West Coast state), I'm seriously thinking about moving to Toledo. The warehouse district looks really cool.
I'm telling you' you would not even recognize it!! I promise
@@tonyedwards2064 I wouldn't recognize it? _the wherehouse? district!_
I am currently busting toledo and seeing the downtown saddened me, I am from Kentucky just south of Cincinnati and seeing how Cincinnati has recovered, I wonder how this place hasnt.
We from the same area 513 inda bilden
Covington, Kentucky?
Im from covington ky 💪🏾
Cincitucky in da house!
I lived in downtown Toledo for a while in the late 90s (on Adams St., above Murphy's pub) and my car was literally broken into at least once per week. I hope the amount of crime in Toledo has changed since then. Every time I go back there now to visit family, the city just looks so devastated... almost post-apocalyptic. It's so sad.
East Toledo and The suburbs of Oregon are my playground, proud to be from the Glass City.
The Nickel!
I have lived down town for 12 years and love it. I worked down town for 30 years. There isn't a town in America that is without problems. We are a work in progress. NOTHING IS FOR FREE.
I left Toledo in 1987 - some of the same abandoned buildings then are the same abandoned building now in 2021. Blighted neighborhoods and no jobs... tell me why I want to come back??
Yeah, there is a stretch of Huron Street downtown (between Jackson and Madison) that is still pretty empty. Why is that?
Reminds me of Buffalo, NY twenty years ago. The city was "so poor they couldn't afford to tear things down." The city is now well along in it's rebirth and the downtown area is the hottest place to live now. The small business owners and financial incentives by the city, county and state have been a catalyst.
Born in 54', Toledo Hospital, grew up on Northwood Ave right around the corner from Tol Hosp. Been living in Danmark since 2006 and miss my hometown every day. Toledo is my home and my heart and always will be.
I have a soft spot for Toledo...I dated a young lady from Oregon and for a while worked for Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company in Stockton, CA in the mid to late 90s. Toledo and Stockton were mid town cities but Toledo a tad bigger at the time. Traveling to the city and Detroit was fun and as well I lived near Findlay working in the automotive industry. Too much fun at Frankie's, Tony Packo's, Concerts near the Smoke Stack and Brenda's Body Shop! We used to stay near Rossford many times for travel and work.
Fully impressed by this video. Great production.. Great! Message, great visionaries. Go Downtown!
Yeah let's not forget the John Denver song... "Toledo... Where they roll the sidewalks up at 6:00."... Is anyone remember the Donna Owens administration.... Portside was to be the great anchor point for the revitalization of Toledo in 1984... Whatever happened to the deal for Jimmy Jackson to buy up The Old Edison steam plant, does anybody remember that. For the Chinese conglomerate that was to purchase the Marina district, only to leave it fallow and undeveloped. You can remember going down to the waterfront to watch the fireworks, in minutes before the finale, droves of vehicles hurrying to be the first to leave because they just didn't want to be caught downtown after hours, but yet there's so much to be proud of in this town. Lived here my whole life. And it's true when they say..."if God were to give the Earth an enema... Toledo is where he would stick it." you'll do better in Toledo. Know who's interested in buying some oceanfront property in New Mexico?
_You'll do better in Toledo!_
That is some propaganda right there.
I think Toledo is like many cities: if you are from there and have good memories, you might think it is okay. If you are from out of town and have no bias coming in, you might think it is in decline. The city has been hurt by the exit of industry, like so many rust belt cities.
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Cogent
This was awesome thank you
I'm surprised no one mentioned the horrible weather. Maybe that is why no one wants to walk anywhere? I can't believe they managed to film this documentary on a sunny day. The sun almost never shines in Toledo. They should offer new residents a year's supply of Vitamin D supplements as a bonus for moving there.
Sad but true only so many hot days and they very hot but mostly rain snow weather.
you're both wrong. you imply that humid weather is somehow isolated to toledo. Hot ,humid summers are common throughout the midwest...which includes many states. Probably at least half the states in the country. Oh its so humid in atoledo, as well as NYC, PA, WV, MI, KY, ETC, ETC, ETC. Would you say, "Don't move to NY state it's just too humid. It is impossible for humidity to isolate itself in any city......Doc Doug
Would love to see a follow up video. A lot of the images in this video are now outdated with all the positive change. Downtown is growing fast!
Part two is coming out in less than a month!
Looking forward to it!
That's why I'm working my way back to my Hometown, TOLEDO.
I lived in Adrian Michigan from 1998-2003 and spent every weekend in Toledo. I was originally from LA California and we loved Toledo (minus the racism). We moved back to CA but here home prices are close to a million for LA and $500,000 for the hot dry areas outside of LA where many people are forced to live due to finances. I pay 1,500 a month for a tiny 2 bedroom apartment. It’s hot and dry like 6 mths out of the year and I hate it. There are no seasons. I would gladly consider moving to Toledo. Ohio is the second cheapest state in the country for housing! Maybe I’d open a shop and contribute to the positive vibes. All the negative people aren’t helping. Stop complaining and start doing.
Toledo is where I grew up HOME SWEET HOME
business left, industry left, people left. All the cheerleading in the world won't revive a dead city. It was squandered.
I was born and raised there. I moved away 6 Yrs ago, I visited last month. I think alot of this documentary is false. In they 80's we were doing great in the 90's we started going down hill and now why even bother. I took a friend back home with me and I asked his opinion. His reply was " It is ugly and depressing". The government there just takes without care. My son joined a gang out of boredom, poverty and depression. We moved to a place where people in high place's actually care. My son went from gang banger to being a published author, a motivational speaker, and a mentor all before he ever graduated High School.
Helen Abukarsh ok that’s over dramatic
First of all a city doesnt raise your child .... parents raise kids not cities... i live in cali where 90% of cities are crime ridden and we werr raised well enough to not go and ruin our lives... my town is boring as hell as well and many of us didnt choose gang banging just cause we were bored... we were taught better then that .... and i dont see howthe people in this video lied, they plainly stated that the city needs work! And some business owners dont want to give up hope on it , but of course a few business cant fix an entire city... not even government can do that..... it takes a whole lot of business owners and community unity to change things in a city .... PEOPLE , RESIDENTS .... everyone needs to play a part .....
That's a "chicken or the egg" argument, no? People won't move to a place if there aren't any jobs or recreational activities, and those places won't open if they're aren't enough people. The problem is also the solution.
@@Belleshealing very true Belem. Are you moving to toledo?
I agree with you, I was born and raised in Toledo. I moved away for 5 years and went back to visit family. It’s horribly depressing, like going to a third world country. I took my fiancé to show her where I came from, was honestly embarrassed at how bad it’s gotten.
I personally think our downtown needs some type of shopping. We have plenty of restaurants downtown but no type of shopping. Maybe a mall downtown.
This past summer, I visited Toledo, as well as Akron, Cleveland, Dayton, and Columbus, for the first time in my life (I've been to Cincinnati a few times over the past few years). Out of all the cities I just mentioned, Toledo was the most disheartening, with Akron and Dayton not too far behind. I was driving through downtown Toledo at like 3 or 4 in the afternoon, and it was a ghost town. I also couldn't help but notice numerous vacant store fronts. I just kept thinking, 'What the hell happened here?' I'm not trying to insult your city; I'm just giving you my first impression as an out-of-stater. But, by the looks of the urban renewal that I saw in Cleveland and Columbus, maybe there's still hope for Toledo.
Jason Meadows Hope has deteriorated through the years. I live in Toledo and I've gotten so used to children living out of their luggages and constant pickpocketors. It's gotten so difficult to distinguish who is actual homeless and who is lying for some drug money. This is not the Toledo that I grew up with.
What you said is on point i went there 2 weeks ago , i feel sorry for the city downtown toledo looks dead asf !
There's not
Children living out of luggage and constant pickpockets? huh???
I cried when I went back to Toledo to see the homes are family grew up in, my parents work hard for those home which they bought they were all torn down
That is so frustrating at 12:19. You can’t beg people to start businesses in Toledo and then be a pain in the butt every step of the way. Help people get started downtown, unleash them, and get out of the way! No friction!
hear, hear!
We love this!
I was born there at Riverside hospital in 1957. I left in 1978. I have never returned . I see and hear that everything that I loved growing up is all gone. The city is obviously dead. Shame.
Actually, it's much more alive that I've ever seen it, in my 50 years here. I love this city.
Mary Marshall ok boomer
Aw Mr. Pineapple, you have your generations mixed up. I'm not of the baby boomer group. How you equate a positive attitude with being a "boomer" is fascinating, though.
Mary Marshall over 50 years is boomer type material like saying that kids have their generations mixed up you elderly
@@logang3230 let me help you out, here. If you use your Google search engine, you will learn that baby boomers were born before 1965. Using basic math skills, 2020-50=1969. Wella! I was born in 1969. Furthermore, basic reading skills will show there is no use of the word "kids" in what I wrote. But keep trolling, though.
I love living in Downtown Toledo! Happy to contribute to its renaissance :)
Really Renaissance?? What you mean by that??
@@williamwilly2602 rebuild
@@williamwilly2602 The Hotel!
I went to Downtown Toledo 2 weeks ago , Oh man that place is dead !
i was born and raised in the area, downtown has always had two problems One no place to park, Two thugs and hooligans you'll have to deal with. People voted with their wallets and said to hell with this noise. While they try to encourage people to live downtown no gas stations, no grocery nearby and the ones that are nearby are too dangerous .
That's a joke right? Plenty of street parking in downtown Toledo.
@@rwtindall I feel that crime has always been an issue to deal with in Toledo and that's really nothing new.
So much progress already! Toledo is the greatest city on Earth
umm ...
The only way the blighted neighborhoods will see a come back,is for the residents to actually give a crap..by coming together and fixing up their own homes and working as a community to drive out the criminal element.
I see alot of people talking down toledo but LA is literally exactly the same except for one difference... LA is packed lol but 70% of LA is trash and everyone claims its the best city ever.... and alot of cities in cali are just like this .... ghetto but super expensive just because its in Cali...... wanna see real ghetto? Go to downtown LA.... go to San Francisco.... yea theres some nice places but 70% of it is ghetto and congested and crime ridden ....and as far as the nice places is cali ....unless your a millionaire yiu cant afford to live in it so you end up in the shitty cities which i can say is most of California.... I’ve lived here my whole life .... everyone wants to come and be something but truth is only 1% of people who come here actually make it .... mostly everyone just ends up more broke then when they first got here .....
I’m literally from Toledo in LA and totally agree, I’m moving back and hoping to build something there for myself.
Very true ...you know what you're talking about... I live in Los Angeles and can't wait to leave...I'm thinking of moving to Toledo ...so I'm trying to get info on the city etc.. Etc ...
@@msfinetuned I lived in L.A, in 89 till about 91 an came back myself..Man, this is my home , i can make music here ,just as easy as there Are you from here Darling Dragon ? if not, come on to yer second home!! I bet you'll like it here
Downtown Toledo needs:
Kroger
Fresh Thyme and/or Whole Foods
Target
Macy's
Dillards
Best Buy
Footlocker
A movie theater
A mall or storefronts
Lots of retail shopping like NYC, Chicago!!
Convert some of the parking lots into parks like Central Park in NYC or Grant Park in Chicago. Add more greenspace to the landscape of downtown!
A strip like the Magnificent Mile where people can shop is what downtown needs to give it the life it needs.
And Then Covid-19 hit...Toledo is a sad place. I spent 50 years of my life in and around Toledo. When Detroit Died Toledo followed as well. Industry died out. My home then and now East Texas is my Home.
Its like amazon they will say they will come create 10k-20k jobs to a area not telling you that in 5yrs they will be laying iff most these people going fully automated
Looks like a ghost town just like Dayton Ohio
I've lived here my entire life of 56 years I've seen downtown change several times but the neighborhood around it deteriorate until we invest in the them no matter what local government does to downtown it will be a detriment of it's self bring pride to the neighborhoods around it then Toledo will be a great place to live i remember back in the 60s and 70s it was the East side was primarily working class families this is bigger than we think it's started back in the years Ronald Reagan was President and started giving tax breaks to manufacturing factories to send job's overseas and Everytime a republican president was in charge they increased those tax breaks go figure the people don't have a good outlook on their future PS I really enjoyed seeing Phill Copland first campaign manager on this video you have your heart invested in Toledo still I see
They need all types of retail in Downtown Toledo. There had not been any retail down there in decades. Open up some stores, please.
DetroitLives313 Well downtown is really growing but it's mostly restaurants and bars but it's much better than it was a decade ago.
You mean a couple hipster bars and a few nobody league baseball games don't make a city great? Sarcasm off.
@@bubbafudpucker397 LOL
Lived in north toledo moved to upstate ny.
where will I go next.
I saw a lot of promise in Toledo when I visited in 2019. I see a town that's about to turn around. I was in the process of starting a franchise in NW Indiana but instantly decided I was going to try this in Toledo and it's outlying neighborhoods.
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Thank you for choosing Toledo for your business. I hope it is working out well for you.
Shitty roads, shitty weather. Polluted water. What's not to love?
We are finally bringing Toledo to light! This is great!
Even in this "pro re-development" video, all I see are potholes, overgrown weeds, empty buildings, and very little overall reclamation. Face it - Toledo peaked in the early 20th century, and has been in decline ever since (at least the downtown area). What's left is quite depressing; while there ARE some attempts to "reclaim some spaces" as the title suggests, it's really too far gone to be the vibrant city center it was, or what the hopeful desire. Once can (rightly) blame the politics, the industries that made it (once) vibrant ultimately caused it's demise (specifically the auto, decline and removal of the streetcars, vast swaths of neighborhoods being removed for the sake of freeways, and the prospects of much better life in the burbs....). How many new high rises have been built there since the 80's? How many of your shopping malls have been not only closed, but bulldozed? What have you replaced those with? Honestly, all good intentions aside, a few artists seeking cheap rents isn't going to save this hot mess of a town. The Econcat88 guy was totally correct in his frank assessments - yet he was silenced.
Please explain what you meant by Econcat88 being "silenced". Was he threatened by a lawsuit from a person or group? I have always wondered why the videos stopped. I heard there was a deleted video that explained what happened. It would make my year to get a reply. Thank you.
You're soo right..I mean Huntington Center,Mud Hens stadium and all the new businesses that sprung up because of those things did absolutely nothing for the city. Not to mention our zoo,one of the top ten in the country..a world class museum..the revitalizing happening on the East side because of the success of the restaurants on the docks..🙄
The leadership failed this city. I still have some family in Toledo, and have also laid some family to rest there. My folks lived there mid 80s until 1992. They always talk about how Toledo used to boom!! We moved to Atlanta, so thats what I know more.... Only lived in TOL until I was 5... Don't see how a city on the lake and with a port failed. I guess the trickle of Detroit affected Toledo too, but what are they doing to transform the city still? Last time I was in Toledo was 2014. Suburb areas aren't too bad but damn one turn from Franklin park and its hood. The area my uncle lived by Ottawa park used to be so nice.... Now its so run down.
It's because of Toledo's democratic government and the unions is what killed booming cities in the Midwest like Toledo Milwaukee Green Bay Detroit Flint Pittsburgh Akron Cleveland all once booming cities and now dead zones they're all democratic ran cities is the common denominator in them
@@matthewvanderhorst4862 that’s not true at all. And your 2 cent opinion on the demise of America’s manufacturing backbone shows how stupid you are
Losing the jobs in general is what doomed the industrial boom northern cities 🤡
@@matthewvanderhorst4862 Actually it’s because of the GOP agendas to outsource manufacturing beginning in the 60s with Nixon is really what killed all the communities/cities in the northern United States. Americans with your mentality chose cheap products and throw away Chinese goods over good American jobs. And now it’s been so long that simpletons like you can’t decipher what was the real problem that led to the demise of the northern cities
Watch Roger and Me and see what happened with GM Flint. That was the peak of the turn, and it’s never really gotten better since that day. People were making $25 an hour even in the 80s. Now you get $10 hr Amazon jobs lol
@@matthewvanderhorst4862 Sure, because the Republicans would really do a better job, Alabama, West Virginia, and Mississippi, no thank you.
I moved here from Detroit and Toledo is such a small downtown compared to Detroit. I live on the north end Lagrange area and it’s bad.
Toledo's new motto: "We Can't"
We had so much more on the 90s before people became so reckless and destroyed the city
Oh my god is that Doug with the glasses ?
When does part two drop? This is great!
Part two comes out in less than a month!
THumbs up!
I maybe moving to Toledo. Where is a good place to work? I've been in retail and now a supervisor. I'm looking to get out of retail, but wouldn't mind working in book store. Full time would be perfered, entry level, and if possible Monday thru Friday.
Home Depot distribution center, wall greens distribution center, new and used cars sales, Toledo Library, Barnes and Nobles, Amazon distribution center, Jeep, and the list goes on. People are poor because there minds are poor. I live in Toledo for 45 years now. I have plenty of money
I would say on the edge. So you can work outside of Toledo.
I grew up in Toledo and then I left to Arizona and lived there for eight years. I couldn’t wait to get back home. You think Toledo is bad? Go live in a right to work state and try to make it. Most people can’t and have to returning home because they can’t find a good paying job.
I live by bus depot on huron and cherry
The downtown has improved with the City’s restructuring. But all the surrounding communities are continuing to struggle and collapse.
No real industry has replaced the 1000s of jobs hemorrhaged. Arrowhead now employs more than the downtown area.
I hope we can at least get a part 2!
Ashton Tammerine Stay tuned. Part two is nearly finished!
Nick Corbin Sooo great to hear! Can't wait! Part 1 is very inspiring and has played a huge part in drastically shifting my perception of my hometown. It's motivated me to take action and contribute.
Thanks a lot for the video.
The problem started with "Toledo Tomorrow" they tore everything down and the Blade helped to kill downtown,,,,,,,I was born and raised in Toledo it has gone down since the 70's even the Malls have gone --
Go Toledo, keep it going!!!!
I don’t recall you getting a permission slip for y’all to record in my city.
NPCs Can’t Laugh stay in your lane little boy. Your clearly not a native or you’d know exactly who I am and what I do here.
Lol
what a grrand view, nice cinematic shots, that's great information you shared ,i am from India going to marry with toledo girl,, its nice culture n looking so piece full.nice street big roads...
Toledo’s time is gone. The city is dirty and decaying which is what you’d expect from a city that has been as decimated from the job losses this city has endured. Now it has to allow corporate locusts to steal land and pay no taxes to locate here. Drive around on any day and it reminds me of a city that had to evacuate.
Need to ease up - no one likes aggressive parking enforcement and heavy handed permit schemes.
Toledo just changed the parking laws again. No more free lunch time parking and extended the street pay parking until 6pm M-F. They won't stop until Toledo is completely destroyed. It's terrible.
I'm here to see abit more about the town after Trump mentioned it.
Supposedly, Arrowhead Park also offered tax breaks you couldn't get in Toledo Proper.
I left Toledo,Ohio 26 years ago no jobs for blk people moved to Dallas all kind of Jobs still here Loving it and I am retired
nothing. nothing will kill a downtown faster than covering your streets with parking meters and parking tickets.
We need to bring a drive in back to downtown toledo a bowling alley a rollerskating rink an indoor strip mall an arcade store to play arcade games curfew hours for the hood factor violence ect make it a safe place scan folks before entering stores events ect.
LOL
Woman at 00:58 you will be homeless because once the money gets there (if it does) rents going through the roof!! Look at San Francisco....
The predatory judicial system and police just out to pick your pockets hurts alot of people here.
The gangs and drug dealers hurt people more.
They should have built the Casino downtown that was a bad move where it's at now sure it's alright for now but a little bit a lot lot better downtown
Do people even go to the casino?
I sure hope Toledo doesn’t sell it’s soul to big business like a lot of cities do. Downtown st. Pete Florida has grown rapidly in recent years, with big business, but the jobs they provide are crap.
Toledo definitely has a lot of growing to do.
I’ve been familiar with the Tampa and Saint Pete growth for 20 years, there is no industry there that even comes close to anything toledo had (working class wise)
Certain parts of Florida have geographical advantage due to the climate and international appeal. But it is definitely 1% wealthy and 99% poor. Millennials love it because they’re goofy and none of them are going to have retirements anyway
i live there once now i dont
Tracy Howard Im still here
im from here
I love my city Toledo for life
It's really hard to park your car in Columbus.
Oh I bet. I will say I miss the mall they had downtown though (I went to Columbus back in '95 for a governor's inauguration ceremony and hanged out at the Columbus City Center).
@@ChristopherSobieniak City center was a fantastic mall, it should have been turned into a Casino/retail complex placing the casinos in where the anchors once were (you'd have two or 3 casinos) and still having in line retail in the mall corridor portions keeping people in the downtown. Winners spending money in the mall portion. .
@@markbajek2541 Sad that didn't happen.
I love it here
Toledo is just ok nothing special compared to other cities I been here all my life grew up by university of Toledo but lived in east Toledo by the docks for several years as far as downtown there are cool things to do here and a fair amount of businesses I think there is more to come something BIG is gonna happen here in the near future downtown a major player will move in watch just watch 🤔🤔🤔
corrupt politicians brought it to a shitty city
Albert Ramos let me guess, it was the democrats that fucked up Toledo just like they did to Detroit, Baltimore and other older northern US cities.
Robert Preskop hmu on fb for some fire ass weed I got ounces for $100. Just hmu on fb we can meet somewhere in the area
Toledo unions, leaders, and all the rest of the people blocking development needs to gtfo of the way and let the city grow!
This is not a documentary it’s more like a professional video begging for corporations and businesses to invest in the next Detroit.
It's whatever you think it is. It can be more than one thing.
I live in Toledo yea we suck but I don't care we still have fun out here we still have famous people come here and much more.
I wanted to double thumbs up
There was a student named D. He could have put his hand up during the election debate. He could have copied the j prom req.
No they want to fine people the fines and counsel workforce run the businesses out.
Toledo would be much better if the people weren't debbie downers about everything. The people that have pride and want to city to do better are good people.
"The people that have pride and want to city to do better are good people." You mean all 200 or so?
Honey ure little store doesn't earn a decent living wage worrkin at a art store. These little restaurants and shops don't benefit workers they don't pay enough
Get out of Toledo run 🏃