I Investigated Detroit's 'Big' Comeback.

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  • Опубліковано 14 бер 2024
  • Wow! This is Detroit?? You might not think this Michigan city would look like this.
    In this video, I spent several days in Detroit, which has been called America's worst city for a long time. I wanted to see if things are improving, and if the hoods were as bad as everyone says.
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  • @jeltoninc.8542
    @jeltoninc.8542 2 місяці тому +143

    Detroit has some of the best examples of early 20th century architecture left in the country. We are lucky they were too poor to demolish them and now the buildings are being restored!!!

    • @john7m7usa
      @john7m7usa 2 місяці тому +17

      This. The one good thing in Detroit is the architecture, especially inside buildings you wouldn’t know have amazing murals, etc.

    • @GIJadaSmith
      @GIJadaSmith 2 місяці тому +5

      Or rather it did. Most of it is sadly demolished.

    • @seed_drill7135
      @seed_drill7135 2 місяці тому +2

      That's what happened in Asheville, only in miniscule. It was a vacationer boom town in the 1920s, then froze with the crash and remained largely unchanged (architecturally) until the early 1990's.

    • @katereilly445
      @katereilly445 2 місяці тому +4

      I agree! Fox theater and the Masonic temple are so cool to see

    • @m42037
      @m42037 Місяць тому +1

      Not much that's just downtown most the city is a ghetto

  • @jenwal420
    @jenwal420 2 місяці тому +72

    Detroiter here, I live 3 blocks from where that fire happened. This is a great video, and I'm glad you enjoyed your visit. Thanks Nick for taking the time you did to talk with local folks and highlight all the different landscapes. I love this city, the full and the empty, it's my whole life.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 місяці тому +11

      🔥!! Did you see that fire?

    • @jenwal420
      @jenwal420 2 місяці тому +17

      @NickJohnson Not until this video. You were right, around here, fires happen and we keep it pushin 😂 Salute to DFD, they deal with over a 1000 fires a year on avg.

    • @AlisaPowerDasha
      @AlisaPowerDasha 2 місяці тому +5

      Looks cool hope detroit gets even better

    • @funeralhouse6280
      @funeralhouse6280 Місяць тому

      ​@@AlisaPowerDasha🆓

  • @kristenstudebaker814
    @kristenstudebaker814 2 місяці тому +113

    Coleman Young started the decline of the city of Detroit. He drew the line and told white people this is a black city now. He was the reason people and businesses left Detroit. The man at the end of this video has his point of view, those of us whose families grew up in the city in the early 1900's until the riots in the 60's have a different point of view.

    • @kevinweaver4694
      @kevinweaver4694 2 місяці тому +14

      Young was a typical crooked politician

    • @markswan2582
      @markswan2582 2 місяці тому +21

      The decline of the city started in the late 50’s when half a million steel workers went on strike for nearly 4 months. At that point, the Big 3 auto exec’s seen the writing on the wall and began the process of opening plants outside Detroit and the U.S. That was outside Coleman Young’s control. What was within his control was the ability to sit down with leaders of other industries and say “look, we have a great city here with access to topUniversities and a pool of highly qualified professionals. Come and do business in Detroit. We will work with you on taxes and whatever you need to do business here”. He punted on that, and basically gave the middle finger to people that could have restored the city to what it once was. His successors made it even worse.

    • @eddielacrosse2
      @eddielacrosse2 2 місяці тому +3

      Yeah I think the Federal Government building 375 was a lot worse and divisive for the city

    • @jeremylindsey94
      @jeremylindsey94 2 місяці тому

      @@markswan2582 a FOIA investigation showed that Young was under FBI surveillance beginning in the 1940s (because of his suspected link to communists) and continuing through the 1980s. He destroyed American auto manufacturing intentionally, IMHO.

    • @springrain9438
      @springrain9438 2 місяці тому

      I was JUST thinking about this exact thing this morning.. A guy I know that lives there, he's in his 50s now, really praises him. But he was the one that allowed all the corruption. Kwame came in to clean up the scraps and take the fall. Literally to be the fall guy. But it started long before Kwame.

  • @Trackratz-zl9di
    @Trackratz-zl9di 2 місяці тому +213

    The big difference between this mayor and the ones that where before him is he is not in prison yet .

    • @markgrygielewicz8047
      @markgrygielewicz8047 2 місяці тому +12

      "yet", a wonderful denouement to cover the future, where in all probability he will either resign because of a scandal involving drugs and / or sexual impropriety or arrested because of corruption.

    • @rwdplz1
      @rwdplz1 2 місяці тому +7

      The Kwame saga was SO much fun to watch.

    • @Trackratz-zl9di
      @Trackratz-zl9di 2 місяці тому

      @@rwdplz1 I'm guessing your some what like me and you enjoy seeing a good train wreck .

    • @W81Researcher
      @W81Researcher 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@rwdplz1is that the guy from Apprentice? He was mayor?

    • @user-ko7ld3nx2y
      @user-ko7ld3nx2y 2 місяці тому

      Mayor Young and Kilpatrick robbed the city blind giving deals to all their friends and family. That's why Detroit went down hill. Mayor D has turned the city around along with some big investors. Great video thanks 🙏🏼✌🏼🇺🇸

  • @williambush7971
    @williambush7971 2 місяці тому +111

    Always a good day when I see Nick has a new video.

  • @user-jn9gv9ve6e
    @user-jn9gv9ve6e 2 місяці тому +271

    i'm 70 and grew up in flint. there is no comeback. it will never be like it was. it's all hype. america is in decline in many more places than flint and detroit. america is falling apart while we keep spending money we don't have on other countries. i like you video's nick johnson.

    • @Thunderrolls87
      @Thunderrolls87 2 місяці тому +19

      Yes unfortunately. Michigan will never be what it was most of 20th century. So many good paying jobs that built the state into what it is are gone. In the last 20 years alot of factories just in the mid michigan area have closed to use 3rd world labor. Auto parts plants. Former largest refrigerator plant i know a bunch of people who worked there. What a shame.

    • @bloodspartan300
      @bloodspartan300 2 місяці тому +7

      Nick should pin this comment

    • @8corymix8
      @8corymix8 2 місяці тому +22

      Correction. Flint will never come back. Complete garbage from stem to stearn. Detroit is already back & the suburbs have always been great places to live

    • @user-jn9gv9ve6e
      @user-jn9gv9ve6e 2 місяці тому

      talking about detroit not the suburbs. if detroit is back why has it's population dropped over 50 percent. drive around the streets. it is a third world country.@@8corymix8

    • @ricosally6734
      @ricosally6734 2 місяці тому +11

      Everybody talk about the way the city looks, they don't talk about the horrible people live there, not only Detroit but the whole metro area is garbage, glad I moved

  • @maxsands3861
    @maxsands3861 2 місяці тому +140

    The riots were a turning point. I remember walking down the sidewalk with my grandma to the corner meat market to get my grandfathers dinner. The houses and lawns were immaculate then the riots hit.
    Now that neighborhood doesn't even exist 75% burned to the ground over the years.
    Last time I was there about a year ago they were running stop signs on sidestreets at 45mph plus.
    It blows me away that many people want to make all drugs legal.

    • @crunchybobjones
      @crunchybobjones 2 місяці тому +25

      it never recovered after the riots, was a beautiful place before that

    • @whitneywhitney8356
      @whitneywhitney8356 2 місяці тому +14

      My family on both sides lived in Detroit during the riots and they say the same thing. It was a shame. Everyone eventually moved out to Livonia area. But I love Detroit I think it is starting to turn around. The train station is a huge inspiration alone. It’s definitely been worse!

    • @Eaglemadhatter
      @Eaglemadhatter 2 місяці тому

      Locking people up for personal choices that effect nobody else has never helped anyone

    • @kevinweaver4694
      @kevinweaver4694 2 місяці тому +8

      I have some of the same memories of 1967 Detroit

    • @djmc8505
      @djmc8505 2 місяці тому +15

      ...don't ya know they reference the riots as an "uprising" now? It is sad

  • @budmackes792
    @budmackes792 2 місяці тому +36

    Good for you Detroit! You have had a lot going against you but you are beating the odds and getting better. Much respect to the people.

    • @8corymix8
      @8corymix8 2 місяці тому +2

      Superb comment. Thank you 🙂

  • @GEN_X_
    @GEN_X_ 2 місяці тому +394

    Compared to Detroit in the 1980's and 1990's, this city has already made a huge comeback. I went to Wayne State University in downtown Detroit in 2001 and its developed so much since then as well. I used to make skateboard videos in downtown Detroit as a teen in 1996 and it was a ghost town. You could shoot a pistol downtown and you would probably not get harassed by the police back then. Today, it's cleaner and safer downtown than NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Also, we don't have a-lot of homeless walking around in Detroit and the people there are actually pretty cool and down to earth.

    • @wanderingwarrior5626
      @wanderingwarrior5626 2 місяці тому +33

      Because, it's to damn cold in Michigan most of the year. Depressing weather from Oct, to April.

    • @GEN_X_
      @GEN_X_ 2 місяці тому

      You can always go to Florida in the winter. Also the weather in Michigan is the same if not worse in Chicago, Seattle, NYC, Portland, etc... @@wanderingwarrior5626

    • @DerectDanChannel
      @DerectDanChannel 2 місяці тому +24

      @@wanderingwarrior5626the weather has improved a lot in the past two decades.

    • @miamiblueM
      @miamiblueM 2 місяці тому +42

      Detroit still has a very very very long way to go. The vast majority of the city is in despair and the “comeback” areas have really been limited to specific areas of downtown and corktown. That said, COVID really stunted downtown’s comeback as most of the daytime population (offices and WSU) hasn’t returned. The nightlife and sports are there - but downtown still has a ways to go and the neighborhoods are far away from prosperity

    • @GEN_X_
      @GEN_X_ 2 місяці тому +26

      Detroit is cleaner and safer than many parts of LA, San Fran, Chicago, NYC, Portland just to name a few. And no you must not have been here in a long time, Downtown Detroit, Corktown, Midtown, New Center area, Mexican Town, Train Station, and many outer parts of Detroit are being developed and gentrified. @@miamiblueM

  • @amberoliverelowsky49
    @amberoliverelowsky49 2 місяці тому +76

    Thanks for coming to Michigan! Nick. I live in Michigan outside the city by 30 minutes. I thought the same thing the last time I went to Detroit. It looked clean, Good food, and it felt safe! Thanks for the spotlight on the city of Detroit's triumphant come back effort.

    • @Michelle00200
      @Michelle00200 2 місяці тому +11

      Same! I live 30 minutes outside the city also. It’s come a long way since the 90’s that’s for sure. Went right before Christmas a few years back and I was impressed. I still need to go see the train station. It makes my heart so happy they renovated that building. Use to make me sad driving by because it had so much potential.

    • @katereilly445
      @katereilly445 2 місяці тому +4

      I live in Michigan and there is a lot to like in Detroit

    • @Emmy-J
      @Emmy-J 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Michelle00200 Yes its such a historical and beautiful building. They don't build stuff like that anymore

    • @tedbear6012
      @tedbear6012 День тому

      It only felt safe lol

  • @michaelcharley8384
    @michaelcharley8384 2 місяці тому +225

    Word has it that some abandoned areas in Detroit are so depopulated that wildlife have re-encroached where coyotes and Sasquatch are almost as often sighted as the feared sketchy looking humans.

    • @tookay4ever
      @tookay4ever 2 місяці тому +22

      Sasquatch lives on Fenkell

    • @brianoden1798
      @brianoden1798 2 місяці тому +9

      😂

    • @joelosminski4525
      @joelosminski4525 2 місяці тому +5

      Both stories are true. You can also always find Bigfoot on Zug Island this time of the year…

    • @PorkStufff
      @PorkStufff 2 місяці тому +13

      I went there for work a few years ago and a deer shot out in front of us. A deer in downtown!

    • @sejjr79ify
      @sejjr79ify 2 місяці тому +5

      All done by design,too.

  • @Cjohns958
    @Cjohns958 2 місяці тому +25

    My great grandparents immigrated from England to Detroit in the 1890’s. Great grandpa worked for the Grand Trunk railroad..they were quite well off. My parents packed up and left in the mid 1950’s headed for LA..most of the family followed eventually. My Mom always missed her home town but was glad they left. Ended up in Oregon eventually. Hope it keeps coming back.

  • @EndThe2plus2equals5
    @EndThe2plus2equals5 2 місяці тому +46

    I worked for DPD as an Officer in one of the busiest precincts on the East side- there is no “We don’t or won’t go there” if you’re an Officer, especially in Detroit. When we would get on the road, there were lots of calls on the board but we absolutely tried our best to answer all of them, I got held over so many times, for several hours, I left to care for my newborn son at the time- I loved the job, but I never knew when I’d get off and some of that is just the job but a lot of it is providing the tools needed to be efficient. If you work afternoons or midnights, you patrol in the most dangerous areas but that is understood when the job is offered, and accepted. I wouldn’t recommend that people go there to just to drive around at night or explore, the city has 12 precincts if you count Downtown Services as the first precinct, most cities have 1. It’s a lot to cover. Go back in the summer, you’ll see people outside and the city doesn’t look so dead. Be careful. ❤👮👮‍♀️🚔

    • @shirleybalinski4535
      @shirleybalinski4535 2 місяці тому +3

      Crime is the lowest in 20-25 years. Detroit is clean, safe, beautiful architecture, & worth a visit.

    • @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL
      @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL Місяць тому

      @@shirleybalinski4535 But still losing population. The EV push is not helping. Most car makers lose many thousands on every EV. They're poison.

    • @trixiem4959
      @trixiem4959 20 днів тому

      Ty for your service. This guy needs to walk the red zone at night. Stay tuned

    • @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL
      @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL 20 днів тому

      @@shirleybalinski4535 ...and still shrinking in population.

    • @tedbear6012
      @tedbear6012 День тому +1

      Delusional

  • @user-in2ru8cs1g
    @user-in2ru8cs1g 2 місяці тому +48

    Ever been to Palo Alto, CA? You cross the freeway into East Palo Alto and you go from Bentleys, Range Rovers and Stanford University to drive-bys, abandoned warehouses and crack houses.

    • @rwdplz1
      @rwdplz1 2 місяці тому +6

      My favorite part is the McLaren dealership, next to the Tesla store. Never minded getting stuck at that traffic light. Plus further down the road, there was a Taco Bell, next to a KFC/Long John Silvers, you could get a crunchwrap, a 4 piece chicken dinner, AND hush puppies in one stop!

    • @lashlarue59
      @lashlarue59 2 місяці тому +2

      @@rwdplz1 Like the old KentuckyTacoHut's and those places are owned by Pepsi I think.

    • @tiffanyfree5135
      @tiffanyfree5135 2 місяці тому +5

      That sounds like floral park in Santa Ana, one streets got mansions the next is a bario with regular drive bys.

    • @Nocturnal2010
      @Nocturnal2010 2 місяці тому

      Seems like a lot of Democrat run sh!tholes are way too close to $

    • @Vikingsmoke
      @Vikingsmoke 2 місяці тому +3

      "people in the hood getting taxed" that's a good one😂

  • @user-ot7ku9wm7u
    @user-ot7ku9wm7u 2 місяці тому +29

    Detroit has been destroyed since Coleman Young was in office. I moved out in 81 and was the best move I ever made.

  • @redcomic619
    @redcomic619 2 місяці тому +121

    The Rust Belt deserves the success the Sun Belt is enjoying. So many great cities, such an important region that was once the lifeblood of our nation. I pray for its resurgence.

    • @OspreyFlyer
      @OspreyFlyer 2 місяці тому +8

      Yeah, sad what happened.

    • @SomeUserNameBlahBlah
      @SomeUserNameBlahBlah 2 місяці тому +14

      Rust Belt is a tax nightmare.

    • @robertmoore2049
      @robertmoore2049 2 місяці тому +3

      I pray for its resurgence as well…

    • @stevedavenport1202
      @stevedavenport1202 2 місяці тому +7

      It's the future of our country.

    • @fuqutube
      @fuqutube 2 місяці тому +6

      No they don't. Success isn't deserved its earned.

  • @cheeseballs3825
    @cheeseballs3825 2 місяці тому +16

    I can imagine it in its hay day. Nice manicured lawns, families running around, dads building cars. Sad what happened to such a big city.

    • @Jericho396
      @Jericho396 2 місяці тому

      Japan got nuked twice and rebuilt itself better than it was. Detroit...got racially "enriched" and never recovered. Really makes ya think, huh?

  • @skyl4rk
    @skyl4rk 2 місяці тому +30

    Thank you for visiting Michigan, I hope you enjoyed it.

  • @SuperUNKNOWN92
    @SuperUNKNOWN92 2 місяці тому +18

    Great job. I'm not one of the people who thrives on seeing all the desolation and despair that's rampant seemingly everywhere these days. So this video was a nice change of pace and I easily watched the whole thing straight through. Hat's off to Detroit and Mr. Johnson for some hopeful content. Peace everyone.

  • @james5460
    @james5460 2 місяці тому +79

    "Detroit is coming back, it's safe, it's on the rebound."
    Shows a five-alarm fire and just drives right up to it. "Oh, they tell me this happens 2-3 times a day."
    That's what we call the best kind of urban renewal.

    • @user-wy1dl2me2p
      @user-wy1dl2me2p 2 місяці тому +2

      Progress? Ok 😳

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 2 місяці тому +14

      Detroit has been "coming back" for the last 25 years.

    • @inaschultz1431
      @inaschultz1431 2 місяці тому +7

      Rather live near their downtown than Seattle or Portlands. Escaped PNW in 2020.

    • @smokeyrobinson3199
      @smokeyrobinson3199 2 місяці тому +1

      @@mirzaahmed6589not one even once said that till 2012 bro y’all make shit up 😂😂😂 the only time the “comeback “ started is when they literally declared bankruptcy than couple years after that the real investments came

  • @michelesmith6734
    @michelesmith6734 2 місяці тому +15

    Can't wait. Love your videos and all you do to show us them 😊

  • @mowermanone1621
    @mowermanone1621 2 місяці тому +17

    Fantastic video! Nick you never disappoint, thanks for your hard work.

  • @modtana8541
    @modtana8541 2 місяці тому +20

    Stayed downtown day after Grand Prix. Walked about 15 blocks to see a band and walked back at midnight. All good, cool city!

  • @allsmilz7234
    @allsmilz7234 2 місяці тому +4

    *Thx4share interesting journalism and gr8 videography Nick* 👍🇺🇲

  • @oscarmadison8530
    @oscarmadison8530 2 місяці тому +40

    Regardless of how anyone might feel about Detroit, it's still a lot better than Chiraq, New York, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
    I felt much safer there than in those other cities.

    • @faustinreeder1075
      @faustinreeder1075 2 місяці тому

      Portland is dead. Needles and bums and closed stores. Antifa and blm and Ted wheeler destroyed Portland.

    • @jessygarci
      @jessygarci 2 місяці тому +2

      Pretty sure the people that like your comment are either from Detroit or just delusional. Right now NYC has a lower crime rate than Detroit, San Francisco, L,A, Chicago. Does it have big issues if course the leadership is horrible there. But to compare a small city to huge cities and tourist destinations is silly.

    • @nomorenames5568
      @nomorenames5568 19 днів тому

      @@jessygarci NYC doesn't report crime so I don't know how you could know if it's worse or not. California and New York stopped reporting crime statistics in 2019.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 місяці тому +4

    A+ video!
    Very helpful tour and overview of Detroit!

  • @gagadreams
    @gagadreams 2 місяці тому +14

    Awesome, can't wait for the Chicago episodes! 😊

  • @cheryllewis5195
    @cheryllewis5195 2 місяці тому +6

    Very informative 👍. Thanks!

  • @Ridesaway24
    @Ridesaway24 2 місяці тому +8

    Thank you for sharing, it does look clean compared to some of your other downtown videos.
    Good luck to Detroit, would be cool if they could pull off a come back.
    Looking forward to your other videos showing "what you people want to see".

  • @imjustalilbit
    @imjustalilbit 2 місяці тому +9

    I'm glad the people living there like the gentleman interviewed, love living there. They have a big city to take care of. I visited there a while back and the service was bad and the food was nothing special. High property taxes and expensive utilities and rent with limited services and scary looking areas leave little to be desired. I wish them the Best and I enjoy watching your videos. It's very interesting seeing places like Detroit, Chicago and now New York trying to develop into habitable areas. Please keep us updated. Thanks.

  • @alvinprettyman1802
    @alvinprettyman1802 2 місяці тому +3

    thanks for posting. I watch all your videos.

  • @hippyhay1659
    @hippyhay1659 2 місяці тому +6

    Good episode. Nice to see positive changes happening in Detroit.

  • @hurricanehilde2744
    @hurricanehilde2744 2 місяці тому +53

    As a Norwegian (legal)immigrant it was a great place to grow up. The good bad and ugly.
    I met Coleman Young, the Mayor of Detroit, at the Scandinavian festival on the river. Every weekend there was an ethnic festival representing different counties. Very ethnically diverse growing up in the 60s and 70s. Thanks Nick!

    • @kevinweaver4694
      @kevinweaver4694 2 місяці тому +16

      Colman young was the beginning of the end

    • @wilhathaway1987
      @wilhathaway1987 2 місяці тому

      Colman young is/was one of the most corrupt. He was a major reason for Detroit’s downfall.

    • @ColonelHoganStalag13
      @ColonelHoganStalag13 2 місяці тому +7

      I'm sure they now have Pride parades too. Just can't get enough of that diversity stuff.

    • @hurricanehilde2744
      @hurricanehilde2744 2 місяці тому +5

      @@ColonelHoganStalag13 straight pride here.

    • @Jericho396
      @Jericho396 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, all that dieversity really worked wonders for Detroit, didn't it? Just like it is in your home country, right?

  • @glendajune9140
    @glendajune9140 2 місяці тому +11

    Detroit seems like a pretty decent place. Hopefully it’ll come back, with a 💥 boom. It was pretty clean, considering the abandonment. I have a totally different perspective, thanks to this video Nick,Mappy,& Manager! Y’all stay safe, healthy, warm,happy,& blessed.💯😀🫶🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

    • @8corymix8
      @8corymix8 2 місяці тому

      Detroit is a fabulous lower cost place to live with lots of green space. Downtown has never looked better in my life & most of the suburbs are beautiful places to live, upscale & have fantastic schools & lifestyle

  • @nploog
    @nploog 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks Nick for your candid way, and this ongoing study of America. brilliant.

  • @004Black
    @004Black 2 місяці тому +3

    Hey! Thank you for painting a mostly positive viewpoint of Detroit!
    I just bought a home 1.5 miles north of 8 Mile Rd in Warren, Michigan. I believe in the D.
    At least once a week, we go to someplace in the city, like Belle Isle Park, Red Hook Coffee, or one of a dozen restaurants.

  • @EthanRKassel
    @EthanRKassel 2 місяці тому +7

    I visited Detroit in July 2022 to check off the ballpark and I was impressed with what downtown has become. It's had a very positive effect on the city's reputation. Hopefully that sort of revitalization spreads to the rest of the city!

  • @15DurangoRT
    @15DurangoRT 2 місяці тому +69

    The Packard plant has been sitting there since 1958. 65 years and they haven't done a damn thing with the building. Way to go Detroit!

    • @davidinwashington
      @davidinwashington 2 місяці тому +22

      It's actually being demolished right now. Just started.

    • @hemitodd
      @hemitodd 2 місяці тому +9

      That's just when they stopped building Packards there, it was a thriving mini city with all kinds of different businesses up until 2006

    • @detroit8v715
      @detroit8v715 2 місяці тому +5

      Part of it has been torn down and the rest of it by the end of the year

    • @FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback
      @FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback 2 місяці тому +4

      It's being demolished now. And over 60,000 blighted structures have been removed.

    • @crotchwolf1929
      @crotchwolf1929 2 місяці тому +3

      The Packard plant used to have small industrial tenants up till the 90's then the city sued the building owner, closed it down and it sat decaying. It's being demolished now.

  • @joachimrabbeau9984
    @joachimrabbeau9984 2 місяці тому +2

    Greetings from Cologne Germany, great Videos, we love your channel, thank you Nick Johnson 😊😊😊

  • @dinopulizzi8481
    @dinopulizzi8481 2 місяці тому

    Wonderful Video ! Thankyou

  • @OscarNorlander
    @OscarNorlander 2 місяці тому +4

    Thanks Nick. I love learning more about the real USA. The places and the people! I am from Sweden and you always put forward things as they are, the good and the ugly. I lived in Colorado for 6 months during 2009 and I did not even cover that state. I wanted to to see more, but traveling costs a lot. You are doing good things.

  • @Spencer02
    @Spencer02 2 місяці тому +15

    Nick i been watching your excellent content for 4 years, i love how you do the narrating. And you speak how you really feel. A lot of the things you say are hilarious, and you always do an excellent job creating your videos. For me, when i watch each video, it's like exploring all the states' cities. Im a texas guy, but i love traveling. And when I watch your awesome videos, it's like i get to travel everywhere, still be in texas. Keep up the excellent work, Nick 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 місяці тому +2

      I liked texas! Too bad we didn't connect when I was there

    • @Spencer02
      @Spencer02 2 місяці тому +1

      @NickJohnson oh ya, that would have been awesome to meet you in person, i live 45 minutes from downtown Houston. I have always been a fan of your channel, i love to travel and see places. And that is what i like about your channel. Awesome 👍👍👍👍

  • @newairindustries176
    @newairindustries176 2 місяці тому

    Was also an informative, neat video aswell. Thanks for making it and I hope it gets the traction it deserves!

  • @nathanguadalupe
    @nathanguadalupe 2 місяці тому +11

    That comment about the fire reminded me of The Crow (1994), which was set in Detroit and depicted the infamous Devil's Night where arson was common. The guy being interviewed mentioned that Detroit attracts international tourists, specifically from Germany. Techno partly originated from Detroit and it is very popular in Berlin where there are world-famous clubs like the Berghain. It's fair to say that Detroit has brought so much culture to the world.

  • @susanhelms107
    @susanhelms107 2 місяці тому +4

    Hi bro Nick Johnson I think Detroit is a beautiful place thank you so much for sharing this have a great night and be safe❤❤❤❤

  • @michaelbrinks8089
    @michaelbrinks8089 2 місяці тому +52

    Imagine doing 10yrs in federal prison for growing pot. Then 2 yrs after your release pot is legal.

    • @wow22815
      @wow22815 2 місяці тому +3

      LoL shit most be sad

    • @Decepticon123
      @Decepticon123 2 місяці тому +3

      Lawsuit, and then settlement.

    • @Nocturnal2010
      @Nocturnal2010 2 місяці тому +1

      Damn 😑

    • @MrGrumpyGills
      @MrGrumpyGills 2 місяці тому +3

      Yeah, too bad that it's legal now.

    • @chevy4x466
      @chevy4x466 2 місяці тому +3

      Well u should not have broken the law, u wouldn’t be in jail. Sorry u can’t comprehend this. U could have learned a trade and made 70-100k a year but u wanted the easy money. Criminals have turned America into a crime and graffiti ridden hell hole.
      Please be a law abiding citizen when u get out. U did this to ur self. I hope u r getting skills to get a good job. I wish u well sir, hope u get out soon.

  • @markvandermolen7181
    @markvandermolen7181 2 місяці тому +1

    Amazing video. Thanks man.

  • @barbaratatton3855
    @barbaratatton3855 2 місяці тому +2

    Nice Ride 😊👍 This is a good one Nick! i remember watching you do previous Video of Detroit a few years ago, 2018 or 2019? Im gonna look it up. I am enjoying this one a lot. You got a drone 🎉. Thanks so much for doing this series.

  • @rosemaryyoung975
    @rosemaryyoung975 2 місяці тому +7

    Hi Nick!!!
    Much Love from Colorado 💜

  • @fidgeneckwedge625
    @fidgeneckwedge625 2 місяці тому +6

    I am looking forward to this! Wasnt that much of a winter up here in Northern WI

  • @manbtm1
    @manbtm1 21 день тому +1

    We live in Detroit downtown in Lafayette Park, a wonderful mid century, modern glass, neighborhood, for 16 years now, it’s beautiful, with wonderful neighbors and extremely cool architecture, it’s a very vibrant area by any cities standards. The nicest thing is we walk into downtown to everything, the pro sports are a 12 minute walk, we have lovely bike paths along the Dequindre, cut as well as all along the riverfront right to Belle Isle Retail and grocery store too. It’s great here and I mean that. you mentioned how quiet it was, obviously because of the cold temperature, but we walk into downtown very very often and it’s packed with tons of restaurants, museums, concerts and entertainment, and people just walking around and new retail also. We walk because there’s no place to park and the garages are full. That’s a good sign. did you miss the Detroit Institute of arts, it has one of the largest collections in North America and is a gorgeous museum , people come from all over to visit. The Brush Park townhouses that you drove through sell for as much as $1 million by the way and there’s tons of them.

  • @IOSALive
    @IOSALive 9 днів тому

    Nick Johnson, This made me laugh so much! Thanks for sharing!

  • @tookay4ever
    @tookay4ever 2 місяці тому +14

    It’s one of the greatest places to go for the food and I’m certain of this. No matter what kind of cuisine you like we got an authentic experience with chefs from all around the world as Detroit is known for its Culinary Excellence

    • @loganstroganoff1284
      @loganstroganoff1284 2 місяці тому

      Food scenes don't save cities. You gotta have real industry.

    • @tookay4ever
      @tookay4ever Місяць тому

      @@loganstroganoff1284 oh I agree totally, luckily the auto industry is still HUGE here

  • @FabioZanfir
    @FabioZanfir 2 місяці тому +9

    Had those who built the city not given in to the crime, violence and demands of diversity, the city would still be a gem

    • @NSgeg765
      @NSgeg765 2 місяці тому +4

      The auto industry leaving is really the source of the city’s demise.

  • @ThisIsEduardo
    @ThisIsEduardo 2 місяці тому +1

    nice aerial views Nick ! keep up the good work !! 😎🤩

  • @flimmaytinstone8980
    @flimmaytinstone8980 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks for the fair and honest review. I’m 62, lived in Ann Arbor my entire life. Detroit was sooo much worse. We got pulled over after a concert one night for “stopping” at a stoplight. Cop told us to go slow but never stop. My son is an attorney in Detroit, lives there and loves it. It’s a lot of fun now.

  • @EricPS
    @EricPS 2 місяці тому +10

    Great premiere to the series. Too bad it was kind of a bummer that "real" winter wasn't a part of the trip. Yeah, that's what I heard too. It was one the warmest winters they've ever had in the Upper Midwest.
    Thanks for the well wishes for the weekend. I was in the chat room and I saw that. Going to be like spring here in Oregon. Will be enjoying that.
    Detroit looks like it's got a lot of potential. I wish that city all the best.

    • @hollynonya6991
      @hollynonya6991 2 місяці тому +2

      The comfort belt is moving north as climate changes

  • @REMBRANTTUBE
    @REMBRANTTUBE 2 місяці тому +1

    Awesome to see the comeback!!! ⭐️🏆⭐️

  • @MsTrueCrimeFanatic
    @MsTrueCrimeFanatic 2 місяці тому +5

    Downtown Detroit looks so clean and new. It’s very nice. That park they’re redoing, is going to be super nice.

  • @willisjefferson5886
    @willisjefferson5886 2 місяці тому +21

    Another Gem Nick

  • @tracy1190
    @tracy1190 2 місяці тому +3

    Eye opening as always ❤

  • @johnwardell9530
    @johnwardell9530 2 місяці тому

    Thank you nick! Always! Good job! Truth always!

  • @riledmouse4677
    @riledmouse4677 2 місяці тому

    Really enjoyed hearing from that gentleman at the end. His optimism and candor and generosity all were inspiring.

  • @zencitasak
    @zencitasak 2 місяці тому +10

    might sound weird but seeing this video and hearing its part of a road trip series made my day better

  • @joannunemaker6332
    @joannunemaker6332 2 місяці тому +7

    Such interesting contrasts in Detroit. I'm glad it's generally getting better. I love this video!😊❤

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 місяці тому +1

      Detroit is complicated Joan

    • @8corymix8
      @8corymix8 2 місяці тому +1

      @@NickJohnson it was a great video. The goof who praised Kilpatrick & Coleman Young is absolutely hilarious. They were absolute crooks & criminals. Yet many would still vote for them even today at their own peril. Downtown is just fine. In my 49 years, I've never seen it better. Nobody ever went there. Now it's mostly white people running around. Downtown Detroit & the suburbs are a beautiful place to live. The upper middle to very affluent areas are very beautiful places to live. Detroit neighborhoods as you showed, not so much & some would argue they'd just destroy it anyway. Belle Isle was garbage until the State recently took it over, made everyone drive the speed limit & threw out the trash. Very good video

  • @motherofbeagles8532
    @motherofbeagles8532 2 місяці тому +1

    There's just something about your narration I love.....I can't quit you ❤😂

  • @tcwhite0104
    @tcwhite0104 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video and story Nick!!!

  • @crunchybobjones
    @crunchybobjones 2 місяці тому +135

    I was born in Detroit lived there for 55 years.. Kept waiting for it to get better. It never did.. Moved out in 2012 Bought a small farm about 30 miles southwest of Detroit .. Should have done it years ago. Democrat policies destroyed that City they taxed all the business out of the city and away from downtown there are no police..

    • @panas1122
      @panas1122 2 місяці тому +4

      Currently people say good things about downtown.

    • @secretagentcat
      @secretagentcat 2 місяці тому

      lmao what a crock, downtown is doing good, and more apartments are being built around and in it. Keep blaming policies on late stage capitalism lul, vote for nothing, own nothing,

    • @philmabarak5421
      @philmabarak5421 2 місяці тому +9

      You don't understand causation. And you don't understand taxation. Other factors are at cause. My democratic city and state is thriving with average taxation. How do you think services get paid? We innovate and invest in our communities! Detroit 100 years ago poisoned it's own well, as had much of this country.

    • @jameslong1644
      @jameslong1644 2 місяці тому +18

      "30 miles southwest of Detroit" not nearly far enough.

    • @Anthonycapone8146
      @Anthonycapone8146 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@@philmabarak5421hahahaha!

  • @timotb1
    @timotb1 2 місяці тому +4

    Love your opening entre… and that humor at the weed shop.

  • @danwarnick1283
    @danwarnick1283 2 місяці тому

    Compelling content with a great demeanor. Please continue.

  • @brendawhisenhunt8444
    @brendawhisenhunt8444 Місяць тому

    This was very interesting!! Ty Nick

  • @SouLoveReal
    @SouLoveReal 2 місяці тому +39

    Don't foret the traditional Holloween HELL'S NIGHT, where they would burn dozens, even a few
    HUNDREDS of abandoned houses and warehouses down. This went from the early 1960s to
    the late 1990s. By then, thousands of buildings were burned. That explains the "missing teeth"
    map of Detroit.

    • @AmandaHuggenkiss
      @AmandaHuggenkiss 2 місяці тому +9

      The night prior to Halloween is called Devil’s Night. Arson is not as prevalent that evening as it was decades ago. Gunfire however is out of control.

    • @johnwoytalewicz6329
      @johnwoytalewicz6329 2 місяці тому +5

      There is no more Devils night in detroit Lots of guns going off though

    • @MWB313
      @MWB313 2 місяці тому +7

      It was called Devils Night, and it hasn’t been a thing for decades. Maybe early 90’s?

    • @FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback
      @FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback 2 місяці тому

      ​@@MWB313correct. The angels night fires stopped years ago.

    • @eustacemcgoodboy9702
      @eustacemcgoodboy9702 5 днів тому

      Sounds lovely....muh culture.

  • @TheOldVeganDude
    @TheOldVeganDude 2 місяці тому +30

    The Detroit Mayor seems to think - everything is wonderful, everything is great, and the coffee is so good. Looking forward to your stream. Catch you at 8!

  • @dclayton734
    @dclayton734 2 місяці тому +1

    I wish I could have met you, Nick. Thanks for coming back to Michigan.

  • @grego7345
    @grego7345 2 місяці тому +2

    Excellent content as usual, Nick.👍

  • @MichigantoFlorida
    @MichigantoFlorida 2 місяці тому +33

    ​​Detroit is a failure, I get it there are some loyal and good folks who try to help. Too bad we don't have more of those good folks to make a change, so far not good. Detroit does a lot of talking but no action. Crime has been a serious problem for decades. My family moved out in 1956. I remember my family being robbed walking down Michigan avenue near 24 th in broad day light. Detroit has made their street culture the law of this city.

    • @SomeUserNameBlahBlah
      @SomeUserNameBlahBlah 2 місяці тому +7

      Imagine if all of that Ukraine and Israel money was sent to Detroit.

    • @Denise_2262
      @Denise_2262 2 місяці тому +6

      Detroit should serve as a warning to other cities but bad ideas die hard. Corruption and rampant crime is not good for business. Even if it had a miraculous comeback the same types would likely just destroy it all over again. San Francisco is trying to prevent itself from becoming Detroit but people are already upset about it.

    • @neshacrese
      @neshacrese 26 днів тому +1

      And this city is everything now!!!!

  • @CarsandCoding
    @CarsandCoding 2 місяці тому +15

    Dang they tore down Ford HQ in Dearborn? I toured that and the ford plant in 1992 when I was in college. They gave us a sneak peak of the 1994 Mustang, that was so cool.

    • @ednorton47
      @ednorton47 2 місяці тому +1

      Ford's headquarters was in Highland Park originally. That is where the photo of the Model Ts coming out of the factory door was filmed. Ford later built the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn and then moved their headquarters there. You toured the Rouge Plant where iron ore, coking coal, and limestone come in by ship and Mustangs come out the other end. Their headquarters is known as "The Glass House" and is still located on Michigan Avenue. It was built in the 1950s.

    • @8corymix8
      @8corymix8 2 місяці тому +1

      No. That was a rather small office building. Nick didn't have it quite correct. The "Glass House" Ford world headquarters is still there & fully operational. It's a beautiful building

  • @bippityboppityboo552
    @bippityboppityboo552 2 місяці тому

    Great video as always!

  • @deirdre5940
    @deirdre5940 2 місяці тому +2

    Glad to hear that Detroit is changing for the better. Very interesting town filled with history. Might be added to my bucket list for the museums. Thanks Nick for highlighting the museums and places of interest. I have met several people from Detroit over the years and they were always friendly and helpful. My neighbors in NJ were from Gross Pointe. Lovely people. I am your western neighbor in the greater Asheville, NC local. Would be glad to take you around the area if you make it out here one day. Great video. Stay safe on your next trip.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 місяці тому +1

      Asheville is lovely this time of year

  • @schonkable
    @schonkable 2 місяці тому +26

    I love how much Detroit has improved since I lived in the area more than 20 years ago! Yes, there are still problems but west coast cities could learn a lot from Detroit. Its renaissance is real!

    • @durango8882
      @durango8882 Місяць тому +1

      I grew up in Detroit and left and never will go back. Have fun tourists, wear armor. 👎🏻blows.

  • @gothgirlpink
    @gothgirlpink 2 місяці тому +4

    As a Michigander and current Detroit suburb resident, I enjoy your Michigan videos.

  • @lauraslanesvanlifetravels
    @lauraslanesvanlifetravels 2 місяці тому +2

    That look Nick...the look you give after your "discussions" w/Mappy has me LMAO! Thank you...thank you for that lol
    I really enjoyed this one...very interesting...heck, most of yours are really interesting...I really look forward to watching them...took me awhile but I warmed up to your channel...love your sense of ironic (and very true) humor...GREAT JOB NICK!

  • @gerardnivek4458
    @gerardnivek4458 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video! I try to get back once a year. Took a tour last year. Their office was in the Guardian Building. Great tour, I think they’re called City Tours. Thanks again, loved the video. I don’t know if you’re a video and narrator professional or not, but you sure could be. 😊

  • @user-wy1dl2me2p
    @user-wy1dl2me2p 2 місяці тому +5

    Another excellent video Nick ! Kind of bittersweet in the 60s my dad owned a auto body repair shop right here in San Jose CA. He loved General motors , never would drive a Ford or Chrysler but anything GM back then was golden . 😊👌

    • @3markaw
      @3markaw 2 місяці тому

      Still is . My two GM cars have been flawless. ( 2009 Pontiac G6 and 2017 Chevy Cruz ) . GM rocks !

  • @gscottmaxwell
    @gscottmaxwell 2 місяці тому +5

    Nick, great views and interviews. These folks you interview, shows just how close everyone feels about their town. We love our communities...we want things to get better. We are not as divided as the main steam media...keep it up!

  • @jeanniewatson6820
    @jeanniewatson6820 2 місяці тому

    Love this. I grew up in Pontiac MI but glad I got the heck out of there!

  • @ggstrauss
    @ggstrauss 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video once again. A lot of those run down houses have good bones and would be beautiful with some or a lot of work. And that’s very expensive.

  • @MsTrueCrimeFanatic
    @MsTrueCrimeFanatic 2 місяці тому +11

    Aww, No Sheboygan? 😢 I’m still watching , love your videos!! I love the whole Mappy thing, you crack me up. I like how when you’re finished saying something, wearing the fake mustache, and cowboy hat, you turn to look at a tv, as if you’re watching your video!! Cracks me up!! 😂

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 місяці тому +5

      I went to Sheboygan! It'll be in an upcoming video Susan

    • @MsTrueCrimeFanatic
      @MsTrueCrimeFanatic 2 місяці тому

      Aww, that’s wonderful!! I can’t wait to see it!! 🫶🩵😊

  • @highbrass3749
    @highbrass3749 2 місяці тому +22

    Nothing like seeing $150,000 houses with $70,000 cars sitting in the driveway.

  • @kchukaflemming9970
    @kchukaflemming9970 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for your videos.

  • @IOSALive
    @IOSALive Місяць тому

    Nick Johnson, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!

  • @rothberg4334
    @rothberg4334 2 місяці тому +44

    I was almost mugged in Detroit. I will never go back.

    • @provident8732
      @provident8732 2 місяці тому +4

      I'm sure you have a chance to get mug in and city or town. It's not the place, it's the people. Places don't turn people into bad people but people turn places into bad places.

    • @damonmelendez856
      @damonmelendez856 2 місяці тому +1

      Blacks are allowed to live everywhere now.

    • @bansheezs
      @bansheezs 2 місяці тому +4

      @@provident8732Its the people that happen to be more numerous in detroit.

    • @faustinreeder1075
      @faustinreeder1075 2 місяці тому +1

      Was it by a Hasidic Jew, Asian, or somebody who looks like Obama?

    • @toniam.2080
      @toniam.2080 2 місяці тому +1

      I was car jacked, mugged, beat up, had all my cars stolen, and almost raped. I left in 2000. F$&k Detroit. It is a miserable city.

  • @starnorthtoflintridge6657
    @starnorthtoflintridge6657 2 місяці тому +4

    That was the Packard building at the beginning and the Ford model T factory after that at 1:13

  • @MarkFirehorse420
    @MarkFirehorse420 2 місяці тому

    Hi Nick, Thanks again👍

  • @neilbruce123
    @neilbruce123 2 місяці тому +1

    Another great vid Nick.

  • @robertmcfadden7646
    @robertmcfadden7646 2 місяці тому +8

    The Detroit show. I love you bro you had me laughing and crying. Everyone of your show i really love

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 місяці тому +3

      Aww ok! 👍 ❤️❤️

  • @aleraavle7646
    @aleraavle7646 2 місяці тому +3

    I am not from Detroit, buy i love this city. For some reason it is one of the few cities where one can feel the spirit of America and the real history. Greatbinterview with the resident. Thank you!

  • @robertclubs9908
    @robertclubs9908 2 місяці тому

    Thanks again for your update. I live in south west Michigan. North of South Bend Indiana.

  • @jerrypissonme
    @jerrypissonme 2 місяці тому +1

    Cool museum, I still have my old IBM computer too, it got me through college!

  • @amp3469
    @amp3469 2 місяці тому +14

    There's water here. When the cities are burning in the south, this place will bloom again.