I Drove Through Lansing, Michigan. This Is What I Saw.
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2020
- For this video, I took I-96 east from Grand Rapids towards Lansing, Michigan’s capital. It was an unusually dry stretch of weather - as the region still hadn’t seen much snow to this point of the year, but like a typical winter day in Michigan, it was chilly at 40 degrees and a gray sky dominated the region. The day was Friday, December 27, 2019 at about 11 am.
We pulled into the outskirts of Lansing we were immediately greeted with the city’s worst side. This area of Michigan is on the city’s southwest side, near the intersection of Jolly and Waverly. We’ll look around here for a few minutes, and then drive into downtown proper before heading over to East Lansing and Michigan State University.
Lansing ranks 70th in America for worst crime, and in Michigan proper, it’s sixth worst, with a violent crime rate that’s three times higher than the state average.
Now we’re going to head east on Saginaw and go into downtown proper.
We’re in downtown Lansing. Originally, Detroit was the capital of Michigan when it became a state in 1837. But Detroit was really close to the Canadian border they wanted to move the state capital more away from British controlled Canada. Many cities like Ann Arbor Jackson and Marshall lobbied to be the new state capital. They couldn't decide and out of frustration chose Lansing township. Many laughed, because at the time there were only 20 people living in all of Lansing Township
Most of what is known as Lansing today is the result of the city becoming an industrial powerhouse which began with the founding of Oldsmobile in 1897. Of course, today, Michigan is still by far the nation’s leading producer of automobiles.
Landings population is currently 118,000 making it the fifth largest city in the state. Though just like other Michigan cities like Detroit and Flint, the decline in the auto industry saw Lansing’s population drop from a peak of 132,000 in the late 70s.
Today, auto manufacturing still dominate the Lansing economy, along with insurance and healthcare. GM still makes a few cars in downtown Lansing, including the Chevy Camaro.
The recent decline of the auto industry in the region has increased the region's awareness of the importance of a strategy to foster the high-technology sector.
Lansing has a number of technology companies in the fields of information technology and biotechnology.
Mappy did you know Larry page confounder google is from Lansing
Downtown Lansing has a historic city market that is one of the oldest continuously operating farmers' markets in the United States.
This is where the single A affiliate for the Toronto Blue Jays play - the Lansing Lugnuts. They’ve won two league titles.
We’ll take Michigan Avenue a few miles into east Lansing now.
The Michigan Avenue corridor is a very area here in Lansing. It’s lined with restaurants, bars, shops and places to live. The city is currently working on a $250 million dollar restoration plan to completely reshape this corridor.
Now, we’ll cross into East Lansing and visit Michigan State University.
This is the Spartan Statue, which marks a highly trafficked area on the MSU campus. Many people stop and take pictures here. This is Spartan Stadium, where Michigan State plays its football games.
Now we’ll leave Michigan State’s campus and head back west again towards downtown Lansing along Michigan Avenue again. Off to the distance you can see Michigan’s capital building once again.
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I was born and grew up in Lansing, and this video reminded me that most of the time, with exceptions in the summer, the area weather is cloudy and gray. I never paid any attention to that until I moved away for a few years and then returned. Dark gray, rain and snow, beautiful fall days, but then a snowy cold winter. Not sure I could live there all year around again. But I still love the area and it was a great place to "come of age" in the '50's , '60's and '70's. Go Sparty!!
anyone else actually live in lansing? 🙋🏻♀️
thomas golden lol I feel that
It's not that bad is it?
I do. It's mostly a mixed to somewhat negative bag for me, but I've been to some places in Michigan that are far worse. I like the fact that it's affordable, there are some parks to visit, and while there are bad neighborhoods, there are also really great neighborhoods with actual character (the West Side especially comes to mind). What I cannot stand is that the roads are the worst, the public schools are under-performing, the poverty is bad, although this is minor at night it tends to be dead, and it is correct that crime is terrible in certain neighborhoods. So, it's a catch-22 and definitely a working class community.
Nick Johnson it’s really not that bad, it’s beautiful in the spring and fall especially! plus it helps that i’m a huge MSU fan :)
Samantha Brown we do 🙋🏼♀️ we are vloggers with a home base here 💕❤️
I lived, studied and worked in East Lansing area for 5 years. This one's making me feel nostalgic. The people in Michigan were so nice and friendly. Hope Michigan can transform its economy successfully.
Some areas are doing great, some aren't, the problem in Michigan has more to deal with inequality in economic growth.
Yeah, that’ll happen during a lockdown
Interesting fact: Lansing is the only state Capitol that also isn't a county seat, and it spans three counties: Clinton county, Ingham county and Eaton county
Lansing BARELY touches Clinton county. Like I’m talking barely kisses up to it and I’m pretty sure the tiny bit that is in Clinton county would still be considered Dewitt
@@deuser that's true, but it still technically touches Clinton County, it definitely lies more in Ingham and Eaton County
Back in the 60s Lansing had not yet mastatized into Clinton and Eaton counties like it has since. It had the good manners to stay in Ingham County, of which the county seat is a town called Mason.
True. I went to Sexton HS and lived in Clinton Co., Lansing address.
Red lights optional.
Was born in St Lawrence hospital, (now Sparrow) 1960. I live in Denver,Co. now. My mom 96, still lives in the same "home on Jerome" street for almost 70 years!
I always wanted to go from 1 city to another to see the fun, crowded, sadness, emptiness from other cities. your music fits with the video
Looks actually pretty goddamn nice compared to Detroit
Lmfaooo eh idk about all that 😂 I’m from the L too lmfao 💯
Most cities do, Detroit is horrible so is flint, but its unfortunate a lot of cities are still bad in Michigan just not like the D
No doubt about that!
It is. Lansing isn’t nearly as dilapidated or dangerous.
YES!!! This is where I grew up, thanks for the vid
Welcome!
Lansing has changed a lot since I lived there as a kid from '68 to '73. Graduated Everett HS. I feel lucky to have lived there back then. I don't know about now.
I live here now, for about 5 years. I'm from Jackson originally. It's definitely... Okay. I heard that it was once a better place to live and work, right now it's a bit on the downtrodden side.
There are nice parts of town, though, such as Old Town on the Northside.
I live here as a international I feel it’s one if the best city that I’ve ever lived in US ..
Dear Nick, you brought me fond memories, as I was in Lansing / East Lansing for a sunday one-day visit a real long time ago; to be exact, in june 1968! I was a teenager senior high school from Sao Paulo, Brazil, then living in Lapeer/MI, and my American parents drove me around on sundays to discover Michigan. I remember we parked the car at the E. Michigan Avenue and went into the Capitol for a sightseeing, when I spotted a plate laying on the front door of the Governor's office room, depicting George Romney's name. Another glimpse of memory was the existence of one WMCA building at less than a couple of blocks from the Capitol. I still have some snapshots I took from Lansing, including MSU and former Oldsmobile plant with green (or blue) glasses on its front facade, that are waiting in a carton box to be rediscovered. Thanks for the experience.
Marcio glad you could experience it again even virtually!
Dreary Lansing is where I've resided for 42 years now. I have hopes of moving to a rural location in either: upper peninsula Michigan or Maine. Thx Nick for all your cool vids, comments & info that is VERY helpful.
I remember my company I worked for at the time. About a dozen of us would take the company bus to lansing to pick up our brand new company cars. Brand new buicks right from the dealership.
When you drive through the hood in Lansing make a stop at East Side Fishfry - they have some of the best wings and fish
Guy Fieri seemed to like them!
That crack chicken though
Breanna Maltby any fish or chicken place in the hood gonna have some good ass food the smaller the place the better
Speaking fax
As soon as I get my CWP.
You should do this again in spring/summer. This weather makes Lansing look so dreary but it is very lively
Nick, thank you for posting!!
I was born on the west side the city of Lansing bought our home to develop a freeway to downtown 😢 at four yrs. old family moved raised in Churchill Downs neighborhood The Southside. I see a Dollar Tree across from QD it use to be a Rite-Aid there also use to be a McDonald’s on South Waverly Rd. A few changes were made near downtown Lansing also. Sir Pizza I miss so much! I live in Ann Arbor now. I go back to visit every now and then. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Jessica. i LOVE MICHIGAN!!!!
I grew up in East Lansing, and everyone in my family had lived in the state since my great grandparents came over from the volga just before WWI. My grandparents owned a bar and rented apartments on grand river ave through much of the mid 20th century, my mom worked for the state government, my dad worked for Lansing public schools, and my uncle worked for GM for much of his life. It was really strange watching what was happening to the state/city growing up as a child. Seeing all the old leftover infrastructure from the glory days of GM, seeing the decline in local businesses and and seeing our schools get worse each year. It's the kind of thing that only really made sense to me as an adult in hindsight. I don't think there are any single groups or people to blame for the decline in the area, but it's sad to see a place with so much history and community feel so empty and soulless.
wow you should write more often!!
I grew up on Lansing South side.Things began to take a turn in the late eighties it seemed.I had to move my own family away.
When did east Lansing decline? I mean I'm completely clueless. Its been about 15 years since I've been there.was it in that time period or do you mean same time as detroit declining
Edit i didn't hear him say about when the decline happened before I posted! 😆
@@scummydummy Lansing hasn't been in decline, it bottomed out in the 1990's like a lot of places did. Except the southwest side (Jolly/Waverly area), the city has generally improved since then, Lansing will probably finally see its population on the rise again in the 2020 census.
I had heard Lansing, up until the 80s was the “ auto capitol of the world” meaning more cars were made per - capita than a city in the world. A small city of 150:k had about 50 k working in auto industry
Detroit area
Yes there were 3 or more large auto factories here in Lansing. My uncle used to work on robots at them. All but 1 large complex have closed and been demolished. Oldsmobile HQ is here in Lansing, now a vacant office building. Lansing being smaller than Detroit and have so many factories made the economy hugely dependent.
@@Nphen yup, don’t forget Fisher Body, Motor wheel, American sunroof and all the drop forges around too
@@Nphen Dont forget up to the 70's Lansing had Diamond Reo and John Bean factories operating, along with 3 Oldsmobile plants, a Fisher Body plant, and a ton of suppliers and forges for all those plants making parts for them.
@Joel Fact
I'm a Lansing resident! That's so cool you came through my city! You should of went downtown East Lansing it's part of Michigan State University. It's so beautiful and lots of new updates! This video totally just popped up on my UA-cam tread, it was meant to be!
You should sub Daisy :)
So peacefull and quiet!
Love these driving videos!
You picked the worst sides to make a video from unless that is what you want to show intentionally. I lived here all my life except to go to Vietnam
Hey, I live on Jolly Road. Watch it, Buddy! lol
Yeah he didn’t show old town, the area around Potter park, or anything around East landing except the university
@@jaco7675 is it dangerous to live there? Do you know anything about christiansen rd?
@@raulramirez9830 Not too dangerous, if you’ve got firearms.
@@jaco7675 what are things that can happen there?
I wish I had found your channel sooner! I live in Lansing and would have been happy to be your tour guide during your visit.
Darn! Well it was a quick in and out as it was. Next time!
Growing up in Lansing through the late 80's and 90's was amazing. It was great then, a thriving city that felt safe. When the GM plants closed down and all of those well-paying jobs left the city, that's when things started to change.
Hanging out at the carnivals in Logan Square on MLK as a 10-12 year old (at night and without parents) would be absolutely unheard of today, even 15 years ago. They stopped having those carnivals because of all the shootings and fights.
I remember going to Putt Putt, Apple Sports Plex, Edru, Lansing Ice Arena/Twistars, getting ice cream at Frosty Corner, going to the AMC theater by the mall, swimming at Lake Lansing(before it became poop soup) and all of the fun parks(Frances, Hawk Island, Patriarch, Sharp, there's so many). CATA rides were 25 cents. The big picnics they would have for all the kids who were Safety's in Lansing schools. The whole city would come out to watch the fireworks on the 3rd and 4th of July. Cinco de Mayo at Cristo Rey and the Carribean festivals at LCC. Jazz Festivals in Old Town. I could go on and on.
I had a great childhood in Lansing. It was a great place to grow up. I'm watching videos like this because I miss it. Hopefully things can continue to improve and Lansing can rebound like never before.
Lansing is better off now than it has been since probably the 60's or 70's. The closure of the GM plants resulted in basically no net job loss over the long term because they built the Delta and Grand River plants (and now a battery plant as well). The last census even showed a population increase for the first time in decades.
I also miss the old Putt Putt and Frosty Corner. Good times!
You avoided nearly every hood and abandoned factories/plants in Lansing which isn't surprising being a tourist. You could've gotten a far more realistic feel for the city with much better and less repetitive footage exploring Old town. The East side through Kalamazoo and Baker. The West side through MLK Saginaw and Willow. The North side through Grand River Pennsylvania Turner and César E Chávez Ave. And the South side of town through Churchill Downs Jolly Cedar and Holmes just to name a few. East Lansing is a college town separate from Lansing they're two different cities. You should do a separate video on East Lansing. There's plenty of good footage to be seen of the MSU campus and north of the area. I'd get off the strip more often and explore the surrounding neighborhoods for a truer feel of any city you ride through in the future.
I usually do I was in a generous mood that day
Don’t forget waverly and jolly area
The south is getting VERY bad btw idk wit part u from though so...
Every place has bad parts in it even rich neighborhoods
yooo it’s so crazy i literally used to live right next to the left in the beginning. there is a town
Nick bad news! I was enjoying this video for the third time- one of your best in my view. Anyways I was looking forward to spending some time with Mappy's whole family, because I knew they would appear at the end to point at the subscribe button. I was enjoying a chat with Mrs. Mappy and their son flipped me the bird!
Thanks for the great video and the nostalgia. My family lived in Spartan Village East Lansing in '76 - '80, when our dad went to MSU. It was great living there when you're a kid. Loads of space to play and biked all over the campus. I had friends from all over the world, whose parents also are students at MSU. Imagine me and my brother - an Indonesian, was once the Paper Boy for Ervin "Magic" Johnson at one time, delivering Lansing State Journal. 😁 I remember there seems to be more people than on the video. Or was it too cold for people to be out.
Nick, I love it; you drive there so we don't have to. I do enjoy your videos.
I grew up in Lansing in the late 60's and 70's when Oldsmobile was booming. It was a safe enough city that we could roam around without any trouble. Bus fare was 10 cents. We lived down the street from Kendon Elementary School. Had a lot great times as a kid there.
I grew up in the 50's a block from Kendon subdivision on E. Jolly Rd. before Kendon was there. The house I grew up in is still there.
I live in Lansing on the eastside. I think the neighborhood you traveled is not the condition of most neighborhoods. Moores River dr area, Eastside, Westside, and many other areas were missed. Lansing is really a beautiful city with major construction ongoing in many places.
Yeah there's definitely beautiful parts of Lansing that aren't being shown here
I live in Delta township and it’s great here and people are friendly and take good care of their homes
Ryan. Do you have a passport? Have you ever used it? Paris is a beautiful city. So is Rome. In fact, most European cities are fabulous places to live.
Based on this video. If I was forced to move to Lansing. I would probably develop a serious drug habit and / or kill myself. Outside of East Germany, or the industrial cities of Poland, when the Communist governments were in power (1945-1989/90/91) during which time I visited. This has to be one of the most depressing places to live in the world. I see no soul. No heartbeat. No culture. Almost no people. Except in cars.
So Lansing is trying to attract tech companies? Good luck with that.
I lived in Denver during its tech boom and it had great outdoor sports, all year round. A great bar and restaurant scene. Endless places to visit within an hour's drive. Okay, its not the fairest comparison. My point is that Denver started it's tech boom in the 1990's. Lansing has missed the boat. By a generation. That in itself is very, very sad. Whoever's been running your town
for the last thirty years, really screwed the pooch :(
@@Mike7O7O Drugs? What a silly comment.
@@Mike7O7O Lansing isn't completely hopeless my man
I save your video in MP3 format, then I try to listen this MP3 as a voice prepare to sleep, beside my pillow so I can sleep, and it works 😁😁😘 (I have problem with INSOMNIA.)
I can fall asleep by listening to your background music and your voice in MP3 format.
Thank you very much 🙏
Thanks for driving through my city on a super ugly weather day and going to all the run down areas to make it look like a dump!
come back in the summer
The downtown area still looks pretty decent in fairness
Bruh. Okai firstly it was cloudy ASF when he was there so it looks ruff lmao but if I'm being real the areas he went to are going to make it look bad. I would know because I live there 💀. It's kinda small but diverse and kinda boring city but it's a nice and peaceful city even know we got a bad repition.
@@ilysukiluv what kind of bad reputation do we have lol
@@mariahsmith5380 Lansing itself doesn't, certainl areas do. Especially like how people love to make it seem like the southside is so horrible lmao
Hey Nick and mappy.have a happy weekend 😃😃
Vaithy Mappy says you're his favorite!!
I have lived in Michigan most of my life, Was a great place to live as a youngster, I lived in Cadillac for about 6 years from 1983 to 89, Had a cottage and always vacarioned there , I moved to Bradenton Fla in 1992 til 2004 , then moved back to Michigan, I don't like Winters here anymore after lived in Fla, Michigan Summers is when you should be here, now that i'm older warmer weather is better , but it is a nice City, You did not drive many of the nicer areas as neighborhoods go, East Lansing is a big draw because of MSU, Okemos, etc. Glad you took us thru the tour though , Thank You!!
I lived there growing up and the perfect word to describe Lansing is “meh”, it’s not a terrible place to live but it’s definitely not great either, just another boring medium sized Midwestern city.
I have fond memories, as my childhood and all of my schooling up through high school were in Lansing. However, if I were to move back to the area I would likely opt for Okemos or Haslett, etc.
As a former Lansing resident, it is decidedly mid. Parts of Eaton County are nice.
I was born and spent my first 22 years in Lansing, first on South Logan Street near Jolly and then near Waverly and Saginaw. Looking back, it was a pretty good place to spend your childhood. South Logan was pretty rural at the time so it was like living in the country. As a kid you really don't mind the snow that much and there were a lot of public ice skating rinks to hang out with your friends. It was easy to study state government with the capitol handy and large industry with Oldsmobile. If you wanted culture you drove 20 minutes into East Lansing and took advantage of the vast MSU offerings. And of course during the summer you went "up north" to stay on one of a myriad of lakes. I only return now to plant relatives at Deepdale Cemetery. I'll end up there as well, some day.
"We pulled into the outskirts of Lansing and were immediately greeted by the city's worst side." is an editorial choice and a farce. You just don't pull into the intersection of Waverly and Jolly from the highway. You either get off of 496 at Waverly and go over the Grand River or you get off of 96 at MLK and have to make quite a few turns to get to that intersection.
Not really
From the direction you started from on Jolly you were basically coming from a dead end. There are some apartment buildings and houses behind you, but Jolly Road ends back out there and goes nowhere .... so you weren't just naturally going from one point to the next off of the highway. You had to think about it and contrive a starting point of your tour of Lansing.
JT Sunden, you are right! Even if you are not from Lansing, you know the worst parts are either north side, or Baker street area!
@@jtsunden6097 hes absolu right though. This is the reality of Lansing, whether you see that or not. One of the reasons I left. It's not even safe to live in Lansing anymore.
there's good sides to Lansing?
I'm from Lansing, MI and I love my city!
I like how you ran the yellow through downtown.
Yeah, damn near in front of police headquarter.s
Great video, thank you!
Glad you liked it Pat!
thanks for the video which made me trace back to the good days in MSU.
Any time!
I love this video but there is so much more of Lansing that you missed. It’s pretty cool though to watch a video and recognize every area.
I was born and raised in Lansing. Grew up on the East side. Lived there for nearly 30 years. Even though I really liked your drive through the MSU campus, there are many other places that better represent the city then where you went. The east side is good and then there's Potter Park zoo and the Oldsmobile plants, that are still there. Maybe it was because it was a super cloudy day, that made the tour so bad. Go there on a sunny day and take a look at the South side. I have been gone about 20 years and I can't believe how much that has changed along Michigan Avenue.
Amazing video!
Dammit, Nick. I live really close to Lansing we could of grabbed a beer lol
Aw man where?
@@NickJohnson charlotte, mi
Yea. I would have sprang for a pizza
@@orarkdes859 ayeeeee same
Nick Johnson come back in the summer or fall time when Covid is over. This place can be a lot of fun if you hang with knowledgeable local.
I tried to warn you at 3:05. 🤣 That right lane at that stop light is hell. 🤣
Lansing will always be home, this brings back a lot of fond memories, especially the part though downtown. We had season tickets for the lug nuts for their first season . I grew up on the southwest side, it is sad to see that it has changed a lot since I lived there. Thanks for the memories and Go State!
Love your videos!!! Miss mappy big time 😿
Hey Nick thanks alot m travelling all of the cities in US in your car...so please keep touring me😊👍👍
I've lived in Lansing my whole life. Grew up on the west side near Grand Woods Park, lived on the south side near Penn and Jolly for a number of years, and currently ive near Eastwood Town Center. This town has its good and bad the same as everywhere else. But the local food here blows out the national chains imo. Want a pizza? Go to DeLucas on the north side. Want a great burger at a low price? Try Nip n Sip. Want some awesome breakfast? Go to Golden Harvest. And if you want good ice cream, go to any of the Quality Dairy stores literally all over town. Lots of lovely parks here, some beautiful walking trails (the River Trail you can go pretty much all through the city). We're a 90 minute drive from both Lake Michigan and Huron, but if you want a short drive to swim Hawk Island is nice. (I prefer that over Lake Lansing any day)
I'm watching this while cooking !
What did you eat?
@@NickJohnson Puertorrican yellow rice with casserole pink beans and seasoned pork chops. Very good.
Nick, who does the music in your videos? It's really cool.
It's all UA-cam audio library stuff I just mix it ;)
I lived in Lansing most of my life and it gets worse by the year. It's a small city buy lots of unreported shootings going on constantly. I finally in my older age found some low income apartments in Okemos where I can walk around not stepping on needles everywhere.
Why there are no cars? Was this video taken in the morning? At what time?
PS I got it from your description. Thank you.
There are clearly cars. Plus he was in downtown Lansing and downtown Lansing is kind of slow in the morning
I think this is when people were starting to hear more about Covid. It was shot 6 months ago.
This is what poverty and post industrialization looks like. You totally drove by where I was living when you filmed this.
Lower income but you haven’t seen poverty.
@@malcombhardy I wish you were right lol but it is cool for you to think so
@@zeroexmachina what can you tell me about christiansen st. The street at 1:36
Sorry. Nothing comes to mind. At that time stamp it looks like it is off of jolly rd on the south side of lansing. What do you want to know about the area?
@@zeroexmachina is it dangerous? Or a is it safe.
I miss the beautiful lakes and the Riverfront park and the nature trails. I am a thousand miles away now but the city I'm in is a pretty one.
Thank you for your video. You chose your music well. Watching from the Netherlands, I wonder if Lansing is undergoing a renaissance of sorts. Although there is much urban sprawl, empty lots, car parks, and uninspiring architecture, the downtown does boast some striking, stunning buildings--old and new.
Yes Marcel. And it's too bad the sun wasn't out that day.
I hope you do a Toledo one!
Good ole Glass City
I will eventually. Probably late spring
Wow amazing I remember being there in 2015, at MSU I visited some of the places you had shown here and my heart just got melted, also never imagine myself how many places I couldn't had enough time to visit cuz of classes. Beautiful memories from there.
Ama ❤️❤️
I love Lansing! Of the numerous towns I’ve lived in its one of my favorite places to live. I love how diverse my neighbors are and how welcome I feel. I love having MSU and a community college as a neighbor. Every large city has pockets of crime but many of us pride ourselves in playing a role in reducing poverty and increasing the well being of our neighbors.
I live in Lansing. You picked a hell of a place to start your video lol. It can be much worse where you started than you see on the video. 😅
That's an understatement lol
I once could tell you where you where you were at, but its been a long time since I've traveled these streets. Gotta love the shot of Sparrow Hospital where I was born.
Try Traverse city, MI. A great destination location in the summer.
I would love to go there.. I hear its nice
Tears in a Vial if you go up there head to Charlevoix too it’s awesome
I know I will record it when i pass through again I went the short way over the bridge and didn't see it
TC is one of my favorite places in Michigan
Lansing is cool & diverse w/ diff types of people, and has been full of energy at times in the past. Just during this coronavirus it’s been pretty dead since the campus is closed and a lotta shit. I feel it could be an even greater city if they’d fix the roads a bit more even
I was born in Lansing 70 years ago at Sparrow Hospital on Michigan Avenue east of the Capitol Building. Nick drove by it on the way to East Lansing.
Wow!
Wow my sons were born at Sparrow in the early 2000s. Didn’t realize it went back that far 👍😀
I’ve never been to the Michigan State campus but I’ve heard more than once that it’s one of the nicest in the Big 10. A former classmate of mine worked in Iraq and Afghanistan for an engineering firm that designed/built a lot of our military bases over there. He once described each base as being as big as a Big 10 university campus and said there was a disincentive for the U.S. to pull out over there because we’d invested so much $’s to leave it all behind. And we wonder why so many of our cities back home look so forlorn, not really including Lansing/East Lansing which looked pretty good - for one thing I didn’t see much if any overhead utility wires that are so prevalent and brings down the appearance of urban & suburban areas in the northeast.
I went to MSU and walked to every class because I loved how pretty campus was. MSU started as an agricultural school and has a big agricultural dept, so there's lots of gardens and such, plus the river that runs through the main campus.
You should visit near eaton rapids and grand ledge, both areas are very nice.
I worked at Lansing Police at 911 for almost 20 years. When you mentioned the Capital, it brought to mind a well known story about it. It seems that Detroit and Grand Rapids were bickering about which city would be the Capital city. Well, one of the Representatives got tired of it and made the motion to make it in Lansing as a joke. Seems not too many knew it was a joke. They approved it and built the first Capital building a block east of where you were on Capital Avenue. At the corner of Washington and Ottawa a wooden building was created. Seems all the Senators and Representatives slept in that building due to the wolves, and the mosquito's. Malaria was very prevalent seeing as Lansing used to be a swamp!!!
Is it a safe city overall?
@@lttrhd I think so. Crime statistics are a Lil overblown compared to what it's actually like for most the city.
Lansing is not the worst part of Michigan. But they'd have to try really hard to beat Flint and Detroit. Every person there would have to murder someone. Or Rob someone. Or just flat out leave.
Makes me want a big Buford with pepper Jack cheese and a pink lemonade.
you drove down Christiansen road off jolly i lived on that street!!!!! right next to the yellow house where there is now and empty lot this video made my day thank you
I really wanted you to at least go by the FORMER HEADQUARTERS of OLDSMOBILE!!
There are plenty of trees.l like this video as well your country if I get the chance.dfnatly I'll come your country.nick Johnson 😃😄
This brings back so many fond memories....lived in Lansing 30 years...raised my kids there in neighborhoods you are showing and my kids still live there...I live in TN since 2013 and hate it..moving back to Lansing in the spring..best part of the hood is people there will sit on their porches playing euchre etc..yes crime but if you stay real no problems really...alot to do in Lansing also....
Nick I'm currently homeless do you think I can make it in East Lansing?
I live in Lansing and this is a pretty contrived video from the start. Didn't film how you got to your starting location did you, Nick? Your edits along Michigan Avenue were curious cutting off the true character of it. Funny how you start with a construction zone to leave Lansing and enter East Lansing changing the music from so sad to happy.
Lame
@@NickJohnson Nice self analysis.
Imagine Jackson being the capitol of Michigan...😵 I moved away from Lansing 7 months ago after living there my whole life and never thought I'd miss it...but I do.
Was this film done on sunday
Why does Michigan always seem gloomy on your videos, weatherwise
Air masses move across Lake Michigan towards Michigan, pick up moisture from the lake, and clouds form. This is also the reason for lake-effect precipitation in the state.
Was born in lansing looks better in spring Through Fall
We’re one of the most cloudy states because we’re surrounded by lakes.
Winter. The ones I did earlier weren't gloomy cause it was August.
That's how it is in real life, we got that UK weather.
I lived in Lansing for several year (West Saginaw & Jenison) and graduated from Sexton High School. I also worked for a time at the Fisher Body Plant on Verlinden Avenue earning enough money to finish college. Its a shame to see how far Lansing has fallen.
I came from Flint area to North Lansing I LOVE it here--night+day difference--Im right next to the Capitol, 10 mins from MSU, Old Town and the river walk, our house worth less than $100k and we have ZERO violent crime in our neighborhood
It’s too bad you missed driving through Old Town and REO Town. From a car, you cannot see the riverwalk and art walk downtown, and the Potter Park Zoo. Yes, Lansing isn’t necessarily pretty or wealthy but it didn’t help taking this video at the worst time of year. A disservice to the residents. This video doesn’t show any snow (unusual for January), any leaves, many PEOPLE as if the entire city is vacant. Yes, it must have been easier to video this way. I liked the history and background, but visit the Pure Michigan website for a different view. ✌️
Lansing still isn't very good to live in, its very pockety and you never know what you're gonna get
@@DarkKnight-dq7ek to each their own, there are worse places and most places have pockets of sketchy areas. It’s southern central location makes it easy to travel to other sites and it’s more affordable than other places too.
@@DarkKnight-dq7ek and Lansing is like a box of chocolates… 😉
At 0:29 is my Neighborhood! Wow Nick, thanks for coming!
HEY! sorry i didn't wave!
Bless you brother. I would not have saw you anyway. I was too busy driving 90 MPH,......... remember. LOL
My neighborhood is way later in the vid. Lol
@@justinpettit3432 where are you at now?
Omg you my friend has to be the most interesting channel on UA-cam. I have always wanted to travel the U S How amazing you are taking people on road trips that can’t go in real time. You are amazing Ty!! For the drive thru Lansing. Lol It was fun and I appreciate my Gainesville Florida even more Did you know Tom Petty is from Gainesville and his cousin is Sheriff
Hey so there are lots of videos you should sub! And I need to see Gainesville I always go around it.
Nick Johnson plesse dooooo. You will love Gainesville !!! I have been here 32 yrs. Butler plaza is a place you’d never have leave cuz it had everything lol
We love living here in Lansing Michigan after 25 years in Detroit, Lansing is Heaven!
Lansing and East Lansing definitely don’t look as bad as Detroit and Flint. That Michigan state capitol building does look very nice. 👀
I'm from Brazil and I had the privilege to be twice in Michigan, where I have a bunch of awesome friends, and I have a love affair with this state! Michigan, its little townships and its charming capital are just hands down! Love everything about Michigan
For us South Americans, I think Lansing is way safer than our countries 😅
I grew up here throught the late 90s and into the 2010s and it was a hard place to be a kid in those days. Violence and drugs were everywhere and I left with a bad record and a drug problem. Ive been away now for over 10 years and ive spent the last 4 of those sober and leading a happy life. My family still lives here and theyre all still struggling with drugs and crime and violence. I wish it would change because a lot of good people live here and no other choice but to survive the only way they can. Its not there fault the world forget t about them.
It's one of the many reasons I had to leave. So much despair. My friends were doing too many drugs and drinking and I needed to start over. I miss it but life could've been very different for me if I stayed.
I'm surprised you didn't show all sides and areas
Nick! You Edited-out our house, just before you passed it, on Jolly Road!! 😡 lol
That’s so crazy.. you actually captured my house on here haha. Lansing isn’t the greatest though.. I wish they would add more fun into it. And better roads for that matter!
No way - wave next time!
What can you tell me about christiansen rd? Th street at 1:36?
Another few fun facts for Lansing:
What once was the Lansing School for the Blind on Willow St, on the north end of downtown, is the school that Stevie Wonder graduated from. It has since been sitting mostly vacant, with part of the campus used as a senior assisted living facility.
Many old railway spurs in Lansing have been abandoned due to the closure of many small businesses on the branch and the closure of Oldsmobile, including all the old factory lots and the factory yard/ rail loading docks. However, the Adrian and Blissfield Railroad company (ADBF) was under a Norfolk Southern (NS) subsidiary contract for the Lansing and Jackson railroad from 2010 to 2020, which they recently purchased from NS to continue operating small businesses on the many spurs in Lansing. ADBF also operates in their name-sake area, in the small business district area of Adrian and Blissfield, and north to Ann Arbor. Before NS bought the line in 1998, it was shortly owned by Conrail from 1971-1996. Conrail failed to operate much on the line, with few passenger services after the fall of the Penn Central Railroad, and only operated the line to keep services to the few businesses open on the branch. Before Conrail, the railroad was run by the defunct companies of Michigan Central Railroad and the Penn Central Railroad, and was the Lansing switching point for the Peir-Marquette Railroad which intersected at the now CSX Einsel Yard on the north end. They only run between Gaylord and Grand Rapids today. There does happen to be a dinner train for the public in Charlotte, Michigan that runs a loop around that area's old portion of the Michigan Central/ Penn Central passenger line between Grand Rapids and Detroit. As far as I know, the line is terminated in Grand Rapids, Detroit, Lansing, and either side of the rail loop near Charlotte.
Also the owner of Google graduate for east lansing high school
And now Clara's is closed! 😭😭😭
Lansing does not look too bad even with grey skies. Good video, AK and MI are the only states that I have not visited, unless you count crossing the border from IN, somewhere along the 80/90.
Plan to make a drive along the coast in MI during a hot AZ summer.
The west coast along Lake Michigan is great as is the UP.
Lansing has a crime problem and the east side looks horrible,all of it
I actually moved TO Michigan voluntarily. From the dregs of the East Coast. MICHIGAN HALL of FAME: Tom Selleck, Lily Tomlin, The Romantics, Knack lead singer, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Mitch Ryder, Madonna, Jeff Daniel's, Eminem, Kid Rock, Bob Seeger, Ted Nugent, Michael Moore, Tim Allen, Grand Funk Railroad, The White Stripes, Diana Ross, Casey Kasem, Glenn Frey (Eagles), Jane's Caan, Tony Dungy, Danny Thomas (also Toledo), Magic Johnson, Larry Page, Stevie Wonder, Sonny Bono, Jack Paar, Danica Patrick, Commander Cody, ? & The Mysterians, Stephen Sagall. Name another state that has produced this much fame. The charm of Michigan is the fact that everyone bitches about being here. I've never seen so much self loathing. That's what keeps people here. Have lived in at least 10 places in different regions of the country, and there is no place like MICHIGAN. Michiganders love to hate the beautiful state we live in. There is a metaphysical bond there if you're willing to look for it. The road ends in Detroit, never mind the potholes!!...................................edit... MICHIGAN HALL OF FAME (missed on the first round): Aretha Franklin, Thomas Edison, Gerald Ford, Lee Iacocca, Elmore Leonard, Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Joe Louis, Malcolm X, Gilda Radner, Mitt Romney, Sinbad, John Smoltz, Serena William's, Dan Gilbert, Francis Ford Coppola, Christie Brinkley.............you tube constantly puts in apostrophes where they shouldn't be......Should be James Caan.....forgot Roger Penske (think he's a Michigander).........Have lived in 10 different places for an extended period of time in each. Rural and urban. MICHIGAN querks: Speeding fast on the freeway and driving through existing traffic on both lanes, streetlights hanging on traffic wire over intersections, telling you where a city is by using your hand as a map, follow through at intersection to make a left turn and circle back U-turn, over represented American cars compared to rest of the country, severe self loathing of living here and expecting no one to even consider living here voluntarily, Detroit hate, Detroit love, Detroit love and hate at the same time in the same sentence, Detroit and Detroit alone being a topic of conversation, still not being able to figure out what a person from Michigan is called, hating Michigan but returning to visit or live later and still hating it, Vernors, love of state, hate of state,whining constantly about the weather, counting the minutes until you can get out of this miserable state, time delay at a green light for traffic to start up in Detroit, Dream Cruise (upwards of 50,000 classic car traffic jam on Woodward Avenue in August, the biggest cruise in the country), Detroit ( just being Detroit), most affluent zip code in country a mere 10 miles from one of the poorest zip codes in country (upper Oakland to Central Woodward, Highland Park), Mile Roads, only point in US north of a point in Canada, two peninsulas, deer living on an urban island, six lane surface streets with virtually no traffic, only time tanks have ever been rolling down city streets for security during uprising, only island where autos are banned, county with lowest population density in eastern third of US.
NICE!
My husband is from Mason. This sure did bring back memories!
I love Mason ;)
Never been there, but it isn’t a bad looking town. It looks gloomy, but I think it being a cold, overcast day and a lot of older houses make it look gloomier.
Yes gloomy. I'll do a road trip in the summer and things will look much different.
It’s never sunny in Michigan in winter because of the moisture from the Great Lakes but around may and June it’s beautiful
Noooo Lansing east and south is horrible
@@static6787 south side is not that bad yo I live on the Southside lmao. But either way he should have showned the better parts like Delta township.
LOST ATSUKI it’s not bad in your area then lol you don’t know the hood streets then I suppose .. churchhilldowns has been the hood area for lansing for years. 21k Mel, GMC DaeDae etc is Lansing rappers from the south side.
Lived in GR for 5 years and took 96 to E. Lansing many times to visit a friend.
Lansing was an okay place to live. Lots to do there! Does anyone remember the random pianos setting on the sidewalks