As a resident of Point Place in Toledo I love this city! I was part of a student jazz group that went around to parks in the summer, surprisingly Toledo has a nice jazz scene too. Imagination station, Toledo Speedway, the Metro parks, and honestly nice people despite how much we all badmouth the city. Nice video covering the place man, keep it up!
In the 1970s I worked on Canadian lake boats. Toledo was one of many ports throughout the lower great lakes that we frequently went into to load or unload various cargoes. Iron ore, coal, grain would be handled in the river ports that sometimes only the older smaller boats could get into. Today traffic on the lakes is much reduced and the dock areas of many of those ports are abandoned. In part they were victims of free trade agreements that resulted in the closure of many of the steel mills.
Clinton signed the NAFTA accord and much of Amerika's industry left. NAFTA insured that manufacturers could produce elsewhere with substantially reduced labor, insurance and benefit payouts yet pay no import tariffs to bring things into the US. Textile mills, furniture manufacturing, auto parts, etc. fired everyone, stole their retirement pensions (that was in the language of what Clinton signed, making it legal!!) then shipped all the machinery elsewhere. This was a big step in "Globalization" for the elites. Now 35 years later, most Amerikans continue to struggle and things are getting much, much worse...faster.
A typical 3 week round trip for a Canadian "straight decker" would be grain down bound from a U.S. or Canadian port to a St.Lawrence port. The upbound half of the round trip would be iron ore from a Quebec port to an American or Canadian port. There were, of course, many other "runs", one being, Thunder Bay Ontario to Indiana Harbour or another Lake Michigan port with iron ore from the Steep Rock Lake mine. "Self Unloaders" handled a large variety of bulk cargoes to and from both countries. Canadian vessels were not allowed to carry cargoes between U.S. ports and the same rule applied in reverse to U.S. vessels. The waterways were crowded with vessels and the economy was booming. Sadly, today traffic through the Welland Canal is only a shadow of it's former self.
I was born & raised there and have many great memories of my time there. I was 22 when I left there in 1961. Out of all my old friends there, only one is still alive!
Ohio has largely ignored Toledo and the northwestern part of the state. It has focused its urban policies primarily on Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati. Even destitute Youngstown gets more attention from the Columbus statehouse than Toledo.
Toledo is a wonderful place to live. Best park system of any mid to large size city by a large margin. Library system is second to none. Great art museum symphony and other institutions. Loving and friendly people. I returned here from 20 years in Rochester NY. I am so happy I did.
My parents retired here from a migrant military-life.. I grew up here in the mid 70’s to early 90’s, Toledo was a wonderful place to grow up… Many activities for all age groups and not far from Canada or Detroit.. Great parks, Amusement parks, Zoo,art museum, bordering cities (Perrysburg/Maumee/Rossford/Sylvania, Grand Rapids OH.. etc..) have several local concerts, events to attend.. During the late 90’s till 2015, we struggled to strike a balance (crime, homeless and homicide increase), but I’d say from about 2015 to present date, I think we’ve hit a good groove.. The downtown area has had a positive impact on the city.. Restaurants building DORAS to increase foot traffic, more concerts (indoors/outdoors) art fairs, help you in warmer seasonal months, and we are starting to see more indoor activities (businesses) opening in the area (rock climbing etc..) for the winter months.. I’d predict within the next 1-2 years, Toledo will reach its highest popularity they’ve seen in along time.. ❤️
I grew up in Toledo, first on Cowan street in the 50s and then on Moore St. In the 60s. I left for the Air Force in 1971 and never looked back. I had to stay in downtown Toledo 6 years ago on business. It is greatly improved downtown but the north end is worse than ever. Still proud to be from and survived Toledo. Wore a Mudhens cap in Afghanistan!
A vastly underrated place to live. Affordable, great parks, museum, zoo minor league and university sports, on major N/S and E/W transportation lines, on Lake Erie, fully enjoying four distinct seasons. Still a major auto and glass manufacturer. There are areas of crime and decay like it’s peers but there are great neighborhoods too. Old West End is an historic and beautiful old neighborhood on the national register of historic places built at Toledos height of prosperity. Downtown has seen a major renaissance over the last two decades. Visit us and find out for yourself how great the people and places in Toledo really are for a medium sized Midwest city.
@@pepperonipete7566 but I hear a lot of people born elsewhere but living here absolutely rave about how they love it. Certainly it’s not for everyone but it’s widely misperceived. While unfortunate, the upside is it’s affordable to be underrated!
...and horrible roads, crumbling bridges, high crime, rampant drug use, abandoned houses and buildings that are now drug dens, once beautiful but now run down neighborhoods, empty strip malls...
In the late 80s I took Amtrak from Grand Central Station in NYC to Chicago. The train made an extended stop in Toledo. The station had a sign above the station entrance that read “Glass City.”
Even bigger than Owens Corning, there’s Owens Illinois headquartered in a suburb of Toledo, and First Solar (the US’s largest solar manufacturer) has much of its production and development on that suburb as well.
Thank you for sharing. As someone passionate about toledo i will be moving out of the states for better opportunities in the EU. Toledo will always hold a sweet spot in my heart.
hopefully you can get homeowners insurance there- i just have a liability policy here in socal and i have to go thru a whole checklist of stuff every time i leave the house due to not having fire insurance. houses in my ranch sell for close to a million bucks. nervous?- you bet!
I drive trucks through there sometimes , it's like a city that time has left behind (not all of it though) I see a lot of towns in Mississippi that look like that too.
People hate on Toledo all the time. I have traveled all over America and I always wanted to come back to Toledo. It's actually a pretty nice place to live and we are surrounded by bigger cities. Not far from Detroit(they have the best concerts), Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago, and so on. It's also not far from NYC. It's near all these places but has a small-town vibe to it, unlike a lot of other bigger cities. I genuinely feel that all the Toledo people that hate on their own city and leave the first chance they get, I think THEY are the problem. It's not the city, its you. Toledo is great and I am never going to live anywhere else.
I do kinda miss that Toledo Express more or less tanked on the commercial airline front. Especially for the west side residents 8 miles that a way , easy parking , and you're someplace warm and sunny etc. Instead DTW here we come.
Sad Toledo just went to hell starting in the late 80s. I was born and raised there with great memories till about then, i moved away and hardly ever go back...too scary..😢
Shutting down the steam plant killed downtown, then in the 70s and 80s the gradual union busting that killed Detroit also killed Toledo. All the great manufacturers shutdown and moved away.
You failed to mention the University of Toledo's 35 game win streak led by one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, hall of famer, Chuck Ealey who never lost a high school or college game that he started in.
@@JamesDeGregorio He wasn't drafted by any NFL team in the 1972 draft because he stated that he wanted to be drafted for a quarterback position only. The NFL at that time didn't have any Black QBs so no team drafted him or made him an offer. So he went to the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1972 became a starter for the third game of the season and won the Grey Cup, was RoY and MVP. He's in the MAC HoF and the College Football HoF. At UT we referred to him as "the Miracle Worker", a truly outstanding player regardless of your opinion!
I have a co-worker who retired and had a daughter that brought wine glasses to the retirement party made in Toledo by the glass company she works at in Toledo.
Although from Michigan we spent lots of time in Toledo, the zoo and museum were great to visit with our grand kids, much has been made of the Mich./Ohio war hate syndrome so popularly portrayed by folklore, i think most dont feel that except for one Saturday afternoon each fall, and as far as who got the better end of the land trade, the four season beauty of the UP is hard to beat even for Toledo.
i remember watching the chimps smoke cigarettes at the zoo- but i hear they changed it around so visitors can't toss them cigarettes anymore. i bet their monkeys are living longer now and maybe the trainers toss them occasional doobies to calm then down.....
gross- too bad you guys don't have in-n-out- great hamburgers. a double-double plus grilled onions, hand-cut fries, and killer pink lemonade is about 12 dollars and they blow away most sit-down burger joints, let alone places like wendy's. i think eventually ohio will get in-n-outs and it will change your thinking about hamburgers. they have a secret menu and love to make special orders for guests.
I was born near Toledo. In the 1970's we saw Japanese car and steel makers vastly out perform US car and steel by a long way in both quality and price, so manufacturing in the whole region (aka rust belt) collapsed.
Correct - a lot of people attribute the woes of Toledo (and cities like it) to NAFTA, but de-industrialization far precedes NAFTA (which as a mid-1990s thing) and extends far beyond it. The entry of China into the World Trade Organization dates from the late 1990s/early 2000s and man, that ripped a lot of US industry apart, like furniture. And again, nothing to do with NAFTA. Did NAFTA help? Probably not. Was it the cause of this? No. NAFTA is just one thing among many. And at the end of the day, a lot of it is up to financially-driven management. Companies merged and broken up by private equity and hedge funds like so many legos, with money shaken out of them at every turn, companies taken bankrupt so they can walk away from worker pensions and medical benefits. Having pensions and medical benefits tied to particular companies is a bad, bad, bad idea.
i'm still waiting for a domestic car thats as good and fun to drive as my '72 datsun 510. i had a 510 in ohio but it rusted out in about 2 weeks. thats really the road peoples' fault as we don't have to put salt on our roads in san diego.
I remember wanting to leave so desperately as a teenager. I remember seeing all the ugliest sides here and being eager to finally grow up and get out of here. It took a global pandemic to get me to really explore my hometown and make more friends, and I kinda fell in love with it. It may be a dumpy little city still recovering from the war on drugs, the recession, and of course covid. Toledoans are diverse, resilient, and resourceful, and we're bouncing back not through manufacturing, but through stellar organizations and community building.
I have love for the city but had to leave nearly 6 years ago. We come back to visit fairly often and I would not say it is improving. That said I will be down for the Old West End Festival. Might even swing by Inky's
Toledo's root issues stem from greed, like all American cities. Greed in corporations that shape our country for company financial benefit at ANY cost. Notice how all of the companies he listed that "survived" are no longer owned by wealthy Toledoans.
I live a couple of minutes from the OG Tony Packos and grew up not far from there. Toledo is in a great location, and the city is only as good as its residents. We've had our ups ans downs, but things have been fairly good and look to be getting better.
I grew up in Toledo in the 60's and 70's when Toledo was booming and when it was a wonderful, safe and beautiful place to live and to raise a family. But, by the late 70's, Toledo's decline was in full effect, so I left for the US Army right after high school. Since the 1970's, Toledo continued to decline beyond recognition. If you're well-off, and can afford to live in one of the more affluent areas in Toledo, then life's good for you in Toledo. However, over the years, the Toledo metropolitan area as a whole, has become so unbelievably downtrodden that it's far from a city that anyone could actually be proud to call their home.
Spent some formative young years there (in the 70s) and I think more fondly of it now then I did then. Have barely been there since then, but am looking forward to a good visit in the near future. The Toledo Goaldiggers were a blast. Hockey games would break out at fights.
@@davidjames7382 I saw that. There have probably been a number of others since the Goaldiggers. I remember their big claim to fame was that Mike Eruzione played with them before joining the U.S. 1980 Miracle team. He came back to some games later to be honored/celebrate, etc.
I was born and raised in Toledo. Like all major cities in the USA and the world, it has similar problems. It was a major manufacturing center and most major companies were bought out, moved or just shut down. It's slowly making progress.
i'm a P&G shareholder since 1977. they still build jeeps in toledo- do you guys still build S&S specialty vehicles? i remember driving to florida during spring break and seeing all those cool ambulances and hearses lined up on their 'ready' lines.
I know you're going to explain to me that, "It's not a Metro-Parks video" Still the Metro-Parks are a major attraction to the people of Toledo and surrounding communities.
Question I have had on my mind a long time. Close Park. Is it called that because it is a close (old fashon term) or is it named after some person or family?
East sider here. Toledo also was a major port hub, the commercial fishing went away, as well as glass jobs! Toledo could once again attain the glass city status! Big plastic has destroyed us! Stop using plastic!
I work at the port of Toledo. There is still a strong industry portion of Toledo. With the new Cleveland cliffs steal plant and oil refineries. Toledo itself definitely is in decline. I live in a suburb away from the city. It is rotting from within
The Old West End in Toledo is somewhat a really nice area. Sadly, it has no shopping outlets near it and is also surrounded by ghettos. University of Toledo is really a bright spot of the city. Have a few friends graduated from there. The Downtown area and across the river from Downtown have improved for businesses and housing.
Just go down Monroe or central and you've got plenty of shopping with in 5 miles. That's a very good location because it's easy to get to the shopping from there. Also beautiful old style homes. Toledo has so many beautiful Catholic churches.
@@ChristopherSobieniak oh wow I bet it was really different then my grandma used to tell me stories about downtown and the different places she grew up and how different it was
@@r.pres.4121not true- see my comment directly above. sorry about any grammar issues- i'm doing this and watching 'erin brockovich' at the same time and youtube is fucking up and not letting me correct anything.
I remember when officials from the city of Toledo were going around giving residents tickets for parking their cars on gravel driveways, on their own property.
Born here in the 60's.... now live in Perrysburg....t-town has tanked ..once had great middle class neighborhoods.. Now slums.... crime is everywhere....so sad.
Sure, Toledo can be a dangerous place, but overall, the city has soms grea potential. They have the Toledo Zoo, The Great Lakes Museum, Tony Packo's, and multiple other things. The city has multiple historical locations. Even a "castle" that some people claim is haunted.
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I've lived in Toledo my entire life. Yes, there is a population decline. We call it brain drain. Kids grow up, go to college and move away. Many move to the outlaying suburbs like Maumee, Sylvania, Perrysburg, Metamora. For those of us who've stayed, life is good. I'm retired now from the UAW and spend my days tending my garden and chickens. We have relatively low crime, and the economy hasn't hit us that hard yet. Great place to raise a family. The Toledo Museum of Art is one of the best in the world. (One of 3 to have the Reubens Exhibit.) Our Zoo is top notch as well recently beating Jack Hannas Columbus Zoo in a national contest. Don't knock us till you've tried us.
Toledo is a very affordable city but it has troubles. The taxes are high for what you get. The government is not business friendly. Crime is going up. There is a great deal to do and explore. Many great restaurants and unique shopping places. The Zoo and Art Museum are better than one should expect for a city of this size . Great parks.
Toledo City sucks but as a whole metro area, it's great and underrated. Its also large, and different parts of town vary tremendously. The good outweighs the bad, and I'd even say its a well kept secret.
Growing up just outside of Toledo in, Monclova, it’s crazy to me how much, Toledo, has surged back, specially in the downtown area. I moved downtown in 2012 and lived in the lofts right down from 5/3 and it was awesome being able to walk around my city and ACTUALLY have things to do and places to eat, downtown. I moved away back in 2013 first to illinois and now in NC, I’ve been missing, Toledo, more and more and I’ve been talking to my wife about the possibility of us moving there permanently and setting down roots of our own. My only real concern is that the economy there now is so heavily based around jeep and keep suppliers that if something goes wrong similar to ‘08, it has a trickle down effect that can’t be avoided in any way. That’s my only real concern but it’s an option still on the table. It’s really just the cost of living that is the most attractive to us there. A 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath with a finished basement in, Toledo, area runs about 3-400, thag same house here in NC minus the finished basement (water table too low) about double that, and even triple that in some neighborhoods. It’s absolutely ridiculously overpriced here. Edit: a great example of the ludacris prices here, about 12 months ago a 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath ranch on .8 acres sold for over $280,000… it was such a ridiculously paid price that it actually made the news. The buyer refused to be interviewed and stayed anonymous but yeah… a 1500 sq ft, 1 full bath, 1 half bath on a little under an acre with 3 bedrooms, almost $300,000 dollars… same exact house last sold for $140,000 back in 2010… absolutely unreal here.
@ChristopherSobieniak cool. My Grandfather worked for 30+ years for LOF glass company. If I remember correctly, they made the glass that went into World Trade Center 1 and 2.
I live in Toledo and they have nothing here just restaurants and bars for the elderly there's nothing I'm 58 and I'm too young to be in a senior center programs it's depressing
Toledo is my hometown. After WWII, Toledo became very dependent on auto industry and big unions. New businesses went elsewhere. Urban blight took over as the unions choked the life out of the auto industry. The city leveled all of the great buildings (Paramount, Spitzer Arcade, et al) and many of the Victorian neighborhoods. People like me fled. The underclass all stayed, and crime got much much worse.
we have the opposite problem- a lot of democrats are leaving san diego but people from other parts of california are buying up most of the real estate here- places can and do go for about 50K or more over the asking price and we still have multiple bidders on sales even though the mortgage rates are up. the average home in san diego county is over 900K now and it just keeps going up. if i didn't have mine paid off (i got it in 83 for 105K) i would have to get out of dodge cuz auto club cancelled my insurance and it's required if there is any mortgage or mortgages against the property. i'm lucky to have a liability policy or i would be paying about 7K/year in the california fair access to insurance plan (we call it the state 'no fair' plan). if i paid that much, i'd be tempted to torch it just to get my money's worth. the problem is the ignorant newsom administration- and he wants to be your president. the good news for us is we would be getting him out of here for at least four years. state farm has stated that they no longer write up homeowners policies in california. well, kick their asses clean out of here, then! NONE of the companies will write policies in my town of alpine- we have a reputation of being a probable wildfire site. they ARE allowing californians to bring their insurance coverages here if they are existing cali policy-holders. well, BULLSHIT. women of wrestling is on- gotta go.
I worked for Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company and stayed near Rossford for work. It was a cool city at the time in the 90's but you could see how it was getting a bit run down. I later was dating a young lady from Oregon....OR-E-GONE! 😅
Actually it was going to be called Lake Superior State, but the government's couldn't agree on it, so it ended up to be UPPER Peninsula of Michigan. 🇺🇸
We are actually doing perfectly fine. People have just been trying to run a campaign against our city. Yeah, it has its troubles like any were else. But that’s just life. Truth is though, we’ve been kinda spared from the larger mass of it though. So more people are actually starting to move here from the places where it’s far, far worse. Cause we aren’t flaring up like that. And those places. You ever want to just chill? Just come here, and find your peace. Go to a metro park, or something else as relaxing. Party, eat something good. And just live life. That’s Toledo. We chill.
When's the last time you listened to the police scanner in Toledo Ohio, it's crazy there so many shootings and people dying for nothing, plus young people stealing cars and trucks that go over 120 mph and most of them don't have a clue how to drive those Kia's and Hyundai's cars, crazy on my scanner every night, So much crime in Lucas county Ohio. Very Scary to have to live there, I have friends that live on the west side of Toledo and they say after 10 PM all hell starts and it's unsafe to go anywhere after dark, unless you are with a group of friends or family members, very sad for these cities with so much crime going on every day and night. Most of the time on the police scanner there's at least 275 people listening to all the calls about shootings and stealing vehicles. It's worse than Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota.
@@genegustafson1665maybe you when hear so much negative stuff if you’d stop listening to a POLICE SCANNER! I grew up on the southside and the early 90s and lived on the east side and the West End, well I lived all over Toledo. It’ll always be home and stop freaking out. It’s not all that bad.
Toledo may not appeal tonsome of you folks but WE LOVE OUR CITY! We survive and thrive like all cities in america drugs run rampent. Yes even you country folk whos kids get high also
do you guys have recreational cannabis? i raise afghan kush for a couple of dispensaries in SD. usually tests at around 30%. testing is expensive and they are trying to make us do it every year now. how often does ohio require it?
At least we can list a few good things about Toledo 1 World class Museum 2 World class Zoo 3 Phenomenal park system 4 The finest minor league ball park in the US 5 Mud hens 6 The lake
We have that. Lake Erie has had its troubles, but we pulled through. You could say we had many great expectations to be a good city from the start. We just need to find the right niche to fill.
Born and raised in Toledo. Left in 1979 to seek a better life in California. Now leaving CA due to its Dem/Lib/Progressive destruction. Wherever the DLPs get total control ruin is sure to follow.
I've lived here all my life. We all know what happened to Toledo Ohio. We were warned by adults back in the late sixties and seventies. And once certain individuals moved into the city that was basically the beginning of the end
What happened? Is our government sold us out to cheaper manufacturing in china. All the regulations and rules made it impossible to manufacture anything.And it was done like that on purpose
As a resident of Point Place in Toledo I love this city! I was part of a student jazz group that went around to parks in the summer, surprisingly Toledo has a nice jazz scene too. Imagination station, Toledo Speedway, the Metro parks, and honestly nice people despite how much we all badmouth the city. Nice video covering the place man, keep it up!
Ya, its not too bad here.
do they still build jeeps there?
@@tommurphy4307 Yeah, I live just across the trainyard from the factory.
Point place isn’t toledo 😂
@@AngloSaxon-ns9oc Check city limits man, it is. One google search would prove you wrong lol
In the 1970s I worked on Canadian lake boats. Toledo was one of many ports throughout the lower great lakes that we frequently went into to load or unload various cargoes. Iron ore, coal, grain would be handled in the river ports that sometimes only the older smaller boats could get into. Today traffic on the lakes is much reduced and the dock areas of many of those ports are abandoned. In part they were victims of free trade agreements that resulted in the closure of many of the steel mills.
Clinton signed the NAFTA accord and much of Amerika's industry left. NAFTA insured that manufacturers could produce elsewhere with substantially reduced labor, insurance and benefit payouts yet pay no import tariffs to bring things into the US. Textile mills, furniture manufacturing, auto parts, etc. fired everyone, stole their retirement pensions (that was in the language of what Clinton signed, making it legal!!) then shipped all the machinery elsewhere. This was a big step in "Globalization" for the elites. Now 35 years later, most Amerikans continue to struggle and things are getting much, much worse...faster.
@@rusty9129
Same thing up here
We gave up our manufacturing base!Clinton,screwed us with NAFTA!Trump,Clintons,Bidens! Bushes!Corruption!
You can add US tax laws and unionization and environmental costs to the list.
A typical 3 week round trip for a Canadian "straight decker" would be grain down bound from a U.S. or Canadian port to a St.Lawrence port. The upbound half of the round trip would be iron ore from a Quebec port to an American or Canadian port. There were, of course, many other "runs", one being, Thunder Bay Ontario to Indiana Harbour or another Lake Michigan port with iron ore from the Steep Rock Lake mine. "Self Unloaders" handled a large variety of bulk cargoes to and from both countries. Canadian vessels were not allowed to carry cargoes between U.S. ports and the same rule applied in reverse to U.S. vessels. The waterways were crowded with vessels and the economy was booming. Sadly, today traffic through the Welland Canal is only a shadow of it's former self.
I live about 1 1/2 hours west of Toledo just in to indiana. I have visited a couple of times. They do have a very nice art museum
Theres much more! More museums, and there are numerous historical buildings!
Yes the museum is very impressive.
zoo too
"Toledo, Ohio! Don't get killed here"
-Scott The Woz, Toledo resident.
I was looking for someone to quote this. Thanks! XD
@@Kaitou1412Fangirl same actually, just decided to do it myself in the end
"Toledo, Ohio! There is a Burger King down the road"
He doesn't live in Toledo actually but like 35minutes away in a cozy little city on the maumee river.
@@notmybuddyguy477where like Grand Rapids?
I was born & raised there and have many great memories of my time there. I was 22 when I left there in 1961. Out of all my old friends there, only one is still alive!
i'm 66 and at the age where i'm sometimes shocked at how many of my classmates have made it into The Great Beyond. carry on.....
toledo is a chill city, probably one of the most forgotten of Ohio's biggest cities
Ohio has largely ignored Toledo and the northwestern part of the state. It has focused its urban policies primarily on Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati. Even destitute Youngstown gets more attention from the Columbus statehouse than Toledo.
@@r.pres.4121That I can believe. It"s no wonder we Toledoans had looked to Detroit in the past.
@@r.pres.4121well toledo is the fourth largest. google says cincinnati is the most livable citiy there- but what do they know??
Agreed
Toledo is a wonderful place to live. Best park system of any mid to large size city by a large margin. Library system is second to none. Great art museum symphony and other institutions. Loving and friendly people. I returned here from 20 years in Rochester NY. I am so happy I did.
We stayed a day in Toledo a couple weeks ago. We loved it, was a beautiful city, didn’t get to see too much though.
My parents retired here from a migrant military-life.. I grew up here in the mid 70’s to early 90’s, Toledo was a wonderful place to grow up… Many activities for all age groups and not far from Canada or Detroit.. Great parks, Amusement parks, Zoo,art museum, bordering cities (Perrysburg/Maumee/Rossford/Sylvania, Grand Rapids OH.. etc..) have several local concerts, events to attend.. During the late 90’s till 2015, we struggled to strike a balance (crime, homeless and homicide increase), but I’d say from about 2015 to present date, I think we’ve hit a good groove.. The downtown area has had a positive impact on the city.. Restaurants building DORAS to increase foot traffic, more concerts (indoors/outdoors) art fairs, help you in warmer seasonal months, and we are starting to see more indoor activities (businesses) opening in the area (rock climbing etc..) for the winter months.. I’d predict within the next 1-2 years, Toledo will reach its highest popularity they’ve seen in along time.. ❤️
And so affordable. I used to live near Deveaux.
They actually do have a 2nd to None splendid library. I can vouch.👈💥💥💥
Metro Parks are amazing!
I live near Toledo, it's amazing how run down and unsafe parts are, then if you go a couple blocks over you can see mansions
Facts
In the 70s Toledo was a great place. But everything went to China.
@T Raybern Every LIBERAL city. Wtfu!
@T Raybern eh… not all.
@@esteban1487 Ohio isn’t a liberal state but you can go ahead & overlook that fact so you can make your unsubstantiated claim
I grew up in Toledo, first on Cowan street in the 50s and then on Moore St. In the 60s. I left for the Air Force in 1971 and never looked back. I had to stay in downtown Toledo 6 years ago on business. It is greatly improved downtown but the north end is worse than ever. Still proud to be from and survived Toledo. Wore a Mudhens cap in Afghanistan!
I've lived in Toledo for 57yrs, I've seen it slowly because a cesspool. The main reason for its downfall is ignorant leadership.
that seems like a contradiction of terms.....
Just the the US under 😴 Joe
It's not much of any worse than it was 20 years ago, but yes, the leadership/public servants are 🗑️
@@tommurphy4307 family is the only thing keeping me here.
@@JustinTyme1966 Dont worry brother. things gonna change when trump gets in office. Project 2025 baby! theocracy!
A vastly underrated place to live. Affordable, great parks, museum, zoo minor league and university sports, on major N/S and E/W transportation lines, on Lake Erie, fully enjoying four distinct seasons. Still a major auto and glass manufacturer. There are areas of crime and decay like it’s peers but there are great neighborhoods too. Old West End is an historic and beautiful old neighborhood on the national register of historic places built at Toledos height of prosperity. Downtown has seen a major renaissance over the last two decades. Visit us and find out for yourself how great the people and places in Toledo really are for a medium sized Midwest city.
@@pepperonipete7566 but I hear a lot of people born elsewhere but living here absolutely rave about how they love it. Certainly it’s not for everyone but it’s widely misperceived. While unfortunate, the upside is it’s affordable to be underrated!
@@pepperonipete7566 the entire middle class is fleeing cali. They gotta go somewhere. LOL
...and horrible roads, crumbling bridges, high crime, rampant drug use, abandoned houses and buildings that are now drug dens, once beautiful but now run down neighborhoods, empty strip malls...
@@eljefe4830 …can be found in any city of our size. Name a metro area that doesn’t. Just one. Perhaps don’t live or frequent those areas?
@@eljefe4830that’s a country issue lmao
Toledo Speedway is a great race track. I live in the Detroit area and go to Toledo often.
In the late 80s I took Amtrak from Grand Central Station in NYC to Chicago. The train made an extended stop in Toledo. The station had a sign above the station entrance that read “Glass City.”
Fancy!
was the sign made of glass?
Even bigger than Owens Corning, there’s Owens Illinois headquartered in a suburb of Toledo, and First Solar (the US’s largest solar manufacturer) has much of its production and development on that suburb as well.
Thank you for sharing. As someone passionate about toledo i will be moving out of the states for better opportunities in the EU. Toledo will always hold a sweet spot in my heart.
hopefully you can get homeowners insurance there- i just have a liability policy here in socal and i have to go thru a whole checklist of stuff every time i leave the house due to not having fire insurance. houses in my ranch sell for close to a million bucks. nervous?- you bet!
I drive trucks through there sometimes , it's like a city that time has left behind (not all of it though) I see a lot of towns in Mississippi that look like that too.
I grew up in Toledo and have many fond memories growing up there.
Toledo was also known for their world class "run about" boats in the 1920's and 30's. The factory on Summit Street is still there.
People hate on Toledo all the time. I have traveled all over America and I always wanted to come back to Toledo. It's actually a pretty nice place to live and we are surrounded by bigger cities. Not far from Detroit(they have the best concerts), Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago, and so on. It's also not far from NYC. It's near all these places but has a small-town vibe to it, unlike a lot of other bigger cities. I genuinely feel that all the Toledo people that hate on their own city and leave the first chance they get, I think THEY are the problem. It's not the city, its you. Toledo is great and I am never going to live anywhere else.
At least you understand.
well, theyre getting the hell out of there- what more could you want??
I do kinda miss that Toledo Express more or less tanked on the commercial airline front. Especially for the west side residents 8 miles that a way , easy parking , and you're someplace warm and sunny etc. Instead DTW here we come.
Cool story
CITY IS HOT GARBAGE
Sad Toledo just went to hell starting in the late 80s. I was born and raised there with great memories till about then, i moved away and hardly ever go back...too scary..😢
Soft
then you missed the slow death of Southwyck
@@cmac4625 you need to relax, maybe shes a female
The times ive been in Toledo, i havent really seen any violence. But preach your wisdom, i guess.
Shutting down the steam plant killed downtown, then in the 70s and 80s the gradual union busting that killed Detroit also killed Toledo. All the great manufacturers shutdown and moved away.
my best bud's from ferndale, MI, near 8-mile road, and he's not going back anytime soon.
You failed to mention the University of Toledo's 35 game win streak led by one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, hall of famer, Chuck Ealey who never lost a high school or college game that he started in.
This isnt a sports video lol
Al Bundy would be proud.
And that we beat Michigan in 2008
yet wasn't good enough to play 3rd string in the NFL
@@JamesDeGregorio He wasn't drafted by any NFL team in the 1972 draft because he stated that he wanted to be drafted for a quarterback position only. The NFL at that time didn't have any Black QBs so no team drafted him or made him an offer. So he went to the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1972 became a starter for the third game of the season and won the Grey Cup, was RoY and MVP. He's in the MAC HoF and the College Football HoF. At UT we referred to him as "the Miracle Worker", a truly outstanding player regardless of your opinion!
I have a co-worker who retired and had a daughter that brought wine glasses to the retirement party made in Toledo by the glass company she works at in Toledo.
Although from Michigan we spent lots of time in Toledo, the zoo and museum were great to visit with our grand kids, much has been made of the Mich./Ohio war hate syndrome so popularly portrayed by folklore, i think most dont feel that except for one Saturday afternoon each fall, and as far as who got the better end of the land trade, the four season beauty of the UP is hard to beat even for Toledo.
get to know my city that has the same name Toledo in the state of Paraná in Brazil
i remember watching the chimps smoke cigarettes at the zoo- but i hear they changed it around so visitors can't toss them cigarettes anymore. i bet their monkeys are living longer now and maybe the trainers toss them occasional doobies to calm then down.....
@@tommurphy4307 I remember that too.
I was surprised to see online that Southwyck Mall had just vanished. It was a new nice indoor place when I lived there.🌿
It's been gone for decades
"Toledo Ohio! Stay awhile! Theres a burger king down the road"
Very expensive food now days at any fast food company's
gross- too bad you guys don't have in-n-out- great hamburgers. a double-double plus grilled onions, hand-cut fries, and killer pink lemonade is about 12 dollars and they blow away most sit-down burger joints, let alone places like wendy's. i think eventually ohio will get in-n-outs and it will change your thinking about hamburgers. they have a secret menu and love to make special orders for guests.
@@tommurphy4307 We do have White Castle.
I was born near Toledo. In the 1970's we saw Japanese car and steel makers vastly out perform US car and steel by a long way in both quality and price, so manufacturing in the whole region (aka rust belt) collapsed.
Correct - a lot of people attribute the woes of Toledo (and cities like it) to NAFTA, but de-industrialization far precedes NAFTA (which as a mid-1990s thing) and extends far beyond it. The entry of China into the World Trade Organization dates from the late 1990s/early 2000s and man, that ripped a lot of US industry apart, like furniture. And again, nothing to do with NAFTA.
Did NAFTA help? Probably not. Was it the cause of this? No. NAFTA is just one thing among many.
And at the end of the day, a lot of it is up to financially-driven management. Companies merged and broken up by private equity and hedge funds like so many legos, with money shaken out of them at every turn, companies taken bankrupt so they can walk away from worker pensions and medical benefits.
Having pensions and medical benefits tied to particular companies is a bad, bad, bad idea.
i'm still waiting for a domestic car thats as good and fun to drive as my '72 datsun 510. i had a 510 in ohio but it rusted out in about 2 weeks. thats really the road peoples' fault as we don't have to put salt on our roads in san diego.
I remember wanting to leave so desperately as a teenager. I remember seeing all the ugliest sides here and being eager to finally grow up and get out of here. It took a global pandemic to get me to really explore my hometown and make more friends, and I kinda fell in love with it. It may be a dumpy little city still recovering from the war on drugs, the recession, and of course covid. Toledoans are diverse, resilient, and resourceful, and we're bouncing back not through manufacturing, but through stellar organizations and community building.
I'm glad you did.
I have love for the city but had to leave nearly 6 years ago. We come back to visit fairly often and I would not say it is improving. That said I will be down for the Old West End Festival. Might even swing by Inky's
Toledo's root issues stem from greed, like all American cities. Greed in corporations that shape our country for company financial benefit at ANY cost. Notice how all of the companies he listed that "survived" are no longer owned by wealthy Toledoans.
@@lowermichigan4437we have an inky's in el cajon, but its a bike shop- been there since the schwinn of chicago days.
What would you suggest for a newbie in the area?
I live a couple of minutes from the OG Tony Packos and grew up not far from there. Toledo is in a great location, and the city is only as good as its residents. We've had our ups ans downs, but things have been fairly good and look to be getting better.
I saw one of your videos in my recommended and thought "I'm sure this guy made a video about somewhere around me" and lo and behold, I was right
I grew up in Toledo in the 60's and 70's when Toledo was booming and when it was a wonderful, safe and beautiful place to live and to raise a family. But, by the late 70's, Toledo's decline was in full effect, so I left for the US Army right after high school. Since the 1970's, Toledo continued to decline beyond recognition. If you're well-off, and can afford to live in one of the more affluent areas in Toledo, then life's good for you in Toledo. However, over the years, the Toledo metropolitan area as a whole, has become so unbelievably downtrodden that it's far from a city that anyone could actually be proud to call their home.
There is so much ro do and see here.
I wish those points were talked about more. 😢
"Toledo, Ohio! Everybody's your Dad here."
- Scott the Woz 2021
all i can remember is 'holy toledo- what a car!'
You can always tell if a driver is from Toledo. They'll be the third one running through the red light.
True, so very true.
Good old “Toledo roll through”
Don't turn and pull out in front of any one there, they get upset.
Spent some formative young years there (in the 70s) and I think more fondly of it now then I did then. Have barely been there since then, but am looking forward to a good visit in the near future. The Toledo Goaldiggers were a blast. Hockey games would break out at fights.
They call them the "Walleye" now ( from what I heard).
@@davidjames7382 I saw that. There have probably been a number of others since the Goaldiggers. I remember their big claim to fame was that Mike Eruzione played with them before joining the U.S. 1980 Miracle team. He came back to some games later to be honored/celebrate, etc.
I was born and raised in Toledo. Like all major cities in the USA and the world, it has similar problems. It was a major manufacturing center and most major companies were bought out, moved or just shut down. It's slowly making progress.
toledo was never a major city
san diego is not really major, but its beautiful cuz half the places burn down every 15-20 years....sometimes all at once if theres a dry windstorm.
@@mr.dakamd5444 Toledo was one of the top 5 most affluent cities in the 40s, and 50s.
Born and raised there, still live there
Holy Toledo amirite
Im from Cincinnati and it makes me sad my northern brothers and sisters have lost so much.
i'm a P&G shareholder since 1977. they still build jeeps in toledo- do you guys still build S&S specialty vehicles? i remember driving to florida during spring break and seeing all those cool ambulances and hearses lined up on their 'ready' lines.
i want S&S to build a limo out of my '68 510 four door sedan. i think i know what they'll say....
I know you're going to explain to me that, "It's not a Metro-Parks video" Still the Metro-Parks are a major attraction to the people of Toledo and surrounding communities.
I loved going to Wildwood 40 years ago.
Lived there 20 yrs. Miss Budapest Cafe. Don`t miss driving on icy roads.
Winter is an issue. Not fond of it either.
@@ChristopherSobieniakbeen in san diego for almost 50 years- my skin is so thin i couldn't handle the wintertime anymore.
@@tommurphy4307 I bet. My dad vacated to The Villages, FL this winter.
Most missing person cases near Detroit and nearby neighborhoods have "last seen: Toledo, OH" and areas not too far from Toledo.
Question I have had on my mind a long time. Close Park. Is it called that because it is a close (old fashon term) or is it named after some person or family?
What happened? The same thing that happened to Detroit... manufacturing moved to China. The jobs vanished. The tax base vanished.
we don't have china-built cars here in the US- to what kind of manufacturing were you referring?
Hey, they have Tony Packo's!
I’ve owned so many jeeps that were built in Toledo! Willys, Kaiser, AMC, Chrysler, Fiat and Stellantis. I wonder which company Jeep will outlive next?
Great video!
East sider here. Toledo also was a major port hub, the commercial fishing went away, as well as glass jobs! Toledo could once again attain the glass city status! Big plastic has destroyed us! Stop using plastic!
"Dont get killed here!"
-Scott the Woz
I work at the port of Toledo. There is still a strong industry portion of Toledo. With the new Cleveland cliffs steal plant and oil refineries. Toledo itself definitely is in decline. I live in a suburb away from the city. It is rotting from within
Love Toledo, lived there for 13 years. I have to agree with you on all of that.
The Old West End in Toledo is somewhat a really nice area. Sadly, it has no shopping outlets near it and is also surrounded by ghettos. University of Toledo is really a bright spot of the city. Have a few friends graduated from there. The Downtown area and across the river from Downtown have improved for businesses and housing.
Just go down Monroe or central and you've got plenty of shopping with in 5 miles. That's a very good location because it's easy to get to the shopping from there. Also beautiful old style homes. Toledo has so many beautiful Catholic churches.
@@Sctn187Yes, we do. My mom went to school at Rosary Cathedral in the 50's. And thank goodness we still have a mall on Monroe Street.
@@ChristopherSobieniak my grandma was born in the 50s
@@Sctn187 My grandparents go back to the 1920's
@@ChristopherSobieniak oh wow I bet it was really different then my grandma used to tell me stories about downtown and the different places she grew up and how different it was
Can you do a video about what happened to Bethlehem, PA? Bethlehem Steel was based there and shut down in the 1990s.
Bethlehem Steel Corp. went completely out of business in the mid 90s. Every one of its steel mills were shuttered permanently.
@@r.pres.4121not true- see my comment directly above. sorry about any grammar issues- i'm doing this and watching 'erin brockovich' at the same time and youtube is fucking up and not letting me correct anything.
I remember when officials from the city of Toledo were going around giving residents tickets for parking their cars on gravel driveways, on their own property.
Born here in the 60's.... now live in Perrysburg....t-town has tanked ..once had great middle class neighborhoods..
Now slums.... crime is everywhere....so sad.
From Toledo, Ohio.... The Glassmen!!
Sure, Toledo can be a dangerous place, but overall, the city has soms grea potential. They have the Toledo Zoo, The Great Lakes Museum, Tony Packo's, and multiple other things. The city has multiple historical locations. Even a "castle" that some people claim is haunted.
Walbridge Wildcats...
We 're strong for Walbridge
The greatest school...
We are the Wildcats
and we never lose....
We're proud of our colors
Red and White
We're proud of our team
So fight team fight!
If you know, you know
if you dont, you dont...
“Toledo Ohio, stay a while.There’s a Burger King right down the road.”
I've lived in Toledo my entire life. Yes, there is a population decline. We call it brain drain. Kids grow up, go to college and move away. Many move to the outlaying suburbs like Maumee, Sylvania, Perrysburg, Metamora. For those of us who've stayed, life is good. I'm retired now from the UAW and spend my days tending my garden and chickens. We have relatively low crime, and the economy hasn't hit us that hard yet. Great place to raise a family. The Toledo Museum of Art is one of the best in the world. (One of 3 to have the Reubens Exhibit.) Our Zoo is top notch as well recently beating Jack Hannas Columbus Zoo in a national contest. Don't knock us till you've tried us.
Toledo is a very affordable city but it has troubles. The taxes are high for what you get. The government is not business friendly. Crime is going up. There is a great deal to do and explore. Many great restaurants and unique shopping places. The Zoo and Art Museum are better than one should expect for a city of this size . Great parks.
regarding sentences 2, 3, & 4 of your comment...that applies to every city in the country.
Toledo City sucks but as a whole metro area, it's great and underrated. Its also large, and different parts of town vary tremendously. The good outweighs the bad, and I'd even say its a well kept secret.
Growing up just outside of Toledo in, Monclova, it’s crazy to me how much, Toledo, has surged back, specially in the downtown area.
I moved downtown in 2012 and lived in the lofts right down from 5/3 and it was awesome being able to walk around my city and ACTUALLY have things to do and places to eat, downtown.
I moved away back in 2013 first to illinois and now in NC, I’ve been missing, Toledo, more and more and I’ve been talking to my wife about the possibility of us moving there permanently and setting down roots of our own.
My only real concern is that the economy there now is so heavily based around jeep and keep suppliers that if something goes wrong similar to ‘08, it has a trickle down effect that can’t be avoided in any way. That’s my only real concern but it’s an option still on the table. It’s really just the cost of living that is the most attractive to us there. A 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath with a finished basement in, Toledo, area runs about 3-400, thag same house here in NC minus the finished basement (water table too low) about double that, and even triple that in some neighborhoods. It’s absolutely ridiculously overpriced here.
Edit: a great example of the ludacris prices here, about 12 months ago a 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath ranch on .8 acres sold for over $280,000… it was such a ridiculously paid price that it actually made the news. The buyer refused to be interviewed and stayed anonymous but yeah… a 1500 sq ft, 1 full bath, 1 half bath on a little under an acre with 3 bedrooms, almost $300,000 dollars… same exact house last sold for $140,000 back in 2010… absolutely unreal here.
I'm quoting Dan from Dan Vs here: "There's nothing holy about Toledo." - Dan, 2011
As soon I heard "Detroid" in the first 15 seconds of the video, I knew how the story would go.
Holy Toledo!
I only knew about Toledo Ohio due to Scott the woz
Toledo, Ohio stay a while, there’s a Burger King down the road. Toledo, Ohio, don’t get killed here. Toledo, Ohio, everybody is your dad here
Growing up in Toledo, I’ve always felt as though it resembles Gotham city in its aesthetic and post industrialization
One way to see it. It's how I felt my mom saw it in her youth 70 years ago.
"quick, robin- to the lovely ladies at the pizza cat...."
Bring back Pope-Toledo! They were fantastic automobiles, we need more authentic high quality auto makers in the US. 😊
really? name ONE that we already have.....
And dont forget Dana World Headquarters used to be on Dorr st. My mother worked there for 34 yrs before she retired.
My grandma worked for Prestolite. They had a plant in Toledo. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestolite_Electric
@ChristopherSobieniak cool. My Grandfather worked for 30+ years for LOF glass company. If I remember correctly, they made the glass that went into World Trade Center 1 and 2.
@@davidjames7382 Yep, Toledo has some firsts that aren't as well known today, like the first radio broadcast.
@@ChristopherSobieniak and I must say, the old Tony Packos on the East side.
Yes, they were in the old Governor's mansion
Ohio got Toledo, Michigan got the upper peninsula. Sounds like Wisconsin lost the Toledo war.
my favorite Rapper from Toledo.
#SevenTheRev
I live there in the Old West End
pizza cat in toledo is fire. even if u just passing through go get a pie.
If I am just passing through I am stopping at Inky's
maybe the lovely ladies- curiosity killed the cat but i'm no pussy....
Mazzas is better
You must be the owner because it ain't that good. Way better pizza in toledo
Toledo, Ohio.
Everyone's your dad here!
Toledo was cool, about 30 years ago.. Now it’s unrecognizable to me
I live in Toledo and they have nothing here just restaurants and bars for the elderly there's nothing I'm 58 and I'm too young to be in a senior center programs it's depressing
Toledo is my hometown. After WWII, Toledo became very dependent on auto industry and big unions. New businesses went elsewhere. Urban blight took over as the unions choked the life out of the auto industry. The city leveled all of the great buildings (Paramount, Spitzer Arcade, et al) and many of the Victorian neighborhoods. People like me fled. The underclass all stayed, and crime got much much worse.
Urban blight?
Unions are not to blame.
None of the building are being leveled. Actually, most are being renovated for future use.
we have the opposite problem- a lot of democrats are leaving san diego but people from other parts of california are buying up most of the real estate here- places can and do go for about 50K or more over the asking price and we still have multiple bidders on sales even though the mortgage rates are up. the average home in san diego county is over 900K now and it just keeps going up. if i didn't have mine paid off (i got it in 83 for 105K) i would have to get out of dodge cuz auto club cancelled my insurance and it's required if there is any mortgage or mortgages against the property. i'm lucky to have a liability policy or i would be paying about 7K/year in the california fair access to insurance plan (we call it the state 'no fair' plan). if i paid that much, i'd be tempted to torch it just to get my money's worth. the problem is the ignorant newsom administration- and he wants to be your president. the good news for us is we would be getting him out of here for at least four years. state farm has stated that they no longer write up homeowners policies in california. well, kick their asses clean out of here, then! NONE of the companies will write policies in my town of alpine- we have a reputation of being a probable wildfire site. they ARE allowing californians to bring their insurance coverages here if they are existing cali policy-holders. well, BULLSHIT. women of wrestling is on- gotta go.
Live in Michigan ❤ Toledo
I worked for Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company and stayed near Rossford for work. It was a cool city at the time in the 90's but you could see how it was getting a bit run down. I later was dating a young lady from Oregon....OR-E-GONE! 😅
I just had this conversation with my 7 yo son about how to say Oregon. 😂
Toledo! "This is home" 👍
boy I miss Southwyck
Me too! IMO the most beautiful mall I’ve seen. It’s a shame what happened
@@pepperonipete7566 Oh yeah Red Baron's.
I miss that acrylic chlorine pretzel smell that hit your face as soon you walk in the mall.
I remember the restaurant right after the arcade. The fountain in the center. And just walking around the mall around Christmas time! Memories.
The mall with the Merry Go Round is what I'll always remember it as
The answer is Heroin.
😂😂😂
the Pretenders sang about this type thing back in the '80's
That’s true. Chrissy Hynde is from Akron. In “My City Was Gone” you hear references to that area.
you think YOU have it bad- all of akron's farms have been replaced by shopping malls- and nobody even goes to malls anymore.
I'm from Michigan, but still haven't been to Toledo. Hear the pro wrestling scene is getting better though
you mean the WOW?- women of wrestling??
Born raised there 1965-1984. Ran away at 18 and I joined the Marines.
Went back in 2013... what a shithole it is now.😢
Michigan was rewarded the Upper Peninsula and Ohio got the Toledo Strip? I think it's safe to say Michigan got the better part of that deal. 😂
Actually it was going to be called Lake Superior State, but the government's couldn't agree on it, so it ended up to be UPPER Peninsula of Michigan. 🇺🇸
We are actually doing perfectly fine.
People have just been trying to run a campaign against our city.
Yeah, it has its troubles like any were else.
But that’s just life.
Truth is though, we’ve been kinda spared from the larger mass of it though.
So more people are actually starting to move here from the places where it’s far, far worse.
Cause we aren’t flaring up like that.
And those places.
You ever want to just chill?
Just come here, and find your peace.
Go to a metro park, or something else as relaxing.
Party, eat something good.
And just live life.
That’s Toledo.
We chill.
When's the last time you listened to the police scanner in Toledo Ohio, it's crazy there so many shootings and people dying for nothing, plus young people stealing cars and trucks that go over 120 mph and most of them don't have a clue how to drive those Kia's and Hyundai's cars, crazy on my scanner every night, So much crime in Lucas county Ohio.
Very Scary to have to live there, I have friends that live on the west side of Toledo and they say after 10 PM all hell starts and it's unsafe to go anywhere after dark, unless you are with a group of friends or family members, very sad for these cities with so much crime going on every day and night.
Most of the time on the police scanner there's at least 275 people listening to all the calls about shootings and stealing vehicles.
It's worse than Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota.
@@genegustafson1665maybe you when hear so much negative stuff if you’d stop listening to a POLICE SCANNER! I grew up on the southside and the early 90s and lived on the east side and the West End, well I lived all over Toledo. It’ll always be home and stop freaking out. It’s not all that bad.
It's really not that bad of a city. Nice zoo and art museum. I live by that saying "When in Rome"
Toledo may not appeal tonsome of you folks but WE LOVE OUR CITY! We survive and thrive like all cities in america drugs run rampent. Yes even you country folk whos kids get high also
do you guys have recreational cannabis? i raise afghan kush for a couple of dispensaries in SD. usually tests at around 30%. testing is expensive and they are trying to make us do it every year now. how often does ohio require it?
Just watched a football game from there last night.
It snowed
At least we can list a few good things about Toledo
1 World class Museum
2 World class Zoo
3 Phenomenal park system
4 The finest minor league ball park in the US
5 Mud hens
6 The lake
We have that. Lake Erie has had its troubles, but we pulled through. You could say we had many great expectations to be a good city from the start. We just need to find the right niche to fill.
Born and raised in Toledo. Left in 1979 to seek a better life in California. Now leaving CA due to its Dem/Lib/Progressive destruction. Wherever the DLPs get total control ruin is sure to follow.
Where I come from, Toledo means something else..., 🎉 !!!
Holy Toledo!!
Fair assessment i think
I've lived here all my life. We all know what happened to Toledo Ohio. We were warned by adults back in the late sixties and seventies. And once certain individuals moved into the city that was basically the beginning of the end
What individuals?
If you enjoy constant gunplay & constant construction projects that never get finished then Toledo is the city for you!
Ask me how I know
If only the construction workers would stop shooting at each other
What happened? Is our government sold us out to cheaper manufacturing in china. All the regulations and rules made it impossible to manufacture anything.And it was done like that on purpose
Nice to see Little Detroit getting some love.