Abandoned Detroit

[@seansmith8920]

For those who don't know....the train Depot is now owned by Ford and will be undergoing extensive renovations to headquarter their autonomous vehicle center....it is no longer abandoned

[@Frank7748124]

@@cyberhype5495 Still happening; it will take years.

[@ThatKidExplorer]

@@cyberhype5495 Nah, its set for completion this year, goofy.

[@susanmurphy4547]

Did a great job filming all of these buildings a lot of good memories keep up the great work

[@JohnDoe-vq8bg]

The future of many cities look the same as this. Thanks for sharing and best regards.

[@tigersteele9552]

THANK GOD...THEY ARE SAVING THE TRAIN STATION!!!! IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN DETROIT!!!

[@jcee2259]

Thank the Ford folks. Dialing Jesus Collect isn't an option.

[@Chrially2931]

This all stems from outsourcing. When jobs go overseas, residents and people of these communities and cities are left to find low-wage jobs compete for jobs that are scarce or they scatter. This is a sad tale. They always want to blame the people of these communities but what about the jobs, what happened to the jobs, where did these companies go? They outsourced, they went overseas for cheaper labor and left communities like this behind. What a sad tale.

[@brooksanderson2599]

Chrially2931. Agreed! I live in Saltillo, the Detroit of, Mexico. The rich, Republican, oligarcs moved the USA auto assembly plants here. Miles long trains come into the city at night with auto parts and the trains leave in the afternoon for the USA with so called, American vehicles. An assembly line worker here in Mexico earns about US $12 to $15 US dollars per DAY! That is less than USA workers earn per hour! And, when was the last time you saw USA car and pickup prices go down? If one believes that the USA rich Republicans are ever going to give up their lucrative stock dividends to return jobs to the USA , I would like to know what kind of weed that you are smoking. Trump is an oligarc. Why would he work against the intrests of fellow oligarcs_ Hint He wont. p.s. Sorry about the punctuation. but, my software cannot handle constant switching between Spanish and English. !Saludos desde Mexico!

[@alainarchambault2331]

Yep, those on the right keeps harping about Democrats and taxes. That's nothing compared to cheap labour abroad.

[@takemethere78]

Chrially2931 there are alot of places w very lil jobs but the ppl dont act like animals and destroy everything

[@sixmile2360]

While it is true that outsourcing auto jobs to Mexico has impacted the industry as a whole it is not really what happened in Detroit. The last assembly plant to close inside the city was the Clark St. Cadillac Assembly plant in 1986. Many of those employees transferred to the then new Poletown Assembly. Most Detroit plant closures took place in the 1970s and 1980s due to a shift in technology away from rear wheel drive platforms. What happened to dozens of other communities around the country from Kenosha Wi. to Wilmington Del. in the 90s and 2000s happened in Detroit years before. There are still three assembly plants either completely or partially inside the city. Detroits problems are multi dimensional. Job loss from the fifties through the eighties, middle class flight, race relations, drugs, crime and crooked politicians blended together for the perfect storm of decay and desolation. But things are looking up. Ford Motor is renovating Michigan Central Station as a part of a huge new development campus in Corktown bringing up to 5000 new jobs, Mahindra, an Indian company is building a new assembly center and Chemical Bank just announced construction of a new world head quarters on Woodward Ave. in the Fox Theater area. Now the city has to increase its focus on the neighborhoods. A tough challenge to say the least.

[@lewisner]

Same thing has happened big style in the UK with jobs going to EU countries like Romania where the average wage is £250 a month. That's why we voted to leave Europe in 2016.

[@randyfarr844]

So damn much automotive history there and its just neglected, I worked for GM in an assembly plant for 31 years and this is just sad.

[@1L6E6VHF]

2:14 I vividly remembered that night, I was sadly awestruck as the flames took their toll.

[@olafweinzer5746]

Something was done wrong in our country. My Cleveland is also running out. In my parents' Pittsburg, they managed to organize themselves and did not have these ruins, but Pitty have half the population of 1960. New Orleans is gone. Dear Philly just doesn't end because it's so big. What will be in our country? Will it be reduced to Manhattan and Beverly Hills?

[@borntoraisehell5353]

It sad how they are not trying to preserved the history of Detroit which has an impact on the old world sad,sad! Knocking down historical bluildings which dosen"t make since to me.

[@andrewachterhof3198]

Gloria Davis Ford bought the Michigan Central Depot and is in the process of renovating it

[@mbulu6351]

Preserve what a building . Preserve something that will be around for thousands of years like pyramid great wall. Would you spend a dollar to save something that cost a penny

[@cashed-out2192]

@@andrewachterhof3198 The Fords can only do so much. Detroit is quite an enormity right now

[@jerrysmith7449]

sticker shock - Bedrock Detroit is leading the drive to rebuild the city, from the Downtown District outwards. Young adults see a place to work and live in a city of imagination, low living costs, and a growing community of innovative companies in search of workers.

[@Justincasethompson]

Detroit's old & unused or underused former auto plants have much potential. As Detroit redevlopes & gentrfies & becomes more appealing to wealthy people it is important to remember that many wealthy people are car collectors. Imagine how cool it would be to say your new-old townhouse is part of a old auto plant. Ford's old Piquete Ave plant has garage doors on the first floor. Then it looks like 3 floors above that. Why not 6 to 8 bedroom lofts designed for car collectors? These new luxury lofts for car collectors could be marketed in Hemmings Motor News.

[@CraigFactsareFacts]

"As Detroit redevelops & gentrifies & becomes more appealing to wealthy people..." Wait. What...??? You ARE kidding, right? So...lemme get this straight: wealthy people are going to move into an abandoned, drug and crime infested shithole where their stuff will be spray painted, they will be mugged and shot and black transvestites looking for johns will be about the only ones roaming the streets? Is THAT what you mean by "re-development and gentrification"....? Jus' wonderin'.

[@derrickg91]

where did all the industry operator go? went to Korea & China?

[@r.pres.4121]

Another major factor that brought Detroit down was the 50+ year monolithic rule of the Democratic Party in its city government. When the democrats completely took over around 1960, they immediately went to work with jacking up taxes on business and industry along with their never ending pandering to both corrupt organized labor and the unmotivated urban poor. After the 1967 rebellion or riots, Detroit went into free fall and the democrats made the city more uncompetitive with higher taxes and their continued pandering to both corrupt organized labor and the unmotivated urban poor just drove even more business, industry along with taxpaying residents right out of the city. These failed urban policies continued through the 70s, 80s, and 90s and Detroit went from a proud, prosperous city of almost 2,000,000 in population to a deteriorated, diminished, drug invested, poverty stricken city of barely 700,000 in population.

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

You're preaching to the choir.

[@danballard3382]

Trump Russian Troll Alert! Syntax and alt-crazy talking points indicate high probability this is a paid comrade. Ignore this fool.

[@checkpointcharlie1788]

Yea, that's right, make fun of him because he doesn't agree with your viewpoint, very mature.

[@sixmile2360]

While I dont completely agree with all of your points much of what you say is true. I am a Republican living in the city. A relative rarity. There is significant positive change underway driven by massive private sector investment and a pragmatic Democrat mayor. For the first time in my adult life I believe that this comeback is real. There is a lifetime of work still to go to make it city wide but even I am now optimistic. It will be interesting to see what the anti democrats who fill the comment sections of these videos will say when the city has truly turned the corner.

[@Cougelly1999]

Six Mile, you seem to be huge fan of your town. I read "Big Promises for a Thriving Urban Core in Detroit Vanish into a Swath of Parking Lots" by a reporter for the Guardian, Oct. 8th, 2018, I had a hard time believing that almost 100% of the comments were so degrading and blaming. I then looked at images for Detroit and got a different story. It sounded like the stories were talking about two different places entirely. I hope you are telling the right story.

[@paulb1150]

Why don't you guys pointing thing & places out !!! Tell WHERE & WHAT IT IS ! ! !.

[@regand7830]

Central Station...what a MASSIVE building!! Unbelievable.

[@jeffmayo2439]

What do you think about while watching this ?For myself...I think of the blood sweat and tears that the workers of those days gave to companies that abandoned them and the town.Whole lives were spent and or wasted on a false promise of a glorious future for the American work force and the generations to follow. But..it's not only the auto manufatcurers.but Textile, steel ect..So Sad.

[@MrEric2cu]

To everyone's shock and disbelief, our government simply stated out of the blue, the pension fund promised to us has been spent and is no longer available. Who would have ever guessed our own country would lie, deceive, and abandon us? Instead of retiring, government now insists we take control of our own retirement savings in the form of the 401k.

[@thezmanchar]

For your information downtown Detroit is booming at the moment with reconstruction and it will look awesome your making it sound like Detroit is some hole in the wall and you go by going through the backroads.

[@sunspiral79]

Looks like a shit hole to me

[@lorisanford3551]

This was very difficult to watch....a range of emotions. Mostly its just sad.

[@morgansword]

8:44, the car parked there is a million dollar GT40 and those are so rare that you make an appointment to see and bid on one, so if a person got their hands on one never registered, it never existed.!! Wow, there in less than ten minutes are cars worth more than I made working all my life

[@jeantetreault132]

I can't understand the fact that there's over 300 million americans in the States and i haven't seen a single bloody soul walking in the streets of Detroit in this entire video.

[@ratj4715]

What the government and big companies are and doing to this country. It so sad seeing city and towns just died like this. All because of greed.

[@gsb1616]

Someone that worked there for years they put so much money developing just the buildings making thousands of cars, how can this go so wrong? Who pocketed all the money if I worked here I would be so sad to see it in this way. I live in St. Louis home where they made corvettes now the place looks like a foreign country all rotting away. I visited Australia their cities are new and kept clean no one trashes their cities. USA is not a great country o live and raise a family. Sad, so sad.

[@MrEric2cu]

Who would have thought Detroit would go from the most powerful city in America to a burned out, destroyed, and abandoned city In such a short period of time. Sadly, It's one of many cities who have suffered the same fate. As corporations outsourced their labor to other countries to save money, the middle class ceased to exist. Even if corporations were to bring labor back, It's too late. There are those who are wealthy, and those who are in poverty. The one word responsible for this and eventually the destruction of this planet Is greed.

[@brianambory6951]

Just FYI- The Chevrolet dealership that the narrator claimed was closed is actually open, James Martin Chevrolet has been there forever and operates a thriving business, being one of only a few new car dealerships in the city.

[@willbygosh4887]

The Train Station has now been restored to it's former glory.

[@susanmurphy4547]

To bad they couldn’t do something with all of these old building it’s a shame to see them all beat up

[@jameshuron8077]

What is he driving a lowrider without shocks ?

[@morininhooo]

This scenario reminds me a great TV show... TWD!! Where are the walkers? o.o

[@pointuout2020]

You should visit the Detroit Masonic Lodge and see where the Detroit Elks Temple was at as well!

[@jcee2259]

Saying we all did not ? I'd agree mistakes happen.

[@morininhooo]

Could someone live in one of the abandoned apartments? I could live in one if I got a job in this city and if it wasn't so dangerous.

[@niklas_mac8896]

What is the name of the big building at min 12:31

[@Backroadtravelers]

The Train Depot. Recently purchased by Ford and is being renovated.

[@andrewachterhof3198]

The Michigan Central Train Depot now owned by Ford and coming back to life

[@joelchristensen9503]

Studebaker located South bend IN. Packard location Detroit.

[@lindamesa4941]

from what I have heard, the yuppies are buying up these old buildings and turning them into high end condos! that would be great because it is just a big mess downtown! A bunch of concrete, twisted steel and broken windows!

[@sixmile2360]

Linda. For petes sake you have no idea what you are talking about. Downtown is fine. The office occupancy rate is +94% New office buildings are being built. Chemical Bank announced today that they are moving their corporate headquarters into the city and building and constructing a 20 story building on Woodward Avenue. Look at Detroit comeback videos and educate yourself.

[@Congaman41]

This is what Globalism brings you. Fight the Globalists.

[@vernitaforeman4233]

I use to live in detroit mich it is a shame how it went down. To th÷ grown sweetv sandiego for20 years iam out

[@takemethere78]

The crime is out of control i wouldnt even visit the animals ruined it

[@sixmile2360]

Crime is down in Detroit. Still a long way to go but trending in the right direction. I live downtown. The latest data shows that downtown, midtown, new center, cork town. and woodbridge crime rates are lower than Houston, Dallas and Denver downtown areas. As far as visiting? No problem. Stay away. We are fine with that.

[@cwb0051]

insult to animals..

[@jerrysmith7449]

The city’s coming back. Detroiters are rebuilding their city at the same they are reclaiming their heritage. They don't need your defeatist bullshit. Adiós!👋

[@meanqueenvvvvv]

Detroit isn"t exactly a back road town.

[@mrhelsel]

Give it a rest Detroit was in a downward Spiral for 50 years and you expect it to be perfect with in a few years ..

[@morininhooo]

14:32 >> *T W D !!!*

[@eltsennestle998]

Can't hear a damn thing the guide is saying.

[@robertgoidel]

How did they ever get all those cars up on a different level of this building???

[@jcee2259]

Bison herds in Detroit are only safe if the big brutes are wearing metal automobile bodywork from a previous century..

[@christhornley1664]

Poor Detroit, a city in profound and terminal decline, city block after city block abandoned and decaying.

[@sixmile2360]

It is obvious that you have never been to Detroit. You tube Detroit comeback. Lots of amazing stuff going on. Massive infusion of private sector funding, construction, rebuilding, companies moving in. Still a lot to do but expand your horizons and look at some of the good stuff..

[@LB-pg3no]

@@sixmile2360 did the republicans take over now that it is rebuilding.....the democrats ruin everything they control!

[@sixmile2360]

L B The simple answer is no. The Republicans at the national level have little, if anything, to do with the comeback. Same goes for national Democrats. The comeback is a homegrown thing. Up until this past November we had a Republican Governor who I liked. He stubbed his toe with the Flint thing but overall was a good governor who worked closely with the city. The city has a moderate Democrat mayor who is pro-business and pro-resident. Together they have worked hard to start the comeback which is now for real. The actual heroes are the private investors. From billionaires like Dan Gilbert and Roger Penske to little guys like the man around the corner from me who opened up a fruit market in an abandoned store front. The comeback is being driven by private money and pragmatic, cooperative politicians. I am a card carrying Republican who has worked on dozens of local and statewide campaigns. I disagree with a lot of the Democrat agenda but know the the blame for the downfall of Detroit can be spread out among a lot people over a broad political spectrum. With all due respect. Your rhetoric about Democrats is just the simpleton nonsense of a person ignorant of the challenges that Detroit faces every day. My advice is to quit looking at nine year old videos and educate yourself about the realities of the city. Be honest. Have you ever even been in the city of Detroit? It’s funny. Most people who spew political nonsense about our city never respond to that question.

[@davidturner2113]

Every time I look at these Detroit videos they are just shocking.

[@Brooklyn_Powers]

Even more so, when seeing it in person...

[@jcee2259]

I couldn't get shocked in my bathtub until I'd took up juggling some Detroit appliances.

[@johnnyhawkins43]

The home of Bob Segar!!!!!!##

[@ConnieT994]

My old home town

[@cccpkingu]

It pains me that people like this get to live around and in beautiful architecture.

[@jcee2259]

Jimmy Hoffa never said a word about being put under Zug Isle. Maybe he paid no mind to beautiful architecture ?

[@Storolf]

If I lived in Detroit, I'd make a hustle by offering guided blight & squalor tours. It's a kinda niche tourism market perhaps Detroit should embrace. Many people would find it all quite fascinating.

[@avalondreaming1433]

Storolf Well, they offer Katrina tours down in New Orleans

[@mikerocks56]

Just look on google. There are people who already do this

[@guynorth3277]

It is extremely dangerous to be in some places in Detroit.

[@jamescutler4515]

This is another fascinating but sad video. I guess in a nut shell Detroit boomed with the manufacture and sales of all American cars but was hit hard by cheap foreign imports. Detroit is a monument to the pitfalls of world trade. I wonder if America was more isolationist and refused foreign imports or placed such large tariffs that buying American would always be the cheaper option. With all this in mind it does make sense what Trump is trying to do

[@j.d.schultzsr.9215]

"The only reason I became mayor was that nobody else wanted the God-damned thing"---Coleman A. Young

[@rubentorres3458]

Ojalá que algún día vuelvan a tener esas fábricas en acción generando mucho trabajo y prosperidad saludos

[@robertferguson1130]

Sad subject matter, sad camera-work. Find the "focus" knob on your camera and quit waving your camera around.

[@Jerry-nz5rw]

Do you have an "OFF" button dipshit?

[@Davett53]

June 2021: This would be a nightmare at night,...I bet a lot of dead bodies end up being dumped here. I have explored this ruin in photos and other videos,....it is damned scary there and sad that a new use was never found. Due to the 2020 Pandemic, the Central Terminal project is/was on hold, but is expected to resume, soon.

[@fazerhomer]

really sad to see, what happened to Detroit !!

[@garysweeney3625]

I believe that might have been a impound yard.

[@MrBearcatjew]

Maybe don't rely on one industry to drive your entire economy. Food for thought.

[@deboradeatley9140]

why didnt they restore the train depot ha pretty building wish they would do something for it

[@sharonmullins1957]

Ford is restoring the train station. too bad that those posting this shit, do not keep up to date.

[@jeffs.5882]

The UAW got so greedy,they destroyed a whole city and industry. They got what they deserved.

[@gordbaker896]

Great subject, terrible drunken out of focus camera work.

[@eddiescott4598]

Gord Baker f

[@yodservant]

Hard to watch as camera moved much too quickly and lots of shaking

[@RONWOLPA]

Sadly abandoned Detroit .

[@scottfenner7078]

Who stops for the lights? Amateur 🙄

[@celiagadelha4781]

Tinha que ter dublagem para esses vídeos amooooooo EU não sei inglês não entendo nada mas vejo assim mesmo adoroooooooo essas casas antiga

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@sicks6six]

Detroit looks like Berlin at the end of WW2, but America rebuilt berlin and created inward investment !

[@stevewilson6235]

Musta been a hella fight,huh. 5/19 /2020

[@jimpardo9211]

I would like to see the City of Detroit clean up all the graffiti on these buildings...

[@StanO011]

One of the saddest videos I've seen. I would love to see President Trumps' government tackle the problem of bringing Detroit back. I don't know what the solution is.

[@stephenn6657]

StanO011 Ford is moving its plant to China. The one they initially proposed moving to Mexico. How about starting with them.

[@brooksanderson2599]

Outsourcing is Detroits problem, NOT race! I live in Saltillo, Mexico where the jobs went. PLEASE read my previous posts.

[@danielyoung6630]

Did someone say Motown? Hey baby it moved out of town!

[@celiagadelha4781]

Por favor coloque dublagem

[@bethbartlett5692]

Does that vehicle not have Shocks"?" *This country is not Capitalist it is Corporatism, and that's a range of Totaliarian* Elite owns everything, beginning with Federal Reserve Bank *Corporation* and "MS News Media". The Gov merely shuffles paperwork of their Corporation desired law changes and to help it all appear as a normal system. They own your birth certificate and its traded daily on the NYSE. Look it up. Suggested Watch, etc: It is what an Industrial City looks like when the Corporate *Owners* pull out (for whatever reason) and they don't reside in the local area. "The Century 9f the Self" Google the owners of: Fed, Aassociated Press, Fox, etc Balfour Declaration Who finances war loans? CIA and Prescott Bush It's all a Production.

[@morgansword]

Who ever owns that is so rich that wheel borrows were invented to pack their money for them yet they write it off as a loss to them because it is shut down and not making "x" dollars and write it off... the double dipper

[@moto1p1]

This guy sounds like he's agro most of the time for no good reason, unfortunately, I'm the same way.

[@jasmineh3587]

Love the old model.t

[@avalondreaming1433]

Count the potholes

[@dasteelerfan1]

Ghost town

[@cwb0051]

You were laughing , when it was Not Appropriate..

[@jimmihotdog3469]

Everyone in jail ?.

[@sixmile2360]

jimmi hotdog Nope. 34000 people work downtown.

[@jimmihotdog3469]

Six Mile cheers

[@rebeccamartinez7053]

Sound is horrible.

[@johnnieredwine8663]

If you don't know Detroit don't try to do videos....

[@philpuglisi1069]

good job Obama and Clinton bush

[@worldpeace6331]

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[@juanaluna1915]

America's destiny with Donald j.trump

[@paulroggenbeck3129]

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