How Detroit Went From Good to Bad to Good Again

Did you know that when Detroit filed for bankruptcy in 2013, it was the largest city bankruptcy filing by debt ever, estimated at a massive $18 to $20 billion? Or that in the 1950s Detroit was the richest city in the U.S and maybe even the world according to some people?
Based on this, it probably won’t surprise you to learn that Detroit has faced a lot of challenges over the years, from the collapse of its automotive industry during the 2008 financial crisis to the city’s own bankruptcy filings in 2013. However, despite these negative events, Detroit wasn’t always a place of hardships and in fact, during its early years, Detroit was one of America’s most promising cities. What might be even more surprising is that recent events even suggest that things might be looking up for the city today.
But what’s the cause of all of the ups and downs Detroit has faced over the years? Well, today on Across the Globe we’re going to be looking at How Detroit Went From Good to Bad to Good Again.
While we do our best to provide you with the most accurate information. These are after all just our take based on data we analyzed. You should make your own decisions based on your own experiences by visiting the places we talk about!
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[@gabetalks9275]

Detroit's embrace of urbanism is also contributing massively to its revival. They're tearing down one of their downtown highways and turning the land back into the mixed-use residential area that it once was. This is a trend that will more than likely continue as Detroit sees the benefits of what they destroyed back in the 50's.

[@akinoz]

That’s the way!

[@Sacto1654]

In fact, towns like Detroit and Cleveland have the "blank canvas" to create a new vision of 21st Century urbanism that could match what the Dutch has done in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Let's tear down many of the decrepit, unusable buildings and replace them with new buildings and offices inspired by classical and Art Deco architecture.

[@cougarsstudios]

I’m optimistic about Detroit. I live around Pontiac and you can definitely feel the positivity spreading though out the area. We’ll be back. Might take some time but this is a great region that is not dying

[@peach495]

Michigan in the summer is a wonderful place to live.

[@mikeohawk95]

Even to automobile works back in motion, rebuilding delving enighbourhoods, even mass green projects planned sicne 2010, highway and tunnel projects , monorail expansion and more and maybe YOUR ideas added too

[@mikeohawk95]

Even best city in Michigan!!! And also loved its pine grove records akak record label I’ve listened to since middle school

[@vincenta1382]

I’m from Southern France, and I’ve stayed in Detroit for a few weeks while I was travelling the US. It became my favorite city in the country, I only met welcoming and kind people who treated me like one of their own. The city does have a strange atmosphere, like it’s been stuck in time, but I was really inspired by some stories that I heard, and I always give credit to the locals when mentioning how good the city is becoming now, because from what I seen they always had each other’s back with no outside help and got their salvation out of sheer solidarity and effort. Much love for Michigan from Corsica.

[@mikeohawk95]

@@vincenta1382 sent a few weeks theer back when i was a teen in 2008 and visted agin once 2011 and met a famosu rapper artist form piengrove records and soem music still online to this day whom wrote classics like lets go jesus, i love minoraties, budder, bugatti, etc

[@crowquilltarot]

Born and raised. You won’t find more resilient people anywhere. Indomitable spirits. You’ll never keep Detroit down, and anyone from there knows it. BTW, BEST art museum in the country.

[@Laughandsong]

I agree. I visited in 2016 and am due for a return.

[@tuxtommy69]

The DIA! You bet! And the BEST Riverwalk (in the top3) in the nation!

[@spg5658]

Coming back strong now. Cranes everywhere! Absolutely beautiful now. Much better than NY, LA, etc

[@JaiAcuneIdeeQuoiMettreIci]

I am frequently in Windsor, Ontario and I definitely agree.

[@brooklynbri7572]

Let's all stop comparing. Shows a sign of insecurity.

[@frankwoodley965]

Chicago is still the best city!

[@lmvr127]

@@brooklynbri7572not signs of insecurity, signs to follow!

[@LiamBeauvais-xg8ve]

@@frankwoodley965I’m not so sure….

[@OskarWilder]

Love to see America's Comeback City!

[@orlandofields1973]

I've lived in Detroit my entire 50 years of life. I've seen the ups, the downs and the bankruptcy. I can say with the utmost certainty, that Detroit is coming back economically. The city can now sign checks and all that in black ink, instead of red ink.

[@erkuza9220]

Funny how when for the first time in decades a black isn't mayor that the city starts improving right away

[@user-iw1tv7nm9f]

How poetic

[@orlandofields1973]

@UnstopablePatriot I used to work for the state. I know how bad Detroit was. They were never trillions in the hole. At the worst, it was a few hundred million.

[@jdosvd]

Good things has improved. Also the spiritual environment should be good to keep satan and his demons at bay.

[@orlandofields1973]

@UnstopablePatriot not my problem anymore. I'm retired

[@luisa.6520]

I appreciate you bringing attention to the decline and rebirth of our magnificent city. It's good to see it portrayed positively, even though there are still a lot of obstacles to overcome. This helps shift the perception of the city from one of a dangerous, abandoned metropolis to one that is making a comeback. It will, in my opinion, revert to its former glory as a magnificent metropolis.

[@joserrapere5928]

I am one of those artists who is trying to do my small part. I am rehabbing a house on the East side which is still pretty rough. But it has to start this way. There are families on the block that have been there for decades, and I hope they know we are trying to respect them, not gentrify to push them out. Their property values will increase. And Duggan has done amazing things. The blight clearing alone has done so much. There is land now to garden.

[@salemdesigns65]

Good grief. I'm glad you're not my neighbor.

[@donde2k]

Wow, ​@@salemdesigns65, Jose isn’t even yt, and you’re hating on them. You’re definitely a Democrat.

[@donde2k]

Did you get dropped as a baby, @@salemdesigns65?

[@homecourtstory]

@@salemdesigns65why do you say that?

[@salemdesigns65]

@homecourtstory I'm a Eastsider now myself, born and raised right here in Detroit. I work in Detroit and shop in Detroit the best I can. My statements are from 60 years of experience - that, "I hope they know we are trying to respect them, not gentrify to push them out" crap doesn't fly with most of us. I have to assume that this commentor is Whyte. A BLacK person wouldn't have thought that way. What the heck does that mean anyway??!!! - to try not to push them out??!! I'M going to move because YOU came here to fix up a house??! Huh?? Go on, fix up your gentrified houses, but you better live in that house and put your kids in the Detroit public schools too, THEN you'll respect us. Otherwise, we don't have time with you.

[@jovicatrpcevski209]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="892">14:52</a>, for those not familiar with Detroit & its environs, what you're looking at is Windsor,Ontario, Canada - our good neighbor across the [Detroit] river.

[@jovicatrpcevski209]

Man - all those people walking on the sidewalks of Detroit in those old video clips. It reminds me of one of my high school friends' mother : she told us back then that in the 1940's - when she was a young girl - Detroit was like New York City ( I also heard that said by another lady concerning Mount Clemens, the capital of Macomb County, north of Detroit, which is in Wayne County ). That's exactly what I got to thinking : how I would be hard-pressed to identify either Detroit or NYC in those clips, absent any landmarks that have survived down to the present day.

[@silentmajority8365]

Once the auto capital of the world now a third world country Demographics change everything

[@user-yg1jd6dt1b]

There’s plenty of landmarks that still exist today, just go down and see for yourself.

[@IOSALive]

Across The Globe, I really liked this video! I subscribed too!

[@Acrosstheglobechannel]

Thanks!

[@LisaMarshall0]

Thank you for highlighting the downfall and revival of our great city. While there are still many challenges, it is nice to see it being shown in a positive light, helping to change its reputation as a dangerous, abandoned city to a city experiencing a comeback. I believe it will become the great city that it was once again.

[@silentmajority8365]

Juneteenth lol

[@Michael-fl1tm]

The blacks destroyed it and they are the ones that will always keep it down.

[@JohnnyFarcry]

You're smoking crack if you think it will ever be as great as it once was.

[@donde2k]

@@silentmajority8365Joomteemf is the correct spelling and pronunciation, just fyi.

[@kingchristian772]

​@donde2k no it's Juneteenth

[@clarkisaac6372]

I went to the place in 2018; it was quite a modern, clean, popular, and facilitated urban view. People enjoyed daily life by walking around the riverside near the GM building, racing on boats on the water, or casino life at nightfall. Some people may ask: The city's crime rate is still high. This may sound reasonable that as reports in the papers have shown, yes, there is still something that is contributing to the people's concern, such as early closure of business hours at the local stores(usually around 4-5pm on business days); and frequent police patrols from daylight to nightfall, focusing on highly populated areas like black communities; casinos and a few sections of downtown. If you'd like to visit the city with your own eyes, you'd better choose daylight to come out and stay in areas that are heavily crowded and come back to the hotel or motel no later than 10pm(because after this time you can hear horns of police cars all around downtown).

[@mercifulmercedmemoirs6457]

It gets REAL @ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="335">5:35</a> mark 🎯💯🫴🏼🇵🇷 Great Documentary 👍🏼🥇✨ Thank you with GRATITUDE.

[@nandudangal1]

Worth watching… beside all the empty house all around while driving . These days lots of gap is filling up.

[@silentmajority8365]

Who would invest in a crime filled swamp?

[@seriousbutfunny2]

@@silentmajority8365 Have you ever been? People who only get information from the mainstream media and YT videos do themselves a disservice. Go and meet people where they stand and live, then come back and give nuance opinion.

[@frankbj1152]

That's in every major city

[@gaemr_o5147]

@@frankbj1152 yeah but what's the point comparing Detroit to a typical major city. What's interesting is how it was bankrupt a decade ago and is climbing out of the pit. Obviously it's no new york (yet)

[@jlawrence0181]

Good to bad to good again. Probably not. Good to bad to stabilized. Probably. And yes, I did read the entire bankruptcy filing in 2014. Thousands of pages and a great document of years of neglect.

[@tfredrick01]

Im Happy for Detroit. Michigan needs a strong city, which hopefully Detroit can become. But if 1940-50 Detroit was good than it has a very long way to go currently.

[@Fields11]

Love My City born and raised and live in Detroit!!! Its history is very overlooked sometimes this video explained perfecrly 👌

[@BuckeyesBattleCry]

May Detroit continue to rise! 🎶Youre the God of this city, You are! Bless this land, Lord as its people turn to You!

[@silentmajority8365]

MLK ultra

[@erkuza9220]

@@silentmajority8365 Funny how when for the first time in decades a black isn't mayor that the city starts improving right away

[@silentmajority8365]

@@erkuza9220 Imagine them all relocated out of America

[@silentmajority8365]

​ @erkuza9220 Imagine the country without them

[@homecourtstory]

@@silentmajority8365y’all are racist that is unacceptable

[@MrMartellSincere]

Shocking to see the state of Detroit

[@KISutona]

I love my city! Born & Raised.

[@jameschampken2660]

Detroit is improving from decades of decay, but it's got so much work that needs to be done to be "good" again, at least if you comparing how the city was in its peak. So much of the city still has empty land, & abandon buildings to fill in. The population is only 600,000, it's peak was 1.8 million, it's got a long way to go to fill all that population back in. Other then buses does Detroit even have public transit? Barely. I hope Detroit does continue to grow and improve but it will take decades I think.

[@yaroslavkobezskyi]

Why do you need to fill it in and grow? Just transform it from big city to a medium size city and be happy with it. You don’t need millions of people to be in it to be a good place. Get rid of those abandoned houses, unused utility grid, streets, let the nature come back and live among it. Cities around the world are fighting so bad to have free space, but there is none left! This is such an opportunity to build a green city and everyone is just not getting it.

[@jameschampken2660]

@@yaroslavkobezskyi that is a option, but Detroit still then has a lot of work to do then. If they were to turn the land into park space, new forests, new trails & bike paths that could be great...but how much of it currently is abandon empty lots with just over grown weeds exc.

[@yaroslavkobezskyi]

@@jameschampken2660 I mean, if you plant specific trees there you don’t need to cut grass anymore. How often do we cut grass in the forest? And then removing pavement and rocks underneath you can reuse that elsewhere. The abandoned electric grid still needs maintenance as well as plumbing and cable, getting rid of it will save money in a long term.

[@Lex_2003]

​@yaroslavkobezskyi it doesn't need to "grow" but it definitely does need to fill in. Even tho the city proper only has 600k, the metro has over 4 million. It should attract people from the suburbs to the city. And theres empty buildings that need new owners, as well as green space. Then it needs to improve public transit and walking/cycling infrastructure

[@cbprojectsfrombroadcasting3176]

Hey that iron works company was where my house is today 😂😂

[@Hitmankingjay313]

Yes it has Detroit always has it good and bad but always find a way to stay strong and I am glad to be born and raised in Detroit

[@nedda102]

Thanks So Much

[@darthvader0219]

Take him to Detroit!

[@wbj2000]

Unfortunately unions played a very large roll in Detroit's downfall. UAW prevented car companies from being competitive during hard times in the automotive sector. As a result the big three kept lowering the quality of their cars, in an effort to reduce costs, while paying workers very high salaries they could not afford. The result was more and more manufacturing was relocating to regions with lower incomes and eventual bankruptcy pressures. City worker unions also profited greatly on the backs of the city, aligning with politicians who promised them golden handshakes, excessive pay raises and very large pension plans. These golden pension plans ended up crippling the city's ability to afford to maintain services, like police, city maintenance, parks and other services. Even though Detroit had one of the highest crime rates, it also had one of the lowest numbers of on duty police personnel. Once the city was no longer able to maintain itself there was a large push by residents to relocate to better run suburbs. It was politicians who ran the city into the ground. It was the city unions that cried the loudest when the city went bankrupt <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="510">8:30</a> . Not because they cared about Detroit, but they were about to lose their incredibly golden pensions. Now that the city is no longer on the hook for these ridiculous promises the city has been slowly rebuilding itself. Even though the car manufacturing is almost gone, new businesses are sprouting up, as the city invites new investment to rebuild the economy.

[@sully5673]

It’s definitely turning itself around, slowly but surely. The surrounding neighborhoods are still pretty bad for a few miles, but the downtown is definitely coming around. Hopefully in another couple decades the growth spreads to the immediate surrounding communities.

[@Sacto1654]

One thing you forgot to mention is the opening of the long-overdue Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will open probably the middle of 2025. This new bridge will eliminate a severe bottleneck of trade between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, and given the massive amount of goods trade between Detroit and Windsor, it could transform Detroit into one of the biggest goods trans-shipment centers in the world, bringing in many thousands of new jobs into the city itself.

[@justinb6379]

They need to rebuild Cooley High !!!!!!!

[@bensonbone]

Shout out tech town and Forbes under 30 for hosting me. I love my city ❤️ 313

[@walterbison]

Meanwhile, Flint still has undrinkable water.

[@edwardprice140]

Just as they extended city limits and annexed land, now they need to pull back the city limits.

[@pojack9979]

Detroit isn’t good again. Downtown is much better than it was 30 years ago, but crime is still high and schools are still shit

[@Banzai51]

Japan and Germany didn't pay less than US labor. German autoworkers were paid more and were FAR more unionized, and the difference between the Japanese workers and the highest paid German workers was about $1/hr. Just the currency exchange vastly favored Japan for a long time.

[@garymartin1045]

Actually, greedy companies and Outsourced our jobs to China and every little A hole. In the world. Trump Exposed these Sell us out for a dime. politicians who had their hands out at everywhere you turned.

[@frederickbuchanan9438]

Is that smog in the vintage photos and video?

[@enz6312]

I noticed that the 75 years of poor and corrupt city leadership was never mentioned. Fortunately, although far from perfect, it seems that the current city administration is actually getting something done..Detroit native who left Detroit in the 1970s for all of the reasons mentioned here. There are much nicer places to live but I'm happy to see improvements being made.

[@bulockeh]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="885">14:45</a> great shot of Detroit there

[@CaptainMorganThe3rd]

Canada, also know as South Detroit 😂

[@scottmarquardt3575]

One of the first hard working black guys I ever met was from there. Before he got to Minneapolis he went to Houston. Told me the only way to get rich in Houston because they do not pay overtime is to buy garages and fill them up full of new people to live. You haven't mentioned the unlimited amount of perfect water.

[@TheLiamster]

Hopefully in the future Detroit will be like Detroit Become Human

[@othelliusmaximus]

Not sure we should go that far

[@firstname376]

oh God Let’s hope not! 😆

[@frankbj1152]

2038 its possible lol

[@firstnamlastnam2141]

Davide Cagee

[@keepitprivate91]

DEE TWAH!

[@jasonsoils5901]

So are we going to completely ignore Kwame Kilpatrick and other corrupt politicians leading to the downfall of Detroit? And then you completely glossed over the fact that Bedrock/Quicken/Dan Gilbert is a huge contributor to how Detroit got itself moving again

[@scranberry6536]

Bingo! You can always tell when a narrative or writers are not from the Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. The problems with Detroit were not just deindustrialization but crime and corruption as well. Crime is still high for the city and could certain be a drag on its revival.

[@farristolesome4419]

GO LIONS 🦁!

[@gioinnetherlands93]

Well when you set the entire economy of a city on one sector... that's what happened

[@DoritoTime]

Imagine how much faster Detroit will recover if the Lions end up winning a chip

[@tyronejones7341]

5he import8ng 9f Japanese cars caused the closing of many automobile plants and auto executives refusal to mak I e fuel efficiant and smaller cars. The automtive industry was the lifeblood of Detroit !!!!.

[@MatthewPhillips-lb6xu]

Amos Walker. One of the best private eyes in modern American literature. By Loren D. Estleman

[@tj-597]

The population is finally resolved to forego the past,in some ways,it was a who gives a sh-t attitude. Now Mayor Duggan and big financial contributors,Dan Gilbert,Rocket Mortgage,Dave Bing just to name a few have brought hope back,it may not take but it’s better than not trying. Don’t forget about the Gordie Howe bridge,that could be a significant boost to the entire region.

[@redblood_b]

Detroi

[@samfyfe2949]

Detroit is mow a top emerging start up evo system! Cool 😎 go Detroit!!! The comeback kid!.

[@CharlesWilson-zs3vd]

Everybody praising the investments of these millionaires in the city, while the neighorhoods crumble and violence increase.

[@Detroit_Playa]

For all the people watching Detroit only looks pretty right now because of Dan Gilbert and nobody or nothing else make no mistake about it.

[@salemdesigns65]

@Detroit_Playa: 💯

[@johnnyonthespot4375]

You really didn't try very hard with this did you ? Ford bought the Central station 5 years ago and is just finishing up (to be opened in June) a $1 Billion dollar rebuild which is a major reason why Corktown is going nuts right now. The owner of Rocket Mtg & The owner of Little Caesars have spent Billions downtown and this should hammer home how little work you did - Not 1 pic of the Detroit Lions stadium - Built by the Ford family BEFORE the Little Caesars stadium was even considered and, yet, spitting distance from the Tigers stadium. Just lazy......

[@coreystreberger9000]

Your only showing by casinos and stadiums, what about the rest of the city, what u show is like 1% of the city...

[@MoctezumasRevenge1]

ask any business owner what the regulatory environment is like in Detroit.. Detroit does not want Mom and pop businesses here in the city. We are not out of the woods yet.

[@TheloniousJackson]

What revival????

[@LOSTKANEKIDUBZ]

there is a lot of misinformation in this

[@stevepalmberg5905]

Part way to good again

[@bensonbone]

On a sidenote, you can tell this was AI generated content. Come on several and you only give one point lol

[@johnathanphillips683]

Not quite there yet buddy

[@Discoverglobehq]

I'm also make this type of video

[@Knightmessenger]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="815">13:35</a> are you kidding me? The District Detroit has been a total bust. All that was actually built was the hockey arena and a bunch of surface parking lots. Areas directly across from the arena that were supposed to be new housing or hotel have remained fenced off gravel lots with nothing done. HBO Real Sports did a segment in 2019 on this and there has been numerous news articles about all the broken promises. How did your team not even do the slightest bit of research to check if any press releases from when the arena proposal was announced actually were built?

[@samanthamorris2744]

they are building aparments and affordable housing just look at the website

[@mikeslaton6498]

Huh? Not what I see

[@Knightmessenger]

@samanthamorris2744 and how many of them have been built? How many have started construction? Shiny renderings mean nothing. The Illitch family has released many of those since the 90s only for absolutely nothing to become of them. Plus the video stated the district brought all kinds of housing and retail as if it had already been built. That is verifiably false no matter what, even if these latest proposals do get built in the future.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. /

[@mysticone1798]

How could the crime rate NOT fall in Detroit following the exit of so much of its inner city population, after most of the houses collapsed???? I doubt that there is a "comeback". They said this many times before but it never really happens for Detroit. The city and its suburbs continue to be hollowed out by ghettos and the junkification of houses. Crime still stubbornly high.

[@MrDonboos]

White Boy Rick was a good movie

[@dougvuillemot8670]

Downtown is doing good. Saw this a few times. Will outside of the downtown rise? Hopfuly.

[@baldeagle872]

What’s up with Dearborn…?

[@pojack9979]

Getting like Detroit

[@gustavfringdelapolloshermanos]

allahu akbar

[@user-vq7xd4fd3p]

How Detroit Went From Good to Bad to Worst .

[@stevensheegog3942]

Concentration in car manufacturing, white and business flight,redlining, gang and criminal activity were contributing factors in the decline. Gentrification and crime reform are drivers for the revival. Memphis experienced this on a smaller level. However Memphis leaders must consult with Detroit on how they were able to reduce crime.

[@brasp]

pretty simple. COMMUNITY driven work. The mayor funded multiple community groups to help reduce crime and the participating neighborhoods and the results are great.

[@stevensheegog3942]

@@brasp we are not at that stage yet. We are still debating about no bail and longer sentences.

[@user-yg1jd6dt1b]

please show me where no bail works, I’ll wait. No bail policies would literally destroy the city and state for that matter. No bail is a joke.

[@stevensheegog3942]

@@user-yg1jd6dt1bI never said I was in favor of no bail. I said it is being debated, so don’t wait too long.

[@thaominhtruong6038]

So, how has Detroit gone from bad to good again? Just superficial info's. No depth analysis of anything.

[@jadenbrooks4327]

Ok Detroit, we see which yall look like in few years....

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

Detroit change in demographics is also a big reason

[@UPFD91]

The growth is pushing them further away from the city center. They are slowly starting to spill into the suburbs bordering detroit, and slowly destroying those communities, just like they did to detroit. It's like a slow moving virus, slowly destroying 1 suburb at a time.

[@dohdoh2430]

Its the only reason. Metro Detroit is wealthy, thats where white people went and took their business with them.

[@cornheadahh]

are you a bot? I see you commenting on every youtube video

[@azulaquaza4916]

Nah Whites leave, take their businesses with them and Blacks are left cause its affordable and everyone always blames them yet it's like we forget Jim Crow era and did anyone really expect Black people to own businesses in White America? Now that it's bouncing back with the same majority Black, whites want to take credit again.

[@spg5658]

👍🇺🇲👍

[@user-xz2lw5ve6r]

Have you been to Detroit?, or stay there! I live that, yes it was bad ,but it"s going back ! wrong info Bro.

[@user-xz2lw5ve6r]

@@thinkbeforyouvote I live here, in detroit off 8mlie and ryan

[@ednorton47]

You are only looking at about 10 square miles of it. Take a look at the remaining 130 square miles and you will reach a different conclusion.

[@khalee95]

Detroit isn't human yet.

[@RobertoSiffredi-xy1nc]

Oh yes, every tourist should visit Detroit 🙄

[@stevenfetzer4911]

Show the collapsing neighborhoods.

[@user-mrfrog]

Only 252 homocides in 2023! Meanwhile, in Montréal, we had 33 murders for a city of around 1.8 million! I am happy to learn things are slowly getting better in Detroit. "Bonne chance" (good luck)! 🙂

[@bmorg5190]

It's all the same people doing the killing.. It doesn't take that much brain power to know who i'm talking about..

[@stevensheegog3942]

The homocide rate is a US problem especially in urban areas, not just Detroit. Does Canadians have an infatuation with guns? I think not.

[@mian9305]

That’s not a fair comparison your police forces didn’t even have guns 😂😂😂😂

[@sapphireblue222]

Demographics is the primary difference.

[@johndeer8489]

Any hispanics in Detroit?

[@epicsseven7686]

Detroit has a very large Hispanic population. Mexican population has been in Detroit and other Michigan cities for well over 100 years. I'd went to school with Mexican and other Hispanics when I was a kid during the early 70s. Seeing a Mexican was just as common as seeing a Black person.

[@johndeer8489]

@@epicsseven7686 thank you for the response. This is news to me although I did hear there are Mexicans and Puerto Rican in Detroit, I'm assuming the Puerto Ricans assimilate to the African American community like in NYC and New Jersey etc maybe not though.

[@epicsseven7686]

​@johndeer8489 in most Midwest cities. Mexican and Puerto Ricans live in the same neighborhood. You'll also find south Asians in the same neighborhood. Chicago, Detroit, etc

[@epicsseven7686]

​@johndeer8489 One of Chicago's biggest gangs is Mexican and Puerto Rican. The Latin Kings. Hispanics have been gang banging in Chicago as long as the Hispanics have been banging in LA. Mexicans migrated to Detroit and the rest of the rust belt States for jobs. Detroit also has a large central American community. So when I'd moved to California. It wasn't a big deal to me, due to me being around Hispanics.

[@johndeer8489]

@@epicsseven7686 i see so is this just southwest Detroit? I hear grand rapids has some as well

[@silentmajority8365]

it got dark

[@robert48044]

you can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig

[@user-yg1jd6dt1b]

So much this talk about racism in Detroit is ridiculous, racism went both ways and still does. Can’t complain about “white flight” in one hand then talk about “gentrification” in the other.

[@marksmith4892]

so essentially, detroit collapsed because the usual suspects moved into town lol color me shocked.

[@detroitdawg81]

While they mention race riots etc. that lead to the downfall. They forgot to mention that immigrants coming into detroit in the 90s from middle east and mexico and other places had a huge impact on Detroit's revival, buying and fixing houses and neighborhoods that were dilapidated, starting businesses, protecting their neighborhoods.

[@madelinethomasian9156]

Well woodward avenue still looks run down. No effort to fix the run down boarded up graffiti bldgs. Chrysler bldg A boarded up windows broken mess Detroit needsuch mote

[@christianlendo7787]

That's in Highland Park, not Detroit proper..

[@Obamaistoast2012]

I live there, it's still not that good, years of democrat control has done irreparable damage.

[@pritapp788]

If you ask me, Eminem played a big part in that.

[@brasp]

nice to see a video actually point out the real reasons of detroits decline lmao.

[@Hallz999]

CONCORDANCE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[@Hallz999]

PRICELESS

[@KCCardCo]

The neighborhoods are still 💩 sit in the car for 7 hours straight for work and you will see.

[@Cyclone546]

black excellence 😂

[@bmorg5190]

I know right 😂

[@OverEast34]

Blacks in Detroit were some of the most well-off people in the U.S. until about 1960 when de-industrialization and redlining particularly in the suburbs really took off...

[@frankbj1152]

Racist comment

[@mxtthe3]

Winner blacks are in Atlanta & DC Loser blacks stayed in Detroit

[@jaynareynolds3684]

Wishful thinking

[@antoniobrown8726]

You meant to say downtown Detroit. a small town has more stores than Detroit does we don't even have a Krogers, you know its bad when you don't have a Krogers. Walmart, Target pretty much no major or minor stores in any category don't see where they get to good again. Detroit is 85% black there is no way anyone hell any outfit is building in the city. Downtown went from good to bad to good again and it's stil not good. You figure because they put up a colored basketball court and a bland riverwalk with no retail or resturants, any attractions kayakng, no skate board park, skate rental nothing along the riverwalk it's a joke again no target etc. A vistor can't go pick up little what or what nots at a walmart or target if they staying over nght downtown where they gone go, you figure because we have casinos which the money doesn't go to the city. Good again where, what in blue blazers would visitors do in Detroit ain't shit here, too many blacks

[@mikeslaton6498]

This video is so factuality inaccurate that I had stop watching it at he 10 min mark. I'm not even from Detroit but I know history. The political corruption starting with Coleman Young is appalling.

[@OverEast34]

What makes it factually inaccurate? All of the things mentioned in the video have been credibly documented for years.

[@Helmuesi911]

Not from Detroit but teach us anyway, please. 🤦‍♂️

[@annfarnell1642]

Only white people cling to the falsehood that Coleman Young was crooked. I, too, am white. I met him when he was a State Senator in 1964 until his death which was 34 years. Let me remind you that he served his country, he served his state and he served his city, all honorably! His country, less honorably segregated him. His State, also dishonorably, denied him the GI Bill entitlement due to his race, and the City he served for 24 years thought enough of him to keep him on the job longer than any other mayor. And anybody who knew Coleman knew that he was totally committed to the City and its residents. The suburbs, in its queer way, seemed to think he should put them first. He didn’t agree.

[@thinkbeforyouvote]

Tell us more about your red Cities and how right outside them, people of all ages live in squalor, Boris the Russian.

[@Bowen124]

If you think that Detroit is good, it only proves that you haven't spent anytime there.

[@bookmagicroe9553]

the narrator didn't say the entire city was great, just that it is improving. There's a lot more that needs to be done.

[@richardvinsen2385]

Have you?

[@user-np1st3ed2k]

Stop lying.

[@MrBasscase5174]

I live 60 miles north and we consider it a no go zone for white people we plan on moving further north .

[@mrg8581]

Detroit sucks..

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

They moved out all of the black people

[@chriswil5919]

Detroit is still the blackest big city in America %wise …. Stop spreading lies !! #DetroitVsEverybody

[@bensonbone]

Nah we still here, just built the Detroit food coop, made and owned by black co-opers

[@Hallz999]

AMOS <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="489">8:9</a> >>> DARKEN ... 1 of 1 WORD IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE KJB ❤❤💕💕

[@Hallz999]

PRICELESS