Detroit Ghetto, CAUTION! Photos may be disturbing to some.

Multi Residential Vacant in Detroit - Part 4 in a series 'Restore America'. Reduce our foreign aid and spend the money at home, not in foreign countries.

[@anneryan734]

Your photographs were hauntingly beautiful. I have always been intrigued with abandoned buildings and structures, but in Detroit's case it seems like a mighty giant has fallen. To go from one of the best cities in America to what it is now is shameful. Seeing those once beautiful houses, hotels, buildings, etc just standing silent almost makes you think this footage is taken from another country. Thanks for posting. x

[@terribletimmusic]

I saw ,miles and miles of this outside the window last time I took amtrak to Atlanta,this is nationwide.

[@denniscaruso5713]

CHAVY,,,,,,The US government already built housing for the poor. What happened to that housing?

[@natalieleonard5876]

TerribleTim thankfully we are working on that in Atlanta

[@PearComputingDevices]

No, the government taxed people to build houses for the poor, very few if any ever actually get built. Kinda like all them "shovel ready jobs' that never came. I think it's code word for "let me scam a few billion out of you and give to our friends. But, don't worry we still have grubs stubs and section 8 for you." I've learned nobody is going to lookout for you, like you. Trusting a politician is for suckers. I think we can see the proof. It's sad and what I am saying may not be popular, but I am also being straight up. The only thing government has done is produce lot's of debt and dependence, and they need that to keep their power.

[@hectorterrazas8415]

TerribleTim. My God, miles and miles of this .....unbelievable. I guess it's not so hard to believe cause I've just seen videos of the devastation in California and the homeless in the streets of Los Angeles and that's a major city , christ .....Hollywood is there !

[@a.salmon8193]

Hector Terrazas with the debt load that some cities are carrying and all the pensions that have to be paid , there are going to be problems in the US. All the gov'ts that came before borrowed into the future. Those unfunded liabilities have to be paid.

[@jmarylastone]

CAUTION??? photos may be disturbing??? to some??? why?? the only thing is a bunch of empty buildings

[@Straxie00]

Just the sad feeling you get from it might affect people with depression i think?

[@rrcoope]

jmarylastone because it used to be a living functioning city! Families grew here lived bought homes worked and played here and it is very hard to see it this way because of the hard work that was put into it! All hopes and dreams scattered! Looks totally unrecognizable! They came from all over to work and build families there! The neighborhoods , the families, the homes.... All just destroyed!

[@miriambucholtz9315]

What I find disturbing is the way these empty buildings resemble what I used to see in a weird precognitive dream I used to have.

[@PnwOnTour]

The photos offended me

[@adriennedouke8510]

@@miriambucholtz9315 So true. I've had dreams just like this-Apocalyptic in nature. Detroit was a once thriving city of over 2 million-Now around 700,000 and falling. Ghost towns in America are one thing, ghost cities are something new. Watching this video and others, there are many more cities out there in the US that are in the same sad shape, this is a wake up call.

[@whitashmore6132]

Thats a damn shame. Some of those buildings have some really nice architectural design to them.

[@rhonda1704]

And they fixed all of them up. Detroit is what's up

[@annagarber3939]

this made me very sad grew up in Detroit. I left in1970 it's a shame this can happen in America

[@SheckleRFan715]

What happend to this and why they abandoned

[@rhonda1704]

There just showing the bad part. Every city has their bad. Detroit is a good looking city, especially now

[@SheckleRFan715]

@@rhonda1704 but #1 in crime rate in US

[@fredrickjohnson9473]

@@SheckleRFan715 what's funny about that

[@Rhonda333]

Detroit is on the come up..where you been..all big cities got their best and worst. Detroit is becoming a tourist attraction. Downtown Detroit area looks like bright lights New York now

[@fenx1200]

What is disturbing, is that some people are perfectly happy to live in this squalor.

[@codeoptimizationware2803]

@fenx1200: Yeah, but when they foist it onto others that are not so happy or satisfied with that, onto others who want more decency and civility than that in their own lives by their own efforts and in their own way of living, _that_ is infinitely more disturbing, and is certainly even more destructive than the above. But not just only for the individuals they actually force it upon.

[@kittenmittons1968]

As long as it's free and law enforcement doesn't care...true.

[@healthyamerican]

and point the finger at everyone else the whole time, while sitting on their butts

[@michaelbrewder9508]

Yes in Cleveland and Youngstown Ohio this same video could have been created

[@michaelbrewder9508]

As long as there is enough alcohol and drugs

[@cosmoseer9535]

America needs it's Industries back! when I was growing up my father would not buy anything unless it said MADE IN USA. Americans need to STOP buying imports and support our country. When you purchase a item that is made in USA you know you are keeping a fellow American a paycheck. We are keeping other countries people in jobs. Support your own country!!!

[@Darth_Skater]

I would love to support MADE IN USA. I buy American when I can, but tell me where I can find all of today's necessities without purchasing something made in China or elsewhere. I would love to know. I am not asking for much. I'm a bit of a minimalist. I believe your first sentence says it all though, and I don't see a reverse change occurring in my lifetime, sadly.

[@cosmoseer9535]

Sorry to say that allot of items we cannot find made in USA these days. What we can, we need to support. I do feel things will come for a change. I was hoping I wouldn't be around when WWIII comes but the way things are going w/ Russia, China and the Middle East it could be sooner then we think. During the war and mostly after the war will bring many changes for the United States. This country will have to rebuild and from this the American people will need jobs to bring back our economy. Our Government will have to rethink on how we do business with exporting and importing.

[@yamahabradley]

Ever heard of the book "the high cost of low priced goods"? Read it.

[@cosmoseer9535]

No i haven't but I'm glad for you that you have time to sit down and read a book.

[@maganalia]

Sadly most people can only afford cheap crap from China

[@byronbenguche]

Sad part is that Detroit really haven't recovered from the 67-68 riots.Auto Factories moved away white people moved to the suburbs in the 60's and 70's then the crack epidemic of the 80's and 90's put a hurting on Detroit add corruption they haven't recovered at all.I hope and pray Detroit gets back on it's feet again.

[@Justuravfrogmom]

***** I have seen the cities that you mention,the trouble is,these huge metropolis' were built in the last 5 years.....Check out the Mall of China,the Chinese copy of Manhattan or the Chinese copy of Paris.....all empty

[@byronbenguche]

Juanita Beazley Yeah i saw that

[@alive286]

+Byron Benguche' very true, sad thing is, it's going to take a long time for Detroit to get back on its feet after 4 decades of trouble. But in a way Detroit had this coming from the start. From early on up to the late 40s White people for the most part held the power of the growth of the city, sadly I think the 50s was the turning point. Only if they had gave chance to holding more value in people, inclusion and aloud the change of time to be a chance to grow. Instead they hit it with fear and fought against everything. A lot can go wrong and did go wrong. Detroit today is result of people not coming together for the greater good. Now its going to be up to generations to come to set the fate of Detroit. Only thing we can do is hope for the best. And I hope they will save as many old cool builds as possible.

[@The420Earthling]

+tonius saved In today's world, you don't need natural resources to built, or in this case re-built, a town. They could easily built a kind of ''silicone valley" to replace the automobile industry that left Detroit Start something new, take the opportunity to built the 1st ''Green City'' where there would be adsolutely no gaz and petrolium used, the city of tomorrow...

[@elguinolo7358]

+The420Earthling Easily ? Where would the money to achieve your utopia come from ?

[@cwb0051]

Yes,I think we should Cut foreign aid All together, What have any other country done for the US,Most countries Never paid us back..Take Care of Our Own for Gods Sake!

[@Thirdwardwolf]

zadose it’s not the Democrats who want to give billions to Israel every year!

[@thisisthebeginning4425]

the JEWS own America. Go cry to those who sold it away. Or are YOU afraid.

[@TonySoul]

@@Thirdwardwolf its BOTH parties

[@vermontbred]

How about cutting spending on the military? It's not like we're getting value on "Defense" spending, , as you can see from the Capitol invasion.

[@bigsassyster]

@@Thirdwardwolf Obama resigned the contract. It is both sides.

[@bosede-nage8467]

There is a reason that this looks a bit like an old ghost town from the Old West, it is what happens when you build a settlement around a single industry that fails having never made any attempt to diversify the local economy. ..but you are right about the foreign aid, it mostly goes to corrupt 3rd world countries and ends up in the pockets of despots. India has its own space programme and they get aid!

[@alecholmes8210]

After the Riots of the 1960s Detroit was Finished, Thank the ones who Looted and Burned there city.

[@almightyyak675]

Ya they destroy everything that is good. They are worthless.

[@artaxerxes2363]

And other well kept areas were also destroyed along the way.Pretty soon Warren and Sterling heights will be in this condition once enough of them move out there.

[@mitchellewis3906]

You are so welcome ... Burn Baby Burn

[@rhonda1704]

That's not true. Detroit had motown and people flocked to this city because of the automotive industry. Detroit is just like any other big city...LA, Chicago, Miami, Boston....have its bad, good and great. Now we have lower crimes than a lot of those cities. Detroit made a comeback as well. It has become a tourist attraction because of big shots like Mike Illitch and Dan Gilbert. A lot of money is pouring into Detroit. I will never move away and I am financially good. You're going to look at this video and think you know. Read the caption...it says Ghetto. Of course the ghetto looks like this just like a big city near you. Most of these buildings are either torn down or they remodeled them and now their exclusive

[@MrPurgetory]

one reason why Detroit, Memphis, and New Orleans has gone to shit. I think we all know the reason

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

Baltimore: a rat infested shithole. Thank you Elijah Cunnings.

[@TonySoul]

I live in New Orleans and this city is amazing. Not sure what the fuck you are talking about

[@TonySoul]

@* static and that would be? Say it. Spit it out

[@healthyamerican]

@@TonySoul i would say the black mayor of new orleans during hurrican katrina is the worst i have ever seen, when he said after the rebuilding began that new orleans should remain chocolate. yet no one called him out for racism

[@RachelSWhite]

It's corruption on multiple levels, like the detroit school systems.

[@wakeupscreaming9883]

This is called "white flight".

[@checkerace50]

+wakeupscreaming This is called outsourcing jobs. Detroit was known for it's auto manufacturing. Now vehicles can be put together by machines and the parts are coming from other countries, (hence made in America) Costs the business a whole lot less having 30 men on the line than having 200 men on the line. The only thing Detroit was offering was the auto industry. You're living a delusion. There wasn't a rule that said you had to live in a certain mile radius to hold a job in Detroit. People would still travel 1+ hours to go to work everyday so your white people could have all moved out into the suburbs and segregate themselves and still travel to work everyday. It paid well and people were happy.

[@GetaJob]

I watched several of these videos before going to Detroit, but still I was unprepared for the absolute devastation i saw there. It's so desolate. Miles and miles of burned-out windowless houses, garbage everywhere, but very few people in sight.

[@walterfechter8395]

A lot of the American heartland started falling apart after Vietnam. I lived and worked in Youngstown, OH, in the late 1970s. Drugs were only a part of the problem. Globalism became a mantra for greedy American corporations and their associates overseas. The promise of cheap foreign labor, corporates not wanting to pay any taxes, sell-out politicians (both parties) and a general lack of genuine patriotism were all factors which contributed to America's slide. "The Greatest Generation' (those who endured The Great Depression and World War II) made this nation great and helped save the world from fascism. The Baby Boomers -- The Big Chill generation (my generation) bought into the globalist mindset and then sold out. America has also tossed aside a fundamental principle which is Biblically-based - "pay your workers a decent wage for a hard day's work." Instead, we've opted to allow millions of illegal immigrants into this country so we don't have to pay legal (naturalized) citizens a LIVING wage.

[@TheOddz313]

Walter Fechter wow someone that gets it, Vietnam was the start of super drug addicted violent cities

[@buddyanddaisy123]

Now you understand why the CIA was actually importing Colombian crack cocaine into Arkansas, with the complicity of Gov. Bill Clinton. The central cities have become war zones because of this drug trade-and the trillions we spend on addiction treatment is just money down the drain.The "Deep State" sees drugs as a way to control the population and maintain their grip on power.

[@CesarFlores-ge5ix]

Walter Fechter you are spot on.

[@kevinmccarter1550]

Walter Fechter 9

[@paulagreer8632]

born and raised in Detroit... so sad. now I live in SE Texas.

[@dbo2264]

Paula Greer Me too

[@nationalpilotcars9073]

I hope you didn't move here and vote Democrat so they can f up Texas too

[@wendyferguson4829]

Looks just like the centre of Johannesburg South Africa, only we have more filth and open sewerage running down the streets.

[@CLIVEGRAHAME]

Yes - I miss Jhb of the 1970’s and 1988’s but your thoughts are so correct sadly

[@thomasward00]

This is the Black Man's world.....

[@DETMMP]

Not all black people are bad dont place steriotypes

[@CGoldthorpe]

Terrence Knight Not all libertarians are bad! Not all freedom seekers and freedom fighters are bad either!

[@andrewdyke5561]

Fuckin piece of shit why bring race into this.

[@CesarFlores-ge5ix]

Thomas Ward i

[@MrPabloingles]

Unfortunately, It is impossible to rebuild Detroit even with Habitat For Humanity Volunteers. The reason is that many or most of the inner city people will kill all those good humanitarian people coming to help rebuild. Also the city and county government would NOT be very supportive either. Within 2 to 3 years Joplin MO has been restored from the tornado because Not only good volunteers BUT support from the community as well. Even in Moore Oklahoma and vicinity it is coming back as well. BUT for Detroit, it is best to not force any good upon an area that wishes to continue in corruption. Unless there is a repentance and change of heart, Detroit must come to nothing.

[@maryshaffer8474]

Their like a crazy small nation inside US.

[@davidreese2709]

First of all those are "old as hell" pictures most of the buildings in these pictures have been torn down years ago I'm 65 & was born & raised there & lived there over 40 years and most of those buildings were demolished before I left obviously you haven't been to Detroit lately!!

[@djscmm4531]

It’ll never be the same after the riot the city funds the college areas and downtown an forget about the surrounding

[@davidgadd57]

@@davidreese2709 maybe you need to take ride down there again. I'm 63 years old and have been down there recently. Take a ride from 8 mile down Van Dyke. How about Hayes and Chalmers, Mack and Alter, 7 mile and Hoover, Mound and 6 mile. And, that's just the east side. I could go on and on.

[@rhonda1704]

But they did rebuild and this wasn't all Detroit anyway. We always had nice areas. Your city has it bad too. We rebuilt our city. People are coming all over the world to view it. You cant judge my city by a video

[@jessicaguardado6990]

I look at these pictures and just try and imagine a time when it was beautiful and full of life. Change happens we can't stop time.

[@rattmann36863]

No jobs, no money. No reason to hang around.

[@arkybaldknobber8062]

They staying to ply their dope business

[@pamelablake7037]

Crime, drugs, no jobs I think that's what has happened to a lot of cities. Don't forget the small towns out of sight. When the major highways rolled in with no jobs people moved away to the cities and are living in the suburbs now.

[@eastside9049]

Unfortunately why fix it up it's going to get trashed anyway we all know the truth nobody wants to say it

[@oldhippie2388]

east side truth. Some guy was trying to renovate an apartment building by Henry Ford Hospital. City folks stole the copper plumbing so fast he just gave up. Thats why we cant have. Nice things in the city.

[@allenramsey9020]

I totally agree with the opening statement...I am not a liberal by any means...I just believe America should take care of Americans first

[@gentlefire100]

This city still has so much history. Just the buildings alone captured the essence of the past. If you had seen it in the prosperous days, you would feel saddened by the historical loss

[@tnbspotter5360]

Liberal social policies and unions did this.

[@americanstreet8704]

I was born in Detroit in 1940 lived there since 1985, it was a beautiful city and I'm sorry to say it but once the whites left it was done

[@chrisadams416]

Don’t be sorry about the truth..

[@TouchMaMunky]

They got money for wars but can't feed the poor

[@TheBoone57]

America feeds the poor, that's the problem. All they do is turn around and reproduce. Why do you think the reproductive organs of both genders are so huge? That is how they have survived for thousands of years. And America is a ripe placenta.

[@heraldomedrano6993]

Abel123 go talk to Bush

[@neisy2362]

I am from Michigan and you are correct on all points, imo. The exact same thing happened where I am from. We used to say that when Detroit sneezed, we got pneumonia. Both in death throes, now. .And aside from the elite, we all have a serious case of pneumonia. My hometown just closed its high school and its hospital about a decade after the main factory closed.

[@GeraldAllen]

Unions and Democrats killed this once great city.

[@michaelwatkins8167]

Gerald Allen I can see where you attribute the Unions and politics into the demise of Detroit and to some extent it is true. However Unions and Politics have also contributed to the success of establishing and maintaining a very important middle class. In my opinion the systemic lack of a strong educational system is more critical. In order for America and Americans to compete in a Global Economy higher education is mandatory. I appreciate your comments.

[@GeraldAllen]

Michael Watkins And teacher unions didn't hurt Detroit?

[@michaelwatkins8167]

Gerald Allen if you notice my comments I did agree with you to some extent. I just also highlighted the positive aspects of the Unions. Remember that when the auto plants where first build the working conditions where terrible. who change that, the unions. I am not going to argue with you that as time went on the Unions lost their focus and so has some of our politicians.

[@meismtheism1527]

Gerald Allen Michael has a good point. Unions helped. You have a good point. Unions hurt. It's really deeper than that in the end. It is so very nice to see you both represent different sides without bickering and agreeing about the fact that what is, is broke.

[@michaelwatkins8167]

Meism Theism thanks for the comments. in my opinion what happens when key social issues become to politicized the politics become more important then the social issue or concern. Case in point is the Unions (Teacher or Auto Union). During the industrial revolution automotive industries beginning manufacturing facilities had very unsafe work conditions. Unions help eradicate many worker problems but as time went on the unions became a political machine. All of us should pay attention to this key factor in balancing out politics and key social issues.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

So ghetto. It wouldn't surprise me if there are dead bodies in those houses/buildings. Crime Scene everywhere.

[@zJLz1]

They find bodies in the houses all the time

[@numerology1138]

Hi slappy.

[@advertech]

+The Super Psycho Killer .....oh, you mean democratic voters

[@55Ariz]

Cool Vid. But sad....... Hard to imagine that those were people's homes. With tidy lawns, children growing up within. Christmas trees being put up. Guests being welcomed at the front door. And look at them now.

[@jessicanuoffer]

@Damien Williams more like white flight

[@IixiXOuOXixiI]

I remember most of these buildings, not but three years ago, some of these houses were still standing. It is a shame. u . u We, who are from Detroit, need to get up, and take pride of our city! Detroit made us, it made America. If it were not for Detroit, we might still be using horse and buggy, and we would not have had the best music we've ever heard. Let us not forget that Detroit made America, so why my help Detroit. Detroit made me, and after I get done with College, I am taking my degrees, and helping my home. I have pride to be from a city like Detroit, because it is a home, not of 'ghetto' but of closeness. Detroit does not mean you grew up rough, or that you are a thug. It means you grew up with a back bone. I say instead of looking down on Detroit, we get up off our asses and help Detroit, I cannot wait to help Detroit. Because I have a dream to fix houses/buildings like in this video, to bring people back to Detroit. Everyone I talk to who has moved out of Detroit, wants back, but they cannot go back, because of lack of housing. If they had homes to live in, as my grandma says, she will me MORE then happy to be back in her home town.

[@Hankwarner55]

Detroit is beyond repair at this point. The same types of people keep getting elected to office. Things will never change. The people there just don't have the will power to make Detroit a great city again.

[@IixiXOuOXixiI]

I disagree with you. Attitudes like such is why people do not try to help Detroit. Someone, a private owner, just built some new stadium, to bring in some income for the city of Detroit. Where there is a will, there is a way.

[@Hankwarner55]

Mariah Ernest It's not coming back. Non-educated workforce. High crime rate. Decaying infrastructure. It's just not feasible to bring business there. It costs too much.

[@IixiXOuOXixiI]

Here is the thing. I have been told the same negativity that you are telling me now, for MANY years. You see it has not, and will never change my mind.

[@Hankwarner55]

Well, more power to you. It's just not very realistic at this point. It doesn't hurt to dream and hope though!

[@Rasterbayne]

Many of the original houses in Detroit MI are large in comparison to what we get now. Much more original too, each house had a relatively different look but with similar decoration and styling. New houses next to them are tiny and it is and absolute shame to destroy them. Freaking amazing looking houses with such character they still stand, holding their composure best they can.

[@Marinexize]

i lived by detriot a few years ago before moving to SoCal. Anyways, Detriot could be rebuilt. Yes it takes money and money we have, but for some reason we send it overseas instead of takong care of our own. The entire eastside could be torn down and allow nature to take over for a while. Since the area around the tiger stadium is nice then that can be the starting point and move towards the Westside. Detroit will most likely never be what it was but it can be a thriving small city where small business owners can work. But along with building comes strong policing, get rid of the bad elements and mae it so they don't want to return.

[@foppo100]

Sending money overseas has nothing to do with Detroit being a ghost town,Read some books and learn how American governments behave and waste money on wars chavy.

[@pcmountaindog]

You went from Detroit to CA, 1 more mistake on your part. Try Texas. There aren't enough dozers on earth to plow away the wreck of Detroit.

[@stevegregory7731]

+pete pependoski Someone's not up to speed on Agenda 21. This is all being done by design, thanks to that piece of shit George Bush senior, that signed us all up for Agenda 21, back in 1992. Get educated already.

[@anstarwise9219]

chavy democrats got their greedy ,corrupt policies in Detroit and ruined one of Americas greatest cities . The government tries to blame the people who live there, well I call their BS ..its proven time and time again liberal democrats destroy anything good ! #prorights

[@AndrewPhillipsqualityassurance]

corruption is the major concern. after that, everything else "falls" into place Greed and corruption is the reason behind ALL of these issues. You got kids shooting up schools, and you're worried about a ghost town? THAT says more about you than anything else.

[@tedtimmis8135]

This is what the hip hop thug culture did to our once beautiful city.

[@jaybennett9026]

Believe it or Not! But Detroit doesn't look that bad compared to the Bronx in the 80s. That place made Detroit look like a Five Star Hotel.. And That is really hard to do.

[@WeeJoe76]

Stop funding to AIPAC and Pakistan, look after your own council first

[@michaelagnew6788]

The Federal Governments send money to the States and Cities but the funds are misused by local Government.

[@zorroalphonso4354]

Stop terrorist wars abroad costing trillions of dollars to the US populace and millions of lives in foreign countries, invaded by PENTAGON TERRORISTS. Only a small percentage of wasted US war money is necessary to mend the social and urban decreptitude in the USA. But the US terrorist régime thinks otherwise!

[@zorroalphonso4354]

The US federal terrorist régime is wasting trillions of dollars of money by their invasion and support for wars abroad. So it is to blame for misusing money and making the military-industrial corporation reap great profit in the killing business, while US cites are left to decay and people turned to poverty.

[@tracischeelk29]

JEWS.

[@marthaclark9160]

So, so sad to see the abandonment of SO much property!! It breaks my heart... This could only be Detroit, one of the most prosperous cities in the US for such a long time. I just hope and pray hope and recovery are even possible...

[@jamespotter936]

I used to drive truck 1985 to 1990. I think I delivered to most of the auto plants back then. The auto industry kept everything alive then. Now it's se habla espanol.

[@TR5T]

How wonderful it was to live there, go to Belle Isle, the Flower house and Aquarium, to sit on the moon seat in the children's zoo. I cannot go back and not feel very very sad. Even one of my Dad's fire houses at 12th and Labelle is all boarded up. People will not listen, they see the truth, the historical facts, Colman Young, Kwami the unions. I will never live there again but it made me who I am, got me to most of the world I wanted to see and live in. Those who live there now,many of them will only ever know dependence on the government, drugs, violence as the norm.

[@DesertDigger1]

Make Detroit the new proving ground for heavy equipment like Caterpillar and level the place.

[@arkybaldknobber8062]

Test ground for napalm, poison gas

[@heraldomedrano6993]

DesertDigger1 it looks like Haiti

[@crunchybobjones]

should have seen it back in the 60's.. i moved out in 2012

[@PhantasyStarved]

I wish I could have, but I'm only in my mid-forties. My family moved out in 1986. Sometimes I look at pictures of historical Detroit and sigh at what once was, and what could have been. It saddens me.

[@geraldwicker5318]

Yea my old man left in 1970 I Guess he even knew what would happen there. He had a good paying job at GM. He told me later on that factory jobs would start leaving the country for other places due to organized labor.

[@marynichols438]

Excellent video. Good background music. Very appropriate. This is so sad to watch. I am from Cleveland, Oho and this mirrors the same situation there. Urban decay is a difficult battle to fight. Where to start. Etc. I look at there structures and try to envision them as they once were.

[@1JuliusStreicher]

50 years ago today: the last full day of the old, beautiful Detroit. RIP.

[@buckfan1969]

Bring back Devil's Night. That'll get rid of a lot of these places at no charge...

[@TvshkaHumma]

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[@TvshkaHumma]

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[@melissajennings6268]

I voted Trump!! and why others don't I'll never understand!

[@paulaturner1508]

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[@marciamazzarella8377]

Trump is the biggest fucking scammer of all of them. He is too fucking stupid Trump no way. Stupid morons vote Trump.

[@drummerboy1390]

Well you got Trump and his kids into the White House playing a game called 'Let's run the country.' My little boy can run this and my gorgeous little girl can run that and together we'll make America great. The whole world is wetting its pants laughing at you guys. You honestly thought a zillionaire asshole was going to make you great again? Any day now Putin is going to call in the debt for putting him in the White House and god help him if he doesn't come through. Bullying the Mexican president is one thing, but Vlad? Well he's something else. It's like watching cheap shit reality TV.

[@GodofWarChuka]

Haunting! Reminds me of the "the last of us".

[@rhonda1704]

😂. Every big city has its bad. Detroit has a lot of beautiful areas and homes. All of these buildings are torn down and beautiful buildings and homes put up. Im a detroiter and this is not all Detroit

[@amyfisher8897]

investers please invest in Detriot to make lively again

[@Emaemh]

It's so sad what's happened to Detroit. It was once a thriving city but now it's in shambles because nobody has money there. The lack of jobs is such a problem, and I know that if we don't stop giving the jobs away overseas, more cities will fall down the same path. Detroit could recover, but it would take a lot of work to tear down the mess that's been made of it. I really hope one day it can return to its former glory. Michigan would be a much safer place if we could get Detroit under control:)

[@damonwereman9297]

These photos look very much like Butte, Montana, where I live. The Richest Hill on Earth has become a toxic catastrophe. Thanks for posting.

[@TheStevo427563]

The problem with Detroit is the city has been destroyed by Unions and being run by a democratic party for just about as long as it exsisted. The boom that it saw around ww 2 soon declined and Detroit became a city of entitlement by high unemployment rates losing industry to cheaper places. The city needed change a long time ago.

[@hv9356]

It's incredible to see this. Nature is reclaiming all this land. When you hand out everything, people loose the will to work hard and strive. Also, our foreign trade policies destroyed so much from the heartland. Looking back, how did our government ever expect Detroit to compete with China and Japan???? It's seems like craziness how those decisions hurt our country.

[@normanhopkins6114]

Not to mention 60+ years of failed Democratic party leadership, a strong school teacher union preventing weeding out of bad teachers, and financial corruption by city "leaders".

[@achintyanaithani889]

Why can't Detroit compete with Tokyo?

[@hv9356]

@@achintyanaithani889 The cost to do business in the US is waaay higher.

[@MrGelly70]

I just saw the future of the USA! wow wtf?

[@alishadawn6636]

TheJess Ylleg not anymore thanks to our lovely president

[@garybigie3178]

photos look better than my neighborhood in atlanta georgia. it's called "the bluff". near downtown. houses falling apart, burned down by homeless squatters, poor people. it looks even worse than those Detroit photos.

[@ejb9545]

This is what happens when you have corrupt politicians and lobbyist in Washington

[@lamontana300]

What irie feeling to watch this video it was as if it's people died due to nuclear contamination.Would make a great horror movie setting or other.

[@sopascat7]

Your idea could help Detroit's dying cities revive little by little. Filming is expensive (especially in CA). Movie & TV studies should start making horror films, catastrophe films, war movies & maybe gangster films in Detroit/Michigan. Temporary filming jobs would be good for the locals (maintenance, extras, handyman, helpers of all kinds, etc). Pitch your idea (email) to movie & TV studios, like Lions Gate, Sony, Universal Studios, Showtime, Fox, Hallmark (etc).

[@robolson1843]

The movie "It Follows" was shot in Detroit. That helped a little, I hope......

[@lamontana300]

Moon Pie Thanks for your input,I had no knowledge that incentives had been offered to the film industry.Observing those brick buildings reminds me of a time when lasting products were used in the building industry unlike nowadays.

[@BeemerTwelve]

What I find disturbing is that people use KZbin to show photographs.

[@hectorvaldez1419]

I liked John's comment... Yours not so much

[@BeemerTwelve]

+Chris deth I think it's *"photos"* and not "photo's". You don't say: "I'll Have some chicken wing's".

[@k3nnyo411]

+John Wilkinson ok there Mr. English teacher, Lol. you are an ass-head. Correct that! KZbin is there and designed for 2 basic things, pictures and.... ok, take a guess... that's right VIDEOS! LOL. damn there are some dumb people on the net.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

+John Wilkinson Well what else is it used for other than videos?

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

+kenny kristan Like Ace London says ''Ya got that right''

[@josephrivett2493]

Make you want to fucking CRY !!!!! Truly HEARTBREAKING....

[@maganalia]

It's very very sad. I think of the generations of people who lived and worked in that once great city and look at it. Greed just greed!

[@mikedempsey7987]

Disturbing...the American mentality. Europe has cities that have thrived for centuries and some of Americas biggest cities are simply abandoned and thrown away. Good job America!

[@Vernal_Sky]

Damn, it's sad to see a once famous and thriving city fall victim to urban decay and crime. ;_;

[@1971bdott]

Verry sad state of things. It's looking like a 3rd world country.

[@galefraney]

Incredibly sad.

[@mayhem6282]

its sad to see this. people's lives were here. they must've celebrated weddings, birthdays, new births, anniversary's in many of these homes and now look at them. Where did they go? its such a tragedy.

[@linmcc8342]

Mayhem 628 ... Perhaps it was planned obsolescence.

[@katie195]

Detroit has not been a ghetto forever - it took years of corruption, Pres Johnson's "Great Society", urban "renewal", Mayor Young and Mayor Kirkpatrick and the final nail in the coffin - NAFTA. Detroit was once a thriving city full of culture and history.

[@Phil-mf5ih]

My entire family was from Detroit. I was born in Detroit. My Grandfather and all His brothers worked for GM, Ford, Chrysler, My Great Grandfather ran a street sweeper for the city of Detroit. They all moved out because of the Character of the people moving in and and corrupt politics....I noticed that Detroit Has elected a Republican Mayor to try and fix what 40 years of leftist control has done to this once great City/Icon of America....(and it took it getting that bad to elect someone fiscally conservative)Good luck with that, I don't think it can ever be fixed again. It is ruined forever! Even Soul man Young would be turning over in his grave at the state of it today!....LOL...

[@lylecosmopolite]

Good video introduction to the American Dream turned into Great Nightmare. Just because a place is located within the USA and populated by American citizens, does not mean that it gets an easy pass in the Game of Life. We all have to mind our Ps and Qs, or else risk becoming a Warzone.

[@uzijohn]

The video starts with the message "Reduce Foreign Aid, Restore America". Detroit is feeling the pain, but they can't figure out what caused it, I would give no money to foreign countries, or Detroit... only a fool invests in failure. Government cannot fix this problem, in reality their actions caused it, if you want to know what the problem is, find the top 200 businesses that left Detroit or went bankrupt, talk to the owners and CEO's, they'll be happy to tell you what happened. I suspect that at one time, Detroit was the most productive city in America and perhaps the world (dividing gross product by numbers of workers). Until you find the poison you can't fix the patient.

[@SaraBower0376]

+uzijohn depending on one industry is one of the biggest problems

[@uzijohn]

+Sara Bower, True, however they would have run-off any and all industries, look at the crime, over taxation, thousands of regulations, add to that... unreasonable Labor Unions, the people of Detroit chose their leaders, and they made poor decisions.

[@Reraiser777]

+uzijohn well, how does it comes that in some deserts there is blooming life and somewhere other not? solution is easy: if some people have a positive will, the will to create something then it will be done. and a situation can get even more prosper. and if there is a negative will of people, the will to destroy something, then even a whole nation can go down and become to a desert ;-) and if you like conspiracytheories you may find it funny that detroit sounds analoggy to destroy...maybe it was the plan already before the creation of detroit to DEsTROy IT...who knows! ;-)

[@uzijohn]

+Reraiser777, The real shame is that AT ONE TIME, Detroit with all it's heavy industry, skilled workers and capital investment, very well could have been the most productive city in the country if not the world.

[@Reraiser777]

uzijohn well, you call it shame my friend, i call it the way life can go ... rome was once a real great empire. and look at it today! the same thing can happen to america too. prophecies go into that direction, as it was already with babylon.

[@tonys2705]

This has to hurt anyone who has a heart and any feelings whatsoever..

[@shawnd2061]

+Tony Sinopoli It just hurts my wallet looking at all the free housing built from tax money, that is destroy by one race that doesn't give a damm about nothing but the next freebie.

[@reshadh8854]

+Shawn D You forget who caused the problem in the first place. It saddens me when people overlook the truth in favor of their ignorant, proud and hurtful ways.

[@shawnd2061]

Reshad Hossen Democrat control for 50 plus years Detroit that is. Are you blaming them or how about the unions

[@MrLaurak12]

+Reshad Hossen Guess you forgot about the riots where people of a certain race burned the city

[@rickardwood2762]

Tony S dude.free materials and manshion makeing ideas .one mans trash is a nothers treashure. PS..taxes are 2500 and up.

[@AsmrAbby]

This is tragically beautiful. It's a shame that Detroit is like this :(

[@baragermyrna579]

Some of those places must have been absolutely beautiful in their day.

[@brianellsworth7920]

at one time these were great hoods what a shame my heart goes out to the people left in these streets no hope no future this is not suppose to happen in america

[@freevideos051]

Not much better here in Ohio

[@normantaulbee4011]

for the wages of sin is death,,, travel far from this god forsaken place, and begin life anew... I have ,,,

[@divisioneight]

This is what happens when you try to tax your way to prosperity. Perhaps now the lesson is learned. Perhaps we can build big things in American again, like it used to be.

[@BroccoliBeefed]

Some claim that this is happening all over the country. For instance places like North Carolina used to be the textile capital of the world. Many a curtain and sheet and rug were made there to be used in USA homes. When those companies jumped the Atlantic and set up shop in India, Bangladesh, etc, no government bailouts were given. Things just dried up.

[@babaji1947]

.....and most Americans think their country is the best in the world?? Give me a break!!

[@robwhite2457]

Lino Ventura you're right, most Americans don't stop to consider images and places like this, the lowering of the standard of living, education standards down the shitter. Etc. The Federal Government blows its horn overseas and tells other countries this or that and our inner cities, etc, get swept under the rug.

[@johnstergios1129]

Maybe it was time to tear down these old shanties they out lived their day. Not worth refurbishing. We can recycle the brick not the mortar.there are some jobs for you. Lots of money in reclaimed used brick. Goes to show you civilizations come and go.

[@johnstergios1129]

Where do you think the people moved to?

[@johnstergios1129]

It appears that the property's were owned by slum lords anyway s so you can paint the picture anyway you want. Like in roger and me.!

[@johnstergios1129]

Cleveland doesn't appear to be any better off. But when I lived in St Paul they seemed to keep their older homes in nice repair. A good deal of them anyways. Cincinnati area was referbishing it city some years back and inner city homes were selling quiet well.

[@hattiem.7966]

Detroit is slowly tearing down the empty homes,it will take years to tear them all down.

[@johnstergios1129]

I my self have been in limbo off and on for 30 years. As a mechanical designer. Do to off shoring of goods and services. It's not the country I once knew. I lost interest in looking for decent paying jobs very competitive knife you in the back sort of thing.

[@jamooiniet8456]

Haha! A little slice of Africa, right in your own backyard.

[@ICE69ROG]

Totally agree with the caption about our money and where it should be spent

[@Dc-oe8qe]

Level the buildings and have em grow hemp. It's a great product and the locals will enjoy themselves while working.

[@jverify]

Will be Atalanta in 20-30 years.

[@ryanforney5707]

damn looks like baltimore

[@pennytricia1]

I don't understand the title for the video. who or what defines a ghetto? This is just a video about buildings that could use more than a coat of paint.

[@Shifflettdg]

pennytricia1 these are all mostly abandoned neighborhoods

[@kristinaclark4264]

pennytricia1 are you that blind?? Wake up.

[@kerryryder2872]

pennytricia1 no more america

[@neisy2362]

Thank you to both of you. The downfall of Detroit should not be blamed on a skin color. Thank God there are still some reasonable and fair ppl left. We all have to rise above the racist attitudes if we are ever going to make it out alive. We called the place I'm from little Detroit. It is also a wasteland. The "poorest zip code in the state", according to the Fed gov't.

[@ajoh4702]

those buildings at 2:18 are over 1000 a month. palms historical apartments. it's crazy. escaped over 20 years ago. made sure myself and my children will never be back. God please watch over Detroit. it's literally hell.

[@JMARTIN1947]

If everyone swept their own doorstep, the world would be clean. Okay, well I'd like you to sweep your doorstep AND MINE. Look, it's not a big thing. Don't get upset. Just carry your load and carry my load too. Why? Well, I have ADHD, and I get "nervous", and I am on medication, and I had bad parenting, and stuff like that. But getting back to my social plan for cleaning the world, I want you to sweep your doorstep, then come over to my house and sweep my doorstep. Win -- win, no? That way, we both have clean doorsteps. I like the idea.

[@MopHeDD]

I'd sweep your doorstep.

[@heathermcallister4876]

That's not the hood go down.to livernois or.Greenfield or joy and Wyoming that's the hood scarcely cat

[@desertdispatch]

How can anyone argue this aint the hood?

[@fayedejesus613]

lol she names actual neighborhoods in detroit and you guys are still fools

[@thesprintmaster]

desertdispatch this is just pics of ran down buildings, it doesn't make it the "hood" because it looks bad.

[@thesprintmaster]

***** this is just pics of ran down buildings, it doesn't make it the "hood" because it looks bad.

[@thesprintmaster]

***** never said i was a "gangster" smart guy, i was pointing out you ignorance about urban area's.

[@UKGEEZR]

Reminds me of Harare, Zimbabwe which the blacks also took over.

[@johns.7297]

I've driven through these neighborhoods for 36 years and don't really notice this stuff any more. The mayor is doing his best to tear down abandoned structures, but there are seemingly endless numbers of them. .

[@ANGRYEEL]

THE UNIONS CRUSHED DETROIT. Period.

[@JaJadaJade]

well vote for Trump, since Obama isn't doing shit. Hillary won't do shit either.

[@tashadavis96]

you know trump racist ass wont do shit either... get the fuck out

[@tashadavis96]

you know trump racist ass wont do shit either... get the fuck out

[@JaJadaJade]

Tasha Davis well give him a chance.

[@tashadavis96]

+TheSkyline9999 he isnt talking about shit... theyre all lying for votes ... dont be stupid

[@tashadavis96]

+TheSkyline9999 but your dumb ass repling..find something to do

[@kimfay4263]

It really is about the decline of Industry in that area. Those that could get out did. Those that couldn't more likely than not were poor minorities. People pushed against a wall will do what it takes to feed their family, even if it means stealing. This is more a social issue not a race issue. most people who are desperate lower their moral bar because they have to

[@tippersdad5152]

Thank the liberals and the unions.

[@marcelleabernathy8117]

Tippers Dad no Fucker not unions

[@wayned.ashford655]

I miss Detroit. I lived there from 1996-'98,taking care of my mom & my aunt...hopefully I can bring my family up there 'cause I felt @peace there.

[@sceneAmerika]

It's so sad to see. It feels like watching someone you love slowly whither away and die. So devastating and heartbreaking 💔

[@fultongamez6498]

You could call this "leaked preview of the Fallout 5 environment" and I would believe it

[@commander1982]

It really is sad- I guess a combination of issues like the big auto flight, unions, politics all perfectly led to the demise of detroit.

[@mariom6368]

If we keep listening to our government soon the rest of America will look like this

[@joanberry2143]

Heartbreaking! This was once such a beautiful city.

[@gregb6469]

One reason many of these houses fell into ruin is that the people who used to live there did not actually own them, so they had no incentive to kept them maintained. Absentee ownership is a major cause of urban decay.