Detroit, Michigan WORST Parts

Here's some of the WORST and most DANGEROUS parts of Detroit. This city is one of the most dangerous, and also abandoned places in America. Since the Auto collapse and bad financial decisions by many, this city has been on the decline for many decades now. From a height of population at 1.8 million now down to about a third of that, there are so many abandoned buildings and homes. Street after street, its unreal. Poverty is at a soaring rate of over 40%, and in some neighborhoods it's at an unbelievable 83% ! It truly looks like a war zone in many places, and to be honest at times it really is. These aren't your typical neighborhood areas on decline, it's some of the most dangerous hoods in the United States. Let's take a drive and check it out!

[@lindapietrasz8070]

The size of these homes remind me of a home in the Pittsburgh area I spent 7th grade through graduation in. It was so old it had radiator heaters and a back and front stairwell, a foyer, and a cellar and three floors. Also had a front and back porch. It fit a family of 10 nicely. I imagine these homes were once inhabited by wealthy families. Total shame they were left to rot and overtaken by nature. 😢

[@ronnieleemichael4973]

Actually many big houses were affordable to the middle class and even some below that at one time

[@tinasan3870]

@@ronnieleemichael4973 Yes we have many of those beautiful old homes in Milwaukee WI. I haven't lived there for years, but the woodwork in some of those old homes was amazing !

[@forbiddenracer2056]

These houses look amazing, I bet back in the day this was a thriving neighbourhood, imagine how these houses looked before they were left to rot seems such a shame when so many homeless in US.

[@m42037]

Ya mate this isn't Europe, the rich only care about making money, they tear down old buildings not restore them like Europe does

[@andrepereira744]

Man, some of these images look like something out of a post-war scene. This is heartbreaking from every angle. And I'm not even from the US

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

I'm a Michigander and have seen quite a few videos about the decaying areas of Detroit, but I don't remember seeing this area. It's pretty frightful. Thank you for the great video. I would have to have a very compelling reason to ever go to Detroit!

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks so much for watching Rosie!

[@1940limited]

It's hard to believe how nice these homes must have been at one time. People with good incomes had to have lived in them. To have your fortunes change so dramatically as to simply walk away from such beautiful homes is unimaginable. Imagine paying a visit to your old neighborhood or childhood home and finding this.

[@the_real_economics]

Thank you for this kind of videos. No music, no commentary, just pure streets - get yourself exposes, get your own emotions and opinions. As if you were really there...

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@pelletier4432]

I grew up in the Morningside area on Bedford, a couple blocks from Mack Ave in the 70's and 80's. I heard the area is being renovated and brought back to life. My old family home is a section 8 rental now still in shabby condition. Gutters hanging off the house, broke porch steps and curtains inside totally falling sideways. My great grandfather had it built, as he came from Ireland as an indentured servant. Maybe do some vids where people are trying to bring neighborhoods back (other than downtown which just looks gentrified). I miss my childhood there so much. It's sad to see the decay. Great job on what you're doing by the way!

[@stady5957]

The many fates behind every front door makes me very sad. Greetings from Germany and all my love to the people in the USA

[@Tony-mq5yo]

By the we way I had couple of friends from Germany and they were very nice

[@johnmurphy5466]

The Automobile capital at one time. Unbelievable a major industria metro city turn into this... i remember CBS 60 minutes did a story on how many abandoned home and industrial buildings needing removed. 85,000 in total. And no funding to demolished

[@sandygarcia6684]

Wow. Oh this is just heartbreaking. All of these majestic and once beautiful homes, each of them echoing into the terrible silence the broken sounds of laughter stilled, and dreams so sweet and so so needed that they could not bear the pain that scraped the source of themselves from the sidewalks, the empty rooms, and from the many splintered hearts that died there in the cold embrace of something so evil, and so wrong that even though it has ceased to matter, it has not. Sorrow indefinable lays in uneasy rest here, and it shall never, no not ever, forget its loss. Its unimaginable loss. This video is breathtakingly beautiful in its unspeakable tragedy. Thanks for sharing.

[@lindapietrasz8070]

This... This is why I worry when my 48-year old son goes to concerts in or near Detroit. Yes, mom's still worry no matter how old our kids are! 😰

[@l.salisbury1253]

Back-in-the-Day Detroit was was Rock N Roll capitol! MC5, Iggy & the Stooges and the original Alice Cooper Band all got their biggest starts in Detroit!

[@77D777]

@@l.salisbury1253 good hip hop also come outta Detroit also good music in general

[@sallysez]

There aren't any shows happening in this neighborhood. This is far from downtown, and the further you go the more the decline.

[@henrytroll3439]

Man. No wonder my friend was avoiding some places when I visited him in Detroit. Creepy to see this

[@bridgetmuehlberger5141]

Wow! Those homes with the golden brick fronts and wooden sides really fascinated me for some reason. So many of those houses looked huge! I wish that one street in what looked like an industrial-type area had not been closed to traffic! Would LOVE to have seen that! This one was very interesting. Had you not told us you were in the Detroit area, I never would have guessed this location.

[@hoodsnhollers]

You're right Bridget, those homes were HUGE! The whole time filming I was thinking about how they would have looked in the past. Had to be amazing. I've got a lot more uploads to come on this, I'll eventually cover the whole city at some point. It's one of a kind and even with it's bad areas I still love Detroit!

[@rdmeenach]

The craftsmanship and woodworking skills probably still evident in most of those large old homes, banisters, stairways, built in cupboards, ceiling moldings etc. are artisan artwork, lost to time and decay. Just think of the thousands of square feet of maple flooring in those old mansions. Just rotting away, never to be seen or used again. All the old green and pink fixtures…. The grand parties held when people moved into these homes for the first time. It’s all so sad…..

[@adrianimee8665]

Beautiful structures, so sad!

[@cherrylove3656]

watching all these videos on abandoned and bad cities makes me wonder what exactly is going on in this country that we aren't being told as usual. Detroit was at one time thriving. Auto production from the American automakers from ford to GMC to Packard ETC these video 's bring you into the reality of what's going on.

[@missmoxie9188]

They moved manufacturing overseas That’s why

[@SpettroFamily]

My big question is : if a city like Detroit, perhaps the number one industrial city in the history of USA, can go this bankrupt and abandoned...what about the rest of USA, Europe and the World in general ? Does make sense ?

[@lesliehardy1843]

At one time, all these homes were someone's brand new dream home. It's so sad that with so many homeless and struggling, that these just sit there and rot.

[@Jay-Leigh]

I really enjoy your channel. I like that it’s quiet so I can just enjoy the ride alone. I also live in the U.K. so this is something I wouldn’t ordinarily be able to see. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏻

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks so much Jay for watching! It always amazes me to see where my subscribers are from, so cool!

[@brycewiborg8095]

Some of those houses would have possibilities. Unfortunately it would require a income. I've watched Detroit in decline for 45 years. Thank you.

[@michaelwhite2823]

Frank interview a with people who left in the 60s and 70s would be interesting.

[@mrq2044]

Detroit went from 1.8 million people in the 50s to now just 630,000 so you can imagine how empty the city is

[@Rayven_cat]

It's crazy to see that realtor sign @3:26

[@1940limited]

Who the hell oud buy the place? I saw tww for sale signs. Evenfor $1 what would you do with it surrounded by so much urban decay? One house looked liek it was under renovation but surrounded by derelicts. I wish them good luck.

[@l.salisbury1253]

And it's only slighter better than the one just before it...!

[@DarlingNikki2]

I wonder how it's listed? Probably as a 'fixer-upper' that just needs some love and TLC and is in a 'quiet' neighborhood lol. Realtors and used car salespeople are cut from the same crooked cloth...

[@s5adventures]

Wow! I think this is the worst I have ever seen 😲

[@luke2806]

you know a place is messed up when even the garbage floating around is picked clean.

[@TheEndIsHere144]

Looks and feels like the apocalypse

[@mikelambert8324]

Wow! Even the trees are depressed.😊

[@vitollock575]

bahkmut looks better than i expected...

[@Mandsb69]

Omg from England 🇬🇧 this is so upsetting to see 😮😢 Bless 🙌 🙏

[@TeriLynn923]

It really is. It was once thriving and beautiful!

[@porkbeans4792]

Imagine what this place is like during the wee hours in the morning. Talking about creepy pasta.

[@christyrogers7707]

I really enjoy seeing the architecture! Some of these places must have looked quite grand with their brick façades, porches & balconies. They look pretty big, 2 storeys & a lot of depth compared to the width of the frontage. Too expensive to repair I suppose

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Very bad. A cool vampire movie was filmed in a still-standing brick Victorian house somewhere in Detroit by an abandoned factory

[@SpettroFamily]

more than one actually

[@l.salisbury1253]

The whole area would be a GREAT place to film a Zombie movie...!!

[@lindapietrasz8070]

How could people allow their city to get this bad?

[@1940limited]

Good question.

[@michaelwhite2823]

They didn't they left.

[@downloadjunkyadventures]

Thanks 👍 another great video I'm just so amazed there are that many vacant houses all around ,and where the hell did all the occupants go. Crazy eh. Cheers from Blissfield New Brunswick Canada

[@damnationdefied777]

Wow! This is a damn good video I wouldn’t dare go where you did

[@365daysofjewelry3]

Those big houses must have looked glorious at one point in time. I would have loved to see what they looked like on the inside back in the day!

[@johnmartin7182]

As always awesome content thanks for your time to do this video big fan of your channel

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks so much for watching John!

[@kuledekiyabancimetehancevi7035]

Why are these beautiful houses empty? How did it come to be?

[@massimookissed1023]

Detroit doesn't make cars anymore. No jobs, no people.

[@clairwaucaush7225]

It would be nice to see what this neighborhood looked like in 1955. Another world. Those are some deep big houses!...The 'For Sale' signs are a riot. Talk about being hopeful!

[@BGNOLA]

Coming to Chicago soon.

[@derricklogan2058]

Had you remained traveling East on Tuxedo, when you reached Linwood, you would have come to Central High School where I went to school in 1975!

[@jd-3d179]

I live in Hazel Park, MI and occasionally cross into Detroit and see houses that look like they just took an airstrike. Even though I've watched countless vids explaining it, I still wonder how this happened

[@lindapietrasz8070]

Thanks! I will watch this later. 😁 Busy getting ready for holiday. Happy "holiday" everyone.

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thank you so much Linda! Happy Holidays!

[@lindapietrasz8070]

​@@hoodsnhollers You're welcome! Same to you and yours!

[@m42037]

What holiday St Paddy's day? Oh Easter 🎉🎊

[@markstrouse3101]

Great great video as always.

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks for watching Mark!

[@museonfilm8919]

It amazes me that folks torch perfectly decent homes, and then expect the state to give them everything - because they are 'poor'.

[@88detour]

They torch them so squatters and other criminals can't use them. Their also structurally unsafe, the X painted on the houses indicates this.

[@gillc9773]

Where i live in north east England there was a large run down industrial site and a dirty river Tees. Lots of investment created houses, shopping centre, university, river barrage and sailing centre. The area was transformed. This is what Detroit needs. Investment, creativity and jobs to bring it back to life 🎉

[@seankingwell3692]

Now adays if they didn't tell you it was Detroit you might think its a neighborhood from any big "sanctuary" city in America.

[@lynettewatson4006]

Now this is very disturbing to me 😔 thank you for these Amazing video I appreciated you Please be safe Love & Peace 👍🏾💯

[@janeentumbao8690]

This is the hoodiest hood yet! I've heard that they've built up downtown again. Still... A sad sight. All of those once gorgeous homes now rotten and fugly. 😢

[@williebeamish5879]

Stripped out too, I've heard from folks that have been inside them.

[@holgerhansen7078]

How could any city allow this to happen? It's easy to see that once upon a time these houses were proud and stately. Economic decline is no excuse. Conscious decisions of many kinds made this possible. You don't get that kind of post-nuclear-war look overnight. The greatest country in the world. Yes, of course.

[@Curlyloxau]

I'd be scared driving through there

[@michaelanthonyvideos]

Believe it or not it used to be much worse. My childhood home has been long gone.

[@antinorum9820]

It looks like the set of a horror movie.

[@gcm9572]

Such beautiful homes & architecture just left to rot in the elements. Shame😞

[@timwright8785]

Have always wanted to go to detroit can't believe there's places like this in America

[@cyoung2345]

Never seen a city patch their sidewalk repairs with asphalt. Maybe temporary patches like that. But we all know they will not fix those sidewalks with fresh concrete. Not even in ADA compliance for handicapped residents. Speaks volumes to why the housing is in disrepair. The City has just given up on its self.

[@janetpatterson7915]

I lived in Detroit till I was about 10 years old back in the 70s. My dad worked at Ford motor company so we had a big beautiful house. All the houses were big and beautiful and my neighborhood was awesome. We played outside all day till the street lights came on. It’s so sad seeing it this way.

[@CP-mw2iv]

Is there a plan for these houses because I bet that if the city sells them dirt cheap and gets a bank to offer low interest home improvement loans, there would be enough interest to fix them.

[@janeentumbao8690]

I think there is a program or two available. But.... Think about the opposition. Would you want to own property there that may be vandalized during the process of reconstruction or after it's done? Do you want to pay for seriously armed security 24/7? If it's an apartment building, who would you rent it out to? And would they want to live there? And would they keep their units up? And would you be in line with fair/affordable housing? That's a thing in Chicago where if you have a building that has so many units, x% has to be for lower income people or you'd have to pay some fee to sidestep that. I personally would love to do something like that for East Cleveland Ohio (where I'm from). But... I know the reality of dealing with certain areas and the people there and what may or may not be supported. He made a video in EC some time ago. If you haven't checked it out, do. It looks like a mini version of Detroit.

[@RickBerman-iv2il]

Imagine being one of the people left. Your house has zero value, can’t escape and it’s only getting worse.

[@BigCheese193]

Are there any for sale? Looks like a great spot for my family, just what we were looking for!

[@iramaiasilva5668]

Que lugar HORRÍVEL! Sem vida, sombrio. Deprimente.

[@oliverharris7366]

When you move the Jobs over seas this is what happens to America.

[@michaelwhite2823]

Population started dropping in 1950. Rioting and crime escalated the exodus of business and people out to the suburbs. With its crime rate it will never recover. Do Highland Park next please.

[@HeritageSoftail]

Highland Park Illinois? Used to be upscale. I'm from Chicago

[@michaelwhite2823]

@@HeritageSoftail Oh no. Michigan. Next to Detroit.

[@HeritageSoftail]

@@michaelwhite2823 gotcha. I lived in Michigan for ten years in the 70's. Berrien county, southwest Michigan. Beautiful state. I've been out west for six years so I was surprised when I thought Highland Park Illinois

[@hoodsnhollers]

I'll definitely cover that area in the future!

[@ohkay7418]

What would this town look like if 40-50 years ago they stopped all the building out that they had to only use what was incorporated at that time they would have kept the woodlands for animal habitats in recreational activities

[@lindapietrasz8070]

07:54 Land Shark 🦈

[@hoodsnhollers]

LOL that land shark comes with the property for the price of $1!

[@lindapietrasz8070]

​@@hoodsnhollers wow

[@kbr6783]

Chicago is next.

[@charlesking8943]

I lived in metro Detroit 90-2000. The neighborhoods are so large, few folks told me how bad it was back then n the fires how much of the city burned, never to be repaired. Every one just left. Entire neighborhoods, miles n miles burned.

[@sylviabaldwin2899]

I'm across the river...Thank God❤

[@tommy2camaro]

After watching this video, it became clear to me and to you that Detroit is a tale of two cities. While some have the luxury of beautiful, well-maintained homes and neighborhoods, others live in poverty in the shadows of those who have everything. Poverty in America is out of control, but what can we do to fix it? There has to be a better way to make sure everyone has a chance to live comfortably and safely.

[@davidg5629]

Are utilities capped off at each abandoned home? I guess so. Some houses are still occupied and must have water, gas and electrical. Sorry, I'm a contractor and have to ask. Squatters must be a huge problem.

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

New sub here👍🤓 thanks for sharing

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks for the sub!

[@debrundquist.9223]

These used to be beautiful homes.

[@oceanjoker3544]

So sad

[@aquatecpoolservice4547]

These homes @10 minutes in must have looked fabulous 50 years ago

[@shawnmcnamara6032]

Check out the positive in the D! There's lots! Still blight like this because of the massive population loss from 1967 until 2013 bankruptcy.

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

..what the silicon valley is today is what detroit was yesterday..the industrial age left behind the remnants of a workforce that moved the entire world..they were ill prepared for the shift to technology...no one could see it then..but it was inevitable..most of the workforce had a ton of kids who had no future..poverty brought desperation..desperation brought crime..bye bye detroit..in the 60's and 70's..it was the best ...I'm very proud to have been raised there..

[@same_ole_lemonz4195]

Dang, when our family left there in 1989, it was not like this. I know cities have their ups and downs but this is unreal. Much of it looks like deliberate destruction. Not like it was just left untouched.

[@robertduffy937]

All that great architecture lost forever.

[@johnevans1969]

Tragic, absolutely tragic 😥 😔

[@MIKECNW]

With so much crime in Chicago these days I wonder if Detroit's crime is almost just as bad. Think both cities are the largest in the midwest and I've heard Detroit has also had serious crime problems downtown.

[@GlamGail]

Having a home on a block like this has to be depressing

[@ruthlundy4497]

With all that could be done and is ignored ......to say it's shameful with all that need so much help barely scratched the surface ......

[@alphaomega8373]

Great footage, without all the extra unfunny jokes, some people do in their videos.

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

Tears for my once beautiful City.

[@jayhpaq]

So sad…….some really nice architecture lost forever.

[@juventinorodriguez3639]

Beautiful houses, I wish there was a way to do business there.

[@SpirituelleWelten]

Warum verkauft der Staat die Häuser nicht, um sie dann zu renovieren? Gibt es keine Nachfrage in diesem Gebiet?

[@AlvinSeville1]

"Detroit, Michigan Worst Parts" Then you gotta drive almost the whole city.

[@ronnieleemichael4973]

I can't understand why they wasted water putting out some of those places. To me it looks like the area would be improved with them totally gone rather than the shells left standing

[@williamratcliffe7833]

Yes

[@dentonthaves5216]

Lots of beautiful homes going to waste what a shame.

[@neok5050]

Yay u made it to the D 💯 go highland Park too

[@drpoundsign]

WOW!! the near weat side was Bad bt the time of the 67 riots. I worked at a hospital in this Hood in the Eighties. I don't remember this level of abandonment back then. Looks likit was built from the 1910s to 1920s.

[@sharonhamburg5288]

Niagara Falls, NY would be a great opportunity for your videos.

[@hoodsnhollers]

That will be coming very soon!

[@alexandresoaresdearaujosoa4661]

Fico triste em saber que empresa tão importante pra uma cidade,quando vão embora acaba com o que está ao redor,,,sou de são Paulo,Brasil e fico triste vendo o que está acontecendo nos lugares,onde marcaram adolescentes ou até mesmo a infância,,,um abraço a todos.

[@charleneinman3625]

I live in Cincinnati .We got a few bad areas but nothing like this place .I will say our city officials are doing all they can to improve the few bad spots .This is so sad .

[@georgebeck3992]

Time to realize certain communities are unsustainable and are returning to open prairie. As nature rules

[@jadawayda]

I’m in awe

[@MariaMadarova-sk7pr]

This is unspeakably sad.

[@aquatecpoolservice4547]

Sweet Jesus, no wonder why there're so many homeless people around, 😢

[@TeriLynn923]

I've been to Detroit a couple of times. As much as I love going through abandoned buildings, there's no way I was going in Detroit. Some of these streets are so bad the cops won't even show up. These were once thriving middle class neighborhoods. It was a beautiful city. This is the result of outsourcing to foreign companies. Everything within a 50 mile radius of Detroit is deteriorating like this. The car industry was the major employer and when that shut down, everything shut down. People had to move. It's really sad.

[@janeentumbao8690]

The auto industry hit Cleveland hard too. That and steel. But Cleveland doesn't look as hideous.

[@TeriLynn923]

@@janeentumbao8690 You are right!

[@40intrepid]

Not everything within a 50 mile radius, go check out Grosse Pointe, other inner ring suburbs are also holding out OK.

[@homelessnative]

The sad part is this place was probably full of life once and now it's just a ghost town

[@pphrph]

Gotta love outsourcing