DETROIT'S MOST DANGEROUS EASTSIDE AREA

Another neighborhood on the east side of Detroit

[@roymccowans1530]

This breaks my heart. I love Detroit. These homes were built to house families comfortably. Neighborhoods were varied but everyone watched out for one another. Most of us shared what we had. This did not have to happen. These houses were effectively stolen from the owners/buyers. Drugs created an unending need for cash flow. We have always had drugs in this country but in the 80s, the government became involved, making profit off the addicts, sellers, & buyers. This did NOT have to happen.

[@tayaridaima9092]

ima buy a whole block for 25 dollars

[@MichaelDavidCilantro]

+Tayari Daima Thats too much money. Two blocks go for 10$ Who ever your real estate agent is is coning you.

[@heavyglassglass]

What a waste of $25

[@AngelDollAvakin]

😂😂😂😂

[@kroneyt1493]

I wouldn't. Then you get to pay state/city taxes for those blocks and if anybody breaks into your house and gets hurt, per Michigan state law, you get to pay for their medical bills.

[@jeremylesso857]

@@kroneyt1493 fuck that

[@annfrazier7275]

Poverty doesn't burn homes and throw the trash into the streets.

[@juanjacobomoracerecero6604]

Ann Frazier Absolutely right.

[@canabox7112]

Just because you are poor doesn't mean you can't pick up the trash.

[@ryanking621]

mike brabant you can’t really blame black people for that it’s just poverty if you look to Dublin and limerick in ireland Glasgow and Liverpool in U.K. it’s the same things but only whites

[@GaryJibilian]

Damn! I grew up at 6 Mile & Gratiot till I was 17, and remember the neighborhood changing in the mid 70's. House I grew up in was like a mansion, with so much character and built like a tank. Was shocked to see overgrown grass on Google Earth where the house used to be! Noticed how many other homes have vanished, which I would play at with my neighborhood friends back in the day. Even the street signs have been stolen!! We had our home broken into, twice.... while we were in the house!! We had to scare the thieves away!!

[@earthsucks9555]

Near Assumption Grotto?

[@GaryJibilian]

@@earthsucks9555 Yup! Would love to go to the annual fair as a kid.

[@Lusterburn]

To actually see city blocks and neighborhoods totally abandoned like this is jaw dropping! It's like a horror movie!

[@kentzwillinger2633]

I think that detroit is the only city that would look the exact same after being nuked.

[@cryssie7181]

It must be so heartbreaking for whoever still lives in these neighbourhoods to wake us every morning to such demise

[@yedon68]

born on the east side in 1945..sad day for this once beautiful & prosperous city..God bless!

[@brandonwright1001]

I was born on the west side in 1983. Brightmoor. Looks similar to this area. It is sad. When I was a young knuckle head, I had fun slumming around, I liked the dark destruction. I was a dark kid. But as a man, even though there is a startling beauty to the bombed out city blocks, it isn't the kind type of beauty. It's awe inspiring, the depredations, the streets falling apart. But there is a terrible sadness at the waste of once gorgeous neighborhoods, there are so many ornate buildings that took thousands of man-hours to create. Detroit was once the 4th biggest city in the United states population-wise,...now its hovering around 20th.

[@Marcus-fq5rw]

imagine if time machines were made in the 1950s and somebody traveled to 2015 and saw what there neighborhood looked like 60 years later

[@edlee2336]

They'd probably break down and cry. I mean if that was my street I wouldn't be able to look at that for too long.

[@55Ariz]

I wouldn't mind takin a trip the other way to take a look at the area in 1950. A family in every house, a big American car in every driveway, neatly mowed lawns, kids on bikes, neighbors chatting. Not such a bad life! Look at it now! That's progress????

[@FerrariTeddy]

+Anazman thats a city where corporate greed took the jobs away from the people and devestated the economy.

[@Rscmgw23]

+ferrariteddy couldn't have said it better myself!

[@elizabethsergent4138]

MichiganMan I can't believe place in America looking like that my God have mercy

[@YourAnMoron]

These are some beautiful houses.

[@DuffyElmer]

*were

[@reuben8140]

:(

[@YourAnMoron]

It's so sad that they'll have to be torn down.

[@r.pres.4121]

Those beautiful houses are now too badly deteriorated and open to the elements for too long. Demolition and clearance is the only viable option. However the City of Detroit does not have the money to demolish all these abandoned homes.

[@Sereous313]

+R. Pres. this used to be the place to live during the automotive revolution, all this was suburbs. All the jobs from GM,Ford, and Chevy just located in downtown detroit 5 mins away.

[@cathiemorgan4685]

If you have a REALLY GOOD IMAGINATION you can picture these in the 50s and 60s just being vital.

[@BodhiBev]

These neighborhoods only live in the memories of those who lived there. My childhood home and neighborhood devastated. Makes me sick.

[@55Ariz]

Weird to think of those homes at one time when they were new. Families moving in, staying in the new house for the first night. The dad heading to work the following Monday at the auto plant. Living the American dream! There is a vid here called 'Detroit Portrait of a City' Shows what it used to look like!! Hard to believe it is the same place!!!

[@TheWaterlily2012]

Tragic to see what used to be nice homes destroyed and land trashed.

[@markhoughton7326]

Yes and white people didn't do it.

[@adamf34]

Every now and then you see a house that's occupied. How in the fuck do you live in the middle of this?

[@supadoopa926]

You have no other choice.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

Drug dealers lol

[@beerrunner8153]

As a truck driver I have been in this city, and it's in bad shape. I cross the bridge into Canada and it's nice and clean. I'm not from Detroit and don't know what went wrong, but something did. I took some wrong turns there (got lost), before they fixed the mess on the crossing. Some places looked like a battle zone. I have been to many cities and towns across America and Canada and have never seen anything this bad. I blame the local and federal Government. Only they can mess it up like that.

[@dubbyu4286]

I think they were bankrupt. I'm not sure. I'm not from Detroit either.

[@AntiPCTruthseeker]

+Beerrunner81 When you import the Third World you get the Third World. Detroit native here.

[@markhoughton7326]

Local and federal governments too blame !? you can be serious , local inhabitants are to blame.

[@markhoughton7326]

Canada is Nice and clean ! It's a different country, white people live there.

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

​@@markhoughton7326💯😢

[@kennethlemanski7399]

This is about a mile from the neighborhood where I grew up in Detroit. When I left in 1978, this was still a very nice area ot Detroit.

[@murdermondayspodcast]

Hi, I'm curious. what street is this on? what neighborhood is this? thanks

[@latiffanymarie6145]

I used to stay on Gitre ave, off gratiot, fournier, wildemere. Brings back good childhood memories, saddens me how Detroit has fallen down.

[@theresnooneleft1169]

Seeing children's toys at 6:18, in the midst of all that devastation, was a bit jarring.

[@wilsongulick4608]

Holy crap at 6:18 there are two non-derelict houses IN A ROW! All jokes aside, I can't help but feel sorry for the people still living in Detroit.

[@MichaelDavidCilantro]

+Wilson Gulick Theyre not really living in Detroit more so just hanging out in their death beds waiting to die off.

[@DusTron-mo1hn]

Michael David Cilantro The same lack of hope creates these horrible conditions.

[@markhoughton7326]

@@MichaelDavidCilantro or in there buying some heroin from their scrap metal they stole.

[@pedromuniz5441]

OMG. I have never been to detroit but, it looks like A bomb hit it. Those beautiful homes all all destroyed. Its sad to watch.

[@OOceaneyess]

it looks like it was a very nice neighborhood back in the day.

[@JDHalstengard]

There's a certain type of pride behind saying "I'm from Detroit"

[@Flizzypirate]

WyoNord there is. I'm from Detroit, it has a reputation for TONS of things- good and bad but it is a city that will forever be respected because of its history

[@terminatorrc1]

Jesus Christ why can't the government clean this up?!

[@FerrariTeddy]

its already way too far gone. and michigans economy is still shook from the recession (michigan got hit hardest) and fixing detroit would cost billions of dollars that the government doesnt have. if you want to fix detroit, make weed legal and use detroit for urban weed farming. then use the INSANE ammounts of tax money to help fix the infostructure.

[@Pranks313]

+TheNauseator it's got nothing to do with the UAW and auto company's leaving....

[@Pranks313]

+TheNauseator a plant shuts down, 1000people per shift lose their jobs/transfer. This is more than a few plants shutting down. Not every autoworker lived in Detroit either.

[@kylehewitt13]

+ric car (scream durmmer) because it costs a lot of money and when the people who live there just destroy it again. whats the point.

[@aeHyde]

+Capt777harris who's fault? yours.

[@suechurchill7128]

You can see the beauty these homes once had. All of this is from the car companies failing? So incredibly sad.

[@suechurchill7128]

Racism is uncalled for and ignorant. How very sad that we are in 2016 and there is still this blatant ignorance... Boo

[@tmm226]

+Sue Churchill Whites moving out and taking their money with them after the riots in the 60's, after the whites moved out the rest followed, corporations, grocery stores, retail stores, not just the auto industry.

[@hockjenkem5187]

+Sue Churchill "Racism is uncalled for and ignorant." Is that the only fucking word you dumb ass liberals know how to use when describing alleged racism (realism)? "ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant ignorant"... "How very sad that we are in 2016 and there is still this blatant ignorance" How very sad that we live in 2016 and we have grown adults who follow a cult religion called "political correctness" where they purposefully lie to themselves about the differences between races, and they do it for childish feel-good reasons. It's sad that this is 2016 and anybody that steps out of line with the official egalitarian dogma of political correctness is treated like a modern day Galileo. It's sad that we have such fake bitches like Sue that say stupid shit like "it's 2016 and we still have racism". Racism is and will always continue to be an issue between humans. It's in our DNA to automatically side or have more empathy for those who look similar to us. This is how the sub-species of humans evolved. It's sad that we have gullible cucks like Sue that buys into that disgusting "it's 2016, we should be progressive" hippy ideology. It's 2016. So fucking what? So since it's 2016, what you're saying is it is cool & hip in 2016 to delude yourself like a little kid into believing that all races are the same except for when it comes to skin color? I thought this was the age of science and accepting the truth for what it is, however unpleasant it might be. This is 2016, you're right. 2016 should be in an era where we reject emotionally-appealing, illogical, overly-zealous religious beliefs, LIKE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. You PC cultists act JUST like the churches that scorned Galileo & Copernicus.

[@suechurchill7128]

Hock Jenkem5 Just because you use big words and sound somewhat intelligent doesn't make it so. Racism is not"in our DNA", it is a learned trait. I do not practice trying to be"politically correct", I practice tolerance, unity, peace and love but you are so busy being angry over shit you can do nothing about you take it out on anyone who has their own opinion. Sounds like you've got some backed up cheese sport, you might want to go take care of that. Good day.

[@TheMTGDuder]

Racism isn't just ignorant, it's a sign of the lack of understanding of the natural world and natural law. Skin color correlates to pigmentation which is caused by the sun. People who live near the equator are darker. People who live near the poles are paler. Detroits failure is caused by capitalism.

[@patrick2365]

Hone architects should take a page from these homes. It's shocking so many of these homes are still standing. There are still beautiful old homes in Detroit, and it's still littered with good livable neighborhoods. I grew up on Eastwood on the east side. Area is a ghost town now, but it used to be beautiful. Love those old brick homes with the big porches. I'm proud of my Detroit roots - the greatest city around!

[@gloriahanes6490]

I use to trick or treat in these neighborhoods when I was a kid, best haul ever with a full pillowcase of candy!

[@CoinHuntingDrew]

You'd think the increase in danger would actually turn around and decrease. No one wants to live there, people are moving out, abando's are what you see nowadays, and no one seems to be really out there. It's sad to see this happen to low-income cities in large populated cities. These used to be beautiful homes 60+ years ago, or even less. Now they are mostly dumps, but some of the houses still show wealth from people who used to settle there back during the war time, and the great depression.

[@Gomek2]

I grew up in Detroit for the first 25 years of my life. I think they should burn the entire city to the ground, it would be an improvement. There are so many area's such as this, believe me. What you're seeing now is the cancerous husk of what was. I do remember when these houses had well trimmed lawns with children playing on them, and mom and dad were both there.

[@Philly_pr]

My dad told me he lived in Detroit LONG ago and he said Every Halloween Night Every People will burn everyone's houses (some) and they don't even give a fuck even if someone's in the house.

[@DannyWilliamH]

+Pm_gamer 101 (ProtoGamerGT) Devils Night. It was Detroit tradition and while not as bad still alive. Used to see the city in flames from any roof back in the day.

[@Gomek2]

I remember back in the early 80's one devil's night, the sky in all directions was bright orange from all the fires.

[@earthsucks9555]

Devil’s night was the day BEFORE Halloween

[@hemibeep]

@@DannyWilliamH Early 80's growing up in Windsor, we would ride our bikes to the waterfront & watch the fires. Scary.

[@deannachambers2471]

These homes at one time had character I was looking at these hubless this person was driving down the streets, and it makes you wonder what kind of families live there where people happy did they have a lot of struggles, these homes were beautiful at one time, too bad they they could have been saved to help with the homeless people to help get him off the streets. Sad to see them in this shape.

[@rredhawk]

Reminds me of all the ghost towns I first saw when I was a kid traveling out West with my parents, only the buildings look and are more modern here.

[@DAman69ize1]

I’m amazed you made it out with your life.

[@danjack-son4871]

wow... how could this happen?? so many beautiful home's... lost.

[@markhoughton7326]

BLACKS.

[@Imthatdude2005]

@@markhoughton7326 are u related to kris jenner?

[@mj9604]

Imagine living around all those beat up/abandoned houses? You can see the odd house with people still living amongst all of that. I can't imagine what that would be like for them..

[@keishaehiarinmwian1724]

i remember growing up in Detroit glad i moved to Texas

[@holdencoltrane]

If this is the most dangerous neighborhood in Detroit, driving past people slowly with your hand sticking something out the window at them is probably not the best idea lmao

[@Thinker669]

They look like Haunted Houses. You can make scary movies over there.

[@ryanvenora9084]

film crew don’t wanna die

[@Underdose]

its almost beautiful seeing the dilapidated leftovers of humanity like this

[@rapper250]

It's a good place to film a post apocalyptic movie.

[@theharristrain]

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[@anna-river]

nothing beautiful about it. fucked up american political system. that's all i see.

[@sdrfz]

Underdose, it is mesmerizing to watch. Where did all the people go? What happened here? Who owns the property now? So many questions, not enough answers.

[@dalemcnamee2427]

To answer your questions, sdfrz... Detroit had been losing population since the early '60's and the 1967 riots didn't help... Then, the crash of the auto industry, city fiscal mismanagement, the crack epidemic, etc. all did their parts as well... And some of these homes may have owned by elderly homeowners who either wound up in nursing homes or died and left no heirs or the heirs didn't want the houses... As to "who owns them"... If the owner defaults on their mortgage, foreclosure ensues and the bank or mortgage company owns it... Fail to pay property taxes and the city or county seizes it.. If the property is occupied, there's an eviction... And the government doesn't take care of its property very well... And those residents left behind are stuck with worthless properties that they are still paying inflated property taxes on ( the taxes never "crashed" like the property values did )... Then, there were the "home equity loans"... But, if you watch Charlie's videos, you can see other streets that have no vacant houses while other streets are like the ones shown...

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

1:37 Holy sh!t! People in Detroit???? I would NEVER walk around ANY area of Detroit EVER. I'm not even frightened anymore, just sad. It's like remembering a family member who is now in prison. Detroit is just that, the parent you only once knew, the parent who is on death row, the parent who one day will disappear from existence, now only a thing of the past. Detroit is just that, on death row for the past 20 years, rotting away only to die quietly. It just makes me sad.

[@garcibus]

+WorldWhirl yeah it's sad but detroit will be back some day. it will take some time but this city can't get worst. i'm from brightmoor it used to be warzone now it's going a lil better and safer because of many residents constant efforts and hope. there's still much work to do though :/

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

lucas g It'll be back some day. That's all we know. I guess if NYC can make a turnaround then Detroit can.

[@TheFloofBoi]

I like exploring abandoned places, but DAMN!!! I wouldn't be caught DEAD in Detroit! at least, not without a lot of backup!

[@TheFloofBoi]

I mean, in certain parts of Detroit. The city as a whole is not ALL bad

[@youngnoah6362]

+Brennan Williams I guess you don't live in Detroit because every neighbor hood is bad; there are a couple small neighbor goods that are good but that's very little compared to everything else and downtown is nice but then again it isn't a neigborhood

[@derelictmachine9401]

lol

[@derelictmachine9401]

LOL

[@skynyrdnemoy2418]

Brennan Williams Hanging around places like that you probably would be caught dead.

[@Homegrown_Values]

Really hard watching this footage since I have this vision in my mind on how things might have used to be. Automotive industry Of the. Big three employed many lives within a town then shit went bad, very bad. Jobs lost homes lost crime rate increased due to challenging times. We cannot even imagine what Detroit would be like if all this hadn't have happened. I don't know how things were or is now but seeing these homes sends a strong message to those in wonder.

[@meannormajean8418]

American manufacturing sold everyone down the river without a paddle when they got greedy and could build cheaper overseas.

[@Alexandra-fz7lk]

My dad was born in Detroit in 1940. Lived his whole life in or around Detroit. He always told me the east side was the worst--but when he was a kid, it was really nice.

[@mrbreeze732]

Zoo's are better taken care of... Its sad

[@nunivo]

How could something like this happen, those houses looked great (it was not a real poor place in the early days). What a waste...

[@Hoosier_Boy]

How can America survive when this is happening. What happened to all those families who are now gone? Where did they go, how are they surviving? It's a sad day for everyone, not just Detroit. At one time these homes carried a lot of pride and beauty. The character each one of them has is unique. I don't see how we can all survive.

[@TanzDerSchatten]

I followed some of this on Google Maps. If you go north or south a few blocks on Brock Ave from Linnhurst, you start seeing signs of life again. How bizarre to have that dead spot right in the middle of your neighborhood.

[@nathanharris4219]

this would be crazy to see in real life, cool video man

[@XanaxDust214]

Where's an EF-5 tornado when you need one?....

[@daisygrantt]

Looks like it's already been hit.

[@paullarzazs9601]

Even an EF-5 tornado doesn't want anything to do with Detroit!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

The one that went through Oklahoma City with 318 mph winds? That would sure clean things up!

[@brownskingirl4521]

Its ashame how some cities/neighborhoods look so bad. I don't see how the people that live in that neighborhood feel safe or comfortable with all the abandoned houses around.

[@mweezy497]

Erica Davis Actually I'd feel less safe on a street with a bunch of burnt down houses. That means their is a trap house on that street that doesn't want competition setting up shop.

[@richarerichrichards9222]

The bird population must be thriving with all that cover to nest.

[@earthsucks9555]

There are wild Pheasant, Woodcock, and even Bald Eagles in Detroit proper.

[@Ps05205]

I spent there about week, making photos. It's eerie scenery like from zombie movies. I felt sorry for those people they were mostly ok, non threatening me just poor and resigned. I hope Detroit will recover.

[@carl6956]

It's would seem scary to me having a nicely maintained home in between homes that are either burnt out or destroyed, no street lights, or the only livable home on the block

[@curleyduck]

wow, its hard to believe there are so many areas over there that are abandoned and ruined, its pretty sad really

[@benmaggoswd1]

I'd like to see the difference from then to now on this same route.

[@MrGrunter0]

It seems strange to see what were once very nice houses, now completely abandoned.

[@jonathanpoirot1022]

Looks like a torch in ground

[@kylehewitt13]

sad to think this was probably a very nice area once. those houses have so much potential. Shame the people who live in the area have just destroyed it

[@twinpeninsulas]

For those who blame this on "capitalism"...... There have been and are plenty of cities that have been hit hard by deindustrialization but hardly any are in as bad a shape as Detroit.....look at Pittsburgh for example, they lost almost their entire steel industry decades ago, but the city government and people living there had this thing called " civic pride" and never let it get "Detroit bad"..... They retooled their economy and now their doing great again.........while Detroit has chosen to be a city of section 8 welfare leeches without any inkling of pride in the place they call home......

[@andrewmccoll1582]

Wow. This is terrifying. Those look like they were once nice homes.

[@roymccowans1530]

The Mayor & governor should be ashamed, allowing these houses to stand. Many are rotted , gutted, mold, mildew, unrepairable. These grounds could hold new homes, gardens, local schools, communities. Someone is getting paid big $$$$ allowing this .

[@pepedrat2982]

Americans, you've got exactly the country you wanted. Enjoy it, and good luck.

[@Superwwefanzz]

You can't judge America off one shithole city lmao

[@topgeardel]

I grew up on the East Side. Very close to the neighborhood this guy is driving around in. You don't have to go back to the 50s. You can go back to the 90s and still see those neighborhoods in nice condition. A lot of nice homes there with a lot of potential totally trashed. As I have said before, it reflects the people who live in those neighborhoods as well as the city government who they elect. There has always been "ghettos" in Detroit. What you are seeing are not ghettos. You are seeing the remnants of a depraved & lost generation that lives there.

[@dual_core_gamer2664]

At some point, there will be whole neighborhood blocks which are completely abandoned.If the city were to give away the land for free, someone might be willing to take possession of a whole block or multiple adjacent blocks, demolish them, and re-build a new gated/fenced neighborhood. It must be gated/fenced/patrolled/guarded, possibly with attack dogs inside, or no one will feel safe living/working in such an area. City services are slow and unreliable. Be prepared to handle emergencies yourself.

[@helloxonsfan]

WOW!!! This is so sad to see. But mark my words, this area will be renovated again. It may take a few decades, but it'll happen.

[@emmareed1332]

This is devastating

How is this, "dangerous" nobody lives there. Them are empty lots. In Flint, there are actually people living in these lots.

[@CharlieBo313]

Your not the first to make that statement. The area is dangerous because it is abandoned. You are more likely to get robbed, raped, carjacked if you choose to venture through these areas alone. These are abandoned areas which are surrounded by populated areas with high crime rates.

[@CharlieBo313]

Some of these are stash house, and the police regularly find bodies of missing people in these houses or lots. They just recently found one of a missing 13 yr old boy who was abducted at gunpoint and caught on a liquor stor surveillance camera.. These iabandoned areas in this videos are the east and northeast part of the city and have the cities highest crime rate many times along with a couple of west side areas. This area once had the highest crime rate in the nation according to the zip code 48205. It is always at or near the top I know that for a fact I use to be a Police officer in the precinct covering that area.

[@CharlieBo313]

There is really not that much difference between the east and the west side crime wise. And actually more recently the highest crime rate per zip code in the country was on the west side of Detroit 48234. Grand River/Chicago/ Livernois area. There is a video on You Tube about it. The east side has a reputation of being really bad from the gangs of the 70's and 80's. But then again the most notorious gang YBI originated on the west side in the Dexter/ Joy Rd area. I personally think the west is worst because it is more heavily populated. The west has Large nice areas, but the ghetto areas are larger than the east side.

[@kyleh3693]

Ya I'm sure at night things would take a turn for the worst wouldn't go driving through there slow if ya know what I mean ....omg how can the greatest country on earth lets there cities decay like that unbelievable.....watched a vid on the big hotel there asswell unbelievable

[@mpthegreat8046]

Is the north and south side dangerous

[@bryanlor8086]

I used to live there but we moved and these people moved in and two months later I saw the news and that house that we used to live in was burned down it really is a dangerous place had a lot of bad experiences there .

[@cantthinkofanamedamn2740]

I wonder what the school district with belonging schools is like, and what life is like for any families that stay around these broken down areas.

[@grahamford7202]

I come from SA and this shit looks bad. The government needs to sort their crap out and help the people.

[@tommytucker5464]

Did North Korea drop a nuke here?

[@spureken]

I look up this area on streetview and there are cars and people about this neighbourhood? Has it been redeveloped or did i went to wrong area? I was Brock Ave/Linnhurst as seen in this video.

[@Ps05205]

This reminds me my vacation there. Thanks.

[@cathiemorgan4685]

I'm in CA and listening to California news on the radio in Detroit. Grew up near Chicago, so always thought Detroit was a cool place...they had Rock n Roll!

[@damon9408]

Very well done. I lived in that neighborhood. Don't know what to say.

[@MsMikuHatsume]

It looks like a ghost town.

[@bonniybunbunsanimatesdc2423]

It looks like East St louis Illinois and St Louis Missouri mixed together except the city has a lot more vacant houses and etc.

[@bonniybunbunsanimatesdc2423]

Washington Park too 😳☝

[@wattsenough]

I used to give Sunday morning tours like this to visitors. They could not believe that anything like Detroit could exist in the US. I always carry a gun and had one in the vehicle. Detroit is so unsafe, I don't even visit anymore. Not worth the risk.

[@ericbrett3095]

It was a nice area to live and raise a family in.

[@lkern6238]

i think i rented the upstairs in one of those houses 40 years ago. i hope one day detroit will rise from the blight and thrive.

[@SaspeRilla]

With the radio in the backround it reminds me of I am legend.

[@ClementisItalian]

That neighborhood could be so nice! Why would the people from there allow it to grow stagnant?

[@karlwills3549]

overseas investors from China or Australia are its only hope this sort of real estate in Australia would be worth a fortune.

[@donnyblondy8506]

people who use to live here probably went to see Gordie Howe and Alex delvechio at the Olympia, Al Kaline at Tiger Stadium and Lem Barney on sundays at the lions games.

[@stevenmalchiodi9673]

Sad to see Detroit as a new Yorker living. On long island I could not imagine seeing this around here why can't they fix Detroit anywhere in the USA this is unacceptable.

[@judiciouslyniger6173]

Some houses look like they were originally quite nice. What happened to destroy this area? Sad.

[@jimmymack517]

Every major city has the same issues

[@808michiganjedi3]

I'm originally from the Eastside, Montclair between Harper and I-94. It's really sad, to see my hometown city looking like a war torn zone. I live in Hawaii now, use to live in Garden City ,Canton, Belleville and Ypsilanti. All in that order, an never seen anything that's truly sad and disappointing as the city of Detroit. Was just there in September, nothing looks the same, when I moved out in 1995. People stop caring about what was important, who and how.... The young generation, wanted to come with the mind set, that was really the opposite of what was there before they were born. Selling drugs to your neighbors, neighbors family members. And even their own family members, an they may not even realize, that their destroying themselves...... Look at what you created for yourself, nothing, literally nothing......sad to even see how they hurt themselves and those around them!! The city will raise again, but in a much different look, those who are there. Will be force out at some point, to the outskirts of the city. You'll never be allow back, for those choose to stay. Stay, build, create a future for the past..... Eastside for life from Hawaii!!!

[@lindaalvira6762]

I didn't see any street signs. It doesn't appear to be the Near East Side where I grew up (Poletown, Chene St & I-94). Must be further away? Outer Dr perhaps? or VanDyke?

[@roymccowans1530]

What area is this on the East side? Please.

[@allisooooooon]

What neighborhood is this exactly 😳?

[@aliceprado2328]

parce que cette maison est abandonnée

[@1940limited]

How does this happen in the world's wealthiest nation with the biggest economy? I see an occasional house still lived in. Amazing there's a few people hanging on in the middle of so much carnage. Why do people have to loot, vandalize, burn everything and throw their trash all around?

[@sfcrmsa]

It is a terrible shame. Some of those were such Beautiful homes at one time.

[@agfan1]

I wonder what these streets looked like 60-80 years ago

[@Cnw8701]

Damn, even the weather makes the overall atmosphere more depressing! Sigh... I hate the Midwest/East Coast (Southeast/Northeast) so much. I can't wait to move back to the Southwest where everything is alive and well and there's so much less shit to worry about!

[@ML-nj4qi]

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!!!! Looks like the opening intro to the Walking Dead.

[@greyeaglem]

I see block after block either totally burned out or with one or two occupied houses. It seems it would be in Detroit's best interest to relocate the few people left and just let the area go. Cut off the utilities, water and sewer and end all street maintenance. The city could probably save a lot of money by not wasting resources in those areas. If a house catches fire, don't waste the fire dept. time. Let it burn. With any luck it'll spread to the other nearby eyesores and take care of them too. I often wondered why the fire dept. puts out fires in buildings that are obviously gone instead of letting them burn to the ground until I saw a documentary where they said they would but they'd have to stay to make sure it didn't spread to occupied houses and they don't have time to do that. With no one living there any more, it wouldn't matter.

[@darrellcosey7983]

The fire department OF Detroit still have to answer the fire call because you have what i call squatters living in these abandon houses..

[@greyeaglem]

But if they had more personnel, they could just let the lost causes burn to the ground. As it is they don't have time for that and end up getting called back 2 and 3 times to the same buildings. Each time it's more dangerous for them. Plus it leaves and eye sore. Better to have the resources to stand by and let them burn all the way down..The fire dept. would appreciate it. I would accomplish the same thing as the demolition companies, but Detroit would have the extra fire engines to keep.

[@darrellcosey7983]

greyeaglem Thats crazy to say but your entitled to your opinions!! Me personally i think Detroit got funding from private investors to rebuild the city.

[@greyeaglem]

If you look at earlier comments you will see where someone said Detroit got a bunch of money from the Federal government for demolition and was already wasting it by picking their buddies' companies at an inflated rate. That's when I first commented that they should have given the money to the fire department instead. They'd get rid of the houses and would be a few extra fire trucks to the good.

[@gial.1854]

Probably a lot of paranormal going on in all of these abandoned places,A paranormal group gold mine in a lot of these places.

[@kirklandraab1999]

Is It dangerous or simply 95% abandoned? 4pm and two people and one traffic-vehicle come into screen shot

[@schlachtfilms7179]

Im from the philippines, may i ask who owns those houses?

[@348frank348]

that house @4:33 has someone that actually gives a shit

[@k3nnyo411]

and that "house for a dollar" plan is a joke. you buy the house for a dollar now it's your legal responsibility... you would have to completely renovate the house from the ground up, put thousands upon thousands into it, and then??? NO ONE is going to buy it or even rent it! who would??

[@johnz7980]

+kenny kristan i'd like a house there

[@WilReid]

It's actually worse than that. When you "buy a house for a dollar" you buy all the liability that comes with that house, such as unpaid property taxes. So a $1 investment could immediately put you $40k in debt that you'd have to pay off before you had a clean deed.