East Cleveland, Ohio | What The HELL Happened To This Place?

[@patticampana9458]

I May be an oddball, but when I see old homes I try to imagine how they were in their prime. The people that lived in them etc.

[@sprogthewondercat]

I do too. So sad to see such formerly beautiful architecture in such ruin.

[@beasaroseco5840]

I imagine the tenants and their families. How the lived and what was the circumstances for the final tenants.

[@anthonyagudo208]

You're not alone

[@davidc5191]

John D. Rockefeller used to live in E. Cleveland around the year 1900 to give you an idea of what it was like in its prime (though in 1900 is was more rural).

[@janeentumbao8690]

That building @2:05, I used to live there when I was around 4/5 years old. The right side. Then moved to the corner of Beresford and Euclid. There was a corner store called Michael's. That was early 80's. I think I saw my old place on passed Hayden. It was hidden behind some jungle. You briefly touched Holyoke and Euclid towards the end. I used to work at the Wendy's at the top of the street in 94. Interesting fact... J D Rockefeller Sr owned a lot of property in that area. And he's buried at the Lakeview Cemetery. All of that wealth surrounded by deep poverty.

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

Your silence is golden, no words are needed to be said.

[@hoodsnhollers]

thanks so much for watching!

[@Roadtripmik]

My grandma lives in cleveland, we accidentally took a wrong turn from little italy into East Cleveland… and my grandma said “TURN AROUND”

[@richardduerr9983]

It is sad but also weird, that there is still beauty in the dilapidated condition of such magnificent structures. Thanks for taking me on a ride through devastation that I would not have otherwise seen or been aware of.

[@Mcmullinsjojo]

This was once Rockefeller's city and he built homes for all his employees here. The homes have very good bones

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

I literally lived one block from East Cleveland along with several relatives that lived there.spent many summers at my grandmother’s at 131 and Shaw. Used to by my clothes and food there. I even wanted to get an apartment there once. But now it’s in such complete shambles I don’t stop to get gas there anymore. ITS A GD SHAME and so sad.

[@tommahnke]

I believe it was General Electric that was the main employer there and they moved their operation overseas...thus pulling the rug out from under the city.

[@sprogthewondercat]

It’s all about the $$$.

[@DawgcityClev]

GE was located in Euclid, OH up the road.

[@58jennypenny]

it's a shame all these towns are just left to rot when there's so many homeless people.

[@RageBaby587]

I don't think moving the homeless in will improve things.

[@wwbdwwbd]

This is what a third of the country looks like today, and it's only getting worse.

[@paulbroderick8438]

I immigrated to the US from the UK into the Euclid Ohio region. At the time Cleveland was a major industrial area, sadly it has deteriorated. Looks as if many of those properties were once upscale.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

They were upscale! The richest people in the world used to live in East Cleveland. Cleveland was once a major petroleum center.

[@Mcmullinsjojo]

They once belonged to Rockefeller. Upscale is an understatement

[@tombroen3]

I live in a city in Canada that experienced deindustrialization but you don’t see anything like this in fact there are no abandon buildings anywhere just some sort of rough areas. House prices are now rising rapidly too.

[@blipblip88]

Looks worse than Detroit. The dilapidated, crumbling, weather-worn houses all have one thing in common-Satelite dishes. Entertainment, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes...they're all that people have left for comfort. These "luxuries" are like bandages that cover the suppurating wounds of depression and despair...and most of the time, crime helps pay for these bandaids. Thanks.

[@search4truth104]

Imagine if they only tried a little bit to upkeep this place.

[@jiggymamason4920]

Agreed!!

[@bridgetmuehlberger5141]

Wow. The sheer number and size of these homes is jaw dropping. I would LOVE to see these myself, in person, but I think I’d be too afraid to even attempt it. Thanks for taking one for the team! 👍😊

[@sycamore2789]

The same thing that’s happened to all of the rust belt. The industries/manufacturing left. No blue collar jobs. We’re a nation of warehouses selling overseas manufactured goods.

[@susanlore345]

Broken dreams is right. How sad. Some of those buildings must have beautiful in the day. Love your channel, great footage!!!👍

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thank you so much Susan!

[@janeentumbao8690]

They were. At least in the 70's and 80's. I left in 95.

[@Phil-G1075]

Why is building new allowed rather than restoring old buildings and neighborhoods? It’s a waste of land and buildings. These should be renovated and reused.

[@lindapietrasz8070]

East Cleveland is so bad even the stray cats stay away. 🐈

[@GodisGreatt]

The apocalyptical landscape is unreal.😢

[@YouTubeAddict50]

Nature slowly taking it all back

[@CollDott]

Your not in a dream it s real!!😂

[@JSAC66]

I'll never understand why people have to further vandalize and pollute dilapidated properties.

[@1940limited]

Me either. Just leave it alone.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

FUN. They have nothing better to do. Sad

[@PropertyRecoveryAgentCLE]

It's called the hood😅

[@Bxtskul1l]

It goes hand in hand with poverty. Not hard to contemplate at all.

[@wzupppp]

What is the mayor doing with his life besides filling his pockets? Does he even live in East Cleveland himself?

[@lindapietrasz8070]

I wouldn't live there if the rent was free.

[@andytaylor5476]

Really tragic! All those once beautuful homes left to rot. Wow, so sad to see another town dying this way.

[@knuteboy3778]

You can tell a lot of those houses were very impressive in their heyday in the 20s-40s.

[@gabe5946]

Hey, thanks again for showing us what’s going on out there 😐✌️

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks for watching Gabe!

[@johnnielamons9317]

Some would have us believe this is only in the South. So now you know and see. It’s in every state.

[@greensage395]

I bet there is no copper left in these buildings!

[@kairomon4344]

These are really beautiful houses in Germany, such a house would be priceless. The gardens in particular are huge and beautiful.

[@kartofle123]

What is the situation in what was East Germany today? Has the gov't invested to bring up their standard of living?

[@typerightseesight]

I don't get how they got brand new cars sitting on houses 130 years old. I would get in it and drive away. How does that all add up.

[@acdcduke2037]

All the empty lots you see are where homes used to be but we’re burned down during the riots of 1968. In the 50s East Cleveland was a very prominent wealthy community.

[@moniquejordan2712]

Yes it was

[@edwardmiessner6502]

I could tell. What happened between the 1950s and 1968? Brookline Mass. was wealthy in the 1950s and still is. Apartments like those abandoned blocks are now high-priced condos.

[@homelessEh]

even warzones.... at least get repaired.. but this is just gutted and given up on..

[@michellerene951]

I really love your videos. An eye opener to what so many do not see.😢

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@garyakirsch]

Wish we could somehow get photos of same area say 100 years ago.

[@thealexandrasupertramp]

The silence in this video scratches the good part of my brain, thank you

[@largelarry2126]

It's simple, this what happens when people produce less than they consume.

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

10:35 Wow what a beautiful place! That place must have been the jewel in the crown of that neighborhood once upon a time. With the housing crisis, it's too bad some of these places couldn't be renovated, and lived in. What a shame.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

I bet the residents are so proud of their city's leadership rn 😢

[@feedtherich11]

GYM Jordan ? whats he doing

[@412hwc]

what people dont understand, theres tha east side of cleveland...than there is east cleveland. it is its own city or boro or what ever

[@alexcutie49]

If you start seeing empty houses you’ve already gone too far. And bless your heart if you go out there at night

[@murraymadness4674]

Very different from Detroit and not in a good way. These houses are huge, it isn't going to be easy to fix them up, too much investment, whereas in detroit they are small houses and have a chance to get fixed up to restore the area slowly. I see no way for this place to recover.

[@Pomeray8]

I agree. But, the greater cleveland area does bear this distinction going forward: it rests on a backbone of a public transit system built to handle a much larger city. Individual neighborhoods and suburbs are revitalizing along nodes. If neighborhoods could be redirected along the intact lines... It's also cool to see both Detroit and Cleveland metro taking advantage of access to waterways and lakes.

[@allen9584]

And what's sad is this city was once thriving 25+ years ago it has alot of potential but the city/state doesn't want to make the investment smh

[@pinxtownington4645]

You invest for return but if expenditure is far higher than income this is what happens will happen right across America as time goes by

[@manonamission2000]

Slap a "Google Maps" placard on your car and you'll be safe.. lol

[@gerardkowalski7683]

Drove through there back in 05 . Right by Rockefeller park and MLK boulevard. Never seen anything like this except on tv . But seeing it live , its surreal. Looks like a warzone.

[@trinibagowaynecaribbean1611]

Martin Lurher King doesn't go into East Cleveland

[@jeremyjackson8196]

Glad to see they've cleaned it up

[@TommyTombs]

5:51 great car!

[@1940limited]

I noticed that, too. The impoverished can still afford that. Early 70s Monte Carlo. They're petty collectible now.

[@veeess7239]

I don’t know how to explain myself, it’s kinda sad to watch that, but at the same time extremely relaxing

[@lisk3822]

About 7 years ago, a friend was driving us to a restaurant and she took a shortcut through East Cleveland. The first thing I did was to lock my door.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

So much abandonment and dereliction! Very sad.

[@stevenkuro1984]

It looks as if an earthquake or tornado has occurred.

[@joyfullone3968]

Or a war!

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Drove around there many years ago and looked pretty much the same. Didn't see so many people on the street on my trip. I did not know that a section of any American city could get this bad. 😟

[@mintsaturn]

My dad was a Hungarian immigrant that grew up on the east side of Cleveland.

[@deborahmacdonald9319]

Please be safe HOLA!

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thank you SO much Deborah!! HOLA!!

[@lindapietrasz8070]

WTG DEBORAH! Fifty bucks in Canada is $37 in USD?

[@yelapa999]

I just read the Wikipedia entry on this berg. This has got to be one of the greasiest small towns east of the Mississippi. Some of those ruins are gorgeous and it's a shame they're rotting.

[@rnp1785]

Those were once beautiful brick homes and buildings. What the heck happened.

[@anjachan]

I don't wonder about why there is more crime at those places. you could deal with it different but people are frustrated and don't care anymore.

[@DawgcityClev]

It's so bad that places that were beautiful growing up 25-30 years ago like Maple Heights, Bedford, Fairview, Brookpark all look like trash now.

[@tjstevens001]

At one time, this area must have had thriving industries for locals. So sad

[@pinxtownington4645]

Yes economy was thriving but then everyone wanted bigger piece of the pie but in the end pie wasn't big enough

[@SpettroFamily]

Unreal - a movie set A catastrophic level of abandonment Even the main street looks...terrible How can someone still live there ? What will be of cities like this one ? It's impossible to foresee

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Extraordinary. I can’t even imagine waking up to this every day. 😢

[@markwagner4909]

This is where My stolen car was found

[@donnagagne3813]

I hope you keep your windows up and your doors locked while driving thru those places. Such a sad place. It seems like such a waste of land and good buildings. Thank you. You never let us down.

[@hoodsnhollers]

Thanks so much Donna for watching!

[@moniquejordan2712]

Do the same ANYWHERE!!

[@dysfunctionaljunction6883]

East Cleveland. Come for the payphones, stay because you got carjacked.

[@lindapietrasz8070]

😂😂

[@kevinbarry7475]

Fun fact, Eact Cleveland in particular Euclid was known as the worlds richest neighborhood, John D. Rockefeller lived here (Earths wealthiest human)

[@carlcovington4910]

GM had a plant on E.140th and Coit Rd, my family used to live across the street, it was a major employment with jobs, when it closed it was one of the negative downturns, businesses that left meant the income and business taxes also left the city.

[@trinibagowaynecaribbean1611]

I know you was down on Euclid ave and Hayden ave. Next time go to Nelacrest rd too..

[@TheoBinnendijk]

I am not surprised, this is the way the american society works.

[@stryker290]

Where are all the property owners of these condemed buildings? Are they not getting fined? Where I live if you have a blight property you are fined until you clean it up and if you don't the city will clean it up and charge you.

[@JB-pe2yn]

I need to find out more info on the house that's shown at 0.31 mark. Can you tell me what street that is? Thanks!

[@indioloco6600]

In cuba, beachfront property is worthless.

[@justinwregier]

E 55th and Woodland Ave you can get a damn good Corned Beef Sandwich... Still some amazing people living in East Cleveland and some good properties beyond the video. Sadly much of the decay is real and the loss of industry really crushed the economy there.

[@kgl1113]

Thanks for the great video - very insightful. Sad and thought provoking. We’re you nervous driving through there? With the few people that were present in the video - do they live and work there? I live in Australia, only ever heard of Cleveland in that old tv show “Roseanne” with Roseanne and Tom Arnold and thought it was just a town with working class people. Very sad to see this.

[@bmarus]

10:14 house on the left with a proud and caring owner, house on the right a mess, falling apart and abandoned? I wonder if the left house occupant is cutting the grass of the house on the right side to make his house nicer?

[@christophermckinney3924]

The city needs to condemn those old properties, tear down the dilapidated buildings, and start over with tax incentives for businesses and new people to buy property. Hell, give them away to people who cna maintain them and you'll build a tax base.

[@bjwilliams]

Notice that huge church, built in the 50's. Living in Cleveland in the 60's- all kinds of factory jobs, remember hearing about East Cleveland being upscale. Any young person should make a plan to leave, America is wide😮.🇺🇸\ retired in northern California🌴😎now! Once you hit middle of America driving, everything starts to look new. In Cleveland, my tiny library still standing in use from when I was 14 years old.😅in my city here, they tear down a building for no reason, just to rebuild! My high school winters in Cleveland...crazy cooold!!!!☃️❄️

[@tedolphbundler724]

It used to be one of the richest. J.D. Rockefeller lived here.

[@franciscooper5011]

Poverty! Greed!

[@ron4245]

Native clevelander here born at st. Alexis hospital lived on euclid ave til 11 moved to west Cleveland. Spent many days and nights at grandparents around 55 n broadway union ave etc. Grandparents home was on morton ave. Now 70 been gone since joined service. Visited in 2010 what a disgrace the mistake by the lake has become. Now 70years young dont miss any of it

[@thomascarter2922]

Looks like Detroit.

[@krisvin7761]

Once upon a time they were beautiful homes

[@harri211]

I see a lot of things that can be recycled for money.

[@dawnlovell4412]

Went to jr. High and hs in East Cleveland. 80s Sad to see this

[@albertvanraes]

I really don't understand why the government do nothing to help those village and city's and all the people who lives in the community to have a better life, like we have in Belgium Europe

[@TheAngelAries]

because $

[@reggieg2303]

I wonder how they police this part of the city?

[@UrbCrafter]

They dont...

[@johnmartin7182]

Wow 😮 holy hell dead city looks bad awesome thanks biggie fan of your channel

[@RageBaby587]

Many large, multi unit family homes. There used to be wealth in this town.

[@siphomogale779]

The problem is to demolish is more expensive so let the decay continue

[@daltonhanleyjr4142]

I hate to see prewar buildings deteriorating like these buildings. Some of these buildings are architectural gems and built better than anything built in the last 30 years.

[@franklinamos7903]

And to think it was one of the most elegant and upscale cities in America at the turn of the century. JD Rockefeller's sister lived there until she passed.

[@judithham1815]

This same thing happened to East St. Louis, IL, but also many other cities. Just don't have the answer or cure to fix this situation.

[@ChasOnErie]

This city is about 15/20 minutes from my home .. we are still controlling our city … BUT IT IS AN ONGOING FIGHT !!!!!

[@hardlife8122]

. It reminds me of where I got my start in life, North Pontiac Michigan . Man, that was tough on me . I Remember . ~ hard life (MULDEW)

[@blakespower]

no surprise since the midwest used to be the industrial center of the USA, and once all the factries left so did the good jobs

[@williammangold5305]

It’s true I’ve been there I live in Toledo Ohio only about 3 hours from Cleveland and I’ve seen this for myself almost half the city is abandoned the whole east side of the city is nothing but what you see in this video

[@pittsburghcityofchampions1979]

We see this in alot of U.S. City's where large Industry's closed up and left towns reelin'

[@michaelwhite2823]

The working people left too.

[@KevinBarry-j8w]

The former home of at the time earths richest human, John D.Rockefeller.

[@johannamarshall702]

Pitiful. All these homes abandoned.

[@tadroid3858]

Stuck is a state of mind.

[@jadenova]

Looking at the street view of this place on Google Maps and there are vacant lots that used to have houses on them.

[@commonsense1778]

I see an opportunity. Like turn this into a ECO village, and go Electric solar, and light farming.

[@gamebriz4163]

1st....be good for a zombie apocalypse movie set 🧟

[@raphaelparadis9134]

These houses would still go for half a mil minimum in canada lol