As an older (70+) Ohioan, Canton was seldom referred to as an independent city. It was generally referred to as the "Akron-Canton" area if mentioned at all.
@grandamishwizard15842 ай бұрын
Canton is ghetto
@coldspring62413 күн бұрын
Even the airport in Green was called the Akron, Canton airport
@johnsyler85806 ай бұрын
Born in Canton in 1957. There were three generations in my family at Timken. An uncle worked at Hercules Motors.
@MyNameIsUnavailable6 ай бұрын
Hercules! Hercules!
@matt2.0525 ай бұрын
Timkin is still here and charter
@naterussell60254 ай бұрын
timken had the best bearings in the world. too bad they got bought out. i hope the quality remains the same. a lot of the best things in the world have come from ohio. everyone rags on ohio but it's home to a LOT of greats, and me too. lol
@primesspct24 ай бұрын
my husband worked briefly for Timken, he did his machinist apprenticeship there.
@mikelouis93897 ай бұрын
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania barely escaped this fate. Only it's colleges and rivers saved it.
@Dudj36 ай бұрын
and the Steelers
@mayavenuemisfit8146 ай бұрын
Youngstown and Gary did not escape that fate.
@tinetannies46375 ай бұрын
No, Pittsburgh had & has much more than that. It had/has multiple corporate headquarters like PPG, Alcoa, and Kraft, and several large hospitals. It already had a white collar and professional services base and infrastructure in place when steel production collapsed. .
@johnhull63635 ай бұрын
@@tinetannies4637in Pittsburgh, electrician at USS, girlfriend is a chemical engineer at PPG, we ok. Timken is still around
@feyfey68745 ай бұрын
Finna look at the murder count pa might have more than ohio but ohio accepts the street lifestyle other states don't
@brianarbenz13297 ай бұрын
Northeast Ohio was a tremendous megalopolis, with Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown and Canton all blending in to form one metroplex, each with its own industrial base, but shared regional identity. All have suffered from the changeover from the old production-based economics to finance based.
@stickynorth7 ай бұрын
Build a higher speed line between them and that should help stimulate population growth! Doesn't need to be 200 MPH like California, a 125 mph/200 kmh line would do just fine! Especially coupled with dirt-cheap housing prices compared to the rest of the nation!
@brianarbenz13297 ай бұрын
@@stickynorth Sounds like a good idea.
@Tubes12AX7k7 ай бұрын
@@stickynorth It has to be fueled by new companies, higher paying and higher value jobs and growth. If there is no sustainable sources of growth there will be no investment in things like high speed trains. It's all based on attracting new companies to come to the area, and that, in turn, is based on having favorable taxes and a skilled population base in the immediate area who would presumably staff these new jobs. It might be harder to get manufacturing to come back because it's a lot higher tech now, but maybe a distribution hub is a possibility (?). Or maybe a new industry of some sort that might need some supports or tax credits in the short term until both the population base and the company find their feet. It's hard to say.
@pauldavid6016 ай бұрын
@@stickynorth- there's zero reason for train travel between these NEO cities.
@pawelpap96 ай бұрын
@@stickynorthNonsense. Look at Austin, TX. From a relative backwater place it grew within last few decades into 10th larger city in the US increasing population multiple times. Yet, there is no train and barely any public transportation whatever. What made it possible was climate. Actually two of them: business friendly policies and good weather.
@Sil3ntB875 ай бұрын
All of these businesses left the United States for cheaper labor. This is a massive issue with this nation.
@BNJ_SOT5 ай бұрын
Late stage deregulated capitalism. Board rooms have no care for the nation, only next quarter's profits.
@philhoward44663 ай бұрын
Where do you think the money goes with all those laborers willing to work dirt-cheap?
@BenG1237 ай бұрын
Nice accurate concise video from a former resident. Definitely underscore that when Hoover went to Mexico it hurt the city alot. Also North Canton took a hit as well. One problem is the leaders were slow and clueless. They spent alot of time trying to court big business instead of facing reality. I tried several times to get them to repurpose the Hoover building but they delayed for a long time and only leased a small percentage of it. Took too long and wasn't enough. They finally got the message over a decade later but the damage was already done, and we had moved to another city.
@Wall2000x4 ай бұрын
I sell vacuum cleaners 40 years in the business. The people that ran Hoover along with Eureka & Dirt Devil destroyed the domestic US vacuum industry. Single handed and intentionally.
@DugrozReports7 ай бұрын
Seems like 100 cities could tell the same story. 😢
@wrotenwasp5 ай бұрын
Like Detroit and Flint , Mich.
@brandonbell53575 ай бұрын
Yup
@vict0ree4 ай бұрын
Yep. Thanks to Democrats.
@josephhuston75904 ай бұрын
Way more than that during the ending of the Industrial Age.
@samthekashman4 ай бұрын
Thousands
@jefff61677 ай бұрын
Consumers want inexpensive products. The Chinese labor force will work for very low pay. US Federal and State elected “leaders” don’t put America first, they put themselves first. That’s what happened to industry across the USA.
@edcew82367 ай бұрын
That's a big part of it. Another part is that union labor priced themselves out of the market. Also, environmental concerns drive up the price of US manufacture whereas in third world countries, they don't care.
@charleshautz7 ай бұрын
The average Chinese manufacturing wage is about $6 @ hour. The Ohio minimum wage is $10.45. The government doesn't want unions anymore than big business, but unions aren't responsible for the economic apocalypse inflicted on America, your elected leaders are. @@edcew8236
@AG-un7dz7 ай бұрын
Blamed everybody but greedy corporations.
@stickynorth7 ай бұрын
EXACTLY! WTF? THAT'S WHERE THE BLAME LIES... GREED!!!! @@AG-un7dz
@stickynorth7 ай бұрын
When employers are driving down your wages and any good paying union jobs are seen as socialist? What would one expect. You trolls really need to pick a lane when assigning blame... ESPECIALLY when it's misplaced. NEO-LIBERALIST CORPORATISM is the blame... Companies that see employees as liabilities rather than assets and almost everything made is just a brand/badge engineered product from somewhere else? What would one expect... Cut R&D and your employees can't buy what you make? UH OH! That's the magic formula for economic and societal collapse! If you must assign blame, look to the NIke's of the world who were the first to outsource manufacturing to wage-slave nations like China and Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc. And of course their electronic counterparts...
@gregrobbins42517 ай бұрын
Worth mentioning that Canton does have a great arts scene. The First Friday of every month, all the galleries are open and they usually have different exhibits and themes each month. January they always have outdoor ice sculptures. They also now allow alcohol outside in the downtown area to promote the bars and restaurants and taking one with you when you go check out the local artists
@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb6 ай бұрын
Lol, a great arts scene😂😂😂
@davidkean14876 ай бұрын
Had a great Blues festival downtown! Saw Johnny Winter. John Mayall, Elvin Bishop and others. And it eas free!
@phann8605 ай бұрын
Instead of making things it turns to fluffy touristy stuff.
@VictorianMaid994 ай бұрын
Arts does not feed a family of four@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
@VictorianMaid994 ай бұрын
@@phann860and booze , planned destruction
@willpeterson39437 ай бұрын
Hello Mr. Forgotten Places, I think showing the city's location on a map at the beginning of these videos would be a great addition for those of us unfamiliar with the subject city
@chrisjudd67 ай бұрын
Anyone with a brain knows where Canton shows on a map.
@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm7 ай бұрын
@@chrisjudd6 So much for community guidelines.
@markwilliams26207 ай бұрын
@@chrisjudd6Not everyone online is from 'Murica. Not everyone is from the Midwest. Not everyone wants to be obnoxious.
@chrisjudd67 ай бұрын
@markwilliams2620 I'm not from Midwest either. Before going to Detroit back in Nov I had only been in Ohio one other time before.
@xr6lad7 ай бұрын
@@chrisjudd6 Ahhh another Mo. Ron that thinks the USA is the entirely world.
@johnjosephmatthews41595 ай бұрын
Born in Canton in 2003. While I don't live downtown I still live in the area, still go to college in the area, and will always have a special place in my heart for Canton!
@LeadMe2TheBliss5 ай бұрын
North Canton here
@philhoward44663 ай бұрын
Which school? What major? Do you intend to stay in the area?
@timothykeith13677 ай бұрын
The Canton Bulldogs once were an original NFL team
@yusefendure5 ай бұрын
Did not know that!!
@JohnClarke8084 ай бұрын
So was Massillon not long after
@EdBradyPastorEd3 ай бұрын
The Canton Bulldogs, with Jim Thorpe, was the first Professional Football team in 1920. That's why the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton, Ohio. 🏈
@EdBradyPastorEd3 ай бұрын
@@yusefendure - The Canton Bulldogs, with Jim Thorpe, was the first Professional Football team in 1920. That's why the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton, Ohio. 🏈
@yusefendure3 ай бұрын
@@EdBradyPastorEd I just learned something new. Thank you. If the Browns ever changed their name, the Bulldogs would be a fitting replacement.
@mariekatherine52386 ай бұрын
Good question! It used to be fairly nice in the 1970’s when I used to visit. Last time I drove through, 2016, parts of it looked like a mini Detroit. Akron and Youngstown, too. Just horrible. Poor dying Rust Belt!
@user-mh7db7ei1s4 ай бұрын
Oh, hey, you listed every city I've ever lived in, and I'm not even 30 yet. Ohio as a whole seems to have been hurt by shipping jobs over seas. We used to be a hub of steel manufacturing, now, we're just falling apart. Our state deserved better than this.
@2990rick4 ай бұрын
I would blame Bidenomics. But it Was both parties that sent our Jobs overseas. And in the end the Unions became to corrupt also
@user-by6sh6wr4k6 ай бұрын
I graduated from Glenwood High school in 1971 I remember hitchhiking home after the midnight movie at the Palace theater downtown with no worries Canton use to be great in the late 60's mid 70's. You could get a good job at any of the major factories. & All the people cruising Cleveland Ave. All the groups of people hanging out on the corners.To bad it's all gone..
@coldspring62413 күн бұрын
Hey I was there
@KoRntech7 ай бұрын
Diebold didnt move closer the HQ is in Green, I should know I was one of the lucky 1200 to get the downshized in 2012. I was a contractor for Diebold in Canton and they relocated that division out of Canton. Of course they also send all manufacturing out to China, India, Hungry, and Medico shocking I know.
@forgottenplaces97807 ай бұрын
Just moved from hudson to north canton
@tony66665 ай бұрын
I live in North Canton. The HQ is definitely there today.
@LethalAim54 ай бұрын
The HQ is now in north canton. GSL, DNO, and HQ are now all in the same building.
@coop53296 ай бұрын
The bottom line throughout this entire country is that all the rich corporate owners figured out they could greatly increase profits by moving operations to other countries where the wages are dirt cheap and workers are disposable, and they don't have to meet safety and environmental regulations.
@KJJ7827 ай бұрын
I thought canton was just known for the football 🏈 hall of fame I had no idea 🤷♂️ they had more industrial factories. Very interesting 🤨 Canton seemed like the smaller sister of Cleveland
@schwenda37277 ай бұрын
Akron: “HEY!!!”
@LeadMe2TheBliss5 ай бұрын
No, Akron is the smaller sister of Cleveland.
@CapnCrnch3303 ай бұрын
Canton Has a really wild history if you dig
@ShamileII6 ай бұрын
It's just so sad to see all these great companies close their doors or move. As an owner of an aluminum manufacturing company in Florida, I really see this national security and national wellbeing issue for the country.
@jackalenterprisesofohio6 ай бұрын
Hey, quick question, but where does most of the Aluminum come from? Like Europe? Asia?
@ProtoMario6 ай бұрын
I live in these areas, personally. All the factorys leaving destroyed these towns. How do you pay for all the houses with no jobs?
@bapojean59816 ай бұрын
When our lawmakers decided that they were more concerned with bringing up the standard of living in other countries than maintaining the standard of living of the American middle class, it spelled doom for cities like Canton. If it weren't for the Football Hall of Fame, it would be even worse off than it currently is.
@marieboyle61836 ай бұрын
I grew up in Youngstown ohio..I remember all this stuff.I remember the brands..the stores.. lordstown. G.E..then the steel mills went away..we died. Sadly these little towns are dying. Its such a shame..the architecture is these places is phenomenal..These places are not forgotten for us who lived there once..they stay in our memories forever.
@user-ZfarmpondPatrolZ6 ай бұрын
Great video.. accurate. I grew up in Canton born in 1971. You did not mention Sugardale Foods.. now Fresh Mark.. meat processing giant in town.
@NorthSouth886 ай бұрын
I have very fond memories of Canton. In the 1950’s my family would drive from Canada to Canton to visit my grandmother’s many, much older, Welsh relatives who had immigrated to Canton. My aunt and uncle lived in a bungalow on Roosevelt Avenue. I remember a hamburger drive in called PDQ…lol
@jamesdumas66026 ай бұрын
I graduated from Hoover High in North Canton in 1971 andI actually worked on the Hoover Company's assembly line building washing machines in 1971, it paid about $12 an hour back then. I also worked at Willis Pontiac in downtown N. Canton, and at the Texaco gas station over on Whipple road and I77.
@smokingjoe98646 ай бұрын
12 an hour was pretty good in 1970. You sure it wasn't $1.20 Old Timer? Factories were demanding 10 bucks an hour, striking in the 80s.
@jamesdumas66026 ай бұрын
When I started work at 16 in 1968 I was paid $1.50 an hour at Nick's Texico, I also worked at Willis Pontiac while I was in high school, after I graduated my dad who worked as a Sales Manager executive at the Hoover company got me a union job there, they had just started running a second shift on their small portable washing machine line, again I believe they paid around $12 an hour, I resigned about 6 months and joined the Navy.@@smokingjoe9864
@user-ts7ns7bt2v6 ай бұрын
12$ in 1971 prolly like 109$ an hour now. Yup that finished them
@mikeoveli10286 ай бұрын
@@user-ts7ns7bt2v What? Nothing finished them. They moved the plant to Mexico and when they got a cheaper wage they moved to China. Now the owner goes on Fox and agrees with Hannity that China is evil. If Hannity would have listened to union members, we have been saying that for years.
@victorhopper67745 ай бұрын
@@smokingjoe9864 1979 the uaw went on strike against what is now navistar. the lowest pay was 14.50 an hour with great benefits. the company almost went under. they went from over 200,000 employees to 25,000 employees. i did contract work for them and at the time some uaw 402 members thought they should have been making 25 bucks an hour. the idiots ruined the company and pretty much springfield.
@GH-oi2jf6 ай бұрын
The same thing that has happened throughout the United States. Manufacturing was sent overseas.
@fredgardner28706 ай бұрын
100% correct
@hampdentime7 ай бұрын
Great history and information. I have been working for a large part of my work life in an around Canton. You are so correct about other near cities. You may want to look at Massillon another industrial town that is just like Canton and Akron today. In the 70's there was so much work / employment you could quit a job in the morning and get a job in the afternoon. Massillon Steel Castings, Ecko, Eaton, and Republic Steel just to name a few. To the south the coal and clay companies are now gone. Scio had a large pottery as did other communities toward Zanesville. All around the story is the same, lost jobs lost communities. I don't think it will ever come back.
@davidhickenbottom65746 ай бұрын
Have you been to Scio lately, it's pretty crazy to see where the pottery was. I lived in Bowerston
@hampdentime6 ай бұрын
@@davidhickenbottom6574 We took a motorcycle ride there two years ago. I agree with you 100% looks like something that should be "back to the future". Still sadly not many jobs today. Big bom building those plants and most are from out of town that get employed. After it is up and running well, a few have good jobs but the percentage is very low. NAFTA was a terrible concept that we may never dig our way out of. The memories of back then are good ones!
@Ryan-yw8iz6 ай бұрын
I grew up in Massillon! Go Tigers! Can’t wait to go back and see what’s changed in the last 15 years
@user-mh7db7ei1s4 ай бұрын
Massillon is trying its best, using its unique history and small businesses to draw people in. The people here really love it and believe that Massillon is a great place. Since I've moved here, everyone has been so friendly, so welcoming. We don't have much, but the restaurant scene is really beginning to grow with a lot of unique places to eat. Imo, it's starting to become a destination for foodies, albeit an underrated one. In truth, I like Massillon the way it is and wouldn't change it for the world. ❤
@jackieeastom87587 ай бұрын
Yeah,shipping our manufacturing overseas was a great idea! Politicians!🤮
@chriswendschlag18566 ай бұрын
Hows that trickle down effect?
@fredgardner28706 ай бұрын
100% correct
@victorhopper67745 ай бұрын
@@chriswendschlag1856 great if you are chinese. their wages have went up 500% since 1990. china just loves american unions. economics 101- money goes where it can make more money.
@llewellinfelon4 ай бұрын
I grew up near the Akron/Canton airport in the 70’s. Timken and Hoover were major employers and the area was economically vibrant. Your politicians who came up with the NAFTA fiasco sending manufacturing jobs out of the country ruined great communities like Canton. Thanks for a good video.
@coldspring62413 күн бұрын
Hey I was there
@annenelson56565 ай бұрын
I lived in Stow, Ohio which is near Canton. I was there in 1979 just as the whole area was sliding into major decline. So many manufacturers were leaving and closing. Kent State is the closest university to Canton. The whole Ohio Valley fell to the same fate. It made me so sad to see the rusted hulks of steel and coke plants.
@heatherprincipe85375 ай бұрын
Malone University is in Canton and Walsh University North Canton. Also, University of Mount Union in Alliance.
@BufordDuckworth5 ай бұрын
The capitalists shipped all the good paying manufacturing jobs overseas and replaced those with minimum wage service jobs. They also destroyed the trolley lines that connected Akron, Canton, and Cleveland so that you HAVE to own a car to live in NE Ohio.
@isaacshaver62185 ай бұрын
Yep. Mansfield here
@kos37ter967 ай бұрын
Love these videos. Thank you so much for making them. They are bittersweet. We lived in a very rural western PA town (and have since moved back), but spent 1 year near Wooster and 4 years near Akron/Canton. We felt like the area was starting to revive between the great NE Ohio craft brew scene, local coffee shops, art spaces in both, including the first fridays. Canton/Akron is kind of our second home and it’s so sad to see how it’s declined (even if it was all before we were there.) The rust belt towns/cities deserve a revival. There is something to be said about not being in a big city and enjoying life in a quiet area.
@OnTheRoadWithDan7 ай бұрын
Just another Rust Belt city going down once the manufacturing jobs left with no other industry replacing it.
@KoRntech7 ай бұрын
You mean puting all your eggs in one basket? Ya it's called Youngstown, they are nearly the same timeline as Canton with semi similar results.
@Joe-jn5li7 ай бұрын
u mean capitalism uses up communities then throws them in the trash. im dying of laughter.
@lance80806 ай бұрын
Usual Suspects destroyed it.
@chriswendschlag18566 ай бұрын
Stealing from Peter to pay Paul.
@mikecrabtree16926 ай бұрын
Canton has looked like this since the late 70s with all the ghettos taking over .I'm from Massillon and Canton has always been dirty
@jstidd776 ай бұрын
I’ve worked in Canton for the last 12 years, and can vouch for a lot of this. There are still many good jobs and many desirable places to live around Canton, but the city itself isn’t what it used to be even 20 years ago. That being said, your dollar does stretch pretty far around here.
@user-ob1fx9lp2l5 ай бұрын
Lived there through high school, a very gray and depressing place to live. It was already showing signs of hard decay even back in the 90's. I don't miss living there at all. All there was to do in the winters was hang out in the mall, but even those are gone now.
@nickf21216 ай бұрын
Class of 2008 here.... Our class an the classes that have fallowed us where not dealt a good hand. We all hoped for good paying jobs as our Grandparents, Parents had . Raise a Family, Own Property, The American Dream. However by the time our class graduated from High School. There was NO industry, No Job openings. Everything was gone. Even the surrounding areas. They all moved out of the area overseas or to Mexico. This is why most people moved away. You can't support a family at a dead end job living paycheck to paycheck. I thank everyone who works in retail, or restaurants, however cost of Living is High . Canton died years ago an will probably never return to its former glory.
@DGTelevsionNetwork5 ай бұрын
I mean, you could always go to Columbus? Thats what most northern Ohioans seem to be doing at least.
@UserName-ts3sp5 ай бұрын
@@DGTelevsionNetworkthat’s what many, many people do. i live in columbus, many people moved here from NEO. appalachia as well… that’s where my parents moved here from. by surrounding areas im pretty sure he means the rest of NEO
@johnl27276 ай бұрын
I have lived in Canton (actually Plain Twp) since 1995. Jackson Twp and Plain Twp are quite nice. All the action and commerce has moved to the Belden Mall area. The only place I would stay away from is the southeast metro area. Aultman Hospital is huge. The problem with it is that, having grown up in Chicago, it's boring. It has every chain and fast food restaurant known to man but only a few nice independents and other attractions. The grocery store food and gas prices are among the lowest I've seen anywhere. I am not a football fan and only been to the HOF once. They are dramatically expanding the place but I can't see out of towners coming for that alone. Maybe they make side trips from Cedar Point.
@raylopez997 ай бұрын
What happened to Canton? China and the EPA. Cheap labor and lack of pollution control standards meant manufacturing moved out of the USA...
@larrywest80467 ай бұрын
Happened way before China. Northern manufacturing jobs moved to cheaper labor in southern states. Then came the pre-hedge fund corporate raiders who bought up struggling companies, sold off the profitable units to the highest bidders wherever they were from, then shut down what was left. Other things like changing technology hurt too. Then global competition with even lower labor costs (and impoverished Americans searching for cheaper goods) sealed the deal.
@whereswaldo57407 ай бұрын
Greed. And globalism.
@Fetherko7 ай бұрын
Toxic sludge is good for you 😢
@Tubes12AX7k7 ай бұрын
@@larrywest8046 Completely correct. The decline in Ohio manufacturing towns was palpable by the late 1980s.
@Fetherko6 ай бұрын
@@larrywest8046 Carl Icahn raided Goodyear to take their cash reserves. Goodyear was a strong company.
@debrahenze57345 ай бұрын
You forgot Republic Steel.
@alexkeller89805 ай бұрын
There’s a university called Malone in Canton and it’s been there for over 70 years.
@UserName-ts3sp5 ай бұрын
it’s not enough of a draw to really boost the economy though. unlike akron, toledo, cleveland state and even youngstown (state)
@vct4545 ай бұрын
It's also a religion based college, people with functioning brain cells aren't going to colleges that emphasize religion.
@BrannanVR5 ай бұрын
Walsh too so small no football team in a city known for football
@buckbenelli86 ай бұрын
Bring back unfettered pollution. I remember, you couldn’t breathe, couldn’t fish, couldn’t see. Stop blaming the gubment or the epa, it was corporate greed. We need campaign finance reform, term limits, and age limits for senate, house , potus and scotus.
@hofsportscards5 ай бұрын
In addition to all your points I would say Ford motor company shutting down along with Republic Steel letting go of employees and eventually getting bought out numerous times was the final straw. I live in Canton and its in a sad state. People would rather move out to the suburbs and smaller rural towns then put up with the crime.
@alonzoperrin93012 ай бұрын
Canton Ohio is on the Rebuild....It's looking alot better and doing better!!!
@Hermetic_5 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Dayton, Ohio and much of New England. Good times
@csukosd5 ай бұрын
Downtown is still a blast. I love going downtown to this day.
@davidhickenbottom65746 ай бұрын
I grew up 30 miles south, same story the EPA killed the manufacturing. We had 3 small steel mills, all the jobs gone. The late 70s and most of the 80s where horrible. I baled out in 88 and never looked back. Should have left in 1980. My Daughter lives in Canton.
@edbrake27235 ай бұрын
While your comment hits the bulls-eye you will notice mine is the only thumbs-up, for you have ventured into protected political territory.
@vanguard90676 ай бұрын
Automation, offshoring, lower costs of production overseas (cheap labor lax worker safety and environmental protection), and investor greed for immediate profit at the expense of workers.
@KoRntech7 ай бұрын
Whaat happened to Canton is what happens to all areas that rely in manufacturing as their tax base, capitalism the CEOs, not us we're just consumsrs and laborers. The CEOs will look to maximize their shareholders profits so they look for the cheapest labor and that generally is not in the US because we have that pesky minimum wage law.
@DGTelevsionNetwork5 ай бұрын
A lot of manufacturing companies like Dieblold and especially NCR in Dayton actually left more so because of drug epidemics. In the 70s and 80s it was crack and nowadays it's meth and heroin. How else are you going to get anything done when half the working city is high or jonesing?
@VintageCarHistory5 ай бұрын
I've lived in Canton for about 7 years now. Bob Liebensperger, former (now retired) president of Timken at the turn of the this century is a friend of mine and has some interesting insight about the history of the city. Presently, Timken provides about 50% of the city's tax revenue and also had (and still have) a large hand in the city development. Today, service and distribution have become growing industries for Canton, and the Football Hall of Fame is expanding rapidly, building both a waterpark and a casino in the new, 'HOF Village'. I live a stone's throw from the FHOF, and it's active and quite noisy.
@SteveSmith-eb6ze5 ай бұрын
What happened? Gee,why can’t anyone ever speak the truth? Look at who destroyed Detroit,Memphis,Chicago,Baltimore,Mobile and most major American cities! Need I say more?
@rctecopyright5 ай бұрын
Yes... Yes you do
@tomservo56074 ай бұрын
Democratic policies!!
@ElectronicsGuy6666 ай бұрын
It’s time we start placing more blame on the corporations who moved their manufacturing to other countries to make more money.
@equine20206 ай бұрын
Yes. Remember Trump brought jobs back to the states. He accomplished a lot. But dem propaganda sway the naive, gullible, & uninformed. They buy into the hate dem leaders feel for their opponent.
@brianarbenz13296 ай бұрын
It was merger mania of the '80s that turned us into subjects of corporations, rather than citizens of a democracy. The idea of free trade could be fine, but it was all for a tiny few vastly bigger and more powerful corporations.
@victorhopper67745 ай бұрын
more like you refusing to compete with other countries labor. and often other states labor. toss in a government that hasn't cared for 50 years and here we are. the average american is like a 3 year old when it comes to economics.
@grayrabbit22115 ай бұрын
Point the finger at yourself (and your fellow Americans) who would rather pay $80 for a vacuum cleaner than $250 for the same product made with US materials and US labor. Also point the finger at labor who wants high pay for unskilled or limited-skill work. Every time the minimum wage is raised, the poor suffer. You've increased the cost of production, so the cost of goods and services will be raised for everyone.
@edbrake27235 ай бұрын
What's wrong with making more money for stockholders and increasing Investors 401K's? What was the actual reason the corporations either closed or sent their manufacturing to other countries?
@dogmom20237 ай бұрын
My father RIP used to haul steel back and forth from Warren to Sharron to Canton to Michigan. Back then I could ride with him in the truck. I still am an Ohio girl. The football Hall of Fame is worth seeing.
@starksweetheart3 ай бұрын
Proud to call Canton, Ohio HOME... Truly, we have a lot of heart for our state & home teams! More than just being showcased world wide during HOF season, our city serves as a welcome stop for travelers from Cleveland to Cincinnati and Pitts to Indy! I love introducing people to the upcoming events in all of NE Ohio, we have so many wonderful places in our state! 💓
@Ldysith846 ай бұрын
Hey I live here lol and this randomly showed up on my referrals. My first big girl job was at Diebold too!
@marietta13356 ай бұрын
I pray and wish I could visit Canton at least once in my life. (I'm from the Philippines, so it's a long way from here.) I'd like to see where Mother Angelica was raised, and the house where the mystic Servant of God Rhoda Wise lived. I am praying for everyone who ever lived or had anything to do with Canton, OH. God bless you and your city.
@debbieelliott-terrell76185 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment. I'm from a city near Canton and I never knew of these people. Now I wish to visit Rhoda Wise home.
@MultiTimelady5 ай бұрын
I'd advise against it. I have been here since '91,got to tell you,there isn't much on downtown. Most of the businesses are in North Canton. With each city politician only focusing on tourism and not properly addressing what the residents want or need shows. Sure,there are "bones thrown out" to the residents in the form of first Fridays,a four months for farmers market,which,by has turned into a flea market and business advertisment opportunity and less about selling fresh food. Because of the "new toy" that the centennial plaza has become. Now everything is centered on the that toy not much room for more farmers to sell their fruits and vegetables. And don't get me started on most of the special events that goes on here. Here's how it goes,a popular event that is free and people come and enjoy. Now I get large crowds become rowdy but, what I be seen in the past 25 years is terrible. Most of the residents are blue color,minority,and are at poverty level. And our local government overlooks these people,their constituents, when planning events or opening business. The reason why downtown is dead is because the businesses cater to the doctors, lawyers and judges.snd the restaurants reflect that in both the atmosphere and pricing.Leaving the residents unable to contribute to our local economy. They'd much rather bring a little of North Canton in this city to placate them leaving us out of the cold. And the events? They cost hundreds of dollars to buy a ticket to go to events, and I mean the good ones , to keep the "riff raff"out. Riff raff, is code meaning the poor. And that's just the start.. So,my advice,stay away.
@marietta13355 ай бұрын
@@MultiTimelady Thank you for your thoughtful comment, MultiTimelady, but it seems most of what you wrote here are also happening in other cities, especially the larger ones. I have lived in San Francisco (not now) and from what I’m hearing that city is almost dead, due to the same reasons you cited here. My interest in Canton, OH, is a religious one. In the 1930s, there lived in Canton a woman named Rhoda Wise, who suffered enormously from wounds and broken bones incurred from having accidentally stepped on a broken sewer cover. The wounds would not heal, plus she had other health problems. Later she developed a huge tumor in her stomach, which kept on regrowing and had to be taken out several times until there was hardly any skin left to cover the surgical wound which would not heal. During her long hospitalization, Rhoda converted to Catholicism and learned how to pray with the nuns who were the nurses in the hospital. When doctors had given up on her and she was taken home to die, Rhoda had visions of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who asked her if she could suffer some more for the conversion of sinners, and she said yes. St. Therese also appeared to her and healed her leg. Rhoda then became a mystic and a stigmatist, incurring the wounds of the crucified Christ on her head, hands, feet, and side for the conversion of sinners and healing of the sick. Every time Jesus appeared to her, her house emitted bright lights that got the attention of neighbors, and pretty soon, large crowds from all over Ohio and beyond gathered around her house. Many sick people were healed, and many went back to practicing their religion. Rhoda’s husband, who was an alcoholic, suddenly stopped drinking. One of the people Rhoda healed was a young girl named Rita Rizzo, who suffered from a debilitating stomach ailment. Rhoda prophesized that Rita would become a nun who would become a spiritual guide to millions. That prophecy was fulfilled. In time, Rita became “Mother Angelica” who founded the Catholic network, EWTN. Mother Angelica became enormously popular with her no-nonsense programs peppered with hilarious humor while teaching Catholicism. Rhoda Wise died in 1948 and is now given the title "Servant of God," a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church. Her house in Canton has become a pilgrimage site for Catholics. That’s why I would love to visit her house, and see a bit of Canton myself. But right now, I can’t afford to do that. Please do a search on Rhoda Wise and Mother Angelica for more and accurate information. Thank you and God bless you.
@martygould51145 ай бұрын
Note: The first NFL game was played in Dayton Ohio.
@richardfroiland57035 ай бұрын
The reduction of tariffs instituted by JFK is in large part responsible for the decline in industrial production. The Tariff act of 1930 wasn't perfect but it kept production on these shores.
@daviddurango95625 ай бұрын
I'm 67 and spent the first 8 years of my life in Canton/Massillon.
@rorybellamy25336 ай бұрын
Some very nice residential areas still today 2024 near Cable lake , Canton still a nice place to live
@greenmangreg69154 ай бұрын
My great great grandpa was a watch maker at the Deuber-Hampton watch company in Canton 😢
@nathanward99727 ай бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. Would love to see one on McKeesport Pennsylvania
@JK_Rosser_LV7 ай бұрын
Or Clairton
@KJJ7827 ай бұрын
How about a video on the Pittsburgh Squealers? 😂
@Roadtripmik7 ай бұрын
Lots of videos on mckeesport on youtube and one on clairton
@ronz1017 ай бұрын
Your right. I picked up on one several months ago. I worked for Greyhound for a bit and saw McKeesport begin it's rust belt decline. 😢
@davidlane11697 ай бұрын
It's funny how the local semi-major airport is named Akron/Canton while folks living in Canton frequently get caught looking down their noses at their northern neighbor who suffered the exact same urban blight & infrastructure failure as Canton suffers 40 years hence. Folks blame urban blight on industry moving out of town. It's the average age of normal old housing that encourges folks to iive elsewhere like the suburbs.(duh) The tax base fails, cities crack the whip on industry to pick up the tab which forces industries to locate elsewhere. We've lived in in Akron a long time & used to be considered as nearly twin cities. We see it all around us in the entire northern industrial base inside every older city. The city rots from within first. Thanx
@LethalAim54 ай бұрын
I currently work for Diebold. They are currently in the old Hoover building. Company is doing well now.
@williamford95646 ай бұрын
5:30: The mention of "no universities" leads me to a thought of what videos like this may be talking of in 30 or 40 years from now. The decline of college towns. If parents and students reach the point, which may be fast approaching, that they are no longer willing to pay and/or go into debt for the $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 or more for annual college tuitions, that gravy train of the last two decades will come to an end. We are already seeing small private colleges shut down and this will soon spread to larger private schools who do not have the source of state government funding. Many large schools, public and private, have built large physical infrastructures and large payrolls. When applications drops accelerate, does tuition then need to be cut? What do they do with their tenured faculties and bloated administrations? And with fewer students and college employees, the bleeding then spreads to all of the businesses in those town., Businesses close and then what do people do for employment? People begin leaving the city or town. Now we have the successor to the Rust Belt America episodes of the 1960s-2000s. The Education Complex Implosion.
@UserName-ts3sp5 ай бұрын
i think it depends on the schools. there are some schools that will be fine, others will struggle quite a bit. a lot of smaller, less prestigious schools will suffer tho. including some state schools… like u of akron not too far up the road from canton. akron is not a college town but the school has financial troubles, along with the city.
@thegreypath17775 ай бұрын
@@UserName-ts3sp : Akron, Ohio certainly IS a college town!
@UserName-ts3sp5 ай бұрын
@@thegreypath1777 akron isn’t a college town. its a town with a college in it. kent is a college town.
@harrybaulz6667 ай бұрын
Corporations moving manufacturing overseas
@blainenodes81827 ай бұрын
started w/ r. Reagan in 1983,then Clinton in 1990s,shipped to Mexico, then China, now Vietnam, cheapest labor available, 😢
@smokingjoe98646 ай бұрын
And that is why we have a border crisis. Wallstreet pays 3 bucks an hour at those factories south of the border. No one wants to work for 3 bucks an hour.
@EsteOeste-vw7ps6 ай бұрын
@@blainenodes8182what Ive noticed though is that in order to keep profits high, these companies make products that dont last as much. I hope some company figures out how to be profitable, making quality products in the US.
@victorhopper67745 ай бұрын
@@blainenodes8182 nope, actually started in the sixties with toys, then the 70's with garments. when the mid atlantic states complained no other states cared so when other industries left no body cared until it hit the car industry. and so it went with about anything that can be put on a boat.
@matt2.0525 ай бұрын
Naw mostly places that went out of business here
@Mike444606 ай бұрын
When the Made in Mexico line was the thing, it doesn’t matter where it's made, ah, I think we all found out it does if you're a blue-collar worker.
@1320pass6 ай бұрын
No mention of Marathon ORD? Some good hard working men there on the racks.
@ericbivins80146 ай бұрын
Ross Perot was right.
@buckbenelli86 ай бұрын
Do you want to pluck chickens? That’s a direct quote of Perot.
@SamOlds29995 ай бұрын
25th like
@MrLurch1334 ай бұрын
Well if he was right ....then you want to pluck chickens I guess.
@coldspring62413 күн бұрын
Yep
@jokesonyou13737 ай бұрын
How can this place have high crime if nobody is there??
@blessredy7 ай бұрын
high crime rate per capita
@recordguy43216 ай бұрын
crack heads never leave
@edbrake27235 ай бұрын
On this thread logic is highly discouraged. Sorry
@UserName-ts3sp5 ай бұрын
there’s still like 75k population
@jokesonyou13735 ай бұрын
@@UserName-ts3sp A ghost town with a population of 75,000..... are you fuckin nuts bro?!?
@johnmaier2754 ай бұрын
It's a shame, but the problem isn't just Canton. Many medium sized Ohio cities have similar stories . Cincinnati , Dayton , Middletown , Akron , Youngstown, ect. Auto industries and factories for military moved out , and the drug dealers moved in . Hard to believe Cincinnati was one of the best places to live on top 20 list in the 80's .
@millardthomas90595 ай бұрын
Lived there 2012-2018. Maybe something wrong with me but I loved it. I had a beautiful home, people were cool and tbh the women not as superficial as some " big city" women. I'll definitely look to add to my real estate portfolio there.
@JRZEKE996 ай бұрын
Really great info!!! Damn shame that companies have outsourced to China and other Asian countries. Very sad. I do hope to visit the Hall of Fame someday. Thank you for this video!!! Appreciate it!
@user-cw1wu1dl4p5 ай бұрын
Democratic policies!
@coldspring62413 күн бұрын
I remember pitching pennies in the lower level of the Akron/ Canton airport when Kennedy came in to campaign. It was really laid back then and we left with pockets full of campaign buttons. As kids we loved to hang out at the end runways at night. People had good jobs with all the rubber companies, steel and bearings , meat packing, Heavy equipment and auto plants and good times. No big box stores of online shopping you had great specialty shops with hands on inspection with no guessing what you were buying. Shops for everything and people who knew the products to give you advice while they earned a living too
@baronvonjo19296 ай бұрын
Every video and imagine I see of the rust belt and midwest is always to dreary and depressing. It is a no brainer why people left
@vires-et-honore6 ай бұрын
The final blow was the "Reagan Revolution" (against the middle class) in the 1980s.
@bulletscreenprinting6 ай бұрын
Union wages tanked the manufacturing. Can pay someone more then they are worth and still sell your product competitively.
@JohnClarke8084 ай бұрын
It was NAFT
@user-mh7db7ei1s4 ай бұрын
I moved to one of the towns near Canton and I've grown to have a special appreciation for it. It still has a rich music scene, if you know where to look, and plenty of people who still believe in this city. There are so many hidden gems around here. It's much more than being the sit of the Football Hall of Fame. It's a place for food, for people, for connection. As unsafe as it can be, I'd take Canton over my hometown (some sithole I won't disclose in Mahoning) any day.
@jdschrock9455 ай бұрын
I was born and raised 15 minutes from Canton. It is so sad everytime we drive through downtown and think about what once was. However, it has given me a love for rust-belt cities across the Midwest. That hard-nosed, blue collar, gritty work ethic and the ability to find beauty and create great experiences among urban decay - you just don't find it anywhere else. Because of living here, I never write-off a city at first glance, but can always find great food & cool things to do underneath the outer appearance.
@davediamond94366 ай бұрын
you didn't mention republic steel...half of my family worked there
@TheOsfania7 ай бұрын
The US has been a service-based economy since 1900. Manufacturing has been in second place in the economy for 125 years.
@TheNobleFive7 ай бұрын
Wow
@rudert566 ай бұрын
Obama said he would make us a service based economy. Would you like fries with that, sir?
@bunk956 ай бұрын
It is a[ ]system. No one wants what it produces. Lazier, the laziest of, [citizens]? Mexican is something to be used to bring and keep humans to/at market. NAFTA lazy? (Mexicos already [attached]): [ ] Y [ ] N?
@Comm0ut5 ай бұрын
Cities which succeeded chose to have wide economic cultures but are also strategically located, usually near water transport. Efficient manufacturing and UTTERLY incompetent management wrecked US manufacturing which lest we forget had a decades-long lead over the rest of the world.
@recordguy43216 ай бұрын
the beginning of the end for Canton, was Central Plaza on the square followed by Mellet Mall in the mid 60's and the nail in the coffin Was Belden Village north of the city limits. Life in canton was great growing up in the 50's and early 60's and KA-POW everything started slowly going downhill.
@juliehoffman62926 ай бұрын
My fondest memories are when my mother and I would go to Stern & Mann’s to shop then go up the street and eat lunch. Another memory is going with my father to Office Supply Co? then go to a tobacconists where he had his tobacco blended,I loved the smell and usually got Dad some for Christmas! I think it was on Tuscarawas Ave heading east? Not far from the stern and Mann’s building.
@roberthumphrey13045 ай бұрын
What is being produced in small town America these days. Almost nothing since big industries moved off shore after devastated countries were rebuilt after WWII. Just look at the train loads of containers that crisscross our country every day filled with foerign made products. Each container represents many man hours of labor and several industries.
@gregobern60846 ай бұрын
The hall of fame industry is dealing with an outbreak of infamy, Akron produced Devo, Cuyuhoga Falls is not gone, it's a shopping mall with a parking lot
@AtheistGunGamer6 ай бұрын
Living in Canton, born in Magnolia 97!
@JOHNSJOHNS-ko7jl6 ай бұрын
I grew up in Alliance Ohio 20 miles east of downtown Canton - same sad story !
@rj64047 ай бұрын
Its the same old , Detroit , Flint , Canton Akron , Cleveland Pontiac , the rust belt , this has been happening since 1970's , Dearborn Mi is a muslim majority city , things change , sometime for good and sometimes not that good .
@rickreid816 ай бұрын
Very sad. I watched alot of businesses close in NC after n.a.f.t.a. was Signed. Our textile, hosery & furniture business we hit hard. And they closed in droves in the years following. Much like Canton. Just awful.
@elizabethmcglothlin54065 ай бұрын
They also drove a stake through its heart. A highway right through the middle, with damned few ways to get from one part and the other. I lived there briefly and getting around--especially during their damned football hokum--was a nightmare.
@Looneybin5 ай бұрын
I live here .. so sad.
@uzumate9976Ай бұрын
Why so sad? I used to live in Canton about 55 years ago I miss Canton so much.
@LooneybinАй бұрын
@@uzumate9976 everything is closed.
@Squid_gardens5 ай бұрын
Well, you see what happened was corruption in politics, piss poor city planners, leaders, etc. People who convinced themselves that the education system was superior, oh and Timken hasn't been doing anyone any favors they sold out long ago.
@WAL_DC-6B7 ай бұрын
After the Gibbs Manufacturing Co. stopped making "Lit'l Toy" HO scale diecast construction vehicles it the late 1960s, Canton started to "go to hell in a hand basket."
@johnbennett7576 ай бұрын
All businesses seem to have a finite lifespan. Bankruptcy, off shoring, mergers, spin offs are all common events in corporate America. Canton like all cities need to reinvent themselves. Since Canton had pretty good thing going for many years, leaders were unable to imagine a different approach. Localities need to diversify and support small businesses. Cities like Canton also need public investment. Every government jurisdiction need to spend 25% of its budget on infrastructure.
@daviddingwell3152Ай бұрын
Having worked in downtown Canton since the early ‘90’s, downtown has improved significantly and has become more vibrant, safe, and energetic. Yes, a lot of the old, traditional companies left Canton. What the video does not say is how a lot of smaller businesses have started and thrived in this community. Are they as big as Timken and Hercules? No, but there is a healthy business base throughout Stark County that is sustainable. In the early ‘90’s it looked like a bomb went off downtown. It was horrible. Since then? Downtown has improved dramatically with old buildings become refurbished into market rate apartments and lofts. The old Hercules complex is not abandoned. It’s filled with residential tenants. The Onesto hotel, once vacant, is now filled with tenants. Bliss Tower? Same. The old Key Tower? Same.
@philhoward44663 ай бұрын
There is Malone University in Canton, Ohio. There is also Stark State College, a community college, nearby in Jackson Township, Stark County.
@richardchittum77036 күн бұрын
As a part of canton history union metal corporation was a big part of canton as the manufacturer of light poles established in 1906
@Diogenes4256 ай бұрын
Do you think union pressure for higher wages & concessions might have had a little to do with it. It is what killed the Westinghouse plant in Sharon Pa.
@Diogenes4256 ай бұрын
Westing house then built a plant in Mexico. Wonder why?
@GH-oi2jf6 ай бұрын
How about demands of executives for multimillion dollar salaries and bonuses?
@edbrake27235 ай бұрын
@@GH-oi2jf OK, blame it on the Jewish executives.
@neanderthalsnavel74115 ай бұрын
The USA loves $0/hr labor. Always has. When the corporations found that price point outside of the USA, they took it. Simple as that.
@eottoe20016 ай бұрын
It has to be remembered that a lot of this is the result of the changes in the economic architecture starting in the 1980s that saw a hands-off view of the for-profit sector of the economy starting with Reagan and carried forward under Bill Clinton. Globalism didn't help with NAFTA and the WTO, either, nor the rapid acceleration of depreciation under Bush and Chaney that really caused rapid de-industrialization in the US. On the other hand, the "Rust Belt" towns are still amazing places for all kinds of other reasons.
@vincentlussier82646 ай бұрын
Why won't the U.S. government spend on these cities and save them instead of space programs and Mars probes?
@GixxerRider19916 ай бұрын
That'd make too much sense. This is the government we're talking about.
@Bigmojojo6 ай бұрын
Because Ohio is a red state now and all conservatives don't want a government hand out especially from the federal government. I bid them good luck in rebuilding their city.