I Investigated Detroit's 'Big' Comeback.

Wow! This is Detroit?? You might not think this Michigan city would look like this.
In this video, I spent several days in Detroit, which has been called America's worst city for a long time. I wanted to see if things are improving, and if the hoods were as bad as everyone says.
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[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

i'm 70 and grew up in flint. there is no comeback. it will never be like it was. it's all hype. america is in decline in many more places than flint and detroit. america is falling apart while we keep spending money we don't have on other countries. i like you video's nick johnson.

[@Thunderrolls87]

Yes unfortunately. Michigan will never be what it was most of 20th century. So many good paying jobs that built the state into what it is are gone. In the last 20 years alot of factories just in the mid michigan area have closed to use 3rd world labor. Auto parts plants. Former largest refrigerator plant i know a bunch of people who worked there. What a shame.

[@bloodspartan300]

Nick should pin this comment

[@8corymix8]

Correction. Flint will never come back. Complete garbage from stem to stearn. Detroit is already back & the suburbs have always been great places to live

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

talking about detroit not the suburbs. if detroit is back why has it's population dropped over 50 percent. drive around the streets. it is a third world country.@@8corymix8

[@ricosally6734]

Everybody talk about the way the city looks, they don't talk about the horrible people live there, not only Detroit but the whole metro area is garbage, glad I moved

[@jenwal420]

Detroiter here, I live 3 blocks from where that fire happened. This is a great video, and I'm glad you enjoyed your visit. Thanks Nick for taking the time you did to talk with local folks and highlight all the different landscapes. I love this city, the full and the empty, it's my whole life.

[@NickJohnson]

🔥!! Did you see that fire?

[@jenwal420]

@NickJohnson Not until this video. You were right, around here, fires happen and we keep it pushin 😂 Salute to DFD, they deal with over a 1000 fires a year on avg.

[@AlisaPowerDasha]

Looks cool hope detroit gets even better

[@funeralhouse6280]

​@@AlisaPowerDasha🆓

[@kristenstudebaker814]

Coleman Young started the decline of the city of Detroit. He drew the line and told white people this is a black city now. He was the reason people and businesses left Detroit. The man at the end of this video has his point of view, those of us whose families grew up in the city in the early 1900's until the riots in the 60's have a different point of view.

[@kevinweaver4694]

Young was a typical crooked politician

[@markswan2582]

The decline of the city started in the late 50’s when half a million steel workers went on strike for nearly 4 months. At that point, the Big 3 auto exec’s seen the writing on the wall and began the process of opening plants outside Detroit and the U.S. That was outside Coleman Young’s control. What was within his control was the ability to sit down with leaders of other industries and say “look, we have a great city here with access to topUniversities and a pool of highly qualified professionals. Come and do business in Detroit. We will work with you on taxes and whatever you need to do business here”. He punted on that, and basically gave the middle finger to people that could have restored the city to what it once was. His successors made it even worse.

[@eddielacrosse2]

Yeah I think the Federal Government building 375 was a lot worse and divisive for the city

[@jeremylindsey94]

@@markswan2582 a FOIA investigation showed that Young was under FBI surveillance beginning in the 1940s (because of his suspected link to communists) and continuing through the 1980s. He destroyed American auto manufacturing intentionally, IMHO.

[@springrain9438]

I was JUST thinking about this exact thing this morning.. A guy I know that lives there, he's in his 50s now, really praises him. But he was the one that allowed all the corruption. Kwame came in to clean up the scraps and take the fall. Literally to be the fall guy. But it started long before Kwame.

[@maxsands3861]

The riots were a turning point. I remember walking down the sidewalk with my grandma to the corner meat market to get my grandfathers dinner. The houses and lawns were immaculate then the riots hit. Now that neighborhood doesn't even exist 75% burned to the ground over the years. Last time I was there about a year ago they were running stop signs on sidestreets at 45mph plus. It blows me away that many people want to make all drugs legal.

[@crunchybobjones]

it never recovered after the riots, was a beautiful place before that

[@whitneywhitney8356]

My family on both sides lived in Detroit during the riots and they say the same thing. It was a shame. Everyone eventually moved out to Livonia area. But I love Detroit I think it is starting to turn around. The train station is a huge inspiration alone. It’s definitely been worse!

[@Eaglemadhatter]

Locking people up for personal choices that effect nobody else has never helped anyone

[@kevinweaver4694]

I have some of the same memories of 1967 Detroit

[@djmc8505]

...don't ya know they reference the riots as an "uprising" now? It is sad

[@budmackes792]

Good for you Detroit! You have had a lot going against you but you are beating the odds and getting better. Much respect to the people.

[@8corymix8]

Superb comment. Thank you 🙂

[@jeltoninc.8542]

Detroit has some of the best examples of early 20th century architecture left in the country. We are lucky they were too poor to demolish them and now the buildings are being restored!!!

[@john7m7usa]

This. The one good thing in Detroit is the architecture, especially inside buildings you wouldn’t know have amazing murals, etc.

[@GIJadaSmith]

Or rather it did. Most of it is sadly demolished.

[@seed_drill7135]

That's what happened in Asheville, only in miniscule. It was a vacationer boom town in the 1920s, then froze with the crash and remained largely unchanged (architecturally) until the early 1990's.

[@katereilly445]

I agree! Fox theater and the Masonic temple are so cool to see

[@m42037]

Not much that's just downtown most the city is a ghetto

[@amberoliverelowsky49]

Thanks for coming to Michigan! Nick. I live in Michigan outside the city by 30 minutes. I thought the same thing the last time I went to Detroit. It looked clean, Good food, and it felt safe! Thanks for the spotlight on the city of Detroit's triumphant come back effort.

[@Michelle00200]

Same! I live 30 minutes outside the city also. It’s come a long way since the 90’s that’s for sure. Went right before Christmas a few years back and I was impressed. I still need to go see the train station. It makes my heart so happy they renovated that building. Use to make me sad driving by because it had so much potential.

[@katereilly445]

I live in Michigan and there is a lot to like in Detroit

[@Emmy-J]

@@Michelle00200 Yes its such a historical and beautiful building. They don't build stuff like that anymore

[@Trackratz-zl9di]

The big difference between this mayor and the ones that where before him is he is not in prison yet .

[@markgrygielewicz8047]

"yet", a wonderful denouement to cover the future, where in all probability he will either resign because of a scandal involving drugs and / or sexual impropriety or arrested because of corruption.

[@rwdplz1]

The Kwame saga was SO much fun to watch.

[@Trackratz-zl9di]

@@rwdplz1 I'm guessing your some what like me and you enjoy seeing a good train wreck .

[@W81Researcher]

​@@rwdplz1is that the guy from Apprentice? He was mayor?

[@user-ko7ld3nx2y]

Mayor Young and Kilpatrick robbed the city blind giving deals to all their friends and family. That's why Detroit went down hill. Mayor D has turned the city around along with some big investors. Great video thanks 🙏🏼✌🏼🇺🇸

[@williambush7971]

Always a good day when I see Nick has a new video.

[@faustinreeder1075]

Looks different without the handlebar mustache and cowboy hat

[@midcenturymodern9330]

+1

[@Cjohns958]

My great grandparents immigrated from England to Detroit in the 1890’s. Great grandpa worked for the Grand Trunk railroad..they were quite well off. My parents packed up and left in the mid 1950’s headed for LA..most of the family followed eventually. My Mom always missed her home town but was glad they left. Ended up in Oregon eventually. Hope it keeps coming back.

[@EndThe2plus2equals5]

I worked for DPD as an Officer in one of the busiest precincts on the East side- there is no “We don’t or won’t go there” if you’re an Officer, especially in Detroit. When we would get on the road, there were lots of calls on the board but we absolutely tried our best to answer all of them, I got held over so many times, for several hours, I left to care for my newborn son at the time- I loved the job, but I never knew when I’d get off and some of that is just the job but a lot of it is providing the tools needed to be efficient. If you work afternoons or midnights, you patrol in the most dangerous areas but that is understood when the job is offered, and accepted. I wouldn’t recommend that people go there to just to drive around at night or explore, the city has 12 precincts if you count Downtown Services as the first precinct, most cities have 1. It’s a lot to cover. Go back in the summer, you’ll see people outside and the city doesn’t look so dead. Be careful. ❤👮👮‍♀️🚔

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Crime is the lowest in 20-25 years. Detroit is clean, safe, beautiful architecture, & worth a visit.

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

@@shirleybalinski4535 But still losing population. The EV push is not helping. Most car makers lose many thousands on every EV. They're poison.

[@trixiem4959]

Ty for your service. This guy needs to walk the red zone at night. Stay tuned

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

@@shirleybalinski4535 ...and still shrinking in population.

[@user-in2ru8cs1g]

Ever been to Palo Alto, CA? You cross the freeway into East Palo Alto and you go from Bentleys, Range Rovers and Stanford University to drive-bys, abandoned warehouses and crack houses.

[@rwdplz1]

My favorite part is the McLaren dealership, next to the Tesla store. Never minded getting stuck at that traffic light. Plus further down the road, there was a Taco Bell, next to a KFC/Long John Silvers, you could get a crunchwrap, a 4 piece chicken dinner, AND hush puppies in one stop!

[@lashlarue59]

@@rwdplz1 Like the old KentuckyTacoHut's and those places are owned by Pepsi I think.

[@tiffanyfree5135]

That sounds like floral park in Santa Ana, one streets got mansions the next is a bario with regular drive bys.

[@Nocturnal2010]

Seems like a lot of Democrat run sh!tholes are way too close to $

[@Vikingsmoke]

"people in the hood getting taxed" that's a good one😂

[@redcomic619]

The Rust Belt deserves the success the Sun Belt is enjoying. So many great cities, such an important region that was once the lifeblood of our nation. I pray for its resurgence.

[@OspreyFlyer]

Yeah, sad what happened.

[@SomeUserNameBlahBlah]

Rust Belt is a tax nightmare.

[@robertmoore2049]

I pray for its resurgence as well…

[@stevedavenport1202]

It's the future of our country.

[@fuqutube]

No they don't. Success isn't deserved its earned.

[@GEN_X_]

Compared to Detroit in the 1980's and 1990's, this city has already made a huge comeback. I went to Wayne State University in downtown Detroit in 2001 and its developed so much since then as well. I used to make skateboard videos in downtown Detroit as a teen in 1996 and it was a ghost town. You could shoot a pistol downtown and you would probably not get harassed by the police back then. Today, it's cleaner and safer downtown than NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Also, we don't have a-lot of homeless walking around in Detroit and the people there are actually pretty cool and down to earth.

[@wanderingwarrior5626]

Because, it's to damn cold in Michigan most of the year. Depressing weather from Oct, to April.

[@GEN_X_]

You can always go to Florida in the winter. Also the weather in Michigan is the same if not worse in Chicago, Seattle, NYC, Portland, etc... @@wanderingwarrior5626

[@DerectDanChannel]

@@wanderingwarrior5626the weather has improved a lot in the past two decades.

[@miamiblueM]

Detroit still has a very very very long way to go. The vast majority of the city is in despair and the “comeback” areas have really been limited to specific areas of downtown and corktown. That said, COVID really stunted downtown’s comeback as most of the daytime population (offices and WSU) hasn’t returned. The nightlife and sports are there - but downtown still has a ways to go and the neighborhoods are far away from prosperity

[@GEN_X_]

Detroit is cleaner and safer than many parts of LA, San Fran, Chicago, NYC, Portland just to name a few. And no you must not have been here in a long time, Downtown Detroit, Corktown, Midtown, New Center area, Mexican Town, Train Station, and many outer parts of Detroit are being developed and gentrified. @@miamiblueM

[@michaelcharley8384]

Word has it that some abandoned areas in Detroit are so depopulated that wildlife have re-encroached where coyotes and Sasquatch are almost as often sighted as the feared sketchy looking humans.

[@tookay4ever]

Sasquatch lives on Fenkell

[@brianoden1798]

😂

[@joelosminski4525]

Both stories are true. You can also always find Bigfoot on Zug Island this time of the year…

[@PorkStufff]

I went there for work a few years ago and a deer shot out in front of us. A deer in downtown!

[@sejjr79ify]

All done by design,too.

[@user-ot7ku9wm7u]

Detroit has been destroyed since Coleman Young was in office. I moved out in 81 and was the best move I ever made.

[@cheeseballs3825]

I can imagine it in its hay day. Nice manicured lawns, families running around, dads building cars. Sad what happened to such a big city.

[@Jericho396]

Japan got nuked twice and rebuilt itself better than it was. Detroit...got racially "enriched" and never recovered. Really makes ya think, huh?

[@skyl4rk]

Thank you for visiting Michigan, I hope you enjoyed it.

[@mikedavis2969]

LOL

[@bletchdroshek5984]

😂

[@NewHaven203]

Michigan has so many people and idk why???

[@blackdogvintagemi]

All he did was complain

[@modtana8541]

Stayed downtown day after Grand Prix. Walked about 15 blocks to see a band and walked back at midnight. All good, cool city!

[@SuperUNKNOWN92]

Great job. I'm not one of the people who thrives on seeing all the desolation and despair that's rampant seemingly everywhere these days. So this video was a nice change of pace and I easily watched the whole thing straight through. Hat's off to Detroit and Mr. Johnson for some hopeful content. Peace everyone.

[@Spencer02]

Nick i been watching your excellent content for 4 years, i love how you do the narrating. And you speak how you really feel. A lot of the things you say are hilarious, and you always do an excellent job creating your videos. For me, when i watch each video, it's like exploring all the states' cities. Im a texas guy, but i love traveling. And when I watch your awesome videos, it's like i get to travel everywhere, still be in texas. Keep up the excellent work, Nick 👍👍👍👍👍

[@NickJohnson]

I liked texas! Too bad we didn't connect when I was there

[@Spencer02]

@NickJohnson oh ya, that would have been awesome to meet you in person, i live 45 minutes from downtown Houston. I have always been a fan of your channel, i love to travel and see places. And that is what i like about your channel. Awesome 👍👍👍👍

[@imjustalilbit]

I'm glad the people living there like the gentleman interviewed, love living there. They have a big city to take care of. I visited there a while back and the service was bad and the food was nothing special. High property taxes and expensive utilities and rent with limited services and scary looking areas leave little to be desired. I wish them the Best and I enjoy watching your videos. It's very interesting seeing places like Detroit, Chicago and now New York trying to develop into habitable areas. Please keep us updated. Thanks.

[@tookay4ever]

It’s one of the greatest places to go for the food and I’m certain of this. No matter what kind of cuisine you like we got an authentic experience with chefs from all around the world as Detroit is known for its Culinary Excellence

[@loganstroganoff1284]

Food scenes don't save cities. You gotta have real industry.

[@tookay4ever]

@@loganstroganoff1284 oh I agree totally, luckily the auto industry is still HUGE here

[@EthanRKassel]

I visited Detroit in July 2022 to check off the ballpark and I was impressed with what downtown has become. It's had a very positive effect on the city's reputation. Hopefully that sort of revitalization spreads to the rest of the city!

[@rmrobertmcgillivray]

hopefuly not! it will lead to more expensive housing

[@oscarmadison8530]

Regardless of how anyone might feel about Detroit, it's still a lot better than Chiraq, New York, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. I felt much safer there than in those other cities.

[@faustinreeder1075]

Portland is dead. Needles and bums and closed stores. Antifa and blm and Ted wheeler destroyed Portland.

[@jessygarci]

Pretty sure the people that like your comment are either from Detroit or just delusional. Right now NYC has a lower crime rate than Detroit, San Francisco, L,A, Chicago. Does it have big issues if course the leadership is horrible there. But to compare a small city to huge cities and tourist destinations is silly.

[@nomorenames5568]

@@jessygarci NYC doesn't report crime so I don't know how you could know if it's worse or not. California and New York stopped reporting crime statistics in 2019.

[@glendajune9140]

Detroit seems like a pretty decent place. Hopefully it’ll come back, with a 💥 boom. It was pretty clean, considering the abandonment. I have a totally different perspective, thanks to this video Nick,Mappy,& Manager! Y’all stay safe, healthy, warm,happy,& blessed.💯😀🫶🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

[@8corymix8]

Detroit is a fabulous lower cost place to live with lots of green space. Downtown has never looked better in my life & most of the suburbs are beautiful places to live, upscale & have fantastic schools & lifestyle

[@hurricanehilde2744]

As a Norwegian (legal)immigrant it was a great place to grow up. The good bad and ugly. I met Coleman Young, the Mayor of Detroit, at the Scandinavian festival on the river. Every weekend there was an ethnic festival representing different counties. Very ethnically diverse growing up in the 60s and 70s. Thanks Nick!

[@kevinweaver4694]

Colman young was the beginning of the end

[@wilhathaway1987]

Colman young is/was one of the most corrupt. He was a major reason for Detroit’s downfall.

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

I'm sure they now have Pride parades too. Just can't get enough of that diversity stuff.

[@hurricanehilde2744]

@@ColonelHoganStalag13 straight pride here.

[@Jericho396]

Yeah, all that dieversity really worked wonders for Detroit, didn't it? Just like it is in your home country, right?

[@MichigantoFlorida]

​​Detroit is a failure, I get it there are some loyal and good folks who try to help. Too bad we don't have more of those good folks to make a change, so far not good. Detroit does a lot of talking but no action. Crime has been a serious problem for decades. My family moved out in 1956. I remember my family being robbed walking down Michigan avenue near 24 th in broad day light. Detroit has made their street culture the law of this city.

[@SomeUserNameBlahBlah]

Imagine if all of that Ukraine and Israel money was sent to Detroit.

[@Denise_2262]

Detroit should serve as a warning to other cities but bad ideas die hard. Corruption and rampant crime is not good for business. Even if it had a miraculous comeback the same types would likely just destroy it all over again. San Francisco is trying to prevent itself from becoming Detroit but people are already upset about it.

[@neshacrese]

And this city is everything now!!!!

[@CarsandCoding]

Dang they tore down Ford HQ in Dearborn? I toured that and the ford plant in 1992 when I was in college. They gave us a sneak peak of the 1994 Mustang, that was so cool.

[@ednorton47]

Ford's headquarters was in Highland Park originally. That is where the photo of the Model Ts coming out of the factory door was filmed. Ford later built the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn and then moved their headquarters there. You toured the Rouge Plant where iron ore, coking coal, and limestone come in by ship and Mustangs come out the other end. Their headquarters is known as "The Glass House" and is still located on Michigan Avenue. It was built in the 1950s.

[@8corymix8]

No. That was a rather small office building. Nick didn't have it quite correct. The "Glass House" Ford world headquarters is still there & fully operational. It's a beautiful building

[@nathanguadalupe]

That comment about the fire reminded me of The Crow (1994), which was set in Detroit and depicted the infamous Devil's Night where arson was common. The guy being interviewed mentioned that Detroit attracts international tourists, specifically from Germany. Techno partly originated from Detroit and it is very popular in Berlin where there are world-famous clubs like the Berghain. It's fair to say that Detroit has brought so much culture to the world.

[@Ridesaway24]

Thank you for sharing, it does look clean compared to some of your other downtown videos. Good luck to Detroit, would be cool if they could pull off a come back. Looking forward to your other videos showing "what you people want to see".

[@schonkable]

I love how much Detroit has improved since I lived in the area more than 20 years ago! Yes, there are still problems but west coast cities could learn a lot from Detroit. Its renaissance is real!

[@durango8882]

I grew up in Detroit and left and never will go back. Have fun tourists, wear armor. 👎🏻blows.

[@gagadreams]

Awesome, can't wait for the Chicago episodes! 😊

[@15DurangoRT]

The Packard plant has been sitting there since 1958. 65 years and they haven't done a damn thing with the building. Way to go Detroit!

[@davidinwashington]

It's actually being demolished right now. Just started.

[@hemitodd]

That's just when they stopped building Packards there, it was a thriving mini city with all kinds of different businesses up until 2006

[@detroit8v715]

Part of it has been torn down and the rest of it by the end of the year

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

It's being demolished now. And over 60,000 blighted structures have been removed.

[@crotchwolf1929]

The Packard plant used to have small industrial tenants up till the 90's then the city sued the building owner, closed it down and it sat decaying. It's being demolished now.

[@manbtm1]

We live in Detroit downtown in Lafayette Park, a wonderful mid century, modern glass, neighborhood, for 16 years now, it’s beautiful, with wonderful neighbors and extremely cool architecture, it’s a very vibrant area by any cities standards. The nicest thing is we walk into downtown to everything, the pro sports are a 12 minute walk, we have lovely bike paths along the Dequindre, cut as well as all along the riverfront right to Belle Isle Retail and grocery store too. It’s great here and I mean that. you mentioned how quiet it was, obviously because of the cold temperature, but we walk into downtown very very often and it’s packed with tons of restaurants, museums, concerts and entertainment, and people just walking around and new retail also. We walk because there’s no place to park and the garages are full. That’s a good sign. did you miss the Detroit Institute of arts, it has one of the largest collections in North America and is a gorgeous museum , people come from all over to visit. The Brush Park townhouses that you drove through sell for as much as $1 million by the way and there’s tons of them.

[@MsTrueCrimeFanatic]

Downtown Detroit looks so clean and new. It’s very nice. That park they’re redoing, is going to be super nice.

[@TheOldVeganDude]

The Detroit Mayor seems to think - everything is wonderful, everything is great, and the coffee is so good. Looking forward to your stream. Catch you at 8!

[@mowermanone1621]

Fantastic video! Nick you never disappoint, thanks for your hard work.

[@flimmaytinstone8980]

Thanks for the fair and honest review. I’m 62, lived in Ann Arbor my entire life. Detroit was sooo much worse. We got pulled over after a concert one night for “stopping” at a stoplight. Cop told us to go slow but never stop. My son is an attorney in Detroit, lives there and loves it. It’s a lot of fun now.

[@zencitasak]

might sound weird but seeing this video and hearing its part of a road trip series made my day better

[@NickJohnson]

Yay!! ❤️❤️

[@michelesmith6734]

Can't wait. Love your videos and all you do to show us them 😊

[@willisjefferson5886]

Another Gem Nick

[@004Black]

Hey! Thank you for painting a mostly positive viewpoint of Detroit! I just bought a home 1.5 miles north of 8 Mile Rd in Warren, Michigan. I believe in the D. At least once a week, we go to someplace in the city, like Belle Isle Park, Red Hook Coffee, or one of a dozen restaurants.

[@crunchybobjones]

I was born in Detroit lived there for 55 years.. Kept waiting for it to get better. It never did.. Moved out in 2012 Bought a small farm about 30 miles southwest of Detroit .. Should have done it years ago. Democrat policies destroyed that City they taxed all the business out of the city and away from downtown there are no police..

[@panas1122]

Currently people say good things about downtown.

[@secretagentcat]

lmao what a crock, downtown is doing good, and more apartments are being built around and in it. Keep blaming policies on late stage capitalism lul, vote for nothing, own nothing,

[@philmabarak5421]

You don't understand causation. And you don't understand taxation. Other factors are at cause. My democratic city and state is thriving with average taxation. How do you think services get paid? We innovate and invest in our communities! Detroit 100 years ago poisoned it's own well, as had much of this country.

[@jameslong1644]

"30 miles southwest of Detroit" not nearly far enough.

[@Anthonycapone8146]

​@@philmabarak5421hahahaha!

[@EricPS]

Great premiere to the series. Too bad it was kind of a bummer that "real" winter wasn't a part of the trip. Yeah, that's what I heard too. It was one the warmest winters they've ever had in the Upper Midwest. Thanks for the well wishes for the weekend. I was in the chat room and I saw that. Going to be like spring here in Oregon. Will be enjoying that. Detroit looks like it's got a lot of potential. I wish that city all the best.

[@hollynonya6991]

The comfort belt is moving north as climate changes

[@SouLoveReal]

Don't foret the traditional Holloween HELL'S NIGHT, where they would burn dozens, even a few HUNDREDS of abandoned houses and warehouses down. This went from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. By then, thousands of buildings were burned. That explains the "missing teeth" map of Detroit.

[@AmandaHuggenkiss]

The night prior to Halloween is called Devil’s Night. Arson is not as prevalent that evening as it was decades ago. Gunfire however is out of control.

[@johnwoytalewicz6329]

There is no more Devils night in detroit Lots of guns going off though

[@MWB313]

It was called Devils Night, and it hasn’t been a thing for decades. Maybe early 90’s?

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

​@@MWB313correct. The angels night fires stopped years ago.

[@eustacemcgoodboy9702]

Sounds lovely....muh culture.

[@michaelbrinks8089]

Imagine doing 10yrs in federal prison for growing pot. Then 2 yrs after your release pot is legal.

[@wow22815]

LoL shit most be sad

[@Decepticon123]

Lawsuit, and then settlement.

[@Nocturnal2010]

Damn 😑

[@MrGrumpyGills]

Yeah, too bad that it's legal now.

[@chevy4x466]

Well u should not have broken the law, u wouldn’t be in jail. Sorry u can’t comprehend this. U could have learned a trade and made 70-100k a year but u wanted the easy money. Criminals have turned America into a crime and graffiti ridden hell hole. Please be a law abiding citizen when u get out. U did this to ur self. I hope u r getting skills to get a good job. I wish u well sir, hope u get out soon.

[@allsmilz7234]

*Thx4share interesting journalism and gr8 videography Nick* 👍🇺🇲

[@gscottmaxwell]

Nick, great views and interviews. These folks you interview, shows just how close everyone feels about their town. We love our communities...we want things to get better. We are not as divided as the main steam media...keep it up!

[@NickJohnson]

I'm realizing that too

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Very helpful tour and overview of Detroit!

[@hippyhay1659]

Good episode. Nice to see positive changes happening in Detroit.

[@alvinprettyman1802]

thanks for posting. I watch all your videos.

[@cheryllewis5195]

Very informative 👍. Thanks!

[@FabioZanfir]

Had those who built the city not given in to the crime, violence and demands of diversity, the city would still be a gem

[@NSgeg765]

The auto industry leaving is really the source of the city’s demise.

[@joannunemaker6332]

Such interesting contrasts in Detroit. I'm glad it's generally getting better. I love this video!😊❤

[@NickJohnson]

Detroit is complicated Joan

[@8corymix8]

@@NickJohnson it was a great video. The goof who praised Kilpatrick & Coleman Young is absolutely hilarious. They were absolute crooks & criminals. Yet many would still vote for them even today at their own peril. Downtown is just fine. In my 49 years, I've never seen it better. Nobody ever went there. Now it's mostly white people running around. Downtown Detroit & the suburbs are a beautiful place to live. The upper middle to very affluent areas are very beautiful places to live. Detroit neighborhoods as you showed, not so much & some would argue they'd just destroy it anyway. Belle Isle was garbage until the State recently took it over, made everyone drive the speed limit & threw out the trash. Very good video

[@james5460]

"Detroit is coming back, it's safe, it's on the rebound." Shows a five-alarm fire and just drives right up to it. "Oh, they tell me this happens 2-3 times a day." That's what we call the best kind of urban renewal.

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Progress? Ok 😳

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Detroit has been "coming back" for the last 25 years.

[@inaschultz1431]

Rather live near their downtown than Seattle or Portlands. Escaped PNW in 2020.

[@smokeyrobinson3199]

@@mirzaahmed6589not one even once said that till 2012 bro y’all make shit up 😂😂😂 the only time the “comeback “ started is when they literally declared bankruptcy than couple years after that the real investments came

[@rayprevailer8454]

I was in Detroit once on a odd employee business trip WAY back in 1991. It was a wasteland way back then. I took some automated tram that went in a circle for 3 miles of downtown if I remember correctly. Many, many multi story buildings had plywood where windows were. We had a high end company chow down in a restraurant at the top of a high building and the whole floor revolved in a circle. I remember having Bear and Alligator tail. I did not like either. The taxi rides were crazy as the drivers were swerving all over to avoid pot holes. I can't imagine what it's like now.

[@jmm5106]

The restaurant on a building I was always told is the Renaissance Center. I was raised there much of my life.

[@niecek.6473]

It was/is the Renaissance Center. GM now. Born on the Eastside, my uncle had a welding shop back in the 60ties right at the river. Before we moved we I spent New Year’s Eve Y2K, 2000 in the Ren Cen, after a Detroit Red Wing game and then we moved to Southern California, to a town called Murrieta ❤ than retired to a beautiful neighborhood in Hemet, San Jacinto Mtns. Which Nick always compares to Detroit! Lol! Glad to see the old place looking good. Greek town, the casino, & Sinbad’s, Belle Isle. I run a facebook page about Guyton Elementary. That neighborhood looks similar to the one you walked through with that guy. HGTV has those two guys turning around the bad neighborhoods-awesome! Parents lived on Ashland & Manistique. Right next to rich Windmill pointe/Grosse Pte.

[@gothgirlpink]

As a Michigander and current Detroit suburb resident, I enjoy your Michigan videos.

[@joachimrabbeau9984]

Greetings from Cologne Germany, great Videos, we love your channel, thank you Nick Johnson 😊😊😊

[@roaddog7542]

Born and raised there. It's never coming back.

[@YOUR-LOCAL13]

Never say never.

[@bornpsychopath2996]

Stop being a hater Elvis Presley

[@Jericho396]

Well it could always make some extra money by leasing some real estate to Hollyweird fpr all those post-apocalyptic movies they're so fond of making these days.

[@rothberg4334]

I was almost mugged in Detroit. I will never go back.

[@provident8732]

I'm sure you have a chance to get mug in and city or town. It's not the place, it's the people. Places don't turn people into bad people but people turn places into bad places.

[@damonmelendez856]

Blacks are allowed to live everywhere now.

[@bansheezs]

@@provident8732Its the people that happen to be more numerous in detroit.

[@faustinreeder1075]

Was it by a Hasidic Jew, Asian, or somebody who looks like Obama?

[@toniam.2080]

I was car jacked, mugged, beat up, had all my cars stolen, and almost raped. I left in 2000. F$&k Detroit. It is a miserable city.

[@fidgeneckwedge625]

I am looking forward to this! Wasnt that much of a winter up here in Northern WI

[@barbaratatton3855]

Nice Ride 😊👍 This is a good one Nick! i remember watching you do previous Video of Detroit a few years ago, 2018 or 2019? Im gonna look it up. I am enjoying this one a lot. You got a drone 🎉. Thanks so much for doing this series.

[@OscarNorlander]

Thanks Nick. I love learning more about the real USA. The places and the people! I am from Sweden and you always put forward things as they are, the good and the ugly. I lived in Colorado for 6 months during 2009 and I did not even cover that state. I wanted to to see more, but traveling costs a lot. You are doing good things.

[@rosemaryyoung975]

Hi Nick!!! Much Love from Colorado 💜

[@susanhelms107]

Hi bro Nick Johnson I think Detroit is a beautiful place thank you so much for sharing this have a great night and be safe❤❤❤❤

[@newairindustries176]

Was also an informative, neat video aswell. Thanks for making it and I hope it gets the traction it deserves!

[@nploog]

Thanks Nick for your candid way, and this ongoing study of America. brilliant.

[@MsTrueCrimeFanatic]

Aww, No Sheboygan? 😢 I’m still watching , love your videos!! I love the whole Mappy thing, you crack me up. I like how when you’re finished saying something, wearing the fake mustache, and cowboy hat, you turn to look at a tv, as if you’re watching your video!! Cracks me up!! 😂

[@NickJohnson]

I went to Sheboygan! It'll be in an upcoming video Susan

[@MsTrueCrimeFanatic]

Aww, that’s wonderful!! I can’t wait to see it!! 🫶🩵😊

[@decacards5250]

I visited Detroit four years ago, went to the famed Motown Museum, the people were down to earth, but the outskirts were very nice, beautiful houses and lawns.

[@markvandermolen7181]

Amazing video. Thanks man.

[@robertmcfadden7646]

The Detroit show. I love you bro you had me laughing and crying. Everyone of your show i really love

[@NickJohnson]

Aww ok! 👍 ❤️❤️

[@juradodevoz]

45:30 What a lovely man, I could listen to him telling stories the whole day. 🥰

[@aleraavle7646]

I am not from Detroit, buy i love this city. For some reason it is one of the few cities where one can feel the spirit of America and the real history. Greatbinterview with the resident. Thank you!

[@dinopulizzi8481]

Wonderful Video ! Thankyou

[@ThisIsEduardo]

nice aerial views Nick ! keep up the good work !! 😎🤩

[@Jeannified]

This is such a great and important video, Nick! Detroit is such a great and forgotten city, but seems to be struggling to come back. There seems to be a lot of local pride there. I have always wanted to visit that city. Glad you shined a light on it and showed both the good and bad. Great work!

[@8corymix8]

Come visit. Definitely visit the Henry Ford museum. Downtown Detroit is beautiful. Especially the river walk. Come when it's nice out. Perhaps for the Grand Prix races or the free Jazz festival. Most of the suburbs are beautiful places to live/stay with fantastic quality of life & excellent schools

[@markswan2582]

There is definitely a lot of local pride there. The great comeback is being oversold at this point - still a long way to go. High property taxes and lack of grocery stores make it a non-starter for me. The burbs are a totally different world (in a good way).

[@tracy1190]

Eye opening as always ❤

[@duncanidaho2097]

There’s a dude that takes groups of tourists on a walking tour of the PACKARD factory, 66 years abandoned. It looks like a scene from a “Hostel” movie. Post apocalyptic scene. It’s a ginormous plant. Apparently the land isn’t valuable enough to demolish it and rebuild. Something. Not even the detestable M & M could help.

[@dflowers1477]

Thanks! Some Portland, Or politicians have said that we need to be really careful and act soon so we don’t Detroit Portland. Now I know what they’re so worried about.

[@timotb1]

Love your opening entre… and that humor at the weed shop.

[@amp3469]

There's water here. When the cities are burning in the south, this place will bloom again.

[@matthewcummings5927]

Nice one. Just watched it last night!:)

[@IOSALive]

Nick Johnson, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!

[@grego7345]

Excellent content as usual, Nick.👍

[@user-wy1dl2me2p]

Another excellent video Nick ! Kind of bittersweet in the 60s my dad owned a auto body repair shop right here in San Jose CA. He loved General motors , never would drive a Ford or Chrysler but anything GM back then was golden . 😊👌

[@3markaw]

Still is . My two GM cars have been flawless. ( 2009 Pontiac G6 and 2017 Chevy Cruz ) . GM rocks !

[@angela86753]

Funny story, you can buy Labatt beet cheaper in Detroit than you can in London Ontario where it is brewed 🙄

[@IOSALive]

Nick Johnson, This made me laugh so much! Thanks for sharing!

[@lauraslanesvanlifetravels]

That look Nick...the look you give after your "discussions" w/Mappy has me LMAO! Thank you...thank you for that lol I really enjoyed this one...very interesting...heck, most of yours are really interesting...I really look forward to watching them...took me awhile but I warmed up to your channel...love your sense of ironic (and very true) humor...GREAT JOB NICK!

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Laura! ❤️❤️

[@MsTrueCrimeFanatic]

Hey Mappy!! 🤗

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

lions/tigers/pistons/red wings, ford/chevy/gm (cars), motown (records/60's soul artists), bob seger, ted nugent, jack white, kid rock, eminem

[@brendawhisenhunt8444]

This was very interesting!! Ty Nick

[@russmacklem3163]

You totally missed all of the music going on a nightly basis if you were bored. Jazz clubs in Detroit include: Cliff Bell's, Baker's Keyboard Lounge (the oldest jazz club in the world), Bert's Marketplace, Eat at Bert's, The Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, MotorCity Wine, and Northern Lights Lounge. Raven Lounge is a historic blues club. Spot Lite, Marble Bar, and Speaker Box are a few among a flourishing techno (which was invented in Detroit) and electronic music scene. Not to mention the Detroit Symphony and affiliate venue, the Cube. Hope you'll come see some music the next time you pull up!

[@BillKing3456]

Bad news travels faster than good news. So true. So true.

[@starnorthtoflintridge6657]

That was the Packard building at the beginning and the Ford model T factory after that at 1:13

[@tcwhite0104]

Great video and story Nick!!!

[@ggstrauss]

Great video once again. A lot of those run down houses have good bones and would be beautiful with some or a lot of work. And that’s very expensive.

[@mattcorriere9039]

I drove through Detroit in the late 90s. Holy crap it was scary. Mr!

[@NickJohnson]

I bet Matt!

[@thatscardo313]

😂😂 man I remember

[@Mikey8239]

They can do all the hype and renovation they want but it's still like perfume on a pig. I worked down town for years and it's still the same, most people leave Detroit after work to go home. The city isn't really alive any more.

[@frank215n]

Nick you needed to do this in the summer. There are incredible,world renowned events and festivals. Also renowned museums and science centers in Detroit. Its true, this city will never be what it was. But the tremendous changes that have taken place over the last 20 years is a real positive. P.S. When you get a chance, visit Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Its next to the Henry Ford Museum. You'll love it

[@motokev2727]

You save me a lot of $$$$ on travel. I was using Google Maps to travel the USA. Now I use your channel. So far, I see nothing worth visiting.

[@eddielacrosse2]

There’s actually a lot worth visiting. When someone mostly shows the bad parts for views this is what you get

[@burtlewand5915]

Lol, right visiting Thomas Edison's workshop or Wright brother's workshop in Greenfield village isn't worth visiting. Uh ok.