MY HOMETOWN! A drive around Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[@luxembros6791]

The view from the Hoan bridge of downtown is just gorgeous

[@Richard-ri9py]

Grew up on the south side in the 80s and 90s. The city looks good today

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thanks for stopping by and commemting!👍

[@atravelandrelax]

Thank you for sharing your amazing driving video 👍👍👍Greeting from Minnesota 😉

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thank You for stopping by and commenting!🙂

[@EdsterIII]

Thank you for this "tour". I grew up here. I've lived in Franklin, Milwaukee, Greenfield, Greendale, and was born in Cudahy. It will always hold a special place in my heart, even though it's completely different now.

[@alexr8502]

Been to Milwaukee more than once and loved it! Loved the winter there :)

[@SoonerGirlTravels]

Enjoyed the ride around Milwaukee. I have never been there.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thanks!

[@judithpabon7035]

It have us bank building in milwaukee wisconsin

[@GoodLifeHighway]

Just found your channel! We lived in Milwaukee (Mequon actually) for 15 years and now live in Neenah (well, not actually there either because we are FT RV'ers), but hubby works out of Neenah. Very familiar with these roads! Thanks for sharing! cheers! Kris and Ryan

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

I am co-owner of a Ghost Tour in Appleton so I am very familiar with Neenah. Thanks for checking out my channel and commenting!😊

[@SandyTidwell]

It's been a long time since I've been home. I see the First Wisconsin is still there, probably not First Wisconsin anymore. Enjoyed the ride over the Hohn Bridge and by the lakefront. Thanks for posting.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thank you for watching!

[@donaldewert2402]

The First Wisc is now US Bank. The Hoan bridge is lit up at nite now, really cool. A 44 story apt/office bldg will be going up near US Bank sometime this year.

[@lgolding4400]

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[@johnvitrano7152]

Thanks for the video 👍 It's been over 3 years since I've been home up north. I sure miss Milwaukee traffic having to drive in Houston everyday.😵

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thanks for watching!

[@kat_c225]

I live in Texas and it still brakes my heart to be here in Texas. So tired of 100 + degree summers and having to sit in air conditioning every day. Sure miss my Milwaukee. 😪

[@ladybhive1210]

Came to Milwaukee in 2006 beautiful city

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

It's time to come back...😁 Thanks for checking this channel out!

[@ladybhive1210]

@@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 Thanks i will! 😁

[@TyJuan]

I gotta support my ppl in Milwaukee 🖤🤝

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thank You for your support!

[@o9u0_]

Ay

[@donaldewert2402]

That bridge (Hoan) is now all lit up at night. Construction to start on 44 story apt/office bldg sometime this year close to US Bank, formerly First Wisconsin.

[@maxsmith695]

Wow- took from 1972-2021, for the 42 story building to be topped !

[@cat_daddy]

Lotta people FROM Milwaukee

[@kat_c225]

Born and raised in Milwaukee. My mother was born in Milwaukee.

[@drfred1203]

Remember how you could tell where you were in Milwaukee blindfolded b/c of the smells?

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Absolutely.

[@maxsmith695]

What neighborhood did you grow up in ?

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Near the old Southgate and Point Loomis malls, 27th & Morgan.

[@maxsmith695]

@@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 I worked 2 summers driving for Hometown Ice on 42 and Orchard. It was a blast , as I got a different route each day. Learned all the Southside neighborhoods. one route began on 3rd and Greenfield and ended at 172nd and Greenfield. There were 18 truckers. The full time guys used to arrive at 6:15 in the morning and change the routes. The dispatcher tied to give 1/3 gas stations, 1/3 liquor stores and 1/3 grocery stores for your 18-20 deliveries. The FT guys would flip out their grocery store stops and take 18 gas stations. So by getting a "reshuffled route list " I might begin on 30th and Hampton, made a Brown Deer stop, then a Grafton stop, then West Bend and it is 10 am and I have 15 more stops, then on to Pewaukee, Brookfield and the Sentry warehouse in Waukesha. Soon it is 3 pm ( quiting hour ) and I have 6 more stops, Oak Creek, Franklin and Bay View. Meanwhile the FT guy who did that lived on 32nd and Maple and was done and home by 10 am in his pool. He parked his truck in the front and then drove back at 2:50. Big liquor store owners were not nice folks. No clue why. The day before July 4th a liquor store in Pewaukee on the lake, got a big delivery. My brother also drove for Hometown and made that delivery. I think they had 4 ice boxes in front. My brother fills then up with cubes, block and crushed ice at 8 pm. The owner was there and said something rude to my brother for no reason. before he got back in his truck, he unplugged all 4 boxes. It was a warm night and while that might not seem to be a big deal, it was. Once the cubes melt just a little , people will not buy them. And turning the cooler back on makes the ice one big cube. Aside from the periodic rude liquor store owners, it was a super fun job. Also worked on 8th and Mitchell, and 27th and Wells at Family Hospital when at college. Family Hospital no longer exists , but the area was rough in 1979-1981. I worked as lobby mgr. So many cool stories from what I saw from the huge picture window in the front lobby, to the cops who made the front lobby a pitstop, to all the funny co-workers. The admitting clerk was the one employee who knew everything going on in the hospital, because everyone told her everything. Her stories was beyond funny. I got lucky in some fun jobs.

[@Achoti7]

Wisconsin is close to me I'm in Michigan 😊

[@justdrive5327]

When will Chicagoland eat up Milwaukee into its population? Chicago has 10 million people but Milwaukee is 75 miles away, about 1 hour and 15 minutes without traffic. That's what it takes for someone to travel from O'hare Airport to Downtown Chicago takes during morning rush hour. Add the Milwaukee area could give us 12 million people. I'm sure people in both areas commute back and forth everyday. The area are no longer separate. Southeast WI, Northeast IL and Northwest IN are all one big megalopolis

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

IMO we already have been. Thanks for checking it out and commenting!👍

[@flyingbanana4179]

Nah we staying Greater Milwaukee Metro Milwaukee whatever you wanna call it

[@coreycoyle9548]

Very Great Video!!!! F+L, Corey

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

Thanks Corey! 👍

[@Andrew-on5zy]

If Milwaukee wasn't your hometown (aka no Bias) which would you say is the nicest place to live in, Wisconsin, Oregon, or Texas?

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

I've never been to Oregon, been to Texas. I would like eventually move to a warm state. I don't know if it would be Texas, I liked it there.

[@Andrew-on5zy]

@@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 That's fair! Im from Edmonton, Canada. So any of these would be warmer than where I'm from. I really like how green Milwaukee looks in this video, but I feel like id be missing out if I didn't live in texas since I hear the cultures pretty awesome over there, haha.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

@@Andrew-on5zy My favourite band is from Canada. The mighty RUSH! Also a fan of Helix, Triumph, and Kim Mitchell... And don't get me started on Ricky, Julian, & Bubbles...😁

[@Andrew-on5zy]

@@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 I love to hear that, hahah

[@drfred1203]

I don’t know Texas, Wisconsin but I do know Oregon, Wisconsin and it’s a pretty nice place. I’d like to live there myself.

[@kat_c225]

Old Milwaukee

[@markborrmannjr]

Be nice to know the dates of the video clips

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

That episode was filmed in June of 2020. Thanks for checking it out!

[@donaldewert2332]

Home of Giannis and the Bucks.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

What a year...👍

[@ZeekerAdventures]

Go Milwaukee!

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

The 50 year drought has ended!

[@ZeekerAdventures]

@@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 Yes finally!

[@MohamedAhmed-wl3tn]

I. Absolutely. Love. My. Hometown.

[@naenaew.7442]

I Love Our Lake Front, I take 794 Everday To Work, Luv This!!♥️Blessings and Peace To You n Family

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

And to your Family as well. Thanks for watching!

[@josuelopez3706]

hi are you bro

[@jeahhh]

414

[@MisterJessel]

Don't get shot on I43 buddy.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

I would like to see the Mayor actually help the people in that area, and clean it up too.

[@bemore1134]

He's referring to the people driving on the I-system in the city, and being shot at. Stopping crime would "help" people, I would think.

[@anthonythorp7291]

Back in the 80's I worked sewer and water. The Milwaukee I know is 27th and Capital drive where litter was everywhere and anything left unattended for 2 seconds was stoled. Then there's State st where every window and door had bars on them. Gas stations where it's pay first. Liquor stores where you tell them what you want, prepay, and then receive through a little door. The problem with tourism propaganda is they don't tell you the bad. They will mention their pro baseball team but won't tell you the cops beat a player for parking crooked in a Walgreens parking lot. They won't mention how much sewer ends up in the lake or that you shouldn't eat the fish from the "beautiful" Milwaukee river.

[@RoadTripsWithYogi1968]

I see the litter everyday when doing my job. It's a shame really how a certain demographic is pigen-holed, but I just don't understand why people have a hard time keeping their neighborhoods clean.

[@markborrmannjr]

That's the ghetto part of Milwaukee.. lower numbered streets between 100 to 7000 blocks of anything East of hwy 100

[@RS-dm4yo]

​@@RoadTripsWithYogi1968 thanks for saying "pigeon holed" I usually say "scapegoats". Everything is blamed on certain demographics when there is enough blame to go around from all demographics. What things strongly contributed to make those conditions is never talked about by the very same people.

[@drfred1203]

I think a lot has changed since I left Milwaukee in the mid 90’s. It seems cleaner. I don’t know about nicer though, not that being nice was mentioned. heh.