Southwest Detroit Hoods: Mexicantown 5K.

[@ChrisHarden]

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[@glennso47]

Destroying some more algorithms. 😁

[@FixItStupid]

TY

[@RM360CR]

But what is great hood in the USA at the current time of covid inflation social political unrest look at seattle SF portland this cities were prime state not so long ago look at them now.. ow HOld is the mexicantown vs the other parts of town why ask because if itsa newly revived part of town by immigrants it will take some time to make into something better specially with everything happening today..

[@johngrigg7910]

I was born and raised in Michigan. My father’s side of the family is from Detroit. I loved Vernors as a kid. After I got out of the Navy, I lived in Los Angeles for 30 years, and couldn’t buy Vernors in the stores, until approximately 10 years ago. They started selling Vernors in California. That made me and my best friend’s dad (who grew up in Detroit in the 40’s and 50’s) very happy.

[@mcs4357]

When my uncle moved to California from Detroit back in the 60s, my Dad use to ship Vernors to him via mail.

[@lelksldfsjwjdo]

Payson, Arizona; we have Vernor's in the Safeway store. I grew up in Michigan.

[@celticdragon4966]

What's strange is you can get Vernors in Junction City, Kansas.

[@KirtCarson]

Vernors is a cure-all for just about everything

[@bill.Latham]

@@mcs4357 I grew in Detroit I remember there was a Vernors ginger ale bottling plant on the corner of Woodard & Warren Ave.

[@nolans3026]

it's crazy how different some of this looks with the Gordie Howe Bridge project taking shape

[@luigiray6903]

I grew up in southwest Detroit and I love it 100% good people and we all stick together 💖💖🗽

[@orionwarren4244]

Man, Xochimilco restaurant is still there! 8:10 Myself and my buddies would invariably wind up down there after a night of downtown debauchery for a huge plate of 7-layer super nachos topped with the infamous 'carrot slice'. During the late 70s early 80s, authentic Mexican food enjoyed by gringos was an up-and-coming trend, at least for THIS gringo! The 'carrot in question' would be pickled in habanero and jalapeno brine and appeared to the unsuspecting victim, a colorful garnish. At the insistence of 'well meaning' friends, the uninitiated would be convinced consuming the slice was a 'tradition' of the restaurant and that it was sweet and tasty as well, with predictable outcome. Ask me how I know! LoL Ahhhh, memories!

[@cara473]

Best fajitas EVER!!!

[@MrBonger88]

Best flaming cheese

[@Marc-n5e]

As a Mexican American I can tell that the carrot is hotter than the jalapeno for some reason 😂

[@CharMinsky]

Always had a passion for Detroit. I think a child in the sixties with a full Motown catalog was a lot of the lure. I was able to visit my aunt and cousins in the Detroit area in 1998. It was great being able to finally see the real. Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night was on that flight. My husband and I wandered into a McDonalds in Pontiac about midnight, and there was introduced to what hoods really are. We are native SoCal, that kind of social estrangement is culture shock. Had no idea we weren’t welcome, but men kept drifting in, never ordering, and we got out of there. Auntie was horrified at our venture. Who knew? I love this Mexican town tour, I wish I could come dwell there awhile. It was a familiar feeling in a way. I don’t always comment on your series, because it’s usually three am, and I would get carried away. But I think I esteem your gifts, talent, expressions, and all your videos touch me deeply. I thank you, and pray god’s blessings on your always.

[@zachperkins688]

The only silver lining about all the insane blight in Detroit is that it allows for a somewhat clean slate to start new for people that have a vision for the neighborhood.

[@ChrisHarden]

I’d say that it’s worth the gamble to buy property in a neighborhood just outside of Downtown, but even the abandoned/blighted properties in areas that are close to downtown are getting to be really expensive. I think we’re going to continue to SLOWLY see Detroit comeback, from the Downtown neighborhoods and out. I think it’ll take forever but I think it’ll happen.

[@jmd1743]

@@ChrisHarden If you're rich as in 8 or 9 figures & you're an architect then can be your canvas. Instead of row after row of generic suburbia homes you could design whole communities to different styles/eras. If you sell them at a reasonable price you'll attract a lot of buyers of desperate future 1st time home owners who would love to get their hands on reasonably priced stand-out homes. You could have a whole neighborhood of art decos homes for instance. You probably could push for the city to allow golf carts for the elderly in neighborhoods near a doctor's office, pharmacy, and a grocery store as a way to attract retires.A lot of old people can't drive a dangerous machine that is a SUV but they can putz around town on a golf cart to pick up their meds. I'm a fan of restoring our youth & elder's independence because I wouldn't want to be locked in an assisted living center just because I can't drive, and I have a growing hunch that the primary cause of the school shooters are those who're stuck inside their homes until they join the work force, and this is because they don't have convenient access to society like you see in Europe with their bike infrastructure. A lot of kids aren't even given basic life skill lessons and are simply kicked out of their homes at the age of 18 because their parents want to move or hate the fact that they had kids. That's terrible for those who live in winter areas with how rent life expenses have gone up so much in the recent years, these kids don't know how to use a bank account and they're living in an area that you need room mates to pay the rent as it's so expensive. I'm just sick of the locker-room pep talk & would like to address what may actual cause the school shooters to begin with, and I think it's because kids can't get out of their homes due to a car dependent society. What can a kid do when their parents won't help them get a learners permit but expect them to survive out on the streets when they turn 18? With Detroit you could eliminate that problem by rebuilding the city so kids could easily meet up with their friends outside of school without a car, as well as eliminate the need for an assisted living center for most of the elderly.

[@johnbolt2686]

@@jmd1743 my personal dream... not rich yet though. Working on it. Want to add that a lot of the streets in these abandoned sections are very narrow already, making them perfect for car-free / walkable streets.

[@amethystdrain3270]

This the cleanest and most well kept older section of detroit i have ever seen.

[@JJJJ-fg3qx]

Great Video. Thank you so much. Detroit is huge. Great soundtracks too 👍👍

[@boblor2484]

My Great, Great Grandfather, Johan Lorenz came to Detroit in 1860 from Germany. He was a wagon maker and had a house on Vinewood. The corner of Vinewood and Michigan Ave. Later he owned a candy store and also a bar on Michigan Ave (1870's). I have pictures (1880's) of the old house but now that spot is just a vacant lot.

[@springrain9438]

Very cool that you still have the pictures. Wow so much has changed since then.

[@VladimirNovokna-id6mc]

Divino

[@robertchristie9434]

I was raised in the Springwells district, well over 70 years old and still dine at Xochimilco, Mexicantown, Los Galanos, Mexican village, Slows barbecue and other bars and grills on Bagley, Vernor and Michigan ave. and others since I was in grade school at least twice a month. Great food. We walk the streets, stop in at the shops after dinner and never had a problem. Keep in mind, those hoods were built around 1890 in Corktown , 1900 on West Grand Blvd and 1915 in the Springwells area. Others well over 100 years ago due to the Ford Rouge being built and the city population exploded. My grandparents came to Detroit in 1914 hearing about Henry Ford paying $5 a day to work at his plant. A lot of the homes were minimally built to meet demand and were demoed recently due to being unsafe. A lot of the residents still work at the Rouge, GM Poletown and other businesses. The Fort Street area has been gutted due to the Gordie Howe bridge construction.

[@user-xr8co4oi8h]

What about Arnandos? I was there a couple of months ago.

[@midnitetoker7067]

@@user-xr8co4oi8h Armando's is still here...and thriving 👍

[@sammyweed4771]

I worked at the Fleetwood plant the on spring wells and 75 in the 80,s before they tour it down. Great place to work. Used to hit the bars there after work. Vidock bar , lucky 13 ,s snoops . And grab 40,s and go to clark park

[@bettejudyjoan]

Chris believe it or not, I live in Los Angeles and have seen Vernor’s on the larger grocery stores here. I was born in Detroit and remember so many of the places you’ve been to. I lived on the west side. Keep up the great work. Kevin

[@ChrisHarden]

The next time that I'm in LA, I'm looking for a Vernors. Thanks!

[@jag92949]

I’ve seen Vernor’s being dispensed at Culver’s in Bradenton, Florida back in 2017.

[@deborahhewitt6101]

@@jag92949 i lived in Bradenton for 16 years. Moved there in 87. When I first moved there you couldn't get vernors but 2 or 3 years later you could buy it at Albertsons or sometimes kash and Karry. Where is culvers?

[@jag92949]

@@deborahhewitt6101 It was in the area. I stopped there on my way to Anna Maria Island.

[@deborahhewitt6101]

@@jag92949 on manatee ave or Cortez? I'm trying to picture where it is

[@zachperkins688]

I appreciate how you do informative commentary over these videos instead of just a plain driving video! And I look forward to visiting some restaurants in Mexicantown when I visit Detroit!

[@ChrisHarden]

🙏🏻

[@josephphillipson9004]

Grab a bite at xochimico's and a margarita.

[@psuave1210]

Some of these are nice neighborhoods. It's really nice that Mexican immigrants have carved out their very own enclave and made it a home for them and their families. That's what America is all about.

[@derrickbarkersr.5797]

Grew up on the westside across from Kronk Recreation Center at Junction and McGraw. It was a beautiful neighborhood with a thriving business district before the riots. Now it looks like the entire neighborhood was vaporized. Can't be upset with you for sharing Detroit’s truth. That's said, I do see improvements throughout the city.

[@billhess6647]

I am new subscriber. I have never been to the Detroit area. Your vast wealth of knowledge about the city is impressive and appreciated. Your ability to transfer your knowledge to the viewer is nothing short of amazing. Your presentation is outstanding, and finally, the background music you use is also perfect. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your views on a part of this country that I would not have seen without your assistance.

[@robertcureton972]

It would have been nice to travel down Clark Street between W. Vernor and Michigan to see where the site of the GM Cadillac Assembly Plant. Lots of people in those neighborhoods were employed there. There were also lots of other manufacturing jobs throughout those neighborhoods that were associated with the General Motors plants there. About 2 miles away there was also two other general motor plants Fleetwood Fisher Body Plant and another GM plant that supplied brackets and other car body parts. There was tons of money flowing in those neighborhoods. You would be hard-pressed to find someone at that time in those neighborhoods without a job. Everybody had a good living and lots of money. Blue collar, America, USA.

[@lavapix]

As for emergency response times, back in 2010 two of my younger cousins were doing some work along Michigan Ave and the youngest one suffered a major heart attack. Only 42. EMS refused to come there without a police escort and told his brother to drive him to the hospital. He was gone before he got to the ER. Would it have made a difference if EMS came and got him? We'll never know.

[@jamiewall1554]

Your video series in the city of Detroit has been amazing to watch. I would go from the late 80's all through the 90's and I would just drive everywhere I could. There is no other place like it and if you're interested, you would likely enjoy seeing all of the areas far from downtown. That mall with the old tube over greenfield and grand river, that's the type of thing that I really remember.

[@TakenTook]

Xochimilco restaurant at 8:08 here. One of the best!

[@malikaljaan-daies1780]

You’d be shocked at how safe this area is in terms of the rest of the city. Prior Chief of police actually walked with me around the neighborhood I bought in. The crime I see here is genuinely bad people between bad people. Our neighborhood is really fun and lively

[@wildestcowboy2668]

That a lie

[@DalllasColeman]

Bill crap!! Lmao gang gang

[@BlueTickCH]

On h55d

[@KrazyDetroit039]

Lol

[@CodyManners]

I agree I was just a young man walking all around Southwest trying to find jobs until I got a job at Sakthi automotive which I used to walk there for second shift for a year almost every single day so I’d be walking home sometimes at three in the morning if I stayed for overtime and the only danger I ever really ran into was Pitbulls chasing me 😂

[@michaelabalos595]

Hey Chris I'm back. I throughly enjoy your videos I know every street like the back of my hand. I am a product of Mexican Town and Cork Town. Yes I'm a Irish/Mexican to which I'm very proud of my heritage. I road my bicycle down into the area when I-75 was under construction near the Ambassador Bridge. I was baptized at St Ann's church. The only Mexican restaurant was Mexican Village and now the expansion of Mexican Town is awesome to say the least. Thanks for the awesome videos.

[@stewart2589]

No shocker there, a lot of Irish and Mexicans do have history with each other especially since both are catholic

[@bettejudyjoan]

Hey Chris, it’s Kevin again. I was a little boy during the riots and experienced it first hand. Looking forward to your videos. 👍

[@monareese5307]

Thank you for sharing this video I was so thinking of moving out that way cuz I love their food their history and everything about Mexican Town I'm all about their authentic Mexican food though I love it thank you for sharing

[@rmcrae62]

One of my best memories growing up in Windsor, going to a ballgame at Tiger Stadium then over to Mexicantown for dinner.

[@michiganborn8303]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane (Vernor and Bagley st) or as a D-dot bus driver once called it "Bag lady street" I used to live right on the corner of W. Vernor and Military back in the early 80's where an Autozone stands now. That Savation Army family store that you stopped at used to be an A&P supermarket and as a kid I would stand by the exit doors asking folks if they'd like help with their groceries for exchange for spare change that we would turn around and spend on Donkey Kong and Pack Man.

[@beckysnyder4591]

Chris Harden--- question There was a bug Catholic Church School on the corner of Vernor & Junction streets. Is it still there. I remember many years ago I saw a movie on VHS back in the 1980's called the Rosary Murders-- it was filmed in & around the Church.

[@beckysnyder4591]

Chris Harden- should have waited for your video. I saw where you passed & mentioned it. Thank you.

[@dubbschultz1]

It's a lot easier for outsiders to judge the city. Sure we have crime as any large city does but there are still some good people here. It's the few bad apples that spoil the bunch.

[@markanthony8714]

I really like this series, Chris. Looking forward to seeing more Detroit neighborhoods in the future. If you could do some more Wisconsin videos in the future I'd appreciate it.

[@ChrisHarden]

One day I will just can’t promise when.

[@billdoty6438]

I am enjoying these as well. I grew up 2 hrs from Detroit. Still a huge Michigan Wolverine fan. But have lived in Wisconsin for long time now. Sheboygan to be exact. Would be great to see Wisconsin videos

[@cortezmiller1899]

Urban studies major here. I see a lot of potential that Detroit has.

[@tmhtoo6563]

That's how we drive here in SW! This is my nabe, and I love it - at least you filmed on a sunny day, and we're NOT Gary, Indiana.... lol

[@maupinmaupin1472]

thanks for taking us on a tour of Detroit neighborhoods. The open fields look like opportunity. A frontier.

[@rickflood3991]

Hhmmm.... no mention of the demographic migration of African Americans from the southeastern US to Detoit and our contributions to the city and Region? Really? Just drab dreary music for the 50% of the video taking the audience through what is mostly occupied by predominantly African Americans that live below the median household income of the MSA and poverty line? That whole part of your video misses the point of why Detroit and cities like it have so much blight and crime. You could have used that time discuss the problem and obvious solution.

[@lalida6432]

Thanks, haven’t been home in a while. Good info to see how things are going.

[@jrock-xs9vp]

Great video Mexicity is a cool neighborhood I always visit when I come to Detroit

[@David53D]

My wife and I visited Mexican Town about 20 years ago and it was really thriving with Hispanics buying up homes all around the area to refurbish. It's a livable place for Detroit if one speaks Spanish.

[@duckie0892]

Give detroit to the migrants, and no one else wants it !!

[@monareese5307]

Wow you even drove right by one of my dad's houses thank you for bringing back memories

[@elli6220]

I really like your channel, your videos cover interesting places and you have a kinda unique personality to go along with it (in a good way).

[@えどわーど-b9k]

Mexicantown, I can't believe this is Detroit, it actually looks decent and clean.

[@ChrisHarden]

Downtown probably isn’t what you think it is either.

[@jag92949]

Mexicantown used to be quite sketchy ten years ago.

[@armandolopez8257]

It actually looks decent and clean lol wow smh

[@jag92949]

@@ChrisHarden I’m going to disappointed that Mean Streetz won’t be played in your next few videos. If you took a time machine back to 2010 and before, that would have been possible.

[@thebestchannel5456]

Dude really? every major city has bad slums and nice area's 😅

[@MohamedHussein-pf8mn]

Hi , one question: I see you have in the down side a bar whit the name of de city, drive direction and in the rigth corner the name of the street you'r drivin, Is that an drivin app like Maps or Wase?? I live in México and I love your great city

[@jag92949]

17:32 Prelude begins. 26:11 LEGENDARY SOUNDTRACK BEGINS! 30:17 Detroit becomes the filming location of a creepy sci-fi movie.

[@mrbaube22]

Mexicantown was possibly my favorite non downtown neighborhood that I went

[@dianedunn3243]

Omg - I grew up here, went to St Hedwig HS, and spent much time at Clark Park. Many good memories here! I'm glad to see Armando's is still in business 🌮🌮

[@KennyInSubic]

I graduated from St. Hedwig also.

[@kimkelly-kline3768]

Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane Chris..especially Holy Redeemer..my Mom and Dad were married in that church and I was baptized there..in fact you went down my Moms childhood home on Porter St..its not looking too bad now...yrs ago I drove down that area and it was really rough..thanks again Chris..

[@kbno99]

A blue city that's what you get. And other cities are heading in that direction.

[@chronocross7174]

Keep up the great work! Love watching these videos! One day when covid is no longer a issue I would like to drive down these neighborhoods myself! Cheers from Vancouver Canada!!

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks! I’d love to explore Vancouver one day.

[@philipthomey7884]

And cheers from Newfoundland, Canada

[@alfrednawrocki8061]

Mexican Village restaurant was a standard stop for me after a Tiger ballgame !!!!

[@sammyweed4771]

Every time for 30 years or better

[@CPAgamer313]

Hey I bartend at el club 🍻 3:06 great vids bro

[@Mia-pb8cy]

El Club gets some serious business there, there isn't any parking for blocks when they are open.

[@Ken-tq5dz]

12:58 You skipped my old house. I haven't been out there in a couple years. Thank you for this video.

[@luispenarosas]

the church thats boarded up is a gym actually and its boarded up because the windows melted from a fire across the street a huge building was razed from 3 stories to the ground and the fire intensity damaged surrounding buildings the church was good but their gymnasium wasnt so lucky

[@ChrisHarden]

Ah. Good to know.

[@vadermasktruth]

That YMCA was a department of corrections center for minimum security inmates in the 90s. I may have spent some time there!

[@charliefunboy5210]

Love your vids. Surprised you didn’t highlight St Anne’s Church. It’s very beautiful and historical. “The Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit was founded in 1701 and is the second oldest continuously operating parish in America.” Maybe next time. Anyone remember the Kintzer family in that area? That’s me!

[@KennyInSubic]

One of my uncles got married in that church in the 1960's

[@edwardb650]

Thanks for all your video tours of Detroits neighborhoods.Not really knowing the area I can see that Detroit was once a magnificent city. While the road ahead is long it is obvious that the city has gone past the bottom and. Is on the way up. I admire all those residents and leaders who are making this happen.

[@LivingLife128]

there are some great looking houses in Detroit. i have read one of the things keeping people from buying those houses is that one has to pay the back taxes on property before it could be transferred.

[@Kimberly_K_]

Vernors is here in Florida too !! Love it

[@IMaverick63]

..Grew up in Sw Detroit, at 19:18 off Vinewood one part in the back use to make those little pies with a tin foil on bottom.. Cherry, Grape,, Apple Banana..there was a Broken Glass Block and the conveyor belt with the pies would pass bye .. we knew what flavor was being made cause you could smell it . Funny you didn’t mention Cadillac motors Just across from that .. the El Dorado was May there and a lot of the bigger four-door Cadillacs , my Mother worked there , she did something with installing the steering wheel .. they use to park the 3 level train carts just behind it and kids would go on the tracks breaking into the cars . You also never mention Western International High school.. also back in the day it was the only racially mixed High school.. & Amelia Earhart junior high school at the border of Scotten and 75 .. Holy Redeemer was featured in the movie The Rosary murders with Donald Sutherland .. the coney Island diagonal from the church is Dudley’s one of is the best Coney Islands in Detroit , Yes , the area has changed , and I’ve moved to Oakland co . Generally don’t go back , all friends and family moved out .

[@stankaftan5816]

Wonderful job, Chris! Great commentary, too!

[@Steve-nm4dm]

I am enjoying these neighborhood focused videos of Detroit. It is interesting to get a look at street level. Being originally from STL which is often compared to Detroit, I am especially curious. Being from an often misunderstood city, I am fascinated by a view that moves beyond the national-media, broad-brush views we usually see. I see a lot of pride and potential in Mexicantown. Something to build upon. I look forward to future Detroit neighborhood drives. BTW, back in the day, we used to get Vernor's Ginger Ale in STL. I don't remember it being a major supermarket brand, but something you would find in the corner stores.

[@aaronflowers8881]

Why is the D compared to St. Louis?

[@Steve-nm4dm]

@@aaronflowers8881 Rust belt industrial city with large population loss.

[@aaronflowers8881]

@@Steve-nm4dm That's sad

[@jclements7361]

Thanks for a memory I had not thought about in years. For years I had good frieneds that moved to Detroit and I flew up to visit, genterally twice a year over a five or six year span. They bought a house in Warren, off 696 at Ryen (?). Anyway, they took me for a great Mexican meal at a resturant in Mexican Town, which was a shock to me when I first saw the name.

[@Skylerrabbit]

18:50: "Not sure what this old warehouse used to be..." -- through research, it is the C. F. Smith Warehouse complex. C. F. Smith was a grocery store chain that had reached a size of 300 stores by the time of founder Frank Smith's death in 1950. At least two buildings in the complex were targeted as high priority demolition buildings in 2008, but as is clear from your 2021 drive, that still hasn't happened.

[@eyestoenvy]

Pretty decent compared to what I've seen as far as Detroit is concerned, very clean & livable with a little bit of charm. Thanks for sharing.

[@kimharpe6074]

Great Video Chris...Hope you have a Merry Christmas ❤

[@ChrisHarden]

You as well, Kim!

[@michelledml3162]

Vernor’s is also a “home remedy” for stomach aches, colds and flu’s. It’s considered by a majority of Michigander’s as a medicinal treat!

[@jakessmallengines]

I was born in Detroit in 1957 Love your videos

[@BillyT531]

Excellent video. Outstanding music, narration of the buildings and locations along with some well-deserved humor. I see you discovered there aren't any traffic laws in Detroit with the woman running the stop sign...happens all the time. Traffic lights and street signs are mere suggestions...Sadly, it costs about $20,000 to tear down each home and the city doesn't have that kind of money and largely relies on Federal funds for this effort. The city once had close to two million people and is 140 square miles...so, maybe in the next lifetime the city will be leveled to the farmland it once was.

[@billdoty6438]

Wow, 140 square miles, the amount of empty buildings is staggering. I grew up 2 hrs from Detroit in little town called Lake Odessa half way between Grand Rapids and Lansing. Live in Wisconsin now. But still call Michigan my home state

[@BarB2-90Nine]

What street back in the 60’s had nothing but Huge Mansions I thought it was W Grand Blv but I’m wrong Thanks for all your videos on Detroit I remember my grandparents talking about all these streets Detroit houses and buildings were something else back in the day . Detroit is old and still kicking

[@CodyManners]

I remember walking all the way from Whittaker down Vernor hwy to little Caesars for a job interview when I was younger and that church was just huge and impressive.

[@tomgallant6127]

Clean your windows or roll them down plz great Detroit stuff Luv it! nice shots

[@msraye100]

There are plenty, Beautiful neighborhoods in the D, and at one time it was the 5th largest city in America, nearly 2 million population, I got chance to witness this. It will again be a prosperous place.

[@kitchenskills5427]

I believe the second part of your video focusing on the depressed area was part the old Westside which become home of a lot of blacks who migrated north from the the south to work in the auto factories (The Great Migration). There were racial covenants forcing blacks to only live in certain neighborhoods including the area near Tireman Avenue. Due to this large influx of people and segregation, it created hundreds of black-owned businesses in this area and established a strong black middle class. Once covenants were declared illegal, the middle class blacks moved to other areas causing many of the businesses to close.

[@AI-cp1jg]

Music starting at 30:17 is very reminiscent of soundtrack by John Carpenter.

[@ES-zv4sw]

Hello. I thought I would mention that in this particular area at one time was a very large group of Lithuanian immigrants. My grandmother grew up on Scontin off Vernor. The Lithuanians that came to America mostly ended up in the Chicago area but the ones that reside in Detroit were in this particular neighborhood. Her original house is still standing to this day.

[@ChrisHarden]

That's awesome that your grandmother's house is still there. My grandma's townhome is still up too, amazingly so.

[@jamesodell7678]

Thought I might see the Yorba when you swung by Clark Park. No worries, I've been by there enough times over the years.

[@jamiewall1554]

And those tall signs that said like Curtis/Wyoming in vertical 70's letters, I mean that was pretty bizarre

[@joystratton4658]

I think it's still beautiful with the trees!! I'm in NYC, the concrete jungle

[@lisajudkins6265]

Back in the day when I used to hang out in SW one of our friends got shot in an apartment at a party on spring wells . I don't go their anymore but to eat at Mexican village

[@zefcha4670]

not a scary city, mexican town has excellent food and good prices. homes are clean, in the $30k range. not enough land and outside infested with rats (the city is trying to clean up area by area which i do give them credit for)

[@ronnie5129]

Chris, thanks for your videos, I grew up in Lincoln Park in the 1950's through the 1970's , Can you please do a video on L.P., and the dividing line , Of Detroit city limits started at Outer Drive Street, heading north in the Industrial area, where Marathon oil Co. had a Huge Refinery, on Fort St. If you went left, you would go to The Ford Rouge Plant, This area was a Huge area of Detroit's Employment Industry, Lincoln Park is now a Huge Crime Ridden Area, Thank You, Cousin Figel

[@ChrisHarden]

I’ll make one on Lincoln Park one of these days

[@nathanlawson313]

Detroiters: *knows there is SW Detroit but no such thing as "south" Detroit. You'd be in Canada. Also Detroiters: "🎶just a city boy. born and raised in SOUTH DETROIT!!!!..."🤘

[@WilliamWagner1]

I say, south detroit is anything south of downtown (including the "nice areas" of this video)

[@mannashawnramirezniblock1985]

Sorry had to say something I delivered pizzas and lived there my whole life and it's west of Woodward anything after Woodward is west after is east then south of I-75 the only way to know this is if u delivered in the area and had to use a map to find the hidden streets so yes it's southwest Detroit

[@P-we313]

@@mannashawnramirezniblock1985 Me too! Used to deliver for Amicci’s!

[@jeffcrist2977]

I'm from the Toledo neighborhood. I think we escaped the worst because Detroit took it. Cool videos. Keep up the good work.

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks!

[@thebestchannel5456]

They look the same tbh....Plus you can't compare, Detroit is much bigger so....

[@jeffcrist2977]

@@thebestchannel5456 Rest of OH thinks we're in MI lol. Detroit used to be 3 times the pop. of Toledo. But hey, we have 1 token abandoned high rise office tower, so we're still trying!

[@MrBonger88]

We would head over to Xochimilco’s after bar hopping back in the early/mid 90’s. Sometimes we’d even make the trip from Windsor on a Monday for Canadian money at par night. They had the best flaming cheese, probably still do

[@michiganborn8303]

Did you by chance do a video on Belle Isle?

[@ChrisHarden]

Belle isle will be included in my last video on my Detroit series

[@michiganborn8303]

@@ChrisHarden Can't wait. Used to go there as a kid on school field trips. I was told by my grandmother (1917 ~ 2013) that Belle Isle use to have bazillions of snakes and to take care of the problem lots of pigs were brought to the island to gorge themselves on snakes. I had no idea pigs would eat snakes.

[@sebastianzimmermann9726]

Amazing videos man. Fascinated with the city and the state of Michigan. Keep up the good work🔥

[@ChrisHarden]

Thank you, and I’ll try to!

[@scratchingny6066]

Those streets are cleaner then i seen. Streets have no trash and empty lots mowed. So you have some vacant houses. I grew up in the nicer part of the south bronx, ny. My youth was in the 60s and 70s. Check out the burnt buildings then. It seems the people care enough to maintain at least their houses.

[@ChrisHarden]

In certain parts of Detroit, sure. Most residential areas of Detroit are the opposite of Mexicantown.

[@twhite3850]

I live in Los Angeles, and Vernors is on the shelf here too. I'm a Detroiter though, NOT an Angelino!

[@karenlarkins5429]

It’s hard to look at what was once a vibrant, thriving community become what Detroit is now. I didn’t even recognize some of the areas which were captured. The area around Epworth and Livernois was recognizable, as I lived close to that location for many years. Some of those other places, however, so much blight and emptiness. Still my Detroit, though! 💜💜

[@SuperFebrezeBroz]

I have seen Vernors in Florida! In the Publix near where I live!

[@jag92949]

8:11 Try Xochimilco. It’s good.

[@johnnyrouse50]

Thanks for taping Tireman to Livernois. I only wish you would have taken it a little further, like to Central Ave going north. I grew up on that street. I really enjoyed watching the video. Get some White Castle shots the next. Peace!

[@Idelia412]

In Mexican town love the vintage street lights...very Victorian.

[@cynthiafeagin6956]

Do you think the weather in the winter has something to do with the decline in population.we have a couple from Canada living here that said no one wants to live in Canada because of the weather.

[@ChrisHarden]

I think that factor is overblown a little bit, but it plays a part. Minneapolis/St. Paul was growing fast for quite a while until just recently. There have been many places that have grown in “cold weather” cities across the U.S. in recent times. For that reason, I think it’s more of an excuse sometimes than it is a reason for population decline. Toronto’s weather is awful by U.S. standards, yet… the Toronto metro area has been growing like crazy. Boston’s weather sucks, but it’s been growing steadily there. New York’s weather sucks, decline didn’t happen until the pandemic. Seattles weather sucks, (I’d say Detroit’s weather is actually better year round) but decline didn’t happen until the pandemic.

[@jKLa]

Nice video, more vibrant then I thought but much of the city is in a truly sad state. Good to see it improving though.🙂

[@gunndish]

I've heard it said there are more than 1 million square acres of empty lots within the city limits of Detroit. Last time I was there ... I turned on to Woodward Ave off E. Jefferson. Before I went 2 blocks ... a pheasant, being chased by a coyote darted across my cars path. We used to have to go north of Utica to see something like that!

[@garywhittey5169]

Do you have video of 7and John r?

[@ChrisHarden]

I go through that area in tomorrows upload 👍🏻

[@MC-xt6xf]

Never been to Detroit and never desired to visit Detroit. Yet, I’m oddly drawn to your videos. Go figure…

[@agentorange2554]

Last picked up at the Coke plant about 5 years ago. They make you park out on the side street until they have a door for you(Fun times).They were trying to buy the blocks next to the plant to expand at that time, I guess that plan didn't work out. Wonder where they will relocate to.

[@ChrisHarden]

They moved most of their Detroit operations to Grand Rapids. Over 100 or so were laid off completely.

[@agentorange2554]

I always laughed at people complaining about the border wall. I say that's not half as secure as the wall around Coca Cola in Detroit!!!!! Bad news for those employees.

[@ericapruitt2961]

It looks rural in some parts of this video...me personally wouldn't mind buying one of those homes on one of those secluded streets renovating it really nice on the inside by gutting it out and redoing it and no one will know!!!

[@monareese5307]

He brought back memories my dad used to have a restaurant/bar right there where the red brick building with the green front it was called Pedro winfshky restaurant I know I spelled the name wrong but it was on the left side before McDonald's it is now a chiropractor of some sort or Medical Center last time I drove by there no I don't go out there very often I miss it

[@cynthiafeagin6956]

What auto company was southwest Detroit tied to.

[@monareese5307]

And I want to add that you left out one of the Golden Glove boxers used to live out there named Joe Garza they gave a lot to the community when he was alive

[@BlurredTrees]

I didn’t realize Vernon’s was a Michigan thing. I’m in windsor we have had to here since I can remember. More so when I was a kid.

[@michelledml3162]

The street art throughout Detroit is also a way to keep buildings from being tagged constantly. The gangs will (usually) respect the murals and hit unpainted buildings.

[@dalepxp8963]

I like buildings that have never been bothered myself, kind of like a beautiful woman with NO tattoos.