Unbelievable Detroit Drive with Abandoned Buildings

[@domerbuz3813]

Detroit central area is enjoying a recovery like no other. Dan Gilbert of Quicken Loans now owns over 65 buildings in the central city and has turned many into loft apartments. Millennials have moved to the city and Detroit is experiencing a Renaissance. The Illich family of Little Caesars fame has also participated in the renewal. Detroit simply no longer has the population to need all these old home. Federal help should be given in order to tear down miles and miles of homes in Detroit. Plant grass and trees in the open areas and wait. In a few years, developers will begin to build big homes again. People don't realized that the "Detroit Metro area consisting of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties plus parts of Livingston and Washtenaw counties contain over 3.5 million people. Most of these counties also have a lot of subdivisions with big homes and beautiful lakes. A lot of money in the cities of Grosse Pointe, Birmingham, Bloomfield, Brighton, and other towns. The whites got out 30 years ago when Coleman Young became the first black mayor of Detroit and took all their money with them. This is a very wealthy area of the country, just not Detroit.

[@DetroitNative_313]

Very nice! Thank you

[@1994g0]

A lot of what you say is correct.Detroit`s suburbs are wealthy and Gilbert is buying and developing buildings deep downtown and midtown.But the neighborhoods remain dilapidated and dangerous and the schools are horrible.

[@Popdaddy88]

Ironic, but probably the only way back for Detroit is to make it out of reach for the poor or middle class. Gentrify the crap out of it, and bring some sort of industry there, like maybe a tech hub, or film production, like Toronto

[@laposgamermills3966]

Frank Buzolits Durham NC has done a huge revitalization over the past couple of years..once crime infested..now award winning restaurants, high rise apartments, museums, etc..May take a couple of years but Detroit will be better for it..Good luck with your city 💙

[@sixmile2360]

sosaboy sosa Frank. You are a real optimist. I live in Detroit. I am white. I wanted to get out but my wife who is a teacher refused to leave. We live in Indian Village near downtown. This video ppints out the problem. The sheer size of the city and decades of decay and neglect have left huge areas of blight. But. The downtown area is being transformed. There are over one hundred reconstruction or new built projects underway downtown, in midtown or west into Cork town as I write this. Ford has bought the abandoned rail station and will build a one million swuare foot campus that will bring in 5000 new jobs. I can walk downtown. It is amazing what is going on. The guy in this video did cherry pick. I know Detroit like the back of my hand. This is in no way a direct route. To say that the city should be nuked is just stupid. Do you live any where near the city?

[@d.s7741]

what saddens me is there are a lot of once beautiful homes, surely built with woodwork of fine craftsmanship. Gone forever.

[@robertbruce7772]

Oh yeah, heading into downtown you see the old Victorian mansions that are just shells of their former selves, turned into duplexes, etc. There is a video on KZbin made by the Ford Mo Co dated 1961 and it is all about Detroit. What a complete opposite of what you see today.

[@ConnieT994]

Sure was beautiful

[@Truetoo102]

It would be nice to see in the 1920s and 1930s.

[@HARPO1ME]

Some of the rare or extinct lumber they were built with is reclaimed. Think about how much more there is still .

[@JustGigi319]

I've lived my entire life in the Detroit area (50 years). What a lot of people don't realize is that many of the large amounts of property you see next to a house aren't a large yard, but where other houses used to be that have now been demolished. One lonely house on an entire block, sitting in disrepair in most cases. Some of the architecture is incredible, and seeing it fall to ruin makes me sad.

[@iayyam]

This is what happens when corporate America leaves for cheaper labor abroad.

[@jonjonas2528]

That is what happens when the black move into a American city that why I live in England and remember in England white lives matter

[@daveywaves5325]

That was only a small part of the problem.

[@ichaffee1]

thats only part of it.. there are a lot of people on welfare without fathers at home

[@dennisplatte8800]

The Corporations and department stores simply left for the suburbs, and the free parking at the Malls.

[@christopherbosch8864]

Free trade policies that gave incentives for companies to leave and to go to China and allow life sustaining jobs to go with them

[@jamesgreg5542]

These videos of my old home town sadden me beyond explanation. I imagine the mom's coming home with their new born babies, feeding them, cleaning the house, washing the clothes and loving the children and husbands. I can see them cooking up grand meals, everyone sitting down to dinner, chatting, laughing, telling stories of their days at school. I see dads mowing lawns, moms sweeping walkways and kids riding bikes that dad refurbished out in the neatly kept garage that he was so proud of! I hear children being called in at dusk, dogs let out to do their business and kids running around in pajamas being tickled, giggling and jumping off the couch. I see Mom looking out the window while kids sit anxiously waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to pull up to celebrate a birthday. The house is all in order, meals in the oven, dad getting cleaned up and puppies being tended to by Momma dog. Homework being done at the dining room table, checks being written to cover utilities and dishes soaking in the sink waiting to be washed and put away once the kids pick up their toys and books (BOOKS!). Remember when people CLEANED THEIR WINDOWS, EDGED THEIR WALKS and pulled the weeds? I can remember washing my bike AND DRYING IT while Dad washed and dried the family station wagon on a quiet Saturday after reading the morning paper. But that was "OLD SCHOOL" Detroit and every American City at that time. Look at it now, then turn to the current state of Politics in our Nation. Dad drove and Edsel. Politicians drive a wedge. Kids stare at light boxes, Moms microwave what they don't pick up at the drive through and the family dog is chained to a tree. It's all gone now. So sad. None of the home's I've owned or lived in since were of that quality, yet that's what's left. When did our values change?? And why?

[@monicafraese9485]

yes so sad i think of all that too Lord bless them ALL!!! i hope and pray all who had to flee are okay and hope for the NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH ! those politicians have destroyed us all! Lord have mercy on us!!! LIVE AND LET LIVE!!

[@dannettejackson202]

It's so sad to see the city of Detroit in such bad shape....my hope & prayers go out to the city & it's people. Thanks for sharing an amazing video with such good raw footage!!

[@mlopez6179]

Hope and prayers!?! Somebody needs to kick some Ass!! The law enforcement might be a good place to start if we could only keep from spending half there shift at restaurants. Go figure.

[@vr6swp]

My cousins lived in nearby Ann Arbor their whole lives. They watched the slow-motion decay of Detroit in real time.

[@strobe155]

my grandparents lasted to 1969...then they had to get out.....

[@carlbentley80]

Thanks for the video, it bought back memories of my holiday there a couple of years ago. I found it to be a genuinely friendly city where people would actually stop and talk to you. I also had one of the funniest bus rides I have ever had in my life.

[@litestuf]

Did not see a single person walking. Scary city.

[@ledgrower4781]

There was one at 10:05, one..

[@Beehumble-ww4kk]

Probably too cold😂

[@xcasmithx]

The arms & legs seem to be gone. Detroit's Heart is still there. We can only move forward! God Bless Detroit Michigan!

[@1940limited]

That's what you call a basket case.

[@mickeymeece4892]

g bridgman gg

[@stevenquinn4641]

I love your comment Detroit was everything not so long ago It seems like forever ago sometimes There's something indescribable about this city Motown Music changed the American culture and influenced the planet Detroit was everything The arsenal of Democracy The auto industry had a devastating effect on the city when it disappeared Many factors led to this Governance by retribution and people blindly following crooks Corruption was legendary When bcc there was nothing left to steal the scraps were taken 1milliom citizens gone all in 50 years Pray for this once dynamic city

[@jonaskyzar669]

xcasmithx a shit hole of a city I’ve seen third world countries that look better!

[@keitherickson9058]

you say WE. what have you got to do with WE?

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

I visited Detroit in September 2015, and found it a much better place than I had been led to believe by the negative press coverage of its apparent decline. I noticed that a lot of derelict buildings had been cleared, with lawned lots replacing them. This gave a pleasant impression of 'air and space' which reached quite close in towards the city proper, while also giving the promise of future urban renewal. Visiting the Motown museum was a wonderfully moving experience, and I don't mind admitting to welling up a few times on the tour... the fantastic catalogue of classic hit songs created there are packed full of emotion & memories for all of us who grew up in the 60's. Visiting the Henry Ford Museum was an amazing experience... it has to be the greatest Museum I have ever been to, and - to me anyway - one of Detroit's best kept secrets. To take it all in fully you really need a couple of days... I did it in one, but could have happily spent another two or three days there... and there are not many museums I can say that about! Detroit is a great city with a fantastic history, I'm certain it will not only survive, but thrive once again.

[@DetroitNative_313]

I love your comment! Thank you! The Henry Ford is one of my favorite places to visit. If you can, you should try to visit the Henry Ford estate. It is beautiful!

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Detroit YJ :You’re very welcome! Visiting Detroit was such a positive experience for me that I will definitely return someday, and when I do I’ll make a point of seeing the Henry Ford Estate. I’m from London England & have always loved the USA!

[@jonjonas2528]

White lives matter in detroit

[@kvernon1]

Give a "thumbs-up" if you think the driver should have taken the highway instead.

[@sturkelicousrron4191]

kvernon1, His claim to randomness was a lie. Also, City governments should know. When you close a school on any community that community will soon become a slum. Is the so called best and brightest unable to recognize trends or is it their plan to reclaim such area when the property value fall substantially?

[@HARPO1ME]

@@sturkelicousrron4191 What about property with mineral rites .Maybe they should offer that also.

[@oldiron1223]

A lot of land that could be more productive raising crops.

[@garyfoutch5974]

Ten N, W, or S. or a little bit further from Detroit was Farm country in the 50's. My folks farmed 80 acres and gov't controlled crops and animal markets (starting in the early 60's)including milk industry was very difficult to make a good living.. almost a 24 hr job.. tho we did get a fair amount of sleep.. had to.. but the Gov't Ag Dept had some very oppressive land programs in the late 50's to 60's.

[@peterpiper4619]

Never happened that grounds toxic

[@mursaaaraezzy5434]

U should be government

[@sandraplonka5225]

We moved in '92 got out of Michigan. Use to work in Detroit use to be so nice.

[@243wayne1]

You got out because of White Flight and the black mayor. Very fortunate for you!

[@243wayne1]

@Chuck Bible -Wrong. The blacks stayed to ruin the city.

[@norbertsiewert3917]

Used to be!

[@robertbruce7772]

@calaragazza Detroit is a rather large city in terms of square mileage. Downtown(Hart Plaza area) and Greektown are nice, but I wouldn't dare walk say 5-10 blocks N or W past those areas. The comeback is thus far relegated only to Downtown. When the neighborhoods get cleaned up, then you can say it is nice. Also, yeah money is coming in, but who is getting the money? The Illitch family basically took the city to the cleaners with the Little Ceasar's arena, as they city will not get as much revenue from it like they could/should have received. If the country does enter into a 2008 type recession, any further development could be stalled, as a lot of the comeback is dependent on disposable income from suburbanites.

[@judithwatson6859]

Quite sad to see how far a once beautiful and vibrant city has fallen. Many of the houses were probably quite grand and gracefully beautiful in their time.

[@mlopez6179]

So sad to see the disrespect the people have for there own city.

[@sixmile2360]

Chuck Bible What element of people? And where do you live? Do you live in the city? You seem to fancy yourself as an expert on Detroit.

[@sixmile2360]

Chuck Bible I have read some of your posts. If you think that you espouse common sense I will give it a pass. But I could anticipate your answer. You are not from Detroit and probably never have. You choose to consume negative videos and ruin porn. I am always mystified as to why people love such negativity but rarely look at positive videos about Detroit. So. Go ahead and live your life in negativity and don’t tell me to face reality. I live here and I am involved in trying to help bring back a once great city. In spite of trolls like you there are a lot of people here who think that it’s a worth while fight. To us that makes common sense.

[@sixmile2360]

Chuck Bible A couple of things. First. In other posts you seem to assume that I am a lazy black person. I am as white as you can get. Both my parents are from Galway Ireland. As far as being lazy. I am a wounded USMC veteran who fought in the first Iraq war until I was carried off the field. I am a recently retired engineer at GM who worked decades of 50+ hour weeks raising my family. I may be a lot of things. Lazy is not one of them. Not that my race is pertinent to this discussion. Second. I never said all of Detroit is nice. Far from it. It is obvious that large sections of the city are all but uninhabited and blight infected. My original point is that there is a change for the positive underway in the city and that there are nice sections in the city. But that reality runs counter to your personal reality. I apologize for interrupting your hate filled, one dimensional rants. Carry on sir.

[@lisagedda1966]

It's slow coming back there are people who are Christian and build homes again for families and rules making good again..

[@jburtonca]

7:23. Hitsville, Motown. I was there in the summer of 1984 with my girlfriend (now wife) and friend since 1st grade. It was amazing to see where all those great records were made. I'm from Ottawa, but my mother's family is from a small town near Chatham, Ontario. We had relatives in the Detroit area. We would get a cake from Saunders bakery and drink Vernors Ginger Ale. That was in the 1960s when Detriot was still a relatively prosperous industrial town. It's very sad to see what has become of it.

[@icelineman]

This must have been a beautiful city in the 1960s.

[@tyrssen1]

It was, until about 1968. Glad I'm not there now.

[@mariogiresi6792]

You read my mind. I remember seeing news reels from the 1950s and 60s about how modern, safe, and clean Detroit was. What happened? NY had the same problems in Bronx for years until some politicians finally decided to give a damn.

[@lannlann]

search YT video "Its so Cold in the D"..........These people in Detroit will never be achievers

[@garyfoutch5974]

Icelineman. Not so much.. No.. hardly.. 50's maybe.. I lived in the suburbs not the "nice, rich" ones.. Westland was home while teaching in Detroit. Downtown had Tiger Stadium.. the old stadium and Cobo Hall and the River Front parks areas..they were nice *(60's-70's &80's maybe till 90's were nice) but North East and West of there not so much..

[@kaivrock]

The sad thing about Detroit is that it used to be home to some of the most beautiful houses in the country. Some are still there but not like before.

[@jeeperscreatures]

Wow !...the decay goes on forever...what an uninspiring place....Great Vid

[@kjz8774]

Amazing how a once thriving city can turn into the countries biggest dump :(

[@harmgregory4560]

This is what happens when a city's main industry moves out just because the employees were making too much. In my opinion, they screwed the city's citizens just out of spite, while moving to Mexico and China. (Not Mexico's or China's faults, just a total boning by Ford, GM and Chrysler, with no lube.)

[@crunchybobjones]

@@harmgregory4560 Nope, City kept laying off the police to the point they couldn't afford insurance on the company's or buildings.. not even on cars and the city/county taxed business out I seen a lot of them move, And as far as the company's moving over seas and Mexico/Canada Carter started part of that and Bill Clinton Pushed it along with NAFTA..

[@harmgregory4560]

@@crunchybobjones I don't believe that is an accurate description of the situation, Mr. Jones.....

[@g.k.1669]

crunchybobjones I had a field service job in Detroit from the early 80's until the late 90's and drove through and had to go to businesses in many of the areas shown. In the beginning of the video when he is on Mc Graw street that is where both sets of my grandparents lived. As a kid I and my cousins would walk to the local stores that were on nearly every other street corner and purchase candy. On Christmas Eve at midnight many of the local churches held a special mass that almost seemed magical to us as kids with the churches having the interior decorated with massive Christmas trees and a choir of singers in the balcony that must have numbered 40 people. Detroit was mainly focused on the auto industry but was a massive producer of steel and chemical with refineries and much more. By 1985 you could tell that Detroit was succumbing to poor leadership as photojournalists from around the world would show up on October 30th (Devils Night) to watch as the residents of the city would burn down their own homes as over 600 fires would occur that night. However, a revival is slowly occurring. Downtown is seeing a resurgence as businesses and people are returning. Eventually those destroyed areas will be rebuilt new. The recovery is starting to spread to those areas and with water and sewer and electrical in place already, the new home placements develop quickly.

[@crunchybobjones]

@@harmgregory4560 you can believe what you want.. I lived it from 1957 till I moved out in 2012

[@sakhitoutada1501]

Summer of 1967. Rip.

[@Mark2756042]

Detroit had a lot deeper problems than 1967. It was a one-industry city whose employees earned wages that were only sustainable when there was little foreign competition and before there were robots that cut the need for human capital by more than 50%.

[@bluecrow3534]

Thanks for this memory stimulating tour. As a young Michigan Bell lineman I had come to know that whole area very well during the years of 1974 to 1981. I believe that the first old factory complex you passed on McGraw just east of Livernois had been the former Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Plant, and a place where both Walter & Victor Ruether (of later UAW fame) had worked when very young. Next, as you proceeded east on McGraw, almost to Warren, that building just beyond the high fenced off play field (which you had misidentified as a school), had actually been the old John Kronk Recreation Center where the famous boxer Tommy ‘Hitman’ Hearns had trained during the 70's. Next, as you passed just east of Grand River, I do believe that you forgot to mention that was former site of Olympia Stadium which had been the home of the Detroit Red Wings for many years. And, of course I’d guess that you do probably know that the former name of Rosa Parks had been 12th Street, and had you gone about a mile further north of West Grand Blvd you would then arrived to Clairmont Street and the location where the 1967 riot had begun. Then, I couldn’t believe you made no mention of either the old GM Headquarters or Fisher Buildings when you passed through the New Center Area. Finally, though I see that someone else had mentioned it, at corner of Oakland and I believe Smith Streets the old Apex Bar still appears to stand, and that had been an historic blues club where John Lee Hooker (who had later been one of the artists featured in the 1980 Blues Brother movie) had performed a lot of gigs. Anyway, I want to thank you for having made and uploaded this very interesting video. Oh, and I believe that the best way that this clip might be both listened to and viewed is at but ¾ speed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpe1nZqjmriYaK8

[@garyfoutch5974]

Blue Crow.. I did recognize that bldg but thought it looked like that when I taught M.S. ( the one : Closed Down Detroit Public School .. in the vid along his drive on the left.. ) But... I remember the Kelsey Hayes Wheel Plant to the East of our school.. so that was it.. from Google Earth just a year or two ago.. that abandoned bldg.. had trees all around it and inside..looked like a bldg from another planet.. in almost 20 yrs it went from what it looked like when it was up and operating till how it is now.. I'm surprised they cleaned it up by cutting down the trees.

[@garritygal]

Hanneman elementary school was the one on the left. I went there in 1960, 61 and 62. Then I went to a private school over by Michigan Av. And St. James. Moved to livonia in 1968.

[@davidquerry8869]

It makes me so angry to see this stuff on KZbin. I feel so sad for the Vets of WWII, is this what they died for? We need a new government. I think the first thing that needs to be done is, it should be punishable by death, for any government official, to receive any money outside of his paycheck. Period. All the way up to, and especially the President. Somehow money needs to be removed from the government, and the people need to take control of it again.

[@BulletSpoung]

I think a better way would be, if you don't work or provide something useful you starve. Put a stop to any free handouts and force all the bums back into the workforce.

[@colingullberg]

Punishable by death? I'm glad you are not a judge. What would be the punishment for a serious crime?

[@ichaffee1]

yea ?! so they can do what.. ? its not just the politians.. its the people too

[@nobusmanrbbj]

@Robert Gardea I went to Mexico City/Acapulco in 1967 and my eyes were opened to what we are told about that country. A world class city there like in Europe. Saw a soccer game in Azteca stadium where the 1968 Olympics were held. Great town square w/cathedral/presidential palace/grand hotel etc. A great city...

[@nobusmanrbbj]

@Robert Gardea Then I got to see Paris, France! Absolutely spectacular city that never had to experience an exodus like poor Detroit.

[@willbergie55]

Looks to be very depressing and quite unsafe.

[@doublebread2218]

Ding..ding..both correct..vernor springwell area im from..southwest side

[@rubbertwain]

Born in Detroit. This is an area I know well. Beautiful buildings that were meant to stand for probably 200 years. Could probably withstand an earthquake. But they could not withstand Detroit's demographic change.

[@CrystalHickerson]

I loved the way you put in comments. I've watched other videos of Detroit where they just drive around with no music no comments - ugh! Thanks!

[@schonkable]

I was in downtown Detroit a few weeks ago and I drove up and down Woodward Ave. That part of Detroit is absolutely beautiful! The change from 2000 to 2017 was nothing short of dramatic. I'm an outspoken optomist and if downtown can thrive, surely with the vision of its citizens the city can gradually thrive further and further away from downtown as well.

[@Trumpetjoe40]

ha ha - lmao

[@DetroitNative_313]

+schonkable well, we need jobs AND trained people, but when only 25 percent graduate from public schools in Detroit... It makes it harder to bounce back.

[@garyfoutch5974]

schonkable I think you're right. I read that some of the old Auto Plants are going to be or are being Rehab'd and are going to be in operation as part of the new Auto plant revival. I hope so anyway.. I taught M.S. At Martin & McGraw for almost 5 yrs.. moved from Mich to Ok in 99.. but visit via Google Earth or G Maps.. just to ck out the old neighborhood. His drive home was my drive in.

[@lextacy2008]

Its growing from the inside-out. Like how a real city would establish itself in the 1700s. Very telling. And poetic.

[@jonjonas2528]

White lives matter in Detroit I am glad I live in clean white England

[@hazelwood55]

I feel like I just watched the extended version beginning of the Sopranos.

[@Customplays33110]

Miss it

[@lighthousevictoria]

The whole place should be bulldozed.

[@dogon3]

Would you put up the money to pay for it? If not, then why would anyone?

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Just set them ablaze, faster and cheaper.

[@rudexoxo3976]

I agree

[@waclawjarzabek6311]

@@ScorpioBornIn69 many people does that and it doesnt do nothing

[@fbyi2940]

Okay bud you pay for it

[@theresamg2012]

I grew up in SW Detroit. I love that city still. Went to Holy Redeemer , Neinas school . Lived off of JUNCTION & VERNOR.. Sure isn’t the same now. A&P supermarket is gone.. it’s s sad, but I still love going back and looking at them. We were there for the 1967 riot. Scared for sure.

[@doglips1958]

Why do WHITE people riot??????

[@doglips1958]

LOL

[@user-xs5fj3ms2l]

I worked in Ann Arbor back in 1990 as a salesman. I only had to go into Detroit once and hated it. It was was pretty run down even then. Before Ann Arbor, I lived in Atlanta, and New Orleans before that. New Orleans is run down much like Detroit. The difference is that people still live in their homes in New Orleans regardless of how run down they are. I would think the only reason people don't claim those homes in Detroit is because it's so cold and there are absolutely no jobs.

[@dannydaw59]

Even a bunch of liquor stores can't stay in business.

[@tommytruth7595]

Not the way they are robbed all the time.

[@6NBERLS]

That's what really shocked me. I only saw one liquor store in the video. No bars at all. When there isn't enough of an economy to keep liquor stores and bars in business, you know things have totally collapsed.

[@barneygilewitz1064]

Aren’t they demolishing buildings and turning these lots into community gardens serviced by the locals? I saw no brand name drug stores, restaurants or food or shopping retail outlets. Just an endless parade of abandoned homes and businesses in disrepair. A whole new mind think is needed to restructure and improve this town block by stinkin’ block - ASAP! New businesses and homes equal a new revenue tax base to draw upon. Empty lots and graffiti scrawled structures do not! Get crackin’ like Nicole, the rehab lady on tv and MAGA as Trump says!

[@yournamehere6365]

So this is what the apocalypse looks like !!!!!

[@jonjonas2528]

White lives matter ask the white people that moved out of Detroit 40 years ago about that!

[@doglips1958]

Yep

[@PeterMacvichie]

Wow, ghost town.

[@dianv2218]

Literally!!

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

Yes! Here in 2018, Detroit is the comeback city! Six Mile, John James, thank you for your defense of Detroit!

[@sixmile2360]

Frankai Videos Thank you for the awesome videos!

[@randomsecrets]

Wishfull thinking, August 2019 - just came through the other day - it's worse now than ever before - literally.

[@robw7676]

In my minds eye I'm seeing this place in about 1960, auto workers in their new cars, kids playing on the sidewalk, everything freshly painted. Crazy

[@jonjonas2528]

When the white people lived in Detroit it was great now look at it since the black moved in white lives matter

[@lastfirst447]

Conclusion: Bricks are the best choice!

[@braden2345]

Last First ppl steal bricks too bruh

[@KevinJohnson-jc9ju]

last1st ouch!

[@royvon8548]

That 2nd school you passed is actually Kronk's Community Center. It was a very famous boxing gym

[@sarabeescutflowersmore795]

I drive thru Detroit a lot... Seeing this video with snow depressed the hell out of me. Though I love Detroit.

[@gordonmusic97]

Sara Bee ,I go there too,around,through it,ain't been to a tigers game yet

[@zorroalphonso4354]

Snow graces the crappy abandoned buildings. Human wastage, Nature's beauty.

[@mausegetlit363]

Yea, imagine living here and seeing it every single day.

[@violetsky2225]

you love the OLD detroit. lol

[@janhoyle1462]

I grew up in Southfield. I moved to Southern California to go to college. I stayed, it’s warmer, nicer & friendlier here. And we have freeways! I remember the old Hudson’s downtown! It was magical for Christmas, they went all out making little fake rivers look real. My class went there one year for Santa, I loved it! They still have the old fashioned stop lights too. Haven’t seen one of those in 30 years.

[@averyandhunter6956]

so why did this happen,the leaders of the city for the past 10 years should be in jail

[@DetroitNative_313]

+Kendra Taylor some are...

[@garyfoutch5974]

..of the past *40 or more years. By the 60's all the Gov't subsidized housing programs food stamps etc began.. The End of Detroit was by the late 80's -90's.. the Steel industry took a hit in about 73 .. Pennsylvania steel and Alcoa Aluminum all over the states began a sharp closing down of plants.. due to the extremists Global Warming nutz.. & went to Japan, Korea & China. * Just the other day we.. all of us in the U.S. found out China's steel we have been buying for many years was all junk steel,,,* they lied about their metallurgy tests. All our highrise buildings Military ships Trains etc.

[@michaelgarcia2024]

@@garyfoutch5974 Don't blame this on global warming or food stamps, blame it on the racist rich who couldn't stand watching blacks get great jobs and beautiful homes.

[@HARPO1ME]

It went on for 30+! Amazing how far the corruption went .Through the state and probably Washington .Billions of tax dollars basically stolen .

[@shanes1221]

@@michaelgarcia2024 you're an idiot if you believe that

[@sleeplessaquarius]

Wow, what a video! Thanx for sharing! Great collection of songs too. Well done!

[@DetroitNative_313]

Thanks!

[@noeljdf6001]

at least the homeless have lots of squatting options

[@bestbrosstudios8042]

I would love this! I’m a huge explorer and this is an explore’s gold mine! Awesome video!

[@HARPO1ME]

Just because it does not look like there is anyone around think again.Dont ride through and break down in some areas in daylight.

[@hankrogers8431]

Poor Detroit. She deserves better.

[@jonjonas2528]

The black destroyed Detroit thank you black great job

[@dixiemay1996]

Watching this is like...If copper isn't gone yet from my home...will be by the time pulled into driveway

[@ronsmith6662]

A ready made movie set. Just add Zombies. How sad. Some of the best music ever came out of that town.

[@doglips1958]

And Motown left!!!

[@ivabuckley1066]

Enjoyed watching your videos, thank you playing nice music in the back ground, I have an uncle stay there, we didn’t stay in touch, first time seen it again in your videos, I will never go back.

[@ivabuckley1066]

What you playing, if you don’t mine, thank you

[@noeljdf6001]

dam these new Fallout graphics look real

[@692ALBANNACH]

I wish Detroit all the best!

[@caroldelaney4700]

What a terrible waste of homes.plus I noticed some stunning original Art Deco buildings on the way. Really interesting

[@HARPO1ME]

There are small company's forming to do that old growth lumber reclaim. A few years ago an old warehouse burned down it was made from all hardwoods. Bet there is a lt to recover still.

[@Brace67]

The theme of your video panders to those who somehow get satisfaction on seeing what has happened in the city of my birth but I don’t happen to be one of them. I lived in Detroit from 1944 - 1962, before you were born. The city I knew doesn’t resemble the Detroit of today in the slightest, however I know that over time a new Detroit will once again rise up and become the beautiful city it once was and a source of pride to its residents. I sincerely hope this will happen with all my heart.

[@DetroitNative_313]

But you don't live here now. I do. I want to see this city change for the better, if the truth hurts too much for you, the reality that is Detroit, then please move on. I have no problem sharing the truth. I don't hide or lie about what is going on. The intro to my video in no way bashes Detroit. It's my drive home from work, no more, no less.

[@wendysimpson606]

What a depressing place to live.

[@doctorofenglish68]

I grew up in and was educated in Detroit. My late father was a planner for the city and I am fairly acquainted with Detroit. Here is my opinion; Detroit cannot make a complete comeback due to the city's schools and district. They will be unable to capture families to live in the city because of that major problem. When I was younger and in school, the district had over 325,000 students and now have around 50,000 in the public schools. Countless numbers of schools have been closed (including my high school, Cooley which once had 3,400 students). Yes, the entertainment district and an area around that, will draw young people and professionals, but many neighborhoods are in disrepair with no chance of being rehabilitated.

[@sixmile2360]

doctorofenglish I am a lifetime resident of the city and you are expressing an undeniable truth. The schools have to be a top priority. Progress is being made. I sit on a citizens advisory committee with my wife who taught in the DPS for many years. But the painful truth is that the general culture within many areas must change. I call it the thug culture. Education and employment are not fundamental values for many who live in stricken neighborhoods. I am not sure what, if anything, can be done to change this in the short term. I live among the young professionals downtown in Brush Park. Their enthusiasm and optimism has a shelf life. Progress has to be made and quickly or we will lose these invaluable, energetic people.

[@Mark69Z28]

WRONG MUSIC BUD.....SHOULD HAVE FUNERAL MUSIC PLAYING

[@Mark69Z28]

CRYING SHAME ONE WAY OR THE OTHER

[@natashasemrau3670]

I remember Detroit as it was when l was a kid. The fun of going to the Detroit Zoo, and just looking at all the houses. The houses along the highway always looked bad, because who wants to live next to a highway? The DIA was another fun place to visit, and still is. I want this city to be alive again with people, jobs, culture and life. Some of these old homes are still available, and beautiful. I would watch the videos just to see the old tile bathrooms. But the in between stages are hard to watch and can make people very bitter about what happened to their hometown.

[@natashasemrau3670]

Thank you for Highlighting my comment. In spite of how Michigan is struggling, and Detroit in particular, l still love my state. Yes, l do love my state warts and all. But when you get your nose in it, things can seem hopeless. Time will prune and grow Michigan. I just hope the good times come back again for us all. Thank you.🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌷🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌷🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀

[@vince4OC]

Wow. Can only be scarier and more dangerous at night.

[@gladheart4365]

WOW, I'm devastated, was born and raised in Detroit, left in 1979 at 21, I'm 61 now. Living in L.A. Only have a set of cousins there on the outskirts. God help Detroit, make Detroit great again

[@louisaloi9178]

An even bigger version of Cleveland.Decades of mismanagement in the Detroit municipal systems and the Auto industry and this is the results.Interesting ride into one of America's once largest cities.👍

[@DetroitNative_313]

+Louis Aloi thanks. I thought it was cool. I used to be a building inspector for HUD and I have always loved these houses for what they used to be. I still find them fainting and just wanted to share it.

[@DetroitNative_313]

Louis Aloi I meant fascinating

[@louisaloi9178]

Detroit YJ:Thanks for the reply.Fascinating to me too.👍

[@kitfrew9983]

Went to Detroit in the summer of 78 to visit my aunt Bell Nd Uncle Sam and family. They lived in Kenilworth michigan , I think that's how you explain it. We were amazed at the affluence and high standard of living, looks so so sad now, was once a great place to thrive

[@kitfrew9983]

Forgot to say we're Scottish

[@jezcoates]

Third-world! Damn this is sad.

[@ES-mc3cc]

This is what the globalists want for all of America. See GlobalistAgenda.org, especially the sections titled, "End Game." Genocide.

[@jonjonas2528]

This is what happens when the black moves in that is why I am happy I live in england

[@Sagan144]

@@jonjonas2528 No you fuckin dumbass. When blacks moved in the politicians that were running the country moved the jobs out and put drugs into the community.

[@sheldong2587]

I like all of the comments regarding life in Detroit and various building names, etc. that you passed. Great first video. Now do some videos where your narrating also. When I saw a few other guy's videos along with your's I find myself saying I hope he doesn't live near there a lot, lol. Stay safe. Thank you.

[@DetroitNative_313]

That is a great insight, thank you. I'm planning a follow up video to this, but one year later. I think I might take your advise!

[@puck30]

WOW! What are you going to do other then tear em' down. If it's abandoned or boarded up 100% it's been stripped to the bare bones. Newark NJ isn't even this bad!

[@DetroitNative_313]

+puck30 eventually they get tore down and open fields are left. It's weird seeing one or two houses in the middle of what used to be a busy block, surrounded by nothing now

[@puck30]

Google map 'Irvington nj Grove street elementary school' and look at 22nd street behind the school I use to live on that block most of the buildings are gone or just waiting for the bulldozer.

[@dyyme75]

I'm from Newark as well n I can agree with you on that..

[@1-shotslinger108]

You need to move out of Irvington !

[@puck30]

1-Shot slinger Did, decades ago!

[@arthurrimbaud3561]

Great video. I grew up near Jackson, but now live in Colorado. Been to Detroit many times.

[@danehart2783]

50 years of dimms overtaxing

[@raintwomoons291]

This was an awesome drive for people that don't know anything about Detroit like me. It's really interesting. Thank you.

[@1940limited]

Early in the video did you pass the Packard plant? I saw a large abandoned industrial structure on the left that looked like part of it. Naming a street after Rosa Parks doesn't seem to have helped the city any. With problems like this facing us, we have SJWs all over who can't think about anything but tearing down civil war monuments!

[@DetroitNative_313]

+g bridgman no, but that would cool to show what it looks around that plant

[@1940limited]

There are a lot of Packard Plant videos on U tube. it looks as if it's starting to get revitalized a bit. It will take a long time, but it's coming back.

[@mrcarnaq967]

I will say that Detroit has one of the nicest Martin Luther King Blvd I ever seen.Usually a MLKB looks more like Rosa Parks blvd does.

[@jhonsiders6077]

They are doing that in louisville KY funny the city has a 65 million budget problem but the mayor MR Fisher is spending thousands of dollars on attorneys fees suing The cherokee home owners that voted to keep there monument in place !

[@anthonyanderson4350]

g bridgman I’ve driven around the Packard Plant when I was there last summer. It’s close to Motown!

[@tjbredow]

There are so many beautiful old houses! They look completely different from all the new junk here in Suburban Atlanta.

[@ghostofpastghostofpast3700]

Blessed to live in the Carolinas.

[@pablotupone4190]

The street where you re driving in the beginning of the video looks like a main Avenue; imagine that part of the city full of stores and mall not many years ago...

[@zift18]

Now that's what I call a depleted tax base!

[@bossmaniacgames]

Man I have not lived on this side, since I was a kid. Man it’s crazy how much it’s changed. You should do an update video on this.

[@marksimmons3801]

13:20 im not surprised to see a KFC at the end of the street .

[@mootown58]

Surprised more old buildings are not torn down. Saw at least a few gas stations and liquor store still open.

[@albuterol71]

Cool video. I worked at Henry Ford years ago, that brought back great memories! One time I took my nephews who were visiting from Canada on a scenic route taking Gratiot Ave starting in downtown Detroit all the way through to St Clair Shores where I lived. Scared the shit outta them! lol! 7 mile and Gratiot is a warzone!

[@laposgamermills3966]

Hope you made it home safe lol

[@pinkfreud62]

That's why I give props to the Google map drivers. They have to drive down every nook & cranny of all the dangerous streets in all the dangerous parts of the cities. And it's fun to armchair Google drive these areas in the safety of your home, lol.

[@jonjonas2528]

I am glad I live in England I have never set foot in black infested america

[@jonjonas2528]

If he didn't you would not be seeing this video if the black got him

[@uajw7269]

I live near detroit. My dad grew up in detroit and I still remember the street name. He took me there one time to see if his old house was there. Its roof was gone and the windows were smashed. It seemed like though that specific street, they had some new houses built further down, but did not see anyone there

[@gregb6469]

Lots of vacant lots on the route. It would be neat, but sad, to compare pictures of that area from 60 years ago with now. PS--it's "torn' down, not 'tore" down, and "sued" not "sewed"

[@jamesturner7488]

I saw a video of google street views in 2008 and again in 2013. 2008 almost all of the homes and schools are still occupied. 2013 houses and schools abandoned,It only took 5 years, GM out sourcing and corrupt Govt. and the economic crash all combined in the demise.

[@threedoubles4827]

Or demolished perhaps?

[@nathans.509]

Thank you for sharing. I have a business here in Florida, ​and a lot of those buildings look great to move some of my production up there!

[@gregb6469]

Where would you find employees?

[@nathans.509]

My intention would be to hire local people and train if I have to.

[@nathans.509]

Nathaniel, can you send me an email to contact you.

[@dogon3]

Don't do it unless you have 24hr., round-the-clock security and occupancy. You may come to work and find everything to have disappeared or been vandalized.

[@ronroberts5134]

Nathan Verkaik do not come to Detroit. There is a shortage of qualified workers to do the work.

[@cwatts5036]

So much vacant land. Perhaps it should be turned into community farms and sell the products into Canada

[@jonjonas2528]

The blacks would mess that up also like everything they do I am glad I live in England

[@jessicajohnson7449]

I would love to see this same drive in the spring or summer!!

[@JimmyKraktov]

You don't see buildings being 'tore' down. They get 'torn' down.

[@charlieturner5485]

And the artist sued the owner, not sewed the owner. Back in the '60s, I learned this stuff in the 4th and 5th grade.

[@doglips1958]

And Mississippi is known for its excellent school system YALLL

[@ethelnewberry151]

"Tore" is the past tense of "tear." "Torn" is the past participle of "Tear"

[@maine1cb]

This really saddens me.

[@artheis1342]

OH and some want me to give up my house? Looks like the homes were trashed so why should I give up mine to be destroyed?

[@tommietempleton]

I have to go to and through Detroit occasionally. All I want to do is see the city of Toledo, then the next 10 hours is I’m probably home free. Used to be very nice place. I was there in the 60’s a few blocks from the riots. We were long gone when it finally came on the radio.

[@haywoodyoudome]

Wakanda sure looks different in real life.

[@anthonyanderson4350]

I don’t understand why people call this “hell on earth...” Every city has its ups and downs. Yes, certain areas of Detroit need a good fixing, but hey, progress is headings its way. There are several areas of Detroit that are absolutely beautiful. Downtown, east side, west side, and north side, all have their beautiful neighborhoods. Same with the south side as well. The “rebirth” of Detroit is still in a working progress. I’m excited to head back to Detroit next month! :)

[@DetroitNative_313]

Yes! Thank you!

[@tamarawalker8973]

Dang... I'm so sorry yr city is torn up. Why won't they tear down all of the businesses that are closed? What a beautiful city y'all once had, Damn shame, it has to be like that now.

[@MrGchiasson]

tamara walker They don't even have the money to bulldoze the closed or burned out buildings. There are entireskyscrapers that have been abandoned..unlivable..condemned.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Would be faster and cheaper to just set them all ablaze.

[@norbertsiewert3917]

And I love it. Supports my narrative!

[@kyleflieler7586]

1920's service station building is still standing . very cool

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

I think Detroit is beyond salvation...

[@tommytruth7595]

It is.

[@sixmile2360]

Tommy Truth And you base this conclusion on what? Waiting for response other than blaming blacks and liberals.

[@CrystalHickerson]

I think it will be rebuilt. It's being done now. However it will not be the same city. Which I don't think is a bad thing.

[@kaivrock]

It's way too big to be rebuilt.

[@sixmile2360]

Mickey Vidakovich Not trying to be smart but do you live in Detroit? If the answer is no I recommend that you You Tube Chemical Bank, Michigan Central Station, and Detroit comeback. Ruin porn videos only give one side of the story. The changes in the past five years are amazing. Between 1997 and 2007 there were a total of 76 new housing starts inside the city. In 2018 alone 5480 permits have been pulled including the announcement just yesterday of 1500 more outside of the traditional city core. There is still an overewhelming amount to do and the population will never get anywhere near the 1950s peak but the positive change is startling. I live acoss from the new Arena neighborhood project. 50 square blocks of abandoned buildings are being transformed. It is really amazing.

[@MrMaenambeach]

When I was a kid watching Channel 7 Action News, Mort Krim told me everyday how many multiple murders happened in Detroit. I was an innocent little kid living 60 miles away in Canada, where we didn't even lock our doors. I have never wanted to visit the place you think is so special. That being, the USA.

[@JohnDoe-uq3mx]

the old kronk recreational center at 2:47 (kronk boxing gym)

[@tamko9563]

Makes no sense how a whole city just drops out of sight.

[@ethelnewberry151]

@may day: So what American car is better than a GM vehicle. What is the problem you see in GM products?

[@jetpilot3714]

Very interesting video, very well done except for the music. Had to turn it off halfway through.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

David Taylor Agreed, I couldn't have taken it for 13 minutes straight!

[@jimmyfaustjr7373]

LMAO

[@Harry-wt1pi]

do do do ddodo do do dodododo , repeat 10,000 times

[@garybrinker4522]

This so called music, may be our downing of the cities.

[@atmorgan7628]

Its sad seeing all these empty homes. I see Christmas Thanksgiving, kids are playing, and birthday partys. I couldn't imagine what some of those people that grew up in that neighborhood are thinking when they see it now.

[@DetroitNative_313]

It is sad, but people are starting to come back to Detroit. I get comments on here all the time, about how people used to live there and they miss it. It's not as dangerous as it used to be too.

[@SC-gp9fz]

well done video... Isn't it 😔. our D-town will be back one day!

[@DetroitNative_313]

+Steve Christian I sure hope so

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

It'll take at least tens of billions and years to rebuild to it once was. They have a severe money crunch because of mass debt therefore will never be the same.

[@technicholls]

Thanks for the posting. We left Southeastern Michigan three years ago. Sure looks like nothing has changed.

[@munky123jw]

Welcome to Detoilet,Michigan!

[@llewellynwilliams1956]

CAR'NT SEE THAT PLACE MAKEING A COME BACK

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

I have seen pictures of Detroit's downtown and it looks great. Motown looks very promising. Why now just build/renovate from there on out?

[@markweiss9178]

Zero tax base.

[@iodine1169]

They are doing that, but it's hard to secure funding when so many taxpayers have left.

[@itsme-rt7nz]

The problem is that it once was a city of almost 2 million people, and now most have left and they are down to about 700,000. So the city footprint is 140 square miles, and they have only renovated about 2 square miles (downtown). The vacant houses and other buildings just go on and on. Many have been torn down and are now pasture land where once there were rows and rows of houses. They have no money to support that large infrastructure. No one has been able to find a solution yet. Take your own Googlemaps tour, and you will be amazed.

[@Randy201851]

If one were to drive back & forth between Detroit & the suburbs one would find that there is very little difference between the layout & width of the streets. That the City of Detroit is really mostly older suburbs, laid out & built when there was an extensive streetcar network. All designed for residents to do their commuting via streetcar. But once the streetcar network was ripped out, forcing residents to use cars, they moved further out where the urban layout was less dense in order to accommodate all the cars. Henry Ford Hosptal was built a hundred years ago in farmer's fields, just as Henry Ford West Bloomfield was built a few years ago. Once the Woodward Ave. original streetcar line (the Qline) was reconstructed, vigorous life returned to the area, to the point where all available land along the line has been snapped up by developers forcing others to begin rebuilding along parallel streets. The Detroit metro area population has remained roughly the same size for the last 65 years, just spread out over a very much larger area. Brooklyn was built up roughly the same time as Detroit, with the layout of streets & construction of buildings very similar, just a little taller. Brooklyn, however, is on the western tip of Long Island, hemmed in by New York Harbor, the East River & the ocean, which prevented most of the development of immediately adjacent suburbs. Brooklyn did tear out their extensive streetcar network at the same time as Detroit but not the subway/elevated lines allowing pedestrians to still live a viable life. Certain Brooklyn neighborhoods declined similarly to Detroit & factories were abandoned but far fewer people moved out to the non existent suburbs. A way forward for Detroit, at least the core, is to rebuild the streetcar network over time, encouraging pedestrian activity to return. As those areas are redeveloped, adjacent areas will begin to be redeveloped as well. In 60 years it may be that it will be that areas of the older nearer in suburbs will begin to resemble the Detroit of today. Such indications are already beginning here & there. As Brooklyn has, Detroit is changing from a manufacturing based economy to much more of a mix with technology being an economic base. Brooklyn benefits with Manhattan being so close so Detroit will over a longer time redevelop a more diverse economic life to replace the heavy manufacturing orientation that fueled the original rapid development.

[@Randy201851]

Nathaniel VASQUEZ FARLEY I agree on the mass transit, but factories are more complex. The continued development of the manufacturing process meant a continued expansion of the factory horizontally to increase efficiency. In Detroit metro each generation of factory required a larger footprint, which only could be acquired economically by using fallow fields on the edge of urban development. With the dismantling of mass transit that meant freeways to permit urban dwellers to drive out to the new factories. Shopping centers & sprawling suburban housing developments followed, again surrounding the factories, inhibiting expansion & forcing each generation further out. In Brooklyn, surrounded on 3 sides by water, manufacturing left Brooklyn entirely, either establishing new factories further out on Long Island or upstate or even New Jersey & Connecticut. Detroit, in order to retain Cadillac, leveled residential & commercial property to create enough of a footprint to build a modern sprawling factory. Detroit is in flux, much of the city is less than a 100 years old, some areas 75 or even less yet all around it was cheaper to move out to new fallow land than redevelop the occupied city. As city land has dropped in value, it's reached a point that redevelopment is now cost effective for developers. European cities have gone through that cycle several times so many have reached a stability. Detroit & other American cities have yet to go through that renew/decline/renew cycle enough times to reach a somewhat stable existence. The neighbourhood I grew up in was developed in the late 19xx teens to the 1930's, began deteriorating in the 1970's & now largely dotted with abandoned buildings & vacant lots & most schools vacant or demolished when they were only some 60 to 75 years old yet in Brooklyn similar schools are functioning fine, even renewed. My father's neighborhood, brand new suburban development in 1920's, he could remember when the streets were first paved, was the center of the 1967 riots, and now is the renewing Boston Edison area. One house he lived in as a teenager was built in 1920, worth only $15,000 in 2009, now worth about $135,000 today, yet if in Royal Oak about $350,000.

[@jonjonas2528]

Randy get a job as a city planner for the city of Detroit your plan sounds great tell them to do this