Under the Radar Michigan in Bay City.mp4

[@stephenleslie953]

Wow! This really blew my mind. Was recently in Bay City a couple days ago, and was there 6 months ago. It's a wonderful city to visit, with a vibrant downtown area. Checked out more of the suburbs a couple days ago and felt safe everywhere we went. I'm sure it has its bad spots like every other city in the world, but very clean and lively. Thank you for sharing these videos. This video in particular blew my mind seeing how Bay City's downtown was just 7 years ago. Crazy.

[@UTRMichigan2010]

Stephen Leslie....this was in our first season of the show back in 2010. There have been so many more changes since (as you saw). We need to go back!

[@stephenleslie953]

@@UTRMichigan2010 I agree! I think the Bay City is a beautiful city with a lot of hidden gems (and even more churches and bars lol) Check out the Battleship that has been turned into a museum on the river. It has a lot of great history. One of the volunteers worked on that ship during the 70's and gave my dad and I a personal tour of some of the areas that were blocked off. Plus it has an actual flag that was at Pearl Harbor the day of the attacks. I'm a Canadian and was moved just by seeing it.

[@MarkPiekacz]

I live in Bay City now I like it. And there are a ton of churches. And the north part of Bay City is different. Bay City motors is still there but I don't see people going in there anymore.

[@SappireStar]

It’s so weird seeing people talk about my hometown (even if this video is old, lol) the towns history is really fun to study, and was something most kids learned about in school. I grew up in one of the historical districts and my neighbours actually had an old mineshaft under their house.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

I grew up in Bay City, went to Handy High School and graduated in the 1970's. I used to walk down by the river quite often.

[@55dpc]

This is a great City! Lived downtown, worked at Suprime Carpets and lived up on top of the pizza shop! Hard work but lots of friends!

[@lindsayobertein2669]

Do a new one!!! It's sooo great now!

[@pamwilkinson3751]

Love this City!

[@americanwitch]

I am from Bay City. I have been raised there for my whole life and they missed quite a lot of awesome and interesting things that is in Bay City. I am also now in the military and this made me miss how much fun my friends and I would have just walking around downtown and reading about all the great stuff that happened in the past.

[@55dpc]

I was born there also from 1950-1960. Awhole different world living there.

[@nicolereadstarot]

They were only looking at the fancy shot, not the ghetto a few roads from down town. They just want it to look good, and a lot of aspects of town sadly are in not so nice areas

[@MarkPiekacz]

Oh you should have went to Beaver's Pub you can eat outside or inside. It's a little pricey but the food is good.

[@nicolereadstarot]

2020 and it is still under renovation

[@jgreenleaf18]

Bay city 4 life! Great show by the way Keep it up!

[@KyleTokes]

Might be moving here soon

[@jpshk3]

Gamecore08, good 4 u, bay city is a great place to live. U posted this comment 4 years ago so you probably already live here

[@gmyers4366]

Bay city was better in the 70's. Bay city has no industry other than food, bars,retail stores. Since the 80's there has been 40,000 familys moved out of bay city. And getting so many condos its ugly to the riverfront. All bay city management is doing is fixing up the east side but nothing for the west side of the riverfront. And toll briges naming liberty bridge and independence bridge. Bay city keeps raising taxes to cover the taxesthat industry paid to supported this town. Ive live here 60 years and Bay city is getting worse.

[@HerrKurt]

DITTO

[@DebDavis1]

I'm proud of my hometown and happy to be back !!

[@rachelmanhart6870]

they missed so much awesomeness about bay city. the underground city, the whole other side of the river...they just talked about a small portion. Doesn't do my city justice. yeah it's a small city, the river and bay aren't very clean but it's an amazing city!

[@jpshk3]

Rachel Manhart, 100% true

[@nicolereadstarot]

Sounds like they just stuck to down town. Ya know...where all the fancy houses are on just CENTER RD, even though 2 roads down is like ghetto af lol

[@AngeliqueKaga]

My ex boss Steve Pischel used to work the Bay City Car show, he was a great guy.

[@1BIDUS]

This is great! We're new to the area, but love Bay City!

[@biggs1970]

i remember helping restore the old city hall even made it in the news paper saying Kyle Preston Mainstream employee removing two layers of flooring and the picture showed me on the floor pulling nails that was all i removed from there i left bay city cause there was 1 police officer that would harass me allot and a state police officer pulling me over cause my wife at the time was black don't know if i would ever go back to the town i was born in but it is a beautiful town part of me does miss it

[@janeneering2789]

Bay City is a pretty place. Need to go on the west side of town tho

[@pila7string]

cool video!

[@rockerbaby2003]

While I appreciate this video, some of these buildings are abandoned and its sad. Downtown has improved so much lately, but there is still a ways to go. Mill End would be an example one and the building at 0:29 located on Center and Washington is example 2. Glad the blight Brownhoist buildings were torn down recently! Surprised that Midland St wasn't mentioned, or the Phoenix beer that's brewed here.

[@jpshk3]

In 2019 Bay City is even better!

[@charlesu.farleigh3596]

I grew up in BC but moved away 40 years ago. I come back periodically but I find it sad. Going to Mill End used to be so fun. I miss Sage and Central library a lot.

[@nicolevlisides8317]

the state park has a horrible beach it needs to be cleaned thats all that needs to happen and this will be my favorite place to live. i want to swim and dont die from e coli poison!!

[@pamwilkinson3751]

Use to be beautiful back in the 60's and 70's! Was there s

[@pamwilkinson3751]

Use to be wonderful in the 60's and 70's! swimming boating and fishing& camping! Loved it then! What the hell happened?went back about 4 yrs ago and was shocked!!😫😓

[@ellasutter8464]

the city hall had a flood

[@dougmacintyre5922]

Is there a reason that you don't publish full episodes like Michigan out of doors?

[@cameldad1]

Great memories. Born in Bay City in 1932, The land the State Theater is located on was owned by Grandfather. It was a causuality of the Gread Depression.

[@Klaus_Klavier]

Nvmd they DID just make DETROIT look good obviously they only show the 20% decent areas compared to the 80% run down abandoned buildings, vagrants, and gangs and we cant forget the beautiful works of grafitti EVERYWHERE

[@gracegray7248]

They showed my church :D

[@joshjack721]

I love bay city so much NOT grew up there almost 30 years not one thing has changed more things are being run down there r a few nice things about downtown not much but a few but that little 4 block's of buildings r not much if ur going to bay city make it a night and hit up midland street that streat is more of a sit to see than the hole city besides ur going to need the alcohol to make urself feal better for the time u wasted doing nothing its not the sister city its the alcohol city ..

[@jpshk3]

This comment was posted 7 years ago. Re read ur comment and then take a look at bay city in 2019

[@jaredkaufman2080]

I wouldn't be negative they are reopening places and building a new uptown many great stores and places to live. The water level has risen and looks beautiful parks got clean. Bay City has been working its way back to a perfect tourist destination

[@jpshk3]

100%, Bay City is growing and thriving, especially downtown. I love all of our new high rise buildings in uptown. Bay City is really returning to its former glory that it had in the 50s and 60s.

[@Klaus_Klavier]

...i live in auburn its a small town in bay city but i go to downtown bay city all the time and these people make a pretty broken city look really good...honestly the water is polluted, its a little more dangerous than out in the country, and i wouldn't walk down the street alone in the daytime but these guys may even be able to make saginaw look good and that place is just dangerous almost everyone there wants to take your wallet and blast you, but these guys just may be able to attract peopl

[@jpshk3]

Uhh.... I’m from 2019 and Bay City is way better with the new uptown development and reconstruction downtown, but yes, 7 years ago bay city was bad but it’s better now and getting even better!

[@seickel]

Since when is Auburn in Bay City. The rest of your diatribe further confirms you are an idiot.

[@INDIESPoTbc]

INDIE SPoT, Bay City's Media team