When Entering DETROIT

My commentary on the many problems facing the city of Detroit and some tips on navigating through the city safely. I cover the bankruptcy, the high unemployment, broken streetlights, spray dogs, failure of basic services and some of the attractions.
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[@IdgaradLyracant]

The irony that Robocop was surprisingly accurate.

[@e.t.2230]

Wait for 2050 Great Britain lol

[@1JuliusStreicher]

50 years ago today: the last full day of that beautiful, old Detroit. RIP.

[@gatorflight74]

I used to visit as a kid in the 80's when my Grandparents lived off of Penrod and Warren Ave and loved going. Its a shame now!

[@EconCat88]

When entering Detroit...find the quickest route out of town.

[@r.preskop5675]

Which road, I-75, I-94 or US Route 12? Pick your poison my friend

[@5864431048]

you are a dumb bitch!

[@r.preskop5675]

Both Detroit and Toledo are nowhere nearly as dangerous as troubled places like Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine. We keep putting down these two challenged industrial cities not realizing that there are places in this world that make both cities look like paradise in comparison.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

EconCat88 good advice

[@keithrobinson1956]

I will never get that close.

[@unitedstatesdale]

Dam Reginald, you called it correct. Here we are 7 years later. Its a Disaster

[@DBoyJuan]

lived in Detroit all my life…i love it here but it hurts to see my ppl struggle like this…everytime i leave the house even to go pick up my daughter, i throw on my hat and tuck my Ruger

[@SteveHanson]

Meanwhile Popeyes Fried Chicken is reporting Detroit as it's highest profiting market.

[@wendychong8823]

Because nigga gotta eat and dey din lern cook chickn likn in they classroom.

[@desertdispatch]

right...when all else fails play the race card

[@rwyatt26]

Lying Press how is the shit getting in the hoods though?

[@jlstout7807]

This video makes me want to volunteer to help kids after school with reading and math in Indianapolis (where I live).

[@yggiz06]

We need ROBOCOP!

[@simonpurist4499]

No tanks.

[@MrBrewman95]

Your move creep.

[@ferndog1461]

CEO : Nice shootin' son, what's your name? RoboCop: Murphy

[@ferndog1461]

Houston, TX, got crime, no joke. Older teens /young adult men scaling iron wrought fences and holding up nurses at gunpoint for their purse & car jacking . I was against guns, generally. Now, I see the need.

[@mttzakr23]

The Downtown area looks like another world compared to the residental..... Greektown looks quite vibrant

[@bradz123456]

Because downtown is full of suburbanites!

[@cashed-out2192]

What is the Greek heritage there ?

[@jonnie2bad]

all those people don't live in detroit.

[@reker.a5790]

My family owns that entire Greek strip. All owned by 1 family lol!!

[@GodofWarChuka]

When entering Detroit, use a Tank or a Bullet proof Humvee!

[@josephkasprzyk4758]

@Elisha Sage why so snoopy?

[@codyjimmy4507]

Instablaster...

[@justin2956]

my relatives from canada where down in the states visiting us which required them to drive through detroit at night after crossing the border. at some point they got lost and stopped on the side of the road to check a map. a cop car pulls up next to them and the cop asks them "are you crazy? never stop your car in detroit". he literally told them to ignore stop signs and red lights if there wasn't obvious oncoming traffic.

[@toicook8246]

This not true! This story is told in every bad city! You better not run a ReD Light here! Don't believe that a cop told them that! For one, once you come from Canada into Detroit. You will be Downtown on Jefferson Ave. Go ahead and try to drive like a Mad Man 😀

[@SchecterMongoose]

I love it how our country is rotting from the inside out, yet we have all this money to piss away every time another country has some natural disaster. How about we save our money for when we need it for our people.

[@TaxationIsTheft101]

say that when your country has a natural disaster.

[@danpt2000]

Americans have money?? Maybe some, but governments (state, and federal) are bankrupt and indebt up to its eyeballs. Remember Federal gov't shutdown a while back?

[@danpt2000]

***** "Nobody sends the US money when they have a natural disaster..." --- That is not true.

[@breckandy]

PanzerFaustFurious You may be right but when the US is gone the Huns are coming for you.

[@danpt2000]

Americans are descendants of White Huns.

[@bradz123456]

The first thing you need to be aware of is...just about NO ONE has auto insurance. If you're in an accident in detroit...good luck!

[@slotcarman12078]

@johnny walker Maybe, but you put in a claim and your insurance goes up. In the end, you end up paying for it.

[@bradz123456]

@johnny walker If you're not at fault the other persons insurance pays your tort fee.

[@bradz123456]

@johnny walker You need to ask your insurance company what LIABILITY IS! In Michigan it is REQUIRED!

[@bradz123456]

@johnny walker No you're not covered unless you have collision coverage. ALL vehicles in Michigan are to be insured!

[@michaeltrich]

I'm from Liverpool in UK, it's considered a pretty rough city. I can relate to what he's saying about carrying about that caution from one city to the next, I think exsposure to any risky environment can make a person that way. It's easy to say a city is in decline because of thugs stealing and vandalising, or blame it on corruption. But the reality probably is both. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm only going off films I've watched, but Detroit was a major manufacuring state until something happened? Just as here in Liverpool we were a major port city until we were no longer needed for that. High crime rates scare away the good investors instead go to different states. It's just a viscious cycle that won't change until it hits rock bottom. No amount of money pumped into a area with high crime will change that.

[@madalynrhian9372]

Detroit is a city in the state of Michigan. It declined in the 70s due to the riots in the late 60s. Everyone that could leave did and the others had to fight and hide. It’s never gotten better because of less cops and money. We had a corrupted mayor for awhile as well.

[@GeorgeWMays]

Thanks for the ride. I really enjoyed looking around the city and listening to your thoughts.

[@wyatt1153]

I applaud you for exercising your Second Amendment right and arming yourself responsibly. Bravo. It is your right as an American to own a pistol and protect yourself. Death to thugs.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

wyatt1153 totally agree

[@jamepearson]

To each his own.

[@wyatt1153]

@@TheRoundtable_RTG Not created. They are a product of their own personal choices. Personal responsibility.

[@wyatt1153]

@@TheRoundtable_RTG Do you believe in personal responsibility ? Personal choices? You mean like Clarence Thomas who grew up in dirt poor conditions? Your Communist propaganda science? Predict that.

[@trv360]

This is really cool and informative. I learned a lot, and you're a good and thoughtful narrator. Thank you.

[@brentkilgore5478]

Watching your videos, and listening to your commentary - you are all right. I appreciate your perspective, as it is not far removed from my own.

[@jaydeebaby7]

I know this video is old but I didn't feel like this when I went this past summer. I spent a week in and around Detroit. You can tell the city is slowly starting to grow. It's a very hipster city right now. I also went into the more ghetto areas (not at night) and I didn't feel like I was in a bad area.

[@CubsFan2812]

It's definitely making a comeback. A lot of gentrification though. Detroit needs a lot of work but they're making progress

[@TheMabes69]

In all seriousness: why is it where ever masses of Black people are, poverty follows?

[@RealLifeEddy2K]

I think you answered your question about why there is poverty ;)

[@uploaded113redone]

no correlation there most black people are upstanding law abiding citizens and have the most successful countries in the world .... is what i would say if it was opposite day

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Eric Foreman name one please!

[@jumpman366]

Same reason there's poor white communities..... dummy

[@ROTAXD]

Because the ones that congregate in democrap strongholds keep voting democrap.

[@ashleyhockenberry2187]

Well done - lots of good information - appreciate your persepctive!

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Very nice done! Like what you say and the street view. It's not an Detroit or American problem, it's a worldwide problem. Europe have big big money problems you know. Lot of German cities are nearly bankrupty. Greek is bankrupty, and so on.

[@BuzziMuzzi]

You've clearly never been in Europe. Even though they might be bankrupt you have no need to fear for your life. It's still safe as fuck. From what I heard you need to carry a gun in America to feel safe, let alone in Detroit.

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Joe Brett Man, you've absolutely right! ;o)

[@MrChampken]

Europe cities have problems, yes. Is there rough areas in cities in Europe with unemployment, crime, drugs exc...yes. But that said, I never really see any Western European cities are ever as bad as some of the rougher USA inner cites. Yes you can say cities in Europe have rough parts of town. But they usually don't include vast areas that take up block after block of abandonedness of what use to be lively parts of town. Any Europe city i can think of and have been to myself has had a lovely, busy, well kept up city centers with densely populated areas, with lots of tourists, and lots to do at day and night. Yet there is quite a few cities in USA where downtown is falling apart, nothing more then a little strip here or little strip there of shops and restaurants, it just seems like they are clinging on, the only few street that attract any people to spend money and for tourists to visit, and you only need to walk around the corner to find ugly ass, abandon buildings and such, and often downtown's are ghost towns at night. Cities like Detroit, St.Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Buffalo and there is probably others that have lost a quarter, half and even more then half of what the population was 50 years ago. Cities like the ones I just named also have way, way, way higher murder rates then the cities in Europe. So I don't think Europe cities compare with the decaying old industrial cities of USA of today.

[@BuzziMuzzi]

Joe Brett That's not what I implied at all

[@michaelbilodeau2770]

Very good video and well narrated, I will always have this good memory of Detroit as I was hitch hiking from Chicago back to Montreal in 1979, some business man picked me up near the big Uniroyal tire and once he found out that I was Canadian, he stopped at a pay phone and called his wife to tell her that they were having company for dinner, had a good meal with these fine folks, he showed me around Detroit some and then took me to the Ambassador bridge, I've been through Detroit a few times since I moved to Texas back in 1979 and would love to see that city prosper again.

[@insurancelimited2010]

As a Canadian who has been to Detroit and other major American cities, I get shocked about the amount of Poverty that exists in the U.S.A. HUGE contrasts in One city- you will have wealth and then very poor areas. Things like this do Not exist in Canada. I like the U.S because it is our southern neighbor, but honestly I think that America is a land of strange contrasts.

[@shaolintiger97]

You have great observation my friend. Other Americans can't see or won't admit the injustices of how the money is moved. Shame.

[@johnstonwangstar]

Also Canadian, but when I visited Vancouver, I saw a lot of homeless people in the downtown area. I'm from Edmonton, where there still are homeless, but they're virtually all in this one area just past the downtown area near the EPCOR building, compared to Vancouver where they're scattered in huge groups.

[@davehansen2255]

+MA K I'm been trying to explain this to people for years. In my city of Chicago Illinois we're going to have 500 murders this year- which is almost as many as the entire country of Canada has each year. America, "land of the free - home of the brave - greatest country in the world" is quickly becoming the myth that it is.

[@stevemryncza4961]

+Eric Perrault or anywhere in CANADA where they could win a STANLEY CUP AEH

[@JamesBrown-gr4vh]

rmz🇺🇸VOTE BERNIE SANDERS 2016⭐ AMERICAS PRESIDENT.🇺🇸AMERICA IS WHITE RACISM⭐& AMERICAS HISTORY IS BLACK SLAVERY.🇺🇸 DETROIT IS AMERICA.⭐⭐ AMERICAS 3rd WORLD NATION.🇺🇸

[@tophtml1]

An excellent and insightful video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@riatsila555]

I'm from England and am fascinated by Detroit and what has happened to the City and its people. I thought your comments were really insightful and so true of the urban decline not just in America but in Europe as well. You should lobby the politicians about what to do to help bring life back into urban areas and yo: ur comments on corruption were spot on. Thank you for taking the time to film this.

[@Mich4765]

Great report. Had me glued even though I was tired and wanted to go to bed.

[@nicnak2502]

Great video. So sad and you're totally right it's not just a Detroit problem , it's an American problem!

[@TheMabes69]

No, it's a cultural problem. Something is wrong with black culture and lack of values. Fatherless homes and the breakdown of the family destroy society. Most other ethnic groups do not live like this. They may be poor but have dignity, don't trash their properties and lead lives of crime and violence.

[@dannettejackson202]

No wrong! It's an economic problem!! If you don't have the available jobs then how are you going to feed & support your family as well as keep a roof over your head? And this is not just happening in Detroit, by the way...

[@rylanmacdonald6416]

Lazy nuggas are to blame. Corruption and laziness.

[@rylanmacdonald6416]

I blame white ppl. This is all they fault.

[@nicnak2502]

TheMabes69 you are right

[@maddpepe313]

Haha they just drove by my job. They're on the east side of Detroit. On Conner Ave. I work at the Chrysler Jefferson plant on Conner Ave. Regardless of what people say about the city, I love what Detroit has shaped me to be. I'm not the typical illiterate, bum, having a criminal record stereotype you hear coming from Detroit. But those who are born and raised in the city of Detroit know what it really to come from nothing and become something. I was born and raised in southwest Detroit and being from Detroit is basically having the fighting attitude to keep going and getting back up when you fall. In terms, I think that is what the city is doing, it's getting back up from a major downfall. I love my city regardless of what people say about it, I stay true to my roots and have no problem saying I am from Detroit. At 21, I've been through hard times but I keep pushing forward, I guess that's the Detroit attitude in me. #313

[@tonyedwards2064]

I work at Chrysler in Toledo..The JT or Gladiator for others, body shop. Buddy of mine from HS works at Jefferson as well..Ya know a Dan Hess? lol..I know there's alot of people, but it be funny if ya did..lol..He's a millwright..Have a good one

[@maddpepe313]

@@tonyedwards2064 haha nice man! I drove by the Toledo plant a few times! I have a vehicle you guys built actually lol (a JLU) but unfortunately I do not! It would be truly a tiny world! Lol

[@l.a.crenshaw5952]

Thank for the ride , that was a interesting tour. Thanks!!

[@billcrowley2859]

I find your commentaries well thought and engaging. Gives me more to think about. Sad about Detroit. Lived there briefly downtown in the early 90s. Felt safe as long as I was on the right streets and places. Worked in some bad places and common sense and vigilance required at all times. Many places like that in any big city. You could tell at one time it was truly a grand city. Hope to see it come back but doubtful we’ll see this soon. Too many jobs gone, too many dollars gone. Lots of places like this. We can’t go on like this forever. Keep doing your work and spreading the word!

[@BryantBaudelaire]

This makes me glad i live in Cleveland. We actually got our stuff together!

[@Atombender]

Bring some asault rifles and enough ammo.

[@rascal0175]

Alex K. When I lived in Detroit and traveled in the city I carried one AR or riot gun for every adult in my vehicle, plus a spare. Same with handguns. Also carried 50-60 magazines of AR ammunition and other assorted ammunition by the ammo can. My wife had a loaded 9mm pistol in the diaper bag for our infant son. This was post 1967. There was one solution to living in Detroit - Leave. And a hell of a lot of working people did. What you see now is the residue of a productive American metropolis. It is a wasteland with a cheering section telling you it is coming back. Yes, perhaps it is. There is so much vacant land within the city limits Detroit could revert to an agricultural Mecca by the river.

[@deciduousdiscipline9592]

Videos like these are why I love this channel. Thanks

[@bizmarkie9112]

What I think is awesome is no matter how much the people of the city is having a rough time getting by, they are still very proud of Detroit and represent it's strength. You see the Detroit "D" logo everywhere still, like there was an SUV (Jeep?) in the video that had a Detroit decal on the back that passed by, you see people wearing Detroit jerseys, etc. It's amazing. They are proud, amd still stand tall for Detroit. Rise up, Detroit. Hopefully soon the jobs will come back?

[@Spiritof48]

It is really sad to see all those once nice houses deteriorate .

[@zaramahmood9628]

amber lopez what are you?

[@petermerkin6428]

When entering Detroit make sure you have one in the pipe and fresh magazines ready.

[@kellyblair2662]

Detroit is really not that fucken bad please ppl let it go!

[@MrPreacher8770]

littlerock arkansas is THAT BAD, i wouldnt go to detroit with less than a co. of marines

[@justcallmeassinine]

Any city in the USA can be dangerous. It's my opinion that some of the wealthier areas can pose some greater risks.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

yumi mango how did you come up with that?

[@justcallmeassinine]

Charles Murphy There are people who get home invasions and even murdered if they display their wealth.This happens in very wealthy areas. Criminals can be selective.

[@antony99ish]

Really good insight/commentary into a post-booming city that did not have to fail. Always wanted to take a gander to Detroit and now I did, from my computer in London, England. Thank you!

[@ranman6896]

I'm from Miami FL and I'm with you on this, great work. Thanx

[@woodbine66]

From what I see, your way out of poverty in Detroit - invest in a shop selling spray paint cans!

[@minecraftminertime]

Rick Long what do you mean?

[@gonnagetthereidontknow4501]

The similarities between a former great city of industry, culture and diversity and my beloved home state is more than eerily similar. But outside politicians coming to West Virginia to line their pockets with our future has always and continues to occur. Living in H'town WV and seeing the erosion of our entire existence is stone fucking sobering but not hopeless. This war on blue collar America being waged by Big Money using Big Government is killing the American Dream and that will not ever happen. I make it up top a couple times a year.....Inkster, Dearborn heights, MLK etc. I might not be quite as diligent as our friend in the video but he's right on. A white-ass hillbilly might be a quick mark up there ordinarily but my buddies are real. I'm looked after up there like they are here in almost heaven. Like family.......... And that is how to defeat any enemy. My village has let me down before. That trust only goes so far. Certainly not far enough to EDUCATE OUR YOUTH!!!That is our only hope and the only way to pay for that is basically the Legalization of Drugs. Where I'm from, my people are going to get high. Why are we giving away the largest cash generator ever? And at the same time locking away non-violent people, not regulating at all an already dangerous practice. YOU CANNOT SAVE PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES. But you can EDUCATE them. MONTANI. SEMPER LIBERI

[@rebelrocker3743]

EnergeticWaves REALLY !!! DO YOU LIVE THERE !!!!

[@kennethstritmatter1367]

Look at the prison statistics. That explains it all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@violetsky2225]

My friend retired from DetroitPD after 25 years and when the pension funds went bankrupt he ended up getting $100.00 per month as his "retirement". His live spun out of control eventually losing his family to death and then himself. It was so sad.

[@rascal0175]

I was a Detroit city employee for 11 years and saw the writing on the wall. I gave up 11 years of retirement credit for the unknown. I ended up with a good job and retirement, and stayed 30 years. Nobody wanted to budge where I worked and no doubt most stayed. It sounds like they rode the Titanic all the way to the bottom. I can’t go back to visit my friends out of embarrassment and fear of what I will find. I’ll soon be 74 and have seen the both the world and war. But nothing was sadder than the death of Detroit.

[@titusb67]

Im from detroit and honestly agree with you about everything, beautiful city, major issues

[@EduardoPiston]

I m from Brazil. Your video about Detroit was pretty interesting. I did agree with everything you said. These problems are not only in the U.S but in everywhere. Here in Brazil, cities like San Paulo, Rio de Janeiro has many zones similar to those ghettos. I ve been in the U.S. but not in Detroit yet. But those videos gives me and idea about living there. Thanks for posting it. Great video.

[@yedon68]

Detroit was a beautiful city/the first part of the century/to live & work/I was born there in 1945/lived there many years/things started getting bad w/ Colman Young/worse later/ I miss it/God bless!

[@specialone678]

Colman Young was the only mayor that took care of the citizens.

[@wayneworley1293]

I was born there in Southwest Detroit in 1960 lived there until 1997. It was a beautiful city in the 60sand 70s Coleman Young was the mayor for over 35 years he drained the city and let people ruin it ! In the 90s he was warned that gangs were heading that way and did nothing to stop them or control them and they finished it off I moved out of there in 97 because of it . I loved living there until the mid 80s when it started going to 💩

[@impassable]

This is one of the best videos on youtube

[@aardenriv]

I'm very intrigued by Detroit, this video was very informative!

[@Sveta-zx7fo]

You know what you are talking about in this video! You seem like a well-educated man with smarts and common sense. I have a weird fascination with urban decline in places like Gary, Detroit, Flint, etc. and this video displays that along with your oh-so true explanations for why Detroit is the way it is. Great video!

[@kendawg44]

Do more videos like this, Reggie!

[@454ffv]

car on the left around the 1:00 mark don't even got a plate license lol

[@2thedudestdude]

Everybody knows license plates are for pussies lol

[@BigTimeBoozer]

***** In Downtown Detroit, the cops don't care if you have no drivers licence. The "Road Mile" system starts downtown. Seven Mile Road is seven miles north of downtown. Eight Mile Road is eight miles north, and so on. The rapper Eminem really did live near Eight Mile Road - he was at 19946 Dresden Street between 7 Mile Road and 8 Mile Road. That's deep into car-jacking and heavy drug territory - it's very blighted. Eminem now lives out near 28 Mile Road near a golf course and country club. 8 Mile Road really is the true divider - inside 8 Mile Road is unsafe. Outside 8 Mile (9 Mile Road, 10 Mile Road, etc) is safe.

[@ChiefGobah]

Also, Five Mile is Grinnel and Six Mile is McNichols.

[@noelpaul4532]

Robert W I have a friend who lives in Detroit and he said Eminem never lived on 8 mile...

[@BigTimeBoozer]

Shady Paul, that's right - Eminem did NOT live on 8 Mile Road. I don't recall saying he did. He lived at 19946 Dresden Street, which is between 7 Mile Road and 8 Mile Road. It's a rough and dangerous neighborhood. In my opinion 6 Mile Road (six miles from downtown) and 7 Mile Road (seven miles from Downtown) are far more dangerous areas than 8 Mile Road. Stick to Downtown and Corktown (they're joined together along Michigan Avenue) and you're safe.

[@carolynbeck1760]

Thanks for showing this and your commentary. I grew up in the city, was educated there, worked Downtown and my parents once owned a resturant on Warren Ave. It was also a very diverse and multi cultural city. Detroit was also know to have the best education in the country. I remember a time Gratiot and Woodward Ave. had so many business with large neon signs that it was like daylight all night. Those streets were as bright as Las Vegas. My heart breaks to see what has happened to this once wonderful, full of life city. Detroit was a once beautiful safe city, and I don't think it will ever come back.

[@Enquiringmind777]

That was a really interesting clip. I'm English, was in Detroit back in 93 it was mess then, I hope they get it together and sort Detroit out. You sound like a really really nice guy.

[@evadwall1057]

Looks like an economic boom for the fried chicken joints.

[@1122slickliverpool]

+evad wall Funny!!!

[@jonathanwayne5065]

and fuk face black folks don't really even eat watermelon speaking I. the mind set of a black person u turn

[@jonathanwayne5065]

Fuck fat fuck rocky balboa smile having ass up

[@vernwallen4246]

Eat the bird,carry the word.

[@joemartin1253]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TRUE_GR1T]

it's not called an amalance. It's ambulance

[@bradz123456]

Am ba lance

[@timothyminor9375]

Wow

[@efogg3]

lol

[@mmewright3530]

Tripnotyst ok bitch

[@bradz123456]

It is in detroit ...am ba lance! Just like sail foams! aka cell phones! You must be pretty ignorant to urban linguistics!

[@darrenrenna]

I'm a new subscriber--really appreciate your in depth analysis and the unique perspective you bring

[@evilpagan2342]

Very interesting video, thanks for filming this. Gives us a better idea on the street level.

[@josephbattaglia3690]

2:53 popeyes seems not to care about poverty. looks like their doing just fine lmao

[@OLIVER949OC2]

Lmao they are thriving lol

[@cashed-out2192]

Chicken is not that great either

[@evanfarah4442]

there's 'armored glass' at the Little Caesars by my house in Flint, we're not much better

[@simonpurist4499]

Flint and Detroit BOTH chased out the industry, and are now rotting slums. We need to thank them for biting the hand that fed us all.

[@danthehitman741]

I was more scared of flint than Detroit when I went there...

[@simonpurist4499]

danthehitman741 Geez, I heard about how they'd have orgies in some houses, they'd start by covering the windows and then lots of cars and visitors would show up....

[@danthehitman741]

wow from what I saw I guess every 3rd house has a orgy every night...sorry you have to live somewhere that you have to look over your shoulder every minute of everyday..

[@simonpurist4499]

danthehitman741 I mean they'd cover the windows and then invite them over, then uncover them when everyone was gone. I heard it from people who moved OUT of Flint, and there was other bad stuff that was a lot worse.

[@George_K1]

Thank you for making and posting this Video - Informative video from a resident's perspective - Very Well Done

[@GinaZalner]

Great video! So fascinating to hear your thoughts and opinions, nicely done!

[@loupeora6013]

I have to agree with you.. I was born and raised in Detroit, I remember when you could walk up to the employment office at the Ford Rouge plant and get a job... I remember when mothers didn't work outside the home... and I've seen the decline... it's a damned shame, but what has happened to Detroit is the future of America... I had hoped I wouldnt live long enough to see America fall.. now, Im not so sure...

[@superskiier50]

come on up to canada, all the benefits of the us, without the poverty.

[@barath4545]

+Lou Peora Those days were probably sounding wonderful, but they were also only like that because the rest of the world was still recovering from the war. Germany didn't produce freely till 1957 and Japan also took 20 years to get going and much of Europe, bar the UK spent billions to rebuild an industrial factor. With increased competition the wages went down and the general poor quality of American plants made the domestic plants inferior to foreign plants in the 1970s when the Japanese and Germans started moving in strong. You can look up the Nummi plant/project/case for reference on the Japanese/US car manufactoring situation in 1984. The Japanese also implemented the quality control of a modern world with Lean methods and all that, which today is paramount everywhere in efficient production. The increased competition from a worldwide "return to normal" plus the automation revolution after the war also neccessitated that women went into the labor force. But I can sympathsize with your historical views; My granddad never had an education, he was a sailor and then an electrician and still made enough on his own to own first a house in a nice suburb and then a nice house in a less good suburb (in Europe) from 1948-1989 or so. My dad had a great earning career but never could afford the same standard of house in the same type of suburb and thats with a mom that worked fulltime as a dentist. Today I have yet to live in a house (thats worth buying) despite working in a STEM field. To live in a house my granddad use to live in as a sailor with a non-earning wife and 2 kids, I'd have to cough up about $1M today. The house would be infinitely more modern inside ofc, but we are talking the same land lot and the same bricks and mortar. My granddad on the otherside bought a farm in 1954 from savings after 14 years of on-off savings as a wartime farmer with sandy lands (so from starving to bad income) and still paid 66% of the farm in cash. He borrowed the 1/3 from his dad-in-law and paid it back by 1958 in the good times in the 1950s and was debt free by then to invest in more buildings. By 1967 he had lung disease from pig farming but my grandparents had enough to retire at age 53 and 47 from active farming and just did light land farming after that for hobby sales out the back door till they died. Couldn't happen today, farmers here either go big or go broke, has to focus on one thing only like pigs or land or dairy. Beef farming is small around here.

[@VINCENTDARKLY]

What you should know when entering Detroit.... Don't enter Detroit drive around that whole mess os a city. Believe me me it just better to go around that place. Kind of like how you would step around a pile of dog shit.

[@lStrikeforceonel]

Hey Demcad great video, I like the drive you did around Detroit, as well you made many valid points, greetings from Canada.

[@patricksheehy1341]

I am Canadian and I grew up visiting and staying in Detroit (burbs) all my life. My uncle worked on the railroad in Detroit and was married to an American lady from WV. My aunt. I had two cousins that were my brother and myself's age so we spent a lot of time in Michigan. Detroit area; Dearborn Heights to be exact. But we often went into Detroit. It used to be a beautiful city, and even more beautiful around the time I was born in the early 60's. My Uncle used to tell me how it was a vibrant city and people were out shopping and eating, etc at all hours of the day and night. I watched the decline of Detroit as I grew up. Watched them implode beautiful buildings that were vacant like The Hudsons Building. I still have a lot of love for Detroit and believe it will rise again and become a great city all over again.

[@UncleFred-mb4eq]

greektown is the only place you can feel safe. and its funny, where the city makes the most money, they place the most police....

[@bradz123456]

People are getting robbed and murdered in greek town too!

[@joopdelaat4517]

i am from europe [netherlands] its a very green city with long roads and old places very nice to see . thanks .

[@rubystaralways59]

I grew up in detroit. moved to virginia when i was 13 (1973)..I was in detroit in april...very pretty , per say right in downtown detroit....brought back alot of memories...so does this video..nicely done...also have 2 brothers there. oodles of nieces nephews, great nieces and nephews and cousins. This has to be the best video Ive ever viewed about detroit..sounds like one of my older brothers talking to me..:)

[@brandon61895]

damn Detroit has definitely changed since I left 10 years ago, but will always have the Detroit love!

[@AarenJable]

As an Englishman, I find the concept of not leaving the house without a handgun to be somewhat......fucked, shall we say?

[@AarenJable]

Not really my thing.

[@OnVentUK]

Karsen Crow Because over here we (largely) don't live like law-less animals.

[@lartinmuther183]

Karsen Crow Right, 'cause your gun laws work incredibly well lol

[@CanadianPrepper]

The roads in Detroit don't look that bad, the core infrastructure is relatively in tact. Some of it looks a bit dated but for the most part its fairly well maintained. This city is just begging to be revitalized.

[@dustinnoonan8121]

You'll have to go for your self

[@CanadianPrepper]

Dustin Noonan It will bounce back.

[@r.preskop5675]

The electrical grid is decrepit and looks like it dates to the early 1900s. It needs total replacement. Where is the infrastructure well maintained. Most roads have areas of pavement delamination and potholes. The streetlights are rusted, mismatched and some look like they are ready to topple over. The only things that appear well maintained are all the pavement markings, big deal. Detroit is not going to bounce back as easily as you are leading yourself to believe.

[@CanadianPrepper]

R. Preskop if you think these roads are bad come to canada where annual fixing is required due to freeze thaw extremes. I never said it was going to be easy but anything is possible.be optimistic.

[@r.preskop5675]

I have been to Canada, their roads are far better than they are here in the US in spite of your harsh, frigid winters. The heavily travelled QEW from Fort Erie to Toronto makes the New York Thruway look like a poorly maintained cow path in comparison.

[@dmswccrn03]

Great discussion and educational as well. Thanks, Demcad

[@christopherallen8688]

+DEMCAD thank you for this (and your other videos). Very educational. I've never been to Detroit, but want to go when my Yankees play the Tigers sometime--and also for the city's history, the car industry, and a RenCen tour as well. There are a lot of great historical perspectives and other useful insights here as well. Keep them coming!

[@SydneyGreenstreet1227]

If you come, take the walking tour downtown. Fascinating.

[@rons6281]

Detroit's DownFall.........Think the "Boogie Mansion and Coleman Young"

[@Mike75065]

great video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bushflyn]

I visited from Australia 2013. I loved Detriot. Like your style dude.

[@Msangel06]

I’m from Detroit. I visited Australia in 2010. 🇦🇺🦘🫶

[@pigpaul]

9 years ago!!! I’ve seen all of the archives!! Thanks to KZbin A.I!💪🏼

[@TheDRAGOMANIA]

where is eminem house??????!!!!!

[@SwissMarksman]

TheDRAGOMANIA lmao do you really think that Eminem lives in Downtown Detroit?

[@TheDRAGOMANIA]

yea

[@s1i3ljvdima]

When he did live in Detroit, he lived in a house on Dresden Road, but someone set it on fire years after he moved out, so now it isn't there anymore. Eminem does own a Mansion not far from Detroit, but he barely goes there.

[@SwissMarksman]

Awesome Gameplays He also has a Studio in Detroit. But I'm not sure if he operates there. Do you know where he lives?

[@s1i3ljvdima]

norwegiangangsta I think usually he lives in southern California where his main studio is.

[@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016]

LOL at all these racial and political comments. The auto industry was the reason for Detroit ever getting to where it was. Without GM, Ford, and Chrysler, Detroit would've never gotten any bigger than Toledo or Peoria. When the horse in a one-horse show dies, the show's over. Lots of cities have weathered white flight. Lots of cities have weathered the shutting down of factories. What fucked Detroit (and a few others, like Gary) was an over-reliance on one thing, and the dumb assumption that that one thing would last forever. Ghetto culture and idiotic management are just icing on the cake.

[@ams4800]

hey genius......Ford GM and Chrysler are still in Detroit and still employs half the damn city. Detroit isnt even close to "one horse town Gary Ind."

[@chistinelane]

Auto manufacturing was gonna leave the US regardless of what they could have reasonably done. America just turned out to not be the best country out there so the manufacturer moved to better countries, and they did amazing there.

[@MrPreacher8770]

then why is the main ford plant derilict, in ruins. it would cost millions to even try to repair,, there arent enough people in the city to repair and work those buildings,, ford has given up and moved , so its not all ford gm and chrysler left, what choise did they have.?

[@ams4800]

MrPreacher8770 i dont know what youre talking about but the Main Ford Plant has never left it's original location in Dearborn Mich, neither has the headquarters.

[@beaconrider]

Even if they wanted to bring industry back into Detroit, would there be a pool of skilled and educated workers to staff them?

[@a.c.6475]

Very interesting and insightful video. Although I don't plan to visit Detroit, you give great narrative on the city's issues!

[@jrein59]

it's really sad what happened in detroit my entire family is from there.....my grandparents house was abandoned when my grandma got put in a nursing home then after she died the house got stripped and burned then demolished....the house my grandfather built rooms on with his own hands just GONE

[@jesusonXTC]

I'm from Canada and this video made me very shocked because this level of poverty should not be in the United States and the scary part is I'm only four hours north of Detroit

[@therealyooper7548]

When entering Detroit, chamber a round.

[@yeahdude1986]

Who carries with an empty chamber... lol

[@9tube1]

Good job on your video DEMCAD. I grew up in Detroit in the 50's, 60's and 70's. It was a great city back then and I am very thankful for the way I was raised. I loved going to Tigers games at Briggs Stadium and taking the bus down Grand River to watch the Red Wings play in Olympia Stadium. The Bob-Lo boat, hydro races off of Belle Isle and auto shows at Cobo Hall, not to mention Coney Island hot dogs and hamburgers loose all provided some great memories. In my humble opinion, Detroit began its downfall in 1960 with the election of Jerome P. Cavanaugh as Mayor. Shortly thereafter, drugs started flowing into the city and the politicians, judges and police became totally ineffective at governing effectively. Crime exploded resulting in the complete lawlessness of the riots in 1967. By the time the recession of 1973-74 arrived, the drug trade had already replaced the automotive industry as the main employer of choice, especially among the poor, undereducated black population. White flight to the suburbs only made matters worse as the great racial divide was just as palpable as the political divide caused by Mr. Obama in this country today. Politicians are increasingly more brazen about their corrupt ideology today and are simply not held accountable by those who vote them into office, both nationally and locally. They know this all too well which is why Detroit was fleeced by so many for so long until bankruptcy became the end result. What happened to Detroit is a very clear precursor of what is likely to happen to the entire country. We have trillion dollar deficits on a annual basis. The dollar is simply a fiat currency that is quickly imploding because we are not holding our politicians accountable. After a disastrous four years, rather than holding Mr. Obama accountable, we stuck to our partisan guns and re-elected him. Sadly, the majority of voters cared little about his failed agenda, but viewed the election as simply a popularity contest akin to cheering for the Lions over the Chicago Bears. If Detroit is to stand a chance of revival, it must put race aside and bring in the best and brightest minds available in the country, if not the globe, to restructure this once proud city and put it on a path to reclaiming its past sterling identity. It will not be easy and may take the same amount of time to rebuild itself as it took to tear it down - approximately 30-40 years - but it can be done. Thank you DEMCAD for all of your efforts in putting this video together. As you well know, the healing of Detroit would greatly impact your current town greatly as well. You shouldn't have to be heavily armed to walk down the streets of any city or town in this country today, but sadly, that is the direction too many other areas are pointed toward as well. Work toward holding everyone ACCOUNTABLE - politicians, neighbors, fellow workers, the media etc. - to truly achieve change we can believe in.

[@youknowiknow9846]

very nice tour of Detroit , thanks for the ride .

[@larkatmic]

so much fast food joints

[@able2tell118]

+larkatmic Yup a lot of fast food places ... They'll take that dollar by way of unhealthy food .

[@able2tell118]

working on it lol

[@BrownEyePinch]

gotta keep the beasties butts big

[@GeekBoy03]

Because they all accept food stamp payments

[@KapudaDude]

cheap eats

[@5thhorsman]

Did that van just do a U turn in the middle of a 4 Lane road?

[@wendychong8823]

Yes. Total disregard for the safety of others. They practically rapin everybody out here.

[@beezythugs]

yes because traffic was very heavy.

[@skrivbok]

Don't know about the USA, but in Sweden (and probably every EU country), crossing the road line is always illegal - unless you are forced to do so, either by road construction workers or emergency personnel due to an incident. And the way this guy speaking is driving... that'd cost him his license in Sweden. Running a stop sign for example; you are, by law, obliged to completely stop your vehicle regardless if there is no traffic or not. Stop means stop. Are traffic laws really this relaxed in the US? Crossing road lines, running stop signs, turning right on a red light, etc?

[@mattbodini3576]

yeah' he was thinking the cops/or drugs dealers are following him 'and flipped a Uee' or a bitch= CYA tactics

[@wmoli872]

skrivbok- Detroit is a failed city in the US. The city owes $18-20 BILLION dollars in debt. It is the new Wild West. Seven in ten murders go unsolved, you think anybody is going to get caught running a stop sign?

[@whowantstoknow2617]

Very interesting. Thank you for creating this video.

[@glock2312]

Another good thing about Detroit is the traffic is light. If you have to drive yourself to the hospital, it will be quick.

[@chrishardeen1017]

NIce video Demcad. I live in a big city and the other day driving I said to my wife lets play a game. We are 60 blocks form home . As we drive towards home , lets count all the closed stores and see how many we get before reaching home . She counted on the rt side. I counted on the left side. And it was as I thought , after this count of total stores , ones opened , ones closed , we saw that on a Avenue 20 years ago where all stores were opened. Now 20% are closed. And of course that is a 3 mile distance , so of course some areas had a higher than 20% closures and others lower. Your video at times could be mistaken for parts of my city now . Stay safe

[@SmokeDogNY420]

All those tree huggers should love Detroit, think of all the new plant life that has sprung up. It's great for all that harmful CO2 we exhale.

[@jackevans2386]

Thanks Demcad. Very interesting video. Keep up the good work !

[@jo2478]

definitely an eye opening video. thank you for posting it.

[@CantuWielder]

what a beautiful city destroyed :( so many people lost jobs

[@CantuWielder]

what?

[@ifyoucansingrapiwannawrite8187]

+Amber Lopez Mexican Cartels, hard at work to save their own Country.

[@kerryberry2007]

+Leap Frog Look at you laughing with a Mexican making racist jokes. Look in the mirror b!tch. Your dad did a piss poor job.

[@kerryberry2007]

amber lopez You must not get out much if you think that. The only time I see Hispanics in the news it is for terrible crimes. The only time I see them in my neighborhood is when they are mowing lawns. Should I assume you and your family are either criminals or lawn mowing fruit pickers?

[@kerryberry2007]

amber lopez Your profound words are so educational. Why is it always the bottom of the barrel, poorly educated people who type such vitriol? I guess passing the buck to another ethnic group takes the spotlight off of the idiotic things that Mexicans do. You're a joke.

[@Nags]

This city used to be one of the top ends. This is what happens when the car companies leave.

[@jeremyhowdyshell2259]

This is what happens when labor unions force the car companies to leave

[@MrAristes]

SunnehShides Look at the above comment. Research Coleman Young. He was a "for us blacks" mayor (not going to capitalize his title) who helped speed the decline at a rate that none thought possible.

[@amandareed5572]

I'm excited to visit! I hate touristy shit, and I love the grittiness and history of Detroit. I'm a smart traveller though and appreciate your videos as no one knows a place better than the people that actually lives/ works/ goes there. Thanks!

[@argo09]

great speech, great video..very relaxin to watch

[@sherimascote4128]

I love Detroit.

[@dustinnoonan8121]

Same here!

[@sherimascote4128]

Alright

[@sherimascote4128]

That's your opinion! I spend 52 year in Pontiac dirty unsafe, to much gossip.remember Detroit is a big city their different part.everywhere you go is not safe. Its depends where you go.

[@sherimascote4128]

I have faith in god young man.

[@charleshawk6668]

lol, why? Its a shit hole. Couldn't pay me to visit that place.

[@Diamondsareforever1973]

Aww your in my old neighborhood warren & conners

[@lukepate8749]

Very interesting video.Thank you for your post.:)

[@AdamDguitars]

You are a smart man. Keep up your guard. Stay safe friend. Good luck!