Youngstown, Ohio West Side Hoods

[@robertcampbell8027]

My brain is flooded with memories. This tour started at the corner of Hazelwood and Mahoning. I know that because I grew up a block away on Hazelwood near Oakwood. I haven’t lived in Youngstown since 1975. By 1986, my parents, siblings and in-laws had all joined us in Ariz., so our visits to town have been rare. I was able to recognize some streets and some buildings. As the car drove down a couple of the streets, my thought was that I didn’t know exactly which street it was, but it was like so many of the streets between Meridian Rd. and Steel St, they all looked like home. Certainly the area has changed considerably since my days on the west side, but time and a shrinking city will do that. I watched several videos and drone flights of Youngstown, Mill Creek Park, YSU, downtown, etc. The thing that strikes me most is not the changes on the ground, but the change in the AIR. The clean air I see in this and other videos is something we couldn’t imagine when I grew up.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

I was born in industrial northern New Jersey in 1946 so I know what you mean about the air. I don't think I ever saw an actual blue sky until we moved to Connecticut in 1953. Everything was overlaid with either a grayish or yellowish haze.

[@robertcampbell8027]

@@miriambucholtz9315 Miriam, the steel mills around the Youngstown area produced the grayish, the yellowish, the orangey skies and the smell of sulphur and coal. Ironically, when I left in 1975, I moved to northern New Jersey for two years before heading west.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

@@robertcampbell8027 Jersey was full of chemical factories belching their pollution around. It completely stopped my nose up and I actually learned to taste odors instead of smell them. What a horrible place to have to do that. Where did you live in NJ?

[@robertcampbell8027]

Sounds like the @@miriambucholtz9315 WSounds like the same experience. We lived in Parsipanny on Route 46 just east of the I80. I was in sales calling on companies in Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties.I was there from March ‘75-Nov ‘76.

[@robertcampbell8027]

@@miriambucholtz9315 Miriam. It sounds like you went through the same experience. We lived in Parsipanny Mar. 75-Nov. 76, then moved to AZ. I was in office furniture sales calling on customers in Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties.

[@michaelferreri1256]

These are exactly the streets I traveled on hundreds of times growing up on the West Side. Left in 1979 and rarely get back. I truly enjoyed and appreciated this trip down memory lane. Thank you for this thoughtful post.

[@7767Brad]

That aint the hood, lmao. The westside has gone to shit cause of all the section 8 houses but definitely aint the hood yet!!!

[@westlaclede]

the west side is definitely not hood and i've been in youngstown most of my life

[@thismfrighthere2999]

Some parts of the Westside is considered the hood. I hear about a lot of shootings and drug activity on that side of town. The Westside definitely has changed. Not the whole Westside, but some of the neighborhoods are 👎🏾

[@reggrice3175]

Right but more shit happens on da west side way more then it used to....we didnt used 2 hear about people gettin shot on da west side but now we do kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGWmaqSOg8Zrirs

[@reggrice3175]

@@westlaclede i feel u...it aint da north south or east but da westside changed drastically...alot of people moved 2 da west 2 get dey kids out of da hood an now u hear about shootin over dere 2...im from da south kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGWmaqSOg8Zrirs

[@chris-thumper7205]

West side has it's shit together! Unlike the South side. Just like any city, I reckon (there's always the 'cross the tracks folks tho). Get your facts straight .

[@johnmoraghan3857]

wow you drove right in front of my Aunts house and the cemetery my Dad is buried in I haven`t seen that since 2008

[@gmanstudios11905]

I actually used to live in that area, the street I lived on wasn’t too bad but there was a drug house on the corner, moved out of there in 2018 and I’m so glad I’m not there still.

[@Mac60-d9o]

My grandpa lived for many years on Coitsville Hubbard Rd.

[@crazy330whiteboy8]

What's that gotta do with the westside

[@chris-thumper7205]

@@crazy330whiteboy8 That's the East side, right? No worries there. It's mostly the south side now.

[@crazy330whiteboy8]

@@chris-thumper7205 it's the westside

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

That is about 6 miles from the West Side.

[@Mac60-d9o]

@@crazy330whiteboy8 Youngstown

[@davem475]

Dog shop..GONE GRAN THEATER...GONE ...Mc Donalds...GONE MOST of the PLAZA...GONE EMPTY BUILDINGS...EMPTY FOR YEARS... EVERYTHING worth a SHIT in this HOLE...GONE BOTTOM LINE ? YOUNGSTOWN...A GREAT PLACE to be...FROM !!

[@kelleysisler6158]

I grew up on s. Schenley for years, it's not the same, used to be beautiful but not anymore.

[@kevingriffin2324]

Who ever made this video do not know anything about the Hood the west side is not the Hood I grew up on the the Northside,that’s the Hood now.

[@mrfreeze5524]

They need to kome to my hometown inglewood California then they will know what the real hood should look like 👍🏽 and if they kan’t we will gladly show you lol 😆

[@mrfreeze5524]

They need to kome to my hometown inglewood California then they will know what the real hood should look like 👍🏽 and if they kan’t we will gladly show you lol 😆

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

Kevin is right for the most part. Aside from a couple side streets and parts of Mahoning Avenue, most of the west side is okay. But the north side still isn't the worst hood in Youngstown. That designation would probably go to La La Land on the east side and probably all of the south side.

[@The_pain144]

The hood is crazy I live in it 😊

[@crazy330whiteboy8]

There's only a couple bad streets on the westside. Really lol

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

That's really true. Most of the west side isn't too bad. There's a couple parts of it that are a little rough, but nothing like the south side or the east side. There's parts of Mahoning Avenue I probably wouldn't hang out at night, but if I was moving to Youngstown and buying a house in the city limits, it would be on the west side for sure.

[@TravelAddiction-kc9lv]

amazing

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@Shadow._.paranormal]

you need to research i lived on the west side since i was 4 and still do im now 13 the west side is not the hood lmfao

[@tracy2630]

I must be desensitized after Lancaster CA...lol. This place isnt bad imo. I like the Quiet streets. No helicopters and cops all night. Its all relatiive i guess

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

It depends on what part of Youngstown you're in.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

The saying "the west side is the best side" is actually true in Youngstown. Aside from a few streets, it's nowhere near as dangerous as the south side, the east side, and almost all of the north side that isn't YSU-owned.

[@tracy2630]

Hood...lol

[@Catholicencouragement]

everything looks dead

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

The West Side is actually the best part of Youngstown.