A look at the story of the rise and fall of what was once one of Americas largest cities and where it goes from here... Images are used under fair use. Info Courtesy: Wikipedia
The political expression of the "Get me my money" culture. A series of elected mayors and officials running on the platform of what is owed to them and their constituents. Meanwhile, the same people going out of their way to antagonize the builders and business class, thinking the money will remain in place. Pro Tip , wealth and money is fluid and can quickly relocate families and resources.
As a lifelong Detroiter born in 1955, I'd say your report is very accurate. I've seen this city go from rich to poor more than once as went the auto industry until most of the plants closed for good and now a comeback is going to be a long slow process.
It was named by the French, upon surveying the area. Detroit simply means "The Straits", an area where the river is very narrow. In an interesting quirk of geography, Canadians drive north to go Detroit, and Detroiters drive south to go to Windsor (only now, because of COVID, you must be an essential employee to cross over).
@@subline_funtime no, the federal constitution prohibits the federal government from defaulting on it's debts and most states have clauses in their own constitution prohibiting defaulting on theirs. really only municipalities can declare bankruptcy
@@mrgunshot33 ye what country, macedonia?, Serbia?, Bulgaria? I know you said not on the beaches but im not sure if u mean that the country has no beach or if u dont live near the beach
Years ago, when my husband and I traveled outside of Michigan, we dreamt of living somewhere else. Visiting Chicago, Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Miami, even Cleveland, was exciting and different. Then the unthinkable happened. We experienced job loss, and had to start looking elsewhere in 2004. Our parents were aging, and we didn’t want to move. But it became clear we had to leave. We landed in Atlanta, thinking it would be temporary. We rented a new house, began exploring our new “hometown”, and started missing Detroit. We didn’t know what we had until we had to leave. Our parents visited and told us we made the right decision. After 7 years, the country was recovering from the recession, and houses were inching up in value again. We felt we had to jump before we couldn’t afford anything again. We took our time and found a beautiful home we could afford, and settled in. Our folks are gone now. No reason for us to travel back to Detroit twice a year anymore. We love our new home, but it’s not Detroit. We still miss it. We’d go back to our tiny home in Ferndale if we could, but now Ferndale is suddenly unaffordable. We’ll be back someday, but it will be in some cemetery instead. Appreciate what you have while you have it.
Thank you for saying this...was born in Crittendon Hospital,my dad came from Ala.and had income drywalling...I moved S.W.Mi.,but Detroit is home,and my heart breaks for the loss of income for people,and the abandoned homes and businesses.😢😢😢
@@freddiejimenez7995 Kentucky has the poorest counties in the country, and that state is ran by Republicans.
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It's funny when people put the blame squarely on Democrats. So much other shit contributed to Detroit's decline than a bunch of useless politicians, regardless of party affiliation.
The same thing is happening in West Virginia. A city or area that depends solely on one industry is bound to fail no matter how high the highs are. I do hope Detroit can get back on it's feet, it has so many great buildings and a rich if uncomfortable history.
@@scottjohnstontheii9287 imagine holding such horrifically racist views, especially after the last 12 months. You're clearly a terrible person. Please do better.
@Andrew: I visited downtown Detroit last year and it was great. Go in the summer. The parks have flowers, the boats are on the river, people are walking around. I visited during the day and took the Blue Line bus and felt safe. I haven't been there at night, as I am older and don't drive at night. There is a lot of building and new stores and things happening.
I lived in Detroit for a couple of years 76 to 79. Auto industry was still hanging on then. There was also significant heroin addiction rampant throughout the city. There was a documentary in the 90s about the fall of said auto industry. One of subjects covered was how many workers came to work frequently , completely high on something, to the point of making mistakes on the line.
This makes me wanna cry. It's the fires but also the fact that we've been down for so long. Barry Gordy left to make movies and everyone leaves us in body and mind.
In India, land is so precious that abandonment seems unimaginable. We will always find another use. Its true when you have too much of something, you don't value it.
I live about 20 mins from Detroit, i really am starting to see improvement. A new skyscraper is being constructed, a massive high tech jail, plans for a soccer stadium and Detroit’s own soccer team. Also the city finally got out of bankruptcy in 2018 so yay! Maybe we will see some change. ( also crime rate has been slowly declining since 2017 )
So sad - my Dad worked for GM and we spent a LOT of time in Detroit. I looked forward to going there whenever he had a business trip. Heartbreaking to see how far it's fallen.
Somehow, I find myself cheering for Detroit's rise from the ashes after seeing this video. Although I never paid much attention before, it would be great to see this city rise up again. And as long as there are people who will not forget her, she will not be a "forgotten place" for long. ;-)
I'm rooting for Detroit too. I want Detroit to rise up and prosper again. There is no reason why it shouldn't happen. What saddens me are individuals who want Detroit to be "reclaimed by nature", for Detroit to disappear altogether. It also saddens me when racist individuals come here explicit to vent their anti-Black anger.
@@77Treasurehunter77 Boston frequently votes Democrat. It went from having a record 151 murders annually, to having 35-50 per year. It's one of the most desired cities in America to live in. You would never mistaken Boston for Detroit.
Another major factor were the extremely fierce riots of 1967 that sealed Detroit’s fate. After those riots often known as the rebellion, Detroit went into rapid free fall and several poor neighborhoods scarred by those riots never recovered. Middle class flight skyrocketed right after the Detroit riots of 67.
And that is the irony of Detroit. A beacon of a better life for african american from the slave period (it was a main route for the underground railroad) through to the 1960s with the industrial jobs it offered, but it was also highly segregated in terms of housing and neighbourhoods. Tensions rose and exploded in 1967, and the aftermath of that was white flight accelerated leaving Detroit itself underpopulated, poor and left to rot.
That's a common myth. The uprising was a RESULT of white flight, not the cause of it. White flight started in the 1950s with the construction of the freeway system. This left a majority black population with a majority white power structure which is obviously the recipe of tension.
The 1967 riots took out my hometown in NJ. Newark saw five solid days and nights of looting, shootings and arson. 26 people killed. Newark never came back from it. Many areas are dangerous. What a great city it was.
@@lindsaycole8409 Black migration busted Detroit. There’s no other way to look at how else one of those most prosperous boom cities in the history of the world crumbled so quickly.
In 2022, Detroit is the comeback city and it's River Walk has been named the nation's finest two years in a row. The Michigan Central was purchased by Ford Motor Company in 2017 and is currently being restored as the centerpiece of Ford's Corktown campus for development of autonomous vehicles. As longtime Detroiters, we are gladly watching the progress, and with the NFL draft convention coming in 2024, the world will see it too!
I think Detroit was just stigmatized. I actually surprise and love the downtown Detroit vibes. I feel safe and they are working hard to build back Detroit. The abandoned place is cool, and lots can be studies, such as economics, discrimination, city planning or simply discover the old American dream. I think it is a hidden gem if you love history.
Lesson learned for a city or a town when growing and prospering is that you should never rely on a single industry because then if the industry grows beyond the certain area the lack of diverse industry and business will lead your people to leave the municipality due to lack of that same industry diversity and business progression. Cities like Detroit and Chicago are learning this the hard way. We might even never see this cities exist again in the near future because of such impactful effect
Do you think Detroit became the center of the auto industry because someone in city government decided to rely on the auto industry? When the auto industry started to develop, Detroit was about a 10th of it's current size. The early auto plants were located in the city because the railroads junctions were there. A belt of manufacturing already wrapped around the city on the railroad lines, the car companies moved in and then later the city seized enormous amounts of land from outlying communities. The auto companies moved out because they needed new plants and couldn't find land in Detroit, nobody came in to replace them because Detroit was not a good place to do business anymore.
@@ScoobyDooIsDead they won’t hear logic. there’s deadass someone in this thread named “unarmed blackman” trying to say black people caused Detroit’s fall lol 🤦🏻♂️
I went to the NAIAS in 2008, and then again in 2012. It was AMAZING to see how the downtown was evacuated of business in those 4 years. The hotel I stayed in in 2008 was just an empty building in 2012. And about 1/3 of the hotels closed in that time. Insane. Insanely sad...
There are tons of Detroit sports fans North of the border from Windsor Ontario, as Canadian neighbours we make to trip down to Detroit to see the Lions, Red Wings, Tigers and Pistons play. That hasn't been the case in the recent year for Canadians from Windsor Ontario due to Covid travel restrictions.
The same thing could happen to a city like Houston, if the oil and gas energy industry were to suddenly disappear. I'm a progressive liberal that lives in Houston, but I have no good solution for what to do for my city if we reduce or completely get rid of the oil industry by going green. I used to live in Detroit as a real young kid, but I grew up in Houston, so I have a connection to both cities.
"I'm a progressive liberal that lives in Houston" Keep voting for the people who made Detroit the hellish wasteland that it is. Houston is not far down the list I promise you that.
By 2050 we might have one of the first abandoned modern metropolis, though it could be pretty cool, imagine all skyscrapers filling up with nature and all with Ruins
I live really close to Detroit and my mom was born there and while I barely cared for the city most of my life I do find it's fall really sad, it's the reason all 4 of my grandparents moved to Michigan from Pennsylvania and the south. South Detroit, Ecorse, and River Rouge all now have terrible reputations because of the abandonment, gangs, and just the general standard of the area being really low. I hope one day these cities can recover. Some cities around here like Wyandotte are thankfully doing pretty well
@@ralzvy sucker born every minute..casino owners know that. Patrons usually live lives of risky behavior anyways. Will be blessed with help from God and government but still risk it all. Even race like hell to get to the casino because time's a wasting!
Good thoughts. You are missing a major piece, which has to do with the loss of the ability to ship from and to the great lakes region through the St. Lawrence River. With the rise of super sized cargo ships, the St Lawrence River is not deep enough for these ships to use, causing car companies to relocate plants to other areas more friendly to transportation of goods. This is part of why all of the great lakes cities declined in manufacturing.
As a NewYorker, the rust belt was always intriguing to me, the motor cities, and watching this video made me shed a tear and I really hope these once great American cities can be revived.
There’s actually a solution being talked about to fix the rust belt that involves moving some government agencies to different rust belt cities in the hope that businesses from California or New York where the cities are overcrowded will move to these rust belts cities that already have the infrastructure for a large population.
Even if Michigan is a right to work State since 2012, Unionism would likely return with great force to Michigan with any sign of the return of economic prosperity. I don't believe that Elon would ever build a Gigafactory in a State with such strong tradition of unionism.
Elon Musk won't build in Detroit. Even if Detroit becomes extra business friendly, Musk won't go there. Austin, TX (where Tesla is building a factor) has a highly educated population (UT Austin is there), it's been growing rapidly for other reasons. Musk didn't think to have a Tesla facility in Ann Arbor (where Univ. of Michigan is located). He won't choose Detroit. If Detroit is to come back, it has to be local talent making the first move.
My stepfather was a engineer and we moved to Detroit from Connecticut, its always been a rough city but looking at it now depresses me, I could never live there again.
Detroit actually can become a great city again, just need a shift in economic focus. Plenty of land unused, it almost looks like a blank canvas that needs to be (re)filled. If the city really wanted to prosper once again, they could somehow attract tech companies and make it a new tech hub in America
Detroit is already overcrowded downtown and property prices are absurd. A smart company would put their Tech Center away from any big city and near a nuclear plant for reliable power.
My grandparents and parents used to tell us how beautiful these homes used to be. Now You can't drive in some areas without being saddened. Some areas still hold to their former beauty because of the residents. It's so strange to occasionally see one beautifly maintained home on a bock of overgrown, boarded up, burned up homes.
I was at the microcenter about a week ago. Microcenter… a store that pulls in millions per day and has items in excess of $30,000.00. Directly across the street is a fast food joint abandoned for more than a year. Directly to the left is a mall that is half caved in and sectioned off, some stores survive there. Directly to the right is a hotel that had every window and door on the first floor covered in bars and bullet proof glass. I never felt safe. I felt like the city was one commotion away from guns blazing. Driving was basically unenforced and people did whatever they wanted behind the wheel. I didn’t see a single cop. It was a harrowing experience. I’m not “well to do”, I fought like hell for over a decade to get out of the bottom tax bracket. Being in Detroit made me feel rich. And rich people get eaten alive there.
there has never been a microcenter in the city of detroit. The closest one is in madison heights nearly 30 miles from downtown detroit. Madison heights is really not that dangerous of a place tbh
I visited my sister in Detroit two years ago and loved it. The city has suffered due to the decline of the auto industry, to be sure, but it still has a lot going for it. Loved all of the historic buildings along Woodward, and was encouraged to see Wayne State University buying and renovating so many near its campus. Downtown was a lot of fun, too. People dog on Detroit because it has become almost a meme, but it is nowhere near as bad as people say.
The author of this narrative paints an overly simplistic view of what happened to Detroit by pointing to the auto industry first. To be clear, the auto industry does very well in Detroit despite the competition for market share. It's just that nearly every plant since WWII save for a few have been built in the suburbs or in other places. Many suppliers and their workers function in Southfield, Troy, Dearborn and Auburn Hills. Disinvestment began in the 1950s as newer homes were being built on larger parcels of land. They stayed out of Detroit mainly due to high taxes and crime. Interviews from restaurant owners as early as 1963 documented complaints that everyone was moving out to the suburbs and not staying in the city and frequenting the restaurants. That was 4 years before the riots. The auto industry thrived well into the 1970s with little foreign completion until the mid seventies, when Toyota and Honda entered the market while residents fled to the suburbs in record numbers more than any other city. The devastation from the 1967 riots was felt more in Detroit than in Watts, Newark or Chicago where rioting also occurred in the 1960s. Detroit also did not have much density to support rapid transit which contributed to the exodus, dismantling their street car lines in 1956. There was little support from City government for the small business community as well, as mayor Young scoffed at their pleas for help.
When i was little i lived in metro Detroit around 2004-2005 and I remember driving through the city from the west side to the east because my mom worked down there and i would ask her what happened to the houses. All the buildings were so pretty. Really hoping every part of detroit gets "restored" don't really know how to phrase it
@Chill Will Almost every single big city in the US is run by democrats, because there's more poor people that live in big cities, and Democrats are the party that has programs that benefit the poor whereas Republican's main priority is giving the rich tax breaks and defunding programs that help the poor. They don't all end up like Detroit. You're a brainwashed moron.
My older sister and her husband lived in Detroit in the 70s. It seemed like a nice city back then. I remember going to the Detroit Zoo and Tiger Stadium.
I actually live in Ypsilanti and been through and in Detroit so many times, I can't count, but I always and still am intrigued and interested to see how it was in its golden years.
At 1:48 you mentioned out-sourcing to Mexico and Canada. You neglected to mention that Ford, GM and Chrysler also sell lots of US-made cars in Mexico and Canada.
Windsor and Sarnia are not good cities, but other Canadian cities are doing good. London, Toronto, Mississauga, and the Greater Toronto area are well off cities. High imigration and good jobs make a city thrive.
@@EuropeanAmericanGenZ_ND My, my, much arrogance coming from a fool. You neglect to point out the neoconservative coups and invasions, or the neoliberal policies, all of which caused the immigration of which you speak. The West destabilized Latin America in much the same way its alter-ego known as the West destabilized the Middle-East. Without those things, very little immigration would have occurred--even considering the controversy behind the modern day U.S.-Mexican Border (But I digress). No one wants to leave home. If people leave home, especially under less than legal circumstances, something is terribly wrong. "Google search," eh? LMAO! The same forces that bore down on those regions are doing the same unto us now. Arguably, this has been going on since about 1980, but amidst the pandemic, it's all accelerating now. But I get it. You're an identitarian. Your strident name says it all. You are one for identity politics. Well, I don't play that game with stupid lefties. So, I am sure as hell not going to play it with some arrogant right-wing nut job who pontificates with such zeal yet manages to say absolutely nothing; that is, except maybe "muh identity," "pAn-eUr0peAn Def3nDEr!" But what do I know. I'm just some stupid, backward savage of a Mestizo. And you, I surmise (as per your identity politics) are my superior. Right? #MasterRace Is that what you're after? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
Living in a shabby city can actually be one of the best motivators for incredible personal success. If it doesn't kill you, you come out of it a hell of a lot stronger and able to win in life left, right and center.
Detroit was basically the Seattle of the 20th century. It once was booming with plentiful high paying jobs with the auto industry. This is just like Seattle with jobs from Amazon, Microsoft, and Boeing. Seattle too would drastically decline if Amazon/Microsoft started focusing its job growth in other locations. That said, Seattle is very homogenous and insular, and is on the desirable west coast, so even if jobs declined, the city itself wouldn’t really experience a quality of life drop like Detroit, which was populated almost DESPITE its undesirable geographical location.
You do realize like 1/4 of all US trade with Canada comes through Detroit. The highway corridor connecting Toronto/Detroit/Chicago is also the busiest highway in North America. Basically the only reason Detroit even exists today is because of its lucky location of being squeezed between Toronto and Chicago.
When I left the area in the late 00s, you could not get a pizza delivered within the city limits and there wasn't a grocery store because the crime was so bad. They were getting robbed multiple times per day.
The D struggled a lot after the 60s yes. But starting on 2000 a huge comeback started and it's a very cool place now. Crime is extremely isolated to certain areas and the downtown is awesome actually! Facts matter.
Then automotive companies decided to start outsourcing their labor to other countries, and thus, causing massive unemployment and economic devastation.
@B Babbich , dude, Massachusetts is a blue state and indeed is a very wealthy place with some of the best stats for income and education in the country yet you can’t compare it to the rest of the country. It’s basically where America started and where much of the old wealth, best universities of the world and high tech industries are concentrated. Also the place has very few black people and minorities in general so it’s one white democratic SJW paradise... These people might tell you nice words about equality and how BLM etc but they will never go live or visit Detroit or Compton. They will never want the people from those places to live amongst them.
@Joseph Lomeo San Francisco is decaying? What planet are you on dude? San Francisco and California in general have been growing at a relatively high pace both economic and population wise. Cincinnati I understand but if you think California is gonna fall off soon you don’t know what you’re talking about.
@Joseph Lomeo It doesn't matter what your app is telling you. The facts don't care about your feelings on the state of the city. San Fransisco has had a positive growth rate in consumer AND merchant commerce within the last few years. Pointing the the worst parts of a city and claiming everything is like that is like pointing to the poorest parts of Alabama and declaring the whole state of Alabama is a s***hole.
Just left Detroit about 6 months ago with a job transfer. Its starting to make a comeback but I question the sustainability. Most of the upgrades you see are in the downtown area; Ford Field, Little Ceasars Arena, 3 Casinos....etc.....the problem as I see it is simple: all the upgrades and new building is centered around the downtown area. Nothing is being done to the outer areas within the city limits to improve them. Abandoned blighted houses and buildings liter the landscape. At the same time, the factory work is steady but as technology advances, the economics to create revenue to maintain the city infrastructure will cease. You can see the poverty line clearly. Until their is a concerted effort to improve the rest of the city other then downtown, this city will never change....just a visible line between the haves and the have not.
@@timothykeith1367 yea the problem is you need a car to get around and contribute to the economy without that your stuck in place trust me I grew up back and forth from Detroit to Seattle Tacoma area my mother was in military my dad stayed home in Detroit and I seen the impact on having to rely on buying a car and going into debt vs having a meaningful transportation system Grass roots growth vs Top down economics…a lot of what you see in Detroit is old money from suburbs there children coming back to Detroit to start business also the local and state government levies taxes on city to build stadiums and development for private billionaires Little ceaser arena is nice but that should have been paid for with no public funds all the city gets is promise of some low wage jobs and entertainment while the rich get richer Seattle would of never done that that’s why sonics left…just my opinion on watching 2 democratic city’s operate.
Detroit has been improving quite a bit since Mayor Duggan took over where he has torn down thousands of the abandoned crack houses and business is slowly coming back and GM and Ford are in much healthier condition now and Ford is rebuilding the train station. Detroit's affordability is helping attract young entrepreneurs. Chicago is in much worse shape right now with how much violence it has.
What keeps Chicago alive is the Suburbs. Most people in the Chicago area want to live in the suburbs. Chicago is like a blackhole surrounded by beautiful suburbs. Its the suburbanites that commute to Chicago that has kept the city afloat. Even with companies leaving downtown people will still want to stay in the burbs and just say they are from Chicago. Look at the Chicago Bears, they went from struggling Chicago to the affluent suburb of Arlington Heights.
You could say that what happened in Detroit could easily happen in a lot of other American cities who heavily depend on a single industry like SF with Tech, Houston with Oil & Gas, LA with Art and NYC with Financial. If these industries fall, the entire city goes down with'em.
Never in SF. SF like NY will always draw people in. Natural beauty of the bay, ocean and many parks and superb school. SF unlike Detroit has always been a boom town always. Original wealth from the gold rush. Tech industry is not going anywhere….medical tech and Stanford thriving also. The tenderloin and south of market have always been dicey areas of drugs and homeless. Worse now like all major cities but nothing like Detroit. Grew up in an adjacent suburb so I know the haves and have nots situation of Detroit. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again “ The auto industries just don’t give back to the community and left an environmental mess (Lake St. Clair and the Detroit river a mess) when they exited the Detroit area and Flint as well”. Capitalism at its worst, really. Tech industry coming in to Detroit may invest in the down town area but Detroit spread out and too far gone. Fields where row houses have been demolished and abandoned houses everywhere. Parks would be a great addition where these areas suffer but this would take money from the city or donation…..Come on car industry kick in and give back!!!!!
University of Michigan is in Ann Arbor, about 35 miles west of Detroit. Madonna was from Rochester Hills, a rich suburb north of Detroit. Neither lay claims to being part of Detroit
Detroit has a chance to break the Ponzi scheme of sprawl, to reinvent the city center into a livable space, into an economical viable space, where the vast parking spaces inside the downtown area, still shown in the video, become habitable areas in which dwellings, shops, workshops, studios, shared workspaces and many more neighborhood supported activities can make a true difference. One prerequisite is important, Detroit should really choose a supportive mass transit system for the citiy’s future and truly abandon the access of motor vehicles inside the downtown perimeter. Whether they call the mass transit streetcars, light rail or subway doesn’t really matter. Any transit in Detroit’s case is a breach with the old automobile dominance. Furthermore Detroit can make a giant leap in becoming an American city which truly transitions to sustainable, especially where rainfall and expected abundance of precipitation is to be anticipated on. Empty space, as parking lots can be transformed into areas where local retention can take place, before any drop of rain will flow into the storm drain and eventually into the Detroit river. It provides a chance for a new city ecology, improvement into sustainable topsoil management, replenishment of fresh water tables and resources, as will it provide a new look on ways to prevent soil erosion from inside a city areal. There’s a lot to win and a lot to transform from the old way we built and developed cities into a new way in which the main prerogative should be a responsible use of any city space, in that case Detroit has a true chance to become a world wide example of how cities can truly transition.
probably because they "Leased" those facilities and properties, it's the cities responsibility.....and the City TAXED them out of control, and simply couldn't afford to do Anything and left.
Hello, I am from Saudi Arabia and I have a military role in the Saudi intelligence, which has been identified in the city of Diderot, and I will be there in a week, God willing, how is the nature of the airspace in you?
Detroit is a good example of unions pushing too hard. I'm all for unions, but they need to be realistic or companies will just move to another country.
I wonder what will happen to states like California who push too much taxes. I mean that can be easily fixed but could there be a point where it was too late like detroit with unions? I live in Minnesota. Particularly in an industrial area where jobs are booming. My state has the highest tax rate in the Midwest but we have lower tax rates on corporations and or tax breaks for a certain amount of time. Which I believe is the way to go.
Not to pick on Detroit but most American cars had built in obsolescence. Sure that brings back customers until they find out. Iam bitter about all of the american made cars I spent my money on. Fuck general motors.
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It is so easy for《The Walking Dead》to find a proper scene in Detroit, without extra decoration.
But then the camera crew would get mugged by a criminal
they should film there probably cheap
A good end of the world movie can be filmed right OUTTA the box
They probably had to dress it up as the walking dead is only meant to be a few years after decline ha.
Kids, Detroit is the comeback city! This presentation was outdated upon publishing!
Talking about Detroit's decline is incomplete without talking about it's many years of political corruption.
White flight
@Chuck WoW Both republicans and democrats are responsible
@@vanthom9185 more like all the car manufacturers....these states needed to diversify their economy. Texas learned that with oil.
Coleman freaking Young. He didn't start the demise of Detroit but he put the nails in the coffin.
The political expression of the "Get me my money" culture. A series of elected mayors and officials running on the platform of what is owed to them and their constituents. Meanwhile, the same people going out of their way to antagonize the builders and business class, thinking the money will remain in place. Pro Tip , wealth and money is fluid and can quickly relocate families and resources.
As a lifelong Detroiter born in 1955, I'd say your report is very accurate. I've seen this city go from rich to poor more than once as went the auto industry until most of the plants closed for good and now a comeback is going to be a long slow process.
There is sort of a comeback happening though. An engineering base is slowly growing in the city.
this is what happened to my country after independence
@@prod.bexerk8997 Argentina?
@Chill Will liberals sucking a government teat? 20 trillion dollars for a recovery? What exactly are you referencing?
@Chill Will give me a source to support that claim, and I will agree with it.
For a non english speaker like myself that name "Detroit" sounds the coolest one
Its French
@@londonfleurina2388 So its deh-trhooah
HAHA 😁...
It was named by the French, upon surveying the area.
Detroit simply means "The Straits", an area where the river is very narrow.
In an interesting quirk of geography, Canadians drive north to go Detroit, and Detroiters drive south to go to Windsor (only now, because of COVID, you must be an essential employee to cross over).
"Dea-Twuoia"
This is the ultimate fate of all my cities on SimCity. I'm just not a very good mayor.
You didn't use FlexTape, that's why.
u might have better luck with city skyline lol
@@craigh2205 Could never get into that, for some reason. It's just not as fun as the old SimCity games.
@@jamesgravil9162 Sid Meier's Detroit
Oh? Do you promote diversity on SimCity?
Who else had no idea a city could file for bankruptcy?
Makes you think... can a state file for bankruptcy?
Can a country?, i guess Greece technically did now that i think of it.
@@subline_funtime no, the federal constitution prohibits the federal government from defaulting on it's debts and most states have clauses in their own constitution prohibiting defaulting on theirs. really only municipalities can declare bankruptcy
My poor city😥
@@user-if8po5pu7j if the government is insolvent, hey, why else do we have a fully semi automatic money printer?
Damn this city looks depressing, and I'm eastern european so i really mean it
I live in the area around detroit, and its actually pretty nice. Detroit itself however is fucked. Downtown is nice though
@@zarcthesavage9079 What's wrong with it
Where abouts in Eastern Europe bro?
@@jakub-- well, Balkans, and not on the beaches
@@mrgunshot33 ye what country, macedonia?, Serbia?, Bulgaria? I know you said not on the beaches but im not sure if u mean that the country has no beach or if u dont live near the beach
Years ago, when my husband and I traveled outside of Michigan, we dreamt of living somewhere else. Visiting Chicago, Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Miami, even Cleveland, was exciting and different. Then the unthinkable happened. We experienced job loss, and had to start looking elsewhere in 2004. Our parents were aging, and we didn’t want to move. But it became clear we had to leave. We landed in Atlanta, thinking it would be temporary. We rented a new house, began exploring our new “hometown”, and started missing Detroit. We didn’t know what we had until we had to leave. Our parents visited and told us we made the right decision. After 7 years, the country was recovering from the recession, and houses were inching up in value again. We felt we had to jump before we couldn’t afford anything again. We took our time and found a beautiful home we could afford, and settled in. Our folks are gone now. No reason for us to travel back to Detroit twice a year anymore. We love our new home, but it’s not Detroit. We still miss it. We’d go back to our tiny home in Ferndale if we could, but now Ferndale is suddenly unaffordable. We’ll be back someday, but it will be in some cemetery instead. Appreciate what you have while you have it.
@Jason Cavender lol
Sad
Nah Cleveland is HORRIBLE
Thank you for saying this...was born in Crittendon Hospital,my dad came from Ala.and had income drywalling...I moved S.W.Mi.,but Detroit is home,and my heart breaks for the loss of income for people,and the abandoned homes and businesses.😢😢😢
I’d love to visit those old buildings and go inside. Bet there’s some great historical artifacts hidden in there
Bring a gun. Did you not hear the part about the crime and roaming dog packs? I lived there, and I can vouch that the crime is pretty bad there.
yea okay just wait till sum hits a lick on you
You risk getting mugged
Just was in Detroit exploring some abandoned buildings. Got some videos coming out soon.
And crackheads too.
Detroit used to lead the country in per capita income for YEARS, it was like the new roman empire of its time.
What political party changed this?
@@denniskowalski8442 Democrats changed this
@@freddiejimenez7995 🤣🤣
@@freddiejimenez7995 Kentucky has the poorest counties in the country, and that state is ran by Republicans.
It's funny when people put the blame squarely on Democrats. So much other shit contributed to Detroit's decline than a bunch of useless politicians, regardless of party affiliation.
Ah yes Detroit, what a fine place to have stuff in.
I sure hope I can keep this stuff whilst in Detroit
Id trust my valuables in Detroit
you can't have shit in detroit
cant have shit in detroit
The first and the last time I heard “Detroit” was in karate kid
TAKE HIM TO DETROIT
Two words Robocop, oh it's only one
The same thing is happening in West Virginia. A city or area that depends solely on one industry is bound to fail no matter how high the highs are. I do hope Detroit can get back on it's feet, it has so many great buildings and a rich if uncomfortable history.
This will be America in 20 years when it becomes a majority non white country it will become a third world country
@@scottjohnstontheii9287 imagine holding such horrifically racist views, especially after the last 12 months. You're clearly a terrible person. Please do better.
@@scottjohnstontheii9287 Ah yes, because race totally determines how healthy an economy will become...
@@scottjohnstontheii9287 You should wear boxers instead of briefs.
@@liam4603 By doing better he might think of a solution to his problem which would be bad for all those involved.
I wanna see Detroit pull a No Man's Sky move.
Lol just waiting for the next few updates and patches
So you want it to still be a bad city at its core ?
The Old Wolf of Farron
If it means we can squeeze more jokes out of it, sure!
I visited Detroit in 1995 and it was one of the scariest downtown areas at night I’ve ever visited and I was from NYC
@Andrew: I visited downtown Detroit last year and it was great. Go in the summer. The parks have flowers, the
boats are on the river, people are walking around. I visited during the day and took the Blue Line bus and felt
safe. I haven't been there at night, as I am older and don't drive at night. There is a lot of building and new
stores and things happening.
I lived in Detroit for a couple of years 76 to 79.
Auto industry was still hanging on then.
There was also significant heroin addiction rampant throughout the city.
There was a documentary in the 90s about the fall of said auto industry. One of subjects covered was how many workers came to work frequently , completely high on something, to the point of making mistakes on the line.
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You didn’t mention the rampant political corruption.
Exactly, this is always overlooked. Far left policy has killed the city beyond repair.
@@torrey88 Corrupt ≠ far left. Detroit doesn’t have “far left” politicians, they have corrupt ones. Democrats are capitalists last time I checked.
@@torrey88 You do realize political corruption comes from both sides right?
@@kiwikiwi2483 Detroit has had only one party for half a century
@@ScoobyDooIsDead well, yes they have far left ones. And corrupt ones. They have far left corrupt ones. Both can be true.
This makes me wanna cry. It's the fires but also the fact that we've been down for so long. Barry Gordy left to make movies and everyone leaves us in body and mind.
When I was in Windsor, Toronto I visited Detroit and was really cool to see the city!
In India, land is so precious that abandonment seems unimaginable. We will always find another use. Its true when you have too much of something, you don't value it.
“What happened to Detroit”?
Me: Detroit happened to Detroit
Can’t have shit in Detroit
more like "Detroit become human"
*Detriot
I live about 20 mins from Detroit, i really am starting to see improvement. A new skyscraper is being constructed, a massive high tech jail, plans for a soccer stadium and Detroit’s own soccer team. Also the city finally got out of bankruptcy in 2018 so yay! Maybe we will see some change. ( also crime rate has been slowly declining since 2017 )
Maybe the pistons will move back into detroit
@@kobu1468 they did!
@@kobu1468 they did before this vid was upped!
@Reg Eric what's terrible? Detroit is the comeback city!
Lol a high tech jail
So sad - my Dad worked for GM and we spent a LOT of time in Detroit. I looked forward to going there whenever he had a business trip. Heartbreaking to see how far it's fallen.
When I hear Detroit, all I think of is Gotham City 🤷♂️
Gotham is New York
I only think of eminem lol
@@tylerepps7442 ohhh yea true
I think of Robocop and Insane Clown Posse.
Robocop Detroit
Somehow, I find myself cheering for Detroit's rise from the ashes after seeing this video. Although I never paid much attention before, it would be great to see this city rise up again. And as long as there are people who will not forget her, she will not be a "forgotten place" for long. ;-)
Thank you, truly
I'm rooting for Detroit too. I want Detroit to rise up and prosper again. There is no reason why it shouldn't happen. What saddens me are individuals who want Detroit to be "reclaimed by nature", for Detroit to disappear altogether. It also saddens me when racist individuals come here explicit to vent their anti-Black anger.
No one's really "forgotten" about it, more like everyone treats it like a dead animal on the side of the road
It won't ever really recover if it keeps doing and voting for the same thing year after year after year!
@@77Treasurehunter77 Boston frequently votes Democrat. It went from having a record 151 murders annually, to having 35-50 per year. It's one of the most desired cities in America to live in. You would never mistaken Boston for Detroit.
Another major factor were the extremely fierce riots of 1967 that sealed Detroit’s fate. After those riots often known as the rebellion, Detroit went into rapid free fall and several poor neighborhoods scarred by those riots never recovered. Middle class flight skyrocketed right after the Detroit riots of 67.
And that is the irony of Detroit. A beacon of a better life for african american from the slave period (it was a main route for the underground railroad) through to the 1960s with the industrial jobs it offered, but it was also highly segregated in terms of housing and neighbourhoods. Tensions rose and exploded in 1967, and the aftermath of that was white flight accelerated leaving Detroit itself underpopulated, poor and left to rot.
Let's not forget THE RIOT WITHIN THE RIOT
.......ALGIERS MOTEL
......THE MOVIE " DETRIOT" WAS BASED ON IT.
That's a common myth. The uprising was a RESULT of white flight, not the cause of it. White flight started in the 1950s with the construction of the freeway system. This left a majority black population with a majority white power structure which is obviously the recipe of tension.
The 1967 riots took out my hometown in NJ. Newark saw five solid days and nights of looting, shootings and arson. 26 people killed. Newark never came back from it. Many areas are dangerous. What a great city it was.
@@lindsaycole8409 Black migration busted Detroit. There’s no other way to look at how else one of those most prosperous boom cities in the history of the world crumbled so quickly.
Dude I love your channel! Great content.
In 2022, Detroit is the comeback city and it's River Walk has been named the nation's finest two years in a row. The Michigan Central was purchased by Ford Motor Company in 2017 and is currently being restored as the centerpiece of Ford's Corktown campus for development of autonomous vehicles. As longtime Detroiters, we are gladly watching the progress, and with the NFL draft convention coming in 2024, the world will see it too!
I think Detroit was just stigmatized. I actually surprise and love the downtown Detroit vibes. I feel safe and they are working hard to build back Detroit. The abandoned place is cool, and lots can be studies, such as economics, discrimination, city planning or simply discover the old American dream. I think it is a hidden gem if you love history.
There's still Detroit Techno, that's something Detroit should be proud about!
Chrysler just moved me here. I love it here. Stay in the suburbs. It’s better than where I was at in Illinois 🅿️
Lesson learned for a city or a town when growing and prospering is that you should never rely on a single industry because then if the industry grows beyond the certain area the lack of diverse industry and business will lead your people to leave the municipality due to lack of that same industry diversity and business progression. Cities like Detroit and Chicago are learning this the hard way. We might even never see this cities exist again in the near future because of such impactful effect
Do you think Detroit became the center of the auto industry because someone in city government decided to rely on the auto industry? When the auto industry started to develop, Detroit was about a 10th of it's current size. The early auto plants were located in the city because the railroads junctions were there. A belt of manufacturing already wrapped around the city on the railroad lines, the car companies moved in and then later the city seized enormous amounts of land from outlying communities.
The auto companies moved out because they needed new plants and couldn't find land in Detroit, nobody came in to replace them because Detroit was not a good place to do business anymore.
Detroit and the other cities mentioned have ONE thing in common.
Yeah, the Democratic Party's been in charge for 50+ years!!!!!
@@timetravelerify
Extremely obvious isn't it.
Go to bitchute and you can actually say it
@@timetravelerify is that why Republican states are the poorest in the nation?
@@ScoobyDooIsDead they won’t hear logic. there’s deadass someone in this thread named “unarmed blackman” trying to say black people caused Detroit’s fall lol 🤦🏻♂️
I went to the NAIAS in 2008, and then again in 2012. It was AMAZING to see how the downtown was evacuated of business in those 4 years. The hotel I stayed in in 2008 was just an empty building in 2012. And about 1/3 of the hotels closed in that time. Insane. Insanely sad...
There are tons of Detroit sports fans North of the border from Windsor Ontario, as Canadian neighbours we make to trip down to Detroit to see the Lions, Red Wings, Tigers and Pistons play.
That hasn't been the case in the recent year for Canadians from Windsor Ontario due to Covid travel restrictions.
The same thing could happen to a city like Houston, if the oil and gas energy industry were to suddenly disappear. I'm a progressive liberal that lives in Houston, but I have no good solution for what to do for my city if we reduce or completely get rid of the oil industry by going green. I used to live in Detroit as a real young kid, but I grew up in Houston, so I have a connection to both cities.
how are you a progressive liberal when you watched Detroit die from progressive liberalism
"I'm a progressive liberal that lives in Houston" Keep voting for the people who made Detroit the hellish wasteland that it is. Houston is not far down the list I promise you that.
Love your videos! Right up my ally. You should do a video on what happened to Rochester, NY. Another once booming rust belt city.
When your arrogant and think you're too big to fail.
San Francisco, New York, LA. It’s gonna be them next
@@carloscarballo2155 already happening in LA and san fran has been in the same path for a few years. dont think new york is doing so great either
The Detroit automakers.
@@carloscarballo2155 hoping Eric adams can fix up nyc though!!
the USA is gonna be the next
By 2050 we might have one of the first abandoned modern metropolis, though it could be pretty cool, imagine all skyscrapers filling up with nature and all with Ruins
Chernobyl 2
city become holding umbrella everywhere
I live really close to Detroit and my mom was born there and while I barely cared for the city most of my life I do find it's fall really sad, it's the reason all 4 of my grandparents moved to Michigan from Pennsylvania and the south. South Detroit, Ecorse, and River Rouge all now have terrible reputations because of the abandonment, gangs, and just the general standard of the area being really low. I hope one day these cities can recover. Some cities around here like Wyandotte are thankfully doing pretty well
I'm from ecorse and you got that right smh
3:37 people need to renovate that into like a nice ass casino or something smh
Nice pfp
They do have a casino
Yes..because casinos solve poverty problems, 3xcept for those of the poor
People get robbed right in front of the casino too. It's like a third world country
@@ralzvy sucker born every minute..casino owners know that. Patrons usually live lives of risky behavior anyways. Will be blessed with help from God and government but still risk it all. Even race like hell to get to the casino because time's a wasting!
Awwww this makes me so sad😥that my city was once so great,too bad I didn't get to experience those times since I'm only 14
@@IIII...... What's wrong with Seattle?
Good thoughts.
You are missing a major piece, which has to do with the loss of the ability to ship from and to the great lakes region through the St. Lawrence River. With the rise of super sized cargo ships, the St Lawrence River is not deep enough for these ships to use, causing car companies to relocate plants to other areas more friendly to transportation of goods. This is part of why all of the great lakes cities declined in manufacturing.
Short answer: certain people
I went to U of Windsor from 84 - 88. The difference one river made was astounding.
Have you been to Detroit lately? Pretty cool city honestly. And still some of the best old architecture in the country!
Yes, been twice in the last year. Surprised my car didnt wreck driving through the immense potholes through out the city streets and highways...
As a NewYorker, the rust belt was always intriguing to me, the motor cities, and watching this video made me shed a tear and I really hope these once great American cities can be revived.
They will be, but unfortunately it won't be nearly enough to bring them back to their former state.
There’s actually a solution being talked about to fix the rust belt that involves moving some government agencies to different rust belt cities in the hope that businesses from California or New York where the cities are overcrowded will move to these rust belts cities that already have the infrastructure for a large population.
If D.C. is given statehood, all states must sue for an equal share of Federal Government jobs and revenue, it's the only fair way to do it.
What if Tesla built one of their megafactories right outside the city?
Good luck on that for at least a decade.
Elon is heading for Texas. Even our basket case country gets a factory.
Even if Michigan is a right to work State since 2012, Unionism would likely return with great force to Michigan with any sign of the return of economic prosperity. I don't believe that Elon would ever build a Gigafactory in a State with such strong tradition of unionism.
Nope. Texas, and the south,south west , or east coast seem like places better for a factory.
Elon Musk won't build in Detroit. Even if Detroit becomes extra business friendly, Musk won't go there. Austin, TX (where Tesla is building a factor) has a highly educated population (UT Austin is there), it's been growing rapidly for other reasons. Musk didn't think to have a Tesla facility in Ann Arbor (where Univ. of Michigan is located). He won't choose Detroit. If Detroit is to come back, it has to be local talent making the first move.
Ah man this makes me sad I love this city tho. I really hope things get better for The city. Detroit could be so much more. But Great video!
Search Detroit Comeback city!
Your channel makes me cry. So, ... thumbs up.
My stepfather was a engineer and we moved to Detroit from Connecticut, its always been a rough city but looking at it now depresses me, I could never live there again.
Take a look at who is in charge in all those cities listed. And just how long they've been in charge. There's your answer
Demorats
Are you ignoring the fact that the poorest cities and rep-run?
@@nateb3679 They don’t fit his agenda so he doesn’t talk about those 😂
This is wonderful to watch before heading to Detroit for college.
Great
Detroit actually can become a great city again, just need a shift in economic focus. Plenty of land unused, it almost looks like a blank canvas that needs to be (re)filled. If the city really wanted to prosper once again, they could somehow attract tech companies and make it a new tech hub in America
It’s already got a lot of engineers, so an investment into that could start new industry in the city.
Detroit is already overcrowded downtown and property prices are absurd. A smart company would put their Tech Center away from any big city and near a nuclear plant for reliable power.
Missed the memo on diversification.
Nobody is talking about the real issue. lol.
this makes me tear up seeing my city like this
same :(
Maybe you fuckery fucktards can stop voting democrats and you wont be crying.
@@eliasziad7864 Sadly, people like you exist.
@@jw4277 Like you
My grandparents and parents used to tell us how beautiful these homes used to be. Now You can't drive in some areas without being saddened. Some areas still hold to their former beauty because of the residents. It's so strange to occasionally see one beautifly maintained home on a bock of overgrown, boarded up, burned up homes.
Detroit feels like a Dark Souls level.
I was at the microcenter about a week ago. Microcenter… a store that pulls in millions per day and has items in excess of $30,000.00. Directly across the street is a fast food joint abandoned for more than a year. Directly to the left is a mall that is half caved in and sectioned off, some stores survive there. Directly to the right is a hotel that had every window and door on the first floor covered in bars and bullet proof glass. I never felt safe. I felt like the city was one commotion away from guns blazing. Driving was basically unenforced and people did whatever they wanted behind the wheel. I didn’t see a single cop. It was a harrowing experience. I’m not “well to do”, I fought like hell for over a decade to get out of the bottom tax bracket. Being in Detroit made me feel rich. And rich people get eaten alive there.
I grew up there, but I got out. Even I don't feel comfortable when I go back, if you don't live there you do not belong there.
You're right, it's all in decline, lawless traffic, thuggery in microcenter parking lot. Always be aware, and carry a gun to save yourself from thugs
there has never been a microcenter in the city of detroit. The closest one is in madison heights nearly 30 miles from downtown detroit. Madison heights is really not that dangerous of a place tbh
the channel's name makes this so much better
This just makes me sad because I've lived in Detroit my whole life but there has been more renovations and people of the movie and more so that's good
There sure has! Even some of the houses shown in this video have been restored and are now being lived in!
I visited my sister in Detroit two years ago and loved it. The city has suffered due to the decline of the auto industry, to be sure, but it still has a lot going for it. Loved all of the historic buildings along Woodward, and was encouraged to see Wayne State University buying and renovating so many near its campus. Downtown was a lot of fun, too. People dog on Detroit because it has become almost a meme, but it is nowhere near as bad as people say.
So glad I left that shit hole in 2000.
I don't miss it one bit. Weather, people,taxes, roads,etc... Are all crap.
@Dwayne James My last memory of Detroit is my dad and I almost getting car jacked behind our own house.
@@IIII...... south florida.
@@misteriguana2748 hey my family is also planning on moving there! make sure you vote red and keep Florida free
The author of this narrative paints an overly simplistic view of what happened to Detroit by pointing to the auto industry first. To be clear, the auto industry does very well in Detroit despite the competition for market share. It's just that nearly every plant since WWII save for a few have been built in the suburbs or in other places. Many suppliers and their workers function in Southfield, Troy, Dearborn and Auburn Hills. Disinvestment began in the 1950s as newer homes were being built on larger parcels of land. They stayed out of Detroit mainly due to high taxes and crime. Interviews from restaurant owners as early as 1963 documented complaints that everyone was moving out to the suburbs and not staying in the city and frequenting the restaurants. That was 4 years before the riots. The auto industry thrived well into the 1970s with little foreign completion until the mid seventies, when Toyota and Honda entered the market while residents fled to the suburbs in record numbers more than any other city. The devastation from the 1967 riots was felt more in Detroit than in Watts, Newark or Chicago where rioting also occurred in the 1960s. Detroit also did not have much density to support rapid transit which contributed to the exodus, dismantling their street car lines in 1956. There was little support from City government for the small business community as well, as mayor Young scoffed at their pleas for help.
When i was little i lived in metro Detroit around 2004-2005 and I remember driving through the city from the west side to the east because my mom worked down there and i would ask her what happened to the houses. All the buildings were so pretty. Really hoping every part of detroit gets "restored" don't really know how to phrase it
Detroit will return to it’s former glory by building Androids
Androids that stab you 27 times?
@@lostaccount7323 TWENTY-EIGHT STAB WOUNDS!
I scrolled longer than I should've for this reference
“I like dogs”
"You're a meme, Connor. Just a meme."
yeah let's ignore the huge demographic transformation and ethnic replacement LoL
Huh
I mean
that wasn't a big factor to it's decline anyway
It is the city where fast food restaurants have bullet proof glass. This also has nothing to do with demographic change ;)
@Chill Will Almost every single big city in the US is run by democrats, because there's more poor people that live in big cities, and Democrats are the party that has programs that benefit the poor whereas Republican's main priority is giving the rich tax breaks and defunding programs that help the poor. They don't all end up like Detroit. You're a brainwashed moron.
@@Funktaro5 I agree wake up from your deep sleep chill will
My older sister and her husband lived in Detroit in the 70s. It seemed like a nice city back then. I remember going to the Detroit Zoo and Tiger Stadium.
I actually live in Ypsilanti and been through and in Detroit so many times, I can't count, but I always and still am intrigued and interested to see how it was in its golden years.
At 1:48 you mentioned out-sourcing to Mexico and Canada. You neglected to mention that Ford, GM and Chrysler also sell lots of US-made cars in Mexico and Canada.
GM isn't selling a lot in Canada since they've moved out. I buy what's built here 🇨🇦
It may also affect Windsor Ontario as well
Windsor and Sarnia are not good cities, but other Canadian cities are doing good. London, Toronto, Mississauga, and the Greater Toronto area are well off cities. High imigration and good jobs make a city thrive.
@@EuropeanAmericanGenZ_ND My, my, much arrogance coming from a fool. You neglect to point out the neoconservative coups and invasions, or the neoliberal policies, all of which caused the immigration of which you speak. The West destabilized Latin America in much the same way its alter-ego known as the West destabilized the Middle-East. Without those things, very little immigration would have occurred--even considering the controversy behind the modern day U.S.-Mexican Border (But I digress). No one wants to leave home. If people leave home, especially under less than legal circumstances, something is terribly wrong.
"Google search," eh? LMAO!
The same forces that bore down on those regions are doing the same unto us now. Arguably, this has been going on since about 1980, but amidst the pandemic, it's all accelerating now.
But I get it. You're an identitarian. Your strident name says it all. You are one for identity politics. Well, I don't play that game with stupid lefties. So, I am sure as hell not going to play it with some arrogant right-wing nut job who pontificates with such zeal yet manages to say absolutely nothing; that is, except maybe "muh identity," "pAn-eUr0peAn Def3nDEr!"
But what do I know. I'm just some stupid, backward savage of a Mestizo. And you, I surmise (as per your identity politics) are my superior. Right? #MasterRace Is that what you're after? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
Keep up the good work. Have you done a vid on The Palace > Little Ceasars arena?
Living in a shabby city can actually be one of the best motivators for incredible personal success. If it doesn't kill you, you come out of it a hell of a lot stronger and able to win in life left, right and center.
Depends if you DO get to live to see another day.
So glad my family and I have moved out and into Atlanta
Should probably move again soon. All majority Black centers will share the same fate.
@@alexismiller288 Don't know about that one
Detroit was basically the Seattle of the 20th century. It once was booming with plentiful high paying jobs with the auto industry. This is just like Seattle with jobs from Amazon, Microsoft, and Boeing. Seattle too would drastically decline if Amazon/Microsoft started focusing its job growth in other locations. That said, Seattle is very homogenous and insular, and is on the desirable west coast, so even if jobs declined, the city itself wouldn’t really experience a quality of life drop like Detroit, which was populated almost DESPITE its undesirable geographical location.
You do realize like 1/4 of all US trade with Canada comes through Detroit. The highway corridor connecting Toronto/Detroit/Chicago is also the busiest highway in North America. Basically the only reason Detroit even exists today is because of its lucky location of being squeezed between Toronto and Chicago.
It’s in a very strategic location lol
Look at SEA now. So very sad. It's almost like someone (or some group) don't want American cities to prosper. Hmmmm....?
I love Detroit😁Very interested city 😇Always in my heart ❤
When I left the area in the late 00s, you could not get a pizza delivered within the city limits and there wasn't a grocery store because the crime was so bad. They were getting robbed multiple times per day.
Still a lot to do, but Detroit is getting better.
The house is pretty much eaten up. Ya think that just maybe the termites may have had something to do with it?
The D struggled a lot after the 60s yes. But starting on 2000 a huge comeback started and it's a very cool place now. Crime is extremely isolated to certain areas and the downtown is awesome actually! Facts matter.
Living in Vegas, it was close to this when we thought the casinos would close for too long.
Holy shit I did forget about this place! Talk about forgotten places
Then automotive companies decided to start outsourcing their labor to other countries, and thus, causing massive unemployment and economic devastation.
@B Babbich
Rural states would always have lower education levels
@B Babbich , dude, Massachusetts is a blue state and indeed is a very wealthy place with some of the best stats for income and education in the country yet you can’t compare it to the rest of the country. It’s basically where America started and where much of the old wealth, best universities of the world and high tech industries are concentrated. Also the place has very few black people and minorities in general so it’s one white democratic SJW paradise... These people might tell you nice words about equality and how BLM etc but they will never go live or visit Detroit or Compton. They will never want the people from those places to live amongst them.
@Joseph Lomeo San Francisco is decaying? What planet are you on dude? San Francisco and California in general have been growing at a relatively high pace both economic and population wise. Cincinnati I understand but if you think California is gonna fall off soon you don’t know what you’re talking about.
@Joseph Lomeo It doesn't matter what your app is telling you. The facts don't care about your feelings on the state of the city. San Fransisco has had a positive growth rate in consumer AND merchant commerce within the last few years. Pointing the the worst parts of a city and claiming everything is like that is like pointing to the poorest parts of Alabama and declaring the whole state of Alabama is a s***hole.
@Joseph Lomeo Also, tell me again, which party is the one waving around Confederate flags?
Just left Detroit about 6 months ago with a job transfer. Its starting to make a comeback but I question the sustainability. Most of the upgrades you see are in the downtown area; Ford Field, Little Ceasars Arena, 3 Casinos....etc.....the problem as I see it is simple: all the upgrades and new building is centered around the downtown area. Nothing is being done to the outer areas within the city limits to improve them. Abandoned blighted houses and buildings liter the landscape. At the same time, the factory work is steady but as technology advances, the economics to create revenue to maintain the city infrastructure will cease. You can see the poverty line clearly. Until their is a concerted effort to improve the rest of the city other then downtown, this city will never change....just a visible line between the haves and the have not.
@B Babbich respect!
Lack of public transportation overbuilt and reliance on highways and a confusing street grid and high taxes are all hindering Detroit’s growth
@@rickybell2149 I lived in Detroit metro and found it easy to drive the streets. There wasn't much traffic so you could zoom around the city.
@@timothykeith1367 yea the problem is you need a car to get around and contribute to the economy without that your stuck in place trust me I grew up back and forth from Detroit to Seattle Tacoma area my mother was in military my dad stayed home in Detroit and I seen the impact on having to rely on buying a car and going into debt vs having a meaningful transportation system Grass roots growth vs Top down economics…a lot of what you see in Detroit is old money from suburbs there children coming back to Detroit to start business also the local and state government levies taxes on city to build stadiums and development for private billionaires Little ceaser arena is nice but that should have been paid for with no public funds all the city gets is promise of some low wage jobs and entertainment while the rich get richer Seattle would of never done that that’s why sonics left…just my opinion on watching 2 democratic city’s operate.
As for the old Michigan Central (train) station - the building is in the process of being restored, visually obvious construction.
02:21 NAILED IT! 😂
This will be Seattle and Los Angeles in 30 years
California has the biggest population of any state
@@cobramentality1659 they're also seeing people move out of California in droves. And this has been happening for decades.
@@josepharmstrong1531 the population has been increasing. 18th decade in a row
@@josepharmstrong1531 California has more people than Canada
Nah
Detroit has been improving quite a bit since Mayor Duggan took over where he has torn down thousands of the abandoned crack houses and business is slowly coming back and GM and Ford are in much healthier condition now and Ford is rebuilding the train station. Detroit's affordability is helping attract young entrepreneurs. Chicago is in much worse shape right now with how much violence it has.
What keeps Chicago alive is the Suburbs. Most people in the Chicago area want to live in the suburbs. Chicago is like a blackhole surrounded by beautiful suburbs. Its the suburbanites that commute to Chicago that has kept the city afloat. Even with companies leaving downtown people will still want to stay in the burbs and just say they are from Chicago. Look at the Chicago Bears, they went from struggling Chicago to the affluent suburb of Arlington Heights.
As Detroit recovers it will be exciting to see Windsor, Canada recover too!
You could say that what happened in Detroit could easily happen in a lot of other American cities who heavily depend on a single industry like SF with Tech, Houston with Oil & Gas, LA with Art and NYC with Financial. If these industries fall, the entire city goes down with'em.
Never in SF. SF like NY will always draw people in. Natural beauty of the bay, ocean and many parks and superb school. SF unlike Detroit has always been a boom town always. Original wealth from the gold rush. Tech industry is not going anywhere….medical tech and Stanford thriving also. The tenderloin and south of market have always been dicey areas of drugs and homeless. Worse now like all major cities but nothing like Detroit. Grew up in an adjacent suburb so I know the haves and have nots situation of Detroit. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again “ The auto industries just don’t give back to the community and left an environmental mess (Lake St. Clair and the Detroit river a mess) when they exited the Detroit area and Flint as well”. Capitalism at its worst, really. Tech industry coming in to Detroit may invest in the down town area but Detroit spread out and too far gone. Fields where row houses have been demolished and abandoned houses everywhere. Parks would be a great addition where these areas suffer but this would take money from the city or donation…..Come on car industry kick in and give back!!!!!
The fact that this is Madonna’s home and The University Of Michigan this is still a Jewel among all American cities.
no one cares about your madonna
I dont think you know what a Jewel is.
University of Michigan is in Ann Arbor, about 35 miles west of Detroit.
Madonna was from Rochester Hills, a rich suburb north of Detroit.
Neither lay claims to being part of Detroit
What happened? Too much jogging.
We use cars more now, then than. I know this was a joke, but it makes no sense in the context.
@@SamsungS23Ultr oh my naive friend, it makes perfect sense.
@@FELONIOUSBOLUSS Do elaborate my simple friend.
@@SamsungS23Ultr id rather not, sorry but you'll have to do your own research.
@@FELONIOUSBOLUSS Funny, I search, "Jogging destroying Detroit". And the first result is about a hit and run
Shout out Dan Gilbert! He’s doing a lot of great stuff.
That music isn't loud enough! Please make it louder.
I can tell you why but i will get banned
Detroit has a chance to break the Ponzi scheme of sprawl, to reinvent the city center into a livable space, into an economical viable space, where the vast parking spaces inside the downtown area, still shown in the video, become habitable areas in which dwellings, shops, workshops, studios, shared workspaces and many more neighborhood supported activities can make a true difference. One prerequisite is important, Detroit should really choose a supportive mass transit system for the citiy’s future and truly abandon the access of motor vehicles inside the downtown perimeter. Whether they call the mass transit streetcars, light rail or subway doesn’t really matter. Any transit in Detroit’s case is a breach with the old automobile dominance. Furthermore Detroit can make a giant leap in becoming an American city which truly transitions to sustainable, especially where rainfall and expected abundance of precipitation is to be anticipated on. Empty space, as parking lots can be transformed into areas where local retention can take place, before any drop of rain will flow into the storm drain and eventually into the Detroit river. It provides a chance for a new city ecology, improvement into sustainable topsoil management, replenishment of fresh water tables and resources, as will it provide a new look on ways to prevent soil erosion from inside a city areal. There’s a lot to win and a lot to transform from the old way we built and developed cities into a new way in which the main prerogative should be a responsible use of any city space, in that case Detroit has a true chance to become a world wide example of how cities can truly transition.
I agree suburban spraw is horrible and ugly sadly many cities are still doing this like Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, los angels still
I was so shocked to see that these car plants could just be abandoned and the companies are not held responsible for their cleanup.
probably because they "Leased" those facilities and properties, it's the cities responsibility.....and the City TAXED them out of control, and simply couldn't afford to do Anything and left.
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Detroit is a good example of unions pushing too hard. I'm all for unions, but they need to be realistic or companies will just move to another country.
I wonder what will happen to states like California who push too much taxes. I mean that can be easily fixed but could there be a point where it was too late like detroit with unions? I live in Minnesota. Particularly in an industrial area where jobs are booming. My state has the highest tax rate in the Midwest but we have lower tax rates on corporations and or tax breaks for a certain amount of time. Which I believe is the way to go.
Meanwhile Subaru has union shops in the states lmfao
@@TheWorldWithin27 people flee to texas.. and bring their shit politics with them
Not to pick on Detroit but most American cars had built in obsolescence. Sure that brings back customers until they find out. Iam bitter about all of the american made cars I spent my money on. Fuck general motors.
GM=GOVERNMENT MADE
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