Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 เม.ย. 2009
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    So The Cleveland Board of Tourism was not happy with the first video that I turned in. In fact, they said that upon viewing it, three of the board members moved away.
    They insisted that I turn in a proper Cleveland tourism video, otherwise they will pursue litigation.
    So I was really planning on buckling down and giving it my all this time, but there was a "Rock of Love" marathon on VH1 last night that I didn't want to miss, so I cranked this video out in even less time than the first one. Roughly 35 minutes total.
    Despite this, I'm rather pleased with how it turned out, and I think they will be too.
    mikepolkjr.com

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  • @bepisthebenis5111
    @bepisthebenis5111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15144

    Detroit: Become Cleveland

    • @josh1200
      @josh1200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +395

      " I'm connor, the android sent by detroit."

    • @rosytimes9456
      @rosytimes9456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Josh perfection

    • @kitsinthewebs222
      @kitsinthewebs222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@josh1200 28 DUIs!!!

    • @DoomedRedbull
      @DoomedRedbull 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Sooo...my brain said Detroit: become Cleveland Brown

    • @HorseyWorsey
      @HorseyWorsey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not bad, kid. Not bad.

  • @michaelwalker3935
    @michaelwalker3935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11803

    I tried to buy a house in Cleveland but I got mugged by the real estate agent.

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +723

      At least you only lost the $5 bucks you had to buy the house... 😆😆😆

    • @luizsowek
      @luizsowek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      LMAO

    • @jeremywoods770
      @jeremywoods770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      And now the real estate agent is squatting

    • @theseproblemsmatter1
      @theseproblemsmatter1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      LOL

    • @michaelwalker3935
      @michaelwalker3935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @R G buy: to obtain in exchange for payment, monetary or otherwise.
      by: in proximity to; through the agency.
      What's you damage dude?

  • @Brione30
    @Brione30 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8148

    The absolute greatest part is that this guy, Mike Polk Jr, is now a Cleveland newscaster. He now gets paid. To talk about Cleveland.

    • @sephikong8323
      @sephikong8323 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +639

      Well, at least he doesn't talk about Detroit

    • @Omnibushido-
      @Omnibushido- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

      @TheUnists Has the search power of the worldwide web in the palm of his hand that could deliver the answer in less than two minutes:
      “for real?”

    • @machirim2805
      @machirim2805 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +187

      Also fun fact: these videos were so viral that Cleveland’s own tourist board commissioned other videos to counter these spoof ones.

    • @johnny1893
      @johnny1893 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @TheUnists Are you a subhuman?

    • @DG-kr8pt
      @DG-kr8pt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Should be fired for using the R word and joking about AIDs. Will look him up.

  • @VV.E.S.T
    @VV.E.S.T 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7247

    This video literally won my friend a Geography Bee. The final question for the win was "What North American City is famous for having a RIVER THAT WAS SO POLLUTED THAT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE?" . He hesitated for a second, but the look of amazement on his face when he remembered the song was priceless...

    • @mardigrasmoment
      @mardigrasmoment ปีที่แล้ว +284

      To be fair this also happened in Chicago occasionally. Animal fat from the slaughterhouses there

    • @FancyUnicorn
      @FancyUnicorn ปีที่แล้ว +334

      The correct answer is "Not Detroit!"

    • @hikermrsblood1
      @hikermrsblood1 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol

    • @sortofanoakyafterbirth3661
      @sortofanoakyafterbirth3661 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That's awesome 😂. Burn On by Randy Newman also a more famous song about the river.

    • @relecor
      @relecor ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Which time it caught on fire?

  • @blueluny
    @blueluny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10479

    i looked up east cleveland on streetview and nearly got robbed cos i didint move fast enough.

    • @zacharywicklinemedia
      @zacharywicklinemedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +421

      Google map gang banging is a real threat out there

    • @xboxwhiz_yt7415
      @xboxwhiz_yt7415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I'm glad you did not get robbed

    • @michaelbeary
      @michaelbeary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      I couldn't click fast enough. I'm missing a bunch of stuff from my bedroom now.

    • @sargentwaag1483
      @sargentwaag1483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I grew up in East Cleveland, good times. The house I grew up in sold last year for $11,000. You could not build a house like that now for less than $500k. Old wood, fancy molding, and wood floors.

    • @blackturbine
      @blackturbine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Poor lad that had to go and ride a car with milion dollar camera on it's roof

  • @this_be_colin
    @this_be_colin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11250

    This video is a decade old and is still accurate.

    • @underboundsans166
      @underboundsans166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Timeless

    • @NobleS1236
      @NobleS1236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      @Sho Tohara only because Detroit got so shitty that it couldn't get any worse.

    • @AlphaPlace
      @AlphaPlace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      still Cleveland

    • @dalaillama7049
      @dalaillama7049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Well except for LeBron

    • @Vegito_Blue132
      @Vegito_Blue132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Facts

  • @toadiejones
    @toadiejones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5993

    I recently moved from Cleveland to Alberta, Canada. Was in a store making small talk with the cashier and mentioned I was new here. When he asked where from and I answered Cleveland, he immediately sang "AT LEAST WE'RE NOT DETROIT!" Well done, sir. Well done.

    • @saya23445
      @saya23445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Omg I needed that laugh thank you lmao.

    • @pieflinger42069
      @pieflinger42069 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      WE'RE NOT DETROIT! 😂

    • @Crashj7f67h
      @Crashj7f67h ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Thats a big move

    • @kylemoore1865
      @kylemoore1865 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I'm from Calgary. All i know about Cleveland is these videos and drew Carey

    • @homerj.simpson7562
      @homerj.simpson7562 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That sounds absolutely hilarious! What do folks from Detroit do though?

  • @samanthafields3576
    @samanthafields3576 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    Update: Cleveland now has THREE buildings!

    • @eriklakeland3857
      @eriklakeland3857 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Do all the fish still have AIDS?

    • @quaaaaaaaar
      @quaaaaaaaar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      WOWZA! Development!

    • @quaaaaaaaar
      @quaaaaaaaar 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eriklakeland3857eh, it's HIV now.

    • @NickiRusin
      @NickiRusin 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      HOLY SHIT

    • @AliAling-qy1ih
      @AliAling-qy1ih 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Of course. Do you think we don’t understand cultural heritage?

  • @holyflutterofgod
    @holyflutterofgod 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14259

    "Don't slow down in East Cleveland or you'll die"
    Kills me to this day.

    • @samuelellis1316
      @samuelellis1316 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1928

      Kills you? You're not slowing down in east Cleveland, are you?

    • @divert664
      @divert664 6 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      Don’t go down Buckeye at night

    • @tori9365
      @tori9365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      Divert buckeye? Fuck buckeye.. Try _79th or 103rd Harvard.. Both are death valley

    • @divert664
      @divert664 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      +aka Amy It depends on which part of 79th.

    • @daviddelaney2407
      @daviddelaney2407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      I'm =from= there and I laughed.
      --Dave, yeah, white folks live there too

  • @briannab.2330
    @briannab.2330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24079

    "our economy's based on Lebron James" just gets funnier the longer he hasn't played there

    • @TheStarksRegards
      @TheStarksRegards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +640

      This comment is gonna age like fine wine

    • @qstakkz
      @qstakkz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

      It's actually pretty sad for Cleveland if you think about it

    • @Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer
      @Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +741

      The funniest thing was when he left for Miami how many people burnt his jersey. Then when he came back people had new ones.

    • @GoyFromFinland
      @GoyFromFinland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      @@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer Some sports fans are dumb as hell.

    • @dad7335
      @dad7335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The Browns are good now though

  • @sarahlilley3544
    @sarahlilley3544 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +862

    I showed this to my parents a while back (they grew up around cleveland). They agreed with everything in the video but said, and I quote, "it was only one time" about the river fire.

    • @Wikkler
      @Wikkler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

      Turns out it's been 14 times.

    • @ttcc5273
      @ttcc5273 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

      Show me a river that didn’t experiment with catching on fire at least once in college and I’ll show you a river that is not full of flammable chemicals

    • @nickmartin123456
      @nickmartin123456 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      That's even funnier because the Cuyahoga caught on fire many times over many decades.

    • @Bubba1960.
      @Bubba1960. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That used to be my favorite fishing spot.

    • @ernestcruz6316
      @ernestcruz6316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@nickmartin123456In the words of Randy Newman, "the Cuyahoga River goes smoking through my dreams..."

  • @evstar2645
    @evstar2645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    “Under construction since 1868” can be applied for most if not all Midwest States

    • @BoredVHSlover
      @BoredVHSlover 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      From Iowa, can confirm

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Checks out in Colorado too. Thinking this might just be one of those things that every city thinks is a relatively unique trait but is actually universal across the USA, like JJ McCullough talked about in some videos

    • @greg1474
      @greg1474 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The construction drags on because they milk it for the state and Fed money to keep their jobs going.

    • @tunina6421
      @tunina6421 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      I think it depends on climate though. Northern states get all weather extremes, which means road cracking. We joke about it in Ohio, but Michigan and Pennsylvania both have it much worse

    • @CalvinHikes
      @CalvinHikes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Midwest? And here I was thinking of Cleveland as the East. Which it is.

  • @yungflipflop
    @yungflipflop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7347

    “Our economy’s based on Lebron James”
    *lebron leaves Cleveland*
    Ohshitohshitohshit

    • @lostsnowman127
      @lostsnowman127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +274

      They just need to export more crippling depression.
      Get a kick-back from Big Pharma

    • @brandonlarimore5223
      @brandonlarimore5223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Their main export at this point IS Lebron James

    • @SpiffoGaming
      @SpiffoGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Buy a house for the price of a vcr

    • @pottytheparrot310
      @pottytheparrot310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      yungflipflop Look on the bright side. At least you’re not Detroit.

    • @thrashmusician035
      @thrashmusician035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      *Baker Mayfield has entered the chat*

  • @gayflower900
    @gayflower900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7686

    “911, what’s your emergency?”
    “I’m in Cleveland, and-“
    “Stay on the line, all units are on their way to assist you”

    • @benjaminmontoya8160
      @benjaminmontoya8160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +511

      ** no one shows up for 3 days. **

    • @legolite45
      @legolite45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sphee

    • @usdjxavi
      @usdjxavi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No plz im blac

    • @limbonlegs1662
      @limbonlegs1662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Then u get mugged by the 911 call center

    • @HiAdrian
      @HiAdrian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      “911, what’s your emergency?”
      “I’m in Cleveland”
      “*click*”
      “Hello?”

  • @bryangooden4298
    @bryangooden4298 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +162

    The extra "we're not Detroit" with the bird was the best part.

    • @johnfoltz8183
      @johnfoltz8183 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Or Gary Indiana or Harvey Illinois

    • @momomazong
      @momomazong 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      SEE A RIVER THAT CATCHES ON FIRE! My uncle: " drops cigarette in. The river explodes! He just says: ooooo! A light show!

  • @emilyofjane
    @emilyofjane 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    You can tell this was made by a native Ohioan because our perpetual construction was the first thing they mentioned

    • @eyeseer1
      @eyeseer1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      If they didn’t rebuild Cleveland it’d be a ghost town.

    • @emilyofjane
      @emilyofjane 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@eyeseer1 Part of it is already a Scooby Doo ghost town, didn’t you listen

    • @ThePaintballerforlif
      @ThePaintballerforlif 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I swear at this point the traffic barrels are to just tell us how to stay in the lanes.

  • @gr8fulfox488
    @gr8fulfox488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8175

    Due to the explosion of interest in vintage/obsolete tech, a VCR now costs more than a house in Cleveland.

    • @kaikai9122
      @kaikai9122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      True also sick pfp and name

    • @wtf_is_this_handle_shit
      @wtf_is_this_handle_shit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Sick, I can sell a bunch of VCRs and buy a house in Hell... I mean Cleveland

    • @cptjagger5221
      @cptjagger5221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      them 4/6/8 head VCR's now a couple hunned buxz

    • @maxcady9071
      @maxcady9071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      2/14/68

    • @gr8fulfox488
      @gr8fulfox488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maxcady9071 12/30/81

  • @skte2die
    @skte2die 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8584

    McDonald’s
    “I’m lovin’ it.”
    Burger King
    “Have it your way.”
    Cleveland
    “We’re not Detroit.”

    • @IndyCarFan265
      @IndyCarFan265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Miami:
      "Cuba but it's America."

    • @johnmendoza2165
      @johnmendoza2165 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Hotel:
      "Trivago."

    • @jodisamma96
      @jodisamma96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      241st like

    • @synthvvavve191
      @synthvvavve191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Detroit
      "At least we're not Chicago!"

    • @sithking376
      @sithking376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Trinidad and Tobago
      Side by Side we stand

  • @jsomiller44
    @jsomiller44 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    I spent 6 months working in Cleveland. I got so little sun that I broke a bone in my foot simply walking. Went to the doctor and was diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency.

    • @DecoyTwo-yv4tn
      @DecoyTwo-yv4tn หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh… oh my…
      I hope this is a joke… it can’t be THAT bad the lack of sun over there.

    • @artescajeda835
      @artescajeda835 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That is so horrible, that it must be true.

  • @sbinadero
    @sbinadero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I asked my teacher (who is from Cleveland) if she knew about this video.
    To which she replied, “At least we’re not Detroit.”

    • @STEEZY_TREV16
      @STEEZY_TREV16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Leave an apple on her desk lol

    • @eyeseer1
      @eyeseer1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Detroit sez “At least we’re not Gary, Indiana.”

    • @Marvelfanatic3658
      @Marvelfanatic3658 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@STEEZY_TREV16ok

  • @Abandoned_Brane
    @Abandoned_Brane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8576

    as a person who grew up in cleveland, i miss it. half the people are super friendly, the other half will shoot you for fun. only in the leg though, we call them 'legwarmers'.

    • @apexpredator40
      @apexpredator40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Shoot them back

    • @lucabrandalesi1265
      @lucabrandalesi1265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      I'm having a hard time both believing this is real and believing someone could make this up

    • @loopyloon5401
      @loopyloon5401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      @@lucabrandalesi1265 You're right, clearly Cleveland's just a myth.

    • @herocat076
      @herocat076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I wanna go back to Cleveland but I don't at the same time

    • @miloda_bess
      @miloda_bess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@herocat076 honestly, do travel to Cleveland. It is a pretty nice place besides East Cleveland. If for nothing else than travel to the little Italy by it. That is where my grandfather grew up. (1930s)

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4654

    “At least we’re not Detroit” hey that’s Baltimore’s slogan too!

    • @thisismagacountry1318
      @thisismagacountry1318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Get me a $20 bag down on The Block.

    • @bmoreriseup6130
      @bmoreriseup6130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Baltimore is probably worse now

    • @floridajake58
      @floridajake58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Baltimore's slogan should be "At least we're not DC"

    • @nate-alitysports3030
      @nate-alitysports3030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Detroit's slogan should be "we're not Jackson "(mississippi)

    • @Saad-ju8sb
      @Saad-ju8sb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bmore’s gettin there just you wait

  • @s29nv1sr1
    @s29nv1sr1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    i'm moving to Cleveland for college in like a month, this video couldn't have been recommended to me at a more appropriate time

    • @jennifersesko3034
      @jennifersesko3034 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I moved there from Florida to go to college and had a great time. Plus I was so excited to see the snow 🤣.

    • @s29nv1sr1
      @s29nv1sr1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@jennifersesko3034 haha lmao I've been in Cleveland now for about a month-ish, honestly not as bad as I was expecting though their lakefront is kinda disappointing. The snow is definitely old hat for me though, I'm from Chicago lmao, but I'm glad you were excited!

    • @SteveRoman66
      @SteveRoman66 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Chicago has a better lakefront, but its so much easier/less stress living in Cleveland. The more west you can go, the better. Stay out of East Cleveland and you'll be fine. West suburbs get 1/3 snow of eastside. Hardly any snow this year.

    • @magyk5740
      @magyk5740 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      CWRU?

  • @12packersfan
    @12packersfan ปีที่แล้ว +93

    On Inside the NBA the segment discussing the Cavs was called “Fun Times in Cleveland Today.” Thirteen years later this video is still evolving💪

    • @Numptaloid
      @Numptaloid 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      they have those?

  • @michaelframe5877
    @michaelframe5877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3647

    Our main export is *c r i p p l i n g d e p p r e s i o n*

    • @vurhn2009
      @vurhn2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Ok

    • @porkfreegaming5278
      @porkfreegaming5278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      So that’s where idubbez gets his stuff

    • @idk-ve9ss
      @idk-ve9ss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      mother66 he just typed it the way it sounds in the video, lighten up

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so that's where god bought it when he gave it to me for christmas

    • @jam_plays_games
      @jam_plays_games 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey in our society now that’s a goldmine industry

  • @cherrypepsi2815
    @cherrypepsi2815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10572

    August 2023 update (from a resident near Cleveland):
    -The Cleveland Clinic is still somehow the second best hospital in the US
    -They're still the Indians, no matter what their new "real" name is
    -Ohio is still somehow the 7th largest economy in the U.S.
    -This is still entirely accurate
    -Flannery's is back open, baby!!!
    -Channel 19 News fell off hard, and nobody watches them anymore, lmao
    -Detroit is still worse

    • @princejaxisblack8789
      @princejaxisblack8789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +618

      Detroits crime and poverty rate is actually dropping because people are leaving, so yeah change it to "Atleast were not Venezuela" or sum

    • @cherrypepsi2815
      @cherrypepsi2815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@princejaxisblack8789 lol

    • @doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132
      @doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Baker is worthless....

    • @cherrypepsi2815
      @cherrypepsi2815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132 bruh you dumb or just slow

    • @hollin220
      @hollin220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      WE’RE NOT DETROIT!

  • @NCTStudio
    @NCTStudio 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    “Last looked like a Scooby-Doo ghost town” absolutely floored me 😂😂

    • @lebowski6264
      @lebowski6264 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      its “Flats look like a scooby doo ghost town” the Flats are a part of the city.

  • @DerpASherpa117
    @DerpASherpa117 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Maybe it's because I moved there from South Florida, but I really enjoyed and was pleasantly surprised by Cleveland when I lived there for 2.5 years. The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is cool as are the Flats (which have since been renovated) and nearby Cedar Point.
    Ironically enough, I moved from Cleveland to Detroit and I can confirm that Detroit is, in fact, Detroit.

    • @tbird1991
      @tbird1991 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Cedar Point is splendid. Though it's as much Toledo's as it is Cleveland's.

    • @haaa911
      @haaa911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I did the opposite I moved from just outside Cleveland (was about a 20 minute drive, I went to Cleveland pretty often) to South Florida. I really liked Cleveland but that might’ve just been because I was a dumb kid lol. Best part of Cleveland was probably going to cavs games with LeBron back in the day

  • @luciuscapricious683
    @luciuscapricious683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10897

    It's important to Cleveland's image that the cameraman zooms in on anyone they catch on video, as Cleveland has a population of approximately 25 people.

    • @oldeenglishd45
      @oldeenglishd45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      “Cleveland has 338 people...”

    • @miloda_bess
      @miloda_bess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      You aren’t off by very much. Used to be a booming town, then everyone left

    • @chrissneed5685
      @chrissneed5685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yeah there's alot going on here now lol. My dudes single home just sold for 145,000. He paid 65 for it 10 years ago so it seems to be making a comeback. # LL Cool J 😂

    • @myaalvarado3096
      @myaalvarado3096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      The population was higher, but 20 are the ones that do the killing in east Cleveland. The remaining 5 live in the west portion

    • @hideofreakingkojima5457
      @hideofreakingkojima5457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@miloda_bess "then everyone left"
      That's the joke

  • @snowdaysrule
    @snowdaysrule 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5969

    Guy on the bike here. For your information I do not have 2 DUI's. I actually have 3.

    • @jonparker8795
      @jonparker8795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      Pump those numbers up! We believe in you bike guy!

    • @Artuistic1011
      @Artuistic1011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      guy riding on bike: I HAVE 3 DUIS !!!
      guy in corner: pathetic
      guy riding on bike: WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME PUNK?
      guy in corner with 30 duis: PATHETIC

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      snowdaysrule2 - yeah 😎

    • @KA-vs7nl
      @KA-vs7nl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      mr. medkits pathetic*

    • @Reitz86
      @Reitz86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      snowdaysrule2 good hat trick

  • @galensexton6060
    @galensexton6060 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Had to bust this out again on my trip to Cleveland to see the eclipse. Thankfully, that was one of the three days a year of sunlight.

    • @stephgreen3070
      @stephgreen3070 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Everyone warned me not to try to see the eclipse in Cleveland because of the clouds so we went about 50miles west lol Glad to hear you got to see it there!

  • @EllaJameson
    @EllaJameson ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This video has been living rent free in my head for over 10 years. I use the musical phrase "It could be worse though, at least we're not ____! We're Not ____!" at least once a month.

  • @benedekhorvath7191
    @benedekhorvath7191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5712

    As someone from Eastern Europe, I'm sure I'd feel right at home

    • @KapitanPisoar1
      @KapitanPisoar1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +422

      Eastern Europe doesnt get anywhere near this level of gun violence...

    • @V.o.i.d.v
      @V.o.i.d.v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @@KapitanPisoar1 Why could that be? I can't imagine.

    • @KapitanPisoar1
      @KapitanPisoar1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +366

      @@V.o.i.d.v Lack of diversity and afroamericans, lot of legally owned firearms among the people...

    • @ra6153
      @ra6153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@KapitanPisoar1 wow

    • @davebruneau6068
      @davebruneau6068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @VeckAlt LMMFAO

  • @martymcfly2857
    @martymcfly2857 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1783

    >lose championship
    >riot
    >win championship
    >riot

    • @kevins8260
      @kevins8260 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Exactly. Cleveland IS pretty damn retarded

    • @BrutalGoerge
      @BrutalGoerge 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      What riot? I'll go ahead and answer that for you, THERE WAS NO FRIGGIN RIOT

    • @mourningformorning
      @mourningformorning 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You mean LA?

    • @krownsilver
      @krownsilver 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Notch Also, I don't know how Cleveland can hate Detroit when Detroit's Own Dan Gilbert help Cleveland end their drought.

    • @ReactAsyIum
      @ReactAsyIum 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wut riot m8?

  • @naughtymelon6712
    @naughtymelon6712 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    For the longest time, I thought the line about the river that catches fire was a joke and was just supposed to be a jab on how polluted it was.
    Until I looked it up.
    Turns out, the Cuyahoga river actually caught fire on MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, causing millions in damages, due to the accumulation of years of oil building up.
    Amazing.

    • @johnpearson492
      @johnpearson492 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Not only did it actually happen multiple times, but those events are the actual genesis of the creation of the EPA.

    • @texaswunderkind
      @texaswunderkind 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@johnpearson492 Keep that in mind the next time some "pro-jobs" politician wants to end government regulation of industry. What they really mean is going back to the days of burning rivers so the billionaire class, Saudi royal family, and Russian oligarchs can get rich while poor people live in a toxic nightmare.

  • @FoxyMachiko
    @FoxyMachiko ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Mfs wondering why Ohio is a suddenly a meme not realizing this video has existed for 13 years and explains everything 💀

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ong

    • @ladysilverwynde
      @ladysilverwynde ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr.

    • @XevenYT143
      @XevenYT143 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Tennessee Williams said this about Ohio: “America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” 😂😂😂

    • @soulassassin0g
      @soulassassin0g ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ohio has always been a meme since 1868.

    • @cbtillery135
      @cbtillery135 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@XevenYT143 Knowing him and having read one of his books for English class as a sophomore, that sounds exactly like something he would say.

  • @wisnuyogapraditya6108
    @wisnuyogapraditya6108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2103

    I googled Detroit, and i lost my phone, my wallet and my shoes

    • @shantellakaladypersephone8671
      @shantellakaladypersephone8671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @PadreMortalis
      @PadreMortalis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Can't have shit in Detroit

    • @malmalfactor3544
      @malmalfactor3544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@PadreMortalis I was gonna do the same if I didn't see anyone else say that.

    • @THERobertL2000
      @THERobertL2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sajateacher
      @sajateacher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just listen to a country song backwards, you’ll get it back.

  • @jstealth89
    @jstealth89 9 ปีที่แล้ว +556

    Been living in Cleveland for 4 years now. This is too fucking accurate.

    • @kevanjackson8000
      @kevanjackson8000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      damn.... That sucks at least your not Detroit

    • @blamecanada8525
      @blamecanada8525 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Nosferatu Zodd ALL your fish have AIDS?

    • @abelinkenn9849
      @abelinkenn9849 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nosferatu Zodd LOL!!!!!!!!

    • @jstealth89
      @jstealth89 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *****
      You know it kind of feels that way in winter! In all honesty it's bad but it could be worse. At least I live a decent distance from downtown.

    • @Niko-rt3wi
      @Niko-rt3wi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      this video makes me want to go there

  • @Fraccy
    @Fraccy ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I've been more motivated to go to Cleveland by this video than any actual tourist video would 💀💀💀💀

    • @sourdrop
      @sourdrop 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's that same feeling you get when you rubber-neck to try and get a better view of a car crash

  • @hyun-shik7327
    @hyun-shik7327 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Sooner or later this video is going to be more famous than the city itself if it isn’t already.

    • @Freak_Among_Men_Again
      @Freak_Among_Men_Again 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Fr as an Australian I had never heard of Cleveland until I saw this video.

  • @ihavenoideawhatimdoing500
    @ihavenoideawhatimdoing500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3229

    Cleveland- “At least we’re not Detroit”
    Detroit- “At least we’re not Cleveland”

    • @bigboineptune9567
      @bigboineptune9567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      Nowadays Detroit is probably better than Cleveland.

    • @amber4sw
      @amber4sw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Big Boi Neptune easily

    • @gearbox1858
      @gearbox1858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Both are absolute shit holes

    • @brendonhalverson5178
      @brendonhalverson5178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Shawn Allen but Detroit got to the point where it was so shitty it couldn’t get any shittier (like the murder rate literally went down due to the decreased population density), so it’s actually improving now.

    • @rontayan
      @rontayan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Yeah Detroit has some economic activity, and it's across the river from Canada.
      I mean Cleveland has what going on now?

  • @Wawagirl17
    @Wawagirl17 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1865

    "Its so polluted that all our fish have AIDS."
    I was smiling the whole time, but that's where I fucking lost it.

    • @cheekunt8389
      @cheekunt8389 9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Wawagirl17 The thing is... I've been there.... More than two times... All of those pictures ARE from Cleveland. People there really live like that.

    • @sarahengel6531
      @sarahengel6531 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ya live here used to live in Dearborn mi. Oh god I love n hate this place the same. But thank GOD WERE NOT DETROIT! HAHA

    • @stewlittle13
      @stewlittle13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sarah Engel You're in Dearborn, you still border the city. You're still a Detroit suburb. Most inner ring Detroit suburbs resemble the still-stable parts of Detroit city limits. At least we're not Ohio. Hell, I'm not even from Detroit & I'm defending the place. I'm from the west side of the state (Grand Rapids, MI).

    • @chaddnelson8939
      @chaddnelson8939 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Wawagirl17 "Don't slow down in East Cleveland or you'll die!" :D

    • @chaddnelson8939
      @chaddnelson8939 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ***** For shits and giggles, I looked up the actual price of a house in Cleveland, here are my results; $3,950 for a two story, 3 bedroom home. A teenager working at McDonald's could pay that off in a year.

  • @TravelingAnvil
    @TravelingAnvil 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    14 Years and still doing work.

  • @Toarcade
    @Toarcade 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I've never been to Cleveland nor do I have any opinion about Cleveland, but this video is an evergreen favourite I just keep coming back to.

  • @chickenplague730
    @chickenplague730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6133

    I'm from Cleveland and how do I set this as my ring tone

    • @raccoonrocket4205
      @raccoonrocket4205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      i dont know but i want it to

    • @kverly31
      @kverly31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What type of phone do you have

    • @raccoonrocket4205
      @raccoonrocket4205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Samsung galaxy s5

    • @synthvvavve191
      @synthvvavve191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@raccoonrocket4205 Google TH-cam video downloader, save it to your phone and make it a ringtone :)

    • @raccoonrocket4205
      @raccoonrocket4205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thanks!!

  • @r0cketplumber
    @r0cketplumber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    "First prize, a week in Cleveland. Second prize, two weeks in Cleveland."

    • @noneed4sleep64
      @noneed4sleep64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That sounds like a Norm Macdonald joke

    • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933
      @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      3rd prize: ETERNAL CITIZENSHIP

    • @r0cketplumber
      @r0cketplumber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 Oh, please, no, both my parents were refugees from Cleveland.

    • @myczxr
      @myczxr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      inspiring

    • @coloradoraptorguy9250
      @coloradoraptorguy9250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially if you work for Progressive insurance 😆

  • @creaturesfromelsewhere203
    @creaturesfromelsewhere203 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I once sent this video to a nice elderly couple from Cleveland and they never spoke to me again.

  • @hunterbless6466
    @hunterbless6466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So this is where Elden Ring takes place

    • @phoneyphil5663
      @phoneyphil5663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fun times in Caelid, again! Still Caelid!

  • @451asians
    @451asians 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4400

    Detroit
    We're Not Syria

    • @zephynum
      @zephynum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      Detroit
      At least we are not Brazil

    • @ark.galvin2474
      @ark.galvin2474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      451asians Syria
      We're not Venezuela

    • @jerryseinfeld1988
      @jerryseinfeld1988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Syria
      We're not Westeros

    • @brinkstan5465
      @brinkstan5465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Syria
      We're not central Africa

    • @zephynum
      @zephynum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Central Africa
      At least we are not Pakistan

  • @jumpingpeppers2263
    @jumpingpeppers2263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1635

    I just noticed the empty colt 45 by the dead fish.

  • @CrossCuber
    @CrossCuber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I thought the “see the sun almost 3 times a year” was an exaggeration until I moved to the Midwest for college, wow we really do only see the sun 3 times a year

  • @toiletpaper7864
    @toiletpaper7864 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This video lives in my head rent free😭

  • @brandonb1631
    @brandonb1631 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1767

    i live in detroit, and can confirm that cleveland is being over dramatic. you say christmas, my neighbors say "armed robbery"

    • @nikkinicole4990
      @nikkinicole4990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Nah my mom is a teacher in a really good part of Cleveland and one of her kids put a kid in a coma with a fucking pencil, there is chunks of weave lining the hallways, there’s a shrine to shrek in one of the janitors closets, all the doors have deadbolts on them, and they go on lockdown twice a month 😂😂😂

    • @saikashima282
      @saikashima282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@nikkinicole4990 How is the shrek shine a bad thing?

    • @nikkinicole4990
      @nikkinicole4990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      wolfcreeper101 it’s not a bad thing it’s just weird because theirs a creepy shrek doll in there

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @83rdox Thumbs down for 1.Using gay as an insult in 2019 2.Not realizing that this is a joke.

    • @McSaggerson
      @McSaggerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@nikkinicole4990 Put a kid in a coma with a pencil? Does John Wick go to school there?

  • @davidnissim589
    @davidnissim589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1252

    “At least we’re not Detroit!” is also the slogan for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Oakland, and Newark.

    • @chicagoakland
      @chicagoakland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Actually, Oakland's is "We're Not Stockton!"

    • @martyslazenger7105
      @martyslazenger7105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Philly is gentrifying like you wouldn't believe

    • @mattcrosby2310
      @mattcrosby2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Newark's slogan is actually, "Rebellion, not riot."

    • @koraegi
      @koraegi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Newark has metal bars on their mcdonalds counters lmao

    • @mattcrosby2310
      @mattcrosby2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@koraegi no they don't. They have ballistic glass.

  • @loriswank8033
    @loriswank8033 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Lyrics~
    Fun times in Cleveland again! (Still Cleveland)
    Come on down to Cleveland town everyone! Under construction since 1868!
    See our river that catches on fire! We’re so polluted that all our fish have AIDS.
    We see the sun almost three times a year! This guys has at least two DUIs!
    Our flats look like a Scooby Doo ghost town! Don’t slow down in east Cleveland or you’ll die!
    Our economy’s based on LeBron James! Buy a house for the price of a VCR!
    Our Maine export is crippling depression. We’re so retarded that we think this is art!
    It could be worse though at least we’re not Detroit! 😇

    • @Finlandball39
      @Finlandball39 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “We’re not Detroit!”

  • @JackColeroSr.
    @JackColeroSr. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    "Buy a house for a price of a VCR"
    good times

  • @toganium4175
    @toganium4175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2220

    “Buy a house for the price of a VCR.”
    Welp, I’m sold. Who needs to go outside, anyways?

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Man, where can you actually _find_ a VCR nowadays outside of Goodwill?

    • @mrgone658
      @mrgone658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Watsa VCR? 🤔

    • @adamcommercial3133
      @adamcommercial3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Exactly.

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @animationeer Good suggestions. Interesting 8-point star avatar you've got there. What does it mean for you?

    • @celestepalm6949
      @celestepalm6949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @animationeer Cool. Glad to hear the Quakers are still going strong. Don't know if you're still into animation. Did you try checking out any of the studios that do Christian animation?

  • @posato1488
    @posato1488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1745

    We actually see the sun once every 5 years, not 3 times a year.

    • @EthanSchmethan
      @EthanSchmethan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And 9 months out of the year is a snow covered moonscape.

    • @homer4635
      @homer4635 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went to Cleveland in August 2013 and it was sunny.

    • @83HondaPrelude
      @83HondaPrelude 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Posato I thought it was every 10 years. Also nice AOT pfp

    • @brinkstan5465
      @brinkstan5465 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow great to see ya here

    • @mikephillips1043
      @mikephillips1043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As someone with a huge vitamin D deficiency living in cleveland is dangerous as shit I have to take pills that are high grade as shit so it doesnt fall into single digits and kill my kidney... still love cleveland

  • @rickrolld1367
    @rickrolld1367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "Where are you from?"
    Person 1: Vladivostok, Russia. It's pretty depressing. The sun barely ever comes out. We fought for food every day. Wolves would occasionally roam the streets, looking for food. The coal blackened our lungs. To this day, I still have problems breathing thanks to the charcoal air. I thank God I didn't get cancer.
    "How about you?"
    Person 2: A rural village in India. Every morning we would wake up at 5am to walk a mile to a nearby river, to gather water, wash our clothes and ourselves. We would then walk back under the scorching heat. By the time we made it back, some of the water would have evaporated from the heat. We would spend hours upon hours toiling in the field. We tried to help those who got sick or hurt, but most who got sick died, and those who got hurt couldn't work for weeks on end
    "And you?"
    Person 3: I lived in Cleveland
    "Holy shit, what the fuck?"
    Person 1: How are you still alive?!
    Person 2: Knowing I wasn't living in Cleveland is what kept me going through rough days!
    Person 3: Every day, I woke up to the smell of opioids in the air. Everyone was shooting drugs up their arm. Down every alleyway there was at least 3 people taking drugs. Those were on sunny days. On every other day however...
    *Silence*
    Person 3: Anyways, the streets were always in shambles. Broken up, garbage everywhere. It wasn't unusual to see garbage piles, and the rivers were full of the most putrid pollution. The school I went to was severely underfunded. At school, kids fought over food, water and clothes. If you weren't in a gang, you were probably already dead. I barely ever got to wash my clothes. Even if the water was running, it was usually dirty, so everyone smelt like shit. It wasn't strange to see most of the class missing. It was a miracle if 2 thirds were in. They were usually out to help their parents, who were on drugs. I myself, was beaten persistently by my drunken father, while my mother was too high on cannabis to care. Everywhere was not safe for me. In my home, my father beated me. At school, kids tried to rob my things. In the areas between, robbers and murderers lurked. It was a living nightmare I was forced to live for over 16 years. I only escaped it when some visitor dropped a train ticket to New York. I took it, grabbed what little I had, and fled to the train station.

    • @qiv2725
      @qiv2725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You need an award for this

    • @Vicioussnakeboy
      @Vicioussnakeboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This needs to be a movie

    • @arijitpalit2756
      @arijitpalit2756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coincidentally, I am reading this comment at a village in India 💀.

  • @danielwestphal6941
    @danielwestphal6941 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This ad has given me depression. I'm moving to Cleveland

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4391

    Now that LeBron James has left, Will Cleveland effectively stop existing?

    • @chrisjt86
      @chrisjt86 6 ปีที่แล้ว +356

      Its economy probably will.

    • @James-tp4nc
      @James-tp4nc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      still better than detroit

    • @gerardorodruiguez5928
      @gerardorodruiguez5928 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      J No, at least Detroit knows its place Cleavland is a sad has been.

    • @James-tp4nc
      @James-tp4nc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Gerardo Rodruiguez, that's you who is the sad has been.

    • @gerardorodruiguez5928
      @gerardorodruiguez5928 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      J Deez nuts on your chin is who is the sad has been.

  • @Zorichai
    @Zorichai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    I thought the “buy a house for the price of a VCR” line was an exaggeration and then I looked up real estate in Cleveland... holy shit!

    • @rteyuertutwtryhwhuwtghswxz5890
      @rteyuertutwtryhwhuwtghswxz5890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Yeah, I'd rather buy the VCR. Much more bang for the buck 🤣

    • @LembeckIsStaying
      @LembeckIsStaying 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@rteyuertutwtryhwhuwtghswxz5890
      Oh you'll get a bang alright...🔫

    • @gilbert4394
      @gilbert4394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shhhh don’t blow it up 🤫

    • @largol33t1
      @largol33t1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Same in Detroit. Some houses there are HALF the cost of real estate TAXES on a 2 bedroom house in overpriced Texas!!

    • @voycodin5042
      @voycodin5042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Don’t get it twisted. Some Cleveland suburbs are very wealthy and extremely well off. Real estate in those suburbs is just nasty expensive, such as Rocky River, Lakewood...

  • @unmemorablehero
    @unmemorablehero หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is still one of the best things the internet has ever produced

  • @ahhbobsaget25
    @ahhbobsaget25 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watch this a couple times a year since it was put out. I love this

  • @markman278
    @markman278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1323

    Gotta love how he made sure to use the worst, overcast day lighting to add to the dilapidation of the town.
    Just gives it that horrible town vibe.

    • @magyk5740
      @magyk5740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      That’s actually the nicest day of the year for Cleveland

    • @joarroyo6737
      @joarroyo6737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      That's Cleveland beach weather my man

    • @skateraptor12
      @skateraptor12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Thats how it usually looks😂

    • @jellybelly111
      @jellybelly111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      wtf you mean. it literally looks like that almost everyday

    • @riahtaughtyou
      @riahtaughtyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Truly nailed it

  • @hagridsdisappointingson769
    @hagridsdisappointingson769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2438

    "This guy has at least two dui's." That line gets me for 2 reasons cause either he knows that dude personally or he makes the assumption that he's only riding a bike because he can't drive his car anymore.

    • @robertcarldecker
      @robertcarldecker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      I’d say it’s both!

    • @williamhenryscott_actor
      @williamhenryscott_actor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      This is actually one of the rare instances where explaining the joke made it better lol

    • @b-chroniumproductions3177
      @b-chroniumproductions3177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      That assumption is fair to make, it's Cleveland, everybody has to drive the (somehow) most depressing automobile they can find

    • @vladrosca6003
      @vladrosca6003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I assumed he got the dui's WHILE riding the bike

    • @KidCorporate
      @KidCorporate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Well, there's two types of cyclists, those who ride bikes because they want to, and those that ride them because they have to.

  • @Note305
    @Note305 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video is old but I'm still getting recommendations from this video and I love it!

  • @keegandecker4080
    @keegandecker4080 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Meanwhile in Detroit: “At least we’re not Cleveland!”

    • @Falloutplayer99
      @Falloutplayer99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Detroit: At least we're not Juarez Mexico

  • @IkaGamma
    @IkaGamma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3516

    I am now convinced this is what we showed to Amazon to try and get them to come here.

    • @offwhitejayR2E
      @offwhitejayR2E 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gammalad lmao exactly

    • @jakob7722
      @jakob7722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Whatever we did, it succeeded, I don’t know how.

    • @cmiller9800
      @cmiller9800 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It worked for the RNC a couple years ago too

    • @lukeadamek685
      @lukeadamek685 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      oof.. im from seattle

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Must be the hipsters working at Amazon. "Like Cleveland's gonna be the new Brooklyn mannn..."

  • @NewbyTon
    @NewbyTon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1756

    I only get my crippling depression from the best sources like Cleveland

    • @mynamehasspacesinit8687
      @mynamehasspacesinit8687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They say iDubbbz has a higher grade of crippling depression.

    • @kentucky1519
      @kentucky1519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hush the depression enforcement is going to get us all busted if you keep mentioning our dealer online (no I'm not actually depressed )

    • @kentucky1519
      @kentucky1519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish that good Cleveland crippling depresh was legal

    • @amateurseasons9381
      @amateurseasons9381 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keepin' it Local

    • @Geno2733
      @Geno2733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only the *best* will do.

  • @mr.sand7899
    @mr.sand7899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video lives in my head rent free.

  • @Belleplainer
    @Belleplainer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nearly 15 years later and, honestly, Detroit probably looking better vis-a-vis Cleveland now.

  • @SpoobyDoo
    @SpoobyDoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2760

    “Our economy is based off LeBron James”
    Well, I guess your economy is screwed now

    • @williamkim5960
      @williamkim5960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Implying that Cleveland's economy wasn't already screwed

    • @redsunflowers564
      @redsunflowers564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Our main export is crippling depression.

    • @alecsander4565
      @alecsander4565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      dankglonk, it has officially entered recession mode, soon full depression :/

    • @jasonchilado
      @jasonchilado 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dankglonk twice

    • @sadiepoe1175
      @sadiepoe1175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nah now we use a mythical Greek god so we good

  • @LeifgoesLive
    @LeifgoesLive 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1916

    I got a job offer in cleveland. after watching this I declined it

    • @dirtydann23
      @dirtydann23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Id rather get ran over than spend 5 minutes in Cleveland.

    • @Utonian21
      @Utonian21 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Cleveland and Detroit are no bueno

    • @fetusqueen8589
      @fetusqueen8589 8 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      +NegroMagnus you'd probably get ran over if you spent 5 minutes in Cleveland anyways

    • @dirtydann23
      @dirtydann23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cancercraft make a superbowl.

    • @thefabulousgreenbean2194
      @thefabulousgreenbean2194 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I grew up outside of Cleveland..northeastern OH, it's actually beautiful there.

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Everytime I need to see this it somehow pops up ! LOVE IT ! And I'm from Philly !

  • @a.s.raiyan2003-4
    @a.s.raiyan2003-4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Cleveland's economy is actually based on the revenue from this video.

  • @zjreviews4288
    @zjreviews4288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1839

    As shown by this final frame of a seagull, the difference between Cleveland and Detroit is that the Cleveland Metropolitan Area is still habitable.

    • @daneslord
      @daneslord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      I live in midtown detroit. I would take umbrage with that remark, except for the fact that it's pretty true.

    • @mariasargeant7513
      @mariasargeant7513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ooooof

    • @matthewsmith1779
      @matthewsmith1779 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Nah, I've been to both cities. Cleveland is America's shit hole. If we're talking about the metropolitan areas, it's not even close. Some houses look like castles in metro Detroit. There's a lot of old money in Metro Detroit. You'd think you were in a movie with how nice it looks.

    • @jenmha
      @jenmha ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Extremely true. I DoorDash to those houses and they tip like shit.

    • @johnepants
      @johnepants ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@matthewsmith1779 haunted castles maybe

  • @KiraTurnerSnowkitty24
    @KiraTurnerSnowkitty24 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1117

    im going to cry this is literally my entire visit to cleveland

    • @anarchistfox
      @anarchistfox 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hello

    • @TheKardiacKid
      @TheKardiacKid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +MrOrthogonalization LOL. I've travelled there as a tourist from the UK. TWICE! A pretty good destination if you know where to look.

    • @WasteYuteeee
      @WasteYuteeee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      +TheKardiacKid there are so many better places to visit in the US, why would anybody go to Cleveland?

    • @jasondyrkacz8270
      @jasondyrkacz8270 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +WasteYuteeee Even downtown Chicago isn't that bad. West and south sides of Chicago is what you want to avoid.

    • @teds9896
      @teds9896 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +WasteYuteeee 
      Several Reasons:
      www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/11/travel/52-places-to-go-in-2015.html
      www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/best-places-to-travel-in-2015/22
      www.fodors.com/news/photos/fodors-go-list-2015
      www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-d-15-destinations-20141228-story.html

  • @brookekennedy2763
    @brookekennedy2763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i will always come back to this video 😌

  • @edwardwinkowski9263
    @edwardwinkowski9263 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I had a crack head cousin buy a house for 5K off of Lorain on the west side. Good times😅. That was back in the early 2000’s. Probably worth 2K now..

  • @dillonsnyder1172
    @dillonsnyder1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +981

    I've been through Cleveland a few times during travel. I remember one greyhound employee informing us not to leave the station on foot, or "we would get robbed." Call a taxi, get an uber. She was a very loud black woman, and I believed her.

  • @eccentricgamer4111
    @eccentricgamer4111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1351

    Q: Why do birds fly over Cleveland upside down?
    A: There’s nothing left in Cleveland worth crapping on!

    • @badbabyfitz3715
      @badbabyfitz3715 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was the from cool runnings ??

    • @tobiasvosh3878
      @tobiasvosh3878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I believe it was from the blockbuster mega hit The Air Up There staring Kevin Bacon.

    • @wyleeelpuppo4868
      @wyleeelpuppo4868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why wouldn't they just fly normal and not shit?

    • @crocodileguy4319
      @crocodileguy4319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wyleeelpuppo4868 Because they're FUCKIN birds Jimmy!

    • @windtalkerslai4055
      @windtalkerslai4055 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they are all falling down and dying from the pollution!

  • @Asilee
    @Asilee ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once again, this song got stuck in my head and once again, I've returned.

  • @HardReset_YT
    @HardReset_YT 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live a mile from Detroit and this makes me smile.

  • @RiseOfTheKumquat67
    @RiseOfTheKumquat67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1645

    "Come see our river that catches on fire" is such a chaotic line, both on paper and in how its delivered

    • @logans6619
      @logans6619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The Cuyahoga river has caught on fire several times, most recently in 1969. Yeah

    • @dalepeto9620
      @dalepeto9620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      I never saw it catch fire, but I did see a "abandoned" bathtub floating in it.

    • @manformerlypigbukkit
      @manformerlypigbukkit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@dalepeto9620it’s trying to escape Cleveland

    • @theekklesiaoftheinnermind9314
      @theekklesiaoftheinnermind9314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well I'll be on the lookout for an inhabited bathtub floating down the river then.

    • @cp1cupcake
      @cp1cupcake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Burning River is the name of a local beer.

  • @Torraduke
    @Torraduke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1550

    I'm going to Cleveland later this year. I'm so excited to see both of its buildings and that river that catches on fire!

    • @ihurricane7
      @ihurricane7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      It happened ONE TIME

    • @htxflow
      @htxflow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @@ihurricane7 too many

    • @peach9643
      @peach9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Torraduke why are you coming here 💀💀

    • @maxamillianmiles9382
      @maxamillianmiles9382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ihurricane7 only once huh

    • @DC-pp6mb
      @DC-pp6mb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Just remember don't slow down in east cleavland or you'll die

  • @patriciasimons1873
    @patriciasimons1873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the line about the VCR.

  • @dx1450
    @dx1450 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That last part really made me LOL. If there's one thing Cleveland can be proud of, is that it's not Detroit.

  • @chairmen1873
    @chairmen1873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    My dad grew up right outside of Cleveland and said whenever he had to drive through East Cleveland he and his friends wouldn’t stop for literally anything

    • @churchoftheholymess
      @churchoftheholymess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      funny enough I once had to transfer buses around 1AM in East Cleveland. As it turned out, nobody messed with me because they figured I had to be psychotic to be there at all, let alone at that time of night.

    • @trashstorage1468
      @trashstorage1468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      According to the urban legends, cars that run out of gas in East Cleveland miraculously keep driving until they are far far away.
      Nah that’s just some weird shit that sounded funny in my head

    • @dntskdnttll
      @dntskdnttll 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@churchoftheholymess Are you a tall man who’s physically fit and good at acting unapproachable?

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dntskdnttll im pretty sure those get robbed all the same. A knife or a gun wont care how tall or buff you are or what you have between your legs i assure you

  • @justmaxproductions
    @justmaxproductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    This video is so old it managed to last through LeBron's entire Miami career, second stint in Cleveland, and now him in LA

    • @iangallagher4135
      @iangallagher4135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      And took up 11 years of the browns playoff drought

    • @steelvenom330
      @steelvenom330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It even lasted through part of his first stint in Cleveland

    • @kja6336
      @kja6336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@iangallagher4135 Bakerland finally picking up after the Browns made the playoffs

  • @jaywhangmakes
    @jaywhangmakes ปีที่แล้ว +14

    0:11 That didn't age well

    • @notveryniceatall
      @notveryniceatall ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you losers have anything else to do besides spamming this comment every time something happens in real life?

  • @jadam4036
    @jadam4036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    "Don't slow down in East Cleveland or you'll die" I live in East Cleveland and this is perfectly accurate 9 years later

    • @penand_paper6661
      @penand_paper6661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's too bad.

    • @yoshimanrpg
      @yoshimanrpg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live North of it and it’s so accurate. Drivers literally go 10 MPH over the speed limit to the point where I move with the flow of traffic going 40 in a 35

    • @beardymcj2026
      @beardymcj2026 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd comment, but since you probably slowed down at some point since posting that, what's the point? R.I.P.

  • @WhoDeyNati513
    @WhoDeyNati513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +965

    2020 version:
    “Cleveland: At least we’re not Flint.”
    Doesn’t flow, but neither does clean water in Flint.

    • @hatemondays3225
      @hatemondays3225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      At least you tried boomer

    • @dmrr7739
      @dmrr7739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The river is fine. The problem was the pipes.

    • @lastnamefirstname9043
      @lastnamefirstname9043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@dmrr7739 but the water was fine until they switched supply from lake Huron and Detroit river to Flint river. They failed to treat the new water source with corrosion inhibitors which allowed lead from old pipes to leach out. If they had treated the water the lead pipes wouldn't matter. Now the water source is contaminated so it actually is the water.

    • @jonathonschwendler4644
      @jonathonschwendler4644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You ever seen the Flint River? There's more feces in a cup of Flint River water than in 5 cups of feces. It's 90% drifters and 10% McDonald's styrofoam containers. I refuse there's enough treatment in the Universe to make it potable. You'd have to boil Flint River water for 2 days to make it not dissolve human flesh.

    • @romanbukins6527
      @romanbukins6527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No, no, he has a point. They can't use Detroit anymore since many folk say Detroit is arguably better than Cleveland now...

  • @lukelee5385
    @lukelee5385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    As someone who lives a few hours from Cleveland and never even considered visiting, this video actually made me want to have a look. So good job I guess?

  • @neckarsulme
    @neckarsulme 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is gold!

  • @LxstCxnnection
    @LxstCxnnection 3 ปีที่แล้ว +978

    “Our main export is crippling depression.” Best like ever.

    • @dalepeto9620
      @dalepeto9620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The main export is NOT depression. The main export is Toxic Sewage Sludge, ( that's chemical waste mixed with sewage ) which is sold to the canadians, then they mix it with tar sands oil and sell it to the Chinese as a combination fuel and fertilizer.

    • @t-max7261
      @t-max7261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dalepeto9620 You say that like it's a bad thing...

    • @Fatherkol
      @Fatherkol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spell check

    • @dalepeto9620
      @dalepeto9620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@t-max7261 Not at all !! When life gives you lemons...

    • @skipthefox4858
      @skipthefox4858 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dalepeto9620 you make lemonade!

  • @AwesomeEvan9
    @AwesomeEvan9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +749

    Cleveland just won their first football game in 635 days. I came right to this video. #makethisthebrownsvictorysong

  • @mr.cschaosworkshop4100
    @mr.cschaosworkshop4100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I remember when I was in elementary school and showed this exact video to my friends in about 4th grade or so, and we all had laughed about it for a few weeks when we’d just bring it up randomly. Being a senior in high school now, it absolutely made my day to get it randomly recommended again. Gotta love the TH-cam algorithm!

  • @YoGreasyGreasyGranny
    @YoGreasyGreasyGranny 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely the best tourist video EVER!!

  • @carptone2056
    @carptone2056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +746

    I grew up in Cleveland and hated it most of my life, this is incredibly accurate, and yet this video still made me homesick

    • @Mamaluigi13
      @Mamaluigi13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @pisscvre69
      @pisscvre69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stockholm syndrome for detrioit

    • @helloworldOuO
      @helloworldOuO ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Stockholm syndrome is a theorized condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors during captivity.[1][2] It is supposed to result from a rather specific set of circumstances, namely the power imbalances contained in hostage-taking, kidnapping, and abusive relationships. Therefore, it is difficult to find a large number of people who experience Stockholm syndrome to conduct studies with any sort of power. This makes it hard to determine trends in the development and effects of the condition-[3] and, in fact, it is a "contested illness" due to doubt about the legitimacy of the condition.[4]

    • @penguinusrex
      @penguinusrex ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@helloworldOuO I can't tell you how delighted I was to open the replies and see this. Well played.

    • @helloworldOuO
      @helloworldOuO ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@penguinusrex Thanks lmao