AS a truck driver, I've been to all those cities before. It's worse than that on the ground level. To actually meet people that live in those cities is heart - breaking. Good people just trying to make an honest living. It's always the politicians that sell the city out first.

@fudhater8592

Жыл бұрын

No, it's large businesses/corporation that sell out. They're the ones that buy the politicians and stiff the average worker. Just look at all the tax break a massive company like Walmart gets and you'll understand.

@qa4057

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the politicians those good, honest citizens voted into office.

@BravoRox

Жыл бұрын

I'm a truck driver too, it's really bad. Trash is shattered everywhere

@sirpercival4731

Жыл бұрын

@@qa4057 - I'm not sure all the ballots are counted !

@damnthegrifters7313

Жыл бұрын

What race is responsible for the most crime?

The reason for low property crimes in Flint MI. is people have stopped reporting them. They have no faith that reporting the property crime will do any good.

@carlosgomez-ct6ki

Жыл бұрын

That’s common in Latin America!

@mikezylstra7514

Жыл бұрын

Flint is a shell. Went from cultural to blue collar to tornado capitol, to ...empty.

@Facebook-sb3eo

Жыл бұрын

Because of that poison water 💧

@sitdowndogbreath

Жыл бұрын

@@Facebook-sb3eo it was way before that the water situation was a final nail the coffin

@trajan6927

Жыл бұрын

Flint, Mi and Detroit, Mi have been run by socialist democrats for 50 years. What could go wrong?

The problem is some of these city leaders want to address the major problem- which is poverty. But other politicians want to prevent programs from addressing poverty so they can continue to lean on poverty as their scapegoat for doing nothing and saying “see, it’s the poor people’s fault.”

@johnreidy2804

11 ай бұрын

The problem with most of them is they are controlled by democrats. That means high crime, high taxes and bums peeing in the streets

@user-mm8vw1ow1x

11 ай бұрын

This world revolves around them. Of course its not their fault

@920WASHBURN

11 ай бұрын

It is. There's poverty because there's no jobs. Who going to open a business when the citizens would rather rob it than work for it?

@leescheeler1503

11 ай бұрын

It has nothing to do with demaphiles lol😢😢

@cme98

11 ай бұрын

Well it is the poor peoples fault. They keep voting for republicans who spent 43 years destroying the midwest. We were in the same boat in Seattle. By 1990 most were voted out today not one republican has a seat in government. We fired their ass! As a result we have a great state with job opportunities and high wages. McDonalds pays 20-25 an hour how much they pay in Ohio? Why do you keep voting for that same bullshit yall enjoy poverty? Fucking stupid or what? Oh what happened to Ohio? Yall went riches to rags because of Reagan & its like a woman going back to her husband beating the shit out of her. You just cant fix stupid. I know West Virginia is worse but comeon your poverty is sucking our wealth dry & people out here are fucken pissed because you cant afford what yall need and use our tax dollars we make here to balance your fucking budgets. That’s bullshit. Fix it or were outra here. We got our own problems and tired of supporting bums back east. I mean, lets be honest. Ohio is lime a big bum.

I moved to Shreveport in 1979 when I was 19 and left in 1990. It was a booming oil town and I found a job in three days. It was a slightly tamed down version of NOLA, the Baptists kept things quieter. It had old South poverty and racism, but it was working it's way out - slowly. After I moved away, they were hit by the effects of Hurricane Katrina. It wasn't the storm, it was all the criminals and gang members the government bused out of the wreckage of New Orleans and dumped into cities further north. Shreveport had crime and some neighborhood gangs, but these new, very dangerous gangs took over. Malls closed because of crime inside and outside in the parking lots. Next came the 2008 financial crisis that shut down both industries and local businesses. I had to return for the first time a couple years ago for a funeral and it was hard to take seeing how much the city had decayed. My old home is now in such a high crime area that my friends warned me not to drive by to see it. Half a dozen of my friends have moved away already and several more are planning to after their parents pass away. I will always have fond memories of Shreveport, it would have been sad for me to have stayed and watched it change so much for the worse.

I'm a woman age 65. I've been to major conferences recently in both St. Louis and Cleveland. While in downtown Cleveland, I was walking from my hotel to the conference center when I accidentally tripped and my purse, backpack, and computer went flying through the air. About ten people suddenly rushed towards me and I thought for sure they were planning to steal everything. I was too shaken to spring right up and just knew I had lost everything. But, NO, everyone was coming to help me. A few young people, a biker passing by, a store owner, etc.. They picked up my things, helped me get up and made sure I was okay, and two of them walked with me to the conference center to make sure I got there okay. I don't care what people say about Cleveland, I will always defend their people. St. Louis on the other hand, I never left my hotel not even to walk to the Arch which was right across the street.

@larryloveless2967

Жыл бұрын

You did right staying in your hotel room in St. Louis. The St. Louis region is a very good place to live. However, the city of St. Louis including downtown is way too dangerous. I only venture in and out for a baseball game or hockey game. Actually, it is more in common with other cities than I thought but its percentage of crime stands out since so few now live in the city. Car jacking, stolen cars, knocked out car windows, drive by shootings, are far too common. The ghettos are loaded with guns and they venture out especially at night. Watching the 10:00 News is heart breaking.

@wawawis

Жыл бұрын

I'm about as liberal as it gets, but I hear you. I was born & raised in a rural area a mile from a small village and we were raised to fear any dense areas of people. And it's all for good reason because you never know what they are going to react as you walk past them. Someone can look like a gang banger and yet be so polite and happy to give you directions while the preppy on the next block in a business suit can rob you at gun point. Appearances certainly don't always matter. There are spoiled rich teens who are desperate to get money after their parents cut them off, and there are rough-looking hoods that actually have manners. I've been lucky never to run into bad people through my limited treks into cities. Back in 2004, I went with an aunt to Six Flags St. Louis and we somehow got lost in one of the more questionable areas of St. Louis. So we were driving aimlessly through these urban black neighborhoods. And while they were all older, ran-down houses, the yards were well-kept and people were actually out mowing that morning. Yet the stereotypes made us nervous to dare stop to ask for directions. Eventually, we decided to break down and ask one for directions and they were so polite. They got us heading in the right direction with no problems at whatsoever! When I was younger, I got into argument with my parents and walked 8 miles to Pekin, IL. I felt like I walked back and forth across the city twice before getting a hold of someone I knew. I'm sure I walked 25 miles on foot that night. Though it's a small city, there are still parts that someone shouldn't be stumbling across after midnight. There were a group of teens walking after 10PM that looked a little shady, but I approached them for directions and they were polite and very helpful! Within days, I learned that I did indeed drift aimlessly across some of the more dangerous parts of that city. I took off around 11:00AM and it was after 1:00AM before I found shelter. I've also had to bicycle through Galesburg (another smaller city, but with a not-so-good crime rate) at night several times, even though the rougher areas, and I've remained okay. I've been lucky to remain unscathed, knock on wood! I guess it makes life more interesting.

@larryloveless2967

Жыл бұрын

@@wawawis A lot of the problem right now is teens. Since I made this comment there have been 2 incidents of car jacking downtown. One person only went outside a brewery bar to smoke in the paking lot when a car pulled up with 4 teens at gunpoint on him to lead them to his car car for a car jacking. Another incident was just a group of 7 people leaving a bar talking prior to leaving when a car drove up to a group of seven when guns were pulled out for car jackings. The 7 made a run for it to their cars to leave but one in the group did get shot in the leg. The car jackers are very bold and will not hesitate to shoot. People are being told to just let the car jacker have your car, but for some losing a car might be a devastating impact to them anyway.

@sherritreeby3479

Жыл бұрын

Most Americans are friendly and helpful. It’s the minority with big mouths that cause all the trouble. Old white lady here, originally from NE Ohio. On a trip not too long ago, I landed in Cleveland. I was at the car rental, and there was a young black lady who was going overboard to be kind and helped me with a coupon for a car. This was right after the BLM riots. It reminded me that peace and human kindness starts on a one to one level. I try to be good to everyone, because in a sense, I am an ambassador. In a world full of hate, be a beacon of light.

@larryloveless2967

Жыл бұрын

@@sherritreeby3479 Good for you. My Dad was from Warren, Ohio, and we stayed once a year with my grandparents visiting them each summer there for a week until I got married in 1976. When my grandfather passed away my grandmother moved to Mineral Ridge nearby around 1967 when I started high school. It was like home away from home for me. My Dad met my mom when he got stationed at Scott Air Force base close to St. Louis. Actually,, the crime in St. Louis city seems to hit among Black people the hardest. Things start out bad in the ghettos for teens.

Gary , Indiana deserves an episode of its own.

@ShadowbannedbyYoutube

Жыл бұрын

No shyt captain obvious

@scottrhodes6923

Жыл бұрын

The United States, needs to bring jobs back. Clothing manufacturing could be a good start. Sporting goods companies that show labels such as MLB, official merchandise and actually all the jerseys and hats,etc. I found a NBA hat in Dick's sporting goods and it was made in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the poorest country in the entire world. Multi -Billion dollar sports industries and players could insist on being made in America. Imagine all the jobs that could be created here.

@piacash5216

Жыл бұрын

@@scottrhodes6923 Most of Clothing merchandise that We all Wear here in the USA Made in Asia COZ Of The CHEAP LABORS ALL THIS BIG COMPANY AND CORPORATIONS CARES IS THE PROPIT ALL ABOUT THE MONEY

@zack1610

Жыл бұрын

@@scottrhodes6923 Manufacturing moving out killed small town America. So many lower tier cities could be thriving right now. Flint Michigan will never be the same

@geraldmartin7703

Жыл бұрын

"The Music Man" Broadway musical has a song ("Gary, Indiana") that argues otherwise.

Thank you for this video. I'm not surprised to see Toledo, OH on the list, because I'm from there and left when I was 17 years-old in 1986. I've been back a few times to see the city's ongoing decline, but there's no way I'd stay. But they do have a nice art museum and zoo, both in high-crime neighborhoods.

@robertgardner7470

11 ай бұрын

Your comment targets the real cause: black high-crime neighborhoods.

I’ve watched several of your videos and just want to say they’re very entertaining. Not only do I get a lot of good info, but I also get a good chuckle because of some of your phrases and voice inflections. Keep up the good work!

I'm originally from Shreveport. It has always sucked. But since the 90s it's gone way down hill. My family is still there for some reason and they likely will never leave. I got out of there in 98 and my income soared by almost 200% since then. Something I would never have experienced living there.

@pfranks75

Жыл бұрын

Many parts of Louisiana are so nasty because of the chemical plants and a legacy of environmental pollution.

@mannydcbianco

Жыл бұрын

I have in-laws in the Shreveport area and they say pretty much the same thing. It's by all means never been a super nice place, but it used to be ok. It has gone downhill a lot in the past 20 years. They own a lot of land though so they're doing well and will never move, but they rarely visit the city anymore.

@petuniasevan

Жыл бұрын

Did a hitch in the USAF at Barksdale in the mid 80s. Saw some bizarre crap. Decided that Shreveport/Bossier wasn't for me.

@ammortal

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Arkansas and we used to drive to Shreveport because the LA drinking age was still 18.

@johngatsby1473

Жыл бұрын

Quaker state oil bought out an oil company owned by David Myatt in Shreveport in the late 90s. I worked to transition the workforce from Shreveport over to Irving TX. In the end......we all lost our jobs...lol

I wore my "be nice to eachother" shirt and mask while volunteering at the food bank. I got so many compliments. Thanks Briggs

@MarkAHoltz

2 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't we be looking at Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) instead of cities? This should provide a more accurate statistical picture and takes into consideration the suburbs

@adamsrankings8860

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkAHoltz what does this have to do with this comment?

@MarkAHoltz

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsrankings8860 it was a posting error from a mobile device.

@disguiseddv8ant486

2 жыл бұрын

For you to wear a shirt "be nice to each other" publicly as a message/reminder for others as if they haven't been taught or have forgotten this should let everyone know that there's a problem.

@screenname3002

2 жыл бұрын

@@truman4550 I hope you heal from watever makes you miserable.

I interviewed for a maintenance management job 30 years ago in central Detroit. The plant manager I interviewed with said "no one" lives within 35 miles of the Detroit plant, and that a "nice house" and neighborhood was at least 45 mile commute away. And that was early 1990's. The seven-building plant had twelve-foot cyclone fence around it, with strands of barbed wire on top. I ended up working in north Cincinnati for next two years.

@Homer19521

11 ай бұрын

That plant manager was full of it. For 28 years I lived in Allen Park just outside of Detroit. Very nice community.

The one thing all of these cities seems to have in common is the huge number of "privileged" people living there. Laws do not seem to apply to them and they feel they can do whatever they want with no judicial backlash.

@chasedirtbike4155

11 ай бұрын

As cities move further left, they decline into socialism. Thus the toilet gets flushes

@johnson2191cj

11 ай бұрын

​@@cdb6096you don't know what that word means?

@RepentfollowJesus

11 ай бұрын

​@@johnson2191cjdo you mean rich or those that think they are owed reparations? Or those who are crossing the border illegally and being taken care of instead of our citizens being helped who live on the streets? I don't know who you mean either.

@johnson2191cj

11 ай бұрын

@@RepentfollowJesus I'm MAGA,nuff said

@saulspeaks2557

11 ай бұрын

@cdb6096 he's referring to black people, who don't face many consequences for their crimes anymore

I feel sorry for Flint. I was born there in 1964 and both Parents grew up there and went to Flint central. Both Grandfathers worked for GM long enough to retire. Dad's parents finally left after being held at gunpoint in their bedroom one night being robbed. We used to go back for holidays during the 70s and it was still a "nice" little town. Remember Autoworld? Safetyville? Oh well. maybe one day another industry will invest in the city.

@joeschmo7957

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I have to do a comparison/contrast here. I was born in 64 in Saginaw. My dad and my brothers all worked at GM/Saginaw Steering Gear, 2 of them retired from there. My brother, Ronnie, used to take me to Flint General and Saginaw Gear games back in the 70's in his Camaro or Trans-Am or Corvette that he bought as an employee there. Then you have the bratwurst and Zehnder's Chicken dinners and Christmas celebration in Frankenmuth. Dad would drive us through the old downtown area of Saginaw and Mom would point to the boarded up windows and recollect how wonderful it had been a few scant years before. You are a kindred spirit in this way. Dude, when Buick went out, I'm just so sorry.

@henryostman5740

Жыл бұрын

note that all of the new auto factories built by 'foreign' auto firms are generally located in southern 'right to work' and 'business friendly' states. That's why no=one in their right mind would open a business in Detroit or Cleveland or other places like that. Remember that Toyota builds almost as many cars as GM and more than Ford & Chrysler combined. Ford has moved much of its production to Mexico.

@kenolson6572

Жыл бұрын

@@henryostman5740 Michigan has right to work laws.

@evilchaperone

Жыл бұрын

@@joeschmo7957 I'm from Flint as well. Born 1970 and graduated high school in 1988. That's when crack hit the streets and Flint was actually murder capital of the US for a few years. I go back and drive through now and it's far worse now than when I was a kid. All the people that could get out, left long ago. The people that are left are circling down the drain faster and faster. My family all fled to the thumb area. More cows than people. The last of America.

@evilchaperone

Жыл бұрын

@@joeschmo7957 I used to LOVE watching the Gears and Generals battle it out!

I'm from Rockford, IL and I feel like you made the city sound nicer than it really is.

@richardwaltjen8992

Жыл бұрын

I've been in Rockford, but it was back in the 80's. It was a dump then too. I now live in Toledo, and the fact that both these cities are on the same list is a joke. If you want to work, you can find a decent paying job in Toledo or the suburbs. Companies can't find enough help. If you aren't making at least $50k here in the Toledo area, you're doing something wrong because the jobs are here. Toledo also has one of the best park systems in the country. It is true that many people have moved to the suburbs, but there are still a lot of decent areas in Toledo proper. I just bought a house in a very good neighborhood.

@escapingmonday2501

Жыл бұрын

@@richardwaltjen8992 I grew up in Rockford in the 80's. It's gone downhill since then. But hey, we just got a new hotel downtown away from any form of transportation or attractions.

@paulstatz5188

Жыл бұрын

Hate to ever quote trump about Rockford but it's a real Shithole

@escapingmonday2501

Жыл бұрын

@@paulstatz5188 Yes it is

@mandiblackwell4668

Жыл бұрын

@@escapingmonday2501 sorry which hotel r u talking about? It feels like there have been several new ones added in the last decade, let alone since the 80s if that is your reference.

My husband and I drove through Baltimore 30 years ago. We could smell the place as we hit the city limits. The smell didn’t go away until finished passing through. In case your wondering, it smelled like a bologna and mayo sandwich left in a lunchbox over the weekend.

@psfca

11 ай бұрын

Gross 😮

@ray3576

11 ай бұрын

Sounds about white

@robertgardner7470

11 ай бұрын

You are going back a long time ago before people were called a racist. When I was a kid you often heard that they really stink.

@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh

11 ай бұрын

Gross

@sierrag4221

10 ай бұрын

You’re being dramatic.

What is sad is that growing up in the 1950s and very interested in US cities, to see all these cities that were the largest and most dynamic in the US being abandoned is heart-breaking.

@circleinforthecube5170

Жыл бұрын

now theres not much of interest in the endless patchwork of big box stores and vinyl sided boxes

@Harbinger_of_nurgle

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the 13% really took a toll on them

@mikemiller659

Жыл бұрын

the failure of GM to the japanese manufacturers and the labor unions..and the flight of manufacturing offshore. influx of labor from south of the boarder

@tchin2020

11 ай бұрын

What’s sad is that American capitalism is finding the cheapest (labor) means to make the cheapest products and sell the product as quality…made in the USA does not mean the product is made from quality…it’s called outsource with pride…the bottom line is how much of a dividend will the executive committee gain, not lose…

@goldenhate6649

11 ай бұрын

@@mikemiller659 GM and Ford are absolutely failures of companies, pumping out shitty products at outrageous prices. The unions are hardly the reason they failed. It was just an easy scape goat for the companies actual failures to diversify.

Thank you Briggs, enjoy the rest of your Sunday

Cleveland does still have a fabulous symphony orchestra. And I liked what you showed of the city. I have not been there. Hopefully they can turn it around.

WAB, I Loved Your Report and your Commentary, Comments, & Narration regarding Those Ten Cites and Your Honorable Mentions of The Top Three Cities In Decline and Falling Down. Excellent Work.👍👍 RCJLEO 🦁♌

Love how you commentate 😂 you're funny. The info was quite surprising 🎉😊

Was surprised not to see any city/town from NJ. Newark, Irvington & Camden are rough and seem to be losing residents at a fast pace

@kiaram8688

Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly the Newark population has risen in the past 10 years. Not sure about the other two.

@shadowninja6689

Жыл бұрын

New Jersey has been slowly improving in a lot of rankings for a while from what I've read.

@paulstatz5188

Жыл бұрын

Shithole

@paulstatz5188

Жыл бұрын

New Jerseys where America dumps toxic waste and New York dumps bodies

This channel will help guide which state I move to for my starter home.

Good breakdown . Great Job .

Very interesting. Thank you so much

I'm Shreveport born. A restaurant once held a job fair where 600 people including me (at 18) showed up in 20 degree weather. They hired only 6 people. Love my city but had to leave. Been in Texas ever since and couldn't be happier.

@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead

Жыл бұрын

I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SHREVEPORT GETS DOWN TO 20 DEGREES, I HAVE LIVED OFF OF INTERSTATE 20 IN A SOUTHERN STATE AND RARELY EVER SAW IT GET DOWN TO 20 OR COLDER. AND SHREVEPORT IS PRETTY FAR SOUTH.

@eaaron3

Жыл бұрын

Nice I’m from Natchitoches

@hadleymanmusic

Жыл бұрын

I hear u i grew up in shreveport and dallas was always a better place to work live shop it never ended over there

@paulstatz5188

Жыл бұрын

Shithole

I grew up in Mount Morris just north of Flint Michigan. It was a great place to grow up, everyone had a pretty good income working for General Motors. It is too bad that it has gone downhill since General Motors left.

@trajan6927

Жыл бұрын

GM was forced out because of the socialist democrat unions and crime and government taxes and regulations. GM didn't stand a chance.

@donnahilton471

Жыл бұрын

Might have electric cars bringing that back.

@afmuina

Жыл бұрын

and since they started electing Democrats to run the city

@BigDave131

11 ай бұрын

Sadly, GM's quality declined and they also did not offer good fuel efficient cars when OPEC got us in 1973 and 1979.

Surprised you never mentioned Portland. I'm sure that's going to make the list next time around.

In terms of Detroit, I think blight is also a huge variable regarding how it can affect these other factors. It's depressing to live in neighborhoods with a lot of abandoned houses and office buildings. It can foster feelings of despair and hopelessness.

@tenniskinsella7768

Жыл бұрын

I'm.british my late husband went to detritus years ago formwork just for a couple of weeks and said it was awful and its still the same.

@boxlid214

Жыл бұрын

They bulldozed much of it, the more recent mayor was on a damn mission the with bulldozers (a good thing obv). They're also doing some pretty huge projects downtown, such as the Gordie Howe bridge, a major expansion into Canada with a pedestrian/cycling path over it. It's turning around but it'll take time, the city is pretty much a clean slate now, I'm pretty sure they're removing some of the roads/highways as well. The cities on the west coast are the new detroits. Philly is also really bad now.

Another great video. My surprise was the city of Erie, PA, not making the list. The local News talks about Erie going from the third largest city in PA to 5th.

@dr4782

Жыл бұрын

I spent a couple of days in Erie last month. Overall, I've seen worse. Downtown had a decent amount of action for a small city, and the lakefront seems to be developing well. The east side of the city looks rougher and more industrial, especially away from Mercyhurst University, but it doesn't look like a mess. The west side looks tidy and seems to have more going on, presumably due to its easy access to I-79 and Presque Isle.

@travelseatsyellowlab

Жыл бұрын

From the sound of it, this video concentrated on cities with populations of 100k plus, while Erie's population fell below that mark several years ago.

“NOBODY HAS ANYTHING WORTH STEALING IN THIS CITY! “ That took me out 😂🤣

@AFaceintheCrowd01

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@guymerritt4860

Жыл бұрын

I left 10-years ago. Completely true. The place is like Calcutta or Haiti.

@dagmarvandoren9364

Жыл бұрын

Oh.nein....did you write that? That's like in the wild west? Schrecklich...

@grantp4022

Жыл бұрын

Is there a common denominator in these declining cities ? Ya brutha.

@misterwhipple2870

Жыл бұрын

Cool pseudonym you have there . . .

okay, I heard you ripping on Shreveport Louisiana and I can honestly say that I lived there for a few years off and on from about 2014 to about 2018 and while it has its challenges, it's really not that bad.

You know what I notice is common across most of these cities is an abundance of car-oriented infrastructure. I mean just look how many of those images have large amounts of parking. Excessive parking guts a city of its homes and businesses, destroying wealth, and creating a struggle for all.

@gorkyd7912

11 ай бұрын

Parking is common to pretty much 100% of US cities. They were built either for cars or for horses and carriages. As opposed to some places in Europe and Asia that are either really old cities built to be walked on foot or very new post WW2 cities that came with effective public transportation.

@dannyhunter2868

11 ай бұрын

@@gorkyd7912 Oh I'm aware lol. The North American suburban experiment has failed

I love your shows and all of the information you share.

I live in a suburb outside of Toledo. Moving out to a suburb is pretty common here if you can afford it. The city is surrounded by four, or five suburbs many moved to.

Briggs, you are funny in a nice way. If I want to entertainment and information, I check your channel.

I like the reporting with a good sense of humor tums up

I really appreciate you content. Very informative. I would love to see one of your “What is up with Chicago?” videos. I want to hear you breakdown.

@Mr.Steel7

Жыл бұрын

Chicago is suffering from extreme Democrapitus 😮

I’m from a town about an hour from Jackson MS. It USED to be (and the surrounding areas) a pretty thriving place. That was 20-30 years ago. I’m 41, so as a teen and early 20e it was good. But it just started to really decline and now I just stay away from it, unless I HAVE to go for some reason. Madison and Ridgeland are still good.

@yafuker6046

Жыл бұрын

I was there in '98 and thought it to be a potential habitat for me. Had one of the best BBQ pork sandwiches of my life there. Southern folk talk like they've known you forever. I like that.

@Hopeapotheke

Жыл бұрын

@@yafuker6046 we never meet a stranger 😆

Great video, I live in Shreveport LA…we do have high paying jobs. Many Shreveport residents work at Barksdale AF Base. Also we are a healthcare hub for the ark-la-Tex region including a VA hospital.

Did not expect a Urinating Tree reference from you

Lived in Toledo for over a decade. The city is auto and auto parts manufacturing heavy. It’s fortunes are tied to Detroit. “When Detroit sneezes, Toledo catches the flu”. Local leaders have done little to leverage an excellent public university and what was a large corporate presence to diversify the economy. Below par career opportunities for young people.

@devintaylor8702

2 жыл бұрын

We are here👽👽👽

@tomloft2000

2 жыл бұрын

Klinger loves it.

@danieltsuedo334

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomloft2000 I might be the only one to catch the reference…

@morganschiller2288

2 жыл бұрын

Damn a MASH reference! Either someone is atleast in his 30’s or someone’s family loves it. Regardless is UT still a good school? Used to be back in the 90’s

@lowermichigan4437

2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me you all are not going to elect Carty again. That said there are some things I miss from Toledo.

I moved from Rockford in 2020 to Charlotte NC and I can day u were spot on describing my home town🤦🏿‍♂️

i had to go to mobile al several times back in the late 90s for work. really liked the area and of course the seafood. to have a coastal town like that lose population has to be mismanagement by the state and local governments. most of the other cities on the list make more sense. been to all of them, mainly for work, and are the type of cities i always left thinking no way i could ever move there.

@rodneycaupp5962

11 ай бұрын

When I point my finger, I always refer to them as GOVERMENTS.... Plural, as in all of those freaks. NOW, at 73 I wont vote again.

@TheJwbooth

11 ай бұрын

I lived in Mobile several years ago and it was a clean and lovely town. Visited a few years ago on the way to Florida. Still clean orderly but ominously quiet. Memphis was the city I was happiest to leave and have no desire to even visit

I grew up about 1 hour south west from flint and Detroit and about 10 minutes south from Grand Rapids and my whole family has grew up in flint and Detroit my entire life, they have got robbed and my dad has gotten poisoned from the water a few years back and was in a store in flint and there was a armed robbery. That’s why my family and I moved. I’m so disappointed of my home flint and Detroit is now a nightmare. I miss my old home towns

Seattle is one of the saddest stories of going from first to worst that I can think of. They get 2.5 Billion annually in salaries for jobs to cure homelessness yet their homeless pop keeps growing out of control. They won't build anything with that money, they just create more jobs for their constituents and then say we don't need welfare here we take care of our people. The separation of the classes is immense and it happened in just about 10 years.

@haroldosmer9803

Жыл бұрын

Add in that Seattle allowed itself to burn two years ago.

@jasonslowiak7546

Жыл бұрын

Or ken griffey jr

@Snowcat-rg7bz

Жыл бұрын

@@haroldosmer9803 You reap what you sow.

@jasonslowiak7546

Жыл бұрын

Dude throwing money at a homeless issue is a sinkhole most people are homeless by choice because they are drinking and drugging so it's for the most part a big waste of money. It goes for every city I know because I was once homeless over a habit n I ain't lying when I say if u handed me money I would just get high off it.shelters are well and good but 98 percent of people will literally stay at a shelter and not even try getting out. I did

@lindagivembackmychildren109

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't help that other states ship their homeless to Seattle along with the geography of Seattle. The homeless can't survive Idaho winters but they can survive Seattle winters

No one mentions Toledo. Good point. I left there over 10 years ago, and have been happy ever since.

@rogerbettencourt9654

2 жыл бұрын

I left Toledo over 25 years ago and never looked back.

@cameronmiller9283

2 жыл бұрын

I live there rn

@DemonicEmpowerment

2 жыл бұрын

@@cameronmiller9283 im sorry.

@dbszady

2 жыл бұрын

I moved to Toledo 18 years ago and to me it is so much better now. Obviously still things to work on but it's been moving in a positive direction for years

I'm from Baton Rouge but grew up in Houston, Shreveport is a " weekend city" I know people do live there but I always think of it like everyone goes home on Sunday ,hell maybe they do!! Perceptions are valid

I'm living in a dying town. There used to be 20,000 people, here in Westwood N. CA. We used to have: "Bowling Alley, 2 Movie Theaters, Railroad and Stagecoach Station, Hospital, Saw Mill, 5 Dairies, 5 Cement Factories, Arcade, several Restaurants, a Bead Store, Roller Skating Rink, Ice Skating Rink, Golf Course, 2 Grocery Stores, Bars, Pharmacy, Mortuary, Winery, Bank, Auto Parts Store, Car Repair, Movie Rental, the list goes on. We have a DG now and a little Grocery Store. One Bar, 4 places to get food, if you include the Mansion. They have lunches and dinners once in a while. This is a nice little town. A Historical town and it's sad to see it, slowly go away. We are doing better than some of these little towns. Fire has wiped out several mountain communities and towns. The fires barely missed us last year. I feel for all of these dying cities. Especially the ones being lost to crime.

I’m in Jackson, MS and yes to all of it. The water, trash collection, crime, drugs, corruption of city officials. It’s Alarming! Moved out 25 mins away and live in peace. RIP Jackson.

@riceski

Жыл бұрын

That is in every city in America. I am no choir boy but America tossed God and so it's people mostly are going to hell in a hand basket.

@fattymcfattzz

Жыл бұрын

Gotta love republican states

@nwosoldier772

Жыл бұрын

Yep, another once viable & prosperous city destroyed by blue/black Dim-O-Krats.....Sure is funny that the problems you mention are only occurring in the blue sections of the state. Then I enjoy turning the news on every morning and seeing dead Dim-O-Krats face down in the street with another one in back of a police car with shiny chrome bracelets on!!!!!!

@kitsachie.

Жыл бұрын

@@fattymcfattzz Jackson is a blue city, the rest of Mississippi is relatively nice. The state being republican or democrat has absolutely nothing to do with how terrible the cities are. New Mexico is a blue state, but has some of the highest violent crime in the US?

@standupp2885

Жыл бұрын

What was once a nice, safe city is now a hell hole. I grew up there but I can't even visit my old neighborhood b/c of all the crime and gangs there now. This is what happens when the left takes over a city.

So sad to hear about these cities I know a little. Great video! Where can I buy, "be nice to each other" merch?

Drove through Flint Michigan while on vacation last year. It's absolutely horrendous

Before my dad's Parkinson's got really bad, my parents and I love to go to different ballparks. Last was Kansas City in 2019, we'd had a rain out in 2005 and finally got back. I can't remember feeling really unsafe in any of the 15 or so cities, so we generally try to do Day games which helped. But some of the comments on here just brought back memories. Baltimore, especially, Camden Yards was so sweet and the downtown looked to be developing so well 17:28 in 1992! What happened, did it just stall or did it start going downhill again for a while and then come back up? Having been at the stadium in the 80s several times and then at Jacobs Field a few times, well I think it was Progressive by the last time in 2012, you could see a decline in Cleveland but the fact they have the same population they did in the late 1890s is so shocking! Makes me glad I haven't had cable for years and haven't watched a newscast since 9/11. We love "going to" all these All-Star games and the first game of the World Series through the television over at my parents place, as we did for years before that, maybe it's the best thing in some of those cities.

Flint is where hopes, dreams, and people go to die. I feel sad for people who live there.

@mikezylstra7514

Жыл бұрын

I don't think anybody lives there anymore.

@ericw3229

Жыл бұрын

They created much of their own problems same with Detroit AKA Deetoilet

Regarding Flint, Mich. residents having "nothing worth stealing": I agree with Thomas Pryor. Relatively low property crime reports may simply be the result of people not bothering to report. Also crime stats, with the possible exception of homicides, can be "tweaked" to look better.

@boxlid214

Жыл бұрын

Usually there's only two police officers on duty at night there, so yeah, that probably was the case before. It is like he says now though, nothing worth stealing. Detroit has been at that point too, nothing left to steal so many of the hoodrats moved out west or other places. After all the abandoned buildings had all the copper ripped out, that was all she wrote lol

@astridgalactic9336

Жыл бұрын

Oh, you are so right! Baltimore has excelled at cooking those books for a few decades now.

I was born and raised in Toledo; been watching you for over a year now and LMAO

I've moved around the country since the 80's and the cities you mentioned I would never consider moving to. You only confirmed it. I'd guess that anyone defending any of these cities was born and raised there or lived the a long time.

Tuxedo with short sleeves. I laughed. That's hilarious 🤣 Keep up the good work.

All of my relatives from Detroit are now in the suburbs. Amazing seeing all the streets full of boarded up homes. Last time I was there in some places the city had torn all the houses down. Interesting to me that in some. Places people are still moving to the burbs while others like where I live in Seattle, people who can afford it want to live in the city and the ones leaving are those that are forced out due to the cost of living.

@montanaman2439

Жыл бұрын

I thought Detroit is growing again?

@jgrysiak6566

Жыл бұрын

@@montanaman2439 , lol, the Detroit suburbs apparently are.!

@rosebudadkins6803

Жыл бұрын

We stopped going to Seattle. Pikes Market almost robbed in parking area. Too much filth, and panhandlers in Pioneer Square. Woman tried to panhandle me and she was dressed better than I was. We walked from our hotel to restaurant. Big mistake! On the return it was dark out and the mood on the streets had changed. We had a 5-6 block walk. After getting……inside our room, we barricaded ourselves in for the night. When checking out in the morning…..the hotel tried to charge more than our reservation. I had printed out all paperwork and asked for manger. Our price was honored. Who needs that much hassle? We don’t and will keep our money. I haven’t gone back except to the airport. Pick up and head over the passes out of the city.

@rey1953

Жыл бұрын

@@rosebudadkins6803 Clearly downtown is a problem. When the business community and downtown residents spoke up the city started to listen. I do think the new mayor is actively working on the crime, and homelessness problem down there. Policing strategies have improved. Things still have a ways to go though.

@mikezylstra7514

Жыл бұрын

We don't call it "Detroit Meadows" for nothing.

You need to cover Little Rock Arkansas

Toledo was a big lake freighter port. Cancel freighters in the Great Lakes. Then the glass city no longer makes glass (car windows). Toledo was major automotive so rust belt is a name founded in reality. I could move to Shreveport but you can’t sell a house for much in Toledo. We still have Tony Packo’s

One of the main problems in these cities is not really the unemployment rate, it is the underemployment problem. All the good paying jobs have moved, some over seas, some lost to automation, and the jobs that are left just don't pay that much.

@melissawhalen1648

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Flint Michigan, there's 0 jobs there that pay more than $14 an hour and are usually not full time

@louiem337

Жыл бұрын

Wait until artificial intelligence really kicks in

@goldenhate6649

11 ай бұрын

@@louiem337 Theres actually a lot of jobs it just can't do, and its weird ones. Though I can't wait for hollywood to completely collapse under soulless AI movies

@robertgardner7470

11 ай бұрын

All ten cities have the same crime problem. It is not about the unemployment rate.

I have a buddy who’s car was stolen in Flint about five years ago. Here’s how his 911 call went: “911 what’s your emergency?” “Somebody stole my car” “Are you in a life threatening situation right now?” “No” *operator hangs up on him*

@brianhurt3271

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah a stolen car isn't a 911 call. You report that to police. 911 is for just what they said... life threatening situations.

@Acord718

2 жыл бұрын

Sad

@653j521

2 жыл бұрын

Kaleb Schetter A stolen anything isn't an emergency anywhere in the US. You need to learn what 911 is for and only call it for that.

@modestoca25

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianhurt3271 I agree but the dispatcher could have at least told him to call the police

@brianhurt3271

2 жыл бұрын

@@modestoca25 yes, that would have been a god thing.

Here in the Ohio Valley our city use to have over 40K people, at one time we were larger than Orlando Florida. Today we have less than 16K people. It will probably only get worse as almost 800 people lost jobs by the closing two major steel plants. Note: Toledo has some really good traditional food places.

Pittsburgh is really getting bad. It’s no longer the “Most Livable City” and some of the rents here are almost expensive as NYC. Downtown Pittsburgh is also seeing an alarming number of crime and filth.

Have you ever done a video on top 10 states with most UFO sightings? Or, even one with most bigfoot sightings? Or, aside from the major cities, the towns with the most churches? Here is one, do it with a cutoff of 100k, or less, towns with the most car dealerships. Just thought I would throw something random out to you. Enjoy your video's, look forward to the next one.

@ralphgarcia913

Жыл бұрын

The cities with the highest UFO sightings or Bigfoot is probably going to be Albuquerque, New Mexico or Roswell, New Mexico. There seems to be nothing to do, hence all the heavy drinkers. Detox hallucinations come when one drinks too much at night and doesn't sleep it off. That causes the part of the brain that dreams to take over for a few seconds trying to get the drunk to fall asleep.

That sad looking building at the end of your Rockford ranking was recently turned into an Embassy Suites. Good things are coming to Rockford.

@richardthegingerbo909

2 жыл бұрын

Cheap Trick!

@kennetho5393

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardthegingerbo909 Rockford is getting a Hard Rock Casino and Rick Nielsen is one of the investors.

@richardthegingerbo909

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennetho5393 Nice!

@Somestupidloser

Жыл бұрын

I dunno, I live in the Chicago metro area and the amount of Rockford transplants here is genuinely shocking. It's like everyone that wasn't leaving the state decided to head towards the lake.

Nice editing. Flint is where hope goes to die. I was there briefly in the 90s and it sucked then.

Born and raised in Shreveport. You said absolutely nothing wrong. I left in '05, haven't looked back. I've said time and time again, the earning potential there is - and always has been - atrocious. My brother-in-law makes $25/hr and that is considered wealthy. (All this is exempting the casino jobs, which is really all Shreveport has going for it....kinda...)

It's the same general pattern in Europe. Most of the old industrial cities are slowly declining and new cities with newer industries, with different needs, are growing. There's also a continued move into the suburbs and back to the countryside. Good public transit tends to accelerate this, as commuting from farther away becomes more common. The gradual move towards remote working and working from home, is likely to exacerbate this trend. My home city, of London, was on a downwards trajectory in the 1970s and 80s, stabilised in the 90s and for the last 25 years has been growing quite rapidly once more. :)

@goldenhate6649

11 ай бұрын

Well Londons government and massive migrant population and r*pe rings starting with the joining of the EU did not do it ANY favors.

@mustbtrouble

11 ай бұрын

be glad for that transit.

@casteretpollux

11 ай бұрын

I haven't seen this going on outside the British Isles

@westonmeyer3110

11 ай бұрын

London isn’t growing, it is being flooded by immigrants who can’t save the city from its demise.

@georgekirby7150

11 ай бұрын

Growing full of pakis. London is a conquered capital.

One of the happiest days of my life is the day I moved out of Baltimore.

@joeboo8626

2 жыл бұрын

Left a year ago. Don't miss the $400+/month income taxes, crime, people, overcrowding. Thing i hated the most was the horrible traffic. ...Toll roads everywhere. Baltimore SUCKS.

@robertayers1804

2 жыл бұрын

I did to, It looks very bad up there. The city needs better leadership in B-More, from the Governor, Mayor, Dist. Attorney on Down.

@delroywilson9588

2 жыл бұрын

@Derrick Bridges Yes. Perfectly so.

@simonsays3465

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertayers1804 and council president married to the state's attorney for city...money pit.

@delroywilson9588

2 жыл бұрын

@@owengibson5191 Do you also think the federal government should cut off Mississippi, Louisiana, and West Virginia?

Will you please do Ocala Florida. It has grown a whole lot.

Sense of humor for sure. The Nickelback reference cracked me up.

We lived in Mobile 10 years. We love Mobile. We had to move back for a family member's medical need.

@richardthegingerbo909

2 жыл бұрын

goin' mobile!

I'm one of those people who contributed to exodus from Shreveport, LA. The city was populated with wonderful, very friendly people, but they really had nothing to do there. No good jobs but for the LSUHSC. And I visited Baltimore several years ago. I never seen so ominous streets... We returned to our hotel very fast after trying to have a site seeing downtown walk. It was my worst impression of all places in the US I had a chance to visit.

@joywebster2678

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Baltimore was the reason I didn't go work for John Hopkins when they recruited me.

@skytrip5273

Жыл бұрын

Check on who politically runs those places listed. You may see a pattern.

@iuriikoboziev6762

Жыл бұрын

@@skytrip5273 I did it soon after watching the video. I was not surprised at all to learn that all 10 cities are run by... it is so easy to guess by who :)

@susangallen4548

Жыл бұрын

@@skytrip5273 Yes!

@LSU01

Жыл бұрын

Lovingly knownas :ShrevePIT!!

Your comments crack me up, and accurate

For Baltimore you did not mention education. A recent study disclosed NOT ONE fourth grader in the school system was at the fourth grade level in math.

Hey Toledo finally made a Briggs list! Too bad it's not a better list and I just moved to the burbs earlier this year haha. Tbh, there's plenty of jobs to be had - they just pay next to nothing. Crime and schools were the biggest factors for my family (have a 5 year old beginning school and where I lived in Toledo wasn't the worst for crime but burglaries were climbing increasingly quickly in my neighborhood) BTW, it is kinda funny how Toledo is right in between #6 and #5.

@richardthegingerbo909

2 жыл бұрын

Did you also notice that Toledo made the thumbnail for this video? Heyyyyyy--oh!

HAPPY SUNDAY BRIGGADOCIOUS!! 😃👍🌴

Shreveport got a nice little boardwalk though, it’s gotten worse with crime, shoot outs on the highways, bunch of gremlins out at night

Nickel back is awesome!

actually Cleveland is an interesting situation, the Greater Cleveland Area population has grown while the city population has shrunk due to so many people moving to cheaper nicer suburbs like Solon, Parma etc so downtown actually gets pretty packed with people still, just not with people that live downtown

@richardcook4111

Жыл бұрын

Actually, that trend seems to be changing. Downtown is now one of the fastest growing areas and its various neighborhoods (Ohio City, Tremont, Gordon Square, University Circle, Little Italy)are all seeing a resurgence. Unfortunately, other areas are not in the mix.

@shimsham9113

Жыл бұрын

@@richardcook4111 yeah that is true those neighborhoods are way up, but youre very correct at least on the east side theyre mixed with places like buckeye shaker, fairfax, slavic village that i wouldnt wanna even walk around during the day

@dalepxp8963

Жыл бұрын

It’s too cold there in the winter for me.

@Harbinger_of_nurgle

Жыл бұрын

I love going to downtown Cleveland in the summer. It's got its issues but man it's bars and nightlife are still fun

I've done two road trips across North America, taking 6 long weeks to do each one, so I could really soak up the sites and go off the beaten track. Baltimore and Memphis were the two cities where I was legit scared. El Paso was just super depressing- many people advised I just stay in my motel room, to avoid the potential danger from Mexican cartels. Also- not a specific city- but I had a day (and night) driving through the rural Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, and I seriously felt like I was in a horror movie.

@riceski

Жыл бұрын

Did you hear Banjo's at any time? RUN. God help us all.

@wreckim

Жыл бұрын

There isn't much about WV that isn't scary IMO.

@JB-sg1vy

Жыл бұрын

El Paso is boring as heck but lol at the cartel part as believe it or not it is one of the safest cities out there. Look it up

@wreckim

Жыл бұрын

@@kysmik8214 Didn't say unsafe. Scary. Like a Chucky movie. Quite safe though.

@BlueEyed888

Жыл бұрын

We all know what scary means when in reference to an American urban area. It’s code for something which we are not permitted to discuss but which we are ALL hyper aware. It means don’t stop to fix your flat tire, drive on it and destroy the rim but DO NOT STOP. Because if you do stop, you could die.

Toledo is on the come up. I live in Columbus Ohio and our crime is off the hook. Soon, people like me will move to Toledo, seeing that work from home is on the come up.

Rockford IL used to be the world’s largest in manufacturing of nuts and bolts/hardware and now they hardly have any left. Chicagoans also have moved to Rockford for cheaper housing and taxes and the crime rate doubled in the early 2000’s and of course the drugs skyrocketed as well!

One thing I’ve noticed about these cities vs cities doing well is that the cities that are on decline don’t have bustling downtowns. There’s no one around walking and stuff. Kinda sad

@thechurchoflogic1670

Жыл бұрын

Except Baltimore

ive only driven through toledo... but it's the most depressing city ive been through. either there or harrisburg, PA

@mikezylstra7514

Жыл бұрын

I-75 through Toledo has been a bumpy mess for 40+ years. We take US 23 instead.

I'd like to see the stats on these cities as to which political parties run these cities, Republican or Democrat. BTW my son lives in Portland, OR. I love your channels.

left St. Louis in the mid 80's after living there 30 years. I and anyone could see it coming back then. Migrated North to Fort wayne which is a lovely little city.

Cleveland is way too much fun of a city to be such a mess. Get it together Cleveland. I would actually buy there and wait for the turnaround

@Dhi_Bee

2 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree

@chubtoad157

Жыл бұрын

But you haven't, right?

@Aztec339

Жыл бұрын

@@Dhi_Bee actually housing prices are really going up IN THE CITY of Cleveland. There are nice areas within the city, like Westpark where I live. My house was $65k 30 yrs ago. I was offered $280 for it. They sell really quickly too. Don’t wait too long. When the West runs out of water, they’ll all be back. I don’t want to move cim a senior and happy and feel safe where I live.

Also to explain more specifically about Mobile’s population loss historically: the city boomed from 80k to 140k just from people coming to the city during WW2 to work. Then afterwards there was an annexation in the early 50s that shot it up to 200k. This plays into the population loss today because a significant amount of the city’s housing comes from this era. The houses were small and cheap due to materials being scarce during the war. Houses from the 40s and 50s built cheaply aren’t seen as having historical value and most are 2-3 bedrooms. These houses are falling apart, meaning the entire middle of the city has aging houses that are declining in value. It forces people to move outside of the city limits into unincorporated areas or to a few suburban cities nearby to new houses. The houses from the first suburban expansion in the 60s and 70s are also now beginning to age, leading to the neighborhoods going down in value, pushing the population further west into unincorporated areas. The mayor is pushing hard for the annexation of these areas to push the population back above 200k

@surgeone01

2 жыл бұрын

Hey you beat to it lol, literally about to type the exact same thing. I will also tack on that the mayor has been working to tear down all these dilapidated houses, the number of housing units did not change between 2010-2020 because for every housing unit created, one was destroyed. So I would say about 1500-2000 of these old homes have been cleared for future development so far and they are still chugging along with the clearing, all that's needed at this point is a catalyst. I also don't believe crime is too much of a factor as Mobile has the 2nd lowest crime rate of the major cities behind Auburn in Alabama (Huntsville actually has a Violent Crime rate twice as high as Mobile). Mobile is also booming with employment opportunities, most of the largest employers are currently going through expansion adding tons of workers Like Austal, AM/NS Calvert, USA Hospital, Airbus, etc. Plus the port has added so many jobs because of the 4-5 expansions that have happened since the pandemic and several companies have opened shop in Mobile since the pandemic. Mobile has a lot of momentum right now and is a completely different city than it was just 5 years ago, I think the last big push the city needs is to force the School System to overhaul itself or form its own school system

@taracannonllc

2 жыл бұрын

Mobile native here. Every time I visit the city, it only seems to have expanded. Just like you said lots of growth in the West Mobile area.

@arribaficationwineho32

2 жыл бұрын

I live in the south and have watched towns struggle to recover from building booms from wars during the last century and the desolation those booms have left. I hate the to see the plight of Detroit and remember what a hub it was.

@thedrewmackattack

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Enterprise, AL and I agree with you!

@natebryars732

2 жыл бұрын

@@arribaficationwineho32 it’s definitely a big factor in many cities. Mobile had people living in tents on the edge of the city because there was nowhere for them to live inside the city. All the old mansions of the Victorian era were turned into boarding houses, many are still apartments even to this day. Downtown Mobile was completely gutted in the 50s because all of the old brick mid 1800s townhouses were turned into slum housing during the war. Most of the wrought iron or cast iron balconies that once lined every downtown street like the French quarter were torn off and melted down for the war effort. There are still buildings to this day where you can see they used to have cast iron balconies overhanging the sidewalk and are gone for forever

I used to live in Shreveport back in 2021, it was okay, not a fan of 100 degrees but it was chill.

TY for explaining why NYC did not make the list.

"Aside from the increase in homicides, the District of Columbia actually has a low crime rate." -D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, during a 1989 speech to the National Press Club

@susangallen4548

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@cflo1386

Жыл бұрын

Well he was under the influence when he said that 🤣

@acricucci9760

Жыл бұрын

Mayor Moron Barry was a big druggie. I was born and raised in DC before Barry got hold of City Hall. What an idiot.

@sjpavur

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t he the same mayor that was arrested for smoking crack?? 😂😂

@misterwhipple2870

Жыл бұрын

His Honor, The Crack-Head! I remember that a$$hole when I lived in Southern Maryland.

Politicians were told either back in the late 70's or early 80's about the bad shape of municipal water systems. Like all good politicians that are "concerned about the people" they ignored it. More problems will be coming down the pike.

@deathscythehell7937

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is a lot of the politicians in the cities have been in office for years. I know for a fact in St Louis until recently there was politicians still in office making decisions until 2019. (Reitred from office) These people had been in office since I was a kid growing up there. Ideas that may have worked in the 70s and 80s won't work now, it's a new millennium a whole new generation. It's time for some new people to take office with new ideas to move these failing cities foward and reverse the downward trend their heading. Thankfully I don't live in St Louis or any of these cities.

@ctruth6185

2 жыл бұрын

@@deathscythehell7937 Time to burn those corrupt, old, dinosaurs out of office. Roll up our sleeves and get to work forging the future. The Boomer generation of politicians, educators & social leaders offered nothing but greed & rot to America.

@AngelicoCiudad

Жыл бұрын

It impressed me that USA politicians didn't developed a good water and filter system for the environment. even developing like China did that to some of their cities and its working fine for them.

@AngelicoCiudad

Жыл бұрын

​@@deathscythehell7937 we just need good politicians in general. Even young ppl can be very dumb and screw up. USA is the most violent developed country, worse living qualities in the developed world, so high population, no affordable Edu, no universal HC, etc... USA needs lots of fixing but I doubt that would happen now.

@maxalberts2003

Жыл бұрын

@@AngelicoCiudad People in the USA don't like to share. It's as simple as that. It's a cultural value that's very deeply-rooted. Some countries (the Netherlands for instance) are more "about" sharing as a cultural value. I don't see why the United States should have to apologize for its basic values. Private property is perceived as an inalienable right in the United States, and that idea extends to the ways people will and will not spend their hard-earned money. (That's the reason for the violence, too. The "have nots" want what they mistakenly believe should be "their share." without having to work for it. Therefore, in their ignorance and stupidity they turn vicious and attempt to steal what isn't rightfully theirs.) Simple.

Mike Polk makes those accurate cleveland videos. Wrote a hysterical book on it too

The united states use to have nice major cities until the late 1960's. Ever since then, all of our cities have been ran down.

The decline of motor city (Detroit) was awful, car manufacturers went to Mexico or other 3rd world countries where labor costs are pennies compared to the union jobs

@nonyadamnbusiness9887

Жыл бұрын

Everybody left Detroit because the local government taxed the hell out of everything and threw it away on graft, corruption, and stupid civics projects.

@joshstepp4845

Жыл бұрын

That's because Bill Clinton entered us into the WTO . Our production has declined steadily since then.

@zilksmooth

Жыл бұрын

People started leaving Detroit in the 1960s and early 1970s after the riots. Also, GM lost 2/3 of its market share and Ford lost over 1/2. On top of this, auto plants employ 100s of people not the thousands. Yes, production was moved to Mexico but that is only a part of what happened.

@bigdaddympd

Жыл бұрын

When you price yourself;f out of the market it’s your own damn fault.

@fett_420

Жыл бұрын

My family came from Detroit, my grandparents used to tell me stories how amazing it was and that it was the richest place on earth, my how things changed.

I worked in Flint MI ten years ago, and could see that it was a city in trouble. Now I'm working there again, and am alarmed at how much worse it is. Of course, the water crisis started in the meantime, and still hasn't been resolved. I asked a friend how it affected her. She said that her husband got sick and her dog died, so ever since they've taken all drinking and cooking water from their fridge water filter. My workplace both times was downtown: downtown seemed in decline before, but now seems close to deserted. It really has me wondering if the decline will ever let up -- that the water crisis is still unsolved is madness.

@steph8030593

Жыл бұрын

I live in Iowa but I use a water filter, that might help with the water issue

@ivantheterrible6659

Жыл бұрын

Funny that we could get clean drinking water to Ukraine but flint, MI still struggling.

@rzz9594

Жыл бұрын

@@ivantheterrible6659 Ukraine now , mid March 2023 ? Clean water? What about putin madman? . Wish he would retreat. Hope best for Ukraine 🇺🇦👍

@nealamesbury1480

Жыл бұрын

Agreed- one of americas greatest disgraces- not fixing flint mi- how shameful !

@evilchaperone

Жыл бұрын

Yup. It's a damn shame. I was born and raised there in the 70's. It's way worse now. My people got out and moved up north to get away from the crime.

I live in Baltimore & if you don't go into the slums, which are on the outskirts of the city, it's safe & really beautiful in the Mount Vernon, downtown, & a few other areas of the city.

A little over a century ago, St. Louis's population was 4th in the U.S. and it peaked in the late '40s at over 850,000. It's been spiraling downward ever since.

@goldenhate6649

11 ай бұрын

Their recent soft on crime and hard on home defense (illegally so actually) DA has been a real issue in the city. City has chilled out a bit since Missouri made it legal to nail protestors standing on the freeway. Definitely still a drive thru city though, I won't stop for gas until the outskirts of the burbs.