Detroit central area is enjoying a recovery like no other. Dan Gilbert of Quicken Loans now owns over 65 buildings in the central city and has turned many into loft apartments. Millennials have moved to the city and Detroit is experiencing a Renaissance. The Illich family of Little Caesars fame has also participated in the renewal. Detroit simply no longer has the population to need all these old home. Federal help should be given in order to tear down miles and miles of homes in Detroit. Plant grass and trees in the open areas and wait. In a few years, developers will begin to build big homes again. People don't realized that the "Detroit Metro area consisting of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties plus parts of Livingston and Washtenaw counties contain over 3.5 million people. Most of these counties also have a lot of subdivisions with big homes and beautiful lakes. A lot of money in the cities of Grosse Pointe, Birmingham, Bloomfield, Brighton, and other towns. The whites got out 30 years ago when Coleman Young became the first black mayor of Detroit and took all their money with them. This is a very wealthy area of the country, just not Detroit.

what saddens me is there are a lot of once beautiful homes, surely built with woodwork of fine craftsmanship. Gone forever.

I've lived my entire life in the Detroit area (50 years). What a lot of people don't realize is that many of the large amounts of property you see next to a house aren't a large yard, but where other houses used to be that have now been demolished. One lonely house on an entire block, sitting in disrepair in most cases. Some of the architecture is incredible, and seeing it fall to ruin makes me sad.

My cousins lived in nearby Ann Arbor their whole lives. They watched the slow-motion decay of Detroit in real time.

Did not see a single person walking. Scary city.

The arms & legs seem to be gone. Detroit's Heart is still there. We can only move forward! God Bless Detroit Michigan!

This is what happens when corporate America leaves for cheaper labor abroad.

We moved in '92 got out of Michigan. Use to work in Detroit use to be so nice.

Amazing how a once thriving city can turn into the countries biggest dump :(

7:23. Hitsville, Motown. I was there in the summer of 1984 with my girlfriend (now wife) and friend since 1st grade. It was amazing to see where all those great records were made. I'm from Ottawa, but my mother's family is from a small town near Chatham, Ontario. We had relatives in the Detroit area. We would get a cake from Saunders bakery and drink Vernors Ginger Ale. That was in the 1960s when Detriot was still a relatively prosperous industrial town. It's very sad to see what has become of it.

It's so sad to see the city of Detroit in such bad shape....my hope & prayers go out to the city & it's people. Thanks for sharing an amazing video with such good raw footage!!

Thanks for the video, it bought back memories of my holiday there a couple of years ago. I found it to be a genuinely friendly city where people would actually stop and talk to you. I also had one of the funniest bus rides I have ever had in my life.

I feel like I just watched the extended version beginning of the Sopranos.

It makes me so angry to see this stuff on KZfaq. I feel so sad for the Vets of WWII, is this what they died for? We need a new government. I think the first thing that needs to be done is, it should be punishable by death, for any government official, to receive any money outside of his paycheck. Period. All the way up to, and especially the President. Somehow money needs to be removed from the government, and the people need to take control of it again.

A lot of land that could be more productive raising crops.

Quite sad to see how far a once beautiful and vibrant city has fallen. Many of the houses were probably quite grand and gracefully beautiful in their time.

This must have been a beautiful city in the 1960s.

Thanks for this memory stimulating tour. As a young Michigan Bell lineman I had come to know that whole area very well during the years of 1974 to 1981. I believe that the first old factory complex you passed on McGraw just east of Livernois had been the former Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Plant, and a place where both Walter & Victor Ruether (of later UAW fame) had worked when very young. Next, as you proceeded east on McGraw, almost to Warren, that building just beyond the high fenced off play field (which you had misidentified as a school), had actually been the old John Kronk Recreation Center where the famous boxer Tommy ‘Hitman’ Hearns had trained during the 70's. Next, as you passed just east of Grand River, I do believe that you forgot to mention that was former site of Olympia Stadium which had been the home of the Detroit Red Wings for many years. And, of course I’d guess that you do probably know that the former name of Rosa Parks had been 12th Street, and had you gone about a mile further north of West Grand Blvd you would then arrived to Clairmont Street and the location where the 1967 riot had begun. Then, I couldn’t believe you made no mention of either the old GM Headquarters or Fisher Buildings when you passed through the New Center Area. Finally, though I see that someone else had mentioned it, at corner of Oakland and I believe Smith Streets the old Apex Bar still appears to stand, and that had been an historic blues club where John Lee Hooker (who had later been one of the artists featured in the 1980 Blues Brother movie) had performed a lot of gigs. Anyway, I want to thank you for having made and uploaded this very interesting video. Oh, and I believe that the best way that this clip might be both listened to and viewed is at but ¾ speed. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsyCn8qeyrnJYoE.html

Summer of 1967. Rip.

I loved the way you put in comments. I've watched other videos of Detroit where they just drive around with no music no comments - ugh! Thanks!

so why did this happen,the leaders of the city for the past 10 years should be in jail

Looks to be very depressing and quite unsafe.

Wow !...the decay goes on forever...what an uninspiring place....Great Vid

Wow, what a video! Thanx for sharing! Great collection of songs too. Well done!

I visited Detroit in September 2015, and found it a much better place than I had been led to believe by the negative press coverage of its apparent decline. I noticed that a lot of derelict buildings had been cleared, with lawned lots replacing them. This gave a pleasant impression of 'air and space' which reached quite close in towards the city proper, while also giving the promise of future urban renewal. Visiting the Motown museum was a wonderfully moving experience, and I don't mind admitting to welling up a few times on the tour... the fantastic catalogue of classic hit songs created there are packed full of emotion & memories for all of us who grew up in the 60's. Visiting the Henry Ford Museum was an amazing experience... it has to be the greatest Museum I have ever been to, and - to me anyway - one of Detroit's best kept secrets. To take it all in fully you really need a couple of days... I did it in one, but could have happily spent another two or three days there... and there are not many museums I can say that about! Detroit is a great city with a fantastic history, I'm certain it will not only survive, but thrive once again.

Wow, ghost town.

Conclusion: Bricks are the best choice!

These videos of my old home town sadden me beyond explanation. I imagine the mom's coming home with their new born babies, feeding them, cleaning the house, washing the clothes and loving the children and husbands. I can see them cooking up grand meals, everyone sitting down to dinner, chatting, laughing, telling stories of their days at school. I see dads mowing lawns, moms sweeping walkways and kids riding bikes that dad refurbished out in the neatly kept garage that he was so proud of! I hear children being called in at dusk, dogs let out to do their business and kids running around in pajamas being tickled, giggling and jumping off the couch. I see Mom looking out the window while kids sit anxiously waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to pull up to celebrate a birthday. The house is all in order, meals in the oven, dad getting cleaned up and puppies being tended to by Momma dog. Homework being done at the dining room table, checks being written to cover utilities and dishes soaking in the sink waiting to be washed and put away once the kids pick up their toys and books (BOOKS!). Remember when people CLEANED THEIR WINDOWS, EDGED THEIR WALKS and pulled the weeds? I can remember washing my bike AND DRYING IT while Dad washed and dried the family station wagon on a quiet Saturday after reading the morning paper. But that was "OLD SCHOOL" Detroit and every American City at that time. Look at it now, then turn to the current state of Politics in our Nation. Dad drove and Edsel. Politicians drive a wedge. Kids stare at light boxes, Moms microwave what they don't pick up at the drive through and the family dog is chained to a tree. It's all gone now. So sad. None of the home's I've owned or lived in since were of that quality, yet that's what's left. When did our values change?? And why?

Even a bunch of liquor stores can't stay in business.

I worked in Ann Arbor back in 1990 as a salesman. I only had to go into Detroit once and hated it. It was was pretty run down even then. Before Ann Arbor, I lived in Atlanta, and New Orleans before that. New Orleans is run down much like Detroit. The difference is that people still live in their homes in New Orleans regardless of how run down they are. I would think the only reason people don't claim those homes in Detroit is because it's so cold and there are absolutely no jobs.

I was in downtown Detroit a few weeks ago and I drove up and down Woodward Ave. That part of Detroit is absolutely beautiful! The change from 2000 to 2017 was nothing short of dramatic. I'm an outspoken optomist and if downtown can thrive, surely with the vision of its citizens the city can gradually thrive further and further away from downtown as well.

at least the homeless have lots of squatting options

I would love this! I’m a huge explorer and this is an explore’s gold mine! Awesome video!

So this is what the apocalypse looks like !!!!!

That 2nd school you passed is actually Kronk's Community Center. It was a very famous boxing gym

Enjoyed watching your videos, thank you playing nice music in the back ground, I have an uncle stay there, we didn’t stay in touch, first time seen it again in your videos, I will never go back.

Watching this is like...If copper isn't gone yet from my home...will be by the time pulled into driveway

Give a "thumbs-up" if you think the driver should have taken the highway instead.

WOW! What are you going to do other then tear em' down. If it's abandoned or boarded up 100% it's been stripped to the bare bones. Newark NJ isn't even this bad!

In my minds eye I'm seeing this place in about 1960, auto workers in their new cars, kids playing on the sidewalk, everything freshly painted. Crazy

Great video. I grew up near Jackson, but now live in Colorado. Been to Detroit many times.

WRONG MUSIC BUD.....SHOULD HAVE FUNERAL MUSIC PLAYING

The whole place should be bulldozed.

I like all of the comments regarding life in Detroit and various building names, etc. that you passed. Great first video. Now do some videos where your narrating also. When I saw a few other guy's videos along with your's I find myself saying I hope he doesn't live near there a lot, lol. Stay safe. Thank you.

A ready made movie set. Just add Zombies. How sad. Some of the best music ever came out of that town.

I drive thru Detroit a lot... Seeing this video with snow depressed the hell out of me. Though I love Detroit.

dam these new Fallout graphics look real

Man I have not lived on this side, since I was a kid. Man it’s crazy how much it’s changed. You should do an update video on this.

Now that's what I call a depleted tax base!

OH and some want me to give up my house? Looks like the homes were trashed so why should I give up mine to be destroyed?

What a depressing place to live.

Thanks for the video ❤❤❤❤ love from Sweden

Great music and thank you for giving locations. 👏

Yes! Here in 2018, Detroit is the comeback city! Six Mile, John James, thank you for your defense of Detroit!

Poor Detroit. She deserves better.

Cool video. I worked at Henry Ford years ago, that brought back great memories! One time I took my nephews who were visiting from Canada on a scenic route taking Gratiot Ave starting in downtown Detroit all the way through to St Clair Shores where I lived. Scared the shit outta them! lol! 7 mile and Gratiot is a warzone!

This was an awesome drive for people that don't know anything about Detroit like me. It's really interesting. Thank you.

50 years of dimms overtaxing

Early in the video did you pass the Packard plant? I saw a large abandoned industrial structure on the left that looked like part of it. Naming a street after Rosa Parks doesn't seem to have helped the city any. With problems like this facing us, we have SJWs all over who can't think about anything but tearing down civil war monuments!

Thank you for the update

I grew up in Southfield. I moved to Southern California to go to college. I stayed, it’s warmer, nicer & friendlier here. And we have freeways! I remember the old Hudson’s downtown! It was magical for Christmas, they went all out making little fake rivers look real. My class went there one year for Santa, I loved it! They still have the old fashioned stop lights too. Haven’t seen one of those in 30 years.

Lots of vacant lots on the route. It would be neat, but sad, to compare pictures of that area from 60 years ago with now. PS--it's "torn' down, not 'tore" down, and "sued" not "sewed"

Wow. Can only be scarier and more dangerous at night.

The theme of your video panders to those who somehow get satisfaction on seeing what has happened in the city of my birth but I don’t happen to be one of them. I lived in Detroit from 1944 - 1962, before you were born. The city I knew doesn’t resemble the Detroit of today in the slightest, however I know that over time a new Detroit will once again rise up and become the beautiful city it once was and a source of pride to its residents. I sincerely hope this will happen with all my heart.

When I was a kid watching Channel 7 Action News, Mort Krim told me everyday how many multiple murders happened in Detroit. I was an innocent little kid living 60 miles away in Canada, where we didn't even lock our doors. I have never wanted to visit the place you think is so special. That being, the USA.

An even bigger version of Cleveland.Decades of mismanagement in the Detroit municipal systems and the Auto industry and this is the results.Interesting ride into one of America's once largest cities.👍

13:20 im not surprised to see a KFC at the end of the street .

I wish Detroit all the best!

The music matched the suicidally depressing cityscape.

What a terrible waste of homes.plus I noticed some stunning original Art Deco buildings on the way. Really interesting

You don't see buildings being 'tore' down. They get 'torn' down.

I see building after building with no cars around anywhere does that mean the building is empty or abandoned?

It didn't take him long to catch the highly contagious, "so... Yea!"s

Third-world! Damn this is sad.

Dang... I'm so sorry yr city is torn up. Why won't they tear down all of the businesses that are closed? What a beautiful city y'all once had, Damn shame, it has to be like that now.

There are so many beautiful old houses! They look completely different from all the new junk here in Suburban Atlanta.

Thanks for the posting. We left Southeastern Michigan three years ago. Sure looks like nothing has changed.

Hope you made it home safe lol

Blessed to live in the Carolinas.

I would love to see this same drive in the spring or summer!!

I'd like to live in that city. How much would cost an abandoned/damaged house there?

So much vacant land. Perhaps it should be turned into community farms and sell the products into Canada

Born in Detroit. This is an area I know well. Beautiful buildings that were meant to stand for probably 200 years. Could probably withstand an earthquake. But they could not withstand Detroit's demographic change.

Makes no sense how a whole city just drops out of sight.

I love your beats!!!

the old kronk recreational center at 2:47 (kronk boxing gym)

It's pretty surreal and quite disturbing to see entire neighborhoods just decimated. I mean a real ghost city. Many of those houses and building I'm sure will have to come down. They'd have to start from scratch, rebuilding that city. I wonder how though.

Thanks for sharing!

This really saddens me.

Wakanda sure looks different in real life.

I think Detroit is beyond salvation...

How many houses for you own Motown? Any?. That big orange Church, is it leasable? How about big brick schools, downtown Detroit?

I live near detroit. My dad grew up in detroit and I still remember the street name. He took me there one time to see if his old house was there. Its roof was gone and the windows were smashed. It seemed like though that specific street, they had some new houses built further down, but did not see anyone there

My neice was a resident at that Henry Ford. Scary for a country girl from Virginia.

@ 8:38. SEWED him??? You DO mean SUED him don't you? When you make a video, make sure you also use spell check in the editing process. Not a good look.

CAR'NT SEE THAT PLACE MAKEING A COME BACK

1920's service station building is still standing . very cool

Hope yr Car never BREAKS DOWN, YR DONE!!

dude are you sure you live near by city the clue is you are stopping at stop signs in Detroit cops give you a pass if you roll through them

I grew up in and was educated in Detroit. My late father was a planner for the city and I am fairly acquainted with Detroit. Here is my opinion; Detroit cannot make a complete comeback due to the city's schools and district. They will be unable to capture families to live in the city because of that major problem. When I was younger and in school, the district had over 325,000 students and now have around 50,000 in the public schools. Countless numbers of schools have been closed (including my high school, Cooley which once had 3,400 students). Yes, the entertainment district and an area around that, will draw young people and professionals, but many neighborhoods are in disrepair with no chance of being rehabilitated.