Night trains are wonderful! I live in Germany these days and am fortunate enough to have access to the ÖBB NightJet in my city. Falling asleep in one place and waking up half-way across the contintent feels like magic; the past and the future of transportation come to life. I'm happy these have managed to stick around in the US as well, but boy do I wish we had a whole lot more of them (and, by proxy, more affordable options). If you're excited about these and want to see more I'd recommend checking out the Rail Passengers Association- they do great advocacy work for more and improved passenger rail in the US. It might also be worth taking a peek at Trains for Europe, a similar project trying to promote more international and overnight rail here in Europe.

The architecture reminds me so much of the brownstones we have in Harlem and Brooklyn but this is so much more quaint. Can't wait for my vacation here.

Sounds great, and yet for some reason the media Moguls and political kingpins pushing this agenda on the commoners don't choose to live this way themselves.

Very yuppie scenery

My grandparents had a brewery there in the 1920s called Quandtz and that was during prohibition. I always try to find out more if I can.

Can anyone name the dozen movies filmed in Troy, New York ?

I was born in Troy. Moved south and returned to the city my parents, myself and four of my six siblings as well as our extended family live in Troy. When we moved to the suburbs my parents were sour on Troy. It had the highest tax rate in the area and a city in dire need. Looking to retire in the area I was stunned by its recovery. Amazing. Young independent minds took over. A small business focus brought this city alive. The downtown Art Center created a community bubbling with life. Saturday Farmers market are a must. Parks on the riverfront and much more. Come on everybody check us out! You’ll love us I swear!

I've lived in the Lansinburgh/Troy areas since 2011 (now 2024). To be realistic about this area you have to know there's panhandling, poverty, drug abuse, mental illness and homelessness. Small businesses go out of business and there are several empty storefronts. It can be an area of extremes and there are neighborhoods you just don't go through at night that have suffered drive-by shootings. There's beauty and the beast. Just to be realistic..... .

Old video i know but rome is horrible. Its not rhe ciry it once was years n years ago. Riddled with drugs crime n homelessness.. one more year and my family is out!!!

Well, from the street view it certainly has improved from the 80s. (I should mention, however, that is is a lot more bleak looking during the very long winter.) I remember once walking downtown and, with another fellow, having to pull a gang of violent teenage girls off a young girl, whom they were beating to a pulp. It was not for nothing that students at Rensselaer called the people of the city "Troylets." Hopefully, that is not the case anymore. For my part, I got to know some of the young working class people in the city, and did make some friends. I have always loved Troy and hoped for its renewal, which really means jobs, productivity, something more than bar-hopping, high-priced bakeries, and specialty shops. Much of that had already appeared in the 80s. The improvement seems very superficial: it offers trendy lifestyle for students and single professionals who work elsewhere. I still cannot imagine raising a family there.

Dag give your partner some cam time

Troy is ridden with LOW INCOME & SECTION 8 & DRUGS, GUNS, & CRIME.

Came here from your Rome NY video. As a kid my family lived in both Albany and Schenectady decades ago. Troy was thought of as run down and not of much interest back then. Again in this video you seem to have captured a vibrant resurgence that is great to see! After watching these two I subscribed!

Was a very little kid in Rome in the early 60s, both sets of grandparents lived there. My family moved all over NY state. From 18-26 I lived in the NYC area, then moved to SF, CA, where I still live. Just decided to search Rome NY on KZfaq last night and see what it was like now. I've looked at several videos and yours is by far the most positive and hopeful! With these establishments (if they survived) it gives a hopeful outlook for at least some parts of Rome!

Neat! I've done a couple long distance Amtrak trips, but always in coach. I'll splurge one day!

Great to see another upload! Buffalo's light rail is really weird in the sense that it's at grade in downtown and then goes below grade as it goes outbound. Normally it's the other way around! Happy to see the Rustbelt resurging.

I've read your blogpost about the overnight/red-eye to Chicago and am soooo jealous. Will definitely keep that in mind while I'm still mobile and able to get into the upper berth of a bunk bed if I'm traveling with my wife (or solo even if I had to 👍) enjoy the trip! And can't wait to see what's next.

Why does everything have to be political

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I might just take Amtrak to Utica when I visit family in Rochester in a few weeks. Hope you're having a great 2024 so far!

Great video, thanks for sharing. Rome was my hometown from 1952 thru 1966.

The streets may have walkable scale but no one is out walking!

Yes , I am from Troy, born and raised ❤

This is pretty awful but are you standing in the best spot? Isn't that square white box for would be crossers? This is still a very clear crosswalk though, much better than in my city where no one seems to know how to stop or cross and half of the lines are barely painted.

Awesome video

I totally understand the motives of Urban Phoenix and i get him from his pov. As someone who moved to Troy at 3 from NYC, left after Troy High and lived in Albany until i was 28, i can definitely vouch for a definate improvement in Troy's very special downtown in 2018. There is a LOT more to talk about though, i won't rehash what others have written but the past DID suck for many years and things are still not all roses. School 18 is still good, but Troy High School is perhaps worse than it was in the 80s. Some were saying that other parts of Troy were dying while downtown grew ---- the #s show that the population decline has flattened ---' that's good. The population in Richmond, VA flattened about two years after i moved there in 2003 and now it has grown so much that, while it won't ever be Seattle, few can afford a home unless they make a an upper middle class income. I have met at least 10 people from Troy in Richmond and NC and there seem to be almost as many NYers as actual natives sometimes, but we still aren't Cary, NC.....The new residents in Troy (and in Richmond) seem more energetic and optimistic than we tended to be, another good thing. What one needs to understand is what people call "the Brooklynification of American Cities" that is especially true for Hudson Valley towns. Much to my surprise even COHOES is looking perky and some of my favorite small downtowns an hour south are now almost posh in some ways and quite unaffordable. It may be time to set sights on Oneonta, Elmira and Binghamton if one wants to stay in NYS near NYC, but for those less provincial in thier thinking, I'd recommend a place like Pittsburgh, a place any upstater could feel at home, with good jobs and better (but still not great) weather. Personally, we are eyeing the Shenandoah Valley.

Great to see more luxury apartments!

Run for the hills

I was interested in watching this video about Troy, but the music is so awful. C'mon, make it better.

Really well said. Utica is a neglected gem. Such a great focus, here.

Ahh! you were here?! I would have showed you around! I'm going to hit you up next time I'm in Rochester again. Great video!

Schenectady was once a lovely place. Did you go past the Mohawk Club? It''s a reminder of more genteel days.

This made me smile! Buffalo is my unofficial American hometown

Chicago is amazing. thanks for documenting your day!

Love your vids. You have a wonderful way of capturing the spirit of the city and your trips How was the food?

I used to pump gas at bud's shell, back when gas was 30 cents a gallon, and love was only 60 cents away, recapped car and truck tires at brighten general tire in Utica!

Great Arian!

Nice review, from (as you said in this review), a guy with a very, very small head.😁

I would LOVE to live there. The sidewalk is slate. It’s like a state park: please don’t take a piece as a souvenir. Everywhere are plaques saying things like “ George Washington slept here”. It has an amazing history.

What trail is that featured in the video??

I delivered mail to this place! Friendly owners and the bars were all cool and always offered us mailmen free drinks. But don’t be fooled. Troy is not a hidden gem if New York, it is actuallly a complete dump filled with crime and poverty lol.

im in the area and none of the e scooters had helmets with them im assuming all stolen

I was born in Troy in 1975 and lived on 10th St. The fact that this video is 100% white people is kind of messed up. I'm Irish Catholic and my neighborhood was a very mixed group and the city reflects this, but just washing anything of color from this video seems disingenuous.

This is pretty awesome!!! I'm the weirdo that would love a slow tour just to really see the features especially of what's actually still left of it although I'm sure it's sketchy AF down there. Thank you for this!

I've been using the scooter for over a month now. They are great. Ikust wish they would Installation more hubs for parking.

Buffalo is making a comeback, Utica can to. Just gotta adapt which is where upstate NY as a whole failed miserably

Is this a shithole?

Do yourself a favor and steer clear of this City. It is filled with DRUGS, stabbings, shootings, prostitutes, and crooked City workers. High taxes with a touch of severe low-income housing. Investigate the area with local police for the latest updates on crime. And, the Pedophiles live in every other house. This is not a place you want to raise children. The crooked city with no human credentials.

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