Youngstown, Ohio | What Happened To This Place?
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2022
- Part 1 of the worst areas of Youngstown, Ohio. This place has certainly seen better days! Ever since the factories, production plants, and steel mills shut down in the 70's and 80's Youngstown was hit very hard with the industrial decline. This Rust Belt City has seen a major population decline over the years, however up until very recently only is a slight uptick and sits currently around 67,000 people. There are so many abandoned homes and buildings, its a sight to see. Youngstown can also be a very dangerous place as the crime rate is 80% above the national average. Let's check out some of those dangerous areas along with some abandoned buildings and homes.
I'm 67 and grew up there. The mills closed and everybody and their cousin left town. They knew it was the begining of the end for the town.
I'm still here
@@Kim22854 Stambaugh is a famous name in Ytown! Cheers! My father is from Hubbard.
yup,it WAS!!!!!
Hi Jeff. This is Carrie. You remember I married Nippy. He died in 2010 and I miss him alot. We were married 33 yrs n had 3 children. Well hope your well. Nice seeing you online
I grew up on the Sharon Line, but left at 18 when I moved away for college. My father worked at Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and later at General Motors (GM). It wasn't a bad place to live in the 60's and 70's despite the high crime rate. It's heartbreaking to see how the city has deteriorated since the mills shut down, and now GM is closed too. Thank you for documenting this.
Remember Sandines Italian restaurant ❓❓❓ Long gone with better day's Gone by for Good ‼️
I've always said you know you're in Youngstown when you can't tell the difference between a lived in house and an abandoned house. I've lived in Youngstown my whole life.
I grew up in Warren, just north of Youngstown. My grandfathers worked in the mills - Van Huffel and Republic Steel, and my dad was at GM. Both my kids were born in Ytown. I stayed until my 30s, but there was nowhere left to work. Moved to SC, then FL. Warren looks almost as bad as Youngstown. Sad how far the area has fallen. Lot of good hard working people there. And some great pizza!
I'm 65 & was from the Girard area.Live in Tampa now but still have family in Canfield.It was nice till I moved away in 68.
Unlike everyone in this thread I’m actually from the Eastside. Not Liberty, Hubbard, Poland, Niles, Warren, Canfield, Austintown, Boardman, but Youngstown. This video shows the worst parts of the city but not the nice areas of the city.
@@naturallydunn3325 I lived there, until recently, and have relatives on the Northside.
Now I'm going to have to drive to Warren and get some Carmen's pizza. 👌
From Youngstown. It’s sad to see but still love where I grew up. It’s a tough town. It’s made me who I am today and wouldn’t have the success I do now if I didn’t grow up here.
I grew up in Youngstown, south side and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, went to Youngstown College (YSU), was also working at Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and got drafted. I moved back 50 years later and could not believe what had become of the people and city. I bought a farm in southern Ohio and go back about once a year to see family.
Living in East Liverpool, OH I thought I saw some of the worst that Ohio had to offer, but as I've grown up it seems like most of Ohio has gone through the ringer. I used to go to Youngstown State University and it always pained me to drive through these neighborhoods. I hope with time Youngstown can recover because this place has a lot of heart behind it, it just needs a little love to get going again.
What happened to Youngstown? Well been in this area my whole life and the answer to that is, the steel mills closed.
The mills and GM.
I worked one summer at Youngstown Sheet & Tube, went to YSU, lived in Youngstown, long ago. Sorry to see what a ghost town it has become...
Havent seen these streets with my eyes in a very very long time. Thanks for the flashback. The street i grew up on only has 2 houses left. All the schools i grew up attending are gone. Sad Sad. Its like Ytown is slowly dying.
I used to drive around Youngstown about 10 years ago for work and it was quite depressing seeing these once lively neighborhoods and large homes deteriorate. Downtown there is some revitalization but I didn't see many other areas in good shape.
Westlake, Briar Hill, The Victories, Plaza View, Hayes Jr. High, Albert Street, Lala Land. I have good memories of all of these areas. My mother still lives in the home my father had built for us. Good times 😀
I went to Hayes junior high in the 90’s that’s went back recently it’s abandoned.😊
It was .. I grew up on the north side.. also want to hayes and rayen school
Definitely visceral to see our city like this, and I understand you're seeking out the blight, but they're a ton of great people, art, buildings, and neighborhoods claiming it for themselves. To be clear, i feel every city has many faces. Thanks for sharing.
This is what all of America is going to look like
Yea the ones that had factory’s that close and never put a plan in place after they leave town.
No, that’s not true. Some will, of course. But not all or even most!
both Midwest and east are just like this
@@gasm1100 no he's right
It is declining all over America. Even Highpoint/Greensboro, NC area is getting rough due to tech closures and loss of the furniture and textile plants.
Born and raised in Ohio. I am really heartbroken over this video.
People need good paying jobs to keep up on homes or improve or rebuild but sadly in Ohio most people live paycheck to paycheck. This is the result.
There are enough abandoned homes to shelter all the homeless in Ohio .
I lived there for about 10 years, worked at the Ohio Works and YS&T. I lived on the Westside. I hated to leave there when the mills closed down. If the mills wouldn't have closed down, I never would have left, of all the places I've lived Youngstown will always be my favorite.
Is it weird to say as a California transplant that I miss those overcast skies?! I'm a Clevelander, but lived in Youngstown for some time. This feels like home. California has natural beauty, is it weird to say I find this beautiful as well? love urban decay.
I grew up in san diego.....so bored with sunny skies.....this place has a strange beauty.
Haha I'm curious about yal thoughts
Moved to Ca1980 until 2022. Husband retired (born CA then Hawaii) Always loved going back however I find I’m more of a SO CA girl. Blessed childhood memories are the best.
@@cardiffchris Youngstown actually does have some beautiful spots like the north side of Youngstown all the houses are century homes in old Victorian homes made of brick and they have like just enough shrubbery and plants and like Vines growing up them to make it look like really nice but at the same time old and some of the homes are actually in still really good condition downtown by the school and stuff the north side the nicer side the South side's really really bad and ghetto but it's nice here in Youngstown Ohio I I enjoy it it's you can tell like back in the day where the roads used to be braking I wish that he would show that part of Youngstown
I've lived in Florida, the Sunshine 🌞 State most of my life and near constant, INTENSE sunlight is exhausting, honestly. I adore overcast ☁️ skies.
youngstown born and raised here! great video
Thank you for watching!
I never knew that area was so bad. It's terrible to see so many vacant buildings and all the boarded-up houses. I'll forget about visiting that area for sure...
Born and raised here and lost my older brother & little brother to street crime back in 2006. The energy is so stagnant and vexed here, and the Mob did a good job at destroying it 1st. Can't make this up. Born at St. ELIZABETH & RAISED ON THE EAST SIDE.
Born at Northside. Raised on the Eastside. Mom is still alive living in the house we grew up in. I’m sorry about your loss 🙏🏽
Born north side raised on the west side. Sorry for your loses. I’ve had some close encounters and have heard many shootouts.
South side hudson
I mean, at least we have one of the best parks in the nation with Mill Creek..
Praying ✝️ for USA 🇺🇸 restoration and unity!
“Once I made you rich enough , rich enough to forget my name” The best lyric ever written for this city
My sweet Jenny I'm sinking down...
I live here. It's sad..
I live near Youngstown and I totally agree.
I'm from Youngstown, I'd like to know what parts he's filming in ?
S/O to the whole city of Youngstown! But born and raised on the EastSide Garland St..💯
Crying....oh the beauty and hystory those homes have......
I see those abandoned houses & think about all the good times that were had.Very sad.
The person that did this video has to be from the area. They are going to well known "hoods" and sections that are mostly affiliated with drugs and gangs. If you know you know.
Born and raised. Left for California when I was 21. Best move I ever made.
"What happened to this place?".......The same thing that happened to every place else.
I grew up here on Cordova on the north side… went back recently couldn’t believe my eyes the beautiful dream homes I used to fantasize over are abandoned. I went to hillman elementary and Harding elementary🙂 if u went like in the 90’s comment please.
Born at Northside Hospital 61 years ago, I have a lot of family buried there.
Just keeps gettin' more 'n more Youngstowny
Live here. Work here. Was waiting for this one…
It's sad 😔 but is still a good place or town to lived .
Your microphone does a great job picking up all the sound
I’m sure there are a lot of honest, hardworking people looking for employment there .
The whole town looks so creepy with those abandoned houses gloomy weather and leafless trees
I grew up in Austintown. Left for university in Oklahoma, then to LA and now close to San Francisco. I have fond memories of my school friends there but haven’t made it back. Graduated in ‘77.
I have a question for the locals of Youngstown, particularly the east side. I was driving through the Sharon Line neighborhood once, and noticed that several streets are completely abandoned and reclaimed by nature, some of which have even been barricaded by the city. I heard somewhere that Youngstown was supposed to peak at almost a quarter-million residents at one time and those areas were built for future housing, therefore when the steel mills collapsed some of them were never even built. Is that true?
Yes
Born and raised in the Suburb of Poland Township (right next to Struthers). Great place in the 70's and 80's . . . So sad now. I have not been back for a while . . . don't really want to go there now.
I live in Poland Village, it's nothing like Y-town, beautiful area to raise my family
Born and raised in the YO !!! Grew up on Avon St off of Youngstown Hubbard Road on the east side. Wasn’t bad in the early 80’s, now it’s just bad. No employment from all the steel mills closing and now GM closes. Drugs and violence are running rampant all over the city. It’s where I was born, and it’s where I’ll die. It’ll always be home !!!
So when you see these many abandoned stores, factories and schools....at what time in history were they flourishing? Because they all look like at one time they were very much used.
What I mean is, it's just so sad to see businesses that at one time were prosperous and contributing, that are now abandoned and dead.
A lot of these places flourished back in the 80's. It went downhill from there and has only got worse.
I have been a resident of Youngstown Ohio since my birth on July 6th, 1952...Youngstown, Ohio has been going down hill since the Steel mills closed in 1982 My deceased husband Antonio Sorbara used to work at Wm. B Pollock company for many years.
EVERY CITY HAS IT'S BLIGHTED AREAS EVEN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL , I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE SHOWED THE OTHER AREA'S AS WELL , YOUNGSTOWN IS MUCH MORE THEN WHAT YOU FILMED .
That was part 1, as noted. There will be many segments to come.
Sweet! I went to YSU back in the 90's. They've torn down over 2000 houses in the past few years i heard but not sure if thats true?
I’m not certain on the amount they’ve torn down but definitely a lot. When going through some of the neighborhoods some streets just have a few houses on them so no doubt a lot have been taken down
Watching over here in Liverpool, England 🏴
As someone who’s been born and raised in SoCal (SD) I can’t stand any more “perfect” weather and neighborhoods, Ohio has a strange beauty to it that i am craving - I’m actually planning on moving to Ohio real soon. Probably gonna try Cleveland at first but i was considering Youngstown later on when I can afford to buy some property.
Old poorly built structures do not last forever
Have you ever tried submitting your footage to Fox News or Newsmax? I'm glad that you are documenting the decimation and devastation that was brought on by the closures of the steel mills, some forty to fifty years ago. The rest of the country needs to know what those of us who grew up in these communities have known for nearly most of our lives. Thank you for what you are doing and I hope you continue to do so. Maybe Matt Walsh might be interested?
Thanks for the kind words I really appreciate it. I haven’t submitted anything to any outlets, I wasn’t even sure people would like this stuff. I’m happy that people are enjoying it and I always appreciate the comments
I do BELIEVE....More BOOKS need to be Written.....
@@hoodsnhollers I love your coverage. But I Do Not like what I see. If that makes any since?
Forget Fox News post it where people with a brain can see it.!
@@hoodsnhollers it's appreciated just on the standpoint that this is what America is. People think it's all fun and games til you're in the machine.
Deindustrialization did this just like in Huntington, WV where you did a video once.
The Projects sure didn't look like that when we lived there in the 60's! They were just a little better than a cardboard box!
So much property and abandoned-ness. If the city out work into some of these neighbors and actually took the time to invest in these communities… Youngstown would be beautiful.
Is still beautiful, just some area's looks like this. We lived there for 7 years by Midlothian and Sunset Blvd in front of WKBN Station.
One of the best places to live from1900 to 1960s now it one of the worst.
This is Zanesville Ohio too in way too many ways and other location these town try forcing to annexation on
I grew up In Warren and use to come to the meat market on Saturdays with my dad and Grandma great towns back than 330✊🏿
Mills died and so did the city
If the city would start give out Citations or 30 days notice for houses that are mess up or abandoned people would start fixing there houses and tickets for grass higher then 4 inches...I live in the Eastside right now
Come può un posto così bello essere abbandonato a se stesso?
I grew up on the east side of Youngstown and the city is in bad shape they did this on purpose I remember idora park coming up I still consider this home alot of memories
Good times @ Idora. Every once in a while I'll listen to Whot w/ Boots Bell & Johnny Kaye.Good place to grow up in the 60s.
Grew up on the Eastside as well. My mom is still alive living in the house we grew up in. Loved Idora Park and The Lost River 😂
Well this is sad but where in Youngstown is it? Downtown? Which I thought they were renovating.
Some of these are near downtown and meridian rd and whatnot. Pretty much anywhere between midlothian and downtown from I can tell.
This is JUST A PART OF YOUNGSTOWN they're MANY BEAUTIFUL PLACES HERE OUR DOWNTOWN IS AMAZING!! LOTS TO DO !! THIS IS NOT ALL OF OUR CITY & I was born & raised on the East side I love ALL of the city!! 💯💪🏼🙌🏼🤗💯
Mostly Northside and Eastside in this video.
Downtown has a lot to offer now! Check out the Youngstown Flea Makers Market near Penguin Brewing! The Vendors are amazing! You won’t be disappointed!
Credit the EPA for mill closing. Had relatives on the east side. Constant filth in the air. Both lived until their eighties. Th y e were frugal ,grew a large garden. Home still stands stripped of siding by thieves.
It's so much worse now. Now they not only steal the siding, but they also break in houses to steal all the plumbing. Thieves don't care if someone lives there or not. They just want their scrap.
For a while there every great American boxer trained in Youngstown.
How about Gary and Indianapolis, Indiana.
Steel mills closed, why ?
Sadly, this is America now. For a lot of reasons. If you look into the numbers and statistics it’s not hard to see why.
Unless you’re from Mars, what happened to Youngstown and many other rust belt cities and towns (Check Gary, IN) isn’t a mystery or a conspiracy or a politics. This video shows the aftermath of economic catastrophes from decades ago. It’s simply the closure of the primary employers. First the mills, which employed area folks for generations and then GM-Lordstown. No jobs means people leave. When people leave, businesses close. If folks aren’t working at those good paying mill or GM jobs, they can’t afford to keep up their homes. With fewer people and fewer businesses to contribute property or sales taxes to the city, services like maintenance and repair of streets suffers, schools close, neighborhoods are emptied. The same cycle
Hey we got nice parks at least
Cool area ☺
Unless you’re from here.😂
Why has it changed so much ?
Gee, I wonder who lives in all that public housing? Don't see any FATHERS out cutting the grass. 🤔
IT SEEMS THAT IN EVERY STATE, CITIES ARE JUST FALLING APART, NO JOBS, PEOPLE MOVING TO OTHER PLACES. LITTLE BY LITTLE, THE COUNTRY IS BECOMING FULL OF GHOST TOWNS.
8:52, I wonder who in the far past was making money well enough to construct that place? It must've been lovely in it's heyday.
Sad😢
Are all the lights still orange Downtown
😂😂😂
The best and brightest from the region moved away.
Hubbard warren youngstown weirton sreubenville midland all steel towns. All gone no work.
i uploaded warren and midland on the channel, did some of the others will upload those when i get a chance to edit them.
My great aunt lives in Youngstown. It's sad what it's become.
I once lived in a small town just minutes from downtown Youngstown known as Warren Ohio, back during the early 90's.
But I've only got one more thing to say is that, has it really gotten this bad in Youngstown?
RIP Youngstown, rest in peace.😭
Hi George. I graduated from Warren G Harding. Just recently moved back to the area. Some parts are really this bad but, I feel, some of the best people in the entire US are in NE Ohio. Hoping things will change for the better.
Where are the jobs in Ohio for people to stay or want to come to the area???????????
We had GM. Buttttt, that got shut down a few years ago, too. Everyone that worked there had to leave. That's really all we had left for a job that paid very well, employed thousands and thousands of people. Now, we don't have much to be able to make a decent living around here anymore.
If you're a trades man you can move anywhere. Delivery jobs always a good go to. There's gotta be warehouse jobs around too
Sooo glad i left and got my kids outta there
U drove by my junior high school hayes elementary 🙂
I lived on the south side it was bad when I lived there
The Mills closed and the alot of the mob left
It is so sad what has happened to this town at one time you could go get three different jobs a day and do the same thing the next day !!
Raised off steel street west side📍
Straight Gangstaville
Looks like the third world. I'm originally from Campbell. Would rather be homeless in Los Angeles- which I was for almost three years - then live in a mansion in the Y-town area.
Brutal 😆
My dad's from Hubbard. I like it.
Sad
Did you see Elpresador ?
I think he was at the gym making gains and talking about potholes on those youngstown roads!
Omg u drove pasted my ol school
I went to YSU, which is the only “nice” part of town!
Southside
That's we're I'm from
Yep me too. Off of Oak Street. My mom worked at the mill that was shown in this video 😀
Grew up near Mill Creek Park neosho Dr
hard to watch
Just sad all them people living on top of each other like that no space at all
😲
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Looks like Camden,nj
I have Camden uploaded on the channel, thanks for watching!