As a former 30 year resident of Youngstown, Ohio I thought this documentary was fair and balance showing the corruption, disparity, desperation, and hope of a Mideastern small town, but "JimBo" is not the hero Youngstown deserves or needs. In a Global economy Youngstown need to shake the ideas of entitlement, nepotism and the blue collar ethic "work by the sweat of your brow". This built Youngstown but will not sustain it into the 21st century. The 1st black mayor was a beginning but Youngstown needs new thinkers/leaders apart from the old guard to move it forward.
I grew up on the North Side, very close to Wick park...This brought back SOOO many memories. The Rayen School, YSU...wonderful place to call home for me! Thanks Youngstown, for making me who I am today.
Born in Girard 1953 grew up on the streets of Youngstown and Market Street, worked at McDonald Mills, good old Tropics and Satan's Inferno, wow what memories.
I want to add that I admire that Youngstown is trying to "get off the ropes" and rebuild and re-invent itself. I know that they can do it! I like the lyrics to the song at the end.
I was born there at St "E"s back in '75...I miss the A&W in Boardman and cruising in my 442 in Mill Creek Park...I still remember the "Wild Cat" roller coaster in Idora park, and riding dirt bikes in the Hillsville quarries...every time I go back there it's like visiting a ghost town with all the run down old houses and buildings.
1966 through 1970 I played guitar in after hour joints out on the Sharon Line Mcguffy road area made more money than my high school teachers I made payoffs to Jimbo at the back door because I was a minor in my teens Black's and whites hung out to here the blues and there was never any racial conflicts #Sunnyside of excellence
This is great! I left Youngstown over thirty years ago still have family in the area.i worked at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube for over ten years. Till the big closing. Nostalga is great for the soul!
Hi my name is Dave peters and i am from Youngstown also but your name sounded familiar do i or did i know you ilived in wickcliffe ,Fosterville the prodject's on Wert st. where did you live?
My dad took his W V family to Youngstown 1955 for a better life,we lived in apartment house when dad got layed off we were so happy to go back to the farm in W V.my name was Juanita Holcomb my best friend was Rose Rogensky,,we went to Elm street School ,i would love to see her one more time,thank Youngstown for the good times
Born at Northside Hospital. Grew up in New Springfield but ALWAYS say I'm from Youngstown to everyone i meet abroad. Makes it easier.PLUS I'm proud to be from the Mahoning Valley.
Me too. I live now in MontAna ,but my heart is still in Youngstown and I watch everyday adventures with Jim on CZcams. All about Youngstown. I love it.
Born in St. Elizabeth hospital in 1974, lived all over that area until I moved in 2000. This video was pretty balanced, but there were a lot more "family" dealings in Y-town than this video let on. Certain figures may have not been in the spotlight in the 80-90's but they were still there.
Shoutouts to Youngstown and the surrounding area including Sharon, PA where my Uncle GIl is from. Some of the kindest, greatest, toughest, hardest working people on the planet come from this area💪💪💪💪
Before Chicago, I grew up in a little town (Peru, IL), and I remember watching Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini as a kid. He was, and still is, someone I absolutely admire; followed his entire career. I have nothing but LOVE and RESPECT for you, Ray!
Youngstown-Warren Born and raised. Proud of that. But this town is a drug infested ghetto. The jobs are all but gone. My dad worked at Republic Steel and later Warren Consolidated(WCI) he worked over 50yrs in the steel game. All we have left is sweat shops that minimum wage with no health insurance. I thoink allot about what could change these towns Warren and Youngstown all I can thing is production is a dead end. Maybe we can start steering our youth to technology computers software and research. All I know is the only thing booming here is our jails. The city's are making money off of locking up the poor. I dont like drugs and what they do. But what we are doing is not working. Jail parole/probation drug court is all temporary. Had a family member go through drug court had to have my aunt who was poor pay for it all. Its another way our city's collect every scrap without alleviating the problem at its head. The real problem is the people have nothing to feel good about anymore. We send all our successful people away for jobs elsewhere. And hearing someone say we want the town to shrink is ridiculous. The only ones that leave are the ones who can afford to. Leaving the poor and drug afflicted left. Thats what we have to look forward to drugs violence poor people and a city who makes money putting them through the system. You should be outraged folks from Youngstown. Check out these articles articles.www.prisonlegalnews.org/(S(rpq35nvt5riqao552y2dljv0))/displayArticle.aspx?articleid=24751&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 www.correctionsproject.com/corrections/pris_priv.htm
When the last steel workers were talking about using the same equipment as their grandfathers they weren't kidding and sadly that's a big part of the reason the US steel industry couldn't compete and keep employing such huge numbers of workers.
Must be something in the water in Youngstown...i born in 1979 at Saint Elizabeth, grew up there in the 80s...my family worked in the mills and Lordstown GM...my parents moved us away in '92 after the major industry had all but completely left...but as an adult, I prefer factory work to any type of work, it's just feels like a natural fit to me...any other natives feel this way?...
I recall Edward Debartolo's plane landing on the grass at Thistledown racetrack in North Randall Ohio..guess he was from Youngstown ? What a surprise ! also got the best massages in my entire life there ,my back's never gone out since ..
Moved from Struthers around 1973. I recognized a few old names and remembered a couple of stories. This history was very well produced and I thoroughly enjoyed. I will share it with my five grown children, so they can now see that my old stories were actually the truth. Already forwarded to my brother and sister.
Thanks to Boom Boom et al for this....was born & raised on Ohio Ave across from the O'Neils (remember Eddie's dad plowing our driveway), btw Ed jogged in Wick Park like a Youngstowner, shadow boxing trees! My dad worked at Republic, lost his job along w/10,000 other guys one month, then was promptly screwed out of his pension. A great place to grow up, as typical teens we never worried about the cops, they were too busy running numbers . All said, families from Y'town were the best I ever known. GO IRISH!!
Born and raised there. Spent 45 years there, moved to Denver in 2006 and still miss Youngstown. So sad what it has become. The community leaders couldn't see what would happen if the mills closed...well they did. Youngstown has the best food anywhere in the world. I've traveled from Haiti to Hawaii and Youngstown is still the best ! Everyone went to Packard, Copperweld, Republic, etc. steel was king.
The feds put the last nail in the coffin for Youngstown if you ask me. They destroyed organized crime which brought money and safety to the town for them to be replaced with gangs that shoot up innocent peoples homes and sell drugs to the kids. Good job uncle Sam!!
Yep Chris the jobs left an the Cocaine Import Agency moved in the drugs ,with additional benefit of using what little money in da YO to train terrorist in the mid east, Reagan n his boys sold us out big time, for what? Or more like WHY????
Great Job, I grew up on the west side, watching Boom-Boom, Arroyo and Kosar in the 80s. Much of what was going on in that era didn't effect us kids, we still had the same childhood Ed O'neil is talking about, running through the backyards. Pains me to visit now, my old neighborhood is half abandoned, overgrown. Save Youngstown please, i'd love to show my son where I came from and not have it be a stain on the landscape.
I Graduated from Chaney High in1971 (West side), Hug out now and then with Rosanne, Boom Boom Mancini sister. Wild times! Omg, I miss the food in Youngstown back then was home cooked and so good!
Black Monday for Youngstown, 9-17-77. Love how the narrator says, "As Reagan practiced Reaganomics in Washington, the steelworkers wondered how they would pay their bills." Odd, Reagan wouldn´t be in office for over 3 more years. No mention of Jimmy Carter who was one year into his presidency at the time, of course. Gotta love the narrative, eh?
RoatanDoug I was in Youngstown then working in the J&L and Hydril section of the steel mills. I got there in 81 thru 83. When I got back down in Louisiana it wasn't long for the guys in the oilfield either. I walked in to work on a Friday morning and they laid off 150 with twenty left for the field. I went back to Youngstown and wanted to work for Hydril but the boss told me he had to lay off people.
@@jerryfiler372 I worked @ Hydril in Campbell from 80 thru mid 81 when a lot of us were laid off. We were never called back, good jobs like that were gone for good.
Born in Cafaro hospital in the 70 s. Been in the area my whole life. Work here play here and family here. Been all over the country and the Youngstown area is and always has been unique. Proud to be from here and wouldn't want to be from anywhere else. Oh and by the way... Since this video was made things are definitely looking better in the area. Now everyone... Go get yourself a few Jays hot dogs and eat them with pride!!!
I used to spend a lot of time in Youngstown, going to YSU and Playing in Grant Street Exit and doing a lot of fun and very memorable shows, and have seen lots of great music on the music scene, end of 70's, 80's, and early 90's! Thankful and proud to still have some connections throughout eastern Ohio and Western PA.
It was a trip down memory lane for me. We lived in Austintown for years & there were many fine people there. All 3 of our sons graduated from Fitch High School and 1 from Ohio state. It had it's problems but the average person was a hard working family person I believe. I hope now that they have faced the fact that the Mills aren't coming back that they are able to clean things up and build decent lives again
Loved this! It's true when people say they can tell when someone is from Youngstown. My dad was out of San Diego when he was in the Navy. People always asked if he was from Youngstown because of how he talked and what he said. We have our own "unique" language.
Oh yeah. Like for instance, pop instead of soda. I was a kid visiting my family in Youngstown. I came in asking where is your soda. The guy actually said we don't have soda. And legitimately did not know what soda was. Lol
Home Town! Miss Fishing at Mckelvey Lake when i was a kid i knew every inh of that lake!I liked fishing on the little bridge! go back behind Bargin Port! long time past!born @ raised on the East Side!Steel killed our town!!
Outstanding. I was born in Youngstown and grew up in East Liverpool. I went to YSU and got to know the city in the 90's. It was a scary place back then but I hope for the best. Very well made doc.
I appreciate that it's set in a bar. Much of the footage was like visiting my childhood...which I believe was in black & white. I'm not sure people who weren't there will understand this as nostalgia or a freak show, but for me it feels like a visiting.
This is so great brings back so many memories I remember I shined so many important peoples shoes from Youngstown at the New York hat cleaning shoe shine shop great memories thankyou
A glimpse into the real American spirit, there are many other Youngstowns' across the US while maybe not as unique in terms of its history but similiar in terms of losing its economic footing.
I’m from Lisbon, Ohio and I am so proud of the history of my area and being from just south of Youngstown. And back in 1994, when I was a student up at YSU, Ed O’Neil popped into one of my classes by surprise because he knew the professor and that was the ONE DAY I skipped class because I didn’t have an assignment done!!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Wow, this brings back so many memories. Prosecutor Paul Gains taught my Blet course on Rules of Evidence! Youngstown, I may not live there any longer, but you can never forget it.
The only reason I know of Youngstown, Ohio is Richard Pryor talking about his time there and his run in with the local mafia. Very funny him talking about it. If you haven’t seen it : Richard Pryor Mafia Joke.
That made me feel proud. When I was 12 my dad asked if I wanted to try boxing, he said we were going to a place called Eddie Sullivan's Navy Reserve. Boy I had some visions in my head as we were on the way, fighter jets flying around and all.. I will never forget pulling up to a old Isleys Ice Cream Parlor with the windows blacked out thinking WTF. Special times,, Thank God for BMX
very interesting! Best is in last few minutes when a couple guys mention how "the beginning of the end" was in the 70's when the steeler fans started invading the area with their mullets and missing teeth! ha, lol!
I just watched the Republican Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio. The closed steel mills were mentioned; it is this anger from the worst unemployment in a once proud city that has helped to propel Donald J. Trump to nomination for President of the U.S,. along with fears of terrorism, and growing poverty as the Middle Class is being eradicated with each layoff and closure of our manufacturing plants. Sadly, this is America's great tragedy.
i'm so glad that I watched this documentary on Youngstown if it wasn't for this docufilm I wouldn't know about the history of YO I wouldn't know about Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy) was from Youngstown OH all I would know is its dangerous place in America especially in 2009 and a small place in America that don't exist i'm glad I watched this documentary It was very interesting 2 watch I enjoyed it.
hilarious beginning .......... terrific story .....been to basketball games at ursuline and mooney to watch benedictine play hoops overe the years ......... and benny football vs ursuline at YSU and also mooney.......... i remember a couple double header hs school games down there ........with hoban ....mooney ....ursuline and benny ........mooney and ursuline .......really great football history .......... same with benny ........ benny now ........ in a real tuff spot ........ as is mooney it seems like ......... ursuline ....... having a nice resurgence in football ... thanks for the story APC ..........just touched on the HS sports here ........ football ......but y towns history ........is amazing ...... the good ....the bad ........ and where the future is going ......
have to add ....boardman ......... chaney .........some terrific ball clubs ........ over the years.......... also grew up near east 110 and woodland...........the old " bloody corner " area way back
FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT YELLING I HAPPEN TO LIKE CAPS AND THIS FILM , I AM A LIFETIME YOUNGSTOWN OHIO FAN AND RESIDENT . I HAVED LIVED IN OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE AS WELL AS GERMANY FOR A WHILE I MOVED BACK , BECAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS . MOVING FORWARD YOUNGSTOWN HAS CHANGED AND STILL IS CHANGING FOR THE BETTER YES THE BETTER I CHALLENGE ANYONE WATCHING THIS FILM TO BE A PART OF THE CHANGE . CHANGE INVOLVES BEING A PART OF SOMETHING NEW . YOU CAN HELP CHANGE YOUNGSTOWN ONE BLOCK AT A TIME . PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WATCH MY VIDEO SHORTS WE ARE YOUNGSTOWN AND YOU ARE YOUNGSTOWN AS SEEN ON CZcams . THANKS JOSEPH NAPIER SR A YOUNGSTOWN OHIO RESIDENT .
Alright, hands down BEST intro to a doc that I've ever seen. Ed O'Neil is a stich man, I tell ya... Should take a look for his bio-pic, bet it gets interesting?
Awesome very professionally done ,best thing after my children of course,ive seen come out of da YO in a long time, i was growing up the same time the steel was going down, 1988 was a Very bad year to enter into a no work broken town, its been down hill in the valley of rust n decay , now its all mostly uphill in super slow mo, but as was stated a week or two away from this , whatever it is ,steel trying to figure it out, anyway i look forward to coming home or at least the hell i call Youngstown, maybe so used to the wreckage that i punish my self cuz that's what it feels like to be home, lol anyway well done. Btw i work in what was once S&T annealing Campbell doesnt Works.I am the sole maintenance man in a 900 ft building that like the hundreds of others now gone, falling apart, but still trying to keep her going,unfortunately though its circling the drain .
I love my home town! and the O state but Y town love for life! and well of course my elders in my family, now im wondering if they talk about the youngstown tune ups [^.^]
As a former 30 year resident of Youngstown, Ohio I thought this documentary was fair and balance showing the corruption, disparity, desperation, and hope of a Mideastern small town, but "JimBo" is not the hero Youngstown deserves or needs. In a Global economy Youngstown need to shake the ideas of entitlement, nepotism and the blue collar ethic "work by the sweat of your brow". This built Youngstown but will not sustain it into the 21st century. The 1st black mayor was a beginning but Youngstown needs new thinkers/leaders apart from the old guard to move it forward.
Youngstown born and raised. I grew upon Princeton Ave. Proud to be from the Yo. Youngstown was a tough town
Looking back at the pictures from idora park make me want to cry that was my childhood play ground
I grew up on the North Side, very close to Wick park...This brought back SOOO many memories. The Rayen School, YSU...wonderful place to call home for me! Thanks Youngstown, for making me who I am today.
Born in Girard 1953 grew up on the streets of Youngstown and Market Street, worked at McDonald Mills, good old Tropics and Satan's Inferno, wow what memories.
Born in 1957 at Northside Hospital I remember so much of this stuff....brings back memories...good and bad
I want to add that I admire that Youngstown is trying to "get off the ropes" and rebuild and re-invent itself. I know that they can do it! I like the lyrics to the song at the end.
I was born there at St "E"s back in '75...I miss the A&W in Boardman and cruising in my 442 in Mill Creek Park...I still remember the "Wild Cat" roller coaster in Idora park, and riding dirt bikes in the Hillsville quarries...every time I go back there it's like visiting a ghost town with all the run down old houses and buildings.
1966 through 1970 I played guitar in after hour joints out on the Sharon Line Mcguffy road area made more money than my high school teachers I made payoffs to Jimbo at the back door because I was a minor in my teens Black's and whites hung out to here the blues and there was never any racial conflicts #Sunnyside of excellence
This is great! I left Youngstown over thirty years ago still have family in the area.i worked at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube for over ten years. Till the big closing. Nostalga is great for the soul!
Hi my name is Dave peters and i am from Youngstown also but your name sounded familiar do i or did i know you ilived in wickcliffe ,Fosterville the prodject's on Wert st. where did you live?
My dad took his W V family to Youngstown 1955 for a better life,we lived in apartment house when dad got layed off we were so happy to go back to the farm in W V.my name was Juanita Holcomb my best friend was Rose Rogensky,,we went to Elm street School ,i would love to see her one more time,thank Youngstown for the good times
Rose is most likely living in a trap house now, sorry to be so bluny
Born at Northside Hospital. Grew up in New Springfield but ALWAYS say I'm from Youngstown to everyone i meet abroad. Makes it easier.PLUS I'm proud to be from the Mahoning Valley.
Me too. I live now in MontAna ,but my heart is still in Youngstown and I watch everyday adventures with Jim on CZcams. All about Youngstown. I love it.
Born in St. Elizabeth hospital in 1974, lived all over that area until I moved in 2000. This video was pretty balanced, but there were a lot more "family" dealings in Y-town than this video let on. Certain figures may have not been in the spotlight in the 80-90's but they were still there.
Love my City!!!! Proud to be from Youngstown!!! EAST-SIDE born an raised!
Shoutouts to Youngstown and the surrounding area including Sharon, PA where my Uncle GIl is from. Some of the kindest, greatest, toughest, hardest working people on the planet come from this area💪💪💪💪
I was born and raised in South Lorain...I thoroughly enjoyed this. Hang in there Y, the rest of Ohio is with you!
Before Chicago, I grew up in a little town (Peru, IL), and I remember watching Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini as a kid. He was, and still is, someone I absolutely admire; followed his entire career. I have nothing but LOVE and RESPECT for you, Ray!
Youngstown-Warren Born and raised. Proud of that. But this town is a drug infested ghetto. The jobs are all but gone. My dad worked at Republic Steel and later Warren Consolidated(WCI) he worked over 50yrs in the steel game. All we have left is sweat shops that minimum wage with no health insurance. I thoink allot about what could change these towns Warren and Youngstown all I can thing is production is a dead end. Maybe we can start steering our youth to technology computers software and research. All I know is the only thing booming here is our jails. The city's are making money off of locking up the poor. I dont like drugs and what they do. But what we are doing is not working. Jail parole/probation drug court is all temporary. Had a family member go through drug court had to have my aunt who was poor pay for it all. Its another way our city's collect every scrap without alleviating the problem at its head. The real problem is the people have nothing to feel good about anymore. We send all our successful people away for jobs elsewhere. And hearing someone say we want the town to shrink is ridiculous. The only ones that leave are the ones who can afford to. Leaving the poor and drug afflicted left. Thats what we have to look forward to drugs violence poor people and a city who makes money putting them through the system. You should be outraged folks from Youngstown. Check out these articles articles.www.prisonlegalnews.org/(S(rpq35nvt5riqao552y2dljv0))/displayArticle.aspx?articleid=24751&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 www.correctionsproject.com/corrections/pris_priv.htm
Born , and raise in 'Y town my uncle "little" Joey Naples live by the gun and die by it. it is what it is....
When the last steel workers were talking about using the same equipment as their grandfathers they weren't kidding and sadly that's a big part of the reason the US steel industry couldn't compete and keep employing such huge numbers of workers.
Must be something in the water in Youngstown...i born in 1979 at Saint Elizabeth, grew up there in the 80s...my family worked in the mills and Lordstown GM...my parents moved us away in '92 after the major industry had all but completely left...but as an adult, I prefer factory work to any type of work, it's just feels like a natural fit to me...any other natives feel this way?...
I recall Edward Debartolo's plane landing on the grass at Thistledown racetrack in North Randall Ohio..guess he was from Youngstown ? What a surprise ! also got the best massages in my entire life there ,my back's never gone out since ..
Good documentary. Born at Northside Hospital, Chaney 93 graduate. I love the Yo.
Moved from Struthers around 1973. I recognized a few old names and remembered a couple of stories. This history was very well produced and I thoroughly enjoyed. I will share it with my five grown children, so they can now see that my old stories were actually the truth. Already forwarded to my brother and sister.
Thanks to Boom Boom et al for this....was born & raised on Ohio Ave across from the O'Neils (remember Eddie's dad plowing our driveway), btw Ed jogged in Wick Park like a Youngstowner, shadow boxing trees! My dad worked at Republic, lost his job along w/10,000 other guys one month, then was promptly screwed out of his pension. A great place to grow up, as typical teens we never worried about the cops, they were too busy running numbers . All said, families from Y'town were the best I ever known. GO IRISH!!
Born and raised there. Spent 45 years there, moved to Denver in 2006 and still miss Youngstown. So sad what it has become. The community leaders couldn't see what would happen if the mills closed...well they did. Youngstown has the best food anywhere in the world. I've traveled from Haiti to Hawaii and Youngstown is still the best ! Everyone went to Packard, Copperweld, Republic, etc. steel was king.
It's starting to come back now though. :)
Agreed!!! Maybe not the glory years of the steel boom but it has seen a resurgence of sorts over the last 10 years or so.
DEAD STEELTOWN BLUES © 2000/2003 James J. Pirko
(I wrote the original version as my retired steelworker father was dying.)
The skies are black,
They used to be red;
The night testifies,
Steeltown is dead.
On the banks of a murdered river,
Cathedrals of fire brought to life,
White hot strength to build a nation,
Spewing money, power and strife.
They built a city to serve those monsters,
As dirty and deadly as the sulfur sky;
Gamble and drink and buy some women,
Cross the Mob and you’re gonna die.
The streets were alive with the struggle of life,
Battles to survive in each neighborhood;
Under a cloud of soot and dust,
At the core of it all, the giants stood.
Scenes from Hell within those walls,
Spark and flame and noxious fume,
Blasts and screams from ancient machines,
Toil until your health you doom.
Blackened men sacrificed their lives,
To feed those Gods of steel and brick;
Ore and scrap and coal and stone,
Leaving in pain, tired and sick.
Old men now, they face their fate,
Wracked with cancer, ache and pain;
Their sons will never know their work,
The graphite dust or the toxic rain.
Those dragons are dead, their fires cold,
Slain by steel from foreign shores;
They were not saved by elected leaders,
A pack of liars, pimps and whores.
Now the city crumbles, with empty stores,
Gone is the money and power and hope;
Nothing to do but watch the mailbox,
Rob and kill, and sell some dope.
The skies are black,
They used to be red;
The night testifies,
STEELTOWN IS DEAD.
My mom grew up on Donation St.her house is long gone. Use to love going to Youngstown….
I live in Cortland, Ohio and this basically sums up Youngstown
Y-town, you'll always be my town!
Just remember organized crime is better than the current day unorganized crime.
Truth !
“Was” better
@@seahawks366 no I meant is. Cause it still is better than unorganized crime
@@davedon4616 the unorganized crime that is created as a tool by organized crime
Crime is bad always.
The feds put the last nail in the coffin for Youngstown if you ask me. They destroyed organized crime which brought money and safety to the town for them to be replaced with gangs that shoot up innocent peoples homes and sell drugs to the kids. Good job uncle Sam!!
Yep Chris the jobs left an the Cocaine Import Agency moved in the drugs ,with additional benefit of using what little money in da YO to train terrorist in the mid east, Reagan n his boys sold us out big time, for what? Or more like WHY????
No better blindfold than nostalgia
Great Job, I grew up on the west side, watching Boom-Boom, Arroyo and Kosar in the 80s. Much of what was going on in that era didn't effect us kids, we still had the same childhood Ed O'neil is talking about, running through the backyards. Pains me to visit now, my old neighborhood is half abandoned, overgrown. Save Youngstown please, i'd love to show my son where I came from and not have it be a stain on the landscape.
I Graduated from Chaney High in1971 (West side), Hug out now and then with Rosanne, Boom Boom Mancini sister. Wild times! Omg, I miss the food in Youngstown back then was home cooked and so good!
Black Monday for Youngstown, 9-17-77. Love how the narrator says, "As Reagan practiced Reaganomics in Washington, the steelworkers wondered how they would pay their bills." Odd, Reagan wouldn´t be in office for over 3 more years. No mention of Jimmy Carter who was one year into his presidency at the time, of course. Gotta love the narrative, eh?
RoatanDoug I was in Youngstown then working in the J&L and Hydril section of the steel mills. I got there in 81 thru 83. When I got back down in Louisiana it wasn't long for the guys in the oilfield either. I walked in to work on a Friday morning and they laid off 150 with twenty left for the field. I went back to Youngstown and wanted to work for Hydril but the boss told me he had to lay off people.
@@jerryfiler372 I worked @ Hydril in Campbell from 80 thru mid 81 when a lot of us were laid off. We were never called back, good jobs like that were gone for good.
Great documentary. I'm proud to say I live in Youngstown!
I grew up on the Eastside of Cleveland just outside of Collinwood. This was great video! Salute Youngstown!
Collinwood eh? Another mob stroghold in the 70's
Born in Cafaro hospital in the 70 s. Been in the area my whole life. Work here play here and family here. Been all over the country and the Youngstown area is and always has been unique. Proud to be from here and wouldn't want to be from anywhere else. Oh and by the way... Since this video was made things are definitely looking better in the area. Now everyone... Go get yourself a few Jays hot dogs and eat them with pride!!!
I just saw my uncle in this Ed Wildes this documentary just got more interesting to me
Ed O'Neill,really funny guy.
I used to spend a lot of time in Youngstown, going to YSU and Playing in Grant Street Exit and doing a lot of fun and very memorable shows, and have seen lots of great music on the music scene, end of 70's, 80's, and early 90's! Thankful and proud to still have some connections throughout eastern Ohio and Western PA.
The song at the end is killer....
It was a trip down memory lane for me. We lived in Austintown for years &
there were many fine people there. All 3 of our sons graduated from Fitch High School and 1 from Ohio state. It had it's problems but the average person was a hard working family person I believe. I hope now that they have faced the fact that the Mills aren't coming back that they are able to clean things up and build decent lives again
Loved this! It's true when people say they can tell when someone is from Youngstown. My dad was out of San Diego when he was in the Navy. People always asked if he was from Youngstown because of how he talked and what he said. We have our own "unique" language.
Oh yeah. Like for instance, pop instead of soda. I was a kid visiting my family in Youngstown. I came in asking where is your soda. The guy actually said we don't have soda. And legitimately did not know what soda was. Lol
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Home Town! Miss Fishing at Mckelvey Lake when i was a kid i knew every inh of that lake!I liked fishing on the little bridge! go back behind Bargin Port! long time past!born @ raised on the East Side!Steel killed our town!!
im from Youngstown eastside an I luved this video.. an im proud of the city wit a spine congrats Boom Boom
Born in Warren, Dad worked in the mills. Good video, but a sad reminder of things gone by.
Outstanding. I was born in Youngstown and grew up in East Liverpool. I went to YSU and got to know the city in the 90's. It was a scary place back then but I hope for the best. Very well made doc.
I appreciate that it's set in a bar. Much of the footage was like visiting my childhood...which I believe was in black & white. I'm not sure people who weren't there will understand this as nostalgia or a freak show, but for me it feels like a visiting.
Born and raised in Youngstown. I left at 16 and have always missed the friends I had all of my childhood. "GO CHANEY"
I may not have grown up in Youngstown but I attend YSU and this makes me proud to see how this city has persevered.
This is so great brings back so many memories I remember I shined so many important peoples shoes from Youngstown at the New York hat cleaning shoe shine shop great memories thankyou
Love this documentary . Very well done Ray Mancini. I love Youngstown .It isn't for everyone but it's home for me.
This video is probably the best one of Youngstown, Mafia and life in a steel town
A glimpse into the real American spirit, there are many other Youngstowns' across the US while maybe not as unique in terms of its history but similiar in terms of losing its economic footing.
“It doesn’t thunder on a clear night”. Well said
my dad grew up in youngstown hes 53 now. looking forward to watching this with him.
I’m from Lisbon, Ohio and I am so proud of the history of my area and being from just south of Youngstown. And back in 1994, when I was a student up at YSU, Ed O’Neil popped into one of my classes by surprise because he knew the professor and that was the ONE DAY I skipped class because I didn’t have an assignment done!!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
That’s always the way..
The good old days!
I was born and raised in Youngstown.I still have family and friends there and have a lot of fond memories.
Wow, this brings back so many memories. Prosecutor Paul Gains taught my Blet course on Rules of Evidence! Youngstown, I may not live there any longer, but you can never forget it.
Grew up in Hillsville, and spent a lot of time in Y-town
The only reason I know of Youngstown, Ohio is Richard Pryor talking about his time there and his run in with the local mafia. Very funny him talking about it. If you haven’t seen it : Richard Pryor Mafia Joke.
That made me feel proud. When I was 12 my dad asked if I wanted to try boxing, he said we were going to a place called Eddie Sullivan's Navy Reserve. Boy I had some visions in my head as we were on the way, fighter jets flying around and all.. I will never forget pulling up to a old Isleys Ice Cream Parlor with the windows blacked out thinking WTF. Special times,, Thank God for BMX
My Pittsburgh R&B band ("The Electrons, who released "It Ain't no Big Thing" in '67) often played there.
very interesting! Best is in last few minutes when a couple guys mention how "the beginning of the end" was in the 70's when the steeler fans started invading the area with their mullets and missing teeth! ha, lol!
Solid documentary. Incorporates all of the contradictions that made Y-town unique.
Y-Town MY Town
Thank you, Younstown Ohio.............. Thank You
It was very educational. Some tough times in the past.
I just watched the Republican Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio. The closed steel mills were mentioned; it is this anger from the worst unemployment in a once proud city that has helped to propel Donald J. Trump to nomination for President of the U.S,. along with fears of terrorism, and growing poverty as the Middle Class is being eradicated with each layoff and closure of our manufacturing plants. Sadly, this is America's great tragedy.
And why was everybody's born at St E's? (St Elizabeth's Hospital)
i'm so glad that I watched this documentary on Youngstown if it wasn't for this docufilm I wouldn't know about the history of YO I wouldn't know about Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy) was from Youngstown OH all I would know is its dangerous place in America especially in 2009 and a small place in America that don't exist i'm glad I watched this documentary It was very interesting 2 watch I enjoyed it.
That was an Awesome documentry . Id like to think that my home town Ogden Ut. Is much the same as as Youngstown.
Again great job. Ty for the post 😎
Sharon steel! In Sharon west PA (basically youngstown) my whole family worked there
hilarious beginning .......... terrific story .....been to basketball games at ursuline and mooney to watch benedictine play hoops overe the years ......... and benny football vs ursuline at YSU and also mooney.......... i remember a couple double header hs school games down there ........with hoban ....mooney ....ursuline and benny ........mooney and ursuline .......really great football history .......... same with benny ........ benny now ........ in a real tuff spot ........ as is mooney it seems like ......... ursuline ....... having a nice resurgence in football ... thanks for the story APC ..........just touched on the HS sports here ........ football ......but y towns history ........is amazing ...... the good ....the bad ........ and where the future is going ......
At least the black,Italian and Irish gangs kept the neighborhood together for the most part nowadays it's chaos
Great film Enjoyed the memories.
have to add ....boardman ......... chaney .........some terrific ball clubs ........ over the years.......... also grew up near east 110 and woodland...........the old " bloody corner " area way back
Cleveland, Lorain, Youngstown, Elyria, Toledo, Detroit...
FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT YELLING I HAPPEN TO LIKE CAPS AND THIS FILM , I AM A LIFETIME YOUNGSTOWN OHIO FAN AND RESIDENT .
I HAVED LIVED IN OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE AS WELL AS GERMANY FOR A WHILE I MOVED BACK , BECAUSE HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS .
MOVING FORWARD YOUNGSTOWN HAS CHANGED AND STILL IS CHANGING FOR THE BETTER YES THE BETTER I CHALLENGE ANYONE WATCHING THIS FILM TO BE A PART OF THE CHANGE .
CHANGE INVOLVES BEING A PART OF SOMETHING NEW . YOU CAN HELP CHANGE YOUNGSTOWN ONE BLOCK AT A TIME .
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WATCH MY VIDEO SHORTS WE ARE YOUNGSTOWN AND YOU ARE YOUNGSTOWN AS SEEN ON CZcams . THANKS JOSEPH NAPIER SR A YOUNGSTOWN OHIO RESIDENT .
I Can Dig It !!!
Ed you should go back to the Royal Oaks on Oak Street they remodeled it.
12:57 thought that was Morgan Freeman xD Great documentary by the way
Chuck C Jr. thanks for the respect .
Alright, hands down BEST intro to a doc that I've ever seen. Ed O'Neil is a stich man, I tell ya... Should take a look for his bio-pic, bet it gets interesting?
Rayen class of 91
Born at the women's center in boardman, and graduating from mooney this year
Awesome very professionally done ,best thing after my children of course,ive seen come out of da YO in a long time, i was growing up the same time the steel was going down, 1988 was a Very bad year to enter into a no work broken town, its been down hill in the valley of rust n decay , now its all mostly uphill in super slow mo, but as was stated a week or two away from this , whatever it is ,steel trying to figure it out, anyway i look forward to coming home or at least the hell i call Youngstown, maybe so used to the wreckage that i punish my self cuz that's what it feels like to be home, lol anyway well done. Btw i work in what was once S&T annealing Campbell doesnt Works.I am the sole maintenance man in a 900 ft building that like the hundreds of others now gone, falling apart, but still trying to keep her going,unfortunately though its circling the drain .
Can't believe"Al Bundy " from Youngstown
Very nicely done. I'll be interested in the DVD when it becomes available.
This video is very interesting, I remember lots of stuff on this video. Would be interested in purchasing DVD when it comes out!
I remember the Rust Colored snow in the morning covered with the Sheet and Tube smoke stacks.
Please let me know when this goes on sale at Amazon. Loved it, as I am a Youngstowner!
Loved this honest, no holds barred, history of Y-town. One question...was this filmed at MVR Club? Just askin'...
The stuff at the bar was shot at the Youngstown Club downtown. We did go to MVR but none of it made the final cut.
John C Thank you for replying. I appreciate it.
susan brown MVR, Suzie's... yum!
boom boom.. big heart ..
Geese, what a hotbed of mayhem it was.
My home town
I love my home town!
and the O state but Y town love for life!
and well of course my elders in my family, now im wondering if they talk about the youngstown tune ups [^.^]