East Cleveland, Ohio WORST No Go Hood Zones 

It looks like housing was real nice is what I tried to put & then couldn’t edit 😂. I wrote more but have now for got where I got too . I came from nothing my man & I had some lucky breaks but I feel it was by being a nice genuine person that got people to trust me to work for them . I know all environments are different but you also have the internet now so if you can find something people want (not drugs😂) the entire world can be at your finger tips . Even by your short message you can tell your a good person .. stay strong & trust ya guy . 🖖🏻🥹👍🏻❤️🇬🇧

You are young and can get out. You have your whole life ahead of you. Forget the past and start planning your future.

I was up at the flats before they turned it into a Scooby Doo ghost town.

Answer - Build a country, like the wild west AMERICA of the 1800s. Self-reliance, not reliance on some other person! Answer 2 - GET OUT THERE and start to build. Get all that old wood for starters and pre fab plans from google. I'll find them for you!

Thank a you friend

Yes, It was a middle class community with some wealthy families as well....

That part of the county used to be a millionaire's row.

Community is nothing short of people who have a common unity.Sad to see it disappear these days.

Detroit is like this. It has many thousands of regular houses in ruins, plus hundreds of huge elaborate victorian houses, mansions really, in ruins.

@@BrettonFerguson Yeah, it's a huge contrast in Detroit. An area there was considered Little Paris at one time.

Really? You ever driving the country I've been down on country roads before where every single person stops what they're doing

That city looks like a Scooby-Doo ghost town with zombies walking around after midnight smh

@@tcantrell5301 "The country"? That can just mean an rural road. Do you mean the boonies? the West Virginia backroads? Alabama backroads? Because most country roads are safer than these streets

@@tcantrell5301 You mean like a real country road where hardly anyone passes by? Bro, they were waving at you not throwing gang signs!

@@tcantrell5301 No doubt because of you sizing them up.

You took the words right out of my mouth, Eric. The stark disparity between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' in this country is absolutely disgusting. And it's only getting worse, every single day.

How are you supposed to fix this?

Nailed it

East Cleveland is it separate city from Cleveland, I refuse to take and Uber order there

@@smurf88 dynamite

That's true.

It is so sad, all those ruined abandoned homes were once built, loved & inhabited by families. It has become a neighbourhood graveyard. Such a waste.

What happened is drugs

At that time those schools were nationally known and won many awards.

@@ttv.snakez1x402 WRONG! It was the lose of industry and jobs that killed this neighborhood to collapse; which let the drugs in.

I'm guessing that the "Lawmakers" are probably doing pretty well.

I was in Parma. But came to Cleveland all the time

Tell Me about it, me too, I grew up on Hayden and 105

That must've been a long time ago because easy Cleveland was bad actually worse in the nineties

I live here now with my family and it’s always chaotic, police chases, shootings etc

I am from Shaw Ave and this is truly sad. Use to walk up and down some of those streets as a youth.

East Cleveland is a little different than Cleveland, like downtown Cleveland

@@RhythmGrizz East Cleveland has become Cleveland's septic tank, just like Camden New Jersey is Philly's septic tank. Very sad to witness.

You also pay more taxes. Americans would rather live in squalor than pay taxes.

@@adrianc6534 When health insurance is added to annual tax bills the US population actually pay more in taxes than other 1st world countries that have social security/unemployment/sickness benefits & free(tax $ funded) healthcare for all. Americans paying less in taxes is a myth.

@@adrianc6534 Clevelanders pay relatively higher tax rates for Americans. The problem is there aren't enough people in Cleveland and the neighborhoods to pay the taxes necessary to keep things in shape. Population decreasing every year, tough situation to be in. Not so black and white an issue

A bank.

Go to India or Brazil, then come back and talk! Even ‘ decay’ in the US is good. People would love these houses and fix them up fast!

I worked as a city mail carrier in a small town for 34 years and I wish I had taken more photos of some of the neighborhoods when I started. The college started buying up properties and tearing down houses to put in their new buildings and parking lots. They did bring more jobs to the area but, later they had to budget and many people lost their jobs at the college. Meanwhile, many nice neighborhoods were wiped out and changed.

Foreal i swear i rolled over a pothole and it was another car in it

Good

yeah it’s coming give it another year or 2

I wish they’d just restore all the beautiful old buildings and houses instead of tearing them down to build lifeless, sterile cubes they call houses. So much character and charm will be lost

I got a few properties for sale if youre in the market!

Yeah but it costs a fortune to put a roof on character & charm

@@kristacalai9773 A friend of mine, a home remodeling contractor, was involved with a program that remodeled housed in East Cleveland, using federal grants. He told me, most of the homes would be cheaper to tear down and build new, but the government grants mandated remodeling only; so he took the work.

I drive through EC when I'm doing Uber and its quite sad, because the archetitecure is beautiful, but they've let everything fall apart. That neighborhood needs to be gentrified. Its on par with Lakewood, in terms of the storefronts and housing.

Yes, but I don't think there is any $$$ available for all of that. It's a bit like a "self fulfilling prophecy". When the industries began to close, due to newer more modern overseas industries, the jobs began to go away.

He’s not in the tree, he’s on the roof lol

Yes... some is due to "poor governance". Still more was due to corporate malfeasance. Investing a modest amount into their own industries early on, could have prevented much of this. This is why Japan beat us. They were investing $$$ into their own industries to make them better.

Its damn shame ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

Poor governance? The only thing the government does in my neighborhood is pave the roads. It's up to the residents to employ trash service and maintain property.

@@jillpatton3432 It's easy to say residents should pay for it if you have money to do so. Many don't.

It was deindustrialization that did this. Thank the factory bosses that moved all the jobs to china & the politicians they bought off

I used to live in the building on the corner of Euclid and Beersford above Michael's store. This was in the early 80's.

Really they're 2 dif cities? Never knew that

Absolutely right…….. 2 separate cities

The community leaders just want to get paid they found ways to make money 💰 off of their communities

I’m the 70s really?!

It still is a suburban neighborhood…

Yep. I cringe to see them move south.

No not in my case. I was one of the ones born & raised there and it was horrible! The vibe/atmosphere there is terrible, like some kind of ominous oppressive spirit there. Like a physical weight. The people's mentality there is unbelievable, it's like a different world. I hated it there. But I'm happy to say God made a way for me to leave that place 12 years ago and I haven't looked back! Now I live on the West Coast with mountain views, beautiful city, beautiful homes, palm trees, sunshine and beautiful weather and a very safe place! And nice people. I met the love of my life here. 😊Best decision I ever made! I knew it was bad there when I was there, but didn't realize how bad till I moved away from there and entered normal society. Since leaving there I've also lived for a while in New Zealand and Switzerland. That was fun. 😊Now I'm back in the USA on the West Coast and love it! I will NEVER go back to East Cleveland again. Horrible place.

@@harmonicachick100 There are some good people who are just stuck there. I was born & raised there and when God blessed me financially 12 years ago, I got the heck out of there and moved to the West Coast and never looked back. I met the love of my life here and he can't believe I came from a place like that. He was born & raised in California. We traveled and lived for a while in New Zealand and Switzerland. That was fun. Now we're back here in the US on the West Coast. My kids were born out here on the West Coast and I thank God they will not have to grow up in that place.

Cleve still has one of the best park systems in the country , how could they have left the city to fall like this !! Shameful !!

Moved from the Eastside of Cleveland to Huntington Beach - what a change

so they should just sit back and expect everyone to take care of them? that sounds productive lol

Unfortunately, there are reasons banks "take homes away from people". If you don't pay the mortgage loan you agreed to, then yes, you should loose your home. You could have saved up and purchased the home in cash with no bank loan. However, these ran down areas are caused by the collapse of family oriented communities, exportation of jobs, etc., not banks. Most of the criminals that fill our streets and prisons were raised by single mothers.

unfortunately they just move to the next city, and rinse and repeat

@@jekutube9 Exactly

@@lunaticyoshi1 The problem stems from the fact that the banks take out insurance policies on the mortgage (or make the borrower pay for it). When a borrower defaults on the loan, the bank "forecloses", kicks out the homeowner, and then collects the insurance money on the loan, getting their money. BUT, the banks were not transferring the deed to said property to the bank. They were completely ignoring the deed. The local government does not receive any tax from the property and the property, effectively has no owner, so the government doesn't even know who to go after to collect the taxes. you are correct that the biggest cause of this is the exportation of jobs. But, predatory lending, and shady business practices (and lack of regulation) on the banks part, plays a HUGE role, too. The housing crash in 2008 devastated the housing market in the Cleveland area.

I always tell this story just so people can understand the magnitude of how bad things are in East Cleveland. Some years ago EC had a very bad water main leak, like really really bad. EC didn’t have the funds to address the situation. So EC goes to the city of Cleveland for emergency funds, and they were shut down. There were several rumors as to why the funds were denied. But to me this stood out big time, because anyone from Cleveland knows that EC is Cleveland.

@@leaveitwhereitz1696 I’m from Cleveland and EC is EC.

Facts even being from Akron I know Alot of family moved up here back when it was a good neighborhood

I really wish. I dock my boat near East Cleveland, and its just such a shame to go less than 1/2 a mile and wind up somewhere you dare not be past sundown

There’s a large portion of EC that was gifted to the city in a trust from the Rockefeller family. They’re forbidden by law to tear the buildings down, but haven’t put money into upkeep for 20-30 years

I use to wonder the same..... was told it has alot to do with politics & workin contracts. It cost MONEY to demolish old homes, and it's the politics of who's the city goin to pay to do the job?

I was thinking the same thing. That the community should pull together to clean up.

Looks like some parts of southwest Atlanta, 30310 & 30315.

It was terrible I'm 2012 too.

@@natejennings5884 nah. No parts of Atlanta as bad as east Cleveland. I lived in both. Atlanta doesn't really have a ghetto compared to Cleveland or Chicago

Cleveland's changed alot since the 80's & 90's! It's practically a ghost town in most areas & downtown has become extremely sparse compared to what is was 30 & 40 yrs ago.

Make the rich pay taxes, bring jobs back to the US ( manufacturing)

They don't have the ambition or mentality to change no matter how much money you throw at them.

@@Crystalblue58 True. Wealth redistribution is not the answer, nor is there any one single solution to it.

Ah yes, tell me more about the "culture".... what exactly makes it so they cabt adapt to a middle class lifestyle? I'll be taking notes

Was it Hot Sauce Williams? That was some good stuff!

Lol everyone is responsible for themselves I guess but please don't encourage that 😆

So true. Where you think the people from all the abandoned properties are going? Spreading out to Euclid for sure & already migrating into Wickliffe too. I work in Euclid & it's turning into a war zone real quick.

thats how yall just end up getting robbed. east cleveland has a lot of gang violence

Any church person that dares venture to East Cleveland is gonna get Ganged on

I was waiting for someone to say something about that, and the other house with the raccoon walking on the gutters like he owned the place lol

Yep i saw morgan on the roof of that one building 🤣

I live here on Noble and Euclid. It's quieter than it use too. But it's still gets wild. But when those building were occupied it was wild wild.

Yeah there’s many things Cleveland has going for it, the Cleveland Clinic is world renowned and so on. There’s crime prevalent but for the neighboring cities that have had encroaching crime spreading out from East Cleveland, it has been declining more or less in recent years

sad to see..sad

I’ve lived in Cleveland my whole life, been all over this city with my dad and brothers working on houses. Demos, remodels, and some of those buildings are worth so much in just architectural salvage. It’s sad to see what used to be one of the richest suburbs in the entire United States like this, but I am an eternal optimist, and I see so much POTENTIAL. Nature is taking over, and you best believe that a lot of those buildings sit on extremely fertile ground. What’s old is eventually new again, and our city is on the rise. I believe in my lifetime this community will come back to life with a vibrance never before seen on such hallowed, and historic grounds. Thank you for the video, where some see sadness, I believe we should all see hope, and I hope you do too!

Same as collinwood just a shame not hard to figure out what and who are ruining all these neighborhoods

I grew up there in the 80s till 95. It looked better then than it does now. But you ain't lying about angela Mia but I go to the one in Richmond hts

Yes yes Angela Mia is the only reason i wld go to EC, but now it's Angelo's pizza on the west side where i use to live before moving out of ohio, if you enjoyed Angela Mia pizza, you would looooooove Angelo's pizza, i promise you

@@khadijahdavis1572 yes I heard of Angelo’s! I have never been there but I definitely need to take a trip over to the west and check it out next time I’m in the Cleveland area. I haven’t found anything quite like Angela Mia so I will definitely check it out.

Dat pizza still worth idc😂

Now I know what I want for lunch 😂😂😂

I remember that Baskin and Robbins!

I live next to the freeway!!

One arrow was pointing at a person sitting up on the roof top just staring at me and the other one has a raccoon running across the gutters on the house

Excellent idea 👍

The problem is... the houses are huge!!!!! The average middle class workin person, can't up keep those LARGE single home properties. Example..... The heating bill in the winter is probably high, and god forbid if a house needs all brand new windows!

I sold bizzy a sack by the big curve in Euclid once lol

Home ownership is crazy expensive....heating bills,repairs,new furnace. . The list goes on and on including insurance and taxes and little things every day that's why so many people rent

Best comment lol

LoL

I agree.

Train Ave is a west side street

Train Avenue is probably 15 miles west of East Cleveland, the area around Train Ave. is not perfect but a far cry better than the area shown in this video...what nationality are your great grandparents?

Pa đes!!

@@WillieDuitt1 Their parents were both born in Germany. My great grandfather and great grandmother were both born in Yugoslavia. They came here together on a ship from Bremen in 1927 to New York to Michigan shortly.. then moved to Cleveland where they purchased their first home on Train ave in 1922-1923.