What Happened To Toledo Ohio? 

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Oh…..JUST like around EVERY city in AMERICA. How SHOCKING!!!

In the 70s Toledo was a great place. But everything went to China.

​@T Raybern Every LIBERAL city. Wtfu!

@@traybern eh… not all.

Theres much more! More museums, and there are numerous historical buildings!

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Toledo Mudhens and Tony Packos (both are still around, as well as Jamie Farr).

they wanted people to think jameel farah's family was from toledo. that was before we learned to embrace immigrants- way back in '74.

We stayed a day in Toledo a couple weeks ago. We loved it, was a beautiful city, didn’t get to see too much though.

My parents retired here from a migrant military-life.. I grew up here in the mid 70’s to early 90’s, Toledo was a wonderful place to grow up… Many activities for all age groups and not far from Canada or Detroit.. Great parks, Amusement parks, Zoo,art museum, bordering cities (Perrysburg/Maumee/Rossford/Sylvania, Grand Rapids OH.. etc..) have several local concerts, events to attend.. During the late 90’s till 2015, we struggled to strike a balance (crime, homeless and homicide increase), but I’d say from about 2015 to present date, I think we’ve hit a good groove.. The downtown area has had a positive impact on the city.. Restaurants building DORAS to increase foot traffic, more concerts (indoors/outdoors) art fairs, help you in warmer seasonal months, and we are starting to see more indoor activities (businesses) opening in the area (rock climbing etc..) for the winter months.. I’d predict within the next 1-2 years, Toledo will reach its highest popularity they’ve seen in along time.. ❤️

And so affordable. I used to live near Deveaux.

They actually do have a 2nd to None splendid library. I can vouch.👈💥💥💥

Are we starting to feel like drug addicts walking the streets like zombies and shootings constantly are just a normal occurrence because it's a city? A lot of Toledo is not nice, it is run down, a lot of us live in absolute poverty and struggle to make ends meet while trying to keep our family safe. Idk where you live in Toledo but it must be an outskirt.

I was looking for someone to quote this. Thanks! XD

@@Kaitou1412Fangirl same actually, just decided to do it myself in the end

"Toledo, Ohio! There is a Burger King down the road"

Ya, its not too bad here.

do they still build jeeps there?

@@tommurphy4307 Yeah, I live just across the trainyard from the factory.

Point place isn’t toledo 😂

@@AngloSaxon-ns9oc Check city limits man, it is. One google search would prove you wrong lol

Clinton signed the NAFTA accord and much of Amerika's industry left. NAFTA insured that manufacturers could produce elsewhere with substantially reduced labor, insurance and benefit payouts yet pay no import tariffs to bring things into the US. Textile mills, furniture manufacturing, auto parts, etc. fired everyone, stole their retirement pensions (that was in the language of what Clinton signed, making it legal!!) then shipped all the machinery elsewhere. This was a big step in "Globalization" for the elites. Now 35 years later, most Amerikans continue to struggle and things are getting much, much worse...faster.

@@rusty9129 Same thing up here

We gave up our manufacturing base!Clinton,screwed us with NAFTA!Trump,Clintons,Bidens! Bushes!Corruption!

You can add US tax laws and unionization and environmental costs to the list.

A typical 3 week round trip for a Canadian "straight decker" would be grain down bound from a U.S. or Canadian port to a St.Lawrence port. The upbound half of the round trip would be iron ore from a Quebec port to an American or Canadian port. There were, of course, many other "runs", one being, Thunder Bay Ontario to Indiana Harbour or another Lake Michigan port with iron ore from the Steep Rock Lake mine. "Self Unloaders" handled a large variety of bulk cargoes to and from both countries. Canadian vessels were not allowed to carry cargoes between U.S. ports and the same rule applied in reverse to U.S. vessels. The waterways were crowded with vessels and the economy was booming. Sadly, today traffic through the Welland Canal is only a shadow of it's former self.

that seems like a contradiction of terms.....

Just the the US under 😴 Joe

It's not much of any worse than it was 20 years ago, but yes, the leadership/public servants are 🗑️

@@tommurphy4307 family is the only thing keeping me here.

At least you understand.

well, theyre getting the hell out of there- what more could you want??

I do kinda miss that Toledo Express more or less tanked on the commercial airline front. Especially for the west side residents 8 miles that a way , easy parking , and you're someplace warm and sunny etc. Instead DTW here we come.

Fancy!

was the sign made of glass?

Ohio has largely ignored Toledo and the northwestern part of the state. It has focused its urban policies primarily on Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati. Even destitute Youngstown gets more attention from the Columbus statehouse than Toledo.

​​@@r.pres.4121That I can believe. It"s no wonder we Toledoans had looked to Detroit in the past.

@@r.pres.4121well toledo is the fourth largest. google says cincinnati is the most livable citiy there- but what do they know??

@@tommurphy4307 They... Have control over what is the most livable city. Where they focus their money and resources determines where the most livable place is.

Agreed

@@pepperonipete7566 but I hear a lot of people born elsewhere but living here absolutely rave about how they love it. Certainly it’s not for everyone but it’s widely misperceived. While unfortunate, the upside is it’s affordable to be underrated!

@@pepperonipete7566 the entire middle class is fleeing cali. They gotta go somewhere. LOL

...and horrible roads, crumbling bridges, high crime, rampant drug use, abandoned houses and buildings that are now drug dens, once beautiful but now run down neighborhoods, empty strip malls...

@@eljefe4830 …can be found in any city of our size. Name a metro area that doesn’t. Just one. Perhaps don’t live or frequent those areas?

@@eljefe4830that’s a country issue lmao

I'm glad you did.

I have love for the city but had to leave nearly 6 years ago. We come back to visit fairly often and I would not say it is improving. That said I will be down for the Old West End Festival. Might even swing by Inky's

Toledo's root issues stem from greed, like all American cities. Greed in corporations that shape our country for company financial benefit at ANY cost. Notice how all of the companies he listed that "survived" are no longer owned by wealthy Toledoans.

@@lowermichigan4437we have an inky's in el cajon, but its a bike shop- been there since the schwinn of chicago days.

What would you suggest for a newbie in the area?

i'm 66 and at the age where i'm sometimes shocked at how many of my classmates have made it into The Great Beyond. carry on.....

toledo was never a major city

san diego is not really major, but its beautiful cuz half the places burn down every 15-20 years....sometimes all at once if theres a dry windstorm.

Soft

then you missed the slow death of Southwyck

@@cmac4625 you need to relax, maybe shes a female

The times ive been in Toledo, i havent really seen any violence. But preach your wisdom, i guess.

get to know my city that has the same name Toledo in the state of Paraná in Brazil

i remember watching the chimps smoke cigarettes at the zoo- but i hear they changed it around so visitors can't toss them cigarettes anymore. i bet their monkeys are living longer now and maybe the trainers toss them occasional doobies to calm then down.....

my best bud's from ferndale, MI, near 8-mile road, and he's not going back anytime soon.

This isnt a sports video lol

Al Bundy would be proud.

And that we beat Michigan in 2008

yet wasn't good enough to play 3rd string in the NFL

@@JamesDeGregorio He wasn't drafted by any NFL team in the 1972 draft because he stated that he wanted to be drafted for a quarterback position only. The NFL at that time didn't have any Black QBs so no team drafted him or made him an offer. So he went to the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1972 became a starter for the third game of the season and won the Grey Cup, was RoY and MVP. He's in the MAC HoF and the College Football HoF. At UT we referred to him as "the Miracle Worker", a truly outstanding player regardless of your opinion!

hopefully you can get homeowners insurance there- i just have a liability policy here in socal and i have to go thru a whole checklist of stuff every time i leave the house due to not having fire insurance. houses in my ranch sell for close to a million bucks. nervous?- you bet!

Correct - a lot of people attribute the woes of Toledo (and cities like it) to NAFTA, but de-industrialization far precedes NAFTA (which as a mid-1990s thing) and extends far beyond it. The entry of China into the World Trade Organization dates from the late 1990s/early 2000s and man, that ripped a lot of US industry apart, like furniture. And again, nothing to do with NAFTA. Did NAFTA help? Probably not. Was it the cause of this? No. NAFTA is just one thing among many. And at the end of the day, a lot of it is up to financially-driven management. Companies merged and broken up by private equity and hedge funds like so many legos, with money shaken out of them at every turn, companies taken bankrupt so they can walk away from worker pensions and medical benefits. Having pensions and medical benefits tied to particular companies is a bad, bad, bad idea.

i'm still waiting for a domestic car thats as good and fun to drive as my '72 datsun 510. i had a 510 in ohio but it rusted out in about 2 weeks. thats really the road peoples' fault as we don't have to put salt on our roads in san diego.

They call them the "Walleye" now ( from what I heard).

@@davidjames7382 I saw that. There have probably been a number of others since the Goaldiggers. I remember their big claim to fame was that Mike Eruzione played with them before joining the U.S. 1980 Miracle team. He came back to some games later to be honored/celebrate, etc.

True, so very true.

Good old “Toledo roll through”

Don't turn and pull out in front of any one there, they get upset.

we don't have china-built cars here in the US- to what kind of manufacturing were you referring?

I loved going to Wildwood 40 years ago.

Winter is an issue. Not fond of it either.

@@ChristopherSobieniakbeen in san diego for almost 50 years- my skin is so thin i couldn't handle the wintertime anymore.

@@tommurphy4307 I bet. My dad vacated to The Villages, FL this winter.

Just go down Monroe or central and you've got plenty of shopping with in 5 miles. That's a very good location because it's easy to get to the shopping from there. Also beautiful old style homes. Toledo has so many beautiful Catholic churches.

​​@@Sctn187Yes, we do. My mom went to school at Rosary Cathedral in the 50's. And thank goodness we still have a mall on Monroe Street.

@@ChristopherSobieniak my grandma was born in the 50s

@@Sctn187 My grandparents go back to the 1920's

@@ChristopherSobieniak oh wow I bet it was really different then my grandma used to tell me stories about downtown and the different places she grew up and how different it was

Love Toledo, lived there for 13 years. I have to agree with you on all of that.

i'm a P&G shareholder since 1977. they still build jeeps in toledo- do you guys still build S&S specialty vehicles? i remember driving to florida during spring break and seeing all those cool ambulances and hearses lined up on their 'ready' lines.

i want S&S to build a limo out of my '68 510 four door sedan. i think i know what they'll say....

Very expensive food now days at any fast food company's

gross- too bad you guys don't have in-n-out- great hamburgers. a double-double plus grilled onions, hand-cut fries, and killer pink lemonade is about 12 dollars and they blow away most sit-down burger joints, let alone places like wendy's. i think eventually ohio will get in-n-outs and it will change your thinking about hamburgers. they have a secret menu and love to make special orders for guests.

@@tommurphy4307 We do have White Castle.

all i can remember is 'holy toledo- what a car!'

Urban blight?

Unions are not to blame.

None of the building are being leveled. Actually, most are being renovated for future use.

we have the opposite problem- a lot of democrats are leaving san diego but people from other parts of california are buying up most of the real estate here- places can and do go for about 50K or more over the asking price and we still have multiple bidders on sales even though the mortgage rates are up. the average home in san diego county is over 900K now and it just keeps going up. if i didn't have mine paid off (i got it in 83 for 105K) i would have to get out of dodge cuz auto club cancelled my insurance and it's required if there is any mortgage or mortgages against the property. i'm lucky to have a liability policy or i would be paying about 7K/year in the california fair access to insurance plan (we call it the state 'no fair' plan). if i paid that much, i'd be tempted to torch it just to get my money's worth. the problem is the ignorant newsom administration- and he wants to be your president. the good news for us is we would be getting him out of here for at least four years. state farm has stated that they no longer write up homeowners policies in california. well, kick their asses clean out of here, then! NONE of the companies will write policies in my town of alpine- we have a reputation of being a probable wildfire site. they ARE allowing californians to bring their insurance coverages here if they are existing cali policy-holders. well, BULLSHIT. women of wrestling is on- gotta go.

Bethlehem Steel Corp. went completely out of business in the mid 90s. Every one of its steel mills were shuttered permanently.

@@r.pres.4121not true- see my comment directly above. sorry about any grammar issues- i'm doing this and watching 'erin brockovich' at the same time and youtube is fucking up and not letting me correct anything.

you mean the WOW?- women of wrestling??

Me too! IMO the most beautiful mall I’ve seen. It’s a shame what happened

@@pepperonipete7566 Oh yeah Red Baron's.

I miss that acrylic chlorine pretzel smell that hit your face as soon you walk in the mall.

I just had this conversation with my 7 yo son about how to say Oregon. 😂

regarding sentences 2, 3, & 4 of your comment...that applies to every city in the country.

really? name ONE that we already have.....

One way to see it. It's how I felt my mom saw it in her youth 70 years ago.

"quick, robin- to the lovely ladies at the pizza cat...."

My grandma worked for Prestolite. They had a plant in Toledo. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestolite_Electric

@ChristopherSobieniak cool. My Grandfather worked for 30+ years for LOF glass company. If I remember correctly, they made the glass that went into World Trade Center 1 and 2.

@@davidjames7382 Yep, Toledo has some firsts that aren't as well known today, like the first radio broadcast.

@@ChristopherSobieniak and I must say, the old Tony Packos on the East side.

Yes, they were in the old Governor's mansion

If I am just passing through I am stopping at Inky's

maybe the lovely ladies- curiosity killed the cat but i'm no pussy....

Mazzas is better

When's the last time you listened to the police scanner in Toledo Ohio, it's crazy there so many shootings and people dying for nothing, plus young people stealing cars and trucks that go over 120 mph and most of them don't have a clue how to drive those Kia's and Hyundai's cars, crazy on my scanner every night, So much crime in Lucas county Ohio. Very Scary to have to live there, I have friends that live on the west side of Toledo and they say after 10 PM all hell starts and it's unsafe to go anywhere after dark, unless you are with a group of friends or family members, very sad for these cities with so much crime going on every day and night. Most of the time on the police scanner there's at least 275 people listening to all the calls about shootings and stealing vehicles. It's worse than Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota.

That’s true. Chrissy Hynde is from Akron. In “My City Was Gone” you hear references to that area.

you think YOU have it bad- all of akron's farms have been replaced by shopping malls- and nobody even goes to malls anymore.

do you guys have recreational cannabis? i raise afghan kush for a couple of dispensaries in SD. usually tests at around 30%. testing is expensive and they are trying to make us do it every year now. how often does ohio require it?

crane creek park is still there, right?? RIGHT??

If only the construction workers would stop shooting at each other

brewstew, a legendary youtuber is from there

Also Ben Roethlisburger was born and raised there as well.

@@christopherwhite8933 Ben is from Findlay OH

Actually I have been there many times, (I’m from OH) and i stand by my video.

Actually it was going to be called Lake Superior State, but the government's couldn't agree on it, so it ended up to be UPPER Peninsula of Michigan. 🇺🇸

..in perrysburg