Youngstown - Ohio - 4K Downtown Drive 

Born and raised in Youngstown, grew up in Virginia. I left Y-town in 2007. It looks almost exactly the same 17 years later, except the abandoned lots have increased in number and YSU has expanded in to some low-rent areas...

Did you know: Youngstown, OH is not only halfway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh but also halfway between Chicago and New York City?

4:44 That stretch of Wick Ave used to have several new car dealerships. Sadly, there hasn't been a new car dealership inside the city limits for at least two decades. 9:45 That's "Rayen Ave." I graduated from the former The Rayen (High) School. 15:09 I believe this is the 3rd time they've rebuilt this road. In the 60s-70s, they did the urban renewal thing and turned it into a pedestrian mall with one way driving. It killed the already declining business downtown. They opened it back up with diagonal street parking and now again with parallel parking. Fortunately, downtown had been seeing a resurgence--it used to be a ghost town after 5pm but there's nightlife with several bars, restaurants and a hotel.

My mother's side of the family is all from the greater Youngstown area. I grew up in WV but spent a lot of time in this area vising my relatives, by then we moved to GA when I was 12 and it was too far to drive on a regular basis. Now all of my relatives have moved to GA! The north side was once filled with mansions,but now Youngstown is one bad area. Used to be one of the largest producers of steel in the nation, and when that ended to city gradually fell apart.

Hometown Youngstown city. ❤

I was born and grew up in nearby Salem, Ohio. We used to go to Youngstown quite often, especially for shopping, or to visit the Butler Museum of American Art. I had thought about even studying at YSU, but life took a different turn and I ended up moving abroad, where I still am today, 27 years later. Youngstown doesn't look like it has changed much at all.

Youngstown, Y-town looks pretty darn good if you ask me!

Youngstown is my home city

there are some extreme rough roads and back roads around Youngstown

Y-town!

Did you know that the penalty flag for football was created at Youngstown State University

Born and raised in Youngstown. Left in 1969. The town I knew is gone. Sad how the old churches remain almost like tombstones.

What was the month of this video please?

3:12 Are you sure we are not in Columbus still? 😁

congrats on not gettin murdered there!