US Economic Collapse: Detroit's Ruins http://thecomingdepression.net

[DuecePiece]

Amazing building. I would love to go take pictures while its still run down- not inside or anything just around it. Fascinated by it all the way in Dayton Ohio.

[mrbrandon71]

Poor quality video to say the least.

[Fridaey13txhOktober]

It´s like Somalia or Congo.

[miragezero]

Planet of the Apes

[amisven]

I agree that you can take pictures of burned down houses in most large cities, but to this extend... Don't get me wrong, I don't like to see this, but I'm afraid that a lot of these buildings (and some are really great buildings, heritage somewhat maybe) are lost forever. And yes there are still good houses and area's in Detroit. True that that is not said enough.

[rickster348]

the people responsible for this are in the Caribbean, enjoying fine wine and dining on lobster.

They're planning the next project.

[jmallton]

This is a perfect example of someone taking a few pictures of the worst part of a city and then saying the whole city is in shambles.....I have family in Detroit.....it has serious problems......but it also has serious promise ....its not as bad as these doomsdayers make it out to be

[amisven]

@jmallton But you can take these kind of pictures in Detroit can't you? Says enough to me, you have ghetto's in Europe to, but no city has this much abandoned and burned down buildings. I know because I am from Europe but used to live in Detroit from 2002 till 2006.

[jmallton]

@amisven You can take these type of pictures in any large city.....I have family who still live in Detroit and they live in very nice homes.....these pictures try to make you think Detroit is like this all over...it is not

[amisven]

@jmallton I agree that you can take pictures of burned down houses in most large cities, but not to this extend... Don't get me wrong, I don't like to see this, but I'm afraid that a lot of these buildings (and some are really great buildings, heritage somewhat maybe) are lost forever. And yes there are still good houses and area's in Detroit. True that that is not said enough.

[jmallton]

@amisven They use these pictures to make you think things are horrible and on the verge of chaos....it is just the bad side of town

[amisven]

@jmallton But sadly enough the bad side of town is pretty large, Highland park, the area round central station. If you drive down Woodward ave and pas 7 mile road, just take any left or right and tour around. It should not be tolerated by the citizens of the city. I left Detroit 5 years ago, maybe it has changed but when I speak to people I know who live in Troy and Ann Arbor ... There is a lot to do for Detroit...

[dogon3]

@jmallton Of course those with money congregate nearby one another.  Who in their right mind would live in the run-down areas?

[sujajajjaakakajjs]

niggers destroyed it

[acts131]

@sujajajjaakakajjs Actually the gov destroyed it with there policys and regualtions.But I guess you woulnt know that since you are busy hating

[dadnyfur]

I don't know what's worse, the quality of this video, or the state of that city...

[schlabresfan]

@Guitarrosaurusrex yup, this is an example of what happens when a society no longer manufactures anything or has a meaning.  For every one of these buildings, a new shiny building is being built in China. Transfer of wealth. America is dying.

[catfood440]

Its Funny To Be Critical When Its 10 Solid Minutes Of All The Negitive Stuff About My City. What You Dont Hear Is The Places Like Greektown, Or Belle Isle, Or The Hidelburg Projects, The True Gems Of What Your Would Consider A Dead City. If Im Not Mistaken I Believe This Video Was In The 90's When The City Sanatation Department Refused Bulk Pickup. Lol

[shortfatandcrass]

Wanna know how to rehabilitate detroit? Move out all the blacks and have a bunch of asians move in. I swear asian neighborhoods in the u.s always go up in value due to commerce, education and low crime rates.

[CrazyChitTV]

this is a stolen video... there is a much higher qual version of this

[Remorselesslymine]

Ah, the fruits of multiculturalism.

This is how most, perhaps all, of America - and Europe - will look eventually if we White Nationalists don't win.

[MrSueVeneer]

Burn it to the Ground

[mateoo2]

Even Poland looks better than this.

[Tankboy26]

What has happened to our once great industrial center of the country? Its breathing its final gasps of breath... It may be the first great city to fall, but it certainly wont be the last... I weep for America

[markjv]

this inst a new problem, watch life after ppl,. ppl just dont care crime not minorities are the problem

[dawheele1]

Wow this like a teaser for the movie I am legend, complete with walking zombies. All you need know is a herd of running deer.

[machinehead61]

Once profitable (after tariffs were imposed) the Carlyle Group, AKA the Bush-Bin Laden syndicate, sold the whole shootin match to the Ruskies for billions in profits.

[machinehead61]

The chicoms were dumping welded pipe, imports went from 100.000 tons in 2003 to 720,000 tons in 2006. To make a long story short the ITC ruled that the US could impose tariffs but Bush said that they would "hurt consumers". Once all the pipe produces were bankrupt the Carlyle Group swooped in and bought something like 11 of them. Just a few months later Bush decided tariffs were good and put a hefty tariff on chicom pipe.

[machinehead61]

On the morning of Monday, October 25, 2004, the business media was abuzz with news that Ross had struck a deal with Indian mogul Lakshmi Mittal to sell International Steel Group (ISG) for $4.5 billion. Shares of ISG immediately jumped, so that by the end of the day, Ross and other ISG shareholders were $545 million richer than they had been when the stock market closed on Friday.

[machinehead61]

After Bush imposed the tariffs, the stock prices of the steel companies went up.

About 95,000 retirees of defunct Bethlehem Steel, for example, collectively lost $380 million in health-care benefits between March 31, 2003, when those benefits were terminated by Judge Burton Lifland of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and October 25, 2004, when Ross agreed to sell the former Bethlehem assets to Mittal.

[machinehead61]

Around the beginning of 2001 the domestic steel mills were in trouble due to the dumping of imports. Of course Bush being the free trader he is would not impose any tariffs.

Anyway, LTV, Weirton, Bethlehem (which included Lukens), and Georgetown Steel were all bought by Wilbur Ross for pennies on the dollar. LTV files bankruptcy on Dec. 29 2000. Ross buys LTV on Feb. 27 2001. On March 6 2001 the FREE TRADER Bush signs 8% to 30% tariffs for 3 years.

Tariffs only 7 days later!!!!!!!!!!

[machinehead61]

American producers filed six 421 petitions during the administration of President George W. Bush. In four of those cases, the ITC found in favor of the American producer and recommended the imposition of tariffs. In each instance, President Bush rejected the ITC recommendations. Subsequently, two of those petitioner industries -- the U.S. iron waterworks and wire hanger producers -- have gone out of existence.

[cidrosmith]

What president signed NAFTA?

[machinehead61]

@cidrosmith

Clinton.

What Republican-controlled Congress sent it to him to sign?

[zizyphus99]

Help save Detroit? Every person with any sense has left. Only 25% of HS kids even graduate. 7 in 10 murders go unsolved. Packs of wild dogs run the streets. The thousands of abandoned buildings are in such a state of decay as to be unsalvagable. They must be tore down. Who would move INTO this wasteland and why? The local population is mostly illiterate. So you have to tear down buildings to build new ones, hire security like in Iraq, and entice workers from afar.

[TheMidcoast1]

@zizyphus99 Pls try not 2 mislead the public with yr horrible description. There are still good parts n the city safe 4 kids2 play & grow East English Village-Rosedale Park 2 name a few. Yr comments can b viewed as an injustice 2 those who choose 2 remain & call this place home. I dont no where u live but the writing is on the wall. If u think this couldnt happen 2 your city just hang tight. Det. been a testing ground city for yrs. Whatever happens to Detroit will soon happen to America. Peace!

[markjv]

this happened because of having 1 industry, diversify and take care of your city, ppl make it a shitty place to be. some of the houses would have looked awesome in their day.

[TheMidcoast1]

@markjv Some truth to that Markjv ...but The point I was trying to make is that the entire city does not look like what is depicted in this video. Noone would stay if the entire city looked that way. I guess he had to shoot the worse parts to match the erie sound effects....its call drama...I certainly wish ppl would do videos on the good parts sometimes. but yeah some parts are unbelievable. Funny how he shot that whole video with the windows rolled up LOL!!

[markjv]

only some pockets fo "city" the rest is ghosttown that was left to decay, ppl just left, just dont care. no doubt about the windows. dying city definately, seeing the  "future" promises of progress seen from a distance w the ppl mover, but its a bygone era. D didnt have to die car companies w deep pockets/greed killed the city. my city was always manufactering and always survived.

and "ghetto" most ppl dont live in those areas, they are abandoned areas. hard pressed to find it in canada

[TheMidcoast1]

@markjv The nices parts are the areas that boarder other neighboring cities but they still exist. What specifically did the car companies do to Detroit besides abandoning it? (which was worse than anything). So sad to see the bulk of ppl leave. Causes more problems as in mental illnesses. I see ppl becoming very depressed due to isolation in certain areas. So abnormal....

[markjv]

@TheMidcoast1 its so sad that large pocket look like this. Canada really doesnt have too many places that look so abandoned, check out life after ppl, discovery channel. very sad to see so much neglect.

i can see why some want to stay but seems a losing battle/cancer, some times u have to just give it up n leave.

[D33Lux]

All you need are zombies in this post apocalyptic city.

[machinehead61]

WRONG.

This is what happens when the U.S. government destroys our protective tariffs while every other nation on earth cheats on every trade agreement before the ink can dry.

The Republicans have been the worst on trade votes.

Since NAFTA the Repubs in the House and Senate have about an 84% pro-free trade record.

The Dems are about 38% in the House and 46% in the Senate pro-free trade.

The Repubs rammed these trade bills through, not the Democrats.

Learn some history.

[pinaygirl45927]

This is what happens when you buy weed and a Forty instead of painting your house or cutting the grass.

This is what happens when you wait for Democrats to give it all to you free while you sit on your ass not working.

This is what happens when you elect people you do not even know, and have no clue what they stand for, but you vote for them, because he is black and you are black.

Wake up America!!!!

[omerthe3rd]

what ever is happening there is really disturbing and scary !! lets hope for the best .. as the victims are the normal, peace loving citizen like us .. we all (the normal people of the world) are victims !

[machinehead61]

"Abandonment of the protective policy by the American government must result in the increase of both useless labour and idleness; and so, in proportion must produce want and ruin among our people."

Abraham Lincoln

Alfred E. Eckes, Jr.

Opening Americas Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776

p.28

[LordTyrannus]

lol Detroit is probably where the movie "The Road" was filmed. It totally looks like a post-apocolyptic setting. Poor Detroit.

[D33Lux]

@LordTyrannus - Aren't they filming the remake of "RED DAWN" in detroit?

[LordTyrannus]

Who knows..wouldn't suprise me though if they were. Detriot is an ideal setting for any horror film :p

[bartjebeltegoed]

Detroit is gods vision for the US' future.

[oc5nsli341nforce4]

@bartjebeltegoed

This is what NYC to DC will look in 20 years.

[LordoftheKaty]

Anyone ever read Atlas Shrugged? This EXACT same shit happens in it. Exactly the same shit! And it was written in the 40's and published in '57!

[sharkloaner]

Have you losers ever been to Europe? Damn-America is FUCKING UGLY-indeed!

[gypsy43]

God help us all

[Mokouteh]

"WOW this is what Detroit looks like? I did not know that, it has completely collapsed."

[caganb]

henry ford would be proud

[oc5nsli341nforce4]

Imagine New York when it reaches this stage along with parts of DC. :O

[marzdude]

It looks like a warzone

[pathfinderdaddy]

I'd kick ass if all the people that left went to DC, and say

"Hey you two faced potato head, give it up bitch!"

[kawa250dream]

Detroit is an abandoned city, because the good paying auto jobs are gone. There is hardly any employment there, so everyone left. Not a big deal.

[DarkCell22]

Damn America is realy going to be a Continent full of Ghost City's and maybe Mutated Humans.... It's like Resident Evil is gonna be the Truth...

[MrSyntha6]

Lol more like silent hill to me

[baltimorejohn]

Detroit has been ran by the democrats and unions for 30 plus years. They have such a choke hold on that whole state. This is what Obama and all his organization and majority congress have in plan for the rest of the country. Coming to a city near you!

[derfilmmacher]

The goal is turn Americans into people as poor as the average Chinese guy.

[captplanut]

You are right about that. Once these "Free trade "Deals equalize our economies, we'll all be living in "paradise" of grass huts.

[TomJackson986]

@captplanut they just devalue the currency to the point now where its almost worthless. we are in denial

[PestControl02]

going to look like that everywhere soon...

[Stuballs84]

Detroit has been neglected for a long time which is sad. But alot of what you see is a build up of neglect not just over the last year. But in saying that the USA is still in a world of shit.