On the Road w/ RTW - Hamilton, OH (Part 1)

[gabriellefreedom2001]

You make me wanna make vids about Hamilton. I still live there. I just don't know what to make the videos about. Thanks for inspiring me. :)

[fabkitty84]

OMG! I grew up in Hamilton but I went to Jefferson Elem. then, Madison Elem, then we moved to the West side and went to Lincoln Elem. I was so sad to find out they were torn down /: I LOVE FLUBBS AND JOLLY'S!

[MrsSkitzo87]

lol nice video you left a lot of things out but i get what you was doing i grew up on the knob and i still have a lot of friends and family there and that school vb i played there all the time with my friends

[XXxESTEBANx]

I live in st louis but i was born and raised in hamilton! Love the video!

[Frank1Helios]

@rtwtv thanks bud

[Frank1Helios]

Hell yeah, representing Hamilton. I think me and you are the only ones on YouTube that are representing Hamilton. Check out my page, I don't have a tour of Hamilton tho

[rtwtv]

@Frank1Helios cool i'll check out your page.. nice drunk chick dancing that's what's up

[rtwtv]

@Frank1Helios cool i'll check out your page - nice drunk chick dancing that's what's up

[1evilzack]

i attended van buren also and it was being leveled because they said it was too old and they built a new school at the east view swimming pool location

[rtwtv]

@1evilzack it's so surreal walking around the grass field that once was Van Buren.. just too odd for me still

[JustPlainRachel]

Ohhh and Jolly's, that place is amazing in the summer when it firsts opens! Also the middle schools, Garfield and Wilson

[JustPlainRachel]

Dude, awesome video! I'm from there but i went Monroe (which was vandilized last time I saw it, the turds.) But you forgot ALOT of cool places! Like West Side Little League, and Flubs!! And the high school! Ahhhhhh, such a great town..... :) Awesome videos :)

[hbk090]

Haha that movie theatre closed a couple weeks ago do to bedbugs :)) and you shoudve showed round up :D

[CelestXrose]

ray combs is buried right across the street from me :)

[shanda6969]

oh yah hamilton ohiooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooo

[RebekahAtTheDisco]

Hamilton!, Ohio

Born & raised there :D

I went to Jefferson, which is sadd cause they tore all the elementary schools down to build new ones ://

I lived right down the street from the Lane Public Library!.

There's new statues & they're trying to 'modernize' it ; but Hamilton will ALWAYS be the same to me.

I lived across from the old Mercy site.

Now it's just a big field where everyone goes to play baseballlllllll. (:

Same people. Same restaurants. Same unused buildings.

I <3 it.

[RebekahAtTheDisco]

Hamilton!, Ohio

Born & raised there :D

I went to Jefferson, which is sadd cause they tore all the elementary schools down to build new ones ://

I lived right down the street from the Lane Public Library!.

There's new statues & they're trying to 'modernize' it ; but Hamilton will ALWAYS be the same to me.

Same people. Same restaurants. Same unused buildings.

I <3 it.

[angelfish459]

I LIVE IN HAMILTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I go to Fillmore Elementary. All the elementary schools are tor down already.

[dontaecausey]

hi i  grew up on the estside

[trgshowtime]

Nice series Brian. I had major flashbacks to the 80's. Sad to hear about Van Buren... I was there from 2nd-6th grade.(late 70's to early 80's). That 2-3rd graders playground you could find all sorts of fossilized items. Hamilton may have hed its glory days but there is a lot of history in that small town. There was a huge amount of industry that drifted away. Champion, Mosler, Diebold and even Fisher Body... Now whats left AKSteel (at the old Armco building). Still an interesting place....

[nhalexhale420513]

fuck van buren, i went to buchanon ha good ol days man i miss hamilton.

east side!

[Yutsoku]

rout 4 is more like car lots lmao xD

[40twodogs]

Hey, I grew up on the West side, Lawn and Haldiman. Hamilton, nice town to be really young and great place to raise a family. Not a lot for dating and early career, but what place is.

Love all the primary schools in Hamilton, they all look the same. Sorry to hear EB will close, that was a nice old fashioned touch. A lot of things change and die in Hamilton, but a few dont. Flubbs, Jolly's, Milillo's, I guess West Siders like their low level food. Great video, keep up the great work.

[rtwtv]

yea.. when i was growing up i never took into consideration that things weren't permanent .. - nowadays it seems like businesses are closing, changing, etc. on a monthly basis.. - i grew up an east sider (an am still one at heart) but reside on the west side now.. - Flubbs is one of the highlights about being on this side of the bridge.. - thanks for the comment and kind words..

[40twodogs]

How long ago did the ice rink close down? Looked like it was sliding downhill on my last few visits. Haven't been in town in a couple years now.

Hamilton really has a lot of parks and really huge school yards. A lot more than most communities. I only lived their for four years, but I really feel like I "grew up" there. Cincinnati to the south, nice countryside to the north and a river right down the middle. Great place to live.

[nhalexhale420513]

@40twodogs fuck west side!

[40twodogs]

@nhalexhale420513

I guess I'm supposed to feel bad about the West Side now? Is this how it works on the east side?

[sheep3991]

why in the world would you return to hamilton??? hamilton sucks. van buren sucked too. but its fun at night lol. its a great hang out for people.

[wekill1]

no but im trying to get contact with family so... nope.

[wekill1]

ray combs was my first cousen... :-(

[rtwtv]

i went to school with an Erin Combs.. another Ray relative.. - do you know her?

[ReviewtheWorld]

hey.. brian here.. - yes, i did work at the theater back then.. - wow.. - small world, or, small town.. i should say.. - haven't seen Rutledge in years, though..

[eatmuditsgood]

smackman hhs class o 96

[an0nisabeast]

ahh, the boring hamilton life. If only they kept places open longer than a month. . .

[KnobberProductions]

I live on the Knob. We used to get up on Van Buren all the time ha.

[ReviewtheWorld]

don't know where i got the '59 flood from.. - i recall the 1913 one you mention.. - i think the info i quoted was from a plaque at the hamilton miami campus.. - thanks for checking out the video.. - glad you enjoyed it!

[chadpuska]

dude i don't know if you remember me my name is chad puska i was in broadcasting arts with you, well i was in class of 02. nice job on the vidz.

[deerhunter45628]

I was in broadcasting in 1983 Mr Spurrier...1984 Mr McGuire...NO HIGHWAY TO HELL BEFORE NOON!!

[ReviewtheWorld]

hey chad it's brian.. - i do remember you, sir, you were a year or two under me.. - nice to hear from you.. - thanks for the kind words!

[hboy222]

i love hamilton but they shut everythin down and tear everything down

[ReviewtheWorld]

yea.. it sucks to see places you grew up with going the way of the buffalo..

[leetsouljer]

i live there...

[bigwinke]

you from lwall? i seen the old gw in the background

[rtwtv]

i grew up on the east side.. not far from lindenwald.. - i just recently moved to the west side, though..

[rtwtv]

you too? what are your thoughts on the town?

[j00b]

Brian, you need to take me to that rooftop.

[rtwtv]

it'd be my pleasure, sir.. this summer it shall be..