that was then..this now..and now reveals a shooting almost everyday in youngstown..blight..hack politicians and basically a blind population who get a kick out of the so called "TOUGH GUY" image of the "MAHONING VALLEY"..there are more winos in youngstown than MAFIA members..excuse me more crack addicts..FRANKIE RACK..that's short for RACKET..i'll see you in BRIER HILL.. chow baby..
For several years, Youngstown, Ohio was my favorite vacation destination. Starting in 1999 I attended about 10 different music festivals at the Nyabinghi. The biggest of these was the annual Emissions from the Monolith festival held over Memorial Day weekend. I always enjoyed my times in Youngstown and the surrounding areas. Now that the Nyabinghi is gone I wonder if I'll ever have another reason to visit.
All these pics are from a time when Youngstown was still fairly a nice place to be, now it's just one big ghetto. It's a sad thing, driving down Market Street now almost looks like a third world country!
The Sheriton Inn Youngstown West was NEVER in Youngstown ! It sits on the Austintown side of Meridian Road. Thought everyone knew the yellow line is the dividing line between The City Of Youngstown and Austintown(ship).
theres nothing to do cus uve lived here so long. its the same with any place u live your whole life. youngstown used to be one of the biggest, richest, nicest cities in the world. you should feel good you are in the precence of greastness wheather it was went to shit or not. we the the people can fix it. FREE JIM TRAFICANT!!!
Traficant was jailed on trumped-up charges of having engaged in at worst ethically-questionable activities far less severe than the actual crimes committed by most of his accusers. His having been targeted for railroading stems from his having made enemies at the ADL, Simon Weaselthal Center, etc. by proving an elderly retired autoworker innocent before those vampires could subject him to a Stalinist show-trial, propaganda to hide the real evidence refuting their Holocaust(tm) Industry's lies.
I enjoyed the video. Ytown actually looked livable back then. I live in in ytown,and I'm telling u don't ever move here,cuz aint shit here anymore its pitiful. Go 2 columbus
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
Don't forget: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter......
i used to live in the apartment building to left of the this building 2:49 which is Stambaugh Auditorium. U can only see the awning from the apartment building. It was a really cool place to live and beautiful view of the Auditorium. That was in 1988. I wouldn't dream of living there now. It's a shame.
Hello Fucker you still pretending to be me, dont you know imatation is the highest form of flattery, you pretend to be me because you cant compete, your a lowlife dude and these people see through you, we know what happened to our city read below we have been living with this for 30 years, liberalism destroyed our city, your ACORN tactics wont sway our votes we are tired of the crap, btw folks this mans YT channel is notroops, he is a liberal turd from califorina and he could care less about us.
fucking liberals, lowlife Acorn bastards. When I first realized I was gay, I spent all my time trying to redirect attention away from me and my weird shit to stuff other stuff.
That's the genius of the McCain/Rove strategy. Even though my Campaign Manager worked for Freddie Mac, and his firm received $15K/mo. up until the govt took it over; They have to talk about unrelated shit.
Voters LOVE this crap (and I love a firm hard dick in my mouth).
I was raised in the Ytown area and now live in California. There is violence no matter where you are. I miss the friendly people and the sense of family. The only way Ytown will be what it once was is for big business to come to town. There's a huge labor pool there. So come city fathers, get off your duff and go find businesses to relocate. Give them some REALLY BIG tax breaks as an incentive!! It's #2 of the most inexpensive places to live in the US!!
Youngstown will revive and redemption will bring all racial harmony for not matter what color. I once wore platforms, skipped school in 73 and dodged rocks in Mill Creek during the violent and sexual freedom days of pandamania. Never forward always ahead! :-)
Wow...I grew up in girard...have lived all over the country...now live in Cali...your seriuosly excited to move back to Warren?Well...I hope you find your happiness there! I'd never move back to Ohio..love Va Beach though!
This is a fantastic clip. It really brings back life as it used to be in this once beautiful, mostly middle class American city. I was there in 73. To many that lived there before the fall, it was like living the American dream. Idora Park, Parker's Frozen Custard Stand, Mill Creek, YSU. It was clean and orderly. My family moved away when I was in grade school. I hope it recovers. It's been a long hard road for many.
Well, hire a body guard before you go. It's the 3rd most dangerous city in US for it's size. It's nothing like it was. It's a big ghetto now, filled with a lot of very bitter people. Checkout some of the more recent clips and you'll see what I mean.
youngstown is gone down but its not that bad, you don't have to hire a body guard unless you are afraid of black people which most white people are afraid of black people, youngstowns crime is drug related and they kill each other those that owe them something, i was in youngstown last year and walked downtown and im still alive..oh is it because im black?
It doesn't matter what color you are, take a walk down Hillman ave. at night and see what happens. I have family that lives near there, and I never go unarmed when there at night.
Youngstown has a bad rep that is undiserved. If you're not doing something you shouldn't be doing you shouldn't really worry about your safety no matter where you go. I lived there until I was 24 (I'm 26 now) and was never paranoid about my safety. Youngstown is and forever will be my favorite city out of the many I've lived in with all the history and how beautiful it really is. If only the city leaders could get some businesses there, they might have something.
How ironic that this clip is accompanied by jungle music from the Civil Wrongs movement that TURNED this once-great city into the GHETTO it is now! How about some photos of Toyota automobiles and Taiwanese steel while you're at it.
"Free Trade" killed the economy, and "Diversity" made it too dangerous for the most productive of its population to stay. The church that bought Idora Park did for it what Mugabe did for Zimbabwe. Before any Liberals complain, FACTS cannot be "hateful" so shove it!
Why is it that the "lunatic fringe" which is the extreme Left (contrary to their use of that phrase as a smear against the fact-based Right) can offer nothing but ad-hominem attacks in response to the Truth? Perhaps it's because there are no facts (only manipulated statistics and knee-jerk buzzwords) on which to prop up their hidden Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist agenda which masquerades behind its new name "Democracy" which is really a re-packaging of the old Stalinist "Democratic Socialism" scam.
I had the dismal chance of living in Youngstown; it was a depressing memory if at best. A large majority of the people there are uncouth or depressed due to bad weather and lack of culture. The city died long ago!
3 night clubs, a BW3 wings (where I worked) and a few other small businesses, I was contented to have left there!
Truly the city that time forgot. You look at that video and you see where most people I knew grew up, worked, or with Northside Hospital...where they were born. It looks more empty and more grey every time I go back to visit.
Very nice tribute. I spent a lot of time there as a kid. - - My husband and I play music for an old folks home, were a fabulous old guy from Youngstown lives now. He had a great time working for the electric co. and moonlighting as a clarinet player in a lounge bar band during this era. He can still flip a maraca and does not miss a beat! God Bless, him! Go Youngstown.
This is a really sad video. I grew up on the north side of Youngstown on West
Federal street by the B & O railroad that was my back yard. Once the steel
industry went bust well that was the beginning of the end of once great city.
My father came here from Italy work in the steel mills as did many other immigrants.
I graduated from Rayen in 1960 and was fortunate to get a football scholarship
to Kent State which enabled me to leave and start a new life and family.
maverick19421 5 months ago
that was then..this now..and now reveals a shooting almost everyday in youngstown..blight..hack politicians and basically a blind population who get a kick out of the so called "TOUGH GUY" image of the "MAHONING VALLEY"..there are more winos in youngstown than MAFIA members..excuse me more crack addicts..FRANKIE RACK..that's short for RACKET..i'll see you in BRIER HILL.. chow baby..
801liveable 5 months ago
For several years, Youngstown, Ohio was my favorite vacation destination. Starting in 1999 I attended about 10 different music festivals at the Nyabinghi. The biggest of these was the annual Emissions from the Monolith festival held over Memorial Day weekend. I always enjoyed my times in Youngstown and the surrounding areas. Now that the Nyabinghi is gone I wonder if I'll ever have another reason to visit.
TubeVisionDotCom 11 months ago
well v and m star is proble the only place that doesint have spray paint on it haha like most of younstown did it wasnt always like a getto tho
mmbasement 1 year ago
All these pics are from a time when Youngstown was still fairly a nice place to be, now it's just one big ghetto. It's a sad thing, driving down Market Street now almost looks like a third world country!
JohnnyRocker65 1 year ago
That's the nice thing about a sound economy. It keeps everything from deteriorating.
blabblab1212 1 year ago
Is this news blurb true? I heard that even though Jim Traficant was freed from prison, his haircut was re-sentenced to a double life term.
blabblab1212 1 year ago
Akron- Rubber, Cleveland- Oil and Electric, Youngstown- Steel, Toledo- Glass, Cincinnati- Steel, all gone now.
Grapes428 1 year ago 2
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i was 3 years old then
youngstown1977 1 year ago
If My people who are called by My name...
LizzyxDarcy 2 years ago
Must have been before it turned ghetto
J0HN91 2 years ago
Moved to Youngstown in June of 1972 left in November of 1987 ... good times and bad remembered in this montage!
schneehundmutter 2 years ago
FREE JIM TRAFFICANT???? OMG that is the funniest thing I have seen all day! You have made my day sir. lol! really? Trafficant??
cchinchic2005 2 years ago
He'll be released in Sept.I remember his god awful haircut.
HattieLovesCattie 2 years ago
The Sheriton Inn Youngstown West was NEVER in Youngstown ! It sits on the Austintown side of Meridian Road. Thought everyone knew the yellow line is the dividing line between The City Of Youngstown and Austintown(ship).
Just the real facts !
adorablejaney 2 years ago
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usa02 2 years ago
Now, I see they have different music on here now.
usa02 2 years ago
theres nothing to do cus uve lived here so long. its the same with any place u live your whole life. youngstown used to be one of the biggest, richest, nicest cities in the world. you should feel good you are in the precence of greastness wheather it was went to shit or not. we the the people can fix it. FREE JIM TRAFICANT!!!
bueno622 3 years ago
Traficant was jailed on trumped-up charges of having engaged in at worst ethically-questionable activities far less severe than the actual crimes committed by most of his accusers. His having been targeted for railroading stems from his having made enemies at the ADL, Simon Weaselthal Center, etc. by proving an elderly retired autoworker innocent before those vampires could subject him to a Stalinist show-trial, propaganda to hide the real evidence refuting their Holocaust(tm) Industry's lies.
jshorva65 3 years ago
I enjoyed the video. Ytown actually looked livable back then. I live in in ytown,and I'm telling u don't ever move here,cuz aint shit here anymore its pitiful. Go 2 columbus
WETNWILD85 3 years ago
who is the artist of the soundtrack? Thanks
beepeelow 3 years ago
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating
class?
prafessorenigma 3 years ago
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do" to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? What if Obama were a member of the "Keating 5"?
prafessorenigma 3 years ago
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
Don't forget: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter......
prafessorenigma 3 years ago
i used to live in the apartment building to left of the this building 2:49 which is Stambaugh Auditorium. U can only see the awning from the apartment building. It was a really cool place to live and beautiful view of the Auditorium. That was in 1988. I wouldn't dream of living there now. It's a shame.
dskyyboi 3 years ago 2
McCain `08!
The grandstander who pretended to save the Socialization of Investment Banks.
McCain whose Campaign Mgr was chief lobbyist for Freddie Mac.
McCain whose Campaign Mgr's firm received $15K/mo until the govt took it over!
McCain who flip flops on border control!
McCain who chose that dipshit Palin as a VP!
ASONOFUNCELSAM 3 years ago
Hello Fucker you still pretending to be me, dont you know imatation is the highest form of flattery, you pretend to be me because you cant compete, your a lowlife dude and these people see through you, we know what happened to our city read below we have been living with this for 30 years, liberalism destroyed our city, your ACORN tactics wont sway our votes we are tired of the crap, btw folks this mans YT channel is notroops, he is a liberal turd from califorina and he could care less about us.
ASONOFUNCLESAM 3 years ago
fucking liberals, lowlife Acorn bastards. When I first realized I was gay, I spent all my time trying to redirect attention away from me and my weird shit to stuff other stuff.
That's the genius of the McCain/Rove strategy. Even though my Campaign Manager worked for Freddie Mac, and his firm received $15K/mo. up until the govt took it over; They have to talk about unrelated shit.
Voters LOVE this crap (and I love a firm hard dick in my mouth).
ASONOFUNCELSAM 3 years ago
americas toilet
vlasolvite 3 years ago
I was raised in the Ytown area and now live in California. There is violence no matter where you are. I miss the friendly people and the sense of family. The only way Ytown will be what it once was is for big business to come to town. There's a huge labor pool there. So come city fathers, get off your duff and go find businesses to relocate. Give them some REALLY BIG tax breaks as an incentive!! It's #2 of the most inexpensive places to live in the US!!
sl95765 3 years ago
One of the saddest places in the US.
dontxdreamxtooxfar 3 years ago
Youngstown will revive and redemption will bring all racial harmony for not matter what color. I once wore platforms, skipped school in 73 and dodged rocks in Mill Creek during the violent and sexual freedom days of pandamania. Never forward always ahead! :-)
Hanoverton 3 years ago
Y-town is groid town and it will never be anything of value! Watch the news from this town or any other major city-
The best days are behind us.
trh55 3 years ago
I get to go back and visit Youngstown this weekend.. I cant hardly wait to leave south Florida. hahahaha
8899796 3 years ago
I agree! I live in Virginia Beach but will be moving back to Warren this Saturday. I can't WAIT!! The cost of living here is INSANE!!
Twizzledoc187 3 years ago
Wow...I grew up in girard...have lived all over the country...now live in Cali...your seriuosly excited to move back to Warren?Well...I hope you find your happiness there! I'd never move back to Ohio..love Va Beach though!
lmarimpietri 3 years ago
This is a fantastic clip. It really brings back life as it used to be in this once beautiful, mostly middle class American city. I was there in 73. To many that lived there before the fall, it was like living the American dream. Idora Park, Parker's Frozen Custard Stand, Mill Creek, YSU. It was clean and orderly. My family moved away when I was in grade school. I hope it recovers. It's been a long hard road for many.
6StringPassion 4 years ago
yes youngstown use to be so nice its gone now forever
yoganandarita 4 years ago
That last building is my favorite in Youngstown...I keep trying to get inside it to look around.
limenlimpidgreen 4 years ago
very cool, i must go there someday!
sunra67 4 years ago
Well, hire a body guard before you go. It's the 3rd most dangerous city in US for it's size. It's nothing like it was. It's a big ghetto now, filled with a lot of very bitter people. Checkout some of the more recent clips and you'll see what I mean.
6StringPassion 4 years ago
It's really not that bad. Just don't run around like a dick, and kepp outta the south and east sides of town and you do alright.
ComradeGarcia 4 years ago 2
Ditto
radarengineer 4 years ago
youngstown is gone down but its not that bad, you don't have to hire a body guard unless you are afraid of black people which most white people are afraid of black people, youngstowns crime is drug related and they kill each other those that owe them something, i was in youngstown last year and walked downtown and im still alive..oh is it because im black?
yoganandarita 4 years ago 3
It doesn't matter what color you are, take a walk down Hillman ave. at night and see what happens. I have family that lives near there, and I never go unarmed when there at night.
radarengineer 4 years ago
Youngstown has a bad rep that is undiserved. If you're not doing something you shouldn't be doing you shouldn't really worry about your safety no matter where you go. I lived there until I was 24 (I'm 26 now) and was never paranoid about my safety. Youngstown is and forever will be my favorite city out of the many I've lived in with all the history and how beautiful it really is. If only the city leaders could get some businesses there, they might have something.
mrjfrostbite 4 years ago
I watched my friend get shot in the street outside of pogos pub back in the 90's..Youngstown is just as dangerous as any other big city though
lmarimpietri 3 years ago
How ironic that this clip is accompanied by jungle music from the Civil Wrongs movement that TURNED this once-great city into the GHETTO it is now! How about some photos of Toyota automobiles and Taiwanese steel while you're at it.
"Free Trade" killed the economy, and "Diversity" made it too dangerous for the most productive of its population to stay. The church that bought Idora Park did for it what Mugabe did for Zimbabwe. Before any Liberals complain, FACTS cannot be "hateful" so shove it!
jshorva65 4 years ago
you're an idiot
derice38 3 years ago
Why is it that the "lunatic fringe" which is the extreme Left (contrary to their use of that phrase as a smear against the fact-based Right) can offer nothing but ad-hominem attacks in response to the Truth? Perhaps it's because there are no facts (only manipulated statistics and knee-jerk buzzwords) on which to prop up their hidden Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist agenda which masquerades behind its new name "Democracy" which is really a re-packaging of the old Stalinist "Democratic Socialism" scam.
jshorva65 3 years ago
I guess If some people had the guts to stay and help us help this city - but I guess the easy way is to move.
tetashari 4 years ago 3
@tetashari I was one of the one who moved away. I decided to help myself; maybe you should do the same (regardless of whether you stay or leave).
tzkelley 1 year ago
who is the news anchor at :45 (third one from left) i remember him when i was a kid.
baktu1 4 years ago
I had the dismal chance of living in Youngstown; it was a depressing memory if at best. A large majority of the people there are uncouth or depressed due to bad weather and lack of culture. The city died long ago!
3 night clubs, a BW3 wings (where I worked) and a few other small businesses, I was contented to have left there!
urawaste 4 years ago
who wants to live in youngstown ohio that place is stupid i had to leave
yoganandarita 4 years ago
You left. Pussy.
bobbrode314 4 years ago
your still there retard? or cant you find a job anywhere to get money to leave? must be trapped in y town like the me?
beerslave7 3 years ago
welveriene3636, why are u glad u dont live in y-town anymore? yeah, it dumpyy, but everyone i know loves it here, i neva wanna leave.
Ballinjess23 4 years ago
Truly the city that time forgot. You look at that video and you see where most people I knew grew up, worked, or with Northside Hospital...where they were born. It looks more empty and more grey every time I go back to visit.
ytownteddy 4 years ago
A shame they didn't have the color test pattern as used by WYTV in those days, in that publication . . .
wmbrown6 4 years ago
Ah yes the good ol days!
Y'town had it all before the mills closed.
ronski52 4 years ago
Very nice tribute. I spent a lot of time there as a kid. - - My husband and I play music for an old folks home, were a fabulous old guy from Youngstown lives now. He had a great time working for the electric co. and moonlighting as a clarinet player in a lounge bar band during this era. He can still flip a maraca and does not miss a beat! God Bless, him! Go Youngstown.
gairin 4 years ago
wow!! it actually looked nice.. I used to live in that area, glad i dont anymore.. unless i wanted a lifelong career at Taco Bell or Wal Mart..
wolverine3636 4 years ago
So sad !! Another city that was developed around one industry.
ajbplumb 4 years ago
What's the song i want it
manly427 4 years ago
"Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas...it's on iTunes...
rondiscscinema 4 years ago
strouss'!!! daaaaammmnnn....
remember horne's?
spnsrs 4 years ago
VERY EDUCATIONAL! 2 THUMBS UP!!
Blessed247365 4 years ago
Funny, how some of them pictures look better than Youngstown today.
benjeicher 4 years ago
absolutely brilliant!!! how about upper sandusky next!!!!
sunra67 4 years ago