Down(trodden)town Syracuse, New York

Approximately 45% of buildings/store fronts are closed within a four block area in downtown Syracuse. It's ugly ... real ugly.

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[LN556]

A couple friends and I just went to upstate New york last weekend; for the casino in Verona. After a big win we stopped in the nearest city for a sit-down lunch. This city happened to be Syracuse. There were no restaurants open at 1100 downtown. We drove West-bound and then South to a McDonalds because we couldnt wait any longer. I felt bad for the place.

[miccinelli1]

@LN556 Yes, very sad. I grew up there, but live in Northern Virginia now. It's like a ghost town at night. No vibrancy.

[darkdays23]

This is a terrible video with horrible music and no real information. I could make a way better video showing the better part of downtown and make it look great.

[miccinelli1]

Good for you ...

[googlyburger12345]

Syracuse is a great city we have great things like burnet park the dome the carosel center which is going to have an all itailian wing that is under construction when its finishe the carosel center will be the biggest mall in th u.s. and if yur hatin on syracuse and never even been there u need 2 shut up hate on yur own city not ours

[miccinelli1]

Born and raised here. Live here now. Lived in other cities as well to know the difference.

[LovelyGranny]

Im a native of Syracuse. Now living in Florida.(go figure). sad to say.. its like that everywhere.. and please.. do us all a favor.. lose the bad organ music .. I feel like I'm at a 1985 wedding ..

[lthrboy1]

Obviously you have never been anywhere else in your life.

[1silent12knight]

Yes syracuse is A big shit hole don't waste your time

[LaxBro1044]

Im 15 years old and ive lived on the south side my whole life. And I love it here. I know that people just love to hate this historic city but I wouldnt rather live anywhere else personally. Its nothing fancy but if you want that then live in the burbs. I want to go Syracuse University and play lacrosse there. Which by the way if I get good enough grades throughout the rest of my high school years then I go to SU for free thanks to the Say Yes program that has provided free tuition to some of t

[sellastialsister]

this is my town. sad.

[chadsaleen21]

I'm moving to Camillus from Portland Oregon, and definitely not expecting much from all i've seen and heard. But oh well haha.

[JimDeferio]

Rochester and Buffalo are suffering in a similar manner as Syracuse. The malls have lured away businesses and shoppers and the thugs that frequent these downtown areas have scared away shoppers and businesses.

Here in Syracuse our black Police Chief Fowler has done little to stem the high crime rate - BUT he threatened to arrest me because I was preaching from the Bible in front of City Hall.

[Michaelw13669]

hey also is bergans still open? the guy had some odd commericals i tell u that. maybe you can put some up on youtube. lol

[Michaelw13669]

My dad work at the hotel for over 20 years as a electrician on the day he died i was told by some of the workers that the machine that he use to fix died as well and never was able to have been fix. Yes it is sad to see most of the buildings go and makes me feel down because seems like people just dont care. I see also you caught were the people who wait for the bus to go on the south side. I still remember that lol. Hey is Rite Aid still there? How about the galleries of sryacuse?

[542401]

Wow. People are judging a city by one block... And people don't look at the rest of the city, or it's history! Trust me, the rest of the city isn't as bad, only in certain areas.

[sorry4dis]

Syracuse is not the worst US city but too close. I lived there for ten years, it has almost six months of cold, snow and all you can see are cars, people don't walk like in NYC, I guess because of bad weather. Few things I like there, its carousel mall, the fall season, the new york state fair and red lobster restaurant.