The FILTHIEST City In Michigan | River Rouge

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Growing up in Detroit, I always remember the smell in the downriver area. Chis mentioned salt in this video. A lot of people do not realize that there is a salt mine under the city of Detroit in the area that Chris is in. The mine entrance is in southwest Detroit near Fort Street not far from the Rouge River.

Proud resident. Born in SW Detroit, grew up in Delray, Rouge, and Ecorse my whole life. My grandparents moved here in the 1950's from Kentucky and Papaw worked on Zug Island and they lived well into their 80s with no kind of sickness or cancer's from the air quality. 😏 I bought my first home here in the early 2000's for 8k. Taxes arn't that bad here like you claim, I pay about 2k a year. I feel very safe here and the Police are always on patrol. Most of us keep our houses up and our grass cut. Back when I was a kid it was a gangland warzone, it's come a long way since then. Most diverse city downriver with equal parts black, white, and spanish. Great community for boating access and fishing. And yes if you like to partake in the devil's lettuce West Jefferson is definitely the cannabis Gaza strip! 😉

I’m very impressed with how well kept up the homes & stores are. Even the closed up businesses are neatly boarded up & not showing disrepair. It’s obvious that the residents take pride in their neighborhoods. I did not see any blight, overgrown lawns, etc. I was expecting the worst from your title! So glad to see more positive things than negative ones!

Detroit historically has been a hard working, industrial place. About jobs and making money through the automobile industry and industrial sites.

love your videos, Wayne county born and raised; I love the history, I love exploring - you tie those together beautifully. Keep doing what you do man!

I remembered seeing haze regularly driving through River Rouge and southwest Detroit.

Want to add, while some commented " so what, it's just another rust belt." As the old saying goes, " Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." So thank you again for publishing this history that I hope isn't repeated. Your channel is more valuable than any script production on a news channel. Well done!

Worth noting, most crime in the area arent spur of the moment. It's usually people with prior conflicts. I used to work in the city installing internet/cable and didnt have any safety issues.

First comes to many liquor stores, then a overabundance of vape stores shortly follow When "Pawn" shops start popping up, start to worry. When pot stores move in, it's too late -- put the house up for sale.

Chris why didn't you show the other 60% of the River Rouge? None of the public housing areas. None of the truly abandoned areas. I live in Rouge, and it's divided into 3 nicknames.. DISCLAIMER I DIDNT NAME THIS.. THESE ARE HOW CERTAIN AREAS ARE REFERRED TOO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, where you recorded is called the "WHITE SIDE", across Jefferson, is whats called "THE BLACK SIDE" or "THE BACK STREETS". Why didn't you record over there? Those numbers you gave make no sense with the beautiful areas you showed. Take em to the hood. This video was very misleading and one sided. Be blessed....

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing the information. I was curious about the large brick ranches sometimes listed there for such low prices. Another YouTuber in Detroit real estate mentioned River Rouge has a rogue if not tyrannical building code enforcement department maybe that explains general lack of blight. I wish for nothing but good luck and love for Detroit, and all her suburbs. Again awesome video, enjoy your weekend!

Great video

Have friends who were raised in 'The Rouge' as natives call it. They were raised there during the 50s and some still live there. Sad that things have deteriorated as they have. In spite of this have many warm memories of family gatherings years ago.

Thanks for the history lesson of River Rouge Chris! Shame about the corruption involving school children's meals. My grandfather used to work for US Steel in Illinois after returning from WW2 and the Korean War. I always remember the horrible smells of the plant. He died in the 80's of Emphysema.

I grew up in River Rouge or the Rouge as we called it. It is no way the dirties city in Michigan. Go look right next door at Ecorse or southwest Detroit especially the Ray (Del Ray). Rouge has actually gotten better since I left there back in the 2000s. Rouge Rat 4ever and proud of it!

"all dressed in.... Black [RACIST]" is HILARIOUS 😂

To be honest, this was one of the better looking neighborhoods in Detroit. Some of your other Detroit videos showed neighborhoods that looked third world.

I grew up in Weirton W. Va - former home of the largest "start to finish" Steel Mills in the nation. Home to several "coke" plants it was filth on a level this place will probably never see. Not a bad looking town, but without a new industrial investment it is surely doomed.. sad.. Thanks for documenting the Midwest as it exists today..

I love Michigan. I think it's the most beautiful place on Earth. I'm more loyal to my State than I am to the United States. That being said, we have our problems.