Cleveland and Detroit Compared (Patreon)

Cleveland and Detroit Compared

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two Rust Belt cities that, despite being on the decline in recent decades, are trying to reclaim their past glory. Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Shout out to @Scottman895 Travel, a Detroit native, and @Xyla Foxlin (@Beauty and the Bolt), a Cleveland native, for looking over my script! Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Joe Bagale. Best travel videos about Cleveland...EVER: I've seen it 15 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY I've seen it 20 times: Oh and the sequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM I've seen it 10 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIbmT2Rs8vw&feature=emb_title Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Special thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: Joanne Urbex Dane Avis Rambin Detroit Video Daily University of Michigan School of Natural Resources Tim Evanson Michael Righi Andy B Christopher Busta-Peck Andrew Jameson Ken Lund Oydman Eli Pousso Nheyob Dig Downtown Detroit Shwalamazula Dave Parker Michael Barera Erik Drost Sources/further reading and watching: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/detroit-mi/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/cleveland-oh/ https://www.forbes.com/places/mi/detroit/#306991ed58c2 https://www.forbes.com/places/oh/cleveland/#9da8d4a7d1ba https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/eight-mile-road https://versus.com/en/cleveland-vs-detroit https://case.edu/ech/articles/a/automotive-industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XVtWYTRdk8 https://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2016/10/27/why-cleveland-is-americas-hottest-city-right-now/#3322e45b6488 http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-vs-city/121928-cleveland-vs-detroit-20.html#:~:text=Per%20Capita%2C%20Pound%20for%20Pound,Cleveland%20has%20transit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/21/detroit-population-drain-census-data/5213287002/ https://www.bestplaces.net/city/ohio/cleveland https://www.bestplaces.net/city/michigan/detroit https://clevelandmagazine.com/cleader/government/articles/cleveland-was-the-first-city-of-light https://www.good.is/features/chateau-hough-cleveland-winery #geography #detroit #cleveland Indeed, both cities have had their struggles in recent decades, and thus have developed a reputation for being not desirable cities to live in. When we often see Cleveland and Detroit in videos, we see huge abandoned buildings and dying neighborhoods. Now, fortunately, in the last few years both cities have made significant improvements. Both actually rock. (Clip of the Drew Carey Show theme of “Cleveland Rocks” by the Presidents of the United States of America) (Clip of live performance of “Detroit Rock City” by Kiss) And yes, look at all these things they have in common! Both are in the Great Lakes region of the country. While both are near Lake Erie, Cleveland is right up on it. Detroit is actually right up on the Detroit River, but is also next to Lake St Clair, which is not great. Er, I mean, it’s not technically a Great Lake, but it IS part of the Great Lakes system. The Detroit River is actually a strait, and divides the metropolitan area of Detroit from Windsor, Ontario. Indeederoo, Detroit borders Canada. Downtown Detroit is about 110 miles from downtown Cleveland. Driving by car around Lake Erie, the two cities are about 2 and a half hours apart. Of course, you could take a 30-minute flight between the two. Or even take a boat. That’d take around two hours. Or you could swim. Eh, I don’t recommend swimming between the two. Both have shrinking populations. As far as the actual cities, the population peaked for both of them in the 1950s. Back then, Detroit had almost 1.9 million people, and Cleveland had almost a million. Detroit was the fifth biggest city in the country, and Cleveland 7th. Since then, however, both have steadily been losing people.