Turning around Youngstown (Cleveland, Warren, Boardman: homes, contractor, campers)

[CortlandGirl79]

Actually, Youngstown does have service..........to Orlando and Casinos.

Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

[TKramar]

Mondays and Fridays only. Flies to Orlando.

I looked it up, considering a trip to Ohio.

[South Range Family]

Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79

Actually, Youngstown does have service..........to Orlando and Casinos.

Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

That's only if they stay in business for the next few months.
Jet fuel prices are crushing these little weekly excursion companies.

[BelieveInCleve]

The last time I was in Youngstown was last month, but I usually dont go that often. I have to admit that some areas of the city look a lot nicer now with the new houses I saw. New houses can be misleading though, just because an area looks nicer doesnt mean it is. I saw the same thing happening in a lot of areas in Cleveland, it definitely looks better than all the run down/abandoned buildings, it definitely made the area look a lot friendlier.

Youngstown University is pretty decent but its not going to attract that many people there and as soon as the students are done at college they are most likely going to move away. The college is just keeping a steady amount of students there throughout the years and that will help it out in the long run but most of those people will move away. I saw that 2010 plan a while ago, it looks pretty good if they can pull all of it off.

Even with all of that I still wouldnt call Youngstown a nice city. It was rated the 9th most dangerous, it has a very high poverty rate, it has lost over half its population in 50 years, and a lot of the housing is in disrepair, I wouldnt really call that nice. The crime rate hasnt gone down any either, it had 37 murders last year. Its possible but it is going to take a lot to turn around Youngstown.

[JR_C]

Originally Posted by Cle440

The last time I was in Youngstown was last month, but I usually dont go that often. I have to admit that some areas of the city look a lot nicer now with the new houses I saw. New houses can be misleading though, just because an area looks nicer doesnt mean it is. I saw the same thing happening in a lot of areas in Cleveland, it definitely looks better than all the run down/abandoned buildings, it definitely made the area look a lot friendlier.

The opposite is true as well. Just because an area looks bad doesn't mean it is. There is some abandonment in my own neighborhood. But, because I live here, I know it's mostly safe, and most of the neighbors are really nice people.

Where did you see the new houses?

Even with all of that I still wouldnt call Youngstown a nice city. It was rated the 9th most dangerous, it has a very high poverty rate, it has lost over half its population in 50 years, and a lot of the housing is in disrepair, I wouldnt really call that nice.

Couldn't much of what you wrote above also be said about Cleveland?

I happen to like Cleveland too, despite it's problems. As I said, they are very similar cities, just on different scales.

Because I'm not in a gang, or a drug dealer, the last thing I'm worried about is getting murdered, and Youngstown's terribly high murder rate is the main reason it is ranked so high.

The crime rate hasnt gone down any either, it had 37 murders last year.

Actually, there were 39 homicides. But, I believe all other types of crime have gone down, and have continued to decrease this year. (though haven't heard anything recently)

Its possible but it is going to take a lot to turn around Youngstown.

What's that old saying? Every great journey begins with a single step. (something like that) I'd encourage you to read this thread again and see all the steps that have already been made.

[BelieveInCleve]

I was around a lot of different neighborhoods in Youngstown. There was actually some new houses in most of the areas I was in. I dont mean it was all new houses but there were at least some new houses in all of the areas I was in. I remember seeing some off of Covington, and then there were some off of Hillman and Market St. on the Southside. A lot of the neighborhoods are still pretty decayed but it seemed to me that some looked a lot better than just 5 or so years ago.

Dont get me wrong though, I love Cleveland and Youngstown too. I grew up in Lorain/Elyria and the whole NE Ohio is like home to me. I would love to see Youngstown doing good, but all Im saying is that its going to take a lot of effort to turn around Youngstown. Even Lorain and some areas of Elyria arent in too good condition, nothing on Youngstown's level, but still they need to do a lot to fix those areas up.

[TKramar]

Well, I see that if Allegiant isn't running, I COULD fly into Pittsburgh or Akron...and what about Huntington, WV?

[CortlandGirl79]

I would look into Cleveland, Akron or Pittsburgh, they are all 1 hours drive from the Youngstown Metro. Not sure how far WV is. Probably at least 2 hrs.

[coolyermer]

I'm from Ireland, and my fiance is from Australia, we have been looking at your houses for sale in youngstown, they are amazing.
A 2bedroom house or flat would start from $300,000. in Australia and even more in N.Ireland. We plan to buy our first home in youngstown, i mean who wants a 50year morgage, right?
I lived in Belfast, i know that every place has its problems.
But i also know that when Youngstown starts to turns things around, it could be something great. So we want to get in on it now, and invest our money into property, local trades and businesses. Tourism is always a boost.
We won't be working in Youngstown, as you have said jobs are not paid well. But your town does need people to invest money into it.
My question is how do you think locals will take to us, coming in buying up your property?
Be honest, after all i want to know would we be treated as the neighbours from HELL.

[JR_C]

As long as you take care of--or improve--your property, I think you'll be welcomed warmly regardless of where you're from.

[soapbox] The only reason American cities are in the shape they're in, is because they've been abandoned by most people who had the financial ability to leave. If large numbers of people would suddenly decide that they wanted to move back to the city, the problems that they were running away from in the first place would be solve themselves. [/soapbox]