Youngstown's bleak future

[northside lurker]

1980 called, and it wants its predictions back.

Now back to lurking...

[Towntalk]

I agree with you Jay ... we do need to stand by each other, because those CRIMINALS in city government without exception ... from top to bottom ... have failed us so badly for so long that the city is far beyond the point of no return. As to the immediate future, as a new band of incompetent "leaders" keep repeating the same formula of self centered CORRUPT government that led us to this point, the slide downward will continue. No one in his right mind will want to invest in setting up a new industry in Youngstown. Look how locations like Lordstown are growing while Youngstown stays stagnet and rotton to the core.

[jay]

This is just another reason for those of us who live in this city to support others who also live in the city and businesses located in the city.

[Towntalk]

ADD

Look for property values to plumet even in the most stable neighborhoods to the point where the owners will never get back what they invested in the propertys. Out-of-town investers will grab up properties for pennies on the dollar and turn them into section 8 rentals.

[Towntalk]

 In two more generations, Youngstown will have lost all of it's stabilizing forces, and will be in the same boat as Campbell, Lowellville and Struthers, who have no real economic base, and no real central business district. Even those currently stable areas of the 4^th, 5^th and 7^th Wards will be in the same boat as the 6^th Ward. We can expect to lose up to 10,000 people, and 75% to 80% of those remaining will either be Senior Citizens or welfare families. Look for most of the downtown businesses to close, leaving it as desolate as it was in the 1980's.

As all this takes place look for the Covelli Center, Stambaugh Auditorium and DeYor to close their doors due to declining attendance. Look for the Youngstown Playhouse to move to Boardman.

Finally, as those who have jobs, migrate out of the city, Youngstown will go through one economic crisis after another.

In a word, Youngstown has no future.