06-26-2012, 10:46 AM
I was born and raised in Toledo. Back then there were good jobs where a couple could raise a family in a nice middle class life style. That was many many moons ago. It is now a complete shit hole. Anyone that says otherwise is either lying or doesnt know what a shit hole is.
I have many good memories of Toledo, but thats all they are memories. I must go back at least once a year and the decay is nothing short of breathtaking. It honestly looks like a war zone. Southwyck gone, just ripped down and left as a overgrown parking lot! Northtowne abandoned. I always thought toledo had too many malls but to see them as lots is sad. The water by point place has been overgrown with federally protected lilies to add to the demise. People who had waterfront property now have "wetlands" instead!!!
Before we left, I couldnt get a cop to show up when my car was stolen, but I could get a ticket by mail if I ran a yellow with all those cameras that Toledo only gets 5% from. Then I read that a woman was raped on a busy street corner and No One stopped or called for help, GOTTA LOVE IT, but maybe she should be greatful no one stopped to join in. All the young girls getting ripped off the street and being sold in the sex slave trade is one of the most under reported crimes that happens in Toledo that should scare the snot out of the whole country. Toledo has either been forgotten or the elected officials want it to become the Wild West. There is no other explanation.
The week we moved in early 2000's. there had been 5 or 6 deaths in home invasions in one week in the North End, the news wanted everyone not be be alarmed and stated that it was just "drug related", Oh, ok I feel better. The north end still had older polish people living there and they were/ are stuck. Its all a mess and a shit hole. But hey the elected officials can still make money with back room deals, hell they elect and re elect people who steal in front of their eyes: Remember floating a condo down the river? Go Carty!! Mr. come blow up Toledo, we have everything you want!! (the daily show circa 10 years ago)
We are constantly asked where we are from and why we moved, I always reply I moved to a state that had more sports and outdoor activities than Toledo, where the only sport our kids could learn there was car jacking. God Bless everyone stuck there, the more I travel the more I realize people in the rest of this country have no idea, cant even imagine how you all live!
Toledo: great place to be from!! But as a true toledoian, I do so miss packo dogs,hinkles, and cedar point!
I have many good memories of Toledo, but thats all they are memories. I must go back at least once a year and the decay is nothing short of breathtaking. It honestly looks like a war zone. Southwyck gone, just ripped down and left as a overgrown parking lot! Northtowne abandoned. I always thought toledo had too many malls but to see them as lots is sad. The water by point place has been overgrown with federally protected lilies to add to the demise. People who had waterfront property now have "wetlands" instead!!!
Before we left, I couldnt get a cop to show up when my car was stolen, but I could get a ticket by mail if I ran a yellow with all those cameras that Toledo only gets 5% from. Then I read that a woman was raped on a busy street corner and No One stopped or called for help, GOTTA LOVE IT, but maybe she should be greatful no one stopped to join in. All the young girls getting ripped off the street and being sold in the sex slave trade is one of the most under reported crimes that happens in Toledo that should scare the snot out of the whole country. Toledo has either been forgotten or the elected officials want it to become the Wild West. There is no other explanation.
The week we moved in early 2000's. there had been 5 or 6 deaths in home invasions in one week in the North End, the news wanted everyone not be be alarmed and stated that it was just "drug related", Oh, ok I feel better. The north end still had older polish people living there and they were/ are stuck. Its all a mess and a shit hole. But hey the elected officials can still make money with back room deals, hell they elect and re elect people who steal in front of their eyes: Remember floating a condo down the river? Go Carty!! Mr. come blow up Toledo, we have everything you want!! (the daily show circa 10 years ago)
We are constantly asked where we are from and why we moved, I always reply I moved to a state that had more sports and outdoor activities than Toledo, where the only sport our kids could learn there was car jacking. God Bless everyone stuck there, the more I travel the more I realize people in the rest of this country have no idea, cant even imagine how you all live!
Toledo: great place to be from!! But as a true toledoian, I do so miss packo dogs,hinkles, and cedar point!