Dayton, OH
Demographics And Statistics

Hey let me tell you...Dayton is a SHITHOLE.

What do you expect in the armpit of America-

All kidding aside,what killed Dayton was job loss. Back in the 40s & 50s, Dayton was a great place. Tons of jobs, good neighborhoods and great schools. You could come here and get a good job without a college degree. GM, Panasonic, Standard Register, NCR, Delphi Chassis, GE...the list goes on. As time went on, these companies moved to areas with cheaper overhead...I.e. out of state or country. All of those places I listed are gone. Closed.

No decent jobs are left here, unless you work at the air force base or one of our many hospitals. The hospitals stay busy with all the shootings, stabbings and h****n ODs.

Dayton is a bygone town from a bygone era and it gets worse every day. I was born and raised here, but I would leave tomorrow if I didn't have family to take care of. The powers that be here are not interested in revitalizing the city. There is so much abandoned property here that the city could offer potential interests a good land deal or tax breaks, but seem to be too greedy to let that happen.

Nothing here will change until something different is done.

Dayton is horrible. I live in a suburb of it and am from a another suburb it. My ex from when I was in high school, lived in Dayton I stay the night with him and his sister one night. The lived on a small dead end Street. We were eating pizza. When we heard a loud clash/yelling from outside. He look out the peep hole there were over 30 teenagers in mob yelling at us to come out. His sister was pregnant at the time. Him and her boyfriend went outside and she called the cops. Once they were out side they were getting jumped by all of those people. Two of the young female from that mob of people started yelling at her and I. All we could do is watch in horror. Oh they also broke the back window on their roommates Ford Fiesta with a brick. When the teenagers heard sirens they all scattered. And my ex and his sister's boyfriend were b****y and bruised.

I remember my ex saying they were saying that we jumped one of their friends, but we'd been together all day long so there was no way.

I live in Dayton Ohio the area that I live is pretty tuff but my area is getting pretty bad so I always lock my doors so no one robs my house

I'm from ohio and Dayton is actually s**t... no offense Dayton peeps

Dayton was listed as the 3rd worst city in the country.... I can't believe there are 2 cities worse than mine

Junkies, junkies everywhere

All of Dayton bad the Westside being the worst there ar junkies every where alot of fentanyl h****n junkies and m**h junkies if you want good dope come to Dayton Ohio drive James H Macgee or Gettysburg ave you can find dope on the east end and Northside to I'm born and raised here if you want to live in a grimy a*s drug fueled crime ridden city but don't want to lived in a over populated place like Cleveland Cincinnati or Columbus come to Dayton will meet all your f****d up dreams we were the overdose capital of the country for few years we have big city crime without big city traffic where nightmares came to die Dayton Ohio oh yeah home of the Wright Brothers Ohio Players And Roger Troutman same place Roger Troutman was murdered and China Arnold stuck her baby in the microwave wave and killed it

The Dope and Dope fiends everyone grimy

I'm from Cincinnati and driving through Dayton is like going thru a small ghost town/war zone. I have family there and they even say it's depressing. Sad part is most people from Dayton go to Columbus, Middletown, Cincinnati or elsewhere to have fun. Funny thing is Rooster's is like a club for local folks, yea I said Rooster's Restaurant.

The terrible a** roads and a lot of empty houses