Yes, decline happened in 80’s. I moved to Michigan in 1989.
Donald could make Toledo great again. I could see some Trump businesses spurring energy and life back into the city again.
The house I was raised in was condemned after grandma died. Cousin bought it and her son killed herself in the house- she let it go and they demolished it. I drive by there and only see the the 100 year cottonwood trees that I remember so well growing up. Just a real tear jerker, no place to go back to- from childhood.
I grew up in a small town 80 miles west of here and it’s a similar story there. It’s a shadow of what it was 30 years ago. NAFTA exported the jobs and imported foreign made junk and a wal mart. Most of the current residents don’t even know how great that town once was.