Why Does St. Louis Continue To FAIL. 70 Years And Counting.

Why Has Everyone Been Leaving St Louis for 70 Years?

Why has St Louis been on the decline for 70 years? That is a question many people have asked over the years. Unlike most cities, one reason isn't real estate prices. You can buy an affordable home in St Louis, Missouri, today. Call a realtor. You may not want what that real estate agent is selling, but it is affordable real estate.
Many factors play into the demise of Why St Louis, Missouri. This is what I think are the 10 most significant factors as to why.

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[stacyochoa-luna]

I was born and raised in St. Louis, left after high school for several years for work, then returned for several years, then left again to pursue a new passion that I couldn't do there. This city has so much potential to be something really great. There have been some improvements but not enough to keep the population going. It's actually a beautiful city with tons of history. It offers a lot of free entertainment that most cities don't have. Sadly, I've witnessed the decline of the city over several decades. There are a lot of things I miss about it but I don't see myself going back there to live, just to visit. It will always be a part of me though.

[bradderousse]

I'm from St. Louis, and I honestly love it. It definitely has some huge challenges and problems, but it also has a rich history. I love the St. Louis red brick architecture and many of the unique, varying neighborhoods. It has a great, rising food and coffee scene. It has a rising arts scene. There is a great craft beer scene. There are great free and cheap entertainment options including a very good and FREE Zoo. There has been investment in the downtown area, including a great Ballpark Village around Busch Stadium, and a new soccer stadium and as well as improvements in the area surround the soccer stadium. One thing that I think you got wrong is that St. Louis is actually an incredibly affordable place to live. You can get nice apartments and houses at a fraction of the cost of other cities. Crime is bad. Yeah. We could have a better highway system and transit system. Yeah. Our schools could use improvement. Yeah. It definitely has a LOT of room for improvement. Also, in recent years we have had a rising and thriving business start-up scene, and we are becoming a MAJOR player in the Geospatial Intelligence scene with the construction of the new National Geospatial Intelligence Agency campus. We are becoming a major player in the coinciding GEOINT scene. Yeah. You aren't wrong in that there has been major decline in the city, but I feel that it could be turning around.

[frankb]

However bad St. Louis is, East St. Louis is (and always has been) worse.

[SamIAm]

I found you recently and have started working my way through your early stuff and im really enjoying everything you bring. Getting educated here! From Scotland.

[albertharrold]

Ugh St. Louis has the most free attractions in the country right behind Washington DC so that one needs to be fact checked as far as there being nothing for tourist to do. Also every other YT channel has been praising STL for its affordability now you’re saying it’s too expensive that’s a first …

[macrc]

St. Louis no joke used to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. At one point some people even wanted to move the nation's capital here. Crime and terrible politicians have completely destroyed our nation's heart. So much history in St. Louis, and there's still plenty of incredible looking old homes (some areas look like old Boston). BUT the massive amount of crime is not getting any better anytime soon. Makes me sad.

[udon]

St. Louis does not have a high cost of living at all… I was paying $500 a month for a one bedroom that I recently just moved out of this year in 2023. You just need to learn how to be resourceful so people don’t walk all over ya. I also take public transportation and it’s HORRIBLE!!! Busses won’t even show up sometimes

[toddchiles]

I have a total of about 8 yrs of residency, You are spot on. Outside of St. Louis in west and south county areas are really nice with a decent cost of living. In the city of St. Louis there is a large amount of corruption that is ignored and lack of law enforcement not able to prosecute has made this a liberal hellscape like all the other large cities. I really do enjoy the material you put out.

[sandydecamp]

I love in St. Louis, actually I live in the county right now and am looking to LEAVE. I rent an apartment and in the past 2 years my rent has doubled but the services HAVE NOT. a lot of the streets need repaired and it is like you have to get your car realigned weekly. I HATE IT.

[ttugga]

It's hard to even think about visiting any place anywhere downtown. It's to much have to worry about. Getting robbed, car getting broken into or someone just starting trouble for know reason. Crazy part is, they catching these crazy ass fools after committing these crimes and they letting them right back out. It's not just Downtown. They stealing people cars from all over the city and counties

[ytnewtamgine]

I live in St. Louis County, which is, in no way, linked or governmentally associated with the city of St. Louis. The reason people move out of the city of St. Louis is because...drum roll, please... DEMOCRATS. The city of St. Louis is run by Democrats who are so soft on crime that the circuit attorney was removed by the Missouri Attorney General for failing to prosecute numerous people. When she was called out for her dereliction, she pulled the race card and her supporters were out in force screaming the same. St. Louis COUNTY has plenty to offer everyone for any sort of dining, recreation or entertainment. If you see a sign that you are now in the city of St. Louis, TURN AROUND, IMMEDIATELY!!! I've worked in the City and lived in the City of St. Louis...a LONG time ago. It sucked, then. It's horrible, now. Avoid at all costs...unless you're a Democrat. If so, have at it.

[Baseball]

I live in the St. Louis area, on Illinois side, and love it. I've moved and came back 4 times now. Entertainment and Sports are great and I love Forest Park. Cost of living is nice. The biggest things that will make me move again and not come back are the high property taxes (Illinois) and Crime all around St Louis now.

[alexstokowsky]

Why would you live in St. Louis, when St. Charles County is only 20-30 minutes away with St. Peters, and OFallon listed as a couple of the top Cities in the Country to live in?

[deathscythehell]

St Louis was my hometown, I was born and raised the though the late 60s, 70s and 80s. Anyone who disagrees w/ anything you said is oblivious to what's actually going on there. I moved out to Florida at 26yrs old in 92, I couldn't see a future there.
Working a dead end job w/o any foreseeable future wasn't worth staying there. (I own 2 businesses now) Then on top of that you had crime, carjacking, drive-by's people using drugs on the bus and so on. There was a murder on the local news almost every night, I couldn't live like that anymore. I can't remember a time when the murder rate was under 200 annually.
You had corrupt politicians and police officers, who I know from first hand knowledge had drug houses in the inner-city. They stole money ment for schools and community development programs.
I still have friends and family who love the city and have no plans on moving. Lying to themselves that the city will rejuvenate itself soon. Then on the other hand I've got friends and family who has left and refused to return like me, 5 this year alone.
The city is just like a prison, the longer you stay the harder it is to got out. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You don't leave or move out of St Louis, you escape from St Louis. Anyplace is better than St Louis, I haven't been back since 2016 when I moved mom in w/ my wife and I. (She's 99yrs on her way to triple digits this fall)

[GamersBay]

When I first moved to St Louis county from San Francisco in 1997, the entire St Louis metro area was economically booming, good paying jobs were plentiful, and crime was relativity low. I went from being unable to find work in SF to landing $25 an hour jobs here, they were easy to find. We all prospered, until the early 2000's hit and poor economic policies in Washington started to take hold, pushing millions into poverty here. Things got even worse as we approached the 2010's and beyond, still mostly due to poor economic policies.

As rampant poverty took hold, crime skyrocketed, investment dried up, and major companies began disappearing. Things got far worse over the past several years after the city elected the most incompetent and depraved leaders imaginable, just further compounding the issues the city already faced. They elected disgraced DA Kim Gardner, who's total perversion of the legal system caused crime to once again skyrocket. She released thousands of violent criminals, rather than prosecuting them.

Rather than do her job, she spent her entire time in office whining about how much she hates white people; even going as far as to charge white people for crimes they never committed, or those who acted in self-defense, the McCloskey's are a prime example of this. Ultimately, her policies lead to rampant murders, and it was mostly black community's that were affected, she got them killed. Some of those families have filed lawsuits against the city, further compounding their financial headaches.

To add insult to injury, as political leaders like cop hater Cori Bush pushed the defund the police movement, hundreds of cops quit the force altogether, further leaving the people of St Louis less secure.

2 decades of economic mismanagement by presidents Bush and Obama are the biggest causes of all of this. I watched the area where I live in South St Louis county turn into a ghost town. It was literally miles upon miles of boarded up buildings here as businesses failed one after the other. At one point I spent over 5 years looking for a job, found nothing, and that's despite my college education and work experience. There were no jobs to be had, they simply didn't exist.

Over the past couple of years the county has rebounded for the first time in over 2 decades, with new businesses popping up everywhere, all while the City continues to fall apart and investment continues to dry up. Until the city gets effective leadership, I don't see anything changing for the better.

Its very saddening to see what St Louis has become today. Things are so bad in the city now its no longer safe to walk the streets there, and I just try to stay away from the city as much as possible today.

Even my friends who still live in the city are very careful to stay away from certain areas. You're pretty much guaranteed to robbed at gun point there today, which has happened to me several times in the past, and was a compounding factor in my decision to just stay away from the city altogether.

Back in the late 90's me and my friends used to go down to the Del Mar loop every weekend, not anymore.

Since I moved here in 97, the city has lost close to 50, 000 residents!

[somethingvisceral]

After living in the city of St Louis for 15 years, I would not step foot in it ever again. When I left in 2019, the crime rate was horrible and I lived in a 'decent' area of the city. Every night you could hear the gang members attempting to off themselves with gunshots. Even on my street, there were a couple drive-by shootings attempts. Muggings, vehicle/home break ins, violent crime, rampant drug use, all night long cars with loud bass stereos driving people nuts, a government easy on criminals, but hard on innocent victim tax payers. Even in 2019 there was not enough of a police presence, and what there was of one, they were overworked, understaffed. When the weather warmed up, the police helecopter was almost a daily (and sometimes multiple times a day/night) ocurrence flying around in circles overhead. Yeah there were nice parks, but a shame that you wouldnt step foot in them even right after sunset due to crime. Sad to think a friend that still lives on my old street, said it has goten even worse now.

Only thing I miss about St Louis is Forest Park, The Hill, Schlafly's beer, gooey butter cake and toasted raviolis. The latter two I can make from scratch now. St Louis is a cesspool.

[roryblake]

The St Louis Mercantile Library is a national treasure

[bradleypaben]

St Louis’s biggest problem is the same problem as any other large city. The wholesale subsidizing of black single motherhood. The government funds, the expulsion of black fathers from the house. The mothers do not know how to channel male aggression into productive endeavors like a masculine and stoic older male can. The result is young, testosterone filled, hyper, aggressive, emotionally incontinent, males unleashed on the city. SYSBM.

[larypillischafske]

Is it a coincidence that the last time we had a Republican mayor in St Louis was 1949.
After that it was all Democrats, and it’s been downhill since. Time for a change…

[janserventi]

Problem in MO is, republican only district voting. We keep getting the same Republicans in office that have no intention of beutifying the St Louis City. Not even on their radar. Where are the 5 star restaurants? The blues clubs? They don't want St Louis to prosper.