Hearted Youtube comments on Hoods N Hollers (@hoodsnhollers) channel.

  1. You can see why Will went to live with his Aunty and Uncle in Bel Air!
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  2. I live in War and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. I’ve been here my entire life 43 years. We are a town of about 1100, we have low crime rates, and you can’t beat the people that lives here. We are A community and a family. It’ll always be my home. Thanks for reading. BCHS 1999
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  3. Born and raised in McKeesport, its sad but nothing in life stays the same, at least I have my memories of how it used to be.
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  4. I used to be homeless in Kensington...aka worst part of Philly. I'm lucky to have made it out alive. Different life, different me.
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  5. After having spent 54 years of my life in an Affluent suburb and having the whole place get built up with mini mansions full of pretentious people, I escaped to appalachia. I don't think I've ever been more relaxed in my life
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  6. My grandpa was the hardest working, most gentle man I ever knew. He was born and raised in War. He grew up a coal miner before moving to Indiana and starting his family after the war he fought in. Strongest man I've ever met. Thanks for giving me a glimpse of where he came from.
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  7. Wow, that downtown is giving off Walking Dead vibes. Great video!!
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  8. Just folks trying to get by, same as the rest of us.
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  9. I'm more terrified for your tires....those roads are horrendous driving on them
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  10. I just still can't get over all the garbage around! 🤮
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  11. Those massive railroad bridges give testament to how important and valuable the coal coming out of West Virginia was. Amazing place.
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  12. I retired as a truck driver & delivered a load of RR ties in a place like that. Parked next to a small country store & talked to some of the locals. I've never have been treated with kindness the way I was that day.
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  13. Drunk and tired. This is the perfect entertainment for me. Thank you.
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  14. In the 1960's when I lived in Pittsburgh, I use to visit relatives in McKeesport and Duquesne. They were housing for steel mill workers and other blue collar jobs. Now they are a gone by era, and decaying history.
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  15. Glad to see people proud of their WV background. I was born there and am moving back now to look after my grandmother. Im 47 and it’s been hard living in cities and suburbs of more affluent areas. I enjoy some of the amenities but it’s never felt quite right. I hope this move works out for me.
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  16. What has America become, so sad !!!
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  17. My husband and I taught at War Elementary back in the 80’s. The people and children of War were the sweetest and most generous people ever! I have precious memories of our days there.
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  18. Sometimes the less one has, the happier they are.
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  19. New Fallout looks great.
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  20. Poor Mc Keesport, my brother and I were homeless back in the late 80s, even though we weren't from there they took us in. The old YMCA had a shelter program and they took care of us. We ate at a soup kitchen called The Intersection, wonderful people. We also were fed at the Salvation Army. I want to thank the awesome people in Mc Keesport for all they did for us. This video breaks my heart to see it this way. God bless you Mc Keesport. ❤❤❤🌹
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  21. I’m from West Virginia and am a coal miners daughter and had to move to Texas last year but I miss my mountains !
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  22. I've found that when I'm watching your West Virginia videos, I tend to see the beauty of the place first, before I notice the dereliction.
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  23. I normally don't comment but this was tough to watch. I grew up in East Cleveland back when it was truly a neighborhood. Some of my best childhood memories were on those streets, very sad.
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  24. Great footage. I am a native WVirginian born in a small town close to Charleston. When the coal mines closed in McDowell County, it devastated the area. It is the poorest county in the state.
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  25. Damn, brooms must really be expensive here!
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  26. What's really good about your videos is the absence of a commentary; keep it that way. Let the pictures speak for themselves.
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  27. We city/suburban folk really need to go rural. Bring some wealth and opportunties to folks whoare there. Establish some principles, buy some land, grow some food start some businesses. Like we used to. I think we know what's wrong. Let's create something better.
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  28. It's just so sad. Thanks for showing reality as difficult as it is to see.
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  29. The first sequence is beautifully eerie. Great video work.
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  30. MAY GOD BLESS THOSE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.
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  31. It's not what you see that's scary....it's what you can't see that's scary.
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  32. At 75 years old, I've shared a lot of history with Ohio's Rust Belt. My Dad was a steel worker and my Mom, a factory worker. Almost all of my family now rests in the Church cemetery. Numerous railroads went through the town and hearing the whistles at night was a regular facet of going to sleep. Everything seen in this video felt familiar to me. I haven't been back to Ohio for 20 years and didn't live there since 1969. I never thought that I would, but I miss my town. However, my town is gone. I sometimes wonder if my family will end up covered with weeds in a town as dead as they are.
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  33. I lived there as a kid... It's was a tuff life. My father was always in jail. My mother was lady of the evening. When I was 14 I ran away and never went back. 🚴 I got a job in a small town and live on the street for awhile till I found myself a affordable one room place.. If I would 'of stayed there I wouldn't be alive today..
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  34. I enjoyed the no talking or music. Makes me feel I’m there hearing the car turn and the wind in my ear. ❤ makes these places so much closer and more real
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  35. That is so sad. There should be something that could be done to get this town back up. There are so many towns like this all over the USA.
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  36. I'm very impressed with your bravery. I'm from a village of 1500 people. In the middle of farm land. So this is very educating. I like how you leave the commentary to us viewers. I'm subscribed
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  37. When you drive by and see people sizing you up, you know you're in a bad neighborhood.
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  38. I grew up and played on the same streets you recorded in this video in the early 90s. Nothing has changed, the same run down buildings are there for the last 30 years. I praise my mother for somehow getting me and my siblings out of there. Now as an adult I live in beautiful California but when I see my life now and the people around it I always think to myself that no one will ever know what my eyes have seen on these streets, it shaped my soul forever.
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  39. Wow, this is awful. Frightening and educational, all in one. Thank you to the person who created this and posted this. This is so important to see. The most valuable video I have seen in a long time. Very very frightening.
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  40. This is urban decay at the absolute top , just unbelaivable - but still fascinating - you're making such great videos
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  41. Im from here, I live here currently. I love Cincinnati with all my heart. This place will always be my home. Let's go Bengals, who dey !!!
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  42. I grew up in West Virginia best experience ever we worked hard and. Appreciate every little thing . We have poverty stricken areas just like any place eles does . But the people the Kindest most giving u will ever meet
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  43. A once thriving community reduced to rubble. That is heartbreaking. This video was hard to watch.
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  44. Honestly I think it's beautiful. Maybe it looks different during the day. And no doubt it's unsafe but it has a certain haunting melancholy charm that I really like.
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  45. I moved from California to Charleston last June, and despite the run down houses and not being native from the appalachien area, the people of WV sure bring the whole level of kindness to a distinctiveness I’ve never seen anywhere else
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  46. My Papaw George was a coal miner in WV and lived with my Mamaw Fannie in Harts Creek, WV. If I am half the man my Papaw was when I die then I will have done something with my life. He is my hero.
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  47. Truly sad. I can almost hear the buildings calling out for someone to help them.
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  48. I noticed the one residence with hanging plants all on the porch. So sad. One lone person trying to make a difference.
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  49. Born and raised on one of the streets you passed by within the first minute. Family is still there and I visit bout 2-3 times a year. Still proud to call it my hometown.
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  50. You literally hurt my soul. This is my Mom's hometown. I spent many summer vacations and holidays with relatives there. Some of the best restaurants/pizza/hoagie places. The river, the railroad, a hospital, several groceries and pharmacies. EVERYTHING a small town needed. Wow. Just so sad.
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