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  1. You know things are bad when the cops abandoned a police station
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  2. Yowza! Some Hollywood location scout should see the opening minute-and-a-half of this. Looks like it’d be perfect for a horror film! 😮 Also loved the downtown - especially that “Daily News” sign and building. What a classic old sign! 😊
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  3. Wish those houses could be fixed up and occupied again. I love the shotgun houses. I remember when a family could be happy in a small home. I hate to see these homes disappear.
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  4. Thank you for not playing music or talking thru the video. It is such a treat to be able to focus on the visuals without the distraction of music and narration. Great visuals. This video told the stories of so many lives just by allowing us to watch.
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  5. Imagine what all those little stores fronts must have had available back in the '60s
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  6. I've driven through many cities like this in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi. It's heartbreaking to see.
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  7. You can tell the area used to be beautiful, very sad.
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  8. It does look like a ghost town, with people. I can see the details in the old buildings and can imagine how attractive it must have been. It is sad! Not just for the buildings but for our people who must live there...
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  9. Wow 😮 thanks for sharing. Most people want to see videos of exotic places, but this is the reality for most folks in America. Love the ambient sound of your videos. Great work!
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  10. Dude, this is the haunted ghetto
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  11. I'm a senior citizen and I was born in McKeesport. My folks moved to the Midwest when I was 8 years old. The steel and coal mining industries were booming. The people worked hard but they were very proud and they enjoyed good times too. It was a true American spirit back then. Now it is heartbreake America. Thanks for the video. It is so surreal looking.
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  12. I live in Den Bosch, Netherlands. While we have our "sort of" bad neighbourhoods here, this looks like a totally different reality. I can't imagine driving through a place like that, let alone live in it.
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  13. The people living here would not be anywhere else. Its home to them.
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  14. If I lived in any one of these towns or cities that you show, I would stay in bed all day and not go outside and keep the blinds down because it's so depressing just to see what's outside.
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  15. Reminds me alot of East Cleveland. Both were once booming, rich suburbs. Then the steel mills went away and the cities have been decaying ever since 😢
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  16. There were way more cars parked at the first street in the video than I expected, that place felt like it was filmed for a horror. Looks very interesting though, love to see it. It all looks so different from where I live.
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  17. I got laid off of my job a couple weeks ago and am going through a breakup, but seeing this makes me grateful of the life I have, opportunities I have, and support system that helps me through tough times.
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  18. Judging by those houses, Detroit must have once been quite a beautiful city.
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  19. It's not the size of the home, it's the amount of love put into it.
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  20. I'm 57 and was born in Cincinnati. Lived in Price Hill until my 40s. We used to spend a lot of time downtown. It had the big name department stores and Fountain Square. I have a lot of great memories of Cincinnati.
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  21. Toronto is only an hour away and it’s like a completely different world.
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  22. God Bless the Hollers of West Virginia. I wish peace and better days for everyone. 🙏🌺🙏
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  23. Some of those homes looked like they were beautiful at one time. How sad.
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  24. I currently live in PA only 1 hour and 9 minutes away from Philly in a small suburb called "Wyomissing" and its like an entirely different country here my advice to anyone visiting here is just avoid Philly and see the small coal mining towns situated near the Appalachian Mountain range and the farmland communitys throughout the state youll have a much better time and youll meet much nicer people.
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  25. Watching from afar (Australia), I can't help but think the cities most affected by these sad situations, are hit by the 'perfect storm ' of loss of hope, dignity and ability. When we lose our jobs to 'overseas' manufacturing, close down industries and shop online, we create an unstable community. It's happening here to a far lesser degree, but still holds true. Such beautiful buildings reduced to rats nests....it's heart breaking.
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  26. So sad that this was originally such a rich town. 😢
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  27. An extreme American culture shock is these entire neighbourhoods with streets full of abandoned dilapidated ruins mixed in with houses inhabited by human beings. I have travelled to 30 countries & never witnessed these conditions in any 1st world country except the US. In developed nations, If a building is abandoned & becomes unsafe & an eyesore to nearby property owners, it would be demolished & removed by the city council. These really are unique American conditions. Who owns these abandoned areas??? Thank you for the uploads.
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  28. The stories theses houses could tell. Generations coming and going thru those doors. The mass migration to the north for a better life and work. Now has become a ghost town from the exodus. So sad. But glad you are here to document this.
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  29. I would love to see before and after pictures of some of the buildings. Looks like it was a nice place long ago.
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  30. Peaceful and quiet with a cup of early morning coffee, what else can you ask for. May God Bless All Americans.
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  31. I can’t believe you went to Chester. Even the police don t go in to Chester.
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  32. Something enchanting about the decay. The lights in the distance too.
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  33. WV...almost heaven! We love our mountains,our hollars, and, our families!
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  34. The people of the Appalachian Hollers are the salt of the earth they care about people ❤
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  35. As a resident of Charleston, there are a few things to note, many of the comments are spot on, as to why it is the way it is. There is no "one" answer. Many businesses were drove out over the past 50 years do to high taxes, and honestly complaints from the people. Yes, there used to be an unholy amount of pollution in the area, at one time we were known as "chemical valley" but there were plenty of jobs. Now our air is clean, but few jobs. A state job is about the best you can hope for unless your a specialist in a field of some sort. I wish you narrated a bit on your journey. To fully understand the reasons for the despair, you have to understand that it was a long slow process. The people tried their best to make ends meet, some barely can, some simply can't. Low/no income equals depression, and when you're depressed, you simply don't care, about the trash, the run down house, just nothing. There's little to no hope for jobs or even help. And at this point, a little bit of help, wouldn't help.. most of the houses need torn down and rebuilt.. some still have people living in them.. a sad place to live for sure, even more sad to raise kids here, when you know, deep down, there's no real chance of them making it here. Thanks for the video.
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  36. The brick buildings in the beginning were such beautiful structures.
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  37. West Virginia is such a beautiful state. It's sad to see the good people living so poorly.
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  38. Norwegian here. I love this, I love the moody vibe. If i were to move from my home country, I would have picked this spot :) Honest to God, I really love the vibe of the Appalachia.
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  39. It’s the shadows of what use to be. It looks like at one time it was a Norman Rockwell painting kind of town and now it looks apocalyptic. Too sad, people can’t even go back home to reminisce and visit favorite spots or restaurants. It’s all gone!
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  40. Funny enough, I actually live here. It's rather depressing to see my hometown fall into disrepair.
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  41. Man, you put your life at risk so that we can have an easy experience of this place. Let me express my utmost gratitude for going there and filming for us.
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  42. the garbage everywhere and that one dude threw a bag like it was nothing on the street wow
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  43. Tragic how much terrible poverty there is in America.
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  44. I can only imagine how depressing it is for the people that are still living there😢
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  45. What’s interesting about your channel is that main stream and social media can’t stop showing us never ending video of collapsing cities but nobody shows us what you’re showing us which is the collapse of rural America
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  46. Quite a lot of nice new cars parked outside these run down buildings. Guess it depends on priorities.
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  47. As someone who lives in the town of Amsterdam, I am only offended that you did not show the level of neglect my own house is in lol But if anyone has any questions about the place just feel free to ask! I was very surprised to see this video pop up on my feed.
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  48. The zombies are upon us. Nice job love to watch night time!
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  49. You can tell this would have been a fine place to live at one time. Very sad.
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  50. I live in Barboursville, which is right next to Huntington. I grew up with a Huntington address, but not in the downtown area. I have always loved living here. Now I'm raising a family here, and I still love it. It is very sad how many parts of downtown have become neglected and abandoned. But not all of Huntington looks like this, only certain areas. My parents both grew up in Huntington, both in very poor families. I think the one major thing that is different now from then is the population keeps declining. WV on the most recent census is one of the only states to continually lose more population than it gains. We have a serious brain drain problem here. People come to Huntington to get an education at Marshall, then leave and take themselves elsewhere because of few high paying job opportunities. I would say the main employers in the area are: Healthcare Infrastructure (construction, roadwork, etc) Education (Marshall and public schools) Retail/restaurants Huntington was built along the river and became the town it was because of the railroad. The town is literally designed to be a place the people pass through, transporting stuff from place to another. Huntington used to be a boom town in the 50s when manufacturing plants were all over. Now we have just special metals and maybe 1 or 2 other places. Teachers are paid and treated poorly here, so we continue to lose teachers. I do like a lot of the things that Steve Williams has done while serving as mayor. I do think that Huntington and the surrounding areas have bloomed in many ways over the past decade. There really is a whole lot to do here. I'm a lifetime resident and still haven't done everything the area has to offer. Huntington can be a fantastic place to live depending on the neighborhood and what job you have. Utilities run high, but most homes are a lot cheaper here than you can find most other places. I love Huntington, and I believe it can still become something great ❤️
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