Comments by "John Ulicky" (@ImTheJoker4u) on "War, West Virginia | What The Hell Happened?" video.

  1. All these coal towns died decades ago when American industry moved overseas.
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  2. When I was interested in buying the empty lot next to my house in Mckeesport, it was listed as $500. However once i attempted to purchase said lot, they jacked the price to $5000, so now it sits abandoned and overgrown.
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  3. It was built on the backs of non-renewable resources, and the resources ran out. Most rural areas in the north were built on coal and timber, neither of which are economically, or environmentally feasible anymore. Mechanization eliminated the labor requirements, and progress ended the need for the materials. No jobs, no money, no people.
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