Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "Hoods N Hollers" channel.

  1. If the people in that graveyard could talk, what stories they'd tell. Imagine what this place was like in their life time. Same old story: Jobs go away, town falls apart.
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  2. Poor kitty at 2:52. I hope someone gives him a home.
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  3. I watch all of Hoods N Hollers videos. this is one of his best. I see lots of Christmas decorations and many houses that look good. I guess it's not all bad in Irondale.
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  4. Even the churches are trashed. Never saw that before.
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  5.  @lindapietrasz8070  Very sad. Cats are almost like people.😞
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  6. Once again I learn something from Hoods N Hollers. I never heard of Fayette City here in PA. Interesting. Too bad the industrial era came to an end. I think it was foolish of this country to let our manufacturing capability slip away.
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  7. Thurmond is well known to railfans. It still sees a lot of traffic, both freight and coal. An Amtrak train even still calls here if you want to ride it. It appears as if the grade crossing signals are malfunctioning as they're flashing but no trains are around. I don't know if you could move here. I don't think any homes are for sale. There are no real estate listings for Thurmond. I assume those homes on the hill are still lived in. This is one of the one the more detailed videos I've seen of Thurmond. Interesting. Nice that so much is preserved.
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  8. This place doesn't look too bad. It's nice and neat with no trash thrown around. Not like the inner city hoods. The old commercial buildings look as if they could be fixed up and used again. Many of the houses are shot. Those dump trucks in the beginning of the video are expensive items. It's amazing people would park them and walk away. Poor little kitty at 1:30. Looking for a home, maybe?
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  9. This looks like an upscale neighborhood compared to Detroit.
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  10. I wonder who CP Jones was?
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  11. Yes, is this really the US? I ask myself that question all the time.
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  12. I've heard of Oil City, but never Coalport. Just the name coal explains the problem. It's sadly been in decline for decades. Look at Appalachia. There still seems to be a lot of well kept properties here and some commercial buildings that appear as if they could be renovated and repurposed. Too bad about the house at 4:18. It appears to have all new windows that have been deliberately broken. There's an example of crime and vandalism. Hats off to those that have hung on and kept their homes and businesses in good condition.
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  13. There must have been something going on at one time to warrant all these houses. What business failed and left the area impoverished?
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  14. What happened here? Same old story. Jobs go away, people move out, thieves, vandals and arsonists move in. Even the parts of the town still in good shape look totally devoid of people. Most of the town has sidewalks, too, but no one to use them. Saw a couple of interesting cars.
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  15. What a nice town it must have been at one time when people were prosperous enough to afford those homes. No place in America should look like this. Then there's always the "affordable housing" that also gets trashed. Despite everything, there's a big coal train sitting on the tracks, ready to go. Coal isn't dead yet.
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  16. Ever heard of Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG Industries)? Ever heard of Pittsburgh Steel? Where are they now? That's what happened.
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  17. Oil City: The name speaks for itself.Oil: Black gold. How did his happen to such a place? I've never been there, but knew about the city and wondered how it's doing, figuring it's probably in decline. You answered a lot of my questions. What a shame. They sure keep the churches up nicely. How do they do it? Despite the poverty level, some homes are nicely kept. Sidewalks are totally devoid of people. It seems like everyone's gone to the moon.
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  18. Awful lot of demolition work needed. Some of the huge commercial buildings are amazing. To think they served a purpose at one time and now lay abandoned. Unbelievable!
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  19. That any place in America should look like this is a disgrace but if you don't have any money, this is what you get.
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  20. Same old story. Industry moves out. Poverty sets in although this place doesn't look too bad but there are a lot of empty store fronts and shuttered factories. What does a person do to earn 45K a year in this place?
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  21. It's hard to believe how nice these homes must have been at one time. People with good incomes had to have lived in them. To have your fortunes change so dramatically as to simply walk away from such beautiful homes is unimaginable. Imagine paying a visit to your old neighborhood or childhood home and finding this.
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  22. Me either. Just leave it alone.
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  23. Something about it is still fascinating. Imagine what it was like when the coal industry was thriving.
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  24. There is no excuse for any part of the US to look like this.
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  25. This is a travesty that any place liek this should exist in America. I like the two houses with their siding melted because some fool torched the one in the middle. Unbelievable!
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  26. I noticed a lot of expensive cars. They have money for that.
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  27. Downtown looks pretty good with many buildings seemingly renovated or even new. Lots of cars parked curbside, but all the sidewalks are empty. Where is everybody? Very strange.
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  28. This wasn't exactly an upscale neighborhood even when the homes were maintained and lived in. Now it's just gotten worse. Probably a lot of jobs disappeared. That's always the case.
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  29. Never heard of Franklin or Venango County. Is it near Oil City? Doesn't' look too bad. Maybe the buildings that are shot ought to simply be demolished and leave what's still OK in place. 6000 is still a lot of people. Komatsu has a huge facility. Is that where the jobs are? Interesting place. Probably looks a lot nicer in Summer.
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  30. I saw quite a few of them. I wish I had one of those pickups.
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  31. Many of those homes look liek really nice places, especially the brick construction models. How beautiful they'd be restored.
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  32. No way a shopping mall is going to replace a steel mill.
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  33. Sadly, there are towns and cities all over the US like this all due to lost industry.
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  34. Isn't this the birthplace of the famous rock singer Little Richard? Maybe that was the last success story out of here. Good Golly, Miss Molly!
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  35. Who the hell oud buy the place? I saw tww for sale signs. Evenfor $1 what would you do with it surrounded by so much urban decay? One house looked liek it was under renovation but surrounded by derelicts. I wish them good luck.
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  36. Great stuff!
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  37. I like that, too.
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  38. Hardly a soul around but the dogs. these impoverished places always seem to maintain the church well. Notice the small coal bins along the road from back when people had coal delivered to heat and cook. No place 9in America should look like this. I wonder if the railroad is still active? the trestle looks pretty rickety.
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  39. Most of the homes look like company housing similar to the coal mining towns of Appalachia.
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  40. I was thinking the same thing.
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  41. These places always have a few churches well kept and obviously still in use. Then there's the railroad that looks as if it's in use, too, but no trains stop here anymore.
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  42. It looks as if most buildings have metal roofs which will stand the weather longer keeping the structure from falling completely apart.
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  43. Ever visit Matewan, WV, in Mingo Cty.? Still populated by the Hatfields and McCoys.
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  44. I noticed that, too. The impoverished can still afford that. Early 70s Monte Carlo. They're petty collectible now.
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  45. I think some of the really dilapidated structures were simply replaced by a newer building adjacent them then the people moved into that.
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  46. These areas make Detroit look good.
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  47. It seems it's never too hard to find towns like this in PA. Nobody around, almost like a ghost town but I have seen much worse.
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  48. All of the roads are smooth and paved. That helps a bit.
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  49. Of the houses that are kept up, what do these people do for a living? There seems to be one big industry in town still operating. Lots of cars parked that look as if they haven't gone anywhere in a while. Most store fronts are empty. Not a very nice place, I would think.
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  50. What happened here? I can only assume whatever financial base once existed is no longer there and most people have moved out. Interesting that the power lines are all underground which is often what's done n upscale neighborhoods for appearance sake.
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  51. While I've certainly seen much worse this doesn't look like a very nice place to live. Rather mundane and boring.
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  52. Industry leaves. No jobs. No money.
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  53. I wonder how they afforded the new fire department.
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  54. Check out Kensington Ave., Philadelphia some time. It makes this look like upscale living.
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  55. I noticed many areas have no power lines so I'm assuming no electricity in many of those beautiful homes.
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  56. Good question.
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  57.  @hoodsnhollers  I don't know how you can go wrong with oil, but they did.
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  58. What's the enormous institution at the end of the video? A big reason why there's so much poverty. Jobs leave. Poverty sets in.
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  59. I don't think you get rich with a cupcake shop or bakery.
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  60. Downtown sure is quiet. Looks as if many places are open for business, but no takers.
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  61. Tried to google the place for more information; found nothing.
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  62. Maybe these videos will give enough publicity to all these small towns and generate new interest that could lead to a rebirth of them.
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  63. Not enough money to buy food for them.
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  64. You either walk down or up a long flight to get to some houses. I don't think I'd like that.
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  65. How did the church manage to remain so well maintained? This place reminds me of the song Tobacco Road by the Nashville Teens.
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  66. You think this is bad? Visit EAST Cleveland!
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  67. I did see a lot of nice cars in the streets. We traded industrial pollution and good jobs for rampant urban decay and poverty. Who's better off now?
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  68. Some of the homes are well kept. I wonder what people do for money in a place like this?
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  69. The obviously government provided housing looks nice. As for the rest, not as bad as Detroit and most of it appears to be still occupied.
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  70. It's a 55 Pontiac.
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  71. I think about that, too.
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  72. I think it rivals Detroit.
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  73. All of these impoverished towns seem to have at least one church in pristine condition, well maintained. They have money for that.
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  74. Looked like it to me. Maybe houses are across the street and still lived in.
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  75. Apparently lots of apartments were already built and now lay abandoned and vandalized. What can be done with any single family homes? They'll end up the same way after taxpayers pay to rebuild them.
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  76. A well used double track mainline railroad still exists passing this place right on by.
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  77. Typical old coal mining town that's lost it's jobs, money and industry so most have left. WV's dotted with them but still ships a lot of coal annually from other parts of the state.
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  78. I didn't see anybody anywhere! Where is everybody? Streets are full of cars. Buildings downtown look new or renovated. Not a soul around. One lone guy walking a street. Strange.
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  79. 100% correct.
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  80. How do you know? He had his back to the camera. Don't teachers get good medical benefits and decent pensions upon retirement?
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  81. No place in the United States should look like this.
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  82.  @hoodsnhollers  That was a year ago and I have seen it. thanks for the reminder. I wonder how it is today? Probably worse.
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  83. I'm wondering what it is, too.
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  84. I like the one in the very beginning with all the junk cars in the yard. 🙂
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  85. Looks similar to detroit but not nearly as bad. It's actually pretty clean.
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  86. My guess is the road with all the rugs on it was probably a feeble attempt at patching pot holes. I didn't count them.
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  87. Understandable. It was a nice place at one time.
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  88. I wonder what kind of crimes are committed here? There's nothing to steal and hardly a soul around.
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  89. It's a shame for the people who have kept their homes up and still live in them surrounded by all the urban decay. It's inexcusable the wealthiest nation in the world should have cities like this yet they're all over the country.
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  90. It's a shame what's happened to the coal industry although it is still doign well in some areas.
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  91. What's the huge, fenced n complex with very old brick buildings towards the end of the video? Hospital? Mental institution? It's huge. All that abandoned? What a shame.
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  92. What happened to the ceramics industry? Don't peopll buy dishes anymore or did that go to China?
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  93. They're abandoned.
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  94. City council is probably part of the problem.
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  95. People tell me 1/3 of the nation looks like this. That's unacceptable. We've really run America into the ground.
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  96. If this is gentrified, what does blighted look like? Who builds all the apartment complexes that now sit abandoned? Who paid for that? Another government boondoggle, I presume. It's a disgrace any part of the USA should look like this.
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  97. So many buildings of brick and mortar whether they wee homes or businesses, just abandoned and vandalized.
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  98. What happened? Coal died.
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  99. Some good areas, some bad. Lots of empty commercial space, but plenty of street lights even on that terrible dirt road in the beginning. A lot of work went into building those cobble stone and brick roads, now all but forgotten.
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  100. The doctor's house in this video is still doing well and in the hands of someone who can maintain it.
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  101. A lot of the homes in this house are well kept up. Those are the "hangers on."
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  102. Big trailer. Window units don't do much.
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  103. Every damn store is shuttered. What are you supposed to do if you need something?
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  104. These impoverished towns always seem to have lots of churches and someone riding around in a mobile wheelchair.
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  105. There must have been jobs that aren't there now.
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  106. I'm surprised anyone parked that decent looking 50 Dodge out on the street.
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  107. These places always have houses 2 feet from industrial buildings, as in the beginning of the video. Isn't there any zoning or a planning board? Who would build a house 2 feet from a factory? Such as the place shown at :38.
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