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. 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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  6.  @lindapietrasz8070  Very sad. Cats are almost like people.😞
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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. 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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  10. This looks like an upscale neighborhood compared to Detroit.
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  11. I wonder who CP Jones was?
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  12. Yes, is this really the US? I ask myself that question all the time.
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  13. 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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  14. 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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  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. All of the roads are smooth and paved. That helps a bit.
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  30. 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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  31. I saw quite a few of them. I wish I had one of those pickups.
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  32. Many of those homes look liek really nice places, especially the brick construction models. How beautiful they'd be restored.
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  33. Industry leaves. No jobs. No money.
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  34. 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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  35. Great stuff!
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  36. No way a shopping mall is going to replace a steel mill.
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  37. 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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  38. Sadly, there are towns and cities all over the US like this all due to lost industry.
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  39. 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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  40. I noticed that, too. The impoverished can still afford that. Early 70s Monte Carlo. They're petty collectible now.
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  41. I like that, too.
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  42. 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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  43. Most of the homes look like company housing similar to the coal mining towns of Appalachia.
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  44. I was thinking the same thing.
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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. Ever visit Matewan, WV, in Mingo Cty.? Still populated by the Hatfields and McCoys.
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  48. 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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  49. These areas make Detroit look good.
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  50. 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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