I think the most depressing part for me is that since the Fentanyl started going around I've lost more friends than I can count on both hands to it. You passed by 3 of their homes in this and my stomach sank. This whole valley is cursed.
My mom is 93 and grew up here. She moved away after college in 1950. We used to visit family every summer until the early seventies.It’s changed a lot since then. After the coal mining ended due to it’s slow demise and finally the Knox mining disaster things changed dramatically. Before that it was very diverse with lots of immigrants ( Welsh, Germans, Irish, Poles, Syrian, Italian, etc) here for the jobs in the mines; everyone had a job and many if not most owned their home. It was a safe and vibrant mid size city, with a strong patriotic spirit having sent many to WW2. In the early Twentieth Century even ( unfortunately) young kids worked in the mines. After the industrial base disappeared ( mining, iron manufacturing, etc) the jobs disappeared and the economy changed. Then, the flood in the seventies struck another blow.
my dad is 87, and was born & raised in wilkes barre until right after ww2. my grandfather was a dynamite blaster in the mines. black lung from coal dust killed him (years later after they moved to balitmore).
@@cm5019 Wilkes-Barre has been a shthole for decades and it has nothing to do with diversity. Every small town/city in America has this issue. It's systemic. Our infrastructure is failing across the entire country because NOTHING is ever invested into it. It's all spent on wars overseas. Blaming other colors is peak ignorance. People of color don't choose what our tax dollars are or aren't used for.. The losers at the top do.. And they've failed all of us. 🤙
Ha! My old apartment building back in the 90s on the far left at around 3:12. Always action in that block. It got worse over the years. Qualifies as the ghetto today.
I used to live near south wilkes barre but moved to south Florida this video remind me of something but I can't think of what. Oh I remember what it is now HELL
Honestly if some of the community would just go around their property and clean up,it is not that bad. Compared with other communities. Although crime is on the rise😥
Enjoy the pictures of Wilkes Barre. I just wish you would narrate where you are. Both my parents grew up In Wilkes Barre, mother from East end and father from Parsons.
The cookiecutter houses form desolate neighborboods that look like strip mines. It took me back to a time where someone was always yelling at me, and shop keepers and university professors generally were miserable and narrow minded and bigoted. Cold winds of negativity blow thru that Wyoming Valley. People there harbor a dark unhappiness they’re not allowed to express. Every house looks like a coal shanty with faded white 70’s aluminum siding and slatted metal awnings over their windows.
Ma if you guys would make these vids on a bright sunny day they wouldn’t be so depressing. I left the WB area over 50;yrs ago and it’s still depressing.
go watch these dash cam videos of l.a., seattle, san fran, phili, chiraq, detroit, b-more, etc... this is really not that bad compared to those hell holes. wilkes barre is depressed, but still alive. my dad was born & raised there. my grandfather was a dynamiter in the mines. they left right after ww2.
And all of them, including Wilkes-Barre, have been under liberal / Democratic rule for a hundred years. If you want to see prosperity, happiness, cleanliness and hope go to any red state.
"Hey neighborhood guy i went to preschool with the wyoming-valley children's association @ the kirby health center 71 north franklin street in wilkes-barre luzerne-county pa from 1980 to 1982 like i said before it's a dog 🐶 gone shame that times are changing in the diamond-city just a dog 🐶 gone shame" 🇺🇸🏙️🤓🤵✝️🛐🙏🕊️❤️🤝.
I think the most depressing part for me is that since the Fentanyl started going around I've lost more friends than I can count on both hands to it. You passed by 3 of their homes in this and my stomach sank. This whole valley is cursed.
My mom is 93 and grew up here. She moved away after college in 1950. We used to visit family every summer until the early seventies.It’s changed a lot since then. After the coal mining ended due to it’s slow demise and finally the Knox mining disaster things changed dramatically. Before that it was very diverse with lots of immigrants ( Welsh, Germans, Irish, Poles, Syrian, Italian, etc) here for the jobs in the mines; everyone had a job and many if not most owned their home. It was a safe and vibrant mid size city, with a strong patriotic spirit having sent many to WW2. In the early Twentieth Century even ( unfortunately) young kids worked in the mines. After the industrial base disappeared ( mining, iron manufacturing, etc) the jobs disappeared and the economy changed. Then, the flood in the seventies struck another blow.
my dad is 87, and was born & raised in wilkes barre until right after ww2. my grandfather was a dynamite blaster in the mines. black lung from coal dust killed him (years later after they moved to balitmore).
Do they have a name for the sad feeling of seeing your childhood home change so drastically that it’s unrecognizable?
Diversity. That’s why I left…..
@@cm5019 Wilkes-Barre has been a shthole for decades and it has nothing to do with diversity. Every small town/city in America has this issue. It's systemic. Our infrastructure is failing across the entire country because NOTHING is ever invested into it. It's all spent on wars overseas. Blaming other colors is peak ignorance. People of color don't choose what our tax dollars are or aren't used for.. The losers at the top do.. And they've failed all of us. 🤙
@@cm5019 a new way to say that you hate people of color. It means you are proud (even excited below the belt) about your prejudices.
you mean people other than why pepo??
My home town. What a depressing place it is.
@@melvintalmadge2803 sad hugs. But, do you miss Pomeroy’s or Boscov’s? I wonder if KEEFERS Army Navy is still open for business!
@@Mister_Listener Yep. Still going strong.
@@Phearsum glad to hear that!!
Love it thanks born raised there Pennsylvania Ave send more videos I live in Wisconsin plz n thank
Ha! My old apartment building back in the 90s on the far left at around 3:12. Always action in that block. It got worse over the years. Qualifies as the ghetto today.
I used to live near south wilkes barre but moved to south Florida this video remind me of something but I can't think of what. Oh I remember what it is now HELL
Honestly if some of the community would just go around their property and clean up,it is not that bad. Compared with other communities. Although crime is on the rise😥
I don't know if there is a more depressing place. Hazleton? Scranton? Binghamton?
How long have you been in W-B?
Enjoy the pictures of Wilkes Barre. I just wish you would narrate where you are. Both my parents grew up In Wilkes Barre, mother from East end and father from Parsons.
I so agree. I’m formerly from Plains and Kingston and no one ever narrates these towns.
What was your mom’s maiden name? We grew up in East End also.
My parents born and raised in Plains!!!!@@BlueDahlia006
The cookiecutter houses form desolate neighborboods that look like strip mines. It took me back to a time where someone was always yelling at me, and shop keepers and university professors generally were miserable and narrow minded and bigoted. Cold winds of negativity blow thru that Wyoming Valley. People there harbor a dark unhappiness they’re not allowed to express. Every house looks like a coal shanty with faded white 70’s aluminum siding and slatted metal awnings over their windows.
LMAO ...
Ma if you guys would make these vids on a bright sunny day they wouldn’t be so depressing. I left the WB area over 50;yrs ago and it’s still depressing.
The gas station at 1:25 is the only one I know of in Northeastern Pennsylvania that has plexiglass around the cash register.
You neva been to Philly
@@deshawnjones324 philly isn't in Northeastern PA
@@deshawnjones324 *never
125 Charles street
I’m watching this for a second time and I’m more depressed than the first time. Do any people ever come out of their homes in WB? I see only cars…..?
My confusion is, how are they not able to see how crummy and ugly everything looks?
go watch these dash cam videos of l.a., seattle, san fran, phili, chiraq, detroit, b-more, etc... this is really not that bad compared to those hell holes. wilkes barre is depressed, but still alive. my dad was born & raised there. my grandfather was a dynamiter in the mines. they left right after ww2.
And all of them, including Wilkes-Barre, have been under liberal / Democratic rule for a hundred years. If you want to see prosperity, happiness, cleanliness and hope go to any red state.
It seems to be a lot worse than you’re willing to admit.
sShut sweet
This is my neighborhood. Im from south wilkes barre. You were literally 2 minutes from my house.
Hows the area ??
@@mackaroni5662 Not the safest area, shootings occasionally.
Dude driving seems lost 😂
Looks like Perth Amboy NJ
Parts of Cleveland, too.
@@miriambucholtz9315 facts shit look trenches af idk bout moving here 😂😂😂😂🤦♂️🤷♂️
@@stargotti1527 shit quiet
I use too live in Wilkes Barre on North Main Street from 1994 - 2013 *
Any gangs? Violence? Ask as an investor !!
@@mackaroni5662 No
Thanks for the response, much love and blessing do something great 2021
@@mackaroni5662 hy i m serching suitable accomodation near to wilkes university
Meyers High School territory.
@@blakkat4126 🎵 steadfast forever MEYERS HIGH! 🎶
Trump to speak there tonight
McDonald family
you should do a video on sambourne street
There is a police standoff going on near there now! 6/20/23
Thats bidens america
@@markperrault5678 that was a really stupid thing to say.
Drive down one of the worst street's in Wb !! you couldn't find some More positive content?!? And I mean anything would have better ! 😒
"Hey neighborhood guy i went to preschool with the wyoming-valley children's association @ the kirby health center 71 north franklin street in wilkes-barre luzerne-county pa from 1980 to 1982 like i said before it's a dog 🐶 gone shame that times are changing in the diamond-city just a dog 🐶 gone shame" 🇺🇸🏙️🤓🤵✝️🛐🙏🕊️❤️🤝.