Brownsville, Pennsylvania | What The Hell Happened?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Brownsville, PA...WOW! This is easily one of the hardest hit areas within the Rust Belt. Located 40 miles south of Pittsburgh, it really looks like time standing still from decades before. Abandoned homes, empty businesses, it certainly has that ghost town appeal. After the industrial era decline in the 1970's, Brownsville's economy collapsed and hasn't been able to recover since. Steel, railroad, and coal jobs were lost. Small businesses closed and banks shut their doors, people had to move elsewhere to find work. Will it ever find it's way back to recovery? I hope so. For now let's take a drive and check it out!
Brownsville was a substantial town back in the day which is clear by the quality and scale of the buildings. Looks like the boom started in the late 1800s judging by the victorian style architecture. And then was over a 100 years later. Such a shame, looks like the type of place you'd have been proud to have lived in back in the day.
Very sad time for many towns across America.
This town saw it's sad times when they closed the mines probably.
Is this how it is… like everywhere where population of 20K or less
This is most of small town and rural America, impoverished and forgotten about.
You literally hurt my soul. This is my Mom's hometown. I spent many summer vacations and holidays with relatives there. Some of the best restaurants/pizza/hoagie places. The river, the railroad, a hospital, several groceries and pharmacies. EVERYTHING a small town needed. Wow. Just so sad.
Thank you so much for watching Robin!
may be just not a season? in Russia, many cities look dull not in summer
Days gone by. At least you have your memories to hold on too.
Same here. I visited my grandparents here in the 1960s every summer. Was a thriving town back then. So sad to see it now. My grandparents lived on Angle Street just below Second Street.
So what happened
It's weird seeing abandoned buildings with no graffiti, it looks like everyone just disappeared. Also I bet that place is really creepy at night
It’s got quite an eerie vibe even in the daytime.
Decrepit and depressing. There's no way this city/town can survive without an enormous reconstruction plan, and even then it would take untold years. There's no money to do it. And likely few patrons to sustain a massive revitalization plan. This is so haunting.
Here in Ala, vacated property crumbles litter the landscape, especially the rural areas only a ten minute drive away from city. I always wonder why the city here doesn't take the long-abandoned structures down. But there's just too many.
Thanks, again, for your time videographing --
@@hoodsnhollers very true and I didn't see any cops, very apocalyptic
Tagging is a mostly California thing......
@@MegaBait1616 True and i live in Cali.
I loved this one. This town has so many levels of homes and businesses. I wish you would have filmed Connellsville, the city where I was born 70 years ago. I am sure it's about the same.
Apparently it's like this of small towns all across the country....Really sad 😔
Glad to see your channel continuing to grow. 40k so quickly!
Thanks so much Linda!!
There's something about the way you present this material that actually creates the actual "feel" of the places you cover.
Yes, I believe it's because he doesn't use music and he doesn't narrate. He just lets us experience it as is.
Thanks so much for the comment. I try to make it feel like you’re there with me
I would’ve watched an hour of this. Great stuff.!
Steve.
Hey Steve! Thanks so much. I'll be doing some lengthy special editions coming up within the next month!
I've always wondered who owns these types of properties, where the owners are, and if they still pay the property taxes on buildings not worth anything. You do great videos and I agree with the rest, it's like we're there ourselves driving around. Thank
I went to Brownsville in 2010. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Tells you how long it’s been since being abandoned when a Coca Cola sign says 5c, such a shame for a beautiful town
Watching videos like this made me decide that once my kids are on their own I'm going full time off grid living and spending time in these semi abandoned towns. I just bought a truck, now I just need a travel trailer to pull behind it to stay in. My kids are almost 17 and 18 and will be out of high school soon, ones already working and the other will be soon. We don't really have towns like this in Arizona, so I'm looking forward to exploring around the old parts of America in the Midwest and east coast. 👍
I live 20 minutes from Brownsville and I've never seen these places that you have shown. We only drive though there on rt. 40 to go to Uniontown so I never knew there were places like this on the back roads. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Sad to see. I used to travel on business driving from Pittsburgh to Masontown and back around 2001 to 2003. Can't remember the highway number, but driving from Pittsburgh onto the bridge over the Mon, the view of Brownsville to me was a beautiful sight and I will always treasure that.
I think Route 43
Reminds me of my hometown ; McKeesport, PA
I have McKeesport uploaded on the channel. Check it out thanks for watching !
6:55 what a strange dead end, looks like it goes right in the river! 😳
It does! most likely used as some sort of boat launch
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.
I made a day trip to Brownsville about 10 years ago. There was a lot of truly beautiful architecture in that town. I didn't catch it in your video, but I most remember the General Hospital, which shut down decades ago. I may have been demolished by now.
Yeah unfortunately it was taken down. It would have been more towards the very end of the video I believe.
i worked at a car dealership on route 40 back in the mid to late 90's and drove thru the downtown area on my way to work it was bad then, now looks even worse. if Brownsville ever makes a comeback, it will be years and years.
What horrifies and fascinates me is despite fire and neglect the bones of these former homes - built mostly by hand by skilled workers of many trades - still stand after these years of neglect and emptiness. Many of these houses I recognise as kit houses ordered from catalogues to be assembled on site. In Canada many of these homes still stand occupied and loved. It has been a tragic waste of trees and human resources to see what is happening in the US and to see the same decline in the American worker!
Quite a few scenes for "I Am Not Okay With This" (Netflix) were filmed in this town.
I was born and raised there in the 1960’s I had to leave when I turn 18. I still go back to visit. Many forgotten towns like this.
sad to think theres so many homeless people and so many homes, less the people
Thanks! As promised...
Keep on keeping' on.
Thanks so much Linda!!
I've spend 63 of my 65 years within a 20 mile radius of Brownsville. This is what happens when greedy unions and greedy company execs force business to move so many of our jobs to other countries, who are now prospering.
Years ago there was a revitalization project , but like so many of these things the people in charge took the money and nothing got done. All the river towns are like this to some degree.
Its Pennsylvania and nothing good ever comes from that state .
the one sad thing i noticed is that almost all of the business are all closed but the BARS are in open running fashion
Here in Germany are abandoned houses also ... but I've never seen so many in one place ... + I'm 64 ...
7:00 Fiddles Diner. We ate their today. Such a cool place and location. Nice people, great food, and nicely priced. What was the building at 7:20?
This really isnt do bad, sime of these homes are quite nice and quaint little ones too... Not that bad at all!!
Well the residents there dont have to far to drive for a Walmart, theres one right across the river. That being said, that place was bad, real bad. There was a FOR SALE sign on one of those houses. Interested?
5 cent coca cola sign looks fresh. The paint used must have been top grade paint. Up there since the 1950s.
some serious old world stuff still there...thanks for sharing, peace.
a shame,. I love some of them old houses...
So much joy 😊 has turned into so much pain 😔 if this town could talk.
It would look beautiful in the Summer.
family in brownsville since the late 1800's....only one relative left....sad
0:24 that’s literally my dads old house. Lots of memories there.
Looks like Browsville would be a good place for Habitat for Humanity to come and restore houses! Many peoome prefer living in a quiet small town!
Looks like a lots off opportunity.
I used to have family in Brownsville. So sad to see what it has become.
so sad to see these small towns dying
Total Pennsylvania vibe.
Welcome to America
So sad. I think of all the homeless people who could use a home.
No jobs, no way to pay bills.
Also, love the video. Can you make the captions larger? Thx.
A town full of fixer upper's
I think they are beyond fixing.
That’s what I see as well as more people are working from home.
Nice video as always of times gone by,thanks for sharing.
I just checked the real-estate sales you can get some good deals on a house...
I'm trying to make a post apocalyptic movie, now I know what town to film it in.
Wow. It looks aged. Like an antique store full of old dusty things....quiet and peaceful slowly fading away......
There's probably a hundred old towns like that in Pennsylvania.
There were a few b movies made there, no people so filming was easy.
any homes for sale?
I seen about a dozen for sale at least. There's probably many just sitting in the repository for tax sales.
i wish i had a huge house like these
They didn't show the famous Bowman's Castle...
I actually couldnt get to it. They had the roads closed off unfortunately.
This is where my family the laws on the law funeral home for years. They came to a close somewhat in 2012
I've watched many 'ghost town' videos like this, and think... if I were there, I'd buy a 6,000 sq. ft. brick church and build it into a laser laboratory. 7 years ago I bought a large chunk of the City I live in. It was in this 'ghost' condition, and I've been making it into a high tech laboratory. It's now like a manicured park... folks, don't lose hope.
"The American Dream"????
Nossa, que triste, lugar lindo abandonado.
One big problem with these buildings is they simply could not be brought up to code. especially after the ADA.
(:
Have these people ever seen the sun?
Blight.. no other description… not sure what can be done with this decay.. l think it just has to fall to the ground.. too pervasive to do anything about it…
Very sad,
Some of the homes look like it can be salvage.
Looks like a scene from The Walking Dead
i remember when i was younger my grandparents lived in pike mine, we would walk along the railroad tracks to the A&P at 6:02 and pick blackberries on the way
The area wasn't favored by any of the industrial developers & social engineers of the world. Perhaps it's considered too rural america or not coastal enough
Thanks to different economic declines in my lifetime much of America now looks like it belongs in one of the Fallout Games.
Oh my
Where’s the taco bell?
Why not try doing a LIVE filming? You wouldn't have to talk, you could just do the same thing you do with your videos. Just drive around and then you put your money thing up where people can donate to you while you're filming. Maybe your wife can type in some answers to chat questions. Just keep it short for the first time, you try it like a 10 minute trial. 🤷
I've definitely debated on doing that. I'd have to look into it a little more. I deal with multi cams and theyre a total pain for staying connected, but I'll see in the near future
Jobs to China.
Rather live in brownville than McKeesport for surw.
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.
🎯 bingo
Believe it or not, parts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, also falling apart. Same mechanism, same thing happening here.
This is my hometown and watching this hurts because when I drive home every couple of weeks to see my family, it gets worse! Uniontown is starting to die off as well. I grew up in Republic and graduated from BHS class of 09. I lived in old coal mining houses over in Thompson/Pencraft area. We grew up calling these "patches" so we were know as Patch kids! I'd love to see another video of those little towns that are within Brownsville. Great video, very nostalgic
This is truly heartbreaking 💔. These are the beautiful and peaceful towns that need to be restored and brought back to life.
You have to make these impoverished towns attractive to new investment and diversify their economy. Otherwise you will spends millions cleaning up, repairing and renovating buildings but end up still with a dead impoverished town.
Maybe it was the weather or time of year but this is probably the most dismal of your videos i've seen so far. I love it.
That's what i was thinking: the weather suited the scene.
"Haunting" is the perfect word. "Devastating" is the next.
so basically it would be Devastatingly Haunting...
@@Nunofurdambiznez Very.
They've lost 75% of their population since the
end of WW2.
Although this was sad. The lack of graffiti and intentional destruction made it less sad. Thank you.
You are creating art with these videos. Urban decay drive by in silence. A beauty in these sad quiet images. Nice job.
Thanks so much I appreciate it!
when even detroit has more future, this breaks your heart
houses in detroit of all places are being renovated while this... is dying-
Many of those homes look liek really nice places, especially the brick construction models. How beautiful they'd be restored.
The steamboat Arabia was built in Brownsville. Brownsville was once more important than Pittsburgh .
Its a shame to see such a nice small town so abandoned. Great video. Very peaceful.
What a crying shame! America…how you have fallen!
Very haunting, sad and cool at the same time.
9:50 - piece of trivia: "Esso" is now Exxon!
I went to California state college 1970~1974, not far from Brownsville. my roommate was from. Brownsville. Fiddles is still in business
I haven't been to Brownsville since 2000 and I am glad to hear that Fiddle's is still open!
I grew up in the Mon Valley. We moved 30 years ago and it was dying then. When the mills closed, the state never really replaced the jobs there. It is really sad, I had a wonderful childhood in PA.
I grew up 10 miles south of Brownsville in Fredericktown. Very sad. I remember mid 80's as coal and steel industries started to leave, these towns fell apart. Not much left of the area.
So tragic but you're right- those churches were beautiful!
01:30 Stop sign has a sign attached that says "Smile you're on camera."
*NO, YOU'RE ON CAMERA* !
LOL! I say that to myself all the time when i see those
We usually think of homes being traded.... But if there is noone to buy these abandoned homes they just become derelict and their owners have to start afresh somewhere else...
Unbelievable, just looking at theses homes and businesses, what it must have been like when it was a great place to live, it’s so sad that money rules this sad world 💔💔💔💔♥️😪😪😪
that church at the end is awesome. 😍
There’s so many of them and it’s sad to see they probably won’t be restored anytime soon..if at all
@@hoodsnhollers It's an old coal mining town. So many groups came to work. I know someone from that area by the way they speak and the foods they know. The families helped each other when times were hard.
I’ve never seen a town in my life where the projects are the nicest part.
More common than you realize.
I can tell you what happened. Poor leadership. Plain and simple
Anytown U.S.A. What the hell happened?.....