Clairton, Pennsylvania | What Happened Here?
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3 ай бұрынClairton, PA....WOW! This city is looking rough? Located in Allegheny County, it is considered part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan. With a 23% poverty rate, median household income of about 36,000, a population of 5853, unemployment rate 37% higher than national average, it looks pretty grim. This place is loaded with abandoned businesses and homes, over 708 to be exact. The population has been declining for decades and it looks like that will continue. Amenities are very few, and commutes are a must. Let's take a drive and check it out!
@AG-ni8jm 3 ай бұрын
Decline of the steel industry, which began in the 1980s.
@tanja6233 3 ай бұрын
When I think Pennsylvania it's steel industrial city/ towns Claritin happens to be one.. Much of the old architecture seems to be holding strong . Sadly another city passed on Thank you for sharing your time 👍🏻 stay safe in your travels
@JoJo-ie8sl 3 ай бұрын
Some of those houses would have gorgeous back in their time. How sad :(
@davelowe1977 3 ай бұрын
It makes me want to buy one of those brick places to renovate.
@dianamarie5663 3 ай бұрын
I appreciate that you show a balance of dilapidated homes, closed and open businesses and an industrial area. Not many services or things to do in Clairton. As my grandmother with Alzheimer's would say "What a lovely town!"
@hoodsnhollers 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!
@hartmutlorentzen9659 3 ай бұрын
I am from Germany. Our steel industry is gone too. But we try to develop new industries so that people can stay in their homes.
@Bitey_Cat 3 ай бұрын
Your videos are always so interesting, and often haunting. Thank you! ♥️
@hoodsnhollers 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!
@user-nd2kz8lj3r 3 ай бұрын
We moved out of Clairton ten years ago after living here for 20 years and raising our kids there. There are some neighborhoods a bit nicer than what is shown on the video, but not many. A rough town but the people were great. When you live in a small town the same families do everything, little league, Cub Scouts, library hour, etc. you really got to know people. Unfortunately Clairton keeps spiraling downward.
@bridgetmuehlberger5141 3 ай бұрын
I will never cease to be surprised at seeing a row of completely abandoned and ruined homes, with a single home still lived in. The one at 0:50 got me. Decorative lights and kids toys outside. Right next to all that rot and decay. Quite the dichotomy.
@joefriday1059 3 ай бұрын
A place that once was ruled by a steel economy . PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania steel capital of the world. Presently being on a global market , competition , and modern technologies is what happened. It is so sad to see this .
@ericschubert3183 3 ай бұрын
Clairton is not Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh adapted...Clairton did not.
@northerntraveller3815 3 ай бұрын
Makes you wonder why they still have stoplights...a stop sign would suffice with how dead it is everywhere.
@gabe5946 3 ай бұрын
I know it didn’t happen overnight, but what a sad sight, booming town at one time, take care out there ✌️
@cherylkimbley3992 3 ай бұрын
What a shame. So many people in every state are homeless and here sits all these buildings just going to trash. Sad that a town has come to that.
@Englishsea24 3 ай бұрын
There's places in Britain that are in exactly the same state of ruin as shown here, but they insist on building over more and more of our precious green spaces. We're a tiny island and don't have unlimited space, why not work with what we've got?
@smorgasbroad1132 3 ай бұрын
I usually find some bit of beauty in the derelict structure, but not here. The gloomy winter day doesn't help. Again, you can tell that once they built the projects (tons of them it appears), no new single family home builds came after.
@JohnMiller-oz7gv 3 ай бұрын
Normal. Welcome to America.
@danhays9769 3 ай бұрын
Another great video. Thank you!!
@johnpinckney4979 3 ай бұрын
Great weather for your visit...
@susanlore345 3 ай бұрын
That building at 4:03, maybe a school once? What beautiful architecture!👍shame it can’t be revitalized.
@sunnysunny9966 3 ай бұрын
Wow, very depressing😔and the weather is doing the rest. Ramadan kareem 🧿🪬✌🏼
@sandyaw3057 3 ай бұрын
So upsetting! I haven’t been through there in a long time. 😢
@WheelcraftBicycles 3 ай бұрын
Lived in Clairton from 1991 to 2012. It was sad watching the decline. Worse now.
@KCGLivingInGray 3 ай бұрын
Reminds me of old military bases
@davelowe1977 3 ай бұрын
It's fascinating to see what other countries look like.
@chrislynch8914 3 ай бұрын
Dutch Boy hasn't sold a gallon of paint there for 25yrs
@anndixon4577 3 ай бұрын
I like the no audio commentary
@rachelnan6875 3 ай бұрын
Never heard of this place 😮
@danielemoore1953 3 ай бұрын
They could have filmed some episodes of The Walking Dead here.
@KristNi 3 ай бұрын
Wow 😳
@mrbutch308 3 ай бұрын
Depressing.
@robertsole9970 3 ай бұрын
Utterly depressing.......
@traciehoward2468 3 ай бұрын
Wow Leterace project every single apartment was lived in the place was full of life now look😔
@zeeqq105 Ай бұрын
I have family there. The place is the worse. Cheap to live but not worth the headache. Run!
@user-th2tg5km2j 3 ай бұрын
Интересный город... загадочный такой... мне понравился... только людей почти нет...
@BeardedRealm 3 ай бұрын
I worked there for 2 years in the 1890s
@lauraa2778 3 ай бұрын
It's Pennsylvania, that's what happened.
@amidnightsnack4102 3 ай бұрын
This is so depressing
@hoodsnhollers 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@tylerflowamaizing5362 3 ай бұрын
Like in walkingdead
@mr.extreme303 3 ай бұрын
I wonder how these places get this bad
@davidmetis6249 3 ай бұрын
It's like the song Nothing But Flowers says, 'And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention.'
@dianamarie5663 3 ай бұрын
No work and they move away.
@landin9876 3 ай бұрын
Whole neighborhoods just gone 😢
@user-ui4om1ur3e 3 ай бұрын
Привет с России
@marywinter809 3 ай бұрын
This is in western Pennsylvania
@nobillclinton 3 ай бұрын
sheesh
@priscillafitch3397 3 ай бұрын
SAD
@tiger7199 3 ай бұрын
The steel mills closed and the blue coller middle class population declined.
@lesjones5684 3 ай бұрын
I’m looking for a apartment 😂😂😂