Chester, Pennsylvania | What Happened?

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Жыл бұрын

Chester, PA is one of the most run down, dangerous, and poorest cities in Pennsylvania. After the industrial decline in the 1950's, jobs were lost, businesses closed, and people had to move away from Chester. What remains are a lot of low income housing, abandoned buildings, and an overall creepy vibe throughout. Downtown is like a ghost town of sorts, abandoned in many areas, and graffiti all over the place. Crime is much higher than the national average, and the poverty level is at a very high rate of over 34% ! On the positive side of things real estate prices and cost of living is low compared to its surroundings. Let's take a drive and check it out!

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@danfannon1707 Жыл бұрын

Chester was a thriving working class town. In the early 1960s, I worked summer jobs at Sun Shipbuilding and Scott Paper Company. Both were vast businesses employing many thousands of people at wages where a man or a woman could support their entire family. When the giant industry along Chester's waterfront of the Delaware River collapsed, the entire town collapsed with it. No Jobs, No Money, No Houses as they were left to rot as workers fled the area to find employment elsewhere. There's no mystery as to why what you see in this video happened. It's the American Story writ all over a once great nation.

@chongeiktong3426 Жыл бұрын

Dan. Is it the Scott Paper Co that makes toilet and kitchen rolls ?

@jerrybeauchamp2311 Жыл бұрын

I live in Chester back in late 60s and till 80s went to school at chester high. Back when I was little it was great used to go to Woolworth 5 and 10 for lunch with my grandfather. Used to go to the butcher shop and the newsstand next to the train station. There was a hobby store in town. Pep boys JCPenney's Sears stoddards department store in the great leopard rolling rink My grandfather worked at sonship, my aunts and uncles own day. Very famous flower shop in Chester

@johnchambers8528 Жыл бұрын

I worked for the county government in the 1970s and saw the decline of Chester first hand. As noted the biggest problem for Chester was the closing of several big employers that paid good wages. With the lack of jobs many people that could afford to moved out and many of the new owners were poorer and could not do a good job maintain their houses. At that time there was also two major malls built nearby which also lead to a major reduction of retail locations in downtown Chester. So with the reduction of tax income there was little the city could do to help to maintain good services. The somewhat good news was with the help of the state and county the old Sun Ship location became the Harrah’s casino and racetrack. This did provide for some better paying jobs. Latter they also got the major league soccer team located their stadium also in the city. There also was some other redevelopment but they still have a long way to go to make it a good livable city again.

@goeachitt Жыл бұрын

Sad, sad truth

@aprillundberg1197 Жыл бұрын

I was curious about this place so I did some quick research and I have to say it makes it even sadder to think about all of the history Chester, PA has been a part of. It's the oldest city in PA and was settled in 1644 by the Swedish (called Upland back then), renamed to Chester in 1682 and became a city in 1866. It played a big role in both World Wars and then started declining in the 1960's. Tragic.

@MrPlowboy66 Жыл бұрын

My mother in law was born and raised on 3rd st in Chester. She always said what a beautiful city it was in the 40's and 50's.

@ericaswensonelliott Жыл бұрын

My grandparents SWENSON lived there - writing a book about their lives right now- based on their 1930 then WW2 letters Chester Strong - worked Sun Ship and Oil ♥️ powerful people our ancestors no wonder the …

@r.pres.4121 Жыл бұрын

What happened to Chester, the same horrible things that happened to most other older northern US cities. Middle class flight, deindustrialization, disinvestment, increasing poverty and crime, and than total abandonment.

@jefftube58 Жыл бұрын

The middle class leaving doesn't just happen. There are elements they became concerned with that caused them to leave.

@HarrySmith-hr2iv Жыл бұрын

@@jefftube58 Chester was first founded Chester UK in 79AD. The Romans built a Fort, and Amphitheatre there, and it grew into a major trading centre.

@kevingordon9192 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching this guy’s videos of deprivation of ruined and abandoned neighborhoods. And I must say that it starts to bring me down. We’re heading towards end of days here. Like an avalanche of despair. The magnitude of extreme poverty around the country. I know Gary Indiana people see as the worst. But what is in the worst?? Ruins are ruins. To me, theirs no degree of poverty. Blows my mind. It’s all the same. 😞

@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676 Жыл бұрын

Not only a northern problem. The South, Indian Reservations, and more recently, Southern California, Portland and Seattle.

@sergpie Жыл бұрын

Even in their dilapidated state; these buildings show a level of detail and architectural language that is gone, lacking even in high-end developments. It saddens me to see buildings that are in a manner unique to their location, crumble away. Beyond the materiality of it, there dies with them, the story of a people in unique place and time.

@SpettroFamily Жыл бұрын

This is urban decay at the absolute top , just unbelaivable - but still fascinating - you're making such great videos

@1940limited Жыл бұрын

Even the churches are trashed. Never saw that before.

@vickisawyer7405 Жыл бұрын

It does look like a ghost town, with people. I can see the details in the old buildings and can imagine how attractive it must have been. It is sad! Not just for the buildings but for our people who must live there...

@robertwilber1909 Жыл бұрын

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@bigvalley4987 Жыл бұрын

People are still living there? Boy am I sheltered 😩

@jondeak 11 ай бұрын

I grew up and played on the same streets you recorded in this video in the early 90s. Nothing has changed, the same run down buildings are there for the last 30 years. I praise my mother for somehow getting me and my siblings out of there. Now as an adult I live in beautiful California but when I see my life now and the people around it I always think to myself that no one will ever know what my eyes have seen on these streets, it shaped my soul forever.

@JpBollin97 Жыл бұрын

Born and raised just 10 minutes away in Norwood. Been asking myself what happened to Chester for past 25 years. It's sad especially with the amount of history chester holds.

@m42037 Жыл бұрын

Why was that big church burned down

@briandietrich1373 Жыл бұрын

After the industrial decline in the 1950's, jobs were lost, businesses closed, and people had to move away from Chester.

@georgehewett5539 Жыл бұрын

Truly sad. I can almost hear the buildings calling out for someone to help them.

@FactsCountdown Жыл бұрын

Buildings are non living things so they become useless when nobody lives their

@kellysavage7073 Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. As he drives by you can in your mind hear the buildings crying.

@nannerl6243 Жыл бұрын

They must have looked so nice when they were new.

@monsterglo Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly, extremely sad as the buildings were all new at one time, people shopped, laughed enjoyed life all gone in the blink of an 👁‍🗨 ppl need to wake up , it could be their town next 😢

@briandietrich1373 Жыл бұрын

You answered the question in your description: After the industrial decline in the 1950's, jobs were lost, businesses closed, and people had to move away from Chester. Sending industry off shore is/was the biggest scam on America since the 401K.

@joeflahavan2650 Жыл бұрын

Quite a lot of nice new cars parked outside these run down buildings. Guess it depends on priorities.

@collentreefelling9142 Жыл бұрын

Big nice cars!

@christiano2444 Жыл бұрын

That is what I saw in all the documentaries all big new cars. Well not in this one because no people live in these houses.

@search4truth104 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see before and after pictures of some of the buildings. Looks like it was a nice place long ago.

@SMILEYSMILE4 Жыл бұрын

IT WAS I WAS RAISED WEST 6TH STREET ACROSS FROM JOE'S LUMBER YARD.

@chicagorobb3956 Жыл бұрын

I worked at the former power plant in 2010. A building caving in on itself was right by the office. My former employer moved out of there, aspeople were being mugged in the parking lot.

@lawrences8411 Жыл бұрын

Man, you put your life at risk so that we can have an easy experience of this place. Let me express my utmost gratitude for going there and filming for us.

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@josephinemiller4780 Жыл бұрын

Chester is one of the top 100 most dangerous cities in the US. That church 😭

@lindapietrasz8070 Жыл бұрын

You can tell by the church's still-standing outer walls, that is was once beautiful. Totally sad.

@flyingspirit3549 Жыл бұрын

The burned-out church was Third Presbyterian, a magnificent edifice built in 1872. It was gutted by a five-alarm fire on May 28, 2020.

@chrispinchak1511 Жыл бұрын

Top 100? It usually ranks in the top 5, and has had the title several years.

@patriciaanne7932 Жыл бұрын

I caught a glimpse of that old movie theater with the marquee. I just had to come back and say that I have driven around these cities and taken photos of these signs. I'm 63 and from New York. Those neon lights always amazed me. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe my friend.

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@isabelbeckerman9226 Жыл бұрын

0:50 This clip reminds me of a medieval town I visited years ago in Germany where the wooden houses had canopy-liked enclosures on top of them. They still stand today unwithered like it was when I first saw them for the first time. But Chester, Pennsylvania. What a wondrous district it was before the abandonment started to take its toll after the industrial boom disappeared. Such a crying shame how the town turns out completely gutted and abandoned. Sad.

@damnationdefied777 Жыл бұрын

Chester is a terrible place to be. I avoid driving there especially at night.

@theboywithathorninhisside.4179 Жыл бұрын

You obviously haven't visited its original name sake in England. UK. Now that's deprived

@Whyyoumadcuz__ Жыл бұрын

Not worse than philly

@Teeveepicksures Жыл бұрын

what...you dont like Harrah's?

@diane1390 Жыл бұрын

Things must have been much better there at one time! Did they lose major employers, or was it something else?

@johan8724 Жыл бұрын

@@theboywithathorninhisside.4179 but they have a nice zoo there.

@rudybellomo4865 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to you for having the courage to drive into that area, thanks for sharing this video.

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@aliciawilliams2410 Жыл бұрын

- this breaks my heart. so much of my family is still there. it was way different in the 90s.

@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl Жыл бұрын

Oldest city in Pennsylvania. Unbelievable urban decay

@1940limited Жыл бұрын

Poor kitty at 2:52. I hope someone gives him a home.

@lindapietrasz8070 Жыл бұрын

Oh I saw that and thought the same. 😿

@1940limited Жыл бұрын

@@lindapietrasz8070 Very sad. Cats are almost like people.😞

@rob5763 Жыл бұрын

Amen to that.

@mikegeary8056 Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy the connected houses where one one will be abandoned and destroyed and next to it people are living.

@davidtoups4684 Жыл бұрын

I've noticed that in a lot of these videos, the houses look like a war zone, but the cars parked in front are, for the most part, newer models that appear in decent shape. I've spotted Infinitis, Jaguars, BMWs, Lexus and even a Range Rover! Does anyone else find this odd?

@lindadempsey4910 Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe you went to Chester. Even the police don t go in to Chester.

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Check out the other uploads on the channel, I get into some adventures for sure

@michaeljeffery7466 Жыл бұрын

Jesus.

@lindadempsey4910 Жыл бұрын

We used to call Chester the armpit of the world. I’m just glad you’re ok

@Johnthedagger Жыл бұрын

I served with a guy in the Navy from Chester and he unfortunately died in Africa while working after he got out. He was a character and many of his old shipmates still talk about him to this day. RIP Norm

@TheRealJerseyJoe Жыл бұрын

Looks post-apocalyptic ! Great episode as always... stay safe.

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@joansmith5870 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in urban Philadelphia I saw Chester as a jewel. It was clean and beautiful. That was way back in the late 1950's. Very sad to see this place now.

@enitenit2791 Жыл бұрын

I grew up near West Chester, and it's crazy to see this. I knew that West Chester had to be west of Chester, but I never imagined that this is what Chester looked like. It's hauntingly beautiful

@greg2976 Жыл бұрын

It's great that you filmed this in the winter time! It adds to the depressing image of the town!

@sisterstonerock Жыл бұрын

what interesting looking buildings. just trying to imagine what it was like when it was thriving. Thank you, HnH and safe trails!

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@mrmartywaring Жыл бұрын

I was born & raised in Chester. Growing up there, we had a sense of pride. It's sad to see what has become of it. However, we will get back to the glory days. #whatchestermakesmakeschester

@l.salisbury1253 Жыл бұрын

DAMN! This is as bad- if not WORSE- than a lot of the Detroit neighborhoods you've given us a tour thru...

@SpettroFamily Жыл бұрын

i think the same - this is the top

@jayjaynella4539 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Truly stunning in its depression atmosphere. And row upon row of ugly apartment buildings. Hard to see any well maintained buildings. And the sight of the church was pitiful. Only a few people outside in Chester. Trees growing in the abandoned buildings.

@redriveral2764 Жыл бұрын

Having lived in the Detroit area for 64 years I agree- Chester is a lot worse.

@danielthoman7324 Жыл бұрын

@@redriveral2764 Gary Indiana is even worse than Chester. 🤮🤮

@phil2u48 Жыл бұрын

Sad. I used to drive up to NYC from NC in the late ‘60’s and I would do an overnight in Chester. As someone noted, it had an interesting architectural aesthetic and there were a couple of good restaurants for dinner. In addition, the people were hospitable. I eventually gave up driving I-95, preferring I-81 through the mountains, and Carlisle became my rest stop.

@kenmckee7536 Жыл бұрын

Going by the burnt out church... even God's moved out..such a shame all those closed shops and businesses..it must have been a good place to live at one time..

@nicolejennings2958 Жыл бұрын

He said even God moved out😂

@thejudgmentalcat Жыл бұрын

That pie-slice-shaped building at the beginning reminds me of a similarly-shaped but completely brick building we had here in Battle Creek until a few years ago. So much of Chester is gone now. I'm surprised it was so quiet...I expected a horde of tranq addicts stumbling around 😢

@dianamarie5663 Жыл бұрын

I love those Flatiron buildings.

@jacobkudrowich Жыл бұрын

Truly saddened by the state of those formerly beautiful homes

@kinsley7777 Жыл бұрын

@@dianamarie5663 aha ! .. thank YOU ! I was trying to recall what those are called and up popped the answer … I’m from Mass. and I just love the older, unusual architecture … you have a wonderful week …

@tuttifrutti5300 Жыл бұрын

Sad, what is happening to America. Alot of homeless and bad areas, that seem to be ignored by the media, and forgotten by celebs in Hollywood. Why? As if they don't excist. I hope times will change, I love the USA. Greetings all the way from the Netherlands.

@WhackyWeiner Жыл бұрын

You should visit Suches Ga. It's a beautiful yet eerie place. Going along US Forest route 42 there's so many empty homes and dilapidated buildings. I walked the country roads into town when I was in the Appalachian trail. Completely beautiful place forgotten by time.

@teddibayer Жыл бұрын

That church shell was really tragic (10:40). Such a beautiful building at one time.

@truthadvocacy Жыл бұрын

7:05 The church looks in good condition.

@staceycarmody9970 Жыл бұрын

The church at 10:47, I believe is the burned down 3rd Street Presbyterian Church. I was there when it was still standing, it was an outreach center for those in need. Huge place. So sad.

@johndavy3073 Жыл бұрын

Your car speed was just perfect for a vid like this. You made it more meaningful. Every time we ask 'What Happened?' we gain more understanding.

@brycewiborg8095 Жыл бұрын

That blows my mind. I haven't been near Chester in years, but it was a busy place. Thank you.

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Bryce!

@onrycodger Жыл бұрын

That's a 10 on the sadness trail.😟

@bookmagicroe9553 Жыл бұрын

This makes me so sad. So many poor and forlorn areas in our country...

@sunydigital Жыл бұрын

Anybody remember the big sign in the sky, "What Chester Makes, Makes Chester" that I use to see as a kid when I lived in Essington? My dad worked at the shipyard, back in the day.

@Meanoldwoman2013 Жыл бұрын

My late father and mother in law owned and ran a trailer park in Chester. One day the Commonwealth came and bought them out. Exit Ramp for I 95. They took the money and left for better horizons!

@johnmartin7182 Жыл бұрын

Awesome content thanks for your time to do this video big fan of your channel

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much again for watching John, I appreciate it!

@mathewmiller7735 Жыл бұрын

My college roommate at Princeton came from Chester, but I,m sure it didn’t,t look this way in 1958.

@voodookitchenmama Жыл бұрын

Unreal! I remember Chester from when I was a kid back in the late 50's early 60's. How sad it is now.

@czickgraf Жыл бұрын

I used to teach in Chester. It looks like it was bombed out in war.

@collette332 Жыл бұрын

What school? My mom taught at Jeffries ( long gone) and I started my teaching career there as a sub in 1976. Moved away shortly after that. It was going downhill for a long time.

@chiefjim8178 Жыл бұрын

Breaks my heart to see my hometown destroyed. I grew up in the 1960s when it was booming.😢

@thesadsealion280 Жыл бұрын

As someone that grew up in Chester this only scratches the surface

@greggmclaughlin9047 Жыл бұрын

They do have a brand new prison. Oh and a casino.

@johngalanti1010 Жыл бұрын

The people that live in the town need to reclaim it! This is unbelievable 😳

@edwinchristmann1933 Жыл бұрын

I had to go to Chester 20 years ago for business. They had armed guards in the parking lots which were all fenced in. A tragic example of what has happened to our country.

@jgbaren Жыл бұрын

These people live like this yet they all drive nicer cars than mine. SMH

@truthadvocacy Жыл бұрын

Yes, strange. Where do they get the money?

@susanfaulkner2304 Жыл бұрын

Same problem with Passaic N.J. The late '60's saw a downslide and many people moved away.

@ByronWalter Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you are doing the driving and not me. Must be a peachy place to hang out after sundown ;)

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

I'll do a night version of this in the summer when it gets busy!

@peterdelestrez8880 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video. Reall sad to see all the graffiti on these buildings. They must have been beautiful at one time. It would be great to explore some of them.

@Groovy2080 Жыл бұрын

The rapper mr.ill from the late 90's was from Chester pa he was good on the mic!🔥💯

@maryray8208 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Chester/Feltonville!! Started to decline even back in the late sixties and seventies!! There was lack of jobs, drugs and gang troubles then also.

@laurab7379 Жыл бұрын

So sad indeed! I know quite a few people who lived or had grandparents n Chester in the 70's when it started to decline rapidly. they need to take down all the empty buildings which become a drug haven! The buildings where people live they need to take down the one next door which is in some cases burnt out from fires! When they leave them sit for decades it means trouble for the folks living there. Notice they don't even repair the streets. Boarded up houses should not exist. Repair them or take them down.

@b.michaelbrown1117 Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, theres still a "spirit" in chester waiting to shine through. Started working in the city a year ago. Frequent a lot of the local places on my lunch break. It still has character.

@heathermanning5368 Жыл бұрын

My Dad grew up in Chester and it used to be the place to go shopping on a Friday night in town ! in the 50’s and 60’s

@deborahchesser7375 Жыл бұрын

Same damn thing that happened in NE Oh and countless other hard working towns, greed, corruption, and finally abandonment, sad✌️🇺🇸

@jiggybucksington Жыл бұрын

The jaguar parked in front of the house on the street full of bandos is the epitome of hood rich

@thomasbruner854 Жыл бұрын

Rode thru there about 30 yrs ago, looks pretty much the same!

@izzyj9978 Жыл бұрын

It's sad because I know people from some of these areas and they are just as broken and beat down as the buildings

@lindapietrasz8070 Жыл бұрын

Inexcusable! The amount of people still living in some of these residences in complete disregard for their residences. Garbage everywhere there is absolutely no excuse for that. Take some pride in your property, whether you rent or own. It's a total reflection of the kind of person you are.

@lizzysbeautyshowetc.6895 Жыл бұрын

Exactly my sentiments exactly

@southphillyhillbilly Жыл бұрын

Seeing you drive threw what was or is named the loop brings back a ton of memories,there was a point where Chester had 2 troopers for every CPD Squad car, I think did it again in the recent past… its sad what has happened here. Good ole Chester City DELCO 🙏🏼

@shaunmyers3562 Жыл бұрын

Chester, PA the city that I was born in 😢

@WallyTony Жыл бұрын

Some gorgeous architecture

@williamschlenger1518 Жыл бұрын

This place makes Camden look like Disney land 🤔

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

The only thing missing are the atv's running around lol

@popgibb3485 Жыл бұрын

Don't worry, everything will be just fine. As long as our sports teams are doing well and there's plenty of beer to drink.

@braised44 Жыл бұрын

The taggers make the urban decay look even worse!

@bunberrier Жыл бұрын

7:55 200k of pristine automobiles in 80 feet of curb. There is more going on here than poverty.

@edwardmiessner6502 Жыл бұрын

Chester looks like it will be the first city to be completely abandoned. Horrible, just horrible.

@cardiffchris Жыл бұрын

2:50 life is hard on the little creatures.

@frankb.1546 Жыл бұрын

At least the sidewalks aren’t littered (for the most part) and there’s no tents

@nicolefillie5785 Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe what I’m seeing, this is my home town that I was born looking like a ghost town this is so sad 😢 I can imagine how the hospital looks

@mickeygibbs5428 Жыл бұрын

A lot of credit goes out to the guy at 4:10 who won't let his depressing surroundings bring him down 😂

@maticbukovac6966 Жыл бұрын

So there are some new cars around also, but I am kind of trying to get into these people's head. All the new cars seem to be in one street of really modest small two story houses. What are these people thinking? Is it: we want to leave, but we cannot afford to move? We will just weather this apocalypse out in or little street? Do they invest in their little modest houses when everything else around them is falling apart? And if their next door neigbours leave and abandon the house, will their then also start to fall apart? What is their view of the future?

@sherrythegypsysalzman7032 Жыл бұрын

Very sad....some beautiful old buildings- hard to believe they aren't even worth being torn down... Not sure of all that happened; but it sure didn't happen overnight.

@sonnyroy497 Жыл бұрын

2:50 kitty cat 😺.

@lighthousesanddaisies2711 Жыл бұрын

Depressing. Anyone know what happened to that church around the 10:35 mark? Looked like it was beautiful at one point, but now only the exterior walls remain.

@nakiapollard4093 Жыл бұрын

It was set on fire I googled it

@caroljanowski3567 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a nice place to raise a family

@oluhamilton2121 Жыл бұрын

Can't understand or unsee this.

@hartmutlorentzen9659 Жыл бұрын

For an European it’s interesting to see this American way of life.

@Piggy-Oink-Oink Жыл бұрын

Chester is the worst city in PA and there's a whole lot of them. One of those burned out shells still costs about 16,000.00

@oluhamilton2121 Жыл бұрын

That's CRAZY.

@ZeldaFitz Жыл бұрын

It looks like a council estate in the north of England 😊

@christophermaulden733 Жыл бұрын

The Council Estates in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , England looks rather nice and maintained . Chester , Pennsylvania looks like Armageddon . 🤷‍♂️

@dogbark8388 Жыл бұрын

Super coo place to live ( at one time ) . Love the church at 10:40 . Classic !

@jmd1743 Жыл бұрын

I always felt that it would be cool to rebuild entire neighborhoods to your architecture tastes in a decent jobs market like Detroit & offer the homes at a decent price that's enough to break even & start on another neighborhood of different type of architecture. I think the biggest thing that's holding Detroit back is how empty it is in many areas which makes it feel really scary to live in even if crime has gone down substantially. So perhaps the government plan should be to offer a few free newly built modest homes to young couples in area of say 20 homes just to jump start the population to give a human presence to deter crime and make others feel safe.

@ericaswensonelliott Жыл бұрын

My ancestors lived here from 1930-1990s- it was teeming with life in the 1930s - brutal - only God can save us all now 🙏

@hoodsnhollers Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Erica!

@chillbest14 Жыл бұрын

Everybody has that one guy who stands in the middle of the block and does that

@dmoser1783 Жыл бұрын

The building at :45 is so cool. Such a shame it's going to rot :(

@flyingspirit3549 Жыл бұрын

That is 550 Sproul Street; I could find no history on it.

@KayKay_72 Жыл бұрын

I remember going to Chester from DC in the early 90's and thinking, "Damn this is disolate and boring." Main Street was dead, like Mayberry. Haven't been back since like 95'.

@kinsley7777 Жыл бұрын

I would think that with all the millions poured into “dehomelessing” that area, that those monies would be better invested in areas like this … it would be an investment in the future and could provide affordable housing for some families … rehab tho’ … not ludicrous gentrification with 27 Starbucks

@goldstandardaviation1667 Жыл бұрын

One day your neighborhood will be just like this one. Wait for it.

@Meanoldwoman2013 Жыл бұрын

Hardly.

@glenn3914 Жыл бұрын

last time i saw checter was the early 80s , and it was bad back then,....what a shame, its better if they level 1/2 the city and start over, i remember the church, its sad to see it burned down, it was a beautiful structure

@haroldsimmons9623 Жыл бұрын

First trip to Chester was back in 1986. Again in 87. Waited there at some friends home for two weeks until my car arrived from Germany. Had to go down to Dundalk, Maryland. To pick it up. That's when I got to see how people live, move and just go about their everyday lives.