This is New Castle Pa. I was born and raised here and still live here. I graduated from New Castle High School and now I work there. Just like any town you have your good and bad. When tragedy hits this town pulls together like no other. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

I live in new castle. I actually bought my dream home here with my wife, our first one. She graduated from new castle. It’s not as bad as people think. There are some bad spots of course, but it’s safer than you would think. I’ve never been a victim of a crime, luckily, and I love my neighbors and neighborhood. Some of my family tried to talk me out of buying a house here but the house was just too perfect and I want to have faith that one day this city will start to lift up again and I want to be there for it.

New Castle located halfway between Erie and Pittsburgh is just like most other cities, towns, and villages throughout the rust belt, a deteriorating, impoverished mess. How horribly sad.

Born there in 1944 (at the then "New Castle Hospital" -see it at the 4:45 mark), left in 1968. Downtown New Castle was the place to be in the 1950's, especially on Monday nights when all the stores stayed open late. Walked there with my buddies from my home on the east side. My father worked at the Johnson Bronze from 1929 or so until the late '60's. The place started going WAY downhill around the time I left. Last time I spent any time there was in 2018. Every time I'd go back to visit relatives from 1968 to then, I wanted to cry at the pace of its demise. Even Coney Island on the Diamond is gone. If you remember John Mitsos (the owner with the ridiculous comb-over), then you are in elite company. Then again, if you do, like me, you don't have too long to go...

I grew up there and the population was 45,000. Graduated in 1970. North Hill was a nice place to grow up and it looks the same now.

If you build a lot of housing projects in a city with declining population, it devalues the real estate big time.

Thank you so much Hoods N Hollers for uploading this great video, I appreciate it!

I'm from New Castle, My wife and I moved away back in 2012. New Castle will always be home no matter where I live.

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I lived here for many years and never knew how bad it was here!

New Castle PA ain't as bad as people make seem I live here it's the people that's bad not the town

I grew up in New Castle..left a long time ago.. still have family there..so sad to see how bad it is now.. wasn't that bad many years ago.

It's so strange, even when you can tell people are still living in an area, where are they all ?? All these ride alongs, it's like a silent apocalypse has taken place. Their just gone !

I was just looking online at a gorgeous house in NC . It’s on Edison Ave. All the houses near looked nice. I guess these houses and projects are farther away? I started doing research & it lead me here. Wow. It’s very depressing . Sad. I’ll look elsewhere! Thank you .

Amazing content! 👍

I grew up in new castle (coaltown hill). I watched the decline as I grew up. graduated HS in '82 and got the hell out. never looked back. things were not good when I left, and they just continued to deteriorate. I haven't been back, even for a visit, since the late 80s. awful place

Doesn't look that bad.

12:15..Was a Days Inn in the 80's and '90's..Was at a few wedding receptions there...My Mother always said she couldn't figure out why they built that Hotel there.

0:40 The New Castle Projects

I lived in New Castle from 1989-1996. My Ex husband and his family had an Auto Wrecking business on Cascade St.

I been there once my cousin had a concert there. We drove from Cleveland. I really didn't get a chance to ride around. Didn't know it was so many projects there

the old shenango china building is still up I wonder if anything will become of that? those projects around 3:11 are terrible always drove on 422 to go around them

A very dismal looking place with all those projects. On the positive side: Projects are better than urban decay.

Damn lol. I deliver to a certain department store. New castle is my last stop on the route and I park here overnight on Monday nights. Like, right now lol. Just from the little bit I see of this town I thought it would be pretty nice 😂

The amount of subsidized housing is impressive, and I don't mean that in a good way. A lot of late model cars parked in those parking lots. Government(taxpayers) pays your rent and probably your food and utility bill, you spend your money on a car you probably can't afford. Yeah, that's a sign of a healthy country. The more of these videos I watch the more I think we're doomed.

That place is hell. Run people run!!!!!

Is that school for bad kids still out there? I remember all my friends in Philly being sent to New Castle, I thought they we’re talking about NC Delaware for a long time

This is where "The Management" is from.

I’m in New Castle for one day of work (staying overnight) and I can’t wait to get the hell out of here and back to NY. This little town is poor and horribly depressing.

I moved there in 1973 and got married. My ex husband opened up a pipe company . Being a southern girl it took a little getting use too but after a few years it became home. We lived on the North Side on Elizabeth street. It was nice then.

Sad what’s happened to these places. My Dad grew up in NC, and said it used to be a pretty nice working class town

There is deffinlty some areas that are not great. However, there are some beautiful spots of new castle that you can experience!

this town hasn't been the same since my cousins closed yerage's restaurant.

I am working on a video about New Castle right now. I am wondering if you would give me permission to use some of your footage in this video.

On the westside he drove passed my place

I watched New Castle,PA not far from Sharon, my sister in-law and some friends of mine live in New Castle, my father in-law originally from Pittsburgh, I’m searching the video of Sharon, it wasn’t show.

New Castle is close to where I live.

I don't think the problem is the town or the city is the people living there not taking any pride where they live and taking care of their houses and at least painting it some home owner are cheap and a messed.

I once lived in New Castle in the early 90s. I worked at a family-owned chocolate company called ( Kiasis Candy) spelling of name ? Many moons ago.

If landlords would fix up the rentals

Lived there for 1 year as my wife did an internship in mercer County. The country is beautiful but that town was dreadful. Why people stay there I'll never know. So many more affordable places to live in the US. That area has been dying a slow and painful death.

Born and raised here...wld never live anywhere else...love my city

They forgot the jail. And court house.

very nice beutifull towns 👍👍👍👍

They have alot of public housing there.

Planning to move there, is it a good idea?

I been around them places before,

next u need to hit up arnold/new ken pa

I live in NC

You forgot Brinton Hill projects 😂

The same as any other place in America even the suburbs danger is everywhere, buckle up kids

Once again, nothing much left but the projects - or are they supposed to be condominiums? Either way, no thanks.

I know alot of these places

Quanta tristezza in un posto così bello!

I hate living in New Castle!! If I could move as soon as tomorrow I would in a heartbeat!!

It do be good

Yo was that lolo walking down grant 😂

Hola!!

Thanks to the plethora of drug dealers since the 80s...great work!

this is not new castle pa-went into new castle for 30 years-never saw any of these places

notice not one sign saying this is new caste pa