As I've been documenting places for awhile, this is a location I really fell in love with. Exploring and learning the history to these Old American towns has been giving me new life for the need of digging up lost history! Unfortunately there wasn't much old footage of this city, just pictures. I documented this City first in March, and after editing and needing more footage I drove 9 hours in one day to complete the rest of the video and film more to document this place correctly ! Hopefully you do enjoy this ghost city as much as I did in person. Let me know your thoughts, and thanks for joining along 😊 Another thing, apologies for the severe wind at moments, this town is nestled in a valley and there's no escaping it at times, I worked hard to try and make some moments more watchable. Thanks !
The date on the bank is 1919. Do yourself a favor and learn Roman numeral system. It’ll enhance your perceived knowledge-base to your viewing audience, and provide you with a bit more insight.
I’m glad you got to visit our city and appreciate what it was and some of what it is now, but Steubenville is not an abandoned/ghost town. It may not be what it once was, and yes many businesses and homes are abandoned, but there’s so much more here. There have been a lot of new businesses opening up in the past decade and even past few years, many of which you walked right past and didn’t say anything. Most of these places are closed on Sunday or have limited hours but have brought a lot of life to our city. A lot of families have been moving here from bigger cities around the country for the smaller town community and pricing. Not to mention, Steubenville is a university town. I went to school here at Franciscan University of Steubenville and the school brings lots of people in from all over the world both to go to school and for its summer conferences. If you were downtown on a Friday evening or Saturday morning in October or April for instance you would have found a totally different town. I’m sure you do great work on this channel but labeling Steubenville as a “ghost town” really hurts and feels patronizing to those who have been working their tails off to build community and business here. Again, I’m really glad you fell in love with our town and you can see why we love it too. It just can be disheartening for someone to show it to the world in this way when we feel we’ve come so far. Thanks brother if you read this. Have a good one.
Steubinville may not be a ghost town but it could be on its way to being a ghost town if trends continue. The population has declined every decade since 1940. I do think these ruins should be torn down as they are a negative when people are deciding if they should move there.
Thanks for your comment. I kept hoping he would go to more active areas of town, including residential areas that are still populated. It would have been more balanced. Your town has great murals.
@@thepepperlanders It has remained around 18 thousand since all the area's steel mills closed. They have an excellent school system that attracts many open-enrollment students from all around the area, and the university is rapidly growing, which is causing new growth in the downtown area. This video is, as another poster stated, poverty porn. It is far from a true representation of the town.
Visited Steubenville many times when working in the area servicing the Coke Plant in Wheeling but that was decades ago. Such a beautiful place. The steel grated deck of the Market Street bridge and the loud roar of the tires when crossing was always cool as I reminded me of the bridge entering my part of town. Video comments aside I love that it got some view. I should go back sometime.
Despite the decline, the populace is keeping the city clean at least. So many of these derelict towns are overgrown and littered with trash. I suppose it shows some determination to revive. Wish them well.
Funny how you don’t do research on the fact they have a crime rate 80% above the national average,an overdose rate almost double the national average, and that over half the town cover up a sexual assault back in 2012.
This is the results of deindustrialization and the rise of financialization. In other words going from a country that makes money by making things to a country that makes money by moving money around. This is going from a society thats creates millions of well paying jobs that can support families and civic expansion to a society that creates a tiny number of people that are so rich that you can barely imagine it, while everyone else fights for table scraps. Sad thing is there is no way to fix it. It will just keep getting worse until something catastrophic happens.
Well yes I will say that you're pretty much correct and or you just are correct. However I would like to add that this notion of industry and or big companies within industries finding the cheapest place to operate is certainly not new the concept of our industries leaving and going overseas is also not new. I mean Henry Ford tried this nearly a hundred years ago when he went down to Northern Brazil and tried to establish a rubber plant. So basically where a lot of the stems from is corporations are always chasing market share and the easiest way to chase market share is to go and set up shop in what is known as the emerging markets and a lot of those emerging markets have also be third world Nations and or socialist if not communist Nations the labor is a lot cheaper. Of course it's not even just the labor if you can have your machine tools and other assorted equipment manufactured within those country's you can also set up a factory a lot cheaper. Let me just say that if you go to places like China Vietnam Mexico etc and you want to build tool and staff a factory well I mean you can do so in most of those places for what 20 million dollars back here in the states it's easily going to cost you $150 plus million bucks and then you still have to come up with the working capital. Sure it's not right it really does suck but I can also say that a fair amount of that disappearance of industry the vacantness of a lot of those towns especially throughout Ohio and other neighboring states actually a lot of the blame can be placed on the local and state governments for this and then yeah there is perhaps some of the demands of the locals and I don't mean higher wages what I mean is the cities got too loud of having that industry and as a result they wanted to tax the shit out of that industry as a means of unnecessary beautification of the area eventually that basically encourages those companies to tighten up and say no we're not paying for whatever it is you want we came here we provided you jobs that was the bargain fuck you and when they continuously push and push and push those companies immediately find a better deal somewhere else and unfortunately in the 1970s and a portion of the early eighties that better deal was offered in the Southern United States and then as we moved through the '80s it became Mexico and other assorted Nations and then of course as we got into the 90s specifically the mid-90s onward it's been China and other Asian Nations. Oh I get it corporate greed is definitely a thing but you know it's like for instance if I'm a business and you want to tax the shit out of me because you and the wealthy people want a dumbass dog park I'm probably going to pack my business up and move that is not a priority so I'm sorry I'm not going to pay the bill for I think if you want the dog park or whatever Park then you should pay for it but I'm only here because we agreed I'm providing jobs I'll go ahead and pay the standard tax rate because what we have to but if you're going to raise that standard rate specifically to spend it on stupid shit sorry I'm out the door.
Even where there are well paying jobs and careers (say in one of the natural resource industries), entry is restricted down tp certain demographics, if you are not part of their wanted or desired demographic, you get excluded and have to settle for scrap jobs like salesman.
I live here and I love it! If you don't need to work here then your money goes really far. Also, if you feel like buying a church, post office or school then this is the place for you!
When I was watching, I kinda thought he was walking around on a Sunday morning.... glad to find out most businesses are open and doing well, love that businesses can be closed on Sunday, everyone should have a day of rest.
The city is far from abandoned. Downtown is run-down and a shell of it's former self, but there are still plenty of businesses there. The rest of Steubenville is just fine. Not abandoned. Not a "ghost city".
Google earth street view from just a year ago shows a lot of open shops restaurants and bars, etc and every parking spot occupied by parked cars and lots of people in cafes etc. not sure if he recorded this early Sunday morning???
I live and work in this town. Im sorry to say but I think your video is utterly dishonest. The street you walked down as "the only soul" is packed with cars DURING THE WEEK. If I had to guess you were downtown early in the morning on the weekend. Downtown is in trouble, because most business is in the west end of the town, many chain restaurants and grocery stores. The large "abandoned" building with the Roman numerals?? Its full of doctors offices....not open on the weekends. They even have valet parking, because there is nowhere to park near that place. Is the town depressed? Yes. Is it a ghost town. Hell no! you said you were exploring a whole city??? You only showed 20% of it. Show up on a Tuesday at noon in the same exact spot and make the same video.
Dude take it easy. He is documenting it and trying to bring awareness to the fact that there is nothing there. No need for you to be so damn disrespectful. I don't see you doing anything to bring awareness to what is happening to this lovely place. He loves to go around to different places and film places and buildings he considers things of beauty. 😤
@@AbbotMcCormick The guy flat out lied. That is what I was bringing attention to. There is plenty here. If the guy made a video about your hometown based on 2 blocks Im sure you would have a similar response.
@@AbbotMcCormick He's lying. This is not a ghost town left in the 40's. If your going to do a video, do your research first!! If it's abandoned, why does the school have a football team??? Where I live, the downtown is all closed up too because it's Sunday and if u want to shop, there's Walmart in the suburbs. Sheesh
I do business in steubenville, st clairsville, and even mingo junction regularly. These places are far from abandoned. This channel blatantly lies about location backstories all the time for clicks. I take the narration with a grain of salt and just enjoy the locations.
Yes, you are correct. There is much more traffic on a weekday. But if the store fronts were open on weekends, like many places are, the videos would be different. Your passion for Steubenville needs to be channeled into city fixing the buildings and making them inhabitable. Theres plenty of money up on the hill. They just left downtown to go to shit. I remember when it wasnt safe to go downtown even during the day because of shootings. Gang violence of the 90s took a toll. Now its time to move forward and someone owns those buildings. See what can be done to make them be cleaned up. I wouldn’t rent one for a business and have to clean it up. And have everything else next to me look like that. I hung out at the irish pub- had good times there in 2003ish and it didnt last long. But it was something. Now there even less. Steubenville is letting their history die in the iconic buildings which are being left to rot. People like vintage. Theres a huge opportunity being missed downtown and the streets are nice and manicured up on the hill. Its not a lie. Its what it is. They just didn’t now the whole story, it would have been a much better documentary if they had spent 1 day talking to local people about the real history.
As a Boomer...I appreciate someone your age doing these videos, with such appreciation and respect for the history. I always enjoy your videos, especially ones like these through ghost towns with history of the area. Sad to see. And yet...time, progress march on no matter what...industries change. But you're so right about the "Historical registry 'protected'" buildings which, ironically, doesn't end up protecting them from self-destruction. It's nice when these type places can be redeveloped...America's hurting, tho' right now...Tks for the video, Devin.
The Greed and search for more profits appears to neglect Infrastructure, or allow the Construction Industry to profit from tearing down old buildings and putting up newer and more profitable ones. The end of the Capitalist System seems near, as the Profits seem to flow to Cayman Island Bank Accounts, not to the Workers who built the Cities. I have seen the Rust Belt deteriorate from a place where a Person could get a train to take them to almost any small Town in the Continent, to some decaying hulk of former Profits, that seem to fail to linger in Workers Pockets. I visited USS Steel's South Works before it died. I used to travel to Youngstown as they supported the aircraft Manufacturers desires for quality metal products. We do need to understand the limitations of Capitalism?
This was so satisfying to watch. WOW. Great job, this was so well done. What a lovely little town, it just needs some of the old buildings to be cleaned up and repainted, but it is definitely like traveling back in time.
@@proteus8535Are you just gonna ignore the fact that half of the town coverd up a sexual assault back in 2012? Also the city has a crime rate 46% above the national average and an overdose rate almost double the national average.This cherry picked video doesn’t show the true horror of the town and you shouldn’t believe every random video you see. Now obviously not all of Steubenville is bad and part of it’s decent but 79% of it is well awful.
@@josephhoover4542 I'm going to look this town up because i thought it quite odd, there's no druggie homeless ppl lying around. Clearly the guy filmed what he saw so how would you explain that? Also no graffiti or litter
Grew up in Ohio .Went there once in the early 90’s . Remember it being more vibrant. Just shocking to see the transformation in the last 30 years. Loved the video
I remember when Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh was promoting Steubenville heavy in the early two thousands. Never did I expect to see the city COMPLETELY ABANDONED all for but a few places open.
@@HyperActive7 it's not abandoned... that was Sunday morning, everyone was at Church. Literally every other day of the week you have ot drive two blocks in order to park on the same street he was walking down. Once a month we have massive street parties and we have many vibrant and thriving buisnesses. We've got a great community and a downtown that is only growing stronger
I love how you let the shots linger awhile before moving on, makes it more melancholy. Is this city going to be allowed to just disintegrate in place? Thanks for taking us along!
Imagine walking into that steelworker union hall in 1955 and telling the people "This place will be an abandoned ghost town in 75 years" the response you'd get.
@@Spiritofthewild-d9o Nah back in the day building a huge steel/mining town as something these men took pride in. They thought they were building an amazing future for their children and grandchildren. Unfortunately it brought a lot of poverty as manufacturing left towns like this in favor of lower taxes and wages elsewhere.
There are many towns like this across the country... I lived close to a town that was abandoned back in the late 90s and only 3 businesses were still there but no residents at all. The Water company, a gas station, and a old movie theater that played old movies really cheap. Within 2 years they were also gone. Now you can drive through it and nobody is anywhere... the street lights still come on at night, but there's a eerie silence as you drive through the towns on the main street. The jobs dried up and soon after so did the town.
You're right there are literally 1000's of places in the US that are either like this or in the process of becoming like this. Some quietly die while others become urban hellscapes like East St. Louis, Illinois or Gary, Indiana. What is the name of this town?
Well yeah I'm in granite I think it might be a bit more than just thousands I mean we're really headed into the humm probably tens of thousands territory. I mean I think it's true but at the same time it's also I think a bit of an oversimplification that the jobs dried up I mean it's like for instance I live in Licking county Ohio I'm based at Newark but to the west of Lincoln county over in a township called at that's where they're building the Intel chip making facility and when that was first mentioned before they broke any ground at all basically 4 years ago or so all the sudden the rent the cost of land everything else went up through the roof and it just keeps getting worse. If you break out a map of Ohio okay you'll see Newark of course look at Columbus which is 33 miles to the southwest of Newark and then of course you'll know where Dayton Ohio is well areas back even into date if not even a little beyond date to the direction of the West and then below Licking county into Fairfield which is Lancaster territory and even outside of that to the South as well as to the east and then if you look where Zanesville is outside of there and then of course as far out as Coshocton to the North and the South as well as far east well beyond these cities is what I'm trying to establish and even up in Mount Vernon etc the prices have went completely stupid. And basically the reason I spent time naming off all of the cities so when you look at the map understand that that is at least a 200 mi radius via bird's-eye view and in any one of these areas even in the in between of any of these areas even the fucking ghetto is demanding 13 1400 a month yes it's possible to find some dwellings cheaper but they're becoming few and far between the days of $850 rent are about over. So basically what I'm saying is they drag in these companies they talk about jobs all this other bullshit but then it's not even perhaps the jobs that go away that caused major problem in Mass Exodus it's simply the cost of living goes completely berserk even before these places are established I mean it's pretty bad when you have the announcement of suppose a good jobs coming into the area actually causing massive inflation before those jobs are even a thing and of course no those companies including Microsoft that wants to build an Heath are not going to hire us because we don't have a chick making background and they obviously have to import people from their other facilities to get the place up and running that's understandable and then of course they've sucked up to the colleges in the area such as Ohio State University and of course Denison University in Grandville everyone else if they are going to get a job there at some point it's going to be a joke you'll end up as a janitor making nothing. So I can say that it's not always the case of the jobs dried up in a lot of cases it's simply the inflation becomes too much or what happens is a city does have some established job arrangements say like steubenville at one time had a lot of industry well there was a lot of people that came in from West Virginia and Heather depressed area that flooded in there they grabbed up the jobs which is good for them but then the existing residences kids when they got older there was no jobs cuz everyone else already had then you enter the downside of the industry where they start layoffs and then they eventually pick up so that is a case of the jobs drying up to a degree but in the meantime of all of that as people flooded in notice how the living costs went up now all the sudden housing is in high demand so everybody raises the rent!
@@gps9715 I'm in the UK, we don't have the space to waste towns. I live in a modern town dating to just after the turn of the 20th century, before that it was a village of the same name dating back to Roman times plus two medieval villages absorbed into it. Before that it was a Bronze age settlement for a couple of thousand years. That said we have many mining towns that went into decline alongside the mining industry in the second half of the 20th century, they struggle on though. On the odd occasion we have a terminal decline it tends to be in those places where planners thought they were having a "wizard" idea of modernity and "progress", some work and become blueprints for future planning and others turn into dead towns or sh*tholes like Stevenage and Harlow.
There is an advantage to having a property listed on the National Register. It allows the owner (or city) to apply for low interest loans for rehab. I suspect the roofs on many of these buildings have been repaired by the city at some point - they are in good condition considering their age. Steubenville is not as abandoned as it seems. There is a lot of great work going on. Someday, hopefully, it will rebound - with its history intact. Great video.
The "hotel" at 8:40 is actually an office building where I work. It is far from full, but they just restored the facade and repaired the roof. Far from being abandoned.
Waste of money, unfortunately. Hundreds of towns across America have tried that. They become magnets for panhandlers, homeless, drug dealers, thieves and roving bands of bored youths so others stay away. Same thing happened to malls...not because of Amazon. Not PC, but it's reality.
Really nice job on keeping Dean Martin's home town in perspective. He was one of the very top top entertainers of all time and a sweet guy. Thanx, dude!
I just called Just Play! Games - Movies - Music and the Target Shop which are very much open for business Most if not all the businesses you mentioned are not abandoned or closed. Your "reporting" is substandard. In addition, Target book store is open. Did you try to contact any of the businesses? It took me all of 5 minutes to verifyby calling the shops. Demolishing the buildings without a plan or funding to rebuild would turn these "abandoned" cities into a Mad Max hellscape.
Fantastic job and an excellent tour of the fabulous city of Steubenville and hometown to the legendary entertainer Dean Martin. It is unfortunate it has declined. This has happened to a lot of small towns across this country. There was no problem with the wind as far as I could tell. Hard to believe there is still a JC Penney in the mall. I appreciate the effort and time you took to show the beautiful murals and the telling of the history of the town and also appreciate you for doing it so professionally without crude language. Thanks again! 👍
Great video, Gary IN is almost identical everything is abandoned, schools, Churches, Banks,Hardware stores, Dairy store, a bakery ,Post Office,City offices ,hospitals and about 13k homes!
That 1965 Barracuda was the second generation model after debuting in 1964. It features a 225 slant-6 which was standard in the US. The Formula-S upgrade had a V8 and more options.
What an interesting video! Love the history that you put into this. It reminds me of Berlin, NH, a mill town now abandoned and dilapidated. Also love the way you touch on how todays economic status has effected the town. Amazing Video! 😊
If I could, I would fly from Germany to the USA just to visit Steubenville. I am convinced that the city can be revitalized. Especially with tourism. Initially, some of the buildings would have to be restored. Above all a hotel and some restaurants. Of course, nothing works without good weaving. I love vintage and Victorian and Art Nouveau architecture. I could walk around these streets for hours.
Well I'm very sorry to say that you would be wrong. 25 to 30 years ago 20 years ago 15 perhaps you might not be wrong I think the farther back in time you go you're actually correct. But the reason I say that you're wrong about it being revitalized it's terrorism is because terrorism across the United States is basically crap it took a huge hit via 9/11 and it never really recovered and of course we've had all kinds of economic problems ever since nobody goes anywhere anymore I mean I don't know if you've noticed but a hell of a lot of towns are basically dead on the weekends nobody goes anywhere on the weekends let alone nobody takes a vacation anymore at least in large numbers. Yeah if you look up the numbers for hospitality which of course takes in hotel profitability situation okay you'll find that it's basically a crap you can go to a lot of tourist areas even in the middle of summer and you can get drink specials and hotel specials that is priced at off-season prices they're desperate to try and get people to come there and this is literally happening every so I don't think tourism particularly for steubenville would really work. It's basically a situation where we have entered an economic time and by the way we answered this long ago to where it really does get worse year over year and there's virtually nothing anyone to do about it unfortunately it's going to have to run its course and that means a lot of pain for basically everyone it's basically one big shit sandwich and we're all forced to take a bite tourism is not the answer that's basically dead in the United States.
Problem is that everything needs to be connected so where to start? People need to have a job, they need to eat, there must be all kinds of medical services and so on. It's not like in Germany or The Netherlands, where I am from, that you have a village a few km further down the road. Over there you're basically 50 miles or 80km from other cities. You need everything in your own city and once everything is gone, where to start to get it back? I guess you would need 500 people or more, all willing to move there at the same time and build it up from the ground. But in that group you would need doctors veterinarians, plumbers and so on. But I have the same feeling I really would like to go there. Been wandering around for hours on street view since seeing this video.
@@alexanderpasnl Yes. No medical, or affordable housing means no workers. You would have to start your Hotel Idea with housing your own staff , then feeding them, then you have a chance. No Idea who would stay at your Hotel, since no need to visit.
I was born in new Ken in 61 miss WinkysNaders chicken and the best damn kilbassa in the world. Glad it’s coming back! Last time there so sad. Tarentum even worse.
@@johnbuco1320 I'm hoping Tarentum and Natrona come back, too. I wanted to buy the old bank building on Chestnut or another commercial building but, money has been tight in the last few years.
I think the spooky part was the shopping mall .Amazing that there were a couple of places that were open. I really liked all the murals Thanks for the tour.
Love you channel , exactly what I like, lots of information about the towns and good photography skilss with the building plus relaxing music, keep up the good work from Scotland.
Steubenville was the home of one of my favorite singer Dean Martin. Today time seems to go faster than it did when I was raised in the 50s. I miss all those singers and stars from that time period.People need to remember that time goes fast and enjoy life and family daily.
I was born in the mid 50's and those were a huge part of my life . My parents were always playing their records . It maybe a time forgotten by some , but not to us that lived at a time when legends in entertainment were coming to fame . I still listen to them and watch old movies and find great satisfaction in a time that will never be again .
Holy cow, Steubenville, Ohio! This is my hometown, I teach at the high school. We're currently in the process of revitalizing the North End of our downtown and fixing the Market St. Bridge (it unexpectedly closed due to a missed inspection in the Summer). Events like First Fridays on Fourth St. and The Nutcracker Village in December are really bringing the community (and economy) together. Not to mention that Steubenville High School is among the best in the state of Ohio! Thank you for taking the time to explore our little neck of the woods and I hope you return in the future!
"It has to be abandoned, there's PlayStation 2 games on the left!"😂Dude! Honestly love the tour though, thanks! And to be sure it looks mostly dilapidated though surprisingly well-kept in places too. But many stores do not actually look abandoned and some nice decorating here and there too. The murals, the architecture and the glimpses of the past are amazing to see.
I'm glad you went back and finished your video This place is maybe 6or 7 hours from me And be leave it or not i have relatives whom lived there most of my life And it's amazing not seeing any vandalism or graffiti You did a very good job doing the history I do know eventually things and hope change to the good and people will move back Thanks so much for another great video Fireman 🔥🔥🔥👍
The most striking thing to me is the lack of rampant vandalism. Buildings are closed and not boarded up. Abandoned businesses are intact and not looted. Strange. I live on the Southside of Chicago so I expect abandoned buildings to looted and gutted.
This is a unique video documentary. Steubenville seems to be a semi-haunted abandoned city hanging by thinning threads from a recognizable recent past. The host presents this from a position that is neither above the viewer's head, nor is it dumbed down. I feel as if it is me walking these streets and confronting this weird reality. Well Done.
Now that everyone knows about it and being a short ride from Pittsburgh, just watch. Everything will be ransacked within a month. Would like to see a follow-up on this in a few moths.
At 15 minutes you got focused on the coke mural and didn't notice the 1950s fallout shelter sign on the corner. The frame at 15:03 is a beautiful shot! Thanks for sharing this amazing location.
@@just4stringsandsteve I've taught school for 27 years and I would say none of my students for at least the last 20 have any clue what the symbol means, and most have never seen it. I also work in a community that was built in the 80s.
"None of my students over the past 20 years have any clue." You could have stopped right there. I'm in my 31st year of teaching. I like messing with them. When they ask me what time it is I show them my wind up watch. 😂
Awesome and thanks for sharing you have a very relaxed style which totally sustains my interest. I am amazed to see very little destruction or graffiti. No visible homelessness and super clean streets.
I love that the city of Steubenville still has the old-school designs and feel of a past when everyone knew most people they ran across in the town. I did notice there were several vehicles so I imagine most were busy inside. Was it a Sunday morning when you filmed this? That is the type of city that if I had the funds, I would definitely try to revive and restore to its former glory days. It just needs some TLC and dedication from anyone who wants to live there to have the desire to make it grow back to a nice family-oriented city and dedication to support their hometown buying from each other's businesses. Thanks for sharing the beautiful historic city of Steubenville. It needs to be preserved and revived to a 1950s - 1970s-era hometown USA. 🇺🇸
Nice video. Been to Steubenville and know people from there. But please, take a class on architecture and learn things like the difference between an auditorium and a meeting hall. The different styles of houses like the row houses on the hillsides or the 1840's duplex (pink) house), a gabled El Queen Anne style or a 2 story Hall/Parlor. A suspension bridge or a panel bridge. You also could have googled whether the hospital was open and a historic site or leveled. Tell people if you are there on a Sunday or a weekday. Not all of those businesses were vacant. The bakery down town, appeared to be in operation and you could have flashed the hours of operation. Please keep on being the explorer. Youngstown State has an Architectural History degree as part of their B.S. dept.
This is heartbreaking but also fascinating. Like you said it could be the perfect location for filming a movie set in the 40s or 50s. I appreciate you documenting this place.
It’s clean because of the Wind! It reminds me of Lahaina Town just after the FIRE. The streets were like swept and washed clean from the hurricane winds but when it all settled down nearly the entire town was silent and gone!
I love that the old buildings are still there and businesses are still operating. It’s super cool and worthy to keep that vintage vibe in tact. Our downturn in Knoxville, TN turned into a ghost town in the 1970’s then it was revived in the 1980’s and is really booming now.
This is not a ghost city. You went there early in the morning. Also, prob after the Independence Day parade. I just came from there on a road trip and the town is chill, busy and people are nice. Trying to make it like it is something it isn't.
I am very sorry I missed the premier of this video. It breaks my heart to see a town being so abandoned and neglected. Small towns in America just abandoned where once life was bustling is sad. It looks like there are a few people left but without any kind of industry they won't last. There are towns like this all over America, several being in my home state. Heartbreaking. So many extremely cool finds. So much significant history here. Too bad history of the area isn't enough to bring people back. Hang on Sloopy is a song from the 1960's. (Yep, just dated myself.) You really need to listen to Dean Martin; he was a crooner back in the day with a great voice. Dean Martin was a member of the Rat Pack along with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Thank you for sharing this town and its now tragic history. Bravo sir! Awesome share!
While the main downtown may be most abandoned, calling this a ghost town is extremely misleading. In the 2020 census there were still over 18,000 people living there.
It’s another example of suburban sprawl where the people actually live. This happened to many cities because of the “white flight”. This town might be too small for that. But since the vast majority of residents live away from downtown, they’re probably not going downtown to shop because you have to pay to park and the good spots fill up fast in a city that small. Also you keep saying there is no one downtown and that whole street is vacant. I’ll bet the many of the apartments above the businesses are still occupied. Rustbelt towns are victim the opiate epidemic so I can imagine lots of folks sitting at home all day getting all doped up which can them lazy.
@@JdeC1994 Still doesn't make it a ghost town. The town where I went to high school had about half the current population of Stuebenville and isn't considered a ghost town.
It was filmed on Sunday morning, during the week it’s hard to find parking downtown. It’s just that on Sundays all the businesses close and most people are at Mass. It’s a very Catholic town
This film's bias, intentional or unintentional, is a little deceptive in that it'd leave viewer to believe it's an absolute ghost town. Sure looks like it from the footage. Oldest parts of town only? On a quiet Sunday? Other sites w statistics show Stubenville over 18, 000. Sure pop. not so low since 1940s. All right still very worthwhile vid to watch. Useful info. But slanted to the side of those who wish to know more abandoned places ---ok but that's not the whole picture of Stubenville. It's truly very very historical. Yet does have some modern infrastructure which was -- unclear whether intentional or just unintentionally--ignored or just low focus. Still not bad video. Just wish it didn't paint such a dismal picture at the get go... there's a lot more positive that should be said about the LIVING aspects of such an historic place, particularly when the word abandoned didn't need to be spoken nearly as much as it was.
Thanks so much for doing this. Steubenville is my dad's hometown & I've always felt a connection with it. The last time I was there was there was in 2000 for my uncle's funeral (we had a family dinner at Naples Spaghetti House.) What really struck me then compared to visiting as a kid was the much improved air quality. In the 1970s the steel industry was still hanging on and the pollution was eye stingingly bad. A cousin who was there recently said Grandma & Pap Pap's house is the only one still standing in "The Patch" - the old Irish neighborhood along Logan Street. He also said the area surrounding Franciscan University is doing relatively well & it's almost like two different cities.
I am 74 , and I can tell you that a lot more than just Big Bad Corporations led to such towns demise . When I was young all the houses we lived in and those around us were heated by coal . As were schools and other buildings and Shops and even military bases .Hell , when I hit Knox in 68 one of my first duties while still at reception was going around shoving coal in a bunch of buildings all night. Then as natural gas lines were lain , that demand for coal went away . Then we had foreign steel coming in that hurt that industry ,along with Foreign made cars and trucks not using that steel or employing our people . And as time went on , we saw more and more foreign brand vehicles . I left for the army in 1968 and I don't remember ever seeing a Asian brand vehicle , though there were VW's around . By the time I got out of the army in 71 and came home ( Indy ) there were quite a few Datsun's and Toyota's around . Then , they were all made in Japan , and every one added to the loss of American jobs and the need for American steel and the coal to make the American brands. Then as Malls started being built and becoming the place to shop , the mom and pop stores in small towns started hurting and closing . And here we are now with many more foreign brand cars , and AMAZON and TEMU have , or are killing off what is left of MALLS and mom and pops . LOTS of factors got us here , including lots of cities being UNSAFE ! Moving to the burbs that started in the 50's has added to the demise ! This country is F'd if we don't STOP the flow and bring jobs back to this country !! I thought of a couple of more big ones that has brought us here . The textile industry , now almost all the clothes we buy are made overseas' . I " think " the big flood of overseas made clothes started in the mid 70's or so . I know I was buying clothes for a few years before someone pointed this out to me . They said something like . " Tell you what , the next time you are in Kmart or Wally , check the labels of the clothes ". I did , and was shocked ! Even more so to see so many made in Vietnam where I had served . Before the Japanese brands started coming in , if an American or the world wanted a Radio or a TV , it was almost for sure a American made model . The oil market . At one time we were the world leader and sold our oil worldwide . This was way before the mid-east or Russia ramped up. I remembered we had a " Gas Shortage " in 72-73 that also steered people towards Asian brand cars and the Bug . Here is what is for sure about all this , if we don't want to turn into a third world country . We need to start making most of the stuff we need , here on our soil , and STOP buying from TEMU and Amazon that is almost entirely selling overseas made goods . YES , I know that economy is SHIT and people are buying from Zon and TEMU out of necessity , mostly . In the 50's and 60's we had maybe 2-3 pairs of jeans and 5-6 shirts that were American made of very good quality . Now people have 4 or 5 times that many cheaply made clothes items made overseas . Sadly though for US . We will probably never regain the place we had in the world before all this loss . The global market will punish us if we stop buying overseas goods , but there needs to be a balance !! Oh , I almost forgot about the Medicine production . Man have we lost jobs and production there !!! LOTS of our people are at the mercy of CHINA made drugs . That shit needs to change , at least for the drugs that people need to survive ! Lastly . We need to STOP the flow of people getting on our social programs that were designed for AMERICANS , just look at what is being done for these people and NOT for our own . And don't let anybody tell you different , all that $$ IS affecting our DEBT ( which is insane ) and inflation . People of working age who do not accept a job offered need to be removed from the social welfare rolls !! Young people need to learn that they need work and make their own way . Yep , we 100% are headed for the shitter soon , if there are not changes !! THINK before you vote in November !!!
Why would I WANT an American car? I"m pushing 60, and there hasn't been a decent American car since the early 70s. My Honda Civic is 22 years old and runs like a new car, GM cars 10 years newer are rusted out wrecks. And my Honda was made in Ohio.
We cannot remain complacent for some false perception of the good old days that never were. The American car makers lost share fair and square because they built an inferior product with a corrupt dealer system of distribution.
American cars stink. I buy only Japanese or Korean cars. Even the German cars suck now. A BMW midsize SUV we had was constantly in the shop for massive repairs for massive money 💰 I am pushing 69 years old and never go to a mall ever, I get most everything on line I need. I do go to grocery stores and Wal Mart plus Wawa and once in a while I go to Lowe’s or The Apple Store. US companies refused to invest huge post WW2 profits back into modernization of their manufacturing equipment and agreed to very bad Union demands in too many cases. In Youngstown and Bethlehem the steel companies had the same equipment and processes in place in 1976 that was there in 1922. Japan, Sweden and Korea had very efficient mini mills with automation and much better and higher quality equipment that produced better products. Old timers, who are honest with themselves, will tell you they were making extremely good money in the mills and other manufacturing plus paid vacations and health/vision insurance that were not sustainable in a global market. Just not good business practices. Such a shame because lots of good people worked in those jobs but had skills not transferable to new careers based upon computer knowledge and technology capabilities plus how to manage projects and change leadership. In my career I had to constantly try to learn these things and believe me it was hard but just had to do it or get laid off or pushed out. It was anxiety producing and I even had to take anti anxiety medication at times. Many turned to drinking too much or just getting pissed off and getting fired for poor behavior and performance.
@@DanaTheInsane I bought my first two new Toyota's in 1982 after I finished college and starting working . Myself and my family had been buying American built vehicles that didn't go for more than 50-60 K miles without a major issue . Oddly , just past the warranty periods . Didn't matter if it was Ford or GM . While I was in college I worked summers on military bases on their over hire program for the summers. I started seeing lots of Toyota's , so I started asking people how they liked them . I found one older guy who said he didn't like the ride , so I asked what he had before that . His answer , a Caddy :D Other than he , all gave glowing reviews ! Some were on their 2nd Toyota , because their first had never broken down . Even the ones that Uncle shipped to the FRG or other places while they were stationed overseas . I have only bought two American vehicles since 82 . Both were beater trucks I used for that purpose until they were done . Of course Honda makes great vehicles also . I wanted a truck back in 82 , so I got the base Hilux and my wife a Tercel for the price of the one new Pontiac we almost bought . The Tercel went 182,000 before we sold it , and I rolled the Hilux in 2003 on the way to work one morning . I drove that 82 all over the Mtns of Idaho for 3 yrs , then for 3 in California in the Mtns before I moved to Michigan . I never meant to say I didn't understand why the Asian brands started taking off via word of mouth reliability . I was just trying to say to the guy who made this video . That LOTS of things have made towns like the one in this video and across the nation .
Apparently mate this was filmed on Sunday morning, the town still has 18,000 residents so it's just the case that the town is adjusting to the shrinkage caused by the collapse in mining in the second half of the 20th century. Too many buildings for facilities and businesses to supply 18,000 individuals. I'd open up the town centre, take down some of the buildings and plant green spaces for residents to use while there, whether it's to make child friendly, a dog friendly environment etc or just a space to sit and enjoy a cup of hot brown liquid it's all about making space for extra Human activities to take place in. If you can't re-grow a town then make it more desirable to live in, improve the quality of life, and you can keep it thriving in perpetuity.
Kind of sad, and so much of the older architecture was so well done and real beauty, they took their time at detail and quality. Loved the video, though. I haven't been to Stuebenville, Wheeling, and Pittsburgh (that region) in 50 years. I lived also in Buffalo and Brooklyn for awhile, and grew up in the northeast. Today I live and work in Dallas (TX), and in this town, anything over 20 years old is considered old. They build new in this town (Dallas), as quick as the seasons change. Thanks again 🟪
Well see that's what I suggested to someone else that thought you might be able to revamp the joint with tourists they basically I talk about how even in my town here in the city of Newark in Lincoln county Ohio nobody goes anywhere on the weekends the weekends are absolutely dead nobody does shit.
This video showed up in the suggestions and im happy it did. You give a very nice tour and you do great camera shots/angles. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos. Liked and subscribed
Thank you for this video! It is not so depressing as i expected. Pretty decent downtown, waits some refurbishments to unfold its business potential. It is abandoned, but maintained and kept to be resumed running on its tracks.
This is mentioned a couple of times in the video, along with a couple of other sort of famous people from there like the Sloopy women and Black baseball player.
This video is such a missed opportunity. If it had been focused on Steubenville's history and the beauty of its historic buildings, I would be delighted with it - my issue is that his portrayal of the city's current state as one simply of decay and failure is flat out wrong. I lived in Steubenville for 7 years, and while he is correct that it is sad there are still signs of the slump, the real story of Steubenville is one of hope and revitalization. Over the past decade the local community has been reinvigorated, and the city is growing. There has been incredible work done - especially by the Nelson family, but by many others also - to bring back businesses and to build community. If this man had done his research properly, he might have discovered this. However, his video displays an unfortunate ignorance (from not knowing roman numerals, to saying downtown buildings are abandoned that aren't, to claiming that the festivals are 'to no avail' when they are massive summer/fall events) that suggests he did little serious research for this video
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Ah yes, the 1940s GameStop, just as my great-grandpa used to describe. On his block leave when he was home from the Army, he used to rent GTA to forget the tribulations of the war. And the abandoned town’s fading and dog-eared advertisement of yesteryear’s 2023 Christmas Parade 🙂↕️ . How ceaseless is the march of time, how cruel.
I went on Willow to view what home prices were at. Then I went to street view (2024) and the streets were full of parked cars and traffic, even one man at an ATM machine. I guess you filmed this on a Sunday. I found it interesting for a depressed area, the streets are graffiti free. the streets are clean and I see no trash.
Thanks for sharing this, it reminds me of what happened to a number of towns and cities in south-central PA, as I came of age in the 1980's. The lack of investment, the absence of opportunities to make even a basic living and the decline of a well built town that was once lively, is in my opinion part of what drives the nostalgia for some of an imagined "1950's ideal". The truth is that those cities were vibrant, complex and thriving, until the major industries in this region were outsourced elsewhere. In an age of housing shortages, places like Stuebenville could be revived, if only there were investments that created jobs and made it a place worth setting down roots. The past is gone, but hopefully this city finds a way to reinvent itself for the 21st Century.
@@iGame3D Thank you very much for answering my comment, As i stated earlier, Hollywood now that's its abandoning LA can set up shop in that town and turn it into a gigantic movie and TV studio.
What day of the week and what time of day did you film this? Pretty much every downtown is that deserted at 8:00am on Sunday morning. Context is everything.
It's a very well kept and clean "ghost city". However, ghost cities/towns usually don't have working traffic lights or cars driving around within them. I absolutely loved the murals. Whoever that was painting them is an exceptional artist. Sort of gives off Portsmouth, Ohio vibes. I may just have to take a weekend trip there from Cincinnati to check it out. Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
@@DarkExploration Steubenville has a vibrant university, with alumni who have put a lot of effort into revitalizing the downtown. Sure, Steubenville is a burned out post industrial town, but it isn't an abandoned ghost town.
I am wondering the same. If you click on the businesses and click on their websites, there is only one shop in the whole street that now states permanently closed, the rest has their websites working, most latest changes in 2024 and some restaurants even have open now and ordering active. I don't want to go that far to call one of those restaurants to see if they are really open haha. But it is a very weird situation.
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As I've been documenting places for awhile, this is a location I really fell in love with. Exploring and learning the history to these Old American towns has been giving me new life for the need of digging up lost history!
Unfortunately there wasn't much old footage of this city, just pictures. I documented this City first in March, and after editing and needing more footage I drove 9 hours in one day to complete the rest of the video and film more to document this place correctly !
Hopefully you do enjoy this ghost city as much as I did in person. Let me know your thoughts, and thanks for joining along 😊
Another thing, apologies for the severe wind at moments, this town is nestled in a valley and there's no escaping it at times, I worked hard to try and make some moments more watchable. Thanks !
@@JoseVentura-f4bWho is 'they'? Please let us know who these mystery people are with unlimited money.
The date on the bank is 1919. Do yourself a favor and learn Roman numeral system. It’ll enhance your perceived knowledge-base to your viewing audience, and provide you with a bit more insight.
WoW, like Ashtabula and Warren, the Nazisdestroyed everything
thank you for these! i love your channel soo much
What was written on that paper on the windshield of the car?
I’m glad you got to visit our city and appreciate what it was and some of what it is now, but Steubenville is not an abandoned/ghost town. It may not be what it once was, and yes many businesses and homes are abandoned, but there’s so much more here. There have been a lot of new businesses opening up in the past decade and even past few years, many of which you walked right past and didn’t say anything. Most of these places are closed on Sunday or have limited hours but have brought a lot of life to our city. A lot of families have been moving here from bigger cities around the country for the smaller town community and pricing.
Not to mention, Steubenville is a university town. I went to school here at Franciscan University of Steubenville and the school brings lots of people in from all over the world both to go to school and for its summer conferences. If you were downtown on a Friday evening or Saturday morning in October or April for instance you would have found a totally different town. I’m sure you do great work on this channel but labeling Steubenville as a “ghost town” really hurts and feels patronizing to those who have been working their tails off to build community and business here. Again, I’m really glad you fell in love with our town and you can see why we love it too. It just can be disheartening for someone to show it to the world in this way when we feel we’ve come so far. Thanks brother if you read this. Have a good one.
Steubinville may not be a ghost town but it could be on its way to being a ghost town if trends continue. The population has declined every decade since 1940. I do think these ruins should be torn down as they are a negative when people are deciding if they should move there.
Thanks for your comment. I kept hoping he would go to more active areas of town, including residential areas that are still populated. It would have been more balanced. Your town has great murals.
A lot of those businesses don't appear that abandoned or they would probably not leave those things in them.
@@thepepperlanders It has remained around 18 thousand since all the area's steel mills closed. They have an excellent school system that attracts many open-enrollment students from all around the area, and the university is rapidly growing, which is causing new growth in the downtown area. This video is, as another poster stated, poverty porn. It is far from a true representation of the town.
Visited Steubenville many times when working in the area servicing the Coke Plant in Wheeling but that was decades ago. Such a beautiful place. The steel grated deck of the Market Street bridge and the loud roar of the tires when crossing was always cool as I reminded me of the bridge entering my part of town. Video comments aside I love that it got some view. I should go back sometime.
Dean Martin was born in Steubenville in 1917.
"Memories are made of this..."
And John Scarne
That's right he was!
.... and left as soon as he could, thereby establishing a trend.
The was is great, something to build on but you need more.
Despite the decline, the populace is keeping the city clean at least. So many of these derelict towns are overgrown and littered with trash. I suppose it shows some determination to revive. Wish them well.
😂 So many populated cities and towns are full of garbage and trash nowadays because people just don't care and have no pride about how they live .
This city needs diversity.
@@handlehidden-f2j bring in Nigeria.
Funny how you don’t do research on the fact they have a crime rate 80% above the national average,an overdose rate almost double the national average, and that over half the town cover up a sexual assault back in 2012.
What ? You mean no dirty violent zombies ?
This is the results of deindustrialization and the rise of financialization. In other words going from a country that makes money by making things to a country that makes money by moving money around. This is going from a society thats creates millions of well paying jobs that can support families and civic expansion to a society that creates a tiny number of people that are so rich that you can barely imagine it, while everyone else fights for table scraps. Sad thing is there is no way to fix it. It will just keep getting worse until something catastrophic happens.
Well yes I will say that you're pretty much correct and or you just are correct.
However I would like to add that this notion of industry and or big companies within industries finding the cheapest place to operate is certainly not new the concept of our industries leaving and going overseas is also not new.
I mean Henry Ford tried this nearly a hundred years ago when he went down to Northern Brazil and tried to establish a rubber plant.
So basically where a lot of the stems from is corporations are always chasing market share and the easiest way to chase market share is to go and set up shop in what is known as the emerging markets and a lot of those emerging markets have also be third world Nations and or socialist if not communist Nations the labor is a lot cheaper.
Of course it's not even just the labor if you can have your machine tools and other assorted equipment manufactured within those country's you can also set up a factory a lot cheaper.
Let me just say that if you go to places like China Vietnam Mexico etc and you want to build tool and staff a factory well I mean you can do so in most of those places for what 20 million dollars back here in the states it's easily going to cost you $150 plus million bucks and then you still have to come up with the working capital.
Sure it's not right it really does suck but I can also say that a fair amount of that disappearance of industry the vacantness of a lot of those towns especially throughout Ohio and other neighboring states actually a lot of the blame can be placed on the local and state governments for this and then yeah there is perhaps some of the demands of the locals and I don't mean higher wages what I mean is the cities got too loud of having that industry and as a result they wanted to tax the shit out of that industry as a means of unnecessary beautification of the area eventually that basically encourages those companies to tighten up and say no we're not paying for whatever it is you want we came here we provided you jobs that was the bargain fuck you and when they continuously push and push and push those companies immediately find a better deal somewhere else and unfortunately in the 1970s and a portion of the early eighties that better deal was offered in the Southern United States and then as we moved through the '80s it became Mexico and other assorted Nations and then of course as we got into the 90s specifically the mid-90s onward it's been China and other Asian Nations.
Oh I get it corporate greed is definitely a thing but you know it's like for instance if I'm a business and you want to tax the shit out of me because you and the wealthy people want a dumbass dog park I'm probably going to pack my business up and move that is not a priority so I'm sorry I'm not going to pay the bill for I think if you want the dog park or whatever Park then you should pay for it but I'm only here because we agreed I'm providing jobs I'll go ahead and pay the standard tax rate because what we have to but if you're going to raise that standard rate specifically to spend it on stupid shit sorry I'm out the door.
American cities raped by the politicians that are supposed to serve them
Jesus will return soon to overthrow the worldwide satanic oligarchy's NWO.
Same is happening in Australia. We virtually have no manufacturing except mining
Even where there are well paying jobs and careers (say in one of the natural resource industries), entry is restricted down tp certain demographics, if you are not part of their wanted or desired demographic, you get excluded and have to settle for scrap jobs like salesman.
I live here and I love it! If you don't need to work here then your money goes really far. Also, if you feel like buying a church, post office or school then this is the place for you!
When I was watching, I kinda thought he was walking around on a Sunday morning.... glad to find out most businesses are open and doing well, love that businesses can be closed on Sunday, everyone should have a day of rest.
The city is far from abandoned. Downtown is run-down and a shell of it's former self, but there are still plenty of businesses there. The rest of Steubenville is just fine. Not abandoned. Not a "ghost city".
They still make shovels in Steubenville, mine is a good one. ( Bully Tools, BTW )
Yep. They have 18k people. More people than where I live. We have alot of empty store fronts too, unfortunately
@@sandithompson5164 That's a drop of just over 50% vs. its peak. 🧐
Has he shown his face at any diner in the county?
Google earth street view from just a year ago shows a lot of open shops restaurants and bars, etc and every parking spot occupied by parked cars and lots of people in cafes etc. not sure if he recorded this early Sunday morning???
MCMXIX=1919
Do they still teach Roman numerology in grade school?
@@rambojambone4586no all they teach in schools today is the woke crap and CRT
I guess it went out with cursive writing 😐
Wow. It seems like the whole Interior of the USA is abandoned.
MCMXIX=19.......You beat me to it . Well done.
This was like stepping back in time. Beautiful old buildings.
I live and work in this town. Im sorry to say but I think your video is utterly dishonest. The street you walked down as "the only soul" is packed with cars DURING THE WEEK. If I had to guess you were downtown early in the morning on the weekend. Downtown is in trouble, because most business is in the west end of the town, many chain restaurants and grocery stores. The large "abandoned" building with the Roman numerals?? Its full of doctors offices....not open on the weekends. They even have valet parking, because there is nowhere to park near that place. Is the town depressed? Yes. Is it a ghost town. Hell no! you said you were exploring a whole city??? You only showed 20% of it. Show up on a Tuesday at noon in the same exact spot and make the same video.
Dude take it easy. He is documenting it and trying to bring awareness to the fact that there is nothing there. No need for you to be so damn disrespectful. I don't see you doing anything to bring awareness to what is happening to this lovely place. He loves to go around to different places and film places and buildings he considers things of beauty. 😤
@@AbbotMcCormick The guy flat out lied. That is what I was bringing attention to. There is plenty here. If the guy made a video about your hometown based on 2 blocks Im sure you would have a similar response.
@@AbbotMcCormick He's lying. This is not a ghost town left in the 40's. If your going to do a video, do your research first!! If it's abandoned, why does the school have a football team??? Where I live, the downtown is all closed up too because it's Sunday and if u want to shop, there's Walmart in the suburbs. Sheesh
I do business in steubenville, st clairsville, and even mingo junction regularly. These places are far from abandoned. This channel blatantly lies about location backstories all the time for clicks. I take the narration with a grain of salt and just enjoy the locations.
Yes, you are correct. There is much more traffic on a weekday. But if the store fronts were open on weekends, like many places are, the videos would be different. Your passion for Steubenville needs to be channeled into city fixing the buildings and making them inhabitable. Theres plenty of money up on the hill. They just left downtown to go to shit. I remember when it wasnt safe to go downtown even during the day because of shootings. Gang violence of the 90s took a toll. Now its time to move forward and someone owns those buildings. See what can be done to make them be cleaned up. I wouldn’t rent one for a business and have to clean it up. And have everything else next to me look like that. I hung out at the irish pub- had good times there in 2003ish and it didnt last long. But it was something. Now there even less. Steubenville is letting their history die in the iconic buildings which are being left to rot. People like vintage. Theres a huge opportunity being missed downtown and the streets are nice and manicured up on the hill. Its not a lie. Its what it is. They just didn’t now the whole story, it would have been a much better documentary if they had spent 1 day talking to local people about the real history.
0:39 a pharmacy using the word "druggist".
Yup. This city is old
I also saw the word "dealers" there ... lol
As a Boomer...I appreciate someone your age doing these videos, with such appreciation and respect for the history. I always enjoy your videos, especially ones like these through ghost towns with history of the area. Sad to see. And yet...time, progress march on no matter what...industries change. But you're so right about the "Historical registry 'protected'" buildings which, ironically, doesn't end up protecting them from self-destruction. It's nice when these type places can be redeveloped...America's hurting, tho' right now...Tks for the video, Devin.
The Greed and search for more profits appears to neglect Infrastructure, or allow the Construction Industry to profit from tearing down old buildings and putting up newer and more profitable ones.
The end of the Capitalist System seems near,
as the Profits seem to flow to Cayman Island Bank Accounts,
not to the Workers who built the Cities.
I have seen the Rust Belt deteriorate from a place where a Person could get a train to take them to almost any small Town in the Continent, to some decaying hulk of former Profits,
that seem to fail to linger in Workers Pockets.
I visited USS Steel's South Works before it died.
I used to travel to Youngstown as they supported the aircraft Manufacturers desires for quality metal products.
We do need to understand the limitations of Capitalism?
fascinating history and you have shot it and narrated it beautifully ❤ thank u, please never stop making videos
This was so satisfying to watch. WOW. Great job, this was so well done. What a lovely little town, it just needs some of the old buildings to be cleaned up and repainted, but it is definitely like traveling back in time.
The town looks like a continuous painting of Edward Hopper's "Early Sunday Morning." ❤️🙂
Beautiful city just void of people, nice that the buildings didn't seem vandalized.
Lots of those "vacant" and "abandoned" buildings are still open for business.
@@dbcrn859 Good to know, I wish the best for them and the city.
@@proteus8535Are you just gonna ignore the fact that half of the town coverd up a sexual assault back in 2012? Also the city has a crime rate 46% above the national average and an overdose rate almost double the national average.This cherry picked video doesn’t show the true horror of the town and you shouldn’t believe every random video you see. Now obviously not all of Steubenville is bad and part of it’s decent but 79% of it is well awful.
Go to google earth. Street view shows a very occupied downtown, lots of new restaurants that are open. Looks like a lot of people to me! .
@@josephhoover4542 I'm going to look this town up because i thought it quite odd, there's no druggie homeless ppl lying around. Clearly the guy filmed what he saw so how would you explain that? Also no graffiti or litter
My daughter goes to Franciscan University of Steubenville and its an excellent college full of great and kind people.
Grew up in Ohio .Went there once in the early 90’s . Remember it being more vibrant. Just shocking to see the transformation in the last 30 years. Loved the video
I remember when Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh was promoting Steubenville heavy in the early two thousands. Never did I expect to see the city COMPLETELY ABANDONED all for but a few places open.
@@HyperActive7 it's not abandoned... that was Sunday morning, everyone was at Church. Literally every other day of the week you have ot drive two blocks in order to park on the same street he was walking down. Once a month we have massive street parties and we have many vibrant and thriving buisnesses. We've got a great community and a downtown that is only growing stronger
@@PeterJones-h1i Go ahead, spin the web of sympathy.. Cute and by the way, an entire city does not shutdown for church!
@brianbosch…..Funny how many people do not write the word “I”.
Why is that? The writer is just, gone!
I love how you let the shots linger awhile before moving on, makes it more melancholy. Is this city going to be allowed to just disintegrate in place? Thanks for taking us along!
Imagine walking into that steelworker union hall in 1955 and telling the people "This place will be an abandoned ghost town in 75 years" the response you'd get.
You may not have walked out.
they would probably start cheering and clapping and singing free at last free at last🤣
I thought 59 is when the NAZIS stopped time to prolong their existence before eternal hellfire?
@@Spiritofthewild-d9o Nah back in the day building a huge steel/mining town as something these men took pride in. They thought they were building an amazing future for their children and grandchildren. Unfortunately it brought a lot of poverty as manufacturing left towns like this in favor of lower taxes and wages elsewhere.
I’d say “not my problem “.
There are many towns like this across the country... I lived close to a town that was abandoned back in the late 90s and only 3 businesses were still there but no residents at all. The Water company, a gas station, and a old movie theater that played old movies really cheap. Within 2 years they were also gone. Now you can drive through it and nobody is anywhere... the street lights still come on at night, but there's a eerie silence as you drive through the towns on the main street. The jobs dried up and soon after so did the town.
You're right there are literally 1000's of places in the US that are either like this or in the process of becoming like this. Some quietly die while others become urban hellscapes like East St. Louis, Illinois or Gary, Indiana. What is the name of this town?
Well yeah I'm in granite I think it might be a bit more than just thousands I mean we're really headed into the humm probably tens of thousands territory.
I mean I think it's true but at the same time it's also I think a bit of an oversimplification that the jobs dried up I mean it's like for instance I live in Licking county Ohio I'm based at Newark but to the west of Lincoln county over in a township called at that's where they're building the Intel chip making facility and when that was first mentioned before they broke any ground at all basically 4 years ago or so all the sudden the rent the cost of land everything else went up through the roof and it just keeps getting worse.
If you break out a map of Ohio okay you'll see Newark of course look at Columbus which is 33 miles to the southwest of Newark and then of course you'll know where Dayton Ohio is well areas back even into date if not even a little beyond date to the direction of the West and then below Licking county into Fairfield which is Lancaster territory and even outside of that to the South as well as to the east and then if you look where Zanesville is outside of there and then of course as far out as Coshocton to the North and the South as well as far east well beyond these cities is what I'm trying to establish and even up in Mount Vernon etc the prices have went completely stupid.
And basically the reason I spent time naming off all of the cities so when you look at the map understand that that is at least a 200 mi radius via bird's-eye view and in any one of these areas even in the in between of any of these areas even the fucking ghetto is demanding 13 1400 a month yes it's possible to find some dwellings cheaper but they're becoming few and far between the days of $850 rent are about over.
So basically what I'm saying is they drag in these companies they talk about jobs all this other bullshit but then it's not even perhaps the jobs that go away that caused major problem in Mass Exodus it's simply the cost of living goes completely berserk even before these places are established I mean it's pretty bad when you have the announcement of suppose a good jobs coming into the area actually causing massive inflation before those jobs are even a thing and of course no those companies including Microsoft that wants to build an Heath are not going to hire us because we don't have a chick making background and they obviously have to import people from their other facilities to get the place up and running that's understandable and then of course they've sucked up to the colleges in the area such as Ohio State University and of course Denison University in Grandville everyone else if they are going to get a job there at some point it's going to be a joke you'll end up as a janitor making nothing.
So I can say that it's not always the case of the jobs dried up in a lot of cases it's simply the inflation becomes too much or what happens is a city does have some established job arrangements say like steubenville at one time had a lot of industry well there was a lot of people that came in from West Virginia and Heather depressed area that flooded in there they grabbed up the jobs which is good for them but then the existing residences kids when they got older there was no jobs cuz everyone else already had then you enter the downside of the industry where they start layoffs and then they eventually pick up so that is a case of the jobs drying up to a degree but in the meantime of all of that as people flooded in notice how the living costs went up now all the sudden housing is in high demand so everybody raises the rent!
A tale as old as time. It happens everywhere, all throughout history.
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I'm in the UK, we don't have the space to waste towns. I live in a modern town dating to just after the turn of the 20th century, before that it was a village of the same name dating back to Roman times plus two medieval villages absorbed into it. Before that it was a Bronze age settlement for a couple of thousand years. That said we have many mining towns that went into decline alongside the mining industry in the second half of the 20th century, they struggle on though. On the odd occasion we have a terminal decline it tends to be in those places where planners thought they were having a "wizard" idea of modernity and "progress", some work and become blueprints for future planning and others turn into dead towns or sh*tholes like Stevenage and Harlow.
There is an advantage to having a property listed on the National Register. It allows the owner (or city) to apply for low interest loans for rehab. I suspect the roofs on many of these buildings have been repaired by the city at some point - they are in good condition considering their age. Steubenville is not as abandoned as it seems. There is a lot of great work going on. Someday, hopefully, it will rebound - with its history intact. Great video.
18,000 still live there
Peedees, for example, is open still. My bet is he is filming on a Sunday, when a majority of businesses are closed.
The "hotel" at 8:40 is actually an office building where I work. It is far from full, but they just restored the facade and repaired the roof. Far from being abandoned.
The kid who made this is clueless on all the facts
I don't know why, but I would love to revitalize a downtown like this.
I was thinking the same alot opportunity
Waste of money, unfortunately. Hundreds of towns across America have tried that. They become magnets for panhandlers, homeless, drug dealers, thieves and roving bands of bored youths so others stay away. Same thing happened to malls...not because of Amazon. Not PC, but it's reality.
Really nice job on keeping Dean Martin's home town in perspective. He was one of the very top top entertainers of all time and a sweet guy. Thanx, dude!
I just called Just Play! Games - Movies - Music and the Target Shop which are very much open for business Most if not all the businesses you mentioned are not abandoned or closed. Your "reporting" is substandard. In addition, Target book store is open. Did you try to contact any of the businesses? It took me all of 5 minutes to verifyby calling the shops. Demolishing the buildings without a plan or funding to rebuild would turn these "abandoned" cities into a Mad Max hellscape.
He just showed up on a Sunday, when everyone is at church.
Yeah that game store looked amazing and not abandoned. Nothing like that is going to stay unlooted if it's abandoned
Fantastic job and an excellent tour of the fabulous city of Steubenville and hometown to the legendary entertainer Dean Martin. It is unfortunate it has declined. This has happened to a lot of small towns across this country. There was no problem with the wind as far as I could tell. Hard to believe there is still a JC Penney in the mall. I appreciate the effort and time you took to show the beautiful murals and the telling of the history of the town and also appreciate you for doing it so professionally without crude language. Thanks again! 👍
Great video, Gary IN is almost identical everything is abandoned, schools, Churches, Banks,Hardware stores, Dairy store, a bakery ,Post Office,City offices ,hospitals and about 13k homes!
That 1965 Barracuda was the second generation model after debuting in 1964. It features a 225 slant-6 which was standard in the US. The Formula-S upgrade had a V8 and more options.
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What an interesting video! Love the history that you put into this. It reminds me of Berlin, NH, a mill town now abandoned and dilapidated. Also love the way you touch on how todays economic status has effected the town. Amazing Video! 😊
If I could, I would fly from Germany to the USA just to visit Steubenville.
I am convinced that the city can be revitalized. Especially with tourism. Initially, some of the buildings would have to be restored. Above all a hotel and some restaurants. Of course, nothing works without good weaving.
I love vintage and Victorian and Art Nouveau architecture.
I could walk around these streets for hours.
Well I'm very sorry to say that you would be wrong.
25 to 30 years ago 20 years ago 15 perhaps you might not be wrong I think the farther back in time you go you're actually correct.
But the reason I say that you're wrong about it being revitalized it's terrorism is because terrorism across the United States is basically crap it took a huge hit via 9/11 and it never really recovered and of course we've had all kinds of economic problems ever since nobody goes anywhere anymore I mean I don't know if you've noticed but a hell of a lot of towns are basically dead on the weekends nobody goes anywhere on the weekends let alone nobody takes a vacation anymore at least in large numbers.
Yeah if you look up the numbers for hospitality which of course takes in hotel profitability situation okay you'll find that it's basically a crap you can go to a lot of tourist areas even in the middle of summer and you can get drink specials and hotel specials that is priced at off-season prices they're desperate to try and get people to come there and this is literally happening every so I don't think tourism particularly for steubenville would really work.
It's basically a situation where we have entered an economic time and by the way we answered this long ago to where it really does get worse year over year and there's virtually nothing anyone to do about it unfortunately it's going to have to run its course and that means a lot of pain for basically everyone it's basically one big shit sandwich and we're all forced to take a bite tourism is not the answer that's basically dead in the United States.
Problem is that everything needs to be connected so where to start? People need to have a job, they need to eat, there must be all kinds of medical services and so on. It's not like in Germany or The Netherlands, where I am from, that you have a village a few km further down the road. Over there you're basically 50 miles or 80km from other cities. You need everything in your own city and once everything is gone, where to start to get it back? I guess you would need 500 people or more, all willing to move there at the same time and build it up from the ground. But in that group you would need doctors veterinarians, plumbers and so on. But I have the same feeling I really would like to go there. Been wandering around for hours on street view since seeing this video.
@@alexanderpasnl Yes. No medical, or affordable housing means no workers. You would have to start your Hotel Idea with housing your own staff , then feeding them, then you have a chance.
No Idea who would stay at your Hotel, since no need to visit.
Steubenville is being revitalized. This video is a joke. Young families are moving here in droves.
Reminds me of my hometown, New Kensington PA. That city is making a comeback. Maybe Steubenville will yet have a second wind.
I was born in new Ken in 61 miss WinkysNaders chicken and the best damn kilbassa in the world. Glad it’s coming back! Last time there so sad. Tarentum even worse.
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@@johnbuco1320 I'm hoping Tarentum and Natrona come back, too. I wanted to buy the old bank building on Chestnut or another commercial building but, money has been tight in the last few years.
@@davidmathis-xd6nf what part of ohio is Stephenville in?
I think the spooky part was the shopping mall .Amazing that there were a couple of places that were open. I really liked all the murals Thanks for the tour.
Love you channel , exactly what I like, lots of information about the towns and good photography skilss with the building plus relaxing music, keep up the good work from Scotland.
Those murals are AMAZING! and the vintage painted advertising is always cool. Very sad to see it so empty...all those businesses closed and disused 😢
They're not. He just chose to do this filming on a Sunday morning, in order to make it look empty.
Some of the vintage painted advertising was painted 20 years ago as a deliberate throwback. Some of it was put up last year for giggles.
Steubenville was the home of one of my favorite singer Dean Martin. Today time seems to go faster than it did when I was raised in the 50s. I miss all those singers and stars from that time period.People need to remember that time goes fast and enjoy life and family daily.
I was born in the mid 50's and those were a huge part of my life . My parents were always playing their records . It maybe a time forgotten by some , but not to us that lived at a time when legends in entertainment were coming to fame . I still listen to them and watch old movies and find great satisfaction in a time that will never be again .
@MrWolfsDen I was born in mid-50s, too. My parents loved the music and my Mom loved the country music. That's how I grew up loving music
@@bennetts-revenge_2 We had a lot of country music playing in my house as well . 👍
would most people born after 1980 or 1990, even know who dean martin is?
@@sixmax11 I'm sure born here would at least have heard of him especially because many cultural references on the internet
What I'm amazed at is how clean the streets are and that there are no tents, or homeless drug addicts. That's amazing to me... such a clean old city.
😂 that's because he filmed 🎥 on early Sunday morning. Go on a Tuesday and it's bustling.
They just aren't awake yet.
Damn, that abandoned game store would have been awesome to explore. Nostalgia overload.
I wonder if the owner would take a lump sum price for all the contents? Might be worth it if you could get it cheap enough.
It is still open. The hours just aren’t super consistent
Its open 6 days a week.
@@jerilynturnbow2834 name of store?
Just play @@imthatguyt100
Holy cow, Steubenville, Ohio! This is my hometown, I teach at the high school. We're currently in the process of revitalizing the North End of our downtown and fixing the Market St. Bridge (it unexpectedly closed due to a missed inspection in the Summer). Events like First Fridays on Fourth St. and The Nutcracker Village in December are really bringing the community (and economy) together. Not to mention that Steubenville High School is among the best in the state of Ohio! Thank you for taking the time to explore our little neck of the woods and I hope you return in the future!
I bet it’s a wonderful place! As someone from one of the largest cities in America, I’ll tell you first hand, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be!!!
Thanks for this video. I'm amazed at how litter and homeless-free it is. Wonderful to see that it's still kept up. Sad it's so abandoned.
"It has to be abandoned, there's PlayStation 2 games on the left!"😂Dude!
Honestly love the tour though, thanks! And to be sure it looks mostly dilapidated though surprisingly well-kept in places too. But many stores do not actually look abandoned and some nice decorating here and there too.
The murals, the architecture and the glimpses of the past are amazing to see.
I really should turn off the sound on these videos.
"Oh my God! Duuude! Bruuuh! That thingamabob goes all the way back to 2013...it's an antique!😳"
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I'm glad you went back and finished your video This place is maybe 6or 7 hours from me And be leave it or not i have relatives whom lived there most of my life And it's amazing not seeing any vandalism or graffiti You did a very good job doing the history I do know eventually things and hope change to the good and people will move back Thanks so much for another great video
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The most striking thing to me is the lack of rampant vandalism. Buildings are closed and not boarded up. Abandoned businesses are intact and not looted. Strange. I live on the Southside of Chicago so I expect abandoned buildings to looted and gutted.
That was really striking to me as well.
That’s because the buildings aren’t abandoned, they are closed on a Sunday morning when this guy came to film. 🙄 Totally disingenuous.
This is a unique video documentary. Steubenville seems to be a semi-haunted abandoned city hanging by thinning threads from a recognizable recent past. The host presents this from a position that is neither above the viewer's head, nor is it dumbed down. I feel as if it is me walking these streets and confronting this weird reality. Well Done.
Strange nobody has looted all these shops. It's good to see them left in there former state.
Demographics.
Just give it some time . The more places like this are publicized , the more it will draw the attention of those with criminal intent .
@@Maryland_Kulak 💯No question.
No people around to do the looting.
Now that everyone knows about it and being a short ride from Pittsburgh, just watch. Everything will be ransacked within a month. Would like to see a follow-up on this in a few moths.
The 1950s was the peak for the rustbelt. Most rustbelt cities lost 50% of heir 1950 population. Gary IN turned off the traffic lights.
The year on the bank building "MCMXIX" is 1919
At 15 minutes you got focused on the coke mural and didn't notice the 1950s fallout shelter sign on the corner. The frame at 15:03 is a beautiful shot! Thanks for sharing this amazing location.
He is probably too young to know what a fallout shelter sign is.
@@toughbutsweet1 I'm only 37. I guess it is kinda niche knowledge these days.
@@just4stringsandsteve I've taught school for 27 years and I would say none of my students for at least the last 20 have any clue what the symbol means, and most have never seen it. I also work in a community that was built in the 80s.
"None of my students over the past 20 years have any clue."
You could have stopped right there. I'm in my 31st year of teaching. I like messing with them. When they ask me what time it is I show them my wind up watch. 😂
Awesome and thanks for sharing you have a very relaxed style which totally sustains my interest. I am amazed to see very little destruction or graffiti. No visible homelessness and super clean streets.
It's still an active city, just not early on a Sunday morning.
I love that the city of Steubenville still has the old-school designs and feel of a past when everyone knew most people they ran across in the town.
I did notice there were several vehicles so I imagine most were busy inside. Was it a Sunday morning when you filmed this?
That is the type of city that if I had the funds, I would definitely try to revive and restore to its former glory days.
It just needs some TLC and dedication from anyone who wants to live there to have the desire to make it grow back to a nice family-oriented city and dedication to support their hometown buying from each other's businesses.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful historic city of Steubenville. It needs to be preserved and revived to a 1950s - 1970s-era hometown USA. 🇺🇸
I really don’t think those are actually old signs. The sign to left says they sell old sign work. They’re probably somewhat modern, in an old style.
You were there either on a Sunday or a time when a lot of those shops were closed. Selective journalism.
Nice video. Been to Steubenville and know people from there. But please, take a class on architecture and learn things like the difference between an auditorium and a meeting hall. The different styles of houses like the row houses on the hillsides or the 1840's duplex (pink) house), a gabled El Queen Anne style or a 2 story Hall/Parlor. A suspension bridge or a panel bridge. You also could have googled whether the hospital was open and a historic site or leveled. Tell people if you are there on a Sunday or a weekday. Not all of those businesses were vacant. The bakery down town, appeared to be in operation and you could have flashed the hours of operation. Please keep on being the explorer. Youngstown State has an Architectural History degree as part of their B.S. dept.
This is heartbreaking but also fascinating. Like you said it could be the perfect location for filming a movie set in the 40s or 50s. I appreciate you documenting this place.
So sad thanks for the tour looking forward to your next video.
You really have a great eye…the cinematography and how a lot of the shots are framed are top notch.
Looks like a movie set. Strange how clean it is.
Why can't it be like California and look dirty ?
It's clean because there is no one left to litter.😂
It’s clean because of the Wind! It reminds me of Lahaina Town just after the FIRE. The streets were like swept and washed clean from the hurricane winds but when it all settled down nearly the entire town was silent and gone!
It clean bc its not a ghost town, he just recorded on a Sunday morning 🙄
I love that the old buildings are still there and businesses are still operating. It’s super cool and worthy to keep that vintage vibe in tact. Our downturn in Knoxville, TN turned into a ghost town in the 1970’s then it was revived in the 1980’s and is really booming now.
This is not a ghost city. You went there early in the morning. Also, prob after the Independence Day parade. I just came from there on a road trip and the town is chill, busy and people are nice. Trying to make it like it is something it isn't.
Yeah, half of the buildings he pointed out as abandoned are actually open businesses.
Um, yes it is. That place is the walking dead.
@@bigmacdaddy1234It is but not for that reason. It’s the walking dead because of how many crackheads there are in the town.
I am very sorry I missed the premier of this video. It breaks my heart to see a town being so abandoned and neglected. Small towns in America just abandoned where once life was bustling is sad. It looks like there are a few people left but without any kind of industry they won't last. There are towns like this all over America, several being in my home state. Heartbreaking.
So many extremely cool finds. So much significant history here. Too bad history of the area isn't enough to bring people back.
Hang on Sloopy is a song from the 1960's. (Yep, just dated myself.) You really need to listen to Dean Martin; he was a crooner back in the day with a great voice. Dean Martin was a member of the Rat Pack along with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.
Thank you for sharing this town and its now tragic history. Bravo sir! Awesome share!
While the main downtown may be most abandoned, calling this a ghost town is extremely misleading. In the 2020 census there were still over 18,000 people living there.
It’s another example of suburban sprawl where the people actually live. This happened to many cities because of the “white flight”. This town might be too small for that. But since the vast majority of residents live away from downtown, they’re probably not going downtown to shop because you have to pay to park and the good spots fill up fast in a city that small. Also you keep saying there is no one downtown and that whole street is vacant. I’ll bet the many of the apartments above the businesses are still occupied. Rustbelt towns are victim the opiate epidemic so I can imagine lots of folks sitting at home all day getting all doped up which can them lazy.
The 2020 census was down over 50% vs. the 1940 census. 🧐
@@JdeC1994 Still doesn't make it a ghost town. The town where I went to high school had about half the current population of Stuebenville and isn't considered a ghost town.
@@PixelatedH2Omay not be a ghost town but those builds sure look abandoned and not updated.
It was filmed on Sunday morning, during the week it’s hard to find parking downtown. It’s just that on Sundays all the businesses close and most people are at Mass. It’s a very Catholic town
The murals alone are incredible. Great exploration and video!
This film's bias, intentional or unintentional, is a little deceptive in that it'd leave viewer to believe it's an absolute ghost town. Sure looks like it from the footage. Oldest parts of town only? On a quiet Sunday? Other sites w statistics show Stubenville over 18, 000. Sure pop. not so low since 1940s. All right still very worthwhile vid to watch. Useful info. But slanted to the side of those who wish to know more abandoned places ---ok but that's not the whole picture of Stubenville. It's truly very very historical. Yet does have some modern infrastructure which was -- unclear whether intentional or just unintentionally--ignored or just low focus. Still not bad video. Just wish it didn't paint such a dismal picture at the get go... there's a lot more positive that should be said about the LIVING aspects of such an historic place, particularly when the word abandoned didn't need to be spoken nearly as much as it was.
Thanks so much for doing this. Steubenville is my dad's hometown & I've always felt a connection with it. The last time I was there was there was in 2000 for my uncle's funeral (we had a family dinner at Naples Spaghetti House.) What really struck me then compared to visiting as a kid was the much improved air quality. In the 1970s the steel industry was still hanging on and the pollution was eye stingingly bad. A cousin who was there recently said Grandma & Pap Pap's house is the only one still standing in "The Patch" - the old Irish neighborhood along Logan Street. He also said the area surrounding Franciscan University is doing relatively well & it's almost like two different cities.
Good video Devin. Very surreal.
You should go document.
Brownsville, Pennsylvania , It is a lot like Steubenville! Old and beautiful ! Thank you for the lovely video !
I am 74 , and I can tell you that a lot more than just Big Bad Corporations led to such towns demise . When I was young all the houses we lived in and those around us were heated by coal . As were schools and other buildings and Shops and even military bases .Hell , when I hit Knox in 68 one of my first duties while still at reception was going around shoving coal in a bunch of buildings all night. Then as natural gas lines were lain , that demand for coal went away . Then we had foreign steel coming in that hurt that industry ,along with Foreign made cars and trucks not using that steel or employing our people . And as time went on , we saw more and more foreign brand vehicles . I left for the army in 1968 and I don't remember ever seeing a Asian brand vehicle , though there were VW's around . By the time I got out of the army in 71 and came home ( Indy ) there were quite a few Datsun's and Toyota's around . Then , they were all made in Japan , and every one added to the loss of American jobs and the need for American steel and the coal to make the American brands. Then as Malls started being built and becoming the place to shop , the mom and pop stores in small towns started hurting and closing . And here we are now with many more foreign brand cars , and AMAZON and TEMU have , or are killing off what is left of MALLS and mom and pops . LOTS of factors got us here , including lots of cities being UNSAFE ! Moving to the burbs that started in the 50's has added to the demise ! This country is F'd if we don't STOP the flow and bring jobs back to this country !! I thought of a couple of more big ones that has brought us here . The textile industry , now almost all the clothes we buy are made overseas' . I " think " the big flood of overseas made clothes started in the mid 70's or so . I know I was buying clothes for a few years before someone pointed this out to me . They said something like . " Tell you what , the next time you are in Kmart or Wally , check the labels of the clothes ". I did , and was shocked ! Even more so to see so many made in Vietnam where I had served . Before the Japanese brands started coming in , if an American or the world wanted a Radio or a TV , it was almost for sure a American made model . The oil market . At one time we were the world leader and sold our oil worldwide . This was way before the mid-east or Russia ramped up. I remembered we had a " Gas Shortage " in 72-73 that also steered people towards Asian brand cars and the Bug . Here is what is for sure about all this , if we don't want to turn into a third world country . We need to start making most of the stuff we need , here on our soil , and STOP buying from TEMU and Amazon that is almost entirely selling overseas made goods . YES , I know that economy is SHIT and people are buying from Zon and TEMU out of necessity , mostly . In the 50's and 60's we had maybe 2-3 pairs of jeans and 5-6 shirts that were American made of very good quality . Now people have 4 or 5 times that many cheaply made clothes items made overseas . Sadly though for US . We will probably never regain the place we had in the world before all this loss . The global market will punish us if we stop buying overseas goods , but there needs to be a balance !! Oh , I almost forgot about the Medicine production . Man have we lost jobs and production there !!! LOTS of our people are at the mercy of CHINA made drugs . That shit needs to change , at least for the drugs that people need to survive ! Lastly . We need to STOP the flow of people getting on our social programs that were designed for AMERICANS , just look at what is being done for these people and NOT for our own . And don't let anybody tell you different , all that $$ IS affecting our DEBT ( which is insane ) and inflation . People of working age who do not accept a job offered need to be removed from the social welfare rolls !! Young people need to learn that they need work and make their own way . Yep , we 100% are headed for the shitter soon , if there are not changes !! THINK before you vote in November !!!
Why would I WANT an American car? I"m pushing 60, and there hasn't been a decent American car since the early 70s. My Honda Civic is 22 years old and runs like a new car, GM cars 10 years newer are rusted out wrecks. And my Honda was made in Ohio.
We cannot remain complacent for some false perception of the good old days that never were. The American car makers lost share fair and square because they built an inferior product with a corrupt dealer system of distribution.
American cars stink. I buy only Japanese or Korean cars. Even the German cars suck now. A BMW midsize SUV we had was constantly in the shop for massive repairs for massive money 💰
I am pushing 69 years old and never go to a mall ever, I get most everything on line I need. I do go to grocery stores and Wal Mart plus Wawa and once in a while I go to Lowe’s or The Apple Store.
US companies refused to invest huge post WW2 profits back into modernization of their manufacturing equipment and agreed to very bad Union demands in too many cases. In Youngstown and Bethlehem the steel companies had the same equipment and processes in place in 1976 that was there in 1922. Japan, Sweden and Korea had very efficient mini mills with automation and much better and higher quality equipment that produced better products.
Old timers, who are honest with themselves, will tell you they were making extremely good money in the mills and other manufacturing plus paid vacations and health/vision insurance that were not sustainable in a global market. Just not good business practices. Such a shame because lots of good people worked in those jobs but had skills not transferable to new careers based upon computer knowledge and technology capabilities plus how to manage projects and change leadership. In my career I had to constantly try to learn these things and believe me it was hard but just had to do it or get laid off or pushed out. It was anxiety producing and I even had to take anti anxiety medication at times. Many turned to drinking too much or just getting pissed off and getting fired for poor behavior and performance.
@@DanaTheInsane I bought my first two new Toyota's in 1982 after I finished college and starting working . Myself and my family had been buying American built vehicles that didn't go for more than 50-60 K miles without a major issue . Oddly , just past the warranty periods . Didn't matter if it was Ford or GM . While I was in college I worked summers on military bases on their over hire program for the summers. I started seeing lots of Toyota's , so I started asking people how they liked them . I found one older guy who said he didn't like the ride , so I asked what he had before that . His answer , a Caddy :D Other than he , all gave glowing reviews ! Some were on their 2nd Toyota , because their first had never broken down . Even the ones that Uncle shipped to the FRG or other places while they were stationed overseas . I have only bought two American vehicles since 82 . Both were beater trucks I used for that purpose until they were done . Of course Honda makes great vehicles also . I wanted a truck back in 82 , so I got the base Hilux and my wife a Tercel for the price of the one new Pontiac we almost bought . The Tercel went 182,000 before we sold it , and I rolled the Hilux in 2003 on the way to work one morning . I drove that 82 all over the Mtns of Idaho for 3 yrs , then for 3 in California in the Mtns before I moved to Michigan . I never meant to say I didn't understand why the Asian brands started taking off via word of mouth reliability . I was just trying to say to the guy who made this video . That LOTS of things have made towns like the one in this video and across the nation .
@@nap871 Sadly . Now quality is bad , and at insane pricing !
Excellent job with this video. The beauty of the buildings and signage speak for themselves. The late great America.
Very interesting, I would love to see the inside of those buildings....
The ambient score works so well with abandoned places, well done!
Love your vids - keep up the exploration/documentation
I've literally watched 1 minute of one video on your channel, and I'm in love..
Here in Georgia I have seen a lot of mostly abandoned small towns but nothing that big. Cool video but also chilling and very sad.
He's being dramatic. It's not that bad. ruclips.net/video/iSxrtzjc6YQ/видео.htmlsi=ktHf8t3VnldGNKA4
Apparently mate this was filmed on Sunday morning, the town still has 18,000 residents so it's just the case that the town is adjusting to the shrinkage caused by the collapse in mining in the second half of the 20th century. Too many buildings for facilities and businesses to supply 18,000 individuals. I'd open up the town centre, take down some of the buildings and plant green spaces for residents to use while there, whether it's to make child friendly, a dog friendly environment etc or just a space to sit and enjoy a cup of hot brown liquid it's all about making space for extra Human activities to take place in. If you can't re-grow a town then make it more desirable to live in, improve the quality of life, and you can keep it thriving in perpetuity.
Kind of sad, and so much of the older architecture was so well done and real beauty, they took their time at detail and quality. Loved the video, though. I haven't been to Stuebenville, Wheeling, and Pittsburgh (that region) in 50 years. I lived also in Buffalo and Brooklyn for awhile, and grew up in the northeast. Today I live and work in Dallas (TX), and in this town, anything over 20 years old is considered old. They build new in this town (Dallas), as quick as the seasons change. Thanks again 🟪
Nice video Devin. Be safe
Very well kept. No rubbish no broken windows or graffiti. Nice viewing
Come here on the weekdays and u will see it is still a busy city
Well see that's what I suggested to someone else that thought you might be able to revamp the joint with tourists they basically I talk about how even in my town here in the city of Newark in Lincoln county Ohio nobody goes anywhere on the weekends the weekends are absolutely dead nobody does shit.
This video showed up in the suggestions and im happy it did. You give a very nice tour and you do great camera shots/angles. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos. Liked and subscribed
Retail Archaeology would love this video
Thank you for this video! It is not so depressing as i expected. Pretty decent downtown, waits some refurbishments to unfold its business potential. It is abandoned, but maintained and kept to be resumed running on its tracks.
Dean Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio. He was a legendary “crooner” singer.
And he put on a GREAT ROAST of many people in his time! What a voice!! ❤️🐈
This is mentioned a couple of times in the video, along with a couple of other sort of famous people from there like the Sloopy women and Black baseball player.
Excellent. Thank you.
Dark Exploration Films thanks for sharing with me this wonderful video about the history of that place and God Bless.
Next time you go to steubenville let me know. I can show you so much crazy abandoned places is unreal
This video is such a missed opportunity. If it had been focused on Steubenville's history and the beauty of its historic buildings, I would be delighted with it - my issue is that his portrayal of the city's current state as one simply of decay and failure is flat out wrong. I lived in Steubenville for 7 years, and while he is correct that it is sad there are still signs of the slump, the real story of Steubenville is one of hope and revitalization. Over the past decade the local community has been reinvigorated, and the city is growing. There has been incredible work done - especially by the Nelson family, but by many others also - to bring back businesses and to build community. If this man had done his research properly, he might have discovered this. However, his video displays an unfortunate ignorance (from not knowing roman numerals, to saying downtown buildings are abandoned that aren't, to claiming that the festivals are 'to no avail' when they are massive summer/fall events) that suggests he did little serious research for this video
I learned more in 15 minutes research online then Devin presented in the whole video. Honestly disappointed
😱OMG!!😱 WHERE have you been?! This is my first time coming across this channel!! I LOVE it!! Can’t WAIT to share with my son!! Thank you SO MUCH for what you do!!
Ah yes, the 1940s GameStop, just as my great-grandpa used to describe. On his block leave when he was home from the Army, he used to rent GTA to forget the tribulations of the war.
And the abandoned town’s fading and dog-eared advertisement of yesteryear’s 2023 Christmas Parade 🙂↕️ . How ceaseless is the march of time, how cruel.
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Thank you for your VIDEOS. This VIDEO is a Snapshot of old America.
Please keep the Message and Mission Coming.......
I went on Willow to view what home prices were at. Then I went to street view (2024) and the streets were full of parked cars and traffic, even one man at an ATM machine. I guess you filmed this on a Sunday. I found it interesting for a depressed area, the streets are graffiti free. the streets are clean and I see no trash.
Exactly. Not abandoned at all!
Gotta say the music and shots of the city segments are really cool.
Thanks awesome place sad alot city are being like that
Thanks for sharing this, it reminds me of what happened to a number of towns and cities in south-central PA, as I came of age in the 1980's. The lack of investment, the absence of opportunities to make even a basic living and the decline of a well built town that was once lively, is in my opinion part of what drives the nostalgia for some of an imagined "1950's ideal". The truth is that those cities were vibrant, complex and thriving, until the major industries in this region were outsourced elsewhere.
In an age of housing shortages, places like Stuebenville could be revived, if only there were investments that created jobs and made it a place worth setting down roots. The past is gone, but hopefully this city finds a way to reinvent itself for the 21st Century.
That ghost town would be great as a movie set where movies and TV shows can be filmed there..
A large portion of Reckless (1984) was shot in Steubenville, Ohio
@@iGame3D Thank you very much for answering my comment, As i stated earlier, Hollywood now that's its abandoning LA can set up shop in that town and turn it into a gigantic movie and TV studio.
Those buildings are beautiful. Place seems clean. And not a lot of people? I love all those things. I might just move here!
What day of the week and what time of day did you film this? Pretty much every downtown is that deserted at 8:00am on Sunday morning. Context is everything.
I hope the old buildings are saved and restored!!
This is bunk. Wall Street on a Sunday morning would look " abandoned" as well.
It's a very well kept and clean "ghost city". However, ghost cities/towns usually don't have working traffic lights or cars driving around within them. I absolutely loved the murals. Whoever that was painting them is an exceptional artist. Sort of gives off Portsmouth, Ohio vibes. I may just have to take a weekend trip there from Cincinnati to check it out. Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
Google street view from summer 2023 looks absolutely rocking downtown. Lots of cars. Not sure what's going on here? Is it like 5 AM on a Sunday?
Did the same thing and your right. This must be Sunday morning because in July of 2023 there were a lot more cars and people then this...
The cameraman has all the power. Timing and angles to set the narrative
I spent two whole days recording this town with nobody there. Not sure what you're wanting out of a place, just go there and see the decay
@@DarkExploration Steubenville has a vibrant university, with alumni who have put a lot of effort into revitalizing the downtown. Sure, Steubenville is a burned out post industrial town, but it isn't an abandoned ghost town.
I am wondering the same. If you click on the businesses and click on their websites, there is only one shop in the whole street that now states permanently closed, the rest has their websites working, most latest changes in 2024 and some restaurants even have open now and ordering active. I don't want to go that far to call one of those restaurants to see if they are really open haha. But it is a very weird situation.