I'm from this area. Pretty much all of western PA can look like this. It isn't that scary once you realize that the people that once inhabited these buildings left decades ago and these buildings have decayed as a result. It is a lot less of being in a haunted town and more like being in archaeological site.
So many people feel blatantly surprised by how quiet it is. That's just how it is in small towns. Heck, I live in a small town in Brazil, and that's just how it is after like 10pm. Everyone is inside getting ready to finish their day and get some sleep. After midnight, there will be simply no one walking the streets in downtown neighborhoods. It's actually amazing how people are so surprised by this. Just, lol.
I grew up less than 10 miles from here. It's been pretty awful once the steel industry vacated the area from the 70s through the 80s'. I can remember scores of dads from my neighborhoods being laid off over the years. The town of McKeesport then shrunk into its own horrible abyss of neglect and decay. It's not unusual to see the streets this deserted at night. Honestly, when you drive through there after hours, it's better to run the risk of getting a ticket by running red lights than actually obeying the law and stop at them. I am not kidding. This route was often a quicker way to get from downtown Pittsburgh to the east residential suburban neighborhoods. If you came this way after the bars closed at 2:00 AM, you never stopped in McKeesport. Ever.
I finally spotted someone walking into the gas station store at around 6:30. Look to the left. Car parked at the pump and someone in like a white shirt and jeans walking.
As someone from another country, I always find it fascinating wheen looking at the contrast between these rundown neighborhoods and the nice, fairly modern cars. In other countries, there's a more notable congruence between people's homes and their cars.
The fact most of the roads are still brick/cobblestone shows the town has been hard on its luck for a while. Though I'm surprised a decent amount of people still live there judging by the cars parked on the road.
It makes me anxious you going in such bad areas after dark. No matter how bad the area there are always nice vehicles! Seems people in town know something you didn't - don't go out after dark. NO traffic at all!
In the 1960's when I lived in Pittsburgh, I use to visit relatives in McKeesport and Duquesne. They were housing for steel mill workers and other blue collar jobs. Now they are a gone by era, and decaying history.
Born and raised on one of the streets you passed by within the first minute. Family is still there and I visit bout 2-3 times a year. Still proud to call it my hometown.
Honestly I think it's beautiful. Maybe it looks different during the day. And no doubt it's unsafe but it has a certain haunting melancholy charm that I really like.
I’m a home inspector in the Pittsburgh area. I do agree seeing McKees Rocks pop up on my schedule does always make me wary. However, I do a lot of these old houses that provided steel mill families a good home over the years. The stories I bet they could tell. Sad to see most of them collapsing in on themselves now.
I live in south africa. Areas like this are fairly common in most towns. I think alot of people here forget that even "great countries" like USA can't escape these kind of derelict living situations. They use harsh words about our country but need to realize that there are challenges everywhere. This area is not too terrible
I used to work in downtown McKeesport where G. C.. Murphy Headquarters is located; it was bad in the 1980's. It's really bad now...sadly, it used to be a great town many years ago.
Yowza! Some Hollywood location scout should see the opening minute-and-a-half of this. Looks like it’d be perfect for a horror film! 😮 Also loved the downtown - especially that “Daily News” sign and building. What a classic old sign! 😊
I worked at a recording studio in McKeesport almost 10 years ago. We had some sketchy moments every now and then. It's crazy to see how much more deserted and deteriorated the city has become.
There were way more cars parked at the first street in the video than I expected, that place felt like it was filmed for a horror. Looks very interesting though, love to see it. It all looks so different from where I live.
These roads are way better than average neighborhoods in Brazil. Come here to see what is a creepy street. You would know that an empty street is better than a strange soul in a middle of nowhere.
That brick/cobblestone alley in the beginning was nuts. Super technical engineering. I bet that whole town has it but long since covered up by tar and concrete
this makes me… intensely sad for some reason. my dad (RIP) grew up in collinwood out here near cleveland and he took us around his neighborhood when i was about 13. i’m 25 now and i can only imagine what it looks like.
I've never been to the states, but this looks much creepier than any of the villages I have visited in India, and some of them were bad. The poor streetlights, the abandoned shacks, the unpaved roads all give off a rural and primal vibe. I am kind of amazed in a way
I looked the town up on Redfin and you can buy an entire bar, complete with arcade games and four rental units above, for $890k. Not a single house for sale priced above $100k. Some of them were as cheap as $13k.
I lived in a small town about 20 minutes drives from there called Charleroi back in the 70s, reminds me a lot of this town. Thanks for the drive and video.
Really sad to see all that decay. I see a lot of older buildings and neighborhoods that would be so beautiful with some TLC. It is impossible to see this, and not see that all this decay of our cities and communities is all by design.
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Abandoned mountain towns may look like horror movies, but they are actually quite cozy and this one isn't really even that abandoned. The storefronts got taxed to their end, but it's still a good outside location to Pittsburgh
Crikey, this looks nearly identical to all those horror video games I like to play. Only thing missing are the zombies. It's really weird not seeing ANYONE on the streets at night.
I run a supply yard in North Versailles down the road. The only time I’ve ever had to cancel a delivery was to a section of McKeesport that looked similar to the opening footage. Steep, eroding one way streets and no signage. Couldn’t get my delivery truck to the customer’s house and didn’t want to risk driving around lost. I’ll go almost anywhere but I refuse to deliver to that particular neighborhood in McKeesport.
Thank you Hoods for the ride. I found it interesting and amazed that there was no one around. I felt kinda . . . lonely and sad. But I'm sure life gets back when the morning Sun rises. Take care.
It’s strange how familiar and normal this feels as someone from Western PA. Seeing the Pgh skyline in the distance from the hills-man, how often I’ve been there. Strange and beautiful and cursed place.
One of the most jarring things as a pittsburgh native is how you can go from the "new growth" of modern buildings built post collapse and lively neighborhoods only to see entire streets abandoned from the bad old days that never recovered. Everything from how big our airport is compared to the actual size of the city to the actual layout of the city suggests that the population capacity should be much higher than it currently is. It went from over a million people living here to only 300,000 and it still shows.
Don't get me wrong, Pennsylvania is a beautiful state, but damn there are some creepy vibe areas on a road trip. Once near transylvania, I got really freaked out on that dark highway. I'll never forget it.
Jesus. I grew up in Pa & never ever heard of this place. But it looks almost exactly like my hometown of Chester, Pa. My parents still live in Chester & going back to visit them always makes me sad.
It wasn't so bad except in the area where you first started out. They need some help cleaning up their area, and some streets needed better parking areas, otherwise, it was just a sleepy town asleep at night.
first 30 seconds felt like a resident evil town.
I'm from this area. Pretty much all of western PA can look like this. It isn't that scary once you realize that the people that once inhabited these buildings left decades ago and these buildings have decayed as a result. It is a lot less of being in a haunted town and more like being in archaeological site.
Are these abandoned homes public housing?
So, it's mostly unihibited ?
Or both! You never know
I'm from Philly and I heard that lots of areas in PA are haunted especially Reading, PA
True, as a lifelong Pittsburgh resident, we still don't go to McKessport though.
Creepy as all get out and not a soul to be seen. What lurks in the darkness that keeps people locked in their homes?
Literally no one is out, no people, no traffic, nothing! Kind of freaky!
So many people feel blatantly surprised by how quiet it is. That's just how it is in small towns. Heck, I live in a small town in Brazil, and that's just how it is after like 10pm. Everyone is inside getting ready to finish their day and get some sleep. After midnight, there will be simply no one walking the streets in downtown neighborhoods.
It's actually amazing how people are so surprised by this. Just, lol.
Born and raised in McKeesport, its sad but nothing in life stays the same, at least I have my memories of how it used to be.
Me too! So sad
I grew up in McKeesport, too. I told my family there wasn't a reason to go into Pittsburgh bc we had everything we needed.
How, how did it used to be?
How was it, back in the day?
I grew up less than 10 miles from here. It's been pretty awful once the steel industry vacated the area from the 70s through the 80s'. I can remember scores of dads from my neighborhoods being laid off over the years. The town of McKeesport then shrunk into its own horrible abyss of neglect and decay. It's not unusual to see the streets this deserted at night. Honestly, when you drive through there after hours, it's better to run the risk of getting a ticket by running red lights than actually obeying the law and stop at them. I am not kidding. This route was often a quicker way to get from downtown Pittsburgh to the east residential suburban neighborhoods. If you came this way after the bars closed at 2:00 AM, you never stopped in McKeesport. Ever.
This is more depressing than it is scary
Couldn't find anything on the streets???
Not even an exhausted ghost, returning home after an extra shift of haunting activities?
I finally spotted someone walking into the gas station store at around 6:30. Look to the left. Car parked at the pump and someone in like a white shirt and jeans walking.
bien vu !
That’s a ghost.
Also the guy chilling on the porch at 2:00 in.
It was a ghost really
I'm more terrified for your tires....those roads are horrendous driving on them
As someone from another country, I always find it fascinating wheen looking at the contrast between these rundown neighborhoods and the nice, fairly modern cars. In other countries, there's a more notable congruence between people's homes and their cars.
The fact most of the roads are still brick/cobblestone shows the town has been hard on its luck for a while. Though I'm surprised a decent amount of people still live there judging by the cars parked on the road.
It makes me anxious you going in such bad areas after dark. No matter how bad the area there are always nice vehicles! Seems people in town know something you didn't - don't go out after dark. NO traffic at all!
That’s the hood for you terrible falling apart homes with lambos and Bentleys parked outside
New Fallout looks great.
In the 1960's when I lived in Pittsburgh, I use to visit relatives in McKeesport and Duquesne. They were housing for steel mill workers and other blue collar jobs. Now they are a gone by era, and decaying history.
"Bye Gone" era is how I was told.
Wow, that downtown is giving off Walking Dead vibes. Great video!!
Thanks for watching!
It's not what you see that's scary....it's what you can't see that's scary.
The first sequence is beautifully eerie. Great video work.
Thanks so much for watching!
Born and raised on one of the streets you passed by within the first minute. Family is still there and I visit bout 2-3 times a year. Still proud to call it my hometown.
Reminds me alot of East Cleveland. Both were once booming, rich suburbs. Then the steel mills went away and the cities have been decaying ever since 😢
I have East Cleveland on the channel, and another special one coming up for it very soon!
Honestly I think it's beautiful. Maybe it looks different during the day. And no doubt it's unsafe but it has a certain haunting melancholy charm that I really like.
I’m a home inspector in the Pittsburgh area. I do agree seeing McKees Rocks pop up on my schedule does always make me wary. However, I do a lot of these old houses that provided steel mill families a good home over the years. The stories I bet they could tell. Sad to see most of them collapsing in on themselves now.
Dude, this is the haunted ghetto
Can confirm this is PA due to the roads.
I live in south africa. Areas like this are fairly common in most towns. I think alot of people here forget that even "great countries" like USA can't escape these kind of derelict living situations. They use harsh words about our country but need to realize that there are challenges everywhere. This area is not too terrible
Drunk and tired. This is the perfect entertainment for me. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Same here
aww
I used to work in downtown McKeesport where G. C.. Murphy Headquarters is located; it was bad in the 1980's. It's really bad now...sadly, it used to be a great town many years ago.
1:08 actually looks kind of beautiful like a scenic view of a small town lit up at night
Yowza! Some Hollywood location scout should see the opening minute-and-a-half of this. Looks like it’d be perfect for a horror film! 😮 Also loved the downtown - especially that “Daily News” sign and building. What a classic old sign! 😊
It would be great for a movie!
Those opening street shots are some of the worst I've ever seen! Looked like a bombed out war zone. Wild. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride!
I try to stay away from McKeesport when doing Uber, but sometimes I still end up there at night.
I feel so nostalgic thinking about how people used to be happy and brought life to so many towns across America. Places like McKeesport, PA.
I worked at a recording studio in McKeesport almost 10 years ago. We had some sketchy moments every now and then. It's crazy to see how much more deserted and deteriorated the city has become.
So sad that this was originally such a rich town. 😢
There were way more cars parked at the first street in the video than I expected, that place felt like it was filmed for a horror. Looks very interesting though, love to see it. It all looks so different from where I live.
The decline over the past 20 years or so is just tragic.
These roads are way better than average neighborhoods in Brazil. Come here to see what is a creepy street. You would know that an empty street is better than a strange soul in a middle of nowhere.
Pior que é mesmo, um monte de ruas aqui todas remendadas, fica horrível esteticamente falando
That brick/cobblestone alley in the beginning was nuts. Super technical engineering. I bet that whole town has it but long since covered up by tar and concrete
Something enchanting about the decay. The lights in the distance too.
Silent hill???
Not far from me. I’ve driven through here many times to take photos of all the abandoned homes. Very sketchy! Thanks for the video.
Thanks so much for watching!
Absolutely nothing going on in that town. And what I mean by that is I noticed most of the storefronts if not all are abandoned.
Used to be good bars there. Watching the coasters lights at Kennywood there across the river always made it a bit surreal.
I was waiting for Zombies to run out in front of the car! 😂
this makes me… intensely sad for some reason. my dad (RIP) grew up in collinwood out here near cleveland and he took us around his neighborhood when i was about 13. i’m 25 now and i can only imagine what it looks like.
So weird that there appear to be nice cars parked in front of those dilapidated houses
I've never been to the states, but this looks much creepier than any of the villages I have visited in India, and some of them were bad. The poor streetlights, the abandoned shacks, the unpaved roads all give off a rural and primal vibe. I am kind of amazed in a way
I live in a smaller town than this, but even at 2-3am there are still many people and cars on the road.
I looked the town up on Redfin and you can buy an entire bar, complete with arcade games and four rental units above, for $890k. Not a single house for sale priced above $100k. Some of them were as cheap as $13k.
Everyone is hunkered down for the night, too dangerous to go out!
I have a friend that lives here. He does pretty good for himself, but I now understand his comments about the place. Life is what you make of it.
Watching this here in the Uk We have some spooky creepy places here but you must be crazy driving through some of those towns. Keep safe 👍
Curious to know what time of night this is. This is one lonesome town😢
After a minute, I started playing the 'Silent Hill' soundtrack in another tab ,and that gives this proper vibes.
I lived in a small town about 20 minutes drives from there called Charleroi back in the 70s, reminds me a lot of this town. Thanks for the drive and video.
Really sad to see all that decay. I see a lot of older buildings and neighborhoods that would be so beautiful with some TLC. It is impossible to see this, and not see that all this decay of our cities and communities is all by design.
I love these old towns, its like time is standing still. No activity, no noise, strange but peaceful...
i am thinking about the time when this was in its prime, with happy people settling in in their new homes
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Wow, some of those streets are jacked?! Reminds me of Escape From New York.
I'm surprised at the lack of people; that, and how bright some of the areas are. It must help with crime.
It’s much darker than that in person. The camera brightens it up a lot
A lot of towns in Brazil are like this. Locals will downright refuse to go outside at night.
I can see myself going for midnight walks over there. This is the type of location I'm used to and I like. The place I live in is no better
As someone from Eastern PA, sometimes western PA feels like another world.
Same for miles here in small town Connecticut. Not always dangerous, just can be lonely and depressing. Stay safe and care for your family and friends
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Abandoned mountain towns may look like horror movies, but they are actually quite cozy and this one isn't really even that abandoned. The storefronts got taxed to their end, but it's still a good outside location to Pittsburgh
I lived in Kensington, Philly and many spots aren't even as bad as this. I got a single mom cousin living out there...damn!
It is past 3 a.m. Not too many people would be out at that time.
I sure learned how to appreciate my city after watching this.
That was awesome. I love videos like these. It helps to calm me before bed.
Awesome! Thank you!
Love your channel so juch. One of my favorites from Brazil 🌴
Thank you so much for watching!
Crikey, this looks nearly identical to all those horror video games I like to play. Only thing missing are the zombies. It's really weird not seeing ANYONE on the streets at night.
I've never seen such a contrast between the condition of the cars versus the buildings
アンリアルエンジンで描写された世界のように不気味で魅力的な映像です！
0:24 Is that a boat?!
It's a boatmobile
Something so surreal yet soothing about this vibe.. this what dreams feel like
Good lord the first bit is like a post apocalyptic film
I run a supply yard in North Versailles down the road. The only time I’ve ever had to cancel a delivery was to a section of McKeesport that looked similar to the opening footage. Steep, eroding one way streets and no signage. Couldn’t get my delivery truck to the customer’s house and didn’t want to risk driving around lost. I’ll go almost anywhere but I refuse to deliver to that particular neighborhood in McKeesport.
The roads kinda remind me of leaving Texas going into Louisiana.✌
Brave man, props for documenting this
Crazy to think that these places use to be busling places with kids and familys playing and living in them. Pretty sad.
Thank you Hoods for the ride.
I found it interesting and amazed that there was no one around.
I felt kinda . . . lonely and sad.
But I'm sure life gets back when the morning Sun rises.
Take care.
It’s strange how familiar and normal this feels as someone from Western PA. Seeing the Pgh skyline in the distance from the hills-man, how often I’ve been there. Strange and beautiful and cursed place.
WOW, I love the night video 🩶🖤!! Great scenery!
One of the most jarring things as a pittsburgh native is how you can go from the "new growth" of modern buildings built post collapse and lively neighborhoods only to see entire streets abandoned from the bad old days that never recovered. Everything from how big our airport is compared to the actual size of the city to the actual layout of the city suggests that the population capacity should be much higher than it currently is. It went from over a million people living here to only 300,000 and it still shows.
I was born in McKeesport Hospital 60 years ago.Its a nice place .
This is the most realistic let's play. Scared me good.
Good god this isn't 1977 McKeesport anymore .
Don't get me wrong, Pennsylvania is a beautiful state, but damn there are some creepy vibe areas on a road trip. Once near transylvania, I got really freaked out on that dark highway. I'll never forget it.
Yea. I didn't even read the comments and I said, this looks like someplace in a horror movie. I see that a lot of folks agree with that.
Jesus. I grew up in Pa & never ever heard of this place. But it looks almost exactly like my hometown of Chester, Pa. My parents still live in Chester & going back to visit them always makes me sad.
I have Chester uploaded on the channel as well! Thanks for watching
Some areas could even be described as nice, but the atmosphere is eerie and so so heavy 😮
Thank you for sharing. I just subscribed and liked. May I know what camera you used to video tape the night scenes? Thank you and be safe out there.
It wasn't so bad except in the area where you first started out. They need some help cleaning up their area, and some streets needed better parking areas, otherwise, it was just a sleepy town asleep at night.
This looks like heaven compared to many places I have been to abroad.
Just as well it wasn't foggy, people would think it was Silent Hill.
It reminds me the horror movies like ''Wrong Turn''.
Night of the living Dead was filmed near McKeesport -- A movie about Zombies..