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Johnstown PA.
Was there a little over a decade ago on a beautiful summer Saturday afternoon. There was barely any traffic in the city, and we were the only people out walking around (we stopped by during travel to see the flood museum, it's small but really interesting and slightly eerie, if you're ever in the area go check it out, it's worth the stop). I don't think we really saw other people until we went over to the edge of town to another main tourist attraction (the incline plane railroad).
Although to be fair most of the rural East Coast (and I guess the US, but I've mostly traveled around the East Coast states) is like that. A bunch of sad towns that maybe were something once when their respective industries were booming, but now are sad, impoverished towns filled with once beautiful buildings that are falling apart.
A lot of upstate New York is like this. Many once great towns but population dropping for decades.
The town I grew up in was a great place to grow up. But the major employer left and nothing replaced it. It looks exactly the same except greyer, run down, partly abandoned. At least I don’t think there are any $5,000 houses left , so that’s something
There are too many rural towns in upstate NY (especially driving up to Buffalo) where you keep your windows rolled up and don't stop anywhere. Very white supremacist coded.
I get that they were left behind and remaining residents feel desperate, but that shouldn’t mean a sharp turn toward the right
I said similar in the last few elections: do you really prefer the guy wanting to “tear it all down”, over the candidate who at least recognizes the problem and proposes something, even if you don’t believe it? So now we have cuts in aid of all sorts, cuts in healthcare, cuts in job development, cuts in pollution remediation for the least advantaged, instead of retraining that you don’t believe in? Really? So it’s better to sit there starving with no heat, not enough food, no access to healthcare, mine tailings threatening your town, etc? But at least you p*wned the libs, who wanted to …. Help?
Lots of Western PA and most of WV are like this. Absolutely gorgeous wilderness areas and amazing outdoor activities but the towns are really depressing.
Summersville, WV is one of my favorite places to visit but I'd never live there. Fayetteville is awesome and the new National Park is helping bring money. It's funny to me the locals are upset that it is bringing in money but it was kind of depressing before. There needs to be some happy medium so the locals benefit but they need to stop fighting progress.
The problem with greater tourism is developing it right. It is really easy for them to develop the area to look like Gatlinburg, TN.