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X_PRSN t1_isowdbk wrote

Brownsville looks so much better from the air.

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_Booster_Gold_ t1_ist4ani wrote

Yeah, it's really a shame. If you're driving through it and squint a little you can imagine what it might be like if it had the kind of little shops and businesses like you'd find in, say, Ligonier. But it's just not to be.

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apersello34 t1_isog2hg wrote

Fun fact: my great aunt used to be the mayor back in the day!

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justjoeisfine OP t1_isouhfh wrote

Norma

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TheWorzardOfIz t1_isofn4s wrote

I always joked that you could film a zombie movie in downtown Brownsville. It was eerily deserted when I was in high school in the 00s

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vonHindenburg t1_isqmqbo wrote

Going back to the 90's, the town was in pretty crappy shape. An investor bought up most of the downtown on the assumption that riverboat gambling would be legalized. It wasn't. He has, since that time, pretty much ignored the place, letting it decay to the sad point that we see today.

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mvps412 t1_isq8i5c wrote

Yeah still is, they did demo the old hospital and nursing home finally, but the abandoned hotel is still there, so is the train station and the couple abandoned banks. The train station was very funny to get in to, the door that said “enter” was unlocked. 😂 it’s like a mini shopping mall inside of it, very cool layout.

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Atwood412 t1_isqqwh2 wrote

It was never rebuilt after the flood in the 1980s. Real sad. My gram is 86 and she still talks about the shops and boutiques downtown.

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ADH-Kydex t1_isqrkyk wrote

They filmed a decent chunk of “I’m not okay with this” in Brownsville. Not a zombie movie, but there was some creepy stuff.

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djpdx_21 t1_isogqs3 wrote

What a depressing place

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sirdeionsandals t1_isotiri wrote

But great if you are into abandoned shit

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mvps412 t1_isq8oum wrote

Until they tore down the hospital and nursing home. They also try to crack down on urbexers, the police will enter the buildings now despite not legally being allowed too.

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vonHindenburg t1_isqmdtg wrote

A decade or so ago, the fire chief sent an open letter to the mayor saying that he wouldn't order his men to enter most of the buildings because they were so unsound. At that point, I'd say we can ignore the niceties.

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mvps412 t1_isr3oet wrote

So it’s actually the mayor and the “community watch” person who is entering the buildings and handing out business cards from the mayor with warnings from the police on the back of them. When I first started exploring, we could just sneak around the town and no one cared. Then people started discovering the town more and more and the influx of explorers into the town to explore the places is what eventually got the mayor to take action. The hospital was so funny though, they should have let that fall in on itself. It was so close to doing just that.

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botrickbateman t1_isr3p7q wrote

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da_london_09 t1_isoir73 wrote

First saw that town on the series 'I Am Not OK With This', went there slightly afterwards to take a few photos of the riverfront. Been meaning to get back there to shoot some more.

Nice shot!

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IngridVonBussen t1_isqoyxw wrote

I remember watching that! I would go on Google maps trying to find places 🤣

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Atwood412 t1_isqqrnf wrote

Is this the Netflix series? Is it about Brownsville?

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da_london_09 t1_isqrppu wrote

It was on Netflix, sadly only 1 season before getting cancelled. Just set there, but could have been any town.

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thedudeabides412 t1_ispj64e wrote

Is everything still boarded up downtown?

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lego22499 t1_ispjz4l wrote

Yeah pretty much, there are some businesses still around, and tbh I think the sandwich shop in town is great. Outside of a handful of businesses though, the main strip on the left of this picture is 80% boarded up/broken into abandoned buildings.

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MrChichibadman t1_isppmg3 wrote

Is that the diner type place under the bridge?

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lego22499 t1_ispsxjq wrote

Fiddles??? I'm almost positive that's still there and open, got some breakfast there bout 4 years back. The restaurant I'm talking about is called "the sandwich shop". It's a beatles themed deli with slapper bagels.

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Cold-Resolve1923 t1_ispygo8 wrote

Not sure of now, but at one time they didnt care if you carved your initials in the tables

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scottyboyandgirl t1_isoxjht wrote

And ONE of the,if not THE most affordable place to live in the country….

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NikiPHeyHey t1_isqpbms wrote

I rented a one bedroom apartment for 2 years for 375 a month during college! Lol was def affordable 🤣

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mrperfects_pencil t1_isqrho1 wrote

Cal u?

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NikiPHeyHey t1_isqs41l wrote

Haha yes!

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OriginalIronDan t1_isqtrmb wrote

Same. Grew up in Connellsville, lived in Longenecker Hall ‘80-‘81 school year.

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mrperfects_pencil t1_isr0q54 wrote

Hahaha same I had a cheap place on market st through grad school. It was a dump but it was cheaper than living on campus

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NikiPHeyHey t1_isr0yuv wrote

Yes! My place actually was nice and I had the nicest landlord. I was lucky!

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Turious t1_isobe9a wrote

Hey, that's remarkably close to me! What a nice view!

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1stCaptainSkrall t1_isqp2t1 wrote

Used to date a girl from Brownsville, it's a super cozy little place

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mrperfects_pencil t1_isqr6ks wrote

The ville! Way to make it look…not how it looks lol

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Cold-Resolve1923 t1_ispes84 wrote

I still have a collections bag from the Brownsville Telegraph when I delivered papers. So sad to see the river towns just fade away here in mon valley, I live right up the river from there and have seen the mills close up and nothing in there place

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OriginalIronDan t1_isqtyvd wrote

I heard rumors there was a brothel there. Jackie’s? Anybody know if it’s true?

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hareharehareharehare t1_isrbvkf wrote

There’s a sex club off 40 near Uniontown by Jackson’s Farms. I’ve never been there. Not sure if that’s Jackie’s.

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