TheWorzardOfIz t1_isofn4s wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:35 PM

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

Justahumanimal t1_isowqe1 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Still is. Place is creepy.

vonHindenburg t1_isqmqbo wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:47 PM

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.

mvps412 t1_isq8i5c wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:57 PM

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.

Atwood412 t1_isqqwh2 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 12:21 AM

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.

ADH-Kydex t1_isqrkyk wrote on October 18, 2022 at 12:27 AM

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