I live about 8 miles from Charleroi and had deep, historical family roots, there, going back almost 200 years.
My Great Grand Mother’s Italian family were some of the earliest settlers in the area.
My Great Grand Parents and, then my Grandparents lived there, until they passed away.
It was a very nice town, prosperous and clean, until the steel mills closed in the 1970s and 80s.
Now, it is a 3rd world s**thole.