[conservative98]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi745ymvZ94

That is how John Fetterman “rebuilt” his town when he was mayor.

[moovova]

I like a fixer-upper as much as the next person. After watching over half the video...I saw little if anything worth saving. Most structures looked downright unsafe. The big question is...why even bother?

Give the remaining residents a week to move out of the city...and then nuke it.

[dforest]

America, one big decaying and dying giant brought to you by Democrats “progressive” politics. Starting to look like a dead carcass.

[Leaning Right]

Braddock was a lost cause long before Fetterman became its mayor. He did improve the town’s image to a minor extent. I’ll give him that. But it’s like putting lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. Nothing to brag about.

[FreeReign]

They even showed Braddock's first family's home.

[VTenigma]

Fetterman is a POS commie, but I’m not sure anyone can fix a declining northeastern mill town.

[SamAdams76]

Some years ago on a road trip, I stayed at a Motel 6 type motel in Frackville, PA off of I-81 not far from Hazleton. There was one of those Dutch Kitchen diner type restaurants nearby. After having dinner there, I decided to take a walk around town to look for a place to have a beer before heading back to the motel. It was so eerie and deserted. The town looked like something out of the 1950s with these antiquated store fronts. Like that town from "Back To The Future" movie. Even had a clock tower I believe. It was near sunset and sky was sort of purple as there were thunderstorms in the area and you could hear the rolls of thunder off in the distance. I did find a bar and I was literally the only customer in there, though a few more people drifted in during my stay. There was a side room where they had a pool table and you could hear the occasional clacking of the billiard balls as somebody was playing a game.

Once the rain stopped, I finished my second beer and lurched back into the street to head back to the hotel. By now it was totally dark and the wet sidewalks glistened under the street lamps. Nobody else out on the street except for a stray dog that darted into an alley and only the occasional car going by.

Just one of those quaint little Pennsylvania towns where nothing really happens. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Well, that's Frackville, PA for you.

[Tommy Revolts]

What is the population percentage of whites? Asking for a friend.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Think they moved to Chicago?

[Montaignes Cat]

I drove around Braddock a few months go, just to see what is there. (I live in the eastern part of Pittsburgh, so it wasn’t far away.) The whole town is tiny, less than a square mile. Even the main street, Braddock Avenue, has very few open businesses, mostly bars, etc. I only saw one newish building, and that was government funded, with a politician’s name on it, purposed for some community organizations, but it seemed to be not fully occupied.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I drove through Braddock mostly every day back in the 80’s - when I worked at the Westinghouse factory in East Pittsburgh. I had an alternate route to work but through Braddock was the quickest. It was a craphole then - the only store front on Braddock Ave. that didn’t have steel bars was the bakery (the name escapes me at the moment). Always wondered what they paid in protection money for the privilege.

The only thing keeping any breath of life there was the Edgar Thompson steel works. It was otherwise your basic ghetto. People I worked with were shocked that I drove through it every day - “Aren’t you scared you might break down and never be seen again?” Can’t imagine it got any better in the ensuing years.