TOXIC EVACUATION | Abandoned Neighborhood with 300+ Homes (Ghost Town) 

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This in Whitehall?

You've yet to post a video that I did not like and you deserve a huge pat on the back for your fantastic work. You handle everything with the greatest care and respect no matter where you are or what your filming. I honestly feel like I'm right there with you and your talking directly to me through out the video. You are very careful to not give out your exact locations in order to protect each place from further destruction, again a pat on the back for you. As for this video, I may have missed it but did you reveal the cause or type of contamination that resulted in residents being forced out of their homes? It did look like it was, at one time, a beautiful place to live and raise a family. You did touch on the fact that the area will be leveled. If that is the case, I hope that beautiful tree that you highlighted will be left along with all the others. Overall, its just hard to believe there was any contamination because of all the thriving trees, grass and even weeds. Wishing you continued success, Just Me

I would really love it if you all did some back ground information work and find out why everyone was evicted 3 years ago....not so long ago.

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@The Russian Retard I was from Kansas too and now in Oklahoma. I agree that there are a lot of ghost towns around the area. Way back in early years in my hometown, there was a man who photographed MainStreet, shops, etc and wrote stories of residents. It’s all in a book now and fascinating to read!!! Still a small town, but modernized, of course. I love looking at life back in the day and also feel sad those days are gone now. Thanks for sharing!!!

dayum I remember silver fish

I'm So Sorry

Damn

Who asked ?

yep look at the comment above yours, the one with 5 replies

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My grandma used to live there when I was a kid

I was honestly thinking it was a big bird, but I thought maybe an eagle

Did everyone leave because of bugs? It was written in the comment that the land was unsafe and toxic. Was there a gas or radon leak. I'm just interested because if they abandoned 300 homes something major must have happened. Please comment back...thanks

I knew people that lived there after my buddy moved out in '15 since they legit couldn't go anywhere else. It was a nice place 30-40yrs ago.It was mainly a lack of maintenance on the area. Even up until a couple years ago there was a giant dome indoor driving range next door and a large park.. It was so run down they didn't even have trash pickup in the later years. Maintenance used to round up the trash and just dump it in the old pool to be picked up by a private company. Everything was broken, roofs caving in, unmowed grass, and the pest problem were factors. The final nail was the crime, the cops practically had to camp there due to all the calls. The city bought it all and evicted everyone. It was supposed to be demoed at the beginning of the year with a Florida company redeveloping it for mixed use. There's nothing wrong with the property other than blight.

@@mjc8248 Thanks for getting back to me.... When I was younger I used to flip houses and I learned a lot of the different trades. It is too bad that each person either renting or owning couldn't learn what I learned. It is really sad to see such a sight, especially since I know that with a little or a lot of care these homes could have been saved. I am a women and I learned electrical, plumbing, framing, sheetrock, you name it I did it. Not hard at all just grunt work. In today's time so many people are needing roofs over their heads. I hope your friend isn't homeless! Thanks again for your reply, I appreciate it and God Bless you in your future endeavors!

@@t.b.1596 Some owners took care of the place but the majority did not. You had nice ones going for over 800 a month beside boarded up crack dens. Everyone got paid but it was basically nothing. Clarence got 38.5k which was less than half what his place was worth.

@@mjc8248 so very sad :( :(

Lmao It's not alone trust me I'm sure People living their somehow

Speaking of walking. Reminds me of the Walking Dead a little bit.

…a long forgotten graveyard🪦!

Not forgotten, someone is mowing the grass.

This area was drug infested and run down. The reason why people left their furniture there was because it was bug in infested and they got money to leave. They had tons of shootings and murders.

This is that place

Woodcliff.....Whitehall ohio

That sounds so weird, scary, and sad.

Ditto, girl!

That chair looked so normal, then this giant came and sat down........really weird!!!!

Thanks for this. I knew this place looked familiar.

This is what should be done to the entire city of Gary, Indiana.

So why is it toxic what kind of environmental issues

@@truckerguy28 all of the buildings were at a point of disrepair and falling apart. Bug's, mold, and sewer problems among many other issues.

I knew this looked familiar!

Some of them had huge holes in the walls. I’m sure the thieves have visited at least once.

The ones they went into with holes in the wall and ceiling ripped out im sure they got it.

are they really thieves if everything here is abandoned? At least the copper gets some use elsewhere if the government doesn't bother with it. Right?

That was Centralia.

Centralia aka Silent Hill

@@ThatGirlOnYourTV Yep.

This town's groundwater was contaminated with toxic waste from some factory not to far from this area.

@@TanyaM420 oh my gosh that’s so sad. Crazy the impact we can have on the world like that!

Where is this??

There were some major water and sewer problems here also! Many were duplexes yet there was only one sewage line out and one water line in. So if one side had their water shut off…the other side could not get water and visa versa…etc

There had to be some severe internal issues though. Wouldn't just decide to abandon a whole neighborhood for bad street designs and crime

@@packisbetter90 yes, lots of other problems that all added up to not worth repair. Not a chemical spill or groundwater issue though.

@@abandonedexplorations7076 Whitehall Ohio its basically in Columbus right off a main busy road.

Midcliff Woodcliff had a pool? Lol when?

I guess they didn't want the rest of the city to turn into Dayton, Akron, Toledo, Cincinnati, or Cleveland? I mean, they're all shitholes (I'm from Dayton, left in 2011, and haven't looked back since).

It's just an apartment complex in Columbus. A bunch of my friends lived there. Alot of drugs and parties. That's about it.

@@adrianwachtel9837 that don't look like apartment complexes at all. They look like houses

They’re town house apartments. The city bought the complex to tear down the homes to expand the city park. No toxins at all. It’s still up for now. They’re taking their sweet time to knock them down.

I lived there from the mid 70's to early 80's. I'd love to tell my story about living here.

@@debbietruxall5899 please do

Because when i leave for the night i ain't comming back.....

Where is this? After Hurricane Michael some parts of Mexico beach, Florida were supposed to be eminent Domained because there was so much damage to the underground utilities. Sand in the sewer system, corrosion... Etc. I don't know if they are fighting it or if they state took the land hoping a developer will come in and fix the problems

@@LiL.Pixxie Whitehall ohio

Really its so sad

A plus of course had a lot of squatters too

That was so wrong to tell owners to leave asap,if it wasn't toxic.if they build a whole new neighborhood ,i would be one to sue.Now they will be condemning places all over the country to accommodate this huge community of new immigrants all over various countries. The orig video said most were not allowed to take their stuff. Why were they told the ground was toxic? The video said most had no place to go.and to leave immediately. Every house ransacked if so toxic? Im suspicious. People hopefully got proper compensation to move.

Looks like Detroit.

based on research and matching photos, this looks like Picher OK..which was abandoned for toxic waste created from mining. If I am wrong, where in the video did they even say what the name of the place was????

Wth what

@@caroldean6826 I agree

Thanks for the info. Makes sense. You would think the town could fix usage issues. Probably too expensive. How sad to kick everyone out

This explains the generally shitty construction of the buildings

I *immediately* thought St Louis. The way mattresses were just thrown on the floor for kids, the cheap/unhealthy food, old furniture... it's pretty obviously the kind of neighborhood you're describing. Sucks, man, you're already dealt a bad hand and then you have to deal with this shit on top of it.

@Emmanuel Goldstein I know you're just a youtube troll, but no dude, this is literally EXACTLY the kind of "bidness" the government should be minding. Looking out for the health, safety, and security of the residents of one's town is the best example of what governments can and should be doing.

@Emmanuel Goldstein I bet you still pay your taxes and obey local laws...

Explain more, sewer lines can be fixed and sewage seeping into ground is not a danger as long as it doesn't get into ground water that is for drinking. Had to be more problems as sewage alone can be dealt with. My guess is that somebody in government or with influence wanted this gone.

@@tzazarizona2676 according to what I’ve heard & read the builder built everyone of these homes wrong and cheap and literally ignored every Ohio code. It’s a complete chemical waste land as nothing was done correctly. The city bought the neighborhood and gave everyone a year to get out.

So u are saying it was because of the sewer is the reason those People had to leave ?

I don't know about beautiful. It looks like middle class America to me,nice,but nothing special.

@@spiderreed350 Beautiful nature around and peaceful looking somehow. Reminds me of where I live.

Chernobyl was completely different reasons though. This could have been prevented if people cared about their community. It is sad that people literally left behind pictures of family members and other possessions that probably meant something to them.

Pripyat

Its tragic

Cool! What was it like when you lived there?

wth? fr? so how old are you now ? if you live there in the 80's?

Toxic ground water from nearby refinery.

Everyone that lived here knew they were being tossed out. Ppl with school aged children were actually given longer to get out.

Other c9mments said there were lots of bugs and roaches. Bug pee on everything.

The city of Whitehall bought it up.

Too late, it’s contaminated!

The reason why it's empty is because it's contaminated

@@bababooey7576 oh crap dude was walking all around breathing that whatever in there should be warning ⚠️ signs !

@@apocyldoomer He knows it's contaminated

@@bababooey7576 I’ll have to watch it again, I’m prolly thinking of another video, I watch them all the time, thanks man!

I just responded pretty much the same as you but I'm a wind bag and always say much more. lol Doesn't he make you feel like your right there with him and hes talking directly to you? He is the best at what he does and as you say, he shows elegance to the max. Hope your having a great day, Just Me

Agreed! Most people who do these kinda videos are loud with louder music - when I discovered this channel I subscribed immediately. He does a great job in a very calm manner!!

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^^^This is 100% accurate. I live only a few miles from there and I can say that people go there all the time. The toxic part is the government wanting to make a bigger golf course out of the area. I believe they are planning a $20 million redevelopment as of 2020, but due to covid they haven't progressed much farther than that.

@@Silent_Keith I did read a few things about this and not one mentions anything Toxic. If that were real they would be talking about it in the redevelopment plans. They say a large section of land they could make 100+ million off of and they used the "toxic" reasoning to get a judge to force the sale of all these homes. I expect this in other countries, not here.

@@imderrickjed when I lived in Florida they forced an entire, very wealthy, neighborhood out to build a new highway and 23 of the owners got nothing and were forced out. Imitate domain is what they use to call it, "toxic" is what its called now I suppose.

Rat and bug infestations. Roofs caving in. Blight. Crime. Trash filling the swimming pool...

@@kennedypage5741 Thats from sitting empty. When the city claimed the property it was a normal housing area. You cant justify theft from the city based on how the homes look after years of sitting empty.

Then they started dumping the rubbish in that pool and cleaning it out every month or two apparently

There was no need to blank to the Playboy magazines. :-)

Where did the people who lived there end up

Eminent domain. Spell check.

We solved the problem by moving it all to China. Now they have to contend with the pollution, but Americans don't see it. So we sit and wait for China to build everything for us.

No chemicals here.

Not a chemical problem, a people / planning problem.

Very true!

@@1940limited We pay for the pollution though, because China is still an “evolving country“.

That's not how government works, unfortunately

but like, the people probably have been living there for years prior to the eviction and they were probably all fine in those years so why rush to get them all off the land

@@alisonmcgregor2002 I thought that, too. It isn't so urgent they can't spend another couple days loading up their stuff. That said, it generally takes weeks to find somewhere to go, rent a truck, load your stuff, move it... they probably wanted them gone quicker than that, even if it wasn't Pripyat-style GTFO now.

@@ScreaminEmu maybe🤔

But why?

What kind of toxin???water??

Autumn what state is this in ? Illinois or Indiana?

@corey Babcock Apparently this is In ohio.