McKeesport, Pennsylvania Worst Areas at Night

McKeesport, PA is known as one of the most dangerous cities in America. Abandoned homes and businesses are in abundance, and by the looks of these particular areas, it certainly reminds me of Detroit Michigan in a way. After driving through these spots, its time for a new set of shocks and tires. Although there are some decent areas within McKeesport, the focus tonight is on some of the worst / most dangerous areas. Let's check it out

[ramoraid]

first 30 seconds felt like a resident evil town.

[ihugbugs]

I'm from this area. Pretty much all of western PA can look like this. It isn't that scary once you realize that the people that once inhabited these buildings left decades ago and these buildings have decayed as a result. It is a lot less of being in a haunted town and more like being in archaeological site.

[jimmyleon]

Literally no one is out, no people, no traffic, nothing! Kind of freaky!

[aapillusions]

I grew up less than 10 miles from here. It's been pretty awful once the steel industry vacated the area from the 70s through the 80s'. I can remember scores of dads from my neighborhoods being laid off over the years. The town of McKeesport then shrunk into its own horrible abyss of neglect and decay. It's not unusual to see the streets this deserted at night. Honestly, when you drive through there after hours, it's better to run the risk of getting a ticket by running red lights than actually obeying the law and stop at them. I am not kidding. This route was often a quicker way to get from downtown Pittsburgh to the east residential suburban neighborhoods. If you came this way after the bars closed at 2:00 AM, you never stopped in McKeesport. Ever.

[daleupthegrove]

Creepy as all get out and not a soul to be seen. What lurks in the darkness that keeps people locked in their homes?

[lobobanguela]

So many people feel blatantly surprised by how quiet it is. That's just how it is in small towns. Heck, I live in a small town in Brazil, and that's just how it is after like 10pm. Everyone is inside getting ready to finish their day and get some sleep. After midnight, there will be simply no one walking the streets in downtown neighborhoods.
It's actually amazing how people are so surprised by this. Just, lol.

[noreenreynolds]

Born and raised in McKeesport, its sad but nothing in life stays the same, at least I have my memories of how it used to be.

[xSDSWPx]

This is more depressing than it is scary

[ivogomes]

Couldn't find anything on the streets???

Not even an exhausted ghost, returning home after an extra shift of haunting activities?

[mariosuarez]

As someone from another country, I always find it fascinating wheen looking at the contrast between these rundown neighborhoods and the nice, fairly modern cars. In other countries, there's a more notable congruence between people's homes and their cars.

[artemisarrow]

If you showed 0:53 to someone in 1954 and told them it was Pennsylvania they would assume we lost a bad war at some point

[alastor]

Something enchanting about the decay. The lights in the distance too.

[nicolejennings]

I'm more terrified for your tires....those roads are horrendous driving on them

[ethanduncan]

One of the most jarring things as a pittsburgh native is how you can go from the "new growth" of modern buildings built post collapse and lively neighborhoods only to see entire streets abandoned from the bad old days that never recovered. Everything from how big our airport is compared to the actual size of the city to the actual layout of the city suggests that the population capacity should be much higher than it currently is. It went from over a million people living here to only 300, 000 and it still shows.

[susanlore]

Wow, that downtown is giving off Walking Dead vibes. Great video!!

[jetbabyt]

I finally spotted someone walking into the gas station store at around 6:30. Look to the left. Car parked at the pump and someone in like a white shirt and jeans walking.

[Alexander-Kurtz]

The first sequence is beautifully eerie. Great video work.

[grevensher]

The fact most of the roads are still brick/cobblestone shows the town has been hard on its luck for a while. Though I'm surprised a decent amount of people still live there judging by the cars parked on the road.

[jaquettejones]

Born and raised on one of the streets you passed by within the first minute. Family is still there and I visit bout 2-3 times a year. Still proud to call it my hometown.

[karenschaaf]

In the 1960's when I lived in Pittsburgh, I use to visit relatives in McKeesport and Duquesne. They were housing for steel mill workers and other blue collar jobs. Now they are a gone by era, and decaying history.