Americas newest ghost town

Recorded on August 28, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder. This is Pitcher Oklahoma and it was formerly a center of lead and zinc mining. Now the GOV has done a buy out of the town because it's no longer safe for people because of all the poisons now in the ground. That and it's all been mined out under the town and could fall into it's self at any time.

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[lucy9359]

where is this and do you believe your government when they say that your economy is changing for the better???

[RESET1776]

@lucy9359 This is in NE corner Oklahoma just south of Joplin MO. No, I don't trust anything the (gooberment) want 2 try & sell. I feel that as a country we are in a massive economic slide. But there are certain places that are not feeling it nearly as bad as others. Heck, here in my little town (pop 14,000) for the 1st time in decades our main street store fronts are 90% occupied. So I feel lucky 2 live where I do at this point.

[Silverarrow1982]

how bout the high school, is that still standing? what about the town of cardin, OK is there anything left of that town?

and do you ever make it up to Theece Kansas? I hear that is near picher, and is almost a ghost town to.

[RESET1776]

@Silverarrow1982 Yes, Threece KS, is getting thin fast. But it's been moons since I have gone there so I cant say for sure. Most lump Pitcher & Cardin together as they have suffered the same fate. As far as I know the High School is still standing & I am not sure what the plans are for it.

[Silverarrow1982]

is there anything left of picher, OK as of now Oct 2011? I just remember reading somewhere that alot of it was scheduled to be torn down.

[RESET1776]

@Silverarrow1982 That's correct, a good part of the homes are now gone. There was a wildfire that made it's way through part of the town and took out some of the buildings. Then some of the homes where sold & moved and what wasn't moved was torn down. I would say 70% of the properties in this video are gone now.

[Cardan011]

so many homless living in tent cities all over the country and all this houses rotting

[RESET1776]

@drchancellor This had nothing what so ever to do with banks or foreclosures . This was a gooberment buy out because of the health hazards from decades of lead mining in the area.

[19580712]

Spooky! Thanks for the tour,I've never seen anything like this before.

[Maytons]

Flint Michigan looks like this, but people live in some of the abandonment.

[GMNY41]

honestly i would've taken a freind and look inside the houses cause you never know wat you can find in there :)

[BIGBEAR5099]

10 people live there in that town

[eifeldude1]

there are a lot of abandoned towns in Montana. Not quiet as big as this one, but they are usually fairly complete

[WaldoBlvd]

If Pitcher is such a health hazard why do roads remain open? Was there documented structural disasters,health issues prior to the 08 tornado? Sounds like FEMA didn't want to spend $ on a tiny little town, void of mining. Better to pour resouces into the Gulf to recoup tourist $'s. My heart goes out to the folks forced into selling out to Uncle Sam, what choice did they have?

[Galavya41]

@E101ification Cont..so these politicians are in a way doing what Hitler wanted , Destroy America...well America as a Nation will most probably remain but America as an Idea is dying, because most of these politicians( not all) care more about their bank accounts than their country.

[Galavya41]

@E101ification Actually I was referring to the selfish politicians who at least in part are responsible for similar occurrences elsewhere in the US. They are importing bridges now from China...C'mon... what? America cant produce simple things like bridges now ? I know it might have cost a lot less but they are killing American heavy industry

( Construction, Iron&Steel etc.) , the very same industry which built America and the largest employer ...cont.