Abandoned Neighborhood 'part 2'

Almost exactly a year late I return to have another look at the ‘abandoned neighborhood’.
Since my last video, a great deal of vandalism and theft of building materials has rendered many of these homes in grave condition and needing total demolition.
Some of the homes, maybe about half, can possibly be brought up to code, but I have my doubts. There really isn’t any significant historical value to this small development of homes, so I’m relatively certain that they will rebuild this entire neighborhood sooner or later.
*Beware: the state and local police have SIGNIFICANTLY stepped up patrols in the area, presumably a result of the rash of vandalism there and in other areas surrounding the complex. I was followed out by the state police who made absolutely certain I was leaving the area.
Don’t go!*

[@falfieri3167]

Went there a few months ago. All the windows to every house are boarded up. This video makes the neighborhood feel more alive but walking through it in real life, it feels totally dead. My friends and I brought some life back to it when we found a ball in one of the garages and played kickball in the middle field area.

[@johnnycappacino]

Think about how many homeless people this could house! Especially homeless veterans! What a total waste!

[@CoolAllergyMom]

johnnycappacino I was thinking the same exact thing.

[@danielgrace7408]

I agree with you. Too much homeless panhandling vets not enough federal housing for them. But we can house other people from other country's for for free. Its a big kick in the pants. Not only this. All the the Ex cons can get social security. While the disabled that worked have to jump threw loops of paper work to get back what they worked in to. The system needs some revamping

[@anagarcia7408]

If there are any homeless vets on this thread they can receive housing assistance by dailing 211, press 3 and follow the prompts. Hopefully the land is put to good use, it all depends on the ownership.

[@iankrasnow5383]

I'm sure homeless people would be squatting there if it appealed to them, but there's a reason they aren't. You can't put homeless or disabled people out in the countryside with no amenities. Even if you turned on their water and electricity, you'd need to give them a car (assuming they are able to drive, which they probably can't which is part of why they're homeless), or check up on them periodically, and deliver food and supplies. That's why homeless people tend to congregate in cities. Even if they're on the street, they can get access to food, some basic community of other homeless, jobs, and drugs without needing a car. Shelter is important too, but not if it means starving or being completely alone.

[@lendavoice60]

News channel would love this

[@nuckinfuts7610]

I'm from CT. This is super interesting. Sharing this with all of my home town peeps. Thanks so much for sharing/posting these vids! 👍🤓

[@TheHawkMan522]

This is an example of how wasteful we have become.

[@c860d]

Found online...This place is completely closed off to the public and has no car access, which is why most people don't know it's there. But it used to be residences for the staff of the Southbury Training School, a school for people with disabilities. To this day, the roads are maintained, the lawns mowed, and the hydrants freshly painted, in spite of the lack of residents, and it doesn't help that it's part of a 1,600 acre campus.

[@nicholaswetherell8599]

I just walked in it's really easy to get to.

[@queendee8656]

Wow so beautiful I would love to live in that neighborhood a lot space a lot lawn space and driveway but how this came abandon?

[@tiffanymariezaccagnino2599]

Sad , I know families that would kill just to have a roof over their heads

[@davidash5364]

Crazy to read that last comment in the description. To imagine cops having to significantly step up their resources in order to protect a completely abandoned neighborhood. This is certainly a great use of time, money, and energy.

[@sarahsiskin6780]

It’s too bad the state doesn’t find a way to use this better

[@thomasmurphy2786]

people stole the siding , i bet if you went in all the copper piping is gone now too SAD

[@richardnunez3474]

Thomas Murphy yup that's exactly what i was already thinking.😢

[@explorewithraynickomacands5896]

Some of the pipes are there. We explored this back in may.

[@richardnunez3474]

The Urban Archeologist im so freekin mad to see what these "soulless parasites" have done. Hey thanks for this upload. I really appreciate it.💙

[@Themightymoze]

Thank you for the fanfare!

[@crashmagnetmusic3035]

That was housing for the Staff that worked at the Southbury Insane Asylum, once that placed closed down went the need for this housing.

[@chrisw8627]

CRASHMAGNET it wasn’t the southbury insane asylum!!!!

[@rpierce7004]

Doesn't make any sense that the homes were not sold. But that's Connecticut.

[@benjamin3922]

CRASHMAGNET they had some nice housing!

[@shannonsears4406]

It's wasn't an Insane Asylum! It is Southbury Training School, it is housing for individuals with developmental disabilities. And these were the PV homes for some of the residents not the staff.

[@asleepbydawn137]

@@shannonsears4406 incorrect. There is a website devoted to its history with an I teractuce map and ths absolutely IS where the STAFF resided. The residents were at the Southbury Training School. The residents of the school lived in dormitories on the campus section. It's all laid out on the site.

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

Anytime you see an area such as this and you cannot hear a single bird chirp something aint right with the area in my opinion just like Dudleytown.

[@alzaidi7739]

Pulling the siding off and ripping the copper tubing out is common practice in the older cities hit hard by the Recession. Not just abandoned places. I know one guy who pulled the aluminum siding off a 2 family he inherited. Drugs and foreclosures.

[@carolyn_r]

This doesn't make sense. What town is this? Was it possibly bought out by the state of CT by eminent domain? Possibly for a highway? A whole neighborhood does not lose their job and move. It looks like either a developer bought every homeowner out, there was a toxic spill and no clean water or the State bought them out for other plans. It is very, very disturbing for the reasons already stated. Possibly also was a part of one of the closed down CT mental health facilities (sadly, thanks Reagan). There are people (of course especially our vets) that would love to live there. The land is beautiful. The houses at this point would be gutted and rebuilt. But, of course, how in the world would CT "afford" anything like that. Oh ya, the casinos were going to save us.

[@carolyn_r]

Cheri Boyle yes that’s what I figured. It is SO typical State of CT. Thanks for responding. It could be a lovely neighborhood.

[@patriciaheidgerken9210]

Hope your video wasnt tbe beginning of the end for that place..once its advertised ya know..sad...too bad...some things are best not being advertised

[@SuccessfulArtie]

i was thinking that too

[@jacobknapp6905]

That's exactly what is happening. Now they're breaking in everywhere thanks to this guy

[@ryansettani9189]

Thats weird I live in Middlebury and never knew, tho the road and houses are not overgrown with weeds/grass etc so someome must maintain somehow

[@rupe53]

trying to figure out if all the homes stripped of siding was aluminum thieves or just removal of old asbestos siding for health concerns prior to tearing down some of the structures.

[@avaault6369]

Would anyone have the story of why this place is closed?? Love this guy, Urban Archaeologist. He is very focused, and just wish he would tell us more information. Very frustrating. Love how he doesn't focus on himself like a lot of the explorers do!! Thanks. Ava

[@bigbadjohn2543]

I think this was the cash cow. They were maintaining all those lawns and getting paid. Once your first video hit, accountability stepped in. If the siding was removed, was the copper wire and plumbing removed too? Maybe the fire dept is going to use them homes as practice homes. If the street lights are on at night, that might answer other questions. An up date would be awesome to see

[@FrankiesFancy]

This could have been a movie set, like from The Walking Dead or something.Would have been nice if you could have went into more of the houses to check them out. But I love this place. I would have went to the county hall of records, library, someplace and done some research.

[@asleepbydawn137]

He can't go in the dang houses. He was lucky he got in there at all. See my post above. All you need to know.

[@danielborth7753]

Hasn't anybody tried contacting any owners of the homes through public records with the city hall what was the responses I wonder maybe they're not really

[@bruceschneider4928]

Given the era of these houses, they might be loaded with asbestos.

[@Raymondbritt-qx3uj]

There's a abandoned neighborhood behind the old Norwich state hospital

[@tombenedettoaccount]

Great coverage, but very sad to see the current condition. Way too much vandalism for that little "abandoned neighborhood".

[@Themightymoze]

Tommy Benedetto Thanks Benny!

[@TommyLourdes-singer-songwriter]

Don't think kids broke those windows. That's truly a special hate for humanity.

[@sylvieaube4014]

Was was this a banded?

[@TheHawkMan522]

Why did it become abandon?

[@jdouglas2334]

It's strange though that the grass in the yards and cemetery is low. Wondering what time of year this is.

[@sarahsiskin6780]

Isn’t the school still open? I think this was staff housing back in the day

[@joshct9426]

Your 1st video has 298K views, Part 2 has under 40,000! Why the big disparity? I wonder why this is abandoned? I'm from Waterbury and am amazed to see this!

[@CrystalPearl777]

What does this mean? The bank foreclosed on an entire neighborhood? The city or the state wanted this land back and paid them to leave? Is the water polluted? Thanks for making a video that tells us nothing.

[@mipereira2320]

This is state property was homes for mentally retarded for years, state closing southbury training school

[@Themightymoze]

It's not an educational video, it's simply for entertainment. Thanks for watching!

[@yungreal4476]

Where is that location very interested and would like to see in person thanks

[@leobaker291]

I'm from Connecticut I didn't know this was here

[@fannyalexander5906]

It could be used as a set for TWD.

[@patriciacomo1213]

Why is all the homes empty what happened to real estate ? ?

[@hyena61]

Anyone know the neighborhood is and why it was abandoned ?

[@jamessencio1365]

Is this place still there? I’d love to show my kids. I’m about a half hour away.

[@mallorymoonlover1867]

I wonder if it was a 'group home' community? What town is this?

[@TheFlutterrbye]

There's a whole neighborhood abandoned in H.C. Ca that has been abandoned. It has high chain link fences, it can be seen from a main road. It was abandoned because of toxins, I think methane.

[@sandramowery6727]

What happened, why was the neighborhood abandoned?

[@valeskawarren3279]

Did, did you ever find out why the neighborhood is abandoned. Can you tell us why?

[@Themightymoze]

I cannot tell you exactly why it was 'abandoned' but I assume it's because advances in mental health treatment resulted in the need for less staff, for whom this tract of homes were originally built. (Southbury Training School)..

[@steventoro508]

Where in CT is this nbh. Please

[@SuperVDUB]

It's sad how Arsons have gone in and started burning the houses. I just seen news about the one at 1:20

[@edspencer7121]

Were all these houses lived in?

[@rachaelwillis6028]

Ed Spencer apparently they were homes for people who worked in the SOUTHBURY mental hospitals before they closed down.

[@2gayleen]

Yes my friend It was your video that was the beginning of the end .....

[@vireinaqueenbee7876]

He broght the Destruction to it as if the Devil

[@kadinethompson9442]

what caused everybody to leave?

[@mzkbrown1173]

where is this neighborhood in connecticut?

[@jamesoliver9411]

mz Diamond southbury

[@tec61]

mz Diamond SOUTHBURY

[@jimmalin7020]

Any chance real estate investors can do something proactive with that neighborhood and bring it back to life? Are those houses available to buy?

[@CarlosPerez-rk6bk]

I ask the same it would be nice to invest but theres something that might scare potential buyers. The cemetery is full of kids that passed away in that place...i wouldn't buy there.would u?

[@asleepbydawn137]

That would be great. But it's owned by the state and was run by the state. As of June 2021, it's still boarded up and no plans. Welcome to CT.

[@jimmalin7020]

@@asleepbydawn137 Do you know exactly where that is?

[@sofiaroserosello6271]

But why is it abandoned thats the question..

[@shannonsears4406]

Sofiarose Rosello it was closed down not abandoned. Our ass hat governor cut funding

[@robertmclennan5310]

No work!

[@JCase-lv2qr]

True shame. This is a top CT town and community. The state should sell the property to a developer. Could be the next Toll Brothers community.

[@gazoo-pl4nx]

its strange that they put the plumbing vents on the front side of the house

[@Donnaploss]

What a waste! This really pisses me off.😡

[@demagchevy]

Everything is smashed thanks to your videos! Great job, lol!

[@Themightymoze]

Is that why you are here to watch them..?

[@lendavoice60]

What are you driving ?

[@AP-sx4nx]

Colleen Lavoie Sounds like a scooter

[@shirleytrost4553]

Does anyone know why it was abandoned in the first place?

[@streetsofgold4112]

Isn't that Connecticut?.. Well!... there was a hunting!!

[@green5soldierforever657]

How long has this neighborhood been abandoned???

[@Themightymoze]

About 3 years now.

[@agimqerimi2564]

@@Themightymoze where is exactly this place

[@dadydito1]

why is it abandonned?

[@avaault6369]

Thanks for your posts. This is a waste. Sad.

[@goofygal19]

What part of CT is this in?

[@Chevyv8man1]

Southbury - western ct.

[@goofygal19]

Oh ok. I was curious because I live in CT

[@bobv4827]

Where in ct is this ?

[@mipereira2320]

Southbury

[@josephttremblay]

Where is this abandoned neighborhood in CT. Can you go through cars?

[@dirtyd9219]

Joseph Tremblay STAY AWAY!

[@josephttremblay]

Dirty D why?

[@explorewithraynickomacands5896]

The road is blocked off. You have to walk.

[@lilahnewton7940]

Why not let the homeless come live there? It's just such a tragic waist. Why? What made everyone leave?

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

It would be a great thing if you explained where this neighborhood is and why it is abandoned. Is it Detroit? Or a little farmtown in the rural South? Massachusetts? Maine? Washington? North Dakota? Louisiana?

[@chrisw8627]

Paula Harris Baca this is in southbury Connecticut, it’s on the grounds of the southbury training school, it use to house employees, dr offices, and administrative offices and residents that couldn’t be housed with other residents. As they transitioned to close the facility the houses slowly became abandoned

[@chrisw8627]

Paula Harris Baca there’s Also a cemetery back there for indigent residents that had no family or no family that was willing to claim them. It’s very sad to see how many people are actually buried up there!!!!

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

I had no idea Connecticut was so green. In California we never see such lushness. I recall taking a cross-country bus trip with my best friend at the age of 19 and being astounded at how green and full of life most of the rest of the country was. Born and raised in the SF Bay Area, I was astonished that the whole country wasn't packed full of people the way the Bay Area was, and that most of the country didn't have people all over the place. What I learned in high school was so wrong, in our country anyway, not India, say, that the world was so solidly packed with people we would all starve. And most of the USA is beautiful and nice and green once you get past Utah. (in a straight line, I mean).

[@lorrireid8933]

Paula you should travel the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut in the Summer or Fall. Beautiful!

[@Themightymoze]

I omitted it's exact location to thwart vandalism...which inevitably and unfortunately occurs anyway..

[@vireinaqueenbee7876]

not today !! Not today !! Lol after his first video brought negativity and Destruction

[@videodiscjockey4808]

How Many Houses / Mile (s) Are ABANDONED .. ( estimate ) OMG .. Looks Like 100's ??

[@explorewithraynickomacands5896]

There are 30 houses. We explored this back in may.

[@SuzyGarcia324]

Awesome video reporting

[@Themightymoze]

suzy garcia Thank you Suzy!

[@james5460]

With the rain and snow and winds and animals, nature will care of those places fairly quickly. In 50 years, you'll barely be able to find their foundations.

[@MEL-ti2sp]

What happen there??? How come everyone left????

[@streetsofgold4112]

There's was a hunting!

[@shelbybrewer4489]

You know what's weird i see no birds squirrels etc

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

It's a creepy fsctor to the area too quiet.

[@sarahwhitworth4619]

Cute cute and more cute.😊

[@LegosDeus]

Would help to have more information, where is this? Why is it abandonned? Who did the looting and scavenging? Why are you filming it? You know, stuff...

[@djnevous3us]

How did they have time to take all that siding off?

[@lesliewarren6481]

Gerald Dileonardo its a state run facilitie

[@jdouglas2334]

Man, a recent day ghost- town. It's as if disease struck this place and everyone ran for their lives!

[@asleepbydawn137]

Hardly. It's a state shutdown of a mental health institution and so the staff village in this video was obviously abandoned as it closed. That's all.

[@angelahagerman5693]

Thank goodness our town turned all of the Military housing into Senior living...

[@rhondamartin1251]

I just don't understand why those houses were abandon.

[@mipereira2320]

This was not a regular community it was housing for the mentally retarded for many years The State is closing southbury training school

[@leilaalicea2937]

Someone stole that aluminum siding and sold it to the scrap yards. Cant imagine the $ they made off all that aluminum.

[@MrBarnabas09]

It would be awesome to read a reply from someone who lived there.

[@Themightymoze]

If you peruse the comments, you'll find many people in the comment section who lived, and worked there.

[@nelsontroya]

Why did the owners abandon this place?

[@frankroberts3596]

Thanks

[@time4peace976]

They should fix it up

[@000Responses]

No need y waste the money on crippled houses nobody wants to live in?

[@janegallup8114]

Same with 100 million chronic pain patients, just let them die. Disgusting, inhumane government

[@frankroberts3596]

Why such a mystery at least name the town where it is

[@ChristineMandryMCE]

southbury ct

[@ChristineMandryMCE]

Playin Hard hi I’m doing well thank you

[@robertortiz8540]

He didn't mention why the neighborhood is abandoned.

[@kevinalderuccio5578]

it looks like something that should be in fallout!!!

[@edspencer7121]

Obviously, someone cares about this area. Where it's at I do not know. Could this have been a circumstance of the upside down mortgages of the 90s/ 00s? Where was this neighberhood?

[@Themightymoze]

Southbury, CT.

[@edspencer7121]

@@Themightymoze Thank you. A shame a bedroom community went this way.

[@asleepbydawn137]

Well, this is the Personnel Village where staff of the Southbury Training School lived and raised their families. It's a tiny part of a 650 acre campus that was shut down. See my post above. This video caused such a crazy ruckus. It had nothing to do with mortgage crisis. It was about the dramatic changes in mental health care and the shift from institution for mentally disabled to group home settings on case by case bases. They DO care about the STS as it was put on the Senate floor as a bill in 2015 to close permanently but no plans were made to reourpise it. It was about money. The state has huge budget problems and was cuting social services. This campus was the lifeblood of the entire town for 40+ years. It's not about this little village of 25 houses. It's about the whole campus where those people worked and it being closed down. That housing was provided to them as employees. Children were raised there.

[@KingMadnes203]

😯 I would love to set up a legit great paintball game there!

[@figueroaviera208]

Alien sabe porque nadir habita esteem Bello lugar?

[@dianefaust4013]

Scap aluminum. Too bad , so many homeless.what a waste.

[@michaelroach4219]

Could those housez be "rehabilitated"?I It's a shame that the taxpayers paid for these houses,and the property,and it's going to waxte.Or maybe "the state" will sell it to some corporation so that they can build a casino.Whooppee!

[@s.reynolds3415]

michael roach asbestos floors throughout

[@michaelroach4219]

Sean Reynolds good point.Still is a shame.oh well.

[@freshfresh7934]

I’d buy a house there

[@danielgrace7408]

Not worth your tax dollar

[@buhlemhlongo3494]

@@danielgrace7408 why you say that?

[@danielgrace7408]

@@buhlemhlongo3494 for what you pay for taxes there in a year you can buy a house else wheres

[@danielgrace7408]

CT is the worst place to buy and or retire

[@buhlemhlongo3494]

@@danielgrace7408 I live in New Milford Ct I didnt know that is expensive to live and pay taxes

[@garthsprague2963]

This neighborhood looks like a movie prop setup. I bet they're just shells. It would make no sense why it's abandoned

[@cathyortiz4111]

Why don’t you stay out of there why don’t you go to other places people have been going there and destroying those houses I know because I still work there

[@MarkMinistries]

Hi Cathy, I'm not in CT... Why was the neighborhood abandon?

[@Themightymoze]

I work there too, so...........

[@alalan3735]

Can't they put homeless in there?

[@2gayleen]

All these videos taken and posted of "abandoned buildings" are the tools vandals/scavengers begin with. DAAAA.

[@leapinglizard3937]

Scrappers, no doubt.

[@matthewf9384]

If you never exposed this place it would still be maintained by the state! This is solely your fault!

[@dolphin19746]

Highly doubtful

[@Themightymoze]

I discovered this place long after it was closed for good.

[@danielgrace7408]

Y'all can keep CT for what you pay for taxes in year you can buy a decent used car. May be a brand new Kia

[@rachaelwillis6028]

Daniel Grace you are up on these posts like you know something aren’t you! Well let me “school” you, since you swear you know so much but look like you don’t know ish! Fact: SOME of CT has high taxes ALSO fact: SOME of CT has LOW PURCHASE PRICE. Incase you don’t own a house, low purchase price + high taxes is the same mortgage as high purchase price and low taxes! Some people prefer to pay their taxes twice a year, me, I get mine rolled into my EXTREMELY LOW 1.2%APR home in a quiet Rural town, square footage of 3,100, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 car garage..... purchase price of my home was $156,000. I pay a mortgage monthly of $567, plus my taxes are $612. My total monthly cost is $1,179- which is about what I was paying out of Connecticut to rent a 2 bedroom apartment. My children also go to one of the best schools in the East Coast for free, and my town has one of the lowest crime rates in our country. So.... pretty sure CONNECTICUT is the shit and I’m staying. So, if you can buy a brand new Kia for $5,000 a year, then you a bad mama jama!!!! I hope we all learned just because you wear a suit doesn’t mean you know shit. Be blessed.

[@leilaalicea2937]

Maybe that area is haunted😮

[@2gayleen]

So I hope you feel better about any money you made posting these places.

[@johnn2557]

Stop and Think a minute, not only are you trespassing on State owned property you made 2 video's and posted them for all to see. This facility is slowly shutting down and like all the other state training schools it is falling into disrepair. I do agree that it is a shame that this has happened, but is it worth a charge for trespassing?

[@anthonyciarlo7999]

This is not Southbury training school property> This land was taken by the state to expand oxford airport that never happened! This neighborhood is off of christian rd middlebury!

[@Themightymoze]

@@anthonyciarlo7999 You are incorrect, but I know exactly where in Oxford you are talking about!

[@Themightymoze]

Yes, it is always worth a trespassing charge.

[@Themightymoze]

@@anthonyciarlo7999 AND, the runway expansion is complete, by the way.