Erie - Pennsylvania - 4K Downtown Drive

Afternoon drive around the city of Erie in Pennsylvania.
Filmed: November 2023

[@joet371]

Thank You Mike for posting. I am sitting in Baghdad, and I was hoping to see someone posting a drive around Erie for 2024.

[@Delphine-RH]

Thank you Mike :). Je regarde sur la carte où se situe la Pennsylvanie, j'apprends votre géographie et j'aime ça ! Happy New Year 2024 Mike and all the followers :): Joie, santé....Voyages :)

[@roadgeek1961]

You just happened to go by where I came into this world, UPMC Hamot.

[@killacommie4mommie]

Dreary Erie. Where the Sun don’t shine.

[@rjmcallister1888]

Not a bad downtown; looks like quite a bit of the warehouse and shanty district was removed, and others repurposed. And nice to see a Warners Theatre, preserved much as it would have looked when built in the 1920's. That last turn is where US 19 begins at US 20. 19 will take you down to Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL.

[@roadgeek1961]

Then across the Sunshine Skyway and ending near Palmetto Florida.

[@happy777abc]

Palm Beach here. Grew up in Erie. Amazing place back then. Amazing. 1970s. Great life. God bless you.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

Yup. 26th and Peach is where US 19 begins its southward journey.

[@MeTeach2]

Thank you for passing through.😀

[@pghrpg4065]

You probably had unusually good weather for the time of year you were there. I worked with someone that moved up there (from Pittsburgh) and on his first Christmas they had a couple of feet of snow.

[@PSTXFL]

Cities in that area (rust belt) are old and every census have negative population growth. I drove through there a few years ago and it’s easy to tell the good years are long over.

[@vnickcolvin4971]

Christmas tree decor still up?😊

[@javonwatkins6924]

Do Allentown pa

[@slipstreamvids7422]

Great tour. It really is kind of impressive in its own way. The classic old buildings amongst the modern infrastructure seems to work. The east side is largely overlooked though.

[@Ford280]

can you do pa 910

[@Ford280]

i 79 to freeport rd by pa 910 east

[@BradRains]

This was filmed back in November 2023.

[@ryanearles2024]

Next Stop: Cleveland

[@thebabbler8867]

He did that already.

[@happy777abc]

My hometown

[@ggreg2258]

Needs much more explanation of direction, etc. The Bay Front Pkwy is not downtown Erie!

[@GoNoGoDIY]

Is there beach?

[@jstoli996c4s]

Yes, Presque Isle

[@ousamaabdu794]

The beach is pretty nice

[@bobkindle4297]

It looks the same as it did 40 years ago when I lived there. Completely depressing shit-hole with 1960s looking buildings & infrastructure. And zombies just mindlessy roaming the desolate streets.....😒

[@happy777abc]

Not when I lived there in the 70s. Amazing place to grow up. Family, winter fun, exceptional schools that propelled me to scholarships and awards in college. Erie is still with me! I'm sorry your experience was so different.

[@bobkindle4297]

Amazing ??? Erie is far from amazing. I went to Academy high school and Tech hs and they BOTH were complete dumps. Winters are cold and miserable. The economy is lousy, jobs are few and far between unless you want to work at McDonald's, and the infrastructure is old and crumbling !! even if you want to go to the peninsula the lake waters ice cold, polluted and brown. Erie is FAR from amazing....

[@jasonmaurice1109]

Why keep riding around the same spots its more to see than that

[@avenueb]

Lets get out and walk around you are just polluting the air for clicks

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

The air in Erie was polluted long before Mileage Mike ever set foot (or in this case, tires) here.