This City, As Seen Through Google Maps, is The Creepiest Place Ever

The city of East St. Louis, Illinois, hasn't had it easy for a very long time now. Since the 1950's, this once-bustling metropolis has been in heavy decline. The result is that, nowadays, huge swaths of the city are abandoned and decaying.

Using Google Maps to explore East St. Louis, it looks more like the setting for a post-apocalyptic thriller movie than a still functioning city.

East St. Louis had its prime years in the late 1800's and early 1900's an industrial hub of the midwest.

 

The railroad industry was a big driver of the city's growth 

This led to massive layoffs, and general economic decline

 

 

 

 

 

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