All these idiots commenting are the same ones that show up at a public school board of education meeting and say why arnt the classes better and why arnt more programs available. No shit that's what everyone wants, I wish the roads were paved with gold , but the money has to come from somewhere. Are you willing to pay for it when it comes down to it. Clearly theirs a reason these buildings are abandoned. Your just the ones that are to lazy to do the research and think if you yell loud enough the problem will magically be fixed.
I worked at Southbury Training School for nineteen years That's the PV village .I worked in all of those building ,It was shut down because of downsizing of the staff and because of the many clients that died . It was blocked off in 2015 0r 2016 .The grave yard in the back is old and has a lot of children buried there .These buildings we're staff houses and some clients lived in them to. The place in maintain by the grounds dept.
Thank you Rich! After working there for nineteen years, I'm sure you have some stories to tell! A lot of children?? Wow...that's just terrible....and I cannot begin to imagine the absolute horrors that preceded many, if not all of those deaths. That's just mind boggling. BTW, what's 'PV' stand for in the aforementioned PV village..? Thank you so much for commenting Rich!
Sure no problem ,PV stands for personal village .They were like cottages for people that were working there and on the fire dept,who had to be on call .My uncle lived in one when he was the director of support services .
You;re in Southbury , this is the Southbury training school it used to be a sprawling campus for people with " intellectual disabilities " this was resident housing the school is still open but very roll enrollment now so the homes aren't needed. this place was huge at one time a self contained community with its own police and fire departments even its own power station and yes a grave yard Im glad to see they still maintain it. CVH in Middletown was also like this once but the downsizing has left STATE schools and Hospitals wast lands , cool Vid guy .
Jordan B Good point, but it would cost millions just to bring all these houses back up to code...some of which were extensively renovated to accommodate a special needs person.
The Urban Archaeologist it's not like Connecticut Is spending it's money on anything better anyways so they might as well so many homes for people that would really deserve it and all the special needs accomadations could help the vets with injurys
It's not a town, it's simply a collection of houses for staff of a small school for mentally disabled that is still functioning, but has too few disabled residents to warrant staff that formerly occupied these houses. Before screaming "scandal! scandal!!" take just 5 minutes to check the too-mundane facts.
Give it time but not too much time. Thats the way Ct deals with an already shortfall in money. They just raise taxes until people cant afford to live there and move out like I did. I left my house and that was 17 years ago and the taxes were 5400.00 and now they are about 12k. When Ella Grasso was governor the state was incredible and now unless you make about 200k per year, youll never live anywhere nice and be able to afford a vacation...Pretty damn sad
papa sodipops You have to admit, the whole concept of lawns and lawn care is incredibly bizarre. We spend our time off work shaving down and manicuring our individual little squares of grass, and scoff at those who allow it to grow for more than a couple of inches. A while back I was reading someone's thoughts on the absurdity of lawn care (which is where I'm drawing these ideas from), and he or she was pointing out how useful they could be if they were treated and used as gardens for food and materials, rather than just being the visual equivalent of green concrete. Hard not to agree.
I used to work at Southbury Training School and know this area well. The physicians used to live there then it became like a group home some of the residents at Southbury Training School. I understand they wish to convert it into senior citizen housing. It's a beautiful area and very safe. It's good to see this again! It brings back many happy memories.
My grandparents, parents all worked for STS. My grandparents and my father lived on grounds in the personnel housing. I have wonderful memories of going to visit STS, volunteering on trips with the residents. The car shows and flea markets on the grounds. Buying our Christmas trees from the farm. My parents to this day still buy their tree from there. The gatehouse is named after my grandmother. It’s very sad to see the residents placed into group homes. I personally have worked for a group home and it is nothing like STS. At STS the residents had jobs, a store, a restaurant, a farm, a greenhouse, the freedom to walk around the grounds. My parents knew most of the residents as children. They both retired from there and it broke their hearts to see them taken from the only place they knew as home. Both of my grandparents are buried in this cemetery. They had such a connection with STS that when they were given the opportunity to purchase plots there they did.
Tanya: thats for giving us a better picture. Can I ask who was permitted to live there? Was it only for CT residents? only people from Southbury area? ty
Southbury Training School was built in the 1930s as a place to house the intellectually disabled. It is and was self-sufficient from the town of Southbury. In 1976, John Lennon donated his 1970 Oscar statuette for auction to raise money for the school - it netted $600. It was auctioned again in 1992 for $110,000 with a portion of those proceeds going to the school. In 1986, admissions to STS were closed. There was a current population of 1,111. The Department of intellectual disabilities was directed to attempt to place residents in group homes and other such settings. The facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. In 1997, STS was prohibited from accepting any new residents. STS had 782 residents remaining. As of 2000, STS maintained a staff of 1,700 people. STS had 696 residents remaining. As of 2001, STS had 639 residents remaining. The average age was 55, and the average resident had been at STS for 43 years. The State intends to continue decreasing the number of residents through placement in other settings and through the death of residents. As of 2018, STS has 199 residents remaining.
There’s our tax dollars hard at work!!! Maintaining an abaondoned neighborhood while our streets are full of garbage and homeless vets!!! Gotta love Danielle Malloy and his twisted politics!!!
Man thats creepy. Looks like a scene from The Walking Dead....like zombies are gonna start chasing you on that loud motorcycle!! When you are on foot with the bike off......Its so quiet its spooky.
That is part of Southbury Training School. There are still a few residents on other parts of the many acres of land which are well maintained. They also operate two thrift stores on the property which donations of merchandise and purchase of merchandise helps fund the remaining residents. It's a good thing for everyone involved and the volunteers are very nice people. I love that place.
I've seen this happen in CT, especially near the casinos. Someone will propose creating a huge tourist destination and claim the land on behalf of the tribe, put a lean on everyone's homes if they don't leave, and if the projects don't get the funding in the end, it leaves whole neighborhoods abandoned. I saw a whole row of mansions left to overgrow and rot because someone wanted to make a huge marina on a river, and now it's just a ghost town. I've met people who go through this and think that renting out their homes will do them some good, but the "tenants" end up smashing everything, making it worthless. Though I'm not sure if that's what's going on in this particular neighborhood, it very well might be one of them.
I read one of the comments about this, that it was part of a school for people with "intellectual disabilities". There's a mental institution not too far from here that had a short street of homes, similar to what we see here, but just a single street. The vandals found the homes and tore them apart. Then they were all demolished. What a shame.
Metrixed_Rob 1 What the fuck does your total land area have to do with your tax rate? Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe, has a high tax rate, but they don’t look at Egypt which has a low tax rate and has lots of land area and get jealous.
@@metrixed_rob1916 - 4 grand a year for a house that size and style in ct. give or take. of course if you live by the governors mansion in west hartford in a 10k square foot home its gonna cost you. if anything the tax problem in ct is that you pay taxes on ur car every year. a bullshit scam that needs to stop. but once again if you drive a ferrari of course your gonna hate ct. my 06 vw costs around 300 a year. small is nice. used to live in north carolina and a trip across the state taking 7 hours is silly. if anything ct is starting to suck because of over-development. if theres a farm or a forest its likely to become a housing development or a strip mall. even state forests aren't safe. the state holds a lotto for the meshomasic forest and the winners get to mow down a certain acreage of trees under the political guise that a healthy forest is a young forest. bollocks!
This is Southbury CT, its an old campus of sorts.it was housing for a school,the school is open but has downsized considerably. It still looks like its maintained to a point. My mother works for DMR, they used to have meetings in one of the buildings there! Beautiful place, its a shame its not in use.
hi! I came here a handful of times anout 6 months ago before they blocked off the road. me and my friends were interested and ended up going inside! there were doctors offices and still medical supplies which was surprising.. there are also big abandoned factory buildings that they most likely taught school and had bathrooms and showers in it.. crazy!
DoctorMax This place is privately owned actually. So no waste of tax dollars is happening here. But in general you are right, the wasting of tax dollars is disgusting and the more we are taxed, the more money that gets wasted. Which is one of many reasons why privatization of many services and general downsizing of federal government is much more efficient. Of course its never that simple, but as a general rule, public services are unpleasant and private services are better the more you spend, but more importantly, they are run efficiently. If our tax dollars were spent on hiring the most competent and efficient contractors instead of unions and state or federal workers, it would cost half for better results. I am speaking very generally, I know, but it is easy to realize that when paying for state pensions or every retired worker or paying for 4 guys making $50 and hour to stand around doing a one man job, its going to cost WAY more than hiring a private contractor who wants to bid competitively and do a good job so he gets more work.
Ct is totally shot. The democrats, and commie libs have broken it financially. Americas young people are fuking morons voting democratic. They are giving all the jobs to fence jumping criminals.
As to the people asking why, there was a lawsuit brought by parents, the settlement of which is still in effect. Most of the "kids" enrolled are senior citizens at this time and there is only a handful but the residents can't be relocated without the agreement of the court.
To those who are complaining about taxes in CT: You will never get low taxes as long as you have 169 towns and almost 200 school districts. Let your cities annex and consolidate towns with nearby towns. Check around the country and you will find that consolidated regional governments work better and save money.
Idk but that could be true I was from CT well educated there and in the rural towns of SC it's like Heaven. I've traveled and KY and SC are my kind of heaven.
It is NOT a neighborhood. It is the grounds of Southbury Training School which has been closed now for several years. (Read the comment by Thomas Murphy...)
Just went their, very creepy at night! It's really cool, I recommend it to anyone who wants to explore some abandoned ruins. Bring thick boots (lots of broken glass) You can get into the houses with ease as many of the doors are removed, lots of creepy shit to find inside, their are signs posted saying that it's under camera surveillance but I doubt that's true. Inside the houses we found strange drawings, folders full of medical records scattered everywhere and a basement flooded with a foot of water with cryptic art on the side just to name a few sights.
I worked just down the road from there for many years. Helped a buddy of mine move out of one of these houses. Great video, if you wanna know more message me or something. STS, and that whole area has an amazing history.
dshaker2000 that's exactly what it is, I'm an ex employee, those are the old pv cottages for the clients. The state police do regularly patrol there, & those are the old furniture. It's sad they never brought it to the other buildings when we needed it instead of just leaving it there to rot. What a waste!
This is crazy. I have seen areas in China where there are new developments being built but no one can afford to move there so they have these huge areas with malls and 30, 40 story condominiums completely empty. But to see something similar here in the USA is crazy. My god what is happening to this country. The government has so much money being spent on things that are not really priority. Why can't the money be put in areas that need help. We don't need anyone going out in space. There is no one suffering in Mars. People are suffering right here in our front and back yards. It always takes a huge tragedy to happen in order for people to wake up. Even I wouldn't mind having one of those homes. Looks like a nice queit area to live.
Lol NO ONE IS STARVING OR HOMELESS IN SPACE..AT LEAST NOT YET...BUT I wouldnt be suprised once WE GET Stuff out there like biodome citys etc ITLL be with the SAME PROBLEMS, CUZ WE DONT FIX ANY THING WE JUST MOVE MONEY AROUND N IT USELESSLY ENDS UP BEING FUNNELED BACK TO THOSE WHO SAY THEY WANT TO HELP. SOMEONE MAKES MONEY THIS WAY OR THIS PROBLEM , LIKE MEDICAL, AND COURT SYSTEMS PRISONS ETC..OFF THOSE LEAST FORTUNATE... NEXT THEYLL BE SHIPPING HOMELESS INTO SPACE AND ANY OTHER SOCIALLY DISGRACFUL ENDS THAT MOST PEOPLE PREFER NOT TO SEE OR BE REMINDED OF... LIKE MENTALLY ILL, ELDERLY ETC.. VERY SAD..BUT SO TYPICAL.
This is part of the southbury training school. Not far from there is another abandoned neighborhood in oxford connecticut. The state bought out 3-6 streets by the Oxford Airport because they were putting in a power plant. The power plant was not drastically close to the homes which is a little odd
It's part of a much larger place, this section is no longer used but the other parts are occupied and there are state police on grounds. Those buildings were for employees then later used as resident housing. I never new there was a cemetery on the grounds. I worked there for a number of years.
In 1984, the first major lawsuit regarding the conditions at STS was filed by the United States of America against the State of Connecticut. A consent decree settled the suit in 1986, requiring that the State increase the conditions of both the care and the facilities. In 1996, the United States District Court for the District of New Haven held the State in contempt of the consent decree.[3] In 1997, an order was issued and a special master appointed to oversee the School. In 2005, Governor Rell requested the removal of David Ferleger as special master, also using the opportunity to request the removal of special masters as a whole.[2] Without granting the state a hearing, the federal court rejected the state’s request to end Mr. Ferleger’s work for the court as special master. “As a federally appointed "special master," Ferleger is responsible for making sure Connecticut complies with a 10-year-old U.S. Department of Justice order to improve conditions at the facility for the mentally retarded. In her ruling, Burns said that the state "pointed to nothing" in Ferleger's execution of his duties over the past eight years to suggest they were deficient. Hartford Courant, “Ruling Keeps Monitor on Job: State Loses Bid to Remove Training School ‘Special Master’” Colin Poitras, December 15, 2005 [1] [2] The state unsuccessfully contested most of the special master’s reports. As one historical summary of the case puts it, “the court ultimately accepted all of the reports.” Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. [3] “Between July 30, 1997, and February 22, 2006, the Special Master submitted twenty-six status reports, sixty-three topic-specific reports, and numerous other reports, recommendations, and analyses. Based on the docket, it appears that the Special Master addressed (1) individualized planning, (2) community placement policies, (3) abuse and neglect, (4) the rights of persons with disabilities, (5) human rights and behavioral programming reviews, (6) occupational and physical therapy, (7) medical and dental care, (8) dosage benchmarks, (9) physical restraint techniques and standards, (10) mortality investigations, (11) case management and advocacy, (12) quality assurance plans, (13) facility upkeep, safety, and sanitation, (14) transportation, (15) employment of direct care staff, medical professionals, and specialized therapists, and (16) staff development. The defendants contested most of the Special Master's reports, but the court ultimately accepted all of the reports. For instance, on February 22, 2004, the court accepted and adopted the Special Master's report on Southbury's development of mortality review procedures.” Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. [4] In the court’s “Order Purging Defendants of Contempt and Ending Active Judicial Oversight,” (March 2006), the court expressed “the gratitude of the Court for his service.” (p. 3), and stated, “Special Master David Ferleger has effectively rendered a great public service in shepherding this process through to its conclusion. He has submitted to the Court twenty-six periodic status reports, sixty-three numbered topic-specific reports, many special reports and recommendations to the parties, and numerous other analyses.” (p. 11). The court concluded that the remedial process had resulted in substantial positive change at Southbury Training School: “The contempt finding has resulted in the reform of Southbury Training School mandated in the Remedial Plan and its associated plans and orders. The remedial process has done much to advance the interests of the residents of Southbury Training School. Ten years ago, this Court found systemic flaws at STS which placed residents at risk of great harm, even death. Today, residents of STS are safer and benefit from a state-of-the- art model of institutional care as Defendants have met the “adequate care” requirements in the Remedial Plan and, in many instances, gone beyond the court-mandated requirements to provide ‘best practices.’” (p. 12). Court Ruling, March 2006, United States v. State of Connecticut. [5] [6] IN 2006, STS was released from judicial oversight.[4]
If you guys think this is cool, check out CT's abandoned Missile bases! Nike missiles were in Ansonia, Shelton, Monroe, Westport, Fairfield, Plainfield, Cromwell and a few others i can't remember. I left awhile ago, but used to go into the site in Ansonia as a teen all the time. Really cool experience 👍
Oh my goodness, how could this be?. With all the poor working families you would think they could make this available to those who can redevelop it. Maybe there is pollution or some real reason this is abandoned.
RaiRaiBrown ...but there is higher pollution in the cities. Polluted water, polluted air. I wish the poor was smarter to rally together to live here! The cities are Soo congested.
blacksapphire04 The poor already left in the early 80s bcz CT lost 150,000 jobs during the recession before the crash of 1987. CT was mostly working class. We couldn't get jobs. The factories started leaving and there were hiring freezes in the white collar insurance companies. There wasn't much left. People would love to return, but it sounds like it got progressively worse. You can't live only on trees and air.
blacksapphire04. That is why the cities are congested. NYC has some type of job 24 hrs a day. Something is better than nothing. If people don't want to work another country might be their option.
My DaD Always said "When Bridgeport Machines stop making the Bpt Mill in Bpt .....That's the END of this country. Well it's gone , an empty lot for many years now. What a freakin shame. His prediction came true!
This is the result of the southbury training school continously downsizing. The neighborhood was built for the staff of the school & as they were let go they left. Weird how trees are trimmed, lawns mowed etc
You should send this to malloy.This is property of sts in southbury. Ct.Clients use to stay their.That is money the state needs. Close sts use foe college.and use the homes for group homes,,,,,
There was a community like this in New Jersey. Same thing happened. Shut down, homes abandoned , programs ended. It seems like these programs worked much better than any others.
There's sections of NJ that look like this. Because they kept raising property taxes to the point people moved out in droves as the retirees couldn't afford to live here any more despite the fact they owned their houses!
Ok, thanks for informing of this. We have entire plazas that are now boarded up - which is very eerie. These were all thriving when I moved to NJ late in 2004. I'm starting to see some of this reopen as new businesses again but not so much with residential areas. From 2008 - 2013 there wasn't a street around most neighborhoods that didn't have 1, 2, or 3 homes up for sale. It's the closest thing to a full blown depression I ever witnessed before. All because municipalities got greedy with raising property taxes too many times in too short a span.
This is all the libs, and so called progressives, who in reality are regressivess, from the democratic party.There never ending demand for more money to support more deadbeats, and illegals, has sucked dry Connecticut's tax revenue. Over one half of these people who live here, are on some form of subsidy, and most of the rest of the tax payers money is illegally being diverted away from where its badly needed, to fix our failing infrastructure, to support sanctuary city's. Until Ct. changes this self destructive policy, it will continue to deteriorate till it ends up like California, which is billions in debt, and near financial collapse. like most of the rest of America needs to rid itself of non self sustaining people. They move from state to state , sucking all the resorses dry. When there is nothing left to drain, they move on to a new host. They are nothing more than locusts. I know the Republican party is no bargain, but keep voting democrat, and you will finish off what's left of this once prosperous state.
I'm actually from there! It's the Southbury Training School area and I remember my bus sometimes passing through that area. I live like a 3 minutes drive from there and it's the only area that's like that in town.
I used to live (went to private school) and visit CT quite often as family lived there. I haven’t been back in years. From what I have heard, it’s not the state it used to be. I have driven past Southbury on I-84 many many times. I used to go to Woodbury ski and racket to ski when I was a kid. Sad what has happen to CT. Socialist creeping death.
i Was born and raised in ct 20 years. the last place I lived their was a small 2 bedroom apartment at $1000 for rent.that was with help from section 8. I've now live in Az 8 years total , 2 with my husband, in a 3 bed house with rent at $675
@@matt1231111 that's why I liked more a manhunt game Hide and seek without potential of damaging a whole lot. Plastic airlift wouldn't be a bad idea either though
Oh cool, the Southbury Training School. Drive by this place 2-4x a day for decades and know all the buildings. I believe staff lived in these back in the heyday. Been closed off for about 2yrs now. There some cool abandonment at the top of the mountain too.
I lived my whole childhood (80s/90s) in Southbury and never knew about this. Even with all the 'tall tales' older kids would tell you, and how much we used to drive around looking to get into trouble, I can't believe I didn't know about this. It makes sense now that I read more though.. I always stayed away from the STS. It had a creepy feeling and at the same time felt like a place you shouldn't drive around and gawk at - lots of people having a really tough time there, it wasn't a public place. The only connection i ever had to it was someone I went to school with, his father was a cook there. There were a lot of rumors of poor treatment of patients there and threats by the government to shut it down. I did have a friend who lived really close to it (Flag Swamp Rd) and also had piano lessons with a guy that lived on Cassidy Rd way up behind where the property ended, but I never drove around the property itself. Time to take a look on a map and figure out where this is.
It consists of 125 buildings situated on a campus of 1,600 acres (6.5 km2). It independently operates its own power, heat, sewage treatment, water, laundry, fire, ambulance, public safety, building maintenance, transportation and dietary services. It is run by the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services.[2] The facility is listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
I own two homes in CT and the only reason my wife and I still live here, is our income comes from New York, so we don’t pay state income taxes here. CT sucks balls.
Yea CT is one of the top states right now with people moving out of the state. Our taxes are ridiculous!! I have been living in Ct for over 30 years (West Haven) and if I didnt own a house and had more money i would totally leave this money pit state.
It looks like this abandoned town in South Central Maine off of l-95 me and a friend spent the night at this old motel called the starlite in which most of the rooms looked like they were cleaned 5 minutes prior
Krista2882 they are maintained by State employees who work across the street. This is State property that is slated to be razed and a senior housing compex erected.
I'm pretty sure i know exactly where this place is. It housed doctors and nurses for the State Hospital that's very close by. When the hospital got shut down, so did that place. It was it's own private community.
If it was as simple as vacated properties because the staff in the area was let go, surely whoever holds the notes on this property would be happy to have sold it off even if one by one. I was from CT and try to keep up and I also know of people that were employed at the Southbury training school, they are clueless. I can understand not sharing the name of the town, but why so secret about why it was abandoned? When it is this well covered the first thing we can think of is that the State of CT has a secret to hide, maybe "ashame"?
I am reading many of the comments and the fact that "has been abandoned" is kind of strange because the houses don't look falling apart, dirty, even the grass around the houses don't look "so abandoned". Honestly, it seems like something else is happening underground.The place looks very nice and peaceful.
This is The PV Village Located Off South Brittain road which is in Southbury CT and is Owned by the STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF DDS AND IS PRIVATE PROPERTY all residents have been moved out and relocated within the last 10 years!!!!!
Those who say you are gimmee gimmee if you expect a decent school system obviously are too young to recall the time when American had a large middle class and one person working could support a family of 5 or 6. You could come right out of a nice, painted, yard-mown school and go straight into college because you had been prepared for it. If people don't wake up and stop blaming the complainers - because it is the Corporate Welfare State that sucks the life out of our former respectable institutions - then it just shows you think you are not WORTH have your own f'ing tax dollars used to create a good society. I guess you enjoy slaving away just to buy food for Walmart's employees because the billionaires don't pay them enough to buy food. Maybe what you like is being charged $1,000 per month for a life-saving medication that costs $20 a month in other countries. Get some self-respect and stop defending your rapists!
I hear you, Alice. I was born in CT and I plan to move overseas, as America is no longer the land of opportunity. The wave of ignorance I've heard from other CT residents in these comments is astonishing. I hope I can make a difference, however small, before I go. But that seems unlikely.
Fairfield Hills in Newtown CT is amazing if you're into the older style buildings and the interlacing tunnel systems in between. Illegal to trespass, thanks to some jerk off with a can of paint or something once upon a time but it's worth going into if you've got the pull, or just the balls ;) I have a long video somewhere on a phone I'll have to upload.
Juan Medina, was there anyone watching the area? Ive always been told theres police that guard it but i find that hard to believe, also would you go back?
Ok you have peaked my interest because im from CT but im not sure what city that is. Ill guess that maybe the state with all their wisdom.....NOT bought that land with houses to either build like a highway, mall or its a flood zone area? I keep thinking about the new mall they were going to build along front street in west haven and they bought the houses but never built the mall. It almost looks like everyone was abducted Not only that. But it looked like some of those graves had fresh dirt. Love to know what city...Spooky isnt it? Oh wait I guess I should have read Rich's post 1st. Thanks Rich
@508 could be me but I dont see any writing on the headstones? I only saw one. And if they were all supposed to facing the same way I only saw one with etchings?
There’s our tax dollars hard at work!!! Maintaining abandoned neighborhoods while our streets are full of garbage and homeless vets!!! Gotta love Danielle Malloy!!!
I’ve worked there for 25 years and it bothers so many of us that are still employed there that you have no idea what you’re talking about and that you are trespassing
*Cathy Ortiz is spiritually possessed. She's possessive of the place like it's hers (it's not). All the trespassers live in your head. You need an exorcism.*
Wow... I used to work there back in the early 80's and lived on grounds at the Fire Dept. I can't believe what's happened to it!! Haven't been back there since 1984
Many Buildings in CT are white with black shutters because of the original colonial style. Zoning regulations at one time did not permit people to change the color or style in some towns. I don't know if that is the case here. But having grown up in CT (since 1961) it was a highly respected school at one time. I haven't lived there in many years and I am shocked by this story.
I grew up in a company owned town and this happened to my home town in 1996. The only difference is they pried the houses up off the foundations and auctioned them off.
All these idiots commenting are the same ones that show up at a public school board of education meeting and say why arnt the classes better and why arnt more programs available. No shit that's what everyone wants, I wish the roads were paved with gold , but the money has to come from somewhere. Are you willing to pay for it when it comes down to it. Clearly theirs a reason these buildings are abandoned. Your just the ones that are to lazy to do the research and think if you yell loud enough the problem will magically be fixed.
Actually Tasteful Productions Thank you.....thank you.
What the actual..?
Perhaps before calling other folks idiots you might try mastering the English language. You're just broadcasting your own pitiful ignorance, loudly.
Actually Tasteful Productions. I don't know, tell me all about it! Do you even know?
DoctorMaxMoebius Don't start with politic's!! You can't blame everything on that.
Who is mowing all the lawns?
My thoughts exactly
Andria Fitzgerald exactly!
The grounds department
Andria Fitzgerald ur mom. JK XD. probably the the state hires em to make it look nice.
the ghosts lol
I worked at Southbury Training School for nineteen years That's the PV village .I worked in all of those building ,It was shut down because of downsizing of the staff and because of the many clients that died . It was blocked off in 2015 0r 2016 .The grave yard in the back is old and has a lot of children buried there .These buildings we're staff houses and some clients lived in them to. The place in maintain by the grounds dept.
Thank you Rich! After working there for nineteen years, I'm sure you have some stories to tell! A lot of children?? Wow...that's just terrible....and I cannot begin to imagine the absolute horrors that preceded many, if not all of those deaths. That's just mind boggling. BTW, what's 'PV' stand for in the aforementioned PV village..?
Thank you so much for commenting Rich!
Sure no problem ,PV stands for personal village .They were like cottages for people that were working there and on the fire dept,who had to be on call .My uncle lived in one when he was the director of support services .
Personnel Village.
Rich Kelley why many clients died there what happened to them?
Rich Kelley I was gonna say, my dad worked there for years.. I remember parts of this..
You;re in Southbury , this is the Southbury training school it used to be a sprawling campus for people with " intellectual disabilities " this was resident housing the school is still open but very roll enrollment now so the homes aren't needed. this place was huge at one time a self contained community with its own police and fire departments even its own power station and yes a grave yard Im glad to see they still maintain it. CVH in Middletown was also like this once but the downsizing has left STATE schools and Hospitals wast lands , cool Vid guy .
my mother-in-law worked there back in the late 80's, she had to leave because of injuries by a patient.
I went here and saw this before its getting ready opened I think
Thomas Murphy interesting info, thank you.
Sure looks like they mow frequently so I didn't think it was abandoned or astonishing
Thomas Murphy what happened to the neighborhood?
where the hell is this located Newhaven has a shitload of homeless vets that could be housed here! Damn you Malloy!
Jordan B Good point, but it would cost millions just to bring all these houses back up to code...some of which were extensively renovated to accommodate a special needs person.
It'll become a bigger loss to keep it abandoned.
The Urban Archaeologist it's not like Connecticut Is spending it's money on anything better anyways so they might as well so many homes for people that would really deserve it and all the special needs accomadations could help the vets with injurys
It's not a town, it's simply a collection of houses for staff of a small school for mentally disabled that is still functioning, but has too few disabled residents to warrant staff that formerly occupied these houses. Before screaming "scandal! scandal!!" take just 5 minutes to check the too-mundane facts.
171TITO squatters rights are human rights!
With home prices/taxes being what they are it's a wonder that the entire state isn't abandoned.
J Duvdevan forreal!!!!
Give it time but not too much time. Thats the way Ct deals with an already shortfall in money. They just raise taxes until people cant afford to live there and move out like I did. I left my house and that was 17 years ago and the taxes were 5400.00 and now they are about 12k. When Ella Grasso was governor the state was incredible and now unless you make about 200k per year, youll never live anywhere nice and be able to afford a vacation...Pretty damn sad
beach side Don’t worry when Malloy is out of office next year, hopefully we will see a major change in CT.
And our prick Malloy wants to institute tolls now on top of it
J Duvdevan agreed lol I live here 😂✌🏻
Even ghosts maintain the lawn better than my lazy neighbors
papa sodipops You have to admit, the whole concept of lawns and lawn care is incredibly bizarre.
We spend our time off work shaving down and manicuring our individual little squares of grass, and scoff at those who allow it to grow for more than a couple of inches.
A while back I was reading someone's thoughts on the absurdity of lawn care (which is where I'm drawing these ideas from), and he or she was pointing out how useful they could be if they were treated and used as gardens for food and materials, rather than just being the visual equivalent of green concrete. Hard not to agree.
papa sodipops 😂😂
papa sodipops zomg i died laughing
papa sodipops they do if better then the guy we have to hire to keep the home owners association off our ass
This made me laugh 😂
I've lived in CT my whole life and never heard of this, it's amazing to find out about things like this. thanks for sharing!
Cooolchick647 me too..weird
zoe vee same
I'm going there this weekend! Who's joining? ^-^
Rob Magi let’s do it
It's merely campus housing for a small school for the disabled since shut down, not a town abandoned. And the grass is still being mowed.
I used to work at Southbury Training School and know this area well. The physicians used to live there then it became like a group home some of the residents at Southbury Training School. I understand they wish to convert it into senior citizen housing. It's a beautiful area and very safe. It's good to see this again! It brings back many happy memories.
how far from Fairfield Hills?
Nancy Wendell DeerWithHorns with your memories you should write an Amazon E-book, I would certainly buy it. I’m so intrigued and fascinated by this.
@@valerief1231: Excellent idea. I hope she has considered it.
My grandparents, parents all worked for STS. My grandparents and my father lived on grounds in the personnel housing. I have wonderful memories of going to visit STS, volunteering on trips with the residents. The car shows and flea markets on the grounds. Buying our Christmas trees from the farm. My parents to this day still buy their tree from there. The gatehouse is named after my grandmother. It’s very sad to see the residents placed into group homes. I personally have worked for a group home and it is nothing like STS. At STS the residents had jobs, a store, a restaurant, a farm, a greenhouse, the freedom to walk around the grounds. My parents knew most of the residents as children. They both retired from there and it broke their hearts to see them taken from the only place they knew as home. Both of my grandparents are buried in this cemetery. They had such a connection with STS that when they were given the opportunity to purchase plots there they did.
Tanya: thats for giving us a better picture. Can I ask who was permitted to live there? Was it only for CT residents? only people from Southbury area? ty
Southbury Training School was built in the 1930s as a place to house the intellectually disabled. It is and was self-sufficient from the town of Southbury.
In 1976, John Lennon donated his 1970 Oscar statuette for auction to raise money for the school - it netted $600. It was auctioned again in 1992 for $110,000 with a portion of those proceeds going to the school.
In 1986, admissions to STS were closed. There was a current population of 1,111. The Department of intellectual disabilities was directed to attempt to place residents in group homes and other such settings.
The facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
In 1997, STS was prohibited from accepting any new residents. STS had 782 residents remaining.
As of 2000, STS maintained a staff of 1,700 people. STS had 696 residents remaining.
As of 2001, STS had 639 residents remaining. The average age was 55, and the average resident had been at STS for 43 years. The State intends to continue decreasing the number of residents through placement in other settings and through the death of residents. As of 2018, STS has 199 residents remaining.
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For being abandoned they have the best maintained lawns than other people's lawns that are actually unabandoned
I know I wish my neighbors wold abandon their houses if it meant the lawns next door actually got mowed once in a while
It’s called White working people, not animals left out their cages.
Lived in Connecticut my whole life never heard of an abandoned town?
Just Esther! Google it you would be really surprised. I was shocked theirs actually quite a few.
Just Esther! Same, at least until now
Me too and never heard of this.
It's a neighborhood not a town it's in Southbury by the training school.
Wayne I thought STS was a series of brick buildings. I’m not familiar with this as being part of STS. Interesting
Great place to shoot a movie. Better than most backlots. I live in CT and didn’t even know about this. Pretty cool.
Yeah they did the Sandy hook massacre
There’s our tax dollars hard at work!!! Maintaining an abaondoned neighborhood while our streets are full of garbage and homeless vets!!! Gotta love Danielle Malloy and his twisted politics!!!
Pretty sure the reason there abandoned is because funding was cut. From my understanding this was housing for people with mental disabilities.
Chris W Danelle ,not that I care how you spell his name. I agree with what you said though.
Danelle
I like to call him Danielle, cause he’s a bitch 😂
George Sabol Dannel
Man thats creepy. Looks like a scene from The Walking Dead....like zombies are gonna start chasing you on that loud motorcycle!! When you are on foot with the bike off......Its so quiet its spooky.
Connecticut's really quiet.
I was thinking more like “Wrong turn” or “Texas Chain Massacre” it is kind of creepy
At least we know where to go when we want to build a ccommunity when it happens 😂😂😂
Pumpkin head??
Its like Salem's Lot.
That is part of Southbury Training School. There are still a few residents on other parts of the many acres of land which are well maintained. They also operate two thrift stores on the property which donations of merchandise and purchase of merchandise helps fund the remaining residents. It's a good thing for everyone involved and the volunteers are very nice people. I love that place.
I've seen this happen in CT, especially near the casinos. Someone will propose creating a huge tourist destination and claim the land on behalf of the tribe, put a lean on everyone's homes if they don't leave, and if the projects don't get the funding in the end, it leaves whole neighborhoods abandoned. I saw a whole row of mansions left to overgrow and rot because someone wanted to make a huge marina on a river, and now it's just a ghost town. I've met people who go through this and think that renting out their homes will do them some good, but the "tenants" end up smashing everything, making it worthless. Though I'm not sure if that's what's going on in this particular neighborhood, it very well might be one of them.
Where were the mansions..?
I read one of the comments about this, that it was part of a school for people with "intellectual disabilities". There's a mental institution not too far from here that had a short street of homes, similar to what we see here, but just a single street. The vandals found the homes and tore them apart. Then they were all demolished. What a shame.
OMG. I believe tho. Everyone’s moving out of Connecticut. The taxes are just getting too out of hand for the people
mikey legit , it's always been like that!
Fuck off, people have been saying that for decades. It’s not true. CT is just full of pussies that think they’re smart for getting butthurt at taxes.
@@Extremedude9000 Aren't they the 3rd smallest state AND the 3rd highest taxed state? Gives them reason to complain.
Metrixed_Rob 1 What the fuck does your total land area have to do with your tax rate? Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe, has a high tax rate, but they don’t look at Egypt which has a low tax rate and has lots of land area and get jealous.
@@metrixed_rob1916 - 4 grand a year for a house that size and style in ct. give or take. of course if you live by the governors mansion in west hartford in a 10k square foot home its gonna cost you. if anything the tax problem in ct is that you pay taxes on ur car every year. a bullshit scam that needs to stop. but once again if you drive a ferrari of course your gonna hate ct. my 06 vw costs around 300 a year. small is nice. used to live in north carolina and a trip across the state taking 7 hours is silly. if anything ct is starting to suck because of over-development. if theres a farm or a forest its likely to become a housing development or a strip mall. even state forests aren't safe. the state holds a lotto for the meshomasic forest and the winners get to mow down a certain acreage of trees under the political guise that a healthy forest is a young forest. bollocks!
This is Southbury CT, its an old campus of sorts.it was housing for a school,the school is open but has downsized considerably. It still looks like its maintained to a point. My mother works for DMR, they used to have meetings in one of the buildings there! Beautiful place, its a shame its not in use.
hi! I came here a handful of times anout 6 months ago before they blocked off the road. me and my friends were interested and ended up going inside! there were doctors offices and still medical supplies which was surprising.. there are also big abandoned factory buildings that they most likely taught school and had bathrooms and showers in it.. crazy!
Angelina Muller this is the pv village. my husband works for tSouthbury Training school and used to work in this village
yoo what's near this place where I could drive to?
Disgusting waste of public money. With all the homeless and unemployed, Corrupticut should give these homes away to folks who need them.
You're a fucking idiot. There's obviously a reason they are abandoned. Stop jumping to conclusions when you don't know shit
No there isn’t some dangerous reason
Just budget cuts at the location.
DoctorMax This place is privately owned actually. So no waste of tax dollars is happening here. But in general you are right, the wasting of tax dollars is disgusting and the more we are taxed, the more money that gets wasted. Which is one of many reasons why privatization of many services and general downsizing of federal government is much more efficient. Of course its never that simple, but as a general rule, public services are unpleasant and private services are better the more you spend, but more importantly, they are run efficiently. If our tax dollars were spent on hiring the most competent and efficient contractors instead of unions and state or federal workers, it would cost half for better results. I am speaking very generally, I know, but it is easy to realize that when paying for state pensions or every retired worker or paying for 4 guys making $50 and hour to stand around doing a one man job, its going to cost WAY more than hiring a private contractor who wants to bid competitively and do a good job so he gets more work.
Ct is totally shot. The democrats, and commie libs have broken it financially. Americas young people are fuking morons voting democratic. They are giving all the jobs to fence jumping criminals.
Yeah just give them away to people who don’t or won’t ever work!!!
theirs an abandon neighborhood in Oakdale/montville CT by the casino. worth going too
aroundthefur Would you like to share where?
Was not abandoned. The indians were given their land back. And they didn't fill all the homes. Some are lived in.
aroundthefur that’s what I was thinking too. It looks like montville. Near fort shantok.
I wanted to buy the beautiful log cabin home there then found out the indians bought the land back. Beautiful house and its still there!
Anti-social Norwich doesn't have any abandoned areas.
Is it for sale?
I'll take the entire neighborhood!
Would be a goldmine seeing as it's located in one of CT's better towns. It won't come cheap.
Southbury Training: my Dad used to play Santa for the residents -- use to fly in on a Sikorski helicopter.
As to the people asking why, there was a lawsuit brought by parents, the settlement of which is still in effect. Most of the "kids" enrolled are senior citizens at this time and there is only a handful but the residents can't be relocated without the agreement of the court.
To those who are complaining about taxes in CT:
You will never get low taxes as long as you have 169 towns and almost 200 school districts. Let your cities annex and consolidate towns with nearby towns. Check around the country and you will find that consolidated regional governments work better and save money.
Charles Hall , That's not true!
Idk but that could be true I was from CT well educated there and in the rural towns of SC it's like Heaven. I've traveled and KY and SC are my kind of heaven.
It is NOT a neighborhood. It is the grounds of Southbury Training School which has been closed now for several years. (Read the comment by Thomas Murphy...)
Just went their, very creepy at night! It's really cool, I recommend it to anyone who wants to explore some abandoned ruins. Bring thick boots (lots of broken glass) You can get into the houses with ease as many of the doors are removed, lots of creepy shit to find inside, their are signs posted saying that it's under camera surveillance but I doubt that's true. Inside the houses we found strange drawings, folders full of medical records scattered everywhere and a basement flooded with a foot of water with cryptic art on the side just to name a few sights.
Thank you all who gave my video the 'thumbs-up'. It is greatly appreciated!!!
Please message me with the address of the entrance to this neighborhood (or of one of the streets in it). THANK YOU (in advance).
This is amazing. Thanks for uploading
where it at
Southbury, CT.
This is A great video although ive never seen this locations before whereabouts is the setting you were in that day?
I worked just down the road from there for many years. Helped a buddy of mine move out of one of these houses. Great video, if you wanna know more message me or something. STS, and that whole area has an amazing history.
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3:30 Imagine walking there at 2 am at night all alone in the dark..
Jazzy Vids my dream come true
I live there, yah douch
That's what I'm going to do lol I'm in ct
Yeah, I'm all set with that!
No I wont cause Im a chickenshit
That looks like Southbury Training School, that was at a time homes for clients that needed one on one around the clock. Been their many times.
dshaker2000 that's exactly what it is, I'm an ex employee, those are the old pv cottages for the clients. The state police do regularly patrol there, & those are the old furniture. It's sad they never brought it to the other buildings when we needed it instead of just leaving it there to rot. What a waste!
I have lived in ct and bever heard or saw that. Is that southbury?
salisbury! do you know if it’s still standing or if they started demo?
This is crazy. I have seen areas in China where there are new developments being built but no one can afford to move there so they have these huge areas with malls and 30, 40 story condominiums completely empty. But to see something similar here in the USA is crazy. My god what is happening to this country. The government has so much money being spent on things that are not really priority. Why can't the money be put in areas that need help. We don't need anyone going out in space. There is no one suffering in Mars. People are suffering right here in our front and back yards. It always takes a huge tragedy to happen in order for people to wake up. Even I wouldn't mind having one of those homes. Looks like a nice queit area to live.
Lol NO ONE IS STARVING OR HOMELESS IN SPACE..AT LEAST NOT YET...BUT I wouldnt be suprised once WE GET Stuff out there like biodome citys etc ITLL be with the SAME PROBLEMS, CUZ WE DONT FIX ANY THING WE JUST MOVE MONEY AROUND N IT USELESSLY ENDS UP BEING FUNNELED BACK TO THOSE WHO SAY THEY WANT TO HELP. SOMEONE MAKES MONEY THIS WAY OR THIS PROBLEM , LIKE MEDICAL, AND COURT SYSTEMS PRISONS ETC..OFF THOSE LEAST FORTUNATE... NEXT THEYLL BE SHIPPING HOMELESS INTO SPACE AND ANY OTHER SOCIALLY DISGRACFUL ENDS THAT MOST PEOPLE PREFER NOT TO SEE OR BE REMINDED OF... LIKE MENTALLY ILL, ELDERLY ETC.. VERY SAD..BUT SO TYPICAL.
This is part of the southbury training school. Not far from there is another abandoned neighborhood in oxford connecticut. The state bought out 3-6 streets by the Oxford Airport because they were putting in a power plant. The power plant was not drastically close to the homes which is a little odd
It's part of a much larger place, this section is no longer used but the other parts are occupied and there are state police on grounds. Those buildings were for employees then later used as resident housing. I never new there was a cemetery on the grounds. I worked there for a number of years.
Amy Calo Thank you Amy!
You lived nearby right? I know your name
"How did that get there" that made me uncontrollably laugh when you randomly said that lol. Great vid man thumbs up
In 1984, the first major lawsuit regarding the conditions at STS was filed by the United States of America against the State of Connecticut. A consent decree settled the suit in 1986, requiring that the State increase the conditions of both the care and the facilities. In 1996, the United States District Court for the District of New Haven held the State in contempt of the consent decree.[3] In 1997, an order was issued and a special master appointed to oversee the School. In 2005, Governor Rell requested the removal of David Ferleger as special master, also using the opportunity to request the removal of special masters as a whole.[2] Without granting the state a hearing, the federal court rejected the state’s request to end Mr. Ferleger’s work for the court as special master. “As a federally appointed "special master," Ferleger is responsible for making sure Connecticut complies with a 10-year-old U.S. Department of Justice order to improve conditions at the facility for the mentally retarded. In her ruling, Burns said that the state "pointed to nothing" in Ferleger's execution of his duties over the past eight years to suggest they were deficient. Hartford Courant, “Ruling Keeps Monitor on Job: State Loses Bid to Remove Training School ‘Special Master’” Colin Poitras, December 15, 2005 [1] [2] The state unsuccessfully contested most of the special master’s reports. As one historical summary of the case puts it, “the court ultimately accepted all of the reports.” Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. [3] “Between July 30, 1997, and February 22, 2006, the Special Master submitted twenty-six status reports, sixty-three topic-specific reports, and numerous other reports, recommendations, and analyses. Based on the docket, it appears that the Special Master addressed (1) individualized planning, (2) community placement policies, (3) abuse and neglect, (4) the rights of persons with disabilities, (5) human rights and behavioral programming reviews, (6) occupational and physical therapy, (7) medical and dental care, (8) dosage benchmarks, (9) physical restraint techniques and standards, (10) mortality investigations, (11) case management and advocacy, (12) quality assurance plans, (13) facility upkeep, safety, and sanitation, (14) transportation, (15) employment of direct care staff, medical professionals, and specialized therapists, and (16) staff development. The defendants contested most of the Special Master's reports, but the court ultimately accepted all of the reports. For instance, on February 22, 2004, the court accepted and adopted the Special Master's report on Southbury's development of mortality review procedures.” Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. [4] In the court’s “Order Purging Defendants of Contempt and Ending Active Judicial Oversight,” (March 2006), the court expressed “the gratitude of the Court for his service.” (p. 3), and stated, “Special Master David Ferleger has effectively rendered a great public service in shepherding this process through to its conclusion. He has submitted to the Court twenty-six periodic status reports, sixty-three numbered topic-specific reports, many special reports and recommendations to the parties, and numerous other analyses.” (p. 11). The court concluded that the remedial process had resulted in substantial positive change at Southbury Training School: “The contempt finding has resulted in the reform of Southbury Training School mandated in the Remedial Plan and its associated plans and orders. The remedial process has done much to advance the interests of the residents of Southbury Training School. Ten years ago, this Court found systemic flaws at STS which placed residents at risk of great harm, even death. Today, residents of STS are safer and benefit from a state-of-the- art model of institutional care as Defendants have met the “adequate care” requirements in the Remedial Plan and, in many instances, gone beyond the court-mandated requirements to provide ‘best practices.’” (p. 12). Court Ruling, March 2006, United States v. State of Connecticut. [5] [6] IN 2006, STS was released from judicial oversight.[4]
Written by David Ferleger, no doubt.
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Thank You, Very Interesting
Wow! Absolutely gorgeous! I would live there if I could!
If you guys think this is cool, check out CT's abandoned Missile bases! Nike missiles were in Ansonia, Shelton, Monroe, Westport, Fairfield, Plainfield, Cromwell and a few others i can't remember. I left awhile ago, but used to go into the site in Ansonia as a teen all the time. Really cool experience 👍
You mean Plainville? I’ve lived in Plainfield my whole life and have never heard of there being an ex-missle site anywhere in town.
Glocester ri
My thing is if it's abandoned then why are the house still in great shape,and how are the lawns mowed and grass is good
I'm from Connecticut! I live in HardHittin New Britain!!
That’s really sad. Some parts of Connecticut are very pretty.
Oh my goodness, how could this be?. With all the poor working families you would think they could make this available to those who can redevelop it. Maybe there is pollution or some real reason this is abandoned.
RaiRaiBrown ...but there is higher pollution in the cities. Polluted water, polluted air. I wish the poor was smarter to rally together to live here! The cities are Soo congested.
blacksapphire04 The poor already left in the early 80s bcz CT lost 150,000 jobs during the recession before the crash of 1987. CT was mostly working class. We couldn't get jobs. The factories started leaving and there were hiring freezes in the white collar insurance companies. There wasn't much left. People would love to return, but it sounds like it got progressively worse. You can't live only on trees and air.
blacksapphire04. That is why the cities are congested. NYC has some type of job 24 hrs a day. Something is better than nothing. If people don't want to work another country might be their option.
My DaD Always said "When Bridgeport Machines stop making the Bpt Mill in Bpt .....That's the END of this country. Well it's gone , an empty lot for many years now. What a freakin shame. His prediction came true!
This is the result of the southbury training school continously downsizing. The neighborhood was built for the staff of the school & as they were let go they left.
Weird how trees are trimmed, lawns mowed etc
You should send this to malloy.This is property of sts in southbury. Ct.Clients use to stay their.That is money the state needs. Close sts use foe college.and use the homes for group homes,,,,,
There was a community like this in New Jersey. Same thing happened. Shut down, homes abandoned , programs ended. It seems like these programs worked much better than any others.
There's sections of NJ that look like this. Because they kept raising property taxes to the point people moved out in droves as the retirees couldn't afford to live here any more despite the fact they owned their houses!
I've heard many stories like yours... But this is a little different being that it belongs to what was once a major mental hospital.
Ok, thanks for informing of this. We have entire plazas that are now boarded up - which is very eerie. These were all thriving when I moved to NJ late in 2004. I'm starting to see some of this reopen as new businesses again but not so much with residential areas. From 2008 - 2013 there wasn't a street around most neighborhoods that didn't have 1, 2, or 3 homes up for sale. It's the closest thing to a full blown depression I ever witnessed before. All because municipalities got greedy with raising property taxes too many times in too short a span.
ALL gov't is useless, corrupt, and needs to be eliminated.
This is all the libs, and so called progressives, who in reality are regressivess, from the democratic party.There never ending demand for more money to support more deadbeats, and illegals, has sucked dry Connecticut's tax revenue. Over one half of these people who live here, are on some form of subsidy, and most of the rest of the tax payers money is illegally being diverted away from where its badly needed, to fix our failing infrastructure, to support sanctuary city's. Until Ct. changes this self destructive policy, it will continue to deteriorate till it ends up like California, which is billions in debt, and near financial collapse.
like most of the rest of America needs to rid itself of non self sustaining people. They move from state to state , sucking all the resorses dry. When there is nothing left to drain, they move on to a new host. They are nothing more than locusts. I know the Republican party is no bargain, but keep voting democrat, and you will finish off what's left of this once prosperous state.
I'm actually from there! It's the Southbury Training School area and I remember my bus sometimes passing through that area. I live like a 3 minutes drive from there and it's the only area that's like that in town.
great find, and greatly detailed spite being on a bike, I enjoyed this video thoroughly
Thanks Johnny G! Appreciate the comment and I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
I was just waiting for zombies to come running every time he turned around lol
I used to live (went to private school) and visit CT quite often as family lived there. I haven’t been back in years. From what I have heard, it’s not the state it used to be. I have driven past Southbury on I-84 many many times. I used to go to Woodbury ski and racket to ski when I was a kid. Sad what has happen to CT. Socialist creeping death.
Happened under republican watch.
lol it's fine here
i Was born and raised in ct 20 years. the last place I lived their was a small 2 bedroom apartment at $1000 for rent.that was with help from section 8. I've now live in Az 8 years total , 2 with my husband, in a 3 bed house with rent at $675
Thank you for taking me on your adventure, what a startling piece of history and a shocking reality of bull shit politics.
Huge potential for airsoft games
SW Ee lol
Or paintball
Nighttime manhunt games
I'm all for paintball but a place like this should be untouched
@@matt1231111 that's why I liked more a manhunt game
Hide and seek without potential of damaging a whole lot. Plastic airlift wouldn't be a bad idea either though
Who does the grass or is it picked up by the state or town
Oh cool, the Southbury Training School. Drive by this place 2-4x a day for decades and know all the buildings. I believe staff lived in these back in the heyday. Been closed off for about 2yrs now. There some cool abandonment at the top of the mountain too.
What abandoned town is this?
Very soon we will find too many abandoned city in Ct.thanks to higher tax
Good hopefully mean less scumbags
I lived my whole childhood (80s/90s) in Southbury and never knew about this. Even with all the 'tall tales' older kids would tell you, and how much we used to drive around looking to get into trouble, I can't believe I didn't know about this.
It makes sense now that I read more though.. I always stayed away from the STS. It had a creepy feeling and at the same time felt like a place you shouldn't drive around and gawk at - lots of people having a really tough time there, it wasn't a public place. The only connection i ever had to it was someone I went to school with, his father was a cook there. There were a lot of rumors of poor treatment of patients there and threats by the government to shut it down.
I did have a friend who lived really close to it (Flag Swamp Rd) and also had piano lessons with a guy that lived on Cassidy Rd way up behind where the property ended, but I never drove around the property itself. Time to take a look on a map and figure out where this is.
It consists of 125 buildings situated on a campus of 1,600 acres (6.5 km2). It independently operates its own power, heat, sewage treatment, water, laundry, fire, ambulance, public safety, building maintenance, transportation and dietary services. It is run by the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services.[2] The facility is listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
People should be living there...
Nothing is free.
I agree...
And work at the abandoned school yup
@@markstanton6461 It's Humanitarian not free!!!! pay for cable tv or your car probably pussy but not live in house on Earth..🤔
@@bagingospringo4396 bull shit
Is it possible to physically visit this by driving there? Where exactly is this neighborhood located?
Wow beautiful neighborhood😍
What part in Connecticut is this I use to leave up there
I'm from CT and I don't know about this. Please share more. Thank you.
I own two homes in CT and the only reason my wife and I still live here, is our income comes from New York, so we don’t pay state income taxes here. CT sucks balls.
@@lovesaiya3544 He said income tax, not property tax
He’s in oxford ct the neighborhood got bought by Oxford airport so they can extend the airstrip for emergency landings for 757’s
6:05 a jeep goes by the road in the distance
how the fuck did u see that
Damn how they fuck you saw that
LMFAO how did u see that LMFAO
where is this i hear Southbury, Ct but other than that i can't seem to find it. maybe a cross street. i''d like to go here
Loved Ct.for 20 years.Taxes drove almost all out. Democrats are insane. Period.
Yea CT is one of the top states right now with people moving out of the state. Our taxes are ridiculous!! I have been living in Ct for over 30 years (West Haven) and if I didnt own a house and had more money i would totally leave this money pit state.
I live in West Haven as well, and I definitely want to move. Too bad, I love New England.
Ned Lamont leads the.
candidate put forth by Republicans by nearly 12% on 8/24 Oh boy?
The state has lost its way. Hijacked is more like it. Communists
Stupidest thing I've read in a while. Don't blame democrats for Ct's problems when Republicans are destroying our whole country.
It looks like this abandoned town in South Central Maine off of l-95 me and a friend spent the night at this old motel called the starlite in which most of the rooms looked like they were cleaned 5 minutes prior
how are all of the lawns mowed if no one lives there?
The state of Connecticut still maintains the entire neighborhood.
The Urban Archaeologist pfft lies ct is crap
Krista2882 thengrounds keeper.
the ghosts lol
Krista2882 they are maintained by State employees who work across the street. This is State property that is slated to be razed and a senior housing compex erected.
Why is it abandoned? And where is it in Connecticut what town? I lived in this dump all my life and i never heard about this town
A lot of abandoned clients from southbury trn school were buried their from when the school was first opened,,,,,
Wow. Do you know the Reason why this neighborhood is abandoned? . What an amazing share..
i know exactly where it is..The grounds are still maintained as you can see all of the grass is cut..
Don Brown You are absolutely correct.
Don Brown where is it
Donny brown southbury
how do you get there, do you have like an address?
I'm pretty sure i know exactly where this place is. It housed doctors and nurses for the State Hospital that's very close by. When the hospital got shut down, so did that place. It was it's own private community.
If it was as simple as vacated properties because the staff in the area was let go, surely whoever holds the notes on this property would be happy to have sold it off even if one by one. I was from CT and try to keep up and I also know of people that were employed at the Southbury training school, they are clueless. I can understand not sharing the name of the town, but why so secret about why it was abandoned? When it is this well covered the first thing we can think of is that the State of CT has a secret to hide, maybe "ashame"?
The property is owned by the state. They're usually not so willing to sell things off, but would rather repurpose it.
You mean neglect it until it falls into itself and rots away
I am reading many of the comments and the fact that "has been abandoned" is kind of strange because the houses don't look falling apart, dirty, even the grass around the houses don't look "so abandoned". Honestly, it seems like something else is happening underground.The place looks very nice and peaceful.
It's worse than it looks.... Much worse.
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This is The PV Village Located Off South Brittain road which is in Southbury CT and is Owned by the STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF DDS AND IS PRIVATE PROPERTY all residents have been moved out and relocated within the last 10 years!!!!!
Those who say you are gimmee gimmee if you expect a decent school system obviously are too young to recall the time when American had a large middle class and one person working could support a family of 5 or 6. You could come right out of a nice, painted, yard-mown school and go straight into college because you had been prepared for it. If people don't wake up and stop blaming the complainers - because it is the Corporate Welfare State that sucks the life out of our former respectable institutions - then it just shows you think you are not WORTH have your own f'ing tax dollars used to create a good society. I guess you enjoy slaving away just to buy food for Walmart's employees because the billionaires don't pay them enough to buy food. Maybe what you like is being charged $1,000 per month for a life-saving medication that costs $20 a month in other countries. Get some self-respect and stop defending your rapists!
I hear you, Alice. I was born in CT and I plan to move overseas, as America is no longer the land of opportunity. The wave of ignorance I've heard from other CT residents in these comments is astonishing. I hope I can make a difference, however small, before I go. But that seems unlikely.
I'm telling ya'll that Somers, CT has an amazing school system, and low property taxes!
the twilight zone. must have felt eerie being around an abandoned community. anyone knows the exact cause for the abandonment?
There is a whole town in Connecticut that is abandoned Dudleytown
Fairfield Hills in Newtown CT is amazing if you're into the older style buildings and the interlacing tunnel systems in between. Illegal to trespass, thanks to some jerk off with a can of paint or something once upon a time but it's worth going into if you've got the pull, or just the balls ;) I have a long video somewhere on a phone I'll have to upload.
That's so sad.
What moped are you riding?
Anyone ever go to dudley town?
I did bro
Juan Medina, was there anyone watching the area? Ive always been told theres police that guard it but i find that hard to believe, also would you go back?
Yes 3 times.and every time I experienced stuff.
@@amypap3100 i just moved back from arizona, would you be willing to go again?
Yes got chased by an angry spirit
🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 I needed that laugh I know exactly where you are and I remember when I was last there ghost hunting...gotta love Southbury
Ok you have peaked my interest because im from CT but im not sure what city that is. Ill guess that maybe the state with all their wisdom.....NOT bought that land with houses to either build like a highway, mall or its a flood zone area? I keep thinking about the new mall they were going to build along front street in west haven and they bought the houses but never built the mall. It almost looks like everyone was abducted Not only that. But it looked like some of those graves had fresh dirt. Love to know what city...Spooky isnt it? Oh wait I guess I should have read Rich's post 1st. Thanks Rich
Southburry
Something happen there something creepy
Ct was once a great state. Now its the shthole of th he country, thanks to the democratic. communist party. most party.
@508 could be me but I dont see any writing on the headstones? I only saw one. And if they were all supposed to facing the same way I only saw one with etchings?
who mowes the lawns?
The state maintains the entire grounds, year round.
I came here to ask this...
There’s our tax dollars hard at work!!! Maintaining abandoned neighborhoods while our streets are full of garbage and homeless vets!!! Gotta love Danielle Malloy!!!
5:06 is that a "newer" grave? Are people allowed to go visit their loves ones at this cemetery still?
I’ve worked there for 25 years and it bothers so many of us that are still employed there that you have no idea what you’re talking about and that you are trespassing
I think you are lying.
Cathy cannot say because she lied .
*Cathy Ortiz is spiritually possessed. She's possessive of the place like it's hers (it's not). All the trespassers live in your head. You need an exorcism.*
Wow... I used to work there back in the early 80's and lived on grounds at the Fire Dept. I can't believe what's happened to it!! Haven't been back there since 1984
All the houses appear to be white...which leads me to believe is was once military related housing.
DOC100 It actually was housing for the resident medical staff at Southbury Training school, Southbury CT.
OK COOL.... I was sorta close!
Many Buildings in CT are white with black shutters because of the original colonial style. Zoning regulations at one time did not permit people to change the color or style in some towns. I don't know if that is the case here. But having grown up in CT (since 1961) it was a highly respected school at one time. I haven't lived there in many years and I am shocked by this story.
I'm from ct where is this? I'm very curious
What are you doing riding an ATV in Connecticut?!? Felon!! Lock him up!!
AV8R Tom I think that’s a scooter he’s driving
Going to drive one through this neighborhood
What's wrong with that if he was?
I grew up in a company owned town and this happened to my home town in 1996. The only difference is they pried the houses up off the foundations and auctioned them off.
Maybe a crazy storm came through and ran everyone away
Anthony Barrett In connecticut? Lol
Anthony Barrett Yea eminent domain,