Some random images from my visit to Marysville, California.
Many of the buildings appear unchanged and stand as originally structured.
Some establishments have been modernized.
A few homes are sprinkled throughout the business district.
Another historic vacant movie house.
According to Neighborhoodscout.com:
“With a crime rate of 56 per one thousand residents, Marysville has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes – from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One’s chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 18. Within California, more than 97% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Marysville.
With a population of 12,518, Marysville has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Marysville does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Marysville.”
Marysville, named after the founders wife Mary Murphy, survivor of the infamous Donner Party, was once a promising city that many believed would blossom into the, “New York City of the West Coast” has lost its shine. I do hope to chronicle a come back for Marysville in this lifetime.
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Nice images, Sandra. It’s odd that I find the architecture so American that it was hard to tell where I’m America it is until I went back and saw it was in California.
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Thank you so much! I visited Madrid years ago when I had a lousy camera unfortunately. The architecture and history were amazing. Made me realize how young the US is.
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Yes, we are babies compared to the rest of the world.
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Wow, those are terrible stats, Sandra. Great photos, I’d like to know what that embellishment means too.
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Sad, isn’t it? There was a highly visible police presence when I was there so I felt safe but I won’t be returning alone again.
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well, we certainly will not be planning our summer vacation there. The Bossen sign is boss, though. Yeah, what’s the story with the mummy baby?
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LOL! I know, right? What is it, a mermaid boy mummy? Made sense to someone.
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Meth. Not even once.
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Its the case with small towns where the population have moved to bigger cities and there are fewer resources available to keep them going properly. Very nice photography.
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Thank you very much, Tony! Yes, I think that’s the case with Marysville too.
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It’s sad how it can be pretty and pretty violent all at once, Sandra. Sigh.
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Right! Admiration and sadness all at once. She had big dreams, Marysville. I hope the city can some day manage to turn it around, Mark.
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They need positivity and consistency from the top leaders to the neighborhoods, Sandra, and vice versa.
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Yes, I completely agree! I hope they can swing it. I love a good come back story.
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What happens to those empty movie houses is always a clue to what is or isn’t going on in town. It’s always nice to see a small town movie house that is still in business but they are becoming increasingly rare. What happens to the dead ones? In some communities they get renovated and repurposed. But in a lot of places they just rot away.
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That’s a good point, Ken. You’re right, it is interesting that some of these historical establishments in towns and cities are still in use or are completely ignored.
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Beautiful shots that convey a ton of history. Love them. 🙂
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Hi Keith, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I’m happy you enjoyed this post!
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Is that a mummy or a merman or some combo of both in the first picture?
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YES! That is exactly my question too. What is it and what does it mean? I may need to look into further. I’ll keep you posted.
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