I can remember being part of a thing back in the 90s that was trying to save historic buildings in brownsville from being town down, a lot of the town even then was abandoned storefronts and dying businesses, but the local historical groups had hope. My own town nearby was just about as bad, a lot of the historic buildings in town are now parking lots, another major one was gone some years ago when i last went back to visit. it used to be a beautiful grand hotel, seemingly completely out of place in the tiny mountain town that remained of what was once a thriving city once fueled by long-gone industries.
Fayette county coal fueled Pittsburgh steel, a lot of what is now a vast swath of horrifically depressed small mountain towns were once wealthy centers of industry for mining coal, iron, and other materials, full of mines and mills, railroads and river barges and much more.
Even if its only briefly for filming and a short fascination afterwards by a few newer locals, its nice to see things down there fixed up for a bit and see people trying to care again for a little while.