Of course this film is highlighting the worst of the worst, but I wouldn't say sites like these are uncommon at all in the USA. Every state has massive areas that look like the places in this video. If more foreigners would watch documentary films instead of Hollywood movies, I think the international view of the USA would be very different.
Here may be another interesting watch since you've already gone down the rabbit hole.
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