Finally, he staggers back home only to find his house decrepit, empty, and abandoned. They are allowed to stay in the abandoned and decrepit Pioneer Hotel. One set was resplendent and new while the other was old and decrepit. Defeated, the Countess then begins to grow old and decrepit before their eyes. Subpar track conditions deteriorated further, particularly in the Midwest, a result of inheriting decrepit facilities. The woman's arm becomes old and decrepit and grabs Caleb. The player character emerges into a post-apocalyptic wasteland full of decrepit ruins and hostile enemies. The decrepit site of ruined buildings was no special effect. He immediately spent $100,000 on renovating the decrepit Mason City Hospital and hired seven physicians. He had lived in a decrepit house in the poor section of his town. The local aristocrat and his decrepit wife raise a toast to the dying flames. Contemporary newspaper accounts describe the building as decrepit and unsafe. In exchange, she will provide enough money to revitalize the decrepit town. Another significant challenge Cixi faced was the increasingly decrepit state of the Manchu elites. The economy was so decrepit that barter trade became prevalent in rural market places.