re: The ruins of America is fascinating

I have always been fascinated with cities that built on top of themselves. I struggle to wrap my mind around that. Malls are real estate time bombs. COVID might actually make us finally move on from them. I almost stayed with my Ukranian ex longer just to try and go to Chernobyl

You’d enjoy the underground tours in Seattle if you haven’t experienced em already

Growing up in North Ms. I would walk and hunt the country around Grenada , Enid and Sardis lakes . When they built the reservoirs they flooded large tracts of land that included whole communities. I found several houses in the flood plain that people left without taking furniture and even can goods still in the cabinets. This was the early 70s and the houses were abandoned in the 40s I think . Some of the homesites were so covered with Kudzu you wouldn’t know they were there I used to walk old Hwy # 7 when it was out of water and pick up old soda bottles.
I’ve posted about a 3 story Plantation that was used for a civil war hospital . It had a big spiral staircase in it . Slave quarters ,outdoor kitchen and a cemetery where a bunch of soldiers were buried we’re behind it .On the weekends we would go up through the attic onto the roof with our girlfriends and lay on blankets on shrooms and watch the stars with Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon blaring.

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You’d enjoy the underground tours in Seattle if you haven’t experienced em already

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I did one of those two summers ago. One of the coolest things on our trip.

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The decline of the steel mills and auto industry has made for some great finds in the old Midwest I bet.

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I grew up not far from a couple of eerie places in the upper midwest. There was a town about 20 minutes away that was around during the mid 19th century settlement. By the early 90s the town had completely disappeared and they had even moved the highway that had bent to run near the town. Also had a prep school not far away named after JFK but 20 years after closing in the early 80s the juvenile delinquents had used it as their own playground. Nothing but graffiti, broken glass, and feral cars until they finally took it down. If you ever get the chance to visit Wisconsin you will see some crazy stuff. Bars in the middle of nowhere (some open, some long closed), banquet halls also in random places, and in some places the remnants of old breweries. Minnesota has its own quirks too. Grumpy Old Men and Fargo do a good job of capturing that state.

I was so bummed when they tore down the old Tinseltown on Seigen. Got a great pic down one of the entrance hallways though.

Place had everything including the history - murder for hire at the box office.

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I feel that wày about ghost towns. Just a weird draw to them.

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You should check out Governor’s Island. It’s an old army base and corresponding neighborhood, just across the river from Manhattan. The middle of the island is trails weaving through nature. Totally abandoned and very few people there looking at it. We were there 4-5 hours and only bumped into 3-4 other people. It was really weird standing somewhere that quiet and looking across the water at Manhattan.