Urban Explorers

[Pam]

Thank you Teacher Pam.....can I go now

Only after you write a sentence using abandoned and copy it 100 times.

[Searay215]

Only after you write a sentence using abandoned and copy it 100 times.

Ah Pam.....a true woman, that only reads part of what was written or hears only what she wants to hear. You should run for office or become a journalist...both of which take bits and pieces of what people say and use it the way they want.

And now back to our subject.....here are a couple of links for those of you that may be facinated by abandoned places.

http://www.offroaders.com/album/cent...ed_Places.html

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/mi/mi.html

At the last site you can search for ghost towns anywhere in the US. Have fun!!

[English]

Welcome to Detroit, Michigan... once mighty, now a ghost town filled with ruins.

I've loved Shelley's "Ozymandias" ever since I first read it in high school. I'm pretty sure I've posted it here before. I immediately think of Detroit whenever I'm reminded of it these days...

"I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

I'm very interested in preservation and architecture, but many present-day Detroiters aren't and wish that it would all be torn down and replaced with mid-to-late 20th century suburban subdivisions and office parks.

Who can blame them? Look, it's not a matter of willful neglect of what those before them built on most people's part [[although I've read that on DYes before), it's that many current Detroiters feel completely disconnected to Detroit's past. Far too many ancestors of current Detroiters were made to feel that they were IN the city, but not OF it. They were not allowed to have a stake in the glory and the grandeur, but lived on the much-celebrated margins of it. When those who were here before departed to seek a home elsewhere, one can't blame those left behind for not genuflecting to the empty buildings [[no matter how grand) or forlorn monuments [[no matter how worthy). I completely disagree with this mindset, but many feel that the preservationists don't care enough about pressing social issues [[poverty, homelessness, crime, neglect, child/teen abuse, etc).

I think urban explorers should have a go at it. Take your pics, make your documentaries, and continue to tell our stories. Just be safe and be as legal as you can be... I'm more interested in the dispossessed, not property owners who have allowed their buildings to get in this state in the first place.

[Gistok]

Ah Pam.....a true woman, that only reads part of what was written or hears only what she wants to hear. You should run for office or become a journalist...both of which take bits and pieces of what people say and use it the way they want.

... or maybe... just maybe she... nor the rest of us care to hear about your bowel movement history....

[Searay215]

... or maybe... just maybe she... nor the rest of us care to hear about your bowel movement history....

Go back to the box you are living in and smoke some more of whatever you are smoking and get a life. Just because you have no interests in anything else than posting crap.... Others do... Besides I think Pam can speak for herself... and you are the only one who is bitching about it. If you don't like the subject matter, don't read it.....

[Blarf]

Speaking of bowl movements, I used to know a guy who always had to take a shit every time we were exploring a site. It was rather disgusting, epically considering he never brought toilet paper or hand sanitizer.

[Gistok]

Go back to the box you are living in and smoke some more of whatever you are smoking and get a life. Just because you have no interests in anything else than posting crap.... Others do... Besides I think Pam can speak for herself... and you are the only one who is bitching about it. If you don't like the subject matter, don't read it.....

I'm not getting into a pissing match with your sometimes quirky posts... but for the fact that you're accusing me of the doing the same thing that you just did on this very thread ... Did you already forget your very crude reply to a lady??.

"Thank you Teacher Pam.....can I go now I have to do a number 2 on your posts..."

And you accuse me of posting "crap"....

LOL... oh the irony....