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They shouldn't, but they would npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America It doesn't matter if the food is poisonous to dogs. It could be chocolate covered grapes doused in antifreeze. You could invent a translator to explain it to the dog. It does not matter. They are still as disappointed in you as a conservative dad whose child is going for an MFA in interpretive dance. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America There is no sadness and disappointment in the world that can compare to that of a dog, who has loved you and trusted you with all of its heart, yet for some horrible reason has not been rewarded with every single item of food in your home. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America welcome to ward number five npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The boarding pavilion of the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Just wanted to give you folks a heads up, I'm having a giveaway of an 11x14 print of your choice over on my Patreon page. Free tiers can enter too, no need to join a paid tier! 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I can't wait to go back and see how the project turned out. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The main staircase of the abandoned Empire Hotel npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The overgrown shell of a building at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The rain-soaked interior of an abandoned mausoleum npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The mezzanine in an abandoned movie palace npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America My newest Decay Theory column for Atlas Obscura is up! 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Bethlehem Steel was once one of the world's largest steel producers, and shaped many of the buildings and landmarks that defined us - from the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America An employer washroom in one of the many abandoned buildings at the former Frankford Arsenal, the United States' primary munitions manufacturer. See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-arsenal npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The library at the abandoned Thomas A. Edison High School in Philadelphia. It has since been demolished. In its place are two fast food restaurants, a dollar store, and a parking lot. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The Zydeco Screamer Roller Coaster at Six Flags New Orleans, abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America A school in the city of Prypiat, Ukraine, abandoned after the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The ruins of abandoned homes in western Pennsylvania npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America I genuinely love a lot of people here. But I also haven't been posting much because of these two factors. In the few posts I did make, I mentioned dealing with grief over my mother's passing and someone thought that would be a good thing to make a meme about. Someone called the SS United States - which I actually care quite a bit about - a piece of garbage. Everything circles back to a Trump riff whether it has anything to do with him or not. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Protip: Not every discussion on the Internet needs to be a springboard for amateur comedy freestyling, especially if the original poster is talking about something important to them. Likewise, not every post needs to inevitably turn into a platform for comments about Trump. I get it, I know it's mostly well-intentioned, but boy howdy does it make sharing my work a grind, and I need to make some decisions about whether I'm going to keep posting or just start blocking people npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America World's largest on-the-nose metaphor the 990-ft long abandoned ocean liner SS United States is being towed to its final resting place at the bottom of the ocean off the Florida coast after decades languishing on a port in Philadelphia. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The SS United States, the fastest liner ever built and the largest built on US soil, was at long last towed from Philadelphia yesterday to be sunk as an artificial reef. 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This building was closed when production of the newspaper was cut back and shifted to the suburbs. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America A control room in an abandoned power plant npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The remains of a Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia during demolition npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Fun fact: All the ghosts Luigi vacuums up in the haunted mansion are insurance executives too npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…4gef @nprofile…g9g5 I mean, were talking about people who are spray painting on an abandoned building because they presume it will just be torn down so it's not that much of a stretch npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 I can't, honestly. It sounds good, because of the anger over deforestation, but I think being respectful of our environment is important regardless of what others do. The threat of clear cutting doesn't justify or excuse, say, littering in a forest or abusing the plants/animals that live there. So I'd say the frustration in the statement is valid but in practice we are responsible for our own actions whether or not those of others are moral/ethical npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Graffiti in an abandoned public school npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 animal companions are the best ❤️ npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America I sure do love this gentle little Charlie dog npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 hey, I'm just playing the Silent Hill remake, which rocks. And yes, while I'm not a believer in the supernatural I do think prisons have a presence. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 I'm not holding my breath on that, but it would be cool npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Gotta show some love to you railfans out there from time to time. God knows I can't identify these things myself. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America A locomotive left behind at the abandoned Carrie Furnaces in Rankin, PA. The Carrie Furnaces were a part of Homestead Steel, which was once the site of one of America's bloodiest labor disputes. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America If you've played Bioshock, the panels on the ceiling bear a striking resemblance to the pipe puzzles npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The now-abandoned Roxie Theatre was the last theater built on Broadway in Los Angeles, and the only one built in the Art Deco style. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 thank you, and yes - you would think active hospitals and retirement homes would be hotbeds of spiritual activity. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 It's always refreshing to hear about medical progress and how it positively impacts people's lives. Makes me think there might be hope for humanity yet. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America One of the off-limits cell blocks in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. ESP was a sincere attempt at criminal justice reform which went horribly wrong; now it is a tourist attraction with a few still-abandoned areas. Read more at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/eastern-state-penitentiary npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Old clothes left behind in an abandoned town that was the origin of Arizona's gold rush npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America A pediatric ward in an abandoned hospital npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 I have similar concerns. Quite possibly that it wouldn't have worked out very well npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…6qar unfortunately money is all that really matters in decision making regardless of what we like to believe npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Same abandoned church about five years apart npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The gloomy interior of an abandoned aquarium npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 places become a part of who we are, I believe npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America The overgrown facade of the District of Columbia Children's Center, quite possibly the saddest of all of the places I've been to. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Me, when someone asks where I think we'll be in ten years npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 I thought the story and dancing were fun but I loved the setting. The Borscht Belt resort locale was very underrepresented in film, even though the movie wasn't technically filmed in one iirc npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 I just saw it for the first time this past year. I liked it more than I thought I would! npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 nothing should surprise us any more when it comes to people making bad decisions npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 it's a very *different* place, I guess you could say. Not much of anywhere like it, which is for the best. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 thank you! npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 thanks, and I agree. I'd love to have gone there as a summer getaway npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America A friendly reminder to avoid open flames in facilities that produce and store munitions npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Have you ever wondered what it's like actually traveling into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone? Turns out it's a lot different than you might expect. Find out in my newest Decay Theory column for Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-chernobyl-disaster-ukraine npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America A guest room in a long-abandoned resort with a remarkable past. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 it does. Kind of wild to think about how influential of a place it is, yet how unfamiliar most of us are with it npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…g9g5 yeah, it's a weird position do deal with so you just say the socially acceptable lie to avoid awkwardness npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America Known as "The Street That Beat Hitler", the Frankford Arsenal was the oldest and most significant munitions facility in the US, until it was killed by private contractors. Read about how it happened at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frankford-arsenal npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…0nlv I hope there's some postive long term outcome on my end as well, not that the ends justify the means. I'd just like this not to be an ache that hurts this bad forever. npub14p4nk25txl06e4dnrpq73g0z7jsr0ztlh23krf730ayd2jsxayys5qj3gw Abandoned America @nprofile…0nlv thank you and I'm sorry for your loss. It's pretty hard to figure out how to navigate flashbacks and such. Innocent questions with hellish answers. I don't envy your position either. I'm sure all of that in two years was horrible.
