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How to Buy a Ghost Town
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Posted on 05/17/2021 5:30:01 AM PDT by mylife
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To: srmanuel
Sorry, which one? I get a display with dozens of locations. Also, for some of us, at least, the fantasy is a town that is truly away from the world and where the Marxists, environmentalists, save the earthers, etc. all no longer exist and the world goes away...
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posted on
05/17/2021 7:46:10 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Buttons12
The Centralia story is one with which I'm very familiar though I never visited. Indeed, it was
in the news last year but not for the fire.
I took an Amtrak ride from 30th St Station to Pittsburgh a while ago. There were LOTS of ghost towns I saw along that route.
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posted on
05/17/2021 7:51:40 AM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: SunkenCiv
Possible ping for your lists.
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posted on
05/17/2021 7:52:17 AM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: DoodleBob
[singing] stuck in Bodie ag'in...
/jk
Thanks DoodleBob.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:11:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Nobody’s mentioned Calico, CA yet.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:13:51 AM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:14:33 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Truth29
From the link I posted all the videos are from the same location, Cerro Gordo, California....the guy’s YouTube channel is called Ghost Town Living...
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:16:59 AM PDT
by
srmanuel
(`)
To: Laslo Fripp
Good place for stray cats, I'm guessin'.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:21:46 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: All
While owning your own ghost town may sound great in theory, in practice, it could be a very different story (depending on what you want to do with the abandoned property and structures). The unasked question in this essay is "why?". Why does owning (and I would assume living in) a ghost town sound great? What is the appeal?
The obvious answer to me is regulation (or control if you will). Having your say over how you live is good but getting out from under oppressive government is great.
I've watched numerous Ghost Town videos on u-toob and admit that I was attracted to the idea of bugging out to somewhere where it was me who had authority over my surroundings and circumstances and not some degenerate libtard. Unfortunately reality keeps intruding onto my daydreams.
There's a reason why ghost towns are that way. For one reason or another they are communities that failed. They are usually remotely located and hostile to normal living. You can't just hop in the car and visit the corner grocery. And don't get sick - remember you are many miles from help.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:27:37 AM PDT
by
rockrr
( Everything is different now...)
To: DoodleBob
I bought some in Centralia. It’ll come back booming. All it needs are some bike lanes, roundabouts, street art, a dozen brewpubs, and the Californicators will be heading there in no time.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:29:01 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:31:58 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: married21
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:34:40 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SunkenCiv
I see what you did there!
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:43:14 AM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: Organic Panic; Buttons12
I don't think the crunchy granola types will flock to Centralia.
In fact I'm not a granolaist and I don't want to move there.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:45:59 AM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: Larry Lucido
International headquarters for KrAmerica Enterprises!
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:53:36 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: mylife
Kinda looks like the set of “High Plains Drifter’’.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:55:00 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
To: BipolarBob
I hear that there are plenty of curves at the Junction...
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:55:47 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Buttons12
Back in the late 80’s upstate New York was like that. Whole little towns either abandoned or close to it.
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posted on
05/17/2021 8:56:25 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
To: Army Air Corps; mylife
The home of small town serenity - now!
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posted on
05/17/2021 9:04:56 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Laslo Fripp
I think my posting history is littered with cat jokes.
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posted on
05/17/2021 9:08:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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