@michaelwhite2823
I love this stuff and you present it very well. Always happy to see a new video!
@humanlifeforce
I really enjoy watching your videos.
@MarkZickefoose
The Pruitt-Igoe homes - and their demolition - were featured in the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi. I first saw it in 7th grade earth science class, of all places, and that place in that state is the definition of 'liminal space'. The sheer scale still feels unreal, even just watching it on a screen.
@Mizz.Person
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
@johnspringer7189
Always intersting to listen to.👍👍👍👍👍
@jasonhoch7105
Another ghost town that’s only recently(ish) became so? -Jeffrey City, WY. Uranium mine that supported the town of thousands closed in the early 80s, and within a few years, the town’s population went under 100. Many buildings, houses, and infrastructure are still visible today…and due to the high desert climate, things are fairly well preserved.
@BZizzle
Great videos. I've enjoyed every one I've watched. I've been through Centralia many times. I still go through when heading upstate. I drove the graffiti highway when it was still Route 61 and remember smoke being visible next to the road. What makes it interesting to me is that I saw it when it was still a "live" town then watching it slowly vanish over the years to what it is now. Not much to see anymore. Just a few buildings remain. I remember the news when a kid fell into a hole that opened up right beneath his feet. The internet went nuts when they covered up the graffiti highway. It's private property and I assume the owners didn't want liability if someone got hurt. There was much more going on than people spray painting on the road. Parties, off-road vehicles, lots of trash. I don't know about anyone else but I don't want people on my private property.
@joegotz1971
I visited Pruitt-Igoe in 1971 as a freshman architecture student with my class. This is an example of what not to do as an architect. Demolition had already started when we visited. In spite of a team of good architects, planners, psychologists it was a disaster. Single loaded corridors used as laundry hanging areas, elevators stopping at every other floor. Mass housing never works, here or anywhere else. Neighbors can be assholes. And there is nothing you can do about it. I would live in a shack before I live in a housing complex, condo or a townhouse. One condo in my life, never again.
@hejnye
Your content is sending me to further investigation, thank you.
@arnesahlen2704
Bodie preserving is called Arrested Decay. Rather than restoring, buildings are shored up enough to prevent continued collapse. (WW2 also closed mines by drawing the miners away into battle.)
@StageRight123
2:38 Actually, it was silver, not gold in Bodie.
@geoffreylee5199
#6 is now filled with trees and an Orthodox Church.
@armandsimonis7992
Quite a lot are missing. Most famous one of course Pripyat.
@adamgreenspan4988
Have you covered the Vanport, OR flood yet?
@HHH-ye1ro
Unfortunately, nothing will happen with that Logan triangle. It is located in North Philly, where nobody wants to live.
@kirkmooneyham
"...as increased environmental regulations..." The mine was IN THE DESERT! Not on a lake or a waterway or above some ground water table...IN THE DESERT. And people wonder why things went downhill in this country. Regulations applied like a blanket instead of being smart and doing things case by case.
@richardbrown4816
It’s pronounced Pruitt-Igoe not Pruitt-Eeego
@David_Lloyd-Jones
"The site was difficult to reach which led to logistical challenges" is total nonsense. Being difficult to reach is a logistical challenge. It doesn't "lead there." It's already there.
@ELMS