It's not that dangerous. Just don't go alone, and make sure someone knows where you went, and you'll be fine.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Also never wander into guarded areas. Some guards are armed and jittery.
Who watches the watchmen?
I've been basically involved with UE for years and I've done some minor explorations in my native New England, but Detroit does hold a special fascination for me because it's so thoroughly explorable on Google Street View, where it has been gifted with the higher level of image quality that has by now been applied to most major American cities. Being able to get an on-the-ground view really hammers home just how desolate and decayed the city is.
What's so fascinating is that geographically, Detroit and its suburbs are rather large, and it is because of that sheer sprawling area that the current emptiness is so stunning. What's even more depressing than looking at what it's like now is trying to imagine it in its bustling heyday, fully alive and populated with every block filled out. It will never achieve that again, as far as I know, and that scares me every time.
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Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I am going to start a OTC about Urban Explorer's (Exploration)
So we can move the convo there.
Who watches the watchmen?
The problem is that Detroit was founded on a centralized employment model, originally it was shipbuilding and steel foundries, then after Henry Ford the three auto companies were the foundation of the economy. When they have hard times, so do we. To the extent that they can never again capture the same market share, Detroit will never see that level of employment, or tax revenue, again. So we are stuck with the worst of all possible outcomes: a sprawling geographic area with a shrinking population.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
And the husk of the city to still support.
Who watches the watchmen?It's incredible to think that things like this
or this were once-thiving neighborhoods. They look like some weird countryside with too many streets and not enough trees.
Hah! For whatever reason, that zooms in on my neighborhood. That was weird.
I'd imagine a .22 High Standard would be nice to have just in case you run into wild dogs or something doing urban exploring.
That or a nice walking stick. My UE experience as limited to Camp Adair and some construction in McMansions that hadn't finished - but I got lots of rural time in - McDonald Forest in Oregon is lots of fun. Literally hours of fun trying to find a road so we could hike back to someone's house.
edited 29th Jan '11 8:55:31 PM by pvtnum11
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