Topic: I like to use Google Earth to see what other places look like on the street
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #119,911
Some are fascinating, but so many American towns like this are so bleak and deserted. What the hell? It looks like after the zombie apocalypse. How could anyone liver here any not go crazy? Ref: it's Elk City, Oklahoma.Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #1,313,360
Elk City, Kansas "downtown" my Godboof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 26 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,364
did you spot Vanilla Ice? because he's from the street
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,367
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,379
They have to build like that because there's a lot of Tornados. Can you imagine an E5 in New York?
Chuckle Brother 2 !ErY2TknG0w joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 18 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,391
Shut the fuck up Matt
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 14 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,398
@OP
> How could anyone liver here any not go crazy?
Internet access.
Why throw away time/money to pay inflated rents in the city when you're home most of the time anyway?
> How could anyone liver here any not go crazy?
Internet access.
Why throw away time/money to pay inflated rents in the city when you're home most of the time anyway?
Chuffed !m8sJfgzmLE joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 55 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,404
I just close my blinds and don't answer the door. My backyard's pretty sweet though.
Chuffed !m8sJfgzmLE double-posted this 1 year ago, 13 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,405
@1,313,360 (A)
Yikes, that's pretty bad to be honest. Go downtown for muffler repair and you might lose your entire car and get mugged.
Yikes, that's pretty bad to be honest. Go downtown for muffler repair and you might lose your entire car and get mugged.
dw !p9hU6ckyqw joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 24 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,408
Economic regress
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,413
Oh my Lord, downtown Lafayette. Closed up buildings, dead street... How can anyone survive in this hellhole?
Anonymous H double-posted this 1 year ago, 35 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,414
Toilet Seat !tr.t4dJfuU triple-posted this 1 year ago, 27 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,416
So that's why Avec Panache! Food Truck failed!
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Anonymous H quadruple-posted this 1 year ago, 12 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,417
@previous (Toilet Seat !tr.t4dJfuU)I mean, look at this abandoned warehouse. It's been closed so long, grass is overtaking the parking lot. How can anyone live in a city with so many abandoned warehouses and no jobs?
Toilet Seat !tr.t4dJfuU replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,418
@previous (H)
I bet food stamps are common here!
Wonder if Avec Panache! would have accepted food stamps?
I bet food stamps are common here!
Wonder if Avec Panache! would have accepted food stamps?
Anonymous H replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,419
@previous (Toilet Seat !tr.t4dJfuU)
I don't know. You should go to Google Earth and look at all the dead streets and abandoned buildings here. It's sad really.
I don't know. You should go to Google Earth and look at all the dead streets and abandoned buildings here. It's sad really.
Toilet Seat !tr.t4dJfuU double-posted this 1 year ago, 8 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,420
@previous (H)Wow... You weren't kidding. More abandoned places. No cars, no people... Does anyone even live here?
Anonymous D replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,421
@previous (Toilet Seat !tr.t4dJfuU)
Maybe the food truck guy is the only person and lives there alone.
Maybe the food truck guy is the only person and lives there alone.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 4 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,450
@previous (D)
> Maybe the food truck guy is the only person and lives there alone.
Food truck owners are never alone because of cockroaches.
> Maybe the food truck guy is the only person and lives there alone.
Food truck owners are never alone because of cockroaches.
boof replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,313,476
I've heard a compelling reasoning that the current economic incentives for land owners and developers is to let them remain without building homes, because the land itself can be likely resold for more than what they paid. To incentivize building, a town needs to make it less expensive tax or penalty wise to make homes than to sit on an unused property for loard knows how long.