The 10,000 Post thread V3

[Larks2242 251]

901.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Detroit ends up a true ghost town years from now. 

[Mr Saturn64 742]

902

 

897: Camden, NJ?

Did you mean hell? Oh, sorry, sometimes it's hard to tell the differance between Camden and Hell.
 

(898)
Yep. Or Detroit. Or Baltimore.

Hey, Baltimore is developing quite well in the Inner Harbor areas. But with any city you can't stray far from the touristy areas.

Detroit.... If I said it has seen better days, I would take that back as an understatement.

Philadelphia should be America's capital of school and church closings. Granted, a church closes for every 20 schools that close, but whatever. It's bad all around. I saw on the Philly news a landowner is getting sued over an unsafe church steeple. St Bonaventure's Catholic Church in hel- or, North Philadelphia has been deemed unsafe as shingles and slate fall from the tower at high frequency rates. Look the church up if you want, it's beautiful, but any abandoned place is sad, always. St Bon's has been closed for 20 years now, and it looks like its end is near for a beautiful building...

I could rant on Philadelphia Church closings forever, but I'll stop after I say that my favorite piece of architecture other than Notre Dame in Paris is Christ Memorial Church in West Philadelphia, another church that closed after its tower collapsed in 2004. The property sits empty with signs saying "Don't go in here" and stuff like that along the doors under the grand Gothic arches of the church. From what I hear there is a homeless shelter in the building there right now. The trouble is that 75% or more of people wouldn't go in that thing. There's a sign outside saying service will return ASAP. Problem is, it's been almost 10 years.


I feel a rant coming on...

This goes for any city, but I'll use my hometown, once again, as an example...

WHEN will they realize that places like St Bonaventure and Christ Memorial is what makes Philly special? When your local masterpieces start to rot away after abandonment, then you look run down then once it goes down, your neighborhood looks worse than it already is. Argh! I'm thinking that in 10 years, St Bon's will be a piece of history and Christ Memorial will be a pile of rubble. That's depressing! Those places that Get abandoned really add so much to neighborhoods, it's what a neighborhoods charm is. And when the neighborhood loses that charm, the area is a worse place without that vibe.

Overall, abandonment, anywhere, not just here, but a lot is here, is sad, it affects everywhere in the world, it endangers lives, and just isn't what cities need. If we would develop and preserve our landmarks better...

[timmie 988]

903

 

I feel a rant coming on...
 

 

You even forgot to number your post

[Cpt Johnny 57]

904

 

You even forgot to number your post

I lol'ed at your emoticon

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

905

 

Detroit is a terrible, suffering place is like a recurring theme here.  I feel like we've covered this ground before.

 

Also, riding the train in from the suburbs to the waterfront in Baltimore, you ride through some pretty horrifying places, but I think Detroit has Baltimore beat for urban nightmares.  Detroit's is just about all-encompassing.

[Duke87 1,070]

(906)

 

The worst I've seen in Baltimore was at least visually worse than the worst I've seen in Detroit - more buildings abandoned and/or really falling apart, whereas in Detroit it seems most of those buildings have been turned into vacant lots.

[Muck308 55]

907

 

Super slow in here lately, eh?

[metarvo 710]

908.

 

You know, we might make this in about ten years if we step it up.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

909

If I'm not mistaken, 10,000 post thread v2 went 3 years. Could be wrong, but...

[Larks2242 251]

910.

 

Close, the first one I remember starting in 2010.

[Duke87 1,070]

(911)

 

V1

Thread created: 09/13/2009 4:45 PM EDT

Thread finished: 11/26/2010 1:02 PM EST

Time taken: 439 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes

 

V2

Thread created: 11/26/2010 12:58 PM EST

Thread finished: 05/10/2013 11:13 PM EDT

Time taken: 896 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes ~ 2 years, 5 months, and 14 days

[metarvo 710]

912.

 

Even two years is a long life for a thread IMHO considering that some don't make it that long.

[Terring 6,473]

913

He also said that people who are at different countries are communists and stupid.

Just a racist troll. We are all citizens of Earth, so comments like this doesn't make any sense.

[Cpt Johnny 57]

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[metarvo 710]

915.

Threads like this make me hyper curious.

I guess some posts were deleted because there was trouble. That's why our countdown jumps from 912 to 915.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

916

 

We're totally in need of a numbers check.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

917

Oh yes, politcal spam. I got all of that crap. Tis would be better without political debates involved, as anything else is.

[Duke87 1,070]

(918)

There was a problem. It was dealt with. No further discussion called for.

In other news, I am a few hours away from being in Cleveland, where I shall be spending the weekend.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

919: Oh yaay, numbers fixed. What chu doing in Cleveland, Duke?

[Mr Saturn64 742]

920

Cleveland, from what I hear, it's one of the worst cities in America.

[Duke87 1,070]

(921)

 

I am meeting up with a few friends for a roadmeet here tomorrow.

[Larks2242 251]

922.

 

 

920

Cleveland, from what I hear, it's one of the worst cities in America.

 

Been there, although the east side is rundown, The center is really rice.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

923

It's just like any city, has good parts and bad parts. However, in some the bad parts get more of a reputation than the better parts, which isn't fair to the cities known as bad places but do have nice districts.

[Cpt Johnny 57]

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[Muck308 55]

925

 

Cleveland definitely has some nice areas and some ghetto. I rather like many parts of the city but I am personally never going to return there. I had bad experiences the last two trips to that city. I swear it's probably the result of my being from Pittsburgh which sounds silly but it's hard to ignore too.

[timmie 988]

926

 

I always found Pittsburgh a bit un-American, since it has no grid. Looks prettier on aerial photo's, because it is somewhat closer to European cities (although that kind of sprawl is still something North-American).

[Larks2242 251]

927.

 

It is a a hell of a lot better then Philly.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

926

 

I always found Pittsburgh a bit un-American, since it has no grid. Looks prettier on aerial photo's, because it is somewhat closer to European cities (although that kind of sprawl is still something North-American).

928: Boston?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

929

 

With the winding, often 1-lane-with-2-way-traffic roads here in Japan, I often yearn for the simpleness of the grid in my hometown of Toledo, OH, of the wide, straight avenues and almost-as-wide side streets and all their intersections with their beautiful, spectacular open sight lines and largely reasonable speed limits.  That said, the mountain road I drive to work almost everyday?  Wow.  Seriously, it's unbelievably good.

[Cpt Johnny 57]

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