Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]alwqys enjoyed that doll set ric > On Feb 9, 2021, at 4:26 AM, Christopher Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > Abandoned houses with stuff left in them are very common in the rural > areas of the United States, even in fairly densely populated states like > Indiana. I've photographed a lot of them over the years, and seen some > fascinating things left behind. > > A wedding dress hanging in the attic of an abandoned farmhouse: > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=37 > > A house full of dolls and other stuff, including old family photos: > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=5 > > I can't imagine why people leave stuff like this behind. I can understand > moving to a different home; people move for all sorts of reasons, but why > not take your possessions, and why leave the house to rot instead of > selling it? I don't have answers. The funny thing about the two places I > linked above is that both were on the edge of Fort Wayne, Indiana's second > largest city with 275,000 people. They weren't even in remote out of the > way places! There's now a gas station where the wedding dress house once > stood, and the doll house's location is surrounded by new housing > developments (the house itself has been demolished). > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Like My Work on Facebook > > > ?On 2/9/21, 4:12 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Do they really leave most of their stuff to rot when they leave? > > We also have unoccupied decaying houses, but the authorities have the > power to have them pulled down if they are deemed to be dangerous, and the > bill is charged onto the owner. > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 9 f?vr. 2021 ? 06:52, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit >> : >> >> You can see similar abandoned houses in the Spanish countryside. Young >> people do not want to live in a village and live the hard life of >> farming, so they move to the cities. Over time, there are not enough >> children to keep the village school open, and a development similar to >> what Sonny describes takes place. In Spain, the pace of this change has >> been extremely rapid, leading to a phenomenon called ?La Espa?a vac?a? or >> ?the empty Spain?. >> >> In smaller or more densely populated countries such abandoned properties >> would be re-purposed since land is valuable; I never saw such places in >> the Netherlands or Switzerland. But Spain is big and its 47 million >> people are heavily concentrated in the cities, so the countryside is >> extremely sparsely populated, and it shows. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> >> YNWA >> >> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 8 Feb 2021, at 05:13, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Many small southern rural towns have lost their schools to centralized >>> campuses in a nearby larger town. When that happens, the families move >>> closer to the school, and then the businesses go away. It is like that >>> here and in Texas too. The destitute and homeless can't survive in a >>> deserted USA small town. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> 1714 >>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>> >>> USA >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 9:59 PM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at >>> leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> i thinnk population density may be the difference >>>> >>>> ric >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Feb 7, 2021, at 10:04 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < >>>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Why are there so many derelict and abandoned buildings in your neck of >>>> the >>>>> woods? In India, these would promptly be taken over by the destitute >>>>> and >>>>> homeless without a second thought! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Jayanand >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:47 AM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at >>>>> leica-users.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ashes to ashes... >>>>>> https://2021.cartersxrd.net/2021.02.07.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ric Carter >>>>>> www.home.CartersXRd.net >>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter >>>>>> >>>>>> -the world?s mosst careless typist- >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information