Abandoned America: Photography of Decline of the USA

by veya_victaous Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:43 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2340806/Abandoned-America-Photographer-captures-haunting-images-rusting-steel-works-crumbling-schools-factories-great-superpower.html

Stunning Photos of Infrastucture Decaying and Reclaimed by nature

Might not be too long now before we get history books titled
"The Rise and Fall of the Empire of the USA"

by Ben Reilly Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:58 am

I believe it was either Aristotle or Plato who famously stated, "Ultimately, time pwns all."

Ah, America's getting older. Eventually we'll have our Parthenons and Colosseums, only they'll be the ancient remains of Wal-Marts, waiting to teach future archaeologists about how people of antiquity enjoyed Low Prices Every Day.

It's funny to think of how ruins are being "created" every day; you just don't tend to think about the fact that the process goes on in your own lifetime. And there will be a lot of them in the U.S., since our approach to building is to spread outward over all this land we have ...