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 @25b5e014 I love this kind of thing. I think it's not only fascinating from an engineering standpoint, but also beautiful, too. I spent many years living in places like this when I was homeless, and I always thought it was sad, but also wonderful, watching the things we take for granted as being solid and forever just crumbling to dust. To see that process happening is something I will never get tired of. 
 @e53e3529 I'm glad you're still able to see the wonder in it. I certainly have a reaction of sadness and frustration in seeing things go to waste but there's also a sense of spectacle to it that I can't deny being drawn to 
 @25b5e014 @e53e3529 It always bothers me to see *waste*, but it's intriguing to understand why these things were abandoned, and to view the world they come from. 
 @a209a57c @e53e3529 exactly. I feel there are a multitude of emotional reactions and many are valid even though they conflict