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- AntBing, on 10/10/2007, -4/+44This should have been titled - How to meet smackheads and bums while inhaling asbestos and rubbing up against lead paint. These places are usually abandoned for a reason.
- insidesource, on 10/10/2007, -3/+32If it's one thing Scooby-Doo has taught me to Scooby-Don't - is to break into abandoned buildings.
- maklershed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20The answer from the article on how to break into abandon buildings:
"Urban explorations can be as simple as bypassing warning signs and ducking under red tape. However, they can also be complex and require varying amounts of equipment." - cmadach, on 10/10/2007, -6/+19Urban exploration is a misunderstood hobby. It isn't about "breaking in;" it's about appreciating the architecture, the history, and the oft-overlooked aspects of the urban environment. It's the best way to feel completely alone when you live in a city of 2+ million people.
UErs understand the inherent risks, just like skateboarders or football players understand the risks involved with what they do. And just like skateboarding or football, urban exploration is safe as long as you know what you're doing.
Don't knock it until you try it. Even better still, don't try it. The scene is large enough as it is.
RIP Ninjalicious - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13You must have stumbled close to his stash of picnic baskets!
- WilliamDavis, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15I find the stories and pics of others fascinating. In practice, it still sounds like a terrible idea for a ton of reasons.
- suxmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -6/+18Excellent guide with links and images - makes me actually want to crawl down into a sewer. Well, almost anyway!
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11RIP Ninja indeed. His zine was awesome.
For any interested, here's an Urban Exploration website from Toronto - http://www.uer.ca/ - The photos from the abandoned Belleville mental hospital are particularly freaky.
For more information attend your city's local 2600 meetings. Pick up a copy of 2600 Hacker Quarterly magazine for details.
Take only pictures, leave only footprints. - tamurlane6, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Last time I did a little exploring at a vacant property, I ended up staring down the barrel of a park rangers gun. Let me just tell you that is a ***** up experience. Park rangers don't pull their guns often and the shaking hands show it.
- Duositex, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Sorta like what Mitch Hedberg said about his band. "They liked us, or the hated us, or they thought we were ok."
Urban exploration can be really easy, or really hard, or just medium. Wtf kind of article is this? - JohnnyXmas, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11I don't recommend this to ANYONE. It's fun as hell ( sometimes), but the majority of what you find is a building full of the most unsanitary conditions you've ever seen in your life. You will almost never be the first person to "break in" to that building. Once inside, you'll find that its being used by the homeless and prostitutes ( and usually homeless prostitutes), who don't have much of a knack for keeping things sanitary. Spending the day dodging human and animal fecal matter, used condoms, used drug syringes, rusty nails and possibly live electrical wiring is not as fun as The Internets like you to think it is. Couple that with the fact that there is usually an incredibly good structural reason for the building being abandoned, and it's nothing but a bad time.
About 3 months ago I was watching some video I shot of an urban exploration outing we did involving the old Adelphi Theater in Rogers Park (Chicago). The whole thing is stupid. We thought it was great at the time, but when you look back at it, all we did was crawl around in some really dirty, dangerous places, and marvel at how much soot covered an office chair.
Citizens for the Adelphi Theater had our pictures on their site at http://www.adelphitheater.org , but it appears to be down (gone?). The theater has since been demolished. We've done 4 other "explorations' like this, and trust me, its just not worth it. Buy a tent and some boots, and go camping. - jonesyb, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Well here it is anyway:
http://www.djbenj.co.uk/urbex/ - StephenDVick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Leave your DNA all over? I don't think the article advocated you violating yourself in an abandoned building. Can't you just take pictures?
- sirber, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6"This is so juvenile and lame"
I agree unless you go there for photography. - manicallday, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8I just don't like spiders. And I don't like having my DNA all over an abandon building.
- frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I had a friend who tried this in college. He wanted to explore an old theater. He ended up getting arrested and was prosecuted and now has a criminal record. He was on probation for it.
You might want to consider the consequences before you do this. I'm not saying don't do it, but just know what you are getting into. - havesometea, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6One man's "urban exploration" is another man's breaking and entering.
- shorty9, on 10/10/2007, -6/+10Well, just in case you need it - here's how to pick locks. For educational purposes only, natuarly.
http://www.hooqs.com/how-to-pick-locks/17021,21589 - m3t00, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"Hello abandoned place, I promise I won't vandalize you"
Why would anyone who owned such a place give anyone permission to enter and possibly get injured and sue?
Besides, having permission would take most of the fun out it. Damn you! PC hippies take all the fun out of everything!@!!@!@!@ - smoothmedia, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6http://wraiths.org : These guys do this in my area (Vancouver). They've snuck inside abandoned mental hospitals, power plants..etc..
- jason469, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4People do some stupid things, this is one of them. If you get caught, this will be considered a B&E (Breaking and Entering). Criminal record for what? just to break in to some dirty old abandoned building that is probably used by crackheads.
- ArmchairAthlete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm in Atlanta so I don't feel like getting stabbed/shot/raped trying something like this.
- tdgx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Even if the property is abandoned, it's not right to break into it so you can get your jollies. I've explored plenty of abandoned places locally, all of them allow explorers as long as vandalism doesn't take place.
- sirber, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6It's a very fun hobby. Here's my set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirber/collections/72157600498151083/ - Duositex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Exploring places with the permission of the ownership I can understand and support as long as proper safety precautions are taken. That includes those which protect you from dangerous particulates in the air and skin contact with toxic construction materials. It would be foolish to assume that just because it looks safe it is. Oh and don't forget, some of these buildings harbor bats, and in some areas, bats are known carriers of rabies.
Yeah.. lots of safety issues here. Seems like it would be more fun to explore buildings that *aren't* abandoned... - dracostimpy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You should crawl into a sewer for pimping your own article like that.
- Duositex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Or better yet go on foot and don't destroy the stuff you're going out there to enjoy.
- jonesyb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2take a look at my website zoltair... there are good reasons i like wandering round in old abandoned buildings. gorgeous victorian architecture being one of them... taking photos of things being another. you should not be so quick to comment.
- Ignathius, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4urban exploring my ass. it's more like 'breaking into an empty building because you're bored'. if anything, the *real* 'urban explorers' are everyone that broke in before you, and stole everything there was to steal before you got there.
and it's not like this is anything new. kids have been doing this for as long as there have been abandoned buildings. - spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What did Ninjalicious die of anyway? I met him about 6 years ago and he seemed healthy.
- CourtesyFlush, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Isn't this how damn near every horror movie on the planet starts?
"Bob and Mary find an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down in a freak storm."
"Or IS IT abandoned?" - cmadach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Cancer, resultant of complications with a liver transplant in '02. It'll be two years on August 23. Don't forget your moment of silence.
- willcoll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2this site a far better
http://urbanatrophy.com/ - aflaks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I am confused as well, there is nothing there, just the fact that Urban Exploration exists...
- jonesyb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You are clearly going to the wrong places.
- CeeJayDK, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2My guess would be that mental patients are a group, that most people in power don't care much for and try to forget.
So if they have to close something down to save money, they figure taking money/care from the crazies is easier and less likely to cause people to protest. - manicallday, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I got it. Nice.
- sirber, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1a bit big to carry...
- vrillusions, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Doesn't really give a good "answer" per se, but does have a lot of links to other sites that have done it and have taken some really cool pictures.
- yokes, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2My urban exploration photos are on http://smlg.ca . I'll note, though, that I've never had to break into a building... recreational trespassing only.
- drachemorder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hey, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to pick a lock. I picked one for my aunt a while back, on a filing cabinet she bought at a junk store. It didn't happen to include a key --- which explains what it was doing in a junk store to begin with, I'll warrant. Lock picking is fun --- except when it's done in Mississippi in July. I could pass on that part.
- nickdngr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1we've explored some pretty nifty, rural abandoned places in eastern and central washington. of course, we've also explored some pretty nifty areas of seattle, too...
- kcap122, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1um...woot?
- computergod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nope, just tresspassing, or mistchive charges. Usually the security gards don't give a ***** as long as it's clear your not there to steal stuff.
- Wizdum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Best link off there http://www.sleepycity.net/viewpost.php?b=67
wow. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1hahaha you're seriously being an elitist about breaking and entering? grow up dude, you break into run down buildings and take pictures of dust and garbage
- Wizdum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Still an occasional bit of this in Sydney. Fun Times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_DtEOBfzvU "Do you have sand in your vagina?"
Pretty cool cop really... - spunzamboni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1also check out http://infiltration.org
- ij00mini, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A couple guys I know do this in NY
Here's their site:
http://www.industrialnewyork.com - itspuddingtime, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i guess you got buried for asking
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