Notices by Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)

This building at Rockland State Hospital was abandoned, used briefly as a daycare, then abandoned again.

Check out the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rockland-psychiatric-center

The sanctuary of an abandoned church

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/macedonia-free-will-baptist-church

@CStamp I think that's the plan. I fear democracies are an endangered species wherever they are.

I really, really, REALLY don't want to be a dick and call out anyone specific for this but I have seen it on more than one occasion and I urge you, please don't be this person. It is not helpful to anyone.

Posting something like "I sure am glad I don't live in the US because I don't have to worry about x, y, and z happening" has the same energy as saying to someone whose loved one just died, "I sure am glad MY loved ones haven't died because if they did here are the things I'd be sad and upset about."

My most recent Decay Theory column for Atlas Obscura is up - this one examines the tragic abandonment of America's public school system https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-schools

A beautiful abandoned spa in Georgia (the country)

See more from my trip abroad there at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-georgia

You fediverse people are the one bastion of the internet not owned and manipulated by corporate interests at the moment and I am grateful for that. I am glad that you folks are out there. I do feel like too many bloody chunks of my spirit were torn out by the Musks of the world, to the degree that I barely exist online any more, but it warms my cold soul a bit to know that the community here still rocks. Thanks for that.

I used to want to participate and be a part of online communities and now I just post a photo here and there and dip out because every place I've ever felt a part of burned to the ground. That's not something I like or feel good about, btw, but I also have a really hard time "being myself" anywhere and seeing rich douches torch my home again and again makes it so hard to invest energy in rebuilding. Especially when energy is so hard to come by. The internet is a goddamn mess right now.

This isn't a knock on the fediverse - I have tremendous respect for the community here, or I wouldn't even post this - but the cratering of social media by oligarchs in the last year or five just makes me so unbelievably sad sometimes. These incredible communities have been destroyed by greed and it makes it so hard to invest emotionally in anything any more. This is particularly hard when you're an introvert & those spaces were a huge support. I wonder how many, like me, just haven't recovered.

The quiet beauty of an abandoned mansion
Explore the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dunnington-mansion

A 1927 Packard left behind in an abandoned factory

Read its story at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/golaski-labs

Memorial Hall at the once gorgeous, now abandoned Tome School in Maryland

See the rest on Abandoned America: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/tome-school

My newest Decay Theory article is out on Atlas Obscura, if you're interested! It covers the abandonment of Six Flags New Orleans, the aftermath,and where things are are currently. Here's the link! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-new-orleans-six-flags-jazzland

The abandoned Robins Theatre in Warren, Ohio. This theater has since been restored and is in use today!

See more abandoned theaters on Abandoned America at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-theaters

A crumbling concession stand in an abandoned theater.

See more of the abandoned theaters I've visited at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-theaters

Movie palaces had their own day of reckoning in the late 1970s and 1980s - but now, even our contemporary cinema chains are endangered. Find out why so many are being abandoned in my new Decay Theory article for Atlas Obscura!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-theaters

The conservatory at the abandoned Dunnington Mansion in Farmville, VA.

Check out the new gallery and write up on Abandoned America: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dunnington-mansion

A pair of roller skates left behind in the abandoned Academy of the Sisters of Maria Assumpta in Petersham, MA

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nichewaug-inn

Twilight at an abandoned Six Flags

More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/six-flags-new-orleans