Notices by Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)

The last days of the Hershey Chocolate Factory, closed after production was moved to newer facilities in West Hershey and Mexico. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/hershey-chocolate-factory1

The abandoned Logan Theatre in Philadelphia almost wound up restored and renamed Claretildaville. The story is more tragic than you might think. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-logan-theater

A forgotten salvage yard full of trolleys and trains rusting away in the forest

https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-trolley-graveyard

The interior of an abandoned diner

https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-places

The remains of the Catskill Game Farm, the largest privately owned zoo in the US and an enormously popular tourist attraction https://www.abandonedamerica.us/catskill-game-farm

You probably wouldn't expect to find a bowling alley in an abandoned lace factory, but life is full of surprises. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lace-factory

There is no sadness and disappointment in the world that can compare to that of a dog, who has loved you and trusted you with all of its heart, yet for some horrible reason has not been rewarded with every single item of food in your home.

The dog tax

welcome to ward number five

Image taken at the abandoned medical/surgical building at Pilgrim State Hospital
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/welcome-to-ward-number-5

I wish I could say that my 2+ decades studying impending social collapse has prepared me mentally and emotionally for imminent social collapse but sadly this is not the case.

The gorgeous auditorium of the abandoned Irem Shrine

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-shrine

This abandoned hospital was where the cure for tuberculosis was discovered. Though drug resistant strains of TB still exist, it kills nowhere near the amount of people it did centuries ago.

More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/seaview-tuberculosis-hospital

A classroom full of lampshades at the abandoned Central Junior High School. Thankfully this building was repurposed into apartments rather than destroyed.

More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/central-junior-high-school

The library at the abandoned Thomas A. Edison High School in Philadelphia. It has since been demolished. In its place are two fast food restaurants, a dollar store, and a parking lot.

See the rest at: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/northeast-high-school

A school in the city of Prypiat, Ukraine, abandoned after the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chernobyl-pripyat

The ruins of abandoned homes in western Pennsylvania

More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-homes

I genuinely love a lot of people here. But I also haven't been posting much because of these two factors. In the few posts I did make, I mentioned dealing with grief over my mother's passing and someone thought that would be a good thing to make a meme about. Someone called the SS United States - which I actually care quite a bit about - a piece of garbage. Everything circles back to a Trump riff whether it has anything to do with him or not.

I'm tired folks. Make it stop.

Protip: Not every discussion on the Internet needs to be a springboard for amateur comedy freestyling, especially if the original poster is talking about something important to them. Likewise, not every post needs to inevitably turn into a platform for comments about Trump. I get it, I know it's mostly well-intentioned, but boy howdy does it make sharing my work a grind, and I need to make some decisions about whether I'm going to keep posting or just start blocking people

World's largest on-the-nose metaphor the 990-ft long abandoned ocean liner SS United States is being towed to its final resting place at the bottom of the ocean off the Florida coast after decades languishing at a port in Philadelphia.

RIP, old friend.
https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states

The SS United States, the fastest liner ever built and the largest built on US soil, was at long last towed from Philadelphia yesterday to be sunk as an artificial reef. To see what it looked like in its final years and learn its story, visit Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states