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| | | Re: Is the Database dead? < Reply # 80 on 12/8/2020 3:42 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by becckeez
While I'm not as experienced as others here, I guess I'm willing to show my age. *blushes* There was an intense network of folks working together here on UER in the 2000s, early 2010s. People would come from all over to meet up and explore locales, have camp outs, bonfires - you name it. I was fortunate enough to share some of my local locations and vice versa with folks from all over the East Coast. In fact, I still keep in touch with many of these people to this day. Their friendships are irreplaceable and their art and drive are still a source of inspiration. In fact, even when I moved all the way up to Alaska, the UER network still reached out to me and offered to show me around (God Bless you, Freak). I think 9/11 and the gradual build of the DHS really did a number. Bush armed our local cops with military-grade equipment, and then Obama doubled down. The pressure mounted. I think gentrification really did a number. Rich property owners bought up locations or got super touchy about people walking around what could be their next purchase. I think the opioid crisis really added to the pressure. The added amount of scrapping, dope dens, and the like has created even more instability to classic abandonments everywhere. I also think, something that I don't see mentioned a lot... Is that we've lost a number of explorers to the opioid crisis itself. It was incredibly painful to watch members slip away, and a lot of the folks we lost... were the glue of the community Those folks glued a lot of the network, however, through spending casual time with one another in AvChat or at Meetups, dorkin' around the forum, etc. I'd love to see more of that here again. In fact, I've enjoyed the discord - and just recently met Aran - we've had a chance to chat beyond the confines of UER forum speak <3 In the end, the Database was a grand project we were all working with, but the real Location Database was the network of folks that made up UER. Cursed Covid. Or I'd just throw up a DMV meet up - right - now. A cookout and some easy locations for experts and beginners to just have fun and take some photos. Or... I mean. Masks are a pretty standard piece of exploring equipment... Hm. Anyway. Love you guys. Stay sassy, classy, and cool af.
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I'm also in the DMV and I haven't experienced a group meet. But I would love to meet new people and form lifetime bonds. I've meet some truly incredible people from this hobby. Travelled across the U.S. to meet up and explore with fellow urbexers.
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| NerdyNord
Location: Central PA Gender: Male Total Likes: 2 likes
| | | Re: Is the Database dead? < Reply # 87 on 2/8/2021 2:33 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I'm pretty new here, and I'll admit I first joined because I wanted to eventually become a full member just to get access to "the good stuff" on the DB. But in the short time I've been on here, the forums have been causing my desire to get out and explore to go crazy. The weather is currently not ideal, and Covid is keeping me from gathering with my exploring buddies, so I've been spending a lot of time just going over google earth and thinking about places I know of. This has made me realize I already have a full plate of locations piled up, and I don't really need to find more for the time being. As far as the DB goes, at this point I'm more interested in adding and updating the locations I already know, as I actually quite enjoy chronicling locations. For example, I live near a fairly well known location with old explosive storage bunkers which are all on state game lands. The most easily reached ones are locked, but most of them are open. I got my hands on a map of the game lands which marks all the bunkers, so I've quested myself to see each one and record whether it is open or sealed. (Surprisingly, that location does not appear on the DB, at least to non-full members. As I said, it's fairly well known, and it's on public land, so I wouldn't expect it to be full members only, but I can't imagine it's not on there at all.)
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