Hi, I'm a bit new to this forum and I'm wanting to get into urban exploring. I live in Chattanooga and wanting to know if any of you know of any good places to explore.

I'm not sure how people are in your area of the country, but generally, you're not going to find people whom are willing to give handouts. Your best bet would be to search around on Google/Bing/Flickr/sites of that sort and to drive around, looking for places (railroad tracks and rivers are a good place to start.)
Good luck with your adventures!

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Hi! Welcome to UER.CA, one of the biggest online collections of tips, tricks, and (mis)information on the planet on the loosely defined group of activities known as Urban Exploration.

That being said, it's really no surprise that you have assumed that this might be a good place to ask about directions to, or the coordinates of, abandoned and/or off-limits places in general (or your favorite place in particular).

I'm sorry to inform you that this is not, in fact, the case.

The general practice here is to avoid giving out specific details about the names and locations of the places we talk about on the Public Forums. Most of us are not trying to be rude (some probably are), but there are some good reasons behind the practice.

Property Owners, Security Personnel, and Law Enforcement Officers are known to frequent this site in order to passively and actively prevent further exploration.

Vandals, Scrappers, and Arsonists are known to frequent this site in order to find places to Vandalize, Scrap, and Arse.

Naming a location on the public forums can cause that thread to come up in the results of web searches, so that Property Owners, Security Personnel, Law Enforcement Officers, Vandals, Scrappers, and Arsonists who do NOT frequent this site will see it anyway.

Finally, some of us are petty and possessive about the places we've busted our butts to access, and have seen some really great locations descend into ruin after word about them got out. We get LOTS of people coming through who just want a cheap thrill without putting in any effort, and it gets tiring after a while.

Now, maybe you ARE a Property Owner, Security Person, Law Enforcement Officer, Vandal, Scrapper, or Arsonist. If so, welcome to the site! All information contained herein is for educational purposes only, all actions described are fictional, and all photographs have been photoshopped or stolen off of Flickr.

If you are NOT one of these, welcome to the site! We have a fantastic trust system in place, and once we get to know you, you, too, may be admitted into the halls of glory that are accessible with a Full Membership. With FM status comes access to the Private Boards and Location Database, where information flows a little more freely (There is even a guy in the bathroom that hands out towelettes!).

Find some places. Post some pictures and/or plan a meet-and-greet in your regional forum if there isn't one already. Make some constructive comments. Get to know us, and you'll find we can be pretty inviting and helpful.

Anyway, when you get down to it, this site is about Urban Exploring, not Urban Tourism. Magellan would not have been a very great explorer if he was following a GPS to some coordinates he downloaded of the internet. So... go explore something. Show us something we haven't seen before, and you'll be on the road to fame and riches in no time.

they have gentrified every square inch of this place

Posted by Maglyte they have gentrified every square inch of this place

Good thing we can still trust your mom to give us a bawdy time.


... My apologies, that was too easy.





.. just like your mom.


ok, I'll stop.

Yawn

Posted by relik I'm not sure how people are in your area of the country, but generally, you're not going to find people whom are willing to give handouts. Your best bet would be to search around on Google/Bing/Flickr/sites of that sort and to drive around, looking for places (railroad tracks and rivers are a good place to start.) Good luck with your adventures!

Ah, okay. Sorry about that. I'm just new to photography and I see all these pictures of abandoned buildings and its really inspired me. Anyways, I'll go and research some stuff myself.