So I watch several youtubers that explore non-abandoned sites (after hours, currently being constructed, etc) like Ally Law, and I personally wouldn't go for this because it can often wind up involving authorities, but I was wondering: what are your guys' opinions on it?

If you're referring to stuff like construction sites, cranes, or rooftops, then I'd agree with ya. Law enforcement can be a lot stricter when it comes to stuff like that, especially construction sites and cranes. My friend got held at gun point by 6 or 7 cops after tripping a sensor in a site by his house, so just goes to show the risks there are very real. Rooftops usually aren't as risky as construction sites but I did recently get busted by security on a roof and it made me really rethink my infiltration methods. We could have gotten some serious charges if they desired to go further with us. Lately I've been into bandos because I feel they're more low-key depending on the area.

I do not infiltrate active sites or explore anything under construction. There is a much bigger interest in protecting the site (For good reason), and I am terrible at evading security. However, those are popular things to do in Toronto because there is very quick building turnover.

I mostly explore condemned buildings. It's easier to explore things on the chopping block; they're effectively abandoned in many cases, so security is practically non-existant.

Overall, almost any kind of exploring you do could result in contact with police. It comes down to how discrete you are, and how well you assess your risks.

I actually do construction sites every now and then. There is a whole lot more scouting and waiting to get into them. I use them as an easy way to rooftop. I'm super careful and I usually dip out if I get the slightest feeling of being watched. Yes it is a lot more risky and the reward isn't nearly as great. But not many abandonments near me that I haven't explored yet.

I just did a major construction site earlier this week. However, I have very little respect for people who make videos like this that make everything look more extreme. Getting onto a roof or climbing a construction crane does not make you some badass rockstar, and having a corporate sponsor funding you to do stupid stunts just encourages more carelessness, as well as turns UE into a competitive sport to blow the best locations.

I'll go into buildings actively being renovated and demolished. For reno I like to see whats being incorporated, and for demo I like to get photos of the demolition from inside and out. I don't really bother with new construction as I usually have no interest.

Posted by Steed However, I have very little respect for people who make videos like this that make everything look more extreme. Getting onto a roof or climbing a construction crane does not make you some badass rockstar, and having a corporate sponsor funding you to do stupid stunts just encourages more carelessness, as well as turns UE into a competitive sport to blow the best locations.

Quite so. I've done a couple of cranes and rooftops in my time, though abandonments are my preferred exploration type. Construction sites may require dodging security in the middle of the night, but rooftops usually only require an unlocked door and the ability to walk up a staircase. Not exactly a badass action movie sequence.

Corporate sponsors are the exact thing this hobby needs least. Rooftop stunts are how far too many explorers have died already. Even if we disregard the cost in human life that corporate sponsorships exact, they still publicize locations for personal profit at the expense of access for anyone else who wants to explore there. It's the height of selfishness.

Exploring active location by ruse or disguise is a lot of fun. Worst they can do in most cases is throw you out.

I did the Adams Mark in Dallas (now a Sheraton) and I wasn't even a guest. Kitchen, got a free sandwich, vacant computer room, HVAC rooms nobody even paid any attention or challenged me. Security was lax to non-existent.

Posted by 2Xplorations Exploring active location by ruse or disguise is a lot of fun. Worst they can do in most cases is throw you out. I did the Adams Mark in Dallas (now a Sheraton) and I wasn't even a guest. Kitchen, got a free sandwich, vacant computer room, HVAC rooms nobody even paid any attention or challenged me. Security was lax to non-existent.

Exactly this. The man who walked on a tightrope between the towers said some wonderful things about this idea. He talks about this in the film man on wire, much better than the newer movie that came out last year.

Lots of us do more active shit than abandoned shit. We don't post about it much because of instagram, and before that it was THIS VERY SITE blowing locations.

Posted by CanidCamera So I watch several youtubers that explore non-abandoned sites (after hours, currently being constructed, etc) like Ally Law, and I personally wouldn't go for this because it can often wind up involving authorities, but I was wondering: what are your guys' opinions on it?

Done infiltration but the whole point is to get in and out with no one knowing. The guy you mention is a complete dick, who has fuck all to do with exploring. He is only interested in going viral and getting adulation from his Tube worshipers !

I have loved infiltration since I was a really young kid. It kinda runs in my family, especially my dad who has told me tons stories. My dad used to live by paramount studios when he was in college. He would sneak in all the time. His first time (I don't know if it was at paramount) he went with a friend and sat down where he thought the studio audience sat for Family Ties. But it actually was the casting for extras, and when they asked what scene my dad and friend was in he just said "we don't know" and the guy told them scene 2 so they just went along with it. My dad ended up talking to Micheal J. Fox during the scene. Afterward they asked where they get paid, which was just filling out a form and collecting the check. Easy $300.

And the last time he went to paramount he was kicked out and banned even thought this time he was invited. What happened was he got invited by a guy he met on a cruise (my dad loves cruising, not real important). And my dad was shown around the bridge of the Enterprise, after he went off on his own. And while he was on his own he was taking pictures of the bridge and around the studio, he even walked past Marina Sirtis (counselor Troy) in a robe. He saw Patrick Stewart or Picard as well. But then he was stopped by LeVar Burton (Geordi Laforge) who recognized he wasn't supposed to be there and then called security. 3 or 4 security guys showed up and confiscated his film and banned him from the studios. My dad still regrets to this day that he didn't give them the empty film in his pocket. He took some amazing photos there.

My dads fist cigar was at the Mall of America with Arnold Schwarzenegger because he accidentally ended up with a group of donators of a charity event. So my dad was leaving the mall (at a place he wasn't supposed to be because he was coming from the roof access) and ended up walking near a group of about 20 people when a big hummer pulled up. And out stepped Arnold Schwarzenegger who began leading the group of people an my dad into a lounge on the top floor of the mall and everybody there was donating, Schwarzenegger was collecting the donations and handing out cigars so my dad just wrote a 100 dollar check. After that they all sat down and had dinner then cigars. My dad was sitting right next to Schwarzenegger talking and smoking with him. He even got a picture with him. A little urbex can go a long way. I hope to have just as crazy adventures as my dad some day and tell my kids so they do crazy stuff and keep the tradition going.

Juxobe, I like your Dad's style!