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I never realized the prodigious difference with suburban/rural life and urban life. It also has made my definition of "Urban Exploring" more fine-tuned throughout this last year.

I keep a very elaborate resume for my explores. I list every location I have visited, the amount of times visited, accessibility, risk, rating, and parking locations. Although it tends to be quite a bit to keep up with, it is a very good way of seeing the growth of my exploring experiences, seeing places that I overall am more fond of, etcetera. Today, I am on 94 explores since 12/23/11. Incredible. Having 100 explores down on my resume within a year of being part of this hobby is incredible for me. It goes to show the ridiculous dedication I have for "urban exploring."

Anyways, I have realized a huge difference with the exploring I have been doing at my new home (Boston) versus my old home (a Hartford suburb in CT). There are a lot more people, a lot more cops, a lot more stress and a lot more elaborate schemes that have to be planned out prior to exploring. UER has always made the concept of exploring look a bit simpler than it really is.

I tend to get very caught up in wanting to feel how I felt almost a year ago, exploring for my first time. I posted a set of my first explore (http://www.uer.ca/...urrpage=1&pp#post0) not too long back. How I felt that day is what I want to feel with exploring again. Walking through the woods, coming about one huge building, and not knowing what to expect inside it. For some reason, it gives me a greater adrenaline rush than any 30-story crane or rooftop in Boston will ever give.

Anyways, this journal is going to be a one picture/ short story behind the picture sort of journal. These are just some thoughts that have been running through my head recently.

You all recognize the spot, unfortunately my first visit was not until last night, and even that visit was nowhere near as satisfactory as I hoped it would be. I did not get to actually visit the kirkbride, just shot a couple exteriors from the fence. It is saddening knowing that the state/town/private owners of these buildings will take them away from us. Perhaps I'm bias, being an avid explorer. It just is upsetting that I have already missed so much. Danvers, for example. There's no part of that building that I will ever get to experience. Or, HRS is close to being bought by Walmart. The part that upsets me the most is that fact that consumerism of our stupid country is more important than the history, which Americans can so easily shun and avoid blame for. We created hundreds of mental hospitals, many demolished, and many that I visited. Why do we hide it? It's a part of our country, years of hard work went into keeping these asylums and sanitariums running.

Oh well. I guess this just means I need to get more exploring in, make sure I visit these beautiful buildings before they are destroyed.

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SirVival

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Re: A Couple Days Back "Home"
<Reply # 1 on 5/10/2017 12:58 AM >

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Beautiful written text!
love it, keep up the great work!

Daniel, Boston MA.

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