on a road trip a lil while back, was driving around and saw this on the side of the road. knew i had to make a stop and check it out. one of the windows was broken and the climb to that window wasn't too difficult. tried to pick an angle of the exterior that wouldn't give away the name of the market.

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without giving too much about the location, i thought that this place had been abandoned due to the recent fires, however after exploring inside, i don't think that's the case, since the whole floor and foundation was warped.

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it looked fairly recently abandoned, since there were still many items left. i wish i checked the expiration dates on the sodas/water bottles, but that idea never popped into my head. i also saw an old photograph of what i assumed was the owner of the store and their family.

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Nice little spot!

Pretty cool to see items still on the shelfs! Also the exterior has a real ghost town vibe to it. Nice set!

going here in the autumn has a super cool effect, well done

Nice little spot!

was definitely glad i stopped to take a look!

Pretty cool to see items still on the shelfs! Also the exterior has a real ghost town vibe to it. Nice set!

some neighbors drove past me while i was in the car and gave me some strange looks haha, yeah its hard to tell how long this place has been in this condition

going here in the autumn has a super cool effect, well done

thanks! gotta love the warm colored leaves~

Aquafina packaging & bottle style could give away when those items were left behind.

Great shots! Looks perfect for the season.

I did some investigating as well. Pepsi bottles have used that logo since 2008, but Aquafina changed their logo sometime early 2016. The old labels could have still been in distribution for a while afterwards, but bottled water is usually supposed to be sold within two years. So at the latest around 2018, but at the earliest sometime in 2008.

Appreciate the reminder to take photos of expiration dates!

Posted by RescueMe1060 Aquafina packaging & bottle style could give away when those items were left behind.

thank you for the suggestion! upon looking at the aquafina bottles, those should be after 2009, since that's when aquafina did their 50% less plastic eco-fina bottle as shown in the packaging. as for the pepsi bottles, the pepsi bottles look to be before the 2013 bottle redesign, where the shape of the bottle was redone. soo i'm guessing this place was abandoned somewhere in that 2009-2013 timeframe.

Posted by Link325e Great shots! Looks perfect for the season. I did some investigating as well. Pepsi bottles have used that logo since 2008, but Aquafina changed their logo sometime early 2016. The old labels could have still been in distribution for a while afterwards, but bottled water is usually supposed to be sold within two years. So at the latest around 2018, but at the earliest sometime in 2008. Appreciate the reminder to take photos of expiration dates!

sorry i just happened to miss your reply while i was looking up the redesigns myself. we pretty much found the same information!

and no problem, after this explore i've told myself i need to take more close-up detail shots haha

with covid related hoarding coming back you might want to snag those waters. lol !!

Super cool, thanks for sharing.
Looks like a movie set...

Great shots for the lead up in any apocalypse video game. Good use of angles.

you might want to snag those waters.

im surprised they weren't gone the first round of covid hoarding lmao

Super cool, thanks for sharing. Looks like a movie set...

Great shots for the lead up in any apocalypse video game. Good use of angles.

glad yall like the pics haha yeah i can imagine this being a place in a video game/movie where characters gather water/supplies