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 invadercow
 |  | Finding your first locations
< on 4/7/2013 8:23 PM >
|  | | | So far I've discovered two places by using the internet. Neither of them were too fantastic, but it was pretty exciting actually getting to explore somewhere. I'm realising I cant keep finding hand-outs on the internet from urbex blogs, because those places are usually graffiti'd, scrapped, and trashed.
It's time I start finding my own spots to explore, but I'd love some tips on where to look. I know old railroad tracks and the woods are good spots, but are there any real tips to finding abandonments? Soemone once posted a database of all the recently abandoned buildings. It was sort of like google maps.
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heinrick
   
Location: Cascadia
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 1 on 4/7/2013 10:19 PM >
| | | | I'll state the obvious: go outside and search the immediate 10-mile radius. Take different routes to and from work or the grocery store. Monitor interesting-looking sites at different times of day throughout the week.
Once you've exhausted that bubble, then use the internet.
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The_James
Location: Seattle, WA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 2 on 4/8/2013 1:42 AM >
| | | | And once the internet seems to have been exhausted go to the library and to wherever local public records are kept. That's where the really juicy research happens.
If you're feeling gutsy you might pretend to be interested in buying industrial sites for some fictional purpose, or perhaps pretend that you're thinking of digging near where you suspect there might be tunnels or sewers (make sure to say that you don't have many details because you've been told the project is in it's infancy and you're just doing preliminary research).
Some municipalities offer services that would blow your mind, like large format drainage map printing or lists of structures that have been listed as dilapidated/abandoned/condemned which already have or are soon to come under the control of the local government. Check property auctions; sometimes industrial sites get listed up to a year before they go up for auction, and often they sit for many years before they sell.
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DrWindyNibbles
 
Location: North Orange County
Gender: Male
"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you"
| | | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 3 on 4/8/2013 3:06 AM >
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[last edit 4/8/2013 3:52 AM by DrWindyNibbles - edited 2 times]
DO NOT READ THIS! |
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SodoSyco
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 4 on 4/8/2013 6:08 AM >
| | | | I would recommend if you have public transit in your area take the bus and look around. Its safer to look while you aren't driving and you will notice more.
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gingerkham
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 5 on 4/11/2013 5:48 PM >
|  | | | Sometimes the easiest way to find locations is to look at the world around you. Always walk an area, there are places you may not notice when driving by that are worth a look.
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amy atomic
Location: Baltimore
Gender: Female
top banana of the baltimore bunch.
| | | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 6 on 4/11/2013 8:36 PM >
| | | | Ask people you know in real life that have lived in your immediate area for a while -- parents are a good place to start. Someone that's intimately familiar with your town should have an idea as to what's what.
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MAVFieldUnit
 
Location: Western Washington
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 7 on 4/11/2013 9:47 PM >
| | | | I've actually got a couple places I am looking into that I initially found just by scrolling around my area on google maps in satellite view.
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Send4Help
Location: A biology lab far, far away...
Gender: Male
No time for the old in-out, love.
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 8 on 4/26/2013 6:26 PM >
| | | | Old people... Yes old people.
I cant tell you how many places you can find out through having a casual talk with a town local. Though it may sound corny, throw a camera around your neck and casually ask the first old timer if there are any historic buildings in the area because you are (insert believable story here) and want to take some pictures of it. You never know who worked or had family who worked at a local mill, hospital, industrial complex or alike. They can be a great asset.
Another way to go about finding a location would be to check out the local historic registry. Often the buildings that are on there may be listed but not well preserved. Bing bing, there is another location to see. Most places will have these lists available online which can be a time savor.
Just my $0.02
Edit: And one more I forgot. Back when I was running EMS outside of Philly, the fire dept. had a program that had an overlay of locations that abandoned/condemned and threw that on top of Google Maps. From what I understand most medium/large FDps will or have purchased this program. Maybe check with your local volunteer to see if they could allow you access to it for "research purposes."
[last edit 4/26/2013 6:30 PM by Send4Help - edited 1 times]
The Durango '95 purred away a real horrowshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. And soon it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark. |
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ISO640
Location: Somewhere in Maryland
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 9 on 4/26/2013 7:26 PM >
| | | | I'm a rookie too but I've found that if you look at motorcycle touring books, there are some that take you off the beaten path, so to speak. Getting off the beaten path will generally lead you to decay.
There are also website forums that talk about taking these tours and post photos. You still have to research from the "tour" but I've found a few places that way.
I find it amazing how much you can actually find out from the Internet if you are diligent in your research. Finally, I belong to a couple of urbex meetup groups--if you have any in your area, try that avenue too.
Flickr
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Dorcas
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 10 on 5/13/2013 1:56 AM >
| | | | If you have a local Center for History or the like, it is a goldmine for discovering abandonments. Living in a Rust Belt city like mine, there's plenty of industry and manufacturing that died off decades ago. If there's a website devoted to business history of your area, check there. I was even able to find addresses for some of the buildings which could be cross referenced with satellite imagery.
Another good source is Google Books or a local library. Look for history of business or a "who's who" of your town from the turn of the century. I've found factories that are described as brand new in books from the 1920s, 1950s, etc that are still around today.
Google Earth/Maps is nice as a last resort, but due to the age of most of the images, it's kind of a last resort. With a mayor/government that seems intent on demolishing all of the past, a lot can change in the 2 years it takes to update sat pics. I was able to use G maps to print out a 3x6 page color map of my city that I can tag locations on, which is helpful for planning logistics.
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Colossus
Location: The Nether
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 11 on 5/13/2013 7:58 AM >
| | | | Find people who know locations. Then, offer to suck their dick, or bend over for them. I've seen it work many times.
Everyone, chill the fuck out! I got this. |
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Valkyre
Location: Niflheim
Gender: Male
Its not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.
| | | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 13 on 5/14/2013 10:33 AM >
| | | | Keep your eyes peeled.
Look for Broken windows / Graffiti tags / potential fence entries.
Old places. A lot of old places have security vulnerabilities.
Places you've heard of people visiting. Try them out.
Search for 'Abandoned <your city name here>' on google.
Look into forums databases.
Don't get discouraged by elitist douchebags, they'll never give out information, especially about sensitive places.
Explore with people that are in the exploring scene.
Places that are locked. (Bypassing security is a factor here, if you're okay with that)
Places under construction. (You have to determine the pucker factor; how secured the place is and if its worth getting caught there, if you do end up getting caught)
Google maps search, as suggested before by others.
Make friends with people that are getting into exploring: Again, I cannot stress this enough; do NOT even try to speak to elitists. Majority of them will troll you and will be glad that you're an easy victim. Pick your exploring friends wisely.
Good luck and Godspeed!
Once things get political, they want us to stop shooting and start dancing.
I don't dance. |
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Vampirequeen
Location: Connecticut
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 14 on 5/14/2013 1:10 PM >
| | | | Other than the things that people have said, look around whenever you're travelling through an area that you've never seen before. Whenever I'm in the car with one or both of my parents and we're on a new or unfamiliar route, I just look at both sides of the road to see if I can find anything that looks abandoned.
Seek and ye shall find... |
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Trackrunner
I picked up the ball, and drainball was created.
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 15 on 5/15/2013 11:16 PM >
| | | | Find a railroad near where you live, and walk along it until you find something. It is likely that you'll eventually find some industrial area, which could have something, or maybe even some trains (for example near my house there are tracks with a rail that goes into the woods that CSX uses to store track repair vehicles and unneeded cars.) Attached are some things I've found:
 
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Codi
Location: Moffat, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 16 on 5/16/2013 2:04 AM >
| | | | I've used both google maps and monitoring places that look possible abandoned. After say a month of inactivity its always worth a try to explore that place.
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Mr_Cape219
Location: Ontario, California
Gender: Male
Heya explorers!
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 17 on 5/19/2013 6:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by Colossus
Find people who know locations. Then, offer to suck their dick, or bend over for them. I've seen it work many times.
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Can't I just take them to McDonald's or something?
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Gunner Trees
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Location: MSP
Gender: Male
DISCRETION IS A CHOICE
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 18 on 5/19/2013 6:45 PM >
| | | | Nope, bj's are customary.
MAKE MSP ELEET AGAIN |
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Mr_Cape219
Location: Ontario, California
Gender: Male
Heya explorers!
| | Re: Finding your first locations
<Reply # 19 on 5/19/2013 6:46 PM >
| | | | ah shit.
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