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Poll Question:
Where is all the Houston explorerers??? | | Total Votes: | 34 | | 1. There arent any | 3 | 8.82 % | 
| | 2. Theyre all in hiding | 14 | 41.18 % |
| | 3. Or afraid their favorite location would be compromised or published | 6 | 17.65 % |
| | 4. Where is this Houston you speak of anyway never heard of it | 8 | 23.53 % |
| | 5. Nothing worth exploring there | 3 | 8.82 % |
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Explorer Zero
     
 |  |  | Wheres all the Houston explorers?
< on 8/21/2008 11:55 AM >
|  | | | I say again why is the largest city in Texas with all that industrial wasteland so poorly represented on UER (or the rest of the Web for that matter)?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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Raticus
 
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 1 on 8/21/2008 7:25 PM >
| | | | Good question. I've snooped around down there, but in a town that size, someone has got to be into exploring.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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musket boy
Location: Maui
Gender: Male
It smells like your grandpa and your feet stick to the floor
| |  | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 2 on 8/21/2008 7:53 PM >
| | | | i'm going to houston for two weeks in september
uering |
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Imbroglio
Location: DFW
Gender: Male
The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 3 on 8/21/2008 8:16 PM >
| | | | I've wondered that same thing myself...
There were two places down there I had been longing (and planning) to explore, but they were BOTH demolished around the beginning of the year. The first was this railroad industrial area, with (from left to right) a warehouse, a factory of some sort, and a LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE FACILITY...all abandoned, and the second was an abandoned Malibu Castle Fun Center. Actually, the building itself is still there and accessible, but most of the outlying amusements have been razed. (I was principally interested in night-shooting some of the mini golf structures)
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[last edit 8/21/2008 8:17 PM by Imbroglio - edited 1 times]
http://www.noelkernsphotography.com |
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 4 on 8/21/2008 9:55 PM >
| | | | Rat you see that? Maybe a road trip is in order!?
*edit* It helps to read the entire post.....demolished 
Ive also wondered about Houston what like 6 db entries? I stayed there for a month once and there is definitely stuff to check out.
[last edit 8/21/2008 9:56 PM by Bustedknuckle - edited 1 times]
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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Jonsered
Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong
Gender: Male
Dressed for a scarecrow ball.........
| |  | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 5 on 8/21/2008 10:18 PM >
| | | | I spent almost ten years in Houston, and there is plenty to check out. Galveston has its share too. That isn't counting all the little surrounding towns, full of old stores and sagging marinas and more. I made it out to the old lighthouse in Galveston many times, but it has finally collapsed. The WWII warehouses on the main road into town got bulldozed several years ago as well. I have quite a few 35mm photos in a box somewhere. I may dig them out one day.
Regardless, there is plenty to see. Its a 13 hour drive for me. Some of you closer folks get on out there!
I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 6 on 8/22/2008 2:34 AM >
| | | | Posted by Bustedknuckle
Rat you see that? Maybe a road trip is in order!?
*edit* It helps to read the entire post.....demolished
Ive also wondered about Houston what like 6 db entries? I stayed there for a month once and there is definitely stuff to check out.
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Yeah I see that. I knew about the place but didn't know it had been demolished. That sucks. I lived in Houston for 6 years and there is tons of stuff down there to see.
I go back a couple of times a year (although I haven't been in about a year now). It is time for a road trip back to see my favorite building of all time, huh 2X? I gotta quit talking about that and just make it happen.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Aidan
Location: Tomball, TX
Gender: Male
| |  | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 7 on 8/22/2008 3:13 AM >
| | | | Sad to know that that golf course got torn down. I used to love passing by it as a kid and had hoped to get there before it was razed.
"And I ain't got no money now but I will pay before I die" |
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 8 on 8/22/2008 3:59 AM >
| | | | Posted by Raticus
Yeah I see that. I knew about the place but didn't know it had been demolished. That sucks. I lived in Houston for 6 years and there is tons of stuff down there to see.
I go back a couple of times a year (although I haven't been in about a year now). It is time for a road trip back to see my favorite building of all time, huh 2X? I gotta quit talking about that and just make it happen.
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Noah Vale explored that train yard but its been gone awhile.
Yeah Im up let me know Ill even drive. I spent better part of 2 days trying to find a way in to a couple spots but between railroad cops and port authority cops and security it just wasnt gonna happen.
Maybe after we win the war on terrorism.
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 9 on 8/22/2008 10:48 AM >
| | | | Lately I have found that if you wear some sort of railroad clothing, I have a hat I wear, when prowling yards it gets you out of trouble. That and have a RR book or something. I got out of several encounters with RR police with nothing more than a wave and a be careful with these two items.
Also alot of the yards will grant you permission now. I dunno if they would let you run amok in an abandoned building but still.
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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RevSM
Location: South Central Texas
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 10 on 8/22/2008 1:37 PM >
| | | | Yeah, explorers from Houston are pretty quiet. Noah and a guy that used to be on the forums, Porfzilla and a few others would explore there once in a while but not much recently. I'd venture to say that Houston and Galveston have just about as much to explore as Dallas and Ft Worth. There are multiple hotels and office buildings downtown but they are all pretty hard to get into - some pretty impossible. The bay areas apparently have lots to offer too.
Edit:
You need another option in the poll... I think they exist but must not know how to use the internet or something. I guess "In hiding" is close enough.
[last edit 8/22/2008 1:40 PM by RevSM - edited 1 times]
Tetanus for Breakfast!
http://www.shatteredshutter.com |
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 11 on 8/22/2008 1:42 PM >
| | | | It's relaxing a little bit in some yards, but it'll never go back to pre-9/11. At least probably not in my lifetime. NV is who put me onto those yards in Houston and I never made it over there. Sucks.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 12 on 8/22/2008 7:11 PM >
| | | | he told me they werent that great anyway
I was speaking of the port, they are way more anal than RR cops + the RR runs through there so its double jeopardy
I got the third degree from some customs boys just for asking a simple question I think theyre all hoping to score the next big bust that will get them promoted to the state dept or something
anyway stay away from the U.S Customs guys
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RobertB
Location: Skeeterville, TX
Gender: Male
Maybe I shouldn't be using my real name...
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 13 on 8/23/2008 4:08 AM >
| | | | Security theater, gotta love it.
J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte.
La voici: "Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!"
Dieu m'a exaucé. |
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musket boy
Location: Maui
Gender: Male
It smells like your grandpa and your feet stick to the floor
| | | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 14 on 8/23/2008 8:46 PM >
| | | | http://www.swmp.org/
uering |
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RobertB
Location: Skeeterville, TX
Gender: Male
Maybe I shouldn't be using my real name...
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 15 on 8/25/2008 7:07 PM >
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SWMP: Best acronym EVAR.
J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte.
La voici: "Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!"
Dieu m'a exaucé. |
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Happiedaze
Location: Galveston Area, TX
Gender: Female
| |  | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 16 on 8/29/2008 5:44 AM >
| | | | I grew up and went to school in Santa Fe, which is between Houston and Galveston. I remember there being cool old buildings there, and when I go visit my family that still lives in the area, I see the same buildings. I don't explore them. Why? Gangs... and lots of them. Most of the abandoned buildings in Houston are in gang territory and I don't really want to run into any of them.
I dunno... just my thought.
'Our plans are all laid out,
take all these unmarked roads,
we blaze the trails to places no one goes, yeah!' -Rise Against |
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seicer
Location: New York
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 17 on 8/29/2008 11:35 AM >
| | | | I know someone down there... let me notify her of this thread.
Abandoned |
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 18 on 8/29/2008 10:32 PM >
| | | | by all means
wake them up or I'll be forced to show up down there and explore again
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sUrD
Location: anywhere the internet takes me
Gender: Male
Hello wasteland!
| | Re: Wheres all the Houston explorers?
<Reply # 19 on 8/29/2008 11:20 PM >
| | | | If I were closer to the area, I would be happy to join in. Unfortunately it's about a 7 hour drive for me.
...the wings on my shoes shrank now the moths won't eat my kidneys, when i shake my state capital it only yields 3 fairy napkins, but how do i know my banana slippers are like water boats because when the moon winks it burns my hamster punches, and that's how you get to llama school rowing your canoe backwards up main street when the front bumper falls off, do mermaids get to drink orange juice? |
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