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ionescofan location: Madison Alabama \|	A real Noob wants advice... < on 7/21/2009 7:17 PM >

	Ok, so I have developed a keen interest in UE, but i live in a relatively rural area and the city i live near has precious little that is left vacant or decaying (Huntsville Alabama)so I generally will have to travel to Nashville or Birmingham to see much worthwhile. I have explored a coupla abandoned farmhouses (and by abandoned I mean truly abandoned and NOT POSTED...around here trespassing on POSTED property is taking your life in your own hands) and taken a few pics, also an abandoned grain silo/distribution house, and an abandoned school. But these are all in the boondocks and aren't really the more interesting infrastructure/industrial sites. I truly would like to be more active, but I haven't found any meetups in my area. COuld someone steer me in the direction of a group in my area or someone willing to let me tag along on a trip or two. I am responsible, never destructive, take only pictures, leave only footprints. My wife wants to go along as well...we both are interested in UE and already do some geocaching. The good pics I post are hers, the bad ones are mine

Intrinsic location: Collingwood Gender: Male \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 1 on 7/21/2009 7:25 PM >

	1) TRY HERE and HERE 2) Do a user search HERE for people from your area. There are some explorers not that far from you. Welcome aboard!

AnAppleSnail location: Charlotte, NC Gender: Male ALL the flashlights! \| \| \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 2 on 7/21/2009 7:48 PM >

	My experience is that in-city factories look like this... w3strbo's mill, night run. Large empty space and a hobo hoodie. The whole mill isn't like this, but the only 'machinery' left is the elevators and roof ventilation. While rural ones have this: Shuttle loom with warp beam mostly strung Cotton carding line. Mascarah's mill, first visit Trying to name the person who found it because I've been a tagalong too much lately... Try to plan an afternoon trip with the wifey to a decaying industrial/mill town somewhere nearby. If you scout a few vacant places on a map you'll usually find one worth doing. And maybe even bring a GPS unit and some geocache destinations as a credibility prop and backup entertainment. Welcome to the forums and good luck. Wear bright colors so you can't possibly be a robber, right? EDIT1: Captions EDIT2: More captions [last edit 7/21/2009 7:51 PM by AnAppleSnail - edited 2 times] Achievement Unlocked

mrvander location: Cedar Rapids/Spirit Lake, IA Gender: Male Brick by Brick \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 3 on 7/21/2009 9:05 PM >

	Welcome to UER! Others have already given a lot of good advice. I can never, ever underscore the usefulness of Google, it's simply great for finding abandonments. Some other run of the mill things to look around at include county records or atlases, wikimapia, and as always, local news sources which often cover stories on blight or abandoned "eye sores." Also, take a look at bridgehunter.com, http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/, as well as this site I found: http://freepages.h.../~gtusa/usa/al.htm Hope it helps, and good luck! Go Cubs go! Hey Chicago what do you say...

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Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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Re: A real Noob wants advice...
<Reply # 4 on 7/22/2009 1:10 AM >

Posted by AnAppleSnail
Mascarah's mill, first visit
Trying to name the person who found it because I've been a tagalong too much lately...

it's always nice to see your own name in lights. thanks AnAppleSnail.

Try to plan an afternoon trip with the wifey to a decaying industrial/mill town somewhere nearby.

hahaha.

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35mmVAman location: Charlottesville and Richmond VA. Gender: Male They call me Iron Isoceles \| \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 5 on 8/4/2009 4:27 AM >

	Your best bet is to follow major highways and roads and look around as you drive. i've found some of the most promising places simply by doing this. Particularly roads that lead directly from or to an interstate. Along these roads is where your going to find the more interesting industrial and residential locations. Bigger business needs a good road and you can rest assured they needed that road just as bad as the new active ones there now do. good luck in your travels! The fleet to date: "Betty" 72 Pentax (Miss her everyday), "Sneaky Pete" 85 Pentax, "Thor" 76 Konica TC

insanedArk location: GTA Gender: Male \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 6 on 8/4/2009 4:30 AM >

	I don't have anything extra to add in relation to exploring tips, but one about forum posts. Please type with paragraphs. It makes reading much more easy and stuff. Stay tuned for Exploring the World with Insane Dick!

Zippo location: upstate south carolina Gender: Female \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 7 on 8/5/2009 10:59 PM >

	Google maps STREET VIEW Slightly Neurotic Urbex Noob

metawaffle King of Puns location: Brisbane! Gender: Male Purveyor of Fine Lampshades \| \|	Re: A real Noob wants advice... <Reply # 8 on 8/5/2009 11:13 PM >

	People helping out noobs! Yay! http://www.longexposure.net

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