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Pingback by . . .You Are A Tree » An abandoned city — September 6, 2006 @ 10:38 am * From the description at the top “some less fortunate had to leave such places without any hope to find a new home, just because the shops stopped... See more » Pingback by . . .You Are A Tree » An abandoned city — September 6, 2006 @ 10:38 am * From the description at the top “some less fortunate had to leave such places without any hope to find a new home, just because the shops stopped working, water stopped coming out of the facet and nobody cared about them any more. The pictures are facinating, but what makes the poster of this gallery believe that its the government’s job to “take care” of the people in the first place? This is a classic example of why Socialism and Communism don’t work. The people living in this town were depending on the government to take care of them everyday. Because of this, when the government collapsed, the citizens who ALLOWED themselves to be dependent on the government suddenly had to become self-sufficient in order to survive. They were NOT “abandoned”. These pictures are not a “sad reminder” of a once-occupied town, they’re a STERN warning of what happens when the people ask the government to take care of them so they don’t have to take care of themselves. By becoming self-sufficient, they become dependent on nothing but their own Comment by barry — September 6, 2006 @ 11:12 am * From the description at the top “some less fortunate had to leave such places without any hope to find a new home, just because the shops stopped working, water stopped coming out of the facet and nobody cared about them any more. The pictures are facinating, but what makes the poster of this gallery believe that its the government’s job to “take care” of the people in the first place? This is a classic example of why Socialism and Communism don’t work. The people living in this town were depending on the government to take care of them everyday. Because of this, when the government collapsed, the citizens who ALLOWED themselves to be dependent on the government suddenly had to become self-sufficient in order to survive. They were NOT “abandoned”. These pictures are not a “sad reminder” of a once-occupied town, they’re a STERN warning of what happens when the people ask the government to take care of them so they don’t have to take care of themselves. By becoming self-sufficient, they become dependent on nothing but their own Comment by barry — September 6, 2006 @ 11:14 am * I hate reading the complaints about the comments between the photos unless you could do better in a language not your own. They were obviously written by a non-native speaker of English. Native English speakers, is your Russian this good? Doubtful. It seems obvious that misused words like “penthouse” are innocent mistakes. It is easy to imagine looking up the Russian word for “attic” in a dictionary, or asking someone for the English word for the room at the top of an apartment building, and getting “penthouse” instead. Cut the writer a break. Comment by kostia — September 6, 2006 @ 11:18 am * […] Esqueça tudo o que você viu nos filmes. Se quiser conhecer uma cidade fantasma de verdade, clique aqui. Essas fotografias são de uma cidade na Rússia, abandonada após o fim da União Soviética. Veja o que pouco mais de uma década de abandono pode fazer. Mais informações sobre a história da cidade e seus habitantes no site, em inglês. […] Pingback by Cidade fantasma « Favoritos — September 6, 2006 @ 11:20 am * And here is a source for the Putin/cab driver connection: Time magazine Comment by kostia — September 6, 2006 @ 11:20 am * Some interesting pics. Try and think of someone worthwhile to say first. Then look up how to spell the words you mean to use. Comment by rb — September 6, 2006 @ 3:30 am Perhaps you should take your own advise. Comment by Bill — September 6, 2006 @ 12:07 pm * Notice how I spelled advise instead of advice? Funny? Comment by Bill — September 6, 2006 @ 12:08 pm * That place would make a great training area for snipers. Reminds me of the Zone in Tarkovsky’s ‘Stalker’. Comment by Brian M — September 6, 2006 @ 12:23 pm * Re: comment 9 about cities never disappearing, there’s quite a lot of examples of such around Europe, Old Sarum in Wiltshire, England perhaps being the first to come See less »

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