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> Looking through windows into homes, they saw dining tables with cups, saucers, and cutlery all laid out—but covered in years worth of dust. Why would this ha
by ggchappell 11y ago
> Looking through windows into homes, they saw dining tables with cups, saucers, and cutlery all laid out—but covered in years worth of dust.
Why would this happen? I can understand it in -- say -- the towns around Chernobyl. When someone with a machine gun show up at your door and says, "You need to leave now," well, then you leave. But people left Victor because there was no more money to be made. Wouldn't they want to take their valuable items with them when they left?
- marssaxman 11y agoYou can see similar scenes through the windows of abandoned buildings in Bodie, a ghost town in eastern California. I imagine that the people there did want to take their valuables, but could not afford to. Perhaps the cost of transportation rose as the town emptied out and options for hauling goods over long distances diminished.
- manicdee 11y agoCost of removalist > cost of replacement Or even worse Cost of removalist > liquid capital