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I remember I used to go to this old railroad bridge and hang out and fish, there were signs of life there, bb gun marks on the metal, graffiti, beer bottles. I
by betwixthewires 5y ago
I remember I used to go to this old railroad bridge and hang out and fish, there were signs of life there, bb gun marks on the metal, graffiti, beer bottles. I wasn't the only one spending time in this space.
It made me think about how we think of infrastructure as animals. When we think of a road, we think of it in much the same way we think of a forest or a river. It's just there, a permanent part of the landscape. But these things must be maintained, and all of it will be ruins one day. Every single thing we have built will lose it's purpose, and eventually it's form. And in much the same way you see things like wasps and pigeons moving into unused structures, humans will do the same in our own human way.