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Uhm, The infra looks super depressing... https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kitsault,+BC+V0J+3T0,+Canada/@55.454649,-129.472385,3a,104.3y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!

Uhm, The infra looks super depressing... https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kitsault,+BC+V0J+3T0,+Canada/@55.454649,-129.472385,3a,104.3y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipP0ca0otTjjnRwXkXohFyCTu_lQ4k-nUuoZ_KoU!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP0ca0otTjjnRwXkXohFyCTu_lQ4k-nUuoZ_KoU%3Dw129-h86-k-no!7i720!8i480!4m6!3m5!1s0x540b0911144d46c7:0xd002a59ea61c3873!8m2!3d55.454649!4d-129.472385!10e5 https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kitsault,+BC+V0J+3T0,+Canad...

qbasic_forever 4y ago
Yeah read the blog post, that's by design--the town was abandoned in the 80s and has been maintained by a private owner. I think it would be kind of cool to live there as an escape from the hustle and bustle of cities. Like living in a shack in the woods, except the shack has most of the amenities of modern life (circa 1980).
- samstave 4y ago
  I agree! I would totally move there assuming life support. Health, Food, Power, Heat, Water. What do for work - and if trying to make a Hacker Commune, how structure (I actually lived on a commune and know how badly they are managed)
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    StarLink. Remote work outpost. AirBnB it too maybe?
    - dr_dshiv 4y ago
      I’m in. Is there some crypto angle? (totes!!)
    - gambiting 4y ago
      I think that's missing the point by a hundred miles. Once you bring in Starlink, it becomes like any other place, just remote. Try moving there and living like in the 80s - without internet. That would be the appeal I think.
iancmceachern 4y ago
Yeah, that operating room is straight out of a horror movie
- geoffeg 4y ago
  I think it's an x-ray room. The wall with the window for the radiologist to look through and the arm above the table.
  - lostlogin 4y ago
    I think you are right. It’s weird though, that arm above the table doesn’t look like it has an X-ray tube on it, but the little control room appears to have a generator in it. Strange to have chairs in the room. Minor correction, it would usually be a radiographer not a radiologist who took x-rays. However if this was a screening room (a room that does imaging with a fluoroscopic unit), it would usually be a radiologist who did it.
    - geoffeg 4y ago
      I was wondering if I had mixed up radiographer and radiographer. The chairs are definitely interesting. I can't think of any rooms like that where family or friends have been allowed. Maybe we're both right and it's a multipurpose "hospital" room? Might make sense for a small town that needs a doctor's office with basic exam capabilities.
Johnny555 4y ago
Maybe it's because I grew up in the '80s but other than the dated doctor's office, I didn't find those buildings to be depressing at all.

qbasic_forever 4y ago

Yeah read the blog post, that's by design--the town was abandoned in the 80s and has been maintained by a private owner. I think it would be kind of cool to live there as an escape from the hustle and bustle of cities. Like living in a shack in the woods, except the shack has most of the amenities of modern life (circa 1980).

samstave 4y ago
I agree! I would totally move there assuming life support. Health, Food, Power, Heat, Water. What do for work - and if trying to make a Hacker Commune, how structure (I actually lived on a commune and know how badly they are managed)
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  StarLink. Remote work outpost. AirBnB it too maybe?
  - dr_dshiv 4y ago
    I’m in. Is there some crypto angle? (totes!!)
  - gambiting 4y ago
    I think that's missing the point by a hundred miles. Once you bring in Starlink, it becomes like any other place, just remote. Try moving there and living like in the 80s - without internet. That would be the appeal I think.

iancmceachern 4y ago

Yeah, that operating room is straight out of a horror movie

geoffeg 4y ago
I think it's an x-ray room. The wall with the window for the radiologist to look through and the arm above the table.
- lostlogin 4y ago
  I think you are right. It’s weird though, that arm above the table doesn’t look like it has an X-ray tube on it, but the little control room appears to have a generator in it. Strange to have chairs in the room. Minor correction, it would usually be a radiographer not a radiologist who took x-rays. However if this was a screening room (a room that does imaging with a fluoroscopic unit), it would usually be a radiologist who did it.
  - geoffeg 4y ago
    I was wondering if I had mixed up radiographer and radiographer. The chairs are definitely interesting. I can't think of any rooms like that where family or friends have been allowed. Maybe we're both right and it's a multipurpose "hospital" room? Might make sense for a small town that needs a doctor's office with basic exam capabilities.

Johnny555 4y ago

Maybe it's because I grew up in the '80s but other than the dated doctor's office, I didn't find those buildings to be depressing at all.