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I stayed in Cerro Gordo before it was sold. There was a caretaker who let us crash in the bunkhouse for a small donation. This was in early spring, with snow on

by car 3y ago

I stayed in Cerro Gordo before it was sold. There was a caretaker who let us crash in the bunkhouse for a small donation. This was in early spring, with snow on the ground and temps of -15C/5F. We eventually ran out of firewood at 1am, but it was a memorable experience. A friend went back to CG after the sale and told me that everything there is now off limits. In a video from the YT channel I saw a sign that said 'private property - trespassers will be prosecuted' [0]. It's sad and lame, and I'm getting douchy vibes when I watch the guys videos. But hey, good luck to him. EDIT: I just watched the hilarious and insightful Maggie Mae Fish video[1] linked by Spellmann. I retract what I said before. The guy is a full on douche and fuck him. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVLrNNJCTS8&t=15s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVLrNNJCTS8&t=15s [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIcnCaVsYFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIcnCaVsYFI

_yb2s 3y ago
What you’re saying isn’t true, I was up there a few weeks ago and they were super friendly, and let me explore the whole town on my own, except for the building with the main mine shaft and the ones that were active living quarters for people working there. I also think the video you linked is nonsense and totally unfair. If you look at the history of CG and how big the town used to be, it would have been losing several buildings a year on average consistently for the last century! Losing only one in the last 3 years is incredible luck, and this frames it as fraud with zero evidence.
- _yb2s 3y ago
  Also, the “why didn’t he have fire insurance” is silly. There is no way anyone will insure a dilapidated ghost town with no running water, and only 4x4 trails straight up a mountain for access. It’s hard to even get fire insurance on a regular house in California if you’re on a hill or far from a fire hydrant. He also probably has no mortgage on this place. That’s why he had to get his wealthy friends to loan him money as “investors.” The whole place cost less than a regular 2 bedroom house in the Bay Area.

by car 3y ago

_yb2s 3y ago

What you’re saying isn’t true, I was up there a few weeks ago and they were super friendly, and let me explore the whole town on my own, except for the building with the main mine shaft and the ones that were active living quarters for people working there. I also think the video you linked is nonsense and totally unfair. If you look at the history of CG and how big the town used to be, it would have been losing several buildings a year on average consistently for the last century! Losing only one in the last 3 years is incredible luck, and this frames it as fraud with zero evidence.

_yb2s 3y ago
Also, the “why didn’t he have fire insurance” is silly. There is no way anyone will insure a dilapidated ghost town with no running water, and only 4x4 trails straight up a mountain for access. It’s hard to even get fire insurance on a regular house in California if you’re on a hill or far from a fire hydrant. He also probably has no mortgage on this place. That’s why he had to get his wealthy friends to loan him money as “investors.” The whole place cost less than a regular 2 bedroom house in the Bay Area.