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Great writeup on the complexities of decay. I'm glad the author didn't shy away from the different sides of the issue - especially the nostalgia factor. It is inherently interesting to look at something that is gone and seeing what it once was. I think the first images I saw of "ruin porn" was an abandon school filled with old desks and soggy books. It was so striking. You could see see the carvings students had left on the surfaces of the desks. They were like ghosts. Recently there post on reddit that was a response to the constant depiction of Detroit as a destroyed town. Titled "No, THIS is Detroit" it was a great view of the other side of things.