Abandoned or South West Oklahoma?

ComradeR , 2 months ago

Liminal place.

Cqrd , 2 months ago

What city was this in? I grew up in southwest Oklahoma and a lot of it looked like this

BallShapedMan OP , 2 months ago

Duncan.

Cqrd , 2 months ago

Oh nice, much more southern Oklahoma than southwestern Oklahoma for sure, but I’ve been there a few times

BallShapedMan OP , 2 months ago

My first time not just passing through just the pan handle. It’s a new experience for me.

spicytuna62 , 2 months ago

I also grew up in SWOK and I can back up this statement. The whole place is pretty impoverished. Not quite like the southeast, but a lot of small towns that way are really struggling.

photonic_sorcerer , 2 months ago

All hail the mighty trash can

Viking_Hippie , 2 months ago

I mean, at this point abandoning it is the #1 thing to do in Oklahoma, so…yes?

BallShapedMan OP , 2 months ago

Totally! I drove through a town getting here where every single store in downtown was boarded up and closed. Some were in a mild state of demolishment where it looked like someone decided it wasn’t worth continuing like a decade ago and just left it as rubble.

Viking_Hippie , 2 months ago

“A mild state of demolishment” sounds like me most mornings back when I drank 😄

BallShapedMan OP , 2 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1d781492-035a-4ea6-94e8-d8b1318f16db.png

slaacaa , 2 months ago

Yes

Honytawk , 2 months ago

First time you Americans have seen an abandoned building or something?

yemmly , 2 months ago

Nice try, American.

Signtist , 2 months ago

Looks like a mall I’d frequent a lot in Grand Forks, ND in college. It always looked run down, but it had really nice little shops in it. Basically a haven for local small businesses that couldn’t afford their own building.

BallShapedMan OP , 2 months ago

The pizza place was an easy 4.8 out of 5. It does not mess around!