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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You've never seen an abandoned building in Baltimore, DC Philadelphia, Detroit, or Chicago?

Outside of the tourist zone you can find wastelands of abandoned buildings.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not doubting there are abandoned buildings in cities. I'm doubting any city within the US with the exception of the southwest is more than a few miles from a forest.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Oh ok. But to refute your forest idea, while there are forests a few miles outside those cities, you can't easily walk to them. There also aren't any forests near those major cities where you wouldn't immediately be noticed by park rangers if you tried setting up a random tent. Abandoned buildings don't get daily police sweeps whereas parks do get sweeps because of lost/injured at nightfall when the parks close to everyone without a camping permit. And legal camp sites are very popular so you wouldn't be getting away from people- like those who have their playlists blasting out their phone while hiking.