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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Scorpio on May 30, 2014, 01:42:15 PM

Title: for post-apoc reference: GooBing Detroit
Post by: Scorpio on May 30, 2014, 01:42:15 PM

I was a big fan of the TV series Life After People (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_People) (and the non-fiction book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us) it was originally based on) and fascinated with, well, how fast many of the things around us would break down without our influence to keep it going.

Along those lines, I present GooBing Detroit (http://goobingdetroit.tumblr.com/). A guy is just taking pictures from streetviews from a few years ago, and comparing them to how they look a few years later.

Yes, I know it's only sort of post-apocalyptic (like Detroit!) but I thought it would be decent inspiration for putting together your more modern wasteland setups.

Title: Re: for post-apoc reference: GooBing Detroit
Post by: DoctorPete on May 30, 2014, 11:13:13 PM

I live only a few miles from Detroit and I can verify that you feel very creepy in that city and expect a zombie/alien/mutant to spring out of every abandoned house.  I used to look at photos of Pripyat for post-apoc inspiration...now Detroit fills the reference need.   :'(   

Title: Re: for post-apoc reference: GooBing Detroit
Post by: robh on May 30, 2014, 11:53:51 PM

Wow, that is depressing.  I assume anyone buying those foreclosed properties at auction has to pay up the outstanding tax/fines?
If there is no physical property (ie just the vacant lot) is that still the same? Do you pay up for a house that does not exist any longer?

Title: Re: for post-apoc reference: GooBing Detroit
Post by: Mason on May 30, 2014, 11:58:51 PM

Depressing...yeah, thats the word.

I am quite shocked, to be honest, seeing how quick things are changing there.
Imagine living in one of those streets....

It leaves a kind of empty feeling watching the deterioration.
 :'( :'(