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When I was growing up, we moved around a lot in the same general area, and it would allow me to explore a great deal of the hill country. I used to find these little shacks just frozen in time it would seem, little glass bottles, old newspapers and medicines, all of them dating anywhere from the 50s to the 70s
One time I'll never forget though, I came across a one-room house with an old truck. All around and even inside, there were juniper trees. I couldn't figure out how the truck got there because to me the trees were always there. At 9 years old I couldn't really imagine the land without it. To my relief there was no dead man inside. I played in that truck for hours
Remember what the future could be.
euphoricopportunity
Huh. I had a similar experience finding a shell of a car in the middle of the woods. And another time, not far away, just finding a pair of bucket seats in the woods.
brandsilven
When I see post-apocalyptic fiction where it's been years, but the place isn't overgrown, it just doesn't feel right. Not to mention in video games where it's supposedly been "thousands of years" and there are clearly visible "ancient ruins" all around.
LegsAreOverrated
As a kid I used to play in the ruins of my grandmother's barn. House was built in 1920 and at that point it was in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.
derekjohn
A fine example of 'ecological succession' - perfectly natural and normal - nothing to see here.
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
You need to keep up maintenance.
Chrisantemus
Did you find the necronomicon already? I hear it’s a great book to read out lot to others
Munchman347
In '58, I 'helped' my Dad build a shed behind the big house. I looked on Google Earth and it's still being used 68 years later. They did paint it though...
WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubman
You gotta remember trees were the original OG invasive species and actually caused a mass extinction greater than humans! Yay TREES ARE SCARY
SaganIsMyLordAndSavior
I don't know if it makes any difference, but you sound so much like my dad who passed.. you sound like him in tone and voice, but also in your message. It would delight him to no end to be reminded of the power of nature. I love this more than I can say!
MadamPuddifoot
@op isn't in this video.
SaganIsMyLordAndSavior
Thanks ❤️
ProudAussie
I know what I've got and I want 2.5 million for the house.
midatlanticride
🎶We built this cabin
We built this cabin in a. pas.ture. 🎶
Maybe the trees are trying to reclaim their brethren
CitrusyGarlic
Seeds still work
mikeatike
See deez
CitrusyGarlic
Hey I heard that what's-his-name got over to you yesterday
philmoregraves
Still a pretty good forest rebuilding in less than 25 years. I say less than 25 years since they built that barn 25 yrs ago. I know plenty of plants that progess plenty quick, its the trees that surprise me the most
LespritDeLescalier22
TheMellowMoron
rbudrick
Explains why as a kid, we'd sometimes find a car from the 60s or earlier in the middle of the forest.
Kats8652
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Of course there's pasture - between the trees!
TwoPaws
Waste of a perfectly good barn!
TwoBitGreaser
As a rule of thumb any land in the temperate zone will revert to woodland when left alone. Scrub can dominate until a few trees begin to shade it out and access by grazers (eg deer) can suppress young trees.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
At uni I learned that like 99% of my country would be beech forests. It's funny how humans are responsible for quite a lot of biodiversity.
Tchernobog
I remember a documentary, "Life after humans" or something of the sort, how quickly would nature take over again. Sometimes a few years, decades, or even centuries but a thousand years and it's pretty much all gone.
serleth
The more durable forms of concrete would last indefinitely. They'd eventually be archeological discoveries by future civilizations but they'd still be there, buried sometime during the reclamation process.
Roman era concrete specifically has been discovered to "self-heal" under certain conditions, becoming even stronger sometimes.
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-modern-mortar-crumbles-roman-concrete-lasts-millennia
allhailthegreatmoose
I was just telling someone about that show the other day!
TungstenOrbital
Yep, that's it
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
I remember that too. Ironically, after all the cities would have gone and everything has gone back to nature, the last remnants of human life wouldn't be found on Earth but they'd be moon landers and space probes millions of miles away.
Howlingowl
And the nuclear fallout from abandoned reactors
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Even that would fade in a couple million years.
Tchernobog
I believe some of the concrete buildings would still last a few thousand years, but they would get overgrown and be completely covered by vegetation so it would be near invisible.
BrdCdn
They would collapse. Modern concrete buildings rely on waterproof cladding being maintained. They would largely collapse before they got to be thousands of years old.
CallMeCourierSix
Life After People.
Freaking awesome series. Loved seeing how a museum in Nevada, powered by solar, would likely have the lights on and audio exhibits working for years and years. Palm Springs would also have power due to the wind turbines, which also powers the ferris wheel on the Santa Monica pier.
allhailthegreatmoose
Haha I couldn’t remember if that was what it was actually called or if I was misremembering
Tchernobog
I think I remember something about one of the massive dams being one of the longer lasting things!