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Published: 2012-06-26 20:25:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 975; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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An abandoned house near FarmerRelated content
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The front porch, its roof and the sleeping porch above have collapsed. This is the house with the Great Horned Owl perched in the window (the front side of the house).
Iβm willing to take you there, but no way in hell I am going to live on that plateau. Too flat, too dry, too hot, too dusty, and too much work. I just go to take pictures then come home to a hot shower and my air conditioning. I think the romance (with the place) would wear off really soon.
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So, umm... that's a 'no' then.
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Not a "no" per se....just a "letβs think this trough a bit".
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i'd like to live in a house like this & fix it up..
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It needs a lot of work!
You have an interesting group and thanks for the invite.
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where i'm living needed a lot of work too..
thx for accepting the invite..
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I see you are from Belgium...
That's where my grandparents immigrated from. They spoke mostly Flemish at home.
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i live in the french part of Belgium now - but i was raised in Canada.
english is my first language..
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Where in Canada? I live just 100 miles south of the BC boarder (eastern side of the mountains).
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not close to where you're living..
i used to live about an hour north of Toronto in the countryside..
the only thing i really miss about Canada are all the small lakes for swimming when it's hot.. lol
so you don't live on the rainy side..
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No, that isnβt close at all. I donβt know who well you know British Columbia, but I am about 120 miles due south of Penticton. This is the dry side of the state. Seattle (the wet side) is 130 miles west over the mountain pass.
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too lazy to google it..
don't really know BC at all..
now i'm even further away
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Was probably beautiful when new . . . so sad.
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Yes, it must have been beautiful and full of life and the sounds of family.
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It's probably strange. But the more I see of this place, the more I want to move there...
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Not strange...just the romance of a time long gone. It is in terrible shape, but has a fine stone foundation. I have dozens of shots of it from every angle.
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A stone foundation doesn't sound too bad. Will you let me know who to contact about going there?
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I can give you directions and even take you there.
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Any time you are on this side of the country...let me know. I'll give you the tour.
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that house must have looked beautiful in its hay day
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I bet it was. The front porch roof (on the left in the photo) has collapsed onto the porch floor. It seems to have had a screened sleeping porch for those hot summer nights.
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that would have been a nice place to sleep
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Summer days can reach 105 degrees and the nights cool down to 90...so a sleeping porch was a nice place to sleep.
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cool we dont have to have one becuz nights here are like 70 degrees i think
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It gets hot on this side of the state in summer. And cold and snowy in winter.
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cool but it must be way tooo hot
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Yes, but it is a dry heat with VERY low humidity.
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oh that must b horrible so hot and stuff
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Better than hot and very humid.
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wonderful photo, shame people just dnt turn up and re do them then move in
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It is all private property and surrounded by wheat fields. Most of these places have become part of larger ranches and are just surplus building. Still they make great subject for the armature photographer.
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great info thanks 
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These can be found in abundance along the roadsides of Columbia and Clatsop counties in Oregon, complete with daffodils that still bloom every spring.
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I may have to include that in August while on the Oregon Coast.
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Ah. The real hotbed for these decaying homes, as well as abandoned homesteads, is along State Highways 202 and 103 along the Nehalem River. Both are a bit off the beaten path, but are nice drive nonetheless.
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May have to check that out while we are in the area.
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