Hi guys,
I have a blog with the actual spelling of my name that is dedicated to two other classes I am doing this term. To keep things separate, I created a google alias (cass ian happens to refer to a couple of good friends, so it's as good as any. Now to my topic.
I've called this "A picture's worth 100 words" but another equally good title might be "Be it ever so humble (there's no place like home)." At any rate, it's food for thought on days when you feel grumpy. If you're wondering why there's links in this article instead of "the picture to match each link," it's because in some cases, the link leads to a series of pictures, or an article as well as pictures. You may prefer different pictures to the ones I picked.
It was an interesting collection of abandoned houses that Mike K. showed, on Tuesday Sep 4. Further to what I said about what looks like an abandoned shack to some may look like home sweet home to others, here's some thoughts.
Millions of poor Brazilians for instance live in shanty towns called favelas. The link below describes where they fit in Brazilian society (as the only houses of the poor masses):
I have a blog with the actual spelling of my name that is dedicated to two other classes I am doing this term. To keep things separate, I created a google alias (cass ian happens to refer to a couple of good friends, so it's as good as any. Now to my topic.
I've called this "A picture's worth 100 words" but another equally good title might be "Be it ever so humble (there's no place like home)." At any rate, it's food for thought on days when you feel grumpy. If you're wondering why there's links in this article instead of "the picture to match each link," it's because in some cases, the link leads to a series of pictures, or an article as well as pictures. You may prefer different pictures to the ones I picked.
It was an interesting collection of abandoned houses that Mike K. showed, on Tuesday Sep 4. Further to what I said about what looks like an abandoned shack to some may look like home sweet home to others, here's some thoughts.
Millions of poor Brazilians for instance live in shanty towns called favelas. The link below describes where they fit in Brazilian society (as the only houses of the poor masses):
By any name, these slums occur all over the world and remind me of "Mike's" abandoned houses, to a greater or lesser extent. Here is a look at the equivalent in South Africa.
https://www.google.com/search?q=slums+south+africa&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=w09LUOS7JK-B0QH_xIGwBw&ved=0CCAQsAQ&biw=1158&bih=851
As for abandoned houses in a war zone, these pictures could be any place any war, just the uniforms and weapons may differ. In the first picture, the house is empty because it's been demolished. In the second, the house is very much whole, but its original inhabitants decided they no longer wanted to be there. Clearly the soldiers are looking for someone though, but it's more likely to be someone on the run who thought he'd found a hiding place. In any case, the Iraqis are nowhere in sight
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1294&bih=724&tbm=isch&tbnid=khY_r_HK1UaINM:&imgrefurl=http://www.profimedia.si/picture/us-marines-search-an-abandoned-house-for/0030437413/&docid=XG35SOGtjSzIpM&itg=1&imgurl=http://www.profimedia.si/photo/us-marines-search-an-abandoned-house-for/profimedia-0030437413.jpg&w=320&h=480&ei=8wBNULzBA_SI2gWM24HwCw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=718&sig=111768288509693720302&page=1&tbnh=163&tbnw=104&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0,i:107&tx=55&ty=86
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Iraq+abandoned+houses+after+war&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1294&bih=661&tbm=isch&tbnid=otMUqOTnOrFpLM:&imgrefurl=http://framework.latimes.com/2011/12/25/times-photographer-on-end-of-iraq-war/&docid=vYR62P3A5CbfuM&imgurl=http://latimesphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/iraq-sinco-03.jpg
Here's a shot of some people displaced by war, who unlike the absent Iraqis are very visible. They are Somalis in a Kenyan refugee camp.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/aug/11/somali-refugee-camps-kenya
As for how and why abandoned houses exist, this next set of pictures are a reminder that even if we fix all the poverty in the USA, as long as certain people choose to live below sea level, mother nature will probably ensure that we will see these pictures again, without having to travel.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/70-haunting-images-of-abandoned-new-orleans
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Iraq+abandoned+houses+after+war&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1294&bih=661&tbm=isch&tbnid=otMUqOTnOrFpLM:&imgrefurl=http://framework.latimes.com/2011/12/25/times-photographer-on-end-of-iraq-war/&docid=vYR62P3A5CbfuM&imgurl=http://latimesphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/iraq-sinco-03.jpg
Here's a shot of some people displaced by war, who unlike the absent Iraqis are very visible. They are Somalis in a Kenyan refugee camp.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/aug/11/somali-refugee-camps-kenya
As for how and why abandoned houses exist, this next set of pictures are a reminder that even if we fix all the poverty in the USA, as long as certain people choose to live below sea level, mother nature will probably ensure that we will see these pictures again, without having to travel.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/70-haunting-images-of-abandoned-new-orleans
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