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Comment by samstave | Hacker News Reader

Uhm,

The infra looks super depressing...

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kitsault,+BC+V0J+3T0,+Canad...

Yeah read the blog post, that's by design--the town was abandoned in the 80s and has been maintained by a private owner. I think it would be kind of cool to live there as an escape from the hustle and bustle of cities. Like living in a shack in the woods, except the shack has most of the amenities of modern life (circa 1980).

I agree!

I would totally move there assuming life support. Health, Food, Power, Heat, Water.

What do for work - and if trying to make a Hacker Commune, how structure (I actually lived on a commune and know how badly they are managed)

StarLink. Remote work outpost. AirBnB it too maybe?

I think that's missing the point by a hundred miles. Once you bring in Starlink, it becomes like any other place, just remote. Try moving there and living like in the 80s - without internet. That would be the appeal I think.

I’m in. Is there some crypto angle? (totes!!)

Maybe it's because I grew up in the '80s but other than the dated doctor's office, I didn't find those buildings to be depressing at all.

Yeah, that operating room is straight out of a horror movie

I think it's an x-ray room. The wall with the window for the radiologist to look through and the arm above the table.

I think you are right. It’s weird though, that arm above the table doesn’t look like it has an X-ray tube on it, but the little control room appears to have a generator in it.

Strange to have chairs in the room. Minor correction, it would usually be a radiographer not a radiologist who took x-rays. However if this was a screening room (a room that does imaging with a fluoroscopic unit), it would usually be a radiologist who did it.

I was wondering if I had mixed up radiographer and radiographer.

The chairs are definitely interesting. I can't think of any rooms like that where family or friends have been allowed. Maybe we're both right and it's a multipurpose "hospital" room? Might make sense for a small town that needs a doctor's office with basic exam capabilities.

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