Keyword of the day: " Urban Explorers"

Keyword of the day: " Urban Explorers"

Source:
Newsweek.com : Urban explorers make the city A playground

“indulging your appreciation for history, architecture, and non-standard notions of beauty, chances to appreciate little-seen architecture, going where boring ‘normal’ people would never even dream of going, and using your wits to avoid detection/arrest (often narrowly).”

“The capitalist city builds consumerist environments that are intended for people to act in certain ways and in certain places,” says Mould. By exploring, he says, “people are expanding the functionality of cities and reclaiming public space.”

Then,
Wikipedia with " Urban Exploration"

"...Ventures into abandoned structures are perhaps the most common example of urban exploration. At times, sites are entered first by locals, and may sport large amounts of graffiti and other acts of vandalism. Explorers face various risks in abandoned structures including collapsing roofs and floors, broken glass, guard dogs, the presence of chemicals and other harmful substances, most notably asbestos, hostile squatters and motion detectors ..."

"...An important goal, overall, of exploring a location is to gain access, perform your task, and remove yourself undetected, unscathed, causing no harm to others or that which surrounds you..."

Google and get things like these:
Beginner's guide to adventures in Buildings Infiltration ( wow !)

Spotted by Locals: Urban Exploration
( I haven't read it carefully but website's title and slogan is interesting : " Experience the cities like a local")

Now some blog to visit:

Roadwolf's blog

Vanshnookenraggen

Glasgow Urban exploration blog

And I ...

I like the idea of exploring the cities that we're living in. I myself love riding around the city center on my motobike, to the streets that rarely go through or just look at the so-familiar street with another view at another point of time.

But, my city is crowded. I don't think there are enough abandoned buildings ( in a large enough area) or undiscovered space for those urban-explorers. Moreover, though they say it's a free activity, protection gears are surely not cheap at all.

However, in the following years, when the currently-underconstruction structures in Saigon getting old and left empty, and more young people knows about urban exploration, I believe there will be articles about Saigonese Urban Explorers appear on Tuoitre.com.vn, Thanhnien.com.vn ...etc.