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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh you moved to the boonies boonies haha. Love that the Wikipedia page for Ocean Falls has a photo captioned "An uncharacteristically sunny day in ocean falls"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Noo, Ocean Falls was a ghost town once the sole employer moved out with the pound-foolish reduction of manufacturing in this region. I only learned of it from my wife's dad's stories of growing up in this remote community; and then learned it's a unicorn town with a surprisingly advanced infrastructure and travel potential that gives it massive potential for restoration as a quiet, remote community for select workers and some eco-tourism operations.

So it's a common schtick to champion it as a prime candidate for reopening and investment, since it has the infrastructure to support a small but dense population with modern mixed-use buildings and ship-based trade, even though the population has been essentially 3 people for decades and there's no road in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I stopped in Ocean Falls around 10 years ago. Walked through the condemned Hotel there. Felt like walking through a building straight out of Fallout with the collapsed ceiling and old newspapers/flyers and other stuff everywhere. But aside from that Hotel was a nice place.