The Missing Post- Abandoned City Ecology #2 and more!


Until recently I was dealing with a conked out computer that wouldn't let me upload content to this blog, but would to my other blog of literature and culture related content. As a result, for a while I simply put up articles that would go here, there. Now I've got a new PC I can finally access this blog, so I present to you: 

Abandoned Cities 2: Flaw in the Design

and 

Against Anti-Nature

thanks for hanging in there and be sure to read the others in the Abandoned City Ecology series! 

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