New and Old #69

Friday roundup and commentary

Visiting Canada’s $50 million 1980s ghost town, Justin McElroy, July 26, 2022

I came across this via McElroy’s heavily illustrated Twitter thread, but here’s the actual piece (also heavily illustrated).

In the wilderness of British Columbia, a two hour drive from any town with cell reception, sits a ghost town.

Not only a ghost town, but a ghost town that …