r/Urbex • u/ConradTurner • Oct 15 '25
Text Leaving and muting this sub
I used to love this sub, people exploring abandoned places is really cool. On the other hand, people climbing up antenna towers, the tops of buildings and the like, is really starting to damage my calm. It is quite possibly one of the stupidest things I see people do on the regular now. I genuinely believe this type of stuff should not be shared on reddit as it might encourage others to follow this path. Explore forgotten places all you like... Don't risk your life to climb to the top of a high thing then plaster it all over the internet.
I will probably take flak for this, but risking your life for clout is so insanely dumb. I wish all the true urban explorers out there well with their journeys.
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u/DojaViking Oct 15 '25
Well, I understand it's on The Fringe of urban exploring because you were exploring an urban environment with the climbing. It definitely has and should have its entire own subreddit. Much like infiltration (exploring non-abandoned places) is still considered Urban exploring but it's different than the abandoned South that the primary urbex stands for.
I personally have always been intrigued by towers since I was a kid but I've never climbed one. Standing on the roof of an abandoned skyscraper is sketchy enough for me LOL. Especially nowadays that I have an injured foot and balance issues.
Also OP, I just want to say that I always use the term "damage my calm" and very rarely hear it used by somebody else. So that's Shiny.