Photos of an abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans were a very popular internet thing earlier this year, and why not? Creepy, poignant, mesmerizing, it’s all there. Everyone loves some good decay porn.
Which is why we liked this shot of Geauga Lake (circa 2010), which closed in September 2007. Via Reddit, this is how the the midway looks now. Sad. (The complete album of Geauga Lake shots is here.)
This article appears in Aug 3-9, 2011.
Looks like how much of America will look like in 10 years. No jobs, no money, thanks Obama!
Oh, mmukay, you stupid, silly man.
i think its sad but awesome photo….i think we all stood there before…lol
Ha ha! So true, mmukay. Hopefully “change”is coming, though.
mmukav – you’re an idiot. The jobs left under Bush. Or, did you forget a multi trillion dollar war?
This economy is not Obama’s Fault how can anyone expect him to come in office and fix a mess that took 8 yrs to make! George Left this Country F-Up!
Needed to add for mmukay – Perhaps you’ll also remember it was Bush who said “Outsourcing is good for America.” Your jobs are in India.
Our USA is Gone…it will never be the same. It took over 200 yrs to make our country what is was and all the Greed detroyed it…..wake up everyone and smell the stink they made! It’s gone..no Jobs no economy…what Jobs will there be 5 or 10 years from now that can drive our country again?????
Nice try libs, but how many jobs has the chosen one brought back to America? (uh, none).
And how has his hope and change message been workin’ out for you? (uh, not too well).
And in 2040, will you still be blaming Bush? (uh, yea, ’cause we can’t admit that our policies aren’t working).
And why do you people always resort to name calling? (uh, we ain’t got no good facts to back us up).
Pitiful!
I love how people like to place blame on everyone else. You want to know why America is in the shitter, look in the mirror.
democrats and republicans…Two sides to the same coin marching lockstep into economic, social and moral breakedown, failure to see the forest from the trees will be our legacy….
i love how the cons can never seem to base the economy on a calendar that ggoes back any farther than 2009.
I also love how they also seem to forget the same things were happening in America back in 1980 when another hero of there’s was actively union busting by firing all of the air traffic controllers, and flooding the auto markets with cheaper poorly made cars from overseas…
I also love how the cons never seem to remember the previous administration lying us into 2 separate wars, then lying again to keep the true costs of both wars off the books. If they would only look for themselves the Cons might notice, that most of the money spent by THIS president, was nothing more than accurately reporting money being spent by the previous administration, that was never made public beforehand.
The same ones that try to blame Clinton for 9/11 are the same ones that always forget he ended his term with a budget surplus… how convenient.
What does this have to do with Obama? MMUKAV Ummmm the country went down hill in 2001, wih Bush… since 2008 we have had a lot of recovery…. Geauga lake I miss. I wish I had enough money to purchase and run it under the same concept as kennywood…. Not overly expensive and family oriented.
the lines look pretty short, I think I’ll check out the water park
OK boys and girls, time for some real history!
The USA started it’s downward spiral in 1993 after Slick Willie “is that a cigar in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?” Clinton signed into law, wait for it…..NAFTA!
That giant sucking sound did not come from Monica Lewinski, but from jobs being shipped to Mexico. Now I am not a one-sided basher and blame both sides for that one.
The dot-com bubble was created under Clinton’s rule and did not pop until after G.W. Bush was in office. There was also this thing called 911. Remember that one? Will you guys still be Bush-basing in 2200? Probably.
The S&P laid blame on both sides, as it belongs. But Obama is our current commander-in -chief, and will receive most of the blame. He had majority control and what did that get us? A health care plan which will bankrupt the country and gays in the military.
Don’t get me wrong, I like President Obama. I didn’t vote for him, but he’s a nice guy, a great speaker, and has a nice family. But leader of the free world? I think he’s in over his head. The thing we hear most from the White House these days is silence! At a time when we need a real leader……
Is that the dipper???
WTF does that have to do with Geauga Lake? Here’s a concept, what if all us Americans put our differences aside and work together to solve our Country’s problems? If my memory serves me correctly, this is America, the greatest fucking country in the whole fucking world. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”– JFK
Well, I just now discovered that my photograph made Photo of the Week a couple years ago, it would make me happy, if the subject matter of the picture wasn’t so sad.