J. Nathan Matias 🦣 on Nostr: Reading about the story of Valentown NY: - Guy acquires land in anticipation of ...
Reading about the story of Valentown NY:
- Guy acquires land in anticipation of future tech
- Dude builds shopping infrastructure in hopes of monopoly
- Bro names it after himself
- The technology goes bust
- Multiple generations of people live in the shell of his failed vision
- It's converted into a community hall
- It lasts long enough that people preserve it as a museum
- The museum gets into a fight with paranormal enthusiasts who attribute the supernatural to it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentown_Hall
- Guy acquires land in anticipation of future tech
- Dude builds shopping infrastructure in hopes of monopoly
- Bro names it after himself
- The technology goes bust
- Multiple generations of people live in the shell of his failed vision
- It's converted into a community hall
- It lasts long enough that people preserve it as a museum
- The museum gets into a fight with paranormal enthusiasts who attribute the supernatural to it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentown_Hall