Comment on Down Street by Torkhelle
Well, we have some mistreated streets too, where old houses are falling down and are completely abandoned and unfortunately, it's a rising phenomenon, because young people prefer to live in modern buildings in the suburbs than live in the old houses of the city center... 
That's one of the main problems of the city where I live, our historical center is full of abandoned houses...
I, for example, live in an old part of the city that's suffering exactly from that...
That's one of the main problems of the city where I live, our historical center is full of abandoned houses...
I, for example, live in an old part of the city that's suffering exactly from that...
oh man that is sad... so much culture will be lost and the young will lose so much. oh well, i guess we do not teach them like we should. but it is great you are photoing such buildings...
Yeah, as a student of Archaeology and History I must prevent the destruction of these old buildings... 
or, at least, I should register them photographically and in other ways, so their memory can live forever... that's one of the principles an archaeologist should obey...
or, at least, I should register them photographically and in other ways, so their memory can live forever... that's one of the principles an archaeologist should obey...i am glad there are people as you out there to preserve such beauty.
I do what I can... unfortunately it seems like a lost battle to those who want to preserve history... the authorities are the first wanting the destruction of the "inconvenient" patrimony to "modernize" the country, so we're fighting the system without any support...
ahhhh, but you must push the issue of preserving the past with these dead heads. we have the same here. its always how much money can they put into their pockets...
Well, I speak based on what I know that's happening in archaeology, when an archaeologist is against the destruction of an archaeological station to build something, he's just immediately fired as it happened recently in at least two cases that I know, here in Portugal... so, archaeologists are starting to be afraid of express their opinions and just do what they don't want to do, but they're forced to...
that is sad... all political reaching for profits. why are they all the same? now you see why i rather have my life end now, too much have i seen such terrible people just waste and step onto others. too much wars and killings for no reasons... i am ashamed, for i was in a war and thought the same.
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