HowStuffWorks “Urban Explorers’ Motivations”

This kind of observation isn’t too far removed from urban anthropology, in which people study society by examining its discarded past.

Whatever his or her motive, an urban explorer finds adventure in these abandoned sites. There’s a peacefulness in these empty, concrete caves that isn’t like the solitude found in the woods. It’s an experience opposite of nature; instead of finding reassurance in the renewal of the seasons, the urban explorer finds kinship with the past.

via HowStuffWorks “Urban Explorers’ Motivations”.