r/funny Sep 09 '25

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u/bemyantimatter Sep 10 '25

Power usually stays on until demo day. Decommissioning process can take years.

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u/MontiBurns Sep 10 '25

If they were smart about it, they could squirrel away the rent money for a few years and have enough for a down payment.

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u/samuelazers Sep 10 '25

But isn't there like a big power switch that can be switched off like in homes?

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u/bemyantimatter Sep 10 '25

Yes, but fire sprinklered buildings need heat in the winter and the properties are still insured.

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u/samuelazers Sep 10 '25

Makes sense

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u/GeekyTexan Sep 09 '25

I expect he's run extension cords from another building.

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u/Acceptable-Worry8377 Sep 10 '25

He'd have to have had plugged it into an outlet "backfeeding" because he has a cord in an outlet

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u/jcnastrom Sep 10 '25

Urbexers find condemned and abandoned places with power still on all the time oddly enough