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Cannonball

submitted by Hive13

1 decade 4 years 6 months 1 week ago

Some of them are full of black water. Others have become graveyards for old lawn furniture and rodent carcasses. They are shaped like jelly beans and manufactured by companies named Sunny Side and Champagne. Once upon a time, Fresno was the California Dream. Own a car. Own a house. Own a pool. Everyone wanted it and the wonderful world of credit made it all possible. But now, with the foreclosure monster running wild, the dream is dry. Thousands of pools are festering in the hot Central Valley sun. For most people this is tragic. But for some, it’s an opportunity.

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*sports

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by maatc.

Adding video to channels (Sports) - requested by maatc.

Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not happening. Anyone who isn't worried about the dollar is living in a never-land; I envy them.

This guy saying that everyone lost their shit, as he talks about his dreams. It's all to easy to look down on others, until you find yourself in the same place.

But yea fuck that, no one else is using those damned pools let 'em skate. As my neighbor used to say, "They seem like nice enough boys."

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Fresno, recession, skate, pool, bittersweet' to 'Fresno, recession, skate, skateboard, skaters, abandoned, pools, bittersweet' - edited by calvados

Ya, except for when someone who CAN afford to live in that house moves in, the pool is scuffed/scratched to shit. Thanks for not littering, but meanwhile I've got to repave the pool.

And thanks for the skater philosophy. SO DEEP, MAN. Like the economy man, you know ?

*nsfw

Deep Thoughts, Shallow People

When and why did we (people) become so interested in the uninteresting?

This video has been flagged as being Not Suitable For Work - declared nsfw by xxovercastxx.

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