Weird News: Latvian Ghost Town Sold to Russian Investor
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Eastern Europe hides many crumbling horrors rife with last century's ghosts. One of these is Skrunda, a former Soviet military town in Latvia, and a deserted outpost recently sold to an enterprising gentleman for several million. Sad to report, it will probably be overhauled and refurbished to provide new, less spartan living spaces. Give me the day when certain derelict marvels will be set aside as preserves of decadent modernity, not unlike the national parks. For the time being, Eastern Europe's Chernobyl will remain one of these places, but more by necessity than enlightened choice.
