Stats:

  • 46 bedrooms
  • 55 bathrooms
  • An elevator
  • A Sauna
  • 9 car garage

:agony-soviet: .

  • Dirtbag [they/them]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    Pics of it falling apart: https://houseandhistory.com/abandoned-manvel-mansion-in-pearland-texas/

    Some local business is trying to turn it into a church now because Texas.

    • CurlyHair [any]
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      3 years ago

      At least the original idea behind it seemed pretty good. The locals didn’t want homeless veterans in their neighborhood but were totally ok with a 60,000 sq foot abandoned house that people frequently broke into. ___

      • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        There was a similar situation in my hometown, where the locals were opposed to an opioid rehab clinic opening because they "didn't want junkies all over their town..."

        :shrug-outta-hecks:

    • Abraxiel
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      3 years ago

      Jim said, “There were probably 60 people in the room and 58 of them were opposed to The Bailey House”. Youngblood and Mode say the Manvel citizens voiced concerns about having homeless veterans in the neighborhood.

      they wouldn't be homeless and what fucking neighbourhood?

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      lmao of fucking course this monstrosity is in Pearland

      Giant suburb of a city founded specifically to evacuate scared white people out of Houston