Lost and abandoned america

White-picket fences surround gnarled backyards, where swing-sets stand like rusty skeletons, spines bent towards the ground beneath the weight of their own corrosion.Day or night, the abandoned neighborhood off Kildaire Road and across from Wake Med Hospital is certifiably terrifying. Writer and urban explorer Heather Leahwood gained knowledge of this strange destination from stumbling upon an Imgur account that displayed eerie and strange pictures of an entire neighborhood left to destruction. There's something strange about residual energy from life that used to live in any abandoned building. Take that and multiply it by some 10 properties and that's what you have here: an entire abandoned neighborhood. There are no clear efforts to save or salvage the houses. Residents lived here during the 1990s but by 2000 it was designated at "Low Density Residential.The Town of Cary Website states - "Executive Summary: This is a Comprehensive Plan Amendment for 13 properties, and the associated street rights-of-way, totaling 22.8 acres, located along Guernsey Trail on the East side of Kildaire Farm Road, immediately South of US 1/64 Highway. This site includes the entirety of The Ponderosa subdivision. The properties are currently designated on Cary’s Land Use Plan as Low Density Residential (LDR), with the exception of one lot designated as Parks or Open Space (PKS/OS). The applicant proposes to amend the Land Use Plan by adding the site to adjacent Waverly Community Activity Center on the Land Use Plan Map, and changing the underlying base land use designation to Office/Institutional (OFC/INS). There is a Rezoning Application (15-REZ-02) associated with this case."While I'd be more scared of humans when exploring a place like this, apparently people have also been projecting some paranormal fears "The entire neighborhood agreed to put their entire community up for sale as commercial property. The reason for this, some neighbors are saying, is because Cary has experienced such rapid development. Twenty years ago, that area of Kildaire Farms Road wasn't so busy and built up. Unhappy with the fast pace of growth, but not always able to afford to just up and move, sometimes neighborhoods create this kind of solution. So the rapid expansion of Cary is partially to blame. These are nice houses -- according to Zillow, many are worth between $250-300k. The company that bought the neighborhood is planning to raze the houses and build a senior living community."