rust belt roadtrip

I spent three months exploring the american rust belt, here’s how it went

long live the albert kahn @DoubleTree in youngstown, ohio

@jaesmail rip

@gmoult only decently nice hotel in the area lol

can we talk about why a doubletree in youngstown costs $250/night, be so fr rn

@_uncoolniece they’ve just got so expensive everywhere

@gmoult idk if that’s actually true here but in my experience staying in somehow absurdly crowded middle of nowhere Midwest hotels that’s been why

@Eric_Erins they doubled the costs and cut the staff in half

@gmoult Hotels have gotten outrageous

@blagojevism yu-mex walked so yu-viet could run

@gmoult Meanwhile, in Chicago…

the dream of yugoslavia burns brightly in the far suburbs of pittsburgh

@pudlasz I don’t think there will be as many demolitions in poland tho

@gmoult ^what will happen in village parishes around here in less than 30 years

came across a list of 10 eastern rite and orthodox churches in akron from 1940—today only two are left standing

@chasingdomes oh I have an update…

@gmoult The people are still waiting for updates on the DM from LinkedIn. Would be on brand for this to be related to it.

texting them “what’s the addy” and the addy is an abandoned church auditorium in appalachian ohio

@kaywuann cheers

@gmoult Sights from this evening in Toledo.

some of you don’t deserve toledo, ohio

last night we let the bosnia buzzball talk

@gmoult The thread is becoming unraveled

we’re losing the ancient texts

@OliverWDahl I think it was the architecture for me

@OliverWDahl same, I need to rewatch it lol

also, a deeply rust belt movie

@pourfairelevide makes a lot of sense, especially with how prevalent POD will become in the next years

@gmoult I prefer digital in a lot of cases, tbh—especially for Big Books (I read Schattenfroh on my phone lol)—even better margins for publishers on those!!!

For most books that aren’t perennial bestsellers, print-on-demand is the only way to keep new copies consistently available. Publishers would always rather do an offset run, but it’s only feasible if they can sell the run within a few years. It’s POD or nothing for most titles!

@chap42chap where is it?

@gmoult The Toledo AFL-CIO needs to do a much better job maintaining the monument to the Auto-Lite Strike