Comments on: Giant Robots In Industrial Wastelands http://registan.net/index.php/2007/11/05/giant-robots-in-industrial-wastelands/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dmitry http://registan.net/index.php/2007/11/05/giant-robots-in-industrial-wastelands/comment-page-1/#comment-375812 Dmitry Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:22:01 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/11/05/giant-robots-in-industrial-wastelands/#comment-375812 I spent a substantial period of time around Sumqayit just recently (I'm still in Azerbaijan), and I can say that it's a really surreal sight speeding in a minibus past the miles of rusty pipes and smokestacks of mostly bombed-out looking factories there, or seeing the fires of oil refineries lighting up the night sky along the sea. I'd really say the place is about equivalent to Detroit - a dirty, ugly industrial city. Although the robot guy was one of my favorites too! I spent a substantial period of time around Sumqayit just recently (I’m still in Azerbaijan), and I can say that it’s a really surreal sight speeding in a minibus past the miles of rusty pipes and smokestacks of mostly bombed-out looking factories there, or seeing the fires of oil refineries lighting up the night sky along the sea. I’d really say the place is about equivalent to Detroit – a dirty, ugly industrial city.

Although the robot guy was one of my favorites too!

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