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0xdeadbeef6 t1_j2dsftf wrote

That easily be a museum or a really bitchin night club or a restaurant even. Instead it sits there and rots

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Rivster79 t1_j2dzh84 wrote

No reason this shouldn’t be an east coast version of the queen mary.

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iambecomedeath7 t1_j2eny99 wrote

To be fair, the Queen Mary isn't commercially viable. I'm all for the preservation of nautical history, but we shouldn't go into it with the expectation that all preservable ships should be profit centers.

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TheArrivedHussars t1_j2esxzk wrote

While I understand Queen Mary isn't the most profitable, it still baffles me that we (country) are the caretakers of a British passanger ship turndd museum but seemingly refuse to help the very namesake of our country which arguably would be more important holding the blue ribbon.

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DuvalHeart t1_j2dtn0x wrote

It should be all of those things and more.

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mikebailey t1_j2ebmmv wrote

Everyone says this but I would genuinely like to know how, because my understanding is it was largely toxic then hulled out

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SomePaddy t1_j2edpky wrote

That's my understanding too. I think there'd have to be a ton of lead and asbestos abatement before it could actually be used.

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H00terTheOwl t1_j2e47m8 wrote

I have a day dream of a floating nightclub every time I drive by it

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Strawb3rry_Slay3r666 t1_j2epvhc wrote

They were going to try and do something like that already but the ship is in such a bad state, it would cost too much to rehab so plans fell through

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