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Underground 'Cold War City' For Sale
Hogwash McFly writes "A huge underground complex that was built as a nuclear refuge for the British Prime Minister in the 1950s has been put on the market. Code-named Burlington, the bunker now has a population of only four maintenance workers, yet sprawls over 240 acres and accommodates 60 miles of roads. Underground power stations supply energy for 100,000 street lamps and amenities include a railway station and a pub called the Rose and Crown. Among ideas suggested for the £5,000,000 bunker include a data centre, wine cellar, rave club or fifties theme park. It is not clear whether a tank for keeping laser-equipped sharks is included, however."
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Imagine the killer bud you could grow in that place.
as stated before, we really need to filter out these damned ad articles.
But... isn't he going to need it when the terrorists attack?
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I think it's worth spending that money just so you can say you live in motherlands basement.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd like to turn in into my own British Bat Cave. Kind of like where a combination of James Bond and Bruce Wayne would live.
Do I get the "four maintainance workers" with the city? Is slavery illegal underground? Oh, and I welcome our new underground mole-people overlords (couldn't help myself)
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For a time, the massive bunker's only inhabitant was Margaret Thatcher's previously unknown geek son, who wasted away his days coding, playing D&D with his online friends, and playing scrabble against himself while sheepishly avoiding the opposite sex.
He is noted to have posted on many USENET boards, "oh yeah? Well you should see MY mom's basement, where I live. It's soooo much cooler than yours."
It's now comprised of 8 McDonalds and 11 Starbucks.
But I just could not find an aerial photo! WTF!
A guy walks into a bar... well, I forgot the joke, but the punchline is that he's an alcoholic.
They should make it into a real life Half-Life theme park. That would kick ass.
SOLD
I hear some company by the name of, The Umbrella Corporation, just bought it.
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"Our interests are to see if we can't scale it up to something more exciting," he said.
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Apparently the city has been reclassified.
The purpose of these bunkers was so the political elite could survive the nuclear holocaust brought upon their subjects. In my opinion they ought to have suffered the same fate as the people if anything really bad happened.
Of course only essential people were allowed--cabinet ministers, and attractive secretaries, and a few maintenance people. This way, the politicians could restart civilization with their superior genes and the young ladies who worked in their office.
How about 'the worlds largest library?'
Not only would it have tons of books (literally), it would also act as a time capsule when the zombies come.
If I purchase it will they deliver it to my Texas ranch?
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Good god, you're not kidding! Next time, I'll just buy a ticket to this place instead of messing with all that Steam cruft.
Crikey, just sell it to Michael Jackson.
... to find Vault 13. It's in England!
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I bid 10,000 Quatloos for the Gates-thrall!
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Or... you could put a house on top of the main entrance and have your mom live in the house while you live in the "basement".
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It's value as a bomb shelter went away when slow flying bombers were no longer the weapon delivery mechanism. As the article says, once the warning time dropped to 4 minutes, evacuating to the shelter became impossible.
It could still be useful, you would just have to go running to it at the slightest hint of trouble. Just like what our Vice President does all the time on this side of the pond.