Taiwan - Chenjean's Village, Abandoned House #1

...such as this one.  Sadly, these are nice homes, abandoned to the neglect of the younger generations, who really have no reason to stay in these remote locations.  As little as thirty years ago there was a brisk tourist trade due to a really nice waterfall up the road a piece.  However, they closed the falls to visitors...partly because of crumbling infrastructure on the way there that made it unsafe.  Once the older folks died off, with no real business to keep them around, their kids and grandkids left for bigger and better things in the city.  To give it perspective, when Chenjean was in elementary school there were upwards of 50 kids in her class alone.  Now there are barely 50 kids in the entire school.

These are the steps leading up to the place:

A view of the porch...

...and a view from the porch.  Who wouldn't want to wake up and step outside to see this every day?  Would make a great writer's enclave...