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<blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 534667" data-attributes="member: 319">I actually think that the skeletons of many buildings would survive - reinforced concrete, when properly made, can last a surprisingly long time.&nbsp; Although, given enough time, and dirt being deposited by wind, they could very well be badly overgrown, and partially buried by the soil which would build up as plants grew and decayed, and as more dust got trapped by the roots. Also, think about places like highways and airports - vast expanses of thick concrete where plant growth would be slowed a great deal, arranged in strange geometric patterns... Or perhaps actually being used for travel again, once people found that they were much easier to keep clear of vegetation than most places.In places with very high concentrations of metals you'd have, at the very least, heaps and piles of rust, making for very strange &quot;earth&quot;, perhaps with pockets which were protected from corrosion containing valuable nuggets of refined iron...Then there are metals like copper or aluminum, which corrode, but the resulting patina ends up protecting what's inside from atmospheric oxygen and water, allowing them to last a very long time - your heroes would definitely run across some of those...Finally, things like bogs with very low oxygen content could actually prove to contain very well preserved artifacts of the old world - in Finland, they recently pulled a WWII tank out of one, and aside from exhaust pipes which were thin metal and probably badly corroded before the tank got stuck in there anyway, the damn thing was nearly intact, with the paint still on. Granted, there's a difference between 60 years and 5000, but it's still a pretty good bet for keeping something preserved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmu1, post: 534667, member: 319"] I actually think that the skeletons of many buildings would survive - reinforced concrete, when properly made, can last a surprisingly long time. Although, given enough time, and dirt being deposited by wind, they could very well be badly overgrown, and partially buried by the soil which would build up as plants grew and decayed, and as more dust got trapped by the roots. Also, think about places like highways and airports - vast expanses of thick concrete where plant growth would be slowed a great deal, arranged in strange geometric patterns... Or perhaps actually being used for travel again, once people found that they were much easier to keep clear of vegetation than most places. In places with very high concentrations of metals you'd have, at the very least, heaps and piles of rust, making for very strange "earth", perhaps with pockets which were protected from corrosion containing valuable nuggets of refined iron... Then there are metals like copper or aluminum, which corrode, but the resulting patina ends up protecting what's inside from atmospheric oxygen and water, allowing them to last a very long time - your heroes would definitely run across some of those... Finally, things like bogs with very low oxygen content could actually prove to contain very well preserved artifacts of the old world - in Finland, they recently pulled a WWII tank out of one, and aside from exhaust pipes which were thin metal and probably badly corroded before the tank got stuck in there anyway, the damn thing was nearly intact, with the paint still on. Granted, there's a difference between 60 years and 5000, but it's still a pretty good bet for keeping something preserved. [/QUOTE]

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