May 30
isn’t this from that one musical
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isn’t this from that one musical
ride the cyclone PSA for you all:
a lot of people don’t realize that uranium city isn’t a fictional town. it is a fictionalized version of the real uranium city, a town established during the cold war era boom of uranium mining towns in the 1950s.
it was a thriving mining town, with business shining throughout the 60s and the town boasting a population of over ten thousand.
the sudden closure of its last mine in 1982 saw the population plummet from 4,000 to almost 400 people.
to most, it’s now considered a ghost town, with only between 50 and 90 residents depending on the season.
relics of when the town was thriving remain scattered throughout the area. candu high, built right before the population plummet, remained in operation for 4 years before shutting down.
the only remaining school only serves students from kindergarten to grade nine, meaning that the only way a high school education can be pursued is through private means. there exist no cafes, and the few hotels and apartments that existed in the area have since shut down.
uranium city is a lot more than a dead-end highway town in real life: it’s almost completely abandoned. assuming the musical takes place in 2009, it wouldn’t have been big enough to host a fair and a cafe wouldn’t have enough customers to maintain business. part of uranium are fictionalized in ride the cyclone but the town itself met an even worse fate than the fictionalized uranium.
just an interesting bit of history i wanted to share :)
Oh to be a jane doe in a freak rollercoaster choir group accident on Uranium City, Saskatchewan
Day 3258 Jane Doe
Happy Canada day!
pssst RTC is based in Saskatchewan so yeah
Another Cyclone Silly™ 🌀🎢
Mischa sharing a loving kiss with Talia ✨💕
While Noel watches in shock..
(Is it disgust? Is it jealousy? I’ll let YOU decide 🫵)
hiya ! do u plan on doing another Ride the Cyclober event ?
Hmm, I'm not sure. I'm not so present in the fandom anymore and neither are a lot of my mutuals, and the last one didn't get much participation towards the end. On the other hand, I love Halloween, I love uranium city, and I love seeing uranium city fanart and fanfiction! i'll put a poll down below:
would you participate in a Ride the Cyclober event in 2024?
yes
no, but I would enjoy looking at content for the event
no, you can put it to rest
For those unfamiliar, @ride-the-cyclober was a month long* Halloween themed event for ride the cyclone and Legoland accepting any kind of art medium, be it art or writing or edits or anything else!
*- I forgot and started it about 3 days late <///3
Random interesting fact about the IRL Uranium City of the day:
Its remaining population is almost entirely First Nations (66.67%) or Metís (15%), totaling at 81.67%. It exists on Denesuline land. A few sources I’ve found have made the claim that one key reason many of these people choose to remain in Uranium City is that they would face anti-Indigenous racism upon returning to larger cities, whereas Uranium City has become a safer community.