What’s The Story Behind This Abandoned Neighborhood?

Last night I came across a fascinating set of recently uploaded photos depicting an abandoned neighborhood. These dilapidated and overgrown houses look like something from a suburban nightmare.

White-picket fences surround gnarled backyards, where swing-sets stand like rusty skeletons, spines bent towards the ground beneath the weight of their own corrosion.

The Imgur account said the neighborhood was across from Wake Med Hospital on Kildaire Farm Road, and near Waverly Place. I love exploring abandoned houses, so the lure of an entire abandoned neighborhood was too much to manage. I immediately went out searching for it — and discovered it pretty quickly.