Brent Underwood
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About
Entrepreneur who purchased the former mining town of Cerro Gordo in 2018 for $1.4M. He plans to develop the ghost town into an artist's destination while preserving the history of the property. His Ghost Town Living YouTube channel has 1.7 million subscribers. He posts videos to track the progress of developing the abandoned town. In 2016, he published the fake book, Putting My Foot Down, as a literary experiment to show how easy it is to have a best-seller.
Before Fame
He graduated from Columbia University. After traveling and staying at over 150 hostels across 30 countries, he founded the hostel, HK Austin, which was the highest-rated American hostel in 2015. In April 2020, he posted his first YouTube video, entitled, "I spent my life savings on an abandoned ghost town."
Trivia
He has an Instagram account with 210,000 followers. Visitors to Cerro Gordo have included Jeff Goldblum, Cole Sprouse, and G-Eazy.
Family Life
He is from Austin, Texas.
Associated With
Henry David Thoreau is a 19th-century author who also forged his own path to living in nature, totally isolated.
