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re: RURAL TEXAS: Towns DYING A Slow DEATH - Far Off The Interstate
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:12 am to Obtuse1
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:12 am to Obtuse1
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When driving down from Denver headed to Amarillo after you get of the I-25 at Raton Pass and onto US-87 there is a long stretch of tiny little dead towns one after another....
It is one thing to live in an isolated area where the views are gorgeous another to live in an area that looks like mother nature packed up and left with everyone else.
Good eyewitness take.
There *must* have been good enough reasons why entire population threads of American towns along US-87 were (as well as Southwest) were once established with great promise, one time bustling beehives of activity for one reason or another.
Have sources of water and rivers dried up? Crops / farming no longer lucrative? Mining gone away? Industries packed up and left? Lack of Health care facilities?
I find this kind of eye-witness share of dying rural Americana history sad but fascinating.
This post was edited on 12/9/22 at 11:13 am
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Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:18 am to H2O Tiger
$50K doesn't go very far these days. The average income from my hometown for a family is about 35k. It's similar in other towns. WFH jobs are quickly declining, and you aren't going to work from home in West Texas baw. Unless you're in a national park.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:18 am to Street Hawk
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Towns DYING A Slow DEATH
many small towns across america are going through the worst of times and inflation is just starting to get bad.
its a shame the damage they are doing intentionally and with great malice enjoying seeing the most vulnerable of us suffer the most
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:19 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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People move to cities and become democrats.
AKA tribal Socialists, Parasites, and Plantation Thought-Slaves who leave common sense and independence in their wake.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:20 am to Street Hawk
That's what happens when you demonize industries and send them and their jobs overseas. Only for them to pollute far worse overseas.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:20 am to Liberator
Farming technology now requires only 10-15% of the amt of labor to harvest crops as 40 years ago. Many farmers have relocated in to cities such as Lubbock where there are more amenities and commute to their acreage. Also, this video was done on the weekend when most locals go in to the bigger cities to shop, that's one reason it's so empty.
This post was edited on 12/9/22 at 11:23 am
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:21 am to AllDayEveryDay
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you aren't going to work from home in West Texas baw.
This may be one of the dumbest things I've ever read. WFH means you can, you know, work from wherever you are.
This post was edited on 12/9/22 at 11:22 am
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:22 am to Street Hawk
Not surprising. Most of rural America is a wasteland. Capital began to flow to centers of transportation after rail and airline deregulation in the 70's. Combine this with free trade agreements, which meant that multi-national corporations had incentives to move manufacturing elsewhere. It is unlikely that anything will revive these small towns other than top down investment.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:23 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Great places to scoop up cheap land and get the hell away from everybody
then what?
Start writing the manifesto
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:24 am to H2O Tiger
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This may be one of the dumbest things I've ever read. WFH means you can, you know, work from wherever you are.
But it also means you can choose where you work, and thus people will look for amenities and infrastructure for their social life, as well as easy transportation to their home office if required. The vast majority of rural America doesn't have amenities nor infrastructure, and the interstate system means that towns far from that infrastructure have very little hope of investment.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:34 am to Street Hawk
Anyone here ever passed by Shafter Texas just before the border? It's got like 11 people living there.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:47 am to Marciano1
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Dalhart, TX
I think the only place to eat for a couple hundred miles between Dalhart and Raton, NM is a Subway in Clayton, NM. And, now for my obligatory, repeated factoid: Dalhart, TX is so remote that it is closer to six other state capitals than it is to Austin, TX. Thank you. You’re welcome.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 11:52 am to Liberator
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Because *you* have seen and know exactly what's happening in America's rural towns?
Wait, you think someone on a Louisiana based message board isn't familiar with rural towns in America?
Posted on 12/9/22 at 12:01 pm to Jim Rockford
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Great movie. Filmed around the Archer City area of Texas where Larry Mcmurtry was from.
I hunt occasionally on a ranch where some of the scenes were shot. The neighboring ranch is called the "Dry Bean". Which was what he named the general store in his movie Lonesome Dove.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:45 pm to Street Hawk
This thread urged me down a Zillow rabbit hole. The previous poster that said huge chunks of land for 1K an acre is correct. I was shocked to see that anywhere really. What I did notice is that it appears every piece of property in El Paso is for sale.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:48 pm to Liberator
quote:what are you getting at?
Because *you* have seen and know exactly what's happening in America's rural towns?
Please share your own detailed observations as you driven through the towns of American "Outback". I'd be sincerely interested.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:50 pm to Street Hawk
I’d actually have to look at some of these areas but nothing wrong with rural living.
I’m not really interested in going to shitty shopping centers to buy Chinese made crap.
I’m not really interested in going to shitty shopping centers to buy Chinese made crap.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:52 pm to Obtuse1
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When driving down from Denver headed to Amarillo after you get of the I-25 at Raton Pass and onto US-87 there is a long stretch of tiny little dead towns one after another.
I've driven that stretch many times, from NOLA to Philmont Scout Ranch in NM and back. If I'm solo I get curious and take side roads - they're all straight as an arrow 2-lanes and have 70+ speed limits, often without a car in sight to the horizon. I always come across cool sights in between the tiny towns. The best part is finally getting north of Dallas.
Here's a few pics from the last couple years, between Amarillo and the state line, Texline (TX/NM border), Eklund hotel in Clayton NM, Capulin Volcano and Philmont.
Makes me want to take another roadtrip!
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:56 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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If a prime Cybil Shepherd is there waiting for me it may be worth it.
Women in these towns don’t shave their legs OR their bush!!!
Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:55 pm to CBDTiger
Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing.
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