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Posted on 12/10/22 at 7:14 pm to GetCocky11
quote:
Capulin Volcano is beautiful though.
I remember driving that stretch and trying to find a place to stop for lunch and I ended up just driving though instead all the way to Dalhart, TX before stopping. Just nothing out there.
Lived out that way for 6 months. My family and I were miserable and jumped to get back into the Southeast. The geographical loneliness was crushingly depressing.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 2:11 am to Potchafa
It is Palo Duro Canyon and no, the Red River does not pretty much start in Tulia. It can be argued it begins in NM or OK but in either circumstance these two spots both originate well north (or NW) of Tulia. Tierra Blanca runs through XIT country.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 7:22 am to ags01
quote:
Tulia, TX
Great place to grow up but it ain't what it used to be. Our time may have overlapped. No way we didn't know each other if so.
Graduated in 96. Ole' dip street.....
Posted on 12/11/22 at 7:33 am to Potchafa
Get your order in we're making a run to Naz.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 7:48 am to Street Hawk
Robert Earl Keen - Rolling By
It's a busted old town on the plains of West Texas.
The drugstore's closed down, and the river's run dry.
The semis roll through like stainless steel stallions
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
And the mission still stands at the edge of the plateau.
A stone marks the graves where the old cowboys lie.
Asleep in a time, in a town just a youngster
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
And the drive-in don't play no Friday night picture.
No big silver screen to light up the sky.
Gone are the days of post-war-time lovers
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
And me I stand here at the last fillin' station
Where the wind moans a dirge to the coyote's cry.
I jump in my car, I'm back out on the highway
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
.
.
Driving the back roads of North Dakota may be even more depressing. There are abandoned houses and schoolhouse/church/townhall structures every half mile to mile.
It's a busted old town on the plains of West Texas.
The drugstore's closed down, and the river's run dry.
The semis roll through like stainless steel stallions
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
And the mission still stands at the edge of the plateau.
A stone marks the graves where the old cowboys lie.
Asleep in a time, in a town just a youngster
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
And the drive-in don't play no Friday night picture.
No big silver screen to light up the sky.
Gone are the days of post-war-time lovers
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
And me I stand here at the last fillin' station
Where the wind moans a dirge to the coyote's cry.
I jump in my car, I'm back out on the highway
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by
Goin' hard, goin' fast, goin' wild
Rollin' hard, rollin' fast, rollin' by.
.
.
Driving the back roads of North Dakota may be even more depressing. There are abandoned houses and schoolhouse/church/townhall structures every half mile to mile.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 7:57 am to Tigris
Spent a couple of days in Lytle Texas once. That was out there
Posted on 12/11/22 at 8:10 am to Tigrenutz
quote:Interesting trend to study.
Farming technology now requires only 10-15% of the amt of labor to harvest crops as 40 years ago.
America’s move from a primarily agrarian society to something else is a major driver in demographics and politics. And it has touched all of us personally here.
One of the most remarkable statistics I’ve heard of was related to manpower necessary to facilitate cotton production. The metric used was the number of acres of cotton a single working human being could ANNUALLY bring to market.
In 1890 in the Mississippi Delta, that number was right around one acre of cotton per worker per year.
By 1920, due to mechanization, hybridization, advances in fertilizers, flood protection, etc., that number was above 30 acres per laborer.
In 30 years’ time, 29 out of 30 farm workers on cotton farms essentially were made redundant.
Most of those folks went North or somewhere else and went into factories or other non-agrarian jobs.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 9:08 am to Tigris
This Jimmy Buffett song is also appropriate, even though I believe it was written about a small Montana town.
Ringling, Ringling, lyric by Jimmy Buffett
from the songs album Living & Dying In 3/4 Time
Ringling, ringling
By: jimmy buffett
1974
Ringlin', ringlin' slippin' away
Only forty people livin' there today
Streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
It's a dyin' little town
Church windows broken, that place ain't been used in years
Jail don't have a sheriff or a cell
And electric trains they run by maybe once or twice a month
Easin' it on down the muscle shell
Chorus:
Ringlin', ringlin' slippin' away
Only forty people livin' there today
'cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
It's a dyin' little town
And across from the bar there's a pile of beer cans
Been there twenty-seven years
Imagine all the heartaches and tears
In twenty-seven years of beer
So we hopped back in the rent-a-car
And we hit the cruise control
Pretty soon the town was out of site
Though we left behind a fat barmaid, a cowboy, and a dog
Bracin' for a ringlin' friday night
Chorus:
Ringlin', ringlin' you're just slippin' away
I wonder how many people will be there a year from today
'cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
It's a dyin' little town
Yeah, it's a dyin' little town
Ringling, Ringling, lyric by Jimmy Buffett
from the songs album Living & Dying In 3/4 Time
Ringling, ringling
By: jimmy buffett
1974
Ringlin', ringlin' slippin' away
Only forty people livin' there today
Streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
It's a dyin' little town
Church windows broken, that place ain't been used in years
Jail don't have a sheriff or a cell
And electric trains they run by maybe once or twice a month
Easin' it on down the muscle shell
Chorus:
Ringlin', ringlin' slippin' away
Only forty people livin' there today
'cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
It's a dyin' little town
And across from the bar there's a pile of beer cans
Been there twenty-seven years
Imagine all the heartaches and tears
In twenty-seven years of beer
So we hopped back in the rent-a-car
And we hit the cruise control
Pretty soon the town was out of site
Though we left behind a fat barmaid, a cowboy, and a dog
Bracin' for a ringlin' friday night
Chorus:
Ringlin', ringlin' you're just slippin' away
I wonder how many people will be there a year from today
'cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
It's a dyin' little town
Yeah, it's a dyin' little town
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 9:24 am
Posted on 12/11/22 at 9:28 am to Tupelo
I went on google maps and looked at some of the towns mentioned in the OP. The thing that first caught my eye was that everything had that dried, brown, dusty look. Next, there is a plethora of old, abandoned utility trailers everywhere. There are many sizes and shapes.
There were also a lot of buildings that needed a roof 15 years ago. Houses for sale mostly went for $85k, and below.
And last, I didn't see a supermarket anywhere. Where do the remaining residents get oil and flour for roux?
There were also a lot of buildings that needed a roof 15 years ago. Houses for sale mostly went for $85k, and below.
And last, I didn't see a supermarket anywhere. Where do the remaining residents get oil and flour for roux?
Posted on 12/11/22 at 10:07 am to Hangit
Amazon Prime? 
Posted on 12/11/22 at 10:18 am to Hangit
You drive an hour or two to the nearest Walmart once a month for groceries.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 10:25 am to ags01
quote:
Get your order in we're making a run to Naz.
Bruh......right!
Jimmy Moore
Posted on 12/11/22 at 6:30 pm to Tupelo
quote:
I believe it was written about a small Montana town.
More likely Florida.
quote:
And electric trains they run by maybe once or twice a month
Easin' it on down the muscle shell
Probably Florida for mussel (or Oyster) shells. And the center for the Ringling Barnum and Bailey Circus was in - Ringling Florida. Don't mean to quible, - it's a very good call on the lyrics.
Posted on 12/11/22 at 6:44 pm to Nado Jenkins83
quote:its a white woman
Probably a closet ghey because he aint got a woman
Posted on 12/11/22 at 9:20 pm to Tigris
Posted on 12/11/22 at 10:55 pm to Tupelo
Ringling isn’t in the middle of “no where” Montana. It’s on Hwy 89 which connects Jackson Hole thru Yellowstone to Great Falls. It is tiny, but it’s the entrance to great hunting and side by side riding. Has the Ringling Mansion and a fun little restaurant and bar that always has a crowd.
Driven through most of the town y’all mentioned for the last 30 years. Personally, I think Dalhart, Victor and Texline have grown in size.
Driven through most of the town y’all mentioned for the last 30 years. Personally, I think Dalhart, Victor and Texline have grown in size.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:05 am to montana
quote:
Tupelo
Ringling isn’t in the middle of “no where” Montana. It’s on Hwy 89 which connects Jackson Hole thru Yellowstone to Great Falls. It is tiny, but it’s the entrance to great hunting and side by side riding. Has the Ringling Mansion and a fun little restaurant and bar that always has a crowd.
Didn't intend to mischaracterize Ringling. Although accessible, it's still rural, and is certainly a dying town. So the song seemed appropriate. Plus, I'm a Parrot head.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:18 am to Street Hawk
I worked on the south plains wind farm in Floydada back in 2016. Ain’t shite out there. Drove through there again in 2018 moving up to Colorado, and there’s even less now. Wild how fast it happens
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:19 am to Street Hawk
Many of the small towns in Louisiana as well.
Dems are the death of them
Dems are the death of them
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