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re: RURAL TEXAS: Towns DYING A Slow DEATH - Far Off The Interstate
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:21 am to fallguy_1978
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:21 am to fallguy_1978
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Yeah I'd be fine with rural living and having some land but barren brush and tornadoes isn't quite what I had in mind
Along with realllly hot summers and some reallllly cold winters.
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Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:59 am to Street Hawk
Spoda has done videos across the US. His videos of Lafayette and the MS Coast are especially good. Go figure, while filming in New Orleans right by Charity Hospital, he got accosted by bums who called him racist when he didn’t give them $$$.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:18 am to jchamil
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Wait, you think someone on a Louisiana based message board isn't familiar with rural towns in America?
Speaking as someone who grew up in rural Louisiana, I will say that the term “rural” took on new meaning for me after spending time working in some of the less-populated parts of Texas.
There are only two LA parishes with less than 10 people per square mile: Tensas and Cameron. Cameron Parish is a bit misleading because so much of the “land” area is actually uninhabitable. Tensas Parish is probably more rural, and certainly further from major population centers.
But compare that with Texas, where there are large swaths of multiple counties with <10 people per square mile, and more than 10 counties with <1 person per square mile. It’s a lot different.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 11:30 am to OldHickory
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You drive an hour or two to the nearest Walmart once a month for groceries.
Exactly. Been like this in small towns for many years. Even 50 years ago in my tiny Bienville Parish town, people went to Shreveport, Minden, or Ruston to do most of their shopping. Groceries at the little grocery store in town were just too expensive and it was cheaper to go to the bigger place. All the little businesses in the towns started dying their slow deaths.
All of these things in the videos are why I've said so many times that small town life isn't what it seems. There's many more places like these videos than the cute little towns are the posters here seem to idealize. They mostly only exist on TV.
Things changed a lot when families started owning 2 cars instead of 1.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:09 pm to EastBankTiger
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Spoda has done videos across the US
I've watched many of his videos. His wife/SO that travels with him is in some of the videos. She has a bangin' body, a very nice rack. In his video from the Orange Beach area, she appears in the video in a bikini.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:19 pm to doublecutter
First time I watched one of his videos she walked by in the background...
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:34 pm to BengalBen
I’m in my 20s and she is one of the hottest ladies in any movie I’ve ever seen and TLPS is my favorite movie 
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:35 pm to Bengalbio
It’s my favorite movie.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:41 pm to ragincajun03
If the population is only 64 (which I think you’re right about) then I highly doubt 60 voted.
And since you said loving county I have to.
Well, l walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Thinking about her and that man
When in walked a woman, looking richer than sin
And ten years worth of work on her hand
Well, I followed her home and when she was alone
Well, I put my gun to her head
And I don't recall what happened next at all
But now that rich woman, she is dead
Now I drive down the highway
Ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
And the moon is so bright it don't look like night
And the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of loving county
And since you said loving county I have to.
Well, l walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Thinking about her and that man
When in walked a woman, looking richer than sin
And ten years worth of work on her hand
Well, I followed her home and when she was alone
Well, I put my gun to her head
And I don't recall what happened next at all
But now that rich woman, she is dead
Now I drive down the highway
Ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
And the moon is so bright it don't look like night
And the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of loving county
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:43 pm to AllDayEveryDay
If I made $50k working from home I could live pretty damn nice in West Texas, outside of Midland/Abilene/Amarillo/canyon/San Angelo
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:45 pm to crazy4lsu
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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.
Some people prefer small rural towns away from all that and you can probably rent out an office in one of these towns for a hundred dollars a month.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 12:45 pm to Sea Hoss
El Paso is probably a lot bigger than you realize.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:06 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Maybe you won’t, but some people would
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:07 pm to Spoonbilla
Ranger isn’t even that far west
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:19 pm to LanierSpots
Lytle is right outside San Antone. If you think that was bad I can’t imagine what you would think of west or Deep South texas
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:20 pm to Hangit
They drive an hour or so to walmart probably
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:20 pm to donRANDOMnumbers
Republicans are not innocent either
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:38 pm to MC5601
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Yes sir, on the way from Marfa to Presideo. Shafter is a true ghost town in every sense of the word
Presideo feels like one at night. I’ve crossed from Ojinaga a night twice and Presideo always felt so dead
Posted on 12/12/22 at 1:52 pm to PowerTool
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Then realize there's no water.
There's plenty of water. You just have to drill 750ft through rock to reach it. Good water once you can access it.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 2:37 pm to Obtuse1
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area that looks like mother nature packed up and left with everyone else.
What a perfect description
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