Yes, the Lubbock High School 63rd Reunion pics are up on the appropriate blog, so this morning I got out before it got blazing hot, using the little Kodak this time. I explored some areas off of South Indiana and South University, covering some territory my wife and I examined. This is all part of the project of retracing our paths.
This is Laura Bush Elementary School. Lubbock has gigantic schools. This is in a developing residential area.
Right across the street you still have cotton fields.
Right around the corner you find newly constructed houses for sale.
This is a truly huge school, but not unusual.
Someday this area will be full of houses.
The underground infrastructure is going in.
An enormous flag waves in the distance. Lubbock is a BIG FLAG city-- the bigger the better.
More and more houses under construction.
The building never ends.
But the land being gobbled up was only used to grow cotton, so who cares?
Somebody might want to think about water needs as the aquifer drops to lower and lower levels. Rarely does it rain anymore in this area. Plots of Lake Meredith and Lake Alan Henry show declining levels as well. How long can this go on?? I guess this goes on as long as developers can make money.
Enjoy the boonies while you can.
I shifted to a sort of large trailer/mobile home/manufactured home residential area that predates the current construction boom by many years. These people probably thought they were safe out here, out in the "country". My wife and I were fascinated by such areas, where people seem to live in order to escape civilization.
It is still pretty desolate but they are about to be surrounded by suburbs.
Code and zoning enforcement will play havoc with their free and easy life styles.
Funky trailer homes will be a thing of the past. What a shame.
Houses like this, springing up in new residential areas, will be the bane of those who fled to the boonies, hoping to live unmolested lives. But at least the BIG FLAGS will keep on flying.
