Out on east 98th Street, if you're brave enough to go really far out, you will find an abandoned strip joint, or "Gentleman's Club". If you're a Texas good old boy, a strip joint really is a gentleman's club-- that's about as good as it gets. At any rate, go a little bit farther and you find an abandoned trailer home with a bunch of storage buildings. It seems to have been part of the club, or something ancillary to it. We took some photos...
It also looked like there was about to be some road construction or heavy utility work in the area, probably associated with new subdivisions.
It's very likely that these interesting structures will be replaced by hastily constructed houses that all look alike.
We live in a neighborhood that used to be out in the boonies. Now it is on the edge of the boonies, and I like that a lot. Drive a few blocks and you've got open country. That won't last very long, unfortunately.
Some of these pics are a bit abstract, in that I did not pay attention to the orientation of the pics. Composition and balance trumped reality in a few of them.
See what I mean? And now the last of New Deal...
And if you decide to visit in order to try the BBQ, just find the Alon station. The little restaurant attached to it has the great BBQ.
New Deal arrives on the WWW...
Cotton ginning is probably the only reason for New Deal to exist. Cotton is the only thing that keeps most of these little towns alive, or half-alive. Unless there's oil.
We are getting close to the end of New Deal.
You've got to understand that New Deal is really small. There was not a lot to photograph. I did the best I could.
Last Sunday we tried to find what is left of the community of Lakeview, several miles from Petersburg. We found out when we got back home that we had driven in the right direction on the right road but didn't quite go far enough. We'll go back there again. Not much is left of Lakeview.
We all know where New Deal got its name. Yes, Franklin Roosevelt was one of this country's greatest presidents. It's just a shame he wasn't able to stack the Supreme Court, as he wished. His own New Deal really didn't go far enough. But he tried, and that's what counts. Today, the residents of New Deal are likely to spit in your eye if you mention FDR...
We are in NEW DEAL now...
I'll tell you this: you can get some mighty good BBQ in New Deal!
It also looked like there was about to be some road construction or heavy utility work in the area, probably associated with new subdivisions. 
It's very likely that these interesting structures will be replaced by hastily constructed houses that all look alike. 
We live in a neighborhood that used to be out in the boonies. Now it is on the edge of the boonies, and I like that a lot. Drive a few blocks and you've got open country. That won't last very long, unfortunately. 
