Lubbock is truly a city that is expanding and growing rapidly. New residential construction is what we examined recently. We found a new housing development that featured large homes on enormous lots, and every lot had a huge RV shed/workshop. This was for people who like a lot of SPACE. The lots were big enough to fly the average RC electric parkflyer with no problems at all.
These photos were taken in a part of Lubbock that is experiencing the most rapid growth.
Fresh concrete!
And here we are, at the margins of a spanking new subdivision! The utilities are going in and land is being cleared. A few miles from here, houses are going up.
This sort of expansion will continue until the water is gone. And that will probably be sooner than anyone thinks. The developers don't care. They are out to make money and they won't be here anymore when the building boom collapses. They'll have made theirs and screw the rest of us. The faster the population grows, the sooner that day of reckoning comes, when the wells go dry. All this building is really bringing us closer to disaster.
More old houses, more infrastructure, and new construction!
People dump stuff like this all over town.
While other people make their marks.
Power to the people yes.
You can eat asphalt, you can eat dirt, you can eat concrete, or you can eat weeds. Take your pick.
I like junk, though. Junk is interesting.
We are in an old part of town, far away from the spanking new subdivisions springing up out of cotton fields south of here.
Once upon a time it was thought that growth would take place near the airport. Wrong. Instead of spreading in that direction, Lubbock is spreading in every OTHER direction! Lubbock is migrating West and South, effectively.
The older parts of town will probably be abandoned, as they gradually decay from lack of commerce, investment, and interest.
My next update will feature some new construction, and infrastructure.
Lots of ruins in Lubbock, that's for sure...
Plenty of abandoned homes! There's even a derelict hotel on Avenue Q! It's right across the street from the International House Of Pancakes!
There are junkyards all over town, some semi-hidden and others in clear view.
Disposing of an old mattress is a real problem, sometimes solved by dumping them in a vacant lot, where they will moulder for years before the city picks them up. There are parts of Lubbock where a city official would not be caught dead-- too poor, too dirty.
This old truck could probably be restored or converted into a nice Rat Rod.
These photos were taken in a part of Lubbock that is experiencing the most rapid growth. 
Fresh concrete!
And here we are, at the margins of a spanking new subdivision! The utilities are going in and land is being cleared. A few miles from here, houses are going up.
This sort of expansion will continue until the water is gone. And that will probably be sooner than anyone thinks. The developers don't care. They are out to make money and they won't be here anymore when the building boom collapses. They'll have made theirs and screw the rest of us. The faster the population grows, the sooner that day of reckoning comes, when the wells go dry. All this building is really bringing us closer to disaster. 
