There's no danger of running out of space, but running out of water is a real danger.
This is a HUGE school!
Is there ever such a thing as ENOUGH?
I am anti-growth. Enough is what I say. No more.
Too much. Our Aquifer WILL be depleted, and the wells WILL go dry, and Lubbock will NOT be able to support even the current population, much less what developers hope to add. This growth is crazy. Unfortunately it is also very profitable. Profit is the magic bomb that will ultimately destroy life as we know it.
House for sale! House for sale! Get 'em while they still smell of fresh paint and glue!
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.
This is a HUGE school!
Is there ever such a thing as ENOUGH?
I am anti-growth. Enough is what I say. No more.
Too much. Our Aquifer WILL be depleted, and the wells WILL go dry, and Lubbock will NOT be able to support even the current population, much less what developers hope to add. This growth is crazy. Unfortunately it is also very profitable. Profit is the magic bomb that will ultimately destroy life as we know it.
House for sale! House for sale! Get 'em while they still smell of fresh paint and glue!
