New Construction In Lubbock

The city is on the move, to the south and to the west...

It's easy for Lubbock to expand, because it is surrounded by vast expanses of NOTHING! Space is NOT at a premium. There are no obstructions, no hills, no "terrain" to speak of. It is a vast ocean of flatness.

There is no "environment", there is no habitat to speak of. The cotton fields have been here for ages. The prairies are long gone, tilled over and poisoned by herbicides and pesticides. The topsoil was destroyed long ago. It is a wasteland. You might as well pave it over and put buildings on it. You can do that as much as you like. As long as the water lasts. The developers don't give a damn about water. Build it and they will come, take the money and run. And when the water is finally depleted-- SUCKERS!! Ha ha ha. 

Next time around, we'll have a glimpse of TEXAS political activity, and we'll be on the road to and from Levelland. We found some more roadside ruins.


 

Lurking In North Lubbock

We just wanted to see what we could see.

It's a kind of wilderness there.

There is plenty of rust.

Odds are, there is plenty of pollution as well, but we performed no tests.

It's the oil bidness again. Our noses detected plenty of hydrocarbons.

But what the heck. This is Texas. In Texas you should expect to be poisoned, some way or other. If not poisoned, then shot. We weren't shot, so we must have been poisoned. It comes with the territory.

 

Back In Lubbock, North And East And Central And Elswhere

I guess I'm saying that I've got lots of photos that I took all over town. I've lost track of where we were in some cases.

 This is on North Quaker, and it is part of the city's water infrastructure, called Low Head B. It is a pump station and it was at one time the bane of my life. I was pleased to learn recently that the city plans to revamp the system, and make this facility obsolete.

 Somebody near LHB sure did like their FIREBALL whiskey!

 This building houses pumps. I have plenty of memories of it. It would be kind of nice to see the inside again, before it is torn down.

 The culverts out here collect lots of trash.

I'm pleased to report that I no longer remember how some of this stuff worked, or what it did. That means it is all safely in my past. Good riddance.

We drove on, going north on Quaker... continuing to explore this part of town.