I drove to Grand Saline on Monday, and here are some things I found there:
I pulled over to get pictures of this abandoned gas station in Silver Lake on the way to, and as I left, Grand Saline. It looks like something one might find along Old Route 66:
Looking at these sort-of fossilized towns always leaves me slightly depressed. It sounds cliche, but they had character. Now, every U.S. town is becoming virtually identical a la Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Ruby Tuesday, Home Depot, etc., etc., etc.,... (sigh)
ReplyDeleteYou're preaching to the choir! It's true, those very same businesses have sort of made everything generic and characterless. Progress?
ReplyDeleteBeing a foreigner, I only know these places from American pop-culture. The last evocation of this lost world I can remember was Pixar's "Cars". It's amazing to think how recently these places were living centers of community.
ReplyDelete(Note: US spelling of "centers" - I'm learning).
I love Cars for that very reason. Only in a Pixar-animated film can we see that "lost world."
ReplyDeleteCentres, centers -- it's all good;)