Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[shadowtippy]

I have a n

Same around here. The DFW metroplex was about 5.5M when we moved here. It's about 7.5M now. Allen was a bedroom community of about 22K. That's why we picked Allen. Two restaurants and a McDonalds were the only food places. It's about 102K now. Strip mall after strip mall, quick shops on about every corner of major intersections. Roads that were two lane are now 6 lanes. Houses built right next to a busy road or with a strip mall in the back yard and they are selling.

The amount of construction particularly the past 5 yrs is unbelievable particularly commercial. The '08-'09 economic troubles didn't slow stuff down very much. I think there is a law that requires any empty space to be scraped off and something built. Lots of subdivision developments in rural areas.

Pics of Allen in '94 and '16 (latest image on google earth)
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The other side of all that is there is pretty much anything we would ever want or need within 30 mins of us. Any medical need or doc within 30 mins. That's one thing that keeps us from packing up and moving today!

I have a niece that lives in Frisco and she said it has changed a lot from what it was.

 

[Fat Freddy]

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Miralax — Drink 'n Go

meebee there's a band name in this ^

Is it live? Or is it Miralax?

 

[ahc]

Sounds like there's a need for this fine product from Uranus Corporation:

 

[ahc]

It's been one of those days, so:

 

[GwenOnBass]

It's been one of those days, so:

or

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[gtmalone]

Only council house vermin would find amusement in such low humour as

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fortunately the same maturity required in not laughing at banana hammocks is firmly in place.

I made this connection in 2012 for the end of the world. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[GonePlaid]

 

[Jeff Scott]

I made this connection in 2012 for the end of the world. Coincidence? I think not.

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In between the two were the Roycroft.

 

[Charlie Tango]

SoulReflection, I put on my banana hammock and took a selfie...check your inbox.

Yeah, I won't be banana-hammocking anytime soon. No need to display my shortcomings to a whole beach full of people.

 

[GwenOnBass]

In between the two were the Roycroft.

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Serendipity surfed right through Roycroft to the RMS Lusitania!

 

[SoulReflection]

SoulReflection, I put on my banana hammock and took a selfie...check your inbox.

OOH, I am afraid to look...

 

[Charlie Tango]

Is it live? Or is it Miralax?

Well done, that.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Serendipity surfed right through Roycroft to the RMS Lusitania!

Not that Elbert and Alice planned for that, even though they were more they quite aware of what might come when they boarded.

 

[Fat Freddy]

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By George old chap......

 

[Jeff Scott]

By George old chap......

Where these his?

 

[Fat Freddy]

Where these his?

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Good grief no!.......

 

[GwenOnBass]

Where these his?

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Once worn by Lonesome Cowboy Burt

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[Fat Freddy]

Or.....

 

[Fat Freddy]

Or.....