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<blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 4150694" data-attributes="member: 27991"><p>Mostly true. I grew up in west Texas, Midland-Odessa. Big Springs was a growing town. New refinery going in, Air Force Base, the crossroads for Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo and Midland.</p><p>Then, the Base closure was announced. EVERYBODY knew Big Spring was finished. That is, everybody except the City Council. They got to work. Looking at the Base, talking with the State and what was needed. There were plans being put together for a new prison expansion. The Base had the security, fencing, barracks, offices, warehousing, kitchens, laundry. Not much was different between the Base and a prison.</p><p>The city continues.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, I live in Cotton County, the poorest County in the State. Early 1900s, oil was being drilled and produced anywhere they punch a hole. The County seat, Walters, seen a refinery built. Life was good, booming. Great Depression, war, not much effect, oil and gas were needed. The war ended and then, the refinery dismantled. Growth stagnated, my Dad graduated in '53 in a class of 60. In Class of '75, there were 61. My granddaughter graduated in '16, her Class was 56. The City leaders FIGHT growth at every turn.</p><p></p><p>Around 1970, 10 miles down the road, Temple wooed Haggar to open a plant. Seemed like half the women in the County worked there. The town grew and prospered. Hagar closed. Temple is a ghost town.</p><p></p><p>Haliburton and Duncan are a strange situation. You would think Duncan would be dead. Driving through town, bumper to bumper traffic, new small business going in, ne homes being built; it is befuddling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turkeyrun, post: 4150694, member: 27991"] Mostly true. I grew up in west Texas, Midland-Odessa. Big Springs was a growing town. New refinery going in, Air Force Base, the crossroads for Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo and Midland. Then, the Base closure was announced. EVERYBODY knew Big Spring was finished. That is, everybody except the City Council. They got to work. Looking at the Base, talking with the State and what was needed. There were plans being put together for a new prison expansion. The Base had the security, fencing, barracks, offices, warehousing, kitchens, laundry. Not much was different between the Base and a prison. The city continues. By contrast, I live in Cotton County, the poorest County in the State. Early 1900s, oil was being drilled and produced anywhere they punch a hole. The County seat, Walters, seen a refinery built. Life was good, booming. Great Depression, war, not much effect, oil and gas were needed. The war ended and then, the refinery dismantled. Growth stagnated, my Dad graduated in '53 in a class of 60. In Class of '75, there were 61. My granddaughter graduated in '16, her Class was 56. The City leaders FIGHT growth at every turn. Around 1970, 10 miles down the road, Temple wooed Haggar to open a plant. Seemed like half the women in the County worked there. The town grew and prospered. Hagar closed. Temple is a ghost town. Haliburton and Duncan are a strange situation. You would think Duncan would be dead. Driving through town, bumper to bumper traffic, new small business going in, ne homes being built; it is befuddling. [/QUOTE]
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