Historic little business razed when hospital two blocks away is undergoing HUGE expansion. Must be more sick people.
My favorite cafeteria I liked to eat at; entire mall bulldozed and rebuilt; different businesses; ugly for the most part
Locally owned grocery store I shopped at for years because it was so convenient; prices were a little higher; shut down; no new owner yet. Target was next door. That building is still empty as Target moved further north.
Gas station I patronized for years (about 30); finally some business is there; have to get gas elsewhere.
Another grocery store my family patronized back in the 50's and I still went there when I didn't go to the closer one above; gone forever; whole chain went out of business except one bought out and a couple in other towns saved for now. Sat empty for at least 2 years and a Save A Lot finally went in there which is nowhere near as nice as this one when it opened. The bakery items back in the 50's were MUCH tastier. They put real custard filling in their cream puffs and eclairs but that is illegal now so they are made of some fake mix.
Somebody commented about a thread with no cat pictures. I will oblige with my now 20-year-old cat. She has failed over the last 2 years and doesn't look so good now.
I'm not blaming Wal Mart for any of this. Many jobs were lost, and some were able to find other jobs. I don't know what happened with a lot of them.
All but one of these pictures is in the center of a very affluent urban area.
I could spend hours photographing the factories and department stores that closed and what replaced them; mostly tourist industry and art. If people don't have money to spend on the boats and art, and tourists can't afford to come here, we are going to be in trouble. I think we already are, but nobody wants to admit it. Oh, we have lots of $350,000+ houses going in, building is thriving, no modest priceed homes. It's either trailers, apartments, condos (if people can afford them), government-subsidized or Habitat for Humanity refurbs, or HUD housing.
The middle class has to buy nice, older homes if they want a house. I don't know where class lines are drawn any more. Some upper middle class are able to buy new homes. Sorry for another rambling post. This reflects the rapidly-changing face of my part of America and probably other parts, too, some for better, some for worse.