what makes a little town grow (Lubbock, Amarillo: car, best, company)

[Cowboybootnut]

1. Nuclear or hazardous waste disposal facility.

2. Nuclear power plant

3. Penitentiary

4. Warehouse distribution center (Wal Marts, Target)

I am not trying to say that is all Littlefield is good for, but to grow you have to have jobs. What other reliable, steady sources for jobs will come to a small town?

[ocean2026]

Bored teenagers having unprotected sex.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by whitegiant

Well Lubbock is growing but not fast its just growing into wollforth and shallowater but since were so far away people are just moving closer to lubbock so its worse that were not just a little bit closer then we might get a little bit of growth doubt it will happen though

Littlefield is next in line for the Lubbock growth that is now moving up U.S. 84 through Shallowater. However, U.S. 84 is in itself a natural shortcut for traffic moving west and north out of Texas from I-20 to I-40 in New Mexico. As a commercial property owner on U.S. 84 in Muleshoe, I can attest to the heavy traffic that passes along this route. I won't be around to see it but Waylon's hometown is definitely on a route for future growth.

Lamb County is almost as poor a county as is Bailey County to its west but both counties exist in a natural traffic corridor between Texas and its fast growing neighbor New Mexico. However, unless these poor west Texas counties are somehow able to more effectively attract more good jobs and sustainable growth than they have in the past, the growth they experience will continue to be slow and intermittent.

I've actually contemplated starting a rumor that mule-like aliens crashed at Muleshoe in the same storm that downed the ones near Roswell and that the remnants of the space vehicle are actually hidden underneath the Mule Memorial. Or maybe I just did?

[TX_AGGIE13]

Yea, you could always do as Roswell, or Stephenville did and contact CNN with a coo coo story about UFOs and aliens. Jefferson Texas is super haunted so they say, you could gather the townfolk at the local Chamber and fabricate some goofy stories to get the tourist out to buy a bunch of propaganda...lol...just a thought.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by TX_AGGIE13

Yea, you could always do as Roswell, or Stephenville did and contact CNN with a coo coo story about UFOs and aliens. Jefferson Texas is super haunted so they say, you could gather the townfolk at the local Chamber and fabricate some goofy stories to get the tourist out to buy a bunch of propaganda...lol...just a thought.

Lol! Roswell does well enough I suppose. I recall a time when the city leaders were embarassed when someone mentioned alien crashes. Now they have parades.

[Cowboybootnut]

Originally Posted by TX_AGGIE13

Yea, you could always do as Roswell, or Stephenville did and contact CNN with a coo coo story about UFOs and aliens. Jefferson Texas is super haunted so they say, you could gather the townfolk at the local Chamber and fabricate some goofy stories to get the tourist out to buy a bunch of propaganda...lol...just a thought.

It didn't work for Aurora TX.

[jrayplv]

plainview has major potential they jus dont apply themselves and let big companies come cause ofthe lack of spending in plainview...but it isnt declining they add 5-600 ppl a year whichis good for a town of about 26000

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by jrayplv

plainview has major potential they jus dont apply themselves and let big companies come cause ofthe lack of spending in plainview...but it isnt declining they add 5-600 ppl a year whichis good for a town of about 26000

Many of the towns on the Texas High Plains worry about water to support significantly growing populations. I'm not sure if this is the view of the city leaders of Plainview or Littlefield but I may soon learn how Plainview feels as I just bought a rural property in Hale County.

[Muhnay]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Invite Walmart to build a supercenter there

THIS IS SO TRUE!

UVALDE TX was a little town.. easy to get though, a place to stop and enjoy its small park and get a Espresso in the town square. Now its a mess.. way too much traffic, congested to the max, and it has exploded with growth.. all because they stuck a Super Walmart on the edge of town.

Uvalde one of my favorite stops, is now turning to poo.

[catman]

Adding population and commerce isn't necessarily a good thing. Except, of course, it always is for the people who make money off it and the politicians who can crow about it. Wait a minute, are those the same people?

Anyway, it depends on what sort of population and commerce, and how it is managed.