[quote=bearishgurl]Of course they didn’t, AN. And I will admit that there were enough jobs in those small cities to employ their original (year 2000) populations. But you should SEE what’s built around them now! You would be SHOCKED!!
It’s evident to me here that there are not a lot of Piggs that are as well-road-traveled as I am. I can safely say I’ve traveled nearly all hwys, large and small in this entire state, some multiple times and some dozens of times.
CA is slowly losing its prized agricultural “foodbasket” to “Big Development.” This vast area is THE prime provider of food and commodities to nearly the entire country, ESP for food that cannot be grown elsewhere.
The San Joaquin Valley wasn’t meant to turn into a mcmansion megalopolis. The population and job centers to support this type of housing never existed there. It’s absolutely horrific driving through these recently-built far-flung tracts in inland counties which were and are extremely hard-hit by distressed properties primarily resulting from sub-prime lending of recent years.
You would have to see it to believe it. It’s a dirty shame – CA’s darkest secret that never should have happened.[/quote]
No, I wouldn’t be shocked. My wife grew up in Fresno and her entire extended family live there for over 20 years. So, I’m sure I know as much if not more about the San Joaquin Valley than you do. So, you might think you know about a place by driving through it, I know the place because I have family members who grew up there and are still living there. I go visit them several times a year. So yes, I’ve seen it as it changes over the last 10+ years.
