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suburb. Down the road from us were late 40's early 1950s houses. Up the road from us waa mostly farm land. Including my family's land. My grandfather had been a farmer, but after he died, my Dad wasn't interested in farming so he opened a water delivery service. He did, however, rent our barns & fields to a farmer up the road.

Then in the 1970's the hospital board decided they needed to build a new building about a mile down the road from us and not too long after the State decided to build a bypass so it was easier and faster to get to the small city area.

Then everything changed. The majority of farmers sold their land and housing tracks started springing up left and right. Some of the wealthier doctors built mini mcmansions. Mostly they're farther up the road, but it still ruined the peace I grew up in.

Now a days, the rich folk drive their Porsches about 90 miles an hour down the road, despite the speed limit being 45. We had to tear down our old house and build our new one farther back from the road because a young guy lost control of his SUV and hit our house. Then several years later a drunk woman just missed hitting it again.The traffic is non stop, morning, noon and night. There are only a few acres left including our ten that remain mostly untouched.

Sorry to go into such detail, but it's been such a radical change. I think I and one of the neighbors farther up the road are probably the only ones left of the early core families. It's kind of sad. I miss the peace.