Comments by "Gunner Asch" (@GunnerAsch1) on "Lord Spoda"
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while I live in very similar country in Central California.. one of the big differences between Texas (the parts in the video) is that in Texas, a lot more people live out on the farms and not so much in the towns. So they are only coming into town for groceries, fuel and government. When they take a weekend off.. they leave the area. I live in a small town in California (Taft) that grew up in the middle of the oil fields. It too is a dying town. Not laid out like Texas, the oilfields tended to keep the people living closer together because it doesnt have as much agricuture. Though Bakersfield is fair sized, we live in the 3rd largest county in California (Kern Co) .. and we have some mighty big ones.. the county population is only 800,000. The town I live in was the heart of Standard Oil until the 70s, when the 1 mile by 1 mile complex was shut down. There are 2 small small towns within 7 miles of Taft, one has less than 50 people living there, the other has 300-400 at most. From that point.. closest town is 40 miles away. At one time.. the population was... 90,000 in the area. Today its lucky to be 18,000. The 1987 Oil Crunch, when it cost $15 a barrel to get the oil out of the ground.. but was only selling for $7.. killed this town. Its been slowly gurgling and gasping its way to a very slow death. Sad. I like it here. But Im now 69.. and want to leave here.. just cant afford to do so.
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