Posted by 1206SWMO on November 17, 2013 at 05:37:59 from (184.63.167.177):
In Reply to: Main Street USA Gone posted by Harvey2 on November 16, 2013 at 10:30:47:
I'm 95% done with taking pictures of every town in Kansas thats under 500 population.....The bigger share of them have a dead main street...The main reason for this is that farms that used to be 160 acres in the 1950's are now mostly over 1000 acres with lots in the 3000-5000 acre range..
With the dwindling farm population the small town business's started closing and lots of schools started closing and consolidating..That was the death of a small town..I have pictures of over 100 abandoned school buildings in Kansas....Pictured are the old schools at Hunter and Alexander,KS.
Lots of churches in the rural areas closed due to lack of members..Pictured is the beautiful old Catholic church at St Joseph,KS which no longer has services..
I feature small Kansas towns on an obscure website which I will provide a link for..
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