Like watching an ant farm
May. 30th, 2022 08:35![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bill_schubertWe live in Georgetown, Texas. Specifically on the western end of the zone owned by Georgetown but not actually in the city (ETJ). The area boarders with Leander, Texas. Here, you can see:
What that looks like it a huge ant farm where thousands of ants are building houses and stores and gas stations and, well, swimming pools (for which they will need our company soon as I can get it together).
It is an ill wind indeed that blows no good. Gas prices going up make Dana's little teeny, tiny, piece of the oil fields actually worth something now. And all this growth creates the perfect climate for a pool service company.
But the strain on the infrastructure will be devastating. Having enough water and enough sewage processing and a place to dump the waste (we're using the same landfill that was started 40 years ago) and enough guns for everyone will strain the Texas ability to provide.
And roads. When we moved here in 2005 I could drive from our old home in Leander to the center of Georgetown with no traffic lights and maybe 20 or 30 cars. Now there are a dozen lights and traffic backups where I have to sit through two or three light cycles to get through an intersection. So I hardly ever go to Georgetown.
According to Zillow the sale price on my house went up $12000 in May. 2.5% Up 45% from our original price less than 4 years ago. Even when the bubble pops this house will be by far our best investment.
We live in the center of a maelstrom.
What a long strange trip, indeed.
What that looks like it a huge ant farm where thousands of ants are building houses and stores and gas stations and, well, swimming pools (for which they will need our company soon as I can get it together).
It is an ill wind indeed that blows no good. Gas prices going up make Dana's little teeny, tiny, piece of the oil fields actually worth something now. And all this growth creates the perfect climate for a pool service company.
But the strain on the infrastructure will be devastating. Having enough water and enough sewage processing and a place to dump the waste (we're using the same landfill that was started 40 years ago) and enough guns for everyone will strain the Texas ability to provide.
And roads. When we moved here in 2005 I could drive from our old home in Leander to the center of Georgetown with no traffic lights and maybe 20 or 30 cars. Now there are a dozen lights and traffic backups where I have to sit through two or three light cycles to get through an intersection. So I hardly ever go to Georgetown.
According to Zillow the sale price on my house went up $12000 in May. 2.5% Up 45% from our original price less than 4 years ago. Even when the bubble pops this house will be by far our best investment.
We live in the center of a maelstrom.
What a long strange trip, indeed.
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