Image 166830961 by Jim Coffman

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When I moved here almost 47 years ago there were several businesses in this little village.
The building closest use to be a bar. The middle building was a insurance agency.
The last building was a lumber company. All have closed their doors long ago.
These buildings sit next to our bank which can be seen in a previous image.

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Julie Oldfield		13-Jan-2018 16:17
I drove across the country and saw this all to often. It seems eerily quiet. V

Helen Betts		09-Jan-2018 22:58
That's pretty sad to see, although very nicely photographed. It doesn't look like very much is left in your town.

Pieter Bos		09-Jan-2018 22:38
Well composed, Jim! ~V

Dan Greenberg		09-Jan-2018 22:13
Great comp and capture Jim. To add to Raymond's comment, even before the internet, people were leaving small towns due to a variety of reasons. Walmart and other big stores killing off the mom and pops in some cases, people wanting to have a more urban lifestyle, industries and companies being replace and merged, etc.

Raymond		09-Jan-2018 21:48
Places are closing all over the place here in Canada as well ... and contrary to what Trump says, not all the jobs are moving down to Mexico or China, sure, many do, but mostly, it's caused by the Internet ... everyone seems to be buying on the Internet now, malls are closing, big department stores are closing their doors (Sears for example) ... I am guilty as well, of the past say 10 purchases I did, all were on the Internet!

Guest		09-Jan-2018 21:22
Jim, The views you have shown of Catlin have their parallel in many rural communities in Australia.

Walter Otto Koenig		09-Jan-2018 21:16
Nice composition and lighting. Too bad about all these places closing. "V"

Ton T.		09-Jan-2018 21:06
Sad to hear but a fine image with beautiful light! V

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