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It's really hard to describe the sadness and regret that the country side must have. It's easy to see what it must have been like, relics to the past everywhere, reminding us of how much excitement that must have been had during its youth.

From the stories I've heard, the boom time here was HUGE. A lot of what we see deteriorating now is probably just the leftovers of a very small period of time.

You are exactly right, boom time was huge, and now we just see memories thereof.