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I've never been out to that patch of precarious land on the north carolina coast but for some reason it's what I think about when I see that little strip of land in the middle
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The Last Coast (pic + story!)
Taken on a lunch break a few days ago. I don't come to the city often, but when I do, THIS is the spot to go...
One of the last surviving remnants of the old country left out here. Most everywhere else has been ravaged by greedy developers; shopping centers, storage units, townhomes, apartments - they won't be content unless they squeeze every drop of profit out of every square inch of this land.
I remember a time not too long ago where everywhere here was nothing but green hills and forest. Houses actually had yards, trees were everywhere, there was more wildlife in more places, no cookie-cutter subdivisions, no HOAs, no far-away corporate investors, no cramped expensive apartments, no overcrowded roads...
It's a sad story, but not uncommon in my area. What can I say? The living's cheap compared to the rest of the country! I can't blame someone for wanting to take advantage of that. But I'm at least grateful that there's still little places like this left. It definitely makes me appreciate what I have now, even if it might not be here for much longer...
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@damifortune yeah, a lot of places here USED to look like that. Whatever land that still does remain has either been owned by the same families here for hundreds of years, is currently owned by someone who bought it 50 years ago and is not far away from kicking the bucket and getting their land bought out from under them, or it's been bought for millions by someone rich looking for a place to build their next summer home. It sucks, but it's kind of inevitable for any sunny seaside area these days. I'm just waiting for one good brisk hurricane to clue the new people in on what it's REALLY like to live down here! ;D
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I loove the composition of this photo. The way the sky and water are pretty much the exact same color allows the eye to abstract it into 3 horizontal teal stripes, and i love that the post lines up with distant land so that it almost looks like the bird is a giant standing far away. The photo is unassuming at first but the more I look at it the more brilliant it becomes.
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