On Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:30:39 -0400, Micky
wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentone,_Texas

During its heyday, Mentone boasted five cafes, five gas stations, two
hotels, two drugstores, two recreation halls, two barbershops, a dance
hall, a machine shop and a dry cleaner. It also had its own newspaper,
the Mentone Monitor, which published from 1932 to 1935. After reaching
a high population mark of approximately 600 residents in the 1930s,
the population has declined ever since, and in 2000 there were only 15
people, "more or less", according to National Geographic magazine (the
total population of Loving County itself (as of 2010) is 82.[4])

Today, according to National Geographic, Mentone contains a
courthouse, two stop signs, gas station, post office, school building
(Mentone schools were closed in the 1970s and merged with nearby Wink
schools, because enrollment had fallen to just two pupils), a cafe
(known as the Boot Track Cafe), and little else. A volunteer fire
department serves the town, but there are no hospitals or cemeteries,
and no doctors or lawyers. The local cafe allows smoking, but does not
accept credit cards. Until 1988, Mentone had no potable water of its
own; local wells yielded water with a high mineral content that
clogged pipes and killed grass. Drinking water was trucked in from
Pecos, 23 miles (37 km) away, until recent improvements guaranteed the
potability of Mentone's water.[5]

So? Black Alabama had only one blinker light, shot out an became a
Marlin nest. The main road was moved so folks never got to see the
main intersection or the general store. I guess you are trying to
make a point here, right?