Short stop in Atoka, OK.
Taken with my phone and converted to b&w.
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The Graying of Small Town America! Great shot....
Paulthegardener
Level 3
Apr 30, 2019
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TY
good photo. i was into photography, several decades ago, in a fairly big way. from taking the photo, to developing the film, & then making the print. i always preferred B&W especially for portraits.
callmedubious
Level 8
Apr 29, 2019
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b&w leaves more room for the imagination. I started off developing b&w film also.
@godlessness ,
there are so many shades/gradations. between black & white that, to me, there's more realism.
almost all color photos look off, somehow, to me.
Yep, some people get carried away with the color saturation in photoshop.
Boulevard of Broken dreams.
Malls killed the downtown Mom and Pop.
Internet killed the malls.
Mom and Pop are actually coming back to areas that invested in the old town areas and revitalized them.
Malls always sucked anyway.
Edit.
Or Mom and Mom.
Or Pop and Pop.
Or whoever decides to work 16 hour+ days to bring us their love and not the same thing that is everywhere else.
BufftonBeotch
Level 8
Apr 29, 2019
2
Could be one of dozens and dozens of declining small towns on the Great Plains.
wordywalt
Level 9
Apr 29, 2019
0
Unfortunately true
Like the one of the streets in the”Last Picture Show”!
of-the-mountain
Level 9
Apr 29, 2019
1
Looks very much a street in the 1950's.
Redheadedgammy
Level 9
Apr 29, 2019
1
Timeless photo.
A quick Google search (as I had never heard of Atoka) showed a much less desolate picture.
Andy4608
Level 7
Apr 29, 2019
0
This is just one street of the old town. But most of it is pretty desolate.
@godlessness As I thought. I find the small towns fascinating. As I go through I always wonder why some are barely surviving, yet others that are very similar are thriving.
I think it has to do with how willing the city is to invest but some towns are too far off the highway to really make a come back and others are just too broke.
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