I could feel the owner’s increasing desperation as I read the signs painted on the windows at this abandoned place.

But I am also entertained by the phone numbers, which seem truncated so that only the locals will be able to call. I’m not in real estate or anything but it sort of seems like if you’re really wanting to unload your property and there are only 580 people in your whole town, maybe putting a complete phone number would be advantageous.

Roby, Texas
photographed 5.23.2024