MossRoad
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Back in the 50's my dad and a partner bought a 20 acre parcel right on the edge of town. They subdivided it into about 17 lots, put in a road, sold the lots, and used the profits to pay for their own lots and start their own homes. I was born in the early 60s. The back yards of the houses on the north side of the street were the city limits. There was a gravel road behind them, then farms. Today, the city limits have moved farther out in all directions and there are almost continuous houses for 3 miles up to the Michigan state line.
Similar thing for my grandmother. Around 1906 she lived in a "house way out in the country" on Johnson St. It was 2nd to the last house on the street. The last house was a farmer, and all farms after that. Now, that house is considered an inner-city neighborhood. It's closer to the center of town than the edge of town.
This happens everywhere.
Similar thing for my grandmother. Around 1906 she lived in a "house way out in the country" on Johnson St. It was 2nd to the last house on the street. The last house was a farmer, and all farms after that. Now, that house is considered an inner-city neighborhood. It's closer to the center of town than the edge of town.
This happens everywhere.