I remember before the developers came to Lajitas when there was only one store--owned by Ben English who was primarily a wax broker.

I liked Lajitas the way it was. Developers try to make a place something it isn't and ruin it in the process. They ruined Shafter (for a while) with a tourist developemnt and they finally went broke and Shafter looks better. (Did we really need to be told on a large sign that Shafter is a "ghost town?") Needless to say, I am not a tourist gawker and I can tell when something is genuine and when it is "Hollywoodized."

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