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corco:
I was cruising around Google Maps today and noticed this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rio+rancho+nm&sll=35.273933,-106.752434&sspn=0.128372,0.30899&ie=UTF8&ll=35.256553,-106.76342&spn=0.1284,0.30899&z=12&iwloc=addr

The weird thing is those all look like real roads all planned out and developed, but with very little development ALONG the roads. Does anybody know what the deal behind this is or why this dense network of roads that nobody lives on exists?

mightyace:

--- Quote from: corco on March 05, 2009, 07:09:12 PM ---The weird thing is those all look like real roads all planned out and developed, but with very little development ALONG the roads. Does anybody know what the deal behind this is or why this dense network of roads that nobody lives on exists?

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To confuse the aliens when they come. :bread:

yanksfan6129:
I have an idea as to why. The towns population grew AMAZING QUICKLY since 2000. Probably the empty streets are because they had yet to build the houses on them when the photo was taken. They are there now.

yanksfan6129:
I just took a look, you'll notice that those pics of Rio Rancho were all taken prior to 2005, so yeah, its simply that the houses hadn't been built when the pictures were taken, but the developers planned out the roads first. Makes sense to me (but do keep in mind I'm just hypothesizing based on the fact that in 2000 Rio Rancho had a population of 50,000 and now its up to about 75,000, and was 32,000 in 1990)

mightyace:

--- Quote from: yanksfan6129 on March 05, 2009, 07:49:36 PM ---I just took a look, you'll notice that those pics of Rio Rancho were all taken prior to 2005, so yeah, its simply that the houses hadn't been built when the pictures were taken, but the developers planned out the roads first. Makes sense to me (but do keep in mind I'm just hypothesizing based on the fact that in 2000 Rio Rancho had a population of 50,000 and now its up to about 75,000, and was 32,000 in 1990)

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And if you zoom in on the image, you'll see that there are some houses on the dirt roads.

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