Not a country town anymore.
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12/11/2006
Clovis used to be just a little country town next to Fresno. With the influx of out-of-towners and huge housing developments taking up most of the farmland around town, it's beginning to look like any other sprawling California town. Where there were once dozens of little roadside places selling strawberries fresh from the patch right behind them, now there are only busy intersections with a few vendors with fruit from Mexico. What happened to all our beautiful orchards and farmland? If I see another mini storage place being build, I'm going to scream. In the last 5 years housing prices have become ridiculous. It's still not as crowded as the Bay Area and thankfully the hot summers scare most people away. Need that heat to grow that fruit.
Linda | Clovis, CA