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Commerce, TX
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7/5/2012Commerce Texas is a community that is shriveling. The town has a branch of the A&M system here and should be thriving. I have only been here 1 year, and listening to residents and local politicians voice their view, has led to my decision to finish my grad degree and LEAVE! The heat is unbearable (summers are in the 100teens). The price of everything (gasoline, groceries, services)is higher than surrounding communities, which leads one to believe the local community is gouging college students at the expense of watching their town....die....along with themselves. This town should be renamed-Anti-Commerce, as it is clear the residents are threatened by and do not encourage growth. The college adds 11,000 people to the town, however, even businesses and franchises do not invest here...only a Mcdonalds, Braums and Walmart exist. No recreation exists. A state park/lake, called Cooper State Park, was an ideal place, until politicians sent the water to a far away town. There is no longer a lake...it looks like something out of a Sci-Fi nuclear accident. There is a beautiful beach area, boat landings treed areas for picnicing....but little water-it was piped to another city (I have been told Irving?) A very sad place...keep browsing.