View of a field on Dunn Road in Merced

See this picture? While this isn't a great picture, it does give you an accurate representation of what it looks like out where I grew up.

They had lots of land that looked like this, but the housing developments kept growing and growing during the housing boom.

But them the boom ended, and most of the new homes ended up vacant.

This picture was taken on a road called Dunn Road.