Thille : Mushroom City
The first time P. R. visited Thille, when she was a kid, it was on the smallish side, a quiet agricultural community of little hamlets, devoted to their fields and pastures. Then it became the dormitory of Strosswald, the nearby, bigger city east of it. But those stretches of flat land also became the target of the region developers : it was the ideal place to put a bigger, more modern airport. And so farmers were bought off or expropriated, amidst much anger, demonstrations and civil disorder. But the Juggernaut of Modernization knows nothing too big not to be rolled over and so the airport came to be. And Thille began to Develop.
1. (yes, it's blurry, sorry. But it gives an idea of the lay of the land...)
2. (not Blurry...) It grew...
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3. and it grew...
5. ... and now it's Mushroom City :
6. And Commute City, too. The Thille airport is a hub of communications (passengers and freight both) for the whole region, and not one but two bus shuttles link it to the city. A heliport and a big passenger terminal, at the end of a short highway, also help commuters.Thille's farmers have so far successfully kept any highways from coming farther in, as they don't want to loose any more farming land, but it's the subject of heated debates at the City Council
7. The freight station
8. Some commercials and residentials ; (the soundproofing contractors made a bundle...)
9. The Northey bus shuttle (top)
11. The heliport with it's little bit of highway (in the upper left corner, the small hotel where P. R. was staying during her stint in Thille. Thankfully, the soundproofing was excellent there too.)
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