Originally Posted by zbillster

Cross Greenville, Texas off your list. I did a fat tire tour of it yesterday. Not too many residential streets to ride on, and they are in awful condition. You're blocked in by heavily trafficked highways and farm-to-market roads, so hard to get a substantial ride in. I rode on one empty road 2100 south of town ... it lead to some industrial plants, and the road looked like it had been detonated with mines. A couple of artsy dives in the historic downtown, but I see a lot of small towns trying the strategy of "Let's put up a couple of colorful wall murals to make this place look happening!" but no real activity.