Dallas County: Sandbranch

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Dallas County: Sandbranch

Postby itsjrd1964 » 01 Aug 2020 14:05

Sandbranch is an unincorporated neighborhood in SE Dallas County, off of Belt Line Road near its Trinity River crossing. Amazingly, this area has been around 142 years--and still has no running water. For now, volunteers and a local church have been helping residents with bottled water and donations of food.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we-ap ... plocalnews

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Re: Dallas County: Sandbranch

Postby Hannibal Lecter » 01 Aug 2020 23:24

The residents choose to live there because they don't have to follow city building codes, follow city laws or pay city taxes. But they want city services -- just as long as they don't have to pay for them.

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Re: Dallas County: Sandbranch

Postby exelone31 » 03 Aug 2020 07:38

I would be interested to know more about this neighborhood. I can't imagine the residents of one of the poorest areas in Dallas are clinging to their lax building codes at the expense of running water.

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Re: Dallas County: Sandbranch

Postby texasstar » 03 Aug 2020 07:54

This is so far past crazy. I don't know what to call it.

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Re: Dallas County: Sandbranch

Postby itsjrd1964 » 28 May 2023 01:56

New Effort to Get Running Water in Former Dallas Freeman's Town of Sand Branch

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/new-e ... h/3246740/

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Re: Dallas County: Sandbranch

Postby Hannibal Lecter » 28 May 2023 13:58

exelone31 wrote:I would be interested to know more about this neighborhood. I can't imagine the residents of one of the poorest areas in Dallas are clinging to their lax building codes at the expense of running water.


They live there because they don't want to city rules and taxes, but they want city-level services.