This series of photos were taken in and around the three central Louisiana towns of Lecompte, Cheneyville, and Bunkie during the last week of 2021. They are a collection of images that illustrate the decline of all three towns. Though once prosperous these municipalities have suffered the same fate as numerous others around the United States. A new highway was built to the west and people traveling from Baton Rouge to Shreveport no longer need to stop here for gas food and lodging. When you combine that with the fact that census data indicates that tens of thousands of people are now leaving Louisiana each year for prosperity in other areas of the country and that the area's main source of income, sugarcane, is beginning to decline due to food manufacturers using heathier alternatives to sugar it isn't hard to envision a bleak future for this region. Though many of these photos were take just after sunrise the sun has sadly already set on these three American towns. Here is ...