Carpenters never have to look for work in Galveston. The island is still rebuilding from Hurricane Ike back in 2008 and, I suspect, after additional damage from Hurricane Harvey which hit nearby Houston in 2018. There are also vacant lots all across the island where, obviously, there were once homes. Apparently some homeowners took the insurance money and walked away.
The island is small so I decided to drive all the way around it and discovered that it is more than a beach town with homes built on stilts. To the far east end is Old Galveston, a real city with tall brick buildings, some of which survived the infamous 1900 hurricane, many Victorian style “painted lady” houses, and brand new homes built in a minimalist style.
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