Kim_Johnson
The city of Hemet is in Riverside County in Southern California. Let’s take a drive and I will tell you a little more history about this city.
It was incorporated in January 1910 and had 177 residents. The city was served by a railroad from Riverside, the city became a trading center for the San Jacinto Valley’s agriculture. Citrus, apricots, peaches, olives and walnuts were grown here.
In the 1960’s, a large scale residential development began mostly in the form of mobile home parks and retirement communities, giving Hemet a reputation as a working class retirement community.
In the 1980’s, subdivisions of single family homes began to sprout up from former ranch land.
After a roughly decade long lull in development following the major economic downturn of the early 1990’s, housing in the city skyrocketed in the early 21st century.
Notice the mountains in the back round, I am driving closer to them.
Now with a population of 78,657, Hemet has grown a lot since the beginning.
The mountains are closer now.
Here I zoomed in a bit…
Livestock in the back of some of the houses….
Right up next to apartment complexes.
I love these trees with their yellow blossoms.
I hope you liked my little drive, have a great day!
Wonderful photographs once again….thank you for sharing them 🙂
Ah, thank you Courtney, glad you could make it! I appreciate you comments.
I am sure that you are one of the Hemet California elders, Kim.
I am older for sure.. not sure about a Hemet elder though. I just work there.
Probably not formally, but informally. Hehe…
The mountains in the background are my favorite of all.
I want to go explore them Carol. wanna come?
I would love to, more than you know Kim.
Great introduction there about the city of Hemet!!
It sure looks like a place to relax…
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you Alibb. It is a cute town.
Love this series, incredibly awesome! Thanks for sharing this Kim!
Thanks a bunch Doc, nice of you to visit. : D
Love when people share pictures!