It's hard to choose which is worse, to have your community become an "economic success" or an "economic failure". I lived until recently where those other white settlers landed, the zealots. Everyone complains that the young people can't afford to stay. There are plenty of jobs but they won't pay the mortgage prices. The old time families all were delighted that tourism took off and they sold their lands, little by little, for enormous sums. But now their own children and grandchildren are squeezed right out. Minimum wage workers are hidden away in crowded basement rooms by the big resorts and restaurants because there is no housing for working class people.
Ah, there is a desolate beauty there, God Bless! Onward!
It's hard to choose which is worse, to have your community become an "economic success" or an "economic failure". I lived until recently where those other white settlers landed, the zealots. Everyone complains that the young people can't afford to stay. There are plenty of jobs but they won't pay the mortgage prices. The old time families all were delighted that tourism took off and they sold their lands, little by little, for enormous sums. But now their own children and grandchildren are squeezed right out. Minimum wage workers are hidden away in crowded basement rooms by the big resorts and restaurants because there is no housing for working class people.
Clara
Maybe one of the 6 young ones will be inspired to visit a truckstop and come home to raise a brood!!
What an adventure. I hope you enjoyed the ferry!