Posted by David Sherman on August 10, 2000 at 21:26:00:
In Reply to: Good Gawd! Why do you want to move to Atlanta? posted by Jack Cain on August 10, 2000 at 09:08:04:
Here's why I'm moving to Wallace, Idaho.
There's hardly any people and Shoshone county is the only county in Idaho whose
population is decreasing. Only 15,000 in the whole county. The population of Wallace,
the county seat, has dropped from 4000 to 1000.
There's no traffic. Can't build new roads 'cause there isn't enough money to keep up
the existing ones. The state roads are paved but most of the rest are still dirt. The
EPA is busy moving big piles of dirt from one side of the valley to the other.
Now that the smelter's gone, the only air pollution is from forest fires.
It's not very hot except in the afternoon in the summer, and even in the dead of winter
it rarely gets below zero. Sure snows a lot though.
Not only is there plenty of water but you can drink it straight out of the creeks and
not get sick.
Best of all, there's lots of power wagons, probably because of the dirt roads and snow
and a long history of mining and logging.
The only problem is there's not much work (recent want ad: "Experienced diesel/hydraulic
mechanic wanted, $7.50/hr) and if you don't like the outdoors about all there is to do
is drink beer.