In an effort to stop the dwindling population of small towns on the plains some come up with innovative ways to entice families to move to their version of Eden but at times it's not all that it's cracked up to be.
The Hazelton Development Corp., formed by a determined group of citizens, began running ads in 2005 offering families up to two free lots and up to $20,000 toward home purchases. Businesses were offered free lots and up to $50,000 for setting up shop in the town.
In this case the only family that came acted like they were still in the big city but the reason they moved back was the small minds of the locals did not help in the least either.
You drive through many of these little towns in the mid west and if they're not dead now they soon will be. Kinda scary actually.
hey fly, Are you in Roswell N.M.? What's with the aliens in hte picture?
ReplyDeleteAnony, he has some sort of gizmo that changes his banner picture on a regular basis. I LIKE this outdoor art in Winter pic.
ReplyDeleteSmall towns...during the 'back to the land' movement, many of us went through the crises of moving into or near small rural towns and communities. Personally, I washed out after 8 or 10 years and a divorce. Those who hung in there are living wonderful rural lives as contractors, delivering mail or babies, growing organic food, etc etc. Too bad about those folks from Florida, but the example you cite really does sound like some sort of scam...then again it CAN be real difficult.