We had a flood of flatlanders come out this way for a taste of The Good Life.
Then gas went sky high, commuting to DC broke their banks, they couldn’t pay their insane mortgages and they went back to their own paved-over liberal hell.
The few who remain are so far underwater, it’s not even funny.
[well, it is but I’m being polite]
The “chateau” up the pike cost the guy $695,000 smackers to build.
He can’t even sell it now for “just” $250,000.
On the bright side, the ‘crime wave’ we experienced via their punk brats breaking and entering to steal poor hillbilly’s guns has ended.
We actually had strangers wander up our dirt road, intending to “hike” the mountain.
How ~many~ “No Trespassing” signs does a person have to read to get the freaking point?
It got to where my dad put up a locked gate and gave me free rein to “run ‘em off” however I saw fit.
Whooaaa! I pity the fool!
Was stationed a few years at the end of 210 at indianhead at the EOD school an saw such in rural MD back in 70’s an late 80’s...
The exodus from inside the DC loop to just that area was crazy. An crime skyrocketed.
I retired to my small Texas town in the panhandle that is doing very well due local farming an ranching as well as lots of industry’s within 30 miles. Population is less than 3000 yet very strong an established. Gas prices have made people stay closer to their homes for shopping an recreation etc in a way.
Small businesses that were Mom an Pop style have flourished.
Rural towns here are stronger an safer for the most part where freight train economics is indicative of the nations ups an downs.
Rural Texas town here is strong an stable....
Stay Safe....hope yer well !