The LIBS just run a state into the ground, driving up the debt, then move to another area to get away from their handiwork.
The state they move to ‘loves’ it at first but the old habits take over and in a few years they have driven their ‘new’ state into the ground...
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When Phil and Jill moved into Smalltown, they fell in love with the quaintness, lack of traffic etc.
Jim, their new neighbor, invited Phil to the firehouse for a meal and ‘checkers’ every other Thursday. Jim’s wife started taking Jill to the PTA meetings.
One day, on the way home from the market, Jill (still citified) stepped in a hole, twisted her ankle and immediately started ‘raising hell’ to put in a sidewalk.
She got some backing and before long the village had new sidewalks, then had to go back and put the handicap ramps.
Phil, meanwhile, decided to skip his Thursday ‘date’ and Jim said ‘every Thursday we ‘hang out at the fire house’ in case they need us.
Well, Jill has somehow gotten on the Town Council and says it is time to HIRE paid firefighters and don’t use the Vols anymore.
After ‘griping’ about all the niceties not being available, Phil and Jill started a campaign.....etc....etc...
Now, the quaint little town is a larger town, with all the trimmings, including Police (the County had been taking care), Fire and Ambulance, homeless shelter, Walmart + the traffic that goes with it, and everything else that is needed to ‘lose’ a small town.
Phil was heard to remark
“I am putting my house up for sale, the taxes are out of hand and it no longer has the nice, quaint, small town atmosphere that drew us here”.......DUH...
—Sorry for the length—
From “South Park”:
Robert Redford: Like termites, we will move this film festival from town to town until we have used it up. And then move on, until every quiet mountain town is like Los Angeles.
Phyllis: Why? Why would we do such a thing?
Robert Redford: Because we have to live in L.A. And if we can’t live in quiet, simple, peaceful mountain towns, then nobody will! [Laughs maniacally] Waitwaitwait. Zoom in to a close-up of my face when I do that. Ready? Then NOBODY will! [the camera moves in as he laughs maniacally again] That’s it.