{"id":4349,"date":"2022-02-14T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T02:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2022-02-14T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T02:15:10","slug":"why-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4349","title":{"rendered":"Why here?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the perils of being named as a great place to live in various magazines (are they even still a thing?) and in some sort of poll, is that people wish to move here. As a long-term resident I am somewhat dismayed by the attention (and the increase in housing prices, cars on the road, people, etc.). But of course I do understand it. So how did I come to be here? It wasn’t my first choice. We drove through town after a visit to Grandma, and I couldn’t believe how much the town had grown (way back then). I said in my out loud voice “Look at all the new housing, what a horrible place. I would never want to live there”. So within six months we had packed up and moved here for M’s job. So the job was the reason to come, and I really did not pay enough attention to the other selling point, there is great scenery here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mountain is the current selling point, and and it’s why the town has grown I think. (There was originally a gold rush on the mountain that caused white people to move here, plus there is a bit of water and that equals civilization).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mountain is beautiful, mysterious and ever changing according to the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This city park is amazingly popular with tourists, there are even a few hiking about in this picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the view for people who can’t afford to live in a house. The largest homeless shelter is nearby, and lots of people camp out along the creek (although this is technically illegal). Even at it’s least desirable, it’s still a great place to live. Even the pigeons on the wire are looking to the mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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