ASH
Beach Fanatic
The problem with the Richards story is the same problem our economy is grappling with. I came from northern MN and know where Babbit is. It's a tiny community in the middle of nowhere. Literally!
There is still some logging going on there, but shrinking with the rest of the economy. There used to be a huge iron ore company nearby that went bust more than a decade ago that put thousands out of jobs and whole towns collapsed.
The real question rather than a sob story was why the heck this family needed to spend $175K on a prefab home in the middle of the forest. They got in way over their head from the start. Go to Babbit and see how many homes you can find that even hit the $100K mark. You might find one or two and they own the bank and logging company. That's it.
Babbit probably has one cafe, a gas station, a bank and a store named after the owner. No chain stores. No McDonalds. No Tom Thumb.
No jobs either.
There is still some logging going on there, but shrinking with the rest of the economy. There used to be a huge iron ore company nearby that went bust more than a decade ago that put thousands out of jobs and whole towns collapsed.
The real question rather than a sob story was why the heck this family needed to spend $175K on a prefab home in the middle of the forest. They got in way over their head from the start. Go to Babbit and see how many homes you can find that even hit the $100K mark. You might find one or two and they own the bank and logging company. That's it.
Babbit probably has one cafe, a gas station, a bank and a store named after the owner. No chain stores. No McDonalds. No Tom Thumb.
No jobs either.