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leave one town, population less than 1000, with 5-7 bars. drive 10-20 miles- look- trees! more trees! a farm, MORE TREES! to next small town, population 3-5000, 10-15 bars. a few more miles, a few more trees, farms, tree farms, WHOA! big town- 9000 people,20-40 bars. i grew up in northern Wisconsin, about 10 mins from lake Superior. the place had 4 houses, a cheese factory, a church, a town hall, and 2 bars. the nearest town was a little over 10,000 people when i was a kid in the early 70's, now it's barely over 8000. if are not a farmer or logger, there is nothing. during teh winter, the tems vary between 5 above and 30 below zero Fahrenheit, with 2-4 feet of snow on the ground. what some people might consider blizzards were just another snowfall up there. snowmobiles were not a luxury up there, they were a necessity.
the up sides were very low crime rates, (i still remember being able to be gone out of the house all day as a kid without my parents having to worry) property was cheap, not much traffic, and air you can breathe without chewing it. you could go to a market and get food you knew was fresh, and local.
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