Nearly 20 years ago I did a year-long stint as a carpenter's assistant for a large mansion remodel in Lyme, NH. To a man, all of the builders told me their own houses were dumps because:
1) They were too tired and disinterested in the craft after their shifts to do the upkeep on their homes themselves.
Nearly 20 years ago I did a year-long stint as a carpenter's assistant for a large mansion remodel in Lyme, NH. To a man, all of the builders told me their own houses were dumps because:
1) They were too tired and disinterested in the craft after their shifts to do the upkeep on their homes themselves.
2) They couldn't find reliable help that they could afford to make their own homes sturdy.
This conundrum I found profoundly disturbing. This feeds into my conviction that we simply do not have intact, viable communities in this country, any longer.
Nearly 20 years ago I did a year-long stint as a carpenter's assistant for a large mansion remodel in Lyme, NH. To a man, all of the builders told me their own houses were dumps because:
1) They were too tired and disinterested in the craft after their shifts to do the upkeep on their homes themselves.
2) They couldn't find reliable help that they could afford to make their own homes sturdy.
This conundrum I found profoundly disturbing. This feeds into my conviction that we simply do not have intact, viable communities in this country, any longer.