Lived in the
same valley all my life, with a lot of moves when I was little. Settled when I was
eight and lived for
10 years in
Weiser, Idaho.
Population 4,751. It's got a
colorful history; I know a lot, and I wish I knew more. I like pointing out the
grainery that used to be a
bordello, the
theater built in
1917 to accomodate
stage and
screen presentations both, and the
labor camp to the few-proud-brave who trouble to
visit me there.
There's
nothing to love here if you lack imagination, and most people do. Favored local pastimes include
getting wasted and/or
religious fanatacism. I wasn't much interested in either one, so I spent a lot of time
reading (there's a
woefully underfunded, but friendly library and plenty of good sources for
used books),
walking along the railroad tracks, and
riding my bike.
This is
the poorest county in the state. Your
prospects after you graduate are not usually grand. Many do a bit of
college (rarely venturing
out-of-state, or very far at all). More
work (
food processing,
grocery store,
food service, and naturally
farming).