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florida girl -- I don't think anyone is trying to dismiss your heritage here. My brother and I grew up in a much larger town, and we both have degrees. We both had to move away from that town to find decent jobs. I still miss home, and every time I drive across the Chattahoochee River I still tear up.
We live in a highly mobile society, and people move for jobs. There is little the county can do to spur growth in high wage industries, there is just too much competition for those things. And the cost of living here is just too high. The best thing the county can do is build on what makes it unique -- the fact that it isn't overly commercial and chain-filled. I'd love to see it cultivate the whole "design coast" image. We should make sure our schools are superior. We should elect officials that project and image of a progressive county, not a backwater Dixie throwback. We should not tolerate community leaders that mount campaigns against harmless plays at our high school, or suspend students for putting stickers on their notebooks.
This is a beautiful place, and it's a shame the locals didn't fight the developers a little harder back in the day. It's a shame that so many locals saw dollar signs when they looked at their family's land. I envy and respect the people that managed to preserve their own pieces of old Walton County. Unfortunately, it was developed as a high-end tourist destination and most of the locals were complacent. Now, it's not just hard to live here on a county salary. This place makes doctors feel poverty-stricken.
If you do want to stay here and earn a very good living, I'd encourage you to look into the nursing program at OWC. There is a two year A.A. in nursing that qualifies graduates to sit for an RN license. RN's make extremely good money, and they are desperate for them around here.
florida girl -- I don't think anyone is trying to dismiss your heritage here. My brother and I grew up in a much larger town, and we both have degrees. We both had to move away from that town to find decent jobs. I still miss home, and every time I drive across the Chattahoochee River I still tear up.
We live in a highly mobile society, and people move for jobs. There is little the county can do to spur growth in high wage industries, there is just too much competition for those things. And the cost of living here is just too high. The best thing the county can do is build on what makes it unique -- the fact that it isn't overly commercial and chain-filled. I'd love to see it cultivate the whole "design coast" image. We should make sure our schools are superior. We should elect officials that project and image of a progressive county, not a backwater Dixie throwback. We should not tolerate community leaders that mount campaigns against harmless plays at our high school, or suspend students for putting stickers on their notebooks.
This is a beautiful place, and it's a shame the locals didn't fight the developers a little harder back in the day. It's a shame that so many locals saw dollar signs when they looked at their family's land. I envy and respect the people that managed to preserve their own pieces of old Walton County. Unfortunately, it was developed as a high-end tourist destination and most of the locals were complacent. Now, it's not just hard to live here on a county salary. This place makes doctors feel poverty-stricken.
If you do want to stay here and earn a very good living, I'd encourage you to look into the nursing program at OWC. There is a two year A.A. in nursing that qualifies graduates to sit for an RN license. RN's make extremely good money, and they are desperate for them around here.
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As long as the government is not borrowing to provide the raises they can help local business. That is if those dollars are spent in this county.:shock: Unfortunately much of our payroll is spent in other counties and states.:angry: