M. John Fayhee struck a chord with me in his article “Town Shopping” (HCN, 3/20/06: Town Shopping). It has always been my dream to move to a small town in the desert and enjoy the ambience and peace. After reading the article, I have to admit this is a pipe dream. 

Even if I found an unscathed part of the West, it probably would not be long until second-home developers would show up and destroy the place. I have decided (being a would-be good steward of Mother Earth) that I will just remain in my un-air-conditioned 1978 house in Colorado Springs and take the odd foray into the desert. On foot. Garry Estep

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Small-town pipe dreams

by Garry Estep, High Country News
April 17, 2006

<h1>Small-town pipe dreams</h1> <p class="byline">by Garry Estep, High Country News <br />April 17, 2006</p> <p>M. John Fayhee struck a chord with me in his article<br /> “Town Shopping” (HCN, 3/20/06:&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="../318/16171">Town<br /> Shopping</a></span>). It has always been<br /> my dream to move to a small town in the desert and enjoy the<br /> ambience and peace. After reading the article, I have to admit this<br /> is a pipe dream.<span class="Apple-style-span">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Even if I found an unscathed part of the<br /> West, it probably would not be long until second-home developers<br /> would show up and destroy the place. I have decided (being a<br /> would-be good steward of Mother Earth) that I will just remain in<br /> my un-air-conditioned 1978 house in Colorado Springs and take the<br /> odd foray into the desert. On foot.<span class="Apple-style-span">&nbsp;</span><strong>Garry<br /> Estep</strong></p> <p>Colorado Springs, Colorado</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=189066">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Small-town pipe dreams</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-320/small-town-pipe-dreams/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=112087&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-320/small-town-pipe-dreams/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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