Yes, lennice, thanks for speaking.

It IS surely a complicated matter. I wish peace to all concerned.

Speaking of Wannabes, it's not limited to tribal yearning. That phenomenon/mindset is something that some of the folks in our area talk about when we're trying to help some poor ex-suburbanites settle into the rural life they think they've moved to our area to enjoy. I can't really blame them-- the tone of the real estate marketing portrays the romantic ideal, not the smell and mire of mud season in dairy country. :~) We try to tell newcomers to see to their boots, water supply, and emergency utilities arrangements before filling their credit limits with big-ticket toys.

But I digress.

It may indeed be that wrong decisions are being made.... Boy, self-determination is a bitch-- I wish them well in continuing to pursue it.

~Susan