Retreat Owner Profiles
…your advice! It is a beautiful area, far enough away from the big cities to be safe, and fairly self-sufficient. JWR: What are the drawbacks to the region? Mr. Zulu: There is a state prison on the west side of town. And the economy isn’t too diverse. Its mainly government employees, plus some logging. It seems like half of the people in the area work either for the Forest Service, the County [Clearwater County], the [Federal] Fish Hatchery, the BLM, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the [Nez Perce] Tribe, the State [Mental] Hospital, or the [Idaho State] Prison. If the government dries up and blows away, there will be a lot of people with no way to support their families. So in a total wipeout, this area would be sub-optimal. But in a 1930s-style long term Depression it would be ideal, since the government payrolls would still be almost intact…