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Condos in the Woods: The Growth of Seasonal and Retirement Homes in Northern Wisconsin (Wisconsin Land and Life)

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Scenic rural communities across the nation and all over the world have been transformed as they’ve shifted away from extractive industries such as agriculture, mining, and forestry and toward recreation-based development relying on tourism, vacation homes, and retirees. These communities have built new economies and identities in line with local natural resources and are highly dependent at the natural environment. With these changes have come new questions: Do retirees and seasonal residents fit into their new surroundings? Do longtime and new residents share the similar values and visions for the future? Do diverse community members disagree about the right way to manage their forest and water resources? Condos in the Woods explores how these issues are reshaping community structure, employment, and inhabitants’ attitudes toward their environment in the Northwoods. Having a look at trends from the 1970s to the present, this work moves from the national scale to the Pine Barrens region in northwestern Wisconsin and examines the approaches of residents to the management of their natural resources. On the heart of this story, the authors find that regardless of the diverse makeup of such communities, residents share many common goals and values and display more successful integration than in the past expected.

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