30 years ago, I was 18, and 50% of my mother's extended family still didn't have indoor plumbing. That was before prescription drug abuse, meth and welfare in all of its forms took hold in the mountains. There used to be, and in some places still exists, an honor in self sufficiency. Quality of life not measured in $$.
I'll never forget my grandmother telling me she went from being amazed at seeing a motorized vehicle as a child, to seeing a man walk on the moon. Crazy thing, is technology now is moving at a much faster pace. We took a field trip in 3rd grade to go see an Apple II PC. It was the first one in town at a private home, belonged to a Doctor.
