Additionally, there is work for only about eight months out of the year. You have no money for clothes, cars, or any other luxury. In fact, many families have trouble earning enough money to feed their children. Although food stamps help, many of the children are malnourished. In the past five years, many young children have died from malnutrition.
Few people can afford to buy a home.
The state government funds the local school, but there is not enough local tax revenue for additional funding. It is difficult to keep teachers at the school. In the last three years, there have been eight different teachers in the one-room schoolhouse. There have been several three-week intervals where no classes could be held because the teacher unexpectedly quit and you had to wait for a replacement teacher from the state. Few students go to school after the eighth grade.