People out here tend to be ornery and individualistic. However, a hundred years ago, the priorities of remoteness and gold led to far more serious dissension than they do now. Back then, the Apaches were looking for someplace to keep out of the way. What is now the Gila Wilderness was one of the last places available. The gold at Mogollon was bringing in lots of people.
Modern disagreements are mild by comparison.
Living someplace like Mogollon is a popular fantasy. Not many people actually try it, and most of those who do rapidly discover that they really do not want to live a place so demanding and remote. Many of the few who stay, however, turn out to be unique and often exceptionally sensitive individuals who, with patience and effort, create a constructive niche for themselves in a setting where every individual counts. These are the special people who bless isolated communities in far greater proportion than is possible places where everyone is just a cypher. They are the real rugged individuals America was once famous for.