As we wrap up the Miner Notes series, it's important to take all those numbers collectively and try to put them into perspective. Perspective is often a difficult thing to achieve because rarely do two people ever want to interpret something in exactly the same way. But the effort must be made nevertheless. The numbers regarding almost everything we have discussed, including our senior population, income, and agriculture, seem to point to a general state of decline. But if the facts presented in this column have served to discourage any of us regarding the quality of our home and lives, we need only to look beyond the numbers to our own personal experiences for reassurance about the virtue of the place we live.
Miner County is a wonderful place to live.
It has been for its entire history, and it will continue to be. Like any place, it's what we make of it, and many of us have built lives and homes of which we can be proud. That doesn't have to change, no matter where the numbers say we are headed. One theme that has been evident throughout Miner Notes is the notion of change. Everything is changing.