"If anybody has ever been to Chetwynd they would soon see the futility of that statement. It's a have not town in the middle of nowhere"

This shows that you don't really know much about Chetwynd.  It is anything but a 'have not town', and I am pretty sure most of the people there like the remoteness of the location.  My friends that live there enjoy the outdoors and activities that come with living in a remote area. 

I can also state that average wages in NE BC are among the highest if not the highest in the province.