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New "neighbors" include many different kinds of people, too varied to describe them all. Here are a few:

International private corporations buying up vast tracts of land (tens of thousands of acres) with public grants and private donations, but with few funds to manage those lands, these corporations happen to be non-profit, but have difficulty funding the part of their mission that would involve local/indigenous communities or stewardship. 

High net worth individuals buying up vast tracts of land (tens of thousands of acres) for private hunting preserves they can visit occasionally, and for whom minimizing interaction with the local population often seems to be a high priority. 

People who can be hard to meet because they aren't here much, part-timers, buying 160 acre "lots" and building new houses.  

Mentally ill folks arriving to receive residential care in a rural small town setting, generally low income and basically friendly. 

Younger families, returnees and twenty-somethings looking for some of the typical Oregon lifestyle - outdoor recreation, clean living, creative soup, and who often are attracted to a place they feel has a sense of community and family, and who often have to start a business or three and travel a lot to make ends meet. 

Retirees or semi-retired, some wanting to be closer to children.

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What you just said about revenge. Please write that down, and add to it. I need that. 

Sara

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Owning it All is our favorite Kittredge book. My husband and I have read it multiple times.  We have read all his books. Bill is an evocative and provocative writer and Owning it All continues to resonate with the lives we live raising cattle in a wild part of Oregon that is undergoing tremendous change with new landowners who do not practice neighboring and who do not engage with community or become part of the landscape as part of their life's work. On our small leased family ranch, Bill's work gives us a respite from labor and fuels contemplation and inquiry in the dark evenings of cow camp. 

Sara at Magpie Ranch

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