The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths … - Timothy Egan

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Timothy Egan

The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths of the population, is whether the wild land can provide work for those who need it as their source of income without being ruined for those who need it as their source of sanity.

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