It's for Manitouwadge. Well, technically, it's for a home development from the late 80's that is being resold at astoundingly low prices.
I just got a chuckle out of how they were trying to pitch the town to us 'sophistimicated' Southwestern Ontarians.
"Come to Manitouwadge!
We have a new hospital! [Picture of Quonset hut and a helipad]
We have lots of exciting shops! [Picture of the local Valu-Mart grocery store]
We have a new high school! [Picture of something akin to a strip-mall]
Think of the money you'll save! [Mainly because you won't have anything to do during the 10 months of winter where you're cut off from the outside world]"
Of course, all the shots they show are of lovely forests in summer. Having lived up in Thunder Bay for 4-5 years, I know that they must have had an awfully fast camera to get those shots before the snow reappeared and the air crystallized.
That said, I have to admit that I would love to move back to Northern Ontario. Heck, if Julie said yes, I'd buy one of those $36900 homes in a heartbeat, just to get away from the madness that is SW Ontario.
Now, I do wonder what on earth is wrong with that development that they have so many of the homes available. Are there no bottoms to the houses? Are they above a haunted nickel mine? Did all of the residents disappear one dark day, a la the Mary Celeste; leaving their food still cooking on the oven, bubble baths drawn, movies not returned to Blockbuster on time...
One may never know. And of course, there's the fact that you'd live in Manitouwadge and would have to attempt to spell it everytime you entered a contest or filled out a form of some kind. Yeesh.
I can't wait for Garrett to go to school at this state of the art facility!
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