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It also appears to be a resort town where "the cost of living is as low as it goes." Something doesn't add up here.

 

I live in a resort area and the cost of living is pretty low. The definition of "resort" in the Midwest is pretty vague. A resort could be a few shacks next to a lake.

And no, this job isn't at my paper.

 

Have they moved Martinsville to the Midwest?

 

at least as far as you know.

 

There's several places that have retreat centers, if that's what they mean by "resort". I can think of one in Wisconsin, though the name escapes me at the moment. The D-II Juco volleyball national tournament was held there.

Of course, one could argue that Branson is a resort town.

 

damn, you beat me to it.

 

Me wonders if they just want to collect resumes and see what's out there before deciding what the going rate is to pay someone.

Let's face it, EVERY town has preps and little league and quite a few have a small college here or there. Now, bowling? That's a different matter. Wonder if they mean PBA Tour (which had a stop in one town I worked in) or just the Thursday night league special with Bubba and Uncle Tommy.

 

26,000 circulation ain't all that shabby.

 

One could argue that Camdenton and Lake Ozark are both resort areas, too. I know one of those two were looking for someone a few weeks ago, but I don't remember which.

I also know there is no way Lake Ozark is 26k in circulation, and I'm inclined to remember that was the paper looking a few weeks ago.

I'm going to have to believe there's a good shot this could be Branson. A lot of people living in the area regularly now instead of just using it for vacations.

There are some good resort towns in northern Arkansas, too.

 

To call Branson or northern Arkansas "midwest" seems to be stretching it a little, don't you think?

And, yeah, 26,000 is respectable,although I learned at a previous job that there is a real difference between rural circulation and city circulation. You might have 18,000 readers in the city and a whole bunch more in the sticks, simply because you're the only paper around.

 

I was going to post a parody of the original ad but as I was changing things, I started wondering if, instead of creating a parody, I was making the ad seem more accurate.

(sighs deeply) :-\

 

This guy?