High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 3. Who will work in the West’s future company towns? http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17534 As the cost of housing and fuel skyrockets, Bill Croke wonders who – besides immigrants – will be willing to fry the hamburgers and clean the toilets of towns like Cody, Wyo. No publisher Bill Croke Bill Croke service economy cost of living immigration jobs minimum wage housing costs 2010-02-05T09:46:21Z News Article Can Vail find room for its workers? http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15082 Vail, Colo., is facing a crisis about where to house the workers who keep the town running No publisher Grace Lichtenstein Communities in Transition Vail Colorado socioeconomic affordable housing commuters second homes property values cost of living Syvil Navas Rebecca Leonard Middle Creek town planning development Nina Timm Jim Lamont Vail Village Homeowners Association Interstate 2010-02-05T09:21:43Z News Article A new measure of poverty shifts rankings in the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.21/a-new-measure-of-poverty-shifts-rankings-in-the-west When determining who is poor, the Census Bureau takes geography into account in its Supplemental Poverty Measure. No publisher Jonathan Thompson cost of living demographics income inequality census poverty supplemental poverty measure income gap 2012-12-06T18:17:37Z Infographic