People are creatures of habit. In fact, the people of Haines are somewhat captive prisoners of our life here, as travel out is tricky.
Analogy: Over the winter, my family watched quite a few wildlife-rescue shows. A common theme for the animals that had to be kept in captivity was that their enclosures had “enrichment”. It would have been so much easier, and short-term cheaper to just put them in an enclosure with nothing interesting. …