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THE LAND — MAY 14/MAY 21, 2021
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How far did you roam? I ended up 88 clearly remember when cordless phones miles from where I grew up. College took were introduced and how my brother and me to the faraway locale known as Fargo, I wanted my parents to get one so we N.D., then on to Grand Forks and could take the phone anywhere in the Hillsboro. But in 2004 we moved back to house and not have to worry about how the Land of 10,000 Lakes and have been far that cord stretched. here ever since. Around that same time, my mom took a In 2008, Pew Research reported that in girls trip to New York City. She did some the Midwest, nearly half of adults say shopping on Canal Street which was LAND MINDS they have spent their entire lives in their infamous for knock-off purses and other By Kristin Kveno hometown. In comparison, fewer than “great deals.” While perusing the items one-third of people in Western states she and my aunts found cordless still live in their hometown. phones for an amazing bargain. They each bought one — still in the boxes. I We are creatures of habit and comremember my mom proudly showing us the box fort. It’s no surprise half of us live where we grew up. With a large number of people now able to work when she got back from the trip. from home due to the pandemic, how we work and Initially, joy ensued when she opened it, but the where we work is changing. Those who yearned to smile quickly faded from her face. The “new” phone come back home to rural America, but were faced had other people’s numbers written on the back of with the dilemma of having a job in a big city, now it, some hair attached to the receiver and was suddenly don’t have to choose. Working from home dreadfully dirty. My mom suddenly realized that the has allowed people to now live where they want — phone may have had a questionable past. We never regardless of where their job is located. used that phone. My parents decided getting one at Target was a better, cleaner option. That crazy People are on the move. With low interest rates, phone started our family’s foray into the world of houses go on the market and sell in no time. According to Redfin, home prices in Minnesota were cordless communication. up 9.5 percent year-over-year in March. The number Kids these days will never know what it’s like to of homes sold rose 5.7 percent while the number of trip on a phone cord; or have your mom bring home homes for sale fell 51.4 percent. It is definitely a a cordless phone which may have unknowingly been seller’s market out there. It will be interesting to stolen goods. Times have changed and as the saying see whether housing demands in rural Minnesota goes, the only constant is change. continue to pick up as the job landscape evolves. Those memories of home though, they are yours Stories from our homes where we grew up are forever. Whether you still live right where you grew some of my kids’ favorites to hear. When my husup or thousands of miles away, there really is no band and I share tales from our youth with our chil- place like home. dren, they marvel at the “archaic” ways we used to Kristin Kveno is the staff writer of The Land. She live. Like how we each grew up with kitchen phones may be reached at kkveno@TheLandOnline.com. v sporting incredibly, ridiculously-long cords which stretched to just about every one of the rooms. I
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