ENTERPRISE — Michael Clements moved to Enterprise when he was about 5 years old and has — for the most part — lived here ever since.
“I moved away for a little bit and then I came back,” he said.
Clements has plenty of family here. He’s married with five kids and two of his four siblings live here.
Clements’ favorite thing about Wallowa County is the outdoors and the lifestyle.
“The mountains, the fresh air — everything,” he said. “That and the laid-backness … there’s no hustle and bustle, no fast food. Just the laid-back lifestyle.”
Daylight saving time begins on March 12, but he’s not too concerned.
“I don’t see what an hour really does,” he said.
As spring draws near, Clements is looking forward to getting back outdoors and ending the cabin fever.
“Going camping with my kids, getting out of the house because in the wintertime, you’re never out,” he said.
Clements is aware of the shortage of affordable housing in the county, but he’s not sure what can be done about it.
“I have no clue,” he said. “I think there is (a shortage), but you really don’t see it. When you got to Lewiston or Clarkston or La Grande, you see (homeless) people on the road, but you don’t see that here.”
When it comes to people thinking about moving here, his advice is to not bring big-city ways of thinking.
“Leave your ideology wherever you came from,” he said. “We might be part of Oregon, but we’re not down in Salem where it’s all blue. We’re not blue. We’re not Democrats up here.”
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