Evicting the great outdoors
A naturalist's campground is threatened by new building codes — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
Evicting the great outdoors
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simple outdoorsman, widely hailed as the "Last American Man" thanks to his rustic approach to life, may be forced to vacate his campground home of 30 years due to building code violations. The Watauga County Planning Department in North Carolina is threatening to condemn the settlement of Eustace Conway, 51, unless he modernizes his outhouses, kitchens, and the wood used in several of his ramshackle structures.
Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's web production manager. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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