I`m not a Fulton......or even Oswego County native so don`t get the wrong idea about why I`m challenging some of what you say traditional farmer.
Depending on a persons skills, off farm work might only be a couple of miles away. Fulton is a small city with a few industrial employers engaged in metal fab, machining, Quarry products, and paper products.
A new methanol fuels plant is being built on the southeast edge of Fulton and Syracuse is only a half hour drive to downtown from that property. Locally grown corn is going to have a steady market here as well as other biofuel alternatives being developed at SUNY ESF in Syracuse.
Go northwest about 12 miles to Oswego and there are a few other industrial employers including Novelis(formerly Alcan) and Constellation Energy and Entergy who both own and operate nuke plants there. BTW, the nukes are hiring maintenance, security, and operations staff with pay ranges from about $45K base to over $100K, and Constellation just filed for a permit to build another plant.
There is a state college in Oswego and a community college in Fulton as well as a hospital in both cities and many extended care and outpatient facilities.
I don`t know what the local unemployment rate is but I don`t know of anyone who wants work that can`t find it. Skilled building trades work is also popular here.
I live about 10 miles north of this property, truly in the snow belt off Lake Ontario. This area and Fulton don`t get the snow like my area does(New Haven). Not to say that Fulton doesn`t get snow but snowfalls measured in feet certainly aren`t the norm and the local DPWs are quite adept at handling what does fall.
In summary, I don`t intend to portary this area as an undiscovered nirvana but it`s not nearly as bad as many here are describing it nor as bad as many places I`ve been. This place will be right for somebody and I`ll bet that alot of the locals don`t have $150K for this place.
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