I live in the middle of nowhere, as you know. Well, the middle of nowhere means in a rural community located halfway between Chicago and Indianapolis on Interstate 65. A rural community that has recently become the largest wind farm in Indiana. Sure, there cool to look at. Frankly anything is better than flat farmland. They're are just parts that are annoying. Like, everyone on the interstate has to slow down and gawk. Not to mention all the semis driving around hauling over sized wind turbine blades. Then there are the companies that look at all of us "locals" as a bunch of toothless hicks. I mean sure, we have our fair share of hilljacks, but mostly there are good hardworking people. Take Enxco for example. They came in and gave a presentation of the "White County Wind Project" to my high school. It was ridiculous. They treated us all like 4th graders that couldn't grasp the simplest of topics. There is an advantage to all of it though. Our towns are making bank. From the farmers renting the land to the people getting payed simply because they're near our houses, everyone has a little extra cash these days.
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