SperlingViews - Torrington, Wyoming

However you approach Torrington, WY., your impression must be that you are entering a large junk yard... trashy and junky houses and building litter each side of the roadways with no order. This is the perfect example of why a city needs enforced zoning and building codes. Because Torrington is not that bad a place. It is first and last, a farm town and the City Fathers are determined to keep industry away and wages low so their farmers can hire cheap labor. And yet most of the people are friendly and unassuming. And after you are past the junky appearances of the approaches to town, in many areas the small houses are neat and clean. And they would be painted and have the roofs fixed if the owners could afford it. Torrington, a nice, sort of sad little town where people seem to just exist. If only they had some method of getting the po white trash to clean up and get rid of that trash![read more...]