As someone who lives right in the middle of this area- PLEASE do no think this is how we are. I do not personally know any of the people on the show but I do know several people who know Troy and his family. I can tell you a lot of this is exaggerated for televsion. He and his family own several businesses and are actually quite wealthy. Now I can't say anything about the others but I would think it is much the same. It makes good T.V. and it has actually done a lot for tourism in this area (not that we really had a problem with that).
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