Everybody knows what needs to be first.there is history in similar times for the collecting of metals as assets.Nobody gets ahead of the Big Pen:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102If all said at the link were true, The great depression wouldn't have happened, right?

Roofers can build these depressions up to fix drainage issues but it doesn't solve the underlying problem

As a firm believer in cyclical capitalistic behavior, I am ready for our current distressed/depressed cycle to end!

These areas are exactly as you describe, economically depressed.

In my case, there was no point in feeling depressed about the money I had lost or the poor way the project had progressed.

Sure, it is probably seen as a depressed area with little economic or social allure.  

But it's exhausting and depressing to see how many people don't even try to help themselves and want something for nothing.  

Check out this podcast on NPR Planet money that suggests if nothing is done for this, there won't be any water in California in about 40 years.... pretty depressing stuff if you pay attention to itNPR Podcast 640 Bottom of the well

But, as the days get shorter, the nights longer, the weather cold and gray with brown all around from the dormant plant life, the environment can frankly get fairly depressing.  

Habitat homes are usually from what I have seen in depressed areas with little sales activity.