{"product_id":"2940170152537","title":"If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham¿s decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400 amp;mdash; the community he made famous as ¿the worst place to live in America¿ in a story he wrote for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike so many young American couples, Chris Ingraham and his wife Briana were having a difficult time making ends meet as they tried to raise their twin boys in the East Coast suburbs. One day, Chris amp;mdash; in his role as a ¿data guy¿ reporter at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e amp;mdash; stumbled on a study that would change his life. It was a ranking of America¿s 3,000 plus counties from ugliest to most scenic. He quickly scrolled to the bottom of the list and gleefully wrote the words ¿The absolute worst place to live in America is (drumroll please)¿Red Lake County, Minn.¿ The story went viral, to put it mildly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the reactions were many from residents of Red Lake County. While they were unflappably polite amp;mdash; it¿s not called ¿Minnesota Nice¿ for nothing amp;mdash; they challenged him to look beyond the spreadsheet and actually visit their community. Ingraham, with slight trepidation, accepted. Impressed by the locals¿ warmth, humor and hospitality amp;mdash; and ever more aware of his financial situation and torturous commute amp;mdash; Chris and Briana eventually decided to relocate to the town he¿d just dragged through the dirt on the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf You Lived Here You¿d Be Home by Now\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of making a decision that turns all your preconceptions amp;mdash; good and bad amp;mdash; on their heads. In Red Lake County, Ingraham experiences the intensity and power of small-town gossip, struggles to find a decent cup of coffee, suffers through winters with temperatures dropping to 40 below zero, and unearths some truths about small-town life that the coastal media usually miss. It¿s a wry and charming tale amp;mdash; with data! amp;mdash; of what happened to one family brave enough to move waaaay beyond its comfort zone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123108069616,"sku":"2940170152537","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170152537_p0.jpg?v=1763703518","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170152537","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}