Visits resort and recreation boom towns, including Breckinridge, Colorado; Lahaina, Hawaii; and Gillette, Wyoming, and claims that the cost of living rises with profits while the quality of life decreases. Compares and contrasts the new resort towns with the traditional company town, interviews townspeople, and offers a sociological analysis of the phenomenon. Consultant, Arthur J. Vidich, sociologist and anthropologist at the New School for Social Research in New York
