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02/22/2004: "San Juan Shangri-La"

SAN JUAN COUNTY - Here in Shangri-La, the dead outnumber the living.

Here in Shangri-La, avalanches routinely assault the roads and pave them with an impasto of snow and ice and winter rules for almost six months.

Here in Shangri-La, they say the air is cleaner - and the water colder, purer and more delicious - than anywhere else, yet the growing season lasts 14 days, and not one acre of land is given over to agriculture.

Here in Shangri-La, there are no jails or fast-food franchises, but neither is there a hospital, a pharmacy, a doctor or a dentist. Full Story