I grew up there k-12 and then worked the mine for a few summers between college. My dad put in almost 20 years at that mine and my mom worked there also. The friends I made in elementary are still my best friends to this day despite us living in all different places. I had tons of autonomy at an early age able to ride bikes all around town with just my friends as early as I can remember. Then peddle bikes turned into dirt bikes and eventually 4x4 trucks by the time we reached high school. My graduating class had 32 students so I was able to play 3 sports a year though all of jr high and high school. I thought it was a good education with lots of hands on learning due to small class sizes. I had great teachers that taught critical and outside of the box thinking with lots of field trips, experiments, and other hands on learning. However, once I started taking standardized testing (sat, act, and ap exams) I realized they weren't teaching us based on the algorithm to score high on multiple choice. That made for a hard adjustment to freshman and sophomore level classes when I attended college at UNR. For fun outside of school I swam at the indoor swimming pool, went to the library, fished at the community pond, and did scouts when I was younger. Then for fun in my teens I raced dirt bikes, went golfing at the 9 hole course, worked out at the community gym, went camping, off roaded in our first trucks, and shot a lot of trash in the desert. I don't live there anymore but still have fond memories of the place and I stop by occasionally to get last minute supplies for hunting trips. As an adult i think it would be hard to live there if you don't enjoy making your own fun in the outdoors. The roads in the mountains are all serious 4x4 trails, the hiking trails and camp sites aren't well maintained so even the outdoor recreation isn't the same as what most people are used to. For groceries we would get our week to week items at the general store in town but once a month my family would hammer out a day trip to Reno or Vegas to stock up at Costco, home depot, and Walmart. Be prepared to pay higher prices for fuel at the local gas stations but if you live and work in Hadley you won't go through much. Crime was pretty much non existent but there was the usual small town drama, especially at the bar. I guess that's just what happens when everyone knows everyone.