98 Success 0n the Edge 
     
    
   
   
    
     The few outsiders who have moved into the area 
     
     are mostly single people or summer residents. Their 
     
     numbers have been increasing in the last twenty years, 
     
     but their impact on local matters is small. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Economically, Tignish is surviving quite well, 
     
     although there are many unemployed people, and it is 
     
     said that there is ”no work here”. This is not actually true; 
     
     fishermen, for instance, cannot always find the helpers 
     
     they need, because the unemployed men and women 
     
     available are either not interested or are not reliable 
     
     workers. There is sufficient work for people who are 
     
     either prepared to take any job or who can provide a 
     
     service or business that no one else can. The main 
     
     industries of fishing, construction, and farming are not 
     
     always stable, but that is true everywhere; they are 
     
     probably as stable in Tignish as anywhere else. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tignish has many more resources than it had 
     
     twenty or thirty years ago. The likelihood of its acquiring 
     
     more in the next few years is strong; part of the long- 
     
     term impact of the Bicentennial celebrations may be just 
     
     that. People have seen something (e.g., a concert) put on 
     
     with success and they are going to want more. In short, 
     
     Tignish is still growing and developing, which is part of 
     
     survival too. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Co-operation, both formal and informal, is still 
     
     alive and well, although the formal kind is undermined 
     
     by ignorance and challenged by capitalism. Too many 
     
     Tignish residents do not know the story of the Credit Union 
     
     and co-ops of which they are members, and why it is 
     
     important to support them. A couple of chain stores, as well 
     
     as Abegweit Sea Foods, a privately owned company, are 
     
     surviving in the district too. Still, when a new organization 
     
     is wanted, it is usually set up as a co-operative.