Michael Hawk moved from Michigan to Fort Jones, California, in early 2025 and entered the local plumbing and drain cleaning market, doing business as Hawk Handyman & Plumbing Services.“There are [fewer] plumbers out here than there were in Michigan,” he says. “It’s rural out here. I am drilling down, day in and day out. I’m focusing on the places nobody else wants to go. People haven’t had a plumber for so long, some won’t even come to these areas. There is such a shortage. They will wait for someone they trust.”Hawk racked up eight years in the Air Force
