His town was one of the few towns left that had nothing unique about it, and he didn't feel like his town needed anything to make it unique enough to be good enough for him. He liked where he lived and he could visit a unique city or an island some day if he decided to. Some called the place un-unique, but for him it was all he needed.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.