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Corruption? in a place with Samsung sponsored ice skating ring in the middle of a desert? never!

• pascalmemories 11y ago
  You beat me to bringing that one up ! Indeed, it's been a huge bonanza for the local residents as big corporations have rolled into town and spent millions on PR (often as close to the courthouse as they can get). Everyone in town is courted (forgive the pun) to try and see corporations in the best possible light, just in case they turn up on a jury in a case against $BIGCORP at a later date. <humor>It's the American Way.</humor>
• ssmoot 11y ago
  Maybe interesting trivia: East Texas is actually really green: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marshall,+TX//@32.4867717,-98.8823919,1696368m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x8636f5dfa8038ca7:0x58332058355464a1!2m2!1d-94.3674184!2d32.5448714!1m0!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Marshall,+TX//@32.4867717,-9... Great place for camping (45 minutes north-west near Gilmer, TX has an awesome OHV aka off-roading park). It's also got fairly mild weather (though doesn't freeze as often as I would've expected): http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/gilmer/texas/united-states/ustx0517 http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/gilmer/texas/united-sta... Anyways, no pro-Marshall or anything. The idea of East Texas being a poor-ish "backwater" isn't far off the mark. But if you like nature and goofin' off, it's a real nice place to do it.