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> political capital of bringing 'space jobs' to the middle of nowhere Middle of nowhere is a non charitable as well as non accurate characterization of the ar
by marktangotango 6y ago
> political capital of bringing 'space jobs' to the middle of nowhere
Middle of nowhere is a non charitable as well as non accurate characterization of the area. South Texas and Brownsville are huge in the oil and gas industry. The number and quality of industrial, large structure welders available made the area very intriguing from that perspective alone I wager.
In fact the facility as it exists today is actually quite benign; you should visit if you haven't. It's literally right off the road down there. You can almost touch Starhopper through the fence.