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Also the benefit of marginal environmental regulations...

• mcmcmc 22d ago
  Don’t forget the corruption and low income locals who won’t be able to provide any meaningful pushback
  • maxlin 22d ago
    Pushback? Anyone wishes they lived there now. SpaceX bought out stragglers off Boca Chica for multiple times the value of their homes
    • mcmcmc 22d ago
      Yes, it’s much easier to buy people off and legally “persuade” them out of their homes when the local economy is depressed and they can’t afford a lawyer.
      • iknowstuff 22d ago
        people getting paid an order of magnitude more money for their property and yet people like you will find a reason to complain. Where is this coming from? Some anti-capitalist, degrowth thing? Genuinely curious
• Rover222 22d ago
  Typical "everything is bad" response. This is going to employ thousands of blue collar workers for years. Reasonable environmental protections will be in place. It's not going to become some barren toxic waste zone.