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Early on in my career I worked for an oil refinery that was built a long time ago out in the middle of god's country, nothing around except oil wells.

Even back in the 60's it was remote. Then the boom hit and it was surrounded by businesses and residential.
Eventually it was squeezed out and almost 600 people lost their jobs.

Not long after that the city was facing a financial crisis because for some reason, they saw a large drop in revenue.
A certain large source of income that they had relied on for decades was no longer there
And natcher-ly, the city devolved into a crime-ridden low rent district.

30 years later it has recovered financially but is dominated by a sea of concrete tilt-up warehouses and buildings. Only a couple neighborhoods survived but I wouldn't go near there at night.
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