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I figured it was the major draw to tourists to that part of the country. If all they can do is see it in the distance, a picture will do instead. If the locales really prefer to do without the tourists, that is the way to do it.
Time will tell if the economy in the area does OK, or has some real pain.
My dad talked about Enid AFB back in the 1950s when I was still a baby and he was in pilot training. The local politician morons were tired of airmen coming into town and acting like 20 year olds with a paycheck. They actually discussed asking the base be closed. One of the intelligent guys in the Air Force just paid the servicemen is $2 bills. They are legal tender, but rarely used. Within 24 hours of the bases payday everyone in town had a $2 bill, everyone. Even folks that have nothing to do with the base or that area of town. That money circulated through the economy. They decided the base was a great thing to have.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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