An article in an El Paso alternative newspaper, Newspaper Tree, describes a boom taking place in Las Cruces, NM. What’s causing the boom? It turns out that retirees are flocking to the city as a low-cost alternative to locales in Arizona and Florida, although writer Jeff Berg had this to say:
Las Cruces ‘boom’ can only be equated with the retirees, as it has not much else to offer, unless the planned spaceport actually takes off … but one should consider what kind of growth that will offer.
Hmmm… what kind of growth would a spaceport offer? And why would it be viewed negatively, as the tone of the passage suggests? Perhaps the author is confusing Spaceport America with Mos Eisley.