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From pretty much everybody here. everybody listens to the radio on their pickup truck. the only other news source we have around here is the local newspaper. - what are the big issues? what do people want to talk about? - the issue is border trade. and theres a lot of fear right now because the idea of changing nafta. - american parts assembled in mexico come back here. - yeah, thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back, theres no...

The only other news source we have around here is the local newspaper. >> anthony: what are the big issues? what do people want to talk about? >> dave: the issue is border trade. and theres a lot of fear right now because the idea of changing nafta. >> anthony: american parts assembled in mexico come back here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely bee...

Nafta. >> anthony: american parts assembled in mexico come back here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or th...

Nafta. >> anthony: american parts assembled in mexico come back here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or th...

Here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or three come up the highway today. >> anthony: and whos buying those...

>> anthony: american parts assembled in mexico come back here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or three com...

Assembled in mexico come back here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or three come up the highway today. >> ...

>> anthony: you have to? >> dave: yeah, every job here pays $10 an hour, whether youre the attorney or the barista or the janitor. so youre going to have to work a lot of different jobs to make it because its expensive to live here. >> anthony: right. its a small town. >> dave: 1,800 people. >> anthony: it seems an unlikely place to put in a spanking new public radio station thats heard all over texas, yes? >> dave: well, thats exactly right. i mean, your expenses for running a 100,000 watt tran...

Good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or three come up the highway today. >> anthony: and whos buying those things? >> dave: everybody whos working-class. the manufactured housing is the craftsmen home of the 21st century. >> anthony: it appears that marfa in particular is going to be a tourist and se...