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>> dave: right now in marfa, its 75 degrees. low tonight, only 61 -- not that cool honestly. ♪ im david beebe until 1:00am. its time to go outside and look up at the stars and enjoy the place that you live. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> roger: this part of the state was always called "el despoblado" -- the unpopulated zone.

>> anthony: ill have a barbacoa. >> dave: barbacoa tacos. ♪ >> dave: most of the better restaurant chefs, you can find them at least once a week getting their food here, even if theyre making food down at their place. >> anthony: unbelievable. at a gas station. [ laughter ] >> dave: in the morning, everybody is here. its all the border patrol guys, like all of them. >> chef: there you go. you have a great day. >> dave: all the laborers in town. kids, the people that work at the radio station. ...

♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la,, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ [ radio static ] ♪ [ radio static ] >> dave beebe: stick around, tell your friends, this is the radio for wide range -- from the border to the basin, out here in west texas, great to be here tonight. ♪ ♪

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...

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 service economy. theres money flooding in here. it is an irresistible tid...

>> anthony: restaurant business? >> dave: i have a burger and taco joint thats open on weekends. >> dave: burger time. >> anthony: a lot of multitasking around here. people tend to -- >> dave: you have to. >> 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. >...

He wouldnt be that in to the fancy coffee available now, but the people who come here now, as long as theyre contributing to being a good citizen, its actually a good thing that people are here. ♪ ♪ [ spanish radio ] >> dave: dos carne asada. tambien chili verde. >> chef: chili verde? >> dave: si. ♪ >> chef: digame.

[ radio static ] ♪ >> dave: all right, yall, this next song is by molly ferguson of the resonators of presidio, texas. this is marfa public radio. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪