Just described every town in the US boom or bust. Interviewing the mayor about preparing for a bust as he builds a new skyscraper in a faded west Texas town with vacant buildings and on the tax payers dime. BTW Midland was a thriving town before the boom. Also the article did not mention the boom is expected to last 15 to 20 years. The media sucks.
Exactly so. So long as oil isabove $70/bbl. the fracking will continue. Besides, with the multi-billion investment by the oil companies, increasing world demand for oil and gas the incredibly huge fields, this boom isn't going anywhere for a while.