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Santenello describes a Freeport-McMoRan ‘company town’ with $350 rent and $90k pay
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Skid Row To Appalachia: The Forgotten People Of Rural America - Peter Santenello
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"The average wage was above the average in America. 90. It was 90 grand, I believe. Rent 350 bucks. Threebedroom, two bath."
Santenello says he visited Baghdad, Arizona, which he describes as a company town owned by mining group Freeport-McMoRan. He claims wages are high and rents unusually low because the company owns the housing and local infrastructure, presenting it as an alternative model amid broader US cost-of-living pressures.
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- Skid Row To Appalachia: The Forgotten People Of Rural America - Peter Santenello
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