[notsapiensatall]

No matter how inexpensive an area is today, how long do you think that will last when it suddenly has more $200k temp workers than longtime residents?

Those workers often have to pay out the nose just to eat ramen in plywood closets, the money doesn't go much farther than it would in a dense city.

[phpthrowaway99]

Most guys I know had their housing provided on site. They then traveled home between jobs. Or others had RV trailers with them so they didn't have to go home, if they even had a home at that time.