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The increase in housing prices since 2020 in the Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas, metro area, spiking from $184,900 to $233,000. The median yearly household income for Brownsville is just over $40,000. Many attribute the sharp rise in prices to the development of a SpaceX facility just outside of the Texas town.

(NPR — May 13, 2022)


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