The only businesses I saw in those towns were a lunch counter, the prison, and a shop selling “souvenirs” made by prisoners. Without the prison, there goes 2/3 of your economy (well, probably a lot more than 2/3 unless you pull a serious lunch crowd). So now your town is just a lunch counter in the middle of the desert. If you’re lucky, maybe there’s a tourist attraction further down the highway bringing travelers who will keep your restaurant open.
Thing is: There’s nothing there
The only businesses I saw in those towns were a lunch counter, the prison, and a shop selling “souvenirs” made by prisoners. Without the prison, there goes 2/3 of your economy (well, probably a lot more than 2/3 unless you pull a serious lunch crowd). So now your town is just a lunch counter in the middle of the desert. If you’re lucky, maybe there’s a tourist attraction further down the highway bringing travelers who will keep your restaurant open.
…I mean…how was the lunch? Good?
Yeah, if it is just one or two businesses in the middle of nowhere without customers, it should fail.
That isn’t a community.