For all the the rock digging we are doing in northwest WA we arent putting much infrastructure back into it. Mining companies do most of the investing in such things as rail and road. Anyone who has lived up that way knows housing is expensive health care services are low , As the saying goes 'If in pain get on the plane'.Utility's are struggling to keep up with the pace of development.
Would be great to have an additional city in the NW where housing was affordable and we encouraged other industry's . So when the rocks have gone we have something tangible to hang our hats on..... other than holes in the ground.