Heat and Dust, But Also Free Wi-Fi

摘要

There's not much to look at except dirt, mesquite, and sagebrush around the 10 acres of flat, almost treeless land near Goldsmith, Texas, where Aries Residence Suites runs a housing complex used by itinerant oil workers. Three years ago, all 188 rooms were as empty as the landscape-a testament to crude's tumble from more than $100 a barrel to $30. Today, prices are up to around $70 and almost every Aries bed is occupied, just as at many other "man camps" throughout West Texas.