r/texas • Houston • 1d ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ Border wall ‘man camps’ have rapidly spread across the Big Bend with little state oversight. Locals fear it's putting their health at risk.

https://www.marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-10-16/border-wall-man-camps-have-rapidly-spread-across-the-big-bend-with-little-state-oversight-locals-fear-its-putting-their-health-at-risk
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u/visionofacheezburger 1d ago

I went to Man Camp once in the 80s back when the owner of Power Tools was still buying zoots from Terry down at the ice house off 61st Street and let me tell ya, make sure you take a shower and eat before you go because you aint getting out of there for at least 1 day and a half.