Lubbock is also highly diversified being the hub for the area from Amarillo to Midland, Hobbs to Sweetwater for agriculture production and research (cotton, peanuts, sorghum, wheat, watermelons, and wine grape vineyards -70-80% of TX wine grape production comes from this area-), medical care and research (two top-tier facilities in Covenant and the university hospital), manufacturing, transport (major airport), and of course Texas Tech is a huge economic driver employing many thousands and bringing tons of students in with their parents money (30k+ enrollment I believe, it's enormous).

(Just be sure you are near public transportation or this will be very tough to pull off.)The thing to be careful about in New York is that the law here is very, very pro-tenant.  

OK, I think all wages in Texas are exempt from garnishment, but you may consider a non-wage garnishment (bank levy) and possibly go after any bank accounts or personal valuables such as cars, but I would imagine that the court would limit your ability to take someone's vehicle especially if they use this as their primary source of transportation.

Tenants will find better public transportation and support services.

The property tax spikes can be reduced by cutting services such as schools, community colleges, public universities, police, parks, public transportation, etc. and other amenities that make Chicago a wonderful place to live.  

I'm a transportation manager for a scientific equipment company.

There is the added risk of transporting the module to the site.

I would also recommend taking a look at Sky Ranch and the Transport project which is located around the Colorado Air and Space Port.

From your profile it says you want to invest and develop transportation, energy and defense systems.

I have lived in Santo Domingo DR, San Juan PR, Atlanta, Raleigh, Jupiter/North Palm Beach/Palm Beach Gardens and as get ready to retire, I think the parameters to locate do change with age.You want excellent medical care / good access to transportation / airport w/ cheap fares/ mountains and lakes and occasional beach.