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Originally Posted by fchase8
USA would still have backward areas, like Appalachia - but the East Coast, Midwest, and maybe California would see more advanced tech. Also possibly parts of the Gulf Coast, as it's closer to super-science deposits in Yucatan (a 'Texan astronium man' archetype could develop, like the Texan oil man IRL).
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Except wouldn't tech like this allow Appalachia to be less isolated compared to historically? The biggest problem the Appalachia region faces OTL, even now, is that the mountainous terrain often makes it difficult to expand stuff like internet access or other rather essential things nowadays.
Here, the tech in use can cut down on those issues with infrastructure growth.