Crime is very low in Flagstaff, in fact among the lowest in the state: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/az/crime/

Flagstaff was the first Dark Sky City in the world, and achieved that by making nearly all outdoor lighting Low-Pressure Sodium (LPS) emission lamps. LPS is much lower power than High Pressure Sodium or Mercury (the typical alternatives), thus saving the city massive amounts of money on energy bills. In addition, LPS is monochromatic, making it easily blocked by even mildly sophisticated amateur astronomers. And the minimal skyglow has allowed the local research telescopes to survive, thus pumping tens of millions of dollars into the local economy.

Speaking as a professional (and occasional amateur) astronomer, Flagstaff is much, much better off because its Dark Skies.

With at least a 1.8 m scope (like last night), or up 8 m if I can; using either a V+R broadband filter or going longward to H-band if using adaptive optics (helps to close the loop, you see). Granted, I'm always tracking non-sidereal targets, and so the "stars" show up as streaks...

Is Texas in Canada now?

Could happen to any solid-fuel reactor, you mean. A liquid-fueled reactor (like a Thorium-Salt design) in the same circumstance would automatically drain the fuel solution into a wide, shallow holding tank, where it would freeze solid in a few hours.

Considering we no longer need to reprocess that products of solid fuel reactors for bomb-grade Plutonium, seems around time to start replacing them...

The article seems imply that the fact that it requires so much maintenance is good because it's all local. But no matter where the maintenance jobs are, they cost money, and thus make it uncompetitive...

I for one, do NOT welcome our flying robot overlords. The land-based robot overlords are much more effective.

As an astronomer/astrophysicist, I find it hilarious that "physicist" rated higher than "astronomer" due to stress level. Apparently working with real data is much more stressful than with just theory.

And mathematicians are even higher, the hippie bastards...

If TV is any guide, make sure sure to practice your reflexes: you must be able to scream in terror at the slightest sound, movement or smell. Also, cultivate your sense of paranoia, because how else will you see the ghosts behind every action? Plus, go down to the hardware store and buy every piece of random electronic testing equipment, because any sensor will detect ghosts if you look hard enough...

Speaking as someone with a degree in Physics, I can safely say that I've only used literary analysis one time in my life: when learning it in school.