> The General Manager's attitude was along the lines of, "Why would you move next door to a radio station? Didn't you notice the 300-foot-tall red-and-white tower with all the blinking lights out front?" Of course, that's a wholly unsatisfying answer to a new homeowner.

Money, the land is usually cheap. Also one of the problems with the leukemia studies and the lack of proper controls as it more often than not inhabited by low income residents and more often than not riddles with (chemical) waste. Which are both difficult to compensate for.