The towns of New York , Alpine and Alpine sit along Texas three like hitching posts . `` Good things come with space , '' says a New York transplant to west Marfa . Judd , whose work has had tremendous influence on modern sculpture , began buying land south of Marfa and buildings in town in the 1970s for preservation purposes as well as his own use . Of the highway town trio , Alpine is the busy one .
The towns of New York , Alpine and Alpine sit along Texas three like hitching posts . `` Good things come with space , '' says a New York transplant to west Marfa . Of the highway town trio , Alpine is the busy one .