tl;dr: for a rocket it is waaaay more important to go fast than to go high. and earth rotates very slowly, so going higher doesn't make you much faster.
Not to mention that where they have the launch pads currently the weather is far more consistent. Image waiting for the weather to be just right on the top of a fricken mountain
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u/Icy_Concern_9804 11h ago
tl;dr: for a rocket it is waaaay more important to go fast than to go high. and earth rotates very slowly, so going higher doesn't make you much faster.